Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-14
NEW YORK, ooRREsPoNDEHcE. -
NEW YoRK.. October 5, 1858.


The event of the week is;t the complete -destrnn.
tien of the Crystal Palace ~ fire.. This imgsnse
fabric, although constructed of glass and iron in
che main, YVES wreck in, ths incredibly short time
of twenty minutes from the beginning Of the con-
aacration SO rapidly did the flames spread that
time was not given. to snatch the money -drawers ;
and Of the great amount Of articles on exhibition,
$4,000 worth was not saved, 1t is not known
that any lives were lost. A large number Of visit
ors were in the Palace at the time about o'clock,
P. NJ y and it is hardly possible that all escaped
Besides the ireparable loss of the productions Of
the fine Arts and the Mechanic Inventions, the to.
tal loss to all parties concerned reaches the enor-
nous sum Of about one million of dollars.
The fire is supposed to have been the work of an
incendary, iuasmuch as it originated some dis
tance from ehe locality the machinery, butt may
be safely attributed to carlessness.
Twenty-Five more of the passengers Of the III
fated ship Austria were rescued BY the Norwegian
Bark, Cattarind and carried to Quebec. They
managed to cling to the bows of the vessel until
they were taken off. Too much praise cannot be
given to the French and Norwegian vessels for
their noble conduct towards the unfortunate
Up to this date the whole number saved is eighty
nine.
The Clipper Ship recently sunk off Montauk
Point, Long Island and reported as the Elizabeth
of New Orleans, now proves to be the Haidee OF
New York. After landing 9G0 Africans in Cuba,
she was sailed to tbs above named point, where
the crew scuttled her, betaking themselves to the
shore and dispensing. A part Of the crew were
captured, and they are now undergoing an eIani-
nation they will escape punishment. -
Gen. Paez, the co-adjutor Of Bolivar, the Wash
ington of South America, in the revolution OF
1880, has been recalled from banishment of Vene-
zuela. The ceremonies Of his recall were held at
the Metropolitan Hotel in the presence Of an en-
thusiastic crowd. Patriotic speeches were made,
and all were glad at the act Of justice toward the
surviving liberator of the Argentine Repubr in the
struggle against the proud and eIacting dominion
of Spain. 1t will be proud day for him when
he again receives the applause Of his countrymen,
if they do not change their notions before he can
make the voyage.
Rev. s. L. Baldwin, Lady and three female
teachers, Episoopalians, have just departed from
this port on missionary pilgrimage to the Celes-
tial Empire. They are the pioneers of Christian
i,y to that Empire under the new treaty, and they
will test the truth of the concessions granted to
Christian Nations in regard to religious privileges
They bear with them the most earnest hopes OF
success from all denominations.
It appears that rascality and stupendous swind-
ling schemes ore not confined to Christian coun-
tries exclusively A magnificent counterfeitiug
operation has been recently discovered in Turkey,
as projected from this already famous city. The
chief operator is Moldovian woman, who came
to this country to get bills made on the Turkish
Banks. She engaged typo to printa large num-
Der of what he supposed to be "Chinese labels"
He did not imagine for moment that the barbar-
GUS looking sheets, covered with hieroglyphics,
were Bank bills. The woman went to Turkey,
leaving about 100000 in the hands of the print
er until called for. She was discovered, and the
counterfeit bills found in her possession. Requi-
sition for search in this city was sent on, with
the result of finding the remainder of the counter
feits carelcssly slowed away in the printers
shelves. Typos eyes expanded when he was in