Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-06-04

III ObAse sPpfIse US Of the fact
de Service may be expected in the
=. Church in this place, On sunday next,
SICK 10 the afternoon.
p..-.- bsbind the Ihyeae."--We take
I,.a TO point the readers attention 10 the
..adsnce between the Secretary ofStste
Il ~. slade. inserted on the inst page oil
s,,'s paper. They will DC enabled to form
,de, of "the power behind the throne,
me manner IN which that power 10 made TO
ate upon The distribution OF government
The last letter of Mr.. slade exhibits
vi daft Green, the putstive editor OF the
"a S,aes Telegraph, as the lmpudent Die
the ExecutIve-whlie the proof be ex.
is such as 10 make honest patriots blush
ne ,ruth and accuracy OF his position Mr..
III. a thorough Republican, a sterling pa
an honest man. lie was subsequently
law of State IN Vermont, aud Judge Of
court.
po,i,n bv the President--We learn from
.shv,l,e Republican OF the 18th ultimo,
In n w. MahaE. the Postmaster VINO,
~, ,hree wears since, was sentenced 10 ten
>. ,morisaament for robbing letter which
ledthrough bis hands, received a pardon
H.rttime ago, fron tue present President OF
Jnded States"
We wish our readers 10 bear in mind. that
Andrew jackson, the President of the U.
g. has appointed SAMUEL SwARTwouT! /!
.ctOr for the port OF New York.
annua! report of The Directors Of the .har.
sr,Burg Library Society lad before messing
N me same on Friday, Nag 29th, 1929.
The directors of THIS society in aging before
Members the progress oil the Institution du.
!, the psstsyear, its present situation, aud its
ospects are happy in being able to eongrat.
re them upon the success of an experiment
hch has SO far exceeded the most sanguIne
,cpations of its warmest supporters
Not four years have elapsed, since The plan
:. suggested and prosecuted against the op.
o,lton OF some, the prrjudicss OF many and
luke warrnness of more; by Two or three
.',emen only. Since that time every sue.
eri.ns year has added to the responsibility.
popularity, and the income of the institu.
The intention of the first movers in the
ssne was TO afford to eUery man IN our com.
saty, the means OF improving his mind, or at
ke budabDy employing his leisure hours by
rrcess 80 copious, well selected library.
kDrecters say esery man-sInce the price
as privilege is only 50 per snnum-and
n can we'll venture the assertion, that there
EN man, so poor, who cannot afford to spare,
,ny little more than half cent, per day for
use Of such a library as Is not TO be found
non the shelves oil any private individual OF
bir acquaintance. To the literary and pro
monai man or the man OF leisure and proper
h. who must purchase books, this institution,
,a treasure. The price OF one fashionable
uuvel, annually psd-gives him the perusai,
40, oOiy Of ali the current literature Of the day,
wbica is wer,h preservation, bat of most OF
Lseaandard works in the language. If the
keai value of such an institution, were cot al.
Stsdy established by the experience OF others
! Ind our own, ii would be manifest from this
konslceration; that while most things for which
Ne pay our money, perish IN the usiag---or al
least, lessen in value. The books which we
purchase for library like this (psovIdtd they
be we'll chosen and are properly preserved
never deteriorate may become more valu
able in consequence OF their variety. Who
can foresee the day, when facitus and Gibbon
Homer and Shakespeare, will not be as much
read aud as much valued, as at this presen,
time.
From such considerations as these the Di
rectors would beg leave earnestly to impress
upon each member of this Society, the necessi
ty OF cberIshlng with all his influence an insli
tution SO useful, yet so simple, so valuable, YET
so cheap, so important, aud yet SO little regard
ed.
The Directors in the further prosecution o.
sher duties as pointed out in the Constitution
su6loin to the report the annual repor, OF THEFT
Nbrarlan, Mr.. JAMES NoURsE III d DIE, by which
will be seen that one hundred and seven vol
umes have been added to the catalogue since
the last annual meeting thirty,six Of which ha,t
been placed in the library, by individuals
hlendlyto the institutions; and the rest pur
CHASED by the funds of the Society; among
those purchased will be found Sebert's Stats
tcs, q volumes of the Edhburg Review, vel
aoand; he Debates in Congress; Translation.
Of Po'ybius. and DIodorus Sicuus, and thu
most celebrated of Washington lrvine's works
including his life Of Columbus. The Director
submit these works to the Society for thei
oonslders'ion, possessing as they do under III,
rules OF The Corporation, the right of revising
Inc labours ct the board of Directors. The ab
'ence OF Doctor Davis, their worthy president
Prevents the Directors from laying all the cor
rspondence of The past year with our agent II
rnladeiphia, before the meeting; in gene
ti, Tue prices have been as moderate as here
p'orei the Society may see by that portion Q
me correspondence herewith submitted:-Th
DOORS have generally been we'll kept. Th
sa'l aGmbeF now in the Library is 855, and 1871
nave been taken out for perusal during the las
!ear--more by some hundreds. (Mr. Riddl
,sna'k') than have been read in any year pre-
the Directors cannot leave this branch G
uaer report without reminding the Society q
we CLAIMS which Mr.. N. Riddle eminenti