Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-12-02

Murder ,ciU out "A few weeks since, in :
matrimonial quarrel between man aud wife.
who kept a public house on tue Broad Moun-
tain, N The nclghboring county Of Northamp.
ton, the wife charged her husband with kill
ing a young pedlar and his horse. burning
his wagon, and robbing him of his money
and goods. The quarrel Was overhead, tho
parties arrested. and upon examination were
fully committed h the county jail at CASTOR.
10 await their trial We learn that The body
has since been found near the tavern house.
aud Is supposed TO be the body Of = young
Mr. Seeligson, who was last winter traced u
the neighborhood Of Mauch Chunk, and acv.
or heard Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (PalPs.
per. -
.9rriral Extraordinary We copy the fol-
lowing paragraph from the Whcsling Comr
pier Of The Sd instant.
Land Ship 1dpensurcy.-A wagon. bv tho
above title. drawn by SIX hsi ses, arrived at
this place on Saturday last, in ~ days from
Baltimore. with q freight Of sls5 lbs. Iha
loading WAS delivered in good order to Messrs.
Iorsih s. Bobbin. The "Adventurer' waa
bull, upon a new plan Of running gears ias
vented ut baltimore, and is 10 form part 0f \
transportation line, to he run from BaltnOso
to Wheeling in eight or ten days.
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y nc sUoffH aaGt, H3tHtiDHeQt VI IUo nCCOV0B
of the .sAioorefieid Jocky Club Races" pub
lisheded IN our last, as being made between
the owne Of .Dseeitftd Mary and that Of
'Sir Richard ono mile aud repeat. fer $500
aside, was run on Thursday near Moorefeld.
sSir Richard il owned in Berkeley county,
and sDeceitful Mary, in Hardy county
Judging from the time Of running - stated
below, she has proved herself to be very
swift-and too 'deeeitfab for some:
Deceiysl Mary. IL
SIR Richard. a-2
Time, LIST heat, | minute SIS seconds and
heat, l minute 81 seconds.
Hampshire h~teAigenesv.
We ara indebted to a friend Says the Nat.
Gaz for an autograph letter Of General
Washington. taken from the files Of the lato
Cle~eai Biddle, Esq. Of this city, which
bearsdate Mount Vernon January 5 LIST, 1855.
and Ii il addressed TO q MIR Hsaas Lament, who
had dedicated to the General a volume Of %.
esry. From this letter we extract the follow.
ing denial.
s.Il behoyes me 10 c~orrccta mistake 10 youe.
printed address ITO the patrons Of the fine
arts am no Marshal Of France; nor Dc
] hold any con, mission, or Gil any Office un-
der that government. OF any other whatever
20, the good old days II .4dam snd Essr
1he Boston Palladium, 10 referring to
some Of the holydays peculiar to New Eng.
land, says, "A friend has given us a descrip-
ton Of an 'Indian Muster lately held ae
Bedford, in this state, that was well devised
aad executed, to keep alive the memory Of
the departed Our inisrnapt was riding ever
the peoples high way, when he NIT a de-
taehmcnt Of three hundred sassges painteds
and in appropriate costume and weapons. he
had scarcely done thinking OF his scalp. be-.
fore be encountered a different banda ren-
nant, or rather a resurrection OF '76. these
were five or six hundred men dressed IN tho
| carb of other days--buckskin breeches, Wild
sleeves, full Wigs, and whatever else was an
iiaue and venerable. Ii was a reviylng sight
10 see SO n any three cornered hats come forth
like relics. Ii is honorable 70 Middlessx, thai
she preserves 20 many relics to illustrate bss-
| tory.-We had not sspposed that every chest
| and garrett in New England could have fur
| nisIed such a troop II was q walking VISION
| ofIiunker's Hill, and was conducted with per
| feet decerum4- III 8. Gasetfe.
Temperance .Society-.-Lately, at q meeting
| of q number Of the Students Of the Unryersi y
of Virginia, a Society for the promotion ~
temperance MAS regularly organized by the
adoption OF a Constitution. and the eiccuon
of tie follow ing officers: n. Garland fres.-
deut, B. r Ran tolph, lst Vice Prcsideni; D
Manpin. % Vice President, ana y. Mins9
Secretary Charlottesville .adroea'e.
Csasua- Tie population OF charleston ..
G.. Is aseerfained To- be 30.2s9; IN leso The
population was24.560, showing ap lncrsaks
- t.n EARS al Z. 5u9.