Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-07-07

baltimore One Of the contractors, Ti11toa
Lysn, from Pennsylvania, had ahsconded,
ieaving the pay OF the laberers undischarged.
large body OF then, to the number. II Is
supposed, OF 500, Immediately proceeded to
commit acts Of violence upon the road. tear
ing up and deiacing the stone rails and
burning the wooden ones for several miles.
ana were making preparations TO blow up
the fine granite bridge ever the Patapsco a.
the 2Sth mile stone. The Sheriff was inn.
meuIately despatched to arrest them; but.
although backed by strong civil force, his
authority was set at defiance, and ''the
work OF destruction went on with pick axe.
shovel, spade, hammers, sledges aud the like -
lnihis state Of affairs, the Sheriff made a re-
QUESTION for military force 70 assist him:
and on Thursday night a strong detachment.
under the command Of Gen Stuart. left Bal
hmore, m cars, and reached the scene of
action about day-lght--.and succeeded in re-
storing order. Fifty eight Of the rioters we're
arrested by the military, and are safely lodg-
ed IN jail to await the judgment of the law 1t
is thought the loss win not exceed So 900.
COMING ROUND The Lancaster Penn
Herald, IN the last number, holds the follow
ing language respecting the President:
Having been among the earliest supper
tiers oil jackson for the Presidency, tits with
no ordinary feelings Of regret and mortica-
ton, we ind the high expectations we had
formed OF his civic worth and talents disap
pointed, and that instead Of the open and
honest course we had anticipated would cha
racterlze his administration, dsunion and in
trlgue have been the order Of the day. In-
stead OF the firm and fearless conduct we
| had expected as the result of his honest pnr-
poses and independent judgment, we find
the councils of our country weak and dis
| tracted-lnstcad of the confidence we sup
posed his energy and wisdom would inspire,
nothing but distrust pre- walls"
The Richmond Enquirer says: eve will
not conceal the strong disapprobation. nay,
disgust, which the transactions at Washing
ton are calculated TO inspire" Quite a con
fession. The idea is original and noreI Who
would have thought it from the Richmond
Enquirer
la the Charestown Free Press of last
week, we find that Mr.. G b Wager has de
clined the honor rendered him by the nsechan
les OF Hsrpers- Ferry, of offering as a can
dldate for the next general assembly. BY
the same raper, we have the proceedings Of
Caucus held by faction of the Jackson
party at Charlestown, on the 25th ult fol
the purpose of nominating two Jackson can
dIdateS, good and true, to be supported al
the Aug. election for the assembly. Mr. John
Orantham and Mr. Samuel Strider were fx
| ed upon committee was appointed tc
| waite upon Edward Fl Fry, Esq for the pur
pose OF getting him to withdraw as a candi-
date, Che having previously been induced 10
become one by the jackson party, this we
happen to knew;) but he refused, for which
he deserves great credit.
In recent ride through Jefferson county,
we had free and full conversation with in
tellIseht gentlemen belonging TO the admin
tratlon party, on the sub lect of Gen. Jack.
sons measures-that we found great many
OF his cid followers on the "lence," and Others
making for it, as fast as they could In our
travel, We came across an old and esteemed
Trend, Col. I'll. who, we knew to have been
| jackson man in the course of our CONVEX.
satlon with him, the subject turned on pa
| ragraph published in our paper some months
back, when we observed to him, GLOW come.
1t, Col that you are Jackson man the time
was, when we were found drawing in the
| same traces-but now we are opposed He
calmly observed, "that in 1874 he was foi
Henry Clay-that he voted for him. but that
John Quincy Adams was eiected-that he
disllkcd Adams, and be knew full well that
Gen. Jackson was the only man in the u S.
that could turn Adams out, and, that he
thought jackson was man OF good sense
| and strong mind that be would call to his
aid intelligent and eirtuCas men, and there
fore he joined the jackson ranks-hut, my
| friend, said he, | have been grossly disap-
pointed Gen Jackson is not the man tosk
him to be, and am now done with him and
his party forever shall give my undivided
| support to HENRY CLAY" Such, we have
no doubt, will be the case, on the day Of trial,
| with thousands of high minsed Virginians.
The Richmond Enquirer, of Friday last,
observes Of President jackson, s'He has been
guilty Of errors which his best friends are the
first to admit" Ii is time that his best friends
should advise him TO withdraw, at the end Of
the first term, from station m which he can
not remain longer without committing more
errors that will cause still greater loss of rep
utation He has declared the 'Hermitage'
TO be his 'schoice;" in this preference the in
stinct Of his judgment is better than the
pretended or mistaken friendship which
would expose him to labors and trials for
which he is UNFIT History will do Justice to
the General; but will acknowledge that he