Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1832-01-26

The Cineisusti Daily 0sxstse state.
that The Ohis River besks Up q that
place % Saturday To lilh isst. and
oceasisped . great deal IT dsmaee %
the steamboats, lying there. The stsam.
boat Lsdy Washington was sunk,
damage estimated AZ 5000 or a, 900:
no insurance on her. The New Jer.
sey was sunk and destroyed; che was
insured for $4,000. The Chesapeake
sunk; she was foil loaded for New
Orleans, and insured for 1000. The
ice continued 10 run until Ssnslay, At
two O'Clock, when il usved on with
great force. and the river fell i've or
six feet. The fall CT the water left
the steamboats, Companisn. Senator,
Robert Rnlten, and 0uyandotte, dry
upon the wharf, bot they had sustained
little damage. About tweaty fat boats
have been stove and suuk. The
steamboat Caroline. full loaded for n.
Orleans, lying twenty miles below the
city, was reported to be in imminent
danger.
Sudden Death. The Hen. Joha
Walker. . member or the House OF
Representatives Of New York state,
was found dead 10 his bed at the
Merchsass Exehssgs 90 Saturday
morniug last. He had returned to
bed the night before in his usaai
heaIth:--His abseuee &C the break.
fast table ives not remarked; nor vas
DO missed su.il Mr.. Wrighthad &C.
easion TO open his room deer, when
he vas discovered lying on his side,
without the distersioo Of q muscle,
and apparently IN 4 quiet sleep. But
upon attempting TO awaken him, il
vas discovered that he had failes in
to the sleep Of death! The spirit bad
departed. DR.. Maxwell, Who visited
the remains, states that Mr.. Wal
ker's death was oceasioned By the
rupture Of blood vessel near the
heart, and that he undoubtedly died
without any CONSEQUENCES Of his stu
alton.
Murder IA NstO6uryborf, Massachu-
seffs.-A friend whs isft Newbery.
port informs rs that on Friday after
neon ~ half past & o'clock, Mr..
Henry Page, ssddler, Was found dead
In his shop Ia Liberty-st. In the i'm.
mediate vicinity Of Market.sQuare.
Two wounds had been iulliei ted The
frat in the upper part Of his RICH,
breast, which appeared TO have
caused almost instant death; the
other in the abdomen, when the kaifs
struck against the back boae, aad
beat the knife which vas found
absut six feet from him. The knife
vas one Mr.. p. used NJ his trade.
A man named Herriek. by trade q
painter, said 20 belong TO Salem,
Who formerly worked in the building
over Mr.. P's shop, but who vas 10
Nevburypert on visit, has been ar
rested. CBolt. Cog.
.afroeious Bfurder.-The Ss.Louis
Times OF the oath ult. states thar on
the 9th Of December last, . u,nn BY
the name Of johnson, In the tom Of
cid Fsankiis, Howard eeunty, vas
shot while asleep In bed with bis wife
and child. Inthe dead Of night bis
wife vas awakened and found her
husband struggling in the aeonies Of
death, ssd the bed clothes on fire.
The shst vas disehsre3e shrounh q
vindev u the roen is8kieA they
slept. Mach excitement prevailed
10 she town and vicinity; no clue hes
yet been feaad by which to trace the
murderer. The wife aud child were
nos injured.
Ezantiging Courf.-On wednesday
the It'll inst. Charles Marshall Jones
was arraigped before IN examing court,
az Liberty. Bedford county, Va. on che
charge ofkjlling Edward Sayrs. The
investigation Of the case was not con-
cluded until Thursday afternoon, and
resulted, we learn, In sending on Mr..
Jones for further trial.
IfJnebburg vIrsisisa.
Distressing .fceideni.--A woman
named Armstrong, belongingto Alex
endrsa, was crossing the river yesfer-
day on the zee, near the Ferry route,
on the upper side Of the track, and be.
eomiog alarmed by the wind blowing
at the time, lost her presence Of mind
and Tell into the water. The ice Civ
ing way above, caused the track 70 Be
closed by which she wss caught and
nearly cut in two. Several persons
we're 10 company OF near AZ hand, who
after some difficulty, succeeded in get
ting her out, but-shs was quite dead.
II y said she vas coming 20 town on
. visit to her mother, with q cart and
two negro women under her eharge. -
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