Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-08-20
News OF the Dav.
THE RArpoIrH NraRors u. !.

twas made 10 settle them in Shelby co., 's'
but. like the previous attempt in Mercer i N,
failed They were driven away hy vhrss,, I,
violence A writer in the Clncinua,i e.
states that Judge LEIGH has deiennineI y.
abandoning all further efforts to celoaize tbs,,
IN free State, and, as by the laws Of yirr,.
ia they cannot remain there over wear ~.
they were emancipafed, he has conclnleS :
send them to Liberia.--R Richmond Tina,
i The friends of the great apostle Of ,ep,..
snce, Mr.. GoroH, every where, will Be- ne,
ed to learn that he is dangerously II Il n.
town Of Liberty in Bedford County. VI
letter, dated al that place on the "a ms, :
WILLIAM REID, Esq. President Of The Ter
perance Society IN this city, says-sFrse,
COUGH is sick, and not expected to 1--we. n.
has hemorrhage and initiation OF the bowels
and is at times quite delirious His physir,.n
attends him hourly. We do hope he viii "a
cover; but Gods ways are not our WAYS ~.
.NoJolk Herald, ing. 10.
| Another star has been added to cur pIor;OB,
constellation, the Senate having ADMITTED r
consin into the Union. The sisierhood ms
numbers tweniy-nine. Little Iowa is prpr,
ring TO take her place at the family alter as h
thIrtleih.
The comptroller Of the State Of Texas h,
published an estimate o. the public AN
which, principal and interest, amounts d
above $l4 ,0o0, 900.
There is singular disease prevailing arpopr
the colored people OF the neighborhood q
Rockville, Md We have heard of sever
lately, who have taken i'll very suddenly
without any previous indication OF its an
proach. We have heard of no white peras,
being attacked. The disease is SAID to b
something similar to fit.
|, is stated in the Philadelphia papers that
the Girard Bank has RECOMMENDED business
and under favorable auspices The Sendns
states that all the debts OF the bank have been
paid, except two, which are in litigation, but
that ample funds remain in the hands OF the
trustees to pay them. SAMUEL. c. FoRD has
been elected President.
WONDERS OF WIscossrs.-We see il Sta.
ted in Wisconsin paper, that German frvm
the Mohawk valley in New York, who is 81
years old, was recently presented by his wife
with three children at one birth, two boys and
one girl. The wife is 20 years old, and has
had no children for 20 years previous. Their
residence, however, in the Territory beng
about two years, may account for this exta
ordipary birth! The father proposes calling
one Of the boys Oregon, and the other Texas
A few days since Ia PRESBYTERIAN Missoua
ries sailed from N. York: Z of them for Noah
ern India; 3 10 Siam, and to China, among the
latter was Rev. VIM. SPEER Of Pittsburgh
l W ho.,o ,ro,
possession an ear OF green corn, in the formed
a persons hand, one part representing The
wrist, the other resembling a thumb and four
fingers. This curiosity grew in the garden Of
Mr.. +. CHiIps, Of this city, who was kind
enough TO make US present of it, Rich. Rg,
| Twenty five years ago, SAM Housros, nov
one of the most remarkable men Of the age
was a house carpenter IN Nashville and TIA
teeming brain wove its bright and ambitious
fancies while his strong arm showed the Jack
plane-->aier. Dem.
A vessel at New York from Havre hs
brought out marble status of The late STEPH
EN- GIRARp, executed by GEvEcor, Parisiar
sculptor. 1t is intended, we presume, for th'
, Girard College, of Philadelphia.
DISEASE AMONG HoRsEs.--Every thing
connected with the health and safety Of this
noble animal IS important to the farmer as well
as the resident Of cities. Upwards Of 100
horses have recently died in Jamaica, L. l.,
with an unknown disease, which has now a.
tackled the mules. A farmer had one ofas
animals opened and examined. The bran
was filled with extravasated blood and wass
mass Of inflammation. The liver was inhsma
and gangrenous. The bowels dry and file
with wind. Altogether, the farmer is Of opa
ion that il is case OF rapid inflammation Of The
lungs aud kidneys. Those who are practlsed
in the veterinary art should examine those an
finals, and ascertain the disease and remedy
~ Y. Sun.
CANAL on FIRE.-In the warehouse recent
w burned al Geneva there were some two
hundred barrels of Alcohol, which run u
streams into the canal, and at one time th'
surface of il was covered for hundred feet o.
more with blue fame!
Died at Ramsgate, England, on Sunday
July IL, Mrs. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH ToNsA
well known in this country, as well as IN En-
gland, as the popular auihoress, under The Sc
nature of .'CHARLoTrE ELIzABETH." A pam
full and lingering disease has terminated heI
useful career, but the productions OF her gIiiea
mind will long remain to testify to her woha'
SUICIDE OF DEFAuLTEn.--On The lllp
inst, WIN. NJ PnIcE, formerly U. 5. District
Attorney for New York, committed suicide a.
a gymnasium in that city, by blowing out hs
brains with pistol. He was one OF VAsBV'
REN's heaviest defaulters.
Mr.. RoBT. NoELI, formerly proprietor q
the Charlottesville Advocate, has purchased%
Office of the Lexington (Va.) Gazette"
! DEArH OF BIsHop FENwIcK.-The kgh'
Rev. BENEDICT J. FENwIcK, Roman Caiho'
lie Bishop Of Boston, died about noon On
Tuesday, llth at his residence in Franklin s.,
in the 65th year of his age, and the 2lsi Oh ns
Episcopacy. He has been afflicted Tor some
time with disease of the heart and lyei,
which terminated in dropsy; and on Sunaa!
last his illness took the fatal turn which hs'
closed the worldly labors and suiierlngs Oh
learned and pious man, and most eminent pre-
late.
Col. r. PEYroS, brother OF Hon. BALE
PEYros, committed suicide recently IN sum
mer county, CTenn.,) by shooting himself, Dis
mind having been unsettled for several years
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