Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-07-23
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All whleh IS respectfully submitted.
! VI E1iters 10 Virginia are requested 10 Civ
Tue foregoing an Insertion in their respeetiy,
I papers.
| The farif-rhe following lines from III,
new YORK Commercial Advertiser, confirm III.
rumor sfiust OF probable early sdiustmen, Of
az commercial difficulties with England. unsr
new basis. rhe language of the Advertise,
uneqllvocai, and would not have been used
W''hou. me wsrrant OF unquestionable iniorrua.
uea' The supeiseding OF the Tariff by the
ie&ns mentioned, the overthrow OF a system
slssi'sned BY Congress, by means Of the ex
eS'ss OF tue Treaty making power, vested in
me PRESIDENT and Senate, should II be actual.
y Done. or even attempted, would set the
whole country 10 blaze We are not pre- par.
co 10 express any opinion, but il seems TO Us
a. tue hrst blush, chat the lniraction OF lac al
congress direct Or indirect, cannot be within
tue Constitutional scope of the Treaty making
power. The Commercial ssys-
suppose for instance, that Mr.. NJ.
Lane. our newly appointed Minister,
should 60 out armed with instructions
TO negotiate away the Tariff. Such a
PROJECT, We bave reason to know, has
oeen under deliberation by the Execu
tive; and legal advice, as We have rea.
son to believe, has been taken, as to
the extent with which the treaty making
power will warrant the executive in ne.
gotiating away the acts of Congress-
The British Minister we are also given
10 understand, has been consulted, as to
the probable disposition of bis govern.
ment TO relax their corn laws in favor
Of the United States upon condition that
all descriptions OF their manufactures
shall be admitted into the ports oil the
United states, under moderate uniform
duty, to be reciprocal between the two
nations. His answer was favorable;
but whether Mr. M'Lane will finally 60
out with such Instructions, We cannot
tell. Certain il is, that the project has
been seriously entertained, and ii is
therefore possible, that those who suf>
fer from the operation of the Tariff, may
yet find relief, without waiting for the
tardy and doubtful process Of iegisla
tom
A liberal probosifisa. The Editor of the .sIi.
terary snbaiteFa' says he is no, in the habit
OF betting, "but should any onc feels DISPOSE
lion to hazard $4,000 or less, he csn be &C.
c9mmodGted oy TREND Of ours, who has au.
tburized us TO say that he will bet that sum or
any ess amoant, that Heory Clay will be the
next President oil The United States" Another
bet o, $1,000 is offered, tina, Ciay's majority
of electoral votes viii be 800" rhe first bet
il we should judge, very safe one, for opin.
ION seems setting iFresistibly that way.
A s,a=h-The Massachusetts, Daily Journal
of the lob contains the following quiz, we'll
Designed and well executed, upon the 'new
brooms" Of the Boston Custom House Had
the rotten potatoes proved nutmegs, what
eommenda,ion OF the vigilance of the officers
should we have heard
a Prize.--Certainiy the revenue of The u S.
has every thing to hope from she vigilance and
cArefuiness of some of our newly appointed Of.
ficers. Two Of this vslusb,c class Of the re.
1parded, with zeal that cannot be too much
appauded, recently, had information that IN a
merchants store in this city, were deposited
several barrels of nutnegs, which bad not paid
the lawful duties, and which the owner had
carefully secreted, as he supposed, safe from
observation. The servants of UNCLE Sam, a.
aove mentioned, forthwith repaired 10 the
spot designated, and demanded Of the mer-
chant the contrabsnd goods iB his possession.
rhe latter affecting much trepldation aud sur
prize, endeayored to puFsuade the former OF
the mislnformstion they had received; but, as
might be expected without avail They were
InheXlbie, immoyab'e, peremptory .---S Such
tynxeyed wstcbfuiness could not be eyaded.
The barrels, after patient search, at length
were discovered; and Cooper forthwith pro.
cured to unhead The same; which, when done,
discoYered TO the greedy optics, lot of pota.
Toes not made the better tor long standing. OF
ticial zeal however not at all discontinued by
apparent defeat, proceeds 10 farther exsmna.
ton, and both arms are plugged above the ell.
Rows TO he vary centre OF the mass, which, as
nay be guessed, had not acquired much solidity
from the process OF fermentation. Thus Il tuT
ned out with one or two others, until the gen.
tlemen. satisfied with their searching o6er ation,
respectively retired, sf,er being called upon
TO restore, as they were obliged to do, matters
and things 10 the state in which they originally
found them. What an odd coincidence, should
all the hickory natmegs hereafter turn out to
DC rotten potatoes!
.Ns'o Hampshire III we can credit
some OF their most respectable papers,
the affairs of that State are approaching
to no very pleasant or desirable crisis.
The Dover Times says, "Ths dominant
party in the Legislature is the vsriesi
piece Of party machinery that ever ex-
isted in a delberaiiye assembly. A
similar collection of conceited ignorance
and folly was never before known
However humiliating the confession, i
IS nevertheless true, as all whe are ac
quainted with their doings, in saucu
and out, must be by this time cenvinc