Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-01-26

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ms coGn. (B.rksiey.) running OF lrs gres
horse Plough boy and playing at loo--At
that tune, no person even dreamed that IN thls
short space, ne would become aa Emperor!
But such appears 10 be the fact, viii Be seen
from The tuiiD@ing:
Aachitoches, Nor. 29-The following
proclamation made It's appearance a
few weeks ago, ON The corners oil the
streets at Ma ogdoches, Texas. 1t was
issued by the CIVIL aud Military Chief OF
that portion oil the provinces:
Know all men By these presents,
that, /, MADDEN Edwards, Emp essarlo
and Military Chief OF that part OF the
state ot C0ahulla and Texas, which
has been granted to me by the authori
ties of SAID stale, and in virtue OF the
powers OF the powers which have been
delegated to me by the sad authorities,
have Proclaimed. and by these presents
do proclaim and establish.
-. bal al families or persons whatso-
ever, settled and living in the boundaries
OF SAID Grant, and ali those who have
or pretend 10 have titles to any part or
parts OF The sad land or lards Ia tt e
saIJ grant, must come forward forth
with, and EXHIBIT to me their titles and
documents, II any they have, IN order
that tney may be received or rejected
according to the laws, or If they do not,
sad lands will be sold without dlstlnc
ton, to the first person offering, and
hose who may have just titles to the
same viii be obliged to pay for all lm-
provements WHICH may be made there.
on in the interval
And all persons whatsoever, are
hereby ordered not TO settle within the
boundaries of my grant, without having
first obtained pei mission Of me.
HIDDEN EDW ARDS.
Nacoedoches, Oct. 25tD, 825."
The proclamation is i'll the NEST pc
remptory form, and Is calculated to give
the people oil those parts toretaste OF
the benefits which tney are to reap from
the establishment OF governments III
that country on the plan OF settlements,
rs have already been commenced.
As cunjec,ured At the ,lme ave publie!ied
the paragraph from thC tredercktown hefaid
stating that Col. Sharpe was tine -seducer q
the wife of ms murderer, we doubted, e6ut
inserted it, with view t,,&t The Kentucky pa
.pers might correct 1t, ii false Since dat
tune, the coninssaicstIon below, from Ken
tuckIaR, has appeared in the Consiitut ,ona'
Wing Mr.. Ihomson, Al all events, ought 10
state from whence he derived his infol NATION
TIE MURDER OF COL SHARPE
/. l ba, hcn ,,,ifh
surprze, in many of the newspapers OF
tins State, motive assigned Tor the
murder of Col. Solomon z. sharpe OF
Ky. as destitute OF nth, as it is coward
/, and base, thus to invade the sancuty
of the grave and to attribute to COl
Sharpe after he is dead, which, when liv
ing, none would have dared to do 1t
has often been asserted IN my presence
and, reiterated by many of the pubic
prints, that Beauchamp the supposed
murderer, and who has been committed
for further trial by the Enquising Court,
was led to perpetrate murder attended
with more horror than any ever before
committed in our country, because Col.
Sharpe had been the seducer of his wife.
Had this been true to use the language
OF a paper in this place, our sympathy
would have been greatly lessened; but
state it upon my own knowledge, upon
the credit OF Report oil committee OF
the Senate OF Kentucky. and upon re-
presentations made to me BY persons
we'll acquainted with all the particulars
OF that TRANSACTIONS, that it has been an
attempt to injure the memory OF Col.
Sharpe, by attributing to his assassin a
motive which could never have entered
his mind
1t is not necessary here to enter into
the de ails of that affair pledge my
selfto prove the charge false it called
on. Al 1 wish or hope is TO rescue from
infany. the memory OF that distinguish
ed man--as the only consolation left to
his afflicted wife and his children when
they shall attain the age of reflection
Could the cold hearted monster who
propigated this report, have witnessed
the cries and sorrows that burst from
Mrs. Sharpe, when she was told a crime
of that nature had been attributed to
her affect:onate husband, he would have
spared her this double sorrow, and look
ed out for some other motives that seem
ed to prompt his murderer in his work
of death. lime may yet unfold the
particulars of this mysterious tranachon
and TO tiae refer it.
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