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

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New Orleans Price Current of the Goth
gives the following Exports
From Oct. |, to April 20, 81 ,4O3 hhds ,952 bbls
! same tune last year, 26,530 hhds. ,995 bbls
Same, yeaE before, 36,SiI hhds .q62 bills
thus 1t appears that the quantity
exported is about 5000 hhds. less than
last year, and 1900 less than the year
previous. The surplus taken up the
river, and through the lake to Mobile,
Is not taken into account, unless the
! increased consumption and the export
up the river will account for the defici.
ency.
/ Action Of Hoper AT the recent term
/ Of the supreme Court at Taunton, f.. G
Perkins, Engraver, obtained a verdict of
! $500 against James Stevens, Surveyor,
being the value of a copper plate engraved
by the plaintiff. called the Village Co.
qnette," deposited by him in the hands of
a third person, from whom il was obtain
! ed in a fraudulent manner by the defen-
! dant, who caused large number of the
impressions to be taken thereirom.-.Ne,c
Bedford Gasette
| An Anti Chewing Tobacco Association
has been organized In New Haven, the
members of which are obliged to forego
the use OF this luxury. Professor Silliman
/ at recent meeting, made a l1ng speech
| against the use Of the "noxious weed
| showing from medical authority. ats per
nicious consequences, and its deleterious
effects upon health.
A mighty conjuror has made bis appear
| ance ia New York. and is astonishing the
good society of that city with his marvel
ious ieats, the following is among them
"A cage. containing some halt dozen
small birds, alive and hopping. was exhib
tied to the spectators; it was then placed
on table. and fred at with pistol char
ged with fine shot-every bird fell dead.
cooking apparatus was then produced
fire placed under it, and the dead birds
thrown into the seething pan; when they
were, as was believed, sufficien tly cooked,
the cover was removed, aud behold, in
stead of iricasee, and apparently to the
utter amazement of the cook, forth from
the boiling mess, to different parts of the
Saloon, flew again alive and full feathered,
the flock of little birds. Nj. Saubert's pow
er Of ventriloquism, and of assuming vari-
Gus characters, by change of features,
are truly astonishing, and add much to
the entertainments OF his exhibition.
Mr.. ]. S. Littell, of this city, announ-
ces new work, entitled La,o Library, to
be published in monthly numbers, and ed
tied by Thomas Sergeant and John C..
Lowber, Es9s. These names are securi-
ties for adequate editorship. Law books
are so dear that plan by which they
may be furnished at a cheap rate deserves
and is likely to be fully encouraged.
Two numbers have been issued Of the
National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished
.4nericaas, conducted by Mr.. Herring of
New York and Mr., Longacre Of Philadel
phia. They fulfil 10 every respect the
promise OF the prospectus.--.Vat. Gag.
The Trustees Of Obadiah Browns Fund
have reprinted. in pamphlet, at Provi
dence. X. l.. Joseph | Gurney's Address
on the Right Use and Application Of
| knowledge, lately delivered to the me-
! chanics OF Manchester England.-Ib.
Ii is announced that DR. Noah Webster
the photographer, is engaged in preparing
for publication an edition Of the Bible, in
| the common version, but with amend
ments OF the language. chiefly in the fol-
! lowing particulars
81. The correction Of errors in Gram
/ mar.
2. The omission Of obsolete words and
phrases, and the substitution of equivalent
terms now in use.
s. The use Of euphemis ms for such in
delicate words and phrases as are most
offensive. and which cannot be uttered
without pain both to the reader and hear
er."-.Nat. Gazette.
The Florence Gazette announces the
death Of the Prince, Stanislaus Ponia-
towsky, at Florence, on the 18th ult.
He was born at Warsaw in 1854, and
was the son of Casimir, brother of
Stanislaus Augustus, the last King of
the Poles.
The Rev. DIR. ackburn, of Ver-
sailles, Ky. has liberated two slaves,
a man and his wife, and supplied them
with clothing and money to bear their
expenses to Liberia. The man possess
SEES good English education, and goes
out as a school master.
Cure for the Tooth Ache.-The Ed
itor of the Easton Centinef says that
the best remedy for Tooth Ache, which
he has yet tried, is little lime water
held in the mouth few seconds, and
that in but few instances has it re-
quired the operation to be repeated
more than twice before a cure was eff.
fected, The remedy is simple, and
easily tried.
| Smoking .Msai.-A bit of birthstone a.
bout the size of chinquepin, thrown m.
TO the FIRE once day. will etfectually pre-