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CaiTisn Parliament?The McLeod
Cass.
S^f-mber IT.?A grwii number of petitions
foC the repeal of the corn laws
were presented.
Barclay gnve notice of an address
to ihe Queen, praying her to u*e her intiuencc
with all maritime powers to ohtain
treaties binding thorn to suppress the
barharnuff jrmctice of privateering.
Lord Russell then rose and made his
... j*
his promised speech. giving his view or
the present state of the country and the
linp of jiolrcy jicnper to be pursued?in
other Wods, marking out the course of
opposition, He began with the foreign
relations and especially with the United
States, us to w hich he said :
In one part of our foreign relations
there is certainly a question in connection
with the United States, which, in
aomooFits aspects, affords cause of un.
easiness ; but my noble friend, as Secretary
for Foreign Affairs, satisfied the
House by the answer of the United States
Secretary, that both Her Majesty's Gov.
eminent >nd the Government of the Utiited
States perfectly agreed as to the
character which should be attributed to
the attack upon, and the capture of, the
Caroline?(loud cheers)?that it was a
question to be debated between nation
and nation, and not to be treated as a
private wrong. A different view, how.
s;ver, had been taken by the Judges of the
State ?.f New York, and if that view
should be carried out it would destructive
of all amicable relations between the two
* ^Governments.
If twO Governments were not decide
if a qu cation was international, or he.
tween private individuals, and any Judge
lia.fl the power of deciding that a question
which tlx; Government considered na. 1
Imnal watt a subject for the local Courts, !
f?o amicable relation could subsist lie-'j
twoen the two States?(IJeur, hear.) I
have rend the judgment of the Judges who
derided this case, and in that judgment
it seemed to he admitted Jhnt the two Executive
authorities had agreed that the
case was one which should be decided
that the case had stated it as his opin,!
ion that it he considered as a case of war.
and therefore that it was a proper one to
be decided by his own tribunal.
It appears to me that this is a doctrine
to which no Government can agree.?
F??r, according to this doctrine, if Sir
* Graham Moore, or any other officer tvlio
had captured the Spanish frigates, at the
ftrgintiing of the Sjwinish war, should !>e j
taken before a Spanish tribunal, it would J
be equally competent to the Judge of that
tribunal to say there was no declaration
of war at the time these captures were
made, therefore the captures arc piratical
and the officers engaged in them are ha. j
hie to he convicted of murder. But on j
I lie whole it appears that, although such I
?i.? l?i? Kv State of I
fIJ.JV UT nn: M nuw^.t' U ?.
N^w York; yet, considering what ha";
liOen stated on one side by Mr. Fox, anil
oil the other by Mr. Webster, with repaid j
to the cirromstances attending the cap- j
ture of the Caroline, and the accordance I
of opinion, existing on that subject?
[ffear]?I do not believe tli.it the authorities
of America wiil permit anv oc.
currence to take place which will expose
*ny subject of her Majesty to danger for j
executing the commands of his Sovereign.
I therefore feel convinced that, while the j
two Governments are agreed, it Is noi ;
likely that there will be any cause of wai j
heuveen the two countries. ! am sure j
that there prevails in this country, and f '
trust that there prevails in America nlso, j
the strongest desire that peace may ' e j
preserved between those two great couii. j
tries. [Cheers.] The
noble Lord then nlludfd to Ireland
declaring his entire satisfaction with the
appointments made there by the new Ad. I
^illustration, hut cxpreaaed hift how that |
iho attempt to introduce Lord Stanley's]
! ill would not lw? repeated.
He then plunged into the subject of the
rnrn laws, insisting on the duty of gov.
ernmont to take that suhjoct promptly into
consideration; instead ofputting itotftive
n .months as proposed by Sir Robert Peel,
and trying hard toe xtort from Sir floliert
some distinct intiumtion of the course he
should pursue.
Sir Robert PM replied. AVjth refer
nee to the United States he was brief cnough.
As to the United States, I confess I look
to the present state of our relations with
.them with great anxiety. [Hear, hear.]
'It seems to be so manifestly the interest
of these two countries which are united
'by so many ties, to avoid a hostile collis.
4ltH, that I hope the good feeling and the
good sense of the people of this country
will aid the gbvernmentif any necessity
for that aid should arise. But at the ?amc
time I feel the obligation of making concession
derogatory to the honor of this
?...L n a trnnnnrarv rnn.
' ? <1111111 t H'l HIV Mllb Ul < Ivoif'i ?v>
dilation. (Great cheering.)
On the corn law question he very akif.
fully parried the assault of Lord John4
'taunting the late ministry with leaving
ine subject untouched for ten long years,
;nnd sneering at their inconsistency, after
Ko long .a silence, in now agitating for its
immediate consideration; but not one sy|.
I ible did ^Uelet fullfrom which a definite
idea of his own intentions might be guth.
trd. ?Tbe -remainder of his speech was
devoted to the finance question, but hi*
object .teemed to be rather to show up
the.errors of hw predecessors than to en.
iligtyeo- the country at to his own views
and purposes.;
Lord PaUnertion. followed in a powerful
vindication of his late colleugues and ;
himself.
The debate (in which many other i
members took part) was at length bro-ight
to a close by Mr. Fielden, who moved
that it was the duty of the House to j
make immediate inquiry into the courses I
and extent of the distress existing in the j
country, and that no supplies of money
ought to he voted until such injury was,
made, as an amendment to the pending f
motion, which was that the House go into
committee of supply. j
The vote was, for the original motion
149.
For the amendment 41.
The House then went into committee,
acme unimportant estimates were voted,
and then the House adjourned.
THE MCLEOD CASE.
Col. Napier?the author, we presume,
of the great history of the Peninsular war
?"has been engaged in a controversy with
the Times, on the McLeod case. We
have only one of his articles, but it seems
to affbrtj a sufficient understanding of the
whole discussion.
('olonel Napier in Rely to the Times."
Time.?"The republican sympathies
?ff?rn thi' first norfrressors.''
" "O - , I
Answer?That gave England no right j
to invade America.
Times.?" The destruction of the Caroline
was a mattet of self defence."
Answer.?That is to be proved. If she
had been destroyed oat of the American wa- <
furs it would have been so. But she was
deliberately attacked in the Americnn waters
without any previous demand for re
dress, without any proof offered, any declaration
made, that she was a piratical ,
vessel Her destruction was, therefore,
an attack on the Americnn nation. I
Times.?" The State of New York was J
bound to enforce the neutrality of its cit-!
izemc?
Answer?Undoubtedly, if it could. An i
American general was sent with troops to
enforce it. But the frontier is immense, j.
and covered with forests. The neutrali- i
fv could not be enforced. Was bad faith i
on the part of the American Government J
susp ctcd ??If so. an energetic remon- j I
strance and noticeof reprisals, if redress
was not granted, would have been the
mode of proceeding according to the in- .
ternational law. Was no deceit suspoc- 1
- ?._ ii
ted ? Then a demand for trie mirrenuer i
of the Caroline and her crew na a piratical;
vessel or the punishment of the pirates, j,
according to the laws of America, would j1
have been the proper mode of proceeding. I'
In either the right of the Irnerican na. j1
lion to have its sovereignty in its own
waters respected would have been conoe.
ded, hut the delitierate destruction of the 1
Caroline in those watersheing a complete '
act in itself, and not the construction of i1
hi? attack commenced before she took re. i
fuge in the American waters, was quite j
unauthorized by international law. Was I
it a matter of necessity. That necessity j
should have been shown ; and an apology
founded on it ofTend for the attaint upon
American sovereignty. Had this been
done on the instant no weakness or dishonor
could have been imputed to Fng- 1
land, and though it would he l^ss graceful
new, it is never too late to act justly
and honorably. 1
Timet.?,4The Federal Government i
k?o Avuli.'itlv rorntrni/ed the fitfhtof Kng- '
II<1~ p. r .
land to insist unconditionally on Mr. Mc-11
Leod's release. i1
Answer.?This has no hearing on the !1
question. The captivity and triul of Mc- j
laod. after the English Government had j
taken upon itself the responsibility of tie- j
st roving the Caroline, is a violation of internatioiiul
law on the part of America,
which the Federal Government docs not
defend, and which it endeavors to redress.
But this in no manner justifies the pre*
vious violation of international law by
England. The Federal Government is
willing to redress the injustice done to us
by releasing McLeod, but apparently it is
unable. We then, on our part,ought to
express an equal willingness to redress
the injury done to American sovereignly,
either by showing 'hs necessity of plead*
ing the provocation, and apologizing. - In
tine, if the Times would adduce those
proofs of ihe. necessity lor the destruction
of the Caroline, in the manner it was ef.
fected, which have been laid down in Mr.
Webster's letter to Mr. Fox as requisite to
bring the act within the pale of interna,
tional law, it would he more reasonable
and more effectual than calling my pro.
posat for an apology " stark staring nonsense."
W. NAPIER.
KEWS OF THE FRKSIHEXT.
The following letter, from an intelli.
gent and trustworthy correspondent, will
be rend with interest, as apparently
throwing some light upon the fate of the
President.
"To the Editor of the Vindicator.
41 Sir.?On arriving in Belfast from .
Brazil I first saw the announcement re
Jative to the Joss of the President steam*
er, and as nny thing, however remotely,
connected with that vessel, must lie in*
teresting to your readers, I hasten to lay
before them the facts, which came under
my own immediate observation during
the homeward bound passage. On August,
29th, or thereabout, being then in
the vicinity of the Azores my brother, who
was amusing himself on the maintop, ob.
a . a a
server! in the distance wMat he considered \
to be a boat exposed. On his announce-1
ing the circumstance below, the captain,
alter surveying the object with his glass,
ordered the ship to lie to. On approach,
ing nearer, we found it was the side of an
immense vessel, having the beams erect ;
resembling masts, the other side was away.
All hands concurred in opinion that
it wiis the wrerk of a large steamer. It I
may or may not have been part of the I
hulk of the President. If, as has beeir
conjectured, the above mentioned vessel
struck on the ice of Newfoundland, it is
highly probable that the great Atlantic!
current, which acta in (earn the North dur- j
if .*vrv
ing the summer, may have drifted the itt- j r
fated ship thus far to the Southward. At j i
all events, it was the wreck of a very* I
large vessel, and may vet prove disastrous I
to any crew who may have the misfortune I
to run foul of it during the night., i
" I am, sir yours, Ac. I
" VINCENZO GUERRINI." t
Y
MORR EXPLOITS OF THB GRKAT FORGSR. (
FKO.X Til AS BOSTON DAILY AD VKKTISBR. c
w e are authorized to publish the fob a
lowing letters, which show that Munroc |
Edwards, the accomplished swindler, f
lately detected and taken into custody in Philadelphia,
has been recently practising c
his trade in England. We should hope fc
that, unless the laws of New York admin* t
ister upon him a sufficient retribution for f
the crimes committed there, to secure the |
public against his further depredation, he f
may be held in reserve, and handed over t
to be dealt with according to the princi* r
pies of English justice. <j
Marshficld. Octobkr, 8,1841. r
Mr. Halk : 1 know not how 1 may t
better guard the Public against further ?
practices of an impostor than by publish* v
fnllAurinB frnm R?rl Sucncer. ?
lllg *? ** ...J, , ?
received by the Acadia. The accompany* ,
ing letter, purporting to be written by p
me, is an entire forgery. 1
Of this Edwards [ had some previous y
knowledge, as he attempted similar frauds t
some time ago, upon the late President
of the Ulisted States, and my predecessor |
in the Department of State.
Yours, with much respect.
DANIEL WEBSTER.
Wisetown, September 12, 1341.
My Dear Sir: 1 have thought it right
to let you know of some transactions in (
which i have bce i engaged, and in which, t
as 1 now believe, your name has been v
most improperly made use of, and your p
writing forged I enclose you a letter v
which, when I first saw it, I believed to j,
be your hand writing, but which 1 now j
believe to he a forgery. *
Some time last spring, while I was liv. v
ing at Althorp. I received a lettter from a j,
person who signed himself Munroe Ed* g
wards, enclosing the letter which I here* j
with transmit to you. lie stated that
you had given hiin a letter of introduction r
to Lord Brougnam as well as this one to i n
myself; that he made use of the letter to I f
Lord Brougham when he first arrived in '
England, and that Lord Brougham hav* I 'j
ing done for him every thing he wished, ( y
lie had not thought it necessary to trouble ] v
mc with this letter. But that now no j j,
was iu a great, difficulty, Lord Brougham j
was abroad, which 1 knew to be the case; . 8
that neither the American ministi r, Mr. jp
Stevenson, nor any other of his fellow- M
countrymen would assist him, because
tkev were so hostile to Ids objects about s
Ihe negroes, to which allusion is made in
the enclosed letter, and that he was actually
without a farthing to pay lor his
lodgings to earn him am! a son of Ins he I
had with home to New Orleans. He there- j
fore sent me your letter, and asked, me to | c
lend him two hundred and fifty pounds, J d
idll-ring as a security certainty bonds > * '
and receipts upou some bank in the Uni- s
ted States. As to these securities, I n
thought very little about them, but i con- n
duded they were good, as they were of- i J
ered by a friend of vo;ir.-? Now this story j
was a very p'ausihlo one, with the excep- v
lion of the assertion that Col. Edward's ! (j
follow -countrymen would not assist him. v
But I thought it very probable that you
would give anv friend of vours about
^ - - tn
whom you were interested a letter of introduction
to Lord Brougham, and I hop- 0
ed it was not very iinpiobale that you ll
might also give him a letter of introduc- "
lion to inc. I accordingly referred Col. <
Edwards toniv solicitor in London, and d
sent up this letter purporting to be from t
you. My solicitor took the letter to h
Messrs. Baring, who said they knew your M
handwriting perfectly well, and were sure v
the letter was a genuine one. I have c
said I cared very little about Col. Ed- g
ward's securities, but I felt that I should
behave very ill to you if I permitted "a
valued friend" of yours to be arrested .
when 1 could avert it by a loan of two
hundred and fifty pounds. I will, indeed, I
say more, that [ should have thought it %
not very creditable to my country if such c
a friend of yours could have l?een so trea- ?
ted without any one of us coming forward c
to help him. I accordingly advanced the s
money. My solictor taking all the legal c
securities that were possible, and among
others, receiving a certificate, from the c
American consul that Col. Edwards was
the real bearer of that name. Col. Ed- r
wards promised to rejwy me during this
vnrkfi th nf Sent mher. savin? that he took j
VI , J n
so long a period in order to be quite cer* ?
tain that he should have arrived at New
Orleans and been able to transmit the
money to the day. I felt myself quite se- c
cure of repayment till ahout three weeks
or a month ago, when my solicitor received 1
a letter from Col. Edwards, at Philadei. (
phia, not written in his own hand, but
only signed by him, saying that having *
had business to transact in London, he (
had employed a person of the name of i
Justin, an Englishman, to transact it for
him ; that with this view he had put his \
papers into the hnnds of this Justin, and |
sending my solicitor a copy of a letter (
purporting to be from Justin to him, Col^
Edwards, in which lie tells him that he
had abstracted certain securities from
these papers, and had upon them borrowed
two hundred and fifty pounds from my *
solicitor, hut making no mention of the
letter purporting to be yours at all. Jus- 1
tin saying that with this fraudulent object 1
he had personated Col. Edwards. This.
1 confess, appeared to me rather suspici- <
ous. I nccoidinglv spoke to Brouguam,
when J found out that this story about I
Justin was a pure invention; that Col. Ed- |
wards had really been here ; that he had
presented to him a letter of introduction i |
from you, and had asked for a loan ef mo- J (
i
' ; . > '
ley, but that General" Hamilton, the inm-1
.-iter from the Republic of Texas, having
leard something of this, wrote to Lord
brougham fo say that this Edwards' had
>een convicted and imprisoned for forg* ;ry
n Texas, and had escaped from jail; that;
te, General Haniiliton, had told him that
te knew all about Kirn, and that Edwards
irul made no reply, to (his letter. In
:onsequence of this information I had!
lornmunicatiori with General Hamilton, I
ind my solicitor showed him the enclosed
etter, which he says.he is confident is a
orgery.
As to recovering the ?250. (hat of
:ourse is out of the question ; it is also
tardly possible to do any thing towards
he legal conviction of Edwards for this
orgcry, but it may be possible by expos, j
ng him to prevent him from defrauding i
>ther people. I fear, therefore, you may \
hink I aru giving you a g eat deal of un- j
lecessary trouble in sending you this long >
letail, but as your name had been so j
nucli mentioned in the transaction, I
hink it is as well that you should be a.
vare of what has taken place. And as
re seldom act without some selfish influnce
operating upon us, I must also nd.
nit that I am always shall bo most hap. j
>y to attend to your wishes and to do nil |
~l ? I.?antr IriAn/t .if |
CQI1 IO siiuw nuv|ni?uij iu ?*nj ivum ?# i
ours when you may wish to recommend |
o mo.
Believe me. my dear sir, yours, most
rulv.
SPENCER.
Hon. Daxiel Webster, dtc. Ate. dec.
Mashfield, (near Bo3Tox ) Oct. >
29.1440. ]
My Lord : I have taken the liberty
0 introduce to the honor of your acquain>
ance, my valued friend Colonel M. Edrards,
a highly respectable and wealthy
ilanter of Louisiana, who visits England
rith the view of conferring with Her JWa.
Etsfy's Government on the subject of 200 j
Lfrican captives, now illegally held as j
laves in Texas. Said Africans w re sojd j
rith an estate to Colonel Edwards, and j
mposed on him as bona slaves, j
lubsequently learning their true claims j
o freedom, ho with a magnanimity j
eforc unknown, attempted their rcsto.
ation to freedom by sending them to'
n English Colony, hut was prevented j
rorn so doing by the direct in* (
imposition of the Government of Texas, j
rhese poor Africans have claims on Her
lajestv'sGovernment, and it is with the!
iew of representing those claims in fheii !
roper light Col. Edwards visits England. '
Any service it may be in your Lord-;
hip's power to render Col. Edwards in:
romotion of his most praiseworthy object I
rill he properly appreciated.
1 rh>? lmti?r to be. vour Lord- i
* t ",v ' J
hip's moxl obedient servant,
DAN L WEH3TER.
Rt. Hon. Earl Spknckr. London.
what is gk.yitlity.
Every man can distinguish what they
ail a gentleman from a man whom diov i
o not consider to he one. It is true, mowver,
th.it every budy litis not the saute.
tandard for gentility, and what baei
night consider to he genteel another i
night consider to be very far from if.?!
t ir therefore impossible to give such a:
efinition of gentility as would accord >
/itli the ideas of every one ; or, if such a j
dilution could lie given there would be j
vide difference of opinion as to the rules1
hat might tie laid down for carrying it!
ut. If we were to venture an opinion'
n the subject, we would say that gen-1
ihty is that deportment, whether at I
lome, in society, or in the street, which '
s the result of n desire to avoid saying or j
loingany thing that could give ofiVncej
- A i.luof un ni?d ii|' this I
i) wncnii i% mnv? '"w-i ?
aw would undoubtedly secure for its ob. |
ervant the respect of all with whom lie j
rould be brought into contact, and in;
tarrying it into practice if he aims at j
he highest standard of gentility, he must j
consult the taste of the most fastidious, j
>r else he may short of his object, and
>c considered as genteel by one set of
arsons and vulgar by another. A man
vho should act up to the following statu
lurd could hardly fail to he considered as
i gentleman by every body although we
ire free to admit that he might be considered
by many as rather too much of
ine: ft is not genteel to swear.
It is not genteel to indulge in licenti>us
conversation.
It is not genteel to talk loud in compa>y
It is not genteel to laugh loud.
It is not genteel to interrupt others in
conversation.
It is genteel to be quick and abrupt in
conversation.
It is not genteel to pass your opin.
on in a dogmatical and positive manler.
It is not genteel to give force to your
issertions by hammering on the table,
>r by any extraordinary gesticulation.?
ts if you were infallible.
It is not genteel at an evening party
vhere refreshments are served, to fill a
ady's plare with terrapins, or oystors, or
chicken, or salad as if she had eaten no
tinner.
It is not genteel to slam a door in going
n or out of a room where there are noj
ither persons.
It is not genteel to smoke cigars in the j
rtreelf as soma respectable persons are often
seen to do.
It is not genteel for ticedletum to turn
up his nose at twedledee in conipanv.
It is not genteel to talk at concerts or
lectures so as to prevent others from
hearing,
It is not genteel at a taMe to begin
before the rest of the company are helped.
... - gggpapg i
It is not genteel to eat fast or put a
large quantity in your mouth at once.
It is not genteel to finish a meal until
others have ha'f tone to make some progress
with theirs.
It is not genteel to eat so slow as to
eat after others are done.
It is not genteel wi?en you are invited
to a party to meet a stranger, to go away
before the stranger.
It is not genteel if you he that stranger
to wait un unreasonable time before
you leave.
Rkpcbljcan Office. Springfield >
(Mass.) Tuesday, Eve. Oct. 5. }
pr earful collision of kail boadcars.
This afternoon, the Eastern and Western
passenger trains of the Western R til
Road, both going at great speed, met in
the curve nbout tour miles west of West- |
fiele. and the effects were shocking and j
disastrous.?Westfiold depot i9 the place
for meeting and. passing, hut as train from
the West was behind its time, the other
troin went on, the conductor hoping to
arrive at the next turn out before meeting
the other train. The baggage cars of
each train were behind, of course bring;.w
o no ^oanrviiP r*o pj Hirentlv behind
??.g (#v.W?Sv. /
the locomotive nnd tenders. The two
locomotives and two or three passenger
cars of each train were mashed to a complete
wreck. The passengers were jammed
and tumbled together in the ruins in
dreadful confusion.
We are informed that eighteen or twcn.
ty have limbs broken?and as many more
are severely bruised and lacerated in various
ways. Mr. Warren, the conductor
of the train from the West, is shockingly
mutilated, but his life is not yet despaired
of. Tho engineer of that train escaped
without much injury. Mr. Moore, the
conductor of the Springfield train narrow,
ly escaped by jumping off. Mr- Taylor,
the engineer of that train, is badly wounded.
A young ladv, niece of .Vajor
Whistler, is said to be dangerously hurt.
Colonel Harvey Chapin is much bruised,
but not dangerously, as is now hoped.
The Rev. 3. Elliot,* an Episcopal
clergymen from South Carolina, and
family, left here this noon, were brought
hack to the United States Hotel this ev.
ening i? sad condition. The ladies were
not seriously hurt; but last two sens were
wound i?one scratched and bruised, j
and the other had iiis leg broken above |
the knee.
These a re -fll the particular cases of
which wa leaned.
We an; no! sufficiently informed of the !
circuiustunccr of this sad accident, to
make any comment. j
It is reported that Mr. Warren, men- j
tioned above, died litis morning. He was j
formerly'conductor of the steamboat train !
to Norwich?subsequently clerk of the
steamboat Worcester,
*AVc.?{ PIk R(-v S. Elliot, above ref r- ;
r (I t-s is n-.i! :he rt? R v. Bishop Elliott but
die Rev. Mr S. Elliott, of Sheldon, Prince
Willi un, South Ocitul.ua The Bishop left,
express ly tq a trend aConven'ion to be :rid ;
in die ci'y of New York, and was not accoui. !
pariied uy his lainilv.j?Editors Courier.
A Rich Mine.?We saw a few days I
since, a specimen of Ore taken fiotn' a i
Cold Mine, in Union District, (S. C.,) !
that excels in richness any we have ever
seen. The .Vine is owned by Dr. Adol- |
phus Nott, (son of the late Judge Nott,)
but is leased at present to an English
3/ining Company. We were informed ,
that out of ten bushels of ore, as much as ;
Ece thousand dollars worth of Gold had
been obtained. We saw four piece's of
the ore. the lamest less than a goose-egg
in size, and it was thought that the ?cve. |
ral pieces were worth from forty to seven- |
ty dollars.
Tomporance Advocate.
Shipwreck and loss of life.?The
Quebec (j.izetle states the following par..
licu'ars of the loss of the Imrque Amanda,
Captain Davis, from Limerick which
ame on shore at Little Metis Point, at I
five o'clock, on the *20th ult. She had t
forty passengers and a crew of eighteen. :
The Captain, two seamen and twoappreo- j
tiers, were among those saved.
Twenty-nine of the passengers, and
twelve of the crew were lost.
Extraordinary Scene.?A Thea
tre on fikk.?"At St. Petersburg, on
the J 8th ult.," says the Post and Gazette,
' the audience at one of the principal theatres
percieving a great light behind the
curtain, anticipated some grand display of
fire-works, and began to express their de.
light by clapping and shouts of applause.
The delusive joy was only increased in
stead being converted into terror by the
appearance in front of the an actor, vociferating
the house was cn fire; for the people
thought that was the trick of the scene,
and continued their noisev acclamations.
?
To undeceive them the manager ordered
the curtain to be raised, and exposed to
them the flames, which soon invaded the
whole building.
The rush to the door became instantlyso
voilent, that many persons were killed, or
j ir..u? :n;.i.a/i Knfnm fhpv ronlfl make
uruuuiuiijr ,
their escape. Thore was another issue,
but it was closed, and in ordinary times is
not to be opened without the authority of
a police officer, who had not vet arrived.
A man, seeing the urgency ofthe occasion
rushed through the dames, and at the risk
of his life, forced the way open, and thug
saved many from destruction. We have
not hear! the' details of the accident,
hutjnav'* ,ir?trood that, on the follow ingday
the brave, man. to whom so many others
owod their lives, was invested with nh
honorable distinction by the Emperor's
uvn hand, and had secured to him a pen.
siou for life of 2,000f.
They hossf of having a man in New
England 106 year9 old. Some of our
negroes the South are older than that.
Two VenKilled and Six Wounded!
fatal accident on board tiie stea.m-frioate
fulton. *
Yesterday afternoon, a 64 lb. gun burst on
board this steamer while off rhe Hook, killing
two person* instantly and wounding six others
very badly. The names of the killed are
Samuel iSnojvmao* seaman. anil Joseph Philbrook,
ordinary seaman.?The wounded are,
Rustej Smith, carpenter1# mate,
man, quarter gunner, Levi Lawson, Thomae
Smith, flicbM iiell, and John Cooper, sennas,
?1> badly. - - ..*- **+
I The explosion did great damage to the fcre
part of the vessel giving it the appearance of
a per'ect wreck. The starboard steam chimney
was blown down. She is now moored
at the Navy-Yard.
The gun broke in two outside of the ear*
riage an?J split in the breech?the two parte
of tfie breech taking different directions, one
landed on the starboard side?(the gon wae
on the larboard)?*he other went forty feet
aft carrying away ihe dispensary and Purser's
store room, and iron s'ancheone, and
then sta ving in both starboard and steam
chiranieg, which added to the horror ot the
scene by filling the ship with steam. The
spar deck w all knocked up, Lieut. Strong
war thrown fifteen feet in the air, falling on
the hammock netting, without material inj"
J ? .
The utmoet care was taken by Captain
MoiDlan I jmil flhilniL Abu 0Mt uSSt.V and
all the officer* of the ship, to prevent m sect*
cent which (lie officers greatly feared.
The officers kept the roeo back, placing
themselves between the gun and the ton,
and then fired the gun with a slow match.
In e>amini?;j the scene of the disaster it ia
' nly astonishing that more were not killed,
although titer** was not a man within 30 feet
of the gun on its discharge.
New York Exprut.
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COLT, THE MURPRBBR.
Colt's native place, as he stated on hie
examination, is Hartford, Connecticut,
where h s p irents still reside. Wo under*
stand that his father has bceo fur many
vears Comptroller of the Slate, one of* *
t ie highest offi res in the Commonwealth, r
j ind nlsoextensively engaged in the print*
ing < f silks and other branches of n an ?
"acti rWe have been told that the
family are highly esteemed, but known
to be of violent passions, ov< r which few
of them have any gre; t control. One i T
| the sisters of the prisoner a few years since
committed suicide.
I. While quite young, the prisoner was
detected in some dishonesty, and at nn
early age he fled from hi* father's house
to oie of the .Southern States, whine lie
remained for some four yenrs. procuring
h support by various means, >nmotimesby
hoiioraiiie labor, and at <n'h<Ts bv dishonest
tricks. S.ano time after this he was
[charged with swindling <?j>erutioua in
Philadelphia ; aid in ISJ9 li<* was brought
before the police iff this city for having
burglariously en'erei! the oftice i?f Judge
Inglis, nt chat tune in W ill street, and
wimflpc nnours fhercfrotn. A lot
i?r~ # #t
of skeleton keys wore then found in ,hrs
possession and he was held to bait under
the nam" of I'rown. bat his ease was never
brought to trial. ; *.
[We give the ?)!w?ve sketch, for the
purpose, chiefly, of preface -to the follow,
ing just and i;i. >rr si*-e eomtnect of the
i\ew York Tribune, "From
this beginning, which many
are prone to think exceedingly small. to
what a depth of horrid guilf and blasting
infamy has lis plunged ! Thus may wo
learn tliat crime has a vital, growing
power, which, though contemptible to the
outward eve in its first shooting forth,
soon spreads abroad its branches, thrusts
downward deep into the heart its mighty
roots, and overshadows the whole inner
being with its death-distilling shade.? ^
What treasures would this wretched man
now gladly give could he again be placed
upon the scenes of his first lapses from
honesty-and truth, the bitter fruits of"
whose "foul flowering he is now to reap!**
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A 1>ANIKL GOWG I*Tu THK LION'S f>K7V.
At a recent anti-slavery meeting in
Vermont, a very zealous young man ift
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troduced a resolution that a person uo ap.
pointed to go o the Sooth and remonstrate
with the peojiie there against the fin of
slavery. The resolution was adopted,
and the young man who introduced the
resolution was appointed to do the hours
of the office, which lie had been the means
of creating. We regret to be obliged to
snv that we do not think he will proceed
far on his pilgrim ige of love.
Alexander's (Pha-) Messenger.
Cut to Piecks ?A man. named Hen*
rv Stinemitz, aged eighty, was run over
by a train *f care near Carlisle, P., on
Sunday, and cut to pieces, lie wasaev*ered
in two, leuthwise.
Killed bv a Wad.?A man, named!
Dinsmore Uugg, was killed during a sham'
fight which took place at a militarg parade .'
in Colcrain, Mass., lately. The deceased
was a member of cavalry troop, and, duringa
charge, was struck in the head by
a rifle wadding, which penetrated thebrain,
and caused almost instant death.
Saxcel A. Sutdax.?This person?
was brought up before the Circuit Court
of the United States, in N. Y., on Wednesday,
charged with an assault on Mr.
Alver, an accredited agent of a foreign
power to the U. S. The penality is
three years imprisonment, or such fine a*
is optional with the Court. The District
Attorney, after proving the assault, mov.
ed for a committal. Messrs. Price and
Morrill appeared as counsel for Suydamf.
nnd pleed in .mitigation of proceedings.
" * * ' ' A? .maII ASS.
The injured husband had rignons woiw
the other. Su dam was ordered to Hod
bail in the sum of 810 000, which hft._rave,
and was iJiecbarged.
Cha. Mer.
The London capita':; >U) have refused to
take any part of the twelve million loan
authorized by Congress. The Times attribute*
this refusal to the course taken by
Gov. McNutt, of Mississippi.
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