Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-09-12

Horrible Circumstance. private
letter from Paris contains the following
extraordinary statement, for the accu-
racy Of which our correspondent Pied
ges himself:-"I have lately remarked
on the increase of two great crimes
here-assassination and suicide. OF
the extent to which the latter is carried
you may form an idea from the follow
ing fact. Having occasion to visit Pc
re la Chaise today, one of the guar.
dams Of the cemetary, in the course of
conversation, remarked that the a.
mount Of mortality in Paris from dis
ease had never within his recollection
been SO slight as at the present time.
On an average nine interments only
per day occurred there, Of whom at
least one-third were suicides! Three
of that class were yesterday bu-
ried here, said he, two of whom were
husband and wife,"
An admirable Hu.-Our readers
may recollect that VIM. c. Preston, of
South Carolina, in one of his furious IT,
rades, applied to the State Of North
Carolina the somewhat degrading cpl
tibet Of ':the Rip Van Wrinkle Of the
South" In an address lately deliver
ed to the people ofNewbern, Mr.. Gas.
ton, than whom an ADLER man exists
not in the South, thus replied to the in
suit. "Better is it," said he, ''to sleep
on forever than to awaken to madness
and to treason. Better is it that we
should personate the drowsy hero OF
Washington Irving, than excite the
mingled horror and ridicule of man.
kind, by representing the combined
characters OF Captain Bobadil and Ca
taline" Good!
A Petr,faction.-Baron Steuben died
of apoplexy at Steuben, Oneida, CON.
Y. in November, 1895. Agreeably TO
his request his remains were wrapped
in his cloak, enclosed in plain coffin,
and deposited in grave without stone.
Many years after, as we learn by
memoir in the N. Y. Commercial Ad-
vertiser, his body was dsinterred for the
purpose of burial in another place, and
: it was found to have passed into CON-
plete petrifaction, and is believed 10 re-
main in that state of preservation to
this day. The features of his face
were as unchanged as on the day of
his interment.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com.
pany.-The Pittsburg Gazette says
that the memorials, PRAYING Congress
for an additional subscription, on the
part of the United States, of one mill
ion of dollars to that work, are now in
circulation for signatures in that city
and county.
JOHN RANDOLPH, of Roanoke, who
was opposed, as is well known, to the
Embargo and Non-intercourse laws,
not only because he deemed them i'm.
polite, but also because he believed
them to be unconstitutional, remarked:
"While deprecate the existence of
the Embargo, trust there exists, and
that there will always exist, dispo.
sition to enforce the laws Of the Gen.
eral Government. ] will be one a.
mong the first, sir, 10 resist a contrary
doctrine. 1.-THE laws cannot be enfor-
ced, to what purpose are we confedera.
ted people ?and why have we organ.
lied a National Government! | will
not believe that the citizens of anv
portion ofthis country will rise in re.
slstance to the laws, until the fact has
actually occurred; and, in this point of
view, | regret the introduction of the
report and resolutions, as they lead to
suggestions ola different nature. When
the case does occur, | would apply the
proper remedy. would have recourse,
sir, to the knife and the cautery."
1t is stated, in the Alexandria Gag.
cite, that RoBERT POTTER, of North
Carolina, who is now in Jail for a very
singular outrage which he inflicted up.
on two gentlemen, not long since, was
a candidate for the Legislature, and
came within eleven votes of being e.
lectedi
From the Garde National.
MARsEILLEs, June 30, 1888.
Napoleon the time in which the
column of the Place Vendome is about
to receive anew the statue ofthis great