Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-03

Tur Soi1nsfnE DEMOCRAT RECOMMENDS MI
Wis. to the support of the people oil Virginia
for the promptness with which he would nnsheath
| tho sword of the commonwealth, in the not I'M
possible event of such leg, lation by congress
a- the state ought not TO submit to- There arc
not wanting tfo-", who appiehend that Mr.
! Wise might be too prompt, IN such an einer-
/ gency; aud thu lint sc the Democrat will hot
tend l., nllny iheir fear,. We did not SEE the ne
crssity, or appreciate the good taste, Of similar
nlu.ion in Mr. Wise's letter OF acceptance. This
uiiehing into u var with the Union might be a
more serious matter than the Democrat sopPoses'
aud if such a calamity were to come upon ns' 1t
might Ice more desirable to have al our head II
man whose hand was familiar with the sword
than one Who would be rcadicst TO draw IT, Mr.
Wise might make another Napoleon for ought
We know bat we have never yet heard OF his
setting "a squadron in the field. = 1t seems I"
us. moreover that this i, new democratic rem
cdy for federal aggression We had been led to
suppose, that. in such IL crisis, the Democrat
would counsel ptareabte sccession-o night which
it has often maintained appcrtains II each state
and To Virginia particularly, 10y virtue Of the res
olutious Of .. aud - How is il
ALIEN PAuFERs AND tRlMISALs.--1he com
mittec ON commerce IN the House of Representa-
tiyes have prepared and will soon report very
important bill ON the subject 81 alien panpers
and criminals Under the provisions of this bill
it is said no fore gn passenger shall hereafter Toe
admitted into "a port of the United States unless
he shall have the certificate of the American
Consul Of TIE place from which he comes. that
he has not one year previous to his departure,
been an inmate OF n jail CT workhousc and TINT
lac has not for faur years previously been convic-
ted of any criminal offence except such rs are
designated political crimes. If any captain shall
bring such persons without the required certf-
Gates, he shnll be liable to fine and Imprisonment
The vessel in which such persons arrive shall be
subject to forfeiture. Such law should receive
the unanimous support of Congress. Our poor
houses and prisons are everywhere filled with
bcggars and acouGdrels, spawned upon the coun-
try by European yagabondi-m and crime. fto
the provisions of this law proper restrictions up
the privilege OF naturalization should be nd
dcd it would be all the better.
CENTRAL AMERICAN LAND AND MlNING Com
rANy.-This is the company of which Col W l..
Kinney is The director and governor general. He
is soon to embark for Mosquito, to enter upon II
permanent settlement of the lands. The Hon.
VIM. Cost johnson, of Maryland, has been elect
ed president of the company, and the Hon J. J..
White, of New York, Senator Cooper, of Penn
sylyania, Mr. lkeeling, Of Norfolk. n.,and othcs
gentlcmcn directors. A letter in the New York
Courier referring 10 the expeditions, says:
II, =. Ia, II. II, 81.
up aud reduced Ia cultivation hy n population of
masters and slaves, but there is some division of
sentiment among the stockholders whether it
should be organized as II political community
with view l. its admission AS Il State of the A
mercan Union, or whether it shall be held rs II
slave holding province. immediately subject to
the pr"prictnrs. but ultimately to the political iu
risdcton of this Government
IlrsrINGs COURT lsr JAS, ls55.-.This court
in session Ia day Several criminal cases
were called up. The Commonwealth vs.. Marshall,
the same vs.. Parish, and the same vs.. Watts,
were continued till the next tenn of the court.
The Commonwealth Us. Bucock for shooting or
wounding with brick bat, Che testimony leaves
it doubtful which,) tried, and the prisoner
sent on for further trial
Some little civil business was called up. but all
continued.
One hundred guns were lntcly fred at Madison
Qudana) in honor of the election of the Hon.
Jesse d. Bright to the Presidency of the Sen
ate.
THE REclrRocIry TREATY will soon be in full
operation, MS Canada, New Brunswick, Nova SEQ
tia, and Prince Edwards Island have accepted its
provisions, and it only remains for President
Pierce To issue his proclamation AS he
shall receive official information of the acceptance
mentioned Newfoundland is covered by II spc-
cinl provision. When that is fulfilled free trade
will be substantially established betwnen the Pro
viuccs and the United States.
Contested SEAr.-Wm. b. Archer, of Hi
nois has notified Hon. James c. Allen that he
shall contest his right to seat in the next House
of Representatives., from the 9TH Congressional
district of Illinois. 1t will he remembered that
the official vote of the district elected Mr. Allen
by one minority. 1t is said that mistake of six
ty votes in favor of Mr.. Archer has been discov-
cred in Clay county alone.
WIN. i. RoANE, IA young lawyer of much prom
Use and great popularity, died at his residence in
this city, yesterday morning, after confinement
of less than a week
THE OLDEST INIIABrrANT.-T There is now liv-
ing in Washington county, Va, lady, who is
perhaps the oldest person in Virginia Mrs
Mary Collins. residing about seven miles from
Abingdon. beyond the Middle Fork of the Hols-
ton river, the Abingdon Democrat says, is Ger
tanly not less than one hundred and t,rentg
years old, and is believed to be near one hundred
and thirty. Although Ms. Collins has reached