New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-04-13

IS From Lo.siuss Field Book Of the Revolution
CAPTURE OF PRESCOTT.
The writer msy well designate this ~ one Of the bold
enterprises Of the WAR; We doubt that there il any
thing in history to compare with Il The capture Of the
Duo dEnghien was accomplished by force. It required
courage for troop Of soldiers to the Rhine into
the neutral territory Of Baden and lead Of captive an
unarmed Prince But Nsrraganset Bay through
the midst Of hostile dees, and take prisoner the COM
msndant Of an army, surrounded by his guards, was
feat Of hsroism only with the daring Of our
Revolutionary sires- But to the story:
1ncensed by the conduct Of Prescott the Inhabitants
devised several schemes rid themselves of the oppres
None promised success and il was reserved for Lieu
tenant Colonel Barton Of Providence to conceive
execute one OF the bodes and most hazardous enter
prises undertaken during the 1t accomplished
on the night of the 10th Of July, III At that time
General Prescott quatered at the house Of Quaker
named Overing above i've miles above Newport the
west road leading to the ferry at the moth part the
the msn seize Prescott and carry him to the American
camp 1t was very hazardous undertaking for at that
time there three British fri rates with their guard
boats lying east Of Prudence Island and almost in front
OF Preseotts quarters With few chosen men, Colonel
Barton embarked in four whaebosts with untitled oars
at Warwick Point. at nine o'clock in the evening and
passed. unobserved over Rhode Island between the
islands of Prudence and Patience They heard the cry
ANS well from the guard boats Of the enemy as they
passed silently and unobserved and landing in Coddng
toms Cove at the mouth of small stream which passed
by the quarters of Prescott Barton divided his
and then with the strctest order and profound silence
they advanced toward the house. The main portion of
the expedition passed about midway between British
guard-house and the encampment Of company of light
horse while the remainder was to make circuous
to approach Prescots quarters from the and
the doors As Barton and his approached the gate
sentinel hailed them twice, and then demanded the
countersgn. "We have countersgn to give Barton
said, and Qucky-added, Have you any deserters
here The sentinel was misled by this cues
ton, supposing them to be friends and not
cved until his musket seized and himself bound and
Qrad 1aath Ia
doors had been secured by the division from the
Barton entered the front passage boldly Mr. Overon
Barton inquired for General Prescotts room Overon
pointed upward signifyng that II directly the
room in which they were standing With four strong
men, and Sisson powerful negro who accompanied them
Barton assembled the stairs and gently tried the door 1t
was locked time was to be lost in parleying the
gro drew back couple Of PAGES and using his head
bateringram, burst open the door at the first effort
The General suppsng the nruders to be robbers praug
from his bed and seized his gold that was hanging
upon the wall Barton placed his hand gently upon the
Generals shoulder told him he his prisoner and that
perfect silence his only safety Prescott begged
time TO Dress but IL being hot July night and time
cous Barton refused acquiescence feeling that it would
not be cruel to take him the bay where he could
make his toilet with at his leisure So throw
ing his cloak around him. and placing him between two
armed the prisoner hurried to the shore In the
mean time Major Darlington Prescotts Aid hearing the
noise in the Generals eaped from window escape
but captured He and the sentinel stationed the
centre of the party At about midnight captors pris
oners landed at Warwick Point where General Prescott
first broke the silence by saying to Colonel Barton Sir
you have made bold push tonight We have been
there with coach to convey the prisoners to Providence
where they arrived at sunrise. Prescott was kindly
treated by General Spencer and other officers in the
course Of few days sent to the headquarte of
Washington, at New Windsor, on the Hudson.n
IMPORTANT EMrLorIse TAILoRs-The effect of music
on the senses was oddly and wonderfully verified during
late general mourning in London. tailor had great
number of black suits which to be finished in short
space Of time. Among his workmen there was a fellow
who was always singing Rule Britannia and the of
the journeymen joined in the chorus The tailor made
bis observations and found that the slow time Of the tune
retarded the work in consequence, he engaged blind
fiddler, and placing him near the workshop, made him
play the lively tune of Nancy Dawson. This had the
proper eecthe taiiors' elbows obedient to the
period.
DOMESTIC TRAoEpY.-The New Brunswick News gives
account Of domestic tragedy in that vicinity which
has its moral Miss Person Of Washington South River
Middesex county was married about year since to a
travelling agent of Health Insurance Company in Phila-
dephia. shortly afterwards her husband commenced
treating her brutay and finally left her without any
fring the deserted wife died hotel Tuesday
On the same day the husband was arrested in Pennyva
mia charged with swindDg in Middlesex county and will
be brought to this State requisition.
TUNNELs-HoosAc TUNNEL.-A correspondent |
Of the Boston Courier, who was one of the ex-
ploration party to the Hoosac Mountain, gives |
some interesting statistics of tunnels generally,
and the proposed Hoosac in particular 1t ap-
pears from his statement that in England there
are on the canals some forty miles of tunnels
the one on the Huddersfield canal being over |
three miles in length, and through a substance |
much more finty than the Hoosac Mountain |
tunnel is being constructed under Mount
Cents, in the Alps, which, when finished, will be
about seven miles in length; and another of
equal distance, under the Apprentices, the |
route of the railway from Turin to Geneva
There are numerous tunnels the Baltimore |
and Ohio Railroad, and the branch road to Park |
ersburg. The highest cost of excavating the |
tunnels on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, |
which penetrates mica rock, was three dollarsj
eighty-seven cents per yard, and at this rate it |
will cost over one million three hundred thous-
and dollars to perforate the Hoosac Mountain,
and good judges suppose the work can be done |
fol, about that sum, without the aid of steam |
borers. -.,-
The proposed tunnel will be about four miles |
and half in length, and the number of cubic |
yards of stone to be removed some 100000 The |
great boring machine is owned by a private |
company, who have, at their own expense, thus |
far conducted the experiments, and are willing |
to take contract to construct the tunnelby the |
aid solely of their engine. They are confident |
they can average six feet day on each face of |
the mountain with their present apparatus, and |
with some improvements make greater progress. |
A railway track will be laid in the bed Of the |
tunnel, ana tne DOrer placed on q powerful To- |
connective. Machinery will be used to remove |
the fragments of rock made by the borer and |
explosions.
The working of the machine is thus described |
The wheel, which is twenty -four feet in dame
ter, was moved at speed of about five revolu- |
tons minute Upon the wheel are series of |
cutters, over three feet in length, which pene-
trated the rock some four inches in fifteen min
utes In concert with the cutters, borer
penetrated the centre of the circle, and the hole
thus made is intended for the blast The Hoosac
is composed of mica slate rock, dis
posed in strata nearly vertical, and 1425 feet in
height at its eastern summit, and 100 feet at
its western peak. 1t is right in the way of the |
proposed railroad line from Boston to Troy
and, should the stupendous tunnel be made, it is
expected That, before the lapse of many years,
there will be direct line of road from Boston to
Lake Ontario.
How MURAT MET HIS FATE-The sentence of |
the military commission was read to him with
lue solemnity. He listened to it as he would
nave listened to the cannon of another battle,
Turing his military life, equally without emotion
,r bravado. He neither asked for pardon, for
lelay, nor for appeal. He had advanced of his
,wn accord towards the door, as if to accelerate
The catastrophe. The door opened on narrow
ssplanade, lying between the towers of 1.-THE
castle and the outer walls Twelve soldiers with |