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, .