Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-08-31


steamboats, running above the Falls.
none Of which can carry any freight of
con sequence. Three of these are pas
sage boats exclusively, and ply between
this and Wheeling The others, being
somewhat larger, are confined between
this and Louisville"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are much
given to talk ofthe influence OF the press;
of its being the palladium of our liber-
ties, with a deal more of such vague
panegyric. Yet whilst they praise the
organ, they forget the hands which play
it. They forget the condition of editors
and printers. The very individuals who
sing the loudest songs in praise of the
Press, are most regardless of our pro-
fessional rights. They resort to the
meanest modes of defrauding us of the
Just recompence of our intellectual and
mechanical labours; of our legal re.
sponsibilities and our pecuniary hazards.
Of stealing newspapers, we do not so
much complain, for the law has affixed
penalty to that offence; but we do
mos, earnestly protest against the sys-
tenn of borrowing them. Men do not
borrow each others coats and shoes TO
the injury of shoemakers and taylors,
yet,re are greatly curtailed of our fair
patronage by their borrowing our jour.
nals.-Noahs Enquirer.
Counterfeits of the denomination Of
s, 10 and 90 dollars, purperting to be
of the State Bank Of North Carolina,
are in circulation and are said to be
well engraved the following is the
description of them from the Georgia
Courier.
On the right hand and on The top of
the bill there is the stamp of die, con-
tanning the figure OF S, 10 or 90 as the
case may be, surrounding which are %
snail circles or dots on the genuine
Notes the base ones have but 20; the
eyes of the female figure are very bad
" executed IN the counterfeit Notes, as
they look Gas the vulgar expression is
like two burnt holes in blanket." -
Whereas on the genuine bills they are
well executed The counterfeit Notes
are generally filed up to II. Collins,
whose name is Ibelieve, never seen in
a good note.-The paper of the coun
terieitis too bright yellow.
.Nsw- York Canal Tolls. From the
returns made by the Collectors of Tolls
on the New York Canal, il appears that
the whole amount received from the
commencement of navigation this year,
to the first of August, was $4,000, Civ
ing for the whole year 1,75O,0oo, dol
lars.
Mr.. Leander Clark, while applying
the hand to the shaft at Whitney's facto-
ry, Saxton's Village, Vermont, was
caught by the strap and carried round
the shaft more than one hundred times
before assistance was rendered. His
left knee bone was dislocated, the low
er end of his thigh bone thrust through
the integument, and the large bone frac-
tured half way between the ankle and
knee. The limb was amputsted, and
he is likely to recover.
There seems to be great discrepancy
of opinion between the editors and par
tisans of the opposition. While on the
one hand, we find the jackson commit
tee of Philadelphia urging it on the PEG
pie to secure the election of General
jackson for the Presidency, by sending
to congress such representatives only as
are favourable to him; while we see the
efforts making in New Jersey, Maryland,
Sc. to make the elections turn on this
point; Major Noah performs sort of
somerset, and exclaims, 1--WE would
sooner see Mr.. Adams re- elected by the
people, than to see our candidate whoe-
yer be may be, elected by Congress"
This savours strongly of disunion.--
The gentlemen are not disposed to ''hang
-
We have seen a letter from Mack
nae, dated the Goth ult. which men
tons the arrival there Of boat from
Drummon's Island, bringing intell.
gence that three canoes, belonging t o
Gov. Cass' expedition. were wrecked
on sand bar, near White fish Point
in Lake Superior This news, it was
stated, was brought TO the Saul de Set.
Marie by an Indian, who said that
three Canadians had been drowned,
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