Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-12-24


the present Secretaries abound in inuendoes
and charges against the last Adm;n,stra,;on
How far this conduct is consistent with hon
orable principles, we leave TO the der;s;on If
all hishminded men. When the grave expo-
slnons OF our national affairs are converted
INTO electioneering and partisan productions.
mere Is something rotten in Denmark. -
why DO not the Cabinet rely upoa their own
acts 20 proclaim their merits. instead ofinsid
iously bringing charges against their prede-
cessorsF Speaking on this subject, the BaIti-
more Chronicle says:
"We once knew an old gentleman no les.
remarSsble for his eccentricities than he was
sor ms honesty Of purpose, whose rule il was.
70 dismiss from his service any servant. who.
on coming into has employment, pictca holes.'
to use his expressions) in the xork Of ia
one whose place he was called 10 FIJI he
reasoned, and with great truth. s,hat ,he MAJ,
who could be mean enough 10 draw a COM
paTison with view of disparaping another
aud oil elevating himself. must ne,.essay;h,
iack moral honesty, and that the conscious
ness OF Il made him resort to the miserable
u'cS OF boistering up his pretentions 20 a re-
puianon 70 which he bad, in fact. no l,st
claim. lie sand, you may set it down as a
Seheiai rue, that man of real merit--of
e"u'he morui-wiu never stoop to build up
Secretary Eaions Report---a 80 ntl..,,.,
of Pennsylvania, writing TO hi. fr;end - AZ
nmore, thus adverts, incidentally. Ia the Ia
bored document Of Dir. Secretary Eaton lie
encases one OF the treasured gems of tha, 70
marSable composition, which should he In.
scroed over the portals ofths MARTIAL Secre-
tary' 10 letters of brass
vi all the miserable productions that ever
emansted from an "unfurnished brain" the
report OF the Secretary ofNvar claims prece-
dence 1.-THE rtaak and file OF the alliedpo,y-
ers of ignorance, ilhteracy, nonsense. and
folly, be now unluckily under the command of
legitimate chief. Mr SecretaryEaton has
certainly fair claims 10 brecet honour, as the
next IN order on the scale Of merit
Washengton.-Mr. Causici received $40 900
ior The statue recently placed on the Wash
mSton Monument in Baltimore. lie was en-
gagged On If for sixteen months.
Columbus, (Ot.o) Dee IL.
Unparalleled Erpedtioa.--By the extraor-
binary exertons of the Ohio Stage Company
the Presidents Message which was delivered
at Washington City at twelve o'clock at noon
on tuesday last, and was received at our Of
flee at fifteen minutes before eleven in the even
ing OF the following MISUNDERSTANDING ira
yelled the whole distance between the two
places-estimated at about four hundred and
hcefty miles over excessively bad roads in
the space of ttirty.fow hours and forty fire
manutes-a performance unparalleled in the
annals of travelling in this section of the
country. -
The Legislature of Ohio met al Columbus
on the 10th inst. Robert Lucas wasselected
Speaker of the Senate, and Thomas l.. Ha-
mer Speakero Of the House of Representatives,
without opposition.
j. G. Showers, Esq. Attornev for the South
ern Judicial District of Florida, arrived at
Key West on the 9th ult from New York
Mr. Showers was appointed to this office in
May or June last.
The Rochester IN. VI Telegraph, Of the
9th inst. states, that Judge Chiids, the Repre-
sentative from that district in Congress, is
detained at Pittsfield, by severe indisposition.
lie left home in feeble health and is now con-
fined to bis bed.