Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-26

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He replied, a" do not know what may happen.
y for myself prefer 10 have Willard neur mo
where | can see him. do not desire TINT he shall
bc President. We think that be made good
President before, aud he came out unsenthrd--
You know Mr.. Clay aud Webster are gone now
here he stopped and placed his hand over his
eyes, 10 pay silent reverence 10 the memory OF
those good aud great men who were tho oonhden-
al advisers of his son when President. | do not
know whnt may be for the best nm willing II
II j. for the best II seems 10 me That whit
need Is honest men to I'LL high places. Let the
mon who ARE elevated Ia those high positions be
honest and the country will be rufr. | confess TINT
| nm alarmed Mt the condition things are now ill.,
but know that if the great men are honest all
will be right
REMARKABLE SPRINGS IN tAIFoRSfA.--lh
fmocryille California; American gives the fol
loving description OF ten curious Springs stun
ted about ten miles north Of Wnsh ho Valley.
ltnh, upon tributary of tho ! ruckcr: aud ea'l
ed "Stenmboni Springs" appearing I" derive
ihair name from tho fact thai they nro like so
many boilers generating steam. For II dis.
lance Of three foutths of mile do these Icmnr-
knble springs pour Their wntfr. rushing, boiling
aud fbaming, through innumernblr assures IN the
rocky formation in which they nre found. Thr
entire o. ono hank Of the strenm on which they
ARE .itunicd, IA distance of from Thirty 10 eighty
rods in width and three Gourth- Of mile in length
aud rising backward from the river in places
from sixty to eighty feet the whole seems "ne
yast deposit from the winter thnt for ngrs has
been elected ihcrefrom. 1t is not that boiling
hui winter j. elected Throughout this whole cN-
tent from well defined springs, hut the surface
is filled with nnnmerable cracks ar assures. from
four 10 eighteen inches in width. communicating
with snbierrancnn cavities ur chnmhcrr, through
winch the boiling water Is forced with great We
losity, md producing noise closely resembling
! that produced by the VIII scl- of powerful steam
or upon the water \ singular feature is, TINT in
| large tracks but few feet from ench other, tho
boiling wntor i seen flowing in opposite dircc-
| tons. and in others changing from uno direction
to another Mt intervals of II few minutes. Ia ma
/ ny places the waters overflow the surinec. bat
| more generally traverse the crevlcrs at various
| depths from the suIhcc, generally in view. bat
sometimes 81 deep within ns not ia ba disGn
gnished, while the ceaselcss roaring. srlashlug,
aud kissing is heard in overy direction. Aud
Jets Of stream that will senld tho hand instantly
on application here and there forced through
the openings and assures, high above the surEnee
! of the formation and with great violence. There
/ il ono place more remarkable, II possible than
others; il is whore the surface of the rocky de.
post is unbrokon; vet Loudly distinct beneath
IS heard the ronring rs al a strong blast furnace.
Not a drop ofwatrr IL visible here, hut the rock
tunlly burning hottie bare hand can scarcely
be heldupon il for mnmont. Morning aud eve
ming when the mir is cold and still, the whole is
shrouded with steam aud Nnpor. In many places
there arc small deposits of sub hnr thai will ig
mite by the application OF Il match, IN others tn"
strougea, alum was found and yet others. an ak
ane substance SO concentrated A. Ia destroy in
u short time linen handkerchief IN which spc-
emen had been wrapped Tho country in tho
immediate vicinity bears Enthusiastically evidence
oi the effect OF powerful volcanic action Mass
of yitriied rocks, cindois, the ordinary coarse
eonglomorate scotia of extinct volcanic craters,
and nota few specimens were obtained of the
lghte-t' purest pumloe stone ever secn."
EXTRAORDINARY ELorEMrNr Stupendous
S,ciadie, u ndcr this head the Athens Ala. Her
aid OF the sth inst. has the following.
The community Of Madison county was sudden
ly startled by the plopcmont of lno. l.. Townsend
with the step daughter of his overseer ON Friday
night, the 25th of July. aud the discovery of the
extensive frauds he has committed taking with
him. it is supposed. cash funds 10 the amount of
one hundred thousand d1llnrs. belonging 10 the
assets Of the estate of his nnelc. Edmund Town
send OF which he was the co administrator. as al
SO funds obtained from two commission houses
in Hunt svllle in drafts to the amount of $4,000
or Sl000O-bcsides contracting sundry debt.
about Huntsville, leaving his wife and children,
aud all his property growing crop, &c, except
two negroes. Attachments up 10 Monday 2Sth,
to the amount of Sl2O,00O had been placed il.
the hand of the Sheriff, and had been levied on
his property.
1t has been matter of much speculation rs to
| the motive which Influenced Townsend to thus
abscond. He was not in debt-hiS property that
| he has left is worth, il said very near the amount
| for which it has been attached, and he the
heir,in pros p.ctu of all of Sam'l Town>end's pro
perty-testimated at 5000, 0o0-besdes other
egaces in prospect. So that the only advantage
he has apparently gained in his situation by the
operation is the gala boon rather costly 10
| him anyhow. as it is said he bought 500 worth
| of iewery to deck her off with in Huntsville n
day two before he started Apparently to the
public there is no motive for his elopement, nor
is ii known which way he has gone. If he had
intended to pursue planting, the only business
he knews anything about, he would have taken
his negroes and goir Southwest But we incline
to think his object is some secluded spot, where
the chances for discovery will be very few, and
where he can live on his money in seclusion.
NARROW ESCAPE OF SCIENTIFIC GENTLE
MEN.-At Il late meeting of the Natural History
Society, a ret,lesnake found in Milton. Mass,
and supposed at the time to have been killed, was
presented to the Society. This rattlesnake hav-
ing been immersed in alcohol for half an hour ar
more, and generally supposed to be dead, was ia
ken from the bottle, aud AN examination of the
fangs and other organs about the mouth was
nnde by the Curator of Herpetoogy and others
Upon being replaced in the jar of alcohol. the
reptile came to life and struggled Violently, con
vincing the operators that they had exposed
themselves to no small amount of danger in their
manpuatons. Boston Trar., hug. 10.