Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-10-29

:, ,. PhvsouS anu al me request of
the compIalnants. who said they did not wish
heavy hne to De imposed. but merely to as
certain whether the Fire Department would
De protected, the prisoner was fined one dollar
and costs, and discharged.
Self Education The book from ,rlieh Sinp-
son acquired has first hlcsciedge o fsa1ios.s ,ras
icork by Edmund Stone Stone affords us
another instance Of a self educated natl.snaati
csa'l .Nettier the place nor the time Of his birth
Is exactly ksloscn, bat he ,eas probably aatire
q .drgytesh,Te, aud born a fec years before TIE
close q the seoentee'th century. He Is spoken Of
as Aacutg reached an adruaced age as l76S.-
The only account zee hare Of his early life is
contained IA a letter, ,cLich is to be foszad psc
fired to a French trdsasLlion q one o has tcorLs,
from his contemporary, the Cherdlier Ramsau.
triso h'setr han. HIS father, Raassay tells as,
,cds gardener to the Duke Of .3rgyle, lrho cais-
ing one day in his garden, observed Latin CO.
py q .Ae,ciot's Prnscipia hing on the grass;
and thinking Il had beeY, brought from his o,vi.
ibrra1y, Gated some one TO eG,Y7 i. back to is.
place. "Upor this" tie narrative proceeds.
"Stose, tcAo ,cas then Ia his 18Th gear, claimed
a,e boas as his o,cn. Yours replied tie Duke,
do you understand Geometry, Latin. and
.Nctcton?' Il As.o,c a little u t,e,a,' replied
tie young MN The D,dse lc;S Surprised: and
hasiag a taste for the sciences, he e1aerd into
easpersatiot ruth tie yo,sig mathematician He
asked hin secaai giest ,als, aud ,ccs asiostished
at Hle farce. The pec Tracy, aud The cmidor cf
his Gllacefs 'B,.t iiaic.' sad the Duke, come
you the klotcledge u ak these iiingss Stone
replied, "a serra.. taught rae ten years since to
read. Does aly one need 10 k9l6,r aly thing
moro thin the ttrett,.fo,R letters, ia order to
learn erefy thing else tha. one aeishes2 The
Dukes curiosity redoubled, he sat do,cn on a
bank and requested detCslt n the ,cisote process
BIZ lchich he had become SO learned. II first
led9,ed to read, said Stone, 'ihe masoaS ,cere
the,. al seork upon gear house. approached
them one dog, and Observed that the architeci
used ,7i,s and compasses, and that he made
calculations. 4 inquired ,cltct might be the
meaning and use q these taaags, and tcds tas-
formed that there scaS science Gated arithmetic
/ purchased a book If sts7iismetic, and ha9ed
It, scas told there arts another science called
rsonactau; / bought the necessary books ard
tcm7aed geometry BY reading to'esd that
there scere good books IN these t,co sciences IN
Latin; bought a dictionary and learned Latin.
understood also that there ,cere good books Of
The same Kind IN Fressch; 1 bought a d,ctione-
m, and learned French find this, ng Lord, |
l. ,,I.at hare done; Il seems TO me that zee
MAJ learn eresgj thing sel,ea tce h,oe the ftcen-
ty-four letters Of the alphabet f"
Among the curious and interesting objects |
discovered in the excavations at Pompen, |
there have recently been found five glass YES |
sells. in some of which were olives IN state OF
preservation as perfect as those of the last
wears growth. These olives are sound, soft
and clainmv, and in form resemble those OF
Spain: they have a somewhat strong rancid
odour, and an acid taste, when leaves
pungent and astrinSent sensation on The
tongue. It seems Incredible that this fruit was
plucked from the tree eighteen centuries ago;
but it is, nevertheless, a fact. Part OF these
olives have been analyZed, and the rest have
been deposited in the Museum, in the vessels
in which they were discovered.-.4teG. Gas
The Convention will commence active ope-
rations this week. The Committees have all
either reported wholly or in part, and the bu-
siness may now be expected TO progress as
rapidly as the importance of the SUBJECT DIS
cussed viii admit OF. -,
We learn from Richmond that visiters still
continue to flock in, and that the city never
presented more animated or busting APP
GaZ.
.4leuogader Everctt. Esq. late Minister oftbe
Ct. States at Madrid arrived at n. York on the
Goth INST.
From the N. r. Journal Of Commerce.
Fright ableak," said Capt---to his
newly raised. company, as he suddenly came
in contact with a bank OF oyster shells.
"That ares wrong order" sad a veteran
looking fellow, with gun without lock ana
a polish not dissimiliar to Rip Van Wrinkles,
after his twenty years sleep.
''keep your jaw" said the Captain "and
hold up your head like man" "Flne look,
ing fellows-iine locking fellows" continued
he, "our country is safe with such soldiers.
say, Lieutenant, what are you arter IN iet-
ting that-are soldier walk on the pavement. l
say; Sergeant, take three men and bring nun
into the ranks y
ssThe Captain says you must come INTO the
ranks and keep STEP" addressing the stray
soldier) 81 guess shant do no sen sl,hs
I've got my feet muddy Already; and II uley
gits wet, guess as how shall be poorly ior
a month" I'M,
"You better come in now, Mr. LII
tell the Captain what you say"
"Ha. ha, ha, and what does keer Ii you
does. Ant an independence MANI :,
aCaptain, the man says he went come III"
.syYbat, not mind what say TO hiin'-a-
bominable! Well, let him have his own way
| r,,css I'll tell the Colonel, that | viii. Q
the rirht about turn, and mind that mud-hoie
Jressoeyes right, forward-left foot aiore,
lboys-keep your heads up--tine iooSins rel