Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-11-13
susruEnDsrowS, Nov. 10, 1928.
To The Ed.lor Of a,e .lfart,,,,,rs CO..


Of the adminlstrailon."-i take the liberty to
say, SIR, that you have been Incorrectly inform
ed, and ask OF you the justice TO publish in
your neat paper, this letter and statement.
A tsw gentlemen, it is true, did solicit that
the pOsis might be kept open; but they presen
ted 40 facts or reasons sufficient, IN lie iu,r-
msnt Of the Commissioners, TO remove the o
2fa0n, entertained by them, that no Cause ex
Ied 10 prevent the voters, or a considerable
uumDer OF ,bem, from Coming 10 the polls
Inc GROUNDS Oh tnai opinion viii be particular.
FsIa'ea hereafter. u Necessary; as the Com.
FASTENERS viii feel bound To proceed. par,
tGssH IN vindlcation Of their proceeding win
those ~ho may think proper 0 so on with ,beir
pron" against II: For, IL IS also true, as have
Been Informed, though have not yet seen il.
ih'i protest Was gotu Idst beioie the closing
q The poa', ADD signea by considerable
Oh noer OF persons; and by slme OF them .{ie.
ud eveat tiut the commissioners neither
Knew nor beard any thing about it before the
pods were closed.
that the Commissioners may have been mis-.
taken IN Their apprehension OF their legal ubli-
ghions, OF erroneous IN their jud ,sn,eut npon
tb- lacls and circumstances which influenced
them IN their decision, they are al, believe,
g.iTog 10 admit; and IT it shall be made SO TO
sppcsr TO thetE, 1t will be some consolation 10
have lost nothing by their error: bu, that they
we're under any olher bias than scrupuious
sense OF their duty to act according To The best
OF their o7vn understandings, the Conscious iess
OF the rectitode OF ,helr motives, d sposes them
to believe no liberal man, acquainted with the
circumstances oil The Cast, viii say Insinuatt.
Nor can they suffer any respectable nan to do 81
/ without holding him responsible 10 them. Judi
vIauaily. S. Is. FOSTER,
One OF the Commissioners,
Acting with the consen; aud appfooatIon Of The
Others.
We insert to day the principle ien,s
oil Foreign Intelligence, brought by the
ship Leeds, at New York, " hich leit
London on the 9th October, TO which
time she brings papers to that city,-it
appears now almost reduced ia a GER
talnt.s, that nothing further vii be at
tempted by the Russians, against tas
Turkish iortresses this season, and that
every effort will be made TO open the ne xt
Campaign with the whole di>posab!e
strength of the Russian Empiie the
Grand Vizler having effected junction
With Hussen Pascha, the Commander Of
Chumla, all hope OF reducing that for
tess, must be abandoned for the pres
ent, and the forces of the two Turkish
Commanders united, nnsl give the p,e-
pOnderance in numbers, and may enable
the IN to undertake offensive operations
against the Russians, unless tue ear.y
arrival OF reinforce ments, known to have
been on their way in great number,
should render such an attempt fiultie.s.
The prospect OF affairs in Ireland is
becoming daily more gloomy, and souae
OF the London papers indulge the most
unpleasant apr Extensions of the conse.
quences likely to result from the decided
hostility manifested in every part of the
Country against the existing government
The Times newspaper speaks of the
matter, thus
1--WE are filled with pain, but by no
means with astonishment, by our Dublin
correspondence OF this day. The letter
HON Clonmel, if we had none but rea-
sonabe minds to deal with, might be left
10 work its own effect upon the public. 1t
contains narrative of certain alarming
procee dings in the chief town of the po-
enlous and powerful county ofTipperary.
Many thousands of Catholics marched on
sunday last from various quarters OF the
county to the appointed rendezvous of
CIonmeL The decription of one brigade
orcorps ofthis multitude may serve for
all OF them. "The Cahir party arrived
Ifst eih band and colours, about 500
horSemen, all stout able fellows, dressed
IN green uniform, they were followed
oy several thousand on foot, generally
clothed in green jackets and pink tacings
white trousers with green edge run
up the thigh. They marched three dee p,
and kept time, like the soldiers to the
.u0es the baLd was playing" Then came
me Altman men, sc. But the Clog
oeen men, it appears, were the most
formidable. There were of them at least
@'oOO horsemen, "for all the world like
scavalry reg ment;" and SO the account
goes on"
III the Government will not at once
come forward with candid declaration
VI their desire to appease the Catholics,
'ne passions ofth Irish people Protes-
'ant as well as Catholic-wil prove too
violent to be withheld, Events will out
strip the lazy meditations of men who
heed not the prelusive rocking of the
volcano. Yet, even if their dreams be