Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-25

= gong Deposition ptfore me, fnu tefihy th'it ia
0 depsnent is slim built man. of tie height Of fy
r feet and eight inches and a half, dark complexion
dark eyes and Narrow face has slender hands an,
a scar on the middle hnge. Of the right hand ais
long scar on the middle finger of The ieil Lanj
aud rather hi Oh forehead, with black smooth -
igned) NATHAN W HITTING, Just. Ps.is
lNo.2
/, Richard Spencer, Of East Green@ IN th'
County Of Kent and State OF Rhode lslpnd, cord
wainer on solemn oath testify ard say, That sons
time IN November last my brother Nathan NJ
Spencer, went to Providence to buy stock. lie ief
early in the uiorning-went alone in one horse
wagon and took araw cowbidc with him To carry
10 Mr.. Waterman's in old Warwick When he
returned, he spoke OF taking letter 10 the Fall
/ River steamboat and asked me II either OF Ben.
lamn Cornell's daughters lived IN Fall Rvcr
asked him where he got the letter lie said he
got j, at Pawtuxct My brother John asked II
ono OF Benamin Cornells sons gave II to him.
He answered no, for he knew all Of them, and the
man who gave 1t 10 him stranger. ] was
never with nay brother Nathan when he received
Il letter of such description. ] did not go to
Providence with him between July and February
last.
Dated a, East Greenwich, this 9Th day of July,
A d. 1888.
| fSiened) RICHARD SPENCER.
kESr SC AT Fast Greenwich July 9th, 1853
Personally appeared Richard Spencer, within
named and subscribed and made oath To the truth
of the facts contained IN the foregoing deposition.
Before me.
{Slgned) NATHAN WHITING, Just Peace
No. 3
!, Thomas 1. Spencer, Of East Greenwich, in
the county of X emf and State Of Rhode Island cord
walnor, testify and say on OATH that my brother
| Nathan M Spencer in the month of November
last, according to the best Of my recollection, went
10 Providence to buy stock. On his return he mon
toned he had taken letter AT Pawtuclet 10 90 H.
Fall River and that lie pa! II on boafd The Fall RI
yer boat do not distinctly tccoect tina, he told
me to whom it pdd.essed ! suppose he did
! fol recoect the conversation as to Benjamin
Cornell having daug hteis living in Fall River OF
vicinity. lie said i, was not ono Of Ben amin Cor
ncIls who handed him the letter, but strau-
ger was never with my brother Nathan when
he received letter of such description. have MOI
been To Prov idence with hun since the middle OF
October last within year previous to thai
/ time.
! Dated nj Easl Greenw Oh aforesaid this 9th day
/ Of .laly, a. d. 1888.
! fSigncdl THOMAS l.. SPENCER
KENr, SC AT East G cenwich, 9th July 1888
Personally appeared the within named ThomA,
L. Spencer ana subscribed and made oath 10 the
truth of the foregoing deposition. Before me.
! (Slgncdl NATHAN WHITING, 10 Pc Ct.
For the character OF the Opponents, reference cau
be had 10 any OF their fellow citizens at Easl
Greenwich, among whom, II VIII be recollcctsd, IS
/ Albert c. G.cene, ESQ Attorney General of Rhode
/ Island
! Unsuccessful efforts have been made TO find the
gentleman who rode IN the wagon with Mr.. Spen-
Ger He IS earnestly requested to make known
his place Of residence, that h's deposition relative
to the delivery of the letter TO Mr.. Spencer may
also bc obtained.
| Lpcuas- -NtHflation = We are informed by
gentleman Just arrived from Atksnsas, that about
the middle of May the lncnsts appeared m that
country IN immense numbers. They evidently
came IN from the earth in the form Of lnd of erul
enclosed in shell, This grub would attach IL
self, IA; evening to the ha k Ola tree, and in the
morning the locust would be found pcrched on tins
shell, having burst through It's case during the
night. A. this time It's wings were lmnerecliy
developed but after TWO or three hou' when they
had obtained their full size, the locuss flew away,
leaving the shell attached 10 the tree. The num-
Der of the animals was SO prodigious, that their
noise in the woods was lncessant and almost deaf
ening An extraordinary circumstance was, that
every one OF these myriads had n. distinctly
marked on each wng-Tbc people of the country
| interpreted this TO mean nnHifcattor. After ma
king great nose Tor six weeks, the locusis have
ntifcly disappeared and buried 'hcmsslve. in the
eatlh mot to appear again for a long period
Such we hope is the with the cause winch tho
writing on the wing is imagined by the good poo
pie Of Arkansas to iypify, with the exception that
II will never make its appearances again.
Cf0iera on the Mississippi and Ohio.-The Gen
| 'leman, from whom we received the above ,ntot
nation, left A, kansas the last Of Jane. fe ha.
also informed US, that the cholera, whIrh has be,t
50 fatal along the banks of the Mississippi, i. CON
sldered 20 have entirely disappeared from them
This wns also the case with the banks ofihc Ohio,
with the exception of a few scattering cases, al
Cincinnati and pits5u,g, where lhc,e no q
lam on the subject. There were N. ny yap..e It,
ports of its extending Itself gradually lr;o the int
rior; but as these reports, when Examined coud
no, be traced 10 authentic sources, 1t Is very un
certain whether they were well founded on rot
Bat Amer.
Frrm The Boston Daiiy 1drcrtj>cr Of I'M, IS
; -Hei0nehoiy S@'eidc--Eaty yesterday mornie..,
! the bo4y of Nh Nathaniel putnan. Baker of the
firm of Baker s Blanchard, dry goods dealers, in
kllby St, who commenced business about six
months since, was found III the dock az the head 4
3, LIVER DOL wharf, AT low water Prince Snow
Els q Coroner, being called, summoned juy of
inquest, VINO, ai'cr patient examination, return
ed for verdict " that the deceased came to his
death by drowning hinsefin the dock at the head
ofLiverpool wharf between the hours Of | | O'Clock
last night ard half past this mornng-causn un-
known 1t appeared In evidence before the IL
quest that Mr.. Baker was a native OF Ipswich IN
| tins State, aged about "a years that he boarded
ut NO y Pearl st and from 10 10 ii O'Clock on
Thursday evening, was smoking with fellow
boarde in the chamber entry, engaged in pleasant
| conversation. lie then wen. down stairs, saying