Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-04
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,h,,g was heidi In Masonic Hill yesterday evening for
.r,o,e Of appointing delegates 10 the SOUTHERN Con-
T. claL toNfk>IioNt '''e" e'N' IA '"9 e"' VI '"''a "
qnh of January.
n Langhorne was called to the chair, and Jno. c. Pax.
"a, Mcdonald appointed Secretaries.
1aaotlon. the Chair was authorized to appoint thirty dele.
.s 10 represent this city IN te convention. Ihe following
9 ,,tes were then appointed.
- u Branch, Mayor; A NJ. TRIBE, MAJ. J. Garland. S.
la If. I. j kirkpatrick, d. W. burton. Jno G. Paxton,
w.Dopald, Dexter Otey, Jno. Long, Jno. NJ. Speed, {, l..
- mo II. Mcdaniel, Pleasant Preston. Jno. q. Mccm,
II Iucker, {. II. Lynch, n. II. Campbell. DIR. Il. s.
YIN A Read, W. l.. Saunders, Il II. Nowlin. Jno. r.
"a .1no. :. L~anghorne, \. Winston, Jno. \, Iiggat. L. d.
ran WIN. r. Yancey, r.. J. Davis. I. d. jennings S. T. p
= .,,i,n. the Senator from this district and the representa-.
"a his county, together with the Chairman and Seercta-
The meeting were added to the delegation.
NJ LANGHORNE, jr. CHAIRMAN.
no g. pAsroS' Secretaries.
,,rRIcAS oSvEyrIoS-Pursuan to notice a Convention
,,,d in this city yesterday, for the purpose of appointing a
"a IN represent this Congressional District in the pldla.
n.sia Convention, 10 meet on the e2d of February next. Mr..
Sr' 7 saunders was appointed Chairman and A. Mcdonald
secretary.
- object of the meeting was stated, when the Hon. THos.
r,ouRyoY was nominated aud unanimously elected the
ate from this district and Messrs. Geo. W. Moore aud
I,dson Crane were appointed altornates.
rho following resolution WAS then adopted
psolpsd. That the delegate appointed by this meeting to
..,.pt this district in the fhiIaurlphia Convention, be, and
P,v3hv Instructed to urge the postponemcnt of the nomina.
= as'e9s andilates for President and Vice President, to some
| line AS late as the months oil june "r July heNt.
r,e meeting then adjourned.
WIN. l.. SAUNDERS, CHn'MN.
AMcDosALD, scc'ry.
Avon Troupe and Sharpley's
,u,.,rels have combined their forces for one evening, and
4 rl give a grand union entertainment at Dudley Hall to night,
,be benefit of Mr.. Hall, of the former Company. This
in he a great treat for our play-going citizens. The APP
france of the talent of the two companies in one perform.
aree will produce an entertainment rarely ever excelled in
,orost. variety and amusement in this city. The dramatic
h performances of Mackenzie company. united with the mimi.
h ,1l, negro delinoations, music and dancing of Sharpley's
Il rroupe will form an attraction that canno. fail to draw a full
house. From what we know of the two'companies, we feel
rsided in guaranteeing more than satisfaction 10 all WHO NAV
\ attend.
Rrstyrss CaANGEs.-As usual. at the beginning of the year.
number Of dissolutionS of co-partnerships and new firms are
| announced in our columns
| Sayerthorn & Cliff have associated themselves for the pur.
4 nse of Conducting the Watch and Jewelry business, at the
4 s,u.e lately occupied by II. silverthorn.
Mcdaniel, Hurt & Preston, Grocers q Commission MGR.
/ chants have dissolved, and are succeeded by Messrs. Irby q
saunders.
The drm of Saunders & Irby has been changed to that of
| ld, < Saunders.
I,,lor. Tinsley & Co. Groccrs and Commission merchants,
have severed their connection; and I. {. 5. Ferguson q Co,
rob,rconists, a branch of the Same firm, have also dissolved.
H. ]. lltaiiis, ia- HpAi 'at lie 'AH'"hHis -
lanes Matthias and Miss Licado, who wli continue the ousl
mess at the same stand.
X. statler & Co. Druggists, haze dissolved, and the firm Of
St,lIer & Jones has been formed. Miller & crenshaw, To
ncconists, have dissolved the co-portnershiP heretofore exist
INK between them. other changes may have taken place; the
above are all that We notice.
SOME Frvs BFsr CATTLE were driven through the streets
Yesterday by Mr.. Grouse, en- route for the slaughter pen
They were two and three years old Durhams, raised by Mr..
Raifofa, s Bedford, and will be served ont to the lovers of
good beef from the Market. Don't all speak II once,
\ VIRGINIA Observation-Disclosures Maa-The follow
ing sketch ofa remarkable man, which has not before appear
ed in print, is from advanced sheets Of " The Men and Times
of the Revolution a volume now in press. The writer says:
During my residence al Nantes. in 1881, l became intimate.
w acquainted with one uf the most remarkable characters of
the age. Louis Littlepage was the reputed Legitimate son Of
agentlcman Of Virginia. He arrived at Nantes in the winter
o~fl179-5o, on his way to Madrid, under the peculiar patronage
Of Mr.. LAY, our stern and able ambassador at the Court of
spaia. He was then a merry youth, Of 4 fine manly figure,
with a DARK. penetrating black eye, and a physioroiny pecu.
liar and striking. At that early period he was esteemed a
prodigy Of geliious and requirements. When l again heard Of
him he had separated from Mr.. Jays family, and entered as a
volunteer mid to Due de Ciellon, at the siege Of Minorca. AT
the attack on Gibraltar he was on board of one of the floating
batteries, and was blown up, but saved. Young Littlopage
participated in n conspicuous manner in the thrilling incidents
otthat memorable siege.
While at Gribaltar held a familiar correspondence with him
After this castrophe in the floating battery, he contrived to OBJ
tain a situation on board of the Spanish admirafs slip, and in
one of the engagements occupied himself, upon the quarter
deck. during the battle, in ~sketchinG the various positions of
both fleets. On tho return of the Spanish fec. to Cadiz, he was
sent with an officer 10 Madrid, bearing the Dispatches. He e-
hbted to the mipister an ingenious and scientific view Of the
battle. and was received with great applause and distinction
at the Court of Madrid.
In the April following, the close of the war, | dincd with
lin at DIR. Franklin's, in Passy, to whom he stated the above
fact, aud exhibited the sketch. AT Paris and Versailles he
moved in the first circles. and attracted marked attention.
In the following June he made a visit Mt my bachelors hail,
ia Berkelv square. London. | never saw him again. He sub
srqucnily made the tour Of Europe. He established himself
20 Warsaw, became, in effect, Prime Minister went to 81. Pc.
tasburg as ambassador from Poland, acquitted himself with
distinguished ability, and became one OF the favorites of the
Enrrcss Catharine. After the Acknowledgement of Poland,
Iiu!epage returned to America, and died in frederick sburg,
Va