Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-07-14
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C,itD d,lN Stdff 1WdttS.
Can srocK-lt will he seen by the ad, ertisement
ether column that the stockholders of the Cit.
ia a Savings Bank reaping large dividends in
u stork Six per cent sem-annuay is not rea
a in many of the Banking institutions of the coun
try.
copprrrioy-In our notice yesterday Of a public
r,ed citizen typo smade say IA pirate spir-
"a usefal citizen How FAR prirdte spirited use
sal p selfish can he useful in public capacity
we must leave our readers 10 determine for we
.,onot but must ask them TO excuse us from respon-
shjlity fsr such blundcr
Daowxgp-A negro man employed as a hand ON
,be steamboat Virginia, mt Fredericksburg. was
drowned al the wharf on Sunday evening last He
missed his footing in atemp,ingto pass the gaugway.
iI had been in the employ of the boat only week or
,wo. His body was found that evening.
LARGE CRoPs.-Johnson Barbour ESQ, who re-
Jes near Barboursve, Orange county was expec
Ted to make ten thousand bushels Of wheat this
season.
Mr. Jno S. Coles of Automatic was represented rs
having the finest wheat crop in that county, which
Was estimated at 10, 600 bushels.
TaE TRADE on TIRE PoroNAc.--A writer in the AL
eyandrih Sentinel, who kept record OF the number
Of vessels passing Plney Point in April and Nav last
gives the following his estimate of the commerce
Of the Potomac River with other points;
Vessels passing in April, SIC
May, S36
Total for two months l,352
II should be recoeced that, independent of this
commerce, there are hundreds of sloops schooners
and boats engaged in local trade, which ply between
the three cities and points below trans porting annu-
ally hundreds of thousands tons of freight Hence il
will be that this noble tream rich with histor-
zeal "reminiscences, should not be overlooked in
more uttarnn point of view.
Friday. the 10th, the cars on the Central Railroad
ran 90 miles West Of the present terminus aud with
in 30 miles of the White sulphur Springs The tray
ell over this road has increased considerably within
the last two weeks. All tie the Springs have quite
Il number Of visitors; the Rockbridge Alum has the
largest number.
The servant girl suspected of killing Mrs. Hall, near
Gordonsville an account OF which Was published in
our paper, has confessed the deed.
HEAVY Loss.-Col. David c. Shanks, of Roanoke
county, Va, lost $1,000 by the damage done his
eropsin the late hail storm.
Only one hundred and sixty seven young men have
received the degree of A. ~ from the University of
Virginia since its foundation. At the late commence
Ihcnt only nine out of the seventeen candidates for
that honor were successful
DRowNED-John Watson, aged about years, was
drowned in the Shenandoah river, Va, the is
land ofVirginius, Tuesday last. lie fell it is sup
posed, from the bridge
ALEXANDRIA County CouRr-CouNrY Levy FIXED.
The expenditures of the County for the past year
summing up S7,374,40, it was ordered that the
Of So 20 be charged upon each tithabe 10 deiray
cessary expenses.
The first new flour received in Norfolk, on Thurs
day, from North Carolina, sold at $40 per barrel.
Drowned. II. Kepnger, of Sheperdstown, Va,
was drowned at the Relay House, the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, while on Sunday school excur-
sion Tuesday
Most REMARKABLE FREsUrT IN falmouth The
repeated rains and storms OF Wednesday caused food
in kyger's run, in Falmouth, about midnight which
nearly swamped one-half the town. The large ware
house of Mr.. Forbes which has stood for fifty years
about thirty feet from the ordinary channel of the
built two feet of stope foundation was swept
down hundred yards against another warehouse by
the bridge, demoishing it utterly and creatnga gen
ernl smash of both.
Each warehouse was fun of goods, 900 bushels of
coin. sugar, bacon, salt, &c, &c; estimated loss
S. 1000. Mr.. o Bannons warehouse and store were
flooded, and his goods, damaged to the amount of
abont $500. The house of Mrs. Latham, Messrs.
Green, Stars, and Reeves and Edwards. &c, &C,
were flooded four feet deep. Old Mrs Latham was
lowing Sunday. Stairs house almost swept
away. An old negro woman was floating round the
on her bed in Mrs Lathams house and reached
the steps and thus escaped.
The remarkable incident that of horse
in stable which foated 200 yards, wall
feet high, and the horse found in the top of
the stable astraddle of beam
EPISCOPAL HIGH ScHooL.-rhe Anniversary of the
Episcopal High School, in Alexandria, took place
Tuesday afternoon, in the following order: Prayer;
Distribution Of Schemes; Music Sautaory Grafton in
Latin James NJ. Garrett, Florida; Extract, the Mem
DRY of the good Geo. L. Viewer Berkeley county, Va,
Oration the Power Of Eloquence, X n. Nelson Clarke
county, Va Extract Hope, Vim. H. Mcclure, Neck
lenburg, Va; Music; Extract the School Boys Com
plant, Theo. ;. Garnet, Florida Grafton, Decision
of Character VIM. II, Meade, Charlottesville, Va,
Extract Address to the Greeks, r, NJ. Newton, West
moreland county, Va Extract Address to the Ocean,
w. +. Gardner, Alexandria, VA Poem, the Pursuit
of Fame Geo. Peerkin, Richmond Va; Music; Ora
tion the Graves of the Great, f. II. lnge, Washing
ton, d. G.; Grafton, Progress, H. T. Conrad Martins
burg, Va; Poem Ancient and Modern Poets }. Pack
ard r Fairfax county, v. Grafton, Change, with the
ditory Address, j. L. lngle, Washington, D. c.;
Music; address then delivered by D. H. Con-
rad, Esq., after which the Distribution of honors took
place and and the exercises closed with Prayer and
Benedicton. numerous company present and
the exercises passed off in the agreebe manner
and gave great satisfaction. The music by the Alex
andra Ruemen's Band was excellent.