Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-11-17

AsA tlOuA Nh1 ~ u ~
mention that the Pennsylvania Lyceum
is prepared to deliver g~ratuitously, an ele
mentary set of specimens 10 Geology and
Mineralogy to any and every County Ly-
ceum which is or may be formed in the
Union.
If any such Lyceum, or a few indiyidu
ais, with a view Of forming one in any one
Of The eleven hundred counties in the Uni
ted States, will request some merchant or
other person who may visit Philadelphia
the present season, TO call upon John Sim
mons, corresponding Secretary Of the
Pennsylvania Lyceum, or upon Diliwyn
Parish, corner Of Arch and Eighth streets,
they can procure a set Of specimens, rep
%resenting the elements oirocks and noun
tains, the different strata, or kinds OF
rocks, the ores of the most useful metal,
and a few other minerals, also a few spec
linens, Of improvements. in schools and
Lyceums, such as geometrical, and per
haps architectural and other perspective
drawings, foliuns, impressions OF leaves,
and possibly a few specimens of needle.
work.
Editors Of this and other counties, are
requested 10 mention in their columns,
that the next National Convention of Am.
erican Lyceums, will be held in Philadel.
phia, commencing on The first Tuesday oil
May next, and that any person or persons
from either continent, who may bring or
send TO that meeting specimens of plants
minerals, shells, insects, or other produc.
lions OF nature or art may exchange them
for others, deposit them for the use of the
National Cabinet, or appropriate them in
sonie way for the diffusion of knowledge
and for instituting a scientific, and it i.
hoped, a Christian intercourse among
the nations Of the earth.
IL is expected that delegates from State
and County Lyceums IN America, anc
from similar societies in other countries
will be provided with Accommodations BY
the Inequalities Of the citizens.
The celebrated %Junius, in one Of his lie,
tiers to Lord Mansfield, writes;" In a ques
ton merely political, an honest man may
stand neuter but "the Constitution and
Laws are general property" Not to de
iend, is to relinquish; and who is there as
senseless as to renounce his share in a
common benefit, unless he wishes to profit
by a new division Of the spoils?" We
commend the above sentiment to the con
|, sideration OF such of our friends as are
content to think rightly, without putting
themselves TO the trouble Of rendering
any active service to the cause they pro.
Tess TO sustain. mot to defend is to re.
liDquish." The motto should be adopted
by the freemen Of the United States, as a
response to The bandit maxim, which would
invite the abandoned and the profligate 10
the general plumber Of the ''spoils of vic
tory albany Daily .Adu.
INTERESTING ANEcDorE.-In the debate
on the removal Washington's remains, in
the House of Representatives, MIR. How.
ard, OF Maryland, related the following in.
teresting historical anecdote /: When
the British fleet was passing up the Poto.
mac, with hostile intent, during the late
war, the commander directed that when
he arrived opposite Mount Vernon, he
should be Informed Of the fact. When be
was told hat the ship was opposite the
the tomb of Washington, the officers as
sembled upon deck. and passed by uncoy.
cred and in silence"
The United States Gazette in,imates
that the DIRECTORS of the Bank will return
ITS charter TO the State, and take back
its bonus. 1t says, further, that ga char
ter may be obtained elsewhere, and its
most profitable business pursued at a short
distance from its present location" We
understand that it has been determined
here, by those who have the whole man.
aSement Of the matter, that the Bank is
not to be permitted to "surrender its char.
ter. and get back its bonus" The DO
nus is to be kept by the State. on the
ground that the Bank has forfeited lis
charter. This was determined on here,
as soon as the result of the Pennsylvania
election was known.