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MIU“£) &CORN HER OWN IMA r’T
' 1 ’ NB THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.”
VOL. ffl.—No. 8.
wx ’ -i'erry, Virginia, Wednesday, September
Whole No. 112.
PUBLISHED, WEEKLY, BY
JOHN S, GALLAHER & CO.
CONDITIONS,
The “FreePress” 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 are paid ; nor then, unless at
least one week’s notice be given, previous
to the expiration of the term subscribed
for.
■***Advertisements inserted three times
for one 'dollar per square, or less ; and
twenty-five cents per square for every sub
sequent insertion. ,
The postage must be paid on all letters
and communications, or they will not be
attended to.
Flowers of Ancient History,
COMPREHENDING, on a new plan,
the most remarkable and nleresting
events, as well as characters, of antiquity,
designed for the improvement and enter
tainment of youth, by the Rev. John A
dams, A.^M.—just received and for sale
at this office, price gl.
Aug. 27, 1823.
FAMILY BIBLE,
TUST received, and for sale, at the
gj? Printing Office, a few copies of the
AMILY BIBLE, quarto size, with
plates, at the very low rate of $5 each.
Heads of tamilies wishing to have this
mvaiuaoie work, ^and what family would
be without it ?) will do well to make
early application.
July 23d, 1823.
NEW GOODS?
WE have just received several loads
of goods, consisting of
Dry Goods &; Groceries, - ' '
amongst which will be found SALT and
FISH, by the barrel. To all ©f which we
would"2• iv•>t-twpt-igjj of the nu.hl1 ^
Aug. 27-.
Grand State Lottery of Maryland,
100,000 DOLS. highest prize.
Present state of the wheel—seventh day’s
drawing over, and only thirteen drawings
remain to complete the Lottery, and all
the following prizes are yet undrawn :
1 Of 100,000 DOLLARS,
1 Of 20,000 DOLLARS,
2 Of 10,000 DOLLARS,
2 Of 5,000 DOLLARS,
14 Of 1,000 DOLLARS,
42 Of 100 DOLLARS,
47 Of 50. DOLLARS,
4627 of 12 DOLLARS,
Price of Tickets fijteen dollars—shares in
prsportion.
Washington Monument Lottery.
$20,000, 10,000, 10,000, &c. %c.
Price of Tickets ten dollars.
University Lottery.
HIGH PRIZES ■-STILL. UNBEATTN.
B20,00Q, 10,000, 5,000. fijc. fyc.
Price, of Tickets ten dollars.
The drawings of these several Lotteries
will be finished as soon as the sales of
tickets will possibly admit; and from
the great demand which has been at home
and abroad, there is good reason to think
that will be in a short time. As the pri
zes are only drawn, it is highly to the in
terest of adventurers to make their in
vestments as speedily as possible, by
which they will secure a chance for all
the prizes without any risk whatever of
a blank until the Lotteries are ended.
Tickets and Shares in the greatest va
riety of Numbers*, warranted undrawn, to
be had at
BALTIMORE LOTTERY OFFICE,
No. 32*Marketst. near theCentre Market,
ICPOrdersfrom any part of the Union,
covering cash on prize tickets, will be
promptly executed, if addressed to
W. C. CO-NINE, Baltimore.
August 30, 1823.
TO BRIDGE BUILDERS.
Tim»M,!',l’.';?ICTed intend "> erect a
JiKiUGE across the Potomac river
at Harpers-Fcrry. This place contains
about 1500 inhabitants, is situate at the
junction oi said river with the Shenan
doah, in Jefferson county, one of the most
tertile in V lrgmia. It is about 60 miles
above Washington city, and on the most
direct route to the western states. The
nter is navigable the greater part of the
year, affording an easy water communi
cation with the eastern cities. The site
possesses advantages; the river is 720
ieet wide, and ,i.s shallow ; the bed is so
lid rock j for the abutments and piers
there is stone on the spot; timber and all
other materials can be easily procured,
and on good terms. The Bridge to be
of wood, except the abutments and piers,
and it must be built of the best ma
terials, and warranted. A further de
scription is deemed unnecessary, as un
dertakers will first view the site. Propo
sals will be received until the middle of
October next.
CATHARINE WAGER.
JAMES B. WAGER.
Harpers-Ferrv, Va. July 23, 1823.
BEST FAMILY FL0UB.
THE undersigned has now tin hand,
and will constantly keep for sale, at
his mill on the Island near Harpers-Fer
ry, a supply of superfine flour, which he
can afford to sell much cheaper than any
can be sold at the place. He will warrant
it to be equal to any ever offered for sale,
| from any mill in the county, not even ex
cepting Newcomer’s and others so high
ly praised. The public willfind their in
terest promoted by giving him a call.
F. BECKHAM.
Sept. 3, 1823.
P MIKE’S
O) Mechanics’’Arithmetic.
A CONSTANT supply of the above
valuable work will be constantly
kept for sale at this office, to a perusal of
—w-hioff -Parent-, and Tea-sherd uic respect
fully invited, as well as young gentlemen
wishing to qualify themselves for busi
ness. The distinguishing features of this
work are, the omission ©f all unnecessary
matter, and the insertion of much practi
cal m&ViZT in the space thus saved. The
work contains, besides a sufficient course
of Arithmetic, an abridgement of Men
suration, sufficient for ordinary purposes.
It presents one of the most valuable com
pendiums ever offered to the “ man oi
businessand this opinion is corrobo
rated by the written certificates of nume
rous and respectable preceptors, whose
certificates might be adduced if neces
sary The work has already obtained a
; respectable circulation, and to be more
I extensively patronized needs but to be
I known. Price 75 cents.
August 13, 1823.
WILLIAM P BOWLES,
I RAVING removed from Harpers-Fer
ry to the Stone House occupied by
Mr. Spencer Donaldson, near the Short
Hill, between Hillsborough and Harpers
Ferry, respectfully offers his services, in
the practice of
Medicine and Surgery,
to the citizens of the neighborhood.
Should any be so unfortunate as to need
his services, he hopes that his strict at
tention to his profession will entitle him
to their favorable consideration.
Aug. 20, 1823,
NOTICE.
4 PETITION will be presented, at
W the next session of the Legislature
of Virginia, praying the passage of a law
to authorise the erection, by subscrip
tion, of a TOLL BRIDGE across the
Shenandoah River, at or near Harpers
Ferry.
Sept. 17, 1823.
BAR IRON.
THE subscriber has for sale, a quan
tity of BAR IRON, from Shoenber
ger’s Iron Works, superior to any in this
quarter of the country.
F. BECKHAM.
Aug-. 20, 1823.
Just Received,
A SUPPLY of superfine Writing1 Pa
per, at the office of the Free Press.
Aug. 13, 1828. __
Clean Linen and Cotton Rags,
> Bright at this office.
Om MINISTER TO SPAIN.
| We extract the following.from tfae.:Na
| ticyial. Gazette,.the editor of which paper
; states, th'at it is irons an authentic source.
! Bale. M. Chrcm.
“ Letters to the 28th of July have been
received from Gibraltar, to which place
the Congress frigate, Capt. Biddle, had
returned, after making an ineffectual at
tempt to land Mr. Nelson at Cadiz. The
original plan of the government seems to
have been, net to send the frigate to Ca
dis where the presence of Mr. Rodney,
tfi * *s?Jmister to Buenos Ayres, might not
have b ;cr> acceptable, but to. land - Mr'
Nelson at Gibraltar, whence he was to
proceed by land to the residence of the
Spanish Court. The investment of Ca
diz on the land side, rendered this last
course impracticable,'and it was necessa
ry for him to proceed by sea.
<£ Accordingly, after landing Mr. Rod
ney at Gibraltar, Capt. Biddle sailed for
Cadiz, off which there lay at anchor a
French blockading squadron, consisting
of two ships of the line and four frigate? .
As he approached, one of the frigates
came out and stated that the Admiral
had sent her to inform Capt. Biddle that
the port was in a state of blockade, and
that therefore the frigate could not en
ter. Capt. Biddle answered that he would
go on to the anchorage and communicate j
with the Admiral himself, which he ac
cordingly did.
“ The first lieutenant was then sent to
acquaint the admiral that this was the U.
S. frigate Congress, hound into Cadiz,
and that as blockades, by the practice of j
Nations, did not extend to National ves- }
sels, it was presumed that he did net in- !
tend to oppose her entrance into port.
The admiral expressed his regret that his
Orders would hot allow hina to let the ,
ship pass, rip was informed that the
purpose of the visit was to land the Ame
rican Minister to Spain. But the admi- j
■rai repeared that his orders were peremp
tory, and did not leave him a liberty to
exercise any discretion. The Congress,
therefore, returned to Gibraltar.”
Extract of a letter received dt the Ex
change, dated LAGUAYRA, AUG. 24.
“ Com. C hay tor, lost his son James in
the affair at the lake of Maracaybo. lie
was lieutenant on board the Independen
ce. The English barque Charles, had
changed her colours—the English fri
gate Pvramus is now in port; the two
French frigates in sight—The schr. Im
perial sails to-day for Gibraltar, and the
Fourth of July for St. Thomas.
INTERNAL NAVIGATION.
ALBANY, SEPT, 9.
We are daily receiving new evidence
of the vast importance of the canals to
the commerce of this state, and are rea
lizing benefits, which, when spoken of as
probable, but a few years since, were con
sidered as the anticipations of visionary
projectors. Already has the trade of the
country bordering on lake Champlain,
which has hitherto found its passage to
the sea, through the dominions of a fo
reign power, begun to pour its treasures
into our commercial metropolis through
the channel of the canal; and in another
year, the products of those vast and fertile
regions contiguous to the western lakes,
will find a market through the same chan
nel A sloop of thirty tons measurement,
and carrying sixty tons burthen, which
was built at St. Albans, mi the Vermont
side of Lake Champlain, passed this city
on her way to New York, on Wednesday
last, and, as will be seen by an extract
from a New York paper, which we this
day publish, has safely arrived at the
place of destination ; and on the com
pletion of the western section, with equal
safety a boat with the same tonnage may
be brought from the extremity of Lake
Michigan, upwards of twelve hundred
miles distant from New York. But we
much question whether the ordinary ca
nal craft will not .be found most conve
nient for transportation, and tranship
ment at the foot of the lakes and at the
head of navigation, the least expensive
method.
It no accidents nave happened, me wa
ter will have been let into the canal as far
east as Schenectady yesterday, and if the
weather proves favorable, the whole line
from Rochester to the Hudson will be na
vigable this Fall. The locks at the Co
hoes are completed, and the canal will be
in a situation to receive the water about
the 10th of October.—Argus.
Captain Hull has arrived at Norfolk,
taken command of the frigate United
States, and will soon proceed t© the Paci
fic.
YELLOW FEVER AT NEW-YORK,
The New-York Board of Health met
on Friday 12th, and reported Mrs, Susan
nah Lord sick with yellow fever at No, 1,
Beaver-street, “ she had resided two
weeks preceding her attack, on board the
ship Diana, of which vessel her husband
is master. She was removed to her pre
sent residence on the evening of the 1st
lust. The Diana arrived at the Quaran
tine Ground on the 24th July from Ha
vana, and by the Health Officer's report,
it appears that one of her crew died of fe
ver in.the Hospital at Havana in January
last, ami that, another of her crew (upon
her arrival )'was received in the Marine
Hospital sick of yellow fever.'*
In reply to an enquiry from the Mayor
whether Mrs. L. could be removed from
the city, the physicians say 46 we are of
opinion, that in the present state of her
disease, it would be at the hazard of her
life to remove her; and as she is in an
airy apartment, and particular attention
paid to cleanliness, we do not conceive
that the neighborhood will be endangered
by allowing her to remain where she now
is, provided that no more intercourse is
had with the patient than the proper con
duct of her treatment shall require.”
In addition to the above, the N. York
Post, states that Edward Lurmond, one of
the crew of the ship Diana, which arrived
at the Quarantine Ground on the 24th o£
July from Havana, and came up to town
with the ship on the 9th August, sickened
the next day, (10th,) at 251, Front street,
and on the day following, (11th,) was visi
ted by the Resident Physician, Dr,Quack
enboss and immediately sent down t© the
Hospital at Staten Island. tie died th“
next day, the 12th-of August.
The fallowing appears in the same pa
per of Friday.
Yellow Fever at BrooklyWe are in*
formed this afternoon, in a manner that
commands our belief, that no less than
eleven persons have lately been seized
with this dreadful disease.in this-vjsUae,*«
vi wuotn nave meu, me «.»- ?
yesterday, one of whom was a manTmng
below the bank, and a child, which had
been removed to the Poor House. We
understand too, that tberr is no difficulty
in accounting for the introduction ©f this
disorder; that the cause is palpable.—
Some days since, a brig from the West
Indies came to the wharf south of the
main street, after having touched at our
Quarantine; that she bad previously
lost the mate at sea; that shortly after
their arrival at the wharf in Brooklyn,
her crew deserted her, and have gone, no
body knows whither, and that the bed on
which the mate died being given to the
steward,Was aifed on deck, and finally
transferred to the house, out of which the
three persons lately died. We also un
derstand that the above persons attacked,
have all been in the immediate vicinity
of the vessel or the house, which is only a
few rods distant. We are glad to learo
that a salutary degree of alarm prevails
in the village, which has already led to
effectual measures for clearing the infect
ed house of the remainder of the inhabi
tants.
——
Mail Robbery.week the land
mail between Albany and Hudson was
robbed. A number of letters were found
under the floor of a stable near Kinder
book. Gen. Van Rensselaer, the Post
master at Albany, went immediately to
Kinderhook, published a list of the let
ters found, (chiefly belonging to persons
between Albany and Hudson,) had the
mail carrier arrested on strong suspicions
of his being the robber; and Judge Skin
ner, it is understood, has appointed a spe
cial sitting of the U. S. District Courtibr
his trial.
Peru.—’A letter is published in the
Mercantile Advertiser, dated at Payta,
June 1st, from which the following is an
extract:
“ Since the unfortunate occurrence to
the Republic at Moquega, (in the Inter
roedois,)all the states are making uniform
efforts to put an end to the war which
has been continued so long by Spain,
more from a motive of pride than Rom
any hope of success. In a short time 20,
000 men will be ready to commence ope
rations against the Spanish troops. On
the 17tb ult. 5000 sailed from Aries, un
der Gen. St. Cruz, to join 2000 more com
ing from Chili. 6000 Colombians have
started from Guayaquil, and the cam
paign will be directed by the Liberator
Bolivar, under whose order it is expect
ed a durable peace will be established ’