Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-07-15
For he Ga,,tf.

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2 may be made by any person, IT, as in
trown ease, they have any doubt of the
result; Tor until had seen II with nv own
eyes, performed by my own hands, could
not credit 1t as thing possible. / was told
that Yeu might fill a vine glass brfmmtag fall
OF water, aad drop into i one by one, num-
Der OF pins, taking care TO Gyop them ia with
fha points downward, and gently, SO as NOT 70
splash out the water, aud that no p>Vtion of
tHa water IN the glass would run out The
numbeE Of pms aentioDed was so yreat sc
10 mako 1t appear TO me, contrary 10 a olain
l3w OF nature. that two bodies could nat at
tae same time iil the same space Bat as the
Sesneriment IS easily mSde, | tried il.
4 ilie1 = common wine glass so full Of wa
A. IS 10 appear from the adhesion to the rim
b tn glass, more ihsn full aud taking care
D.! to sh,k Inc glass, or splash out tic wa
q eF by any violence, dropped upwards of
= hMid'sd pias iRtc tie water gently. put
n > tAe polnts In as let them fall without
p crop OF 1t running over the ed1e Of the
"iAe glass; 10 nay utica surPrize the giass be-
cane almost full of pms, and all the water
renamed IN poured OF the water then
carefully into another vessel. took out the
pms ana the water hiIed the glass again pa
ln tDe pms again aztec taking out the water.
sa9d III pouring IN upon the pins it over run The
sg!ass. II thus fact appeari as strange 10 any
soi your readers as it did to me, they will first
Pr the experiment, no dsubt, when they have
Satisfied themselves Of the fact, let some one
AoF more OF them give the yatsollaie of it. If
pc Is OWING to the compensatory of the water.
why Is st, that II does notconpress verticnLllf
~ may use the expression, upwards as well
Jas dowswards aud Literally. OJoRe.
II -
We read in Philadelphia paper Of this
Kmornlng what we did not expect to see in
\ ANY Amerieah ,Iournal-an eul 1gium upon
Coh BWr, and an appeal TO HE sympathy of
& the public il his behalf; and this on the eve
,of the anniversary Of Americ an independence.
XIhe o5'curlty, Or temporary oblivion, to
(which the man has been consigned, ought
8hot to have been disturbed ny either pane
egyrlc, pallIation or curse: his place and mode
et existence form a curious Illustration Of the
E<Sccience and popularity of our Institutions
EPoh'icai and social 1t IS not what he per.
Horned ant what he attempted at home. that
should alone be remembered when tle j;r;ne
6Shade is paraded before the public eve. bni
/ alse what re said and attempted Abroad
4 he visiter, who portrays him in colours so
8Nmains and bright, does not know, perhaps.
&hat, 10 London, he elaiaAed immunity of The
}oHtish government as British subject
a 1ot barr should not, indeed, be an object
~ private pcrsecuhon:" not even by drag
&fms nm to light ios public admiration or
J"f''hy Ban, whenever SO brought fog
E"fd' or held up at all, be must be regarded
'9ne emitted TO public reprobation y We
!aal1 apply this remark even to Major An
r. II ne survived in New York, aud q E0rtt,
r. TO iraesd, in the same situation. The
4 i''eF might have survived 10 live unframed,
ERRONEOUS aud forgotten, near the scene Of
r. most dangerous and perfidous treason: he
Fn$ht have retained his intellectual faculties.
fhd pleased visitor by his coiioauia merits;
r. might, likewise, have been represented as
4 Hlor7 F!Ftuo@s tL&S v:si0us, as ga gallant
e"i'cr m the revolutionary war,-at one time
7 iaVorite citizen of the nation" with sftoo
Orient ambtson,''-bnt, whenever publicIy
t9scFlbed IN terms Of favor and coincidence.
% as an object Of general sympathy. the
<l2ci cou!1 be only a revival of 'spublie rep
s'odtion' Every such apostate mgst ever be
Ills eoantry's curse. his chldrens shame,
81 oa'cast OF virtue, peace and fame"
q lrs'i did moi forget TO exhibit to Eneas. as
Sn1er the worst agonies of he'll, him who had
- ms native land for gold or given it q mas
l3n bosuG E' fN''"''"
~. ne moral poet would not have made his fate
SDNlefeHt, whethor he had welded TO ayariae
gof "A 100 ardent ambition" whether he had
\ ucGeeded or failed in his uefarious attempt
81 ace correspondent of the morning Daner
speaks OF Burr las monument of The ruin
S'hich even the suspicion of lawless views
81 IS on the most talented statesmen nj the
f1un'ry." There was much more than mere
$lSpieion OF lawless views; there was ah,,n.
+iapi proof full notoriety; and boastCul non-
=, 9s'nh' TOO, after he had escapad hv what
~ burke calls the back doors and s,lly mort.
~ 'he law IL was not the srf;on or 49, -
sT Oh the governments that drove him TO
Europe At was the = itherina blast Of The fin
ssee!oi general sSnrn '''0 '''
,,o, shoU'> not mold ourselves free to en-
icy u''' language, nor touch his present pri
- am. nsigniicance, ifthe eulogy and the
- n to which wa havo referred, were
8 "ol adHentuled No one should invade bis
q ie'fHaai security; but his example when. ad
X '4'Ad IN q soitened or propiliatory ASPECT,
n Genes a proper subject for such represen-
eaton ana sentence, as it intrinsieally war
fAa's and must forever incur. This j. a con-
y l2c'4re when,- as I'VE conceive the sensi.
I I'iny oil the people should he rather refined
ana excited, than deadened or perverted. ia
I.i'uoh 20 a sedltlous 'sviolason of cur laws, >
era daring breach and rejection ofthe auth
v''t! OF The general government. The best
sshy OF celebrating the near anniversary Of