Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-11-20

Among the eminent men who have died DUR
iEg the present year, we may mention Charles
Carroll, Of Carroilton; Sir Walter Scott; Sir
James Macintosh; Crabbe, the poet; Munden,
the actor; Doctor Spurzheim, the phrenOogist;
Clementina, the celebrated pianist and compO-
ser: Goethe, the German author; Cassimer Pc
rier, Prime Minister of France; young Napoe-
on; and ChamPollion, the Egyptian Antiquary.
philadelphia Chronicle.
Extraordinary .fecident.-The Memorial DIES
Pyrennees contains the following account of
deplorable event that occurred few days ago at
Cauterets:-' A Young English Nobleman-
1.-THE name is not given of large fortune, who,
about year ago, married charming lady, went
out to take the air with her on the border of the
deep and rapid torrent that flows at this thermal
establishment. The husband was amusing him.
self with lifting up his cane to the shining roch-
work that lies in the water along the bang, whoa
the cane escaped from his hand, and, in leaning
forward TO catch il, he fell into the torrent His
wife, who behed his fall, rushed to his succor and
succeeded in grasping the flaps of his coat; find
ng that the violence Of the water would carry
her away. she seized dry branch, but this break
ing of, the two soon disappeared in the ioaming
stream of the gulph. Their servant, who was at
short distance. cried aloud for help. and assist.
ance was very promptly afforded The lady and
afterwards her husband were taken out of the
~ater-but life was totally extinct. The servant
shows signs OF the deepest sorrow for his loss,
and the whole village of Cauterets is thrown in
to affection BY this distressing events
Calculating Boys There are now living in
Sicily three boys, who appear to be equally gift
ed with singular aptitude for mathematical cal.
culauons. At the head Of the triumvirate stands
Nlncen, Racchero, to whose extraordinary feats
in calculation the public curiosity has Of late
been repeatedly directed. 1t would seem, from
recent experience, that this youth possesses a
mind capable of devo,ins itself with rare sue
cess to other branches OF study besides the ma
thematics. Two years ago he was ignorant even
of his alphabet; but in consequence OF the pains
taken with him by the Able Mnardi. who had
been engaged as his tutor, through the liberal in
terposiliOn of the government and corporation OF
Palermo, he is NJ this moment able TO read-"h
hand the most difficult of the Latin and Italian
classics. and has gwen public proofs OF the un'
precedented extent of his requirements.
Two other boys, by name lgnatius Lapdolina
and Joseph Puslici, have come forward to enter
the lists against him. The former has not yet
reached his tenth year. though he has already at
tended several public meetings, and resolved some
of the abstruses questions in the highest branches
of geometry, which were put to HIM by pro-
fesSors Nobili, Souderi, aud Alessl, Of the Uni
versity of Catama. On these occasions Ian.
dolina did not confne himself to a mere dry an
swer; but assigned the reason for the result, and
entered acutely into the metaphysics OF the sci
ence.
The third child, Puslici, who is seven years
old, afforded no less striking and indispu'able
proof Of his extraordinary talent IN giving OIL
hand answers TO problems. which usually reqnire
tedious arithmetical calculations. 1t is remarka-
BILE to see him, in the very act Of listening to a
question and giving his solution, pursuing his
pastures like any other child, as it both the one
operation and the other we're matters OF equal ease
add uncon,e rn to him, The precocious talents
of these three infantine mathematician would
seem to indicate, that the spirit of Arohimedes
still fingers on its native Sall.-from Sicilian
Journal.