Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-11

san persons have been Obliged TO substitute hon,i-
ny for tneai.
Matthews, King and Queen. and Nj lalescx eoan-
ties arc more or less afflicted
'.STARs" AT rus MONTGOMERY Wnlrs-A gossipng
correspondent Of the Petersburg Express, writing
from the Montgomery White gives the following items
ii regard to the bellies aud beauties now shining at
IN It fashionable resort 1t i the DIT that fifteen
millions OF dollars were represented ina coon last
Thursday evening. Beauty is scarcely behind wealth
IN its delegates. Miss V of Alabama, reputcd heir
es with her pure classic outline Of features striking
one nj the first glance with their similarity to those
o. the world-renowucd Greek Slave, is
The of every gaanvs sigh,
The leading star of every eye.
Miss IT,, of the same State, brunette tall and com
nAnding yet with delicate features and graceful fig
IRE is second in the list Old Virginia furnishes the
third highest star in the galaNy-Miss T., of Lynch
burg. Her elegantly turned profile of the Roman
style, would furnish model for fair Luoretia; and
her bright Joyous innocent expression circumference
Is suggestive otthe lines
Chase the ieele that cardled from frost of parest
snow
And hangs on dams temple
Time does not allow me to cnumeratc NIL worthy Of
eulogistic notice. But must not omit mention of
Mrs b., the beautiful and elegant leader of the in
Mobile; nor Mrs @. of Louisiana.
There seven hundred here now, and four
arrive tor every one leaving The accommodations
amply sufficient for thousand Comfort and ell
egance studied in the arrangements and all who
come STAY lonppr than they exne.ted and leave with
the determination to return the next season. and ad
wise their friends to do the same.
DEArup From I1aurxrSe We rcgret tn learn from
the salem Reo,ster that ON Thursday evening the
3lstutimo, Mr.. John Bushong, of Roanoke county,
struck dead by lightning. Mr.. Bushong was Mt
home, and at the time he was struck no one was in
the room with him His wife in adjoining
room and by her shreks soon aroused the whole fam
H., IN tho sce,o of doth JJo was v;ng frustrated
with his hands and arms nartiallv under him with
M hce towards the floor He was taken M immedi-
atey and laid mon the bed. but life was gone. No
caort of tho lgb,ninp conla he seen anywhere upon
the buiding and il is snnnosed the lightning passea
in Mt an onening in n window caused by n pane of
glass being broken out. The only mark of violence
seemed to be upon his left shoulder where there was
an indentation about two inches long and appeared
rs ifmade by hot iron rod which had laid there and
remained until ithad sunk onethird its thickness in
Ia The Hcsb From that nlace down To the ton of tho.
left boot the hair the body was singed in narrow
streak close to the skin The boot was bursted from
the instep around to the toes at which place the
whole toe ofthc boot seemed torn into fragments.
At the same time one of his sons, also received II
shock which came near proving fatal
THE CoRY CRop-Wc hear of extensive failures of
this highly important and principal down the-river
CROP in counties bordering on Tidewater Several IL
stances have been named to us where fine river bot,
toms would not Weld over barrel to the acre whilst
had the season been proptious not less than twelve
or fifteen barrels would have been harvested. Far
merS are cutting the stalks down for provcnder-
Frc1ericksJ1orq UorqM
COMMISSIONERS OF ELEcTrox--A list of the Com
miSsoncrs appointed ny the Governor to superin-
corporations in the Commonwealth the election for
President and Vice President of the United States ON
the 4th of November 1886 appeared in the Enquirer
of Tuesday We suboin such as are likely to inter-
est our readers: