Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-08-18

~ us, Esq the talented and enterprising
ditor Of that paper, has retired from the es-
Establishment. We part fren Mr.. Davis with
|feluctance-he was decidedly the eblest edi
Dor West of the Blue Ridge, but declining
tate of health caused him to retire from the
business. He is succeeded by JAMES u.
BRecKs, Esq gentleman from New FORK.
4 lie is said to be gentleman of fine talents,
and is fayorably spoken of as a writer. We
wish Tim success.
The Telegraph contains the following par
sgraph; and we could not help laughing at
1.-The sang freid displayed in its turning over
the President TO his .'idols."
"a Owe give extracts from the Louisville Ad-
|5ysrtser, the Frankfort Argus and the Wash
Eington Globe, containing all the information
(which we have on the subject of the Western
Efleetiens They indicate clearly that Mes.rs.
and Blair have fosght the old hero
INTO loss. We are apprehensive that the
Senator. and majority of the representa-
hon IN the House, viii beopPosed to the Ad-
<tDlnlstraton. IL will be seen that the Loals-
nile Advertiser and the Globe are desireus of
tasdng the odium of their defeat on the Bank
|bf the United States This won't do'
John c. Herbert, Esq of Prince Georges
Ekounty, Md, who was nominated as the Jack
BON candidate for Congress, has withdrawn.
John c. Calhoun has been nominated by
"a public meeting IN the City of New York
for the Presidency.
Whatne9t2 The fearless Washington Cor
respondent Of the New York Journal of Com,
merce, who was about the first to allude TO
the disgraceful scenes at Washington with
which the people Of the United States have
become so thoroughly acquainted concludes
one of his late communications thus:
In the course 0f last week, Mr.. Berrien re-
#ceived from Col h. NJ. johnson replication:
(which having been written evidently without
1.-THE knowledge that any thing had been pub
Hished here in relation to his splendid nege-
Biation. formal or INFORMED (and there are di
3pe,aatic agents, that may in an emergency
assume either capacity,) it has, much to the
"a amor of Mr. Berrlen, been reserved for the
xpresent II will be seen ia this act, that all
The power Of the combination against him.
Eincludng the President and his malaga ADV
6crs, cannot shake the integrity OF parpose
III John Mcpherson Berricn know him Of"
DID, know bis temperament, and ! know
something Of the morality which tempers his
@conduct pledge myself that controversy
Tor combat with him is a'loslng game Let
Ethose who have MT measured with him the
#length of his bow, beware, lest thew find
Zhin an archer OF skill He seeks no conflict:
lie loves peace; endures and iorbears; but
&klever compromises principle or truth.
III | foresee that the reckless and offieious
ford0n about the President, viii inevitably
brng into the discussions Of the day. part
#EUiars which have been generously bostpe
Efed, to give his new Cabinet a chance 10 do
.omething to reclaim the IllustriGus. but aau-
bed citizen, who now presides as chief ma
pistrate of the United States II the aitaS
a alive must come, there are those who dare
#retort, in self defence, that which will put an
Eend to the malign "intluence," significant
Etern, which will not shortly be expelled ilom
#the CABINET vocabulary. AS have myself
been doomed TO ostractSn., | have little induce
EAment to compromise; and not one day pass
3es without temptations TO cali up an ecelalr-
6issement which would astonIsh and contound
all the moral part ef the people OF the Uni
II ted States. | have been disposed since the
dissolution OF tse late Cabinet, to give the
Il President every chance TO restore the char
N acter OF the government, with the aid OF the
/ new Cabinet; in every member OF which
1 have the most unqualified confidence; but
have very little reason to hope or expect,
that any improvements IN the secondary and
more humble order Of affairs Of the executive
i departments of the government may be ex-
81 pected. thorough reform, "ab oUo oSque
~ nata.'' is necessary. to rtinstate the original
7 purity which we, the people, once recognised
and determined. We must and we shall
have it
The Secretary Of the NAVY, Com. John
Rodgers, and Mr.. G. w Goldsborough. Sc
cretary to the Board of Navy Commission
ers, arrived in Baltimore on "Wednesday, and
proceeded to Philadelphia.
Mr.. BERsrEN's address to the public, reach
ed Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday, seth
uIt by steamboat, in a shsrt run from Wheel
lng.
E Il is worthy of remark that there are now
three broad pennants flying in our harbor--
HE blue, red, and white: the former at the
Navy Yard, under Com. Chauncey; the red
on board the Potomac, Com. Downes; and
the latter on boaro the Hudson, Com Cas-
SIN, just arrived from the Brazils Ny Gaz
III fURLIC SPIRIT We understand that the
II National Road is UNDERGOING rena;rS ~ va