Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-21
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-rlAtl R1c3rrs-Wr learn that tie freight train
..lue#Aa 4 Tenn. Railroad. which came down We'd
..,ar c,eniug w. composed OF - cars ali heavily
1.lcne3 wi'h hogs flour ami wheat The reeepi
.r fire .ht alone toriha day amounted to the cnor
nous sun Of -i-'ta.
Several fs ofbog. have reached this mar
let h the Virginia l fe1ty#e Railroad all v..h.-
iieyc Of Virginia s7aa!b Price, = pr hundred
\ rtsrae,ves Aorar vii be delivered in Tenn
nerlnee l!bl Tonight Is pr : 4 Hopkins, The
public are invited Ia attend
.;rpa.>rep. Nc leara that lno r Mcdaniel and
F II. Delne Jr.. E>qr. have been appointed by the
Board Of Directors # the Virginia y Tennessee Rail
road, delegates L. tire Commercial Convention
TfeSres Ny-aers have had remarkably sue
ce-stal SEA on ia this city. They have drawn rood
houses and given entire seiif,eton Another oppor-
tunity to witness their performances will be offered
tonight.
pr9sn Ipr>sN ENrGNso.--A song sing at dne of
the New Orleans Theatres called Grisps Qaiety con-
TINS the following verse.
81 wish from laein e5nl ali de rachs round about
Mould Ia s'usaf"s t'rn and tls Irees to so,.'ereut
And wa an f'iih laakt to swallow the whole
AN NrtaEsfnG CeHfNovY.-At 18th Street Metho-
dist Church. on llst sunday says the Repablcnt, Is
persons having passed heir probation. received
into full membership. IN accordance with the custom
Of the church. The ordnance Of christian baptism
administered 10 four Of the candidates. the 9TH
es5 having been baptisrd in infancy.
Tn. InoEaGRotN RAILROAD rRoN LYNcnnu Ra.--
Two negro men. one belonging Ia Alex. rampkins
Esd. ard the other 10 the estate of Wm B. Roanc
dec d. lately escaped from this CITY aud travelled il
seems ON tn Va. Il Tenn. Railroad to Abingdon aud
theuceto Goyington, Ky. where they were arrested
on The Cincinnati Ferry boat The negroes it seems,
had fictitious tree papers, and under this authority
passed Witho Ut interruption 10 Coyington, Ky. We
have no doubt that there rascal yankees in
this city. Who are at the work of running off our
Slaves. They seem 10 have arranged their schemes
with great cunning, Some time since negro man
named Washington Nurre was di covered in pos
session of free lapers which attcstcd with the
genuine seal ct eur Hastings Court and only remained
to be filled up wiih description OF the person for
whom they were intended.
This negro Washington was tried aud condemned
to transportation. He then suffered to 90 nj
lfaso in this city for some time. and finally set free
Is his owner. Aud now that two other negroes
have escaped with fictitious free papers. il is time
that people We aroused to action in order
10 protect thrir pruperty from nSidous enemies in
very midst aud who seem to have every facility
Tor executing their nelrious designs. The seal Of
court should be better guaredour railroad officers
shoull he more strict in allowing slaves passage
upon their road. and when negro is discovered
ma,ly forging free papers he should not be allowed
t. c~ctpe tue hngs Of the law and receive reward
instead OF punishment Tor his crimes. Mess these
Things are attended to, our property is not safe
The H., yankees will be allowed to steal or
gree much rs they please and they will continue
todo until some one Of them is visited with
mary punishment. THESE rascals should be hunted
out, they should lie discovered AMI made to feel for
tts- lascolity -Rpablicah.
asl1rt=RE ND ReepGNtzt Ser.-'n the Hastings
Court Saturday, motion of the Attorney for
thu Commonwealth, a Stere 'de,aS was awarded on
rtapeuizauce entere into before the Mayor, on the
GsB ut October, by Roger \. Pryor, with ". W. Dun
H4y,ut his security, in the sum Of $4,000, condi-
toned that the said r ger a. Pryor should keep the
peace towards all the people of the Commonwealth,
and especially towards B. 3. Bolts, for one year, it
having been suggested that the said rccognizance
had been forfeited by his assault upon Oswald h. Fin
ney, on the 3lst of October l85G.-Rtch Ddspdtct.
THE SEABoAR. AGmcuLTURNL FAIR, which has been
in progress at Norfolk, during the last week. is rep
resented by the papers of that city very
tul exhibition. The stock aud other objects said
to- be highly crcditabe in quality and fully equal
the expectations in quantity. The attendance has
also been large and the interest general.
VALUABLE SLAVE kILGEB.-On Friday evening
DIFF. ulls occurred tetwecn tW cooreI hands the
work, Of the S0nth side Railroad, and one of them
picked up brick and struck the other boy belonging
TO F. Cox Esq. Of Prince George. ON the head This
boy died on Saturday. IA inquest Was held on sun
day. and the other hoy arrested and placed in
Jail.
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