Whole Xo. .08.
TarWo?-, (Edgecombe County, X. C) Friday, June 20, 1831.
Vol X.Xo. 40.
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Accidents. Three accidents, all of a
distressing nature, two of them termina
ting fuin!lyt recently occurred in Greene
county, Pennsylvania. A daughter of
Enoch South, nged about 14, left h r fa
ther's house on horseback, to take dinner
to some workmen. The rattling of the
plates frightened the horse, who pranced
and threw her off, her foot being caught
in the stirrup. Not being able to extric
ate it or stop the animal, she was dragged
and so much injured, as to cause almost
immediate death.
A day or two after, Elizabeth, a child
of Mr. Samuel C. Orr, stepped out of the
door of the house, with a piece of bread
in her hands. In a moment, a mare gra
zing in the yard, came up to the child,
caught its arm in her mouth, lilted it up,
and as it fell, struck it with one of her
feet and killed it.
On the same day, Eli, son of Richard
Dong, Esq. aged 14, aiteuipted to spring
from the ground upon a horse's back, but
the horse at the same moment jumped
forward and threw the boy back. His
foot caught in the reins of the bridle,
and he was dragged by the foot nearly a
quarter of a mile, the horse running at
full speed.
GT'The great eastern mail was robbed
a few days ago between New-Haven and
Norwalk, (Conn.) The large portman
teau, which had ben placed contrary to
the express instruction of the Post Office
Department, in the hinder boot of the
stage, was cut open, and the bag contain
ing the New York .Mail was opened and
the letters and contents scattered on the
ground. The package aNo containing
the valuable letters from Boston was o'
pened and rifled of its contents. The
Philadelphia bag remained in the port
manteau uninjured, and the Hartford and
Portland Mails were not disturbed.
Fears were at first entertained that a
large amount of money had been abstrac
ted from the letters; but, on examination,
it is believed that the robbers obtained
only ticcntyfour dollars, the enclosures
consisting principally of checks and bills
of exchange.
and that there was much apprehension
for the life of the husband. On the oth
er hand, it was insisted that if disappoint
ment and quarrelling were lobe a suffi
cient ground of divorce, the Legislature
would be inundated with applications;
that the woman was amenable to the law,
which would afford the husband ample
protection; and that an application of this
sort, proceeding from the husband, was
altogether novel in its character. The
divorce, however, was granted, aves 113,
noes oo.
A Novel Law Point. The Supreme
Court of Massachusetts, at its law session
in Boston in March last, decided, that a
grand-child born eight months and a half
after the death of his grand-father, is in
cluded in a bequest to grand-children
"living at his decease"
Cruelty Unparalleled. A most ex
traordinary trotting match was perform
ed on Saturday last, on the Centreville
track. It was a match against time by
two horses belonging to Mr. R. B. Thiell,
of this city, for 31500, to trot in a light
four wheel carriage, one hundred miles
in ten successive hours; and was won.
having two minuies thirty-five seconds toj
spare. If what we have heard be cor
rect, the latter part of the match was a
scene revolting to humanity. The hor
ses performed wonders for the first eigh
ty miles, but evidently flagged the ninth
hour, and on the tenth, became so com
pletely worried that, during a portion of
that time, they were whipped with a de
gree of cruelty unheard of in this country
or in Europe. One of the morning pa
pers states that men with whips had to
drive them around the last mile, & that
there i. little hope of the recovery of one
of these fine animals shoidd he even
survive, he will never be fit for the road
again. We shall be glad to give contra
diction to this statement if it be untrue.
If it be true and we have the story from
the lips of a gentleman who was on the
course the authors deserve strong public
censure, and it is the duty of the grand
jury to indict them! N. Y. Com. Adv.
ttTA violent hurricane was experien
ced in the upper part of the county of
Florence, Alehama, along Blue Water,
on the 4lh, tearing down timber houses,
and every thing that opposed its course.
Loss of life under the most distressing
circumstances has taken place. A Mrs.
Butler and four children were crushed to
death by the fall of their house. Mr.
Butler was also seriously injured. Two
boys in a wagon, together with a horse,
were killed by the fall of a tree. Three
of a family named Scott, living on An
derson Creek, were also victims to the
fury of the storm; besides numbers who
were more or less injured by the blowing
down of their houses.
A New Counterfeit. Counterfeit ten
cent pieces are in circulation. The im
pression of the die i pretty good, but
they are said to resemble pewter in ap
pearance and touch, and therefore may
readily be distinguished.
Baltimore Pat.
&?The New York papers state that
the specie entered at the Custom House
in that city, from foreign places, between
;ho 28ih March and "the 15th May, a
mounted to $2,947,677; and that it is
supposed that the whole amount receiv
ed at that port, foreign and coastwise,
since the first of January, could not be
less than $6,000,000.
GyA correspondent of the Boston
Transcript, speaking of his meeting Bar
rett the actor, calls him the "locomotive
skeleton of an old acquaintance, reduced
almost to a shadow by a severe attack of
cholera on board a Mississippi steam
boat." Between twenty and thirty died
on board the boat in which he was a pas
senger before reaching St. Louis, besides
eight or ten who were put on shore at
different points, including a lady left at
Natchez at 5 o clock one morning, in ap
parently perfect health, and buried in
that city the same nighi! Almost every
victim fell within six hours from the first
attack, and there was more than one in
stance of our informant's- dining with a
gentleman whose body was before bed
time committed, by his sad associates, to
the waves. Whoever became alarmed,
was sure of his fate. An intelligent
physician dosed himself to death with
laudanum, and a person who kpt up
good spirits for two days after leaving
Natchez, died from pure fright on the
third. Barrett, who was much indebted
to the care of his wife, is believed to have
been the sole survivor of nil that were
attacked. He lay three weeks, after
going on shore, at the extreme point of
exhaustion.
A Triumph in Surgery. The writer
of this paragraph witnessed on Saturday
morning one of the most appalling and
painful operations ever performed upon
any living human being, and while it re
flects credit upon the surgeon, ami does
honor to the country, it serves as a con
vincing proof to suffering humanity, that
while there is life, there is hope, and that
none need despair even in the most ag
gravated form of disease. The opera
tion above referred to, was performed by
Dr. Molt with his usual skill and intre
pidity. The .subject of it was a young
man about 26 years of age, who had been
for a long time afflicted with stone, and
which had increased with unprecedented
rapidity, until it attained a size so great
as to occupy the whole efihe bladder in
its distended state; yet, wonderful to re
late, this huge mass was entirely and suc
cessfully removed. Several attempts
were made by the surgeon, both to crush
it and io drill it into pieces, in order that
it might be taken away with greater fa
cility, as well as with more safety to the
individual, but these efforts were all ab
ortive leaving no alternative but that of
enlarging the wound, and removing it
entire.
Since the operation, the patient has
been doing well, and bids fair to recover.
The stone was ascertained, immediately
after, to weigh 17oz. 3dwts. avoirdupois,
which is nearly double that of any other
ever taken from the human subject while
living.-
N. Y. Evening Star.
Divorce. A debate arose a few days
since itf the House of Representatives of
Connecticut, on the petition of an indi
vidual for a divorce from his wife, on the
ground, that she was in the habit of throw
ing hot water upon hirn, beating him on
the head with the tongs, endeavoring to
pick out his eyes with a fork, & of com
mitting various other acts, of an equally
objectionable character. In support of
the petition it was urged, that it was the
design of the marriage contract to pro
mote happiness, very little of which had
been enjoyed by the petitioner; that no
good end could be answered by keeping
the parties in tjjeir present state of union,
Singular Affair. On the evening of
the 4th of November last. Caroline
Snyder, wife of Adam Snyder of the
Northern Liberties, departed from her
home. She left an infant babe sleeping
in the cradle, and gave no intimation of
an intention not to return. When her
husband came home in the evening, he
found his child without its protector, and
caused instant search to be made for his
wife. She could not be found that night.
Next day arrived, and still she was ab
sent. Hand-bills were printed and pos
ted in all directions, but every effort was
vain. She returned no more. The cir
cumstance was regarded with the more
surprise as she left her infant, a husband
who had ever treated her kindly and a
comfortable, & apparently a happy home.
Months elapsed, and at length the
search was given up. The husband, an
uneducated, but respectable German, un
acquainted with our language or customs,
formed another attachment, and last
Thursday was fixed for the wedding.
On the very day, just six months from the
disappearance of his wife, some bovs
grappling at West's wharf, brought up
the body of a woman. On examination,
it was found to be Mrs. Snyder. She
was about 22 years old, and had been
married but a short time w hen she com
mitted suicide.
The circumstances produced great ex
citement. The ignorant and supersti
tious at once imagined dreadftd mysteries.
We are informed, however, by Mr. Dick
inson, the coroner, that after a full inves
tigation of the facts, he is confidently as
sured that the husband had no agency
whatever in the death of his wife, & that
she committed self-destruction in a mo
ment of delirium. Mr. Snyder is repre
sented as an uneducated and simple, but
sober and worthy man; and it is to be re
gretted that he should, by the imprudence
of so early a marriage, have exposed him
self to the 'dly suspicions of the super
stitious. We may add, that notwith
standing the appalling discovery, he
was married on the day fixed for the bri
dal. Phil. Com. lntelligen.
Singularity of Records. There is,
perhaps, no one principle in human na
ture that leads to greater consequences,
that the concentration of application to
singular research.
But this, like every other principle, has
occasionally strange and useless termi
nations, that may be called lusus natures.
in mortals. -As an instance of this, I
will present you with the result of a man's
labor for three years, eight or nine hours
inn day, Sundays not excepted, to deter
mine the verses, words, and letters, con
tained in the Bible.
Verses - . 31,173
Words - - 773,692
Letters. - - 3,566,480
The middle and the least chapter iff
the U7th Psalm.
The middle verse is the 8th verse of
the 171st Psalm.
Jehovah is named 6,855 times. The
middle of these Jehovahs is in second
Chronicles, fourth chapter and 16th verse
The word and is found in the Bible
46.227 times.
The least verse in the Old Testament,
is in first Chronicles, 1st and 10th verses.
The least in the New Testament, 11th
chapter of John, 35th verse.
Home Missionary Society. The
number of missionaries now on its list is
six hundred and seventy-two: and the
number of congregations assisted in tho
support of these missionaries within the
past year, is 899. The progressive ad
vancement of the Society may be seen in
the fact that eight years ago, when it took,
the place of the United Domestic Mission
ary Society, it numbered but 101 mission
aries; at the end of the first, 169; second
year, 201; third year, 304; fourth year,
392; fifth year, 463; sixth year, 506;
seventh year, 606; eighth year, as above,
672. There have been received into tho
churches added, during the eight years,
about 21,000 members. About 40,000
children and youth are instructed in Sab
bath schools connected with these chur
ches, and about 15,000 in Bible classes.
The receipts of the year have amounted
to 878,911 24,being 10,284 17morethan
those of the previous year, expenditures
have exceeded those of the previous year,
by the sum of $11,383 59. Balance a
gainst the Society at the present lime,
1642 25. Ohio Uep.
A Gold Terrapin. The Lynchburg
Virginian says: "A gentleman from Boo
ker's Gold Mine reports that he saw a
small Gold Terrapin, taken from the
mine, for which the proprietor refused the
respectable sum of five hundred dollars,
intending to send it to Peale's Museum,
in Philadelphia. The little creature was
not much larger than a partridge egg, and
ran briskly about, from which circum
stance, it could not be solid gold, what
ever its appearance may have been.
Experienced miners report to have seen
leather thongs that had been suspended
in mines, coated with metallic silver.
Ancther case is reported of a similar
coating of the wooden supports left in a
mine, which had been under water two
hundred years. From such observa
tions, we may infer that silver is some
times in a gaseous state, &, if so, gold
may be; & in that way this curious lit
tie Terrapin may have got its coating of
precious metal. 1 tie extraordinary
price offered for this non-descript tcill no
doubt lead to its care ful preservation."
d?Speak not injurious words, neither
in jest or earnest. Scoff at none, al
though they give occasion.