Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-06-25

Ign Heights, occupied by the children of
the late DR.. Smith, was entered by tive
negro men on Saturday night last about
~ O'Clock. with an intention ofsobbing
il. The eldest child, boy, only sixteen
who had risen to see whence the noise
proceeded, on opening the door bad a
horse pistol thrown at bin by one Of The
villains, and then was fred at by the
other. The loaded pistol they bad bro't
with them; the other had been taken
from trunk The youth, with ceur.
age and spirit which would have done
credit to any man, knowing that he was
the only defender of his Eve little sisters
AMI brothers, and not perceiving that a
slug from the pistol bad passed through
| bis arm, seized musket which stood in
the room 10 resist the wretches. Re
collecting that be had before taken out
the printing, on account of the children.
be shook the piece. hoping some OF the
charge might be got into the pan; but
failing in this, lie butted bis gun, and by
repeatedly beating the negroes, drove
then of
The eldest sister alarmed by tue noise
had been heard TO enquire the cause /;
when he called to her TO take care of
herself and the little ones One Of the
negroes csme up to her while she was
leading them away and blew out the
lamp in her hand-net however, until
she observed he had large knife. The
courageous girl, in spite Of all this, after
having taken the two children TO a
neighbours door where Sue considered
them in safely, returned 10 the house
but the robbers had fed. and she met
her brother almost covered With his own
blood he wound is not at all danger
Gus, but we cannot but'hope that both
police officers and private citizens will
use extraordinary exertions 10 appre
bend the monsters, who could engage in
a crime so aggravated by their depravi
| ty and cowardice, and the condition of
| that little orphan family.
If it should prove, as is by no means
improbable, that the wretches are among
the number of those who have tasted of
jexecutive eiemenoy, the case will 60
farvto convince the public that the OBJ
ijections raised against the New York
system of pardons. we're just and well
founded --Da;. sadp.
To Grumblers. We are strongly
tempted to begin ow, and read our Sub
scfibets a homily once month segu.
larlv. on The nature, cause, and effect %!
grumbling; and continue our discourse
until we fairly choke them off until we
persuade them to stop grumbling or the
| paper, What With our own experience
and that OF others. we might easily
make NJ a series OF numbers on the ga
turs-we should perhaps be Compelled
to dclve little in philosophy, TO search
DOT the cause the effect, If editors pos
sessed feeling in COOS mon with the rest
Of the species, would be total banisb
ment OF cnnposare, conteatment and
| ccmp!acekGy.
| The truth is, so editor cannot step
without ;resdirgs cmsor3e b ody % toes Ef
he exrresseshse opistcnsfiearlesslp anu
| frankly {tye. sasrrrczan. and -p~esumptu-
Gus, Niases. 81 ,e ia dkrgsithoutc comments
| he '6arssuots4Fvor7 sissseriir1euts.
| afAFsoossrIsnii ousIy srefuses'to sadVo
cateetls@ed ta;s1s Of on intiviiuattn office
! he rs y cci'sa6 of .pRrsonaiiostility. A
81 'cseneses, wnomeaeures 81 words into
Iaver .eaaes clerk does tape -1oy the yard
-tisanas,hnn 6 parcel Of stuff that jim
hg'es like a handful Of rusty nails and
giE!sf,;Ss ID the editor is not 70 Of enough
| topE,nt the nonsphse-"stopSp mr. paper
i sgont pafronfze a man that's no better
Ijuoge 'ofpoei,y" AS if it was patronage
tosbuy paper al about one half more
than go much waste paper would cost.
One n'utmurs because his paper is too
lIterary--spoiher because it is not liter
airy enough. One grumbles because the
advertIsemts engross too much ROOM
another complains that the paper is too
large, he can't end time TO read it all.
One vents type so small that micro
scope would be Indispensable 10 every
family; another threatens to discontinue,
the letters are bali an inch long--one
old lady actually offered an additional
price for paper that should be printed
with such types as are used for hand
bills.
Every subscriber has plan of bis
own for conducting journal, and the la
Dor of Si.ipbus was recreation, when
compared with that of an editor who un-
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