Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-05-06
NORFOLK. April 81.

NosFoLK, April 81.
Melancholy Casaaliy.-We record,
with deep commiseration for the acute
suherings of the unfortunate subject of
it, the following affecting occurrence.
Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock,
as the steam boat Hampton was about
TO get under way, having boat in tow,
Mr.. ZADocK Mason; respectable and
industrious farmer, residing on he plan
tation called JPise's, upon the Western
Branch, being in his own boat, and desi-
rous to avail himself Of the assistance of
the steam boat in reaching his home,
grappled on to the stern Of the boat then
in tow The Hampton backing out
from the wharf, as customary, necessa-
rily brought the boats alongside, and
the stern boat in contact with her wheel
SIR. Mason being in the bow of his boat,
received blow from the paddles on the
right side of MS face and breast, which
at the same time sunk his boat, and be-
comiag entangled in the wheel, his left
leg, little above the ankle, was shock
ingly mangled, and the bone broken in
several places. Three men, who were
in the stern sheets of the boat, were pre-
ciptaed into the river, and thus escaped
unhurt
New BEDF ORD, April IS.
On Sunday last, Miss SUSAN HUMEs,
Of Cranston, r. ]. preached in the North
Baptist Meeting House, in this town.
She is a young woman, apparently about
"a years of age. Ter sermons were
learned and appropriate. and the house
posed OF different denominations, who
appeared to pay the greatest attention,
and whose countenances seemed to ex-
press their entire appreciation and graft
lication on the occasion.
BEAUFORT L. WATTS, sate eecretary
of State of the State of South Carolina,
has been appointed by the President of
the United States, with the advice and
consent of the Senate, to be Secretary
of Legation to the Republic of Colon
bia. vice S. c. TopD, who declines the
appointment. vat intel
Daadyism. VIM. Jackson was
brought up under the statue charged
with having obtained goods under false
pretences. Jackson had purchased Sc
yeral suits of clothes, had hired gigs,
and cheated tavern keepers and board
ing houses, and was by all accounts
shark of the, first water One OF the de-
vices he played off was to catch the
manners living as they rise" Being
named jackson, he enqlired me out
certain tavern keepers, known to be
friendly to Gen. jackson for president
On these he billeted himself for week
or so, as relative or namesake of 1.-THE
generals but they soon smoked him
| out of the camp. The tallors, however
| DESTROYS of recovering their clothes, had
him stripped. His tippy ceat, bis blue
silk sham, his cossack pantaloons his
corsets and shammy gloves were all re-
stored; and Jackson was comparlsoned
in his own natural homespun pepper
and salt clothes, and wool hat, and a
very different figure he cut. verifying
the old proverb, that fne'teathers make
fine birds.-.NY .4drocate.
BALTIMORE, april "a Capt.
Bosserre, of the schooner Ardent, ar
rived here this morning in twenty
two days from Porto Bello, reports that
a letter received at Pc, to Bello, dated al
Panama, Goth March, mentioned that
vessel had that day arrived there
fromCallao, bringing information that,
the Royal Spanish army had made
propos tions TO cGpitulate to BOLIVAR,
on condition of being sent to Pana
ma to cross the Atlantic. Capt. Ii.
could learn no further particulars; he
was not at Panama; understood that
there were three American vessels
at Panama, one brig; names un
known to him.
A COLUMBIAN squadron Of six
sail, under commodore Block, arrived
Goth of March from Marcabo and
Carthagena, and landed 1860 troops
who crossed over to Panama. The
commodore informed Capt Bossierre,
that he saw off ChAgres. an Amer;
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