Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-02-07

! with the growth Of population and the ag,;
| cultural and mineral Productions of the .,
| tensive country drained by the Potomac AMI
its various tributary, streams many hundrsI
| miles in length, now navigabIe at certain ne
RODS Of each year, and capable Of being rem
dered permanently so.
1t cannot be nationally qr. st led, but IN, +.
afrw years will repay with profit to the sta, ]
the sum wiiich your committee propose u
derive from temporary application of tbel
public credit, to the advancement of n.
Chesapeake and Ohio canal. and thereGrs
they snbjoin TO their report the following bin
LATEST FROM HOLLAND.
The Boston Atlas announces the arrival "A
The brig Alexander, Captain Pendieton. from
New Dieppc, whence she sailed on the Dom
December, but brought no papers. Captain
| +. furnished the first intelligence 10 Boston
oil the fall of Antwerp. 1t will be observed
! by the reader of the intelligence received AZ
New York, that little has been said of tbsl
loss OF HE occasIoned by the defenders a
the citadel TO the assailants Capt. P reports
! that the loss OF the French was computed AZ
J from 10000 to 5000 men. The citadeI
was taken possession Of on the 25th. The
loss OF the Dutch wasnot Known. Ten thou.
sand bombs were thrown by the French into
the citadel, which destroyed all the provisions
and water OF the besieged General Chase
defended the citadel two days after the de, :.
tructiof OF his provisions and water.
The TARIFF BILL in the House of Renre
sentatives Is still IN Committee Of the Whck.
| and IFS fate still as uncertain ais the tim.
when that fate will be ascertained NOTHING
definite can be inferred from he votes which
have been taken upon amendments in Com.
| mittee, because the House has never been
fall Members become jaded by long atteh.
dance, and too fatigued to listen TO debate.
seek repose or exercise whilst they suppose
debate 10 gong on TO which they have no
| inclination 90 listen. Sudden comes a uues.
ton, and dnds fifty, sixty, or even eighty
members absent, every one Of whom would
have been present, IL their votes would have
told effectively. Notice has been given nv
distinguished member of the House, fMr
ADAMs.) that he will move to strike out the
| enacting clause Of the bin That ,ciu be a
test question, even in Committee of tbe
Whole. being in effect a motion to yeject the
bll.-uNationat Lntrligencer.
TExAs-The Texas Advocate of the l4th
u't. published at Brazoria, gives US the fol
lowing intelligence with regard to the sitaa.
ton OF this unfortunate country:
81 he federal government is dissolved. and
we are now without a constitution. MANY
OF the States has refused to vote for Presi.
dent, for Senators and representative. This
evil cannot be remedied according 70 The
constitution, before the expiration of the
period of four years"
"A convention is to be called for the state
OF Texas, for the purpose of framing and a.
dopting provisional constitution.
LEXINGTON, (Ky.) Jan. 49,
Murder and Sulctde.-NVe have been n-
formed that the body OF woman, which
bore EVIDENT marks ofviolence, was discov-
cred IN the neighborhood of Athens in this
county, between Christmas and New Year.
she was seen in company with man named
.8sobfy short time-our informant said a
few manifestations her lifeless body, was
discovered Awhry was not seen again until
ms body wa found in branch, having nut
an end 10 bis existence by drowning himself
lie had taken off his coat, shoes, and socks,
ana laid them near the place where his body
was found No doubt is entertained of his
having murdered The woman. They had
lived together sometime as husband and wife.
(thongh not married and had several children.
Thus endeth the days Of the wicked. y Oh
serrer
Hasty Repentance Lately. in Vevay. In.
diana, Mr.. James Cooper was married 10
Miss Jane Roebuck The ceremony took
place on. Wednesday morning On the e.
vening of the same day they parted, and on
Thursday the usual caution appeared from
the happy swain, Hing tie good peaple not
TO trust or harbour his better half. rs he was
predetermined to pay no debts of er con.
tracing, -
Births and Marriages Taking Tie counties
o. Ensiand. and CHASING them according TO The
density 9 their population. 1t appears that in
t,co counties, haring less than 100 persons on
The square mile, eath, 100 marriages produced
$40 births. In nine counties, hae,ng from
100 TO $50 on the square mile, each, 100 mar
riGges, produced 396 births. Ia sirteen coua-
ties hacing from so to 2O0 on the square mile
earh 100 marriages produced 800 births Ii
toar counties having from 900 10 $50 on tho
square mule each 100 marriages produced 9ss
bFthS. III tire counties hariag from 250t0
500 on fhe square mile, each 100 marriages
produced 37S births In three co,nsties, has-
mg from 500 to $50 on the square mile, 100
marriages produced $50 births In t,co conn
Ties, harlg from 500 10 600 GA The sauayenile,