Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-10-12

ciples hailowed by his support, or survive
with the glory and advantages which his
success is certain to secure 10 the Amer
can Union.
BALANCE or POWER IN THE SENATE.
The Administration pr, IS in this city
announced, since the Tenness, election,
that the Executive would hold the balance
Of power in the Senate. AT first blush,
il would have appear, d tn calculate on the
Wings TO be elected in T.nncssac t. Sc.
cure thu point, 1t would seem. however,
from The following paragraph nfthe East
ern Argus, that Mr.. Webstei's Senator's
are 10 give Mr.. Tyler the c,sting vote,
withou, The w.t.. Mr.. SIP nc,r's case ties
ted the question at The last ssion; md he
81 ems bent on holding last 10 his Wing
SENATOR Il friends, at the exp use even OF
Cabinet scaism. - Globe.
"In the meantime there are some curl
Gus rumors ahoat. We have rumor
from Massachusetts, that J.hn C.. Spencer,
Secretary OF the Treasury, has Written u
letter to the Hon. Rufus Choa,e, one OF
the Senators from that State, that the re-
cent removals ard appoinin' nts 10 New
England were made by the advice Of the
Hon. David Hensbaw, and that he did not
advise them; and fequ, sing Mr.. Choste
TO inform the Hon. George Evans. Of this
this State, of this fact. MIR. Spencer's
nomination was confirmed through the
influence Of MIR. Evans.
1T is also ru,nored that the Postmaster
General was opposed TO the change Of
posimsst in this city, and that he ress's,
and will resist, the removal of Mr.. Gordon
from the Bo ton post off e. II is a'so ru-
n,ored that the President made the chang
es, &C. with great reluctance, and only
with the hope Of preven,ieg rupture in
the Cabinet. Ii is rumor,d d. also that il
further interference be made with what
the Postmaster General believes Ia b. his
rights, he VII resign; and that, if the
President refuses to continue the work OF
reform. Mr. HenShaw will resign. Dor
ing the next six months We shall ses what
we shall SEE. '--Easign Argus.
THE SANE OLp TnusG. The Van
Buren, Loco focos OF this city put on all
their handbills as rally Mart "a Van
Burrn an The Independent Treasury.
Thus, they who haze leifnt no,h az
since 1910 are co ming INTO til field again
with the same man ami e same words.
as if III pco,l- were weatherco ks TO
change with the wind f,r Ma,ti, Van IA.
rem, or as i, the count IS msjo ilics c,m.
mitied against tbs Sub IN ssify, we've g,-
ing TO eft up their sp.' chs, their acts.
AMI their vnies!-N. y. Express.
1, is a fact, which dea rves TO be netcd,
that the i,st protective tu.y ,vsr impos-
ed by our Guv,rameat WAS ia favor Of
raw cotton, Cor the ,sp cal b'neft Of
South Caroina. That duty is three cents
per pound or, on an avrragr, forty Ter
cent, and il OPERATES to The proh bton ,I
the foreign productnn from our p"r'S.
Repeal il, and the cotton Of South Anne.
rica, and p rliaps Of lndi,, would com
pete with iis home Iro 'ucii N in our
own markets. Irgsaian.
"THE WAY OF THE ,NsGRrssoR as
HARD. One day his week, a jury OF
Franklin eolniy rendered "A verde ui
Two Thous md Dollars damages against
Samuel .Nedary, for sumo liberties h. bad
been taking, IN The pres cuii"n Of his no
cation, with the r-pul"t"n If nrghbor.
Dcmas Adams, ESQ., was the plaintiff in
the suit u was plead in mitigation that
Mcdary was absent from home, when
some one with whom he a entrust, d
II a.. .har rad In
Adams with the commission of a fraud
while cl rk in The oilic Of Au lIior Of
State. Mr.. M,dary, We IN icrstan' was
willing to retract the specific cha but
not at the same time 10 ,onced' the gen
eral integrity Of Mr.. Adams-and hence
the suit. The jury held M.lary 10 the
rigid rule flaw, that what man does by
his agent, h. do hims' II.
We would give very c nsid 'rablo III
iuds to the press in the DIS 'usslon Of rfli
ci.l acts of public IN N; b Il when that
freedom dcgcnerates into lIcrniIonsne. IS,
and the press becomes a vehicle OF sean
dial and defamation, tho luiias OF the
country should corsec, the evil Circle
rifle tO.) Herald.
FRENCH STEAMERS. -We are pleased
TO have it in our power 60 state, ihlt The
line Of magnificent steamers established
by France to girdle the Atlantic, will
commence operations early uext Spring.
This line is TO be composed Of fourteen
ships, ,qua ia point oil speed and beauty 10
any now alioa,. We have obt lined a
correct list Of their names which We give
for future gu dance, VIC. Columbus.
Labrador, Oronoko, Greenland. Hcnfean-
ma, UHoa, Panama. Magellan canada
.aibatross, Darien. Caribbee. Cacfque, RI
Dorado. These vessels are ne"'ly com
pleted, and the Chrslophe Cola'mhe, t'r
pioneer of the line, will be ready to leave
France soon after the Conner. which is
now al Pensacola, "a turns home. -4Neo
York Herald.
We learn from the IIol iday sburg (Pa.)
Register that Miss Rebecca Clutter and
six children, ia Cloar6,ti county, IN that
State, recently went out in the woods to
gather berries. and unfortunately became
bewiIdered and rambed about for two
days and nights in the cold and rain be-