Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-10-29
rRnM MOBILE.

Nv Oe1r.ss Oct I4-We received TO newsRa.
pers from Mobile by yesterdays mell. we learn rom
private sources that the town vas placed under mariai
law and a very strict police observed About thifiy
So, odvidpals av been arrested suspicion oil EaV-
inn been concerned in the late incendlay
,oains, some of HON there is said to te something Ne
positive poo OF their guilt The excitement srd',s "
be- al an nd and beginning to onH arouha '"
for the means Of restoring the town 10 us "fei ooe
and prosperity.
p,sr,ntre urasurrs "A numerous meeting OF young
men was held a, Ruddocks Hotel in Con'i street, on
Saturday evening Tor the purpose oil o'gan'zhg &c.
neral patrol for the first municipality we learn 'hut
the hes, spirit prevailed, and st he measures
by the meeting were OF a very JndIci"us h"o' he
most beneficial effects may be anticipated ifo'h 'oSe
proc, edIrgs .,
The whole population OF New Orleans IS aroused 10
nroner sense of The present condition Of aars and in
this awkward stale of the public mind we ihier lhat
wbatrvrr danger may exist %il be waIded oil.
Ineendiaries-We have good reasons 10 suspect that
there are in this city men o; the same gang, or
least Of similar dispositions and Intentions, WIN nose
who have lately attempted 10 lire The towns OF .,chE
and Vickburg, and whose designs have been too fatally
accomplished al Mobile IL thus disclosing our suspi-
cious far from wishing 10 excite anything IKE
panic in he minds of the tnid and The helpless we
have been informed that strange looking ehows nave
been proving around The mint al uniiinely hours
mud under such circumstances 10 induce Suspicion
in The officers of that institution that they habored tV
designs The guard has teen doubled, ana such "lher
measures of rrecaulion adopted to set OF defiance all
unlawful attempts of Whatever nature they may be =
On Saturday night an attempt was made 10 hire the
dwelling house Of Mr.. Bron. attorney al law, situate nj
the corner Of alureau and Frenchman Streets IN the
lower municipality A quantity Of inhammable male
rails stepped phur and turpentine was thrown on
the roof of the house. and had begun 10 buta, when
person passing in the street perceived It ld gave lhe
alarm.
7aother attempt 70 fire Nafch,=.-An attempt was made
10 sci fire 10 a store IN Nalchrz on THURSDAY last
small woods shed adrg 10 The main building, vas
discovered be in flames The hour bring two cook
in the day the fire quickly exneuis!"d he huI'u
ing uEnligbittd hi corporation ut NhtcheZ nave
offered reward If 81 900 or The apprehension and con-
Of persons concerned in setting ire to that town.
Louisianian
Further rRcM NOBLE A letter received IN this
civ has htrn shown 10 US containing some her par
ticuin.s respecting thu fire in N"tr, that have not
seen PRINT The pie, for frirg The cay was 10 d UPON
extensive scale The attempts TO k'"Ge he IN
many places failed. auifts, by the marks iei
bv 'ie tXtirnulshtd l,ne. number 81 buildings BE-
SIDES III So burned were discovered fire, and III pro
Cess arrested heuT. IT too late 10 save Hc housts
Quite crowd Of suspicious characters were arrested On
searching. iheir pnckes were nund hiied win matches,
and having snlb- apparatus ubnut their persons One
o liz culyIiis c,ught IN IL" store Of Ferguson
The rach,s ha, cuuCesitd under hs clothes were
strong svde noes his guilt He wus "dged 10 jail 10
await his riol a person living in Dannhn 81 named
to n,o's hcusr, from wijcn Ttsu,eu me Tremendous
conf 'g5atiun Monday night, that destroyed fourteen
squares, turning humd-, d families uu' "f home
and shelter liz thought 10 be al The heed oil an
tx'rrs;vc gang engaged IN The internal wn'k. HIS late
Will he Grts tnintG soon he c'l2-ns have leisure
,o t.stor: OF, his uial For the better security OF the
ruU &c. il was resolved at meeting II the inhabitants,
To place The cry under martial law. The pane ard
cHci.r. ut as beyond all parallel Much praise ia due
to the Present ana of The STATE Bank Thy
have come forward 10 he OF The poor. and made
tend, If $40 Goa org all classes OF those burnt
vui g,-a, distress rfeva,lrd..E q EuHHia oct. il.
Iucei diary .li.,a.pt learn from several rrspecG-
BE individuals that attempt was made on Saturday
night 10 FIRE house situated at the corner oi No.
reau art Fiench!Gan streets bundle was "und upon
the roof containing quantity OF rags, pieces OF dried
sponge ard sulphur matches the whole was saturated
with spirits of lurpentne he bundle had been lighted
and the flame had uI:eady communicated 10 the rnoi :
Happily The fire discovered ari arrested before u
had made further progress. Similar bundles filed wi
coabuslth. materials have been found examination
on the roofs o other houses ard m gardens here 'y
had probably fallen from The sumGhs nt the hoGses-
From The appearance u" some Of these bundles II seems
likely ha, they had been lighted and had afterwards s"nt
out, Every thing proves Mat we have among Us gang
Of desperate miscreans engaged III The hrndish WORK
inrentarl. We the citizens 10 exert their NJ
most vigilance for The preservation OF thor property ant
the detection Of these netaricuS scoundreIs.
~ o. BG!din, Oct. Ia.
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