Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-07-03
Sunnnnary of IGemnso


SEsTENcE.-ln tho U. 8. District
Court, sitting at Baltimore, On the 25d
ult., Judge HEATH passed sentence upon
Jason l.. Pendieton, captain and Robert
Baker, first mate Of the brig Montevideo,
who were indicted, tried, and convicted
of a misdemeanor, as officers oil the said
brig, in being concerned in the slave trade
on the coast of Africa. The learned Judge,
on passing sentence upon the prisoners,
prelaccd it with an address OF great EEL
ing, in which he reviewed all the ev.
idence given upon the trial, and depicting
in vivid colors the horrors OF the slave
trade. He stated that the extent Ct pun
ishment allowed oy the law was two
years Imprisonment in tho common jail
and fine of So 900, but in consideration
Of his having been already in jail six
months ard the jury's accommodation to
mercy, the Court would only adjudgs him
to be confined in the common Jail for
period oftwelve months and TO pay fine
of $1,000 and remain imprisoned until
the fine and costs be paid. The mate,
Baker, was sentenced TO be imprisoned
six months and pay fine of $500, aud
remain imprisoned until the fine and costs
be paid. -Alez. Gar.
"No compromise, but at the lannon's
mouth" is said to have been GENERAL
JAcKsoN's last expression OF his opinion
on the Oregon question.
The Railroad fare between Baltimore
and Philadelphia has been reduced to tco
dollars.
Gen. Jackson died on the same day up
on which Sir Richard Jackson, Comman-
der of the British forces in Canada, was
seized with his fatal illness. The latter
survived until the next morning.
Death has been very busy with the
Methodist ministers in Indiana, during the
las. few months. The following named
ministers are recorded as having paid the
debt of nature, viz: Clippenger, Patrick,
Guthrie, Elder, Crouch. Games, Balling.
gall, Westlake, Buckingham, Hargrave-
all belonging to the Methods. church.
Tho Hon. Chiffon Allen. Wing, and
Judge French, Loco Foco, were recently
put in nomination for Congress by their
political friends in the Mount Sterling
District, Kentucky, bu, the latter declined
10 run. Shortly afterwards, Mr.. Allen
was thrown from his horse and so much
injured as TO compel him to decline, al
so ~hereupon Judge French Immediately
announced himself a candidate; and
strange to say. while canvassing the dis.
trict q lew days ago. the Judge was
thrown from his horse, and was so Sc
al ,r,n hat h. Sc nfr cd
10 decline, he will at least be confined TO
the house for some tme.-Alec. Gaz.
A correspondent Of the Charleston
Evening Post mentions a rattlesnake
that was found dead in the woods near
Georgetown, S. c., which was lest long,
had 70 rattles, and teeth an inch and a
half long.
DEATH FROM EATING DRIED APPLES
A lad in New Brunswick died after an
illness of 40 hours from the effects Of hav-
ing eaten aquanity of dried apples at one
tirpe, and shortly afterwards drinking beer
on them, which created fermentation
and produced a most unnatural swelling
in his stomach and sioppage Of the intesi'
nal canal.
WHEAT IN MIcmIGAN.-The Grand
Rapids Enquirer says tina: in the county
Iona, in Michigan, there arc this season
over 20, eco acres OF wheat, all in first rate
order, furnishing assurance Of large
crop. Iona county is said to DO ono Of
the first agricultural districts in the State;
and possesses, IA the navigaSls streams
which penetrate its territory, uaeqaalled
facilities for getting to market. Water
transportation eaa take the surplus pro.
auctions Of the county from the fields Of
their growth 10 the market OF New York.
Eight years since the nosi Of lhis coun-
try was wilderneea
CHOLERA ID CALCUTTA. We have Al
ready published an extract from letter
dated at Calcutta, April 4, which says that
the cholera wac raging there, and that
from 1--WE TO six hundred died daily, though
not many had died among tho shipping.
The Boston Advertiser states that letters
TO the sth have been received in that city.
Most Of these letters do not ailude to the
cholera, while one mentions the disorder
as being more than usually prevalent.
The season of the year was a sickly one;
and among the lowest class Of the inhabi-
tahts, who lived a precarious life, and eat
unwholesome food. the mortality is usual.
iy great.
The ClarksviIle, Tennessee, Standard
gives the adventures Of beautiful young
lady who became insane few weeks ago
from reading novels, and fed from her
homo on the Goth ul,. in the garb of
man. She arrived at Clarksvile seeking
employment as journeyman tailor,
which she obtained. Her father arrived
few days after, and succeeded in finding
her. She was conveyed TO the Lunatic
Asylum.
ANTrpoTE.--A piece Of common Ind.
go made into paste with spirits OF cam.
phor, and applied to the wound, will, il is
said, neutraize the poison arising from
abe bite Of snakes of any kind.
There is cabinet maker in Philadel.
phia who has set of chamber furniture,
made of rosewood, gothic pattern, the