Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-09-03

"A few days since, q negro man,
"~,oprrtv of SIR. James Brown, Of this place,
~ Intending . Tteshing Machine in the
,bnorhood, and by some mishap his shirt
.,.s,s caught in the cogg OF she wheel. and
bts arm in, which il mashed 50 badly that
",s;vcd but two or three DAYS. Several
Is Jso,s have happened within a short time b.
go Machines, bat we understand they are
u-.5,ced principally through esrelessness.-
n. prown's loss on the present occasion, is
a.dersble, as the man was certainly a very
..I,ahIe hand, ABOUT iweuty-one years OF age.
We adopt the following paragraph from the
r,s.tuiiGnal wig, IS IL is entirely IN aceor.
l,nre with our sentiments:
Mere +, not for the disgrace which attaches
q, s,ery citizen OF the U. States, ny the con
q L-, If The Powers that be- al Washing ton, u
IN he ridiculous in the extreme 10 witness
h. egs-,s Of the system of rewards and pun
.,nen,s row acted on. Appointments made
J,Y are revoked Tomorrow, upon the de
/, nd 4 s-if created dictatnrs, ut the head 9f
who's, lands the Infamous editor 9i The teie
er.Db. Although We do not entirely sppfoNe
h.. manner of Nr John Jacsson's address to
n. p,eaieht of the United States YET We can
hi refuse 70 fRiD'fsD IL a. VIC t ~
e,es~ienres. from information derived from
lher sources also, that he s, in the m@in.
-gAt. who would have believed four yea 5
rha, he peanle Of MS T ee and enlightened
nj could sink tie ~Hseiees so low, as to be
%gorerned patiently by such ignorance, folly and
assea" -
TIE Rs9Bsbo,o' Pos, .Nasfer dgain,-ft is
EnoNn to our readers, that sornetHue back We
b,eferrrd SINE charges against the Post Mas
Pr at BpJnsboro', Maryland. Our attention
bas been drawn to the subject, by a friendly
Paragraph in the les, Hagers,own Torch Light,
IN which it s suggested that probably 100 high
colo ring had been gisen 10 US upon which
our charges were based, aad thst. in all pro
bsbly, Injustice had been 6enc The Post Mas
ar. Fsuch lie the case, it is certainly fer, very
H. from our wish. Since ii has been our ho-
Dor, and the privilege granted Us Of being edl
tn and condoctor OF q %loarnal, we never have,
IN, single instaace, w~antonly assalled the char
seer Of any person, either public or ptitafe,
high or low, rich or poor, wi'bodt having
pref positive, or strong c,rcffnsianssaf evidence,
spt IN 'hst case, We have never shrnuk from
mrduty to expose them to public view. hav
ng thus promised, we viii state the Charges we
hste made against Mr.. Shaw the Post Master,
sd oer reasons for making them, and let the
pq1tc Judge whether we have not strong rea
Fs for making them. The great irrehnlati.
rs OF the arrival Of the newspapers and letters
y msil, in this section Of Virginia, has been
gily complained oft; snd no one hiss a gre alter
pr. than editors: We'll, this being the case,
determined, as 1t became our interest and
Ny, to find cut, il possible, where the greatest
ld' ia,, and expose il. We prnceedtd in tie
sk and our enquiries left usa, the Boonsboro'
Od-0flce 1t was then that we inserted the
bHow'bg para raph:
hefofm" appear to be the order of the
y We take occasion to point the attention OF
hr, Pes'.Nastet General, Barry, TO the neces.
VI Reforming The Post Office al Boonsboro,
E~hryia"d. We venture to assert, that no Post
Off e between the City Of " ashington and Gin.
Fnus'I, is hsifss badly attended to as the Boops-
bGo' Post Office, and no Office on that whole
ron,e so important 20 the Valley OF Virginia.
Al HAT fiji r, both the Eastern and Western
Mails r Virginia, leave The Maryland route,
ndoot unit, quently, do we find packages from
he East, directed tn the Pos Office at this
lace, returned, cater passing through the
% ln>h"ro' Post Office from Hancock, Cum
efi"hd an even UeIontown, as WAS the case
he NSt. intslieencer last week. Just 40
Et' respect 10 the Western packages for this
blace, beng returned from Middie-town and
redrrick town. after having passed through
he hoonS'or0' Office. Very t~ereutiv, tsVs en-
IRE .Aats from Vugtnio, 20 the East and West,
Eere re drned to Shepherdstown, from whence
fhe} had oeen seut. These are facts, which Can
be substantistcd And will Ar. Post @aster
@atnsral Barry RETAIN such q mar in Office!
we lhlnk not Justice DEMANDS that be
saoud be removed. We assert, without The
Fdf OF Contradictions tl.t al. pet NAacfnr a.
MOORISH 20, Nar. and IS utterly and enfit elg.
sI'qaoafed Ia I'll lie 0fice-.pd hat no couh
oate 'H he place. IN him AZ a Pos 3asier"
10 tAst part ~ the charge which We nal r
ID lrtaooG &" the va entire Mails from Viz.
t''' being rs'h' ret from whence they we're
sE' We e tead} So prove by three d'tlerrht
"esN's-' he Pos Nss,er AZ shepherdstl~n,
a 4 g dtensh otas much s,eiiing integrity.
"Possessn2 as much y~e ,aciiV IS an, Post Mas
~ n The I. Sis,ts,' INTO II eG U iAdf such sgaS
va Jacf-'ha' he WAS ,ompelied to dispatch 3
yum s-"tiem.n, Ian assistant IN bis fiji se,)
aAso ct.' messenger 10 Boonsborn' and there
"l.'i me MAJ !ton Virginia was changed,
I'aSe rs proper li ection-he young gen.
muih states 10 US. that he attended 10 that
fno' ms duty, and seen that it was done /:
a. Az NE charge Of 'tncombefency' TO FL the
& we nave every reason to believe, that It
DC satisfactorily proven-'he fact is, he
0 no, nor neither can he z ske out his re-
%s-'hl' he is compelled to get done by
u TS-hs zee have fem his ne,gA6ors. Very
; Soon alter this, Duf, with one of his
sues, through his Telegr4ph,ssys. that It IS
", zed ny the Postmaster General 10 say
: 'oai "ppn satisfactory evidence being given
{, department, hat any Postmaster had so
"''s'ed, as well from the strict liae OF duty
nm ms official instructions, as to stop or
eeLeue IiIe cIrcnlAtinn Of any newsnaner. whe.