Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-04


tion of the O ,,s i N Pa ~ held at the h nse OF
Thomas Thurman "a "Wednesday the 81 March.
W l.. Saundrr- was e.ecteh tina fnAa. "nd has
W. Button Treasurer md S.rreaiy-and tie fol
lowing gentlemen were atl"ihtel a'arfesnond'nE
Committee; F.Anti> i. pea Dr.. Jane Saul
ders J I'm NJ S,ccl Vim Il Bia.hlara. Elwarl
d. Christian. pr. K bt. :. rAyne. rna-. '" b.
ton.
Con mitees 4 Nie,auee Finance, a.. vcre
also ap,oi..tc |. and the gentlemen cnu>'itG.;ns
the committees will each he naiiied OF tie M
pointmrnt
E,rcri,x o. Orr:crRs N Nelson CorN1y.-A
CORE ponder, writing fam l. sinG,ton March
l>t., saws:
a. the Governor thought proper II set aside
the election rf FEEL Officers "t the 2S,h Re. n"nt
If virginia Militia last fall, rev ele'fl'n was
ordered hy the authni,v vested in Inn, AL the
same being held on the HSth day of February. the
following gentlemen were elected: For tasotcl
A. W Wit: lieutenant Culinel. RI. T. Lyon:
lst Major II. j. Shepherd; 2nl Major, Geo :
Stevens.
FATAL AccIprxT.--A young mann named he'rge
Wilhurn resident Of that portion OF PetershnrE
known rs Blandfprd. LIST his life Wednesday t"rc.
noon hy accident. lie was in the employment ot
the Southslc Railroad Company. generally scrN-
ing on the freight train, sometimes III the earac
~ Of conductor. and occasionally As hrakc>man
Yesterday rs the freight train was coming up the
Concord GRADE about Il miles this side IF snr'
burg Wilhnrn while huiriedly passing FROM ole
car tnnnntlrr, missed his footing and Tell hc'W'rn
the rruaiinlcrof the train RAISING ever and crush
; H., l., liz ,h,t hr l;ed instantly His hnly
vi, ln hron,ht 10 p,.or.lurc thi. morning. Pc
cea ed was aho,l, i - years f agr. very steady
relia lie mud industrious. ahd the tldlng@ II ms
fearful death. lrl rron aged father aud III -.
err. as well rs devoted brothers and sisters, wild
Standardization Ca, : pJersIur1 E,urcss
SrccFssrrI Sw,>b,r-A fam Of Rir'm nj
Raukers-Eul,crs sutton & tu.-were On >.i'ur-
dnv last mad, III" victims Ct an adr"it rascal VII
passed off a check them for 81 luo rnrp'ltiHG
to be drawn Nv Paul Hinton of Peter~hnf.,. -
He registered his name in Petersburg - J. o.
borne. and made himself familiar with Me--Ys.
Paul & IIintou's signature within the lusr II
DAYS hy frequently solin. unrurrert ut ~
DINA funds for which he wnnld take their cio'h
on Riclmaal \ ,tliu. has been heard of / n
since Mc>>r-. Finders Sutton X Co., me TIL l.
sers by the swinlle. which WAS one Of the hea'~t
in convention aad execution since the day 4
Monroe Edwards - f.. intel.
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DlsTRr-srNG Sricttf --''f'lndo T. far>a7'' "A
native If Alexandria. n, where he has pa n'',
but recently clerk III f'.' Ne" 1orK ISL WA"
comm'ttel suicide ut "'af''hG,h"u>e ~ ~
through the head \ failure t. obtain cail' Y
ment after repeated efforts the tausc. Tie
Sun SAYS:
One ,lay last week he went to Washington,
where he said he was promised employ mett in
one Of the DEPARTMENTS a. Government, Luz re.
turne! more leir.ri lhlu afnc and said h. WA>
again d>app intel. On Monday lie wcnt - the
most Office. and can1o hack VT n letter. lie sai'
smliu CIV t. lis Mnllady, ''llrrn. | iay" :.
letter finm one Of nv lady friend, she j. t. lie
married. at II o'clock to-day lie thu VT T.
his room and was not seen again until yc~ter la9
morn;n,r yLen n servant a few inmates previous
to- the shooting, went to his chamber dor. and
called HIM lie answered YES" in an ag,tat"l
voice. and the servant retired. In about tea min
utes the report Of pistol was heard from Pars ms
room. hy those in the dinlng-room below, AMI,
some of the hoarlers going to his room. he was
found living in he'd on his left side. undrc>Srl
his undershirt. the cnyerlid thrown back. his Lea
inclined to the left and pistol in his hand. H.
had discharged the contents of the weapon into
.ne ,io aar r." tbosr Who first en,crnl Is
na,,,, no roror snnIe"l ut stared oLont Linn ,,,,I
a;oI ,oc,na On ag,rt e,,uld hc made +, nl,,,iu
med zeal aid He WIS a brother If Marra:cJ W
Musrfave an "","Tess I'll NfW w. ,"ln a1 "! wa,
10 ner ne 'e'erleu " 'I u, 90 ,o narr;o 49,,
le'te' Iron. 1, .I''. w. ,,,,.,r ~; oaaa,
oay' i"'s '''cf Wa "'' ''';''' us ''ee
Un,,n n, ost Tuesday NIGHT about
ocl ck as the le'efNbnrE 'fa'' WAS Vi, ''s WY ~
this city, ana VIE" snor' "'s.nnet 'r'"' n",'
cheS,er' mr',,n d ' inrar on, +" nieccs n,c
WAS fu" over "'' ',p'"''' W, "
sumption ~ 'n"' ne WIZ '''oA'e"''"' ",'n ~
across the tr"tk as MS 'S' were severed i'"' W.
BODY ana ''"nh s'e ''l'"r' nl"'' i''a ,
nearly rent IT III MS luz
a man upon Il = track. and when the tram Ntfnr"
him the wheels carried III" body at least 3o yards
before it could lie stopped. Anderson WAS about