South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-30

feelings that none but parent can e
ven feebly appreciate. He soon dis
covered the dreadful certainty. The
child had stepped upon the end of a
loose board, and was precipitated to
the bottom Of the well, distance of
,birty-nine feet /; there being about
three feet of water in the well at the
time, il could have relieved the force Of
the fall but in a small degree. Mr..
Marsh, with a presence Of mind which
too often forsakes US in the moment Of
danger, prepared instantly to descend;
but here he was interrupted by the
boards over the mouth Of the well be-
ing SO firmly fastened as to resist the
utmost force Of his hands TO remove
them. The object was, after some
minutes delay, effected by prying up
and splitting off piece at a time {se
firmly were they nailed) until an opens
ing was made sufficient to permit him
to pass, when he hurried down in search
of the body Of his son, supposing that
the fall must have produced instant
death. He soon discovered the child
by it's clothing near the top of the wa
ter. He seized and Immediately COM
menced with an aching heart, to ascend
with it in his arms {; and though in
debilhated state Of health from frequent
attacks,of asthma, had accomplished
nearly half the distance. when he per.
csiyed the feeble gasp of his child. At
this moment he found himself begin
ming to fail, and had nearly lost his
hold. He called to those at the top of
the well, and informed them that his
child was not dead, and requested
help, when three of his neighbors de-
scended, and passing the child from
one to the other, soon restored the all
but apparently lifeless body to its anx-
ious mother. Medical aid was imme-
dia,ely called, which together with the
assiduous care of its anxious parents
soon restored the little sufferer to
state ofconsciousness. The next MORN
ing, no traces could be discovered in
the child ofsan accident having occur
red, other than two or three small brui.
ses on the head.
VIII the Rockingham Register inform
the world what Mr.. Beale DID say TO call
forth its comments some two or three
weeks since?-[W Winch. Rep.
T"Col. Beale did say''-if we, to-
gelher with great many other persons
WHO listened TO his speech on the NORM
ing of the election, are not greatly mis-.
taken.-shat ne was quite favourably
disposed towards Judge White; and
that there we're 500 men 10 the Union
for whom he would vote for President,
in preference 10 Mr.. Van Buren,. This,
together with few other remarks not
precisely suited to the tastes ofthe firm,
steadfast and decided republicans Of
Rockingham, was what induced our
comments. We have conversed with
gentlemen that stood nearer Col. b.
than we did while he was speaking,
who assert that he did declare his pre-
ferance for Judge W. TO any man spok-
en- of for the Presidency. However,
we all have misconstrued the COPS.
ideas, as is manifest from his letter in-
serted in our paper Of week before last.
We are now quite we'll satisfied with
Col. BIS views. If his wing friends
who were so much pleased with bis
expression of opinion at the hustingss
in Harrisonburg, choose TO suffer
matter thus to rest, we shall not COLI
plain.-Ed. r. Reg.