Martinsburgh Gazette

CURIOUS EXTRACTS

From the Baltimore Whig, a democratic paper.

"We had supposed that Henry had put our government in possession of more information, by a great deal, than it now appears he did."

"If our Executive gave 50,000 dollars for this superfluous proof, it was, we think, lavishing too much of the people's money on a spy for a whistle."

Extract of a letter from Washington.

"It is understood that the letter which purports to be a communication to Henry from Lord Liverpool, is written on paper bearing the water-mark of a manufacturer of paper in Philadelphia; so that Lord Liverpool must import his paper for official purposes from this country."

Question.--How many comfortable meals would 50,000 dollars have purchased for disabled and superannuated officers and soldiers of the revolution, who with their families, are now pining in want, and whose claims are barred by the statutes of limitation? Answer--500 old soldiers could have been comfortably fed for nine months.

Could Warren and Montgomery and other patriots, have foreseen that the time was to come, when their companions in arms would be treated with contumely and injustice, and the money of the country they were then purchasing at the price of their blood, be lavished on vile spies and traitors, would they not in all probability have been now living, or have died quietly in their beds?"