The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-05-30
From the Deia7oare Journal

A You've HERO. The following extraordI-
nary circumstances occurred about d fortnigbs
ago, in the family of Mr. Eagle, respectable
farmer living at the junction Of the Frehchtown
and Red Lion Roads, about eight miles from
Wilmington Mr. Eagle aid his wife had gone
from home to spend the night, leaving in the
house his son, OF about twelve years Of age, and
daughter about s, and negro boy and girl-the
boy about 90 years of age. In the evening.
when the children were about retiring for the
night, the black boy came into the room, and
manifested the most brutal intentions towards
the little girl, took up loaded musket which
was in the room, and threatened the boys with
instant death if they interlered The bows.
who both displayed remarkable presence Of
mind aud intrepidity throughout the whole af-
fair, contTfved to secure the musket, and forced
the young rufiian from the room. Afer secur.
ing the docs. the boys retired TO their bed. and
the little girl to hers, in the same room. They
had been but short time in bed when the me-
gro returned to the door, and with violent
threats and imprecations, began 10 force it with
heavy last rument, with which he broke through
the pannel, and was making his way inio the
room, when young Eagle who had the musket
along side Of bis bed, and eoolfy watching the
operation, took deliberate aim at the william.
and shot hin, through the breast, Of which
wound he died in a few hours. ceroner's in
quest was held on the body, and found the facts
as We nave rotated tneU-
REMARKABLE PRESERVATION few DAVIS
since a child of Mr. Clement Chase of Cornish.
between two ahc three years of age, was dis
covered IN well in the back part Of the house,
by sIsier- She Immediately called to her
mother, who lowered the bucket and managed
10 get II beneath the child's head, who was ap-
parently dead when she discovered it, and thus
kept its head out Of the water until the father,
rlnr~-.w t,.lE IL r II
sent for. He arrived, and was about descend
ing into the well with his boots on but upon
suggestion Of Mrs. G. that he had better take
them off, as he would be less liable 10 fall, he
did II, and while he was doing it, his wife turn.
| ed her eyes toward him for moment and
when she again hooked into the well the child
had disappeared. Mr.. c. descended as soon as
possible, took the child from the bottom Of the
WE'LL and brought i: up, apparently dead A
physician was sent for, three miles, and no
| signs Of life appeared until he arrived when
he succeeded in resuscitating the child, which
is now perfectly recovered ~ II. Spectator.
VALUABLE HABIT. One of the most val
liable habits of life is that of completino
every undertaking. The mental dissipation
in which persons of talents often indulge
and to which they are perhaps more prone
than others, is destructive beyond what can
he imagined. A man who has lost the pow.
er of prosecuting task the nome MT its nov.
city is gone, or il becomes encountered will
difficulty, has reduced his mind into a state
of the most lamentable and wretched ia,be
ciity. His life will inevitably be one o
shreds and patches. The consciousness o
not having persevered to the end Of an,
special undertaking will hang over him Tx
aspell, and will paralyze ali his energies
and he will at last believe that, howeye
feasible his plans, he is fated never to sue
coed. The habit Of finishing ought to b
formed In early youth.
One half the world does not kno,c no
the other hves. 1t would hardly have bee
believed in this country, if recent circur
stances had not disclosed the fact, that
number of persons in Paris get their liyi,
by collecting the shreds and rags from 4
house dirt which is swept or thrown into h
streets. Yet this number is so great as
: constitute very formidable mob when in
; tated by loss Of their business, consequent
= new and more prompt system Of ceansil
the streets, adopted as expedient since t
70 cholera appeared in the French capital.
= Boston Centinel.
~ covetous man makes a hard shin 10 be
~ poor and miserable with great estate, as
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