Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-28
PRESENTER.

=, MEETING OF TUE CITY CouNcIL.-The regular
Monthly Meeting of the Council of the CT
Ell Chamber yesterday afternoon. Present.
Niessrs. Christian, Davis, Woodroof Langhorne.
Grnmpton, Oyler, Seay. Rucker and Garland. ir
The proceedings OF the last meeting were read
aud approved.
The President being absent, on motion of Mr..
pa'is' MIR. Christian was appointed President pro
ter.
The qualification of Mr.. Garland as n member
Of Council, was read, and ordered to be filed
The official bonds of w. D. Branch as Mnv,r
ana John Mtcham as Master Of Police. w,r.
presented and approved.
The report Of the City Treasurer for the post
month was read and received--the amount ,e-
ctn'd from taxes and other sources and paid in
to ne City treasury during that time was S574 %
The communication Of David b. PAYNE, in re-
iatlon to the opening of street between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets. was on motion of Mr.. l,ar.
land. referred to the Committee on Streets
The communication of g. V. Wintrec. was
read, and on mutton fMr. Garland, was referred
to the Street Committee.
The petition of rhos. Poole to refund to him
the sum Of $l4 for sundry hogs sold for running.
at large, was rejected.
On motion, the sum of $4,000 was ordered t,
be piac d to the credit Of the Master Of Police.
for contingent expenses.
The following accounts were ordered to br ,,a':
a. C. Lewis, SCI Glass & IIardwicke, sla.e5;
Samuel Miller, SO. Il William j. Folkes. 50 sc:
+. b. Dcane & Son SOL so.
The Quarterly report Vt the Mayor was read
and received; on notion his salary amounting to
$3.50, ordered to be paid.
The report of the night watch was road and re-
ceved. aud on motion the sum Of S3l3.75 was ap-
pronriated for their monthly paw.
Tho appointment Of Surcrintcndent If the Water
Works was postponed until the monthly meeting
in May
On motion of Mr. Garland. it was
Resolved, That tho Council will. at tho next
meeting proceed to fill the Offices of Chief War
den of the Fire Department, with two Assistants.
in pursuance of an ordinance recently passed
The President Of the Oyersccrs of the Poor pre-.
sented his annual report, which was rend and on
motion,w was received and ordered to be printed
The appointment of Dr. Latham aud Gilmer
rs Physicians to the Ponr,wa confirmed
The question of the Filth Alley improvement
was called IN, when Mr.. Garland offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved That the Committee on Streets re-
port to the Council as speedily as possible. the
condition of what is called 9Th Alley Improve
nent; and il, upon inquiry, it should appear that
there are two persons claiming to have contracted
with the city for the opening of the new street
from Lynch street to Main Street, then the Com
mittee on Streets are authorized to suspend tho
contractor, until the meeting of the Council.
both upon the line of 5th alley, and the excaya-
ton of the line Of Lynch street.
On motion of Mr.. Rucker Council adjourned.
FAYErrE MCMuLLEN.-The Abingdon Vrqin-
ian. in noticing the miraculous escape of the iaci-
nnting Ex-Governor OF Washington Territory, on
last Friday, makes the sul,ioned reference to
same of Fayctte's fornor exploits in the same
line =" Less than year ago, and within few
yards OF the same spot, the Governor whilst rid
ing out in "a buggysw;th his lady, barely escaped
with his life in the same way. The horse took
fright at tain, dashed off, ran over the the Gov
ernor, who was out attempting 10 hold him. in
jared him severely, an tore the vehicle sto frag-
ments.
Two or three years before that, when he was
robbed on the Richmond and fredericksburg road,
he had been left beliind, and trying to make con-
nection on hand'car, he was met by train, tho
hand-car knocked into cooked bat, and the Gov
ernor lodged in ditch or patch of briars we
don't remember which. So he has to be thankful
for three narrow escapes from death by steam.
End has surely been reserved for some other man.
ncr "f demise Should'a train of cars ever make
the fearful leap from the High Bridge on the
Southsde road, if the Governor is in it he will
catch somewhere, or fall in n soft place, without
the loss Of life or limb
ave will conclude as We began-if the Cover
nor is as hard to kill politically as he is Temporal
rly. better let him alone, and we almost begin to
believe that he must he the that was blown
un AZ Bayou Sara the steamer Harry OF the
West some years ago, who was blown three hun
dred yards through the gable.end of q house on
shore. fell upon bed. finished his nap, and went
forth again. We will not vouch for the latter.
but the escape last week near Marion was almost
rs miraculous"
The Montgomery Presbvtery met in the Presby-
teran church in Salem on Wednesday evening
and was opened with a sermon. by the Moderator.
The Presbytery will be in session during til"
week, and its deliberations open to the comma
nifty generally.