Litchfield enquirer., 1835-04-30
From the Vermont Ph9nir.

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 From the Vermont PhOenir.
 Sudden Death by Poison.-Died at Vernon, on the Sd inst. Miss Mary Stebbins, daughter of Capt. Elijah Stebbins, aged 20 years.-- This interesting young lady. the day preSi-f ous to her deaths was in good health. and at dinner manifested her usual sprigh,hness and i, pleasantry. Soon after dinner she walked out towards the river, andvisited q miniature saw-mill of her little brothers. On her re- turn 50 the house she amused the children of the family by treating them; with the bark of birch twgs. which she had procurea in her walk, still cheerful and pleasant, Her aloth- CT observed palaness uhusual on Mary's .countenance. and asked if she was nnwell.- Mary readily replied, {" | do feel sick, and perhaps khave eaten too much .blrck bark. She soon becams much dislrrsseds attended with dizziness, violent retchings, and occa- siOnal spasms; and on further inquiry by her mother respecting the cause of her acute and alarming distress. Mary reCnliecttd and read lily stated, that during her walk she plucket some pods of Apple ,Peru," and had eaten some of the seeds. which were discovered in the contents of the stomach, spontaneously ejected. During these scenes her uncle, Geo. R. Stebbins. came in, aud joined her mother in stating to her her imminent danger. Her father being absent On business, the uncle went in. haste for physician. The Doctor being at that time over the river, could:n0t be obtained till almost 5 o'clock P. M,
 At that time she was in agonizing distress- unable to speak-eyes red and surcharged with hlood--pupils much dilated-a petechial eruption over the surface, rssemblinsya highly marked case of spotted fever-almOst perfect loss ofmuscuiar motion, and general stupor -the stomach and bowels not excitable by large and repeated doses of emrtics. 'cathar- tics and enemas-extremities. surface, and breath cold-intense thirst, but on any at tempts to swallow. the organs of degIutitiOn were thrown into spasms resembling hydro phobia-great' difficulty of breathins-in f0e her appearance was that ofagony. Although apparently wishing for relief, it was very diff. fcuh for her to swallow any thing. Some time in the latter part of the night she had a short lucid interval. during which she with much difficulty and in a hurried manner talk ed some, the powers Of Of'l0conrotion appeared returning. She said she should be glad to drink and take remedies, but that when she tried tU swallow she felt as ifchOking tO death. She passed aifectiOnate salutations with her parents and sisters present. A little before six in the morning she sunk again into para lytic stupor, and for mOre than four hours manifested no sensation or motion exceptfrOn1 deep and lab0rious respiration. till death clos ed the scene at 10 o'clock A. NJ. April Sd.
 "Apple-Peru, Thorn Apple, sometimes called Jameson Weed, or bOtanically "Sirainoniam, jtis powerful narcotic.
 3He CineinnGti, Erondas.-1he' Cincinnati Gazette of the r8th instant, contains an ac- count from Mr. Clayton lwho made a bal loon, ascension from that place on the 8th) of his serial excursion. He took his departure from the ampitheatre at 5 o'clock. P: M.- The wind at first carried him in southeast direction. He rose. he says, to the altitude of two and a half mites. as indicated by hts barometer. He passed over Little Miami river. keeping the Ohio river little at ls right. A little before six he passed over Baiavta.- He says he experienced n0 disagreeahle sen sation, but has no doubt that at an altitude of three and a half or four miles. owing to the rarity of the atmosphere. a difficulty in breathing and swelling in the head. is expe- rienceCf! Al twenty five minutes after six. he had view of the setting of the sUn-S0 mi0- utes after six he passed over Williamsburgh- at ,. o'clock over GeorgetOwp-a little before eieht over West Union. The wind now changed u little to the south. At about pine o'clock he passed little to the lelt of Perts- mouth-was enabled.to see by thelight ofthe moon. Sciota river, and the different places over which he passed. A little beyond Ports. mouth he had a fine view of tho Iron FOrges and Furnaces, whose fires illuminated the at- mospheresfOr number of miles. Soon after