Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-06-01

| ton. or consequently whether Il bad any infiu.
ence on ths public treasury. hope nc occs-
SION will again occur like the one complained
| Of From what have previously said, you may
be assured shall use such means as are in my
| power to prevent IT.
| feel particularly obliged TO you for the friend
" sentiments you express to me personally. and
take pleasure in saying they are correctly reel
procated on my part.
With great respect, your obedient serv't,
| JAMES BARBOUR.
| Hon Ei.O. r. TatnaA
FROM JAMkICA--We have received by
| the schooner Chase, our regular files Of Jama-
ca papers TO the 9Th inst
SLAVE SffIP.-The armed schooner Speed.
we II went into Port Royal on the 10Th of April,
and took in with her, the slave brig Alcide,
which she detained on the Dist, lat. 19, SO, N.
long. 79. The Alcide had on board 337 slaves;
she is under French colours, and is reported to
be from Cape Lopes, and bound to Martinique,
but j, is strongly suspected that her destina-
| ton was Cuba.
| PliATE.-The ship Hall, Clarke, arrived
| at Montego. Bay on the 2lst of April last from
| Liverpool, was fallen in with near Madeira, by
| a pratical vessel, which fred several rounds
| of grape shot into her, when, finding the Hall
| to be unarmed, she came up and boarded. The
| pirates plundered the ship Of part of her cargo
consisting Of plantation stores, beet, pork, &c.
and carried off the whole Of Captain Clsrke's
clothes-She was large top-sail schooner,
painted black, aud her crew appeared to be a
medley from various countries.
MADRID.--The square Der Sol is the cen
tire of the city, the raIlying point for loungers.
and the most lively and crowded place IN Ma
drid, particularly at those periods ct the day
when the heat has not begun, and after 1t is
over People come there to read the Newspa-
pers. and congregate as they do in the gardens
OF the Palais Royal. Groupes form themselves
round the newsmongers, and the promensders
cross among them on their way TO the Prado,
whittier possibly the approach of the hours OF
rendezvous leads them. The mountaineers OF
the neighbourhood, in corner OF the place,
wrapped in their striped cloaSs, and leaning
upon crooked cudgels, talk over the affairs that
brought them to town, or stare with amaze
ment at the French and Spanish soldiers pass
ing arm in arm. The sound OF the guitar COL
lects all the females round blind lad singing
the captive King and the Mistortunes OF the
Country The politicians grow warm in their
discussions, and the sellar OF the water Gas cold
as snow" walks about with his long ear,hern
vessel upon his back, and offers that econemi-
cal refreshment to the thirsty orsorat.
A letter from Madrid says, since the Empe-
ror Of Morocco no longer pays the Arabs for
lighting large fires on the mountains, to at
tract and destroy the winged locusts, which,
crossing the mountain of Fee and Mequlenza,
pass over into Spain, clouds of those insects
come every year and ravage our helds; those OF
Andalusis are covered with them, and 1t IS
much feared the harvest will be null they al /
ready begin to show themselves IN the capital.
SPANISH TAVERNS-TheSpa niards drink !
little at time but frequently, and tsverns are !
very numerous in the street OF Madrid. They
are all alike. Beneath score or so OF quarti-
To- pots, hung up to the wall by the handles, is
a counter and underneath that are stored away
two or three large goat skins which contain the
vino s,nko de- ia .Haucha, from which IS filed
the measure, which the woman OF the house,
for the most part Coarse looked and DID, brings
YOU with a most gracious shipper. At night
these retreats OF the joviay disposed part Of
the community are lighted by copper lamps
with four sockets, suspended from the root
At the farther end from where you enter cur
tain tucked up: discovers place lighted, and
set out with tables in the same manner as the
first, and at night these tables are hiled with
company.-.fSurs EspGgn9ks.
WARM. Thurst, late Captain in the
Royal Navy, whose announcement OF his pro-
tession upon conscientious principles most
people must remember, has lately published !
observations on the Causes and Evils of War"
intended IS an apology for Withdrawing hun.
self from the Naval Service. at IS certainly
hard case" says the Ge,tlemaa's Magazine re
marking upon this pamphlet, "that lighting
cock should kill an offending craven; that the
earthquake should swallow child in cradle,
and that passions create vices: but we are in
clined to think that such evils are only permit
ted because they are necessary instruments of
e4fecting some greater good" Captain Thurst
says, "when Christianity aTrives al maturity, ar
mics will dsappear;" and no doubt we shall
catch sparro~s rohe7l ee can pt sat on their tails
The contents of the following letter
make it a matter of much interest to OBJ
tain later information from the La Plata,
and there is every probability that the
next news from that direction will be
Extract Of letter from Monte Videe,
FEB. 81, receiosd at Boston.
"The Brazilian squadron, in the late
action with that of Buenos Ayres, lost
between fifty and sixty men, and one of
their ships was partly dismasted. Two
of the Brazilian ships which alone fought
Brown, have been for fortnight repair /;
ing. Since the engagement Brown has
purchased 80 gun ship, and three briggs. !
All his officers are broke; had they act /
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