Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-03-17

commissioners OIL Inc United States, on
the one part, and the Creek Indians ON
the other, for the c~essicn o Iands Wing
within the limits of the State of Geor.
gia, has been confirmed by the Senate,
We understand that Mr.. SoUrHARn.
the Secretary of the Navy. has been
appointed, by the PRESIDENT, TO be .sc-
ling Secretary of the Treasury, until
the arrival of the incumbent of that
Ohice.-Jtat. Int
Few Acts of Congress can be Of
more general interest than that which
we now publish, consolidating and re-
modling the legal provisions Tor the
regulation of the Post Office Depart
ment. Every man who reads a news
paper, or writes a letter, is interestedin
this bill, whichis but one of the several
evidences of the business character OF he
late Congress.
The new provision are not many.
but there are m Members Of Con-
gress, for example, are to enjoy the pri-
vilege of franking for sixty DAYS. lin
stead of thirty } preceding and following
each Session of Congress. Printers
are expressly authorized to send prin-
ted or written notes Of their accounts
to their subscribers, instead of being
prosecuted therefor, as has been at
tempted. The punishment for robbery
and of letters is made somewhat more
proportionate to the magnitude and en-
ormity Of the offence, not 10 speak Of
the punishment devised for undue GU
riosity, or "prying into another's busi-
ness" There is one fine imposed by
the law which, we rather suspect, will
make many aPostmaster feelto see if his
purse is safe. We refer to that which
imposes a fine of fifty dollars for detain-
ing any newspaper from its owner, or
taking a peep into any packet not inten-
ded for. his office. By another proyi-
sion, no Postmaster is hereafter TO be
contractor for, or concerned in carrying
any Mail. This, also, is certainly a ve-
~ proper regulation.-Ibid
The late Presidents Accounts.-The
Committee appointed, at The last Session
OF Congress, upon the Message of Pre-
sident MONROE, re expecting his accounts
with The Public, reported a mass of pa
pers containing detailed accounts, SC.
Accompanying these was the paper,
which will be found in our columns to-
day, containing the view of the Presi-
dent in relation TO this matter, to which,
considering the notoriety Of the inquiry,
it is thought to be but just to him and
thePublic, TO give early publicity.-Bid.
The subject of Iaternal Improvement,
appears 10 attract. much of the attention
OF all our governments. In the Legis-
lature of PENNSYLVANIA, we observe. a
bill is pending, having been reported by
a Committee of which MI. LEHMAN
was Chairman, for making surveys,
with aview OF efecting our great Canal
from the Delaware to the Ohio, and also
a Canal diverging from the Susquehan-
nah, opposite to Harrisburg, towards
the mouth of Acknowledgment the
Potomac this letter having reference
to the expected construction of the Po-
tomac Canai) The several States sti-
mulate each other in these great works,
in which the agency of the General
Government becomes less necessary, as
the attention of the government of the
States is more seriously turned to them.
Murder and Robbery.-On Saturday
night last, Wiiliam S,mpson, a South
ern trader, wa murdered neal Centre
vile, Fairfax county, Va. and robbed
of about $500, chiefly in notes of the
Bank of Virginia.
1t appears that Simpson had eaten his
supper at the tavern where he had been
for several days, in company with four
or five persons OF the place or neigbor-
hood; and that after supper they all left
the tavern, nothowever, precisely al, the
same time, but this being common, at
tracted no particular notice. All ex-
cept Simpson, returned to the tavern in
the course of the evening, say before
10 O'Clock, and ,slept there as usual.
Next morning being Sunday, three of
them left the village, two on foot one on
horseback. Simpsons not returning to
the tavern on Sunday, excited no sus-
plcion, as his business led him freouent-
ly into the neighborhood for long and
shorter periods. On Monday suspicious
began to be entertained, and on Tues
day morning the inhabitants undertook