Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-09
Boston Jly 81.
PRISONERS ESCAPED

Four prisoners escaped on Sunday
from the State Prison in Charlestown.-
We understand they were locked in the
same cell about two o'clock in the after
noon, and before Monday morning they
had contrived to remove the mortar from
between the stones and saw off the large
iron clamp of about two inches wide, by
which the centre stone was fastened: Al
ter this they removed their bedding under
the opening, and drew the stone in upon
it. The stone is one Of the largest size,
anc weighs about one ton The guards
were on duty in the yard Of the prison at
the time, but the whole of this astonishing
labor was effected without noise: and the
convicts escaped without causing any
alarm until the next morning
We understand they were seen in
Charlestown shortly alter their escape.
and that the rou e they took is ascertain
ed, by which means in all probability they
will be shortly intercepted and returned
to the prison; especially as they went off
in their prison dress and can have had no
opportunity to procure an exchange.
From, the NezD York Monthly Magazinc.
Extract from Jonathan Kentucky's Journ
al, No. ii.
FEB. ). London is but a miserable
place in the winter. The gloom of the at
mosphere, the dirt in the streets-in two
words fog and filth, conspire to depress
the spirits, and bring on that suicida. eel,
which is said to be peculiar to the En-
glish. And yet by the English them
selves, winter in London is considered
as the season of the highest enioyment-
The home bred folks of the country are
taught to believe that the houses are tiled
with pancakes, and the streets paved with
gold; and their poet sters sing:
Oh what place IS London
The soul must be forgiven,
That in this place is undone,
For tits our native Heaven,
For myself, l confess that cam OF en-
ter into these raptures; and during the
last three months have often been re-
minded OF humorous effusion. which. in
the course OF my rambIes over the world,
| met with in the album of the inn at
Chamouni, some years ago. The writer,
in an ironical strain of sportiye compari.
son between London and Chamouni.
draws ludicrous picture of winter scene
at the former place, in the true style of
spirited caricature. 1t would seem as if
some witless cockney had taken offence at
the comparison, for the word Londres was
soon scratched out, and Paris inserted in
its stead; the blockhead who did it proba.
bly, feeling all the while as if he thereby
made the joke his own -
Extract from the Album of the Hotel d.
Angleterre at Chamouni.
An lnhabltant of London, struck with
the great number of English who visit
Chamouni, thinks it his duty to turn their
thoughts homewards, and to inform those
who travel in search of rarities, that there
Is place in England uniting in itself eve
ry curiosity to be seen here. Some NAV
believe he alludes to the WEIGH noun
tains, the lakes of Cumberland, and SINH
lar places: not at all. He has no idea of
sending people so far off. 1t is London
that he considers the rival of Chamouni.
He could only wish foreigners to visit
that celebrated city in the picturesque
season. namely in November or Deem
Der, and they will find there all the beau
ties that excite their enthusiasm at Cha
mount. Ifthey are lucky enough to ar
rive there when thick fog and good
thaw takes place, after fall of snow for
several preceding days, the resemblance
will be more striking First then, the
houses blackened by the coal fires, and
seen indiStinctly -thrnnnh vail &C -.;a.