Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-03-04
Cruelty to a Child.

case Of extraordinary cruelty to a
child, by It's parents, was brought nel'ie
one Of the courts of Philadelphia, on Tues
dav. The Ledger says:
..From the testimony before the CoNrl'
il aDDeared tina; G. B. Hammer and wll'
we're the parents Of sprghtIy l''lle boy
Of about years Of age, named Charles
John Hammer. He was born out OF we'd
lock. and at the age of few months was
abandoned by his parents and placed III
the AImshouse. From this institution ne
was taken by family residing IN Berhs
conntc. total strangers to the child and
kent i until last Christmas. The parents
Of the iule boy married short time alter
his birth, but made no attempt TO reclaim
their offspring until few weeks ago,wheN
they obtained him from the family WHO
had thus far nurured and supported him.
AS soon as the parents obtained his Gus
lodv. systematic course of torture was
commenced. Although his parents were
in easy circumstances, he picked up the
crumbs Of bread and the seed from PIES
that fell upon the floor while the girls VINO
worked for Mrs. Hammer were eating
their dinners. lie would eat the hard
crusls found in the yard, and when spoken
TO about it, would reply, that he was so
hungry that he could eat anything. lie
was whipped numerically.
His mother struck him over the head
with a lap-board with such force as 10
raise lump as large as walnut. His
father tool; him cut of bed, while asleep,
and logged him severely with shoe, as
the mother told one Of the Witnesses, for
i've minutes. The chiId's cries were
heard by the witnesses, and his artless ap-
peas, ooh father don't whip me any more
and l will be a good boy were totally
dlsregarded.
TIE case was brought before court by
Hammer and wife 10 obtain possession OF
the boy, but the court remanded him TO
the custody Of Mrs. Lewis. The. mem
bers Of The bar present Immediately took
up 4 subscription among themselves,
which they deposited in the lluIe boys
Jacket pocket, and he left the coart room
with his foster mother, happy in his new
found friend.
l1,> A grand Tornado swept over ilar-
rison, Ohio, 90 miles from Cncinna.N
destroying property, pgostratlng houses
trees, fences, and buildings. Several per-
sons had their limbs broken and otherwise
dangerously wounded, and il seems almost
a miracle that many were not killed.
In one shop five men were at work, and
lhe building was entirely demolished yet
they escaped, by crawling from under the
building.
There were about City dwellings, stables
and shops either totally or badly injured
the storm, however. passed over that part
of the town where most were small build
ings. The entire loss will not exceed
&25 600. One man was blown out OF the
street and landed in a lot. Bags Of wheat
were blown out of wagon. Sucks OF
timber were whi-icd throuGh tic air Ike
feathers. There is now large scau'lag
or ioicc sticking INTO the gable end Of a
frame building twenty lcclIrom The ground.
1t had been taken up by the wind and
carried along cndways with such force as
to drive it through the frame and suck
there. There are various hard yarns /
could tell, but they can only be believed
by being Cincinnati Commercial.
A DREADFUL OCcuRRENCE.--The Sayan-
nah News Of the l7lh says:--About a
week since, the dwelling Of Mr. James
Harvey, of BuIIoch county, was consnm-
ed by fire, together with bis wife and IN
FAINT, only three weeks old. Mr.. II. had
gone out to work in one of his fields, after
breakfast, leaving his wife and child IN
bed, and after he had gone for sometime,
looking in the direction Of his house, he
saw it enveIoped in flames. uurrying to
the rescue OF his little family, he discover
ed neither sign nor sound Of them. A
few charred bones Of his wife were the
only sad evidence of the melancholy fate
of herself and child. Ii is supposed that
after Mr.. II. left the house, log or stick
rolled from the fire to the floor, thus st,
ting fire to the house and that Mrs. H.,
being asleep, became sufocated with the
smoke, and was thus unable to escape her
dreadful death.
BALL AT TIE TUILLERIEs.--A gentle
man writing from Paris to one Of tie
New York papers, says:
MonGay's ball al TulIIeries was n pro-
digious mob the company between three
and four thousand. So close the pressure
that nobody could distinguish any body.
A member ofmy family attended, and re-
ports that the most splendid and costly
toiettes were worn in vain. This morn