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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-01

uIERRINGs At ACTION will sell on
u saturday morning, May I'd. Fiy nbls. Hrrings In
good order close consignment Sale to commence at "
o'clock Terms Cash d AkEks
may l2t
AMI ron SALE AT AsCTsON.-Beina
Of moving welt per for sale privately until the
10Th ty August next aud sod by then viii be sold
public auction that day Lands lying In the county Of
Amherst three the tty iynrhburg Immediate
" on road loading the Courthouse and adjoining tho
Mess Augustus Ieftwich Alexander kinnior and
This which tu homestead contains i2o
There 100 la timber the hnanre cleared and divided
five fields each Held having stock waern H. There IL an
esccnn Dwelling with CONVENIENTLY arranged for
family. aud every other ont house
place and oSeolont Spring with Hydraulic Ram 10
TO the huuse There Is blacksmith shop
and Whoclwfgh shop and buildings the road at
taohud the pl mechanics to live m and In good
stand ftr business There aso the tract mn excellent
Peach and NunuE Apple Orchard farther description OF
this tract HnnnUuessttY
The second tract lea within miles Of Iynehbug and
2ao THIS lies we'll and has sufficient
quantity timber To keep the place up There are no build
land IA useless aaihose Wishing 10 purchase will view
themselves The subscriber viii take pleasure in showing
the lands any wishing 10 purchase.
Shortly alter the above sale will he sold all tho Stock con
sstmg liorso4 Cattle ues Sr.i also the Plantation ten
ss Household Kitchen Furniture &c For orms apply
may IctlaanT n u MAoRuDER.
Richmond Wing copy ant send account N. II NJ
vsNKssrEE'. .nir OF Valuable Property near
y INNCHnuWa.-Nil be- positively sold, fhnrs,lRy tho
l4th day of MAY next o'clock \ NJ In front OF tho Mar
kut lnnsr The city ri lynehhurK, the balance remaining
uusold Tract of Land cd by George Perci
var embracing about 2lH Refe 81 which large portion Ia
wrods This property within mcs of the city OF Lynch
Is wei purchasers.
bad weather should not bo made the day
ahotr mentioned 1t viii take place tho next fair day hco
aft the hour and place stated
~ 91eodt iimast NM r NANtEY Trustee
bcp copy
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-01
SALES BY AUCTION.
By WM. MoSBA .
Ar - SIMPSON ". slNrso
SIMPSON y .ReTEEEss.


MAN SrHtIt. lNNtiiHrHH. \
NA'E arr now receiving en'ue Spring and summer
w rhrrhaaes of birmingham aud sheffield tlnlW aud
a The Manufacturers of cir a"n country m extensive as
sediment at American Goods the mns II which purchased
~ lash III the most favorable tetul~
Gun a-zfncn h. unusually complete nnd we e, assured
:" hr1r favorable comparison with any ia the eauptfv, en-.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-01

white nan by the name of Capps was found dead
Yesterday morning leaning against the wall OF Cedar
Grove Cemetery He man of very Incorporate
habits which no doubt the cause OF his sudden
and nntney end
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-01
MISCELLANEOUS CARDS.
RE u DE a. IN ENDENIgALL,
MIA AGTNTTc
NucGs,IsIAu lie 4 CO.,
|" Whales m L. n n q

M wholesale and Retail l.rocers,
COMMISSION & FORWARDING MERCHANTe, and
manufacturers Of SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO
old stand OF MoCokle Jones MAIs STREET LYNCH
VA VIII give particular attention TO sale ofFLOuR
WHEAT CORN BACON, LARD. BUTTER. &c Liberia
advances will be made all oonsgnncnts when required
mn
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-01
Ma g.7a:lgy TVyINC \ pHANo.-Nusi,cnh

tGNTES aTED IKi3. article tor
- making aoiiesic soaps Just received by .,.,
Ap iIdacs STABLER s. JONES
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-01
\ uSJuN NJ. TRlnlE,

usJBN VI. TR1nIE,
~ Attorney at LAW,
Wi, prectcen tho Counties OF Amherst bedford.
Campbell aud the CITY OF IIynehburg
ONCE In Morris Building nearly opposite tho office Of the
"Nnginan" tnov on
XNBIl.s, WAWu1Ns n CO., General Conn
w MISSION MERCHANTS AND SPECIAL AGENTS
or the sair Il MANUFACTURED TOBACCO. Stores No.
aud ~ Grasie corner of Tehaptoulas street. New Or.
Rrrtnfsc ts--Armstead& warwlek Capt. John NJ Otey.
m IL vi
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-01

The above sale IA postponed D., Of parties III,
oh a, of May next at To- eloc ar VIII eh timo IL will posi-
'e .d = ,1 ,s,nI g,ac' 90 NJ ,rrus,oe,
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-01

TaE dwelling house OF Mr. Harvey kabler OF this
county MS destroyed by fire on Thursday night the
23d inst The fire occurred about mid might while
all were asleep and it was with difficulty that some
of the family escaped from the burning ruins suppo-
sc / 10 be the work of an ncendiary
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-01

9EENEh ~. FLOOD, Attorney mt Lnw. will
attend all tho Courts OF the city of Lynohburg tho
counties ri Amherst Appomattox Bedford and Campbell.
I-Arl Z
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-11-26
Details of the Arabia's News.
Suspension ofths .Ne,o York Banks Hou
ii was Regarded IN England.

Suspension ofthe New York Banks- How
ii tcaS Regarded IN England.
From the London Times (CityArticle), Oct 81.
The entire suspension of specie payments
by the New York and Boston Banks, re-
ported this morning by the American mail
is the most satisfactory announcement that
could have been looked for. Had the step
been taken fortnight earlier an Jmmense
amount of ruin might have been aver,ed.
Their course has been simply this:
By system Of most imprudent advances
they had encouraged the public to rely on
abundant accommodation. When the over
issues of this latter class of securities be-
gan to excite alarm, the banks turned round
upon those they had deluded and not mere
ly refused further accommodation, but calied
in as far as possible, all that had been
granted. OF course universal fright follow
ed ...
BY this suspension, therefore, the great
danger which has pressed upon our money
market during the past two or three weeks
is therefore lightened. 1t is also believed
that many failures that must have occurred
here il the presen. event had not taken
place will be averted, and that news may
arrive by future packets OF the resumption
Of business by several Of those among the
New York firms whose fall was occssioned
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-11-26
Total number Of School Districts in the

The Superintendent says fits believed that
The number Of children attending the differ
en-. private schools, colleges and academies
exceeds the number set forth in the Stats
tics Of common schools; but should the mum
Der attending the private schools, only equal
then we that attending the common schools
have the annual attendance Of one hundred
and ninety-five thousand eight hundred and
fourteen children in the State between five
and twenty years Of age. e. re- l5
The following extract from the. Report
will close our notice of it: g -r.aLf.
By reference 10 the tables herewith sub
initted, it will be seen that there are in the
State three thousand eight hundred and fif-
ty. eight organized school districts, and that
the number Of teachers is only two thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine, leaving nine
hundred and sixty-nine districts destitute of
teachers, both male and female. The num-
Der of children Of proper age to attend
school, is three hundred and two thousand
one hundred and twenty-six, or one hundred
and five children to each teacher; and when
we take into consideration the fact that
large portion Of the teachers now employed
are in great degree incompetent, the con-
clusion is irresistible that unless the State
Of Missouri is satisfied to take position
inferior TO that Of her sister States In this
cause, she must, at once, provide the means
OF educating, from amongst her own chill
dren, those who are TO train and develop the
minds of the present rising generation. OF
the two thousand eight hundred and eighty
nine teachers in the State, two thousand one
hundred and filty-six were raised and edu.
Gated abroad, exhibiting the humillating DO
siticn Of dependence upon other States 10
supply our wants, the result of which is not
only scarcity in numbers, but what is still
worse, deficiency in qualifications. Nor.
NAL schools have been established in nearly
all Of the Eastern States, furnishing great
er number than can find employment at
home. Those possessing qualifications for
successful teaching find ready employment,
whilst those known TO be unfit are for ced to
seek home where lower standard pre-
walls; and am sorry 10 say that our State
has presented an inviting field to such ad.
venturers. This should be no longer the
case. Whatever opinion may have former
ly prevailed in regard to the dignity and i'm
portance Of the office Of teacher, and the
qualifications necessary TO the discharge Of
its duties, it is, in this day, admitted on all
hands that it has just claims to be ranked
as science.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-11-26
Solely by the inability to sell produce, or
even TO negotiate undoubted bills. X

Solely by the inability to sell produce, Of
even TO negotiate undoubted bills.
From the London Star, October %. D..
The COMMERCIAL Intelligence from india,
SO far as any is given, is rot lactery,
The Compaay's paper at Calcutta had sga i
fallen, some of The accounts say svery
nuch;" discounts remained at the high
rates brought by the last mail; and the
money market was very light. From Bonn
bay the accounts appear rather better.
h sBnt.the state Of our own money market,
as affected principally by the financial
crisis in the United States, oyerpowers for
the time all other considerations and on this
occasion it has entirely neutralized the i'm
provement in the funds, induced by the an
nouncementof our success at Delhi. The
non-arrival Of remittances from America is
causing great Inconvenience throughout the
manufacturing districts, and several banks
in some Of the large towns are reported 10 be
embarrassed by their means having been
locked up in securities not Immediately
available; that is, in bills which they have
discounted for parties in The American trade
who have received no returns for their
shipments. .ejtr' '.a- f"
''' '' FRANCE. co. On
Paris letters state that the question Of a
suspension ofspece payments BY Che Bank
OF France, in preference 10 an unlimited
rise in the rate of discount, should affairs
get worse, had been under discussion. -
The government, il was said, had deter
mined not TO sanction such movement.
Areduction TO the amount of thirteen
million francs is demanded in The estimates
Of the war Office. This, says the CORES
pendent of the Times, means reduction in
the army. 1.- -'' So ''..''t ~
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-11-26
Common Schools in Missouri.

: We have before us tbs. Report of the Su-
perintendeht Of Common Schools, submitted
tothe Legislature on the 27th ult.
From The Report we EARN that Che amount
Of Slate School monies distributed tothe
several counties Of the State increased from
$l77,456 in 1855 TO 1928, $40 in 1857
The rapid increase of the fund iustifes the
expectation, in the opinion of the Snperin-
tenlent, that twenty. five years hence, the
amount TO be apportioaed will reach a mill
ion and half Of dollars. '---'.-- -. 90 q
The number of children attending the pub
lie schools was. in 1856, 81 ,557 against a.
O4S the year previous. There were built
in 1856, l,09l school houses The means
for building them were partly the avails of
private individual subscriptions and partly
the proceeds of taxes, which last amounted
10 $32,57l. The statistics embodied in the
Report are presented in the following table:
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-11-26
New YoRY. November 10

t. . NBW YoRY, November 10.
The Washington correspondent of the
Times says Lord Napier OF behalf of his
Government, and Count Sartiges, under
special instructions from the Government
of France, are prepared to enter into ar
engagements with Yrissari for the guaran-
Tee of the neutrality of the Transit Route
similar TO those entered into by the United
States. They have already conferred with
frissari and will follow up the action of
our Government as soon as consummated.
The TriLune's Washington correspon-
dent says: The Cabinet will consider to-
morrow the propriety of thorough inves-
tigalion of the conduct of the officials OF
New Orleans, in permitting the escape OF
Gen. Walkers expedition after its publica-
ton. A purpose is expressed in some
quarters Of removing those found guilty.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-11-26
A Good Hit.

Many Of our readers have doubtless read
the advertisement of '.retired physician,
whose sands of life had nearly run out, I"
and who proposes 10 communicate to those
in similar condition the remedy that saved
him, for three cent stamp. The following
letter TO him miscarried:
Honey Fork, Orgus 27 1857.
Doctur H. James, n-5
see by you're advertisement in the
ausepapers that yure sands of life had neer-
Ky run out. had no idee sand was so
skeeree in yure naiburhud. we have got
big Hand here abont tn mile long where any
kwantity uf sand ken be dug up and ewsed
very extensive fur building purpuces. If
yoH are most owt wude like to git order
to ship you sum more veri chepe. the
sand is not SO fine mebee as sum yuve ceen.
But fly will bio in the nusepapers & git
the the editurs 10 say il was guide it wude
du first rate. How match wude yu use in
a yere and how mulch wude W give hogs
he'd for it & pay the frate. ....'
yures respectfully,
7rf- @ III. b. Smith.
P.s. Viii don't yu save the sand when
it runs out s. ews it agane. II yu wude
micks sum mullases with the sand ii wood
ent run owt SO fast. ii. b. s.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-11-26
Q SrGiAc ate Ss

- < H l. lA g d U . Ss
We, the undersigned, take pleasure in certifying
10 the successful test Beard & Brothers. Excelsi-
or Fire Proof Safes were submitted 10 in the burn
ing of the City buildings, the 10th November,
1896, and are justified in recommending them to
all who need Safes. - -
Hall & Smith. Eddy, Jameson 6; Co., John S..
Thomson, Scott & Brother, D. A. January & Co,
Charless, Blow & Co, Samuel Nc CARNEY, Bast,
Wiley s. Bast, Won Phul, Waters g. Co., John
H. Hall Co., Partridge & co., Joseph E. Ell
der, Timan, Rozier & Co., Brown, Goddin-&
CO., Barnard, Adams CO., Humphreys, Tut
& Terry, Runynn, Hllman Bros, McMechan
& Balientne, W. L. Ewing Co., Shapleigh,
Day & Co. "a
THE EXCELSIOR SCALES.
Took the Premium over the best Eastern Manufac-
ture at the State Fair, in st. Louis; is sold from
THIRTY TO FIFTY Per CENT. LESS, and GUAR
ANTEED equal 10 any in the United States.
BEARD & BROTHER
August 81, lS57.-3m 4 q
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-11-26
JUTcb TtsPtVhTuH
I'll. b. Smith.

ACTIVITY is lady pulling on her cOrsets
like o man who drinks TO drown his grief
Because in 50 iqeiHg herself shs is getting
hgh.
Smyrna times., 1857-09-02
Written for the SmyrHa Times.
A D. re a III g.

Rambling down to the sea shore one pleasant
afternoon. and while contemplating the beaut-
tui scenery stretched out before me, uncon-
sciously fell asleep, aud dreamed: | saw n
beautiful ship off il the distance dancing upon
the rppling water like thing OF life. All on
board seem"d Joyous and happy,-thc sound Of
sweet, lneIodlous music, mingie with the songs
Of the many g.ad hearts, greeted my attentive
ear-in fact, al! were happy. But, now my
dream changes d dreadful storm has uriscn, the
thunders roar, the lightnings fash, the sen is
overcast with dark and portentCus clouds, the
bolts of heaven seem to be rent asunder, and
with all their fury come rushing TO the conflict,
and that noble ship, with her masts aud sails
rrnt to pieces, rides the stormy elements like
the phantom ship of old complete wreck !
What a contrast is seen when compared with
the former picture! The inIr'hful songs Of the
crew-are turned to cries and lamentations
their happiness to grief and despair. The storm
still continues, the lightning still tiashes,--a
heavy wave strikes the ship; she kccls over on
her slde and with a mighty effort 10 right her.
self sinks to rise no more. Again my dream
changes; the storm has abated, and the sea is
calm, in seeming mockery, rolling peacefully
along as if no storm had ever agitated its bosom,
and, with the recollection full before me, |
awoke. This dream-what lesson it teaches!
1t too well shows that life is but a span; it
shows what changes there may be in few
short hours,--that, like the sea, we are entirely
under the will of an Almighty Being. Then,
let US improve the few short years of our life
in serving Him through whom we live, so that
whea the time of dissolution comes, when crue
death stands waiting at the door, we shall be
prepared to meet our Father which is in Hea-
ven. Ii. J. 5.
Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1857-09-02


MERIT AND PoslTIoN.-The difference be-
tween man of merit aud man of position is
this the later is the man of his day, the for
mer is the man after MS day.
There was a king in England when 81 ks
peare lived there, and doubtless every child in
the realm knew his name Familiarity but how
many knew the name Of the poor play writer !
But now, almost every child who speaks the
English language, knows of Shakespeare and
his writings. How many Of them know OF
James and his wrtings! Very few. Thus
the man of high position died with his position
aud his day but the man of merit only began
to live when he died.
Tho author of Don Quxotte" is known by
his works throughout the world but who can
tell about the men Of poslton---the king, if i
kng--or the mobiles, OF the fiBe guy ladies' who
lived when Cervantes was writing the adven.
lures of the knight OF the Rpe!ul Cuunte-
nance"
Who was Governor Of Virginia when Patrick
Henry fired his fellow-men with his eIoquOnce
Yet every American boy knows Of Patrick Hem
ry. Aud yet We think that the Governor must
have been known in his day better than the
orator.
Thus it is: position is thing of to-day,
while merit is thing OF all time, and when
joined to that rarest of things--an upwright,
blameless Christian lifa--it becomes a elar in
eternity, a never ending light in the eternal
sky Of truth.
Smyrna times., 1857-09-02
WHOLE NO. 534.

a. CHAPTER OK FRsr THIxGs The oldest
book known to be cxtanI, which has the name
OF tAe place where 1t was printed, and that Of
lac printer, together with the date Of the year
When 1t was executed is beautiful edition of
tle PS1!ins III Latin. It was Issued At Mcutz
oy Faust 4 Scoetfcr in ll37. Just four hundred
year5-ago. The most perfect copy known is
that IN The imperial library of Vienna. II is
PrIitcFi IN tolo on vclium and is n gHbcrb s1eci-
men OF printing. second edition Of the work
was issued IN 1850 under ;he patronage OF the
NJ Adams ana Renodctne Mouks which c,u.-
i7iHed, probably, the first printed text Of ihe
Anathanasan creed.
1he earliest printed book containing ssxtBnd
en2rayiHSs, Is caHod the Histories OF Joseph.
Daniel, Judith and Esther, pfinted by Joeeph
pHater al Bamberg, in t92 1t ia among The
FaTe6t tyPagra phcal curiOusties in exipte0cs.
tbe"c peiug only two known copies Of iI-ot,e
at tas royal library at Pans, and AnotAar 10 IL.
collection Of Earl Spencer. The entire text of
the bible with similar embIishtaebls Appeared
in llT3
Gutton6urg invented and fret weed separate
letters or movable types in l442- AS early o.
4323 he hnd printed with lines cut in wo<d, bot
TINS was only small mechanical advance on
what had been done for many years
The hrsl engrayings OF wood, Of whi Job there
is any record IN Europe, is that Of tie ancient
" Actions OF Alexander" by the two Cunios,
executed in the year 1888. The eugravings
are eight in number, and the size about n,De
inches by six.
Stereotype printing was introduced into Loo
don by Wilson, 1904.
The first tragedy III English was Gorto-
due, or Ferrcx and Porrex," in 1861 and the
first comedy, the Supposes," in 1866
Ihe'tirst recorded novels are the MiIesiaa
tales Of Aristldes
The first almanac in the Euglish language
was printed at Oxford in 1878
The first printed music wac in 1903 No
more than forty tunes had been published in
any one book before 1904.
The first printing press set up in America
was the Bay worked" at Cambridge Mass,
in 1929.
The first books Of music published in Apersca
were issued IN l1ll and I72l-the former bV
the Rev. John Tufts Of Newburn, and the lat
ter by the Rev. Thomns Walter Of RoxbUrv.
Tho first paper mil erected in America wns
at Elzabethiown, n j., which William Brad
tordt Royal Printer Of New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, purchased in IT'S Ia
1870, the second went lnto operation at BE-
tou, the Legislature OF Mnsss chusetts granting
did.
Tie first newspaper printed in tho New
World was published IA Boston, under date Of
Sept %, 1890. A copy Of this paper IS pre-
served IN the Colonial State Paper office, Loo
don. 1t is about the size Of sheet of letter
paper, and one Of the pages is blank.
Smyrna times., 1857-09-02

OF" 1t does not matter how be died. The
more important question is, HoD did he Lire :"
Tie old divine was right Death cannot
change the impress which life has left upon
the world. The day Of toll is then ended, the
hands still, and the lips silent. The words have
all been spoken, and the deeds all performed
The footprints in life have all been made
The example has been set, and eddies back from
the swarded mound to the end Of time.
Life is the time to build. The work must
all be performed while the sun is up, for the
night cometh when no man can work.
Smyrna times., 1857-09-02
Select Qoem, ,
The FireRies' Dance.
BY READ THORNTON.

BY READ THORNTON.
The glsw-worm in Englands velvet grass
With its opal lamp may shine
The Medusa may float, reflected star,
In the wake of the foamy brine
But tits ours to dance on the evening lea
In our own new world across the sea
What though the star-bern race of mon
Still pass US needless by,
We weave in the valley and lonely glen
Our dance of the wild FREELY,
And the elins below, full we'll we know,
Read the fate of their birth in our fitlul glow.
From the water-lily's skiff amoor,
From the laurel's clustering cup,
Fran turrets tall of the orchs tower
Their tiny eyes peer up,
And they watch in the swamp, and they watch
in the grove,
The stars of their blissful or blighted love
The grasshopper sings goodnight in the hedge,
The cricket chirps long on the ground,
But with holier silence our song we weave
The farIes need not SQUAD
With melody rare We ill the air
Like the spheres above that are Ginning there.
So in airy dance of our recling trance
We light our ephemeral road,
Aud we tell this truth in our lightning glance,
There's no little nor great with God:
With him the cycles of stars sublime,
Are but as watch of our nightly chime!"
Net9 York, June 30, 1851.