Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-07-12

sons who knew tho circumstances. ever have be. !
ieved that the Block Factory took fire BY accident.
It has been said that fire had sometimes been pro.
luced about The gudgeons Of the power wheel. Blu,
all this fact is certain, viz that the
fire in the Block Factory kindled and WAS burning
when first discovered, in entirely another part of
the building, where il could not have taken from
the gudgeon nor directly from the stoves or furnace
The superintendent of the establishment and others
acquainted with The circumstances and position Of
things sverred at the time and do still aver, that !,
was hardly within the range of possibilities, that
the fire could have taken accidentally, Uhen and
,chere il did.
After short space, we we're again aroused
from our sumbers, on Saturday nigh, BY the cry OF
fire. The brewery was in flames and was com.
pleiey destroyed. That this fire was kinded by
an incendiary has never, we believe, been gravely
questioned. There is only the possibility Of its
being otherwise.
Again, recently, our village and town have
boon aroused by another awful conhagraton,
kindled on Saturday nightly a vilainous
incendiary. Oftbis fact there is not the pos
sibilty Of a doubt. There had been no Fl re
in the White Church, lately burnt, for more
than three weeks-there were no matches and
no ieniting materials kept in the building.
Tho windows were fastened down, tho doors
were locked and bo,ed, and one found broken
C,o.
gives demonstration to tho fact is, that the fire
was kindled inside the bclfrey, high up where
fro is never carriod,-just in that place and
among Imprinted and upholstered materials.
where fire could most easily be kindled, and
where its extinction would be mos, difficult
Hero then we have in the space Of few
months, the destruction Of large number of
public buildings, and Of vast amount of
property under the following circumstances.
|. In most ofthese buildings, there was no
fi:e kept, at or near the time, when they we're
burnt.
2. In those in which fire was kcpt,thc flames
in every instance were first discovered in
part where there was the least probability of
danger and where it could scarcely be suppo-
sed possible they should take from fires law.
fully kept in them.
8. 1t is unaccountablc that we should have
had more fires in one year following each other
at regular intervals--than we have had during
the preceding ten or twenty years, and that
each successive fire, should happen just at the
time, when the alarm and excitement created
by the preceding one, had died away.
d. All these fires. with two exceptions, oc.
CURED on Saturday night, and almost upon the
same hour of the night. They did not happen,
some at So and 10 o'clock and some at or
6 o'clock in tho morning but almost all occur
red in that portion Of the night when it is
supposed that our our citizens were most
universally and soundly asleep. Here is
SUGGEST ion of fires on Saturday night. This
is the time when loa fers, drunkards and other
vile characters, who live from hand to mouth
receive their wages and visit the grog shops
and have their sprees and (roLcs. This is
the time, and these the circumstances, in
which malice, previously existing. is stimua.
ted and rendered bold and daring by inloxica.
ton, and by the influence of vile companions.
5. Moreover, recent Developments have
shown to the satisfaction of all, that threats
and wishes. and hopes, &c. for the events
which have happened were thrown out by
gargs and by individuals, in anticipation,
And such threats are still made.
But the community is at length awake.
Let every citizen and every friend of law and
order. follow up he measures that have been
begun, to ferret out the incendiares and bring
down the whole majesty and vengeance Of the
law upon them. Let certain characters be
watched to see that they do not runaway. Let
our magistrates awake, and let those who will
not act. or who seek to hide and shelter crime,
be turned out, and let honest and true men be
put in their places Let our farmers, me.
chanics and manufacturers, take the ground
which they must SION take--that they will
not trust, nor patronize,nor employ the known
vile or even suspicious characters. Then may
we be purified and dwell in safety.
1--WE learn that the Rev. JosEPH IRA.
cY, Of Boston will deliver the annual adj
dress before the Society for RELIGIOUS