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Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21
NALU aBLE LAND FOR sALE.-By viz

" AI.U > BILE LAND FOR SALE.-By yir-
tue OF decree OF the Superior Court Of
onancery, holden at Winchester, the 9Th day
of December, 1927, will be Sold on Tuesday
she goth day Of Fl Binary neTt, on the premises,
the TRACT OF LAND. together with the
improvements, late the property of George
Porter field, dec d. lying on The West side Of
the road &c aiding from Martinsburg to Williams.
pori, about half way between the two places,
and not more than one and a half miles from
the Potomac River, in the neighborhood of
several good Merchant Mills. in Berkeley
county, Va containing about 2l2 acres-Tbe
improvements are good Dwelling House,
Smoke House, and other out buildings; two
wells OF good water near the house; due pro
portion OF the land is cleared, the balance well
clothed with good 'imber-t the soil is part lime
stone aud part siate. Also. a, the same time
and place, the interests which the infan' defen.
darts have by inheritance 10 the undivided
rR-Cr OF LAND, lying in the same coun.
~, b. ing the one sixth of the late Elizabeth
Porte, fields interest in her mothers land
Also, on the premises, on the same day, about
one hundred and fifty acres, being part OF an
undivided TRACT OF LAND, lately owned
by John PorteliieId, esq. decd. The quality
of lie soil is first rate limestone, about hall 4
which is cleared, the balance well clothed
with hrst-rate timber, lying about one milo
northwest OF the first described tracta and o.
bout one and half miles from the Potomac
River. and in the neighborhood of several good
Merchant Mills. The Improvements are good
new Swltzer Barn, &c.
The terms of SAFE will be, one third Of the
purchase money in cash, the residue in three
equal annual payments, TO be secured by bond
and good personal security, with deed Of
trust on the land. Should The sale of the q.
bove described tracts of land not be finished
on the said Goth, it will be continued to the
next day.
SILAS Fl RI N, .idm'r.
January d l82e.--ctds
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21

I AND FOR SALE.--The subscriber wishes
IL 90 sell, the Farm on which he at pre-
sent resides, lying in the county of Morgan, on
the Big Cscaphon. eleven miles from the town
OF Bath, the county town. This farm contains
upwards of eight hundred acres. a consideraDe
portion of frst.rate bottom, and upwards OF hse
hundred acres tllabel The improvements arc
large two story Stone Dwelling House, SKY
by thirty feet, well finished, Kitchen, Smoke'
House, = good Barn, Stables, together VITA
number of necessary out buildings; a good
GRIST MIL, double saw MILL, ha'lns
two saws under one roof. three good ofcbsro's
containing upwardsof iivehundred bearing tiee-
This land will be sold low and on AccommooA,
ing terms. For further particulars. Apply ~
the Editor of the MaFtIns5urg Gazette OF
the subscriber.
ABRAHAM VAN AUSDALL@
Sept. Oft
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21
WGshin cton Citg, Feb. Il

III the Senate, on Tuesday, the
amendmen. offered by Mr.. Foot, to the
rules OF the Senate as the powers and
duties ofthe Vice President was consl-
dered. A long discussion arose on
the subject, bot no decision was ma de.
In the House of Rep esentatives,
Mr. Mallayy offered an amendment TO
the bill to regulate the duties on IN
ports; which was ordered to be print
ed.--The House, in committee ofthe
whole, OH the state Of the Union, took
up the Navy Appropriation Bill, and
after some discussion, rose without
coming to any decision and reported
progress. Il National Journal
Feb uary 16.
In the Senate, yesterday, the Bill
for the organization of a Militia Sys.
tenn was taken up, and after some dis
cussion, laid on the table. The Sc
nate spent a short time in the consider
alton OF executive business.
In the House of Representatives.
Mr.. FLOYD introduced resolution
referringi it TO the Committee on the
Rules, TO enquire into the expedlency
of adopting some mode of making
Stenographers responsible for .heir
reports. The resolution was laid on
the table after a very short discussion,
by vote of 80 to so. The House
then went into a Committee of the
Whole on the state of tina Union
The Bill making appropriation. for
Internal Improvements, and the Bill
making appropriations for Forhhca
tiens, were severally taken up, and
after some amendments, on motion OF
the Chairman of the Committee of
Ways and Means, were laid aside -
The Bill making appropriations for
the Military Service was then taken
up; but after some discussion the Com
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21

Gambling an Ne,0 Orleans BY
a statement which has recently been
published in the Louisiana Courier, il
appears that there are in New Orleans,
6 gambling houses, each OF w hich pays
the corporation 5000 dollars annually
for its license, and there are two add
tlonal houses, each of which pays 1900
doilars. The expenses of the e'eh
houses amount altogether to l27 ,656
dollars per annum, and that each of
them makes net profit often thousand
dol!ars.--Oi course. adding $4,000
dollars profit 10 the 1917 ,956 dollars ex
penses, thy must extract from the Cit
zens and strangers who play With
them the enormous sum Of .S2O7 .656
This presents depiorable picture
Of he morals among The heterogeneous
population OF that city; for gambling is
boz one of band OF vices that are linked
in inseparable companionship; & i. may
safely be concluded that, where sucn
vast sums are annually expended for
the support Of public gambling tables,
Intemperance ard debauchery of every
kind also exist in an alarming degree.
In the recent message of the Gov
ernor, however, it was mentioned that
the benehcent Influences of a more
general diffusion of education, by
means OF public schools, had already
shown themselves in the diminution of
public immortality; and it is siacerely
to be hoped that a few years more
| will enable the inhabitants of that city
to claim as high place on account of
their moral character, as they already
have attained for the extent and integ
rity Of their commercial dealings.
Merchants Telegraph.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21

~ iCE.-Ibe New Year has commenced
~ and we have not YET been paid this would
all do very WE'LL we Could carry on business
without return OF our money, but as this can.
not be done. we are al last obliged to have the
money tha;has been due to Us from one to three
years, and DOW once more respectfully request
the payment thereof. Having waited already
icng as we cen and longer too, il is hoped
II whor, this may concern will attend to il
mined lately.
BAKER TAPSCOTT, & Co.
Shepherds,own, Jan II, lS28.-tf.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21
Trust Sale Of Valuable Real Estete.

" pursuance to the provisions of
a Deed of Trust, executed 10 the subscr;aer
by Frederick BoroF and Rachel his wife. "a
secure to Jonah Bull (now decd Certain sums
OF money therein specified, the subscriber viii
on Friday the 22d day Of February nsrs. offer
for sale, at public auction, on the premises. tbs
TRACT OF LAND lying in Berkeley county
adjoining tie lands OF the subscriber, Msrhsw
Rippey, Lairds hers, and others, formstIy
occupied by the said Frederick Boroff and he
same which Isaac Myers and Daniel Hensei
now occupy, supposed 10 contain two hundred
acres, be the same more or less. The land ia
OF good quality, one third in timber-The-.
are three Dwelling Houses and two Barns on
1t; is well watered, and in many respects de.
srabie estate. Terms of sale: one third Of
the purchase money in hand, and the balance
~ Two equal annual payments--Further ;erma
WI be made known on the day of sale. Salo
w taxi place between the hours of 10 and
o'cN.k of tie day. The subscriber will convex
such title as rs vested in him by the deed afors.
said, which is believed to be uuexceptionabls.
DOUGAL CAMPBELL, Trgs.ss.
January Cd 1899
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21

mittee rose and reported the two first
bills and amendments, and reported
progress on the other.
The discussion, when the Committee
rose, was upon the allowance for the
Board OF Visitors 10 West Point. The
proposition to fill the blank with the
sum of 1900 dollars was agreed TO-;
and the Committee, when the motion
to rise prevailed, were considering a
motion Ct Mr.. Ingham to amend that
clause introducing provision that the
sum appropriated should be applied 10
the expenses of the Board while at
West Point. The effect of this amend
mens is so cut off the allowance for
travelling expenses IL.
The Chairman of Of the Committee
CO Manufactures Mr. MaliaTy) yes
terday submitted to the House of Rep
resentatlves an amendment TO the bill
lately reported on the subject Of the
Tariff, which he intends TO move in
the committee ofthe whole, when that
bill shall be taken up for consideration
II is well known that the bill, reported,
meets the decided disspprobation ofthe
real friends of the manufacturing and
farming Interests, in several its pro
visions, and especially in those rela
ting 10 wool and woollens. The re-
commentator ofthe Harrisburg Con
! vention, on these heads, It's believed
gave universal satisfaction; and Mr.
Mailary has accordingly suggested
those recommendation as a substitute
for the clause reported by the Commit
tee. There are several other provi
sions of the bill. the sole tendency oil
which is to defeat the whole objec,
sought by the manufacturers and far
mers, which will hereafter come up
for discussion -- ID.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21

TvHE Subscriber wing fitted up the MiiIa
u the north end OF Martinsburg, Corner
ly the old Oil Mi) for q factory, will receive
wool and yarn to be manufactured into Carpet
ing, to which bushes his undivided attention
will be paid, and no pains spared to give sasls'
faction to those who may favor him with Their
custom. He tenders his acknowledgements to
his former customers for their liberal encour'
thereof.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21
Belgefonte, PENN FEB. II.

BeUctonte, { Penn.J REQ. ii.
Peach Trees were in full blossom, in
this town, some days since. We be
lieye this is the first instance Of similar
incident, at this season of the year, in
this part of the country The wealth
er has been, since the commencement
of the winter months unusually wet;
bot The temperature Of the atmosphere
uncommonly mild. South winds have
most generally prevailed 1t has
scarcely, as yet, showed enough to rob
the earth. for one day, of its sad and
sombre appearance. Sleighs are no
longer in demand. We used to have
merry making times 10 winter; bat
those days are gone by. The sound
oil the musical bells, The neighing of
the harnessed horses, the crack of the
whip, are no more to be heard. A
north wester, of several days continu
ance, brought down snow upon Us, in
the mcDtb OF June, last past, aud so it
may happen the June to come.
The two persons, Collet and Jones,
advertised in the Leeds Mercury, as
having committed frauds in England,
and absconded with much oftheir i'll.
gotten gains, have been arrested IN
New York, and are there in prison.
Among their effects, three thousand
SoUereignS were found. There will
be soon no escape for fugitives from
justice, Formerly, if a villain could
manage to get across the Canada line,
or across the Atlantic, he was safe;
but lately, Snelson, on American rob
Der, has been arrested at Liverpool,
and now the two English swlndlers
are seized in New York, each to be
rcconveyed to his own country, TO an
swer the demands Of justice This is
a sort of county that will do much TO
repress the commission of crimes OF
magnituds.-Nat. Int.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21

will also be done in the best manner. at OF
cents per pound, Cash.
C. G. CoNRADT.
Martinsburg. Jan 3. 1923.
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CASH FOR WHEAT.

v "A " III Il y ID w Al II "A
LIGHFY CENTS will be paid for good
M Wheat delivered st my MlIs.
FLOUR, WHISKEY, Sc.
Will be carried from the Mouth OF Opeckon
% Georgetown, on reasonable terms.
STONE COAL AND PLASTER,
" IA be Kept tor sale my v are House
JAMES FORMAN.
Mouth of 0peckon, Jan 10, l828.--tf.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-04-30
From The London Courier Of .lfarch Is.
RUssIA AND TURKEY.

ARussian'messenger and French one arriv-
led this morning A cabinet council was held
to-day, and was sitting when our paper went to
press. There are, as was to be expected, vari-
GUS rumors in the city none of them deserving
any attention. The week is closing upon us
and leaves us in a state Of great anxiety for the
next arrivals from that which, if not already be.
come the seat of war, is likely to become so inn.
mediately. The Russians, after CROSSING the
Pruth, are expected TO stretch alonp The north
bank Of the Danube, and thus prevent the
Turks from drawing supplies, or Expressing the
inhabitants of Moldavia and Wallachia. The
Turks will confue themselves to the southern
bank OF the Danube Meanwhile a report pre-
yails, and is circulated with great confidence
that the Refs Effendi had, some time AFRO. but
after the departure Of the allied ambassadors J
conference with the ambassador Of the Neither.
lands, in which he expressed his regret at their
departure, particularly Mr.. Stratford Cannino's
who might have been the channel Of fe.openino
a communication with Russia. and whose re.
turn he was very DESTROYS.
From the regret and surprise expressed by
the Porte at the manner in which It's manifesto
has been viewed by foreign powers, it is infer.
red that the Divan is inclined 20 Weld Rut
Russia would now exact considerable sacrifices
particularly as, in addition to the offensive mani.
festo, she charges Turkey with HAVING excited
Persia TO make war, and recently with having in.
digated her TO refuse ratifying the treaty. ~
peace. The letters from Vienna impute tbe
condnct of the Porte to the belief, that not only
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-04-30
INTELLIGENCE.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

NEW YoRK, April "a
LATEST FROM FRAEcE. By the packet ship
Bayard, regular files of Paris and Havre papers
to the 1stut. are received
The Courier Francais SAYS" We are assur-
ed that during the short stay made at Paris by
Alr. StratfoFd Canning, some very curious par
tlculars escaped him relative to the Sultans
rage, upon hearing that his feet had been de-
stroyed at NavaFin In the first movement Of
anger, it appears that his Highness ordered
three leather sacks to be made for the Ambassa-
doris of the Allied Powers, who were to have
been drowned in the Bosphorus. But the
Mupht, the Refs Effendi, the Ulemas, and the
Divan, threw themselves at his feet, and show
ed him the fatal consequences of such a resolu-
ton. From this specimen ofMusselman wrath.
an idea may be formed of the degree of energy
that would direct the war which seems at hand
and the cal,dor Of those who hoped few DAYS
ago for an arrangement with the Turks
Extract of private letter, dated Corfu. Feb.
l." Negotiations between the three Powers
and the Porte are it is said to be opened at Corfu.
Blu. with whom will the Powers treat, since the
Porte has declared TO be broken all the ties that
united it TO Russia, whom it charges with the
insuTection Of the Greeks and to the Powers
that signed the Treaty of July g. It has lust
proclaimed that the Sultan only DELAYED the
oAPicSsioh oI MS VIII 10 gam Time. we know
moreover, that the President Capo dIstria is
fettered inhis march, and that the legality Of his
character will be contested as long as he shall
not have been recognised by the Divau, who
will never consent to admit the principle of
emancipation Of Greece. Thus the great ques-
ton ofthe East now les between Turkey and
Russia, which, according to every appearance.
win 60 beforothe end of 1923, and chaunt a
Tie Deum in the temple of St Sophia at Con-
stantinople.'
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CONGRESS

A writer in Poulson's Philadelphia Adj
1ertiser has the following remark relating
10 the character Of the debates in Congress.
He says,
"They appear to be- every day more
imusing, and | think must furnish vast
fund of entertainment to the good people of
Washington. When the National Legis-
ature held their Sessions in Philadelphia.
frequently attended to hear their discus
sions, but the actors were such dull plod-
ding set of men for business, that they new
br thought of the audience, and we return
ed home day after day, without a single
comic scene. We had to be sure Madison.
and Ames, and Marshall, and Griswold,
and Tracey, and Gallatin, and Bayard, and
Harper, and Giles, and number of 9th
er Members, who often spoke, and who in
that day were called able men, and the
lobby was thought to be an excellent
School for Statesmen; but person would
as soon think of going to Church as to the
Legislative Hall for merriment. The
House was of grave solid cast, and work
ed with such unremitting industry, that
even Mr.. Randol phi did not appear to be
quite in his element, whether it was that
his first appearance was rather unfortunate,
that his audience were more attached to
tragedy than to comedy, or that he was
young actor, and had not then wholly di-
vested himself ofthe bashfuluess of youth ;
it is certain he appeared seldom on the
stage. Things have to be sure changed,
much for the better, aud the Representa-
tives very properly allot some portion of
their time to the amusement of their con-
stituents."
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ated Vidaurre, in consequence of. which he
was arrested, together with four Colonels,
and twenty other accomplices. 1t is said
that the object of the plot was the over
throw of the actual government of the Pc
ruvian Republic, and the consolidation of
that country, with the departments of Boil
via and Southern Colombia.
From CHINA. BY late information, it
appears that the Tartar rebels had excited
no small anxiety in the mind of his Imperi-
al Majesty, and that he had been obliged to
send to the borders of Tartary two of,his
greatest generals, Changesing and Yang
yu-chun, in order to oppose that nation,
which, in l644. conquered China, and plac-
ed Prince of their own on the Chinese
throne. We are not informed of the cause
of the rebellion, or the means or intentions
OF the rebels, but it is not at all improbable
that they wish to repeat the inroad which
was made in the 18th century, and if they
once pass the grand boundary, and attack
the enervated natives of the South, we
should not be surprised at their ultimate
success. The seat of war is at present
fully 1900 miles from Pekin, the capital
and the expense consequently, Of sending
troops and supplies to such distance,
must be felt severely by Government so
little accustomed to war. According to
their own accounts, the resources of the
Chinese are enormous-they have popu-
lation of more than 300,000,000 of souls, an
annual revenue of 970,0OO,0O0, and an
army of 100000 infantry, and 100000
cavalry. If numbers were every thing, the
Chinese army would, of course, be the
most powerful in the world but all history
shows thatnumerous armies, without expe-
rience or bravery, have no chance. with
even a handful of determined opponents
who have been accustomed from their youth
to the fatigues of marching and all the
hsrdships of war. Such, in fact, is the
character of the Tartars. Many of the
tribes live entirely on plumber, and are al
most constantly engaged in war with their
neghbors. They are addicted to ardent
spirits, live chiefly in tents, and remove
from one encampment to another with all
the facility and regularity of disciplined
tioops. Independent of these advantages,
the nature of their climate, which lies chief
! ly between the 10th and 55th degree OF
north latitude, must give them great supe-
! rOrity over the natives of the south.
\ English Paper.
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From The correspondent of the .Ne,0 York
Commercial .4dUeniSer.

w ASHINGTON, Aprl II.
/. The discussion of the Tariff bill was con-
tinued to-day. Mr.. Burgess, of Rhode ISL
and, obtained the floor about ~ O'Clock.
and keptit till after ). 1t was a speech of
great power and interest. 1t was the only
speech Of the same length made on the sub
jeCt which has not wearied the hearers
He commanded general and silent attention
from the commencement to the end of his
Grafton. The principles of political econo-
my, and the interests of the United States.
as they bear on the American system, were
treated in mastery manner. He then show
ed that this bill is hostile to the American
system. In his reply to the arguments ofthose
who preceded him he was,a susualveryhappv,
and now and then severe. Never was there
heard in any Legislative body, such phil
lipic as he uttered against Randolph. 1t
was on the score Of the phrase " deLenda ct
Cartago," which Randolph used, or was
supposed to use, in reference to New Eng
land. Among a thousand words of bitter
ness, he said, after speaking with great
force and feeling on this monstrous doctrine
=" thank God, by an reversible law of
nature, monsters cannot perpetuate their
species!" Pursuing the same idea, he said.
4" that even the father of Lies was not the
father of Liars" Upon some of the Penn
sylvania and Kentucky member, however.
who had sneered at "Yankee notions" he
was .stlll more severe. lie carried the war
into Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Every
moment, while on this topic, he electrified
the House with flashes of wit and satire.
In some passages of the speech, he rose to
the more lofty ard commanding eloquence.
AT the close, Mr. Burgess declared his in
tention to vote for the bill, even as it was.
1t had an aptitude for much evil and little
good But as it promised good, and as
many in the North and West, some in the
East some in the South, wished for it, he
would not, by his vote aid in defeating their
wishes. Mr. Burgess is one of the most.ac-
compllshed scholars and orators ofthis coun-
try. In some particularly in sharp
ness and readiness of wit--he is not sur
passed. He is spoken of as every old
man." His appearance indicates great age
the crown Of his head is bald, and his scat
tered hair is grey. He also, in speaking
has a habit of bending forward. But not
withstandng these appearances of age, he
is only fifty-eight years old. On near APP
proach, and close perusal, you perceive in
his face, none of the features or expressions
of old age. His voice is strong, clear, and
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MoNrpr1IER, LVt.l April Is.

MONTPELIEK, (VI.J APIII ID.
In an attempt to blast a rock recently, at
the Copperas works, in Strafford, the first
printing blew out. Two of the workmen,
Mr.. Augustus Unlwain, Spaniard, and
MIR. Orange Kinkade, of Sharon, undertook
to prime it again by driving down the prim-
ing wire. In this attempt the charge went
of. with tremendous explosion, blowing
up half ton of the rock, and the two young
men. Mr.. Unlwain lost an arm, was other
wise badly injured, and will lose one or
both his eyes. Mr.. Kinkade had his skull
badly fractured, and has been trepanned f;
fractured bones and pieces of the ore were
removed from the wound, his nose was
broken near the forehead, and literally torn
from the socket. But faint expectations are
entertained of his recovery.