Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-04-09


in getting up candidates fer The
preaching conVen tion--1be nfs,.,
auspecious; for, IS several countlss
many instances embraced in one ,.,.
torial or conventional district, II !,
gued that the wishes of each should !,
consulted.-The plan, however d..
not seem likely to meet with much a..
cess, aud we see no reason why it sbop1
There will be few il any local intereg,
! TO represent in convention, that are NJ
embraced in the general principle; ana
where no contest exists on that priot,
pie. the choice should be exclusive,
directed to the best and most eanahi.
citizens within, Tor without,I The dsin,,
without regard TO local partialities
Genius Of Liberty.
Domestic .Eanv features Tie STA.
of Rhode Island contains at this f,1
lSe cotton factories The Town,
Warwick and SmithfeId each copl.;'I
twenty woollen and twenty cotton iae,oy
ries.
A CRAsH.-Several thousand bph.
els of grain OF various kinds, were sud.
denly precipitated into the Cs,u,,
Lake, on The 10th inst. from the s,orl
House OF Mr.. Andrew Myers, at Nv
er's Landing in The town of Lapsng
county of Tompkins. That part oft
building built over the water, being be a.
yily laden with grain. flour, &c. gavs
way and fell into the Lake. Much oA
the grain has been taken out of the wa.
ter. The damage is estimated at from
SI2, 1000 to 1000 kenango Rep.
The desire TO obtain and retain cT
ces and living is not eonfned to TIM
hemisphere, as the annexed will show:
cat BaFoacb, ia the East Indies.
| there is species of almshouse for aged
end diseased animals not only Tor apes.
peacot ks, &c. which are considered sa.
cred, but also for horses, dogs, cats,
! birds, and even for insects. These last
| ale placed 10 little boxes and fed with
vegetables. pice, &c. This establish.
ment possesse considerable landed pro.
perry, and is kept up by the Bramins,
who derive large income from IT."
The British Army A continental
war at this period would throw Great
Britain into great confusion. in relation
to her army The whole military force
of that kingdom consists of 1870 Resi.
ments Two thirds of this force are
dispersed among various British pcs,
sessions: "a reg iments in Eng land-- aud
what is extraordinary, % ia Ireland
and only ons in Scotland. These al
Ireland, it is presumed, canpot be re.
moved at this unse tiled period, and lay.l
ing aside some difficulties as to money,
there is no given point at which $4,000
men can be assembled.
a Melancholy Iaic The dead body
Of person, of whose name no trace
could De found. was discovered oa
Thursday, the l2th inst. under tree
absut mile South Of Apponang Vii.
isgs, r I. on land belonging to Judge
Gray ten, known by the naue ii great
hollow Itappearsd that be bad taken
shelter under the tree, bef"rs the lasl
rain, as tbs trace OF bis footsteps ID
the snow had been washed out, and
probably had expired from the effects
OF the cold. The deceased was one Of
the wrstched wanderers WHO travel the
country withou, object He was Of az
advance d age. rather above the middle
size, aad his locks extremely white -
Two OF three bundles OF rags, pair Of
boot tops, about so cents, and four
pence half penny, were found about
his persss. together with pisces Of iron,
brass, &c indicating an unsettled state
of mind. The deceased had not sought
shelter sny where in the peishborhoea,
nor could any person be found who had
seen him before. The Coropsr's in.
quest returned the above facts in sub.
stance, aud the body was deeently IN.
TERED at the public expense.
a iittle Of r. Marusllous!--The peo1
pie of the land q! steady habits are not
entirely exempt frem the wonder hunt.
ing spirit Of the age we live in. we
see, by an sdvsEtissmentih a Hartford
paper, that amesg the eurissliies lately
added to the Museum in that city, is IAN
A Alligator eighteen feet long, from the
Nile, in Egg pit, which swallowed one oil
the party that took him" The sight