New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-08


over ferry master didn, know him. Very suspicious.
Ins man were black hat, and crossed about o'clock.
sufpicious indeed. But of the box The plaid coat
found it directed the Editor and labelled Native
silver and copper ore from the Cube mountains,
with letter inside the box. Private and with
I care" Thereupon he took it up stairs, AMI the
Editor said, What's ttisr Plaid coat remrked,
IL do not know, sir; it came in carrisge.' Still
Suspicious. The statement Of tie plaid coat Is con
frmed by the cashier which Is also suspicious After
exclGiming What's this the Editor removed the
outer envelope and behed another upon which was in
scrbed specimens and private documents from the
interior Of Havana for - only. Should he be out
of town. keep for him. Island Of Cube, Sept, 1872
The Editor twisted the about but could not get
ii of. An Assistant standing BY said lie; me Try.
AarIningly suspicious The Assistant then put knife
under the cover but did not get it loose. The infer
nslism now leaked out in the shape Of black sand,
which once suspected Of dark designs and
pinch Of it thrown in the FIRE when II exploded with
blue fame and sulphurous odor, proving itsef gun
powder. This So picious. The Internal machine
was quickly wrapped up and handed over reporter
the one who figured conspicu0usly in the Warner,
Thompson and Drury sfairs-who, aided by Captnin
Leonard and r. w Bowyer Che later also OF Drlry
memory safely opened the concern, and found 1t
contained nearly pound Of gunpOwler, SURF ,unding
two circular pieces of pine wood, very ing-niou-ly
corstucted-the lower piece OF wood on the upper
ride having sandpaper glued thereon, and tao upper
piece wood containing bunch OF LocoFOco ms,chei,
soarTsnged thai by twisting the Of the box fric
ton would he produced by the matches rubbing sgain'f
the sandpsper and thus designed % ignite b. gun
powder. From the quantity Of gunpowder found in
the box deponent feels conhdenit contained ucicnt
had the been exploded haye destroy the life
-
the time"
Such is the story. The for delaying the
publication OF the tale il said be fear OF interfering
with the Of the perperator-the stranger WAC
paid three shliings for haskhirc Having given up al
hope of arretirg him. there ia no further need for
silence We shsdl not be surprised 10 hear, after this
illustrious example OF almost martyrdom, il
upstit country editor should consider such mode Of
sdveIn,ing worth Initiating AM contrive to aend him
self genuine box of his own make with safe
mixture of powder and black sand, the powder TO
convince the naycs-thc sand for their safety should
the machine mscarry. How i ii thu, all the attempts
at bribery forgery, murder, &c, tried upon the
same invulnorabe champion 1t looks very suspicious
! IEaUIsITIyE VIsIroRs-COuntry editors are
allowed to be pretty keen observers during their visits
to this City, and although they sometimes get deecsd
in a trade auction chop, they generally
10 something more Of the elephant than we OF the
town. For instance in country paper Of LAST year,
which has just unaccountaby turned up find
the following account OF the Editors experiences while
making the OF the Public Institutions, in October
in company with Gov. Iant Father Mathew and other
dignitaries After compimenting Gov. Hunt upon his
easy ana sfsbe demeanor the sharpeyed litor pro.
ceeds
There little incident OF bbuous importance N the
history of spree which has been carefully sup
pressed by the city papers, but since it is too good to be
Lost, mus, bab The whole " drive under the
direct OF Sim Draper, President Of the Ten Govern
ors. Sm he is Familiarity called, is one OF en-"
about seven feet hi gh. well proporoncd a Ia F 'ank
Granger a roaring wild Wiz and in every of his
mutiudnOus inches, jolly good fellow Now tAcre
thing thet sim hates next 10 dinner 1T alb Il Il
dry dinner; dry joke is just in his way, provided
il comes through wet whistle, but dinner without
wine IL a mares nest eCgless, stumbling block and IN
Cense to the tail Governor. On this occasion, "adecent
respect for the opinions of Father NJ thew lmpelet
Sim TO taboo the wine and gathered uader Father
Mathews blessing az glorious ieed-barrn the cratur
dinner worthy the excellent Warden OF the Peni-
tenifry, 10 Keen who Is famous at all our Americ N
Institute F6irs Tor showing up the biggest hoge II the
City We oil hungry, and tor r time and
half time the rafting OF tbs knives and forks,
we al the sound We heard, while about the pop
ping of the coTks we Whispered not word. W1en
we had got through the affair from soup to pas
try said sim says he, "HIsted, zone OF tenn
"ccme here ami take my seat, while arrange for our
DEPARTURE want TO the captain Of our boat"
Hal-od squitcd at Father Mathew elbow and kept his
revei enCs teg, pastry and conversation; while Sun
crowded 10 q sidedoor opened Il, and winking IN IN
oupeI Ut the knowing ones, crooked his lifle I'M GER
Inystericury and slid In less than forty wlnks lhres
quarters of the he gisitOrs wanted 10 " see me Captain
ard follow ed in the Governors wak'. Atter crooked
jcurne, through this and that passage we brought up
of coure nee were therein snug lttle room where
"he Captain" alias the Elephant was discovered
stow ed in three olong basket. Wnat we did lere u
none of your business Suffice il say the walls were
too thick 70. the good father 10 hear The .oiccs Of the
Cork onirns and long before we returned 10 him the
doses Of "the Captsino odvice Were such meFfabc
Fsrdoyner that scarcely evidence OF the taNng IN
was scent up Il was thus ihat ihc tall Governor chas-
tscd the ancient enemy around the base OF tle tree
elongated tie shecp- fleece over the worthy iathers
visual org9us aud sent home in ghe merre moode
BRows UNIVERSITY The Catalogue OF
Brown UIiversity at Providence, r. l., recently Issued
shows su .,regLte OF 2i0 students ~ that Institution
OF whom lla candidates forth degree OF Master OF
Arts 43 Tor the degree Of Bachelor OF Ar an 81 are
pursuing Select Course Those who are not cand
dates FOR decree liberty to pursue the studies
Of such classes they may select and are exsnneI
for entrance only far ascertain their ability 10
pursue such etudes. The course OF stuii,s in the
different department. seems 70 be prooun and com
prehensiye.
L. S TROOPS FOR TExAs-Saied in ship
Orphan for Brazos ~ Jaso on the 4th inst capt
Geo. W. Wallace; Lieutenents Chas B. Woods, Peter
Tyrer Swaine, George A. Williams and Edwin d.
Philips of The Fret Regiment Of L. : Infantry and
George L. Hartsuf Of the Fourth Regiment Of
Artillery. with Is troops and band Of fifteen
musician
lY Mrs f. Oakes Smith announces
course OF six Lectures be given during the present
and the ensuing month The first VIII be this evening
on the Dignity Labor
REv. DR. HAwKEs.-Ta Providence Journal
says We authorized TO say thai Dr.. Hawkes. de-
clines the Episeopste OF Rhode Island
FUNERAL or GEN. ALyEAR.-Thc religious