Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-05-03

Missior to Gaoiamela-Ths value Of the
promises of "Retrenchment," made nv Cam
didste Jackson, is farther illustrated by the
Mission 10 Guatamcla, an insignificant
State Of South America. in a condition OF
entire disorgsnisstion, and Of civil war.
with two wretchcd little ports, (according to
MIR Tazewell) with which We have TIL
fling trade, and which has no representa-.
tive here. Mr.. letters, we believe, was The
first despatched by Gen. Jackson. as Charge.
to this country, but public opinion forcing
his abandonment upon the President, Mr.
James Shannon, of Kentucky. w.s next SEE
lected fretrenehment were seriously con-
templated, would the mission have been in.
sttutede II the object was 10 promote the
pubkc interest, instead OF, as il Is to provide
Tor iavortcs and parsizans, would not the
dignity Of the United States have been con.
suited, by awaiting the first overture for di.
plonlatic intercourse TO come from Guata-
mela. How the Senate came to make the
appropriation, the reader viii discover from
the Debate The minister to that country
would net have been confirmed. had the So.
nate earlier possessed the intelligence of ito
condition. II is small affair, but 10 new
tributary to swell the volume Of that evi.
dence which stamps in ineffaceablc charac.
tcrs, fraud upon Jackson's promises RE-
form and Retrenchment,' and demonstrates
that the cardinal principle Of his infiagra.
tious rule. has been TO reward out OF tho
funds Of the public, the instruments Of his
preposterous elevation. Richmond Whiq.
An instance of fraud was discovered rAv
Gently by mercantile house in this city, saws
the Philadelphia Chronicle, which, in nos
velty and Importance exceeds that Of the rock
which made IFS voyage across the Atlantic,
in bale OF cotton, and, in factp
equals almost any Of the wooden nutmegs, or
cabbage leaf segar stories Of our own coun-
tryman. highly respectable importer, on
opening several cases, invoiced as sltaliau
Sewing Silk" discovered two out Of three Of
tho cases to contain bricks. neatly and care
fully put up, sealed marked or numbered. in
due form. The bricks, leaving the silk &c.
count minus three or four hundred dollars.
rendered it necessary the matter should be-
enquired into; the result Of the investi CATION
showed satisfactorily that the cases which
were brought to this city by one of the New
York transportation lines, were received in
precisely the same condition in which they
we're taken from the ship by which they were
imported into New York, so that the fraud
must be Of foreign origin. This supposition
Il also sustained by the peculiar form and
quality Of the bricks, which are decidedly Of
foreign manufacture, and from the measures
that have been taken to trace this imposition
to its source, we think it moro than probable
the silk bricks will experience the fate Of tho
"cotton stone," in being re shipped to the
order Of the owner. He is, no doubt, chuck.
ling at the success Of his vilIainy, though w
fancy the laugh will be on tho other side Of
his mouth when he finds bis bricks starinap
him In the face again, as we trust they evens
tually will.
A trunk. containing quantity Of valuable
clothings was recently stolen from public
house, in this city, BY young man of gene
teel appearance, and respectable connect
tons, residing ia Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
He had stopped. for day or two, at the
house from whence the trunk was takenS
and, late in the evening, told the bar. keep
er, who had several trunks in in his keep
ing belonging to travellers, that he intended
leaving the city. In one of the early lines.
and would take bis trunk away which he
did; selecting one from amongst severals
and missing by meie chance, trunk con-
tanning specie and other valuable articles,
belonging TO the masssr Of a vessel.
II appears hr1directed the porter to leave
it in front OF a house in Market street.
where be took possession oft. The trunk
has been found at public house, sixteen
miles from the city, on the Lancaster road
where had succeeded in raising a sum Of mo-.
ney upon 1t. The owner attempted to re-
cover it, on Monday, but raturned without
success, as the holder insists on being roe
funded.
The young man was arrested in Lancas.
ter, and 10 IN prison, in this city, awaiting
his trial 1t is said he was shortly to have
been married to a respectable young LADY,
residing 10 Lancaster Phil. Chron.
Report Of the Chsiera in tho Vest Lndies.-p
A letter received 10 New York, dated st.
Thomas, April Z, contains the following
Letters received here yesterday from st.
Kits, state, that an English ship Of war bad
arrived there from Barbados with the
Cholera on board.-Twenty five cases soce
CURED in three days, but none Of them had
as yet proved fatal
QUEsEc, APRIL i6.--The weather which
was fine on Thursday, became colder on
Friday, and since that time cold north.
cast wind has prevailed without interruptions.
| The river has been covered for the last
three days with floating ice, detached from
the BEAUFORT shore, and the upper parts Of
| the North Channel OF the Island of Orleans.
| II appears probable that some of the ice on
this side ofThree Rivers has 1oated down. !.
This afternoon there is heavy fall OF
snow
Persons who crossed Lake ST. Peter On