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IARPERS FERRY FREE PRESS.
“to shew virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure.”
VOL. III.-—No. 26. HARPERS-FEREY, VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, JAN GARY 28, 1824. Whole No. 130.
PUBLISHED, WEEKLY, BY
JOHN S. GALLAHER & CO.
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JAN. CC FEB.
1824.
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MASONIC.
FOR the information of SirKts. Tem
plars, and the appendant orders :
Notice in hereby given, That a grand en
campment for the state of Virginia, is es
tablished in the town of Winchester, in
said state, (and approved by the general
grand master of the United States grand
encampment,) where a constitutional
number of legally created knights may,
on application, obtain charters or dispen
sations for the establishment of new en
campments of knights templars, or coun
cils of knights of the red cross. And no
encampment or council otherwise estab
lished hereafter, will be deemed legal.
DANIEL W. THOMAS, S.G.C.
Attest, Sutton I. Harris, G. R.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
MURRAY’S GRAMMAR, price 75
cents; also, an abridged edition,
for the use of schools, at 20 cents,
Walker’s Dictionary, at gl,
English Reader, Introduction do.
Pgoldsmith’s History of Rome,
Do. do. England,
Webster’s Spelling Book, and a variety
of other valuable works, for sale at this
office.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber having labored under
much inconvenience, in consequence
of the great length of time that many of
his accounts have stood unsettled, ear
nestly requests those indebted to call and
make settlement. It is desirable that all
accounts should be adjusted up to the
first of the present month. However un
pleasant the matter may be, it is absolute
ly necessary that hereafter payment
should be made more promptly than
heretofore. A hope is entertained that
this measure will be cheerfully acquies
ced in, as every reflecting person must
be aware of its urgent necessity.
JACOB R. THOMAS.
January 21, 1824.
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REVISED SONG.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind;
Should auld accounts be never paid,
Of days langsyne.
WTE would earnestly solicit some of
V ▼ our customers to study the moral
of the above song, and if, after doing so,
they should be disposed to practice a lit
tle upon the tune, under our instruction,
they may rely upon our greatest exer
tions in their behalf. D. A.WEED Sc Co.
Jan. 21, 1824.
WHISKEY.
E have recently received Whiskey
from the following distillers :
6 years old 4th proof 1 c
, . , c v > irom Miller,
Old 1st prooi, ^ ’
Old do. from Kownslar,
Do. do. from Rosenberger,
New do. from Carper,
Do. do. from Garrett.
This-, together with all other goods,
we are disposed to sell to our punctual
customers on a short credit at the very
lowest prices they can be afforded for
Cash. D. A. WEED Sc co.
Jan. 21, 1824.
BOARDERS.
THREE or four Boarders will be ta
ken by the subscriber. Men of gen
teel habits and known punctuality wiil be
accommodated in the best manner pos
sible, and on reasonable terms.
JAMES COATES.
Jan. 7, 1824.
CHEAPER § CHEAPER!
WE have just received another load
of goods, w hich we will sell at still
lower rates, viz:
Cassimere shawls of the richest colour
and with most superb borders, which
we will sell at from 2 50 to S3—
Rich coloured Tartan Plaids at 62§ cents,
Imitation Caroline plaids,
Heavy 4-4ths unbleached sheetings at 18£
cents,
5-4ths Indigo Blue Checks at 25 cents
Men’s kip lined 8c bound Monroe shoes,
at S2
Do. calf do. at S2 25
And of CROCKERY, a further supply
of those neat CUPS 8c SAUCERS at 28
cents,
Blue Print, Meat and Vegetable Dishes,
Sec. Sec. ALSO,
6 bags best Havanna Coffee at 25 cents,
Winter strained Sperm Oil at Si—
4 firkins most excellent BUTTER,
Raisins, Sec. £cc.
We respectfully solicit our friends to
give us a call, as, although we are not
as conveniently situated as we of right
should be, yet we confidently believe they
will be compensated for their extra trou
ble. D. A. WEED Sc Co.
Jan. 7, 1824.
New Goods, Cheap for Cash !
THE subscriber is now opening for sale, an as
sortment of Cloths, from 371-2 cents to $10 50
per yard—Cassinets, drabs, (blue and mixed,) from
50 cents to $1 25—domestic plaids, checks, shirt
ings and sheetings, French calicoes, Circassian
plaid, cassimere shawls, rose blankets, ready made
clothing, flannels, baizes, ginghams, cambrick and
book muslin, cotton yarn, candle wick, jackonet & j
fancy cravats, cotton and silk flag handkerchiefs,
cotton and silk umbrellas, Cox’s best hats, a supe
rior assortment of shoes,
WARE,
A general assortment ot
GROCERIES,
Together with the following choice FRUITS, viz :
Cocoa Nuts, Oranges, Figs, Raisins, soft
shell Almonds.
ALSO—Cod Fish, Lady Peas.
(a new article.)
Good Coffee, at 25 cents per lb.
Do. Sugar, at 10 cents.
Purchasers are invited to call. S. K. WHITE.
Harpers-Ferry, Jan. 14, 1824.
W. C. CONINE,
MESPECTFULLY invites the attention of the
citizens of Harpers-Ferry and its vicinity to
the several splendid Lotteries now drawing in the
City of Baltimore. The one of the greatest mag
nitude, and which is the first to he finished, is the
Grand State Lottery of Maryland,
Containing the great capital prize of
And being the principal lottery now drawing in the
United States. The payment of the prizes of which
is warranted by the State of Maryland. Present
rate of tickets $1.5, shares in proportion.
University Lottery.
The Capital Prize is
20,000 Dollars.
Tickets $10, shares in proportion.
Monument Lottery.
The Capital Prize is
20,000 Dollars.
Tickets $10, shares in proportion.
Besides the capitals named, the lotteries all con
tain many other valuable prizes, such as 10,000s,
5,000s, 1000s, &c.
The drawing's will progress as rapidly as the sale
of tickets will possibly admit. Address
W. C. COSINE, Baltimore.
Dec. 27, 1823.
CCj5 Orders left at the office of the FREE PRESS
will be promptly transmitted.
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TAILORS,
RESPECTFULLY inform the inhabi
tants of Harpers-Ferry, and its vi
cinity, that they have commenced busi
ness in the room lately occupied by Mr.
Weed as a counting-room, and adjoining
Mr. Graham’s ware-house, where they
will thankfully receive a liberal share of
the public patronage. Their terms will
be moderate and suited to the times, and
all work entrusted to them shall be execu
ted with fidelity and despatch.
Jan. 14, 1824.
Flowers of Ancient History,
COMPREHENDING, on a new plan,
the most remarkable and interesting
events, as well as characters, of antiqui
ty—for sale at this office.
FOR SALE,
AN active Negro Boy, about 17 years
of age. Inquire of the PRINTER.
Jan. 7, 1824.
THE INDIANS.
A resolution has been submitted to Con
gress, to discontinue the annual grant ap
propriated for the education of the Indi
ans. It has been urged, that every at
tempt to penetrate the thick darkness
which shrouds the Indian mind with the
light of education is absurd, and must be
forever ineffectual. Much might be ad
ded to shew the entire fallacy and the re
volting- inhumanity of such assertions,
but facts will speak in stronger language
than arguments; and we, therefore, sub
join for the perusal of the enemies of In
dian civilization, a letter recently receiv
ed by a gentleman of this city, from an In
dian youth'."'It speaks, with irresistible
eloquence, an ample of refutation of all
which has been said in opposition to the
plans suggested for the improvement of
this desolate and wandering people,
whose home is the desert, whose school
is the forest, and whose hopes are bound
ed by the clouds which sweep over their
native wilderness. There is, in the sub
sequent letter, an ability which proves
the presence and the activity of an intel
lectual power; and a pathos which evi
dences the existence of a heart glowing
with all that warmth of feeling which is
the source of all the best actions of the
human race. Why then should the In
dian be left to grovel in darkness and de
solation ? Why should not the radiance of
civilization be permitted to break on his
benighted path, and to direct him to that
more elevated sphere, in which his white
brethren move ; where nobler objects may
engross his attention, and higher hopes
impart to him dignity and consolation ?
[ Washington Rep..
JACKSON, (mis.) DEC. 12th, 1823.
Dear Sir: I arrived in this vicinity
about three weeks ago, after an absence
of more than ten years from the land of
my nativity ; and, during that absence, I
was never treated more kindly, or spent
my time more happily, than when I was
a member of your family. Among my
faults,I hope; will never be numbered the
sin of ingratitude. Of this,I wish you to be
well assured—and whatever may be our
separate fortunes in this thorny and trou
blesome world, do me the justice to be
lieve I cannot be forgetful of your kind
ness,or insensible to your worth. I am now
far from you, and this cannot be constru
ed into the language of adulation. 1 was
but a youth—-you took me by the hand,
and treated me as a man. As our acquain
tance ripened, you shewed me the confi
dence of a friend. In correcting error,
or encouraging emulation, you uniformly
consulted those feelings of sensibility and
that sense of pride (so inherent in the hu
man breast,) which you thought me to
possess; and seemed solicitous to save
me the pain of mortification, without en
couraging the vanity of presumption.
Such conduct will produce feelings which
the heart loves to cherish, and I am cer
tain its effect has not been lost upon me.
When I left Weston, I either thought or
said that in ten years I would endeavor
to distinguish myself. Two thirds |pf
the time are yet left me, and should Hea
ven spare my life, something may still be
done. The three last years have not
been spent to my satisfaction.
I wrote you from the state of Ohio
that I had lost my only brother. He was
five years my senior, and had been living
in this country the last 8 or 9 years. He
had gradually acquired the confidence of
the Choctaws, and the regard of the white
people. Being prompt in business, and
temperate in his habits, he had, it is said,
at the time of his death, more influence
over the minds of his countrymen than
any man in the nation. His death is
considered a national loss by the Choc
taws, and lamented by all his acquain
tance. Should I not deplore the loss of
such a brother? Yet I had not seen him
for 18 years. We had occasionally cor
responded,but were still strangers to each
other. Regret is unavailing. I could
have wished to take him once more by
the hand, and tell him I honored him.
Murder.—Mr. Othello Church, a res
pectable inhabitant of the town of Friend
ship, Allegany co. Pa. was murdered on
the 29th ult. by the discharge of a car
bine, from some person who awoke him
at one o’clock in the morning under pre
tence of business, and as Mr. C. opened
the door, lodged the contents of the piece
in his breast; he expired immediately.—
From various unfavorable circumstances,
suspicion alighted on a Mr. How, who
has been committed, to await his trial at
the February Circuit.
—-« mum —
In Palermo, Maine, a child of Mr. Lew
is Sabine died lately, aged 5 weeks,weigh
ing only one pound and a half l
LEXINGTON, (iiY.) DEC. 27.
Cajiillary Steam Engine.—The invent
or of this engine has been employed here
lor some weeks, in making experiments
with a capillary generator; which he has
applied to a small model of the common
engine, previously constructed by Mr.
Bruen, an ingenious mechanic of this
place. We are assured by. the inventor,
that these experiments, though imperfect,
are conclusive as to the success of the in
vention. The smallnes of the model, the
unsuitableness of its structure, and the
consequent impractibility of making it
work correctly, have prevented him from
ascertaining the exact power of the gene
r a tor, an d trbe most ad v an cageoirs -mo de
of managing it, but several important
points are sufficiently demonstrated,. It
is proved conclusively, that a tube made
ol sheet copper, will answer effectually
for a generator, and will cost only about
four dollars in specie to the horse pow
er. The height of the generator, fuel,
and fluid, will not exceed ten pounds to
the horse power. The bulk will not be
greater, than the actual bulk of fuel re
quired to produce the steam. The econ
omy of fuel may be carried to the utmost
practicable limit; but if a proper regard
be not had to lightness and compactness,
in the structure of the generator, it is sup
posed that a loss of ten per cent, will be
incurred. From these results the projec
tor, with undiminished confidence, antici
pates success in aerial navigation. It will
be perceived that the weight of the mate
rials, used to produce the power, is much
greater than he supposed necessary in his
publication; yet not so much greater, in
his opinion, as materially to affect the
success of that application. The error,
as to the weight, is not the effect of any
miscalculation on his part; but of his
icnauce on int; auegeu discovery oi jLvir.
Perkins. He is now convinced both by
his own experiments and by a critical ex
amination of the structure employed by
that gentleman, that the real power of
his engine is only a tenth part of that
which it has been asserted to possess.
Arrangements are made by the invent
or, for constructing a Capillary Engine*
possessing a four horse power, and appli
cable to serial navigation ; which he ex
pects to have completed in a month or
six weeks.
A SCENE AT ALGIERS.
Extract of a letter from an Officer of our squadron
in the Mediterranean, dated Gibraltar, Nov. 27.
“Mr. Henry, our Consul, has received
a letter from Mr. Shaler, at Algiers, in
forming him of some disturbance there.
It appears that some cause of animosity
has arisen between the Algerines and
Moors ; and the Dey, in consequence, or
dered all the latter, in the city, to be put
to death, Now each of the Consuls em
ployed two or three of these Moors as
servants, and the prime minister was
'sent with a body of soldiers to take them
away. Mr. Shaler resisted, and told the
minister he would protect his with his
life; His Moors were sitting down at
his feet, and he standing over them with
his drawn sword : the minister begged
him to desist, as the consequences might
be fatal to him, (Mr. S.) and further stated
that it would cost him his head, if he re
turned without them : but Mr. S. was in
flexible, and the Minister cleared outy
went to the English Consul’s, broke open
the house, ransacked it even to the wo
men’s apartments, and took off the Moors
with him. By the last acountsfrom Al
giers, Shaler has still retained his Moors.
The report came out only this morning:
possibly there may be nothing in it, but
it is probably true, as it came from Mr.
Henry.”—[JV. Y. American.
English Aravy.—The Courier taunting
ly informs the French Minister, Chateau
briand, that England has now in com
mission the Britannia, 120 guns (well
known to Frenchmen;) Prince Regent,
120; Queen Charlotte, 120; Ocean, 104;
Ganges, 86; Rochford, 86; Cambridge,
86; Albion, 82; Bulwark, 82; Glouces
ter, 82; Ramilles, 78; Revenge, |78; Su
perb, 78; Windsor Castle, 78; Spartiete,
78. Besides five 80 gun ships, 21 heavy
frigates and 108 ships, sloops of war*
brigs, &c.
The Paris journals state, “ that late ac
counts from North America announced
that General Jackson has been elected
President of the United States over Mr.
Williams, by a vote of 35 against 25.”
This is a small mistake. General Jack
son has only been elected by the legisla
ture of Tennessee a member of the Senate
of the United States by a vote of 35 t©
25 over Colonel Williams.