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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21
DnATII or pIsnop EseI.asD.

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The charlssioa sepshsrn Patriot Or The lflh,
announces IN lhe following terms the melancholy
!. intelligence Of The death Of the RICH, Reverend
Bishop EsoLAxD, 10 Ihat city. on ihe morning 81
hat dsy. The hearts Or the numerous friends
or his distihgnshed and highly gifled psels,r,
beth hete and slseuhefs. viii be filed with grief
AJthis annunoiations
DEATH or THE RIGHT REVEREND
DR. ENGLAND. !
This eminentS Pfelale brealhed his lasf Ibis
morning about O'Clock, il the 56th year ofl his
) age, having nndesgons lingering and painful
illness, his disease being Inflammation Of The in
tsstines, exhibiting throughout dnabased courage
AVID strength Of intellect, with ID ua6avering
fellaneein he promises Of sseadfasl faith =
Bishop England has been q resident Of our city
foF y lears.during which periodic has presided
eoyer The Diocese comfritled toll his charge, COM
pfissng the States o. Soath Carolina, NoFGh Ca
Folina and Georgia, with singular talent Tor both
civil and ecclesiastical administrator. and with
paiernaI regard 10 The interests Of his church,
while IL the ciril relations created By allegiance
% his atoptedcouniiy be ever exhibited respect
fof her iaslitatods ztki Tor her interests and ssn
sibiiliy 10 her righia.
Thus has beea extingui.hed in lie meridian
A1sht Ns@rN eAlS O. tQt(0110-
iic Church IN the Western emisphere-asdivine
Who Illustrated the duties o. his lofty calling
b. bis personal etample-whose religious real
vas ever whose philanthropy knew 40
dIsstim nation Of class sect o. counEy-whose
ability ~As unqnesuoned -Whose learning vas
anple--vhose energies knSw no sbatement hy
adverse indueneeS1 whose eloquenes wis prnmpi,
ennshed with tAeIfreasurss Of sho1rhi and en- I
forcing he Ruths Of religion with an equal
fpfee Of afxuraent and fervor Of diciion, and
who haa gone down 10 he tomb with The pro-
found resrets Of he community, 10 which he
lived the intense sorrow Of his afflicted eongfe-
CATION. and he ageniEiag grief Of large eireIs
81 fnsnes
HOssur . lis nsnOty snd reverence fOf1 bis
virtues
-sxA-+-
.Amone The proefi ofihA intellectual power,
even Ehsa near dissolution. and the interesting
ineideais attending his SeaIh-b<d scene, vas his
sddress only two days before his aeaise, 10 those
more 5ulmediately attached 10 his eommunion
surrounding The couch Of sickness, vhea 10 =
strain Of exhortatiSa 10 The observance Of heir
daiiss. v poured out for upwards Of haif 40
hour etsta Of toutaing. impressive and beapti-
Iul elcQu6nee. IN which be nas rarely surpassed.
.te. ~ hipfslfsa his heppiesi moments.
Ihes4me pspsrsiaieslhat lhs funeral OBJ
Itquiss n he Right n1v. Bizhep weld lake
plses = wednesday. 1slk ihs. 4 y. .Finhst,s
cslhe1r1l. Bsli. .anr. 4
4.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21
GENERAL ORDERS.


Ef BALTIMORE, April o, lS41t
!. ft1he Commanding General has the satisfaction
10 announce that arrangements have been made
70 obtain tents for the. accommodation Of The
tfoopsIat the Eneampment in MAY next
An invi,ation to visit the Camp will in due
time Be given TO the President Of the United
States; the Governor Of Maryland, the Govern
ors oflhe adjoining States Of Pennsylvania, vir-
ginia and DelaE are; the Secretary Of War, the
Commander in Chief of We Army Of The United
States. and other funciicnaTies.
|. HcRAcEj Bliss is appointed Adjutant General
Of the Rncampment. with the rank Of Colonel,
and will be respected accordingly.
George s. Eichelberger and Jseob Gross, Esqs.
are appointed Collectors, and viii wait upon. the
Cirizens Of Baltimore 10 receive subscriptions for
raising funds 10 meet the expenses which mus
BE incurred i'm providing straw, fuel, and such
Aecessaries as should be prepared for The accom-
dation Of troops coming from distance 70 onT
atty. G H. STEUART,
Major General
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

NJ. ~ 9. NSarH. Editor Or the Raymond
Times, hss converted his paper into an Aeri-
cultural Journal, pEder the tide Of the sourH-
WESTERN PLlErEA. !. sp1hlished 10 the quart
70 forn, suitable for binding. and promises 10 Be
a valuable work. Mr.. North has procured HE
services Of John Jenkins. Hsql sprighlly yri,er
and praciicai agricuiuritt, a. associate Editgr
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

Andrew +. Henderson, Rlchard Efps66if..
cum. Robert Doy It'll John Speedily Gsorgs
Endley. Thomas EIdrdge, John Harper.
John Haley. John Bosioa. William Lew
i. George Geddes,S. W. Hackney. M. Ds
James w. LAYERS, James Mlirhell. John
kemp.
The Baltimors Patriot gives IA folAowing a.
the fate Isl those who wsFs % board
Dead #3k s}E %
Missing mo doubt dsaal
Wounded -/ 40
uainiarsd =
l 5sH fss4 5N ls -.
4 ~ = At LII. n. 3
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

Til. Ennairer tays ,he Tar 90 Bnak Stock
Il. III uihse ot,iny.i- rfA.eSs besn in
I, - .s.Ss : - q RsPPahannsv-
Wen. his dom affect abe ps.,s,s % The tase 10
me isass. !. I'VE rharfe that iris TAI and that
upon watches. clocn and Planos, we're The
fruits III the rejection d. he Land FnGn4if But
for Leo Foco purism, here would hayt been
ns nsstssiiy fnr hf SUBJECTS q axation, sat Mr.,
SlIoilI4r would joihayt been compelled Vi hlnl
d. new sources pf revenue. Hpw DO you .et
ever lhat. friend R.tchie stats The uns tssu'
,3 The people, ard ask thfm Which they Prefett.-
The Land .Moaey OF: Taxation?
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

The planter never boys foreign Kerseys for
his slaves, and ilherefote4 the suggestion q the
E4quitsr is misApplied, when il talks of The Ia
rid increasing ne price. 81 The article: Foreign
Ker.ey, are nolIln The taarket--ant competition
viii always keep down, The Iaie of,he home "a
brie. The eiIotr.o alarm he planter viii prove
"a flash in The pan" Il
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21
arr, n,ITIMorsE ENCAMpMEvT.

A rtler from Gen. Steuartto Captain Rowan
q the charlestown Artillery. informs the Com
pany, iha, lents and all ether accommodations
will be provided for them, and rat;ons furnished
unreasonable rates, The General also promises
them he nae OF two sir FOUNDERS for the occa-
sion, and such olher facilities as will render their
.sqjourn agreeable. Capt. Rowan has banded
us the following copy or General ofders which
We publish for the information Of all concerned
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21
Fi SKETCEEES OF lets
Passed at the late session OF the IL SIsIatsn

An act ID prevent frauds on The election laws:
Declares any person who shall vote upon any
deed no, bona 6ds executed for good Or valuable
consideration. but executed metely 10 enable The
pretended grantees IL vote, ID be guilty Of a
Imisdsmeauor, and 10 he liable therefor, Ia a fine
moi less Than len nor more than one hundred
dollars. 10 be Recovered with coSts BY Indictment
or Information; and 10 be suhiectao mpIison-
Eeni in The Jail 81 the county, pot exceeding
three months, afihe discretion " the cor:t; de-
clsres also. thai The parties to spch deeds know
ing The character thereof and consentIng 70 The
same, and their aldefs, abeRors. and advisers
shall be euiftyef misdemeanoF, punishable al
50 by fine Of not less than htty dollars, recover
able in like manner. and subject To- like confne-
ment il the couAiy jail Requires the courts to
appoint FIVE fteeholdgrs, residents Of The county
superInlsnaents. 10 suPerintend The election a
The courthouse 81 each county. in a9iition 4
Ilke superinleniienis required by the Aorty-sx,t
section Of the aet passed in l53l prbaIbi,s cleo
tors ID elections Of State Senator'S aud Repre-
senlatves to Congress, from voting % any in
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21
OLE Free lerf8s.


- Sc tAs lase Law u prexsat frlafs il
rleerous Poekes desas year answer Par
eAasss u frssholds. must s. far real soasidera-
ton. W
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

THE PvRLic DxBr ~ viAo.xlA al Byihe Re
port Of he AudiiOr, the Public DsbiOf lbe
Sale i stated Al little more than six millions
81 dollars. The annual interest % this sam i
1854. 900. If Mr.. Clay's Lahd bin had not been
poekened By Gen. Jaeks6a in lss3, virEiaia
would have received. as hsr portion, about IS
500 900. The people would not nov Be subject
10 Increased taxation, snd the general govern
nsni vouIdha had no ssfplos money 10 waste
upon tavori,es. BY allowing . Poal Once Agent
IL dollars day % iravsI 10 Rurope. and sno.
sh<r ,oaly go seshsIforlimsl
How a. he ladies relish he new Loco FOco
-. - 5esr... -. =. -. -.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21
HEAR MR, MCPHERSON.

"Where y nation imposes high tuliea on ouI
productions, or prohibits them altogether il N ay
Be proper fof Us 10 do she same BY Iheirs-firs,
buTdenlng o. excluding those productions which
they bring here in competition With our own OF
the same kind selecting next such manufacturer
as we take from hem in'Ereaiest quantity. and
which, ailhe same lime, We could soonest FUR
nish ourselves
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21
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syidenrsz ~ 1haiI 5fas7eci + -. i

Ksexidence. Of THE respect entertained by#oiher
denominations for Bishop England, i, may be
mentioned that dnring=his illness prayers were
foTefedup in The Proles;an: Churches Of Charles
ton, for his recovery and on5shis demise the
bells Of 81 Michael's Episcopal Church were.
1oiled.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

The u. s. steam frigates Missouri, j.
r. Newton, Esq Commander. and Mis-
sissippi. w. D. Salter. Esq. Commander,
came up the river yesterday. and anchor
ed Of Greenleafs Point.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21
.Alaktng ID al. !. anl board
I NF,y YoRKT CRY ELECTION.

>NEN lUhh T3Ns1t q 4-A4F1HN AA Y II
Tb;s election. witch took plass on HE 18Th,
,s.,l,ss 4 tl,e choice If Robefs HAiorris loco}Y
81 / rbsf,r,tS # abod, 2,OOe; aad III wings
have elsessa 10 Aldermen ana assissAsl sg ous
q sl.
From tn nc Cssatssfesal lartTtstr cr Z seHss-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

We understand The Town Hall. in The MAKO,
House, is the place chosen. II
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

J. Our good friend Of The Richmond En-
quirer is, politically and edi,orially. one
OF the most belligerent mortals alive. No
election can take place 10 The Old Domin-
ion, that be does not call ITO Arms r.
Now we pFotestthat .4rms are not neces-
sary. They should be lef: entirely 10
the Rhode Island insurge nts. Il will be
sufficient if the Virginia voters. on the
fourth Thursday Of this month take ID
their tsst. These will carry them TO The
polls, where they can quietly and peace.
fully vote for their delegates 10 theIes
gislatufe.-.4ler Gaz.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21
sHEPHRRDsTowN PREcINcT.-we

T o1EFHEkDoIUWN PKECINCT.--Me
have notssen soPY Of the late act, changing
The place Of holding the election in Shepherds
town, bss understand that il authorizes the Com
missioners 10 selec. such place as may be
deemed most convenient for the purpose, Mr.
Shee,z having discontinued his tavern, II was
considered proper 10 maks lie change suggest
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21


The report Of MI Poindexter. Of the
New fofk Custom HOUSE commission. has
been sent 70 the Secretary Of The Treasu-
~, and will be transmitted 10 Consres, Il
. few days. |, occupies some seven g.
eigh, hundred pages Of manuscript. IL
disclosures will show an extent Of swinG J
hing and fraud that will strike ali with 10.
crednlous an1szement. The Report re-
commends re organization Oh that Cus-
tom House, on PEan somewhat new. bnf
esleulsted 20 secure fidelity and diminish
expense. Every branch of The public
service, where money il concsrped, APP
pears 10 be rotten il has been 10 for
years past; thetrot will not be got ont
without radical reform; and viii not Ne
kept out. without adequate penalties.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

II is . fact deserving especial attention,
thai in the year 1885, At The first session
Of Congress after the Deeds Of Cession
we're executed,a and ordinances vas passed.
for distribution OF The proceeds OF The
lales Of the Public lands among the States,
This. trays the Whig. was contempt
raneous construction 7of those deeds. and
was an emphatic declaration that Con-
gress beld The Lands 10 the capacity Of q
trustee for the States. The SUBSEQUENT
adoption Of the Constitution. did not affect
the rights 81 The States in ihe least.-for
the rights Of the States in this psrtic ular
were expressly projected By the lco,nstitu-
lion.'
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

NJ = - = FNANY kkPARTMENT4 7N
. The sentence Of The Court Mariialnow sitting
in Baltimore, Diminishing Captain John H. Clack
from The Naval service, has been approved by-
the President or The United sta.es.s
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

NAVAL. following snnuaeia,ion al.
pear, officially in The MsdIsoniaI..
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

How a. he ladies relish he new Loco FOeo
nn,is-sue dollars upon sasA Riasss
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-04-21

The followidg i . epmplefe list Of The
persons who were killed 6y lie explosion,
Or hays sinee died ffom its effects. a. far.
as ascertain I'D up Is nine O clock last .iight.
The number Of these ID. thus fsF, 10 tpe,,s.
II Tires The last SIX 10 tss list were
those Who were taken ont Of fbe water il
The course of yesterday. Faom The con-
diiion 81 some of The Sufferers fills feared
that others will BE addedto il s---1ohn C.
Moale. William Moale. JOSEPH Lscompte,
Capt, John Vickers, EdmEnd Young,
Bebja. FRENCH John Boon, soAn Burns.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-03-26

must act Boswell to all his visiters, at least to
those who hold any important public station.
The resolution to which he replies in this mes
sage is the ne plus ultra of espionage!
w ,sutNcroN March o. 1910
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-03-26
THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

Among the many evidences of the astonish-
ing increase of population and spread of i'm
provement in our country, the vast accumulation
of business in the Post Office Department is
perhaps one of the most striking. Fifty years
since, the whole number of post. offices in the
United States did not exceed seventy five The
number Of miles Of post road was then 1875
the revenue $37,936; and the expenditure
1872, 140 In the year 1910, the number Of post
Offices in the United States was 13,4S9; the
number Of miles Of post road was 155,730; the
gross annual revenue $4,539,265, and the ex-
penditures $4,759,11 Whilst such a rapid in
crease is without precedent in the history of the
world, and is calculated to excite establishment
in the mind of even an American, accustomed
as he is to witness the almost miraculous
changes that take place in the new world,
it cannot fail to suggest some faint idea Of the
labor that devolves on the individual entrusted
with the management of so vast a machine. 1t
must also be borne in mind that, unlike the 9th
er branches of the public service, this Depart
ment according to the plan Of its original pro-
prietors was intended to defray its own expen-
ses-a principle that should never b. abandoned,
inasmuch as it serves as stimulus to eXertion,
and places the transportation of the mails on an
independent footing. AS might reasonably be
supposed, there is variety of causes that go to
affect the revenue, arising from the postage of
letters, among which the most important per-
haps, is the establishment of more rapid modes
of conveyance by steamboats, and railroads.
However advantageous these Improvements
may be to the public in other points of view,
they certainly interfere most materially with the
income Of this Department, by enabling passen-
gers to carry letters free of postage. To prevent
this would seem to be an object Of primary mo-
men and the question at once arises, how is it
to be done? 1t can only be effected by making
the mail routes the shortest, as well as the most
expeditions. BY the shortest, we do not apply
the term to distance, as the crow flies, inasmuch
as experience has shown that, sometimes, "Me
tdrfhest aody round is the shortest Uay there"
but to facility and rapidity in passing between
points distant from each other The purpose
for which the Post Office Department was nst-
tuted being the rapid and certain circulation Of
intelligence Of all kinds it is necessary and pro-
per, on the part of the Government to see that
the channels selected shall be such as to insure
that object otherwise, its right to levy postage
is imperfect. Having reference to this, the Post
master General, in his annual report, with clear
sigh.edness and forecast that do him great Gre
dit, proposes that the Government shall make
investments in the stocks of railroad and other
companies owning improvements on the routes
by which the mail should pass, TO an extent
equal to the sum the interest of which will be
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-03-26
Communications.

THE MADIsoNIAN.
Mr. EDITOR Il believe that you were among the
FIRST if not the very first to call public attention to
the affairs Of Congress- and for this, am told you
have received anonymous letters from the House of
Representatives haunting you with the downfall OF
your paper. will not say that this is the best evi-
dence Of the cauterzng power of TRUTH but will say
that it would have been disgrace to any other Con-
gress than this for any of its members to be guilty Of
so ptiful an act on any occasion. But it must afford
you pleasure, well every lover of his country to
witness the spirit which is manifesting itself among
the People. We do not regard the great struggle
which is going on, which pertains only to the
financial concerns Of the country but it is to deter
mine what are the ends of legislation, what our Go
vernment is established for and whether men arc to
be employed under the character of legislators to
eectoneer for themselves to act for the country 1t
is a contest between the politicians and the People,
between party spirit and American spirit.
The spirit of party begotten by our political legs-
aors, has struck its fangs deep into the very fbres
OF our Government, and if it is not destroyed or in
some measure rebuked, it will inevitably destroy our
institutions If the great parties which are ar
rayed against each other with feelings of almost ire
concable hostility are not no,o broken up, and the
moderate men of each do not meet upon neutral
ground, in the spirit of compromise and patriotism,
we may safely predict that they will never be broken
up, but will ride over country succession like
the Angel of Death, each in turn sapping the vitality
from our institutions. The remark has frequently
been made by intelligent men, that if ever destruc-
ton comes upon this country, the seeds oft will have
been sown in Congress The maneuvring, the char
atanry, the time-serving the seeking after Office the
devices for enghenng out the session. the proneness to
endless speech-makng, and the party-drilling which
have transformed the duties of Legislation into a sort
OF magnificent gambling, wherein the People are both
played with and played for, but the benefit enures
only to the payers,-render close scrutiny into the
affairs of this body necessary to the welfare of the
country.
But there is one practice which has gradually and
'iently become important, which especially demands
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-03-26
APPLICANTS FOR OFFICE-THE PRE-
SIDENT'S MESSAGE.

We insert below the Message of the Presi-
dent sent to the House of Representatives on
Wednesday, in reply to a call requesting the
names of the members of the present and last
Congress who have been applicants for office.
Though the call necessarily assumes the form
of resolution adopted by the House, we do
not conceive that body, or even majority of it.,
responsible for its adoption The responsibility
rests on the member who proposed it, A call
for information is usually adopted as a matter of
course in courtesy to the person who makes it,,
without any particular inquiry into the charac-
ter of the resolution, or the motives by which
its proposition was prompted Condemnlng the
resolution, we therefore do not pretend that any
blame should be attached to the branch of the
Legislature by which it was, as matter Of
form, adopted Condemning it, as we do, we
rejoice at the manner in which it has been met
by the Executive. He has refused to reply to
the call, for reasons which few will be found not
to pronounce satisfactory. He has refused sub
mission to this extension of the new theory of
courtesy upon grounds of policy and proprety
Certain persons, it would seem, are not salts
fed with advocating the propriety of publishing
private conversations and opinions incidentally
expressed and partially understood, and with
carrying out their principles in practice, but they
wish to compel the President, by the authority
of the House of Representatives, to initiate
their illustrious example
10 the reasons assigned by the President, for
refusing obedience to the call, little in our OPT
Mon, can be added. We invite out readers to
give this documents careful perusal, and they
will need no further argument to be convinced
of the indelicacy and Improperly of the call
proposed in the House. The President is not
asked to give an account o. his official acts. but
to publish private and confidential letters, and
even TO communicate incidental conversations,
to obey which demand, he must either make his
reports from the uncertainty of memory, or keep
record of all that may be said to him. He