Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-08-04

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soms Fsn4Sks uPoh other oblse.s attracting biz
attention, whites ms:
The town Of HaIpsrs- Fetfy lies partly il The /
vaiieys and pAruY o. and asopa The hill which 4
rises abruptly from he Potomac aud Shsnan-
doah- Ihe gfouhe vas cfieibaily cwned b. I
Mr. Harper. uhu obgained from he State Il /
Maryland 4 Law q es,abfish q iksry, and hence
the Eame q The place, 10th lhe riFefs have
considerable fs2 here. and j Would Be- easy 70
lpfn AL their waters 70 hSnufaeiuring purposes I
rs immense ualef power, and ne advantages Of
being able y obtain eeAt and iron from The noun
taias above. poinlsd i Cd, % he galisd States
Is most ehgible place fsr The establishment Of
National AFmoEy. The Govrrnaieni sccoFd-
Insly purchased fiom NJ. HaTpef al The land
binding o. The river, exrsps afshe point where
The Ferry landed, aud also all f,he land on the
side OF The hih and overil Ger nearly mile back,
except certain portions which Mr.. II. reserved
for building, and also Eve acre lpt al the brow
81 The hill, which he laid on, aud established as
public burial ground. 10 Be forever used Tor
that purpose, and ii his viii be SECURED his heirs
% have stone wall tnils round and keep il in
repair perpelualsy, This provision Of his will
sioae wall afeunhil HeEe alhe rude forefathefs
Of The hamlet sleep
We know not what provision uas made in the
wilIrefeFfed 10, bu, jntee bo,b 10 The living and
he dead requires correction here. The theirs
or Mr. Harper ala nei build "a flne STONE wall
around" The burial sround. That wall was
l'built BY subscription 81 The eiliaens, many Of
whom had los, relatives and friends during the
Ierrible epidemies WHICH for several, years had
afflicted The place. The suggestion OF pm en-
closure was made IN TIE Free Press, in The year
1926, We believe. and was promptly responded
% By The sufferers.
II fund was left for The purpose BY Mr.
Harper. that purpose having been anticipated BY
tie people, The amount, We doubt not, ms been
carefully preserved, with interest, and can be
applied 10 some other Benevolent sheet, whereby
The memory Of the noble donor may sill be per-
2etualcd in The hearts his eouutrymen
If he few Anti.Masenic newspapers 10 Penn
sylvanis, who are supporting Gen. Scott for the
Presidency, do no; mean eventually 10 coalesce
with the L6cos, we should think they would at
once perceive the folly Of affecting 10 be igno-
rant or Mr.. Clsy's opinions upon the Tariff
Ignorance on that score, pretended Or real. rem
ders The victim 81 tsupreuely ridiculous, and
makes him the absolute Iaughiug-stcck Of every
one who can suppress his contempt.
Gen. Scott il friendly TO MIR. Clay and his cleo
ltion TO the Presidency and he knows perfectly
well lha, ihe great body Of The Wings mean 10
stand or fall By Sir. clay in the next canvass -
IL The General therefore. cannot feel particularly
III sratfee with the course Of his supporters in re-
Il ference 10 the Western, statesman. The voiee
Of the WING multitude from every quarter Of lhe
Union points 10 Clay, and 10 CITY only; aud b.
though The Pennsylvania dissenlefa may, BY thei
indiscretion, throw themselves out Of the whis
ranks. still the hosts will be sufficient to seeur,
inl1si4 triumph even more glorious Than iha
los 1910. 81
We accord entirely with every sentiment ut
tersd 10 the follosiHg excellent article from III.
Charlottesville Advocate, but particularly in hi
remark that "ihe man who is not notc prepareS
10 Cd for Henry Clay agains, any Leeofoco can
didaie. is mo Wing, and the sooner he quits ii,
Wing ranks the better" We want no haifwa,
men none who are "hallipg between TWO ,opip
ionsn !. +
Mr.. CLAY. The indications from
every quarter Of the country are decided
, lily favorable 10 the elevation OF this dis
) |epSnishfd Orator and Statesman TO III,
1.-THE people, without reference 10 the opip.
. ions Of party leaders. are every wher,
: openly and boldly declaring themselve
his Jealous supporters, Clay Clubs ~,
} sPringing Up all over the country. al,
such arethe evidences Of popular favor II
behalf Of lhe great Ksniuckian. thai tber,
will be no need 10 call National Conven
ton to ascertain who 10 to be the mex
I Wing candidate for the Preside cy.--
That man is already known, and our cooe
Locoioco friends are welcome 10 the Sen.
stit Of the knowledge from this time iii
the day Of the election. Let them leye
all their batteries al him-let them pouI
the vials Of their wrath upon bis head
be is abs 70 Stand il all. The Wings 81
this country will be satisfied With d
other man than Henry Clay. They
have been cheated and deceived SO out
trageously by such creatures as John Ty-
Her, that they win nov take nothing short
Of The FIRST maniin the nation.
The man WHO'S not now pre- pared 10 %
for Henry Clay against any Locofoco can ,
didate y no Wig, and The sooner he
quits the Wing ranks The better. He can.
not cooperate With The Wings unless he
has brought his mind 10 this. conclusion
And why should he hesitate? Can any
Imam who calls himseifa Whiv donht as III
the course he should pursne 10 4 contest
between Henry Clay and any ELoccforo
candidate who can Be selected s-Where
is the ,Locofoco who las rendered one
hundrsiih 7artsofthe service 10 III conn.
l,Ty liItt has been rendered BY Henry
Clay Where i the man, Wing or Lo-
coioeo whose claims can be brought into
competition With thoseIof Henry CLAW III.
Though we differed with Mr.. Civ n one
half of his political opinions vel such 4
OUT confdehce 10 bis honesty, bistalents.
bis patriotism, bis fair deaiing and pIain
sailing that we would infinitely prefer him
70 any other man in lhs Union. lie, the
Wings then, one and ALL hoist bis nag
and Keep it flying till The dav Of The eIec.
ton. So far a WEI are concerned, We
choose rather ID be Observation-Disclosures
ten irto he ground. fighting under this
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