Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-02-01

attacked man VINO WIS iSSui HiiS
a prayer meeting on ahorse with his two
daughters; the Oldest daughter, aged 70
years, was dragged to the ground and
devoured by the hungry beasts; and the
unhappy father escaped with his other
child p.
az Advices from Port au Prince OF
Jan. LIST, confirm the defeat of the Hay
items by the Dominicans. Faustin had
escaped from the field, and reward OF
10000 doubIoons was offered for his
head. There is an intense feeling against
him, and if caught he would be shot by
his own people.
- George Gilbert, of New Bedford,
committed suicide by hanging himself in
the cellar of the Carpo House, lately
He was undoubtedly laboring under alb
erration of mind. He was &c years old,
and a native of Woodstock, Vermont,
I ~
where his mother lives. s-.s!-.
M 1t is said that Queen Victoria
would not see her maid of honor, Miss
Murray, upon her return from the Uni
ted States, and signifed to her that if she
published defence of slavery, she must
resign her place. Miss Murray has done
50, and is no longer a member Of the
royal household. -.
Ia The house of Mr.. Richmond, at
Prince Albert, Canada, was burnt lately,
and one of his daughters and a young
man named Foley, who endeayored to
rescue her, persisted in the flames. a
81 A great quantity of snow has re-
Gently fallen in the western part of New
York. It is thought to average, through
out the State, from two to four feet. In
Chataque county the snow is said to be
three feet on a level, and in Lewis county
about four and half feet.
I The contractors in the English
army have a profitable business. Some
of theln clear 100000 year. One
man who furnished fodder for horses
made the sum of $238,0O0 the first yea
of his contract ..
The FRUITS OF WkR.-The Albany
Evening Journal publishes list of thu
battles fought during the year 1855, witt
the number of people killed at each, be
ginning with the bombardment of Shang
hal by the French, at which one hundre'
fell, and ending with the fall of Kars, a
: which 1900 fell; by which list it appear
that seventy-three battles have occurre'
: during the year, or more than one 70
!, each week, with an average loss Of NOR
f than a thousand men killed In EACH
t This list does not include those who hav
: fallen by disease, or in skirmishes, no
:. the wounded, disabled, those who died i
q the hospital or the ambulance, or wer
i irreparably manned, or missing, or pri:
e oners. The number left dead upon tn
e field usually comprises only about on
y fourth of the entire loss In battle. B
D this rule, the entire number swept out {
S useful existence by the wars of 165
It must have reached over 100000 men,
:. No year has presented SO bloody recor,
, since Waterloo.
/ CHIyALRYI IN KENTUoKY-A teacht
Y named Brady, in one of the city schoo
at Lexington, Kentucky, being the SUI
pected writer of letter in an Ohio pi
per rejecting on slavery,a gang of abol
200 rowdies went and dragged him fro
:, his lodgings. Then, in the language
:, the Louisville Courier, "He was Co
l. Quoted to the Courthouse yard, and the
70 stripped. A ssege quantity of pitch h,
=, been prepared for the occasion, with Il
contents of several bags of feathers,
The clothing was speedily removed frc
the body of Brady, and the pitch appli
to the thickness of an inch. Then t
III feathers were nicely planted, and Brad,
Oh head shaved closely to the scalp, save t,
L. locks near the forehead. He was tn
set loose, and charged to go and sin
Re more. More severe punishment wou
". have been administered, had it not be
It for the wife of Brady, a beautiful a
estimable lady. He left on the morni
"a train for Covington, and the land
ed Black Republicans"
he Mr., Brady furnishes a Cincinnati
raj per with a statement of the affair son
rty what different from the above. He Sc
that he was called from the house o.
~ friend on the pretence that the Sch
90 Committee wished to see him; that
,a was seized by seven or eight men, thro
70 down and severely choked to stop
10 cries for assistance, some hair torn fr
his scalp, and then a small quantity
black paint was poured over his head
ton This ran down and stained his face,