Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-10

I house in Chatham st. was in the habit Of m.
siding rnent dinners for hundreds daily ct ht7
| eountrymcu. Tree Of expense. | wish all our
wealthy citizens could be induced to indulge III
such investments. They are quite as likely to
| pay as the visionary sPeculations of .stock-bro-
kers.
The unfayorablc news from the seat of war
e1cites considerable sensation in the community,
generally. There is large party of England
haters in the city, mainly composed OF the IRISH
refugees and their sympathzers. These do all
in their power 10 represent the public sentiment
ns adverse To England and favornbl" To Russia
in this war There is certainly degree of ill
feeling toward England prevalent in our connma'
nity but il seems to Us, that it Is such as one
relation might entertain for another, while he
would still side with him if in danger from an
outside foe. Some such feeling exists as the
husband aud wife had for each other, who were
constantly qnarreling and fighting, but il a neigh
b,r interior ed on either side both would turn up
ON him with the utmost fury. We believe there
are few true Americans who would not hear with
grief and pain of the humiliation OF the Anglo
Saxon arms before Russia. Under all sectional
prejudice aud bitterness there is still among US
deep still current of affection for old England,
TN. crn1le of John Milton and the Puriians.
The Dusseldorf Gallery, we are informed, is
likely to be closed for some months on account
of insufficient public support. 1t seems singular
that there is not enough artistic enthusiasm IN
New York to keep open this magnificent collec-
ton, at romunorative profit to the owner The
burning Of Iu-s." alone, should make the OWN
cr's fortune. were it properly appreciated But
for this n every thing else, the excuse must be-
'hard times" All kinds of exhibitions, almost
are killed dead. Barnums everlasting Museum
stands where it always did, aud keeps going
somcway Somebody up Broadway, has picked
up a kind Of living Mermaid, stimulated and di.
rectcd, suppose, by the hints IN Barnum ;
Autobiography. It's living, amphibioos anl-
NAL, with the head of woman and the tail of "A
fish The head is certainly real one As Tor
the rest, mot knowing, can't tell"
The dav of reckoning has past-the Bill.Day,
the first of january, the "day that tries mems
souls" Therefore money ought to be Il little
looser 1t is somewhat. The reports from Wall
St are somewhat encouraging. As for the lost
specie which everybody has been hunting for, it
il said thut this has all gone out west Reports
from Iowa say that gold IS plenty there; farmers
with full crops and full pockets in short, that the
land is flowing with milk and honey. They laugh
at hard times out there; don't believe in them,
think them nero cant. lh, is encouraging to
cmgrants. Here we growing in numbers
daily, md the " times" tightening correspond
ingIy.
\ price has been set ON the head OF Robert
Schuyler, the detaulter; with AN accurate de
sefipiion of his personal appearance. HIS con
federate, Kyle, is now on trial.
Keen, the WARDEN Of the Pentcntiary on Black
wells Island has been found innocent of tn"
charges which stated in previous letter.
1t is thought by some persons here that Sir john
Fruuklin's people did not die of starvation, bat
were mas.ucred In II rrYious expedition ma
tiYo was shot by soldier, and this massacre
WA, very probably in retaliation for thnt outrage
frhnt expedition would furnish full materials for
n grand romance, if they could be obtained, and
but in the hands Of Dickens or Bulwer Lytton
There is rumored about this morning horri
bic murder, under singular circumstance. As it
has not vet been fully investigated, we can give
no particulars.