Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-04-24
Su1nuaary of Ttomns.

Two hundred and nineteen persons,
men, women and babes, had their names
changed by the Legislature Of Mass. al
the recent Session.
II is said that Sir Humphrey Davey
analysed, aud reported in favor Of gaano
as an excelien, manure lorty years ago.
INSTINCT OF CArs.-lt is said that an
English cat, when she loses her kittens,
spends her period of mourning around the
mutton pie shops!
INSTINCT OF SPIDERS. 1T has been OBJ
served that some spiders, with an instinc-
tive sagacity. select as the greatest secu
rity from disturbance, the lids OF the chat
ity boxes IE churches.
Several very extensive and valuable
copper mines are said to have been dis
covered IN Franklin County Missouri.
CoLoRED METHopIsTs.- 1T is stated on
the authority oil the minutes Of the Gener.
al Conference, that there are one hundred
and thiyty Serea thousand colored mem.
bers of the Methodist Church in the slave
holding States, and eight thousand three
hundred and forty fue IN all the non.
slave holding States.
Mr.. Remington, Of Petersburg, VA
has constructed zone wheel sulky," oil
which, says the Petersburg lntelligencer,
1--WE have hear. but one opinion express
ed, and that IS to the effect that it IS not
only very ingenious invention, bu, that
it will prove &c be highly useful.
! Lord Brougham is preparing a life of
Voltaire. He is writing it IN English
and French; and the work is 10 be brought.
out in the two languages, simultaneously
in Loudon and Paris.
There are l0Oo eggs used every day at
the Aston House.
Two cotton factories in Maysvile,
kentucky, one Of them lately established,
run l ,62S spindles, give employment to
Isixty-two persons, and manufacture,
weekly, about eleven Thousand dozen cot
ton yarns, batlings, candle wicks, &c.
We see il stated in the Matlsonian that
Col. RoMroRD is about 10 erect muslin
factory on the ruins of his odd flour mills
near Geoggetown.--Ba Amer.
EVERY MAN HIS OWN LAwYER.-The
Legislature of Michigan has lately had
under consideration several petitions
praying that the laws OF the Stale may
be so "smpIiiod'' as to come "withn the
knowledge of every person, ''aRd that
every man may be admitted to the bsr. -
The committee TO whom it was refer
red, reported lavorably, aud "haied with
undisgulsed delight such harbinger 0.
an approaching millennium.
CoPpER.-G DIscovERv "A mine
of copper has been discovered near Fort
Wilk'us, Copper ilarbor, Lake Superior,
which is supposed to be richer than any
other in the United States. Al the sur
face It is about twenty inches wide, sprea-
ding out as ii deepens, and is supposed to
be at least three miles in length. Specl-
mems of the ere have been raised, which
warrant the belief that the nine Averages
IS per cent. pure copper. Particles Of sill
yer and gold have been found intermIxed
with the copper, and 1t is calculated thai
:he mine will easily yield Sc, 900. 600 an
nualy.
Mr.. ToRREy.--A clergyman, whC
lately passed through Baltimore, writes IL
the Zion's Herald, that on his way b.
solicited and Obtained 40 interview viii
!, Mr.. Torrey, IN the peniientary. liz
represents him as kindly treated. comior
table in bodily circumstances and very
happy in mind. HIS laoor is light, ant
easily got through by 3 o'clock, P. NJ.
after which he employs himself in readn.
tho Bible. He told his visitor that h
was a bout applying tor books and wfltnG
,, materials, and expected 10 get them
HIS friends may visit him on making pro
per application; and TO clergymen thu
doors are freely opened.
SPEED OF EARTHQUAKES -Proiesso
Rogers computes the speed of earthquake
at about thwty miles per minute. In ont
r OF his recent lectures on the subject, h.
stated that on the occasion of the grea
earthquake at Lisbon, all the clocks o
8 the place stopped lnstaRlaneously. Hai
: an-hour afterwards, il was ioued 10 thu
Island Of Great British, making the waves
Of Loeb Lomond lash its sides with fury
J SALE or LoUR.--More than 10000
barrels Of Flour we're sold in Lowell las
year, for consumption there and in The
/ neighboricg towns. This Is the way n
which Manufactures injure the Agrlcul-
( tural interests.
WHITE WASH THAT WILL NOT RUB OFF,
Mix haH pail Of lime and water ready
to put on tho wall; then take gu o.
) wheat flour, mix it up well with a little
cold water then pour boiling water over
il till il thickens. Pour it INTO the white
wash while bot, and sli: the whole well
together.
The population of East Boston (oppo-
site Boston, is now 5000. Twelve
wears ago it was FIvE--one family.
JUSTICE IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. -
A man named Henry A. Lee, one of the
hands Of the barque Autumn, from Va.
vac, one Of the friendly Islands, was ser
ltSneed hv n .eouneil of natives IN Ia exc