Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-09-08

by the disorder In one case British steamer
(the Medwav, we thnk) lost seventy five
men. In Cuba the Cholera and yellow few r
together have carried off their thousands in
the course of the summer. On the coast Of
South America, Rio Janero has been visited;
the British Consul, among others, falling
victim to tie dreadful disorder A. B lhai al
so, il has been qnite FATAL but no where. we
add, no where so fatal as in the devoted ci'y Of
New 0rleans.-E j. Express.
ARREST OF MURDERER AND A HIGHWAY
RoBBER.-On the 4th Of July last near Charles
ton, Kanawa county. Va, man named Joh
Worley was murdered on the highway, and
from his person was taken three thousand dol
lars and some valuable papers. A man named
William Patton, alias William Waller, who
was seen in the murdered mans company on
the day of the murder, and who was suddenly
missing, was suspected Of having commit
the murder, Patton was mate Of the steamer
Greenwood. A description of him was publish
ed as follows
"a man named VIM. Patton, alias Waller;
from GrrenWood county, Va, murdered a man
namtd John WoIley, on the 4th of July, for
his money and recel ed about $4,000 in gold.
He goes by the name Of VIM. Patton and Will
liam Waler-the name OF William Patton is on
both arms, written with indelible ink slndy
hair, near red thin yisage, light complexion,
and freckled large eye teeth a scar on his
right forehead /; FIVE feet ten inches in height (;
stoop shoulders weight about 165 a river
man Irish descendant very talkative and
very fond of showing his money. A reward
of So. 90 will be given for his apprehension. ="
With this description our police have been
actively on the alert and two of them, officers
r ,se and Ryder, received secretly the proba-
Bile locality ofhis whereabouts, and on Sunday
a certaned correctly where he could be found.
Yesterday they engaged n carriage and went
to the place where he was at work in cooper
shop, six miles beyond Alexandria in Camp
bell county Ky. On his person was a large
bowie knife covered with blood, dried on and
a revolver loaded heavily. He also had some
gold in his possession and says that large a.
mount is on deposit in that city. The desc
rption is precisely that as given above. When
questioned as to how the blood came on the
knife, he replied II killed an Irishman few
weeks since, but am 100 smart to tell who tn e
man was, or the place where murdered hin"
The officers, brought him to this city and lodg-
ed him in the Hammond street Station House
and Immediately telegraphed the officers in
! Virginia to come down AMI yet him. They
will probably be here this evening. and leave
for Charleston tomorrow, with the prisoner -
4 Officers Rose and Ryder receive the $500 re-
ward - Gin. Giz.
DIsoovERY OF IN ANCIENT PYRAMID IN me
/ DESERT OF CoLoRADo- Fhe Placersil'e Herati.
OF the 20th c0ng tns a letter ION C0rrtspea-
dent at San Bernarlno, in that S-ate, giving
an account of the discovery of a truncated pyr-
ami on the great American desert, some 800
miles north west Of The junction at the Gla
with the Colorado The discovery is said 10
have been made by party of 1--WE adventurers
who attempted 10 cross the desert in search OF
a shorter route than now known, The wIiter
says
An object appeared upon the plain to the
west, having 50 much the appearance Of a work
o. AIT, from the regularity of its outline and It's
isolated position that the party determined up
on visiting t. Passing over an almost barren
sand plain distance Of nearly five miles, they
reached the base OF one of the most wonderful
objects, considering its location, (it being very
/ home of desolation) that the mind can posi- bly,
conceive Of nothing less than an immense
stone pyramid, composed Of layers or course
offrom eighteen inches to nearly three feet in
thickness, and from Eve to eight feet in length.
/ llthas level top Of mere than fifty feet square
though il is evident that it was once completed.
but that some g eat convusion of nature has
displaced its entire top as it evidently now lies
a huge and broken mass upon one Of its sides
though nearycovered by the sands, o,a..
l. This pyramid differs, in some respects, from
the Egyptian pyramid it is, or was more
slender or pointed and while those OF Egypt
are composed Of steps and layers, receding as
they rise, the American pyramid was undoubt-
edIy, a more finished structure, the outer sur
face of the blocks were evidently cut to an an
ole that gave the structure when new and COM
plete, smooth or regular surface from top to
bottom. gi Oily q. a
From the present level Of the sands that sur
round it, there are SO distinct layers Of stone,
that will average at least two feet this gives
its present height one hundred and four 'feet,
SO that before the top was displaced, it must
have been. judging from an angle ofits sides,
al las. 25 feet higher than at present How
far il extends beneath the surface of the sands,
it is impossible to determine without great la-
Thor +" At'T. at ea A A
The Wabash river was crossed for the first
time by locomotive. on the goth. A train of
cars belcu ing to the New Albany and Salem
Railroad, were taken from Lsyfayette to the
Tippecanoe battle ground and that classic
spot was the scence ofa hilarious meeting Of
tke railway friends Forty two years ago,
the Wabash rolled through untsmed forests.
and on The field Of TppacanOe the pale faces
and red man met in deadly affray. to dicide
the right to the beautiful earth arouul them.