Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-11-06

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Tho usual time will in all probability be
about an hour and half
depot 10 about TO be erected in Ken.ing.
ton, whence Omnibuses will convey pas,en
gers 10 any part Of the city. ~. 4. Gag.
The Philadelphia Herald states tn al
partial trial Of the Philadelphia and
Trenton Rail Road was made on Satur-
day last with a locomotive engine con-
structed by Mr.. BALDWIN. The dis
lance from kensington to Morrisville.
twenty six miles, was performed in 55
minutes: returning, the distance was
accomplished in IS minutes. The en-
CINE being new, and imperfectly greas-
ed, Of course did not perform To the
utmost OF its capacity, and yet one dis
lance of 3 miles was performed in 6
minutes. AS this road is LereI and
straight, speed and safety may be COM
bincd upon it in the highest degree
There appears to be no doubt that with
single engine, 300 passengers can be
conveyed over the line in one hour.
without the least inconvenience or risk.
II is understood that within few DAYS
the Rail Road will be formally opened
for public use, and a regular line of
transportation established upon it,"
Cleaveland, near the mouth of the
Cuyahoga where it empties into Lake
Erie, is one Of those wonderful crea-
tons of large and thrifty towns that we
so often hear of in the West. In 1880,
it had only 1000 inhabitants but in
May, of the present year, (lS3t,) A.
800, and between two or three hun
dred houses were then erectingl Yes
sells OF 300 tons can enter its harbour.
II has its churches and other public
buildings, light house, sc. and must be-
come a great city-in 1.-THE great
West"
But Uhere now is The WesfP Unjust
be beyond the Rocky Mountains
Nh. Intel
Newspaper folcdrds the Rocky Noun
fains.-A newspaper to be called the
" Indian Advocate" and to be edited
by the Rev. ISAAC M'CAY, is about to
be established in the Indian Territory
three hundred miles Uesf of So. Louis.
This location, we think, must be con-
sldered somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of the celebrated "far west
t.tsr York Courier.
Not near it. He may go a thousand
miles west of it to the Yellow Stone.
and he will there meet people still
from the west " 1.Naf. Int
The Wesf-A gentleman who lately
travelled from Paoli, Indiana, to Vim
cennes, distance of 62 miles, count
cd, in that distance, no less than four
hundred wagons, moving emigrant
families to Illinois and Missouri.
The population of Nashville, Ten
nessee, has doubled in ten years. In
1924, II was three thousand five hum
drcd IT is now seven thousand.
II is said the high-minded family Of
the late Robert Temple, Esq. of Yer
mont have resolved to refund 10 the
Government, so far as his estate will adj
NIT Of it, all the money he may have
wrongfully obtained.
FTe.-We regret that the extensive
stable belonging to Mr.. Benjamin Black
ford, near Luray, Page county, was con-
sumed by fire on Tuesday night last,
and 10 or ~ valuable work horses
with all their gearing and other appur-
tenances, persisted in the flames
The loss TO that estimable and enter
prizing gentleman, occasioned by this
sad calamity, must be very heavy, par
tIcularly in the present situation Of his
business; his extensive works at Isabel.
la furnace being in full operation, and
his new works in Powell's Fort nearly
ready to go into blast. The value Of
the property consumed, is estimated al
two thousand dollars. exclusive of the
building. The night was calm. and
but for that fortunate circumstance.
much other property would doubtless
have been destroyed.
Uoodsiock Ssniiusf
WEsT INDTEs.-A letter from a
member OF the Legislature Of N. Proyi-
dence, Bahama, dated Nassau. Sept.
18th, to his friend ia Philadelphia, says ::
" assure you that every thing connec-
ted with the apprenticeship system goes
on admirably perfect quietness pre-
walls here, and the accounts received
from Jamaica bear the same aspect, and
there arc no doubts entertained Of che
continuance Of good order.
At late military dinner in Boston.
the following toast was heartily reoeiv-
ed
" Orr BcofheysiA .Arms.-We prefer
their sisters, IN arms