Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1845-06-26
No. "a

Defence The Norfolk Beacon says,
a general order has been Issued from the
War Department 70 mohbt the batteries
Of the various Notifications for, the pro-
lection Of tie Atlantic coast. We lesra
that the officers AID troops al Fortress
Monroe are actively engaged ia exec1t-
ing The order. i The whole complement
OF glhs-and amonglhese are ID pound
ers. --for the forii6cation Of this garrison.
amounts, we believe. 10 the number OF
nearly three hnhdred constituting, with
The battery al Fort Gaiboun, 4 weight Of
metal sufficient 70 sesiR any attempted
invasion. atlthe fleets ok most formidable
7E1ropean powers -.4itn. Gasste.s
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The Fem Finished - Ellsworth, the pc.
desTan, completed his performance Of
walking one Thousand niles ID one thou.
sand hours, over -ahe Eclipse Course Of
Cst5ellen The Sih inst, jail 8 o'clock. il
fhsslf g Ide third fine within the last few
Wars that he has accomplished this feat.
He won his wager, and appesred as fresh
as lad taken bis regular est5like other
people for The last.six weeks,
CoNNtcrcur...The Legislature of,his
State adjourned on the I4th. Among
the last measures was the.infoduclion OF
reports and resolutions in@favof Of the pre-.
sent tariff, and the distribution Of the pro.
'ceeds Of the public Aomain, and against
the annexation ofeTexas. The House
declare tina, Hon. John VI. Niles, 10 vo-
ting Tor annexation in the Senate, acted
in opposition 10 the feelings Of large
majority of thepeople Of Conneclicut and
OF the United States .--yNdt. lit
Stealing Stable Boys.-Mr Knkman,
the owner Of Peytona publishes card
from Baltimore, expressing bis sense Of
the "sentlemanly courtesy and chivaltous
with which he was treated
by the gentlemen OF the Northern Turf.
The trip 10 The North was one OF unalloy -
ed pleasure, but for the theft of two Of
biz stable boys BY the Philadelphia aboli-
iionists.'
Natrimony "A few days since there az.
rived atSouthport, Wisconsin in Inc steam
er Empire, q lot OF emigrantsto the West,
among whom were two pairs Of twins.
Those twins were born of different pas
rents-bul under the same roof and in
The same house. --Eaeh.pair comprised d
boy and girl; they lived near neigbbors
| from infancy, aud the same day before
starting West tbeyiwere united in mar.
lrige-ihe male and female of the dIffe4
rent pairs. They were from ST. Lawrence
county: New York.
The editor of the Cincinnati Chronicle.
who returned home few days ago from
trip two hundred miles up the Ohio RI
YER, SAYS that The only fruit crop that pro-
misses any yield OF consequences in thai
segion Of eouniryFiS the apple. iii will Se
a tolerabfe one. The hay ana grass crops
have fsiled~completely. and The corn, that
aught 10 have been at least four feet high.
had attained a growth Of only about six
inches.
Unparalleled Parstmony. - Monsieur
Vaudeville was one Of the most remarka-
BILE men1n Paris for his avafice. In the
year 1875 he was worth one million ster.
ling. At The age q 80 be contracted fe-
yer, which obliged him to send. for the
first time 10 bis life, for surgeon 10 bleed
him, who asking bin ten-pence for the
Operations was dismissed. He sent for an
apoiheca1y, but be was as high ia his de-
nand. He sent for barber. who Il
Elengih agreed 10 undertake the operation.
for three-pence time; bsltsays The slin--
gy old fellow. How often will II ba
requisite 10 bleed:' Three times. ana
swerede the barber. And what sauanti-
tY Of blood do you intend To- iakei; "A
bout eight ounces was the answer.s
That will be nine pence-too muth-too
much, said !he miser, i have deter
mined 10 adopt cheaper way-take the
whole quantity you design to'take stthreo
times. at once,-an ii will save me sig
pence this being insisted upon, be lost
"a ounces Of blood. which caused his dis
solution in few days, and Be left his inn
mense property to The King.
Culture Of Turnips.-Many seem 10
think that iurni2s cannot Sc raised profita-
bly, except on new cleared land, owing
10 the ravages Of the turnip fly. The Al
bany .Cultivator says that ajifarmef OF wests
ern New York, has simple and eGe ctu-
al mode Of obviating this difficulty. His
farm is heavy fertile soil. we'll adapted
for most crops. but NOT dor the turnip.-
He plougbs and harrows, and after feduc.
ing il TO fine filth. spreads oysr the snr-
face several inches of old straw, lets ii lie
a few weeks and just before sowing Zine
4 he burns il. harrows The ground, sows his
scotland brushestH IN. Since he adopt
ed ibis mode he has not failed to have
E1he finest crops He thinks The fly il de-.
siroyed by The fire.; however that NAV be.
bis mode Is worthy of trial.
A practical farmer informs The Haffx
ford Times. that ID taking up a.fence that
had been set fourteen years, be noticed
that some OF the posts remained verv
sound. While others were rotled off 4 tba
bottom. On looking for the cause. IL
faun n EEfal fhnco- M A., ii.