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


As an engineer IN The service OF the Chess
peake and Ohio canal company. has arrived
in this place, and, we understand, Is DOW en-
gagged IN examining the Antletam, with view
to the improvement Of lie navigation, by
means Of slack water
We further learn that as soon rs ths exa-
mina,ion Of the Sntetam shall have been
completed, Dir. c. will commence an exami
nation Of the Conoc schcagrc, commencing
at lis mouth, at Williams Port, and proceed !,
ing as far as Chanhersburg, m Pennsylya
MIA with view Of determining as TO the
practi:ability and expense OF 'endetihg that
stream navikabIe by means OF slack water.
Mr. T.. will. il i. expected, complete the ex
animation OF both streams by the iVth oil
next month.
Mr. C's high standing as a gentleman and
as a scientific and practical man, independent
" Of the importance Of the work m which he
is engaged. viii, we are sure, secure Tor MIN
every attention and faci!lty, to which he is
Justly entitled Hagerstotrn Torch Light.
Fire The MILL belonging to the heirs of
John Hess. and occupied by MIR. John StHrr,
situated on the turnpike road leading from
Boonsborough 10 Sharpsburg, was totally con
s1med by Ere, on Wednesday morning last,
together with the books, accounts, &c Of MIR.
Sturr, and s or 800 bushels of grain, the
greater part belonging TO customers. Tho
fire Is supposed TO have occurred by accident.
The New York Evening Post, on the an.
| thoriiy Of lstter from "scicDillic American
! gentleman, travelling abroad mentions these
particulars rcsssctug The state OF SIR WAL
TEa ScoTT's health: For some time prsvi9ns
10 The departure of The distinguished Barehet
for Tie ssnth Of Europe. Abottsford bad been
| wholly closed 10 all visitors. except personal
friends, owing to the decuring health OF us
proprietor a letter from MIR. Jeffrey, how
ever, procured for the gentleman alluded to,
an Introduction He found Sir Walter Scett
rn1cb broken in appearance. his health fa-
yi,g been seriously impaired by The late at
tacks. which are understood to be OF the cha
racicr of paralysis His speech has also
been slightly injured. but in The excitemf nj Of
discourse, his conversation wa. found to pos.
sess all the variety and fascination which his
visitor was prepared 10 expect, He seemed
10 know good deal Of America. subject on
whrh he dwell with pleasure and made ma
ny inquiries IN relation TO Scotchnen and
their descendants TO this country.
We have just received by the hand of a
correspondent, the fourth Annual Report Of
; the .fmericm Temperance 'Society, pamphlet
Of / 10 pages, stereotyped, and designed for
, extensive circulation.
On looking over its pages, we End it con
tains history of The discovery Of ardent spi-
rat by distilIation, its first usage as medi
cine and a beverage, its Introduction to the
United States. and the alarming influence il
had gained in society at The time The TEN
ance reformation was commenced II con
tins also the testimony Of many eminent
jec!; details the circumstances which first led
to the organization Of a Temperance Socie-
ty; names the persons who led the way; aud
gives an account Of the progress which has
been made in exterminatng the manufacture.
sale, and use Of ardent spirit from The coun-
try; with great variety Of other Interesting
information. We recommend the perusai of
the Report 10 all who wish to acquire know
ledge OF the subject. The following extract
viii show in what estimation the cause of
Temperance Societies is held abroad
"'Ihe great discovery says a European
writer, has at length GONE forth like the
high, OF new DAY. that the temperate mem
beers Of society are the chef agents m pro
mo;iag and perpetualing drunkenness, On
whose mimi tins great truth frs: rose, is not
known. WhDrver he was, whether humble
or great, peace to his memory. lie has done
more for the world than he srho enriched it
with the knowledge OF new continent: and
posterity, 10 the latest generation, shall walk
in the light which he has thrown around
them Had il not heen for him, Americans
and Europeans might have continued to co,n
tenance the moderate e,dibarY use OF a srn
stance, whose most moderate ordinary use is
temptation and danger; and. amidst a food
OF prejudice ami temptation, urged onward
by themselves. they would have made rules
against drunkenness. like ropes OF sand, 10
be burst and buried by the coming wave
Temperance Societies" he says. .'bave not
only made America truly the nc,c world. but
in few months they have produced an un-
patalleled charge in many districts OF the u
nited Kingdom"
And says another writer. Temperance So
cieties have arisen on our darkness Ike the
cheering star OF hope. They now fash a.
cross our Eastern hemisphere with the bright
and beauteous radiance OF the bow Of pro
mise"
And another writer:-"I; would be act Of
ingratltude towards our American friends.
were We in any degree TO throw iato the
shade the obligations under which wo lie TO
them for having originated this noble cause