Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-03-12

ueiaeed notes OF the Commonwealth
bank, TO be burnt Some discussion
took place with regard to the amount
which It would be proper to burn. Mr.
Me Connell proposed $500 900 =. sir.
iisrdIn SS0o,0o0-M Dir Cockeriil SaO0.
GOO The moncn for $500, 900 Was a.
dopted kentuckiaa.
According to the New York Morn
ng Herald, the personal examinations
oil the committees appointed 10 search
out audsrelis,e the distresses of the
poor, IN tina, city, show the fac, tina.
they are chiefly strangers In the sixth
ward, It IS sald thai hus one american
soliciting charity was found by The
gentleman who made the examination
Vhedf There at present exists in
this poetion otshe country. an uuparal.
!eled scarcity of breadsiufis, aud as a
consequence, The prices d mandsd are
enormously high For several years
past, the attention OF great position Of
our farmers has been diverted from the
cul'lS alton OF grain, to The growing Of
stock, Which was found TO yield bet
Ter profit. Hence much less grain was
sowed than formerly la addition 10
this circumstance, the last winter was
open, wet and very unfayorahle 10
gain crops-aad the weevIc has made
extensive ravaaes upon that " hich
was harvested These circumstances
combined, accoun, for the present scar
city; for we do not think II probable
that the foreign demand has had any
considerable Influence. either in pi oduc
ing the scarcity or raising The prices
II has been recommended TO the far
mers on The Miami, TO give their ntten
ton to the sowing crops OF Spring
Wheat--as il is though, lhe quanti,,
sown las, fall, may moi produce grain
equivalent to ,he growing demand for
home consumption We repeat the
suggestion, for the consideration Of the
farmers in this quarter Should the
presen. demand continue, il is beiirv
ed no crop would yield better profit.
IA scarcity of bread siuils in the
Scioto Pulley, is anomaly in our hIsto.
ty.- OlUe branch
London Newspapers = To give an
idea Of the in1mence Patronage and
circulation of the London Morning
/ CHI onicle. il is stated, that Dir Gle
ment tie proprietor. paid the last year
fifty three thousand fire hundred
pounds sterling for stamps and ex
clse duties for the Chronicle and his
three weekly papers For every paper
issued four pence stamp dutyis paid to
government, hesides l0.. excise duly
on each ream Of paper thus used
Every advertisement pays IS. Sd. ex
else duty.
Pennsylvania Whisheg--Amo mon q
the various modes taken by The friends
OF he President elect 10 testify their
affec.ienste regard for his character and
virtues, presents of different kinds, from
private individuals. appear to have
become popular. We have heard oil
the Jackson Cheese and the Jackson
,umbicrs, and many others-bus well
known disliler in Penns, lvaDia, hss
hi, upon more spirited mode OF man
ifcstiDg his regard by forwarding q
large barrel ofexcelIent nhiskey, to be
sent 10 the President when no take.
possession Of his mansion The ad
| dress on The barrel is "a follows:
ITO General 4ndrew Jackson
! President Of the Uhiied States. Pre-
scented 10 him by Tobias Funk, OF
Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in ties
ilmony Of the true regaid ADD patriotic
feeling of the people of Pennsy lvanis
'owai DIS their friend and fellow ci.izrp
the Hero of N O leans ~ Telegraph
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