National Republican., 1883-05-10
LYNCHBURs NEWS.
The New Custom neutrality-suspicious.
Sunday school Conyention-Rcgatta
Vtsitors-The Debt.

Special Dispatch.
LYNcHBURG, VA, May 9.--The last con-
gress appropriated 100000 for the building
in Lynchburg of custom house and post
office, and yesterday Maj, ]. G.. Hill, of WASH
ington, the government architect in such
cases, reached this city to determine the site
for the new building. Several locations are
presented and pressed by their respective
friends as the "best place, but there are only
two central locations offered, and l have no
doubt that Maj. Hill will select the best of
the two. The matter has been long delayed
for uncomfortable reasons but it is now
hoped that the work will be commenced and
pressed to completion with great promptness
and energy. The structure will be an orna-
ment to the city and much needed improve
ment.
The registration of voters in tho city closed
yesterday at sundown without any disturb
ance The number of registration and trans
fers are not yet ascertained, but it is quite
large of both colors, and the whites are sup
posed to have majority in two of the three
wards, but how these whites will all vote on
the twenty-fourth of May remains to be seen.
The Sunday school convention Of the
Methodist churches of the Lynchbnrg dis
trict met in Court Street church last night,
and was very numerously attended by dele
gates and citizens, the Rev. j. Powell Gar
land, presiding. The proceedings were ex-
tremely interesting and conducted with
great spirit and order. Various questions
arc up for discussion, and the session is ex-
pected to continue for several days.
k3A special meeting of the state regatta COM
mittee of the Virginia Rowing association is
now IN session In this city to arrange prelim-
inaries for the next race The Petersburg
crew are represented by r. Butler Malone
and Charles Hunter; the Olympic club, of
Richmond, by r. II. Smith; the University,
by Mr.. Carroll, and the Tobacco City by j. W.
Edwards.
The visit last week of the members of the
Pennsylvania legislature to the leading bat
tie fields of Virginia. taking most prominently
in then route the cities OF Richmond and
Petersburg, was II most pleasurable event to
our people and we hope to themselves, and
we only regret that it could not have been
extended to this interesting section of tho
state, which, while II cannot boast of its par
ticular battle fields like various other por-
tions of the old commonwealth, can never
theless present to the traveller and pleasure
seeker as many beautiful objects of attraction
and study rs any other section of the state or
country. The Blue Ridge itself, which in its
majesty lifts its lofty summit to the soft blue
Skies with its fountains OF healing waters,
beats anything to be seen of beauty or
grandeur down about the sandy shores of the
surrounding sea i and, when the traveller
comes to FIX his admiring gaze
upon the towering peaks Of Otter (once the
property of Jefferson and always the height
Of sublimity); or upon the Natural bridge,
where Washingtons name is engraven etern-
ally upon its rocks; or upon the Balcony
falls, where tho two rivers, north and south,
dash their torrents through the mountains,
and make the great James that was the first
river to receive the immigrant ship and its
cargo of John Smith, the visitor feels COM
PEELED at once 10 concode the palm Of great
superiority to this beautiful Piedmont sec
tion over all the battle fields from the first
Manassas TO the bloody crater at Petersburg.
May their next visit be 10 Appomattox aud
the mountains Of Virginia.
The decision of the supreme court Of tho
United States in Washington on Monday last
refusing the application for new hearing in
tho Virginia coupon bond case of Antoni VS..
Greenhow, has been received with general
satisfaction in this state, aud is considerable
set back to the leading attorney of the bond
holders, Mr. W. l.. Royal, who continues the
pushing Of these offensive cases before the
courts of the state and country greatly to
the disgust of our people. Tho Riddleberger
bills of the last legislature are considered a
final adjustment of the debt Of Virginia at
$20,000000, with per cent interest; aud IL
not satisfactory TO the bondholders or brokers
inside OF outside of the state, IL will not alter
the result or detract from the constitutional