Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-08-11
PENNSYLVANIA.

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The Sheriff Of Fayette county adver.
tises for sale at the court house in u
'niontown on the Goth of August next,
one hundred and eighteen tracts of
land. containing together forty four
/ thousand FIVE hundred and sixty one a
cres;' the fourth part of four other
tracts containing together 1874 5 4
! acres, two lots in the town of Newha
ven, and two in UniontowD, ---- in
all one hundred and twenty six pieces
Of property, and more than 45,ss9 acres
OF land
Fayettte has superfeies equal to
! 527,3 acres. 1t therefore appears
that one eleventh part of the whole
county is to be disposed of BY the Sher-
! if, on the day ami OF the place afore-
mention ed Ph iadsiphia Goz.
A gentleman in Hearford, Conn
+! is now engaged in writing work to be
entitled memoirs Of Simon Bolivar,
! Liberator ofine Independent Republic.
! OF South hmerica-wi'ii succinct His
tory of the events in which he was prln-
cipal actor.
Irish I assengers.-The ship Freder-
! ick, which arrived here on Tuesday last
from Liverpool, says the Portsmouth
Journal, brought 45 passengers, ali of
them natives Of Irelane. The ship was
bound to Chesapeake, but having long
passage, from constant succession of
head winds, put in for provisions. The
passengers are weavers, millrights,
stone cutters, substantial farmers and
common labourers About 80 Of them
lave sailed for Boston--the rest will
proceed in the ship to the Chesapeake.
Emanc pations. Rev. Fletcher
| Andrew, an ordained minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, had re-
ceiyed from the bounty of a dying rela-
tive, twenty slaves, at that time valued
, at 10000 dollars; shortly after he at
tanned the age OF 81 years, although
/ they constituted the whole of his world
ly property, this amiable and pious man
generously emancipated every one Of
them. And Mr.. Charles Grenshaw, a
farmer residing in the neighborhood OF
Richmond, has recently manumitted
/ all the slaves lie owned, amounting al
| together TO sixty. .4lsrai,drta Herald.
| The sickness which prevails at Key
I West, Is attributed TO the roots of the
& .MangeaiH tree, possessing milky sub
stance Of deadly poison, injecting the
water on the island. Measures are
now taking 10 cut off the trees and bush
es on tue island and when cleared of
these. it is anticipated the place viii
be healthy.
A statement is published in the Cir
cleville Ohio Olive Branch, of the
number and value of the horses and cat
| tie of three years old and upwards, in
the county OF Pickaway. This coun-
ty contains twelve townships; the num-
Der of horses is returned at 37s7 yalu-
ed, on an average of so dollars each, al
Sls9,350; and the number of cattle, ol
the age of three years and upwards, a
64so, which number, at 10 dollars
gives an aggregate value OF S64.Soo
The tax on the horses, for the curren
year, amounts to Sils6,io; and tina
on the cattle to seas.
Profitable Spovi.-The Barnstabl
Gazette mentions that the schoone
: Charlotte, Capt Robbins, of the Cape
{ caught 81 halibut and quintals G
4 goldfish, in one forenoon, the smalles
l. of three of the halibut weighed $50 Id
= The whole was accomplished by fiv
men.