Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-10-16
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posite side, who could not reach him It'll
be had drowned. 1t soop became noised |
anout among his Miller brethren Of the
town, number OF whom repaired 10 the
spot, took charge Of the body, and carried
il to one OF their own houses. All al once
they became filed with faith that they
could restore him TO life, and with that
view actually prayed and sang over tbs
corpse nearly all Sunday night. Ii is
perhaps needless to say that did not make
raise.
Such degree of iefatnation as this,
at this enlightened day, is hardly cred-
bic, but the above facts came to us in
such an authentic form that we are not
permitted to doubt the statement,as strange
as it may seem.--B0stoa Times.
The Abolilionisls OF Massachusetts, al
their Convention in Boston, on the Isl
inst, nominated SAMUEL s. SBwALL as
their candidate for Governor, and ELrHU
BuaRIrr, The Learned Blacksmith" for
Lieut.. Governor.
DONATION OF Press FOR CHINA
The Secretary Of the Presbyterian Board
OF Missions gratefully acknowledges IN
the Missionary Heard the donation Of a
complete patent Printing Press, valued al
$500, from Mr.. William Hagar, of the
Baptist Church in this city, which is now
on ita way to China. ~. Z. Courier.
We hear Of a little girl being shut up
in dark place for punishment, on Friday,
by the the keeper Of Public School in
the Easte rn part Of the city. She scream.
ed and shrieked SO loudly tina: the neigh.
bors at length went and rescued her but
the poor thing died the mex: day from the
fright. Y. Tribune.
AN UNDENIABLE Truth. the
Worlds Convention, Mr.. Robert Owen
offered series of resolutions, amongst
which we observe the following; and we
defy orthodox, hetrodox, and all the dox.
es, to dispute it successfully:
"Resohed, That the human race are
born cithom their knowlsdge or consent"
We are far from sanctionng the doc
trines, political, social or religious, OF this
set Of philosophers; but il their conclusions
are as indisputable as the premise contain
ed in this resolution, we should be at some
difficulty to refuse them. Il seems to Us,
however, that the most legitimate deduc-
ton from this postulate, is, that men have
the right to be unborn if they please
Tbs guomodo we are al loss to conceive.
10 spite ofall theory. however, conclusive,
we conjecture that, as a man who receives
an injury is sometimes apt TO return II
upon third person instead of the often.
ding party; so those who are suffering this
great injustice OF having been born, will
only infict similar calamity upon a
coming generation Rich. Times.
Cotton yarn has been spun SO fine by
the hand in India, that one pound of 1t
would reach lis miles. When it lies on
the grass in the dow, it is 10 longer visible.
The natives call II "woven air." In Eng.
land also, it has been woven SO fine that
one pound will reach l67 miles.
A paper printed on one of the Sand
wlch Islands, says, that during the last
year it has had but one delinquent subscri.
Der. Some civilized communities might
profit by initiating the example of the
heather islanders.
The DEATu LAMA person wiring
from France mentions the following Gu.
rious scene which presented itself on his
visit 20 the vaults of the church Of St. De.
mis-, in which the French kings are en-
tombed "But the most singular OF all
other things is lamp, which is kept
burning on the coffin of Louis 18th, and
which, it is said, is to be continued burn
ing until Louis Philippe dies--he being
the next King 9Th dies on his throue) TO
whom the lamp will pass, until his success.
sor dies. Napoleon did not die ON the
throne, neither did Charles 10th; conse-
quenty LOUIS 18th has net been buried,
neither has the lamp ever been allowed to
go out. 1t looks dreary and dark as mid
night in that vault, and | nvoluntarily
shudered as looked through the iron gra.
ting into the chamber Of death and view
ed the dark pail upon the tomb. The
light OF the lamp was more like star
pickering through dark cloud. 1t was
indeed the chamber Of death.
TnE TERM "WE." THE plural style
Of speaking ("we') among kings, was
begun by King John of England, A. d.
ill9. Before that time soverelgnS used
the singular person in their edictS. The
German and the French sovereigns follow.
ed the example of King Jchn in l2O0.-
When Editors began to say 1--WE" is not
known.
The population of tAe State of Indiana
is now about eight hundred thousand.
A. WHITNEY, Esq. Of New York, the
protector OF grand railroad from Lake
Michigan to the Columbia River, who has
just returned from a survey Of the propo-
sed route, has addressed a letter to the
editors of the National lnteligehcer from
ST, Louis, IN which he avows himself per-
fectly satisfied with the feasibility Of his
project, having found all he desired, and
much more than he expected when he
set out.
Nearly ten thousand tons Of ice have
been exported from Boston during the last