Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-12-29

Pamage about S7O0.-RyuJLean.
iNpIANA.-JoHS TIprow, Esq. was,
on the 9th instast, on tho 9Th ballot.
elected Senator in Congress from
tins state, TO I'LL the vacancy occasion.
ei by the death Of General Noh,.
his Time OF service will expire on ,bc
s'h March, 1853. There were 6y.
candidates. "'e
The Legislature Of Maryland me,
at Annapolis on Monday last.
NJ. !. HAWKINS has been elected
Representative In Congress from
The Warren district in North Carroll.
ma rice RonEnT Porrxu, resigned.
The House OF Representatives OF
tennessee have, "by an overwhelm
ing vote" adopted the resolution,
instructing the Senators and request.
ing the Representatives of that state
IN Congress, TO oppose the renewal OF
the charter or the L. s. Bank.
Louisiana. The law recently PASS
cd by this State, prohibiting the impo
TALON ut slaves, enacts that every per.
son cmlgrating thither. is allowed Ia
take with him all the slaves actually
belonging To him at the time, for hi,
own use and benefit: but he is not al
lowed to sell or dispose Of any of them,
Tor the space OF FIVE years. ANY citi
zen OF the State is allowed in like man
ner to bring any slave or slaves into
the State which he may have Durchas.
cd Tor his own use. in good faith, pro.
vided that the slave he not purchased
IN the States Of Mississippi or Ala.
bama, or IN the territory of Arkansas.
or in Florida. But he will not he al.
lowed TO sell or transfer any slave so
purchased without the State, for the
space Of five years. The penalty for
each infraction Of the law. is a fine of
from 500 to $1,000, and the freedom
OF the place. The penalty for remov-
ing beyond the limits Of the States, any
slave who shall have thus become emit
tied to his freedom, is fine Of ST 900
and imprisonment for FIVE years at
hard labor. All the slaves brought in d.
to that State for sale, but remaining
unsoid at the time of the act, To be re-
moved from the State immediately.
under a penalty of SEQ per day for
each slave not so removed. Ali the
slaves now on their way to that mark ct.
to be taken away from the State with
IN five days after their arrival. The
act IS not TO apply TO the servant or
servants Of travellers, who are the bona
fide owners Of them. II has been ap-
proved by the Governor.
ihe infacRca prevails 10 this city
- an ex'eh, which has never before
been equalied. From what we see
and hear, ve are certain thar q large
majority Of the population has been,
or is now affected by the disease.
The cases which psriake OF diff
cult and dangerous character, We
learn, are generally those arising
from reIapses.- Bali. American.
BEDFORD. PA. DEC. 10.
Some six or eight months ago. MIR.
David Rock, of Napier township, in
this county, attempted to administer
medicine to sick heifer. who il after.
wards appeared was mad. In the act
OF doing so. he wounded one Of his fin.
gers. and thereby is supposed to have
caught the infection which resulted in
his death on Sunday last, in a most
dreadful state Of HydrophoJin.
Fire and loss ofHreS.-On Sunday
morning the house Of Judge King, in
Freehold, Greene co. was destroyed
by fire, with all its contents. The
father Of Judge K. and his youngest
child were, as VIC understand, burnt
to Death. The rest Of the family
most narrowly escaped with their
Iives.-C Albany Daiiy Adr.
The Albany Daily Advertiser states
that the revenue from the Erie and
Champlain Canals this year, will he
about SI6o 900 more than during the
last. Last year it was 81 ,o56,922.
.lfoFGhfr The Richmond Wig announcing
'he lspeiacd death &C Csptsin a. b. Ross. thus
ailudes 90 deaths 'loings among the members ct
the Virgins State Convention:
"Thc singular mortality among those
"ho were elected 20 and served in
tbat Convention, bas struck ell who
have reflected upon IL. DR.. Calvin H..