Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-21
A Social Picturo.

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nishes tho following picture of Aspinwall and Its
The through passenger to California secs OF As
pnwall merely ono street along tho railroad track
the houses being wooden and alternating es ioi-
lows; drug store. n tavern, several stores havlng
bad rum and worse fruit for sale, several taverns
clustered together fronting the steamboat wharf,
and roila, Aspinwall.
But this Is only tho show portion OF tho city.
There are living hero also upward Of one thou.
sand Jamacia negroes, who roost In oil sorts OF
tumble down shantics back Of the aristrocratc b.
street. The men arc, some Of them, employed by
the ralroad company while tho rest live by what
they can pick up,a term synonymous with roguory
of every kind But ID 10 TO the adics Of color that
| wish To call your attention.
The first thign deserving notice Is their dress.
Tho material calico, Of bright red or flaming
yellow ground, the pattern being boquets, consist
ing apparently Of cabbages pct lids. sunaowers and
broom handles. Tho dross 10 made long and trail.
ing, very convenient in this country, whore it rains
six days in the week, and ia cloudy on the seventh:
az after ono days wear beautiful mud fringe en-
bellish tho bottom, aud after week u is magnih
Gently scooped by tearing against splinters, nails,
ett.
The manner Of wearing the dress s not the least
fanny portion of tho affair: on ordinary occasions
tho body and sleeves are not put on. but hang
dangling down In front, leaving the person from
tho waist inward free and untrammcled. But on
destitute of hooks and eyes, Is fastened either by
n single pin near tho waist, or else by tho Same
method about the neck. Tho chaussure consists
of pair of satin slippers invariably down Mt tho
heel, while the native wool luxuriatcs uncontinod
hy fashionable cap or bonnet. To see those pcr
SONS in all their glory you must notice thcm on
steamer days, when they suddenly become dealers
in fruits aud cakcs. endeavorng to obtain custom
| era by vnunting the cheapness Of their wares.
When night closes in the town is kept awake by
the nois of drums ffes and fddlcs; dscoursing
most cxecrable music, and the scenes within their
dance-houses fur surpass those formerly exhibited
ON the Five Points.
Snoh is the picture o free niggordom, Of which
forbear 10 put in tho shades.
A CHATHAM STREET CLOTHES DEALER OUTDoNE.-
A curious complaint of larceny was made this
morning Mt the Toombs Police Court. The COM
painnnt was u Chatham street clothes dealer and
jew, rs most Chatham street clothes dealers are.
A young man and policeman came into tho
court room with tho lsraetish clothes vender.
The young man was tho accused party and the Of
icer hnd him in charge.
In rs genuine n jewish dialect ms that spoken
| by the fictitious Fagin, tho complaining jew told
his story to the mag strate lilo accused the young
man. who being whiskerless and OF eifeminnte
| face, looked as grave M Oyor Twist, OF stealing
! pair OF panta!oons the theft being committed in
! this wise: The young man came into his store
| looked about some minutes, and fnully asked tho
price of pnir of black doeskin pantaloons. lilo
| named tho price, which was $3.50. The youth
said he thought they were worth twelve shillings,
| upon which, assured in his own mind that the
| youth was II vagabond shyser. and had no money,
| ho told him il ho had ton shillings he could take
tho pantaloons. Tho youth paid over tho ten
| shillngs, grabbed the pantaloons and fed. Tho
| clothes yender threw down tho ton shings,
grabbed hs hat and fed after the youth. lilo
caught the youth, called IN officer, gavc tho youth
in the officers charge. and thither he had come to
get justice and his pants.
Justice Quackenbush decided that the bargain
was fairly made and refused to entertain II COM
paint The youth kept the pantaloons, but IL
wns very difficult matter for tho jew to keep his
tcmpor.-Ne~ York Post Of Saturday.
AN INDIAN FIonr IN SAN SABA COUNTY. TExAs-
The San An,onon Ledger, of tho 9th inst, has the
following:
Yesterday we received letter from Mr. II. w.
Vaughan, Of Cherokee Creek. San Saba county.
dated the Sd. inst, giving the details OF II fight
with party OF lndanson the evening OF tho same
dny. Mr.. Vaughan went out carly in tho morn
ing to look for n mule he had staked out on the
prairie but on arriving Mt the place found TINT he
had been driven off with four horses, and saw
fresh Indian trail on tho spot. lie Immediately
returned to his house. and. communicating the
news, was joihed by five Of his neighbors Captain
John Williams. lsac Williams, Matthew Kuyken.
dali, Milton Hammer and Edmund More-wtl
whom he went in pursuit of tho Indians After
following tho trail n considerable distance they
overlook them about sunset in very rough and
wild country The Indians were eight in number
well armed with guns. bows, and shields. and stoo
their ground manuly for about half an hourly
which time they lost three Of their number. The
citizens charged upon them, when the Indians dis
mounted and ran into tho timber, carrying with
them their fallen comrades The whites then took
possesSio" of their horses and not being able to
follow the Indians farther on account OF tho mp
proach Of darkness, returned to their homes. None
Of the citizens, fortunately, were hurt in the fight
but Captain Williams had his horse shot through
the body with rifle ball.
Mr. Vaughan also informs us that Mr.. Boshe
Woods, living on Rchland Creek. San Saba coun-
ty, was killed by Indians the 9th Of February,
having been shot through five times.
SAGAcITY OF A RAr--During dreadful storm.
which happened on the 4th of September, 1929,
singular instance of n rats sagacty occurred in
the vicinity of lIaddngton About the time the
river Tyne ot its hight u number of people
were assembled On its margin, watching the huge
mnsses of hay swept along in its irresistible
AT length. a swan hove in sight. struggling some
times for the land. and at others sailing majcsti-
caly along with the torrent, and, as it drew near
II black spot was observed on its snowy plumage.
which the spectators were astonished to find was
q living rat, and it is probable that it had been
borne from its domicii in some hayrick, and OBJ
serving the swan, hastened to it rs refuge. On
the bird making land, the ratleaped from its back
and scampered away; but nerciless fellow laid
it dead with blow Of his s1af.
s0s--
The NATIONS WITHOUT FiRE,-According to
Pliny, the use of FIRE was for q long timo unknown
to some of the ancient Egyptians and when Exo-
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