Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-08-18

1--WE cOs
STORY OF EXTREME SUFFERING.
The following case Of extreme suffering occur
red to boy Of the game Of Cope belonging TO
II. M. ;. Revenge, but who was drifted out
OF Malta harbor in small boat, with an artill-
ery-man, both in a state Of drunkenness. The
boy IS now on board the Cary:ford, Captain
Martin at nslantinople. Cope and the ar
tilleryman having fallen asleep in boat, were
dfified out to sea before they were awakened,
and for five days continued without seeing
sail or getting assistance in any shape. About
the fifth day they held consultation on their
prospects, and determined TO wait resignedly
the approach Of death. Soon after they SEEM
ed TO have resolved TO die together, and TO this
end took the plug out Of the boat, and locked in
each others arms and tied together laid down
to drown. The boat swamped but would not
sink. Cope got up and said he had thus offer
ed TO die, but as il seemed God had willed 9th
erwise, he put in the plug and bailed out the
water with his hat. The artillery man said he
en- to the size Of his thighs, his belly drawn
to nothing, his face infamed, mouth foaming,
speech nearly gone and eye sight dim; his con-
versation, when speaking Of his friends, was
ineligible, but he showed evident symptoms
Of insanity, and on the eighth dayjumped over
board and was drowned. On the following
day 25 hours after Chambers had drowned him
self, a vessel hove in sight; he had scarce
strength to hold his hat on pole, but he was
seen and picked up by an Ionian bark, bound
TO Constantinople, after having been from the
night of the 18th OF April to the 24th, without
a morsel Of food or a drop of liquid, save salt
water and his own urine, neither Of which he
could resist drinking.
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Public Ledger ofyesterday contains the follow
ing:-The packet ship Washington, which re-
Gently arrived from Calcutta had on board one
| of the largest Anacondas ever imported into
this country. The animal was enclosed in a
large box, and for one hundred and thirty days
had not partaken of food or drink. With a
view to crafty one of the Custom House OH
GERS, the Captain proceeded with him into the
hold of the vessel, and with an axe removed
the top of the box in which the reptile was
incarcerated. She was coiled in corrugated
folds around her eggs, which were evident
ly undergoing the process of hatching.--
Not content with the spectacle thus presented,
they must, needs know how many oviparious
articles were couched under the animal, and the
handle Of the axe was used to remove part Of
her body from the eggs. So soon as the at
tempt was made the Anaconda became furious,
and quick as thought, darted its gasping Jaws
towards the Custom House functionary, encos-
ing his head, (Which, by the by, is not small
one) within the vortex. The Captain, with
7 great presence of mind, thrust the axe into the
, mouth of the monster, in so doing, narrowly
grazing the cheek of the officer, but saving him
: from being swallowed portion Of his ear
cut off, and an abrasion of the skin of his dex-
ter jaw, saving the fright. was the only dam
age sustained. The Captain had his hand
identified with fourteen impressions of the
fangs of the serpent, which he considers as
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more prudence in future.
SHE WOULD BE SAILoR.--It will be reccol-
, ected, that about two years ago individual
, was arrested in this city upon charge ofsteaing
horse, and was tried and found guilty Of the
! offence, and sentenced tn two years imprison-
|. ment in the State Prison, under the name of
Charles Stetrard. 1t was soon afterwards dis
: covered by the prisoners, that Charley belong
ed to the feminine gender, and information hav-
ing been given 10 the keepers of the fact, she
; was Invested of her roundabout and trousers,
i and sent over to the female department of
:, Bellevue prison. Yesterday, the term of i'm
: prisonment having expired, she was told that
she was at liberty TO depart, offering her at the
r same time decent dress of female attire to be-
: gin the world anew with. This proposition,
however, she Indignantly rejected. demanding
= as her right the same clothing that was taken
. away from her. Finding she could not obtain
u them, she came down in the forenoon, in her
II prison dress, and solicited aid Of the Almhouse
and was told to wait till one of the commission
ers arrived. In the mean time she paraded
u herself upon the grass plots of the Park, and
. excited so much interest, after the spectators
found out who she was, as to attract a cousid-
d cradle mob, when she was persuaded to submit
Al to temporary commitment until a hearing of
T. her case could be had. II appears that this
e singular young woman, who is not over IS or
n 90 years of age, had for six years followed the
D, sea in the capacity ofa common sailor, doing all
N sorts of hard duty, and subject 10 all the priva-
, tons and tolls of sea life, without her sex E.
n ven having been discovered. The reason for
N assuming the character of sailor she would
, never disclose. She is Scotch girl and is rep
8. resented by the officers the most violent be-
ing they ever had under their charge. Some
e times she has been known to maintain good
: battle with two other keepers at once, while
/ they were endeavoring to punish her for stub
IS bornness. She never worked day in prison;
/ although she has been beaten, starved, and
chained to effect the object she has been chain
e ed to the floor Is months of her imprisonment
e Scarcely any one dared to approach her cell to
o give her food, as she would knock them down
e with kid as soon as they entered. Her moral
IF character, with the exceptions above alluded
, to, is good. Her object is TO get suit of sal
Is or's clothes, and go to sea again; and il is
l. possible that she will commit another crime to
J. obtain them, perhaps the wisest course would
: be to let her have her own way, for the sake of
J. getting rid of her.-N. Y Express.
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