Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1845-06-19

Inc ~. I Tribune mentions the re-
EceiPt OF letter from Washington which
says that MI Psckenhsm tBritish Minis
eI(~hss privately expressed his BELIEF
that the Oregon question Wi be settles
without War, unlesslhetA Nhall be 4 Sc:
rious effort 10 make trouble about il ii
Congress OF by thesPfess.
b A letter from Nashville. dated June 2.
fEpeaks Of an uniavorsble. tuTn 10 The con
dltion Of Gen. 1scksons health.
] Two boys, who had taken refuge4un
der tree during the thunder gust q, Phi
iadellPhia 90, Monday week, were struck
by lightning and seriously injured A
horse standing close BY them was killed
Instantly
! We See il stated 10 the Louisville Cou.
Tier'of Friday week that Mr.. Clay left thai
city on the previous day for Lexington
having postponed his visit 10 81. Louis for
the present! we are hsppy TO learn"
adds,ihe Courier, THAT although not en-,
iirely recovered, his health has much ion.
proved. His general Eealih was never
better. We learn, than il has been for Sc.
versl month past. aud be now looks snc
walks as firm. erect and vigorous. as be
did fourteen years ss8 wsen we hrs saw
him"
Ellsworth, the Yankee pedestrian was
still engaged at the last dates from New
Orleans. 10 his task walking one thou.
sand miles 10 one thousand consecutive
hours. He Dad then completed eight
hundred and folty miles.
EMroRAIioS.-Nine hundred and seventy four
passengers arrived at New York, 29th uir, from
England and france. fThepapers give The fol
lowing items Ill
The brig Empire lsnow taking on board
a. compohy OF 6ne,. healthy looking emf
grants from The north Of England, says
lbe Buffalo .9dYerfiSer 81 the ooh inst,
who were on their way-tof Milwaukee TO
settle. They may be looked upon as
quite deSideraium TO new country
like Wisconsin, and they are Of supe-
rior class, ADD possessed Of ample means
TO purchase and locate themselves.
The fast and most Beautiful steamer,
the Empire, arrived Yesterday morning,
says The 1ilraukie Sentinel, having on
board, it is said. /, 100 passengers. This
may be rather large story, but she had.
no doubt, more than any other boat which
has arrived this season, Mos. Of then
Swors emigranfs and large portion oil
them stopped here.
The Baltimore Clipper Of Friday saws
| Nearly 1000 .emigraots arrived at Ne "
York. from Europe, on Wednesday. On
the same1dsy 3G3 arrived at this por4fom
Germany. = 81
On Monday last about six hundred pas
sengers arrived at Boston, from l@eign
ports, Of whom FIVE bundled and ssveD3
teen were emigran4s from the polts OF
Liverpool and Glasgow. On sing@i day
last week, six hundred aud tifty-6vs emf
grants arrived atBoston. in thtee Vessels
from Liverpool.
NEW AND FEARFUL MODE OF ESEcU
.TIoN::
I.sppears from the journal or E,Sopean
traveller that new and frightfu mode ofsxecu.
ton has recently been adopted by ihes Grea,
Mogul, The instaamenl and the PrUFss are
thus descrbed:s
| "A. box, each side Of which is fifteen
1 feet square, is constructed oflim Fabout
eighteen inches thick. dove FAILED sageth.
or, and brsced' with iron rods. Ttis out.
side Of the bottom Of the box is clvered
with plate of beaten iron, one iech 10
thickness. The interior is filled wah per,
feet cubes Of granite. weighing in Ede ag-
Egrega,e several thousand tons.s A ma
Echine is erected sfier the name; d amor
nary pile driver. but Of course onS an e.
nortnousscaie.and oftremendoussEength,
The massis raised by means Of powerful
machinery, cast 10 Birmingham Dor The
express purpose though il is p pc pre-.
sumed that The machinist by wh5m the
work was furnished, had DO ideS Of the
horrible purpose for which il was Siniend
ed. The human victim is placeG upon 1
4 block Of granite, OF corresponding sur,
face, ~buried 10 the earth lmmedis,eIy be
meath the enormous N ass, and likewise
covered with plate Of iron. Aea sigma
by the ticramadack. The executio1et touch
es spring. The mass falls FIsnd the
j victim, crushed at once, is suddekiy ami
hilaied and spread outlike sheetof paste
board. The huge weight befag agar
raised. The dat,ened body is withdraw
and driedsin the sun. When complete
liz prepared. il is hung upon tip walls 0
pubic building there u ssrye as
warning 10 the multitude |"
.fntidote for tie Bite of Rotfssnake .
An intelligent lady from TiogS county
Pa, informs Us that The settl&s in tia
section Of the country care lily for th,
bite OF a rattlesnske. She states ICON
hsC~ abdis 90 made into paste With spirit
Of canphor observation-disclosures. vii
preventssny serious etasss2uenEes occur
ring. and IN fact a, once SHG zes 81
poison. -RhiladelphiG CtroE1icis st.r-v,
We learn from the New OlRans Cou
Irisr. that the Legislators Of Askansas. ;
j theirlss session passed resolutions declal
ing lbafiree negroes and mulalipes are nc
. ciiizenssof The United States svi,hin Iii
meaniugsot the Constitution, y hich gual
antics to citizens Of one Stale he PrivileG
S ges aud immuniiies Of the seferal S,at'
$ declaring also. that should Massschl
seits, or any other Siass Gosernment. q
iinated BY the same 7motiFey which indu
!. ed Massachusetts, sfo send an emissal