Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-03-10


According Go accounts frem Epirus.
5000 dishandsl .Albsncse are srosrissx
That ruunsry, where they eomss;f every
kind of excess. During the ~l,aie ~ss
the inhab,tsnis never suffered SO much
a. ~ present.
The rsafhsr an the Coafiaenf.- "A
letter fran, Moutrejeau, in the depart
ment of the Upper Garonne. announces
that several persons ia that neighbor.
hood have died shrpngh cold, aud oih~rs
have their limbs fruxcn. In many piscss
the mills are unable 10 wo,k. 5" furi.
Gus are the wolves, that they descend
into the towns and villages TO srck Zoe
prey. a servant in the vicinity has
been devourca by them. and several
persons Who escaped with their live.
are drca,lfully mangied.
In The ncighbourhooJ Of Faux Don.
mes, Lower Pyrcnees. the Suraie of The
village. returning ON hersebaSk. from
visiting sick person. MAS attack
ed by several wolves. who killed beth
the horse and clergymen the latter
was nearly drNoufeJs
Our correspondent at Bayonne in.
forms Us, that communications viii,
Spain become every day moro and moro
dificult. the roads being ia,pfactic able
on account Of the ice and snow.
A Paris paper Of the 2Sih says, that
the ice in the Seine. the day previous.
VAS So soiid, that 700 persons exescij.
ed themselves with skating near the
Place de Greve. Stalls were establish
ed on the river, and several slrdgcs
drawn by horses. enliycued the vinIry
scene.
The shock of IN earthquake which
lasted abont two minutes, was fell nj
the close Of December, a: Bcilcy, IN
the department of the Ain,by which Sc
vcraI chimneys were shaken down.
At that moment the thermometer fell
to % deg. below zero.
The Mayor of Bouscat, near Dor
tdeaux, was Eaund dead in his bed. hav-
ing been suffocated by the vapour oi
some charcoal in a chatting disli, which,
he placed IN his chamber the preceding
night. an account OF the severe cold.
| A singular elopement is said to have
taken place lately at Hack thorne, viz
the flight Of wido,C. in nubibus, thro'
the window into q sheet, where she was
received by her destined lord. This
mode Of flight to the altar, according 10
vulgar notions in the neighborhoo,l, acts
as clearance from all the debts Of a
former husband. beating the insclvcn,
act hollow.-C Lincoln Eng. Herald.
The following remarkable case Of swind
ling is given in a German paper -
Wdrsa,1. A linen draper Of this
city has lately been swindled in the
following manner : A gentleman and
lady. accompanied by a nurse, carry
ing child, came TO The linen draper's
shop and purchased a considerable
quantity Ut goods. The bill being
made out, the goods being packed up.
and the moment of payment arrived,
the husband put his hand in his poke,
and missed his purse how unfortunate
he had left il behind His spouse too
had forgot 20 bring any moncy will, her
RI The worthy pair appeared quite dis.
tressed AZ this accident. Al last il was
arranged that the nurse should stop il,
the shop with the child until the none,
was sent in an instant the merehan
disc was deposited in droshke, ia
which the lady and gentleman ais,
placed themselves, aud drove off. -
he maid was shown into back par
lour. where the females Of the linen
diapers family fondled the child
After waiting for some time. she wen
tn the door, under pretence Of looking
tor the person who was TO bring Ga,
money. and disappeared. Thus IL,
bnPn draper, besides losing bis goods
has g"i an addition to his family.