Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-11-27
10 asIaA Iate Affairs.
rgr DISTRICT couRr OF APPEafs for this district VII
eaunrn.nce IL. annual sesslon In Obi. city to.morrow.

=. iorurrei In enclosing their church. w y wish hem ""'"
.ueeess IN their landslide undertaking, and bespeak for them
-. ut,e,al patransge Of our citizens. The supper viii take
nl,ce In the cahen Hocse. instead Of the place heretofore de
slgnated.
co, woons Ura.s cueIosITIEs reached this city yester-
a., ,,d opened for exhibition, at Masonic Hall. It'll a curious
.,gs, to behold a female with flowing, lnxuriant beard another
nearly eight feet high. anda child with WHISPERS that many an
adult would envy. Such uncommon heaSs o ! haior Will u
course, attract great attention
n,xfr,r AND GIrr NrgHr-The Juliens will give their
LAT performance to night, which viii be for the benefit of Her
na,dez whose many friends IN this city will, no doubt, sre that
he has A bumper. A large amount Of jewelry VIII, also, be
distributed to the audience, which is an additional indueement
We are requested 10 say that the Hall VIII be perfectly com
Portable. and that every effort will be made to please
sortIoeuy-Raln descending-church goers Flooding home
ann, umbrellas-new bonnets, beavers and ,hooped skirts
catching II awfnlly-timc, last sunday-sohioquy
Twas ever thus from chlIdhoods hour,
That chilling fate has on me fen,
The re always comes a soaking shower,
When | amt got no umLareH
tv.cprpa CorIroF-At the recent session Of the North
Carolina Conference Of the Methodist Protestant Church. held
In Fayetteville the following action was taken in regard to our
College
efficient education, of our youth being Of paramonti Importance,
we hail with pleasure the establishment OF institutions nnasr
tho control Of the Methodist Protestant church. having this oh
'F5' Pesoired. TIN, believing the establishment of the College
n, I ynchbnry under the control and jurisdiction of the Nr-
a 81, Animal Conference of the NJ. p. Church, well calculated
to promote the obJee, eontsmpiatea d 70 !, ahs si nfsi ,es sns na,,, ~e
larry 10 the members of the church, the patronage and support
of said College.
CITY couScIL-The Council of the city of L~ynchburg met
on Friday, the 23d November, 1855.
P~resent-Messrs. Otey, President, and Christian, G. ID Da-
Wis, Preston, oyler, J. 7. Payne, seay and II, Davis members
X. b. Towuley's contingent account for the quarter ending
Goth inst, was read and received, and the balance of s942o' in
Guiding his salary, being afterwards sworn TO, was allowed .
J., J. Mays, captain of the night watch, made a quarterly re-
port OF arrests, Of $50, and of fines received within the quar-
ter. by the watch, to be sl0; and the account for the last months
services of the watch, Of slss IS was ordered to be paid.
NJ. Norris reported Treasurers receipt for ten dollars, paid In
on accoun, Of hay scale, and a committee was appointed to ex'
anime his accounts, and the accounts of the late weighmaster'
and report.
James L. Horners account for lime, not being certified, was
ordered to lie on the table; and L. Merritt jrs. account for en-.
closing whipping post, of $40, was allowed and ordered to be
paid.
A Tompkins, Treasurer, reported that the Collector had
paid into the Treasury. within the last month, of water rents
s7299l Of water tax s2l729 CT the guarantee fund S2s7o277
of city tax O., s29 25; and after allowing S2i5s5e for prompt
payment of taxes, leaves a nett Of s547e.22 paid In by the
Collector
supdry suspensions of taxes were examined and confirmed.
Jordan Creasy's account, for services at the hay scale, OF
S25. 80. was allowed, and his official bond was read and &C
cepted.
The sumof $3.50 was ordered to be paid into the hands of
the chairman of the street committee, to be subject to their or
der.
An order was made requiring the Master Of Police to sell the
boat recently used by the Board of Health in the cases of small
pox which occurred in this city some weeks ago, and DR.
Waikersb bill. for raising the boat where it had been sunk, OF
a ) was allowed.
Mr. Christian reported a bill concerning tiplng houses. &c
VIII ch being read three times was passed into an Ordinance, en-,
title a an IAN Ordinance concerning Tipling Houses, unlawful
sse ,biies, slaves, free negroes and vagrants'
On, notion of Mr.. Christian. Resolved, That the President
.nnoi,, n committee, to be composed Of two members of the
Connect. to prepare and cause to be presented to the next Leg
islnt,re q t Virginia, n petition, asking for an amendment of the
Charter OF the city of Lynehburg, in the following particulars
viz
lst To A, ,thorize the Council to appoint assessors to re assess
the value of real estate within the city proper and the half mile
round about, 40 as to produce a more equitable rate OF taxation
also. to author, &c said Council to levy and collect n tax upon
subject which /. now or may hereafter be considered a proper
subject of taxati IN by the Legislature of Virginia.
2d. To authoris 0 the Council to pass an ordinance requiring
persons sentenced to confinement in the city Jail for petty lar
ceny, misdemeanor, or violation of the city ordinances, to work
on the publie streets of the city, or to be sent TO the poor house
and there REQUIRED to We rk under the directions of the over
secrs of the poor.
Bird. To authorize the Co uncil to remove from Office. for nor
feasance or malfeasance in office, the City Surveyor, the Com
missioner and Assessor OF Re venue and the Master of Police
and appoint some compet4 mt person to such office or order
new election TO fill the vac aney.
Extract from the journa H. D.. koDES, CIk.
THE VA. g. TENNESSEE II. )AD brought to the L%ynchburg de
pot last year l7e. 727 bushels of wheat and 2l,59 barrels o
nour ON sinelo train that came IN last week, there were
about i've Thousand bushels of wheat. Its estimated that IN
what and four the equivalent of five hundred thousand bush
els will be brought this year.
THE Corn TRApE-An imne use quantity of corn is pro
duced in the counties which are p enetrated by the Virginia s
Tennessee railroad, and it is a matt. r of interest and importance
to know whether that production cannot be turned to mort
profitable account than at present a statement which oul
eyes have Just fallen upon induces t he belief that 1t can. 1t IL
that. over seven millions of bushels of corn has been shipped
from Chicago since the opening Of the season to the prosen
Al - r ,. ,~, ~ abin,a ,, =, hip AFRO L. New Anrl
sad more distan, places, we ask VIII. v the enormous surplus
produced, in bedford, Roanoke, Monts omery, Pulaski Wytbe
Smythe, W aahington, and the adjoinin g counties in Virginia
and East. Tennessee cannot be sent fc m Richmond and City
Point. to England and France1 1t will cost less to ship from
the counties abov % named, than from the country from which TIT
seven and a.half millions of bushels cam e to Chicago. From
all we canlearn, a million of bushels of co IN could be spared fol
export from the country drained by the V irg;nia & Tennessee,
railroad. Should this net the producer hi 1t S0c per bushel a
home "a very low estimate. by the way) it 5 exactly tho SAME
as half a million of California gold az | would bring tina
amount of English and French funds into the country. Blu
the farmers would not secure all the direct + enefts from sucl
an export. Our Western railroad would be as independent as
awoodsawyer, Fit had this tonnage in addh ion to its presen
receipts.
GRowTg Of RIcHNoSp-The population of Richmond, &C
cording to the census taken the lrst of Jant AIRY, 100, wal
5:3O9-2.G55 of whom were white persons, 9, 1913 slaves, anC
ass free negroes. At this time the population exceeds 1900
showing an increase in ffty-hve years of 3S!0oi inhabitants.
BALLOON AscxNsIoS.-professor Elliott pror iscs making
balloon ascension o n horseoaek rom Richmond u morrow.
ELICTEr.-Col Rufnor has been elected to fl the yacan
cy, In the Legislature, occasioned by the death of t re reprcsen
tative elect of Kanawha county.
IRON AND COAL CONVENTION This Convention assembled
in Charleston on Thursday week. There were Lu a small
numbcro of Delcga tes In attendance The Convention was or
ganized by electing Col. H. S. Webb, of cabell, Presto ent, and
u. II. Newton aud w. d. Pate, of Kanawha, Score, aries
There was, SAYS the Republican, hut little of the i'm, 'ortant
business before the Convention finally acted upon-a I'd the
Convention was adjourned oyer TO meet at the same place
again on the - day Of February next,