Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 87, Vevay, Switzerland County, 11 May 1833 — Page 2
WEEKLY MESSSNG2H'
..-iii to Pvis r-.nAS VKK's. rinnte from (be patient having imbibed' township, Armstrong county, and it lie attempted to escape. The feel--ferret out the thief, pr ce, ded n-ale ftf abuses of the franking prai- , fcbrih; pois!-. are in their very tirst'daugi.ter of John Campbell, oi'tUo same ings of the slave did him honor. ll hi; errand there rind to scrutinize the
CI5U.-L1.
Relative tot
Icji ami sending books in tin mad
l-tages accompanied with a blackness place, died of consuplion, and was de ! was not i sensible of the charms of li'j- icomnatiy. Ahno-t lh. -first person w horn
i'o-T Ornrn Depaktment, land stagnation of the blood, occasion-! cently burk-Jinthe putdic burial ground. erty, but lie was unwilhag to desert his j he surveyed was an old pickpocket and April 1i.Ivn. j jed by the destruction of its saline princi-indjacent lo the Borough of Kittaning, rebitioas, even to obtain a blessing icon ".ct, by the iiatne of Kickhow, whom g i..f-vrn;.-d. by ofh ial reports.1 p',o, and to ( ure the patient, this saliiiejott the ilith of February. Oa the which he so ardently d sired. he lookaside and searched, but not hi g :t - ;:!'-.!so (.?" t;;e franking privi-; principle must 'be restored. -j night cf the 1 th. Doctor John Gilpin,! The case leads us to toic-mion a prln- being found upon him he was placed kciv.sing io nn extent which 1 Take, lor instance , the intc of a rat- wiio had been her attending piivsieiati, ciple of laa which is npt so generally 'under guard in one corner, while he
sr rn-utly to impair the reve-dtesnake. In this ense the poison of! and Robert Ccgley, his student, disin-; known among us it ougtit to be, viz: iurocecded to make other dienverios
the serpent s fang mingles wi'.h the cir tei red her remains; took her bodv to a that a slave, coming iron) one of the
culation, destroys its red color, and its' garret convenient to the office of Doc- slave states, by the consent of his mas-
itahty, brings on blackness of the! tor (jilpin, dissected it, and ailer doing ter, into a iree state, becomes free.:
-that lege, i t.a.-at
rue i p:;r ! a ;e; A i" that "it is not conh-
r.'d to eorrespMndence horn which no
pecuniary advantage re-uKs, but is ex
tended to the commercial and business i blood, stagnation of its current, eonvul-jso, deposited the head and one arm a: The only case i- which the authorilie
sions and death. The unfailing anti- bout the shop, where the same was'of a free state ;n e t.oo ai to deliver up a dote, which experience has taught the) found, and after cutting up and mang- slave to his on -.-i . is i ho o ;e provided Indian to apply, is to scarify the wound ling the remaining parts of her body j for by tlie Coustiiu'ioo oi the United to the bottom, and to hi! it with salt. ina manner too horrible to relate, putSlates, wliere, the slave has run away Tiiis salt is taken into the circulation, the same into a box and sent it adrift in from his master. In every other case, restores the rednc-s and vitality ofthj the Alleghany river, in which it was every person in the free Slates, is free. blood, and the wound soon heal. Ma- found and identified about "20 miles be- Liberator. iigr.ant fevers, and other malignant dis- low kittaining. Even the teeth of the, orders, operate in iii. same wav. Thev deceased, (as has since been discover- It is a remarkable and fortunate cirbegin by 'destroying the color and vital- ed,) were extracted by Cogley, and iu-;cumstatit e, that all the material papers
it v ot the blood, and rer! n:in T it to a ser.cu in me mouui ot lus own sister. " reiauon to accounts settled and
tranfH'licns of the cous fry, instance-, h iving been detect: d of its being practised for the benefit ot banks and venders of lottery ticket-," tint '-every d iv. letters are left to be mailed, bear-
!: .!. ks oi persons v. no are, ana e lin.c h ive been, many hundred i-fard: and Setters are received
e !.M-g."
v.g in.1 forscai;. miles ) oi g--;.t fr:;i li
, bearing the franks x.sown to bo reotoie
addresses beil!
hand w -nth g ditleront from Ik
un-
i-dack a'td put red mass; and, savs DrJ DortorCil in absconded oathe night js-etlled, have been preserved with the
f,-vik; uiiii ot'.ier cicumstances alien- Stevens 1 have seen patients in the last of Saturday, tne .'hlth March, and Cog-h'xcepiion of those in relation to the con
r.'virn-ly showing that (hoe 'stages ot these disorders, recover uadcr lev, on Mm day following. Uilpinisa wngent ruao ; and, there lore, that no pe-
v.')i.-.e frat.k- arc ap.,n them,iould ha e
i- p-.ij t ( in ;!
t er-
.; . i.
a;
n, or ki ,ov t c d go o f tlie
liiat
oumi en clone:
ii iraii'- s upon laern, nave o'-en sur-
: p'i;iou !y ana otherwise
the internal use of lirge doses of com-i.voung man of perhaps '21 years of age.jcuniary loss of considerable amount cai
toon salt and ot!
;er saline
the ca-es at tirst were so liopch
gei'.ts. wiiere.","-Ml w 'eci iim.i, sirongiv pi ooriion-i u- ?mn". u u uie jovermnent oe on-i
!...-. i' . I :H'k PVin. c:i il-.r cuinnL.V'iwi i A tllat CCi ISl (1 ' 1 1 : . t f I m :
Ol
or.ia;Tied. ( :
l
their recovery afterward a; i e.uvd to rallier oi a stern or ho l:idd:u aspectlhe building and furniture
almost a mira le, junet; spoUen to. lie is a graduate of i he papers in relation to the cxpen-
r. . t ;. ,1 ..-. r"i...T.-rtt .n.w..1Mw.. The fl'.m tin l,.for r.fsnisihcrti wmik llllJ U tliver.-ltv l li.i Mmnre. :nO : m- Oilltreoi lilO COtUin'-M)i fU'ui witp
violation o! 1 aw ;" d deeml my du-'and some other fevers, are produced in 'live of the State ot Maryland. Cogley cording to tlie testimony of Mr. Laub,
a d'diereot way: a cold climate requires may he about the same age,or per!iapjthe cSupenalenuaat, consumed in the a different constitution from vu arm one. 'a year or (wo older. His hair is black room in wiiicii, from the report of the
tv to call on ail postmas.ers. to bo vigil-a-st in detecting and preventing these frauds Mvoit the revenue of the Depart mc-iit. and strictly to obey that requirement of the act of Co'igress, which mikes it "their r-p -ci.d daiy to prosecute" tor siK h odences. It is I ecae-e the letter is actually, or by construction ol Uw.from the person ai;iherked to send it tree, that it is exemp'ed from postage. Tlie lianic is m rely tlie certificate of the fact th.it it is so. When, t b.endore, the circumslances connected ilb tlie letter, arc such as to show tha; i: is a, from such a pers.a. and tliat itu- frank on it is. in eikct, a f dse certificate, postmasters will, in 3 - I r;is(v;. ciiarge the letter with j-ost-age; and thev are particularly required to do so, wheeever the address on the letter is in his hand wailing different from the hank, urd -ps the circumstance is satisfactorily explained. Wr.ahies attach, whenever a person 'Yank? a ktur from another, u -is ss written by Ids own order, and on the bu i .ess of his eftkc, cx ept that
tne v ere'iiViCs ot the Sla-te, treasury, "War, and aw LMiartmrrt, and t'ne
Posfma-ier Ceneril, irav frank letters i treatment.
In the cold cii nate. f
.ro-i-, and the utoou is
stive or-jri.l beginning to turn gray, rather per-jSecrotariea to the lVesident, it seems
gans are more ;
rirh, stimulating a--d
i!nod in soutliern climates is of less brilli:int color, thkr.er. and less impregnated with saline substances. When
the. constitution oi a northern stranger-
is suddenly exposed to (he influence ol a southern climate, nature hastens to produce the necc-sarv change in his circulation and this change is generally accompanied with, an awful disease. While the skin performs its functions of pcrsp'n ation, there is no danger bet tlie moment pt rspiration becomes obstructed, from irwprudent exposure to the cold night air, or any other reason, the fever breaks out. The cause is,
livilurcly for a young man of his ag.jthe fire originated.
fall of sail. The! Ifc is between 5a.nl 10 inches, and Gj
Globe.
Aero York,Jlpri! 13. A New Case. A person calling himself George Colauro, was confined in tli3 w atch house on Friday night, on a charge cf stealing a horse and gig from a physician, who appeared next mornoig before tlie police magistrate, staled that the previous alter noon, abo-il live o'clock, he lett his vehicle standing in front of a house in Fourth street, w hile he stepped out to visit a patient. During his absence the v
a. disappeared, and no tidings wrere heard
mined on a complaint for stealing a'l Ul0'r' Uil .1U o cIock in tlie evening, number of pieces of joist from an old'jvv!l.,M1 t'e prisoner drove up in fine style building par tly palled down. The I !,e,oi'e house, got out, and was making
that the blood is too slimulati; g, too 'nan confessed the fact, but stated in !0 fflle-1 w;b -zed by some persons full of salts; and the danger is lest this! extenuation that the boys were takigjwho been ooking for the lost pro-,-,i11M!mn f for ro.hirluc t a wa v some of the old material, to burn. lHr l7 1 no fellow stated he had only
t'nould be carried too far. and the Hood i'-nd that he thought it no harm to take,'1 tlie horse and gig for the sake of
leet high, pale complexion, dolkalelv formed, constrained in his address and manners. The .above reward and all reasonable charges will be given for apprehending saii fugitivesand delivering them to . justice Kittaning, or 5: with like charges, for tither of them. JoilN Cv.MPliri.I,, Prni.ip Leighlev,
Boston Police. A lai
borer was cx
so much
blackened and weakened that a few pieces himself. It was in evi-
ia ride, and as they had been safely re-
J he second whom he recognized as a suspicious person, w as also a pickpocket and convict recently out of the sta' prison, oy the name of McKenna. tlrwas also searched, but with the sa-.tvj success, and phtced also under guard. The third and 1 1st. by the name of Kitnbei'ly, also an old convict, and equally liable to the su-picion as the others, and was then searched and placed in the corner with the other two. These; three constituting tlie only persons iu the room justly liable to su-picion, it was conculded by Merritr, that one or the other of them had cemmitteed the
onence, either separately or as accomplices, and that the pocket book and money iiad been secretly disposed of by taem in some way or other. Mounting the rostrum of the auctioneer he desired the attention of the company, and then proceeded to tell thvra that the stolen property was in all probability in the room, and, for aught he knew, transferred by the thief to the pocket of sem one present, Lie better to dude suspicion. He, therefore, requested every individual to search his own pockets tv ascertain ihe fact, this w as done simun(aneously by all, but to no effect. Again commanding attention, he requested the company lo stoop down and examine the floor. This they all did w hen one rising up presented the lost money which he found at his feet, consisting of one fifty dollar bill, one twenty, ne five, and two tw o's on tiie National bank in this city, as lire same had been described by Mr. Scovil, previous to its being found. The company here separated, pleased at the restoration of the monev, J w w hiie the three w ho had been placed in
the coiner were given in the charge of
ome watchmen and taken to the watch
louse where they were detained until
morning, and then conmitted by the magistrate to Uridewell for further ex
amination.
the patient dies of mere exhaustion. 'lencc that the materials had been sold .turned, he did not know how it could These disorders, therefore according to the complainant by the owners of the, be -al d a (,1C' " was altogether a
Dr. Stevens, in their first stages require the acid, in their litter stages the saline
ana packets, on official business, prepar-1 pan d in any public ofiice, in the absence of the principal thereof. In pre renting for the penalties postmasters will obtain tiie aid of the District Al'ornevof the United S;.i(es, and, for that purpose, report to him the cirenm-
lf this theory of Dr Sfever.s be true, a great step has been made in the treatment of febrile and malignant disorders; and ccrtaily the universal use of salt as
an indispensible article of diet, as far
land previous to taking down the buil-!new nce, and could not in any 'warding, and the quesiion arose, whether l)e construed into a felony, but as the
the materials still continued part of the ;,011l)w was a complete vagabond, and freehold, or had, by the sale, become Ii0 V5ille means of support, he was personal property. If part of the free-!se!,t io t'"e penitentiary under the vahold, then ihcy were not subject to l ir- gra,lt act. Standard. ceny if not part of the freehold, then the larceny w ould depend on the fact Iterf from Rio de Janeiro. The brig
ni. .....i .(..-, ..,.! whether the iokt had been severed from ilta-i, ilhs, arrived at UaJtimore on
vieg which even animah. Iv:h wil l and building previous to the carrying fue-day last, in hfh -five days from Iho f evhiKit for it. would V nd t orove ! away. It was proved the seve.ing'and !; J:i,,:iM': w,,u h P1 ice she left on the
. . ... 1.. '. . .. . , .' ,!ii,..,rr-i,r u i. 2 it Ii of leiuuirv
.'. t lev wi rauso Hie tn.it t ,t- n-idrment lias some n n versa i'"- -ie.iu o:n: .tcr. ii . J
and
those who abuse tlnir frank
;s.-oeee'i -gs h be instituted in the D's-
i r ; ; t ( r.!i t of the I
o h r.g-ii
t::'t a.o i:?:;mt fttsr xvno pro.
do: e. Aid ntio'i is called to the sub-
i..;n -a re errnces to. and ex-.ract- trom.i
ted States; r,ot ! iulior..
. M.-cit to 1)C
law and regulatio ns of the depart
ment
I he Haiti more A
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,;.,i . ir. ttio !w!;iv -,ti. was decided Dv the AlaLnstrate that t ie '-V8 vnn, re-
L'-tilUill r.nvvi vu voe ''enr i,v,;-h - ...
iroist at the time of taking was part of Pon ,l! 11,11 lMI-,r 10 lvs htng, two hhe freehold, and therefore not suldect English ships had arrived at Kiode Ja-
Merwgthc C,n:iMion!.Uha late! to larceny, and the prisoner was'dis- ciro, having on board about seventy annual meeti eg in I'orts.uoulh, X. Uncharged. MVell, Jerrv," said a by- persons whoin they had picked up at ,1... '.'....:..;.,. ih.. v... ..! slander. a he left tlie office. i.ow did st: 1 rom tho!r statement, it appear-
A ,i,,-.xi,;ti.w,f :.tift;.s vetr-t ouT "The devil a bit do I 0(1 that toe hri.isli ship Ik.ttannia,
was asked of the several voter- in the'k"OW how 'I w as,' said he, " 1 confessed !.,on,'1 ' "slland to Van Deiman's
...... . . 1 ,, ii... c-...t K..4 1 i. ..i iv i 1 .and. wiio unwariis o! two risiiiif reii i'oii
tram to the nallol Dox. An "old sail, ' 4 out 1 suppose 11117 ihhiuiii 1 -------
it i a been reported bv several post
mnsirrs.ihatnumerou-voi.imsofhooksl;i regular voter, arrived and deposed jhelave me. An' 1 tould 'em I'd pay,v,((s ",!,lo:1,r"' nulenl v
havelateiv b. w discovered discovered hi vote. When the question are you ! lor t Dut not a happortii tiiey d take lu- ",su,
Return duties. We understand that
the sonount of return di?tk$ n ler 5th
ertnm of the tariff act of IS.-' 2 ;t thi
port. r esi-'r, dot at almnt g1 200.000;
that th" .enmi of money a'realy paid
nt is 120-000; :nfl the arnninu of du
ties that h ncurred (furin(r 'be inooths
of March, umier 'he new ie of redu-
re duty, is J?340 ,000. Boston .Morning
Post.
in the mail-, the wrappers in which they I for or against altering the constitution. they jist turned me out, hut how a ,n, tilc ',u antl bur,,c1 1 were enveloped a.d franked, whe'nlxvas propounded to Jack, lie, giving hisftwas done 's more 'an 1 know- "You:" xvalll s cae- Aorc tha a I,lln nail. d, haviU won, otf; and that this 'caul a lurch to port, and imagining the!re a lucky man, Jerry,- said the other, rnvn and women, pens nx.dt ofs.-i:d.Hg them through the conn-'constitution to be no other than old Iron-1" -t clear by such a nice dislinc.j he flames. Alter tlie vessel toe
l.ni lii-.n ttr:ii'(Ui-i! i v f r n I t ., -7io vr l.i i me.d en "e I . w !iv d ii it 't'O!
that has subjected the conveyance of i;o you waul to maxc a rarer ot her ?
ti;e mail to v alnn- burthen- and d
lav ; 1, then fore, require all postmasters to be careful to ascertain, when
. irniCTl. YG OCCURRENCE. I'oston, April I'd. A few days ago.
jllipconttruetLn of Terms. Old Hans
Van lloosaa flourished about the vear'two colored men gave information to
bulky packages are left to be mailed, if IStX). lie was celebrated over the vil- some, mem hers ol tlie Anti-Mavery r-o- "-
they contain book. or any other article lagc in which he lived for the many lu- c,e!-v- lh;U anegrosiave irom oneoitiu -not anti oiizedbvlaw to he so trar.Mnit-idicrous scenes in which he was ei:ga-;so;ltllPI':i States was on hoard a schoon i..A . -,..! ., .iUeoverii.j- I hat to be the 'red. licii.si onacouainh d with tne er in the harbor, that he was very de
m-o.fo withhold them, in .nil instances manners and customs of tiie Yankees, sirons of escaping, and that he was
fi en) the mail.
W. T. 1'AKU Y, 'he was was often beset by his neigh- wntei.eu lor lear or ins running away. rosimat.ter GrncruLbors ho ridiculed him for'hi- want of Tllfi u:uw iUi- vt' as afterw.ird-
(act even m the common concern- of :,8cer,au,od was t,,c Vienna, lier masi.e.. "rm l:iv.v -.-.it In. "I v.m.i ter's horenzo Dow Morgan, and the
inc. - ' ' 7 --.-v . v. -
A?' j.om Vrp( n'V? of Salt
Dr. Stevens, an eminent physician of down to te market, vare dev keeps pro- lV s 1,(11 lon r''- is saiu 10 I ondon, has recently made certain dls-fusions to sell i buys vat dev call von hc bound to New Wk. A writ of harr.veri: r lat in- to t'ne diseased and hoe s head : de butcher tell m- corn him r"pas w as, on trie petition ot one
h- althv stale of the Mood, and the a- i vent home, tel my vite cor n him; f the memners of tlie Soeiefy, unmedi
- ' j 1 . ii. 1.- .1 j . .
tn ncv of salt uv-on tlie circulation,lshe berry him in von barrel of corn ;and :"" on.a.n. o no.,: u.c oupicnm v .... .,
Iter he lay von veek, de tvfhl, how he:" feie uic v.-.ia.,., iu J : t 1. ... 4 T .... 1 1 ... 1 i .... t . . i .
which seem l.klv to nrt-duce a great after
revolution iu the treatment of fevers,' smell 1
and malignat dkoa-es in general. It is well know n that the blood of the
vicls on board, accidentlv took fire at
lwing liquor
burned to
imid-
h-
1 took
hre, the crew and some of the passen
gers onsh acted rafts, on which about
seventy embarked, and were fortunately saved from a watery grave by the tim ly approach of the two vessels a-
nlluded to. On therr arrival at
ivio de Janeiro, a subscription was o-
pened for the relief of (he sufferer-, and about iOO!) dollars had been raised when the Sultana sailed. It will he recollected that the wreck of a burned ves-f I was fallen in with ome time since, by (he ship Martha, at
New York, with a number of dead bo
dies floating near it. Amonft the sur
mised then made as to the identity of the ship, was one, (hat the w reck was that of a convict ship from FjUgiand. It is probable thai this is the same vessel.
arteries is of a bright erioson color, while that of the veins; which is rcturr,i; gto the heart, after having spent its vitifving influence, is of a dark purple.
According to Dr. Stevens, the bright
r f
lHmn
.1 1
er was shortly after brought up to tiie
Supreme Court Ivoom,
Going to Lan'. Two persons, Tappen j lieiore the Judges would takecogni
and Mct-uire, had a controversy grow- zanco ol toe ca-c, it became necessary
rhe tallowing awefdote is related iu
the London New Monthly Mig-'Zeie. fit
list month.
4 hi that glorious attt ick on Buenos Ayres, where our br:rve soldier were disgraced bv a reciennt general, the nerroes, slaves ; ihey were, joined the- inhabitants to expel (bp;r invaders. On tins signal oca-ion, the catv derreed a public expression of their gralitutfe to the iiegr'e, in a sort of trinmrU, and at -ame time awarded the freedom of eight of their leaders. One of them having i'mwn hi claims to the boon, declaring (hat to obUin his freedom had all his days formed the proud object of bi wishe, bis claim was indisputable; yet now, hoever. lo the amazement of the jude, he refused his proffered freedom! Tlie
rea-on be alSedged was a singular refinemer.t of heartfelt sensibiht) : ly kind ini-tiess,1 aid the negro, 'once wealthy, has fallen into misfortunes in her infirm old age. I work to maintain her, and at tri'erv-de of leisure she leans on my arm to take the evening air. 1 will not be tempted to abandon her, and I renounce the hope cf freedom, that she may know he possessed a tdave who will never quit her side.'
n,k
Pockets. A gentleman from
Kentucky, by the name of Scovil, who
happened lo be present lire night before
ingoul ol soinemat(erof(riiangi,nport'tosho-.vth:dSpiccrwasdetainedagaiast!last at the book saleof Isaac T. Doughwhich resulted in obtaining cross war- Ids will, lie was accordingly interro-! t) N"- Hroadway, was robbed of a r:,.,ts against each other for an aoidf .rh-d nnon the subieel bv the counsel.! lock t book cordaining !;0. Feeling
and batten, ihe real aggressor being and informed that lie was' free hi Mas- himself unusually pressed in the crowd
red color the vital tv and the stimula- the first to ur ge his cumplai d. The is-'.sach.iscll, and that no doubt the court by some persons Uefund mm, n.s suspif.iPow cVofthe ii ferial blood are all suing of the warrants w as followed up! would so pronounce him, if the case w as cioa was excited, and not without cause deee. der.t on "the ouantrty of salt, by the. Grand Jury, who indicted each', permitted to proceed. The poor fel- that some person was robbing him, for
oldie names ror.aauiis upon cacti olii- low sricmcd very mucii aguateu, anna'ii """'"i, ",1 " r 1
cr. and the petit lury, b. lieving that his whole frame trembled, lie said he be lounu mai me .o.,k ..iU niem. y inui
each had broken the peace, found them should like to be free in his own coun- been anstiacieu as .move si.utu. ne
respectively !( . On the last dav try, where his relations were. He w as! immediately comniumc.ueu 111s ross 10
which enters into its composition; while
all acid- ai d alkalies and. in general, all poisons to blacken the blond, to reduce its fdin.ulath g povvirs, and of course to d-o-ini-h 'he (orceof its circulation.
The purple color of the iaous blood is owi- ,r to the carbonic acid it has imbi
bed. In the lungs the oxigen of tin
-etmnsnhore n movr s tins d leferious a-
cid, and the cireulnting fluid then re suni-s its bright a-d cai let appearance
According to this theory, poisons, and
those mnl gnont disorders, such as h
7ii n ah fe- er. liclfov fever, iVc. which ori-
Institution jar colnrti females. Mh Prudence Crandall of Canter bury, Coon, has opened a boarding School 'for young ladies ami little misses of color.'1 where all branches usually (a igbt in boarding schools are taught; terms 25 per quarter. From (he Liberator we learn that dial tb people of Canterbury have had a public, meeting, the t cho of the meeting by which the citizen of New Haven o degraded themselves la?t year. Why 14 i( (U)( any people in New England ivi-h to declare hy vole of public meet
ings, that rhey are opposed to (heetloits of Christian philanthropy for improving the character and condition of our people of color.
of (erm they were sentenced by theurged to make his selection, and sayjlhe auctioneer, who d.spatched his clerk Court ofSessions, tlie fust compla'inant j whether he wished to be free and re- to (he l'ark theatre for Mr. Merritt the to pay a fine of fifty dollars and (he main here, as he would be compelled to police officer, and caused the doors in
cosKan.l the other a lino of twenty-fiv e ;do, or to return to his relations as a! the interim to be closed, by which all
lollars and the costs; and to stand com-slave. He concluded, alter a strong: were prcveiueu rrom geuing out. in milted until the lines were paid. land visible conflict between his feelings,; a short lime Mr. Merritt arrived, to . to go back and accordingly returned whom the facts were detailed, who hnOn? hundred dollars Reward. On the, lo Ihe vessel. We are informed, and!dingthe company in the auction room 1 1th of 1 bruarv last, Jane Leighley, have no doubt of the facf, that the Cap-, exceedingly good humored, and equalwife of Thilip l .eigldev, of Kittaning tain had threatened to put him in irons, ly anxious with the person robbed, to
Aihtn (jMahama,) March 27. On last Monday night the prisoners confined iu the jail of this place made (heir escape. It appears tha( Reuben Johnson had gained admission in the principal room of confinement, under pretence of writing a
letter for hi friend, Charles Lewis, coutined on the charge of murder and that when Mr. Odeil, the jailor, made his nightly v tit to fee every (bing secure, the laid Johnson extinguished his light and held him fast un(il all the prisoners' made (heir escape, after which he joined them in their flight.