Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-02-12
Destructive CONGREGATIONS.

Destructive CONGREGATIONS,
About 7 O'clock last evening a fire
broke out IN the four story brick store.
NO. 10 Front street, near the corner of
Broad street, occupied by J. Fl. McNiesh.
commission merchant. The whole inte-
rlor of the building was DESTROYED. but
the principal pant of the contents was
saved.
While the above fire was still burninc.
another broke out in the four story brick
store No. 1874 South street, occupied nv
Jesse T. Forker & Co, dealers in Junk
&c, which was entirely DESTROYED, and
the buildings on each side Of It were
more or less damaged. The fremen.
supposlng that the fire was entirely sinh,
dued, left the ground about III O'Clock.
but between and 2 o'clock this morn.
ing' the flames were seen to burst through
the root OF the large building known as
The "Thomas Fl. Smith store,' and .
destruction of property ensued, scarcely
equalled by that of any conna grafton in
this city since the great fire of December,
1888. OF the amount of the pecuniarv
loss, it is impossible to give awning more
than Il mere estimate It NAV be stated
IN round numbers al from $1,000. 600 10
$l.5OO,OOO. "
The stores destroyed were seven in
number, as follows: The large store front
Ing on South and Front streets, built some
years since by Thomas H. Smith at a
cost, as We have heard it stated. of about
100000. 1t was one of the finest build
Jugs of the description in The CITY, and
though bat four stories in height, was
higher than most Of the five stories stores
1t was occupied by J. ]. Hicks, as a stor-
age depository, and was filled with mer.
chandlze OF the most valuable description.
among which were the cargoes of the
ship Nantasket. of Boston, which arrived
here on the Cd December and the ship
Covlngton of Baltimore, which arrived
here on the 9Th October from Canton.
In addition to these cargoes there was
quantity OF other merchandise DESTROYED
IN the store. among which were about
2oO barrels of flour, and a number of
bales of cotton. Some of the pronertv
was rescued from the flames, consisting Of
cotton, and say about two or three hun
dred boxes of teas. principally, we Judged
| from the marks, belonging to the CARGO
OF the Nantasket. The building itself is
entirely gone, one only of the side walls
remaining to tell where it was standing.
r. VI Spec
Bill JOHNSON" CoNvIcrED.-Neu-
trality LatO.-At the late adjourned seSs-
ion of the United States Circuit Court.
held in this city, VIM. Johnson, late OF
Jefferson county-known In the early
history of these transactions as the "cei-
ebrated Bill Johnson'-was tried and
convicted Of breach of the neutrality
laws OF the United Suites, having part-
cipated as the second in command in the
getting up and preparing means for the
military expedition which collected at
French Creek on the 22l Feb. 1888, and
went into Canada and took up position
on Hickory Island Judge Conlilin. the
district Judge of this district, presided -
/ N. S Benton, T.. S. attorney, conducted
the prosecution. Messrs. Cheever and
Pepper, consel for the defendant. John,
son was sentenced to one yeays coafne.
ment IN the Albany county jasl and to
pay a fae Of JGre dotLGrs.-Alb. Argus.
FROM HARRIsBURG.--A letter from
Harrisburg, dated January %, says A
bill passed the House on second read
ing, this morning, by a vote of sixtv-sev-
en- to % directing the Banks ofthe Com
monwealth to resume specie payments for
all their notes and liabilities, Except such
deposits as the Banks have agreed with
the depositors shall be paid in current
Bank noes,) on the fourteenth of Febru-
airy next Boston Press g. Posi-
REsuMpTIoN.-The Philadelphia Splr-
It OF the Times of Tuesday, SAYS that Eve
banks, viz:--the Philadelphia Bank, the
Farmers and Mechanics Bank, the Com
Inercial Bank, the Bank of North Amer.
lea, and perhaps the Mechanics Bank
will soon resume specie payments. wheth-
er other institutions do or not Boston
Press II Post
We understand the bills of all the
Rhode Island Banks are now received at
the Suffolk Bank. except the Rhode ISL
and Central At east Greenwich = Chris.
t'a" Watchme,e.