AMERICA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 808, 13 June 1879, Page 2

AMERICA.

The city of Columbus, Ohio} is feuffer^ ing from a strange epidemic of inceiiiiliarc ism. To use che words of one of 'the local papersj it is " terrorised}" by firebugs." During the week ended the Bth April no fewer than forty fires occurired, r enta"iliiig heavy loss, all of which could be traced to incendiaries. On the nighfiSf the 7th' April eight 'stabler were burned, and various other attempts were made to set buildings on fire. .The City CounciUield a special.meeting, on the Bth, andresolved.to spend 10,000 dols. if necessery to stamp out incendiarism and restore quiet to the city. One hun'dred'isuspicious characters have beenarrested, and the- luilitiaTf ully 1 ; armed, patrol the streets and alleys at night. The; incendiaries, not unfrequently? effect their object T)yithrowing bundles of rag^ saturated with coal oU through open windows, and seem to be actuated by no other motive than, the! pleasure, of ? .dea-. troying- property, ;;-. ; ;-. : ,• * /;■ . .■: DESPERATE BNOOtofTERS '■■ '•'- ■ Panama?; Api-il 24th; •« Stay aiM Herald" tells a Story \'of attempted revblution ; there. A plot to Upset 5 the State Government had been concerted by disaffected, ppliticians r who sought.to purchase ' the- officers of Columbian .guards on the Isthmus and secured some. The commander of the regjmeht, becoming cognizant of the facts, rebuked his officers, ' which so incensed' themthat Captain Obaldiah assulted the Colonel with his sabre, and was shot down by the Colonel's son, aged '-18 years, and a lieutenant in the battalion. The row then- became : general, and Continued- untilJOolonel. VaryajaLand Jiia son, four other offices and several men were killed, ' and from 8 -to 10' wdunded. News of the tragedy was around town, and adherents af jthe Government at once decided to check' the attempt at revolution and punish crimes committed in Ouartel. They kept up fire on tKe National -barracks ' from half -past six until nearly nine following wheti the troops unconditionally -surrendered. Thirty were killed) and "as many wounded. The city is quite. ; Martial law is proclaimed.