Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-15

bCoC tNO hiooSCS al I nOitIl iiHHC IMAM
$500. There have never been any
specimens of gold from the mines of
South America, equal to these-the
sight of them really makes our fingers
itch while writing this paragraph -
Several years ago, there was single
lump of gold found in this mine,
weighing upwards of 90 pounds avor
dupois, valued at about $1,000 By
an ertisemeut in this evenings pa
per, it will be seen that DIR. B. offers
these specimens for sale. The two
largest Of these specimens may be ex-
amined at this Office until to morrow at
10 O'Clock. BY the bye, if such pre-
cious metal in such abundance is at the
south, cannot our subscribers make it
convenient to let us hear from them a
little oltener.
We regret to state Says the Peters
burg Intelisencer, of April Cd that Mr.
JoHN RANDOLPH, NJ. G, lately sustained
considerable loss in consequence of a.
bout 40 hhds. o. prime tobacco of BIS
last crop being s'eomped on its way by
waite from this place to Richmond. What
doubtless addeu no little 10 the vexation
naturally caused by This accident, was
the circumstance that the craft employ ed
was an old gnn-boat; to which species
of vessel it is known that Mr.. Randolph
has always, entertained as great an an
tipathy, asis expressed by ehakespeare's
Richard lid. towards the spiders that
crossed his path in a dream. Mr. i.
having visited Richmond on Saturday,
is reported to have said, "That he. al!
acays hud preseniiment that he should
one doy come to some III By one cfthcse
gun boatsi'' lie, however, goodhu-
moredly toldth surrounding purchaser,
Thathe inesc they ~ere all opposed 10
the IIarif-MerJore, they must make
haste and girs him good price for bis
tobacco, that he might go back TO Wash
ington to rote against n.'We hope he
will not only vote, but WELD the broad
s,serd of his eloquence against the" huge
misharen" monster. Mr.. RS price Tor
his tobacco was Slo-he received for 1t
in its damaged state IS $3.50 that his
loss may be estimated.
Inpror:a patent horse-checker.-Mr.
Peter, Lapo,te, a respectable French
gentleman, who is now citizen of Vir-
ginia. brought to our office this morning,
a new kind OF bride, lately invented
and patented by himself, to render rid
ing on horseback, or in vehicles, per-
fectly safe with any horse, whether OF
vicious disposition, or dangerous pro-
pensities. With it, the most untracta-
BILE, hard-mouthet horse, can be 60
verned by the strength of the little In
ger, so that he can neither run, rear, or
kick, under its powerful operation, This
is effected by drawing his nose close to
his breast, pinching both ears tight, and
stopping his breath for a moment. In
harness it has an additional effect, by
drawing the blinds over the eyes. The
Bride IS made as cheap, and more or
namental, than common brides. INC
simple snaffie bit is used, thereby enabl-
ing the horse to travel Without that
nneasiness and fatigue, which the
champing of the heavy, pinchng curb
rhain, unavoidably Observation-Disclosures
Eagle.
It's a curious fact, that Ferdinand
and Thomas Fairfax, Esqs. the great
erandsons of Cromwell's famous col
league, are now living NTH United
States, near Washington, where they
hold very large, though not flourishins
estates.-The republican spirit seems
hereditary in this family; for these gen
tlemen, though lords in England, would
feel the title, if addressed 10 them by
their visitors, as an: insult-B.
An American revolutionary officer,
Major Swan, II said to be in the prison
st. Pelagic, in France, for debt, and
has been there Is years. A New-iork
paper proposes, in this age ofliberah'y,
TO raise a subscription, and procure
the discharge of this compatrlot IN arms
of La Fayette and Washington, that he
may return to his country.--io'
The eccentric capt. Cochrane, who
had undertaken the arduous task OF a
pedestrian tour through Russia and
Siberia, for the purpose OF minutely
exploring that inhospitable region, and
also for ascertaining the dispnted1act
of the separation. Of the continents OF
sia and America. las, after two years