Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-01-14

WINDSOR, Vt, Jan. l2.--D,Shucti5s Fire
About 7 o'clock on Sunday morning last. fire
was discovered in Mr.. n. c. Goddard's Book.
store, in this village. Mr. Goddard had barely
time to save his accounts, and Mr. Gilkev those
Of the Post office (Which was kept in the same
room) by entering through window. when he
was driven out by the flames. The contents of
the store, are estimated at $1,000 on which
there was an insurance OF $1,000 ut the Yer.
mont Mutual. The tenement belonged to Mrs
NJ y. Clark, and Is an entire less the policy
OF insurance had expired a short time before
and hal not been renewed. Chronicle.
FIRE IN WHTEHALI.-The large and ex,cn-
sve build.ng recently erec'eA by John II. Buvd.
Esq, and occupied 'ur an iron oundery, sash
factory, wagon and carriage shop, machine shop,
Nc and also the >lW-nu, just pat INTO opera
ration, were entirely destroyed on the evening
OF the OH inst. TIE fire is supposed to have
originated i'll the part occupied ny Mr.. Lock-
wood, as a sash factory, while the workmen
were at their meals, The loss cannot be less
than from $1,000 to sl0000--owned by J. II.
Boyd, ESQ.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT DErRoIr.--By an
extra from the office of the Detroit Daily Ad-
vertser, dated Sunday, Jan. 3D. we learn that
d most destructive fire has occurred in that city,
by which the most valuable square in that city
l
at Sl50,000
The fire commenced in the Ohio House block
reaching from the Brick building TO Woodbridge
street. After this, were DESTROYED wooden
building on Woodward Avenue brick bull
ding occupied by F. Raymond; the Daily Ad-
vortscr Office: by Mr.. Warren, with groce-
res, and by the Registers office ; the four story
brick building, corner of Jefferson Avenue and
Grswold street, cost $4,000, insured about
L 90. I,,f II
dry goods \. $. Bagg, bookstore and Free
Press Office the Wooden buildings adjoining
this, and the four story brick building occupied
by Newbold's hard ware store, and Gardrer's
crockery store.
IL Two beautiful war sehooners were seized
at lersy City on the Sd, inst, by revenue cut
ter, under direction of Mr. Curtis, Collector Of
New York, az having been built by Bell e.
Brown, and illegally fitted out in the city, for
the Mexican navy, to be employed against Tex
as. Their cost was $4,000, of which $4,000
| have been paid-the ba lance to be received on
/ their arrival in Mexico Each is armed with
| PaiNhan thlrty-two FOUNDER at mdshp and six
| eighteen pound caronnades and each is fully
differed by MeXcans, and manned chiefly by
Americans. They were cleared at the Custom
| House as merchant vessels, by HarGOus &
Brotoers.
a. The Mayer of New York has issued an
official notice, as a caution to the inhabitants.
which states that there have been in that city
within the past ten days, forty one cases of sick
ness, caused as the attendant physicians agree,
| by POISON. An examination INTO the subject.
has satisfied him that the poison was contained
/ in SMOKED BEEF. The beef alluded to, had
blush, unhealthy appearance, and was probably
/ from diseased animals, or was partially spoed
before being smoked None of the persons
affected have died with this poison, although ma
ny OF them were dangerously i'll.
How TO STOP RUN ON A BANK-An ca
celent plan, and like many other excellent
things an Irish invention, is that reported by
Charles OMalley to have been r iby one Of
the Dublin banks TO avoid the penalties of sus
pension. Red hot coin was shovelled out to the
pann stricken bill-holders, and the run being
thus checked, the Bank had in the mean time
i opportunity TO strengthen itself from abroad,