Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1836-10-27


paper estinsies the Presest crop q co.,
.oa of Mississ;ppi. d ooe hsndrsd NIL
hons Of dollars. The cotton crop Of
Louisiana. this year. will be short. ow-
Ing TO the coatinvsd rains that have
fallen this month. yet we shall be d,s-
appointed if the sugar and cotton crops
OF the State do not sell for up~srds Of
twenty-five ullioas Of dollars The
crops Of many planters will yield from
fifteen 10 thirty thousand dollars each.
Ls.i.isss f.srusf.
WARN CLcrHiNo W. CRoup.-Mr.
Eberie. ia bis excellent work on the
diseases Of children. SAYS the mode OF
clothing infants with their necks and
upper part of The breast bare, Cannot
tail to sender then, more subject TO the
influence Of cold. and its dangerous
consequences. In this country, espe-
eislly among the Germans, who are in
The habit Of clothing their children in
such manner o. 10 leave no part al
the breast and lower portion Of the
neck exposed. Group is an exceedingly
rare disease. Whereas ia cities. or a.
mong people who adopt the mode OF
dress common in cities. this fiighitui
disease Is, IN proportion 10 the popula-
tion, vastly more frequent. During Q
practice Of six wears among the Penn
sylvania Dutch" he met with bat
single case of this affection: and this
case occurred in family Who had o.
dopted the presest universal mode OF
suffering the neck and superior part Of
the breast TO remain uncovered.
A SUCCESSFUL THRusT.-Cov. Can
non of Tennessee. in reply to IN invi-
talon TO . public dinner 20 Messrs.
Bell and Peyton, observes with eaus.ic
severity:
"it would st III times Afford me pleasure
- so Wy feeble ts.si.s1ay &c rv.ps~t, Coo
bis tjudgs Whitesl cha a-ter. hi, virtue, snd
public services. when 10 nv p,~er ., do 90.
consistently with the discharge Of my public
duties. A the sams time, cautious avoiding
th.'>e perniei'as examples of sle-tioaeeriaf
which have beea recently plsced befors ~.
~ HIM vho holds the highest o1iss, aud
Yields NJ pleasure the entire power and pat
roaags Of The General Govsrpnsni."
HGHay cLAv.-The following vas among
The tos.,s drank At . late whiS Festival In
Kentucky
Henry Clay: To the impartial his
iorisn Of the present age we commit his
public fame. n = sacred charge. A
our fellow-ciiizen. our old add faith
full public servant. our neighhor and our
friend. we grapple him 10 our souls
with hooks Of steel"
Character Of Mr.. Van Buren, rs
drawn by A. II. Everett. now q ivan
BUREN, candidate for Congress in Mas
sachuseits.-"His little, narrow. sordid
soul. IL At home in the little intrigues,
the little. miserable, mischievous mon
key tricks. shat NAV be supposed to
drcide quesiions in council Of cham
beru,aids."
DEsPATcH.-We were yesterday says
The New York Gazette, an eye ~iiness
20 q specimen OF despatch. which, had
IL not fallen under our own inspection,
we should have been srepiical in be-
lieving. Il Was the operation, nj the
Fair OF the American In.iiiute, or n.
duci0g wheat, in straw. 20 baked brad
~ ies ainHfes. The process was a. fol-
lo~s:-T~elye buadles OF straw were
placed ia . machine in the garden,
Which came out thFeshed 10 q minute
and half: the winnowing was effect
ed in mute; The grinding and bolt.
ing occupied minute end hall; the
dough was kReaded and a the cakes
form ed in two minutes. The whole
contents m ihe twelve bundles were
placed in kitchen range and came out
thoroughly baked in four minute
making. in the whole. ten minutes -
The cakes were distributed round, and
they only wanted The all Of a cooler.
and 4 few pounds OF Goshen butter, 20
have been swallowed in anIher mi
mute. without the aid Of masiieation.
The New Orleans papers mention
that Gen. Gaines reached that city
from the Sabine on the s,h instant.
A FAITHFUL OFVIcER.-In the town
OF Troy, Wood county, Ohio. there
were 46 votes lOlled. Of which ~
we're given foS the Harrison ticket. snd
one The Posfmssfsr'S---for the Van
Buren, 'ickei. that funcilonary being
sr e6seio a Van Buren, man.
Csnoas PtSRomen0a 1t il said that
81 YOU T ronounre over a. fast a. YOU