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C'T0 SHEW VIRTUE HER OWN FEATURE, SCORN HER OWN IMAGE, AND THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.” VOL. II.—37. HARPERS-FERRY, VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1823. Whole No. 89. PUBLISHED, WEEKLY, BY JOHN S. GALLAHER & CO. CONDITION^. The “Free Press” is published at two dollars per annum, if paid in advance; two dollars and twenty-five cents if paid at the end of six months ; or, two dollars and fifty cents at the expiration of the year. * No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages arq paid ; nor then, unless at least one week’s notice be given, previous to the expiration of the term subscribed for. JG° As payment in advance will serve the interest of all concerned, that mode is respectfully solicited. *** Advertisements inserted three times for one dollar per square; and twenty-five cents for every subsequent insertion. The postage must be paid on all letters and communications, or they will not be attended to. |C? Maj. James Stephenson is a can didate for re-election to Congress, for the district of which Jefferson forms a part. Gen. Tucker having declined a re-elec tion, William Byrd Page, Esq. is a can didate to represent the counties of Fre derick and Jefferson in the State Senate. |CP We are authorized to state that Capt. John Macky will be a candidate at the next Election of Senators to the Le gislature of Virginia, for the District composed of the counties of Frederick and Jefferson. |G& We are requested to announce Jo seph McMurran. Esq, as a candidate at the next election for delegates from this county to the General Assembly. The following named persons have been announced as candidates to repre sent Jefferson county in the House of De legates : D anplJMor-Z.an. llza _. .. - Smith Slaughter, Jgsg. Joseph MiMurran, Esq. §Maj. Braxton Davenport, Capt. Zachariah Buckmaster. To the Freeholders of Jefferson. After many solicitations, 1 am induced to offer myself as a candidate to repre sent you in the next Legislature. Should you consider me worthy, 1 shall serve you with pleasure, and will transact all busi ness confided to me with that correctness characteristic of one who feels for the in terests of his constituents. JOHN DALGARN. April 2, 1823. WM. P. KQWLES ESPECTFULLY offers his services ^ to the citizens of Harpers-f erry and its vicinity, in the practice oi Medicine and Surgery, and solicits such part of their patronage as his strict attention to business, and skill in the profession, shall, in the opin ion of an intelligent public, entitle him. He may be found at his father’s, just above the Shenandoah works. March 26, 1823. NOTICE. "in^ROM this time forth, I will claim, |p for every horse that remains in my stable, other than those kept at livery, three dollars p&r vionth. Those who have horses in my stable, and are not satisfied ■with the to take tKem out -"fH0MAS. Harpers-Ferry, April 9, 1823 SCHOOL BOOKS. WALKER’S DICTIONARY, a lat< edition, Pike’s Arithmetic, Introduction to the English Reader, Webster’s Spelling Book, and Toy Books for Children, Just received, and for sale, cheap, at tb PRINTING OFFICE. April 2, 1823. For Sale at this Office, FEW BLANK BOOKS of diffe , « ent patterns; some Note, Orde Tnd Receipt Books; a tew copies ot tl SERAPH, a new selection ot 1 salt Tunes, Hymns, and Anthems, by Jo Cole; and a few copies of Webste Spelling Book. March 5, 1823. __ Clean Linen and Cotton Rags Bought at this office. / / To the Public. THE subscriber respectfully acquaints his friends and the public generally, that he intends, in future, to devote his time solely to the pursuit of his profes sion—the Tailoring Business. Having no other concerns to interfere, he is now prepared to attend in person to the favors with which he may be entrust ed, and will use his best endeavors to give satisfaction. Experience has taught him the impolicy of suffering accounts to remain long unsettled, and he shall there fore expect the cash from all, except those with whom he may have accounts. WILLIAM SMALL. April 9, 1823. N. B. Wishing to close his business as a constable, he requests all who have pa pers in his hands to bring forward their receipts,and receive their accounts or mo ney, (as the case may be,) in order that a final settlement may be had. W. S. NOTICE. THE undersigned begs leave to inform his friends, the citizens of Harpers Ferry, and the public generally, that he has re-commenced the Tailoring Business in this place, in the house lately occupied by Oliver Calamm as a silversmith shop, next door to the Post Office, where he will be thankful for all favors in his Sine, to merit which he will use his utmost ex ertions. His work shall always be of the most fashionable kind, and he pledges himself that it shall he durable Ladies’ Riding Dresses and Pelisses made in the newest fashion. His charges will be li beral. JESSE' RANDAL. April 9, 1823. WEAVING AM) DYING IN CHARLESTOWN. ' THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public ‘^^removed fppx, .the house of pied by Samuel Farnesworth asa wagon maker’s, shop, opposite Mr. Wood’s cabi net shop, and near Haines’ tavern, where he continues to weave all kinds of Coverlets, Counterpanes, Carpet ing, and Diaper, AND ALL KINDS OF PLAIN CLOTH, and the dying of Blue, Red, Green, and Yellow; all of which will be done upon reasonable terms, and in the best manner. He returns his sincere thanks to the pub lic for past favors, and hopes for a con tinuation of the same. Ore or two boys, of good morals, will be taken as apprentices to the above bu siness. JACOB HAINES, April 9, 1823. Charlestonv7i» N. B. The subscriber intends keeping on hand, a general assortment of Cover lets and Counterpanes, which will be sold low for cash or grain. J. H. Shaving and Hair-Dressing. Whet heavy cares ofijiress, and sorrows \enture in, Nought half so soon disficls them, as a iell-shav’d chin. IE subscriber adopts the method of _ diich the shaving fraternity usually avail hemselves, to acquaint his custom ers ani the public, that he is about to erect Vis standard in front of the house partlp^f ^p "t by Jesse Randal, next do''' u e 08 Office. Therefore, all who kave uneasy K^ons a5out the cjugiire invited to cait aii^ undergo the pTeashg experiment wKci tre is'daily makig. He will, as heretofore, wait uponhis customers at thei> houses or shop but when not so enga;ed, he will be find at his stand, with a ;een-edged raze ready to demolish the ride growth thaler aud anon makes its ppearance upc the chins of bachelors, $ well as naaied men, to the no small ainoyance of e smooth-faced fair ones. JESSE C. PHE.AN. ml 9, 1823. ight in amonglhe Doctors ! rHE undersigned respectfully iiforms the citizens of Harpers-Fery and i icinity,that he has furnished hinself .3 the first-rate medicines and injtru its. All those who are sick, mailed, e, or blind, will consult their bofily afort by calling on him at the sectntf * from Ph5lip Hoffman’s office, where caw generally be found pursuing his dies. His charges are reasonable.— F WL'.attend for half price, rather than iss a job. •••. April ZmS2t°Ci *'*'* '****>,,*,. ! DINNER TO MR. CLAY. On Saturday the 29th ult. a number of the citizens of Philadelphia invited Hen ry Clay, then on a visit, to that city, to a dinner, at the Western Hotel. Between eighty and ninety gentlemen partook of the entertainment,which was served up at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and was, in eve ryrespect worthy of the occasion. Among the guests, were the Minister from Mexi co and his Secretary of Legation, and Thomas J. Rogers, one of the Represen tatives of that State in Congress. Mat thew Carey presided, assisted bv Joseph Hemphill and Samuel Mifflin as vice pre sidents. fhe utmost harmony and hila rity prevailed ; and the following toasts were drank,interspersed with songs: L The President of the United States. 2. I he Union : perpetuity to it. 3. 1 he memory of Washington, Frank lin, and the other heroes and statesmen of the Revolution. 4. The State of Kentucky. [3 cheers.] 5. Agriculture, the Mechanic Arts, Ma nufactures, a,nd Commerce, the four pil lars of national prosperity: All entitled to the fostering care of government, [Six | cheers.] | 6. i he identity of the interests of the North and the South, the East and the West: May the real interests of one sec tion of the Union never be sacrificed to the fancied interests of another. "?. Expanded views to our national le gislature* commensurate with the mag'-' nitude of our territory and the high des tinies to which we are called. 8. Internal Improvement: The surest means of national prosperity. 9. I he illustrious Patriots of Greece and Spain-Engaged in a glorious strug gle for the imprescriptible rights of hu man nature, may Heaven crown their ef forts with success. [Nine cheers. 10. The Judiciary of the United States. 11. The Ex-Presidents of the United States—More illustrious_ in,_retire»nent -tetrad"nitmarcfis"on" their thrones. [Six cheers;] _ V . r Tji i* r}jjS f 1n ui s1' .* Cexy. I i we’ive cheers. ! Mr. Clay rose to return thanks to the meeting. He should feel, he said, that he was perfectly inexcusable to the state of which he was an humble and unworthy citizen, if he did not, even at the hazard of trespassing' on their own precious usages, publicly make his most respect ful acknowledgements for the distin guished notice which they had taken of it, in one of the toasts recently drank, and in his own person. As for himself, if he were made of stone, he could not be insensible/ to the very flattering cir cumstances in which he found himself; to the unexpected and unmerited, but highly distinguished honor which they had been pleased to confer upon him.— For them all, he covld offer oniy his sin cerest thanks, and ;he assurance of a lasting and grateful ^collection. Whilst I am up, continued tfr. Clay, with your permission, I will talfe the liberty of pro posing a sentiment, m which I am quite sure all American hetrts will be cordial ly united. It will be in allusion to a sub ject on which you ha-fe j’ust expressed the nvost lively and enthusiastic interest. I might indeed, without going beyond the Atlantic:, derive a fit bpip, to present to jour consideration, fnm the established and notorious patriotim of the State of Pennsylvania; from his city, its well know n science, its floinshing literary in stitutions, its munifient patronage of the arts, its rich commerce, its rising and interesting manufactufes. But, in the selection of that which 1 mean to submit perfectly persuaded that I shall find a full justificaton in your mag nammous sympathies atrl your generous philanthropy. More thaa ten years past have the people of the Uiited States felt and manifested the deepest interest in the success of the struggles of Spanish America, throughout all i;s fortunes and vicissitudes. These honerable feelings were excited by their abhorrence of a fo- . reign domination, by their bve of liberty, ' and by their high and just estimate of the inestimable privilege of self-government. . 1 he encouraging progress of that great . cause is such as to lead iiresistibly to the speedy consummation of the inde pendence of all of the Spanish provinces. ’ Lt is a most remarkable dispensation of Providence that Spain herself is now sailed upon to maintain, on her own fair ’ ields, the very principles which she { orribatted on the crimsoned plains of ( Venezuela; and to sustain in her own 1 •ehalf, against a presumptuous foreign flotation, that right of self-government ;hich she would have denied to her pro inces. The same principles which in- $ terested our wishes and hopes, on the side oi the colonies, must now urge us to cherish a solicitude for the success of the parent country. And how has the Spanish government brought down upon the devoted peninsula the vengeance of France? Has it menaced France with invasion? Has it sought to propagate in the bosom of Franee free principles, to disturb there the quiet rule of the Bour bons ? Has it set up new and alarming principles in the international law ? Has it aimed to aggrandize Spain at the ex pence of her neighbors ? No! No! No! What, then, is the offence of Spain ? Her institutions wanted reformation ; a shock ing mass of abuses had been accumulat ed, during the lapse of ages; she was swimming in corruption. Sensible of the disadvantages of her political condition, she has sought to correct them : to pu rify her government and adapt it to the great object of social happiness.—Her revolution has been characterised by no excesses, suilied by no atrocities, stained by no blood, except that which has been shed at the instigation or with the coun tenance of foreign powers. She has moved op slow and measured and digni fied, with a mildness like that of the bright sun of her delightful climate. And France comes to check her in her noble and patriotic career. And for what pur poses, and with what principles? She breaks the unthreatened peace, that she may not have war! She would have peace! She appeals to arms that she may restore the absolute sway of the mo narch, abd, I suppose, all the blessings of the inquisition! The Bourbons of France, the modern Stuarts, enter Spain, sword in hand, with the principles of the divine right of kings, and of the non-re sistance and passive obedience of the people, as their motto; principles which our British ancestors, a century and a half ago, successfully combatted, and which lbst to one of the Stuarts his head, and to the whole raceTtre'mree King doins. With what little benefit does history hold up to these Bourbons its instructive ex ect upon the people ol this country with regard to t: iS war will be, that, unlike the late wars of Europe, it will create no di visions of opin ion among us. In spite of all our parti ality to France; in spite of all the grate ful recollections with which her name is associated; in spite of our sincere desire to maintain with her, especially, the roost amicable relations, there will be here bus one feeling and one hope as to the issue of this wanton and unprovoked contest. We shall, in regard to it, be “all feder alists—all republicans;” all Spanish— none, no, not one, French. We may be disappointed in our ardent wishes. Spain, torn by her unhappy dissensions, may be overwhelmed. The scene at Naples may be re-exhibited in the Peninsula. And I confess, when I contemplate the appalling power which is about to be exerted to subdue her, that I tremble for the event. We may be destined to behold the afflic ting spectacle of the extinction of the light of liberty in the land of Homer and Leonidas, and in the adopted country of Columbus; and all Europe may be en circled in the thick and dark mantle of inexorable despotism. Whatever may be the issue, we shall, at least, have the consolation of cherishing our own princi ples, and of giving all that is consistent with our posture and our institutions to communicate—our fervent prayers and our best wishes for every people, \ here ever situated, whether in the old or new world, who are struggling to establish and preserve their liberties. And, in all the changes of human affairs, let us cling, with a closer and fonder embrace, to our own excellent governments, and be thank ful to the kindness of Providence for having removed us far from the power and influence of a confederacy of kings, united to fasten forever the chains of the people, and for having given us the bless mg of a confederacy of free states, united :o secure the liberty and to promote the welfare and happiness of millions of free men. But I have already detained you .00 long from the sentiment which I vould propose, and which, though alrea ly drank, will bear repeating again and igain. It is— “ Success to the cause of the Country xnder whose auspices the New World vas discovered.” [This address was received, and the oast drank, with the most fervid expres sion of deep feeling for the glorious cause >f Spain, so interesting to the whole hu nan race.] JUS F received and for sale at the store oi Dr. G WEI8E. March 5, Fresh Garden Seeds,