Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-03
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From Washington.
W,snIxcroN, March THE commissioner of
the Land Office has certified to the Secretary of
the Interior Department an aggregate of over
3ls000 acres Of lnnd Tor he benefit Of the Mime.
sofa and Pacific ruilr, al under act Of Congress.
This is the first installment for that object
Speaker Pennington has appointed the Hon.
Mr.. Eugsh. Of Indiana, Mr.. Stanton, oil Ono,
and Mr.. 0artrell Of Georgia. regents of the Smith
soninn Institute ON the part Of the House OF Rsp-
reseptatyes.
The House committee on military affairs have
had the subject Of apaeifc railroad under consd-
Grafton. but have come to no conclusion. As u
preliminary, they have instructed their chairman,
Mr.. Curtis To ak for the printing of the several
bills referred 70 that committee, including TINT
matured and agreed upon by tho select committee
Of last session, providing for central rpuie.-
The rlan.oi aid in the form OF postal and trans.
poration advances ity the United States govern.
mcnt and prvat" means i. now the generally CON
ccdel plan Of providing for the construction of the
road.
J. W. DeKrafTt has been appointed chief clerk
Of the Land Office.
II the present disposable military force should
be found insufficient to protect the frontier Of the
Rio Grande, tho President will, it Is said, bring
! the subject to the attention Of Congress in spe
Gial message. In the absence of the necessary in
formation relative 10 events passing in that guar
Ter, momLcrs generally aro not willing to make an
appropriation to bring the mounted egiment Of
Texan volunteers, heretofore Authorized, into the
service, nor resort ia any oUher measures.
1t is stated that Mr.. Stewards speech was man
rua,cl by leading republicans previous to its de-
livery, and that il in in fact the manifesto OF the
party for the campaign. This and other develop
mcnt-, both here and Mt New York. are held by
nstulc politicians rs ioreshadowing Mr.. Scwards
nomination at Chicago
The accounts from Reading create great scnsa-
ton here. aud regarded indicating the de-
termination of tho democrats Of Pennsy lvania to
sink minor considerations for tho sake Of success
in tho Presidential struggle
A. it has been Published that the steamer Sa2i-
nav. which was constructed Mt San Francisco is
worthless, it Is proper to suto that her officers
port their entire faith in her ability to weather
safely any galGs, aud that her machinery cannot
be cScccd by anything Of the sort in any country.
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SAD pEATn OF 4 lOuNG GiKL.--Tho Cincinnati
papers record the death Of n young but erring
girl, aud the arrest of two men, ono physician,
charged with producing her demise. The Ga
2ctc SAYS:
The deceased is n young girl named Caroline
F"rdclia Cnulkins and with n sister came from
Phadcl phin to this city nbout six months since.
on hor arrival here they were employed in the
arc ~ ballet girls, and, in an unguarded hour.
under promise Of marriage, deceased was drawn
lrom the path Of virtue and honor by the nuring
smiles Of man named Young. On her death
led she exhibited for her decoiver all that lovely
feeling that only woman is capable of showing,
and whom told.t she must die, she called Young
To the side Of her couch. and placing her hand in
his, with her lust breath begged him to be good
mnu God grant the imprsoped soul Of the rash
~ unfortunate, when freed from its mortal cask
ct, scared alof to happier end.a better sphere.
SINGULAR DEATH OF WOMAN BY THE TsE OF
WnisGr.-Thc wife OF Julius NJ. Smith, Esq. of
Concord Mass cnmc to her death the 2lst,
nnacr somewhat singular circumstances Wish.
ing IT, have n number of teeth extracted, she de-
sired The surgeon to administer to her whisky in
order b. render her insensibe during the opera
ton. After some objection. which was oycrruled,
u tumblcr and half was administered to her during
an hour. The teeth were then extracted, and for
ten or twelve hours the woman presented only the
nrnarv.symptoms Of intnxicatinn, except that. for
II few minutes, she appeared like person in an
aporlrxy. but soon recovered About an hour af-
ter drinking the whisky she vomited freely.
without pain unusual difficulty. The pulse
and breathing. says the Boston Traveller. were
natural, and the family and friends who called in
The course ct the day and evening. felt appre-
hcns''n iii II o'clock TINT night. when the doc
tor, who, feeling some anxiety, in consequence Of
the symptoms of npnficxy manifested, had re-
Wil'l WIN hcr curing inc greater part OF the
evening" requested that another physician he call
ed iur t,e purpose of cnSsulnton. Nothing,
however. could be done, aud shc expired without
having shown any 81 IN of returning consciousness
ar II suffering. An effort at the start was made
to have her take ether. or cholroform, which she
nppca'ed I" think would iniure her: whereas lis
probable these substances. particularly ether
would have proved powcrless. She was about
thirty years old.
PENNSYLVANIA DLMucRATrc CONVENTION. This
body, which has been in session ut Reading for "A
day Or two past, adjourned On Thursday after
tie appointment Of delegates to the Charleston
Convention, and the adoption ot resolutions en-
dorsinS the platform Ut the Cincinnati Cnnven-
ti"n; dcprccn,ing the slavery agitation declnr-
Ing the right To hold slaves in the Territories is
purely judicial question and not legislative; that
tho irrcpressihle conflict doctrines are traught
with dagger to the Uninn and that every true pa
tri"t should frown upon them. and that they will
resist the effort of sectional parties to obtain II
ccntra. government, applauds the foreign aud do
mesice policy Of President Bnchana, and the
conduct ct the Governor in delivering up the tn-
gltNcs from Virginia concerned in the Ilarpcr's
Ferry affair; declaring that the convictions of the
Democracy rcmnin uualtcred as to the wisdom
and justice ut afording protection iron and
coal ; approves the views OF President Buchanan
"a to specific duties, and, finally, endorses the
Charleston nominee.
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Tue LATE }. NEwLANp MAvFIrT.-At II recent
session of the Alabama On. ~ Conference, reso-
iutions we're passed and committee appointed
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