Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-08-19

paper with the name of"Nim Nichols, work
CD AZ the carpenter business wiili--------
aud boartled al Narcer's," written on with a
lead pencil. Torch Light,
The Charleston Observer acknowledges the
recent burning OF neg,o in South Carolina,
as a public pun' hmen,, and details the Cir
eamstances OF hts cria,., which are, Indeed
most atrocious. Hut the form Of punishment
is unworthy Of civilized age and enlightened
country. Ii is Impolitic, as calculated to shock
AMI exssperate, more than TO ierrity and deter.
Sound penal law 10 determined in its sanctions
by her considerations lhsn what the criml
nal may deserve, or what horros and vengeance
might rsqaire. Ii Is prescribed in the 9Th 4.
mcndment 10 tie Constitution, that cruel
and unusual punishments shall not be iniiict
ed" Burning is unquestiensbiy Included in
that description. The spirit aud design oil
thSt CLAUSE should be respected, even IL the
Constitution does not reach the cave Of slave-
Speedy dedta sione may sc deemed the csn.
summation OF human punishment and human
reseB nent. because il commits The being ~
once Co tribunal beyond the grave, sc which
guilt mist receive its exact measure of releibn.
tien, aud before The shadow Ut which all Lu
man Judgments and feelings ssould rs il were
abdcsie aad hOa themselves nought. When.
therefore, death is il fiicted. the only Question
'SAil Nti38 Ia Tie ny WITH * may
have most effect as an sdmouitioni That fJrm
which has tendency to irrtaie and disgust
which seems TO be The choice of passion and
lprejudice, (which hardcns rather than suhdues
the minds Of those upon whom espt cially II is
lnIendsd 10 act ,--is least likely 70 be opera.
live or useful IS an example u. S. GAG.
| The Nerv Yo,k Mirror On looking over
number Of Morris New York Mirror for last
week. We perceive that its contents are entire.
lly original This would be no advantage 10 it,
were they merely original, in the ordinary &C
tceptance OF The term; but the articles, nuner.
Gus and dive,iIied are really good, each in
their way, and same OF them possess no CON
mon mari,. II is rare t. ind journal issued
lweekly, and inten led 10 please the readers OF
Iiehi t.tesature, exhibiting in one number such
! a cC,nbin alton Of various talent. wenty yeas S
| ago i; would have been phenomenon in this
eli, and il now proves two things, that there
| 5 much higher cultivation OF the mind, gen.
lcrally, among the rising aud ac;ufal generation.
lntl that an rnterprslng and intelligent puh
Usher can put it successfully Into r.qais'ion.-
Comm -7sly.
ITuE VETo Asp Mn. VAN BuRgn--tse do
not fecoi eel ALI instance ia winch ihs secre-
ita,y ol Safe has been more unsuccessful than
l,n procuring the Msysyiie road bill to be re
lice ed. 1t is solely TO this gentlenan's man
4 sgen,ent, tina, the vet" is 10 be sscribed. 1lie
-bieet WAS two told: firstly, to crafty certain
! class ot southern politicians, whose influences
Mr. Vsn nuren has, for many years, sought and
lceu-,-d q, a sacrifice, so far as he had the pow
sr. oTthe bes, interests oi his native state. And
secondly, To blight. IL not to destroy. ever,
Iprospeet ofelevs.ioa fer Mr. Calhoun. II y
well understood. that MIR. Van Buren, has NJ
4 cenes ney over the miGd oi the President
land this being understood he deemed Il eHs
, lnfng 10 abandon Tie prosperity ct The
wsst, o the pe.uienee ADD clustering OF the
south; hoping, by sseh means, 10 secure e
! lhims eli that ,nhurnco, which, under other 9th
err circumstances, might be thrown into the