Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-04-19

wards OF one hundred aud twenty per-
sons are afflicted with this loathsome
disease, aud about thirty have fallen
victims to it-Nortoik Beacon.
A convict in Western Penitentiary.
named Hiram Lindsay, lately escaped
from his prison, by converting pewter
spoon into key, aud unlocking his
door. He left the following pithy note
behind him, directed 10 his keepers.
"iiiram w. Lindsay's compliments to
the first and second keepers of the Pen.
itentiary, informs them that he has pro-
ceeded.to Washington city, in order to
| obtain a patent for an old Yankee
trick"
A prospectus is announced in Ohio
for publishing monthly paper at Mt.
Pleasant, called The Social Circle,
to be edited by Rebecca Bates.
Capillary Tnbes.--A paragraph has
been in most of the papers, mentioning
tue discovery by an English Chemist, Of
lamp that burned without wick, by
means of capillary tube. The notice
had scarcely found its way into the pa
pers, before olg oil stores, and many
other places, were well furnished with
tins curious and very convenient arti-
Gle.
From de WatersiHe (E. r FateIaqsacer.
Great destruction has prevailed a.
mong sheep recently in this town; hun
dreds have died off very strangely; con,
siderable pains have been taken to as.
certa the cause, which has terminal
ed very satisfactorily. kind of grub
| worm has been discovered in the head a
little above the eye. The largest we
| understand, is about three .ourths of an
inch long, and as large as a pipe stem,
and many others are found in the same
sleeps head, some but little smaller.
and others quite small They are found
| to be alive alter the sheep is dead. No
remedy has yet been discovered They
have been put into spirits Of turpentine,
| but this does not XIII Them.
Fredericksburg, .april il.-On Sun
| day night last, horrid murder was
| commttcd in our town upon he body of
Charles Payne, drayman, by one Billy
Johnston, the slave of Harry Fitzhugh,
Esq. OF King George county. Johnston
| is well knoNn at al! the fisiiing landings
on the Potomac, being constant trader
| in the fish between those places and
Fredericksburg. lie has been seen
/ hall Ia If Ha r.
said county, supposed now to be lurking
in or about his masters farm, or on his
way 10 Maryland, by the way OF Hooe's
! Ferry. He is stout nulatto man, q.
! bout five feet ten OF eleven inches high,
the top of his head entirely bald, with
considerable whskers, and strong
| brlstly beard he appears to be between
forty and forty i've years Of age-fat,
and with promihen Mt abdomen. lie has
a remarkable scar on his upper lip. and
a small slit in one of his ears Herald
Charlottesville, Pm Apsa L. Fne.-
We understand that the dwelling house
OF David Niche, Esq. of this county,
took fire one day last week; and not
wi.hstanding the eNertiops that were
made to arrest the progress of the
flames, the building was burnt entirely
to the ground SUCH progress had the
fire made before it was discovered, that
the removal ofthe furniture was found
to be wholly impracticable. The entire
contents of the building, including some
valuable papers, were consumed.
Horrible Outrage. On the evening of
the 18th ultiao, Robert Watson, OF
Montreal, was shot while sitting in hi.
own house, by some william, who dis
charged gun through the window. He
diedthe next evening. Ii is not known
who committed the fatal deed A man
named Cameron has been arrested on
suspicion.
A serious question, sagely anscsred.-
In a long article in the New York Nor
ming Chronicle, into which the subject
of physicgnomy is somehow introduce
ed, The following passage occurs
"What is physiognomys We believe
that rery le,e of the unthinking, and
srsa mary Of the thinking class OF men,
have else thar a vague and confused
notion OF its meaning Iii. that art of
science which. by the features of the
face, roice, and gesture, only, is told the
temper, mind, and inclination of men"
Some new dictionary, one Mould sup-
pose, must have been consulted for the
definition here rendered. 1t is novel