Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-05-05

county, Indiana, while engaged IN The
performance of his ordinary vocations,
a short distance fromhis residence was
shot by James Robertson, one of his
neighbors, who it appears had harbored
for some time personal enmity against
Mr.. James, and some other persons in
the neighborhood.
1t seems that Robertson, after having
determined in what manna to avenge
himself, transferred his real property,
consisting Of three eighty acre lots, to
two small boys. This property was
handsomely situated, and on it he might
have lived in happiuess-buthe had de-
termined on numbering James, and two
other men, and a woman, in the neigh
borhood. After having examined the
respective residences of each, with the
determination of numbering the whole,
he crept up privately on Mr.. James,
and shot him; the ball passed through
his arm above the elbow joint, and en-
tered his body at the lower ribs-the
ball lodged in his body, MIR. James ran
and shouted with all his power, which
alarmed the perpetrator so that he did
not attempt to pursue his intentions any
further; but returned home immediate,
" and told his wife that she must 90
out on the farm, and prepare it for a
crop, for he did not intend working any
rore himself; and after forcing her and
family out, he charged his gun, and tied
a small cord to a pin that held in the
chinking Of the wall of the house, and
to the trigger Of the gun, and placed the
muzzle against his breast; then drew
the gun towards his bosom, and by that
means, set it off, and put an end t. his
existence in a few minutes. His wife,
hearing the shot, returned to the house,
and saw her miserable husband in the
last agonies of death, who it appears
had lost sight of all social feeling or mo-
raj obligation; and became the arbiter
ofhis own fate, to evade the justice of
The law. Mr.. James, who received the
wound, is yet living, and if hi, intestines
are not cut with the ball, he may posi-
bly, survive it.-Gaz.
In the British House ofCcmmon., on
the 2lst ult. Mr.. Hume stated that the
annual cost of the British European di-
plomacy was 100000 pounds sterling;
and if to this were added the expense
of South American diplomacy and that
of the Western Hemisphere generally,
it would amount TO 400 OOOL-nearly
two millions of dollars. He observed,
also, that a sum no less than 100000
pounds sterling had been expended in
payment of ambassadors alone for the
last seven years. Mr. Canning replied
that no further retrenchment was prac-
ticable without injury to the public SER
vice; and that cit would be deserving
tue great principles of policy which i'll
fluenced England TO abandon The weak.
er States Of Europe-to disre gard even
their good will.o-.Nat. Gaz.
.4ccident.-On the 5th inst. Mr.. James
Richmond, aged SO, of Bristol, in On
tario county, N. Y. was killed in a very
singular manne Itbeing town meet
ing day, a large crowd had assembled,
and were viewing a stud horse, when
another stud was led up, and on the
two horses approaching each other,
they commenced kicking, and Mr.. r.
was unfortunately between their heels;
they both struck him at the same time
IA in the back and the other in the alb
domen-he ilived so minutes. Several
of the bystanders were hurt by the hor-
SEES, but none others seriously.
MlLLEDGEyILLE April I2.-One of
the gang Of Williams who have followed
close in Gen. Lafayetts rear, picking
pockets wherever an opportunity Of
fered, was a%pprehended a few days ago
on the borders of Alabama, and brought
back for trial. He is an Englishman,
who calls himself VIM. Williams, and
acknowledges he was an accomplish in
p%urloining Maj. Smiths pocket-book in
this place, containing $4,5On-a part of
the money has been recovered from
him. The Superior Court for this coun-
ty being in session, the culprit had no
cause to complain of a delay of justice.
He has been tried, convicted, and SEN
fenced to tie ~Penitentiary for four
years.
EVANSVILLE, ONO, April On
Saturday last, the body of Mr.. JAMES
ROBERTS was found in the M~uskingum
about II miles below town. He had
been missing since the morning of the
10th March, at which time it is supposed
be was drowned in attempting to cross
the river, having borrowed a canoe in
West GAINESVILLE, for the purpose. The