Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-12
point .. an early day. Thissubjecs is of sufficient
interest 10 bear discussion now.


interest 10 bear discussion now.
VIZ understand that the Board Of Directors an
nounced In our last paper FOL the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad. was entirely new. the old
ones. contrary to custom. having been turned out
The new appointments are. doubtless, very good
ones. and 10 them we make not the slightest OBJ
lection. We shall always be particularly graft
,Aed At apy marks of honorable distinction shown
our friends Garland and johnson. But why should
kirkpatrick, Read and Wilkes be turned out. Ia
give place TO other gentlemen! Were they not
gentlemen eminently-we may say. preeminently
qualified for their positions? Have better se-
lections been nader We think not, and in the
absence Of any conceivable motive which could
have dictated this wholesale change, we attribute
il to disposition on the part Of Mr.. Boyd topan-
der TO an antdcmocratic spirit. or something
WORSE II we do find out that such was tho gov
ernng motives of Mr.. Boyd. We will give him
castigation in these columns, that he Will not soon
forget.-Lynohbnrg Repnbiican.
There now. Mr.. Boyd; be pleased to stand from
under You have had no popularity to spare
since you had tho temerity to affiliate with the
Wings. and arrayed yourself in opposition to tie
regular Democratic nominee. We advertise YOU,
therefore, that you have provoked the wrath Of
our neighbor. and will not only receive ''casii-
cation that you will not soon forget" but are in
danger Of utter humiliation. You have been tried
and found guilty of espousing the Jeferson'nn
doctrine Of rotation" but not AZ now intrrpre-
ted. which mean. simply the rotating of Demo
crat out of one Office into another. Moreover, you
are accused of disposition to pander to the
anti Democratic spirit" and have substituted two
Democrats with two Whigs! Oh. horrible. can
the records of human depravity furnish parallel
to this, Know We not Mr.. Boyd, that it is the
province Of Democracy to monopolze Office. and
how dare We thus to outrage public sentiment,
and put our neighbor in such pother? You
deserve to be hung, drawn. and quartcrcd.-
Think of that Master Brook: think Of that
But our good Offices shall be intcrpo-ed, aud it
may be that we shall Re able to appease somewhat
tho wrath Of our avcnging neighbor.
MoRrHY BE.rEN.-The first game between .ir.
victory for the latter. Only one game has been
played The Lexington Observer in commenting
on the result says:
I'VE are not surprised at this announcement
Morphy is n professional chess player-makes his
support, IA we understand by playing chess--and
we cannot imagine why it was that he did not al
low Mr. Lowenthal to beat him in London. lie
is beyond all doubt one Of the very best players
in the world, and if he had thrown off one or two
of his matches las believe he has done this one
with tho Paris plnyer) and then bet heavily on
othcra. he might have won any amount that he
desired. Ten Brooks racing career would have
contributed greatly to his success if he had noted
on this principle. bad Ms it undoubtedly is
Most Americans have watched with great de-
gree of interest the career Of Mr.. Morphy since
his arrival in Europe, and have felt an honorable
pride il. tho brilliant success which has thus far
attended him in his different contests with the
most celebrated trans Atlantic chess players. The
above quoted does that gentleman gross
injustice. and place him in n position ust the re-
verse Of the he is entitled to occupy. We
have heard gentlemen, residents Of New Orleans
who are intimately acquainted with Mr.. NJ. speak
Of him in the highest possible terms; they say.
instead of being professional gambler he is Just
the opposite: indeed he has never been known TO
bet dollar of his money on ga,ne OF chess, or
on any other game in his life. He is resident
OF tho city of New Orleans. where he is engaged
in the regular practice of law. and his indulgence
in chess il simply attributable to an intense admi-
ration and love for the noblest and most intellcc
tual game ever played by man.