Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-06-05
IN. papers from Washington OF Baltimore

TIE Internal improvement Convention q, Char
..,,,,lls.-Ih bis truly wise and patriotic propo
.;,;oo. has been favorably received by the PEG.
:. If this Commonwealth. Public meetings
I've been called and gentlemen distinguished
T.. iu,elligence and talents have been appointed
:. neega,es on behalf Of many counties. The
Convention will accordingly assemble on the
1sb Of July next.
when We regard the object which convenes
,ba BODY of able and intelIigen, men. and re-
s.c, upon its probable consequences in the
t,,a-e Improvement of this State, We feel CRATE
hl to the distinguished individual to whose
aggestion it owesits origin. None can certain
u oppose its designs as visionary, or ridicule its
,,bours as unnecessary II is the handmade Of
no political sec,-the tool of no political parry
=, combination II seeks the advancement Of
10 sectional views--the promotion OF no scheme
Of personal sggrsndisemen,. But, its sole and
updlsgused object the improvement of the
s,,te.-The establishment of more general
and efficient System Of Public Work-,he ex.
tension Of our trade and navigation-its appeal
!. to the PATRIOTISM and publ: spirit of every
man who feels for the general welfare Of the
community.
We are gFatifed to perceive such men as
*Chief Justice MARSHALL, Judge Coalter and
&B. W Leigh embarklng 10 this enterprise. Il
I'VE are ever destined o become great State,
h can only be by retracing our past steps-by
dscarding the narrow spirit of sectional jea.
busy which has heretofore characterised our
policy, and BY embracing some comprehensive
pan, commensurate with the wants and re.
sources of the State.
meeting will take place at the Court House
in Mariinsburg, on Monday next, to appoint
Delegates. to represent the ounty Of Berkeley,
IN hat Convention. Why has not our neigh
boar Jefferson taken notice of this proposition.
She, surely cannot be insensible to its impor
lance
Convsn,ion. We avail ourselves Of the pre-.
ssnt occasion, it being the last afforded our
columns. OF pressing upon the attention of those
freehoIders in the coupty of Berkeley who have
the Importance Of coming Forward at the JUNE
|C0URr and doing SO, it being the last and only
opportunity now left them Of manifestng their
Ievotion to the cause of Constitutional Freedom
snd Reform.
The enemy are not defeated. nor are they
discouraged. All that mans ingenuity can eff.
Ftect-sll that diligence, sssIduity and persever.
Etnee can accomplish is now in progress below
|ahs Ridge to recover the day or diminish the
formidable aspec. of cur majority. Nor have
ERbeiF efforts been altogether without success
Efor We perceive in some places where the
|Convention received handsome support a. the
EAprl term not one vote is poiled in its favor at
the May court. This exhibits the importance
Of every man in Western Vipginis being true to
bis post.
Fellow citizens! slumber not under an idea
that the Cause has triumphed. 1t is not by
negre majopities, that great Revolutions in
government are effected. You must display
our strength-present formidable front be.
fore you can extort justice from oppression and
humble an overgrown oligarChy into an &C
acknowledgement of your rights.
Fellow Citizens! battle greater than Trafal-
go rs al band. Virginia expects every man 70
p his duty.
The postmaster General has directed,
mat during the Sumner, the Eastern
pau shall be despatched from Philadel
Pha by the morning steamboats,, and
WIRE at Baltimore IN the evening.
The murderer taken The perpetrator
lhe daring and brutal MURDER of Miss
ueoige, of Lancaster county, in A.
P'l last, has been discovered in the per-
'n Oh a runaway negro, who, on being
rpPrehended, made full confession Of
s"e Sho' king transaction He is to be
SAecuted on the 20th June inst.
baltimore and Ohio Raj, Road.-We
queensland that the Board of Directors
pave chosen the Southern route for tie
asSage OF the Rail Road, and that the
"sneers are now engaged in the actual
's'on OF the road between this City
uu The Point OF Rocks" on the Po-
onac, Preparatory to tho DOMINANCE.