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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27
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scrbcf intending remove to the South next al offers
his Residence sale privately This property is situated On
the l within stuucs throw almost of the HClhufE t"
the resftruce of Mcah DAVIS. jr, FL con
81 land and good Garden The dwelling
has 10 rooms aud there theuecessy hous aud
a veil Of good water that has ucvor been known Ia fail
will sell good bargain, and invite the public attention 10 this
property HOS DlI.LAhD
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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

IVN IU.dIV NNrnns thO Win WI eI On Malk' SIfeot,
t. foNS MEXICAN GlANo. Iiis auano contains, by
Hua 81 uf phosphate Of Lime hesdos other high
y tct2ue qualities. aud acts finely on fohacoe aud Cor
ap 2ilt q. Il. PHELPS Aue'r
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

TN TUESDAY morning the 9Th inst NIltst tu Market
street, Iargeet Of well sept en,,had furntnfr onhfa
cling The usual variety the entire effects al rrn mn ahaat
Ia remo,c L H. latillS
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

DEATH o. JONI WHITEHEAD, Esq.-Ws regret to
hear of the death OF this excellent gentleman late Tel
Ter of the Virginia Bank which occurred on Satur-
day morning last Mr. W. is represented to Us as one
who possessed superior mental cndo~menis great
probtS oil charaeter,and in all the departments o,
life most excellent aud worthy citizen His age
was n out siXty-seyen.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

CUWvExINt. Taught in Fifteen dnys-Wc
- the undersigned teaching Snr an improved
plan with tho OF newly invented Instrument the Com
frRnuumoircRl Calculator Which P"HHoSe hdNap
taKus amy other instrument Ia use. Price Sl3
be found at the American Hotel, Wher" our Bystom
will be explained to any wishing 10 he tanght
ap - div MiitHhLL IlLLEN.
ATEW HODKs, NEW E0DNs.
~ Iconi III other nsms by Jna Bnrron Hope,
MY Last Cruise where Ntnt aud what We Jaw by
A, W. llRborsham, 4 = n,
Poems, National ana rnn tie. by O. W. tntior,
hnuogedion, the |. H. In Prophecy, by baldwin,
Wills. aud Cottages by Calvert NauX,
The Border Rover, by Emerson Bcnnoii,
Niyit the Secret OF Power hy Mia Southworth
Henry Lyle, N Life aud Existence by Miss Maryaf
fiAtrt lns too Late,
\ Pilgrimage In III Mednah and Mccrah, by Hurton,
The bNu Lights ny tus hnihor II Struggles for LILO
li',itE 81 Campbell IA iNuuiH eddy NJ Lard,
Germany Fl uiHcr-tes. hterN and Religion by Schon
Philosophy aud p,l,tee at slavery by Dr w. a smith,
ilau.lad. Iae ut bataA'a Rebellion, by Saint George
Fucker ut Eielfuurd ~.
fannilaiH Al, by (,,osLf i'fInah,
Wyihts Pocket buse liank.
Gallery IT Ioe4t IIriuft## James FIJI,
The Desert Of SINAI, Ia Bnuui.
\ look q Public IraYeifas rrepuUd by the roorners
Calvin koS Euc,I .tnl ptl, "a lie by
NJ 2Its PAYNE \ CHRISTIAN.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27
sGE SEEDS

AtAuN AGE sEED, &c
Y IEariy York Cabbage seed,
Green Curlod savoy Cabbage Seed,
large Dfnuthead,
FHu Dutrh,
Eary Iuruip Beet
Early Squash
Just received by express, for sale by "
STKOTHLR & WHIIFIlEts
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

NRy P.GREEN n 60. are constantly rceci'-
u.,.,ts Iap
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

The above sale Is pa ou,d l5 ,ousert II rnriea th
G'h day ut May mat ~ O'clock at VII ch time viii posi-
ny vet = l9 ,.,o r.aee. 9. y. NJ Trustees.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

TELIOW having cstob.ishcda MI Steal ACADEMY
this City prepared to give Less the li1h1
GHlr FIc Ij0iiHao &c and all the variaus Byass igsf'
lie will also give Hal7B0HiC hsrar9as lessons In
2AaroVeA Bass
long theoretical and practical experience in Music
he feels couil,ut Of giving entire satisfaction 10 his pupils
Nh Music arranged for Brass and String Bands Plano
Fore &c. on the most liberal terms.
Entrance To Academy kylos Corner, First Alley neatly
Inu4 q IL M lilico IaNr
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

INN " ala Is ro7lroncI MI SaInrday ihe md q VIA"
NhrpH "'I positively take patc ". . SflNtE,
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27
AUSTIN W. TRIPLE,

WIN practice In tho Counties of Amherst Bedford
Campbell and tha city II Lynchburg.
oiec Morris building nearly opposite the office Of th
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

1'HE Annual Convention of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church in Virginia, for the present year. will
gncet in ST. Pauls Chnrch. Bristol Parish Petersburg,
on Wednesday, the goth of May.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

TIE trains commenced running on the Northwcs-
tern Virginia Railroad, Monday week last, SO that
now there is direct communication between Bati-
more and the Ohio river at ParkerSburg.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

We saw Saturday, at the establishment of j Viii
liams Sou, Il splendid Tea Set of Abata ware, val
ncl at two hundred dollars, which ordered hy
The employees Of the Virginia aad Tennessee Rail
road and by them designed to be presented to Mr..
SAMuEL PETERS, late Master Maehuest Mt the shops OF
the Company ia this city. Me. Peters understand,
has recently resigned his place with the view ofac-
ceptng similar position on the Norfolk aud Peters
burg road, and this parting testimonial from The
hands lately under his superintendent is gratiiy
ing indication ofthe n'anheg.. which he has dis
, h uged his duiies officer and mar.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

OwIsG to the cold windy weather, the fisheries on
the Rappahannoek and Potomac Rivers ave doing
rather a small business.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27
JHos u. ihNGnOUNf j II. BoLcoMBH
n ANsslyORNE n 1nOu.COMUE,
Ia Mnni.crs and Ex change brokers

Main and Bridge Streets Bynchburg, Va, will
collect the of Exchange They will
the highest market price for Land Warrants Northern
IENchnngc, Coin aud Uncurrent Money.
REFER TO
Cashiers of the several Ranks Lynch
burg MossrH. II H. Maury Co, Mesars. Paro Richmond.
hoasrs Johnston 10, Sam Harris & sons Josiah
lIce CO. naltim re, Mcssrs Farnhau Kirkham 4 Co,
lDroSe Go philadelphia Measrs Vanblcck Read Drox-
cl J Ward Co, Lees n Waller, New York.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

FATAL RAILROAD AccIDENT.--As the throughfreight
train going west last Saturday morning approached
the crossing of the y. W. Turnpike road, one mile
east of ClarkSburg Va, drove of cattle belonging
10 MIR. G. r. Bcale, Of Mason co, weie passing THAT
point the engine knocked down large OK and car
Ted the some 20 or 80 yards when the train was
the res;les this side OF the crossing. Here the
trestcs broke down and the engine and tender feR
through TO the ground. young man, named Hoy,
who was on the engine with the englneernan, jumped
off as the engine was going down, bat happened to
fall under it, aud crashed TO death.-Cldrk3b~}3
Rtq. -
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

iALIfAA. April 1.-The steamship America, with
'aes from Liverpool TO the th instant arrived here
LIN
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

oS Wednesday last the gable end Of the large brick
warehouse, near the Central Il. r. Depot, at Sfaln
ton, was blown in, also the skylight framing of
Rankins new Daguerrean Gallery and the tin roofing
on the Hospital buildings was ripped up in VacioHs
places Towards evening, however the winds sub
sided and people slept more comfortably than they
would have done had the gale continued during The
ucht.-StaUeioa Sgec
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

letter from 81. Petersburg SAYS operations for
raising the saakcu vessels at Sebastopol have hern
commenced, aud sixteen have been raised.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

~F1lLs. KAWIuNs n CO., General Cor
w MISSION MERCHANTS AND SPECIAL AGENT
Tor the sale Of MANUFACTURED TOBACCO Stores
q aud -, Grastor Of Tchaptouas street. New
leans
REFERENCES -Armlstcad 4 Warwick Capt. John NJ. Ote
Sep 0dNclN.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

,rr fitn Piles Bulls Pile Remedy has cured ct-s
in This civ given up hop,lass. Try by all mems Ter sale
hy Iap2It4i J. H. THOMPSON & GO DruggzLs-
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

blue RIDGE TUNNEL.--We regret to learn from the
Charlottesville Jeffersonan that doubts are constant
" expressed ms to the accomplishment of that most
desirable event. the completion Of the Blue Ridge Tun
mel 10y the ist of July next. The Jeersonan Is in
formed that one portion of the tunnel is still to be
arched with brick and Sl590 900 wanted Ton that
purpose. These brick are yet to be manufac,ur-
ed
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

Tnr Railroad bridge over the South Baanch Of the
Shenandoah, on tho Manassas Gap Railroad, which
fell last winter has been repaired and the trains are
again passing over it. Mr. John g. Buck who was
seriously injured the time OF the accident, at the
bridge passed over it in the first train that crossed
-ih1. Gazetts
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-27

OWING to the shortuess of the tobacco crop,
other cause says the Bait Clipper lovers of the weed,
seems are taking locotocos. The Warrenton, tlal
Wing, in speaking of a conflict between Mr.. Marshall
and Gov. Smith, says OF the former
Not satisfied with giving him genteel hogging,
he chewed him up and spit him out.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-07-18
Daniel Morgan, the Rifleman.

The name of Daniel Morgan, the celebrated
commander of the Virginia rihemcn is Il
household word in Virginia. His remains
reposc at Winchester. Jerseyman by birth
he early cmi igrated to the Virginia wilds, and
was WAGNER in the French war; Tall.
muscular, and Injured to all hardships, he was
fond of adventure, famed for intense daring
and hair-breadth escapes. He had been
grossly insulted by one British officer, and
severely punished by another in the name of
King George. He vowed vengeance and
kept his VOW.
At the opening of the revolution he raised
a battalion of ritlcmcn. and drilled them to
perfection. They spurncd the bavonct and
relied on the deadly aim of the rifle. He
used to say the business of his men was to Kill
and not to be killed At the battle of
Saratoga. seeing the day was going against
the Americans by reason of the extraordinary
skill and energy of General Fraser, with
his Scotch division. he resolved to resort to
the only measure conceivable to arrest the
. line OF battle that threatened to oycrwhclm
them. SummoninS to his presence the best
mark kSman in his command whose aim was
never known to fail, he said to him. Murphy.
do You see that officer on the iron cray
horse , "les sir, was the reply of The
soldier. Morgan rejoincd with an almost
taltcring voice, Then do YOUR duty
Murphy ascendcd tree, cut away the
intcrlaced branches with his hatchct, this was
a part of their vari"gatcd armor.) rested his
rifle in sure place, watched his oppcr,urity
and as soon as General Fraser had, in his
animated movements, come within practi-
cal range. Murphw fired, and the gallant
Fraser fell morally wounded, being shot in
the centre of his body That fall decided
the day. The enemy soon gave way. and
Saratoga became immortal. But Morgan.
the rough soldier, was a man of tender feel
ingS, and he almost wept at the deed, and al
ways said it troubled him. because it looked
so much like kind of assassination of a
brave and noble officer. Though gallant as
that officer was, he had placed himself there
to be shot at and was engaged i'll shooting
others. 1t was in a similar way that Nelson
fell on the deck of the victory.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-07-18
How to Break a Fever.

Among the young gentlemen who gradu-
ated at the recent commencement of Jefferson
Medical College. was a student whom We will
call Dr: +. {. {. Smith. DIR. S. halls from
kentucky. and possesses temperament as full
OF fire as lightning-bugs tail. During his
course at the Jefferson he had imbibed two
leading ideas: one, that Prof Pancoast is the
Great Mogul of surgeons and the other,
that ten and ten." meaning ten grains of
calomel and ten of jaIap. constitute a sovereign
dose for every earthly malady. Having for
titled himself with reading and a thirty dollar
diploma. Dr. s. ordered two silver-pla.ed
shingles and dozen rufiled shirts. and then
opened an office in the vicinity of Fairmount.
The first "call he had came last week. when
ne was summoned to visit an eccentric but
wcll-to-do Irishman, who had an attack of in
termlttent The Doctor ordered up sulkev,
drove to lrishman's house, ierked bell-puil.
and was ushered into the presence of the
lusty invalid. Doctor then examined pulse.
looked at tongue, and shook his head three
times, at a dollar 4 shake. He then left a
dozen little papers of nastiness, one to be
taken every half hour. The next day he
called again. and found patient sitting up,
ENJOYING the breeze from the back window.
"llow do You find yourself now ~ asked the
doctor. Faith al good dale betther-slorv
to God for that same" well I'm pleased
to hear ii" rcjoined the young Esculapian-
81 knew the powders would abate the tcbriie
symptoms The powthers is it'" "Yes
you took them, of course - Faith, thin.a
l didn't" Not take them !" exclaimed the
doctor. getting excited. "Of coorse not-rm
not cannon, am ?" "Who said YOU were
a cannon ~ interrupted the doctor in a still
angrier tone. "Nor ant the Fourtho O. july
continued the patient without needing the
doctors last remark-"nor the battle O. Wa.
therloo nayther. In coorse I'm not. Why
the dickens then do ye undertake to touch
me off wild yer murdherin' powdher ?" Doc
tor then undertook to reason with patient
Patient talked back. Doctor then allowed
his anger to come to crisis. Having lost hi.
temper he lost his prudence also, and hi
patient over the head with a cane. Patien
then caught doctor by the eravat and chucket
him out Of back parlor window. Docto
descended into a tub of soap suds, which ha,
the effect of cooling him down to the reaectiv,
point, while the servant girl leaped owe
fence and screamed "rerlice :" An ONCE
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-07-18
Philosophy in Court.
From the y. Y. Post.


We observe that prize is offered this wear
by Harvard College Of $500 to any pupil who
shall be decided by the Corporation to have
attained the greatest skill in mathematics,
The person who offers the prize, which is only
proposed for thi. year, is Uriah A. Bovdcn. a
civil engineer of Boston.
This gentleman was concerned in suit last
year. brought by him in the Supreme Court
of Massachusetts against the Atlantic Cotton
Mills of Lawrence. which was ola very inter
esting character. but has never. so far as we
are aware, come before the public. Mr.. Boy
den had agreed to make turbine watcr-whccl
for the Atlantic Mills. which should save
or " utilize as it is termed. scvcntv-six per
cent OF the water power; if he succeeded in
saving that percentage. he was to have $4,000
if not. he was to have nothing and for eve
ry one per cent above that he was to receive
$3.50. Mr.. Bovden went to work and pro-
duced wheel which saved, as he affirmed
ninety-sir per cent. The labor involved in
this result may be imagined. from the fact
that MIR. Bovdcn spent more than $1,000 in
the mere mathematical calculations. The
Company had provided no sufficient means
of testing the question practically. and as the
PERCENTAGE claimed by Mr.. Boydcn WAS alto
gethcr unprecedented, they contested the
claim
The case went into court. No jury on the
globe could comprehend the question. and
the learned bench also found itself entirely at
fault. The case was accordingly referred to
three well-chosen parties: Judge Joel Park
er, of Cambridge; Professor Benjamin Pierce.
the mathematician, and James b. Francis, of
! Lowell. the agent of the united companies
of Lowell in the management of the common
water power. Professor Parker furnished
the law. MIR. Francis the practical acquaint-
ance with hydraulics, and professor Pierce the
mathematical knowledge That learned ge-
omctcr had to dive deep and study long be-
fore the problem was settled. But settled it
was. at last, and in Mr.. Bovden's favor. to
whom the referees awarded the sum of eight
cen thousand seven hundred dollars. Mr..
Boyden had previously constructed turbine
wheels that utilized respectively the extra
ordinary amounts Of cighty-nine and ninety
per cent; the last wheel, utilizing nine
ty-six per cent. exceeds anything of the kind
that was ever made The wheel is one hun
drcd and four and thrce-quartcr inches in di-
/ aMctCr.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-07-18
LOST CHII.D.
From the Home Journal.

The night comes in and the storm is wild,
There's biting blast ard driving slcct,
And up and down each lonely street
The criers call, Lost child lost child"
What a little one, this bitter night
Alone and lost i'll this bowling storm:
Good Heaven. be mcrciful. pray,
And shield the tender form.
Speed. speed thee, rider scream they cry.
He may he frozen. and crushed. and dead.
\ mother waits for her laughing boy,
AEd canst thou take her 4 corpse instead:
Speed. speed thee. rider, and mark the prints
VI little feet across the snow
And call the fathers from every house
Upon your search to go.
And while We seek. let louder voice
One that the whole wide world can hear
Break out above the howling storm.
In tones most thrilling, loud and clear
Lost in the stormy night of sin,
An orphan child with the cross on his brow;
lis years and years since he wandered awav
Christians, turn out and seek for him now
Lost from mother. one sunny day.
little girl with blue dove eye.
She hath lost her way to heaven, and now
She hath fallen in woe to die
Lost ! from the pasture many 4 lamb
That wandered away when shepherds did sleep
And now they are rowing, God only knows where,
He only can hear their shivcring blcat
Lost lost , and the night drifts in
Children more than YOU ever will find;
Turn out, turn out. and with pity seek.
And bring them in from the storm and the wind
Perchancc yOur little ones are gone.
And their feet will never turn back again;
Haste father haste. and follow their track,
Mark every spot where they have been:
And if vc find them. thank vour God
For many mother is wailin, tonight.
For 4 birdling lost that she'll never find.
Not even in heavens morning light.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-07-18
NEGRO WIr.-Judge Burke. of South

NEGRO Wr.-Judge Burke, of South
Carolina. rode on horseback from circuit to
circuit accompanied by servant, Who was
directed to keep close behind him, while he
meditated as pleased himself by the way
Jogging along in this way, on one occasion,
the servant pressed up too near to the horse
which he rode. and which happened to Be an
ill-natured brute. and the consequence Was
that the horse kicked the negro on the leg.
who. observing that it had not interrupted
masters study. sprang off his horse, and pick
ing up a stone threw it at the horse, which it
unluckily missed and took effect between the
Judges shoulders. Tho instant the negro
saw what had been done, he fell in the road
with his hands clasped around his Leg, and
CRYING out in apparent agony as soon asthe
Judge could straighten himself. he turned q.
round and said to the PROSTATE negro;
Stephen. child, what ails you ?" Lord,
MASTER, was the reply, "your horse just now
kicked me on the leg and almost broke it. ;"
well. child said the Judge, "he Just now
kicked me between the shoulders, and almost
broke my back too"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-07-18
Dickens.

Charles Dickens is the most popular living
novelist. perhaps the most popular living wri-
ter in England. His first work-a series OF
sketches under the name of Boz--was pub
lished in 1886, and though it showed brilliant
descriptive powers. did not attract great at
tention. But the Pickwick papers, which ap
pcared the next year, fairly took the world by
storm and lifted the author up the dizz!
height Of popularity, equalled by nothing
since Scott and Byron. Since then he has
written several novels and tales, besides
sketches of travel in Italy and III America
the was here in 1922 in which last hi,
genius appears to less advantage than in his
works Of fiction.
His most striking characteristic is a pec'l-
liar and original vein of humor, shown i!
sketches taken from low life, and expressing
itself by the most quaint, grotesque. and un'
expected combinations of ideas. His Sam
Wcllcr-a character he has never surpassed
is the type of his creations Of this class; and
it is a truly original conception, and very vel
sustained.
lie is hardly less successful in his pathct-
ic passages than in his humorous dclincahons
lie cNccllS Ill SCcitS WHICH, ptiut SlCkItSN 0!iu
death. especially of the lovely and the Young
His pages have been bIistered by many q
tear.
He has also uncommon skill in the minute
representation of scenes of still life. which ht
paints with the sharp fidelity of Dutch art
i>t. He depicts bar room, a kitchen, a court
Of Justice, or a prison, in Sucl! a Wy as to be
next to seeing them. lie sometimes uses
this gift to a greater extent than the taste OF
his readers approves.
The tone of Dichen>'s writings is sound
and healthy: though he takes Us u little too
much into the scenes of low life. and obtrudc>
his evil and hltcful characters upon us more
than we could wish. He has Il poctical inag-
nation. and heart full Of genial charities
and humanitirs The generous and >yrpa-
thc,ic tone of his writings is one Of their mos;
powerful attractions. He has a hatred of OPP
precision and injustice in all their forms. and
is ever ready to take sides with the victim
and sufferer His great literary reputation
has given him much influence in England
and this has been uniformly exercised in be
half of those social reforms in which our En-
Slsh brethren have been of late years So
much engaged. and with such honor to them
selves.
Dickens is the editor of Household Words
!; weekly periodical published in London. con
Quoted with much ability, and III a generous
and emil shtened spirit