Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-10

4 thc pubic IN an oinCial fQfnl, we Snail
hereafter present further account To
/ our readers.
=. Most os the Members OF Cop@,ess
sook their departure from this City i'm
| n,ediateN after, and not few Of them
before, the adjournment There re-
main in the City bit fifteen or twenty,
who are yet detained by business. I'll,
rerhapsit Is more than due respact
| to the gentlemen who are before the
! People rs Candidates for the psesiden-
cy, particularly to notice tho time and
manner of their departure. In that
sentiment, we mention, that General
Jackson left here direct for home.
day or two before tlies adjournment,
/ and that Mr.. Clay left the City on FRI
| day morning, also for his residence.
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The New York Gazette If Tuesday
says, the. arrival of the Wee President
at his seat on Station Island. Oh Mon
day evening, was announced by the dis
charge ofcannon.
Lajayetfs---A letter from q gentle
man now in Paris, who has lately visi-
ted Fayette. says:--"Should i dare
draw conclusion from what heard
him say, would unhesitatingly declare.
that we should see him among us before
fall, or perhaps in a very short time.
The sooner the better, for, without
doubt, rs | lave often mentioned, be is
the best person 4 eyercame cross in
my lie, and one Of the most modest
ard distinguished men in the world.
lie Is absolutely too good for Europe,
American is the soil alone congeniai ID
him. and may he soon be there to know
and see how much VIE cherish and love
him, s prove that Republics are not, rs
was formerly said, always stugrateful"
FROM THE woopBuRy(T - HERALD
Distressing casualty - On Wed
nesday last, Hannah Ann, aged four
years, and Emclipc, aged two years,
daughters and only children Of MIR.
Jos. d. Tcddrick, Of this town.. by a
mysterious Providence, became thu
victenis Of most distressing and fl
tai casualty. u
The circumstances which led to
this melancholy catastrophe are these:
Early in the morning, the mother, for
some slight indispnsition, prepared, as
she believed, y portion Of faagnesiu,
by mixing It will, tnolasses and wa
ter. for the children Shortly after they
had swallowed it, they began to COM
plain of heat and pain ia the stomach,
which was following by vomiting.
Thesaccesion Of their syfsltoms alarm.
ed Mrs. r and led her TO suspect
the medicine. Upon examining the !
paper which had contained the article,
it was demonstrated to her horror,
struck senses, that she had given. them
a quantitv Of powder arsenic, which
had been obtained some time before
for the purpose Of destroying verniin.
The quantity exhibited must have
been teaspoonful or more. Mcdi
cal assistance was Immediately OBJ
tained--their siornachs evacuated by |
means ofthe stomach pump, and tho
roughely rinsed of their contents "a
great proportion Of the poison fSuss
brought away BY these means, art4 by !
the vomiting subsequently induced,
but al! efforts to save them were final
ly upavailing. The eldest survived /
but about eight hours: the youngest
lived forty eight hou,s.
On Thursday morning, McCarty
and Carr, who bad been convicted
OF arson, in b1rniDg the State House,
Philadelphia, were tried fo- conspi
racy to murder Robert Whorton, ESQ.
then being Mayor of PhiladeIphia,
and to burn his dwelling house The
testimony Of John M. Henry, the
acromplice, was given, and other
witnesses, Of unirnpeachable characies,
were called in corroberation OF the facts
in bis siatemcpt. After the remarks
OF Mr. BiddIe for the prisoners, and
Mr. Heltit for the commonwealth,
and the charge Of the court, the jury,
without leaving the box, returned a
verdict of guilty.
The court afterwards proc eeded to
pass sentance on the prisoners. For