Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-16
A SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

A SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
From HE Phdadeiphia National Gazette
We ca mot adequately expsrss the sensation
| oi distress which has been produced here, by
| the most lamentabc fate Of Mrs. Miligan, who
per-het Il, New York. yesterday, IN the man
| ner described below.
Death lies 90 her like an unGmeiy frost
Upon the sweetest flower Of all The field
Not longer ago than last week this Young
| beautiful aud amiabc lady was seen IN the
IN idst OF the polished Crc,es OF this CITY, eojoy
ing tho lively satisfaction aud respect when her
presence excited, and surrounded by her uu-
| merous and eslndble relatives, all ia the an,-
| nation OF health, confidence, sud pleasure.
What a reverse of emotion How changed
the symp.ihies and the scene Who IL
| known The deceased, and the amaze al saa=
rowfnl husband, patents sisters, and 9TH IN
| mediate connexions, that will not deeply Colt
dole with them for such catastrophe OF Nhch
the suddeunrss aud The eli, cts Chuse 1t 10 APP
pear still mere dream of horror.
| From he NsW York Amsricnn Of Wednegddy.
! fatal and melancholy accident occurred this
| forenoon at pier No. 10, r., X. The SalPm for
| New Orleans, being abort To- snil, M MilignD
| Of New Orleans, wife, child. aud want, WHO
were TO embark IN the Salem. drove down in "a
| hack 10 the wharf In tuning the carriage
round, one OF the wheels came off and the on
sequence was thar the carriage, with il pat
.agers, was overturned into the dock. Unbap-
! ply. Mrs Millgan sunk Immediately and all
efforts to recover the bodyhave hi herto proved
uoavaing. Mr.. MIligan, the child, and the
! servant, we're saved
o'ciock-The body of Mrs Milisan has just
been r'covGrpd-the Coroner's Inquest is now
sitting, The accident occurred thus The
c"achman having driven 10 the wrong pier was
turning his carriage when in doing so, the
| horses trod on some bar iron living loosely on
the wharf, which alarmed them-Ca,sed them
| 10 back. and before they could he urged for
wand, the carriage was fol ced over the wharf
! dragging tlcm with il. The horses were drow-
ned, and the carriage sunk.
Mr. Miligan is the brother Of Mrs Louis
M'Lane, of Delaware. Mrs. Millgan was the
daughter of Mr. Urquhar', of New Orleans.
New YoRR, November Blast evening s
child wns run over NJ thc corner of Hudson and
VI Itnn srreels by a cariman. who va passing AT
a iapld rate. The wheel pa ised over the
| chlld's breast, and il died almost instantly.
We under Stand the chds name wa. Shoiwell.
| I've name of the cartmnn is moi known. As
soon as he knew that he had run over the child
H. sept hi horse, TO X tie mid in h,s arms
and give II to a coloured woman who was pas
| olng aud he drove on without revealing his namt
OF making any inquiry for the parents of the
Child Com ,4,fp
The horse Of DIR. ku,pers. who was riding
IN his : on Tue sday with friend, took fright
IN the Bow cry aud ran away. Scvcra, persons
ger" knocked down, amongst the rest, Mr.
Woococks, street inspector OF the second ward
though nonc, we are happy TO hear, susta ine d
any serious injury, five except DIR. X. mmself
| wID sad q have haze m much bru
J.. S.-We have since learned that one of the
p '.o's run down by the above mentioned gig
itS III dangerous cundi ion, and that another
ms exl'ired.--A Coroner's inquest will be held
over the body of the latter this morning in th,
Aims house yard. GnseHe.
The New York Journal OF Commerce saws
-" Letters from New Orleans, dated October
ION, SAYS there is not a case OF yellow fever
IN the city,
GOO
"A gentleman of Tennessee, MIR, w. G.. Da-
WIS, who Is a " fortunate and successful prnprie-
tor OF race couse' in the vicinity of Nashville
has. on being requested by several of his fel
iow'ci'Hens, contributed thirty dollars of his
winnings 10 constitute himself a hie me mber oil
the American Bible Society. In his lie ter liz
says:
" Although dsroted 10 the sports of the turf
trust ] am not insensihle to the great and i'm
pertani necessity of religion"
A passion for fine horses, is not absolutely
inconsistent with piety but the manner OF ex
preston adopted IN the foregoing sentence ii
somewhat strange tCom. .ido.
oh saturday as two young men OF Trenton
were shooting, about Is miles above that tow n
an Eagie rose from the banks Of IA creeE
'hey were about TO cross. One OF the sports
meh-l'n's quick is his name and il deserve.
, 10 De recorded-let fly one barrel, and tut
, monarch OF the air fell stone dead 10 the earth
Inc N'c'or we regret to say. is no ornh ulu gist
OF splendid specimen might have been addeo
10 the treasures OF Peale mag nj hcent collet ion
Unfortunately, he has been dismembered.
talon and wing feather now lie upon oul
table: The nails are like the claws OF a Ben
gar hser The longest measuring full two inch
es ana 1--WE eighths. The plumaee OF Tho
neg is rich beyond Imagination. Twenty two
= hehes is the length OF tie quill 4 cord, oftu
: seven feet aud half required a vigorous ef
tort 10 stretch il from the tip of one wing To Che
extremity the other Daily Chronicle.
COMPASSION OF MURDERER Pamphle
mas been published, which, from what we hes,
OF 1t, is not likely to have any useful tendenc ,
pnrPortng TO be history of the Life OF SWEAR
iNGEs, latey hung in Washing, on county Mary.
land. Tor the murder of his Wife. The follow
ing Is has written confession of the fact, which
4 forms part of the history
I'D, unfortunately Kill Mary, my Hff.
but II was lar. very far from the manner in
which the State, by its prosecutor and witnesses
mddelt out acknowledge TO all the world