Litchfield enquirer., 1840-10-01

FtTe 0t tue ESt. On1TtS$ G4SCI!9HS s.- ANTS Ho~ ble structure and pride of our city was yes- terday morning well nigh becoming prey to the devouring element. At about quar- ter past nine o'clock the citizens of the sec ond municipality, and in fact the whole ciiy' were alarmed by the cry of fire m the S!. Charles Hotel. Every body was filled with consternation at the idea ot losing another Of the proud monuments of our enterprlSlng community; and we must confess that at one time we entertained very serious doubts of the ability of our praiseworthy firemen to arrest the progress of the fire. The flames were seen to issue in the rear on the north east corner of the building, and aided by a high northerly wind, soon extended over the entire roof of the left wing; the fire comPa- nies were on the spot few moments after the alarm was given, and immediately car red their hose to the top of the roof, and al-
 most by Superhuman eXertionS succeeded in quenching the flames in the course of an hour. Too much credit cannot be attached to the indefatigability of our firemen, who vied with each other in their laudable efforts to save this beautiful edifice, and this is an- other of the many instances where we are indebted to their zeal in saving so much val uable property. The loss is estimated at about $25O00, for which amount the compa- ny is amply secured by insurance.
 l The cause of this calamity is variously at- tributed to incendiaries and to mere accident. ". o. Bulletin, Sept. l2. LOCO MEETING AT THE EXCHANGE.
 In the last Palladium is the following extract of a letter to gentleman n New Haven, dated
 NEW YORK; Sept. l9, lS40. DEAR S1R,-You will, no doubt, before this is at hand, have been informed that the Loco Focos of this great city of Gotham, yesterday held sort of Mass meeting in front ofthe Exchange; but as you may not be a constant reader of the New York Eve ming Post or '.New Era," perhaps you will 1 not get an early account of the proceedings especially as the wicked Whig papers may be partial in their statements. there fore do myself the pleasure to communicate few lines on this subject.
 Well then, to begin. It is said a call was
 some days since signed by 300 merchants
 natures are appended, left here more than
 two months since for Europe, and of fifty
 eight others of these respectable merchants, no
 names can be found in our city directory 1 but this is only small matter for pure Lo-
 co Focoism. A little before two F. M. there
 was something of a gathering, and precise
 ly at two, the Hon. Silas Wright mounted
 the "Ostruna, with an audience before him,
 variously estimated at from 1000 to l5OO-
 Locos, Wings, and boys, more than half of
 whom were whigs, assembled to enjoy the
 sport. There was no difficulty in deciding
 to which party each man belonged. The
 whigs all wore smiling visages, while the
 faces of the locos were as long as your arm indeed it is confidently asserted that some faces, especially of office holders, eX- tended "leetke'' below the wristbands of | their brooches.
 1 This meeting it should be remembered was got up to celebrate the victory of
 Maine, glorious victory to Loco Focoism,
 which cooled their courage more decidedly and lastingly than the rain which poured
 upon them. When the orator made his appearance. several attempts were made to cheer him it was no go, they could not
 make raise. He commenced, but what he
 said. or what his subject, have not learn ed; doubtless. however, 1t must have been
 something about the "SuJ treasury sysien,,' and the economy of the present purely demo. cratic, economical Administration, and as ! MT. Wright is good at figures, perhaps he may have shown by Loco Foco arithmetic, 1 than 13,OOO,OOO. After a few sentences, the speaker made a pause, when a one-handed l son of Neptune, who was any thing but Van Buren man, and who felt it disgrace | that the land-lubbcrs now at the helm, should have run the ship of State ashore,
 with stentorian lungs, exclaimed, "Huzza for Mainc," and a tremendous shout follow ed. The speaker and office holders seated around him, on ascertaining the cause of ] their "huZZas" seemed for a time ccnfoun- ded, but the former soon recovered himself and went on. As he came to another pause the same son of Neptune sung out, Well, I say nine cheers for Maine," which was fol- lowed by shout and loud laugh, and to do the locos justice, finding they might as well laugh as cry, they joined in it, and apparent
 ty as heartily as the whigs. The speaker having again recovered from his consterna- ton proceeded, but as soon as he reached a period, the same stentorian lungs again ex- claimed, HuZZa, three cheers for Maine." This was too much for even the sweet tenn per of the Simon Pures to bear. They swore, that is, the more rabid of them, that he was whig, did not belong to the "par- ty," and should go off the ground, but he said the meeting was called to "HuZZa for Maine, and he had a right to remain and would remain, and would "Huzza for the glorious victory which they had met to eel ebrate." The contest, as am informed, ended in a little bit of "knock down and drag out, and few black eyes and bloody noSeS.'
 The Hon. Senator having closed his speech, was succeeded by Mir. B. F. Butler, formerly Cashier of the Washington and Warren Bank, but since, the recipient of some $5O,OOO per annum office fees.-l Whether he crowed or "or told Chapman to crow," l have not learned, but under stand he was eloquent in his tirade against those fraudulent institutions called Banks. raA