Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-06-07

was a gore Of blood-no man could tell whe-
Their be was white or black. He was imme-
dIateiy arrested, but his physician certified
that he was too i'll to attend court; his head
Is cut, and several stabs in The arm and back.
As. friends alone saved Heard's life. His
hrst blow, had IL taken effect, would have
killed A., and on the other hand, had A had
such q cane, or had no one interiered, he
would have left III. a corpse. A says, his
first thought, on seeing the pistol, was to run
the next, and that instantaneous, was to
press on to the murderous villain, as be did.
A. struck for his weapon, with prodigious
quickness and effect-every blow hit-not
one OF HIS touch ii him. The chances were
100 TO ., that A. or some one Of the fifty
members near him, would have been killed
by the pistol ball. One of the members after
all was over, picked up HIS dirk-an Al inch
eE. III. reached out his hand for 1.-THE gen
tleman refused TO give II up, and stili has it
damn him. said the bleeding bully, 'if
that had not slipped, Id have fixed him."
meaning Arnold.
These are the facts, as well as | can re-
member OF collect them. To tell The truth,
the sight was the most awful | ever beheld
The surprise-the blood stresming-the re
port Of the pistol-the smell of the powder
N'NS "a
thrusts aimed or given after he fell-shocked
my New England nerves most prodigiously.
1t was not personal fear-bnt instructive hor-
ror at such an exhibition of the passions Of
armed and angry men in mortal conflict.
IL WAS right that AS frieDds-members-
did not stand by, and see him put the fallen
savage TO death, but had it pleased God that
AS sword could have been passed through
has heart, while both were standing up, il
wonld have been a terrible, but Just and sa
lutary doom. just as Arnold was about dis
patching him, some cried out, "Nii you
stand and see that man kiilcd!n- others, ole
has fired bis pistol, let him have it" | saw
no man, whose face was not deadly pale, and
the city is in an uproar. Heard is Houston's
friend. Since Arnold's letter in the Intelli.
gencer, Heard has undoubtedly been goaded
on 20 this. Ii is reported, Houston yester
day refused TO introduce Heard TO SOME gen
tiemen, saying, ''you must retrieve your hon
or" SC.
The House administered its mock repri
mand Of Houston at 10 to day. AT 4, his
friend assaults another member.
To conclude, ] rejoice at the immediate
result of this murderous outrage-the fri.
umph OF the right c~anse-aided by a true
heart, a strong arm, and a gracious Provi-
oNbCC' Du& 4 uituiHt dtu dtD defldIl6O htle1
| think, that though Jackson may not* direct
~ advise TO these things, yet his example,
habits, sentiments, and language, have help
cd TO form a public opinion, a class Of char
acter, a sciootof tastes, sentiments, and prac-
tces, whence they all directly spring What
said Benton writing frou, Nashville, Just af
ter he was nearly assassinated by this same
Jackson?-"Dcar trother,-l ana here 10 the
midst of a ~h-l-anong puppies, builies, and
affidavit Makers
*We believe jackson does directly advise
10 these things. Can there be a doubt, that
he encouraged Houston in his attack upon
Stanbury? We think il conelusively proved
that Jackson did say that there was but one
way of ~guelling the slanderoas spirit Of the
House-and that "a FEW SUCH CASES
WOULD PUT "A STOP TO THE MS
CHIEF,.n These words were said in pre-
sence of a clergyman, who deemed it his du
ty TO reprove the President for uttering SEN
timents which would fill the streets with
blood! -
The following is a list of the members of
Congress. who voted against any inquiry in
to The charges against the President of the
United States, in relation TO his countenanc-
ing the late attempts at assassination and
tbihP il iCthOCf VI SOHsItoSy pUtlttJdt3
opposed TO him. BY his vote, these mem
bers have virtually said that they believe the
charges, but are afraid of the Investigation
are afraid TO let the people know the real
character of President Jackson. Que fact
like this ought to unseal the eyes Of every
supporter of jackson, from one extremity of
the Union TO the other. That it will have a
salutary and powerful effect We have no doubt
We intend to continue the regular weekly
republication of this list for at least 6 months
TO comc-So that, if possible, every man, wo
man and child IN the county, may be able to
name every member of Congress who is so
far devoted to man worship as TO be unwil
iing to discountenauce murder and assassina-
ton Torch Light.
NAYs,-hfessrs. Alexander, Robert Allen,
Anderson. Angel, Ashley, Jas. Bates, Boards
ley, Bell, Bergen, Bcthunc, John Blair, Boon,
Bouck, Bouldin, John Brodhead, John C..
Broad, Bucher. Burd. Cambreleng. Carr.
Carson, Chandler. Claiborne, Clement G.
Clay, Clayton, Conner, Craig, Crawford,
Daniel, Davenport, Warren, 4 Davis,
Dayan, Doubleday, Drsyton, Fielder,
Findlay. Fitzgerald, Gather, Gilmore, Cor.
don, Griffin, Thomas III. Hall, William Hall,
Hammons, Hawes, Hawkins, Hogan, Hoi
land, Horn, Hubbard, Ihrie, Irwin, Jarvis,
Jewett, II. M. Johnston, Cave Johnston, Ka-
vaDagh, kennon, Lamar, Lansing, Leavitt,
Lecompte, Lewis, Mann, Mardis, Mccoy,
Melntire, Mckay. G. f. Mitchell, Mullen
burg, Newman, Nuckolls, Patton, Smith,
Soule, Speight, Standifer, Stephens, Francis