Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-09-13

Of settlement with Belgium. This may pos.
sibly, bring Russia down among The Dykes
Of Holland; but Russia has not fleet
to contend against Great Britain; though her
Cessacks OF the Don may desire mere such
crumbs as they geathered an PARIS.
We are Informed, says the Globe, that
Messrs. Campbell and Williams. two of the
Commissioners under the Freneh treaty.
have accepted lhe,r appointments, aud are
/ on their way here. The claimants may,
therefore, calculate on a full meeting ef the
Board on the day 10 which the Commission
stands adIourned-- the third Monday in Sep
! temhcr, Instant
From the statements maize 10 the Western
papers, II would seem that Government a
| gents are active, IN that section Of country
| interfering with the "tFeedom OF elections
\ As tnas Is one OF the '.abuses" which General
Jackson was elected to reform" we hope
| he wIll not overlook the matter. .4ier. Ga-.
! Mr.. Is. Albertson, editor OF the Elizabeth
CITY Star, advettises that he will pay five
! do liars Tor experimenting bis runaway appren
tee, jacob Il Powell, who he says, '.slth
out any prov ocatlon (unless obhsIug hin, to
attend 10 his business could be considered Ii.
that hght) ''sinag his ieet to his ankles anu
has pack to his back aud IS SUPPOSED 10 have
made tracks for Gates County"
One OF our patrons, Who does not receive
| has paper regularly, entered a complaint 10
that effect at the Post Office IN his village
"Oh, SAID Tue man OF auinorlty. placing ms
finger upon the Extra Globe, ''you ought 10
fob. ,s.ii /,
pubic dinner has been rendered 10 Gc
neral Atkinson by the c,liz ems OF ST. LOUIS,
as a testimony oil respect Tor has services IN
The recent lndian campaign.
| The total number of deaths in this CITY
during the week ending on Saturday was on
! ~ IL The week before 1t was 245. Unly
| IA intermeats were reported lrotn Cholera
! Dor city may be SAID To have become as heal
| thy as usual,-Sa.. fPhi1 Bmlctu
! The whole number OF deaths in New York
last week was 324, OF which one hundred
| and thirty eight were by the Cholera.
morning paper states that one of the
prisoners at the Easton penitcnilary IN soil
tary confinement hung himself en- Sunday
night.
Bells Weekly Messenger, of the Goth
July, mentions the Increase oil the Lhol
era 10 London: one hundred deaths pei day
| being the average al that date; and almost
| every town aud city 10 the two King
| doms is more or less afflicted. In Paris anJ
| iiavre the cholera has nearly Ceased.
OF any further proof were wanting (says
the New York Gazette)to show the poison
Ntt, 4. a
can give names, SIC by which four persons.
from eating immodera,ely OF meIlons, were
all seized on Monday about the same time.
and all died IN few hours This occurred
few days since at boarding house 10 the
lower end vi maiden lane The deceased per.
sons were warned OF their danger by the
landlord, but 10 no eiiect''
A SCALPIsG EDITvR The following an
pears IN the osieina OF the st lnsiant:-We
have heard from u number of gentlemen who
| were IN the late battle with the Indians. that
| the editor OF this paper was fortunate enough
! to kill and scalp two Indians, before the en-
gagemcut commence d IN the evening Ii an
| pears that he went IN advance OF the army
| some distance, Tor about half a DAY, IN close
| pursuit of three Indians, until he had got
I them an good position Tor attack. lie then
| asked Tor i've men TO assist him in killing
| them; his request was donbiy granted by tie
neral Dodge, who sent to aid him ten men
They continued to persue them-the editor
in advance-who came up within twenty pa
ces Of the nIndnlost iDdIdn, and shot him
through the body, the bail entering Immedi-
ateiy beio. the heart. by one OF our lnform
ants, " ho was close at hand when the editor
shot and scaiped his Indians, we received the
scaips sent ss.
Our lnlofmants state that, after the first
J Indian had received the contents oil the edi
tors gun, "a ball and three buck shot, l,e
staggered back few PAGES, leaned against a
tree. ieselled ms piece, fired and wounded one
OF our men before he ieil, although the load
! had passed entirely through lis bodyl II 10
said he played the part OF tactcIan IN a
considerable degree.
II is not common Tor Ed,tors to fight with
weapons more potent than the goose quill -
anu, when they do, u is the duty Of the press,
taking precedents for example, to note
theai.-(ED pro tenn
Mr.. Bpnun,, edio, Of the Greenpite Sen,
tinet. ,ol0 fought a duel tcith Mr. Peru, edi
tor of The Grseneiie .no,a,tduueer, on he 10TH
ulsiH0, died %. the night Of The 18th uu ia
great agony, " The tcoiasd recetred on that
occasion -
1,s0 tcatchnaeft IN baltimore succeeded on
Saturday morning. ~ arrestatg parof aieres,
rho had brokeu tsato dry goods store. Ihey
,Uere fortunate enough. hketcise. 10 secure Me
| merchandise, about a thousand dollars to0Fth.