Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-11-22

The letter of the Hon +. +. Ba~hour
which we published in our last. has astoun
ded his friends, and surprised alpartes. Judge
Barbour was nominated as candidate ior
\ the Vice Presidency, by the jackson STATE
j of Albania, while Mr. Van Buren, was on his
3 mission to England; and while the Richmond
Enquirer was leading the public to believe
\ that the latter gentleman had no wish, ana
indeed no idea Of being run for that office
! Why he was subsequently nominated, no
reason has yet been given, save that It was
due to Gen jackson, whose chiei iavorite he
was, to punish the Senate for their contnma
cy in vetoing his appointment as minister to
Great Britain, by sending 10 preside over
their deliberations the man whom that body
\ had refused to trust with foreign mission.
Yet nominated he Was II is needless to re-
capitulate the events connected with that
nomination. Suffice it to say, that those
friends of General Jackson 10 Virginia who
could no. swallow Van Buren, fsheep and ail
preserved in their resolution to support Judge
Barbour for the Vice Presdency-the nomi-
nation of the Baltimore Convection to the con-
trary notwithstanding. The support was not
declined but countendnced ny Judge Barbour
uuti the very eve of the election, when he
suddenly recollected that If he is run it may
operate to the disadvantage OF the caucus
candidate, and possibly throw the election
/ into the Senate. He therefore Recommends
bis friends to vote for the Legislative (Cau-
cus) Convention Ticket--!a recommendation
which it is certain they will pay no regard to:
If the object of bis friends was honorable
/ and patriotic, why desert them? II lmpolitlc
! and rash, why give it his sanction, even I'LL
\ the honr of trial? Why not decline at first
/ The profferd honor? "I1onor pricks me on
But how if honor prick me off?" Alas! the
dread of being in minority OF Sailing INTO
\ nosght, tbs sometimes too powerful even
for ambition itself.
The Anti-Jackson party have never nat
tered themselves that they could gam the
vote of Virginia by the division OF their op.
pOnents: they knew too we'll the efficacy OF
party discipline to believe that the breach
could be made wide enough for them to en-
Ter And for ourselves, we are not disap-
pointed in any other respect than IN our cal,
culation on Judge Barbours hrmness ana
consistency, and reasonable belief we mao
entertained that he would remain true TO ms
friends But such traits OF character are
/ rarely found in the fullbred politician: SINK
who may, he win take care TO float down the
stream of popularity with his head above wa
Ter
Cost of Cholera-In New York, there was
appointed a special medical committee OF
eight physicians during the prevalence OF
the cholera. The president of this board
received s25 per day-his whole receipts,
were sl5a5. The other members received
SIS per day. The aggregate Of their com
I'ensation was $1,000
The attendant physicians at the several
hospitals, and their assistance, who per'iied
their lives by continued exposure and unmi-
tIgated labor received various sums from
5000 TO $3.50. -
The whole expenditures Of The city OF Ne"
York on account ofthe cholera, were VI III ,;
800 Of which nearly $4,000 in number WI
be available. One hundred thousand dohaf'
atleast were expended, Lesides the private
Contributions.
Salt-A farmer n Missouri asks, through
The Newspapers, for the reason why, VINE,
The duty on Salt has been so much reduced
the price, is so much increased? II Is not
iact that high duties often reduce prices an
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