The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-10-10

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their streugth-aad aeileJe Their common and
glorious OBJECT"
The Gunpo1cder Ptot.-Thc Van Buren, |
Press, finding that the scheme OF McEl- |
wee and his associates, deliberately entered
into, TO murder thousand good Citizens,
is exciting universal indignation and hor-
ror, now pretend that the whole affair
was but a joker" Mr.. McElwee (says
thew was only amusing himself at the ex-
pensc of Col. Pleasanton This is indeed,
a poor ruSe to cover the atrocty OF the
plot. Amusement A Joke
AYE, heaven and earth do cry impossible,
Tie shudderiug angels round the Eternal throne,
Yelling themselves IN glory, shrek impossible,
But Hell doth know il true"
Raleigh Register.
Rogue Caught.-The St. Louis Papers
mention the arrest in that City Of a
Rogue who had absconded from Mlssissip
ii, under the following circumstances
Thomas Dwight, a receiving Stage
Agent in the employment Of ?. b. Stark,
Il Co. al Columbus, Mis-. sometime iii the
month Of July last, absconded with 100000
Of the Company money, consisting prln-
clpally Of Post Notes Of the mon Mlss.)
Bank. After leaving Columbus, Dwight
went to the Union Bank at jackson, and
purchased a check Oh the Merchants
Bank Of New Orleans, for $500 dollars.
He then proceeded to Lexington, Mss,
where he was lost track of. A few days
since he arrived in this city, direct from
Chicago, having been to the Canadas, and
we suppose, was returning home by the
" Northern route" Answering to the
description Of Thos. Dwight which was II
an advertisement Of Starke 4 Co., our otll-
GERS and some other citizens arrested HIM
on Saturday evening at the Theatre. lie
called himself DEBUT. On examining his
trunk 0.450 dollars Of Union money was
found. Yesterday he underwent eXamln-
alton, which resulted in holding him 10
bail in the sum of 10000 dollars-not find
ing which. he was committed. Dwight Is
native Of Connecticut, and BY profession
carriage maker, at which business ne
: was engaged for many years IN Augusta,
! Ga. He was also a resident, for sometime.
! in Columbia, $. C., and Charlotte, n. C.,
! at which latter place he failed in business.
! lie j. about 40 years OF age--a very gen.
tIeflauly appearing and apparently an IN
: tcllgent man.
An affrav took place at Edention, il
: this State. few days since, which nearly
c resulted in the death Of MIR. Bland, Post
: master and Editor Of the Edenton Gazette
!. The facts are said to be these Nlr. Blanc
+ was engaged opening the mail with closet
doors, when Benbury demanded admit
= lance, which was refused by the Postmas
ter he then broke open the door, and en-
tered by force. Mr.. Bland attempted t
put him out when he was stabbed through
: The body Mr.. Bland has wife with 81,
c children, who are dependant on his exer
ton. Benbury has wife and four chill
drcn also, 10 lament his rash and bruta
!, actions. He has been arrested, and Is nov
y in Jail.-Raleigh Register.
ia Destructive Fres.-There was grea
= Fire at New York on the 23d OF Septem
! Der, in which there were three Church,
= and the National Theatre consumed. Th
e walls Of the Churches are left, but the mte
At rlors were consumed. The Churches thu
= burnt we're the French Episcopal Churcl
the Dutch Reformed Church, and the 4
on's African Episcopal Church, On tn
= Theatre there was an insurance III Bingham
N Of SAT, 00o and in New York SO, 0OO.-
y Mr.. Wallack paid $4,000 rent per annun
;, The amount of property DESTROYED IS owe
y s25o,00o, perhaps 100000. The lnsu
N ance companies in New York, own to tl
20 loss of about $4,000.
N A Fire also occurred at Philadelphia,
~ the eth of September, which consumed II
It. large Calico Factory belonging to vi
~ Paul X. Hubbs, situated near the NAY
H. Yard, known as the Muhausen Works, t
gether with considerable machinery,
vast amount of finished and untlnisht
stults, three or four buildings, and about
:, hundred feet of Mr.. Thomas's Rope w al
EN- The loss is estimated at more than Sl0t
ms UUd--the greater portion Oh winch VIII
The sustained by Mr.. Hubbs, there beng at t
10 10 time about $4,000 dollars worth OF wo
en-. nearly or quite finished in the factory, a
al but about 10000 dollars insured. L
lay works have been in operation two yea
as and employed nearly an hundred ms
most of whom are unfortunately thro'
out of employ by this disaster.-'b.
m. TALLAHASSEE, SEPT. 2l.---Govert
.ol. Call left this city on Monday last on VI
ri. to the camps OF the several companies
Oh. der his direction, with the Intention
by learn Of visiting few Indian towns $
atv posed to be on this side of the Suwanee
His force will probably number two h
dred and fifty men. If he falls in with
the Indians, the troops will doubtless glv'
He GOOD account of themselves. The SUR
!. of sal and capture Of the Indians this side
had Suwanee, would weaken their contide