Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-07-16
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New YORK Commercisi, OF Tuesday.
says ih 81, soon al "a twelve o'clock on
Mont-S night. tie cuizens were o..
Ioased i'l tae ci'y %; liee, and the gen
era ~ nag 81 tie bells /, was $3.50
ascertain, d tia, ttie fire was in the %
per psrt ul tie CITY, and that it bore
al aidttnir9 appearance 4 commenc
ed / &c rear of Gil, Spring Street
aud destroyed upwards Of twenty
buildings on the block bounded East
by Narick Street, West by Hudsof
Slrs VAndsm Street, and South by
SpIi S.reei. Most oflhe small build
ings ~ the rear we're frame. small and
occupied bV numerous families, " hose
names we find /. very difficult TO oh
taia o. Spring Street, six good two
story brick from buildings were des
t"oyed. They sere occupied as fol.
low-: 10y VIM niorrou, Mr.. inglis
Nj. Boyce, Mr. Marsh. MIR Appl =.
gate, E5snezer l1glce. Parsons H..
Gee, " Dsaue, Mr. EIse,, ard w,d
ow cal',ariue Price Toe loss Of peo
petty Is esli'pllei II from % 20 $50.
0oo ahoul one lcnfih OF which va,
msut.~
Toe fremcn bad severe duty, aud
several companies were still Ut worl,
a. ten o'clock 10 The morning. having
been CT tuty tsn hours A citizen was
much bruised by The filling Of wall.
4, 10 the er,ein OF III 6re, nothing ga :
tisfaotory had been Obtained Some
say the bnliing was set on fire by the
filling Of small balloon, aud others
that crackers bad been thrown into a
stable,
Travellers vino VISIT the Virginia
spring for pleasure or health, can ca
sily take IS 8 Vtflety II c0riosities which
ere eumensil werthy OF being seen -
GoiBg by ..euehburg from a'eamond.
the strangers can see. on the first day
from lAn bhntg the Peaks OF Otter, the
peak Of Which presents the G,ost sub.
lime pFrsrect in the q : with the ex
cep,ian perhaps, Of the lofty mountains
in New Hampshire. Tne mex, day
brings him To the Naiura Bridge, and
the Csua through The Blue Ridge. ln
the course Of few days, he ran visit
tue Sweet Nprinss. the white Sulphur,
the sat- Sulphur the Red sulphur, tor
consuuptIye patlents.) The Hot aad
Warm Springs, the latter celebrated for
its immense bath, aud the Grand pros
pect which the warm Spring Rock dis
piavs to him, on hts way 10 Stanton
he passes the Blowing Cave Ga the
first dav from Stauutun he reaches
Viewers Cave one ,.f the most astoDisb-
ing works of sQbterranean nature IN
Che world Going ~ the Valley he will
visit at 'arper's Ferr* the celebrated
junction oE .ite Shenandoah and Poto
mac. The country through which some
OF this fead eonducts him, is not only
remark cole tor beatty Of the pirtu
rescue. but The fertii ty ofits soil The
grass lands are uncommonly beautiful
VS., 10 Virginia is sell worth the at
ientioa Of the passenge, who travels for
pleasure or health - Richm>nd Comp.
Sickness on board the GrdmpuS
We mentioned Ky og two since, on
the credr OF a Southrrn paper. the
deaihof Leut james g Bcughan, OF
the y. =. schooner Grampus lying al
Pensacola 'Ehe same account stated
tha' ojne OF her crew had died OF the
small poX, and that sixty more were
sick on shore. I'nls last item we did
nor copy.
w, learn from Captain Forsyth,
OF tire Elizabeth, winch arrived Oh
Tuesday from Pensaeola. that these re
ports are grossly exaggerated 81 left
Pensacola" he says. on the 2ist OF
June, a, l3 VI lieut.. Boughan was on
board the Elizabeth, and in good
health One midshipman and one of
the csew had died Of the small pox.--
The schooner was completely c!eansed
and fitted Tor sea, and nader orders
and 70 sail the 22I june (this fl ON
Cap Laumer himse!f) for the Havan
na N Y. jour. Of Com
Rapid Travelling The steamboat