Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-01-19

beef IN the markets and we unslersf. M II. :
Idroves OF cattle are on the Virginia .hasr-
which i is impossible to get across. 81 S,
Iusgfen Jssrsai
Three Of the criminals confined in the nr;-
son ut lsiland, Gem. seized, knocked down
ahd partially clicked the keeper Cav days
since, and, after liberating two others. sf-
iee'ea Their escape. The citizens turned out
~ pursuit as soon as the alarm was givsn.
and bad taken enc OF the rascals when the
mail LETT.
II IS mentioned in the Evengel,e,.
Magazine, that Mr. Hammond er Whraf-
land, has become craxed in consequence Of
ms attendance at "protracted religious meet
inss." 50 much so, that he has constant al
'endants, the lives Of two Of whom near sac.
rhcing thort time since
Polish .Js,ccsscs. late work On POLAND
says--The beauty of the Polish Iewesses
has character quite the reverse Of that
which constitutes the charm Of the Cristiaa
females Dignity, feeling. tender melanchclg
and not nnirequently deep seatet, sorrow. a,e
expressed IN the fair daughters Of Israel, whose
notions oil virtue and decorun, are as rigid AZ
the laws OF their ferefathers Their faithful
adherence to their national costume serves
writer of this wsrk says he ..is convinced
that Eve must have been a pole.r
The following statement respecting The
Cholera appears in the Frankfort Journal OF
the 9th of November, communicated by
Nj. Daimas. a French physician, lately in
the service Of the Polish army.
"Ihr Poles were encamped partly in larrs
forest behind The Rawka, partly in front a
the same liver in small wood This wood.
as well as the lsrcst, being very damp, a
considerable number Of sick daily proceeded
thence But strange TO say, all those who
came out OF the forest had the cholera. whilse
those who came froiA the small wood only
suffered by levers When heard Of this
fact. went 10 the spots, examined the sick,
and convinced myself Of the reality Of What
had been related to ME. II then remained
for me 10 examine the cause Two woods e.
qnaily damp. one small, The other large the
latter producing the cholera, the former in.
Permitting feyers soon learnt that the Rus
slams had made stay in that forest, whilst
none of them penetrated into the snail wood.
Almost every where along the right bank Of
The Vistnla, from plock to Thorn, the cho-
lera was connected, on its krst appearing,
with the eperations Of the Russian arny.-@
II followed as IL were the regularity Of ito
straget.c movements How This pronas alton
is effected is not knewn. But ii appears that
il does not proceed from one individual 70 a.
mother, but from one large body 10 another,
from regiment TO a whole population. IL
is gsEer4l innccnlation.
Some years before the French Revolution.
composition at printing house left his work
shop He was seized by four men, who pro-
missed that they would not do him any Injury
if he made no resistance: they tied band.
age over bis eyes, and pushed him into a
coach The poor man did not dare to utter
a word during The whole time he was on tho
road When they united the handage he
found himself IN large room, In whicbwero
cases filled with characters, and presses
They ordered him to print some pamphlets,
and many Of those obscene books, winch
have multiplied so greatly within these tew
years, with such frightfui andaciiy.
He was obliged to obey, and was kept hf-
teen days at work, for which they literally
paid him; and then, having again tied a ban
dage over his eyes. they placed him 10 4
coach and carried him back 10 the spot frona
whence they first took him He never s5s-
closed his adventure to any one. having been
bound TO secresy, which be promised to per-
form. Whrn the Oa5tile was tdktH, VIC WaS
amongst the number of the assallants, and
he there recognized the secret printing presss
to which he had been conducted with 50
much mystery What subject for refiec-
|tion!-Pais IN London
A spcndthrift. who had nearly wasted all
his palrimony, seeing an acquaintance m a
coat not Of the newest cut, told him that hss
thought il had been his great grandfather
coat so il was, said the gentleman. 'ani
4 have alss my great grandfather's landss
which is msrc than you can say
The editor Of the Northampton Whig hes
issued proposals for publishing By suhscrp !.
ton, in the German language, The life ,sg
Henry Clay, cmbelshcd with hanslror ID
engraved portrait--togetber with bios "a
phical sketch Of the life, character, ard pub
lie services. with portraitof John Ser cant.
Esq the National Republican Candid alto for
Vice President
FLORENCE, (An4 Dec
Marriage and Death. Marie j. BY the Rev.
IS C. Pacy, in Florence, 90 Thursday hsf..
Mr.. Thomas Booth, of FIR ankfort county. 10
Miss Frances Cox. Of Fi.arence. On Satur-
day night Mr.. Booth ard his wife lodged at
Lagrange. in Franklin county. both appa-
rently IL fine health. On she following morn.
| ng The bridegroom awoke and found bis
b de liicless Corpse. This Young wonlan