The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-11
Letter from a Traveller.
OF The RICHMOND DAILY prsrAroH.l
ZANEsvILLE, ONO.
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| ZANEsvILLE, ONO.
| June 7tb, 1858
| The incidents OF travellers have long since ceas
ed to be interesting tonewspapsr readers. Nova
days every body travels, and every body has seer
everything. Nevertheless, venture letter IRON
this beautiful region of Ohio.
This whole country has been well nign deingee
with the late rains all the streams and rivers navs
oyeIflowea their banks, and their waters are ye
muddy and high. Much injury issad to have beer
| done to the wheat crop, and many farmers has'
not yet been able to plant corn. The face OF tns
| country. however,is covered with the most luxuri
! ant aud richest coat of grass, i ever saw. sucL
| grazing would make a Richnond COW smile with
| joy, even il she did not break sout into morse
| laugh.
| GAINESVILLE you know is at the junction Of the
Licking with tho Muskingum river. Steamboats,
run from this place down the river to its mouth
| at Marietta, on the Ohio River. The great Central
Ohio Railroad, passes through this city, and there
| IL also railroad from this city to Cincinnati
Here are large -four mills capable OF grinding
| thousand barrels of -four In day. very exfen
sive nail factory and rolling mill, large cotton
factory, aud several tremendous machine shops
add greatly to the business of the place The pop
uaton (stl ahout IL 000) is not rapidly increasing
The city is unfortunate in not having the raii-
roads to terminate at it, They pass through 1t, and
hence do not greatly add to the permanent in
crease of the population. TRAVELLER.
J REMARKABLE Escape PROM SING SING PRIsoN.-The
the escape of two prisoners from the Sing Sing pr
son:
On Sunday night Sailor Dan and another nOto-
rious fellow, named james Lolan, made their es-
cape from the State prison at Sing sing in the follow
ing manner: The prisoners above named were con-
fined In different cells, though both engaged in
the same kind of manual labor, and ii is supposed
that while at work they coneocted their plan of
escape. Their cells adj ained each other, and their
irst work seems to have been to pry or cut hole
through the wall, in order that they might act in
concert. Having in this manner got together,
they next proceeded to rip up large jack screw.
which by some means other they had contriyed
TO carry piecemeal to their respective cells, where
It was seereted under their bedding They had
also taken up scraps of hemp from time to time,
and had manufactured rope over one hundred and
ffty feet in length.
! number of strips of wood were laid across each
other on the cell floor, and platform or staging
thus erected, on top OF which the jack screw
raised and secured The rasCals now set to work
In good earnest, and, by means of the screw, sue
eeeded in raising portion the roof near one Of the
, yeDtilators. The roof was now gained, the rope
hauled out of the CELL and one end being securely
fastened 10 stanchion, the other was thrown to
the grou"d on the outside of the wall The rope
appeared to have been made with great care, and
was very strong. The rogues soon lowered them.
selves to the ground. and bid adieu to the prison
homo. At an early hour, yesterday morning. the
escape of the feions discovered, and pursuit at
once ordered by tho Warden.
The fugitives were traced to the prison dock
(where they stole a small row-boat) thence
| the river and several miles into the mountains
| when their tracks were lost The boat, which had
| been stolen from the prison dock, was found feat
| i0g in the river, near the opposite shore The sup
position is that the frons set out for this city, aud
| :wo of the deputy keepers arrived here yesterday
and notified the police, in order that watch might
be kept at the various landings. In the event of
| the rogues again taking to the river and coming
down in a small boat, the harbor police were put
| on guard.