American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-31
Remarkable Escape Of Eminent

h Some years ago young man, holding q
subordinate positios in the East India
service twice attempted TO deprive him
self of life by swapping loaded pistol
at his head. Each time the pistol miss
ed fire. A friend entered the room short
| ly afterwards, he requested him to fire il
out the window, it then went OFF without
! any diifiepltyo Satisfied thus that the
weapon had been duly, priaed and load
ed the young man spran- up exclniming,
+" mnsta be preserved for something
great, and from that mament gave up
;he idea Of suicide, which far s,me time
/ previous had been uppermost in his thots
| That young pan afterward became Lord
| Give. .r-oa q e.e,~ass Il. a. si
Two brothers were, on one occasion,
walking together, when a violent storm
thunder and lightning. overlook them
One was struak dead on tue spot, the
other was spared, else would the name of
the great reformer Martin Luther have
teen unknown to mankind
Bacon, the sculptor. when a tender
boy of five years old, fell into the pit of
a soap boiler and must have. perished,
had not workingman, Just entering the
yard, observed his head and delivered
him. salg as. 2 H
When Oliver Cromwell was an infant,
monkey snatched him from his cradle,
leaped with him through garret win
dow, aud ran along the leads of the
the house The utmost alarm was excl
ted among the inmates, and various wero
the devicos used to rescue he chill from
the guardianship of his newly found pro.
tector. All were unavailing his would
be reseuers had lost courage, and were in
-despaif, ofseycr sceing the baby alive.
again, when the,monkey quietly retraced
his steps, and deposited its burden safely
on the bed. On asnbseauent OCCASION
tie waters hal well nigh qucnched bis
unsuitable ambition. lie fell into pond;
from drowning in which clergyman
named johnson was the sole instrument
of his rescue,
At the siege of Liesester,a young s1l
dier, about seventeen years Of aye, was
drawn out for seutr duty One Of his
comrades wa, verg anIg1ns 10 take liis
place. No objec ION yas made aud Ibis
anan went He wassho iaaa while Oh
guard. THIS y9ang mau, FIRST drawn af
terwm3 bsean t.ie author o. Pilgrim
Prog sss"
DQd!fidse when ora was 50 veakly |
ga pleu thu. ne was believed - te dead
Q.a aa rs @ ia4i}sa lAai a6g. saw
lpy s'als oi Ni.aEy. ! Ape The feeble
va Il i.if VA s4yo tro" 9eio : !s4tiN-
rqi5Hg 4, onsa an etnineaeat 2Wilor aud
csasist9nt ahf-t'An p2seqta 20 the
i Z 4.
Jola " -s.ey, vhsn child, was only
ju,t preserved l.olA FIRE. Almost the
momcnt after he was reseue /, the roof OF |
the house where he ina been ie,l in. OIL
Phaip H5ary a similar Circumstance is
recorded
John khox, the renowned Scotch re
former, was always ont SIT at the head
uf the table with his back TO the window |
Ga one pariicul2r eycnlns- however w.;h
cut beng a5.e,t9 account ipr It, he would |
neither himself, nor permit any one else,
to occupy his place That very night
bullet was shot in at the window, pur-
BuseFy 60 kill him, it grazei the chair in
which he sat, aud made a hole 10 the can
dlestick on. the table,
Many years have now elapsed since 4
three subalterns might have been seen
struggling in the water of st. Helena,
one Of them, peculiarly helpless. was last
s1ccunibings lie was saved to lire as
Author Wellcsly, Duke of Wellington.
The life Of ohn Newton is but the
history of marvellous deliyeraoce. As !,
a youth, he had agreed to accompany
some friends on board OF man-of-war
He arrived too late, the boat in which
his frcnas had gone was capsized, aud
all its occupants drowned. On another
occasion when theptide surveyor in the |,
port of Liverypol, some business had de-
tained him, so that he came much later
than usual, to the great surprise of those
who were 10 the habit of observing his
undertaking punctuality. He went out
in boat, as heretofore, to in
spcct ship which blew up before he |
reached her Had be left the shore a |
feS minutes sooner, he must have per
ishediwith the rest on boirI sf ff