New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-26
shocking Affair in Medferd.Mar der OF /.
Child BY "a. Mother. and her atemP"
81 srsA

at Medford. Mass. give. the particulars OF
mos, shocking affair which occurred III that 'o"H
on Thursday last.
/; appear. that Young man was hshins ear!
in the morning of THURSDAY, in the canal, when
be discovered an infant lying in the water he
Immediately informed the town authorities, VINO
took it ont and conveyed !; 10 ncighsorins she'd
until they could summon the coroner. &c.
In the mean time the news had spread through
The town. and reached the ears of Mr.. 7. who
resides near the canal bank. She Immediately eX-
pressed wish to 20 anl see II, ,nd asked young
woman in her employ if she should ike to accom-
p,ny her She declined. and said she woud stay
At home and take care Of Mrs. T. little BOY.
Ms. I then went sut t. the child. and th-
moment she was gone. this girl (who /; appear.
va. the mother went out Of the back door and
threw herself from an adjoining wharf into the
dock She Wa seen walking or the capstan OF
the wharf bv Mr.. James, who kept his eye on
her and the moment he her overheard he
plunged n and brought her safe on shore yet -
determined was she to self-iesiFuction, tho, she
caught hold Of a ,tico Of timber ~ the bottom Of
the dock, and il wa some tine before she could
be made 10 loose her hold. II appear. that the
borne 4 good character. and last Sunday was ID
mitted member Of a church in Medfo-d and 50
well had she concealed her cese. that no one. not
no; even the women q the house, suspected the
truth.
She 'ay in bed on Tuesday morning and com
planned of sickness. and. she state- Eave birth.
unassi-ted between FIVE and 'iz o clock that morn
ing. 10 the infant which she strangled and secret
Il 1 IL, I.,rtt atral
work, doing the ironing. &c. for the family, and
az far a. the evidence of the women OF the house
goes they never suspected anything Up to the
morning the child was found, but II appears almost
impossible.
After she wa. taken ont Of the water she re-
NAMED nsensihc for several hours, when she rc-
yivrd and related the above and stated that She
made I'D her mind 10 ,hi. dreadful alternative,
rather than bear the disgrace che must bring upon
herself by exposing her situation. ~ she had SUI
fercd 30 much mental and bodily agony. no effort
was made 70 ARES, her. and on Friday night she
wa. conveyed away by her friends, no one iu4uir-
ing whittier.
" The law. OF NcwYork say tia; this wrc,ched
youn. woman should be hung by the neck until
She he dead, while the villain who se1uccd Ter 10
all this agony horror and ruin, should go altogeth-
or unpublished Ought not such Statutes TO be
Revised Ed. Tribune.
U Alexander Cuvillier. Esq, has been aP-
pointed BY his EScelcncy. Gov Roman, Judge OF
the Parish of Assumption. vice the Hon. A. W.
Pichot, who was killed in duel by r. {. Mar
tin of the same parish, on the Doth alt
4 DRIApFsb AFrAiR.-A schoolnistrsss in
Lynn named Beckwth, we lesrr from gentle
man belonging 10 that town, tied a of Mr..
Aleads up by the heels on Saturday, and whipped
him. striking him several times on his head
When the school was out, the lad, who was aboz,
eight years old, went home and told his parents
that he had been punished, and that his hsnd
ached but there being nothing in hi, appearance
to excite alarm, linle notice was taken of Whist he
said, and he wen, to bed. Upon going into hi,
room on Sunday morning, he was found litecs.
upon his pillow Boston Morning Post
ArrAIr OF HosoR.-A duel was fough t above
Lafayette on Saturday last between two French
men, whose names we could not learn. They
fought with rifes-iislance chosen was twenty
five yards, with five minutes to fire. One ct the
bcgcrcnts fired and misscd-thc other fired and
wounded him in the abdomen, dangerously, it is
said y. o. Ores. City, 10Th inst.
GREAT, ~ not USPREcErFSrED, SPEED -
| The steamboat TROY, Capt Gorhan, arrived al
| 10 minutes past 3 p. NJ, making the passage
including l3 landings, in the extraordinary short
time of right hours and forty-e'gh minutes
She left New-York at minute past : A. NJ.
Albany Argus ot yesterday
WABASH AND ERIE CASAL.-The South Bend
Free Prrss states that the water viii be Jet into
the canal between Fort Wayne eastward to Def
ance By the 9Th of July next, and that the remain
der of the canal from Defiance to Lake Erie vii
be ready for the passage OF boats earl in the fall
| Th. canal, once completed. will nearly double
the vessel carrying trade on the Lake, for it tap'
one OF the richest agricultural sections OF the West
Cleveland Herald.
| NEw-ioRK AND ERIE R.MRoAD-SALE.-Ths
Comptroller sdycrtses that the Newly ORR and
Erie Railroad, and all its appurtenanccs. will be
sold by prbc auction, at the Capitol in the city Of
| Albany on Wednesday the LIT OF December next
AZ 10 O'Clock \. NJ, for the payment Of cal, 3ii
81. advanced by the State as interest on the stock
issued BY the State to expedite the construction Of
the road.
STEAMER SUXE.-Thc steamboat Illinois from
Newt Orleans sunk on tho Lower Rapid. few
DAYS ago. She had on board loo United State,
soldier. with their baggage, ard a large Cargo
from St. Louis for the Upper Mississippi. 1t j.
feared she would he total loss. \ par, OF her
cargo was insured in New-Orleon,. 10
| % Gen. Henry ;. Foote shot Robert j. Fllz-
patrick, at Jackson. Mississippi week or two
since. They quarreled had a tst-fsht, and after
wards armed themselves and fired at each other IL
the street. Foote's ,hot lodged in the abdomen Of
his opponent. It l. thought it will prove fatal We
suppose this will be called an honorable affair
Gin. Gaz.
" There il a rumor in the city this morning
that thirty feet of the dam at the foot of the grand
lake, on the east branch. has bee. carried away