Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-02-26

! lie decline. the honor nn the ground that strong
impression of public duty. and the necessity ="
devoiing every hour ef short period to hurried
prepa rations oblige him most reluctantly To tore
go tho enjoyment.
The New York Express snys that Garrison
| and other ..frends of freedom" haye.issneh car
for a Convention in that city 20 meet IN May neg
''to dispute the divine authority OF inc h''
| Scrip,nes" What next will these fanatics seek
| 10 abolish
Tn, ST. Louis Republican learns that the Pres
ilent of the United States has forwarded to FORT
| Ienvenworth "A pardon for the Indians he'll IN
! confinement at that post, charged with the murder
| of the mail party near Fort Laramie, last year
| These Indians. five in number. were delivered up
10 Gen Harvey and sent TO Fort Leavenworth
| for confinement and trial
A Disputed .lndgeship is attracting much at
| tentinn in New York but the merits Of The con
! troversy are very difficult to arrive. at The Gu
| preme Court is the tribunal concerned. and one
! Of the Judges caims his seat by virtue OF "A lie
| csion from the Court of Appeals which was T."
the effect that he wa- legally elected. The ut ner
re hold, Office by appointment of the Govern
or. and has been recognized by - sitting Isl
ices Melting daunied by cir refusai = sit
with him the elective Claimant ha- organize n
separate court What will bc the result il l. dit
fcult to conceive.
The Washington CORE pondent of the !.
Evening Post cuntrndct- the statement ut Lord
Clarendon that II proposition had hron twice nlhho
to our government 10 submit cur difference WIN
England about Central America To arhi trhilo'n.-
Such proposals may have been made t" Mr. 6uc
hanAi, bat il 81, they have neYrr reached " hsl-
inyton Can MIR Buchanan have been payin Z Mr.
Snule' sgalnc and undertaken To determine Tor hun
self What he would Communicate aud what he
,ynul1 ,.at IN tho .Dg ~ pDypTufnelf-.
A bill has been introduced in the Legi-atu re Of
New Yofk for the incorporation of certain lndl
yiduals beaded by Prof. Morse and inc udng sew
eral of our well known citizens. II "Trarlsat-
lantic Telegraph Company with power to con
-truct line If telegraph across the Atlantic
ocean, between the continents of Europe and
North America. The capital stock of the com
pany is 10 be. in the first instance. one IN lllion
of dollars, with power Ia increase it from Ill no to
time To any amount not exceeding five mi lions
of dollars. The headquarters of the compnn are
10 be located in the city of n. y, aud il is 10 GO
into operation soon as one hundred thou sands
dollars OF the capital stock shall be suhcrhled.
This concern is wholly independent of the New
foundand Company.
Albert Rust the member of Congress fro m Ar
kansas. who beat Horace Greedy baoIly, in
Washington, for alleged personal abuse of him in
The Tribune has forced one OF the New York
members Ia apologize for writing home a letter
ccnsuring him in connection with that attl TEX -
This letter written by Mr. Ihatnas r. II orton,
was signed with his initials, and after giving an
account Of the assault upon Greedy, den, fnnced
Rust in good set terms Upon being inorl ned of
this. Rust called Horton without the hnr of the
House aud told him what he had heard Horton
acknowledged himself ihe author of the lett er,eY
pressed regret for having written it, made salts
factory explanations aud apologies aud = romi
sed to repeat them in the Ilouse.hu change NJ his
mind. he preferred publishing statement in the
Union. In that he snys that the tone of his letter
had been mistaken, that he did not intend q use
language which could be personally ofiensl We IL
Rust and that ifanything written by him almit-
of such an Interpretation. he cheerfully ret racs
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