Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-06-28

= A1SA HtfOFtbHttOA iC0CnGA ttS fiiF. fDAI the
schooner Guerrero, owned bs IIe Mess,s'
! Holsters, Of Sandusky, bound Up. mad been
capsized the night previous, in a squat off
the mouth of our river: the captain and crew
had saved themselves in the mali boat. but
that passengers, consisting Of aSnan, his wife.
and four children, being shut up in a small
state room abag the main cabin, were una.
Die to extricate themselves at thkiime of the
disaster, and were probably all lost, When
abandoned by the captain and crew, she was
on her beams end her cabin windows bein,
under water, aud indeed the entire hull, ex9.
cePt a small part Of the starboard quarter.
On receipt of this Information, capt. Stan.
ard, with the steam boat Niagara, then he,e.
proceeded Immediately in search ol the wreck,
which he found about IL miles out. drifting
before a strong north westerly wind Into the
lake, and by his prompt and human exertions.
saved the man, who, it seems, after a con-
iinement within the vessel of II hours. with
merely his head out of water, had, after many
attempts, succeeded in driving through one
of the stern windows, and in securing him.
self on the outside. In this situation he re-
manned five hours longer, when the Niagara
picked him up. The vessel was found in the
condition represented, with all her sails, ex-
cept top sails, spread.
The sufferer, whose name was found to be
John j. Phelps, late OF Penfield, Monroe
county, New York, had nearly exhausted
himself during his confinement within the
vessel, in efforts to save his family, but with
out success. He was compelled to hear their
last bubbling cries. in the apartment where,
tut a few minutes before they had all retired
to their beds IN apparent security. He was
on his way to Michigan, where he intended
TO settle.-Joanat.
Black Hu,ok, now at toe head of the hos
tile Indians, is represented as being a war
rior of undoubted bravery and great influence
in this tribe. He is not, however, a regular
ly constituted chief, but a bYure, who, by his
deeds, courage, and talents, has acquired aa
unbounded a~scendancy over a large portion
Of his nation. He is ferocious, cruel, and RI.
v~engeful. The Sacs and Foxes are at pre-
sent at war not only with the whites, but the
Menoininees of the north, and with oth,r
tribes to The westward.
A lamentabie accident lately occurred in
Jones county, Georgia. Four children, who
had been left at home by their parents, du-
ring a visit TO a n~eighbor, were burnt to
death by The accidental coDfiagration OF the
house. The parents returned in time to see
their home enveioped in flames and falling
into RUNS, bat too late to e~xtricate their chi.
dren. -
II sign Of the times We understand that
the office of the Life Insurance company has
been completely run down with applicants
since the appearance of The Cholera at Que
bee. The rates, however, which it may be
recoilerted were lowered some time since,
stlt remain unaltered. The COMPANY can
hardly lose by the operation; for they who
are SO considerate as 10 think oftneir families
rather than themselves, and who take such a
quiet business view of matters as to prepare
for any event,>are le9.' Of any likely to be-
come the victims o! a nalady which singles
out for its prey the imprudent, and those agi-
tated by care for others and apprehension for
themselves. -
Sugar Crop--1'he Franklin, Louisiana
Gazette, says;--it IS with no small degree of
pleasure, that we are enabled to state from
the best Authority, that, at no former period
IN the history of Louisiana, has there been
such a favorable prospect for good sugar
crops as at tie present time. Indeed, we
learn that crops OF every description. are sur
passins'y excellent for the season of the year.
We low think we can safely say, if the sn-
gar srowers-in Atsakapas are only blessed
with a toierabie season for grinding theis
cane, there viii be at the least calculation,
one third better crops this year than the last.
A letter from Montreal OF the 18th. pub-
lsheJ IN the Troy Sentinel, says:
"1te cGSters scho transported the baggage Of
the emigfaatS ,rere the first among The Casls-
diane ,oho @6re attacked: from them it spread
over the city. II is mostly confined to the
lower glasses who are incorporate; but the
Incorporate, whether in eating orin drinking
among the higher classes, do not altogether
escape. Many are attacked in from s to IL
hours after having been attacked.
Nina was executed on Thursday, at Doyles-
town, twenty minutes before noon, pursuant
to his sentence. About ten thousand persons
are supposed to have been present; including
not more than one hundred females. He was
attended on the scafold by a priest, s. pro-
tested to the last that be was innocent His
death struggle was one of eight or ten min
utes, as the rope used in hanging him was
moi quite long enough. He is said to have
made, on Tuesdsy night last, attempts to
commit suicide. The spectators pf the exc
cuion observed perfect order. No one Ia.
mented the fate of the crimlnal.-.Nat. Gae,
A great deal has lately bean said respect
ing the Comet that is expected in the recent
month, and which is well known TO astron-
omers as l~lalley's Comet. In some parts cf
England its arrival is waited for with same
anxiety by toe credglous, in the fear that its
approaches TO the earth will interfere with
the motion OF our planet, in accordance
win HE IL EFa nra ptsa So, - d.