Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-10-04

DEsrRUcrIvE FiRE.-on Monday night. about half
past III O'clock Engine house No TO- in Union street.
west Of Hanover street. found be in hames which
had got such head that the engine got with diff
Guilty. and most Of the other contents Including small
library, destroyed The fire quickly to We
~ large story wooden building, owned by Mr. Eze-
kiel Bates, in which wild beasts Exhibited
but which was occupied at the time Of the fire Tor the
storage Of merchandise. The hca, fiem the burning of
this building was intense, and the flames being horne nv
the Wind In ;. W. direction, commnnca' ed the mi1.
dow frames cutters. &C. OF the brick block opposite own
eel by MIR. Geo. Hills, AM, occupied DWELLINGS and
stores hy Messs Samuel Fullerton grocer Abel Bowen
rngraver, G. NJ Mead, apo,hecsiy, Mrs. Lcitner and
Mrs. Marsh, tor boarding houses The moo, work n,
front oil these buildings ZONE hat burnt; but by IN.
htrepdy OF The engine men, who carried their pipes be-
tween the bud'ngs they were not greatly Injured
The tide being low, water with difficulty procured
chiefly from distan, reservoirs. On the north the fire
communicated TO three story brick dwelling in North
Federal Court occupied by Mr. Philip Curtis aud own.
ell by Mr. James Cheever, and story brick n cling
owned by Mr., WIN. willc,. which were considerably a.
mayed OH the roof AMI windows; the latter insured at The
Firemsn's Office Tor $1,000 There stored i'm the SIX.
teen feet OGDEN building adjoining the Enyine House fl
crates OF croekery ware, owned by Tay lor Reed Co..
valued at $1,000 aud insured Tor 250O the Merchant.
Ohce About twenty crates were saved. MIR. John G.
Fiagg had large amount OF feathers, aud Mr.. WIN. Boyd
about $4,000 worth OF green sheep skns-a Large portion
oil which was desiroyed-no insur ance.
Engines were present ON Charleston, Cambridge an,
hoxoury, and in season TO render effective service al
ough IN about hall AN hour after the alai as given
the danger appeared to be
passeng car tor the Boston and ProyiIence II all
koad was saved ircm the wooden building
From the testimony OF those who first saw the e there
cannot be doubt that set ou ue; ard AZ IL il well
known that frequent depiedaions have bee committed OH
Is Engine house, one IN Particular longer SINCE
sunday night last appears evident that
villain at work, whose and conviction should b..
earnestly sought by the community. Boston Patriot
DEsrRvcrIvE FIRE IN Observation-Disclosures, of a
ever 10 the Editor OF the Herald, iiiend In Bali.
more, dated on Friday q noon.
We have had heavy fire this forenoon, and a more
destructive one than usual, from cation as TO water
being rather remote. The whole OF Iessrs Rowland. e.
!" oo'Ien's Pia"ery aud Saving Mill together with a
so'k Vi nVofihg and other plank, cedar, Sc. are
consumed and all the Wooden enements fur or five in
NUMBER, contiguous the'eo, were alo burnt or pulled
1owa' he loss is probably so COO team et three
horses also said to have been burnt in the enclosure
The buildings stood in from, OF the Medical Clleyc
tending from Ga cen 10 Paca streets.
cannot learn whether any insurance OIL the mill
OF MOI one account being that $500 insu ed and
ah"her mat 'he policy e,iied about weeks since and
1re originated except that il was accidental. he 6,.
companies, as uai did all they could"
ALEXANDRIA, ID. C) October l.
STEAMBOAT BURNT.-The Steamboat Ou-atoric pIv
ing between this place aud the different landings on ,be
Potomac River, burnt to the waters edye ON Er;av
mght last whilst she was lying at Leonardtown Md The
re was entirely accidental and rapid was the progress
Oh me n"ne that the Captain and crew. asieep on board
at the time, with difficulty escaped with their live, We
understand the Ousatonc partially insured Another
Is au, WIN oe put upon this route The
necessary arrangements can be made Gozeue.
THE CASE OF WHIppLr, at Lowell. has nro,uced
great excitement committee appointed by the citizens
oil mat place to investigate the facts visited this city We,
er"y, ana from the knowledge they have obtained, sp
pear to be satisfied that Whppe fire to his own store
he visited Boston the day previous TO the fire and ,oot
lodgings at Mr. wilde's. In the afternoon he hired horse
anu wagon under prctence of going TO Wilmington IN
purchase shoes, but did return until the new
ing, when he said he lost his way and was kent mn
an n,sn'' INC horse and wagon in Low
ei' ,ha night, and IL is supposed were taken there
ny WhPple Tor the purpose OF carrying away the goods
OF which he alleged his store robbed. The I'm.
surance upon his stock $1,000 he had reduced
his goods TO the value, il is estimated of about 5Ooo
from which he took the most valuable portion and then
red ms store with the intention of coveing the whole
amount oil insurance. When he found that strong sns;
c'on had been excited against him, he resolved upon com
hitting suicide and effected by plunging into the Canal
near his house. On the morning of his Jecease h.. 49,"
DIS usual dressed himself with and his chamber
IN an apparently unconcerned manner The wafer was
ohy our ieet deep where he found and he had moi
oeen III more Than hitcen minutes but all efforts 10
suscltae him proved unavaing His coat was toIed
carefully and laid by the side his ha, upon the ba Of
FUND in i, no ai mouse was searched, but goods
III ~ nor mas any thing yet TRANSFERRED lead 10 the
Post. " '""""S
iHE ARMY.-By the annexed ORDER il will he seen
nI %f reg@iaon promulgated to the Army last summer
mOilfied:-.Na. Int. commanding ""' 0eeh
[oRDER No. 79l
HEAD QUARTERS OF THE Ap,,x }
'aymdnt Generals Office, Washington, Sept. 20
Tue Regulation OF the War Department, promulgated
. modified acc orn-
ing 10 he 0iiowing direction Of the Secretary of
r DEPARTMENT OF WAR, SEPT 90 1888
mat part OF the Regulation quoted i'm Order No AZ
which prohibited the Officers of the ARMY f,om vi.iting
ne seat oil Government without express
adopted with view TO prevent the recurrence Of diff
cu'nes' winch had frequently been experienced in The
communication Oh the concerns Of The Army 1, was moi
intended TO impair The just rights reasonable
uohs OF lie efiicers sill less to affect that pride ot
character, personal and professional, which has ALWAYS
De'n cherished in the American Army and wbout which
'heir country would have little TO expec, from their SER
vices - ~ "'e" SGT
The Limitation imposed Ivy the same Regulation. u,op
.ne prac"ce oil granting leave OF absence will bave a
tendency 10 diminish much of the evil which the above
Po"oi'ion was intended to obvaie And should ex ne
renee hereafter show, that lis operation is still so niur
' aso require further remedy, while such remedy will
nc "ppcd SO as best 10 attain the object il will We an
pea WIN every just regard the honor and feelings Of
the officer ~ u ''e""Bs oi
ohner ,hese circumstances, therefore, paragraph No
uhoer Inc head OF Leaves Of .4bsence of the Regn
'aion above referred 10, is hereby rcscinded
| H. LEWIS CASS
by order OF Major General MAcoMB
INDIAN AFFAIRs.-Tbe anne xed article of i,,.lI
gece respecting the remains OF The Six Naons VET re-
LUNG I'D me western part of this STATE from the Bnao
foot oil Tuesday. Ii will be seen, that we have nov
wo Rege"ces' in this Sa,e--ihat of Albany and ,ha,