Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-05-29
SUMMARY Of Ite1nso

BANKRJpr Cases. There are foul
hundred and twenty SIX cases yet on the
docket Of tue q. s. Coin in bankruptcy
not more than two hundred and fifty O
which will pass a discharge. The re-
mainder have either failed TO mako the ne
cessaty publication, or objections have
been filed which will render an sppes
10 the U. s. Circuit Court necessary -
". Y. Courier.
A Washington correspondent Of the n
Y. Heralt writes
A Mr.. G man, = brother Of the inven.
Tor Of thu Eol an attachment 10 HE piaap
has brought on here another invent On
which pr mis- 8 the greatest results. lie
isexhibiiing at the Patent Olfiee the work.
ing mod Of train Of ears upon n rail
rod up hi ami down hill, regardless Of
the degree of inclination from the horizon.
Briefly, on reaching hill, the acton 81
the locomotive is translrrr from The
proprlling wheels on the outer track,
10 a smaller set Of wterIs IN an inside
track. while in the centre, attached 10 the
locomotive, is an endless screw, which is
adapted to work on fiction rollers, arr n
gel in the centre ofthe track. The mod.
ell appeafs TO give very general satisiac.
ton, and # brought into successful opera.
inventor, aud save millions Of money IN
syertlng the n"cessiy Of levrlling tie bills
AMI mountains, 10 all future constructions
of ra lfoads. Tn invention has attracted
quite numoer # visitors to the Patent
Office 10 day. Mr.. Robinson is getting
out a patent for this second great genius
OF Coleman.
Another race cams off on the 9Th
inst, over the Uoion Course, New York
between the celebrated Northen mare,
Fashion, and the Southern mare Jrannt
,eau, for purse OF $1,000. in which Fash.
ion was victorious. Ram tell in torrents
during the race, and the course was 10 a
bad condition. Notwithstanding these
Disadvantages the first four miles were
run 10 8 minutes and 3S seconds, The sec.
ond four miles 10 8 minutes and 495 Sec
onds. Both horses and riders looked
as if they had been rolled in the mud.
MILTON FOWLER, the individual srres
ted for his singular Intrusion into the Pres
iden,'s House, sumo days ago, has been
released from prison, proof having been
adduced that his objectionable conduct
was the result Of a partial alienation OF
mind.
GREAT FIRE IN ALaEeHANV CRY. -
Our sister city was VISITED by most des-
truclive fire ON Saturday morning, l7th
inst, VIII ch consumed three Of our large
Transportation Warehouses, and num-
Der OF dwellings, and other buildings.
At quarter past midnight The watch
man a, II. & P. Crafts Transportation
warehouse discovered flames issuing from
the rear of Mr.. Whteman's machine shop,
on Lacock street, which after giving the
alarm, he endeavored to extinguish with
the buckets Of water which are always
provided and convenient Tor the purpose,
bu, in valn-the FIRE extended rapidly to
the adjoining buildings, and soon all were
a mass Of AAme!-Piusburg .Age.
WARLIxE.-Uuder this head the Whee-
ling, Va, tmes Of the 18th inst. says
One hundred and sixty tons of cannon
ball passed down the river on Saturday,
on the steamer Batesvile. It is said that
their destination is some port on the Gulf,
and that there was powder enough on
board TO shoot them with.
One thousand seven hundred and TWEEN
Nv two cmigrants have arrived at Boston
since the 10th Of April last.
A Washington letter says that the Pres.
ident and his family will visit Old Poln,
and the RIP Rays this summer while the
executive mansion is undergoing repairs
The Supreme Court OF New York, on
Friday. admitted to practice there n, ms
attorneys, l06 persons; and as Counsel
lors, 81.
TuE REV. DR.. BAscoM has pudlsh"d
n book in favor of the separation oi thu
M,hods, Church, with reference TO It's
Nor,hern and Southern portions.
In. RR,NpRETH has been reelected
Prpsilen, Of the village of Sirg Sing
TEMPERANCE IN THE WEST INDIES. -
There is ra,l road now in progress from
Kingston, Jamaica, TO the interior. SOM
6ftv laborers were brought from England
and have been toing under vcrlicn'
sun in an insalubrious dls'rlrIi in the n"'gh'
borhood Of swamps and increases, and We
act n singh person has died, and only on'
was slightly lndispos d, ond tn" cause %
this was attributed Ia the fact that not {
sinple one was rum drinker,
PryToN..--It is said that Peytons IS go
ing To England to contrnd for some o
the great cups there.