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tnur, floated into the room. Above the
boats* load hum arose Grom time to time,
a boisterous laugh; or a scrap of some
soafk shouted forth by one of the giddy
crowd, would Strike upon the ear for aw
iwtiuL, end then be lost amidst the roar
Os voiow Utd the tramp of footsteps; the
the billows of tb* restless sea
of Jifis that rolled heartfy on without.
Tboso aro oaelanchoJ/ sounds to a quiet
BsMjpMt any tiare, but how melancholy
to watcher by the bed of eleath!
“These is no air here,” said the sick
man fkintiy. “The place pollutes it; it
was fresh round about when I walked
there years 'ago, but it grows hot and
heary in passing these walls. I cannot
breathe it.”
“We bare breathed it together a long
time,” said the old man. “Come, come.”
There was a short silence, during
which the two spectators approached the
bed. The sickmawdrew the hand of his
old fellow prisoner* towards him, and
pressing it affectionately between both his
own, retailed it in his grasp.
“I hope,” he gasped after a while so
they bent their ears close over
the bed to catch the half formed sounds
hurcold blue lips gave vent to. “I hope
my merciful Judge will bear in mind my
heavy punishment on earth. Twenty
years, my friend, twenty years in this hid
eous grave. My heart broke when my
child died, and I could not even kiss him
in his little coffin. My loneliness since
then, in all this noise and riot, has been
very dreadful. May God forgive me!
He has seen my solitary, lingering death.”
He folded his hands, and murmuring
something more that they could not hear,
fell into a sleep; only a sleep at first, for
they saw him smile.
They whispered together for a little
time, and the turnkey stooping over the
pillow, drew hastily back. “He has got
his discharge,” said the man.
He had. But he had grown so like
death in life, that they knew not when he
died.—[Pickwick Papers.
COMMODORE WOOLSEY.
This gallant officer, whose death we an
nounced last week, had, it is stated, been
indisposed for several weeks, first from
erysiepelas, and then dropsy. The fol
lowing notice accompanies the annunci
ation qf his decease in the New York
Commercial Advertiser:
Our first knowledge of him as an offic
er, was during the “restrictive energies”
of Mr. Jefferson. In order to enforce
the embargo and non-intercourse laws, an
armed brig was built on Lake Ontario,
called the Oneida, the command of which
was **signeil to Woolsey, then a lieuten
ant. lie n««t seen mu«Jv» previous sei
on th® ocean, and was engaged in the
Tripolitan war, with Decatur and others.
He remained in the service for
years, and was one of the most ac'” ff and
efficient officers during the » with Great
Britain, under Commo Jore Chaunocy.
Several very gallon* o' l **** 3 wore conducted
by him with -gnal success. When the
U. St®*' B were building the large ships at
<4ackett’s Harbor, Woolsey was sent to
bring the anchors, cables and rigging from
below.
The roads at that day were so bad
from Rome to Sackott’s Harbor, as to
render their transportation by land, all
but impracticable. It was therefore de
termined, if possible, to take them in the
Durham boats through Wood Creek and
Oneida Lake, to Oswego, and thence
round, keeping the boats close in shore,
to Sackett’s Harbor. Ascertaining, how
ever, that his intentions had been discov
ered by the enemy through the instru
mentality of spies, and that the British
commander on Lake Ontario was prepar
ed to intercept his boats, Woolsey re- 1
sorted to a stratagem which so far threw
Sir James Lucas Yec from off his guard,
as well nigh to ensure his success. The
voyage from Oswego was commenced j
prosperously—Woolsey himself preceding j
along the shore by land, and watching
their movements. When off the mouth
of Salmon river, however, a detachment |
of the enemy’s flotilla discovered the
boats, which were compelled to put into
that harbor for shelter, and the naval!
stores were hurried on shore, where the,
only armed protection consisted of a com
pany of riflemen uuder Major Appleton.
A detachment of the enemy entered
the harbor in pursuit and landed. By ad
vice of Woolsey, and under his own con
duct the riflemen were placed in ambush,
with directions not to fire until the near !
approach of the enemy. The enemy ad-!
v a need unconscious of the ambuscade, I
until within a convenient distance, when
they were received with a destructive fire
In a loud voice Woolsey ordered ‘a charge’
whereupon the riflemen rtisltcd impetuous- i
)y forward, with loud cheers and holding j
their rifles in the position of charge bay
onets. Ihe result was the surrender of 1
the enemy at discretion. They were I
commanded bv an officer named Popham i
of tbc-Brihsli Navy, and an old acquaint
ance of Woolsey’s. As Popham camei
forward to surrender ins sword, Woolsey
exclaimed, “Why, Popham, what on eartii
are yon doing up this creek’” After
some indifferent reply, and a survey of
Woolsey’s force, Popham observed—
“ Well, Wooieey, this is the first time I
ever heard of riflemen charging bayonets.”
The first attempt of the enemy upon
Sackett’s Harbor was repelled by Woolsey
with the Oneida brig alone. This affair
happened early in the war, Before tire U
nited States were prepared to take the
lake with a squadron He was also in
command at Oswego, where the attack of
the>British was so brilliantly repulsed, on
which occasion he displayed great skill
and btavery.
He remained in command of the ma
rine at Sackett’s Harbor after the close of
the war, we believe, until it was determin
ed mutually by England and the United
States to dismantle and abandon their
■ships upon those waters. He was then
transplanted to the ocean service, in
which he lias been actively engaged the
greater portion of the time since, having
been successively in command of the
West India station, Pensacola, and the
Brazilian squadron.
By his decease the country, and serv-1
ice, have alike reason to deplore the loss
of one of its bravest and best men. He
was in all respects a true-hearted sailor—
bold, fearless and full of stratagem as an
officer—frank, free, and noble-hearted as
a man—and like most sailors, generous
to a fault. He has left a family consist
ing of the widow and seven children —one
of whom is in the navy, and bears his
own name. Few men can be called
hence who will leave a wider circle of
mourning friends than Meiancthon T.
Woolsey.
Oi'ranu Outang. An Ourang Ou
tang recen?*r f imported in* o Salem, in the
barque Governor Endicott, was sold by
auction a few days since, by Mr. John
Tyler, of Boston, for the sum of 81000.
A correspondent of the Boston Courier
gives the following description of this re
markable animal.
This animal which is now in this city,
is the only surviving one of tlie three,
which were procured on the Island of
Borneo, in June of 18:57. They were
obtained at the request of several physi
cians in this country, who wished to ex
amine minutely the structure of the ani
mal for the benefit of the medical science.
It was the original intention to keep them
till an opportunity occurred of sending
them to America, but the owner being un
der the necessity of taking the tour,
brought them with him, hoping that one
or more might survive the passage for the
gratification of the admirers of nature.
They were about one, two and three
years old, the last a female, and lately
from her native forests, and on that ac
count an excellent subject for the purpose.
'Phe other two were very docile, having
been some time in the hands of the na
tives. They were fed at first on boiled
rice, with occasionally pieces of sugar
cane; but, on observing their attention,
especially that of the wild one, was excit
ed by the smell of animal food, they were
tried, and found to be Tui.J of it. it be
ing supposed that they were exolostv <-ty
eaters of vegetable food, they were allow
ed th® bones from the table merely to sat
isfy them. At one time, howovor, some
fowls were placed near, and this same
wild animal was almost raving to get to
them, and though a man was watching
them with a huge cane, she succeeded in
biting off a part of the fowl, showing her
carniverous propensity even when the
flesh was in its raw state. They had
pieces of fish occasionally, and salt, but
seemed hungry for flesh. In this wav
they continued till December, when the
wild one began to droop, and about the
middle of January died, having eaten no
thing for two or more weeks.
About six weeks alter, the next largest
died iu the same way. Their digestion
j bad been bad for some time; and their
stomach and bowels became so irritable
1 that they could not take tlie blandest flu
-lid except water, paragoric even being al
most instantly rejected. The third was
evidently going in the same way, when it
was commenced giving regularly a small
bit ol beef, either boiled or raw. His
digestion soon became good, his health
improved, and he endured the cold and
stormy weather on the coast, and is now
apparently as hearty as a buck, and is be
coming more and more interesting every
day.
The description given of an animal of
tins kind in the Advertiser of the Slli
iust., was doubtless correct, but that was
a full grown animal, and this is but a child
and its actions are childish. The female
adopted it lor her own, and treated it as
such, usually sitting with one arm around
him, while lie grasped her with both his,
and at night they slept each lying in the
other's arms. When any thing was seen
in his eyes or nose she would suck it out,
and with all the affection of a mother
would kiss the little one many times a
day. The surviving animal, is now in
this city, is about two years old, stands
two feet high when erect, will drink
from a cup, taking it by the handle,
will pull off his coat at night, and making
his bed will cover himself with a blanket.
He is very gentle in his manners when
pleasant, though violent when enraged,
and will often sit for hours on the floor,
amusing himself with his playthings, lie
is very affectionate to those who treat him
kindly, but to colored persons he mani
fests the greatest contempt, and even ha
tred. lie is very observing of tilings and
actions, is foud ol his clothing, especial
ly it the colors are gay. 11c coughs, and
sneezes, gapes and hiccoughs, laughs and
cries very much like a child about otic
year old. He is acknowledged by many
to he the greatest curiosity ever ottered to !
the public in this country.
Garrick’s Size. When Foote was about
to produce a play by puppets, a lady of fasli
ijon asked him if the figures were'to be as
large as lite. “Oh, no, Madam,” replied Sam i
, ‘w* much bigger than Garrick ”
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
The following capital anecdote of the i
late Chas. Matthews, is going the rouncis j
of the newspapers, as from a London
periodical. It has doubtless been much
improved by the Atlantic voyage, and
London transplanting, though it read
quite as well where it originally appeared, J
a year or two since, in tlie“Editor’s Table” ,
of the Knickerbocker: —
TWENTY MINUTES.
“When 1 was about leaving Liverpool I
for America,” I asked the Yankee Cap- \
tain, as we were lying in the stream, vvliat i
detained us, that we were not off?—He,
answered, ‘the mail sir.’ I enquired when it:
was expected ? ‘ln about twenty minutes,’
was the reply. In an hour or two the
mail came on board; and when we had
moved hut a little distance, then there
was another stop. ‘What is this for?’
said I. ‘We are waiting fora pilot,’ quoth
the master. ‘llow long before he will be
on board?’ was my next question. ‘ln
about twenty minutes,’ was the answer
again; and so it was all the way over. If
there was a gale, it never was calculated
to last more then twenty minutes; that
space of time was also the estimated dura
tion of calm; and one poor fellow, blue and
white with active sea sickness, was told to
keep good heart, for it might not last more
than twenty minutes! When I arrived at
New York, after numerous delays, and
had become fairly established at my lodg
ings, there comes up a waiter in hot haste,
with ‘ Mr Mathews! Mr Matthews! you
can’t stay here no longer, sa!’ ‘What’s
the matter? the reason? why can’t I!'
—’Cause, sa, the Sheriff has issued his
sash a rarrar, and the red flag is out of
the winder, and they’re gwyn’ to sell out,
sir!’—begetting’ away in about twenty
minutes!’ And thus,continued Matthews in
his fretful, querulous manner,‘was it from
the moment I set foot in America. Y ou’d
hardly believe it, yet I have just returned
from calling to see an old friend, who was
very kind to me on my former visit.
“Where is Mr. B?” said I to the servant —
“lie is dead sir!” “Dead! dead! How long
since did he deceased?” “I should think
about twenty minutes,sir!” was the answer.
In short, concluded the inimitable mimic,
“there is nothing that cannot he, and is not
done, in the United States, in twenty min
utes.”
Young Women. There is nearly
always something of nature’s own gentili
ty in every young woman (except, indeed,
when they get together and fall a gigling;)
it shames us men to see how much sooner
they are polished into conversational
shape, than our rough masculine angles.
A vulgar boy requires great assiduity to
move three steps—l do not say like a
gentleman, l>«* Uke a body vu.,* j, as agou l
in it; but give the least advantage ot socie
ty or tuition to a peasant girl, and a hun
dred to one but she will glide into refine
ment before the boy can make a bow
without upsetting the table. There is a
sentiment in woman, and sentiment gives
delicacy to thought and tact to manner.—
But sentiment in men is generally an
acquired offspring of the intellectual quali
ty, not as with the other sex, of the moral.
[Ernest Maltravers.
Be Something. One principle of the
Mussulman creed is that every man shall
have some trade. Thus should it be, the
world over. See that young man; no matter
what are his circumstances or prospects,
if he has no plan he will never accomplish
much. It lie relies upon his present posses
sions, or upon the anticipated favors of
fortune, ten to one if his fine hopes are
not blasted, and he finds, too late, that
the only path to true greatness is by appli
cation. The following maxim would apply
to persons of every condition in society
who are about entering upon the stage of
act ive life. Choose, after mature delibera
tion and advice with judicious friends, that
vocation which is most suitable for you.
Be not diverted from your purpose—let
nothing prevent you from qualifying your
self thoroughly for it; then pursue it with
unremitted diligence, and you will honor
yourself and be a blessing to community.
Haro Times. —A passenger down
stream informs us, ’pon honor,that at Cin
cinnati and Louisville the times are so
hard that a man will prop himself against
a wall and hunt round his pockets for a
quarter ol an hour for “ a four pence”—
and not find it, at last. “The times, says
lie, is really screwtiating."—A". O Firu
tfunc.
A humorous fellow , a carpenter, heino
summoned as a witness on a trial for an
assault, one of the counsel, who was very
| much given to brow-heat the evidence,
j asked him what distance he was from the
! parties when he saw the defendant strike
! the plaintiff? The carpenter, .insured,
“just four feet five incites and a half.”
“Prav thee, fellow,” says the counsel,
“how is it possible you can be so very
exact as to distance?” “I thought,” says
the carpenter, “that some fool ere. other
! might ask me, and so I measured it.”
j Our townsman, Col. A. 11. Kenan, has
j again entered the service of the country, by
accepting an aidship in the Staff oftien
j era! Scott. The whole quota of Georgia
would do honor to any service; the com
panies are admirably olticcred, so fnr as
:we are informed, anil Georgia could not
I offer better specimens of her militia, to
compare with the service of the United
States, than Floyd and Kenan, with the
entire staff of the former; so far at least as]
we arc acquainted with it [Southern 1
Recorder
A Warning to Lynchers. A suit
has been lately decided in the Yazoo
Circuit Court, Mississippi, which had its
origin during the Lynching fever in 1835,
and in which the plaintiff, a sufferer from
the mob, has obtained a verdict for dam
ages to the amount of fifteen thousand dol
lars.
According to the account of the case,
as published in the Manchester Whig, the
plaintiff, Justice Sharkey, was a magis
trate it the time of the out-breaking.— •
He was a large slaveholder, had lived in
the country more than thirty years, and
possessed an unblemished reputation; and
yet, because this justice was not satisfied
as to the guilt of an individual brought
before him on the charge of being an ac
complice in the anticipated insurrection,
the mob took it into their heads he was
also implicated, and that the proper mode
of proceeding would be to Lynch him al
so. This, however, says the Whig, “prov
ed a difficult undertaking. The resolute
justice, who had acted iu accordance with
his oath of office, refused to surrender
himself to the assailants, andjiarred his
door against them, placing himself in a
1 defensive attitude. Tfie party attacked
his house by shooting through the door
and windows, and Mr. S., with his wife
and children, was exposed to an inces
sant fire of rifles, the balls passing through
the house in various directions. He,
however, had his rifle at hand, and made
l good his defence, killing one of the party,
although badly wounded by a rifle ball
in his left arm. It is stated that his bed,
in which lay a young child, was literally
shot to pieces, and, by a miracle, the
child escaped unhurt.”
Under such circumstances, it is highly
gratify ing to see that justice, though rath
er tardy, has at length been meted out.
The attacking party have brought them
selves under the necessity of paying such
damages as will doubtless make them a
little cautious hereafter in executing the
mandates of Judge Lynch. [New Or
leans Picayune.
RESULT OF THE GREAT TROT
TING MATCH.
Three mile heats—either saddle or harness.
The trotting match for 810,000, be
tween the two celebrated horses Daniel
D. Tompkins and Edwin Forrest, that has
created so much interest for weeks in the
circles of the-turf, came off over the Hunt
ing Park Course on Monday, at 12 o’clock.
The day was beautiful; and the great re
putation of the horses for their former
deeds, drew an immense concourse to the
course. The stands were crowded to o
verflowing, and throngs of men and car
riages lined the enclosed space below. It
ts estimated ttiai there were ovei 10,000
people upon the ground, and among them
were a great number of strangers, attract
ed to our city by this match and the races
at Camden. This race presented consid
erable betting, and in a variety of ways.
Many were inclined to support Forrest,
though Tompkins was the general favor
ite. Previous to the horses being brought
upon the ground, several even bets were
made; but after they appeared, 100 on
Tompkins to 80, was about the propor
tion offered, and few takers. The opin
ion was, that Forrest was too heavy, and
felt rather too u'ell to make a good trot,
without breaking, which opinion was fully
confirmed before the close of the race.
At the regular hour for starting, the
horses were called up by the judges, and
went off with au even start, Tompkins
having the track. They kept abreast un
til near the first quarter, when Forrest
passed his competitor about one length,
w hich distance he kept round to the scroll,
on the first mile ; here Tompkins made a
push, and lapped him on the second quar
ter of the second mile, which position he
kept—now gaining a few feet, then fall
ing back—and at the scroll Forrest led
him about half a length. Tompkins was
now put to it, and on the first quarter of
the third mile they were nose to nose;
but on turning the angle at the corner,
Forrest broke, when Tompkins darted a
head several lengths, which start he kept
for the next half mile, when the rider of
Forrest seeing no chance to make up the
gap, merely saved his distance, and Tomp
kins came in on a moderate trot, winning
the first heat.
Time—lst mile, 2m. 40s; 2d mile, 2m.
30s; 3d mile, 2m. 48s; whole heat, Bm.
7s. second heat.
1 ompkins was now the favorite, bv
odds of 100 to 10, and few takers; and
it was quite evident that Forrest was not
his match, at the present time, owing to
the high order in which he appeared to
be. He was therefore put in harness, in
hopes that it would prevent his breaking.
After the usual time being allowed, the
horses came to the scroll, and Tompkins
immediately took the lead, which he kept;
and at the turn of the first quarter For
rest again broke, when Tompkins left
him eight or nine lengths, and continued
to- iherso.'gu^p, while Forrest con
tinued his breaking, at intervals, and on
coming in at the second mile was with
drawn, thus giving up the purse, and al
lowing Tompkins to trot the third mile at
his pleasure.
Time—lst mile, ’Jin. 475; 2d mile, in
cluding the first, 5m.20 s. [Philadel
phia U- S. Gazette.
Among the passengers in the packet
ship Gladiator from New York for Lon
don, was John Ynnßuren, Esq., son of
the President. It is reported that he
to England as the hearer of the congratu
lations of the government to Queen Vic
toria upon her ascension to the throne
A Domestic Tragedy. A tragedy of!
a painful and appalling character, was re
cently perpetrated in the western part of
Alabama. The particulars, as recorded
in the Lakeville Express, are somewhat
to the following effect:
“A voting lady of great personal at
tractions, the daughter of a farmer in
that neighborhood, had formed an ac
quaintance with a youth of wild and dis
solute habits, and her parents in conse
quence forbade him the house, and ex
erted themselves to sever the connection,
by providing “Miss Julia Maria” with a
steady, middle-aged husband. The squire
having performed the ceremony, “the
happy couple” set off for their home on
the borders of the great prairie, and for
six months the lady appeared perfectly
reconciled to her lot, and exerted herself
to love, honor and obey her liege lord.
One morning, as the farmer was return
ing home with his rifle and dogs, he met
his former rival, who accounted for his
sudden appearance saying that he had
just returned from New Orleans, where
lie had made a rare speculation inTexian
lands, and that it was his intention to em
igrate to his new property, so soon as he
had completed some family arrangements.
The unsuspicious husband invited his
) friend to pass a day or two with him, say
ing, that although he should be obliged to
|go to Lakeville the next day, the other
could amuse himself until his return by
! shooting the prairie hens, or fencing in a
patch of corn, whichever he pleased.
The other consented, and returned to the
house with the hospitable farmer. The
next day, the young man renewed his in
timacy with his former sweetheart, and fi
nally succeeded in exacting a promise
that she would, the next morning, run
away with him. The husband, in the
] meantime, bad gone on a tour to the prai
i ries, iu search of game, and was notsus
i pected to return for several days. He
| bad his misgivings, however; and return
j ing home late at night, he was a horrified
witness of his own dishonor. Without
j attempting to disturb the guilty pair, he
fired his house in three different places,
| the flames creeping through the upper
stories, and encircling the roof of his
i once happy home. The wretched wo
! man and her paramour were aroused
| from their adulterous dreams by the flames,
I and rushed to the windows to save them
selves by leaping out, but below stood the
infuriated husband with his rifle, and the
moment the casement was opened he fired
with unerring aim, and they both fell
amid the burning ruins.
Escape. — Yesterday morning between
5 and 6 o’clock, Thomas Rector, who was
convicted a few weeks since in Albany of
murder, and who was in the city on vt hab
eas corpus before the Supreme Court,
now sitting here, for thepurpose of obtain
ing anew trial, managed to effect his es
cape from prison.
It appears that the prisoner was confined
in a cell in the upper part of the prison,
not under the charge of the keeper of the
Bridewell, and in the same range cells
where two hoys who had the liberty of
the hall, they being employed to clean n
bout the building, and their cells were not
locked. During the night, the prisoner
having managed to get off his irons,
wrenched off some boards above the door
of his cell, which he afterwards .carefully
and noiselessly replaced, lie than locked
the doors of the cells where the boys slept
and secreted himself in a vacent coll,
which was not fastened. In the morning
when the turnkey went in to call up the
boys, lie looked in the cell occupied by
Rector, to see if all was safe, and while so
looking was seized from behind by the
prisoner who after some struggle pushed
him into the vacent cell, and having lock
ed the door upon the keeper, he marched
°'f—The boys being locked in, could
render no assistance, and the prisoner had
the start of 8 or 10 minutes before the
unfortunate turnkey could make himself
heard, and give information of the escape.
Officers were then despatched in pursuit of
him in every direction, but as yet he
remains safe. A reward of 500 dollars is
offered for his apprehension. No blame,
as far as wc can learn, is attached to the
turnkey, lie having been taken entirely
unawares, and being a small man, was
unable to resist the powerful strength of
the prisoner. [New Y'ork Courier and
Enquirer.
Boat Race at Mobile, May 15. A
match came oft' yesterday at the Pavilion
between the “Wave,” six oared bout, and
the “Scourge,” two miles out, turn a
stake boat, and return. Both boats were
built in New York, the former byCrolius,
and the latter by Francis. This race
created considerable excitement; there
was a heavy sea running, and a great ma
ny thought the Wave would not start; but
at the tap ot the drum, all were surprised
to see the Wave coming gallantly up, not
the least daunted at the heavy swells that
threatened to sw amp her. The pistol fir
ed, and off they went in fine style until
they got to the stake boat, the Wave hav
ing tiie lead, and her coxswain bailing the
water out of her the whole time. She
reached the stake-boat in 13:20, and re
turned, beating the Scourge about otfe'
hundred yards. The time of running!
the four miles was 28 minutes, and ccn-j
sidering the roifghness of the sea, was!
called excellent time.
I lie plainest dress is always the most
genteel, and a lady who dresses plainly
will never be dressrrl unfashionablv.
Examination or Midshipmen. The
hoard of navaf officers for the examina
tion of midshipmen, commenced its ses
sion in this city yesterday morning, -oc
cupying a room in the exchange hotel.
It consists of Commodore Biddle, presi
dent, and Captain* Nicholson, Claxton,
and Gallagher, there being one vacancy
in consequence of the recent demise of
Commodore Woolsey.
We learn that upwards of sixty candi
dates for promotion will be examined by
the board.—[Baltimore American.’
*
Robbery of the Bank of the Me
tropolis. Avery daring robbery took place
in this city, last Saturday evening, which has
been the engrossing subject of conversation
since its discovery, early yesterday morning.
The Bank of the Metropolis, opposite the
State Department, was burglariously entered
by some daring and accomplished villains, on
Saturday night, as is presumed. By means of
a light painter’s ladder, the thieves reached
the top of ffie bank portico, which fronts on
Fifteenth street. Drawing the ladder after
them, they placed it on the portico, and as
cended the roof of the bank, crossing the bal
ustrade. Descending by the sky-light, and
forcing two trap doors, the thieves arrived at
the bottom of the stairs, when they cut or
forced their way through a panel of a door,
which communicates with the bank, and
which door was lined with sheet-iron. The
aperture in the door through which tho thieves
forced themselves into the bank is not more
than eight or •line inches wide, and sixteen
inches long; it is so narrow that, in forcing
themselves through it, one or more of the
thieves must have scratched themselves
and drawn blood, as marks of it were found on
the office towel. With a piece of iron, which
appears to have been part of an iron rail,(prob
ably taken from the railroad,) the thieves suc
ceeded in forcing open the book-safe, in which
were deposited two mahogany cases of valua
ble jewels, silver spoons, &.C., the property of
a gentleman now absent from the city, who
had left them in the bank for safe-keeping.
The valuable contents of these two cases the
thieves took away. They next forced open
the door of the Cashier’s apartment, which,
though the lock was strong and immovable,
they easily entered, as the door side was only
made of wood. But the main safe, which is
on the right of the Cashier’s room, the thieves
were unable to penetrate, as the iroqand stone
work of which it is constructed defied all at
tempts to force it, on the part of the most de
termined and resolute robbers. It is probable
that the thieves were at work during the whole
of Sunday, when the watchmen of the bank
were absent. It seems impossible that they
could have succeeded in entering the bank if
they had carried on their operations, of forc
ing sky-lights, trap-doors, and door-panels,
while the watchmen were.pn duty. We un
derstand that the value of the jewelry and
plate stolen from the bank is very considera
ble. A reward of SSOO is offered by the bank
Directors for the apprehension of the daring
villains who have committed the rnhhery.
[National Intelligencer.
Baltimore, Saturday morning, 0 o’clock.
Dear Sir:—The four mile race yesterday
over the Central Course was one of the most
brilliant contests which ever took place on the
turf, and the time of the first heat throws in
the shade that of all other races. For the last
two miles Balie Peyton and Duane were near
ly lapped, and going at an awtul rate. I have
hardly time to do more than give you the re
sult of the several miles of the heats:
First heat —lst mile, - - 157 J.y
2d, “ - - - 155 1-2
3d, “ - - ]57
4th “ - - - 152 1-2
Time of Ist heat, 7 421-2
Second heat— lst mile, - - 154 1-2
2d “ - - - 1 551-2
3d “ - - - 201
4th “ 207 1-2
Time of 2d heat 7 58 1-2
Balie Peyton was rode by a small boy, wha
carried 14 lbs. dea l weight, and who was un>-
able to hold him an inch. In the second! mile
of the first heat he was forced forty yards
ahead of Duane, and, as if to test his fullest
powers, was rushed up the hill on the- first
quarter of the couise at a tremendous pace;
indeed, up this bill he himself was most anxious
to make a show. On coming out in the last
quarter stretch, Diane closed upon him, and
at the distance stind was clearly np, whew Ba
lie gathered all Lis strength and came l away
from him, beating him out half a length. I
never before saw such intense feeling among'
the spectators at a race course: you could
have heard thy flying of a pigeon over the
course during the running of the last mile.
Before starting the bets were 100 to 30 andl
40 on Duane* and after the Ist heat, he was
taken even against Peyton. The latter had
run in the lead for the whole four miles with;
almost a slack rein, and was much too
he looked ts if he had been stuffed with straw’
the night lafore. An effort was mack by his.
backers tr get another hoy upon him, but
most unfortunately it was unsuccessful.
At the start in the second heat Duane got
off twenty yards ahead, and Peyton was let
loose affor him as if he were running a quar
ter race, and before they got up the hill had
taken tlielead, and went down the back-stretch
with all sail out At the turn his rider nftx
him out on the outside of the track, and Du
ane slipped in on the inside, and when they
reached the stand was ahead again. Here he
comnenced another struggle, and up the hill
he *ent, again nearly lapping Duane. At the
top he took time to blow a little, and trailed
Dukne round to the hill, when W went st b'”i‘
agxm with like success. It was very clear
the race was now over, and at the ha’lf mile
past Duane was taken strongly in hand, and
Fey-ton was hardly disposed to make another
rush. The pace now became very slow, and
on the quarter-stretch home they were brought
canter. They could have run it out in
7 50. It was now evident that Peyton had
lost the race, and he was drawn. He is ater
rifier, and Duane is the worst sort of a cus
tomer to meet with any day. What do you
think of them? In great haste—no time to.
read over.—[New York Spirit of the Times.
Sam Slick says, that when a feller gets too
lazy to work, he paints his name overthe door,
and calte it a tavern; and, as like as not, he
makes the .whole neighborhood as lazy as him
self.