Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-04-26
Citp au0 State aHattS.


rrscise-T Those who taking lessons from Capt DE
Rue speak the highest Of his experness As ensr
ps eapsctes would be well for all who wish
10 be the graceful accomplishment TO avail them
s,lyss of the present excellent opportunity
fl IL rumored Capt De Rue and his class will give an
ttat,ion shortly at which tho public viii have OPP
ortnny OF seeing the sword exercises through with
grace skill Such entertainment viii no doubt attract
large audience
AyALuAsrE TaAIS-A train Of cars, 16 in number left
here Thursday for the West the carriage on the freight Of
which amounted to about sllOo
MEETING TO sfoHr-A meeting the Shareholders in the
u,dng and Loan Association will be held tonight in the Ma
comic Hall.
Tntnurr OF RrsprcT-At meeting the Directory the
Merchants Bank Virginia Thursday morning April 2ih
1850
The President Board Charles Slaughter, Esq, Of
fed following preamble and resolutions which were
unanlm 1usly adopted
parted this m deem right aud proper white as ndyd
uals we geve over the death Of FRIEND anu a our I,,,
should body render our tribute OF speea to his
memory and express sympathy for his afflicted family
That Pleasant prcston of integrity ofcharae
s sT f shst Se eherss an
That his death our Bank ss aa %'s
B. That we tender to his widow ana ehnaFe" our "''''''
That as token of respect for will attend
ms funeral and will the usual badge hmournngfT
S. That copy resolutions be to Mrs Preston
and the city newspapers requested to publish them.
wy RoBr G. MITCHELL, sec'y.
OUTRAGEOUS ArrArn-rhe Petersburg Express givestse
following hendsh outrage recently committed in
Chesterfield county
white man Jack Stowe, accompanied by free
Valentine, brother of deceased had
been on a fishing excursion, and were about returning to the
farm William Murray. situated mile or more distant
Eliza Valentine, the deceased requested to be taken the
boat would her along walk which request was
granted the boat pushed from the shore man nam
ed Dick and desired get in the boat al
so replied that he then had in as many as The boat
coud to which Parkinson remarked that
he permitted to go aboard he he ID II he did Mt
capze boat and drown Them all Heed SIS Tbs threats
be boat pushed when Parkinson good his word
rushed and swimming to the boat caught hold
of the capszng it, and throwing the entire party into
the pond being sixteen feet or more In depth
As above stated Eliza Valentine drowned while Stove
and Valentine fortunately succeeded gaspng the bottom Of
the boat which hey eung with all the desperation OF
ceedcd reaching by using their legs as paddles Perkson
being good INNER found difficulty in getting out
FISH Tows-A Fishing Shore must be place
from the following rpon Fishtown ty correspondent
OF the Alexandria Gazette;
"This famous suburbo Of Alexandria is indeed a c~ons
place would take graphic adequaey to describe it.
stns nations and conditions ared every
costume from the dress ola plain farmer the
mr pes and children with long knives reekng
the blood Inhabitants Of the deep are seated on
stools or a Turque, singing, laughing and chatting, sur
rounded heaps of their victims cleaned ana undergoing hat
p at the whar2es dsshargng their shad Herring
PERCH and all hsh common to the waters OF the
what every get no." for mere song "' men ne, De
eha! spot are BY free fight" in which outsiders
allowed participate After many OF nose VINO nave
md are asgned G the bGe end the a a
yYcll provided for by the Mayor
A COMPREHENSIVE A1LtGArIoS.--A man ia Richmond
has been committed to Jail "for making fuss gcneray
ENORMOUS slzr-Dr John Z Mettauer, of Richmond.
bladder of Mr. John Hagan Rich
,oond three weighing in the half pound
Yhs patient is doing we'll
S,DlY Authorizations tho children Of Mr.. Robert
D5yi of Taylor county Va died within few days ofeaeh
other week. and just before the death ofthe last one his
house and his barns with all their contents
destroyed.
DESTRUCTION OF woop.-Threo hundred cords of wood,
Thos Campbell Of Bedford county va Were des
troycdb fire on Saturday last
SHOOTING ArrnAY AT BuCKIsoHAM c. Hive learn from
the Famve Journal that n occurred at Bueking
hsnC II Saturday evening last between Larkin "om'
ak and man Kidd in which the latter was shot with
small shot receiving very serious wound. Womaek was
arrested and held to bail in the sum of $500
ASSAULT Avn RoBBtRY---A named Royal Blackburn
has been Gagged In Richmond for feionousyas
seune Abner w Trahne, and stealing from him twenty,
FIVE dollars Trabue Is very badly hurt
They dress cool out West young lady being asked se
should that church. replied she should not rear
anything else
freight train starting from the dc
pot at Salem on Monday last Of the bands an
shnan attempting jump missed his aim and was
caught terribly bruised At the last accounts
he wa improving, and is thought he will recover
DIFFICULTY wYTHn-on the 18th inst. named
jackson an shman Long the neck in Wythe
county from thought b, viii not recover Jack
son In JAN.
rnr SEw COUNTY RoANE duly organized on the 7h
j. w Cain elected presiding Justice j. Ne" horef
clerk and A. Waugh prosecuting at orney Commissioners
appointed district the county into four DIVISIONS ana
marriage couple who lad been waiting