New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-18

l AN lNFERNAE N AcHTNE or THE OLDEN TINE.
In the Life Of Lord Treasurer Harlez, of Eng
land. We find the following account 81 DID infer
nal machine contriyed with Tile amiable inten-
ton Of putting 40 end to his lordship's earthly
troubles. Tie recent diabolical affair III Gin
oinnati gives q this piece Of history an unu-
sual interest:
On Tuesday morning, the 4th Inst, The
penny postman delivered small parcel al The
Lord Treasurer's house. directed to his lordsbip's
porter, in which, upon opening, was found Ell.
closed band -box, directed to Mr. Lord Treas
urer The beg was carried up to my lords bed
chamber, and delivered I'd His lordship. who!
stretching Up The lid as far as the pack thread
that tied it would give way, said he'saw q pis
tol whereupon, q gentleman IN the room de-
sired the box might be given to him :he took III
to the window, at some distance from nv lord :.
and opened it BY cutting with penknife the.
packthread that fastened the lid The frat
thing that appeared was the stock and lock Of
e pistol, lying across the middle Of the band
box and fastened at each end with two nails.
On each side Of the irelock were laid the middle
pieces Of two large ink horns cha with now
der and ball, and touch holes bored at the butt
end Of them, to which were fastened two linen
bags OF gunpowder and at the other end Of the
Days were two quilts filed with Wildfres IN
These two artificial barrels were placed With
the muzgles contraryWise, and the GULL If one
ct them directed to the pan of the pistol, as the
other probably was, though disordered by tht,
scarriage. The entleman who opened liz box.
experimenting some mischief was intended, would
not touch the pistol stock till he had removed all
the other machines then gently widening the
box, the nails which fastened the stock At either
end gave way He found the frelock primed
and cooked, and q piecesof thread fastened to
the trigger, which he conceived he had cut IL
the opening The small nails which fastened
tfle stock ct either end were SO contriyed thai
~ taking it Up at the first view, as IT d. nat1i
"a! to DO, with all the implements about It, the
cock Wonid have gone down and fred the whole
gralns winch would have ediately discharged
Doth barrels different ways; this could not have
peen ayoaqe had the pistol stock been pulled
ons WIN any force before the nails were loosened
ana me thread cut which was tied to tie trig-
ger. - 70 n
NLe gentleman who opened the box was Dean
\ who writes thus in the Journal IL Stain
TO MI ohnson 's1es''
sss behave you have heard the story Of INV a.
cape VA opening tho handbox sent to HE Lord |
l'reasur er, The prints have told a thousand
Aes o. II but at last we gave til en- d true ae-
count of AT length, printed III The Evening
oniy would not suffer them to name me- hayinc
been SO often named before and leased to tieath |
With questions, wonder how came 10 have
su much presence Of mind, which III usually MI
ny ta lent but SO it pleased G od, and i saved !
myself and him for there was bullet, i n;aoa !,
Journal 70 Stella Letter u.s. SSsss
RREsT OF All AMERICAN IN MoNrRraI.
7spout e year ago q slave named Osborne ia.