Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-08-24

and the panther. we're lying with their
paws ailcetionately tKined about each
other, without regaHa 10 species and ma
flsity. - ases isf.sg more vhan
onc'anims II Is nesk iailing cestom for
one to keep watch while the others sloep
The sontry is relievddwith as much rern.
larity as in wefl regulated camp Of SOL
diers, although not. probably, with as much
precision in regard To time, The sentinel
PAGES back and forth, aud IS very careful
not to touch or do any thing to arouse his
eomrade Occasionally he lied down, but
always with his head towards the front Of
the cage, aud never sleeps untilhe is re-
lieved. Thissingular custom, Herr Dries
bach Informs as, sinde his connection with
the menagerie, he has never known to be
violated. Thomas Cart, who is now the
nightwatchof the establishment, and who
is also The Oldest sf owing master in the
United States, confiFmsIthis statement.
MONARCHY N xr4.E.-An English wri.s
ter, abiding to the family of Louis Phil
lippc in exile, says there is something in
teresting in the picture Of a royal family
living en- tour geoise,Ia king sitting with
his spcctacles on His forehead and his
newspaper on his knee, playfully abiding
to observations whose fallaey alone he can
demonstrate; QUEEN busily engaged a.
mid the tolls Of the work table, around
which princesses of every European royal
ty are seated, gaily dhatting over their en-
broidery, or listening while an amusing
book is rcad. out by i husband ora broth
5er; even an American would lie struck by
such view Of monarchy The Due do
Nemours is the least prepossessing of the
princes; his deafness, too, assists the inn
preston Of his GOODNESS and austerity
while the too-studiea courtesy ofthe Prince
de Joinville towards Englishnlcn is the re-
verse of an amicabls demonstration.
Mas. CoSNEr, allas Van NEss.ZThis
lady, We perceive, i not minded to aban-
don the prosecution of her claim upon. the
large estate of the lhte JohnP Van Ness,
Of Washington. Haying failed in the at,
tempt 60 prove the existence Of will, she
has now filed a bill for the recovery of
dower in the -nid e@tasy and fsr al d;see-
very Oh various matters essential Ito her
interests claiming that She was legally
though secretly married to the said John
p. Van Ness.
q A Coon ExaMprE Il boy in Ports
mouth, N. H. has been convicted of wri-
ting obscene words on fence and fined
S96S therefor, Ifsome such law was eff
fcctive in this city, there are several chan
ces for its application.
FRIGHTFuL-lAlnoRg the many otheI
( demonstrations iii New York, there was
to be mass meeting in Astor Place, Of !
the Salons, on Wednesday evening The
resurrectionists, We suppose, will shortly
issue a call for an indignation meeting
too.
New QuALrFIcArioysFoR APPRENTICES.
"A Wagon Maker adyertises in the Lex
ington Gazette for 'stwo boys from IA to
l6 years Of age, who are QUICK and DEVIL
ISL, as apprentices to learn the wagon
making business.
Take one letter from Taylor and you
have Tyler liip Statesman.
Take one letter from Cass, and what
sort Of an animal have you?
ILs4tspine -,,aruaf
A single stalk Of corn that contains tAi5-
fy dastiact ears, small but well formed, was
raised BY Mr.. JAMES Davis, Of Boonsboro',
Nd. They eameFOut where the tassels
should have BEEN:
PRfzE Essays. II Nearly one thousand
essays on the Sabbath have been written
m competition forthe prizes offered some
time since bya wealthy gentleman in Scot
land.
Onesof Mr.. Cass's admirers calls him 4
great MichiganaerI Another says that
he calamity surrendered TO the British in
the war Of 1912 ~ osixuille Jossyaal.
SLioHT EaRoH-A country paper says
Our account Of the thunder storm last
week contained d slight error instead Of
sshailstones as bigas pailets, y read bullets
LANCE YIEtH-A farmer near st
Georges, Del, Esised an average crop Of.
thiJty-fye bushels of wheat to the acre,
the present scas9E
A GRASD FAscy BALL took place at
Saratoga, on Friday evening, tickets IS
for gentleman In costume, without $40.