Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-04-28


Baltimore American says the route by
which this road is proposed 10 be car
ried, is ascertaiaed 20 be about eigh
teen and a half miles ia exien,-the
sum OF sixty thousand dollars will be
required TO make it, most of which
will be subscribed for cut of Baltimore.
The condition of the existing road be-
tweenH arpersferry and Frederick has
always, and most deservediy been a
subject of complaint-and has inter.
Tered in no small degree with the
trade between Baltimore and a vaiua.
BILE portion ofthe state ofNlrgnia. The
making OF the turnpike viii form a
new and important channel for the
trade OF this city, especially when re-
garded IN connection with the costly
and extensive Bridge which is now
erecting at Harpersierry by AL moor.
porated ASSOCIATION.
Clear Spring.-This Town is sta.
ated on the turnpike road, IL miles
west OF Hagerstown, within 9 miles
OF the Potomac river, aud is bordered
on the north and east by a fertile and
'populpus country. The first sale Of
lots tonk place III 1922, and the town
at present. consists of az dweIlinglhou
SEES, with necessary adjoining built.
ings, some OF which are large and
commodiops brick ones. II contains
4 stores, 8 ~taserns, 2 doctor shops. a
school house and post Office and $50
inhabitants, of whom Ia are carren-
tiers, 9 shoemakers, 6 t%ailors, 4 ma
sons, 3 cabinet makers, 5 wheel
wrights, 8 wagon makers. 3saddlers,
2 tanners, 2 blacksmiihs, Q plasterers,
2 physicians, ! clergyman, ! barber,
and ! butcher.
Several new houses are now pro
crossing, and The place is improving
with IA rapidi,y unexampleJ in his
section OF country. Torch Light.
a Cincinnati paper, IN commenting
on Gen. Jackson's letter to Mr.. Swart-
won't, has placed the character of the
latter gentleman. in q point of view,
which does no credit to the General, es
pecialiy when be is clsssea among the
Generals confidential correspondents.
Samuel swartrout is the same person.
age who in the year 1905, acted as a
subordinate agent in the conspiracy of
Aaron Burr. This to be sure, formes
no ground of exception to Gen. jack
son, if he did not know this eircum-
stance, or if knowing it he was satisfied
that Swartwout had been, since that
time politically "born again. and was
at the time the General wrote, an ho-
nest, just, and faithful citizeh-a firm
supporter OF that government which he
had in 1906 in vain c~onspired to over
throw. IL on the contrary General
Jackson wa aware OF the part Mr.
Swartwout took in the Burr conspira-
cy, and has since been in habits Of con-
hdential correspondence with him, it af-
fords some ground to suspect, that the
General has at all events, been extreme
ly unfortunate in the selection of his
friends. Ii the General can pass safely
through the flames in which he has been
enveloped by his own friends, there
may be some hope of him. But so long
as the name Of Andrew jackson is init.
mately associated with the names Of
kremer, Simpson and Swartwout, We
are fearful that he will not receive that
justice which his merits deserga-fof
we cannot believe the former is that
sort ofman, who would in his conscience,
approve of the d~isorganizing principles
Of the latter, General jackson, we firm
ly behave, is an honest an upright man,
a good citizen, but also ! his warmest
friends are his most formidable enemies
The extreme briskness Of trade last
year at Liverpool, is evinced by an Of
ticial account recently published in
England. The excess of 1924 over
1898 is more than $4,000 The cx-
port OF cotton manufactures and yarn,
are estimated at the vast sum OF thirty
Millions
From the Nashville Whig1
Il Singular mistake-C o~RREcrED.-
We have seen in the Wing and Enqui
rer, of Richmond, a letter p~urporting
to have come from the Nashville Wing,