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Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
MUCH LABOR ON LITTLE LAND.


The Farmers Companion. in an article on
small farms, marks out the following course
for the farmer of small means to pursue:
You have one hundred acres clear, fifty Of
which you have kept for pasture and meadow,
Make up your mind to work only twenty Eve
acres the other twenty five being put down
to clover or timothy, as you best can. You
have manure enough in and about your farm
for six acres. This year haul that to your
land, plough it. and put it in corn, with little
ashes. and you can get it, slack lime or plus
ter to every bill Plough twice as deep as
usual and drag twice as long. with a long
toothed drag, till the land is like garden
If you have got IS bushels of corn to the acre
before, we can warrant you seventy or eighty.
You double your crop at very little increased
cost. Having no more manure you must de-
pend on deeper ploughiug and better dragging
for the other ten acres this year, not forget
ting to SOW little more seed than usual. il
it is oats or barley. In the fall SOW wheat
where the corn was. with the same care, and
next spring manure the next six acres for corn.
Yes, but you may manure the ten or twelve
acres, for you have had rs more acres for hay
or fodder, and can keep 25 more COWS through
the winter; and knowing the value of the
manure, that it is as important as the soil it.
sele you will take much better care of it.
Thus every two or three years, all your
land win get dressing of manure, and eve-
ry year you will have different crop on it.
Every year il will improve and grow rich
with about halfyour work. But after awhile
SOW a few acres Of this land with clover and
timothy and break up as much Of your old
grass. You will get double the crop Of bay
on the piece, and good crop of grain on the
old piece.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
THE TRUE WAY TO RISE IN THE WORLD

II is only by plodiing, active habits of in
dustry that we can hope to win our way
through life. The race nay be arduous, but
it is one which will repay the competitor,
Barrow justly says, "A noble heart will dis
dain to subsist like drone upon honey gath
cred by Others labors; like vermin, 10
filch its food out of the public granary or
like shark to prey upon the lesser fry /; but
will rather Guido his private obligations to
other mems care and toll. by considerable
service and benefcence to the public; for
there is 10 calling of any sort, from the scep-
tr0 to the spade, the management whereof,
with any good success, any credit, any salts
faction, doth not demand much work of the
head, or Of the hands, or Of both" Milton,
who during an active life in the most trouble
some times, was unceasing in the cultivation
of his understanding, thus describes his own
habits -" Those morning haunts are where
they should be. at home, not sleeping, or
connecting the surfeits of an irregular feast |;
but up and stirring in winter, often ere the
sound of any bell awake men to labor or de :
votion; in summer ss oft with the bird that
first arouses or not much tatdier, to read
good authors or cause them to ba read till the
attention DO weary or memory have its full
fraught, then with useful and generous labors
preserving the body's health and hardness. to
render lightisome, clear and not lumpish
obedience to the mind to the cause of reli-
giou and our country's liberty Any man
who does not profit by such noble example is
an enemy to the public veal.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10

INTERESTING STATISTICS.


It may be interesting to our readers to
know the military and naval strength Of the
parties engaged, or likely to be engaged, in
in the war now waging in Europe. We
therefore cut from an exchange paper the fol-
lowing particulars:
Russia Population 65, os1 1910. Troops
of the line $4,000. Irregulars AZ, 0O0.--
Total force ia ls4s, 100000. The navy
is composed of As ships Of the line, and 80
frigates.
Turkey--Population 35,35o,ooo; Of these
about two-thirds are Mussulmans. The ar
my in the time Of peace is composed Of 4ls,-
600 men, but increased in time of war to
about 100000. The navy consists of 4 ships
Of the first class, ID Of the Of the second, and
a frigates mounting 2,2s7 guns and carry
ing 1900 lnen.
England and her dependencies comprise a
population of 1862, GAG, of which about
one hundred millions are in the East India
possessions. The regular army embraces
l62, 1000, increased by the aid Of irregulars,
as circumstances may require. The British
navy consists of 46S ships and vessels, form
ing an aggregate of 100000 tons.
France. The population of France is put
down at 36,594,196. The army on the
first of January, 1858, amounted to 502,-
900, which, with the Preserves" SO called,
constitute an aggregate of 100000 men
The French navy consists of 120 ships and
in the highest state of efiency.
Austria.-The Austrian army, reserves
included, is a little short Of 600, 900 men.
The navy consists of 27 vessels, mounting
$40 guns. Population, 81, 533,753.
Prussia has population Of 16,346,625.
The army comprises $4,000 men. The ma
Wy is yet to be inaugurated.
Denmark Population, 2,450,000. The
nominal strength of the army is stated to be
32,7S1 men. The navy consists of about
81 vessels, carrying $50 guns.
Speden and Norway comprise popula-
ton of about 100000. The army con-
sists of about $4,000. The navy comprises
about 60 vessels of all classes, and 400 guns.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
.AND SHE WAS A WIDOW

A pale and pensivo lady has just passed -
she is lad in sthe weeds Of profoundest woe,'
doubtless she is q widow. A moment to
consider her history. He whom she mourns
had wooed her in gflhood. There is fra
grant nook where ariyer gurgles, which she
never remembers ave with tears, wherein
loves blessed dram. was performed by their
fervered lips. They were wed at last
Months, perhaps yeats departed, and then the
shadow fell. He blessed her amid the march,
es of the night and IN the morning went out
with the stars. The earth is laden with
such histories. She was blithe and merry
once. She loved the customs of society, and
adhered with sort Of picty to the maxims
of fashion. Gay and happy as the world in
which she dwelt. But It's a mournful thing
to carry dead heart in living bosom. 1t
is bitter thing for lip used to daintics to
feed on ashes. 1t Is fearful thing for tho
living to know that their only treasure is hid
in the graye--beautiful life-life linked to
repulsive corruption. Her desires are writ
ten upon her face. Its expression trans
lates her muttered warnings. She longs to
join in the distant and better country with him
who has gone before. The welcome hour is
nearer than she thinks. They shall soon lay
her beside her buried idol. How lovely
will be that dying smile, when the prayerful
lips shall close at the touch of deaths cold
finger. God grant that the dropping lily Of
earth may become fadeless amaranth in
Heaven
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
THE ECLIPSE.

On Friday, the Goth Of May next, there
will occur an annular eclipse of the Sun,
which will be visible in Massachusetts,. 1t
will commence at thirty-tbree minutes past
4 o'clock in the morning, and continue two
hours and four minutes. or until about TWEEN
ty three minutes before Z o'clock. So our
readers will have to rise betimes to see it,
In this eclipse the apparent diameter Of the
moon compared with that Of the sun will be
about as Is to 10, and consequently some
nine tenths of the sun will be covered The
path Of the eclipse will cross the western
part Of the Atlantic ocean, Massachusetts,
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. New York.
Upper Canada, Lake Superior, Northwest
and Washington Territories. and thence
through the southern edge Of British Amer
lea to the Pacific ocean. The central line of
the eclipse will enter New England near
Portsmouth. and its path will extend sixty
two miles on either side. Boston will fall
"ieuiu ieo paul ~ buOSe Oh Tue central
line the sun will appear. during the middle
of the eclipse, like huge circle Of light, the
moon covering every part except very mar
row rim on the outside In Boston the ap :.
pearance will be much the same, only the
ring of light will be wider on one side than
on the other. The central na.A ofths eclipse
will be from Kittery. opposite Portsmouth, in
a nortbwesterly direction, through the towns
of Dover. Darlington, Pittsield, Canterbury,
franklin, Hill, Grafton, and Lebanon. The
eclipse will, however, be visible, to greater
or less extent, in all parts of North America,
excepting Guatemala and the southwest part
oe Mexico. 1t will also be visible in Ice :
land, Greenland, Northern Russia, parts Of
Sweden and Norway, the eastern part Of
Asia, the West Indies, and in the northern
countries of South America. - Boston Jour
nal.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10

NY estimate Of the Swiss character has
wonderfully deprecated since I have travel
led among these mountains. With history
such as Greece might be proud Of, aud a race
Of heroes that Rome never exccIled in the
days that women would only be mothers to
have sons for warriors, the Swiss people are
now at point of national and social dspres-
sion painful to contemplate. They are in
debted largely to the defences of nature for
the comparative liberty they enjoy, and per-
haps to the same soclnsion is to DO referred
the want Of a thousand comforts which an inn
proved state Of society brings. All the ro-
nance Of a Swiss cottage is taken out Of the
travellers mind the moment he enters ono of
these cabins and s. : refreshment or rest
The saddest 81. sf Poverty meet him at
the door. The same loom q the shelter of
man, woman and beast. Tho same room is
often the bed chamber of all. Scanty food
and that miserably prepared, is consumed
without those domestic arrangements which
make life at home luxury.
There is no future to the mind Of a Swiss
youth. He lives to live as his father liv-
ed and that is the end of life with him
Peahaps he may have gun, and in that case
to be the best shot in the valley may fill his
ambition or if be is strong in the srms and
legs, he may aim at distinction in the games
which once year are held at some hamlet
in the canton, where the wrestlers and run
ners contend for victory, and others throw
weights and leap bars, as of old when kings
were not ashamed to enter the lists. Many
Of the youth of of Switzerland are willing to
sell themselves into the service Of foreign
powers, as soldiers-Swiss soldiers--hired to
be shot at, and shoot anybody foreign des
pot may send them to slay 3; service so de-
cidedly hazardous to life and limb, with so
poor a chance for pay, that none but peo-
plc far gone in degradation would be willing
thus to make merchandise of their blood
Yet they have fought battles brayely with
none Of the stimulous of patriotism, and their
blood has been freely poured out for tyrants
who hired them, as if they were bleeding for
their own and the land of William Tell
| Cor. N. Y. Oh.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10

R1~A naval officer being at sea Ia =
dreadful storm, bis wife was sitting Ia shs
cabin near him. and filed With alarm for ths
safety of the vessel, was so surprised At bic
serenity and compOsure. that she cried OUT
My dear are you not afraid? How Is a
possible you can DO SO calm in such STORMY
He rose from the chair. dashed It to Tbs
deck, drew bis sword, and pointing u % tas
breast Of bis wife exclaimed
Are you afraidi'
She instantly answered. No.
Why said the officer
Because. rejoined the wife. Il an OCT.
tain tho sword is in tho hand Of my husband
aud be loves me too well to hurt mo-
Then said be. remember know 10 WHOM
believe, and be who holds the winds " hts
6st, and the water in the hollow Of bis haad,
is my father
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
HARRISBURG, VA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1854

RIGS, or other Industrial achievements. win BE-
exhibited in tie Palace. as / matter Of course.
we shall yet remember wish special gratitude,
those friends Of the enterpriss who did not
wait for its triumph, stood by Ii ia the days
Of experiment. and nobly aided to aehieve the
conquest which SO many are destined to en-
joy. We shall be able, and We rejoice in the
fact, to accord more dssiss L positions and
ample space to new Articles which shall be
sent in between this and the 1st Of May, than
it is probable that we shall have at our dis
posal thereafter. The earliest possible trans.
mission Of all Articles intended for Exhibi
ton. at and after the re-opqning, is urgently
solicited.
Trusting that you will ssree with US. that
the interest of Inventors, Artists, Manufac.
turers and Artisans. are al iaxolyed in the
thorough and undeniable t&h Of the irst
American Exhibition Of the trophies CT the
Worlds Art and Industry, we remain,
Yours, r. 7. BARNUM,
President .; q ::s.s association for the In.
dustry Of all Nations.
Signed by the Directors.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
LAW AN American clrrzEr.

In lecture recently delivered in Boston,
by Mr.. G. w. Curtis, be told the following
anecdote. according to the Transcript:
In fS49, while sailing down the DAnubs
in steamer, be was approached by stran-.
ger--a Hungarian -of noble appearance and
impressive manners who accosted Mr.. Curtis
as an Englishman, and when informed that
ho was an American citizen. he whispered Id
his ear. with marked emphasis: Then.
thank God for you are protected BY The
greatest. most powerful. and ouly free nation
on the earth !
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
SLEEPING ON SUNDAY.

A minister Of the kirk 10 good old Scot
land, once discovered his wife had falleI
asleep in the midst Of his homily on the Sab
bath So, passing in the steady and posi-
bly, somewhat monotonous flow of his orato,
ry, be broke forth with this personal address
sharp and clear, but very deliberate:
SUSAN
Susan opened her eyes and ears in twink
ling, as did all other dreamers in the house
whether asleep or awake.
Susan. ] dinna marry yc for your wealth
sin ye hae'd none! And dinna marry We
for your beauty, that the bail congregation
can sec. And If ehae no grace, had made
but sair bargain I
Susan's Slumbors were e6ectually broken
up for that day.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
DISASTERS AT SEA.


The dangers Of coast navigation have been
fearfully augmented by the recent succession
Of storms, and the loss Of life at sea during
the last four months exceeds the usual aver
age for year. The total number of persons
who persisted in the Powhatan. including the
officers and crew, is at least three hundred
and twenty; on board the Tayleur, wrecked
in the Irish channel, two hundred and seven
ty; on board the Staiiordshire. wrecked of
Cape Sable, one hundred and eighty; and on
board the San Francisco, one hundred and
and thirty-making in these disasters alone.
a grard total loss Of nine hundred human
lives
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
OCEANIC TELEGRAPH.

In answer to the inquiry. whether she bot.
tom Of the ocean which Lieut.. Maary hss
sounded in direct lines between America aad
Europe, was of nature to render 1t prob
able that telegraphic communication might b.
maintained, ho says that between the north
point Of Newfoundland and the south poins
Of Ireland, where the distance across is the
shortest some 1900 miles ouly--the bot.
tom is IN all respects perfectly regular
plane, as though designed for the successful
laying down Of such work He aida that
there is no current there whatever. fbe Va
ter on the bottom being always stilI. and fur
ih4r. that the apparatus, Il laid dorm on thas
line. will rest on very Ono shelly msstss.
which cannot abrade it injuriousIy.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
vol. $40. 10.


President Roberts, in bis annual messars
to tho Assembly Of Liberis, gives an s1cous-
aging account Of the present conditions aud
future prospects Of The republic During The
year 1858, the revenue Of the republic NJ
more considerable than in any previous year.
The total receipts into the treasury we're
$50, while the public expenditures for shs
same period amounted to $50 .o72, loasibr !
cash surplus Of $S,02l. The present liabili-
ties Of the government amount to S13. GAS,
which, when the assets are deducted, leaves
balance against tho State Of $1,000. Iah
believed thst during the present year, tae r..
ceipts viii be sufficient. not only for the dis.
charge Of the ordinary expenses. but also for
tie liquidation Of the present liabilities and
the completion of various important pablis
improvements
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
narThe Russian Emperor !. making !,

R@-The Russian Emperor ia making ~
the preparations necessary to protect his cap
itol, and well be may, St Petersburg being
one of the finest cities Of Europe. Its pop
ulation is over half million Of souls, and il
public buildings magnificent. with an imps-
rial library Of 425. 900 volumes. The asails.
Bile vessels Of the Russian feet in the Baltic
are being prepared for the emergency, and
300 new gun-boats have been ordered to b.
built. Everything betokens formidable re-
sistance to any attack upon Russian territory
in that quarter
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
TAILORING.

"AyING renewed his residence in Martins
Ill burg, and fitted up o Tailoring Shop, on
Main Street over the Tobacco Store of b. S. Lyeth
the subscriber avals himself of this method to no
tify the public that he is prepared to accommodate
all who have clothes to cut or manufacture, OF
whatever sly le or description.
He will be in the constant receipt of the city
fashions Heis fully prepared to please all tastes
as well in the style as to the manner and durabili
ty of his work. And he soicits the support of hi
friends and acquaintances, and Of the public gen
orally. WILLIAM H0KE.
June 10, iS5l-iy
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
TO CATCH RArs.

Take your bed and place II on the door
wher the rats are the most troublesome ;
then place bits Of cheese. sweetmeats, &c.. GA
the pillows and clothes; get 10 bed and blow
out the light, and lie still; the rats will sooa
make their appearance. and when they got
fairly at work on the cheese, So. make .
GRAB!
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10

For Me Gazelle.


For The Gazette
REMEMBRANCE.
Translated from the German Of Matthisson
BIZ ERNST
think Of thee,
When through the grove
The nightingales
Accord their love.
Yam dst,kst da msin
think of thee
By shady spring,
When sunlight folds
His golden wing.
Wo denkst du meih
think thee,
As warm tears rise,
With sweeter pain
s And anxious signs.
Vie aenkst du miep}
Oh think Of me,
Tho distant far,
Till we unite
Meath Fortunes star
Denp ich mar dein.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10

Dkg-Sam Slick says Il believe every
critter 10 the world thinks be is the most ca;
tertainin' enc in il. and that there Is no git
tin on any bow without him. Conceit grows
as nat'ral as the hair on one's head, but Il d
longer in comm out
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
nI.,-Diffcrent nations have different kiat

Different nations have different kiads
ofloafcrs. The Italian loafer spends his time
in sleeping, the Turkish in dreaming, the
Spanish in praying the French in laughing.
the English in swearing, the Russian in gam
bling, the Hungarian in smoking. the German
in drinking, and the American in talking pol
ities.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10

Bs@should your husband bring friend
home to partake Of the remains of yesterday 8
beet, do not be churlisb, but lot warm smile
season the cold repast
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10

HGg-lt is common to speak ofthose whom
frt has Tilted, as her victims This ID a
grave error; he. real victim is the man when
she accepts
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10

Rxy-D Describing bis heroine. d writer says
That she possessed, in great degree tia
strawberry Of modesty and the hot corn Of
affection. How horticultural he il IN h;s
ideas; be must have been corned.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10

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tribune Building PHILADELPHIA, N. w, corner Third
nd Chestnut streets.
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Norman TilIer,

A TT0RNEY AT Law Martnsburg Ya.,wili
N give prompt attention to business entrusted
to his care in the Counties Of Berkeley, Jefferson
and Morgan. Sept ii ls4s
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
DIR. D. W. THOMAS,

ID ESPECTFULLY offers his services to the
III citizens Of Martinsbnrg and and the public
generally, in the several departments Of his pro-
tession. gsy- Office on King Street, adjoining the
Post office, Martnsburg, Va.
April S. 1854 If
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
John III. RlOudeI.

'INN, copperand Sheet-Iron manufacturer, and
Brass Founder Shop, corner of Queen and
Martin SITS, and opposite the Lutheran Church
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10

n1s-A wag recently appended to the list
ofmsrketregulations in Cincinnati No whist
ling near the sausage stalls
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10

nIJ~ Diogencs has well said that the only
way to preserve bis liberty was being ,esey
70 die without pain,
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
Manuel Guiinan.

tALER in all kinds Of READY-MApE CO.
u THING, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, &c Nearly
opposite the Berkeley Bank Queen Street
slartinsburg, Va NAV 10. ia
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
John Weller.

A TT0RNEY AT LAW, will practice in the
n Courts of Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan,
and give prompt attention TO all business entrusted
nhlm Office in Martinsburg on the corner fthe
Public Square, opposite the Court House.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-05-10
LIVERY STABLE.

TINE subscriber having purchased the Horses
Carriages and Buggys Of Mr.. Daniel 0. Sny-
der, will continue the Liv- g31SSssyr
cry Stable at the same old 20
stand He will at all times 49, 49, Rssn 1M0
be prepared to furnish horses, or convey travel
lers to the country or any of the neighboring
towns, and likewise to accommodate Pleasure or
Pic Mic Parties. Confident that he will render
satisfaction to ALL he soliciss for his establishment
the public patronage. Ill YOUNG.
August lS53.--6m.