Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-09-29

Terrible cOnasgnatiOn THE, BO,oeru IT,.
atse ba'rHs dOaOR.-At half past four veSterdaIy
lnpr1lng. 9noke was seen to issue from The
centre Of the roof of the Bowery Theatre. s-,1
in very few minutesfhe whole buildinr Wa
completely enveloped in flames. So sudden
and so rapid was the conhagratiOn thattif vIa0
quite impossible to save the building when
the dremen arrived ut the spot. Nor Werea..
ny portion of the very valuable properties
belonging to the Theatre saved: with the
exception of the clock, piano, and the larpe
mirror of the green ROOM The wardrohes,
and in fact every thing belonging to the es-
tablishment with these slight exceptions were
swept. The upper portion of the side walls
fell on to Nos. 40 and "A Bowery, and crush
ed in the roofs. No other buildings were in
Jured. Thus has this magnificent Theatre
second time fallen a sacrifice to the devour-
ing element. MIR. Hamblin's loss win be
most severe. We understand he himself es-
Inmates it at seventy thousand dollars. Not +
cent OF which we are sorry to learn, was Co
vered by insurance-the policy having expi-
red ON the 18th inst. and Mr.. HI. was in nego-
tiation for its renewal. The members of the
company, are also severe sufferers, and i'm
proportion to their means probably much the =
most SO, as they have lost the whole of their
theatrical properties, and are thrown out of
professional employment. A man named
Frederick, employed to sleep in the Theatre,
had a narrow escape from the burning build
ing with his life, being obliged to make his
way out of it in his night clothes.
Of the origin of the fire, there seems to be
a difference Ofopinion-Some individuals be-
lieving it to have been communicated by de-
sign. and others supposing the fire to have &C.
CURED from sparks communicated to some
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ance Of Lafitte-N. Y Coar. Sent. %. ,sS,.,
NdFroaC Escape.-The Cashier of the High
land Bank started from this city few eve
mngS ago IN the steam boat for Newburph.
having $4,000 in Bank Bills in his trunk
A few minutes after the boat had stopped at
one OF the landings on the river, it occurred
to him that he would look to sec if his trunk
was safe, when 10, he found it was gone. He
gave the Captain of the steamboat 90 dollars
to put back, when the fellow that had stolen
the trunk, was found to have just entered the
public house, taking care previously to Sc
cure the trunk in shed, in order to be ready
probably, for taking the next boat. The
trunk and money We're found to be all safe,
and the fellow was secured.-N. Y. Times.
The Richmond Enquirer says that the "peo-
pie prefer Martin Van Buren, to White, Har-
rison, or the Devil" 1t has never occurred
to US to consider the election with reference
to the contingency of the last candidate men,
toned by the Enquirer-but VIC do not be-
lieve that there is any danger of his running
against Mr.. Van Buren,. He knows who his
best friends are-and would do nothing to
split the party.-Boston Atlas.. .. , IN -,
Feas not lobsters."-The friends Of the treas-
ry Candidate we should suppose, were by this time
!" ae oa AL s
not Holsters. Take North Carolina, for instance
majority offourteen thousand So much for lobster''
we will say. In 1896, comes another tria and Van
Burens friends declare that he is Andrew jackson
iorty Of five thousand VOICES that he is only Martin
Van Bmen.. Thus much for the gea!"s The con-
ciusion then IT, sans dispute that nas are not lob
Again; take Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, and
Aabama, and the decision is once more fleas are
Go to Ohio. and Pennsylvania and Virginia, and
tennessee, and there again will it be found. that
plain % pEessaa that let the kitchen cabinet cook
their dish as they will they can never make flea
"iobser = and that after all their palms. they viii bus
sure that the people win sometimes % according to
their own taste but so il Island the treasury cooks
may as well drop their kitchen utensils at once for
for the gandes" 1t is, indeed a settled thing, has
however brisk, and cunning and perseverng Flea
may be, he viii not be able to "gan the conclusion
at which he has long aimed at the present hoppmg-
F1eas are not lobslers, mark that.-ibid.
More Forgeries.--1he crime of forgery is becoming
alamngly prevalent, and the guilty should be exposed
and punished. however painful the duty. Two forge
have lately been discovered in this city, says the
Albany Advertiser, committed by Henry w. Bam-
man, formerly of this city, young man of nauch prom
fortunate in the dug business and then went into Wal
street among the stocks where continued llfort1ne
drove him to the commission of foFgeres amonnting
it is said, to about $4,000 He left the city before the
discovery, and has gone to Texas
who sunk large amount in selling and buving stocks
on te and s larger it is said, in another species
of gambling The amount of his forgeres il yariousy
stafedsone say $5O0O0O. and others say twice that
sum. His father in a most honorable manner Is re-
ported to have paid about 100000 OF the forged pa
by the blackegs. COster embarked few days since,
for Europe, and has been followed by his family.
I}G.II i III. ,ssFI ..-h 5i ". Express.
The Baltimore Transcript has the following appeal
to his fellow citizens by candidate tor the Office OF
1 take this way Of announcing myself as eendse
date for the offs Of Sheriff of Baltimore city and Koln
ty, at the next election, and ask the generous s'lis
ings Of my fellow citizens in my favor. To them folks
wot don't know me, would respectfully state thst
ceived very bo1ntifa education at respectful free
skule was brought up to true patriot political pn-
cples-fhat is to say, always stick to the strongest
slde-them's my sentiments. havnt tendca lecc
tions ward meetings, and hustins for H1thlng-and
peace of my rite car, Tn the man wot can tel, nm~
lost them in defence of my illegal vote tor kouny