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at Hafpers. Ferry. a negro man by The
name of4Thomas johnson, lost his life by
the pre- mature explosion OF blast, whilst
engaged in getting rock. He was slave.
and aai been employed for several years
i by tLe u. S. Armory ,Fas one Of their out
hsnes.--.Spir,i Of JEFF -
Hsaa Dogst-T6is Whole vicinity. Il IN
tested wllhSmad dogs,-and II behooves all
Psrsonsto be on their guard. We hear
4 That mey are going At large 10 this place.
anu that . servant OF the Rev.sMr. Bow d
nas oeen bitten by one Of them. We
near aise that the son OF Col. Hall and
one o. his servants have beensbi,ten By
morse, which was bitten by mad dog
lney are Prowhng about 10 all difkctions
anu we have Just learned that anntnher
~ NJ. Seth Mason sIcattle have been ia
tectsd from their bite, and thai be has la
zen tue precsution to kill all that were
Supposed to- hrSesn called In n ssaaL 2 :,
he cases above refeHedio, and j, s soDa y
tha,lhe awful consequences resultin.r go
this awful malady my be ayertad In
ne duty Of ourPoli9 10 Be n ~ ~
anal;n eyety.ase ~hAe there : III ne sieft
-, srouy. 10 aPpreheAd dance sngn;-
ths sc Killed The .ai Aers e = ~, 20 nave
,rvouldiake thelaw in 4 i o W coun-
~ execute summary jas,A.o~ hands,
.ley meet with strange dogs on 1 SS.eseteserl
iahoqs. We understand ibafour y plan, /
s 8. and efficient magyar has issIp ',
=. ~ rsocaamalion, ordering that every doao ! !,
.oas seen Atiarge after ihes5lh ins,
should be killed.-Wia. Hir.
SaPcking .4rcideaf wa We Iesfe via
gret, that Washington Cross. of Ms. :
County. son Of the late Gassaway CO.. z
and aiyoung man Of exemplary habits al
81 excellent business qualifications WIN
crushed to dsalh. few days ago. il tbsk.
Machinery 81 bis Mill. on Canon Riy,r :,
Insaccidens It is supposed n ust have oc. y
Cured about ~ O'Clock in the morninr A
y persons passing By about that. hour IS s
served the operation Of The Mill 10 s,op1 3
'uoaeniy bot no suspicion as 10 his fate ),
~ excited until late ia thu. evening! \
-! the Mill was examined and his body r
'gean, snoeklnglY mangled in the Ma
chinery OF The MlIiz7z He u-as 49,. AZ c
years Of ages arfinstuEg q az 81
= K Il a
4 bo,i with fifteen men on board re-
,ebilv got fast in The ice on the river p
I.sv,encs. and every soul on board per-l-s
shed, Il vas repolled that sixteen sea :
nen had alsoperished on one Of The Islands
q The river. Several vessels have been
wrecked ID the rives within short une
pa.l and the en,ire crew Of one Of them II
sere drowned. May other vessels that
s.;lsd l,,e from Monlrs.l and Quebec are
supposed 10 be FAST 10 The ice somewhere
on the river.
! :a,.fnt-Mrs. Eaton. Of Exeter. Me,
US % Friday night last. found by her
husband. burned almost 10 cinder. =
4 considered 1 somewhat mysterious oc
currepce. Bat the probability is that sne
fell into he Gre 10 . it, She bad peen
married but taensysfour hours.
n.lt;nors and Ohio Railroad nj.
1,...;s nrsseuled. ID shs House Of Repre-
..s,i,ses 81 psnnsylvaais, 90 Meanss
S.v { bin similar 70 tina. on We 'el's o. ~
So, grazing 70 The Baliimsre ano v y.
q ,;i,osd compauy The right soiQca'e e sne'L
road ikro0sh tbe Wes,ero psF' g tns' s.a's J
3 r;,,,Se4s. Il uss laid on The table, ana
Win s. referred 10 ihe spPtoPfRie s.sno-
ne COMMITTEES 4. 6ooi - ~ rouNiiiee 9
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