Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-09-08

OUTRAGEOUS AssAULTY.--A case or -.
cularIy aggravated character, and ono ,,hri',
met with very inadequate punisbmen, O"
Cured at the police office Yesterday Jn,, ="
Moors presiding. A lad about sixteen sixteen" ~
seventeen years Of age, named John B,,o ~
ton, was examined on charge of en,e!;n-
the house of one of our most resnoo,.u7s
citizens, the night before, under the coII""
ing circumstances about one o,cIosI
three young ladies who occupied the s,n,
bed in an apartment, the windows &c ,rL;"t
opened on the roof Of wood shed NV"
alarmed by feeling something heavy nv ny
the side Of the bed. Upon rising to inop pvn
the cause, person, without coat. wee, :.
pantaloons, sprang from the bed. and NO.,
through the open window. The vounc i"
dies, as might be expected. were r,s.% Ia
alarmed, and their screams soon arousoS ~
family and neghbors. 'n'
There was light sufficient in the room e..
one of the girls to recognize Byreton wbor,
she knew perfectly well-he HAVING res;dad
for some time with his uncle in the ad;o;o
ing house The father Immediately ' n,o.
ceeded to the house and found ,ba, r ,ho
young man had not been home that p;oL,
After searching for few minutes in ,bo
yard, they found my young gentleman con.
cealed under pile Of boards, with his mani,
looms in his hands. He was secured ,so.
a stout resistance on his part and the mar,
of dog, which he had with him. and w,'
lodged in the watch-house
When his case came up for examination
in the morning, the circumstances as de-.
tailed above, were all proven in the mos,
clear aud positive manner, and vet STRANGE
10 say, the court decided that he could no,
be held for any offence under any sta,u,o
for these reasons. The window was open
and therefore it was not burglary; there
was nothing stolen, and ofcourse il was M,
felony and as the young rascal was verv
fortunately frustrated in his designs of VIC.
lence, he could not be held for committing.
or intending to commit rape
Mr. John Foster Of Danyerse was bitten
by rattlesnake on Tuesday evening, under
the following circumstances MIR. Foster
who is an eccentric individual, and who
lives by himself on the Lynnfeld road. had
captured tie snake short time previous
and taken it TO his domicl, for the purpose.
as he says, of tanning it he placed it in
barrel in his room, where he kept it secure.
ly for few days previous to his being bitten
when by some means it contrived 10 make
its escape. Mr. Foster searched bis premises
thoroughly, as be thought, but made no dis
coyery of the whereabouts of his snakeship
till Tuesday evening On that evening"
about ten o'clock, he went into his domic
to retire for the night, when searching back
of his chimney for his matches, he was Bit
ten through the finger by the snake, who had
contriyed by some means TO work himself
into that place. Mr.. Foster Immediately
struck a light, and then tied a cord tight
around his finger and arm, he then cut the
flesh around the wound and for some time
sucked the poison from it--he then took his
snakeship from his cover: and killed him
and wound part of his reekng body around
his wound-about IL O'Clock he was in so
much pain as 10 be obliged TO go out and
call up his friends in the neighborhood who
Immediately bound up his arm in fresh
meadow mud and applied such other rene
dies as are considered necessary in such
cases. Although Mr. Fosters arm is sweIled
very much and he suffers from a nauseaiing
sickness from the stomach, and pricking
numbness about his head, yet it is hoped,
from his possessing an iron constitution, and
his Immediately applying such remedies as
were within his reach, that he will recover
from the effects Of the poison. The snake
was of large size, and had nine raltles.-
[Salem Gazette.
Aeeident.-On Saturday afternoon an ac-
cident of very distressing nature occurred
at Siasconset. While Elizabeth G. daughter