Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-11-15

the slowing brief but very extraordina'
ry description OF a sea monster, which
he saw a few days before, near the isl-
aud on which he resides. He and n
ther person, Dir. Edward Conklin, were
10 a small boat, ia the Sound, a short
distance from land, when they sudden
ly discovered, within a few yards OF the
boat, a onster of very uncommon size
and appearance. Its head was raised al
least five feet above the water, was as
large, and much resembled in shape,
the one half of a hogshead when cut
directly in two longitudinally, the pro-
tuberant part being upwards. Its body,
he Judged, was fifteen or sixteen feet in
width across the back; and he could
plainly see about thirty feet in length OF
the body, which was, however, far
Their below the surface of the water, as
the distance increased from the head,
so that he could not see the extreme
part; but thinks il must have been of
much crater length, as the body, SO far
as he could see it, appeared to be OF a
bout the same width. The color of its
body was black, and its head brown.
lie could distinctly see the eyes of this
monster, as its head was within a few
feet OF the boat, and remained above
water two or three minutes. Its motion
was neither slow nor very rapid, but
appeared to stem a pretty strong current
which was setting at that time.
Mr.. Chase is a man of veracity, and
his testimony NAV be relied on
Sag. Harbav Eagle.
The Board Of Commissioners for set
Ting the claims of citizens of the United
States under the first article Of the Trea-
ty of Client, is nov in session in this
city. The Board consists of LANGDoN
CHEvEs, of Pennsylvania; HENRY Sc
WALL, of North Carolina; and JAMES
PEASANTS, Of Virginia. AARON OGDEN,
Of New Jersey, 10 Secretary to the
Board Nat. Jour.
Good example to Electors.-The fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously a
dopted at a meeting of the friends of
Gen. JACKSON, held 10 Northumberland
County, Kentucky:
"Resoiyed, That we will, through the
contest for the Presidential Chair, dis
approve Of any vulgar. harsh, and un.
becoming epithets, or language used,
either in relation to our own candidate
or the Administration party-believing
that such things tend to inflame the
public mind unnecessarily-and have
injurious effects on the morals Of our
country" If all were SUCH
TIE British Ministry 1t is ex-
ceedingly gratifying to the friends of
the policy laid out and commenced by
the late MT. Canning, to find that
that policy will certainly be %persevered
in The new ministry is now com
pieatly settled and consolidated; and
evidently 10 the satisfaction of The
nation. The high tories are of course
discontinued, but they have apparently
no influence. His Majesty, George
the Fourth, has acted thro' all the ag
~itations of these changes with an ad
mirable frmness and sagacity His
worth has never been known in this
country. He is the ablest monarch
that his House has yet produced, and
one of the ables. that ever sat upon The
English throne. The present ministry
is, on the whole, a very efficient and
popular one Mass Journal
From the Tuscaloosa .4ia. Chronicle.
The following list Of Bloodshed and
Murder, in our country, is appalling to
the mind of every good citizen; such
transactions to pass with impunity is a
stain on the character of a civilized
community "a rapid exercise of the le-
gal power is only calculated to put a
stop to It'll
.Murdsr.-One Of the most ~attrocious
murders was committed in the neigh.
borhood of Washington Court House,
on Wednesday, the 9th of September,
1927, that we have ever read of. Miss
Winny Caller, or a visit to Der ~uncle's,
about one aud a half miles distant, a.
lone, was met by a runaway negro fell
fow, taken from her horse, carried a.
bout 80 PAGES from the public road, and
there ~inhumanly tutchered by him
The deceased was about fifteen years Of
age, in the full bloom of health and
beauty; and has left a disconsolate mo-
her and brother to lament her untimely
fate.
Since the above particulars, we have
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