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Distressing Fire, apitb Joss of iipcs.-A most calamitous fire broke out on Wedpesday evening, between 10 and ] ] o'clock, in the block of buildings in Broad street, well known as Quincy's bake-house. The lower part of the southcrly half of the block in which the fire originated, was occupied by Mr. Maynard, as a bale-room. over this was a brcad-room, and here we are inform cd the fire was first discovered. The whole building was in very few min- ntes envelopedin flames. The two up- per stories and a part of the second were occupied by seven families comprising nearlyffy individuals. principally Irish, tmost of whom made their escape when the alarm was first given, in state ap- preaching to nudity.
 MT. John Murphy, his wife and three chrildren who occupied a room in the third story, were probably smotheredin their sleep, and died without the least sensation of pain. Their remains have allbeen found, and were decently bu- ried yesterday afternoon at South Bos- ton. Mir. Sullivan, wife and child, in the third story, awoke, but too late to make their escape by the stairway they seemed completely bewildered.-- In vain did those in the street shout 10 then, to mako their way to the top Of the house and wait for ladders; the mo- ther seemed only intent on saving the ohttJ .,nl tho h.ze hap1 fo fha f. She accordingly wrapped the child as well as she could with bedclofhes. and threw it from the window; and he. let l ting his wife down as far as he could reach, let her drop upon the pavement, and then he tuned out himself. The molherwe are informed escaped with out serious injury-but the father and
 the child are not expected to surviye.- l One or two others are missing, but no further discoveries have been made.-
 The interior of the buildings was entire ly destroyed.
 All the tenants had narrow escape, and some of them were severely scorch-
 ed, among the number the widow Mary
 Roland, who, by her humane endeavors
 to awaken the slumbcrers over head
 had nearly fallen victim herself. She had thrown cotton sheet over her shoul-
 defs and was making her way upstairs when the flames burst forth with so much fury. that she herself was entirely en l geIoped, and only made her escape b, l the aid of a fireman, who tore !he tiaz l ing covering from her shoulders.
 l The .exertions of the fire departmen oi this occasion were worthy Of al
 praise-it was nearly low tide and wa ter was only to be obtained from India street. Luckily however, it was youn' flood and every moment gave them
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greater supply }--aud it was only by thej,
 unremitted exertions from II till { o'.
 clock, that the furious element Was con. fined within the walls in which it origi.
 hated.
 A person, whose name we have no: learnt, was seen to be herocally engag. cd in rendering his assistance; he rush. ed twice through the flames and saved four children from immediate death.
 The ages of the children that were burned were, two-six-and an interest | ing girl of about ten years; an only son Eof Il has alone survived the wreck of this entire family, and he at present re sides at Cape God.
 Since writing the above, we are hap |py to learn, that the child thrown from the window was not so much in- jured as was at first anticipated. lie wasabontfour years old, and was caught, so as 10 break his fallin great degree, bya young sailor by the name of Charles Brown, who thereby received a severe sprain in the shoulder. The praise worthy action should not pass with out notice, as it was undoubtedly the means of saving the child's life. Mr. Sullivan. we also hear, though severely injured, is in fair way to recoyer.- The escape of Mrs. $. after such fall, from third story window thirty feet high. is the more remarkable, nay even wonderful. from the fact of her being in very delicate circumstances.
 About nine years since, fire occurr- ed Tn the same street, and nearly oppo- site, attended by very similar and equal y 'amentahie circa,nstanccs. ]. hro!c Out shortly after nine in the evening, aud strange as fl may appear, six of the unfortunate tenants were burned to death. A boy saved his life by coming down from the fourth story by the trunk or spout, and a young woman, who as- sisted him to get out, and who attempted 10 follow his example, fell and was dash ed to pieces on the sidewalk.
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e&"s. ic Iortlanu Coufter pub fishes letter, from friend, d resident Tn Texas, who writes under date of
 .4ndhuac, March IS. "When the company despatched their hrst vessel for this place, il was expect ed there was no settlement in this sec ilon oi the Texas, but on our arrival We 'ouha q city surveyed out, with the ap. peilatIon of Analsuac, (the original name of Mexico previous to it's being subjected by Cortes,) d garrison of Mex can soldiers and twenty houses. We ale I so expected to have located our cmi. grants and commenced tiliDg tic soil, but this for the present we are forbid doing by the Goyernmcatand its ll,o,isbt- fulo our company's claims to a part of f this territory is evcrorgaIiized. /
 ''The climate here is pleasant at flis season, the thermometer ranging from 50 to 80 at noon with cool mornings and dewy nights. Mosquitoes are increas- ing rapidly; by the first of May thcY are ready for campaigning, and wo 10 the visage that cannot shield itself 6om their attacks! Game is plenty-decr. turkeys and water fowl, from the eIas- sic swan, (the poets bild) down 10 the vulgar duck, including the pelican. brant and goose. Alligators abound in inc river Trinity, on which we arc set tied, and they are as plenty as pollock in Casco Bay, though not so harmless. This will prevent me Of enjoying tho luxury of bathing which in this latitude would be indeed q luxury. The land in general'is good and productive. and nothing is wanted but good polite government and an enterprisine pa;:.- lation, like that of ours, to render it a choice country. The Mexicans are q dilatory, sluggish people, prcferring idiing and gambling to labor.
 ssFhereare many Americans In Tex as, mostly from Kentucky, Tennessee, and. Indiana; and among them are many who have no characters 10 sustain, but good names to originate and build up.-- Emigrants removing here seem to dis pose oi their concienee he!erc landing -the consequences are, wrangling. cheating, and often bloodshed. One murder has been committed since nay ar- rival in. this vicinity, the parties were Americans and their quarrel arose from some land dispute.
 "Fcver and ague is the prevalent diss order on the banks of the river.u
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4 connsryman, who was in pursuit of lost hog, seeing counter jumper standing il a shop door, stepped up to him and addressed him in the followia 2 eloquent strain: < Mister you faialt seen nothing of al old worst looking hog; gou'ue seen 10 where these two or three days, have you?'
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A doggy Irish officer of dragons, on the Continent, on hearing that his mother had been married since his i'm portation from his beloved land, ex- claimed, ssby St. Patrick there Is that mother of mine married again, hope she wont have all older son thau me, for if she has, shall be cut out of my estate quite entirely.
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Posfraa of ttc Russsnn Conanaandier.-- fleld-Marshal Count Diebitsch is q lit- tietat, plethoric looking man, something less than five feet high; he has very large head, with long black hair, small piercing eyes, and complexion of the deepest scarlet, alike expressive of hls devotion to cold punch and of d certain irrasclbility of temper, which has elicit. ed from the troops, to the proud title of Zaibalkanski, the additional one of the Semavar or the tea-kettle. He is the second son of a Prussian officer, who was of the staff oi Frederick. At an early age he entered the Russian army and obtained a commission in the Imperial Uuard. It was at this time that the King of Prussia came on visit 10 the Russian Autocrat, and tso happened that it was Captain Diebitsch's turn of duty to mount guard on the royalvisitor. The Emperor forcsaw the ridiculous figure the little Captain would cut at the head of the tall grenadiers, and desired a friend delicatel5 to hint to him that 1t would be agreeable to his Imperial Mas ter if he would resign the guard to a brother officer. Away goes the friend meets the little Captain, and bluntly tells him that the Emperor wishes him not to mount guard with his company: for, adds me. "'l Empereur dit, ct il faul eonvenir, que vouz avcz r exterieux ter rible." This "delicate hint" that his exterior was too terrible to be seen at the head of troops not remarkable for good looks, so irritated the future hero Of the Balkan, that, with his natural warmth of temper, he begged to resign not his turn of duty only, but the com mission he held in the R nssian army and being a Prussian, and not subject, de- sired to be allowed to return 10 his na- tive country. The Emperor Alexan- der, who appears to have formed just estimate of his talents, easily found means to pacily him by giving him pro- motion in the line. He has subsequent- ly madc'himself so useful in that part oi the service, where beauty was not indls- pensible, that the late Emperor placed him at the head of the General Staff, which situation he held when the reign ing Emperor appointed him to succeed Count Wittgenstein in the chief com mand. He is q protestant.
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LITTLE ROCK, A. Y. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2a, 1891.

1 arising from the sale thereof in some pro- ductlve fund, the proceeds of which shall i be for ever applied by the Legislature of said State, solely to the uses of such seminary and for no other use or purpose whatever And that the Legislature Of said State of Missouri shall be and is here 1 hy authorized to sell and convey in fee sim pie all or any part of the salt springs not exceeding twelve in number, and six sec ttons of land adjoining to each granted to said State by the United States for the use thereof, and selected by the Legislature of said State, on or before the firstsday of January. one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and to invest the money aris- Ing from the saie thereof in some produc- tive fund the proceeds of which shall be for ever applied under the direction of said Legislature, for the purpose of education in said State, and for no other use orr pur- pose whatsoever.
 Approved: March 3, 1881. 775 Resolution, in relation to the transmission
 of public documents printed by order of
 either House of Congress.
 Be 4 eadcted by Hue Senate and House of Representatives. ef tue Uaited States of .4uae- f1ca aR Congress assembled, That nothing contained in tlfs, act to reduc in Q on 9 tl.e several acts establishing and regulating the Post s3flce Department, approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, shall be construed to re- peal, or limit. the operation of the act au- thorizing the transmission of certain doc- uments free of postage, approved Decem- her nineteenth, one thousand eight hun dred and twentv-one.
 Approved, January lfs, 1891.
  \ resolution directing the Secretary of
 State to subscribe for seventy copies of
 Peters condensed reports of decisions
 of the Supreme Court
 Resolped, bu the .Se1laie and House of Re- fseRenfatiscs of tbe f1pftod StGtes cf sameri- co in Congress Assembled, That the ssecra- tary of the Department of State be, and Inc Is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe for and receive seventy copies of the condensed reports of cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, edit cd by Richard Peters, and cause 10 be dis tributed one cony thereof to the President of the United States, each of the Justices of the Supreme Court, each of the Judges of the District Court, the Attorney Gen. eral of the United States, each of the Heads of Departments, each of the Judges of the several Territories of the United States, five copies thereof for the use of each House of Congress; and the residue of the copies shall be deposited in the Li- 1 hrary of Congress: Pa.ouided, lsotcerf9, That l the cost of each volume shall not exceed l five dollars Approved, March 2, 1891.
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.Avs OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTY FIRST CONGRESS.
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AGENTS FOR YHE ADVOCATE.

The following gentlemen have been ap- pointed Agents for this paper. Col. James ScuH, P. NJ. Pine Bluff. Col. IT. BosloeI, ?. M. Batesviile. Mai '. Wolf, p. II. Tzard c. IT. Robert Smith, P. NJ. Jackson, Lawrence co. N. .HeRefee, P. NJ. Conway county. Tsomas MatheSs, do. do. Arthur CEarkS, P. NJ. Morrison's Bluff. Sol. [. W. Ciarke, do. do. .alark Beaa, Crawford county.
 T4tonas Hab5ard, Hampstead county. Col. John Ctark, Sevier county. T. EarreUy, Arkansas county.
 1T. [. Biscoe, Phillips county.
 Spencer Crouch, St. Francis county. George F. La,otop, Miller county. Tn. ?. Ferguson, P. M. Crttenden co. .Tob2 c. Snytors, P. M. Jackson co. c. Y. .M Notand, Independence county. La7.tia .Neicton, Washington county, rH. Cottins, r. Nj. Clark county,
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An act for the relief of John Cdiber ertson,
 and to provide an interpreter for the dls-
 trict court of the United State for the
 eastern district of Louisiana,
 Be it enacted by tue Senate and House of ReDresentatiues of the United Stntes of .anse- ricn ia Congress aSsentbied, That, the stun of three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three and one third cents be paid by the Marshal of {. United States for the eastern district of Louisiana to John Cube rtson, for his services rendered as interpreter to the United States court for said district under the provisional ap- pointment of the Judge, for each regular term of said court. from the December term of one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, including. up- to the tune ot the passage of this act.
 Sec. 2. And De t further enacted, That sile Judge of the district court of the Unit ed States for the eastern district of Louis iana, be and is hereby, authorised to ap- point an interpreter to said court, and to allow him a compensation not exceeding three hundred and thirty three dollars and thirty-three and one third cents, for his services al each regular term of said court, to be holden subsequently, to the passage Of this act: and the Marshal is authorized to pay the same upon the order of the judge: Proeided alaonqs, That 1t shall be the duty of the said interpreter, during his contin- uance in office, to attend all and every ot She called or irregular sessions of the sad court. without any additional mpensatlon therefor: P,-ooidedalso, That the said inter- preter shall not receive, under this act, more than one thousand dollars for each year.
 Approved, March !, 1881. 13
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fidelity.-Desert not your friends in danger or distress. The many there are in the world whose attachment to those they call friends, is confined to the day of their prosperity. As long as that continues fhey are, anpear 4e he. affectionate and cordial. Bul as soon as their friend is under cloud, they be- gin to withdraw, and separate their ir- terest from his. In friendship of this sort, the heart, assuredly, hasnever had much concern. For the great test of true frindship, is constancy in the hour of danger adherence in the season of distress. When your friend is calumni. ated, then is the time openly and boldly | to espouse his cause. When his situa. ton is changed, or misfortupes are fast gathering around him, then is the time of affordng prompt and Jealous aid.-- When sickness or intirmity occasions him to be neglected by others, that is the opportunity which every real friend will seize of redoubling all the affectionatc attention which love suggests. These are the important duties, the sacred claims of friendship, which religion and and virtue enforce on every worthy mind.-- To show yourselves warm in this nan- ncr in the cause of your friend command esteem even in those who nave personal interests in opposing him. This honor- able zeal of friendship has, in everv age, attracted the vencration of mankind.-~
 Ii has consecrated to the latest postcri. tr, the names of those who have exnes-
 ed their lives. ip behalf of tho friends
 whom they loved: while ignomifv and
 disgrace have ever been inc portion of them who deserted their friends in the
 hour of distress Blair.
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 An act to create the office of Surveyor of the public lands for the State of Louis- iana Be it enacted Jy tue Senate and House 2 Representatives the United States ef fine rica m Congress assembled, That Sur veyor General for the State of Louisiana shall be appointed. who shall have the same authority, and perform the same dntles, respecting the public lands and priyate land claims in the state of Louisiana, as are now vested in, and required of the Surveyor of the lands of the United States, south of the State of Tennessee, or the principal Deputy Surveyors in the sad State; and that from and after the first day Of May next, the office of principal Depu- ty Surveyors, as created by the ninth sec ton of the act of Congress of the twenty. first day of April, eighteen hundred and six entitled .An act supplementary to an act entitled An act for ascertaIning and adjusting the titles and claims to lands within the Territory of Orleans and dis- frict of vsouis;ana,' y be and the same are herehy. aholished; and t shall ne the duty of said principal Deputy Surveyors to sur
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 In the Paris and London paperslct- tcrs from Viennahaye appeared, ,inwhich mention is made of free conversation at court between the young Napoleon and Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragu- sa, so notorious for his connexion with the Bourbons since the date Of the French Emperors's fali. The story oss tiie conversation Is ConfirInrd aiid s;s; further stated that Marmont has wrii- ten to Paris. an enthusiastic actnufit of the intellectual and personal elidow- ments of the young Duke, adding. that all would be over with the present King of France and his dyrasty, the das on which the isafellieept.s spirited ard grace. ful youth should show himself ir Paris. Tar from the representing Marmort, he told him that he knew his ramc so he associated with the great exploits ef lis ] father. and considered him as having been afterwards sulirct 10 fatality. and not a traitor.-Nat. Gag.
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Advertisements, not exceeding 12 lines, first insertion, ONE DOLLAR each eontinu ance, FIFTY cENTs-longer advertisements in the same proportion.
 All aavortisenc cnts sent to this office for publication, without the number of inser- lions being specified, will be confirmed un- til forbid and charged accordingly.
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An act concerning vessels employed in the
 whale fishery.

An act concerning vessels employed in the
 whale fishery. Re t enacted by the Senate and Honse of Representatines of the Upited States of .4ne- vica in Congress assembled, That the pro- visions of the act entitled "An act to au- shorize the register or enrolment, and IT. cense, to be issued in the name of the Pre- sident or Secretary of any incorporated company owning a steamboat or vessel, passed the third day of March, one thou- sand eight hundred and twenty-five, shall extend and be applicable to every ship or vessel owned by any incorporated compa- ny, and employed wholly in the whale ilsh- cry, so long as such ship or vessel shall De wholly employed in the whale fishery
 Approved, March 3, 1891. A
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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-16
CIRCULAR TO PILOTS.
Mau0r'S office, CifU Hall

New York, September 10th 1881.
Pilots meeting with vessels coming Into port,
from places where Cholera is said to prevail. are
directed to pilot the said vessels to safe anchor
age in the lower Bay, without going on board for
that purpose. and transmit information Of their
arrival Immediately to the Health Officer.
WALTER BOVINE, Mayor.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-16

In noticing the Liberator, an infamous and in
cendiary publication, issued IN Boston, the Ma
tional Intelligencer has the following remarks:
No one knows better than we do the sincerity
with which the intelligent population Of New
England abhor aud reprobate the incendiary pub
LEGATIONS which are intended by their authors to
lead to precisely such results las concerns the
whites) as the Southampton Tragedy. But, we
appeal to the people Of New England, If not in
behalf of the innocent women and children of the
whites, then in behalf of the blacks, whose utter
determination will be the necessary result of
any general commotion, whether they will con.
tinue to permit their humanity to lie under the
reproach Of approving or even toleratng the afro
cities among them which have already caused the
plains of the South to be MANFRED BY human
flesh aud blood. To be more specific in our Oh
ject, We now appeal to the worthy Mayor of the
City of Boston, whether no law can be found to
prevent the publication, within the City over
which he presides. Of such diabolical papers as
we have seen sample Of here in the hands Of
slaves, aud of which there are many in circula-
ton to the South of US. We have no doubt what
ever as to the feelings of Mr. OTIs on this sub
ject, or those Of his respectable constituents
We know they would prompt him and them TO
arrest the instigator OF human butciiery in his
mad career. Wsknow the difficulty which sur
ronds the subject, because the nuisance is not a
nuisance, technically speaking, within the limits
of the State of Massachusetts,. But, surely. sure
y, if the courts Of law have no power, public
opinion has, to interfere. until the intelligent Lee
gislators of Massachusetts can provide durable
remedy for this most appalling grievance. The
crime is as great as poisoning the waters Of life
to Whole community. The destroying angel,
visiting the South. would hardly move with a
more desolating step than the deluded fanatic or
mercenary mscreant who scatters abroad these
pesiilential sheets. We know nothing OF the man:
We desire not to have him unlawiully dealt with:
we can even conceive of his motive being good
in his own opinion: but it is the motive of the
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-16
Eatract Of a!eaer from Paris Of late date, re-
ceiued an Baltimore.

s.By far the mos. serious subject. however,
which occupies every one. is the regular progress
of the Cholera, which infests at this moment more
than one half of Europe. No doubt is entertain
ed but that it will be here very soon. and the quar-
antine is established even packets arriving from
England, where its said to have shown ITSELF
You cannot do better in America than TO quaran-
tine also Immediately, for its continuance for
length of time on board ship, and its contagious
character, are perfectly ascertained. Should it
appear with you, recoliect (aad make 1t 6nown)
that to avoid the night air is the most important
precaution against tAkinsit. This was found the
case in India, where it first broke out IN 1918,
after an interregnum of l2oyears, and has mark
ed its progress through Persia, Russia,&c. After
which it seems desirable to clothe with flannel
next the skin and avoid low, moist residences In
the mountains its character has been less viru-
lent"