Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-04-24

A ReMARKABLE SroRY.-The Pres.
byterian, religious paper, published
somewhere at the north tells the fol, l,ow-
ing extraordinary story:
A young man in the township Of
Warsaw, Gencsec county, n. Y, was
engaged in cutting wool aud in frl-
ling y tree il acame entanglcd in the
branches OF othertrces. while endcav-
oring 10 discntanglc the tree and bring
il TO the ground. i, suddenly fell. and
splitting by the butt he was caught hy
the loot, aud thus suspended with his
head downward. In this condition he
cried for help. until his voice was gone
and his strength we'll nigh exhausted. -
His axe hnd fallen, and hc could bare.
ly.iouch the end Of the helve with hi>
finger. He abored TO rcach it, but il,
was all in vain. Could he but get Mat
he could eXtrica'e himself Bul, alas !
1t was beyond his reach. What was he
TO do ; He had cried for help until he
could no longer speak. He was in the
woods, three quarters Of "A mile from
any hnman being. The weather was
extremely cold. and he was hanging
with his head downward suffering cx-
treme pain, not only in the foot which
was caught III The Clcli Of the tree, hut
also in the head. Caused by his unnatu-
raj position and ,hc great cxcr'lon he
had put forth TO be heard. Death now
seemed inevitable, unless lie could be
Immediately cxrricatcd. There was no
alternative Summoaing all his cour
age, therefore, he came to the dctcrmi.
nation to make the attempt to cut oft
his leg and should he succeed in doing
this. there was but Il faint hO, e that h.
would thereby save his .ilr, for there
was no surgeon at hand to take up the
arterics-no hind friend ncar To bind up
the mangled limb. 1t seemed more
than probable, therefore, that he would
bleed TO death. But what will man
not do to save his lie? He had in his
pocket an old dull knife. With this he
cut off the legs Of his boo, and stocking
and then unjolnicd hls own ankle.
This being done. he crasled to his
dinner basket, and binding up the stump
with napkin which had covered his
dinner, he started upon hands and knees
through the snow Tor home. When he
arrived within few rods of his house
he was discovered by some friends,
who hastened TO his rcIiet His strength
was now exhausted. Help had come
and he tainted. He was borue TO the
house and resusciraicd. how comes
the curi0u. facts and will here say
that the gentleman who related tile
facts 10 me was present and went 10
the surgeon. "Go," said the wounded
man, "go Immediately to the woods and
cut out ny foot, for it is suffering most
excruciaiing pam" They did SO, and
brought the loot to the house. He then
said /, was cold and wished it put in
TO warm water. This request was also
granted. Ii was not in the room IN
which the unfortunate nan lay, yet as
soon as the foot touched the water he
cried out saying. at turns ne; the wat
er is too hotm Upon putting The hand
into the water il was found even So
The water was then made cooler, and
he was satisfied. will also add that IA
surgeon was obtained from Batavia, "a
distance Of fifteen or eighteen miles,
and the limb again hmpulatcd the man
rec Jvered and became preacher oil
the gospel III The Baptist Church!
FRoM TExAs.-By the Galveston we
are favored with dates from the City
of Galveston as late as the oth inst.
The smallpox is disappearing from
Cincinnati, on the Trinity aud from
Houston.
There was remarkable storm AT
Calves ion on tie 5Ih inst. Hail ieI
freely; and after the storm had subsidized
hail stones were picked up measuring,
some cases three inches in diameter,
and weighing more tlinn halt Iound
Several iousand pancs of glass were
broken from windows facing north and
west The temperature of the aImosl .
here was at no time, before, during or
after The storm, changed.
During the Storm the Star Hotel was
sirucs by lightning, and a youth living
with MIR. Sautcrs severely stu ned by IT,
The building was a good deal charrcd,
snd the alarm Of Ere sounded, but al
saus Jis NJ, brtat cvs