Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-04-02

~ 1,. Mslps, in the Episcopal Church in
- ,l.ce, on Tuesday evening next, at early
p'.5le light, and on the next day, same place.
:, II o'clock, q. On.
a., Van Buren, Gen. Jsckson's Secretary OF
s,le. arrived at Washington City, on Friday
bst
k,,sk "a record the loss sustained by q worthy
.;,,,en Capt. Joel Ward OF this county, BY
.,n- foul and nilisious incendsry.--On Thurs
=, night last, his S,abls, containing nine vslu.
Ne Horses, new Wagon, srough, the even.
~ bafore from the shop, and all hs horse
20, were burned up. This 10 the second
f.. within the isst eight months, that this val
'.bI. citizen has suffered.--Lsst fall. his new
IN. together with his entire crop, was
.,o,nned BY FIRE, and no doubt remains in
Al, rnind, that the same person done both We
.;neerely hope tina: the monster may be found
ant. and suffer the severest injections of the
law.
Alta meeting held Al the Court House OF Hsr.
Az county, on the 12ih day of March, 1879
called for the purpose Of taxing Into CONSIDER
.tion the subject OF recommending suitable
n.rsnns 10 represent the Senatorial District.
composed Of the counties Of Hampshire Hard,
berksiey and Morgan. in the convention to be
hell IN the city of Richmond in October next
William Heath, Esq was called to the chair,
and G B Samuels appointed secretary.
The object Of the meeting being announced
rom the chair On motion, the chairman ap
pointed committee for the purpose OF facii-
tasing the objects for which the meeting was
salIed, which committee consisted ct James
C. Gamble, Samuel McMschon, Jones Green
sod John Hopeweit, and upon motion G. 3
samueis was added TO the committee.
The COMMITTEES having had the matter refer
red 20 them under confederation fer some time,
reported the following resolutions.
tst Resolved. That in the opinion of this
meeting William Seymour Is q suitable person
20 represent us in the convention TO be held in
the city OF Richmond in October next, as one
Of the Delegates from The Senatorial District
composed of the counties of Hampshire, Hardy,
Berkeley and Morgan.
I'D Resolved. That we viii use our best ef.
foe,s te ensure the election Of William Seymour
~ delegate to said convention.
Sd Hesotved, That we will 90 operate with
he other counties composing said Senatorial
District in the election of such persons AS may
!. nominated by such other counties, the per-
rms so nominated being friends TO reform.
committee with power to correspond on she
subject Of eur delegation in convention with
such other committees as may be appointed BY
With similar powers.
Whereupon the chairman appointed Messrs
Gamble, McNechop, Green, Hopeweli, Sam
ues, and John Muion And, on motion, Nessrs.
Geosge Cunningham, George Fisher and the
r MIR ~ sH1pH N
committee.
5th Resolved. Thst the edisorsof the news.
papers published in Winchester, and he ed,
cor OF the Msttinsburg Gazette be requested TO
publish the proceedings of this meeting.
Which resolutions being severslly read and
adopted.
WILLIAM HEATH, Chairman,
q. b. SAMUELs, Secretary
rive presume from the aforegciDg proceed
ings. that Samuel NoMecbsn, Esq. is no, a
canddaie.--Ed Mar Gaz
Isaac Duncan, formerly al Nswbern,
was lately shot TO death by some un
known person, within few yards of
bis own door, near Trent Bridge, N. C
he had gone cut with his gun to look
for thieves whom he supposed TO be
near. ----~--
F'om the Baitimore Republican, March 81.
A friend in Baltimore, writing to US,
incidentally mentioning the removal of
The old veteran Col. Lowry from Office,
says:
The good old Republican Colonel
Lowry is superseded ia office. Al
though by birth foreignes,he is iden
titled with the Nation those of his
blood have mnistened the American
soil in lis defence. His son, one of the
brightest ornaments ef'the Monumen-
ttaI City.'--his highly gifted and much
lamsnted son--fell, in repelling from
us precincts, in the late war, the more
than savage foe The hoary and aged
father might, without injury to any,
have been spared in office fsw years
longer. But little while, and those
who Know him now will know him no
more forever! II is hard that he should
De brought down to the grave in sos-
row.
In all the wild extravagancies Of par
y ana popular feelings which have
ron time to time agitated this country,
mere were still some barriers circum-
scfoed by proud and independent feel
,nss' as we'll as by feelings hallowed to
humanity, itself, that were superior to
Me party rage-and that sancti6ed the
Wec'ntS of those venerable old wor
'n'es' II Colonel Lowry was foreign
ct oy birth, he was the warm hearted