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Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-08-19

been altogether fine, had he not blnked
badly with his lett eye. lie was uncom-
monty easy and affable in his man ers.
and always accessible to the lowest OF
his soldiers, by whom he was greatly
beloved. With his officers he used the
utmost familiarity. When busy in Civ
ing directions and making preparations
for a battle, he had habit of raising
his hand to his head and shifting the POI
sition of his hat every Hioment; by
which certain signs, bis men always
knew when to expect business. For
some days before the battle of Guilford
Court House, the General was extreme
ly active, and his hat and hand were OBJ
served to be unusually agitated. The
whisper, 'Corn-cob' has blood in his
eyes," which ian through the ranks,
showed that these indications were per-
fectly understood,
Tarleton was rather below the middle
size. stout, strong, heavily made, with
large legs, but uncommonly active
His eye was small, black and piercing,
his face smooth, and his complexion
dark; in the time of his assuming the
command of the troops, he was quite
young, probably about twenty-five.
Col. Ahercrombie, who afterwards
gained SO much eclat in Egypt.
where he fell, was one of the finest
built men in the .army-tall, straight
and elegantly propertioned. His coun-
tenance was strong and manly, but bis
face was much pitted by the small pox.
When here he appeared TO be about
forty.
He was thus nicknamed by his men for ha-
wing fed them. when reduced to straights, al
most wholly upon'corn.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-08-19
AMERICAN PORTRAITS.

Emily GeigeT.-At the time Gefi
Greene retreated before Lord Raw
don, from Ninety Six, when he had
passed Broad River he was very desi
rous TO send an order to Gen. Sumter
who was on the Wateree, to Join him,
that they might attack Rawdon, who
had now divided his force; but the
General could find no man in that
part of the State who was bold enough
to undertake SO dangerous mission.
The country to be passed through for
many miles was full of blood thirsty
tories, who on every occasion that Of
fered imbrued their hands in the blood
OF the wings A.length Emily Geiger
presented herself to Gen. Green, and
proposed to act as his messenger, and
the General both surprised aud delight
ed, closed with her proposal. He &C.
eordmgly wrote letter and delivered
| 1t, and at the same. time communicated
the contents OF it verbally, to be told
10 Sumter in case of accidents. EN-
iiy,was young, but as to Mcpherson or
adventures on the way we have no fur
Their information except that she was
mognted on horseback upon side sad
lie, on the second day OF her ,lourn ey
she was intercepted 10y Lord Rawdon's
scouts --ComiDg from the direction of
Green's army, and not being able to
tell all untruth without blushlng, Emf
ly was suspected s. contiDedto a room;
u as the officer in commandhadthe mo
Iesty not TO search her at that time. he
sent Tor an nldtory matron as more fit
ting for that purpose. Emily was not
wanting in eXpedient, aud as soon as
the door was closed and the hustle a
little subsidized she Gte up the letter
piece BY piece.-After awhile the ma.
iron arrived, and upon searching care
fully nothing was to be found OF a sus
pIeious nature about the prisoner, g. she
would disclose nothing Suspr he
ing thus allayed, the officer comman
ding the scouts suffered Emily to depart
Tor where she said she was bound
nj she took a route somewhat circuit
Gus to avoid further detention, and soon
after struck into the road to Sumter's
camp where she arrived in sefety
Emily told her adventure and deliver
en Greene's verbal messageto Sumter,
who IN consequence soon after joined
ne main Amy at Orangeburgh. Emily
Geiuer aIterward. married Mr. Threr
+" its, a rich planter or the .Congaree-
She has heen dead thirty five years; but
it is trusted her name will descend 10
posterity among those of the patriotic
lemales of the Revolution.
charleston dfer.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-08-19

30 ing for WHe" Levi Disbro "
e mechan'c at New Brunswick, { \
JD has succeeded in bringing up !
stream of purc soft water, by periora
ting the ear htc The depth OF one hun
bred and sixty feet.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-08-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
Fran he Trenton EMPORIUM.

Ehere is not in tie wide world valley so sweet,
As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-08-19

~S,erne, who used his wife very i'll,
was enc da, taking 10 Garrick IN d
fine sentimental mainer, IN praise Of
conlug,Llove and'fdelity. "The hus
and" said Sterne, "~he behaves IN
kindly to his wife, deserves to have
his house burnt over his heal" "ii
you think So" said Garrick, II hope
your house is insared
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-08-19

Col. Daviess, who fell in the battle
Of The Wabash, was man of Kentucky
He was lawyer whose character
was tinged with those eccentricities
that indicated future genius. There
was a diff ult question 10 decide before
the court OF kentucky, involving an
important question in regard to the IT,
tie of an estate The case embraced a
long concentration of facts and sundry
technical Diceties 'Whenthe case was
called, kentucky Hunter, with
bis musket and bird bag loaded with
provision, all equipped complete, en-
tered the hall aud took his seat amongst
the lawyers.-There was grin on
the faces at the bar, court, jury, and
spectators He, all Unconscious, took
out his provisions and began to eat with
most perfect camposure The lawyer
on the side of the pla intiif, arose and
made along argument. And who an
swers for the defendent? inquired the
court. i do replied The Hunter, and
rising, broke fourth into torrent of eI-
oQuence that astonished the court and
Jury. Away went the plaintiff, law,
and evidence; and so complete was
the discontinue that the opposite coun
ell made mos. pitiiul reply. The ju-
ry found verdict for the defendant
without retiring from their seats, when
the court adjourned and invited the
stranger to their lodgings. "No, l
THANK you gentlemen; and unless you
will take cold cut with me, | must
he gone" Sos ying, he shnuldered his
musket, ana with great sang {. old de.
tparted. Such man was Col DaViess!
PORTRAIT OF BRITISH OFFICERS.
engaged IN the American Revolutionary War
Sir William Howe was fine figure,
full six feet high, and admirably well
proportional. In person he good deal
resembled Washington, and at little
distance might easily be mistaken for
the American General; but his features,
though good, were more pointed, and
1.-THE expression of his eountenance was
less benigaant His manners were
polished, graceful and dignifed.
Sir Henry Clinton was short and fat,
with full face, prominent nose, and an
Eanimated intelligent countenance. la
his manners ne was olite and courtly,
but more formal and distant than Hove.
and in his intercourse with his officers
was rather puncGlious and not inclined
to intimacy.
! Lord CORVALLIS in person was short
and tbick-set, but not SO corpulent as
ESir Henry. He had handsome aque-
me nose, and hair when young, light
md rather inclined TO sandy; but at the
me of his being here it had become
'mewhat gray. His face was W.
IL
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-08-19
The Beam and'Me .siote.-A COOP aIr.

Tie Beam and The .Hote, "a GOOD NIT.
Or how wilt thou sayto thy brother, Let me
pull ont the mote on, of thine own eye: anC
behold, beam is in thine own eye? Thou by
pocrte FIRST cas- out the beam otlt OF thine owl
eye: and hen shalt thou see clearly to cast on
the mote out of thy brother's eye
A
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-29
lNSURRECTION IN JAMAICA.

On Friday the 18th June, John Malcolm,
Esq. vino resides on his property, Argyle
Estate, Hanover, received intimaton, that
his negroes intended to rise on that night TO
destroy the works, and murder the white
people Oh the Estate. Information of this
diabolical plan was Immediately sent to A.
Campbell, Esq. at Copsc Estate, who is Col
onel of the Western Interior regiment Of Mi
litia. Col. Campbell instantly mastered as
many of his men under arms as the short
ness of the notice would permit, and proceed
ed to Argyle, upon which the principal part
Of the negro men finding their plan discov
cred, left the Estate, and went into the
woods. An extensive plot appears to have
been laid, in which several Estates it is con.
jcctured were concerned, but discovery Of
the plan, before it could be carried into exc
cution at Argyle causes a general dscontit-
urr.
On Sunday night the 18th inst. two trash
houses i'll Alexandria Estate in the neigh
borhood of Argyle WAS set on fire by the re-
bells, and entirely consumed. This was to
have been the signal for the other Estates to
follow the example, but the appearance of
the Military kept them in awe.
The next day during the absence of the
white people who were oil duty at Argyle,
five of the principal negroes on Golden
Grove estate, adjoining, broke into the Over
sccr's house, and carried away a fowling-
piece, a pocket pistol, and a flask of Gun
powder; they also plundercd the estate S
stores of every thing they could lay their
| hands on !; about so men and women then
abscondcd from the estate, and joined the
Argyle negroes i'll the woods, the same
night some negroes returned to Argyle pen
and killed and houghed five horsesand three
mules belonging to Mr.. Malcolm.
Application having been made on Sunday
se'nnight from Hanover and St. James to
Lieut.. Col. Mohatt of the SD Regiment, a
detachment of so men from Maroon Town,
under the command of Capt. Tench, was
Immediately marched to Great River Bridge
Barrack, and another detachment to Monte
so Bay. On Friday, Capt. Tench, with his
detachment, and a company of the Western
Interior Militia, i'll accommodating, and scour-
ing the wood near Barneyside, secured seven
Of the runaway negroes, three of them be-
longing to Argyle estate.
i CORNWALL COURIER OFFICE.
June %, "wednesday night IL o'clock.
i We have much pleasure in being enabled
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Scotland namely, that III politics tlic5 aiI
entirely regulated by the circumstances oi
the district in which they chiefly circulate
If the paper is supported by the proPrie,eo.
and yeomen Of all agricultural county, wa. .a
paper is generally ministerial or loyai Al IVA
sentiments if it circulates i'll manufactur-
ing province it is generally the reverse'
There is no daily newspaper III ocotlaho
The number published in that country IS
thirty-two; of which five are thrice week,
eiwht twice q week, and the rest weekly
None of thin have very extensive clrcula-
ton. In Ireland there are filty-siX ncwspa'
pcrs, of which tour (small ones) are daily
thirteen. thrice a week twenty four, twice
week and the residue, once a week. They
are, for the most part, printed i'll very SLOW
cnly manner and have dirty appearance.
The following anecdotes are Characters
tical. On the trials of Thistlcwood and lng'
for treason, the court intcrtlcted the publ
cation of any of the evidence, in any OF the
public prints, until "A specified time. Inc
proprietor of the Sunday paper, the Oo$erp,
cy, refused to obey this order, and puDllshet
a report ofthc proceedings in his next mum,
Der. For this, contempt he was br"lSh'
before the court and fined five h'ndrct
pounds sterling but such was the deinanc
for the paper, that he was enabled, from the
profits of his extra sale alone, to pay the fnc
pocket surplus and laugh at the court ant
public.
\ London morning paper, some time ago
pronounced high eulogium upon piece
which was represented as performed at ont
OF the Theatres Royal the evening previous
but it turned out that M such play had been
acisG.
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EOKE.IGN PRESENTS.

The Gibraltcr papers have mentioned,
that tho King of Portugal, as mark Of his
gratitude for the measures adopted by the
American Minister at his Court, in concert
with all the other foreign Ministers, during
the recent events at Lisbon, had presented
to Gen. Dearborn, Il Miniature of himself,
richly SGT in diamonds. But this preset
could not have been accepted by the Minis.
ter. The Constitution is very explicit on
this subject. 1t declares, (ART Mi. of'fhr
.imrndmrm y
"lf any citizen of the Uui.cd States shall
accept, claim, receive, OF retain any title of
nobllty or honor, or shall, without the con-
sent ofCongrcss, accept orrrtaiR any present,
pension, Office, on emol.mcnt of any kind
whatever, from any Emperor, King, Prince,
or Foreign Power, such person shall cease
10 be a citizen OF the United States, and Nal.
he incapable Of holding any office OF trust O..
profit under them or cit'le-, Of them"
1t viii be rccolcctcd, we believe. that Gen
lfuuIphrics had similar present made to
him by the King OF Portugal (or SPAIN and
which hc inadvertently received, or accept
ed and that he applied to Congress for it,
consent to the measure, and his retaining it.
But Congress, ii we do not misrcmembcr
resolved, that it had no power to interfere
! the present having pccn accepted, and the
General must abide the consequences; ant
] further, shat the General immediately re-
norucol the acceptance and deposited thu
4 present in the Office olthe Secretary of State
where it probably now remains. DR.. Mitch
cl, too, would have ceased to be a citizen o
the Unitcl States, had lie have accepted TIL,
Ring Sent to him by the Emperor of Russia.
) Boafon ContineL
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rom her; but as the case hid not admit OF
hesitation, she beckoned him to stop, and ad-
dressed him with an air of confidence "Sir,
YOU look like gentleman; do not like the
appearance of those fellows behind us
think they intend to rob me; will you protect
me?" "Madam," replied the man, will
take my arm and will attend you till quite
out of danger; you will see when wave my
handkerchief, the two men will sheer OFT
they arc my companions and we intended to
rob you; but when confidence is reposed IN
me, am not scoundrel enough to betray it
He attended her until she came in sight OF
her own home, where she offered him gui-
nea as a reward for his protection; but he
refused it, adding, he hoped he had more ho-
nor left than to sink his character to the Level
Of IA lawyers am above taking fee
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now to congratulate the country on the v.,,,
satisfactory intelligence which we have my my
received from the interior of Hanover cors Sss'
municated by a respectable gentleman Tuil', wh,
left Argyle this afternoon. There were ''.e ~
that time, only about eight or ten of the a. s'
gyle and Knockalva negroes, and four sron,
Golden Grove remaining out the latt"a
were expected to surrender thcmsclycs' y
night.
Colonel Cambcl of the Western Inte,i,,
regiment, proposed to discharge, to-nipht =.
tomorrow morning, the detachment Of tba
St. James Militia, now stationed at Montna
| lcr; and it was expected, on the arrival os
the Accompong Maroons, who were to reac,
his district this night, that the greater na,'
Of the Militia, would be allowed to return H.
their homes i'll the course of Tomorrow -.
next day.
We have therefore every hope that an il
surrection, which from the commencemcn.
and in its duration, has borne such form;J
able appearance, is about to be crushed viii
out the loss of many of the negroes Eyc,
and none Of the white population. But We
look with horror and commiseration on VIII,
is to follow on the trials and subscquen, prr .''
ishmcnt of the unhappy victims.
The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-29

According to alatc work. entitled the Peri
odical Press of Great Britain, the aitifccrs
and labourcrs of the United Kingdom seldom
or never take or purchase a newspaper -
VIXEN they read them, it is at clubs or tsly =
erns. The average cost of a notice OF small
advertisement is seven shillings and six
pence sterling. The Times newspaper, as
it appears by the Stamp Office rcturnes,
published in 1921, about $4,000 advertise
ments, for which the propriotors paid for
duty 14,57Oi sterling. There arc about
eighteen papers published in London OH
Sunday, of which the John Bull, the
most scurrRous, has the greatest eircula-
tion. Out of London, there are only three
newspapers in England published oftenel
than once week and those three arc pub
lished twice week. One remark, says the
work above mentioned, applies to all these
journals and equally to tlrosc of England ant
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.flr.rnrdria. I'd. c. J JMlN IS.
QcieG.

The people of the neighbourhood about
our office were thrown into uproar,o on Monday
night last, hv contention between the driver
of the t.. 5. western mail stage and the
night watch Of the town, about each others
rights.
Every watc hman carries ahoin At his side,
which Is sounded and echoed By the others
throughout the town to bring themselves to-
rcthcr in cases ut riots or other disturbances
Of the peace. The mail driver has been in
the habi, of using buglc after his arrival in
town which the captain OF the watch re-
momstiatcd against, to him, as 1t tended to
confuse his men, and threatened to put him
in the watch house if he persisted i'll doing 50.
The mail driver felt his dignity as a U. 5.
officer inSulted !; and seemed to insinuatc that
he had il right to blow his lungs loose if he
thought proper, and declared that he would,
with his blundcrbuss, trcpan the noddle OF the
first fellow that dared TO touch him. he
captlin then sounded his horn and a scufiic
soon ensucd, OF which there are almost half
as many stories as their were persons pre-
sent.
When We arrived at the stable, the driver
and thes watch were surrounded by 4 large
latter cndCavniinS to separate
the former from one of his horses, which he
held firmly to, by twisting the rcins of the
bride round his arm, and which was looscd
only by slipping the bride osc cr the horses
head The driver was then lodged i'll the
watch liousc. Several responsible persons
offered to give bail for his appearance before
the mayor---but it was rciused.-lhc crowd
were much c:aspcratcd against the watch,
believing that they were transccnding the
lnrniS AZ thri,, fiutv Whether thrir iudiu-
nation WAS just we don't sa!-but we be-
licvc if the driver had not been taken oil as
early as he was, he would have been reacu-
cd from the watch. He was, however, re-
leased in the morning before day-brc',k.
The contractor, in consequence OF the Eli-
lirc Of a mail by this circumstance, foriets
the penalty. We understand he intends in
stituting suit for tIlma5es, HcGrid.
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Ertr9ct cf a httcr from Madria gatea
Man 13.

The principal subject of conversation arl
conjecture here at present, is the affairwbir'
has taken place at Lisbon but of the true m.
tnIc of which We are ignorant The accom-,
given of it in our Gazette of to-day, Cannot Il
course be relied on. However, our govern,
Inent seems to attach some Importance tot
as the police are actively employed in IN.
quiring into the characters s. eccupationsS
, the Portuguese OF every class who are here.
The day before yesterday, there was afun
meeting of the members of the Council Of
Garlic, which lasted from nine O'Clock ia
the morningtill one O'Clock. III the papcrc'
this morning there appeared the following
notice: To-day, at twelve o'clocl; will be
put in execution the sentence of death pae.
scd by the executive military commission, 4, on
Thomas Franco, accused of treason. ami
convicted othaving uttered in the sQuaredr
Budia in the month of November, 1926, the
following frightful cNpression--My SABRE il
ta'WiaAcd; +; aoiM I couid brightrn il hl Ii.
biooa 9t'tIie hme ; to which he added scye
raj other equally criminal expressions
This unfortunate Young man was in fac.
hanged to day his fate excited great dcai
of commisseration, for it was suspected that
he fell victim to private malice and false
swearing. He was only ~ years old and re,
markably handsome and gentccl in his de-
pertinent. He bore himself with great firm.
ness and on his trial and in his defence SPOKE
with so much good sense and feeling that few
of those present prcsagcd that histate would
have been 50 dcplorablc. He had been ed.
ucatcd at the University of Salamanca, and
had already entered into the first ecclesas-
teal order. He was the son OF 4 notary in
Tarcsa, Ga village of Ncwcastle.) As he
passed to execution there were very few dry
eyes at least among the female spectators.
Yesterday General Digeon set out for
Aranjnea. The day before, the officers OF the
garrison and the municipal went to tclicitatc
him on his arrival. 1t caused some astonish-
ment that on his entering MadriA, lie WAS un-
accompanied by a single French General
Officer. The Secretaries Of state, and the
President ofthc Royal conncil are summoned
for tomorrow to Aradjuez. A report pre-
wallis here that Frcnch Gortlc du Corps
has been shot at Aronjucz, for having viola
ted young lady, the daguhter of one of the
first families there. After tomorrow will
be celebrated the feast OF lsidorc, the patrcn
saint of Madrid, Il day upon which the popn'
lace get, drunk in honour Of their new cclcs-
ti;t protector, and during which according
to immemorial custom, several poiglaid
wounds are given and taken. There sno
doubt bat that this year the number will be
rather increased then diminished, seeing the
bad blood that exists between the Ncgros and
Blancos-Fomorrow a deputation, composed
Of the diplomatic Corps, the Minister Of
State the patriarch, the popc's Nuncio, elgh:
Priests ofhonour,and two Residcrsot Madla'
is to repair to Aranjucz, to be present. AZ
tho accouchment of Donna Maria Francisca
the lnEanta
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more facility than was expected, marched
up 9TH street, that is, west Of the presidents S
house and public Offices, thence in front of
the presidents house, where he and his Sec
retaries were received with the honors due
to them, and thence along Pennsy lvania Ave
nue. to the capitol. The doors, windows,
trees, tops of houses and fences, were filled
and crowned with multitudes Of persons,
principally the fair scx,* who chsercd the
exhibition by the expressions of their ap-
probation. So succeeded we in the first civic
procession in Washington.
'We did not see the ladies' crowning the trees
and fences.
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circumstances, which VIC obtained by board
ING the cutter, we might have fancied that
volcano had suddenly risen from the bosom
of the deep, like Stromboil, continually to
below forth smoke and flame as beacon to
the tempest-tost mariner. This splendid
spectacle continued until about O'Clock,
when the hull sunk, and the fire was extin-
ruished