Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-08-22
One orlhe good things of,he New York Com

18th inst We transfer II TO our Columns lor
It's many "good notions" and pretty sSetcaing,
and wise hints, which we earnestly hope will
not be los, upon those cousins german Of Paul
Pry in this quarter, who resorts 10 a hire tor no
other apparent purpose than TO feast their eyes
with the show, to impede the operations of the
engine and 6remen and if occasion serves TO
find fault and quarrel with them. Pos. Pat.
BURNING OF THE BOOKS.
It's not often that we turn out to witness the
fires 10 which our city, like all others, must be
inciden,. The truth is, that the hremen get a.
long better without the presence oil the sover-
eigns than with them: and honest people would
act wisely TO remain at home out OF the way
unless their own dwellings, are in danger The
hes, rule upon this subject is, 10 lie composed
" in bed until the wall next you begins 10 grow
warm. IF, then, the lounger does not make too
much haste in putting Oh his shoes and pick
ing W his mex pressibics, he will be able TO es
ca3e lust in season TO avoid the cracking OF The
flames on the one side, and twenty or thirty wa
ter spouts on the other. The contiagraiion OF
MIR Mon,gomery's bookstore, however, being
connected with the trade, formed an exception,
although it was the whole distance of block
from us, and the falling sparks did not reach
our domiCil by several feet. We therefore sal
lied forth and mingled with the million OF citi-
zens Of all sorts-pick- po0 kets, blaek>!eg', and
would be gentlemen-those who svmpathisrd
with the industrious sufferer, and those who
came ia plunder his goods--and those who
found fault with The firemen, bccause-the fire
men knew much better than they what ought
: TO be done. The building was very large and
high and was filed with ombus,ibie me, chan
disc. Th- cons5 quencewas, ,hatthe fire spread
raoid,y, and b,azed furiously. AS the devour-
ing element spread from one story, and one
window, to another, the thick volumes OF smoke
rolling forth as from The chimney OF E,na,
were quickly followed by fierce torrents OF
flame, which poured out as II from the ied-hot
bowels OF NebuchadnezZar's furnace. And
while gazing upon this sublime and tertihci
spectacle, amids, the ihck-coming fancies
which crowded the mind, we could not but inn
age 10 ourselves The Giffersn: eff. cts produced
upon the flames while consuming, the various
works. bound, folded, or in sheets, which crow
ded the shelves and ware rooms.
1t was'not strange that the ancients consider
cd FIRE as an animal, and conceived the idea OF
salamander. This element derives It's hue ard
visible form from the materials on which il
preys, and the vision presented 10 our imagi-
nation on this occasion was as follows: Tie
fre began in regular and BUSINESS like man
ner TO crawl all over and round about pile al
accumulated rubbish, such a. Paul Aliens His
tory Of America, which John Neale saws he
wrote-Hannah Adims'S History Of Religions
-Funeral Eulogies on Jefferson aud Adams
the Port Folio after the decease OF Denny
Roots Ari,hmelic-a few hall bound fes Of
she Albany Argus, and other particulars too ie-
dious TO detail. All these matters were honest !
" and clc,erly burnt by a mehodical, II ouse>
hold>hke fame, which did It's business system |
a,ically aud efftc,ually. Next The lambert
tongues Of the destroying and iudestructible |
element seized or DR.. Brewsrer's New Edin
burgh Encyclopedias, which they despatched IN
u delbrra e way; and after the had performed
their functions they sill pointed upwards AID
flu,lered in a greedy manner, as it they were
waiting for the forthcoming unpublished 70.
lumes. But they soon had other business on
hand DIN Juan was Immediately above, and
he was seized upon rapidly. He igniled al
once, and there was a many colored blaze Of
blue and bilious ooiored yellow and lurid light,
awful enough 10 alright the greatest sinner III
New Harmony or Alg'ers AT the same time,
BY his side Childe Harold mounted up in
pyramid Of clear white fame, which was how
ever occasionally dimmed aad hinged with smo-
Ky hues How long this pyrotechnlcal exhibi-
ton would have continued is doubtful; but the
shelf above gave wav, and halt the edition oil
DIR. M'Hsnry's Wilderness fell into the cunfa-
grafton. A, first we thoughi il was all put out,
and the 6remen surceas' from their labors for
awhile, but though the Wilderness could not
burn, il became red hot, and communicated its
ardor 10 the Pioneers, which was in the ,icin-
", and which blazed like the forest on The o.
,e go mountains, notwiths anding Precaution
ay on the top Of 1t. ,
The conhagration now became general In ,
,ne corner of the warehouse there seemed 10
,e box of spices which had found its way
here from neighborng druggists store; and
n it we saw Lallah Rookh mounting and ex> o
aling in light and perfume. Il
In another quarter our eyes were dazzled and !,
elighted at the same time, as the works OF the 1
sreat Magician Of Scotland, seemed melting /
, mass Of golden liquid light, which mounted 7
pwards and formed itself into revolving ha. o
J, or glory, radia,iug with pure resplendeDce, is
lille in the centre were vaguely discerned the
res and lipeaments of a counienance, both so> Il
en- and attractive. We knew no, whether il C;
az the vision of the sacred birth, seen by the )