Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-07-17

Hu' anu uoii duu llSuthib1, as VI
nature were in strife to outdoe the vic
lence of politics. The mail papers Of
Saturday mention the following land
these are not the halt,J disasters from
/ lightning. on the cath ult. four horses.
attached to two wagons, were struck
dead in Chaplotte, Vermont. At Cats.
kill, on Sunday of last, the sloop Gam
ges OF NorwaIk, had her mast sbivered
/ to storms and the deck badly injured.
On the same day the barn of w. inger-
soil, Northampton, was struck, and al
though II contained hay and a number
OF cattle, no injury was sustained ex-
cept, that it was somewhat shivered
On the the same day the house of Lucas
Van keurea. of Kingston, was struck,
aud likewise the barn of S. Hasbrouck,
Of New Paltz. which was entirely con
sumed a barn belonging to + Schoon-
maker, Marbletown, was destroyed by
the same means a few DAYS before, and
likewise the barn of NJ Vincent in
Washington, Duchess county. The
house of A Wright, Northampton, was
struck on Friday. The Massachusetts
| spy mentions the following cases:-O
| sunday, four cattle were killed by the
lightning in Paxton, and two in Berlin.
On Monday, a.daughter OF John Hob
art, Esq. Of leicester, was struck down
by discharge Of electric fluid, but has
since nearly recovered from its effects.
One other person in the house was slight
| ly effected. On the same day, school
house in Uxbrldge was struck, and one
If the children received some injury.
An OK was killed in Leicester on the
same day, A barn in Ashburnham was
struck and consumed on Sunday even.
ing, and two cows were killed 10 Fitch
burg on sunday. On Friday also, of
last week, says the Watertown Free
man. the Presbyterian Meeting House
IN the village of Adams, was struck by
lightning and considerably injured -
The electric fluid passed down The light
! ming rod about half way to a bend, where
it broke and entered the church in sew
eral places. There was a meeting in
the church at the time, and the congre
! CATION were IN the act of sing ing; and
! although there were 10 or so people in
the house, none were materially injured
| All, boweger, received violent shock.
and several were Frustrated lspassed
cut at one corner, shatteyng it consd-
erably, and killing several hogs that
stood near it. shop in the village of
BrookviIle, was also struck and consd-
erabiy damaged ~. Y Jour Of Com.
Some things can be done as WeH as
oihe's.- On Friday last, at half past
-four T NJ, agreeable to appointment, a
heir. Drained fellow in Patterson. whose
name we do not recollect, leaped from
the Passaic falls, just to crafty an idle
whim OF his own. This is the third time
he has done it-tbe first time be did il
privately by wav of experime nt-ho
then gave out that he would do it pub
llcly for the qualification of any who
pleased to attend. The authorities in
Patterson were justly alarmed and put
MIN under keeping ill they supposed
ne had abandoned the purpose, but he
watched the opportunity after he was
freed from restraint, and when a num-
Der ofpersons present, in favorable 20.
sltlon. he carried it into execution. Since
that time the authorities have allowed him
to consult for his own safety and he leaps
from n precipice of hundred feet
whenever it takes his fancy. 1t does
not appear that he receives or expects
any compensation for performing this
| daring feat. He says be "merely upnts
TO shotD that some things can be done as
wsH as others" The position from
which he leaped on Friday is few rods
below the bridge on the side towards the
village and, if the falls are 20 feet las
commonly estimated,) about s5 or 90
above the water The giddy precipices
around the chasm were covered with a
| promiscuous multitude of both sexes
whose curiosity bad brought them to-
gether to see this singular fe of temer
| lty. The universal anxiety of the mul.
utude was manifest in their countenan
ces, and still more perfectlv in the sill
ence that prevailed. When the man
made his appearance dark cloud had
come over the spot adding to the sub
limlty of the cataract that Of an an.
preaching storm As be walked DELHI
erately forward to his position you might
| have hpared tho hnatino &c u,o: bonr,