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'ilARTlNSBlRC. AmiL 7, IS-5.
OjrTh® Election being on Monday next,
will • fford an opportunity to those indebted to
the Editor, to make pay mint.
TRUSTEE ELECTION.
An election was held at the Court-House, in
Martiushtirg, on Mot'day last, for seven per
sons as Trustees of said town. 1 b* following
were elected:
John Strother,
Washington Evans,
Edward A. Gibbs,
John Doll,
John S. Harrison,
Conrad Hogm,re,
George Wolff.
( VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.
The Elections for Members of Congress, the
Assembly, Ac takes place, in all this month,
Throughout the stair. At the close f the poll
on M» nday last for Morgan county, the vote
stood for CONGRESS,
Col. Edward Col* on - - 190
William Arnrutrong, esq * *
Berkeley, .Jefferson, Hampshire and Hardy
comities, compose the other part of this Con.
^rcsiional district. The election for Berkeley
vjil take place on Monday lies'; that of Hardy
,.]f Tuesday; Hampshire on Monday the 18.h;
>nd Jefferson on Monday the 25tlt.
„ ASSEMBLY.
Col-. Robert Gustin - -in'*
\Vi'iiam Sherrard - - 120
Capt' Benjamin Orrick * - 10>)
Jo«ep!f 1’* Adams - • Si
William Smith \7
FREDERICK COUNTY—CONGRESS.
At the close of ‘be poll last evening, at Win
chester, tlie vote stood for
Alfred If Powell * ♦ 607
Samuel Kercbeval - - 1^0
Augustine C Smith • • 159
Robert Allen . • 49
William Steinbergen • - IB
Shenandoah county composes the other part
of the Congressional district.
Messrs. James Ship and George W. K ger
arc elected to the Assembly.
Fire -On Thursday night last, the Merchant
Mill, belonging to the heiraof Thomas Swear
ir.geti, dec’d- situate near Hardscrabble, in this
county, w»s entirely consumed by fire, toge
ther with all its contents. A fre.* bLrt wo
man, charged with tbeofirnce ot setting it t.n
fire, was committed to the jail in tin* place
jes'erday. It is and there were forty barrels
of flour in the Mill at the lime.
We lament to state that our re.petted towns
man, the lion, judge White, -now lies daiige
TOIIS'V ill, at Smelter’s Kerry, ot ptra'yiis. I be
imW * as on Ins way to attend the Loudoun
court w'irn lie was suddenly arrested by this
tnust'afH.’Cti'ig dispensation. From accounts
received, his fife may he spaced, but it is be
Jteved tliut he will he from e>er
attending to the duties of h a °™ce 8
ci'ciuristance which our com’uiunity will have
cause never to ee;<Se deploring, a,_ °1 l'ie
mo-t melancholy public events v. *ud» ua* ever
been experienced hete— fFin. Out.
The Vick President leavos this* ^i
tv (his morning with his Family, *°r
South Carolina. lie will goby tuo "».v
ot Fredericksburg, Cartersfiile, Mil
ton. and Salisbury, to Pendleton, where
it is his intention to spend the summer.
IVe cannot permit this eminent citizen
to leave this place, alter so long a resi
dence amongst us, without expressing
the deep impressions of esteem which 1
his urbanity and hospitality (not to speak j
of any other claims to regard) have left
on the feeling# of (he large circle w ith j
which lie has freely mixed.—Aiaf. Int \
II) « Carlos Ai.year, late Minister j
ier.ipotentiary near the United ^tateR ; i
America, from Buenos Ayers, is ap- j
tinted in the same capacity near the
epublic of Colombia.—Ib'd.
The Election tor Representatives to
e A inotecuth Congress will take place,
the State of Virginia, in all the ap- 1
■oaching month ot April. In several
the Districts there will be noopposi
">n to the re-election of the late Mem
‘rs; in others, there will be close con-,
ts. In the District lately represen-i
1 by Mr. Arthur Smith, Mr. Alex
«dkr Smith, Mr. Williams, Mr.
L' ker. Mr. J. Stephenson, and Mr.
. I\ Barbour, new Members must be
insen, those gentlemen having do
med re-election.
The District adjacent, lately repre
>nted by Mr. Mercer, to whose z’al
:s and disinterested services the Peo
e of this District, a* well as his own
iristituents, are particularly indebted,
onn of those in w hich theie is no op
inion.—Ibid.
The Election for Representatives to
le Nineteenth Congress, takes place
i Connecticut, also, in April; in
'Orth Carolina in August; and in
ennsssee in the sama month. These
ith Virginia and Alabama, are the
nly States, v.c believe, which have
ot already made their election of Re
i esentatives.— Ibid.
Mr. James Bosley has left with Mr.
kiuner, Editor of the American Far
i°r, ot Baltimore, a quantity of Ma
• ira Crape' Seed, lor gratuitous d»»
iitution. It ib >aid that vines raided
•urn the seed, will last 90 or 100 years;
hiist those from the slip, will eudt.re
nly io or Uy curs.
The Xashvtlle TAtlrr. The follow -
ing letter from Gen. Jackson, to the
Hon John H. Eaton,in referenced
(he one said to have been taken from
the Nashville Whig, and which we
copied from the Richmond Enquirer,
appeared in the Gazette of last eve
ning:— jVnt Jour.
Wheeling, Va March *23
Dear Sir: 1 have this moment re
ceived your letter of the 17th inst. en
closing a conversation with Mr. H.v
and which is now travelling about a
Sinbad story. This officer of the sou
them army may be ascertained, when
1 reach Nashville; and when he if.
it is quite probable he will be found
to be some tool who has sold his sig
nature.
I am very certain that at Washing
Ion. Pa. in November last, I saw no
individud,a former officer with me:
and I am also equally certain, that 1
have never in my life ulterred any
such sentiments a« are ascribed to me
in that letter. They are a fabrication
from beginning to end. Neither Gen
oral Call, nor Mr. Donnclson. who
were with me. recollects any such
individual. They well remember,
that I arrived at Washington, Pa. in
the evening, much indisposed, and
departed early the next morning
Washington, Penn, seems to be a
fatal place: it will be recollected by
>ou that sundry r?ports grew out of
my meeting there last year Governor
Edwards: while as l came back Mr.
“H.” w’as there. You may bcassured
however, that the inhabitants of that
place have nothing to do with these
tales; they cherish no hypocrites; nor
do they countenance those miserable
ahempts against my character. The
citizens there have treated me with
the utmost attention and kind feeling —
Your friend,
ANDREW JACKSON.
Cumberland, Md. March 14.
Cre dent.—Mr. John S. Dugan, pro
prietor of the line of stage* from W heel
ing to Zanesville, returning from Wash
ington city to Wheeling, with one ot his
own stages, upset, about four miles east
of this place, on Thursday evening last.
Mr. Dugan was so severely injured in
the fall, that he died in a few hours af
ter. No material injury was sustained
hy the passengers in the stage.— id.
The Democratic Press says, on good
authority, the interlineations in the let
ter addressed to the committee of the
bouse, and signed by Mr. Kremer, “are
evidently in the hand writing of Mr.
Ingham.” lie appears to feci sorrow,
that hi* “old friend, George Kremer,”
should be such “a nose of wax, iu the
hand* of factious men.”
V7te Navy.—Com. Rodgers has is
sued general orders, that he will not
suffer the present system, ot the young
officers in the navy quarrelling and
lighting duels, ice. to exist any longer
—that they are not allowed to “assume
to themselves the right of settling such
disputes,” but must appeal to their
hi., her officers. For any violation of
this 0 rder, le will put the laws in force.
John IiWd» the man w ho was convic*
ted a short 15°,e s'nce *n New York, for
poisoning the Carroll family, by means
of cakes left at their door, died m the
Penitentiary.
Arrangements have been made in A
lexandria, lor a public dinner, to be
given to the Pruultnt of the Gnited
States, and bis venerable predecessor,
on Wednesday, the 15th of Apr<
Tb«l Vice President of the ^**u|®<*
States, the Heads of Departments, *4he
Attorney General, the Post Master^
General, and the Hon. Charles F. Mer
cer, are to be invited guests.
The Alexandria Gazette of yester
day says: “we are authorized to state,
and do so with pleasure, that the Presi
dent has accepted the invitation; but
ue regret to learn that, from consider
ations of a private nature, Mr. Monroe
has declined, for the present, giving a
positive answer. tV e trust, aud believe,
however, that all obstacles will be re
moved in time, and that he will yield
to the earnest wishes of his friends and
near neighbors, than whom none of his
countrymen more highly appreciate his
public set vices or private virtues.”
r ■ ■■•
A copy of the Cherokee Alphabet,
referred to in the following paragraph
from the Philadelphia Gazette, was
placed in our hands fo*' publication
some time since, but has been delay
ed for engraving which is necessary.
“The Cherokee lauguage is row
reduced to a syst'm. Mr. George
Curbs, a Cherokee who does not un
derstand Knglish, has invented a!
phabetieal characters, consisting of 86,
each representing a sound or syllable.
In this way the Indians now cones
pond with their Aikausaw brethren
with facility ”
- 111 “
The operation of tapping the head (
for watei *>n the brain, was succcssluliv
pet formed on a child nine months old,
in Galway, Ireland, a short time since.
More than 10 ounces of water were |
drawn oft |
(From the Kentucky (3»f*tte J
Mr. Clay in T'nnetne* — Hj the last
Nashville Kepublican, we find Mr. Clay
has been burnt in effigy in one or two
places in that state. We are inclined to
think that our neighbours are intermed
dling with our ati'airs, when they under
take that business. It is agsnst the
people of Kentucky that Mr. Clay ha* j
sinned if he be guilty, and not against
our friends in Teoues*ee. VV hat does
Mr. Clay owe that state. He is not it*
representative? They did not support
birr, for the Presidency, and therefore
hava no claim on his gratitude! We
would barely refer the gentlemen wno
were engaged in that affair, to the pro
ceedings in the Pittsburg courts in rela
tion to a similar exploit.
Savannah. (Geo.) Match 51.—-A*
mong the visitors of Lafayette, yester
day, was an old negro man now entire
ly blind, who was his servant during his
services in this country, and now be
longs to Mr. M'Queen, n»*ar this city.
The old negro appeared overjoyed at
the honour of the visit, but soon com
menced recounting the actions in which
he had accompanied his master, and the
incidents which took place, at that time.
They were listened to by La Fayette
with that affability and kindness charac
teristic of the individual, and the old
slave encouraged and his memory as
sisted by reminding him of other Inci
dents «<f the same nature. Kvery ac
tion of this truly good man’s life, adds to
the respect and admiration of the virtu
ous.— Georgian.
Detroit, Michigan, March II.—Lmt
Water.—The border of our river has lor
two week* past presented a singular
appearance—the water is so low that
the shore resembles that ot river imme
diately connected with the ocean, at
neap tide—it is about 4 feet lower than
it was last autumn. This remarkable
tall in the waters of our liver, is caused,
we learn, by the accumulation of vast
quantities of ice in the river St Clair—
a north-east wind has prevailed for some
time past,which has driven the ice down
lake Huron in such bodies as to cause
it in a measure to dam the river.— Gaz.
Heading, (Penn.) March 26.—We
this week had the pleasure oi examin
ing a neat box, made of the sycamore
under which the Philanthropist Penn
concluded bis treaty with the Indians
in 1082. Tin's valuable relict is in the
pos'ession of our worthy townsman the
venerable Governor fleiater, to whom
it was presented by Robert Vatix, Esq.
of Philadelphia, accompanied with a
copper-plate likeness of the founder cf
Pennsylvania, acknowledged to be the
best of the kind extant.
Mr. Robert Wright of Philadelphia
is about publishing by subscription a
work entitled “Jbnerican Natural Hit
tory” by John Goodman, M. D mem
ber of the Philadelphia Academy of Na
tural Sciences. The Gazette of,that city
remarks, that as no work has yet been
published embracing the Natural histo
ry of our country in all its departments,
this was a desideratum in our literature,
which we are happy to find is about to
be supplied. The plates with which it
is to be adorned, will, judging from
the specimens'we have seen, be of the
finest discription. The paper and ty
pography also will be of a superior kind.
The first part of the work, in three vo
lumns octavo, will be ready for delive
ry in September next.
St. Patrick's Day.—At the Anniver
sary of the Hibernian Society, held in
Baltimore, on the 17lh inst. Luke Tier
nan was chosen President; John Kel
so, and Samuel Moor, Vice-Presidents;
Stewart Bro wn,Treasurer; R. N. Camp
bell, Secretary; Rev. John Glendj,
Chaplain; and Samuel J. Donaldson,
Counsellor. After the election of offi
cers, and the transac»ion of other busi
ness, the Members of the Society, with
several distinguished guests, partook of
an excellent dinner, prepared by Mr.
Barnum. After the cloth was removed,
a number of toasts were given, from
which we select the following.
Ths United, States of America.—May
we live neglected and die forgotten,
when we cease to be greatful for our
reception in the land of the free and the
home of the brave.
The President of the United Slates.—
Honor is the reward of merit—virtue
and talents should always accompany
power.
The Army and Navy of the United
States.—l’ouug in age, though old in
glory.
The Agriculture, Manufactures, and
Commerce of the [United States.— 1 be
hereditary wealth of the country.
A$adyin New-York, who lately ha^
a son, has now living her father and
mother are also living; and the mother,
aged only 95, at the latter father, is al
so alive—the son being the first descen
dant of the fifth generation.
The Philadelphia Gazette says it has
been ascertained by calculation, that,
by the substitution of coal for wood, the
expenses of the Pennsylvania Hospital
have been diminished about out thou
sand dollars a year.
►
BXPLOB VTIOY OF BAST FLORIDA. 1
Lstrict of i let ter from Col. Gidsdert, to » fro
tie man in St. Augustine, dated "C»f»p,
■outliof St. U»de. January 39th, 1333
‘'I kave progressed thus fur on mr se
cond effort to penetrate by land to Cape
Florida. I hare encountered the same
difficulties from wet weather and inun
dated discripts which opposed ray op
erations—as the season, however, is
more favourable, my men have not suf
fered from sickness. Should no great
er obstacles, than those already en
countered, present themselves, I hope
to be at Cape Florida in 10 days; and
to St. Augustino by the 20th or CJtb
March.”
Clarksburg' (Va.) March 19.
MCRDKR.-—Some #few days since,
Samuel Anglin an elderly gentleman
•»f this county and a Mr. Grimes, a
temporary resident of Rando'ph County
met on the bunk of the Valley River
at Booths Ferry to settle some person
al difficulties in an honorable way. It
had been previously arranged that they
should meet at the place, and on that
particular day, settle the allaira with
their filjfn. Anglin appeared agreea
ble to appointment, with rifle well char
ged and pruned, called over the river to
Giimes who jumped into the ferry-boat
without his rifle; whert he. approached
near the shore, Anglin oidered him to
return and get his rifle, some words pas
sed between them, whan Anglin iired
and shot Grimes through the heart.
Anglin has fled—and we learn a Pis
tol was found in Grimes’ bosom when
he w as removed from the boat in which
he died.—Such are the circumstances
as detailed to us.—Int.
Florida Lands.—The Pensacola
(W. F ) Gazette, of Feb. 20, says,
that “The Commissioners ou Land
Claims in that District have made a
very long and elaborate report upon
tli.' conflicting British and Spanish
Claims, in which they give it as their
decided opinion, that the British claims
have no validity under the laws of
Spain and of Nations, and that the
Spanish claims ought to he recognised
by the Government of the United
States, in preference to those emana
ting from the British Government.—
This is of much importance to the
numerous Spanish claimants whose
rights hive been jeopardized by the
long forgotten and justly deprived
British Claimants.
We learn, from a gentleman who
has just returned from a tour of inspec*
tion, that the workmen on the Dele*
waie and Chesapeake Canal are pro
ceeding with great rapidity. During
the winter six hundred men were
kept at work. The tide, lock at the
dehouchc into the Delaware stood
like adamant. F.xcavatious have been
begun lor the lock at the western ex
tremity of the canal; and the work
will, this summer,be carried on, as h
was during the last, ou the whole line
of the canal. In 1827, the canal will
be navigable; and in four years from
the date of the commencement of the
work, the stockholders will, in all
probability geceive a dividend on their
investments.— f Phil. Gas.
Ne to 1 or Jc,March 20 — A number
of our most respectable victuallers of
tbe Centre Market, made u parade,
yesterday afternoon, of fat beef, mut
ton, and veal, attended by music. The
whole was preceded by a cart drawn
by a pony, driven by a lad in appro
priate uniform, in w hich was a fine
merino sheep, dressed off in handsome
style, bearing a banner, inscribed,
“ M e clothe the Naked " The next
was a cart containing slaughtered mut
ton, with this motto, “ tVe feed the
hungry ” The wliole tastefully de
corated with ribands, banners, mot
tos, &c. The rear cart contained a
side of fine beef, declared, by motto,
lobe "Open to alt parties, and in
fluenced by none,” which is to be
cut op to duv in the above market.
John S. 'Skinner, Esq. Editor of
tbe American Farmer, and Postmaster j
of the City of Baltimore, has been elec
ted a correspondent Member of tbe Hor
ticultural Society of Loudon.
“
A Heroine—-A young woman died a
short time since in Prussia, wbo had
been in more than 40 battles, in the
campaigns of lilt and ’14, when she
was only 18 years old!
Tbe Rev. Bishop Hobart, of New
Tork, lately preached in Rome—being
the first Protestant clergyman ever al
lowed it is takl, to preach in the uEt#r-=
ual City.’*
Public Sale.
I WlLL oHVr *t public sale, «n Suturdny lA»
3QiK Joy nf April next, in front of Jao'u
bheeu’ Tavern, Shephercbtosm, on e credit
of nine months, a quantity of
arid mm
in the Mitt.
THOMAS G HARRIS. Agent
fir Ann F Lone, .idm'rx. «/
Jumee S Lm», tltttuteU.
Ibepberdsto *rn* March 31*
Jl List of Letters,
RRUilXIMH in the Post OlBet at Martins*
burftVa.Apr.ri. 1825, which If not ta
boo out before the 1st July n«et, will be tent
to the General 1‘oot Office aa Dead Letters.
.J Joseph Mi Her
George Anderson John MekVbnd
William Anderson Each. Motea
Mis, Nancy Armstrong Ann .Moris
B Charles Morrvw
Wm. C. Bum* J*ob MiUer
Kasauh Butt Jerry Monro w
Mr. Boswell Oilman Moor
Andrew Bowroso C»P«-MeGowshS
Arehibsld Burnett Alexander Macon, jua.
Dtiniet llockiM Chriilwn Mi1»cp
Henry A. Byrne, Esq. J,,b “‘H* .. .
James Begirt. 2 ^ homss l, Mart .a
tji Han't, Crij. John Mined
Andrew niaVrney JV
John" Brannon, Bade Jacob Newcomer
£rcck Mr*, boson Nurtie
c o
John Cox Charles Orrick.jun:
W>lliain Childs George OdenwaUt
John Coder James Ohryen
Wm. Cii«well Joha O’Ferrsll
John Conley P. '
Jacob Chaijyer John H. phdhp*
D Elin Pour!
Alexander Dong' Uenry I'anlagrov#
Hannah or Jacob Dun* Capt. John Poisal
ham Elisabeth PaSkelt
Ororge Deck, 3 Hubert Pinker tow
William Uividsdn Jj
WeraditU Day is |trAry Rlner
F Samuel Uriel
t)a»id Fur an Antony or Charles RoVB
Tlio-s G. Flagg s
lienj. IVrgsson Peter Snow dell
Hannah Fraoeis, 3 Ji* Sl^walter
G Jus Simmontl*
William Gorreli Miehed Seibert
Mrs, Mariah Cray Thomas Sappingtmt
.Abralum Grove Jacob Shafer
ti >liM Nahcy Spriggs
Samuel Hunt AVillhr* SCur*e ,
lames llsrrison, 2 William Spotting, 3 i
Muses T. Hunter, Eaq.M*rF w Job'» Stsnlg
John llutnhenaon Hcarkiah Sheakells
JitcobHoflinan, at New-trtfkel,u*
comer’s Mill 1T
John tlarison John Turner
John U. Harrison George Tablr, Jun*
J John Ti.nrnomla
William Johnson t*6°rge Trurnp
-Miss Sarah F. JohnstonM‘** 11, Tkft
K V
Wm. n. King Jobn Umpenl*ur
Jacob V'nndoren Keeney V
John Kennedy, Kcw&pMsue Vao:netr«
kirk’s Mill fp
John Knave Edw. Walker *
It Amos WiltiamtoB
/fachariah Liman Ralph Wormly ’/
Henry Lown Jacob Whistler .i
3/ Callender Wibiny >
Sampson McMullen ft
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Mnrtinsburg April 7, 1828.
LEGHORNS. -
WE have nolr ready for tele, One hundred
and »iaty
Leghorn Hats and Bonnets.
Lane Sf Tinner,
Shepherdatown, April 7.
3000 Yards
Flax Tote Linenl
for sale, by LANE It TOWNER.
Shepherdatown, April 7.
A Teacher wanted,
WHO can come well recommended, cap**
ble nf teaching Heading. Writing, Ar>tb«
tJetic, English Grammar, Geography, fee*.
Apply to cither o the aubacriben, living nea^
I’ark’a Gap.
John Tabb,
Jibraham Showers,
James Robinson.
April t.
For Sale,
ON Dry Run. two atul a halt mile* ft—f
Martinaburg, on* of the b«*«t
FARMS
in the county of lirtkrley, containing one hum.
d.«U ami titty acres. Fwr terms apply to AaroA
Hibberd.
Abtl Janrm,
4th mo. 7, 18y5. •
Mills for rent.
FOR RENT, foe a term of years, that Val
uable MU.L PROPERTY, situated om
Opeckon Creek, about one mile from Smith
field and seven from Charles-town. This pro
perty consist* of a Merchant Mill, with twA
pair of burrs, and one pa»r country atones, and
a first rate aet of Bolting Clot It*; t) *e if also
a Piaster Mill, and a first-rate Saw Mil attach
ed to the tame. The LAND attached to tiro
above will be let with the Mill.
SAMUEL CAMERON, Adm'r. #/ *
fhltiam Cameron, 4. -ated
Opeckon Mill, Berkeley county. >
_April 7, 1825. \ it
Public Auction.
WILL be sold, ov public suction, on Sa
turday the 23d ins* ant, on the premises*
| for CASH, the ROLlSK A.\D LOT at pre
sent occupied by the subscriber, belonging to
the estate of Jncub Ilamnw, ten. deceased, si
tuate on Queen street, Martrnsburg.
On the ta,ne day, and at the tame phut,
A FARM,
Adjoining the lands oi Jacob Sto%*
kev, Abraham Sn. der, %nd others,
< ontaitiing 187 acre* of Land It is net deem*,
vd ueeeasaiy to give a particular descriput n of
this property, »a any person wish nj, to pur
cha>e. Wilt first view it. Tenns—Ca, %
Jacob H«nime, Acting £iV,
MartTnaburg, April 7
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