Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-02-05

SESSION at Boston, held a meeting IN
the United States Court room on
Friday evening last, and recommend
ed John Quincy Adams as the most
suitable candidate for the Office ofprcsl
dent OF the United States at the APP
preaching election.
The Senate of Massachusetts, on
Friday last, passed resolution TO
expunge from the journal. resolu
ton passed in 1873, disappearing OF
the war-ycas %, nays 10.
,piracy.-The schr Corothea, Of
and from Curacao, for Porto Rico,
has been captured by the pirates crhis
ing in tho Mona Passage.
Erccufion. Edmund Lester was
executed at Huntsville on the Cd inst.
for the murder of his wife. He de
cIared his innocence 10 the last-From
6 TO TOGO spectators were prts-lit.
Kentucky Notes.-The Eexihg
ton, (Kcntucky,) Monitor of the 9Th
instant, says-"'fhe bill which pass
ed tue senate some time since 10 con
tinue the burning system in relation to
the Commemorative paper, under
wen: change in the House of Re.
prcsentatives last week all the burn.
ing Part is striker out 1t is intended
to call in the paper at the rate OF one
per cent. per month and box it up"
Samuel Pdynter, Esq. has been
officially declared elected Governor
of Delaware, for three years from the
third Tuesday of the present month,
by majority Of 297 votes over David
Hazard, Esq the Democratic candi-
date.
4 Petition has been sent to the
King of England, by the Legislature
of Jamaica, In which the petitioners
say-"Lct your Royal Parliament
become the lawful owners OF our pro-
perry by purchase, and we will re
tire from the island, and leave it
free field for modern phiianthrophy to
work upon. eve cannot submit to
the degration Of having our internal
interests regulated by the Commons
of Great Britain, whose powers within
that realm are not superior to those
which we, the Assembly. have ever
exercised within the Island Of ia
niaica."
Captain James Riley, celebrated
for his adventures among 1e Arabs,
in tie deserts, is now member OF the
Ohio Legislature, now in session.
The Unsdilla Republican states
that IL, l67 feet OF one inch pine boards,
were sawed in a single day at a saw
mill near tina. village, with one saw
only. -
Receipt for the roof Of house to
defend it from the sveather and
from fire.
Take one measure Of fine sand;
two measures Of wood ashes well sift
ed; three Of slackened lime ground up
with oil; laid on with a painters brush;
first coat thin and second thick.
\ painted on board with this mix
ture, and it adheres so strongly to the
board, that il resists an iron tool, and
put thick on single resists tie opera
ton Of fire; l used only a part OF the
mixture; what remains in an iron pot;
water has lain en- the mixture for some
time without penetrating the substance,
which Is as hard as stone.
Eclipse ngain.-We have seen a
letter from New York, which men
lions that Dir. Taylor Of Washington,
has been notified that Eclipse would
run any hors Sc the Southern gentlemen
may think proper, over the Union
Course in May next The club are
ready for any amount from 20 to
100, COO dollars. Charleston COtir.
DUELS.
Secretary Adams is the only candi.
date for president, that has not been a
duellist. Mr.. Crawford fought and
Killed P, Van Allen, ESD twenty
years ago; general Jackson fought aud
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