Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-02-03
Railp 4iroiaiaa.

Isox rLoArfNa BarrERiES.-During the late
war with Russia the British Government construct
ed number OF aeating batteries, or small steam:
frigates encased with iron plates four inches IN
thickness. TWAS supposed tina. these would ,1 re-
sist the most powerful shot within point.blank
range and that the balls would be broken into
fragments upon cunning into contact With these
war turtles. One Of these iron batteries, called
the Erebas, supposed to be the best yet eonstrurt
ed, was recently tried at Portsmouth, with ruled
cannon, Mt 200 yards distance. The shot oi TINS
gun penetrated through the iron plates. thus prov
ingbatteries are not prof against powerful cannon
-Ercdaage.
Me,ronolitnnC Catholic Almanac for 1859 states that
in lSOs there were in the United States bishops,
80 nrie,ts and 80 churches. Ten wears later
there were 10 bishops 22 priests and $50 churches
At the close Of the next decade there were IL
bishops. 4s2 priests. Al churches. In ls4S there
were q bishops, 800 priests. 907 churches. At
the prescnt time there - bishops l0S priests,
1854 churches. The compilers OF the Almanac re-
frsin from estimating the Catholics OF the United
States on account OF the "ntriiisie difbcuties
which the subject presents, butan estimate oteight
hundred members to each church would give
1857 200 as the Catholic population Of the United
States.-Erchdnge pope1
NArolEoS's RENAiNS To ne RENoyEp.-An
official decree in the Moniteur declares that the
Cathedral VI St. Denis is to he hereafter the
the burial place of the Emperors of France and
thus at last this long debated question is settled
The Prince Jerome, guardian "f the body OF his
brother, the first Emperor, Mt ibe lnvalidcs held
out to the last against the change. but he only OBJ
tanned this concession that the heart might be re-
tanned ia the magnificent snrcophagus OF the In
yalides, while the body will 90 10 ST. Denis. At
the came time the decree creates n chapter OF 1T.
Denis, of which the almoner Of the ruieries is to
b the head.
Anew gun has lsen invented in Newcastle, Eng
land, and tested ut Sheerncss the projecting power
Of which completely distances that Ct auy piece Of
ordnance hitherto known. At mn elevation Ct
thirty-three degneas it has sent II 80 pound shot n
distance offs, 900 yards or mere than live miles
The same range has been attained by n ninepoun-
der weighing lG cwt.. OF similar construction.
The farmers Of Wisconsin. who mortgagej their
faRms 20 the various railroads, have formed
lsukuc to resist the foreclosures Of the mortgages
Some 5000 or 5000 persons belong 10 the league.
bound together by secret oa,hs. having signs.
grips and passwords. AT the late meeting OF tho
league il was determined 10 resist. by violent
measures. the attempts to f'recloss.
1t is stated in recent issue Of a Tolelo (Oao)
paper that drove Of six thousand geese, intended
for the New York market were seen Mt Winchcs-
ter few days before. The owner had driven
into one car the number Of 500, paying from ID
10 SVcents oacn ~ Iteignt. Inc fhithihtioh oI
ths owner was, that the feathers would pay him
for his outlay and getting them to market, and
that the proceeds tho earcasses would ho clear
profit.
On Tuesday evening lasts the Sheriff Of Cat
taraugus county IN. Y was conveying prisoner
to Auburn, the man sprang from the train near
Pittsiord. when going at full speed. His legs
were shackled, and as he struck the ground lac
turned complete sumerset backward, striking
his head upon one Of the timbers in cattle guard,
over which the car happened TO be passing AT
moment, and fell upon HIS face llccss, The
prisoners sentence " Auburn was for Two years
and three months.
During the pnst year Lynn has manufactured
more than l0;o00,0OO pairs VI shoes. The shoe
business Of Massachusetts is valued Mt Si0,Ouo
000 a year, and onehul tie shoes made in that
State are manufactured IN Lynn; the thriving
city Of Lynn annually manufactures S2oo00ooO
worth of shoes.