South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-09-19
Various Matters.
w AsHrNaToN CRY, Sept. IL.


We are sorry to have occasion for
stating that on last Saturday evening,
or early on Sunday morning, an attack
was made by some disorderly persons,
upon the African Church on Capitol
Hill, a school house at the Navy Yard,
a house of i'll fame on G. street, be-
tween 9th and Thy and on the new q
unfinished building, lately erected by
MIR. j. A. Bender on Penn. Avenue.
We understand that three young
men belonging to this city, have been
arrested and held to bail, who are char
ged with making the attack and in]ar-
ing the last mentioned property.-Mir.
The same paper mentions the arrest OF
another female in that city for kidnap-
ing slave woman.
Good THE sitizens Of Baltimore,
says the Albany Journal, will have to
foot the bill for the recent row there,
after all, as law was passed immedi-'
ately after the riots OF 1918, making the
city liable for any damage by nobs,
which might take place. But this is
not all. Besides the value Of the pro
perty destroyed, an addition OF ten per
cent. must be paid to the sufferers.--
The good folks CT Baltimore had gem
orally forgotten that such law was in
existence: had this not been the case,
there would 90, have been so many in
different spectators to herecen. scenes
of devastation. As it is, we are happy
they are caught. They deserve it,
Similar laws should be adopted in eve.
ny city.
SINGULAR ErFEcTs OF LIGHTNING.
n Caution. A letter dated Pitts
field, { Mass the 9TH inst, says:
"a very singular occurrence hap
pened here last evening. About eight
o'clock, fash Of lightning descended
the rod on the spire Of our lecture room,
where there were assembled, at pray
er meeting, probably about 800 per-
sons. The rod had become detached
from the roof, and had been carelessly
left so, at and just below the caves
At that point the electric fluid seemed to
separate. A portion followed the rod
to the earth. and tore out the ground, ,
scattering ii 10 every direction. A por-
ton burst into the second story, where
the meeting was he'd, breaking in Sc
veral Feet square. Of the building and
scattering the timbers, &c. over the
large room. Apparently it passed to
the stove pipe, followed that, and
instead Of ascending the chimney,
(which was propably forty feet from
where i, commenced with the pipe,) it
descended the chimney, passed across
the ives, end of the house, and then
two rooms below through the floor to
the earth, al the corner of the building
opposite 10 that where it entered. Ma.
ny persons were stunned, scorched, or
thrown down. One had the sleeve of
his coat cut as with knife from shout
der to hand. Another his hair snged
all over his head, and another the sole
of his boot handsomely cut of but,
most astonishing TO relate, no one was
killed." s.4
MELANCHOLY FATE OF MATHI-
AS THE PROPHET.
We have just received the melan-
choly particulars of the end of Mathi-
as the prophet, which we hasten to give
to the public.
When Matthias had completed his
at Sing Sing, he came
by stealth to this city. His first in
quiry was for MIR. Western, bis former
counsel. He told him piteous tale
Of his restitution. 81 had," said he, |
"only half dollar in my pocket when
| left Sing Sing, and that paid for my
passage down. Mr.. Western being a
man and having kindness
for Matthias 10 spite Of his tapestries,
very readily put his hand in his pocket,
and pulled out three dollars --''thers"
said he, "Mathias theirs three dollars,
leave off all your nonsense, and 60 to
work. You have | see cut off your
beard-but your whiskers yet want a
good deal of pruning." Mathias's |
heart melted. He gave Mr.. Western
his left hand" Here's my left hand
TO you Mr.. Western in token Of my
grati,ude-my red right arm must re-
serve for my Father in heaven
whose work am called upon to per-
form.
Matthias then went to see his wife
and children. She would not receive