Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-08-12
wEBsrER's DICTIONARY.

Thr icsraet writer possesses more correct
views OF the labor devoted by Webster o the
CO npletion 81 his gigantic enterprise. than the
author Of a review OF Foods Johnson, which
was published, we believe in the Amsriesn
q ,,rtetiy. The latter DID MT appear Ia have
been aware ct the extent 10 which oar Lexico.
erspher carried his inv ssigasions into the
structure ef the o-ieaisl tsrea .re, a,r 10 hlse
sppfehs n ii thai he pursued his researches
nurh farther than Tho ingeniaaa author ~ the
: pisersions 81 earley.'- Y. Spse'aisr.
In this work, D.. webster has exhausted
the tab'r of along life, aud IN search ~ mate.
tia's, visited the Royal Library al paeis, and
the iihrsFies nf the English Universities. OF
hts genealogical researches, feel myself but
inperfecty q ialitsti TO Judge. my own studies
having been IN different department. know.
haseser, that he entered oa these pursuits
more than thirty Years sgo, With an ardent AL
mira'ioa = the writings OF Home roukes and
that extending hss inquiries 20 the eastern dia.
ieels, Which were enkoown TO the writer, he
has gradually emhrarcd more than twcaty Ian.
guages within the circle of his investig
and fntde them I'll sahserYie.t TO his research.
IS into tile origin and progress ct our own
that these inquiries should presee, many
things OF doubtful probability, is Of course Ia
be expected. That many new relations be.
tween our and other iangHa-es are pointed
rai meaning # words. will, presume. be ob-
1sris 10 I'll whn take an interest in such dis
cushions The number of thcsc. however, fa
this country Of leaes Is Comparatively few and
20 others, such ing lsres viii present perfect
blank, or will perhaps asiorI fruitful theme
for rldbea'e. This work. as iefmng dictions
~, have been led, from the nauge of my
pursui's. 10 examine with close s,tephou.
have even colisted the greates part of is pa.
Has IAftf fF,fsn
~. is ,ls,s respect ,ae improvements appear
TO me numerous ard h shiy important. May
thousands OF the most cur mon senses Of terms
were either overlooked by ilr. Johnss1. or have
found their way into the language since hts
time In scarcey single instance have these
dehclencles been supplied by the English ed.
tors, or even the most gfaring erro corrected.
bat the dictionaries oil our language sse Efiy
years benin the progress ni knowledge among
the English nation, ~ recorded IN our books,
is tact conceded BY every one who has taken
the psns TO examine the SUBJECT. DR. Web.
sier bes'slts aiding very largely to the number
OF definitions, has giyen 10 them, in . great
degree, the preris ION OF modern science; and
although every attempt at this kind must,
ifam tie sture OF the case, be Liable 20 many
| iMferisctloss. We caanot bat thna that he will
be eitimaely egarded az having carried FOR
ward Eaglish lexicography as much Beyond
the point where il WAS left by johnson. Al
Johnson himself advanced il hey and s.is prtde
cessars. xe most men who have long con.
tenpla'td the irregularities vi English orihsg.
rs9hy. DIR Webster has been too anxioue 81 o.
bsriy to accelerate itB ssD@ progress towards
Srictsr anaiogles. His alteratioGs are no, in.
deed very numerous but supported as they
are by EeHeral principles. and harmless as they
are Ut sA events, he VIII stu undoubtedly be
table 10 tire charge of aihe aiieciation Of spell.
Ing better than his neiehbors" We we're
afraid that the real mer's os this most excellent
wefk wnutd be overiooked for q time In
tins. however, we have been deceived, Tor q
British edition of THE American Dictionary 10
IN the course capitalization. which we under.
stand willi,sal The splendid American edition"
Fine Goesekerries - We are indebted TO our
much resps cted fellow citizen, Isaac McKim,
Esq. for d'zen OF his very Superior gooseber-
ries--rfn.a'ka bolh Tor size and aayour--
measuring trpsn three To four inches IN circum-
fetenee Air. McKim appears to meet with
no dtiasuiiy 80 producing this excellent frat,
rs lac has had them in abundance tor many
years 10 succession. The question thcn natu
rally occurs-wiy may not others do the same,
and -hy are not our kets ahuadanlfy sup.
piled WITH the superior, instead vt the worry
inferior fruit that generally ecta pses the s,alsf
we believe The answer 10 be literally this
careless indifference TO the future, and hsbita.
al dependence on old ihirgs and cid customs
for very Indifferent supply for the present.
'The new gooseberry bushes will not beat
for year or two, the old ones will, such as IL
ST viii set out some OF the new ones next
,ear.7 Now next year. like TO MORO ", and
10 morrow, and 10 morrow never comes; aad
hence the gooseberry bushes are never set
out, and hence We never have the Improved
fruit. With gardeners aud farmets, 80 with
eysry bod. else, the thing TO be done next
year, is never done, and IL occurs 10 us tina,
the reader, By sabstitutiag the name OF any
ituit OF thing for goosroerries, IA these re.
marks, may make them applicable 10 any other
thing or pursuit in human l1le.-.3ns. Fa'nser.
.9nserican Poreeiasn. The last number Of
Professor silimsn's Journsl, speaks 10 terms oil
high eommeBd stion OF The porcelain made BY
Mr.. Tucker OF Philadelphia. The editor re.
cently paid visit TO the nianatsctofy IN thai
city, aud from the vigour add success witt
which il is carried on, together With the good
judgment. perseverance and efficiency OF the
proprietor, en.eriains the fullest conviction
thai the establishment will be permanent, aud
| will increase m proPosn to the demand for
! the article. The materials OF which the por
celzlnis composed, are obtained IN the grsat
est abundance in The southern parts OF Psnnsyl-
vsnia and ID lawaFe, Besides the proper por
oeiain clay, feidspar aud quartz are seldom V
cd, chg former in tuuHd in . huge vein in Dris-
ware. The most common pisseszss Of great
| beauty, and many OF tbs IN sufficiently 90 10
form ornaments for cabinets, being bat llitis
inferior to the sduIasis Of the Alps. The teld
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