Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-07-07


Pistareens. An "oli subscriber"
oI the New Yo,k Daily Advertisers hay
ing called upon the Editors Of that pa
per for information touching the value
oi What are called pistareens. they have
given him the following answer
Z" We Yesterday applied to seven Of
our City Banks 70 ascertain the rate at
which they were received, and are en-
ablcd to ,ntorm an Old Subscriber"
the Pi.tareen Of any description, With
or without heads. ought not To be TIA
ken ior more than sixteen cents. Some
OF the Banks allow customers, in dc.
posting few of them, when not too
much delaced, u fraction over 6 cnts.
but this is not to be considered q critic
rion TOR the general currency. The
Savings Bank takes them for Is cents.
aud the Spanish ninepenny pieces for
8 cents only. Tho safe way conse-
quently Tor persons in trade is TO take
and pass them only for sirieen cents. I"
Re.orf CONTROVERSIAL reply to some
remarks made by Gen. Hayne, during
the great debate in the Senate, on the
subject Of the Hartford Conve ntion.
MIR. Foot replied, that the people Of
New England had given the authors
aud abetters of that Convention. leave
TO retire to private liie.' where shcy
would remain. unless the Senator, Or
his political friends should call them
forth. If, said Mr. f.. the republicans
OF South Carolina Guild make the same
disposition Of their rash and imprudent
mcn, that the republicans OF New
England had done OF those among them.
the Union would be in no danger.
Bait. Mary lander.
Robbery Of Mr.. Uingec.-Thc rob
berry Ut Mir. Robert DinSce Of New
York. Of his pocket.book containing
$3.50. between Frenchtown and Phil
adeiphia, was mentioned In this paper
on Saturday. This morning pack age,
mailed in Philadelphia, came address.
ed To the Post Master in New Yo,k.
with the following note. written in a
disguised back-set hand:--
the enclosed is the pocket book and
papers which were taken from r. Din
gee on his way from Baltimore, please
send them TO him No Postage
The direction was-slor the Post
Master OF New York City,
Enclosed in the foregoing note TO
to the Post Master. was n package Iii.
rccted TO MIR. X. Dinsec, containing
his oeket.book and papers, accompa-
MED by the following le,ter:-
here with you will receive your
pocket book and papers which were
taken from you on your way from balti-
more, the money caruot spare at pre-
sent. am not 4 habitual thief. this
wicked and desperate act is the result
of extreme distress-poyerty and woe
fui want.
i have no accomplice, am alone in
| this thing. you cannot find me out.
your 500 reward, or even had il
been $500 it would not get the money
- see by your papers that you live
10 New York aud work for uncle Sam.
i wish you better Luck.
Mr.. r. Dingec.'
The disguise of the hand writing
was evidently an effort. The Smelling
Is correct. In all instances the letter
Is written very long above aud below
the line ". L. Com. .4dr.
NEW YORK. JUNE 90.
Uesfi'tHion. An illustration of the
temptations 10 crime, Ia which dcstitu-
tion too often leads, was exhibited m
the Police Office Yesterday. a com.
plant was lodged there by a person
VINO had lost a watch. against another,
whom he supposed had stolen Il. a
description oi the watch was gwen. aud
Nr. Abrams. the pawn-brokcr, disco.
Nercd by the marks that IL had been
pledged with him: lac accompanied an
officer. for the purpose of ascertain,ng
whether the accused was the pers,n
WIN pledged IT. On arr,,in. at the
dwelling of the accused. n cellar ~
Watcr-street, they witnessed a scene
which could scarcely be believed 20
exist ia a city like this. Stretched on
the iloor, with nought TO protect them
from IT'S damp, save coarse piece ot
canvas, lay the accused aud his wife,
aud, at short distance, stretched ais
on the iioOr, lay their dead child. The
room was without any thing that could
DC called furniture the cellar moi.
some every thug around bore e,i.
dence OF utter wfctchednrss. 1t an.
pear eel that the child died Oh Wcdues.
day, aud on the night Ut that day the
person who lost the watch vent m 60
at 10y the corpse a. a heighbor he
having got asleep daring the night, The
"retehed parent. driven to desperation
under the circumstances in which he
sas situated, pufloincd the watch, and