Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-09-03
News OF tho Day.

Is almost Incredible. workman, with the
assistance Of gatherer and blower, viii begin
aud finish one hundred and twenty dozen of
quart bottles IN ten hours, which averages
nearly two and a quarter per minute.
A NEw LrsE--A fellow in Kentucky, with
railroad imagination, wants to know how
long il viii be before they open the cquinoctial I
Inc.
A PoLrIctL PARsoS.---A minister, who
was litile too much tnctured with politics ior
one occupying his station. one Sabbath morn
lng during has prayer, expressed desire that
he and hrs congregation might initiate the s'ho-
~ examples of ARRMtAM, Dawn. and Polk"
lie intended TO say Paul, and was not aware
Of his mistake al he inquired the next morn
ing, why three or four members Of the church
eii the house during the prayer.
IIoasE FLrsH.--A correspondent Of the y
Boston Bee, writing from Paris. says:
"there are 400 lbs. OF horse flesh brought
70 Paris every day, duty on which is paid at
the farriers. estensibiy for dogs meat but in
reality for the cheap restaurants ~
BEEcuwoopTo INITIATE MAnoeAsY -Dis-
solve o.. Of dragons blood and az. OF aloes
in | quart of reetified spirits Of VINE, and ap-
ply it to the surface Of the wood previously
well polished.
'STTeH--STiTcfi-S rlrcn"- The persons
who advertise for women to sew caps, allow
one cent piece for the work. Two dozen
can be made IN a day BY a smart woman.
Shut makers are allowed twenty 1--WE cents
for making fine shirt %sith seven plaigs -
One can be made in day.
We know a poor widow woman who makes
four carpet bags day They sell al four dol
lars each She receives ten cents each She
receives forty cents for her days work--sew
ing from six IN the morning until ten al night!
No wonder that poor and destitute women
are sometimes driven to spair-.fIorrfs's
(Philad J Press,
MILIRRIsM.--W We learn from the Trenton,
n. j., News that this delusion has been revi-
we'd IN that vicinity. and thai a camp Of "Sec
end Adventists" Is now in full operaton.---
Bait. finer.
A disconnected man was quite too much in
the habit Of reminding his second rib what an
excellent manager his first wife was. Out Of
all patience, in TURN. he was comforied with
the remark that no one regretted her death
more than she did
PGINTING.--From statement made IN the
Senate, By the Hon. r. Johnson on the
Both ult., il appears that the expense Of the
public printing, at this session Of Congress,
amounts to s2l9,525 2Si
FlNE FARM, AND Coop rercE.--Mr. SAN
TEL MoRRIs, of Londongroye township, Ches-
ter co. Pa, disposed Of Il farm Of $50 ecres, re-
Gently at 100 dollars per acfe--S3O GOO, If
was bought by Messrs. BAKER, and is one OF
the most valuable IN the County. About 100
acres are superb woodland, and there are
number ofinexhausiib!e limestone quarries up
ON the premises Lancaster Eraabser.
A LARGE party of(supposed) wealthy Jews
are on their way to the u, States, from Ober-
dorf Germany, Many handsome women are
said to be among them.
THE SEA SERPENT ONCE MORE heSea Ser.
pent was seen BY Salem fisherman last Fri
day week humps and ali. He had not grown
any, beng ''about sixty feet long, the old
size. He is expected of Newport or Nahant
in few days,
TsLEGRAPH TO EUnorE.--The plan has
been projected OF constructing line of Telc-
graphs to Europe via Bherrne's Straits, across
which it may be supported by moored baoys,
without impeding the navigation.
TmE WIRE OF PAnnpEs.-The Savannah
Republican says that PARRpEs is not more
remarkable as a soldier than his wife as a he
rome. "A captain in the American Navy,
well aud iayofably known in this city, who is
intimately acquainted with the Mexican Pre-
sident, informs as that his wife is remarkable
for great GOODNESS ia danger. as well as her
unwavering devotion 10 PAREpEs. She al
ways accompanies the army on horseback and
on several occasions has been known to dress
her husbands wounds with her own hands,
on the field Of battle"
THE CApnot AT RrcnMoSD-The Car
TOT is undergoing extensive repairs. The IN
terror is 10 receive new coat OF stucco part
ofwhich is finished. We beg leave to dissent
from the style OF coloring gwen IL 1t is an
imitation Of red sand stone, The style Of tho
pilasters and other parts does not harmonize
The Old building would have looked far more
dgnited colonel IN limitation Of our own Rich
mond granite, If the slucco were 10 be resno-
we'd in twelve month, il would not be mat
ter Of much Importance; but our economical
Legislators will not likely disturb il for some
fifteen years, daring which time we shall have
70 look upon the rather indifferent cffigy Of
pile OF red sand stone--lfiei,moad Compiler,
A FNs CoNpaRBoN.--An exchange paper
says, "it is as hard 10 tell when moderate drin
king ends and drunkenness begins, as to tell
when pig ceases to be pig aud becomes
hog"
A New STATE PRoposEp.-A writer in die
Wilmington (Delaware) Journal, says the
Baltimore Clipper, proposes the formation ola
new Sate--or rather an enlargement OF the
present State Of Delawarc-by adding to It's
present territory eight Counties from Nary
land, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anneis, Caroline,
Dorchester, Talbot, Worcester and Somerset,
and two Counties iiom Virginia, ActuRsac and
Northampton, These Counties all lie between
the Chesapeake ana Delaware bays, and arc
said to be homogeneous IL interest.
PoruLors IIopsE.-The Now Orleans
picayun s7ys, there arc no less than Gye hum
dred and two regular boardars, in tie 81.
Charles Hotel Of that place, besides one hun
bred and seventy servants and employers ibis
makes a population Of nearly seven hundred.
within the walls 81 single bnilding- sullieieng
10 form quite a village N The country.
a letter from Stockholm says thar 1000 IF
he better class Of Swedish peasants were 10
anigra,e @ the United States IN the past month
Il June. Il is their intention q form a colony
n some Of the Western States.