Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-05-26

The price toe the "Trip OF twenty ak miles.
sM De seventy i've ecnts for each person -
isckess 70 be had ~ the Depos. should the
de mano DC found to exceed the present n,esns
~ sccommods'ion. passenger Gill be unsles
the necessity of going and returning in the
same coach. until . sufficient sdsi;,ioaal n.,us.
DER al carriages can be furnished. A. sooa
a. u,,s Can be effected. Of which due aosice
WI! De given. provision will be made for Ire.
'e""g shorter distsoee than the whole trip.
y. r. THOMAS. President
:. BoRimsre and O.io ,itul Company.
Nay 20. 1860.
The Rail RoGd.--This morning a.
bout . O'Clock the President and Di-
reetors OF the Rail Road Company, ac-
campanicd by the Mayor aud City
Council. the venerable CrfARLEs Can
roll and other invited guests, proceed
ed from the Depot At the head Of Pratt
street 10 ElIicott's Mills, a distance of
thirteen miles. They we're drawn in
iuur Cars with horse 10 each. the ele.
CANT Car METEOR. made by Mr.. I'm.
lay. taking the lead. the Whole cxh,.
biting u most interesting spectacle
The principal part Of the company will
dine ut the Mills and pass the day
there. The Meteor Car, with twenty.
SIX passengers, returned To the city IN
one hour and five MINUTES.
Bali. Pat. hay %.
OrFicr OF THE CoLoYIzATIox SociErY,
Uashingio ION. 1fay 2Ofh, 1850.
Within a Few days past. very int
resting dispatches have been received
from the Colony of Liberia. This Colo
ny IS evidently advancing. with a sure.
u notrapid progress. and the friends Of
Africa IN our country have every rea
son to rejoice IN the success VI that
great experiment.. which they COM
menced, but a few years ago. with
soanty resources, few advocates, and
against the jealous opposition Of mul-
t,tudcs; some condcmIng the scheme
as mischievous, and others as impracti.
cable. We have conyerscd very par.
t'caiarly with a gentleman, who has
just returned from Liberia, for which
place he sailed IN Autumn last, as A.
gent OF Government in charge of Ger.
tain recnptnrcd Africans. and his stare
mcnts corroboratc fully what We had
before heard OF the general improve
ment and prosperity of the COLONY.
MIR. Francis Devany, High sheriff
OF the Colony, and one Of its most re-
spectacle Citizens, is now in Washing.
ton, and the information which he has
given US, could not fail to excite IN eve
ry humane and benevolent mind. ,,.or-
Gus resolutions To engage with greater
energy and increased hbetallty an the
work of African Coionlzation.
Ii is remarked in the Washington
Banner that the dcc-ase Of Mr.. Indu,
Us the seventh instance OF mortal.;,
which has attended our missions 10
South America. Mr.. Graham, who
succeeded Mr.. Sumter a. Minister to
Brazil. alter short residence at Rio
de JaDeirO III 1890, Lost his health,
winch induced han utter less than two
Years absence IA return hunr, where
he foapd a grave soon after his "a, rival.
MIR. Rodney. Minister to Buenus Az
res, died IN 1924. after short resi-
dcnee IN that country. Mr.. Anjrr.
son. Minister to Colombia. died IN
1895, ON hi, way from Bogota To the
Congress at Panama. Mr.. Provost.
our diplomatic agent IN Peru, residing
there before our recognition Of her in
dependence, lost his liie "a tina, coun
try in 1925. Mr.. Cooley. our first
Charge d'Aifairs Ia Peru. died at Ii
ma ia 1923. Mr.. West. appointed as
his successor, died in February last.
at Rio de Janeiro, on his way to Lima.
Steamboat Disaster. We under
stand. says the Cincinnati American,
the Steamboat HoME. ran upon the
rocks at the Falls Of Ohio. IN the 9th
inst. and bIIged ia few minutes. In
Is stated that the boat is nearly de
-,royed, and the cargo greatly dam
aged, though some Of the latter will be
saved. She was lying OF her beam
ends on Thursday. in three Zee: ri va.
ter, when the Hercules leff Louisville.
Bah Patriot
'Sedn,bodi Desiroyed-Thr C,ncin-
natl Daily Advertise states. on the
authority of passengers Who had Just
arrived from Louisville. that the new
steam boat Tygrcss WAS destroyed on
her way up the Mississippi fron New
Orleans. About 200 miles below Lou
issIlle, she took FIRE from the sto, @
pipe, aud nUt being able 10 ex,inguisl,
u she was run on shore where she Liep
p-yesscl and cargo total lnss.-