Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-06-04
BE think q the kcrrsd CORRUPTION which

| ole think o. tue hoFFed coTTupts0H winch
peryades this land which, for four
ears psst-''the pestilence which walk
eth in darkness" has been operating in
secret, but now shows its front thus o.
penly aud boldly l-There are few, if
any of the editors Of public papers now
so beautifully compensated, with the
peoples money, who can be presumed
not to have been conscious, that in their
efforts to overthrow the late admins
tration, and elevate the present one up.
on its ruins, they were pursuing course
dangerous, not only to the prosperity,
but to the liberties of their country, and
inevitably destructive to some of its
best interests-a sacrifice they readily
consented to make for the contingent
expectation of personal reWard and pm
Uats emotaments graduate according TO
their exeitlons, and the sphere of their
influence. What, we ask, WiH the
country think, now that they can
perceive it plainly and distinctly, of this
awful system of corrupiiHg the Press,
and by means of the Press, the public
moyais2
From tie National futeiigerccr
"Retorm Asa CHiLB. OF Norwich, has
been appointed. by the President OF the United
States. District Attorney, for the District OF
Connecticut, in the place OF NArgAN SMITH,
retssUfd.
AARON oeDEv. fElizlbethtown, is appoiny
ted Assls ant Collector for Jersey City, On the
New York District in the place of JonS Con.
Die T. rem9Jed
L. MEpTART has been removed from the of
fee Of Postmaster oil Fredsricktown, lid.
WV. PIERCE has been appointed Postmaster
ia the City OF Troy, vice SAMUEL GALE, REM,
1ed
CHiuxcY IvEsis appointed Postmaster fos
the Village Of LansIngburgb, vice CALgks Be-.
KER, ressOed
Jos. WaDswoRTK is likewise appointed
Postmaster for the Town OF Pntstown, vice
JACOB DfFREEsT, rensvsd
The person who kas been appointed Post
master at Washington, Pa. in place of The
removed Postmaster 10 whom ths late Post
| master General gave so exeeilenta character,
is it appears, the Editor of a mt wSpaper
which, during the late political canvass, "was
| conducted without any regard to truth or de-
''cency. He IS the editor who charged Mr.
"CLAK with stealing a negro.'
1t is rumored and believed that Ro
bert Stanard OFF Richmond, U. S. Dis
trict Attorney, is to be reformed on, Of
| office, and Peter Y. Daniel appointed
bis successoT--Reslly these Councillors
are lucky feilews-Pot. Qrsaa
Office Seekers. - Every men, howe
yer humble his fortune. is de:ireus to
make bis soa q professional man, and
fer this purpose gives bin an education
proportionste to his limited means He
becomes a lawyer or doctor, and con-
tribute to swell The number in these
! professions. Trades are despised, aud
ali that can rush into the learned pro
fess;oAs are more genteel, and more
| likely to obtain i!nnors and distinction
In a few years, bitter disappointment
takes the places of visionary anticipa
ton, and many of those who mig BIT
| have been useful and prosperous as
| mechanics, farmers, or manufacturers,
become mere prescnbers of pills or
| 'fonenfers of village vexation," and
are ready to seize npon any thing that
will yield them support, Many, again,
are brought UP without trades or pro-
LESSONS, lead life of dissipation and
extravaganza, are reduced TO want, and
rush to Washington for office OF the
number of these Office seekers the rea.
der may form some estimate when he
learns that very lately for the hubble
situation of Lieut. of Marines, we're 4so
applicants.
Many of them have, moreover, the
strongest notions of office imaginable,
conceiving that all that is necessary 10
be done, is to get into it, without the
slightest knowledge of its duties, and
trust to chance for the rest. Men have
sometimes applied for judgeships who
had no knowledge of the law; some
seek To be sent on missions to countries
of whose language they are entirely ig
norant, and who are too old to acquire
it; and others, again desire to be clerks,
who are scarcely able to write their
names Wash ChroH.
Desperate deed!-We regret to re-.
cord melancholy catastrophe which
happened in this place last Friday af-
ternoon. In the forenoon of that day,
a quarrel arose near the river, between
John M. Jones, young man of Lynch.
burg, and George Hamilton Of Rock
bridge, and short fight was the conse.
| uuepce Jones Immediately came int