Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-03-01
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FROM GIBRALTAR.


we'd Gibraltar papers to the 2slh Dec.
The Chronicle of that date says-"It
appears by an official communication,
recently received from Tunis, that his
highness the Bey having established
manufactures of gunpowder, has pro.
hibited all further Importation of that
article into any of the ports of that Re.
gency; and that his Highness has also
prohibited the further importation OF
butter, on account of the scarcity and
high price,
Her Royal Highness the Regent of
Portugal has accepted the offer made
by the Portuguese midshipmen, to serve
wherever and in whatever capacity i
may be deemed expedient to employ
them. ---+a--
FROM MADEIRA-Capt. Tanning
Of the brig Pomona, arrived at New.
York from Medeira, informs that on the
LIST, I'd and Sd days of January, the
marriage of Don Miguel with the In
faRta, daughter of the Emperor of
Brazil, was celebrated by the firing of
salutes three times each day from all tbe
batteries. and from the shipping in the
harbor, by singing the TIE Deum in the
churches, with the high mass.
Capt Tanning also states that 10000
English troops arrived at Lisbon abou,
the lat of Jan
BOLiVAR.-The Chronicle publish
es the following extract from ali A mer
lean lady now IN South Amrca, dated
CARACAS, Jan 81. 1877.
owe have good news to write YOU,
General Bolivar has arrived here, and
has restored peace and tranquility a
mong the people, who were OH the point
Of making war. lie arrived at Carac
cas- at O'Clock, in the afternoon of the
10th January, ls27--a day which we
shall remember as long as we live. lie
was received with all the gratitude and
spIendor the country could afford MIR
isreal, from Philadelphia, in a fine o
pen carriage. went on; to bring him in
He was escorted by all the military and
with several bands of music. Thera
were several civic arches erected for
him to pass under; we had a good view
of him as he passed along: he is small,
spare man, of 8 pleasing counteuance,
and rode in the open carriage with his
hat in his hand. waving il to the people
in the streets, winch we're crowded.
A gentleman Of Greenfield. Mass. who
has taken considerable pains 10 ascer
tain the quantity of snow which has fall
len this winter, states the whole depth to
be sieiy nine inches.
Information is received by the brig
Eliza, from Vera Cruz, that Mr.. Ser
geant, and the other gentlemen Of tie
Mission, arrived in the city of Mexico,
about the 10th, OF last month, in good
health and spirits. The Congress of
Tacubays, it will be recollected, stands |
adjourned to the 18th ofnext month.
The language Of the Portuguese in
surgents or belligerents against the new
Constitution, is awe are told of ,nde-
but there is 90 independence
with the red coais," meaning the British
One of the favorite objects of the ultra
party in Partisan object in which the
ministry were understood to concur pa.
TALLY or more GOV. rtly--was the over
throw Of the British ascendency at the
Portuguese court. Far this object, NJ.
de NeuriHe laboured indefatigably when
French Ambassador in Lisbon, but
with less success than zeal. As the
same party counted upon the Poriu
guese for its accomplishment, their dis
appointment and prepared to support
the new Constitution by arms, coate gui
coute, was doubly severe. Hence their
rage against MIR. Canning, whose mea
sures, with regard to Portugal, are, at
the same time, explained, in part, by
his knowledge of the anti Britannia pun
pose of the anti constitutionalists.
Nat. Cas.
Vermont COld-We some months
since noticed the discovery in Vermont
Of several specimens OF the precious
metal, and now learn from the Boston
Traveller that il has been analy zed BY
Gen Field, who has forwarded speci-
men for the cabinet of Harvard Univer.
sity. The Traveller states that "The
gold was found in the highway. deposi
ted with a quantity of clay, sand, and
gravel; the soil was alluvial, and upon
examination it appeared to have been
brought down and deposited by small
rivulet. from a high hin The sneci. |