Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-03-10
News of the Week.

IMPORTANT Decision OF THE SUPREME
CoUHr. In the case of EDWARD PRIGe
plaintiff in error, vs. The Commonwea Iii
ofPennsylvania, on important question
IT will be seen, has been decided by the
II. s. Supreme Court. Our readers are
acquainted with the facts relative 10 the
arrest Of Mr.. NATHAN BEMIs, o.a1's
State, who went into Pennsy lyaDla some
years ago 10 pursuit Of runaway slave
and took possession Of the same, Without
regard to the local authorities whose as
sistance he found it impossible TO procure
BEmrs was demanded by the Governor
Of Pennsylvania for a violation Of the laws
of that State. The demand was COM
piled with. so far as the entry oil recog-
nizance--and pro lorna proceedings were
Instituted for the purpose Of bringing the
case before the Supreme Court OF the
United States. The name Of Mr.. Psigg
was introduced as one Of the sureties oil
Bems, who has left the State, we believe.
II will BIO seen that the decision Of the
Supreme Court is against the consiitu-
,ionality Of tho law in Pennsylvania upon
which the indictment was founded. The
principle thus established is one Of impor-
lance; and the example which the two
States have set of proceeding amicably
in the settlement Of delicate question b.
fore the constituted tribunal Of the land,
commeuds itself to the imitation of other
States that may have unadjusted contro-
versies of similar kind.--Bah. Amer.
TERRIFIC AccIpENT.-We learn from
the Boston papers that on Monday even
ing, in that city, as the Catholic Mutual
Relief Society, which had held public
meeting in Montgomery-Hall, was about
adlourning, the floor gave way, and pre-
cipitated the assembled crowd. near 500
in number, into the apartment below, oc.
cupied Mr.. Jas. D. Riddle as an Auction
Store. During the descent some threw
themselves out of the windows. When
all were taken from the ruins it was found
that but three men were severely injured;
one of them Mr.. Burns, of South Boston,
had both legs broken, and the other two
had received some serious bruises
Three or four others were reported to
have had their arms and legs spraned
these, as far as could be ascertalned,
were all the accidents.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
The case of Mrs. Gaines closed to. day,
and her numerous friends here are more
confident than ever of decision in her
favor. Should the whole amount Of pro-
perry to which she believes herself justly,
legally and equitably entitled, be recov-
Oh u &c har haf n
the General, to spend eleven millions Of
it in the national defence according to his
plan of steam batteries.
TROUBLE IN CUBA.-Tho u. S. Mail
brig Hayne arrived at Charleston on
Wednesday las, from Havana. Capt.
Morris, of the Hayne, reports that when
he left Havana, on the 18th ult., there
was considerable excitement" there,
owing to difference Of opinion, or some
other difference between the Governor
General and the British steam packet.
The latter was going off without passing
her mails through the Post Office, accord
ing to the laws Of the place. She was
stopped, and the Governor General said
or swore that if she moved out he
would sink her as she passed the Moro.
The matter was still unadjusted when the
Hayne left--the British steamer was lying
very quiet, and no body knew how it
would end. Rumor said the Governor
General had sent the Captain OF THE steam
er word, that unless he complied with the
laws, he would imprison him forthwith.
There are seeds of trouble in this, and we
NAV as we'll keep an eye on the progress
of British "enterprise" in Cuba. II is
quite as interesting as their Goings in
China just now.
SHOCKING FATALITy.-Mr.S Seymour,
tavern keeper, some four miles from
Medina, Onio, was one day last week
ltisurcly shooting at target from his
house, resting his gun across his window,
when unobserved by Seymour, young
man by the name of Turner, who had
been his bar tender, passed between the
target and the gun at the moment Of fir
ing. The ball entered his forehead just
above the eye, and came out the back
part of the head, causing his death in
few minutes.
GREAT CoRpoRATIoN-A bill is now
under discussion in the Legislature for the
creation of the " Pennsy lvonia Canal and
Railroad Company, from Philadelphia to
Pittsburg." 1t is understood this compa-
nv will purchase all the public improve
men,s belonging to the State, and manage
them as the eastern people manage their
corporations. The capital proposed is
$4,000, 900, in shares of 500 each.
The names of Geo. NJ. Dallas, Benz. w.
Richards and Evans Rogers, of Phila.,
Ilar. Denney and VIM. Wilkins, Of Pitts.
burg, and Chs. NJ. Reed, of Erie, are in
serted as commissioners Gazette.
MoRn Virginia is, just
now, (thanks to her politicians, and es-
pecially to that exquisite class Of them,
the Impracticables" tasting the bene.
fits of political casualty, not unlike
that bitter one under which the Union It.
self is now suffering.
The attempt to elect n Governor of the
State having failed, Mr.. John NJ. Greg
DRY, the Leuteant Governor, seems likely
to come in, as Mr.. Tyler did, by default.
We trust that the resemblance will 90
no farther, and that the errors of Design