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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1835-09-10

Joan Iaetson, Hilbert runriekaouse, John !Sharf
rdn,ei Aatie. JAHes Moore, and John i:
eveNs'' admsnfssrefor ef' John Udlper, de-
IN CIIANCERY.
VIE defendant. John Jackson, not hAy-
N 'ns entered his Appearance, add given
security according 10 the act Of assembly and
use ruies OF this court, sad i, appearing BY
Ssse'orJ evidence that be Is not an inl,abitant
of THIS country: Il il ordered. That IN, MD
ne'enda"t do appear here on the fret day Of
me neHtterm aud answer the bill OF the plsiS,Ff
ana that copy Of this order b. forthwith iuscr,.
60 10 some newspaper published ia ChsrIes,own.
sor tvo months Eueeessi'ely. and posted at the
IthfieHovn. A Copy-Tes,e
July 81, 1885 -
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1835-09-10

VIRGINIA, To Wit:
~ rules holdea ia the Clerk q Of7r, NJ ,hs ~,
cut Superior Court Of law and Chaesery Tor
ysnerson County. the Fret Mondsy ia July.
George Ehiicr, P,u,r,v,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12

Dor, that several persons by plugging
into the lake al the risk of their lives,
were enabled to reach il. They found
the mate Smith, by name give but
nearly exhausted. The bodies OF two
of the crew were found lasbed TO the
windIass (; and on entering the cabin,
the bodies Of the captain aud two 9th
er men, one woman, four girls and two
boys, were floating there.-Another
man, a passenger, was washed over
board soon after the vessel became un.
manageable. The dead bodies were
taken ashore at Connaut, and buried.
The survivor stated that when the
vessel capsized, all hands were below,
thaLonly himself and three others got
upon deck, and that he heard the cries
and groans of the sufferers below, until
nearly, daylight next morning. Among
the passengers were widow and her
six children, bound for Cleveland,
where she is said to have son resid-
ing; name not stated Csevetand
Wig.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12
Disasters on Lake Erie |!

GALE ON LAKE ERIE.-By the &C.
counts we publish from Buffalo and
Erie papers, some idea may be formed
oflhe disasters attending the gale, or
succession Of gales, which prevailed on
the Lake during the past week. The
probability is, however, that but a
small part Of the actual loss, either Of
life or property, has yet been told.
Indeed, we have now in addition to,
record most disastrous sbipwreck,
the particulars of which we learn by a
slip from the Office of the Conneaut
Gaz. Of Friday last. Phe schr. IRA
DER, Capt. Pritchard, from Port Bur
well Canada. loaded with lumber, and
bound for Cleveland, encountered a
gale of wind & was dismassed ON Wed.
nesday morning; a short time after
which she was capsized, and all on
board persisted, except the mate Of the
vessel, there were ten passengers, and
The crew consisted of four persons, in
Guiding the mate who was saved
consequently thirteen persons were
lost. The wreck was discovered of
Conneaut on Friday morning and in
The course OF the forenoon iioated SC
aesr tbs shore, mile east OF the har-
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12
From the Buffalo Daily Commercial
Advocate, Nov. IL.

Gale.-The wind commenced blow.
ing a gale about 6 O'Clock this morn
ing, and continued to increase until a.
bout 10. At that time it blew SO furi-
ously as to endanger the new buildings
now being erected in our city, and the
shipping upon the lake. We under
stand that the schooner Adelaide was
sunk at the mouth of the harbor, the
hands on board escaping in the sm all
boat Another schooner came in a.
bout half past ten with one mast bro
ken. Numerous other vessels have
been continually arriving at this port
during the day, most Of which are un-
injured. The lower part of the town
is completely overlooked as far up as
Crow street. A five story brick bull.
ding on the flats, east side Of Main
street, not completed was tumbled
down in mass from the very founda-
lion. Another four story brick dwell
ing, unfinished, owned by Danford
Richmond was blown down to the first
story, from which man narrowly es-
capped by jumping from the third story.
Another new brick dwelling on South
Division street, unfinished and owned
by Amos Morgan, was blown down,
falling upon his dwelling, adjoining,
and crushing in the roof, and breaking
through the floor Of the second story,
but unfortunately none were injured.
2 O'CLOCK, P. M.-The wind still
continues undated. The flats are
covered with water to depth Of from
6 to 10 feet. Many buildings are a.
float, and the damage will be immense.
We have heard of no loss of human
lives. The gale is unprecedented and
the highth OF water is greater than has
been known for years past.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12

in which they are situated, or any act
by which the minimum price OF which
these lands are now sold, shall be redu-
ced. would seriously affect the prospects
ty of all the old States, and do great in
Justice to those States by which they
were originally coded to the Confedc.
racy.
g. RESOLVED FURTHER, as the opln-
ion of this General Assembly, That the
public debt having been extnguished
ant the object for which the cession Of
the respective portions Of the public do
main by the States which originally held
them, having thus been accomplished,
that such disposition of the public lands,
or the proceeds thereof, ought to be
made among the States ofthe Union, as
shall be proportioned to the respective
sacrifices and expenditures incurred by
them in support of the United States I;
or, at least. in proportion to their Fede'
raj population.
8. RESOLVED, That the Governor be,
and he is hereby requested. to transmit
COPIES of these Resolutions to the Sena-
tors and Representatives from this State
in the Congress ofthe United States.
The foregoing Resolutions were read ,
and, on motion Of Mr.. Clingman, ordered
to be printed, and made the order of the
day for Monday next. Mr.. Hall, OF
Brunswick, subsequently moved that a
Message be sent to the Senate, propos-
ing the reference ofthe Resolutions to a
Joint select Committee of both Houses
This motion was objected to, and did not
prevail.
On motion Of Mr.. Manly,
RESOLVED, That the Committee on
the Judiciary be instructed to inquire
whether any further legislation be ne
cessary more effectually. to suppress the
vice of Gambling, in this State.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12
From the same, Nou. IL.

ETOW tUc SU"sS 1NoUs 49,
UNPRECEDENTED STORM.
The following are the particulars as
far as we have been able to gather
them:
As to the amount of damage to the
shipping, it is difficult in the confusion
of the moment TO ascertain. The
Schooner Tecumseh, is on the point o.
the pier and will probably be lost
Two vessels, names unknown, are a.
shore in the bay, south Of the ligh1
house. Several vessels came in du-
ring the height Of the gale, sails and
spars much injured, and by running
foul of other craft in the harbor /; have
been seriously damaged. The steam
boat U. S. came in during the gale
and was run into by the Com. Perry
both Of which were much damaged by
the conclusion. Several steamboats,,
the Sandusky, Ohio, Chas. Townsend
Henry Clay, and Sheldon Thompson,
are aground, and must hsve sustained
more or less injury. The Schoonsi
Florida, of Oswego. lies high and dry,
about 200 feet upon the beach, near
the ship canal. The Benz. Rush is
upon one of the docks.
The wharves have suffered more OF
less, and we trust, that the attention
of the forwarding merchants, who gen.
orally own the docks, viii be turned
to the erection of stone wharves. The
greatest sufferers, are the heavy mer-
chants in the lower town who had mol
time to remove their effects from ,heir
cellars.
The wafer was at least two feet
higher than it has been for the last
thirty years. No fears were entertain
ed until too late 10 adopt measures for
security.
The bodice Of Two men have been
found, and are said to be recognized
as the last two of the number that we're
drowned short time since, in cross
ing the Creek.
A bridge over the canal on Prime
street, is broken dowa. One canal
boat lies partly on the bank of the ca
nal slip, broken through the centre.
Schooner Eclipse lost one mast, and
Schooner Canadian lost both. The
steamboat w. F. P. Taylor, received
considerable injury, by being run into
by the Schooner Helen. Several bull
dings were blown down, and many
chimneys destroyed. The roof was
blown off the new County Clerks OF.
Gee. Many other accidents happened
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12
North Carolina Legislature.
THURSDAY, Nov. 10.

EdUHSUAID AfuVs IVs
The Speaker announced the appoint-
ment of the following Committees
ON THE JUDICIARY Messrs. Graz
ham, Carson, Hoke. Hybart. Manly Will
hanson, Clark, hutchinson and Jordan.
ON PRiyArE BILLs.-Messrs. j. W..
Quinn, Guthrie, Eaton,J A. ID. Mcneil,
King, Fllzrandolph, Rayner. Byrum,
Howerton, Bond, Hunt and Swlndell.
Mr.. Chngman submitted the follow
ing resolutions;
/. RESOLVED, as the opinion of this
General Assembly. That any act by
which the Congress Of the UDlled States
shau glye the public lands to the States
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12
From the Miami of the Lakes.

Singular Preservation Of Life. !
Something over three weeks since,a
little girl Of about five years of age,
while gathering nuts Of various kinds,
With some other children, in a forest
contiguous to praiIie,in the south part
Of this county, became separated from
It's companions, and remained 10 the
forest, or on the prairie for the space
oftweIye days. The inhabitants Of
the adjoining towns, to the number OF
several hundreds, turned out for the
purpose Of finding the little unfortu-
nate truant, but after several days Of
faithful search, gave the child up as
forever lost, as it was not deemed pos.
sible that i. could escape either one Of
the several dangers to which il was
exposed. To give the reader an idea
Of these dangers, we will merely state,
that the day the child was lost, the
prairies were on fire, and were filling
the whole country with smoke and
flame, which rendered it more than
probable, that the object OF their search
ipase have persisted in this general
confiagration of vege,ation.-ln the
event Of an escape from the FIRE, how
ever, i! was in no less danger from
perishing with the cold. by being expo
sed to The inclemency Of the weather,
at this season OF the year. Consider
atoms Of this kind, after four or five
days search, induced the inhabitants
10 give up all hopes Of finding the lit.
tie wanderer, & they returned to their
homes, conscious of having done all
that duty required Of them, towards
restoring the child to the fond embrace
Of it's parents. The surprise Of the
inhabitants can be better imagined
than described, on witnessing the little
pedestrian emerge from the forrest,
seven or eight days after they had a
bandoned the search as unnecessary
and fruitIsss, accompanied by the faith
full housedog Of its parents, which had
accompanied it in all its wanderings.
The child was, as might be expect
ed much emaciated by extreme suffer-
ing from hunger and cold, aud had its
hair burned off its head by the burning
prairie. The faithful dog, however,.
suffered more severely from the fire,
as is supposed in endeavoriog TO pre-
serve the child from being consumed.
Suffice it to say, the child is fast recov'
ering, and the parents hearts have
been made to rejoice over the restored
child of their affections.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12
EFFECTS OF REMoRsE.

There is young man, named Bard
well, in prison at Northampton, for
the commission Of sundry larcenies.
He was arraigned before the court last
week, but by reason Of insanity, was
unable to plead, and was returned to
the prison. This incident forms a
theme for the subsequent reflections by
the editor Of the Northampton Cou-
rier:
l. literally makes the heart ache 10
witness the mere wreck Of this once
noble and proud spirited boy. What
moral spectacle for the young, as
we'll as parents to contemplate Here
is a youth Of much promise for future
usefulness, enjoying the confidence Of
bis employer, and the esteem of all
who knew him-parsaking ofreligious
and moral instruction, having his ne
cessitiss all supplied and free from the
irksome cares and responsibilities Of
mature life suddenly detected in the
commission of crime and confined with
criminals Of every grade in prison. tie
is overwhelmed by the awfnlness OF
his situation and the amount OF guilt
which has SO feArfully broken around
his mind. His tears avail him not
and the sorrows OF heart broken
mother strengthen the acuteness OF his
anguish, until reason totters. Sudden.
s.-e fatlser dies in distant land and
the only hope Of earthly succor seems
now obIiterated and quenched. One
long and deep burst of grief follows,
and reason is crushed, and the light of
intellect is extingushed perhaps fore
yer
Since the hour in which his fathers
decease was communicated, he has not
spoken syllable, nor uttered word !!
He seems doomed TO eternal silence
and idiocy | He is wholly unconscious
ofthe existence Of any object around
him He knows nothing and needs
nothing.-The familiar voice Of his
mother falls as powerless upon his ear
as the grating ofthe prison doors, and
profsred kindness and sympathy he
knows not the way TO appreciate. Day
and night find him the same vacant,
idiotic being, retaining his animal ma
ture, but with dropping head and pal
sled mind and quenched intellect !
Such melancholy case of alteration
from virtue, should not pass without
its salutary influence and impressive
ness upon the young. They seem
like beacon lights lifted on high, de-.
signed TO warn the wary and thought
less Of the quick-sands which lie con-
cealed through the journey of life. re-
quiring constant watchtulness of the
passions and ouiposts to be placed a.
round virtue, to keep the heart unspol-
ted in the world, SO that its possessor
may ultimately secure The needed al
tributes OF Heaven.
Miss HARRIETT MARTINEAU.-This
lady, at one time decidedly popular in all
the polite circles of the United States,
and somewhat distinguished tor her lite
rary merits, is row experiencing the re-
verse OF popular fame. A week or two
since, she attended meeting OF females
in Boston, and lndiscreetly made speech
on a subject that is quite too irritating
to be approached by females. For this
act, she mas incurred the dlsapprobation
of former friends and associates, and will
probably retire 10 England an disgrace.
Wash. Mir.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12
Il Candid Admission.
Influence Of the Press.


The following is an extract from q
lecture on Printing, delivered before
the Portsmouth Ly ceum, by D. W..
Brewster.
Due credit has never been given to
the Press for the part it performed in
the brilliant achievement of our Ma
tional Independence. 1t was on the
Press that the oppression ofthe Stamp
Act was brought direcAy to bear -
scarcely newspaper could be found
among the 80 which were then pub.
lished, which would either willingly
or forcibly submit to the imposition Of
so unjus, a tax. The same degree Of
oppression had it been practised upon
other branches Of the Arts, not less
sensible Of injury, but without these
means of arousing the public to a sense
Of their wrongs, had been meekly
borne5:-but the stamp act was beard
ing the lion in his den Indignant,
he came forth and shaking his shaggy
name, his roar resounded through the
forest, and sympathy for the aggriev-
ed was echoed from every quarter |!
1t can with confidence be said that
the newspapers at that tims dressed in
mourning, and the place for British
stamp supplied by Deaths head
distributed generally among the peo
ple,-did as much in preparing their
minds for the Revolution, as Lafay-
cite, or even a Washington afterwards
did in accomplishing it. Archimedes,
in vain glory boosted that if he had a
spot on which to place a fulcrum he
could move the earth! What the an
cIent son OF science proposed in sport
10 do TO the material universe, is fast
doing to the political, scientific and
moral world. A fulcrum has been
found biased on the sunbeams al
ready has half the world been elevated
by its agency-and ere another centu.
ry, should its influence continue to
extend in the ratio Of the last twenty
years, wisdom will run to and fro
throughout the r.h,-knowledge will
every where be increased, land the
ennobling principles Of Liberty and
Equality will be every where inculca-
ted.
Ifit be true that acknowledge is
power" it requires no extra keenness
of vision to discern this fulcrnm in the
Press.
HorE.-Hope is Aatterer, but the
most upwrigh. Of all parasites i; for she
frequents the poor mans hut, as we'll
as the palace Of his saperior.-Shen- !
stone.
Suffer not your spirit to be subdued
by misfortunes but on the contrary,
steer right onward, with courage
greater than fate seems to allow.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12

FROM the National Intelligencer. Dec. 2.
We have a mournful duty to dis
charge. in announcing an event, which
in the age Of superstition would have
been deemed an inauspicloss omen, 10
the sudden decease, at his lodgings IN
this city, of the Honorable NATHAN
SMITH, Senator Of the United States
from the State of Connecticut.
This very worthy and respectable
Senator arrived in this city a-day or
two ago, in the enjoyment, apparently,
Of all the health and vigor which ordi-
narily he possessed in remarkable
degree. He complained on Saturday
of pain in the region OF the hear, but
recovered from it ate his dinner as
usual; was soon after again seized
with the same pain, followed by spasms
which ended his life early yesterday
morning. He died sitting in his chair.
A post mortem examination Showed
his disease to have been an enlarge.
ment of the heart, and of course be-
yond the reach of medicine.
Mr.. SMITH was in the Goth year Of
bis age most excellent Citizen, a
profound Lawyer, and, what was his
next peculiar characteristic, Gentle
man OF the Old School, of which few
survive.
DIED, lately at his residence in Har-
dy county. JACOB MILLER, Esq. at an
advanced age.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12

From MISSISSIPPI we are still with
out the Information which we have a
right TO expect through the medium Of
the Post Office. Ora! accounts, how
ever, leave little doubt Of the election
Of the Anti.Van Buren, candidate for
Governor, and of a considerable ma
jori,y in the Legislature and one Of the
Two Representatives in Congress Of the
same way Of thinking. - ID.
The Louisville Journal of the 18th
ult. says: "WM. A. SLAcuM, Esq. Of
Alexandra, for many years Parser
in the Navy, arrived in this city yes
terday. We learn, from one Of bis
friends, that he 10 going to Mexico, as
an agent Of the United States, charged
with the most important and interest
ing commission"
The family of the late Chief Justice
Marshall have in conformity with the ex-
pressed wish of that venerated patriot,
declined the honor Of q monument 10 his
memory, rendered by the city Of Rich
mond. His monument is to be tomb.
designed by himself, with an epitaph
from his own pen.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12

during the storm, which are Of an IN
important nature, and also those in re-.
lation 10 which we have not heard the
particulars.
If old proverbs are true, Prentice Of
the Louisville Journal who is the wit
test editor extant, is a good deal at
tached to dram drinking, for certain
apolhegm tells US that "when aoine
goes in, wit comes out % We judge
SO from the enormous quantity Of spi
rit displayed ia his wilticisms--Wny,
the fellow has set the whole country q
grinning.-Lancaster Pa. Gaz.
Il Candid admission.
The Harrisburg Chronicle, jack
| son paper) speaking Of the result of the
Pennsylvania election says:
sin the Governor, in the Legisla-
ture, and in the county officers, we
have been as completely "laid out to
dry" as any party has had the good
luck to be since the days OF "Bona-
parts return FROM Moscow !"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12

from this State to procure, if possible,
the distribution Of the proceeds OF the
public Iands.--l6.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-12-12
Nntelttgemcer.
RoMNEY. DECEMBER, Il, 1855.
THOMPSON AGAIN.

The Boston Mail of Monday week
says, Notwithstanding the hume rous
speculations as regards Thompson, the
English agitator and disorganizer. it is
evident that few if any of our brethren
OF the editorial corps know any thing in
regard to his movements. 1t was on
Friday morning that he left this good ci-
~, in the Providence cars on his way to
New York. For this we vouch, and
pledge our lives, our fortune, and our sa-
cred honor. That which we know and
see must be believed. His family is now
in town on account of the indispositlon
Of one OF the children"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-04-30
From the Na,icna, Iutel,is-neer of the Goth inst

! We hear that on Friday night last at the
Presidents Mansion, the slumbers of the fa-
lmy were disturbed by an incident, with all
the particulars Of which we are not acquaint-
led, bot we believe is tantIally described
thus: The sleep of the President was broken
by the noise Of some one at the door of his
chamber, endeavoring, apparently, 10 obtain
entrance into it. On the Presidents demand
ing who il was, and what was his object, the
intruder answered that he was trying TOR
wanted to find the way) to get out The
noise having reused some members of the ia
mly sleeping in adjacent rooms, they prompt
,ly repaired to the spot, and succeeded in ar
resting the offender. On being examined,
the first impression that his object, in at
tempting to get into the Presidents room,
was personal violence, entirely gave way be-
fore the fact that he was without arms or
weapons Of defence Of any kind he was an
ordinary person, OF the appearance of day
.laborer, who had, to all appearance got into
the house with view 10 plumber, but missed
at the same time his way and his object. IN
order to keep the fellow safe until morning.
when he could be sent before n magistrate,
he was locked up in an apartment on the pre-
mise. usually occupied as a stable, but at tho
time vacant, where it was supposed he would
be safe enough till morning. When the
morning came, however, the bird had flown;
having escaped out of a window or aperture
'of some sort, which was at such height from
the ground that no one supposed he could
possibly reach it.
This is the substance Of the story as VIC
have heard it. Should an authentic account
Of the occurrence appear. differing in any
material particulars from this version OF IL,
we shall place it before our readers. We
hope some clse will yet be found to lead to-
the apprehens ION of this depredator, and
bring him TO Just punishment.