Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-06-16
From the New York American.

Destiny. by the author Of Marriage. and
Of Inherltance.-Novelr readers viii not have
forgotten that the stamp and appreciation of
Scott have been publicly given to the merits
OF Marriage, and viii not therefore be sur
prised to hear that this new work from the
same pen is dedicated to him. 1t is worthy
of the high dedication. The author (this is
q noun OF the common gender) has. in Dcs-
tiny, more than sustained the primise Of its
precursors, and gwen to the public, who
will read novels, bocl, that will be read,
not molly with delight but profit. The char
actcrs OF Edith, of Captain and Mrs. Nal
colin, Of Glenroy, and above all, OF GOOD
and faithful and ever cheerful .sMoily Ma
cauley," are admirably imagined and sus-
tanned The interest is kept up naturally,
and without Tagging; and the sentiments,
conveyed in the purest language, are of the
most ennObling kind.
There are four hundred and eight,-two
names borne on the printed list of the pre-
sent House Of Representatives of Massachu-
sets. Nearly four hundred and fifty mem
bers arein attendance, making daily charge
to the Commonwealth Of nine hundred doI-
tcrs a day for the House of Representatives
emily. The House is now the most numer-
Gus Legislative Assembly in either America
or Europe, excepting the British House Of
Commons.
DuelIng "a few days ago two men of
coarse appearance. and probably foreigners,
went on the hill west OF the ferry, armedwith
large pistols, and fired several shots at each
other, TO the great terror of the women, and
amusement of the bows in the neighborhood.
One OF the parties had bis breeches much
torn with gunpowder. They were brought
before the court, and finally committed 10
prison. Long Island Star.
From the Concord, [.N III Statesman, May %
HE LEGIsLATURE,---Next Wednesday,
the 6rst "Wednesday in June, is the day OF
the annual meeting aud organization Of the
General Court of New Hampshire.
Amos Kendall, 4th Auditor OF the Treasu-
~, has recently visited this town in the capa-
city of electionee,ipg agent for Jackson and
Van Buren-they having adopted this me-
thod Of communication with The States, since
the publication Of Jackson's PENNSYLVANIA
and Ohio letters, as less liable to cxnose
them--has made known their wishes, and in
arranged all matters relating to them person
ally, and to the measures OF the Federal Co
vernment.. Among the most important Of
these is the nomination of General Jackson
for reelection; an attempt will be made 10
reconcile the seyerM divisions of the party
to effect it, which willrequire foreign aid, this
is promised, and swarm OF Government Of
ficers Of every grade may be expected in at
tendance in the early part Of the session.
The United States Bank, it has been sur
missed, would have to sustain rap, il for no
other purpose than to crafty the feelings of
the President; but since the publication of
the "atreeious hbeln on the institution and
the Legislature of Pennsylvania, by Senator
Hill, and its prompt exposure and cendem-
nation by the members OF that legislature,
we apprehend but few will be inclined to
meddie with the subject However, mues1
will depend on the causes drills, the efficacy
of which have been too frequently and sue
cessiuliy tried to be abandoned in crisis
like the present, by the demagogues who owe
TO them their political existence.
L;berality.--In late Bail case issued
from the Court of Common Pleas, is Angus
ia, s.. C. we have seen the following return:
defendant arrested and brought to Plaintiff,
who lorgives the debt--pay the costs ana
lends the Defendant money to pay his expeE-
ses home to Kentucky.
Ripeniflg Of Fruit--M. Couverchel has
lately made a deeply interesting communica-
ton on this subject to the Institute of Paris.
He considers that the sweetening of ripelrnit
is accomplished by the reaction of acids on
gelatine, iavoured by heat In proof of this
doctrine, he took four ounces Of vegetable
Jelly, perfectly pure, and deprived Of sugar
and nlaIic acid by boiling in alcohol. He
dissolved this in water aeidulated with oxalic
acid. and after ebultion, considerable quan-
tity was found to have been formed. By
great number Of additional experiments he
has found that all the vegetable acids produce
the same effect on iecula and gelatInc, and
that the action is powerful IN proportion to
the strength of the acid. The resulting su
gar readily undergoes the ylneus lermenta-
tion.-.4risals de Chirnie
HIGH and Lou Theatrical Prices ----@Ohl
there be players who, nowadays, receive
twenty, thrty-ay, Fifty pounds per night?"
whilst Mrs Siddons, In the smeridian of her
glory,' received one thousand pounds for
eighty nights he about twelve pounds per
mighty Mrs. Jordons salary, in her meri-
dian, amounted TO thirty guineas per week
John Kemble, when actor and manager at
Coyent Garden. was paid thirty six pounds
per week. George Cooke, twenty pounds;
Lewis, twenty pounds, as an actor and man-