Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-11-22

bod prohibited Nancy from coming 70 III,
house 90 hight she is safein
Nahcy was his ony daughter. jnst spring
ing into womanhocd. still al the boarding.
school Of Mrs. Gibson, and as beautiful and
lovely girl as imagination can picture
Mrs Gibson and the hoardcrs had made
up party for the theatre that evening, Anu
Nancy Greene asked her fathers permission
20 accompany them. He refused but an
fortunately added his reason "the house will
be crowded and yon viii occupy seat that
would otherwise I've paid for On these
words hung the. fate of youth. Innocence and
beauty. Il will pay fos Your ticket" said
the kind instfuctress. s'we will not leave you
behind." The teacher and the pupil were
buril in The ruins on which The father gazed.
and over which he returned thanks for the
safety Of his child He went home and learn
o the truth.
An instance OF the escape OF family is
given. The husband, with three children,
were in the second boxes; his wife with fe
male friend, inanoiher part Of the house. The
wife gained widow --ieaped out and es
capped unhurt. The father clasped two help
less girls to his breast, and left boy oftweise
years OF age 10 toIlow--the boy was forced
from the father, an TO window sprung on,
an was safe. The parent, with his precious
charge, allowed the stairway, pressed upon
y those behiud him, aud those who noun.
ted on the heads aad shoulders If the croud
b fore 'hem--he became unconscious, but
was si borne aiong--he was taken up, car
RED to his bed, aud opened his eyes TO see
all his family safe.
On tn contrary. Lieutenant Gibson, Of
the Navy, as exemplary in life as heroic in
H. 4. ~ a
OF unoh with Miss Conyers, the pride oil
Richmond for every Accomplishment, and
viltue--Ns swept into eternity while exer
ting himself to 90 all that man should do in
such trying circumstances. He was with his
mother at the theatre, and carried her TO
place Of saietv--then rushed back 10 save
her 10 whose fate his own was bound up--he
caught her In his arfils--had borne her partly
down the staircase. when a body or flame
swept them TO eternity.
Distressing Eoent About Fortnight ago,
a person, apparently between Thirty and forty
years OF age. rather poorly clothed, but OF gen
teel address, arrived At the Cross Keys Hotel,
kelso. He describ himself as Polish Re.
iugee. and gave his same Major Stanislaus
Jaunson; and, his funds being low expressed
his readiness to employ his talents in acau.
Rag means Of snlS or. lie subsequently nn
dertook to paint w,haUw bllads iur the house,
and finished Several in very beautiful man
ner; his style being such as would have sc.
cured him employment elsewhere, at very
high prices. lie was in the habit of taking
with imp,inity such large doses Of laudanunI
as would have destroyed most persons, and
used even to boast of the quantity he consu
med. On Friday night last. be took large
dose, and after ne had retired to bed the wal
ter felt so alarmed for his situation as to send
for. medical aid
The attendance or several professional
gentlemen was shortly procured, In whose
presence, before they could possibly prevent
him. he swallowed The remains Of a ph,al.
without seeming to dread The consequences;
but he fell into stuper, and in spite of the
use of the stomach pump, and every other
means, expired at An eaIly hour on Sunday
morning Among bis papers are many sketch
es and memoranda. but nothing explanatory
of who or what be was. The character and
rank assumed ey the unfortunate man seem
doubtful; but ali who associated with him de
scribe HIM as having been veil informed, and
of veiy pleasing manners -Keiso .lIdI
Focal Statue Of .uemtm. This statue has
puzzled many travellers, who have endeav Or.
ed to account for the sound that issues from
it every morning at sunIlse. This sound, for
centuries considered as the greatest mystery
Of Egyptian priestcraft, was recently heard
by an English traveller. Sir Edward Smith,
who asserts, that the sound does not proceed
from the statue, but from The pedestal and
that it arises from the impulse Of the air up
on the stones OF the nedestal which are az
ranged so as TO produce this surprising effect.
The sound 10 question is said to resemble
that OF the breaking of the string Of the Tyre,
and Dussauix. the translator OF Juvenal, &C
counted for it this way: The statue being
hollow, the heat Of The sun heated the sir
which il contained, and this air, issuing at
sonic crevice, produced the sounds of which
the priests gave their own INTERPRETATIONS -
The Baron Humboldt, when IN South Ame-
RIGA, examined, On the banks Of the Ornoco,
several granite rockti from which the natives
declared, that they had frequently heard to
ards sunrise, sabterraneors sounds, resefi
bling those Of tie organ. Sounds, Ike that
Of a string breaking, have been frequently
heard by travellers in Egypt, at sunrise, issu-
fng from a monument OF granite, situated
near the centre Of the spot on which the pa
lace OF Cafnac stands. There is, therefore,
no doubt that the music of the statue of Mem.
non proceeds altogether from natural cause,
though the priests of Egypt inculeated a diff
ierent doctrine.
s4at,xnt E6eniEg These are the true sea
sons for improvements. The WEAKNESS and
dust and heat are over The air Is coof-and
nature puts on her robes of pensiveness and
t.l.n hat nd ha LITTLE