Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-02-23

( THE PaEsirEsr's Hsfra-Mf. Brooks
the highly respectable editor Of the Portland
Advertiser, COW at Washington, writes on
the subject Of General JacksoDs health as
| folowsi
| "Gen jackson, il can believe his fricnds,
! 10 not what he was sseu year ago. He
| looks now very old, feeble and trouble worn
His skin has sunken flaccid appearance
His features arc rigid Ills motions are un.
easy, trembling, and destitute Of firnincss.
Exertion is psinfui. He is uader the de,elic
rules OF the physician. There is an absence
Of animal spirits. which | am told be has
heretofore possessed. There seyery indca
ton OF an affection old age pressing him
down. | should think bis chance Of living
year was prohlematical for he is affected with
complication of diseases, and often under
the hands Of doctor. All this is not said
in any spirit Of unklndness or political hostil.
ity. The death Of jackson no man can de
sire; but It Is said, to show the madness Of
re electing such a President, who, were he
the best OF men, must under such Affections,
De under the tutelage OF irresponsible agents
Many may think exaggerate ia describing
BIZ feebleness; but soften the expression
heard In this district Indeed his state of
health IS the topic of conversation in every
circle 1t Is the morning and evening ones
uon. Is speculated upon by bis own party
with all the anxiety of men DESTROYS to elect
a Vice President suitable to their various pur
poses. The evening Levees usually given
at the Prdsident's House, have not vet begun
There 10 a reason in all this Aud il is
found in the fact that 1t is painful for Pie
sident Jackson TO make the exeriion to see
company b.
A letter from Port an Prince, under date
OF lth January, published in the New Or
leans Bee, says--"A commercial treaty has
Just been concluded between this and the T.
nued States government Commodore Ell
hot, commanding the frigate, was sntrustes,
with the management of the negotiations I"
The Nashville papers state that the Pres
byterian Church in ti.at town was DESTROYED
BY fire soon after midnight Of Sunday, the
2Sth ult- 1t was not known how the fire O.
rglnated.
The Episcopal Church at Auburn, New
York, was destroy ed by fire on Monday
week Ii is supposed the fire originated from
the stove that had been used during the SER
vice the day before.
We learn from the Tallahassee Floridian,
that Achille Murat, who recently received
military commission from tue Belgian 90
vernment, but was deprived OF it by a de
mand made by the French government, is
expected shortly to return with his lady, 10
his resideace in Florida.
The Rutherfordton On. c. Spectator con.
talns account Of the murder OF man
named Silver, by his wife, aided by another
woman His head was first cot of, and his
body partially burnt. His habits were in
temperate --those of vagrant. After the
commission Of the deed, the wife went to
her fathef-ia laws to inquire after her Lus
band, who, she said, mad not beea al home,
and was not to be found
Quiek sailing fhe chips Richmond, BA-
RER, sailed from Hampton Roads on tue 29th,
and the Tally Io FlsHER, on the 3oth Nov.
for Liverpool. where they arrived in Is days
passage and on their retaTa, the Richmond
sailed on The I'd, and the Tally Ito on the 9Th
JAM, and passed through Hampton ROADS.
the former on Friday. and the later on Sa
| turday last. 1t is somewhat remarkable that
both these ships were met on their way down
James River IA their outward passage, by
the ship Fama. Capt tVINsoR, then on her
way up the River to take in cargo, and have
both returned before the Fama has loaded
and reached Hampton Roads Beacon.
| The importance of the establishment of
the American Colony at Liberia appears to
be justly appreciated by some of the British
writers. The Westminster nondsn) Re
view says, in reference to it:-"Ihe Ameri
cans are successfully planting free negroes
on the Coast at Africa; a greater event pos
sibly, in its consequences, than any that has
occurred since Columbus set sail for the
New World"
From the Philadelphia inquirer Of Friday.
THE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
The Philadelphia Gazette OF a recent date
| contained this paragraph:
"Mons. Chabert desires us to state, tina,
| if Mr.. Houghton will give teaspoon full OF
| Pfussic acid (Scheeles stfength) to dog,
| 10 the presence Of the medical faculty, and
then restore the dog with his osoa antidote.
he Mons O. will give $500 for the perlor-
nance OF the feat This will leave no blood
| outlines, and cause no death of a human
being-and test who of the imperial twain is
| the Simon Pure or the charlatan''
| We are requested by Mr.. George Dixon,
friend Of the American Fire King, who Is
absent from Philadelphia, TO say. that h, Mr..
| Dixon) accepts the above challenge, and will
| meet Mons. Chabert at any time and place
that he may designate, and will so meet him