Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-08-18

foIy fry ifef. fund nicely packed IN the tlis,
top. and IA tlie other paris wire found four newly con
stfnced instruments, that appeared u have been manu-
featured r the express purpose of cutting the iron bars
OF the doors window sill, otherwise a;dny In his
movements. The addet MAS well finished with Steps
10 grasp. and Cropping On one Of the ends to make
ias Ia aid hun his and descent over the
walls Several chisels Tor cutting iron were also found
~ the cell, well laroe bla kstnhs sedoe tn aid
IN Their use aad also loaded pistol capped and read,
lar service. Two keys also found that fitted the
padc that had been placed the outside Of his door
and number of other smaller implements which bad
been selected Ia AID his operations is supposed thai
his intention was to either irce out cut oi the ron
bars thai the surface Of The sypht al the rear f
his cell and then break oil sufficient Of the stone work
BY the tse ~ The same instruments, 30 allow him egrese
from the building through The aperture The rope lad
der with the graphing would then be called to his aid
which would allow him 10 scale the walls as no ojuht
watch Is kept IN The passage, the Of the main
building m which he confined.
Coming dorH-We learn, says the St Louis Ga
zotte that Gay, Glasgow < Co. have reduced th,
rent 81 The so5 on Nam street Just below the Bank
/ from il2tO pr anHum. 10 $500 per ann0m We
have understood that several other landlords hive re-
duccd their rents. about = 80 per cent and in cases
where there have been written leases for the hel rent
/ Dadc's .Dassacrc.'rhe 18th of August has been
designated by Colonel Worth fG tho removal u tc,e re-
mains 10 ii Augustine ir fe aienntnt where il monu
mrnl is obo erected to their memory y theoicas and
PuSalesoithe army generally. The Mars states lin,
All The dsPosahlr fire. in iafla viii afqad tie Ger.
mones IN honor Of which minute guns VIII BE- fired from
fari Marion, and ha'iloer guns mull other fnis in
florida.
Iron sfeam~ frN TIE Lol.es- N iron steamer. for Tho
use 81 The British navy on Lake Ontario has Iy mr.
/ n'fd AT Kingston, Canada from ENGLAND II wa
brought over IN pieces and several etrf ncrsn.
were sent out by the Brush Government Ia mi !, ,
iofhwlh. In the salue vessel which brnobt ON, tho
| ron steamer, arrived The magnificent tnunes Of the
s'an-iigaie Cherokee, NOW almost ready for launching
al Kingston.
The Springfield (Nassachnssetis) C,zette s.ys ,h,,
tunnel through solid me rock in the town of Canaan
o" The route OF the Great Western railroad has bren a.
lnnfd 50 that people have passed through on foot
ms IS 'onr hundred and forty eight feet long and its
completion Is The only thing necessary TO finish the rood
10 Albany. |, supposed that the cars will he ahe r.,
run through the whole distance b, the first Of Sepem
Der. f
More rain fell in New Orleans and lis vicinity dorog
the month fully than ever before known at the
same season OF the wear. Tie streets of tle CITY
were so completely inundated that fiat boats could ofnu
have loaled in them.
During his residence in Spain il is stated that Wash
,ngon Irving will avail himself of he facilities afforded
MN by his position, To prepare his long contemplated
/ history Of Mexico.
Pi,rre Cry, in Missouri was, two wears and half
since lorI II has now ahnndled substantial dwellings
and fine public buildings.
al al
Thomas Pncknc' Of Charleston at PARIS ON the 9th Of
July two days after his arrival there
The New York papers state that Mr. 4 L. Frnsch
against whom there are pending seven indictments for
perjury IN swearing To false entries at the Custom louise
VAS surrendered by his bail on Saturday last and can,
nnned To prison to await his trial.
S'icidc ota To,p,g Lady-Thc Louisville journal
says Nv e regret to learn that Miss Nnlyina Helm
an accomplished aud highly respectable yonnp lady If
Hardin county, and sister of the Hon John t. Helm
committed suicide, by taking laudauum, on Saturday
night, 3oih July. She left long letter addressed Il,
her brother. We have heard nothing as To It's con
tents
Massachusetts has population of o. 10 the souare
mile. Pennsylvania has 30 England has 26O. If
Massachusetts, was AS densely populated as England
nNi DE perceived. 1t would contain millions
OF Inhabitants II the United States were also as popu
lols as Massachusetts. should be nation of ninety
ave miIonA Nhaa stupendous prospect ahead
he-lhr ship Marathon arrived at Boston on Satur
day. irom llvrc, reports having passed several LARGE
Islands OF lee on the 2lth. The brig Cynosure from
Amsterdam. at Boston reports, July 23d, 2ith and DBL
ai a. Ion ~, saw large cebergS, and was two DAYS
anoog lie zee; saw island of ice that was estimated
10 he 3io feet above the water, aud saw several other
islands IN longitude 81
One ef'he hungarian Singers Dromned--rhe Gin.
cinlla Message says that Mr. Rosen. one of the Hun
gafah singers. was drowned in the Cumberland river ON
The morning of the 18th nit This unhappy event oc-
cured on his passage from Nashville about midway
between SmtIand and the former place Vie was de
'cendng the steps of the boat when his foot snpe, and
/ he was preciptated into the current
1t is somewhat singular fact thai, the f5ars in the
'aieni oi e at Washington made Of sfoae impjrt-
ed from Germany by Connecticut man. who wor Ks an
/ extensive quarry in his land Of blue Iaws,' and
'horn gnalns." The stones were transported as bal
last al tr'llng cost That together with the low wa
yes oi eermaay enabled The .'calculanp' Yankee To
furnish The Government with the imported stone at a
price less than he could afford his own-yieldno him