Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-03-17

I a Ne,c Proposition -I'he Nneel1ag
Compiler contains grave proposition
to cede the Counties Of brooke and
OHIO, IN Virginia, To Maryland or Penn.
Syivania. The editor thinks that their
inhabitants would prefer an annexation
TO Maryland, and intimates that il the
isolated condition Of ,hosc countic.
should be urged as an objection, there
Is nothing to hinder the counties Of
Preston. Monongatia, Tyler, and SO
much OF Harrison and Hood a. the CT
tension ct the southern line az Preston
tn the Ohio River would cut on. being
included IN the transfer. Bv such nc
ccssion, says the Compiler, MARYLAND
would have an outlet to the Ohio n,
we'll as on the Atlantic. and he homes
his suggestions will receive the serious
confederation Of the people of Virginia
and Maryland generally.
CBak. Chronicle.
The conductors Of an a,hcis,ical M /.
per in Philadelphia, seeking for sub.
scribers, forwarded . number to gen
tleman, who returned the following re-.
ply: !" Your Infinitely internal produc.
ton Is returned. Words are too poor
to express my adherence of it aud its
patrons. IL had its origin in the do /.
minions Of darkness. Its author was
the devil-its publishers his angels.
and its subscribers his everlasting vic
tins"
A writer in the New York Courier
gives an account OF fancy ball that
recently took place in that city, from,
which we take the following extract:
"Mary. the beautiful Mary. Queen OF Scots,
entered the room and attracted every eve and
touched every heart. She had all the lowell
ness Of face, beauty Of shape, an,i dignity OF
demeanor. which SHE display ed when She as
the head OF the court Of France aud the con.
| sort OF Fra.cis. She danced several qund
rifles. and displayed altogether one Of the
finest persons in the world. There 10 some.
thing IN . beautiful woman that leaves deep.
| er impression on the mind Of sensihiIty than
either picked oysters. or even oysters stew
ed according TO the most approved method >
We apprehend that the time and
place are to be considered. Let a man
have dined scantily, and missed his
tea-iet him, with all these n,i,,uses,
pass within the savoury odour tina,
steams up from an oyster cellar where
all things are prepared -. After
all. the Persians must have been pretty
clever as imaginers, when they gave
Tor residence TO the beautiful Peris
of the ocean, the hollow wreathet
chamber OF an oyster shell. We pro
test. however, against being considered
so ungallant as not TO subscribe TO the
Courier's doctrine-et1cr the peris have
been worshipped.-[U. S. Gaz.
Spirit Of Mrenfion. This may bs
truly called the sgc Of invention. We
are gravciy told in the annals Of philo
sophy, that ssgar may be extracted
from rags, boards may be manufactur
ed from saw dust, paper from woot
shaving, and spirits distilled from oil,
hats. We doubt not that some mod,
will yet be devised for extracting lirh
from cucumbers, aud battling up sun
beams. = Salem Observer.
Hr. Benoit Leblanc, oG the Orlcan
Theatre, received wound on the LII
m duel, which ended in his death OF
the Saturday following He was ma
tive Of Orleans, France.
The frigaie Brandywine. Capt Bal
lard, sailed from New York on Tues
day last. on q cruise.