Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1850-01-10

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Years age o Mr.. Wainwright was literary lion
in Loadon, and Ind the friendship III such men as
Charles Lamb He was distinguished By the ele-
gance Of bis coslumq, and bis abilities as a writer
and an artist His scientific requirements and a.
musing qaalilis Ia society, made him lhecenire Of
brilliant circse He was convicted for poisoning
several person. for The purpose Of dcfrauding the
Insurance Offices, in which he had effected policies
on their lives, ihd was transported to Sydney. or
thetcrminalioro Of bis career correspondentof the
Manchester Ellminer thus writes
He becans so altered by the convict dis
cipline, my llformant told me, that it was
difficult to collective him in higher sphere
Of life than teat be held as a ticket-ofleaye.
man in Sydnay He might be seen there on
agSaturday night, with i coarse market bas-.
ket in his hahd, purchasing his food, among.
the very poorest lie made a living by tai
king portraits, and at intervals exhibited III
the local exhibition /; but his talents as alb
artist though they commanded customers,
did not raise him in the. social scale He
was still the conyict-still the criminal to be
Stunned and secuted He died in the hos
pital. and thesurgcon who attended him in
This last moments said that the wretched
mans death bed was one of the most appal-
ling scenes he had ever witnessed. He raved
in the most violent manner, uttered the most
blasphemous paths, and died in a paroxysm
of remorse and fear
ExrR4oRnISA4Y EscA9E PROM DsArH-The fol-
lowing strange story is related in the Baton Rouge
Gazette Fxra]lof the 9Th nit:
A very singular or rather extraordina-
ry cscdpe froia death occurred to one Of the
deck hands ot the Magnolia Oh Der last trip
up from New Orleans. The man alluded to
was sitting ohthc bow Of the boat asleep when
he fell overheard and slipped under the boat.
The next instant he was picked up by paddle
of the wheel; and safely, and without injury
deposited in fhc whcel.house So sudden
was all this done that he woke Up very much
astonished at fhc cold bath he had under
gone, but entirely ignorant, until informed
of the curious revolution and fearful escape
from death which lie had passed
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\ FIRElIN WksFIseToN--A destructive fire
4took place in. Washington on Sunday morn.
Ing, By Ewhich.the large stable and coach.
house Of Dir. Thompson Nailor on Pennsyl-
wanna Ayanneand 18th Street were cousuIn-
ed, together with several carriages, ornni-
buses, &c, and thirty. horses. Owing to q
deficiency of water the fire department vas
unable to display its usual efficiency
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Tut TarrH ~ NrrsHELI- Mr.. Meredith. h
his late able Repssein allusipn 10 liz encourage,
mani cIf domestic industry, scss:
sNo country can attain i due strenptb u =
prosperity tai does not, BY its own labor.
carryssts era productions as nearly as pos
slblc to the point necessary to fit them for III.
innate conSamption 10 expert its raw
material and feEimport the articles rnanufac-
tured from i. or TO negAct its own raw ma
terial and import the articles manufactured
from that Of another country, is 10 pretermit
the means which Nature has provided fol- lis
advancemeEsF
MoaE RrS.KAr Saves Every day but sweils
the number of Astounding slaves from Maryland
The EIkion democrat Says
Eight more, belonging to the estate of the
late Washington Hall, Of the upper Dart Of
this county. ! 6sconled few nights since
The heirs III Mr.. Hall have offered reward
Of one Thousand dollars for the apprehension
and conviction Of the individual who cnticed
them await who Is believed 10 Be- i well
known abol.tionist,of Chester county, Pa.
UNHArrS FANlLr-T The three sisters. resi-.
ding near Harrisburg, Pa, who were Sc
duced By bic DR.. Mills, and for which ne is
now incarckraked in the State Prison, have
each sscoas lEs pOthsE0i = fnc boy.