Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-04-21
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iA .r u --t1 . 1>..Na. a. 80 EI911 trmkrRnfs
ye Nero iayitsd % Wi,bess & Me-.
OK last week some expSrimcnta ~ s
lseEiy invented t1nnon. ior 6iscbsrs;.s,
l,Alls By mech1nical agency alone NJ
1oMder or otherc plos;rs subs,snce /, go
Nth six men % turn crxnk s0o h.ils N
sne alse q grape shoe could IS j;,ch.rcsa
n she space Of ! minute, o. g fsrt 81 -.
peiN could b pushed into hSIS = -
center Of the cylindor. ~ vb;cH a. -
non vas plsced, though but one ball
sH.as ION tne mouth o. Ne srnon ~ Z
tsme A large cannon, cspable 5f e. :, |.
l!lg SIX pound bah has been mt a hc.-d
TIE Revenue Cutter Polk Is the So,
York bay. This is operated hv : stssm
engine. With this force applied Il az
machine, we were informed that balls 40
thrown with more force, and At rreater
distance than can be done with novice 81
Men will not wish To- % 10 war and lrcet
such machines, Every Improvement IN
the art OF killing makes war more and
more distasteful to The human mind
The love Of military glory decreases il
the same ratio that the chance az be;nr
killed Increases.
s \ + q 4l +
lSpisg6eid lafass.) R;2s1,iean.
South Carolina has less than twentv
persons to the square milo, ana her c;t,.
asns are leaving her rich soil and genial
climate s'll IN thousands, while Massachu-
sets, with sterile soil and hard climate.
has population of over one hundred IN
the square mile, and the value Of Ind
= yearly rising in all parts Of il.
THRILLING SiTrATfoS. Shooting u
sr1seys. Extract from i lettcr, dated az.
laergo, March 18th -: .
if have just returned from / mast ~.
latlcholy scene. Seven soldiers were WI.
fenced to death for desertion. THE.
were hrst brought.ont, kneeled on the;r
cofins and were shot. The other fonr
were then brought forward, knceled. IN.
dage tied on their eyes--the words. aready,
present T-aand glorious news Il ~.
tine poor fellows were repfieved They
ali stood It like majors. One Of them faint.
g when the bandaga was taken from his
eyes, II
IA NARROW EscArR. he cars wh;ah
eft Baltimore on Saturday evening. -.
preaching Harrc de Grace, ii q rTeater
,peed than usual, from being rather ~.
lind time, the locomotive was detached
Fhile under full headvay, and tho conse-
Inence was, that before tie cars could Is
.rrested, they had run three quarters over
he ferry boat that takes the passengers O.
'er the Susquehanna, and in another in
tant one Aindyed persons would have
'een precipitated down decliyity az thir.
y feet into twenty feet of water Fortu-
lately, however, the cars stopped within
I've feet of the extreme limit oif the boat
nd dreadful catastrophe was averted
IN Y. Mirror.
! OSE Hour Ruiz. Seventy mem.
,ers of the bar in Philadelphia have petit
Toned the Supreme Court there to iimit
Ittorneys TO one hour speeches.
Fate or KINGS The history Of the
after Kings Of France shows remarka-
lie succession Of misfortunes:
Louis XVI guillotincd !; Louis XVII
LIED OF want Louis XVIII twice ex-
led. Napoleon exiled !, his son died in :
origin land Charles x dethroned Hen.
w prescribed; Louis Philippe put "a
light; the Count Of Paris rejected.
The difference in feeling between France
nd this country will appear plainly from /
ne selection Of Sunday for the election
( iAe constituent assembly.
y faslsionably dressed lady appeared IN
he streets Of Philadelphia, On TUESDAY.
q cigar.
) tremendous Taylor Meeting was held
t Columbus, Miss, on the 2Sth nlt.
The registered incuinbfances on landed
property in ireland amount 70 fl5,6OS,-
sc
ARMY or DOCTORS No less than 4fg Il
learees Of Doctor Of Medicine have been
at Philadelphia lately by the w.
iops Colleges--the largest proportion Be.
n&to Pennsylvania, and tho next to Vir-
yiis;a,
There are in the English language 90.
Jog nouns, 40 pronouns, s, 200 adjectiveh
900 verbs, 1900 adyerbs, SO preposi.
ions, 10 conjunctions, 68 intersections.
ndItwo articles, in all, above 10000.
YonEn OF NrMBERs To count mil
iolt II one per second, would require very
carly month, allowing six days per
eek and twelve hours per day A quad.
illion Of leaves Of paper, each i two
part Of an inch In thickness.
'ousd form : pile equal in height to three
unsircd aud thirty times the moons dis.
moe from the earth. IA cannon bah Nv
,g kwelye hundred feet per second for
'urs years, would not reach thirty mil
onsc Of miles,
SsEAxcE CrRcUMsrANcE "a day Of
70 ago, some citizens Of ALLEGHENY. Pa.
iscegered very neat white box floating
oNs She Allegany river. They at once
roU.sht il 70 the shore, and Oh opening /
st!enge % behold they found ! child ]
lithlive
Jdnx JAcoB AsroR's Wnr.-Tron, !
'atssnent that appeared il ono Of tho
levy York papers & would seem fSr from
that Tie viii of MI. Astof Win
: dssputed BY the hcirs-at-laM. s|
a Western paper, Il announcing !.
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