Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-03-15
From ou New York Correspondent
NrW AoHa>, Mar, 9th. l15

NEw Yoiu>, Mar. 9th, l755.
our hot.ls are fail ofcX honorablcs, fresh from
Washington with thcirpoekcts lined with Uncle
Sans allowance. urge proportion of these
patriots have only recently stepped out of OBJ
security into public life,and are now sabsdns into
m-igniicancc, with little prospect of being again
called upon to serve their country in the halls Of
Congross.
The fine weather has given activity to the re
tai business in Broadway but trade generally is
rather '~low" for the season. Probably, when
navigation opens, and the great agricultural
staple begin 10 come in, we shall hive plenty of
our country cousins in town, with their wives
and daughters and well-illed wallets There
ought 10 be n plethora of money in the rural
DISTRICTS; g" for the farmers have been realizing
glorious prices for their crops but, III fortunate
ly, many Of them have caught the railroad ma
MIA, mi sonl, their surplus in proG,ess lines.
Tin ''Assemblea Wisdom" Of the state Is ex-
peeled here 10 morrow. visit to the ten gov
emars of the Almshousr, who are preparing 10
Ionic and fcast our representatives during Their
! stay. OF course, there is more in this than
meets theeye. Perhaps, a. one Of the ten gov
ernor, has lnrge capital inv estcd il the distl-
! lery business, Ia may have confidential word
or two to say on the prohbtory liquor bill
! This measure hangs fire in the Senate. The
liquor dealers here feel certain that it cannot
pas IN lis present shape; and with search and
seizure clauses stricken out, ii would be useless
! Tho Tribune seems To think that there i, treason
in the temperance camP, and symptoms of
leaving IN among the cold water members
| af tltn - ar - ara r. uI,.
The attempted illusion" between the IInr5S
and so.t- of the Democracy in the crucible Of
| IammanY Hall, was partially II failure 4 re
| union ui the two elements may possibly take
place bnt It will bc only u limited partnership
for special purpose. The fnfenfe cordialf Gun
not he permanently renewed.
Cuba Is IA standing topic in political circles here
The proposition of the Osttnd conference, 10 take
the island "praceably if we can forcibly if we
must Is decidedly popular, although a serupn-
! lous minority insist that to seize the colony sim
! ply because It may become dangerous neigh
Dor, and would certainly be valuable acquis-
ton, can only be justified on the principle that n
man haS right to appropriate his neighbours
! house tor has own benefit; lest the owner should
sell II to an obnoxious purchaser. leave this
matter an open question for persons who have
studied the morals of politics more closely than
| myself.
The death of BIZ Poole, the pugilist. in conso-
! quenee OF the wounds he received in the Stanwx
Hal aray, has occhsioned a tremendous sen
sauon among the class to which he belonged
ana NIL tend to increase the natural nntipathy Mt
present existing between Americans and the Irish
oil THIS city. That Poole was foullv murdered
cannot hr doubted; and a. one or two of the par.
ties arrested are likely to turn states evidence.
the crime will probably be brought home to the
perpetrators. Iii, generally believed that the
attack upon Poole was the result of a conspra
| cy, and renort says that one at least of the con.
| sp,rators had engaged his passage to California.
ihaAhtclpaton OF the event l'oolo'S chief re
slct upon his death bed was, that he had been
tie yctm OF gang of Inshmen Morrissey.
| the HE leader OF the enemies of the deceased
Is accused by the friends of the latter of bavino
ln~ugated his assassination. Startling levalor
meats are expected during the inquest Baker
VINO Is supposed To have fired the fatal shot has
not been ken, but his escape is impossible
The funeral OF Poole will take place on Sunday.
| Ills remains are TO I've inferred at Greenwood and
VIII be attended to the grave by an immense
Coucourse.
Bennett, of the Herald. announces a new con.
trlbution to the literature of the age in the shane
oil his own Early Poems" | had no idea tha,
| the hard common sense and caustie shrewdness of
James Gordon had ever been tempered bv the in
| huence OF the MUSES.. The eary poems of snch
man must, to his own lavorite phrase. he
| "a rich brochure"
The arrest of Phny White the California cold