Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-04
SUMMARY of lIGenas /.

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The largest iron Rolling Mil in ~
countty--belonging 10 the Montous I,on
Company at.Dsnyille, Pa has ius, BEEN
put IN operation, ana works admirably.
Il A WONDER. We were shown on 81,
urday evening ,oadslooi. which BIZ soma
singular fgsak ofnalufe. had grown INTO
tie shape OF duck with i, wings sp,ead
as II i was about 10 tly. Tie resernblsnc.
is almost periect, INDEED, so striking i !,
that we could hardly believe thar !; wa,
not work Of art. II was found en-
birch tree, IN swamp in Durham. N. n
by man who was out guning. When
I he first saw 1.-THE thoughtn was a duck ana
raised bis gun to shoot il. twasofa dark
mahogany color; the bill, the head. and
every thing about it, is wonderfully Bks
a duck, and is, without exception tie mos
singular vegetable wonder We have eve.
seen.--LoteeH Courier.
The Winchester Rail Road Coneopy
has entered into contract with Messrs
kyrlx q Co., to transport yearly from
their Works, few miles aboys Wlnebes.
ter, 1000 tons of iron and manganese.
For this service the Company is 10 receive
$4,000 annually.
| A letter from Harrisburg in The phia.
delpha Ledger states that Messrs. BAY.
ard, proprietors of The Emeline Furnace
had failed--liabiliiies about 500, 900.
The Richmond Wing states tina, the
recent moist and warm weather has had
most beneficial effect on vegetation of
all kinds. |! says the Tobacco is in very
many cases, the largest ever known o.
seen, aud by lis unusual size will bring
up the crop to anapproschto average far
beyond anticipation. There will be pleu.
ty OF Corn; not plenty in every neigh.
borhood. but magnificent plenty 10 lie
collective Stale.
PETRIFIED BoDIEs. - There is cen.
tlemen in Troy who has taken out pal.
ent for petrilying dead bodies. or almos,
any other substances OF similar nature
The body aite.some preparation isImmer.
sed in liquid thatin the short space Of
fourteen days will render il as solid as a
rock of marble. The cost is but trlH,ng
compared with the lasting benefi, render
ed to those who wish 10 preserve aad
look upon departed friends. The Troy
Budget says, that boquel of fresh flow
ers emersed in the liquid, will, in few
days, be as solid and durable as though
they were cut out OF marble.
| SEIZURE OF Ex-Gov. CoRwlN.--The
Clncinnsu Heard olthe 18th instant, saws
that Ex-Gov. Corwin, who has very
swarlhy complexion, while travelling
about fifteen miles from that place was
seized by party of armed men, who
rushed out OF the woods, and, swearing
that he was a colorod man, thew tied and
bore him 10 jail as a runaway slave.
FAMINE IN SoUTm CARoLlNA.-The
cry OF famine in any part Of the United
States is seldom heard, except prospec.
lively IN the partisan newspapers, and by
partisan orators. but the want Of the rea ne.
cesssries of life by any large class Of peo-
pie, such as is now in portion Of South
Carolina, is thing we imagine uDpre.
cedented 10 the Union. A letter 10 HE
Charlestown Mercury speaks Of the dis
tress and consequent excitement experen.
ced by the farmers of Spar,ansburg, in
consequence of the failure OF their crops,
and the excessive price OF provision, which
prevent the poor from purchasing aud il
was apprehended would cause them to re.
sort TO force to satisfy their wants This
is case which calls for the exercise of
benevoenee, and from the abundance
which has blessed other quarters Of the
country, there should beenough spared TO
satisfy the necessities OF our starving
brethren in the South.
Coon LANDS Al THIRTY-EIGHr CENTS
PER AcRE.-The Kalamazoo { Mi chigan)
Telegraph says at the present rate of
State Warrants $50 cents on a dollar,)
any one with Sl5 in his pocket may go 10
the Land Office in Marshall, and secure
40 acres of land equal to any in this OF
any other Siate-aR investment Git impro.
we'd sufficient to support family. This
is an important fact for emigrants, as
Michigan is one Of the most fertile States
in the Union, and its situation such as 10
allow the grea, bulk Of lis produce to be
sent to market.
Nor GUILTY OF 'PRoxIMITY. The
Postmaster General lately abolished
small Office in Virginia, and informed
the Postmaster that il was done by reason
of his proximity to another office. In his
reply he complained bitterly Of the dis
continuance Of his Office not FOR the sake
Of the salary, for that was not more than
go cents per quarler--but on accoun, oil
the cause OF the discoutinuance--prori
"for" said he 81 never was guilty prox-
unity IN my life.
RATHER SINeULAR.--In Cambridge,
Eng, we see by the papers, that the pro-
prietors of low lodging houses, &c, al
tract their customers by the following
placards posted over their doors ANY
policemen found trespasing on these pre-
misses will be prosecuted according TO
law" And at an apparently respectable