Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-07-21

Alexandria, d. C. June l3-On
Sunday night last, white woman
committed suicide. BY drowning her.
self at Romney's Long Wharf. tits
thought that poverty, which is pro.
ductive of more mischief than every
other evil under the sun, may have
been the Chief cause OF leading theun.
fortunate creature to the commission of
the deed.
This is, at least, The sixth instance
of suicide having been perpetrateed
within short number of Yeas at the
same wharf; and but few days ago.
a slave boy was acciJently drowned
there.
Yesterday forenoon, Mr.. VIM
Stewart, an industrious and respecta.
bic master carpenter, drowned him.
self in the Potomac, on the margin of
the town. He left several letters, in
which he assigned reasons for doing
the deed Herald.
Knoxville, Tenn J June I've
regret to state, that one ofthe piers of
that grand and beautiful structure, the
Nashville bridge, has given way and
a considerable part of it fallen down.
1t is supposed from four to six months
will be required to repair the injury,
and that the expense will be from five
to ten thousand dollars. The Bridge
is rendered useless for the present, ex-
cept as to foot passengers. The stock.
holders composing the Bridge Com.
pany, have pledged themselves, per-
sonally, with all their means, for the
redemption ofthe notes they have in
circulation Register
II Prize.-On Saturday morning.
the workmen engaged in digging
vault for new house, at the corner of
Fayette street and Chatham square, in
the City of New York, discovered,
at depth OF 10 or 12 feet from the sur.
face, closed arch vault of brick work.
which, on being opened, was found
to contain an iron chest, with consi.
derable sum of money in gold and
silver. The building which had stood
on this ground, it is said, was about
so years old.-Mer. Adv.
The NAVAL 'CoURT MARTIAL
yesterday finished the examination Of
witnesses in regard to the Foxardo
affair, and adjourned at an earl, hour
to give an opportunity to the Judge
Advocate to collect and arrange the
documentary testimony relating to the
charge against Commodore PoRTEn
on that ground. The ,other charge.
OF INSTRUMENTATION and ,unofficerIike
conduct, has not yet been touched.
Nat. Int.
The murderer of Mss Cunning
ham.-SAMUEL STEVENS Governor
OF this State, has requested the Execu.
tive OF Virginia, to send John Con.
ners (the supposed murderer of Miss
fCunningham) to this place, to stand
his trial. He will probably be brought
to the jail ofthis county in few days.
Elkton Paper.
is it not, we believe, generally
known, that the district of Pennsylya.
MA which lies south Of the Blue noun.
talns denser population than any O.
Their portion of territory of equal ex.
tent of the United States. Il compri.
ses the counties Of Lehigh. Buck, Phil.
adeIph'a, Montgomery, Berks, Ches-
ter, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon,
York, Adams, Cumberland, Franklin,
and part of Northampton and Dauphin:
Its erea is 1869 square miles, and its
population in 1920 was sci 1855, or
n to a square mile. The population
OF Massachusetts is only ~ to the
square mile; of Rhode Island. 68; of
Connecticut SO, of New Jersey 40;
OF Maryland 37.-Pha Gag.
NEWARK, IN. j. June 81,