Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-02-28

shoulders; but this is always dangerous expert
ment. Mr.. Letcher, in this matter, like Mr.. Eng
lsh on the Lccompton question, may slip through
under cover of compromise, but he il really in an
embarrassing and critical position.
1t mny bc. however. that between the Wise and
Hunter cliqncs suffciant discords have been sown
nmong the RINK and file OF the Virginia Democracy
to enable the opposition to carry the Sa.e. The
fears of the Richmond Enquirer uron tuis pojnt
nre very significant. Should the result be an op-
position triumph, the signal will thur oe sounded
ior new constitutional or Union pety through
out tho country, with fairer pro .pect for 1850
than either the sectionalizcd republicans or the
dismantcd democracy. Indeed. an opposition
victory this year in Virginia would be equivalent
to general political revolution
Torn ,pa--Loss OF TIN STEAMER CoMEr. Short
" after the steamer Comet, Capt konnett had
left this port on Saturday night. and when at
Seanlnn's Landing, lS miles below thi. city. she
encountered heavy gale of wind, and was order
cd by the Captain 10 be mnde fast at the landing
Such. however wns the fury Of the storm that her
lastcnings wore parted, and she was driven out
into the stream and literally shivered to pieces,
aud sunk 10 the bottom in n very few moments.
So unexpectedly did his disaster occur that but
lew provisions could be made against the immi-
nent pcrils 10 which they were exposed. Eigh.
or ten lives are known to have been lost.
Tho following is the lis, Of persons drowned:
John Pope frst clerk; II. NJ job. cabin pnssen-
ger, Harrisburg. Ark; John Clark. second cook,
Memphis; Joseph Howard. deck hand a little
glrl nnmc not known, daughter of a deck passen-
ger. Ih"re Wefc nlso two or three cabin passcn-
grr'. whose hmrs tho officers of the boat did not
remember
Shortly af thc occurrence OF this sad Disaster
the steamer fo'in bound down. and tho Vr-
GUM irlI' ii up, arrived, and did much to
rehe'# condition of the passenger
nna loria took part of the pas
Srns IL, ma, and the crew returned to
tli,, ..!r Virginia Belle. Much praise 10
due oIhccrs aud crews Of these bonts
Tor TIA assistance thoy rendered ,,o
rass"nE nntribnted much towards the al
l"N,ntion 'uhernes Of the unfortunate.
Hmw e lIcRi,cslay
Mfi.t .#a tAsE-RrLHious MoNoM ,NlA.---
We heard, ,Y or two since, tho particulars Of q
melancholy cnse Of monomnnia, in the person ol
Lady ia this city. respectfully connected. but. for
obvious rcasalls we rcfrained from making tho
facts public, until we could learn the result of a
Lad! net, committed under mn insane impulse. 1t
appears that he lady in question had recently
lccn much concerned in regard to her future state
although Cor long time she has been consistent
member of n church, and seldom failed to attend
lis devotional exercises.
Her anxiety in matters ofreligion had lately
worked upon her mind M to make her life seem
miserable aud prculiarites of character were each
day uniollcd in such manner to lead
her friends 10 suspect that she contemplated self
destruction. Fearing this she carefully
watched lni in an unguarded momct she avail
ed herself of mode they least suspected, and well
adapted To bring about her death ia the most hor-
rbe mnnncr-nouc other than by drinking boil
ing mnier from n ten KETTLE which was ut this time
standing upon tho stove. Immediately after the
occurrence medical aid was summoned to her re-
lief. when it was found that her injuries Internal
" "t such u character as to leave little hope
OF her ultimate recovery. At last accounts she
getting better. though she still lies in pre-
cnrlous con lilon Strange to say she has since
entirely recovered from hcr mental delusions.--
81 RaR Hmoy
FEAGrtL TgAsrpy.--Wo were yesterday infor-
med to til" effect that telegraph =. path had
been received in This city that three members of
Mr. Cr-p- troupe in Ala had been seriously stab
hcl. and it WAS thought TINT in one case it would
prove fatal. The facts as related to usare these:
A Miss Scanan, actress -nd member a Crisps
troupe, while on her way to tho thcatre oae day
WAS me- by three coutrymrn who in-uilcd her.
nnd being seen hv the member aborg lled to,
were told to - away. They refused und the mem
hers of the company, two of whose nlnies are H.
away from the lady when they drew their knives
and stabbed Keller in the left breast and ono in
the spine: Love was also wounded. These ras-
Gals have been arrested and we hone that the full
lest penalty Of the law may be metcd out to them.
NJ. HOLLINS &c Co.