Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-11-08

Horse Races.-While the Legisls.
ture Of n York were engaged in the
revision Of the part of the laws oil the
State, which relates TO the suppression
of horse racing, a motion was made 10
repeal the section Of q law which per.
nits the races on Long Island. 10 the
debate on this motion, Mr. Piggolt
made a speech, from the following par.
agraph is an extrast:
"Mr. p. expressed his surprise 10
hear so much said in favor off practice,
which, independent ofthe demoralizips
effects, diverted the attention of thous.
ands from their business. For a week
or more previous to a race, nothing
was thought Of or talked about except
the races, and he believed it was not
so much for the pleasure of seeing
them, as it was for the opportunity Of
mixing a show and parade and in.
duIging their vanity by the exhibition
of themselves to a public place. Those
who could, and those who could not,
afford the expense, hired horses and
carriages, and sported the gentleman"
And when once the races were begun
then curiosity was all alive. every night
to learn the news from the course: what
horse had taken the purse? who had
lost? and who had won? Some retur.
ned with broken fortunes, and some
with broken legs A poor neighhor Of
his must 60 10 she races, though but
a laboTing man, and he returned in the
latter predicament, having got enough
to serve him Tor his life time"
A letter fromLpusanue, Of the LIST. OF
Sept, says, "In great part Of Switzer.
land there has been after the excessive
heat of the summer, a most e~xtraordina.
ry temperature. On the 26th August
it showed in the town OF Appenzel;
some days after there was snow to.
wards the Blight below the cold baths.
On the Both, Of August, at six in the
morning, Reaumer's thermometer was
at Is deg below Zero, though in the
month Of January it was never below
Is deg. -
Longevity Old Arthur Wall. Of
Wax. Forest, OF whom some notice
was published Q years ago in the Reg
ister, completed the hundred and ninth
year of his age, on the 18th ult A
few days ago, he walked three milea
but said he was somewhat fa,igued,
and thought he discovered by it, thai
old age was creeping upon him.
Raleigh Reg.
On the 18th August last, a woman
of Piedmont, aged one hundred and
thirteen yea's and eight months. was
presented to the royal family of France.
There is in the poor house, at Ston.
ington (Con q psuper named 10.
seph Cook, aged 10l years. He
was al Braddock's defeat, and served
in the revolutionary army during the
war, but is unable to procure certificates
necessary for a pension.
The Lawrenceburg, Indiana, pa.
per, states that the country is overrun
with black and grey squirrels, proceed
ing south and crossing the Ohio river
in multitudes; many were killed with
clubs and stones thrown among them.
A writer 10 the National Inteiligen.
Ger states, that he has been completely
cured of the habit of chewing Tobacco,
by using Slippery Elm Bank as q
substitute for a lime. He recommends
the experiment to the attention OF the
slaves Of this nauseous habit. A gentle.
man Of our acquaintance IN this city has
tried the experiment, and says it has
weaned him entirely from tobacco,
and that he has not the least inclination
for it-Raleigh Register.
Among the strange sights seen as
Brighton on "Wednesday was that OF
well trained Bull, caparisoned witha
saddle, with chains for reins, upon
which was mounted the person who
had the animal in charge. This novel
equestrian establishment moved OIL ~
a fair pace, followed, as may be sup
posed, by a throng of boys.
he who has a trade has an esiafe -Frsnkhn'
have seen a young man born 10
an affluent fortune, who was early ap'