Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-02-19

The Minerva, Capt. Huttleson, ar.
rived last evening brought London pa
pers TO the evening of December e5th,
ard Bristol paper of the g7th irom
which we copy the following account
OF disastrous occurrence a. LIBERIA
We hope il mar prove incorrect.
From Bristol paper oi Dec. ~ b.
We learn from vessel arrived al
this port yesterday, from Liberia, THE
American coloay on the coast Of Afri.
ca that French vessel being cruizing
oh that place IN quest of slaves, the au-
thofiIies were making preparations TO
attack her. and in preparing cartridge,
&c. for that purpose fire accidentally
communicated IL the ammunition. which
exploded The Governor With several
OF the principal men Of the place were
killed. and most Of the town was de
stroyed. " y paper, FEB 8.
Dreadful pani.hmsnt Of fmpfadsscs -
We learn from source Of undoubted
authority, that Circumstance of the
most painful description has Just occur
redn turkey TO two young English
men. OF noble families, whose names for
obvious reasons, we suppress By way
OF irsiic, il is supposed, they had most
,nprudently got admission into Ha.
rem. a feat of which few Europeans
can boast; but, beiug quiz ky discover.
eds The fearful option was offered 10
them of swallowing poison, or submit.
tipg 10 horrible operation. 0ne chose
the former aud having swallowed the
deadly contents of a cup, instantly
dropped down dead. The other having
less nerve. took the other alternative,
and, accordingly. underwent the opera
ton, after which he was turned out, the
Mossemans having in addition. slit his
nose, and cut off his ears When the
accounts left Turkey he was lying in a
most deploratle condition, and hisdaath
hourly expected Brighton Gag.
n Granite Cup "A Paris paper des
cribes cup of colossal dimensions,
which has lately been made near Berlin,
and IS intended as an ornament for the
centre of the new Museum in that city.
Tie cup has been wrought from large
bioek of stone, called Nsrgrayestone,
and has employed more than twenty
men every day, for a period equal 10
two years. This goblet, at present,
while il IS but coarsely wrought. wsigbs
about 80 tons; II is 6s iest ia circup-
ference, and 20 ia diameter. Forty
persons have conveniently breaktasted
on its brim. The bl-ck from which it
was carved, it's said, must have weigh
ed from $50 to 500 tons.
From a Correspondent Of hs Batiimore Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Feb II.
The Senate have rejected the nomlna.
ton of Mr. Crliteuden, as Judge Of the
Supreme Cosrs of the United States. i
The question of suspsnding all nomi-
nations until after the 4th of March,
which bias been the subject of debate in
secret ses sion for the last two weeks. is |
not yet decided.
Harper's Ferry Bridge - This bridge
was cens,rucied-by mr. Lewis Wern
wag the builder of several of the finest ,
bridges 10 Pennsylvania tits bridge |
o. tour arches, each rs feet span, and
will have two path ways for wagons.
&c We are not judges Of such mat
ters, but have been informed BIZ gem
tleman Of Harper's Ferry. that one Of
the principal Engineers engaged in the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal location,
pronounced il one of the best construct
ed bridges, in its proportions Of timber.
SC. .ba, be had notlced 10 tue scope Of |
his travels. itcertainiy does honor to
the srchiteet, aud IFS advantages and
to the public are beyond
Press
pering accident and prinfsr's 10
gisfaAon extraordinary On Saturday |
last. after working off the outward fsl m |
of this paper, and washing the same pre-
paratory tor distribution, on raising it
from the trough. four columns Of tbs
matter in the first page, comprising a
part OF the speech of Governor Van
Buren,, tumbled With crash int. pi-
ningling in one confused mass the diff
ferent subjects with which il was com
posed What sigh was here. Our
columns tunbled into a massive heap
"a wreck OF matteyn and a crush of
type! Ia committee Of the whole. the
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