The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-08-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

One OF our exchanges contains the following
interesting and pertinent information
"The people of Weldon, N. c., a town of 600
inhabitants, are evidently more intellectual
than practical. They support weekly news.
paper, but there is not boot nor shoemaker
within eight miles, IT,
"Not boot nor shoemaker pithia eiqht
miles !" Great encouragement for mechanics.
This is the result of slave labor. No enter.
prise, and ne demand for mechanical products.
How many shoemaker shops would that town
of Weldon contain, if its 600 inhabitants were
free white laboring men ?-Missouri Dem.
Quite an excitement is said to exist near
Miliersburg, Iowa, in consequence of the spirit
ual revelations of boy, who asserts that
Thomas, whose mysterious disappearance was
noticed year ago, was shot, and then thrown
into the well of one of the persons arrested
about that time, on suspicion of being his muir
derer, and that his horse was backed down the
well alive, and the well filled up. A large mum
Der of persons congregated about the we'll on
the 81 instant, to dig down and ascertain the
truth Of the boys story. When they had dug
down about twenty-five feet, stencil arose, so
nadseating that they had to ell up the well.
1t was their determination, however, to dig
from the side of the we'll. But the owner
swears he will shoot any one who makes any fur
Their attempts.
One night recently, while two young couples
were promensdirg in New Orleans, the party
encountered a huge alligator, also out for
promenade. The monster was killed with crow.
bars, though not before be had sent one of the
young men "a. kiting," some dozen feet or more,
by blow from his tail.
Tho annexed abatement roIot;ro In H. IL
end of the Reverend DR.. Sadler appears in the
Belfast papers:
From what we can learn Of this sad event,
it appears that the unfortunate gentleman, sui.
fering under dyspepsia and religious melan-
choly, was ordered by his medical attendant to
move to Castleknock Glebe, for change of air
and though charge was given by DR.. Stokes
to remove out of his way everything that he
could harm himself with for las he said) after
poor McCullagh's unexpected death, one
cannot be too careful still, neither Dr. Stokes
nor any one else ever imagined that his malady
was 80 serious rs to think he would contem-
plate such an act, for he was usually most
cheerful; and as he gradually improved in
health and spirits during the week he was
there, till he appeared to be and said he was
perfectly recovered, no danger was apprehend.
ed, nor nysuspicion aroused, when he req uested
his sister and his brother in-law to execute
some commission for him in Dublin on Wed.
nesday last, nor even on her return at two
o'clock, when she did not find him at the glebe,
for she heard from her son that he had walked
out only few moments before and from what
he said in cheerful way, he supposed he had
gone into Dublin. 1t also occurred to her that
he might have gone to take the same long walk
that he took with her husband the day before.
Suspicious were first aroused when he did not
return to dinner at seven o'clock, and they
were increased when Or. Ralph Sadleir dis
covered, on going into town to search for him,
that he had not gone either to his own house
or to the College. On his return at ten o'clock,
after intimating the facts TO the police at
Chapelizod and Blanchardstown, DR.. R. Sadleir
caused an immediate search to be made upon
the grounds, which resulted in finding the
body. 1t 10 q remarkable fact, that when his
sister WAS walking in the shrubbery immediate
ly on her return from town, and came within q
few yards of where the body was found, she
was seized with strange sense of weakness,
which obliged her to return. We understand