Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-08-05


science now taught in common schools. And
that teacher who merely places the book in the
"ahds OF the student, with reference to some pas
sage 10 commit to memory, ought to abandon the
'eocher's chair, and betake himself to some other
callng. Perhaps may dwell moro particular
On me science of Grammar in some subsequent
AMERICANUS.
Great Fire at Fall Rirer-A tremendous con.
tdgration took place Sunday afternoon in the piL
lage OF Fall Rirer by waich tro hundred buildinos
,rere destroyed all tile business part of the tocn fell
before the derouring flames.
The fire caught by boy firing pistol in the
cabinet makers shop of Mr.. Wesgate, in Union
street, nearly opposite the Unitarian meeting house
The fire extended over half mile and through
the very heart of the population and nearly to the
stone church.
Among the principal buildings DESTROYED are
the pocassett House, Pocassett Factory belonging
TO N. b. Borden, with no insurance. and who has
lost all he is worth, the Custom House and Pos,
Office. the Christian Baptist Church, and the Meth
odlst and Universalist Churches. Alta late hour
asst evening the fire was raging with unabated
fury.
The fire was very distinctly seen from New
hehiord' sunday evening. and seemed to sweep
over the whole place. OF course anv cnlcula-
tIon as to the amount of the property DESTROYED
must be wild, and mostly n matter of conjecture
yet passengers by the set it down as from
$500, 600 to half a million.
We are indebted to Col. Hatch for the follow.
ing extract froNSa letter, dated at Fall River YES.
terday morning:
''Such a calamity never before befel place
as has betallen this--one quarter of our village
lies IN ashcs-25O,O coo is in my opinion the least
that has been destroyed by the fire since yes,er-
day at 3 o'clock.
One Hundred Thousand Dollars will have to be
paid by the Bristol Co. NJ. F. In. Company
all our stores burned, both Banks, three meet.
ing houses, and one factory. Household furni.
ture is strcwed in every direction--no time to
say more. ID. ANTHONY,
July Sd.
TIE IRON Steamship.-This beautiful vessel lust
completed by Messrs. STAcEHousF & TONI NsoN
for the Government, under the superiptendence
of Mr.. HART, the Naval Constructor, is of the fol-
lowing dimensions:
Length of Keel, l56n. 4in.
on Deck, l67 5
over Guards, 81
Depth of hold, II
Diameter of wheel, 2I
Height from top of Keel totop OF rail, II 10
The whee-house, guard. and hull are entirely
OF Iron, with the exception Of the gun deck she
haS iour puIhueauS, aInWart-Shlp, all Water-tUht ;
Tour kelsons for the frames of the engines to rest
upon, and one main kelson of seventeen inches in
depth; the planking is Of different thicknesscs-
the bottom 3-S inches thick, the keel 5.S inches.
Although pierced for sixteen guns her present ar.
mament will consist of two GA Paixhan guns on
pvots, and four 80 pound carronades ; she is
Schooner-rigged and will have two masts.
She has two low pressure inclined engines of
each eighty.five horse power, built by the same
contractors the cylinder is thirty-siy inches d.
ametor. and eight feet stroke her boilers are ten
by nineteen feet.
This vessel will bo taken apart today, or on
Monday next, and forwarded to the Lake, the
lighter portion, perhaps, by the way of Meadvle,
and the large pieces by water, by way of Cleave.
land. Our citizens who desire to see this noble
steamer. the orkmanship of the artisans of the
Iron City, will do we'll to call this morning.
lPiAs6urgh Spirit Of the Age.
Island Of Cuba.-A correspondent, Of the New
Orleans Picayune, writing from the city of Ia.
wanna, states that the official report contains the
following summary Of population in ls4l:
Males. Females. Total.
White, 227,lH l9l,l47 4ls.29l
Free colored, 75,604 77.l25 l52,s3s
Slaves, 2Sl,2 ,260 l55245 436:495
5S4,l07' 423,5l7 l,OO7 ,724
The writer thinks that the slave population is
underrated 5000, and the free coored people
IN 49,. -.