Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-11-17
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a TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AND WoSpBRFuL Es-
cARE.-An affair occurred last evening at Odd
Fellows Hall, which was more horrible than
many casualty attended with much greater
loss OF life, and more thrilling than accident
OF the kind we have heard of for some time
The victim was q young painter named James
Naylon, and his confade, whose escape from a
similar fate was truly Wonderful, was also
painter, named Dick Steele. Naglon fell from
within a few feet of the top of Odd Fellows Hall,
on the stone pavement beneath, distance of
some eighty or ninety feet hezright side Of.
his head touched the ground first, and of course
the conclusion was instantaneously fatal. The
skull was terribly fractured, the jaw bone and
yertebrse of the neck broken, and the thigh bone
forced from the socket The men were engaged
ut the time painting the cornices of the upper
window, and were sitting on one of those small
scaitoldings used by printers in carrying on
their business in front of buildings. The plat
form, or scaffolding, is formed by ashort ladder
"a board laid on it to sit upon-held9 in a
horizontal position, aud is suspended from
Through pullies, thus allowing the painter to
raise or lower the scoffolding to suit his conve-
Inience. The ropes are fastened to the scafold-
ling by hooks attached to either end Of the ropes
| the end OF the tongue of the hook being bound
by cording to the main part of it, so that each
hook, when thus secured, could not slip from
the ring 1T clasped, and by which it held the
ing became loosened, or detective in1some way,
and that in moving the hook got unclasped, and,
las consequence, that end at which Naylon,was
\ sitting went down. j 1st at that-instant Steele
was reaching to get a paint pot from the cornice
had one hand on the cornicc, and was!holding
the rope kby the other. He fortunately had a
i grip OF the rope firm enough hold on by,
| when nc, felt the seat go from under him, and
1 this grasp and hold of the edge of the cor.
nice with his left hand, which was not very.
effective, on account OF. hurt he received
/ lately that somewhat disabled it, was all
that saved him from following his comrade
to eternity. His desperate situation thus sus-
pended, may be readily conceived; and his
feeling, as he heard the cry of Naylon as
he fell, looked down and saw the lifelesS body
and .blood-bespattered pavement, could not be
adequately described. He told US that the
slght nnneryed him, and he expected every.
IlnStant. would be the last he could sustain him
Isel', and strong-hearted fellow he must have
been to keep in such a perilous position under
such desperately shocking. circumstances. The
scene then-a blood-stained corps below, and
above man almost in the jaws of death
was sufficiently agonizing to those who wit
messed 1t, and quite a-numbers were about as it
was early in Intervening, On seeing his 1sitra-
ton, some thoughtful person hurried to No. 2's
/ Hook and Ladder house, and the stboys'' had a
ladder at the Hall and was about rearing it,
when Steele found himself strong enough to
descend by the brokenrope, When hesreached
/ the ground he was, as well he might be- rs male
as his felow-8 orkman He subsequently rela-@
ted an incident illustrative of the idea or doctrine
Iof fpresentiments. As they were going to their,
work after breakfast, Naylon told him very seri-
,lously that he had had q bad dream the previous
night, aud said he felt sure some accident was
about to happen-and there was one. indeed
/ The deceased was about twenty-one years of
age was a native of Limerick, ireland, was un-
4 married, and was working for Mr. VIM lowell.
OF magazine street. who hadithe contract at Oud
Fellows Hail. a s5ft'e;:
DoUGLAs' TRtUuPnANT RETURN TO WASHING.
ToS.-The friends of Mr.. Douglas propose to
lgive him triumphant reception on his return;
4 to the Capital, which shall eclipse ..all Greek
and Roman tamep The day will be one of hu-
initiation, fasting and prayerito the Adminlstra:
ton and the whole bccoDpton3swindle party;,
and 1t Will be interesting to see the Southern
democratic delegation hasten in a BODY to. make
4 their peace with the victorious Champion of
| Popular Sovereignty, and receive his forgive
ness. He branded their fayorite measure as the
.ttLecompton fraud and Sswindle,p andihe comes
back to Washington to receive their applause
4 ahd the pledge of their sutfrages in 1861 The
day of Pentecost was not circumstance 10 The
scene of humiliation and repentance which our.
eyeS are to witness when the representatives of
| q whole people take upon themselves sackcloth
ana ashes for their sins. On that day we shall
.see the naughty and !lmperIouS Davis lower his
crest, the irascible Toom6s aid the maleyolent
I Clay will s'roar YOU as gently ass any sucking
dove, the trenchant Stcphensswin becomeioiiy.
tongued, and the fre-deyouring disunlonist.
Kcltt will sit at the feet of she corfqnerer, and
limbibe the new gospel of Popular Sovereignty
With VI the docility of true penitent National
a BoY-HUsBAND CoNarITs SUloIDE. Wrn. Por-,
tor-a boy-husbapd, 8 years old-committed
suicide at jackson, Tennessee; lastweek, by5
sEwg9aFllowipg stryehnine, He was abe son of tho
late Colonel Porter, who Commanded a company
from Memphisin the Mexicau.wars ssThe Jack.
son Wing of the 9th ult says
Porter came to jackson some four or ffve.tlavst
ago, since which time he has been passing about
the streets ina melancholy mood. and OCCASION
ally abiding to purpose ofTself- obstruction:
but as ne was most of the time under the influ.
enSe ofii9uor no one paid any Serious attention
to his declarations. s. = a
On the morning OF his death, he wrote and.
mailed a letter TO his wife, t6Uk strychnine, and
then sent for his landlord, who; said to him.
:. Porter, surely havesnot done thatlpc ssYes
he replied, "I'll, odd if Haven't. have a
vile and nothing to support her oti-they WON'T
tIet me have my estate and Lam nnyviIl;ns. 10