Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-10-22
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and telegraphic dispatches from the east are con
/ fused and slightly contradictory But upon The
whole the tone is by no means more warlike thar
was expected even by those who hesiiated 10 be
lieve the report Of actual declaration OF hosti
ties, brought by the last steamer. As the matter
now stands, il is well authenticated, that the Turk
ish council have resolved on war, but that the APP
\ proval Of the Sultan was as yet withheld. And
this leaves room for the suppositon that the action
of the council was for effect on the army and on
the populace, whose attitude towards the govern
ment had become in high degree menacing
though is not at all inconsistent with the idea OF
| the earnestness of the Sublime Porte in the mat.
ter, for it seems 10 be the custom of the empire
give the sovereign some days for consideration be-
fore he is 10 decide upon SO grave measure as
war.
Russia remains firm Nicholas appears deter
| mined to hazard the last resort of kings rather
i than yield what many consider mere point OF
Il etiquette Certainly he means to be prepared for
i the worst, having ordered new levy of troops,
probablyto fill up the chasms made in the ranks
of the army occupying the principaties which
i has been almost decimated by disease depriva-
1 tion, and desertion.
/ Meantime, France and England are neither apa.
/ thetic nor indifferent. Louis Napoleon is mar
shalling his forces and calling in his officers and
men who are on Through While the British
ministry are holding extraordinary meetings, and
debating the question Of the call OF special ses-
sion of parliament TO take into consideration the
/ affairs of the East.
i Aside from the political aspect of the Turkish
/ question, the accounts are that the French and
/ English funds improved on the very latest dis
patches and that the markets for grain were not
European disturbance. The crops in great Britain
| and France have, of late exercised subordinate
influence on prices to that of the probabilities Of
war.
/ Mysterious Death Of Husband and Wife,
Coroner O'Donnel received information yester-
| day morning that a German, named Frederick
! Offer and his wife Catharine, were lying dead al
/ their late residence No 46 Lewis street On
| repairing to the house the coroner learned that
| there was rumor in circulation that Offer had
poisoned his wife with arsenic and then destroyed
himself with the same poison. Drs Lewis and
Aschcnbruner were called in and made post
mortem examination Of the bodies, but they were
unable to detect the presence of any poison
i They, however, determined to test more tho.
roughly the contents of the stomachs, and for that
purpose took them to DR.. Uhl's office and stated
that they would be prepared to testify in the mat
| ter at three o'clock in the afternoon. In the
meantime jury was empanneled by the coroner
and the affidavit Of Mary Klee, sister of the de-
ceased woman was taken, She stated that the
| deceased had been married about ten months
that they had lived unhappily together, the hus-
band having deceived her as to the amount Of
property he was worth, and being of disreputabe
and Incorporate habits, had i'll treated her. She
gave birth to a child about eight days ago. and
when some leeches were required by her physi-
clan, he shook his fist in her face, and threatened
her for putting him to the expense Of purchasing
them. She died at nine o'clock on Tuesday
morning, and her husband sat nine o'clock the
same evening. He was taken sick on Monday
last. AT three o'clock the physicians returned
and stated that they had succeeded in detecting
poison in the stomach of Mr.. Offer. Further tests
are yet to be applied, and, in order TO give time to
make them, the coroner adjourned the inquisition
to ten o'clock this morning. Offer was twenty
three years Of age, and had been in the country
bur about year. His wife was twenty-nne
years old, and had been in this country about
seven years.-Neio York San.
Moral Results.-There is pleasant set Of fell
| lows in New York city. A sporting man, who ac-
companied the very nice party who went from that
city 10 Boston Four Corners to witness the pretty
country, says:
aThey cleared the country of fowls and turkeys
for miles around the place of meeting and even
took hogs from the pens and carried them off On
the road home they entered several houses knock
ing down, unfortunately, men, women, and child
rem, and helping themselves to whatever they fam
cicd At one hotel where they stopped to refresh,
they feled the landlord to the floor when he asked
payment Of his bill; and their entire progress to
and from the ground, was one continuous scene OF
rapine, violence, drunkenness, and blasphemy.
Afer refusing to pay their fare in the cars, they
demanded that the train should be stopped TO ac-
commodate them, and this demand not being com.
| Piled with, they detached the cars they occupied
from the engine! In one instance, gang of scoun-
drels commenced placing fence rails and logs on
the track swearing that if the engineer did not stop
| the locomotive and suffer them to get on board,
| they would send the whole concern 10 . Our
informant says he could not have believed that hui
man beings would commit the outrages he wit
messed in coming from the fight Entire neghbor-
hoods were thrown into state of terror not to be
| described wholesale robberles perpetrated, not
steathy but openly, and if the plundercd parties
ventured to remonstrate they were instantly
knocked down.
Captain Ingraham.--The committee appoint
ed by the recent meeting in New York, to prepare
suitable medal TO be presented to this officer for
| his commendable conduct in the Koszta case, met
few evenings since, and selected one OF the fol-
lowing description:
On one side is the figure of America, her head
ornamented with tiara, and her breast covered
with cuirass She holds out her hand in pro-
| tecting attitude towards boat in the background
containing Rosetta. Her other hand grasps spear
resting on a pedestal surmounted by cap of Lib
erty Behind this figure is represented the Bay OF
Smyrna, the American and Austrian vessels, and
the boat containing Koszta before alluded to. The
whole is encircled by wreath bearing the fol-
lowing motto:
Do yon claim the Protection Of tho United Statesa
Then you shall have IL"
| and "INGRAHAM,
Smyrna, July IL, 1853
On the reverse side the American eagle is
seated on the globe, and bearing its breast the
/ arms ofthe United States. Immediately abovethe
i head Of the eagle Is the rising SUM- This side Of
the medal bears this inscription:
"Civil Liberty and Religious Independence
| Throughout the World
i -S
Grand Trunk Telegraph Lfne.--The wires
Of this company reached the city yesterday, and
| the line is finished to Knapp's new block in ST
Francois Xavier street, where the Office is TO be
located. Portions ofthe line west Of us have been
/ worked for several months. The business Offices
now open on the line and its branches are thirty.
/ eight
/ The work is going on rapidly between Montreal
and Quebec, there being not less than $50 laborers
employed upon ID. Its completion is expected in
a short time.
4 The whole length Of line now completed, includ
ing branches, il over 500 miles. Over 900 miles
more are in progress, and laborcrs now engaged
upon them. Not less than one hundred and thirty
fee offices in Canada can be reached by the lines
of the Grand Trunk Company, when all is finished
Il will be the largest line in the world, under the
direction Of one company. To Messrs. Snow 4