South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-02

ssloop Of war Erie was lying in the har.
Dor at the time /; The commander Of
which volunteered the services of the
marines and sailors to quell the insur-
rection.-N. " Jour. Com.
Fey Tie largest hog that we have ever
seen is now in the possession OF Mr.. +.
Aiehan. 1t measures from the snout
TO the extremity Of the tail, eleven feet /;
lit is FIVE feet in height, and weighs l.
s232 pounds. II is remarkably we'll
shaped, and the flesh is of ex,raordina-
ry irmness, considering its size. II
appearsto be in perfec, health, end
may vel attain much larger growth,
being not quite three years old. So
great is the circumference of the neck,
that it cannot be SPAWNED by a mans
arms. IT was reared in the county Of
Antrim, and was purchased few days
since for fifteen guineas.-Dub. Jour.
From the Richmond Wing.
The case of the Comm on wealth us
DR.. Henry C. Worsham, for killing
DR.. w. C. Jackson, came on in the
Superior Court Of Nottoway on Satur-
day last, and after a minute examina-
lion Of the evidence was submitted to
the Jury without argument from the bar
upon charge as to the law of the case
from the Court, and in short time the
Jury returned verdict, "that the act
was done in self. defence, aud therefore
the prisoner was not guilty."
Counsel for the Prosecution.-John
w. Jones and James Lyons, Esqrs.
Counsel for the Prisoner.-John
Robertson, E. R. Chambers, Edward
Pegram, and Lewis Bouldin, Esqrs.
THE CINCINNATI ERoNAUT.-The
Cincinnati Gazette Of the 18th inst,
contains an account from Mr.. Clayton
(who made balloon ascension from
that city on the 9th ult. of his aerial
excursion. He took his departure from
the amphitheatre at five o'clock. P. M.
The wind at frs. carried him in
southeast direction. He rose, he says,
to the altitude of two and half miles,
as indicated by his barometer. He
passed over Little Miami river, keep.
ing the Ohio river little at his right.
A little before six he passed over Ba-
tavia. He says he experienced no dis
agreeable sensation but has no doubt
that at an altitude Of three and half
or four miles, owing to the rarely OF
the atmosphere, difficulty in breath
ing, and a swelling in the head, is ex.
perienced. At twenty-five minutes
after six, he had view Of the setting
sun thirty minutes after six he passed
over Williamsburg; at seven o'clock,
over Georgetown; little before eight,
over West Union. The wind now
changed little TO the south. Atabout
nine O'Clock, he passed little to the
LEFT Of Portsmouth was enabled to see,
by the light of the moon, Sciota river,
and the different places over which he
passed. A little beyond Portsmouth,
he had fine view Of the i.on FORCES
and furnaces, whose fires illuminated
the atmosphere for number Of miles.
Soon after this he was carried due east
and Immediately over Concord; next
he was carried east northeast, which
brought him at eleven O'Clock, nearly
up to Gallipolis, little below which ne
crossed the Ohio liver. He next pass
ed into a more southerly current which
brought him over the Kanawha river.
AT half after IL o'clock, he passed ov'
er Charleston and in few minutes was
carried over the furnaces Of the Kama.
wha salt works, and in sight of the fork
formed by GauIy and New rivers
Soon after this he approached the earth,
and finding his ballast was nearly ex'
hausted, prepared for descent; ne
threw his anchor over, which caught
firmly in tree, but finding, contrary
to his "frst Impressions" that he was
over dense forest, he cat the cable,
and again assembled to his former alti-
tude. 1t now being very cold, he says
he wrspt himself comfortably up, drank
some brandy, felt comfortably and high.
ly delighted with his novel trip, laid
down in the bottom Of his car, and IN
that situation dropt to sleep. lie was
awakened ct last by his car striking
He landed at half after two o'clock, 10