Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-11-27


ees the event and its consequences
4 The railway mania has received ia cn,-
etas. Something like panic has over
taken the spectators IN iron highways.
Nov that the reaction has come, II brings
IN ,strsin ruin and devastation, and back
lfnpicy TO thousands. Bot the end is no,
yet. A more gigantic system OF swind.
hng hiss rarely been seen 10 these la,ler
days. and the number Of "respectable"
persons who have lent their names TO sup.
port bubble companies. make US blush Cor
the cupidty Of our common humanity
The Times has been foremos, in this work
OF gathering the Volcisns."
IL matters little what motives nav have
prompted the potentstes Of Printing house
Square to sound The ,ocsin--whether lee.
lousy of their contemporaries, or vexa-
ltion that they did not participate equally
in the spoil, or determination to destroy
the game of those who dd--all this is BE-.
side the question. 1--WE try the act. the
motive Heaven can Judge" The oaly
regre. is. that i, was not done snoner.
The Bank OF Enelssd, the critical state
in which the food OF the country hes been
placed by the harvest, and the state of the
potato crop; above all, and beyond all,
the ridiculous experiments which the pro.
iectors of The numberless moonshine com.
panies made upon the common sense of
msnkind-these causes. irrespective of
the Giurnal monitor, have forced the de-
clemson to its present point. The wreck
Of fortune and the character which this
temporary inssnity has produced, will be
fel, long after the causes chat produced IL
have passed away.
As proof Of The extent to which this
huge system Of swiGdling has been carri-
ed, il may be mentioned that even ladies'
were not exempt from its influence. The
| female friends and relatives OF those who
pulled the wires of certain imposing pup.
pet schemes, were in the daily habit Of
haunting the purlleus, and offices OF, tho
share brokers in the Metropolis, to watch
the market, 10 order TO turn their letters
Of aIloiments to the best account One OF
the railway papers mentions a certain
batch Of female spectators who contrived
to realize, by this kind OF chicanery, du-
ring the height OF the mania, the astound.
ing sum Of f500,000.
Now that people have time to reflect
and to analyzo, they find that on, Of thir-
~ three sets of provincial committees, the
name OF one party appears % times the
names OF two others 10 times of three,
II times OF fourteen, Ia times OF 33, 8
times; Of 90. 8 times; and Of %, 10
times.
Sir Robert Peel is said 10 have invited
Mr.. Hudson. the great railway Spectator,
to pass few days with him al his country
residence, Dray,on Manor for the pur-
pose, doubtless, Of putting their heads to.
ge,her in order to devise some efficient
working plan 10 future. Mr.. Hudson's
influence with the legitimate railway
world is perhaps, greater than that Of any
man living, and what he sanctions in the
way Of check or simplicity will, with the
presliage Of his name, 60 down.
IRELAND.
The accounts from the Sister Island for
some days past, as regards the potato
crop, are of a very serious and alarming
character. The failure is dreadful'in the
extreme, and the prospects before the
great majority ofthe lower classes truly
lhorrifying. The authorities at Dublin
Castle seem to have directed their siten-
ton to the matter. Commissioners have
been employed to visit the different prov
inces, and to report to his Excellency the
result Of their examination. Up to the
present time these reports are Of the most
discouraging character. With people
so stepped in poverty as The Irish are, and
disconnected with ''the powers that be"
it is frightful to contemplate the conse-
quence OF scarcity. The numerous rail-
ways likely to be in progress oiformation
next summer, and during the course OF
the present winter, will, no doubt, materi.
ally assist to alleviate much Of the suffer.
ing that would ensue.
The agitation of Repeal is siil carried
on. Since the sailing ofths last Amer.
can steamer, number OF monster meet
ings and repeal banquets have taken place;
at all of which the Liberator figured as
commander ln-chief, and long and elo.
auent oratons made on behalf Of the dar.
ling object ofthese political agitators. A
grand banquet has been given to Mr..
Smith O'Brien, at Rathkale. MIR. O'Con-
nell was there as guest, and warmly eu-
logised the member for Limerick in first
rate style. We observe that the annual
tribute to Mr.. O'Connell will be collected,
according to custom, early in the present
month. The customary notices have been
published, and the starving peasantry OF
Ireland exhorted to fill the pockets Of him
who professed to be the regeneration OF his
country. 1t strikes US that he has most
glorious oportunity of exemplifylng his
PHILANTHROPY and benevolence by dstrle-
uting the proceeds Of this years tribute
among the poor peasantry who have h'ih-
erto msnfully supported all bis projects.
FRANCE.
The announcement oil tho resignation
OF the brave old veteran Soult. appears
to be based on truth. AT his advanced
age. repose and retirement would well be-
/ fiji him, so that the old soldier, like the
Roman in the capital. should be enabled