Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-09-09

rr,xKs-Wr are under ob'rltians - Mr. E. l..
r.bnspp Tor another basket u tue most delicious
vg,chss Of the season. lie Nil please accept our
thanks.
RseglyEp by the Va. & Tenn. Railroad, at the
I4nchburg Depot, for the week Guiding Saturday. the
Oh sept, 1886:
= 1888 lbs Corn SO bush; Feathers 3I2I III: Flour
-ss ibis. Coal 10000 BUSH Lumber 500 #. Lard
81 lbs: Ginseng - lbs; Leaf Tobacco AZ AS lbs
Nan Tobacco G63Nalb#; Wheat 6,2ss bush. Wool
il9 lbs: Shot lao bags. Miscellaneous d. u.s. lbs
Tnx EARLY C5NefFrIox W THE NoRrolN RAll.
roAp.-We publish the following extract from a let
ter from the President Of the Norfolk and Petersburg
Railroad company, to gentlemta Of this city with
treat pleasure, for have long mot arlently de-
sired 10 be commercially and socially more closely
united TO Norfolk
President Mallory says: The Norfolk road is rap
idly approaching completion. It will be graded
from end to end by November next, and we will
commence laying track in the Spring, and will fin
"ish ii in ninety days
This is indeed glorious news, and we call upon
editorial brethren al along the line to Memphis to
herald the glad tidingS 10 the people Of the Valley Of
the Mississippi let them know that the Chesapeake
aud the Mississippi are to he united by Railway
and let them call upon the Presidents and Directors Of
the various companies who have portions of unin-
shed work under their charge to push it forward TO
completion with all speed; that the great national
thorougharc from Norfolk to Memphis may be opened
from end to end on the dth day of July 1885,. We
will be security that President Mallory will literally
comply with his promises
"DowN AT FARMyLLE,' Sept. 9th.
Nssrs. Editors :-Afler many days roaming and
rambling, impar to Won and your readers the crate
fIl intelligence-gr because there is no
prospect for future epistles-that have reached
thus far "on my journey home and for the present
rnrllize with my aud your friend the retired disci
pie of 4Escnlapius, Paraceens, Leibig land them
the dinpidaed precincts of that interesting lit
tie village familiarity known to the Lugsyan fash
gentry rs - 1wn at Farmville. must decline en-
tering at length into description OF the place its en-
Nirons, apputtenances tfain, people and prospects
Suffice it 10 say that the village is sufficiently large
be recognized settlement from the top of Will
lis Mountain near by, the people sufficiently honest
aud lJrgc-heartcd TO be recognized as worthy the
distinction of the initials Of. +. W anywhere, and
the trade sufficiently extensive to enable them to main
thin the distinction and their large and respectable
families until they and it become detunct Not hay
ne had sufficient time to count them, cannot speak
accurately to hcnumber OF inhabitants who 'move
aud live and have their being in the goodly town.
Int will not lac far mistaken when put it down at
fifteen hundred The fIll-ledged and ambitious
creek App3mattoX river, turns grst-mill of mature
wears hut staunc vitality, lsves and leaves the mud
tly skirting of the township, flows with staggering
nonchaanee down to the fiery little rival ofthe Metro
polls, dispenses Cutting supply of agne-and-ever
and finally performs its ADDITIONS in the broad BASIN
VI
the ms aud conccrnings OF Down at Farmve." OF
the melancholy interests which attache to it, the
half could not be told in Il book OF respectable d.
mensions to say nothing of the confined contraction
If may be allowed the expression, Of hasty letter
to daily journal.
During my journeyings have had the excellent
good fortune to some of the celebrities OF the
day-anong the rest, lady who was pointed out to
me the cre5s of the Kaleidoscope" and "RigoteHe
OF the Petersburg Epress and Mr. q. +. Il. James,
the restless consul OF Her Britanc Majesty he seems
To be always the wing. Funny looking man, ism t
hep So like a respectable English butcher bound
TO the Cattle Show. like his looks, nevertheless,
and him also. though perfectly unacqualnted with
him. being quite destitute of any ambition to tack
myself 10 the coat-tails of greatness. lie Is a
regular, moving tull-grown joke done up into fat
aforementioned gentleman, with the blue coat and
brass buttons OF the English undress service hard
ly know how to characterize "Rigolete; masculine
power and feminine sweetness seem so intimately
blended IN her striking though irregular features, as
To leave one IN doubt, whether most to admire the
woman or the hHerdteW. Having made successful
dtb"t IN the "Lady hHteF, the pubc VIII regret tat
she chooses TO imprlSon the emahatlouS OF her hhc
intellect III the pages or u journal somewhat limited
III It's clfcuaIloh rather IMAM IN lhe more ATTRACTIVE
and omni-preyalent form OF book. passed her on
Iuesuay laStlh sycamore street etersnurg ana was
struck with her queehy carnage ana impressed ny
her @S"9"e appearance she Is an ornament TO inc
city when she Eas hohored rs ef anooe, anu mas al
ready reflected credit upon the literature Oh the
state ana Will DOUBT not, auu increased lustFe 10
herself ana 1t.
More renowned perhaps, IN his speciality, than any
OF the celebrities of the times IS the poet Mr. Avis
Mr. ieiogabalus Brown, had the honor to be intro
enceI on Wednesday last Mt the junction Mr. d.
LOOKS the poet he really is. OF commanding, though
slender statue, lie moves with thoughtful abstraction