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Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-05-22

NyoTICR.-The members of the Martins.
~ burg Library Society are hereby notified
that another quarterly subscription to said Soci.
ETY. fen due on the 18th instant.
BY order OF the Board.
GEORGE NEWCOMER. Trso.
May 22.--Se.
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ALaRRIEn

In Washington City. on the 9th INST. Do tne
Aes DIR. Matthew'S WILLIAM n. DAVID.
son, Esq OF this place. 10 Miss LETlTrA
KING, OF Charles county, MARYLAND.
On Tuesday evening last, BY the Rev Sc.
Grace. Mr.. EDWARD NICHOLSON. Il af
Kent county, Maryland. to Miss ANAsrxrrA
MeSHERRY, Of this place.
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L'sPRAY.--Found trespass,ug ca the farm
IL OF the subscriber, about four miles from
Martlnsouyg, IS an estrey, an len Cret
Mare Cot, supposed TO b. two years Old
this spring, about fourteen and a half hands
high. left hind foos white; appraised 10 thirty
dollars. The owner OF said estray is requested
to come prove property, pay charges and sake
10 away. GEORGE NoIL.
Nav Oft
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DOCKET BOOK LOST - Lost from the coas
i pocket OF the subscriber. on the road
between sharpshurg. hid and Buckestown.
" on Saturday, the 10th inst FED Morocco
Pocta Book, containing twenty dclIar note on
the Bank of,he Valley IN Virgins, and two five
dollar notes; bin OF my load of deus. and bin
OF back 'oaiing. Any person finding The same.
aud leaving II, with its contrnis With MFR.
Eysns Nanmelrc, or the Editov OF the Martins
burg Gazette, shall receive reward OF Eve
dollars. ABEL SEYMORE.
Hardy county, MAY 27--3s
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M Office The citizens Of Berkeley county.
~ friendly 70 GENERAL system Or
INTERNAL LHPROrLyhE.yT'ars invited
to attend ~ the Conrs- House, on Monday the oth
Of June, Gil being first day OF Cours,) at II
o'clock, to take INTO consideration the propre.
" OF seading one or more delegates to the
Convention TO be held in.Chsriostsville, onrues.
day the 18th OF July next.
, FRIEND TO IMPROVEMENT
May %.
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ODElRIN9S

LOTTERY AND EXCHANGE OFFICE,
ia Market street, baltimore
Where the Capital Prize OF TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS. drawn yesterday IN the First Class,
Was sold; and where Born the Great Primes Of
Ons Hundred thousand Dollars each,
we're sold in former lotteries and where more
capital prizes have been sold than u any other
Office 10 the United States.
s.'orders either by mail lposl paid) or pri.
waite conveyance enclosing cash or prizes, will
meet the same prompt and punceual attention
ss il on personal application. Apply to
IL. COHEN, jr. s BROTHERS.
Baltimore, May 9, 1928.
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On TUESDAY night last, At On advanced ase.
Mr. ROBERT GRIMES. Of this place
On the same night, Mr.. JACoB SMITH, Of
this coony.
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HIGHEST rarzs.
Eight thousand Dollars.

5225 prizes amounting to $4,000
This scheme contains only 10000 sicks,s and 10
arranged on the
Odd and Even System,
ny which the holder Of two tic kets is certain Of
obtaining At least one prize, and may draw
THREE.
Whols Tlckess 400 Qncr,ers lO0
HaFDes 200 Eighsss 50
To be had in the greatest variety of Nos. 20
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T.received no Washington City papers BY

"' coryress.-The proceedings in Congress
arr on slowl7. The Chesapeake and Ohio
r.o,l Bill, has no. yet been acted upon in the
o.o,ts. The Tariff bill is finally disposed Of
a., McDuffie has made report upon the as
..,nin the Capitol, which we shall examine
.,o,e particularly hereafter. The Bin in the
uoa.e of Representatives for abolishing the
Ace Of Major General has passed.
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The divine displeasnre, and Il be neces-
sary to cbastise this people with the rod
OF his vengeance, | would humbly pros
trate myself before Him and implore
His mercy, to visit cur favored land
with War, With Pestilenee, with Famine.
with any scourge other than military
rule, or blindand needless enthusiasm
for mere military renown.
Gentlemen, wish had strength TO
expatiate on this interesting subject, but
| am admonished by the state of nv
health to desist. pray your acceptance
OF my thanks for the sentiment with
which you have honored me, and your
permission to offer one which | hope
will be approved by you:
Genuine Republicans of egery faith,
pao, true to the cGass of Liberty, could
guard il against all pernicious examples.
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Complimentary We noticed some
time ago very handsomely worked
keticuie sent as present by Miss Hur
lev to Madam Boliver. The very young
lady who executed this work addressed
the following note with IL
Most respected lady,
Permit daughter of this Republic,
SEALED by the immortal WashiDgton,)
to present TO the sister of the illustrious
Bolivar, Reticule bearing the portraits
of the great co-equal founders of Ameri-
can liberty. am, &c. SC.
ELIZA ANN HURLEY.
To which Madam Bolivar, transmitted
the following reply.
CARACAS, April 10, 1898.
Miss Hurley, New York,
My dear Miss-I bad the pleasureof
receiving your favor, together with the
Retioule, on which were impressed the
portraits Of Washington and ofmy broth
er. This present has communicated to
me degree of pleasure only equslled
by the high esteem 10 which my heart
holds those most inestimable men.
The moment ! received your letter,
] despatched areply to it; but ash much
fear that il may have misearried. again
write another answer to your favour.
Ipresent 700 my warmest thanks for
your politeness, and cordially offer my
services to perform any commands you
may be pleased to direct to me 10 this
city.
Your most obed't serv't, whose hands
] kiss. MARIA A. BOLIVAR,
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-11-05
WILD MAN.

The following letter, dated Nuremberg, Ger
many July so, lo2S, is taken from the London
Weekly Review:
The attention of our philosophical public
has been directed for some weeks past, to
the investigation of very extraordinary
phenomenon, which, unless the whole be an
imposture, may prove important in the inves-
tigation of mind. About Il month ago there
appeared in this city, young man OF about
twenty years of age, well proportloned, and
of IA healthy complexion; he seemed, how
ever, to walk with difficulty, his knees APP
pearing stiff, and quite unused to mounting
steps. He was poorly dressed, and carried
letter with him, in which wish was ex-
pressed that lie might be enlisted among
the cavalry. His knowledge of the world
seemed extremely limited, and he spoke
and understood but very few words. From
what has been collected from him, it seems
that he had been shut up in one room, about
six feet high, from his infancy, during which
time he never saw but one human being
man who brought him his provisions, and
whom he called his father. He was kept
very clean, and had two little wooden hors-
es to play with; but was beaten with a
stick whenever he attempted to stand up
right. There was window to the room,
from which every prospect was debarred
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-11-05
WITCHCRAFT.

The New England Galaxy, after a quotation
from Judge Storys address, relating to the sub
iect of witchcraft, introduces the following
anecdotes:
The first anecdote we relate upon the
word of Mr.. Bartlett, late Register of Deeds
in Middlesex county. Ills professional bush
ness called him to examine the records OF
the church in Danvers, as far back as it's
settlement. Among the papers, of which
there was large mass, he found a sermon,
preached in that town, by particular request,
to exercise the devil from persons supposed
to he possessed. This was manuscript
sermon, by Cotton Mather, in his hand writ
ing. Nothing in particular was related to
us about the sermon, except, thatit seemed
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-11-05
FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS SPY.
TO THE GRAVE.

Life busy cares disturb the way.worn soul,
Life's passing scenes, the hearts of men, con
troll
But chilly grave, within thy walls, see,
Laid up in store, smiling peace for me-
For sons of wrath, it's true, thou hast no charm
To them, thy accent sounds but with alarm;
But, in thy precincts, grave, methnks | see,
what, from his tolls, the righteous man will
free.
The high and low, within thy walls, are laid,
Both, on level. meet beneath thy shade
Dust, to its kindred dust, with equal pace,
Returns, in friendship, to its native place.
Soft sleep the beggars on their couch of clay,
But, Just as low, the monarch sleeps, as they;
The Savage, Hindoo, Christian, Master, Slave,
Lie down, alike, and moulder in the grave.
o, silent grave, hast thou place for me?
Then let thy earthly lap, my resting, be,
Till Gabrel's trump shall bid my dust arise;
Then, yield thy prey, to dwell beyond the skies.
b. H.
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On Sciine.

Ira BARTON, OXFORD FRANCIS THAxTER,
Worcester; SILAs ALLEN, Jr., Shrewsbury
COMMITTEE.
The Committee on Swine, Report, That in
attending to the duties of their appointment,
they have been led to notice striking improve
ment in this species of neat stock. TINS i'm.
proVement your Committee are of opinion, is
fairly attributable to thu influence and opera
tions of the Worcester County Agricultural
Society II must be within the recollection of
every one who in his former days has presided
over the bristly tenants of pig-slye, that they
were then race of beings exceedingly dlsslm-
liar to what we now usually find IN this neces-
sary appendage to every farm and every family.
The ancient race is, however, not extinct. 1t
would seem, that like the lion, the tiger, and
the wild boar, they have been driven back To
the Businesses OF the mountains and forests from
whence they occasionally sally forth in immense
herds, and sweep along down the country, with
a fierceness of aspect, and with mingled notes
as of warlike preparation, rendering them little
less formidable to the quiet farmers OF New
England, than the armies OF Egyptian locusts
to the green fields Of Spain.
It is indeed here that we have palpable H.
Illustration, may we not say demonstration, OF
the utility OF the operations of our Society /;
and it is felt not only by tho wealthy farmer,
who has the means of pamperung select stock
of animals, but by the poor man, with nothing
hut the COW and the swine which The benignant
law secures to him. Your Committee are OF
opinion that given quantity of grain, discreet
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-11-05

/ ~ furnished swine ofthe improved breed, will
! go twice as far in the process of fattening, as
when fed out TO swine such as they have allud-
ed to- And when we take into the account the
superior quality of the meat produced and the
kindness and docility of the animal, it gives an
advantage to the growing of swine of the i'm
proved breed, of which every good farmer will
speedily avail himself.
| Considering the great variety Of beautiful
and excellent animals offered foI premium, it
cannot be expected that your Committee have
been able in awarding the premiums, to meet
out exact justice. They only claim the merit
of having acted from honest motives and TO the
best of their judgment
! For the best Boar, not less than eight months
old, nor more than two years and six months
old. we have awarded the first premium, of five
dollars, to Silas Dudley of Sutton.
For the next best, we have awarded three
dollars, to John Lowell of Worcester.
For the best breeding Sow, we have awarded
the first premium, of five dollars, to Elisha Fagg
of Worcester.
For the next best, we have awarded three
dollars, to John Lowell of Worcester.
For the best weaned Pigs, we have awarded
the premium, of three dollars, TO John Lowell
of Worcester. Your Committee venture to pro-
nounce them superior to any thing of the kind
ever exhibited at your pens.
Several beautiful animals were offered for ex
hibition only. Amongst which those offered by
Mr.. Salisbury. Mr.. Boylston, and Messrs. Ward
d Rice, attracted particular notice.
BY order of :he Committee
IRA BARTON, Chairman
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COUNTY, .AGRICUL.
TUR.4L SOCIETY.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
On the PLoughing Match.

ANDREW II. WARb, Shrewsbury; CALVIN
SrRISe, Urbridge; EBENEzER EsTABRooK,
Hoiden JoBE BATCHELLER, Grafton :; RUFUs
BULLOCK, RoyatStOn,-CoMMITTEE.
The Committee on the Ploughing Match
having superintendent the same and discharged
the duties assigned them,
REPORT:
That, from an inspection of the Secretary s
book, fourteen ploughs were duly entered-five
with one yoke, and nine with two yokes Of Ok
en- The ground selected for this interesting
scene was of an oval form, with tough green
sward, some portion of it hard and stony, and
divided into thirteen plots of exactly one eighth
of an acre each Fourteen competitors appear.
ed; five with single, and nine with double
teams. As the ground selected would not ad-
init of more than thirteen plots, double team
of Messrs Ward & Rice of Worcester, was
readily aud cheerfuly withdrawn.
In addition to the rules prescribed and pub
lished by the Trustees, the competitors were
informed by your Committee that the burrows
must not be less than six inches deep that the
work would be considered in regard to the man
ner and the time in which it should be perform
ed and that the plots of ground, which had
been previously marked out contiguous to one
another, should be determined by lot. Lots
were then cast and other necessary arrange
tATnlH ndue IRVING TAKEN thelr respective
stations, the competitors, precisely at twenty
minutes past nine, upon signal given, started
off with great regularity and briskness-all was
emulation and honorable strife--man against
man, team against team, and work against
work-all was competition--no casbing imped.
ed their progress, no discord on the lines inter.
rupted the harmony Of the scene-all was still
as a race match of boats through an expanse Of
waters, willis throng of spectators, surround
ing the whole, and watching their progress with
intense curiosity, could see only occasionally a
flourish of the whip, and hear now and then a
solitary :. ter up" from the drivers in the prose
cution of their tasks. The work, for the most
part was performed with great skill, and, what
was peculiarly gratifying to the Committee
without tohiPpisg, or unusual hurrying. The
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From the Boston Yankee.
LIE CHANT a PARTIR.


This autumn close-this autumn close,
With all its rich delights,
Its high and blue and silent days,
Its deep and holy nights >
My memory shall turn to them,
From all its vagrant flights.
The painted fields, the FURNISHED clouds,
The gold embroidered floods,
The autumn glance on all the hills,
His mantle on the woods,
Shall be, through waning winter moons,
To me as present goods.
I've stood upon thy hills, fair land,
When morning filld the sky,
And over cleaning seaaand isle
The monarch sun rode high -
So thy proud beauty in my thought
Liveth, and may not die.
And Ihave how'd beneath the power
That ruled the parting day,
When harmOnies of living hues
Were poured DER hill and bay,
And stars shone out, and moons rose up;
And yet their light will stay.
Their images will linger yet
To light my happy dreams,
As lovely forms that bend above
The bosoms of her calm streams,
And years that flow, like waves, away,
Still give their pleasant CLEANS.
This autumn close-this autumn close
How fondly may shrine
Its social joys and heartfelt mirth,
To be a jewel mine,
Within the caves of future years,
With fadeless wealth to shine.
So mid the wasting cares and tolls,
Sad follies, and dark strife,
That sweep, like wintry storms, along
The crowdful ways of life,
may pass on, and have no want,
With thoughtful pleasure rife.
And then, fair land. may return
Back to thy kindred heart,
And clasp its love, and breathe its truth,
All cool from passions smart =
And through all time, beneath all gloom,
This hope shall not depart
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lots were drawn, and the work performed, as
! follows
!. Luther Whiting of Sutton, one yoke Of
| oxen, Amos Simpson, ploughman, Luther
Whiting, driver, plough by Hall of Sutton, with
roller. work performed in 25 minutes.
| 2. Joseph Dudley of Shrewsbury. two Jokes
ofOxen, himself ploughman, Simeon Bachelor,
driver, plough by Warren of Dedham, with roll.
err, work performed in 81 minutes.
3. Tyler Carpenter of Sutton, one yoke of
oxen, himself ploughman, plough by Lyon of
Connecticut, with roller, work performed in "a !
minutes.
A. Silas Dudley of Sutton, two yokes of OK
en-, himself plonghman, Nathaniel Dodge, driv-
er, plough by Merriam of Concord. with cutter
and roller work performed in Is minutes
S. John l.. BoyIston of Princeton, two Jokes
Of oxen. Asa II. Goddard, ploughman, Joseph
Merriam, driver, plough by Witherby of Wor-
cester, with roller, work performed in % mir
utes
6 Micah Johnson of Worcester, one yoke of
oxen, himself pioughman. with driver, plough
from Connecticut, with roller, work performed
in 2I4 minutes
2. Silas Allen. ir., of Shrewsbury, two Jokes
of oxen Lemuel B. Hapgood p!oughman, Ar
mold Allen, driver, plough from Connecticut,
with cutter. work performed in 10 min Ites.
=. Asa Cummings. jr., of Sutton, one yoke OF
oxen. Daniel Cummings ploughmsn- plough by
Hall of Sutton, work performed in % minutes
8. Benjamin Woodbury. of Sutton, two yokes
of oxen, Royal T. Marble, ploughman, Benja-
min Woodbury., driver plough by Holmes Of
Connecticut, with roller, work performed III %
minutes
10. William Eaton, jr., of Worcester. two
yokes of oxen, himself poughman, Ephraim
Gates, driver, plough by Witherby, with roller,
work narfnrmod in O1l Minutes
Ii. Ward & Rice of Worcester, one yoke of
oxen, Newell Rice. lone of the owners) plough
man, plough by Whherby, with roller, work
performed in 20A minutes.
IL. William b. Harrington of Grafton, one
yoke of oxen, himself ploughman, with driver,
plough by Hall of Sutton, work performed in
&c minutes.
49, Henry Sprague of Spencer, two yokes of
oxen, himself ploughman, Simon Carpenter.
driver, plough by Lyon of Connecticut, work
performed in 81 minutes.
Messrs. johnson and Harrington pioughed
well, but having single teams with driver,
they excluded themselves from all chance for
premium. Mr.. Carpenter came near being ex-
cluded for the want of suitable depth in his fur
rows The Committee deem it proper to notice
it here, that he may be more careful in future,
not to run to near the wind-n all other res
poets his work was exceedingly well done The
Committee were careful to ascertain. that all
the acquisitions had been complied with on the
part Of the competitors, to whom premiums
have been awarded, and, regarding the best
aoOrk acith the least e1pense" to be the rule OF
their decision, they have awarded them as fol-
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-11-05

SISTERS AND MOTHERS. There are ties,
which, like the invisible strings of conscience,
bind man to the world of kindly affection, and
are the last things forgotten when one leaves
! life. The married situation maybe one of purer
and uninterrupted felicity-there may be no
! cloud in its whole happy horizon-it may be-
ever sunny, and flowers spring up in every sea-
son of the age. But even these happy ones,
who are in this cline of bliss, remember long
and late the claims of sister or mother to their
best affections In the life of the solitary and
single, those who are said to be doomed to an
ennui of loneliness, the claims Of sister and
a mother should hold strongly, not only upon
their feelings but duties. Those kindnesses
which men bestow upon their offspring and
their wives, and who possess each, and in whom
| their best views are concentrated, in the bach
| clor, are given to the (almost) sacred names
which constitute this heading. In loving a
sister, there is none of that eartbliness of pas
sion which degrades the heart tin the devotion
due 10 mother, comes none Of the sel6shness
of man. The feelings inspired by both sister
and mother, ak are derived from sources as pure
as the Divinity which inspires them.
/ Ii might be singular speculation to inquire
how many of the various matches which have
been made, have proved happy; how many
who have been connected by wedlock, now
mark the day of that connoxion as blessed
and how many now would sing p9ans of Joy if
the VOW recoverable could at this hour be ut
terly cancelled. Yet aside from this specula-
ton, all, whether single or married, ever are
mindful of the duties and affections due TO the
sister or mother. When the wife is forgottee
the mother is remembered, and why Because,
in addition to the claim of nature she has been
our long and constant friend. Our errors she
has viewed with lenency our SINS corrected
with tears, and our virtues remembered and re-
warded with her smiles. The attractions which
sister possesses are Of similar nature, and
from similar causes. Few wish over to sever
that chain of affection which binds him in its
maternal or fraternal wreath Of flowers.
RaSksl0r's Journal.
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A Gentleman, the other evening, ended an
Grafton in favor of the fair sex with these
words" All, Sir, nothing beats good wife"
" beg your pardon" reioned wag, =" bad
husband deOs -