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BURLINGTON, Vt. Jan 9.

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BURLINGTON, Vt. Jan 9.
A small boy of Mr.. Smiths, of Hunt
ington aged IS years, about two weeks
since was mounted upon high spirited
horse, (Which his father had hired of
neighbour in order to return him to his
owner, having pair of bars to go thro',
his younger brother was sentin order to
let them down, and on removing the top
bar the horse leaped over, which threw
the boy from his seat, with one leg
through the stirrup; in this situation he
was dragged by the full speed of the
horse over logs, &c. nearly half mile.
All that was probably the means of saw
ing his life, was kind and affectionate
dog that accompanied him to the bars,
and on seeing his situation sprang imme-
diately to his relief, caught him by the
collar of his coat, and held his head from
the ground, running beside the horse
until the stirrup broke, which cleared
him from his critical situation. He was
severely bruised, but not dangerously.
FREDERICKSBURG Vir. Jan. 10.
A correspondent in the country, of un-
questionable veracity, writes to us as fol-
lows
"On Sunday, the 4th inst. about the
hour of midnight. when my family had
retired to bed and nearly all in pro-
found sleep, | was surprised at the VIC
lent barking OF a faithful watch dog. So
great was the alarm, that he ran against
the door was approaching as if pursu-
ed. On opening the door, the light of
fire warned me of my danger-it was
bursting through the roof of my house
directly over the room where had three
daughters in bed, and who would most
certainly have fallen victims to the
flames had it not been, under Provi-
dence, for the sagacious dog. The wind
was high, and being weak handed, it was
with great exertion The house was saved.
The fire was the effect of accident, orig
mating in carelessness."
GREENsBuRG, (PENN.) Jan. 2.-On Fri
day last, as the Eastern mail stage was
descending the mountain East of Stoys-
town, the axle-tree broke, and as the
road was covered with ice. it could not
be prevented from upse ting. William,,
fine promising son of Major George
Graham, of that place, about IA years Of
age, sat with the driver in front, and
whilst the stage was going over, leaped
from his seat, when the stage fell up pom
him, which fractured his skull so severe.
ly, that he died instantaneously. Four
other passengers were in the stage al
the time, who remained unhurt. We
had hoped that accidents enough had
occurred by persons jumping from car.
riages while going fast, to teach other:
how, to act in cases of this kind The
present melancholy occurrence, adds one
to the many other admoDtions, to be
careful.
Some time since, waggoner, in as.
cending the Allegheny mountain, found 4
good deal of difficulty to get along, ir
consequence of the roads being yer,
icy, and his horses not rough shod
When about half way up, he stopped the
team, unhltched the horses, took then
to a smith shop, and had the shoes of hi,
horses roughed. He assembled to the
Wagon, and just at the moment of hi.
catching hold of the tongue chain, t
gear up, his Wagon started backward
and after running down the mountain
some distance, ran over the monstrou.
precipice on the side of the mountain
and, strange to relate, not single arti
Gle, with the exception of the feeding
trough, was injured. The Wagon wa.
heavily laden, and ran against tree
which shivered the trough, and knocked
down the tree. The load was taker
out, the wagon separated, and soor
upon the road again.
A Wagon, in descending the same
mountains, a short time since, loaded will
-four, ran over the -precipice, horse
and all. The Wagon rolled over, and
although woman with two or thre,
children sat between the -four barrels
and the front of the Wagon, they wer,
not in the least injured, neither was til,
load in the least molested.
New. YoRK, Jan. IS.
adroit Rogue. Yesterday, as a younas
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