Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-08-14
EXTRAORDINARY!

EXTRAORDINARY
We are informed by gentleman who
arrived in the Mars and who came to the
mouth of Ohio in the steam boat indie
pendence from New-Orleans, that the
Independence grounded in the Missis-
sippi on her passage up, and was aground
| | days; as she was high and dry, pre-
parations were made for launching her,
timber, sc. procured for the purpose,
and on the nth night, there was a most
violent thunder storm; on the morning
there was water round the boat timber,
&c. all gone adrift, and the river appa-
rently from its bank had not risen---a
line was thrown out to sound, as the boat
appeared to float, and they found SO feet
Of water. All attempts to get their an
Choir up were to no purpose, and they
cut their gable and proceeded on their
voyage. LOUISVILLE .Adu.
Horrible Nllany.-A sloop was late
ly freighted from Philadelphia to New.
Orleans, on board of which were laden
boxes purporting to contain $4,000 in
specie and other valuable articles TO the
amount Of S35,ooo. Insurance was OBJ
tanned on the vessel in PHILADELPHIA and
Baltimore to the amount Of 5000
At sea box marked as conts sning goods
which had accidentally been placed near
the top of the cargo, appeared 10 be on
lire. On examination 1t was found that
the box instead Of goods, contained Jar
of oil Of vitrioi which had been stopped
only with a cork. The stopper having
been consumed the fire had COMMUNE
Gated to the other contents of the box
This circumstance excited suspicious in
the captain aud crew, who consequently
put.in,o Norfolk and oyerhaued the car
go. The boxes Of specie were found to
contain nothing but lead, and the boxes
Of goods contained only old iron packed
in hay. The terrible design was evident
The shippers intended, that the box with
the aitrioi should be packed with the
boxes of hay; that the fire generated by
that liquid should Immediately commu-
nicate to that combustible material, in
evitably destroying the ship and cargo,
and probably the whole crew; and that
they would then claim the amount of the
insurance from the offices in Phladel-
phia and Baltimore. A part or all Of
these villains have been apprehended.
Their names are Daniel Scull, T.. J.
Hollingshead, Humphrey Greene and ].
Hume. We believe the punishment,
annexed to this crime by the laws of the
United States, is death. Argus.
7yansylvania UniUersity.--On Wed
nesday the l 18th ult. was held the annual
commencement ofour University. The
degree of Bachelor Of arts was conferred
on George w. Anderson, Charles S.
Bibb, Edward B. Bib, Aylett Buckner,
Edmund I. Christy, Theodore w. Clay,
Charles j.. Cummens, Richard A. Curd,
Jephtha d. Garrard, A bert G. Harrison,
Charlton Hunt, Sinclair Kir,ley, Samuel
V. Marshall, George Owings, BEN amin
O Peers, Thomas P. Taul, John w.
Tibbatts, William T. Washington, and
John White. The assembly was hume
rous, and all the performances are high
ly applauded in the Lexington papers,
particularly those of T5bans, Curd,
Peers, and C. S. Bi56. 1t is hoped, that
the intelligence, the correct principles,
the moral and peaceful habits, which
may have been acquired under the in
struction, admonitions and discipline OF
the Teachers in our University, will
enable these young gentlemen to pass
through the world with no diminution of
the eclat, with which they are ushered
into it. id.
Z1hhling.-The late law Of this state
for posting tipplers has had a most salu-
ltary effect, In several tpwas we axe in