Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-08-10
wv hole No. 1880.
oUTRAGEs, FIRES. Sc.


.V' .f'''t'"s - ~ tuWtfo1s.-A gentlea
man who returned from Miller county .
few day ago, Informs us that, about the
5th instast apariy oflndans. supposed
to be the 0sages, had the boldness 10
venture within 4 or miles of Canton.
ment Towson, and stole from themes
from - TO IS head of horses. A few of
the citizens, as soon as possible, went in
pursuit TO regain the horses, IL their
numbers would justify the attempt; but
ii not, ascertain what indians they were.
This party had not returned when our
informant left the Cantonmeni.
The increased boldness Of the Indians
on our southwestern frontier, the fire.
quency of their depredations, and thu
vast numbers of different tribes that are
fiocking to that quarter, our informant.
states. is looked upon by the esperierl-
ced inhabitants. as Indications of hostil-
tiles, which they view with considerable
uneasiness--their population being so
scattered--and the United States force
in that quarter so small These facts.
he thinks, conelusively evince the ne
cessity Of an increased force, of at least
a regiment Of U. s. troops, both to pre-
vent farther outrages, and to protect the
citizens from invasion by the Indians, In.
case one SHOULD be meditated or attemp-
ted by them.
lie also informs US, that the party, of
Indians who murdered The three Law
RENCES, about the middle of April.
left on the ground, a tin cup, with a
number of Inscriptions on il in French.
and some names which were not suffi-
GENTLY legible to decipherwith certainty.
This cup it is hoped, will be tho means
ofpositiyely identifying the murderers,
for which purpose Major Cumming.
Commandant of Cantonment Towson.
has sentit over to Col. Arbuckef, of Cam
Torment Gibson---the Osages, who arc
in the neighbourhood of the latter post
being the most strongly suspected
Well may il be said that Petersburg
appears to be devoted town FOR anoth-
er FIRE broke out here on SRndov NOR
ming, between and o'clock, which
consumed, tits understood, from rwEu-
TY Five TO THIRTY buildings; fortunate-
ly, however, they were all OF wood, and
not prahshly of nAa-- .as~.. 4sy q thousand
dollars value, the-whole OF them. Mr.J.
Nv. Wilcox lost bis warehouse, which
was the greatest individual loss. but ito
contents had been previously removed;
500 bales OF cotton were in imminent
danger, but were all saved. The fire.
originated in a negro hut, in Boards
alley, between Bank and Old streets
and was no doubt the work of an incen-
diary; and the house destroyed were
pretty much Of the character Of the one
first fired, or worse, as It'll, said the ten
ants were mostly the ofals of society. :
A respectable resident of Petersburg
states, that many Of the blacks Of that
town are formed and makes part of the
fire companies; and that il is customary
to give those members holiday, the day
succeeding fire, besides paying them
for their services TO help cxtinguish it
and save property.
A MURDER was committed on tho
4th of July, at West Bedford, Coshoc-.
ton county, tOhio,) by John Armstrong,
who killed his step-father George Bai-
Hey, by beating him on the head with .
club. There had been misnnderstand-
| ing between the parties FOL some time
Ohio Rep.
.fnothsr .Mardsr was lately committed
on the body OF Henry Grady, in Morris
town, Belmont county, Ohio. The st.
CIairsville Gazette says. "The develop.
ment of circumstances fixed the suspi-
cion of guilt on William Gallaher, who
after an examination OF witness before.
|iusiice Newell, was brought to Jail,
where ne is now confined. A woman
said TO be the wife OF Grady, for they
lhad been but a short time in the place,
Having lately come from the Ohio Cana)
has also been committedto jail to await
her trial as being an accomplice in the
lcommission Of the foul deed"
Michael Rogers. laborer on the u
lnion Canal near Hummelstown, James
lRutledge, another laborer on the same
canal. accused OF having perpetrated the
icrime has been committed to the jail of
DaupheD County.
Thirdly, of that Of a white woman at
Geneva, New York, whose. death was
caused BY repeated whippiugs inflicted
lby her husband, James johnson, a mu-
lattol They had lived in that village
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