Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-04-07
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than the The Hall crowded to overhowine
many turned away from the door unable TO gain
u,auee Enthusiasm possessed the entire audience and
s beamed from every Every thing passed
Xi,b great cclat; the ofhe evening the
of la Marseisse. AS much has been said of the
oriug BY Of this thrilling production, the hall has
hcen told Indeed within the power of wordn to
Il its effect II steals the whole nature of man.
m every fibre his soul and stirs the heart to its nmos
n. The words the music and the countenance ofhe
VARYING every varied emotion, all combined
enrapuring, soul stirring and sublime Blu, those who
"a I, know efeethose who did not, never until
ao hearit The entertainment closed with the Star
banner" by both the ladies. and did the be-
-, .s,,rs and Stripes" dear and beautiful
hrn the gifted daughters of far off land chanted with
,,aenes their peans of praise Our American hearts
and bou with umultuoa emotions and sent forth
amenl to lis every OF melody and word of patriot
SIN h charm Is broken; the encharness has left and
ut. as from dream, from the spell Of intoxicst
,cbt In which her presence and genius bound us The
Troupe have deep hold on the regard of our citi
18th by their brilliant performances and personal bear
"' will be welcomed back with unaffected pleasure
ssn they fulai their promise to visit us asan'
,v oou,c1r--At meeting of the persons certified by
,e conducting the city election, held on Tuesday the
,nr as being elected to as councmen of the city
vnehburg the present year at the Conheh ohaoer hsaa
L o,y on Thursday, April3ri ieooi
,n,John NJ O:ey James NJ. Langhorne, Pleasant res-
ton James F. Payne, and r H. 4iner' OF Lyneh "'''
and Chas Christian, John oyer, hoDt fayhe
80 Stigcr, George ID. Davis and Jno H. eeas' OF
- ward No 2 The last named person. though not
AS being elected appearedto have been duly elected
I inspection of the poll books returned wherenpoh ny
eraly took oath Of Office before VIM ~ bfaheh May
aid civ and their seats Council and the Council
c organzed proceeded to the election OF frcsiaen'"heh
tobn NJ otey was unanimously elected.
Rodes was unanimously elected clerk ana qn"heo ana
oont was resolved that the Council wa lis next meet
n, an assistant Clerk of the Council at salary of
$50 per annnm -, -, -, ,,. =.
Th president appointed Messr Christian and Preston to
be Of the Finance Comnittee Messrs DAVIS shgle emer
and sneed to be The Watering Committee; Messrs j f.
pare anghorne R. Payne and seay to be OF the Street
Committee Messrs Langhorne and seay to be OF the Com
oo of LIGHTS Messrs Oycr and Giner to be of the Com
mtee of Safety sser and Lanshorne to be OF the
Market Committee; Messrs oyer ana r. fayhe 10 % o
,be Burning Ground Committee
The letter John r. Mcdaniel ehe OF the securities Oh III"
late collector referred to the Committee on Finance" with
authority the subject referred to'oneernng the out
nng tax 1852 1854 with authoity to report by bill
m ohery se for the collection OF the taxes on ee
4 oncnt real returned insolvent
Resolved that of Finance ascertain the abl
of the city fiscal year and report to the next
meeting Of the Council
Resolved thai heretofore adopted for the govern
en at sthgs be and they are hereby adopted Tor the
government Of the present Council
cit appears to council from the Poll Books returned and
the certificates officers appointed to conduct the char
TOR elections of tho city that Peter L. Dudley Jas Cobbs
,hn A Lggat John T Smith David p Rees and John IL
p,ev of Lynch ard No l. Sam w. Shelton, Vim. l..
saunders samL b Thurman, VIM. W. Leftwich Henry o.
Schooield David w. Burton OF Henry Ward No 2 have
been duly elected their respective Wards to be Aldermen
members OF the Court OF Hastings IN tue eiy o
the present year;
VIM d. Branch to be Mayor.
Henry Huntington to be Sergeant.
VIM b Brown be High Constable.
las H. Simpson to be Master Of Police, and
Wm p Sisson Commissioner and Assessor of the Rev
ene present year and which said election the CLERK
Of the ell will certify to the Court of Hastings and the
Master of will notify the above named persons of their
election respectively
And teen the Board adjourned d. RoDES, CIR
yor,cr-we call attention of those who took Marble
Yard tickets at NIL Parods the notice of Mr. Cad
@ in another which question rs to their
economy for the future.
ERRoRs-Severa Typographical errors occurred in our no.
iiee of the concertn Saturday paper
u1sFRrssIsa ACCIDENT the students of Washing
College Tuesday morning last unfortunately shot
by accidental discharge of pistol in the hands OF com
anon The ball entered the breast just at the right nipple
ranged downwards struck the breast bone and then d.
veged into the cavity chest 1t has not been found by
surgeons and the death of the yourg man was at " deem
inevitable; but happy to state that AFTER the
lapse twenty hours he is still alive and reasonable
hopes entertained of his S
AcQuIrrAI CAlDwELL.-A correspondent of the Rich
mond Uhis says:
The case the Commonwealth Caldwell, for the muir
Of DIR Richards occupied the attention Of the Court
nearly To-day Mr.. Staples, of Montgomery con
cuded argument behalf of the Commonwe and the
jury and consultation of three or four hours
returned verdict of mot guilty Considerable excitement
threats heard that Caldwell should
reach home alive who was heard TO say lh ne
one OF rpe would kill him before he reached home
and brought into Court but on examination sta
he nothing against the prsonerif other people
could stand coud So farther proceedings were stop
ped and in the midst confusion the Court adjourned
until tomorrow. all learn grost dissatisfaction
about the verdict of the jury"
RoBnEp of Henry county named Draper, was
robbed days since in Richmond by pickpoekets of bis
pocket book containing $2500
CHrNcH BuG-A writer In the Richmond Wig from Ches
county pulling punches OF broom
straw In that county, several dozen chnch bugs full
Of life and ready for mischief Burning the broom straw he
says is no remedy, the heat cannot reach them
APPOINTMENT Major Walter Gwynn has been chosen |
Che Engineer ofthe Blue Ridge Railroad
PRoMIsEST CITIZEN DEAp.-Co Geo Hunter prom
inent citizen of fairfax, Va, is dead
EPISCOPAL CoxvFSrIoS.-The Episcopal Convention of
Diocese of Virginia will NEE, in Fredericksburg on the
2lst May
RATIFICATION MEFrISG--An enthusiastic Ratification
Meeting held Lexington last Monday Suitable reso
ons were adopted and spirited delivered by
Samuel McD Moore and X L. Doyle. Among the resolu
was one approving the stsunton Convention and
hundred delegates were appointed TO it,
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ARRIVALS AT THE
Washington Isousc-Snead q Clark. proprrs.
TO O'CLOCK APRII5, leob
NJ Bruce, Botetourt NJ Pettgrew a T Ki Geo II |
Edwards Campbell = Adams Carer ptsylva"s ! II
Iarromworth, S r; NJ Dooley, Campbeii DIR G G |