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DALZARINES.-Jus received, ~ pieces hand
ID some low-priced balzsrines and bereges.
Also, ! case French muslins.
May 1-3t ID. CLAGETT.
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i CHER has Just opened choice selection Of
handsome paper and feather fans, at intermediate
prices, from cents to % each. Ladies' would do
well to examine the great variety of useful articles
for sale at Sationers Hall, before purchasing else
where.
April IS
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HVtoI :
list has been published in another paper of the
above squadron II embraces the ship Vincennes
Of 20 guns; but she is dessned for China, for the
Vandalia, now at Norfolk, and for which some 9TH
er ship will be substituted.
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WoRTHINGToN G. sNETHEN,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
WASHINGTON CRY, ID. C..
Office on Missouri avenues between Sd and ~ street
Oct. 25-lyf
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GUPERIOR GUITARS, Gc.--Just opsnsd At
~ Stationers' Hall thirty Spanish guitars, (some
from the celebrated makers, Martin and Coupa,)
at intermediate prices, from $3.50 TO $50 each Also
the best quality Of strings for the same the low
est prices for cash. VIM. FISCHER.
Nav
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her pretensions with consderate dstrust and defer
entail dread for, amid the Christian admonitions Of
this reasoning age, nothing but the rights, the
honor, and security of nations, can justify the un.
dertaking. Our peaceful republic is averse to war,
and to all the dlreful consequences which illustrate
its career. Her constant thoughts are turned to the
cultivation of sincere amity and enlightened inter-
course with foreign States. The love of conquest
and the passion for oppression, are foreign from
her policy and inclnations We trust that the
wisdom of nations and the goodness Of Providence
will continue to avert from peaceful shore those
pillows Of strife which agtate the Eastern World
But should hostile encroachments threaten our rights
invade our possessions, and involve us in war
should unreasonable claims be set up under the pre-
tence Of circumscrbing our own rights--we shal
look with confidence to the sure courage, to the en-
ergy, and guidance which will enable us to steer the
vessel Of our Union through all the turbulent Gle
ments Of folly and injustice. The honor of tn,
country is superior to all price. 1t CONDEMNS every
threat, and de6es even world in arms. Our motto
still is, Demanding nothing but ,chat is right, anc
submitting TO nothing that is mrong"
In our efforts, them to vindicate the magistrate Of
free people, the principles Of the constitution, the
rights of our country, and the sacred integrity Of
the Union we invite the aid of every motive which
can animate enlightened and patriotic citizens, the
love Of countryside blessings Of liberty--a noble
emulation Of the glory Of our ancesors--gratitude
TO the heroes who achieved our independence--and
the lasting obligation of preserving for the present.
and transmitting with additional us,re to the rising
generation, the precious patrimony which the
bounty Of Providence has graciously con6ded to
our care.
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PROSPECTUS
For publishing at Washington neospaper,
to be called
1.-THE UNION.'
TO THE PUBIIC,

Having purchased from Messrs Blair and Riyes
the whole establishment of the "Gobe," we propose
publishing At Washington paper, to be styled
1.-THE UNION"
of the responsibility which we are about to assume,
and not without much difidence of our qualifca-
tons. We have some acquaintance, indeed, with
the duties of an editor Of a newspaper, but it was
acquired upon other theatres, much more limited
and less conspicuous than the metropolis Of our con-
federated and widespread republic.
We can scarcely be charged with any inordinafe
vanity in saying that upon the success of our instr
atons depends, in a great degree, the destiny Of
the Oldest countries of Europe. distant posterity
has deep interest in our fate. The blessings OF
liberty are essential to the prosperity of the whole
human race; and where are they spread out on SO
large field Of action, or illustrated by so many
brilliant examples, as in these United States'
We have only to realize them in our own history,
and IN the happiness of our people, TO spread the
name of liberty over the EASTERN WORLD. We
have only TO perpetuate these blessings by prescrv-
ing the sacred UNION Of our STATES, and there is
assignable limit to the prosperity which we may
enjoy, or the gores to which we may ascend in the
scale Of nations We have already wrought mira
cles enough to astonish the foreign tourist amid all
his preudces and to attract the curiosity if not the
admiration, of Europe. We have displayed the
benefits Of LIBERTY and Of UNION in series Of
phenomena, which are almost calculated to surprise
ourselves What can be more remarkable, even in
the present day. than the spirit of enterprise and inn
provement which pervades our STATES the schools
which they are greetings the canals which they have
executed the than 1000 miles of railway which
they have constructed in less than twenty years. the
immense bodies Of land which they have redeemed
from the wilderness; the towns which they have
strewn over the West; the multiplication of our peo-
pie from three to twenty millions of souls; the aug
menlaton of the number ofour STATES from thirteen
to twenty-nine, including the three new States Of
Florida, Iowa, and Texas, which, as we write, we
hope are now probably starting into existence
Westward the course Of empire takes its way;
| EaI.r Gra4a taaIeo
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our design the great interests and improvements o
the States occasional excursions into the field Of t
erature and science, and in fine, all such matters al
enter into the miscellaneous contents off newspa
per, whenever we can find sufficient space to intro
duce them to our readers Our position at Wash
ngton will enable us 10 collect information from
correspondence with the enlightened agents of ou
government abroad, and to report the condition o
distant countries through the accomplished officers
of our naval sauadrons. We shall not fail to avail
ourselves Of these and other favorable opporunitie,
to improve our columns, and to inform our read
ers.
We shall launch our bark in a few DAYS, nnt
commit Il to the liberal spirit Of an enlightened
country.
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lights of the buffalo, for all the world,
the very spot should have chosen could
have had my own will. The old fellow
staggered few steps and fell dead My
companion coming up, we took liberal
supply q the beef, aud bending our way
10 creek not far off, had the good luck
to procure few sticks Of drift wood with
which we kindled fire and ended our
fast of four days and half with Teasing
and with heartsovtrhowing with gratitude.
81 have always looked upon this event
as Special Providence. Had the ball
accidentally discharged from my rife, mis-.
sed its victim, or merely wounded him, IN
probability he would have soon put him
self beyond my reach. and we nigh, have
persisted IN consequence.
81 have never consented TO patt with
Old Straighiener. 1t is the only rife |
ever saw, or heard OF, that has killed
game of It's own accordnn
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AWAY WITH THE TEMPTING
BOWL.

ARR life on the ocean DaV
Away with tho tempting bowl,
Away with the ruby winel
To ensnare the needless soul
Its sparkling colors shine.
Twill lead to ain and shame,
Twill Danish peace and joys
Twill blight and madden the brain,
And at las; the soul destroy.
Away with the tempting bowl,
II cannot us allurei
We give up Alcohol
Hurrah for the water pure.
Oh! brightly the liquor CLEANS
To tempt our lips to taste,
But brighter the crystal streams
Which Nature has widely cast
Cold water gives peaceful rest,
And makes the body strong;
Then, come with cheerful zest,
And join the Temperance song.
Away with the tempting bowl,
Neither brandy nor wine can lurej
We now resign them ALL
Hurrah for the water pure.
The best and safest plan
To keep from drinking wine,
Is to come out like man,
And the temp'rsnce pledge to sigr.
Agaisst King Alcohol
Eternal war proclaim.
Oh then come, one and all,
Come now, and give your name,
Away with the tempting bowl!
IL shall not W allure;
We give up Alcohol
Hprrsh for the water pure,
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RELY ON YouRsELr.

We often hear young men complaining
thai they are born poor. Very well; whai
harm Look around you and you viii
lind that nine-tenths Of our rich men were
IN early life, not worth cent; console
yourself, thea, with the reflection, that il
the past is any guarantee for the future,
your chances Of beng wealthy are better
than if you had been born rich. The
fact is, while you ought to have been up
and doing, you have been crying to Jupi-
ter to help you out Of the mre with your
wheel. Rely on yourself. Considered
that, in this world. where every man is
striving his best to out do his ne ghbour,
you will have to wal, forever If you trust
the advancement OF your fortunes to 9TH
ers. The old Greek began to carry the call
when young, and became eventually
strong enough to bear bull. Do you,
like him, 60 TO work in earnest, and by
and by you will be astonlshed to see what
you can do. The grea, secret of the fu-
lure OF the rich mans sons in life, is this:
they depend on their fathers wealth, lose
all energy, enterprise and industry, and
are, a, last, in spite Of their advantages,
distanced by .hose who have been strip
ped and girt for the race for years. We
once read a story. whose heio took for his
motto. "Push;"-and whenever any diff.
fculty met him, and he felt his heart
sinking he whispered" Push" to himself, and
went TO work resoute on success. What
maae Napoleon so great man? II was
his irot1 mill uuita PC much as nis oa nine
Your men who have no minds of their
own, and are unable to rely on themselves,
are like children in 90 carts, who, the mo-
ment their support gone. tumble head
long. We love sturdy, determined boy
al school, even if he is little obstinate;
for we know he will get along ia the
world. All your great reformers have
been men of resolute wills. Luther would
nave failed in tho crisis OF his fate, had
he not said he was going to Worms,
though il should rain Duke Georges aine
days IN succession, and every roof be pi-
led with devils. When the charges Of
French cavalry broke among the British
squares at Waterloo, like successive waves
before Eddystone, in the tempes,uous sea,
Wellington exclaimed, "Genilemen, we
must die al our post; there can be no re-
treat" and it was that heroic resolution,
and that only, which won Tie day. And
this is the secret OF all success. Take
our word for it, young man, unless you
make up your mind to rely on yourself,
you vii! never achieve any thing ,corihy
Of manhood. Meals Gazette.
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FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.
BY LosGFELLow.

Ely LoNGFELLoW.
When the hours OF day are numbe red,
And the voices of the night
Wake the bitter soul, that slumbered,
To holy, calm delight;
Ere the evening lamps are lighted,
And, like phantoms grim and tall;
Shadows from The ftful freight
Dance upon the psrlor wall;
Then the forms of the departed
Enter at the open door;
The beloved the true-hearted,
Come to visit me once more;
He, the young and strong, who cherished
Noble longiugs for the strife,
By the road side fell and persisted,
Weary with the march Of life!
They, the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands 80 meekly.
Spake with us on earth no more.
And with them the being beapteous,
Who unto my youth was given,
Mere than all things else TO love me,
Aud is now a saint in Heaven,
With a slow and noiseless footsteP
Comes that messenger divine,
Takes the vacant chair beside me,
Lays her gentle hand in mius.
And she sits and gazes at mo
With those deep and tender eyes,
Like the stars so still and saini-like,
Lacking dovnward from the skies.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-08-07

CAUSE OF THE AMERICAN REyoLuTIoE.
In Tudor's Life of Osis the following
fact is related:
"W hen Presiden: Adams was Min
at the Court of ST James, he often saw
his countryman. Benjamin West, the late
President oil the Royal Academy. Mr..
West always retained o strong end un.
yielding affection for his native land. Mr..
West one day asked Mir. A dams If he
should like to take a walk and see the
cause Of the American Revelation. The
Minister having known something Of this
matter, smli"d at the proposal, but told
him he should be glad to see the cause OF
that Revolution, and to take a walk with
his friend West any where. The next
morning he called according to agreement,
and took Mr.. Adams into Hyde Park, TO a
spot near the Serpentlne River, where he
gave him the following narrative: The
King came SO the throne young man;
surrounded by flattering courtiers; one OF
whose frequent topics IL was, to declaim
against the meanness Of his palace, which
was wholly unworthy of a monarch Of
such country as England. They said
there was not sovereign in Europe who
was lodged so poorly -thai his sorry, din
gy old brick palace OF ST James iookei
like stable, and that he ought to build
palace suitable to his kingdom. The
king was fond Of architecture, and would
therefore listen to suggestions which were
IN fact all true. This spot you see here
was selected for the site, between ths and
this point, which was marked out. The
king applied to his ministers on the sub
ject; they inquired what sum would be
wanted by his majesty, who said that he
would begin with million. They stated
the expenses OF the war, and the poverty
Of the treasury, but that bis majesty S
wishes should be taken into full consider.
alton. Some time afterwards the king
was informed that the wants of treasury
were 100 urgent to admit Of supply from
their present means, but that revenue
might be raised in America, to supply
all the kings wishes. The suggestion
was followed up, and the king was in this
way first lead to consider and then to con
sent to the scheme for taxing tho colonies.
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Brushes.

INFECT from the manufacturers, large as
~ sortment of Teeth Brushes, all kinds; Hair
Brushes of beautiful patterns and quslity, well
as cheap; Cloth Brushes, very cheap Shoe Brush
cs sOmtthing neV; Reeding or Dressing Combs,
SUPERIOR Tuck and Side Combs; Pocket, Horn,
Ivory and Metal Combs Fine-tooth Ivory Combs
Paint Brushes Ground and common Sash Tools
Varnish Bushes Camel's Hair Pencils short and
long, &C., with other articles in the same class, Tor
sale by w. DORSEY.
May 90
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MARTINsBURG GAZETTE.

PUBLtsHFD AVERY THURSDAY moRsIse
At $500 N year, VI paid i'm ndvancc; $3.50
If paid within the years and $500 at
the end of the year. No paper discon-
finued until nil arrearages arc paid, ex-
cept at the option OF the Editor.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted three times
at 81 per square, fourteen lDes1 and at % cents
Ger square for each subsequent, insertion.
gJSThe number Of insertions must be marked
on the manuscript or copy Of the advertisement
sent, or il will be continued until forbid and char
ged accordingly
lyMilitary advertisements al half-priee.
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WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THEPAPERsi

~
Why DON'T YOU TAKE THEPAPERsi
By GEORGE u. WILLIS.
Why don't you take the papersl
They are the life Of my delight"
Except abou, election times,
And then read for spite.
Subscribe, you cannot lose q cent,
Depend the advice is good;
For cash thus spent is money lent
On interest four fold paid.
My grandad used to make his brags
OF living at day
When papers sold cheap as rags,
And trust was took for pay.
My grandma, when she had the blues,
Would thank her gracious stars
That papers filled with wholesome news
Were scattered every wHARs.
knew two friends, as much alike
As eer you saw Two stumpsi
And no phrenologisi could End
A difference IN their bumps.
Each had farm Of equal worth,
A pretty wife to keep
Three boys--three horses and COW,
A dog and twenty sheep.
One took the papers, and his life
Is happier than Kings;
His children all can read and write,
And talk Of men and things,
The other took no papers, and
While strolling through the wood,
A tree fell down upon his crown,
And killed him a. it should.
Had he been reading of the "news,"
At home like neighbor Jim,
III bet cent that accident
Would no, have happened him,
Go thsn, and take the papers,
And pay to-day, nor pray delay,
And my word heard il 10 inferred,
You live till you are gray.
An old s.monger- friend Of mine,
While dying from q cough,
Desired to hear the latest news,
While he was going of.
took the paper, and read
fsome new pills Ia force;
He bought . box-and 10 he dsada
MOI hearty as "a horse.
knew printers debtor once,
Racked with a scorching fever,
Who swore to pay her bill next day,
If her disease would leave her.
Next morning she was at her work,
Divested Of her pain;
But did forget to pay he's debt,
Till taken down again.
"Here, Jesse, take these silver wheels,
Go pay the printer now!'
She spoke, she slept, and then awoke,
With health upon her brow.
Why don't you take the papers,
Nor from the printers vsage sneak,
Because you borrow of his boy.
A paper every week.
For he who takes the papers,
And pays his bill when it is due,
Can live al peace with God and man,
And with the printer too.
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A CHARACTER.-The Pen-and- Ink
Sketcher Of the Boston Atlas, in descrlb.
ing the British House of Commons, says
"Before, however, we scan the men,
bers, just direct your attention to that re.
markable looking man, stationed just in
side the door, who is dressed in court
suit Of black; his hair is powdered, and
you cannot fail to notice, whilst he passes,
as every now and then he goes to or from
the Speaker, that he bears striking re-
semblance to some one whose portrait
you have seen in the print shops; his fore.
head is narrow but high; his eyes deep
set and piercing; his nose very pointed,
and somewhat retrouSSe. There is a
compression OF the lips, which may midi
cate hrmness Of character or pride OF Of.
fee. Which is ii? 1t may be BOTH
The figure Of this gentleman, who bears
long white wand Of office in his hand,
is tall and very thin, and he has an aris-
tocra,ic bearing. Well, that is natural
son Of the great William Pitt. The blood
of the "heaven- born" statesman flows in
the veins of the chief door keeper of the
House of Commons. And snug Office
he has. The likeness he bears to his re-
puted father, is remarkably strong, yet
but few who visit the House know any
thing about him. He is worth good
look at, however, on hisparen,'s account"
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1t has been decided by Judge Parsons,
that in Pennsylvania marriage is civil
contract, and as such may be proved by
admissions and acts of the parties, with
out the necessity of any particular cere-
mony. In the case before him, i, was
proved that there had been no ceremony
performed, but the parties had lived to.
gether as man and wife. and the man had
treated the woman as wife in the pres.
ence oc acquaintance. This, it was held,
according to tho law of Pennsylvania,
was sufficient TO constitute marriage,
and endow the woman with the rights oil
a wife,
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Fishing Tackles.

THNHOSE who are fond of the sport of Fishing,
Il Icall their attention to the following :--Vir-
gina super Fish Hooks; Krly, genuine do; Trout
Hooks with other kinds of Fishing Hooks usunlly
for sale; Cotton Lines, superior article; DO. do.
with floats; Common do. with floats; Reed Rods
all sizes &c. SC. w. DORSEY
NAV %
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Pretty CONSIDERABLE or "BoRr.''
"A Southerrer had large shaggy dog
Of what is commonly called the cur spe.
cIes, OF whom be gave in the presence of
a number Of persons the following charac-
ter: "He's leetle the keenest critter
you ever did sce-resl wild cat muscle
and grizzle oil over-can eat a hedge
hog--dodge a thunder clap, aud whip
any four legged animal tina. ever walk
ed the earth" "He must be a scrowper y
said hog merchant present, "bui IN bet
you cool ten dollars, thai have got nm
old boar IN the field out yonder that he
can't make run, no day. "Done =,
exclaimed the souihefeer, taking out tho
money, which was covered bY that OF
the hog driver. 1t was cold winter
morning, and the company had to wade
through ihs snow ere they could reach
the old boar. When they arrived al tho
field the animal was pointed out-hc was
standing P sslyely in corner--and no
sooner did the dog perceive his antago-
INST than he seized him by the throat, and
they both rolled into Ire snow together.
"ile's a screamerl" shouted the southern.
er. inlay be SO, replied the hog driver,
holding out his hand fos the stakes---"but
he amt agoing TO run--far he was frozer
to death last highland dead bears don't
use their legs nova days"
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MosT SINGULAR.--A late London pa
per says that Mr.. John Milne. who keeps
public house at Shaw. near Oldham,
has female cat, which has hatchod five
hens eggs; five chickens came out of the
eggs. The cat takes great care OF them.
They were all alive al The last advices.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-08-07

IMPORTANT CHANGE IN FASHIONS. -
The hustle is about to oe dispensed with
by the ladies'. and the circular skirt is to
be substituted.
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10 The gentlemen.

rENlE attention of gentlemen is called TO my
L stock of Cloths Double and Single Mllled
Cessimers, Summer Cloths, Cashmeretts, Tweed,
Gambroons, Plain and Twilled Linen, Vestngs,
Hats, Boots and Shoes, &c.
March 81 JOHN Ii. LINENS.