Washington telegraph., 1850-06-19


How THE Spy WAS DETEcrED.-The
Washington correspondent ofthe Charles
ton News says an ingenious mechanic iri
Washington has invented kind of tele-
graphic hollow bullet, consisting Of two
parts screwed together. In this bullet a
dispatch of several lines written on thin
paper may be compressed and then fired
from the musket to a considerable dis
tance In time of war this contrvance
might be made very useful in conveying
intelligence into besie9ed fortress or
city. The screw bullet, however, he adds,
is no new thing, as the following account
will prove:
In the year 1776, when Governor Geo.
Clinton resided in Albany, there came a
stranger to his house, one cold winter
morning, soon after the family had break
tasted. He was welcomed by tile house,
hold, and Hospitality entertained. A break
fast was ordered, and the Governor, with
his wife and daughter, who were sitting
before the fire, employed in knitting, en-;
tered into conversation with him about
the affairs of the country, which naturally
led to the inquiry what was his occupai
ton. The caution and hesitancy with
which the stranger replied, aroused the
suspicion of the keen-sighted Clinton,
He communicated his suspicion to his
wife and daughter, who closely watched
his very word and action. Unconscious
Of this, but finding that he had fallen
among his enemies, the stranger was seen
, to take something from his pocket and
swallow it, Madam Clinton, with the
ready tact Of the women Of those troub-
lous times, went quietly into the Kitchen
ordered hot coffee to be Immediately pre-
pared, and added to it a strong dose of
tartar enaetic The stranger, delighted
with the smoking beverage, partook freely
of it, and Madam Clinton soon had the
satisfaction of seeing it produce the de-
sired effect. True to Scripture, "out of
his own mouth he was condemned a
silver bullet appeared, which, upon ex-
I animation, was unscrewed and found TO
contain an important dispatch to Bur'
goyne. The spy was tried, convicted
and executed, and the bullet is still pre-:
served in the family.
AN ENGLISH SHEER REBUKED.-Carlvle,
in his last pamphlet speaking of America,
asks: "What great human soul, what
great thought, what great noble thing
that one could worship or loyalty adore,
has yet been produced there?" "What
great human soul?" WASHINGTON. "What
great thought" LIBERTY. "What great
noble thing?" A home for the homeless.
Bread for the starving, Protection for
the oppressed. We do not know that
these are things which sycol'/sa'sts could
worship. or loyalty admire. but the fame
of the first, the saoredness of the second,
and the uncircumscribed extent of the
third. are what freedom admire, and in'
tend to defend.
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California is the Ell Dorado of the
"press'' gang as well as the gold seekers.
Editors receive $4,000 a year. city repor,
ters $500, marine reporters $4,000, FORE
man [$4 900, and oompositors $4 900.
These are the actual prices paid by the Pa
c:ffic News for the daily matter prepared
for that paper. The expenses of the
year reach 100000.
Hon. Hugh Smith, the delegate from
New Mexico, we observe, is out in let,
ter to his constituents, in substance tell,
ing them to 60 to " ork and make gov,
ernment for themselves, excluding slave,
ry; he having abandoned all hope of Con.
gress ever doing anything for them'