Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-05-01
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Tribute to enterprise. Lord William Ben
timex. Governor General of India. has presented
MIR. Rogers of Boston, supercargo Of the ship
Tuscany, with handsome silver vase, bearing q
suitable inscription, in acknowledgment of the
spirit and enterprise which projected, and sue.
sessfully executed. the first stssmpt TO import a
cargo Of American ice into Calcutta.
Juvenile afrocity.-Two boys. named Back.
land and Elliott. both sons Of respectable parents
in Springfield. Mass, having agreed TO run away
to Boston together. went out Of the village, Ell.
lot having with him = gun. They stopped to
FIRE at a mark, when some disagreement occurred
which terminated in Elliot shooting auckland
through the body. He was found the next day
and Elliot was seen on his way to the place with
spade, intending to bury his victim. Il wa,
supposed the wound wsuld not prove fatal. The
boys were only eleven or twelve years of .se.
American Schools in Grerce.-Mrs. Hill anf
Mrs. King. two American ladies, assisted by
Mr.. Hill, are now conducting schools at Athens,
in which they have from 3 10 400 pupils, 10 whom
they teach the rudiments CT educ alton; aid a..
mong other branches. the History of Greece.
Lord Bpon's Works.- Three additional vo.
Tunes Of the works Of Byron are about TO be pub.
lished. by Murray, in London. They will con-
si'' of poems. &c, hitherto unpublished, obtained
from various authentic sources. Alien Cunning.
ham also aiver'iscs. that his forthcoming edition
OF B'~ns' Works will contain forty-two unpub.
haH MI H., sbn,a
The Ne,D York Riots. The Mayor Of New
York, in a message 20 the Common Council, re.
commends further legislative prov i,ions for the
preserva alton Of good order
In the disturbances at the late election, several
men, Of wealth and reputation, were arrested
as alb TORS Of the riotors. Among them was
John Targee. Mr.. Van Buren's principal file
leader in New York. and a Tammany Sachem,
who was accommodated with temporary com.
mitment to Bridewell.
Tnfasnes Of Office The New York Star gives
the following facts in relation to the influence
exercised by Office holders at the charter elee.
tion-"Mr. Targee, BY controlling the whole
operations Of the Aims House and Penitentiarv
Departments, influenced not less than 300 votes;
and by causing $1,000 to be expended on the sth
Avenue. brought 100 votes more of laborers. Mr..
Bloodgood, the Inspector General of Streets, by
his efforts in naturalization and the direc, iuau.
ence Of his Office, bagged 500 votes against as.
Mr.. Hatfield. Street Inspector of the Eleventh
Ward, it is admitted brought up 500 anti .whig
votes. Here are 1900 votes, which, no one will
dispute, were poled against under the active
direction Of three persons in Office"
Mesns. Poindexter and Preston Of the S,nnt,
Mr.. McDuffie OF the House of Representative,
and Gen. Duff Green, were present in Phil.del.
phia at the celebration Of the birthday of JEFF.
ferson. and were received with the highest marks
of distinction They made addresses, which ar.
spoken Of as highly spirited and eloquent.
Mr.. Preston on his return to Warrington, wa,
met =, Baltimore BY . crowd q person.. who