Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1847-06-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

ELoiprNcE 4T PRFMuM - hlay ii
please The cours. said ! Yankee laAyeE
before. aDaich Justics the Other day. .ihis
i case Of thu greatest iAporisnee -
While the American eagle. hose sleep
less eye watches osef'ihs welfare ii tkil
mighty Republic. and whose wings ess
tend ifom the Allsghinies.ie he Rockg
Chain al The West. was rejoicing ID his
pride pi 2lace'-
siaaep daie shop dare. gsay!yai hal
ois sultste do nit eagles. Dis Is las notiin
e DO nitahe Wild bird. his Won saeeps
exclaimed the Justice.
Tree Four honor but 10y client hal
rigfishstes-- IN
Yes cheut4has no tight 10 de eagle
% course not. bu, By The Tvs Of lans
gbage'- s I'll
Val cares for de laws Of Languages
Iundershiant de laws OF de S 'ale and dat
ish enough lot me. Coaiide your talk ID
de case
Well. then. my client. the defendant
70 this case is charged with stealing {
sheep
Dat will dol dat will dol Your CLIENT
is charged NIT sbteallng a sheep. Just nine
(shillln De COURT viii adjourn to Eli
Verguson's 10 drink
ALEXANDER. Dunas.-The ANNEXED
anecdote is from The May No. Of Black
wood. II is we'll known that The celebrs.
tedromap6sf hasa slight hinge Of black
ID bis blood -
A person more remarkable for inqnisi
fveuess than for correct bfeedine-one
OF those who deyoidoi delicacy andreck
less Of rebuff, pry into egertihihg-iook
The liberty 10 question NJ Dumas ralh
.er closely concerning his genealogical
tree.
You are qnadroon. NJ Dumas 2 be
began. 81
\ am, sir, quietly replied Domss, who
has sense enough no. 10 be ashamed CT a
descent be cannoi conceal.
And your father 7
Was a mulaito.
And your grandfather
"A negro. hastily answered the dIa.
na'ist, whose patience was waning. r
r Add may | inquire what your great
grandfather wasi D
An ape. sir, thundered D mas, with
. 6ercenessthat made his impairment: in-
,errogatorishrink into The smallest possi-,
bic compass. An ape. sir = my pedigree
COMMENCES where yours terminates @
The faSher Of Alexander Dumas, tie
republican general Of The same name was
4 mglatlo. bornin 81. Domingo. The son
i. Pa,ilsterie. By tes fisabiia Ma.!apis d
lprocessthe bend sinister was erased, ana
the matquisa,e preserved. we. have hi,h-.
erto been unable TO ascertain. Ii
WONDERFUL MATHEMATICAL GENIUS
Mr. P NJ. Deshong, Of Lancaster Co.
Pa. has demonstrated 10 Us his ability 10
I'solye almost every species Of afithmetical
problem in the shortest conceivable space
Of time. AT his request we sa. down
FIVE long columns Of figures out Of hiJ
sight, to which be appended thesum The
instant they were submitted TO him. a.
irapidly as the figures could be written =
He added a column OF fifteen vulgar frsc-
tons Of rrent~deDominations, With The
same rapidly and apparent ease He
put underneath single column 0! figures,
so long as 10 preclude The possibility ,oi
his reading Them during the time occu,
pied; their SUMS sight He multiplisd
FIVE figures by five, setting the pfoduct
below instantly in a single line. In tbe
same way be divided any number Of Il
cures into greater. and commenced
writing The result BY setting down the re-
msinder. Fl
Mr.. Dsshong has approached so neaI
solving the qiadrature Of the circle. that
after he had arrived a, The 6aSlh fguge.
the decimal left was ONLY |. Archimedes.
tie great mathematician Of antiquity, af
tier extending his calculationt 10 l26 figures
gavesit up il despair, il having become
so extremely complicated. q
Alter twelve years OF intenss study
andinvesiigation. ibis. young gentleman
now only % years Of age, has succeeded
10 flaming intelligible rules isIa direc
ii:ons, whereby he can -iupari ID oiher
the power Of performing aliathese with ibs
same facility hsteharsciefizss hisown per
formances. This remarkable faculty VA
first developed 10 bin si The age Of fgt
years. before be was capable Of perceiy,
ing the .sfionsls Of explAining The ne.
thod Of bis processes. H:s mors maturt
intellect enables him rot.pnlyto execute
The mosi absirnse caicriaiion. ID every
department Of maihemasicsl science, bu
tosPoint Out ! shoilToad for arriving al ihs
same result. 10 all who commit lhemselsel
10 bis gu,dsBce. 4
| His rules are So intplligi5ie that hal
hours attention last evening enabled u
1o execute by-his process problems iE al
1.-The simple rules Of arithmetic, as well q
in vulgar fractions and thc calsula.ions d
interes:. The faculty with which he ado
| ing up 81 long COLUMNS Of figures by hi
lmsihod is accomplished it's moi only,
matter 81 curiosity ADD wonder, bbi d
1.-The greatest practical interest ia I'll nos
lerefJ department d business
u I; ispr, Gem
A"ToUcH ABovs THE VULeAR
lady on horseback excited considers5i,
lallenison 10 The slreeIs &c Boston Iss
week. All ismale eIoeaifians are sisrsl
Fat 10 cities but she vas Stared 1t parsic
ularly bard. because she sportsd pair B
nice, clean. snowy While pan.eleiscs@-
piM RULED sirapf. We have Heard B
lrufied shirts. ruled collars. snifi "a Ten
pers. but never before oi-rn6lsd Straps
* Lady 10 Providence, Rhode IsIsnd
has discovered thai there ere three fiou