Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-07-11
THE FOURTH OF JUIy


town, Shepherdktown and williamspOrt. Gu
Band attended the celebration at the latter place
and we observe by the toasts and the remarks O
the Banner, that their skill and talent wcc dull,
appreciated.
There was not general celebration in our owl
town, but several social, agreeable parties ha,
festivals to their own taste. We attended tina
at the Willow Grove, which was naatroni zed b,
the ladies. II was truly delightful, rural as
semblage. Ice creams, poundcakes, custards witt
Try thing that was good to drink, DARING tn
: fdenf,) RECALLED the company. Music and dane.
ing gave life to the scene; and when the shades O
evening approached, the company separated viii
kindly recollection of every thing that hat
passed.
Thefoilowing toasts prepared upon the "spur o
the OCCASION" were read by d. H. CoxnAp, esq
accompanied by few clever. cxtcmporaneous re.
marks:
1. The daype cele5raie-Filty.seve
years have passed since we first gave
our political creed to the nations Of the
earth-how many nations of the earth
have already said AMEN.
2. Thememoryof Geo: Washington
ellis name shall be
waichword till all nations shall be free. -
3. The Patriots of '76-"Like the
leaves of the Sybil, the more precious
the rarer they become"
A. The Ladies of the oldcn Tine
Talk not of the Portals and the Cor.
nella,s of the ancients, we speak of the
matrons of the revolution who wore
home-spun, and drank sassafras tea,
and armed their brothers and husbands
and sons for the battle field.
.. The mother Of WaShington-Her
monument is not on the hills of Spot
sylvania, but by the fire sides of our
happy homes.
6. Virgiaia-May her well earned
character long distinguish her-"her
sons all braye-her daughters all vir.
tu0uS.
7. The Declaration Of Independence
Those who made it, chose to risk their
Ines and fortunes, rather than TO yield
their SACRED Honor.
s. The Ingie side--Its sanctity has
been insured by the blood Of patriots,
as long as we revere their memories,
the fire upon its blessed hearth shall
burn bright and beautiful.
9. Our o,cn romantic town-We don't
go for beauty, but pretty is as pretty
docs-we are not rising people but
we hold fast to what we have.
10. The celebration at the WiHou
Grore-When the heart of man faileth,
woman patriotism supplies the void
Long may we obey the promptings of
our TAR fellow-citizens.
IL. Notification and Secession-Let
us nullify all bad feelings-let non of
us secede in our hearts from this happy,
unprecedented, and joyous Union of
friendship, neighbourly Kindness and
good aciH.
II. TO The health of orr absent
.triendS-Let us remember them on this
day when peradventure they are think
ing of us.
ID. The LadieS-Mothers, sisters,
wives and sweet hearts, all dear to us,
all belonging to some one oC the cha
racters--let the sweet hearts be wives
and the wives mothers, and all will be
well.
The President Of the United States ha literal
ly "astonshcd the uatives,' By sudden and ra.
pid retreat from his northern festivities. He ar
rived in Washington the 4th inst in forty- sir
hours from Boston. His suite, we imagine, were
lost by the way. Even Major Jack Downing,
was among the missing-be has however since
been heard Of, most piteously lamentng his mis-.
fortune, and CHARGING his disappointment upon
the trickery Of ".the little Dutclnan,'' who ha.
oatwttcd him at last
The Presidency of the Canal Compdne .--Ir
the number Of the Gazette succeeding the expul.
SION of General Mercer from the Presidency o.
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, we
accompanied the annunciation of the fact with
lew reflections which We're suggested by thai
extraordinary procedure. The opposition presse,
throughout the country warmly reprobated the
4 measure, and those under executive control seem
I Cd indecisive upon the question betw cen permit
4 ting the election Of Mercer and the substitution O
4 MAJOR Eaton to pass off quietly, or making BATH
q against public opinion which had been outraged
4 by the act. The course of policy has at length
oeen determined upon, and the signal accordingly
gwen to the jackson presses to hunt down Gen
Mercer or do aught else that may be necessary tt
rescue the Executive from the imputation of i'm
proper interference in the election The devel
"pment OF this project appears in two articles il
4 'he Washington Globe Of the 2sth June and III,
l md OF July, and the article which appeared il
the Gazette of the 18th ult is copied at large an,
made the special subject of attack. We are at