The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-07-27

on his person, received during The night.
which he had bandaged with various articles
of his Dress"
Destructive Fire IN Lansing Jurgh,N Y.
A fire broke out about half. past four on
Sunday afternoon, July 9th, in the stables
attached to the large hotel in Lansing
burgh, known as the Rensselaer, House.
The flames soon extended to the main
building, and TO a brewery belonging to
Mr. Parmelee, and thence spreading north
and south, ragged for three hours with
great fury, destroying about thirty.fve
buildings on Stale and Congress streets,
and damaging many more. Among the
buildings consumed, (says the Albany
Evening Journal, are the Rensselaer,
House, d fine brick hotel with extensive
stables, sheds, &c a large number of
brick and wooden dwelling houses, a large
brewery and soap factory, the printing
office of the Lansingburgh Gazette, a doz-
en- or more stores, and nearly a score of
work shops, and outbgildings of various
kinds. The total amount of property de-
stroyed can not fall short of $45,O OO, on
which there was about $4,000 insured.
OF this sum $4,000 is insured at the Rens.
se)aer County Mutual Insurance Compa-
ny m So or 8, 900 in the Troy Offices,
and $4,000 we believe. in the Albany
Insurance Company. The co~n1agration
was checked about T O'clock, by the unit
ed exertions of the fremen of Lansing
burgh, Waterford and Troy.
OUrRAcE.-The Lawrencebure I'm
diana) Bacon, of the 23d ult., says:
CA most daring outrage was COM
mitted, in this place, on the persons of
two colored men, who were here wait
ing for an opportunity to get "A passage
on a steamboat TO Evansville or some
point on the river nearest to Vincennes.
Names of the negroes unknown. The
circumstances were, as we believe,
about as follows Mr.. Joseph Darragh,
a constable, in company Of a man by
the name of Alfred Cristy, called at the
house of Moses, a colored man, where
the two negroes were staying for a short
time, waiting for a passage on a boat,
and told them they must go to the May
or's Office and be examined, to which
they consented, alleging that they were
lreemen. But, instead of conducting
them, as proposed, to a magistrates
Office, they were taken TO the jail, Oar
ragh having procured the keys under
the p~retonce of wishing to clean the Jail.
Several persons saw them put into the
Jail, and, on inquiring of the constable
what they were imprisoned for, were
told they had been fighting, and were
committed for it. Late in the night, it
appears, they procured some other as
sistance, and said colored men were
conveyed across the Ohio river, and
lodged in the jail at Burlington, Boone
CO., Kentucky, and Cristy having filed
his affidavit with the %jailor that they
were taken up in Boone county, Ken
lucky, as runaways, Darragh and Girls
ty were both arrested by the proper
officer, but escaped his vigilance, and
there is now a reward of $50 offered for
their apprehension.
HORRIBLE DEsrITUTIoN.--Wc find
the following from Mahon, (Balearic
Island April 2lst, in the Gazette des
T%ribunnauX
"This morning our port presented a
sad and strange spectacle. All the poor
of the town, (and they form nearly a
third Of the entire population were as
sembled at break of day. The greater
number blocked up the quarry ofcustoms,
while others were swimming in the ba-
sin ofthe port, or were moving about in
boats, of which they had taken forcibIe
possession. Towards 8 o'clock, the
United States squadron, which had been
for a fortnight, and particularly two
transports belonging to it, threw into the
sea an immense quantity of old biscuit.
The poor who were swimming, and in
boats picked them up, and some cfthem,
$50 great was their hungor,) ate them at
the time, although saturated with sea
water.
Soon afterwards the commandant of
the fort came up with u considerable
force, and compelled the poor to retire,
| which they did, u~ttering imprecations
against the director of the customs
The cause of this scene was as follows
1.-The American squadron having 20 re-
new its provision of biscuit, the ON
mandant proposed to the municipality to
offer it as a gift to the INDECENT. The
offer was. accepted, and the director of
the customs was applied to for permits
| sion to land The stale biscuit free ofduty.
| This was refused and the command
ant of the squadron, wishing to clear out
his biscuit this morning, threw it into
the sea, as has been stated. 1t was
truly painful to see persons OF all ages,
and of both sexes, struggling in the
water to catch a mculdy biscuit, and eat
ing it at once"
ANOTHER VIcrIM I'VE learn
from the Concord Courier, that a Mr..
Obadiah Cove, Of Weare, aged a.