Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-11-03
THE P ENNsYLvANIA ELEcrroy

ed 1t Chsmberburg) furnishes the fone|
ing interesting information: l.,
II Will be difficult TO tell how this Ls,;, H.
lure will stand IN reference TO the Presd. Rf
tlal cue.tioD--in many counties where III
wear tie tickets were headeded With the narl
jackson, it was found necessary this vs-da
% omit that captioa; and N others the carlto
test was between proscrIptiye anti maso. Tea
on the one side, and ali parties on the 9th. la
without any reference to the political pa,,,, bo
lies Of the candidates. a large num5er IL
the Democrats and National Rspubhc.1
throughout tho State. were evlsently onrl
clinsd 10 MAKE the question Of Jackson ). h.
Clay test. The .dnit ,naso'sc party bO,IC
greatly lost ground al this election. in he
caster and Chester counties, they haze. i ;kn
! true, again succeeded IN eiectlas their eptrl III
tickets; hut in the tisFt three, sna the see,nt
four, separate tickets were run. In son, 10
| counties, where they last year carried I'D
before them (oy obtaining the votes OF !, 81
opposed 10 Jackson they have this year besl b
entirely, and 10 others partially defeated
In Vasbln gton county, the residence of Mig
RIrNBR, 1.-THE Anttmasonic candidate fl
Governor AT the last electier1 that partJa
were beaten by an average majority OF NIB
wards OF 500 votes In line, Anti masoarry
has Increased no where. but bas had the esE
feet IN many places, to paralyze or s;leney
the opposition 10 the administration of CenI
jackson --many opposed to their proscrivtiorI
prelerrins to "bear the ills they have than1
fly to others they know net Of"
The last Lynekburg> Virginian fsay. q. Is
Richmond Comper) gives us the fo,low;nrl Ia
anecdote, which has some political alh,sons II
indeed, but it must be excused FOR the hume. Is
with which it is told. II
LIMIT At LAsT!-We understand. ,b,, 4.
as delegate 10 the late Arlington Rail Eoasl
Convention was returning homo, he overlook 1,
drove Of several hundred cattle. whsu ~. |.
following dialogue passed between him a.dI'
some OF the drovers:
Delegate. Well, gentlemen, Won Law. r,u4 l
dy tunes of il; but in few years yeu NAV
possibly have better way Of getting cattle IA,
market
Drover Ia what way strangsr7
Delegate. Why havnt you heard that
rail road was to be made from Knoxville
down to Lynchburg,
Droyer Wen, what has that 10 do with
driving cattls? Suppose they cant travel on
rail road?
Delegate Ne; but it is said thsy NAV i. u
taken in pens on rail way What would 4
YOU ihink oI large pen, contapine eft, ar
hundred beei cattle. msunted on ,ybael;, and
travelling along Fail read at tho rate of tan
or fifteen miles an hours
Drever. Now, stranger, do YOU think Is /
possible for such thing as that to be dsnep
Delegate. why such things are spoken Of
Drover. Wcll-it may be SCI never saw
rail ruad-but I'll be---if General .yaeb
son himself could do I'll!
More 81 The Controversy N. Carolina
Star oil Oct 9th, contass the correspondence
atiarge, which passed between Mr. EY-Sccre-
iafy Branch, and the fighting Ex.Secretary
Eaton, which led 10 the interview at Mr.. Van
i5rren's as induced by president Jackson
lhe correspondence IS communicated by
GoverHor Branch, ca his way to Tennessee.
10 show that Eaton. IN his late publication. /
has altered the dates of the correspondence.
SO as 10 make 1T appear subsequent 10 the in.
terview which Col. johnson had with the
Secretaries. whereas the correspondsnce in
TACT took place two days before that inter
view. This totally alters the face of the aE
iair, and puts whole column of MIR. Eaton's
abuse quite out OF gear
One of our subscribers has sent to our Of
fice snake, measuring fifteen inches. He
was discovered snugly coied up in cabbage
which his domestic was preparing for the tax
BILE. In dividing the cabbage With a knife,
she aecideutly cut off his tail, and he, to
save his head, preciptately quit his quarters,
aud took to the open plain OF the kitchen
floor, where lie was soon dispatched after
the manner Of woman folk, with broom.
He is formidable looking chap for bis
size, but hardly fat enough TO have made a
rich gravy, sven if it had been his fate to
have boiled 10 death in the cauldron. Drawn
butter is considered, We believe, much more
delicate than addersauce, although some Ip-
dian e9Icures prefer the latters---[ Besios
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.M,. ,Nackay's breed Of iSssine.--It will be
noticed, in this days paper, that Capt Mao
kay has again taken premium on his swine,
at Concord. We have had the curiosity to
look over the files Of tho New Ens land Far
rner, and find that he has taken a hundred
and sixty eight dollars, within the last sir
years, at the shows in Brighton and Concord
in premiums on his invaluable breed Of swine.
He has been indefatigable in procuring the
finest set Of animals from Europe. and, bf
judicious crossing, has produced breed that
we think ara unrvaed for smallness ofbone,
fine ilssh, lively condition, and kindly dispo-
Sttion IN f.tira easilp and an ,Ixy NJ ~ Far