Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-12-29

mon Council are nnavpidaey Laid over. They will
appear IN our aeAt
ygRY NEAR 4 JAIL DELiyERY.-On Wednesday eve
mag OF last week DR. Latham OF this city vent 10 the
i,ll 10 visit sick prisoner The julor being aslecp
the Doctor WAS admitted into the yard between
the two divisions Of the prison bt Il silll boy In
the rt-yard he found a man Of athletic propor-
tions-wth a large key in his hand Suspecting him
t. he one OF the prisoners who permitted to 90
at large in the court yard the doctor calmly walked
up him and towards the entrance of that part of
the Jail in which tue white prisoners are lodged See
ing this, the after moment or two Of hesita-
ton. ran The little boy who had admitted the doctor
into the yard and who was still standing Mt the strong
door Immediately locked il and cried out that the
prisoners were loose. The jnil0r aroused and
pretty it found that all of the white prison
ers-seren in number-were loose. \ posse of POI
lice sent for in haste and very the prison.
were all hand-cuiied and secured BY some
known means. the prisoners or some more of
them, had managed to remove the lock--a tremeud-
Gus one, weighing nearly forty pouuds--by which
II door of their room had been fastened. The man
in The yard named Cunningham. He has been
some two years in the pcnilentiary Tor stealing
r'c-iron it is said Had been out hut a short ,ime
before be ngain arrested in this city for stealing
and lodged in jail to await his trial.
But fol Dr. Lathsms GOODNESS and want of suspi-
cou, Cunningham might easily have knocked him
down with the heavy key, and general Jail delivery
would have ensued.
HoLLlxs INSTITUTE will be opened on the 4th of
February next, says the valley IDbig. The
building is complete There no just grounds for
fearing return Of the sickness tina: prevailed there
not very long since.
FRozrN UP.-We understand that four boats heavi-
ly laden with produce, are frozen up in tho North
River Canal.
RrpAtRFp--The breach in the North River Canal
above Gilmore's Mill, has been sufficiently repaired
for the packet to pass.
EMANcIpArEp.--Mr Joseph Glasgow, who died re-
Gently in Rockbridge, by his will, emat cpated all his
wants about forty, TO take effect at the death ofhis
wife and daughter.
On Sunday morning last Mr.. Rcbt, Percival, OF this
county was found lying in the road on Cripple
Creek, dead We hive not learned what i, supposed
to have been the cause Of death but the night Of
Saturday was very cold, and the decea sed is said 10
have been of disspatcd habits, We suppose conjecture
need not wan Ter Tar in search of an explanation.
The unfortunate man leaves no family, though
meny AID excellent frends.-H ythcr2ts Teiegrdph,
TORNADO IN REORGANIZATION a letter received by
n trien |, we learn that heavy gale PASSED over RAN
doph county in ills State, ON the 9th inst, which did
considerable damage. We regret to learn that among
the Sufferers by the storm our former ownsman; Mr..
Il T. Barton, has met with the most serious losses
nearly ali ul tie ont houses attached TO his fine tav
ern property having been blown down in addition to
other heavy injuries his arm.-Lrrn1ton Ga
zctie.
Hen PRICYs FOR NEGRoEs.--We have seen a state
ment of the sales of the negroes belonging to the
tate of Alex. Moore, decd of Halifax Go. The pri-
almost unpreccdentcdly high. One man
age % years brought 8 ,466. another one Of the
same aye s 425, one 20 years old 8 ,4SS. girl I
years old sold for 81 ,260, boy years old 5000 one
10 years Of age $3.50 The number sold forty
six, varying from in age from to IS years. The sum
of the sales S32,324, making average of
S702,7 - Dan. Register.
LIBERATED SLAyEs.-Mr VI. Whtnore, late of this
county, by his last will and testament liberated all
his slaves and provided for their transportation to
Liberia of the free States at the expense of his
estate To each of them he left the of : | SO and
to those who had served him beyond the age of %
years, $50 year for the excess Of time.-Staunton
Spectator.
PoIsoSISG.--On Saturday morning last, daring
attempt was made by cook woman named Martha,
the property of Mr.. Samuel F. Norrnent of Taylors
Ferry, King William county, to poison her master
and family. The Richmond Dispatch gives the par
ticulars Happily no material harm was done. The
woman has been sent 10 Jail.
MARRIED.
In Lexington Va, on the 2lst December, by the
Rev VIM S White Mr. THOMAS II. Ross. of Lynch
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