Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-06-23

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who had Just reached The city from Phila-
delphla. He found that fire had been
| communicated in nike or ten places. |
Spirits otturpentine was found abundant.
4 ~ sprlnkled in all these places, and while
the search was in progress, bundle of
matches Was thrown from an upper win.
dow Of the building in Leonard street
The hire occurred at Z o'clock on. Satur-
day mornlng, and so rapid was the de-
structlon. that in an hour little more than
the walls we're left. 1t was with difficult
lty Mr.. Russell. who has a room in the
theatre, rescued his wife, who was in bed,
The French Protestant church on Frank
i lin street, which was burnt when the
theatre was DESTROYED two years ago.. is
slightly irjured-as are also the two other
churches, the Dutch Reformed, anil Afri-
can, that were burnt at that time. The
house adjoining the theatre on Leonard
street was slightly injured in the upper
story and roof The dwelling houses on
Franklin street were damaged by the fall
OF the rear wall The destruction of the
building was attended with loss of life.
One of the walls fell on the :oofofa house
of I'LL fame, kept by Julia Brown, and
killed one of the unfortunate inmates, a
girl about sixteen years of age, who, it is
said, came from Philadelphia and resided
in the neighborhood of CallowhiII and
4 Twelfth streets. Hername was Margar-
ct Ycager. Nothing Of a positive nature
has yet been ascertained touching the
cause and origin of this fire. Two men
have been arrested on suspicion; one
named Shields, or Shears, and the other
! named Hurd; both were employed in the
. theatre, and both have been arrested in
1 consequence of expressions tina; have
dropped from them.
The CRoPs.-The grain crops in this
: neighborhood are very promising. The
! wheat never looked better, and the corn
o has been excited to rapid vegetation by
the recent warm rains WiLming ton
(DeL Journal.
; THE ILL.FATED PRESIDENT.
On the Investigation at the Office of the
British Consul as to the truth of certain
/ rumors, that this ship was out of trim,
J. l,oserloaded, &C., when she took her depart.
lure-all which were disproved conclusive
I'll iy-the following statement was given
o which seems to US to furnish altogether
!. the most probable solution of that vessels
IS fate: .s.= .--.,. ...-.....
< Capt Cole, of the ship Orpheus, stated
!. that he sailed in company with the Pres,
n ident from New York on the lth Marc h
ast-that he was in sight of her till the
evening Of the next day; when he Ias
r saw her she was rising on a tremendous
:, sea, and appeared to be aboring & pitch
" ing very heavily. The Orpheus at the
same time was also Iaborihg very much
! and shipped large quantities of water or
:, deck Capt. Cole thinks the Presiden
! must have been at the same time also
. shipping heavy seas-that the fires were
- probably extinguished, rendering the yes
i sci comparatively helpless. The storH
~ - was dreadful during the whole night; tn
i, wind shifted the next morning, from n. E
!. 10 S. E., causing more tremendous sea
y and the gale continued with undated fur
~ until midnight on the 18Th. Capt Col
'e also stated that it was his further belle
= that the President did not survive the gale
- but foundered, with all on board, befor
-, shutdown on the 18th, or in less than 2
- hours after he last saw her; and mos
- probably in the terrific night Of the ~
u, Of March In which opinion the othe
y, nautical gentlemen present seemed full
b. TO coincide !-E1cbange paper.
he CAPTURE OF SLAVERs.-The follow
ing note, addressed to the editor of tn
,rs Boston Mercantile Journal, sufficient
an explains itself, and justice TO our nav;
de- officers requires that it be generally IT
an, published. Should not the order IN que:
of ton be rescinded IN. Y. Spectator.
ses Mr.. EDIToR,-In some of your remarl
bod upon the slave trade, you observe, "wf
en- ever heard Of an American ship of w;
ise, caplurinr a SLAYER p ~As frequent reae
six iiions of this kind are made In the publ
,ri. prints, it may be as well 10 correct Il
old impression so generally believed. tn
es- American ships o. war are empowered
capture slayers. BY circular from Il
ow, Navy Departments which has been
es- force for several years vessels of war a
for forbidden TO modest savcrs, except tht
the should be found sailing under the Amer
can flag; and as this in modern times,
gro never Che case, you will perceive that it
on not owing to any want of vigilance tn
80 captures are not made. Opportuniti
end however, are not wanting for capturi,
nan foreign vessels, and it certainl y is TO
bel regretted, since this inhuman traffic is !
and garded only in the light of piracy by CT
tell lied nations, that the Government ha
q or not deemed proper to repeal this circus
Much good might be done to the cause
,a4t humanity, if orders were given that
lo1A' l. E,aI ,,;th slaves al hf,ard Sf.ol