Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-04-21
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chester, was eiected Prssident Of the Com.
OF ApPeals-and the four gentlemen. nov<
y npon the bench Of that Court. we're re else
ted Judges OF the new Court, viz: Judges
BROOKE, Csbeh, Green and Carr. They wsrs
4 elected IN the order Of seniority.
Inc two iseuses OF Assembly have had
senierence, In which they have settled down
On the one Judge system. The State TO be
faid OIL INTO 20 Circuits, and 30 Judges,
clothed beth with Chaneery and Common
Law powers. The Legislature, at eur last
edvices, had nothing 90 do except the cleo
ton OF Judges, which It was supposed would
met occupy alsnger time than about two days
#so We may reasonably Calculate upsa Tie
Lesislature rising very seon.
We omitted In eur iast 10 mention that the
Ssoate have rcceded from their original plan
OF hslaing the elections, this year. in the
month Of June. The msn:h Of August IL
fixed upsa for holding thi, wears elections
4Hereai'er in tho month of April. Our devil
sshas whispered IN our ear. that several pacs
3&re in keeping. and will no doubt be en- the
tnIt Ia August-should it not be too warm.
The case was mentioned to us few DAVIS
ego 81 gentleman. who, wishing 10 go TO
siartinsburg, "a miles, was obliged to take
tbS cto 90 4st 1kCpAIEsteHU, III f1ilES DtJ0Eu,
and there hire gig to convey him to Mar
tinsourg. Ine expense was probably about
FIVE dollars Now we wish 10 inquire whcth
or the mail contractor between Winchester
and Martinsburg is not al this moment paid
semetbiag over one thousand dollars to carry
the mail W stsges three tiges week and
whether he has not been paid at this rate
since the nrst Of January? We woald ask
further whstl;er the contract is not iarmed
out fer half this sum, Will, the condition that
the sub-centraetoF shall carry the mail on
horseoackf we oil course suppose the pe.t
master general to be ignorant Of this abuse.
and we shall send him a copy Of this paper
that he may be apprised of it-Wts. Hep.
The New Hampshire Patriot states that
Eben l.. Childs, OF Portsmouth, has received
the appointment OF Clerl, in the General Post
Office, and "wauld like 10 be informed WHO
II is that has Imposed this Blue Light FEEDER
alist. and bitter resiler Of General jackson,
upon the Postmaster General Itseeais from
this that some decent man has been apl,sint-
ed 10y mistake, and he will. no doubt be saee-
IDLY decentralization Pa.iadium.
aha transportation of merchandise in wag
Prs frcna BALTIMORE 10 the 0ais R'.sr is said
Q pc, and IA dsupt correctly, tiarca cents per
sdad for the whole distance, which is ADORE
ix er seven dollars for a ten iais high
harse. il is stated in the American This NOR.
lug, "has had the effect, Of suspend.ng
4 we transmission Of coffee to the Vest il
&lns whole distance On the Rail road fram Bal
lfaere to the Ohio river should be three hun
rsu ans nifty mries-and it will net be mere
me csst oil transporting ten VIII be euly
'"en'y-she uoiiafs-isss tso's one cent per TO-
4aitnaefe .ihas,icsa.
This information cahnat fail to be accept
able Is our friends in the interier. tlil mere
50 will bs what follows:
Assuming the whole distance frsn the Pc
temac at Washington to the Ohio riye r to be.
as above estimated, thrse hundred and fifty
~ascs, ths whole cost OF Transporting q ton
OF msrchandize upon TIE Cs'lal viii be less
&thsn enc half Of the estimated cost of trans
EFortatlsn on the Rail road. Tbs Charter for
|4bias the Company from charging tell bigh-
hser thaa at an average rate 81 TIVE cents per
ton per mile: say seven dslars per ten for
#the $50 miles; and the expenses OF bsat
JearTying 90 tons, including that Of the horse
pr sther power employed, would, we believe,
Pc largely estimated. for the distance mcn-
ioaed, at dollar per ton, making altcgeth-
Pr eight dollars per ton fer the cost of trans
srtation. We have mentioned fifty tons for
80 SdPaci'y oi tue SCAT, Dut IL Is calculated
That the canal is Of sufficient dime asions and
zHepth Tor boats carrying ninety tons.
.Nsi Int
The Census The whole population of The
ntted States, according TO the recent cen
3ss, is liz, So ISL souls 0ftbis number there
re upwards Of geo geo slaves.
~ Aneng the arrivals at Richmondl last We elk
was boat from Pattonsburg, on the James
yer, containing, among ether things, 90
taiss oil Tennessee cotton. which had been
conveyed In wagons fron Knoxville TO Pat
ztonsburS. The distance from the latter point
Re Rlchnend, by water, is computed 10 be
tito short Of 275 miles.
Il at the last election for Presidential cleo
Mors, SIX hundred ystes were given in the
AeTs OF Ii in this State, for the A.
Sans ticket, and enc vote for the jackson
Fhcket. After the election OF Jackson was as
seertalned, this enc vote was claimed By hall
dozen indidvidcals; TIVE gentlemen, neither
u whom save the vote, grounded upon il an
plicauons Tor office, and one OF them sucse.d
ssed IN obtaining an Office sstos paper.
Nj Circumstances are mentioned in the Ohio
!btste Journal. that confirm the report which
s r as published few weeks since. oi the death
by Geld, efa whole family of migrants in the