The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-12 00:00:00

AMERICA.

, LEXINGTON (KEN.) Ave. 7,--,011. the t7th nit.
a Duel was fought at :Kastta.Skias, between' Mr.
William Lowrey, formerly of this place, and son
of Mr. Nathaniel Lowrey,' and
,a Mr. Hurd from
Georgia, in which the .foriner received a m
wound. As far as inforinAinn ;can he obtainedias
to the particulars attending this melancholy event,
it appears that the parties were engaged in a pnlii
tied dispute' at a tavern.; that' in consequence of
the altercation, Hurd -bestowed on' Lsweey several
indecent expressions,,whiCh gave rise to a challenge'.
Hurd gave.the,challenge, and it being accepted by
Lowrey, the parties met, when the latter received
a mortal wound, of which he tiled the next day. It
is stated-also that Hurd received a flesh wuund,
which did not prove dangerous.

ExtraB of a Letter front' .a,
.Gentlpnan at IP:ythe
(":04rt Rouse (Virzi/1;a) to, bit" Friend in t cede_
,d, (114 d.) dated gni,' 30,1864.

i( We have for ten days been clouded with a dark
smoke; and this day I was •informeJ by a Gentle.
min from Kentucky, that the clinch Mountain had
sunk (for many miles) to
:the depth of so. feet ; attet.
which clouds of smoke issued therefrom; so that the
inhabitants; at the distance of:twenty ,miles from the
place were not able to discover an,objeft at twenty
feet distances. This, I suppose, was .occasioned by
the burning of the stone coal which is. in the MoOr.
fain.': • •

Last Sunday, says a,Letter from Augnsta, dated
Atigust .4., tome Negro fellows killed a Rattle Snake,
within a tew miles of this City,, on Savann.rh.roads
it tn,nbitte‘ seven feet, exclusive of the rattles, and
was upwairds of twelve inches in circumference it
was an old serpent, being twenty years of age. Mr.
Chatfield, who has got the skin, intends making a
present of it, we understand, to the Vniversity at
,Athens.

toot irmore, An unfortunate woman, tivril
known about the Wes.t.4o.9C the towo.by the name
of Poor Fancy.w.as yest!tellay craving charity,
dressed in her usual fasrastie manner, when a boy
having attempted to snal4,oonte flowers, &c. cut
'of her backer, she ran after hint across the street,
and not observing the area - of an houqe open, which
is repairing by 'Newport Market, ,he Jell in, and
lacerated t..r tact and arms in a 'shacking manner
against the' iron rails. Sever,' pet 4,,„, who saw
the accident, extricated 'her 'from the area, pro..
cured a Surgeon, and afterward, conveyed her to a
wretched lodging' in Sr. Giles's,' Where she has lung
lived. The fate of this unhappy female is peCuliarly
severe : in her youth she was 'considered a beauty ;
'and in the keeping of several persons of distiation,
moved in the gay Circles of Fashion; but becoming
abandoned, she sunk to the lowest state of vice, the
horroig of which deprived 'her of reason. in her
present shits of insanity,'she is frztplently known
by nassengets who formerly have seen her ; she
addresses them in
,French 'and Italian, which she
speaks fluently, and asitunei all the et;viettiof po.
litenesi ; her behaViour is pelf Icy' harmless, and
:whenever she asks charity, she desires the party . to
be brief, for ihe is going. to visit'somo,great per.
sonage; •
Saturday last a melancholy accident happened at
the New Church, Dagenham, Essex, The Society
of Cumberland Youthi. were invited to °pea the
new peal of hells, 'which they' performed, in the .
Morning, by ringing 7008 changes of Oiford treble
bobs royal, in loar hours 'and fotty.nine minutes;
but in the evening, the Master of the Society wish.
ed to oblige the inhabitants of the Village, with
another peal; when, 'unfortunately, his leg-got en.
ratigled in the rope, :which drew him to the, next
loft, and, falling on hit head, he was killed 'on the
.spot.
Lord .AiLeinutty,lately received a threatening
Letter from at Personr 4. Firm
Believsr," containing the most scurrilous langnage,
`and threats against his tile, .in consequence of an.
objeEtion on the part of his,Lordship to the'ereetitm
.of a Methodist Chapel in theJiarish ofGreat 13:4.
vein. Lord Ha.wtxttsenlity,..as,,SeCre4ll of State,
has offered a reward forAppreliending the Writer,: