Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-09-05

az heir wheat. their corn, their bacon, &c, and
enables the country Merchants to supply them with
GROCERIES at prices greatly reduced from the prices
thew once bore. With this increase OF price, ana
facility Of conveyance TO market, (f they choose 70
avail themselves Of it) there must be an increase o.
the value Of lands. A correct Kew q the eonse,
oaences Of Raa Roads and Canals, could but tend
% djsusl many false notions which prevail among
he great mass Of the peoPie-and not more any
where than in your vicinity, as / have reason TO pc
gieye. Il is the more important, however, that me
eeople Of your section should be led % a phIiosoPih-
al examination Of this question, as ] am glad 70
learn, q Ral Road Is no longer 10 be a something
b be talked Of, and dreamed about, and wished fof'
but . tangible reality to the people OF old Berkeley
o. When ! think Of the changes a flew short months
will oroducein my native hills, | have mingled emo
ions. I could not fnd language 10 portray, did the
limits &c this letter permit the attempt. Oae
thought YOU must excuse. Oiten when trying 70
reatEze he track Of Rail Road constructed thro
he Potomac hills, / imagine the deer pause WITH
a ide-snread nostnls-ss / have seen him IN days
zone by-as the first siean-propolled Cara wllzzed
81. throwing bis anilers UPON his back ana gazing
upon the diabolical intruder, VITA eyes, lse very
windows uf a terror-stricken mind! lhey say
sueb animals have no mind. Do goA believe nj
And, then, the pheasants, and rt4d-tNfh1es! HOW
the former viii whiz away and many a long beard
ed old pride Of The wood" viii heel u through the
tnler.e growth ofthe forest, as though pursued by a
very demon himself!
But. TO other matters. Our Cry has been .
scene of excitement for more than a week. You
have already had through the papers an account OF
the mobocratic proceedings here. The escape OF
Sister Ambrosia Formerly Miss Isabella Neei)irom
the Nunnery. on Sunday last a week, was the cause
Of IL. She complained of " bad tieaiment, ana
represented several ether Nuns as anxious to es-
- p,,or ty;tb her frt4rnDpt tppoue. ma bniIed
each report. until thousands Of curious or evil dis
posed people gathered to the Convent, demanding
n search Of the premises. Fears were excited for
several successive nights, for the safety OF the bull
(you know how expert many of this people
are in pulling down, as well as rearing up) but the
e%opulace became gradually appeased by the PROMPT
measures taken by the efficient Mayor, Gen. -. T..
Leaktn, "a Wbig, recollect,) the proclamation OF q
Committee Of Investigation, that all was we'll with
the other inmates. and, more particularly, by the
certificate af the Faculty of +" Washington Medical
University If Baltimore, "--of whom, our mutual
friend, DR.. -, d., is d professor
that the Nun acas a monomaniac." 1t is graft
Eing to all good citizens that the affair thus ended.
There have been already two many lawless acts
committed, calculated 20 stamp our country with an
Intolerance which would as little become our free
institutions as it would be likely to meet the encour-
agement of the charitable Protestants. For my
own humble self, | abhor this intolerance which
manifests itself by sheer brute-force and misIepre-
as at Clarlestown a few years ago, audi in
the writings of MARIA Monk, and the conduct of
her abeitors. | am as firm in my opposition to
Catholicism as the most OF Pfotesiants; but ration
al beings may manifest their opinions in a far more
efficient and praise-worihy mode. Let reason con-
The machinery of warfare, ard the facts Of
history, and The sanctions of the Holy Scriptures,
The ~nunition we use. The bloody struggle TO which
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one might deem sufficient to teach men the utter
folly of all coercive measures. They have alas
taught momnful lessons. and Of wisdom, far
More than philosophy can teach,
Or ever taught before
But the lingeiings Of mobocratic discomfort, have
been entirely removed Ivy another cause OF excite
ment to-day. Do not be alarmed Henry CLAY
is among us. We had a glorious time to-day. He
arrived from Philadelphia-under an escort OF Bal
timoreans sent on for him-at the Canton Depot,
about three miles from the centre Of the City, pre-
cisely at the hour of one o'clock. There an open
drawn b. four horses, was in readiness,
others for our Candidates, Mayor, Committee
Of Arrangements, &c. Hundreds Of horsemen were
On the spot-among whom ] had the honor Of being
many carriages and footmen. The streets
lhronged with men, women, and children, who