Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-04-06

God How was my soul shocked when
beheld human being dragged along Dy
the side oil the stage--his clothes almost
wholly toru off-himself torn and mang-
ied-his body all covered with blood'-
But, oh with what additional horror
was | struck when | viewed that poor
suffering object as my friend and compan-
ion, who had that morning taken his seal
with me 10 the stage!
had not seen him when he jumped
out. That be had iallen,-thOt he had
become in some way entapgled with the
carriage. not doubt remained on my
mind. His existence might depend upon
a moment ii lost all sense oil my own
danger. sprang from the Carriage,
happily without even falling--rushed for
ward, and was instantly in possession oil
the reins But / conld not leave the
heads of the horses. l looked back
saw the driver, as / supposed, at con-
siderable distance, after me. hailed
him beckoned TO him, TO hasten. He
arrive,i-iauguage is 100 weak to express
my feelings, when saw it was Maxcy,
who stood before me
But we were moi unmiudful of the poor.
wretched cripple, who proved TO be the
actual sufferer. The horses demanded
all my attentiou-Mr. Maxcy extricated
his less-We called Butler and his family
10 our assistance. AMI while some of us
were placing him on door, which was
taken OF the hinges and covering him
with blankets brought from the house for
that purpose, Others loosed the horses
from the stage, on one Of which Mr..
Maxcy fastened to town for surgeon
and another diver. The rest of us had
Tie miserable object of our cares carried
into the house, and placed before the fire
as comfortably as we could, waiting the
arrival of the surgeon, and in the mean
tune giving him all the attention in our
power.
At length Mr. Maxcy arrived, accom-
panied by DIR. Gibson, who, Oh exami-
nation of his patient, found one of his
legs broken in two places one just be-
low the knee, the other little above the
ANGLE and though he was dreadfully
bruised. his flesh torn and Enangled, and
his body skinned by being dragged near
mile al fast trot, over the frozen ground, |
yet there was not, believe, another
bone broken, or single joint dislocated |
Such, my dear sir, are the distressing
scenes. which / yesterday witnessed *
scenes which have been more painful 10
me than any Of the kind which during a |
long life had ever before experienced
which have made an impression Oh my
soul never to be erased-and which most
emphatically proclaim Sc that in the midst
Of life ,ue are in death" and how import
ant It is that me shouldau iive as me mould
yisa ne had done, when me come 10 die.
LUTHER MARTIN.
1.-THE driver died Oh Thursday last
From the National Intelligencer.
The following curious letter is from
one Of the most respectable citizens Of
Georgetown:
To the Editors.
Seeing, in your paper of yesterday, an
account of drowned person being found
by loaf Of Bread, with quicksilver in
serted in it, l DOW give you the following
account. A young man about 10 years
old, by name Nichols, the son of Simon
Nichols, (then Sheriff of Montgomery
county, Mary land, who lived then with
Mr.. Robert Peter, not knowing how to
swim, slipped, when bathing, into deep
place in the Potomac, directly before the
place where now the Commercial Ware
house stands, and was drowned. After
several unsuccessful attempts to recover
the body, his father was sent for, twenty
miles distance. The next day, in pres
ence Of his father, attempts were constant
ly making TO recover the body, but ia
vain. Some person present mentioned
The loaf of bread and quicksilver. 1t
was procured, aud put into the river: az
ter moving some small distance from
where 1t was put 10, The body Of the
drowned person bounced up near the loaf
II say bounced, because ii rose with
force, SO that 10 or II inches Of the body
came above the water, and again sunk to
the level. / cannot say whether the loaf
was attracted to the place by the body, or
carried there by the current. ! have
been thus particular, because there are at
least dozen persons now living who know
the fact, and were eye witnesses of it.
Fhe father tainted away aud dropped, as
if shot at the instant think it happen
ed at the close Of the Revolutionary war.
You may take what notice you please Of
this, (except as 10 mentioning names) in
your paper, if you think proper; and to-
YOUR friends you may say whom you had
itfrom. Twas talking with an eye witness