Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-11-20

A0tf q vi R0f HOCNs 10 10
supposed, oil roobng him OF ms money
es ne had, at the time, about 600 dol
lars, belonging 10 The pu5iic, IN bis
possession. Ale came to The Coioneps
that evening, apparently 10 pa- "a
| friendly yisa, and after sitting I'll bed
time, was conducted up stairs 90 he'd
Tue Col also soon aaer retired TO rest.
in a chamber below. About midnight
when the Col was asleep, Eliiols en-
tered bis room, aud stabbed him in
three places in the icit side Fla lie
was saved by the timely interference
OF MS faithful servant, who was ~ The
kitchen, and, hearing noise ran to
MS masters room, and seized EiliJt,
who gave him severe sab IN the neck
Before other assistance could be oh.
tained, klliot made his escape bet was
taken few days afterwards by two OF
the deputy snerif.s and a nephew OF
thes Coionei's, and is noss lodged III
Brunswick jail {, a~ aiting bis trial.
We understand thai hopes are en-
tertained OF Col. Us. recovery.
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Th. eighteenth Congress will az
scuhle at Washington oa the first day
of December next. Ii Is expected
there viii be another sharp comest For
the Speakers chair, the candl i>ies HI
med are 1essrs. Barbour, tthe last
Speaker Clay, Taylor and Webster.
TIE session IN a.. probability wislbe
an Interesting one. Thr bankrupt bill.
the oil Tor the amendment of lhe tariff,
and others OF considerable Importance
may command the consideration OF the
corgvrss, and afford ample fields for
political discussion.
But tiie SUBJECT. perhaps, which will
coutrihrse most towards rendering the
approaching convention an interesting
spectacle, is the fear entertained on the
one hand. and the hope on the other,
that the Presidential question may be
tlkcn Up by Congressional caucus,
aud such arrangements enteTed into, as
may designate III. candidate, posses
sing in The greatest degree the conf
dence, and the good wishes not OF the
people, bot Of the members of con-
! gress.-Fredeficktos0a Herald.
Ga Tuesday morning, Oct %, two
ztulat.o boys finding in gentIeman's
chamber at Mrs. Picauli's Hotel, in
Queen street, a pair OF pistols, aud not
knowing that they were loaded, presen-
ted them at each other. The pistol of
one snapped, but tina! of the ether dis
charged its contents in the neck of his
antagonist. Ihe ball was extracted, and
the wound was said not to BE dangerous.
The wounded boy is fifteen years old,
the other between nine and ten--the lat-
ter has absconded. he printing OF the
pistols was removed by their owner pre-
vious to leaving his room, but the touch
hole off one of them being rather large,
accounts Tor the discharge. - CaGf. Cor.
An extraordinary case of hydroce-
phalus or water of the brain, has excl
ted the inteses. of the medical sentle-
man Of Salisbury. The head of an in
FAINT, bsfore any operation was perform
ed, at the age of six months, was of the
following extraordinary dimensions
Round To. forehead and back part of
the head 80 inches, and from ear TO ear
across the vertex % inches, which mea-
surements will be better understood by
stating that the larger circumference OF
the adults head averages but % inches,
asd from ear to ear but IL, and of a
healthy child of six months old the lar
gsst circumference averages l6, and
| from ear to ear but 8 inches. The infant,
| belonging to respectable parents, i. un-
der the immediate treatment OF our sur
gsons, sad is submitted to novel prac-
| tee, viz. the removal of water by de-
grees, through the mcaas of operation,
and at the same time the employmentof
pressure. The infant has undergone the
operation five tires, and ten ounces,
(near,y seven pintsl of water, have been
removed. The present state OF tire in
FAINT. and the effects OF the operations and
tire a tment are such as afford ell ground
ed hopes that for this disease, consider
ed hitherto hopeless, remedy has at
length beea found.-Saisn Gazette.
Qsacks Beteare.--An action was late
ly brought in the County of Albany by
female child, by her nearest friend to
recover damages from Physician for
negligence and malpractice in setting
the Plaintiffs arm, which had been dis
located at the elbow ioint--The case