Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-04-26

OF OPINION mat prices nave reached the hlgnest
fgures,and that there will be a retrograde move
ment within three weeks. 1t is earnestly to be
hoped that this opinion of the Courier will prove
correct, and we have confidence that such will
be the case.
"SAM."
Our country exchanges bring us most cheering
accounts of the prospects eff this invincbile gen
tleman The progress which he has made, and is
now making in Virginia. unparalleled in the his
tory of political parties, and we predict as the re-
suit of his operations the most overwhelming de-
feat to his enemies ever sustained by any party
in the Old Dominion. We appenda few extracts
from correspondents of the True american, from
different counties las to his doings:
MARSHALL COUNTY, ''Sam" is
doing his own work in Democratic Marshall; we
now number over 1000 in the county, aud the
work goes on rapidly. The highest vote that
HIS ever been polled in our county was 100
"Sam' will come very near making clean sweep.
Excitement is high. and increasing. The great
X. \. dcmolisher II. A. Wise, was at Wheeling
on Saturday, the / lth inst, and, usual, added
to the X. y. ranks, by his unmanly abuse.
LEE COIrNTy - '.Sam" has been
all around here, aud he will sweep South Western
Virginia, such as no country ever swept be-
fore. The people have become sick of dema.
gogucsn, and their only desire appears now to
be, to retrieve the past Wise cannot possibly
get 10 votes where johnson received 100, and
this is not confined to any particular locality but
will characterize the election throughout the ell
tire South West. This you may state as an un-
alterable certainty | have always been Dem
ocrat, but have been so completely Disguised with
the action of the party in forcing upon us n bro
ken-d down, false, hacknied, renegade ticket, that
am determined to be off forever. | consider
this the very time to break down the severity of
party, and give the country good and true men
in the State and National offices. LET Ameri-
cans rule America is my motto.
Yours, &C.
AILEGHANY COUNTY For your
edificaton, and the information of your readers
generally, | would state that Sans progeny, are
quite numerous here to the utter dismay and APP
prehenson of some of the old fogies. Sam
has many friends, that are only waiting an OPP.
portunity to be adopted into the family circle,
and amongst them, some of the Oldest and most
respectable Democrats of the county. The Vim
chester nominees take well. With such men us
standard bearers, aided, by few more Cincinnati
outrages, to shorc us our Duty and we will place
the WlSE-acres where they should have been
long ago in political obseurity.
Yours, truly,
A DEMOCRATIC FRIEND OF SAM
Ex-PREslpENr TyLER.-This distinguished
gentleman visited Norfolk few days since.
DISMAL SwAMp.-A heavy fire is raging in the
Dismal Swamp.
CENTRAL RAuRoAD.-Five cars ladened with
iron for the extension of the Central Railroad
west, reached Stanton on Monday evening last
The Company expect to have the road in running
order to Craigsvlle, CD miles west of Staunton>
early i'll July.
MORE MARRYING.--For the three months end
ing April |, there were l49 marriage licenses is
sued Ivy the clerk Of Fairfax county court We
published a similar statement the other day from
Alexandria county. Cupid seems to be doing any
amount of execution among the people of the re-
gons of the Potomac. Rcason-fresh ones plen-
ty.
THE WHEAT CROP generally, between Staun-
ton and FIarrisonburg, looks very thrifty, and
promises well.
SERVED HIM RIGuT.-A man named Shea has
been fined two hundred and fifty dollars, and
imprisoned four months in Lewis county, for
biting of the ear of young man named Brad
bury, in a fight
ANOTHER COME OUTER.-Henry +. Baker, ESQ.,,
of Frederick county, heretofore a staunch d, mo
crat, has repudiated the renegade ticket. Who
comes next!
FUNERAL NOTICE
The Funeral services of the late SAMUEL X. j.
MEAD will take place at the 3D. street Methodist
church, this morning, at 10 o'clock The friends
and acquaintance of the family are invited to
attend. april 90, 80
ENOH RENT A good ROOM over our st,ic-
ArPy
ap3 is PAYNE & CHRISTIAN