Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-06-07

..,,a, 10 have 10 aod That & mou.sn,ssy alarm ~6s
rs3 BY some discharge OF cannon about two
''L NJ on Sunday About that hour IN conse'
arrangements entered into by our cv autho-
e1' tho / s sloop of war Ontario, and the revenue
Woodbury., anchored nearly opposite to the meat
'aue o the Is, municipality, and began scaling their
rl'". preparatory to loading with canister shot
y .s mistaken for salute, and the cannon
bo volunteers the public square were made
" ,,r II The inhabitants in the remote parts
49,, c,ty and IN the suburbs, rose from their oeds,
II the men who had arms took them up, and pro-
,o enquire into the cause of the hring, This
c. snon explained, restored confidence and good
-, among the majority, although few, perhaps,
.,'oned ctumong all the morning. we believe,
,,,r the approach of the vessels, ana Tue hring,
LACED very good effect among the dsaected ana
J.. ,sw mistakes of the night we're amply compensated
N:-toH'!H.
nesrsrcrIyr FrRr IN Nkw YosK.- Outrageous Act
-, Jo,,ndiarism. Early on Wednesday morning, hre
discovered in the fifth story of the extensive pub
-, establishment of the Messrs. Harpers, which
,,sa IN the destruction of about 100000 worth OF
a.,y including an edition of 20, 600 copies of James
r ,ove Morley Ernstein Oflhis large sum, S45 900
u.s. insured in several Offices, among the rest, the
-, Garden Insurance Company. There appears to
- -, doubt that the fire was the work OF an incendary,
~ tho nr,ncipal cause the securing OF one or two
,, - lanes novel, Morley Ernstein, and The destruc-
49,, 81 the remainder Of the edition. 1t appears that
49, Farmers by paving very large sums to James and
Q,lwer get manuscript copy of their novels. They
L,s new novel all printed bound aud ready to be
tsa and sen, into the country on the following day
n,ears also tina, several publishers had offered the
.rars large sums for the privilege Of publishing /,
,.r,ueoislv with them, but they refused, and not
I'M Of the y ork had left the bndery. Another pub
rt:or house offered we'll known printer, &c, very
'.,s premium # he conld procure copy by any means
,.o-;s of means we're resored to by certain persons
- obtain copy Of the work, but without avail up to
,5s ,rh, Of the fire.
B,nns:ts Herald says the incendiary, whoever he
r, broke IN and then made teint that he was mere
4, BURGLAR b, break ing open the desks of the iiar
mrs The robber then went up stairs, passed the press
.a,n without nolest.ng it-(proving he knew where
m particular work was went up TO the bndery, stole
M, ~ more copies and the before he retreaed, el,hs
.s..ntay or des gnedly set fire To the blndery; ano
ss.royed the rest OF the edition. All this cannot b'
doubted for a moment. And is devoutly TO be hoped
,5s, the whole thing will come out, and the infamous
ygsin be exposed For whoever has the copies III
sole there were no other out in the country will no
t,-e 10 publish the work under these circumstances
The stock o9 the Messrs. ilarpers was very larg
oae consisting Of their valuable collection OF sc'entih
and literary works, and their printing and binding ap
-aus The whole of the fourth and fifth stories, wit
as presses and fonts, were destroyed, and the otne
9a-:cns of the building greatly damaged, either BY mr.
= water All the reserved numbers OF the pnoi'cat'on
ch the larpers have issued for several years past
g, lost But fortunately, the stereotype plates the en-
wed plates wood cuts &c which have been use
those works were preserved in another building
Thu hole loss will be about : 100 900 oil which abou
III 900 are insured.