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_Jthe free press! nj, WEDNESDAY, AJ?ftlL 16, 1828. ^ We had not the vanity to expect, when " we commenced the duties of a journalist, e that we should be able to please every body. When the diversified gifts of a ‘ munificent Creator fail to satisfy the ever i varying appetites of mortals, it is vain S] lor frail man to calculate upon the ac i complishment of a task so^rduous. He 1 might, as well attempt to give stability to ‘s the transient colors of the Camelion.-— t All that he can hope to acquire, is the : credit of an honest endeavor to please. i By many, we have been granted this boon, ; but certainly were surprised to find an objection raised by some, which we did : not expect: namely, that too great a space has been occupied with advertisements. We think, however, that vve have only to refer the matter to the good sense and calm reflection of our readers, to con vince them that the objection is not ten able. It will be recollected that the pre sent low price of newspapers is predica ted upon the expectation that advertise ments will, in some measure, compensate for .the labor and expense attendant upon the business. They are, in truth, as ne cessary to the support of a newspaper, as food is to the sustenance of the human frame. And certainly, every close ob server will acknowledge that we have not been overstocked with this kind of nour ishment. The profits of a merchant, or of any other man of business, might with the same propriety be denied him. How ever, we shall endeavor to construe cen sure into compliment, and will pursue the uneven tenor of our way, patiently, but not despondiogly. 00 MM UMJ CATION. THE DR A lu.A.— I'heat’ic'al amuse ments being attended with muc h expense in preparation, and requiring intense ap plication of talent and time, it is not rea sonable to expect, in the interior of the country, an equal degree of gratification with that afforded in cities, where a ge nerous reward is the consequence of meritorious exertion. For this reason, when satisfaction and amusement are af forded in the country, to an extent beyond the legitimate anticipations of those who j admire scenick representation, justice ytnd truth demand the expression of sen timents of commendation. Such a tri bute, I feel no hesitation in saying, is due to the company now placing here. The manner in which the several pieces cho- j sen for entertainment have been perform ed, has been highly creditable to the ac- i tors, and received a full share of applause. To particularise, might seem disingenu ous, since all seem anxious to do justice to the characters allotted them ; but there is no risk in asserting, that some of the parts have not been better filled on any stage. Thisvassertion is not made with out authority ; it is by one whose oppor tunies, of witnessing correct theatrical representation, have not been limited. The pieces selected for this evening’s entertainment will afford a rich fund of humor, and will present a true mirror to many a “ spoiled child” and doating pa rent. THESPIS. IRELAND.—It will be recollected, that, during the last season, some parts of Ireland were represented as suffering great distress on account of the scarcity of provisions. A letter received by a gentleman of this place, states the price of some articles of living, which shows, j that distress does not now exist, at least j in, the quarter where the letter was writ ten. The information may gratify some of the natives of the “ Emerald Isle,” as it proves that their brethren are not des titute of .the means of exercising their characteristic hospitality. “ Qughc.l, vicinity of Kildare,* \ 20th January, 1822.” “ Price of wheat, per barrel of 240 lbs. 22s. 9d.-—equal to $4 67. Best beef, 2d. per lb. not quite 4 cents, some as low as Id. per lb.—mutton the j same price. Wheat sold as low as 14 shillings per I barrel after harvest.” * Kildare, though a poor town, is situ- ■ ated in the centre of the most extensive ; and fertile farming district in Ireland.— ! Before the Union, it returned a member to Parliament. It is 25 miles from Dub lin, on the main post road leading to Li merick. It is a Bishop’s See, and the ancient Cathedral is in a state of partial repair, where the service of the Church of England is performed before few hear ers. The immense body of the popula tion are Catholics, some few Quakei s and Methodists. It contains the ruins of three Abbies, also the ruins of the ancient Ma- ; noiial Castle of the Earls of Kildare. VIRGINXA ELECTIONS'.—1823. Berkeley county. Senate—Francis White, 224 Ignatius O’Ferrall, 210 Assembly—Edward Colston, 295 Israel Robinson, 294 Richard Clagett, 277 We have not heard thenumberofvof.es given for member of Congress. However, as there was no opposition to Maj. Ste phenson, it is presumed he received near ly all. Morgan county. Congress—-Jas. Stephenson (no op.) 149 Senate—Ignatius OFerrall 145 Francis White 19 Assembly—Maj. John Sherrard 132 Col. Robert Gustin 124 Joseph P. Adams 37 William Smith 29 Shenandoah county. Congress—Jared Williams 707 Alfred II. Powell 31 Mr. Kercheval withdrew about noon, and Mr. Powell left the bench at the close of the first day, giving notice that he should contest the election if the polls were kept open. Mr. Williams’ majority in the district is 150. Assembly—Col. Samuel Bare 705 Capt. Jacob Sinker, Jr. 566 William R. Buck, Esq. 296 Loudoun county. Congress—C. F. Mercer, 481 Sydnor Bailey, 450 Senate—Wm. M. M‘Carty, (no op.) 838 Assembly—W’m. Chilton, 508 Frs. Stribling, jr. 444 H. B. Powell, 436 Robert Braden, 430 Prince William county. Mr. Bailey has a majority of fifteen over Mr. Mercer*—Messrs. Foster and Harrison elected to the assembly Pendleton county. Congress-—Gen. Wm. M‘Coy 173 Assembly—Ths. Jones (old member) 153 Col. John Hopkins (dq.) 100 John Dice 99 The polls were to be kept open three days; the old members, it was thought, would be re-elected. Andrew Stevenson is re-elected from the Richmond District without opposi tion Arthur Smith is re-elected without op posit im from the Isle of Wight District. t William S. Archer is re-elected without opposition from the Nottoway District. John Floyd is also re-elected without opposition. We are informed that conduct of a ve ry indecent and scandalous character was exhibited during the' first day’s 'election in Shenandoah county, towards Mr. Pow ell, one of the candidates for Congress— conduct which deserves the abhorrence of every good citizen, and the vengeance of the law. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN LOUISIANA. The members of both branches of the Louisiana legislature, convened on the 15th March. Geri. Philemon Thomas, Senator from Baton Rouge, was called to the chair. Mr: Johnson offered reso lutions recommending Mr. Clay for the Presidency. He yielded the. floor, howe ver, to Mr. Davezac, • ho offered a reso lution declaring it inexpedient to pro ceed to the nomination of any one at this moment. Some animated debate arose upon this motion; but with a view of taking a fair expression of opinion upon both the resolutions, it was finally pro posed by Mr. Johnson, that the members approbating the nomination should sign his resolutions, while those who opposed going into any nomination might sign the other. The result was that 13 were against any nomination, and 28 in favor of Mr. Clay as a suitable person to be supported for the Presidency. The President of the United States, in commemoration of the distinguished ser vices of Major General La Fayette, dur ing the Revolutionary War, has directed that the fortress recently erected at the Narrows, near New York, and hitherto called Fort Diamond, shall hereafter be known by the name of Fort La Fayette. The ceremony, in conformity thereto, took place on Monday last, at 1 o’clock, P. M. PENSACOLA, MARCH 8. It has been determined, by the War Department, to open a Military Road from this place to the Barrancas, the nearest practicable route, bridging the bayous, See. The Quartermaster for this station has received instructions to fur nish the necessary facilities, and it is pre sumable the work will be commenced immediately. This road, in a military point of view, is all important, and, in other respects, will be very beneficial to this place and neighborhood. At present, the overland route to Barrancas is fifteen miles, over a very bad road ; and the pro posed highway will reduce the distance to less than six miles. The troops will be enabled to march to the fort, from their new cantonment, in forty minutes; whereas, as the road now is, it would be dilficultto march it in less than six hours ORDINARY LICENSES, &e. Assume alterations have been made in the lav/ of this State, respecting ob taining Licenses,'the following notice is published for the information of those concerned : By an act passed at the last session of the General Assembly, it is made the du ty ol Ordiyary Keepers to pay the tax on ordinary licenses to the Sheriff or Collec tor 0/ the Revenue for the County or Cor poration, and not to the Clerk as hereto fore. The receipt of such sheriff or col ! lector must be produced to the Court be ; fore a License can be granted. I To obtain a license to sell goods,wares, I and merchandize, of foreign growth or i manufacture, by wholesale or retail; to sell goods, wares, and merchandize, of domestic growth . and manufacture only; and to sell silver plated ware and jewelry, the tax must be paid to the Sheriff Ser geant, or Collector of the Reveriue, for the County or Corporation, arid the re ceipt produced to the Commissioner of the Revenue.' 1 A DUEL.-—AVe understand, that on ‘ Saturday, a duel was fought, in the vi : cinity of Newport, Del. by Professor Pattison, of Baltimore, and General Cad wallader, of this city. The latter gentle man, was slightly wounded in the arm; the professor escaped unhurt. \_Philadel. Sent. April 7. MEXICO.—-The John, capt. Hillard, brings accounts from Vera Cruz to ; March 13th. The country continued in a very unsettled state. The Republican partizan Chiefs were concentrating their forces at Peubla preparatory to attacking the Emperor iu Mexico, who has about 2000 men attached to him,with the Indian population in his favor. But the general opinion appeared to be that there will be no fighting, and that the Emperor will soon either seek his personal safety by flight, or make some arrangement with the Republicans, by which he may be permitted to retire as a private citizen. CUBA.—The editor of the London Courier, of the 11th of February, observes: “ The future destiny of the island of Cuba, occasions much speculation in the U. States; It is easy to see, we think, that A rnerican<poiiticians cherish a strong hope of its annexation to their republic, but, il the appropriation be attempted, they will probably have to discuss some perplexing questions with England.’3 On noticing the rumor that overtures on the part of Cuba would be made to ouf government, the Courier concludes that “This is very much the way in which Buonaparte used to preface his aggran dizements, by assuring the world, before hand, that what he secretly intended to seize, was already spontaneously offered to him.” Judicial Decorum.—Judge Haywood, of Tennessee, concludes a legal opinion, (published in the Constitutional Advocate of Nashville, on the 11th ult.) as follows : “ On all these points I am very clear, but the Judges of this State are such damned fools that no man can tell how they will decided’ Louisiana.—The Legislature of Loui siana are extremely interested in the dis cussion of a law “ lo fireuent usury.” But, if we were to adopt such rates among our selves, we should rather call it a bill “ to regulate usury.” The bill had not been finally passed ; but the section, as it was before the H. of R. on the 6th of March, provides, that, hereafter, the maximum of conventional interest shall be 12 percent, a year, instead of 10 per cent, as it is at present; that all contracts beyond that rate are usurious and void; and that the usurious lender shall forfeit the interest, but not the principal. A proposition was under debate, that no Broker shall deal in money or exchange, unless he is li censed by the Governor, and shall take an oath to comply w ith the provisions of the present act.—[Compiler. —mam — POUGHKEEPSIE, (n. Y.) APRIK 2. Horrid Transaction.—OnSunday morn ing last, about day break, a man by.the name of Stephen Jones broke into the house of Mr. William Dearin, in the south part of this town, with an axe. The room he entered was occupied as a sleeping room by Mrs. Luckey, the mother-in-law of Mr. Dearin, who was then in bed with three of Mr. D’s little children. Jones immediately commenced an attack on the old lady and the children with the axe, and before Mr. D. who slept in another part of the house, and was alarmed by the screaming of the children, could come to their rescue, mangled them in such a shocking manner as to leave it very doubt ful whether they will survive. Jones pre tends to be deranged. He is said to be from Dover. Mr. Dearin secured him and brought him to jail, where he is now safely lodged. Wood’s New-York Primer, For sale at this Office THEATRE. N Wednesday Evening will be presented the comedy of the 16th inst. admired petit ! The Hotel; Or, Two Strings to your Tow. A COMIC SONG*—by Mr. Hyatt. After which, a comical, tragical, operati cal Burlette, called Bombastes Furioso. The whole to conclude (by particular de sire,) with the farce of The Spoiled Child. Little Pickle, - Mrs. Robertson, In which character she will introduce A Sailor’s Hornpipe, Next nights of performance this week, Friday and Saturday. April 16, 1823. NEXT MONTH, I]| EGINS the drawings of the follow J§ ing brilliant Baltimore Lotteries. GRAND STATE, Grand Capital Prize, S100,000. Tickets only ^12, shares in the same ratio. MONUMENT—Canitals. 20,000 Dollars, 2 of 10,000 Dollars, 2 of 5,000 Dollars, 3 of 2000 Dollars, 8 of 1000 Dollars, lickets, © iu, shares in proportion. UNIVERSITY—Capitals, 20.000 Dollars, 10.000 Dollsrs, 4.000 Dollars, 2.000 Dollars, 5.000 Dollars, 3.000 Dollars, 5 of 1,000 Dollars-, Sec. See. ticket^ $10, shares in proportion. The prizes are only to be drawn in each of the above Lotteries, consequently there can be no blank drawn till all prizes are out, which makes it highly advisable to procure chances as speedily as possible. For the lucky ones, apply at Successful Office, JVo. 32, Market st. near the Marsh markets Where all orders sent will meet the most prompt attention. April 16, 1823. THE Stable and Slaughter-House at tached to the premises lately in the possession of John A. Smith, dec’d. If not sold previous to the 10th of May, they will, on that day, be offered at public sale. LL persons who are indebted to me. _ZlL by book account, for goods sold at Mudfort, are requested to come, forward and settle the same. If the whole cannot be paid, pay a part. Those who feel it inconvenient to pay at present, are re quested to give their notes, so that the books may be closed. It is hoped no person will fail to comply with a request so reasonable. For Sale, JOHN STRIDER.. April 16, 1823. NOTICE. April 16, 1823. PETER CONLAN. FINAL NOTICE. ALL persons indebted in any manner whatever to the estate of JOEL MORGAN, dec’d, are hereby, for the last time, requested to call on the undersign ed, previous to the 10th day of May next, and discharge their accounts. He will be found at his office in Shepherdstown, (next door to Dr. Harper’s,) every Satur day until that time, for the purpose of meeting those indebted to said estate.— Suits will Ire instituted, indiscriminately, against all who fail to comply with this request. RAWLEIGH MORGAN, April 16, 1823. Adm’r. Constable’s Sale. WILL be sold, on Saturday the 19th instant, at the room adjoining Dr. Weise’s store, sundry article's, taken as the property of William Blade, to satisfy a claim for rent due to Godfrey Weise. JOHN DALGARN, April 16, 1823. Constable. Messrs. Roger Perry and others, TAKE NOTICE, THAT, on Saturday the 26th day of April next, between the rising and the setting of the sun, I shall proceed to take, at the house of Jacob R. Thomas, at Harpers-Ferry, the depositions of Wil liam Cahill and Orson Bestor, which de positions, so taken, I shall offer as evi dence in a suit now pending in the Court of Chancery of Jefferson county, in which I am plaintiff, and you are defendants. March 26, 1823. PHILIP STRIDER. ALMANACS For 1823, For sale at this office.