Lynchburg Virginian

From the Winchester Republican.

A late visit to some of the adjoining western counties has enabled us to form some opinion of the state of public sentiment therein. We found it rapidly recovering from the passiveness which succeeded the excitement of the presidential election. The pulse was rising and a strong and healthy reaction of the political system was taking place. We found our subscribers in raptures with Mrs. Barney's letter and Mr. Holmes's speech. A grazier of the South Branch told us he meant next fall to send Mrs B. the best spayed heifer in Hampshire county; another said he would subscribe ten dollars towards printing Mr. Holmes's speech in pamphlet form, and sending it all over the country. From all quarters we were called on to give our paper a more decided political character : they told us we had been too moderate-- that they saw from other quarters that Jackson was ruining the country, and that we should come out and let the people know it before our liberties were gone forever. Our friends may be assured that this advice shall not pass unheeded : so far as our feeble ability (physical and mental) will permit, our press shall do its duty.