Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-11-08

| Further accounts from New Brunswick, received
rouSh Halifax papers, represent the late contiagratiou
IN that province, awful and apDalnr than for
fner statements woud seem to Indicate. Ii seems that
the woods IN the vicinity of MiraniCli had been fo-
some time on IRE, but without exciting any apprehen.
sion 0i danger On the 9Th ult. however the flames
had made such progress and spread so RAPIDLY, that
Hight IN seine instances uusvailng and resistance
vain The tire aided by hurricane, wh,cl, in
creased its violence and raP, and caused TO burst
WIN sudden and dreadful ay UPON the heads of its de-
voted victims. 1t is hardly possible conceive the PIC
ture which the scene Of ts visitation prescuts.-
IN the vicinity of Airanichi alone two hundred
persons persisted and tie interior of the forests tue
loss OF ivcs mast have been immense. Many of tho
SURVIVORS are dreadIuy inuated and the sick and dy.
ing arc unable to obtain shelter from the weather.
Boston 7rarciier.
Erfrrcts from II Iaiiftr paper.
wv lave the awful story tell YOU that one half Of
e people ON THIS river destitute of house home
and property of desc ripun. " e had a mos, aw-
iui night on Friday the 9Th inst.he fire appeared 10
come al! at once, and nothing but destruction before our
eyes Newcastle and Duuglasoy7n are al! burnt TO the
ground except few houses, and it appears as though
nathan and Nelson only preserved as a refuge
,pr inc distressed We have hundreds in
Chatham who escaped from the fire, some half burnt
and others dying from suucatun Indeed il is NOT in
Tue power oi any ono TO describe the scene which we
now wincss--mcn, and children coming in from,
an paris o the river without clothing TO cover them-
W. have all been up these two nights past watching and
preparing for the worst"
on the lVh gentleman arrived in Halifax from
tTanchI, which place lie left on the 18Th three DAYS
a'er than The other accounts, and brought the unwel-
come intelligence that the fire continued TO rage near
c scene OF the great conhagr ''and that from the
l'nber-tnen who had IN, accounts had been rece
yea OF Tue loss OF several lives instance he mem
"ns, whore OF party Of sixteen persons but three had
Cscapcd.n
the tIdngs met by the citizens of Halifax with
That pronTuiude and compassionate feeling which thew
must universally excite.
Inc Legislative Council was convened by the Co
vernon subscriptions, public and private were Instant
SCI on loot vessels sent off with provisions clothing,
ncHlcles, nc and In short every thing doing which
IT was thought would be beneficial in assuae ing the
pangs OF hunger for famine has followed the Sc of
the destructive element.
The Halifax journal contains several additional let
crs some OF which of greater length than any we
nave inserted; but on CHANGING them over, W do not
ma any additional! particulars Of much importance.
printed hand bill had been received fIom the scene of
ucsna'ion confirming the melancholy details. The
SUBSCRIPTIONS III Halifax already amounted 10 nearly
~<Ooo IN addition 10 which Ei0 mas been subscribed
10y The Officers and Non Commissioned Officers of the
3lst RCgt.
Inc Posdam, St Lawrence, American states that ali
ue C'uai ana spruce swamps. together with all the
Palres ard marshes, from the Cascades in Lower Ca
Lada' 10 6ICngarN IN Upper anada, are on fire. The
Fe IS aad 10 extend back nearly so miles from the ST.
Lawrence, about the same distance up, making $500
square miles OF land on FIRE In swamps il burns from
70 > fee 1t affects both man and beas-Cattle are
sand TO &c dying of IN dr0rr. and so affects the q, go
and lungs OF people, that business of all kinds is nearly
suspended.