Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1845-07-17
THURSDAY MoRNING JuIlY ~. Is4sII

r.. Swing 10 Cincinnati paper d
= hgentlemsn who arrived ID ,bi. q.
i sy.St Yesterday fIom abe place. gave us ,hs
E,9' Owing particulars OF dreadful deeds !,
Gis ID committed on the Wachitta river $
Lsuisiana. few days since. He slated
1T Two plsniers,liying on ADJOINING Man
iiions bad q difficulty. An anruly'ho,se
pslongingto one. jumped into a Iot be-.
Gonging 70 The other, which was sho, ~
Soon after, a negro, belonging 10 The
owner Of the horse. went over 10 The SAID
plantation; be. TOO. was shot. The same
evening. the .plsnter who owned The
horse and the negro, took bis gun. and
went over to the planters house who baa
shot his horse and negro aed, as be stood
in bis yard. dellberatelg. shoi him dead
soon as the gun was RELOADED The SON was
shot and Immediately expired. The
daughter Of the planter then came 10 the
door, when tie monster drew his bowie
knife, aud cut her ihroat from ear 70 ear
and fled. The slaves on the pIsn,a,iop
raised the alarm, and the fsnd was pursu-
ed aad taken, and committed 10 The ear.
lest jail TO await trial.s These awfully
terrific details are from reliable source,
and We can vouch for their correctness,
although no names are given.
lacrosse Of Letters Since lie new
Post Office Law went into operation ,.ths
increase Of letters ID the Baltimore Post
Office has already been so great as to re.
qulre an additional penny post. 4
Under the new post Office law, which
requires that the list Of letters should be
published in1the papers having the larg.
est circulation, the lists 10 the CITY of New
York have been given 10 The Tribune and
Sun lit having .been established upon
proper testimony, that these two papers
have the largest circulation Of the papers
,inlNew York. .*h
.4n Odd Party MIR. Rush, noticing
dinner given al Prince Esierhazy's. saws
that oc the right Of fheePince, sat .tbe
new French Ambassador, as chief guest.
and on his left were The Prince Of Hesse
Philipstai, and The Marquis, Of Anglesea.
Amongst these three there were but three
legs. The French Ambassador had los,
one Of his in the French service at the
battle Of Leipsic, the Prince OF Hesse Phi
llpstai one Of his at the battle Of Borodino,
ia the Russian service; and the Marquis
OF Anglesea his 81 the battle OF Waterloo.
since 10 proprfs lofse 81 The j6dFacR aps
De6afs. In Presse, and lie Constitutional
TO farm the advertisements Of those Jour
mails, and the right 10 increase them indie.
fpitely for l5 wears. at the rate OF 300, !
G00f ~ 000t Bri,ish1 per annun each
10 all9OO, 0OOf {36 OOOlj This PROPOSE.
ton, the articles in the papers alluded 10
announce. has been carried into effect
The lease is % run from the lst Of July
next. Enormous as the sum stipulated
may appear in a country in which adver-
Using may be said 10 be only 10 lis infan
cy, it seems to be deemed BY the public
far below the amount likely to be realized
byahe speculation.
The Boston papers announce tie re-
ceipt in,. that city. Of apatent letter ball
ance, 81 English invention. that actually
trips upihe heels Of Yankee ingenuity. 1t
is, in exterior form, exactly Ikea common
pencil case, and yet contains an accurate.
~ adjusted letter balance for the 5 cents.
l0cents, Is cents. and 30 cents rates OF
postage-,be ! ounce, ! ounce, ounce.
and 2 ounce avoirdupois weight. with or
without pen-bolder. pencil, too,h-pick
apd guage-a plain or chequered seal
reserve ofieads at the top Of case, sc.
.Ague and Feuert-The editors OF HE
Baltimore American have been furnished
by a friend with the following recipe,
which is SAID 10 have proved very benefi
cislin cases Of ague and fever: Red bark
! OF; powdered sna axe root 2Ugrains; salts
Of Norwood, Is grains. Mix and di.
vide into three equal parts. Take one
dose at night 10 wine or molasses. one the
next morning, and one the succeeding
night. Care must be bad not to take the
mixture until the fever has subsidized
Locofoco Legislatioa.-The Legislature
OF Missouri hasneyeLappropriated The first
dollar to internal improvements, 10 sup.
port educstion. or 10 sustain useful and
humane institutions. II has never con
siructed single mile of canal, turnpike,
or railroad. nor single bridge, lock, or
dam. Il has never improved a road or
river; il has never endowed school.
cadsmy. college, OF institution Of learning
Of any kind ;it has never built school
house Of aoy description; i, has never Suil,
OF endowed any asylum lor the insane OF
the blind. nor has il ever established hos.
pi:al Of any kind. The road and canal
fund. the Saline fund. the seminary fund
and The school funds received from the q.
States. il has mismanazed and rendered
comparatively useless. Such are some Of
the beauties Of Locofoco Legislation ia.
Missouri.--St. Louis Eia
MoRE MANuFAcTuREs.-We are to-.
formed that company with capital Of
5000, 900 contemplate the erection OF
works 10 this city for the manufacture Of
iron with anthracite coal. The ore xilf
be obtained from Northern New York, The
coal from Pe0nsylvania by the Delaware
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