REPORTER
Wednesday, June -,4,1845.
alusmiliarabireardimoir.•
The Olface of the Bradford Re
porter has been removed to Col.
Means' Brick Store, (up stairs,)
entrance on the North side.
Another Disastrous Fire hi Pitts!
burg
Sixty to Seventy Houses in ashes—
One hundred andfifty to two hun
' Bred families, comprising seven to
nine- hundred persons rendered en
tirely Ihuseless and Hgnaless! !
The Morning Ariel of May 28th says:
" Our city has again been the scene of
another-disastrous confiadration—more
dreadful than the first as regards the ac
tual suffering which will follow, al
though comparatively small when the
amount of property is considered.
About a quarter before 9 o'clock last
evening, .2 -fire , was discovered in the
stable of Samuel Young, drayman, on
Seventh Street, a few doors below Coal
lane, which soon extended to the sur
rounding buildings—all of which were
of wood—filled with poor families; ma
ny of 'whom has removed there since
the grert fife.. • .
'filers appeared little or no wind
stirring at the time, but as the flames
spread a strong current of air was pro
duced, which changed to different
points as the fire increased—following
the largest body of Lames, and hurling
blazing cinders in every direction 4y
turns.
Our firemen were promptly upon the
ground, and worked nobly and unceas
ingly to arrest the destruction, but the
scarceness of water and want of proper
and sufficient hose, greatly impeded
their efforts. Near 11 o'clock the fire
was got under, and by 20 minutes past
11 all danger of farther destruction was
past,. although' ` the engines were still
playing when we left the ground at half
past 11.
The stable in which the fire oiigina
tad was about forty feet from Seventh
street, and in this distance were a row
of wooden tenements, which were sav
ed—that immediately in front of the
stable being occupied by Mr, Young.
Three , horses which were in his stable,
were Saved. From this point the fire
spread up Poplar lane (or alley) to
Washington street, (two houses, on'
the corner, saved ;) in a northeasterly
direction, sweeping all the buildings to
Prospect street ; crossed Prospect st..
destroying all the buildings to the brow
of the hill at the intersection of Quarry
street ; down from the direction of
Washington street to within a few
doors of Fountain street, where by ex
traordinary exertion, it was stayed.
The amount of grourid now covered
with ruins is computed at about three
acres, more or less, and which was com
paaly built up with wooden tenements,
literally stowed full with poor families,
many of Whom have lost every thing
they possessed in the world, and have
neirther shelter nor the means of getting.
it. The dwellingS were generally poor
and of n`o great value, many of them
double, and in which some two or three
families lived, heaven knows how
The ground belonged to the O'Hara
.. \ t
estate, and was leased ; Mi.. Harmer
Denny is gent. The buildings did
sk
not belong to the estate, but to those
who lived in t em, or landlords in other
parts of the c 4.
nt
We passed through the burnt dis
trict after the fire had abated, and
az
en
deavored to make a calculation of the
loss. The n umber of houses burned
will not v y fel' from sixty to seventy.
The loss of property will not, we think,
exceed s4o,ooo—perhaps not over
$30,000.
It is impossible to tell how many fa
milies have ' been rendered homeless—
probably 150 to 200. These will com
prise from 700 to 900 persons. In rico
part of the city'could a fire have occur
red, by which less property would have
been destroyed, or which would have
caused more actual destitution. But
one brick house, Mr. Mackerel's was
burned.
The' fire was, beyond a doubt, the
work of incendiaries.• Mr. Young had
fed his horses before dark, and was
down town when the fire broke out.
Twq, or • three attempts have lately
been made to fire this district. One
was noticed in the city papers a few
days ago, at which time a stable adjmn
ing Young's *as fired, and a horse's
throat cut. The sufferers are almost
exclusively Irish.
M (TREERING INJEST--A VERY STRANGE
CIRCUMSTANCE.--A very singulsr cir
cumstance, involving a duel:and death,
took place at Cincinnati last Tuesday
week. An Englishman named Ro
bert Bland kept a tavern in that city.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, as we
learn from the " Commercial," Mr.
Bland got to arguing with one Samuel
Powell on the subject of shooting at a
mark• and each had been boasting of his
skill. From shooting at a mark, the
subject turned on duelling, when Bland
went behind the bar in his tavern and
took up a pair of pistols letting Powell
take his choice, signifying that they
could determine the point by a trial of
skill. As they both went out of the
Tavern door, Mr. B. said to Powell,
The pistols are !leaded." They had
agreed it appears to fire at a distance of
twenty steps, but after taking their po
sitions, in the manner of duelists, they
each walked about two or three paces,
wheeled and both fired ! The result
of this was that Mr. Bland was shot,
the ball entering the right side and then
passing through the regiun of the chest
to the point of the shoulder blade where
it lodged. He lingered till about half
past 8 o'clock next morning, when he
died, leaving a wife and two children.
Both parties in this tragedy were na
tives of England, and what led to it was
a mystery. During - Abe' night follow
ing, Mr. B. stated that " he had not in
tended to kill Powell, and was glad he
did not."
T11E14 9 5 Ott SENT! Id WITS. "—The
Lancaster Intelligencer in speaking of
the cry of "Proscription," raised by
the whigs because a few of the pamper
ed revilers of Democratic men and mea
sures, have been rewarded by dismissals
from office, under the new administra
tion, makes the following just remarks :
" We see that some of the whig papers
are deploring any removals by the
President, of those whigs now in office !
This, to say the least, is cool. Do
these papers forget, or, if they do, do
they think that Democrats forget, the
demoniac glee with which Mr. Granger
announced, in the House of Represen
tatives, at Washii,2 „ gton, the number of
heads that had been and would be cut
off by the Harrison administration ?
This is one of those things that cannot
be forgotten. We hope there will be
no lack of determination on the part of
the new administration to disregard
these lamentations of the whigs. Had
'hairy Clay been elected, there would
not now, to use an expression of his,
in the United States Senate, before the
installation of General Harrison, be a
democrat left as a solitary monument
of whig magnanimity." To use an
other - declaration of his, the reply to
Democratic protestations against whig
removals, would be, " we cannot afford
to appoint your friends !" "
ROBERT M. BARR, Esq., of Reading,
has been appointed by Gov. Shunk,
Reporter of the Decisions of the Su
preme Court of this State, under the
act passed by the last Legislature.—
We believe it could not have been more
worthily bestowed. Mr. BARR is a
gentleman of high legal attainments,
and undoubted literary .acquirements,
and we have no doubt that he will give
to legal profession a work that will
merit their .unqtialifted approbation.--
As vmember of the Bar, and one ex
clusively engaged in the practice of the
law, he is fully conscious that the fra
ternity look for the quality, not the
quantity, of the various cases decided ;
and in making up his reports be will be
careful not tax them with pages of worh
lead shatter:
Frit= laveslosT.—A dreadful ac
cident was reported at Liverpool on the
sailing of the Britannia, 4th instant, of
which a very brief notice appears in pa-
pers of that date. -A great multitude
had assempled on the suspension bridge
at Yarmouth, on the 2d inst., to see a
clown navigate the river in a tub drawn
by four geese. At the time appointed
for the performance, the bridge gave
way and several hundred persons fell
into the river. Forty dead bodies had
been taken out, and it was feared many
more were yet in the river.
Election of a Bishop,
The Episcopal Convention, which
Intel in Philadelphia on the 22d ult. for
the purpose of electing a Bishop -of the
Diocese of Pennsylvania, in place of
the late' Bishop Onderdonk. After
several days labor succeeded in elect.
ing Dr. Alonzo Potter, of Schenectady,
N. Y. The Clergy, on the first day
Grille Session, nominated the Rev. Dr.
Bowman, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
as bishop; but the laity (who have the
poier of approving or disapproving the
nomination of the clergy) rejected it by
a majority of eighteen! In the even
ing, Dr. Tyng, who had withdrawn
from the canvass in the morning, was
_placed in nomination again before the
clergy. Dr. Bowman was also re
nominated. An ineffectual effort was
then, tnade to make a nomination ; nei
ther having received a majority of the
votes in convention. Considerable dif
ficulty now ensued, and much excited
debate ; and the matter ended for the
evening in the appointment of a com
mittee of conference, mho were ,to ri
port new candidates. On the morning
of Friday, the committee of conference
reported the name of the Rev. Monio.
Potter as the compromise candidate for
bishop. 'Phe clergy then proceeded to
take a vote, when Dr. Potter received
forty votes, being a majority of the
whole. The nomination was then re
ferred 'to the• laity, and unanimously
confirmed. The new bishop has the
reputation of being a man of great ability
arid eloquence:
THE FRANKING Puivit.non.—During
the discussion in favor of abolishing
the franking privilege, it was contended
that members of Congress had franked
their shirts home to be washed. The
romance created a smile, but it seems
that something like it has actually oc
curred. A Mr. Beech of Georgia, in
debate, charged Mr. Giddings of Ohio
with having franked « a calico frock,"
marked Pub. Doc. It turns out to have
been E. D. Potter who franked home
the frock. The Pnstmaster says it was
M'Nulty's frank, but the package was
directed to Mrs. E. D. Potter, and at
the next mail some more dry goods
were franked in the same manner.
TEE REPEAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW
ORLEANS BROKEN CP.—We 'perceive
that at a meeting of the Irish Repeal
Association of Louisiana, in New Or
leans after some resolutions condemna
tory of the course of O'Connell, and
expressive of the determination of the
members to maintain their loyalty to
this, the land of their adoption, with
out reference to the command of O'Con
nell, or anp other demagogue whatever,
the association was dissolved, and it
was determined that the funds then in
the hands of the Treasurer, should be
tqually divided—one half to be devoted
to the Female Orphan Society, and the
other half to the Charity Hospital.
LARGE HAUL OF FISII.—The New
Haven Courier states that the largest
haul of white fish ever taken in that
place were last Monday, week, when
1,500,000 were taken. One million
is the largest number ever before taken
at once in the harbor, and taken last
year at that place. The net used is
three hundred and fifty rods long, and'
yet it was filled to overflowing. So
great was the rush of fish in a body
from one extreme to the other of the
next, that a bystander represents to
noise to have been equal to that of a
steamboat. At the rate they are sold,
this haul would produce the snug little
sum of $750
SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS.—Ths Pre
sident has ordered the following amonnt
of public lands to be offered for sale :
In lowaTerritory, upwards of 2,500,-
000 acres.
Missouri, upwards of 1,000,000.
Arkansas, about 1,000,000.
Louisiana, about 150,000.
Florida, about 600,000
These sake embrace lands of the
greatest variety of soil and climate
which-the Union possesses, and some
of the. best perhaps in the world,
NEW PAPER.—We' have received the
three first numbers of the ••-Morning
Ariel," a new democratic daily paper
published in Pittsburg, by W. C. Tobey
mid H. Keine. It is neatly •• got up"
and neatly •• woiled off"—contains a
variety of interesting and entertaining
matter, and we doubt not will receive a
patronage equal to its merits. We
wish them better fortune than geneially
falls to lot of Printers. •
Vessi 114 n 1 fill Nations:
Mr. Daniel Shannon, a worthy in
habitant, until recently, of this village;
says the Jackson (Mich.)- Gazette, re
ceived a letter a few days since, inform
ing him of a deposit in a bank in Ire
land, in his favor of .Q 90,000, which
proves to be a portion of an estate to
which he is heir at law. We take it
there are but few of our citizens who
would not like to be in his shoes, about
- these days -------Richardtaton, Esq. a
venerable and respected citizen of Bal
timore, died on Monday week, after a
short illness, at the advanced age of 83
years. Mr. C. was a native of Lanca
shire. England, and has been a resident
of Baltimore for the last sixty-two
years. Ile married the eldest daughter
of the late Charles Carroll, of Carroll
ton, and is the father of the Marchioness
,of Wellesly, and also of the Lady Staf
ford & Duchess of Leeds. —A Hip
popottamus, by some supposed to be
the Behemoth of Scripture, has arrived
in New York. It was captured not
long since by a boat's crew from New
Bedford vesser at the mouth of a river
in A frica.--A new bonnet made of
braided silk has been introduced into
New York, and is all the rage.—A
Cotton Factory with 1190 spindles,
and making 400 lbs. of yarn per day,
has been established at - Woodville, In
diana. Van the celebra
ted lion-tather, arrived at Boston in , the
steamer Hibernia. He has amassed a
handsome fortune, and now returns to
his native l land in the prime of health.
—American silk fabrics, of superior
quality, are manufactured in Jefferson
county, Alabama. A' young girl,
named Ann Mason, committed suicide
in Pittsburg, on Thursday week, by
taking poison. Among those-recom
mended to -succeed Mr. Rives in the
U. S. Senate, the name of Ex-Presi
dent Tyler has been mentioned.—
The Mormons are likely to excite much
indignation by such paragraphs as the
following, which appeared in a late
number of the-- Nauvoo Neighbor.—
" May God, who never errs, sprinkle
upon every man and city, that belies
the saints, (Morinons4 as upon Pitts
burg, now and then, a hot drop.—
The Grand Jury of U. S. Court, in
Boston, have found a bill of indictment
against Capt. P. Flowery, of • the
schooner Spitfier, for piracy, in being
engaged in the slave trade on the coast
of Africa.—Accounts from Antwerp
represent that port as swarming with
emigrants, seeking a passage to this
country.=—The gross value of proper.
ty in the United States is estimated at
four thousand millions of dollars,
The population of St. Louis in 1830
was 6,252; in 1845 35,730.—New
Bedford, Mass., has been scourged with
scarlet fever, especially among the
children. The Bulletin speaks of no
less than 25 bodies waiting for inter
ment at the same time, on one day of
last week.—The Rev. Mr. Pierpont,
by the terms of his separation with the
Hollis street church, Boston, receives
all his arrearages of salary amounting
to' about $14,000. The Cincinnati
papers are rejoicing over the prospect
of a speedy communication with,Lake
Erie, by means of the railway from that
city to Sandusky. The additional
stock of $5,000 *required has all been
taken. ---A colored lecturer on Slavery
went to Woodbury, N. J., a few days
ago, and was roughly handled by a
mob. —Gen. Tom Thumb is the rage
among the Parisians at. •present. One
of the Journals says, " No such sensa
tion has been created among the fair,
since the first appearance of Lemuel
Gulliver, at the Court of Brobdignag."
work of enlargment on the .
Morris Canal, N. J., will be completed
next month, when boats of 60 ton will
be enabled to pass the whole length of
the canal. There are fifty-five law
yers located •in the village of Memphis,
in Tennessee ! How the people live
is a mystery.—The number of deaths
in Philadelphia, during the last week,
were 160. The Boston Post says
that some Millerites in Kirkland, Me.,
undertook to cure a man of an ulcer in
the heel by praying and pouring cold
water upon it for half an hour.. The
patient was seized with violent pains,
and will probably die in consequence.
—Cucumbers, cherries, strawberries
and cream, were served up at the Na
tional Hotel in Washington, on Priday
—A thunder storm of great violence
burst over New York on Thursday
evening.
INTERESTING FRG!! MExtco.-7-Proba
ble Restoration of Santa .artna--.-Dates
from Vbra Crui. have been received at
New -York to the 2d inst. The - Ameri ,
can squadron of four vessels was still .at
Veia Crui. the U. S. Squadien con
sisting of the itimship Princeton and
other, vessels, under the command of.
Commodore Stockton, had arrived at
Vera Cruz. The usual friendly salutes
were exchanged between the squadron
and the Mexican fortificatiOns.
The British Minister "fin Texas had
Arrived at Vera Cruz in a vessel of. war
from Galveston, and proceeded by et
presses to the city of Mexico.
The friends of Santa Anna"are rapidly
extending their influence throughout the
Republic, and his testoratton to power is
looked upon as highly probable, if not
certain. The . late earthquake, whibli
was very destructive- to property and
life in the Villa de Rio Blanco, swallow
ing the inhabitants as though huge mon
sters were feasting upon human beings,
was one of the causes which have tend;
ed to produce this extraordinary change
in public opinion, the Clergy having
preached upon it as an evidence of the
wrath of Heaven towards the people of
Mexico for their ingratitude to a great
chief. The New York Sun says :
The influence of Signor Almonte, the
former private Secretary of Santa Amin,
and late Minister in the United - States,
has also been exerted in favor of the fal
len President. The next arrival may
bring us acounts ofSanta Anna's peac e .
ful restoration to power. In the, mean
time the acting Government has sent to
Texas an ultimatum, offering independ
ence guarantied by France and England,
provided Texas rejects annexation ;
which offer, being de facto a recognition
of independence, will be rejected ; and
the present Government of Mexico be
coming unpopular at home, abdicates in
favor Santa Anna ; Texas then comes
into the Union, and we pay a few hun
dred thousand to Santa Anna, to heal the
wound inflicted upon Mexican honor by
the course of the provisional administra
tion. Such appears to be the probable
.course of events, and the restoration of
Santa Anna, though acceptable to En
gland and France, may prove advanta
geous to all parties.
The Mexican Congress remained in
session. The President had proposed
a loan of three millions of dollars, to
meet the expenses of a war with the
United States, should Texas agree to
annexation. The people are exceeding
ly anxious for a • war with the United
States
Foreign News.
Arrival of - the Britannia.
The Royal Mail Steamer Britannia,
Capt. John Hewett, arrived at her berth,
at East Boston, yesterday morning,
about 7 o'clock, from Liverpool on the
4th inst., and has consequently made
the passage in 144. days, including the
detention at Halifax.
The European news is of an interest
ing character, while the Parlimentary
intelligence is confined - chiefly to one
subject—the proposed grant to the Ro
man Catholic College at Maynooth.
The Maynooth Endowment bill has
caused an extraordinary excitement,
both in and out of parliament, The de
bate in the House of Commons, on this
bill was continued throughout one 'en
tire week. Numerous petitions from
all parts of the Kingdom were presented
to Parliment, mostly against the propo
sed grant, while Protestant meetings, to
discuss the question, continued to be
held in London and other places...
It will be observed that the third read
ing of Maynooth bill was postponed till
the 19th of May— in the meantime the
strong party out of Parliament, opposed
to the grant, intended to use every exet
lion to defeat its final passage through
the House of Commons.
It will be remarked. under the head
of Ireland, that the Maynooth grant is
not accepted as a gift from England, but
as a just concession of Ireland's rights.
The British journals are principally
filled with long Parliamentary debates
on the Maynooth . question, and long
leaders upon the same subject.
The question of war with the Uuited
States has not been discussed by these
journals, but the greatest anxiety is mani
fested to learn the effect in America of
the British Premier s speech in Parlia
ment, on President Polk's address. The
arrival of the steamer Great - Western
was anxiously looked for.
There appears to be some doubt
whether the Queen will visit. Ireland.
No official notice respecting her visit
has yet appeared.
The Duke of Wellington completed
his 76th year on the Ist inst:
The naval force of Great Britain con
sists cf 680 ships of war, carrying from
1 to 120 guns each. Of this number
there are 125 armed steam vessels, con
structed on the moat, approved princi
ples. This immense fleet , employs in
time of peace 23,000 able-bodied seamen,
2,000 stout lads, and 94 companies of
Royal Mbrines.
REVENUE OF ENGLISII RAILWAYS.-
The aggregate receipts fromtrafic since
the let of January, on the principal pub
lic railways, amounts, in_roufidnUmbers,
to R 1,210,000, whilst lust year it only
reached $1,054,000, at the same period,
being an increase of £ 1 50.000, on one
quarter. Of increase £ 2 5,000, bet on
8 1
to the Great Western ; £ 1 2.000, to th e
Lontion'and Burlingham; £ll,OOO,
he Grand junction ; .E 5,000, to th e
North of England ; £6,000, to the L ot ,
don and Brighton ; £ l O,OOO, to. the
Manchester and Leeds; £21,000, to
the Mullande; £22,000, to the South
Eastern . and 5;000. to the Eastern
Counties and the North Eastern.
DRRADfi6L CALAMITY AT YAA/tOtip.
—..Nottwlcn,Ridoy evening, eight o ,
clock.--LThe most awful excitement per.
vades this city. A most -dreadful acci
dent has occured at Yarmouth. iti r.
Nelson, the clown, belonging to Mr.
Cock's Circus. now at Yarm outh, an
nottneed the performanc e of beingtirmen
by four geese in the North The
suspension bridge across this river, an d
about 518 .persons were on the bridge,
when, horrible to relate, between fire
and six o'clock the bridge fell in. his
reported that 100 to 150 perished. The
utmost constetnatioh exists here ; Ppe,
cial trains It: ye started ; the telegraph
is beset by hundreds, anxious to- obtain
hews of relatives and friends. The re
port is, that aireidy fifty-three persons
have, been picked out dead. I t is
thougt many more are still in the river.
COLA WEATHER --0 n Friday itiOrD•
'jug last, very early—Mr. Jack Frost
paid a general visit this country. Hi s
stay was not long on that day, but it is
rraid he was seen again on Saturday
morning. Great complaints are made
of the depredations he committed du
ring the time he was here. ' Nearly all
the vegetables in our gardens were de
destroyed•—•and it •is supposed the fruit
in the surrounding country is very se
riously injured.
FASHION AGAIN Viclontous:—W e
learn that the second great race t - etween
Fashion and and Peytona which came
off on the Camden Course on- Tuesday,
28th ult., resulted in the victory of the
former, she beating the Southern mare
with ease. Time, Ist heat 7,47.-2 d
do. 7,58. A melancholy accident oc
curred on the ground by the falling of
a scaffolding, killing some two three
persons, and wounding a'great many
others.
DESTRUCTION OF A VILLAGE:ISt Fute
—'We learn that a fire 'broke main the
small village of Paris, in Washington
county, Pa., about thirty miles nom
Pittsburg, on Friday morning, week,
and.destroyed seventeen or eighteen
houses, including several dwelling hens•
es; stores, blacksmith shops, &c. The
village contained about twenty hum,
three only of winch escaped.
LUXURIES.—The Reading and Lan:
caster papers boast that they have been
luxurating on strawberries and cream
these ten days, past. Wish they bad
sent 4' a few" up here during the la e
cold weather',—they could hare come
most of the way in ice.
CHINA.—The number of Protestant
Missionaries of different denominations
in China is now 35, many of whom
have wives that are actively engaged
with them in diffusing christian know
ledge: =
KILLING BIRDS BY Licumnic. , —A
dove on the roof of Military
_Hall, Ri
ver street, Troy, was killed by light
ning_during the severe a.under shower
of Tuesday the 27th
Show.—The Montrose papers s
there was a brisk snow storm at t
place on Sunday morning, 261 h ul
which completely whitened the grom
JAUNDICE is generally aceompame ,
with languor and inactivity, a kind o
itching or prikting pain over the whole
body, difficulty of breathing. a Wier
taste in the mouth, loathing of food.
sickness of the stomach, flatulency.
furred tongue, heartburn; distension of
the bowels, costiveness,and other sytnii•
toms of indigestion.
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills ire
always certain to remove the abort
dangerous symptoms, arid will, in all
cases, if persevered with, make a per
fect cure ; because they carry off by
the stomach and bowels the s uperabon•
dance of which, when interrupted mil
downward passage, and taken initial
circulation, is diffused through th e
whole system. giving a d e ep.vello v .
color to the skin and eyes, and decant
jug all the functions of the body.
For sale at the store ofJ. b,
D. Montanye, in TAanda, and b!,
agents published in another column ci
this paper.
ear Caution.—As counterfenel
are abroad, avoid all stores ut dab&
character, and beparticular in
ail ca!
ses, to ask for Tf*right's 10;Sn IV'
table Pills.
Died;
On Sunday Morning 25th of Mac,
Fewer, ENOS Tolktgliqs, JR. aged fi‘e
and nine months.