Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-09-13

their recollection, and he found no one who ever
remembered 50 singular fact, and be thinks
it must have appeared sill more uHusual farther
South. Tbs seemed Il all, presume as not
easily accounted Cor upon Tie operation Of any
customary law Of Nature, if The La,7 cf Ma
tire means the regular working Of natural eau
ses affecting the weather, The seasons, and the
temperature.
The conclusion which your correspondent ar
rived at from this Ito him unusual metoorolo-
gical phenomenon, was simply that the sgigeat
Master sent the snsv. the frost, and tbe cold 70
do, what man could rot do, 10 s'opsss Pestilsaee.
Being thus impressed vi It's and with other
kindred events, (which BY the way we are too
slow to observe and remember he has thought
that perhaps this great drought may have, also,
some wise and good end to answor-ana this
was suggested by seeing it stated in the papers
that in an examination made Of the straw Of the
wheat Of the last crop, where the joint worm
has prevailed most destructiyely, it is fact
that the ldrrg Of this desolq.iag pest APPEARS TO
be DRIED Up TO POWDER, during this great heat
if this be SO. we can afford to bear the inconye-
nience Of il. Any man who saw the whatfields
in lower Virginia before last harvest, and heard
the lamentations Of the farmers may well agree
to this Again, how many more destructive
insects, such as the Hessian fly, the corn grub
and the like, may have shared the same fate in
q I
Again how Ear has the heat dried up the cause
of malaria in tie narshy and pestilential nursu-
ries Of fever, cholera and dysentcry, so that the
general health of our country, has for the pres
ent, and perhaps for time 10 come been benefit
ted? There arc other very interesting inftren-
ces that night be made, bat these hints may
suffice TO show US, that what we often in our
short-sightedness esteem evil and hurtful, is
blessing in disguise, sent ly the supreme Wis
dom Of benevolent Being. CAND0R
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ORIGIN or Ta2 NAMES OF IKE STATES.
The following information relative to the
dsriyations Of the names Of the States viii be
found interesting:
Maine was ffst called Jfarrooshea, but
about 1857, took the name it row bears
from Maine. a province in the west Of France
The name is originally derived from the Cen'
omanui, an ancient Cattle people New
Hampshire was tie name given 10 the terri
tory granted by the plymouth Company TO I
Capt. John Mason. by patent in 1859, and
vas derived trom the paten'ee, who was Gov
ernor Of Portsmouth, 10 Hampshire, England. /
termont is from perj, green, and mont, /
mountain. Massachusetts was named from /
. tribe Of Indians 10 the vicinity Of Boston. +
Roger Williams says the word signifies blue I
hills Rhode Island was 80 called iu 1914 I
in relation t. tie island Of Rhodes, in toe I
Mediterranean. New York was named ia |
homer OF tie Poke Of York, to whom this ter
ritory was granted fenusy lYapia was called
after Nm Penn In 1864 the Duke of York
made a grant Of What Is now tie State O.
New Jersey, to lord Berkeley and Sir George
Cartarot, AID it received its name IN compli.
ment to the latter. who had been Governor
of the lslsna Of Jersey. Denw&re was SO
called, in 1902, after Lord De Ia Ware -
Maryland was named in honor Of Henrietta !
Maria, Queen of Cta,les l., il his patent
To ItOfu Aattilabic, JUNE -, iop~' II /
GINA was called after the virgin Queen Of !
England, Elizabeth. The Caroliaas were
named by tie French, 10 honor Of Chsrlea /
IX., Of France. Georgia was called in 1902, |
after George H. Louisiana was named after |
Louis XIV, OF France Florida received its
name from Ponce De Leon. ia 1912, while
on his voyage IN search Of the fountain Of
youth. lie discovered it on Easter Sunday
in Spanish, Pascne Florida The States
ofAabama. Mississippi Tennessee, Kentucky,
Illinois, indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, aud Mis-
s,ufi.are all named from their principle myers,
and the names are Of Indian origin, excepting,
perhaps. Kentucky and their meanings ~.
volyei il some ob<curity. Tennessee is said !
10 sicoiry curved spoon; Illinois, the kiger
Of Men Mississippi. the whole River or a
river formed by The union Of many Miehl-
can was uamei from the Lake on its borders.
Iowa is an Indian name; also lexas-sieni, |
fyinc beautiful. California was thus named
nv the Spauiards at very early day