Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-01-13

of Mercer, haine) celebrated hun
ter, recently had a dangerous rencoun.
ter with large moose, near Moose RI
yer When discovered, the animal
took to the river, and the hunter
to ms canoe, add started i'm pur.
suit OF him Having approached with.
IN SIX or eigb. rods, he fired, and the
ball taking effect. he moose made for
the shore. Mr. E. having reloaded his
| gun proceeded 10 search of him The
moose was soon come up with, and.
rather unexpectedly, Ellis had ap.
preached within twenty or thirty feet
OF the animal before he discovered
hIm-he Instantly fired, but being
somewha, agitated by finding himself
so near the moose, missed his object.
The hall entering small tree which
interviewed between them; wheieupon
The moose Immediately made at him
With desperate fury, taking him be-
tween his horns, one ofwhich entered
his clothes near his waistband of the
pantaloons in front, and passed out
near his chin and the other at the small
of his back taking the skin in its coures.
While IN this dangerouse critical stu.
alton, the moose made a or 5 bounds
with him, clearing rod or
more at leap, when his clothes Civ
ing way he fell TO the ground. The
moose passed over him, and after 90.
ing Is or 90 rods fell and expired.
Mr.. Ellis received considerable iniu.
ry, but tT'tling compared with what
might have beer expected from the
circumstance in which he was placed.
German explanation of the deluge.
NJ. Chabrler,a corresponding men,
Der ofthe society of Friends of Ma
ture at Frankfort, has published a me-
NOR that the deluge was .occasioned
By the fall of the seas of another plan
net upon ours; and that the terrestrial
matter of that broken up world falling
10 our globe, formed our mountains,
&c. In answer TO the objection that
Moses had not alluded to the expla-
nation of the formation of our noun.
talns, he supposes that the patriarch
king was shut up in the ark with his
family, where, as may be well ina
glned, he had work enough on his
hands, and was SO fully employed, that
ne had no time to observe this ilnpor-
tant event, and that the weather was
so terrible he had no time to observe
what was passing out of the doors.
Roads The Quarterly Review
says is prevailing opinion in Eng
land, that dead flat road tires horse
much more inequalities; the change in
the speed, and also in the position Of
the muscles, Is supposed to be advan-
tageous to the animal Another En-
glish writer says, the curved form of
roads is found adequate to obtain the
end proposed, and that roads is found
inadequate to obtain the end proposed,
and that roads are now laid fiat, car.
rIages driving indlf1erently over every
part The same writer says,a weight
suspended on springs may be drawn
over road Astounding in small articles
much easier than the same weight can
be drawn without springs, and recon-
mends the application of springs to
the heavier wagons.
Great Trotting Teot On Satur-
day last, for bet of $ 100, horse Of
Mr.. Van Buren, was trotted before a
wagon, without collar, or traces, six
miles in % minutes. The tin allow.
ed was "a minutes. and the perform
apce was done on the Jamaica turn
pike, from the 18th to he6th mile stone;
and the horse came in without fatigue,
although the whole of the tire came off
from one the wheels.
Mayors Court, Philadelphia.-A ju-
ror, at the last May r's Court Philadel-
phia, agreed to and signed verdict,
convi. ting person of felony. In the
morning. when the verdict was read, he
declared, that he did not agree to il,
that he believed the man to be innocent,
and that he had signed it merely for the
purpose of getting home tie night be-
fore.-For this offence he has been in
dicted, found guilty, and fined.
On Wednesday last, GeorgeT Barnes,
person of good address, and imposing
manners, was found guilty on several
indictments, and sentenced to the Peni-
Tertiary for three years. In the course
of the trial the following information
was disclosed;-That he is native of