Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-16

representative from 10
a OF III vi 10 the state, giving an
aggregate of al friends. Of Clay and the
Aaaeiican System, and 10 Jacksonians.
vi me remaining six towns, two viii
certainly return 4 Clay men, and 4 pro.
baby 8 jackson men. The whole num-
Der an the House being 70, we shall
have at least IS true men in the House
Q jackson men. This viii give the
Ciay party II majority in Grand Con.
miitse. Last year the majority was 5,
making a gain Of 8 on the Clay side.
MR. WRnsTsR-.A gentleman 10
France writesto his friend in thi. ccun
try, fronParis, that the speech delivered
by Mr. Webster at tha last session OF
Congress, has been translated into
fresch, and that greater honars have
been awarded TO him by the statesmea
of that country. shan were paid TO Pit
or Fox-that he is, in fact, universally
regarded as one Of the first dsbaters OF
Of the age.-Niat Jour.
BaaBARous.-A case of shocking bar
harity has lately occurred in Leyden,
Mass. A negro fellow named Asahel,
rearly cat OF the tongue of one Of his
own children, a little girl, who had Of
Tended him By committing the enor-
NOUS crime Of picking a cucumber from
the garden. The outrage was commit
ted when she was asleep
PREMArrRz fSrERaEar.-A letter from
Pont Mousson, in the department OF
Meurtbe, says, that a living man was in.
TERED in that city; and the Courier de
la Messlie Of the 10Th. gives the follow
ing particulars on the subject:-An of.
fiser on half pay, who resided at Pont
a Mousson, fell into a profound lethar-
gy. and ii appeas that be was buried at
the expiration Of only SO hours, in VIC
lation Of the regulations which exist up
on the subject OF interments, as they di.
rect that IS hours should elapse. When
the usual prayers were finished the DO.
dy was taken to the oemetry whore il
was to be buried. bat the mourneTs had
hardly retired, and the grave was but
half filled up, when siiiied sounds were
heard to proceed from the coffin, and
the grave diggers we're sdreadfuily a
larmed. One of them, instead Of Civ
ing immediate assistance himself. ran
to the Commissary Of Police. and the
wretcbed victim wasleit for three quar-
ters of an hour. When the coffin was
at length opened, the unfortunate officer
was found with one hand al the back
of his head, and the blood was issuing
from his mouth. The medical man
who attended ~endeayoured to bleed him,
but only a few drops of blood issusd-
He then burnt one Of his fingers. but
this operation did net produce any signs
Of life, which had evidently been ex
tinguisbed ia the most horrible manner.
II appears beyond doubt, that II the pc.
lice regulations had been fulfilled. tbs
sufferer would not have lost bis lie be-
cause at the end Of two or three hours,
which sufficed for the performance .of
the funeral o%bsequiss, the lethargy
would, perhaps, have ceased. The rea.
son for this suppositiOn is, that if an ac-
cidental cause were sufficient to termi
nate the ~lethasgy,i ii was most likely the,
shock which the sufferer received, or
the noise he heard during the transport
OF the ceffin-from his residsnce to the
church, and from the church to the bu.
rying ground. Be this as il may, the
agents of authority we're certainly great
ly in fault; ADD If they had taken the ne
cessary precautions they would have
saved tina lie Of a fellow creature. II
is TO be hoped, hewsyer, that the occur
renee will teach them 10 take such
measures as will prevent the recurrence
Of SO dreadful calamity.
We are crsdihly Informed says the
Lynshburg yrginian, that q few days
ago. a young msn descended, with tho
aid Of a rope, from the summit of the
Natural Bridge 10 its base distance
ese feet. The adventure cost him =
weeks's confinement to his room.
NKw GOVERNOR GENERAL FOB CANADA.
The United Service Journal for Au-
gust says, that @Lieut. General Lord
Aylmer has been appointed Captain
General and GevernoI-in Chief of the
Canadas, New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia Sir James Kempt, who has
given the highest satisfaction in his ad-
ministratioa Of those provinces, isre..
lieyed solely at his own urgent request.