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12th (search for this): article 7
File. --The barn of Wm. O. Smith, of Somerset, Va. together with his farming implements, harness, and a large quantity of hay, was burnt on the night of 12th inst. Supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
14th (search for this): article 17
orn out and tired with her commander and his movements. From all these facts, Captain Atkinson believes that she is a total wreck, as well as from the general conclusions come to by the inhabitants of Curacoa. Movements of the Sumter Previous to the Wreck. The following is a copy of a letter received by Ellwood Walter, Esq., Secretary of the Board of Underwriters of the port of New York: Curacoa, August 22, 1861.--The privateer steamer Sumter was seen off Porto Cabello 14th inst. with a new prize — supposed the bark Teresa, that had left Maracaibo for New York with a cargo of coffee. On the 15th inst., a steamer flying the American flag passed before the harbor, that reported herself as the Key Stone State, Commander Scott, in search of the Sumter. The pilot that went out to her could not state where she was bound to; but by last accounts from St. Thomas we learn that the Key Stone State was bound to Cienfnegos. The pilot reported her as quite a new steamer. Th
15th (search for this): article 17
tal wreck, as well as from the general conclusions come to by the inhabitants of Curacoa. Movements of the Sumter Previous to the Wreck. The following is a copy of a letter received by Ellwood Walter, Esq., Secretary of the Board of Underwriters of the port of New York: Curacoa, August 22, 1861.--The privateer steamer Sumter was seen off Porto Cabello 14th inst. with a new prize — supposed the bark Teresa, that had left Maracaibo for New York with a cargo of coffee. On the 15th inst., a steamer flying the American flag passed before the harbor, that reported herself as the Key Stone State, Commander Scott, in search of the Sumter. The pilot that went out to her could not state where she was bound to; but by last accounts from St. Thomas we learn that the Key Stone State was bound to Cienfnegos. The pilot reported her as quite a new steamer. The Key Stone State being five years old, it is supposed the steamer that passed only assumed the flag and name to gain informa
22nd (search for this): article 17
had gone ashore on the Island of Trinidad — Port of Spain — about the 20th August, and had become a total wreck. The Herald of Friday last publishes the following facts concerning the Sumter: Captain Atkinson left Curacoa on the 29th ult. for New York, in command of the bark Venue, with a cargo of salt, &c., consigned to Messrs. Joseph Foulken & Sons, No. 25 Beaver street, New York. A few hours before leaving a vessel arrived from Liconagna, bringing a Carracas paper, dated the 22d ult., and furnishing full and most authentic particulars of the total destruction of the privateer Sumter. The newspaper was sent specially to the Venezuelan Consul at Curacao, it was supposed, for this express purpose. It stated that the Sumter was wrecked on the Island of Trinidad, and was bound for the Brazilian coast on a cruise. The Consul was the first to convey the tidings to Captain Atkinson, and said, at the same time, his convictions were that the information was correct in every pa
24th (search for this): article 17
From California. --The steamer Champion, from Aspinwall on the 5th inst., has arrived at New York, bringing over two hundred passengers and one million dollars in gold from California. Among the passengers by the steamer Champion are Major Allen, Lieut. Higgeston, Dr. Steinberger; Lieuts. Harker, Alexander Ball, and Ingman; Capts. Hancock, Mason, Myers and Gregg, and Maj. Greer, of the United States Army. The ship Narragansett was at Manzanilla August 29. The steamer Champion towed the United States brig Bainbridge from Navy Bay into the Carribean sea. The United States frigate Lancaster was at Panama on the 3d. Lieut. Harris died on the 24th ult., and was buried. He was a native of New Hampshire. Gen. Mosquera had proclaimed himself President of New Grenada, and had exiled a dozen Jesuis priests, and sent envoys to England and France. The health of the Isthmus was good.
30th (search for this): article 17
mter. The pilot that went out to her could not state where she was bound to; but by last accounts from St. Thomas we learn that the Key Stone State was bound to Cienfnegos. The pilot reported her as quite a new steamer. The Key Stone State being five years old, it is supposed the steamer that passed only assumed the flag and name to gain information for her own purpose. The Sumter at Trinidad, West Indies.[from the Barbadoes Liberal, August 13.] At Trinidad, the arrival on the 30th ult., (July) of an armed steamer, the Sumter, bearing the flag of the Confederate States of America, caused a good deal of excitement, particularly among the American merchants. "None could tell," the Port of Spain Gazette states, "whether some one of the eleven prizens the Sumter was reported to have captured might not be a vessel from or to this port. Indeed, it was stated that the Captain of one of Messrs. A. Campbell & Co.'s vessels that left here some time ago, had been seen on board
31st (search for this): article 16
Foreign Details by the Africa. Awful Calamity in Turin — Destructive Fire in Lenden — Public Anxiety with regard to the Cotton Supply in England, &c., &c The Cunard Steamship Africa, Capt. Shannon, which sailed from Liverpool at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the 31st ult., and from Queenstown on the 1st inst., arrived at New York at 10 o'clock on the night of the 12th inst., bringing passengers and the European mails dated on the 31st of August. Dreadful Calamity in Turin. A letter from Turin, of the 28th of August says: A very awful calamity has befallen Turin this morning. A fire broke out in the Via diPo, which resisted for a few hours the efforts of the fire brigade, aided by the regular troops. These latter were carried away by their zeal for the public cause, and ventured into the burning buildings with a rash courage, to which about a dozen of them fell victims. Colonel Trotti, a brave Piedmontese officer; Major Fiore, of the Carabineers, and an
31st (search for this): article 5
Hon. J. A. Stallworth, of Sparts, Ala., died at his residence in that county on the 31st ult.
April (search for this): article 14
The slave trade. --A blow has just been struck at the slave trade by a decision of Judge Betts, in the U. S. District Cqurt of N. York. The case arose on the seizure, last April, of the bark Sarah, on the charge of being fitted out for the slave trade. The judgment of the court condemned the vessel and cargo for being fitted out with intention to embark upon a slave voyage.
June 13th (search for this): article 15
terday, under and by virtue of a decree of the Confederate District Court of Alabama, for the sure of $10,200. The other fourth is owned by Capt. Sykes. The purchasers, we learn, were Messrs. Duplat & Co., of this city. A preacher Suspected of Disloyalty. The Goldsboro' (N. C.) Tribune, under the head of "Affairs in Beaufort," says: Rev. Mr. Van Antwerp, Episcopal Minister at Beaufort, we are reliably informed, treated the fast day, recommended by President Davis, on the 13th of last June, with contempt, by not opening his church on that occasion. Alike insulting to the State and Confederate authorities and to the general Southern sentiment, was the conduct of this preacher, in reference to thanksgiving day, on the Sunday after the Manassa battle and victory. He did not say anything about it, or make any allusion to it in any part of the services of his church on that day. We are gratified in being able to state that some of his church members, good and patriotic cit
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