Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-07-22

In sutton on the 9th ult. Elder Samuel Waters
ageo H. He was for more than 80 years n Bapt;,t
preacher Of mind naturally strong and Sound in .L
faith And though adverse Providence clouded The
latter part Of his days, yet he died in peace and with
an almost assured hope of blessed immortality.
Worcester Yeonan.
In Billerica, George Henry, Youngest son of
George PutDey late of Boston
In Beverly, John Dyson, aged Sc, after a lono and
painful confinement of Ia years.
In hardwick, Ann Hinckley, wife of Samuel
Hinckley, aged 40.
In Grafton, Cyrus Putnam, son of George w. Put
nam, aged l9.
In Saco (NIe.) on the 10th inst. Mrs. Frances n.
wife OF MIR. Jonathn Tucker, Jr and daurter of the
late Samuel Batcheldor, of New-Ipswich, IN. HI
aged "a.
In New York, Frink Roberts of Boston, AGED As
At Duxbury, July 7th, 1928, Hon. GEORGE
rAHI RIDGE, aged 49, early and uniformly dstin-
guished as friend of Liberty. Civil and RELIGIOUS
ana by his patriotick zeal in the American Revolu.
tion tie was for many years Sheriff of the County
OF Plymouth, member Of the first Provincial Con-
gress assmbled at Wotertotcn and one Of the first
SSongress OF the United States under the present
Sonsntuton. He was also one of the original mem
oeTs OF the American Academy ofArts and Sciences.
Mr Partridge was educated at Harvard COLLEGE,
OF the class which graduated in I762 His copatri
ots ffa@c'S Dang and EIbridge Gerry were among
his classmates. That class was moro H,roar,,a +laS
any which had preceded. OF the whole nun,her
JoTty-secen, only three now survive .Ioh, Ne,n
i iuoses Gerrish and Timothy alden. Mr. Partridge
hVed unmarried; his property was considerable the
lest OF haoits OF life, which he cultivated from his
cohVictlons OF duty and from no unworthy love Of
worldly gain. by his last will characterized by eri
dences OF his habtual thoughtulness and discretion
after all suitable remembrances of relatives and
trends, ne made the following pubck requests =
10 the flynou'. Bible Society, $200-Tothe The
logical Institution at Cambridge, S2OQO--For the
establishment of High School in Duxbury SiO 0G0
10 ~ the Congregational Society in Duxbury
Sl0,000.-Bost. Centincg.
ATRocIoUs CRIME. On Thursday aferno,n i,
piack woman, whose name is Barns murdered her
chlid and attempted to kill herself She was found
standing IN the Mill Pond (where she had drowned
ner chiid up to her neck in the water and attemnt
ing to drown herself; but nature was more noyyorf
than her will and not possessing sufficient co,,y.na
10 carry her suicidal design into immediate eyecn
tion, she was discovered and rescued
- Inc cause OF this atrocty is said to have been the
III treatment received by the woman from her hus
oahd, WHO mas been committed to Jail on that ac-
count-Salem Gazette.
ATHENS, (TENN.) JUEE 25 On Sabbath week
last we are informed, five females were drowned in
Tue Littie tennessee, about mile below the mouth
OF iellco Eight persons, of whom seven were fe
htdies embarked In the same canoe for the purpose
OF visiting some Indians who were making baskets
IN IN an Island Overburthencd, the canoe sunk. and
N-AN viii TWO iauleS alone made their
| cape Thus passed into eternity, without mo-
nehts warning, two mothers and two daughters.
New ORLEANS, JUNE 20. SHrpwREeK. Can't.
Hatch, OF the brig Horace. reports that on the 9th
ut, of the west end of St Domingo, he fell in with
the wreck OF the English brig Robert, Capt Robin.
son. lying on her beam ends, and nearly under water;
CaP H. TOOK from the wreck the only living person
on on board, young man named Alexander Jones, aged
II years, OF the town of Princess Ann in Maryland
all the crew and passengers with the exception of
III. .hn young man persisted He was in the cabin at
the time the vessel capsized in company with three
ether passengers; he heard the captain give some
orders or in hurried manner, to the crew, who were
all on deck, Immediately after which the brig cap
sized. She was from st. Thomas, bound to Montego
bay, with cargo of produce and lumber Capt.
Hatch cut hole through her quarter with the hopa
Of extrica:ina the other three passengers who were in
the cabin; the body o. 6iliy one Of them found
1t was supposed that the others were SS.icd in the
cargo. The sea broke over the wreck with s,.ch
violence that it was found impossible to effect any
thing forward. bundle letters was seen floating
out Of tie skylght, about ten feet under water,
,whlch the mate of the Horace diyed after and
Drought ups they were dried and will be carefully
forT arded to the persons to whom fav 70 a1rassei