Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-06-14

1t spoke as angels speak above,
For God himself was there
For oh! it was a fathers voice
That hade the trembling heart rejoice.
IRISH hamor aud good h~umor.-Ibe follow
ing is selected from prince Puckler 4 Mus
kaa's Tour as an instance of the happy dis
position OF the inhabitants Of swatc ireland:
We saw a number Of fnboteTs sitting by
the road side on heaps OF stone, which they
we're breaking. My companion said, "IIey
are conauerors; their whole business is 10
break in pieces and destroy, and they rise on
the ruins they make" Meanwhile our driver
blew his born to announce the post, for which,
as here, all must maize way; the tone, how
ever, came forth with SO much difficulty, and
sounded SO piteou Ia, that we all laughed A
pretty boy, Of about ~, locking like a per
sonIlicatIon Of happiness and Joy, though hall
naked, was sitting on "A heap % stones ham
mering. lie shouted out with a mischiev-
Gus giee. and called ont to the angry driver,
"Oh, no, friend, your trumpet has caught
cold, il is as hoarse as my old grandmother;
cure it directly with a glass Of p%otheen, or II
will die of a consumption before you reach
Galway!' A loud laugh from the laborers
followed as chorous. 'fEhere," said my
GOiilfoilbBBf III fC0R - Ott HSbstRB ~
walton and laughter that is their lot Would
YOU believe that, from the number Of lahour.
efs, ana the scarcity Of labour, not one Of
these men earn enough to buy sufficient food;
and yet every one of them will spare some
thing TO his priest, and if you go into his ca
bin, will give you bali OF his last potato, and
q joke in the bargain"
Ftm is ftn.-Calfing the other morning at
the office OF Dick Re9ies, esq. we found him
at the glass, in the act of shaving. Ripl rip
went the razor over his face, and the blood
catne at every stroke; while his man Tom
stood behind him nearly splitting his sides
with laughter. The counsellor, with most
commendable perseverance, continued his
operation, %grinntng, groaning, and making
the most dolorous faces, until at length sur
vcying his gashy countenance more minute
ly, he turned suddenly round and stammered
out-'i 5 s-say, Tom, { fun is / iun-hut
d-n il! | wish you wouldn't open oysters
with my raZori''
Ireland. 1t is stated in Bryan's view of
Ireland, that the ummefs are the most tenn
perate ia Europe, and the winters the mild
est. No point of land is 5000 feet above the
PLAIN, and it insight be a country OF water
communications throughout. 1t has more
harbors for ships of the largest size than the
whole of Europe, aud Is adVantageously stu
ated in this respect that II has been ascer
tanned, that a vessel from the west of Ireland
may reach America before a vesse! from the
port of London gets out of soundings. Ii
contains $4,000 square miles, and such are
the indentIngs Of iiarbors, arms Of the sea,
and riyer mouths, that there is not AN acre
above 50 miles from the sea.
q Eact.-An honest dntchman was recent.
" travelling ia F~irginia with his wagon, when
he reached the well known Hot Springs; the
road passing near, and the old gentleman be
ing in strange parts, and ignorant of the heat
of the water, stopped his team for the purpose
of watering them. ~Iio-lctt his son standing
with the horses; the old gentleman took his
water bucket, and dipped ii into, found it
sufficiently hot to bell an egg. AT this, the
old gentleman was much alarmed; he hastily
took up his bucket, and addressing his son,
he exclaimed; 'Sftoul Shoni Oh, mine Got!
trlVe on nit all your might, vor pc sure.
Shon, III ii Is not vone mile from dis place
CoagreDe Rockets When Congreve rock
cts were first introduced into the navy, the
Admiral on the Brazil station proposed 10 OK
hth't 10 the King, Don Juan VI, the effect
o. thtse tothIdatle protlctile8. Ills Majesty
consented, auu the whole court wereaccord
in2ly assembled IN tho balconies Of the Pa
iace, AT the ItIo. Tor the purpose Of witness
ing the spectacle BY some mishap, at the
mouIeht OF firing the tube veered rornd, and !
the rocket, instead Of flying over thc praia
G,ande. took the opposite direction, and fell
and exploded in the gjeat square, almost
beneath the windows Of The Palace. Iht
CONSERVATION OF the King was only equalled
by the modification Of the Admiral, who
Immediately despatched an officer on shore
90 explain The cause Of tac eo+ire temps. anu
offering I" la Of ""u,hcl; beat lhe terrified
would NOS hear OF il II havc III
great respect" said he, Tor my good al
les. rhe Engii-h, bat after dinner thty a., !
a hsointely IL Tor nothing ga ohscIratio. !
which clearly indicated to what cause h.
Majesty attributed the unfortunate result Of /.
ihe xhiLIdon-ylnr0r.