Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-07-20

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Cpl qrpset n ! esmmunication which sppeArsiu
the ralsY Dsiai<Iass spe6ks II he diifculties
SOantersf;in ths surnd work. Amer eiumeraang
Preriqussshgrd snanz IN the way ola speedy prose-
sutiol q ~ Hpis. Col c commences with those
pet visk snesl Nssember last He says:
Unit. Nsvea Der last We had no cause to complain
efourpf1sss shtng itwussorneuhatr retarded dur
ing 1855 IL strkes for higher wages and thesc
n h1Hds In &Svsmber, new and serious diniert-
ties begtg We snildenly came On the west side ap-
On boty Of le9ss large rock species ofsandstene,
ln Ntic< We hare heen eutangled ever since. beiprs
ibis theMxcaHktien had proceeded safely Without
any pro.tlion gyer bead but then fAll ofthe root
which injured ttFo men, though not fatally, waraed
ps cf nslSg mefe carlton The hands for some time
refused n work. hut after strong frames Of timber
had bee yaisef for their protection they returned
10 their Sksk these loose masses Of rock were tex
some tirde mraltpfd ia red mud, showing fssurc
clear ito De topt here 500 feet high Mere receatly
The mud disappeared but the water came from above
In heafK shos Yer, which kept the men constantly
wet q Ssine When pneun'ania ragged in The neigh
porhqods and carfied OF several Of them. Then
again n3pss q thanl declined working in 80 APPS
ling sEEustics; ahtupon my procuring oil cover
lngs, NJ re.afned Since that period, the large
roekS Ytfe succeeded bya single conglomeraSe Of
smsa pkeLles, no larger than peas, and finally we
jnave il4t passed through a narrow DRIFT Of sam
dy sSiLswhich poured down as fast as removed ID
able msa expect FIAT in the midst fsach dangers
and expssare nating to raise props aud shield be
fore .ye8tuEin9 f3rward, and ffeqaenuy 10 raise
then asecand sinie when knocked Oh BY blasts, men
can fusA sfrou.hwith the speed Of expectant impa-
thence ! II would seem that the mountain had been
yrent hese hpd;the ehasm tilles by some sandy de
posit1 e hay} struggled hereaready through about
200 iesF and lhank God, without any accident-
There esess lalpearance Of our getting again into
the ayE blue saoe which constitutes the main body
Dt - "a 20
our fusre progress viii be from 20 to so feet per
month land the time necessary to complete the 1900
feet eas readily be approximated. The progress in
june ssfea9 better; it win not be short of6e feet
One fuk DAT at each drift, ID generally considered
a fair akerag9 though we made more before We en-
conltafed thdlOose rock
SgIebE or Two PERsoNc IN EAsr ARiNoroN -
A suici.e attended with circumstances ola singu-
lar eh5raelerI occurred on Tuesday morning in
East AbiagtoH, the particulars OF which we learn,
are at IoEllws.-li seems that young man named
Isaac II. Nash, 4 native OF Pembroke, bur resi-
dent Oh East Abingdon, and young lady named
Adriasda Sampson, belonging in Stoughton, had
forusedan attachment for each other, but from some
cause tr othef they were prevented from being
unitedJn The holy bonds Of wedlock. The young
lady wss il mis- ciIy Monday on visit 70 an aunt,
andla peasediin spirits. In the afternoon
she refined home in Stoughion, and towards even
ing hei lovsrs Mr. Nash, hired horse and ehaise
in EaA Abingdon and proceeding to ssoughton,
took Miss Sampson, 10 ride. This was the last
which was beard 81 lhsm alive, 50 far as Is SCI
knowns
Abop, fys A. M. yesierday, Mr.. John Sears,
wh44tpds Rseds Mill in East Abington, dtscoy-
cred Aorse aud chaise (Which has since proved to
be 9hepne Eed By Mr.. NASH stanling near the
! Mill r. boise being tel and carefully covered
with asbGhaIo9fobe. On The FENCE near the chaise
Mr. Stars atsp found two sha2ls and a bonnet
which ihaves.nce been Identified as belonging to
Miss SampsYi; and near by the same spet he also
found Mr Nashs hat, IN which was The following
'1AlS nalls is Isaac P. Nash. In this wattr you
wia Gad us. am perfectly sane man.
2. h-Ba. Xus both together as ten find US.
Isaac NAsap
MI Seard upon discovering these things, went
at oHde toll Ia mill pend and soon discovered the
| hodRs of NJ. Mash and Miss Sampson in about
seven or eight feet Of water with their arms encir-
clog each nihcrts necks, and their wrists and arms
/ firmly bouns egeiher with stout cord. lfe i'm
m diafely Sw the bodies from The water, aEl Cor.
oner Reed p4s called 10 hold an inquestth ertupon
| Cifeusasiahses are known which render il very
| pfqblt:e thst the act was committed after II
| o'clos:k on Monday night.
aa9- Tha Williamsburg G szette says Of the late
/ adar9ss Of lsRan Tucker, Esq al VIM. and Mary
i uFan tht whole his address was production Of
high 1ferit and stripped Of some OF IL abstraction.
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