Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-07-24
Sul1nnnary of Itennso


THE DEVASTATION OF QUEBEc. The
two fires 10 Quebec--one on the 2Stb Of
May and the other on the 2Slh of June
have almost swept that city from the face
Of the earth. Ia the two fires, at the
least, 5000 houses were consumed, and
20 900 persons rendered houseless. In
the last conhagration 1902 houses were
burnt and ID blown up.
tits not little singular, aud saddening
too, tina, the portion of the city burnt IN
the last terrible fire was the asylum Of
the unfortunate people who were made
houseless by the first great fiIe.--Bahi.
more Patriot.
We observe that oil lands in Illinois,
forfeited to the State for taxes, are TO
be sold in September next, without reser-
walton, and patents for them Immediately
issued. The oppressed condition of the
farming population wll be the cause of
the great sacrifice in these sales. But
from VIVA, we learn much Of the burden
~ill fall upon large landed proprietors and
uon residents. -.fler. Gas.
SHOPPING BY MAIL, UNDER THE New
LAVA lady at Saratoga. says the New
York Express, sent las, week 10 fash.
ionable dealer in Broadway for lace col
lar, directing several to be forwarded by
mail, that she might select one. Half a
dozen were sent, from which one was Sc
iec,ed, and the others returned by the
same conveyance. The whole postage.
including that on the original order and
on the package returned, was 25 cents.
The Postmaster General, il is said, has
arrested Mr.. Hale, proprietor of one Of
the private Express Lines, to be prosecu.
ted for violation of the Pos, Office law.
Francis Thomas, Of Nd, has common.
ced proceedings, in the Frederick County
Court, sitting as Court Of Equity, for a
divorce.
HENRIETTA BLANCHARD.-We pub
iished statement the other day from a
New York paper, that Henrietta Blan-
chard, the young girl who shot her sedu,
Ger in the streets Of New Orleans, had
died in prison of grief. THIS turns out TO
be incorrect, as we find by the New Or.
leans papers OF 9th inst. that the witness
ess in the case we're discharged, and the
prosecution discontinued, on account OF
Pettiway having left the city. The Trop.
ic remarks that the public sympathy for
this i'll used and deserted woman was
such that the prosecution could not have
been successfully carried on; would have
led to no good results; and have aroused
storm of popular indignation that would
have been terrible TO the hearless and
unprincipled deceiyer.
The New York Express mentions the
case Of good hearted man, who put up
his horse on Monday, and walked observ.
ing that he could stand the heat better
than his horse, for he could dodge along
the side walks, in the shade.
To Cure CoUGH. editor Of the
Baltimore Farmer, says the best remedy
he ever tried in his family for a cough or
cold, is a decoction Of the leaves Of the
pine tree, sweetened with loaf sugar, TO
be freely drank warm when going to bed
a, night, and cold throughout the day.
COMPENSATION TO PosTMAsTERs.- In
consequence of the resignation OF a large
number OF deputy postmasters throughout
the country, on account OF the tHtilng
salaries they receive under the new law,
the Postmaster General has ordered that
the deputy postmasIers be paid, the ensu-
ing year. the same compensation which
they had received during the last year.
A sum. amounting to SIS, zoo. 900 having
been nppropri ated by Congress to meet
any defcienc y in the revenue Of the de-
partmen,.
HORRIBLE Story. The Brooklin Ad-
vertiser contsins long and horrid story,
the substance of which IS that one Ed
ward Ilgbee died about two weeks ago
at Waabout, OF cancer on the face, and
his widow refused 10 let the body be seen
by his relatives prior to the funeral -
Ahterward, suspicious circumstances arts.
ing, the body was disinterred on Friday
night and found TO be headless-ihe wild
ow substantially admitting that she had
sold the head 10 Doctor.
PRIVILEGES OF PosTMAsTERs. The
following extract from letter from The
Office OF the Postmaster General, under
date of July 10, is furnished by the New
York Tribune:
"WAen subscribers refuse to take Pam.
phlets or Newspapers from the office,
Posimasters are now, as heretofore, re-
quired to notify Editors, &C., and may
frank letters containing such notice. :"
TnE MORMON TEMPLE.-The last stone
of,he Mormon Temple at Nauyoo has been
laid, bat the interiors; no, yet completed