Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-01-25
ciry ArD STATE AFFAIRS.


SERIOUS Ran EoAD AccIDsNT.--Nr. Ghar'e
Wnpd young man about twenty yeas ~ age,
and rcsllng in the neighborhood of "Thaxton =
Switch IN Bedford county, wss seriously, II not
fatally injured, On the Virginin & Tennessee Rail
l. Yesterday III 'rnin.. The creams ancrs ate :
t5nding the accident are az follows: Mr. Wool it
arrears, got on the passenger train at ThHV.ci =,
md instsai af K ing ln> e remained GA the front
~patrm Of the rear coach, until The train ''ae a
The fence crossing the track lew hundred yards
ahare the D.T ia tlS ciy. Wheh his nat blowing
OIL nc ma 10 attempt To catch II, bat not o',-
serving the gate post in advance Of him. his head
came in contact with the pes. Although his heai
was severely innrel, aud he had lost hjs iioth, III
on the siris Il platform, lie still rct u c h,d
of tie railing ut tue coach with his .ctt hani -
raptuin Cobbs discovering lis situation at Ducc
weat to his relief. reached out, caush; him 10y the
collar aud held him up. while the train Travelled
more than hundrcd yards, when feeling assured
that they must both 90 dnwu, lac 1T go hi,
grasp anl the unfortunate man fell down II
rrrpr licular wall Il distance of about ten feet
into the ward Of the railroad carpenter Shop.
While inling his leit foot caught un.cr tie
wheel. of the coach. and ,lrcc toes on thai foot
crushed off The hell rope having been previous
IL cut, it vas imfnSsie to stop the tram at HAT
plint but as s,ln as it reached the dep CAPTAIN
g. procured n trBck aud had the wounGc. Man
conveyed 10 the railroad oice, where the medical
attendance Of Drs. Owen, Payne aud Morris at
once secured aud the wounds of the sufferer prn.
perly attended 20. Mr. Wood i,iu very critical
condition, and his recosery is almost hopeless.
Cantau CabbS says he urged the young man
several times to get OF the platform, and un onr
ocru. ion had to usc force III order to make him
take Il scat Inside. We hope this sad mishal> will
serve as Il warning in future to those persons who
are in the habit Of staudiug tie pla;iuImS Of
cars, while the train il IN motion.
HANDSOME WuEkAANsuiP--Wc we're shown
yesterday by hy Mr.. San'i A. Boyd at hiS extern
sve Confectionery establishment, some specimens
1t fancy candy manufactured ly him, which
for taseiulncss OF desi IN ami elegant WORKMAN.
ship, we haze never seen excellel ut the North,
or eisew here. The Chinese Temple" is cspc-
calIy deserving at notice. aud will well repay IL
visit to Boyds 70 see it. Mr.. L, yd is an enter
prlsipg, obiSing aud clever business mar, and
pleased to Learn, that bis well directed cf-
forts to build up his branch Of trade in city has
met with such decided success.
SUPPOSED KcNAwAy.-i Henry, slave to James
Stewart Il Buckingham. arrested ye,ter-
day, on suspicion ct being runaway. When
taken up, he was without a pass other papers.
and stated that his master had sent him 10 this
city with instructions to work wherever he could
find employment, until he up aud hired him
out; fn,,her says he provided with pass
when lac LETT home, but has since lost it. The
Mayor sent him To Jail in order to give time Tor
further investigation ana hear from his owner.
SENT OUT OF TIE STATE.--Pnul, slave to James
lligS inbotham Of Amherst before the May
or Yesterday, on tine charge OF wayaying and
saut'ng several weeks since. Allen, slave to the
estate of the late William Isbell. The injuries
received 10y Allen were of so serious charac-
ter u to proclulc his atten lance at Court un;il
this time, and now his lace presents any
thing but an attractive appearance. We gave a
brief account Ut the affair at the time If is nc-
currcnce, but in addition to what then s,a;el,
we gathered from the testimany elieei al ar
trial yesterday tie following particulars pagl
and Allen it appears. were cmruvcd at the same
faci"ry last year, aud short time etore Christ
mas had disuule, which endrd in Paul's gillng
Allen slight beuiug with the threat that he
would give lin another dose of like character,
when the opportunity was uf'rIed him. At
Christmas, the negroes separated, Paul beilr lir
ed to another gentlemen: and Allen Remaining
with Mr.. Oylcr. After the separation Paul made
repeated threats of what he intended doing, and
among other very savage utterances sad lac
would kill Allen rs soon as he had the Glance.
Things were in this unsatisfactory state when Al
len and his fell MS ant, Jim, who "a sing
up Western street, in the vicinity OF Wilkius' pro-
Gerry. came very suddenly on Paul, who was Iar-
tally hid from view by the shadow of the h use.
Without apprsing Allen of his hostile latent,
Paul waited until the two hnd passed him, when
he ran up from behind and administered several
severe blows on the head OF his former enemy,
which soon FRUSTRATED him. and rendered HIM
wholly insensLle. After Allen was down. Paul
endeavoied to strike him but was prevented tv
the interposion of Ji.n. who saws lie received
veral licks for his pans At this time, Paul con.
GLIDING that discrctou was tie better part "a va
Tor. made tracks, and managed to elude the Ni-l-
lance Of the officers for several days. The Mavor
order cd the negro thiry whine ia>hes, and also re-
" qnred his master to cell him out 1t the S'r'e
t,rlhNitb until which time he will remain in illi.