Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-28
CITY IND STiTE DEPARTMENT.

lswili serve u visitors IN the poiest of all French
| modes.
SMALL pox A case nf small 20, was ascer-
tanned Il BE- on board a freight boat, lying in the
Basin. Sunday evening. As the fact be-
came known 70 the Council meeting vas called
/ and measures taken to guard against the spread
If the disease. The boat was removed 10 the
| Pond above the city, and guard appointed 10
/ prevent communication. Medical Attendance.
/ food, DC. were provided The patient will be
removed 10 hospital rs soon as one can be oh
| fained. In the nean time we advise MI persons
! Who hive not been vncehhrd to call on the vaccine
agent Or. II. Q. Latham. Should other cases oe
eur. our readers will be Informed Of them
APPOINTMENT 10 a PRoPEssoRsHIp-
| VIM Christian, of this city. graduate of the
| University. bas been appointed TO tho chair of
| Modern Languages, in the Roanoke Collage
Mr. e. Is young gentleman Of fine talents and
altainnents. and cannot fail 10 do himself credit
in the position 10 which he has been called -
/ This il the Thrill appointment of Lynchburgers
to Professorships, noticed by within few
weeks past
PtrrsYLyANIA.A meeting of the American
party Of Pittsylyania was held at the Court
House the goth inst. Resolutions were adopted
declaring that they cordially approved and would
firmly abide by the Platform Of Principles adj
opted by The great American party Of the Union
in Convention assembled ut the city of Phadel.
pha. 1hree persons were appointed from each
Magisterinl District, to attend the State Conven-
tion To be held in this city the 18th prox., after
which, the report says, IA large concourse of
persons being in attendance, the Hon Thomas
5. Flonrnoy. loudly and enthusiastically
called for. Being present in the meeting, Mr..
Flournoy promptly responded TO the call For
more than two hours, he held the greater portion
ofhis audience speli-bound by the force Of his
reasoning. flow of his eloquence and polish of his
rhetoric. The entbu siasm Of the meeting
warmed up to the highest pitch, while frequent
and rapinrous bursts Of applause, greeted many
of his happy FIGHTS and well timed hits AT tho
''Piebaid y8ay' nf@ array iu oprn hostility to
tie American enase. lIi- rcnprks evidently
produced telling fleet upon the minds Of the
hundred, present To follow the speaker in his
brilliant eiiart On the occasion, hcynr The pow
er oi the pen. Suffice il 10 tNai Mr.. Flour
noy fully sustained his reputation ~ N able and
eloquent dehater on the lip-iu.- With the
exception If few outside5s. VIII" err'. evident
" writhing underthe I'll. cts If y mr,jtcd easti,
gaton of their party. thr speaker was listened to
with profound attention and brraihess interest"
ApYANcr.-The cnrs on the Danvilo road
were to make their first trip Yesterday to Whit.
lock (Dr Bnrk saae's Ferry.
CARRIER, the pronaut. is to make an ascension
from Danyie shortly A lady will accompany
CATeu THE RoBBER.-We perceive from IA
hand bill issued by Jno. w. Finks, special agent
for the =. O. Department, says the Danve
Register, that Il mail rider by the name of Jno. T.
llouehing, who carried the mail from Patrick c.
II. to Pittsylyania c. II, absconded from the
former place on the 2Sh july after committing
many serious rohberes upon the T. s. mail. A
reward of $50 IS offered for bis arrest and CON
fnement in Jail. iIouchingi is about II or Is
years old, ) feet or inches high, light com
pleXinn. large blue eyes, full face aud down
ward look when addressed. We learn that about
two weeks ago he passed through Salem, n. c..
under the assumed name OF Pollard.
STATUE or JEFFERsoN.-Wc gave, from the
Richmond Enquirer, some days ago, IA glowing
| description of the statue of Henry lately placed
! upon one of the pedestals of the Washington
monument in Richmond. We append It's criti-
! csm of the Jefferson statue, which now stands by
! the side of the great orator: Yesterday" says
the Enquirer, 1.-THE colossal bronze statue of
| THOMAS JEFFERSON was elevated to its tempo
rary pedestal on the lower pediment of the Cnpi-
| toll steps. and when tho covering was removed
! all present were delighted with its majestic beau
| ty. II is in beautiful and perfect contrast with
! HENRY. The latter is all action; the JEFFER-
son is calm and grand repose. The repre-
SCENTS the fire aud mpetuosity III the mpas stoned
orator; the other the deep thought and majes-
are great trinmphs of genius; and for truo ex-
preston, grandeur fidelity to life, and artistic
and perfect execution in the minutest details
| cannot be surpassed. HENRY and JEFFERSON
stand like the guardian genii of Virginia's Capt.
toll They are both greatly and universally add
mired for their respective merits, and their cree
ton will form an era in tho history of our State
and country. They have already produced "a
great sensation among the art-crtics of Europe.
| There the statue of Jefferson has been justly
ranked with Michael Angeles wonderful statue
emblematic of Ihoughtt
THE statue of Jefferson is taller than that of
| Henry. 1t represents the Sage of Monticello
wrapped in the ample folds of a cloak gracefully
falling around MIN, with the head slightly bent
as if fixed deep in thought In his left hand
folded across his breast) he holds scroll in
| scribed l176,' Qhe Declaration of indepen-
| dence.) In his right hand, which lies a little be.
| low his chin, he grasps pen. Jefferson is per-
sonated as mednating ON the preparation of that
| immortal document, al which time he was thirty
three years and three months of age.
EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE.-The GAINESVILLE
| Tobacco Plant relates an uncommon case of
marriage which has occurred within its notice,
and which shows that gentlemen are sometimes
at least-the injured parties. Squire John Brad
shew, of Person, North Carolina, became Wild
over recently, and courted Miss. Frankey Lea,
aged fifty seven, and worth $4,000. The 4th of
July was fixed as the day for the marriage-a H.
cense was procured aud parties invited Mr. Sam'l
johnson, also aged fifty seven years. an old lover
of Miss. Frankey, upon hearing of it, sent re-
proaohtul message to the aged damsel, who re-
! piled by saying that if he would marry her at
sunrise the next morning she would become Mrs
Samuel Johnson He agreed. and the ceremony
was performed. As might have been expected,
| Squire Bradshew became highly enraged, up
braided Mrs Samuel johnson for being so tickle,