Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-05-30

burg, young lawyer Of great promise,
recently committed suicide, by cutting
his throat with razor. Intemperance
IS said to have been the cause of the
horrid act.
| We remark in Paris official returns
OF The mortality caused by the Asiatic
Cholera IN France. From its COM
mencement until the LIST of January.
1888 the whole number of patients was
229,53f-of the departments; those of
the South suffered much less than the
Northern; the Western less than the
Eastern. The government expended
nearly thirteen hundred thousand francs
in providing food, medical aid and other
necessaries for the relief of the poor.
| FatalAcciden.-Mr. Samuel Fuller
ton, Druggist, of New York, was kill
ed on Saturday evening last, by the
bursting Of Soda Fountain. The ac-
cident occurred while he was in the act
of removing the forcing pump, after
having charged the fountain with gas.
Part ofhis lower jaw was carried away,
and his person was shockingly mangled
by the explosion. Hesurvlved between
two and three hours.
Escape the Elephants.--Last night,
two of the Elephants, belonging to the
National Manegerie, escaped from bon
dage at Taunton. They did not pro.
coed far before they returned at the
command of their keepers. Before this
was done, however they took the liber-
ty to destroy some halfdozen carriages
j that were in the yard, and to which
they had manifested strong disapproba.
tion.-Prouidence Gazette.
Guttenburg. -Gallignan's Messen.
! ger says--A monument is about to be
erected, by subscription, in honor of
Gutenberg, the inventor of the art of
printing, in the square which bears his
name at Mentz, his native town. His
invention was tried at Strasburg in the
| year 1436, and the first work he prin-
ted was published at Mentz, in 1440,
so that in three more years four Gen.
turtles will have elapsed since this great
discovery was made.
The Hon. Langdon Cheves had his
arm broken about ten days since, by
the upsetting of stage between Au-
gusta and Savannah.
The Frederick Examiner states that
machine has been erected at the Rail
Road depot in that city, which SUPER
sedes the necessity ofunlading wagons.
On Thursday last, by its aid, the body
and contents of wagon, weighing, in
all, about 5000 lbs., were lifted from
the running gear, and placed upon
| Rail Road car, and sent to Baltimore.
The village of Galena, and the whole
population for many miles around, were
recently thrown into the greatest alarm
and confusion, in consequence of q re-
port that the Indians were advancing
for war and slaughter. 1t was, happi-
ly, false alarm, arising from the err
ror of two persons who mistook the
noise of some hog-killers in the woods
| for the shouts of hostile Indian band.
DIR. Antommarchi landed at Calais
few days ago from London, bringing
with him the original and only cast in
plaster taken from the face of the En-.
peror Napoleon after his death. On
its being opened at the custom house,
considerable crowd pressed to see il,
and when it was again enclosed in its
case, contest arose who should have
the honor of carrying it to the Doctors
hotel.
A young man named Porter has been
recently convicted, in New Castle coun.
ty, Delaware, of crime similar to
that committed by Mr.. Porter, then
member of Congress, Of North Carroll
ma, about two years since.
A BATTLE.--The Cherokee lnteili-
gencer of the 4th inst. states that bat
tie was fought on the 2Sth ult. near
Scudder's in Forsyth county, Geo. be-
tween party of Indians and party of
whites, consisting of about 80 on each
side. The weapons Of warfare consis-
ted of fists, sticks and stones, and al
though, fortunately there were no lives
lost, still there were number of black
eyes and broken bones. The quarrel,
it is supposed, originated in dispute
about the gold mines at that place.
Augusta Constellation.