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Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-23
DUTIES.


The New York J~sufnyl Of Commerce gives
the ssbjoIncd statement OF The rates OF du-
ties under the rsceht law of Congress and at
the period at which they Commence.
On and after the LIST of October next, the
duty on molassss viii be . cents per gallon
instead OF 10 gents and u draw back Of 4
centa par gallGn will he allowed on spirits
distilled from foreign materials.
On and eitcr the first Of January next.
ClSEl) tie duty on coffee viii be 2 cents per
pe41d, instead Q f5ceHts as at present. On
and alter January 1892, it will be only | ct.
No fedacil9n takes place in the duties Oh
tea I'LL The FIRST Of January, 1852. 3he rate
Is then reduced TO an average, full one hall.
On and after the 1st OF J%aupary next, the
duty Oh cocoa is reduced from 2 cents per 10.
70 / cent.
Tea, coffee, or cocoa, by being pat into the
Custom house stores, under the bond of the
importer, and Tetnaining there untl there
IS a reduction OF duties, will he subject
TO no higher rate of duties than ii imported
alter The reduction had actually taken place.
On aud after the lst Of JANUARY next, the
duty on imported salt viii be Is ceuts per
bashel, instead Of 20 ccnts.-untli the LIST Of
january 1892, when it will be further redue-
ed to 10 cents. -
s4"1te a3rta'dlS ak.-On Friday last we had
tac pleasure 81 eyaming :he b%cautifuI pair Of
White SIX Stockings which We Should sop
pose, from tAe texture aad weirlt, would
wear about as long as three or four pair Of The
common imported silk hose, and which pgepc
manufactured by a young lady Of West Riy
cr' lAlisa Miranda Richardson from silk Of
AcF own cultyation.-slanGyot. RcpaLheaa
The following scaada,op, lbo! On the Go
Vernnent Of our county is contained in a
letter itom tha notorious Thomas Coappr
81 Celathbia, to the Committee Of the STATES
burg dinner. What American Who know
.Ie character Of lie man, and his career both
~ ms natve country and in sbis. hci mas
oltsh ct the inlatuatlon ola party whi,b car.
SiFe currency TO ISLANDERS so iasuhinc3-
Charleston Coav. ~o
our government isnow q government ~.
cordinS TO tho mutual contract az indraoa
cent states, but a consolidated go,rrnrte.t
u "aich tue majority claims to Be oDnina
'eht, and denies to the minority any rigbf,
uhateyer? The Con.ttutyn IS a~22;liisst
~ construction; for he maiority pIt ~,
tti"t con''rut'ionWh.ch best suits thrir -
interest ana most e~Iic.eRdy extends bs,
own power. / know Of no 9edu;tion 60.
Fanny bat government unlimited. prs.
Cd. Saeh Is ous." 0""''
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-23

A BEN VoEAGE WoRLp IS pro-
iesting 10 Esglans. A ~xlse,ing has been held
at tbs Eoysl Institution, TO consider Of q plan
Ter a voyage of discovery directed 10 the
East Of Asia and tbs great Archipelago OF
j5s Islands that stretch from Java TO the Ka
siles, IS be performed by MIR. Buckingham.
1ne Duke Of asssex presided, the ressIations
approving Of The objects OF the voyage, aud
Ar. Buc@iagham's fitness te take the nan-
.gsment Of 1t, were moved and seconded by
Tue Duke Of Somerset, Lord Durham, Lord
John Russell, Sir Sidney Smith, DIR. Lardxer,
Col. l.. Stanh8pes Gen. Ben.ham, and MIR
James Mil. Jhs peculiar feature Of The pro
.cctcd voyage, as explained 10 MIR. Buck
ingAam, Is, that While other voyages have
been usdcrtak2a for objects purely scientific,
this will com5iae commercial with geoKraphi,
Cal researches. The individual subscriptions
towards lie building OF a filing vcs5.I which
viii perform the voyage are limited to FIVE
geiHcus. When enc thousand subscriptions
are received, The building Of the vessel vii!
he commenced. A committee was appointed
TO carry the plan OF a subscription INTO exc
%cuiion, 1T the head of which WAS the Duke
oi Somerset. -
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-23

GREEcE-A letter from Prof King TO a
gentleman in this city, dated Tenss, 18th
May, contains the fallo.:ing ramor: 10
day, it is reported, thst The Turks are leaving
Athsns and the Greeks bsginning to return
10 that phase. This impsrlant news, however,
Rssds eondrtaatiea. | think it is probably true
-ifse. | need not say that / shall NEST hear
oily rejoiee."
Mr.. King writes that there have been late.
" ia Ienss about u thousand Pilgrims, OF
" Vorshipsrso as they are called, from DIFF
l~seentparts Of Greece, Asia Minar, and Con
staalaoQls, to worship the Virgin Mary.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-23

Nr. Everett, a representative in Congress
rom ih@ tate Of %eraont, his posted iioa.
2aac htl, Of \. II. EA-coEptEoler 0. lhs
Treasury Us aa4r!
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-23

Liberals are the millions, and the Royalists
are the units. | 20 yet further than this; and
| ask whether the Ultimate object 0f all the
oxsrtions and sacrifices Of the Liberals has
not been. and is not to-day, TO retain a He
publican Government in France? Ibe state
ment Of the Times Is nos an odlous hypothe-
sis. Old France some fifty years ago., was
RoValist; but nev France ia 1880 is not so.
Old FraEce in 1898, was Cor making a change
st al risks and hazards, and eaked not for
biosd or ruin So that the object could but be
effected, France in 1859 has not GENE 10
this point. / admit it. | admit that the
French fear a violent Revolution, and that
the assignats would not be popular nor Ro-
bespierrcs be tolerated. But there are such
things, or there have been, as bloodless Re
voluiisns. twas God who said LIST there
be light" and "there was light" The MILL
oas who are power, authority and law-the
millions in FRANCE 10 day say, "Let there be
Liberty, civil and Religious; and Lei the pco-
ple choose who shall rGla over them" and ]
link ! Inay 20 an aad scf-"and there shall
EC liberty and the people shall choose thor
rulers" 1t VIII come 10 this in France. The
Journal du Commerce is daily laboriag with
zeal and talent in this same cause; and it is
hypocrisy to affect that de question IS Only q
question ST men OF NJ Pvlignac or General
bogfnont. it's a question Of principle 1t
is a question which France il3s been discuss
.aS ever since 1873, aud tharc ui!l be ne
peace, 10 prosperity. nothing permanent il.
France, III i snail aIso &c said 'end tLcre
was INT
Il secondary but highly important eject Of
tho Rcyoiatisn in France VA! be immediate
ly, and for so9e length of timc felt on this
side OF the Atlantic. Net oaly invasion bat
intrisucs, scarcely less alarming, heretofore
dipectes against Mexico, Colombia aud South
America in general, Sust now he suspended
The King Of SPAN can spare no troops, the
cabinets u karope viii look well to thor pc
euniary resources, and statesmen Will have
fuli occupation at home. May patriotism
and moderation prevail on this side the water.
NJ Y. Daily .4dv.
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-04-30
APPROVED, April, %. 1880.
PuBLIc-No. 32.l

AN ACT, to regulate and fix the conformation
OF Clerks in the Department of State
be H enacted by the Senate and Hsuss of Re-
personalities of the United States of .a,neyicn
IN Congress assembled, That tho Secretary of
State be, and he is, hereby, authorized to EN-
ploy one Chief Clerk, whose compensation shall
not exceed two thousand dollars per annum :.
one Clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed
one thousand SIX hundred dollars per annum;
one Clerk whose compensation shall not ex-
coed one Thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum; SIX Clerks, whose compen sation shall not
exceed one thousand four hundred dollars each
per annum one Clerk, whose salary, shall not
exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dol
lars per annum; one Clerk whose salary shall
not exceed one thousand dollars, TO be charged
win the duty OF translating foreign languages,
IN audltion TO other duties one Clerk, whose
salary shall not exceed one thousand dollars ner
annum; one Clerk, whose salary shall not ex-
coed nine hundred dollars per annum one Clerk.
whose compensation shall not exceed eight hum
dred dollars per annum one Superintendent in
the Patent Office, whose compression shall not
exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum two u rks in the Patent Office, whose com
pen saton shall not exceed one thousand dollars
each, perannum; one Clerk, whose compensation
shall not exceed one thousand dollars each per
annum; one Clerk, whose compensation shall
not exceed eight hundred dollars per annum
SEC. = find be it further enacted, That all acts.
and parts OF acts, inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act, be, and the same are, hereby,
repealed
APPROVED April %, 1880.
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APPROVED April I5 1880.
[PUBLIc, No. BOT

AN ACT making additional APPROXIMATIONS for
tho improvement OF cettain barbors, and for
removing distractions at the mouths of GER
tam rivers, Tor the year one thousand eight
hundred and thirty.
BE enacted by the Senate and House of Re.
Pr'Seni'oeS Of Me United States of America in
congress 0SsenDted, That the following sums OF
money be, and the are hereby appropra-
Tea Tor carrying on and completing certain works
heretofore commenced, to be paid out of any
money III the Treasury, not otherwise a2prop=i-
ted, viz
For removing distractions ut the mouth of
Huron river, Ohio, one Thousand eight hundred
and eighty dollars, and thir,y-sIx cents.
For completing the removal of distractions
at the mouth OF Grand river Ohio. five tnou.
sand hive hundred and sixty-tbree dollars and
eighty cents.
For completing the IMPROVEMENTS of Cleave-
land harbor, ONO, one thousand seven hundred
and eighty-six dollars and fiity-six cents.
For removing 2 sand bar al or nearthe mouth
OF Black river, Ohio eight thousand five hum
dred and fifty nino dollars and ssventy.seyen
cents.
For improving the navigation of Conneaut
crock OHIO SIX thousand one hundred and thir-
ty-hVe dollars aud Sky FIVE cents
or completing piers at the mouth q Dun
kirk hafbor, New York, one thousand three
hundred and foTty-two dollars and scysnty-hye
cents.
For completing piers at Rnffao harbor. New
York, fifteen Thousand four bnndcrd and eighty
eight d0llaSs
For extending ilc pier Mt Black Rock, three
thousand one hundred and nr",y eight dollars
For Improving tic navigation of Goneses ri.
yer, New YORK, thirteen tiluusund three lu::dfcd
and :hfr,y five dO.!ats.
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;, For removing distractions at ,l,- mouth or
Big S"dus Bay, New York, iii,c.n t,,ous,nJ ,v,,
hundred and eighty dollars
r"' completing the removal of the sand b,r q,
or near The mouth of Merrrnnck river NJ,ss,.
chmscus, three Thousand nv. hundred and DIV
dollars and scvcnty-two cents
For the preservation of Plymouth p,
MASSACHUSETTS,, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty dollars civ"
FOR erecting piers or otter works at or pc,r
Stonington hnrbor, Connecticut, sixteen thou
sand four hundred and nine y-one dollar. md
siSty.sevcn cents $3.50
For deepening an inland passage between St
lars.
For Improving the navigation of the Missis-
sipp' and Ohio rivers, fifty thousand dollars.
ror removing distractions to tho navigation
-, The kennebeck river, at Lovejoy's narrows.
Maine, five thousand dollars
:, FOR improving The harbors of New Castle.
Marcus Hook, Chester, and Port Penn. in the
Delaware river, ten thousand dollars
For improving tho Cape Fear river b.Iou
Wilmington, North Carolina, tweptv.t;ye ,hou.
sand SIX hundred and eighty eight dollars
FOR completing the removal of obstuct;ons in
the Appalachicola river, in Florida, two thousand
dollars. Nv" '"ousaho
for completing the removal of distractions
In INC river aud harbor of St. Marks, i'm Florida.
ten thousand dollars. y Si.r ''
For completing the Breakwater at Hvapn;.
naroor, IN massachusetts,, six thousand five hun
dred and seventeen dollaas and e,ubtv-tu,
cents. 'S"'y- WV
, For carrying on the works of the Delaware
Breakwater, for the year one thousand all,
hundred and thirty, one hundred thou sand DOL
iars ana Tor carrying on the sam, works DURING
the hrst quarter of one thousand ,ght hundred
ana thirty -one, sixty-two thousand dollars.
APPROVED April 23, 1880.
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-04-30
PUBLIC-No 3Il

AN ACt, to amend an act, entitled SAn Act
to extend the time for locating Vlrpinn ,Iii;'
tary Land Warrants and returning s,rwon.
thereon to the General Land Office. az
proved the twentieth day of Nav. one nn ap
sand eight hundred and twenty six.
Behenncted By the Senate and House of Repr,s.,,,,
OF inc united States Of 3meriea in Congress- asseSio
Ihat the officers and soldiers of the Virginin
Lincoln the Establishment. their heir.
or assignees, entitled TO bounty land within the
tract OF country reserved by the State of Virgin
IA, between the Little Miami and Sciota rivers
fhall he allowed until the first day of January
one thousand eight hundred and thirtv.two 10
obtain warrants, subject, however, to the copdi.
tons, restrictions, and limitations, relating to
locations surveys, and patents contained in the
act OF winch this is an amendment.
Sec. =. ind be further enacted, That no In.
cation shall be made by virtue of any warrant
obtained after tho said first day of January. one
thousand eight hundred and ,hirty-two; and NO
patent shall issue in consequence of anv wnr.
rent obtained after that time And that The se-
cond provso, inserted in the fist section of the
above recited act, except only that part there
OF which requires "A certificate from the Ro-
g'ster of the Land Office Of Virginia, that no
warrant has issued from the said Land Offics
Tor the same services" be, and the same is here
by, repealed
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-04-30

forogo the first law OF nature, seli.picserva,ion.
We owe them obedience generally i'm return for
the protection they afford, the benefits they con-
fer ON us, and as some compensation for the nu.
merous cares we impose on them. To obey
them therefore, is but to aid them ia tho promo.
ton of what should be their chief object, our
happiness: and tho sau.e contributes To theirs
We should even so farther, and partially sac
r'iice our happeness to obtain theirs Blu, VIII en-
they desert the path of duty, and by violating
the dictates at nature, would strike u fatal blow
to our peace, without ADDING substantially tn
their own, reason, Justice, fiiai tore. demand of
us TO resist thcm. Yes, it would be but a moor
return for the good they have conferred on us,
toyield 10 proposal, which zee known must
doom US TO misery, and could not fail in the end
to wiring their hearts with pain and anguish
For though natural affection may be smothered
Tor a while, yet 1T can never be totally extin-
gnished, and when the sequel of its temporary
suspension is revealed, and deep care and woe
are the result, it burns anew, even in the most
deprnved bosoms, and looks with horror upon its
past blindness and folly. And this should be
warning consideration with parents and Guardi-
ans themselves lest in the hour of prosperity,
when the PRO psct of Happiness seems pcrpet-
"'l, and in mspt Of excited pride, they
should commit and act, which when experience
demonstrates it. rashness and folly, they would
vainly be willing to lay down their lives, to
have cancelled.
That these remarks may have some tendency
TO avert calamity g. to secure hereafter, to eve
ry individual, the exercise of free will. in the
most important transaction of life, is the sincere
prayer of A VICTIM.
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PUBLIc, No. 2S.}

; n UBLTC, NO. .SSl y
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to refund sum of money, now in
the Treasury, TO Charles Henry Hall
BE 1T enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the United States of
America IN Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
to refund to Charles Henry Hall the sum of two
thousand one hundred and seventy-three dollars
being the nett proceeds, after paying the duties,
OF four hundred and twenty-five casks of wine,
imported into New Orleans in the brig Sarah.
by Hazard and Williams, AMI improperly con.
demned for alleged breach of the revenue
laws: Prooidcd, The said Hall shall produce
satisfactory evidence to show that the said wines
in fact belonged to him, and that he is the per.
son entitled to receive such part of the pro-
ceeds as now remain in the Treasury.
APPROVED April 10, 1880.
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+ OR EIGN

The London Courier says -" Authentic in.
teilIgence has been received in London, that
Count Capo d'lstriasis busy in in seeking to
counterfeit the project of the three Allied Courts,
repecting Greece"
GREEcE.-Tbe following are tho pripcipal
articles of tho Protocol Of London, of the 4tb
January -
The Russian Ambassador having declared that
the 10Th article of the treaty of Adrianople did
not hinder the Powers taking, with regard TO
Greece, the measures that they judged conve-
ent,a declaration from the Porte stat ing that
she adhered to the resolutions Of the conference
OF London, was communicated.
The following points were in consequences
agreed on -
l. That an armistice shall be published.
q That Greece shall be independent.
D. mat the limits, according TO the wish Of the,
Forte shall be from the mouth of tho Aspropo-
tamus to the Gulf of Zeitoun, Negropont, the
Island of the Devil, and the Cyclades being in
cluded
q. The Government of Greece shall be mon
archial and hereditary.
D. a reciprocal amnesty shall be proclaimed
by the Ottoman and Grecian Governments
6. Each of the three Courts shall have the "a.
Guilty OF guaranteeing this arrangement
2. The effects of the guaranty shall be decided
hereafter.
Z. The settlement ofthe Frontiers will be
made by the Commissioners oftho three Pow
ers.
STILL LArrR.-By the Cbarlemagne, Capt.
Robinson, from Have, we have Paris papers
(ior which we are indebted TO the kindness of
capt Robinson TO the 10Th March, inclusive
Ihey give US the decisive intelligence of the
Pror"gdf'on, not disSoiution, ofthe Chamber,
I'll the LIST Of September next.
PANS, 18th March.
P"sfScriPt-Fhe Chamber of Deputies assem-
b'ed THIS day tie President took the clair at
one o'clock The minutes of the last sittinipo
were read and adopted. One Of the ministers Of
'he inferior being introduced, his presence ex.
cited considerable attention aud agitation. His
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-04-30
} April 10, 1880.
[PUBLIc, No. G91

AN ACT for the relief OF the Mercantile In
snrance Company, in Salem, Massachusetts,
6e enacted 6y the Senate and House of Rep
resentatiUes Of the United States of Amer;ca in
Congress assembled, That, the Secretary of the
treasury be, and he is barely, authorized and
required to repay TO the President and Direc-
tory of the Mercantile Insurance Company, in
Salem, Massachusetts, out of any money in the
of two hundred and thirty dollars and ninety.
two cents, being the amount paid to the Col
lector OF the Customs for the District of Belfast,
in the State Of Maine, for duties on sails, rio.
ging, and other materials, saved from the Amefi.
can brig LYDIA, which was wrecked at Mar
tinque, IN the year one thousand eight hundred
and tweD'y-seven, and which materials were
subsequently brought back, and landed in said
District. Proridcd: it shall be satisfactorily
shewn to the Secretary of the Treasury, that
the articles upon which said duty has been paid,
were part OF the materials of said brig Lyd-
ia.
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JUSTINIAN.
TIE FAIR THE FAIR!
L2DfES' FAIR II Charlottesville,

L20fES' Fair II CHARLOTTESVILLE,
For the benctt of Colonization!
beg, Mr.. Editor, you will give the advertise.
ment of the approaching event, conspicuous
place in your paper, and not put it in an obscure
corner OF your third or fourth page, where no
eyes but those of young Misses, prying to see
who is the last person dead or married, will ey-
or reach It. But rather let it take the place of
some of those dull acts of Congress, or worse
political discussions, which value less than
Pincushion Surely, they are not TO be COM
pared to the notice of FAIR, conducted by
the FAIR am an old Bachelor. arl =. .1nrL.
be supposed that my days cr Heart fluttering are
over. But the very sound of these last ords
DO even now bring thriR of delight to my soul.
"hat an entertainment is to be expected where
the ladies preside! What order, taste, clearance.
refinement, must reign where we shall behold
at once displayed, the dignity and gentlcness of
woman Unlike the arenas of our public ex.
hibhIons, so often disgraced by tumults or blood
shed, we shall witness their gentle sway in the
harmony and good will that will prev all through
the whole scene
am authorized to vndicate the approacbn.
articles are expected to sell much beyond their
real value This, tho ladies' declare, is not
their wish or design. They do not aoDrove Of
eXtortlon or compusion in these cases. but have
always expressed their intention of affixino 70
their merchandise fair price, such as i, would
bear IN the shops and stores No, MIR. Editor
were the case otherwise, my face would no,
be visible there that day-for, you ken an old
Bachelor loves his money, as well rs most Gnlks
and had rather be cheated out of his heort than
mis- ducats. But none of the monstrosties are to
De Perpetrated that are reported to have hap
pcned at other Fairs. No Kisses, literal or
metaphoTical, are to be sold at $50 piece. lin.
deed, least small wits might be disposed to in
dulge III jests puns on the occasion, the artice
is wholly excluded) or bits of cake at $40 Oh
no fd,r dealings are TO be the only dealings
at The FAIR. Should any gentleman choose to
make the Fair present Of the change remain.
ing after the purchase of an article. il will he
very well. The Ladies will be more poiite than
TO force 1t back on him; --but they would ess
TEEN II little less than robbery to keep gentle
mans change who does not insist on il.
well, these preliminaries, being settled Nh.
Editor' L, the Ladies' friend, beseech you to
make ii known to the world, that on the IIth
and 18th days of the merry month of Nav, will
be exhibited to the admiring gaze of thousands
q hope) great variety of pretty and useful
wares, besides refreshments (wine only except.
ed) so grateful to the palate on warm dav.
AN OLD BACHELOR.
GTThe Ladies engaged in the Fair would
take the insertion of the above by the Rich
mond Enquirer, the Wing, the Staunton Spec.
tator, and Political Arena as a favor.
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LAWS OF THE u. STATES

PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
TwENTy-FIRsT CONGRESS.
PUBLIC. No. 27)
AN ACT authorizing the appointment of an ad-
ditonal Brgadier General for the Territory of
Arkansas
Be IL enacted by the Senate end House of Re.
presentatires Of the United States of .4n,erica in
Congress assembled, That the President of the
United States by and with the advice and con-
sent OF the Senate be, and he is hereby, author
lied TO appoint Brigadier General for the Sc
cond Brigade Of the Arkansas Militia
ANDREW STEVENSON,
Speaker Of the House IF Represent
tdfiUpS.
JOHN G. CALHOUN,
President Of the Senate.
APPROVED, April 18Th, 1880.
ANDREW JACKSON.
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FOR THE VIRGINIA ADVOCATE.

FOR THE VIRGINIA ADVOCATE.
Mr.. Error.
a consideration of the many evils and mis-
chiefs which invariably result from the exercise
Of compulsion, in forming the most delicate and
cndcaring Of all the social relations, bas induced