Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-01-26

ITEMS TELEGRArnED IRON WAsnlNGrux.--Thr
President has ordered from the National armorv
at Springfield. Mas, one hundred and fifteen
thousand muskcts for southern use 10 he stntiut.
ell at Charleston 5. - Augusta, ia, Baton
Rouge. Lat, aud niue thousand rill cs from the
Natertown aud Nater,ict Arsenal foe Southern
u,e.
Dispatches received here create doubt Whether
the Paris Congress viii L. called together, lac
change in the French Cabinet il Is believed wilt
lead to tho le3nl If Gnlniac from HcEito aud lhr
recognition of the ILLEGAL eoternmehr hy MAJ ola
ON. Gahrac was maintained IN his place through
certain female influence, which ha, now been re-
moved.
Mr.. Bowman has entered into contract with
Mr. Riies lar the execution III the Senate print.'g
TO tho modification Of Mr. Wendell This vii
lead to n risal establishment. and break up lhe
monopoly here. The senate Committee on the
pruning have already ordered II b. ptiuicl most
of the documents semi IN by the President nnd
Cabinet, thus iorestallns the House milrtciy,
ms the laws of the last Congress. which Sir. Bow
man devised for tins ralrose, seeUte, the profits
10 the Printer for the II Base winch trs,s directs the
/ ptintlng.
The difficulties in tie Cabinet are twol li to-.
first with Posimnstet.,,e aem tot VINO lriu,es lo
! hold Office unless liberty is gsen him u rcmo,e
Isaac Cook from the Chicago postaflrc tho s,t-
/ unh is with tho Secretary =" War. W. intends uu
J ordering off to Florida CAPT. Montgomery {. No...
! now engaged the a9ueluet tcte. Jefferson
Davis aud Senator Faembs resist tins. aud tho
! President takes part with them Mr. Floyd seems
! resolved, however, Il have his own way.
The Senate POST Office Committee have under
consideration plan ar system, ui greater -ccurit,
Tor the transmission of money and valuable puck
ages by mail. The committee have also under
consideration other postal reforms of gleat impni-
lance, with view ot making the Department
seli.sus,aining.
BY special orders from the headqunrtet, Of the
army at Santa Fe. New Mexico, in consequence ID
the great scarcity of corn. aud high prize Of i.r
age Of every kind, rations for horses and mules
hnve been reduced temporarily to ten pounds rtr
day for horses and nine for mules; and for the
same reason company X, Of Mounted Rifles, la,
been ordered from Fort Union to Fort Bliss.
FRoa rnF RIO GRANnt.-Thc Austin Gazette
| of the l4ih has the following;
We have dates from the Rio Grandc to the 81
january On that evening C"rinas was in IT,,
, neghborhood OF ComarGo. He had two wounded
officers with him 1t is supposed by some that a
| man named Antonio Gantcs or ,Iantca, is the rca
commander of the MeHi2ans and that lac acts il
obedience to the orders of the Miramon party
| 1t is said that Corinas left his camp near Browns
vile. because Gen. CaraNnrl interfercd with H.,
supplies lie was receiving from Maamoras Th,
rolls taken by our men IN the battle at Rio Grand,
City, have upon them tho name IT mrn rcsidin.
in Mexico. 1t is supposed that Cortina will max,
his way down the country.
While Cortina was at Rio Grando City he cal
led upon the lady of Captain II. Clay Davis. liz
informed her that he had orders to kill her nus
band ON sight, but assured her Of his intention moi
TO modest herself or family.
She replied with all the herosm Of Spartan
VT man: My husband has gone with n company
Of volunteers to help the people of Brownsville. =
You may be able to attack and kill him. bnt if yut
DO YOU will have to go home and tell your folk
you had to fight for it. He told me to stay here
when he left. 1t is our home, aud will stay it
it while one brick is top OF another"
The little son Of this heroine coming up at hi,
moment shonted pw, 7cjas y npera CortA1.'
'Hurrah for Texas. aud death 70 Cori.ha Il rLs
hrisand chief laughed heartily. ard gaze lis /. !,
two,bit piece.
; The DsAsrEk AT LAWRENCE. The test ts1s ,
taken ut the Lawrence inquest Tor TIE ss.s. s,v
days, has been chiefly cumulative. TIE ssssss.
ton among the wounded victim. of the Ais&sset
bias been greatly allesated 10y the d3na,is.s,
Literally forwarded from the cities On Py55aq
George HIVE Of Boston, one Of the Prin,.tai
owners of the Pemberton Mills. testified m, ~
Nevins and himself paid 1925 900 Cor the proper