Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-29

slider the question OF Intervention.
On Tuesday there we're fifteen deaths from
yellow fever at New Orleans.
1t is reported that the Belgian militia have
been recalled to the frontier.
SHOCKING OccURRANCE.-A horrible catas
trophc occurred onSaturday evening last at the
farm Of S. Taylor Suit, located a Tow miles
from the Navy Yard bridge, and lying between
the Marlboro and T 3 roads, by whic'i little
boy has probably lost his life, and little girl
been terribly mutilated. MIR. Suit has parked
off a norton OF his farm as an extensive Park
and biological Garden, and within the nroa he
has magnificent collection of birds and ami
mails the whole being quite an object OF curlosi-
~. Some Of the animals are rare and Valus-
bic, and some dangerous. On Saturday alter
noon two children Of J. Hoffman Smith, esq.,
Ia little Girl aged IL years and her brother, a
boy OF 1O,) visited Mr.. Suits mansion, and
we're the guests Of the juveniles OF the family.
They were shown all the points of attraction
about the premises, and the youugSuits allowed
their visitors to prevail upon them to 70 to the
park. Thither they wendell their way, and
unobserved by the keeper climbed over the
fence and began to wander through the
garden.
Among the animals on tho place was splen
din stag weighing about 400 pounds. The
deer was quite wild, and for this reason much
care was taken to prevent persons unaccustom-
ed to him from entering the park. The chill
dren were playing along when they wero dis
covered by the stag, who instantly ran down
upon them, and singing out the little Smith
boy, ran him down and began to jump upon
him in the terrible manner peculiar to his spe
ses. MIR. Suits little boy instantly turned
and fled, screaming at the top of his voice, in
the direction of the keeper house, who, hear
ing the cries, seized heavily loaded double
barreicd gun and ran in the direction from
which the child proceeded.
Meanwhile the little Smith girl had seized a
stick OF wood as large as she could handle, and
while the deer was trampling her brother, used
it upon him with such effect as to cause the
animal to leave his first victim, and turning
upon the girl knocked her down, and was just
about to jump upon her when the keeper ar
rived, and, with great presence of mind, level
ed his gun and fired, the load taking effect in
the stays body and causing him to run off
short distance, The girl was lifted to Der feet
and assisted the keeper to search for the body
and mire (the ground being marshy) so as to
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up Just as the stag returned to the charge,
when tho keeper dropped tho boy, and, tax.
ing deliberate aim, fired, the shot being of
such good result as to cause the animal to
drop dead.
The clothing and flesh Of the boy were torn
to tatters, his face and body being shredded
from head to foot, his bones broken in several
places. The little sufferer was insensible most
of the time, and remained so up to late hour
on Tuesday night, when the physicians in at
tendance pronounced him dying Wash. Rep.
At Ravenna, in Ohio, most astounding
marriage ceremony was performed the other
day, one party to which, although his name
was only Walter Pierce, must have been
Mcde, while the woman, whose maiden name
is not given, must have bacn a Persia The
man seems to be embodied state, society, and
religion, for in the paper drawn up by him he
agreed to accord to the woman equal RICH :
socially, rehglcusly, and politically with him.
self. ln return the lady said: II take Wal.
ter Pierce, who {sic) now hold by the hand,
and who (sic) intelligentIy, religiousiy, and
spiritually love, to be my companion through
life, and | agree not 20 usurp over or transcend
him in any particular" Then they both said:
by this voluntary and premeditated act, in
your presence, We declare ourselves reigiousy,
phosophically, and scientifically married"
And then the Mayor declared them married.
The schoolmaster and the lawyer are evidently
abroad in that section of the country whero lies
Ravenna.