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HARPERS-FERRY,, VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,. 1822.
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No. 35.
YOL. I.
PUBLISHED, WEEKLY, BY
JOHN S. GALLAHER & CO.
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cents for every subsequent insertion.
CANDIDATES.
We are informed that Daniel Morgan
will he a candidate at the next election
for delegates to represent this county in
the General Assembly of this state.
We are informed that Smith Slaughter,
Esq. will be a candidate at the next elec
tion for delegates to the General Assem
bly.
We are informed that Richard Duffield
will be a candidate at the next election
for delegates to the General Assembly.
COMMUNICATED FOR THE FREE PRESS.
A Recipe for curing Scorbutic Humors.
Diet Drink.—Take six or eight ounces
®f sarsaparilla, the same quantity of dried
China root, split and chipped fine, to
Which add an ounce and a half, or two
ounces, of gum guiacum. Put the sarsa
parilla into an iron pot, to which add 8 or
10 quatT%*gi’ water. If the disorder is
hard to be . . red, add a half pound of an
timony, grossly powdered, put it in a linen
bag tied loosely, and hang it in the pot,
(if the patient is weak, add a handful or
(two of buck-horn shavings) covering the
pot close and pasting it around the brim
that no steam can come out, set it over a
gentle fire, so that it may stew or sim
mer for twelve hours; then take it off the
fire, and let it cool before it is opened,
then bottle it for use.
(Lrive tne patient a gill ana a nalt in the
morning before eating, and the same
quantity at night. The patient must take
particular care to keep a strict diet, such
as wheat bread, well raised, or good bis
cuit: their common drink must be small
beer brewed with molasses. The above
directions are to be strictly observed un
til the patient is well, if strength will per
mit, but if unable to bear the diet drink,
they must quit it and live upon bread and
beer for three days; then can they, with
safety, take other nourishment.
If there should he any appearance of
the disease on any part of the body apply
the following preparation : Take holly
leaves, a good quantity, burn them to ash
es, and pulverise them very fine, add as
much alum as there are ashes, take a fine
piece of rag and rub the sore with this
mixture twice a day. Then take an ounce
©f salt and one of alum, put it in a pint
and a half of water, set it on, the fire until
it dissolves, wash the ashes and alum out
of the sore with this water a quarter of
an hour after it is dressed.
Should the above diet drink fail, the
following has been found effectual : Take
8 ounces of sarsaparilla, 8 ounces of dried
China root, chipped or split fine, 2 ounces
gum guiacum, 4 ounces of the root of a
plant or brush, known by the name of
Queens-delight, to be put in a pot, as be
fore directed, with 8 quarts of water, not
forgetting to bleed and use cathartic me
dicine, if the patient is of a gross or in
flammatory habit before any use is made
f of the diet drink.
In the year 1792, the quantity of Cotton
exported from the United States was only
138,328 lbs. Our annual exports now are
*kbout 60,000,000 lbs. Our home con
sumption, daily increasing, must be near
ly equal to one-third of our exports Thus
it appears that we have increased our an
nual growth of cotton more than six hun
dred. times what it was thirty years ago.
Averaging the price at 12§ cents a pound,
our annual growth of cotton is worth ten
'millions of dollars. It is probable that,
in the same length of time, we shall make
as great an increase in the growth and
Wvlue of sugar.—f Dan. Press.
SKETCH OF THE LAWS.
CONCLUDED.
An act concerning the disqualifications
of justices of the peace, provides, that
when any person who has been commis
sioned as a justice of the peace for any
county, shall remove from the common
wealth, or from the county in which he
was so commissioned, with a bona fide in
tention of changing his residence, such
removal shall absolutely vacate his office
as justice of the peace, and disqualify j
him always thereafter to act as such, ex- j
cept under the authority of a new com- 1
mission ; and that the acceptance of any
office under the government of the United
States, or of deputy sheriff in any county,
or of anyotheroffi.ee incompatible with
that of justice of the peace, agreeably to ,
the existing laws, except the office of high j
sheriff of any county, shall in like manner j
c acate the commission of the justice so
accepting such office, and he shall there
after be disqualified to act as a justice of
the peace, unless under the authority of
a new commission.
An act to amend an act, entitled, an
act to reduce into one' the several acts
concerning mills, mill dams, and other
obstructions to water courses, provides,
that, when any owner of a mill, machine,
or engine, useful to the public, heretofore
or hereafter established bylaw, may think
it necessary to raise his dam, and the
stream, on which such dam is erected,
is the dividing line between any counties
in this commonwealth, the court of the
county in which such mill, Sec. is erected,
upon application to them, shall grant a
second writ of ad quod damnum, to value
the additional damage done thereby un
der the same rules and regulations as are
now provided by law concerning mills :
that, in addition to the penalty imposed
by the 21st section of that law, upon any
person who shall unlawfully make, or
cause to be made, any hedges, fish traps,
mill dams, or other obstructions, in any
navigable water course to this common
wealth, it shall be lawful for the court of
any county, or any justice of the peace
within this commonwealth, to rule such
person to give'security for his or her good
behaviour, at the discretion of such court
or justice, for any term not exceeding
four months; and on failure of such per
son to give the security required, he or
she shall be committed to gaol, there to
remain until the security be given, or un
til the expiration of one month from his
or her commitment.
An act increasing the stock of the
Snicker’s gap turnpike company, and au
thorising the hoard of public works to
subscribe to the same.
au act to seme tne western limits or
this state, and the dividing and boundary
line between this state and the common
wealth of Maryland.
An act providing for the repairs of the
armory, and of the preservation of the
public arms, authorises the executive to
contract for, and have completed, as early
as practicable, all the necessary repairs
for the preservation of the manufactory
of arms, selecting such materials for the
external covering, when it is necessary,
as will be most durable and secure. This
act also provides, that, for the greater
security and better preservation of the
arms now in the armory, and in repair,
the executive shall have made, at the pe
nitentiary, such number of boxes, to con
tain twenty muskets each, to be made of
well seasoned timber, as will serve for
packing those arms, which the command
ing officer of the public guard shall cause
to be packed, therein, so arranging and
distinguishing them, by marks descrip
tive of the number and kind of arms in
each box, as will best sui,t the purposes of
their inspection. The a,rms so packed,
with all others in the armory, shall he in»
spected, (nice in every three months, by
the adjutant general, who shall report an
nually, or oftener, to the executive, the
number and description of arms, and the
order they were in at the last inspection ;
for which additional service he shall re
ceive the sum of fifty dollars; and for
neglect, shall be liable to be dismissed, at
the pleasure of the executive. The ex
ecutive are directed to have the public
guard removed to the armory, and to as
sign them such apartments as will be
most comfortable, and best suited for the
preservation of the buildings and machine- j
rv. The commanding officer is charged 1
with the preservation of the armory and !
its appendages, and of the guns and ma- j
chinery there, and shall make such re- :
turns of them as may be required by the
executive. The executive are directed to
dispose of, at public auction, or other
wise, the stock in hand of every descrip
tion, including the muskets denominated
in the report of the joint committee to
the present general assembly, unfit for
field service, and such arms returned jpr
repair as in the opinion of the executive
are unfit for it. For defraying expences
under this act the sum of five thousand
dollars is appropriated.
An act to amend an act, entitled, an
act to provide for the collection of the
taxes on licenses to merchants; to haw
kers and pedlars; to keepers of ordina
ries and houses of private entertainment ;
on law process, and certain other sub
jects, prohibits any merchant, hawker,
pedlar, or any other person, to sell, by
retail, any rum, brandy, whiskey, gin, or
other ardent spirits, unless such person
shah, upon petition to the court of the
county or corporation wherein such ar
dent spirits shall Fe sold, have obtained
from said court a certificate that the pe
titioner is a person of good character; for
which certificate the clerk of such court
shall be entitled to a fee of 25 cents, to
be paid by the petitioner. Whoever shall
sen aruem. spims contrary to tne provi
sions ol this act, shall lie deemed guilty
of a breach of good behaviour, and shall
moreover forfeit and pay the sum of 30
dollars to the commonwealth, for the use
of the literary fund : but this act is not to
extend to prohibit any person from sell
ing such spirits as may have been made
from the produce of his or her own es
tate, or distilled by him or her, or those
in his or her employ. This act takes ef
fect on the first day of May, 1822.
An act concerning the James river
company, and fund for internal improve
ment, requires the board of public works
to pass to the credit of the fund set apart
for the payment of the interest, and the
purchase of the certificates of the James
river loan, 210 shares of stock of the bank
of the United States, in satisfaction of
the sum of §23,370 59 cents, now due to
that fund; and that the future dividends
declared upon the said shares shall be
passed to the credit of the same account.
Whensoever any certificates of the James
river loan shall be offered for sale to the
collector of the board of public works, at
par, the said collector shall, by order of
the said board, if in session, or of the
members of the board, ex officio, in the
recess of the board, sell so many of the
said shares as may be necessary to effect
the purchase of the certificates s;> offered
for sale. For the future, so much of the
annual appropriation from the income of
the fund for internal improvement, for the
payment of the interest and purchase of
the certificates of the James river- loan as
may not be necessary for the payment of
interest, shall be invested, by order of the
board of public works, in some produc
tive fund, until the same shall be wanting
for either of the purposes aforesaid.
An act to amend the act, entitled, an
act to reduce into one act the several acts
concerning the literary fund, provides,
that the several sums of money which
have fallen due to each of the counties,
from the annual appropriation of 45,000
dollars to the education of the poor, and
which remain now undrawn, shall be paid
by the president and directors of the lite
rary fund, upon application, either in
person or by order, to the treasurers of
the school commissioners authorised by
law to receive the same; provided, that
such arrearage shall in no case be paid to
any treasurer, till it shall appear to the
president and directors of the literary
fund, that the bond already entered into
by him, pursuant to law, is in a penalty
sufficient to cover such arrearage, as well
as other money, which he may receive in
virtue of his office, or that he hath enter
ed into another like bond, with good se
curity, in an adequate penalty, and, in like
manner, hied the same with the clerk of
the court; and provided moreover, that
none of the said sums of money now re
maining undrawn, shall be paid, unless
application shall be made therefor to the
president and directors of the literary
fund, by some person duly authorised to
I'eceive the same, on or before the first
day of January, 1824. The treasurer of
the common wealth is directed to correct
certain errors in the treasury books,
which have deprived the literary fund of
part of the money justly belonging to it.
From and after the expiration of the year
1822, the annual appropriation made by
law to the education of the poor, shall be
subject to the following regulation, viz:
1st. Whenever any alteration is made in
the sum to which the several counties and
corporations shall be entitled, out of said
annual appropriations, it shall be the duty
of the president and directors of the lite
rary fund to give notice thereof to the
school commissioners, either by publica
tion in the newspapers, or in such other
manner as they may deem expedient.
2dly. It shall be the duty of the president
and directors to furnish the school com
missioners of each county and corpora
tion with forms for their annual report,
and with such instructions and explana
tions as to the manner of making the
same, as they shall deem expedient. 3dly.
No part of the money so appropriated,
shall be drawn for any year, by the school
commissioners of any county or corpora
tion, until they shall have made report, as
required by law, of their proceedings for
the preceding year, in such form, not in
consistent with the law, as the said pre
sident and directors shall have prescrib
ed; and 4thly. The annual reports of the
school commissioners shall set forth dis
tinctly what sums have been expended
within the year to which they relate, and
what money, if any, remains on hand un
expended. When hereafter there shall
be due, in any county or corporation, any
sum or sums of money from the literary
fund, those authorised to draw the same,
shall be allowed the period of two years
for that purpose.
The hoard of school commissioners in
each county, corporation, town, city, and
borough of Norfolk, shall have power to
appoint a committee of their body, of not
less than three members, whose duty it
shall be to examine the account of their
treasurer, and, after correcting all errors
which may be found therein, to return
the same to the clerks of the courts for
their counties, corporate towns, cities, and
borough of Norfolk respectively. The
committee so appointed shall have power
to make out and return to the clerk of the
court, the annual report of the proceed
ings of the board, as directed by the 19th
section of the act of which this is amend
atory, and by this act. And it shall he
the duty of the clerk of the court to
forward to the board of the literary
fund, a certified copy of the treasu
rer’s account, and of the annual report of
the school commissioners ; and if he shall
fail or refuse to perform this duty for the
space of six months from the time the
said report and account shall be placed in
his hands, he shall forfeit to the common
wealth, for the benefit of the literary fund,
the sum of fifty dollars for each offence,
to be recovered, on motion, by the auditor
of public accounts, in the general court.
Resolutions for appointing commissioners
to proceed to Kentucky.
Resolved, as the opinion of the General
Assembly of Virginia, That the claims to
bounties, in lands, which accrued under
the Saws of this commonwealth, to her of
ficers, soldiers, sailors and marines, for
services during the war of the revolution,
which remain yet unsatisfied—except su h
claims of the troops on the continental
line, as under the existing laws might
have been satisfied, within the north
western territory—entitle me owners
thereof to an adequate appropriation of
good land, within that part of the dis
trict, set apart by the act of 1781, which
lies between the rivers Tennessee and
•Mississippi.
Resolved, as the opinion of the General,
Assembly, That under the provisions of
the compact between Kentucky and Vir
ginia, contained in the act which passed
on the 1,8th of December, 1789, entitled,
“ an act concerning the erection of the dis
trict of Kentucky into an independent
state,” it is incumbent on Kentucky to
make provision by law for the satisfac
tion of the claims aforesaid, as well those
which have never been located—as those
which have been located, within the dis
trict aforesaid, but in such manner as not
to secure to the owner the good land to
which he was entitled.
Resolved, That provision ought to be
made, by law, for the appointment of a
commissioner or commissioners, charged
with the duty, of repairing to the seat of
government in Kentucky, respectfully in
viting the,,attention of the legislature of
that state to this subject—-and asking of
them, in the name of this commonwealth,
the enactment of suitable laws, providing
for the objects aforesaid; and further
asking of them to reconsider and modify,
in such manner as may seem best, those
provisions of their act of 1820, which de
clare, that patents issued upon surveys
variant from the entries, shall be void to
the extent of such variance, arid limiting,
under the penalty of forfeiture, the time
of returning the certificates of survey, to
the register’s office.
Resolved, That in case the said legis
lature should differ in opinion with this
General Assembly, and be unwilling to
pass such laws, then the commissioner op
commissioners aforesaid, should be char
ged with the farther duty of asking the
legislature of Kentucky to co-operate
with the General Assembly of Virginia,
in organising a board of commissioners,
under the 8th article of the compact be
tween the two states, with authority to
decide all matters in difference hetweea
them. f