Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-04-12

irregularly, make lhe following sensi
bic remark.
"Tfby the happening of some aeci.
dent TO the mail Cur newspapers should
fail but once to reach their destination.
we soon hear OF the complaints Of sob
scr.bers. They are dissatisfied: ard
have reason to be so From this thew
should learn to appreciate the dissatis.
faction we may be supposed to feel
when our; subscription money be
comes due, and they fail to send Il
to us. III the failure of newspaper
one week is matter of so much annoy.
ance to subscribers, how much more
reason have to complain when there
is failure week after week, and month
after month, in the receipt of what *
justly due as FOR our time and Iabour
expended. for the amusement and iu.
struction of others"
Animal Longevity-A correspoa.
dent Of the Daily Advertiser says:
"There is now at Greenwich village.
town of Horse Neck, two geese, both
of the age Of 50 yesrs--one is now
sitting. They have both laid regular.
~ for 81 years. They now belong to
Mr. Jared Mead, and were hatched
on his fathers place" Curious would
be the calculation to shew the number
of their descendants, supposing each
gooseto have reared foar pair per on.
mum, and that none had fallen by the
jawsof the willy fox, nor the knife of
the ruthless cook!
On Sunday morning last at Provi.
dence r.. /. fire commenced in the
grocery store of George Hale, east side
of North Main street, opposite Cheap
side, which was partly destroyed.
The adjoining building of Mr.. limo
thy Temple was also partly destroy
ed-Mr. Temples loss $500, of
which sum $4,000 was insured Hall
and Mitchell, boot and shoe makers,
over Mr.. TerSple's store, lost all their
stock, between one and two thousand
dollars. Several persons Suffered loss
in removing their goods.
The Induction Of Morgan. The AL.
bany papers contain the report of the
Committee of the Senate of New York
on the Morgan affair. We give brief
notice Of its contents.
"The committee state, that they have
delayed their report until the present
time, with the hope Of being furnished
/ with the testimony necessary to SUBJ
stantate the charges made in the petit
tons which have been submitted tothem
from different narts of the state; but, as
far as some of the heaviest charges are
concerned, it has not yet been supplied.
From the testimony adduced, they say,
''no doubt remains in relation to the UNI
! lawfulseizure and abduction of Nor.
gam" bat no legal evidence proves any
! fact concerning him after he reached
Canandaigua. Alidavits, however, fur
nish strong reasons to believe that be
was carried to Niagara, whatever be-
came of him afterwards.
! The evidences derived from William
Terry of Niagara is regarded as furnish
ing nothing satisfactory; yet the com.
ni;ttee consider the impttations cast on
MIN in some publications entirely
sgoundle.s; as what he communicated
was principally received from other per-
sons. The committee state that most
of the evidence is vague and unsat;stac-
tory; and after full examination, have
| 'efound themselves surrounded by em-
barrassments upon every side" They
have endeavoured to form plan for ac-
complishing the object proposed BY the
petitioners, by divisiug tribunal for
the Investigation of the case, with an
adequate Jurisdiction, and the powers
necessary to enforce and secure the at
tendance of witnesses, without infring-
ing the principles OF the common law;
but they give it as their opinion, that
"such tribunal, while it would be
doubtful in principle, and dangerous in
precedent, could not materially add to
the powers vested in our existing
courts
They therefore recommend the a.
doption Of preamble and resolutions,
requesting the Governor to issue his
proclamation offering reward OF $4,000
for the discovery of William Morgan,
4 L.