Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-02-06
Extraetst from the Correspondence cfAe National
TatsHigsRcer.

NV YoRg, January 81.
No British Queen! The steam ships bother the
printers almost as much as the Presidents Mes.
sage.
William Johnston, the so-called Pirate of The
Lakes, has been tried and convicted Of a breach of
the neutrality laws of the United Siatss. and sem
fenced by the United States Court held at Albany,
10 one years confinement in the Albany jail, aud
to pay a fine Of FIVE dollars.
The Sound Is closed. The New Haven boat, at
tempting 10 get through on Saturday, was caught
in the ice.
In the case of the Amistad, the Spanish Minis
ter has made an appeal 10 the United States Cir
cult Court, objecupg to the decision OF the District
Court which surrenders the Africans, and TO the al.
lowauce of salvage.
The Message of the sew Governor, MORTON, of
Massachusetts,, has reached Us. IL is locofocoish
in bank matters and corporations, and argues for a
repeal of the License Law. His candle is short.
though, and will soon burn out.
Trade is excessively dull. The asking price for
-four is Sc so. Stocks have slightly advanced. u.
S. Bank declined.
NEw YORK, January 90.
Another great fire has destroyed from one mil
lion TO one million and a half of properly. Seven
stores were destroyed about three o'clock this NOR
ming, in South and Front streets, Cuisines streets J
The FIRE broke OUT in the socalled Thomas II
Smiths store. and reached that of Mr.. Hicks, where
teas were stored, in which it quickly destroyed pro-
perly Of great value. The Insurance Offices Rgain
suffsr dreadfully, but the losses fall upon Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Boston, aud Hartford, as well as up
on New York. There were three fires in The city
last night! Even now, three O'Clock 2. NJ it is ne
cesssry to watch the South and Front street fire
sharply. and people are busiIy engaged in pfeser-
wing property, such Is the yet smouldeiing charac-
ter OF the fire. What an i'll fatrd city we are this
year! The elements, fire and water, do their
worst, almost; and then come bankruptcies, power
~, suffering, starvation, even, for the poor! The
Government rests upon its bed ofroses all the while,
Sand prepares for US the screw of the Sub Treasury,
which, but for the ingenuity Of men of finance in
turning TO account, through Treasury drafts and
other paper subterfuges, would be a calamity grea-
ter than has been done by fire and water. No
country But ours-no city ike ours, in any other
land, could preserve itself amid such congregating
mlsfortunes.
Nav York, January 90.
Another alarming fre broke out last night, about
ten o'clock, in Pearl street, near the Peal street
house, which. by active exsrtions, aud through the
defence of brick cornices and iron shutters, was
checked after doing about one hundred and ffy
thousand dollars damage. There were Two fires
IN the city last night.
1t is highly probable that the British Queen has
given over her winter voyage. We have now given
up looking for news by her, and are looking for the
packets.
The great losses Of the Insurance Companies,
have had a dispiriting effect upon the stock mar
ket, and stocks in general have gone down. The
money market is easier than it was prior 10 Jnnua-
ry but there is little or no demand for il, because
there is little or no new business doing. The labo-
rng classes continue to suffer badly. The Aims
House is thronged, and the charities Of the city
have as much as they can do to save the poor from
hunger and disease. There seldom, if ever, has
been a winter Of more suffering than tho present
among The people. True, meat and -four are low,
but there is no money for the poor TO buy it, and
there is no labor whereby they can earn the money.
New York, January 30.
There has been, to-day, "A curious and novel sale,
at auction, ciE. Of United States Bank notes pro-
tested, and security for the payment of the same
having been given in execution. The sales were Of
S3s.0 900 bills marked 18th October, at 81
10000 do do 18th do at 96A
5000 do do 18Th Novem'r, at96
1900 do do Sth January, at sc
10000 do do 18th DO at96
which is only about 4 per cent. less than specie or
New York funds, and higher thanthe current rate OF
exchange on Philadelphia. The sale has attracted
a good deal of attention, and it was supposed in
some quarters that il would show a belief, on the
part OF bidders, OF great weakness in the bank.