Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-09-01

We had the pleasure Of ceuYefsing dav
or two age, with gentleman who had inst
before spen; day in the company of Mr.
MADfsoH, az his seat in Orange county. Vir-
ginla. = Our readers VIII be glad 10 learn,
that the venerable Ex President is in fne
health, and 10 fIil possession OF all bis facul-
ties oil mind and hsdv. with unabated cheer
f1iness Of spirits, having before him the pros
pect OF living to a good old age, His years
at present number more than eightyl but his
mother lived, if We mistake not, TO nearly
hundred years and we have reason TO hope
that her ssn will for many years continue 10
exhibit TO the present generation, an illus
trlous living example Of the pure and virtu-
Gus character of the statesman TO whom we
are indebted Tor our present admirable frame
of Government. 1t is indeed, a glorious
moral spectacle, to see the Father Of the
Constitution receiving the homage of the re.
specl and veneration Of the children of those
who have grown up and prosperes under its
wings
There are many Of our readers who will
rejoice TO learn that their old unvaryng and
kind friend the excellent Conseri Of Mr..
MADIsoN.is in the same health and spirits as
himself-.NGtio'asl IntelGgeRcer.
ErtrGct Of letter from indianapolis, lin Tic
state Of haliana) august 8.
eve have elected Gen. NOZZLE, a Clay
man, and Reformed Land Officer, Cover
nor, and we shall have Clay majorities in
beth branches Of our next Legislature The
officers OF the United States in Indiana have
heretofore been repreached by their masters
for not having majority in sur Legislature
Tor jackson, and this year they have zone
their 'mightiest,' but have failed Ibid
ANTI JACKSONIAN SYMPTOMS. &c.
"A sign in alabama letter from Mobile
TO the editor Of the Tuscaloosa Enquirer,
says, 1--WE the jackson party) have lost
many p. eminent men in this quarter of the
state by the late controversy between the
president and vice president. The chef JUS
tice (of Alabama) has quit his old friends.
and comes sut dead against the Hero This
is the severost loss we have met with Such
a man as Judge l. must and will have hi. in
tnence, and itaugurs badly for our old hero
to loose such friends at this momentn IL
does, indeed, augur badly for him but glorl
ously for the country
Changes l. Henry Banks, (of Virginia
better known as the nervous writer Of Phio
jackson, has renomced Jacksensm
2. Mr. Thruston, the Clay candidate for
congress In Louisville, KY year ago, was
a jackson man.
8, 4. Judge Hemphil Of Philadelphia,
jackson representative in the last congress,
and judge Miller, OF New Jersey, have seced-
ed from the Hero
s, &, Z, 8. MIR Stansberry, Of Ohio, Messrs.
Chiffon and kincaid, OF Kentucky, and col.
Crockett of Tennessee, have iorsaken the
administration
9, le, II, IL The Boston Gazette, the
New Haven Gazette. the Fayetteville Obser
YER. Columbia S. G J Telescope, and New
York Journal, have hauled down the JACK
son flag, and now fight under the banner of
the American System and Henry Clay.
-. Nor should we forge. to mention that
the United States Telegraph is Fighting man.
fully against the Van Buren,, alas jackson,
party. Hic sane MimciAa,
IA. Last, but not least, c, Calhoun, vice
president of the United States, has separated
himself from president whom he declares to
have been made "the victim of political In
trigue"
10, l6, II. With the vice president also
have gone Messrs Tazewell and TYLER of
Virginia, and Mr.. Poindexter Of Mississippi.
These are few Of the changes only, and
Of SO public character that almost every
man IN the community knows them; there
are hundreds of others through all parts of
the union, which it would be tedious duty
to enumerate' Richmond Wing.
We are acquainted with a curious CONVEX
sation between Gen. Jackson and Judge
White OF Florida, in which the Lion roar
ean against Mr. Calhoun 10 the tune of de-
nouncing him as "the greatest william" in
Chrstendom-with sundry oa,hs and esthets
which it "beseemeth" US not to repeat, all
however perfectly characteristic and in ae-
cordance with the known style of the great
est and best" The public may perhaps
have more OF this hereafter flea Gaz,
Things have arrived at such a pass in
Washington that people abroad cannot actu-
ally believe that men could "play such
pranks before high heaven" If one hall of
what has actually occurred in and around
the Presidents house for the last tive years,
c"1ld 1t be believed, Gen jackson wsuld not
have i've hundred supporters throughout the
Union A high minded American rs not ca
silly convinced of fhA DEGRADATION or the