The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-11-19
Great ROBBERY, Murders and Ar
rests.

o CLOCK IN the morning, Ddu OeeH dltdCh-
ed and robbed by gang of robbers. Three
oe the guard had been shot during the at
tack by the robbers, and were lying by the !
roadside. Two of them were shot In the |
breast and the third in the legs. The two |
shot in the breast were dying, and the
other badly wounded.
The robbers succeeded in securing one |
box of gold dust, with which they made
off into the woods, but the box being hea-
Wy, and they beings closly and holly pur- !
sued by the reinforced parties coming up
to the train, they were obliged to abandon
it and make their escape. In attempting
to do this two Of them were captured.
One of them is native of Dublin. Ire
land, and his real name is Bartholomew
Thomas The name Of Thomas Summers
he assumed for his own purposes. He is
about twenty-One years OF age. de beg
ged for his life, and then gave full dis
closure of the whole plot, giving the names
of all the persons engaged in it, and all
the particulars relative 10 the attack, &c.
The other man is an intelligent negro,
from New Yorh city, named Charles CrOm-
we'll. Names of the robber gang;
Bart. Thomas. (now in prisOn.)
Charles Cromwell, (black,) from New
York city, (now in prisOn.)
DIR. Berry, of New Orleans. (has wife
in San Francisco.)
Laban Manning, Of Illinois, Carpenter
by iraGe.)
DR.. Burt; or Burke, residence Unknown;
Mirerand, do.--Panamd Herald.
an arrival at this port. last evening, from
Gonavies, we have dates from there to
the lOt,I inst. We learn that all arrange
ment had been entered into between the
American, French and English authori
ties, to force the Emperor. SOlOuque, to
respec; the truce towards the DOmi nj
clans. They had drawn up proposals for
him to sign, and in the event of his re-
fusing, the three powers would blockade
his port. The Emperor was at GOnavies
with about 5000 men, and was to have
given an answer to the proposals at that
place, but did not. He, however. prom
ised to do So at Port all Prince where he
was going.
We are informed that row occurred a
few days since among the workmen on
the Central road beyond Michigan City.
Sumo hostility arose between the Irish
and Hungarians, and the latter to The
number of two or three bdndred attacked
and burnt up boarding house, and re-
port has it that one man was consumed
i'm the flames, two Irishmcn and three
Hungarians killed, and a number badly
cut and wounded. From what we learn
these Hungarian refugees are not very
likely to make useful citizens, being of an
indolent and savage nature. They have
BEEN discharged from the road, and gone
to Chicago. The people Of Chicago are
endeavoring to raise money to get the IN
on west.-Nilcs Republican.
The PLAGUE AT PALMAs.-DEATH OF
THE AMERICAN CONSUL AND FAMILv.-
Che New York Journal Of commerce con-
tains an extract of a letter from an Off
Ger OH board the United States brig pOr-
poise, dated Teneriffe, Sept. 4. giving an
account Of The terrible ravages of a plague,
resembling the cholera, which has swept
over Palmas. one of the Cape de Verbs.
One-fif,i Of the entire population, of 49,
600, have fallen victims, and the disease
is still raging, though somewhat aba ted.
The writer says:
The family of our consul, (Mr. Scr
res together with himself, are all dead,
with the exception Of one child. He was
very worthy nan, and had several hand
some and interesting dauS hters, who were
great favorites with the officers of our
ships that touched there Mr. TORI, S
sent them into the interior upon the fl rsi
, appearance of the pestilence, but hearing
after wards that some Of them were sick
he started off to join them, and on his
arrival found them all dead. servants in
cluded, witt the exception of one child
here mentioned. In less than five hours
aftes, he himself was corpse. The pan
ic and distress on the island is inconceiv.
able
According to the printed poll-lists of
the city Of Boston, that city contains 81 ;.
SOP voters, an increase Of $50 over last
year.
a Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun. says there will be changes
i'm the Cabinet soon. and seems TO init
mate that Mr.. Webster will retire from
office in January next.
The Vanderburgh Barbecue in honor Of
Gen. Joseph Lane. was attended by a
bout iour thousand persons--,he old
friends and neighbors of the General
He was welcomed by Mr.. Depuy, Esq,