Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-10-06

iUe OOutliI1, anu thO ~" pii~S " 49,
land, taveiue and q half cents per a.
ere, may attract emlgrants to that
quarter. Bait. Gaz,
A gang of counterleiters have been
discovered in Plainfeld, Conn. in the
house of Ezekiel Hall. HILL has been
arrested, and also two others concern
ed, ramely Wheeler Morgan, jr. and
Warren Remington. Those who
have not yet been taken, are Gardner
Dolly, James Adams, John Briggs
and Aaron Briggs. Morgan was also
committed on a charge of stealing Il
pair of fat oxen.
1t is stated in the western papers
that the trunk containing the papers
and valuables of General LAFAYETTE
which were sunk in the stea ru-boa:
Mechanic, on her passage from Nash
will to Louisville, have been recover
ed, and that they have sustained little
or no injury. We believe all the ar
ticles belonging to the General, which
were on board, have been recovered.
His watch, which, in the haste of quit.
ting the cabin, as the boat was sink
ing, was left in his birth, was found
in the birth after the boat was raised,
aud forwarded to him before he left
this city. The body Of his travelling
carriage fioated from the deck OF the
boat, as she went down, and vas
picked up some miles below; the
wheels did not float and were raised
with the boat, so that the carriage was
entirely recovered. and was sent down
10 New Orleans; from there it has
been shipped to France, and will be
preserved by the Gen. at La Grange
an object of interest to bis family and
friends, as TIE vehicle in which he
performed his immense journey
through the United States. Nat. Int.
The New Hampshire State Psni-
ten iiary is source ofprofit 10 the state.
AT the receipts for lahour, &c, the
handsome sum OF 5000 dollars has
been paid into the state treasury within
a few wecks.-The escape of three
convicts is noticed with regret, on ac.
count of there being full and profitable
employ at that excellent seminary, in
hewing stone for double the number of
rogues that is now there.
Altered Notes.-We examined on
Saturday two rotes of the Bank Of
Virginia. which had been altered
from fue to ten. The alteration
throughout has been accomplished in
the most perfect and ingenious man.
ner, and is calculated to deceive most
persons. - Bait. american.
A pretty correct idea may be formed
OF the spirit with which the work of In
ternal Improvement is carried on in the
State of Ohio, from the following para
graph which we extract from the Gin
cinnati Republican of the 9th instant:
Quick Work We are informed that
the section of the Miami Canal, on
which ground was first broken by Gov.
Clinton and Morrow, on the . LIST of June
last,-and from which we had the hon
our, together with number of citizens
Of Cincinnati, of throwing some shovel
fulls of earth-is already completed, in
a substantial and handsome manner.
From the same Journal we copy the
following statement of the new facilities
which have been afforded to the COM
mercial classes in Cincinnati, by the
Postmaster General; whose vigilant
eye and comprehensive e seem to en-
brace all sections of the Union, protec-
ting and promoting, every where, the
interests of the community:
Daily Eastern .MaiI-Next month, we
understand, the Eastern mail will ar
rive in this city six times a week. The
mail from Lancaster by Lebanon, and
the mail from Chillicotbe by Williams
burgh, will each arrive and depart three
times week, and are to be so arranged
as to furnish us with an Eastern mail six
days out of seven This arrangement,
when affected, will be great accom-
mediation to the public, but is no more
than Cincinnati has long been entitled to.
A splendid Masonic display took place
in Albany, on the occasion of the install
lati'n of Gen. Stephen Van Rensselaer,,
as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
over which he was elected IN June last
to preside. The ceremony of instala-
ton was performed by the NJ. w. Past
Grand Master, De Witt Clinton.