Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-13
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from the Boston Daily Advcr,iscr.l
Destructive FiRE.-Yestcrday morning about two
o'clock fire discovered in the fruit cellar Of MIR.
Burnham, beneath the five story brick building, cor
ner ct Devonshlre and Water streets, which immedi-
atey extended to tue paper store of Messrs J. H. Viii.
hins IL Co.; and aided by westerly breeze, en-
comprised the whole building destroying nearly all its
contents and before the flames could be checked, had
extended down Devonshirc street to the carpenters
shop Of l. Lovgl@y the brick grocery VI, store and
occupied by Irish families, and another by John Flen-
ing marble poisler, the two latter being considerably
damaged, although much Of the furniture NC
moved. On the opposite corner. three story brick
buildng occupied by James King grocer, and John G.
Roberts book binder, took fire at early period and
was entirely destroyed with most of the contents The
next building Devonshire St. also BRICK was occupied
by private families and boarding house, ivi which
of the furniture Was renewed. The next, ownedby
Harvard College occupied By the Boston Chemical
Printing Co., under the charge Of Leinue Blake and
Henry Bowen, the damage to which was considerable
The adjoining four story brick building owned by H. Cod
man. also destroyed. 1t was occupied as a book
bndcry, by Marsh, Capcn Il Lyon and insured to the
amun, Of $1,000 aud by S. r. Hart printer, who had
no insurance, but saved some Of his property.
The walls Of all these buildings fell in, either during
the fire few hours after, with injury to no one as we
lcaru except young named Isaac Parsons, whose
skull was fractured Part of the wall Of the large cor
ner building, with the chimney fell upon the three story
brick building adjoining Water street, crushed in the
root aud caused considerable damage TO an extensive
stock Of stoves CRATES tin ware, &c. belonging to Bry-
what injured by fire: latter fully insured
The lire was stopped in Wafer street towards w ash
irgon street. by brick wall Ill which was an IRON door,
ard on Devonsirc street, West side, by brick WALL in
which also was iron door The Atlas printing office
came next, but sustained It'll" injury except in the re-
uova Of some Of their OF types, which were thrown
| into pI.
Tie building in which the fire took was owned by the
heirs of the late Prleg Coffin Alessrs wilkins q Co.
had $500 insured, Which will their loss in their
store were cVnsgnments Of paper from different manu-
iacturcrs-onc from Messrs Peabody, OF Salem, who
had $1,000 insured. Andrew Kitchen, hardresser, on
the same Eoor lost most of his effects part OF the
building was occupied by Nathan Hale as book PRINT
ing ohce, including steam engine and Jour OF Ireaa
wells uowcr presses the whole loss valued at $700O
bv kanr & CO. for similar purposes, who lost three pow
| er presses: insurance Sl5OO-B r. g. j. j. Greenough,
enrayers, stereotype founders and publishers OF the
Penny Magazine nearly three volumes OF whlcn were
teslroycd: loss $1,000; insurance S4500 by A. H. Wood,
PROPRIETOR of the Chronicle and Rrtorer printing ohce'
BRYAN, l. Herman also had machine shop in this build
ing
different individuals, the presses including the
Peoples and Farley Magazines; and the American Ju-
/ rst. .
In Mr. Roberts, bindery 1900 copies Of the North
American Review, 7G0 copies having just been deliver
ed and 5000 copies of the American Almanac, tor 1880
Two Safes containing stereotype plates OF great value,
owned by Carter, Hendce q Co., billiard, Gray q co.
Croker IL Brewster, S. G Goodrich and other booksel-
lcIs and also containing the account books Of Kane ~
Co. and Wilkins a. Co. were in this building, and are
ascrrtaiLed to have received no INJURY
Ihzce of the brick buildings the West side OF De-
! vonshi.. street were owned by WIN. Boardnan.
Among the other sufferers hloscs ~ Denison, pro-
vision dealers loss 5000 Tnos Barrett, printer, who
lost all his property; f. urai;'' machnis', loss ooo
dollars Leiluel Shatluck, 700 dollars Sawyer, ma
, chinisi who owned more power presses Mr.
Lovciov's loss was about 1900 dollars. 500 insured Mr.
II BOwen's private desk was broken open during the
tilc ard his pockct-book stolen
The Transcript states the amount OF INSURANCE 10 NC
S45 500, divided as follows: ,-ooo
Fircmen $ Office SlO,UOO National 5000 Mutual 5000,
Merchants 1000. Protection 100, American 5D0O, Ma
nuarurrrs 1000 Fire and Marine 1000, franklin $780,
Ocean 1870
view 0u thousand copicsl was totally destroyed by re
on Thursday morning, as was also the ehtIte ed!ion
| (,i.r!l thousand copIes) of the American Amanack,
which was nearly ready for publication.
| STEAMBOAT ExrLosIoS.-We learn from the Mobile
Advertiser that the steamboat Don Juan burst her boil
or while on her passage the night OF the 18th inst
about q miles above that city. The engineer, Mr.
Henry Thompson, and fireman, an Indian, were si-
ed the first instantly several othe persons pad
" scalGed; and otherwise injured, Dy lhe eHPoSioh
Ib, head of the boiler had been blown out and swept
tho whole length of the engine room, and thence thro
= small passage into the cabin. The Don Juan was
towrd back tn Mobile next day, by the steamboat An
drew Jackson, despatched for that purpose.
From tho Albany Daily A 4, ,,I
o-2Tbe Executive Committee of the New York State
Temperance Society, being aware that report has been
ndus,riosy circulated that was their design to en-
da,vor 10 dispense with the use OF wine at the Lords
sumner deem it to be their duty 10 dsclanl utterly any
sur, n, enton They believe that the fruit OF the vine
is IN. of the essential elements Of that sacred ordnance
The Committee well knew that The wine ordinarily
.ad =, the Lords Supper in this country, was more the
,dct of Grain than of the vne-and their correspond
rn,s being aware of the fact have made use OF
the columns Of the neiigencer TO inquire whether the
urf.rmened Juice of the grape should be used or II
rrmcnted whether it should not be diluted with water
The Committee have never, Tor moment entertained
wish or thought that the strut of the vine, as used ny
our Lord should be withdrawn from the sacramentai Ia
bio I'm what form the fruit of the vine was used, the
committee will not attempto decide In ali their eoito'
rial articles the subject they have disclaimer having
any thing to do society," with the sacramento use o'
wine belle wing that the discussion OF tins qneson oe
oups more properly ecclesiastical bodies me GROUND
,Is,;,;.o maintain and which at two full meetings
If the State Society," they directed 10 ma'h'al ~
regard 10 wine and all other IN o9'clts a., $50
their use except for sacranen'ai d ,o soc;e,v-.nd
| -. i; ,,r,nr m those who drink-wrohe " oo'ieV
' - H., ono n the 100000 drunkarcs ih OUT 'dHo,
! esPeclay " Ss ,ef1rmed until the tota! abandonment
oC all intoxicating drinks as peVef'se t'"e
$1,000 ofihe Executive Commute VAN
s-,rccIr-An extra from the Office of
ICE -. standard and Democrat, printed at ouca,
the Cn ,ice signed by 1862 persons residing IN dif-
con. rio of the Stale calling " STATE coHfkHio.
If Ihe friends of immediate eHiai' pon ur nnpposr
ILL., on the 2lst of October next, FOR THE rOhross
ouca ". . STATE AsrI-SLAvERY SOCIETY FOR THE
60 Or nr NEW YORK" Of the sighefs 70 ths h"aIe'
=, least So are CLERcYMEE tiow nucn tnese e.
nj et. dnoscd TO study the things that make ios
men az rnnv be inferred from their selling TINS mo
Peao ,,r norientous excitement, to consummate mea
nv, ,vbich breathes defiance to Puoic seii me az.
bch seems in fact to be sPeetgt cJoI.r W Taedona
%hel, a.b;no around the edice OF our freeoom-,
already ,rebeud the folly Of that headlong zeal