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=, "9i'' =, nv, nv ,a' l'' -, =, #..,=
=" M" ~ t''a1 ilr'''n require i1ed'he ''tilh At"'
80, Va ne'e l'p diseases unless oalN 'tI"-
''''' "'''" = 7"ie''a'o lnIo' without 'oil'''S
eo7''ei'l7s, ltal IN ID spleen, lieS
NJ 'e'' o'aaNl'e IN l,H Tue l' Sl'"a,t 'ol7'
81 hei'h'lNe "E il'h 7"lIn'rol"'s
' 'o' II 'ae production oi "'sdS chIcl' not iaNo
" Inv, W. It lil''o"7iR moderated
~ t'ih. T." II nave an 1llPihN 10 the very mime OF
n55rne Ana no w9nlar Tor aneleeni"enteihs OF all the
Ia ines mn wnrh eomhenre operations by MAXIM inc
people very SrN whom II intended they should umkeH
wei ana N most t1ses tn cur - considered taiher
e' ti' d''aSe' but III. ietefe fhls lSihe ccehf"-
yea i' PHueNa exception 10 Tins almost universal rule
III t N re - M sfpe no nnuSfn M sickness oIHnN kinds
my IA are absolutely very pheasant 10 the tne. mud rest MS
qHeu on stomach as Somtny tnHnts or green peas,
Nsh Wan ihw operations areas sudden al a. elective,
II 'V re DIS tr'eabe, nd as hcning rs an old fashioned
nanS ms tn man whe USES Pe'rs Pills, land where Is
t m IN that do not use am eXpels hsadeaches, cscr~
blue aflls e.. &C. and makes his blood
course a. Itn III, and seuts trpu Ihhis veins noun
tam rYle haeiae pat himself oanv more inronNe
nience IN li,In, tina he would have done
swallowing 50 many black currents
Snoili aIrs lake DR. Pelors' Pills Doubhcssly they
>o'd Ion IN ~ not only assure them o health eumpn encA
SN7 anI very ho lily comfort but through Their atae-
u'uS - my IN ih' d filtration nj he ba"t speedily re,
~ u,'a5 ''"nlhS 10 nai-aae7S' it"@,et 'as"ai
" '',n ,ln ,sl aatnat@ r'H ana -i'eS an ,'asncI
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-22
NOTICE.

Hoy die PROVISIONS of adrld Of trust executed
I'D II The .ub-,nt 5 by John Thurman for tie
benefit all o his rtcll ors. which died bear, dtrr
an he ooh ia, OF Apul, 1910, an dnl, recorded IN
,he clcrh' Office uthe ustugs Cunt oi IAurhbufg,
We ate authorised 10 sci. an OFF, i1r sal, ~
the shop 81 the SAL john Thurman, ali OF lhe stock
al 5 ,dddles, Budlrs, Aldrtngales, Colfrs, " hIps
Trunks aud every Other ariltlr III hi, line, coiupl-
sing yer, Large stock. Persons d. suous ot sup
plylnl themselves Win Any aturle IA Inc Sidll,N
ue OF business are ntosl earaes SLY 10 cal
ou obliged 10 sell, a1.d lrtitiur, . .ud
b rsalhs niat be Lad Tine Bouks, Booas and &C
counts ol the sail Thu have been cou,ese, to
u' 's' aud W. earnestly request all tboSe indebted
10 he sad Thurman. ,ail ail rnahe littuen IN
media ely, the situation f the uust vail uol I'D
MI Ol mduls euce.
TIIOS DlLLARD. Tras-
\. sCuOOLFIELD, 5 irrs
May 25 WIS
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JuneS
Valuable csoods at cost prices.

tENhE STOCK or GOODS Giel, owprd by
u MesIs. +. x J ". Dudley, and IA their Store.
House "n Nam Suett, has been conveyed by item
IA Itn>t. 1" The utdelsignea Il, deed dulyrrcorIed
IN the llu>nngS Court, IN which deed, liberty Is
gwen 10 The ttust' es 10 sell the said Goods If ihey
thhh uexnedle NJ, Al lrNa . sale In pursuance
OF tins aHhorly contained 10 the sand deed the
undersigned otter tie eullre Sinck Ia the public
aud pledge Il enscHrS IL srll al cost prices The
Stock IS ltse, comprising every variety Of Staple
aud f'nc> G"pd>; and well worth the attention Of
HE Puhhr.-Nr Petcr Dudley and his son john
Nm Dadey will attend. and act IS sales zen
HE debts due to The. 3 I'd drm aie alsn convey ed
Ia lie undersigned by the deed lloteslld aud the,
tehy e'tnr>lly request all ler.ons Indebted, 10
call on lhen, ~ on the Me,srs: Dudleys. at the
S'"'e-i House To setrIe and adjust their several
dcbts.-Iudui senoe cannot he gwen.
G. l.. M0SBY, . -
JNo. NJ SPEED, trustees
April 10 "a
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y.au4sLE LAND FOR SAFE.

DY vitIue Of = decree oil the SnPefi"t Court el
ID Law and ChlneetY. for the comfy al Bneklng
ham. | will sell. az public auction. to The highest
bidder in thr tiwn Of Bent steek. On Satarl Z. the
eleventh 81 Juv the traet of Laad belohging 10 the
e.tafr OF Wa. Panlsey. des'd Ii lis i've miles
sapfli Of BEN Cfrefs - eonthns 'llfee hae1'ed
aerr.. about fuy Of aii creek low grounds II
I. veil valrred and the Improvements are good l.
e4Il be shawn 10 any person wishing 10 pur. ase hy
my hlorher John Papkey. ~ho lives upon II. Pos.
session will br gtsruIB TIME to seed cfnp e y heat,
and entire possess On the 1T Japu1fy, lrll.
TERMS Or fourth The money 10 lie paid the
1t AprH. ls4l aud The balance In three equal an
nnal payments. The purchaser viii BE- tqpited Ia
give bonds witt good personal security. aud lien
upon tie Land 10 secure the payments.
JAMES PANKEI. Com.
CauubrlI April y Willy
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POLITICAL.
THE ouaKEaEss nRspE.

u. c. sTEnAAf.
q no. In the halls Of the noble aud pfeHd
where fashion assemblies her differing crowd;
Whore all is in teanty and sriendor arruy'd,
Were the nuplia. performed Of the meek oasker mad
Nor vet In the temple those rites which she took,
Nv the altar The erovnd hssoa and book:
wh.r, OF in her jewels doth stand the fair bride,
r. vb;.per those VOWS which through life shall abide
The building humble, vet sacred 10 Him
Before whom the Ponp of religion Is dni
whose presence to the temple eon6nrd
s., dvells with the contrite and lowly ofnind.
,Tvss there all unvefd, save hY pndests, Noed
The Quakeress bride, in her Esrr satin haod'
ner charms unslorn'd b, the garland or sein'
Y,, fair as the lily just pluck from It's ftem
A tear elisiend bg lit in her durk shaded eve,
And her bosom half uttered trenlnloas sleh'
A, the hand rhs had pledged was ronhJ'nsit gwen,
And The low murmurd accents recorded "a Heaven
I've been al the bridal where wealth spread inc iaafu
whe,. the sparkling red vine IN rich rolsi- Was roufd;
Where the priest in his suiier from the ili1al read
AID IN, Solemn responto was impressivrls said
r.. aeon the fond sire in hi- thin locks ~ afat,
Give the pride ofbi- heart 10 the bril- egruom aHa'i
wble he hrushd the bg from lie deep nfro~ chccl,
And bsu' ! the assent which his bps might not speak
But in all the array Of the cosilief scene,
Nourht sestn'd to eye sincrrc in its mieni
No language so fully the heart torsisn
As the oaakeress hride's-"Until death mn thine
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TO EfsE SFOGhagOLDEEss
oT fhe .SG.1sCs Estrey and EL0Issstrhaf

TES LENES-ilt va Il zen applied 10 ~
VI lie l,oref natub#f 81 Steehboldef~, having Tie
t,qai~fr nao6#, Of -tsrr-. ~ ralt mretng ii thr
Stockholders 81 rIe ,oppuy, befcls ! we you I"
meef II tlr Capul N ihe ,lS ot REchm nj. III
Monday the lHeuif mini DAY 81 June prxl, fpr the
purpose oi adoptus rules and regulations ior the
naua cfnrit II tlIr oaua winch Will be shortly put
N operdteo between Rich foud aud LWchbors,
AID OF ft,o-acpne 4prh other business As may re-
Qaitr your auRutIau.
A. tbs object 1.-The present call IS indispensable
10 he and Ifuprr uIaag eneui al The canal,
y Is rarnestly recommended to The whole body Of
- tkhoijet, Ia guard by punfndus ol attendance,
etihrr III pet-n 81 hy pruAy, against ne injurious
consrqo' ne s@hieh would ceflaIol. result ION 4
failure II silret mrc M,
Ian. vets te-pee fully,
lolr obrlent Servant.
JOSEPH {. CABELL.
pest j. K. d IA. Co.
Warpiasler May 9Th lsID vim
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-22

81 dl5u Tor uu4h- colds, Consumption, Asthma, Spll
uHs {" Blood. Angina Pee nls-i'apilauuns Of the Hru
observation-disclosures PIcmI.y, Hourscuess, Difficulty Of
breathing, NhooPng Couch, Puins md " eakness vi the
}re#sl, aud all diseases OF th' Pulmonary Organs.
Tins m deinc i highly and justly recommended, b,
merous and respectable md, uals who have found crom
It's Many who have been lubuung under prolrucrd
ton-hs aud Pains in the Breast have been supposedly
themselves mud fci friends Tar adyunred in GousanIten,
hae bon happily restored perfect health by the hs
valuable Expectorunt.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-22

A T a Ciunif Superior Gaurl of f.aw lad Chan.
A eery, continued and held Tor Nelson county
Al the Courthouse, Wcdnrsd1y, HE OH DAY Of
Nay. lsi0
Wat Haze, Plln5G,
IN Maxwell an1 Sarah hi. VIII. + rme'ls Sa.
rah Farar, Prrdn Farrab Jeln u tAtril. Jori BEN
ell, Nelson Be mil, Joshua BeH1.I, My Btiaiea
JOHN Gunner al Sarai his ear. tof1org Ssf1h
Bethel. Jno. ". Mur y aud Int has "Iie, fpri er
y Jane Bcrhel Nancy allrA, Nelson Il. fanef
and VIM faf1r, miami children OF Jna. ar"f.
deed. Jao. Fafht. Joseph Fafrlr. Polly taffaf'
sally Fs1tsr. aud Lucy Farar. children Of rm.ng
faua,. deed. ~ liia.n# Fandr Ja" Brhell. j.,
J.sse Frrat. William Fafrsr. a. Farraf. BrnJ1
Mann AMI Poly lbs silr formerly Poly Far.
a.. d yfd Martin a5d Mickey MS wiz. form1rl'
Nlebcy Faoa,. Fra ces Qaisenhruy and II 4 thrtb
his STE, formerly EliL beth Farsat. n9d - -.
eiaai~ 81 Jose 'pfaf. died. "ho was spn 81
Jeo. = r,t. d ~, Delehdhals.
'.8r D .tsedln'. Frlacis Gus 'nbeay and Elzf-
brlh his W.T.. - ~ OIL fine count y, AID against
ah tir Z intif ep ears 10 h1yr p'oerrdpd N the
node pfe>tupedoy law. aud they sill tnao4 Ia ap.
1e u, aud Il rher answers. ~ In m9tIon al he
Plan IT, his btll is tatea for confess II t. Hose
ID tfeutmls. IhrreHpau lie cause CAM n a
g1l1 10 be heard upon the p1rers formerly
read IN the County Coot, the bll taten tar
confessed IS sud q rs ubuty aad wie,
tn answer OF The infants ny Spol-wo q trlaud.
rir guardian. peeidly assl2 ed Them, 10 defend
fhem IN Tins cause. and Wis argued by conn se On
rom. derltron " errol md Il satisfactorily app caring
10 The Count. that the tfactn L1ud 10 le bIl men,
fonrd formerly The property nt Perrin Falrdf,
deed. mol OF value 10 bnng S300 10 each shafe,
aud lha DIVISION ltar Llna amongst hose 81
utIed would, from the smalness oil the Tract oi
Ldad, l. Jufr all pattlrs Interested; The coEf, hnlh
therefore adIpd-e order and decree. thai William
Faber aud Alexander FrzplRlce, who afe he eby
appointed tor either il the absence ol tie elhct.)
4tt+,li
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Jayne. Tousc ycrpnTfuge.

guns fLiNAllf uhE perfectly and pl'ashhA
thatcl dren will refuse to,nke 1t. elettmily de-
-tfo3s oms neurIliZes acnity sOuiuess 1.-THE stem
hGa-ueeass "Pehir-and nets as general aud enantn.
lonle andls therefore exceedingly beneficial intermittent
and rrnltent levers, ndgeston &c. aud anosa certain
cure of Fever and Agur OF children und what Is ol sl'a'
imporance,H does II permanently.
ltnoton destroys Worms, and nvigornes the whoIes,
tenn hut dssosos and carries off The suPeralundant SINE
OF mucous SO ehneh IN inc stomach una DO" els "i ehIidi.n
more especially oil tiosr IN bad health, This toms
the bed, nest in which worms produce their Young
body. =
It's harmless in effects on the svstcm and the health Of
ne "nen IS always improved by lis use, even wien no
Woms ARE discovered. Numerous certificates lis u.eu.
ness have been received which the proprietor does
Sd necessary to pnish yet 10 give the reader an idea
lis Nemnuge powers, he will mcHuon few lie ane
to lbs it'll nephew, not four old, md in e" dase
dsehs upwards OF ninety laige Worms. lie also gave
10 hs then anou tlIee years old when II bIousH
away thirty W onns III one night.
JoSah hompson near Naem n. administered this YER
nase to aed between tNo mud three years old md sas
bat IN f." DAYS she discharged hundred and twenty
Mr. .ph \ Lentz, of The Penn Township Savings In
sWaon ~ tins CITY, give II 10 one oi his chIden arua.
once, fit and SIX inches ons.
Mr. Ferlaond Woodmli used two bottles OF til, Vomaso
Tor tysP psl and IA ther0uSe III Two weeks dis atea ~
wards al hrlv pieces Tape om and thereby per-
i,eIv cured nfbis DA sprpsia. ~.
Another gentleman o lils CT, Ind it administered to hls
lutte daughter ahuul three wears old when she hid w.
o. h'c4h4s from her bowels composed onueI! w. ,ie
uot only by hundreds, but may tyuly 1houfanus
laiaeiR and n solid bulls as large hickory NUS 'o
foally what The public have long desired medicine Of
thus Hlnd, which usht he depended upon prepared If
uar PhFsrinn) s offered 10 them aud can pc rL
DOCTOR JAYNE. No. 20 South Street fhHddf'Ph," B.i
All persons Who sell his Expectorant and C0fnlH"'
The abaye Medicines are fnr sale by
DAVID K. LYMAN. Agent
LyacAGure. ia.
A Ri 81 wl2nl
IIRGINA-At rules held in thu Clerks Ohicc o' 1m
cut superior Court of Law aud Chancery tor Inc eo'"'
OF amherst on Monday the llh day OF May 1917 ,,;r
HReuben Coleman, Tio'N""
O2diHSi
Holm Coleman in his right md udminlsu,n pbil
TbolHs tolemal decreased Thomas Coleman, Jne It.
lips and Elizabeth his Wife, Buofd His and Nancy n ,
~ t.HANCFHY. Il,
Th' Defendant Thomas Coleman not having eHtfIs am
appearance and Git a security, according To tie act OF
hl aud the reS of ti, our unl appearing By n
Tory Evidence tha h. is iuhiiari Of thus b,re
wealth Is ordered that tie sand DeeHdanIdo app IHl o
on The first day al August next, md answer 1
the Plaintiff and that COPY al this order be orih" ,tso
in newspaper printed in the Town o
months succ'ssively AMI posted nj tirtront door o
house oftLis county. A Copv--'rrste, -A
ROBERT IiNSLEf' ~
June
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). valuable .rac. LAN.e for SAFE.

~ lSlilAG 10 ehnagemy residence our ~
w sale ~, iract 81 ltud. lying IA "a phtll e"'e-
~ nm " ,eI'. rod twenty mites fiom Bfuchbut2.
aud five fniles lr4m MAIDS Bridge, ia" mt'n fo'l
leairne from Lsathbu1g 10 Dansilie. containing
1891 Acres. TINS q good stand ier rnbit na-
-use.s. having i5f.e tao stuty DA I'll EiN'
HOUSE, With all othef ureessaly Ut l"asr' u 80
Store llousr, wuh house. around II sui Hble - a
sms lafirls. a Tan laf5. good apple h1td WIN
ra,lous othei kint, II ffnu hcez. 1na Land - wei
wderrd. hes @eli. aud Is snsertdble al i"hh'f-
ineai. iHther 5escti,ife otthls properly Is - EN-
ID unuecr-=us U.s. Il Is presumed tii"se wislsg IL
purchase vii rAaa.Iue ipf theauseyts. As az
.uNinhs 10 srll aud nnsye the "esi tins H. me
Icinis vii brr.,l. aud good BARGAIN may he had
hy ratl, atpleaI,on 10 The saa'sciber 'fins "poh
the ptemisee. JESS VI bDDDIA'.
Nav - UBs
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-22

Cry hdroc ana let stips The dogse I'ar."-lli
indeed, hui not ~ the rHtnn. Havoc only at l. q
Ireasnry-ptor as At Is. Look II The hdl olpul,-
GUAR Tor he imporatoa al the Ffouda Bloaa-
hounds, which VEG ale iro,, ,it. y ~4ia u 1l,:
The Territory IF ftosi5a 10 II. F,syaslck, D.,
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-22
EEREs EER.N.Y,

fry43 The tenement tins place at presentoecp.
Aaiiil II d nv Mr. Lewis Williams as a Tavern
s-1--A Possession can be had on the 2Glh of tiis
mouth by @ppI'eauoa 10 s. l. WATT.
Much - Il,
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-22

FESTIVAL AT CBARhSBUEG, TENNES-
SEE.-lhere Was great gHlltrtinG ot the people Al
Calksburg, Tennessee, on ihc 26th ut. nd noble
indeed tsSs the Louisville JouraD VS. the testtsd
ON that occasiuu. From all qaarers d'leSa,es
poured IN, I'LL tue congregation uamhettd upwards
vi eight thousand a hundred ba1l ~ steamed III
The sun, among which eas one inscribed euh a ua.
les &c eng's bs4'iag d" ms loaL IL. sentence hom
The louisville Juuiral: IN var. iiafs,u dris id
The Log Cabms; ~ peace, The La2 C8hln, wi lie
one trimmed WITT blark ,rapc, dtfk bark pzonaa.
with monument unnamed - ~ IN; tisctIp.
ton: IA memory oi llh-h l. Nlnre." Wurfry,r
that solemn emblem moved, hush IS ot de ll per
yadcd the assea bi,gr.
icnness IS tobles orators wrre peseuf, aad No.
by ud they SUSAN llftuSr ives, and thr rdnsr, H.
their addresses 10 tie uuittudr. Mt a in4n lrli
the ground bun with abiding aiel uuduulaInp u
vietlon ht; Tennessee would ~ IN Oh rlppruauoe
by minority OF al lrisi 1000.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-22

BEAUTIFUL GeseIs "a

SPLENDlD Paris Mole Shin and Embroidered
- Merno Manillas,
Black, blue black aud oihercolors. Itish Tabinctt.
a rare. cheap and most beautiful artIcle,
Black, blue black aud other eolors. Z aud richly
inquired Silk. some very exquisite sf,Irs
Unconmoniy rich and beautiful Pafls Nous de
LANES.
Black and blue black Chally de LANES.
Together with great many Other articles com.
pfisins large. cheap aud beautiful assortment OF
GooGs Tor the Ladies' WM. NJ. DAVIS d TO-
10 !,
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NS133 %


prrclaSed IA Cuba. S2733 90
Expenses at Maldmufas and X
West mciutimg poii chats
aud Quarantine dues: vol ME
hire 10 go 10 the souih side ,I
Cuba; aud expens Mslto-
ga transportation tf,l,r dugsto
Malatzas; provisions iof The
dogs ~ Matarzt, & Ky West;
carpenters bin tor makIug dog
houses; lumber, old CANVASS.
dc. 3O3 90
Chat Of the sloop Marshall Cor
The s"yage To MHauzas aud
back to ST. Mathe GOO co
! ms SUN advanced 10 The 5 Span
iafds, VIM acctsGp1ny the dags
as pr accounts he.r3 III. la6 90
Passports riuse Eve Spniarls. q IS
Pad Tor e7 lbs. fresh beci ~ TAI.
ahassee Tor Digs, 90
NY computation, 000 o.
s. tO6 o3
CR.-By this sum received foa,
The Union B4ab, By otIet oi
Gov. Gail, = o3U 10
b tlauce, sc a.
Uncle San vii n Sll1J rahera heavy itrm 10,
50 Dogs winch, atel al tue Co.'S, have not ,aughl
single Indian.
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J an. 90
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CAEsDGNG MACHINE md
eaEsFAT .aREK.

Campbell April27
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y " 'U''IIIIE II'TNT.' NM ' MS.
fhr ahpvr, NJ II nluS oll1rr drSin,hie Goods On
aaod Ve,Dtl IKE pleasure IN Nhbuaog 10 those ho
may ltor IS viii cdl
A5f1e1
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Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-05-21

THE lzIA;gIsefs7ESo
BALTIMORE MARKET
From the Baltimore american Of Nav

FROM me baltimore american Of Nay IA
fLoUR.-The transactions in Howard So
to-day have been small and at prices
with those quoted at the close of last we.L ~
stock now for sale in the market is small a. 0e
ders firm at S4.6S3 to SAYS. The o1is ~ nor
that we have heard Of one OF 200 barrel: os sas
extra quality s4,75, and other ANAL nsr.s,. "a
good common brands at s4,68a. The receia, =
il about s456. P'ace
We not advised Of any sales Of c;,u ,,,,
Flour--last sales were at SAYS. We no,a ni'i.
Susqpehanna Flour at s4,75 per bbl ''e' 81
GRAHS.-Sales Of Susquehanna red Wbs.,.
making az 93 80 cents, according to ouaIitv w 5o
quote fails 70 good Md. red wbeats at 90 "a 70
Sales Of white Corn to-day at ~ AZ. and os ~
low at AZ cents. We quote Nd. L. Shore RS. ~
4s cents. We quote Oats at 25 and &c cent. a.
WHfsKFY NO change in prices. Hhds % =.
and bbls 231 and "a cents. Wagon price &c IL
is 90 cents. '0s'
BAcoN-Is in good request, ard prices eon,..
very tilm Sales Of good lots Of new Wes,s,a''
sorted making at 81 cents and for YER, ~
rior article cents is paid. We quote the arr
new Western 81 10 0 cents according IN osg;'
In barrel provisions there is nothing doing Ana !.
Gee continue as last quoted r.
LARD.-Last sales al / cents. Holders h..
advanced their rates and are now asking 10 10 ioI
cents for new Western No |.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-05-21
QUESTIONS FOR THE posrMAsrER GENERAL

QuEsTIoEs FOR THE POSTMASTER GENERAL-
Mr. Kendall says in his letter, that he has " not
been fortunate enough to accumulate wealth in
public Office" We have different impression
which, if erroneous, we should like to have correc-
ted, and we therefore, being humble searchers after
truth, respectfully inquire If Col. ALLEN, o mail
contractor, has not been travelling through Illinois.
and other parts Of the West, purchasing farms for
the head Of the Post Office Department p what the
said high funotionary would take for CERTAIN farm
bought by bis agent Of MIR. VIM. L May, Of Hi.
nois land finally, whether he would consider
$500 600 far equivalent for lis share in the pro.
fits of the Mississippi Land Company IN Y.
Times,
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-05-21
FLOOD IN rae MIsSlssIPpL

A gentleman who left New Orleans on the LIST of
May and assembled the river to Cincinnati, gives
TO the editor of he Chroncit. melancholy account
OF the effects OF the food 10 the Mississippi. The
steamboat Gen. Brown in which he travelled met
The heavy rise just below Memphis between that
and the mouth OF the Ohio, the whole country was
inundated. Cattle crowding on To mounds
RATS and ilaboats-and the inhabitants wire gath
cred into the upper stories of buildings, and viewing
with dependence the general destruction of crops
cattle and other property. Cairo, the mouth Of the
Ohio wholly under water, SO much SO that the
steamboats, sent their yawis over the Levee direct
to the steps Of the Hotel, and To the stores along
the streets. There we're several old hat.boatmen
and pilots passengers the General Brown who
express their opinion that The great flood ia
he Ohio, Joined 40 the rise in all the streams be-
low, must inundate New Orleans and the whole
lower country.
The Vcksburg Sentinel of the "a instant states
that several warehouses al the landing, have been
abandoned, owing 10 the rise ofthe river. The ed
nor says We may nov, to almost certainty,
predict an overflow great, if not greater than the
memorable food of l823'
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-05-21
THE ARMY BILL.-JOHN CAMPBELLS
ADDRESS,

We have never hesitated to condemn the scheme
for Standing Army, recommended by President
Van Buren, and the Secretary Of War. as unwise
unconstitutional, oppressive and tyranncal, and yet
We have been forcibly struck, with its hi.
deous features, and the horrible effects OF granting
TO the President the power it proposes,
upon reading the address of Maj. joins CAMPBELL,
late Treasurer Of the United States, to the people
Of his native county. IL is honest, plain, pal pa
bic, snadorned exposition Of the bjocls and con-
sequences OF the scheme, easy Of comprehension to
the most ordinary intellect We mean to spread
it before our readers next week, and we bessech
them, for the sake of their country. to read il and
circulate il; and in order that it may be that
the exposition is fair and Just nothing exenuating
and setting down naught, in malice. we will follow
it, the succeeding week, with the bill ITSELF and CON
vict the despo,s cut Of their mouths.