Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-22

street will be stopped by the American Insurance Co., and
mat That buildings and those below, to Pearl street. will
be saved The buildings above the American Insurance
office on the west side of Wall William street.
including the Exchange, all destroyed-and two or
three above William street.-The fire is still raging TO-
extend to the buildings the latter. The east side cf
Wall street is yet safe.
| The flames yet extending down William street
The buildings on that street and fronting Hanover square,
including the Gazette office, are burnt down
This is terrible calamity to New York i, is bciicv
ca mat more l"H two hundred valuable aud ware.
hous'S are G'Sir"jc" with the principal part Of thciI
contents No estimate of the amount Of danur can n
nade-Some individual stock Of rcods are estimated rs
nish as two, three and four hundred ,l,.sand dllars
me ne less cannot !al! much shmt of TWENTY MIL
LIONS OF DOLLARS-and many are of opinion tina,
it will exceed THIRTY MILLIONS!
we haze just heard the Mayer say, that an attempt
would be made TO arrest the flames before reaching
broad street. by bl"wing up ono Of MIR. Lords
Nearly the whole Of Lords elegant row of stores in
Exchange Place. and the Church opposite are in ruins
and The flames extending rapidly toward Broad street.
| The Daily ADVERTISER and the American newspaper
ofhces are destroyed, with all the machine presses of
| the establishments.
FIVE o'cLock-Wc 60 TO press while the fire is still
raging 1t is said to have extended below Old Slip on
Pearl strcetad there no calculation where its rava
ges will b. bounded.
Half past foe,-The ia prD.r ssing down Pearl
st. Oh the south side, and have envclopcd ali the build
inES 10 anu including the fclll ST. House, NO. CO This
information is brought to by person just from the
| immediate nc ghborhood
THURSDAY NloasIxG, 10 oclock-Wc resume with
heavy hearts the continuation OF the particulars ofthc
awful calamity that has bcialen our city. The flames
are yet raging, and principally confined to the
square bounded by the south side OF Pearl street. Coentes
slip. Soulh street, and Old slip. Nearly the whole OF
tins extensive block is already in ruins number of
buildings have been blown 20 arrest the progress ofhc
| fumes. "a
One oclock-lt is believed the flames arc now arrest.
ed so that they will not extend below Cocnties slip.
Seine four 10 five hundred buildings destroyed
1t is fortunate circumstance that at this the
stocks Of goods the stores and greenhouses is much
less than al any other period Of The year, and the az
gregate amount Of loss il hoped, will reach
the SUM supposed yesterday morning.
| Should not our Congress be Immediately memoriazcd
to suspend tor time the bonds due for duties: We
make these suggestions as some which have occurred
to The credit Of this city is of immense value
only 10 the city ITSELF but TO the whole country aud
every should he taken that prudence devise
to render the loss to small the nature of the
| will admit
Awful and great is the destruction Of property it
should be remembered, that not deprived of
favorable location for trade will the energies and
industry Of our people lie dormant Much may be done
by the pursuit ct proper measures TO preserve that Gre
dit which OF equal value with property and this arli
Gle is written with view to point the necessity of
shelving 10 those who not the spot that with
property have not lost sight Of the necessary
inspire confidence that the alert
TO do the best that be dune under circumstances
| truly distressing.
The Post Office is removed to the Of the Custom
House Cedar sIcc-wherc every effort is making to
facilitate the bisnrsS-but there must necessarily be
arrangement Tor days. We understand that all
the mails despatched yestcrday-but those which
arrived not assorted till the afternoon, and 1t
quite impossible TO assert the ncwspapcrsso that we are
without any from abroad
EVENING.
| The Mayor called meeting at his Office this after
nonn Of such citizens willing 10 volunteer
city patrol for the night when Col Sanford offered the
services of his brigade Of militia, and they accept
ed horse patrol is also duty protect the proper
! = exposed from PunGrrcrs.
The Common Council was convened this evening" 10
devise was and for the preservation of the city,
and protecting exposed property in It's present predica
| mcnt.
Tie flames have now subsidized and i: is believed will
further extend. 1t is estimated that not less than
! SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY buildings destroy
ed comprising perhaps the most valuable district of the
is nearly lu0n Water street about SOin Front street
! about 80, and in South street about 40
It is impossible yet 10 correct or minute account
! of this conla grat:on--it would fill n volume The
particulars Of The individual losses which momenty
reach us, arc heart sickcnlng and overwhelming. We
dare not attempt the recital The whole city is in deep
grief" -
a Meeting Of the Citizens of Philadelphia and county
was hcldhat the Exchange the le,h. They syinpa-
thise deeply with tie Citizens of n. York.-A committee
of ftyshaS been appointed to ascertain the losses-le
report be made another meeting the 18th inst
and they prepare Memorial to Congress praying
for the prompt appropriation of ten millions of dollars
10 relieve ms possible the suferngs Of their brethren
o. ~ York-Thcy also 10 address Memorial TO the
! General Assembly of Pennsyvaniathc Select and
Common Councils Of Philadelphia, &c, &c.