Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-09-04
FIRE AT NOVA SCOTIA.

new YORK, August aJ.-We are indebted
to an attentive friend at Ncw-Haven for the
following information, received by this morn
ing's mail.
Fire at Nora .Scotia.-Arrived This fore
noon, schr. Catharne, Richards, davs from
Lubbock. Capt. TX. came down the St. Croix
river on the 14th instant, and when off Oak
Point was so enveloped in smoke and cindcrs
that he could see but few rods from his YES
sci was informed that the fire broke out at
the Ledge miles from ST Stephens, and
over run distance of from IL to il miles on
the river, and extended several miles back
Six dwellings were known to have been burnt
and many more were supposed to have shared
the same fate. The fire was making rapid
progress towards st. Andrews, and the inhab-
tants with their cattle were fleeing before if.
About a week previous, fire had burnt for
several days at RebenstOwn, on the American
side, and near the house of General Brewer
The school house, several barns, bridges, and
many acres Ofwoods had been DESTROYED; but
was got under when capt. r.. passed. In that
section of the country they have had little or
no rain during the summer.
The foreign intelligence from Boston is I'M
interesting except in the particulars given of
the closing scene of the extraordinary being.
who has so long fixed the attention, and com
manded the wonder of the world. The CON
splcuous and most singular part he has filed
In the worlds Drama, together with the pccu-
liar qualities of his character, give an interest
TO any, even the most trifling facts, connected
with the fate of Napoleon BOnaparte and al
though there is little 10 CRAFTY curiosity in the
mcagre details supplied by the English popers.
yet they will be read with ayidity, and dweIt on
with an interest that would in vain be claimed
for more important events The order of his
funeral, the depth Of his grave or the appear-
ance of his stomach, may not indeed, be con
sldered of great moment unless by master
ofceremonies, AN undertaken, or an anatomisf.
but every movements of that spirit that had al
most " mastered the world" must claim the
attention even Of the most Indifferent.
We feel an interest in the particulars of any
death, but IN the closing hours of such man,
every incident becomes a subject of obscrva-
ton and reflection. His last words, tefe-
dTmee-head-ar army, will give rise to much
speculation, and certainly prove, the ruling
passion strong in death, " Whatever difference
OF opinion may exist as to its operation. We
should give them meaning which we think
nc ought TO have attached to them, and SUD
pose that he wished TO express what he ought
to have felt-a regret that ne had not met
death ut the head ofhis devoted army, instead
OF expiring on sick bed like The patient of a
hospital. Such ought 10 have been his rcfec-
tions for how different would have been his
fame had he died in Russia, or even at Wa
tcrloo And for what did he sacrifice that for
which he ought only to have lived, and for
which, under similar circumstances, every tru-
y great man would only have wishedto live
bis glory ? For few years Of miserable exis-
tence at the suiIerancc of those he despised.
to bc the SCOT his enemies, the rcproach oil
his friends, add the victim of bis own
thoughts. IN y. .H,gcricqn