Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-11-15
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which Moses ;. Beach. who his Just retired from |
the New York Sun. u At work
lie ., even now just completing the eonssrsc-
,ion Of a monster steam printing press. by which
the shcets are cut from rolls, dampeDed. printed
upon both s'ies. at the rate Of forty Thousand
impressions an hour. folded up, counted and de-
lisered from The machine. ready for the carrier
and the mail This machine is rs high as n
common twostory country dwelling house. and
II will, WHEN finished. IL the expectations Of il.
inventor are realized, constitute most extrsor-
binary specimen Of mechanical skill and inge-
naity.
Tn NEoho Acr.--Iu AL the ocunties in Ma
ryland. from which ve have received returns. in
which the act for the enslayement Of free negrocs
was submitted to the people. shs voters have en-
phaticsliy and sigualIy denoupecd that unjus,
and unchri-tian Law. The question has been
met and decided without any refsrescs 10 party
politics, and the Law i dcfratcd by najori.ie-
amounting almost TO unAnimity. The result IL
greatly ersditable 10 the counties in whieh the
vote was taken, and honorable 70 the sts,s a,
lArgc. Bat Awerioan,
PAINFUL AocIDESrs.--Thc Kanawha Co CvA)
Republican chronicles a number u accidents in
the Sugar Mills IN that vicinity. Ia Roane
county one surgeon has amputaied twelve hands
and arms crushed in these mills this SEASON. A
little boy in the upper end Of Putnam county. n
few days ago, had his night arm crushed in one
Of these mills IL was Amputsied NJ the should
CT. Mrs. Mary Henson. wife Of Jas c. Hen
I ~ A L a
She leaves eight chiIdrca On Last Tuesday.
Capt j. Griffin nAIer. Of the Grc,,nbrier co
| (Val Cavalry, had both bones Of has leg bro
ken completely oG, just below the knee, by =
fall from a horse.
sSgri-,E CAsE.-on Saturday night last, =
young lady residing on Church Hill was rs,ir-
ing 70 her apartment, and GA reaching the top
| Of the steps encountered what in termed an "Ap-
! partition in other words, thorgAi shs ssw =
ghost Her fright found utteTaBce ID fearful
Shrek, which attracted the attention ID her
/ friends, who hAstesed 10 the spot aud discover
ed her IN n swoen She was restored 10 Coz
seiousness with great difficulty AMI has not vet
fully recovered fiOsn the shock The sirruus
stance shows TO what an extent tire imagination
may influence the mind .-Rich. Dispatch.
BAD WKnrSG.--A coed story il told eoarsrn-
ing the writing of. W Brooks, the grSat Rail
road manager cf MisAig.H He had writtsa To
man on the Central RoSAe, notifying aim ihAi
h. must remove baTa which il sozs manner
incommOded the road andsr penalty Of prose
eutioh. The threa;enr.i intiyidual wAs unable
90 read any part Of the letter except the Aigna-
turc, bat took il to b. FREE pass On tbs Toad,
and u-ssl il for couple Of yeSrs such. none
Of the conductors being aba 70 dispute his IN.
depreciation of the document.
BLOODY DAT IN NEw oIxAss,-s;aniay.
October 27th. was bloody day IN New Or
leans Five men were stabbed. On~ was kill
ed almost Instantly, aud three cthers we're ia a
dying condition. OF the number. one aaa Vas
cut by his nephew an employer wounslssl Ous
Of bis hands n husband killed the man - 10 in.
sultot his wife German actor turned prS-
tended murder into reality. during ptny, Aa4
ono friend accidentally stabbed another.
stsa-T The house Of Robert Stewart. near Co.
lrmbia, ;. C., having been closed long enough
u excite suspicion, was entered, and Stewart
fuSnd lying ON bod by the side OF the dead
body If his wife, which was horribly urntilated.
lie hal bcen on n drunken frolc and was still
in that condition when he committed the horri-
bic deod
BsA-The Louisville Courier says that TO re-
sist the Abolition agitation BY Disunisn il A.
sensible Is the coarse Of The lunAtie who when
few drops of water Lad Irakad through M.
roof, raR out Indignantly onfr bis house into the
poliing storm
ColIisIoS AND Les. % IArE-A collision oc.
ourri On tbs Potomac riyer naar Ai.xAudria.
on Thursday. between the steamer Geor,, Fsge
and a canal boat, The s'rAmor striking the lat
trr over The stern. In the shack Of the collision
An infant child Of the captain Of ths boat WAS
knocked overheard. IL never rose 90 the sur.
face after sinking. and it's supposed Wa struck
with plank The steamer stopped. and a boat
fr"m the schooner was lowered but it was with.
out avail
hHcIrSNrsT ~ FAtHyAH VA COuzr HousE.-
We learn from friend that ON Wednesday a,
fniriAS Court HOUSE. = man namfsl Gartrel
Who had voted Cor Iancoln va. s..iss-i bv a
party while b. was coming oui Of ths court,
s-aie Nfsiftttf atAtiit NlstAurr nom The Vll.
lage, where h. vas blAeked completely w;tb
printers INK. mCanted on has horse AMI started
for his house in uncomfortable situation A.
one would wish 10 he in,-Alee Goa Nor Q
FirAL AoclDEsr--J Ie~is 1homnk,,. Z,
salesman IN ihe dry gods house Of Tsllset A
pallAplain ~ whc,ling Va. was killed On
Sunday morning las, BY being thrown from NJ.
hor,e 4 sad ihci'leat connected With ,b- ca.
tas'rophe wss that only fs,. moment. af..r
Mr. ThomPkin' death q dispatch came r.,
h'm, reqae-'ing hi- isap's,isss pre.sacs n Por,.
mouth. ohio where his brother hal rast .iih an
accident and wAs not expected 10 i've.
HsA-Ihe recent ere a, The Assor Hou.s IN
Nsw fotk. VS. attended 18th los Of life
Tbs brady an aitseAs u The hauss. 80 sisst.
ihg 10 rcosn neer tho laundry when the 6rs
brnke ont De was aroused and rnasis sw.r.
q has DANGER. and seemed Inclined 70 saaks Ia
esoape but BY soue strange fa,aisty H. ven,
haes % BID. snd vss - hNdly burnazl TIA, h.
died in abnui a. hour after BE- rrrsoval fros, a.
I roam.
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