Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-07-15

Friday morning, July 4, situated
Delaney, and Suffolk streets. Tol
were severely injured, and it w Oa
that one was dead, and that a N.Y..
missing, supposed to have perisSss
flames. Another fire broke ont =.
on Friday afternoon, in Division
was suppressed before much IN,
done. At 9 o'clock several bu;l5
burnt down, near the Wallabom
the extensive rope-walks of MeSr
James, Robert Graves, and J H.
The loss is estimated at $4,000
The HORN SNAKE. This beans
ted reptile is rarely to be fo,n5
extraordinary dimensions, upwa,i.
feet in length, and as thick as ~
was killed last week at the Unn
A gentleman who saw the animal
the horn, not as a blunt protubersI
the tail, but a flint hard substanrs
in a shield, and as sharp as nee1E
when attacked, the creature shoos;H
scabbard and inficts a wound whit
destroy any thing it encounters. N
have universally described the w.
this snake differently; we have ny
rect account of it. The skin hash
off, and no doubt Mr.. Arthur, the n
of the works, will present it to on,
museums.-WoodstOck (Vu. paper,
PIRACY AND MURDER. A letto,
consignee to the owner of the scbr1
reported to have been robbed BY i
the coast of Cuba, dated Fernan&I
9Th, says-"It is with extreme Som
to communicate to you most dread
The unfortunate Capt. Coquin. all
crew, have been butchered by piras
in seven leagues of the Fort Of NJ
the very day that he sailed, which
Sd inst. This unfortunate news |
been officially communicated to th
of this Port, by the commandant d
of Trinidad"
REVOLUTIONARY WORTHLESS, Al
celebration in Providence, forty yss
the Revolution (whose names and
given in the Providence American
ed the dinner given them by the nj
of that town. Capt Waterman mi
will be IS in August; the youngs
enlisted as a drummer, is over 81 |
age. -Four coloured persons also \
one of whom Watson, was captas
black regiment raised in Rhods
which did excellentservice in the rel
airy war. Whole number presem4
years ago, at the Jubilee, Ill a
The worthy old soldiers were higHl
ed with the hospitality extended II
One of them had a drum with him '
carried in the revolutionary war.
On Friday last, at half past fon |
agreeable to appointment, hair bn
low in Patterson, whose name We |
recollect, leaped from the Passaic ID
to CRAFTY an idle within of his own.
the third time he has done 1.-THE d
he did it privately by way of expal
he then gave out that he would al
lickly for the qualification of any vh
ed tn attend Tho authorities in ri
were justly alarmed and put him uDjg
ing till they supposed he had abanl]
purpose, but he watched the oD,1
after he was freed from Restraints !,
a number of persons were present
vourable position, he carried it nhI
ton. Since that time the authors
allowed him to consult for his owl
and he leaps from a precipice Of a d
feet whenever it takes his fancy
net appear that he receives or END
compensation for performing this dan
He says he " merely a0ants to shOra
things can be done as weH as oths1
position from which he leaped on d
few rods below the bridge on thsa
wards the village, and, if the faA
feet las commonly estimated, about !
above the water. The giddy ra
around the chasm were covered will
miscuous multitude of both sexes, vi
riosity had brought them togetherta
singular feat of temerity. The ID
anxiety of the multitude was MAJ
their countenances, and still more :
in the silence that prevailed. When
made his appearance, dark cloud d
over the spot, adding to the sublimiF
cataract that of an approaching staI
he walked deliberately forward TO j
ton, you might have heard the BED
their hearts, had it not been for thsI
thunders from the chasm beneath
clouds above. When he had dives
self of his coat, vest and shoes, I
them carefully by, as if debating D
ton whether he should want them d
commenced short speech to the spa
which but few of course could hes
then stepped forward to the edge
rock and looked down, and the sPi
on that side surprising that he was 1
came forward as their curiosity or ID.
moved them, and seemed to thosed
as if all about to make the fatal leap:
there was great danger of whOs
those in front being crowded of.
had looked down moment, he
back few feet, ran forward, and ID
to the abyss. He went down with
foremost, though drawn up somewhi
this reason, or some other past con-
sion, he did but just GO under the "
he was Immediately seen swinnil:
quietly as if he had done nothing, a
ing had befallen him. The mani
what else can he be called'?) was
with a shout from the snectators VIII