Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-09-08
S.isnota case Of" bribery and corruption
proved against the Jackson par,yp
H0NESTUS.

writer in Poulson's Philadelphia Adyer>
user recommends Col. Drayton, of south
Carolina, as a suitable candidate for the
Wee Presidency. AT time (says the wri
teri "when General Jackson was in the ex.
ercise of his own Judgment, before his mind
became grossly perverted, we all remember
that he strongly and warmly recommended
Col Drayton: and as he has refused TO do.
what he recommended, let US the people do
without him."
We have often thought IL not a little sin.
guar that Zen, jackson, who was so press
ing IN has instances, in favor Of Col Drsyton
during Mr. Monroe's administration, should
afterwards have overlooked Col. ID. when he
himself came into power Gen Jackson con
sldcred Col. Drayton eminently qualified for
the head OF the War Departments
rfesiuent Jackson appointed John II Eaton
Ian ~ De possible that he thought the last
me hitter man? Or was it because Of his a
oilities as biographer?- Bal. Patriot.
large and respectable meeting of Cit.
zens opposed 10 notification has been held
IN Colieton District, South Carolina, hither-
70 considered the very hot bed of that per
nlcious doctrine. Appropriate resolutions
were adopted, and a spirited address agreed
to-
The following extrac, from letter written
by gentleman of Greenup County, Ken
lucky, discloses (says the Kanawha Banner,
transaction OF a most disgracful character.
| and such as should only be found in the an
mails of the canine species;
"Major Kouns, jackson candidate. is e.
acted from this comfy by majority of 3 /
votes
although kouns is elected TO the Iegis
latnre. ain disposed to believe he will not
VISIT Frankfort this winter in the character
oil Delegate, bat perhaps in another capacity
| not quite so honorable. On Saturday last
he made an attack upon the Sheriff Of the
! county, and bit the Sheritfs ear off close to
| his head; indeed, so completely was it sever
ed, that it did not adhere by the smallest nos
slble part He has left the county. and i,
now somewhere in Virginia. Impressions
seem generally strong against him, and from
what have learned, the testimony will be
Sufficiently strong to convict him.
The Sea Serpent was seen for the second
time this season, of Bears Head, HAMPTON
beach, on Saturday last, aud carefully OBJ
served for fifteen minutes, by eight or ten
persons.-.Nat. Gas Sept 8.
CHOLERA The Halifax IN S )Royal Ga
zette states, that on the 10Th inst, in the Pa
rish of st. Mary. on the Nashwaak, fcounty
of York; Mrs. Catharine Mci.aggan, the wife
OF respectable lumber merchant, who is all
sent in the United States on business, was
suddenly seized with spasins, which proved
to be those of the Cholera which is commit
ting such ravages in Europe. She lived but
Il ffar 1 hna oh n. II
If this be the Indian Cholera, which NAV
reasonably be doubted, as the diagnostics OF
that disease can be but little understood by
American physicians, the case is no doubt
sporadical, and no apprehension need be en-
tertaincd OF its spreading.
Copied from the back Of a Five Dollar
Note, OF the Morris Canal Banking Compa-
ny.
This is the last of Eight Thousand Dol
Tors, brought to this city by me the 9TH Jan
uafy, 1880 most Of which has been lost at the
Gambling Table; myself pennyless vaga-
bond, ripe for the commission Of any deed
that will supply my immediate wants-ior af.
ter this moment, am Desperate
New York, 18th December, 1880. c."
DIED,
On Sunday the 25,h uIt at her residence
at Prospect Hill, near Gerrardstown, in this
county, Miss Isabella X. WILSON. daugh-
ter of the late William Wilson, Esq.
On Friday last, Mr.. WILLIAM CURrIs, OF
this place, highly respectable and worthy
citizen. he has left wife and several small
children to lament their loss.
On the same day in Baltimore, aged near
ly % years, MIR ROBERT DuER NILES, son
of Hezekiah Niles, Esq editor Of The
weekly Register"
At his residence, in Kanawha, on the 10th
ult., OF apoplexy, Capt SAMUEL WASHING
TON, nephew and one of the legatees Of
Gen. George Washington, aged about 90.