Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-11-20
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Another Internal Machine.
ATTEMPT ON rnE Lire or JAMES eoRprr
pENNETT.

ATTEMPT ON II LIFE OF JAMES eoHpsr
DENNETT.
The New York Herald Of the 9Th cob.
tains aii account Of an attempt to take
life Of the editor by means OF an Internal
machine, three weeks previots.--We take
the following condensed account from the
Express j:
The machine, as was shown by accom-.
panying ~afidavits, was left at the office by
Patrick Joyce, d hack driver, who received
Ii from a passenger who was sitting Of
the time In his carriage, before the door OF
the Heiald building. Il was Immediately
taken to MI. Bennett, who ut the time was
sitting In Ils office, beside Mr.. Ffed'k
Hudson, one Of the editors Of the Herald.
Mr.. Bennst took off A paper wrapper
which enclosed The machine, and attempt
ed to lift the tower, but owing TO it's fitting
tightly he did not succeed, aud handed II
to Mr.. Hudson. who inserted d knife.blude
between the rim Of the cover and the box,
for the parpo-e Of raising The cover. Not
succeeding, however, lie cut a hole In the
box, when a quantity OF powder fell upot,
the desk, and the character Of The ina.
chine was discovered. The following Il q
description Of the machine. II consists oil
d past board box, similar IN appearance
and size to those used for mems shirt col.
lars. Inside Of this box was inserted ali
instrument much like a spool stand, such
a. are used BY women for keeping spools
of thread or silk upon. This had two
decks, and In the cetltef Of the upper one 4
hole had been bored, and the ends Of about
twenty lucifer matches inserted into Il 90
arranged that they rested upon . piece Of
saud.paper glued on the upper, side OF the
lower desk, aud all fxed 20 that III taking
Of the lid Of the box, by twisting Il, the
matches would ignite, and explode about
"a half q pound Of powder which was con-
tanned in tile box. Pasted upon the lid Of
the box was the following Inscription -
Specimens and Private Documents
From Tie interior Of Havana,
Form Mr.. BENNETT, lonly.
Should he be- out Of flown, keep for him,
IslaAd Of Cuba, Sept, 1850.
Enclosing the box was a brown paper
cover, on which the following inscription
was pusted /.
Native Silver and Copper Ore,
From The Cuba Mountains,
With letter inside the box
For
james Gordon Bennett,
Private, with care.
Al card was handed III with the pacl :
are. OH which was inscribed, .Senor ".
AIcazor. Of Cuba, for Mr.. Bennett. who
win call On his return to the city"
The affair would have been published
before, but efforts were being made TO dis
cover the party who made the Infamous
attempt, and it was deemsd best to delay
the publication Of The matter until the eff
forts had been matnred. The perpetrator
has no as yet, however, been discovered.
These facts are snbstantiated Id every
particular BY the afFidavits which we have
lot space 10 publisID Of P. Joyce, the
hackman !; Horace B. Hinman, ferrytuan
of the Fulton Ferry: Richard @. Layton,
i clerk in the Herald Office Robert g.
Cream, cashier Frederick Hudson, one
81 the associate editor, Of the Herald and
James Leonard. captain Of the Second
Ward police.
Some Of the papers consider i strange
that this matter should have been conceal
cd % long, aud others DO not hesitate 70
prolsunce u ~ entire fabrication.