The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-03-02

AhoTHER uhEAT rlhE.-l<dSt hisut o.i u'foNN
city was again afflicted with great fire the corner
of Maiden lane and South street. Ii broke out about
eight O'clock and ragged uriousy for some time. Seve-
raj large fire at the same moment, and
fears were entertained that it would Maiden lane
and do great damage.
The FIRE caught at 169 Maiden Lane next the corner
of South street, In large Ship Chanders store, but the
origin is unknown. Soon after it caught, explosion
took place which is supposed 10 have been produced
bv powder. The store of Weld s. Champney, Ship
Chsndlers, on the corner, also all burnt up, and Mr..
Goodlchs sail loft up stairs Cooling store Maiden
Lane Ship Chandler also was burnt down. Thomas
NJ M'Lean, 165 Maiden Lane ALSO
Up to 10 o'clock last evening, FIVE large buildings
were on fire, and probably will be destroyed-equal TO
at least half million of property. AT that hour, the
fire, by invisible means, was spreading although
there plenty of water-and plenty of men to work
the engines. The crowd surrounding the scene was
immense. The weather soft, and the streets quite
wet The Hose Company Nc. 2, was first on the ground.
~ Have not fires doubled in this city since the Gas
Company filed the Streets stores and houses with their
infienmable air?
The JoIcE HErH HoAx.-The approach ofthe Sess-
ions when the public criminals will be put on their
trial, convicted and sentenced to the Penentiary, for
their various crimes, from the breaking open the seals
of letter up to arson theft and highway robbery, very
naturally sirs up the bile Of these persons whose con-
sciences accuse them of such high handed acts against
the common laws of society.
To an unfortunate feeling of this kind we attribute
entirely the vulgar and ungentlemany language which
the editor of the Sun applies to us because we have ex
posed the gross humbug they have passed upon the
nublc by exhibiting fer Joce Heth old woman called
Aunt Nully, who recently died at Harlem We cannot
retort their language. The Sun people are fitting them
selves for the Penilentiary, and such want e decency
is appropriate enough in that quarter. We merely
content ourselves with giving the following certificates OF
the probability of what have asserted and leave the
public TO make their own comments.
HARLEM, 29th Feb. 1886.
Mr.. Bennett have seen your account of the ex-
animation of Joice Heh. 1t is all hum. know that
tile woman passed off for Joice Heth respectable
old negress who lived alone in house near this place.
and died recently. She was taken on to the oiy and
passed off upon The doctors TO make an exhbitfon OIL
Won want further particulars will be IN town soon
and let YOU know the particulars am yours,
AN JOHN P. THOMPSON.
Mr.. Editor-Tbe Sun has been egregiously hoaxed
or the doctors have hoaxed the SUM- Mr. Locke
the man-bat-man, has eny been passing on, l lear'
another humbug on The public. understand that the
old bh ok womaa 6ssecled by Doct Rogers IS a poor
woman called Aunt Netly who lived IN Harlem. 1
have been out aud seen her often. know man who
did intend to carry her around the country and shew
her off as soon as spring set n-but she died too soon.
Rely unon This Yours PETER MCCARTHY,
Tai G. Bennett. Sullivan ST.. 9th Feb.
In addition TO this we can prove by several gentle
men who were in Office at the time, that the very
exhibitor of Joce Heth admitted that he had sent her
long since to Connecticut and that the old negro woman
so numerically cut up by Doct Rogers was not the
Simon Pure.
What we have stated, however, is sufficient to turn
the public attention towards enquiry OF more I'M
porrapce We asked Doc ID. l.. Rogers the other day
whether he not the author OF the Lunar Hoax and
by not replying he has publicly admitted what we only
then minated We now state that the Lunar Hoax
the Jece Heh post mortem hoax, are all engendercd
by the same mind and the Pententary editors OF the
SUI sell themselves these purposes for money. X.
A. Locke formerly the pelce reporter OF the Courier
and ENQUIRER furnished the exravagant matter in the
Lunar Hoax and had his share Of the profits. In the
Joce Heth humbug about 500 was taken al the door
of the CITY Suloor, but how il divided, what
share fell to Doct Rogers and Locke have not yet
learned
The grave parade made to the world of post ortem
examination by respectable surgeon, and the rdicu
ous assertion that the pulse Of every old person returns
to the rapdy of YOUTH at on ce give stamp to the
character of the whole transaction We cannot enter
into any controversy with the editors of the SUM- or their
reporters Two of them indicted for misdrmeanor,