Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-05-28

Paay Cannon recently apprehended
10 Delaware, upon a charge OF murder
iug sctns black persons. has escaped
trial bi law, which awaited her 10 Au
gust next. She died in prison on the
nth instant
The editor of the Wilmington Gaz
ette. gives the following auecdote OF
the miserable old woman and her CO.
partners ia iofsmy.
Several black men were employed
by the concern, in the business OF IN
weighing negroes into she meshes OF
their net, and among the rest was enc
who was exceedingly expert in the
business. This individual, upon one
occasion, prevailed upon man vho
was a slave to person sssiding in Wsr
Cester county, Nd and bad tree wife
and seven male children, between tue
ages of 6 and 10 years, to accompany
him 10 Camden, in that state, with the
assurance that be would be able to pro.
cure pass in that place, with which be
would be enabled 10 pass into the state
of New Jersey, and escape from the
service OF bis master. he accordingly
conducted him TO the house OF Patty
| Cannon, where he was furnished with
a document with large seal to it, and
amused with the idea OF being furnish.
ed with q convey ance to the place of
bis suppose destination. His conduct.
or then left him, and going immediately
back to his wife and children, and tel
| Ing them a fine tale of the favorable
situation their husband and father had
procured, induced them TO follow him,
who were also conveyed into the same
trap, and the next morning after their
arrival they were all shipped of, never
more to be heard of by their relations
or friends. The account furnished to
our informer by another black who had
been employed in the same business by
the despicsbls concern"
We find the following advertisetnest
in a Rochester On r. paper. The
worthy gentleman has adopted very
| happy mode OF trsnsscting business,
namely, s. proper division oftiue,
Notice Il, Benjamin p. Hurbut, hav-
ing paid all ny confidential paper and
oil demands which were incurred in
consequence Of endorsing for others,
sm Ne" prepared to adjust and settle
all saaaH debts by cash or short notes
which may be due 10 my respective
creditors; and TO save time and unne
cesssry trouble, | propose to stand one
hour each day for one week, at Hagt's
corner where all who feel anxious TO
harfass my quiet by asking impertinent
Questions, may have the opportunity Of
! hearing, always providing, that the re
maindsr Of each day shall not be dis.
tucbed, by applications Of aDy kind as
an now engaged at NY old business IN
order to release myself from all petty
debts, and procure my bread aud raj
! 6lent
Ecominaiion 81 Vest Point we I'm.
6erstand that Mr. Andrew Stevenson
has been requested by The Secretary at
| War 10 cfiiciats 8 President of the
/ Board Of Visitors who are 10 attend the
Examination of The Cadets at West
Peiut, in the month Of June-but that
I Indispensable engagements will IN ati
! probability prevent Mr. Stevenson trom
/ attending the examination.
- Rich Comp
The London Medical Society has late-
| Iy been occupied in discussing the
question whether the blood of a dead
person presented any indications weth.
err death was caused by force or not
the question OF course bad reference to
the detection Of mnr6erers.
! II will be perceived, by the following
that important discoveries have bee n
made by the French Faculty.
M. Burruel, who is at the head Of the
chemical lsbors of the Faculty of Med.
icine Of Paris, has lately discovered a
very simple mode of distinguishing the
blood of man, woman, the horse. the
sheep, The COW and the rat. The in,,
portance of this discovery, especially
as it regards physiology and medicine
tsgdls, is immense.
General La Fayette has reGuesied
the Selectmen of Charlestown, Msssa
chusetts, TO send him a hogshead of
earth, frsm the battle ground on Bun.
ker Hill, which is to be placed over his
body after bis decease, and il is now
ready to be shipped. accompanied by a