,5," 7 . ‘nu . .
Dzsasters occasimzctl by Me late Sttn-m.s-,
VVISS'l‘1-‘IELD, -July 30.
Is‘cmar.l-able 17¢’aa(l.——Oii Monday the 26th tilt.
the rain fell moderately during the greater part
of the afternoon, but not in sullicicnt quantity to
excite any apprelieiisioii Ofptltlnltlge. About SIX
P. M. two very heavy clouds, on-¢gfi'oin the south-
east and the other from the southwest. were driv-
en tow-.irds each other with great rapidity. They
ni,.j.-i:,,iie:ii~,(1liest_ci‘ Village, apparently with great
cdmmoi ion from conflicting it intls, and cniitiiitietl
their iiiozion nei'tliwai'dly. The atmosphere was
fitted ‘(rllll vapor, and the whole l‘iUllZt}ll was cov-
ered with a heavy black cloud. It was so dark.
that it was diilicu t to discern objects even at it
suiall distance. ‘:3-utltlenly the ‘ wiiido'.vs of liCtI‘.»'-
"‘e:3’ seemed to have been opened, and the rain fell
in such torrents, that in less ti‘.2‘.ll il\(‘. liours,
“Testtielci river rose at least 20 feet above its usu-
al ‘ncight; at low water. .The river cvct liuivcd its
banks with great rapidity and \'l()lCtt'CC-~:iWu€[)lfl§§
away every bridge, fence and building which op-
posed its cniretit.
Tliere Writ) tliree tlwe'lling l‘-.mt<:<s in this vi-
cinity, carrietl d wn the tlv-ct‘ Etliti destroyed.——
One tlicni lit~lr>ngt‘tl to ‘.Vni. Lititlsay, and was
l‘.Ei3i(lS0l‘.lt.i_’.' f=irz.—ist=c:':. llr. L. and litftilly were
in lied, when they were alarii.-..d lgvy the ivtiter
‘5ll(l(l€lll}‘ bui's:iii;._: in upon tl:—.,-=.ii. lie immedi-
atel-Y Cttl‘l‘lr'.'(l ills v.-i:'e tlirc-ugh the ‘.v.'.i'.t2l‘ out of
the i'cacli ofthe lion-‘l, while it was every moment
ht-coiiiitig more rapid anti powerful, llltll return-
ed to rescue hi: two children. ll: carrictl them
upon his shoulders.through a strongctirreiit ut=:-ir-
3y /;rcu.=.~z' /5.75‘/z, t‘.ll‘1l placczl them in safety,’ on the
lautl, at the very moinent his house, toppctlieijwitli
every article offuriiitu re and clotliirg, were swept
away in tliecui-rent, t’.l‘-fl tlesiiovctl.
I-jvc:y bridge. upon the cightli M-assztcliusctts
'l‘urnpikc, from llecltet to \Vestlicld, tlii'or.gli'
the whole clistziiitze of the turnpike, is entirel_y
swept away and (lC5i'tI‘O}:'.‘.’.x’l. M-.iuy high and ex-
pezisive walls erected for the support of the
higliwziy, were thrown down, the stones of which
ttlltl also tlie stone btttmciits to niany bridges, are
car:it-tl tttvziy and not I‘. vestige of tlicm to be
found.
The torrents of ivater from the adjoining
mount:-.ins, have cut the road into gnlphs and
cavities, so as to render it in many places wholly
iiiipaissahle. The rain embraced but a small ex-
tent of cotintry. lt was principally crinfiiietl to
the towns upon VVcstlieltl river and its branches,
viz: lllazifeivl, Becket, \Vashingtoii, Chester,
(.il1CSiCl‘ll€l(l, Midtlleiield, Norwicli, l‘.‘Iontgome-
ry, Russell and Vfestlieltl.
In these towns, most of the grist-mills, saw-
mills, factories and bridges were swept a-.vay.\_
The road which led from Blanford tlirotigl'i the
valley, by ll-.isting’s Mills, is utterly d-s-troyed.
This valley in avertige width abotit rods, is liter-
ally scooped. In several places, the torrent cut
the sidesof the iiiotuitains many rods from the
usual Ci‘i'.tllllt‘l of the 'va‘e: and et on sever al rods
fioni the road, lia‘.".ng; pe:'pe.n:licul;ti‘ l)‘.t-"l§S to the
liciglitli of 20 or 40 feet. in ’.’2‘.';'~.I‘." pairts of
Illarif-:.i'd,uot only lllCl.i'il\'L:ll:.tlll3ill,l)lliil1c whole
high“ '13.‘, has been (:."t‘.€:‘-‘C‘.l'.‘€l to the cleptli of l0
€‘.-'lLl 20 feet, and for .':ir.- (ilSl'£tl‘.C': of-1.’) to 50 rods.
ti-rezit (iai':i'.-age has l)‘L‘t;ll done to the crops in the
e't.i:;-‘e towns. Hay and fences were o’c-stmycd.
and in many places eonsirlei-able p::rticn'.= of ricl
anzl fertile ineatlnw land, were tl[l)'..'l' r".‘.'.ir'.)l_v
washed away, or materially 1ltjtit'c‘(l by the stories
and sand deposited upon them.
The damages sustained by \Ves:f;<;-lcl. in the
loss of fences, in the w_ashi1‘ig it\‘.';l)" of their soil,
or burying it with sand and rubbish, is en-tiniated
at from 6 to 53000. that of Blanforcl at $10,000,
that of Norwich at 532 300, and that of the Tutti-
pike corporation at $5000. '\'v'-c have heard no
estimate of the d:-images stistrtined in the ritlier
it)’s‘t'l'lS---i')‘.llL the amount must be very censider'.i-
l)le.~—-Garz. _
-The lO:.3 Sl.1!~‘l£llllt3(l by iiialiritliials in \Vest-
Sptiiiglieltl, by the flood, in the loss of land anti
the various kinds of crops, Ste. cannot be less than
3 or 4000;}.
R-ostoii and other papers give many melan-
choly tidings of the effects of liglitnings, rain,
-and tempest, from various parts.
In Gill, a i)':tl'Il of Mr. Eb-cnezer Cll’l])ll‘t ; and
a stack ofgiain belt-nging to Mr Mtiiin; in Scia-
uate, ti barn belotigirig to Mr. Bowker; and in
Elingliam, ti b=.trn belonging to M r. Dui-.ba:'. were
all struck vxith lightning on Stint_l:.:y and Iilontlaj;
last, and cotisumctl. They were tilled with hay
and grain. On the same days, Nlr. Jo/m Buying-
zon, jun. of Grecrifieltl, and It Mrs. Haskett, of
Salisbury, were killed by the lightninrr. A barn
was burnt in Leominster, another in 'l'owiiseiid,
by tlielightning, and three sheep killed out of a
flock reposing under a tree, in Dover, N. ll.
A Keene. H.) paper. says the wind, rain,
thunder, lightning and hail, was violent in that
and the neigliboring towns. In Sol t-van, [i‘.l'(_‘ti
barns, containing 37 tons of hay, one horse, a calf,
and various faianiiig utensils, were fired by light-
ning and consumed. A barn in Swanzey, one in
Townsend, and one in Mouiit Vernon, were also
burnt. ..
During the storm, the dwelling ofMr. Coomes
House, in Pembroke, was struck three Successive
times with lightning, which Cll\l(l’."(l the btiiltling
in two parts, and rentlered it neail_v a ruin. Mr.
Lu!/zer Hatc/2, of Biidgewater, who was passing
the house at the commenceinmt of the storm
with his team, and had entered to shelter himself
from its vi-;)lence,was killed, and M rs. H. and four
of her children were ‘struck to the floor, one of
whom is severely injured. - Sixty panes of glass
were broken by the shock, and the bricks and
fragments of timbers were scattered around the
room wherein the family were sitting. A child,
sitting on the floor, was literally environed in a
wall made by the ruins, and not injured 1
.‘’‘-t barn and out houses belonging to Mr. Kipp,
at liackeiisaclt, N. J. were recently destro; ed by
lightning.
Mr. Lev- is Holt. aged 36, was killed by light-
ning at Raleigh, N. C. in July. He was stand-
_"‘“ ing by the window with his nife and child, 0'0"
serving a cloud which had suddenly 1'Ose, ivlicn
a flash descended from it upon him, and he was
instantly deprived of existence.
At Fayetteville, N. C. 24 sheep ‘were killed
with lightning on the 3d inst.
A barn in Salem, and another in Iipscytowii,
Penn. were destroyed by liglimiiig on the 1st
inst. They were filled with hay and grain.
A New-Haven paper mentions that a barn be-
loiigiiig to M r. John Hart, of Guilford, was struck
by ligiitning ztl"(l consumed, together with one
cow,on the night of the 7th inst. ; a barn in \Va-
teibnry, belonging to Mr. Edward Perkins, spa,-.
ed the same fate; they were both fill:-d with bar
-._~.ii<l grain. ln Northford, a house owned by Geri.
lloatlley, esq. of New--l:laven ; and a lion.-:e of a
Ivlr. llrocket. in \Volcoit, were also struck and
much iiijtiiul by the liglitniiig. .
' ALBANY, August 13.
0“ SalU‘'(l=*Y Wchlnzrt we experienced a train-
<lCl' 510"”): Wlllch We Seldom have seen siirpassetl.
either from qtiuntity of rain, or the con«_,r-‘mi anfi
fearful explosioii of "elect:-ical fluid. ’l'o appear-
ance it extended over a wide range of country.
and caused much (laiiiage, as fires were oljscrvcicl
in three directions (ltll‘litg- its cominmntzc. pl't"l)t:'
bly barns struck by lightning. One (Jftligm._ ,1.
bout 4 miles cast, was tilled with hay and graiii.
A niaii by the name of‘ Moody was killed by light-
ning in Stillwater, and two others knocked down.
Two or three persons who were 1)I‘0st1‘ai_e(i in this
city, are recovering.—../rgus.
A young man was killed by lightning last wee];
at Coeynians ; and a young girl in an adjoining
room was much injured:-— Catrskill Rccara’:"r.
Pn1LADEI.rn1A, August 10.
. Tlm Prickly Heat.-—An Englishman arrived in
this city it few weeks ago,-and being very much
troubled witii the prickly heat, he went into his
bed roniii, and spuiigcd his body all over in some
viiiegar and cold water. The consequence was,
he \vas a corpse within five hours l l
Ice Pzmc/2.-—A few days since, two brotliers,
lrishmen, feeling thirsty, yet being fearful to
drink water, went into a tavern and drank a bowl
of ice Punch. They both expired in less tli-an
12 hours.
These facts are mentioned in the hope that they
may operate as cautions. To them we wank]
add that a citizen (lied a few days since, in con-
sequence of hating cat heartily of hot corn and
water melons. An indulgence of appetite at this
season, is peculiarly dangerous, unless it be un-
der the government of. experience.
ST. LOUIS, June 7.
flfilitzzry 1t'.*v/2edz'zio7z to (/26 U/2/2: r jlfissozzri.
The 6th regiment of infantry left Belle Fon-
taiiie on the 4-tliiirist. iii the steam boats Expedi-
tion, Jolinson, antl‘~Jei’fe_rson. and a number of keel
boats and barges, furnished with sails, wheels and
0:.ll'S.' \ ‘
No doizbt is entertained upon the capacity (if
the expedition to reach the Council llltiffs initlie
month of August. The whole will winter the.~:.-1,
'.1l‘l(l will erect a pei'niu:'ie::t wo-:§t,_i.n ho ‘g_‘»-.11».-3‘,-..,»,._;,,._
ed by the 5th.
the Rifle will proceed to the Manrlan Villages.
Some doubt is entertained upon the success of
two of the steam boats : but it is believed that
rneasures have been taken‘ to prevent the lost,
from liziviiig any effect upon the progress of the
cxpttiitiori. ’
Thus the nublic have at length the satisfaction
to see fairly I ked this interesting expedition,
on the sttccctfiof which depends the accomplish-
ment of such ighty objects for the American
people-——t/zu (ra ‘_i‘fi:7‘ of:/is /in‘ trade from UK’
Ifnglit.-/1 /0 //ze .117 rican.9——//ue 'z'7zc.'i'on Brit-
{.1/1z‘7{fl;-.'cz:cn anzo7zg>§Qer:c.'172 I1za’z:m.°.-—and 1/2: 0-
/2enz'nL»;r 0_/' rz dirrct i /c'rcom'.s-:3 702'.//1 Izzdia /23/1/zc
Ca!zm.v[2-‘cz and 1Wz'.s'scur2 izrfvflts.
The iirime of Yellow has been attaclietl
to this expedition, perbap3;witiiout much propri-
ety. The Council llltill's\~Rxitl the Mztiitlziii Villa-
ges are the only points indi . ed for military es-
tablishments. The f.')t'n:cr are but 650 miles zi-
bmc St. Louis, the latter 1600. They are both
in what is called the Upper i'i.l.‘iSOl.lll. Tl‘.lri'.(llr.~‘«-
tinction takes place from the mouth of the river
Platte. The Missouri from tiience undergoes a
more sensible cliange. its course is more direct-
ly north, less obstructed with sawyers, and every
way better adapted to nzivigation. The face of
the (‘.!"t‘lll[l‘_\_' also undergoes it change. \Voodlan<’.
is more seldom seen ; vast and level plains, cov-
ered with grass, stretch before the eye; and the
winds blow in steady gales and breezes as upon
the ocean. The aspect of the heavens likewise
announces the opening of a new region. The
sky assumes a deeper blue; the sun shines with
a brilliancy unknown further south ; and the pn-
rity and transparency of the atmosphere gives a
new flow to the spirits, and new powers to the vis-
ion. ‘ The navigators of the Missotiii regard
the mouth of the Platte as sailors do the equinuc.-,
All who had not passetl in before were i
tial line.
reqti'n-etl to be shaved unless they could compro-
mise for a treat. From this point the traders on-
ter what they call The Upper Missouri.’ (131’ack-
22:2-irlgc.
The mouth of the Platte is 600 milesabove
St. Louis.-. ‘
July 14.--Ofthe five steam boats prepared for
the military expedition, only three have attempt-
ed to ascend the Missouri. The Calhoun was
unable to stem the Mississippi, and the Exchange
returned to get some repairs. The part of the
t:};pt'(llll(m that embarked in keel boats, ‘passed
St. Cliarlcs on Tuesday. and probably gained 40
miles of the ‘-steam-fleet’ by the end of the week.
Col. Chambers with a battalion of the rifle re-
giment, passed Boon’s Lick, all safe on the 4th of
July, 200 miles ahead of the steam boats.
1'.‘x/zcditzo7z to me Falls of SI. ..!nt/zany.
A second detachment of the 5th regiment, left
Belle l"ontaiiie on the 5th inst. in keel boats. to
ascend the Mississippi to the milita_t‘y post about
to be estublislicd at the moutli of the river St.
Peters, which enters the Mississippi at the Falls
of St. Anthony.
1'7‘<'J.-‘I1 Me . G_corgcta-wn 31".-s.sc2:gc7'.
It is with mingled feelii/igs of pride and pleas-
ure, tbat I hand to you for publication, the follow-‘
iiig little anecdote, commuziicaied to me by one
of our distinguished naval ofiicers,just arrived
from the Mediterraneaii.
\-Vlicn the l"ranklin 74, was lying off Naples,
the Emperor and Empress of Austria, and the
I~.i_ng of Naples, expressed a desire to visit the
ship, and were accordingly received on an ap-
pointed day, \\l[l1 all the honors due to their ex-
vltfitl Stations. A royal salute was fired, the
yards maniietl, and the lioatswains piped their
ma_]t-:Stlt:S on board one of the finest ships in the
world. Nothing was spared by her gallant com-
mander to render the visit of his imperial and
RU)“-tl guestsagreeable; and they expressed in
the most undisguiscd manner the pleasure they
felt at their reception, and their aniazemviit at a
i sctne which» to their Imperial Majesties espe-
cially, was so entirely non,-1. .
An unfortunate accident, however, interrupted
l ill“ P‘l*3's‘-‘3l"'€S of the day. The chamberlain of
the Empress fell down the main liatcliivay, and
broke his leg, which, however, was immctliately
On the opening’ of the f'.'[)l‘ll‘.,’,‘_‘,,
set in the most skilful and satisfactory manner,
I by the _surgeon of the ship, Dr. Salter. This rm.
; lortuiiatc event, ofcourse, caused ll good deal of
. :'.ll‘lXlCly, and astlie clianiberlain.was placed on a
I litter, their 11‘|3_](:'Sl.l€S accompanied him on shore.
lhe next day the Emperor sent Dr.,Salter a
purse containing 100 doubloons, ($l_500).wliicli,
however‘, was promptly returned byitliat gentle-
meii, with a note stating his reasons for so doing,
which were simply, that ‘ he was an American
ollit:ei', and had done nothing but his duty.’
The astonishment of the Emperor at this un-
locked for return, was excessive; but he could
not but openly express his a(l,}])ll‘all0n of the in-
depercleiice of cliaracterdisplayed by the Amer-
ican surgeon. llis courtiers however were thun-
.derstruck.-—-—‘,'l‘o return the present of an em-
peror. Saiite Maria! and 100 donbloons too l—
And they held up their hands in admiration of an
act which they had never heard of before, and
which they felt they could not imitate.
It is by such acts as these that we may expect
our national character to be established abroad--—
A naval victory may make us feared——but this
moral victory, if so I may term it, must make us
respected and esteemed ; and cannot fail to shed
additional lustre on the rising glory of our navy;
--—-1:--:::--n:——
FOREICN APtTICLES.
From the Cork Mc1'cantile C/n-onz'ct’e, June 17.
FR/tNcE.—--'l'lie Quotendiemie asserts that all
the English officers now at Paris have received
orders to return to England. Different reasons
are given for this order-—s0me attribute it to the
necessity of sending otit troops to the Cape of
Good Hope-—others to the necessity of comple-
ting the regiments in Canada, owing to serious
difficulties which have arisen between the Cabi-
nets of St. James’ and VVashington. Among
other rumors of trouble, probably quite as well
founded, it is said that a marked coldness has a-
risen between the Cabinets of Berlin and St. Pe-
tcrsburgb, which promises to end in the forma-
-tion of a close alliance between Austria, Prussia
‘and England.
I Several parts of France liave been devastated
by tremendous storms. In one place 85 houses
5- have been destroyed by liglitnirig. On the 21st
tilt. at tempest, accompanied with haihthunder and
lightning, ravaged upwards of 50 communes.-
llut a still more dreadful scourge threatens to
destroy the harvest of the whole department of
Arles, which held forth the greatest promise.—-
Hosts of locusts appeared on a sudden, and cov-
eretl the land. The inliabitants went out imme-
diately to protect their fields, but though they col-
lected as much as 57 quintals of these devourers
every day, the number did not seem decreased.
They were as yet small, but their devastatioris
were most alarming, and it was apppeliended the
heat would enlarge both their size and numbers.
They had only attacked the grass, but the corn
was expected to fall next a prey to their rapaci-
ty. , .
PARIS, June 12.—At Hamburg, Altona, and
their environs, there are more than 800 "German
emigrants waiting an opportunity of ellll).'tl'l{ll”lg
for Brazil : their numbers are daily increasing.
M1-;i~."rz,.ltiue 6th.--—From the l7tli April to the
end of May, the number of emigrants to Amer-
ica, who have passed by our city,down the Rhine,
is 1162, viz: 315 men, 262 women, and .585 chil-
tlren ; 685 of whom were from W'irtembui-gh,
called Separatists. There was one man’ 64 years
of age with his wife and 14- children.
Accounts were received yesterday that the
Carlisle weavers, amounting to not less than
2000, have ‘returned to their employment, after
having diminished their demands 1.5‘ a cut.
-———-u:z--‘.Z:--m-—--
BANK NOTE EXCHANGE.
Jf£xt1'actctl_/i-07:: the Ncw- York S/zecmtotr, ./i’u__q'. 2.
crrr or NI-;\V-YORK, 8: NEW-YORK srzvre NOTES.
l\’ew-York city notes par, 3arl:.er’s Exchange
l;~ank, 25 a 26 pr ct dis; banks of Albany
'i‘i-oyffvlohaivlt bank ofSclicnectady,Lansiiigburg
and 'Newbui'gh, par; Orange county notes, and
Middle District, 1-2 per ct dis. ; Catskill, Colum-
bia bank at l‘lU(lS0l'| and Columbia Receivables,l 5
Utica bank, 2 ; Utica branch at Canandaigua and
Auburn bank, 2 1-2 a 3 ; Central bank at Cherry
Valley-,::8 ; Utica Insurance company, 10; Plants-
btirgb notes 6 a 7 ; VVasliington and \Varren, 25 ;
Ontario bank at Canandaigua, do. at Utica, 20 .;
Bank of Geneva, 1 1-4 ; Cheuango bank, 30a 40;
Jefferson county bank, uncertain ; Aqueduct As-
sociation at Catskill, 37 ; Hudson bank, 60 ; Hud-
son Receivables, and Bank of Niagara, no sales.
NEW-JERSEY NOTES.
Jersey batik, banks in Newark and in New-
Brunswick, State banks at Elizabethtown, Patter-
son and Morris'town, Sussex bank, and Trenton
Iiisurance company, par; State bank at Trenton,
Farmer-’s bank at Mount I-lolly, and Cumberland
i
I
1:.
bank, 2 a 3 pr ct dis ; state bank at Camden, 1.
(.'onnectz'cut 110tcs.——Bl‘l(lgep0I‘l bank, par ; all
others, unless payable in N. York, 1 pr ct dis.
R/zorlc Is-lan(z'7:0tc’8, 2 pr ct. dis.
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’ NORWALK GAZETTE.
WED.lV"ESD.3I’, ./IUGUST 18, 1s1g_
‘ Cansec2‘ra.'z'on.——On 'Wednesday last, St. 3131.
ihew’s Church in -‘\Vilton' was consecrated by the
Rt_. Rev. llishop llobart, assisted by several of the’
neightioruig Clergy. Prayers were read by the
Rev. Mr. Baldwin of Stratford ; the sentence of
COHSGCPI-ltloh by the Rev. Mr. Shelton of Bridge-
poit; after which, an eloquent, appropriate, and
impressive sermon was delivered by the bishop
to a numerous and attentive COllgl'eg';tl_i()n_
The President of the United States has return.
ed to’ V‘Vashington‘froui his southern and western
tour, in good bealtli.
The VVa-shington City Gazette states that a‘
cabinet meeting was held on Monday at the Pres-
ident’s house, at which all the members were pre-
sent, viz. the President, Secretary of Suite, Sec.
retary of the Treasury, Secretary of VVar, Sec-
retary of the navy, and Argo,-my (;e,,e,.a]_ The
subject of the dispatches from Madrid was said
to be the principal object under consideration.
it was reported at \Vashington that the l-for.
net is ordered to sail fortliwith for Cadiz, with‘
dispatches for Mr. Forsytb.
May 25, suys——‘A sometlimg must happen in
cannot but conclude that a ‘war is near at /Inna’.
The ship United States, arrived at Baltimore
on Saturday last, in 48 days from Amsterdam.
with 254 passengers. , '
Two_of the gang of pirates,” who plundered
the Briiisli biig Ann, and miirdered part of her
crew, have been taken in Cliarlestoii and confin-
Cd ; and two more at Savannali.
piivateering vessel, under many names, car-
rymg the flag of Artigas and others, command-
ed by a villain named ./ll-uara, among other acts
of supreme rascality,‘lately captured a Portu-
guese brig mounting 6 twelve pouiiders, with,-,
crew of twelve men, and fifteen passengers, the
latter cliielly ‘women. After a variety of usage
disgraceful to the human character, they forced
the men and the passengers into an open boat,-
and then set them adrift orrtlie wide ocean, with
a very small stock of provisions, and at a l'nOn)¢-_-nt
before a tremendous gale came on, which it was
evident was approaching l——JVz'le.s’ Register.
Com. Perry was cruising to the windvraidcf
Baibadoes in July, in quest of some pirates, of-
wliom he had received information. ,
The arrival cf the Macedonian in the Pacific,
caused much admiration and wonder. Nearly
60 whale ships are in the Pacific, which were un-
protected till her arrival ; some depredations had
been committed, which will now be checked.
Gen. San Martin is -said to have an army of
about 10,000 men near '\’altr.ii‘aiso, ready lot’ ac-
tive operations.
Accouuts from Laguira mention that Barcelo-
na had been captured by Admiral Brion.
It appears by a letter from Port-au-Priiice, that
place, and that he intended to retake _PCt'l.\')"B.(eH() ;
which place it 1'£‘.p!'£S(:]}'.S he lost in cort.seqiiep,cr-3
in.stzbordinatioii of his troops. l\'IcCregoi’s gun
brig had been (lrivt-ti ashore in a gale at Port-au-
Prince and lost.
A mad dog has been killed at Savannali, Lift,-_;;*
liaviiig bit a horse and several dogs.
flielaziclzoly c-ucnt.--011 Sattirday lass, Mr.
Young and his two Cllll(ll'('.l‘l, living in New Balti-
more, weie poisoned in conseqtience of (llllll‘l_t!j
upon a \(:gBl‘dl)lt', vulgarly calletl toad-stool,a kiml
of fungus that resembles the mushroc-iii, which
the children had gatlicrccl instead ~c-f_tliis izittcr
vegetable. The children died in L1 few horns al-
ter eating. Hopes are entertainedof Ivlr.Young’s'
recovery.
Execution.-—Tlie wretched Foster was execu-
ted at Delhi.‘on the 6th inst. lle asserted with
tlie-rue-st horrid protestatioiis.his innocence of the
crime of poisoning his wife; but declared that
he ineiitt-d death for other crimes. He was 60
years of age, and a rare instance of hardened de--
pravity.— Catskill Recon/c7‘.
\V'e are informed that one day last week, Mr.
Backus of Colchester, /«flied /zimsr.-lf,.becausc his
wife would not kill lzerself: in other words, his
wife, it is said, in a fit of jealousy, used him rath-
er rouglily (with stones and clubs) which indu-
would; but the woman chose to stay the full time‘
of I’robatiomwliereupon the husband took a quan-
tity of laudanum which carried himself quite
oii'.—JVc7u-Landon Advocate. -
Useful Dog.—On Tuesday, the third instant-,
the attention of otir citizens was drawn to a-
novel mode of conveyance. A strange black
man came riding through the village with con-
siderable velocity, in a small Waggon clrawh by
middle size dog. On a close exaniination, the
man was discovered to liavc entirely lost the tiso
of his legs. He had travelled in this mode from
Dutcliess county. He had a trunk in the waggon
and a box attached to the binder part, contaiiiing A
light articles of merchandize which he offered
for sale along the road. The dog was perfecil.y"
manageable without lines, and (by a little aS:lsi-
ance of the black man with a cane in each band)
would draw liiin tip the steepest hills._ '
Gas/ten Pali'ib.'.
F-raz1:t’sz'n t’2f)(lC‘CO.———Tll(: inspector of Tobacco'.
from four to seven inches thick, of green oak,and
slaves from one and a bull‘ to two inches thick—
the heading of one lilidaveiglicd 194 lbs.
The General Grand Chapter of Royal A reli-
Masons, for the United States, will hold their
Septennial meeting at Tammany-Hall,in the city
of New-York, on 'i‘liiirscl-ay the 9th day of Sep-
tember next. '
A surgeon, and priest, and two or three domes-
tics, are to be sent from England to attend on.
Bonaparte at St. I-leleiia.
A letter writer from Rotterdam, under (late of.
l;uropc——and from the preparations making, we
It-icfiregor had about 400 Englisli troops at that-
ced him to declare that she must quit or lie"
at New-Orleans, states, that on inspecting a lot -
ofTobacco,he found eleven liofrslieads with beads .
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of the treachery of one of l.-is oi-‘ficg.-,r-5; and ,1,e'i. ‘
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