Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-08-25
From tie Charleston Courier.


From tie Ch.ri.sson Courier.
Il Bd.-I will bet $1,000. PLAY or
rav-the money tohe deposited in the
h,rk--wiih any Cotton Planter. that
the Tariff has not reduced the value
Of Cotton one cent in the pound-and
that If the duties were reduced To the
rates &c 1916. Cotton would not there
by rise permanently. one cent in the
pound--thc decision to be made thus:
two If the first Merchants in London
or Liverpool shall have the question
submitted to them; if they agree, the
decision 20 be final. if not, they shall
refer their views to one O! the most
enlightened merchants Of France.
whose umpirsge shall BE- final. Now,
let any Of those wht. have so often de.
luded the people, by saying that the
Tariff has produced q ruinous fall in
the prices Of Cotton, come forward,
and try the sincerity Of their ssser.
tons. NO GULL.
The Cumberland Road.--We learn
from the Illinois Intelligencer, that
Col. Greenup. superintendent Of the
National Road in Illinois, has entered
into contracts for the opening Of the
road between the eastern boundary of
the State and Vandalia, n distance of
ninety miles. The estimated amount
under contract is 81. 2OS IS. The
masonry is 10 be completed BY the ~,
OF November. and the grading by the
lst Of December. The bridges are To
be finished entirely by the first Of
June next.
cHAMBERsBURG, AUo. 16.
We hear with shuddering, that NJ
Mont Alto Rolling Mills, belonging 10
II. & s. Hughes, in this county, on
Friday the 4th inst. a fine little boy.
about 8 years old, the son of man by
the name Of Evans, who few DAYS
before had moved to the works, having
strOIled into the works unobserved by
the workmen. who were busiIy sngag
ed. stretched his hand TO the rolls " he n
in full motion. which, dreadful to re :
late. caught hold of his fingers. and
in a single instant, with one shrek. he
passed through the rolls, and came 90,
on the other eide one mass Of Jelly. be-
ing literally crushed to pieces! His
death was instantaneous. His fond
mother standing by, tainted at the
shrek, and willis, IN thai situation was
covered with the blood and bespatter-
eel brains of her unfortunate child
There is some cancellation in the re
Election, that his sufferipgs were mo
mentary. No blame can be- attached
10 any Of the workmen. He was n
stranger to the mill, and unnotioed
until the accident occurred. The dis
tress OF the mother and family can rea
Oily be conveyed. His shattered re
mains collected together were decent
" inferred the next day, amidst a
large assemblage of the wo.kmen and
neishbOrs, whose signs and tears bore
ample testimony of their feelings on
the occasion and their sympathy with
the distressed family.-CRpo,iiory.
We understand that Gen. Upham
was yesterday sentenced, to pay a fine
1T one dollar. with oosts. for his as.
sault on Isaac Hill Salem Gas.
n Ne,D .4ir Cum trial of a new
AIR gun, the invention Of NJ. Perrault.
Rooen, was made last week in Paris.
IN the presence Of Lieut.. General
Pellet and several General and superior
Officers of Artillery. This terrible
INSTRUMENT of destruction IL mounted
IN rollers or little carriages. Three
guns can be fitted on one carriage and
each pointed ia different direction.
They are discharged by means Of n
wheel, which all infant would be abb.
to move. Each cannon fires off five
hundred balls minute, and 5000 balls
can be discharged without its being
necessary to get fresh supply Of com
pressed air. All the apparatus required
fer the three cannons can be carried by
! one horse. A battery Of those guns
to nm indefinite length may be formed
and their effects upon u mass would be
to cut them through as a saw does a
plank.
The Falmouth Packet English pa
peri OF July 9. gives some details re.
spscting the cOunter-revo,Ition pro-
Jected IN France. by the duchess de
Bern, IN favor Of her son. On a pre-
tenee oi going TO Italy. she proceeded
to Switzerland, in company with Gen.
Bourmont and his four sons, and Is
preparing To operate from thence upon
France. She Is prepared with i'm g.
menss Numbers of printed proclama.