Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-12-07

If RE yard where he hung dangling by he rs'k a, the
height of eighty feet. lr struggle lu i moment only
trying with 10th hands 10 teach the rope over his heaG
and Then they fell puwrriess by his side. lie was irsi
observed by the boaswaIn who lnpked up on seeing
hat fall overheard was by his side, and yer shall
forget The face Of horror the unearthy and fearful
shrek that broke from him after pointing a"it for few
Fseronds incapable Of utteng sound 1t was like that
lines heard from persons suffering under the night
mare Ii indeed most aw lu sie ht 10 bel"ld fell
low creature thus quiyering IN the air, and his arms
dang ling 70 and fro, and his whole body swaying about
with very io Of tie ship, 10 and 20 feet and every lit
tie while striking with fearful violence against the mast
In few seconds, dozen men were al" to his assist
ance, but 1t seemed as many hours And here new
danger presented itself One of them, thinking only Of
fleeing the sufferers neck, caught him with hand
leaning over the I"psa yard as he swung n and began
cutting The rnpe with The other; pioydenally The
templ was seen and arrested by the LIST Lieutenant
Had he cut The rope, the jerk must have thrown them
Off together. tie soon liberated, but declared
10 be dead On being lowered on deck in a hammock
sent up for the purpose: the used for the
re.y of persons whose animation is suspended.
successfully used, and lie is doing well. Another
minute, aud all would have been with him.
On examination Of the manner in which lie
pended, his preservation is little short of miraculous.
There only a single turn round his neck Had il
slipped, (nnd Heaven only can tell what prevented It
he would have been dashed 10 pieces, or whlrled
board, where with the heavy sea that running he
must have persisted Had caught inch nearer his
he must have suif6cated relieved And in view
of his escape will you believe H. oil he thinks OF s STOP
ping his grog day, which compelled to do lest
it should induce fever Not half an hour since went
10 him, and he said, 'lt bloody hard man must
i Sc his grog because he breaking his neck
Such is the old man .ol.wars man.
! The Deiights Of Wrdiock.-The following centenua.
rian worsblppers at lymen's shrine deserve civic
| chnplet:
Married, at Ashfrld, Nov 81, Mr. Chileab Smith, in
his nintiy sercth year, Widow Jerusha Ware Of He
bron, N " in her Gghiy sscOad ysar. This makes Mr..
Smiths fourth wife. lie has labored on a farm ever
since he five years OF nge-and up to last summer,
performed the scytIe through the season OF hayIng,
equal to man of 80 years His love has evidently been
unirersa and ever on the march. He has living within
three apd half miles of him, nine great great grand
children, 1--WE don't know how many more) who might
have seen the 2s, Nov S3S, their great great grand
father married. This is what we call handing down to
poserity.- Courier, Greenfield, Mass
The Small Pox of whose ravages in Henry and Hall
fax counties Virginia. have heard SO much must az
all have been the modified. mild variety Of Farolold
as perceive by detailed account from Dr. JORDAN,
in the Danvr Rep"rcr that there have been altogether
but sixty five cases up Nov 18th, yet out Of that
number only three deaths The loalhsomeness ofilIe DIS
ease however in the different families, is described as
peculiarly offensive The writer, whatever liz may say
OF The cases passing into genuine Small Pox, must be
satisfied from The comparatively trifng mortality, that
his opinion is erroneous. lie relies fully the efficacy
Of IaceinGiioa
The trans Atlantic Steam Ship Company Owners o!
the LivcrpooD have two Steam Ships now on The
stocks in Liverpool which will be finished quickly az
possible OF larger dimensions and power an the Great
Western intended expressly for The Line 10 this Port
They IT, be called the limited Kingdom nd"uni-
ted States, and from the high reputation OF Messrs.
Wilson's the ship builders employed TO construct them
and hIessrs. Fawcet and Preston, The engine makers,
they will be splendid vessels in every sense oi The word
They will be built the safety pnc pie OF having five
compartments divided by water tight bulk heads, the
the Royal William" whose fine model will
hr adhered 10 closely possibe..E J.. Courier y
Enquirer
PERT Packing This business is now in full operation
with very favorable weather. On Thursday II raineG;
Friday the weather moderate. il continued free.
zng Oh Friday night since which the freeze has CONT
nued the thermometer ranging most of the Time near
the reoz ing point and under. Monday morning, Nov.
10 Fahrrnhrit al sun up. stood Il N degrees.
AS sample Of the expedition with which pork pack.
ing is rspalched the follow ing: On Saturday,
Nov 81, al Chas S Clsrksons Pork house, thou
sand hogs, nett average weight OF each rising two hun.
dred pounds, worked up in the best manner.
This is but specimen Of the pork packing Of Cincin-
mali The price Of pork is little OF trade secret in
market, except among those who purchase of wag
The range in those purchases has been, from 50
10 30 per hundred. - CtncinRuti Fhig.
1t seems we were wrong, says the Auburn News.of
the I'D inst. in saying that William Johnston suren
de!CG i.mself to Mr. Garruw, the U. Marshal. In
his hand writing aud signature, he sent US last
even ny the following:
w IlIam Johnston, surrendered nlySei iy son,
John Johnston under Gov Marcy 9 Proclamation, and
he delivered The Deputy Sheriff Of Jefferson conn.
ty. WM. JOHNSTON"
His examination and that Of the others in custody Of
the Marshal, was 10 take place on Friday
y4dcantoge Of a Railroad for The Great W,s--Thc
route from Detroit 10 Chicago, usually travelled
the lakes is abou, nine hundred miles. When the con.
,emp!ated line Of railroad between these Two places is
completed the passage will be made in about seventeen
hours.
We learn from the Arkansas Gazette. that Carey A.
Harris, late Commissioner OF Indian Affairs has been
appointed Cashier of he Real Estate Bank Of Arkansas,
with salary "f $500 per Thomas w. New
ton elected Chief Clerk.
DEraLCATIoS--A committee appointed By the Legis
laure of Mississippi 10 examine the books aud accounts
Of the Auditor Of The State john H. Mallory, have
ported him defaulter III the sum Of SOD 079 Sc!
VALLEY ROAD 1T appears from the subscription pa.
pers that the Qnoa Of stock allotted 10 this county, has
been exceeded by something like thousand dollars
So much the heller. We will now have without doubt,
enough To make cur part Of The road.
Haun.Oa Spectator.
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