Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-12-20
The Firs, oa,b-.My lod,. soid captain

The First Oatb--JMy lads. said captain
~hen reading his orders 20 The crete on the |
quarter deck, 10 take command Of ship uere
4 one atc 4 am deler,Hiaed to make, ard
shall insist upon is being kept; indeed u
a fapor ,chieh ! ask Of you, aud as Brush
officer. eSpec. ,ciH be granted by creie q
british seagsens Wkai say you, my LIDS, ore
aou ,caliag TO grant your ac,C captain one ia
cor? .que, aye, cried all hands, It's kno'c
,chal 1t IS, sir WeH, my lads, said The cap
leia, IL is this; that you must dltoW me 20
swear the first oath Ia the ship. NO nan o"
board must srem an oath before do' an
ietermineito haze the privilege o. st,e"fms me
first oath on board. What seq y0'', my 'ads'
tciu you grant me This taoory Tie re" ssa'
ed, and stood foo moment quite az q toss tohHs
10 soy. They tosre taIscn says one ''eH a0ac"
TY,eu ,cere brought up, says another, "dl stdfsd-
,,g5 TLe 6dplain reitei sted: no1o. my tt'le
fei,oars, ,phat do yo,s say; an, to haUe the pr,
uileee of s,cearing The first oath on GoafdF Ire
anpeai seemed so reasonable, and the manner
~ fbe caDfaia so kind and prepossesstHg, that
~ general burst from the ships company an
,o.aced. aye. aye, sir, teitk their accustomed
three cheers. Yhe effect ,cas go0d--stceartag
,cas ,ehoiLy abolished IN The ship.
English paper.
WILLIAM PiTr.-The fashionable hours OF
the present times were neatly censufed by
him. MIR Pitt said the clutches OF Cor
don, i wish you to dine with me at ten ms
evening" Il must decline this hsnor,' sala
the premier, for am engaged to sup win
the bishop Of Lincoln at ntfe'
We ought, in humanity, no more TO de-
spise a man for the misfortune OF The mInas
than for those Of the body, when they are
such as he cannot help. Were this thorough
~ considered, we should no more laugh at
one for having his brains cracked, than Tor
having his head broke.
GErIus.-A mans genius is always in III )
beginning OF life as much unknown TO nun.
self as to others; and il is only alter frequent
trials, attended with success, that he dares
Think himself equal TO the undertakings IN
which those who have succeeded have Fixed
the admiration OF mankind Hume
Addison very humourously compared ply
sicians TO an army ofancient Britons, as dc
scribed by julius Caesar. HE says OF them,
"Some STAY on foot and some on Cha
riots. If the infan.ry do not so much execu-
ton as the cavalry ii is because they cannot
convey themselves with SO much velocity IN
all quarters, nor dispatch their business IN
so short time"
A physician going down Regent street with
a friend Of his, said to him, Let us avoid
that pretty little woman you see there on the
left; she knows me again and casts upon me
looks of Indignation. | attended her bus
band.n "Ahi / understand. you had the mis
fortune to dispatch him y ..On the contra
ry," replied the doctor, al saved ham"
A newspaper is the history OF the world
for one day. 1t is the history OF that world
in which we now live, and with 1t we ale
consequently more concerned than with those
which have passed away, and exist only IN
remembrance: though, to check US IN our
too fond love of il, we may consider THAI
she present. likewise, will be past, aud take
Its place in the repositories of the dead.
ORIGIN OF SLAVES TRApE.-John de Gas
silla has the niany Of standing FIRST on the
HIST of those whose vlllanIes have dlsSraced
the annals of commerce. Having made a
voyage to The Canaries in l447, he was
dissatisfied with the cargo he had procured;
and by way of naturalization, uDgF,ateiul-
ly seized twenty of the natives OF Comera
who assisted him, and brought them as
slaves to Portugal Prince Henry, however,
resented their outrage; and after giving the
captives valuable presents OF clothes, restor-
Ell them to freedom and their native country.
SADNESS There is a mysterious feeling
that frequently passes like c;ond over the
spirits. 1t comes upon the soul IN the very
busy hustle of life. in the social circle, In the
calm and silent retreat Of solitude Its pow
ers are alike supreme over the weak and
i,,, oaassgsed At one time il is caused BY the
ft,in 2 Of a single thought across the mind
Again second will come booming across
the ocean or memory, gloomy and solemn
as the death knel. overshadowing all the
bright hopes and sunny feelings Of the
heart Who can describe it, and yet who
has not felt its hewideting influence? Still
It is a delicious sort Of sorrow, and Ike
cloud dmning the sunshine of a river, al
though causing momentary abode OF gloom,
it enhances beauty Of returning brightness
o CIvILtzAnoS-b traveller described the