Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-06-27

T ~0soat11ttoN-AA mceung OF tn
Board Of Directors of the Massachuscti
Colonization Society held 10 Boston in A
prii last, the following resolution was u
unanimously adopted:-
Resolved, That IN view OF the momen
tous crisis of our country's history. in ~
lation to the existence Of Slavery, !, h,
earnestly recommended TO Christians n
| all denominations. to spend portion o
the morning OF the Fourth Of July next il
special prayer TO Almighty God. to pre-
serve US from impending evils 10 protect
enlarge aud bless the Colony at Liberia
TO pour on benighted Africa the hight oI
the Gospel. TO deliver our beloved cosntr,
from sln of slavery, TO put speedy end Il
all traiiick 10 human beings, and to give
energy to all means now 10 operation, OF
which may yet be devised. to accomplish
those important objects
The Rev. Mr.. Danforth, one of the gen
eral Agents oil the American Colon,zafion
Society, has expressed an earnest wish
that the foregoing resolutions may be uub
llshed IN all the newspapers which feel So
licItude on the subject TO which Il refers
AT meeting OF the friends of the
American Colonization Society, held
in New York on Monday evening. the
sum of eleven hundred and twenty
eight dollars was collected.
The Alexandria Gazette says-"We
yesterday saw letter from the venc-
rable James Madison, expressing in
the warmest terms, his interest in the
American Colonization Society, ana
enclosing donation of Fifty Dollars
to be applied TO the Funds Of the Soci-
ety."
New YoRK. June
.NarGL-Capt BALLARD, OF the Navy,
lett tnis city yesterday, for Norfolk, 10
bring round the DELAWARE, "a, TO tins
port, which may he expected mere in
bout three weeks. After RECEIVING Oh
board the Hon EDWARD LIviNGsTos, ap
pointed Minister to France, she viii pro
coed 90 Europe. and having landed him
al such port as may be designated, Nv,
near Ii rumored that he will d,sembark at
Naples, and proceed TO Paris by land, }
will pursue her course TO the Mediterra
mean. and become the flag ship OF Com
modore PATTERSON The BRANpYwINE
frgate will be Withdrawn from the Aled
terranean squadron, or rather, it is pre-
sumed. IS Withdrawn already, aud may be
expected very shortly at this port where
her crew, or so many Of them as have ful
tiIled their term Of enlistment, will be paid
OF aud discharged jour. o. Commerce
PHILADELPHIA, June Z.
The Locomotive Engine, called the
Pennsylvania, invented and patented by
Colonel 5. ii LONG OF the United States
Army, has been fairly tried and approved
on the Germantown Rail Road.
Recent experiments have shown that
Engine is fit TO draw thir,y-two tons, casi
ly, on level road, at the speed Of fifteen
miles an hour
The whole weight of the engine is fous
tons end a hall; the boilers evaporate two
hundred gallons in an hour, in which
time they require the consumption OF
something less than two bushels of an
ihracite coal, the only fuel used
The wheels are made of wood, each
with an iron tire OF three parallel concen
trio circular bands, cheap ia price, but
very substantial, strong, lasting, and eli
icient.
Col. Long has employed himself, for
some TINE past, on experiments for the
application of the heat produced by Al
thracrte coal to the production OF steam for
locomotive engines; and has succeeded. II,
a degree above the most sanguine expec
tations with which he started. With his
arrangement Of the furnace and the fue,
anthracite may be used, Tor raising steam,
more advantageously than the best piae
wood. IL sends forth no sparks to burn OF
alarm passengers careful! Of their dresses,
ant emits no dlsagreeable or perhicious
vapour; and It enables the director to ira.
vel without the cncumbrance OF tender,
as the fuel and the water are both carried
on the engine. Dolly Lhrof.
High,cay itsbbery For the first time
since the lays OF the noted Mason do We
hear OF highway robbery IN Mississippi
Heretofore, our citizens have passed 10
and iro, from one end Of the State to the
other, without fear either by DAY or by
night; but wIthln the last week or two
desperate villain has way Land aud robbed
several individuals. on the borders oil
Franklin county, about, % or "a miles
from this city, on the MeadvlIIe and Gal
latin Roads. lie appears TO levy has con
tribuiions with as much sang Jro,d as Il
he were simple collector OF the State
tax. Alter the Customary saiutation, "a
fine day." &c he politely enquiries after
your family, and II You chew good Tobacco.
generally closing the conversation with
an inquiry as TO the amount OF money you
may have about you. lie stopped cler
gyman lew days age, aud hnoIng that
he had but two or three dollars, he dc
clned taking IT -of others, he has collect
ed, we understand about 400 dollars. The
neighbors have secured the woods, and
have found hrs camp, but his person re
mains asyet undetected Suspicion, how