The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-04-08
TERR1pLE FlRr IN CoNsrAxrlNorLE

-r-Tie. IIfyant fIerdtI gives full ace,
count of the terrible and disastrous fire.
at Constaftnople on the Goth of LAST
mouth. Itbfoke out shortly after NJ
o'clock at night, in the Roman Catholic
Convent Of st. Benoit, in Galata, and in
"a short tinie;spread among the wooden
buildings around, and ragged oyer,a, large
extent of, ground, a, The sisters and fe-,
male pupils. Of the institution, were, with
great difficulty, rescued, and rushed from
The 5iuirr;;ii::TGg 5uirr;;ii::TGg buildings with any scanty
garments they could seize on the, mo,
ment. Some sixty. toloumbajees, with
four fro engines. had stationed them
selves along the high stone wall in d
corner of the convent quadrangle, where
they were not SO much exposed to the
flames, and could W ork their engines with
more effect. With % them were stand,
ing large number Of policemen and,
general spectators, when suddenly, and
without the slightest warning, the wall
toppled outward, literally crestipg oyer
the doomed crowd below like the curve of
a breaking wave, and, barying the ell.
gineS with the whole Of their crows, and
a large number Of police and on looking
crowd. Not q man who bad stood with.
inthe shadow oftne fallen walls escaped.
'r Almost simultaneously, portion of
the western wall fell over on small,
densely inhabited house, outside the con
vent limits, and, crushing through its
roof killed, tits said, eight Of the inmates,
who engaged in ehdeavorlng to rescue
their effects. Altogether tits estimated
that upwards Of one hundred persons lost
their lives a The, dangers attending any
attemps to, ,extinguish the flames in the
narrow streets Of Galata, the deficiencies
of the capital in proper fire engincs, and
the wantof water caused the conhagation
to have in all ats. own way, aud it only
became extingnshed when it had burned
out all within its reach, and when its
farther progress was stopped by wide
gaps made by pulling down distant
20 ,TERRiBLE, SHIPwREoK. The follow.
insis from the Straits Times, a Singapore
paper 'F SaT' '"."'@S .oA q
"On January ~, n Chnamaa, much
bruised about the body, presented him.
self at the shipping Office, and said that
he had left Swatow n fortnight before, in
a tlsree.masted schooner, with FIVE hun.
dred and fifty other passengers On the
night of the 9th, he said, at the entrance
to the Straits, barely thirty.miles from
Singapore, thevesscl. going at full speed,
dashed against the lighthouse rocks; a
moment aiterward she fell back, filled
rapidly, and sank in deep water, with
ALL hands on board. The man. who be.
lieved himself the only survivor, got
hold ofa piece of wood, on which he
foated a whole day and night. wien he
was pickednp by SOME 6shermeh. This
story, so fearful in its details, was
scarcely believed,in at first; but fatal
confirmation of it arrived day af.er.
ward from the Dutch Resident at RHO.
One Of the, crew Of the ship, 4, Swede,
named Christensen, was picked up and
brought ashore at 'Rhio,l and his story
was the same as the Chinamans a The
vessel was the Hamburg schooner Can.
so'ij ''ohIu. iioui IpWulOW, w LolURapOre. -
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-. CANCER CuREDs-7A gentlemat, Of our
acquaintance, who had been seriously
suffering from what was either a cancer,
or something very much like one, has
been cured entirely by the following
Simple application. Wegiye,it, hoping
that it may relieve other individuals
similarly situated: Make strong de.
coction ofred oak bark-Llet It be boiled
nniilit Is as stiff as ordinary adhesive
plaster Spread il ona patch of silk
cloth, and apply it to the diseased part.
Let'it remain until it comes off ITSELF
renew it until the sore tis healed. Let
no water come near the place during the
treatment. = Eagye''2s agye's{ .sa..aa! ssa..a cSs:rsl:ae}
.Adgertisw.s a t.,,5 ~
| The Rev. Dr., Ross, oftIe Prreesbyterian
church, has been banished from Nashville
and ordered South. THE Montgomery
| !Adve1tieer says ,nthat during the Yankee