Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-10-31
NUMBER 36.
EtfiMs Of Gems.

Igth, of ". 600 OF our Infantry, was a splendid al
fair. and the troops, in citixens dress. rs well as the
! uniformed corps, acquitted themselves well. They
were reviewed by Gov. Seward. and then honored
him with a marching salute as they passed his
marquee in Washington Square. Major General
Doughty commanded.-N Y. Star.
When General jackson became President, there
were IN certain departments at Washington about
| l40 clerks and other officers at an annual sggre.
gate compensation OF $id7 900. At the close Of
his administration. there we're in the same Depart
menis, about 400 clerks and other officers receiving
annually $232 geo. So much for the economy and
reform Of the party at Washington.
The National lItelligenccr publishes a copy Of
tho original Sub treasury proposition, as introdu-
ced by Gen. Gordon, in February, 1885, As an
amendment 10 the bin pending in the House Of Re-
presentatives, for the collection, &C., of The public
revenue, with tho vote thereon after three days dis
cussion. The amendment was reiected-ayes 80,
noes l6i. Amongst the negatives, were Messrs.
| Cambreleng. n. M. Johnson, Polk, and many 9TH
ers who arc now its clamoroais adyocates.-Rich
Wig.
The robbery Of the Branch Bank Of Tennessee,
a, Colupbia, Is an affair Of some magnitude. The
amount distracted is about $50, 900. in bills Of all
the Tennessce Banks, tho Bank Of the u. States,
and some Of the Alabama and Mississippi Banks.
A reward Of s., 900 has been offered by tile Branch
Bank.-Rich. Hhig.
NovrI soESK.-A few days since Detroit city
was filled with swarms Of quails, which were pop.
ped down In every quarter, by all sorts of machines,
making great sport. Il is considered an augury Of
q hard winter.
stnading In the city Of New York which il 227 years
old, having been imported from Germany in the
year 1919. 1t has lost all its first branches, but
new ones have grown ont in their stead, and tho
tree bore fruit during the last summer.
Mr.. BoDIsco, the Russian Minister, has returned
to his residence in Georgetown, from an extensive
tour In the North. Mr.. Fox, the British Minister,
has remained in Washington during the past sum.
mer. The rexian Minister, Mr.. DUNLAP, has ar.
rived here and taken apartments. Chevalier MAR
TIN, Charge d'Afnsirs OF Holland, and Senior Don
FRANCISCO P,zARRo MARTisTz. Envoy from Mex
leo, are at their residences in Georgetown.-Gi Globe.
The owners arc selling the battle ground of Bum
| ker Hill for building lots, and cellars are to be dug,
| and nouldy cheese and decayed potatoes will be
suffered TO nvgle with the dust Of heroes. The
bump of veneration is really smaller in American
heads than in any other people, or their conscien-
ces, must sometimes prove a very disagrecsble mo.
nitor.- Wheeling Times.
A Coon ExAMpLg.-The Boston Recorder re.
lates the following.
Having had occasion lately TO rass a Sabbath
in Utica, N. r., we were pleased to notice one fact,
relating to Bagg's Hotel, in that city. 1t is this
A large and commodious pew in ona pf the most re-
spectacle churches, IL owned by the proprietor OF
the hotel, aud expressly appropriated 70 the accom-.
mediation OF strangers, who stop at the house.
This arrangement obyiates the embarrassment of
ten felt by a stranger. who passes a single Sabbsyh
IN a place. as TO rheys and Aosc he shall attend d.
vine service"
ExpLosroT or A LocoMoTrvE.-The Richmond
Compiler says that the boiler ofa stenm engine on
the Petersburg and CASTOR Rail Road exploded ON
the 9TH inst, killing Mr.. Samuel Bates, q deserving
engineer upon the road. The train was about mo.
wing oil, and Mr.. b. in the discharge Of his duty
was experimenting the same.
Mr.. CLAy.-An unprecedented large meeting
Of citizens has been held in Knoxville, Tenn. to
urge upon Mr.. Clay an acceptance Of the invitation
to visit that State. A great meeting took place at
Tuscumbia, Ala, Sept, 2lst, at which Mr.. Clay
was unanimously preferred as the candidate for the
Prcsidency.-N. York Star.
ApotIrIoSIsrs.-As was to be expected, the
Evening Post, the leading Van Buren, paper, thinks
il perfectly right that the two Spanish gentlemen,
passengers in the Amisfad, should be thrown into
our prison at tho suit Of the pirates and murderers
on board that vessel So be IL. III the Southern
States will support " the Northern men with South.
ern principles" why should we worry about the
proeress Of nbo!tion7 The next step we shall
hear Of will be the arrest and imprisonment Of South-
ern gentleman travelling in the Northern States at
The suit Of their own servants. IL must come toi
those fanatics stop Mt no,hing.-N =. cfay.
The Alexandria Gazette states that she trial Of
Richard c. Gwaikin, indicted for the murder OF
Pitman, at the White Sulphur Springs, in August
1888, took plare at Lexington, Virginia, last week.
The trial occupied the court something more than
four DAYS. lii resulted In the conviction OF the Pm.
soncr, who was sentenced to eighteen years impri.
sonn,ent in the penitentisry.
NOBLE Dgsps AsD WORTHY or E~xAhrIE-Th The
Msyor Of Savannah has transmitted 10 the Mayor
| Of Aug ista ono thousand dollars for the relief OF the
! sick poor Of the latter city. The Mayor OF Mont
| gomery Ala, has transmitted five hundred and nifty
dollars to the Ma, or Of Mobile, to be applied to the
relief Of those in the latter city who stand in need
otit.
Several thousand barrels Of Georgetown -four were
sold in New York on Tuesday the 18th instant, at
| s6,25 a $3.50 for expectation. GEORGETOWN Flour
takes precedence of all other brands in the n. York
market.-Adpoeats.
THK FARE OF DYoTr.-He is now a convict in
the Philadelphia Penitentiary, and employed at
weaving.
The Baltimore Patriot Of the 9th inst. says;-
Some OF the contractors on The Chesapeake and D.
hio Canal have united in a memorial to the fresi-
dent and Directors Of the Company, in which they
complain that the estimates of work done by them
are cut down BY the engineers to an amount cons'd-
erably below the true aggregate.
The hcarse is rarely seen in our streets now
! Steanboa,s are coming down fast and ships are CO.
ming 10 fast. The Levee looks lively and business
iike;-peopie look less sad, undertakers excepted.
who look more grave. We now and then hear OF
a person taken down by the fever. but the cases aEs
few and far between. Some two or three weeks
! more and the wheel Of business win roll on the high
pressure principle.-N. O. Pic. Oct. 5.