Pete MoCartney, the notorious cottn-
jttrfeiter, escaped from custody while
being conveyed by United States Mar
shal Purnell from Tvler to Austin.
Texas, on the evening of the 20th inst.
A dispstch from Newburg,ew York,
Under date of tbe 20th inst., SSVS : Pour
prisoners escaped from the eounty jail
here to-night at 9 o'clock) by throwing
a handful of pepper in tbe turnkey's
eyes. Tbe prisoners were James Nich
ols, indicted for highway robbery;
M , -.
James Smith and Barney Kilduff, in
dicted for burglary ; Samuel Johnson,
j colored, charged with' burglary
All
frame farm house near Long's mill, oa
tbe road leading from Lisburn to Car
lisle, was, with its contents, entirely
destroyed by fire. ' It is said the whole
structure was consumed within twenty
minutes after tbe fire was discovered.
We are informed that the building was
i occupied by a tenant named Miller,
! whose loss is very heavy.
! Tbe native banditti in Missouri are
J still as Tirulebt as ever, as may be
j learned from the fallowing recent iutel-
' ligcnce from that State . u Information
l
ban been received at Liberty, Mo., that
tbe fead between the Jamea boys and
the Younger his recently been set-
tied, and that they are again, eo-cpets-
liug. They recently purchased tbej
fleetest horse in Kansas, for which tbey J
paid a high price in cash. They have
determined to make aa attack on some
i moneyed institution soon, and a rob
bery may be expected at any moment.
