Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-12-01

Z. esron, aso on salt , cents per basheI-
OUT coffee has been worth about 2 cents, me-
iasses , cents. and salt 10 cents more. than
10 .ne last year. 1t IS scarcity or supply that
mainly affects price: 500 600 bales vi Amen.
can cotton will sell for more money than
i,Voo,eO0, and $4,000 hhds. MARYLAND to-
oaeco Ter more than so ,0e0 hhds But when
more Is produced than the market will freely
tAke-ani the price, per ID decllnes-the
cursIngs" of tbe-taFiff, a. the author of e.
very evil. Ii the south viii "nuI!i6caten NAM.
fity, there will be no reason 10 colnpiain Of
Price!-l.vRes Reg.
More Of I.--England's s.free trade" Is to
export her woollen, cotton, iron and other
manufactures, without restriction by the
laws OF any foreign country; aud 70 erei,rr!s
wheat anil other corn, beef, pork, lumber.
hsh, oii,-all the neccssaries OF life, whether
products oil the soil or OF manufactures. that
MAJ n' aay tsise CONS into competition ssi,h
her etca industry Will some one of the "Bri.
tsh party IN America" shew US her exceptions
TO tins policy? Does she not tax our tobacco
thousand per cent and our rice one hun
dred per centump Nay, even place a duty
on orr castor oil equal to the first cost Of the
article, needful as IL is to wholesome free
dom? We shall enlarge these sugge stions at
assessor OF more leisure than the present.
:, Ibid
More calculation Sundry newspapers give
US calculations as 10 the cost of certain arti
cles in England and the United States-for
~ stance; the cloth, worth 100 cents the square
yard IN the former, costs las cents in the
latter. &C. But these folks forget another
important comparison Of prices, that, while
from ~ to so cents are paid tor a days labor
IN England, from GA 10 IS are paid for such
service in America, and that. ia the latter,
bread and meat are at much less than half
the price that they bear in the former-hence,
tue difference in wages for a tccei enables the
American to pay tbs "tax' on all the cloth
that he needs for ycarto say nothing of
bis cheaper and far better subsistence--ibid.
We shall find about all trade. and profess
sions the bad and the bright sides Ia that
Of AN editor, for instance, how much may not
be said Of bin? Is it not sometimes anxious
and .disgustfal, aud .thankless2 Is he moi
sometimes forced sis ssehe the irritable and
to persuade the headsssoag,' and frequently
to have his services reqIitted with a grudg
,og hand, and an unthankful hearth Do moi
fools laugh at the errata OF his deyils--,.nd
even the most contemplate knaves oil his own
profession. But there is another side TO The
medal, where the press is enabled TO pour "a
flood of light over a benighted land; to vindi-
cate the cause Of liberty, and TO everwheim
the oppressor; and in private life to defend
innocence against calunny, aud TO restore a
lost child to the arms OF its distracted moth
err las young Praiher TO his asonized parent
--Richpsond C0s,yifer
A comet, or meteor, of singular and stri-
king appearance, was seen ia the east, not
far aboss the horizon, on Monday morning,
at hall-past three o'clock. lis tail was very
brilliant, and Of fan like shape, as formed
ny radii proceeding FROM the nucleus or bo-
dy. When first seen on Monday morning, it
appeared very large and brilliant, and oppa-
reatly changed its figure and position with ra.
pidisy. But this may possibly have been an
optical delusion, caused by the state Of the
atmosphere. 1t was, however, the opinion of
the writer OF this article, and of another per
son who saw it at the same time, that it did
actually, and more than once, change its
place and figure. THIS phenomenon was a
gain observed on Tuesday morning al 4 o.
clock. The observations of such of our
friends as are sklIledin astronomy, on The ap-
ICnidpGC VI tDio dEi' eCifcNudl dp
palhng stranger, will he published with plea.
sure. NliedgeViHe Recorder
We copy an article from the Alexandria
Gazette, relative to school books, and believe
the writer's views will be approved by nearly
every head of family, The multiplicity of
school books has become serious evil in the
land. Our common schools are generally
kept about half the year by men and the re
naming halt by women the men rarely tea
ching in the same district TWO successive
years. Each has his fayoiite spelling book,
grammar and geography-and once or twice
a year new books must be procured, and
these equally good thrown by. The commu
nifty are-thus taxed heavily, and in nearly ev-
cry instance unnecessarily --and TO an a.
mount which. for any ot'Sr purpose. they
would not readily submit, After all, il is ex-
tremely doubtful whether, with the ialproce
meuts in such books which are almost daily
put forth by our pedagogues, the children of
the present day make better or greater all
vances in learning than our fathers did, with
less than half their adyantages.-.4nser. .Mer
Among the addresses presented upon the
accession Of that Solomon of Great Britain,
James the First, was one from the ancient
town OF Shrewsbury, wishing his majesty
might reign as.long:as the sun, moon and stars
endured. 'Faith man." said the king 10 the
person who presented it. Ii do, my son
must reign by candle light"