Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-07-31

I 30th May, u nominate a candidate
for the Presidency: A proposition
was made that the candidates be nam
ed viuG uoce, and that the meeting
divide according to their sentiments
fer the purpose of ascertaining the
strength of each party. Nearly the
whole company followed the mar
who declared Tor General Jackson, IN
favour of whom $40 votes were Civ.
en-. The principal part cfthe remain.
der are said to have been in favor oil
MIR. Adams, although they refused to
be counted. The Gazette remarks
tia. with the exception ola few per.
scnal friends, Mr.. Clay will not re-
ceive any support in that part of Ala
bama, and that Mr. Crawford is not
considered or spoken OF as candi.
date.
The Presidency-Many ofthe pa
pers still keep up the controversy be-
tween the different candidates for the
Presidency. The most prominent OBJ
iections to The several candidates pro
posed, are as follows. Its objected
to MIR. Calhoun that, he is tooyoung,
he being only ten gears older than
the Constitution has prescribed as a
necessary qualification for the office,
Mr.. Adams is opposed upon The very
liberal and rational ground that nc is
The son of has father. Gen. Jack.
son is opposed because one Of his
favorite Tennessee papers hoped when
elected, he would play Arhnihnot and
Ambristie with every rascal at Wash.
ington, and many people feel ticklish
about the neck at the very thought of
him. To Mr.. Clay il Is objected that
he would, ifshort OF money, play brag
for Offices instead of dollars, and per.
haps gamble away the nation with a
foreign minister. To Mr.. Crawford
there are several objections. In the
first place he even took a mans life
once in a fashionable way-secondly
he has but slender Enthusiastically, he
wishes to ameliorate the condition of
society, by making the whites half In
dian, and the Indians half whites
fourthly, he has been guilty of the sin
of federalism, which even the blood Of
federalist cannot wash away. This
charge is attempted to be denied by
some, but it has been proved too true.
The Baltimore American now before
rs, even goes further In this paper
it is stated as "worthy ofparticular re
mark, that in every instance where an
important test of political principles is
to be had Crawford is to, be found
aoith the federdtists." If this be
true, it is saying more in Dir. Craw
ford's favour than we have believed
could be said with any degree of truth.
" Y Com. Adr.
RICHARD X. CALL is elected the
Delegate from the Territory of Flori-
da to the Congress ofthe United States.
This gentleman, until within the two
last years, served as an officer of the
Army of the United States, and in the
capacity was one. of the Aids TO Gen.
Jackson. -Ndt. Int.
Ndrro,c EScGpe-The Blacks.
NTH shop of Mr.. Fairchild, in STRAIT.
ford, On j. was struck with light
ming on Friday last. When the shower
commenced, Mr. Falrchild was Sitting
on chest 10 it, he went out, & had not
proceeded more than three rods before
the chest was struck &blown to atoms.
The lightning also strnck button.ball
tree, before Mr.. Marshalls door in
Stafford. On The same day two cows
were killed By lightning, belonging TO
Captain Brewster of Black Rock
Population of Lo,oe'' Canada.
1t appears by census of this pro-
vince, IN the year 1922, that the num-
her of inhabitants amounts to 365, $40
City of Quebec, by the same
census, Ia, $50
City of Montreal, to 1900
Town Of Three Rivers, to 1887
We learn, says the New York
Evening Post, from gentleman, who
lately visited Curacao, that Mr. II
,,;ne ,x,ho rod bean dnos,aoI ~, ,un,k