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Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

Through the politeness of the Post Master at
Challestown we learn that the Governor of Virgin
ia has repreved, until the 28,h of May next, negro
John who was condemned to be hung the last of
this month.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

IMPORTANT FROM THE MAINE FRoSTIKR.-Af-
fairs upon the Maine Frontier, are assuming an i'm
portant aspect. The difficulties have arisen about
the possession of portion of the Territory, in dis
pute between the United States, and Great Britain.
The inhabitants in the British possessions had COM
menced cutting timber in the disputed Territory,
the Governor of Msine sent out an agent, accompa-
MED by $50 men, to prevent any aggression upon
what he considered portion Of that Stale--this
agent captured by the mon from the British
Possessions, and taken beyond the bounds of the
State and kept in confinement. The land agent of
the New Brunswick authorities had been taken by
some of the men from Maine, and lodged in Jail at
Bangor. These acts have aroused the People on
both sides OF the line and serious consequences are
anticipated, if somclhing i. no, Immediately done
quiet the disturbance. Tho following the
latest accounts from that quarter: -
Correspondence Of the Boston Atlas.
AUGUSTA, FEBRUARY Is, 1880.
The crisis has at length arrived and
Maine is IN arms to sustain her honor and
the integrity Of her soil. An Express has
arrived this morning bringing an Official
communication from Sir John Harvie, in
which be says he shall expel all invasion
he says that he " claims erciusire ju-
riSdiciioa." Eigat thousand troops have
been ordered out to carry into execution
the Resolve passed by the Legislature of
Maine, which was to seize tho Trespass.
ers, and the lumber cut on the disputed
Territory. Mclaughlin, the Land Agent
of the Provinces, has been arrested, and
is now at Bangor. The greatest excite.
ment prevails, and fixed determination
to sustain our rights at all hazards.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

The anti-due ling law, which was introduced into
Congress last session, has passed both Houses, re-
ceved the signature of the President, and is now
in full force IN the District of Columbia.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

yIRerrIA SENATORIAL ELEcrIoS.--ihe Legs
l.ture Of Virginia commenced balloting for United
State. Senator on Saturday the 18th inst and con-
tinued il rs follows:
On Saturday the 10Th, the joint ballot was
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

DtsrREssISG.-We learn from the Ilagerstown
Torch Light, that Mrs. Schlcigh wife of Mr..
John Schlegh, merchant, of that place, while under
a partial hallucination Of mind, wandered from her
husbands residence on the morning of the 10Th
inst. and had not been found up TO Thursday NOR
ling at 8 o'clock, the hour when that paper went
to press, Notwithstanding, most diligent search
had been mado by large body of citizens on Tues
day and Wednesday. The most intense anxiety
for her fate was manifested by all classes. and
ry nook and corner in the town and its suburbs had
been diligently searched, but in vain.
Since the above written, we learn by gen.
rleman from William.port that Mrs. s. was found
since the date of the Torch Light, in Pennsylvania,
about forty mile, from Hagerstown.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

Al a fire in Baltimore, on a recent oc-
casion, the fremen were served with hot
coffee.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27
DIED.

On the 10Th inst. at his residence, near Shep'
herdstown, Mr.. MARTIN BmLmTER aged 50 years
On Saturday night last, CATHARISE REBEccA
JANE, infant daughter of Mr.. James Fryatt of this
town.
AT Charlottesville, on the l4lh inst, Mrs HAIR
RIoTTE LEE MEADE, wife of the Rev. Richard n
Meade in the 23d year Of her age
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

DEMocRAriC MEETINGS --Ihe itends ofthe ADJ
ministration in Clarke County, held a meeting at
Berryville Monday last to appoint Delegates
for Congress for this District
The meeting, in Frederick County, for the same
purpose, has been postponed till Monday the 4th
of March when it viii be held at the Virginia House
in Winchester.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

SAMUEL j. GHoLsos, late representative in
Congress, from Mississippi, has been appointed by
the President, with the advice AMI consent of the
Senate, District Judge of the United S'ates, for
the District Of Mississippi.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

CHKsAPEAKE AND Quo CANAL / lie Potomac
Advocate states, it says, upon the best authority,
that the breach in the Canul, near the Gren, Falls
is SO far completed, thsi, if the boats were down
from HarPer.Ferry, the water could be let into the
Canal immediately and that delay can posi-
by occur in the work, to prevent the navigation of
the Canal being resumed by The FIRST of March.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

The Wings Of Maine have nominated Edward
Kent as THEN candidate for Governor
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27
AOVERTISIAG MEMORANDA.

Sale by Daniel g. Price, of Personal Property
on the lst day Of March, at the late residence oil
Robert Chrisy decd, on Tuscaro,a.
Hiring Of fourteen or fifteen valuable slaves o
Gerardstown. on Friday next. by Robert Sherraid
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

Notice.
The Rev. Mr.. Morrison will preach in the Court
House Sunday next.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

The New York Express states that the Flour ex.
ported from that city, TO Europe, since the first Of
January, amounts to II 900 barrels. The complex
len ofthe news brought from England, by late arri-
yaIs is such to stop the expectation for the pre-
saDt
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-02-27

For Mason (v.B.) Rive. (cOn.) Tyler(W) &C
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25
From the NY. Courier and ENQUIRER

Important from Washington Extract of letter
from IN officer of the Army to the Editor OF this
paper:
awe are now on the eve of another Indian war,
likely TO prove more extensive well as destruc-
tive to human life, than the mismanaged aid
shamefuy prottacted war of Florida. You arc
aware of the deadly feud that existed between lie
Ross and Ridge parties of Indians, growing out
OF the treaty made through the agency Of one
Schernerhorn with the Government. The inta-
my OF this treaty was pretty well exposed in Con.
gress; since which the unkind feelings OF these
parties towards each other have been continually
increasing until at last the death of Ridge was
the consequence. The Government made a de-
mand for the surrender of the persons engaged in
this murder. which has created very strong ex.
element in the minds of the Indians, and this fame
has been famed Sc jndus,rousy by some If he Sc
minoes sent from Florida that the greatest appre-
tensions are entertained lest hOstilities should he
commenced and spread among the surrounding
tribes ere they could be checked.
An Xpress has been received here from Fort
Gibson, setting forth the state Of things, and lie
exposed condition of the whites the numerous
tribes of Indians that the policy of this govern
Inent has concentrated in one spot. Very serious
approximations are entertained by the people and
an express was despatched yesterday 10 Fort Glib
son, with orders to the commanding officer of that
post. Should all the tribes ffnsians west of the
| Mississippi unite against the whites, we should
then have an Indian war more fatal in its conse-
quences, than any that has been waged for the
| last half century.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25

Real estate banks. Gov. Gilmer, in his farewell
message to the legislature of Georgia, says that no
banks have gone into operation in that state under
the general banking law urges the legislature to
repeal The act before any rights shall he eoparded
by it, and deprecates strongly the making lands
and negroes the basis Of banking capital. We OBJ
serve also that several Of The New York real es-
tn,e banks have recently been given up. There
is an obvious reason why the. New York banks
should be embarrassed-the bnss Of the capital.
stocks and real estate) goes up and down almost
with every wind that blows: fuctuatng cur.
rency and pressursin tho money naritc, bring
down stocks aud the value of real estate In fact
the very security of these banks, which was am
pie a, ihe-ra,os of value last spring, is redu-
ced at least one. third. AT this time aud in this
quarter these facts are worthy Of consideration
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25
BURLINGTON, iowa Teri Oct. I9

WV" ONt'
Late from the Border. A communication was
received last evening by the Governor, from Van
Buren, county, stating that on Monday last the
sheriff of Clark county, No.. with some two or
three others, nude his appearance on the dispu-
tel ground, for the purpose of collecting the tax
es and on'the refusal Of the citizens to pay he
departed, giving notice that he would return on
next Monday, with force sufficient to compel
payment 1t is farther added that rendezvous
of the military was to have taken place at Wa
terloo some time during the present week, and
that on next Monday the ground in dispute will
be invaded by mn armed force. Weawat farther
intelligence with no little anxiety Gazstie.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25
From the Little Rock (.qrkansas) Star, Oct. 10.

boat Lady Morgan arrived on the evening of the
18th instant, from Fort Gibson, brings The latest
news from the nation. No farther disturbances
OF consequence have taken place-though from
the course taken by the authorities at tue fort, i
would seem that some are appreheudeI A SOL
der was shot and dangerously woun&d by an
ndian few days since, in private broil. The
Ross faction very indignan at the idea of any
interference on the part of our government OH ac-
count of the murder of Ridge, and make some
pretty strong limitations of an intention to resist
the authority of the laws. Affairs are of course
in very unsettled condition, though no immedi-
ate outbreak is apprehendesl.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25
MICHIGAN ELECTION.
From The Detroit Press IL. Fly of the lin inst.
THE LATE ELECTION g. IT'S RESULT.


Returns enough, which can be relied upon,
have already come in from the several counties Of
this State, 10 render certain that opponents
have elected their Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor, and secured majority on Joist ballot in the
legislature Ii is not certain from the present re.
turns that they have carried n majority of the,
Senate, hut the chances appear to be decidedly ia
their favor.
The Albany Advertiser says:
We cannot from the returns in our possession,
ascertain with any degree of accuracy what the
Whg majority in the State is we do not tbnk
it will not fall much short OF 1900.
Five Counties which in 1888 gave Crary H.
FL 73I minority, now give Wing majority Of
357; eleven coutes which in 1888 gave Wells
| [W.] 672 majority, now give the Wings 1905
showing gain Of 1891 in I6 counties. In those
counties in which the Locos maintain their ascen.
dency, they exhibit gain of only I39 votes.
There is but one county, Saginaw, which has left
the Wing ranks and gone. over TO Loco Foco-
ism.
OF the Senators elected, the Wings have elect
ed 6 certainly and probably 81 Of the SO members
of house of Representatives the Wings have
elected 33, the Locos 10.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25
From the Journal Of Commerce.

DR. Madden, lib. NJ. Superintendent of liberated
Africans At the Havana, has just arrived in this
city on his way TO England. He will remain
here and attend the trial before the District Court
at Hartford ON the the 10Th inst. II is not
sary ut present TO go into particulars, but DIR. Mad
den states that The negroes brought here in the
Amisiad were Bozal negroes; THAT is, recently
and Ruiz NJ the Baracoon or "mbIic yecen,acle
sud slave market for Bozal negroes, that Mr.
Rug bought Oh account Of his uncle, Saturno
CasrI.As, merchant of Puerto Principe, and that
they were brought, not for any property Of his, but
for sale al that place that the negroes belonged
to Peter Martinez, and had recently been landed
from one of his slayers, sc. &c. &c.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25
MASSACHUSETTS
The Atlas of Friday morning says

Morton's present majority III $50 towns, us.
There are five towns in Hampshire not heard
from, which gave last year ] l3 majority for Ever
EFT, three towns in Franklin which gave 90 ma
jority for Everett, and ii towns in Berkshire
which gave Morton 80 majority. The probab
ty s, that oil these towns will about balance each
other, leaving Mornton ahead from 100 to 200
votes.
The scattering votes are pretty numerous-150
in Essex and 26 in Suffolk. In the town of Beck
ct, there were % scattering. We thing now the
number ofscaitering votes will 60 pretty near
thousand. 1t appears, therefore, to be certain,
that there is no choice made by the people.
The House will be strongly Wing.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25

Infamous Outrdge.-The venerable Judge Tay.
Tor of Champaign county, Ohio, on the evening
house where he had been TO put up his horse, was
seized by several individuals who threw hand
kerchef over his head drew /, forcibly about his
nouth-dragged him off to a creek or pond about
three fourths of a mile diutant, and threw him in.
The cause fthis outrage is attributed to political
luminosity. The scounnrels who were guilty of
it should taste The penitentiary discipline for few
years
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25

How many scattering votes have been thrown,
we have no means OF uscerIuning but we have
li,,le' doubt that they will ba sufficient. tc de.
feat an election by the people. They cannot fall
much short Of five hundred.
One thiog, is therefore certain, TINT Marcus
Morton IS notelected Goveonor by the people, and
no will not be elected by the Senate. The House
of. Representatives will contain large Wing ma
ority and the vacancies in the Senate " i'll all be
filled by Wings.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25

Affairs, bilr to restore cavalry company LIST regi-
ment I'd brigade TO its former privileges, ordered
to'a Sd reading. BY select COM, Chap. A, Of
forms, ordered TO 3d rending. Adj.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25
ELECTION NEWS.

Michigan The inkng Of good news, which
we gave in our last, seem TO be most happily con-
frlned, as follows:
i. From the Detro;, .ddvsriirer Of Nov. 8.
MICHIGAN REDEEMED.
40 who that shares them ever will forget
The emotions of this splnt-r0using time.
When, bresthlcss in the mari Tic courers meet,
Early and late, OF evening and al prime;
When the loud cannon and the merry chime,
Hslts on news as TOWN on TOWN is wont
When HOPE. long doubtful, SCARS AT LENGTH
: SUBLIME,
WATCH Joys BROAD BANNER RISE. to
meet the RISING SUM-"
We believe that we can safely announce to our
renders, and 10 the WHY'S of the Uui0n, that MI
CHIGAN is REDEEMED! Returns are sufficient
to warrant this gratifying consolation The heaviest
counties have been heard from. In all of them the
Wing najurtes have greatly increased, and the
Loco FOco malorltIes reduced.
This i; a sublime moral triumph. No state in
Nite Union has been so badly governed as Michigan
No state in the Union so much needed reform
This the people felt, and they have risen in their
Strength, to redeem and to reform their state.
The result is there will be
WIG GOVERNOR,
WHiC LEGISLATURE and
WHlGuNITED STATES SENATOR.
achieved. For it tIe Wings of Michigan cannot
but feel most grateful.
: In the House the Wings will have a large ma
Jorliy. The body is composed of 50 members
and thus far, it is asceriained that the Wings
have elected 30 and the Loco Focos TO-
Ofthe Senate, 10 members are to be choseu
this year. The Wings have certain and {
probably the Locos have 2, and remains Il
be beard from.
.Nsio York. Official returns from all the coun
ties bur one IN the third senatorial district Civ,
Gen hoot Tho lowest on the Wing ticket nm
jority over The highest locofoco. The election O
! TWO of the Wings is placed beyond a doubt. I,
the ciiy--''the greas sore ON the body poIuc.,
said Jefferson the loco majority is 1893 inseas
of over 1900 as first reported.
.Massaehass1is. Not out Of the woods We, 25,
towps glve------- 49,
Everett 4215i
Morton 4is757
The Alias estimates that Everett win come on
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25

Gov. Carlin, of Illinois has Issued his procama.
ton. conyoking an extraordinary session Of the
I.egislature of that State on the second Monday
Of December. Great interests OF the State, he
says, are involved, requiring speedy Legislative
action.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25

Acquitted. - jacob Weaver, on the charge Of
manslaughter, In causing the death of man
named McCarty, has been acquitted 10 Frederick
county, Maryland. ih RfNa
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25
Everett 4S.l5l
Morton 4i.757

The Alias estimates that Everett win come on
800 shead Of Morton, aud closes as follows'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25

Revised lStai,des.--Chapter ZOE, of forms, re-
ported by MIR Converse, read a third time aud
passed.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-11-25

Michigan The inkng Of good news which
we gave in our last, seem TO be most happily con-
fir,ned. as follows:
The native American., 1839-04-27
THE SEAS BOTTOM,

The bottom of the basin of the sea seems 10
have inequalities like those of the surface of the
continents. Were it dried up, it would present
valleys and plains. 1t is covered almost through
out with an immense quantity of iestaceous ami
mails, or those which have shells, internixed with
sand and grain. The bottom Of the Adralc Sea
| is composed of compact bed of shells, several
h Inirad feet in thickness. celebrated d.
yer, employed to descend into the Straits of
Mcssina, saw there, with horror, enormous poypi
| attached to the rocks, the arms of which, being
several feet long, were more than sufficient to
stranele man: in many seas, the eye perceyes
nothing but bright, sandy, plain bottom. extend
ing for several hundred miles, without an inter-
vening object. But in others, particularly in the
Red Sea, it is very different; the whole BODY of
this extensive bed Of water is, literally speaking
la forest of submarine plants and corals, formed
by insects for their habltation, sometimes branch
ing out to a great extent. Here are seen the
madrepores, sponges, MOSES, sea mushrooms
and various other things, covering every part OF
the bottom. The bed Of many parts of the sea
near America presents very different, though
very beautiful, appearance. This is covered with
vegetables, which make it look as green as a
meadow: and beneath are thousands of turtle and
other sea animals feeding thereon. There are
some places Of the sea where no bottom has vet
been found; still it is not botomlcss The
mountains Of continents seem to correspond with
what are called the abysses of the sea. The
highest mountains do not rise above 25, 900 feet
and allowing for the effects Of the elements, some
suppose that the is not beyond SO. OlO feet in
depth Lord Mugrave used, in the Northern
Ocean, very heavy sounding lead, and gave out,
along with it, cable rope to the length of 1856
feet withou. finding the bottom. But the great
est depth hitherto sounded was by Capt Scores
by, who, in the Greenland Seas, could find no
bottom with 200 fathoms, or 200 feet, of line.
| According to Laplace, its mean depth is about
two miles, which, supposng the general received
estimates to be correct, as to the proportion the
extent Of the water bears to the dry land on the
earth's surface, would make about two hundred
and eighty millions Of cubic feet Of water.
Req. C.. UiNiums' Forks.
The native American., 1839-04-27
NJ O Il II F. r .

There is something in that word--mother---
that sounds pause in the busy pursuit of life
may, in the current of ordinary thought. There
is a calm about it that divests of every selfish,
every soriid feeling; it strikes the sweetest string
OF the sympathies OF our nature; II brings up,
in bright remembrance, the peaceinncss, the
snnAy days of our early life. and with them all
their vision of prospective honor, and fame, and
happiness. No time, no distance, no vicissitudes
of life can change that deep, that holy veneration
we early imbibe for her who gave MS existence.
lit is the first principle that terminates in the ho-
som of infancy; it is, rs il were, the guardian
spirit OF youth. and even maurer years; il is the
last that quits the human heart when abandoned
TO vice--when it becomes an outlaw TO its God.
If our footsteps have been directed in the paths
Of virtue-if success has rewarded our exertions
in the pursuits of vir,uous ambtion-f we ride
ljoyiully on the waves of afluence and glory-a
: mothers Uoice' minges, and gladdens, and
crowns the felicity. If overtaken by the storms
of adversity--every hope blighted by chilling dis
ppointment-betrayed by the treachery of friend
ship, the hypocrisy Of the world-abandoned to
penury, sorrow and disease-then, even then,
there is one that will not desert us-there is vel
o re safe, quiet asylum left us----home, the home
of our childhood "moiher's home ut is a
green spot in the great'Zahara of life; it is the
peaceful harbor, where we may find shelter from
the tempest Of the ever-changelnl ocean Of hu-
man existence. Mother!-in the sound of that
sacred name, the monarch forgets his diadem, and
feels that he is child: the wretch who is
doomed to miserable existence in dungeon. or
to atone for crime upon the scaffold, whose afro
cities long since have sealed up the fountain OF
his sympathies-tell him Of the bitter anguish of
a mother and, though an aposta,e to his Ma
ker, he remblcs and knees in peniteniial sorrow
the tear that stranger to vice, trickles silently
down the brawny cheek, wrinkled by time, and
care, and guilt.
| Such is The tribute, the involuntary homage Of
our hearts towards our mothers. The principle,
the controlling power of this veneration, although
almost imperceptble, is still incalculable. v here
is the man, whatever may be his age, his wis
dom, his condition of life, that would utterly dis
regard the counsels Of his mother? Where is
the wretch, however lost to virtue, however aban-
doned to iniquity, who would dare to raise his
hand in crime, should he hear the maternal in
junction, 9 forbear ''-Mncon Post.
The native American., 1839-04-27

One 'coy 10 Break up Drunkenes.-It is stat
I'd in Kentucky paper that the country courts
in that state are authorized to establish the rate Of
'harges for taverns, for meals, liquor. &C.. In
lewis county the court prohibited, under heavy
enaliies the sale Of liquor at such establishments
u a higher rate than one cent per gill; This
'ansed general closing Of doors among the
r'lnkcrles, aud the county was relieved at once
u ITS deadliest curse.--1empermc Gazefte.