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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-04-15

GOODS ron sPRING an
NTsW ssssOttt;Y, UOMMIsslON q FOl

~ hN aOHs = -
~ WARDING HouSE.-rh Subscribers have leased, for
term MIR C. II. Lynch, his new Fire Proof
Building atr erected in this city directly opos the depot
Of v q r r. r. immediately between the Railroad and
Canal the purpose of carrying on general GROCERY,
CuMntssioS ANp FoRwAlDISe BusIEEsa bnder the style
and hrn If BLACK L. pETIYJOHN. We oher to our
friends the puhc generally, new and well seleess
stock II Groceries, Lquora &c Ia exchange for cash or
country produce earnestly solicit call from them before
purchasing.
good supply of Lime Plaster and Cement kept On hand
which win be sold low otiraf use in the ell
An goods consigned will be warded with dis
match aud rAr attention paid to the order OF them
Offer vices agents for the sale Of heat Flour
r"bacco Corn Oats, g. Sc Charges reasonable and no
rains spared 10 reader Account Of sales rendered
~ soon MS made ~ J. BLACK,
auc ans A. PETTYJOHN
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-04-15

A REMARKABLE EGG.-Mr. sage of this city, showed us
an egg Yesterday laid by young Shanghai pulle which,
weighed and looked nearly large ass goose
ge Bt the remarkable thing about was that on its
np accidentally disclosed another perfect
formed egg about the ordinary size in it, Whose Shnng
Lai can beat this
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-09
SOUTH C4ROLINA CHIVALRY At 4 DIS
COUNT
Onesroudenee Of The \. Y. Tribune.

COLUMBIA, s c., Friday Dec. p, 1855.
In my visits to the State Capitol during the sessions
of the Legislature Of South Carolina, have been
greatly entertained and may say instructed to the
condition Of things in this State.
In the early part of the session Mr.. Marshall intro
duced to the Senate the following preamble and reso
luton, which copy for your especial edfcatOn:
HA0eG Reliable information has reached this capital from
, - :. "a H. - "a -, "a : - ), ~. r.
II ons Of tie Northern States have resolved murder
drve every PoSayey said Territory the point
Be Acrtors ,e,ed. That this General Assembly deerly
npathns with the froSNvery party Of sad Territory deem
il necessary ascertain what aid this State willing
The order party IN SAID IeT,oIy snd that It be Re
s be taken by the General Assembly the premises
This resolution excited but little debate although il
was just at the the ruInors of Kansas insurrec-
tonwere induStrously circulated by the ProSavery
telegraph and press Of the country. One or two OF
the Senators made q buster as 70 what they indy du
ally were willing 10 do TO aid the PoSlavey party in
Kansas. Tley were ready To subscribe literally to
send men and arms 10 the field of battle but even their
txtravagant boating, which evidently designed
for effect did not extend 10 the declaration or their
willingness to serve either in rank file, or as
officers, in the volunteer army Of the independent Re
public of Palmetto alias South Carolina. shTrwi
lawyer, Mr.. WthcTSpoOn, was willing TO adopt tAe
resolution, provided the word reliable were stricken
out IT the preamble, doubts being generally enter
tanned 10 the authenticity O; the reports one o:
the senior senators, Mr.. Mazyck, thought tina, the
word rmor should take the place of information
The resolution amended suggested by Mr.. With
eIspoon but the minated that he did not desire
10 press the question; be merely wished the resolution
10 be rterred To the Committee on Federal Relations
IN order to enable him to lay before that Committee
the information which he and Others had received The
Senate agreed to this reference, but refused 10
pnnt the resolution lhe subject was then dropped,
and nothing further was heard of it for more than
fortnight and then. within two days of theeose of the
session, the Committee reported that they had received
satisfactory information 20 warrant their recon-
mendirg any action in the premises. The original
of the resolution urged that the report be made
special order for tie evening, which was done. In
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-09
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1856

stance this knowledge has been extensively dnu-ea
from one neighborhood 10 another, and that tnere
now general determination on the part OF the ssves
Il sola 70 sou ns AZ TO d.semnstd their knowledge
wherever they may be taken. The same source oil
information stated that gang Of slaves now reaches
the remote South without containing among its mum
bers some darng spirits who so a. MISSIONARIES oil MS
chief and destruction.
Aslheir tracks will fromtime TO time become visible
the SHAREHOLDERS will of course charge It 70 Abolition
I'm. which. YOU know, they make q seapegoat OF TO
bear their iniquities.
Before the Legislatures of the slave states pas
Ious re,aIiatory on the North. il wouh be well for
them 10 examine the influences and effects of their
cruel and debasing mode OF treating their slaves.
View likely they would discover in them the true To-
o,c,re which sets their chatte in motion on the un-
derrround railroad TO the North. CUfAHoGA.
ClereLnnd, o.. Dec. -, 1851
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-09
ANOTHER MURDER.

AWHEs THROAT Cur BY HER HUsBASD.-Yes-
terday morning Constable Montague of Henrco, ar
rested Charles W. Snead of that county, the charge
of cutting his wifes throat with the intention Of muir
dering her. the night of I'd January, and took him
before Justice Tyler, by whom he was examined and
commit ed to prison for further hearing Thursday
next. Dlr. Snead admitted the commission Of the deed
and offered no excuse for it. For number of years
be was member of the city night watch, and proved
himself most valuable officer until he became very
much addicted to Incorporate habits when finding him
self incapacitated to perform the service required OF
him. be resigned his position, and since then has been
thought at times to be laboring under insanity. H.
deed unknd bis conduct to his family at times
that his wife compelled to leave him and take
fuge with her relations but after short separation
they made up their difficulties, and Were living to-
gether in the Town Of Sydney the time of the unfor
unate occurrence. We understand tlat in the effort
to cut his wifes throat he laid open the flesh the
left side of her neck down to the jugular vein when
surprising that he had put end TO Ter existence, he
walked over 10 the house Of neightor and informed
him OF what he had done. Fortunately, the juguar
vein not cut, and Mrs. Snead is in the hands Of
skiful physicians, it is hoped that she will soon
cover. IRchmond Dispatch, 18th.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-09

distance of The States from escA other, the bad and
insecure condition Of the roads the desire 70 act N
Elective combination against the usnper, and posi-
Div the want Of precise knowledge Of his forces. may
read the execution Of the contemplated plans for bis
destruction. Meanwhile tpO military e1pedltGns
which at,empted 10 penetrate the Department Of Sc
oovia and Matsgalps were defeated by the forces
under the Government Of Sehor Estrada, and among
the killed was Gen. Vale, alias Chelon, the denouncer
Of Gen. Corral.
1.-THE United States steamer Massachusetts re-
NAMED az anchor at San Juan del Sur and il is wOr
tEy Of notice that her commander and three OF her
officers had been to Granada and remained three days
frafernizpg with the adventurers and had extended
the sane TO several persons who arrived at that
pot with the intention Of joining Walker."
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-09

FIRE-A Mas AND THREE HORSES BURsED.-A
barn belonging TO Mr.. John T. Benhsm, brick manu-
acturer, in East street, GAINESVILLE, entirely
destroyed by fire between four and five clock Sun
day morning. Owing to the great depth Of snow, it
was impossible for the fire companies to reach the
scene Of cOnfagratiOn with their machines though
large number Of them were on hand, and did what
they could to extnguish the fire by means Of buckets
Three horses belonging to Mr.. Benham were burned
with the building; and we regret to learn that
also persisted in the flames. His body found in the
ruins yesterday morning, much dlsfgured as to be
uRrecognzabe, and il is not yet known who he is or
how lie came into the building.
1t was generally supposed that he travelling
and becoming exhausted took shelter from the storm in
the barn, and having lighted pipe or cigar, commu-
nicated FIRE to the hay, by which the barn con-
sumed and bis life destroyed. Or possibly the deceased
may have discovered the fire, and going into the
building to the horses, became suffocated by tho
smoke. lNew-Haven journal, 9TH.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-09

TRASsPosITIoS OF FIGUREs-THE FIGURE NISE.-
TIE numera nine has certain peculiar property, a
ants and cashkeepers. II is this: When error has
arisen from any ranspOston Of figures the difference
between such transposed number of figures is uni
fornly multiple Of the mineral nine. For instance
suppose erTer occurs in bringing out trial balance
cash settlement Of the amount in question: or that
the sum short or be divided by nine without
any remainder, there Is a strong probability that the
mistake has been made by tranpOsng gures; at any
rate, if uch mistake takes place by reason of trans
position, the sum in question will divide by nine with
out remainder. To illustrate this futher: If o. has
been put down 7e the error viii be le, or twice ex
aety; if 322 be set down 223 the error will be &c. or
eleven times O. and between any transposed
numbers. This elass Of errors is very common.
Boston Courier,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-09

Capt Abel De Forest, soldier of the Revolution.
died at Binghamton on the 24th aged ninety-four
year. and eight months He for time captain
ola West India vessel, and be who afterward became
Commodore Ion wss one Of Ls hands.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-09
ANNUAL REPORT or THE cROTOy
AOUEDUcT DEPARTMENT.
Bo.xp ov ALDERsry, Jar

The Annual Report Of the crOton Aqueduet Dspsmen,
' ~ ID. 4. VALENTINE, ClerA
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-12-27

Some OF our readers may have seen let
ter which was written to Governor Grimes,
Of Iowa, by some person who signed the
n me Of Secretary Marcy to the bJttom of
it, and so cl arly initiated the style Of the
mender of brecches-both private and ma
tional-that many papers copied the letter,
and called it IAN Important State Paper"
But when Mr. Marcy denied its author
ship, it became a laughable "hoax."
1t is generally believed in Iowa that Hen
~ j. Starr, an eminent lawyer AMI srnateur
wag, of Burlington, is the author of the
hoax.
Mr. Starr is said to be native Of the town
which produced Hon. S. A. Douglas, Of IL
lirois, and the Western people have an
anccdote of meeting-not hostile-which
took place between Mr.. Douglas and Mr..
Starr.
TIE latter had lost sight of ".ittle Doug, "
but little Doug, who seldom loOses sight of
anything, had not forgotten his townsnan {;
so once they met and were talking of New
England, Douglas asked Starr if lie had
ever been in -.
"Oh! yes" said Mr.. Starr, 81 was raised
there
"W,n, do you remember family Of my
name there, who, believe, are somewhat
related to me, and rather poorly oil in THIS
worlds goods?'
douglas, Douglas. Let me Sec! Yes.
Certainly. there was such family there
"Any boys?'
"Yes, there was Stephc. Douglas--we
/ went to school together-not exactly toge
ther, cither-he went to the common schOo
and went to the academy or high school,
"IIave YOU ever seen Stephe. since ~
well, no, Judge, l haven't. Why dC
you ask ~
ooh, | wanted to 10 ,k after my relations
little, and always had an idea that ongh
to do something for Stephe, Was there
anything in him ~
"Yes. | should think there might nave
/ been, if he could have been educated 'u'
when I saw him last he was rugged sor'
a bov. and. since think about It, II ap
pears to me that his father was about 10 pu'
him to the furniture business-cabinet-mak
ing"
..Wer. Mr.. Starr, allow me to say that
am Stephe. Douglas, the ragged. and that
am bappy to meet my old playmate again, II
The ncrsor Of Iowa's best lawyer. | hav'
rcve, lost sight Of you, sir, nor any Of tn
boys; but have given up cabinet making
as you see.
They shook hands heartily, Mr.. Starr re
marking the while:
"Yes. sir! yes, sir! you have done some
thing for Stephe., but allow me to say tha
there is yet moro cabinet work for yos to de
think you will yet make secretary 70
Uncle Sam. or probably cabin t tse'f. y
ZanesriUe CO.. Aurora
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-12-27
The Noble Revenge.

lhe colin was plain one-a poor misera-
! bic pine colin. No flowers on lis ton. no
lining Of rose white satin for the pale brow:
no smooth ribbons about the coarse shroud
, The brown hair was laid dccently back, but
there was no crimped cap, with its neat tie
beneath ths chin. The sufferer from cruel
poverty smiled in her sleep; she had found
bread, rest and health.
Z" want to see my mother" aobbed a Door
child as the city undertaken screwed down
the top.
"You cant-get out of the lway, boy
why don't some one take the brat?"
Only let inc see her one minute" cried
the helpless, hopeless orphan, clutching the
side Of the charity box, and, as he gazed in.
to that rough face, angu.shed tears streamsd
rapidly down the check on which no child
ish bloom ever fingered. Oh, il was pitful
to hear him cry "oniy once, let ms see my
mother only once"
Quickly and brutaily the hard hearted
monster struch the poor boy away, so that
he recled with the blow. For a moment the
boy stood painting with grief and rage; his
blue eye d stended, his lips sprang apart, .
lire gi!tteref through his tears, as he raised
his puny arm, and with mos; unchildsh
accen', Sc canned" When I'm . man I'll
Iii you fur that"
There was coffin and heap Of earth be.
tween the mother and the poor forsaken
chiId, and monument stronger than granite,
bllt IN his boy heart 10 the memory Of Q
hearlless deed
The Court House was crowded to sutIoca.
ton.
SET. ''asKeu the Judge.
There was a 81 ence when he finished, un.
II, with his lips tightly pressed together, .
look OF strange recognition, blended with
naughty reserve upon his handsome features,
young man stepped forward with a firm
tread and kind!Iny eye, to plead for the
errng AND the iriendless. lie was stranger,
but from his entrance there was . silence.
/ The splendor Of his genius entranced, con-
vinced. The man who could not find .
( friend was acquitted.
May God bcsS you, sir, | cannot"
"i want no thanks replied the stranger
with icy ooldness.
I'll believe you are unknown to me-"
Man | VIII vefresh your memory
Twenty years ago you struck broken heart
ed boy away from his poor mothers cottin.
was that poor n iserable boy"
The man turned livid.
Have you rescued me to take nv life ?"
/ "No, | have . sweeter revenge; have
saved the life of the man whose brutal de ed
has ranked in my breast for twenty years.
Go, and remember the tears Of frsndless
Child and the heart that can wrong him
The man bowso his head in shame, and
went out from the presence Of a magnanmi-
ty as grand to him as incomprehensble, and
the noble young lawyer felt Gods smile in
his soul forever after.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-12-27

"SYMxEs's IfoLR"-Irs ORIGiN-Most of
our readers have doubtless seen illusions to
the theory OF Capt. Symmes, who main
tanned that the earth is hollow, with an
opening at the poles. The following copy
OF one OF his circulars will explain his
theory:
"Light gire' Light to Light d,scorer-ad in.
.tihitun.
"Sr. Louis, Mo. Territory, n. A..
April 20, A. ID. 1918.
''To ALL THE World - declare tho world
is hollow and habtable within, containing q
number Of solid conccntric spheres, one
within the other, and that il is open at the
poles twelve or sixteen degrees. | pledge
my life in support Of this truth, and an rea-
dy to explore the hollow, il the world will
support and aid me in the undertaking.
"JoHN CLEvEs SYaNEs, Of Ohio.
"N. B.-I have ready for the press .
Treatise on the Principles Of Natter
wherein show proofs on the above posi-
tons, account for various phenomena, and
DIR. Darwin's golden secrets. My terms are.
the patronage Of this and the New World:
dedicate it to my wife and her ten child.
rem select DIR. q. II. Mitchell, Sir II.
Davy, and Baron Alexander de Humboldt,
as my protectors. ask one hundred brave
companions, well equipped, to start for 81.
IBERIA in the fall season, with reindeer sni
sleighs, on the ice Of the frozen sea. en-.
gage to find warm and rich land, stocked
with thrifty vegetables and animals, il not
men, on reaching one degree northward of
lattu lie 81. We will return in the succeed
ing Spring. j. c. S.
ITO his EScel!ency Governor William
Clark"
The above j. copied into number of
Ades Heg"ter for 1918, from an Ohio Jour.
nll, which vUuches for Symmes as a man of
Intelligence and responsibility.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-12-27

Now LIvING.--A cotemporary says that
of the Republic in 1900. What his name
is or where he resides, he does not stop to
inform US. lie may at this moment be ga
thering pumpkins IN Oregon, or peddIIng
popcorn around Troy. Daniel Webster
once made "a new suit of satlnet." by sell
ing catfish at shilling a string. Wherever
he may be, all unconscious of his high des-
tiny, lie feels the divinity that strs within
him, and grasps his book thii sting for know
ledge. His parents as they answer his end
less queries, r.jolce at his developing intel
le.t; yet little dream that his will be a great
name among men, known wide as the world.
Or pcrchauce the hard hand OF poverty,
or the cold hand OF orphanage, are moulding
and training him for the patient effort, that
selt-rcliancc and resoute will, that tit him
for great achievements. lie must pass thro'
the school that prepares him for his high
career. In his youth many a trial and wrong
must break him to the hardness of life. In
his manhood many hardships must be en-
dured, many obstacles overcome and rivals
outstripped in the race; the voice OF envy
and detractiOn despised; and hatred anu
malice deiied.
Throuyu such a school and training the
President of 1900 will doubtless come, and
is now coming But from what condition
in life. from W hat part of our broad land, no
one can predict or know out Providence,
who presldcs over the destines oil all ma
! tlons.-ROchester american.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-12-27
Good News from Home.


Good news from home-good news for me
Has come across the deep blue sea-
From friends that had left in tears,
From friends have not seen in years.
But since We parted, long ago
My life has been 4 scene Of woe,
But now that joyful hour has come
For have heard good new. from home.
No father near to guide me now
No mothers tear to smooth my brow,
No sisters voice falls on my ear,
No brothers smile to give me cheer.
Though have wandered far away
aiy heart is full OF joy day
For friends across the ocean foam
Have sent to me good news from. home
When shall see that cottage door,
Where spent years ofjoy; before
left knew no grief or care
My heart was always happy there,
Though ! may never see it more,
Nor stand upon my native shore
Where'er on earth I'm doomed So roam,
My heart will be with those at home
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-12-27

GRrr REsrLrs FROM SMALL CAUsEs-Exrs-
riments with packing needle suggested the
lightning conductor which protect: eur
bui,dngs from storms; the contortisns in
the limbs of frog led to the discovery OF
large power hy which we can explode.
,n;nes ot I,nv distance from the scene Of
dancer, initiate the light of the sun, and
nrodure the most beautiful works Of art
the reflections Of magnetic needle near
palvanic conductor furnished the principles
OF the electric telegraph. How much Of the
civiIation Of the world is due to the fact
that cubic inch of water expands by hsas
to cubic foot Of steam?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-12-27

ANEcDorE OF President PIEECE.-" Helen
Beverly" one of the Boston 7raH.ripts
corps Of entertaining correspondents, tells
the following incident, as of recent occur
renee at Washington:
The President has pet saddle horse, very
spirited and vivacious, to which he has often
given the spur by way of control. One af
tcrnoon in our last October, after dining al
most wholly upon favoritc dish of oysters,
maucre his repeated attacks of illness from
the indulgence Of shell fish dinners, he
mounted his prancing steed and rode out
from the capital some six or seven miles,
SOLITARY and alone which repetition the
devOtees of the pathfinder would perhaps
deem peculiarly applicable juSt now, and al
ter the lapse of half an hour or so, he began
the experience OF dizzy head, with nausea
and falling eyesight Sliding down from his
saddle, lie crept TO the roadside with his
sinking strength, where he lay blind, help
less, and deathly cold. His horse trotted
away maSterless towards the city, and our
President felt that he was left there to die
A cold aumbness seemed to creep over all
his limbs, and with but the sense 20 hear
ing left him, he recognized the steps Of his
faithful animal returning close to his side,
but unattended, and OF course a voluntary
watcher Of the fallen rider.
The affectonate creature placed himself
in various positions, as if trying the con
venience of his master for remountng, and,
| finding all in vain, tool, his station directly
above the PROSTATE form, transversely, as 1t
1 would seem, thus TO protect and shed down
warmth upon the incapable being beneath.
| With an effort for life, the President raised
lis stiftened fingers aud placed them under
the shoulder or iorelegs of the horse, where
warmth was found, which slowly diifused it,
self over his frame, and gradually he fell
| himself able to move; the now dociio ami
NAL, turning round and round, so as best to
afford means for an assent to the saddle
which, with much difficulty, was at last eff
fected, and riding carefully back to the capi-
to, he said to his horse, calling him by name
"Never, never sl.al a spur goad your side
~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-12-27

The AFfx, ESQ What is the mean
ing, in this country. of Esquire, or Esq. !?
We wish somebody would inform us. We
are not in possession of Noah Webster's
Dictionary, and our devil declares it beats
his sagaclty ali to pieces. We find it applied
to all sorts of persons. The lawyer is called
Esq. = the Justice of the Peace is denom-
mated Esq = the Postmaster is yclepted
Esq - the militia captain is dubbed
ESQ. - the merchant IL an ESD the
innkeepcr is an ESD. - the master printer
is an Esq. )" the jeurneyman printer Is an
Esq - and, iibera nos domino, even the
Editor is occ sionaly compllhented with the
appendage of Esq" We ourseif have
sometimes an Esq" dangling upon the su-
prescription of our letters. We know not
what to think Of it. 1t has suspicious as
pect it is, to say the least, very ambiguous,
and were it not that letters are very civil,
business ike, and now and then contain
cash, we should think the Esd" Intended
as an Insult. At any rate, we would give
all the honor we have ever derived, or ever
shall derive from the word, to know its
meaning ng.-Erchange.