Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-05-12

not fight with half the courage for his
own lie that he shows in the protec
ton OF another's. The mother, who
will hazard nothing for herself, will
hazard all in defence of her child: III
short, only for the nobility within US
only for virtue, will man open his veins
and offer np-hls spirit: bot this nobiIi-
ty-ihis vir'ue-presents different pha
sesl WITH the Christian martyr it IS
faith; with the savage il is honour;
with the republican 1t is liberty.
A gentleman Of high standing in
Virginia, gives the following, as rela-
ted to him by the officer who was the
subject of This officer, in q Skin
mish with a party of British and In
dians, in the late war, was severely
wounded and unable to rise. Two In
dams rushed towards him to secure his
scalp as their prey. One appeared TO
! be a chief warrior. and was clad in a
British uniform. The Ratchet was up.
lifted to give the fatal blow-The
thought past his mind that some of the
chiefs werc mcsons, and members Of
travelling lodges in the British army
He gave a masonic sign. 1t stayed
the arm Of the savage warrior. The
hatchet fell harmless to the ground
the Indian sprang forward-caught
him in his arms-and the en,learing ii
tie Of BROTHER fell from his lips.
1t was Tccumseh.
As the blind man knows not light,
and through that ignorance also Of ne
cessity knows not darkDess,--so like
wise, but for disinteres.edness we
should know nothing of selfsbness,
bat for slavery nothing OF freedom:
there are perhaps in this world many
things which remain obscure TO us for
want of alternating withtnelropposites.
Fuency of Speech-"The com
mon huency of speech, in many men
and women, is owing" says Swift,
"to a scarcity of words; for whoever
is master of language, and bath a mind
foil of ideas, will be apt, in speaking,
to hesitate upon the choice of both;
whereas, common speakers have only
one set of ideas, and one set of words
10 clothe them in, and these are always
ready; so people come faster out of
church when it is nearly empty, than
when a crowd is at the door"
From the Population Abstract Of
1901 published by order of the Bri-
fish Parliament.
Statistical Calculations In G.
Britain the plumber Of people capable
Of rising in arms. en- mGSse, from fit
teen t sixty years of sc, is g, IA, SAT.
There are about 90,030 marriages.
yearly, and Of So marriages, 3 only
are observed to be without offspring
In Great Britain there die every
| year, about 332,7O6; every month ii.
| bout 1862; in every week 649S;
every day GA; and every hour about
:, 40.
Among lis deaths there may be re-
corded one woman in chlidbed, but
only one in 400 dies IN !abour.
The proportion of the death of wo-
men to that of men, is SO to 81.
Married women live longer than
those who are not married.
In country places, their is on IN
average four children born of each
marriage. 10 cities the proportion is
seven to every two marriages.
The married women are to all the
female inhabitants ola country as one
to three, and the married men to all
the males, as three to five.
The number of widows is to that
Of widowers, as three to one; but that
of widows who re.marry, TO that of
widowers, as Z to 4.
More people live TO a greater age
in elevated stations, that in those which
are lower.
Half of all that arc horn, die before
they attain the age of II years.
The number oftwins is to that Of
single births, as one TO 65.
According to the observations of
Berhaave, the healthiest chlldren are
born in January, February, and
March.
From calculations founded on bills
Of mortality, only n out of 3l56
reaches 100 years.
Belief.--Said a Dutchman to a
Yankee, as they were walking on the