Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-30

ooats, UuSy NtuitttuueS CfuWu the stf0nd, and
at the same time may be seen a number Of
the arts belonging to civilized society in ope-
ratien, house building, slip ~Auadlng, rope ma
king, the nanIpulations OF the smith and Of
the aSricultufalist; aud not onl, the useful
arts, bs, even the a,nssements aud ~Ibxuries
OF n great metropolis may be Witnessed frox,
aie spot in which We stand, that motley crowd
is collected round n ~policintllo, and those
smaller groups that surround the stalls are
employed in eaiay,ns the fasorite food and
drink Of the lazaloni.
Errors OF THE PRsss- By a Reporter.
oncc had occasion to report, that a GER
tain noble lord Vas confined 10 lis house
Win a uietsnt eoldn-neat %Hiofning, | found
his lurds.lip represented 10 BE- confined with
a violent sectd - la the same way, on the
occasion Of a recent entertainment. | had
said that the trA point OF attraction and nd
nj. alton was her tatsahip's ieohs,' His com.
pllneni was transferred by The printer 10 her
tadyship's eoo1st" My praises OF the "Itjanl
Lgtu' we're converted 10 . panegyric On the
''Afoad iYar.n In an account of General
Shaldanl,a's conduct al Uporto, | observed
that he "hedare.! ike a hero, = while the prin-
Ter made Il appear that he declared Ike q
hare we says the john BuL., .soften
suffer ia this way-about two years since. we
represented MIR. Peel rs having joined . par
~ Of tends IN Hampshire for tie purpose. Of
shooting peasants; and onl, last week 10 a
Scotch paper, We saw il gravcly stated tia.
Il surgeon was taken alive in the river and
sold 10 the inhabitants at Is and I0d. per Ii.
- lL0,udoa .3uss.
Cure( for a Passionate Jemper.-A merchant
In Loadon had = dispute with a Quaker. res
pecting the settlement Of an account. The
merchant was determined 10 briug the ques.
ton into court. a proceeding which the Qaa.
ker earnestly deprecated, ts,pg every argu.
ment in his power TO convince tie merchant
Of Ills error, but the latter uas laae4iilc -
De.lrsus to make a last cffaff, tae Quaker
called at his houae one morning, ard lnq,ir-
ed Of the servant il his master Was At home.
The merchant hearing the inqairy. and know
Iag the voise, called at the top Of the stairs,
TELL that RASCAL that | am not at home
The Quaker, locking up towards him, calm
ly said, "Ncil, friend, God pat thee in a
better mind" The merchant, struck after
ward. With the meekness OF the reply, and
having mere deliberately invested The matter,
became convinced that the Quaker was right,
aud he IN the wrong lie requested to see
him, and after acknowledging Iis errer, he
said, II have one question 10 ash ysa-how
were you able, with such patience, on vari
Gus occasions to bear my abuse.n' "FrieSd,p
replied the Quaker, II will tell thee; | was
naturally as hot ans as violent as thou art: |
knew that TO indulge this temper vas sinful,
and found that il was iInprsdent. | shsei-
we'd that in a passion men always speak a
loud, and ! thought il j could control my
voice, J should repress my passion. ] haze.
therefore, made II a rnle never 10 suffer my
voice to rise above a certain key; and by a
careful observance oil this rule. | have, by
tbs blessing of God, entirely mastered my
~nataIal Temper The Quaker reasoned PHI
losepLical'y, and the merchant as every
one eise may do, benefited by has example.
When our celebrated countryman, Capt
Parry, was preparing for his first expedition
TO the pole, sage conjecturcs were afoat, both
from the learned and unlearned. TIE reach
the Pacific though a region of ice was GER
talnly deemed inpIscticabie, and every at
tempt has yet demonstrated the fact. Two
honest farmers in our neishborhood had re-
eeiycd a newspaper, giving all the partiea-
lars Of the intended expedition, and long they
tried 10 conjecture what the pole Was, and
the reason why all thus hustle was going on.
Stop says Peter Davinson, Il see it now;
just look at the grrnstonc-that's the yearth.
and the iron a~xletree is the pole sWcel,'
said Rob Scott, what o that, What can Par
~ do wi the a~xletree o. the yearth-caa he
max il beiter?' Our geographical hero, not
the least daunted, Immediately replled,-3hs
Gamma max it better, Rob, that | ken, blu,
you know we have had som severe weathei
these twa winters back, and something maur
be wrang, and sac ye ken Parry's just gone
out TO oil the pole, TO make il roun' better
lG,ssnock .4ds
A PROLIFIC FAMILr-A friend has pa
into our hands an account OF the family an.
descendants OF John aud Elizabeth Smith
who are themselves at Huntingdon. Long Is
land. Children II; Grand Children, 81
Great Grand Children, i32-totaI 24o. q
this number 40 have deceased, leaving a snus
little family, now bale and hearty, OF itro Ain'
bred and si1ty peSsoss Three " sps ~
CLAY, 40 doubt.