Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-08-09
workmen have

been for some time engaged in lower
ing the level of Wall street: and this
morning, while digging on the square
at the i~ntersection Of William street,
they alighted upon the upper aperture
or door of a large vault, walled and
sustained by regular masonry. The
opening is about three feet square, and
as far as we could discern, while Jost.
led by a crowd which has been en-
circling the spot ever since the dIscov-
cry. the vanls is deeper, and more
spacious than those generally 10 use for
family convenience. The circumstance
has gwen rise to much conjecture. The
majority appear to take il for granted
that the long concealed deposit Of Capt.
Kids money bags is now "found
out''- others offer different and of
course more rational speculations. We
shall probably be able 10 give further
particulars at more leisure.
The vault, we understand, is direct
y under the site of the pedestal on
which was erected, about the year
1873, the statue of the Earl of Chat
ham which was taken down in the re
yolution. and is now in the public yard
Of the Collect. The workmen are
clearing and exploring the cave, and
may possibly discover some deposite
or inscription to indicate the history
and use of .his so long unoccupied sub
terranean apartment IN Y. Times.
A Coroner's inquest was held on
he 18th ult in Henrico county, Va.
over The body of a free man of color,
of the name of Isaac Reed, who it ap
pears, anne to bis death in conse.
quence of being severely lashed with
a cowhide, and having a rope tied a
bout his arms, extending across the
throat, TO the lobe Of each ear, leaving
a strong impression on the neck, and
causing the tongue. which was much
swollen, 10 project beyond the teeth.
The persons concerned in this affair
were VIM. Grace, s. III. Whipple,
and ID. Henderson; and the injury
was inflicted at the house of the for
me'. They have all been committed
to prison.
An inquest was also held in Rich
mond, Virginia, on the 23d ult. over
the body of a negro boy, named
Charles, IA years of age, the proper.
~ of Capt. Garter. Il appears, that,
for some offence, his master directed
him to be taken to a smoke house.
placed upon a chair, one end Of a ropc
tied round his neck, and the other
fastened to a beam over his head -
Being left in this situation, the boy
stepped off the chair, but the rope not
being long enough TO permit him to
touch the ground, he strangled 10
death. The persons who sat upon the
jury, are of opinion that Capt. G. ia
tended no injury 10 the boy; but the
event has excited considerable Interest
in Richmond.
The first of these cases appears to
have been a horrible atrocity, worthy
OF the %severest punishment i; the latter
a misfortune, which calls for com.
miseratinn.
A Turtle was taken in Potomac Ri
yer, opposite Lacklsnd's Island, go
or so miles above Washington city. }
on Friday last, which measured three
feet six inches in length, and sixteen
inches in diameter, and weighed forty
two pounds. This, for fresh wa,er,
is almost a match for the Ohio Cat
fish, which are said sometimes to
weigh over a hundred pounds.
CAUTION. From the New York
Commercial Advertiser we learn that
counterfeit 100 dollar bills OF the bank
of the US OF the plate for the branch
es are in circulation. A striking de-
fectis discovered in the engraving Of the
ship, water and sky. in the left part of
the vignette; the right wing of the Eagle
is badly shaded, and the names of Muir.
ray, Draper, Fairman s. Co in small
letters at the bottom of the bill is badly
executed-besides various other de-
fects in the engraving. BGlt. Gaz.
MIR. Vaughan, the British Minister,
paid to MIR Clay, at the Department of
State, on Wednesday, the second and
last instalment, amounting to upwards