The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-05-08
New YoRk, April GO.


very extensive and destructive fire
took place this morning about 8 o'clock,
whereby the wh0ie block known as thu FIX
change Building, and occupying the site
ofthc old post office, on the conner of the
Garden aud William streets, was destroy
cd
The fire is supposed to have originated
IN the garrtt of the centre building, occupi-
ed rs IA ta,lor's workshop aud inasmuch
rs the partition walls were not carried I'D
To, and above the roof, the upper lofts of
all the stores, seven IN number, formed but
one great ne.-The progress of the flames
was very rapid, and owing to the very
dangerous construction Of these stores, the
tiremen abSoI ltely and as the event soon
proved, very wisely, refused to enter
them, rs on ordinary occasions they are
won't 10 do, With the utmost fearlessness.
So ob,lous, indeed, as we are informed,
WAS the insecurity of these buildings, that
when they were putting ~, the fire depart.
menf gave notice that IN the event of
| fire IN them, the iiremen would not think
II safe 10 enter within their f all walls Tie
leading defect of their construction was
thls-the whole front wal, ,eposed upon
, archtrares, aud door and window frai, rs
of iron which in their turn rested on
wooden beams and these last being
| charred, & IN some instances burnt through
the IRON supporters Welded Nth them, Y
| the brick Walls followed 8 of cOurse-sn
that when once the fte de began to give
way, the whole mass fell like card house i;
aud al this moment there is scarcely one
! hrtgIf AN an1ihn IA, f.Il In
cts weIe. / hr destruction of proprrt, i
very large, but no lives were lost
| Insurance was effected on the bull
dIngs for 100000; and on goods al
! the offices, 20 far AS we have learnei, To
the amount of 100000. Thee will be
an Immense amount uncovered. NJ. Ros-
siere, the agent Of Ne5srs. Ternaux u
Co. If Paris. had insurance IL the "a
mount of $4,000 on clnih.s, &c. in his
store, but lost bet" cen 20 aud 80 600 more.
These cloths were all packed mp ready to
be moved, and would have been sent of
yesterday but for the rain. NJ CastIeIaZ,
who had Just moved in from haidenlane,
lost Il very large assortment Of Leghorn
honnets aud fancy article, probably 1000
dollars more than was insured. Mr.. Reg
illus lost IA considerable stock of coffee and
indigo, all uninsured. Alex. Graham,
Esq. succeeded in saving all his law pa
perS. His neighbours, Messrs. Van Hook
and William II. Maxwell, were less fortu.
nate theirs being all drslroyed-Mr Saun-
ders, hair cutter, lost much OF his property,
aud narrowly escaped with his life, being
eng ged in the upper stories, in packing ny
what he could, when the roof fell in.
go
Mrs Shelley, the widow of Percy Bys-
che Shelley, has lately published a novel
entitled thr " Last Man." which is attract.
Ing much interest among the literary cir.
cles IN b"n%on. Her two principal cha
racters, Ray Dund and Adrian, are model.
led from Lord Byron, and her late hus-
band.
Newspaper .lnnirerSay. 1t is 0ne hun
dred and twenty two years, TINS day, since
/ the first number of the first newspaper
printed in America was issued from the
press. The Boston .ltlUS Letter was issued
on the cath April, 1904. Fifteen years af-
ter, the american Weekly Messenger, was
first printed in Philadelphia, and IN i756
the .Nel0 York Gazette was fIs published.
Could the proprietor of the Boston News
Letter have hrhrId IN prophetic vision the
nnnbrrleSs Gazeltes which are NOW prlnted
and circulated in every part Of the United
States, his establishment aud pleasure
world not have been less than that of the
hero of the LuSIud, when YhetiS gave him
IA prospect OF his "nation's gloriea."
Rat Register, .3pril IS.
-0OOo---
a Young Rogue.-rhe sum of $4,000,
which had been taken from u letter de-
posted IN the New York. post Office on the
cath uIt addressed to the Cashier OF the
N. England Bank at Boston, has been re-
covered. The theft has been Tx, d unnn a
tad of Ii years of age, employed az an as
slstant by one of ihe letter carniets of the
| New York office.
Splendid 1henire--It is stated in the
New York Mirror and LadIe,' Literary
Gazette, that the Bulls Head pro
p"rly has been purchased for the par-
pose Of erecti"S Theatre. 10 be On