Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-08-30
NO. 50

loving ~ an extract oil q letter uateQ Bassao.
rob. the 3 9Th OF August. 1891, ard receiv
ed in Calcutta by an Armenian gcntleman:--
"Almest every country IN these regions of the
globe has beca visited by dreadful visitation
Of fresiaence. Rou aust have heen, long
before this, informed Of the many calamities
that have beiaIlen the devoted city of Bag
dad, and the places adjacent to II. News has
Also been received from Hanadan, or the au-
clent EcbataAa, of Aeoccurrence of another
natural eaanity an that place. The city is
described 10 be literally infested with a spe-
cies of fiery serpents, the bite OF which ID
followed by lmmedateraadne which in the
course of very short time terminates in the
death Of Ne sufferer f'he atreets of the
town are said to be checked with dead bodies.
which are fed upon by dogs aud jackalsl The
inhabitants are seized with eoasternaiion and
trepidation. not knowing where to Nv from
the anger sr the Almighty. s--I,ldia Gastfic
Spring Jieid, Illinois July 24.---We lea n
from MIR. Sample. of pckin. who left The 49,
my on the : th inst that Colonel Dunn was
unfortunately shot on the previous morning
Try sentinel. while arc was on lis way as Of
| Ecer oil the guard to relieve him. II appears
that wfIea Col. IL came IN sight, the sentinel
was lying IN the grass and that hearing Col.
Id. approach, and sapposiag him 10 be an In
I dian, the sentinel arose and fired. Two balls
entered tho body Of Col Dunn, near the
groin, and lodged ia the abdomen. Ii was
| supposed that the wound was mortal. but la
tor accounts say that he was likely to recover.
We have Just learned with sorrow, that
Mr.. Alburtis, residing at Yorkville, on the
country seat formerly belonging TO Sher-
ia Dunscomb, has lost tive OF his sons by
( cholera. They bad arrived al an interesting
period OF lne---one was IL, and the other Is
years old They very imprudently went out
on fishing excursion last Tuesday in CONF
pany with son OF Mr. Grenzebach. near
neighhor, and were exposed to the scorching
| rays Of the sun aeaGy the whole day, which
ii is believed had tendency to bring on tina
disease, They are all three now dead and in
their era, es--.A. ". Post.
! Mrs. M Barney. Of Baltimore has made q
very interesting book out of the authentic
materials which she possessed for biogra-
pity OF fhe celebrated Commodore of that
name. The subscribers to the work must,
we think, be satisfied with the copious and
entertaining Memoir which the lady has fur
nisbed Yer narratives 1ufl and striking,
her style Impressive free and racy; her sub
6ect diversified With singular adventures and
character and career Of one Of the most gal
liant, entcrprising, interchangeable and skilful
naval officers that any country mas possessed.
The distinction and merits Of Commodore
Barney rs seaman and ccmbaiant date from
so early period Of his kle,lhe varieties Of
situation and fortune through which he pass
cd are SO many and singular,-thc indvidu-
ais with whom he was brought into contact
professic and personal. have generally ex-
cited SO much notice or been so Familiarity
known that every chapter OF Mrs. Barney's
book has attraction fol- nearly every reader,
and the real iacslenis which abound through
out the whole produce the effect Of curious
and we'll devised remauce.--.Nat. Gaz.
The British novel Pride csd Prejudice. Of
which Messrs. Carey 4 Lea have just sent
forth an American edition, is exceedingly
good and deserves the popularity which II
has cbtasnea in England Hid
From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Liberia We have received the Liberia
Herald OF May 9Th and June 9Th.
The Morrovia Baptist Missionary Society
celebrated their Seventh Anniversary in their
Meeting Hoase in Monrogia, on the Esd A.
prH. As yet thesr isbors among the Heaihen
have not been extensive
The Colonial Government contemplated
the establishment OF two schools for native,
children, al the new locations at Grand Bas-
sa and Cape Mount.
Ike second Baptist Church erecietin Mon
rovia, was orcnrd for Divine Service, for tbs
first time, on the 9Th Of May. Three COM
modious new buildings had been erected at
Caldwell cor emigrants, and two Others were
in state OF lorw ardness.
Mrs William. ph,'anthropic lady, died
on the 3fst OF March, On the passage from
Monroyia 10 Sierra Leone.
Considerable rain fell in the first week in
june and the rainy season was thought to
have fairly set in.
An order prohibiting the sale Of arms and
munitions TO the natives had been revoked.
number of re captured Congo negroes
we're settled quietly In spot called new
Georgia. Several frame houses hasi been pps
up and meeting house nearly finished
The temperature Of Monrosia, during the
month OF MAY, ranged about so degrees; be-
ing at no lime lower than 70 or higher than
g. In June it ranged from II 10 81.