Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-25
guuauaaEy Of Itsnns ;

The State Department has received an
official sanitory decree Of the Portuguese
government, enaciing that the vessels OF
the United States, Brazil. Denmark, Great
Britain, Prussis, Sweden, and Turkey,
are TO be treated as Portuguese vessels.
Iowa ELECTION. Mr.. Dodge lsre-elec-
ted Delegate by $40 msjority. TIE new
Constitution is again rejected BY mslori-
ty of3l7 votes.
SURF FOR ISLANDER. are assured
that the Sheriff on Saturday served a oe-
caration for SANDER on Mr.. J. Fennlmore
Cooper. The plaintiff is Rev. I. /. Tiff.
fanny, late and for more Than a quarter oil
a century the beloved and greatly esteem
ed rector Of the Episcopal Church IN this
village. The case is said 10 be a very
aggravated ne.--Ostego Rep.
EJEcrmEsr OF FREE NEGROES. The
people of Fayette county, Ky, have held
a meeting and decided that all free negroes
must leave that county, giving to all who
wish 10 go Liberia, free passage and
provisions for the voyage.
A New FOUNTAIN OF Health, (the
Capon Spring. 10 the Blue Mountains,
Va, is extolled beyond measure by PROBES.
scr Gibson Of Baltmore who has return.
ed from il a new man. The waters are
sale to act like magic IN restoring health
and vgor 10 the system.--Spirt Of Jgb
HENRy q. GREEN, was hung at Troy,
New York, on the 10th inst, for the MUIR
der OF his wife. The murder was one OF
the most cruel and unnBIural of record.
Before his execution he confessed his
guilt and the justice of bis sentence, and
seemed peniIent and resigned.
ZONE E."--The ons vote majority
for which Gov. Morton has become so
renowned, seems to stick TO the family
and party. Just ss the polls were closing
on the second ballot, al; the office holders
convention on w ednesday, delegate
came in and asked PERMISSION 10 cast bis
vote 1t was grenteG--and he deposited
the ballot which gave Isaac DAVIS the
majority. Tbs, delegate was Gov. Nor.
toms son.--SpringfeM Repub.
Instructions TO UNINIrIATED IN
| HORSEBACK RIDING.-W hen horse runs
away with you, have The presence OF mind
| to catch hold OF his name, wind your bri.
| die round his neck and pull upon 1t. 1t
W III have the immediate effect OF stopping
his career, however heading his career
may be. Or if your bride is not long
enough, clasp your arms round bis neck
and with your hands clench his wndpipe,
by doing this you will efiectualy stop him,
! the moment his respiration is check d.
Persons having but small portion Of pres
ence of mind could thus save their own
or fellow creatures life.
| JUVENILE COURAGE. An attempt was
recently made TO ron the store Of Mr.. WIN.
Sublett, of Powhaitsn, Virginia, by two
CUES. Mr.. Subjects 500, boy of Ia
years, slept in tie store, with his Younger
brother. He heard the attempt, late at
night. to enter TIE building. Siz ng a
loaded gun, he patiently wait d unlil The
burglar entered the store, when he DELHI
erately fired and shot him dead. The
negro was owned by MIR. Robert Ptmber
ton. Another colored man was afterwards
arrested, who conf SEED being an accom-.
pllce, and stated that t. ey Intended TO rob
the store, murder the boys, burn the house,
and then make their escape.
A STUBBORN OLD LADY.--At the re-
cent fire in South Boston, one oil Mr.. w.
! B. Harden's tenants was a Mrs. Hutchi.
son, 81 years of age, the widow of rev.
dictionary soldier and although so feeble
as scarcely to be able to walk about the
room she declared she would not be taken
! out OF her room while a single article
oil her furniture remained in IT, and she
had to be removed by absolute force after
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, The follow
ing are the statistics of the Presby terian
Church, o. s., according to the minutes
for the year 1916: Churches, 2,229 ;
ordained ministers, $50; licensed preach.
ers. 224; caudldat FOR the ministry, 1856;
church members, III, $40, Added du-
ring the last year, by profession, 1929 ;
! by letter, 5,076.
THERE WAS A FAMOUS Poison known
in Italy during the l7th century, by the
name of "W alter Tofana, wives poison.
1t was prepared by woman named To-
fana, who sold it in small fiat walls. She
is said to have carried on the traffic for a
series of years, and when arrested COMES
sed the pos ming OF six hundred persons
The preparation was chiefly used by
married women who were tired of their
husbands. Ii was as clear IS water, and five
or six drops were fatal, but not suddenly
thus avoiding suspicion.
THE News AND THE MARKETs.--The
New York Express Of Saturday afternoon
says
The news by the steamer Britannia is
considered decidedly favorable, in Wal
street. The Cotton market rs strength
ened, and holders are more firm. Flour
:. darraesad and saIas have haan ynadp NJ