Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-12-29
STATE BPrToNE.


Sd Judicial district.
Both branches of the Legislature
have their journals kept in German as
wei as in English.
A petition is before the Legislature,
Tor an act to incorporate a company
for the construction of rail roa6 from
Wllksbarre, on the SusquehanDah, 10
the nearest pointfof the Delaware.
DELAwARE.-Two Cotton Facto-
ries. situated on Red Clay Greek, in
this State, are advertised for sale.
They are within few miles of Will
mngton, and contain about fourteeu
hundred Spindies each
Whiting Strawford, Esq mem.
her of The Legislature OF the State OF
Delaware, from Sussex county. died
at Port au Prince on the first Of last
month.
MARYLAND - Maryland was os
namrd in honor Of Henrietta Maria,
the wife Of Charles ]. Il was the
third colory planted in the country
The present Constitution was framed
in l776, hut though she engaged in the
general cause, during the revolutions
~ war, in the support Of freedom,
with great zeal. she refused TO ratify
the articles OF COME liberation until 1871.
in that year, the delegates were in
sructed 10 ratify the articles, their
fears of the preponderance Of the
large States being removed, by the
cession of their western lands to the
common fund. The soil is well adj
apted to the culture Of tobacco and
wheat. Two articles are said to be
peculiar TO the Statc-the genuine
,uhite wheat. which grows in Kent,
Queen Anne's, and Talbot counties,
and the bright kites foot tobacco,
which is produced in some parts of the
western shore south of Baltimore
Baltimore. in 1765. had a population
OF 800; N 1890, 1868; in 1900, &C.,
SID, in 1910, 47,555; and in 1920,
81, 627
In addition to those already named,
Nathaniel F Williams, Isaac M Kim,
and Christopher Hughes, OF Baltimore
and Mr. Boyle, of Annapolis, have
been recommended, by writer's in diff
ftrent papers, as candidates for the
Office of Governor.
The association recently formed in
Baltimore for the purpose Of working
the silver mines of Temascaltepec,
situate about one hunderd miles from
the city of Mexico, have engaged a
gentleman OF New York, who is an
experienced engineer, to contract for
the requisite machinery, all of which
it is stated, is now preparing at West
Point, and will he in readiness 10 be-
shipped from New York about the
first Of April next.
VIRGINIA List of Governors OF
Virginia from the formation OF the
Con, titution.- Patrick Henry, 1776
to rs; Thomas Jefferson. 1879; Ben
iamm Harrison, 1882; Patrick Henry,
1885. Edmund Randolph, 1885; Be-
verify Randolph, 1888; Henry Lee,
1891; Robert Brooke, 1874; James
Wood 1877: Jsmes Monroe, 1900;
John Page. 1903; VIM. H. Csbeli,
1906; John Ty ler, 1909; James Mon
roe, 1910; George w Smith 1911
burnt in the Theatre;) James Bar
Sour, 1919; Wilson Carey Nicholas,
1914; james P. Preston, 1916; Tho's-
M Randolph, 1919; James Peasants,
1922; John Tyler, 1925
The population Of Wheeling has
nearly doubled in s years In 1920.
twas 1867, it is now upwards OF 5000
DIR George w. Crump, of Cumber-
land, is announced asa candidate for
Congress to supply the vacancy oc-
casioned by the election OF John Kan
dolph to the Senate of the United
States
GEoReIA-Commodores Balm
bridge, Warrington, and Biddie. pas
sed through Augusta on the 9Th ~
slant, on their way to this city.
A public dinner was offered them,
which their engagements compelled
them to decline
The town OF Macon, to which 1t IS
proposed to remove the seat OF govern
ment, has had very rapid growth.
Three years age it was wilderness
and now it has 80 stores, has cotton I'D
warehouses from is counties, ana
bank is about to be established there.
KENTucxY.-I In the year III,
the Legislature Of Virginia erected TINS
territory into county. In 1857 .oo
inconvenience of repairing nearly ooO