Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-05-23
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MARTINsBURG. May -, 1888.

MARTINSBURG. MAY 70, 1888.
We refer our readers to our adver-
Using columns for a notice of the Iron
and Brass Foundry recently set in ope.
ration in this place by our enterprising
and valuable townsman EDWARD A..
GIBBS. Esq.
II gives us pleasure at all times to
call the attention of the public to works
Of domestic industry, believing them to
be intimately connected with the pros.
perity of the country. Every estab.
lishment of the character of that under
consideration, enables us to dispense
with manufactures of foreigners and of
other sections of our own country, en-
hances the value of our agricultural
products by creating market at home,
and keeps money among us.-We hope
therefore that Mr.. Gibbs may receive
that encouragement and patronage in
his new undertaking to which his en-
terprize and industry entitle him.
To those who have never witnessed
the operations of melting and cast.
ing hard metals, we recommend a visit
to the Foundry.
We have received during the last
month twonew literary papers, to.which
we invite the attention of the lovers of
light reading, viz:-The "New- York
err" published in the city of New
York by w. II. Porter, and the !Steu.
5enuiHe Chronicle, published in Steu.
benyille, Ohio, by Lowry & Williams.
Both these papers are ably conducted.
neatly printed and in convenient form
for binding.-In our next we will in
sert the advertisements of both, and in
the mean while specimens may be seen
at our office.
appointment by Judge Parker. Major
JOSEPH KEAN to be clerk ofthe superior
court of law and chancery for Frederick
county - Winchester Rep.
John Thompson has been convicted,
during the present session Of the superior
court. of "house burning" and sentenced
to five years imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary.
The building which this man set on fire
was the Pine Grove Factory, owned by
Joel Ward, Esq of Berkeley, and rented
by Mr.. William Janney
We have seen a letter, in Gen Jack
sons hand writing, justifying, in effect,
the attack OF Houston upon Stanbery, and
attempting by argument to show that such
attacks, under the circumstances, were
right aud proper. This letter was written
! by Cen Jackson, in explanation of his
conversation in the presence Of Gen Bar
ringer, which was reported in the papers
+ at the time.-The spelling is bad, and the
item and sent out, without the knowledge
of the Supervisors of the Palace. Several
other gentlemen in this city saw the letter
TO which we refer.
i In connection with this subject, il is
proper to add, that at the conversation re,
erred to, when General Jackson was JUS
tliying the attack of Houston on the per
son of member Of Congress, a gentle
man of undoubted veracity, now in this
city, expressed his dissent, and argued that
the official station Of Stanbery, ought to
protect him from violence. The Presi-
dent replied in the negative. and maintain
ed that no public office ought to be an i'm.
munity TO the holder The gentleman
then very naturally referred in his mind to
the situation of general Jackson himself,
and asked him, "Do | understand you as
saying that you have no more protection
I from personal assaults as President of the
United States, than as Andrew Jackson?"
His answer was, "No, not in the least
*if | cannot protect myself, will not re-
zsort to my official station for redress "
These. be it remembered, are not our doc
'rines, but the doctrines of General Jack
son.-.E Y. Com
Duel. I'VE learn, says the Norfolk He
raid of Friday. that Mr.. William Arm
istead, (son of the late Mr.. Moss ARMS
tead, Of this borough and Mr. John Ca.
rey, two young gentlemen of Hampton,
met yesterday morning between 6 and 8
O'Clock on Old Point Comfort, TO decide a
matter OF personal difference, the particu
lars Of (which we could not learn, and up
on the first fire Mr.. Armstead was shot
through the body, near the region of the
lungs. which our informant feared would
prove mortal
The whole amount received in aid Of
the Cumberland sufferers, at O'Clock on
Saturday last in Philadelphia, was s242S,