Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-10-13

evening, anu ttte0 10 Keep II LOT MIN, out
could not but il found any change, wonld
give u 10 him, 10 get him something To drink,
when he got 10 the tavern next morning.
told him would give ham some large money,
1t thought he wOsld keep II; .e SAID he
should give II up. When was coming away,
gave him one note Of 10 dollars, 10 ret some
th,nS To drink, and asled HIM 10 tell me which
was Ills Swiftcst horse he told me ands mount
ell han, ami we started Tor Baltimore. We
lett the horses after riding fourteen miles iIom
the road, expecting that they would think We
had rode clear of with the horses. and We
should nave very good chance TO get 10
baltimore sale. When Il came daylight, we
counted the money ~ WAS all IN bank notes
almost; and came 10 hi COO dollars. II "a $50
for nay share, for had the most, because had
$1,000 IN ali the dagger, aud had done the rob-
merry mostly myself The second night after
The robbery was committed, we got TO Baiti-
more. W hen ii came eay-iight, we parted
AisAander was TO meet rs 1T 10 oc,Ork.-
The young, lad aud got breakfast and wen,
To nay some clothes, IN a shop where they kep
ready made clothes. The Young la,i Is my hio-
ther had bought Que plaid cloak, lined with
crimsoned silk al tie ptice of 81 dollars, and
Onc coat ia the sly lie OF all officers, al the
price OF 70 dollars. very dashy. and a number
ct small articles 10 The amount of 80 dollars
moie--when Two men, whom the owner ut the
shop iIau SEM tor, su>pecting that we were the
mall robbers, came III and unprecedented rs.
we've taken before the CONT, examined, and
sent TO Jail.
The circumstances of our trial and our scn-
tence are already known. Tor the last ton, teen
years OF my lite have beena highway ror-
Der, aud have robbed on d large scale, and
been more sHcco ssiu than any either liz Eu-
rope or III this country. that have ever heard
OF; but have the consolation OF rejecting
that have never killed or wounded any man
aud that no mans blood ia upon my head.
Philosophical s. Literary interference.
IMPORTANT Discovery ~ MacNL1IsA....i very
mpoan, discovery IN regard to magnetism. lately
Laen lsla Ran Inv tnfoe No..
ascrraiued that needles nagncts-d ny being ex
posed 10 the violet rays Of the prism thrown upon .m
BY means Of condcnsiny lens, equally well as by N
a. tncal magnet natural oadstone. The Marcus
RideIsi mas repeated ~ same experiment with success
having powerfully aanesed tive needles he one "a 30
anu the o'her IN 10 inmates One remarkable cream
ST nee attends this mode OF masnctisng needles VII ca
is that II one extremity o the needle he round blum
while the other extremity sharp when made 10 N.
brate IN pivot the point turns constantly towards the
moth, aud the blunt end the south This tact
81 III dnainer explains circumstance which been
feguenty obseived 10y surveyors that iC conpass he
long exposed to tile solar hot day. the needle
will well. needle hy ie solar
rays has been sent by the Marquis Kdosi To ferd in
London, which is found to traverse remarkably we'll
DgcUMPositIuN OF oPiuM..A German chymist
has succeeded IN decoDiposns opium Tie active pm
cple which nc has isolated he has called No.
This principle combined with peculiar acid which lie
calls mer0aGc, forms Opium. The orpheine IS srong-
" acane, aud crystalii'es ia priss ii Us white lit
tie soluble Ia water soluble IN Alcohol iattcuaI, when
heated. IL oInis simple and lIest saits-Jec imposes
he!ai'ic OXIDES, &c. &c. Three grains Of Murpbelne
given Internally equal Ten drops of laudannuI-
Is Ser
Tux COMET or isil....our readers NAV reeollect
ia the public were much aansed The period of M,
appearance of tins coet by the various attempts which
wee made TO calculate the length of its tail g,ru,a
astronomer OF the name of Schroeder has Ihte, mil H.
ed memoir upon this subject l. results from his cal
cuiaton that the tail of thai comet TO- 2no geo
graphical miles, being liuie than half Tie DIS
tance OF the earth from The Professor srnr,
explains he extraordinary extent, ny SUPPOSE there
exists around the sun 10 distance Go IT, subtle
matter susceptible OF becoming luminous y lhe coubu
Influence ct the and conl-t md which A. nor
uiiform, dis ;buied in ;hoSe vast regions lhe a.L
seems also inclined 10 adopt the IGea he apue.r
ance OF .he Comets Of 1897 II that inds -,deut
OF attractive force possessed Comets as
naiie-they aie gifted wiih Tepulsive aud impuisive
force greatly analogous 10 "u electric force aud which
put action according the mass and uL ..eal
properties Of The globes which they s,e e.e some
times IN one ahd 1t other times IN quite opposite I'll
Iecnon.
The GAS LiGHrs OF Loyuox.... An account of The
lighting of the London streets by gas tights has he
published by NJ Sohweigser. II appears from this su
thor that from 10 10 20 zoe lamps burn with brilliant
laht viii cal bure,teJ II, ogen gas IN man, q: est
streets OF LONDON, and t'at the eHgth Of the suberr
neous tubes which convey the amounts actually 10
sixtyfve English miles though but small par. oil The
metropolis is yet lighted H. TINS means
@4hecd0fe rfsPec'i rs Dr. FTarkiiaS LichfriRg R05
..1he following auu cdote H. mentioned book late.
!y published entitled Account of the life and writings -
Baron Guyton de NJ Wien the discovery re,n,c,
ing the lightning rod ny Tie AEeriCan reach
Ell France, Baton Guyt0n de MoTveam was among the
Grst 10 support the theory of DOct Franklin and caused
Lightning rod to he placed the house OF -e Diion
Academy. But the priests OF Dion considered IN, "a
chine as irTevcTcnt and irTeeiOus an eaut In
disarp the hand Of The Supreme Being. nnliiuse OF
fanatics in consequence assembled to null down he
conductor in which they would have had not
Dr. maet, the seofciary, assured them hatih atorsh
inp virtue OF that instrument resided The gded point
which has purpoaeiy been seat from Rome hy The PoDe
ThHs~,e the credit of the lightning rod VAS Given
I, The Holy Fatle. and rot ID Franklin such IL
the inhnence of PriestcIan and Superstition!
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