Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-08-12
sTAuNTON VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1851.

''That is more easily said than done, my love"
he replied Il have lost all the money | pos
sessed not single guinea is left me to pay our
expenses tonight My watch, too, that so
dearly priced! Miserable man that am
Never mind your watch, or anything else,
Just now-only pull off that mass of filth, i'm
plore yon who knows what horrid contagion
we may all catch if you persist in wearing t."
take it of, dear papa," observed the daugh-
ter, ''but don't throw it away it may lead to
the detection of the wretch who robbed YOU"
The obnoxious garment was soon removed;
the young lady was about to place it under the
seat, when she heard jingling noise that at
tracted her attentions and, on examination, found
secreted in various parts of the coat, not only
the watch, pocket-book, purse, and silver, OF
(which her father had been deprived. but q yell
low canvas bag, such as is used by farmers, con-
taining about thirty guneaS.
The surprise and joy of all the parties may
be imagined; they reached The inn whore they
proposed stopping for the night, and as the port
manteaus had escaped the dangers ofthe road, the
bishop was speedily able to attire himself canon
cally. Before the party retired for rest inteilI-
gcnce arrived that the highwayman had been
taken, after desperate resistonce-the notice
of the police being attracted by the singular ap-
pearance of q man of his station sporting new
black coat, and covering his shaggy, carrotY
locks with the well-powdered and orthodox pc
ruke of the right reverend the Bishop OF Cashel
CHINESE INPRRNAL MAonNEs.-The following
account shows how great are the perils to which
the British feet at Canton are exposed from the
the Vaccinations of the Chinese:
On Sunday, the Sd of May, at A. NJ, it be-
ing dark, rainy morning, n tremendous eXpo-
sion took place exactly ahead of the Acorn, and
so close as to shake the ship all over; imlnedi-
ately afterwards fragments Of very large in
ferna machine foated past, and many pieces
We're caught by the spars that are rugged out all
around the ship as protection against the lire
! rafts The .pinnace and cutter were sent ahead,
and d covered at the distance of half mile
strong bamboo rope, attached to pile driven
into the bed of the river This rope was found
t. lead from the pile under water to the Acorns
cable, to which it was attached some feet under
water. This must have been done by diver
during the night, as the anchor had been weigh
ed the day before.
The machine which had contained the pow
der was attached to rings by which means II
would slide easily along the rope fastened TO the
cable From each bank was o line also fastened
TO the machine to guide it, The banks of the
river being nigh would entirely conceal the men
employed to guide it, Part of q fine trggerine
was also found leading to the nearest bank OF
the river. The machine had evidently been
foated down along the bamboo rope, and guild,
ed by the lines directed ahead of the Acorn, and
had the firing been delayed one minute it must
have exploded Immediately under the bows and
destroyed the vessel. Most fortunately, how
ever, the guard boat, which had returned to the
ship for q fresh crew, had just showed off and
was pulling in the direction of the exact point
of the bank behind which was The man guiding
the machine. He must have thought himself
discovered, and pulled the trigger an instant too
soon From two pieces of the fragments of the
whole length and breadth it was found that the
machine had been strong wooden tank render
ed waterproof, and capable of containing more
than 1000 lbs of powder.