Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-24

as The cars from the South, due night before
last. did not arrive At Jersey City till after five
o'clock yeste rday morning, in consequence oil the
snow, rain and ice.
Axnosr A FIRE.-Last evening, at nine O'Clock,
a blaze fared up in the building on the corner Of
Green street and Maiden Lane. The City Hall pen
rang for five minutes, and then stopped, and the IRE
with it. No damage done
AssEssMENrs-The Supreme Court have decided
that the corporation have no power to assess
" for improvements where the owners derive NO
benefit.
Destructipe ConRagrat,on Intelligence reached
US yesterday from Wilmington e.. " T. tI 80
struction of one third of that place by hre orokc
cut on the 18th inst, in the store oc cuPed ny op
Dawson, near the Court House Inc whcie o' .ha'
square was consumed Xcept one VI i ~ Ola O.
the corner opposite the State BANK inc oid Ca
tborda t,ouse The FIRE then extended TO the lower
snnare. and consumed the whole to the RIVER, ex-
cept the Cape Fear Bank the Martin House Ola Mr.
Iame,' and building back OF the Martin House,
which had been used by r. b. Potter. The court
house was also burnt both printing ofhces, hve law.
vers' do five doctors do, sheriff Do clerks OF
the court do, custom house, &c. ne huno er OF
buildings DESTROYED is about hundred and fifty,
and com prises about One-thrd OF the town. and that
in the very centre Of business. Annexed list oil
the principal sufferers, ~
renneIi Miller DR. Berry, DR. Poisson HOLMES, Shell
ton, Bradley, Jacobs Fnsm, Smith, B solomon J
Petswsy y C HILL Hathaway an Peckham, w Hewlett,
W Tanning, ] Miller, W Wright, a A Brown, &c Yspr,
Dr. De Rose sen McCallum, Wright say.se Wet,
w Williams, r Howey, West Howey. w & u La'imer,
OHslmes jr., Drs McRte Aa1cron, Wooster Ander.
,sn s1us5 Brow VIZ De ,l Reset Ms, fs Rv,s
Everett Mrs Lord Mrs Hatrdge, Capt DAVIS, sh,
wood, Mrs RestOD, Peterson II Burr, Mrs CG1esr rst
NJ. aAiar WnG ter 1,
Jone, Or Pys,ou DR. Berry, bryan, purnel Gard
nsr, Harris, Mitchell, Ms Gr.h, Pmsr; Gordon,
teneour Baxter Mr., Wright Mr.. Caihords, Mrs Harris,
] Owen Mr., Bivera, II Wright, Potter, h,l, Rev
MaIIett estates w Wik;sg, JMc.lhenny, Wanei and
X Savage.
Latest from Merico-By arrival at New
Orleans, advces from Tampico to the Sd INST have
been received News of the taxing OF Matamoras
had reached there the policy OF the govern
ment to keep it concealed, or disown It, All the DIS
possible troops, about 500, had marched northward-
it was supposed for Matamoras
Fire-The drying house attached to the woollen
factory OF Mr.. Eaton, in East Village, Burrlvle,
r. 1 was destroyed on Thursday last. Loss Sioo9'
RaseaIity -Pedlars have been discovered in la
bama selling large quantities OF goods steien In Mo-
bile during the great fires there.
Small Por This dreadful disease appears to DC
spreading all the country. we near tnat IL is
raging with great violence In Chicago, Illinois.
Bounty on Arson.-Joseph Roe has been sentence ed
to five wears impris for burning the Congre-
gational Church in Burlington, Vermont.
another Fre-Scarcely day passes without
hearing Of three large fires in various parts
OF the country. The Hardware Company sprncipal
building in Canton, Mass. was burned down on Sa-
turday last. Loss $25 030; insurance Sl2 ooo.
Movements of Indians Several hundred Indians,
mostly Winnebagoes, were encamped, at the last
accounts, in the woods the st. Clair river They
were on their way to Canada preferrng to live under
Queen Victoria than 10 emIgrate west.
More APPOINTMENTS A fresh batch # Office seek
crs have been disposed OF by Governor Seward. On
the 18th Instant he made Efy five newappointments
The Serious AGray turns out to be an untruth
The two brothers Thomas, living IN st Mays CO.
Md. had altercation and one did not intend TO Xiii
the other The discharge of the gun was accidental
Lap Of Storms.-Espy has published long ac'
count of the stsrm OF the 10Th ult-the same
that Redfed examined week or two ago. Espy
says that it proves his theory
Sensibie-A bill to abolish imprisonment for debt,
passed the Indiana House Of Representatives, on the
Oh inxt- by large majority.
Foolish Henry r.. Briggs has been appointed
postmaster Of West Brdgewater, Mass in the place
OF John M Reed, removed. John won't abdicate,
axd Henry is in quandary. Between them IT Is
. toss up" heads l win, Sc"
esWIntcr-The thermometer at Emira, n: Y on the
I7,h inst was IS degrees below zero, and at Potts
vile, Penn. 20 degrees below
Sickness Three hundred and seventy two per-
sons died in Washington in lss9
R,taiiation-A brother Of Mr.. Austen, who recent
" fell in a duel with Gen. Read at Tallahassee,
FIorida, attacked the latter in that town, short
time since, and discharged ball through his side,
sad wounded him severely with a bowie knife.