Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-01-29


ANDREW JACKSON.
The Hon DANIEL STU RECON,
Speaker Of the Senate Of Psnnsylvania.
General Jnrkson We learn, says
the edisoc oithe y S Telegraph, by
letter ~ritten al the Hermitage. posi-
margsd on the Glib instant, thot Geni.
Jackson was in, good health, and ex-
pec,ed to leave home by the way OF The
river on the Goth.
Gcnerrl Jackson The louisville
XIV Public A Advertiser, Of the 10Th
inst. SAYS We are informed that Gen.
Jack Son willse. oui from the Hermitage
for Washington CITY. about The 20h
INST Should the Ohio River he open
and nayigahle by steam boats, he will
pass through Louisville, and ascend
the river 10 Wheeling or Pittsburgh;
otherwise he will travel through VirgI
MA to Washington. If the weather
should CONTINUE cold, he will necessari
~ DE constrained to TAXI the last men.
toned route
Aa A,Utm Occurrence. THE tene.
nens of Mr.. William Lewis, jon of
the town of Monroe, in,hs county was
consumed by fire, on Monday evening
lasi, and shocking TO relate, fouF OF his
children were consumed IN tn flames
The ELDEST child was between Is and
Is and the youngest about z years Of
age. The circumstances connec'ed
i'm this mclapt holy aifair as conmuni
ted to Us by gentleman OF that town,
are a. follows
Mr.. and Mrs Lewis, with their
youn eesi child Jeff home on the evening
Of The fire, for the purpose Of vls ting
neighhor, residing about "a mIle and
half distsnt, leaving the care Of The
house to the children, with direc'ioDsto
leave on a good fire when Trey went to
bed, that The room should be warm
when The parents came home, About
8 O'clock, some OF the neghbors dis.
covered the house on fire; bot before
they were enabled 10 reach the place,
it was literally burnt TO ashes The
roasted carcases of the unfortunate
children (lhree boys and a girD were
! found the same night, three Of them
Tying upon their back $ as il they had
no. awoke. and The other, from the stu
ton in which it was, had probably got
from the bed The conjecture is, they
were suffocsted ny the smoke before
the flames touched Them The re-
mains were collected, pot into q box.
aud the next morning buried in one
grave-Coshen Rep
Gov. Murphy, of Alabama. has ex-
pressed his belief that not more than tgo
thirds the usual amount of ardent spirits
has been consumed in that State during
the past year. 1870
LIVERPOOL, Eng Dec /.
Sierra Leone Death Of Governor
LunIlsy Another victim, another Co
vernon, and several of his suite, have
persisted in that Infamous swamp of
pestilence and iniquitv. We have be-
fore US letter dated Sierra Leone, the
10th of August. Lieutenant Governor
Lumiey IS dead, so Is Ensign Oorden,
of bis staff, and the Governors white
seresnt is not expected to recover
The Governor and his whole staff were
struck down by the pestilence at one
fell sweep. Brisadier Major Frazier
and Lieutenant M'Lean have recovered.
| a relation of the late Granville Sharpe's
had come out as Paymaster; horror
struck at what he saw, and trembling
for his life. he, 10 two days after landing
insisted on being sent back to England
DR.. Clark and DR. Fouls are both laid
up The mortality, even amongst the
black inhabitants, says the letter. is
"frightful" The burial grounds are.
evening and morning filled With vi tins
Need we add more1 We have not re-
vesled all the horrors, but amidst death
we cannot dwell upon iniqulty.