Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-02-21
PRINTERS TO CONGRESS.

uS PuOHSuerS Vi TINS paper were yes
terday elected Printers to the House Of
Representatives for the Congress. They
can only express their grateful sense of
this mark ofcon6dence and good viii on
part of the House, and to pledge Them
selves to discharge the duties of the hon.
orable trust with strict fidelity, and to the
utmost of their sbility.-Naf. Int.
twill be perceived that Messrs. Gales
and Seaton have been elected Printers to
the House of Representatives.
This result, although il viii probably
surprize our friends abroad, has not been
surprizing to us. The causes are well
known to us, and at a proper time we
shall disclose them TO the country. Il is
sufficient for us now to say, that orr fell
low citizens win find IL them nothing
which can elevate our adversaries or I'M
pair our claimes TO the confidence Of the
public Globe.
1t will be seen that we have paid the
penalty for an honest maintenance ofprin-
cIples. The shock does not come on us
unawars. To say that we do not feet,
this reverse of fortune, would be ride.
ulous affectatlon. But we will say that
having chosen the alternative which led
to tive are not subdued by il. 1t brings
with 1t this consolation; 1t is another test
of the sincerity ofour attachment to those
principles which this press has laboured,
feebly, we admit, but ever zealously and
fearlessly, we maintain.
In consequence of the persecution of
those in power, who, not content with
Withdrawing all the patronage within
their control, have hunted up our sub.
scribers, and forced many of them to dis.
continue their subscriptions; We add,
that in consequence Of this persecution,
this paper has been, for the last two years
printed at a loss of several thousand dol
lars per annum; and we are bound to an.
nounce the Notifying truth, that unless
the people will take it under their patron.
age, it must be discontinued. We trust
that no one win believe that this fact is
announced, aow for the purpose of enlist.
ing public sympatiy.--It is truth which
our relation to the public makes it onr
imperious duty to state..--. Telegraph.
Ffre.-The wo olen factory, with all the
stock and machinery, belonging TO Mes
srs. Flanders d Beckford, in London,
N. H., was destroyed by fire on Mon
day morning last, about o'clock. There
was no insurance on the building, stock
or machinery.
Agitation. 1t is by agitation that the
air is made refreshing when the sultrv
heats OF summer sicken the delicate and
enervate the strong.
1t is agitation which preserves large
bodies of water from stagnation and pu.
trescence.
1t is agitation which brings down the
rotten wood Of the forest with q crash
to the ground.
1t is agitation by the same strong breeze
which strengthens the stout oak, and
gives it frmer holding ON the soil.
II is by agitating subjects connected
with public liberty, that the calm Of des-
potism, and the succeeding storm of rev.
olution are equally avoided. Let those
who are for public passiyness, quiessence
and unruffled surface knowthat the storm
which succeeds this is irresistible as the
tornado, devastating as the locust, and
sudden as the whirlwind. Vsndicator.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTH DAY.
Ertract from the proceedings Of the Lite
rary Society Of the Martinsburg Acade-
my, on The 18th Of February, 1888.
On motion, it was
Resolred, That one of the members of
this Society be chosen to deliver an Ora
ton on the 22nd. inst. in the Lutheran
Church in Martinsburg.
Resofred, That portion of Washing
tons Farewell address be read previous
to the Grafton
Whereupon, Mr.. Moses H. HUNTER
was unanimously chosen Orator; and
Mr.. JOSEPH E. SNoDeRAss, Reader.
Resoloed, That thehour of commence
ment be IL o'clock, A. NJ, and the citi.
zens generally requested to attend.
RESOLVED, That as much of the pro-
ceedings of this meeting as relates to the
celebration of the 22nd. be published in
the Martinsburg papers.
BY order,
JOHN LOCKE, Sec'y.
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