Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-09-21
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IRENToN, NJ September ii....rhe mail robbers
confined ~ tue state pTisop, this city, attempted
to effect their escape Wednesday, evening tat. They
bad ocsened the staples of their ion door which
municated VITA toe eutTy and as one Of the keepeIs
T La"r'nee approached their roohi To see IL all
wt 1--WE oi then seized MIN, aud disaImed him OF hs
dIk aud Que af them thrust his fingers his month
to yag hun, declaring at The came time they did
wish 10 hurt hiai, bat only to prevent his giving
a'atm before they could get oil. Mr.. Lawrence not
lesIing himself very secIre ia their hands made VIC.
len, eioii and succeeded In Dragging then, To- pait
OF the entry where he could call iur assistance. They
instantly let 20 their hold aud Ie,reaied towards their
room. Mr.. /. DISCHARGED one pistol AT Them with, >.
theci, ana bis second missed Tire. The other keepers
arrived and found ihe prisoners mt up in their room
aud refusing aInittance unu they obtained promise
that va attempt should he made on their lives This
hens stipulated, they SURRENDERED aud we're immedi.
ateiN conducted To separate cells They had ladder
completely PREPARED. made OF materials Which their
has inisished BY which could they have reached the
wall they wa"id have instanaaeous,y gained it's
side. They do appear have had any hndet stand
ing with the other ~ isoners.
So 6eTue", have been the attempts lately to escape
rom ihe sLa'e prison. that the keepers have employ
Tue n"s' vigilance to detect aud defeat the various
plots aud the cells are full of their riugieaders
- - tI. dn.er.
me N'agaia Cleaner. OF The 26th ut. says,
day last the famous Mr. Gourlay passed river
~ The Terry boat that is that town after brushing
mf dS'e ~ L's 6ootS."
SHhwANrsrowN ,(In.) August 81 The Obi, river
IS psrbaps at lower ebb than has been hnown for ma
nv years. Hardly has boat of any kind passed This
pace since tue latter end OF May Several steam beats
nave been lsHs between here mouth of river
ai summer some neatly OF quite ont OF the water,
ohes barely ah"At u is astonishing think that the
one" one az The largest rivers in the wordthe Ollie
whose swollen waters some months ago presented n cur
rem OF hfleen hundred miles lengh and from one
10 ten wioh aud whose depths were almost unfath
omane' should now be comparatively small stream
iordahe ia many places and literally seeking It's way
oVe pennies 10 the great father drivers the Mississippi
ibls Interruption IN our commerce is the mo,e fnu
nous To The western country as happens when syirp
t'us OF general distress, induced by other Causes are
SO Sspsih!y felt.
Extract From tie journal de Paris. Ju.ys.
lie following Is another infdiAbie for tie ny.
DRurHoEn Ceinin. from The quarter as the Tecise
oi The f!tSEi0 pfdWidgo, but which republisk in
hopes that physicians i'll ehdeavor TO ascertain by ex
peiiments. more less OF the efficacy Of discovery
made 10y one al the faculty. The Peunontese Gazette
OF june seih contains extract OF letter Of Doctos
hhthohy SALVATORE, Of Sd Petersburg from whose assci-
nn appeals that the inhabitants OF the district Ga
uci nave for long time remarked some whtsb spots
under the tongue of The person animal seized with
h!hroiH''oia These pnsluies pimpes will break
OUT on the iJih day, The epoch which the disease is
considered ds iacuabie they therefore very part
GUAR III having them opened with lancet the ninth
DAY AFTER the bite. Nothing is required Of The
patent than To spit eHt the blood issuing from the
wound, ana Of washing his mouth with sal, water Mr.
saVator concludes b. telling that he tried this method
only once, but 10 perfectly confident OF its success.