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(t7““THE LVNCIIHURG VIRGINIAN,”
,, publuheJ irmi-mrrUy, (retry Monday and Thu,.day.) at
r,.r Dollar. per annum ; payable in adrance. A• subecrip
, a,lib. received fora .barterperiod than sir month.; and
I „ paper mitt he discontinued, <except at the discretion oj the
Kditors,) until all arrearages are paid.
a TAU VERT! SEMEN TR inserted at .>0 cents per square
4r less,) fee the first insertion, and 37* cents for every suhse
sNint insertion.
$J*JQB PRINTING executed neatly and expeditiously
sod on reasonable terms.
Tw
Jm&fr Vnlual>l«* real INtate
HP *'«*« WI E HO
r at auction. MuL
f|UIE Sl'USCKIBKIt WILL SELL. at his
JL residence on ilie thirty first day ul'December,
1839. ihe V A L U A B L E K S T A T E , upon
nliicli hr now resides, coitMtininj nearly
sijF£.v nt .vifttt n antes,
lying in Campbell county, nn tire Forest road, about
two and a half or three miles from Lyoclihnrg.
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTV ACRES
i,l which is heavily timbered Tobacco Land, not
surpassed by any in the county, and the cleared Land
is generally in veiy good heart. This Land lies remar
kably well, nml is abundantly watered. The improve
meins are excellent, being all new. consisting of a ,
large and well finished DwELLINU HOUSE,
together w nil Meal House, Ice House. jjSJ’rf.
Im| Dairy, Kitchen, Weaving House, and jHii'ij ,
liij.a large Bee House, in which the BeesIJulM.
are now in loll operation w ithout hives, and all o- !
liter Out Houses necessary. Oolliis TRACT there
is another xeltleicenl, consisting of a good Dwelling
House and all necessary appurtenances; tlteie is
a sufficiency of rich MEADOW LAND for the use
uftlic FAKM, ami an ubundame of almost all I
kinds of Kiuits which the climate will justify. I
Within the immediate neighborliooil there nresever
al Blacksmith Simps, \\ lieelw right Shops, Saw and
titist Mills. Persons wishing In engage in tile
manufacturing ul Silk would do well lo call and
.re this properly, as they might here enter into that
business with but slight additional expense.
Also, a small ’1KACT containing about
TWENTY
lying on I In* Forest road and adjoining the above ;
iiirniioried THAI T, neatly hall ol "Inch is heavily
umbered, ihe balance recently cleared. On this
Tract there is a good DWELLING HOUSK.—
Tilts is one oflhe best stands oh the Furest road lot I
a blacksmith *lmp, wheelwright shop and waggon 1
yard, as it the first good spring ( liter leaving Lynch
burg.) which is convenient to the road.
Alsu ui other TRACT , containing
One lliiudroil and fi.i^iilv-llirce
A V UESI,
Ling on Ivy creek, in Bedford county, within hall
a mile ol ihe T ract Iasi described. It is well watered, j
and contains a sufficient qnamity ol WOOD-LAND
lor the support ul the place.—Sixty Ai res of this
Tract is fust rate h>e ground, and the upland is now
in a goo.I suite of mi, roveitieu'.
Also, a large stock of
Horse a. Cat He, Sheep tun! Stags,
among which there .lie eight or ten valuable young
WORK NORSKS, four or fue Yoke of OXKN, j|
fi<tern or tw» nty good mi k C() U S and (’ A L V KS, 1
Jorty-fiveor filly laiteurd lings, sixty or seventy re- ,
inarkably fine LWKS, a gnat many of "Inch are
half Bake well .
Also about five hundred barrels of CORN, sixty
or seventy thousand pounds of OATS, a laige crop
el NAY, FODDKR. SHUCKS and STRAW,
all my Plantation Utensils with Waggons, Carts Ace.
Also my Hoiisehoiild and Kitchen FURN1- 1
T URK, among which there is a new Rosewood (
PIANO, besides a great deal id other valuable Fur- I
future. *
Terms "ill be liberal, and made known un the day
of sale.
At ike same time and place there are to be twelve
or filieen Negroes lured. S. M. SCOTT.
Oct. 10 ids
T he Richmond Knquirer and Whig will please
insert the above three nines, and forward their ac
cotnts to this Ollice fur paymciit.
Ij.iros: virio, »• or
FALL <*OOI>$.
I AM NOW receiving my K ill supply of Goods,
which will comprise ihc largest ii^intment offer- j
ed hy me in 11• i«f» market, ami as many of the Goods
have been purchased under peculiar circumstances, ,
1 (eel confidence in being able lo offer some excellent
bargains, especially in the following articles : Bmad
Cloths and Cassimercs, Kiench and English Meii- (
nos. black Italian Lustrings, Calicoes, Blankets,
Shawls, Sic. Sic.
FLANNELS.
I can offer some line bargains in white, red and •
yellow Flannels.
LINDSEY FOR SERVANTS.
A large lot purchased, » inb will lie sold cheap.
CLOAKS.
A larce assortment of Ladies' and Gentlemen's
Cloth, Cainblel and Merino.
FUR CAPS. )
A large assnilment, some worth $*20.
CLOTHING.
My stock of READY MADE CLOTHING,
will he unusually huge, and will compnae almost
every article ol dress, with a handsome assortment of i
Uroad Cloth, Pilot and Beaver over Coats.
Persons wishing lo purchase, will do well In call |
before purchasing. M. IIAR1'.
Sept 26 t»
JS'OTICE.
HE subscriber wishes to rent, to a good tenant.
A for a tvrm ol years, that large and commodious
Tavern House in Buchanan, called
IS] r Hob-House Hotel.
nil ^1C Present occupant, Capt. E. Pate, bc
. ing desirous to remove to the country, pos
eession will he given by him at any time.
1 he subscriber believes a most profitable business
may be done with this house, and as lie is anxious to
establish it* reputation permanently, a very a vanta
geous bargain may be had, if immediate application
be made to Jordan Anthony, Esq. in Buchanan, at
the Lank ol \ irginia, or to himself in Richmond.
JOHN HOBSON.
Buchanan, Oct. 3 3w—w3w
tOFFEE HOUSE.
rVH* sub-criber intends in a few days to open a
C offee House in the frame building, opposite
the Liiion Hotel, where he will he prepared lo fur
nish Breakfasts, Dinners, Suppers, ami Snacks, at
•'ll times, and of the most choice articles furnished !
by the Lynchburg markets. He solicits a share of
public patronage. JOHN F MKYERS.
Oct 10 2w*
®WtWHI A ro.’K A\KN. *
XJ’AYIi((j RECEIVED a large lot of Collin*
, & Co.’s AXES, they will be sold unusuallv
low tor ca h. U. B. RICHARDS. ’
Oct. 10 ,g
I**1 r * *yiiu»n Wnggon-nmkcrs wnnfod.
*1M1L subscriber wishes to employ two Journey
men \\ agon rpakrrs who are good workmen,
or such he will give viond wages and constant etn
l?™"- *' Ofi'tncn fiom over the Mountain
*onldbp preferred. j. BAILEY.
f*rw Loiidmi, Oct. 10 ;it
erJPfi” riie L,*in2t"n Valley fjrar will pl.'.ise in
ihii ft? 4 ,|°V* ,'l,re .lid »cd<1iI‘> .count to
I-aw liooksAr.
T7 ^ } D vol. of Leigh'* KepOlt*.
Criminal Law (on connnn
lino superior copy of Maria Edgrwaith’s Wo.k*
m 10 vol*.
All Ks*..y on the Law* of Trade, Ac., by Cha*
KlIer^Lr,
Just received for sole bv
, „ ’ E. ECHOLS.
June 27 |(|
A '!’ » (-'iri'uit Superior Court of Law and Cltati
I ' ■* cr'V. continued and lieltl lor the town nf
Lynchbutg. at ilia court house, in the and town, on
Thursday, the 25th tl.iy of October, 1838. setting as
a Court of Ctiaucarv j
Benjamin \\ ales 'Perkins, an infant under the age
■>f twenty tine years, who sms by David Saunders
! his guardian anil next friend Plaintiff,
“gainst
Richard Perkins, administrator tie bonis non with
the will annexed of George M. Perkins, deceased, I
and Samuel Miller. Richard Perkins, Charles l!
Dibrell, Archibald Hatcher, admiiiistialm with the
will annexed til George M. Perkins, deceased,
Ralph 11. Martin. Julius \V. Hatcher. Nelson 1.
llateher, Dabney Martin and Elizabeth his wife,
James II. Perkins, Brice Martin and Malinda Ins
wife, Tandy Duncan anti Lucinda Ins wile, and
James VV. Dibrell, Delta.
and
Dabney Matliti administrator of William W Per
ki»». Pltff.
r».
Richard Pnkins, administintor do bonis non of
George M. Peikins deceased, and Archibald Hatch
er, former admmisirator oI Gsurgc M. Perkins, de
ceased, Delis.
In a decree pronounced in ihese causes on this
day is found the clause following : “ The court
“ would now proceed to decree the balance found
** due the Plaintiff, but for the uncertainty what a- i
" uii'Uul til nna.iiisfird debts remains outstanding a
“ gainst the estate ol George M. Perkins, deceas
•• . d, to aserrtaine which, the last ol these causes
“ is recommitted to one ol the commissioners ol the
“ court, to take a further account ol tlie bites of the
“ negroes, and in w Inch account lie will debit tlie tie- I
‘ free in lavor of Benjamin Wales Perkins, and as
*• ceitain and report tile unpaid debts of said tie
•• cedent, if any ; and all creditors, who shall nut ap
“ pear and render their accounts before hurt, shall
“ be thereafter barred, and to this end he will warn
the creditors by iliuty d;iya‘ notice in the Vnginian,
“ a public news paper printed in the Town ol Lyucli
“ bure. rod report It is proceedings to the Court, in
■‘order to a final decree.”
DAVID RODES.CIeik.
Commissionkr's OrricK. )
Lynchburg, 28tlt Sept., 1839. y
In obedience to (he foregoing extract from the
order ol Court, in these causes, all persons having
claims against the estate nf George M. Perkins, de
ceased, are hereby notified, that they present their
accounts with the evidence ol the indebtedness of
the said George M. Perkins t•> me, at mv olfice. in
this town, on the 2lhIt day of October next, that the
same may be reported to the Court.
JAMES BENAGH, Clerk.
S. pl gn 1 :il
Valuable l.anel lor sale.
\ VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, lying
- in AmlierstCounty, on Tye River, 'about tlitee
mile* from New Glasgow, belonging to the Legatee*
of \V. S. Crawford, dee. i« offered for sale.—A good
portion nf ibis Land i* in woods, a> d heavily timber
ed. The cleared part consists of fertile low grounds
and high Land of good quality. The improve
ment* ate not valuable. This Tract contain* about
400 acre*, and will be sold on very reasonable term*.
For lutllier particular* enquire of
E. FLETCHER.
July 22 t»
aVir Stage tjiae.
PASSENGERS to ilie Springs, and other trav
ellers, ate heieby informed, that the under- j
signed will commence running
A new Hue or fourties,
From Lynchburg to Dngget’s (Dibtell’s) Springs
via the Natural Bridge,on Tuesday next, the 2nd day
of .July. Until further notice, we shall leave Lynch
burg on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at half
alter four A- tVL, and arrive at Dibrell’s the same eve
nings, before night. The next morning Passengers
will leave Dibrell’s after breakfast, and reach the
White Sulphur about 5 o’clock, P. M. Visiters to
the Springs by this line will thus be relieved from
all night travel, and reach the White Sulphur or
Lewi.sburg, in two days from Lynchburg. The
Turnpike is now finished quite to its intersection wit li
tlie Lexington and Covington Road, and in addi
tion to the general novelty and splendid scenery it
affords, we would mention as peculiar objects of
interest and curiosity, the passage through* not ove?
the Blue Ridge, along the margin of James River
and commanding a view of the Mountain Canal* a
beautiful prospect—the Natural Bridge* which Mr
Jefferson pronounced worth a trip across the Atlan
tic to view — an I last, but tint least, Dagger’s Springs,
kepi by Clis. L. Dibrell, where he that has been j
once will like to be again.
The undersigned intending to give their persona
attention to this line, can confidently promise travel
lers first rate Coaches and Teams, and careful and
accommodating Drivers, and will spare no pains
themselves to satisfy their passengers.
WM. A. GALBRAITH,
HENRY L. DAVIES. i
June 27 *•
To Milters AT Mill owners.
UK undersigned would respectfully inform
those who are interested in the manufacture
of flour, that he is now in Lynchburg and will remain
in this vicinity a few weeks, for the purpose of vend- ,
jug Fitzpatrick's Patent Smut Mill nr Rubber for
cleaning wlteat of cheat, smut, tint and other im
purities; and wherever it has been tried, its supe
riority over all other machines ever before used, has
been universally admitted, and wherever introduced,
it has met with such universal favor as to supersede
all other machines in use at the time. Itisemen
sivelv used in the most celebrated mills in the States
of New Vork, Delaware Maryland, and several oth
ers, Ac several have lately been put into mills in Virgi
MM.... io unit nnw in mill ill Ilicll*
opportunity ol teeing it operate ; anil there t* one slso
in llenrv S. LanchorneA: Co’s mill at this place,
L,ytuuimr*, '‘uc
____ A
Hr<akfn*t •* ready, IS tty x •
" 41 k 1,1 "Mnr «=»*«r rHtao I, HOT tan sMoKixn.
Jbi' U ,l,r '®r >«*". «rem -|M rul..l.r. !
• floras •flaltiraalis, or ihlarsc
• flatter ry, lor Sale.
I OFFER ft-r sale. Tw rvTT thovsvsi, Mom s
.lui.Tir.Ti-i.ia Tin s, (wnrinnied genuine.)—
.. |f,» »"■ remarkably flemishing
"!" 4,k°nius. | In- attention ol peisous who pur
chaae io plant rather than speculate, and t„ whom
'I 'a ol i he o I moat importance to have sound as well
as genuine Trees, is specially railed m this advet
its* mi ot. | he | rces can be sent to any part id'the
Untied .States, and will certainly grow, | rovided llicv
««rr >urif<i in it ilry place, n« soon as rrceivrfl.
Reiters addressed to Clover Hill, |*,mce Edward
U*’ a., post paid, will meet with piompt alleoiioii.
,, , _ OKO, \V. A. RA1NE.
Oct. , ;j| ,
\ l» III !\ I NT K A TO It ’* N A I.E.
rI OIERE will be sold, on a credit of R! month*.
-■ Thursday the 31 at ol the present month.
October, at the late residence ol Sarah Mathews,
dee'll, on Malley's Creek, Campbell Ciy, nil of
'lie Estate of said Surah Mathews deceased, ron
anting of Negroes, Horses. C,title, Sheep. Hogs.
Coro, Eodder, Oats, Household and Kitchen Fimn
tuir, | Imitation l tenscls, cVc. Eor all sums under
five dollars cash will be required : for all sums over
bond with approved secumv.
XVM'. \V. MATHEWS.
(V|- 7_ ids
I’HCATV ItObbAHS ItRM'AKD.
Stolen from the plantation of the
late John Wickham, on the night ,
id Sunday, the Vlhli ultimo, a dark
1_i hay coll, two yeais old Iasi Spring,
has two hind leet white, with a small while star in
his face, no other white about him, II- is thorough
lircil, as was no doubt well known to tho thief, who !
w ill probably cany him lo some distance Ir-m the
neighborhood before he attempts to dispose ol him. !
1 in* ab-ve rewatd will he paid lu any one who will
slop and secure (he coll, together with all reasona
ble expenses, and twenty dollars more lor ap
prehending and securing tile thief, so that he may be
brought to justice JR W. REICH.
Richmond, Oct. 7 gw
JVOTMCE.
f B^IIE subscriber having sold his (arm, and intend
■- ing to lemove to the South west, ,vill oiler (or
at his residence, mi Friday ihr 18th ol the pre
Bent month, on a credit ol mix mouth* tor all sums
over ten dollars* all under cash, the ciop ol Tobac
co. Corn and Forage, Plantation Tool*, House
hold and Kitchen Furniture, together wuli a valu
ble lot of'milch Cows, (ildUUib MAKK. ' AM.
Oct. 7 41 •
liUSl SAIA.
virtue ol a mist deed, executed on the 20th
day ol March, 1628, by Robert Tinsley and
Judith hi* wile, to Tlmma* K. Brown arid the sub
scriber, for purposes therein expicssed, and of record
in die clerk's office uf Amherst county, 1 will proceed
to sell on the premises I r c ash, at public auction, on
1 huiwlav ihe.dlstday ol October, a Tract ol Land <
conveyed in said deed, containing four hundred and
forty five acres, lying in die counties of Amherst and
Ko« kbridge, and adjoining the lands i.f David &.
liar laird and other*. J. D. M U R R LLL,
Surviving | tustee.
Oct 7 7j
.non t s .ut #> i'n .i i ua,
at tt rntetcat price! !
I AM authorised to make sale of four hundred
thousand genuiue Mortis Multicauhs bods, grown
in the County of Brunswick—which I will do ifearlv
application be made, at half a cent per bud. Or, il
preferred, three dioiis.ind TREES, at seventy cents i
per tree, including side branches, which, it is hvliev
ed, will make an average uf about 150 buds lo die
tree, in addition lu the roots.— Delivered bv the l>t
December following. Addies* the subscriber at
Pittsylvania Court House, Va. \VM. KI.SON.
Oct 7 4t
CiUlOC TO PA&SENCERS*
tearing M.ynehhtirg for Kir hniomt or
the J\*orth.
LEAVE Lynchburg on Mondays, Wednes
days and f ridays, at 2 o'clock, A. M. arrive at
Charlottesville same evening, at 7 1*. M. Leave
Charlottesville, next day by 5 A. M., reach the Kail
Road, a distance of only 25 miles from Chat
lottcsville by 10 o'clock, and arrive in Rich
mond same evenings, by 5 o’clock. P. M. This will
be found by far the most comfortable route as well
as the most expeditious to Richmond or gon g
North, by way ol Washington City, having no night
travelling altei leaving Lynchburg. The teams
and coaches on this line are first rate, and the j
drivers skilful, careful and accommodating. No 1
pains will bs spared to render die trip sale and plea
sant to the passengers.
Fare through to Richmond, $!) 50.—To Frede-|
ricksburg $12. S. B. CLOWES, Agent.
June 17 ts
SAIMMJIKT ami Cosirli Trimiiaiiitfs,
a superior assortment, just opened, lor mle by
H. B. RICHARDS. ,
Sept 10 ts
TO CONTRACTORS.
C1 AST STEEL, every bar warranted,
t Canal Shovels, do
Nail Rods and other Iron for sale bv
H. B. RICHARD
Oct. 10 uS.
Cliullys, .Tloiiwlin «lc l.niiik, Ac.
%1 / K Imvc just received s lol of seasonable and
?V very handsome GOOD S lor ihe Ga
llics, amongst which ate
Rich figured Challys, new style and splendid,
Mousliit ile Gains, very cheap.
Plain black and small figured blue-black Silk,
Rich black Saiin Levantine.
Victoria Skirls, Thread Cambric Handkerchiefs,
Rritish and American Print*. Ac. Ac.
HUNT A MARTIN.
Sept- 83 '•_
iloriiv Jlulticauli*.
WF. ARK authorised to sell 60 or 70,000 Cut
tings oft he Morus Mulltcaulia, grown in the
vicinity ol Gyuehbuig, and are warranted genuine,
3 HUNT A MARTIN.
Aug. 19
XVORY KN1VKS A FORKS IN SKTS,
Patent Coffee Pots, and Steak Dishes,
Plated Candlesticks, Snuffers and Trays,
Andirons, Fenders, and Stiovel and i ongs.
Just received and lor sale bv
II. ]G RICHARDS.
Sept 19 ■*
JYOTiCli.
Wp, wi|| receive Jamra River and Kanawha
Scrip. at par, Irntn person* senning us con
signments ol Flout, Tobacco, Ac., which will he ap
ptoprialed m I lie payment of Tolls nnlhe same.
GKWPi U’DLAM A SON.
Richmond, Sept l($ lui
» a »
IIAMPDKN SVDNKV COl.t.KUK.
I'liis Instilntinn, «•« understand, closed a success
l»l session on the '.\Sth of September. The duties
will be resumed on the (list . f November. Tile |.d
lowing was the Order of Exercises on Cummoucr
i men! Day :—
1. Prayer.
Sacred Mitsir.
‘2. Salutation Ail.lies*—Ry Prancis l>. Irving of
Cumberland Co.
3. English Orator—By Win. II Anderson of Not
toway Co.
4. English Oration—The Spirit of Independence
-—Bv Samuel Brantford, Jr , ol Campbell Co.
,r>* English Oration — The Benponsibilitirs of A
inerican Vouth—By Willis Wilson ut Cum
berland (!«,
<». English Oration — Political .Morality—By Wm.
Shepard ol Buck mgham Co.
7. I oglikili Oration—By John A. Lunttutcr of
Buckingham Co.
Sacred .Music.
H. ( lioAoplue Oiation—Modern Eloquence—Bv
NV m. 1'. K it hardsell of Charlotte Co.
•i. Patriotic OratioQ—The Piesent Policy anil
b otme Kate o| Arbitrary Governments—Bv
Charlss S. Carrington of I lahlax Co.
1U- Plnlosopihcal Orauon—By Win. C. (Jarring
ton of Charlotte Co.
Sac red Miinic.
II. Master's Oiation—By J. Vernon Cosby ol
Prince Edwaid Co.
1*2. Master's Oiation—By J. W. Clapp of Ailing
don.
Sacred .Music.
13. English Oration—'The Desecration of l.itera
lure, with the Valedictoiv Addiess—By M«»sr«
D. Huge of Pi nice Edward Co.
Sacred Music.
14. ('onioning Degrees.
I.r>. Baccalaureate Addiess by the President.
Sacred Music,
lb. Benediction.
Doxolngy by the Choir.
Society oj the Alumni of Hampden Sydney ('allege, f
At a Hireling composed of • lie gcntlemmt. who j
had e it tier graduated at Hampden Sydney ('ollege, j
»r who had enjoyed us advantages heretofore, hut
who had left it without taking their degrees, hut m
honorable standing, held in the College Chapel,
on Tuesday, the 24(1) of Septemhei, at 4 o’clock, ,
PM.. Isaac Read, Ksq., was appointed Chairman, I
uml Ki.Sicis N. Watkins, Ksq., Secretary of the meet j
iug.
<>n (notion ol Prof. Branch, Messrs. Clapp of
Aluugfon, Coshy and Anderson ol Prince Kdward,
were ifipoiuted a Coinmittee to report the form of a
I onst^ution lor the consuleratiou of the meeting; and
the f >mmiitre having retired, reported through then j
( liaiifcian a ( (institution, which was considered and (
adopiid as follows :
CONSTITUTION.
A id’ I The mime of this Society shall he, **77ie
Society tj the Alumni tf Hampden Sydney ‘'allege.'' j
Anjr. II. 'I Its objects ol th« Society shall hr, to
chenjh and enliven the associations and recollections
wbicll bind lliw members to then Alma Mater and to j
one /toother ; to enlarge and improve the honored
ms'it'iiioti which instructed their youth, by all the
meaia in their power, audio piomote the cause of
liber.I education gem rally, throughout our State and
C'tin ry.
Ait. III. The members of the Society shall he
all ilose gentlemen who have lieietofore graduated at
the iislit ution, or who have enjoyed its advantages
lor aiy lime, and have left n without taking their de
cree* but in honmablc sianding, or who shall here
after le m either of these predicament*. and shall
i boos) to enter the ar-tm tat ion by writing I heir names
—or inve them written on the toll.
An?. IV. The officers shall he, a President, six
or moie Vice Presidents, a Secretary, ii Treasurer,
and such otheis a* the Society shall I nun time to time
appoint. The dull*** of These «<fli« ers respectively
aha 11 le such Hs their titles imply t They shall be elect
ed tini(tally at the annual meeting of the Society,
and shill hold thru office* for one year or until an
other dection. Such of the said officers ns reside
within a convenient circle of the ('ollege, shall, to
geihet form the Kxeciilive t'omimitee id the Socie
ty, anl in the recess of the body »liall have full power
to do all thiol’s w hich the object of the association
or iheiintuic id the exigency may seem to require.
Any ilree meitibeis of said Committee cliall be a
quotum.
Air*. V. There shall be an annual meeting of the
Socieif for the election of officers ami other busi
ness waich may be brought before it. The meeting
shall hi belli to the College (dispel on the day after
Communtement of each year: or at such tune and
place as the Society or Kxcculiv* ( oiiimiuee sli.dl
advise mkI direct.
Art. VI. 'Hie Society shall annually elect or ap
point son e member of tiie association to deliver an j
Address before it at the ensuing Anniversary, mid
another to act as Ins substitute, and perform the duly 1
in case be '.ball be unable to attend.
Art. VII. The member* shall annually pay to the 1
Treasurer the sum of SI to defray the ordinary ex
perinea ol the Society, and such other sums ms the
Society may from time tolune assess, in order to pro
mote the great object of the Association.
Art. VII. The Const it ulioi, or any article there
of, may be altered or amended at annual med
iums by a vote of two thirds of the member* present.
Tins Constitution having been adopted, the gentle
men present enrolled their names a* members of the
A •‘social ion.
The f dlowing gentlemen were then elected officers
of llie Society.
President.—Dr. James Jones, of Nottoway coun
ty.
Vice Presidents. — Win. M. Watkins, Esq , nl
Charlotte; Henry A. Watkins, Esq., •!*»; Issue
Read, Esq., of Prince Etlwsrd; James C. Bruce,
Esq., of Halifax ; R<r. J. S. Am.stead, of Bucking
ham ; Wm. N. Eitxgerald, E*q.. of Notloway ; Jtrv.
B. M. Smith, of Danville; Wm. li. Maclarlsnd,
Esq., nf Richmond.
Secretary.—Robert C. Anderson, Esq., of Prince
Ktlward.
Treasurer. — E. N. Watkins, Esq., of Farmville.
On motion, the members of the Board of Trustees,
and the members nl the Literal y and Medical Depart
ments of Hampden Sydney College were elected Hon
orary members of line Society.
'l ire Society then adjourned to Thursday morning
9 o'clock.
Thursday, 26th September.
The Society met agreeably to adjournment. In
the absence of the President. Mr. Henry E. Watkins,
of Prince Edward, was called to the Chair.
On motion nl N. F. Cabell, of Nelson,
Hcsolred, That the badge of this Society shall be
a while Rose, with a golden Star in the centre, to be
worn at the bnttnii hole nf the left breast,with a short
piece ol ribbon depending, and bearing the motto.
-Ksl lilii honor arc matron," or the initials thereof,
“E. F. II. A/."
On motion nf J. W. Clapp, Esq., of Abingdon,
Kcs Avcd, Th«t the members ol' the Sutieiy l>e.
and they are hereby assessed the ainual sum ol
K.ve Dollars each, for live years, payable to the
Treasurer on or betore the day of the annual meet
ing of the .Society m each year, to be by Irm paid
•’ « P-rxc. iss. r and Trustees nl the College,
i lor the sp^cisii object of improyin* and adorning
|College buildings and grounds iu such manner n»d
r t'-fsfe, as they shall «le* tn moat couveuteut and becom
| h*R.
»
I hr following l*iramble anti I!esolution were, on
I motion of M r. (\»bell of Nelson adopted :
W here.is, the benefits anil advantage* which will
I iccrtie to f|i« i anse n| Science and I tetters in Virgi
I ,H '- “nil the *» hole .South, from the est ildi«hineut ol
il.impdeii Sydney on a huge anil solid basis, are
1 many and gieaf .
/*V.*c*/rff/, That it lie, and is hereby, earnestly ie
eoinmended In all the Alumni of the College, to unite
m isluing the sum o| Twenty thousand Dollars for
• lie Pennantait I'nrnl in five year*, or a* *oan as ohm
! slide.
/•Vfnivfii. Thru II. K.. Watkins, R. C. Anderson,
.rml I1 . N Watkins, K*t|*. lie a Cointnittee to take
proper tneasores for carrying this resolution into el
feet, wnli power to employ an agent or agents to call
iipoii .Jl the Alumni lor subsetiptioos and donation*.
hi muling in their ability and pleasttte, fni tins great
object, and to allow sncli agent or agent* a suitable
compensation f ,r iht-tr set vice* in thin ludialf.
/irWrW, | ||,it iill ionics ho subscribed, shall he
paid over to the President and Truster* ol the ('ol
lege, to be vested lit Stale stock or *tnek ol the Hank
mi \ "giwU,i|i. I*’tniiur,' Hunk of Vitgiuiu, end the
Exchange Ihink ol Virginia, as they may deem ex
pedietil. and that tin* Jiccriitug dividend* ol* said
*tmk shall only be um'iI in the set vice and support of
I he ('allege.
I. Read, a Vice President, appeared and took the
(’hair.
Wot. II. Alaefatland, K-q . of Richmond City,
wits elected to delived an Oration before the .Social*
at its next annual meeting.
(icn. W D ime, l!so., of Prince Edward. *vaa ap
pointed fo prepare a History id llampdeu Sydney
(’ollege, to tic hud be.out the Society at its next an
nual meeting.
The Society then idjottmeil
Roll. C. ANDERSON, Ner'y.
I" X AC R FAD. / r
The address n| the Secretary is /Viwrr Ht/irnrU
(’ //.,* and that of the Treasuiei i* l\ir tnrtllc, f ’</.
— Ccnlleinen disposed to ui operate with those who
formed (It Society, or to aid in it* objects by con i
tributing funds, can either remit to the Treasurer
ditecily, ot deposite tin ir contributions m one of the
I hi ilk* in K lelnimnil, to the cierht ol •• E. N. Wat kin*,
Trea*iirer ol the Society of the Alumni ol Hampden
Sy dot y ('ollege.'*
IIIWA.NSEK RAIL ROAD.
At >i meeting ol a number of the citizens of
Washmg'on county, Tennessee, held ni the (’mm
house in .lom sl.orniigli, on S.iiurdav, the 1*1*1
dav ol September, /)/. f.hnurl Kenney being
appointed Chairman and 77nnnni I /». .Yehnn
Secretary. the following Preamble and Resolu
tions weie ndupted :
Whereas, il is understood that the SlneUlmldors
of the 11 m asses Kill Road Compuuv hive u
in contemplation to pincure from the Legis
Litute, such no nniemlriieiit ol ilirir charier as will
authorise the extension if their road to ihe Vngi
ilia line ; and wlieicH*, it Inis been proponed in roll*
fer Ranking privileges on said ( ’mop my, tirnilar to *
those enjoyed by the L«*tii*%illev Cliuihston and
Cmcinriiiii Rail Road ('omp.iny ; mid whereas In the -
opinion ol this meeting u would In* gieaily to ilm ad
vantage ol the State ol Tennessee in have a Conner*
linn by rail road with the rail roads of Virginia, and
through them with ilia rail ways of'the Northern mid ;
Eastern Stales ; himI whereas it in believed ilim the
Legulature, hv conferring Ranking privilege* ou clis
lliwassee Rail Road coinpnoy, would not onlv en
sinr the complelinii of the Road, but m a mnasure
relieve the existing monetaiy emlnirmssnierils ol the
•Stale, improve the currency. and ultmialely realize, i
by judicious iiiniiageriiftit, a laig»» |nofu upon in* j
vestments in said improvement : Theirfore.
lie sol veils Tliat our Senator and Representatives
lie and they are hereby requested, to ti e their en j
denvnro to ptoenre an extension ol the liiwassee
Kail Koad lo the Virginia line, connecting the same,
on (lit) best terms that t an be agreed upon with the ,
Cincinnati ami Charleston Kail Ko.ol at Knox
ville. and diverging iherelroin, at the neatest point on
the Nolluchucl-y river, near us mouth, to the Vir
ginia line.
He sol ved. That our Senator mid Representative* be,
and hereby are teqested to use. their exeition* to
have Ranking privileges conferred on said company.
lif solved. That inasmuch as Jonesbonugh is the,
business centre of the rnanul icttinng district of
East Tennessee, and also of a large portion olitsex
purling trade, and as the other portions of East Ten
nessee arc already better supplied with Ranking la
cilities than this section ol the State, there being
two Ranks at A'lien*. two at Knoxville and one at ,
Kogrisvillr, our Senator and Kepresr illative, m the
event of said Ranking privileges bring conferred,
are hereby requested to urge upon the Legislature ,
the propriety of establishing the principal Rank at
Jnnesborough, or ol transferring * portion ol the
Bank capital ol the Stale to this place.
DANIEL KENNEY, Ch'n. \
Tims. A. II. Nklso.n, Ucc'y.
From the JV. Y. Erpress.
I N T E R E S T I N V, T It I A L.
The Boston Atlas of yesterday tells us of one of
the most interesting but awful cases m the record ol
ol crime, which was tried before the Supreme J mil -
rial Court, nt its recent session in Beikslnre.
George Norris was indicted for an mlamnuw assault j
on a ictit.de, just turned of fiheeii years, and
that female was Iiim own daughter. She herself was
of course the principal witness in the case, and the
labor of'counsel was directed to the inquiry, whether
it was a fabricated « barge, combining conspiracy 1
and perjury ol the most lotil degree, or was a true I
recital oi a wrung «kh«msnt mill iluieststtiie. j
The Atlas gives the following particulars:
The child herself was little else than "angel ru
ined.” The publicity of the accusation hud brought
her into geneial notoriety ; villainy had muiked her
for his own. Whatever site might have been be
fore this cruel occurrence, she appeared on tbe wit- ;
iif*hs* ••and, but as a fallen a|nrn. \ el llieic was a
personal beamy m tier appearance, and an a< ule- j
ness and sell-possession in her replies, that fur ihe
moment forbade suspicion ; and, indeed if the siory
could have been a fabrication, it was conceived and
proclaimed with a fertility of invention hardly posit ,
ble to belong tn a being nl her sex and age.
Although more than a year h id elapsed between
the time id the supposed deed and the lime id the
| trial, the little creature—one uf the smallest spect
I mens of a woman—had hardly lost the simplicity of
an infant, xml while reciting her siory, was over
■ whelmed with the agony ol her situation. She had
| not yet •* lost all her original brightness."
I The inquiry was a must painful one ; a man on
j trial for his life on the accusation of Ins own child,
I repeating In r story under the solemnity id an oath ;
—he defending himself uu ihe ground that this
wieichcd being was guilty id gross perjury, with in
tent to lake Itis life, and destitute uf all that mural
j prim tplc which he had been at 111) pains In impieas
upon her. The thousand incidents that seemed to
require explanation on Ills part; the wonder that
such an accusation Could be made at all.—could be
invented with all the incidents, if false—-could be
persisted in without motive, ami snbstaoliady ad
ireied to at all times; the startling nature of the
! discrepancies that arose in the ingenuity of cross-ex
* animation ; the bias, now this nay and nun that, id
| a breathless and crowded auditory ; Ihe tears which
more than once glistened in the eye ol the yeoman
| jury,—might have lotmed a study tor the ebsciver
of humau nature, unequalled m the lecirtda of jus
. .... "'fled the prisoner. Whether the
Theory av**- ^ vcnJiel IN lu'ich more
public vt»ii r < mihrtilrti. ***•*■ • ». , |,,|j |( ,,j better
| doubtful. Out tltt"* '*’ '-.'i'W’'ll'
1 have rnrr her death in the supposed field of slnim*—
I or passed m another world from the presence of lit#
Court.
IMPORTANT INVKN I'lON.
h'rmn /I,? llnslnn Gazette,
A hunt eight years ago. Mr. Jmc| o Dixon, for
'"etly I'f Nali'in and recently nl Hits ony, engraver*
discovered, nr rather inrente-i, a process i f transfer
nng manuscript nr printing id any kind lo Hone, nnr»
j ihenie multiplying enpie* in any valent whatever.
, alter the process nl common lithography. Hi#
I', xcetlency (iureronr Kvereit, (ienrial Drar
linin. nod several other gentlemen. hv ifivilatinn of
the inveiilur, visited the mess fur tlie'p.upuse of lei
I ting t lie expei iineiil. We w ere present, and were
rrjtially gratified at the wnndcilul invautlnn. It is
'pphi aide .ilil.li to ret eiilly written nr printed Copy,
'ml in nld hunks — with tills d'lVercncr, recent rojnr
j may pe plat til nil the stntiv wnhnui previous prepa*
tatmn, lull u/r/rnyu/ moat h« espnse I, fora lew inm
utes, in a cliennt nl snlatKHi, to lender II capalrle of
being Impressed >mi llie stone.
A nal nl an nld work, in Hebrew character, min.,
irrt on , ...... . , . . . . 1
...... en * .•■ * * ... >,.r .1 ,i„ - .i».tt..t,
Inr III miiintes. was placed mi the stone ; Motive min
nita I' was placed tinder the pres”. and a distiller
vision, invertcl. was iiiij r* »<c,l uu the siiinn. ns et
I'eelnally a- lhniu.li n had been engraved In s labori.
nos process. The alone was ihrn prepared fur
miihiplymg enpiea ml infinitum. We saw several qo
pitsstinek nil, and etieli was an exm I Inc simile of
lint urig'ind llelnew printed enpv. In shnet, a sti er
nlvpe plate was ilms ntl-liaiid prepaied tur striking
nil thousands nl'copies.
A part ul a newspaper, rnntaining advertisements,
with figures O*’ llltllSes, ships, ,Vt . was next exposed
in a sitnil it pioeess, and ii.cdnttely transferred,
in vet led. til the sluin', w nil ill' same topacity Inr be
lli" mulliplird.
A eei 11 lie nl e uf llie opinion nf 11 In* a present of 11 ie
«in less nl the art was iheu iliiiwu up, and placed
oil llie stone prep ueil In leeeive it. In a lew min
uies u was transient'll ns befmr. mid ilia stone lima
contained an impreaviuu capable nl being struck nil'
m any numbers.
Imfoed, flu* important invention results m this:
.•ti) kind ol in.ionii| r, any kind ol pinning or en
graving, in the* mms# ol a lew minute* can he traos
leirrd to stone. Thu stone serves a* a In lioi'iapli
ic type or plate, (ruin which ropie* in an Unlimited
extent may lie taken. [■ or examph : Mr. Dixon con if
lake a copy ol tlit" I’lmndent’s M . H*age,aud, m (ke
• mute ol a lew minutes. Handler ilprenacly lo stone;
and then lie would have hi* h/pe all atl up, without
rn n having to read his primf, and could make mi
pn ssions lor thu I'libhc. Muc h an an has n ten
denry to produce a revolution in the ait ol printing.
The aerrrl of the art consista * iMimr chemical pro
fess discovered by tin: inventor, which of course lie
reserves to litmaell ; and all that we l av# seen
the results which am open to public, inspection.
We slated III the outset that All. Dixon tnveiPwrl
this process some wight yeais ago. The question
arises, Why has ho kept it so long 10 reserve ?-~
Like many other ingenious men, ho ha* locked
up the means i f an extensive application id In* ait.
Mid probably, too, like some other discoverers, ho
has neglected to make the best u*c ol* Ills ail. If*
has, however, abundant piool*. that he applied it sue
cessfitlly seven years ago, and some act oon; w as giv
en ot u in a Sah in paper of 1832. Since that pe
riod, it lias relapsed almost m o oblivion.
Jlut lux attention ha* been qnu keued into new :it»
liviiy by a recent account in .» Faiis paper of a mm
dm invent ion in flame. |i was examined by tkn
King and several Ncirofifir men ol J’aris, and pro
flounced a I'rcrnh invention of great iinpoitame.—
[ )ii examination, it proves to be the Name prof caw
nvtriied l»y OIII towm-maii. Jt may be that the
French artist—a stereotype printer—ha*, bv a It % i
inne coincidence, fallen upon t|,e same invention ;
-nnl, il so, both aie entitled to equal c.iimJ.i lor origi
nality; but it ill ty be that the I ieimhimitj and urine
In in on the subject hum tins side of the Atlantic. At
ill events, .Mr. Dixon was the first inventor, and is en
iitlcd to the honor ofhavtng first applied il to practice.
Il is worthy ot the attention ol all scientific mm. arid
we learn that the art will In exhibited at the Meehan*
ics* Fair, now open at Quincy flak.
Frem the thnrinnali, \l'hin, Oct. 2.
FFKI*KTI'Ab MOTION.
A machine has been invented, and i* now cxliibi
led by two ingenious gentlemen, in a room over lira
post office, wliii h, d it make not perpetual motion m
(lie common acceptation of the ph a e. df»nl* th©
neatest approach to it, ot tiny thing of the kind, per
haps ever yet cnn*iruried. The inventors rusk©
use of the expansive and cu iiracting power of mercu
ry. under the vicis*itu-les i-l temperature during the
day mid night. '1'hey deposit m a bulb or reseivoir a
quantity of the fluid, winch, as it expands or ton
tracts, rises or fall* in a tube inserted at the top.—
In the mouth of this tube is a pistol), with which a
strong spiral spring is connected like a watch spring,
and which is wound up. by • vmy change in the vol
ume of the mercury, whether n ho enlarged o* di
m nisheil. 'Tins spitli^ keep, a j end u hi ill in ftcrjtclU'
al no tl It.
Tile expansive power ot mercury, h-s, parliap #
never been calculated. It i* probably equal to gun
powder. I»y the its# nfle'er* and the diMiibution
of power acquired by i he cluing* h in a body of metru
rv. subject to the natural variation ol tempeiatuie
ofiho day m.d night, we think It, highly probable
that machines fur light and delicate purposes, such
as i locks, silk ree er*. &i>.«*uight be kepi ill (ousts l
motion, so lung as the materials will last, at a vrty
trill tig expense. Indeed, we. think it demonstrable,
that so long as the present laws of nature endure,
the continuity of motion in a machine of this surf,
u.,)l h<» t>/|MuJ <o Jumhtlhy of ifio metal* ot which
il is made. We believe that Homo such suggestion,
and perhaps experiment, lias before been made, but
probably m no instance has success been so clear*
and we believe the idea is. so far a* this machine i#
concerned, original with the proprietors.
YVrst Point, ((»a.) Sept. Iff
MKI.ANCIIOt.r OcCUIUlKNt'K. — A- ot CtiriCiJCCr
which resulted in (lie death of four men, citizens of
the adjoining county uf Chambers, in llie JStale of
Alabama, was detailed to us yesterday ; anti from
ihe respectability of its source, we have no doubt of
its truth, We have not been able to obtain tins
names of the sufferers.
It appears that a well, in the neighborhood of
Standing rock, id the county above mentioned,
having failed to yield its usual supply of water, the
owner determined to have it cleaned out. A per
son was let down by the well bucket and iope, but
showed no signs of action when i*t the bottom—llS
was called In, but did not answer. A Second pro
posed to go down am) ascertain what was the matter,
and he, also, as soon as lie arrived at the bottom*
became supine and silent. A thiid proposed to giv
down, wi li the. understanding that lie was to be
' drawn up as soon as lie, called out, the personse
present then suspecting, for the first time, that there
was some mephyiitt gas at iliehottmn ol the weif. Htt
went down, but it was only to join his unfortunate
companions. When he put neatly to the foot ol
ihe well, he railed to he drawn up. but, "hen about
half way up, he fell horn the lincbet ! A fourth tlietf
proposed that lie should be lashed f,i>f, and he wquhl
descend, with the understanding^ also, that he
should be hauled up as soon a* he failed He
had descended but little more than halfway, when
he gave the word ; they drew hun up ffftirkty* hut
had iMfely tune to uniash Imn before 4ifw wa* e*«
1 unci. The other*lire* were thenlakeii owl ol tt»*«
well with grapples, hot none of them showed tho
least signs ol hie—the vital *p*i k w-ts forever «»HD
i g ii is lit d ! This melancholy raiasiinplie In.ppooed
! on Thursday, and tHw himies of the
. fski's "i t« all.i‘.<*U«»l£tifd to the ou Tiil tv last
a -
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