Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-04-26


We have had an uncommon unfsyorsb,,. win.
yer Tor TIE mines, II being very wet SEASON
30 that little LEAD has been made in comDsr,
500 with former winters. We are inciiaed "a
th'nk that the quantity shipped and 10 be SaiD.
ped up to the hrst OF May, will not exceed one
third the qu-ntity, QFit reaches that anoun, !
shipped in the same time last ear. aud unless
you have large proportion Of the last wears
stock Oh hand in your city, there will be
scarcity OF the srt,cle with you; and cause
greater demand aud higher price than il ap.
pears to be selling tor by the last alyIces from
your market and that Of New York.
March 10. 1897.
Reports f'om the Fever River Mines haze
cresteda great excitement among the diggera
al tie mines in our vicinity. which together
with their unusual bad succe S. the past winter.
Caused by the unfavourableness of the season,
has induced great many OF them to leave us
Tor those mines. where IL Is thought there will
be several thousand persons in the course Of the
summer. 1t has become bye word, that all
are getting the Ferer River Feoer IN this aud
the adJoInlng states. We ourselves are inch.
ned TO think that - great many of these ad,en
turers Sili return much disappUinted.-fr
the best information we can obtain OF those
mines, they do not cover much extent of coun.
'ry. and the veins lie q considerable distance
apart' although when found, they are very pro.
duc,ive, yet much uncertainty attends the DIS
covery OF them.
THIS excitement will however cause n ten.
poesry check to our mining operations in this
part the country bat We Calculate will even.
t1ai'y prove to our advantage, by more perma
nen'iy settling the dIggers at our own mines
wheh they return One OF our cpncern will
PROBABLY visit Fever RIVER Miaes, in a short
time with view to purchase Lead, and We
hope TO obtain our share. We saw and CONVEX.
sed with one of the SHELTERS from thence some
dayssgo: he thought the quantity OF Lead to be
shipped from those mines tins SEASON Will no,
exceed 500, 600 Id. french wt-others say from
oo0,G00 to one million. THIS was taken into
consideration when IN our spects OF 9th of
feorusrJ' we say the quantity shipped and TO be
shipped up to the LIST OF NAV, we think w,llnot
exceed Is the quantity shipped in the same
fine last year
Il Hea oate.-A correspondent of q Boston
paper suggests very excellent plan for book
safe tie recommends a well, or excavation in
the cellar below the floor, large enough to
Contain the lrsn safe. The sale TO be suppor.
ted above the mouth of tirs WE'LL vt any requs.
tie distance, by means OF ropes, which in case
OF hre will be consumed. and let the sale down
INTO the we'll, when 1t Will be covered with rub.
bush, and the contents will remain unconsum
ed.
Signs of the times."-It is said.
and upon the highest authority, that
"A member OF the last congress, aud OF
the Eext, who belongs to the comb.
nation" visited Har,isburgh. since his
return from Pennsylvania, for the pur.
pose OF a-certaiuiDg the state OF opinion
among the members Of the legislature
upon the presidential question. En-,
tering room in which many gen.
'lemen were. and among them, re
p' esentaiives from all parts ofthe state;
he observed, II have heard OF chang
es OF opinion, and that some who sup.
ported Gen. Jackson, are now oppos
ed to him, but have seen no one who
has changed Seuen members Of the
legislature, on. after the other, Geclar-
ed, that they had changed their opin-
ions, and that they would support Mr..
Adams re election to the presidency
II will give you the reason for the
change" said highly respectable
member from the west; "the admins
traiion has been doing all that is right
and the opposite all that is aorong"
| Philadelphia Democratic Press.
The Quebec Gazette OF the Cd ms,
says-There is certainly at this mo
ment more excitement 10 regard TO the
conduct of the colonial administration
IN Lower and Upper Canada, than
there has been for very many years
In Upper Canada, the alien bill is the
subject of general complaint. Meet
iings IN almost every part of the prov
'nce, very numerousIy attended, and
the proceedings of which appear in the
new spapers, have been held. and it is
generally understood that some gentle.
men OF Influence will proceed immedi.
aie'y TO London, prevent the sane
ton OF the measure. Letters received
IN town indeed state positively that MIR.
Fothergill was sooa 10 Sc. out for Lon.
don; He will probably be accompa
MED by Mr.. Rolph
The great Or Columbus, is adver-
tised for exhibition at Boston. He is
stated to be -four thousand pounds
weight, and is probably the largest
IN the world He certainly disproves
Butfoen's doctrine of the degenerscy
o! animals in Ame. ica.-Dea Press.