Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1832-04-19

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|9 CbUsef AZ s1lA--Thii year ~.
Whistles hss;sg calculated ihs rsessa
|sf . ee9ss. which vss 10 usnko lie o.
peasanes to-day, Wednesday. q Ne
miputes aftev 6veia The u,orning, gave
netiee - the pnhlic Aceordingjy, viii
this terrifying sdAiiisa, that : toni
dissslstIsn q abe world y Ore VS. T.
sskH Ssass - ~ Fsiday (s)fS0isR. -
Therapeutics Ne. w. Nd lsus mails
tanned. both q . divine and 3 rhilses.
fAes, left IiStle - ne desbt With NE
pspuIsee e the truth Of this pyedieS3sa.
Several ludicrous evepts new teek
place. a ssesber Of psssoas II asd
sbest I.ssdeo, seized o. the basess
sad 6uais they ceeld lay hssds % in
the Ihsnea, very raiisnsliy cesclsd-
ing that when the. ecsasgrativp took
place, there would b the meat safsly
% water. A geatlemsn whs hsd neg
iecsed family prayer Ter nearly ave
years. intermed his vile, that it was
bic detsrninatiea 60 resume that lauda.
bic practice the ssms evening; bot bis
wife having ssgsgsd , ball at her hease,
perssaded her hssband % pat Il or till
they saw whether the comet appeared
OF not. The South Sea stock imme.
uediateiy fell 10 Eve per cent. and the
India 10 eleven, and the captain Of .
Dstch ship threw oil his powder into
the river. that the ship might not be
endangered. HE next morning, how.
ever, the comet appeared according to
the prediction, and before noon the be.
lief was universal that the day Of judg.
ment was 1t hand. About this time
about 12S clergymen were ferried over
to Lambeth, Il vas said TO petition that
. short prayer might b penned and
ordered, there being none in the church
service for that occasion. Three Made
Of honor burnt their collections Of
novels and plays, and sent to q book.
seller 70 buy each Bible, and Bishop
Taylor's Holy Living aud Dying. The
run upon the Bank was 90 prodseious,
that all hands were employed from
morning till night in discerning notes
and handing out the specie. On Thurs.
day, considerable more than 700 who
Kept mistresses were legally married
In the face Of several congregation. -
And to crown the whole farce, Sir
Gilbert Heathceke, at that time head
director Of the bank, issued orders 70
all the fire- officers in London. reouir.
ing TO keep good look out, and have
. particular eye on the bank of Eng.
land.
Extraordinary Escspe. --On the
18th inst. Horace, sen Of widow r.,
Doten, Of Barnard, aged 6 years, while
ia the act Of carrying soap tub 10
place By well. was unfortunately
preeipitated headIong into the well, to-
lgesher with the tub. The well was
Is feet deep, with Is feet Of water,
and wonderful 10 relate, the lad sue.
ceeded in reaching the top without A .
sistance, and unknown TO any one In
the house. In his descent, he lost cfY
one OF his boots, which he brought out
with hifn. He came into the house
drenched with water--said he had been
IN the well, but could not get out the
tab. He attempted to bring Il I'D in the
tirst instances bat, was second time
preeipifated down, when be left the
tob, and came out with his boot, with.
out receiving sny Sther injury than two
triiiing bruises On hishead.
[yoms,ss Cesszer
The Nsw Hampshire Senfisei saws:
ssis - remsrkable that there has never
been = convictions Tor the crime Of sr /.
Jury 10 this state, with the exec ptiou
Of . solitary instance, and this happen.
cd from the upbsaiding Of a msn's cor.
science. He had been hired .sswear---
the cause WISE gained By his testimony.
ne subsequently, presented himself TO
the couEt. acknowledged bis guilt, and
thsught he deserved punishment. He
was indicted, and IL now in the states
prison"
zhe Mor,siag .aSy.--There il some.
thing IN the naornisksir that, while II
deies the penstration u our proud sud
shallew philosophy, adds brightness to
the blood, freshness 70 life. and vipor
TO the Ehols frame. The fsesAneas of
the liPs ey the way, Is, according to
Or. MarshalI Hall, ene Of the ssrsst
marks ofhealth. II yos wouId Be veil.
therefore, II you weald have yesr heart
dancing Risdiy Ike the April hreeze.
and SeuT blood aswisg Ike an Anil
brock, Bp with fhs taegvv laek % "A
Shakespeare calls 4, whieh Il q tie
Iploughman's eteck, - warn him o.
che daWn; up sud breakfast 60 shs
meEning SIR, fresh 9Th the odOar Of
eedding aswerss and al che fraRvanes
q ne Iasidee spriag; Up frusn yeug
ss s destroying dsva beds, aad lrssa