Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-03-18

Forty There are 45 federal
lists in the legislature of Maine, accord
ing to the Eastern Argus, all said to
be in favor Of Mr. Adams There
are .45 federalists in the legislature of
Virginia, according to The Richmond
Enquirer, said to be in favor of Mr..
CrawfSrd-and the National lntcli.
gencer sets down as avowed fedora
lists" in the present congress, who,v
"whatever may he their opinions in re-
gard to the presidency, and however
much those opinions are entitled to re-
spect. would under no circumstances
60 into democratic caucus" This
may be considered as a sort of magical
number. 1t has known some distinc-
ton in the old world, as well as the
new; IN mathematics, as well as polit-
les The celebrated Wilks was out
lawed for publishing his libel in No.
45 of the North Briton; 45 degrees
are half right angel medius TUFTS
emus, happy medium for those to take,
who fear to be caught on The wrong
side--that is, the weakest: as is also
a degree of elevation, which gives the
greatest randora to projectiles--it may
therefore be safest for those who wish
to make the longest shot. To be sup
to As Indicates a pleasant condition OF
the animal spirits, which is said to give
peculiar expansion and excursivenesS
to the imagination. In short, No 45s
bids fair to rival in importance those
heretofore pre- eminently mystical
numbers, 81, 8, and so on to 60. which
have so lon G held their weighs among
dealers in astrclogy. fortune telling
andw'schcraft. Port. Adv.
> Charles Cunningham was las
Week tried in Frederick county cour
on the charge of having fred on Mr.
Griffith with intent to kill The triag
lasted two days, end excited consid-
cradle, int rest. The traverser was:
defended with great zeal and ability
byMessrs + II S chlsy, Nelson, Var
field and. VILLAIN. Schley, and the
prosecution was ably. sustained by
Messrs. Dinoa Estate attorney Ross
and Palmer. Verdict guilty.. Sem
tence, five years to the peoi,entiary..
Eauminer.
The bill 10 extend the charter of
the Farmers Bank of Virginia. which
has been long pending in the LegisIa-
ture of that state, has finally become a
law 1t extends the charter Is
years; for which extension. the bank
is to pay bonus of $50 900. ty,. the
1st of May, to the Board of Public
Works is to loanto the University. for
one year, the sum of $4,000, If the
Board shall receive satisfactory assur-
ances that the said sum shall be re-
imbur:ed ont ofthe debt due by the u
nited States, This act is highly auspi-
cious TO the University, the commeoe.
ntent of whose operations it will ensure
and hasten.
!. The Rev. Mr. REEs, and the Rev.
Mr.. HANNAH. Delegates from the
British Methodist Conference, to the
American General Conference, ARR.
we'd in the ship Columbia at New
York. " -
o., The Rev. Mr. SUMMERFIELp.
who was expected to arrive in the ship
Columbia, was unexpectedly detained.
at Liverpool. Mr. s was to leave.
Liverpool on The LIST Of March, for~
New York.
A destructive hurricane passed over
Wilksbarre and its vicinity. The ele-
giant Bridge across the Susquebanna.
ct that place, was hurled from the piers
on the ice, and dashed to pieces. The
Bridge cost $50 900; of this the Com.
monweahh owns $4,000. The piers.
are uninjured. The damages sustain
ed 10 the Valley, are estimated at,
$4,000.
NEWSPAPERS IN THE. U. STATES.
9. 1t has been ascertained, by the Posi-
master General, that there are five hun--
dred and ninety eight newspapers pub
| lished in the United States, viz
Ia Maine 12IGcorg;a u