Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-04-15
From the New York Journal Of Commerce.

Distressing shipureck annexed par
ticulars of the wreck Of the Br. ship,Francis
Spaight, present a series of suffering too
horrible even 10 be dreamed Of She left
St John. n. b, for Limerick, on the oath
Nov. and on the Sd of Dec. whsle lying to
under a close reeied mzen top SAIL she cap
sized. but by cutting away the masts, she
righted, but three of the crew were lost
not particle of provisions or water were to
be had, and from the Sd TO the 22d they
suffered tortures too horrible to describe, and
on that day, O'Brien. Gorham. Beham, and
Burns. four of the hands, died, raving from
thirst and starvation. On the afternoon of
tina, day, they were taken off the wreck by
the brig Angeronia, Captain Gillard, from
Newfoundland for Teignmouth, to whose
kindness and attention. they are indebted for
their lives. When the Angeronia fell in with
them, they found only the captain, mate and
Gine OF the crew, and most horrid TO relate
t,co quarters Of human body, which too
plainly told TO what extremity they had been
reduced. Enduring for five days total alb
stinence distracting thirs, and craving hun
ger prompted at last the adoption of their
last resource, and of casting lots for victim
TO be bled to death, and eaten. The first
lot fell on the Captains boy. fine youth
Is years old-aud afterwards another lad
and man suffered, on which they suhssted
five DAYS The fourth lot had been cast-it
Tell on the mate. and the ensuing day--the
day of the morning on which his Fate would
have been sealed by death, the Angeronia
relieved them On landing. their appear
ance was most Distressing The captain
says he was when happily relieved, in the
act of eating the liver and brains Of his APP
prentice
A Wretch-uOrse than Brnie !-Hor.
| rid death Of an infanL-BelPs Messenger
OF 9th of February. contains the particulars
of the most distressing death that human in
I oenuity could invent An infant only IL
months old ,cas actually mNrderd by ais oion
mother ,ohO gaze IL boiling ioatsr 10 drink ! /!
The monster mother is an Irish beggar wo-
man named Sullivan; she had been con-
stantly in the habit ID ill-using her infant,
and had several times been heard to say that
she wished it dead or out OF the way, On
the morning of its death, she went on. and
left the babe in the room alone, and on her
return she informed the people Of the house
that it had drunk some boiling water from Il
teakeule on the hob ! Ii was however
shown to be utterly impossible that the child
could have reached the tea-kettle in the
place where ii stood, and even had the kettle
been in its way, the fact Of its being hot
would have deferred an infant from taking
hold of it. The mother was committed for
examination.
TIT FOR TAT.-A gentleman travelling.
stopped at public house in Windham.
Conn. and was ushered by the landlady.
into a parlor kept for the best company
The gentleman noticing an elegant clock in
the room stepped up to it in order to regu-
late his watch but discovered that il wanted
its most useful quality, that is, motion, and
turning to the lady, remarked that it did not
go. No sii, said she, it is like q great ma
ny men, it has no brains. And also like
many women in similar situation, retorted
the gentleman, it has very pretty face,