Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-11-27

10 the nfst week DciDg prlncipahy Ia
ken up 10 the trial OF criminals, the |
Cour. did not adjourn till last Tuesday |
Among the criminal causes there were
t,co for the crime Of murder. John
Dlrr, indicted for the murder OF Wm
Thompson, was found guilty, upon
pretty clear testimony, of iri!ful MUIR
der, and was sentenced to be hung on
! Wednesday the 9Th inst Bot, on the
evening Of the 3Olh Of September, a.
vaiIing hinselfo OF . little remissness in
the guard which had been detailed to
keep him in custody, he slipt his hand
CUTS and made bis escape, and has
not yet been taken or heard Of The
other was the case of Jourdan Lacy,
who was charged with the murder Of
John Slimson He was found guilty
of manslughler, and sentenced By the
court 10 one years imprisonment in the
| Franklin county Jail, 0here being no
Jail 10 this county, and TO pay line
OF $500.
Since writing the above, we have
learnt that Lacy has also made his es-
cape. He got out Of Jail the same night
that Darr broke from his guardin this
| place.---A brother had come 10 see
him, and had been there about day
or Two. That evening, a little after
dark, he came TO the jaiier, and told
him that Lacy wanted some water, and
went with hiEa 10 carry it TO The Jail.
As soon as the jaiier had unlocked the
door, his companion Stepping behind
him, seized his arms, and held him
on!il the prisoner came out and got
pretty good start, W hen me quit his hold
and followed him. A few days after
they were beard of crossing the Wa
bash together, making their way Ell
ther into Indiana Or Kentucky most
likely the latter, as he formerly lived in
Warren county, in that s,ase.-Gaz.
The Judges of the Circuit Court of
The District Of Columbia, at the recon-
mendation of the Grand Jerry, have
extended the Prison Bounds Of County
of Alexandria to the limits Of the Cor.
poration of Alexandra. -Alen. Her.
Judge Ealler, in an opinion he de-
Iivered in an sc!ion against hu>ba
| for bad treatment Of his wife, laid it
downas positive law, '''That hus-
band was privileged 10 beat his wife,
if theinstrument nsed was wooden and
no thicker td4u his thumb" 1t was
on this occasion that the ladies of Exc.
ter addressed a rouud robin to the
Judge, in which fhty requested 10 be
informed olthe exact thickness OF bis
Lordship's thumb, MAJ. Ga@.
4 writer in the Mobile Advertiser
suggests to the government OF the U
States to employ one or two Of our
vessels OF war, IN securing the At
lantc coast, and to recoDnoitre the har-
bors of Florida--he proposes 10 EN-
p!oy another in the CHlph coast ofthat
territory, and TO make rigid enquiry oil
all coasting vessels ireighled with tim
Der. he states that the naval timber
there growing, and belonging to the
government, is rapidly diminishing
that the live oak, red cedar and locust
timber are objects of very great regard
to private ship owners in the United |
States and in Europe. The govern
ment property is now suffering the |
most extensive depredations and meal,
culab!e injury is inflicted on the coun-
try-vcssels Of small burden make
their way into the harbors on the IN
inhabited part Of the coast, and ship
such cargoes without ever thinking of
payment. 1t is notorious that cargoes
OF such timber are constantly shipped
from the ports Of Alabama and Fiori-
da, bound to Europe as well as TO ports
Of the United States, and it is more
than suspected, that many of these car.
goes, purporting to be for northern
ports have found their way to the Bri
tsb West India Islands.
Morn. Chron
Ntw System of Banking. The New
York Evening Post tells us that two
Banks in the state OF Connecticut are
engaged in the following new and inge-
NOUS mode of Banking:
"ihey place inthe hands of many bro
kers in New York, capital of one or
two hundred thousand dollars, for the
purpose Of purchasing the notes of all
the other Banks in the state of Connec-
ticut that are below par in New York,
and then nmnlnv an Q oant To- 90 round |