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New Series.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1847,
Vol. 5.-NO. 40
SUMMER EVENING MUSINGS.
BY "THEODORIC.
The pearly, dew ef evening .
Had decked the herbs and flowers,
That shone with radiance lovely, .
In the forest's sylvan bowers. "
The birds their songs were warbling,
-'Their songs of joy and praise;
They welcomed in the evening,
," In hopes of brighter days.
The sun was sinking slowly
Behind the western sky;
And as lie vanished from my sight,
. II is last rays burst on high.
His beams are always brightest
. When he bids the world good-bye;
The silvery swan sings sweetest
" When he folds his wings to die.
Thus thought I, sadly musing,
And gazing on this scene;
So mournful, yet so lovely,
So sad, yet so serene.
"When death has sent his summons
- To bid the wanderer come,
Let gentle breezes waft me
Thus swcetlyto my home.
I will not pine and sorrow
When he calls my soul away,
I'll look to a glad morrow
, A better, brighter day.
1 Speculation in Whiskers;
Or, Shaving In a Rrokcr's Office.
BY SOL. SMITH.
There lived in Milledgeville, in 1832, a
dandified individual, whom we will call
Jcnks. This individual had a tolerably
favorable opinion of his personal appear
ance. His fingers were hooped with rings,
and his shirt bosom was decked with a
magnificent breast-pin; coat, hat, vest and
boots, were made exactly to fit; he wore
kid gloves of remarkable whiteness, his
hair was oiled and dressed in the latest
and best style and to complete his kil
ling appearance, he sported an enormous
pair of Heal Whiskers! Of these whis
kers Jcnks was as proud as a young cat is
f her tail, when she first discovers she
has one. .
.1 Was sitting one day in a broker's of
fice, when. Jcnks came in to inquire the
price of exchange on New York. He
was invited to sit down, and a cigar was
offered. Conversation turning on the
subject of buying and selling stocks, a re
mark was made by a gentleman present,
that he thought no person should sell out
stock in such-and-such a bank at that
time, as it must get belter in a few days.
"I will sell any thing Fve got, if I can
make anything on it," remarked Jcnks.
"Oh, no," replied one, "not any thing:
you would not sell your whiskers."
A loud laugh followed this chance re
mark. Jenks immediately answered: "I
would butr who would want them?
Any person making the purchase would
lose money by the operation, I'm think
ing
"Well," I observed, "I would be wil
ling to take the speculation, if the price
coold be made reasonable." '
"Oh, I'll sell 'cm cheap," answered
Jenks winking at the gentlemen present.
"What do you call cheap!" I inqui
red. "I'll sell 'em for fifty dollars," Jenks
answered, puffing forth a cloud of smoke
across the countermand repeating the
wish. ...
"Well, that is cheap; and you'll sell
your whiskers for fiftv dollars ?"
"I will." . .
"B0U1 of them?"
"Both of them."
"I'll take them! When can I have
them?"
"Any time you choose to call for
lhcm."
Very well they're mine, I think I
shall double my money orii them, at
least."
I took a bill of sale, as follows:
"Received of Sol. Smith, fifty dol
lars in full for my crop of whiskers, to
be worn and taken care of by me, and de
livered to him when called for.
J. Jenks."
The sum of fifty dollars was paid, and
Jcnks left the broker's office in high glee,
flourishing his five Central Bank X's,
and telling ali bis acquaintances of the
great bargain he had made in the sale of
his whiskers.
The broker and his friends laughed at
me for being taken in so nicclv. ''Ne
ver mind,"- said I, "let those laugh that
win; I'll make a profit out of those whis
kers, depend upon it."
For a month after this, whenever I met
Jenks, he asked mc when I intended to
call for my whiskers. :.'
"I'll let you know when I want them,"
w.is jil ways my answer. "Take care of
r.m oil them occasionally; I . shall call
t :- iiirm one f these davs."
"A splendid bull was to be given to the
members of the Legislature. I ascertain
ed that Jenks was one of the managers
he being a great ladies man, (on ac
count of his whiskers, I suppose,) and it
occurred to me that before the ball took
place, I might as well call for my whis
kers. .. " . f '
" One morning I met Jenks in a barber
shop. He was adornizing before a large
mirror, and combing up my whiskers at a
devil of a rate.
"Ah ! there you are, old lellow said he,
speaking to my reflection in the glass.
"Come for your whiskers, I suppose ?"
" "Oh, no hurry," I replied, as I sat
down for a shave. ;
"Always ready, yon know," he answer
ed, giving a final tie to his cravat.
"Come to think of it," I said, musing
ly, as the barber began to put the lather
on my face, "perhaps now would be as
good a time as another, you may sit down
and let the barber try his hand at the
whiskers."
"You could'nt wait till to-morrow,
could you?" he asked hesitatingly.
"There's a ball to-night, you know "
"To be sure there is, and I think you
ought to go with a clean face; at all events
I don' see any reason why' you should
expect to wear my whiskers to that ball;
so sit down."
He rather sulkily obeyed, and in a few
moments his checks were in a perfect
foam of lather. The barber flourished
his razor, and was about, to commence
operations, when I suddenly changed my
mind ! ..
"Stop, Mr.Barber," I said; "you needn't
shave off those whiskers just yet." So
he quietly put up his razor, while Jenks
started up from the chair in something re
sembling a passion,
"This is trilling!" 'he exclaimed.
"You have claimed your whiskers take
them." .
"I believe a man has a right to do as he
pleases with his own property," Ire
marked, and left Jenks washing his face.
.At dinner that day, the conversation
turned upon the whisker affair. It seems
the whole town had got wind of it, and
Jenks could not walk the streets without
the remark being continually made by the
boys "There goes the man with old
Sol's Whiskers I" And they had grown
to an immense size, for he dared not trim
them. In short, I became convinced
Jenks was waiting very impatiently for
me to assert my rights in the property.-
It happened that several of the party were
sitting opposite to me at dinner who were
present when the singular bargain was
made, and they all urged me to take the
whiskers that very day, and thus compel
Jcnks to go to the ball whiskerlcss, or
stay at home. I agreed with them that it
was about time to reap my crop, and pro
mised that if they wonld all meet mc at
the broker's shop where the purchase had
been made, I would make a call on Jenks
that evening, after he had dressed for the
ball. All promised to- be present at the
proposed shaving operation in the bro
ker's office, and I sent for Jenks and the
barber. On the appearance of Jcnks it
was evident he was much vexed at the sud
den call upon him, and this vexation was
certainly not lessoned when he saw the
broker's office filled to overflowing by
spectators anxious to behold the barbarous
proceeding. . . r : 4 . f
"Come, be in a hurry,": he said.as he
took his seat, and leaned his head against
the counter for support, "I cn't stay
here long; several ladies are waiting for
mc to escort them to the ball."
"True, very true you're one of the
managers I recollect. - Mr. Barberdon't
detain the gentleman go ..to. work, at
,, .-,,.-... i
once. . :
The lathering. was soon oyer, and with
about three strokes, of the razor,, one
side of his face was deprived of its orna
ment. ' :
"Come, come," said Jenks, "push a
head there is no time to he lost--let the
gentleman have his whiskers -he is im
patient." " '.. . ; ... -
"Not at all," I replied coolly, "I'm in
no sort of a hurry, myself and now I
think of it, as your time must be precious
at this particular lime; several ladies be
ing in waiting for you to escort them to
the ball, I believe I'll not take the o-,
THER WHISKER TO-NIGHT." , ' . j
A loud laugh from the bye-standers and
a glance in the mirror, caused Jenks to
open his eyes to the ludicrous appearance
he cut with his single whisker, and he in
sisted upon my taking the whole of my
property ! , But all would'nt do. I had
a right to take it when . I chose I was
NOT OBLIGED TO TAKK. IT ALL AT ONCE; I
and I chose to take but half, at that par
ticular period indeed I intimated to him !
very plainly that I was not going to be a
very hard creditor; and that, "if he behav
ed himself," perhaps I should never call
lor the balance of what he owed mc i ,. . . l
When Jenks. became convinced I was
determined not to take the remaining
whisker,- he began, amidst the loudly ex
pressed mirth of the crowd, to propose
the terms of compromise first offering
mc ten dollars, then twenty, thirty, forty,
fifty ! to take off the remaining whisker.
I said firmly, "My dear . sir, there is no
use talking; I insist on your wearing that
whisker for me for a. month or two."
, "What will vou take for the whiskers ?MV
he at length asked. "Won't you sell
them back to me ?"
"Ah," replied I, ,"now you begin to
talk as a business man should. Yes, I
bought them on speculation- I'll sell
them if I can obtain a good price."
"What is your price?"
'One hundred dollars must double
my money."
"Nothing less?"
"Not a farthing less and I am not an
xious to sell them even at that price." .
"Well,, I'll take them," he groaned,
"there is your money; and here, barber,
shave off this dd infernal whisker in
less than no time I shall be late at the
ball." ; .: : - ;
The barber accomplished his work,
and poor Jcnks was whiskerless ! . Jenks
went to the ball, but before the night was
over, he wished he hadn t
St. Louis Kcveille.
The Wind Car. The Independence
Expositor says: "Our enterprizing fel
low citizen, Mr. Wm. Thomas, has just
returned from a trip of twelve days on
the prairies, with his wind ship, and says
it works well, and he is now willing to
make a tour to the buffalo country if a
sufficient number of passengers can be
raised to justify him in making the expe
dition. He takes one six pounder, a
beautiful stand of colors, tents, &c. He
will start in a few d.ys if ho can be suc
cessful in getting a company. Mr. Thom
as will take with him four large horses,
that in case of a calm there will be no de
tention. It is now a beautiful season of
the year for a buffalo hunt."
Seasonable Hints. The Boston
Journal says: "If your constitution is
delicate, wear flannel next the skin during
the summer season, nd be particularly
careful that your young children wear it
also. We have heard an eminent phy
sician, now residing in this city, say that
a very large proportion of the deatfis by
cholera infantum, which annually take
place in this city and vicinity, could have
been prevented by thisusimple precaution.
It is tiie sudden changes of the weather,
the ordinary effects of which may be in a
great measure warded off by wearing flan
nel next the skin, which produces these
fatal diseases, and which are generally
ascribed to too great an indulgence in
summer fruits.
Narrow Escape.- This (Saturday)
afternoon, as the" steamboat train of cars
from Hartford was entering the citv, and
had reached this side of the railroad bridge
the cow-catcher picked up a little girl a
bout ten years old, and carried her about
twenty-five rods. ' As soon as the brakes
could be brought to bear, the train was
stopped, and the child jumped off and ran.
She was walking on the track, and a
curve in the road, our informant states,
prevented her being seen in season to a
void the collission. We did not learn to
what extent she, was injured, or her name
but presume she could not have been very
seriously hurt, from the fact of her being
able to leave without assistance. New
Haven Herald. . : v i ,'
A Touching Incident. A little boy,
named William Hunter, had been for
some months ill, at the Massachusetts
General Hospital, and his mother was
with. him. On Thursday evening he
sent for the " supcrintendant, and asked
him to pray by his bedside. Then, after
many thanks for his kindness, he said,
"1 shall die to-morrow morning, and I am
not afraid to die; but Oh! do pray for my
mother." During the night, he made re
peated inquiries, as with earnest longings
for the approach of day., .Morning came
and the child sunk into the deep, sweet
sleep, from which he never woke on
earth. Boston lour.
Rochester Edge Tools in England.
Some time since,: says the Scientific
American, a Mr. Ash, an extensive manu
facturer of mechanics tools at Sheffield,
England, sent to this country for patterns
of the latesi improvements, and amongst
the rest, ordered a variety from Messrs.
Barton & Belden, of Rochester, which
were promptly forwarded. On their ar
rival there, it seems that their make gi ves
such universal satisfaction, they were im
mediately copied, and. the fact that they
came from this couutry made prominent
by stamping upon them Rochester Pattern."-
ltoch. Dem. . ,
From the Philadelphia North. American.
The "Killers." Scarcely a night
now passes without the perpetration of
some outrage by lhi3 gang of Moyameh
sing desperadoes. Brutal assaults, rob
bery, stabbing and murder, help to make
up tlic catalogue of their crimes crimes
which they commit under the very eye
of tho police authorities of the district.
The police officers,' indeed, either openly,
wink at the lawless "acts of these young
villians,or stand ofTand confess themselves
afraid to da their duty. ' r
INDIAN 'POLITICS. Considerable
excitement exists in the Cherokee Nation
in rprrard to the election for chieftain in
August. Mr. Coodey and Mr. Ross are
the candidates for the office.- ; - -. 1
THE TWO VOICES.
BY II. M. KLAPP.
Father, earth's a pleasant place,
Sweet sweet to me !
There is freshness on her face !
Music on her sea !
Boy ! death is on her face !
Death within her waves !
Call you earth a pleasant place,
Green green with graves ! '
Father ! life's a pleasant thing !
Mortal lot is fair !
E'en the birds above us sim;
"Joy lives in air !"
Woe, betimes, the heart shall ring,
. Frailty faith impair;
Call you life a pleasant thing,
Full full of care!
FROM MEXICO.
Interesting News.
The New Orleans mail which was due
las night having failed, we extract from
the Charleston Courier the subjoined in
teresting intelligence from Vera Cruz,
which we. find transferred to that paper
from the New Orleans Times of the 30th
ultimo.
It is important, as putting at rest, for
the present, all prospect of effecting a
peace through the medium of negotiation.
General Scott was to have marched on
the capital on the 15th ultimo, and we
shall, doubtless, in a few days be in re
ceipt of intelligence of exciting interest.
FROM THE N. O. TIMES OF JULY 30.
The steamphip Massachusetts arrived
here yesterday, from Vera Cruz the 23d
instant, bringing us files of the Sol de
Auahuac and our regular correspondence
up to ihc time ot her departure.
Prospects of Peace. No intelligence
direct Irom the city of Mexico, or even
from Puebla, traceable to any authentic
source, had reached Vera Cruz since the
date of our last advices. It will be recol
lected that all was then in a state of doubt
and suspense. Information in an unof
ficial form had arrived there , intimating
that Santa Anna had taken the initiative
in the question of the constitutionality of
opening a negotiation with Mr. 'Prist,
which had lain between him and the Con
gress, and had appointed . three Commis
sioners to , meet, the American Envoy at
San Martin Tesmclucaii, on an appointed
day. In reference to this vital subject,
the Sol de Anahuac of the 22d instaut
states that rumors were in circulation
quite unfavorable to the success of Mr.
'Frist's mission. Indeed, from letters
which had come to hand from Puebla, it
was certain that the commission had not
been installed, and "consequently that the
hopes of peace which had been founded
thereon had completely vanished." It
adds, on the other hand, that from the
continued inaction of Gen. Scott's army,
the only datum on which 'can possibly
rest the probability of a commission for
the settlement of difficulties, and the total
absence of news for some time from the
interior, it may be that the Commander-in-Chief
is waiting the arrival of fresh in
structions from Washington. The immediate-nomination
of Commissioners,
and the designation of the place of meet
ing, would seem to indicate a sincere de
sire on the part of the Mexicans for some
kind of a pacific arrangement. Difficul
ties of an accidental nature, delays, fcc,
may have intervened to obstruct the con
summation of a treaty: Engli h media
tion, it was slated, had been preferred and
accepted, which had progressed so far as
to have the Secretary of Legation of the
British Embassy to the headquarters of
Gen. Scott at Puebla. In allusion to this
last means to which the Mexicans had
had recourse, thp Sol de Anahuac expres
ses its dissent from any foreign inter
ference, as being always costly, and some
times most 'fatal in its results. In re
viewing all the news, however, which
has reached us by this arrival, we arc
bound to confess that every thing seems
in statu quo, as at the last receipt of in
telligence. Nothing definite is known;
either of the sentiments of the Congress,
of whose meeting not a wol is said, or
of the mode of acting of the Mexican gov
ernment. Gen. Scott had not left Puebla
when the last accounts were received at
Vera Cruz from that citv.
.. ." '- - ,
Approaciung Battle. In opposition
to the foregoing speculations, however,
we find that a letter of the 17th, which
has not come to hand as yet, a circum
stance we much regret, is alluded to by
our regular cosrespondent, in which, as
we glean from his remarks on the 20th
relating thereto, he , states that all hopes
of peace are entirely crushed and that Gen.
Scott was to march on the capital on the
15th instant. Santa Anna, at the head of
a large army, supposed to be : 22,000
strong intended to give him battle at some
point between Puebla and Mexico. " '
General Pierce. This officer left
with his train on the clay indicated in our
last advices.' During his" advance firing
had been heard along the road, by which
it seems he must have met with some ob
stacles from guerrillas, His force, how
ever, was so overwhelming strong
three thousand men, with one hr.ndrcd
and fifty wagons that he no doubt brush
cd away these predatory bands with ease.
In reference to tins, we learn that two
hundred men, who set forth from Vera
Cruz after the train whichlefia few days
before were attacked a short distance from
Santa Fe. The Mexicans had a strong
force, but were defeated.
Burning of Santa Fe. Lieut. Fitz
gerald had been sent on an expedition
with twenty-five men. They went to
Santa Fe, took away some provisions be
longing to the army, and set fire to that
town, a place of refuge to guerrillas.
- Vomito. This disease, the terror of
foreigners in Vera Cruz, still continues
its ravages, but it is quite certain that the
health of the city has immensely improved
in comparison with that during the past
years, through the enlightened measures
introduced by the Americans. The Board
of Health are unceasing in their labors and
mitigate the ravages of this horrid scourge.
Gov. Wilson. We are sorry to learn
that the Governor of Vera Cruz was ta
ken suddenly and alarmingly ill on the
morning of the 22d instant. We trust
that he has recovered before this.
Tabasco. Commodore Perry has a
gain left Anton Lizardo, for Tabasco, and
it is reported that the further occupation
of that place is to be, for the present, a
bandoncd. Correspondence o the Com. Times.
Vera Cruz, July 20, 1 8 17.
In my, hurried note of the 17th I in
formed you of the destruction of our hopes
with regard to peace, and of the report
that General Scott had fixed upon the
15th instant for his march upon the capi
tal. It is to be expected that our next
express will bring us intelligence of his
being on the road. I have seen one letter
to-day from an officer of the staff at Pue
bla, which slates that from the best infor
mation he can obtain he forms the opin
ion that Santa Anna has a force of twenty-two
thousand men, most of which will
probably meet General Scott's army on
its way, and afford another Cerro Gordo
laurel to each of our brave fellows.
I believe it is true, however, that Al
varez has gone south without having re
deemed a single promise made to Santa
Anna, or having accomplished one of his
dread intentions declared against the
"Yankics." All his Indians, of course,
went with him. Alvaiez is a sovereign
in his own district, and as absolute as
Nicholas, or Mahmoud, and it is no won
der that his pride revolted at the idea of
serving under a creature so contemptible
as Vvunahzo.
A quarrel on the subject of rank has al
so arisen in our army, but I presume the
consequences will not be very serious.
The Commander-in-Chief has made a
very sensible decision on the subject, and
the matter lies in a proper shape, pending
an appeal.
Vera Cruz is quiet enough just now,
and I sec no great reason to apprehend
an early disturbance, but there are idle
and foolish spirits at work which may
produce damage to themselves, harmless
as the. issue may be to us.
Two French gentlemen arrived hero
yesterday from Jalapa, and inform us that
Gen. Pierce will meet with serious oppo
sition from the guerrillas and others at al
most everv sten on his march. To im-
pede his advance as much as nosstble, two
bridges on the road have been destroyed
one at fcSan Juan, twenty miles from
here, and tho other at El Plan, near Cerro
Gordo. Tho latter was a fine structure.
There is timber, however, in the neigh
borhood, with which I suppose another
bridge can be built, to answer a temporary
purpose, but much delay must necessarily
be suffered. The bridirc at San Juan is
of less consequence, but as the rainy
season has set in, the river has swollen to
an extent that must render it3 passage a
must difficult matter. Of course Gen. !
Pierce has no ponton train, and I do not '
know that even Gen. Scott has one. I
I treat my information as correct, as I .
have no shadow of reason to doubt the ,
authority from which I received it, and !
must add that the Mexicans are greater
dolts than I have ever considered them, if j
it be not correi-t. And who is .to blame :
for this .and the other difficulties which
line the road to Jalapa ? Is it General !
Scoit, or higher authority, or both ? Oiie
thousand men, stationed between Jab pa
and Santa Fc, a distance less than seventy ,
miles, would have saved not only these
bridges, but many valuable lives and much
property. Such a guard would have af
forded ample protection to travellers, and,
by preventing depredations, would so
have discouraged the guerrillas that half
their bands would ere this have been bro
ken, and scattered over the country, to
prey upon Mexican instead of American
property."
The foreign residents and the well
disposed Mexicans complain seriously of
the recent orders, Nos. 21 and 25, issued
by Governor -Wilson, ix; which he says
the castle will fire upon the town in case
cf an attack. I can- hardly suppose that
he seriously contemplates such a measure
' as its effect would be to aid the express
object of the gucirillas, or robbers, com
posing the' assailants. Their design,
, would be to destroy as much property as
possible, and they would thank the Gov
ernor for his valuable assistance in its de
struction; and who would protect the poor
foreigners, huddled together, old men,
j women, and children, in such a place as
' that appointed for their shelter, or ren
dezvous; for shelter it is not in any senso
of the word! I sincerely hope that bet
, ter counsels, or rather authority, will in
i ducc a further amendment of his orders,
. before an attack takes place. The effect
; of the orders has been to destroy, in a
great measure, the confidence reposed in
our promises of protection; and I do not
know how any good could be expected to
result from them.
I have to-day received five or six pack
ages of your paper, the first that have?
come to hand in a month. Where they
have been I know not; and I only men
tion their delay to account for nt having
noticed some extracts in the earlier dates
from sundry papers, and particularly from
the Washington Union, the statements of
which conflict with those made by ma
on several occasions. It is now too lato
to trouble your readers with the details to
prove the correctness of my statements,
and I will only crave room to ask tho
editor of the Union, first, If, in his opinion
Gen. Scott now has twelve thousand men
in his division of the army? Second,
where he obtained the information, a
month ago, that half a million of dollars
in specie had been collected for duties in
Vera Cruz? And, third, upon what
system of arithmetic he based the calcu
lation that fiftccrt millions of dollars of
revenue would be yielded by the tariff
now in foice on the Mexican coasts?
Five millions might have been secured by
the establishment of a common-sense rata
of duties, and reasonable facilities of pay
ment and trade; but I can assure you
that, under those adopted, not one million
including all duties received, and all bond
ed, will be realized within one year from
the date of opening the ports.
Vera Cruz, July 22, 18 17
After all the delay which occurred in
getting off the train and escort under Gen,
Pierce, many of the wagons were in an
unprepared state, and became detached,
from the main body. An escort of a hun-'
dred and fifty or two hundred troops wa3
detailed to remain with the stragglers and
guard them until they could rejoin tho
train, while the main body mved for-:
ward. The detachment had, however,,
advanced only a few miles beyond Santa
Fe, when it was attacked by a large party
of guerrillas, which kept it engaged for a
bout four hours, at the end of which timo '
the Mexicans were well "U3ed up," and
the Americans moved forward. A gen- '
tlcman who passed along the road yester
day morning says that he saw several
dead bodies in the vicinity all Mexicans
and has no doubt that the guerrillas
met with a considerable loss. No wound
ed have arrived here from our troops, and
it is to be presumed that their loss has; ;
been small. It is strange that no messen
ger has been dispatched to the Governor -
w:th the intelligence. The firing was '
plainly heard by our sick, which had been
left behind at Santa Fe. The detach- -mcnt
which 1 mentioned in my last as
having been sent out to Santa Fe, has re
turned, and report the entire destruction -of
the place, in conformity with the Gov- '
ernor's orders. The measure of destroy
ing that place is a good one, and it is to
be hoped will be followed up with that of
the destruction of all the hamlet3 within '
ten miles of the city. The preservation
of life and public property requires such
a step, and, even if we have to pay for
the property destroyed, it is yet the poli-
cy of true economy.
Steam Hod Carrier. The contract
ors on the Bay State mills now hoist
their brick and mortar by steam. A small ;
engine is stationed in he lower story of
the raijl, to which is appended and end-
less chain running from the engine to the '
floor upon which the workmen are en
gaged. To the chain the hods of brick
and mortar are fastened by a hook which .
is firmly affixed to the hod. On arriving
at the lop the tenders take the hod3 from
the chains and carry them to any desired
part of the building. A man stands near
the engine to take off" the empty hods as
they approacli the floor by the downward
side of the chain. The labor of about
twenty-five men is saved by this inge
nious invention, which was first adopted
to this purpose, we understand at Lowell
last summer. Lawrence Cour
A Bank' Officer Defaulted. The
Richmond Enquirer learns that one of the
officers of the Branch Bank of Virginia,
at Lynchburg, has absconded, carrying
off some 13.G00 dollars of the funds of
the bank. He is said to be a manc-f hijrh
standing in the community, and has hith
erto borne an irreproachable: character.
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