Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1843-01-05

,cras. b. iasc refunding The iine and
sosss 50 unjustly and tyrannirully smposed
- vindietips Judge sitling in his own
cause
TThe amended 6iiI which was SO ddi-
ons ID the eyes 81 General Jackson, lhe
readerperhaps will need to be reminded.
provided merely thar nothing in the bllL
should be construed d 40 expression ot
The opinion II Congress Zone nay Or tAe
otksrN on any judicial proceeding dT legas
question growing out Of The declaration
81 Martial Law during the defence 81 New !.
Orleans. This was The insstl So odipps
"a Gen. Jackson. Nats NJ.
IIrtxo,s.-We stated some days asn
,he amount OF the illinois State Debt AZ
something over fifteen millions Of dollars
Interest IS due upon this since July iSaI1
1.-The arrears andexpenses otthe State
are 10 be paid hy saxSaion, the sum o1
81 ,52S ,626 will be required Tor the flrst
year, 1882. 1913 annually thereafter. THIS
would be a tax Of one and hall per cent
/ Ia addition Is the county tax Of one tialk
Eof one per scenf and il is with difficulty
THAT tax Of thirty cents on the hpndreH
3QOlluin - INV ALL ttCA$ - S>.f%- ~ -
nv about eighty five thousand able bodied
men in The Stateto pay the tax. and these
are mostly engaged 10 agriculture. The ~
entire circulation Of the State is pot more
THAN twice as large as the tax.
Gov. Ford, recently elected, referring
TO these particulars IN his. inaugural i'd
ldress, thinkslthatnnd existing circuIn-
stances itwcpld aal b. -..ilss',,,s1 800
rooney by taxation9" He ppocesussos.
mo ms:o y csases have operated 70 PreYenl
w. lease IL popula;ion for year oI.wo
an lnesss; : he prevalent fear Of exoiolsans
pass on ,ha o,ber 1heTeproach 70 whlcn we
: is obVious. Ket il be known ID the fFat
place that no oppressive and extertninsting
, ltaxstionis 70 Sc resorted to; 10 the second.
! we must convince our creditors and the.
world. that the disgrace Of republication is.
LYnot countenanced among US. That. We
are honest, and mean tos pay - soon as
we are able.
81 | would therefore recommend 10 the
4 General Assembly. to speak onsthls sub
iectin ne mpst decisive manner. SOFAS
: ito give every assurance, that id due time
we will tax ourselves according ID our
, ability, TO pay our debts.> The conse-
quence will be, that our creditors, who
are persons OF power and influence. instead
OF reproaching US and getting up q moral
dcrusade against Us, as against confede-I
, rated band Of unprincipled swindlers.
with view to coerce us to Eour dntys
: will be directly interested in doing as all
the good in their power,
A New Rail RoAD.-By construct
ing railroad sixteen miles inlenglh, from
!. the termination Of the Franklin Rail
road ia Pennsylvania, to the Baltimore
and Ohio Rail road. Philadelphia would
have railroad communication TO Cum
berland. Md, distance Of 268 miles. A
charter for such road was obtained some
!, time since. IFS COSTS estimated at$35O, y
: 00O The pointof the proposed connec-
7 lion with The Baltimore and Ohio rail road
will be about 60 miles from Winchester.
Va, to which place branch of the rail
9 road now extends, making the whole dis.
9 lance from PhiladelphiaI 10 Winchester,
e BY rail road, about 236 miles. At VIM
!, chester fine turnpike road commences,
II and is finished 10 Staunion, distance of
7 one hundred miles. This bringsyou into
e central pa.t Of Virginia, and passes
9 through the fertile valley Of the Shenan.
9 doah, and is the great highway to Eas
Tennessee-from which, in former times.
le Philadelphia derived valuable trade
IPhiladflphia. Forum
3, WESTERN AsYLUM.-Eight patients
+ were discharged cured from The Westerr
y Asylum on Monday las:--seven males
d and one female-making twelve IN al
10 who have been discharged during the
lie present month. Some Of them are very
r. interesting cases. Among them are
young mea, whose lives may be said, in /
peculiar sense, 10 have been redeemed
from waste and wretchedness Among
them too, are husbands and fathers. We
= could not help thinking as we surveyed
. the interesting groupe, Of the Joy which
'e would be 1di6nsed by the return of sc
: many Of iEem-who had been nourned
y by their friends as worse than dead-=tc
their respective homes ~ofthe rspturoui
q greetings of sisters and brothers fathers
e and mothers wives children and
~ friends But the scenes are such as will
y readily present themselves toeYeTy mind
/. n and we forbear TO dilate upon themG-
~ May God, in mercy be with them, anc
Is guard them all from return ofstheir sore
y affection. Stanton Spectat0rfof Thurs
60 The New Hampshire Legislature ad.
pc journed on the 22d ult. after aIsession d
P 80 days, in which 10 acts and 29 resolu
tons were passed The resolutions re-
2, fuse 10 make Congressional distficls, q
"a required by Congress-reiectihe State
y, share Of the Land MoneY-forbid The CIR
ey culation of Small Notes. except certain
X denominations. and denouncethe Tarifi
g, Bankrupt Law, and .Distributicn.@ Tbs
q Legislature refuse TO grant any Ell OF M
-, corporation. without making thefpaEtles
De personally responsible. 5 n
Dy OLD 'UNs.-A Florida paper states thai
q. there now reside 10 Walton county, 10
'ot that Territory, man and bis wife whose
- 9.rn Isfn1 {,eH md fsgey7fu.