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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-05

CARLYLE. Friend Aycr:--ln this age of
pacs. carlumns and mere windy. gaseoui pfelelders
10 hcHl. WHO blow 81 every cnrner, and IN the face and
II ~ men thru ,ud blnring Jericho trurrpets
aud hrr noisy Loi4eruu- wind Instrument. o nnryel.
III twisted hu,>s ia such woctny .has-f ridden
faeh tis. say it i. cotnfirtac. nay everi CHI ering
o tbs rrrar~ wei v-her "( his 10 know there has
arrived il this wtr'd genuine Physician light
lore upon spmeihi besides SaHgfaaos and Don
dee'1ra lai'ps wita their pAlrbo'onie,3 pasons ard
warm wller
Your tniHruc Eds and Chcg:y Pecioral carry Us
tar@l1l ia 1t Logon da,sto mleuna Pear nucal tea-,
"h4 Science, deep deirg dawn into he principles Of
tin:z, shat. With ohnic cunning. bring the geou
- hixer nr: fer Of a Truth itci4 Is mlnilesly
IN ,ash sancwhal OF that LII. Essence ia your
-uAae vegetable iistilaiiun. uu compounds.
You r'ui'zr Ia rs the visions OF these n4n(ulesi.
sa9sc.drir3 A ti,s-b,olie.s Seeke s-dreamers
a5an rr 4 .prihe-. tuuchug tn Qain!essatial
hidden virtue Of ,hc Universe, whcn should au,;dote
dstenner. mad bro tx tor man the Wheel If ! me
tag 3.in
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JAMES RGCKa Guardian Of
Henrietta Rucks. Muritn RucAs. and Lewis Taylor
bucks sep j.w4w
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he LATE RAILROAD MASSACRE

Additional Particulars Evidence before the
Thrilling Scenes and Incidents!
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-05

BAKERS premium BITTERs is now become Il
universal fa.liy NJ die and nded generally
~ able fhy sicisns Tor the Of d. epss,
Na'yeos Hr' ieche, Dcanaed Liver, &c. The rertii-
..afe below i from worthy widow lady of Haeover
county 81 uuinubci ,crncit,.
WHITE rLAISs ilHnover Va, Jan. 30, 1883
sR Il. BAKER. proprietor of Bakers Premium Bit.
t-r.-pear Sn:-l cbunot withhold the high estnntion
have Il Jour vtlmblc Family Medicine. in .,naling
teot nav conf iaints. ! have suffered abb ut Two
with ddi+ord,rei tch &r., which ,an ted ue
chi anything that ote without disacrseing
in me Immediately afterwards. had to be dieted,
lt nii #. relieve TIE uini. tlen ootntncnr.
d nsng remedies said give relief tut all to
pnrpo.e. began lhnk | should have a 1--we
through his short life With but little enjoyment ii lis
walds goods. hrt nruvidenre provided In inohing
.apor found that Baker's Premium Bilters
ighly nrA for disorl red Stofnri ".
procured uuule. md ia ali ~ LIE found
REM " tr we SPEEDY rtiief nm sarrs tinrk
nat ! W., uisr so hng without knowing Of such
alnahs Medicine sooner lake ereat sasnfe in
econmcn4ne il to others ale, tel il similar iilaner.
Yours MARY w. ELLEIT
10 he in.' w..1irsaio and retail at L SabeI K Cos,
SroLor Nuilrhcai+, ]. II. Thompson K gos, and
>. H. seay, A5UclJusg, and oil Druggists generally.
aug lS.ln
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f6ENT, PAINE ~ CO,

IMPoRTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS ~
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS
Nos. l03 AND les MAIN STREET RicnnONp VA
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CoNfmnu7ioas.--Amoug the contributions IN
lharloitesY'Iie CIR Norfolk and Portsmouth are
so IRON lou. Na'iam c. Rycs and son, S:!5 "a
lfom BaP' i church, $llS0 DISCIPLES church,
: IL from Netbajist church.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-05

TniMs tor WIFE MURDER CONVICTION AND
SENTENCE then Lipsconb indicted for the
murder Of his wife, Ghe mother of seven children
N dune lat WAS few days since arraigned and
tried hef re he Superior Court Of Preston coun-
y. "a. Judge Camden. presiding. The de
a.oee WIS Insanity Tho case is said to have
.aeted much interest. The Judge, decming the
circumstances suoh to require more ability
and sEi Ia IA i, to be met with in practitioners
Il medicine who lave devoted hut little atten-
ton 10 the Hhieot Of insanity, dispatched a spe-
eial messenger for DIR. Stribling, the physician
and superintendent eli the Western Lunatic Asy-
lum. fheleetor aftra careful examination of
the eriminal occupying several day-.) and pa.
tirnt inves aaton into his history intellectual,
moral and physical, gave it as his opinion that
the insanity was, TO II considerable extent, mt
least, feisaed. he iury rendered verdict of
'mufder in the first degree" and the Judge after
n most feeling address to the prisoner, in which
he took ooea-. 81 ia endorse fully the correct
ness of the feaief, sentenced Ipscoub to be
hung ON Friday. the ilh day ofpeccmber next
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DIR B.. IS. yyRgGTaT's TasrELEss

E5te s.. ~ lsaesBk'E'S : So 5fEEAG
IL E'1n,ly -
49,. IL = -, .,,,,a, 81 -, II-.;ot :, ~ -
49, "'' ,"'>' ''''''t 0n'n'i'" Ger
RE nli .eriing cfcc OF Pills. O Scam. Nc land =, -.
81 ~, a., : :" %,
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i' '' >'''''S ~ '"' o.' I'm ot Inc DIS
ease, llHHp-HN e. ans the stuHa' Ia, and leave tlp
i.nfy.l, ENrtRFLY EHEE FROM ca-rtSENFss. NJ fttuv
-ss,.a1 be-. ,,liu,ut il, Clit,j,r, ,l.i,, Il -, 49,
#.i,.,,, + ..,.,... =. a . -. l... J.. - M
'' '~ $50 W. u, ''"' i> h"fF Hi5iiY fetpn
h3ntdti it i', incident i:cHi'.
Give IA. T. Hrd tnru :u!sa yaur.rtya. 80.
Ia. md s,r4irsgi,. o,.d ,,.oi an
oht - "lHli - Iruc'ph Depot, fG9 BraaiVhY.
l.; Parcel, iuld 4, Co.'S L cIimaud; .Stralrsr x
II-4itstra ! H. ri,run. m & g. / ,,,i ,,,. -
- r. "a ,,....i \ n.,,, .,,, 1t, -! - ai''
~ ga ''"- S',.'s '',I.,' Sl'lt me >tHte.
Dr III -ht "il pay Oue Thousand y ii rs for
4 % tIiScav,r, az any i,t,jxt ,r. ,,it H., 1T,
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WIN. T. SMITH,
Commission Merchant.
Eyncl,burg Wholesale Prices Current

CONNECTED EVERY TUESDAY, AND sATuhbAi
By RUCKER G. Redo
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GRoCERS AND
COMM SION MFR C H n NJ T S.
OPPOSITE BANK SQUARE, IYNCHBt-RG, VA.
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I''IN wv
The body Of Mr.. Jacob Howard, Of Lebanon.
Tenn, ~as recognised by his sister Mrs. w.
Drake. This lady resides at the East, and came
10 New York TO meet her brother, when she re-
ceived tidings of the calamity, and went immod-
ately to Burlington Upon the receipt Of the in
teligence of the death of Mr.. Howard. the mer-
camille tirmof Henrys, Smith & Townsend. f
New York, of which house MIR. H. was an old CUE
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The horrible aooiden, on the Camden and Am
boy Railroad, involving the loss of so many val
liable lives, and wannding ard manning scores
of others, is. of course, the absorbing subject Of
general comment We therefore give such ad
ditional particulars as have been received since
our last
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-05
J ". DUNAINh IUN, CT.
CnMMIssIONER's OFFIcE. LNnrhLnrp Z

i WkLEEgi WANTED-A yoons lnan who
a c'a farm s satisfactory evidence OF good cfarac-
- aad wei qlalite as good Miller, can heurof very
desae ,i'"oton by applying to the subscriber directly
SIP r3t " w. NDSf{I.
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11
Poor Boys College.

The Printing Office has indeed proved bet.
ter College TO many poor boy-has graduated
more useful and conspicuous members of socle.
ty-has brought out more intellect and turned
1t into practical, useful channels-awakeued
more mind, generated more active and eleva-
ted thought, than many of the literary COLLEGES
of the country. How many Ounce has pa IS.
ed through these colleges with no tangible
proof of fitness other than his inanimate piece
of parchment; himself if possible, more inani-
mate than his leather diploma There is some-
thing in the very atmosphere of printing Of
flee calculated to awaken the minds and inspire
a thirst for knowledge. A boy who commences
in such school, will have his talents and IDEAS
brought out; if he has no mind to draw ON,
the boy himself will be driven not.-Nep YORK
Globe.
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11

he would not make the appeal to the Lodge in
vain. Sir, | am satisfied! Here, sir, is my
husbands money, and he does not need the
noble aid you have contributed. Tom, give it
back to him; and, sir, beg you will state the
circumstances to the Lodge as they have oc-
CURED. From this moment, too am an Odd
Fellow
Il cannot, Anna continued the young Jour-
neyman Printer, Robert Kean, paint Toms
surprise and joy. don't know which gratified
him the most, the recovery Of his pocket-book
or the conversion of his wife,
well, it is "a very nice story, Robert, but un-
I'll have similar reason for being converted,
shall still be sceptic'
That night, Robert Kean, the Journeyman
frlnter, was burned out of house and home
lie lost everything he had. Moreover he
burned his hands SO in trying to save some
things from the flames, that for three months
he was unable to hold composing stick. Dur
ing That time he was surrounded by q brother
hood OF love and kindness There came to him
band of brothers who put him in a neatly fur.
nlshed house, supplied him with provisions and
even luXurles, placed money at his command
and nursed HIM unwearicdly with the benevo.
Iehce OF the Samaritan. At length when he
recovered and went to work, he found friends
who assisted him, gave him credit, and helped
HIM along heart and hand until once more he
prosPercd and was independent. One gooc
lesson was taught to Anna by means of thi,
reverse; 1t was never to dcspise a benevoen
society because it wraps about its charities tht
mantle of secrecy.
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11
.Stliscellaneol>s.
Murders in 1854.

The New York Police Gazette. havinp kan,
a record OF the murders committed in California
during the last year, commencing with Ian.
uary, publishes them entire in its issue of the
2Oth ult The whole number of murders tbus
recorded amounts to four hundred and si,ty
Jour! From this 1t can reasonably be calculated
that at least live hundred persons bave mot .
violent death at the hands of their fellow men
during the year 1854 Comment is uoneces.
sary The record Is enough to blast the ewes
OF every good citizen in the State, and make
hIm start with horror at this damning evidence
OF the dcpraVlty Of the great mass of our popu-
htlon. We expected to have found il large:
yet 1t more than doubles the number we had
hXed ior 1t. History cannot show a parallel!
-the murderer himself must stand appalled, in
contemplating it! In California, during the
past year, which has been unprecedented for
It's large number of murders, the Union over.
even IN this one State ofa quarter of million
OF inhabitants have there been almost as manv
murders committed as in all the other States
combined. FROM the same paper We learn
that III the year lS04 there were in Alabama
IL murders and : executions; in Arkansas.
murders aud executions, in Connecticut, 4
murders and execution in Delaware ! muir
der aud no executions; in Florida, 3 murders
and no executions; in Gcorgia, 80 murders and
no executions; IN Illinois, 20 murders and 3
executions; IN Indiana, I3 murders and no exc
cutIons in Iowa, 1 murders and no executions:
IN Kentucky, 46 murders and executions; in
( Louisiana, AZ murders and IA executions: in
Mane' murders and no executions: in Mary-
land, ID murders and l execution; in Massa-
chuEetts, Is murders and no executions: in
Michigan, I murders and no executions: in
Mississippi, 81 murders and five executions
IN Missouri, 33 murders and executions: in
New Hampshire, murders and no executions
: in New Jersey, 3 murders and no executions
IN New York, AZ murders and executions in
North Carolina, s murders and ) executions !:
in Pennsy lvania, D murders and executions !;
IN Rhode Island. l murder and no executions !;
IN South Caro- ina, l3 murders aud s executions !;
IN Tennessee 70 p.urdcrs and no executions !;
IN leNds-JO murucrs aud no executions; in
Vermont murder ana no executions; in Vir.
glna, 40 murders and executions; in Wis
cousin, murders and l execution; making a
grand total OF 6lS murders and 90 executions.
vi these murders 36 wives were killed bv their
husbands, and husbands by their wives, 81
children killed by their parents parents kill,
ed by their children, and five brothers killed
by brothers.
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11
Little Child's Soliliuuy,

W lsh my mama would please keep me warm.
My little bale legs are very cold with these
lace ruifes, they are not half so nice as black
Jlms woollen stockings. Wish | had little
pair of warm rubbers Wish had a long sleey-
ed apron, for by bare arms and neck: wish
might push my curlS out of my eyes, or have
them cut Oft. Wish my dress would stay upon my
shoulders and that it was not too nice for me
to get on the floor and play ninepins. Wish
my mama would go to walk with me some.
times instead OF Betty.
w lsh she would not promise me something
very nlce,' and then forget all about it,
W Ish she would answer my questions, and not
always say "dOn't bore me Freddy" Wish
when we go to the country, she wouldn't make
me wear my gloves, lest should "tan my
hands" Wish she would not tell me that all
the pretty flowers I" will poison me-" wish [
could tumble on the hay, and 90 in the barn
and see how Dobbin eats his supper. Wish
could make pretty dirt pies. Wish there was
not bit of lace, or satin, OF silk, in the world.
Wish knew what makes mother look SO smi.
ling at aunt Emma's children (who come here
Iii their papa's carriage,) and so very cross at
my poor cousins, whose mother works SO hard
and cries SO much.
w lsh | knew what makes the clouds stav
up IN the sky, and where the stars 90 in the
day time. Wish could get over that high
hill where the sun is going down and just touch
1t with my finger. Wish did not Keep think
ing things that puzzled me, when nobody will
stop to tell me the reason for anything. i'll
ask Betty, she says, "dOn't be a fool. Master
Freddy" | wonder if Betty knows much her.
self! | wonder why mama don't love her
own little boy ! wonder, when | am man.
II shall have to look so nice all the time, and
be so tlr d of doing nothing Olive Branch.
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11
Tied Down at Home,

A friend Of ours living not far troin Pontise,
was one day lmportuned by his wife to take
her riding. The gentleman being man of
business, pleaded his engagements, when the
wife replied with the old story, that she must
be " tied down at home" The husband re-
plled that lfany person would furnish him with
clothing to wear, and enough to eat and drink,
he would be willing to be tied down at home
A few days after, the gentleman came home
earlier than usual, and being fatigued,, lay
down on the sofa and fell into a sound sleep.
His wife took cards and silly tied has hands
together, served his feet in the same way, and
made him fast to the sofa. She then set Ia
bic with all the house afforded. and placed an
extra suit within his reach. This done, she
started to pay friend visit.
Upon her returning late IN the evening she
found her subject of domestic discipline IN the
some position, except he was wide awake and
very mad.
"What on earth does all this mean I" said
he.
"Nothing," quietly remarked his wife, ex.
cept the consummation your earthly wishes
enough to eat, drink and wear, aud be tied
down at home"
They were seen out riding next day.
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11
Ggoitt Qoetrpg.
Written for the Smyrna Times.
The Beverage of H ell.
BY EXPONENT.

Look not upon the sparkling wine,
That glows within the flowing bowl;
Nay, taste it not, and never bind
Thyself unto its dark control.
Although t may be thy hearts desire,
Although perhaps thou lowest it well,
Vet touch it not-'tis liquid fire -
1t is the Beverage of He'll!
IT'S deadly poison and despair,
Disease and death lurk in the bowl;
But, ah! my friend, it stops not there
'Tis deadly poison TO the soul!
Then taste it not: nay, touch it not
IT'S dire effects remember well,
Aud let it never be forgot
That tbs the Beverage of He'll
Disease and death attend its course,
Vice aud despair lurk in its way,
All virtue sinks beneath its force,
And wealth takes wings and flies away.
And peace and honor disappear
Before the wine-cup's magic spell;
Then, for the sake of all that's dear,
Taste not this Beverage of He'll!
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11
KIN , ~ e S S.

IT'S this that sWcetens bitter woe,
And checks the rising sigh,
When trouble sinks the spirit low,
And even hope doth fly!
A gentle word can soOthe the breast,
When grief the heart doth fill;
For, though the soul be all unrest,
It's power the storm can still =
Can bid the angry clouds depart,
And brighten up with JOY
The sky of love within the heart,
That tempests would destroy.
How gloomy would this world appear,
Did not loves gentle eye,
Shine on our path the way to cheer,
Like radiance from on high!
Misfortune's hand may on us fall,
Aud wither fairest flowers,
Yes, even death, with fearful pail,
Approach lifc's Iovelest bowers
Yet kindness drives away the gloom,
That hovcrs o'cr the soul,
And gilds with hope the fearful tomb,
Though clouds Of darkness roll.
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11
QuiLzing a Quizzer.

a professional gentleman of our acouaint-
ance has hanging in his room fine large CO.
lored engraving of the head of quadruped,
vulgarly known as a jackass Not long since
a friend dropped in, and stopping before the
picture, gazed intently upon it for few mo-
ments and then sung out abruptly, and as he
imagined, very wittily:
'lIalloo, doctor, is that your portrait,'
'Oh, no. replied the doctor, cOolly, that's
simply looking-glass.
The anxious inquirer suddenly discovered
that he had some business down the street, and
departed. ""N
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11
ynttrr5ting Articlr,
ANNA, THE YOUNG WIFE.

:. When thou gireth thine aims. let not Thy
LeJt hand knoV Uiat My right hand dOeth."
.RoBERr, you cannot deny me that beautiful
ribLon," said a very pretty and very amlable
y0unG married woman to her husband, Robert
kean, a worthy JourneyInan Printer
And why not, Anna = he said, as he poured
che milk into his second cup of tea.
Because, you have just the sum, and do not
want it for anything
Yes, have u particular Use for the very
sixiy-two cents and hall you have discovered
lurking in the corner OF my waIstcoat pocket.
Il can't conceive what it can be-" she an
swered, without the least air Of pettlshness or
disappointment. and speaking as cheerful as u
loving wife always will; 'herc 1t IS Saturday
evening and YOU have told me that with the
weeks pay you received at sunset, you settled
up your weekly bills, at the grocer's, the butch
.r's. and mikmans, and had bought Sunday s
dinner, and was square with the world. and as
happy as king. These we're your words, now,
Robert
We'll, confess they were, and thank God
that they were true ones. | am, indeed, as
prosperous and independent as you say, though
as vet we have not begun to lay up anything.
but that will come by and by. At present,
am content 20 make both ends meet at the end
Of the week .sr
.And sixty-two and a half cents over said
his young wife, archly. Now, Robert wha
ID the reason you won't let me have it to buy
that love of ribbon / saw to-day! The store
will be shut up by eight, and want 1t to ps
ON my hat to wear to church tomorrow. j
comes to two dollars, and have all but JUS
the very sum you hold SO tightly in your pock
I. Bat why must yos have the ribbon, Anna
f ,bipk your present one very pretty; wa
admjring it last Sunday.
sDear ue have worn it four months.
isa winter ribbon. Nobody wears winter rit
boas in the spring, Robert! Really begin
feel quite ashamed TO go out again in It. Thel
was a slight. very slight prOtruslon OF %
neither lip as she ended. le
swhy, admire the ribbon more and more ore
Each sabbath that you wear IL think II pre-
tier and prettier; but suppose it is eecaa
YOU wear it, and loving you, love all tha' o
lsngs to yOu;'' agT Isl ..
.You can't get of. Robert, by fiattering ,n'
she said laughing; mean TO have have 'ne rlOOo
Don't hague and poster me- when you you knO mo
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11

A QUEER OArH-Thc following oath was
administered to little boy ten yeals OF age,
in the Iowa Legislature, chosen to do up docu-
ments 49," You do soemnly swear to support
the Constitution OF the United States and of
this S ate. and to fold papers to the best OF
your ability, so help you God"
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11

AN IRIsHMAN's WILL will'and Lequeath
nv beloved wife, Bridget, all my property,
without reserve; and TO ms eldest son, Patrick,
one-half of the remainder; and to Dennis, my
Youngest son, the rest. If anything is left, It
may 60 to Terrence McCarty"
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11

OF An old topper was overheard the other
day advising young man to get married, {" be-
cause, then, my boy, you'll have somebody to
pull off your boots when you go home drunk -
Smyrna times., 1855-04-11

W Refusing to pay your printers bills and
rooong hen roost are the same thing in Dutch.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-17

iW In sermon delivered by Rev. Dr..
Bellows, of New York, before the Western
Unitarian Conference, is the following para.
graph;
"For my own part, l say it in all solemnity,
have lived to become sincerely suspicious OF
the piety Of those who do not love pleasure
in any form. cannot trust the man that
never laughs; that is always sedate; that has
no apparent outlets for those natural springs
of spOrtiveness and gaity that are perennial
In tile human soul. / know that nature takes
her revenge on such violence. ] expect to
find secret vices, malignant sins or horrid
crimes springing up in this hot bed Of con.
fined air and Imprisoned space; and, therefore,
it gives me sincere moral qualification any.
where, and in any community, to see innocent
pleasures and popular umusements resisting
the religious bigotry that irowns so unwisely
upon them. Anything is better than that
dark, dead, unhappy social lite-n prey to
eanui and morbid excitement, which results
from unmtigated puritnnism, whose second
crop is usually unbrdled license and Infamous
folly"