Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1849-08-02

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tsKe--as they were also il Winehes:sr.
FsFak Ftss Fsess.
SYqnr article On Look % your Weeds. Z u your
last humber is very good bat not ID rs plAce; il is
like advising man % lock the door afersha sieed
n slplens Already have cur worst weeds Tipeneds
and cast youl eye in any direction and yod PEE the
wind sowing The thslle broadcast ard ne scuf dock
red and ripe arophd anosi every stack yard stable
yard meafbH. Sc. &c. III you realIy wishlto adj i
vance the tanners interest, tand i am ccnFinced
you do set hpar little corner Of your paper Tor
their epeeidl benefit and endeavof ~ warn them N
tsAs. 4 II June you had called ofr attention g
weeds We would only have bad 70 err them " pull
them PIP. hut now we mnsi cut. gashes and haal
them together and bnrn item while warnling in
June Eould have been worth ! yeafis subscription
f9r Jour paper % every farmerv had lskeA 4
Let A Farmer : preserve the FFse Press until
asu June. and follow Toe advice. and be win still
fnd the article I worth years subscription.
II ~ The aillers. farmers, dealers il produce.
merchants, manufacturers and mechanics Of Berke-
ley county, Va, are signing 4 pcticn ID the Legs-
l4ture Of Virginia, in reference 10 The gnaraBfeNpf
Tie State 10 tie Chesapeake and OHIO Canal |coai-
pany, and he construction Of lilflcrk near the
mouth Of the Dpequon. By lhe company. The OBJ
ject Of the petitioners i 10 release The company
from that obligation. uponlthe ground that The f.
nhpces Of the company prevent compliance with
i'll; and to effect further improvement in lhecanal
h5 States guarantee Of $500, 900, which, they con-
sitter Of more importance than the erection df any
number ofoeks, with the canal in its present weak
phsaie, and imperfect condition
sY- At the recent commencement of ST. Johns
Literary Institution, in Frederick, Md, ths gold
rnedalfor gentlemanly department was awaried 10
AngustusJ sappingtonf Of Frederick. Thf Ex-
alliner says:
The remarkable factthat this young man was the
sA brother who took The palm for good conduct at
this Institution, for period now Of twenty Sears
| makes The honor one 81 Higher Distinction,
The annual address was delivered by w. G.
sapPington, Esq Of the Frederick bar
IA GREAT TRSSEL.--Tbe heading Of lie Tassey
Mountain Tunnel, on the Pennsylvania Railroad
which is between eleven and twelve hundred eetin
lehgth was finished on the 18th ult, in less than len
months from The regular commencement Sf lis
eastern end-and the other end hot having bean be-
gun until some three months afterwards. Thu par
ties from the Two ends met about one hundred feet
frand the centre their work isnng win remarkable
exhctness. iaH
RFLIotors REvIvAL.--The CentreSilIe (Md,)
Times Of Saturday says + "A religious rerivslhas
been going Oh amongst our Methodist Episcopal
friends, at Busicks church, in The Upper strict
ofIQucen Anne's county for a week past-atoht 40
conversions have taken placeso far and the meeing
is ftilI progressing under favorable auspices The
revival was commenced amongst the premiership
wiEhoutany ministerial preparation h
BLACK WAlNrr IslANn--This IIand 4saslIsold,
at private sale on the 25th uL, BY DErW g. SkANN
L w iIIvAsnx n ,nptso., ~ bs.a
mac River.in the County Sf Montgomery, Md,
three miles frdm Leeshurg and contains 4FO acres
\ The price paid was 1000 cash-or S40.4S per
l acre Iris an alluviaf Soil. and in good order for
the cultivation Of any crop adapted 10 thiselihae
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/ tg Owingfio the Numerous appliratfonsEand
complaints Of claimants thar agents and attorneys
have failed to pay over their dues when COLLECTED,
the2d Auditor il Washington. hasestablished arule
that no money WILDE paid upon power Of attorney
to any agentoT attorney who has been charged nm
Observation-Disclosures 10 warrantbelief with withhold
ing money dae.ta claimant
IWooL Trans OF PoRTaeE CouNrY The WOOL
clipof Portage county, Ohio The Ravenna wig
thinks, has not fallen short this year Of 330O OG lbs
ltcbunts up quantities reaching iii the aggregate to
2S61 lbs purchased al ming points in The county,
and hears Of considerable purchases Of Portage &oo
at several places in adjoining counties a M
FArHER MArnEw IN BosroS. -On the 9Th hlt..
Father Mathew administered the pledge in Faneuil
Hall TO about 1900 journeymen iailcrs Who march
ed il body to The Hall to receive it from his hands.
During Friday and Saturday last he is said 10 Nave
administered the pledge to some 1000 persons,
chiefly his own countrymen. i.
WIZ ----S-Ss~5>S>1>ls.S- is4E5 MI s##
\ AyoTHER SiNGuLaR CIoLERA ca sE--,The Lowell
Advertiser reports the Of 'girln ID that dfty
Several learned physicians conrurred in The opinion
that twas genuine Asasic cholera the real asphvSia
About anshour afterwards the disease took the shape
pf line boy, and the girl was relieved. The rebu-
tation Of The Lowell doctors is rising I'd climax
Nobody will hereafter liken them to old women
GgN. FaYLoRs CorroN CRoPs The Ncw 0rlesns
Delta Of the 18th ult, says 4 We have been In
formed that Messrs. Maunsel White & CO., yes;hr-
day sold Old lacks cotton at eighteents Der
pound round This we consider a liptpp prize,
and We are glad il So as he is one Of tie greatest
sufferers by the late overflow 9lE3
GopEY's LADY's BooK-The August nuniherIof
this elegant monthly, is already before US Itcdn-
tains two beautiful steel engravings " The Bakhlof
Beauty" and Taking the QueIe; Z besides several
handsome Fashion Plates Its literary cohtrihntiohs
are from 40 different pens. Terms, SO iii advance
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Egr Recent attempts have been made io.rccoyer
the treasure Lost in ihe British Plumpsr
in the Bay Of Funday. in 1912 She had ON board
1t thetime E1A00O. BY means Of an India rubber
apparatus, made By a young man Of Boston, persons
have descended 70 the bottom, sixty feet deep, ana
I obtained about 900.
n fr Rocks fnr s,,hsrri MIN Or !, t