Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-09-22
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THE FIRs n NEW ORLKANs-We are happy to
thste that the painful rumor Of the dsstructn ofthc
ST. Charles Elk change, which current in this ci
" Yesterday is net true. This splendid edifcc was
set on fire by an incendiary; bat the flames were
subdued before any great portion consumed
The True American OF the 18th ,nst. says -
Yesterday morning, at half past eight o'clock, the
st. Charles Hotel was found to be on fire. in the At
tic Story of the rear Of the building Mr.. King, the
presen occupant, and the agent OF Messrs. Nudge
and atriss, upon the spot the moment the fire
was discovered. He found the smoke issuing from
an obscuae part of the sixth story under the jet and
immediateiy above one Of the cisterns. He gave
the alarm, called the men employed about the build
ing to his assistance, and IN short time attached
the hose in the house, to the cstern. At the same
moment, he saw the smoke issuing from two other
parts Of the building.
The fire had made such progress, howevr, that
the flames burst through the roof and threaten
ed the total destruction Of this most beautiful edi-
flee. II was highly favorable circumstance, that
the wind, although very fresh, was from the North
East, blowing the flames directly from the main Por-
tion Of the building Our vigilant 6remen were
soon upon the ground, and never have their excr.
tions been attended with more triumphant success.
The flames penetrated into the fifth story, and in
many pacss, through the hoor into the fourth story,
but By eleven o'clock all damage was over, and the
destructive element was completely subdued. The
fifth story in the rear, with about one half OF the
right wing comprising about forty rooms, entire
ly burned. The vast quantity of water conveyed
into the building has, OF course deluged TO the base
ment, that portion which was considered in danger.
The Exchange is well known in most sections Of
the country, is owned by the Exchange and banking
Company, and was erected at an expense OF six hun'
dred and fifty thousand dollars. and thirty thousand
dollars have recently been expended in rehttlngr II.
1t is reduced TO absolute certainty that this hre
was the work Of an incendary The loss is not more
than twenty thousand dollars, and We apprehend will
not amount to that sum. The Hotel will be imme
diatcly repaired and will be opened as was intend
ed, by Messrs. Nudge & Watris, early in the season
Or5- A FIoHr between Edward Stanley, M. Z. for
North Carolina, and Greenhow, Librarian Of the
State Department, took place Monday in the City
Hall at Warrington. Greenhsw was thrown on his
back, and Stanley put his foot his face, but as
Greenhow begged for his life he was spared further
punishment than the being kicked out of the room.
Greenhow had previously treated Mr. Stanley with
great rudcness on being asked to furnish the North
Carolina member with a volume Of laws, from which
extracts were desired to be sent TO bis constituents
DISTRESSING EvENr.-A very sudden death oc-
cured at the City Hotel in Baltimore, on Friday
last and under circumstances peculiarly affecting
A. Mr. w. II. Chaplain, a native Of Massachusetts,,
and recently resident of Mississippi, was married
Friday morning to Miss Murdoch OF Philadel-
phia. At the dinner table he suffered slight attack
Of vertigo and retiring to his room, the TT was re-
newsd with such violence as to cause his death
short time afterwards, notwithstanding medical aid
was promptly administered.