Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1847-12-15

present <lzsion-1nd he paAAee q q resolution,
proposing = recess q he sena,s ff1zA he I5th
q Brcenhcr % ihe6,h q January.
u De House, tie .pr0minent business was Tie
rspori a ihe >ele<f conmiree, On he Alexandria
& Fairfax e1se-uhich uas n favor Of Tie ad-
mission Of Ia DE c|aimann -Fairth1 under the
Cons,iiuiion, and Aexandria under her inherent
rIghtlo rcprcscnl1fiOn.
Mr. MAYO. he chairman Of be commiiiee sup
ported The report II brief bpi eoseni speech
Mr. Wood q Frederick opposed The report. IN =
neal and ingenious c1ort
Mr.. M0ncure IL Stafford made q speech Of
grezt power. n support q he conclusions Of the
commifiee, and Of the undoubitd right Of Alexan-
dria, as community q freeaaen. not 70 Be trans
feTed q cafle, but entitled % al the privileges
conseqnenf upon their return % the bosom Of the
Commonwealth.
Mr.. Lanicr followed. On the opposite side. and
the House adjourned without coming 70 any de-
eision.
The subject win occupy several days 70 come,
and being one Of more than ordinary importance
win bring ont the besf talent Of he House. The
principal doubt seems % Be. whether one branch
81 the Legislature 1ione can assign, representa-
ton % newly acquired territory. The prrvaleni
opinion i, thai Fairfax cannot By Legislation Be
deprived Of her constitutional rights; and there
fore have nodoubt Mr.. Thomas win be allowed
% retain his seat l hope the cqn,e., nay result
in bringing about What ought = Barr ben done
last winter -namely dislinc. 4 |ntion for
Alexandria.
II On Thursday, last The + . Army ON.
GERS passed through Harper ~ -1I Garland,
Col. w, B. Burnett, Ma. |,>t1nson, Lieut..
Potter and Lieut. SNrcu<f t|| lined al The
Western Exchange. ks|| . a. ~ cAnRELL.
On Friday, Senator I|| .|. lily, from
-Tennessee, dined At he . . . e. Lept BY Mr.
y. r. ABELLs
The RAN Roam, Wr.r-Wo made a
statement q short time eino5, IN relation
70 the difficulty Of passing Nobley Noun
tain, for the correctness d which, it will
be remembered, we did NOS vouch. We
have since received the following correc-
ton from source entitled 70 confidence
The grade going West is not more than
so feet per mile, or Is feet per thousand !;
and coming East, not more than SO feet
per mile, or 10 feet per thousand The
route is entirely practicable, and encoun-
tiers no greater difficulties than are usually
met with on mountain routes, and not as
great as those surinounted BY the Mt. Saw
age Rail Road, or Maryland Mining Com
pany's Rail Road in this county.
1t is proper to state that when speaking
Of the Virginia route, we mean the route
surveyed through that State for short
distance, alternative to q route extended
from Cumberland, and not the route
through Virginia terminating at Wheeling
in contradistinction to the Pittsburg and
Connellsville Road-CHDi6eriand CiV
"a SLAVE Casa case is pending be-
fore the Washington County Court, being
an action brought by Hope II Slater, for
damages sustained in the purchase of me-
gro (Rill Gfoss) convicted of manslaugh-
ter and sentenced to transportation. VIII
son, as the Sheriff Of the county, BY the
act of his deputy, sold the negro to Stat
ter without making him acquainted with
the fact of his being aconyict The ne
gro was forfeited in New Orleans, where
Slater had taken him against the laws of
the State Of Louisiana Slater having
lost the price of the negro, now seeks to
recover damages for the deception prac-
ticed upon him by Wilson's deputy. The
case had not been given to the jury on
Tuesday Baltimore iSxa
This case was closed in the Washington
County Court last week, the jury giving
verdict Of S765 damages for the plaintiff
ToADYIsM-Col. Wynkoop, the COM
mander Of the Pennsylvania Regiment in
Mexico, has written letter, now going
the rounds Of the Locofoco Journals, in
which the Wings are most violently assail-
cd, and in the Court slang, accused of
moral treason. The National Intelligen-
Ger pretty strongly insinuates that the OBJ
ject Of the writer was TO purchase promo.
ton by course 50 gratifying to the Pres
ident; and this intimation, it is remarked
in the Richmond Wing, is corroborated
BY paragraph in the Pottsville (Pa)
Journal, which promises to notice, in its
next number, the gallant Golcnel's epistle,
Afor the sake Of preventing false impress
sions abroad at home that paper
says, cit will excite no attention, as the mo
tires Of the writer are fortunately pretty
well known."
TnE TIRES The Wishing.
ton correspondent oft N. Y. Herald de-
MES the statement by an army correspon-
dent Of the ST Louis Republican, that q
council Of war was held at which was dis
cnssed the expediency Of using the three
millions to bribe the Mexicans to appoint
d commission to treat for peace.
tiaieamead R<pnbliean.
THE TELEGRAPH-In discussing the
wonders Of the Telegraph, the New Y ork
Herald remarks, ave believe the devil,
who has been preambulnting the world for
the last Eve thousand years, has packed up
his tail in his trunk, and absconded, like
any other vagabond Of the age, when the
business Is taken out Of his hands" Does
Bennett intend TO intimate that the mana
gers Of tie Telegraph ara doing the dew
rs businesse If 50, Mr.. Kendall ought
10 have him cited for contempt
Rielmea1 Rspa5iisaa.
Horx ON-The Union pltcks hedi-
cine from the nettle Il says, ayirginia
OUGHT not 10 have had more than two or
three Wing representatives. Perhaps
not. according 10 the Gerrymander.
lyVho doubts Pennsylvania, asks the u
Mon. New Y ork, TOD, i not entirely hope
-. The nrnsanf Hnnaa nf Renresenta.