Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-06-09

Of the Bar Of the Chancery Court, expressive
of their RESPECT for our late esteemed Chan
cellot and his worthy successor. and The gra-
6fyinr correspondence to which it has given
rise To the former such testimonial OF
the resprct and kind regard of those with
/ whom he has been so long connected by the
ties of personal friendship, and professional
< in,.fcoiirse. and who have had the bEstmeans
of forming a Just appreciation OF his public
and uriyate worth, must, at the moment oil
their separation, be peculiarly acceptable;
whilst the cordial reception which has been
rendered to the latter, affords The best assn
rance that their future association IN the dis
Cargo of their relative duties will be pleasant
and agreeable to both The dinner will be
noticed in our next -Hinchesier Pirgtnian.
| Alta meeting Of the members Of the Bar
/ practising in the District Court OF Chancery
| holden at Winchester, convened at the court
room on Saturday the iih day Of June, 1881,
/ for the purpose OF tes tiiying their respect Tor
the Hon HgsRY ST. GEORGE Tucker, late
Chancellor of this District, and the Hon.
| RfcH,Rp f PARKsR, the present Judge oil
this Judicial Circuit-OBEp WAITE, Esd IN
the Chair, and JOSEPH II. SHERRARp Sscre-
taryi-
! On motion, it wa. resolved, that commit
| tee, consisting Of one member from each
county composing the Chaneery District,
should be appointed to prepare aud report
suitable resolutions expressive OF the sense
of the meeting: whereupon the following
gentlemen were appointed for that purpose,
viz: Mr.. Powell, Of Frederick, Mr.. Hender
son, of Loudoun, Mr. Naylor of Hampshire,
Mr. Williams, OF Shenandoah. Mr.. Faulkner
Of Berkeley, and Mr. Lee, oil Jefferson; who,
afts- consultation, reported The fcllowing re-
solutions which we're unanimously adoPted:--
Resolvsd That while we regret that we are
derived Of the valuable services OF the Hon.
Henry St George Tucker as chancellor OF
this district. we hail with pleasure his eleva-
ton to The distinguished station Of President
Of the Court OF Appeals.
Re.ofpsd, That we respectfully greet hrs
successor, the Hon. Richard e. Parker. and
tender him ourcongratulatlons upon hls trans
lation to this Judicial Circuit.
Rss0lped, That as an eytdefee 81 our res
pect The Hon. Henri Ct George Tucker, and
the Hon. Richard T.. Parker, be invited to
| partake Of public dinner at Taylor Hotel
on Tuesday evening next at o'clock:
Resciusd, That the pyoseedin IS Of this meet
inz be published in the Winchester papers.
| OBED WAITE, Chairman,
| JosEPn III. SHERRAnp, Secy
An Ezra, from the office of The New Bed
| foruSazette, communicative On TIVE author
ity Of Captain Pope, Of the ship Albion, ar
rived there from Brennan, report that the
Russians had been defeated in battle with
the Poles; .i,a,they had lost tiy thousand men,
ard that Gen. III. btseh only escaped by
changing his clothes. Capt. Pope says be
read this account 10 tire Haa,terst Reporter,
| I tal ~ IF An
! We have accounts from Be,in, much nearer
tie seess Of action, of 25th, which 40 men
| tioa OF any such action; and there Is OF curse,
no truth it.-Nai0n0l Casetts.
EMIGkANrs FOR i,sEEEEA-N is remarked
in the Elizabeth CITY, u g. Star, of May
/ 10. that i.2hteen ne roes left that town on
/ TbnssdaY hast for Norfolk, TO take passags
III vessel expected there from New YorS,
t. carry emi.rants to the African colony
Among these blacks was avery valuable taSa-
! ily consisting of a man, his wife and SIN chill
drcn, emancipated by our worthy towpsman
Mr. Horat,o ". Williams Seven were free
from Drant's NecF, Peqlimans County,
and three belonging to the Society Of
Friends.
A hurricane of considerable violence pass
ed through part OF Pendleton district, in
South Carolina, on the evening of the 9Th uls.
! IT'S course was from West to East, and its
| extent in breadth about Efie. Many hou-
ses were blown dows, fences swept off, and
the rails were borne through the air to a
great distance. Trees were torn up by tbs
roots or twisted Many articles os furniture
were blown to SO great a distance that they
| have not since been found. The principal
| force Of the hurricane was experienced two
| OF Stree miles below the village Of Anderson.
| General S Bernard, Of the UHrted State,
Engipeer Corps sctsraed m good health in
tbs packet sSrp Eire, from Havre.
Lieutenant Washington, who has been ira
J yelling in Arabia, has discovered, among the
reccsses of Msunt Atlas, a rae. Of men en-
tirely different from those about them They
are not tall, but are we'll formed and athletic,
light conpisxIoned, and do not understand
Arabic. Nothing is known of theta They
form striking contrast to the Arabs Of tho
vicinity.
The Illinois Advocate, Of the 9th April
says: 1--WE learn that SIX hundred persons
VIII leave one town alone, Northampton, in
Massachusetts, for the State of Alaaois, the
approaching summer. The influx of emf
grants the present season has already Corr
msnccd, and from information derived from
different persons, who have correspondence
with friends in the New England States, and
in the States of New York, Kentucky, and
Tennessee, it HaSy reasonably be expected
that the accession to the population oil ILL
mons, the present year, by emigratioo, will