New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-11-30

CLOUDS ASD SUNSHINE. School r coM DISPLAYED
BY ELIZABETH "iSTEE- Dayton Il Sa1ton, corner
of Nassau aud Fulton streets.
This /. the title of little volume made up o
lectures delivered TO the pupils of the Lyceum In
stitute in jersey City. They refer more or less
directly to their duties as pupils but also extend
their teachings to the wider relations of life.
The WArEnLEr NOVELS, No l25 containing
Castle Dangerous and the Surgeons Daughter,
with Glossary, has just been published by Israel
Post, SO Bowery. This completes the series and
the publishers advertise that they will publiss in
the same style on the lst of January, SCOTS Ms
c-aneous Works, with his Life and Letters by
Leckhart
LORD BAcoS's WORKS, No. ), THIERs's HIs7o-
RY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, No "a, and
TRAGEDY OF THE SEAS, No. &c, have also just
been published by Mr. Post,
MYSTERIOUS CiRcuMsrANcE.-A few evenings
since Dr.. Mcdonnell, OF Gananoquc, was sent for to
attend patient underth following singular crcum-
stances:
An Irishman, residing about five miles below Ga
nanoque, had left his home early in the morning
for the purpose OF cutting wood, taking with him
his dinner, and not having retired a, Il late hour
IN the evening, his wife became anxious, and went
in pursuit of him, accompanied by three of his bre-
Tiers, who had recently come out from Ireland.
They in their turn, being strangers 10 the forest
were also lost; when, for the double purpose OF
shctering themselves and giving clue 10 their
lost brother, they kindled a large fire on the spot
where they determined on remaining for the night
Al -. Il. l..
ing, and passing the fire. moving on all fours, and
cluichng woodlands The watching party
immediately went out and accosied the figure.
Who to their great surprise, the object Of ther
search.
He was brought to the fire, when it discov-
cred that he had severe wound on the head APP
pa1ently inflicted by some blunt instrument. His
dress was covered with blood, and of course (from
the creeping position in which he had been dis
covered,) with mud. To their inquiries to the
cause OF his accident, answer could be Obtained
all that the man could say, on being questioned
was Take them away take them away do not
let them come near me" The brothers were matt
rally anxious to convey the sufferer TO his home
but having lost their way themselves, they were
compelled TO remain in the woods all night and
did not regain their home until the following day.
Doctor Mcdonnell found him as above described
and in OF continued inscnSlbiity. still utter
ing the words, take them away, do NOT let them
cosle-Hcar me- The man indeed was almosi
raving mad and ii was not without the utmosi
difficulty, that Doctor Mcdonnell succeeded, with
the aid of three four strong men, in extracting
Two and-,wenty ounces of blood from his He
however still continued insensible (from conclusion
of the brain and no clue can be given le the cause
of the extraordinary manner in which he made ms
appearance (clu,ching his axe with an iron grasp
before his bewildered and waing family.
II at first supposed that, while in the net OF
cutting down a tree, branch had fallen upon his
head and produced the wound but this explana-
ton is done away by the fact that every tree feed
by him had been regularly cut Up, into the length
required for cord wood, aad TINT branch of size
sutiicien, to occasion any injury, had been found
Brockviie Lag Statesman.