Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-12-29

The Anasrisan Statesman, published Al
Salem, \, has this. paragraph: -"Mr. Jsv
FERs, eur fsllsw citizen, returned home a
lev DAYS since, having landed at Havana
irom the United States schooner porpoise
commanded by Captain Per ival. and iron,
thence cosse 70 the baited States in a ner.
chant vessel. MIR. J,licrs has suffered from
n severe and nroiracled Illness. We uader-
stand that he t-niercd his resignation as,
Charge d'Aiars OF Che United States and
that has resignation was accepted On the 10Th
NJ by the President. As 10 the charge
which has been made against MIR Jellrrs, IN
relation 10 a transaction which is said to
have occurred tsreafy oi,e yaKs ago, we kno,s
That satisfactory explanation is prepar.
Ing and viii be speedily paal.shed.'
ifoyTid case Of iat.nperu zee The Port.
land Courier Of Wednesday, s,ss, yesterday
smoke was seen issuing from house ia
centre street winch showed i, so be on IRE
An siArin was given aud people went Ia. -
The chamber from which the smeke came
was fsstenea. and the inmates could No, be
prevailed upon to open it. The door was
isreeo open when sight NEST shocking 10
haiaanlsy was presented. A man was lying
on The bed 50 drpns as Co he unahle to nsaye,
tse woman was also intoxicated and raying
about the rseai, cersing aud swearing like
maniac, dad Ia ihe ceA!is ,cas a dssls child
6yaiag 10 death
The clothes ard pillow IN the cradle were
much burnt, aad the physiciau who was e,,i-
ed ~ considered IL dsubsfai whether il would
recover Fhe family was given IN charge 10
the syeEsecss Of Ne sssr
Nlsfsg ge .-.fL'hs. kns.tta - IL
says th. nian by the name OF Vim Wait,
censnttcd sniciie in tina, sace on Wednes-
DAY fast by hasyiug himself, ia The wood she'd
OF the tavern al which - pat ny, Watt MAS
from Chiilcstiie, Ohio. accompanied by his
sen. aud svrs On his way 10 Philsdelphia lie
had 10 chargs thirty one hundred weight OF
specie, for one Of tho Philadelphia Banks -
lie was travelling IN bis wagon Tho specie
Is al safe, and has been deposited in the
Sank oil Getiysbdrg. awaiiin. the order Of
Its e~nars. -
.4ttanpt 10 p5isoa ~ learn from the
Bss'oa Patriot ID i the son OF a respectable
physician Of Augusta, Me. about Is wears
old, apprentice 10 Messrs, Maynard & Noyes.
apeiherailes, was IN custody, FOR having at
tempted 10 eitoa Mr. Noyss and f,,eily, with
whom, he bparacd lie is represented as be
x a very bad boy. and for sone recent u,is
conduct Mr.. n reerinaaacd him, aud was
about 10 write 70 his father. The hoy la.
vins ascert,iued that tnis Was the case, is
supposed TO have contemplated the crime Of
possessing ie accomplished This by ~ ink
ing arsenic upoa the meat. Tor dinner, in the
tea. sugar. &c AIR. Noses, his wife, child
and three .ma'es OF the taiuily, were taken
~. anl Mr.. \ rsmaius dangerously so, the
poison having apparently affected the lungs
l'HeMAs cLEw, who abscondcd from Lon
den with a large amount OF Iiagk of England
Sotes and Soyereigus, and for whose appre
henson o00t reward was oherr, ia our pa
per Of yesterday, WAS taken up tius morning
~ statah Island. by 5. Mctlellapd and T.
hsisefeau, two koAtmen. nd lss esd ia Rich.
nond county jail-.N 4 Daily .idU.
report was circulated IN New foik. that
the Hon. Jehn Randolph had been killed in
dusl by Mr.. Chuhb, oil Virginia. ihe chal-
iengc 1t is said was sent 10y MIR. Chnbb, 10
consequence et soine offensive Expressions u.
sed by MIR. Randolph, in relation to the e.
lection Of a representative 10 congress from
Mr.. Randoph's district