Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-27
ifhis character were equal ~ his brains, would
ltand head and shoulders above his Democratic RI
iAls in the State.
From the 81. Louis Republican, Sept. s.
Reward of Honesty Beautiful and
Touching Incident.


Reward of Honesty Beautiful and
Touching Incident.
J huny Moore is the name VI brghteyed. jol-
y-faced lad, twelve or fourteen years pfage, ,whose
Invalid and widowed mother, living on Morgln
street, he helps to support by tho sale OF new pm
| pers and by such errnnds and small jobs as no
nay chance TO meet with johnny, who 10 The
zero Of the pleasant And truthful incident wo are
| about 10 record. 10 extremely neat In his attire
5hough his closhes may ndt hHve always been tho
oest, and may have shown. in sundsy patches and
mended rents, the results ol both poverty and fru-
gal care. In short. Johnny il such u boy as we
used to read about in Sunday School books
Yesterday morning. bright and early, he was
trudging along Broadway, between franklin ave-
nue. 4 Washington street, when he chanced to stnm-
BILE against largo pochet-boo which he picked
up aud found to contain large number Of bank
notes and papers. While he was medtating on
tho sudden riches he had aniassed, and which he
had slid into n capncious pocket. or perhaps rack
ing his youthful mind whether to seek the owner
or conceal his good fortune, o gentleman rushed
by him in an anxious. hurried. nervous mannnr.
which convinced the boy Tint he was looking for
something, and he thought he knew what.
"lIavc you lost anythngp asked Johnny
"fes--my pocket book" was tho gentleman's an
swer. have you seen itf
Tho little fellow expected" hs had ho didn't
know, though. What kind Of pocketbook was
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storo, whore the flushed and almost brcnthlsss In.
dvidunl 'of the frst part proceeded to say TINT
the pocket book was large black one, containing
one thousand two hundred dollars in bnnk bills.
and some accounts, a strip Of red morocco
binding underneath tho flap, being inscrib-
description talliod. and Johnny's eyes snapped
! with ehcerfulnoss he placed tho treasure, just
as he had found II, into the strangers hands and
We opnc there was greater JOY In TINT one act
thnn $4,000 could have purchased at tho expense
Of II guilty conscience.
Mr., Thomas hardly seemed TO know which 10
feel most-reliofon on tho recovery Of the money and
| papers or gratitude TO the lad and admiration OF
his honesty. Taking Johnny by tho hand. whose
bounding heart lho knew not Why had by this
tim, "splashed tears into his eyes" tho gentle
man took him to u clothing store and dresscd him
out from top to too. in bran new suit Then.
proceeding to n jcwelry store,he purchased = good
silver watch, upon which he directed to be eugra-
| we'd these words: Robert Thomas TO little John
ny Moore. St. Louis, Sept. 3D., 1850. Honesty
10 the best policy" Not oven content with this.
the generous stranger placed in q neat bead purse
five twenty dollar gold pieces, which no directed
tho lad to give to his mother
We shalt not attempt to portray the emotions Of
tho boy II hs quiycring lips. and choked utter
nnce, aud the smile that strovo ~ hard to get
through the great waery globes that trcmbled in
his eyes failed to tell whnt WINS going on in his
heart, how shall We tell it?
A Man LIVING FisE DAYS wIrn BRoKEN
NEcK-The Louisville journal saws.
Some two weeks since, elderly German fell
during the night down n steep fight oi steps and
strnck tho side Of his head against the wall ut tho
landing. He taken up inscnsibe and carried
to his 1t was found on examination when
he became conscious, TINT he para yzed in all
those parts of his b dy.. below the neck and that
his neck was broken. He remained in this cond-
tinn something over five DAYS, conversing freely
with his attendants. and describing TO them oil
the sensations which he had. His attending sur
geons, Drs. Thum and Goldsmith we believe
made attempt to set the neck. but we're Obliged
to desist, ON account OF snf1cation coming on
whenever the head was brought into ts np,ural
position. Between the fifth ami sixth days, the
hnrse undertook To move him Tor the purpose of
changing his linen, and in doing 80 the head was
unwttIngly turned 80 that the neck waa stru ght
Denth took place instantly. But for this accident
there is no telling how long he might have lived
Altogether. the case ID n most extraordinary one
aud no doubt will in duo time, be published
authorltatively in some medical journal.
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MusrAcHEs.-The New York merchants are le
coming disgused with their clerks who wear mus
taches. They sny 1t 10 Assure sign of frocsome-
ness. They do look rather wild. romnnti, and
Spanard lihe, it is rne and some have even gone
so far as to soy that they better become brirand
than u civil kind Of man. But tho New York
merchants as we were saying, noA say to their
cerks-"Gentemen we have no wish To interfere
with your private amusements, or hobbies, but we
must insist that you cut of your mustaches during
business hours. After O'Clock r. NJ, you can
them"
"PuScH" ON THE AMNEsTY.-Punch, Just recei
we'd, has very good -ketch illustrative of the am
nesty recently issued by Napoleon. 1t represents
school room. on the waH Of which is IL map Of
Europe. The school mistress is no less person
age than Liberty herself face and figure nost nd
mirably drawn who is teaching Muster Louis Ma
poeon how to write. On the ground are bro
ken drum, toy sword. and illlc dancing figure
of Pochinello himself On the blackboard Mas
ter Napoleon, with small body encased in n
ehilds tunic and lace pants, has ust chalked the
word AxNETy in good fair letters, his hand having
been guided in that good work by his celestial
lnontress. This Is ono Of the best thing. Punch
has lately done. Since the bunch back has ceased
10 caricature Prince Albert and Lord Brougham,
and such fair gnme as Wellington and Peel, Louis
Philippe and O'Connell, have passed away, his
pictorial cuts have BY no means been spirited The
present is an exception.
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