Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-11-14
The News by the j. L.. Stephens.


The John L. Stephens brings news of the ex-
istrnce of a great financial panic in the East
Many Of the largest houses in New York and the
other large Eastern cities have failed CONNER
cal embarrassments growing out of the pressure
were quite general Stocks had deprecated 10 a
runous extent. The New York city banks were
believed 10 be safe.
Three more persons only were saved from the
| ill-fattd Central America. They were Mr. John
TicP. second engineer. Alexander Grant. fire
man, and George W. Dawson, (colortd) n pas
senger on board the steamer. These poor fellows
were eight days and twenty hours without food
or drink. aud it is almost impossible to conceive
the amount OF intense suffering they must
have endured All hoprs OF the gallant Hcrn-
don's saf ty have been al andon'd. A meeting
OF the officers of the Navy ard Marine Corps had
been held at Washington TO pay a tr butte of res
spect to his memory.
The San Francisco II raid cntertains doubts AS
TO the safety Of the passengers for New Orleans
and SAYS:
I Pv reference to our New Orleans files mp to
the Sth October We fnd that none of the pass-n.
gers from California had arrived III thar city the
stramrrs from New York avoiding the harbnr Of
Havana. in cons' queue" Of the rigid quarantine
regulations in force nj New OrIeans-and We are
consequently without exact data MS to the fate of
those bound TO New Orleans There is reason to
fear. however that, learning in Havana that they
would have no opportunity of ting to New
Orlr1ns direct. th pros cutrd the voyage to
New York in the Central America. 10th ms we
are Ia rnt' rtnn this view, yet il receives cOnfr-
mat on from the large number of passengers on
I o,A hot -. Him INN ,,f hnr loSs RI
sides this. We are Informed that but six persons
were land at Havana. Of which number. some
were probably destined for that place. The ad-
diIiouS from the Isthmus were twenty eight. of
whom only three saved. The total loss Of
human beings hy this terrible disaster. is rcck-
oned at four hundred ard twenty.siX. The
schooner ported as having abandoned the Cen
ual Amrricn in the midst of her distress. turns
out to lie the FL Dorado. Of New York, Captain
Stonr who shows by his log hook in tho most
conclusive manner, that he not only id not
abandon the sinking steamer. but was the last to
| ave her vicinity This statement Of Captain
Ston" and the log book. is confirm hy the gal
liant Capt. Burt, of the brig Marine. who tcstfes
to having spoken the FL Dorado on the morning
following the disaster. 1t is subject OF congratu-
lation TO know. that an Amer can commander did
not prove r. crcant and devoid oi all the com.
mon principles Of humanity.
From India Il G latest dates are August 18th.
Gen. Havrock, after having advanced to
within one days march nf Lucknow has been
obliged to fall mck ON Cawnporr. on account of
the cholera having broken out among his small
| forcr
There is n dismal report via CCylon. that the
ravagps Of the cholera among the troops before
Delhi had compelled them TO retire to Agra.
According 10 the latest authentic news from
Delhi not only were the Europeans still before
that place, but they had been strongly re-inforc-
! ed and a general assault was expected in few
! days
A plot had been discovered and thwartcd, to
massacre the Europeans at Ben0res and Jrssorc.
Returns of the results of the massacre of Eu
roprans at CawmpOre. show that the victims num-
brred IS officers 1870 privatcs, 100 women and
children belonging to the army. aud about 400
| civilians The women were stripped max, d. he
head, d and thrown into we'll. aud their children
were hurld down alive upon The mangled bo
dies.
The siekcning accounts from CHwnpore will
excite a feeling Of horror and ind gnatOn in
cry human breast Poor Miss Wheclr shot six
of The villains with her fathers pistols before she
| fell Aud when geutlc, highly educated girl
! accustomed 10 every luxury. will in the hour of
danger net so nollv. what chance is there tor the
success of this robt llion?
The Dinnpore artillery are reported to have
destroyed upward ot five hundred Of the Srpoys
| who were passing down the GANGS in boats
! Five large hoats were entirely destroyed. The
artillery was on the river bank, mask, d.
News reached town yesterday, that tn" litl"
band at AIrah are still safe The defense they
| have made is of the nobest character, There
were fifty Sikh Srpoys aud thy to a man fought
, like heroes. Their first discharge killed upward
of score Of rehelS