New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-26
Adventure Win Burglars.

The Messrs. Herbert kept very extensive Jew
elry establishment in New York city, and for the
better security Of their store against fire and other
casualties, they employed one of their clerks to
sleep in it at night. The idea of the store being
attacked by robbers was not for moment enter
tained but it was for other Objects such as security
from fire and the Ike that young Loring, the clerk,
slept there; for he was not supplied with any
weapons to repel attack of thieves. But one
dark, dreary night, he was awakened by singular
| noise, which resembled that which party Of bur.
glars might produce in an attempt to enter the
| building, and looking towards the back windows
/ he soon satisfied himself that one or more persons
were endeaVoring, as quietly possible, to effect
an entrance in that quarter. They had already
removed part Of the sash and shutters with their
cnnnngly devised instruments, and must have been
at work some time before he was awakened.
Now young Lerng regretted that he had no
weapon, but not through fear that was not char
acteristic of the young gentleman but that he
might pepper the rogues a little. At first he de
teTmined to cry ont and arouse the watch, but az
they had advanced so far before he was awake be
Thought he would drive them of by stratagem.
He slipped on his clothes quietly, and, appronch-
ing the spot where the thieves were busy, he saw
the hand Of one of them passed inside of the
shutter into the store in its owners endeavdrs To
guide small handsaw with which he vas cutting
an aperture for his body to pass through.
Young Loriug felt inclined 10 chop off the hand
with a small Ratchet that lay hard by, bnt be re.
Trained and bethonght himself OF powerful acid
that used IN the testing Of the purity of silver
stantlY into the flesh, and produce poisonous
sore IN ten minutes time. He cautiously dropped
a little upon the burglars hand and awaited the
result
g BilI!p at length exclaimed the burglar to his
comrade, I've gotta cursed burning on the back
of my hand. It's so sore | can hardly work this
saw. PheW how it snarts! guess I've cut ii
with the saw-hold the dark lantern here"
Fpdgea' replied his companion, change
hands them but don't stop.o
81 Take the saw YOURSELF then | can't stand this
pan!''
And while the discounted burglar withdrew to
groan over the supposed cut, the other took his
place with the saw, and in moment after received
few drops of the fiery liquid upon the back part
Of his hand, and was soon groaning with agony.
Curse this saw it has cut me too " groaned
the second thief
And after sundry oaths, mutually exchanged
until the first and worst attack of pain was over
they renewed the attempt to make an entrance.
The clerk permitted them to go on a while unin-
terruptedly, knowing that at any moment he could
stop their efforts by crying out, but he hoped to
hear some watchman passing in front Of the store,
upon whom he could call to secure the rognes, and
he resolved to wait for this until it would do to
wait no longer. But soon the burglars had SO
much enlarged the hole that they would shortly be
able to enter If by themselves.
Seeing that he must do something to stop them,
the clerk crept in the dark closet at side Of the
window, and uttered low but fierce growl, in imi.
tation Of a#dog. Bntho of the rogues stepped back
| at this unexpected interruption.
Hang it, Bill there's a cursed dog in there. /
didn't know that the Herberts kept one,n said one
to the other.
"A dog that's bad. Curse 'em, if it was man,
why shot or dirk stab would fix hiIn--but dog
is quite another thing. for if shot him he'd be
sure to half kill one of ~
/" Bow WOW WOW y cried the clerk, with all his
power, as he saw them preparing to resume their
work.
"Gonfound the dogt'' exclaimed both.
"Neyer mind, go ahead BIZ, and get it open
now FL fix him when we get in
The burglar addressed as Bill thrust his hand in
once more wrench off the last piece of wood that
| obstructea their entrance, when the clerk, having
already armed himself with large pair Of piucers
seized the robbers hand as though in d vice, and
set.up such barking thai the whole neighbothood
was alarmed.
For Heavens sake, Jack, lend US a hand here !;
the cursed animal is biting my hand half off said
the burglar to his confederate.
'tPnl it away-pull it away, quick.
81 cau'tln
| '4Giye ii ierk!i y said the other. I.=
"0.p-oi IGan't Mlr1eri mnrdern
| This cry. added tn the believing Of Lite Flpposed
| dog. soon brought the watch in eaFneat aud The
/ thief who was at liberty TO do 81, ran for his liff
The watGhmans light showed BIZ sikss tGat hc
had been bitten hy pair II pneoF5i
This is a fact; il occurred IN New York ely dur.
ing The winter ef isit and Bill Sizei served out
his imprisonment az Rlaekweil7s Island.