Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-03-05
LYNCHBURG IiRGINIAN.
News and Miscellany


Colonel Alexander Anderson, who from
Woodstock. Shenandoah County, Virginia, from
whence he emigra;ed 10 California in june last
and has been residing at Nevada since He VA
about thirty years ofagc, lawyer Icy rrofcs SION
and gentleman of eminent ability in his prnies
sion. Ills family are still in Virginia
In the Massachusetts, House Of Representatives,
on Tuesday morning, remonstrance was pres
ented against the removal efJ Judge Laring, tn
the reasons assigned by" other petitioner for
his remosal.n and referred 10 the committee on
that subject It's signed by 90 gcntleni"n' IN
GLIDING Charles Jack son, Edward Everett tho
Iawrenees, Ren Humphrey, ana many "'hyf 81
the most influential men. They 'r'sfecuuiiN
submit, that the removal Of Judge by address
TO the Executive, for an aet done ny nm ~ Nh
other capacity, aud not prohibited by law, - an
infringement -apon the independence OF tho Ju-
,lciorS. mi is not within the just and rue inter
pretation Of ihe constitution of Massachusetts,. .
The plan If Thomas L. Walter the architect
for a new done TO the capitol has been exhibited
in the Hall Il Representatives Tor several days
past, and has excited the admiration Of all
beholders. In comparison with the present um-
hrea looking dome Of the centre building, it i
said to DO stately rich and elegant, and The very
kind of Improvement required by the extension Of
the Capitol, in order to complete It's symmetry
and beauty.
The number of murders committed in Califor
MIA during the year of 1851 is said to be four
hundred and fifty. and even that is supposed by
many 70 be much under the mark. During the
same period there were only fifteen convictions
Tor Inansanghter six executions by officers Of the
law, ana eighteen by the code of Judge Lynch.
The Oregon wheat crop OF last was
large that it was thought there coald Ice afforded
a surplus of one million Of bushels for expectation
TO California Some of the san Francisco pa
pers think that with this aid additional -four
would be needed from the Atlantic division OF
the Union,
One of the most important item by the late for
eign news is that the Frenebhaye recently taken
most signal revenge for the defeat Mt Waterloo.
1t seems that, taking pity on the naked condl.
ton of the British troops, they have present
ed them with 10000 comfortable suits of cloth
ing-so il will be perceived. the French have Mt
last given their old foes glorious dressing.
lie Charirari. n Paris Journal contains "a spir-
tied engraving representing Nicholas AS member
of the peace society, offering his Vienna prupo.
stions for peace. lie wears the cont and slouched
hat of Quaker. and from under the cont in all
directions may be seen more than thirty Colts re-
volvers. This is Charivaris opinion, in crayon,
of the Emperor Nicholas peace intentions.
The Panama Rail Road continued in good run
ming order from ocean to ocean. although transit
upon il had been interrupted for several days
owing TO damage sustained by heavy rains
The transit had been made from ono line 60 the
other in three hours and this would doubtless be
the average time consumed
The city of Wheeling, Va, has Just issued
S250.000 Of bonds bearing interest at 6 per Cent,
payable in New York in l57l-tho object of
which is. first, to pay off n loan Of SlOD,o1u ne
gotiated 20 years ago, with Ncssrs. Rathschild,
which fails due the LIST NJ March, and viii he
paid by the Ohio Trust Company, and secondly,
to fund tho floating debt of the city.
Fears are entertained in New Orleans that
when the spring rains begin to descend and the i'm
mense quantity of snow which has iullcn ON the
upper Mississippi and its numhercss tributaries
shall have melted, the city will I've in danger of M
overflow.
A letter from Acapulco dated February 9TH,
to the n. Y. Herald says that Alvarez, the rev
dictionary chief, in Mexico, had been honored with
triumphant entry into Acapulco. the road from
the garita TO the plaza, a distance OF one league.
being lined with soldiers, and adorned with
arches bearing such inscriptions as Liberty and
Justice" The write. adds TINT IN few days
Alvarez intended to leave for the capital, in com
mand Of 5000 men.
The steamer George Inv brings news Of an
ominous character from Australia s; for although
the accounts are undoubtedly somewhat colored,
yet there is but little doubt, if anarchy and re.
beon had not actually broken cut in the vicinity
of the Ballarat gold diggngs, it on the point
of doing go. The miners were in arms To resist
the collection of the license fec and Il powerful
Reform League had been formed On the other
hand the Government oheir@ seemed determin-
ed 10 cnrry out their measures even ut the point
of the bayOnet,
letter from New York says, "Pusilism here
is a power in the Stntc,' \ ,trangcl, at least,
would certainly think 50, to see the excitement
the Peole and Morrisey ARRAY, of Sunday morn
ing is creating among all sorts Of people. Even
Wall street stops for awhile to talk about liar
lem and Erie,to canvass the possibility OF Poolo's
recovery, and calculate the chances of bis still
living long enough to whip his antagonist. The
greggeries are in state of great perturbation,
and nothing else seems to be talked OF for the
nonce. Bulletins from Pools bedroom are issued
as frequently as those from Her Britannia Majes-
ty's apartment, on certain occasions OF peculiar
interest to her loyal subjects
The Journal of Commerce has received through
the hands Of Rev. Dr. Brantly, of Athens, Geer-
gia ten dollars, for the suffering poor of New
York, from a Baptist church OF oolored people at
Augusta in the same State. DIR. Brantly says al
is small free-will offering from portion OF oul
slave population who are comfortably provldeo
for and having a little to spare, have remem
bered IL Suffering poor of your city
WeLave some additional intelligence from Ha
vana, by way of New Orleans Senior Estrampc'
and Mr. Felix had been sentenced, the former t'
death by the garote, and the latter TO ten years II
the chain gang in Africa These gentlemen, on