The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-08-23
Home Depart Intelligence
Accidents. SC. &C.

ALARex RosuERY.-The trunk of passenger South
Amer can was broken open the steamer Belle oi Mis-
sSiPp the night previous her arrival this port and
robbie OF about 5000 in money principally gold, and
about $1,000 worth Of irwelry. The next morning
thorough search made but nshng was found OF me
stolen property; and the boat had not landed and the
yawl was missing, il IS supposed the thief had escaped
with his booty in it. Yesterday morning, after the b9d'
had arrived named John Hall went on board 5he
Belle Air and engaged a passage 10 CINCINNATI ~
which he handed the clerk wet bag, containing qudh
tity ofdouhloons for safe keeping. In the meantime hs
report OF the robbery reached the ears OF the Ger luz
from the circumstances, he was induced 20 neie S
the fellow one OF the robbers and had Nun eu'
an examination was had and he was comnil.eu sroe
which time two three others have been arrested a. ae
secreted the money hv putting il bag and supending
by arope beneath the guards in the water-st' Lsnis
Republican, Aug. II,
Dr.ru ,xn DarsKESvrs.--The annals OF ntoxcation
scarcely furnish shocking case than has just occur.
Ell near the city OF Rochester Mrs. Turk was burned
TO death by her clothes taking fire. while she drunk,
and while her husband. though lying by her, was too
drunk save her from destruction Her clothing was
almost wholly burned, saving only small fragment
between her shoulders and the ground where she lay
and her body was burned to a crisp.-Roehesier Post
A NroRo CAsE-rhere was quite an excitement at
Lockpor, last sunday and Monday, growing out of the
following facts gentleman from the South, named
Thompson who had been staying days at the Fall,
had negro confidential servant with him, who at
yenent opportunity opened his masters trunk stole $500
and aed to Canada. posse Of conables stimulated by
the reward that offered caught the negro Waterloo
and restored him to his Mr. T. Immediately start
ed for the East and when passing through Lockport
of the aboonsts there learning tina, he had black man
in keeping got out writ of habeas corpus took the negro
botore supreme Court Commissioner Center, who after
examination ordered his discharge free He
Immediately arrested for the alleged theft and is in
jail awaiting examination on Saturday neXt-BuDdio Com
.4dU.
RIor At Sr. C,rH,nrSEs, U. C-The apprehension of
troubles at sLCatherne in conseq 81 the large col
lection at that paceof unemployed and destitute Irish la
borers, has been more than realised We have not yet
ceived any au henc details but we learn verbally the
following Last Wednesday morning the labOrers
sembied IN immense masses with banners bearing various
devices aud inscriptions and proceeded to supply their
wants with the strong hand All efforts 10 arrest their
proceedings ailing. The Catholic priest resi-
dent there informed the authorities that all his efforts
strain them had proved useless that they desperate
men and would have work or food. The
pletely given up TO them, daring to make res
lance Several stores and mills pundered of goods
and flour, and an American schooner bound down,
boarded and pundered oil the pork which formed part of
her cargo We have not heard that any lives lost
but our informant it terrible thing
many hundreds of men renzed with passion and hunger
with no restraint upon the impulses their wild natures
We shall be anxious to hear full particulars At the latest
accounts the rioters themselves upon What
they mad taken. Poor wretches terrible retr
button awaits them One cannot help plying them
while reprobang their acts.
LANCE FIRE ST. JOHN, n. B--A letter from ST. John
n received in TINS cit. says the Boston Daily Adver
tser states that the night OF the 10Th early on the
morning OF the llth inst fire broke out in block
WOO len stores on South Market wharf, erected upon
part of the site which the conagration swept
and four large stores consumed. Fortunately the
wind was igh', or the damage would have been much
more extensive The stores contained produce, -four Sc
MAN RosBERr-FsosrnuRG, Nd August lit will be
recoeoted that in Marcn last robbery was committed
Keyser Ridge and Frostburg II plundered OF drafts
bank notes &c to the amount of about $4,000
can be ascertaned. No discovery leading detection
has been male until the present time, although several
persons have been strongly suspected of them
of considerable standing in the community-they hav.
ing rather suddenly become possessed of in
the Of money, teams SC than at any former period
dgent lookou has been kept up since the robbery,
oil the way from Baltimore TO Wheeling and at last
tam person Paden Sides mail driver at the time OF the
robbery arrested Smithfeld about thirty miles
from Frostburg aud twenty two from Unontown. lie is
supposed to be connected with gang of depredators of
the b adles school, who, you will recollect, is in
the re ,itentary for robbng the mail at Unontown
eighteen monts since.
THE CoyvESrIoS.-From tho complexion of the returns
In Illinois far received at Springfield il is believed
majority OF the votes cast are against holding State
convention to amend the constitution. When this ques-
ton was submitted to the people II the general opin
lon that the convention would be carried by a large
jory. In many sections, If hrougho the state the
vote was greatly Influenced by the fear of navism
proessed and published i'll this city. gentleman wrts
us that in his county but for this Jar would
have given large maj1ry for the convention for
OF both parties desire some amendmensS,. Louis Re.
publican,