Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-05-24


only member from Virginia who voted for Gen.
Jackson at the last presidential eiecuoa. Mr.
Newton, recently re elected, was The only one
who voted tor ]. q. Adams MIR. Letter nAs a
majority IN f.e cut OF 1he six countleS compri-
siog the district. and is elected by "A majority
of 443 votes
The Hhe4t Crop From all quarters OF the
couutry we receive the most unfavorAbe intel
llgence OF the state of the wheat crop, IN some
parts fthis and adjacent counties, the prosPee:
is So entirely hopeless that many OF the Tar
mers are plougnIng up or pasturing their heids.
We have been assured by intelligent eeserVan
Farmers That since the first appearance OF the
fly, it has not been more destructive han the
present season.-Win. Try faia1l.
Shocking .Seosdsnt--A short time ago, a ne
gro mAn belonging to Angus McDonalds OF Nor.
gan county, was descending the Potomac IN q
boat, sad beng wet and cold and discovering
a lime klln in blast ON the Maryiand side, Pul
ashore tor tue purpose OF warming hta,seit, The
poor fellow was scarcely seated by the hire,
when the kiln bursted, and he was over shelm
ed by burning stones and lime that composed
il; several negro men who were attending the
kiln; but who were so remote as to receive no
injury, used every possible exertlon 10 rescue
the unfortunne sufferer from his Distressing
and awful situations; but their efforts were una
valing. In few minutes during which he sun-
derwent the mott excrutistlng torturs.s 1nasls
able, the lat spark OF vitality Was extingulshed;
and when the body was taken OFT, ii was found
that such hal been the intensity OF the heat
that parts of the limbs We're consumed, and the
bones OF tue legs burned off
A few DAYS after the above occurrence, Den
rs Mcdonald and John Lsrgesnt, u the same
coaaty, were engaged in taking canoe load OF
hkaa Il. fh4sr tyha xtf
some distance the canoe was struck by violent
gale of wind and capsized Mcdonald after
severe struggle, succeeded IN making the Shores
but IAargeant who IS represented to have been
an active and Industrious young man. was
drowned Id.
The Enquirer "A late Enquirer an
nounces that an overwhe Inning maj ority
of the next Legislature is for Jackson,
and that -four fifths of the people OF the
State, are probably of the same opinion.
Besides that the EnquirerEis dictator to
public opinion, its shrewd prophecy the
day before the late Senatorial election
shat Mr. Randolph would be re- elected
without opposition will permit none to
question itslnfallibility. When dictator &
prophet are conjoinedin the same person,
that which is uttered as a prediction, is
more properly termed a command. Far
be the imprudence from us to question,
an oracle which the God who delivers
it, has also the power to fulfil. We shall
submit a: it becomes good subjects.
The same paper of the 18th says
"We confess with due sense OF humll
ity, that we have never seen the Press OF
this country more polluted by faisehoods
aud Misrepresentation, than at this mo-
ment. Assertions are boldly made,
which have no foundation in fact, in or
der TO excite the suspicious, and deceive
the understandings of the people"
To the truth OF this lamentation, we
are compelled to assent. Never before
have we known so menstrous a false
hood as that about the furniture in the
east wing of the Presidents house
paImed upon an intelligent people
What makes the truth of the statement
more lamentable, is that these false
hoods are fabricated by members OF con-
gress, and published in paper OF so
much responsibility as the Enquirer.
What still increases our melancholy IS,
that when the faIsehood OF such state
ments is made manifest, the editors who
first published them, are brought with
the greatest difficulty to retract them,
and never until the falsehood has made
the desired impression on the public
mind. The furniture in the east wing
of the Presidents house, the notable
tale of the billiard table, the hundreds Of
fabrications in the Telegraph, all care
fully republisbed in the Enquirer, are so
many examples of the prostitution OF
the American Press, and OF the truth
of the Jeremaid uttered By the EnquIr
Ter. We should heartily congratulate
the country upon reform Of this great
and disgraceful evil, which to be effect
ual, ought to begin in the quartes where
the evil itself, is most confirmed and ap'
parent--Whtg. --~~~--
We understand, that on Saturday
) morning last at about seven O'Clock, a
dreadful fire occurred at Stumpstown,
in Lebanon county, about nine miles
north of Lebanon, BY which pearly the
whole town was destroyed Upwards
of t,osntg of the best buildings in the
place, were consumed Ghe wind was
high, there were no engines, and the
inhabitants had nought to do but save
such articles of furniture as they could
grasp. and tacitly see the remainder OF
their property consumed by the deVour'
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