Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1833-12-05
In perusing the attack of the Globe on

In perusing the attack Of the Globe on
the Hon. Mr.Duane. the reader, we think.
will be a,tunded at the following passage:
1--WE maintain the right of the Presi
dent to dismiss any executive officer for
refusing to do ,chas The Chief Magistrate
may believe this duty to do"
Was there ever more slavish or de
spotc sentiment uttered than this? Can
the annals Of tyranny present more fla
grant outrage upon the rights OF opinion
in matters Of civil policyp What is MIR.
Duane. or what are any of his associates
in the Cabinet, but automatic puppets in
the game of State. 10 he moved, blunder
ingly. or otherwise, by the master hand?
We are glad to see this opposing move.
ment of the Kitchen Cabinet against our
worthy townsman. II shows the instru.
ments that he has left at Washington to
do the biddings Of the Great Director
sacrificing their wills. and prostitu,ing
their consciences, for the sake of station
over which the sword of Damocles glitters
in perpetual suspension. Every honest
and intelligent mind, as it commends the
unbending integrity which chose retire
ment rather than truckle to the executive
mandate, will commisserate proportion
ably. the overawed and obedent depen
dents who remain behind.-PhiI Gar.
A London paper says:-"As TO suicide,
the number during the month has been
extraordinary-it seems quite the fashion:
man has the head ache-he hangs him.
self to get rid of il; lady has s9uaoble
with her husband-she ties herself up in a
pocket handkerchief, and is found dead;
rider at Astley's 'shufiles of this mortal
COLI because he is jealous Of his wife a
bout coachman, and because she had
read him letter 1.-THE equestrian not be
ing able 10 read it himseif) charging him
with bigamy, and man of The name of
Martin browns himself for fear of the
Cholera; butler of the Duke of Cumber-
land browns himself because the under
butler is ordered TO take the plate to Lon.
don from Kew, instead Of him, (having, it
should be observed, been in the habit of
using the spirits of wine brought TO clean
the said plate-tauts de mieuoe-in the
way Of drams)."
We find the following in the Richmond
Compiler Of the Goth. Most sincerely We
hope, as we incline TO believe, that it is
but the reyer bcration with a mistake of
the name,) of the catastrophe which lately
overlook the steamboat St. Martin in the
same (Red) river:-yNat. Int.
Another Dreadful Steamboat accident
we are indebted to the Editor of the St.
Francisville La.) Phoenix, for the infor
NATION that the steamer Caspian "was
burnt near the mouth of Red river, and
we are informed that between 90 and 80
souls persisted in the flames. Particulars
not received
We contemplate the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal as NATIONAL WORK
IL is destined to enrich the People. So
" ashlnston thonght-and so Mercer has
20 lar demonstrated.-Pha Com Her.
Senator Polndexter addressed the peo
pie oil Natchez on the LIST instant, on the
subject oil federal politics In the course
Of his speech he bestowed a mer;ted en-
Iogium on the character Of Henry CLAW. o( |
Kentucky, and expressed his firm con. |
viction, that to the forecast and dis;n,sr.
ested exertions of that gentleman. the ma.
ton had been twice indebted for ayer,;no |
the horrors of civil war, and the conss.
quent dissolution of the Union: and that a |
grateful people ought to reward him with
the first office in their gift, by acclama,
tion.'-.AIer. Gax.
Head and Foot -"What heading shall
/ put to this account of a man cutting off
his toe with an axep" asked young pa.
ragraph paster Of his superior, in a news.
paper otfice. "Why, Melancholy Are- |
Gent to be sufe'"--Leed' Papsr. J