Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-05-24

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The ~ Gazette tells a story Of 4 Iodg ~ho
stopped in an auction room the other day.
where she saw a small elegant s~slveF. wh;ci
so rarished her by its beauty, that she deter
mined TO possess herself of II, without dus
form Of law. After examining it for some
time, she was observed to drop IL upon a
chair, and gently adjusting her robes, aaiet.
ly seated herself amongst the multitude. AZ
Ter resting a while, and little thinking tbs
eyes OF any one were upon her, she arose,
and was upon the eve of departure when the
aucttoneer discovered that the waiter wss
missing He Immediately accuses the Lad,f
OF theit, which she Indignantly deffred, bff
the accidental collision OF a rattan VITA hey
person, produced a c~laoging sonnd. With.
was considered so strongly corroboratiye az
The truth of the accusation, tia, the lady
thought IT prudent to disengaee The waiter
and leave the scene OF the anour with ali
possible dispatch.
From the .Ns,o York Journo, If Commerce.
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCvMsrAScE-A man
having the exterior OF a gentleman, and a f.
male apparently . lady, stopped a, the board
ing house of Jas. Spears in Washington 81. ON
Monday the 7thinst.& teok lodgings. They had
with them an infant 6 weeks old, which thew
nursed with every appearance of parental ten
derness s. affection On Thursday they walked
out, leaving the child behind then, saying thew
we're going to make some purchases, and
should return IN an hour or two. Several
hours elapsed, and nothing being heard from
them, the family became alarmed On open.
ing a small box which lay upon the table.
they found in it a dollar and a half in money.
and the following note:
"Be kind to this child Charles -) In
ten days call at the Post Office, and YOU win
find a letter with money, aud every month
money will be sent through the same medi-
um, Should any thing occur to make it ne
cessary to hear from me. write 70 -
GAINESVILLE. Ohio. To this another note was
appended in the hand writing of a female:
"Whoever takes this child and takes good
care OF At, Will receive double pay for their
trouble, IN the manner and way prescribed
above. Letters will be addressed IN this CT
ty toJas.Spears, containing money for its surr-
pert You need not be afraid. for n,oneu ,cil
be sent. Mrs Spears can find persons enough
that would wish to take it, if they were sure
OF their pay Try it a short time, and yot,
wall find your pay as above described"
II iauehdbfe mistake "A Washington Cor.
respondent OF the New York Daily Adyert;.
ser says: "ile Baltimore Convention is an
all absorbing subject with Gen Jackson. and
being uppernost In his mind, leads him ioto
grosserrors Several young gentlemen fmcn,.
bers of The Young Mems Convens;on( went
with their friends, and were introduced ia
the President, as being members OF the con-
v%enticn. The President asked them row
they were getting on with their bnsiness5
The reply was every we'll" sYou have no
difficulty them" said he. 'sln agreeing on a
candidate" "Nobe a, all.n was the answer.
"we are unanimous" This information on.
hvencd the eountenance OF the President, and
with animation, and a raised tone of vo;ce
he observed-"I told them all the time. thai
Mr. Van Buren, was popular-he is truly thu
man of the people"
ROME, IN. " MAY /. !,
aboriginal Relics-One day last week aid
some labourers digging in the back part of a
shed, now building in this village, they dug
up the bones OF a large, masculine Indian
Gas is supposedly sguatted down in The
grave, and covered around with hcmlock
bark. About a quart Of ounce balls we're
found beside him, and the relics OF Other ina.
piements peculiar TO Indian warfare. The
euppositlon IS, that it was buried there in
the old French war.
JitntRef steam boat DHlft!-Ihe steam boak
Pendleton took fire at the wharf al Savannah
on the night OF the Sth instant, and was de-
s'reyed, together with a cargo of cotton ON
board. She had arrived from Dar;ep abopt
nine at night, and at two in the morning tha
fire broke out. The passengers and crew
had barely time 10 escape with their lives
ABOUT b3o bales OF cotton were burnt, vaIu-
ed at 100000, Of which SIS. 900 were insur.
ed hy the Ocean insurance Company of Bos.
ton. -
SUDDEN DEATH.-.A ,rorka,an 4, The c,,.
?toy o. M. Steoens, one Of The 7arer7, keepers
~ '1adorer. dug up a root ~ the tietd on THURS
ddy last, and not understanding its nature. bif
or and ale a piece Of IL He died IN conse-
qus'ace; M about one hour and lhiyiy r,i,apien
The root ice beltere, Is called the Cicuta Roof.
= HarerhW Iris
" G tern that three persons partook of ~.
poisonous root, that besides the person rho bird
Gnotier remains dangerously III, and tAat fs
Mlfd has iecocefed1
We received a few days ago. the Buenos
Ayrcs paper, the Packet, TO the Goth March.
IL FURNISHES no news of interest. We have
also a file Of the Hamburger Reporter to The
last week of that month; but do not find any
thing IN 1t which the British and French pa.
pers have not furnished -.Sta. Gas.
"A sad blunder. -The Salem IN. J1 Nrcs.
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