Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-08-25

inenus are az the present period, IA fear
ful majority. They exceed the males by
nearly $4,000! The comfort an happiness
OF the males are, doubtless, greatly increas.
ed BY the overpius Of the softer sex; but,
when We view that overplus in its effects on
the comfort and the happiness of the ladies
themselves, We are filed with alarm for our
ialr friends. "1ss true, aud, pity It's. his,
true" that they cannot all get husbands, I'M
less the men, some of whom deem one wife
more than enough for enc man, should be
compelled to support the surplus female
population. Were an emigration OF males TO
take place, what ''marrying and swing in
marriage" theirs would he in Liverpool
a Lucky 1hief--A quarter Of ticket in
the New York Lottery. which drew on
Wednesday, was stolen from the counter of
one of our lottery brokers' during the last
week. When the news Of the drawing was
received 10 the city yesterday, Il was ascer-
tanned that the stolen ticket had GENE up a
prize Of ten thousand dollars Philad. Ina.
Col. Croeket's tast.-ln O stump speech
during the late canvas, be thus spoke:-- Eel
low-eitlzens, am opposed because am ndt
literary man. Look at your President
look at your President will spell with him
from b Gb, TO e,ucifr, and beat BIN at
that Frank. Common.
Common Sense The Mobile Register
says---"A man OF plain common sense can
no more understand how the openin. of
road or canal that will enable him to get his
produce to market in half the time, and al
one fourth the ordinary expense, is to ope.
rate, to his injury, than he can comprehend
the proposition, that forty bales of cotton out
OF every hundred he brings to Mobile Gud
their way into the Custom House in The
shape of duties on foreign. manufactures,
when he does not purchase dollars worth
but puts the money for his cotton into his
pocket"
Unprecedented .Mo,oiag.-.-H. NJ Fox, at
Sutheld, Con. moved four measured acres
Of grass on the 25th of j uly ult He began
at sunrise, and finished at one hour and TWEEN
ty minutes before sunset, fresh, and in good
spirits. There were not less than six ions
of hay. Fences were on three sides OF the
lot. and heavy fall Of rain during the fore
noon added much to the labor. One acie
OF If, aswale, in which the grass was very
heavy and badly lodged, would have been a
good days work for vigorous mower.
There are two or three instances in which
an equal surface has been moved over, but
for quantity ard quality of labor, this is ac-
knowledged TO be the greatest feat ever &C
complished in this part Of the country.
pleasant, healthy, and productive valley
Of land, surrounding the thriving village o.
DIllsburg, in York county, state Of PeLnsyl
vania, has been erected by the court Of sale
county into new township, and named CAR
ROLL, in honor of Charles Carroll. OF GAG
rollton, the only surviving signer OF the DE
claration Of Independence.
II is stated that a public meeting was to
have been held at Spartanburg Court house
on the lst inst for various purposes, and a
mongst others, that OF nominati0g Candid
ates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency
OF the United States Charleston Courier.
Conversion to .Mormonism. Oneida
Register says, that w w. Phelps, late ed
itor of the Ontario Phenix, an anti masonic
paper, has embraced the Mormon faith,
and has been ordained as an elder, and been
commissioned to preach.
CasLemire Sha,els This elegant article of
female luxury promises soou TO become som-
mon enough: an inhabtaht of Moscow has
Just constructed a machine for the fabrica.
lion Of casht nire shawls, by means of which
workman can manufacture this article with
as much ease and readiness as the ordinary
cottons. He intends making his invention
public, not desiring ever to have a patent
monopoly of 1t.
We perceive that the editors OF the Jour
nal of Health designated as one of the means
Of prolonging life, "a Happy Married state"
his Is cold comfort tor rickety bachelors,
but we think the position night be fairly
proved bS contrasting the average lives OF
the married and single.
Falling in Lore oith Large Fdmily.-
There was certain Lady Maplcbcrry,
"with six unmarried daughters; one of those
large, lively, good humouret. singing, dan
cling, riding chatting, families, where
young man seeking wife is apt to fall in
love with the Joint stock of merit and ANNA
ton Of the whole group; and TO feel quite
astonlshed, after his union with Harriet or
Jane, how moderate proportion he has re
ceived in bis lawful sixth of the music, in
formation, Accomplishments, and good hu-
mored gossipry OF the whole tribe"
: PIN Money; .Nouel.
A person who was travelling somewhere
above Natchez, CHANGED TO stop at a cabin,
where he found an old woman shaking with