Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1836-12-17

DANGEROUS ENrLoslON At rHC LiyEErooi
Posi- OIuCE.---aeyetal letters, weighing about
two ounces, or two ounces aud Il ball each, were
soue days APO put into the Post III e, LNer-
pool, add,ossci TO the Havana. & lAe postage
had not been pad on them they w,tc detained,
aud on Saturday evening were made up IN tHo
parce-- four N vnc parcel, aud 'hce n the other
--lo he uan.uI,iIca to ,ho iluod LctA Office n
London. where they would have been uplncd By
the proper officer, and then returned TO the Nrtcrs.
tboa bali pastulne the parcel contain ~ tie four
letters wa, stamped IN the usual manner and put
into the London bag; bat the moment the othol
paced was stamped, tremendous explosion took
place from the letters, winch we've blown to atoms,
and Barnard, the stamper, wasi knocked down
with great violence 10 the ground, and the heavy
stamp which he had in his hand driven to the fur
ther end of the office. A clerk in the next win
dow, about ten ,aids from Barnard, was also
knocked down, and several Of the Office windows
were blown INTO the street, Mr.. nanntug tlr
Post Master, sitting in one of tie back OIL e., ttIt
as if he had received a violent blow at the side Of
his head The NOR en he recovered he rushed
INTO the office where the explosion took place, and
found Barnard on the llour, bleeding from the
head, and lnscnsbc, Nj. Banning Al fret sup
posed that somebody had fred pistol from ont
side of the office, and FASTENED into the street To
scclre'the murderer. He soon returned 20 Bar
nard's asslstauce, and medical aud having been
obtained, ii was then discovered that l'arnatds
bands were shockmg.y laceralcd; the finger nah
wore blown Of, aud N some pats tho flesh was
torn away and the bone left bare. His face was
also corchod and cut, aud one eve 50 Inuth riur-
ed that the surgeons stated an Sunday tc would
lose the use Of IT. 4 copper spng "a sort Of small
na) was extracted from his lace and pieces Of
parer were taken from hi. cyelids. 1t Is not cx-
pcctcd that he viii again be able to attend to hle
business. The letters were Addressed IN Span
isb, to persons holding Official situations IN the
Havana. II Is suppuscdthh the wIlters had pro-
pared the letters wnh decorating pow der, intend
ing to mlure those persons they were addressed
TO when opened there In the confusion, tie
other parcel, containing the four lcltels, wce az
forwards Sent of n die mai from Liverpool that
NIGHT. Between Nciyc aud one O'Clock Mr.
Banning was apprised Of ii, aud tie instantly DIS
patched an express to the Post Office in london
II is hoped lhattmeans may be found TO identity
de handwriting ol the letters, and lead to the DIS,
coyery Of the Writers. \ similar Circumstance
tool, place a iew years ago, when Tie sluul"r was
very much hurt The individual who sent ,hcl,-
ter on that occasion intended only 70 alarm the
person to whom it vas Addressed but be pad
dearly Cor his folly; he was proceeded against
crimtnally, aud the stamper recovered daLege-
for the lnjury.-LroIooi Popor.
The individual who deposited the above men
! Gopod lpttors IA fine Ify,rppol Post OihrC has
been discovered and arrested, he is a native e
Portugal, named Pdquo. His intention was to
have DESTROYED the individuals to whom the letters
we're addressed Other packets similarly charg'
ed were found in bis trunk, directed to persons m
! Havana and Natan2as. 4 chemist who was OK
amined gave il as hI- opinion that thcre wa sui-
fcient powder in the letters to blow up DE sd ole
Post Office. Such monster should be made 20
suffer the scyeres penalties that the la9 could
lnhcl.-.Natcht. Courier d journal.