Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-10-17
FAEEAsaEsAPsEs.

3ooRG Fire IN Naiclcc The Courier Of tie
10th ut. gives the following account Of another de-
sirnrtH" tirr ~ thatrity. The ire had broker out a
bout > clock lie Iteyinus uight, The corner of
tdnal ard Slate streets IN the buildings Of Jao,rs
Lancashire In ,horr tuc the whole front of the
square between Canal aud Wall streets was cnve-
loeed N il'lnrs The sllcudid cdli,c Of Nh. Pafk.
er tie Soa.thrrn Exchange, The opposite side Of
STATE street, ,sQght, aud all H. excepting Tie ror-
ION on The conner, Is IN RUNS. The flames s9read
nom State street back Wall. and swept away all
the bnidings the square, with the exception of
TIVE corner house belonging 10 Judge Tuner, aud
occupied, JOIN knight. Tho several buildings ffon-
lhe On Siahte street were all large frame bniIdire
with one exception, which was of h,irk. On WI
street were destroyed the residences of Mr. I,r,n
Na'a and ot Gate,t L. llowel. Esq. and the bricl
Law office OF Messts Carson 4 llrwt. The yalne
ot the pro- eity viii not amouulo less than SlOo noo
No opinion IL given Ms to the origin Of The fine
but II rs represented 10 be the work of an inrendi
~, the building in which originated was unten
antcd.
Destruction BY Fire IF The Torn Of liken. south
Caroiaa.-On the All instant u ite occurred IN the
store OF Messfs. l.. Jones Il. CO.. IN the town of
Aiken, : {. aud spread with such rapld, that no
less lhan hhy stores. dwellings, aud out buildings
were totally desnoyed IN the short space OF two
hours. Tie buildings were all Of wood, and as no
ram had fallen ion some time previous. they burnt
very rapidly The loss Of properly and merchandise
IS estimated at about serenity thousand doiiars on
!
teen thousand dollars The fire was the result Of
+ the carelessness Of aelek.
i Ere IN Mobde.-About twenty houses on Dau-
ph'n, Lawience and Hamilton streets, Mobile were
destroyed by hfe on the 29lh ut
Hordd.-lhe New York Star states thar The
Secretary OF War, together wnh Generals Macomb
and Scott have held consultation on the best mode
OF carrying GA The campaign tie ensuing winter in
FLORIDA, and, If possible, terminate The war. General
+ SCOT may possibly assume the command.
An election was held in Nashville on the osih ult
for Mayor aud Aldermen of the civ. The tandi-
dates were Henry liongsW otlh, the iueun bent and
I CHARLES :. Trabur. The former is a Van Bnten
/ man, the latter Whig and although the clection,id
not turn eothely politics, the recent catasIrophe
N the Stalt bad admoni>hed the Wings of tie ne
ceesny 81 taking the CRY government into their own
laud,, and they therefore elected Mr. Tnhne-he
receiving 517, aud Mr. II ngsWorth 338 votes
National poitios more Influenced the choice of Al
dermtn, and The result IS that eleven Of The twelve
elected are decided Wings.
Ceatoaaty If hcdodiSm.--The Charleston Con
Ier states thai atlhe centenary meeting Ia Charles
ton, oa1he evening of 21lh uit,, The payments and
subscriptions amounted To S36l7. Since The meet.
ing 9I00 have been subscribed or paid and lule
doubt Is entertained Of the collection of five or six
thousand dollars 10y the time the subscription is clos.
, Scd.
On Monday evening Last Centenary meeting was
Ie4d at The Foundry Church, Georgetown, d. {.
I.
The key. Mir. Slicef, aud the Rev. Mr.. Mckenny.
he subscriptions amounted TO three thousand three
RhHdrcd ami Serenity Zee aoidrS and ighfg fee ceais
OF which Tour hundred aud sixy-lhtee dollars wee
contributed by the members OF the choir.
We learn from the New York Gazette that the
snip Matamofa Is about 10 sail from that porl lor
Trinidad, principally for the ,anpose Il conveying
out colony 81 co'ored emiqrauts. Their passage
ah1 iate ale etatultous. Proclamation was Issned
some Time ago by tie authorities oil Trinidad Offer
'hs Inducements 10 setlets from abroad, The pattic-
ular nature OF when we do moi now recollect
SiiF fuh,1e in The .Saad,cich kianas.-The shin
Lausanne. ab AT sailing from New York With Mis-
sionaries u the Sandw ch Islands takes out large
hnmbet tees OF the mofus mulIcauiis for The
Pn'Po'e II forming plantations there. These is {
sh9dS, SAYS the New ork Star. a,e verv Glyorably
located Tor the culture OF the acc, and The learit.q
oi ihe SILK worm ana and WIDE field will no
doubt be opened there lot the sale OF muI icauIs-
hH'e 'ompflsiHg The present shipment were pnr-
chased rom the plantations Finishing, at Sl0Opet
h"ndfed' they being Ola Large ard carefully Sc
lected
The Fombigby, Miss. Rail Road Bank adve,iisps
Inat 1t Will resume tire payment of specie on ie
,hHd day OF the. present mouth The COLUMBUS
Mss, Argus IA speaking of H. says We are IN.