The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-10-10
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dred persons are thrown out Of employ
ment. The origin of the fire is unknown
Our Government has official informa'
tiop of the existence of the insurrectiOn
in St. Croix, but the advices say moth"
ing of the number of lives supposed to
be lost. St. Croix is embraced in the
consular district Of St. Thomas, under
the Jurisdiction of Consul V. V. Smith,
According to the latest reports received
at the State department here, the mob
had succeeded 10 capturing and destroy
ing Frederickstad. There is a United
States consular agent resident there, and
it is supposed that his house has been
destroyed with others. All the help
available has been sent FROM St. Thomas
by the Danish authorities. There is no
reason known for the ipsurrection. as 1t
Was supposed that the Danish authors
.iAa -haa-h4sn very mild towards the
inhabitants. In addition to the Ply
mouth, sent to the protection Of the
American citizens 10 St. Croix, the
navy department has also ordered a
vessel from the West India station
nearest to the disturbed region to hasten
on the same mission.
THE SAVAGE RED MEN.-A special
to the Globe Democrat, from Topeka,
says that the Indians who recently, went
north after crosslng'the Kausas-Pacifc
Railroad, returned to Decatur County
and raided the settlements there. Their
main depredatious were on Sappa Creek.
Every residence for twelve miles was
plunderei, all the cattle stampeded and
what oft crops was left by the Indians
has been eaten up or destroyed by the
stock. The number Of killed is not
vet known. Several bodies have been
found and buried. Among them were
four members of q family namel Lam
ing, the mother being brutally outraged
by several Indians. The house Of H..
A. Colum wIs surrounded by Indians,
but he and bis wife with shot gun and
revolver drove the Indians away, killing
and wounding several. Other cases
similar to this occurred. Nearly all the
settlers along Sappa Greek have taken
refuge in Abcline, and arc being cared
for. They have literally been stripped
of everything they possessed 1t is
reported that the troops have scattered
the Indians in all directions, aad that
the worst is over. The Adjutant-Gen-
eral has received telegram from Gen.
Sheridan announcing that the Cheyenne
Indians are closely pursued by the
troops. Reports have been received
that the Indians at the Spotted Tail
agency have left the reservation and are
committing depredatious in the sur
rounding country. The situation is
regarded serious.
The City of Glasgow Bank, hereto>
fore considered one of the strongest in
stitutions of tho kind in Europe, has
failed, the liabilities amounting to
about $4,000, 900. Many other fails
ures in business circles will be caused
by it, as several large ship building
firms havo already closed up. The
Bank of Mona, local branch of the
City of Glasgow Bank in the Isle of
Man, held s1,5OO,OOO to sl,75O,OOO
deposits, being about all the spare
money in the island, and many persons
are left destitute, The immediate cause
of the failure was the impossibility of
any longer getting bills drawn from
India on the Bank of Glasgow discount
ed on the London market, circum'
stance which explains, to some extent,
the feverish oscillations for some mouths
past in the rates demanded for loans.
These bills had been sold 10 India to
Indian banks, ostensibly against the
shipment Of produce, and ultimately