New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-04-19

ieyiicncc for believing The ctiGresS % be genuine
and he relates, in sCppor: OF this evsral CONVERSE
lions with Nj OCoane!I, in 1-t.ci! thar gentleman
declared his intention az his irs: leisure hour, o:
preparing and publishing precisely such an ad
dress AfrBirnev says that Bi.hop Hughes
knows thar the gull, Of charging 80 base q for
gerv upon his i..llov-c:tizens K in moral point
of Dew. Lu, little behind the gull, OF perPetrat;ng
the fraud ITSELF:
GnrA- FIRE At Golu,,atA. s.C.-Thc Comm
bia. S c. Chronicle OF thesl2th contains notice
OF terrible conflagraton which that morning de-
strovcd the most valuable and beautiful part OF
tha, CITY. II commenced in blacksmith shop,
and burnad. il about ijye hours twcn,y-rine store,
and dwellings, with all=t1eir ou;-buildings. The
whole loss i estimated at about 5000 600 OF
which about 100000 Is insured Ii sve2tdor.n
Main street to Assembly,, and thence Plainstrcet.
sweeping ava all tie Intermediate buildings,
eros sod Plain. aud swept.lll the buildings the
square fronting lllin-street 10 the store of..,.
North 4 Co.. All the,iores included within
these limits are 4 heap of ashes Most of tho
goods were sayed.Ihe Chronicle expresses the
belle. that. notwithstanding the severity Of the
loss. the town will sooa be restored toits fair pro-
portion. The chiet.io=s VIII faIl upon the Au-
susra and Bnuking Insurance Company, the
Charleston Insurance and Trust Company, and
the Augusta Insurance and Trrs; Company.
FENaLE PlcKroe6sr.-La stzcvcring during tho
stare performances at lhe=Amcrican Museum lis
Proprietor Mr. Barnum, observed an Irish girl el
bowling her way among the crowd and conducting
herself in a manner which awakened his suspicion
and induced him. after a i1lc time, 10 call her
! fr.m the room H. charged her with picking
pockets. at which She was greatly astonnded and
pulled purse from her bosom which sic exhibit
cd. containing few sliIliags in silver. three dol
lar bill and several rings. She protested her IN
ncccncc bu, failed to quiet the suspicious Of Mr.
Barnum. who directed a man TO 60 for a=Policc
officer. Upon this The 81. fell upon her knees
begged that the man nigh; be called back, shelled
GU, wallet with $50 in it, purse with some
money and other articles she had stolen, and vol
uncercd to depart in peace by herself bat in this
she was anticipated by gallant gentleman who
attended her to the Tcmhs. Mr.. B1rnum then
announced from the stage that wallet. &c had
been found and wished heowners prove property,
&c. which was very speedily done rock will
learn that the Museum, under MIR. BarnumS eye.
i. not quite the place for them.
Rhode IsLAvp.-Jonah Titns, candidate of
the Free Suffrage party in Rhode ls!ai.d for the
Attorney Gencralship, hiss withdrawn his name
in consequence of the letter Of President Tylcr.
Tic Chronicle Of Saturday says that it Is under
stood other candidates have declined the proiiered
nominations, and ,lal the whole matter i. likely
10 be adi uscd pcoccably by reasonof this difficulty
10 find candidates. The election waste hare ken
place yesterday. To-morro," is the dag for The
regular State Elcction-nnihorised by law.
% Tue BALTIMORE DrsA,rER.-lhc Coron
er's Jury on the body oi one Of those killed BY the
explosion of the boiler otthe Alcdora, returned in
their verdict thai, from the evidence before them
thew are of opinion that the accident was occas
ioncd By raising the steam TOO high. and greatly
above the guagc ended to be used in the orel-
nary use Of said machinery on board Of said
steamer. Whether this excess was owing to care
lcssncss, or tamrcgins with the safety valve, The
jury canAot undertake 10 say
ZG Mr.. William Taylor, n merchant of New
Orleans and St. Louis, went TO Bis berth atnigh,
when on his passage up the Mississippi, and in
the morning was no where to be found 1t is sup
posed tina: he fell overheard during the nj gh and
was drowned
ZEJ We see it stated in many p.per, that the
recent election of Mr.. Alexander Mayor of Jersey
City was a=triun1ph o. the Lottary Party We
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