Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-10-08

eeipt OF tn.t Letter, the Editor, copying I, a.
companies Il with the following remarks.
"Ika' letter ssia cost NJ. B,aa,v I.
~ does not, 1t will be only bec.u,- 10 80.
val sss determined upon before. N ,h.r. ~.
any balancing, this letter -sU surn ne ,cal. :.
gainsf him. MARK Ir-Hx Will .s &c..
fsHKU. But We DO su.becs that it was de,erm;r
50, Osiore TINS that Mr.. Bradley, ga coed coz.
there could be any safety in entru,tinS ~. a.
ties to another hand" W. W
We should say. five believed in modern M;
racles, here 10 one who has The gift Of prophe
cy. Instead whereof we say, here is one who
sas knowledge OF men, and Of the springs of
human sctien, that would in elder times have
subjected him to persecution for sorcery For
no man who did not deal in witchcrsft could
have made truer divination.
we nov put u seriously to the Public .zhe,h
G t"e nhnuence which controls the General
Post Otfice IS not fatal to the character for ;,,.
gritty and Independence which scou;red. aad
which Is necessary maini ain for II. the eonf;
dence OF the American Peopie.-.Maf. Izs
We near that VIM Steuben Smith and =
Chapman have been removed from the s;,u.,;o,
of Clerks in the Second Comptroller,. t,I;cs
The objection to the frs. OF these gentlemen
IS, that he is the grandson of the venerable Iobn
Adams. and the brother in.isw Of the Ex Pre-.
s'dent Adams The objection to Mr.. Chapman
,s, we suppose, thIl he did not favor the eiec
ton OF General Jackson to the Pre- ,idency.
Went ia sea from New York, on Saturday.
U: s. ship Peacock. Passenger, Cant. Elliot
who goes out to take command OF the West In
dia squadron. The Peacock was fitted with
suit oil cotton duck sails.
The editor Of the National Gazette has re.
ceived the supplement to the Bogota Graceta
de Colombia, OF the 18th uh. which contains an
important document--o general armishce. or ra
tier Preliminary co,suenfisn Of Peacs, 5si,seen Co.
tonibia Uad Peru. 1t was signed on the 18th July
at Bolysr's head quarters, in Bujo, on his par,
and on that OF Don Augustin Gsmarrs, cemman.
der IN chief OF the army of the Peruvian Re
pubic, with whom he negotiated. The drrs.
tion of The armestice was fixed at seventy days;
aud all hnstiliiies by sea or land we're TO be
suspended; the department of Guayaquii and
its fortress were to be put al the disnos, of the
Government ofColomba.-the blockade ofthe
southern coast of Colombia was TO be rsised, and
negotiations for dt finite treaty Immediately
instituted
The Trustees Of Dickinson Collsgc, at their
late meeting, unanimously elected the Raw Phi.
up Lindsey, President of that Institution, and
there is reason to believe that he will accept of
the appointment. DIR. Lindsey is at present
President of the University a, Nashville. Tenn.
and was formerly Vice President Of the College
OF New Jersey. The annual commencement
took place on Wednesday last. The degree of
Bachelor Of Arts was conferred on thirty two
students, members of the senior class.
Lieut.. Constantine Smith, Of the Ma
rine Corps, charged with the death Of
late Lieut.. Bourne, Of the same Corps
in duel has been tried at the present
session of the Superior court of Law
for Norfolk county, and unanimously
acquitted by the verdict Of most intel.
ligent jury Beacon.
For grape ,cine The editor Of the
Lynchburg Virginian has been furnished
by DIR Owens with the following receipt
fer making wine from the American do
nestle fox grape: ITO every bushel
of fox grapes add twenty two quarts Of
water, mash the fruit and permi, il to
stand "a hours. then strain il through II
men, and t. every gallon Of juice add
two pounds Of brown sugar; Gil the cask
about three fourths full, and let it stand
open for ID days; then close the bung."
Mr. O'Connsii has been reelected to
the house Of Commons.-There appears
to have been great order at the election
mo outrage occurred, nor was drum.
ken man, nor sHILLELAGH to be seen
The manufacture Of paper from straw APP
pears to progress rapidly. The Meadvlle
Messenger informs, that sHCol. Magaw is en-
gagged in extending the number of his straw
eaters to meet the increasing demand for pa
Iper manulactur from that article. In addi-
ton to three watts, a machine has been put IN
successful operation at his works on Wood
cock, and a second machine is being erected
at the mill in this village Our farmers in the
lneighborhood win consequently have con-
slant demand and good price, for all the
straw they can produce"
From the Illinois Inteiligepcer
We understand that the party of English
emigrants, said to comprise forty families,
who lately came in by way of Canada, have
settled in the vicinity of Jacksonville, in Nor
gan county. They have shewn their discern
ment in selecting one Of the choicest spots in
our State: and have betrayed great good
sense in settling in a denseiy populated neigh
borhood, where they can have many of the
comforts and conveniencies to which they
have been accustomed, instead OF gong, as
European emigrants too often have errone-
o,sI,, ,lnna into the woods Ne wish them