Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-02-19

sickness Winfield is safely secured in
the Jail at Bath. -
"The simple annals of the poor,
Lottery incidents-Three fourths or
the $4,000 prize in the 5th Glass were
sold IN Philadelphia, and two eighths of
the same in Kingston, Ulster county.
One OF these eighths was sold to a man
who was previously blessed with a COM
potency and tbs other to poor man for
shillings, who feeling unable to risk
even tins small sum, re-soId seven
elSnths OF his purchase, for one shilling
eaci, 10 seven of his poor neighbors, re-
tanning an eighth tor himself The re-
suit is known, and each adventurer has
OBTAINED for his shilling, Sa65 90 and a.
half cents.
sEANEH.-The New YORK;
Price Current Of the 28sh uIt. states
thatthe scarcity of Seamen in that
port, is almost unprecedented. SIS %
$l6 ar given per month, for European
voyages, and for coasting as high as
Sl8 has been paid.
Population, Of Ohio.-According to an
enumeration Of the white male population
OF Ohio, taken in 1928, that state con-
tains I24 ,624, exclucive of one county
and one town, from which no returns
has been received In 1918, it contained
$3.50. There are according tc the
same return 42S deaf and dumb persons
in the state.
Hard Squinting-The National De-
mocrat (mind now not a federal paper>
abiding to certain practices which it
says exists at Washington, warning thG
people against the consequence of them.
makes the following inhammatory as.
sertion, SAT this moment bribery and
corruption, in the shape of almost every
Office under the constitution. is going on
IN every northern state-and if the peo-
pie of the north trust in any body but
themselves to choose their electors.
they are SOLD and BETRAYED to SOU
THERN TAsKMAsTERs, by combination
of desperate and unprincipled intri-
guers"
Reports have gone abroad (says the
Georgetown Metropolitan prejudicaI
to the money Of the bank of Columbia,of
which persons avail themselves and
some have gone so far as to refuse it
for goods, unless at discount. We cam
only say that we should be very happy
to have all the debts due this establish-
ment hquidated in Columbia paper, and
inform all those who have it, that they
may make themselves perfectly easy, S.
that the bank is able to pay more than
twice the amount of notes she he's out
in species, whenever they are presented.
Prize Poem Charles Spragusa
esq. of Boston, the same who received
prizes from the managers of the New
York and Philadelphia Theatres, has
obtained the prize for the best poeme
to be recited at the Shakespeare Juhi-
lee. The Boston Statesman Observes
that there were thirty three Poems
offered, many of them possessing sterl-
ing merit. Mr.. S. has certainly prov
ed himselfthe Eclipse ofthe poeticat
| race course"
Another Prize Poem-The price
of the value of 500. offered by the
manager Of the New Orleans Theatre.
for the best poetical address TO be de-
livered at the opening of that house,
has been awarded to Mr.. Thomas
Wells, of Boston.
A file of the Jamaica Courant to the
! 9Th of January, received by the Eliza.
arrived Sundayfrom Kingston, is now i'm
our possession, but their contents are
of very little importance. The trial of
the persons who committed the acts Of
piracy on board the schooner Freema-
son and British sloop terminated in
putting six Of them to DEATH Gazette
The Charleston, IS. c. Board of
Health, report the death of 814 per
sons during the last year. viz $40
white persons, and y46O blacks. l64
OF tie white persons were natives of
South Carolina, 7G of different parts
Ofthe United States; and lis were
foreigners.
sHIPWRECK-The schr. Dolphin,