Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1843-06-15


HARD no BkAT,-Wishin a few days
last the Locomotive power Of the VIM
;hes.sr and Potomac Railroad has been
esled upon very large scale. From The
statement 81 facts here made, more credit
IS due 10 our Railroad than many are dis /
posed TO bsssow upon il.
Or Saturday last, The locomotive Pre-
'ident brought up iraia 81 City burshen
cars. mostoi them laden And on Mon |
day, that powerful and hntiring Iron
Horse, the old Virginia. took down tol
haipers- Ferry larger traini than has ever
yet been whistled thro3gh the Valley ii
The Train numbered sixty cars. each con-
ialning lwenty iite barrels oi' flouF-mak-
ing 10 all 1900 barrels. transported by1one
engine. Have We not reason 10 boast Of
ouE facilities Of transportation
Il Is but just TO say. too. that the i'm.
proved and still improving condition of
the Winchester and Potomac Railroad,
renders tia safe and pleasant mode Of con-
veyance for the travelling public who
are disposed 10 visitihe great Valley Of
Virginia, or wsnd their way toa westward
home.
There IS one thing remarkable about
Railroads-cprio is never abated, and
you viii slwayp find crowds gazing Al
the iron horse ay be rushes BY. with his
long appendage, No one can resist the
exhilerating spirit which such scene in
fuses Winchester Republican. j
~
4 IS gratifying 70 notice the decided Increase
Of uavel .on The Winchester Road Cor some time
past. There Is now so much regularity, COM,
fort, and certainty, in the movements OF the
train, thai public attention is becoming fully a.
wskened to the snbjses-and We may expect
during the Springs season. still farther Access
sion Of numbers.
VAN BURENISMiIN MAINE.-We copy
the following from The Portland Eastern Argns,
a leading LocoeFoco paper:
i'Itis quite certain the people of Maine
are not in favor OF Mr.. Van Buren,. The
great efforts nominate him at a Legisla-
tive Caucus last winter. resulted in fail
ufe-a total dekeatI of his prospects as a
successful candidate in this State. This
shows very plainly that the peopls are not
fer him: and although they would vote
Tor him cordially il he were selected, he
cannot, and will not, for various reasons,
be their first choice.
NEW REAPING MACHINE editor
of the Richmond Compiler was present few
days since-at an exhibition Of Reaping Ma
chine, invented by Mr.. Mccormick, Of Rock
bridge. Virginia, the operation OF which he thus
describes in recent number ofhis paper:
The machine, placed on small wheels,
was moved by two horses around the rye
field IN which the exhibition took place,
at a quick pace making d clear passage
through the grain, as it moved, about FIVE
feet vide. This it did with completeness
which il is impossible for the cradle 10 ac-
,complish. This machine would effectu,
ally destroy the vocation OF the "Glean-
err" who has been in times bye gone the
subject Of many pretty story or pleasant
poem. The wheels OF the machine keep
10 constant motion saw, with edge and
teeth not unlike areap hook, which saws
down the grain as it is beat and forced
against its edge, by revolving apparatus,
resembling seine reel. The, grain fall.
upon bed or platform just behind the
teeth. whence it is raked by band. Thi,
raking Of the grain away is the most la
boripus part Of the process-so rapidly
does il accumulate thatAit is difficult L
keep il properly cleared.
Ep,igranisJor 0rsgOn.-The Liberty Banner,
published in. Clay county, MiSsnnsi, .-yss
rixsse aIr1nTormed that the expedition
10 Oregon, now rendezyousedT at West
port, in jackson county, will take up il
line Of march on the Goth Of this month
The company consists Of some four or fiv,
hundred emigrants, some with their lami
Hes They will probably have out Non,
HUNDRED and 6fty wagons, drawn by OK
en-, together with, horses for nearly ever,
individual. and some pmilch cows. The,
will. we suppose take as much provision
with them as they can conveniently carry
together with few of the necessary i'm
plenents Of husbandry. There are in III
expedition a,number OF citizens Of inesli
mabIs valpe 10 any community, men @
6ne intelligence and vigorous and intrep
id character, admirably calculated to Ia,
the firm foundations Of a, future Empire.
The Democrats Of Arkansas held
State Convention at Columbus on the Is
ultimo. All the prominent Locos il thl
State were present. RICHARD M. JOHN
SON was dominated for the Presidency
and Col. A. H. Sewer. VIM. FELTON,, an.
Edward Cross, appointed delegates 10 th.
Locofoco National Convention. Nav
1874, was designated as the time for Id,
meeting Of the National Convention.
GERmArr.-- The Augsburg Gazett.
OF May 18th. announces that a. Congress
Of the States composing the German Gus
toms UpioEswould be held during the en-
suing summer. at which it would appea
that an increase Of duty would Sc propos
ed on various articles Of British manufac
ture. II is calculated that England gain
900 900 or $4,000, 900 dollars BY th,
export to Germany Of spun thread and va
rious articles Of cotton and iron, withou
offering any compensation 10 Germany.
There were twenty runaway slave
passed through Cleveland week befor
last on their way 10 Canada. Fiftee,