Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-09-06
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MARrlNSBURG. sErrrnBDa 6, 1897.

A circumstance has occurred among us which
has given rise TO some amusing speculation. and.
uoon certain contingencies, NAV present a most
SECULAR case. We notice it for the benefit of
oar legal gentlemen.
A free man OF colour, of this place, has re.
Gently purchased from her master a female
slave, OF whom be had become enamoured. and
has made her his wife with an the legal rites
usually attending the formation of that conner.
ion. She Is beyond question, too, his slave:
and the issue OF this "fair conjunction" viii.
also, be hts slaves. The husband is the senior
partner OF the concern BY about twenty five
years, and, IN the course of nature, will be the
first TO 'shufie off this mortal coil. % His death
without viii, it appears to us, would occasion
no little difficulty as to the disposition Of the
widow and children. Whose slaves would thew
be- Are they capable of inheriting! Can they
BE- he o7eHers Of thensetues2 Il seems TO us thar
they would nor escheas but would present a
case for which our laws appear to have made
no provision. We should like the difficulty
solved. -
Presidential Contest.-We perceive BY the las,
numbers OF the Richmond Wing that it is pro.
posed 10 the opponents of Gen. Jackson's cleo.
ton in this state, to send delegation to Rich
mond. to meet on the first of January next, to
consult upon the subject Of the Presidential e.
lection; andto devise such means, as the then
existing state Of affairs will warrant, to secure
TO the People of Virginia a fair expression of
their VIII on this important subject.
We agree with the writer in the Whig. in
the belief that the system of ~electing by Gene
raj Ticket, as conducted in this state, is little
caleulsted to bring out a true expression of pub
lie sentiment, and we think also, that every man
in the Commonwealth who looks upon General
Jsekson's pretensi ons as we do, should lend
heart and hand to defeat these pretensions. But
We are not prepared TO say how far the propos.
ed measure would effect the end designed nor
how Tar It might not conflict with the great
question OF reform so important and so dear to
the people of the upper country, which can be
tired only by a general Convention to revise the
constitution. What are the 'other important
concerns alluded to by the aFarmer' ! What
sto DC the const itution-and the definite object
OF Their delIoerations-the probable result of
them' ana The means to be employed 10 carry
their decision into effect We have no hesita.
ton in giving If as our decided opinion thar dis
county IS opposed TO Gen. Jackson's election.
and we may therefore be considered as includ.
ed IN the invitation given in the Wing. Blu, we
are not prepared upon proposition so indefi
hhe 70 express any opinion, and we have thrown
OUT the considerations above, not from any dis
Inclination to give our voice in what we consider
the rtghJut cause, but really with the hope of
eiiclting further information and explanation
upon a subject in which we consider the pros.
perity OF our state involvcd-in which we are
aeepiy interested ourselves, and in which from
Tue afuour and zeal of our rulers on the tide
wa'er IN behalf of Gen. Jsckson's pretensions,
we are daily becoming more so. We think then
uat before TINS plan is adopted, il behoves those
who auvfaQ IL IN he J.e.. -
suggested above. Our good friends below
should recoilect that it is no easy matter 10 oct
up ful county meetings, nor to procure men TO
go Two hundred miles IN the dead of winter; to
tsSe tue influenza from the coal smoke in Rich
monu' and pay high tavern bills by way of a
suuTrne-a unless some strong inducement is at.
.vfoed' IN a distinct prospect of advantage 10
Tue cause, that impels them TO the measure.
Inc Farmers Museum and Berkeley and JET.
Nrson ~inteiligencer has been discontinued as
VII appear ty the following notice published
ID That paper OF last week -sNot having re-
eelveo tnat support which we had anticipated,
we ave thought 1t most proper to decline the
pIli..at,oh OF TINS paper. and request all those
Haueoted to call and settle their accounts.
Mrs. Alburtis has offered the Printing Office
Tor sale, consisting of a Super. ROYAL SSrin,,ng
press fonts OF Long Primer, Brewer and Job
A!Pe' together with the Establishment.
--
Ihe establishment of the Censor
ship OF the Press in France, excites the
marked Reproduction Of all liberal mind.
ea men, IN other countries, and the
London Journalists, both Ministerial.
and Anti Ministerial speak Of the mea.
sures' as n of extreme harshness.
Inc London Morning Chronicle saws:
There can be but one opinion with
respect to the impolicy of the step taken
w the French Government. 1t amounts
,oa confession that its measures cannot
Dear the light, and by Distinguishing op-
position, 1t deprives itself ofeyerv means
81 Justification; for while the public will
iend a greedy ear event TO calumny a.
eaInst public fu~nctionaries, they will
reuse % give them credit for the good
they may do.n
The same paper says
The writer's of most of the private
communications from France. are re-
narkaoiy circumspect on the subject of
politics, as if apprehensive of interier.
ence from the police. 1t is a fact with
Ia our own knowledge, that several per-
'ohs who expressed their opinions rath-
freely on the state of things in France,
lot suspecting that their letters would
De opened. had recaivad On ;.4-.-