Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-10-04
From the Philad. Nat. Gaz of Sept 80.
HORRID MURDER.

WHICH mas Intensely excited pubic attention
and sympathy. The daughter Of an Eng
lishman, named james Wood, the proprietor
Of large confectionery store in Chestnut
street, opposite Independence Hall, was mar
ried about four weeks ago to young man, a
mechanic. without the knowledge or consent
Of her father On Friday last the father was
informed ofthe marriage, on which he i'm
mediately closed his store, and since then
has behaved like madman. The husband
went this morning 10 the house of the father
in-law, in the expectation, il is said, Of effect
ing reconciliation with him. What imme.
dately followed has not yet TRANSFERRED
Wood. however, called his daughter up
s,airs, having previously provided himself
with pair Of loaded pistols Whether he
discharged one or both OF them we have not
heard, but he shot the unhappy girl, one ball
entering the cheek below the right eye aud
passing through the head, and another graz
ing the left side Of the forehead The balls
may have been from one pistol. The Grim
inal was Immediately arrested by the Sher-
i'll, who, when this account reached us, was
OBTAINING HIM on the premises. The daugh.
ter died about eleven o'clock An immense
crowd was in front of the house. There is
little doub, that the wretched man is abso-
lutely insane with rage on account of his
daughters conduct.
DIED on the goth inst, near the Oneida
Castle, ONDAYKA, head Chief of the
Onondagas, aged about 90. AT the time of
his death, Ondayaka with the subordinate
chiefs and principal men Of his nation, were
on their way to join in the ceremonies of
electing head chief of the Onedas. With.
in few miles ofthe council house of the
latter tribe, Ondayaka placed himself at the
head of the deputation Of the Onondagasand
commenced the performance of the ceremo-
MES observed on such occasions, when he
was suddenly seized with the bilious chol.
ic. Calling the next chief in authority TO
fill his station, he withdrew to the road side,
when he soon after expressed conscious.
ness that " it was the will of the Greai Spir-
IL that he should live no longer upon the
Earth" He then sent for his people and
took leave Of them after counselling them to
cultivate and practice temperance aud broth
erly love in their councils and among the
people OF the nation. and friendship and in
tegrity with all He soon after became un.
able to speak and in a few hours his spirit
was gathered to the Great Spirit who gave
ii-Oneida Wig.
A Pretty Pair of Floods. We extract
the following from a Jacksonville, Indiana,
paper. Mr.. Jesse Flood, on the 22d Au-
gust, says:
My wife, Nancy Flood has left me
without cause or provocatlon. am deter
mined 10 pay no debts Of her contracting
She is a triAing. good-for-nothing jade " any
way you can fix it." warn all "darkies"
against harboring. feeding, or running away
with her. under the penalty of having their
peppers biackened, and their noses mashed
until they are as fiat as trenchers."
TO which tender eh'usion, Nancy Flood,
the loving and accomplished wife of MIR. J.
Flood, puts in the following a6eetionate res
pOnse -
lFVery clear Of it. Jesse Nj. Flood,
a fellow who calls me his wife, has wickedly
showed me the bottom of his foot, and not
satisfied withGunning away between supper
and breakfast, the sla6-Side. ianiern.jasoed
rascal has advertised me for "jade p
What he says about me is MS false as he is
tri1ing. He has clared the kitchen" leav-
ing me and his children 10 feed, without
cent of money. l made him good vile,
but he is q sour, ill-natured, reel-footed ban
dy-legged scamp. He can't transmopolate
an article of syllogstcal science, nor can
lie fusmulticate the least observation-disclosures
from the vulganatoria mind Of an idoidisiti-
nal wife. | caution all transfulmatorial
girls from having any thing TO do with him.
as he has white lirer. Hoping that he
will continue to measure" dirt, and never
show his AaicAel face in these parts again, |
remain"
This is the way husband and wife .fatter
each other in the West. 1t is pretty spec
linen of conjugal affection.
Four young men, tailors by trade. lately
died in New-Orleans, within few hours OF
each other. They were all buried at the same
time. The funeral is said to have been most
striking and solemn. Four hearses convey
ed the bodies to their graves, attended by the
friends of the deceased, and the military band
of the company to which one or more OF them
belonged. They had all worked in the same
shop. Newark Daily Adverlisef'l
The sickness at Mobile had not abated on
the nth inst. The number of interments
forthe first sixteen days of the month was
two hundred and forty.nine, including some
of the most respectable citizens OF the city.