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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17

Senator Latham will, in a few days, Introduce
bill for the ccssion 81 the Indian tribes in Cali
forna to tho State authorities, the q ,vcrnment
paying item 500 900 per annum Ia n d il taking
re O. item. II C ,sts the United States much
larger sum now, and they are not more than half
taken care of. II is believed that this new step in
our Indian policy will be followed from other
quarters.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17
COMMERCIAL.
LYyCHBURG MA ETS,
REPORTED
A. B. FUCKER,
PROD UCE B II . * l. r,
13s MAIN STREET.
AppLEs.-t;recn-pone offering.

ty-These quotations. will be understood represent whole
sala prices generally
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17
ELECTORS.

1sv pur.rcr IT. n. CfI AsDLER, Of Norfolk City.
a~~ TRAVIS II. EPPs Of Noit,wAy.
- THOMAS BRUCE. OF HalifhS.
S-r John r. THORNTON. Of Prince Edwsr
@Sss JAMES r. JOHNSON, OF Bedford
am W a SCOTT, Of Powhstan.
-. .IENIIEL J. BOWDES. OF William burg.
srv JOsRPH CHRISTIAN, Of Niddlcsex.
e,s, "a ~ n n sHACKELFoRD Of Fauquer.
,o-. ANDREW 4. KENNEDY, of Jefferson.
lis. A H. n. STUART, OF Augusta
ierg W. K STAPLES, Of Montgomery.
Ia. WALTER PRESTON, ~ Washington
ISTu a. J. JACKSON, Jr.. Of Weed.
isra A. b. CALDWELL. Of Ohio.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17
Date and signature ofthe par.s

The Post Office Department has issued an order
reducing the rate Of postage fpr letters between
the United States and the Thurn aud Taxis postal
district. conveyed riI Hamburg. in tho United
States and Hamburg mail, to the uniform rate Of
five cents. This is the same when ria Bremen.
Ia future the single rate for letters will therefore
be fifteen cents between the United States and
the German States. The prepayment is optional.
BY the Hamburg mail the rate to Switzerland
from tho United States is reduced from twenty
seven to twenty cents.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17
CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE.
Commissioners of tho Revenue.

o. sSS- Ware authorized to announce G. A. ioLCoMB
9hy n candidate Tor election Ia the Office OF Commits
OF the Revenue in the Eastern Dssc OF Campbell
county, 16-tdc
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17
Spring and Summer Goods.
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps and Straw Coof

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AND STYLE
d. HAVING received the greater portion Of nv Shrine
WI and Summer Goods and being receipt daily, OF .c
as are being made 10 order, III, friend.
.and the public, that they may call, with a full exurcia
ton of being suited either quality price NV socL
of Trunks Carpet Bags, Umbrellas dc, large conprse,
every grade. L. l.. ARMlSTEAD
aI}-l Rep. copy No 40 Min ST., Lyncbburp Y,
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17
FRETWELaL &c HALL.
No III Main Street rvnohb,,ru Uo

HAVE now in store lIc.r Spring and Summer stnck
Of Boots Shoes, Hats Caps. Trunks, Carpet Bags Va,
~ Ices, Calf skins sole Leather ard l Kinds Of shoe
49, Findings eli Of which will be sold most r,ts nn
able terms, as they bought In fdyo rabc time,
We also manufacturing Ladies and Gentiemens Critters
Of every descriptions well all other kinds work done in
line of business and would call attention Of those IN
Ia j. Miles ~ Boots, have M boh ,r.s
aud double) of the best quality. fGlh If ,Is
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17

NEW BOOKS AT
~ PAYNE RLACKFoRDS BOOK STORE
lHE MILL ON IllE Ftu>>-By author Of Adam Brde-
The London Reviews allied with exravagau praises of this
work
III FUREIpIS-A new book by author of the Lamp
Lighter.
pR OLDHAM AT GRAYsToNES--A new and popular
Novel. ''
rhE CoREEsroNDENcEoF ALEXANDER Won HUM
D'lpi, 10
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17

WE authorized to announce WIN. II. PEER
~ MAN II candidate for the Office OF Commissioner
hc Revenue for the Western District OF Campbell county
Il
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17


udicalioa OF the service relative to the delivery ~
the factories Of tobacco al the kingdom OF iVo.op
auintals Of leaf tobacco Of the United Strtes. Of
the class expressed by these conditions. and much
more as may be asked. to the maximum 81 2o,ooo
ouintals in each Of the years ls6l. 81 63. en-
cages himself TO deliver each quntal at the price
of--iial, and---crhts.
date and signature ofthe par''
We are pleased to see 50 heavy customer en-
ter the market for the great staple Of our State
The effect. we apprehend will BIO n most farora-
bic one. The greater the competition for an arti'
Gle the higher will be the offerings for it-there'
fore we expect to see n material advance IN the
now depressed prices Of tobacco. when this supply
has been contracted for. II is estimated that the
crop Of Virginia will reach scyen'y.tive thousand
5000 hog iheads this year-that is We mean the
crop tow coming forward 10 market. The guam
,iiy wanted BY the Spanish government is pr'ba-
bly, about one.rhird Of that yield; but it will be
seen that the deliveries are to run through pc
Rod Of three years.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17
FUTURE DAYS.

Public Sale of Roanoke Land
~ FOR psapose OF paying the debts due by The ,s,.
SS A. r. billiard, deed, will, laeng under n deere. r
-the Circuit Court of Roanoke) SELL at public sale on
Monday, the 18th of June next s6o) portion Of the
land the deccdent be sufficient the rcun.
OF his debts recent survey b. the Roanoke has
made OF the portion proposed TO be- sold n ~
of the 'Gsh Tract, Botelonrt Springs " "
TERas-One and two Years credit purchaser being p,
qnircd TO give bond wi good personal security and The t,
will be retained until the purchase money be paid ~
COLIN BASS. Administrator
with the will anne xcd of A. 4. DIIIAnn ,l,,,l,l
10 ,SoKE, May Il, $500 dltsrwtJ:
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17

WANTED 70 EENr.-A suitable hous for a small famil-
w near The NAN street Apply nj Inc
may l0-,s SIRGINIAN OFFICE
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17

vs. RECEiNEliPer express large assortment of pih
p'S,s SILKS, 10 DC sold very cheap and no mistake
'"' - JOHN ABRAHAMs
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17

| EEtHEs! LEECHES 1.-The subscribers have just re-
ee'cd lot Of the best Swedish Lccches and will in fu-
'uIe De prepared 10 furnish them fresh healthy.
may 10 ". "A. STROTHER Il co.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

verses had reduced him to penury and
want, and now he was without food or
a place to sleep.--He said he was well
acquainted with Simeon Draper and
many other old New York merchants,
but he did not wish them to know to
what e&tremities hehad become reduced.
The unfortunate man also, said he had
two wealthy sistersin In Cambridge, Mass.
but he did not feel at liberty to call
on them for aid; he had repeatedly ap-
piled to the Commissioners of Charity
and Correction for assistance, but re-
ceived none. The complaint being per-
fected, Mr.. Carter was informed by
Mr.. Murry, the clerk, that it was ne
cessary for him to find bail in the sum
of $500 for his future appearance for
trial before the Court of Sessions, to
which he replied, .tSir, 1 am guilty,
and want no bail I desire to go to
prison and stay there; and he started
below with the officer with quick,
firm step, and an apparently light heart,
with the idea that he would be furnished
with the comforts if not the luxuries of
life"
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

PiHsburgh.-A correspondent draws
the following not very fattering picture
of the Iron City:
Pittsburgh, externally, is not very
interesting city. 1t is grimy with the
ever belching smoke of seven times
heated furnaces. The years record them
selves upon it in films of SCOT; cloudy
incrustations of an atmosphere throb-
bing With industry, but not given to the
lighter palpitations which beat in glow
ing suburban perspecives or in g1im=
mering detaehes of the picturesque.
Even the hill on the opposite side of
the river has grown black. The river
itself. judiciously bottled, would sell
readily in the market as ink, or walnut
ketchup, or black draught. Everything
in the vicinity is black, except the rocks
and ravens which, by force of contrast
seem faded, and ones boots in the
morning at the hotel. Such, atleast, is
the impression likely to be left upon
the mind of transient visitor.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

~ John b. Cough, the great temper
ance orator, lectured in New York on
Monday night to crowded house. An
exchange says:
1t is impossible to give any report
of Mr.. Coughs address. 1t is enough
to say that all the salient peculinrities
of his rare eloquence are undiminished,
and that he possesses still the mastorly
power that has hitherto swept his audi
ences through all the phases Of emo
tion, now in tears and sobs, now in
excited and tumultuous laughter.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

HAS that inheritance some import
ance? inquired Madam Benoit.
WELL said the notary, who already
appeared much interested in the young
girl, you had better guess
'Will it be as much as=thirty thous-
and francs?' inquired Mother Benoit,
who did not dare to hope SO much.
Better than that
Fifty Thousands francs7'
go on.'
Sixty thousand?s
Still higher, still higher on still.
"A hundred tbusand!'$
oh !! you are going 80 sl6wly, that
we will never come to an end. Peter
Benoit has left fortune of fifteen hun-
dred thousand francs.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

The River Path. - BY JOHN g. WHITTIER.
[The following new and beautiful poem,
from our ever-welcome contributor, will be
recognized by those who have been near
his cottage, as the Picture of Sunset
on the banks Of the Merrimac. ED. Ind I
No bird-song foated down the hill
The tangled bank below was still
No rustic from the birchen stem;
No ripple from the waters hem,
The dusk of twilight round us grew,
We felt the falling of the dew.
For, from us, ere the day was done.
The wooded hills shut out the sun.
But on the rivers farther side
We saw the hill-tops glorified.
A tender glow exceeding fair,
A dream Of day without its glare.
With us the damp, the chill, the gloom ;
With them the sunsets rosy bloom;
While dark, through wilowy vstas seen,
The river rolled in shade between.
From out the darkness where we trod
We gazed upon those hills of God,
Whose light seemed not of moon or sun,
We spake not, but our thought was one.
We paused, as if from that bright shore
Beckoned our dear ones gone before;
And stilled our beating hearts TO hear
The voices lost to mortal ear
Sudden our pathway turned from night
The hills swung open to the light;
Through their green gates the sunshine
showed
A long slant splendor downward flowed.
Down glade and glen and bank it rolled
1t bridged the shaded stream with gold
And borne on piers of mist, allied
The shadowy with the sunlight side
So," prayed we, when our feet draw
The river, dark with mortal fear,
And the night comerh chill with dew,
O, Father let thy light break through
50 let the hills Of doubt divide,
50 bridge with faith the sunless tide!
SO let the eyes that fail on earth
On thy eternal hills look forth
Nuu III my OeChOl'''g dHE'IS know
The dear ones whom we loved beoW
.Y' If the consumption of printing
paper be nm evidence of the intclli-
gcncc of people, those Of the United
States should be the best informed in
the world. In France, the yearly
production averages about four pounds
of paper per head; in England, the
average is four and thrce-quartcrs
pounds: and in the United States it is
quito thirteen and II haJ pounds per
hcud
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

n Man wiM Many Coiiings.-A To-
comotive on the Harlem Railroad On.
" came in collision with n wagon n
few days ago, and killed man in the
wagon. The fa9-mnr waB absent from
the crossing at which the accident hap
pcncd, ard it turnes out, on investi-
CATION, that he was not only flag man,
but also postmaster, ticket agent,
freight agent, express agent, and swich-
man, and was required to attend to
two dcpots and furnish water to the en-
ginc.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24
Mere Difference of Opinion.

We were sitting at our open win
dow last week, enjoying the soothing
influence of the evening breeze and
fresh Havana when we heard tho
following remarks. Mrs. Prim came
along with Mr.. Prim:
'Phew! what Il smell! I wish folks
would keep their tobacco smoke to
themselves. Putting it out of the win
dow when decent people are passing
by, poisoning the air with such a vile
smoke, and blowing it into your very
face I'm thankful you don't smoke,
Abram. Ugh! 1 wouldn't turn my house
drink enough behind the smoke that
comes out at that rate!'
We involuntarily leaned forward to
view the personelle from whence ema-
mated the above, and luxuriously waited
upon the air blue, tremulous curling
cloud which swept rapidly away, as it
happened, directly into the capacious
bonnet which Mrs. Prim had obtained
in accordance with the new fashion of
tho time. We had scarce resumed our
cosy position, when there sauntered by
u young pair, and sweet spoken lips
gave utterance to How | like to SEQ
gentlemen smoke. There is such real
enjoyment in it How beautifully that
blue cloud curled away, and gradually
lost itself In the darkness Whenever
/ pass by on summers evening, and
sec these bite Inists dart out of tho
shadowy windows, think of the quiet
comfort behind them and almost envy
you men for it. Now, Alfred you
shall have nice smoke as soon as we
get home =
Oh, these women, how they craze us
sometimes with despair, and sometimes
with rapture. .a..,.se. a zs.-
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

tI'A young man named Richard
man named Guelich, ,ia that city, few
days since, in n quarrel, has given
himself up TO the authorities. His con
science would not allow him to rest un.
til he had done so.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

him as their own was to them; and the
first judgment they might expect, if in
selfish cruelty and cold-heartedness,
they took the life they could not restore
again.
During this appeal, tears had started
to the old mans eyes, and were fast
running down his sunburnt checks.
Every feeling of a fathers heart was
stirred within him he saw the future
greatness of his seu before his eyes,
and he felt that God had blessed him
and his children beyond the lot of COM
mon men. His pity and sympathy were
awakened by the eloquent words of
compassion and the strong appeal for
mercys and, forgetting the judge in
man and the father, he sprang from his
chair (while Daniel was in the midst of
his argument, without thinking that
he had already won the case,) and turn
ing to his older SON, dashing the tears
from his eyes, he aSelaimed
s'zeke, zeke, atthat woodchuk
go!"
An Ua4saaspled Iragedy.-A Gates
IN. c.. coSIAspondent of the Peters,
burg Express, gives the following ac-
count Of one OF the most brutal and des-
perate tragedies ever put on record:
Al man named Jackson accused his
neighbor Davis of having stolen some
,of.his hogs; and on last Friday evening,
in walking around his farm, he discov-
cred three of Davis's children on his
land, whereupon he carried one of them
homie with him. The two other children
returned home and told their parents
what had happened. Infuriated, they
armed themselves with guns, axes and
knives, and soon presented themselves
at Jackson's house, where a general
fight ensued, in which both men, wo-
Inan and children participated. They
shot until their ammunition gave out,
then closed IN with axes, knives and
gun-barrels. During the shooting a son
of Jackson's, a mere boy, was killed
by Git is thought) a son of Davis's, also
alad. Seven of the party were dam
eArously wounded-one of the women
having received broken arm and, it
is said, fifty buckshot! From all ac-
counts they fought as long as they could
and quit with mutual consent.
The surviving parties have been ar
rested and placed in the county Jail to
await trial.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

The Woyd Gun.-Among the scien-
tific officers observing experiments
now being made with the Floyd gun
at old Point, is an officer Of the Rus
sian army
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

Eighteen Years LmpriSonment.-The
coviction of Charles Hudsons, Va, for
manslaughter, and his sentence to
eighteen years Imprisonment for the
killing of his slave, is an exhibition of
the protection afforded by the laws of
the Southern States to the slave, and
the full enforcement of the penalty by
Southern population. The following
very affecting incident occurred on his
entrance to the penitentiary ut Rich
mond:
Upon his arrival at the main gate,
he trembled like an aspen leaf, and ex-
claimed, "Great God sustain and help
me in this trying hour 20 AS he passed
through the gate, he looked back and
calculated, "Farewell vain world ="
ooh that was blessed with forget
fulness - "Lord be merciful to me Il
great sinner! GA son left to himself
bringing his mother to shame ~ He
said his retrospection carried him back
to the days Of his boyhood, when Bun
yan's Pilgrims Progress was his con
slant companion; and when he arrived
at the prison house and saw the grim
sentinels with their huge muskcts and
side arms, he could not suppress a
thought of giant despair.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

TEA new pass in the Rocky noun
tains, $500 feet lower than any hereto
fore discovered, Mt about the 4th par-
nllel Of latitude, is reported by Capt.
Reynolds, of the ION: Infantry, u. S.
army.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

1.-THE cholera is making terrible
ravagcs ut Malaga, Spain. During the
month of &ugust the number of deatl'S
from that disease wos G37. The city Of
Malaga has observation-disclosures.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

Southern Banks Preparing for dbe
Political Crisis-The Raleigh IN. c.
Register states, on 'undoubted autho-
rity, that tho State bank of South
Carolina, in view of the alarming condi-
ton of the country, have determined to
suspend discountihg until future results
shall be developed. 1t adds:
That great pecunlary distress will
result from this step, cannot be doubted.
The bank of North Carolina has Just
gone into operation, with large cnpi-
tai. The fact that 1t would be It's inter
est to lend out its money freely, doubt
less induced many to make contracts
and engagements, on the faith of being
able to fulfil them by accommodations
at that institution. All such men will,
of course, come up short, and those TO
whom they are undee obligations will,
in turn, be reduced to great pccuniary
inconvenience. In q word, it is hard,
if not impossible, to forestall the end
Of this beginning.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-24

"a Sad Cdse.AEdward Carter, fec
big old map over sixty-two, and once
an extensive merchant in New York,
was arrested there on Tuesday for
swindling merchant by borrowing mo-
ney on a check which proved to be
worthless. The New York Express
says:
"When orraigned before the Justice,
the venerable looking prisoner, who
was poorly but neatly clad, related Il
state of facts which Mt once excited
the sympathy of all who heard it in his
behalf, for it was clearly evident that
he had no home or means Of support,
and that dire necessity had compelled
him to commit crime for the purpose
of being furnished with food at the
public expense, and to have II plac' to
rest his weary bones, even if it should
be in Il fclon's cell. Mr.. Carter stated
to Judge Kelley that in 1924 and 1888
he was a merchant and extensive i'm
porter in this city, but series Of re-
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-15

We find in an old Rochester paper the
following account of the last leap of the
famous and foolhardy Sam Patch, who
lost his life in jumping over the Genesee
Falls, at Rochester, New York. 1t will
be remembered that he had before
leaped off the Genessee Falls, and also at
niagara. His last leap was taken Nov.
Is, 1929. a
"This singular and presnmptuous be-
ing has indeed made his "last leap" Fri
day, the 18th of November, at the hour
appointed, in hand-bills, which had been
previously circulated, headed, Sans
last jump" the banks of the river, on
either side below the fall, for nearly half
a mile, were crowded with SPECTATORS
Sam appeared amid the shouts and hur-
rahs of the expectant assemblagc. A
stage had been erected 25 feet higher than
the brink of the prccipice, making the
hight about l2O feet, from which he was
to leap. He had before jumped from the
precipice without injury, and now deter
mined to prove by experiment, lin his
own language that some things can be
done as well as others;' he assembled the
stage, and was again greeted by the cheers
of the spectators. Sam addressed those
Immediately below for a few moments, in
language that seemed TO say he half an
ticipated the result of his rashness. AT
ter adjusting his dress, bowed to the vast
assemblage, first upon one side of the un-
enviable station, then on the other, and
deliberately leaped of, was for moment
in mid air, and then engulfed in the abyss
beneath. We stood near where he struck,
and for moment after he had left the
stage, heard not word. Each heart
beat with dreadful suspense, and every
eye was strained to behold his rising, but
they saw him not, for the waters still en-
quilted its victim. At length, when not
wave or sign gave further clue to hope,
tho half formed shouts of Joy died into
breathing murmurs of He's dead! He's
gomez And in a moment the vast crowd
knew full well its truth, and turned half
aside 10 conceal the horror that they
| felt"
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-15
The NUMBERING BUsINEss.-We hear

The LUMBERING BUsINEss.-We hear
the most cheering news from the lumber
camps on the Tttabawassee and Pine
Rivers. The winter thus far has been
very advantageous for getting in logs
About three weeks ago we conversed with
one of the leading lumbermen, who gave
it as his opinion that, up that time, more
logs had been banked than the previous
winter. We understand that Curtis &
King, of this city, are getting in about
$4,000 feet of logs daily. If all the lum-
men are doing as well. Saginaw River
will be blockaded in the spring.
Saginaw Rep, Jan. %.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-15

CHILD FROZEN WHILE ITS PARENTS
WERE AT PARTY.-A German child,
about four years old, belonging to VIM.
Ranhcad, of Waterford, had its feet, legs,
hands, arms, and head badly frozen on
the night of the 2nd plt. The parents
had put the child to bed, and left a little
boy eight years old TO take care of tho
child and the house, while they went to
an evening party. The little boy remain
ing at home until about o o'clock, and
the child being asleep, he went 10 party
also, which was but few rods distant,
and all remained until about one o'clock
at night. On returning home, the child
was missing, and, making immediate
search, they found the little fellow stuck
in a snow drift, a few rods from the house,
nearly senseless. 1t seems he woke up,
and found himself alone, and started out
in search Of his parents. 1t is doubtful
whether it will recover. Tho child was
comfortably clad in night clothes, and had
on stockings, or it must have perished.
Burlington, Wis, Gazette.