Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-07-21

| anu &rfat At"biittf VI eNti'S n 'ot -
number Of Sicrss TO the Republic ol
Hayti. After he had received, from the
| A gent asta,ement Of the present situa-
ton OF things, relative TO the emigration
| of our colored people 10 that island, he
requested assistance in procuring ves-
sci for the purpose alone meniionede--
| This was che,riully COUPLED with, and
the next day contract vas closed, With
, a ship owner, 10 lake out ElGH u
EIGHT SLAVES, all belonging to- the
gentleman aforesaid, ,heprice Of whose
passage he pays himself, and for the
use oil whom, he also purchased Agri-
cultural implements in this city, to the
| value of one hundred and thirty dollars,
This subject will be more particular
w noticed IN the next number OF this
work.
| Genius Of Unirsrsal Enaneipntiss-
A Card-Capt. Partridge bcgs leave
| respectfully to inor,n the pubic, that
the .smsrican Literary, Se,sns te, and
Military academy viii be open Tor the
,eception of Students Mt Middletown,
State of Connecticut, on Monday the
aad of August next, under his personal
direction and superintendent. Capt.
P.r.que SIS those young Gentlemen Who
propose becoming members OF the In
stitution the present season, to present
themselves for admission at the time a
boye mentioned or as sooA alter as may
be, MiddistoSss, June a..
Information needed by an Old Soldier.
The undersigned served IN the hevoiu-
tionary War, in the Virginia line. In
the month of February, l717, IN Capt
Holdman Rice's company to guard the
troops OF General Bu.goyne who were
prisoners of war. lie was in said com
pany about eight months, when ne was
transferred 10 Capt. R,erriwether's com
paty, where he served about hiteen
months. Col. Francis Taylor eomnan'
ded the Regiment while be was IN the
service. he vas honorabiy discharged
on the Cd Nay, I779.-Ee was also al
the siege of Yorktown. II there Is any
person still alive who can prove his SER
vice, he hopes they will give informal
ton. ...r. VI iiliaui Roundtree and Mr.
Daniel kneaves, who lew years ago
lived in Mercer county, hentucky, were
ia the same Company with him, but ne
cannot learn where they have removed
to. From his age and helpless situation
he needs the friendly assistance OF his
country. Information will be commu-
nicated to Col. Steven +. Ogden, iei-
low Banks, Davies county, Kentucky,
by mail, on this Cs.iness.
DAVID CHANCELLOR.
P.S. Editors who are friendly to the
old Soldiers, will confer favor by CIV
inc the above a lace IN their paper Tor
few weeks. D.CHANCELLoH'
May %, 1925
Alta recent Squirrel Hunt in this
town, the following number "i Vuad-
rupeds were killed:
Squirrels, Acc; Woodpeckers, as;
Grows, Sc; Foxes, I; Bobalinks, IA;
Pigeons, "a, Woodcocks, -, Hawks,
10: Woodcnucks, 40; Owls, 4; skunAs,
IL; Partridge, !. Whole nos. 7s4.
Paris (.us.) Obs.
On the 10Th OF May last Mr.. Can.
ming laid on the table OF the British
House of Commons, treaty between
Sweden and England, relative to
the Slave Trade. The London Cou.
rier. on that occasion attributes tobim
the following language:
ale would take that opportunity TO
state-and he did so with extreme re-
pret--ihat similar treaty which was
ia progress with the United States OF
America, had been, since the late
change of CouernorS in that country,
broken of III consequence OF Inc posi-
tive refusal OF the new President 10 ac
cede 10 it; official notice OF which had
been received from that government. 7"
Mr. Canning certainly makes him
self ridiculous by the irequem loss OF
his temper, and we think he has ne
yer appeared more so, than at the
time above mentioned A change OF
Coueynors truly! Does he not re
member, or does his petiishness eifa:e
the recollection, that the people OF this
country have had no governors since
they spurned The trammels OF ms So
vereien?-N. Y. Statesman.
The directors of the Southwark Bank
/ tPhiladelphia,) on Thursday morning
last elected William Brown, Esq. for