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Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24
FEMALE SOCIETY

10 there IS any recreation which
more than all others tends to preserve
the moral sense from pollution, the at.
fcct'ons from being corrupted, the So
ciai feelings from going TO decay-io
" raise the manners and Improve the
heart" iii, in the frequent intercourse
with sensible and well educa,ed fe-
males. ] do not mean nov that these
advantages are To BE- sought for or ex-
pected IN the crowded ball room or IN
fashionable parties. These are too Of
ten the hot beds where the rank weed
OF dissipation shoot up IN deadly luxu-
rianre and wither the seeds of virtue.
u - rather in the exchange Of thought
IN the hours Of social intercourse, that
the influence Of woman delights, cheers
aud improves. Here there j. no arti-
fetal excitement TO lend false glory
TO her cheek, or decei,fui voIubillty 10
her tongue. value far higher, one
hour passed in the society of an intel.
ligcnt accomplished female, than all
the giddy scenes Of tho Theatre or ball
room. ! had rather stand in the sha
dow Of such q woman by moonlight.
than 20 promenade Broadway with
the most fashionable belle in the city.
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24
NO ONE Is MISSED.

he world - lair and gay to US,
As now we Journey on;
Vet still Ills sad 70 think twill be
The same when We are gone.
some lew, pervhsnce, may mourn for ";
but soon the transient gloom,
Like shadows Of a summer cloud,
Shall leave the narrow tomb.
For men arr like the waves that roll
Along the mighty deep
That lift their crcsts awhile and frown,
AID then are lulled 70 sleep;
While other billows swelling come,
Amid the foam ard spray,
And, rs we view their furrowy track,
sink down, and--~herr arr they
And ever thus the waves shall roll.
Lake those but nLS gone past,
he offspring OF the depth beneath,
The children or the blast.
And ever thus shall men arise,
And be like those that be,
Aud msa no more be mi,scd on lind
Than wave upon the sea.
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24
MY COTTAGE HOME >,

domestic love- not ia proud palace halls
Is often seen thy beauty TO abide,
Thy dwelling is ia lo~ly cottage walls.
hat In the thickcts Of the uoosIbin.. hide.
Nth hum OF bees around, and from ,h.. ,ije
VI woody hills some little bubblinV spring
shining along thro' banks with harsbcIls ,Ire.i
And many bird 20 MARBLE on the wing.
When morn her saffron robe DER heaven and
earth doth fling.
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24
think. Mr.. w,Rr bears the palm As the

think, Mr.. WHIT bears the palm as the
nrst orator in the country. His 10.
hshed periods and flowing sentences
are admirably aided by the graceful
ness Of his action and the charm Of his
manner. His voice is clear and must
CAL ms person handsome and com
mand'ng-h's gestures appropriate and
expressive. and his air and carriage
natural and digniiied. Possessed OF
these advantages, he always reap,
golden opinions" from the peopie
before whom he speaks. His heart,
osam'ng through countenance full
OF intelligence. and benevolence, al.
most commands respect before his
words have confirmed the favorable
Impressions invariably received.
Alexandria Gazette.
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24

Early Riung.--Lying long and late
10 bed impairs the health, generates
disease, and in the end destroys the
lives Of multitudes. 1t is an iniempe
rance Of the most pernicions Kind. hav d.
ing nothing TO recommend ~, nothing
toset against It's ten thousand 'aisshiev.
Gus consequences, for 60 be asleep j.
TO be dead for the lime.
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24

Coron'r's Inquest coroucr's in q.
quest was held yesterday morning. o.
yer the body Of JoHS FIrrER, upwards
OF eighty years Of age, found lying
dead at the corner Of Constitution and
French streets, Old Town; verdict Of
the Jury, death from some cause un-
known.
We understand that the deceased
was IN apparent health ON Sunday, and
attended his Church rs usual. and il
- supposed that he was either over
come by the extreme cold, or attacked
by apoplexy.- Bali. Chron. Feb. II.
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ToPreserpe Hams.-A writer in the
Leesborg Genius Of Liberty. Who
signs himself John Potter. aavs:
VI have for more than twenty years
past kept my m~at hanging sp in my
smokehouse through the summer sea-
son, and M fly or bug has injared il.
To prevent such injury, ! take clean,
strcng ley, made IL hickory aches, and
boil ~, stronger than IL generally run.
on; then ] take my bacon. or Smoked
beet, having 9 or 3 gallons ~ the ley in
large iron ke'tie-tske each piece "f
meat and dip il into 81, lev. 80 thar
u 10 completely wetted with il; then
let IL dry: after which. I hang the meat
in its former place. By this psor~ss &
have invariably found that it kept the
meat free from bugs and worms, AMI
no taste OF ley is perceived, not even
on the outside"
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24

Danger Of LOqHoeily -" Doctor |!
Why have ! lost my teeth :" said =
talkative female 10 q physician. You
have worn them out with yoor tongue, ,
he replied.
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From the Alexandria Gazette.

TIC Alexandra GaZs1tc.
WATKINS LEIGH is n man Of whom
virginia has reason to be proud. In
ms late speech before the House of
Delegates. when his right to a seat
was contested, he thus sroke:-
1.-The gentleman had said il was hard
that 1t citizen Of the town might
represent the county, that a citizen
OF the county could not also represent
the town. But it was the hardship
OF the town that il could not select
from the county-and il would be q
hardship on the county If its sphere Of
selection were narrowed. He knew il
was supposed by many that his polite al
life or death, depended upon this de
cision, and that the consideration swsy.
ed his mind at time when he might
have offered for Richmond. But. said
Mr.. Leigh. know perfectly we'll. that
my political life depends on no such
thing. know that my political life
has been cut off by causes that Law vast.
~ deeper. l never had a passion for
money! never had passion for pow
~r-l had once a passion for fame
burning within me with the deepest
intensity--but it was soon extinguish
ed. l know the way which Others have
trod but am not to tread in their foot
steps. l have done with u desire for
fame--for look upon fame as far differ
ent from the applause and aduIations
of the day. or the compliments which
are often addressed TO my unde, stand.
ing. Fame, in my eye, is the favora-
Die remembrance Of poster,ty afte, my
boEes and flesh have been consigned
to the grave. Top,aiss I am insrnsi-
b!e--not To the good opinion ot nv
fellow men, Thank God--and I " ,.h
to steal from the world as I have lived,
silent and unknown
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cHAMnrRsnuRG. (pA.N

"""oENobShs', VA. FEB. 10.
II riefim TO Hfemperance.- Joseph
Anderson, shoemaker. living in the
ne'ghborhood Of Fayetteville. in this
county, who had been in the habit Of
using ardent spirits to excess for years
past. came 10 his home on Saturday
evening, 9Th inst. in a state Of intoxi-
cation. turned his wife out Of doors,
aud compelled her to take shelter at a
friends house in the ucighborhood.-
On Sunday, Anderson was found in his
house btrnsd 10 death, with a flask,
nearly emp'ied Of its contents, near
him! 1t app AIRED that his clothes had
caught fire from the candle, and so
helpless had the pnor creature made
himself. as to he unable to extinsuisb
it-he was bur ned about the middle Of
his body to a crisp. Republican.
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"Whrn I hear man. who profess.
es Ia be the ambassadors al Chrisf. de
nouncingin un,nessured terms. the no
nest religious belief of Others. and try
ing 60 revive those passions, which IN
other times plunged Christian E.urrre
into such shameless scenes Of blood
and crime, ] am ever moved fo the
conclusion that In that man ,h-te -
q spirit Of unehsritshlsnesa condemn
cd by every preoept of christianity.
Charity - the very soul If religion. -
Its mandate is love thy neighbour as
myself. and God above siI things" IL
embraces lovingly the whsle human
species Of every cline and color, no
matter OF what sect ar condition. IL
further eDjoins, that we should live i'm
peace with one another. that we may
enjoy on earth the foretasie Of that
beati,ude which reigns eternalIy in
Heaven; and lac ~ho is not constantly
under its benign and characteristic
influence, is unfit oherald the cheering
tidings Of the cross"
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24

Cure for JToSt bitten Feef. -Tskc
the fat Of dunghiII fowl. and rob the
place or places Affected With IL, morn.
ing aud evening, over a fire--ai The
same time wrapping piece Of woollen
cloth, well creased with the same fst,
round the frost bitten parts. In two
or three days they will feel no pain.
snd IN five or sin will be quite cured.
~ the inner back 81 elder. or the leaves
II plAntain. be fret simmersd wiIh the
FAT, it viii be the better.
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24

An Ox's Gall " i'll set any colour. in
silk, cotton or wollen. | have seen
the calico which faded at every wash.
ing, fixed by IL. Where one lives
near slaughter house, il is worth
while TO buy cheap fading goods and
set them in this way. The gall can
be bought for few cents. One large
spoonful Of this, in a gallon Of warm
water, is sufficient. This is likewise
excellent for taking out spots from
bombaLine, bombsZctte. &c. After
being washed in this. they look nearly
as when new. II must be thoroughly
stirred into the water, and not put up.
on the cloth. II is used without snap.
After being washed IN this, the eolsr
which yoa want to clean. should be
washed IN warm suds, without using
soap.
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24

Make way, Eentiemen.' once cried
q Massachusetts Representative. to
the populsce. Who were crowdinR him
out OF bis place, in the PROCESSION on
election day. Make way, We are the
Representatives Of the People Make
way YOURSELF replied . sturdy mem-
Der OF the throng. we are the ps0pie
theusslres.I
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24

MeMod Of preserving grain from The
depredations Of Jfice. Fix in heap
of grain Tor in any other similar mat
ter which you desire to keep from the
ravaSes oil the mice) some stalk, With
their branches and leaves, either green
or dry, OF Water Crosses, tsisyDsbriun,,
and none OF these mischievous amin al /.
Will approach II. Some leaves Of this
plant will be even sufficient tn drive
them from any place to which il is de-
sired 10 prevent their having access.
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School for the Head and Heart. -
g T hOugh men," SAYS an old author.
may improve their hrads in the com
pany Of their own ser, Ne may affirm,
that the company snd Conversation Of
women 10 the proper school lor the
heart"
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24

TO stop Mouse holes. Take a plug
ct common brown soap, stop the hole
with IT, and you may rest assured you
will have no farther trouble from that
quarter. Ii is equally effectual as
regards rats, reaches, aud ants.
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24

Cheese. To prevent your cheese
having a rancid. nauscous flavor, put
one table spoonful Of salt 10 each gal
Ion Of milk when taken from the COWS
IN the evening, for the cheese to be
made the mex, day; put the salt at
the bottom Of the vessel that is TO re-
ceive the milk. IL will increase the
curd. and prevent the milk from grow
ing sour or putrid the hottest nights
IN summer.
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24

~ you would be hated BY your fami.
" and friends, be Drunksrd, and YOU
Wili soon be more ,bAn dissgreeable.
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NEW ORLEANS. rAx. lH.

NEW OHIEtNS, JIM. 10.
The launch of the ship Pearl. arriv-
ed in this port on Sunday last, was
lost III crossing the bar Of Tampico, on
board Of which we're the mate, three
seamen and twenty two passengers, all
Of whom persisted.
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Every thing new s-days IL tri color.
y wsg says, they barn tri-eolored
coal IN Paris, and live on tri-eelorsd
frogs.
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R,signofiOn -" Ned has runaway
wiIh your wiie," said one friend 20 an
other. Poor fetiOso 90 replied the
fsslOrn husband.
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The municipal Committee Of Paris
have completed their examination Of
OF the facts Of the revolution. IL ap-
pears, by the report. that during the
great Three Days, 1859 we're Killed
among the people alone, and more than
5000 wounded.
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The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
Company, have reported favorably on
a plan for extending the rail road into
several streets Of Baltimore, the rails
To be elevated about two inches above
the pavement. One track only, for
the present. TO be laid down IT, each
street. which will leave 5 feet on each
side for carriages.
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-24

Prophecy Of Lord Byron. his
journal, under date Of January IL,
1891, Lord Byron writes" Dined-
News come-the Powers mean To war
with the people. The intelligence
seems to be positivc--let il be so-they
will be beaten in the end. The King.
fines are fast finishing. There will
be blood shed like water, and tears
like mist: but the people will conquer
in the end. shall not live to see il /;
but foresee it,,
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II You would wish 70 s,arvc yoar
family. be a Pm vF.np.
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i have often wondered how people
who have a snug homr FIRE side. where
AZ they might keep their shin. ~srm,
COULD 90 forth into the open air, face
the cutting wind and eddying snow,
defying chilblain, and red nose. and
freeze themselves almost "a des,h. lust
TOR the sake Of having il SAID they took
q slcigh-ride.
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Phiiddeiphid.-from a statement in
Poulson's Daily Advertiser, il appears
that this beautiful city is in highly
prosperous situation. From $50 to
1850 houses are built yearly-all ten.
anted as soon as finished and the
number Of vessels arriving in the por,
is more than double in the last three
years-an increase almost unexam
pied in the annals Of trade and com
merce.
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The following Is pubished 1t the rcqucx Of .
person unknown to ua

The following I. published ., the rcqucx Of
person unknown to us
From the Z.nesviiie Gazette.
Pfeasiay and uncommon. Mes.r.
EDIToRs.-lt appears from IN. AN
annual Report Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road Company. that the 4th
Section Of the work was declared a.
oandoned-"in consequence ofa viola
ton Of that clause, prohibiting the use
o: ardent spirits." This il q pleasing
TACT and one that should rebound much
to the honor Of the Superintendent oi
that work, for the decided stand he
has always taken in the cause OF tenn :
Peranee. by having the prohibition in
serted in the article Of agreement With
Contractors. And il il to be desired.
that the Circumstance Of so extensive a
work ~ the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road being carried ON without the use
OF ardent spirits-will have atentlency
to convince Thousands in our country.
that the article of Uhiskey is not NJ
crssary for the more trifliny operations
OF domestic and farming Character
such as harvesting and house raising.
&c. And II may be expected that the
regulation on the Rail Road-together
with the recent order Of the Honora-
bIs Secretary Of War, prohibiting whi..
key to the soldiers. will have salutary
effect, both upon soldiers and citizens,
and contribute to make the hearts
OIL MANY GLAD.
=. s. Query--If SO important a
work as the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road, can be prosecuted without ar
dent sPirits-~hy not the National
Road in OhioI The superintendent
os this work, and his assistant, are both
men OF temperate habits-aud il would
De great encouragement to virtue, il
all who are engaged IN this interest
ing undertaking, were to participate
In the ambition tn respond Ia SO gre nj
examples as the above mentioned ;
and show the East. that the bs ave and
hardy people of the West, can prac.
tlce self denial and temperance, with
as much ease and pleasure, ss they
can face the enemies Of their country
IN the held Of battle. Shall a man in
all things else, brave and resolute.
despiser Of tyranny, not have moral
courage to conquer his liberty from the
Dominion Of british appetizer Nj. 6,
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flirting Dead Mon.--A Nr. Crimes,
. passenger IN the Hartford stage, the
other day set paragraph sfna' in tho
papers. which froze Co death Edw ard
Greene, Mail Carrier. Poor Greene
has written letter TO town, insisting
that he 10 alive and kicking: but IL IS
no use. The newspapers will n yer
bring him to life, end he NAV rs well
give II up. We have seen his death In
some hfty papers, and IL he has any es-
tate, he may expect. upon this evil
dence, To see letters OF administration
taken out before his face. What q
sad fate is poor Green-'s. He is con-
demned to transport all over the eoun-
Try. positive intelligence of his Own
death. IL Providence .3n,srieaa.
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Ps1ginia.-In 1890 the Ancient
Dominion" contained within her boun
daries one fifth Of the whole politics al
power o! the Confederation--was tw ice
as large ~ New York. and one. third
larger than Pennsylvania. But the
tables are now turned. Her polite al
weight in the scale will be just one
half that Of New York in the Congress
under the new census, and one third
less than that Of Pennsylvania. She
will have 10 take rank with Ohio, a
State that was not in existence when
she was in the zenith Of her prosperity
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A LAWYER. "A lawyer without hls.
tory or literature is a mechanic, a mere
working masonj II he possesses some
knowledge Of these, he nay call him.
self al architect.
In civilized society, Law isIhe chin.
ney through which all that smokes dis
charges itself, that used 10 circulate
through the whole house and put every
ones eyes Out--bO wonder, therefore.
that ihe vent itself should sometimes
ge, liuIe sOOiy.--L Sir ~. Scott
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Chinese Notions Of Disfribmiire Jus
hce.-In order TO celebrate weddings
IN China, they used TO fiI dav IN
which all the young men aud girls tho
wished to marry repaired To u place
des'in'o for that purpose. The Young
men gave a statement Of their wealth;
after which they were divided INTO
three cia.ses-tbe rich, the n.,ddl.ng.
and the poor. The gal. were also
divided into three cia-ses-tbe fine,
the t"lerable. and the ugly ones. Then
the hne girls we're given 10 the rich
young men who paid for them; the to
lerable ones 10 the second cia.- of
young men, Who did not pay: aud the
ugly ones Ia the poor. who had With
them the money paid BY the rich.
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Alta gold mine in Hall County. Geo.
seve0ty-one pennv-weights 81 pure
gold were extracted from thirty. four
pounds Of pounded rock.
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There are 1000 more females than
males in Massachusetts, by the census
The softer sex make up in numbc
chat they want 10 might
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characteristic. AT a Convention
OF the Members Of the two branches OF
the Legislature, held in the Represen
ia''ves Chamber on Thursday l7th ult
LEvi LIScoLN and rRoMAs l.. wiz
rHRor, were unanimously nominated
as candidates for reelection 20 the
Offices of GoverDor aud Lieutenant
Governor at the Commonw cath. A
vote also passed unanimously, nomi
mating ilENEY CLAY, of keniucky, a
candidate for the Office Of President Of
United States, to be recommended to
The support OF the State. ~ the ncxt
election. a committee WAS appointed
to prepare an address to the people.
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90 AoREs OF T.AND.

large proportion of which 70 ~ timber Of
the hnes' quality. The sdvanssges possess
81 ~ this property are very gteH. Iting
near the Po,enssc snd Shenan,loah rivers. ~
. ih the vicinity ~ The large rnills erected OF,
ihese streams, whilst all tie faeshisrs f,,g trans
parting Its produce TO market, 90 be derived
from Tie Chesapeake sRd Ohio Csnnl. amt
TIE bailinnFf hsii Road, sil be esi,,, ed by
W ths highest degree. There Z : lssse
ana constant stream Of water russisr ,hrough
The ifatl, ~ such n,sgniiade ti,at u .upplss
sevefsi valuable nails before Il reaches ,h,
l-hd' NheTe are siss several line has stone
springs CO.. the sssste. The cleared land !. -,
high STATE &c cOIiivsiiOn. and The fences .r,,
good. Pessessiea cen be had isnunedsai~iv.
The terms ~ii be accommodating. afI y
,ounJ advantageous so DO -. lhe tvact Mil
be divided into iw0spsFis 70 .,la purchaser.
Al spps'cstioss 20 be made 20 ihe sulse,,
osr, Fessdsng - ChsFiessswa, lsfTsssss se,.o.
~ Va JOSEPH 4. DAUGHkltIY.
Feb AZ, i63l.--H
1Jr TorrA light. si.eerHswa. Journal. 7 an
sa'ier, y. Herald. Fred risk, Mi ss,d Hs,.,,
i'cHn sgd i'giAian. " inshestsr, IA is..tt ~.
y .fh'r SEA. tunes, sd scs.a their account.
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Valuable Jefferson Land


THE subscriber. ~ rise agent and a,iot
= ney Of Thomas Fs,ffsx. Esq Of Alexan.
d"s, efs-ss for sale that vaiusbIe estate ~ Jet
ie'so" county, Strgip.a, called "rua iIss.
S,TAsE," consisting Of
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=. +. CuswnEHs wa, on Thursdst
last, reelected senator N Cuneres,
from The State of Maryland. Tor sir
years from ihc sd inst. Withou; oppo
si,iUH.