Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-08-09

The Western papers bring us the follow
ing circular from the Commissioner OF the
General Land Office.
"Str send YOU the second number of the
"krtra Globe" II is only one dcllar for thur.
~ numbers. As ii is of the greatest impor-
lance, IN the approaching contest for the
Presidency, that this paper should be circu.
lated, and read az erery Heigkboakooa in @
hio, can you procure i've or ten subscribers
to It IN your vicinityp-if you can DO so. you
may transmit the money to me, aud | willsce
papers forwarded TO such persons, and to
such post offices, as you shall direct The
back numbers viii be sent
Comment Gen. Jackson, In bis inauga.
raj address, said
"The recent demonstration OF public sen
timent lnscnbes on the list OF Executive du-
ties, IN Characters too legiblc to be overlook
ed, the task OF reform, which will require,
particularly, the correction OF those abuses
mat have brought the patronage OF the Fee
deral Government into conflict with the free
dom OF and the counteraction Of those causes
which have disturbed the rightlul course of
appointment and have placed, or continued
power, IN uniaithfal or incompetent hands"
Comment 2--lf tie President really is the
crank old man. his friends procaim hun 10
be, and not capable OF playing the hypocrita
as Is charged by has enemies, here is an on,
poriuniiy tor hlm 10 prove both, by hushng
from office an individual who has dared 10
bring "ihe patronage OF the Federal Govern
nacDt into conflict with the freedom Of cleo
tieos, '--.Nmtoik Hcrald
letter FROM Boston TO the Editors Of the
Commercial Advertiser, New York, saws:
''wfihn few days we have been called up-
Oh to provide for a new eyil--our streets are
full oi Migrants aud drunkards, who have
como from no one can tell where. They
seem to be strangers, and one would almost
think that the whole country had discharged
ats denominations upon US. We are detcrmia-
ed TO make thorough work OF it, aud remove
The whole concern from the city to one oil
the Islands IN the harbor.--Ehe work OF pre-
pafation goes bravely on, aud the city wiil be
saved, II The energy aud ylglience oil our
Board oil Health can save It,. We have iour
or tive hospitals IN readiness, all furnished
with medicins. poriers, nurses, doctors, &c.
Should The Disorder come among us, provl-
sion will be made for the poor, in every ward
al the public expense.
The Winyaw Inteiligencer, Of the 4th inst.
says-An attempt was made ON Sunday night
last, to stop the mail stage between thus place
and Charleston, three mAes south OF Santee
ferfy AWopcrsoas were armed with clubs,
ana are supposed tn be runaway negroes. 1t
was OWING 10 the dexterity OF tAe .ilivcr, aud
tie heesness OF the lead horses, that rob.
berry was avoided.
Death By Lightning In the thander storm
oil Nedncsday, an elm tree in front OF the
house OF ir Henry Huphs. oil Weston, was
struck by ligthnias. lbs huid passed thence
into chamber, where were two ladies' one
Of whom, Ars. Susan, wife OF MIR Wm.
Brown, was simultaneously killed; the other,
Miss Sophia Hu1Os. received 40 injury.
10 The same storm an out buili,ng at
South Boston, near The old glass house, was
struck 10y lightning, aid some leases set on
fire; but two persons who had taken shelter
from The storm gave an alarm, and the
building was saved.
The editor of the Lancaster Journal took
from ms garden, some apficots, four OF them
weighed pound The largest weighed
suTed seven inches and nine tenths in cir
cumierence.
Ostrage.-On the 29th ut, a respectable
young lady in Black River township was as
sauited and abused with much violence by a
brutal rufiian, while passing piece Of woods
on the highway, IN returning from her school
TO her boarding place. With AN intrelndity
and presence ol mind seldom exhibited,
she succeeded IN defending herself until a.
harmed by the sound OF an approaching wag.
on, the william made of.
Trenton, July 81.
Tive black boys supposed to have come
from Philadelphia, were driven into Cox's
AllllpoDd, bloomsbury near this place, by
some reckless white boys on horseback, on
the 2lst inst--The poor blacks, in their
fright TO escape the threats OF their pursuers,
plunged into the deep water, and being ua-
able TO swim, were both drowned.
We are informed that a colofed man, by
the name Of James Levick, was murdered
near Groveviile, Burlington county, on the
22d inst. The person suspected OF having
perpetrated the horrid deed, Zone William,
Handling is said to have made his escape
Gag.
Intoxicating Effects Of tVld Hemp The
plant called wild hemp CannaIis iadica IN
Egypt named .dssis or HoschriSii, is nuniac-
tured into substance called bang'e or Bang,
which is much used throughout Egypt, Per-
STA, Arabia, and HindoosiaD, as a powerful
aud peculiar inebriant. For this purpose