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Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-08-28
POETRY.
ron THEE

unen n CYPRESS wsEArH' Br MRS. C..
WILSON
wstch for Thee,-when parting day
Sheds on the earth iins.ring rayj
When his last bushes. O er the rose
A richer tint Of ,hs crimson throws.
And es'ry 1owret's leaves are curled
Like Beauty, shrinking from the world;
Wnen srlence reigns, DER lawn and lea,
Then, dearest Love! ] watch tor thee
l watch for rhe.!-when ewes first star
Shines d mi, IN the heavens, afsr,
And twiligh,'s mtsts and shadows grey
Upon the likes broad waters plsyj
When not a breeze, or SQUAD, 70 heard,
To s,s-tie evenings lonely bird;
BIZ hushed is cen the huming bee
Then, dearest Love! | wstch for Thee
I watch for Thee,-when on the eyes
Of childhood, slumber gently lies,
when sleep has stilled the noisy mirth
OF playful voices, round orr hearth,
And each young cherub's fancy CLOVIS
With dreams that only childhood knows,
OF pleasures pastor yet 10 be-
Then, dearest Love! I watch for Thees
I watch for Thee, Hope Of my heart.
Returning from the crowded mart, g.
OF worldly toll, anu worldly strife,
And all the busy scene of lfe;-
Then, il IN, brow Of brightness wear,
a moment. space; the shade OF care,
My smile, amid tina, gloom, shall be
Tbs rainbow of the storm 10 Thee!
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-08-28

MI RANSOM announces TO his friends and
4FA' customers, IS well as to the Farmers
geaeraliy, tina, his MILL near Martinsburg, IL
now in complete order for the reception Of all
kinds OF Grain; he wishes to purchase a large
quantity OF WHEAT, and will at all times, pay
the highest price in Cash for that article. if de.
iivered at his sad Mil. His grinding custom.
ers will always be promptly Accommodated with
Flour in exchange for their Wheat. at the usu.
al rate ola barrel Of Superfne for every 30Oibs.
OF that which is good and merchantable; or have
it ground seperately as they may desire; and in
all cases, he will stand the inspection Of the
Flour he manufactures at any market 10 which
it may be sent.
Union Mills. aug IA IT.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-08-28
aug. 81 St.

- ACES WIN be run Tor, on Wednesday, The
IN Gath of September next, over a handsome
course near Martinsburg. Berkeley county, Va.
a purse Of SEVENTY DOLLARS. two miles
and repeat, free for any horse, mare, or geld
ing, carrying weights agreeable to the rules of
the Washington City Joeky Club-On Thurs
day the 25ih Sept. will be run for q handsome
SWEEPSTARE; one mile and repeat, three
best out OF FIVE, carrying catches.-And on
Friday the Goth, a purse Of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS. three miles and repeat, CARRYING
weight agreeable to the rules as above, the
WANING horse each preceding day is excepted.
Good Judges will he procured. No pains spar
ed to have the course in complete order, and
every possible means used to accommodate all
who arc favourable to the improvement of the
stock Of horses in that way The purses will
be deposited in the hands Of the judges esch
day previous to the horses starting. Entrance
to be paid the evening before each days race
or double at the poll. Four horses to start each
day or no race. ROBERT E. TURNER.
aug. q
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-08-28
Office IF the Chesapeaks and Ohio Canal Co
aug. 81, 1885.

"~AsHiNGToS, AUG y, 1875.
DROPOSALS viii be received at this office
l. between the 18th and 20lh DAYS of Octo-
Der next, for the excavation, embankment, and
waIiing. of about " miles of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, in half mile sections, extend.
ing from the mouth OF Senecs Creek to the cas-
tern base of the Catoctin Mountain.
And, at the same time, proposals viii be re.
.ceiyed for building four locks on the line of the
Canal aforementioned: and, also. for the ma
sorry of such aqueducts, ~culverts, &c. sc. as
may be found necessary in this portion Of the
Canal, in addition TO the 80 locks, ~cuiverts, &c.
already advertised 10 be let to contracts, be.
tween the lst and Goth of October next. -on this
subdivision Of tie Canal between the head oil
the Little Falls and Seneca Creek.
The forms Of proposals. for the above. will
be ready for aistribu,icn by the Is, Of Os,ober
JOHN p INGLE,
Clerk Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co.
aug 81 -tdL
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-08-28
august IL
XIALuABLE LAND FOR SALE.-T1a. -.

NALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.-The trae,
OF land formerly belonging 10 the late Mr.
Rswleigh Morgan, advertised by ne for sale
on The Hth July last, not having been sold. /
will again offer it, or IS much Of il as NAV be-
sufficient, for sale at public auction, for cash.
before the Courthouse door in Martinsburg, on
Monday the 18th day Of October next, being
court day,
This sale win be made BY virtue of a tmp
deed of Mr.. Morgan, bearing date on The 18Th
DAY of November, 1922, now ofrecord in The
county court of Berkeley, for the purpose of
discbarging a debt therein mentioned. due to
the Farmers and Mechanics Bank Of Georga
town. The tract 10 stated in the deed 10 con
tain about 4e4 acres. It lies near the Swan.
ponds in this county, and is not inferior in fer.
tl'ty, it IS believed, to any lands in it.
lam authorised by the Bank to state that an
arrangements, rnay be made with it by which The
purchaser can have acredit there, for a conside.
rable time, equal to the amount Of The debt
due to the bank.
PHILIP C. PENDLETON.
August 2, 1898. IDS.
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STOP THE RUN9V9YS.

Il LOPED from the subscriber on the nigh, OF
~ the l7,h inst. two negro boys, one named
.b4IIHEV, a stout heavily built lad. about
l8 or 20 years Of age, yellow complexion, thick
lips, stanmers a little when spoken 10. full fac
ed; IS a toierable blacksmith the other less in
SIZE, quite black. about Is years old, named
HlLSON, a smart had, particularly about her
SEES. As they have gone off without any assign
able cause II is supposed that they will attempt
TO leave the state. Any person apprehending
and delive ring the aforesaid boys o. either Of
them TO me at my residence, shall be rewarded
for the trouble thereof.
T. F. NELSON.
Near wildwood, Frederick coun,y,l
Virginia, august u, 1898.
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MARSHALS SALE

Il UhSUANT to 3 decretal order of the s,,,.
rior court OF chaocery,at Winchester, pro,os.ps
ed in 3 case therein depending. wherein In
Newcomer is plaintiff and Samuel p. Hs,,;S =
d~efendant-I shall, on Monday the sA a., :. =
September ners, sell at public suction. N -
higbes' bidder, on the premises, one undey;d.J
half part or moiety Of Lot No. 50, and Of 49,
Their Lot adjoining thereto. in the town of M.
sinsburg, which were conveyed by hisa a..
Bryant to said defendant and heirs, tina, half 80
which is now held by said defendant par,;s
Terms: one half Of the purchase to be ps;d :.
the day OF sale, the other half in six MEAL.
the purchaser to give bond and good serur;,s
for the credit payment and title retained
g W. SEWERS, M.W.CD
aug. ID, 1898. or one Of hs dst,,,.
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From The New York Commercial .afuernssr.

From The Men York Commercial .9f,erhiser.
The old man Crossing the Kats
kill and its rich meadows, we passed
to Cairo About two miles before
reaching this town, however, an an
cient and spacious stone house was
pointed out to us. hearing the date oil
i705, IN large iron figures. This ven
cradle mansion stands in the midst OF
an extensive farm of about a thousand
acres, well cultivated, and presenting
scene which, for a single farm, is
hardly any where to be equalled for
the itch, picturesque and Beautiful
During a part of the seventeenth, and
nearly the whole of the eighteenth cen
tury, il belonged TO a single owner!
De Montfort, when young, was a man
of violent passions. A servant girl
having once run away, he pursued and
overlook her, and in his transportation
tied her to bis horses tail, to lead her
home. BY a fright, or some other
cause, the horse ran off, and the on
fortunate girl was dashed 10 pieces a.
gainst the rocks and stones The IN
h-ppy master was arrested and tried
and convicted of murder! He was
rich, of a powerful family for the
tunes, and through the combined means
OF wealth and family influence, il be.
ing allowed on all hands to be a hard
case, he was sentenced to be executed
at ninety nine gears old He lived on;
and generation after generation pissed
away and yet De Monfortlived! Death
seemed TO have no arrow barbed for
BIN. Atlength the time approached.
Ninety, ninety five, ninety eight years
bad rolled away since his biih.-The
ninety ninth came on, and yet he lived.
Bot generations had risen up and
gone down TO the tomb, since bis of
fence. Nay, the tale had almost be
come a forgotten tradition, although
many years before, the keen eyes of
superstition had seen, and her tremu.
ious tongue related, many tales of start
hing terror concerning The appearances
at The fatal spot. pointed out to this day,
where the poor girl had lost her life.
The hopeless swain who, in returning
from visiting his rustic mistress, was
SO un'ucky as to have been detained in
the lap OF bliss to the solemn hour of
midnight, was sure to encounter a
nocturnal spparition of some sort.
Sometimes slghs and lamentations
were heard in the air, ike the plain
tiveness of the soft whistling wind. At
others, a white COW, which was said
so have been a favorite when the de
ceased was alive, would stand lowing
among the rocks. while again at 9th
ers. a shagged white dog would stand
pointing and how ling towards the
mansion. ButAbey always vanished
on approaching them, though it per
haps would have been difficult to prove
that the spectators approached very
near A white horse of gigantic size,
with fiery eye balls and distendsd nos
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-08-28
aug 21-tdi.

MOTlCE.-The members of the ssMsrtins-
IN burg Library sccie,y." are again notified
that another qusrterage subscription to said So,
ciety, became due on the 18th inst. Punctual
payment is requested of every member. 1t is
hoped, tha, those members who are in arresra.
ges for more than one quarteragc, will pay up
and save the necessity of having
suits instituted against them
BY order of the Board,
GEORGE NEWCOMER, Trea'r.
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JOHN YAM !

CONTINUES to purchase WHEAT, and will
~ at all times, pay the highest price for
good merchantshle Wheat, and invites all his
old friends and customers in Virginia, to call
on him at the Mill near Wi!liamsport, Mary.
land.
Williarnsport, Aug. 1T.
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NOilCE-rhe Co. partnership heretofore
~ existing between the subscribers, at Wash
ington City is this day dissolved by mutual con.
sent. All debts due the concern will be paid to
Mr.. Charles ). Fowler, who will settle ali claims
against the said firm.
Philadelphia. Aug. Ssh, 1923.
S0LOMAN ALLEN,
MOSES ALLEN,
C.. S. FOWLER.
c. S. Fowler, having taken the Lottery, FIX,
change, and Commission business, conducted by
him for The last ten years, (under the firm of s.
4 NJ. Allen. & Co INTO his own hands, would
respectfully tender his thanks to his friends and
the public for their very liberal patronage, and
%solicifs q continuance of the same- hoping to
merit. as he ~fatters himself he has, heretofore,
their confidence.
ODrafts on Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York, &c. also, Tickets in all the popular Lotto
r'es, can DE had at the old stand near Browns
Hotel, Peunsylvaria Avenue, Washington City.
aug. 81
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-08-28

NAUTION!-All persons are hereby caution
~ ed against taking an assignment on q note
Of hand given by the subscriber to James Har.
kens, for Ten Dollars, dated on the 9Th of A
priI, 1928. payable six months from the date
Said note was given in consideration for the
purchase of mare. aud deception practised by
said Harkens, has determined him not 10 pay
said note unless compelled by Iau.
aug. 81. WILLIAM ORR.
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isaac S. U d Co.

LAVE the pleasure TO INFORM their friends
IA and customers. as we'll as the Farmers OF
Berkeley and Jefferson counties generally, that
their MILL adjoining town, is now ready toe
the reception Of all kinds OF Grain. They viii,
as usual, pay, at all times, the highest market
price in Cash, for merchantaoIe Wheat. TO
grinding customers, they will give a barrel OF
SuPerine Flour for every 30Olb. merchandise
Wheat, and will stand inspection in any Market
to which it may be sent. They would here tske
occasion to observe, that lowing to the unpre'
cedented scarcity of money at present. 'hey
confidently rely upon meeting with at hasf par
hat payment from those indebted to thsD. eehef
in money or Wheat. They wish 10 purchase
from $50 to 200 sHoATs, for which they will
give a tair price in Cash.
Ma r%tiDsburg, July 24.-tf.
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DY virtue Of q decree Of the county court OF
ID Berkeley in chancery, IN . cause therein
depending, in which Philip C. Pendleton is
plaintiff, asd Martha Newkirk and others re-
representatives. of George Newkirk, deceased. are
defendants, the undersigned commissioners will,
on Monday, The 9th dayef September merit, being
cour, day, before the courthouse door in Mar
tinsburg, expose TO sale, at public suction, for
ready money, a certain peice or parcel OF
LAND, lying in the county aforesaid, near the
Potomac River, adjoining the lands formerly
belonging to said George NewkIrk, deed on
the North and West, the lands of Ellis Ellis on
the South, and those Of the heirs Of john Potts,
decd. on the East, and described in the mort
gage deed, in the said proceedings mentioned,
rs containing "about twenty-five acres"
WILLIAM LONG,
ELISHA BOYD, : Com'rs.
JOHNSON MAG0WAN,N
auO. 81 18QQ-ts.
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HE subscriber hereby informs his custom.
ers. andthe farmers gene rail-, that The Bed
ingtsa Hills are in readiness for the reception Of
grain. He will grind IN the usual way tor those
who wish TO have their wheat ground; and will
give fair price in cash for wheat offered for sale.
July 81. WILLIAM PENpLf ON.
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A A FOR aAI.P

WILL be sold At public auction. on The ss
aav of September next. at the Cou,..
House door of Berkeley connty, Va. 4 MI.
L.dIIO MN. about Is years Of sge. uhos.
name is unknown; he was committed On ,hs
24th OF June last as a runaway slave, and will hs
sold to pay his Jail fees.
PETER GARDNER, Jaiior.
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NOTlCE.-Ailp persons having clsimsss.sJ
IN the estate of Mr.. .Mevere1 Locke,
are invited to bring them forward, proPeiy ~
thenticsted for settlement; those indeo'eu
said estate. are notified TO make immeaia'e ps
mont; and those owing Taxes. will taSe ~ hs
,ba, unless Immediately paid, the same wa ~
M, ;nto officers hands for collection. without
,espectto persons. 49,
august IL.
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DuBLIc sALE-win be sea-
u vendue At the residence Of m. FtotS
living at Cushws's Mill, near the Tscrloer
Mee,ing-House, ca Friday the sh daa use1rOts
merit. Cows snd Hogs; Household and oeri
Furniture, consisting Of good Pe.,haSs 1shen
Redste 'ds and Bedding, Tables. c.. BEDS.
ner CUPBOARD, Bureau. Chests. Po,s Cor.
Kettles, &C ten plate Stove and p;ns. Uvvens,
er's Loom and Tickling, together viii "eav-
Der Of articles not necessary to psr,ie.l. NUN
six months credit will be given on an s,rn.
two dollars, the purchaser giving boDI y.
approved security. Sale to commence .su"~M
the day. JAMES pArrY N
august l4-s 1A.
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very black, fine countehance, very active; he
has u small scar over his right eye, his upper
fore teeth somewhat snaggled or crooked; re-
markabte small ears; had on when committed
an old torn pair OF drab woolIsn ~overslls, old
shirt, old shoes, and old hst-says ne be-
longs to a MIR. Bacchus in Fluvsnnia county, Va.
The owner OF said negro is reques,ad to come
prove properly. pay charges, &c. according to
law, and take him away.
PETER GARDNER. Tailor.
August 81, I828-3m.
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NOTICE.-We are very much in want o.
~ money. and find it absolutely Necessary TO
call on our customers. We hope therefore the,
will call without delay.
u. oRRICK, & Co.
hsrtinssusg, June 1871
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TTAll those indebted to the Editor u Re-
Gazette for subscriptions, advertisement, ed
com one to five years, are earnestly rs4u,o
% make immediate payment. '"'
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the hunter gave him 50 many stabs In
the belly, that he at Fast fell down
dead by his side. The mar had re
ceived several bad wounds from the
teeth and claws Of the tiger, bot had
recovered, and was still fond OF tiger
hunting A medical gentleman al
PoDayan told me he had been sent for
10 examine a severe wound on she side
of the head of a man, ned by a
tiger giving him a box on the a with
bis paw, while lying On the ground a
sleep. Hslfthe Left ear had been car.
ried The muleieer 10 whom
this occurred, finding himself thus at
tackled, jumped up and roared lostily
to his comrades for assistance, when
the tiger alarmed made his escape into
the bushes. This proves that the spot
ted American tiger will attack persons
u~nprovoked, although they are not SO
bold or ferocious as ihe Bengal striped
tigel,-H amiiton'S Colombo.
True Pith-Tar force OF language
is apt to be much injured by the multi
tide Of words. The following is moi
only entirely free from that fault. but
onthe othey hand may he considered
as a rare specimen Of the ~laconic and
pithy style.
A respectable farmer, aot forty miles
from this place, has the singuisrly hap
py talent OF not saying a word toe
much. A young man wishing to OBJ
tain his consent to marry his daughter
called upon him q day when he hap
pened to be in the field ploughing with
bis oxen twas, past of all doubt, a
fearful matter for a difhdent nan to
breach, and the ~hesitating lover, after
running a parallel with the furrow Sc
veral times round the field, and essay
ing with all his courage to utter the
important question, at last stammered
out-"I-I--I've been thinking, MIR,
---that-that-as how-l-l-J
should be gl-gl-glad to-to-m-m
mar-mar-marry your daughter"
FARMER-"Take her and use her
aUell, iuhoa, haW, Buckn
Berkshire american
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/. 8:h, 1923.
SOLOMAN ALLEN,
MOSES ALLEN,
e. G EnnIEp


WAS committed to the jail of
. Berkeley county, on the I'd day o.
June last, as a runaw way, q negro
man who calls himself CANYON
CR.iY, five feet six and half inches
. high, between % and "a years of age,
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VIRGLNL4-Rerkeiy county court, ss.
JULY TERM, 1923.
Thomas Jacobs, PaainfD,
Conrad Fultz, Defendant
In CHANCERY.
TNHE defendant not having entered ms sp'
L pearance and given security according ~
the act of assembly and the rules of this cour.
and it appearing to the satisfaction OF the cou1s
that the said defendant is not an inhab'tant -
this Commonwealth ss ordered. that ne "
appear here on the first day of September term
next, and answer the bill of the complainant,
and that a copy Of this order be published ~
the Martinsburg Gazette for two months SUI
cessively, and posted at the door Of the C"N
House OF this comfy.
A Copy.-Teste,
July IL, 1928.
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Lalousy.-A young woman was
apprehended the other day, in the city
Of Philadelphia, disguised inman'sa p
pare! Il is said that the "green eyed
mopster,' jealousy, had taken "pos-
session Of her SOUL" and that she bad
assumed the aforementioned habili
mrnts" in OF der to ascertain the haunts
Of her naughty husband -"Mcn are
faitbless creatures, 10"
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Angus, 2, 1923. ids.
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pare! II is said that the "green eyed
MONSTER Jealousy, had taken "pos-
session of her SOUL" and that she had
assumed the aforementioned habili
mrnts" inorder to ascertain the haunts
OF her naughty husband -"Mcn are
faitbless creatures, 10"
Chinese Method of Dunning -
When a debtor refuses pay menls in
China, the creditor. as a last resource,
threatens to carry off the door of his
house on the first day Of the year. This
is accounted the greatest misfortune
that could happen, as in that case there
would be no obstruction 10 the entrance
of evil genii. To avoid this consumma-
lion, a debtor not unfre9uently sets
fire to his house on the last hight of the
year. -
Goats off Gin oar aOeather IA
gentleman by the name of CoteS. look
himself IF, last week, from his boar
ding house, and info, tunately forgot
to pay his landlady for some Two or
three months board; he will probably
make IN attempt to put himself on
some other person, which would be
quite uncomfortable this warm wealth.
err.
A London halter advertises having
invented a porous Hat, to remedy
complaints made against water proof
Hats of preventing the escape of per.
spiration and causing headache.-The
inventor must have been a relative of
the Irishman who made @ hole in his
shoe to let the water out.
Importanate Dun The following
is a dunning advertisements Of a butch.
err at Sacket's Harbor.
"IwOnt uUait. / am about to leave
the place. have given , on line upon
tender line, you've skinned me and
reduced me to a spare rib; and now if
YOU don't pay me Immediately I'll
shin you up to a constable with a hook
in bis hand, at your cost.
N Butchers pord for IL"
almost Impossible!-The Count
Demidoff, who died lately at Flor
ence, left TO bis two sons an income of
$40 OOOL a year, besides one million
sterling. in movable property Pal
Appointment by the Post Master
Genera! - Miss Margaret Walters. to
be Post Master, Mistressl in Lewis
town, Mifflin county, Pa in the room
of Jacob Walters, deceased.
To Mariners The increasing
commerce of the Pacific Ocean, may
render the following notice important
TO Mariners navigation in that quarter.
N Y Ship and Com. Last
Robinson CruSoe'S Island The
u. 8 ship V~iucennes visited the isl
and Of Juan Fernandez, off the coast
of Chill, a few months since, and re
manned there three days There were
two Yankees and six Ossheitans on
the island The former had formed a
settlement for the purpose of supplying
whale ships with water, poultry, and
vegetables, The soil is said to be as