Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-07-21

ten has recently been held in Vermont for
the nomination Of State officers, and the
lection OF delegates to the Baltimore con-
yentlon. The following is the result: For Go
vernon, Heman Alien date minister to Chilly
Lieutenant Governor, Jedediah Fl. Harris.
Delegates to the National Convention, TO be
holden at Baltimore, 10 December next-Ro-
bert Temple, VIVA Jarvis, Phineas White,
Charles x Williams, Horace Everett, VIII
liam A. Grlswold, and James Bell.
.4,cfuJ Calamity-We have never had the
painful duty of recording calamity of a ma
ture SO awful, as one which occurred during
the Tremendous thunder. storm with which
Reading aud its neighborhood were visited
on Tuesday. About ten o'clock two teams
were at plough on field rented BY Mr. W.
Dodd, of Checkendon, and situated near Bra
zlers the seat of Admiral Manlsy. A man
who was with one of the teams says he was
much alarmed by very vivid flash of light
nlng, which deprived hun OF his senses On
his recovery he was surprised at not seeing
bis companions and horses; but, after seine
time, he discovered them lying on the ground
On examination he found that Two of the hor
SS1 ouN tbc t"o uONo WIG ltCtCsss W. VI
the horses which were struggling, he releas-
ed, and FASTENED to procure assistance.
The elder OF the boys. named Prior, weak
lad OF 16 or II years of age, was holding the
plough, and the effect of the lightning oil bis
body was truly dreadful The electric fluid
seems to have struck him on the forehead,
aud to have proceeded straight down his bo-
dy, in its course completely cutting through
MS clothes, and burning bis trowsers below
he knee to finder His breast and other
parts of his body were dreadfully cut; one OF
his toes aud part of his heel was severed from
he foot, the whole corpse presenting shock
ing spectacle. The younger boy named GOO
icy, had, at the beginning of the storm, lett
the plough in orderto mind the horses, which
were frightened by the thunder, aud he bore
no marks of violence except slight marx
On the chest and little bruise on the temple,
which, however, might have proceeded IRON
he violence with which he was thrown down
The boy who was with the other team wa,
much frightened, but he, as we'll as the man.
escaped without injury. berkshire Chrs'sicte
The Storm On Friday and Saturday, the
rain continued TO pour Gown al intervals, IN
this vicinity, IN torrents, and from the ac-
counts that have reached US Of the damage
done in the neighborhood oil the Scbuylaill,
1t may be apprehended that many bridges
have been swept away, and muchlnjnry done
10 the canals, to say nothing oil The gram
which has not yet been gathered in. We
heard on Saturday, that seven arks had been
sunk, and one or two dead bodies had been
seen floating over the fails al Fairmount.-
Penn. ERg.
HardiaNd and Desperation. Riley, the per
son convicted of Burglary in breakiug open
the store Of MIR. Marin, was sentenced on
Saturday to ten years IN the State Prison al
bard labor When asked what be had to say
why sentence should not be pronounced, he
protested most solemnly, calling God to wit
ness, that he was innocenr, and even after
sentence, declared that he should 20 TO pfi-
son AN innocent man unJusily condemned
he had sad that he was convicted Oh cireum-
s.al tial evidence alone, but the recorder
reminded hun that he had confessed his
guilt to fellow prisoner, even to the
place where he had secreted the watches ae
mad taken, and the watches had been found
by that information.
Lie was put INTO the cage at the Session
Room the window OF which, though grated
with bars having spear points running nearly
TO the ceiling, he manased to pass through
by squeezing himself over the top, having
hrst divesteu himself OF his coat Having
attained the outside heJumped down 20 feel
(the room beng on the I'd hoor) and altho'
he broke bone Of the wrist, succeeded Ia
running to the pale fence ON Chamber street
This he was IN the act OF scaling, when one
Of the officers seized hIm--by sudden move
meni he broke away, and met and dodged
several other officers, and the first officer
second time. AT length making Tor the door
near which he had ailghted, he was seized
and secured. On beln,, taken to the cage a.
gam, that terror of evil doors, jacob Hays,
but the darDies on him, by way OF splnts Tor
his wrlsls.-.N Y Stand.
[From the Boston Patriotl
SUICIDE -On Monday night, Jane Barnes,
daughter OF Deborah Barnes, committed su
icide in Boston. IL appsareasn the Coroners