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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-10
q. w. PICkRELI.. N. NJ. TANNoR
PlCKRELL n TANNOK,
Lumber, Coal and General Commission
MERCHANTS,
RClerSIlmnY. Va

WYE respectfully ca tho attention II the oitiscns Of
w Lynchburg, und the suu oundng eountry, 10 our
extensive assortment of Lumber which cousists of
lnany kinds suitable Builders Tohncconst-, Cnbluct
Makers. &c
For Builders hive all emles If Albany White
Pine. Cherry. Mahogany bnck Waoui, &c,
For Tohocconi>ts, we keep q Ia - stoc of White
Pine Cuttings. suitable for cnsnc-Bulten Wood and
White Oak 70, BnXes.
For Cnbinet Mukrrs, we hive Poplar Cherry, Maple
&c, &C., with general assortment vi every thing
ny kept in a Lumher inrd, such Cypress Shingles
Laths Spruce Pine Pnngs, &c,, Sc.
ANTHRACITE COAL,-our Ynld i- always sup
piled with the best Red mud While A-h Coa which we
throw in the Box Cars from our Yard, or put In
ogshcHIs and forward. To denlcis wishing large
quantity. prepared IL offer inhucmcnts
having out from the Southside Road. running
wharf where lond irna, the vessel.-
We will sell II. low and forward with much dispatch
nny firm in the Stnte.
We will also attend to the frwa rdng ni 5ine
chandise entrusted our cn,e To Tobnrc lists ship
ping oiliT great facility. The enrs iake 1t
to our whurf. whore cnn be- put directly On the
sells. cither Tor Baltimore Philadelphia New York.
We also have Crane eapnbc of raising ten hlteen
rpn.. which take any heavy article from the vessel
the We wall be plensed to receive orders
tend To any thing in our line. may 20 dim
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WANTED To collect by the lst day Of Az
w gust alifhe accounts due the subscribers the
1st July Our friends may expect TO be called on
in few days und we nope they will re ready and viii
ling to hoUOr oar dr0tts Those who dislike being
dnnnel may find their bills in readiness desk
where they the privilege OF settling they prefer
it, BURROUGHS, SHAFER & co.
iu}v lots
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s.CAM' DECLlNENG.- UNCLE SAM

sG GAM" DECLINING UNCLE 'SAMn
- having dec lined writing any notices for
have 10 rely on my young "Amrrcnn' genius, to
able to announce to my friends and the public. that
in cun>rquruc" of the expiration of the of service
uf my Cook, | will suspend operations in the EATING
DEPARTMENT of business until the LIT of October;
daring which time | will make such improvements as
viii enabc offer my friends eater facilities for
GOOD LIVING than be found in this upper
country.
My entire attention will be devoted to the service of
the BAR which shalt be heretofore sur piled with
the best Liquors and Cigars thnt be had any where
My patrnrs ne invited . n tHEs LuScH which will
he served N handsome -t> lie evrry day II oelock
JOHN w. SMITH Lessee
"Pl3 ts of Washington House Bar
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f- Annual advertisers will he imtAi 10 tne h,le''e u"
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EI'ANO.- We hnve on hand ~ ne 200 tons o the
" hnrly's catgJ { Gunno that inn orted last
winter. SO far II, have h. ard from the pur hasrrs
il has given cntnr sasinetion equal with Peruvian
Passengers by the Central Railroad some OF its
good effects by noticing Strawberry Hill they pass
through The farms d. w InxnIl, Esq, A. Garrett
Esq u Ander On, Jr, some ot the purchasers
of il. For sale by
EDMOND. DAVENPORT & CO.
iy2Gts Richmond.
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IudwelI ii. Brown.

LudWell ii. Brown.
CIVIL ENGINEER. DRAUG II rs VI A n
AN d s u K We OR,
nFFERS his services to the citizens of Bedford, an
~ of Lynchburg ana viii pay strict .tention To an
business entrusted to him.
Hrss-LIBERiY. 30--tS
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4 CARD-The firm Of RossER & CAwrHoN, OF
~ the Norvell House, dissolved on the lst
February last by Capt Rosser sale of his interest i,
SAID firm Mr.. WIN Moore, of Campbell.
Capt ROSSER has again connected himself with
the Noivell House, where he will be glad to hi
former friends and acauaintanccs m arb ats
Rep. copy, Petersburg Express and Richmond Exami
er copy ill sfopp ncd 3rw lr 1, this OIL 90
Eastern times., 1855-10-11
Laughing Gas.

This singular substance, discovered by DIR.
Priestly, in l776, was brought into particular
notice by Sir Humphrey Davy, the latter be-
ing the first TO notice its stimulating proper
ties. When taken into the lungs, it induces
the most agreeable state of reverie or intoxi-
cation, frequently accompanied with physical
as well as mental excitement, which lasts for
few minutes, and then subsidies without any
unpleasant consequences. Those who breathe
it feel an indescribable pleasure and happiness,
so much so as to induce laughter, and hence
the name Laughing gas) given to this sub
stance, but which chemists call nitrous oxyd
Enough laughing gas may be prepared for
single experiment by heating two ounces of
nitrate Of ammonia in retort, having a large
ox-badder TO collect the gas. The process is,
first TO insert into the neck of the bladder a
wooden pipe, or stop-cock, made of elder, with
the pith pushed out; next moisten the blad-
der, and squeeze it up, to remove the air; then
fix it TO the retort containing the nitrate of am
monia. Now heat the salt with spirit-lamp;
it first liquifes, then boils and decomposes,
producing water (Which remains in the re-
tort) and the gas (Which passes into the blad-
der;) when the bladder is full, the experiment
can be performed. Hold the bladder in the
left hand, placing the thumb over the pipe to
retain the gas; with the right hand close the
nostrils; then empty the lungs by a long ex-
piration; after which, insert into the mouth
the pipe attached to the bladder, and breathe
the gas in the same manner as if it was air
in one or two minutes, if the experiment be
successful, an elysian sensation will follow,
more exquisite than can be described.-Sepfi-
mus Piesse.
Eastern times., 1855-10-11
Lottery Tickets.

The following sad circumstances in regard
10 the lottery mania, recently occurred in our
own city. A poor but industrious mechanic
had been laborIng for years to accumulate suf-
fcient money to purchase homestead for
himself and family. On returning home each
Saturday night, he would place his weekly
salary in the hands of his wife, and request
her to lay it by. A few months since, know
ing that he must have saved couple of thous-
and dollars by his industry and frugality, and
learning that piece Of property was for sale
in the upper portion of the city, which would
be an advantageous investment, he called upon
the owner, and it was offered to him at bar
gain. Overjoyed with his good fortune, Re
FASTENED home TO his wife, and conveyed to
her the glad news, and asked for the money
to close the purchase.
But alas there was no joyful response in
the counienance of his better half; but burst
ing into tears she wept most bitterly and re-
fused TO be comforted. The husband was as
tonished and asked for an explanation. With
head averted, and voice interrupted by heart
broken sobs, she made known to her husband
the startling fact-which fell like thunder
bolt upon him, crushing his brain, and causing
reason TO totter and reel from its throne-that
she had wasted his hard earnings in the pur-
chase of Havana lottery tickets The vacant
stares from the eyes of the husband which met
this astonishing disclosure, plainly showed
that he was no longer capable Of approaching
his loss. but with a maniac laugh, he left his
home, his wife and little ones, never more to
return. A few days more passed, and his
body was taken from the river; the Coroner
held an inquest upon it, and verdict of sui
cide,' Informed the public how he had died :
but why he died, remained a secret.
We had this sad narrative from one who
knew the family we'll, both in the bright day
of their prosperity and happiness, and in the
gloomy night Of their misery and wretched-
ness
Many tale, equally melancholy with the
above, might be told of poor people in our
city, who have for years been spending the
means they have earned by the sweat of their
brows, and defrauding their families by the
purchase of lottery tickets, in the vain hope of
some day drawing prize, of which there is
less probability than that they will be struck
by lightning. Take our advice-we give it
gratis-and don't purchase lottery tickets
". o. Daily Delta.
Eastern times., 1855-10-11
Making an Ocean.

Many of our readers will doubtless remem-
Der that some time since paragraph was pub
lished, proposing, in jocose manner, that the
allies should dig canal from the Euxine TO
the valley of the Dead Sea, and by draining
off the waters of the former, leave SevastopoI
surrounded by land and approachable by troops
on all sides. We now learn that the plan of
digging a canal from the Mediterranean 10 the
valley Of the Dead Sea, and turning the waters
of the Mediterranean into it, is seriously pro-
posed although not with the direct intention
of conquering Sevastopol. Capt William
Allen, OF the British Navy, has written and
published book in advocacy Of it. He ex-
presses the belief that the great valley extend
ing from the southern depression of the Leba-
non range 10 the head of the Gulf of Akaba. a
branch Of the Red Sea, was once an ocean,
Within its limits are located the Dead Sea
and the Sea of Tiberias, and in many places
it is thirteen hundred feet below the level of
the Mediterranean or Pacific. Capt. Allen
believes that this ocean, cut off from the Red
Sea by the rise Of land at the southern ex
tremty, gradually became dry BY solar evapo-
ration. He proposes to cut a canal. of ade-
quate size from the head Of the Gulf Of Akaba
to the Dead Sea, and another from the Medit-
erranean, near Mount Carmel, across the plain
Esdraelon, to the fssure in the mountain range
of Lebanon. By this means the Mediterrane-
an would rush in. with fall of 1900 feet, Gil
up the valley, and substitute an ocean Of 2000
square miles in extent, for barren. useless
desert thus making the navigation to India
as short as the overland route, spreading fer
tlity over a now arid country, and opening up
the fertile regions of Palestine to settlement
and cultivation.
Eastern times., 1855-10-11
Hanging in old Times,

The following facts, stated by correspon-
pondent of the Boston Transcript, read strangely
in these anti-capital punishment times. 1t
was evident very easy thing to get hanged
in 'the good old times =
While John Hancock was Goveynor Of the
Commonwealth, Rachel Whall was hung in
Boston for highway robbery. Her offence
consisted in twitching from the hand of an
other female bonnet, worth perhaps IS cents,
and running off with it. The most urgent ap-
plications for her pardon were unsuccessful
/ mentioned this not to the disparagement Of
the Governor. He doutless acted fiom sense
of duty, thinking it best for the community
that the laws Of the land, however frightfnlly
severe--while they were laws-should be exc
cuted. A lad of Is years of age was hung in
Salem for arson, during the administration Of
Governor Strong, similar appeals in his favor
Eastern times., 1855-10-11
Manufacturing Wines.

The rigors of the Maine Law have fallen
lightly upon the heads of the wine drinkers in
this State, and there are many who daily
stretch their limbs beneath the table after din
ner, and slipping the contents of their glasses,
discourse earnedly of the good qualities of
their exhlerating beverages. They charm
themselves with the pleasing delusion that they
are drinking choice and rare varieties of gen.
uine and delicate wines, when in fact they are
not drinking genuine wines of any sort. The
New York Times, in an interesting article
upon the subject, observes that one may pro-
cure at any of our hotels or large eating hous-
es, wine which purports to be Clos Vougeot,
Romance Conte, Mont Rachel, Johannisberg,
Rudesheisner or Steinberg, at rates varying
from three to fifteen dollars bottle and as
for choice Sherry, Madeira and Port, they are
supplied ad hbitmn at every saloon. Now it
is fact that all the Clos Vougeot wine in the
world is grown upon single farm of fifty
acres in Burgundy. The farm is owned by
nobleman, who uses great deal himself,
gives great deal away, and sells the residue.
The most of this residue is probably con-
sumed by the wealthy residents Of the conti-
nent-and still, if we may believe the wine
lists of our own country, there is enough left
to keep all the hotels, private houses and
drinking saloons Of the western continent con-
stantly supplied with it
The Romance Conte wine grows on single
farm of SIR acres and q half. The south side
of single hill in Germany produces all the
Johannisberg in the world and yet anybody
who chooses to order Johannisberg at any ho-
tel, or of any wine-dealer in the city, will have
it delivered at very short notice. Steinberg
wine grows exclusively in the vineyard of a
suppressed monastery. The district of Xeres,
from which Sherry is produced, is of very
small extent and its limits are accurately de-
fined. Genuine Port wine is produced only
within comparatively narrow limits. And
the same things hold true of Champagne.
The Times thinks that there would be no
risk in declaring that there never was bottle
Eastern times., 1855-10-11

being considered and overruled. Yet the in
telligence and the humanity, alike of the Exe-
cutlve and Of the Council, notwithstanding the
result arrived at in both these instances. were
unquestionabe.
Within the same period, a gentleman of this
city saw girl of Is hung in London, for
stealing silver crcam-pitcher. Edward
falie Brown was hung in Boston for burglary
committed in the house of Captain Osias Good
win, in Charter street, and stealing tberefrom
sundry articles. l once owned a set Of the
Old Bailey Trials, (I775, 1927 embraced IN
series of perhaps so quarto volumes. The
earliest Of these volumes contain the details Of
the trial Of the unfortunate DIR. Dodd, for
forgery, whose touching appeal for mercy,
here recorded, was fruitlessly enforced by the
splendid eloquence of johnson. In later vol
ume, long after the commencement of the pres
ens century, eight separate capital convictions
are recorded as one days job of a single tribu-
bunal, the culprits being all boys and girls be-
tween the ages of ten and si1feen, and their
offences petty thefts.
One case | remember of peculiar judicial
atrocity. A young girl of II was indicted for
stealing roll Of ribbon worth three shillings.
The prosecutors testimony was TO this ef-
feet The prisoner came into my shop and
bought some ribbon. | saw her secrete this
piece also. personally knew her, and was
on the most friendly and sociable terms with
her. When she left the shop accompanied
her, and offered her my arm, which she accep-
ted. We chatted together. As we reached
the corner of street leading to the Bow street
Office, turned toward it. She said she was
going in another direction, and babe me good
morning; said to her, No! you are going
with me | saw you steal piece of my rib
bon! = She Immediately implored me for
Gods sake to overlook it, and restored to me
the article. | said to her that had lost many
things in this way, and was resolved to make
her an example-fhdt trds determined TO hare
her L5en And he got it. l can never forget
how my blood boiled as read the testimony
Of this cold-hearted wretch In view Of the
judgment OF merciful God, for rather, il
seemed 10 me, would have been in the place
Of that poor, frail erring girl, even on the
scaffold, than in the place Of her heartless ac-
cuser.
Eastern times., 1855-10-11

of Clos Vougeot, Romance Conte or Johannis-
berg wine within the limits of the United
States. It says that not one bottle in ten
thousand Of the Champagne drank in this
country is genuine vineyard grown Cham
pagne, and not one-tenth Of the Sherry con-
sumed here is Sherry. The article in the N.
Y. Times concludes as follows:
'The fact is that nneteen-twentieths of all
the wines and brandies drank in this country
and nine hundred, and ninety-nine thous-
andths of all the rare and costly wines over
which our high livers smack their lips and
roll their eyes and astonish their epicurian
friends, are manufactured for The market-made
up by skilful compounding Of drugs, with
lnfusions of favoring matter and basis of al
coholic or vinous material, so as TO resemble
any brand or any sort that may be desired.
England and France are the great fields of
this manufacture, though it is beginning to be
prosecuted In this country TO a very consider
able extent. But an order for any kind of
wine that may be wanted-for Clos Vougeot,
Johannisberg, or delicate Sherry, with direc-
tions for particular favor, specific aroma,
or specially delicate boqwt-sent to Eng
land, will be filled promptly and to any ex-
tent. More of any brand can be brought over
in single cargo, than the entire region where
alone it grows can produce in years
A little more than a month ago, (July "a, }
we copied from London police report the ev-
idence of a famous wine dealer named Osborne,
In which he stated that it was his practice 10
buy up all the spoiled, sour red French wines
he could get at low prices-pay duty on them
as vinegar-store them in the London Docks
take them out and pour them all into large
vats-mix them with certain quantity Of
| French -brandy-pM into them also certain
preparations of has o,Un-put them up into
| hogsheads marked Old Port, and sell them as
the choicest Port wines at from 500 to $l4O
hogshead. This, there is no doubt at all, is
very extensively practiced by large dealers in
France and England; and those who buy from
them to supply the American market, when
they are not their accomplices, are their vic
tins. And the wine-drinkers of the United
States, from the lowest to the highest, swig
the decoctions Of these wine fabricators in
ninety-nlne cases out of hundred instead o
the juice Of the grape, over which they grow
so rapturously and POLITICALLY eloquent. Dos
ton Journal
Eastern times., 1855-10-11
How a Quaker collected a Debt.

Near the close OF the last century, Qua
ker, knight of the shears and thimble, who
exercised his avpcation in Philadelphia, was
imposed upon by an adroit scoundrel, who
contrived to get suit Of clothes on credit, and
afterwards eloped without paying for them.
The Quaker was too poor to lose the debt,
but like too many others of his cloth, he had
apparently no other alternative. The account
was placed on his books and soon forgotten.
Some years afterwards he was examining
his old records OF debt and credit, profit and
loss, when his attention was attracted to this
account. All the circumstances attending it
came fresh to his mind. Suddenly an odd
thought suggested itself to him.
'Ill try an experiment, said he to him
self, perhaps may succeed in catching the
rogue and getting my pay
He Immediately prepared an advertisement
in substance as follows, which he inserted in
the Philadelphia Gazette -
IfJ- c., who was in Philadelphia
about the month of - in the year 1875, will
send his address to the editor of this paper, he
will hear of something to advantage. Print
ers in neighboring States are requested to
copy.
The latter clause was inserted from a vague
suspicion that the rogue had taken up his
abode in New York. Having instructed the
editor not to disclose his name to the rogue if
L IL
leave his address, the Quaker patiently await
ed the result of his experiment. In short
time he was informed by note from the
printer, that the individual alluded TO in the
advertisement, having arrived from New York,
might be found at given place, in the city.
The tailor lost no time in preparing tran
script of his account, not forgetting to charge
interest from the time the debt was contracted.
Taking a constable with him, who bore le-
gal process suited to the occasion, he soon ar
rived at the lodgings of the swindler. The
Quaker now rang the bell, and when the SER
want appeared, requested him to inform the
gentleman of whom he was in search, that a
friend wished to speak with him at the door.
The man obeyed the summons, and soon both
debtor and creditor were looking each other in
the face.
How dost thou dop kindly inquired the
Quaker Perhaps thou dost not know me-
Il believe have not had the honor of your
acquaintance politely answered our hero.
'Dost thou remember purchasing suit of
clothes several years ago of poor tailor and
forgetting to pay for them 2 asked the Quaker.
20, no. said the gentleman, blushing
slightly, you must be mistaken in the person.
1t cannot be me that you wish to ind.'
| sAh! John l know thee very WE'LL
Thou art the very man wished to see. Thou
Eastern times., 1855-10-11

which the constitution confers without accord
ing to each and every one of the sister states
of the confederation all the rights and immuni-
ties which it is designed to secure to them
As honorable men you cannot do it. So long
as you are content to live under the compact,
maintain it sacredly in all its parts, in its let
ter and in its spirit. Without a cheerful prac-
tical obedience to all It's obligations, the Key
stone, firmly as it seems to be set, may be
shaken and trembse in its place.
Your past, however, is the best guaranty
for the future. From the days Of William
Penn, eminently peace loving and peace
cultivating people, you have shrunk from no
responsibility, and taItered before no danger
which threatened our common country. This
was signally verified IN the struggle of the
revolution, in the war of 1912, and in that
later war, when at the first blast of the sum-
moning trumpet, your sons hastened to their
weapons, and forming themselves in serried
colums, rendered more regiments 10 the repub-
lie than the government, with proper regard
to patriotic enrolments in other states, could
consistently accept. But there is another
class, deserving if possible, still higher praise
| mean the fathers of those gallant sons, the
men who own and cultivate the land the un-
obtrusive, Union-loving, law-abiding, agricul-
tural community represented here to-day
that great. abounding interest, compared with
which all others are but fractions.
And now, in conclusion, fellow citizens,
permit me to say, wherever fortune may d-
rect your footsteps, it will be the source of
just pride that you hail from Pennsylvania, but
individually your highest pride and steadiest
consciousness OF security, at home and abroad,
will rest in the fact that you are an American
citizen.
During the delivery of this eloquent reply,
the President was frequently interrupted with
demonstrations of applause. After some elo-
quent observations from Gov. Pollock, and ex-
Governor Bigler, the ceremonies of reception
terminated, and the President proceeded to in
spect the various articles offered for exhibition