The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-10-19

failing, the bowie knives were to |
be used, SINE qua non was that one or the other |
must be killed on the SPOT
Rowley advanced several PAGES towards the !
Judge, took deliberate aim, at his fist fire the |
ball entered the Judges rifle side Immediately |
below The nipple and passed his body he fell.
and merely said to S. S. PrentSs, II an, dying |
good bye" The Judges rifle ,cas not raised nor
did he Advance he went to the ground with a
determination 10 'stald shot believing that if
il failed Rowley would be satisfied.
LAKE ERIE STEAMBOATS,. The recent ca
lamnitous destruction OF the Erie. has served
to prevent many persons al The south west from
crossing the lakes on their way TO the eastern
Atlantic states and cities, as they wonld have
preferred, and led them 10 take the southern
by Wheeling, Baltimore, Philadelphia, DC. To
place this matter right before the public. we
would observe that there has been far less loss
of human life and properly from steamboat nc.
cidents on our nohcrn lakes than on any other
waters in the world, where there has been an
equal amount Of travel and business. Gen
|,lemen from The South who come with the
writer Of this from the valley of the Mississippi.
and who are well acquainted with steamboats,
lin that quarter, have expressed their admiration
the superior strength and safely Of the bolts
which play between the port Of Buffalo and the
intact cities west oft.
We came down in the Buffalo and il is but
sheer Justice 10 say that both the boat and her
worthy commander, Capt. ALLEN, won golden
opinions from a lhrong Of passengers. We
- moi distant vub,.p cnntinuOuS
line of railroads from this 10 Boston and New
York will present still greater inducements for
The business men of St. Louis and all others
living in the valley Of The Mississippi 10 take
this northern, instead of any southern rout 10
reach the northern seaboard.
BosroN Ice TRADE.-There are now 16
companies engaged in the business Of shipping
ice in Boston. They formerly sold ice in
New Orleans at six cents per pound; but now
sell ii at one cent, and The consequent increase
of consumption and the quantity prevented from
meeting by the dispatch Of sales, they make
four dollars now 10 where they made one
formerly. The ice is sawed into square blocks
not less than ~ inches thick. and is packed
into vessels with straw and hay, boxed with
thin lumber made air tight. One Boston
company paid $1,000 last year for the hay
they used for packing.
The LATE GALE.-Reports of disasters al
sea, caused by the late gale, are still reaching
us. We regret TO say that several of them
have been accompanied with loss Of life. The
schooner Bride, of Dennis. ran ashore on the
bank of Cape Cod, and all hands on board,
eight in number, were drowned in the cabin.
The Captain of the schooner President, of
Plymouth, which vessel was entirely lost on
the Cape, reports at the office of the Plym-
outh Rock, that before he left fifty dead bodies
had been picked up on the shore, and that
there were some forty or fifty vessels on
shore.
yellow FEVER AT INV ORLEANS. We re-
greet To perceive that this great scourge of the
south is on the increase at New Orleans. The
number Of cases swells every day. Our dates
are to the 18th inst. On the day previous there
were 80 deaths. Rarely, says The Picaynne,
have we seen SO much gloom, during two OF three
years past, as was manifested in the countenauces
of our ciizenS Yesterday. The number Of faces
not clothed in mourning was very small indeed,
The death of several old and valued residents.
and the precarieus situation of many others,
seemed TO have excited almost universal sorrow.
The epidemic, in lis malignity, has swept TO the
tomb many who had abundant reason to hope for
escape. Among those who have reason ~ fear
its attacks, the utmost caution and prudence is
demanded. A calm and undismaved spirit,
united with early and efficient attendance will
almost ensure triumph. While on the other hand,
a weak and iimid temper is the best and most
faithful u!ly Of the disease.