Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-31
DEATH IN THE WILDERNESS. The Rosto

The particulars Of shocking case Of suffer
.nr and death are reported here by one of the
iurgivorf Of hunting and fishing party. con-
..-rins OF five individuals (French Canadians) ,
2gha were stricken down By disease aud perish
Il IN their camp on;thc Canada side, not many
miles from the American border. A party Of
live persons, of which he Was one. set out with
two horses and pung about Christmas, upon
hunting and fishing expedition in the wider
ness near the American line. The party were
we'll equipped with guns, traps, 1l'hlnE' tackle,
and provisions, intending to spend month or
two in that uninhabited region. Returning to
camp one evening, one OF the men complained
Of sore throat Not much Was thought of it
hy the rest Of the party, till toward the mid
,lc oi the night the man gave evidence OF cx
lremc suffering, his throat bcing swollen. lie
had been attacked by that most loathsomc and
iata disease, diphtheria. Without medicine
Of any description, and nearly fifty miles from
any human habitatlOn, before night set in the
man was corpse. Before the first victim ex
rircd however, another Of The party began to
complain of the same difficulty, and on the sec
ord day died 0! strangulatiOn or from the
Glfng up Of the throat The three survivors
tool, the two bodies out Of the camp, aud cover
cd them over with snow, for the purpose OF pre-
serving them till they could carry them out OF
the forest Determined to break up camp the
next day and return with their dead comrades,
they were doomed to disappointment, in consc
,ucncc ol two Of the remaining three being
irostrated by the same terrible agent. The last
two survived about torty-cight hours, when
they, in turn, were carried out by the only one
remaining to be buried in the snow. The sole
survivor resolved to start for the abode OF civil
liza,on with his freight Of pulscless humanity.
During the night the deadly contagOn fastened
,colF In q
monster at his throat" aud resigncd himself as
we'll as he could, to his fate. He lay, as he
thinks. some four or five days before he aWokc
to consciousness of his fearful situation. The
mildncss of tho weather and a good supply CT
blankets and boughs, saved him from freezing.
in the absence Of fire, which he was too weak
to kindlc As soon as he could crawl he went
TO the hovcl and to his amazement and grlcf.
found both Of the horses dead. They had died
of starvation Returning to his camp, he
thought he would take look at his dead COM
paniorS Judge of his horror, when nc found
their bodies nearly eaten up b. the wolves aud
other wild beasts that inhabit that wild aud
dcsolatc region Nothing now was lett for him
TO do but to make his way alone, out Of the
forest. With pair Of snow shoes upon his
feet, and as much provision as his weak and
feeble frame could bear, he started forth, and
On the third day reached an lpdan camp. where
he rested till he was able to proceed his
Journey
FORTUNE TELLING IN NEW YoRK.-lt seems
that in another, and We trust a better world,
Henry Clay or John &. Calhoun spell pro
grammc' with one IN; in thlS particular
showinm themselves wiser than most people
still in the flesh. But when the spirit OF Dan
irl Webster tells i company that his chief regret
in dying was that he had not the opportunity tc
revise his Dictionary, what arc We to think?
1t is asserted by persons who have looked
INTO the matter that not less than two hundred
81 called spiritual mediums make L living In lhi!
city ty taking pay for what they call commune
cations from the spirit world.
Most Of these mediums are, it IS said, women.
They are divided into different classes healing
Va!Ltinc writing, clairvoyant, symbol, trance,
test and business mediums. .Ail, save the
raintrrs, hcalrrS and dealers IN symbols, pnr
port TO give advice directly IN business he
w0l>t paid of these classes arc y bn found, IN
part. on Blocker street, IN the bowery, ant
scattered through minor thor ughlare*. lhci
charge Tor Il scnncn oi twenty-five or thrt.
minutes j., from half dollar 10 4 dnar, and |
~ supposed that their average receipts. hal'y
arc from two and half dollar. 10 four dollars
On An.ity. Fourth, Fiteccnth and other street
including Broadway, however, are writing, ties
and business mediums who never give scanc
now great $ocver the number present, undr
from three TO five dollars for each person pre-
,nt. Large sum are realized by thes" daily
one man, it is reported, netted hy his opera
tons ten or fifteen thousand dollars annually.
The healing snl painting mediums, as
make money in abundance. Some Of the lor
mrr own apcndlily furnished brownstcn
residences while the test known Of the latte
never want cmploymrnt or wealthy patron:
What may be termed y representative man q
this class here has now 4 painting on hts eas.
that will it is reported, bring him five thou:
and dollars These paintings purport, for III
most part, to IT, portraits OF deceased person
whom the artist had neither seen nor Known
lite. and OF whose features hr could have ha
nu prcvious knowledge. Besides this, there 4
minor limncrs, such a. one armed women, VIII
with her onc-lcpgcd husband Is painting Hover
h!indloded, in Brooklyn, and on Thirty TIM
street in this city, and who purportS to d'li,
III the course of o few minutes. the leadil
features OF any family, through the ln'trume
ralitv Of luas and full blown roses Nc y.