The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-06
I.rtracis from tate Foreiyn Journals.

On the 10th instant says letter from Stettin, .
steamer from Lubzn TO Stettn, with about thirty
vorkmen OF the railroad on board, went down and
aearly all were drowned
The Revue due HAVE relates the following strange
story
l"On the 18th instant farmer residing near Neuf
;hate having gone up ladder to hayloft and moi
having returned for length of time was searched
or by his wife, and found feess. He was left Their,
that night, and the next day one of the undertaken,
men proceeded to bring down the body. The weigh
vas too great for the ladder, which gave way, and
the man and his burden were precipitated together tc
the ground The man was severely bruised, but the
,ccdent which caused him some injury proved of in
mite service to The body, for il awoke the deceased
10 life, he having only been in trance Part OF
those present ran away when thew saw him move
jut the others gave him such efficient assistance that
IN a short time he only complained of a headache.
The next day, says the Revue du Havre, he al
he plough"
Some time ago person of the name of N,
4 widower with twochildren, after having been I'M
fortunate in business, became the proprietor of small
furnished hotel in the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jac-
lues, opposite the Rue Cassni. He was again I'M
ortunate in this speculation and died lately leaving
lis and daughter quite unprovided for. A few
lays after the funeral the numerous creditors of the
deceased were about to have the furniture Sold when
The landlord interfered, and claimed four years rent
which was more than the value of the property left
untitled to be paid first. Silence" said the land
lord, 81 don't do this for myself. am hard viii,
you only to give up my share to those orphans Let
ne impiore you to do the same" This was agreed
%, and the children were thus placed above want.
An apothecary, in The Rue dc la Megisserie ap.
'eared two days, ago before the Correctional Police
charged with having manufactured Eau de Sedlitz
With mixture OF lphate of soda in place of sui
,hae of magnesa, the former preparation costing
wo-thirds less than the latter. He acknowledged
hat the Eau de Seidlitz seized on his premises
~ NM. Orfila, Chevalicr, and Lecamus, on the
1sit, had been manufactured by him. In mixing
ulphate OF soda with his lphale of magnesia he
lad only he said, initiated the best apohecares Of
Paris; the suphate of soda in degree altered the
,urgaive properties of the Seidlitz water and cor
ectcd the disagrceabe flavor it got from the magne-
a. The court, however, condemned him to 500fr.
inc and the costs.
A mot singular and unhappy accident happened on
Saturday last at Fort Belle Croix mt Metz. During
hrmg at mark, a non-commissioned officer Of The
Orleans Chasseurs, after minutey insruclng one OF
us men how to make sure of bis aim went to GER
ain distance, and placed himself as an object in or
Ter to show the soldier exactly how he should take
his level the soldier levelled s desired at the Off
,er's head, but forgetting probably that he had re.
loaded hs piece, pulled the trigger, and the ball en-
tered the left eye of his officer and killed him in.
simultaneously.
The ~ new steam packets destined to complete tn,
service OF the Levant, are to commence running H.
the spring.
On Saturday last person named Bateas, of extra
ordinary size and weight, though only 80 years OF
age, was buried at Brussels. He was no less than
forty stone, within 5 lbs His coffin was 3 feet 6
inches in breadth, and Z feet inches IN length. A,
no hearse of sufficient magnitude could be found to
contain 1t, he was carried to the grave by bearers.