Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-04-08

repaired to Liberty w nrenouse WIN u'o '"'o"''"
of disposing Of it to some of the countrymen con-
,,reoaicd thereabnuts The first gentleman he
cbanced 10 meet with was wagner from bed
ford. named Allmow, to whom he offered the To-
bacco Mt nrices con siderably belowthe manufacture
ers figures Allmow concluding very wisely that the
tobacco was stolen. took the negro in custodE, and
marched him off to the Cage. When Questioned
by tho Mayor, the buy made clean breast Of it,
and acknowledged that he had stolen the tobacco
from the factory If Mr.. II. Under these peculiar
circumstances, his Honor adudged Abram -
lashcs.
An ATTRACTIVE Work OF ARr.-There is On
Exhibition at Williams Jewelry Store sta'nette.
in bronze copied after tho famous equestrian
statue Of Cen Jackson. in Lafayette Square. IN
the city of Washington. The statucttc is II laith-
full and exact copy If the original, even IN the
smallest particulars. The work was devised, we
understand, by n native Nirgnan, who Is now
casting these Statue,ies and offering them Tor sale.
Orders may be left at Williams Store.
RECEIVING STOLEN Goops.-John c. Hughes,
white man, keepng small grocery, or doggery,
at the upper end of Main Street, and his son John
Hughes were arraigned before the Mayor yestcr-
day, on the charge Of receiving stolen good-.--
The crcums'a nces of the case are rs follows: On
Wednesday night, Mr.. Joshua Phillips, IL planter
residing in Campbell county, some fifteen miles
from this civ brought to Liberty Warehouse, II
wagon load Of tobacco. about one half OF which
was ,urerior shipping. and the remainder inie'ior
Thr hour being late, the tohacco was allowed to
remain in the wagon. and the vehicle driven into
the ward attached to the Warehouse. The next
morning, on going to unload his tobacco, Mr.. =.
disc vercd TINT s,,me hundred pounds or nj re Of
the best tobacco. had been stolen from the wagon.
He at once acquainted Mr.. Taplor, one of the In
spect r.. with the fact, and TINT gentleman forth
with Instituted search for the missing article, which
was finally traced to the grocery OF Hughes. A
search warrant was issued aud the tobacco found
ON Hughes premises Young Hughes upon he
Jag in,erroyated a. to how he came 10y the tohae-
g.. stated that he purchased it of planter from
Fl,vd county. When examined by the Mayor,
Mr. Phillips identified the tobacco as his property,
AMI introduced other testimony corroboratna the
statement made by him.
On "A further search Of Hughes premises, the
officers discovered large amount Of property,
considerable portion of which was idcntihe by
different gentlemen. A lot of manufactured to-
hacco was identified by Messrs. Wade Moore rs
some that had bren stolen from their factory IN
February last for which theft several negroes lad
been punished by order of the Mayor. ~ Il
corn that had been stolen Wednesday night
from the wagon of Mr. VIM. Strong. farmer
living in this vicinity. also found and idenii-
fieI by the owner. Several bolts OF cotton cloth.
stolen from the factory of Mr.. Morris Moore, and
a lot Of bacon stolen from the smoke house OF Mr.
William Sitter, were also crossed by the officers
during their explorations for ill-gotten booty.
On the two first charges. the elder Hughes was
recognized to give bail in the of $3.50 Tor his
appearance at the next Quarterly term Of tie
Hustings Court. The son was recognized IN the
sum of 800 to appear at the same time On the
third charge John c. Hughes was found guilty,
and fined $40 and costs. The remaining cases
will he tried this morning.
In default of the required bail, both OF the ac-
cused were remanded tn jail
VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD REcEIP1s.-
We give below ~ statement of the receipts OF the
Virginia & Tennessee Railroad for March 1857:
March, 1859.
For Freights. ................. S3o,!4 ~
For Passengers, Mail, IL. 27,044 ~
-- 57,l0l oS
March, 1858.
For Freirh,s. sc5, col 73'
For Passengers, Mail, &c. l2,4G2 -
- 37.7O4 46
Increase in 1259............"...... Sl9,4H' %
Being mn increase of over 10 per cent Tor
Freight, lls per cent for Passengers Mail, &c.
and SO per cent. increase in the aggregate
MEETING IN HIGuLAND.-The Wings and Amer
leans of Highland will hold Ratification meeting
Mt Monterey on April Court day, Thursday the
DIST. Speeches will be made by the Hon. a. II.
IL. Stuart, and II. W. Shelley, r. L. Doyle and ),
D. lmb"len. Esqrs. Steps will lie taken at the
sam. time with reference to the election Of State
a., ntor FIR the District of Highland, Bath and
l.Jckbridge.
FREIcur TRapE-There were received AT thu
depot of the Va. & Tenn r. r., on Yesterday,
J ,n,|"d cars consisting # GA bushels Wheat;
l. ,1D lbs Stock; 800 barrels of Flour: 56,oUo
l.... If Miscellaneous. There were % loaded cars
sent West same day.
DIED.
On the 9th nit, at the residence of her father,
in the town of Frankford, Greenbrcr county, Mr..
MARY, wife of G. W. Cameron. of Lynchburg, in
the 2jth year Of her age.
Demried this life yesterday morning. at hal
mast n'clnck, Mr.. JoHN HoLLINs, in the 14l
year # his age, after protracted illness OF over
thee years. 80.
The funeral sermon will be preached this after
MON mt 3 o'clock, at the Baptist Church. by tht
Rev. james g. Taylor. The friends of the FAM
". and the public generally, are respectfully re-
uucstpd to attend.
Ntw ORLEANS. March 10Th, lr1s
Mtssrs OYER KEfS-Gent',men AT tue sollcita."
Of Of my friends here nave .ne,aae a, ~, friend
nv nj, brother John that the business viii meet wi "
little interruptions hut that cannot aecep. q" rsy S %"s fr
Cont 10 take an Inventory aid have his widow recognise
and endrned natural .utrix Of her minor children n'
shall be able kuate all claims against the estate
can also say his friends that they eed not havesny nne,
their business in his hands at the time OF his death
'h' means are ample f0'''' H''pe'E1'ssy' OLIVER
,o m.NrracTTGsfRs1Esass. All xao ~ sm ~
PMS OF ToB >CCO We TAKE pirasure In rccommen '
. m In tban Ou,m iastan l,uaiu Mr.