Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-06-02

-'c" AAah'psitc EatFlOt. ttSaac INNS paper
and has since been transferred to the columns
oil the Glo5e-the "ofhcial government pa
per at the Seat Of Government"
"Frem all that we have seen, il is apparent
that the Bank (meaning the Bank of the u
nited States attempts TO sustain itself by a
system OF corrupt bribery: that this system
procured the passage OF the Pennsylvania
resolution IN favor Of the Bank"
A portion OF the members Of the Lcgisla-
ture; residing IN and near Philadelphia, have
lhterchanged sentiments. and considered the
charge worthy of reply. They have gi
ven an unqualified disclaim, in the following
words:
They deem IT an act Of justice TO their
constituents, and to the people Of Pennsylva-
MA, to pronounce the charge, no matter bg
whom nude, by ,ehom reported, or by tohom
countenanced, to be an unfounded and afro
cious libel"
Dr. Watkms--The following article is
from the Pennsylvania Inquirer. We are
glad to find that the President has at last con.
sented TO release Doctor Watkins, on his be-
ing satisfied Of his inability to pay the fine
This was what he promised to do before, but
what he refused after gentleman had taken
the trouble TO procure the required evidence
OF DIR. Watkins insolvency. DIR, Watkins
should at once make his affidavit OF insolven-
ey, upon which, we presume, he would OBJ
tain his release:-Bah thfon.
The case of Tobias Watkins has, as il
has been represented IN the newspapers, nat
urally excited the sympathies of the public,
imprisoned and incapable Of pa, ing, as
Watkins is, the fine which was attached to
the penalty adjudged his misdemeanor We
are enabled to state on sufficient authority,
that the President will Immediately release
Watkins, on IFS being shown that lie is not
competent to the liquidation of the amount
OF the fine. or as soon as lac absolves himself
from that claim by awaiting himself of the
insolyent law. II only remains for MIR. W at
klns or bis friends TO do one of these two
things TO effect his release"
F!Sh.-Tl.c largest quantity (by weight Of
fresh Fish that we have seen al once we be-
held yesterday morning at the Gentle Mar
ket wharf. Ii consisted Of several hundred
Surgeons, taken in seines and gill nets in The
Potomac in the course of the day preceding
The size Of them varied from six to nine or
ten feet IN length and some of them, we
should think, would have weighed two bun
drcd pounds each. OF these, we learnt from
one of the fishermen, twenty eigbtwere caught
III one haul Of the seine at Geesborough, OPP
posite to the T. $. Arsenal in this city, and
eighty in the whole were taken at that land
iEc alone IT. enc day.
These monsters Of fish were many of them
sold at 90 cents apiece Cheap living this.
National blietigo,cer.
Sunday School Celebration The Sunday
Schools attached TO the Epfscopal Church in
this city, celebrated their anniversary on Sa-
turday last, i'll 81 raul's Church. The whole
OF the body Of the church and part of the
gallery were occupied by the scholars and
their respective teachers, amounting TO up
wards oil 800. Divine service was perform
ed by the Rev. Mr May, Of Wilhrsbarre, Pa.
Rev. MIR. Tying addressed ilte children and
congregation IN his usually impressive mar
ner, from Numbers. 62d chapter, and latter
cause OF the 23d veise-'.and sure your sin
will find you out" The beHedction was de-
lyered by The TT. Rev. Bishop Ondclqienk
a number Of the Rev Clergy were present,
who seemed 20 take deep interest in their
proceedings .-Pha u S. Ga.stic.
"A Proposition Mir. Henry Banks, former
~ violent supporter of the ''presept incun-
bent" now recommends hat fifty or SIXTY of
the ken;uckians, who were denounced by
1tH' JdthsOH iVf BdhiDS ''bntWtOUatg .jNu
a, New Orleans on the Sth Of January, should
form Themselves into party, to he under
the command Of General Affair and Thomas
joyce, as an escort to conduct General Jack
son TO bis seat in Tennessee, and deport them
selves towards him with urbanity, such as
would be becoming towards the ex President
cl the United States.
Virginia Jnircrsity.-A letter received by
the editors Of the Richmond Compiler from
Charlottesville, states some unpleasant re
ports about the University. II is said thatin
consequence of one of the students being
dismissed by the Faculty, several of thes re-
paired to Charlottesville for the purpose of
procuring horns, &c; that they returned TO
the Lawn, 10 disguise, and bt gan firing and
yelling; stoned one or two Of the Professors
houses, tolled the College bell, Sc sc. This
was on Thursday night. Tranquility had
not been restored on Friday. The letter does
not state what measures had been adopted
by the Faculty to repress the disorder We
hope that these reports are much exaggerated.
The Intelligencer commented, the other
day. upon the word "retracy," recently in
troduced into our vocabulary by Kentucky
editor. The Western Herald claims the no
nor of the discovery of this word as belong
ing to Ohio An orator in the Legislature
OF that State having once spoken to the fol
lowing effect:
MIR Chairman-Itre really doth appear unto
me, that the gentleman up last is somewhat
lie. Al. L..