Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-02-20

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who have left the province since tue 3rd o'
nacemher last. VIII, do not reti,rn and take
an arms in defence af the cs,atry. The
coalisca'cd rropcrtyis To DC appr'fria,ch
exclusively t, pay The expenses Oh ''i.''
war.
II yrs rcoortnd in Rochester, onfhn 2f'ln1
that yanIscnsalaer bad left B,tayla for Ne.
Yrl oity; and The New York Wing OK
nresses he opinion he bad arrived. As Tor
NcKenzic. Il was runarcd that he was ut
the As,or House on the 29ih, and passed on
in the hilaephia boat.
All the p,pcrs agree in the Impression
that the patriot Forces are completely DIS
persel, and thn the Canada War IS at an
end. t..s s ..s ssatt
DREADFUL CONFEDERATION,
Forty-iro horses burnt IIea.re destroyed.
GA the 4;h in I. Baltimore was vlS'ei
! with an appall;ng fire, Of which the Biiti-
more Transcript gives the following ac-
count:
..'Tho From, street Theatre IS heap Of
smouldering ruins. The whole of Cocke'>
| stud of beautiful horses Is destroyed. The
| fire was discovered at half past four this
morning. The flames were first seen hnrs-
! ting through he roof, and when the alarm
was given, the whole interim OF that i'm
mense pile, from rear TO front, was IN
flames. Nothing was saved. Fortv-two
| horscs-twe!ve pnnics--thc whole of the
rich ana costly wardrobe ofthc compnny-
the scenery, property, dccorations--eyery
thing are destroyed.
The theatre was so generally on fire, be-
fore discovered, and of such combusiible
materials, that in less than an horr after
the alarm was given, the destruction was
complete, and the si5Ie walls of the bull ling
had fallen The fire department, with
their apparatus. were en- the ground with
their accustomed energy, but their Efforts
were unavailin1.
How the fire originated is unknown. II
IS conicciured hat it may have caught IN
the scenery. NIazeppa was performed last
night, and after the Performance, we un-
derstand that part Of the spectacle of Ma
lpolcon, which was to be produced on Mon
day night, was rehearsed. The scenery
was once on fire during the evening, bat
extinguishcd.
Mr.. Cooke, We are told, had.n insur-
ance on any Of the property. Ills loss
must be immense. One of his hsrses, n
lone, it is said, he valued at $4,000. The
amonn, insured on the builIing, we have
not learned. The Theatre was the laryes
in the country with The exception OF Cad
wells new thca.re at New Orleans, anf
had been recently fitted uphy Mr.. Cooke a
much expense, and in style of grand mag
niticence.
! The old Mansion House south of The
Theatre, occupied by Mr. Murphy as tav
ern. caught from the flames, and was en-
: 'irely destroyed. A stable adjacent to thu
Theatre, occupied rs the depository of tn,
earring es, &c. of Mr. Cooke, was also des
troyed. Several of the adjoining house:
were in much danger, bat by the activity
of the firemen, were saved from serious
injury.
We are informed that Mr. Cooke has los
his ali-his entire property being vested IL
this establishment, OF the exact amonn
we have not heard m estimate We douh
M, however, that he will receive aid from
the managers OF the theatres, and other,
who have ii in their power to render. him
the assistance he himself has on several
occasions generously afforded to them"
We suppose the people of The U. States
have no objection 10 hearing what John
B Ill says of them. lfinev have, we advise
them not to read the following extract from
the Montreal Herald. the organ of the Low
alisls in Lower Ctnada:
s'lfone spark Of national spirit turks in
'hc breast of that patron of ma raudnr mer-
cenares, Lord ViSconnt P.lmerston-Mr.
Van Burer, instead of eytorting any apolo
gy tor the violation of his territory, will be
requested to afford satisfactory aionemen,
for the failhcss, ungratefal, and ruffi,nlv
conduct of his citizens. A. all events. he
and his universal nation will have to swaI-
low the alleged affson:, or cold steel in its
stead. Yes, cold steel rs balels-iadg-
ment, as usual, for the plaintiff Blythe
bye, is not the iavoritc weapon of nation
fair test of It's degree Of coarage?e Does
not Jonathan's preference OF the long Gun
and the rife imply a taste for safe dis
lance? Does no. John Bulls preference OF
the bayonct and.he cutlass impiya f,ndncss
for close quartcrs?'
correspondents Of the n. 7. Herald,
writing from Grand Island, gives this laugh.
| able account of the efforts of McNabb to
prevail upon his forces to cross the river
and make an attack upon Navy Island:
sHe ordered the canadian militia into
the boats. They refused, and told him t.,
send the iadians--who were paid for fight
ing and liked it, and who they said must
| take the lead. The valiant C.,,,o, ,ho,,