Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-01-06
cry AND STATE AFFAIRS.

MutrAgY.-Iho regu o. c.ioI' VI oiheS, "
,be .I.ifle Grays." cau.o off ut theie Arn"ry iast
wed eaa n ght:
Mes.rs. Jno. Nj. Spesi uni the Captain pro TEN
A. =. Bisgsrs. jr., were put in nomination for tho
nf;.r of Captain. Mr.. Bggers declining the on
n;nu,ion. the flowing is tie result OF the elections
Gantain-4Jno Nj. Sp ed. LIST. Lieut., \. +.
Bigse 5, ir.: ri L;eot., q. W. Latham; . Le VI
- ! Ea.l.e: 81 Sc geani, = Mallory i,h c.
Lar R.urer. ~ c. ,wso,. lst Corporal, H. NJ
Nit he'll; ID Corporal. }. NJ Connolly . tmrlo'
raj. = Wig tnan 4th Corpo"nl, JaS' ihur-
man, jr. Surge, N, Wan. oway Owen; NJ D
Secretary, K. +. Latham. Treasurer, NJ IL. boz
hannah. Arm1Icr. L. Fisher.
C,,,,,uryr,RY-Thc litor # the V thevillc
Tolecraph. wl.r is member Of the Wyihe Grows,
- n Lite, in his last paper, descriptive OF he
h-mewurd trip OF tho Company, refers In the sub
49,. ,,nnlimo TERMS t., their reception in
;,,. r,y. '"About a fpas, O'Clock We rca ! c !!
,.hi',r, of course missing connection, bet alm
-: ,ye had done &c. Lyncfhurg was the place Mt
,,h;cb we had to s:op Wemarchedto tho ~ ash
;notnn House." and found u most substantial and
excellent snpper spread ,or our r "a' aa.
' "" we r.ceiycd information that President
Wrm.n;a lin accordance with tho request ii ""r
r,t,;, ! u,tng on the impulse ol his own big
,n,nlv heart. which whispered, there are many
,,,Jer hearts beating with anxiety anu solicitudc
., welcome these patriotic youths to their homes
in Wythe." say TINS in"ael iresue". otp ,;
an, .ptcial train, for our accommodation.
I ,o we're ordered to be ready to march ut
'.i,k In the meantime, however the Home
t;nnrJ." of Lynchburg. found us out and express
.l II desire to net "a our escort from our quarters
10 the depot. At the appointed time they n''c'i-
mn and we we're formed ON the pavement ia".ng
them. Their CAPTAIN. Samuel Garland Jr,. then
welcomed us 10 the city, and regretted "n his
own, as well as on the compnny's behalf, the fact
that VIC Jeff sd soon. but rendered tn ms the best
wishes of himself and men, for our >a'e retuin.
Sergeant Fulton Of our company, responded in a
brief and appropriate manner when We were iorn'-
cd in platoons and marched to the depot. wish
could give you an idea Of the beauty of that march
As we wendcd our way down Main street, the hen-
ycns vcre illuminated. aud the darkness of night
turned into day, by display OF beautiful lire
works. All along our course tho rockets sin 1t rs
metcors through tho sky and amidst the whgin-
If handkorchiefs from the fai; pol ton Of Coils
creation and the hearty cheers of the sterncr soy
we slowly marched to the depot. May SAY, we
were sorry when we got there! Yes. thougi,
were going homo. though we were to meet our
wives. our sisters. our sweethearts, all VIII" were
near and dear to ny, yet the reception, tue Kind
wecon ne, the cordial friendship, the hospitabIc en-
tertanment. AMI the enthusiastic cheers as we de-
parted, made hearts beat with n longing to
spend few moio hours with our comrades in the
city of Lynchiu rg. We knew not until this light
that Lynchburg was pleasant place. How
true is it that Kindness throws charms over
human being, or cality. The human he;ng,
the place may be naturally unsanly but let
spiritof kindness fash from their eyes. or be man
ifesed by tho people Of the pace and presto,
change comes over the spirit OF our vision that
which is crooked is made strni ,ht, and the desert
REFUGEES and blossoms as the rose So with Lyneh
burg. We never admired the p. &c until Tues ny
night, the o3i ult., since that time, the Kindness
of President Mcdaniel, and the hearty whule-soul
ed reception of the soldiery:. have endearcd US
Lynchlutg, ard in behalfof the "Wythe Grays,"
We beg to say. that should occasion require
it, will stand by tho CLONE Guard OF the
city Of LyuchJurg, until not arm is left us 10
fight with, or one leg remains TO stand upon. and
should they, or one. or any Of their boys visit
Wythevile, the only introduction necessary, will
be to register his name. and after it Home
Guard, LvnohLurg, Ma" And We will, one and
all, strive to excel each other in our attentions
and Inequalities. guarantee tha, not a"Wy,He
Gray" will fail to ,eciprocatc So much kindness
when in his power to do so. But mt the Depot
we arrived and Private, VIM. IL. Cook is loudly
called for he responds in brief, pointed and
eloquent manner; but is interrupted hv the
screams Of the steam enjinr, ns we start Of, and
with three hearty cheers for the "IIome Guard
an d three Tor the City Of LyrchLurs, we arc o.cc
more Oh our hnmeward journey.
THE SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY RorrE.-lt is au-
thoritatiycly stated that the gap between Char
lottesville and Lynclburg will he opened to travel
un the 9Th instant, and the connection Of the
ends Of the Mississippi Central road be couI e:ei
on the 10th Of January. 1t will then remain only
for the combined companies con- posing this route
to carry oat their pledges in shortening the time
between Washington aud New Orleans 10 three
days and half tasAi~ytoa States.
New STEAM LIMA new line Of steamers lc-
tween Norfolk and New York is about to be cs-
tablished. The steamship Pot mac is to