Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1833-10-17

supposed they also were Spaniards
come on the same errand, were anxious
to inform them that their labor was
lost by tarrying in that country, and
necessarily repeated to them the Spa
nish sentence "aca nada." The French
who knew as little of Spanish as the
Indians, supposed this necessarily re-
curing sound was the name of the
country, and gave it the name of Ca
NADIA, which it has borne ever since.
Pitts. Times.
PedestrianiSm.-The Boston Even.
ing Gazette mentions that Col. Has
kett, ofSouth Carolina, finished his un-
dertaking of walking two thousand
miles in seventy days on bread and wa
ter, on Friday last. ale has, as will
appear from his certified report, ex-
ceeded the distance nearly four hun
dred miles, and gained in weight %
lbs. He has visited nearly all the
towns in the New England States, and
will return home on his abstemious d.
ct, travelling on foot. On his return
he will proceed south to Philadelphia,
at which place, to comply with the
wishes of some professional gentlemen,
he will undertake to walk forty miles
day for six days on a prescribed a.
mount Of food. After this, it is said he
will prepare for publication his notes
on diet, and publish them to be distri.
buted gratis in the places he has visit
ed. His object, as he states, has been
not to exhibit himself as possessing
more physical power than others-for
he says, he believes that any man can
perform the same. The time and dis.
lance was selected to prove this
First, the distance per day is answer
able to ten hours labor, and this time
(the heat of summary to show the eff.
feet of the diet in predisposing the bo-
dy to stand the effect of heat.
The tide of emigration continues to
flow rapidly into Michigan. In the
course of the last week, about one
thousand able-bodied emigrants landed
IN the city of Detroit, and being COM
Portable settlers, will be valuable in
crease to the population of that thriving
territory.
Liberia.-To illustrate the business
of the Colony, we make the following
extracts from late No. of the Herald:
Commission BusineSS.-The sub
scrlber respectfully informs his friends
and the public, that he has built on Wa.
ter street, No. $50, large Stone Ware
House, convenient to the waters edge,
where he intends carrying on the com
mission business, and is now ready to
accept of any vessel or vessels, whose
masters wish to have their business
done. The said house is quite conve-
nient for storing Tobacco, Flour, Beef,
Pork, Lard, Butter, MoIasses, Sugar.
&c. And on the upper floor, Dry
Goods and Crockery Ware-And with.
al he is a licensed Auctioneer.
HENRY S. NELSON.
Monrovio, August 9Th, 1888.
Here is another, and we are glad to
see no ardent spirit mentioned either in
this or the price current:
DALEY & RUsswuRM offer for sale
the cargo of the schooner William
Iompkins, from Norfolk, Virginia,
| consisting Of
23 hhds. Dark leaf Tobacco, of su.
perior quality;
$50 bbls. Provisions, CONSISTING of
Mess Prime Pork, Beef, do,
Mackerel, No. q, Shad and
Herrings and Lard;
l25 bbls. Superfne Family Flour,
1919 Springfield Hams;
425 kegs assorted Nails;
200 boxes Yellow Soap.
Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 5.
The Herald always contains notices
like the following:
The fast sailing coppered and COD.
per-tastened Schr. Rebecca, Hall. mas.
ter, will sail alternately from this port
for Wlndward and Leeward, and will
take freight on moderate terms; for
which, or passage, apply to
DALEY d RUsswURM.
One more must suffice:
General OrderS.-Commanders of
the different Corps of Monrovia, will
cause their companies to parade on the
Saturday preceding the second Mon
day IN August, in Broad street, pre-