The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-05-23
Yrom the Ogdensburgh Journal
A WOMAN ONE HUNDRED AND TvVEN-
TY.FlVE YEARS OLD.

DIeU IN tnlS tOWn, near the village OF
Heuvelton last week. Susan Wadsworth,
in the 125th year of her age. She was
born in the family of Mr.. Burrit. in Mid
dletown, Conn. In an interview we had
with her. we questioned particularly about
some Of the leading events of the French
war of 1756-'57-'5S. She said she
recollected the massacre of Fort William
Henry by the French and Indians. under
Montcalm, and the fall of Wolf at Quebec
In reply to question as to her age at that
time she said she did not know, but she
was as large as now good lump of
girl, that hurried through with her days
work, to 60 to dc party" The fail of Fort
William Henry was in August. 1857, and
the battle on the plains of Abraham was
in September. 1859. From Middlctown
she went to Washington, Conn, and from
thence she went with the family of Judge
Painter. Middlebury. VI. She lived in
this family for several years, and for the
last nineteen years she has been living in
the family of Mr.. Bell, whose wife was a
daughter Of an adopted daughter of Judge
Painter. "Susy was born free,-has al-
ways enjoyed excellent health, except an at
tack of rheumatism, which caused her to
stoop considerably, and until year ago she
could see to read and write very well without
spectacles. Her memory of events is quite
distinct, though she is not able to arrange
them readily, in chronological order, and
she would frequently confuse the events Of
the French and Revolutionary wars
saoREHTHE MiSsTREI OF rae DEaP. %
The mystic music sometimes heard at
the mouth of the Pascagoula river, on a
still night is one of the wonders of our
coast. 1t is not confined, however, to the
Pascagoula river, but has often been heard
at other places. At the mouth of Bayou
Cog d'inde and other inlets opening into
the Gulf along the coast of our own coun.
try, the curious listener, lying idly in bis
boat. with lifted oars, when every other
sound is hushed, may sometimes hear its
strains coming apparently from beneath the
water, like the soft notes of distant Eolian
harps.
We had always supposed that this phe.
nomenon, whatever its origin might be-
natural or supernatural, was peculiar ia
our own coast. 1t appears, however, from
an extract given by some of the English
papers from Sir Emerson Tennent's recent
work on Ceylon, that something very like
it is known at Baitialloa, in that Island
and is attributed to rather less poetica
and mysterious origin-that is, to peculi
ar species of shell fish. They are said te
be heard at night and most distinctly wher
the moon is nearest the full, and are de-
scribed in terms that correspond very Close
with the accounts given of the Pascagouls
music by those who have heard it. But
according to the same authority, it is only
in Ceylon that this submarine music il
heard. Sir Emmerson says:
Sounds somewhat similar are heard un
der water at some places on the western
coast of India, especially in the harbor O
Bombay. At Calders, in Chill, musica
cadences are said to issue from the sea neal
the landing place; they are described a:
} rising and falling fully four notes, resemb
ling the tones of harp strings, and ming
ling like those at Battiallo, till they pro
duce musical discord of great delicac,
and sweetness The animals from whene'
, they proceed have not been Unidentified
at either place, and the mystery remain
} unsolved, whether those at Batticaloa ar,
given forth by fishes or mullusks-Mo6al