unhoundtd generosity la a stranger which liad prco corapara md preserved her Inst token, and mado "her loraparatively rich nnd Ifappy, TERRIBLE CALAMITY. FounTEKN Squares Destroykd BvFiftE at Montis. - from the Correspondent of the iV, Y.Era, Dated, Mobile, Oct, '8th. right to yon hastdy .to give you the first intelligence of -the hea jest disastct this thy has experienced since 1827. We were nearly all consumed last night by a dreadful lire, which laid at least four hundred lions eg in ashtrs. It broke out early in the eve tins, ifi v. untenanted house, in Oonccp-tion-sltcot, a doot of two from Danphin otreol. It was set on fire by some of the incendiary villiana who aeem tohave sworn the destruction of ihe city. A high north east wind was spreading it, and no Wa(r could be obtained tlntil it was utterly hope lens to contend with tho fury of tho flames, yrhich s$tad upward with a tacc-horse velocity, destroying every thing before them, At least twelve whole squares 1 have not been to r.ounl have been utterly consumed. The north sidef Conti, from Conception-aired to the Catholic square Volh sides of Dauphin, from Conception to Franklin; both sides of St. Frances and St. iichael, to nearly the same points, cover ing an erea of a third of a mils square, are utterly destroyed. The Episcopal and the small Catholic Church are burned' Nothing tended to save- the wholo city, noun and west, but the blowing up of many houses, at intervals, and the providential subsiding of the wind. I cannot compute the loss. Much of the property was old, but the most productive in the city. The rental destroyed was prodigious. Tiie banks, post-office, fcc,, being to the wmawaru oi me nre, happily escaped, as did the rest of tho town south of Conti and past of Conception-street. Extract of a letter, same date : Last night has been a meraorlablc night for Mobile, for our city is nearly all in ashes. A fire broke out at 8 o'clock, near the corner of Conti and Conception etreeta and made a clean sweep, including the north side ot Uontt to Franklin, up l'ranklin to or Michaels, down (St. Mi chads to Uonception, ana from thence to Conti. About fifteen blocks have been des troyed." The letter states that families were carried out of their houses sick with fever1 Extract of another, same data. We were aroused again -last night with the ery of fire, whiph proved to be on Con ception-street, between Dauphin and Conti streets the wind blowing fresh from the south cast. It burnt down Dauphin street to Reid s bake shop, and continued up town The flames spread with such rapidity, that nt one time it was thought the whole city would oe destroyed. At last it was check' ed by tho Methodist Episcopal Church it destroyed all tiie buildings on Conti to Dtuphin streets. St. Francis and St. Mi ehael streets. FOURTEEN SQUARES CONTAINING FROM FIVE TO SIX HUNDRED HOUSES, are now a heap ui ruins, anu i venture to say that one thousand families are left destitute, with not a shelter to put their heads in. It was the work of an incendiary, and I understand that four persons have been taken up on suspicion. Extract of another, same date. " A fire occured last nijht, which des troyed ten squares, containing six hundred nouses, j. ne nre originated at the corner of Dauphin and Conception streets, and its progress was airested towards Jackson street. At the lime I am writing, the fire still rages and the wind blows from th eastward, which will blow it away from me ousiness nart of t in town. The nart oflhecityon lire consists principally of "uu''" iiuubcs, occupicu principally dv creole and colored people. v y i I,, , i STILL ANOTHER CALAMITY. In onr yesterday's paper wo gave an accountof a disastrous fire at Mobile; the above from the Adveriiser being- a continu ation of particulars. And this morning in formation reached here of another destruc tive fire at that city, which occured on the night of Ilia 8th inst. (within 48 hours after the above) consuming property to a still greater amount. It is suggested by some of our citizens that a public meeting be held in our city to devise some means lor the relief of the large number of families in Mobile who have .been thro wn .out of their homes, and arc Buffering in addition from the prevailing sickness The following extract is from a letter dated. Mobile, Dlh October. Thccityds again on fire. About half past 2 o'clock this morning the Mansion House was in flames 5 the whole block of buildings of Eslava the Planter's Bank is burnt:, we depend upon tho strength of the vaults ; thsee are of solid sheet 'iron rivetted and then thick brick walls around and the notes of the bank, kept in an iron chest, in the cashief's vault:; and the funds of the haiik in the teller' vault, also -in an iron chest. Half pat Hon o'clock -The .fired .fully suppressed ami the general impression is, that the properly in the raultc of the bank js snie. i'ne cannier and teller peing ab sent with-Uie kcyj, -the vmills could not be .reached in time. Tho bank notes and bills receivable mid all other valuable .not ju t!it,TUlts were .saved. papers Thii us also Yesterday's conflacralion. is no doubt tho work of a gang of des- eradoes who infest our apparently doomed citv. Hitchcock's largo Hotel is burned to the ground. "v " Kxlract of atTothor letter." Wo had hardly got through giving you an account of the fire night beforo last, when we hae I to inform you that last night another fire uiuku uui in me iviaiisiwn riousc aim cuii- urned that building with the large Govern ment-street Hotel, the Market House, that plcnded edifice tho Planters' and Mer chants' Bank the books and papers of which we are happy to learn has been sa ved ; all the valuable Eslava property on Coyal street up Government-street to Dr. Robert's corner. Tho fire is mill raging, and God, only knows when it will stop Several attempts were made to burn Col. Lewis Judson's property in Water and Commerce-streets. Some six or seven whites have been takcu up on suspicion. The Poet Office, you know was in the Mansion House, The papers, we believe, arc saved." " Extract of another." Another con flagration last night. It appears that the dovils are determined to burn up tho whole city. I wrote to you yesterday about the lire that occurred the night before, when thcro were thirteen blocks of woodon buildings burned, but last night the fire commenced in third story of the Mansion House, which was totally consumed, as also the Planters' and Merchants' Bank, tha new hotel of Hitchcock's, in Government-street all on Royal between' Government an U Conti, to the old guard-house; all on Government up to Robert s house, ',td aii in front of the Mansion House. A reat many more attempts were made o fire seve ral other plages tho Chronicle office was attempted. I am afraid that we will go next. 1 will desctibe to you the bounda ries of the previous fire ; It commenced in llio rear of tho old theatre, burnt all on the north side of Conli-slreet, up to the Catho lic Church, and crossed to the Methodist Church; all on the south side of St. Mi-chael-street,down to St. Joachimstreet ; all on the south of St. Francis-street, the other side of the city square, up to Bean's house. Uur city is at present about half laid in Ash es and ruin. They have a number of per sons up on suspicion, but what it will a mount to there is no telling. Ttie place is nothing but smoke and ashes. Sickness at the JFes. The Peoria (111.) Register of September 28th, states that an unusual decree of sickness brevails in many parts of that county, especially upon the bottom lands along tho water course Tho upland prarfes were general ly healthy. Within the last two weeks there had been about twenty cases of sick ness in Peoria, and two deaths. Popula tion about 1200, The St. Louis Republi can of the same date says : All the numerous accounts which we have received from different parts of this Stale and Illinois, concur in representing this as a season of unusual sickness. A high grade of billions fever has prevailed generally throughout the country, varying only in the virulence of the attack, which if taken in the early stages, mostly yield rapidly to medicine ; but if delayed often proves fatal. The most singular feature in the season; and one which appears to have been universally observed, is, that the towns especially thpse on the rivers which are considered more unhealthy than those in the interior, have almost universally es caped with less sickness than common. This has been the fact in our 'immediate vicinity. The sickness and billious attacks in St. Louis have been fewer this, than former seasons, whilst scarcely a neighbor hood 111 tho country round about has esca ped, Plus peculiarity in the sickness of the country merjt tho attention of medi cal gentlemeil. " NEW JERSEY ALL RIGHT 1" So say the federal prints; and so say we, wew Jersey is all right. And hail the ques tion been upon the Conirresiional J mket. which is always voted for W the people of up nuuic uiaie iiitsieau oi By ulsiriCls. mo Democrats would have succeeded lv a ma jority of near fifteen hundred The Demo cratic majority in the popular vote is near Two thousand; therefore, the rejoicing of the whigs at ths gain they have experien ced, is only rejoicing at the success of a well-planted piece of cheatery. The Dem ocrats are glad because they have the ma jority of the votes, and will thus secure their five members of Congress ; the Whigs because they can jerry-niander" with such happy results. Lancaster Intel. Susquehanna and Tide I Voter Canal. We are f ruly gratified to have it in our pow er to say to the Stockholders and our fel low citizens generally, that the admission of water into the entire lino of the Canal has been begun. Tho process, we need scarcely remark, is necessarily a slow one the present object being to test the strength of tho work and to remedy at once any leak age or other defect wluort may appear. The Oct that the Canal is thus brought to the eve of the completion notwithstanding the great amount of sickness along the lino during the season, is greatly to the praise of Mr, Gay, the chief engineer, and his ausistauts Mali, Amcnca.it. A Queer Ajair.-0n Mondy rather a queer case odeured la front of Mr. Sander son's hotel, In Fourth street. A gentleman named Slroud was viewing the procession in honor nfthe arrival of President Van Burcn, and in putting his hand into his pock et to extract his handkerchief, he pulled out a purse and a pocket book, neither of which articles belonged to him. The surmise is, that they had been deposited there by some pick-pocket, who being pushed rather hard, made use of the sailor's maxim, Any port in a storm." The articles aro yet in his possession. Motion to Discharge Dr. Dyotl. Tho following motion was made on Saturday last by Joseph R. Ingersoll, Esq., beforo the Judges of the Court of Criminal Sessions : A rule to show cause was entered why the indictment in this case should not bo quashed and the defendant discharged Crom imprisonment." Tho rule was raryje re turnable on the 20th inst., when it, will be fully argued. Ledger. We learn from tha WaVirngton Globe o Wednesday evening- Usm the President ar rived in the city th?;,day at 11 o'clock- He was met and welcomed at the Capitol by a large concourie of citixens, where he was addressed r,y the organs appointed by the several tjiertings for that purpose. From the Capitol he wns escorted to his mansion at"., was there received by his cabinet The President ;i3 in fiine health, GEORGIA ELECTION Returns from 42 counties in tho state, indicate that Mc Donald, tho above Demo- cratic candidato for governor, will be elect ed by 1,500 or 2,000 majority. These re turns show a Democratic gain of 1,500 on me election lor governor in 1837, when Gilmer, the States Rights candidate, was elected by about 700 majority, Specie coming East. The St. Louis Rpii'ilican thinks that not less than twelve bundled thousand dollars hare been shipped from St. Louis for the east within (he last live or six weeks the high rale of eastern I'xrhangi; making it an object to buy and transport specie and draw against it. Destructive. An Exchange in spea king of a thunder ahower, says : " The sky was black and dreary, murky, an ominous cloud ilmvo furiously from the West, and in fifteen minutes it rained like evcrlrstiiic hoky." N. O. Pic. A Public Library. Tha Now York paper slates that Mr. John Jacob Astorhas deteimined to make a bequest, in his will of three hundred and -fifty thousand dollars for the establishment of a free public library in the city of New Yoik. The gentleman who has been author zed to purchase such woik? has recently sailed for England, as it is conjectured, for this object. A Female College. In BucRingham county, v a., a Female Collegiate-Institute is in f'lll operation. At th last session there were ninety-four nunils. three of whom had the honor of receiving the diplo ma of Mistress of Polite Literature. The Rev. Mr. Wilber, A. M., is at the head of this Seminary. The Africans, now in jail in this city have excited a superabundant amount of sympathy in the bosoms of many good people, perhaps more than would have been fell for the same number of whites un der similar circumstances. Within a few days a black man, who understands teir language, has been brought to this city from on board a British man-of-war now in New York, who has obtained their history. Cinquez acknowledges that he has been a slave-dealer himself, and that he was brought away for failing lo furnish a cer tain number of slaves by a stipulated time! They have no wish to return to Africa; and we heard that several of them give, as a reason, that they would probably be again caught, if ihey returned. Colum bian (Ct.) llegister. Wo learn that the horrid trafic in human flesh is still carried on by vessels bearing me American nag. 1 lie uiodb ol Wash ington, announces that orders have been issued to fit out a Sloop of War and Schoo ner, Irom our ravy, 10 cruise on the coast of Africa in oider to prevent any attempt of the supposed slavers. 1 lie largest uaxe 111 tho World was ex hibited at tho Mechanics' Fair in Boston. It weighed nearly three thousand pounds was two feet high, and measured nine teen feet 9 inches in circumference. The name of the thirteen old States of the Union, with their arms, wore emblazoned around the edge in beautiful frost work. Valuable Cargo. Tho Liverpool has brought out from England, among other goods, sixty cases of rich figured silks each vatuea at juiu.uuu amounting to 00.0,. 000 in silks alone I Sweet and Profitable. A man in Uli nms recently raised about four thousand pounds of honey among his sundries or re creations. This brings him ten cents : founds, or foui hundrud dollars for ho Jut. THE COLUMBIA. DEMOCRAT. "TaCTB WITBOPT FliU ' FKESIDENTIAti ELECTION 1840. For President, MARTI H" VAN BtlREH". For Vick Presibent, RICHARD M. JOHNSON. AND TIIE CONSTITUTIONAL TREASURY. OUR OWN CONCERNS. This number (26) completes a year and a half since our connexion with this paper, and it has now become absolutely necessary that the small sum due us from each of onr patrons bo paid. We have claims pressing upon us that must be settled, and we have no other resource to Ieok for means to liquidate them, but to our subscribers, not bavin" either a Prothonotery or Colleclorship to sustain us. It is true that the sum due from each is small, yet it is from such small sums that we must make up largo ones. Our terms, it will bu remembered, aro two dollars, if paid within the year, if not, fifty cents to be added. From such as will now pay us, tho extra will not be charged. We hope that such of our subscribers at a dis tance as have not paid us any thing from the commencement will forward U3 a five dollar bill, that we may credit them a year in advance. Wood, and Grain of all kinds. will be .received in payment' DONT FORGET TIIE PRINTER. The New York Banks still pcrsorerc in their determination not to suspend. At last adrices, the prospect for a continuance in this courso was excellent. Sneple in New York is 1 1.2 nnr nt. whilo in Philadelphin the brokers are pay ing 10 per cent. The National Gazette recommends the coining by the United States Mint, ol dimes and half-dimes, and thinks they would not bo hoarded up. General Win. T. Rogers, of Bucks coun ty, is spoken of as a candidate for Speaker of the Senate. Elections will bo held in the States of Mississippi, New York, and Massachusetts in the month of Novcmbct. Col. John Swift has been elecled Mayor of Philadelphia, as was anticipated. Tho Directors of tho Northumberland Bank, and of the West Branch Bank at Wil- liamsport, havo pledged their private pro perty as a guarantee for the redemptions of all the liabilities of the institution. CIRCULAR, Address to the Temperance Societies, and friends of Temperance, within the. bounds of the County of Columbia. Friends and Fellow Citizens: The next innual meeting of the C C. T. Society is approaching, and inR accor dance with our sense of duty, we beg leave i. I. . i . n . : c . I. ; . ' . . ,w ban iiiu uiigiiiiuii ui hid .'luxuary soci eties, and friends of temperance, tri the sub ject through the medium of this circular. At our last annual meeting, the impor tance of renewed action and effort in the cause, was deeply felt, and various resolu tions were passed in viaw ol this end. It remains for us as friends of the cause, and guardians to some extent of the Wrals-of the young, and happiness of all t'lnsses, to exert ourselves in promoting the ffreat ob ject of tho temperance reformation. The personal advantages derived to ourselves, through its instrumentality, demaiid this at our hands. The moral and mental deg dation caused by intemperance-4the h fimished children and neglectsd f.Wily of the drunkard the crime profanity and wretchedness resulting from intoxicating drink the enfeebled constitutions and re proach entailed on posterity all an so ma ny voices crying aloud to every lover of his ji country and of bis specicB, comeWo the rescue.', Tho call Wo trust will he responded to nl our next annual meeting J. Truly it is our duty as citizensa, parent. as philanfhtopists as christians. U, us then come up to tnework-usoall purin. fluenco to mcroaso its rcspecubiliiv. n'ml promote its laudable design. It is most evidently desired, that all th. regularly organized societies send on their delegates promptly, that the auxiliaries be well represented. Those societies, sitni. ted at a distanco, or having local difOcHltiea with which to contend, and did not renre. SCllt nt ihft !nif qnriiftl n n r. ...v Buw, "i.i.uui inciting, ara now prcssingly urged not to fail at this time in sending on their delegates. In those sections of the county where nn Temperance Societies have heretofore ex- istcd, wo would strongly urge their organi zation. Let men who feci an interest in. tho subject, call meetings, and if unwilling; to address them themselves, f rncuro a suit, able person for the occasion. Let the pletlga be circulated and subscribed as extensively us possible. It has been recommended to the district! societies to take into consideration the pio priety of procuring a Temporanrc Agent,, whose liusmess it should bo to visit every society several times during the year to deliver lectures on Temperance take up collections; likewise to organize as manv new societies as possible. It is desirable that all the delegates, should come up prop erly instructed on this point. ' An other subject which should not be lost sight of, There aro many places within the county were no temperance societies exist- These portions will therefore not be represented unless there be some cpecial action taken upon the subject by tho county or auxiliary societies. In the mean timn we would recommend thatoach society laks such measures as will enable them to ro. port the general situations of those districts. In conclusion wo earnestly solicit the con tinued friendship and co-oppcration of chris tians of every name of the benevolent of every order of masters, and parents univer sally; in support of the Temperance Cause, and a powerful weapon will be wrested front the hands of our common cncmy,ieli gioii will flourish more free and less tram meled unhappiness and misery will bo banished in a great degree attention to bu siness will be greatly promoted, and parents and masters will have the pleasure of hold ing a much more satisfactory control over their children and apprentices than exists at present. All this, and, much more, may bo effected by checking the use of intoxi cating drinks by raising your voico against the hydra monster which through the sanc tion of law, has worked himself to tho ve ry vitals of our republic, paralysing by hi deadly influence, llio energies of our free institutions our noblo minded young men our middle aged and old, carrying death and misery to the abode of thousands causing a neglected and abused wife lo la bor hard tosuppurt a diunkeu husband, and a dependant family of children. Rouso every patriot every religionsisls every friend of reform and moral emancipation let your influence be felt in favour of tho Tcmpeiance Cause, and nations yet unburn; will enrol your names as the benefactions of our race, and posterity, witness the cheor ing results of your labors. JA.yES C. SPROUL, President., Jon.v Voris, ") Vice Jas. Donaldson, Jas. McMaiian. J Prest. Stephen Brealey, Treas. A. Yallerchamp, Vfm. McVicken, Secretdries. BKraBSseEJiea TEMPERANCE MEETING. NOTICE is hereby given, that the next annual meeting of the Columbia County Temperance Society will be held at Moores burg, on Thursday, tho 2nd day of Janua ry next, to commence at 12 o'clock noon. Punctual attendance on tho part of the del egates and officers at the house appointed is particularly requested.Scveral addresses it is expected will be delivered on the occasion Friends of the eausc arc invited to aitend.. Editors throughout the county friendly to the promotion of the Temperance Refpr mation nre respectfully requested to publish, the Notice and Ciicular of the Columbia Counly Temperance Society in their, re spective papers, A. Vallerchamp, ? . . Wm. McVicken, f Belarus, EssBasssssas! It is said that the nolcs of the New "Xoik banks havo almost wholly disappaamd from circulation in that city. Their place is sup plied by the notes of tiie New England. Banks, .
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