Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-23

EXCELLENT APPoINrMENT.-Mr. Thaddeus II.
Iyey was. at the meeting of the Directory oil the
new Insurance Company held yesterday afternoon,
elected Secretary and Treasurer OF the Company.
Mr. /. WILL we doubt not, make efficient and
faithful officer.
THE Lady contributors for the purchase Of tho
Flag to be presented to the Home Guard, are ur-
gently requested to meet at the residepcc OF Mr..
James f. PAYNE, Court street, this friday even
ing. a, oclock The meeting is for the purpose
of making arrangements for the presentation, and
selecting u speaker for the occasion.
Dr. BoYSroS'5 LEcTUREs.-We sincerely con-
gratula,o the people of Lynchburg, that they are
/, be favored next week with n series of Scientific
Lectures by Prof. Doynton, one Of the most popu-
lar and gifted men of the age. Ii is now nentlv
dozen years since Dr. b. visited Lynchburg as
Loetu, or un Natural Science. and since that period
he has been successfully engaged in his useful
profession in vari parts OF the Union, elicitn,
the highest encnmlums from tie intellectual men
of the day, upon his brilliant exhibitions Of the
wonderful phenomena If nature. Everywhere
his lectures hive attracted uvertlCwing audiebcrs,
and commanded unbranded attention and interest.
lie d!vests science vt it's dull tcchnicalites and
brings hume its brilliant mysteries TO the cnmprc
tension Vi even juvenile minds. without lessening
the interest I" the sub ject tn these familiar with it.
The fllpwing card OF imitation to DR.. b.. will
serve 10 SHOW the nlHn IN Nultil tue
distinguished gentleman is held by many Of our
citizens, who know him Ivy the report of fame
by personal Attendance upon his lectures ON his
previous visit to this section:
LYScnBrRG, March 10 1850.
From the distinguished reputation which Dr.
BoYNToN has acquired M u popular lecturer on
Geology and kindred Sciences and the interest
and charm with which he invests the subject Ivy
the exhibition of series of beautiful Paintings
and Philosophical expcrimt nts, the undersigned
respectfully invite him to give, in this city, his
course of Six Illustrated Lectures ON Geology. at
such time and place rs will suit his conveni
ence.
John II Seay, D A Langhornc, II Thompson,
Sam'l X Cox, J d Michel, C Il Slaughter, II
IL Kean, James B Ramsey, Jacob Manning. Aus
tin NJ Tribe. Wm o Owen, & Dabney, Il Blank
cnshig Alex Brown. VIM d Branch e l. Mus
by, John NJ Speed. II y Burroughs, l. Brown,
Il w IIorner, W W Mostly.
Prince IMPERIAL CuANpAGNE.-It cannot be
denied that good wine is vcry good thing. The
difficulty is to obtain it. The character OF the
vendor is capital guide; Cor II respectable house
will not sell inferior or fictitious article on any
account. Messrs. Lee, Rookie 4 Taylor have 10
Gently become sole agents in this city Tor the
Prince Imperial Champagne, and arc NOW prcpa-
red to supply all demands. The characteristics of
this Champagne are. that it is made from the first
pressing of the grape; that containing less spirit
than most brands, it is more healthy that it is Il
pure wine, naturally coored and that its price is
under that Of all other Champagnes, sold as first
class. Mo,e ver, there is not n headache in
basket of tive are confidently assured-do not
speak from experience.
Messrs l.. Il. Il It's stock of other liquors is
unusually full, and varies in quality from the very
best to The very lowest prices. Sec advertisement
in another column.
TnE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, for April, has been
handed us by Mr.. Greed. The best thing in it.
beyond all comparison, is the account in =" Tho
Professors Story of the grand evening party
given by Colonel and Mrs. Sprowle. 1t is in DR.. =.
Holmes very best manner. literally overlooking
with fun hunor, and social satire, yet not loudly
so. The concluding passage. where Deacon So
pers system receives great shock is excellent.
Here is the summary "fhc Deacon not being in
the habit Of taking his nourishment in the con
gealel state, had treated the ice-cream pudding
of n rare species, and, to make sure Of doing
himself justice in its distribution, had takea
large moutkiul of it without the. least precaution.
The consequence was n sensation rs if a dentist
were killing tho nerves of twenty-five teeth at
with hot irons, or cold ones which would
hurt rather worse" There is very prcentiour
paper here. entiiled Found and Lost" which for
any thing know to the contrary, may he
another of the late William North's wild sketches,
only dressed up anew, and spoiled in toe process.
An amusing aud scholarly paper "Abuut Thieves
is very good "a Leaf from the American Maya
zine Literature of the Last Century is antigua
rian as we'll as literary, and well executed rs
to lead US to hope that the same hand may So
riously take up the subject, and give complete
history of American m,nthlies and quarterlies -
" Bardic Symbols" occupying two pages and
half is simply so much prose run mad into lines
of various length.
Mr.. Greed has the magazine for sale in this city.
HARPER's MAeAziNn-We acknowledged the
receipt of the April number of Harper some days
since, but have not had leisure to peruse it until
now. 1t opens with II capital paper upon Artist
Life in the IIighllnds-of New Jersey, the letter
press being set-nff with two dozen wood en-
cravings, Illustrative Of the scenery and mining
of the iron region Of New Jersey. A very inter
esting paper this is not less than the following
article ''IIow we get gold in California; with
twenty engrayngs. This is followed by balla'l,
"rhe Fight at Lexington" ~ Thomas Dunn
English spirited p EN-, with positively only one
set oi bad rlymcs-(dioic aud Aaho. Another
Dalad, by 7. B. Aldrich, entitled, "kaIh'e Nor
ris," is, unfortunately, in the measure of lady
Geraldines Courtship." a poem SO peculiar and
Perfect that it is unwse and certainly prcsump-
tunus, to adopt its metre, and thereby challenge
comparison with it. There several good sto-
Ties here, and, besides continuation OF Thackc-
,ay'snew n0vt "Lovel the Wdower." and prose
sketch of his. also from the Co'uhW Waga@i"e
Tie kdit.a's Easy Chair has an amusing sketch 81
visit to nc Shaker settlement at Lebanon, not in
Pennsylvania; another sketch, however, Is sadly
spoiled by the VT t6hed taste in giving names To
leraons- The Easy Chair may fancy eupheny, If
s,t wit. in such i,anles rs Mr.. Solomon Gunny-
bags. MIR. Fa~n Great, Colonel and Mrs. Yankee
a mdlc, Thepdoc Bottoms, Regcna Rascf, the
lawyer Nlarchasont Culver, and little Tom i '1y
We do not 1t shows yu gar taste aud rancity
"i invention There is great deal of anecdotai