Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-10-06
From the N. Y. Mer. ADV. of Monday last.

morning III the DakcTy Ol MT. WIN. ID.
Humber, No. 224 Bowery, between
Elizabeth and Prince streets, and before
the flames were got under, destroyed
seven houses, most Of them two story
brick front dwellings,, fronting on the
Bowery, and burnt through the same
depth to Elizabeth street, including in its
ravages two large brick houses, a slaugh-
ter house, and some other small buildings
on the east side Of the latter street, with
all the buildings in the rear. The wind
being light from the northward, but few
Of the houses fronting on Prince street,
were injured, and these but slightly
The further progress of the flames south,
were arrested by solid blick wall, for
med by the end of three story brick
house fronting on the Bowery, and the
end wall ofthc Butchers Melting Co. es-
tablishment, extending from said house
to Elizabeth street.-Fortunately ly there
was very little wind at the time, other
wise, as the neighboring buildings were
very dry, and the difficulty Of obtaining
water was very great, the conilagration
would probably have been much more
extensive.
What renders this occurre nee pecu-
liarly disastrous, that four of the men
employed in Mr.. Humbcrt's Bakery,
were burnt to death. 1t is supposed
they were asleep at the time the fire com
menced, and the flames spread with such
rapidity, that they were envclopcd in.
them before they had time to escape.
The names Of the deceased were, Sam
uel Clark, a native of n. York, aged l8;
George Lane, and Bernard Joccclin,
both of Prussia, aged 81, and John Gal
hgher, n native of Ireland, aged 90.
The remains of three Of the bodies have
been found.
A son of the late Count D'Espienville,
formerly French Consul atthis place, was
killed at Valparaiso in June last, in du-
el with an officer of the British sloop of
war Sapphire. The deceased was act
ing as French Vice Consul at V Valparaiso,
at the time the duel took place.-D.
Letter from Thomas JcGtrson 10 oJoLun nd
ams.-A friend has obligingly selected for
us the following letter of Thoms Jcfler-
son, written scren gears since. The let.
ter will be read with much interest at
this time, and the passages we have ital-'
icised will no doubt leave on the mind of
the reader, lasting impression of the
depth of intellect and accuracy of obscr-.
vation which were the characteristics of
their illustriOus author
.Naiio nal Gazette.
MONTICELLO, Sept. a, 1898.
Dear Sir-Your letter Of August 10Th
was received in time, and with the well
come of every thing which comes from
you. With its opinion on the difficulties
of revolutions from dcspotism to lre ecdom,
very much concur. The generation
which commences Il revolution, very
rarely completes it. Habituated from
their infancy to passive submission of
body and mind to their Kings and
Priests, they are not qualified, when cal
led on, to think and provide for them
selves; and their incxpcriencc, their ig-I
norancc and bigotry make them in
strumcnts often in the hands of the Bona
parties and lturbides, to defeat their own
rights and purposes. This ir the present
situation of Europe and Spanish Ameri-
ca. But it is not desperate. The light
which has been shed on mankind by the
art of printing, has eminently changed
the condition of the world. AS yet, that
light has dawned on the middling classes
only of the men in Europe. The Kings
and the rabble, ofcqual ignorance, have
not yet received its rays, but it continues
to spread, and while printing is preserved,
it can no more recede than the sun return
on its course. A first attempt to recover
the right of self government may fail, so
may a second, a third, SC. But as a
younger and more instructed race comes
on, the sentiment becomes more and more
intuitive, and fourth, fifth, some sub
scquent one of the ever renewed attempts
will ultimately succeed. In France,
the first effort was defeated by Robes
pierre the second by Bonapartc, the third
by Louis the XVIII and his allies; a.
mother IS get 10 come and all Europe, Rus
sia excepted, has caught htc spirit and all
,ciH attain representative governments more
or less perfect. This is now well under
stood to be necessary check on kings,
aohom they wiH probably hink il more pru-
dent to change and tame, than 10 en-
terminate. To attain all this however,
rirers Of blood mnst get aom, and years of
desolation pass over; yet the object is
,corih rivers of blood and years of desc
lation. For what inheritance so valuable
can man leave to his posterity? The
spirit Of he Spaniord and his deadly
and eiernaliy and eternal hate 10 French
man, gire me much confidence that he wiH