Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-02-05
CITiiND STATE DEPARTMENT.


last Saturday. largo show suspended
| in III, lower hall. containing Numerous sPeei-
mon. Of daguerrcotypes.s.v lockets, gold pins
| &c was taken down shortly after dinner aud
carried into I'll. cellar where il was broken open
md rided 81 all tae gold articles it contnlnea,-
! For mans property 10 he thus, ~ broad any
| light and on nain street, st"lcn from hun l.
! something new. and indicates an advance III The
arts Of yillainy. We hope n corresponding ad-
| vance will be ma,le in tn arts Of preventing vi
| lany Mr.G. does not know the full eAt'nt III
| his loss, but doc not suppose 1t will much es-
coed so
INCIDENTS OF CAR1EKs DESCENT. Mr. Car
ricr relates some amusing incidents connected
with lis descent n ferfa frma last week. IN
nearing tho earth rome negroes who were near
hy were struck with eonsternetion and b"t"oh
themselves 10 various employucnts. Some gaz-
cd upon the descending object with roVerehtia
awe aud pronounced 1t the savior. while others
contcudcd that was nothing more nor less iiah
the derH. One armed himself with a lntcht2ik,
and patiently awaited it, approach; and another
procured "A gun. which, in the absence of shot,he
loaded with corn, aud prepared for combat A
love song-. fell upon her knees and prayed to the
Lord To forgive her this time aud she would
never sing another love song a- long r. she ly-
ed" When Mr.. e. lodged in II treeit wa, long
before he could induce any one to come To his
assistance. Regarding the balloon aud It's oc-
cupunt rs something terrible, they could not with
out much cntreaty be induced to approach
it. After satisfying themselves that there was
nothing supernatural connected with II, they
concluded to render their asssiancc,but not with
out first asking if ''the thing would bust Bong
assured it would not they sci to work and rem
dered all necessary aid.
We are requested by Mr.. Carrier t. return his
sincere thanks To the family at whose house he
was entertained, for their kind and hospitabie
treatment.
AM FOX THE Poon.-Mr. Thos. Y. Moshy sue.
cccdcd in collecting over one hundred and TWEEN
ty dollar, in hi. generous efforts in behalf of
the poor, last week.
ASNAEE ~ THE SroMACu-Thc possibility Of
these occurrences has been set down by many
whose philosophy of things in Heaven aud On
Earth, is of limited nature, rs "smake story
of the imucnaton's fancy, And when we new
inform our readers that we yesterday, saw
iiping snake which was that morning elected
from young mans stomach, some Incredooas
readers will be found who will not "swallow' 1t
pardon we should have said creMt il. We'll,
we never care for ''stuiling things noiens roicnS
down people, throats, but we shall nevorth,le
present these facts for what they may fetch.
For some time back, gentleman named liar
rison r. lcr Wade, Il visit to friends in the
neighhurhood of Reedy Creek, near Cox's Road,
felt At certain hours, choking or suifocatng
symptom, as if something was being forced up
his throat. This was attended with pain, and
restlcr,ncs,, indeed, he seemed II, if going off
suddenly into consumption, and puzzled both
| the friendly aud medical faculty to know what
| niled him. When this sutlocating sensation came
! ON, Mr. W, felt always as if he had an uneasy
! lond on his stomach which rs he fnnccd, If re
! moved would cure him. 80 he resolved totry the
merits Of an almighty powerful cmctic on his
constitution, in order 10 bring forth whatever was
| bad in HIM
The remedy lie made of very near
giving hma quietus IN more ways thun one, for
| it nearly turned tho snake laden gentleman in
side ont completely After very violent spas
mode workings and rctchngs, small milky col
orcd snnkc lcaped from his throat and seemed
! most thunder struck mt finding itself in broad
| daylight and suddenly transferred So unccremo-
| nouely IN, into n cold temperature Indeed the
gentleman himself seemed quite much aston .
ished as Master Snake, when he perceived what
MI inside passenger he had 80 long been carry
ing about with him as bosom friend.
The snake was almost transparent, had red
dish eyes of great brilhancy, and was five and u
quarter inches long. 1t made suddry efforts To
turn u few lofty somersets. protrudc its string,
and M if in agony of grief, Mt an JectE,ent by