Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-10
Miacallanes, Ia Iterns.

Mr.. John Baker IbOmpson,son of JudgeI i.
Thompson. Of Staunton,has been elected Profess
or II Mathematics in Kenon College Ohio. and
has accepted
We learn from the Frederick Herald that
Convention of tho Americans in the Fifth Dis
trict of Maryland met at Frederick city on Fri
day lnst and nominated Henry w. Hoffman, esq,
of Allegheny. for Congress-. We learn that the
nomination Of Mr.. Hoffman is most excellent
one. and one that will command many votes out
side of the party terminating him.
The Committee of Correspondence ofths Amer
ican party in twelve of the Northern States have
issued an oddres~. Recommending thai National
Conventions of the party assemble at Cincinnati
on the 2lst day uf Noyenher next.
In Great Britain NIL rair'ods pass under or
over comulan reads. and the track is securely
fenced in. that no animal can stray before
train. which. in this country is the common cause
of rnilroad disasters.
The Washington correspondent OF tho journal
of Commerce says, that Mr.. Attorney General
Gushing has completed his examination of the
question Of law relating TO General Seott's brevet
referred to him by the War Department. He
gives no intmation of the nature of the conclu-
sion reached by the Attorney General.
Mr. Fillmore was presented to the Emperor of
the French on the 10th August toyeiher with
nineteen other Americans. Mr.. Fillmore was to
have been favored with n private presentation,
aud in consequence went in II black coat, but by
some unexplained accident was thrown among
his countrymen, who were in uniform, and he
thus presented, in than respect. the
most noticeable figure in the company.
A correspondent of the Newark Advertiser,
writing from Florence. states that the deaths
from Cholera in that city average more than one
hundred uaq. The writer says: ''ln the
present epidet,t % dread ur contagion, the dead
are ordinarily arred oul Of the house with in
decent haste AID two or three peor creatures. at
least. have oeea whipped away IN state of coli
lapse mistaken tor death"
The Chinese of California celebrated May day
in high old style. Among the dishes prepared
at the Bow as Hotel" was.a pot.pie made of
the following delicate yiands: One door. mat, two
cats, three par of old boots, one dog, four
poll parrots, ore pair of cotton socks sixteen
swapping Turtles and the fore. quarter of horse.
The calls numbered some six hundred. That's
pot pie as is a pot pie
G. NJ Uillyer. editor of the Natchez Courier
has been nominated by the Know Nothings
the candidate fer Congress in opposition to Gen.
Quitman.
The New York Courier says:--"The importa-
lions of foreign goods are still too larga for the
country and the accumulation of foreign indebted
| ness is such as will create trouble among
/
to European capitalists by tho corporations of
the United States is probably greater at this time
than at any former period.
Mr.. Maurice Strakosch has paid $i2S 90 to
Mr.. J. 7 Soutter. treasurer of the Corn Exchange
committee, the nett proceeds. after paying all
expenses of the concert given by Mile. Parodl,
ON Tuesday Of last week, for the benefit of the
| poor sufferers by yellow fever at Norfolk and
| Portsmouth, Va.
Rachael's second night, in which she appeared
| in Racine's Phedre, is not less enthusiastically
! appauded than her FIRST appearance The audi
| ence, however, Mas only abont half a. numerous
as that which witnessed her first representa-
ton. as#t
Order has already been restored, in the capital
| of Mexico; Gen. Carerra has been elected 'resi
| dent pro tempore; and Congress is about to he
convaked IN performance of the fifth article of the
| plan of Ayutia, which has been adopted a. ba-
/ sis for the political reorganization Of the Repub
| lie.
The Cape May correspondent of the Baltimore
| American says: The beach presented scene
to day (Alonday) Of the most spirited and inter
esting character The number of bathers ex-
ceeded that of any preceding day. Between |
and O'Clock there could not have been less than
1000 in the surf, fully one half, usual being
| ladies, many Of whom can swim, and one lady
! / saw floating on the surface of the wafer, and
riding over the swelling surf, nth the greatest
ease imaginable. A great number of ladies
| were unattended, but were as fully able to take
care of themselves as the sterner sex. The de-
| corum of the surf is never violated any one who
would dare to insult or annoy lady whilst bath
| ing, would find himself surrounded in moment
| by u host of avengers."