Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-08-23

25tn Apr1. informs tnat the war sun
continued at Java There were about
5000 European troops on the Island,
aud about as many native troops
in the Dutch service. More troops
were daily expected from Holland
The Dutch man of war A d Ia. pass
ed Anjier, for Batavia, 2sd April. A
battle had been fought in the interior on
the l4th April; and the Dutch troops
under Baron Vexels, had destroyed so
villages. -
PERU.-A friend at Lima has kindly
forwarded to us a file of the newspa
pers of that City to the 22d of ay.-
10 the paper of the 92d, we find the
following complimentary notice of our
Charge des Affair to the Peruvian Re
public:-Nat Int.
MIR. james Cooley was received and
recognized, yesterday, in his public ca
pacity OF Charge des Affairs of the
Government OF the United States near
this country, The p~raiseworthy quail
ties which adorn the character of Mr..
Cooley, and the great desire felt by the
Peruvians to bind themselves, by means
OF treaty., with a Nation to whom they
owe such an immense debt of gratitude,
have contributed to render his arrival
most welcome. The United States were
the first to acknowledge the political
existence OF the Spanish American
States, and to speak, with a voice of
thunder, against the Vaccinations which
prevailed IN Europe to reccIonize them"
In the paper of the 18th of May, we
find the following account of the meet
ing and organization of the Congress:
"At twelve O'Clock of this day the
Representatives took their seats. Senior
Vidaurre addressed the Assembly in an
energetic speech, in which he showed
that this was the first time that Peru had
enjoyed the happiness of convenIng its
Representativesireel and spontaneous
~. He caused a list of the members to
be read, and moved that Senior Luna
Pizarro be appointed President for the
business that was to ptecede the ap
poiutment OF President and Secretaries
for the preparatory Janfa, which vas
accordingly done. Senior Pizarrothere.
fore took the seat as President pro tenn
and Immediately they proceeded to
the election of President. Vice Presi-
dent, and two secretaries, the elections
falling on Senior Valdivieso for Presi-
dent, D'egDy for Vice President, and
Sgnores Camporedondo and Pierola, as
secretaries Senior Valdevieso return
ed thanks for the honor conferred on
him, aod moved for the election of a
committee of seven individuals, 10 ex-
anime the instructions and powers of
the members; and another committee
composed of three individuals to exam
inc into the proceedings Of the first"
A professional gentleman, at the age
of twenty. three, married, and ensured
his life for 50O0I., for which he paid 1851
premium annually. Though his practice
was extensive, yet his expenditure in
consequence of his having SIX children
to maintain and educate, left him unable
to realize any property and at his death,
(which occurred at the age of fifty his
only property was this policy, then
worth 10000, increased by the bonuses
or profits of the Society, which enabled
him to give to his children I0OOi each,
and to his widow i0Ool, which procured
for her an annuity of a hundred pounds
a wear during her life. There is not
any class Of the community, or any stu
alton in society, in which life insurance
may be conducive to the happines and
prosperity of individuals and of fami
lies; but it is a fact, that until within
the last few years, life insurance was but
little understood. and that there are
still many persons entirely inaltentive to
the subject, whose situation renders it
absolutely necessary that they should a.
vail themselves of its advantages.
- Liverpool pap.
New South Wales papers to the lith
February, give the particulars off spi
rited action between the ship Sisters,
Capt Duke, and the ship Wellington.
The latter had been seized by sixty SIX
convicts. banished from sydney to Nor
folk Island, who Immediately common
ced piracy, and ran down upon New
Zealand, where the Sisters fell in with
her, and engaged her for six hours, du
ring which four of the pirates were kill
ed, and the Wellington much damaged
in her sails and hull. Captain Duke.
whose crew consisted Of thirty men, then
hailed, and informed the pirates that if