Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-08-02

Extract Of 4 Letter from a member Of the
Greek Committee in London, 90 DR.. Wm.
Thornton, of the City Of Washington
"The Porte will not listen to any over
lures for the p~aciication OF Greece,
though st~renuously urged by the English
and the Russian Ambassadors at Con-
s~tantinople. In the mean time, the
Turks are reinforcing their armles in
Greece which are disciplined after the
European me There will be some
desperate fighting; but as stated in the
proclamation of Lord CocErane the
siege of Athens is raised, and Attica is
free from the presence of an enemy
The energy Of. Lord C%ochrane, if he
be provided with money and provisions,
will accomplish much; already be has
effected an union of the two Greek AS
semblies. General Church, an K
c~ellent and experienced officer, will
command all the land forces, and the
brave, active, and perseyeIihg Colonel
Fabvier commands in the Acropolis OF
Athens. The hopes of Greece are re.
viyed; her ultimate success, however
distant, 10 certain; and it may be a pro-
phecy verified by events that the Turks
will, within twenty years, be driven
from CoustaRtincple and compelled to
retire to their Asiatic Territories.
- Nat. Int.
NEW BEDFORD, July II.
Two important causes were tried at
the late term of the Supreme Court at
Nantucket. In the trial of one of them,
Gardiner & Swift VS.. Aaron Mitchell,
| nearly three days were consumed. This
action was brought to recover damages
on account of a large quantity OF sperm
acct oil, purchased of Mr.. Mitchell,
the defendant, which the plaintiffs al
lodged, proved of IN inferior quality
| and not m~erchantable. On this point a
| great number of witnesses were exanin.
ed. The cause was argued by Mr.. Will
liams for the defendant, and MIR. Web
ster closed the argument for the plain
tifs. Verdict for the plaintifs--damages
S5397 SO,
A case of SANDER was lately tried in
London before Lord Tenderdon, one OF
the English judges, which deserves to
be recorded for the use of some of those
whom it may fl. A victualler and a live
ry-stable keeper resided near each o.
Their, a dispute arose between them
which embittered their feelings. The
~victusller told a person with whom the
keeper of the livery stable traded for
corn, that she had better mind what be
did in that quarter.o In consequence of
this and similar inuendoes, the trade of
the latter was injured SO that from keep
ing about thirty horses, his stock was
reduced to two. He brought an action
against the victualler for SANDER, and
recovered $50. -
Several horses were recently stolen
from a Frenchman named Abbot, re.
siding at Detroit, BY crossing TO Cana
da, he soon got the wind of the course
the thieves had taken, returned to De-
troit, and pursued them to Rochester,
n. Y. where he arrived a few hours af-
ter them, found the identical horses, and
secured the gang. The Rochester Ad-
v~ertiser says that on examination they
severally called themselves saxton A.
Greene, Charles jackson, Peleg SAILS
bury, and James Dean; but these are
| probably fictitious names. Their contra
dictory statements s. suspicious appear
ance, independent of the recognition of
three of the horses by the pursuer,
would alone warrant their detention,
and they are now in Jail. Abbot's per-
severance in pursuing and terretting
them out at a distance of 400 miles from
the scene of the robbery, is praisewor-
thy. The steamboat left Detroit so sud-
denly after his arrival from Canada,
that he had no time to tell his family
of his journey, or get money enough for
hi. expenses-to defray which he had
to dispose of his watch and other articles.
Buffalo, ". Y. July l7.-Major Gen.
Brown, and MIR. M'Lean, Postmaster
General, arrived in town on Saturday
last, from the South. Gen. Brown has
been on a tour of inspection along the
chain of southern posts, and Mr. M.
Lean has connected the business of his
department with a visit to his friends at
Lebanon, Ohio. They return eastward
by the way of the Falls.
1t is understood that Mr.. Clay will
return from his visit to Kentucky, by
the way of the Lakes and the Grand
Canal. His arrival is daily expected