Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-04-28
GRIMES, ACCIDENTS. &C.


Sentinel announces the death OF Mrs. shelton, 4
whose husband lately committed suicide. The
Sentinel says that she Ind fered the most acute
mental torment from The moment she was lnlorm-
| ed Of the melancholy end OF her husband and
she was never permitted to he aons. Her physi-
cu organization sunk under the moral torture, and
she expired IN spasms.
Mysterious Disdppedrdnes.--John r. Downing,
Esq, Sheriff OF Washington county, Miss. a resi-
dent of Princeton, has been missing for several
weeks under circumstances calculated to excite
suspicion that he has been foully dealt with. As
he had several thousand delars in his possession
at the time Of his disappearance the probability
is that he has been murdered.
Extraordinary Hail Storm.--A letter received
from Tampa Bay, dated 5th instant, says =" IL
has raned, Numbered, and lightened more severe.
y than ever saw II in my life aud about three
O'Clock it began to hail and continued for over
half an hour, sending down hail stones large az
my fist and had il not been for small sell we
had to protect US, / really believe some of US
would have had our brains knocked out. One man
picked up ten doves and other birds killed, aud il
actually killed fish in shoa water near the shore"
Fire. and Boy Burned to Death On the night
OF the 29th ut The dwelling house of Mr. iona
Than Aldrch, OF Croghan, was consumed 10y fire,
with ali its contents. The lsmy, with The excep-
ton OF a son of Mr.. A. aged Q ears, had barrel Y
time to escape in their night clothes but he was
burned to death The family walked three quar-
IeT- OF nle. H1TelOOtCu, lIlht Increment uIght,
over drifts of snow, to their nearest neighbor,
where they found protection The fire com
muncaled TO the building by some ashes which
had been deposited in the cellar. Lot1UHe (Letois
Co ". " Journal.
Horrible Norwich Courier gives a brief
report OF trial for manslaughter, revealing an act
OF barharily almost incredible The prisoners
were David Frost and his wife Mary. Ii appear
ed in evidence that The prisoners and the parents
of the child lived IN the same tenement, That
they met in the apartment occupied by Frost on
Saturday evening; that AN alteration took p;cS
between the women that Mary the prisoner c;l.
ed Sarah Gardiner, tore her Clothes forced her
out OF doors, end took from her her child. whom,
she retained. " hen she forced the mother ou,
or Inc loor, she told her she would burn 10 her
child In one lou, the mother returned. forced
open the outside door, wen 10 her own room and
found her child lying in front Of the fire, IN the
agonies OF death 1t had been placed so near the
Goals rs TO roas, it TO death. The jury found Ma
| nv guilty. and she sentenced TO two years i'm
prisonnient in the State prison.
/ Aaron BacheIder has been convicted OF the muir.
der of his " lie at Providence, X. l., and recon-
mended to mercy. He was evidently acting under
the influence of delirium tremens when he perpe-
lrated the murder
A Brother Murderea--A man named Horace
Rifford has been arrested in Wayne county, N. Y,
charged with having stabbed his brother while in
toxicaled and injured him SO severely that he died
, oil his wounds.
The dwelling house OF Mr. Zenas Cos, in Wat,
eriord, was consumed by fire Oh Sunday morning,
The 9th inst The furniture of lhe house was
inGsi!y destroyed. Loss 1900. No insurance.
Piracy on The Savannah Ripey. We learn from
Il slip from the Savannah Republican, that more
aggressions upon British vessels have lately been
commitled on that river. The BRUSH ship Perth
shire attacked on the 18Th inst, her mate car
penter oDd steward tied to riugbolts, and her men
got into boat to leave the vessel when assistance
approaching rom neighbOring vessels the boat was
upset in the hurry. The pirates swan ashore aud
the sailors reganed the ship Another al ack was
made the same evening, but The ship well
defended. Some demonstrations were made against
the ship New Zealand, but they being we'll pre-
pared ior defence were abandoned.
a Most Daring RObbery.-Seuenty Fire Ihous-
and Dollars NDisH.- One of the most daring rob
berries of which we have ever heard, occurred in
the city of Columbus, Georgia, on the l4th inst.
On The evening OF that day, Just as the officers of
the Western Insurance and Trust Company of that
city about closing the vaults and Bank for
the night, three or more persons entered the bank
ing house IN disguise, secured the officers ia such
manner to render them unable to give the
alarm, aud III sn proceeded TO rob the vaults This
they did aud then escaped. AS near as can be
ascertained, the following amounts were taken -
50 600 III American and Georgia gold Sl2 500 in
notes Of Augusta INSURANCE and Banking Compa-
ny, Brunswick Bank, Mechanics Bank OF Angus.
Ia, and Bunk oi Charleston; $4,000 in Central
Bank noies SlI75 IN Columbus Bank notes and
other claims on SAID Bank package of memo
randa of monies in the hands OF agents OF The
Bank, amounting 10 81, 400; various packages Of
special deposnes, COMPOSED of 8 re- 900 in notes Of
the Bank Of Charleston, $4,000 IN notes of the
Bank OF Darien, Georgia. aud $4,000 or $4,000
IN various o.her Bank notes. A reward of SIS 600
is offered Tor the recovery of the money or pro-
poronate sum tor any amount recovered, or for
any Information which may lead 10 The recovery.
Attempt at Seduction and Death The Philadel-
pha Sentinel Of Tuesday, says, under this head
| a lew days ago we published some fuels which oc-
cured recently IN this city, promising at the
time, TO give further details alter The case had un-
dergone IA legal investigation Parties have been
cited and the case examined into, and the ouly
difference manifested, from The facts which we
published, was that the girl used pair OF scissors
instead of dirk. Ii found that Tho law JUS
Ilfied the girl in the manner in which she acted
aud all parties were satisfied and the matter was
dro pped at once. The g'r wishes nothing said
about II, and we are content TO let the matter rest
with the victim in his grave; not wishing TO lace
rate The feelings of "a nightly respectable family
which he has left behind"
The FIRST publication in the Sentinel was, brief
y, that ayoung nau had lnlrudedat dead Of night,
into The bedroom OF young girl a se,I"hnt in
his fathers house, and cut off lock of her hair.
that he "eht INTO her room again, after and
attempted TO do violence upon her, but that she,
having been awake when he first came, hal arm
ed herself with knife with which she stabbed
him in TWO or three places. The wounds were
not severe, but one of them-a cut in tho hand -
was eventually followed by modification, which
ended in death.
FlOOd.-The Merrimaek, at this place. COM
menced rising rapidly, in conseq ience of The warm
weather and tho melting away Of the snow above
US, and Monday noon, the interval on both sides
of The river south Of the Free Bridge was COM
plelely flooded The ice having gone out gradu-
ally, We hope comparatively ltIe damage has en-
sued. The waller however, has been higher Than
has been known for many years. The raj road
entertainments between here aud Nassau have
been damaged more or less so much SO, thar on
ly one train OF cars is running daily, instead