South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-03-14

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same day, several ballotings took place
for President PRO. TEN. Of that body,
which resulted in the election Of Mr.. TY-
LER.
The Maryland State Colonization
Society announce their intention of des-
patching two expeditions to their newly
founded colony at Cape Palmas, the first
of which will sail in the month of May,
and the second in the month Of October,
ensuing.
Shocking. The burning Of three
young men in lodging camp in Maine
was noticed in the papers some days
ago. Eldridge K. Hammond, the on
~ one who succeeded in getting from
the camp, and who survived eight
hours, related the following particulars,
as published in The Bangor Farmer:
He said he was awoke by the heat,
(Which had then burnt most of his
clothes off from hia) and finding the
camp all on fire, rushed to the door,
and after some notwithstanding his
hands shockingly-succeeded in un.
fastening ii, and then ran to birch log,
few feet in advance Of the camp, aud
so badly was he burnt as to leave the
skin Of the bottom of his foot with the
nails attached TO it, to the log on which
he stoodl In trying to rise, he put his
hand upon the log and left the skin and
nails of it 10 the same mannerl He
then started for the first house, about
two miles distant; after running few
rods, he turned and looked towards
the camp in hopes TO see his comrades
escaped. While standing here, Itotal-
ly naked with the exception of his rist-
bands and wastbands,) he says he
heard one cry from the camp, and then
nothing more was heard than the crack
ing of the fire as it consumed the sides
of the camp. Finding himself freez'
ing, he again started, and after running
one mile upon meadow principally,
and of course upon nothing, but ice,
reached the woods. Here, being unev-
en-, he fell several times each time
leaving full print OF his body covered
2 With blood upon, the snow: and be.
came so exhausted as to be obliged to
walk the other mile. He a, length
reached Mr.. N. c. Pratt's house about
four o'clock in the morning, where ev.
cry possible exertion was used to re-
lieve the agony of pain which he was
in but in vain | He expired at about
IL O'Clock at noon. MIR. Shaw traced
him the whole distance through the
woods and meadow by the blood from
his feet. Mr.. Hall, the eldest, has left
a wife and two children to lament his
un.imely decease. Mr.. Hammond had
been the comfort and support ofan aged
mother for several years.
O. The New York Journal of Com
merce says--"We have reason to say,
that in all probability M. SERURIER, late
Minister of France at Washington, will
embark on board the Albany, Havre
packet from this port, of March 8th."
ET In Mexico they have law that if
a person kills another in duel, he be-
comes responsible for oil the debts of the
deceased
CUMBERLAND, (Md.) March 8.
Firei-The Steam Saw-MiII, about
a miles above Frostburg, in this coun.
ty, was consumed by fire, on the night
Of the Esd ult. We have not learned
how the fire originated. The loss to
the proprietor, Mr.. Joshua Johnson, is
supposed to be above ten thousand dol
lars. Civilian.
p The colored population of New
York city are about to petition the State
Legislature to extend to them the right
ofsuffrage on the same terms as the
whites.
1t appears from statement in the Af-
fican Renository that 2806 eolorad ami