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THE LUNDY'S LANE CELEBRATION. .
. x- -- Boffalo, June 27. .
An immense concourse of Whigs from' all
parte of the Union have been for the past 24
hours pacing through this city on their way
to the Falls of Niagara, to participate i'ii the
proposed celebration' of. the anniversary of
the battle of Lundy!s Lane to take place to
day. Upward of fifty thousand persons are
now assembled at tHe'.F.alls, including a num
ber of military companies' "which i are encamp
ed. "The weather1 fine and the railroad
company find it difficult to supply sufficient
cars for the immVnW concourse. -: ;
- -C- "v SECOND DESPATCH. '-i?Z::-
"Z. 'Z z7. ZZz Niagara Falls, July 27.
There is every Evidence at the present hour
that the celebration by the whigs of the Un
ion, cf the A nniv'erpary of the battle of Lun
dv's Lane, will be the most inDosinr affair
ever convened in any part of the country. .
The town was filled to repletion at an ear
ly hour last evening, and many; were unable
to obtain sleeping places. This morning
tens brthousands more have poured in from
all quarters, including the Clevi'Iand Artil
lery, the Detroit Guards, the ' Cerro Gordo
Guards from Kentucky, and the Artillery of
n . i nr-w .
tne ;ourm Ji.entucKy . volunteers. ., The mil
itary., numbering -.. some twenty companies
now on the ground have encamped, and are
consequently1 well provided for. There will
oe an immense military display , to-morrow
at the grand review," as the number is increas
ing every' hour.',', r ; Z - vv';vt:
' The weather this morning is bright, beau
tiful, arid cool. but our streets are thronged
almost to suffocation" Delegations are march-J
injf irum mi quanrr, mm arc oewg receive
el by the cewfnittee or nrfangeroents, 5The
delegations fro m Ohio and Peunsyl vania a re
very numerous and large neatly every city
and county in these two States being repre
sented, and they profess to be most sanguine
of giving their elcct'oVial votes to Geh. Scott.
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ne commmee o arrauirements announc
ed that detegJiteshWyeirepcirted themselves
trom nearly every State in the Union. There
are an immense nurftber of clubs also pres
ent, among vhich.I notice the banners of
"The Soup Boys of Ohio,'! the "Scott Civic
Guards of Pa.' aha "u" gr'eat number of New1
York clubs, among them "The Whig Young
Men of New York city." - -The
Maryland delegation have formed in
to line, numbering oyer three hundred men
and make a fine appearance. -
A delegation of.Tuscarora Indians, with
several old warriors who fought under the
Gen. Scott at Lundy's Lane, attract great
attention. ' - ZZjyZ- v.;
. Among the distinguished gentlemen al
ready arrived, 1 notice Gov, Johnson, of Pa.
Judge Mason and Hon." Johri.McVVritfht. ol
Ohio; Col. John Williams, of Ky,:' and Gov.
Hunt, of New York; -The Hon. Thomas
Ewing is expected iir the next train.'
. oecreiary ijorwin reti yesterday tor Mon
treal., on account of ill-health. . :
. A mogjiificent lent, filled with straw, ca
pable offuruishtng beds for several thousand
persons, has beeii put up byrihe" committee,
and other temporary ttruci.uretf lpr . the same
purpose are being erected.1 ' "' '
Gen. P. Whitney who served with Gen.
ocott at Q,ueenstownY has been chosen chief
marshtl of the ; procession. ; which is to be
formed at 12 o'clock this morning. s W - .
A large number ol-spectators from the
c-anaaian siae are' flocking over to witness
this grand political jubilee of their Yankee
tbrethien, as well ' as the) celebration of a
great American victory over the flower of
England's troops. ; - , ,
THIRD DESPATCH. '
Niagara-Falls, July 27; I P: M. The
whole of this mrning was devoted to the
reception of delegates. who continue to flock
in from' all 1 quarters. !' A t noon a f Natioual
salute was fired,: immediately i after which
the procession was formed. Gen. P. , Whitney
acung as chief marshal. - The liner U now
pioving through the principal. streets of the
wy on its way to Ferry "Grovel .a . point
Iected in the1 ; vicinity of' the ctantct fbr , the
telebratiAhi'; Thenr6cessioh is; an 'immense
"fiair, and the) miitary -display is' very fine.
' T rptiRTH DISPATCH. " . ;
Niagara Falls. July 27, 3, P: M.The
procession 1ms just reachedlhe g:6und,vano
is now being orgamzedi Six Separate stands
have been erected for the speakers, and it is
presumed that others will be erected in or-
ucriu nccommoaate -the assemblage. The
uumoer oi rpeuKers present is very .large,
specially from.Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
York. The Convention will adjourn at 5
o'clock and meet again at 7 o'clock when the
fcpeakimr wll be continued until a' late hour
The most attractive and interesting part of
the celebration will take place to-morrow.-At
aunnse a national salute will be fired ;at
9 o'clock review- of thettailitary bv Gov
ium. win irtKe piaceorK xne easiern skirts of
the town', about 100 yards from the cataract,
ia the vicinity-f which the militaty . are eo-
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camped. ' After the review, which will occu
py most of the morning, the people will : as
semble in the grove, where they will be ad
dressed until 3. P. M., by Gov. Jones, ol
Tenn'.; Senator Mangom of N. C; Gen. Cul:
lam. of Tenn., Hon. Solomon Foote, of Ver
mont. The celebration will be closed, and
the convention adjourn sine die. : i;':;f.f
" Those who will be fortunate enough to ob
tain seals in the cars will, as soon as the. ad
journment takes place, return la Buffalo, but
an immense concourse will be competed "to
.remain here until Thursday, and will doubt
less spend the remainder of the day iu view
ing the great catars.rt and partaking of the
festivities prepared by our Whig citizens for
the evening. . ' - ' ' -l
-The r prospect of obtaining aceommoda
tions for so many persons s: vey 1 Joor. and
large numbera will liaVetor bfyopack under
the trees'br return- to Buflalo' - ;
The b'afns in the vicinity ol town - will all
be occupied for; sleeping purpoaes, . besides
which a number" ot 4 temporary buildings.
plemUbUy Supplied ; wiih straw, and - tents;
have bceii ereeted by the committee : of ar
rangements. But the gathering has so far
exceeded all" expectation that all the ex
traordiuary anangementsmaking will scarce
ly be sufficient to accommodate them. Many
slept on the floors last night, and the .num
ber present was bcarcely, one-third as large,
asit is now. - ;
BURNING OF, THE
STEAM E R HENR Y CLA Y,
MELA NCHOL Y L 0$S OF LIFE.
IIEXRT RENDING SCENES.
The Fiital of a Race,
At a quarter before 3 o'clock, just after
passing the village of Yonkers. tne thrillhng
cry of "Fire !'.V resounded from the centre! ol'
the vessel. A glance towards the. engine
room showed a column of smoke pouiing tip
froni the hatches. Almost simultaneously,
from the boiled room and in'Ies's than' one
minute the entire vicinity of the machinery
was enveloped' in flames, cuttingon all com
munication between forward and alt. , A wes
tern steamboat captain who was on: board.
expresses his conviction that tar. rosin or some
othe highly luflarnraable matter must have
been in use in the boiler room tor tuei. as
wood even heated ass was every part of the
vessel near tne macninery ny - tne unusual
fires of the day could not by any possibili
ty, have ignited and raided a dense wall of
flame in the few seconds which elapsed after
the first, alarm,, and belore communication
tore and alt was t ut on. ibis tesMmony is
confirmed by other gentlemen with whom we
conversed.- -' '- ' ' " "' ' ; ' ;
"Panic and confusion now seized the reins,
The realization of the gloomy forebodings of
the morning seemed to be at hand. Men wo
men and children were thrown into an awful
state of confusion. Ladies were calling upon
their husbands .for succor ; mothers clasped
their children to their bosoms with the ener
gy of despair as they retreated from the rap
idly spreading destruction. 'Husbands who
were on the forward ;deck 6trove in vainjto
reach their nartnersi, left but a moment be
fore in tli e after paldon. Groans cries, shrieks,
fniprecations and prayers 'ere r ming'led in
mournful chlirus. From the instant that the
fire was5 discovered! despair seemed to settle
unon the hearts of a large portion of the pas
sengers, and shut out Jrom view altogether the
hope calculated to induce sell-possession and
effectual efforts for safety. ( , '
' A cry for ' the boats", was raised ; but no
boats could be found. We cannot ascertain
that a single yawl or life boat was on board
the steamer. If there was one such, we are
assured that none was brought in 'use. ' Nor
can we learn that there was any effective ap
paratus on board with which to extinguish a
fire. At all events, every, effort to save the
vessel became so utterly hopeless, within iive
miiruterf Utter the flames broke outj that it was
abandoned, tihd the steamers hea:d was tur
ned towards the east bank of the iver in or
eer to run her ashore. The ! necessity for
this raoyenjent atihe fcarliest moment was ful
ly apparent. . Already vf ere the wheel-hou-
ses wrapped in , flames, the , engineei s had
been driven, from their posts and the devas
tating element fanned by a stiff south yyiiid,
was sweeping rapidly toward the after sa
loon where the greater number of" the pas
sengers were located. . The dense volume of
smoke, too, was'blown directly ait laden
with burning cinders, and subjecting them
to imminent danger of suffocation ,K
; In the meantime, the despaiiing, fehriekb
for help appeared to be redoubled. . It was
instinctively seen that, as the steamer would
strike the shore, bow on, there being no cora
muuicatioh from alt to forward, even the ap
proach tf the river's ? bank gave but little
hope to the helpless wnmen and children who
were astern. And there they stood, the old
and the young, battling;' inch" by inch,? with
the flame, suffering a thousand deaths in the
terrible struggle for life, until the vessel
struck, leaving those who were aft some ?50
or 300 Ieet from shore! At this time, it is es
timated there were nearly 300 persons hud
dled together on the after guards, hesitating
in agony or terror, whether to meet death
by the flame or the flood these dread alters
natives, "apparently, bejng the only bitter
choice. -: . V-
The place where the steamer struck is on
the river bank, two and a half miles ; below
Yonkers. No boats were to be had there of
auy description The Armenia bore rabidly
down, anu sent out ner noats, as aiso aid . a
number of sailing vessels which were near ;
but at least a quarter of an hour, elapsed af
ter the Clay struck ere any assistance came.
in tne meaaume, iae panic-sincicenanjoria-
nates had nearly all been forced; over the
stern into the water, where many of them
sustained themselves by -swimming, or by the
a id of a few flo atin g -: boards, until rescued
from tbeir perilous' condition Others dung
to the guards of the vessel with the energy
ol desperation. '. The ruddeir iVd -steering gear
turnished temporary safety to hYtfrs. A num
ber succeeded irt getting hold of: the braces
on theVhder side of the guards. . . T t ; " ; .
a Several" ladies threW tHejrynd ;of a stern
line overboard lei tK0nslycs down into the
water, and sustained themselves by it- until
aid reached them; fortunately before the
line. Which was on fire, had become .too weak
t6 support ihem. But many others "jumped
frantically into the water, and ' sank to rise
no more. A gentleman who was forward
and who got on 6hore soon' after the vessel
struck, says; that not one of a number of ia
djes some with children in theirarms whom
lie saw jump from the larboard side, were sa
ved. - He expresses the conviction that some
fifty or sixty lives, at least were lost. We
wish we could add that but little reliance
could be placed on his statements ; but of all
those with whom we conversed, he seemed
the calmest aud most likely to be well, inlor-
med. 't V l;V 0! : a-": 6"'. :X'
We heard of but one person who is suppo
sed to have been burned to death1 j ; one? child;
we are told, was seen to fall beneath the
flames in the. after saloon; A Mr. Way,
orWellesville, Ohio, was arnpng'te pas
sengers. When the Clay first' struck he
6 warn ashore, procured a raft of sevcrnj loose
boards, and returned tp -save his wife.' ; The
drowning creatrd about him, in their strug
gles for safety, ''broke up his raft and compel
led him to abandon it. .. The loose boards sus
tained quite-a; nqmber of the sufferers) above
water until help came. Mr. Way got under
the steamer's guard again, arid sustained, his
wife and. two other ladies until the small
bdats came "up. ' " '
Before the Engineer (Mr. Zimmerman,)
was com pel red to leave his post, he arranged
the valve properly, and lett tne macninery
in lull motion.. The engine worked wen un
til the vessel struck, when the machinery
stopped with a crash; probably from the giv
ing ivav of the timbers supporting it. When
the engineer and fireman reached the for
ward deck, they fell overpowed by the heat
to which they had been subjected.
Tliere are many men and women missing
by their friends who were on board of the
Henry Clav tosether. and as a large lot of
baggage has been found without owners,' we
here give the names and initials of the trunks:
Black trunk marked Mt AFjv Wilmington
J. CVdo. do. J. U. urougnam, uetroiij qo.
do. E. W.: do. do. Owen Fchnell, Wilmmg
ton, N. C.; do. do. I. D,j do. do. Miss H. Cle
ments, Wilmington j4do. K.- K. Jrarker,
Vermont, white russet trunk, L. E. B. Wil
mington, K. C. ; band box. Win. J. . Pease,
New York i black trunk. J. C-
In addition to the above baggage, there is
a large lot at the steamboat office, No. 202
West street, which has not been claimed,
and the owners 'are supposed to be either
amonff the dead recovered, or those 'who
have not been found. f
5a.:4,,'V,&r ; LltfT-'-'op THE dead. -
The following are the names of those upon
whom an inquest was held. .r
Mrs. Harriett E. Colby, aged 32; wife of
T. E. Colby of Montpeiler. yt.
Mrs: Elizabeth Hillman. of Troy, N. Y.
"Mrs; Emily Bancroft, aged 55, wife of Sta-
cev-B. Bancroft, dry soods merchant, of
Philadelphia.' - ' - " - '
Mrs.'Anthony Robinson and daughter; of
Perry street, New York.
Mrs. Owen Fennell, -of Wilmington, N. C
An Irish lad who was neur the pilot house
is missing, supposed drowned- V - , .
' - A. G. Downing, editor of the' Horticultu
rist, Newburg missing. ' . ' ,! .
Mrs. G. W. Simms,' Eldridge street; New
York; lost two children the body of one of
mem, a Doy. aoout twoana a nan years oiu
has been i found ahd identified. .
Mr G. F. VVhillock. house agent. No. 96
Allen street, drowned; on his body was found
a porttaonaie, gold watch, pencil case, &c.
: A' light flaxen " haired child, " wearing a
Bloomer hat, name unknown, standing on
the after deck, was burnt. ?
i - Mrs- Wint and daughter, of Perry street,
New York;' missing. - - ' , ,' '
Mrs. Baily, wife of Professor Baily, West
Point, and two children, were drowned. Mr.
Baily was saved. . - - - V,' ' .
Mr. W. F.Ray, wife and daughter, of Cin
cinnati. Ohio, drowned. Mr; B."WJ U. Uook
saved one of Mr. Ray's children, by- swim
ming from the stem of the wreck to the shore.
Incidents the missing, etc.
, Miss Moore, of Tennessee, lost her life, in
the following manner: It seems she was un
der charge of .Mr;.; E. Cooper,, of Memphis,
Tennessee, who was in the alter, part-fit ithe
boat, and the flames were rapidly, approach
ing them,'5 when Mr. , G.' placed'h his body a
life preserver, and jamped into' thei water.
Thus secured from f iiiking. called to Miss
Moore; to come from the bia t, and he would
conduct her to fheishore ; but the poor; girl
was too mrt'Mfraed at the water, and she
could not be io'dnced to leave the boat, and
in consequence, she; was soon after envelop
ed in flames and smoke, and disappeared" "
"Professor Bartlett, ot the Collegiate Insti
tute at Poughkeepsie, is reported to have
been drowned. Another statement says Mr.
Bartlett, ; "t.;U$. ,
; Stephen Allen. Esq., ex-Mayor of. New
York, 85 years of age, and lady, were on
their return from Lebanon Springs. Mr. A.
was seen by Mr. Jewett oft his city on the
deck when the boat touched the shore. Mr.
J. handed him a rope and his attention being
drawn in another direction he lost sight of
the old gentleman acd did not eee hinj after
wards. ' Mr. Allen was a director of the Hud
son River' Railroad. There is very little
doubt but he is among the drowned, r 1 -, o
- Another , unrecognized child, was a boy
about a year and a-half old. wearing a green
coat and black beads around his neck. .
Mrs. Colby, of Montpeiier, feft four chil
dren to mourn the loss of a 0106 '
Mfsl Nichols and her seven chilren, resi
dents of Newark, New Jersey.
, Mr. Towle, of Wet Point, not seen after
the fife.- - " v. ' . - -t
- S. W. Dl Cook, of Cincinnati's on board
with his wile, daugher and grand son. He
saved the latter. -The wift on becoming
aware of the horrible condition of the boat,
told him to save himself, that he coild not
save her and to try would be disastrous to
the lives of both Water, she remhrkedvwas
safer than firer arid he had better-choose ih't
former. He jumped overboard as directed,
but still endeavored to save her, but without
success. His daughter also sank and he saw
no more of them. .The grandson, a little boy
about seven years of age, being able to swim
a little, was saved. " -: -' -rSrjL
jgentletcfari belonging to Newark,, we
are tojcf, matiaged to save his wife and nine
children. 5He was an expert swimmer, and
ruhe'd them to the shore as . fast as they
jumped overboard. When he finished his
task he became exhausted ' and had to be
conveyed to his home. He left the scene of
disaster apparently perfectly senseless..
. Durng the evening the Albany trains, of
the Hudson river 1 railroad brought all the
Henry Clay's passengers to the city, who
were alive. The following are the names,
as far as we could ascertain them, of these
who were saved from the wreck, ana who
are stoping at the principal hotels in this cityj
t Akor House'. Mr; and Mrs. Van Dyck,
Mr and Mrs. Merrill, Mrs. Woodward, John
C Carpenter, all of Philadelphia. ; I
. Merchants Hotel. James Craig; W.H.
Shclmire j G. M. Grier ; Mrs. Romaine.; and
2 children. Brooklyn ; Miss Austin, and sister,
the latter lost. do. . -
-Pacific Hotels-James Brewster. 2 dauh-
ters. . .. - ' ' ' . . " 4- ' " '
r Patterns Hotel Anna M.Wilson. A. Fore
roan. N. Foreman, J. G. Martin, of Norfolk,
Va.; Miss M.' Wilson, was slightly injured.
Lovejoys Hotel J F. Harriss, W. U. Wil
liams, of Bellows Falls.
American Hotel Capt. S. Dean, lady
aud daughter, Pittsburg, Pa.j Capt. C. VV.
Batchelor, lady and servant, do. do.; G. W.
Manning, do. do.; P. A. Spring, Cincinnati,
Ohio., '.,?;,.: ;?:'fi
girting House. E.Cooperemphis,Tenn.;
Jos. Pierce. Cambridge. Mass.; Win. A. Ir
vin, I Pittsburg, Pa.; J. Frro w, Montreal,
Canada ; James Henry, Baltimore, Md; John
W. ; Whiting and lady, New Orleans; John
Seel; Albany,' : - -" s'
r.Mr. Steel is an aged man, and come with
in an ace of loosing his life. . He " was in the
water nearly half an hour, and when rescuv
ed was nearly exhausted. .
Howard Hotel J. L. Thompson, child
and servant, Lancaster Pa.; T. Y. Mills,
Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Mills was instru
mental iit saving 20 lives.. 1 . .
The crews of several sloops, in the vicini
ty of the Henry Clay, came -oh tehore 'and
rifled the trunks thatwere saved, and even
robbed the bodies of all the valuables that
wprfl about them. r ; : ; . . :' - -
The last scenes of tfte day were singular
lv imnressive and solemn: ' The night wps
remarkably clear, the full moon dimly light-rno-
up the river and the hills ; at one side of
n wtnomv arch over- the railroad was the
wrri-U the bow still slowly burning : half re
vealed in its lurid light lay the bodies of two
men ; above the arch a group of some twenty
nersons were busy with! newly discovered
corpses, trying to identify them, and decent
ly composing tne suneniug iimos oi iuc ueau
j The captain and engineer will doubtless
b? arrested and made to v answer. for their
recklessness. - -
The boat was worth $50,000, and was only
insured fo-; $5,000, She was owned by Wm.
RadlbrJ and Carit. Collyer.
We continue the further and later accounts
by telegraph as follows : ' "
BY TELEGRAPH.
Further Particulars of the Destruction of
the Uenry may une juunarea laws aaj?
posed to be 'Lost.
New .York, July 29. You will find in the
New York papers this morning extended ac
counts of the burning of. the steamerrrHertry
Clay. I send you what additional matters
have transpired to day in relation to the aw
ful disaster. -. '
rj A; meeting of the surviving passengers of
the'steamBr'Henry day was held ihs mor
hing at-13& Asto itouse, -The 'Resolutions
were adopted strongly condemning the ouv
cers of both boats, and a committee of in
vestigation was appointed instructed to draw
up a lull, and accurate account or events
preceding the disaster The tact ol the
Henry Clay and America having : been rac-
iagi for several hours was asser ted and fully
proved, and that the furnaces had been filled
with tar and pitch, which led to the confla
gration of the boat. . It was also asserted
that the boat had beeu on fire before under
similar circumstances.. '; -
Up to noon to-day, 59 bodies are reported
to have been recovered from the wreck, ma
king so fara loss ot neatly ,70 lives. ' - , .
: - SECOND DISPATCH. ' '
New York, July 299 P. M. A gentle
man, wno was a passenger, on board tne
Henry Clay expresses the opinion that not
less than one hundred lives have been lost-
He 6ays that at least one : hundred were sit
ting at the dinner.table when the alarm was
given, and thinks that from the rapidity with
which the fire spread, and from the fact that
all the doors opened inwardly, nearly aJ I
must haye perished. There were at least
three huudred on board and he himself knew
twenty-two Philadelphians on bbaVd, of
whom he has not seen two since. x
. The sister of HawthqrrieV the novelist,
was among the drowned. She was a very
accomplished' woDlarii and an inyald, return
ing from the Springs. ' '.,,." -';
Downing hc agriculturist, was on his way
to Newport.. j 1 '-':J' -
The'coroner'fl inquest is still progressing.
Since morning, Professor Bailey, of West
Point, and John T. Thompson, of Lancaster,
have been examined,"' - V ; r i 1 i
, Fifty-two bodies have so far been recover
ed, tromth'e wreck of the Clay, and ? many
more are known to have been lost. The
greatest indignation is felt against the officers
of the boat. t ' -V
A gentleman who had just arrived from
the scene of the disaster, says, there are now
fifty dead dodies '.lying along the shore, most
of them being females. ' .
' From the Rakish Weekly Post i
WILMINGTON AND HER ROADS.
We often have occasion to allude to Beau
fort, and to speak of its immense importance
to North Carolina; ;;When we do, so we are
not to be understood as underrating the claims
of Wilmington or as endeavoring 6) cast a
cloud over its future prospects ,;
The thing most thoroughly North-Carplini-
an, in the State, is the town ol Wilmington j
and this, although the people are next door
neighbors to the chivalry of the Hotspur
State. We came near eaying that the heart
ol the State beats here ; it is at least a very
vital part, and Worthy of fostering -care". .
The Wilmington and Baleigh railroad is a
monument pi tne enierprize oi tne lnnami
ants: and Us present condition, its success.
its management and its President, ', are all
alike worthy of the pride of North Carolini
ans. ; Once on a time ye were traveling
acfoss the empire of Virginia, on one of her
great roads, " and no very fine road at that j
and about us on all sides were the - gallant
sorsi and rosy daughters of that Old Domin-
ion,5 looking : out with 'pride on the wasted
fields and ancient edifices of the first fami
lies," and contemplating our speed four
teen miles fan hour as a miracle of expedi
tion never attempted out of Virginia.' The
conversation turned on roads at the South,
and Southern enterprise ; and to the amaze
ment ot several : listeners we ventured to in
Jroduce the name of North Carolina, in this
connection.; and to predict for her the first
rank in the Southern end of the confederacy;
A solemn paue followed, when a bold gen-
Ltleroah'of.Mount Airy. North Carolina, sup-
poriea us oy a sany in lavor oi our position ,
but still our situation became more and more
critical when a stranger of very genteel ap
pearance,' a few seats, off, dashed into the
irayiv and '-"laid about him wjth such a'good
will that the tide of battle' soon began to tirn;
one by one of the5 ;big guns off the other side
were silenced arid ' spiked, and soon we had
the field ' 'We felt very grateful to this vol
unteer knight, and forthwith desired his, ac
quaintance ; he hail ed trqra tVilttimgton.ana
to our congratulations,' answered that there
were , a good many more of the same . sort
where he came from all just like him. only a
good deal, more so. Well, there are not
many besides .Wilmingtonians who would
fight a North Carolina battle, in the heart of
old "Virginia, and on a Virginia railroad.
f Now we want our friend from Mount Airy.
our friend from Wilmington and our friend
$av Halifax, who,1 on the James River itself,
and in - sight ot the lordly mansions on its
shores, all of which lordly mansions arid es
tates every Virginian considers part and par
cel of his own possessions who .then and
there,, with ourselves, on a fair summer's day,
When the beauty and chivalry of old Virgin
ia were all about us. did dare to remember
the Valley of the Roancke. and the corn
fields of old North Carolina we jvant' all
these gentlemen and some score or two more
like them to meet us in Raleigh, or to meet
themselves there, and make and sign, in pres
ence of each other, andefbte high heaven,
a solemn decfaration 'that North Carolina is,
and of right ought to be. and shall' be, a free
and independent State. Then the bands of
matrimony ' between Buncombe and s Beau
fort will be forged and fastened arid celebra
ted, and Wilmington will be the first maid of
honor at the auspicious nuptials ; deeply in
terested therein, and knowing that her own
Eosterity and glory will be greatly advanced
y advancing those of her sister, Beaufort.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
- Pittsburg, July 27. A fire occurred this
morning in the dry goods store of James Mc
Kightj by which the building was slightly
damaged, but goods of a most costly charac
ter were ruined. '.The fire originated, iathe
cellar, and is supposed to have been the
work of an incendiary, as the Vigilant's hoso
was cut during the fire. -The Woods were in
sured in. Phiiadalphia for $5,000, which will'
hardly cover the loss. ;. : rj ;
t THE FISHERY aUESTlON. ?
Bostqn, July337. The New Bruns wicker,
of,yesterday, says that the American Secre
tary of State labors under a mistake when he
gives the impression that Her Majesty's Gov
ernment are about to .enforce ltQ. Conten
tion pf 1818 strictly according to the opinion
of the English law officer.' The News be
lieves this will not be lb e case. The tacit
nnderstandjng has existed for .some years
past that the Americans should' pnjy be ex
cluded from : bays and inlets less' than six
miles wide This, the News thinks, would
he sufficient. v ' . . " -;,'-,
All the St. John papera coincide in the
opinion that Brother Jonathan, with an eye
to the main chance to save the fishing inters
ests from ruin, will give the provinces recip
rocal free trade as a settlement.
The papers' make no further .mention of
the seizure of the Lubec schooner. " ' -
Destruction of the Steamer Henry Clay Fl.
-a . ceen or 'i weuiy juives xjosj.. -, . -
New York, July '. 27. Great excitement lias
been caused this afternoon by a rumor, that' the
steamer Henry Clay, with several .hundred pas- '
sengers on board, tad been burnt, with great losS'
nf.life? The facts, boweverfliave since been re-
ceired, and are as follows V - 2 ' " ' " t' .
The stealer Henry Clay took fire this morales
from Albany, with about 60 passengers on board.
She caught fire amidships 'about 4: o'clock and
was entirely consumed. She was five miles iheail
of her time, bat had not been raclni;.-4-"'- '5 't; ::
rue loss or me is variously csuaiaw uuii ii -
owuia vv m -w - - .A
hat'e certainly perished. . Among' these are tne
wife and two children of 'ne of the Professors at
West Point. 1 One of his children was; burnt on
T wo ladies were drowned, and their bodies taken
dins a child bv its clothinff in her teeth, to keep
0. W W 't- v..
it from the flamesuntil she was so badly burnt
Unit eliA ftd tn itrnn tt in fhet watftr. - The'child
was drowned, but tne woman saved, though bacly .
burnt. Tfao'chlid was a strttBget to'her. A nam-.
ber of women and children are still missing and'
supposed to have been drowned or burnt. -Most'
of the baggage of the passengers was saved. v T
- s SECONP PISPATCH, Z- "1
is now Rat!sfa.e-
was racing at tho time of the accident, with the",
steam at the highest point, alopg with the steam-'
er America. xne 'passengers remonstrated, uuv
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were to;a mere was no aauger, just oeioro tuo uro
urune out, ... . .. - , . . . .- . : . .
C 'I Stephen 4.11en, Esq., formerly" Mayor of New
York; waVon" board a few minutes before andt fa'.
Excitement agaiust
the; Germaus-Riot at
Newtown, Ohio-The Germans
- - .. ; ; . , . ... ..... : .
auit the Place. ;,f:Y : ... , ,.
Cincinnati, July 27. A most disgraceful riot f
occurred at Newtown, in this. County, on Sunday
night. The sale of liquor having been prohibited
by municipal regulation, a German was found guil
ty of violating the law and heavily fined.' Depie
dations were subsequently contmltted uponf the-;'
zens then held a-mcef id aiid ordered all Germans
IU lIG IUS piW, A IIUD naS WIS VVU3CUCUVS
which, bowever.-has been temporarily suppressed
The Germans of the surrounding towns take sides i
with their-counltrymeri. v fo .' . i
In this pity a body of 200 Germans held an in
dignation mectjpg in consequence of havlp beeti
singing through the streets, &e.' They disclaim i
in this free country has a right to do as he pleas-"
es. They also declare a preference for their na-"
tionai nag over an otners. xuis movement is op
posed by naturalized Germans, and other ' meet ,
ings will be held. ' ; v i ' ', '1 ' ! ' ' ; '
The Massacre of Captain ISarcy and his Com
mand; by Camanche Indians-Additional T?ars-'.
i tlnuiars. - '-'" -j.-.ZJi ;
' .ouisvuiLE, July 27. Tho following are all tho
n m . . f r jl.ji
Matey and his command! by the Camanche Indi-
.' flnurnmistif OTnren( nfrttr1 ot. T?nrt'RmtfT nil y-
tne 1 1 in d ringing mieiiigence oi mo destruction ,
of the exneditiOU to the headwaters of Red river1.1'
and the murder of Capt, Marcy and eighty 'tiefi,
dj ine uamancue aua jJiowa iuaians-. jLne mai- -
a. . r . tf! . "w m ... mm
HU3 nciu avuuv xvaa nuuug, uu luugut tne irOOIW
- , . . w - . , r , . . . .
. M' i ' J A . f W - ' " - X . . ' ' M . ...
au uaji. uaiiaiu iuoiv;, 1st. UUUU14IU, vaUUll
Strain, and J. R. Suydam, of Newlforkare tuf .
posed to have been" killed. " ;." i : '
m 'm m ' ' ' '., "'. . . .. .
xuu vttiauvues were oa tneir way to attacK ue
Captain Marcy and his troops. They entered his "
damn in a. frtAnrtlv iyitit rAA?,rfr'rfi-of.a r-Aii
him art A teff of ntrlit iinn!fi'ff r?tV.
attacked tho camp, and after resisting them fot :
..a. l t- ni l-t'.' n . - ' r
iwcuijr-iour uuurs. vapi. jjiarcv ueemea it aarisa
uie to 8urreper,- iq aopes-tney would be satisfied 1
with the plunder of the camp. -The report; howl
. A . !. 9 ' 9 ' . -. ...
ever, Is, that they made an Indiscriminate massa
ere of all the Drisoners. The greatest iTr.Upmpnt
oravailed txn the frontier, and it was thoncrhtiWot
Fort Arbuckle and other posts on ; the branches '
would be neat attacked. -.- t . . -'
Louisville, July 25. Capt. Lowe, brother-irv '
law of the late Governor Calhoun; has arrived
here with a party of P.aebbk. Indians, . on their
way to VVashinrton. He reDorts the. emiomnt.
oa me jJiiw?. gcuciaii; uyiuj well. J.JDe scur- '
yy still prevailed among the American population
of -New Mexico. . i1V:'..; t, . -; . j ' .
i f ' , I . - ,
Indian
Massacre Murder of Capt
'larcy and' Eljiit Eleti. ! ;-
New 0it.6i.Ns, July 3. Dates have been re
ceiyed here from Fort Smith, Arkansas, - bringic
the painful intelligence that a force of two thou',
sand Camanche Indians had met and murdered:
Capt. E. B. Marcy (son of ex-Governor Marcy, cf
New York,) and his entire command, ccssi-tb-of
eighty men. -The battle lasted two days, t utl
finally, the brave captain .and his fclender f:rij
were compelled to yield to tbe superior nut 1.3
of the foe. The Indians are reported to is rit'--eric
in largo numbers near the Tcrt. - r"