Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-01-01

With she Lsckswanock coal We are ,old
Hrs fond 90 burn equally AZ well a. the az
thrscte Rennsyivanis. Enormous auanti,;e.
vii BE brought into the market maxi ,unmer.
vhen viii be afforded, as We have the bes,
! reasons 10 believe, At Q rate At least one.third
Ioser than tia: demanded Tor the coal of Pen,
syivania. The Rail Road 10 not vet complete.
out II IS far advanced. Locomotive engine
nave been imported to be used on the road
aoo or stationary engines, also imported,
are now ontheir way up the Canal
LAScAsrBa, (0hio,) Dec. 9
Melancholy .4ccidear.-on WEI aesday lss,
Ars. Wilcox, wife OF Mr. r. Achilles wiloox'
OF koyaiton, in this county, accidentally fen
ini" hat,ers kettle OF 5oiling water. and
shocking to relate. was so bsdly scslded as 10
cause her death in fes hours The deceased
vas respectable woman, and her melancholy
emu mas Cast gloom over the whole neiehbor-
hooa which viii not soon be forgotten.
DAsTiLLp, Ky. Dec 2--The stage with the
mail from UsnyIlle TO Richmond, XIV. in A.,
tempting TO cross Dicks river, week be fore last,
vas swept down The stream. The driver. "a
MIR. Alexsnder) was drowned. There were no
Passengers. The body OF the carriage was
found three days ssierwards, lodged among
some trees, hsNs mile below The lord The
body ofthe driver and The mail were With IT,
The oonlshis II the mat were chiefly destroy
60, reduced 10 pup 10y lying il The water. Tho
horses, with tie haraess aDd fore. heels of the
Stage attached to them, hsve not been heard of
since the accident.
A Hsrse Leaf "A most extraordinary .cci.
dent, and "bAir-bresdth escape, ;" happened las,
week to an old "gray mare" in the village OF
Mount Pleasant. IN Westchester county, New
York, the details of which "may be interesting
TO ous readers" This fortunate old animal was
employed IN csrting stones 10 rev building
erected = little dlstsnce from The Wes bank Of
mill pond, and, when urged to slight retro.
gsde move ment, piled her perambuistors so
dsxterously that way. a. soon 20 be unable to
nsIntain an equilibrium or faottoid, and then
plunged side long into the "depth below" be-
ing precipitous decent of fifty feet. carrying
with her the cart, stonss and shrubbery, into
the water. After rensining few moments
under water, eight or ten fee, deep, she again
made bet appearance upon the surface, and
made use OF her beat eyertions to regain the
opposite shore, which she effected without bay.
ing injured hide or hair Of her.
fsprAsA.-~Ths Legislature ofthis sts,e me,
on the first OF this month The votne far
Speaker in the House Of Representative, show
ed The strength OF parties in tia, body. Isaac
howk, friend ofthe present Administration
OF the General Government, was elected by
majority of two votes over s, JUDAH, an oppo.
Rent oft. Close voting, this.
In NORTH CARoLIGA, we learn, w. p Ma.
Gun, TormerIy a Representative in Congress,
has been elected, wthou, opposition, TO
Judge OF the Supreme Court o.. the State, vice
Judge Rutiic, resigned.
One ofthe Georgis EIeciers, chosen by the
friends OF General JACKSON, having declined
serving, because he WAS opposed to the Gene
raj, All election was held 81 the Legislature to
supply bis place, ard after several bsIo,ings,
SEAros GRASpLANp was chosen 10 supply his
place, and accordingly attended and voted in
Extract of letter to the ed. OF the N. Y Amer.
WisHISsroS, Dec. 18Th, 1928
Robert j. CritteDden, Of Kentucky.
was this day nominated to the Senate as
associate Justice Of the Supreme Court
OF the U. States, in the place of Trim
bic, deceased, --
a Washington correspondent, of the United
States Gasstte says:
General jackson, it is aaid, has taken
suite of rooms a. Gadsby's hotel; and
Gadsby, TO show his gratitude, is about
to throw canvass root and plank
flooring over his yard for the inapgera-
ton ball. For
such as have neither provisions nor
wagons, the wags say that Gadsby means
TO get the loan Of the market house, to
convert the stalls into chambers. and
heat the guests with an ola pedrida Of
the wrecks and fragments of the morn.
ing's market" --
Gsorsia.-Tn the Legislature of this
State, bill proposing the call ola Con.
vention has been rejected, 40 votes to
81 A bill TO create Board of Agri.
culture for the State, to provide for the
organisation of Agricultural Societies,
and to appropriate funds for the pay.
meat of premiums, was rejected.
A proposition TO protest, to the Senate
Of the United States, against the Tariff
act of the last session Of Congress, has
been introduced from the Committee
''on the state of the Republic" This
protest denounces the act as deceptive
"in its title, fraudulent in its pretexts,
Oppressive in its exactions, partial and
"unjust in its operations, unconstitution-
"sl in It's we'll known objects, ruinous to
Commerce and agriculture--to secure
"a hateful monopoly to q combination