Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-06-16

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year of his age; he has left widow (the
daughter Of Governor Barbour,) and
five little orphans, to whom the loss is
most severe.
The Poison ,uorkS. An intelligent and
sprightly youth of l6 years of age was
committed to the House of Refuge few
days since, by his father, under peculiar
ly painful circumstances. His parents
are respectable and pious people, who
have by prccept and example laborcd to
train up their children in the paths of in
nocence and virtue. But the spolerI
came in the shape of woman. The lad
in question is one OF four SONS lie was
an apprentice, and subsequently, entered
as clerk, in highly respectable employ.
Alter Fanny Wright, Timothy Jenkins
& Go. established their "Bcclzobub In
stiiuie" in this city, an elder brother be-
came one of their converts, and by much
cntrcaty prevailed upon his brothers sue
ccssiyely to visit the miscallcd "llall of
Science" in Broome st. The four sons,
all young, soon embraced principles 50
congcnial to those who wish to be rclcas
ed from all restraint, moral, religious,
and parental, and the unhappy parents
are now beginning to reapthc bitter fruits.
IThc authority of the parents has been ut
terly cast of, in obedience to the doc
trnes of the sorceress, and other acts
committed in further illustration of her
Il. al, Il
covered by the father, of disposition on
the part of one mt least of the sons, to prac-
ticc upon the doctrine of q community of
property without the consent of the par
ties conccrned-a grade of moral I'M
provcmcnt considerably in advance of
agraranism. Under these circumstances,
the wretched parents have resorcd to the
painful alternative of confining their son
in the House OF Refuge, where it is hoped
he may be reclaimed from the path of
guilt in which he was so early commcnc-
ing his carccr.-.N. Y Com.
Escape Of Prisoners. convicts
who were confined on Blackwell's Island
effected their escape about noon on Sat-
urday in the following manner. They
were employed by Mr.. Woodruff, the
superintendent to haul up new boat in
order to have her painted. The spot Sc
lected was some distance from the PEN
itentiary, and after they had hauled her
partly out of water, at precOncerted sig-I
nal, she was again pushed off and they
all jumped in and pulled from the shore
leaving Mr.. Woodruff alone on tn beach
He however, obtained the guard from
the prison as soon as possible, but when
they reached the spot, the men were be-
yond the reach of musket shot. Several
shots, however, were fired, but Of course
without effect. Their names are, Jere-
miah Totten, Frederick Dobbs, John
Cambell, Thomas Turner, Richard Rath-
bon, alias York Dick, John Harris, and
William Moor. We understand that they
are all hardened offenders, and that Tot
ten has twice before made his escape
from the same island. The police Off
GERS have been on the constant look out
for them since their escape, but have not
yet succeeded in securing any Of the
gang. 1t is to be hoped that they will
not long evade the vigilance of our Off
GERS.
We have been told that the fugitives|
on landing in this city resorted to an art
ful expedient ofdisguising themselves by
putting their shirts over their prison
clothes, in order that they might seem to
be cartmcn.-.N. Y. Gaz.
Acc;den.--Schr. Deborah, Jewett, of
and for Gardiner, Me. with light freight
of dry goods, was upset near Fort Inde-
pendencc, in sudden squall, about o.
clock one evening last week There were
nine persons on board, including seve-
raj passengers, all of whom were fortu-
nately saved by a fishing boat that hap
pened to be near. The steamboat Rush
light coming up took the schr. in tow,
and brought her to Long-wharf: damage
not extensive. The same squalI was ac-
companied with hail, which did some
damage i'll Woburn.-Boslon paper.
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