Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-06

ire of the village, not dwelling house 'ena'ns'
All the churches with exception OF the Me'hoo's.'
which 10 distant from the centre of the 'own' y
destroyed. The Academy, the two sP'ena'o nj. no,
tells, our Printing Offices. the two Banks la1
old State House, every apotiecary s"oP' '"u
some of our mills, are all IN ashes. -
chimney, precisely in the centre OF our village,
aud snread with inconccivable rapidity through
eyery street. 1t was Just after the congregation
had been dismissed. about halt past IL O'CLOCK
when the fire was first discovered. aud ~ less
than one hour and half our village was iltteraiy
sea of flames. The goods were consumed IN
the Streets the engines were burnt at their seanus
Some who had property removed to distance 10
expectation Of safety, disappointed; 100 sooh
the DESTROYING element reached. them. Inc
churches, though at distance from each o,her'
were soon in flames. The tall steepie OF the Pres
byterian church seemed pyramid OF lire; tor
while it stood firm, soon the bell descended WIN
crash-the steeple trembled, tOttered ana icii.
The Episcopal church, which apparently caught
, at the same time, was soon IN ashes.
AS wandered through the outskirts of the
Mace. TO administer relief 50 far as possible to
the distressed, my heart sunk within me- The
sick were burne out of their houses, and were
living on pallets in the street. Others. faint and
exhausted, were reclining on the beds WHICH had
been thrown out. Every moment our ears were
stunned with the explosion OF powder, TO demo
Iish the buildings which might stay the names.
But although many were thus ieveiied, there was :
not strength TO pull the tlmbers from the reaen vi
the couhagration
hi impossible to paint the heart,rending scenes
which every where occurred Parents were in
curing for their children, and children for their
parents, and in every countenance reigned des
pair. :.
have been round the fire in every direction.
and the above statements are the result OF my
own observation. From where | now write, l
can perceive, for the extent Of nearly hall mile
| the light which flashes up from the smoulderlns
runs very small portion of the property was
ensured. Most Of the people lost their all Our
distress NAV be partially imagined, but cannot be
Justly conceived Of. Much bodily injury was ex-
perienccd; but so far as il is at present known,
no lives we're lost What results may be ascer-
tanned when our friends are collected it is impos-
sible to say. HENRY A. ROWLAND.
-GAsN
We have received a Circular from the Commit
tee of gentlemen in Fredericksburg, appointed
| to rescue from oblivion the hallowed spot where
rest the remains of the mother of Washington.
Accompanying it is subscription paper, TO which
the attention OF the MatrOns of America is di-
rected. &SS&
| A Yankee correspondent of the Albany Co.
zette has availatf himself Of the privilege acced-
ed to the "universal natlon," to make his pre-
dictiuns as to the different candidates to be put
| in nomination ere the next election IN 1852.
Clay ticket-Henry Clay, Ambrose Spencer.
Jackson ickei-Andrew Jackson, Martin Van
Buren,.
huff Green ticket--John c. Calhoun, James
Buchanan.
Neutrality-suspicious. Granger, Richard NJ:
'' -lAsS
Hail Storm, and SquaH.-We are informed that
on Monday afternoon hail storm at Portland
u.---qred some thousand panes of glass. The
squall struuN DO packet schooner Maine, near
Fort Preble, Capt a"hnaon not having lowered
his gib and mainsai) and cap.:-aa her in mo.
ment A passenger on board, Mrs. be,,y, Jus,
arrived from the West Indies, was assisted from
the cabin before the vessel filled, and was taken
offin boat. The vesselin few minutes sunk
with valuable cargo from Boston. But not
sinking deep, another vessel was soon dashed to
her, and in the evening the steamboat Patent
lowed both to Portland, the hull of the Maine
being under water The hail fell s or 10 minutes,
and some of the stones were four inches in cir
conference. The thunder, sc. thus clarified the
air in this quarter but rendered it very little
cooe
-<aGO
How strong must be be Maternal Affection.
How close its hold upon the heart! Even in the
wreck of intellect, when reason swings from Its
moorings, it clings to the bosom, and lives on
when all else-when hope itself, is dead. We
are told by paper published in the interior of
Pennsylvania that last year the child Of an idiot
young woman about 90 years old was taken from
her to be given to a nurse 1t was sent to the
other side of the Susquehanna, but the mother
across the river to get to the baby. This is swan
simple and touching fact. Well and truly has
Mrs. Hemsns sung,
In all this cold and hollow world.
There is no fount Of deep, strong deathess love,
Like tIio, within Mothers heart
Few persons are aware of the grea. and actu-
al change of sentiment that has taken place |
throughout the country 10 relation to Gen. Jack