Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-03-03

The Arrival of the Ship Pacific, Al
New York, from Livcrpool. brings In
Formation of considerable advance Of
The price Of lor7oH VA Liverpool. An
Intelligent Writes. IN the New York
American. earnestly wanna the mer-
chants against the temptation Ia spec.
aiation which ~ offered by this advance
at price. lie reminds them of the la
mentable consequences Of the spcca-
iation excited la 1926 by the same
cause, aad aleprecates the entire ruin
witch u'nst ensue the generation of n
axe spirit nov. The Caution appears
to Us 10 be timely and wise.
Nat. hiiti.
An English f,icnd writes To the cdi.
tors Ut ;hc New York Commercial un :
der date al London, Jan. 4, ~ follows:
Tae Duke Of W ellington holds on,
popularswiih his easily ad, crsa, les, but
sinking with his first supporters. Peel
Is despi>cd alike by all parties. Hus-
kisson "ill no doubt join the admins
tration: King Arthur is sensible that
1t wants propp'ug aud think that
you may write down Prince Leopold
hing oi Greece-yes, YOU NAV write
him down an ass. We have a rod in
pickle f"r you,if YOU don't modify your
tarih. foa must. succumb-you bite
on tile."
LongerHy.-rhere is now living In
Franklin county. Pennsyls AHA, man
oi the name Of JonS Hui, who. from
the best information that can be ob
tanned (rcn himself and others, is be
tween l20 and $50 years uI agei lie
served George the l., H., and H., as
so'dier-il.e latter the last time in
this country, under Gen. Bra.l.,ock.
and was considered too old for sol :
dier when our revolutionary war broke
out! lie enjoys pretty good health al
present, and appears likely to yet have
some years in store. Ills habits through
life. 80 far as the memory Of any now
l'inS ruhnelh, affords no argument Of
temperance being necessary to lonee,i-
W Ca0".Ie,abery Repository.
Tyc.-The store or Dir. Shocnbcrrer
at " Maria Forgcs," 10 this county. was
destroyed by fire. on Friday mornin.
the l9th inst. Tie fire, we under
stand. was communicated from the
stove pipe TO rags on the loft, and from
them to quantity Of powder, which
BILE up the building. = Huntington
IRA. Gc-tHe.
NEw-yoRE. TER. 10.
1Iasqucrade.-On " cdnesday even
! ing, Il mob Of several hundred persons
collected IN front Of the Park Theatre,
insulting, in the grossest manner, these
who arrived in carriages to attend the
amusement. The crowd was So great
that 1t was almost impossible for the
company TO reach the front door, and a
large portion were compelled TO enter
The rear, from the Theatre alley. Sc
vcral applications were made for the
city watch TO dispcrse the multitude.
but they declined aoy interference,
saying that, as the Manager Of the The.
atrc was acting in direct violation al
the law. he had no particular claim on
,!.c peace officers of the city, TO protect
him in shis unlawful proceeding. Its
believed that they lad their instruc
tons from those in authority. At one
time II wasapprchendcd that the mot
would iosoe their way into the house
they, however, were content with max
me great noise outside. and occasion
ally throwing stone through the win.
dows. We hope il viii serve as les
son, hereafter, not TO violate The law Of
the State, by getting up another mas.
qucrade.
M0ching.-C. Robinson. coroner OF
Clarendon, Orleans county, New York.
reports the death, under shocking cir.
cumsiaDces.o of two pei sons in his neigh.
Oorhood--one. Elijah Dolly, died drunk
IN baf.room the other, n Mrs. An.
MS, being intoxicated. fell into the fire.
from which she was upatle 90 cxtricate
herself. The husband being also
drunk, fell l,kewi ,e into the fire, in at.
tempting to drag her out. lie escaped
with lie, but she persisted.
The Groton HerSld, in history Of tha,
place, gives several anecdotes 81 the clden
tune, from among which Is taken the follow
'ng sample Of the proceedings Of Tive Select.
mcu.--
January 81, lGS1.-It is agreed
upon by the selectmcn. that the lndanes
shalt be warned ont of the Too "A a f,,.,L