Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-04-03
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.S1oimastng after a LoUer The
Waterford Chronicle relates an in.
stance OF female determination, which,
if il had been carried into effect,
would have made the feats Of Leander
and Lord Byron appear contemplate
Last night about ten o'clock, a
young female was observed standing
in rather lorlorn attitude upon the
brink of the river After a moment
or two, she proceeded to take eff her
clothes; but before she had quite IN
robed herself, sailor from the brig
Apollo, who was observing her with
establishment, and who suspected what
her intentions were, rushed from the
vessel and caught the unfortunate crea-
ture at the moment she was about to
plunge into the river. Upon being
questioned who she was, she refused
10 answer, but said she was an Eng
hsh girl, (which from her Account was
quite evident and that she was going
10 swim after her lover who was gone
TO America. She vas lodged in the
tower, where she at present retnaina.
Curious Case an Medical Jnris
prudenCe.-A gentleman married and
IN embarrassed circumstances, sud
denly disappearing, it was concluded
hat he had gone off TO avoid his cred
TORS, on which they met, declared
him bankrupt, ascertaIncd the "a
mount OF his property, and declared
dividend, Among his property was
a jonture of 5200 a year to his wife
which they coold legally claim, if he
was a bankrupt Five weeks and
four days from the morEing Of his dis
appearance, his body was found float
ing in a neighboring river, and so
putrid that it was identified chiefly by
the dress and the contents Of the peck
cts. And here arose question, was
he dead at The tine he was declared a
bankrupt, and if so, can dead man
be made bankrupt One of his re
atives, veterinary surgeon, discov
cred, on carefully examining the body
thai part of the flesh on the loins had
been converted into adipocire, this he
cut, carried off, and showed it 10 DIR
Glbbes, who was at the time superin
tending the Institution for the produc
ton of Adipocire, and the result OF
whose extensive experience was, that
it was never formed in less than
six or eight weeks. This evidence
was produced on the trial, and was
conclusive, and it was clear, that the
drowned man must have been under
water since the morning Of his disap
pearance, and consequently, that he
was dead at the time when he was
deClaI ed bankrupt In law, dead
man cannot be made bankrupt; the
bankruptcy was set aside, and the
! iointure of s82O0 year restored to
the widow. - Medical Gazette.
A writer Of letter from Washing.
ton, published in the Baltimore Chron
icle, remarking upon a debate on the
bill from the house, extending the
ranking privilege to the Speaker
thus speaks Of the manner OF three Of
the Senators.
Van Buren's style is sharp and SEN
tentious, he is evidently Already deba.
ter, and would generally, l suppose,
carry his point by coup de main.-
Hayne has great energy, a happy
flow of language, and whilst he plays
around the difficulties which lie in bis
way, possesses an address and happi
ness of diction, which might be mis-
taken for argument, or perhaps it was
the question he was handling, which
required tact to get rid of the hugh
stumbling blocks which were thrown
in his path. Webster spoke with