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produced By the discovery thst there 10 lnrh-
Inc within Us borders one or more NJ eor.sus-
mate villains a. ever entered the wslIs OF q
Peei'sniisry OF perhaps s.usg upon gaiio~..
On Thursday night last, about n O'Clock, the
second story OF she building occupied by Geo
w. ssppins,cn. Esq ss Sheriff. Office. aa.
ja'n!as eur ewn residences. aud situated In The
sni.i., On The most popuious part Of the town,
was discovered on Gre. by gsetIsmsa who
was fortunately passing the sire-t q, ihsl hour.
Alarm fsas Immediately given. and number
OF persons rushed TO The seeBo ar danger. and
ss,insui.bed the hrs without the AID OF che
engine. Whist copgr.iai,tior. were ps..inr
through ihs crowd. upoa The early 5l.eover,
snd snbjer'ion Of the flames. a, time "a
strong wind from fhe east, and place 50 insu.-
PieiOI. for the safety 81 latg. snd valuable
part Of the town. the greatest .sfprise and To-
digns,ioa arose from the discovery that the
IRE was the work-of an ine.ndisry. a elus.
Ter Of eombu,tibles Was found, somposed Of
weolien and coispn reg. newsps pers, sc. In
which II Vas ~ oRee evident the Gre had
been thrown from tho street through win.
dow which Ma, open at tho time. Til, dis.
eovefy We ;hink a most fortunate one, n
has aroused spirit which Il is hopea nav
'ead,o the detection OF ihi, Midnight ,lo,,er -
sainstihe lives and property Of so large nun.
Der OF unoTending citizens, and awakened all
TO proper sense OF the danger, by which they
are 'arroutded. Various ars the conjecture.
a. TO the motive by watch the wretch va. &C.
iuAted In committing the vile deed--sad su.-
pieions have pointed 10 ono or two directions.
whether right or wrong, time perh,p+ vii,
disclose. One thing we consider certain. ths,
In community like this there cannot exi.,
more than one or two individuals capable OF
80 black crime. and that the time mus, b,
brief. uaiess there be wonderful reform. ere
their crimes In ihs or some other form win
pqin, them out, and enable Justi, { to receive
is own.
On Friday evening. whist the occurrence
Of the previous evening was S,fiI upon the
tongue OF almost every one, the alarm Of Gre
was sgsin sounded In our streets A dense
smoke in tho western division Of the town.
gave assurance that The alarm wa. no,a false
one. The fire company and the citizens se-
nerally, with the most eommsndahle promptI-
'nde, repaired TO the threatened point, which
va' the dwelling Of Mr.. Brxx, widow Of the
late Rev. SEtAr SrSx. The enSioe was speed
lly put in motion. and no,wi,hstandins the
whole Of The roof was In fame before one
rai'ons commenced, the Ere, by the deter
iermiosd exeriions OF all present, was room
conquered AT frs, view. the general i'm
preston prevailed that the Gre had isken too
strong hold TO be arrested short of The en-
lire destruction Of the building; bu, The re-
'ult showed The folly OF yielding to such i'm.
Pressions on such occasions, and proved wha.
wonders can DO accomplished by early and
rigorous action. The third story sIoae was de-
'iroyed, the other parts of tho building ,us-
ia'nins but litiie injury. This FIRE. there
seems 10 be no doubt. wa, IN result Of aeeI-
ient-a sPark frcm the chimney. It !. bs!ist.
ID, having communicated with The roof.
These things should sdmonish ihe ei,izea,
Il chariesinwn Of the necessity Of pro,idine
III the safeguards in their power to proven,
heir property, and Il r,ight be some Of their
ives, from falling prey to The rsva.es Of
bis devouring element n tiis sis1t, a proper
Pirit seems 10 he awake upon the .nhisc,.
but, hoW long before il shall Be found 10
'eeP again. Not longer, we fesr. than ,he -
arning cries Of The last few days will be risr-
's in their cars. They may, ere long. b. ava !
sHed 10 the importance Of our suggestion,
'hen too lnie-vhsn al their now sbup.
an' resources shall have bsea lost in a gene.
al min
Tho importance Of we'll arsaai.ed Fire
'ouP'ry. furnished with apparatus ocnpIe,s.
Te think uus, now he srparent 10 All. Bu,
'r i'' aid m Friday, in 4. very imPcrfsc,
fsanizaiisn. the Gre would not have been ar
'sied until Il had destroyed an sdjaininx
uilding. tho residsnes Of Mrs Ann n acralr
nd thus, instead Of the partial destruction Of
ne s''iidiog, two worthy ladies' would have
cen burnt out Of house ahd homo.
The FIRE Company held . n,ss,ins IN So.
'rdiy last, and took preliminary steps 10.
ards a reorganization. The company Is
realty deficient N numbers NOT less than
twenty-five additional members are reauirsd
. on vacancies end give the company . pro.
er degree Of viEour. They meet again
n Saturday next, when Il Is hoped many
'nEs Of orr artVe young mcn will come for.
'srd End enrol themselves lei them bear
mind thsi members % The Pre- compss,
re exempt from mIliiia daty. and hat con.i.
sraiions q the sravsst character. require =,
he Tine their corporation IN The Gre depst-
'eat with our engine and hose, sell nann.
D. end promptly supplied with water BY The
'tizen, generally, 20 eject which, svsry pc,.
'n should ay with his bucket Of water a lbs
SO aiarm.) there could b. bot fuv Gre.
. town ike this, which could not b speed
, conquered.
u would seem, from the events Of the psst
EEK. that Pssdofa's box Of soonsJrsl, b,.
y ~ onse been opened upoo this comms.
~. On Friday aigh, IN attempt was mad.