Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-04-07
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Th. mystery WINCH bas hguS over iha
rsbLerr Of tie City Bank for week past
and excited - much Of the public assenusa
10 at last solved.
On SATURDAY. night about II o'clock, JUS
tee Hspsos, High Constable Bays, assisted
~ some Pslise sflicers, arrested man Ia
med EDwARD SAITH, al a Boarding House
corner Of RFOoze aud Kim streets, 30 whose
possessisn was discovered small travelling
trunk Sled wi;b Bank Notes, ehieh. 81 eK-
aIniustion, was found 10 contain slc5,15Ss
and ursrek to BE the iaeBtical money stslea
from the City Bank The balance So, 2o5
GnchljinZ The doubloons) Is yet missing.
Smith Is the very man, who was suspected
b7 the Police Ciiieers frosn the very first, a.
they we-s actually on the LOOK out fer him
Some of this ulsn's previous acts have rem
derrd bis character ostoTIous. lie Is said %
be the individual who some years ago com
nittsd tie great robbery OF 27.e0O pouBs.s
sterling frsu a zsii coach in England, sad
compromised Nth the Bank fer 9 -hto'. WITH
which Ill gst:en gaiR, he arrived IL tbs c0un-
fry some osss years ago. lie IS brI.rseti
to be the same person who took iiom tie iFon
cheat of tie steamboat Chancellsr Iisihgs-
ton, last fan on her passage hence Ter Frosi-
dense, large sum Of po7eF, "hlcs A'oHey
was afterwards discovered secreted amongst
the baagage-and this same E1an was eBe eli
those wko recently robbed the store vi Mr..
ScheHck in Brooklyn.
BY way Of n c9yer to his crimes, Smith
has fer souc time kept small shoe store in
Division strces-a fzw days age he changed
his lodgings, AID took up his residence IL the
house above alluded 10, under the assumed
name of jones We understand that bis
strange conduct IN rel 'ioa 20 us trunk, first
excited The su.rici5us ef the landlord aud in
duced hin to communicate bis suspicious 10
the police, which resulted IN his aPpFehen
sions.
Smith was taken to the police Office this
merning, where he underwent an eKamna-
tiap-but he refused u give any satisfactory
answer'-tke moBey wa. safely deposited in
the bank.
Amsng the money found. is The whole a.
mount belonging TO the Norris 'anai Com
pany. and the principal palt Of MessFs. 5 Il
NJ Aliens
4 letter from Paris asserts that the King
has formed fra resolution sf nsYer con-
senting to the inllicten Of capital punishment
The public sentiment csncurs in this feeling
Of th'ANssG, As tue whole nation are Of opi-
uien tx after sparing the life q P9IIGEAC,
DO other criminal should ever suif,r death in
France. The Poles in Paris admit the great
power sf Russia. but lcrise hope from the
| enthusiasm Of their country meu, Which they
expect may make them rush on the caanon
OF their sppressor, amd uy al stble lul-
| Petussity put his army 10 tight
As an evidence Of the enterprising ehaFac-
| ter Of the American mercantile marine, the
New York Courier states, that In proceeding
! on board Of an American vessel to Odessa,
! the great Russian mart IN the Black Sea. Mr..
R5iud passed fleet Of from one hundred, TO
perhaps ons huadrcd and fifty sail Of mer-
sbau'Diea 81 almost all Tie nations oi Eu-
rope, tGHitiaHs GenocaC, French, English,
SC. The American vessel proceeded TO O.
dessa; landed Der cargo, took in another, and
% her return E!et the fleet ci merchantmen
lust cenug through the BssPhorus, at tho
entrance of the Hack Sea. As further
evidence Of the activity of our seauen, he
E4eu'isns The fact oil an American vessel ar
riVinE at Odessa, aud departing 10 three days
with full cargo. The Captain of the pert
Of Odessa Is SAID 10 be a Philadslphiau.
Claims Of Nav Fo1tt against the Camera!
GoEsrameat.--Nc understand, says the Al
tlny Argus, that Gen Muir. Com. General
Of THIS State, sad MAJOR Talcett, of the L
ntics States Army, are authorized 10 settle
the claRas at shis State against the General
3 Ns'Si hEiSttA ISE HptiliSS vi SEGla3DG2, &c
during the late war, and that they are now
in Albany, engaged in The adjustment of the
ascsuat.
-Ns,o Beyfard-One ship of $50 tons and
or briss, were tho Only square r-ged res
sells Owned in that .9'yn about ~ years age:
Z no'y, tie nuuab>r of ships belonging 10 that
port IS a6sut 20, Tie imperialism sf oil.
10 1880, was 4l,ls4 barrels of sperm; and
43,I45 bbls. Of whale oil.
Ohio .Hsd;cal College twenty six young
gentlemen graduated oa Saturday Last, at tbs
Institution Tie degrees we're conferred aa
the Episcopal Church on Sixth street by
William Cory, Esq, Judge Bmnet, the
President Of the Society not having then re
turned fTem y ashingisn. An address was
afterwards delivered by Doctor Jesse Smith,
which was listened 10 with great satisfaction
aud interest. Anspis justice was done to Tho
meHory 81 the late President Dr. Ransev,
whose example was commended 10 tie scri-
Gus consideration of those syho were aboat
TO enter on their professional Catccr 10
was lnaeed a man Of eminent WORTH, devoted
20 his profession, and 10 all the duties and
charities of life.
.Net2 I1r5 Delegations to From the
Daily Advertiser we learn that Mcssrs. Nc
Cra-kan aad Btonson, tbs delegation depg-
ted rsm this city 10 congratulate the citiEeas