Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-11-10

a fire broke out in carpenter snop III Tue Ieai
of McClellan's alley, about midway between
Baltimore and Fayette streets. Inc hre soon
to a quantity of lumber in the
neighborhood, and spread with great raPlolty
to the surrounding buildings. The following Is
a statement OF the property destroyed SO lar as
we have ascertalned-
The carpenter shop of Mr.. Sutton, together
with his tools, lumber, with consideraoie
amount of work prepared for several new pull
dings-entirely destroyed :.
The large brick dwelling OF Mr. sutton, III
front of the shop McClellan's alley-almost
destroyed. 49,.
The brick dwelling next north of and adjoin-
ing the last house-very much injured.
A two story brick house south oil The hrst men,
toned building, the upper part occupied as
plane making establishment, the first story and
cellar used by Mr.. Richard Norris loT SLOT
ing hardware-house and contents entirely des-
troyed.
Next south ofthe last mentioned building was
the handsome Engine house of the First Baltl-
more Hose Company, with its ornamented Gu
pola. The combustible part of the house is rem.
dered entirely useless, being so much injured
as to prevent repair
So much of the property as we have enumera-
ted. is insured The hardware stock OF Mr.
Norris was insured but as there was large
amount of valuable goods in the warehouse, II
;s thought the insurance will not cover the
amount of loss.
The amount of lumber on the back of some
of the lots We have enumerated, soon commu'
nicated the fire to the buildings on little sharp
street. =,
These were mostly carpenters shops, and fill
| led with combustible materials, which were soon
enyeloped in flames. Three houses on this
street were entirely destroyed. The buildings
were not much in value, but the contents OF
| some ofthcm were valuable.
We shall say nothing of the usual eXertlons
| of the firemen upon this occasion, as we are
confident we could not do justice to their untir-
ing efforts for three or four hours to arrest the
| propress of the fame6.-BaH. Gdz.
His B. NJ ship Arachne, Captain Burney,
| mounting sixteen guns, arrived at this port yes
terday from Jamaica. On coming to anchor
salutes were nterchanged with Fort McHenry.
We understand she brings passenger Captain
Kitson, of the Royal Engineers, who is charged
| with the duty of erecting Lighthouses on the
| CUHluIini,y wioi al Tau Selhc Islands, in
some time ago between the governments of
| Great Britain and the United States. Ii is be-
lieved this is the first British armed vessel which
has entered this harbour since the late war;
| Ball. amer.
| Wild DuckS.-Sportsmen and epicures, we
| learn may expect more than usual enjoyment
this season in performing their respective parts.
friend of ours, who is passonatey fond of
duck shooting, recently killed, down the river,
or bay, in company with brother sportsman,
| fity-nine wild ducks Upwards of forty were
| red-heads. The rest consisted of black heads,
bald-pateS, Sprig-tail and two canvass backs.
They were all very fat, tender and sweet:-and,
what is particularly remarkable, they were all
young too. This we are told, argues that wild
ducks have multiplied prodigiouSy since the
last season, and that they may be expected TO
hn nj ,oH
long time past. 1t is said also, that they are
every where, more abundant this year than they
have long been.-BaH. Mtel
We exchange with a goodly number of Jack
son papers in Ohio, and since the election we
have not seen in single one of them one word
about the "Traitor Ewing" The last Legislature
of Ohio instructed their Senators to support the
measures of the Administration. Mr.. Ewing. !
for declining to obey the instructions, has been |
abused by the Jackson press in no measured |
terms-he was Familiarity termed the 'Traitorn
But the people in his State have most aobly sus- |
tanned him in his efforts to preserve the laws
and constitution inviolate.- Uheeling Times
Paganini-A most ferocious attack is made
in the French journals upon this extraordinary
man, for having unfeengly refused to play at
a charity concert for the benefit of the poor,
whose property was so much destroyed by the
late storms in France. He is accused of being
destitute Of all feeling and sympathy but for gold;
he is tainted with the riches which Partisan ge-
nerosity has poured into his coffers he is de-
as pale faced cadaver, with the hor-
rible smile of an idiot stenographed on his fea-
lures; his heart is declared to be canker eaten I
with the misery passion ofavarice; his conduct !
IS disparagingly compared with the liberality of /
other artists and the French people are called {
upon to shun him, and turn from him with hor- S
'or. He plead, as an excuse, that he was re- "a
urning to Italy; but the Parisans say it was
because a concert for charity would not afford
my means to satisfy his thirst for lucre. \
~ y. Star. Z
Neus from the North-The weather at the
Worth has been remarkably cold for the season. d
We saw this morning, a package from Franco =
ia N. H. with an endorsement by the Postmas- y
er, upon the back stating that on 18th Octo- r.
er the thermometer at eight o'clock in the fore g
Don, stood only eight degrees above zero. In
he town of Bethlehem, few miles from Franco
ia, the, snow lay from ten to twelve inches, a
nd seighing was quite good. vast body Of N
now now covers the Green Mountains
Boston Trans.