The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11
EXPLOSION.
CHICAGO, Sept. !

F. .
Last evening, shortly after the lighting up tn
city from the Gas Works, very serious explo
sions occurred in the bank of ]. H. Burch
Co. The smell of gas was discovered in the of
fee, and man was sent round to see that all wa
right. In looking for the place whence it issue,
from the pipe, he placed lighted candle near
crack in the floor, when violent explosion fol
lowed The conclusion was so severe, that til,
doors and windows Of the building and the doors
of the safes were blown off, and the money scat
tered over the floor. The walls of the building
were also sprung. The floor in o Reilly's Tele
graph office, I'd story, was torn up, and every
thing in the room scattered in great confusion.
Mr.. Gilbert, head clerk in the Bank, WIS cu
slightly in the forehead by a flying board, ane
the person who was attending to the pipe hae
his hair fred and much burnt. 1t is truly won
derful from the wreck made inside the Bank
that the inmates escaped with so little injury.
Two Millions three Hundred Thousand
In Gold.
New YoRK, Sept. 5.
The steamer Panama arrived at Panama on the
21st of August. She brings down two million
three hundred thousand dollars in gold dust.
Excitement in neutrality-suspicious. sla-
ves-Threatcned Riot, SC.
dispatch from Harrisburg, Pa, to the Phila
delphia Bulletin, dated on Saturday morninp.
gives the following account of the subsequent
at that place, in connection with the
arrest of three fugitive slaves, mentioned in the
Sun on Saturday:
Our town has been the scene of great excite
ment yesterday and to-day, on account of the ar
rest and examination of three black tugitiycs from
Virginia.
Yesterday, the court was engaged all day in
he examination of the negroes on a writ of ha-
peas corpus. They were charged with horse
stealing, but were in reality fugitive slaves No
decision was made yesterday, but this morning
Judge Pearson decided that the stealing of
horse by slave for the purpose of escaping was
not criminal offence under the law of reclaim
ng fugitives; and consequently he discharged
them.
The slaves were at once ushered out of the pri-
son door, but had no sooner reached the street
than they were seized by their masters, and bat
tie ensued between them. After severe struo
gle, two of the slaves were handcuffed but one of
them made his escape.
The court has just issued warrant against the
owners and all engaged in the affair, for an as
sault and battery with intention to excite riot
The slaves and their owners are now in jail
The court has also ordered the sheriff to en-
oloy posse for the purpose of dispensing at all
hazards, the mob now assembled in front of the
prison.
Later--Rioters Arrested--Mi1itary Call
led Out.
A second dispatch, dated P. NJ, on Satur-
lay, says:
Ten free negroes have been arrested for try
ng to incite riot. The slaves, two in number,
ire in prison.
The owners of the slaves and other persons
Engaged in securing them after their discharge by
he court, are now before the court on writ Of
labeas corpus
The two slaves are held in Jail.
The crowd before the prison has been dsper-
ed by the military, called out under General Sal
err, and the town is resuming, in a measure, it's
vonted quiet and order.