Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-01-07
News az GIh9 DAY.


npatards IF sereaty t0usand hggsteads, (which
Al 600 hh5s. were Of Maryland and nearly
q, 700 bids Of Ohio growth. AT this rate
Baltimore will soon run ahead Of New Or
leans, and If our railroad were completed 10
the Ohio river this city would at once become
the greatest tobacco market Of the world
BaLTnioRE FLoua TRADE-1he operations
in Flour for the wear 1916. as will be seen by
the statement N another part Of this paper.
exceedEery largely those Of any former year
The inspections oithe year 1876 show grand
aggregate Of upwards Of EIGHT HUNDRED Axp
FIFTY THOUSAND BARRELS Of superfine Flour,
being 900 barrels mare than in the year
lS45. 1.-THE Ohio Railroad could have brought
al the -four which has been pressing upon il
for the last two or three months, the inspections
of the year would probably not have been far
from million of barrels.--Balt. finer
On the Both November, 1893, lie State deb,
of Pennsylvania was SIT 81 .7s6, 80 Ii IS
now, after lapse Of thirtesa years $40. 49,
577. The revenue CT the past year has equal
led the expenditures, an event which has not
before occurred for a long period. There is no
reasonable do.nt that the February interest
will be prnsually paid.
A HARD Casa Irregular, full grown
grnl stone, weighing over thirty pounds, was
recently exhumed at ST. Louis from a thin
coating OF beeswax, Ill which il had been pur-
chased at the rate Of % cents per pound.
prrRIpIEp HUMAN Bo.Es--A short time
ago, some workmen, while digging a well in
Georgia, near the Florida line, found, about
80 feet from the surface, human body com
pletely turned 10 chalk
The first ,risl BY jury took place at Monter-
ey, IN which an American aud a Mexican APP
pear to have been the parties. Mr. CoLToN
presided as judge, the jury was composed of
individuals who, from their names, appear to
have been half Americans, half Nexicans.--
The verdict seems 10 have given general salts
faction.
A Southern paper states that the pigeons
are flying northward, and adds that this is
prognostlc OF an open winter.
UNPARALLELED SpREp.-The Presidents
Message was conveyed from Wheeling, Va,
te Columbus, Ohio, 1876 miles, in the short
space Of six hours and half.
HAYTL-The Government of Haytians have
adopted new constitution, which provides
| that no white man shall hold real estate or be-
come citizen Of that Republic.
| FIRsT THINes-The first Roman Catholic
establishment IN the U. States was in Mary
! land, under CALVERT, son of Lord BALri.
MORE, in 1854.
| The first Episcopalians that came to the q.
States were among the settlers OF jamestown,
| Va, having their pastor, MIR. Hunt, with
/ them.
The first Presbyterian church in the United
States was at Philadelphia, IN 1903; and the
FIRST Preshytery was organized the following
! year-lIash. Fo'alam.
A NEW TEEaToRy.-M MARTIN, of Wis.
consn, has brought bill In Congress for es-
itablishing new Territory beyond the limits Of
that State. II is TO be called Minnesota. This
IS the beginning OF a new State, which will be
soon applying for admission into the Union.
MoRE OF THAT Soup.-It is confidently sta
ted that Gen. Seorr takes his next soup" at
san Luis Potosi. Orders, il is said, have been
communicated 10 the chief cooks in our army
in Mexico, TO have things in readiness to serve
the article up in the most approved style, and
similar 10 that Of Lundy's Lane, with which
affair some OF our readers may possibly be
acquainted. Certainly, says the Cincinnati
Chronicle, SANTA ANNA has never partaken
OF such ''hasty plate of soup" as sod Chip
pewa" will treat him 10 on their first inter
view.
DESPERATE ATTACK BY LIoN.--At Cincln-
natl, a short time since, as HERR DREsBAcH,
the celebrated lion tanner, of RAYMOND s WA
RINGS Menagerie, was in the cage of new
lion, which has never been tanned, but is now
under the training process, was attacked by
the savage animal and had his suit of clothes,
made Of the strongest Russian Duck, used for
such occasions, torn from his person, but we
are happy 10 state without receiving bodily in
jury. This lion will soon be aware that al
though he may have roamed in time past as
lord OF the forest, he will now have to submit
10 the will of one Of the lords Of creation.
We stated yesterday (says the Baltimore
Americsn OF Dec. 81 that after the LIST of Jan
uary next all poslageS at the different offices
throughout the country, are TO be paid in gold
and silver coin. The following is the sect IA
in the Sub-Treasury law ON the subject;
BE IL further enacted, That on the LIST day
of January, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and lorty4seven, and thereafter, all
duties, taxes, sales Of public lands, debts, and
sums Of money aecrulng or becoming due TO
the United States, AND ALSO ALL SUMS DUE FOR
POSTAGE OR OTHERWISE, TO THE GENERAL
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, shall be paid in
gold and silver coin only, or in Treasury
NoTEs ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE
UNITED STATES"
With a view of saving trouble TO themselves
and Inconvenience To the Post Office Clerks,
persons should bear this regulation in mind.
CONS Of light weight will be taken only at
their actual value. American coin will be
preferred, and will always command Amerl
can coin in change
W.Nrs,--An exchange paper has the fol.
lowing at the close of a dunning paragraph:
I'VE want hay, sugar, butter, turnips, lard,
pork, oats, wheat. cabbage, buckwheai, cheese,
rye, tallow, and potatoes. Very truly may he
observe
Men wants good living here below,
And sometimes wants it-loug
Pleasures unduly taken enervate the soul,
make fools of the wise, and towards of the
brave. A libertine lie is not the life oflibery.
WET FEEr.-The Philadelphia Inquirer
say :--"Wet feet is one Of the most effective
agents death has in the field 1t has peopled
more graves than all the CORY ensigns Of war.
Those who neglect to keep their fee, drv are
suicides" True--but like many more truths,
il is either disbeleved or disregarded by too
lnany of .'Heayen's last best gift to man -
They prefer pretty foot TO health, life and cid
age