Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-30
NO. 40.


SUNDAY.
The daily occurrences oi q week Of
busisess absorb the n.inG so much. thak
wee Il not for the regular returp of the
Sabbath, a msj 'riss of human beings
would nesrl, ierge. that any thing elsa
was necessary ia his world bur money
when tits needed. pr,sisicas when hua.
cry, clothing to cover, luxur,es 20 feed
our psnpersd spp.tites Bot Christi.
anily has consulted the wants Of nsu
ard The weakness 81 his nature, by the
instruction Of one day in seven.
How happy the yittnous man must
feel 10 escape from toe iramalets oi q
bad world TO ona day OF sober refac.
ten, ofrious indulgenee, or Of religious
consslaiion ! The nsriner, who, alters
week of storms and gIsem, happens to
spsnd one day 90 tbs sunny shore of
some vefdsnt island that rises out Of
the main. cannot isel more grateful foe
his good fortune. iLan he, who having
westhered the Nisgisiags Of the week..
sits down 10 his own pew, in bis ewn
church. aud joins in lbs service Of his
great Makei.
MASisa BusrSrss-The Editor Of the
(Eng) Gazette, is condoling With his pocket
for the less Of so pounds and Costs awarded
agait.si him fer libel, tells the following ancc-
dote, as u gentle hint TO and concerning the
prosecutor, whsi il appears was . limb Of Tho
law
some years since the Printer Of this pa,er
smarted froS the rssoery Of an attorney.
who saeculated n n~csicss- the case WAS this:
"a woman " the naze of Hamilton was
tried nj the Old Bailey and found guiisy 81
attempting TO foster al illcgifiina,e shlld ON
the Spanish Ambassador DON Cafioal-
Shortly after her trial 4 paragraph appeared
10 the I.ondsn Papers 10 this efeet-.'Ths
hrs Jane Ha,nll.oa, Who Was triAa last week
al the Old Bailey, u as the wife OF a printer
OF Fleet street, and figured sometime on tho
boards of Drurv." This paragraph was co..
pied inio most vi the Provincial Prints, and
this amongst the rest: in a sisrt tine ac-a
tons were brought against the twelve PAPERS.
svon the alleged grounds that the Mrs Hem
Ilion who Was tried Was named Harriet ard
hot Jane. and that therefore The said jane
was iaJuret IN her reputation, SC. The acton
went ON Tor some time. when the diff
fercDt printers, knowing the complicated and
uncertain nature If the ias Of libel, conppro-
missed by paying 80 pounds zach, and ll,f vt
toiney who brought the actioa received 60
pouads for staying the proceedings. But
mark the end! The attorney and The gsseten-
ded Mite. jane quarrclled about the spaii-tho
truth came Quit was proved that t.4s at
tornsy rrots The paragraph Liaqsey. sci IL -.
lug, and then drought the actions and peck
eted the money. lila career ended b. brusg
struck III the rolls: Wa make no application;
but Nous resyois.
HE LATn Col. WuIgT-Gorien. the
bisiorian- after dcxcritLg Gen Iiegkin3sr's
atten. pt to relieve the tort, and his dcieai in
the attespt, says
"St Lcger left no means aniried to mako
il.e most OF his victory. On the 9Th be aent
a flag 10 the fort, and endeavored to infimi-
date the garrison by nagaifj inr lis own
strength; tcIlln. them That Ear2uyae, after do
siroying every ihing ia his way, was at Alba
ny, and declaring that the Indians wefs detes-
mined, ii they met with furiier resistance, 10
destroy all tile men, women and chilaIeA ens
the Mohawk river, and - scon as they got
into The fort TO Kill every nias belonging to
1t. Col 6ansesosrt, tie ce@maHdant, re-
fused making any answer, ef 10 listen 10 any
proposals uais s. made ia writing. The next
day st. Leger tried the same scheme by let
ter, and receiving ier answer, tbs; tho colo
mel being entrusted wiki the charge lf Tho
garrison by the United Status ef il aiefica, ha
would defend the fort at every tazald, and
to the utmost extremity. The niaht before
the letter was seat, Col Willt and Iieaien-
ant Stockaell. a good voodshaan (as they
style him who can steer his slnee for course
through the sha.y and painless woods with
a degree Of certainty and resdinsss) under
took 10 attempt conveying intelligence darn
into the couatry Of The danger the fort was
in. and Of the necessity OF relieving il. They
left it at night, and crept upon their bellies
for near half "a mile, enc they had to cross
the path from The Indian camp, on which the
Indians were continually going forward and
backward, for a long lime they heard the Indi
an yelIs sounding in their ears on each side
OF them. They however escaped every dam
ger" -
AcctpTsT-A young man went into the
belfry OF the Church Of Lancaster, Mass. on
Monday afternoon, with q party Of young
ladies, and in reaching over 10 look at tho
clock from above, his foot slipped and he was
preclpsiate6 1, the ground. An sncle and .
wrist aud we believe some other bones wsrc
broken. The friends oil the young man live
in Virginia: he was attending the school Of
Mr.. Cal ter Of Lancasters-C Courier.
The Anti Masonic Convention In Phila-
delpbla, adjourned sn Friday. A resolution