Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-03-05

OF Minister Plenipotentiary, TO the y.ry
Monarch ia whose behalf he has rs.
nonnced them Nat Jour.
There IS al present great coneourse
otsirAngsrs in this city, OF every degree
10 lite, iron the NJ IN of wealth ana lei.
sure who takes the occasion ofths insu.
guratIon OF a new President to visit the
seat OF Government, aud look upon
men and things with his Own eyes, 10 The
numolest OF the supporters OF the sue.
cesstul candidate, who flock here in
crowds in the vain hope Of reward for
services whlch they believe themselves
to have rendered during the campaign
IL rs painful to think how many there
are, even OF those who have sone claims
to office, who must necessarily return
home disappointed, because unreward
ed, and dissatisfied OF course. The stu
alton OF the President elect himself is
far from being envisbls. In tact, until
things settle down into quiet and re.
gular train, his elevated station can be
TO hlm buta splendid misery, exposed.
a. he mus, be, to fruitlsss solicitations,
IN every variety oil form, which it is
painful to reject and impossible to
grsut-Aat lat
Eleven coDvlcts escaped from the
Walnut street Psnitentiary, Ph;lade Iphia,
| between three and four o'clock on
Thursday morning. They were con6ned
10 room with upwards If twenty others,
and went regularly to work, frs. making
saws, sc. and then cutting through the
bars OF the window, aud letting them
selves down by rope. The last that
alarm, or il is supposed the whole OF the
negatives would have escaped. The
names OF the fugatives ars:--
II john Carey Smith, alias Jack Smith
Thomas Furnegan. Daniel ncAipin,
Michael Winner. Stacy Seoggy, alias
William Newell, Henry Thompson. Tho.
mas McCumpsr, alias johnson, Alex
aader Boyer, CharlesSnith, alias Geo
Dublin, alias George Mooney, Thomas
} Davis, alias John Young, aud David
Kendrick.
Smith was under sentence for life, is
notorious burglar and desperate
fellow, and is supposed to have beea the
leader
II is highly probable that some oil
these gentry will make their way to the
South, and we have no doubt our police
will be prepared to place them in sit
ua,ion whence they will DOT have anoth
Ell chaace of eseape-Bait Gaz.
Il The bill Tor the preservation and re
pair OF The Cumberland Road hiss
passed the two houses in a modified
form, the whole oil the sections which
provided for the erection of toll gates
q and the imposition ofto,!s, having been
s stricken out, aud the appropriation be
e ing The main section Of the bill.
. A letter from John Randolph wa.
e yesterday laid before the House Of Re
representatives. by the Speaker, asking
d leave Of absence for the remainder vi
The session! The remainder of the
: session ! Mr. Randolph has not beer
10 his seat ten times during the whole
session, and when letter was preseD
ted within "a hours of the close. pray
ing leave OF alb sence for the remaindel
. of The session. il was almost TOO much
{ for the stern philosophy Of .hr House
to bear without relaxation. IN Jour
The legislature oil New Jersey have
appointed Samuel l. Soulhafd. Sec
rotary of The Navy, Attorney Genera
of that state, for five years. Though
q absent, it appears Mr. SouihaTd is moi
forgotten in his native state, although
r he was unisirly dealt with on recent
q occasion. -
. HAoERsTowN, March s.
FIRE "A dangerous fire broke out
!. in this place on Friday afternoon at a
bout 8 o'clock. Although az immedi-
. ate alarm was given, and the citizens
. turned out brisky with the Hose and
Engines, il made such progress as to
!. burn W. entirely the stable in which II
q originated. mir, j NJ ilhenny's,) and
y the adjacent one belonging TO Sirs
4 Shuman. The back bulldog and from
!. part of the House occupied by Mr.
Il Moffst townsd by Mrs. 81 was very
!. materially damaged. The store OF Mr
. George Hagsr and the halter shop o.
n n A