Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-10-07

HE intellisencsr, speaking OF the present
~eonoiiien of the Post Office Department,
makes The following correct remark
"By the removal of five or six hundred
Post Masters, the independence Of officers OF
that description Is so far subdaed, that, in
regard to political events in their country,
they dare net say their souls are their ewn."
II is reported in Florida, that while tie
canvass is going on between Gel White and
hIs opponent Tor a seat IN the next Con
gress, an editor, in the Territory, has been
told, that il he wenld not discontinue the ad-
mission into his paper of articles friendly to
Col White, without comment, and in effect
devote his columns exclusively TO the party
opposed TO him, he should not recaive all the
patronage Of the Federal government and
lis Offices and the Printing inthe Territory
Col. hlte well remarks that ii this be
true, 1t Is a most palpable attempt 10 cor
rupt The very sources of knowledge, to poi
son the fountains of intelligence. 10 cnaea-
yor to corrupt the Press and its managers,
bot exactly as Pyrrhus attempted to bribe
the ll!astrious Faericus by legscies of gold,
butby neansc qually eilicacious patronage s.
employmentil -
we are sorry 10 see 1t statcQ llat 'Of all
ministers who ever represented this country
IN Europe, cir. RIyEs, our present Minister
to France, is the least honored, andthe most
unpopular. In aletter from an American gen
tleman in Paris, he was spoken OF as a mere
bLsak-a cipher in the world II is also said
TO be a fact, that at the celebration OF tie
late Anniversary Of our independence by the
American residents in Paris, Mr. Riyes. tho
invited from courtesy TO the office. did not
attend. When his health was proposed, it
was received with universal disapprobation.
This was followed by .'thc health OF MIR.
Brown, the late Minister" which was re.
! ceived and cbeered with the most lively en-
thusiains and applaase." We repeat that we
are sorry for this. .Aier. Ga.
1t was stated, some days ago, by the Alba
nv Journal, that the editor OF the newspaper
OF ''the party at Buffalo, in the State OF N.
York, receives $500 annually from the Gov
"ernment, under the p~yetenrs Of being an a
"geut for a handful OF indians. who went from
"Buffalo to Green Bay. The Agency emhra.
secs, ii is said, one old squaw and Two indi-
.'ans."
Upon this the Buffalo Patriot remarks
ethat the editor of the Journal labors under
eea mistake. Mr.. Stryker, the editor of the
sRepablcan, has not even the trouble ans
.'perplexity Of an Agency, which embrace
es.one old squaw and tive Indians He hat
.snothing to do with them. His appointment
.'as sub Indian Agent is entirely a sinecur'
coffee"
Here is a pension precisely in the form il
which pensions are given to buy up politlca
men under the British monarchy; that Is, IL
the shape of a s~inecure Office. What a ella
NOR should we have heard, and very deserv
edly too, If the last Administration had thu
made ducks and brakes Of the Peoples mo
ney!-.Naa. Int.
The Telegraph plumes itself upon the fac
that the Government never patronises an op
! position paper. Wonderful!
John Francis Knapp, was executed at Sa
} lem. Mass for the murder Of Col. White
on the 2Sth ult.
, The voters or electoral body of France ar
= sand TO consist ef60 600 individuals only, OF
I Off popuiAtioa Of ~S0,0o0.0o