Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-11-29

GREAT FIRE AT htrrFALo.


high, the flames spread with rapidity. Be
fore any meas Tres q aid be taken 10 arrest
their progress, they become entirely unman-
aaeable, ard sweeping both sides Of MaFa
street. selgsl upon the east size of Pearl
street, and the south side oil Scnaca street
and Washington street. leaving behiud q
smoakug mass Of rains The loss is said to
be very great. alt is difficult" says the Buff
alo Republican, "to ascertain the amount,
but probably il dose NOE fall short OF two hum
dred thousand dollars. The wind was very
high the first part Of the evening, and the
fire communicated with o certainty and
quickness that we have never seen euualled.
u was by very great exertons that the Buff
alo House was saved, and other buildings on
The north side of Seneca street, TO which, il
the fire had extended, one half of our city
must inevitably have been laid in ruins. Tho
flames were arrested 10 their southern course
at MIR Goodrichs buildings on Main and Pearl
street those on Main uhe Exchange build
ingsj being considerably Injured" The lire
is thought 10 be the work of an incendiary--
two previous attempts having been made to
IRE the city in the same quarter since the
first OF June.--1'hc number Of buildings of
all kinds destroyed exceeds siriy Of which
forte four are stores and dwellings.
The completion Of the Ohio Canal has o.
pened an uninterrupted internal communica-
| ton by water, between New York and New
! Orleans The channels are the Hudson Ri
! yer, the Erie. canal, the Lake. the Ohio ca
nal, the Ohio. river, and the Mississippi--a
| distance OF $500 miles less than the rout by
| the Atlantic and the Gull Of Mexico. The
Ohio canal is more than 500 miles long, and
! thc Erie canal nearly $50
The convention lately assembled to revise
| the constitution Of the State Of Mississippi,
| have made many alterations. They have
| decided on establishing the seat Of govern
ment at Jackson, until the year ls50--They
have extended the right Of suffrage to all free
white males Of twenty ono years Of age, who
! have resided III the State for twelve months.
/ The Governor Is hereafter to be chosen for
! two ars.--elgible only for four years out Of
/ six--and not to possess any right TO reto ex-
cept for constitutional objections. There is
to be no lieutenant governor, but the Presi-
dent of the Senate is to act in that capacity
hy virtue of bis Office.
| The most important alteration is that
| which makes the judiciary elective They
have determined. by a decisive majority, that
the Judges shall hereafter be elected by the
people, in the same manner as other officers.
/ A session Of the Legislature will be called
! for this winter; thereafter the election are TO
take place in May.
! .Natur0l Cti,icsilv We have This morning
i been shown. by Mr. Grant Thorburn, one or
! the most striking natural curiosities that we
ever saw. II Is tnrnip raized in Minden,
{ Conn. which resembles a mans hand SO
closely as 10 startle the beholdcr as il IL on.
rolled from the paper in which il is wrapped.
! The fingers are nearly perfect; as also Is the
thumb, save that il is wi,hercd little since
it was taken from the ground. The fingers
are also properly shaped, and fitted TO each
other even to the natural crock Of the little
finger. II is really wonderful production.
Mr. TAorharn gave i've dollars for il.
~ Y. Com. .4dv
! Hirvciohs cnd Disgusting Cyuelfy.-Tues-
day. young woman, Of mild aspect. nam
ed Mary Evans, was charged with having
stolen thirteen cats from different parts OF the
parish Of Ciipplegate. John Hill, a consta-
BILE If the parish, stated that on the proceed
ing night, Nc met with the prisoner, and be-
| ing aware that she was a cat skinner, and
obse, wing she had something in her apron,
he stopped and searched her. She had al
together thirteen skins in Der possession, one
OF them quite warm, and portion Of them
| were concealed in two large pockets, which
hung parallel with the calves of her legs
She bad adopted this way Of carrying her
skins, because she was aware she was known,
and would be stopped il she carried them 10
basket or any other visible manner. From
the spot on which he met with her he conjec-
tufed she had been SHINING some Of her vic-
Tins, in a neighbou,ing public priyy, and
there, sure enough, he found four bodies
The animal from which the skin that was
warm had been torn, was quite alive, and
writing about Sir Peter Laurie said he
understood there was no law for the protec-
ton Of that species eff animal. Sir Robert
Peel's act extending merely 10 beasts and
birds only kept in state of confinement.
and owing 10 this unfortunate omission, the
fend like offender was discharged.
London paper.
Cold Jlooded .uurdcrs.-A paper publish
ed in Edenton, N. G. states that on Thurs
day evening previous, "a man in Beatie
county having become offended with another
resolved to take bis life; but on the prosecu-
ton Of bis purpose met With an Unattended
person whom be mistook for bis victim, and
whom he assaulted and beat SO that lie died:
Upon learning the fact Of bis mistake, no.
thing discouraged, he renewed bis search
for the object Of his pursuit, whom he at
length found, aud whom be also murdered
by cutting his throat II is added. that al
though these crimes were perpetfated in The