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Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-08-01

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Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-08-01

ClLKS.-The subscribers are now receiving a
- splendid assortment of colored silks of every
color, quality, and kind. Also 9 pieces Mattioni
best black, do, to which we invite the attention of
tho Ladies. A. ROBINSON * Co.
June 10, 1889.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-08-01
NEW GOODS.

A LARGE and general assortment of SPRING
IN and SUMMER GOODS, just received aud
opened by WILSON & DOLL.
April 10, 1889.
The native American., 1839-11-16

the disputants, and from the confusion manifested
BY lchabod, some supposed be had borrowed
without leave" The property Of the countryman,
and insisted that he should be taken up. Icha-
bod was now fairly in scrape, and he made an
offer Of the wood and his four sirty-t,co, which
was all he was worth in the world, and lie said
he would give it freely if the owner Of the wag-
gon would let him of. Having fairly convicted
himself, the ragged throng set up yell of graft
tication, and commenced pumbling the poor dis
graced wight to an unmercful degree. He was
taken up sure enough, and his prospects blasted
when success had almost "perched upon his
Standard The defence he made in the office
Of the magistrate was very lame one, and the
crowd shouted aloud in bitter sarcasm four siriy.
tho as the limb Of the law took the poor fellow
off 10 lock him up in limbo.
The native American., 1839-11-16

MISUNDERSTANDING American Cause, and ssThs
in native American' Newspaper.--The Native Anne
rican this city has been in existence nearly
two years. and enros among its members upwards Of ele
ven hundred out Of fourteen hundred Of the native citi
zens or the place.
To repeal the laws Of Naturalization; and
The establishment Of national character and the per-
petuity Of our Institutions through the Of our o
countrymen.
A paper. called sThe Native American" was COM
menced daysaer the organization OF our Society,
and has already 1000 subscribers In many places
our doctrines have found ardent and able ends but to
accomplish patriotic ends so that we may rely upon
ourselves for the blessings of peace, and in the perls Of
w il will be necessary for all to take part and prompt
y separate the brthrights Of our own People from the
ndiscrninae preenons Of the paupers and outcasts Of
the Old World.
We therefore invite our countrymen throughout the
Union to form auxiliary associations and to memorabilia
Congress for repeal Of the laws of Naturalization.
Our newspaper is published weekly at the price OF two
dollars and Fifty cents per annum, payable IN advance
We are of party in politicsor religion, but embrace
men Of all creeds and faiths.
Our motto is" Our country, always righi; but right or
aprong, our country"
AS every man Of the Union who loves the land ofhis
birth is interested in the principles we advocate, we hopo
each one will voluntarily put forth his hand to help our
honest labous and occasionally cheer US with the cry OF
"God speed the cause
Newspapers Of all parties throughout the country are
requested to give this notice few nsertonsand persons
DESTROYS Of becoming subscribers correspondence
trbuors to the paper, are requested to address
BY order Of the President and Council.
L. D.. JONES,
mar as--, Washington city
The native American., 1839-11-16
THE GOODNESS OF PROVIDENCE.

Winter with its hoary beard and fiery probos-
els, whence hung glittering cicles from barbar-
ian nose, now stripped the forest Of its green
leaves, the gardens ofther blushing honors, and
cast them away like worthless weeds to wither
and die, and return like man, and all created
nature to their common mother-earth.
There are who complain of the different dis
pepsatons Of Providence to man and the world
he inhabits; that the former knows but one
Aeeting spring, while the other every revolving
year renews its youthful beauty till the consum-
nation Of all things arrives.
But beshrew such pestilental humgruiians?
hath not the wise Dispenser Of all good things
made ample amends by giving US memory to re-
call our youthful pleasures; fancy to paint
thousand scenes fairer and more delicious than
spring e'er offered to the eye of mortals.
And, last and best Of all, hath he not given
us hope, whose glorious visions far exceed all
that the May Of life ever realized? The richest
gifts showered on the EARTH her diamonds, gold,
and carpets of flowers; her power Of renewing
all her youthful charms at each revolving year,
son and his immortality.
Yet let us not underyalue our good old mother
earth. for good she is, ay, and beautiful too,
whether clothed in the eastern magnifcence of
imperial green, or baskng in the glowing gold
Of summer sunshine or Haunting like Joseph,
in the many -colored coat Of autumn or wrap
ped in her wintry winding-sheet, she awaits,
like the just man, the hour when she shall arise
more glorious for her long sleep.
Who can contemplate her smiling valleys, rich
meadows, golden harvests, grateful flowers, whis-
pering woods, endless winding rivers, boundess,
painless SEAS full bosomed- hils--and cloud-cap-
ped mountains, without feeling Of awful recog-
milton of Infinite Power2 Who can behold the
admirable union and aptness with which all
these participate il one great end without doing
homage to Infinite Wisdom?
And who can revel in the balmy air, inhale
the breath Of the meadows and flowers, listen 10
the music of her birds, her brooks, her whisper
ing leaves her answering echoes, and taste her
other bounteous gifts Of all that man can wish
or enjoy. without bowling his head in grateful
acknowledgment Of Infinite Mercy.-Paulding.
The native American., 1839-11-16

LITE. o, how many ties there are to bind III
soul to earth When the strongest are cut asun-
der, and the spirit feels cast loose from every
bond which connects it with mortality, how i'm
perceptbly does one little tendril after another
become cntwincd abou. it, and draw it back with
gentle violence! He who thinks he has but one
love is always mistaken The heart may have
overmastering affection, more powerful than all
the rest, which like the main root Of the tree, is
that which supports it; but if that be cut away it
will find thousand minute ibres still clinging to
the soil Of humanity. An absorbing passion may
fill up the soul, and, while it lasts, may throw
shade over the various obligations, and the inf
mite multitude of kindnesses and tender associa.
tons that bind to mankind; but when that fades,
these seen to twinkle in the armament oflife,
as the stars shine after the sun has gone down.
Even.the brute. and the lilies of the field, that
neither toll nor spin, put in their silent claims !;
and the heart that would have spurned the world
settle quietly down, again upon its bosom.
The native American., 1839-11-16
THE WORM AND THE FLOWER.

BY J. MONTGOMERY.
You're spinning for my lady, Worm.
Silk garments for the fair;
You're spinning rainbows for a form
More beautiful than air;
When air is bright with sun beams,
And morning mists arise
From woody wales, and mountain streams,
10 blue autumnal skies.
You're training for my lady, Flower!
You're opening for my love
The glory Of her summer bower,
While sky-larks soar above.
Go, twine her locks with rose buds,
Or breathe upon her breast;
While zephyrs curl the water. floods,
And rock the halcyon's nest.
But oh! there is another worm
Ere long will visit her,
And revel on her lovely form
In the dark sepulchre;.
Yet from that sepulchre shall spring
A flower as sweet as this;
Hard by the nightingale shall sing,
Soft wings its petals kiss.
Frail emblems of frail beauty, ye,
In beauty who would trust
Since all that charms the eye must be
Consigned to worms and dust,
Yet, like the flower that decks her tomb,
Her soul shall quit the clod,
And shine in amaranthine bloom
Fast by the throne Of God
The native American., 1839-11-16
POETRY.

WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS TOGETHER.
We have been friends together, through long and happy
years,
And scarce cloud hath overpassed to turn our smiles
to tears
But now upon friendships sky thick clouds of dark
ness loom,
And LIES serenest prospects lie enshroued all in gloom
dare not trust my lterng lips to breathe the parting
knell; "
We have been friends togetlerhow can say larewell
We have been friends together; by stream and wood,
and glen,
In friendships holy fellowship our have BEEN
Like flowers upon stalk that spring our lles young
morn arose, t.fG
And had deemed the blest tie should cheer me at
Alas that hopes through long years nursed one moment
We have been friends togethermust, must say fare.
well! a
We have been friends together, at twilight hour,
Oh happy Were our tystings love, in cicmas bower
With eager eyeI watched thy path glimpse OF thee to
While every moment seemed an hour waited there in
vain.
Those days have vanished from us now but in my heart
We have been friends together-I cannot say arewe'
We have been friends together it cannot all be DER
Oh, let us nurse the smohercd spark, till shall blaze
more!
Here, take this hand you deemed, its grasp is
warm and true,
And in my heart gushing ount of love yet springs for
Oh, bless that beamng smile it comes all sorrow to
dispe;
We're friends together-I will not say fare.
we'll
The native American., 1839-11-16
HOPE.
" Hope is pledge of glorious rest,
TO weary mortals given;
We cultivate the flowers on earth,
5..t MI roam fha fpit in hp,yan >,

@hHu rap zig Hult ~ heaven.
What solace to the care-worn and sorrow
stricken bosom is hope, sweet hope In the
gloom of adversely and afficon, heaven-born
hope whispers i'll accents Of peace, that rest and
comfort are yet in store 1t stimulates us to pene,
trate the dense clouds which hover over us, and
enjoy its good, while it is only in prospect. Mis-
fortunes and dlsappontments encompass us about;
griefs and sorrows weigh us down; the heart is
drear and desolale-when hope, angel of mercy,
steals into the Responding soul, and like the soft
moonbeams upon the obscure paths of the forest,
directs our course among fowery meads, and be-
side still waters. She not only strews her flowers
in our pathway through this huctuating world,
but she points to the skies--to the blessed abode
of peace, where the fulness of her promised
pleasures are realized. Surely, the hope Of rest
in heaven is a pledge we will fondly cherish, a
flower we will delight to cultivate, whose odors
shall cheer us in life and carry us smoothly on to
the eysian fields, where we shall feast upon the
fruit in full fruition.
The native American., 1839-11-16

The movements of Providence are not restrict
ed to narrow bounds it is not anxious to deduce
to-day the consequence Of the promises it laid
down yesterday. 1t may defer for ages till the
fitness Of time shall come. It's logic will not be
the less conclusive for reasoning slowly. Provi-
dence moves through time as the gods of Homer
through space-it makes step and ages have
passed away.--Guisof.
The native American., 1839-11-16
MISC Ell l. A N Y.
From the Baltimore Monument, Dec. 3, 1886.
THE SPECULATION;

From the Baltimore Monument. Dec. g. 1886.
THE SPECULATION;
Something that occurred.
BY GILES MeuIGGlN.
Come plank the cash. It's vain to talk
About the price of wood to-day;
You the load, tits piled up chock, -.
Quick, purchase or Ill drive away.
IT'S I'm the chap for cording wood,
High as Olympus can pile
The lovely lengths and full load
While gazed upon, will seem to smile
A picture perfect, and as fair
AS natures very self I've made
OF knotty stumps, you see it there,
IT'S yours Whene'er the cash is paid
Speculation is the order of the day--the ru-
ling spirit Of the times 1t assumes high place
in the cogitations of the philosopher, who scans
the materials of which worlds are made, and is
a valuable helpmate to the merchant,
Who counting his huge rolls of bank notes here,
Cares very little for the world to come?
Speculation is the theme Of authorship, and
the subject Of the slaughter house-it has filled
the world with tonnes and hecatombs, and in its
way reigns unrivaled over the actions of men.
Like the sea, it has its storm and its calm--like
the winds, it is forever changing, and like ten
thousand other things, it possesses properties
that are common and properties that are pecu-
liar. 1t has been the means of making fortunes
and the means of losing them-it has brought
business 10 neighborhood, and it has caused
the grass to grow before the SPECTATORS door
it has made bankers and bankrupts--it has filled
the ocean with fleets, and left these fleets
ruined wrecks upon the shore--it has excited
hopes and destroyed them, and last, not least, it
has OF late so increased the price of provisions
as to compel certain epicures to abandon the
Injuries they INDUCED in. and feed on COM
mon fare"
1t was speculation that drew Cesar into the
Gaelic dominions, and speculation induced lcha-
bod Green to give up the occupation OF hostler,
to which he had been regularly bread, and turn
vender of wood to the honest people of the
. monumental city," Ichabod was what the
tavern loungers generally called "a case, = that
is to saw, one who cared but little for the law,
and less for the gospel, in currying horses and
breaking the sabbath, he was without rival;
and he could ride any thing in the shape OF
horse that ever was backed by human form
that he could drink whiskey is fairly proved, by
the fact Of his having on one OCCASION fastened
| The saddle hind part foremost upon the rump of
skittish yearling, upon which he rode "posi-
| lion reversed" two and half miles before he
discovered his predicament; and it may be that
| he would have been honored with sort OF MAJ
seppan fame If the unruly beast had not bolted
| through the ever open aperture OIL q dram shop,
md hurled the unconscious outrider sans cere-
monte into the street gutter, rendering him
perfect spectacle" in the eyes of the motley
multitude that gathered to gaze on his muddy
humanity.
The native American., 1839-11-16
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The native American., 1839-11-16

Great minds have their peculiar empire, their
renown, their dignity, their conquests. They
need not the sensual splendors Of the world, be-
tween which and the things that they seek there
is little similarity. 1t is the mind, and not the
eye, which appreciates their excellence but then
this satisfies them.
The native American., 1839-11-16

Among the writers of all ages, some deserve
fame, and have it; others neither have, nor de-
serve it some have it, not deserving; others,
though deserving, yet totally miss it, or have it
not equal to their Dissatisfaction.
The native American., 1839-11-16

WINTER. The autumn is now about to leave
u.s. and cold, dreary winter to succeed We
look at winter now as if it would be welcome
messenger to US. We think Of the long evenings
to be spent in conversation around the Upright
burning embers, and think Of nought but enjoy
ment. Nought indeed but enjoyment will be
felt BY those who, when cold winds blow, are
sheltered and prepared to meet the cherries
guest; bat ali how will many a fellow being
shudder at its approach, and how will the drift
ing snow and cold bleak winds cause many
poor mortal almost to quail at its coming. In
the consideration of a coming winter, how is our
humanity called forth when we are aware that
many will be without shelter from the
stormy blast"
The native American., 1839-11-16

We can behold with GOODNESS the stupendous
displays of Omnipotence and be in transports at
the puny essays Of human skill; throw aside
speculations Of the sublimest nature and vastest
Importance into some obscure corner Of the mind,
to make room for new notions of 10 consequence
at all and prefer the first reading Of an indiffer
ent author, to the second or third perusal Of one
whose merit and reputation are established.
The native American., 1839-11-16

The swiftness Of light may give US some idea
of the immensely Of space. We perceive the sun
eight minutes after it has risen that is its light
reaches us in eight minutes, passing through
more than hundred millions of miles. A cam
non-bal would require eighteen years for the
same passage; that is, light is more than mill
lion times swifter. Prodigious as the distance
Of the sun appears to you, attempt to image that
fof the nearest fixed star, whose light would be
six years in reaching the earth. It is six years
since the rays, which now render this star vis-
lble to you, cmanated from it. Suppose it ami
hiated, you would continue to sec it for six years
to come II the Eternal has created stars only a
thousand times more distant, and our world has
not yet existed six thousand, years, there are
stars, however brilliant, however great whose
light has rot yet reached creation Herschell
supposcs that there are stars, whose light will
require two million years to become visible to
the earth. How little is m IN, how short is life,
how vast is immensity--how great is God Piety
cannot fail to result from the study Of astronomy.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-08-24

They are generally On what Is termed (pefhnps er-
roneonslyj ibe wrong side Of thiriy-hve and being
OF mathematical or arilhmelcal turn VI mipu, arg
betrayed into the following error. They know .na.
The drawngrIoom beauty OF person q eenlesn ~ e
made up partly OF that freshness nd ofiliiancy wnen
belongs 70 youth, and partly Of the dressing wn'en
is appropriate to that rosy time OF ilie. hnowsms
also that with respect 10 themselves one o. ne com
ponent parts OF this beauty, 10 VII, the
has unfortunately gone away, they think 70 wahs ~
the same whole By adding to The youthiuiness - y
dress This may be very good arthweuc, pus ~ y
unques,ionably bad dressing The exueuss n'ss',
bul thew do no, blend, They stand out ~ offensive
conlrasi The better plan would be 10 dress Deyond
certain agen rather than below H., as thvsr Of
da,k compile xion think II pfudentto wear still darker
clothes As point al arr, therefore, The you'hiui
dressing Of those who are no longer youthful Is an
unmiiigaied mstake--as an affair of mental TASTE
8 excessively odiousbul we must not be TOO didac.
tic We are not quite sure, considering our hge ana
gravity that we ought 10 have yenlured TO talk apoui
dress at all: mails ainpoyte; his done now and here
Is stanza which any one may sing al who Is 10 Inc
humour:
I" But Reason his head dress so awkwardly wore
That Beauty now liked him still less lhan before
While Folly took
Old Reasons book,
And twisted the leaves 10 a cap Of such ton,
That Beauty vow'd
(Though mol alUud)
She liked him still better 10 thai Than his own.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-08-24

-. "a .o(fly said, Mimea has come !" -
~. .;fs ofthe Paleiace, ere she depart .h,.,
w.. Nina, said Constance, . tea1 o''s ~
,a her beautiful eye. Mimea VIII oe my 80
ter :,.l ..;,ho,t Noticing the
...aIsy--but, looking mourninly INTO inc 'aG =
sP PnsIs, aid. he loves his Wild flower. y
q n ri love Mimea, has love can make him
happy .,,a a.. sa;d Helen.
And will love her too said Constance
,,.l;ag sweeiIy in her face will love her
,oo. and she shall live with US.
THE Indian wept. and with her tears were
MINGLED those Of the sisters. But the con-
sinner had marked Mimea, and she fingered
only for short time. Helen watched her
with all tho care Of love, and Constance
brought the dewy flowers TO her, until her sPi-
RI fed. She was laid on the banks oil the RI
yer, and to her grave frequently went Con-
stance, with her continual companions how-
ers, to sing to the Indians spirit.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-08-24

position 70 the celebrated bill to graduate the prices OF
the public lands" 10 the latter Of which you also
stand opposed 70 She Administration. And now sir,
having pointed out 30 many ponds Of agreemen, be-
tween yourself and Mr. Rses 10 fundamental doctrine,
and in principles 81 policy. viii YOU DO 50 kind 10
single out the polnts--no not points, but the single
point Of difference between you-i principle or
policy sir not loyalty TO Mr. Van Buren, OF serviy 10
The Albany Regency" Washington Cliqos.' or The
Richmond Junio." which hare kindly undertaken TO
Keep al mems conscenees, and regulate the manifold
affairs OF this great and growing Republic, without
troubling the people, except with the labor Of consult
ing their oraeaiar sisdom reading their humbug pro-
dactons obeyng their dicislion, and destroying the
men they proscrbe incline 10 think you can present
none except II be the distinction between Mr. kiyes
project Of general. and your favoriie notion OF spe-
cis deposile system which about wide az the as
lincton between :. fDsedis dam" aiId "hrsede dee.,
not only propose this inquiry, but propose another.
What sre the votes give by Mr. Rves upon any cues
lion of legislation TO which you object What the act
10 your legislative capacity which demands your repro
bsioni You say you viii not prescribe Mr. Van bu-
rem for the differences between you and him. wide a.
they are am anxious TO discover why it u that the
charity which forgoes so great sin IN Mr. Van
Buren,, caLnct forgive pufue in MIR. kives--~by so
much charity for the one, and nothing but unelentng,
cruel and memorable vengeance for the other am
snx ios sir, that you shall unbosom yourself and let
the people know all your grief n he has sinned in
anything except that he is not great admTcr and
so loyal in his devotion Martin Van B1ren as you
are wish to know IT, the people desire TO know Il, and
will thank you for the information,
AMERIco-JUNIUS.