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

rHE CanEfBALs The New YORK %.
|peEs contsia The disgusting particulars 8,
. 1ght ib,, i99k Plics in 'hs apperp,rt Of
tha: city. On Ihdrsdsy Lest. bstheen NO
rufhaos. for bet Of IS Some three
hundred persons % the ground. There
lice rsfnssd 10 interfere.
STh1wnrRRfrs l---Sirs u6efriss are
more abundant fhsn ever 10 Cincinnati.
one euliivsioF. Capt Colbeiison. has 100
bickers engaged 90 patch Of GO Scfss.
Who gather some 100 bushels day.
MoRE TRooPs.-Anolher re6uisitioh
has been made on The governor Of Hi
nois for ! regiment Of infantry and
company 81 mounted men This mskes
the Irfk regiment for Illinois.
Nsw P6TAToEs.-Abcui thirty bush.
els pf this years growth we're received At
ST. Louis last week. and were sold atone
dollar and seventy 1--WE centsper ousbel.
REcEiPTs or FLouR We learn from
The New York papers that the amount Of
wheat and -four arrived II tide walerby
The canals since opening TO the 7,h inst.
exceeds The amount received 10 the cor.
responding date last year, equal TO 273.
07s bbls. -four.
CALHOUN Co.'s FOR GeN. TArLoR.
The Charleston Mercurr, the mouth
piece Of Mr.. Calhoun, mas come but
fiaily 10 favor Of Gen. Taylor for The
Presidency.
AT HoME.-John q. Adams reached
bis home 10 Quincy. Mass on Saturday
week, with bis health considerably I'm
proved.
AkoTHER Strike -0,e r four hundred
lourneymen shoemakers. on The ladies
branch. are on = strike in Phi:adelPhia
for higher wages.
Murderer Captured. "A man named
John Hszlei. Of Rockbridse, Va. who
! some time since murdered free coIored
man near that place. was on Saturday
week. captured at Cincinnati.
The New Orleans Dslts, Of the % in !.
slant, says tnat eight regiments Of yoiun-
teers had been paid Of 10 that City during
the latter part OF May. and lhs, The sum
disbufsed in that way amounted 10 be-
tween 5000. 600 and 5000 600 There
were still thirteen regiments belonging to
General TAYLoRs Army 10 be paid Of,
all. Of which were daily expected in New
Orleans. - Bah finer.
A
The harvesting has alre ady com me o ced
ir some portions Of our Southern country,
and the accounts are Generosity favorable.
| The election returns from large part
Of the Stale Of New York. show pretty
conclusively. thai the Locotocos have
elected their Judges and clerk Of the court
Of appeals BY some Is 900 msjoriiy
NEW WhEhT.-A load Of new wheat.
raised on the plantation Of D. H. Ruff
Esq. near Columbia. S. c.. was. sold 10
that place on the 8lh inst. at $l,l2a per
busheL IL issaid 10 be very supefior
article. & III
Two SuIelDEs.-An extract Or . letter
10 the Richnond Wing, from Bucking.
ham. Va. says:-'Dr. Robert D. Cor,
don and Henry v. Hudgin committed
suicide on Friday last, the former BY cot.
tiog his throat With razor. and the latter
BY hanging himself 10 bis tobacco house.
They were both partially derang ed. lhoogh
not sufhciehtly so TO excite the suspicion
Of their friends"
MuNiFIcENT DONATION. -fIon. Abbott
Lawrence has made donation OF $780,
600 to Harvard University. Tor the pu't.
pose Of foundings school :or the insrruc.
lion Of men 10 the practical aud useful
sciences connected with the mechanic
arts He suggests the appointment Of
two new prsfessofsEiPs. one Of Engineer
ing Ind one OF Geology.
| MlRRlAeE IN HicH Lire The Boston
Transcript says that Tom Thumb. follow.
ing other illustrioos examples. has sooed
little maid who has agreed is wed.
wed. we'd and 10 stdrt time they are
TO be msrfiee. She Is 10 her 10Th yesr.
weighs l9a pounds, and Is thirty inches
high. The united weight OF the couple
lis hf,y poundsl
| Travellers are now conveyed from The
city Of New York 10 the Falls Of Niaga.
"a Tor Sl4.25, ihus.- to Albany, 81 so;
thence TO Buffalo. S1i.t0; and thence to
the Falls, Sl.25.
| Mr Webster told The people Of Ssvan-
nah. 10 bis speech there. that the Massa-
chusetis people must continue 10 be. for
their Southern friends, "hsiCsrs Of ice aad
coolers Of cater."
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company Of Boston celebrated lis 2O9th
snniverssIy on Tuesday last By l process.
sioI, ! sermon. dinner and parade.
j THE MARKETS.