Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-06-30
CRIMES, ACCIDENTS. Sc.

took place few days since in Iopsham. which
resulted in the death OF a boy, about eight years
old. Two boys about fourteen years old siar,ed
on n hunting excursion, and third, aged eight.
followed. The older ones commanded him back
and upon his refusing to obey, one Of them delhi.
eraely aimed his gun at him and fred. The
whole charge entered the breast of the small boy.
causing his death in about halt an hour. II is said
that the lad who committed the net makes no de-
NAL or excuse whuteyer.-.4merican Protector.
Singular Escape. On Tuesday last as some
children were playing in the ST. Antoine Suburb.
something alarmed them and they fed One of
the boys missed his little sister, aud tbnkiup sbe
had hid herself behind The wood work tbot s,u-
ported the windass for drawing water, proceeded
to look there, when he heard her cry out 81 shoII
be drowned !" on which the brother siezed the
chain and without hesitation jumped in to her
rescue. lie of course, went down what the sail.
ors call "by the run" but he succeeded in getting
the little girl to lay hold by the iron swivel ,bnt
held the bucket; those at the top being called IN
hoist, but The little girls hand being severely eur
Ivy The swivel, she again let go and fell 10 The bot
tom. The brother was let down alter her when
he babe her get into the bucket and This done
they were both raised. The little girl was mn.
hurt except IN her hands, but she made bitier
lamentations after one of her shoes which she
had lost in the water. The well is twenty feet
deep; she had tried to jump across it. and fell in
.uonfredt Transcript.
ToHiUe CFUeUy. lhte English Dauer save
that the commanding officer of a Portuguese vas
sci of War on the African station, Las been
brought to Lisbon TO lie tried in last resort ia,
logging seaman to death, having given him M
fewer than 1900 lashes.
A man was killed on the Lowell Rail RoaJ nm
Saturday. lie was walking on the truck, a few
rods from tie junction OF the Boston aud Main,
rail road, and surprising that the cars sopueJ m
the junction OF the Roads refused TO leave Tho
track. The Lowell cars being always disenpooed
here without stopping, the engine passed over linn
in a moment. Wv"
Great fTe al Valparaiso We learn by n pri
vatc letter to gentleman IN this cilygthat ON Ire
18th OF March, II fire broke out in VALPARAISO
which destroyed an immense amount of proppr,
~. The loss is estimated at 100000
U. S. Gaelic.
Bloody Renconre. The Bayou Sara Chron;cle
oil the 10th inst. says IA terrible affray to,k
place at Barker's settlement, in the upper part Of
this parish yesterday, the 9th inst, between HIM.
ter Estes and William Cook. Estes shot Cook
with double barrelled shot gun, two buck shot
entering on his side and one in the pit of his SION
ach. Cook expired in about Is minutes after re-
ceiving The shot. At the same time Cook shot
Estes with pistol but we are not informed in
what port OF his body, nor do we know the amoun,
OF injury he sustained. Estes was arrested and
brought before Justice I1inch, who committed him
to Jail for further examination"
.dtgtW Confdgration "A tohoie ViIdge Destroy-
ed The village of Boucherve, which stands on
the south side OF the river St Lawrence and about
ten miles below Montreal was completely deslrov
ed by f'e on Tuesday last. The fire broke out nt
o'clock in the afternoon, and went out about 10
O'Clock IN the evening, for lack of fuel on which
the devouring element could feed itself Upwards
OF two hundred stores and houses, and beautiful
church, in fact all that once constituted this beau
uiul village no longer exists One thousand souls
are without house or home, aud many reduced IN
bcggary.
George II. Plat is on trial at Augusta, Ga, for
the murder OF Harding. Upwards of fhy wit
nesses had been summoned, of whom ONLY seven
had testified at the last advces, though the trial
had lasted Two days. The public feeling relatye
TO the affair may be inferred from the fact thar
343 Jurors were summoned before panel could
be found, 307 had formed an opinion, II were
challenged by the prisoner and 10 by the Stale.
| Melancholy DeaM-On the 9th inst a vouno
lady named Lucretia Hall, aged 49, left her home
hear Weslport, Essex Co. N. w. TO visit her Sis
Ter, about mile Distant and in crossing q brook
which was much swollen by previous nights
rain, she was precipilated into the rapid cufrent
current aud drowned. She was rot missed until
her dead body was discovered on the banks of The
stream.
A short time since, in the Parish of Claiborne.
La. at place known as the South Carolina Settle
! liz,
numed Rush entered the bedroom occupied by II.
*. Manuel and his wife, who were both asleep
when with one blow of an axe he inflicted "A
wound in Il Z neck OF Manuel that proved Instant
y fatal. The struggles of her husband awakened
Mrs NJ. to beheld him expire at her side The
murderer immedalely fed, taking with him ri.
lie and cap, the properly of his victim No one
knew The motive that prompted this bloody out
rage. Rush is laborcr, and was in the employ
OF Manuel.
.fnother Border Outrage. The Calais Me. Jour.
nal records recent outrage at ST. Stephen. A
young man named Tobin, falsely suspected of
having informed al the Custom House against
some leather belonging TO w. f. Colwell a shoe
maker ut Milliown, was seized, carried across the
border into New Brunswick, stripped of his clo
thing and larred and fealhered. The Journal
says the probabilities that the outrage WINS per
pelrated 10y citizens of The Province No grol,nds
| iol this belief are stated
Isaac Leavitt was tried at The late term of the
Massachusetts Supreme Court at Plymouth for Tho
murder OF woman with whom he lived having
deserted his own wife. lie had forbidden her TO
90 to the door, TO see his wife pass threatening To
XII her II she did. She dsobeyed and he killed
her with scylhe This was on the 25th of June.
| 1912. lie was convicted of the murder
man named Doty was killed by lightning on
Thursday last, in the town Of Ossian, Livingston
county, ~ L lie mas leit vile ana SIX children,
The Milton PENN Register of last Saturday
relates the following very affecting incident: a
few miles from WilIlamsporl, Lycouing county,
a family consisting of ialher, mother, and tour
children, were engaged III family devotion OIL tho
Sunday evening preceding. The father and moth.
er were both killed by lightning, while the four
children were preserved unharmed."
| During thunder storm in Sandersville, Ca on
the 9TH inst, Miss M. F.. Youngblood, a young la
| dy of some 10 or 20 years of ago. was instantly
killed Bruised spots were numerous on her head
where the electricity had entered her shoes were
rent into strings, her clothes caught fire, and IA
lhimbe which she had in her bosom was partially
melted Baltimore Clipper.
| Casualties. An Exchange paper gives the fol-
lowing summary las collected from New York
paper OF casualties in the United States for the