Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-05-08
sTEBBINGs ACQUITTED.


1t viii be recollected that GEORGE
STEBBtNGs. some months since, was
arrested and committed to the jail at
this place, on charge of the murder of
Miss EvELINA CUNNINGHAM, in 1895.
On Friday, the 18th inst, the Grand
Jury found Bill, and on Thursday
last, he was brought up for trial. Yes
terday about A O'Clock, the Jury retir-
ed to their room, and after an absence
of about hours, returned with ver-
dict Of Not Gully,
1t is with reluctance we express a
sentiment calculated to do injury to the
character Of the acquitted, but when
our own opinion is sustained by every
individual we have conversed with, we
think it not improper to state, that the
nature oe the evidence was such as to
leave on the minds of all who were pres.
ent at the trial very strong suspicion
of his guih. Through the Kindness of
l.. A. Wilmer, Esq. we expect to be
able TO publish a report of the trial in
in our next.
The prisoner was this morning dis
charged from the custody of the Sher-
i'll, and almost Immediately thereafter
arrested and committed on charge of
stealing lumber, and in all probability
will be obliged to remain in the county
Jail until the sitting of the county court
in October next. He has wife and
five or six children.-CecH Repu6.
A late number Of the London Court
Journal says--"At the Cosmorama Rooms,
we find our old acqualntances the industry
Gus Fleas, as lively as ever. The Signor
must have taken immense pains to equip
and drill bis little troop. Great ingenuity
also is evinced in the manufacture of his
coaches, chariots, phaetons. wagons, &
cars. After all, the musical box, with an
entire orchestra Of fleas is our favorite."
The Tictin,s of Violence.-Several of the
gentleman who were wounded in the riot,
by the mob, at the last election are yet
suffering the most excruclating pain from
the wounds. Capt. j. Munson, one ofthe
best officers Of the watch in this or any
other city, who had three ribs and collar
bone broken and severe wound in the
occupital bone of the head with Ratchet,
has been delrious much Of the time since
with high fever and great PAIN, and al'ho'
rather better, yet remains IN most criti
cal situation in The Hospital, balancing
between life and death. Col Joshua Fleet
his assistant, who had his collar bone frac.
tured. a severe and dangerous wound in
the head and who received in various parts
of his body, almost innumerable bruises, is |
vet the subject of intense suffering, |
but is likely to Captains Stewart.
Seamen and Fisher, were all convalescent;
Lodowick Smith, an honest laborer, and
Waterman, of Hammond street, the bones
of whose side face were completely crush
ed by kick, is yet very i'll but will prob
ably recover.
The others who were wounded are all
on the mend. Hundreds OF bruised bodies
and Scared faces are TO be found, who
suffered by the clubs Of more than 100
rufIians and who seem bent on the de
struetion Of all who dared oppose them.
Capt. Munson, we are assured, was struck
more than twenty blows. with clubs after
he was down, and was jumped upon by
the miscreants who surrounded-Colonel
Fleet was struck more than twenty blows
befose he fell and while contending nobly,
did great execution among those who tried
to take his life. The horrors of that scene
Of blood and violence will not soon be for
gotten, and we pray God they may never
be renewed.-.E Y. Daily .4dU.
YANKEE NORTON. A down-east Edi-
tor recommends that when General
Jacksoa's figure head is placed on the /
Constitution, that bust of Amos {