Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-25

hhce III Tue eastern mnrkctS, shlu tO nave Dccn
made from the skin of tho white whale. found in
the river st. Lawrence.
BY n recent wreck. u man lost in ono night his
wife, four children, his sister, brother-in law,
three nephcws. and all his fortune. lle has since
been the inmate of u lunatic as ylum.
The first journal ever published in Morocco has
lately appeared. II is printed Mt rctuan. in the
Spanish language, and is distributed gratuitous-
ly. 1t bears the name OF the Echo II 1cfaaH.
There was nearly thousand dollars worth of
gold used ON tho coffin of Mrs. Edward Shippen
Burd. who was buried in Philadelphia last Tues
day with much pomp The plates. handles, and
heads ul screws were all Of solid gold
Rosa Bonhcur has not only received most
liberal offer to come to the United States To paint
II picture Of herd Of wild buffalo. but it is re-
ported that she received ut the same time. from
the same hand. offer of marriage. Whether
she accepted both is not known.
Old Adams, the great California hunter. has mr.
rived in San Francisco with ono hundred and fifty
living animals of his own capturing. Among
them are seventeen dancing and performing bears,
buffalo, elk. two California lions, tigers, lynx,
congars, snakes. condor-. ,utures eagles. &c--
1t is prol ably tho largest exhibition of tho kind
ever collected by one man.
A Kentucky horse droyer hns purchased ninc
which ho intends driving to Springfield, ILL.,, and
shipping thence bv railrond to New Haven, CT,
from whence they are to be shipped to the W est
Indies. An exchange thinks II Yankee would
have found some mode of shipping them directly
from Texas.
The Chicago Jonruai says that tho trio oi cmi-
grafton to Pixies Peak has already commenced,
and the rush will probably exceed that of Inst
year. II thinks that, speaking within reasonable
bounds from eight 10 ton thousand men are nlren'
dy on the march for the gold regions OF the Rocky
Mountains and that by tho first of July there will
be fully fifty thousand cxrcctant gold seekers at
the mines or on their way thther.
The Missionary Hsah for April, contains II
letter from pr. Shauicr. dated Constaniinople,
10th November last which speaks of n romarka-
be religious movement among the Turks. new
sect has started up, under the lead of Doctor OF
Mahometan theology, and II lecturer in n theoog
cal school which holds doctrines closely rcscm-
bling those If Protestant Christians. The sect
already numbers niout ten thousand, aud many
thousands sympnlhize with them who have not
actually joined them.
The Atlantic telegraph company In London has
sent vessel to attempt to take up the Irish end
Of the Atlantic cable. which they think they can
do to the distance of $50 miles from the lrisl
coast. They will also send vessel tn raise the
American end, not with view TO repair, but t
recover AS much a' possible of the cable for olhc
uses. The inference is that the idea Of rcstor
ing the present cable has been totally aban
doncd.
A nice question in law will grow out OF Tia,
finding OF $50 600 Of the money stolen from tn.
Marine Bank Agency Mt Columbus. Georgia. A
negro in crossing ditch, saw tho end of news
paper projecting from under u plank. Pulling
lIv H. m;nI hn1 evnr conroiyoJ of Lec,rc oni,.
a ior,o nn,,un, had been ,,tr.rrd in reward f.r tho
Gna;ny Of the money This il claimed ho,b Inv
,lo ,nt,nr nr ,ho .l,yo AMI IA, ,n,n who Lirei
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