Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-19
Miscellaneous Items.

MAJOR GEORGE Deas, Assistant Adlnfant Gen
eral Of the United States Army, while walkin,
on Pennsylvania avenue. in Washington city. OF
Thursday last. slipped upon the ice and fell
breaking one of the bones Of his right leg Ifea
the ankle.
tually starved into submission 10 the Russians
A letter written before the city surrendered say
that number had persisted Of hunger. and tina
cats. to be used as food, were in demand a. one
hundred piastres each.
Advces from Nicaragua by the last steamer
tell ofthe reorganization of the government de
posed not long since by Walker, at point in
the north section Of the Republic, and that Hon
duras has sent troops to its aid. &c.
The New York papers announce the marriage
on Saturday last of the far famed Fanny Fern.
tMrs. Sarah Payson Eldrdge) to Mr. James
Parton of that city. and author of the Life of
Horace Greeley"
The American State Convention. Of Ohio, as.
sembled at Columbus last week. Thomas Spoon .
or and Governor Ford were elected delegates to
the Philadelphia Convention. The Council re-
commended that hereafter purely American nom
nations should be made 70, President and Vice
President Of the United States, aud for all State
and local affairs.
The Cleveland (Ohio) Paindealer says: ave
are informed that the through letter ail-bngs
made up at Sandusky for New York aud Buffa-
10, were stolen last Wednesday night from the
mail wagon in their transit from the post office
10 the cars. II is known that five thousand dol
lars were in said bags from Sandusky bankers
alone and probably much more from others"
Colonel Sibthorp. member Of the British Par
lament for Lincoln, and one Of the most unre-
lcnting tories in England, is dead.
Harper * Bros, determined 10 crush out oil
competition, are the fret in tho field with the
third volume Of McCauley, with Is cents, 62a, and
81 50 editions,
The Empire County tCal) Argus says that
tons Of blue mass were discovered in the quartz
lead, belonging to tho Columbia Quartz Mining
Company. portion of it was taken TO Coloma
end analysed by Drs. Taylor and Thomas. IL
was ascertained TO be genuine blue mass, fnine-
ty-6ve per cent fneness. The company have
been offered $4,000 for the entire yield of the
lead and have accepted it.
Mr.. Barstow has been declared Governor Of
Wisconsin but Mr. Bashford has had the oath Of
office administered to hin, as Governor, by the
Supreme Court Of the State. The contest has
been taken up before the Supreme Court.
The ST. Louis Intelligencer states TINT Cover
nor Shannon. who was recently in high favor
with the friends af slavery. is denounced by them
and is increasing in favor with the free State
men. The latter have offered him a home and
protection at Lawrence. He has resided at Shaw
nee. The Missonrians are very much dissatisf
ed at his course in disbsndipg them, and making
a treaty of peace with the free State men. The
Governor has enrolled seven companies of the
Lawrence men as regular Territorial militia and
appointed the free State leaders, Lane and Rob
inson, as leaders.
The Softshel Democrats in New York, arc
showing how harmonious the party is Some
of the County meetings recommend Mr.. Benton
as President some pass Anti Slavery resolu
tons; some reject the resolutions Of the Demo
cratic Caucus in Congress-
The American members of the Maryland Leg
islature held meeting on Monday evening, at
Annapolis and unanimously adopted a resolution
endorsing the course of their political friends in
the House Of Representatives ut Washington
city, in voting against a sectional organization
OF the House, and also for strenuously sustaining
the Philadelphia platform.
The duty on suited meats imported into Franco
has been reduced to merely nominal rate. 1t
is thought that sailed meats will soon become
one of our leading export staples to France. 1t
is said that the empire does not produce meat
enough to supply the city Of Paris.
A letter in the Atlanta Intelgencer states
that the Cherokee Baptist College, Cassylle,
(Ga.) was entirely destroyed by fire on the night
Of the 4th inst,
The last adyices from California mentioned
the departure from San Francisco of ship for
Shanghai, having on board several hundred Chi
nese emigrants, returning to the land of their
nativity from the American gold region. where
they have experienced much illiberality and
bad treatment. They had but just money enough
to pay their passage back to China
A few days since the family Of joseph Coff-
man, in Greenbrier, narrowly escaped sudden
and horrible death. A man named Jas. Dodd.
formerly an inmate of the State penitentiary
had been employed on the farm Of Mr.. c., andit
is supposed, put quantity If strychnine into
the soup prepared for dinner. The poison was
discovered before the family partook OF the soup,
and was put in in so large quantity that two
dogs. after drinking it, uied in five minutes
Dodd left and has not been heard from
Capt. George r. Davidson, formerly of Frank
fort, Ky. died in Nicaragua "A short time since,
He was one of Col. Walkers officers. As a
mere youth he served in the Kentucky cavalry
as an officer in the Mexican war. He was one
OF the six brave men who escaped from prison in
the city Of Mexico, and made their way TO Tum
pico
The American members of the Kentucky Leg
islature held meeting on the 4th inst, and adop
ted resolutions attribuing the delay in the organ
za.ion of Congress to tte Democrats and Repub.
licans; endorsing the Philadelphia platform. and
approving the course of the Represen tatives OF
Kentucky in supporting Fuller for the Speaker
ship.
Notwithstanding the City Council of George
town, d. c.. are American in politics. they have
elected Robert Ould, president of the Democrat
ic Association. Recorder of the city.
The Governor of Alabama has vetoed the bill
appropriatng $3O0,OOO to the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad.
The Cincinnati Sun says that such is the stag
nation of business in that city that there are ovei