The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-07-07
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KfDNAPPER ARREsTED.-A feI
low named Myers, who kidnapped
eolored family from Cumber,an,
County Pa, has been arrested.L
He resides in Maryland within
few milesiof the Penhsylvania line
The prisoner confesses thatyhe, Will
others took thennegroes away, bu
saysathey swere slaves. 'W6ethej
thay ere slaves or free, we presume
with be established upon the trial O
their eaptors,'. but the general, ,op hin.
lon isythat Ut least d portion. IL mo-
aiilthe family are free. The ne.
groes were lodged in Frederick iail
and steps ere being taken Ito, have
them liberated. The man Myers
bears 9 bad name and has the repu.
tation of being professional negro
hunter. He will be tried August
Court.T[ Carlisle Democrat iisi1 ta
5NEfIBUsTER DBscENr ON MICA.
E nag VA; Washington, June 27.--
lnfesrmatlon4 has been received from
2 source regarded as -throughly re-
liable, giving the particulars of the
contemplated Fillibuster descent on
Nicaragua. The names of certain
parties who sustain General Walker
with arms. and money are given
che enjoyment of the benefits of the
transit route to compensate, in part,
for the expenses thus incurred.
~ IS stated that THE EXPEDITION
will start about the middle of Au-
gust, that a party bf fillibusters will
rendezvous in, Florida, and be CON
yeyed to Central America in the
Scottish Chief. e an+ t''' al'i.s
Whether or not this information
10 strictly true, it is certain that our
Government win endeavor to arrest
all such illegal enterprises, the or
dersto our naval vessels for this
purpose . !, heretofore issued, being
General Jerez before he left for
nlcaragua, was fAlly informed of
the fiillipusterlDg movement. na
IA SIcKEEs AFfAtR.--Ntr. John
Howard a respectable citizen Of
! Minneapolis, Minnesota, some time
last month returnedhome and found
a man, named Smell, in his bed
room, &c. A scufle ensued, How
ard attacking Smell with a knife.
bnt tbe1woman interfering in some
manner permitted Smell to escape
unharmed. aas Howsrdi immediately
orderedlhi guilty wife to pack up
her ; effects and sent her home to her
father, = house, in Chantauque coun,
ty. Nay York. III the meantime
Howard publicly gave notice to
Smell and his friends that he should
slay him. at sight. Smell very pru-
IDENTIFY kept out of the way until
Tuesday week last, when Howard
caught sight of him at the corner of
Washington avenue and Helen st.,
and immediately commenced firing
at'him. Shell ran into a store, pur
sued by Howard, who put three balls
iLto him before he gained the secur-
ity OF the cellar, where he ensconed
himself. Howard ran from door to
door CT the store to get chance for
another shot, but Smell not appear
ing he was taken away by his
friends. The balls were extracted;
and Smell was at last accounts way.
cring between life and death. The
pafties had been friends and lived
on the most intimate terms.
ExPosuhEI no THE suN.-These
piping hot days should make every
one careful of exposing himself TOO
long in the sun. We see already
accounts of death from sun,stroke.
Laborers, who are exposed by their
business;to the sun slray's can find
0. very good protection in keeping
a handkerchief between their head
and the crown of the hat. If the
handkerchief islwet, so much the bet
ter protection for the head.
.e@-A German swindIer at Pitts
burg, Pa, has been coming tho pious
lodge with success, BY his prayers
md exhortatiahe in the meetings
and I families Of ,thepious Germans
he obtained the, freedom of many
'fthen houses, and used the oppor-
unity to rob them. He has been
put in, Jail, where be can labor for
The spiritual good'of the conyicts.
GREAr PR1oEB ron OLD CofNs.-