Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-11-17
3tmL8 GAZETTE
MARTINsBURG. Nov. IL, 1895

dav last IT the court house. The report OF the
directors was read, and accepted. and by an
order Of the Society, the following extract
from it is published
Tie Directors Of the MARTtNsEURG
LIBRARY. beg leave to report to tie 30
ciety at is second semi annual meeting
an account OF their bye-laws and pro-
ceedings, since their last meeting, as
also toe. progress, situation, and prns-
meets Of tie institution They feel the
greater satisfaction 10 the performance
ofthis duty, as they are enabled TO make
report every way favourable; in re-
latiou TO every thing concerning their
charge. AItho' the number of subscri-
bers is not SO great, as the lowness of
the subscription price had induced us
to hope, yet thirty-four persons have
co-operated to advance this valuable in
stitution, AID have showed by their re-
gular visits to tie Librarian, that the
advantages to be derived from such an
institution in colomunity like ours, are
not imaginary. nj sny valuable books
have been loaned to- the Society, many
presented, and as IN any purchased as
our limited funds would allow. The
Directors, in pu,suanc of their course
of duties, as pointed out IN the Constr
tuition, proceeded to obtain the neces-
sary means for the preseI satlon, aud dis
trbution of the books, and TO make
such bye. laws as they found from time
to time indispensable for the due regu
lation o. the Library. They were po.
htely offered rcom for the books by j
n Riddle & smith, by which consldera-
Die expense has been saved. A cores
pondence has been underla ken by the
President, and arrangements mace Tor
obtaining books at cheap r,'te. when
the Directors speak of the state OF the
Library ia relation to the number OF
books given, and loaned, the cha racter
of these works, AMI the mannern " hich
they have been arranged, ticke'ted, a nj
preserved, they cannot feel otherwise
than disposedt to congratulate the Socie- ,
ty upon the great progress of SO praise
worthy an institution in so short time
The Society will see BY the Librarians
catalogue herewith submitted, thai there
is now in the collection between 400 aud
500 books, chiefly works of standard me-
rit. historical and scientific. We do not
hesitate to say, that 40 private and select
Library in is part of the country will
equal 1t in value, and usefulness. In
fact, it is chiefly composed OF the select
works belonging to the members, and
others. who have generously contrihu-
ted The Directors cannot express too
fully the obligations which this rociety
are under to the officers, who have had
the management of the books and funds
of the institution. The Directors lay
before the Society, drafts of memo
rial, and bill of Incorporation, winch
they recommend to be sent 10 The Leg
islature of this State. They conceive
that the propriety Of having the Society
Incorporated must be so OBVIOUS 70 tie
members, as TO need no comment or re-
commentator in this report.
THE GREEK,.-A letter from
Smyrna of the nth August. received
in this city, confirms the late advlc es as
to the favorable turn the Greek affairs
had taken, and adds that the loss of the
Turks at Miss longhi was 5000; that OF
the Greeks 1900. 1t is however stated
in a Vienna paper. that Reddish Pacha
had collected troops, and was again pro-
ceeding to renew the seige at Mlsso-
longh,, his head depending on its cap
ture. But the place was open on the
sea side, aud has received large supplies
of provisions, and ammunition from the
IonianIsles When the Greeks retook
Caamata, theEgyptians lost 1900 disci-
pinned troops.
According to the latest advices from
the East, corps of Egyptian troops,
said to be 5000 strong, hove landed IN
the Island of Gambia. The Turkish
feet is cruising oil Gambia, in order to
prevent the Ottoman Admiral from con-
wing to the Morea the newly arrived
Egyptians. The temporary inaction of
Ibraham Pacha, whilst waiting for REIN
forcements. enabled the Greek Gov.
eminent to collect large forces in the
Morea. Colocotroni has also received
new corps of picked men from Rome
liza, country whose soldiers are dread
ed by the Turks.
A letter from Trieste mentions a ru-
NOR that Ibraham Pacha had received
instructions to declare in case OF his
subduing the "orea, that his father was
Independent OF the Porte, and that the
Isle of Gambia and the Morea should be
governed according to the Egy p,lan
system of administration ~. Y .ddr.
E.,J po,o,,,t,o,, IN 1899 two