Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-06-09

he ttfilNNVfnL telleT came w W. ny itC H'''
Of Yesterday. We deeply deplore the great
ca1sn,ity which MFR Rowland, "A Presbyterian
Minister. 40 wildly and sorro*fuly Describes
The pnblc will sympathize with the unior
innate inhabitants OF Fsyetteyille.-.Nat Gas
FArxrrEvILLE, n. G. May 90, 1881.
To He editor of The National Gasettc:
rR-FAYETFEVILLE Is No MORE!
This morning the sun rose upon Us 10 ITS
beauty, and with gladdened hearts we flock
ed TO the churches Of our God Now we are
in RUINS. But two stores Of all that this place
contained are standing. The rest are entne
ly CONSUMED Nothing but stacks OF tOtter
ing chirunes remain to tell what We once
were. :,
Except in the outskirts Of the town, and in
those streets which are little oil from the
centre OF the village, not dwelling house
remains All the churches, with the exoep
ton Of the Methodist, which IS distant lrgm
fhe centre of the town, is destroyed. The
Academy, the two splendid hotels. our print
ing offices, the two Banks, the old state house,
every apothecarys shop, and some oil our
mills, are all IN ashes.
The fire communicated, (it is supposedly
from chimhey, precisely in the centre oil
oar village, and spread with incanceivabie
rapilty through every street. II was just
after the congregation had been dismissed,
about half past IL o'clock, when the hre was
first discovered, and in less than one hour
and half our village was literally sea oil
fame" The goods wera consumed in the
streets, the engines were burnt at their stands
Some who had property removed to a dis
lance in expectation Of safety were disap
cointed; too soon the destroying element
reached them The churches, though at
Distance from each other, we're soon IN flames
4 81. .t.,,Nn ri IFrh
seemed a pyramid Of FIRE; Tor while 1t
stood firm. soon the bell descended with a
crash-thc stceple trembled .tottered and fell
The Episcopal church, which apparently
caught at the same time, was soon IN ashes.
As wandered through the out skirts OF
the place, to administer relief so far as posi-
BILE to the distressed, my heart sunk within
ne The sick were borne out Of their heu-
ses, and were lying on pallets IN the street
Others, faint and exhausted, vere reclining
on the beds which had been thrown out Eve
~ moment our ears were stunned"i,h the ex
plosion of powder, to demolish the buildings
which might stay the flames. But although
many were thus levelled, there was not
strength to pull the timbers from the reach
Of the conhagration.
II is impossible TO paint the heart reniing
scenes which every where occurred Parents
were inaairing for their children. and chill
siren for their parents, and in every connie
nance relgned despair.
have been round the fire in every iirec-
lion, aud the above state ulents are the result
of my owe observation. From where now
write can perceive, for the extent Of nearly
half mile, tn" light which flashes up from
the smonlderng ruins very small portion
of the property was ensured Most Oh the
people lost their all Our distress may be par
tally ina gned, but cannot be Justly concei-
we'd of Much bodily injury was experienced,
but far as it is al present known no lives
were lost VIVA. results may I've ascertained
when our friends are collected it is imposs
bic to say. HENRY A. ROWLAND, Jr.
From the IT, s. Gazette. May %.
A friend at our elbow. who on Thursday
morning prophecied that our London papers
nv the Napoleon would show an opposition
ma iority OF from 5 TO 8. now says that the
lection tn take place in England for members
Of the new Parliament. will increaec the op
position TO reform We doubted the first
prophecy but were wrong; we hope against
Inc last and wait TO see. Meantime we add
the following opinion of a London wistcr:---
THAT Ministers will gain IN consequence Of
the dissolution of Parliament, 10 votes Ger
tainly, and 50 more probably. Total fo3
Thus giving the ministry a majority in the
lower house sufficient to command the calm
consideration of the House Of Lords.
Lls,arreetioa in st. Jogs de Caba---Ths ed
;tors Of the New York Mercantile Advertiser
have been favored with letter dated Ma
tanzas, the 18th May, which states, that the
inland mail had that day arrived at Matan-
RS, bringing intelligence from st Jago Of
an instruction among the blacks at that
stase; the Governor, at the head OF all the
troops stationed there, had marched against
the insurrectionists, and in An attack which
took place in the vicinity of St Jago, very
great number of the blacks were killed, es-
timated from 1000 to 1900. This victory,
il was supposed. would completely qlell all
disturbances. The city OF St Jago had been
lett by the Governor under the care OF the
citizens. -
We have received files Of London and
Paris papers down 70 the end of last month.
Tire main intelligence contained in them we
have already published. Among the parti-
Nlars copied this afternoon, eur readers will
note the amount of sums said to have been
subscribed for the elections IN England. 1t
is calculated that the expenditure IN the pro-
cess OF regeneratng the House OF Commons
has not been less than ten millions aeYliagi
Order seems to have been restored IN Paris,
"hut," saws the New York Evening Post in
the mean time however there IS one amuse
ment in which the people Of Paris are forbid
den TO indulge, though here and in England
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