Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-08-23

A circumstance was related 70 US this morn.
ing. which shews how reckless some indivi
duals in the lower walks of life are, of the
consequences Of intemperance, and how re.
gardless they are of the irequent warnings
exhibited by the fate Of those who indulge
themselves in The use Of improper diet.
A robust man, who bad enjoyed uninter-
rupted health all his life, undertook fora wa.
ger TO drink quart OF buttermilk. and cal
large water. melon on the top of it, stating
that ms constitution WIS so firm and body SO
stout, that he could digest any thing, aud in
dulge IN any excess with impanity.
lie drank the battersnlk aad eat the me
Ion, was seized with a cramp cholc during
the night and was buried next morning, thus
losing has wager, his life, and perhaps more
important part. by single act Of wanton 10.
discretion To the fooihardy and intempe-
rate we say again be ware,- BAIT. Ga..
The Annapolis Republican Of Tuesday says:
Letters have been received in this city, an
nouncng the unpleasant intelligence that the
colored population Of Queen Anne and Tai,
bot counties, on the Eastern Shore, are sui
ierlng severely from disease Report SAYS
that Gov. Lloyd had lost twelve, and Mr.
Paco several Of his colored people"
The flea, called by the Arabians, ssthe Ga
Their of leapers,m and the locusts, Jump two
hundred times their length, and surprising
the same relative force to be infused into the
body of man six feet high, he would be a.
bic TO leap three times the height OF st.
Panls
Most Horrible Suicide-One of the most
appalling acts of self murder that VIC ever
heard Of, was perpetrated in this town, on
last Saturday, by Mr.. Waterbury, a pro
duce trader from Cincinnati, in fit ofphren
sy, pccasioned by excessive drinking ardent
spirits. The body Of the i'll fated man was
mutIlated in such manner as 10 induce Sc.
veral individuals to mistfust its being his
own work, and TO impute it to other hands
II, however. from the most positive eviden
ces, was his own act, and presents one OF
the most curious examples of tortltude IN
an Individual 10 his situation, on record. Ma
less than five wounds were inflicted on the
part of his body, each of which we should
have Judged sufficient TO cause death
| II seems he had become, during his derange
ment, impressed with the necessity of ful
! filling, literally, that part OF the Scripture
which says, "lf thy eye offend thee, pluck it
out" &c and accordingly commenced the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of those parts Of bis body
which be had imagined had proved ofensiyc
TO him. And such is The sacrifice intempc
rance demands of IFS votaties sacrificed
Take warning yeintemperate'--. 1fississippiaa
MoSTREAL.-We have the Montreal Her.
aid Of the iourt.. instant. The Cholera con
tinued TO prevail there. Twenty eight new
cases and twenty, seven deaths were reported
on the stiDst. The Herald has this para
graph.
Yesterday morning number Of Chiefs
and other Indians paraded DIR Ayrcs, through
our streets, accompanied by Flags and Ban.
ners; aud we again saw them pass in the
veaing, riding in Caeches, the Doctor him
self carrying the American Flag.