Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1833-11-14

Phil. Herald.
COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS AT LISBON
The following letter has been recei.
we'd by the brig Halcyon at Boston:
LISBON, Sept. 13.-The govern.
ment, acting in the name of Donna
Maria I'd, have just issued decree,
admitting Flour for the consumption Of
this city, Gt has been prohibited for
many years past, paying a duty Of
200 per barrel. One months notice
is to be given of the repeal of this de.
cree. AT present the city is besieged
by the army of Don Miguel; and the
greater part of the mills in his posses.
sion; there is plenty Of wheat here, but
no mills to grind it. The population
within the lines Of the city is about
100000, and the daily consumption
exceeds 1000 barrels. 1t is impossible
to form an opinion how long things
will remain in their present state; the
moment this government gets posses.
sion of the mills, they will give one
months notice, and the admission oil
Flour will be annulled. Under these
circumstances we cannot encourage
shipments from the United States. All
present something more than $50 perl
barrel on board can be obtained fol
Flour of good quality. AS our inter.
course with the country is stopped,
there is no demand for other American
produce. Vessels with Flour from
the United States for Europe, might
touch here for orders.
J. PEMBERToN, HUTCHINSON, g. Co.
A public dinner was lately given 10
Gen. Charles F. Mercer, by the citi
zens of Charleston, Kanawha county,
Virginia. In the course of an int
resting speech, replying to the usual
complimentary toast, he gives the fol- !
lowing account of his first meeting with
Chief Justice Marshall, in the valley Of
the kanawha. This distinguished in.
dividual, it is said, has always been re.
markably hardy and active in his model
of living.-Bah. Gaz.
Entering the same valley eight
years after, by a new road leading to|
a point higher up, called then the LoupI
1t was in the autumn of 1S12,-l mel
man, second to but one who ever
fought the battles, or enlightened the
councils, of our country, either State
or National. He wore, | we'll rememI
Der, as is his custom, shoes, instead Of
boots, and had his ANGLES bound around
for some distance up, with thongs Of
papaw bark, to guard them from the
bite of the rattle-snake, and his beard
had been unshaven for many days.
He had walked ahead CT his compa'
MONS, and was awaiting, as had bee1
for day or two, the arrival Of tbd
James river boat, in which, as Con
missioner ofthe State, he was about
complete the most dangerous part ofa1
obstructed navigation, if navigation
could be called, which he had steadily
prosecuted for a distance of eight1
miles, along the Greenbriar and New
River, towards the Falls of Kanawhai
| saw him afterwards, for many
nights in succession, pluck the twlsf
and leaves off the branches of thf
neighboring trees, to make his bed
the tent, beneath which we slept, on
surface rarely, if ever, even enough 1
rest without pain. With no humaf
abode in sight for ten days together
and for part ofthat time without othet
subsistence, he made his morning and
evening beverage Of tea of the sassaI
fras growing in the adjacent thicsN1
and bread of the remaining husks ofsf
meal which had already been sifieds
He was then, as he is ow,--lon1
may he so continuel-Chief Justice
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