Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-12-31
Nrw-Yc1x, DEC. !

NEW-YcRks DEC. 10.
D1lr1isx Evs.- Yesterday morning about
: o'clock, the dreadful alarm Of Fire was foun-
dcd through the city. From the extreme cold
rcls of the weather, and the wind being very
frelh from w. n. w, the citizens did not az
{emblc as u(ual--and before any thing could be
done to check the progrefs Of the aames, we
wefc threatened with = greater calamity than
really cnfucd though, alas, it Is great indeed.
The fire commenced back of fmall wooden
houfc occupied bT Charles M. Carly, retail
grocer, in Front !treet: From what caufc we
know not, but iufpicions arc entertained that It
has been the work of an inccndiary. We are
perlusdcd IN this belief from the following cir
cumianccs During the latt autamn, letter
was received through the poit-oihce. dirctacd
TO one Of the Inhabitants OF the block in which
the FIRE originated The writer of the letter tia
led, tina. he was one of the eleven perf5ns who
had combined DIET that pat of the city on FIRE,
!. for fake of plundcr, warning him to bc on his
guard he ol,ferycd that he had repented has de-
termination, and thought it his duty to give no.
ticc of the intention Of his comrades. The gen
tlcman who received this letter ihcwed it to his
/. friends, when meeting Of the citizens of that
part of the city was privately called. & they de-
scrn,ined to kecpa nightly watch, which they dc
for icycral weeks This informationwas commn-
nlcat-d to the Mayor, who thought it mott ad-
svilablc for the owners of property III that part
10 watch rather than to offer a reward for the
apprchc siioa of the iacendiarics; hoping by
this means 70 detect the villains in the comn;i-
ZION of their hellifh deGgns. This circnmitaace.
has probably given rife to the notice which ap.
pears in this days Gazette from the City Ia
fpeefor.
:. The amount of property deltroyed BY this
FIRE is valued by fome at million OF dollars, BY
others lefs We cannot make an accurate eiti-
mate of the lois, but we have taken pains TO
afcertain, with accuracy the number of heules
burnt, their owners and occupants. leaving the
reader TO make his own calculations.
Some of the veHcls lying ia the Coffee -Houfc
Flip were conGderably injured in their fpars aud
fails
Several accidents happened during the fire,
from the falling of walls and pieces of timber,
MIR Daniel Riker, fireman, had his head
ieverely burnt and his bod, 5ruiled, from the
fall of the eatfern pedment of the old Coffee
Houfs. :-Hc is now dangerously ill Mr..
Shearman. another heman was dangerously
/ wounded by the falling of window curb, while
in the act Of holding an engine pipe. A Mr..
Smith, of Baltimore, is iaid to have been badly
wounded, by the fall of wall Of one Of the
buildings.
The following is fatemcnt Of the honfcs
confirmed, and the freets in which they were
Etuated
Seventeen buildings in Front Street twelve
houfcs in Wall Strcct; four buildings OH Iones's
Wharf; eight three tory brick buildings in
Water Street.
The buildings alone are valued at about 100,
600 dollars.
BOSTON, DEC. rs.
L,apesrbmentt.--1t is now faid, that the Hon
Mr. Harper, viii appear before the Senate, as
Council for judge chale.
It may be conGdered fymptom of the wick
edneis and malice Of the perieeution of Judge
Chafe, that DIR. Euitis would not vote on any OF
the articles.
"Mr. Grifwold frequently pgss our /" Sab7
meaf IN esunnl;' bur they will rot confefs it
They inftrust ,Rardolph Nicholfon, &c. &c 10
falopry, on the fabjd and then meet in pri-
vate caucus to conader bis objeaisns; and 70
withdraw or utter, as will beit conceal the
cauie Of the impeachment"
SALEM Drc 70.
Capt. Tucker. who arrived at Marbchead,
on Tuefday lat, informs, thar the uneafipefs
il, Bifcay had fubGdcd, rhe ievpirers had laid
downthe;r arms and it w;s expected that Bill
boa would be made Kings port The news
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