Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-05-05
CRIMES, ACCIDENTS, &c.
DEATH BY DROWNING.

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1t becomes our painful duty to record tho death
Of very worthy lelow citizenNir. Alyah English
und his son about 10 years old, who were drown
ed last week in Otter Greek. The stream was We
ry high overlooking the low lands of the deceased
For the purpose of securing his fences he had
constructed q raft Hpcn which he and his son had
embarked. The only witness Of the distressing
scene, wass man at work on the opposite side OF
the Creek who saw them upon the raft, aud soon
after in the Creek raising piercing cry Tor help,
which being impossible they disappeared, aud
nothing more was seen OF them. DHigeut search
has ever since been making Tor The bodies, which
as yel have not been rescued from; the watery ell
etAent Mr.. English WIS respectable meuilier
Of the methodist church, about 40 years old, aud
has left wife and seven sctall children 90 mourn
The death OF a husband aud father.
.NtdIieJu,y Press.
,2ccidenf aud Drdih.-A young man named Seals
was killed in Aleudon, oR the 2lth Of April, in Il
s;ng0lar ri,dilner. Eury in the morning he start.
ed ksr p saw-srIill, IN which he labOred rs saw
lcr sTd Ia rndenvorng to pass oVer the pile of
logs, he is supposed rs have started some Of them
from their bed, 10y which te WAS Frustrated, IN
which cOtrditlon Il third rUtcd upon AID killed
iIm Whcn fUund Ire was lying Hcress lwO add
anoHrcr was rcsti7lk his ueck, quite dead.
Rutland Heydid
Shocking Death. On Friday at last week Mr.
Peter l,llley, an Englislnnan, Wilde engaged in
cherp'ng w the GOODS, IA the edge ct Sterling,
t'0t tar lrom this village, sh0ckbagly Waug-
eddy tle Few Ell 4 tree ssAe hc uunble TO ret home
or 90 any dweRIHg, sed reniuued tbroagk enost oil
the day and unlil the next moruEg in the deep
snow! When found 10y his sous, we Hnderstand,
he was tnsensrtie, tsie Ssck broktu and his head
terribly fractured5 in Which situation he remain-
edo few hours and then died !-LGm0iLEe Stand.
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Carr. Juseld, Owens rs oh Trial at AHnspeiis for
teen years old, aud daughter OF iilteen--dolh
deeply affected -tes,tied 10 He fact vi uhe
der ii is said that insanity, produced Ivy iUteni.
dperBiToc rs 10 lic relied on IN the defence. The
prisoner seeIned entirely unaffected. Convicted.
Che rotthers If the Western Insurance and
Trust Courpany, Coluubus, Ga. have been sti ap-
pretended aud the stoeu ulouey recovered. The
robbers we're Bass, tie ttook keeper of pttc iusti-
ttlion, and who locked up thc vsLI, Lang Lewis,
the eg- Mayor OF the Oily, EX-SENATOR, and present
Solicitor Of the Circuit, Thomas McKeen, "a law
yer aud Il negro named jackson. Lang Lewis is
Il rlOlsnt docotoco and opposed TO all banks.
A son of pr. William. Green aged about eight
years, atColuubus Ark, some days since lei mo
II Hne kiIn AMI wins soon burned to death. Tie was
seen 10 fall in, but rescue was impOssibc.
Aaron Bachelter, convicted at Providence r. |.
of the murder of his wife, has been Sentenced
TO be lrtng ia August next A strong effort
~Hl he nude TO procure a coipuutuuou OF
the punishment on the ground that the crole was
committed while he was intoxicated.
Shocking Murder IN Sirgiris--An atttocious
murder was committed in Tie neiglfborhood Of
Nansemond, Va. or 'Ehe 18Th Two men, foreign
ers, he'd pNrchasseta sulall piece OK gcoUnd adj
joining Mr.. Weaver, III old aud respectable resi-
dent of these parts. While the new corners
were petting down post aEd rail fence, Mr.Wea
yer civlIly informed them that they were en-
croachng on hiJpfemises. -SoNe words easued,
when one OF tic strangers, whose name is Scott,
thrust e sharp rail through the body OF Mr.. Wea-
yer, andkied him Instantly. Scott has beeu ar
rested. The other murderer, it is supposed has
taken passage in a schooner 10 Baltimore.
f'hiLa, Mercury.