Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-06-07

" "usu NC has put steam engine oil
twenty-five or thirty horse power. and
thus carried in them 80 tons of freight.
with draught of only 90 inches. With
TINS hxture, be assembled the Wabash,
$50 miles. Lapis ealaminaris. or the
ore OF Emo, cobalt, burr stones, and gyp-
sum, have been lately discovered the
TWO last IN Missouri, probably the rich !.
est of the Western States in mineral
ores.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y. May 81
LaaDyer's Privilege-A motion in ar.
rest OF Judgment against lawyer
who called man 'perlured scmln
drel,' 10 bis speech to lbe jury, was az
gued at the present sitting Of the Su-
preme Court, by Mr.. Oakiy, in favor.
and General Tallmadge against the
motion. General T. said he reioiced
that an opportunity had at length oc
Cured OF bringing this subject before
the Court, and affixing some limits to
the RIGHTEOUSNESS of counsel For his
part, he considered this action per.
iectly sound. A person, in the Ian
guage OF the declaration, 'wlllfully and
mallciously' calls another a 'periured
sco1ndrei, and because he does it un
der the character Of counsel, he is Ia
he protected, and the Islander is allow
ed 10 go abroad to the world. 1t is. we
think, high time that limits should be
prescribed for Counsel. Their nripi
tege is TOO often abused. We have
Witnessed on many occasions. abuses
OF the most wanton and unprovoked
character.
FROM The Roam Daily .74rersiscr. .nay %.
The late Murder The investiga
tons IN relation to ,he murder of Nj
WhIpPle, are still actively continued
and every day produces some add
t'onai TACT, and as necessary conse
quence, hundred rumours. On Sa
'urday, Mrs Whipple was brought up
and further examined, and as many
versions OF the result are circulating
and will probably find their way into
the papers abroad, we thought it out
duty to ascertain the truth II appears
that Strang, the person confined on
suspicion, had charged Mrs. w. with
being an accessory, and stated that she
had disclosed to him the name of a
person who had been hired by another
20 do the deed; but the name of that
person he said he had forgotten. In
the course Of the examination on Sa
'urday, Mrs. w and Strang were
confronted, and he then, after deny
ing that he had made the charge a
gainst her, declaredtha il he bad dane
so, he had falsely charged her. Mrs
w was recognized in sureties to a
large amount 10 appear and testify a.
gainst him. -
There exists at present, in Prussia,
according to the report of the physi,
clan, Crate, remarkable instance OF
Obesity, IN the person OF a butcher,
named Trocher. VI. 10 the age Of 80
years he was thin, and at that time he
was a great dancer On his return
from a journey, which he made III Rus
STA, he was seized with a devouring
appetite, especially for animal food
He once gained wager that he would
eat whole calf. in "a hours, merely
| cooked with water and salt. His vora
city, seconded by extraordinary digest
i've powers, made him attain, at the
age OF 81 so excessive fairness that he
could neither sit down nor stand up
right. DR.. Crate, whom he called
IN, found him in iminent danger oil
suffocation. Frequent bleedngs, Goul
ards lotion, extract of belladona, re
peated lexativcs, and a rigidly We
getahle diet, reduced him in six months
from 40 to 90 stones, the wight of this
living column of fat, and he is now in
a condition to attend to his ordinary
business.
| A letter from Laguira of April Goth,
says:-"A few days ago an English
frlgate arrived here bringing MIR.
Cockhuro, the English minister. X
is reported that he and Bolivar will
proceed to Bogota. A mail from Bo
gotta arrived the Gath, hat it is not as
certained whether the Congress has
accepted the resignation Of Bolivar.
Another letter mentions that Men
doza, who was hanished by PaeZ,
has been reinstated as Inlendant of Ca
racas, by Bolivar
The Greenland Ok, the handsom