Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-04-07

tue eiecuo1s Ter the present wear from the
eeurt days IN August, to the court days in
Juns. ss naeh to be regretted that this
Ia" has been acted upsa 50 late as 10 render
u necessary to change The usual period of
Aoidlng The elections Every years expert
sncs adasnishes Of the inexpedieacy Of put
ting eli the important business of ths session
/ to the last-but the next year invariably finds
the error repRated. In this case, however,
the EnaHy contested elections made il impss-
| slble for the committee Of privileges aud e
lections ts take up the election lsss until an
advanced stage oil the session.
Yesterday the house Of delegates was en-
gagged until nearly four o'clock on the bin
concerning the court ofaPpeals. L=wisburg,
10 Greenhrier, was designated by TIE house,
as the place fer heldIpg the summer session,
by vote Of absut ) to l--Stsunten and the
w arIa springs, SeIng previously reicSted -
I The bill was then passed--56 TO N. The
house has now despatched nearly all the bu
siness on It's table, add awaits tho progress
OF the senats.-RisiImoad Whig, .9pya D
/ Ia9iaaa.-G Raw, of Indiana, is
announced by authority as a candidate for
the seat in the Senate Of the United States
vacated by the death of the late Gen. Noble
Neah Noble. Esq. formerly Land Agent at
indianapolis, and General Milton Stapp, late
President Of the Senate of Indiana, are like
wise candidates.
Danish Ciaims.-AYe state (says the u. s.
Ielsgraph) for the information of those of
our fellow-cltizens who may be interested.
that the Commissioners for the adjustment
oil the claims on Denmark, for spoliatious
committed on American commerce, commen.
eed their SITTING IN, Erflar yt.n tse ~
/ at the spacious building on Capito! Hill,
known by The name of the old Capitol
Ihe Tide Turned The brig Delight, at
| Philadelphia, from Canton, brought out sea-
000 in specie. 4 letter states that half a n, l.
lion has been recently exported to Europe.
II China Is TO disembogue its silver upon the
western nations, while the usual supply from
| Mexico and South America continues. the
effect will be 30 make the article a greater
drug eoe',, than it is at present. And il is
already the dufiest commodity in the money
market. Any good paperis preferred before
t-[N I. jour Com.
Rear Admiral Baker, has ftted out div
ing bel at Rio, constructed oftWe water tanks
from ship Of war, and sent it to Cape Frio
~ the ship Lightning, for the purpose Of at
tAlti- W WISH INC hfSGk OF the SblD Oh war
| Thetls, lately sunk with large quantity of
specie en- board. Trials were made of the
machine in the harbour Of Rio, with entire
success Three tnen went down in the div
ing bell, and continued nader water for
considerable ieagth of time. Considerable
hopes were entertained Of the success of the
enterprise.
Unfortunate Occurrence The Genius of
Liberty, Published in Uniontown. mentions
that for some tlRc past man Damed VII
Ham Sanford, has been confined in the Jail
Of that place who is ia a state Of derange
ment. On Monday week last, the town con-
stable lodged a person named john Updc
graf in the Jail, in state c(iatoxeation. ca
Tuesday. between one and two o'clock. he
was killed by Sanford, Hits billet Of wood,
his jaw bcuc was broken in three places, and
has skull broken and mashed 10 q NEST shock
ing manner 1t WAS with considerable diff
cahy that Sanford. the perpetratoF Of this
deed of death, could be secured. lie was
armed with billet OF wood, and large
butcher knife, and rushed GA the one who
attempted TO enter the room. After some
scutfling, he was disaymed and secured. 1t
is supposed that UpdcgrafT had assisted in
libeiatiDs him, by drawing the staple from
the floor, to which he was chained.
We learn from the Cambridge (Nd) Chron-
iclc, that horrd murder was committed in
Dorchester county, on the cad instant, on
the person of Mrs. Insiey, then in an ad
vanced state OF pregnancy. The instrument
used for the purpose was an axe, with which
her skull was fractured, her throat cut, and
her ARA broken. The murder is believed
to have been committed by colored man s
woman working on the farm, fer the purpose
OF obtaining money which was supposed 10
DE in the house. The husband of the lady
was absent at the fine, The suspected per
sons have been arrested, and will take ,heir
trial 10 April
| Ills asserted ia TIE .svisville Jour
nal, that the Executive Department OF
/ the General Government, "bave be-
come Fesponsible, or subscribed, five
hundred copies of the Globe, 60 be
distributed sretis each week throughout
the State of Ksntucky." The Journal
iurthee statss-'Fthe subscription so far
rs We have learned, is as follows: Piesi
dent Jacksen' so copes-Amos Ken
doll 100 do. The Post Master General
| leo do.
/ If the fact be as it is here represented
to be what are we to think Of the homes
| ty and purity of the individuals whose
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