Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-30
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NEW YoRK, Jan. 2i.-About3 O'clock ,b;s
! morning ii fit broke ont III AN old voodpn
building in Front a.. between Fulton 81 aud
Crane wharf, on The easi side, occupied Nv :,
Mrs. smith The wind blew very fresh at the
time, from the westward, and the fire snoD
spread in vaiious directions, and in the course
OF two honrs, vast property in buildings and
goods, was consumed We have not been a.
bie 10 ascertain The exact a,uount. Upwards
of Twenty-Five Buildings of all descrintions
were DESTROYED. -
The following is the most particular ac-
count we have been able to procure for our
paper this day
Eaiton street from South to Front sgeet.-G
c. Lanedon $ Hotrl: J. ~ ID. Wood, grocers
Mr Robertson truiierer; SaniUeI Bell. prc.
Ger; Mp Watson, blockmaker; David KEYS.
SiorihSft grocer; MIR. Lyon, Tobacconist:
Grimm Green. carpenter; john Earle, asri-
cultural repository. All Tue above are en-
tirety destroyed.
!, Front street. east ide...Waterbnry s. Coles,
Hour and liquor store Craft and Smith GRO
GERS; Townsend 81 Rogers, Sour STORE: "a
cooper's shop a. house occupied BY Sarah
smith Wood and Hauxhursi. flour store
Letter Gnion grocer, corner of Crane wharf;
Harrison q forrey, agricultural depository
opposite side Crane wharf Howard Furman'
liquor store Isaac Frost, -four store. All
the above are entirely destroyed
Front street, ceSt Side--Wait Wells oroce,y
No 200; Matthew Howell, No. 2O2: - ~ /
Coddlngton, grocery No. POI 4: Horton &:
Woodruff. No. 2OS iriing injury : Thoms.
Bioodgood, WINE store, No. 2O6 nearly de-
sS,rToyeh-ihe above are all brick bniIdiags
thomas Freeborn, agricultural depository
corner eft Crane wharf. large wooden buiJujn..
entirely destroyed; Aikman & Straten. COOP
err No. 2i2 do.
Crane IFharf, bstloeea Front md Waser streets.
East side - Francis O'Brien Cooper. entireIy
destroyed; Nathaniel Conkiin. DO much in
Jnred Severa! black families inhabited mar,
OF the above building. 49,
mr. 1. oodgood, is supposed to be the
greatest sufferer, His store is said 10 hav..
contained vine 10 the amour; of from 20 10
$4,000 dollars, great proportion ct which
was destroyed. Mr.. b. has also losi much o.
'hei property, part of which was insured.
ship iNine at Crane wharf, was considera
6iy injured in her rigging. The sloop of war
Hornet, al the same wharf wa much injured.
bnt by the eXertlODs of her crew she was
cleared from the wharf, and proceeded 10
Mr.: Caleb Horton, of the firm of Horton 8.
woodruff, was much injured by the fall of
some timber but we are happy to state, not
dangerously.
Mr. Leske, son Of Captain Leske, of the
CITY Watch, - considerably injured
MIR. Isaac u. Townsend, belonging 10 En-.
gine NO ., Was very much burnt he had 10
RETREAT from the Sd story OF the store of
Messrs. Rogers and Townsend, and got hold
of The shutter OF the second story. from which
lie was eXtIicated.
Several OF the FiremeU were much over.
come with cold aud fatigue
Ertract of letter from a member of Congress
to his friend an Lerins Ton, X. } dated JYqSI.
iRgton CITY, Dee Is. IS2O.
SlR-Abont three hours ago, a vote was
taken in the House of Representatives on
the constitution of Missouri, which was reject
ed by majority Of 90 TO 10. On YESTERDAY
the Senate passed resolution by a consider
able majority To receive her into the uuion--
Under these circumstances, you may easily
Judge OF the feelings which agItate the parties
upon THIS question Indeed 1 am sorry 10 tell
you, that IN my opinion, in poiOt of fact, the
uniOn is now almost dissolved. I declare 10
you, that when tbs result of tue votes was au-
my feelings we're indispensable for
who would have believed that any man or set
Of men, would pursue measure OF any des-
cfiptiOu, fTaught with such alafmiBg conse~
4ueBces, that merely for the sake of giving TO
Tree nsgrUes the privilege of emigraiiDr 10
Missouri they will risk dissolution of the
UDioD; nay more that they will hazard civil
var Iho not wish you to believe that nv mind
= filed with sickly fears, but am constrain-
ID Co believe that the time has arrived when
{ must be ascertained whether mankind are
apable of governing themselves II was not
necessary tor Milton to descend TO the infer
lal regions TO find those who would rather
eign M hell THAI serve ~ heaVeu..... ibis
ear is the spirit which actuates the priDauB
so6iie 10 this grand drama.
Ken Repe,fOry. f,
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20.
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