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,capedJ
A murdcrlof the ‘most éltrocious charac-
er-was committed at the village of Greene-j
vil‘le,’in this town, on Friday evening last.‘
Anion by .-the name of David Sherman,
w'ell-1‘kiiow"n for his “‘interii‘pérate habits and
abuse of his family, *on the morning oftliat
day sharpened-his axe, saying that he was
going out to chop wood-—after a short ab-
sence he returiied'and"'said that he ‘had’
changed his mind and believed that ' he
wouldliavealrigli. Hisaxe was laid a-
side, and most of the day spent in frequent
visits to .a barrel of cider, which he had in
his cellar. Towards night he became noi-
sy, and it is supposedatliat his wife expos-
' tulated with ‘claim upon his ‘conduct, ‘as she
had sometimes told him that she could not '
longer remain with him unless he behaved
better, and doubtless it‘ was her remou-
strances .that roused all his evil passions
and prompted him to-take her life. She
also refused to let him have money, well
knowing the manner inwhich he would
abuse it. She was sitting in a chair’wit»h a
child about sixteen months old in her arms,
when liezapproaclied and struck her with
the edge of an axe with such force as com-
pletely to split her lieadopen between” her
eyes and down the nose, hitting the child in
her lap with the same blow, and severing
the entire scalp from its head, so tliat- it
hung off upon one side. Several‘ children
who were in the room ran out and cried for
help, and a woman from afamily in another
part of the house, coming in to see what
was the cause of the disturbance, was forc-
ed to flee for h_er life-—thc monster aiming
a blow -at her which she very narrowly es-
A childfrom a window called to a
youngman passing by, who went in, and
saw Sherman strike his wife, then prostrate
on the -floor, two or three blows'‘witli'‘the
' back of his axe.——On enquiring “what are
you about,” he received for reply ‘—‘-none ‘of
your business,” and being unarmed he went
out to procure assistance-in the mean time
the murderer went to an adjoiningroom and
put his axe into his closet. .By the time‘
three or four persons: could be :collected it
was duslsgand on entering the house they
perceive something in one corner of the
room, covered with anold carpet‘, on remov-
ing -which the woman and child were seen,
the. former —:exhibitin some *fa‘iut«-signs of
life, and an attempt alas made toraise her
up-—but before candles were procured she
ceased to breathe. During this time Sher-
man came from another-part of the house
and attempted to pass out through the room
were the bodies were, when he was seized
and bound with a cord.‘ ‘ He made a little
resistance at first, -but soon yielded, saying
“he had done it, and was ready to. die."
On being asked what he had killed his wife
for, he said she had_ aggravated him to do
it.—Slie had taken the children’s wages,
and refused to let liim"liav'e money to paya
bill for meat. He requestedto see the ho-
dies before he was taken to jail, ‘and after
looking at them, said he did not mean to
kill the child, and was sorry for it. The
wounds upon the deceased were principally
upon their heads, which were most shock-.
iugly mangled and broken to pieces. , It is
supposed that the child did not receive but
two blows—one with the edge, the other
with the back of the axe -the last of which
broke the skull in two places, producing
ttpigtiriteipnegll C0l‘l)l1ttCl' fra]ctur1c.—I_t,s_trug-
g 4 . _w 1! e, it met ica assis ance,
wliiclrwas very promptly given, was on-_
tirely in vain, and itidied about ll‘). o’clock,
iiiftbe night. By this ‘act of an‘ unfeeling
father at large family 0f,Cllll(ll'Ct_i are cast
destitute upon the world._- . V
_ Sherman was brought bcforca court of
exaniiiiatioiroii Saturdayniorniug, and fully
committed to take his trial attlieinext ses-
sionofthe Superior Court, _which , will be
held at New London in Scpteinber. The
bodies of‘ his wifeaud child, were interred
on~Sunday 'moriiing'—“follo\v_ed to the grave
by_a very large concourse, probably not less
than fifte_cn_h:u,ndred persons.—-—'Narwz'c,/i pa.
_ _aS'ara.7t 1l:Iaria,C'orncll.—YVe gather from
the Hartford Daily Review the following
particttlarsiof the early history of; this un-
fortunate girl, who, _.it will be rccollectcd
was the supposed victim of E. K. Avery.
She was a descendant in the ,matcrnal_ line
of one of themes: opulent and repeatable
families of Connecticut, and was the (laugh-
ter and youngest child of James and Lucre-
‘ tia Cornell, of Providence, R. I. Her father
was a" journeyman paper maker in the cm-
-ploy of» her grandfather who resided in Nor.
wich, and was clandcstinely married to her
motlierrwithout the consent ofthe lady.’s pai-
rents. In consequence of this connexion,
the mother of Sarah wastexclutled from the
-family. of her father, and partially from his
bounty.’ Before the birth iof Sarah, Mr-.
.-Cornell separated himself from his family,
and lefttlierri dependent for support upon
their exertions andwthe charity of friends.
-The-family wasdlicrcfore divided-and scat-l
tercd,.an._d Sarah -became destitute of pa-
rental 3care“--and'iustruction.——In the year,
1823, the town in .'which..Sar_ah resided-was
-visited byta revival-of religion, and she be-.
.cameVa~.profcssed subject of the work, but
unfortunately», her‘ naturally ardent temper.-
-ainent was wro'uglit..,up;to.a' degree -border.-i
.ing on frenzy, and she wandered from the-
.plain and simple precepts of the gospel into
.the mazy, rcgious..of.l2uiaticism.. . It is sup-
‘posedthat in, this state, of feeling, destitute
as she was proper_ education and-fixed
-liabits, _sheb_ccame an easy preytotlie. vi-
cious and.a_bandone_d_ ;, from that time it is
supposed, li_er.aberr.it._ions. fro_rn'» virtue»and
honor, _.werc C0n_tltIlled—,-lllO.ugll_ she no
doubt,ofte,,n__ resolved to. mend her. ways—.-
as she was several ._tiinc_s,,,adinittcd into the
i.t‘«l,1,l'II'cl1-,—,but slie,as,.,.oftcn,, fell.,back t,o,hcr
iviccis. The last act in her mad _C!ll'80!';}_VflS
at Full River,-,tlie___place ot';liei'.dcatli.. ‘It is
said tliat,;i,ti,tlie ageof -sixteeii she was unu-
sually fzi,sci_riatiiig,L,., , She. was of middling
stature, ,of dark complexion, , dark ,,li;.tzel
,-._eyt:.s,_and black hair, ,,l_n her manner she
..was easy and u‘nussuir_iiiig,_unil familiar, per-
llf,IpS [Op 8 ftlllltt. , the '[|)t;|'i()j_l just ljcfope
;her death it,is said she miglitlbe called a‘{‘;1.'
:‘:l_.3.»‘l;—.l-’¢3li‘l)"’,l . ,H9l.' fills-‘0_lIite 'i_fe,_ and‘ expo-
sure, to the world had preyod, |”)r;|'i her
health and liliglitcd lier clmrms. Her me-
lan,ch_,oly fate, _\_V_'lAl,t?lllf.‘,l'l she died by her. own
hands or those of another, should‘ he, an
toniiiliavvk.
you by the hand.
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-' ,.:2,,. .;-.:..-}<!.=—>s:i '1-Kvi.'?J-v.‘ .x§T5ito£*"‘
awfiil.warniiigi{to the youth and inexperi-
eiicedlof herisex, to beware of the first false
step, and cautious how they.sufi'er a’ heated
imagination in nia_tters of the world or of
religion to get tlie" sway over substantial
piety or cool andlcalculaiiug reason. ’
The President and the 1ndimzs.—-The
editor of the Baltimore _.R(?pl,ll)llCt1tl' has
been obligingly"favored with a copy of the
following parting 'uddr'ess ‘of the President
of the United States,’ delivered yesterday
morning, to which the prophet made a re-
ply, a copy of which follows the address.
Black Hawk- and his party were ‘intro-
duced _ to the President, ‘ Wilt)" addressed
theiin ‘as follows :" - ‘ ‘ A = '» '
My cliildren——VViien I saw you in VVnsli-
ingt_oii,_I told you 'tli'nt you had behaved very
badly,'in r'a'ising the toinaliau-‘k a_«'_rain_st the
white people, and l-zillinginen, women and
children upon the frontier. Your conduct
lalstlyéar conipellcil me to "send my warriors
against you, audiyour people were defeated,
with’ great loss, and your men sui'i'ouiide(l,
to be kt-pt'ui"i‘til l SliQUlll'l)0 sati:-sfied that you
would not tryto do any more ‘injury. I
told youI would enquire wlietlicryour peo-
ple wished you" would i'etui‘ii,‘aiiLl if there
woultl be any danger to the frontier. Gen.
Clark and Gcn.:Atkinson, whom you know,
have informed me lllt1t‘Sllf:Cl{til{, your‘pri::-
cipalcliief, and tliercst of your people, are
anxious you should return,and Keokah has
asked me to send you ‘back.’ Yourchiefs
lravepledged themselves for ‘your con‘duct,
and'l have given directions that you should
be taken to y_,ou‘r own country. " " ’
duct you through some of our towns. iYou
will see the strength of the’ white people.
You will see that our young men are as
numerous as the leaves in the woods‘. ‘What
can you do against us’! You may kill a
few women and children, but such a force
stroy your whole tribe. "Let the red men
hunt and takc‘carc of their families, but I
hope tliey ‘will not again raise their hands
againsttlieir white" breth'ren.: “’e do not
wish to injure you.‘ VVc desire your pros-
perity and ‘improvement. But if you again
pl‘u‘n‘ge your knives into 'the breasts of our
people, I shall send a force which" will so-
verely punish you for all your crueltics.
- \Vhen you go back, listen to the counsels
of Keokah, and the other friendly chiefs.
Bury the tomahawk, and live in peace‘ with
the frontiers. And I pray ‘the Great Spi-
rit to give you a smooth path and fair sky
to return. '
'l‘o this theProphet and theothers answered.
‘My Father-—My ears are open to your
words. I am gladlto hear them. 1 am
glad t0"g0 back to my peoplc. I want to
see my family. I did not behave well last
summer. I ought not to have taken up the
Butiny people have sufi'¢_-red a
\Vlien I ‘ get back, I will re-
I won’t go to war a-'
I shall hold
great deal.
in'emb_er your words.
gain. I willlive in peace.
, Rev. Mr. Az:cry.—-Tlic closing scene of
this reinarkablc trial, is said by those who
witnessed it, to possess surpassing interest.
After the courtliad reassembled to receive
the verdict,an interval occurred of ten or
fifteen minutes, on account of the absence
of the prisoners counsel ; and altlioiigli the
court-house was crowded to its utmost ca-
pacity, the '_a_uilicucc preserved a profound
silo-nce,aud’all were fixed in a gaze of eager
and intense curiosity. Mr. Avery himself,
says the Editor ofithe Boston Advocate,
“during tliistrying moment of suspeiice an'd
uncertainty, when his life or death hung on
the breath of the Jury, maintained the same
steadiness of nerve, and immobility ofcoun-
tenance, wliiclfhave so remarkably distin-
guishcd him throughout the whole trial.——
The wonder is, that innocent or guilty, he
has liccn able tosufstain this awful ‘pressure
with such fortitude aad equauimity. At
one period, when the Attorney General was
miiiutcly describing in‘ tlirillinglanguagc
the probable mode in which the fatal deed
wasdonc, the prisoner fixed his large eyes
upon him, and scarcely moved them. till the
fearful picture was finished.” .
:" After the verdict was recorded, and the
Attoriiey General observed as a matter of
course, the defendant was now entirely dis"-
cliarged, he became suddenly but slightly
afl'ected,_ and a tezir started ‘to his ’cyc.——
Ilc passed his right lizind dclibcratly under
his, glasses, and held-it over his eyes for a
moment, and in tlienext, with great coni-
posiire, rcc'c'iv'cd the congratulations of his
friends‘ who wcrcypi'cs‘ent. ' ‘ ' A
It is stated ‘inthe Boston Atlas, on the
authority of one of the Jury, that tcnoiit‘ of
twelve found no difliculty in-coining to a
vcrdicteof not guilty; the other two’ were
opposed to it for some time, all the Jury ex-
cept these two, were citizens of Newport.
-on the question of suicide, it is understood
the Jury were divided about equally in their
opinions; buton the ge_neralquestion of his
iguilt,they stood as above related,—CumAa'v.
Red. Ilfr. .r‘l’vc2'_:/’.——\Ve learn :(says "the.
P.rovidcuce Journal of'l‘,hursday) that when
M,r..Avcry arrived at Bristol on Sunday, in
a , sloop, from,.Ncwport, the Mctliodist
Meeting in that town had just clo:-ed» ,No
one ..of_ his friends, liadiliearrl of his acquit-
.-tal,‘ and inany had serious ,doubts,as___to the
final result—tlie ,last,_,. intelligence received’
having been, that ten oftbe .lui'y were, on-
their first leaving the court room, against
his innoccnce_.,’ This intelligence liadbeeii
co_nv.eycd to Mrs. -Av,cry.—_-,—VVliilc, some of
his friends were discussing his ,pro,bul,)lc
fate, as they were (walking along, one "ex-
claimed to thcothcr, as asloop pcai'ed tl_i_e
_wliarf, “Tliere is.brothcrAvery now l” and
sure. cnough,.l_ie stood in the companion
wa,y.,,,bowing to, his frie.,nd's‘.. The, news
sprcad——,-fric.nds._flockcd ,ro'und, him from’
eyery qiiai't__ei_'-_:-,a_iid before _hc l'(3,Zl'.cll,(§l._l his
house, he was _siiri'oiiiided by crowds of_his
breathrcn and ,acqua_intauces.__ The first.
news which his wife heard of his arrival,
was brought by her lll|SlH1p(l himself, he
opciu.-tl the do,ur,'witli a welcoming throng
behind .l|llTl,, and ,{lllllOlll'lQc(l his escape
from thethrnll. The shock, a friend in-
forms iisi, was too great for his _lady——ant|
she’ sank into it swoon on the flow‘: from
which ‘some time clasped l)ofLtt‘<‘ tilts: 1'<7r!’_0V-.
crud.——-L’esto_7z._ .'l'r(znsrr1'pt. " '
4. i-‘-‘til.-":2. .
Major Gtirlnnd, whole with you, will con- ;
will be soon sent against you, as wouldde-‘ .
The ’corr'esponde"nt of the Philadelphia
Gazette gives the following account of the
closing of the trial of Clough.
The jury have pronounced Cloughto be
Gztilly, and I am sure a verdict was never
returned in more complete accordance with
public opinion. At twelve to day cliiefjus-
tice Hornblower delivered his charge to the
jury, about two the ringing of the court
house bell announced that the jur-y
were ready to come in with their ver-
dict. The rush to obtain seats was really
dreadful; the ladies‘ continued to attend
even‘ to the close, in as great numbers‘ as
ever.‘ ‘Silencer being called, the foreman
pronounced‘ the anticipated word tvliicli
sealedtlie fate ofthe culprit; a murmur ran
thi'ough‘the ‘vast concourse that thronged
the building; I tiii'ned my eyestowards
(/‘laugh, but his countenance. showed no.
cliange whatevei'—his iiifiexilile features
gavc*'no evidence ofliislieiiig the‘ least in-
terested in the result. His council remain-
ing silent, the cheif ‘justice ,dei'na'nded of
tlie‘priso‘iier ifhc had"an_y thing to say why
the sentence ofdeath should" not be passed
upon him. Clongh made no reply, wlicre-
r.-.itin'g' the proniincnt parts of the testimony,
when licwas‘iiiteri‘upted by Clougli, who
coinmcnccd an attack upon all the evidence
both for andagainst h'im. He said that he
disclaimed every plea of insauity—that he
stabbed Mrs. llainilton deliberately, know-
ingwhat he did; that he intended to kill
her, but after he had stabbed her the first
three’or four times, he lost all recollection
ofwhat he was doing. ‘
He t-hen paused, and the Judge continu-
ed. Clough again interrupted him, and
commenced an appeal to the mercy of the
Several ladies fainted away and were car-
ried out of court, and it was not until near
five o’clock, that the sentence was finished.
Clough was rccommitted to prison, where
he is so closely ironed as to place the com-
mission of suicide entirely out of his power,
as some fears had been intcrtained that he
would make away with himself, in case of
‘being found guilty.
ARRIVAL OF ,THE PRESIDENT.
Agreeably to the information received
from the committee of Councils, which had
proceeded to Philadelphia to announce the
intended movements of the President, as
published in our paper of yesterday, the
Cliiefillagistrate of the United States, with
his suite, (consisting of the Hon. Louis
h'l’L-aue, Secretary of State, the Hon. Lew-
is Cass, Secretary of VVar, and Major Don-
elson his private Secretary) reached here
yesterday afternoon.
At an early hour, every motion through-
out tlic city gave a token of an approaching
gala—-—detached companies of military were
forming at their respective bcats—flags
were floating in gayand and streaming
splendour from the mast heads of the sliip-
ping, from the windows, and from the roofs
of all the hotels and public establishments
—thc Sunday clad artizan and sleek urchin
with their holiday faces of smiles, were
tbronging the streets, ‘and winding their
way, from every direction, to the Battery
and Castle Garden.
By twelve o’clocl<,the military had as-
sembled on the Battery, which, until four,
continued to receive the streams that poured
in, consisting of all denominations of our
citizcns—the young and the old-the father
and the son—the matronly lady and the
bonnie lassie, until the entire area was lit-
erally stowcrl with the multitude; while
Castle‘Gardcn displayed its turrets, crowded
with a no less dense assemblage. The wa-
ters ofthe bay and harbor, ‘upon all sides
were covered with various descriptions of
vessels, from the small fragile shallop to the
tall and stately ship, which, besides the va-
riouspcndants and ensiguia of their own
country, were in many instanccs,dressed out
with the flags ofall nations, and with their
private signals, until the very air was robcd
in colours of the most brilliant and variega-
ted hucs. B
As the hour approached for the arrival of
the President, the boats were plying in cv-
cry direction throughout our capacious bay,
and wlicn,at lcngth,the elegant steamer the
NortliAmci'ica, appeared‘, the most deaf-
ening shouts from the assembled multitude
made the very welkin ring; salutes were
fired, and bands of music, with appropriate
airs,‘ welcmned the approach of the Presi-
dent to this g'rcat'comin"ercial Emporium ;
on reaching which he landed at Castle Gar-
den, at four o’clock,aud in a short time
ufterrcviewcd the troops on the Battery,
from whence he was escorted by the Com-
mittees, the Military, and Citizens, up
Broadway to the City Hall, in front, of
which he alightcd and was conducted into
the Governor’s room, thence to the gallery
in front, where he saluted the immense
concourse of his fellow. citizens assembled
in the Park, anxiously waiting to scchim.
Ilc remained at the Hall till iiearly sun-
set-, receiving visitors, when he was escor-
ted to his quarters at the American Hotel,
which ‘iiad been splendidly fitted up for
his reception. In thevevening, the thea-
tres and other,places.._of amusement were
briliautly illuminated, and adorned with
appropriate trauspar,enci.cs. The weather
was uncommonly fine, and -it is variously
computed that from.on_e-hundi'ed thousand
to one hundred and fifty thousand persons
,p.1rticipatcd in the ceremonies of the day.
So far all is jubilee and rejoicing;
but we are much pained to state. that
several accidents occurred, which, though
not ending in the death of any person,-
had well nigh been productive of serious
consequences. .'_I‘he,_I’ifesidcn't had scarce-
fly ._stepped iipon”'tli'e' Battery" as be left
Castle" Garden, when a section oftlic
bridge comiectiiigit with the shore gave
way, and prccip’ita_ted, many into the wa-
ter, f_roi_n ‘whence they were however res,-
cued without scrios inco_i'ivcn_ience. Ma-
jor Donelson, Gov. Cass,'l_\’_lr. \Voodbury
Secretary of the Navy,‘ rind Jiulge Ilolff-.
man, xvcrc sliglitly 'ii'ijiiijie(l, One the
llflntls on board the cutter A,l,ei't,‘w..l_i,i'cli
in the act',of loading one of liczr-guns, had
botli'his h:inds_ shot off, and one of his
c "es blown outlby an accidental discharcrc
) .. , _ _,__,;,
uponjudge,Ilornblower addrcsscdhim, re- ,
court, and the sympathy of the audien.Qa.—-‘.
\-csscl was cj-uising about the Bay,_ wl-tile if
of the piece, from its not being. properly
sponged. A collection wasmade for his
benefit on. board the North Ainericfl, and
five hundred dollars raised fol‘ his relief.
4
FOREIGN.
Byflan arrival at N. York‘ last week, in-
telligence has be_eu_ rcceived,,.froin_ Europe
down to the l6th__u_lt. ,_ . . -
Landon, Jllay 14.——Tlic' metropolis has
been in a s_tate of upreccdented commotion
for the last twenty-four hours, in conse-
quence-Zof a -meeting. in Spufields, ,which
ended in a violent conflict witli the autlio-
rities, in which b'lood‘ha._s been shed. Dur-
ing" the night the pe_aceabl_e inhabitants were
in a state of the greatest alarm," apprehen-
sive of the rc—enactment; of the dreadful
scenes. of 1817. But this evil is, perhaps,
not without some mixture of good ; it has
opened the eyes of Government to their
true position; and it is currently reported
at the “lest end of t-be town, that they have
at length consented to adopt some‘ strong
measure with the view of putting down
these pcstilcnt associations, which are now
admitted by the peaccable and loyal of all
parties to be wholly incompatablc with the
public peace. ,
There are no foreign arrivals to-day ex-
cept the express from Paris, which contains
the ofiicial announcement ofthe accouch-
mcnt of the Duchess dc Berri. She is the
wife of Count Ll!Cll0SSl'I°tllll, an cfiicer in
the household of the King of the Two
Sicilies. I .
In the city the absorbing topicof interest
is the VVest India plan announced by Go-
vernment. It is universally denounced by
men of business as utterly impracticable.
It has already been the source of much
miscliicf. Orders in hand for the ‘Vest
Indies have been in many instances coun-
tcrmanded; andmost India Bills coming
to maturity, it is announced, will be gene-
rally dishonored.
Spain.——A correspondent of the Morn-'
ing Herald, under date of llrladrid, May 2,
says,
The situation of this country is now so
critical that there is an apprehension, if the
king dies, that we shall have another Sici-
lian Vespers. His m:ijcsty’s lirnhs are now
affected with paralysts, and should another
paroxysm of gout attack him, it is not like-
ly that he will survive it.
The gripe (influenza) prevails to a great
extent in ]’aris<,»but it is of a milder charac-
ter than it assumed in_ London.
Liverpool, ]lI(z_7/ V I5.—Fi'om the com-
mencement of the present session of Par-
liament to the 19th of April last, there had
been 3513 petitions, with 11 L857 signatures,
presented to the House of Commons, pray-
ing for the abolition of slavery. In the
same period there had been presented 62
petitions, with 89,882 signatures, in favor
of the factories’ regulation bill, and 15 pc-
titions, with 2,031 signatures against that
measure. The total number of petitions
on all subjects presented during this period,
amounts to 2,597.
Extract of a Letter dated London, ./i1a._7/
- 6:71, 1833.
I need scarcely say to you that the inter-
est in the slavery question increases hourly
in this country, tliitl the call for an imme-
diate abolition in VV. Indies is demanded
by the united voice of the British peoplc.—-
By the paper whiclil sent you a few days
since, you will notice the procecdingsof
the delegation from 227 different parts oftlic
empire-—who came up tliitlienalmost sim-
ultaneously, with notice ofa few days only.
The whole nation is active on the subject—
at no time since I have been in,.England,
has there been so much excitement on this
(or I may almost say, upon any other) sub-
ject, as at this moment. Slavery is virtu-
ally at an end in the ‘W. Indies: There
can be no doubt on this subject. Ministers
have promised to bring in a bill on the 14th
of this month, which will settle the question
forever’. It will be, I trust, as final as im-
mediate in its operation, and as safe as
final; and when Great Britain shall have
wiped away the stain which nowrcsts upon
her, wlieuslie has broken the bands of the
captive, and let the oppressed in. her do-
minions go fi'cc—it may be that such a no-.
blc example may have some influence in
hastening the time when the degraded and
much injured bl_ac_ks in our own land of
liberty shall enjoy the freedom which we so
much boast of.—Jour. of Com. _ .
Awful E'x])l0Sl07l.’l1L a IlI~inc._-—‘-On Thurs-
day last, a -mostmlameritablc occurrence
took place at Spriugwcll Colliery, -the prop-
erty of the Rt. Hon. Lord Ravcnsworth and
partners, near \Vreckington, in the county
ofDurham,. and about five miles from New-
castle, owing to a dreadful explosion in the
B pit, in that colliery, by which forty sev-
cn individuals .werc instantly. deprived of
life, besides _mauy- who i'ecciv'cd severe frac:
tures,.and contusious. 4 Tliis colliery.-is ona
most extensive scale. and, from its’complcte
ventilation in, every part, of the workings
was admired by allthosc engaged in. the
undertaking. On the morning of the day
the accideiit.happened, it had, as usual,
been carefully examined. by the under viewer
and over-men, and declared quite_ sal'e..—-
About eight A..l\'l. one,.of the ov.er—meu.ob-
served that-a collier had pricked a blower
(a,holc or ci'iyice‘ in the roof,) from, which a
small quantity of inflammable gas. issued ;
he inst.antly ordered the person to leave that
part oftliemine, audon returning two hours
after, accompanied by the under viewer, he
did not perceive any danger, but as a meas-
ure. of precaution, ordered the safety lamp _
to he used._in_s_tca(l‘ of candles, with which
the mine had been worked, owing to the
extreme impurity of the air. The colliery
of two pits, A and B, although containing
but one shaft," which divides them. by a
strongaud for_inidab'le piece of wood-work,
termed a l)fi]tllC0. ‘About two o’clock on
the above day, the ifeigliborlioo'd_ was alarm-
ed by one of those dreadful explosions so
peculiarflto the coal mines i_n this district,
and t-lioaliove (mentioned brattice was dash-
ed to pieces and many parts thrown out of
the mouth of the pit._’”
As sopn as the alarm subsided, parties of
ibravo fellows. volunteered to deccud the
mine, I26 futhoins deep, and‘. they fortun-
ately succeeded in rescuing several who
prosperityattendiiig the colony of Liberia
- land z'iisc12c1'able.”
were severely injured and, also found three
dead bodies, but such was the ‘havoc created
by the explosive matter, and the impure
state of the mine owing to the after damp,
that they could not penetrate any considera-
ble way iiito the workings, and at 7' o’clock
last. night, only eight of the bodies of the
gufierershad been recovered, consequently
o9 remain in the mine, and with them the
sad secret of the catastrophe; not one per-
son having survived to dispel the cloud of
mystery that hangsover this dismal affair.‘
Great numbers. of people visited the colliery
in the course of yesterday ; and five o’clock
in the afternoon a respectable Jury assem-
bled, to hold an inquest on the - bodv of
James,Olivci',' a fine lad, who had been
found dead in the pit, wliere his father at the‘
same time lost liis.lit'e. After hearing evi-
dence, the Jury returned a verdict of:—Ac-
cidental _Deatli.-—N7, vcastlc Jourmil. '
Letter from £1? crz'a.—-The accounts of
have becn,.o"‘imposing through the letters
that liav been received from that place,
that doubts of their authenticity have ex-
isted in the _miuds’of some of our colored
population. An emigrant from London
county agreed before he left, that no false
cpistlc could he palmccl ofifas his; this was
to mention certain facts selected by himself
and his brother, and to place them in the
postscript of his letter.—-Indeed the society
now meets with little opposition. The an-
nual appropriations by the state will give a
new impulse to its operations. Underthesc
appropriations this town will be entitled au-
nually, for five years, to the sum of$l0{) 33,
and the county to the farthcrsum of 4337' 48
—making an annual dividend of 5537 81.
lfto this sum the colonization society of
our C0lll’lly'Sll:tll add any considerable zi-
mount, and the wiiole fund be judicioucly
managed, it will have a sensible effect, and
will do more real good than if devoted to
any other possible purpose. ‘Vlll not our
society re-new her exertions in this patri-
otic and philanthropic work’! ’ -
v-:--.
SUHIMARY.
Suicidc.—-A doubt has been raised
\‘.'ll(:lllCl' brute animals ever commit suicide.
Some years ago, however, there was a case
reported iiitiie newspapers, of an old rain
who perpetrated the fatal deed (as it was
called,) in the presence of many witnesses.
Unused to pistol or razor, and not relishin_<_r
opium or rum, he, being near a certain wa-
ter-fall, ran vigorously for a short distance,
in ordcrto aid the impetus of his descent
madly leaped the precipice, and was dashed
to pieces. llis motive to the “rash act,”
as the papers called it, was supposed to be
more tccdiimz. vitrc. ‘We remember not long
Since, to have heard of another case. A
fine young blood horse, who could have no
possible reason for making way with liini-
self, unless it were the high price and scar-
city of outs at the time, was found one
morning, dead in the field. The case
was a suspicious one; for he was lying
by the side of a stone wall, the upper
part of which wall his skull had fractured
—and which had returned the compliment
by fracturing his skull. It was argued,
l.licl‘Cf()!‘c in the default of precipiccs, else.
he had deliberately and madly hammered
with his skull against the wall, and he was
accordingly pronounced fclo (lc st'.—'-;’\7cz1;-
ark Sc2z.tz'7z:zZ. '
A Bear Ca2zgIzt..—;l large black Bear
was shot in Kent, Litchfield Couutv, on
Friday 7th inst., by Mr. Charles Lcouai'ds..
VVhile Mr. L. was passing along the road,
the animal crossed itcfi short distance bcfoz c
him',and made its‘w_ay for a 11ciglilioi'i3i.g
mountain, when he iinmcdiatly ran to his
house fora gun, and, accoinpanied by a
couple of dogs, proceeded in pursiut_ of j;;_
The dogs soon came up with me hear,
when a severe contest took place, in which
the former were worsted and counpellcd to
retreat; the bear tlieu ascended a tree a.
bout 30 feet lngh. At this moment Mr.
ILcouar(1ls :‘eE‘tCl'l,€:(lt1 the SpQ‘c,1:1n(l lClVCllll|lg
us mus {C , vro "re cnraget anima to t ic
,r_-‘round, when it immediately sprang for
Mr. L. and Would liavc seriously injured
him had not one oftlie dogs seized it by its
lnnd legs, which stopped its further pursuit.
The bear soon bled to death from the wounds
it had received. The length of the _animal
from the nose to the end’ of the tail, was-
six feet, and its weight upwards of two hun-
dred pounds.
IIon.,Daniel VVebstcr i'eaclicd Buffalo on
Friday, the 31st ult. on his way to the ‘West,
and remained tlieretwo or three (lays. He’
was invited to a public dinner by the citi-
zens, which he declined on account of his
wish to spend what time he had to spare
invisiting the town, harbor, and neighbor-
hood. On Mondaya steam boat was launch-
ed, and named_ in honorof their guest, who
was present by special -invitation, the
“DANIEL VVnns'rEn”-—and which at the;
time it slid into its destined element bore
upon the flag-staff the sentiment of Mr.
VVebsterin his speech in Congress in 1830—
“L2'bert_2/ and Union, now and forever, on:
Mr.. ‘Webster was also
waited upon by a large concourse of ine-
chauics and-manufacturers, and some coin-
plimentary addresses passed between them.
glelefatlierc op ;I‘u£sdl:iy on his way to
no, yway 0 tie a e.
Steam Boat Fire.-—On Tuesday night, it
was discovered that the Steam boat San-
dusk while on her wa from New York to
Y? , _
Albany, when near Rcdhook, was‘ on fire.
Great alarm was of course excited among
the passenfgers, aiidbthese wit‘? necessariiy
muci con usioir on our .- ie fire bro ‘e
out near the furnace, and extendcdtlirongh
the space between the timber _on the side of
the boat in the forward cabin. which was
filled with smoke. The engine of_ the boat
was stopped for a shortjtimc, and in about
an hour, the fire was,’ by great exertion: OX‘
tiuguislied.
, A_ Dinner party ismade up in Philadel-
phia for the 4th of July, to which anurnber
of gentlemen from New York are invited ;
they leave at 6 in the morning, dine at ‘.3,
and start at 3' for New York to‘ a supper,-
,;Stcamb0at Lianess.—On- the 19th inst‘?
the Steamboat Lioness, on her passage from
New-Orleans to Natchitoclies, took fire,
when about 40 miles above Alexandria on
Red River, and was entirely consumed;
Not less than 15 or 16 persons lost their-‘
lives, and as many others severly wounded:
Among the former was the Hon. Josiah S.
Johnston, member of Congress from Louisi.-.
ana.—He was a native of Connecticut, and
had resided in Louisian since. 1803. He
was highly esteemed and will be extensive-
lylamentcd. The Hon. E. D. White, of’
Florida, was seriously wounded, but at the,
last advices, hopes were entertained of his
recovery.
The shocking catastrophe appears to«
have been caused by gunpowder, about 60 *
kegs of which was by some means on board‘
the boat.
S/zocmalrcrs’ Turn-ou(.—\Ve learn that
the Ladies’ Shoe Makers, following the ex-'
ample of the Carpenters, struck for higher
wages on Thursday last, and are still in
idleness. They demand 6d. a pair. for
ladies shoes, more than they receive. The
numberof journeyman in this department‘
of ‘business is very great; and , we are told,
they have turned out almost to a man.—-
Journal of Commerce.
The L7wIcra.—Private letters received at
Charleston from New Orleans, give the
most horrible account of the ravages of the
epidemic’ among the ncgrocs on the plan-
tations. iu that vicinity On one plantation,
it is said, there had been upwards" of one
hundred deaths.
The Baton Rouge (Lou.) Gazette of hlay
25, states, that in fifteen days, during which-
the cholera had prevailed in that place, the
deaths were about twenty, white ‘and black.
A letter was yesterday received by rt gen-
tleman ofthis city, from Mr. Curtis-Blake-_
man, in Madison county, Illinois, dated}
May 16, on the outside of which was writ-'
ten the following by another band, probably’
by the Post Master ;—“Mr. Blakcman and-.
liis daughter died on the ‘.’.lls_t,. and". hire.-
Blakcman onthe 22d, ofthe oliolcna.?’ Mi‘:-
Blukcman was an einigt‘aiit‘ft‘0I11l3l'ldgent)?“
(3onu.——Ev. Post. A
Zlfclancholy Drisastmr-.-.-’—Tlie ship A inazon
from IIu‘.l, arifivcd below Quebec on the 1st:
inst., with sixty passengers on board, from.
the Lady of the Lake, from Belfast, whiclr
vessel sunil; at sea. Upwards of two linu-
drcd passengers are said to have gone dO.\‘/.1!-.
with ll(‘.l‘.. The Amazon was at QUfll‘i1|1'
tine, unit. the only communication .\vitli her,
hatl berm by telegi';ipli._ Further particu-. -
lars of this sad eveut.- ttietzc t1llXlClUSl_}" lookctf '
for.
Aimflzcr 1lIm'(lcr.—-Tlic New Bi=tms~w-ick. ,‘ '
(N. J.) Times states that a young mau,- by,
the n:r.me of Kelsey, was killed by one oil‘
his a zquaintauccs an the evening of’ the
''.’.d in it, in the vicinity of that place.—'I‘wo
your g_~ men have been arrested and COlIl.lTlll..-5
ted to prison. I l
C. mgrcssimzal Election.-—-Wle learn from;
the Tioston Atlas, that the third trial for the‘ ‘
clioi so of a Representative to Congress on.
i\Ior-uday, from the City of Boston, was-.
macic, and resulted in the success of the
II(")!.. Benjamin Gorliain, the National Re-
pulwlican candidate, by a iiwjurity of 251,
votes. '
o
C."/zc East Arrecdatc.--—“\Vlio’s that tube.
Mir. Scattering that always gets a few votps
:11. our town mcctitH,_§s,” inquired an (fld lady -
a. few days since "of her spouse, as she was . '
busily en~g:>.gcd in perusing a newspaper.’ .‘
“ l d‘ou’t know,” said he, “nor I nevcrdid, , .
though‘ the People have been trying to elect
lnin ever since I first began to vote.”—-
Lord Hill, as he approached asoldiei‘ who.
was leaning in a gloomy mood upqn his frrc-~-
fcw hours after the battle of Salamancu,_
which had been won by the British.
soldier started and after having saluted his
General, answcred—I was thinking, my
lord, how many widows and orphans I per-;.'
haps this day have made for one shilling.
I’l/"cf! it's time you had. Mrs. Sarah Ann
\Vcbstci' of Philadelphia, lately communi-
cated to the Editor of the Philadelphia.
AJon'a‘tlian S. Paul, a gentleman of that:
ctiy. On the publication ofthe notice,Mr..
Paul immediately made a public statement
that ho such'marriagc had,-or was likely to »
take'p‘lacc. ‘We suppose Miss \Vcbstcr
was actuated by the same motives as Miss
Ursula \Volcott, but her efforts were not.
crowned with the same success. Between
the most aiicierit and respectable families in
Connecticut, there existed a remote relation- ‘
the first‘Go‘v‘ci'nor ,Griswold,-was‘ a lady of
shining excellence of her cliaractev, she re.-'
thirty. Findingit at length indispciisiblyi
necessary to turn her attention to m‘atrimo--
ny, or become in fact,what shealread-y tvas
in name, an old maid, sh'e_rem:irked to her ,
friends that she had come to the conclusion,
of spending a few weeks at Lym'e‘, fortlie‘
purpose of courting her cousin Matthew.
On her arrival at Lyme, she found her”
cousin Matthew, who was also considered-
liis attention to his Coke and Littleton, than’
ed to bring him to the point. She occa-
thc stairs, and after passing him turn round-
said any thing. ‘ After several ur‘isu‘ccesful’~
him one day on the‘ stairs, and after m‘a‘«k'-‘
ing the usual inquiry and receiving the usa-
al answer, she hastily, replied, “well I thin]:
it’s time (/01; had.”' Matthew could ‘not a-.
voiditakiug the hint,-"and a"sli'or‘t6 time after,
accompanied hythe gc'i_itlcme‘n who gave
‘the dinner‘ in Plii'ladel'pliia-.
* ’ ~‘.vr.t.;-_.‘,_ .v.~.«-'-' -
spectnble couples in CoIiIi’6%ticut.,—.=I£art-1'.
ford ll/'ccIcl,_:]’Rct)'iczI.‘. , ‘
Dczel"/z am Patriot. _ . ' ,
Vflrat arc_you thinking of my man I said‘L'
The ,
Gazette, the fact of her marriage with Mr. V
the \Volcott and Griswold families, two -of;
ship.- UrsulaVVo1cott,afterwards the wife of "A
superior intellectaud accomplishments, and’ —
peiliaps unequalled in the state for sagaci__-j"
ty and slirewdncss. Notwitlistanding the» -(1
superiority of her endowments and the“, K
mained unmarried until about.‘-, the‘. a'ge_orf' ._
an old batclielor, more disposed to devote‘ 3
to his cousin Ursula ; but she was (l.6lél‘mln' -
sionally would meethim in the hall or on ‘i
and eagerly inquire, ‘‘what’s that you sa1'd,.”7' Q
to which he would reply, that he hadn’t _‘
they became one of the most happy’ and re_-,'_ '
\
‘.
-_‘
lock, while around him lay inanglcd tliou- --‘
sands oftlie French and English—it was :1,
I
attempts to make‘-him understand, she metl
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