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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-08
u;,;.,er Of STATE ia Rag.

CORR pendent Ut the Augsburg AhseHfiae ~
tnne writes: -.
In the streets Of Brussels may be seen, from time
to time an oil poorly clad man, with sno"-M"Ht
hair fine expressive face, aDd beautiful inieiigeni
eve His black dress coat is thread-bare, ana ms
cen so that it would be impossloe 10
tell the color of the cloth Of which 1t Is made MS
form is bent with govt and yet he always walks very
brskly cane in hand. Sometimes he has loal Oh
bread under his arm bottle Of beer, or little out
ter IN a cabbage leaf Every time pass him, bow
to him. though personally do not know him. Inc
rnan lives in miserable garnet in the rue de AlArlas
where there is no fire in the winter poor bed Few
chairsaa old secretary, books and manuscr pit com
prise his furniture. This is Joachim Leewel'
nov seventy years Of age the most celebrated rohsh
writer Of modern times who during the Polish rev
put1n Minister of Public Instruction. and since
1898 has lived at Brussels. He refuses all sympathy
from friends as well admirers. but lives in self
posed poverty, from the scanty income derived from
his literary labors Profcssorsbip ofhisorH, which
the Belgian Government, aud afterward the Universe
- had offered him, he refused to accept. An old la
iy Of noble birth died tqeeatly, who esteemed the
learned Polish refugee SO highly that, though not
knowing him personally she left him "A legacy Of six
hundred francs year. don't know whether he has
accepted it,
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G.it and Anylo-SaxOn.

The floor Of the Tabernacle was cetspletelv
occupied on Thursday night. 10 listen to dem
onstraton from Dr. McEheran ON 1.-The physi
ognomy of the American race" Upwards of
one hundred large cartoons of the human head
and face were ceyerly used in support of his Pc
stion that the strongly marked Yankee physi.
ognomy is absolutely and purely Celtic. Great
interest aud laughter was excited. a sketch Of
Paddy with his shor, pi pc and bdttercd hat was
unmistakabe. The Doctor removed his pipe,
eclapped on him goatee and presto, he
frenohman Away with the beard aul his mill.
tary cap and there stood revealed the noble frn-
lures and brow of Washington. So the resem.
niance OF Henry Clay was made out of a draw
/ ing OF an old lrishman-the long oval head Of
Napoleon the third, Of Palmerston and Russell
were similarly elected, and an undoubted old
Neishlnan started up into Southern planter
k Some hldeous Anglo-Snxnu mces were drawn
/ from the colIiery districts in England; oorrec,. .
/ certainly. He showed that there never was mn
| Anglo Saxon who had head and fnce that coplJ
| be mistaken for that of the Celtic Emmett or
Daniel OConne He maintained that the
Firginians all Celts, not Saxons: that their
progeDtors came from the South and West of
England, the neighborhood of Wales The An
Clio Saxon head and face. said he. are those Of
the North American Indian. batting the color;
and the resemblance between the lower class
peasantry of the mining districts aud the Indian
physiognomy is certainly striking He observ-
ed that climate alters some things. but not the
type. The lecture gave great satisfaction
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From the Bait Am, 81
A.rouyc Supcr.tftiOu-BurEe but Still Alive.

we d scovpred two colored women yesterday.
near the Grand Jury room. in the Court House,
of whom inquired their business-the follow
ing powell story was ELECTED, That they came
there for the purpose Of presenting to the Grand
jerry. Harriet Holiday and Mary jane Brooks
on the charge 10 use their own langnage) of lay.
ing spell upon them, saying that these parties
had buried them in rliniature in the Catholic bu-
rying ground, since which time they suffered all
the pangs Of death. and did now really feel as if
drad. Since the burial the witches came TO them
md offered to relieve them of their sufferngs.
provided they would give them dollar each:-
Accordingly one paid the required ransom. the
corpse was disnterred and the sufferer restored
to life The remaining two not being so ciedu-
lous refused to pay for their lives and are now
suffering all the penalties of the departed
We understand that great excitement exists in
Biddle alley, among the colored population, and
Tint they are leaving that locality in numbers, ia
consequence of the arts Eractsed by Misses
Hrooks and Halliday
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Extra Session Of the Lcyislaturc,

4 ne Hichmond Wing learns that nearly enough
signatures OF members of the Legislature have
oeeh OBTAINED Tor an extra session this winter,
a''d argues against the necessty cd the same.
Looking TO the present conditioa of H.. 6,,,.
oes OF the State. we are compelled. says the
. Whig. to enter our emphatic protest ars;ns, anv
attempt to get upan extra session at the present
time. The Legislature was in session nearly four
months lest winter, and had finally to adjourn
without action on numerous important appropr
alton bills because the State was in n, condition
to meet the interest on the vast new debt which
would have been thus created Isl in any bet
Ter condition now! Fit is. leave to the Cover
nor the responsibility of calling extra session
whose sworn duty il is TO call one, If he think,
the States require it. If he does not think. il
is 10 be presumed that there is no earthly reason
or necessity for sunmoning the Legislature to-
gether the coming winter. The Governor is sup.
posed TO know all about the condition of the finsn
ces Of the State. and all about the interests which
require immediate Legislation; and, Of course, if
he considers it sxpedien, and proper and wise to
have 40 extra session fthe Legislature, he will
not in the least hesitate to call one-for that is
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John Adams aud Thomas Jefferson

Would that the sectional agitators. who are
triiling with the dear bought liberties of this Re
public could have ms titled into them them the sen
tmenis Of those men on their dying pillows.
On the morning of the At of July, Mr.. Adams
though evidently near his death. awoke at the
ringing of the bells aud firing of cannon. The
attendant who watched with him asked him il
he knew whit day if was. "Oh yes he replied
III is the glorious ith of July. God bless it
God bless You ALL
In the forenoon, the orator of the day, the Rev.
NJ Whitney. the parish minister of Mr. Adams.
caed t. see him and found him seated in an arm
chuir In the course of the interview Mr.. Whit
ney asked fora sentiment to be given at the pub
lie table. He replied will give you, "lndepen.
denGe torever.P After few moments had elaps.
ed.alady asked him il he wishes 10 add anything
to the toast, and he said. Not syllable"
This occurred an hour or two before he breath
ed his lust. I'm the course Of the day he sail,
'lt i "A great and good day" That his thoughts
were dwelling on the sense Of ZIG is evident
lIon the last words which he uttered: "Jeffers n
survives which were spoken about the time JEFF.
fer.nn expired.
In like manner Mr. Jefferson, in the short inter.
walls ct deIrlnm which occurred in his last hour
seemed to dwell exclusively on the events of the
comlnitte of safety. One of his EXPLANATIONS
was. Warn the curamitte te be on their guard, y
and be instantly rose in his bed aud went
through the act of writing hurried note But
for the greater part of the time during the last
dnys 1t his llfe,he blessed with the enjoy
ment It his reason. The only anxious wish he
expressed Tor himself vas that he might live to
bren'ne the mir of the fiiieth anniversary of indie
prndencr. When that day arrived he was repeu
'edly heard To murmur his satisfaction.
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lpuehulr0 2'ir0tntat.
saturday Morning. No.'r =. 1916.


Now that the heat and funult of the conflict are
over. and now that ran no longer be charge
able with writing for effect, we wish To renffiFm
cverv word and syllable have ever uttered in
praise Of Willard Fillmsre. aud again To express
our high admiration for and confidence IN him.
Viewed in whatever relation may be desired.
Mr. Fillmore exhibits the highest style Of mar"
With all those qualities and characteristics which
90 to make up the man of justice, goodness. hon
or and nobleness Of nature. he is richly endowed ::
as a statesman he is wise, far sighted. firm. pru
dent and just; and a patriot every pulsafion Of
his heart beats for the good Of bis country and in
unison with the music of the Union " He has
performed the most signal services TO his coun.
try in quoting storms and confessions which
threatened 10 end in the Disruption OF the Union
and that too whea he knew he WAS sacrificing
himself by so doing-when he knew that he
turning the very associates Of his childhood and
friends of his manhood into bitter enemies. But
wha, was all that to him He knew his duty
and he dared to do it. He had sworn TO support
the Constitution of his country, aud neither tue
entreates nor the threats of those who would
have seen that Constitution dsregarded and VIC
lated caused him to for an instant from
the line of duty. He performed all the require
ments Of his official station President of the
United States in the spirit ii lofty patriotism and
enlightened wisdom and craftsmanship, and re
tired with the plaudts Of the whole county
And nothing bu, the intolerance and bitterness
of party feeling prevented his being again chilled
to preside over the affairs Of the Republic
Party prejudice however prevailed. and he Is
defeated bu, in that defeat he is no less honored
than he would have been in victory. Triumph
could have added nothing To the name Of Mr.
Fillmore nothing TO the wreath which cnoircles
his brow-nothing to the admiration and esteem
entertained for him by the great masses Of the
American people And into the retlracy OF pr
vate life,h carries the highest regards gratitude
and admiration OF all national Union, Constitu-
sional men. II we would nave been delighted to
again d. him honor in the Presidential Mansion.
we honor. admire and love him less in the
private walks of life to which he has been con
s,vue..
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The Petersburg lni.lligrn ier pays n fersid
tribute nf admiration to PnfLiP ST. GEO Cooke.
Of powhaiau aud JAMES &. Bruce of Halifax
two men who. blessed with talents fitting them for
any sphere If life and means abundant to seek and
attain objects of personal ambition. are deyotng
their lives the tiilage of the ground, and striv
ing by their mems, their instruction and exam
pie II awaken generous emulation everywhere
IN the gohlrst and best Of mans worldly pursuits.
The one proposes 10 endow an Agricultural Pro
censorship in the University f the State with the
sum of $4,000 and the other to endow the Mo
del Farmer of the Virginia and North Carolina
Union Agricultural Society" with the sum of
$4,000
The lhtellieencer remarks that it is truly re-
fre.Liug 10 turn from the thofny fields ofpHriy
politics. TO pate the green fields Of nature,
and such public benefactors as these unab,ru
siye gentlemen and genuine patriots. The stump
saYs eur contemporary, is becoming rostrnm for
the farmer, instead of the politician, political
resolutions are giving plac to Farmers Jour
nal: the First FAMILIES have abandoned the
Ter contemplation VI their own .bi0odn and are
looking 10 the improvement of their horses and
stock. aud are soon F. +. V. instead IF being
soubriquet to be laughed at, will he n little wor
thy any mans ambition, for it will mean First
rate Dirginia Farmer.
we look forward with delight to the realiza-
tion of these pleasing anicpations. Agriculture
il the great interest of Virginia, the happiest and
purest condition Of humanity. The renewed de-
yoon 70 it, manifested If late years. affords II
reliable guarantee of the continued prosperity
of Virginia, and the preservation of the sing le-
minded and elevated character of her people.
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prince AIlcII .nt led Oul.


foreign correspondent of the Duly Times
reiatcs the folio"ng amusing anecdote in of
his letters:
"A good story that | have never seen printed,
was related hy gentleman in of those pleas
ant aftcr dinner talks on the deck 81 the Asia,
and If you like to punt small gossip # the Queen
nnd royal family you snail have it.
Prince Albert. it seemcth did once get into
bad habits OF staying out late at night, and no,
coming home TIL morning whercat her Majesty.
his wife. grew much ANXIOUS and grieved. 1t was
not certain that be was at the cider cellar, nor
could she prove that he did not come home in
proper CONDITION, for she cndrnvored to get into
his rooms on soma such occu SION aud failed most
sgnaily. BY way Of rpisodc,the story is that the
reason ofher failure wes this. She Knocked and
snld, albert, open Ia your Queen" But Al
bert was silent Albert, your Queen Is at the
door" No reply. And 81 she tried morning af
ter morning until ono day after tying that form
OF address several times, she suddenly hethought
herself 10 shy, "Ahert. viii yoa IL" Victoria inl
Nhereupon the door flew open, and she RI he'd
into his arms in,tnntn. But bis breath was IN
,mpcnchnhlo TINT morning, though he hal come
homo somewhere about the small hours. 1t
wnnldr't do. and she tried nrw plan.
She ordered The gates OF Windsor to be closed
at eleven and no one 10 be admitted without call
ing her, and then she went to her room. All
night she waited, but no husband came and af-
ter a brief dose. and with furious headache, she
SEM for the keeper of the gates. and learned that
ihn Prince had cuno HON" nj three or four, aud
lealning her orders, left word that he would by
no means disturb her, and went his way for
'olly night of it,
= hi, occurred again the next night, and the
neSt morning his Grace, the Duke of Wellington,
was startled nj "a early hour by n visit from his
Royal IIighness. His Grace. the Duke, drove
out rapidly to the Hon Mr. Bank, and IL coun.
ell was held. The question was Important, Can
the Queen lock Prince Albert out 1t bothered
the dignitnrios. They had no precedents, and
they decidedit any five men, or four, three,
two or ono would decide il, by saying, "Of course
not" And - the gates were left open and the
Prince had his evenings to himself, Us any good
Duehman that loves lnger beer ought to have.
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among the officer Of the Revolutionary Army
nane, probably, possessed more originally tnan
General Putnam. who eccentric aud fearless.
blunt in hi manners. the during soldier wi hon,
the poll n oi the gentleman. He ght we'll he call
ID tho Marion Of tho Nnth. though he di-liked
Disguise. probably frpm the fact # his h~ping.
which was very upttn overthruU any trickery
which he might have IN view
At this time, stronghold called Horseneck
some miles from New York. was in The hands II
the British. Putnam. with few sturdy patriots
was lurking in the vicinity. bent on driving them
from the place. TIRED of lurking in ambush. the
men begun IN he impatient and apariuned the
general with the question, rs To when they were
In have about with the foe. One morning he made
speech something 10 the following effect. which
convinced them TINT something was in the wind:
Fellows. you have been idle too long, and SO
have OK team and bag Of corn, II ! come bock,
| will let you know the particulars If should
not let them have it by hockey"
lie soon afterwards mounted his ox-cart dress.
Cd as one of the commoncst order of Yankee far
ners, md was soon Ut Bucks tavern, which IVES
in possession Of the British troops. No sooner
did The officers espy him than they began to aues.
ton him ms tn his whereabouts, and finding him
"A complete simpleton they thought, they be-
gan to quiz him and threatened to seize the corn
aud fodder.
How much do you ask for your whole CON
Germ ;" asked they.
For meroy's sake gentlemen" replied the
mock clnd hopper, with the most deplorablc look
Of entre1ty, "Only let ne of, aud you shall hive
my hull team aud load for nothing. aud if that
don't dew, III give my word I'll return to NOR
row, and pay you heartily for your kindness and
condescension"
Well" said they, well take your word
Leave the team and provender with US, and we
won't require any bad bail for your appearance"
Putnam CAV" up the team, and sauntereda
bout for an hour or 20, gaining all The inforna-
ton he wished Iie then returned to hi. Ia IA aud
told them of the foe, and the plan Of attack.
The morning came. and with it sailed out the
gallant bnnd The British were handled with
rough hnnds, and when they surrendered to Gen
eral Putnam the clo1 hopper no sarcastically
rema1ked
"Gcntlemen. have kept my word. | told you
would call and pay you for your kndness and
condo sccnsion."
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-08

The State of Maryland has covered herself with
glory. She has given her electoral vote to Fill
more by an unprecedented majority. But while
the State itself has done so well, in what terms
ofpraise shall we speak the noble city Of Balti-
more? Baltimore has given upwards of seren
thousand majority for our deserving and patriotic
standard bearer All hail to Maryland,end thrice
hnil To the city of Rnltimnre,-R Uhlg.
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lyon Never 4 anne to Worthing."

ne poet Rogers own orr>ion of his nearest
approximation 10 the nuptia ties was that. when
Young man. he admitted and -eduousv souah ut
The society of the most beautiful girl he then and
stll thought he had ever seen. AT the end of the
London season, AT n ball, she said; Il 90 tomor.
rew 10 W orthlng-are YOU coming iherel" He
did not go some months afterwards. being at
La elagh h saw the attention of every one drawn
towards u large party that had lust entered. in
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-08
Dancing aesIrreiigioa..

The Chnrehman. religious newspaper Of
New York city ~ much good seuse aud learn
ing. cails dancing nm innocent recreation. aud
heslthful as il i. graceful" God is not dir
honored by IT, says The Churehmnn. on the con-
irary the Psami-t say: Let them praise his
name in the dance" and 20 they may-ail the
purrani~m in the world to the contrary notsth-
.,andun
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-08
uuidrrous A~sHuiS of Two Turkish w ,mc,, ~,
the Gaihoiic Hishop of Nosinr.

Aeorr"Spnndcnt IT tho Augsburg Allgcmeine
Zeiong writes from Con>taniinope, September
l1th:
The Catholic Bishop of Mostar and Aposfol
&c Vicar of the province of Herz"eovinr, M. Bar
lsloh, barely escaped with his life ON the It inst
in hi> own house. Two Turkish women ha,ing
been informed that the bishop wished IL prevent
Christian girl named Catherine Ragan from
embracing lslamism went to his house and ra
qnosted to see the bishop. They were yelled. bnt
both armaa,nn" having concealed under her dres.
a pistol, the other Il largo yataghan No ,o,ner
bad the bishop entered when one of them a cor
tam Madam Gingvscha, rushed at him with tn.
knife, directing blow at his breast. which w,,,l5
have instantly Killed him but for hi, ad,nirabl,.
presence of mind liz retreated rapidly, scream,
ing FIR help. hnd 1000 several servants
appeared VII secured IA. WOMEN. lsehak PA ,La
the Governor of the province. had them bro,,,I,.
before hiih, aud having investigated the case IN
fenced them to several years nprisonment. mt
wnhstandhg the strenuous effort. of several in.
huenta' Turks. who wished to Convince him ,ba,
the female were lunatics"
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-08

numerous the of Its cures that almost evcr, ~
the country abounds In persons publicly known who OF
restored from alarming and even desperate eeh
lungs by its When tried It's superiority 90 oil the
medicine Gifts kind apparent 10 escano every
and where its virtues are known the public no onear
what andote to employ Tor the distressing and 'itat
fcctons Of the pulmonary organs which are oS AZ
climate And not only in formidable upon ,b TO- our
but for the mdor varieties of Colds Coughs Hoarsene s
and for Chdr an il Is the peasanest safest mad Ac
cal he obtained 'u'lhe that
need do than the people lis non
Gle is sold by John H. Seay Iynehburg and Inv Eli e art
ana Country Merchants throughout the State ueR''ts
pu cell. l.add Co, Richmond, General Agents
2dLpE
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iii tending to move closer my place of business deyi
rent my Residence on Diamond Hi, adjoining rho 10
denccs OF William I Yancey and r W Page Fsors =, Isl
one of the most desirable locations cty rba r. ~
tan' six large rooms-3 fooranda nursery On 3b M
large BRICK Kitchen =" III four rooms Smoke Unro
ter The Garden is manly 10 Of the bcs a
with l1obedS, Straw heuy Beds &c t,so, - ,''y
dately Zone ba fist tenant need AMY sn iuine
my j. Ron
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he chooses 10 Nv in the face of his official obIiga
tons aud bis oath.
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H. would remain under the aSagrc,,b' Lrn,,h
NNenoY nsinE the BALM OF THOUSAND FIoWFH," as !,
"e "ou.dnt only render sweet but leave Tho ,r,S
'' IS 'lahH'rt Many persons do their b, nm s
"'' 'Hl ht mt delicate their friends will nr,er
l',Il'nd- f"ra single eop Balm o. your tooth brsh
'hl vas Your teeth night and morning inv ear Iotti
wi. las YEA. ' - ''''''
Dc ahLl Cem1ioNi"n may easily b. acquired by nsp tho
hAln Of lh1nstnd tluwcrs viii remove Ia,
"a l"',Nies from the skin leaving and ros,le he,
N1' towel pour two three drops and wash the f,
llght and morning ~ nv '~''
NhANlA" MADE Easy Wet your shaving brush in oi,bcr
MFm or cold water. pour three r5rs # Pal, -
''Nd lower rnh the beard weL and il viii ,naLo
n''oth so uh,r much facilitating the operation
i'e only tity cents. Ecware Of couuertrits None ,,
, s5ssn'" ny ". p fLIRIhGE q co
Franklin Sluale New York
feri"m"d hreath.-Whtt latv or gentleman ,y,il
me c0rsc T., ttsagrcahln hrpai h " hen - .iu,
i,'N IiNN DENTAL FLUID it viii not only ron, lnr f.,
'' M make the teeth white albastcr prevent ,,ti
~ preserve them from atcay. Recommended ly don,
i''> 1nl physicians oyerNw mere ~ o' "'n-
\ Beautiful ronglr >iun may he at,,- % la, -. - =,
@ 9heS tn reckics r"uders lie ss.u soft and har,,
!' 'Hi'flhga tith ro5e1te hue thu pr,,s, ,s,,.
'e hh'"n beng Zee from all injurious matter pm 5
''"s i'r ehy SRROTHER 4 WHlrEUFAD '
,,.,.. StAhi sB & JONES
7nt Druggists cyrrFVlgrn
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the centre If which VIZ a lniy un the arm If her
husband Stripping forward IN see this wonder
ful hean,y. he faun II was hi love. She merely
said You yer came 10 Worihing.
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W Gays ago direct from the importer Ladvs Watch Of
unusual style oil hnsh externally and very superior tu
nFhAuyi consequently It will be very accurate time Keen
t 80 ai as machinery concerned as an ornament
WIZ DC one N thousand SO far style concerned OF i
eSS u sheS as we said above, have but one Those
mh' would hke something very good very uncommon ia
way OF Wach for Lady friend should by aeDs stc
We received at the time of Gold Band Braceos ,
ana engraved dne number which we feel lpsrns IA eb,
and sell VIII the Ladies do the favor To ey. us u3
Also, several Cameo Sets of moderate lrre W. tIrL
thy are desirable, we know them be good and W. @
"Ne 10 sen them Our friends will please call and look
SlLNERTHORN & CLIFF