Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-12-04

iofh, was l0.t On The 2d instant on
licr passage to the above Island snd
Two oI the crew were drowned. The
remainder of,hecrew we're taken of
.hc wreck BY the American brig Spar.
tau, Dclano, after they had been near
" exhausted hy famine and fatigue.
Tie dispersion generally prevailing
10 Barbados, that The recent revols Il.
Tongthc' blacks WAS caused bv the
instiss,ien CT tie Missionaries belong
lng to the Methodist Church, Is beg:l,
ning to display isselfbn a manner higl.
u detrimental 10 the interest sf tie
Missionary cause generally through.
ous the West lndics, and may, unless
a speedy and satisfactory explanation
is rendered aud as such received, AN
sihilate sll future eRosss Of the society
to melioraic the condition Of the people
OF coionr.
The following account ola most dis.
graceful outrage committed upon the
Methodi.t Society. is furnished by pfi-
vste letters from Barbados Of the 20,h
of Oetober:--
Extract Of a letter from Barbados, dolsd
Ccicisr 1o.a.
eve have had sad doings here: on
attempt of daring character ~ss
u,ade to barn the Town last Saturday
night; and last evening an infiristed
mob OF = bite people attacked and lit
terally levelled to The ground the Ne
tlisdst Chapel, large and beautiful
brick building, and the Parson IMAM.
ed Shrewsbury obliged to fly for his
lise."
Extract Of another hiiev, Of same dale.
II am sorry to have il in my power
TO INFORM you thai The Methodist Chap
pei Was destroyed last nigtst by the
ia~icss mcb, which, fear, will end
IN SERIOUS consequences 10 our peace
aud comfort. irxpect the Governor
viii Use his authority to suppress such
!. - les. pracisces.v
ThcTwo kIcu,ss Of Legi stature
are 70 meet On Thursday next.
4 letter to the Editor ofthe Nation
y Advocate dated k:ugston, JamG-
ca, October lab, say that an attempt
had been made - organize conspi-
racy in that cit, was generally beliey.
ed. Severe! shens Of color had been
taken up, and one had .tecn sent off
the island. The consprators Lad for
med lodge vi pretended Masons,aud
were inflated into sortse mysteries bya
broSn NAN from ST. Domingo, and
correspoaded with Admiral Padi.la
on the Colombian coast. The Master
Of the Lodge Was black man named
Nicholas Pinero IL barber, and the
individual seOs of tbe island.) From
numerous other suspicious circurnstan-
ccs, il Was considered necessary to
probe the business, Lut no very ma
terisl discoveries had been made
The island was ia considerable fer
ment respecting The attempt made in
Britain to legislate for the Colonies and
cmancipate the slaves. Nothing but
resolutions OF all kinds, expressing the
state OF public feelings, and some we're
rather warm, others absolutely ab-
surd.
Al q meeting Of the Inhabitants Of
Port Royal among others we're the
following bitter reflection against the
conduct Of the Mother Country.
Resolred, That any attempts to dis
possess US ofthat property which Ne
acquired under the sanction Of British
laws, aud which was hitherto guarap-
teed lsus by the British faifh Is as much
NEDITATKD ROBBERY as
design to deprive = landlord in the
Mother Country OF bis rents, of his
lands, and the services Of his tcnanlry,
and equal to the most atrocious acts Of
the deluded and abused peasants Of
Ireland.
A package of letters sent from New
Orleans in the mail 10 Florence, Ala
bama, was opened on the road, and
The letters containing money robbed of
their contents, and forwarded on.--
The seals were broken when received.
Ths Treasurer deficit ia Kentucky
according 10 the recent report Of the
5 ate Auditor amounts to the sum Of
lSS,446 So cents The appropria-
ion. as fee, TO the two c0uusels for
the State Nessrs. Clay and Rowan,