VARIETY

ORIGINAL AND SELECTED

For the Lady's Miscellany.

Good times for Batchelors now; but better times for Girls coming! By the late Census there are in, the United States fourteen thou sand and seventy one more females than males between the age of 20 and 16--but between 16 and 10 the males exceed, the females, 19 thousand, eight hundred and fifty nine; and of ten years and under the males also exceed the females, fifty three thousand, eight hundred and fifty two-Girls, will, of course, in a short time, be in good demand, though the Market appears to be well supplied at present !!!

About two years ago a remarkably fine hull, belonging to J. T. Sandemans, Esq. of Sinckely Hail, near Truro, was lost, and every method was tried to find him, without success. On the 26th of September last, Mr. S.'s steward having received, directions to examine a coal-pit which had not been worked for several you5, OTE account of a spring having issued, from an elevated part of the mine, went there with some assistants; and having descended to the bottom of the pit, found that the water had nearly gone away; and on farther prosecuting their search found, to their inexpressible astonishment, the very bull which had been so long lost, standing as if in the act of drinking; nor did their astonishment in the least abate, on their discovering that the beast had become a most striking instance of petrifaction! Every feature and muscle were as per fect as when he was living, except that the hair on his hide was chang

Some few months since a number of human skeletons, the remains of Roman soldiers, were discovered on opening a barrow in the neighborhood of Burroughed into a beautiful mossy substance, bridge in Yorkshire; but what is most worthy of remark is, that between the front teeth of the skull of one of them was found, securely wedged, a mixed metal coin of the reign of Domitian, which led a facetious rustic present to observe, that the fellow must be over greedy of money to have kept such fast hold of it for such a length of time. The coin was in good pre-ready visited this phenomenon, and servation, and probably owed its situation to the rude railery of one of the deceased's comrades.

which still retained the original colour of the animal, and extended in curls all over it, in a manner not to be described. Mr. S. has made several attempts to have the bull removed; but he has now given up the ide, as the moss is of so brittle a nature as to break with the slightest touch. Several Noblemen and Gentlemen have al

have borne testimony to the wonderful effects of Nature exempli fied in this animal.

From the London Statesman of

October 10,1811.

The following singular para

A gentlemon, who bad a remarkable fiery, nose, sleeping in his chair, a negro boy, who was in

graph is extracted from an Ameri.waiting, observed a musquetoe

can Paper:--Lieut. Heppenstall,
of the first batt. 87th foot, requests
the Editor of this print to let the
world know that he is not dead, as
was stated in the Dublin Freeman's ||
Journal of April 10, 1811, in a re-
turn of the killed, wounded, and
missing, of the British forces in
the several affairs with the French
army, from the 6th to the 15th of
March. Lieut. H. is at present
in this city, and is happy he made
his essape from those mad French-
men in Portugal; and hopes that
Lord Wellington will follow his
example, and lead as many of his
brave army as are yet alive out of
that bloody country. The French-
men will certainly butcher them if

hovering round his face: Quashe
eyed the insect very attentively;.
at last, he saw him alight on his
master's nose, and immediately fly
off.
Ah, dam you heart, ex-
claimed the negro,' me berry glad
for see you burn you foot !'

LADY'S MISCELLANY

NEW-YORK, January 11, 1812.

"Be it our task, To note the passing tidings of the times.

MEMORABLE ACCIDENTS. Extracted from Luckombe's Tablet

Memory.

The Amphitheatre at Fidorica, in It. aly, fell in and killed fifty thousand peo

ple. A. D. 26... The ruins of it now remain at Castel Ginbelie.

A fire happened at a barn at Burwell Cambridgshire, at a Poppet-shew, when 150 persons lost their lives. A. D. 17271

The roof of the church at Fearn in Scotland, fell in during the service, and killed sixty persons, Oct. 19, 1742.

Amsterdam Play-house took fire; seven persons were suffocated, and great numbers were wounded in getting out. 4. D. 1772.

At the celebration of a wedding at Mantra 66 Jews were killed by a floor

giving way, among whom were the bride and the bridegroom's mother, June 34 1776

Bourbon les-bains in Bassigni, France, had the vault under the Church give way, du ring the celebration of mass which occasioned the death of six ban. dred persons Sept. 14 1778.

Montpellier in France, had a booth wherein a play was performing, fell and killed 500 persons July 31.1786.

The floor of a Meeting House of Methodists at Lees gave way, when 16 women, a man and a child, were killed and near 80 persona dreadfully wounded. May 29, 1796.

The Theatre at Mentz, was destroy. ́ed by fire during the performance on which many were crushed to death and 70 were burnt August 1796. Saragossa in Spain, had 400 of its in. habitants perished by a fire that burnt down the Play house. December 1778.

The following from a gentleman in Rich. mond, to Mr. Clay, esq. a Representa. tive from Virginia, gives an impressive account of the dreadfal catastro. phy at Richmond.

Last night we were all at the theatre every family in Richmond, or, at least, proportion of them, was there-the house was uncommonly full — when dreadful to relate, the scenery took fire, spread rapidly above, ascending in volumes of flame and smoke into the upper part of the building, whense a moment after it descended to force a passage through the pit and boxes, in two min utes the whole audience was enveloped in hot scorching smoke and flame. The lights were all extinguished by the black and smothering vapor; cries. shrieks confusion and despair succeded. O moment of inaxpressible horror! Nothing I say,can paint the awful,shocking maddning scene. The images of both my dear children were before me, but I was removed by an impassable crowd from the dear sufferers. The youngest (with gratitude to Heaven I write it) sprang towards the voice off her papa, reached my assisting hand, and was extricated from the overwhelming mass that soon choaked the passage. by the stairs: but no efforts could avail me to reach, or even gain sight of the other; and my dear, dear Margaret, and your sweet Mary with her companions, Miss Gwathmey and Miss Gatewood, passed

SIK-I have a tale of horror to tell; prepare to here of the most awful ca lamity that ever plunged a whole city into affliction. Yes all Richmond is in tears; children have lost their parents, parents have lost their children. Yes. terday a beloved daughter gladdened my heart with her innocent smiles; to day she is in Heaven! God gave her to me, and God—yes, it has pleased Altogether and at once into a happier mighty God to take her from me. O! sir feel for me, and not for me only; arm yourself with fortitude whilst I discharge the mournful duty of telling you that you have to feel also for yourself. Yes for it must be told, you also were the father of an amiable daughter, now, like my beloved child, gone to join her mo, ther in Heaven.

world. Judge my feelings by your own, when I found that neither they nor my | beloved sister appeared upon the stairs. First one, and then another and another, I helped down; hoping every moment to seize the hand of my dear child-but no, no, I was not destined to have that happiness. O to see so many amiable helpless females trying to stretch to me their imploring hands, crying, save me

How can words represent what one night one hour of unuterable horror, bassir; Oh, sir, save me, save me, ! Oh

done to overwhelm a hundred families with grief and despair. No sir impossi. ble. My eyes beheld last night what no tongue, no pen can describe-horror the language has no terms to represent.

God, eternity cannot banish that spectacle of horror from my recollection.-Some friendly unknown hand, dragged me from the scene of flames and dexand on gaining the open air, to my în

finite consolation, I found that my sisrors escaped notice-4th line from the ter had thrown herself, from the upper last, for My fate read May fate' and window and was saved-yes, thanks be last line for Share that,' read 'Save to God, saved where fifty others in a that? similar attempt, broke their necks, or were crushed to death by those who fell on them from the same height.

Since our last number, I have been informed, by Benj Case, (of Southold,) that the Sloop Eagle, of Southold, sup. Oh, sir you have no idea of the gener.posed to have sunk and all hands perished, al constitution--the universal grief that has since arrived safely in New York, pervades this city but why do I speak with all the crew ot that I scarcely know what I write to you. Farewell. In haste and in deep affliction.

Married.

In this city Isaac Cole, to Miss Jane Bogert.

Richmond December 31. Register of the Dead-In addition to the 63 persons who were published in our Ou Thursday evening the 2dinst. by the last, from the Report of the Committeerco Nathan Bangs. Mr. John Westfield, we are pained to be compelled to subjoin the following:

Perished in the flames !- Miss Elvira Coutts, Mrs. Pickit, not wife of Mr. G. P. Miss Littlepage, Jean Baptiste Roza, Thos. Lecroix, Robert Ferrill, and a mulatto boy.

Expired since-Mrs. John Bosher, and Edward James Harvie, esq.

Not one life has been lost from Man-
Mrs. Hatcher has broken a

'chester.

leg.

We have been favored with the perusal of a letter from Richmond, addressed to a Gentleman in this city, which states, that the unclaimed remains of upwards of fifty of the unfortunate persons, who perished in the fire were deposited in two large boxes and buried in the Pit of the Theatre.

The Citizens kave purchased the lot of ground on which the "Theatre stood for The purpose of erecting a CHURCH in its place and more than two thousand Dollars have already been subscribed for pious purpose. The writer adds. that among the number that so awfully per. ished, there were not six of the poorer class of people.

Poulson.

to Mrs Mary Thompson all of this city.

At Southold on the evening of the 19th ult- by the rex, Lathrop Thomas, Capt. Chandler Palmer, to Miss Harmang Payne, of Cutchogue, L. I.

At Southold on the 26thult Mr. Tho mas Reeve. to Miss Betsey Brown, of Mattituck L. I.

About the same time. Mr Barnabas Horton, to Miss Mehetable Terry - Mr. Silas Reese, to Miss Patty Handy, all of Southold L. I.

At Maryland, Isaac Weaver, of the Senate of Pennsylvania, to Miss Rachel Husbands.

At Mansfield, N. 7 Anos Bassett, to Miss Harriet Yard, of Trenton,

Died.

On Wednesday morning last, of a te dious illness. aged 34 years, Mr. James Sutherland.

INTERMENTS, in the Presbyterian Burying Ground at Elizabethtown, N.J during the last year-66-17 of whom were aged between 70 and 93.

In New Haven, during the last year

120.

At Newburyport, Mrs. Mary Kilborn, a native of England, aged 56

On Sunday the 29th ult. at his residence in the Navy Yard, Charlestown, Commgdore Samuel Nicholson, Senior Officer in the Navy of the U States, aged 69 years.

In England, His Highness Prince George of Brunswick, nephew of the King of England-In Germany, Field Mar shal Count Wilmodeu Gimborn natuï àl Son of Gto. II.