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MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL ElEcrloN.

MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL EIEcrioS.
We learn from The Bssioa Alias rha,
the Wings Of Old Msssschusetrs 0Stsioed
another signsl Iiumph on Monday issi.
when called uron % choose Representa-.
iises IN The next Congress for tie tour
Districts oR,hsg State which lailtd 10 effect
choice Al the general elsc.ionin Nosern-
Der
RetnrDs from al the towns but three
y the second district, rs-rlec, Daniel P.
King. The pFeseas-sbte Wig Representa-
tive bysan nver~ helming 10 sjoritv-soa.e-
ihicg like thirteen hnndred VOTES.
inIthe fourth district. Mr. Psrmenter
.hsSpreseni Democratic incumbent. i de-
.lesied and Benjsmin Thompson, i s,auncFr
and true Wing, IS elected 10 supply his
place BY majority exceeding lhree hum
bred votes
Ia the fifth district returns have been
received lion number o. towns. which
leave no doubt OF the recollection Of
Charles Hudson. the present able and
fsiihsm Representative from that district
10 The niatb district there Is no choice.
MIR Williams democrat IS again defeat.
ed and the wpigs will try hard 10 cleo:
Nr. Hale st the next trial Nat. lat.
Distressing .1ccident.<Tbe Canada pa.
pers notice dreadful accident which &C.
Cured al SheFbrooke by ERE. II appears
fthsAa Mr.. Cole. an emisrant, occupying
log house. bad with bis vile left II ear. !
ly-in the morning, having hn'lt up ere
and left bis three children the oldest OF
which was but five years. siiIi sleeping in
the garrett. The house had been left bu1
short Tune. when il was discovered 10 Be
on FIRE; bat before any asssislsnce could be
rendered the roof bad fallen. 10, and the
three children had persisted 10 The flames.
Remarkable Outroge.-I Incredible as Il
may seem, New York was yesterday the
scene OF a deliberate attempt 10 burn a wo-
man aud her two children TO death The
victims -weIethe wife, son and infant child
OF sh Irish .labprer ynamed Hsnlan. living
10 a small building or shaaty. beiween
the First and Second Avenues, in Flf-
teeBth street AH. Kanlan had In some
ttitlIng way given offence 10 Klein, Ger,
! man. the occupant Of neigh5oring shan
ty, on Sunday he threw stones at her.
while she was about the door, and yes,eT-
day be undertook and almost effected her
murder and lhAt OF her children, after
manner ofsincretrb!e barbsrily.5 Hanlan.
the husband. had gone early 10 bis work,
leaving his vile and children yet ia bed
Mrs. Haulan. was walked by noise Of
hsmmefing at her door, aud soon per-
ceived thai the room was becoming full
Of smoke. Starting up. os6d rushing 10
lihe door, she found ihstit was fastened
i ftom the outside. Klein had nailed il up.
and as piliag straw and other .combus;i
bles against it, 10 which he had sci fire
la terror she ran 10 the window and sue.
ceedei 10 pushing through il The boy. a.
bout twelve years old, but 10 her attempt
10 follow him, with the infant, she was
encountered by KLEIN. who .,Iebbed" at
her with sert Of lance (Which he had
/ made BY attaching a sbsrpened file 10 a
:. pole, and with which he kept her back,
and w6unded her 10 several places. By
this time some Of the neighbors had peri
ceived tae fire and come up 10 assist
% their approach. Klein re;reated q bis
own dwelling. where he fastened himself
IN. The door OF The burning shan,y was
forced open, and the woman rescued, with
the infant; both almost dead from suffoca-
lion, aud the mother considerably burned.
They were conveyed to the hospital.
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