Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-31
LYNCHBURG IIRGINIAN.
WEDNESDAY MORNING .JAN'Y 81. 1855.
News and Miscellany.

war Is not very graelously received by the Dirt
ish journals. the most of them unkndly inter
preting it as much manifestation of self-impor
lance on our part as inclination TO restore
peace to Europe The Globe hints that 9TH,
strong Russian feeling" which, it thinks, is 81
''ostentatiously displayed" here excites such
suspicion of American sincerity, in this matter a
to operate as an insuperable bar to the nccep
lance of our nediatorship If it were preferred
DIR. Alcott, distinguished physician of Bos
ton. attributes to the free use of saeratus IN
cooking, many ofthe diseases 10 which children
and adults are subject. To tue of this del
eterious substance, DIR, A, attributes the death
of one hundred thousand persons out of the three
hundred thousand under ten years of age who
annually die in the L. States
The Washington Organ saws it ''learns from
reliable that, in some portions OF 'rg'hia
large number Of the old-line Democrats utter
" repudiate the idea that the ticket nominated
by the Stanton Convention i a real bona .fde
Democratic ticket. They obstinately assert that
the attempt to palm it off upon them is a misora-
bic Wing trick, and no assurances can persuade
them to the contrary
The latest dates from Salt Lake and the Plains
Jan 10Th. state that Mr.. Rabbit, the present nc
tuary Governor of Utahis. very unpopular with
the Mornons from belief, whether well.found-
ed or not that he has abiured the religion of tho
Latter DAY Saints. They had grown tired OF him
as Goyernor. and anxiously awaited his removal
All the men belonging 10 the Mormon Church
who are able to bear arms, constantly drilled,
and at short notice several thousand could be col
lected together Col. Stepoe aud command ara
in, central a. Salt Lake
City.
The dispute betu en- the Mexican Government
and their late Consul General to this country, a.
to the withholding by thu latter Of one per cent
diseoun, on the seven millions of dollars recent
" received by him account of the Mesilla
Valley purchase, is to be settled IN our law
courts The Consul General, it seems, has re-
Gently beef arrested, aud ordered by Judge
Duer to be held to bail in the sum Of ninety
,hosand dollars, which being considered too
high, motion was made in the Sepreme Court OF
New York to reduce it, and argument was pre-
scented in favor of the motion. The Consul
claims to have been authorized by the Mexican
Government TO receive the amount he did.
The Abingdon Democrat speaks thus of Mr.
Wise:-"In the Presidential canvass of 1910,
Mr.. Wise was the acknowledged mouth piece of
Virginia Whiggery, In that capacity he was the
author of the most furious Trades against our
party and our men, the utterance OF which is an
offence OF SO much magnitude in some eyes, as to
require atonement more notifying IN It's |
nature than four years service in the gubernato
rial office would be. With these remarks
will apply the match to the first gun"
The Minneapolis Suspension Bridge across
the Mississippi river, above the Falls OF st. An
thony, has at length been completed, and the
waters OF the mighty river SPAWNED for the
FIRST time by structure of wood and iron. The
last floor beam of the bridge was laid the 9th
ut.. and the occasion of pride and re
joioing to the inhabitants of the different banks
of the stream. The longth of span is go feet.
The New fork Herald publishes what purports
to be letters from Mr. alley Mann, the present
Assistant Secretary Of State written from Eu-
rope previous to the inaugm alton of President
Pierce, in which he advises foreign policy cor
responding, the Baltimore American says, in
very remarkable degree to that which has since
been pursued by the Administration. In letter
purporting t. have been written by him on Feb.
9th, 1853 Mr.. Mann says, substantially, that
it is of paramount Importance that democrat
ofthe filibusering order should be sent to France;
that as far as possible, he should cut the Euro
pean oristocracy and their diplomatic laekeys;
that he should Adopt simple republican court
costume, with the American eagle upon his but
tons and the hat of citizen" The letter in.
culcates the most decisive antago1ism to Louis
Napoleon, and represents that the chief danger
the United States has to fear in Europe is from
France. "Implnre Congress-" therefore, says
Mr.. Mann, ito show the French government TINT
are wide awake Go from me, and go spced-
lily to Gen. Cas-, to Mr.. Soule and to all other
membersas you may think advisable, and mploro
them 10 make demonstration that will pro-
duce CONSERVATION in the 1uilercs, by placing
ten millions of dollars at the disposal of the
President for protecting our interests against 70
reign aggression, and to authorize the imme
date construction of ten or fifteen war steam
ers." If these letters are really what tho He
raid representative copies of Mr. Mann's cores
pondence, they form remarkable fragment in
the political history of the day.
Extract of private letter from passenger on
the Pacific, from New York to Liverpool: -
nt slPhHlship dclIlC DINke htI CIuHN pm
going to Liverpool, which detained them on the
sea at time for twelve hours and at another
time six hours; but fortunately. they had another
one on board or they might have been at sea for
a month. This is the first accident of this kind,
that has ever occurred to a steamer, On going
into the harbor Of Liverpool the Pacific run into,
and sunk, the brig CoTinthian, with a cargo of
f200.00O sterling, bound to the Cape of Good
Hope She sunk in ten minutes. The Pacific
had barely time to lower her boat and rescue the