Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-05-13

On the a6th February, Mr. MART1~
introduced into Che British House of
Commons, his motion on abolisliing
bear batting, and other cruel sports
1t was treated with considerable tidicule
by many of the members. Sir II. HERON
said he could never sanction such a
poor, trumpery, hyper-pathetical blum
dering mode Of legislation. He asked
why the honorable member did not
m owe for humble address to the throne
praying thai his Majesty might enter in
to a convention with the Hing of France,
for the purpose Of abslishing the tor
ture of frogs in tina country. Nr. PEEL
could not understand how it happened
that the honorable gentleman proposed
to spare their alien enemy, the bear,
and to leave out Of that amnesty their
natuI al born subjects, the hare and tie
the partridge. In common consistency.
he Mr.. Alartin) should bring in bill
to prevent children in future from spin
ming cock-chafIers. Mr. MARTIN, i'll
reply to Mr. PEEL, said that the kee-
per Of tie pit at Westminster, "a place
where bcar-ba;ting is exhibited when
he had learned all that his friend Nr
Martin had said, would erect for him q
box to his accommodation, and mark
out day for the exhibition of the sports
The motion was Withdrawn without o
division
Sam Jones; alias John Robinson. a
black man, was tried in the District
Court for the District of New York, a
few days ago, for murder committed
on board tie brig Holkar, of New York
in the year 1918. Judge Thompson
presided. itappears, from the evidence,
that the iiDlker, Capt. Brown, sailed
from Curacao, bound to New York.
She was manned with severalblack sea-
men, and had on board Capt Hum
phreys, as passenger. After the ves-
sci had been out a short time, the blacks
agreed to mutiny, and, on arriving in
the Mona Passage, they cruelty mur-
dered Captains Brown and Hum ph2e5 s,
and the mate of the HolIIar, and threw
their bodies overheard. They after
wards scuttled The vessel, after the plea
dings, had been gone through, Judge
Thompson submitted the caseto the jury,
who retired, and afterwards come into
court with verdict of guilty The dis
covery of the murderer, after so long
time had elapsed,is singular and extra
ordinary.
WEST UNION, ONO, April 90, 1884,
A stranger who had been ia this neigh
borhood for some days, practising as a
physician, SC made his exit in man
ner rather unbecoming the high profess
sion Of this man OF pills. 1t seems he
had afforded his medical aid, in several
cases, rather to the great alarm of
the friends, as well as the danger
of his patients, administering potions,
the ingre dents of which were a COM
pound of lead and gunpowder, as well
as otherwise showing his knowledge of
the healing art. For tbs specimen of
skill, our son of Esculapius was plepa-
red with an escort, who accompanied
him with "thundering drum and mar
shall MEN," to the envlrons of the town
and after saluting him with few cere-
moniouS Acknowledgements for his pest
services, bid him fly, "nor tarry in all
the plains piltogs Register
Porer Of Industry.-It was beauti-
ful expression Of a Chinese sage, that
by time and industry, mulberry leaf
becomes silk shawl fthe follow
ing statement be correct, it affords a
still more striking proof of what human
ingenuity can accomplish. In the man.
ufacture Of steeA an article NAV be
raised from one half penny to $4,000
guineas A pound of crude iron costs
one haltpenny; it is converted into steel,
that steel is made into watch springs,
every one of which is sold for half
guinea, and weighs only the 10th of
grain; after deducting for waste, there
are, in pound weight, 1000 grains.
1t, therefore, affords steel for 10000
watchsprings, the value of which at
half guinea each, is $4,000 guineas.
.Nech. Magazine.
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