Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1852-01-08
GOLD wAsHINCs.


The Bank Of Tennessee has realized prokt Of
per erhf upon is operations The last teat, afcr
leaving s65 900 10 the credit Of The surplus iund
The public revenue received atshe port al New
York during the month Of Decemher amounted 10
81 .s77.0g7.
Il Is stated that The company owning The Morse
line ot Teiegrsphs between New YORK and Wash-
ilstOn are about 70 buy ont Bain line for $50 900
reduction Of he rOs,s d selegraphic dispatches
Is one q The rsfufDs demanded by The spirit Of the
age.
Among The deaths noted 10 Sacramento City du-
ring the nsnlh u November, the name III David
C1rtwiIl is the onIy one from Virginia.
4 One Of the California papers states tharthe pros
poets IRON all paris Of The State are highly avora-
bic an unusually successful season 10 gold mi
ming. II estimates ihe probable shipments for the
first six months Of 1854 al sixty millions.
There is report Of a fight near Por. Oxford
California, between 4 Detachment Of The y. s.
troops ana the hostile Indians in that region. The
latter are stated to have is killed.
Several profession Rail Roads are discussed in
California
Ollie population Of the United States al $50 000-
There are archbishops % bishops. l.3s5 priests
and l4li churches. distributed among "a diOcesses
and apostolic vicariates. lone archbishop and
~ priests have died, and one bishop has been
translated 10 another see.
The exports from Baltimore, the last year, cor
sisted Of Alb 0S7 barrels of -four, 80 29l barrels Of
corn meal 1871 $40 bushels ofcorn, and AZ 573 hogs
heads OF tobacco. The total ralNe of the exports
for 1851 is set down al 81. 166, l65-for 1850, at
Sc. 526. 457
Another English expedition is being organized to
search the Arctic regions for Sir John franklin
and his associates
The probable demand of Austria upon England
for surrender Of political refugees is treated with
derision in every quarter.
The failure Of Mr. TIYes to present himself to
Louis Napoleon, with the other foreign ministers,
after his usurpation, meets with general approval
The London correspondent Of The National In
telIigenccr states that The quiet nov prevailing in
Paris has cost from 5000 10 $500 lives. All the
prisons Of France are said ito be giutted, and the
moment man is suspected he is seized. All con-
Gdence among friends is destroyed. Napoleon has
been elected by large majority, but the discomfort
is only smothered foI a time.
The Pope Of Rome Is said TO be rather uneasy in
regard to the state OF affairs in France The abso-
lute potentates are highly grataed.
The coinage of gold at the Mint Of France The
last year amounts TO - millions Of pounds sterling.
The correspondent OF the Intelligencer says the
threatening elements with which the political at
mosphere Of Continental Europe is loaded have
not yet exploded, Fbutthey arerapidly Accomplishing
and concentrating. The bayonet is in the ascen-
dant from ST. Petersburg Paris, and the press is
paralysed and all free discussion stiaed
The Siesian Gazette draws the attention Of Euro,
pean governments to the perils brewing for them in
The United States Of America, "vhefe The abetturs
Of revolution have fund of twelve millions of dol
will, when the lime Of action comes, be
backed BY The naval and military power of the
Fedora. Government" The reception of Kossuth
in this country win afford new causes of alarm