Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-06-17

possess abundance OF gold The
Dutch formerly held certain parts on
Clre Coast, which have recently
passed into The hands of the English.
The II ntecs. spoken of as SLAM IN
srch numbers, resided nearer the
Coast than the Asnanlees, and are ny
40 means equal to them in war. That
the Ashantces -hoold vanquish the
E.ql,sh and Famees was to have
been expected, but there is no reason
10 soppose that any danger can result
either TO Measurable Or Sierra Leone "
Extract of q Letter from MeUt
co, d tied Ap,a 8 --"The murder OF
Mr. Crawford has Gas y6u may sup
pose) excited much sensation here,
and thank Col, produced good Ell
feet, the governm mi having resolved
to make an example OF all offenders q
ganst the laws. and put stop, u pos
sble, to similar enormlles. Gen.
Bravo, who Is row President OF the
Executive Power, has pledged him
self to have the prisons cleared OF
bout 500 cnlprits in very shor,
time, and that each Of them shall! sui
fer according to his crime; in ccnse
Gucnce of which, an officer was pub
llcIy shot in one OF the squares OF this
city yesterday, for an attempt TO Sc
duce the troops, and three murderers
are to he hanged to morrow Ii Is
some satisfaction to me to state to you
that lie government has been very
active in its measures for the appre
tension of the highwavmen that n.ur
dcred Nj. Crawford; that three of
them ere already in custody, and great
hopes of getting the rest. Nat. Gag.
New YoRK. JUNE I'VE have
received hythe Marmion, Paris'papers
to the 3O,h of April. The persons lost
by the ship wreck of the Cecilia, of
New Orleans, on her passage from
Havana to Bordeaux, were the mo
Their and ard five children ola Span
ISL family, passengers, and the cook
and two seanjen Of the vessel
II was expected that Gen. LA Fay.
ETTE would shortly embark for this
port in one OF our elegant packets -
We understand he declined the invi-
talion to come in a Ma,icnal-ship,
The British despatch vessel Fro'ie,
which had waited some weeks for
dispatches from Washington, " ent to
sea on Saturday morning.
PoPUtATtoN OF LONDON AND PARIS.
The population of Paris was put
down by Sir WIZ. PETTY, in his Essay
on Political arithmetic, published in
1887. on authority of the best French
writer's, 4ss, 900; while her pres nt po-
pula ion, according to the late census,
does not amount to 100000. But the
population of London, which now ex-
ceeds t,274,oOO, is put down in the same
Essay at $4,000; which shows that
London must have added SIS, 900 to her
greater population, in the same period,
that Paris had added lit lie more than
goo 900 to her smaller population.
The following mode of trial by ordeal
prevails in the Burman empire Ace
tain quantity of wax IS weighed in two
candles which are lighted at the same
instant one is held by the plaintiff, the
other by the defendant, and the holder
ofthe candle which first burns out is
adjudged to have sworn falsely, and of
course to have lost the cause.
French FLEET Intelligence from Bar
BADGES of the 18th alt. states, that the
French Naval Force in that quarter, is
gradually assuming a respectable APP
pearance. There are now at Martinique
one ship of so guns, three of 60 guns,
besides many vessels of smaller force,
and IA at the Saints.
attempt to X dnap. Accounts from
Paramaribo, Tin Dutch Guyana, capital
of Surinam.) of the S0tn Jan. relate that
on the night of the 9th, great number
of negroes had been clandestinely car
ried away by a French brig called Lt
Legsre, Capt PoUssIN, aud supercargo
BlED, IN consequence of which the go~
vernon had ordered general embargo,
to hinder those people from escaping,
and to trace the negroes whom they had
taken away. By proclamation of fhe
Esd Of January, fhe embargo was taken