Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-12-02

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passed along heard the complaints of the
labourers who had reaped down the field, and
The cnes OF the poor whose covering he had
taken swsy-but the sound Of feasting and
reveiry was IN his apartments, and the unicd
beggar came lettering from his door But
he considered not that the cries of the de
pressed were continually entering the ear Of
the Most High. And when | knew that this
man was once the teachable child that | had
loved-the beautiful infant | had gazed ON
with delight said in my bittcrness-sI have
seen an end of all perfection and | laid my
mouth in the dust.
Lotfcries.-lt is surprising to us. that SO
long after the excellent example Of England,
the American legislature has not abolished
lotteries. In the meantime individuals and
religious bodies are protesting against them,
and we doubt net that before long, the eyes
OF the nation win be opened to the enormity
Of the evil, What shall we despair Of when
we learn that the populace Of Paris have put
down public gambling, which the late gey-
eminent, we lament 10 say, takes no step to
abolish, though it protrudes into the very
vicinity Of our most fashionable abodes, and
might, we fully believe, without any inpro-
per or unconstitutional stretch Of power, be
promptly, and effeeiualiy suppressed We
are led to the above remarks by a series Of
excellent recent resolutions Of the General
Assembly Of the Presbyterian church in Anne
RIGA, denounced lotteries as 'Iegalizcd gam
bling and urging the duty Of suppressing
thcm.-Londoa Christims Observer.
Newspapers. - There is an eloquent eulogy
on newspapers in one Of The Boston Journals
"a hint read in a newspaper says the wri-
ter, ''nqay influence a thoughtless mother in
the education Of her child and new energies
may be developed in the child, and new OBJ
jccts to those energies--she in her turn be
comes a mother, and her children derive a
teniold benefit from the original caution that
arrested the attention of the grandmother.
This may be of the stuff that dreams are
made Of but we sciH hope that the newspa
per press, with all its errors, abuses, and ne
glect, does much fer human knowledge and
human happiness. How carelcssly we read
the newspapers! We glance our eyes over
the marriages and deaths, and, seeking no
acquaintance there, we think no more OF
them. Yet what deI4h Of human feeling,
what intensity OF human suffering. ATE con
veyed in the tidings we read so coldly! The
bride has lett the home of her youth, the
protection OF a fathers roof, and thrown her
all Of happiness iuto the hands Of ono; life. no,
infinitely more than life, is riskod on the 'haz-
ard of a die:' and God, Goo only knows whe-
ther il will be OF good or evil. But what
have we TO do with her hopes, her fears--th the
world bathedin the sunlight it will never wear
again, even il her bright perspective do not
prove all a deiusion? What to as are the e.
motions OF a spirit .burdcneI with the excess
OF orr strange natures quivering happinesss
We only read in a newspaper that she is mar
ried. We only see that MIR. Such q. enc is
dead, and left a widow and children to mourn
his loss. what think we of the long, mid
: night viglls--the heart breaking tears 1.-The
gasping farewell the lonely spirit sinking
under the strong graspof passionate despair.
peratious CiretHnstance.-A gentleman,
who has for many years been engaged in
mercantile pursuits in the South Seas, and
who has been absent from this country since
the year 1928, arrived in New York last week,
and as nc learned that he could not proceed
to Boston before the ensuing Mcndny, he
wrote TO his wife, and requested her to re
pair TO Nav York, to receive the fond em-
braces of a long absent husband, who had
just returned from a seven years voyage
with an ample fortune, Ike fruit Of labours
and OF pii atoms. A few hours after writing
to his wife, he found that it would not be
necessary for him to make any delay in New
York, and he accordingly too passage on
board the Chancellor Livingston. The wife
received the letter Of the husband, in time
to take the steam boat passage at Boston,
and accordingly proceeded TO this town and
took passage on board the steamer Wash
ington. About the time the Washington de-
parted the Chancellor Livingston came INTO
this port, bringing with her, HER happy hus-
band who Immediately proceeded to Bostsn,
and on his arrival in that city learned that his
wife had gone to New York to receive him.
The husband Immediately took private car
riage for Providence, and arrived here in
time 10 take passage in the Benz Franklin,
and OH his arrival in New York was informed
that his wife had proceeded to Boston in the
steamer President The hus band then took
his ''land tacks on board" and proceeded to
Boston; bat whether the husband and wife
have yet come together, is a question we
cannot answer. 1t is probable, however, that
they have we wish them much Joy, and all
the happiness that so long a separation of
THEN loves pre- eminently merits. This Incl
dent, is one of a thousand that grow out OF
the celebrity that is afforded travellers by the
introduction sfsteam navigation - Proc. paper.
There was once to be a meeting Of the
flowers, and the Judge was to award a prize
to the one pronounced the most beautiful:
"Whs shall have tho prize?" said the Rose
stalking forth in allthe consciousness of beau
" fstVho shall hava the nrsza9s sold tha