Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-05-19

From the National Intelligencer.l

n ith his son. whom he is about TO place I'M
Der the care Of PHYSICIANS there Major Lew
Dc makes journey ON public business 10 that
blaze Mr. Kendall, the Fourth Auditor, ha.
|4axe of absence for msnth, and intends TIA
8 \ his family to see bis aged parent. in Mas
&achuseus Will net this fIl the opposition
prints with alarm in relation 20 the conduct
ri the public concerns? Ho,c tsiH the fresi
ssnt possibly get along under such dcprirs-
$io,. especially he las mol yet brought his
sae,e CABINET about HIM We trust our eppo-
Bents will fRd ssae relief 10 their anxietie.
drsm the same considerations which suggest
BID themselves to an honest Pennsylvania
Who came to this city in the midst of the hub
bub about The dissolution of The Cahinet:-
|3What, (sad gentleman to him } what will
fhink of this business in Pennsylvania, will il
pct produce great CONSERVATION there?" Not
bit all--not at all replied The worthy man
|from Miillin,) the people Of Pennsylvania
fknow that with }c'o good Clerks their Pre-
.sident can manage the public business as well
3ssithout as ,rHh Cabinet
Upon cur word, we hardly knew, which
most TO adaire-the naivete Of the question
(which the official has put, hew the President
acan possibly get along without the assistance
|3ef DIajsr Lewis and Mr.. Kendall, or he no.
|velty of the avowai that heads are OF no use
|ts departments. A worthy patriot we remcm-
Il Der, new no more, who was dissatisfied with
ssme of the. heads of Departments during the
late war, gave AT a Fourth Of July dinner in
This city. as toast the sentiment, Heads TO
EDepartmsats. The official paper Of the Co.
|yerument, however, has found the true read
|ang, at the present day, TO be 'Heads OFF
Z departments We do not ourselves very well
know to which Of these readings at the pres
gsnt moment to give the preference.
number of the citizens OF Freder;cksburg,
" a. propose TO erect a monument TO the mo
E,her ofWashngton; and several ofthem, with
|gaview to complete the requisite subscription,
have addressed latter 10 the editors Of the
IN York Commercial Advertiser, from which
4he annexed is an extract:-The subject Of
gthis ceminunicati WILL we trust, be sni'.
seient zoology for addressing YOU, without the
honcr ei personal acquaintance or the for
mality Of an introduction IT has appealed
so warmly to eur own feelings. that we are
persuaded it must enlist those of every Anne
rican. Should NE have deceived ourselves.
we hepe that you viii pardon the liberty. & at
least coDcede your appreciation oiIhc motive.
It is fact, oil which perhaps you are not ig-
norant, that the remains of the mother Of
Gee Washington lie in a field. IN our imme
Ilate vicinity, without even stonc to desi.
nate the spot. Tradition is already cur only
guide to her grave; and as the Geld is used
/ ior agricultural purposes, the period cannot
be far distant when thst will become tooyague
to be entitled to confidence
Such already is the fate Of the askes Of his
father. His contemporaries have passed a
way, and none remain who can point cut his
burial place. But the mother of General
Washington was his guide, philosopher,
and lriend;" and if the present opportunity
be lost, succeeding ages must forever deplore
the ingratitude which consigned TO oblivion
without one redeemiag effort, the remains OF
her who gave TO her country ''an hero with
0ut ambition, a patriot wnhoat rspi
who was the architect of character whlch
act only shsds anfading lusife on his own
country, but efevates even our conceptions
Of the dignity Of man. The undersigned are
at present acting as The agents Of subscribers
for the erection of new house OF worahipi in
this place. 1t has been suggested that no
place of deposit for the remains Of this ven
cradle matrsn, could be selected, at once so
appropriate and so permanent, as wlibh ITS
walls. Our funds are barely adequate ioc the
purpose of our trust, but we cannot permit,
ourselves to believe that the public will re-
fuse their aid to SO Holy work as the add
ton of a monument to the memery OF Mrs.
Washington.
We are unwilling, however, TO come be-
fere the public as snppliants even III such
cause as this, without fair prospect OF sue
cess; & have therefore presumed to ask your
counsel and aid, in bringing this matter Tor
ward in a manner acceptable TO those Win
IN the sphere Of your influence We shall be
satisfied 10 obtain SUM sufficient TO erect
monument in architectural unity with our
building, which will be neat and substantial.
Should we be more successful than we at pre-
sent anticipate, We design TO reader the mon
ument mere worthy Of her whom it is intend
ed TO commemorate, and The building ortby
OF the monument But should the coHtribu-
tons be more than sufficient for this purpose,
they will be appropriated to an object which
would more honorably perpetuste her me-
mory than ''storied urs or animated bust"
viz: the endowment of "Washinston re-
male Orphan Asylum" an institution when
would cause many yet unborn to bless Tue
memory Of matron, whose power to confer
benefits en- her fellow creatures, did net cease
n with her life.
a .Ne,U Idea. -Beggars are generally fer
FiIe in expedicnts. Those in Lendon have
lately hit upeA a new mode OF exciting the
sympathy OF the public, by appearing in an
entirely new character, viz: with well wash
al faces. and disguised in clean shirts! The
ladias-ble.s their sympathetic ssulsi--on
passing these follows, are frequently heard to
sxclailn--.. Fhot a nice poor mani Ali it is
evident he dees not spend his aieney in tbs
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