Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-02-10

persons OBiy, but WHAT was our slu-
prise, when we found ourselves sud-
denly surrounded by nearly 1000 peo.
pie at once, all anxious 10 obtain comics
Of the New Testament! They had
rclinquished those scTuplcs, which in
former years, they entertained; and
many testified, with a degree of exul-
tation, OF what they had read in the sa.
cred volumn, and how convinced thew
were of the excellency. OF its contents.
One female made the remark, that the
book that we distributed was precise
y the same as that used by the eler.
| gyman, when takeirg the text for his
sermon; and that, as he quoted chap
ter and verse, it was Of great advan-
tage to possess New Testament, I'M
order TO be able 10 read it again at
home. Indeed. such was the graft.
tude and cordially of these poor pill
griins, that il took up 70 small portion
Of ourtime in shakingh hands with them;
and after all, nearly $50, at The very
least, were obliged to go away with.
out a copy. 1t will afford youpleasure
to learn, that the total number of copies
disposed of in both days, amounts TO
1139;and from opportunities which we
have had Of observing the class ofpeo-
| Pile among whom they were circulated,
we have great reason to hope that the
| Lord will more and more cause the
Morning Star of light and truth TO a
: 49, - eb,na ~ thai, Io,rto
CIericGl.-One ofthe c%lergymen, who
| asks a blessing in the Assembly, in put
| ting up prayers, on Thursday last, 'be-
sought the Almighty that the legislature
| of this state might be induced to follow
righteous counsel and impartial justice
that the cultiyator ofthe soil-and that
the government of this. state might be
delivered from The ~reproach of PARTIAL
Ia and injustice by which the general
| government had been degraded, and
that recently, in making a large dona-
ton to a foreigner, whist the claims
OF our countIymen, who fought for in
dependence, yetcried from the ~ground.v
From the above declaration, Mr..
Speaker Crolius signifed to the Rev.
gentleman, that be must pray no more
in the Lower House. We admit that
he wandered a little from the subject,
but what then? We Distinctly recollect
hearing a reverend gentleman from the
Speakers chair, in Albany, offer up
prayers 10 the Almighty, that Dewiit
Clinton might Be elected President Of
H. TT,iJaI Ayo4ac ,-I.oI, -. t..tx
house, and in asking a blessing, was
contra bonos mosres, as the lawyers say,
and yet they did not Dust him.
~. Y. .4dr.
MarY;agcs.-A neat, dapper little
gentleman, with smiling look Sc pow
dered hair, whisked into the Office, and
handed me a slip of paper on whicha
marriage was written. please, sir
(said II write your name on the back
of it, as Il reference; we do this TO pre-.
vent imposition she! be- veil, there
can be no impositions," said he. ''hc-
cause / am he appy man myself.""O,
l give you much joy, sir. Twenty
five cents, sir" well, for vat,
you don't charge nothing for putting
this ere marriage in the news: all the
ladies like 10 read EN-" Probably;
but we have agreed among the pfin-
tiers, TO charge that sum for an inser.
ton" 90, you turn out for igher wa
ges-" "Not exactly so; but we must
receive an equivalent for our heavy
expenses. But in the mids: Of your
happiness arc you unwilling TO pay
twenty five cents TO give it publicity"
"Vell. | don't know. Hi paid two
dollars to the parson and one dollar for
ack ire; two dollars to the play, and
ten shillings for a little supper, and
now two shillings more. Vel, Idon't
complain: ere it is. wishes you a We
ny good night, sir"
'Thus runs the world II there is
an article Ofnecessity it is a newspaper.
How men grumhle; how the wife
fidgets if the paper is not served up
with the mornings coffee. The mer-
chant runs his eye Owe the arrivals,
and it is greeted with the name OF his
wealthy ship, safely moored; the spe-
culator finds an object OF which he
makes; the mar Of letters finds ONE
thing 10 amuse;t the artists learns where
encouragement is TO be had; the poll
ticiln discovers the rise and fall of par
ties, and the broker the rise and fsli OF