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Tarhoroiigh, (Edgecombe County, JV. C.) Haturday, March 17, 1838
Vol XIV Wo. 11.
TTic Tarhoroiigh Press
BY GEORGE HOWARD,
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LATE AND INTERESTING FROM
EUUOPE.
The paeket ship Albany from Havre,
lias arrived at New York bringing Paris
papers to the 16th, and London dates to
the 13th January.
There have been extensive fires at Lon
don, Paris and St. Petersburg, the par
ticulars of which we subjoin.
England. Burning of the Royal Ex
change. There lias not been in London
for several years so destructive a fire a?
that which occurred on the lOlh January
The Exchange is entirely destroyed. The
flames were first discovered issuing from
I Lloyd's coffee house, at about half past
ten, by one of the watchmen of the Bank
The alarm was instantly given; but before
Ithe engines arrived the flames were com
municated to the Exchange. Some time
elapsed before water could be procured,
and in the interim the fire spread with
alarming rapidity. Another delay occur
red before the gates could be opened to
: enable the engines to enter the courtyard;
j but when an entrance was gained, it was
(too late to save the building. By mid-
I night the whole edifice was in a blaze, so
that the exertions of the firemen were fruit
less. The conflagration was visible for
miles round. In less than five hours from
the commencement of the fire the whole
edifice was in ruins. Owing to the pres
ence of the military, and the general good
order of the crowd no accident occurred.
The priucipal papers have been saved.
The edifice now destroyed was built in the
reign of Charles II. The statue of sir
Thomas Gresham, the architect, was not
injured. A new Exchange is already
frill; or! nf
France. Burning of the Italian Opera
I House. On the evening of lGih January,
the Italian Opera House at Paris wascon
j sumed by fire. The alarm was given a
1 little after midnight; but notwithstanding
every exertion the building was entirely
destroyed. One of the directors was killed
by a fall, in endeavoring to escape from
the flames. An insurance had been effect
ed, to the amount of 300,000 francs on
the theatre and its contents.
Russia. Destruction by fire of the im
perial palace of St. Petersburg. The im
perial palace, or the winter palace of the
emperor, was burnt to the ground on the
29ih of December last. The flames,
which broke out at 1 1 in the evening,
seemed to burst from all parts of the build
ing at once. At the time of the alarm the
emperor, with his family, was at the Thea
tre; and when the news was brought to
him he rushed from the house, and, think
ing it to be the signal for a revolt, he or
dered all the troops under arms. Twenty
thousand soldiers were quickly arrayed in
the streets. All efforts to check the flames
proved useless; the building was entirely
consumed by 5 on the following evening.
It is affirmed that five or six hundred per
sons were more or less injured on this oc
casion; but this account is probably exag
gerated. Some idea of the extent of this edifice
may be gathered from the fact, that 12,
000 persons have been accommodated in
Jt. Several individuals have been arrest
ed on suspicion of setting it on fire.
CANADIAN AFFAIRS.
The English papers are principally oc
copied with the affairs of Canada, all the
movements which have heretofore filled
our journals being copied entire with
very free remarks upon the course of the
1 eople and the Government of the United
States. Both the French and the English
journals seem to have anticipated that our
people would freely express their sympa
l'1)', but that our government would act in
good faith for the preservation of its neu
trality. The Proclamation of Gov. Jeni
on of Vermont, seemed to have afforded
much satisfaction, as a demonstration of
le public authorities for neutrality.
The Army preparations in Great Rri
tain for the Canadas are very active. The
uixnay oorpsol Ureat Britain, the Guards,
are coming over. It is the handsomest
looking corps in" the world, the officers
being all of hich families, and the men
picked. The London Times says that in-
:iuamg all under orders for Canada there
are 7000 rank and file !
The money market in London was easy.
The cotton market in Liverpool will be
found below. The sales had been exten
sive, at a decline of 1-8 of a penny.
Liverpool Cotton Market, Jan. 6. The
sales of Cotton during the week amounted
only to 7020.
Jan. 12. 18,250 bacs of Cotton have
been sold the past week at a decline of 1-8
ol a penny. The arrivals in same time
were 1 7,000 bags. The demand had been
good the early part of the week; but owing
to the desire ol the holders of new Cotton
to realize the market, had cjven way a 1-8
of a penny. Upland quoted from 5 J a 8i
Extract from a letter from Major Pilcheri
dated St. Louis, Fvb. 27,. 1 838.
Sir : Having received authentic infor
mation from the remote region of the Up
per Missouri, of a highly important char
acter, I deem it my duty to communicate
it without delay, though not entirely ap
plicable to my own agency, having, as I
-onceive it does, a bearing upon Mr. Har
ris's letter of the 1 1th ultimo.
It appears that the effects of the small
pox among most of the Indian tribes ol '.lie
Upper Missouri surpass all former scour
ges, and that the country through which it
has passed is literally depopulated, and
converted into one great graveyard. The
Mandans, consisting uf I, COO souls, had
been reduced, by the 1st ol October last,
to thirty-one persons. The Gros Ventres,
or Minetarees, a tribe about 1,000 strong,
took the disease a mouth later than their
neighbors, the Mandans. One half had
perished, and the disease was still raging.
They, no doubt, shared the same fate with
the Mandans. The Ricaras, who had re
cently joined the last named tribes, and
numbered about three thousand, were most
of them out on a hunting excursion when
the disease broke out among the Mandans,
and consequently received it something la
ter. One half of them had fallen, and the
disease was raging with unabated fury,
not more than one out of filly recovering
from it. Most of those that survived sub
seqnently committed suicide, despairing, I
suppose, at the loss of friends, and the
changes wrought by the disease in the per
sons some by shooting, others by stab
bing, and some by throwing themselves
from the high precipices along the Missou
ri. The great band of Assinneboins, say
10,000 strong, and the Crees, numbering
about 3,000 have been almost annihilated;
and, notwithstanding all the precaution
used by the gentlemen engaged in the irade
of that remote region to prevent it, the dis
ease had reached the Blackfeet of the
Rocky Mountains; a band of 1,000 lodges
had been swept off, and the disease was
rapidly spieading among the different
bands of that great tribe, numbering, I
think, about 60,000 souls. I have no
doubt but the predictions contained in my
letter of the 27th ultimo will be fully re
alized, and all the Indians on the Colum
bia river, as far as the Pacific ocean, will
share the fate of those before alluded to.
Gen. William Clark,
Superintendent Indian Affairs.
This is a fearful description of deplora
ble suffering among the red men. It is
gratifying to know, that as soon as authen
tic accounts of the ravages of the small
pox among the tribes on the Missouri were
received, inquiries were promptly institu
ted by the proper authorities to ascertain
their- origin and extent, and measures
adopted to afford alleviation, and, where
practicable, to prevent further infection.
Funds for vaccinating theIndians were
immediately remitted, with authority to
employ the necessary agents.
The agent charged with the execution
of these measures, possesses great energy,
and the most favorable results may be an
ticipated. Globe.
The people sacrificed to private specu
lation. How some of the banks adminis
ter to the general weal, is seen in the fol
lowing example. It should be remember
ed, by the way, that what is called the ca
pital of banks now-a-days, is the mere no
minal sum set down in the charters. In
Massachusetts it is required expressly by
law that half this amount shall always be
paid in specie, and shall remain in the
banks as a basis for the circulation; and
the oaths of the directors are taken, to se
cure the execution of the law. The late
legislative investigation proves that thi
whole business has been a sham. Kegs,
represented to contain specie, are rolled
into the bank. One is actually opened
and counted; ihe rest are presumed to con
tain equal sums. The directors then make
the requisite affidavit, the bank is chris
tened in Champagne, and the kegs are
then carted back to the place whence they
were obtained for the ceremony. v This
done, the Boston Advocate shows us the
consummation. The Advocate gives "the
Hancock Rank as an illustration. The
whole capital of that bank ($500,000) is
found to be loaned to the president and two
directors, with the addition of $10,000
over that sum. The president has $210,
000. one director $160,000 and another
the balance. When the great creditors of
the banks run hard up, and cannot pay,
then the banks 'pause,' as they politely
call refusing to pay their debts." ib.
Ohio Banks. There are thirty-four
banks in Ohio, seventeen (exactly one-half
of the number), have refused to answer
the query of the Legislature, how much!
they have loaned to the stockholders and
directors. The other seventeen have upon
their own showing, loaned to themselves
(directors, Sic.) one million four hundred
and sixty-six thousand one hundred and
seventy-four dollars fifty-six cents.
There are three banks that have four
thousand three hundred and twenty-one
dollars more loaned to directors andslock-
holders than capital paid in. ib.
Serious Charges The Louisiana Ad
vertiser of the 20ih has the following :
Mississippi Banks. The object of the
Mississippi Ranks now appears to be to
discredit their own bank notes as much as
possible in this city as well as at PhiUdel
phia and New York, in order to buy them
up at the greatest discount possible. They
purchase cotton with their own notes,
which they issue without limit, totally dis
regarding what their consequent deprecia
tion my be; after shipping the cotton, they
draw bills on the consignees of the cotton
in England, sell the bills at New ork
Philadelphia and in this city for good cur
renry, and then only purchase such a
quantity of their bank notes as may not
lessen the usual rates of discount, 16 lo
25 per cent, at which they are sold in
those cities by the nercssitated planter,
trailer or merchant. The planters in the
tate of Mississippi ought to look to it :
they ought to perceive what really is the
rase, that they are bearing nearly the whole
loasof the difference of exchange on the
Mississippi b.mk notes for the correct cur
rency of the country.
Whatever a Mississippi planter has to
purchase, whether provisions, clothing or
negroes, if paid for in Mississippi bank
notes, the price paid is enhanced corres
pondingly to the extraordinary discount
on these bank notes. A planter may get
more for his cotton from the Mississippi
banks, payable in their notes, than in New
Orleans for payment in a sound currency;
but he is only lending himself to the spe
culation of those banks, and in the end is
by no means benefitted.
From (he Niugara Frontier. The Al
bany Argus says "Official letters dated
HeadQuarters, Niagara Frontier, Buffalo,
Feb. 28, give the following information.
On Monday, parties of civilian in the
employ of the U. S. under the direction of
Col. Worth, were despatched for the dou
ble object of ferreting out the property sto
len from the arsenal at Ratavia and gain
ing intelligence. They were soon on the
track, and seized a quantity of powder,'
(18 kegs,) several pieces of artillery, and
a quantity of grape, cannister 'and round
shot, but before a detachment of regulars
could reach the spot, the mob overpowered
the small guard of volunteers, and regain
ed possession of the plunder.
It resulted however in giving Colonel
Worth certain information of another and
more formidable attempt to be made that
night. His command was immediately in
motion, and reached the head quarters al
the adventurers (at Comstock, 8 miles up
the lake shore) by 10 at night. There he
found about 300 men unarmed, but un
doubtedly of the party. In the course of
the night, it was discovered that they had
formed a camp on the ice about six miles
higher up, equidistant between the two
shores. Thither Col. VY. dispatched a de
tachment of about thirty, accompanied by
a few civil authorities. .
On approaching, the party stood to
their arms, and made show of fight, but
after a brief parley, grounded their arms.
They numbered only some 70, but were to
have been joined in the morning by the
whole force, and the grand attack was to
have been made on Tuesday evening.
Col. W. got possession of about 250 stand
of arms, 50 pikes, 5 pieces of cannon,
swords, pistols, and an ample supply
oi ammunition. 1 he barracks were buvn
ed, and the adventurers marched to our
shore; where all except five, the principals
n the affair, were permitted to return boot
less to their homes.
The City Guards, a fine corps under
Mackay, promptly and handsomely," at the
request of Col. Worth turned out to occu
py the military stations in Buffalo and the
vicinity during his absence.
All was quiet above, as high as Detroit,
Irom whence official accounts are as late as
the 24th.
Texas. Facts are stubborn things
against all calumny and falsehood, and
therefore against the abused Texians, who
are in blood and education as good quite
as the best chivalry of our country any
where, and fully as moral and religious
INo less than $3500 were lately subscribed
at St. Augustine for the erection of a
church there, and the building is under
contract. Also for a church at Milam, a
place of only 50 souls, $500, and for one
at another town $1500. At a presbytery,
recently held at ban Augustine, a so
ciety was formed for supporting the Gos
pel ministry in Texas, and two hundred
and fifty dollars subscribed by five indi
viduals. The Houston Telegraph of Jan. 20th.
says :
Several geutlemen have just arrived
Irom Rexar. They say the recent news
from the Rio Grande has completely dis
sipated the alarm of an invasion. The
Lipuns and Tonkewas have become ex
ceedingly friendly. Different parties of
our citizens have frequently visited several
ol their lodges, and have invariably been
treated in the kindest manner.
A gentleman has lately informed us that
six thousand emigrants have crossed into
Texas at the middle ferry on the Sabine,
during the last summer and fall.
A man named W. M. Rringham was
mortally wounded with a dirk by a fellow
mum d John G C Quick, on the evening
of Wednesday last, in a brawl which took
place at a gaming table, in the Houston
House, in this city. Riighaui has since
died. Q.iick isiu irons. Several persons
vho have recognized him' state that he has
committed five murders'! A fit companion
for Jones, with whom he is now imprison
ed, and who has been charged with three
murders! Par nobile frairum. Doubt
less these, miscreauts, confiding in the
statements of certain learned editors, have
supposed that Texas would prove a safe
asylum for murderers A couple of hal
ters may ere long cause them to entertain
more elevated notions of the morals of our
fellow citizens.
A scene in Arkansas. The following
from a spirited Tennessee paper called the
Randolph Whig, furnishes another of the
many graphic scenes of the romance of
real life, that occur daily in the unsettled
prairies' of Arkansas. It describes the par
ticulars of the manner in which the four
brothers Jones', murders of Qol. Ward, of
Tennessee, were taken, and would furnish
a fine subject for the pencil of a Salvator
Rosa, or the pen of a Cooper or an Ir
ving :
The murderers taken. The Jones's, ac
cused of the murder of Col. E. Ward, have
been taken. They were apprehended
about eight miles from Washington, in
Hemslead ""county, Arkansas. It appears
that they stopped for the evening at a pub
lic house at Washington, and had their
horses put up. On entering the tavern
they discovered the bill offering a reward
of $4,000 for their apprehension, at w hich
they took alarm and immediately ordered
their horses and continued their way.
Some persons about the tavern observing
their trepidation, and conjecturing that
they were the men described in the bill,
pursued and overtook them at the place
above stated, near the Texas line. The
leader of the company, (there being ten in
number,) on coming up told them their
business that they supposed them to be
the murderers of Col. Ward, and their in
tention was to take them. They protest
ed, and gave fictitious names, and furthet
stated that they were from Virginia, and
wished to travel unmolested. The com
pany not being satisfied with this, insisted
on their returning with them to Washing
ton, and have the matter properly inquired
into. To this they objected- when one
of them in pursuit remarked, that if one of
them had a disabled arm, there could be
no question as to their identity, whereupon
Csear drew a" pistol and called to his
brothers to aid him in defending them
selves. The leader of the company dis
mounted from his horse and presenting his
piece lo ihbeart of Caesar, told him not
to 'move or he would shoot him when
Lafayette rode up and said 'gentlemen
don't kill that man we surrender." They
were accordingly brought back, put in
irons, placed on board a steamboat at Lit
tle Rock, and landed at Memphis on Mon
day evening last. The grand jury having
found a bill against them for murder at the
late Shelby County Court, they were im
mediately put in the jail of that county to .
await their trial. A. Y. Star.
Murder of three persons The Phila
delphia Ledger says, that on " Friday that
city was thrown into commotion by the re
port of a murder committed upon three
persons named Dougherty, M'Gowan and
Conway, by Patrick Kelly, Lacky Kelly,
and Rai nes M Ginne. The wife of Pat
rick Kelly gave the information on oath.
I he murder is asserted lo have taken place
al Grey's Ferry, on the Schuylkill about
a month "ago. There was much excite
ment, and much disbelief existing. The
matter is still under investigation.
OThe last Mercer, Pa. Luminary says
that considerable excitement prevails in
the southwestern part of that county, on
account of the developement of the , fol
lowing facts in a recent trial before a mag
istrate. 'Dr. , (a physician of some stand
ing, residing in that part of the county al--hided
to) returned from a trip to the east
ward last fall, bringing with him a young
student, apparently about 20years of age,
who continued to live with him until with
in a week or ten .days since, when for rea
sons best known to themselves suspi
cions were excited in the minds of the citi
zens that the aforesaid student was a- fe
male! On the strength of these suspi
cions, application was made lo a Justice
for warrants to arrest the Dr. and his stu
dent. These were granted, the arrests
w ere made the suspicions proved true
and both were bound over, in the sum of
$500 each to appear at the March court.'
Davenport's Electro Magnetic Ma
chines. Yesterday two machines now be
ing constructed by Davenport and Cook,
were put in motion in the presence of se
veral editors, and twenty or thirty other
citizens, and although both machines are.
incomplete, the experiment was highly sa
tisfactory to the spectators, clearly demon
strating that the power of Electro Magne
tism may, by machinery, be multiplied to
an indefinite extent. One of these ma
chines, with 4G0 small magnets, weighing
five pounds each, will be equal to a two
horse power. Only about one third of the
magnets were used in the experiment yes
terday. In the course of a week or two,
one of these machines, we understand, will
be applied to a Napier printing press,
when we shall endeavor lo give a detailed
description of ihe engine, apparatus, and
performance.
We congratulate Mr. D tvenport on ihe
evidence he has given, that he is so far a
head of all experiments, in Electro Mague
tismin Europe or America, and we tost
that he may meet with the encotirig( ment
which is so justly his due. A'. Y. Star.
Shocking Accident. Some day last
week, Francis Craiks, an Englishman, who
resided four or five miles this side of Hunt
ingdon, started together with his wife and
daughter, from Fort Wayne, to return
home on the towing path of the Caual.
They were in a wagon Craiks was in
toxicated drove fast and irregular, wheel
ing from side to side of the high path to
frighten his wife, until when near the Rull
Creek Aqueduct, he dropped his left hand
reign, and pulling on the other guided his
horses into the Canal, turning ihe wagon
completely bottom upwards in about three
feet water. The whole ihree wer-e caught
under the wagon in such a position that
they could not extricate themselves. An
Irishman, the onJy person neaT at ihe. time,
could not, or did- not, render any assist
ance, but ran for help at ihe nearest house,
which was five miles distant. On the ar
rival of the party at the scene of the catas
trophe, at 7 o'clock at, night, Craiks was
drowned. The daughter was dead, sup
posed to have been killed by the upsetting
of the wagon, as the top of her head was
smashed in. The horses were tangled in
ihe harness, and both were drowned. The
old lady was saved from drowning by hav
ing her head buoyed up by a cake of ire.
When taken out she was entirely insensi
ble, having been immersed in water and
ice for several hours. Fires were imme
diately built on the spot, and .she soon re
vived, and we are" happy to learn that she
is in a fair way to recover. Will ihe fate
of Craiks be a warning to the multi-.
tudes who are rushing' headlong in the
same career that has terminated in his aw
ful destruction! We fear not.
Fort IVayne SentinJ,