New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-30
Thingsiin Philadelphia.
Correspondence of The Nsw.York Tribune.

Correspondence Of The Nsw-York Tribune.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2e-P. II.
At quarter before o'clock this morcug quite de
s,ruc,iye fire broke large brick building, NO l.
Quarry street occupied by John Tia, calico printer
Jacob Senne reed and shuttle maker asd Others
The fire was principally confined within the building beGl
proo The contents were destroyed and the loss
probably near $40 o0o.
hcb nave 80 long characterised the Philadelphia Fire De
partreut was sgain enacted The r ar Mount t-nslne
Company made attack upon the GOOD VII hose beating
Of! It's members.
Immediately after brutal fight between the members
Of the Schuykill Hose and Philadelphia Engine Companies
in which several persons on each side were h1,ft.
An old presented himself at AID hoiners ONCE and
begged commitment prison. alleging that ne had been
in the Almhouse eight moathswas treated rather badly
and preferred going prison he desired change IN med
ical advice He was sick-had no home-and would not
steal.
The Markets Only limited amount Of business has
rsuspirsd during the past week The demand for Amer-
can Cotton aud Woollen Goods has fallen of slightly oat
prices remain firm. In Cotton better feeling manifested
itself on Friday and Saturday and sales made at .
cents for Mobile and New Orleans with 10, Of Upland at
Z as. The exports were 5l1 bales
The Flour Market has been comparatively inactive Wi
light export demand. Sales Of about $500 barrels have
been effected at 81 3laSI 81, but holders wiling
Yesterday 10 realise the former price Ou Broad street
81 5as5 demanded for choice brands, for city and
readily obtained. Braudywine IS held at S. 90 with lew
sales. Rye Flour Is scarce and IL demand at - loTh
held s. 80 per Exported during the weekso bar
res -four 792 do. Rye do, i4Gl barrels meal.
Gram meets with fair demand for export, and sales OF
near coo bushels Pennsy yvaua Wheat, Tor good 10 PRIME
red have taken place % % cents store and stoa
and sale Of white 90 Southern In quality IS
held SO g. cents with sales Rye rather scarce sales
nave occurred at So IS FOR Penns aud 81 for South
ern. Corn appears in fair demand for shipment with sh
arrivals sales Of Penns round yellow at 81 % cts
and fiat at so OIL Southern yellow Is 80 aud white at
6c Oa,, plenty with sales of 600 buShss Southern
at 25 26c Exported this week 1900 bushels Wheat, and
9S6 do Corn.
Prorisions have been only in limited request with no
Wool has fallen of in demand, but prices fully main
tanned The sales manufacturers, amount TO about % or
10000 lbs
caused still farther advance the price of reig The
rates are to New York Sl,lSl 25; TO Albany $3.50;
to Boston Sl75 per ton.
Market on Saturday. The business far extent ana
holders generally, firm. " Relief notes are pretty
current the rates of discount having fallen TO 10 Il per
cent Exchange on Mobile H. discount; on New Orleans
TO premium
u The ship Astracan, Capt. Wippcn, from
this port ?3d u for New Orleans arrived al Newport on
the a6, inst after being dismased slip from the office
of the Rhode Islander says
On Sd inst lat 80 lon s. in violent hurricane the As
tracan was entirely dsmased had decks swept OF every
thing lost both boats and had all her stove and shit
ed cargo On the morning after the disaster there was not
spoonful of water on board what in few barrels
Of canberes among the cargo For SIX days II persons
quenched their thirst from eating canberries and what little
water they packed when on the 9Th ship move IN
sight TO the wnward and they thought they soon 10
be relieved from their suerng bur they doomed TO
dsappontmen-alter standing that man could be
distinctly her quarter deck with spy glass in hand,
the brute in command kept the ship away and stood his
course, leaving them to their fate-al this time signal of
distress flying from the Atracan On the same day the
bark Sarah Capt Foster from Boston for Matanzas hove IN
sight BY whom they kindly supplied with three casks
Of water.
NAvAL-The L. S. schooner Flrt sailed from
Kew West previous to Oct. l3 for the Tortugases.
The L. s. brig Porpoise was at Mesurado July 10, all
we'll
Lieut., Addison r. Taliaro WHO was recently tried by
martial Norfolk has been sentenced to be cashered
BIaden Delaney Esq has been appointed to command the
North Carolina Capt Gregory being transferred to the ar
itan In the interim Commander Wetmore Is IN command
The IT, s. frgate Macedonian, and the u S socP Of war
Saratoga were ST. Vincent, April 10; the latter had
rived on the day previous
NAvAL-Capt Sknner's order to the irlgate
Potomac has been revoked.
DR.. BRowNLEE.-The Christian Jntelligencer
says 1--WE panied tha, the health Of this beloved
brother remains IN pecarlous state In some respects all
improvement perceptbe. The paray OF he light side
however continues and he remains unable artcuae with
Ineligible degree of dlsnctness
EXAMINATION OF FAssETr.-This young man
up before Mr. Justice Bennett yesterday and put under
bonds of S5o00 appear before him next Monday at
O'Clock p NJ TO answer the charge Of assault and battery
upon the deceased Tutor Dwight His counsel consists OF
Nfessrs. Kimberly, Baldwin and c. a. lngersoll
n. Haven Morning Cour. 18th.
WuITMoRE, THE FoRGER.-The counsel for
this man has withdrawn his motion for a trial. which
disposas Of the case.
Sror TmEF-ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS Re-
wARp-The dwelling house of Mr. B. E. Edwards at Sac.
carappa village was entered by some villain early this
morning who took thereom about $500 in bills prime ipa
ly the Banks this city, and trunk containing about
$50 in silver together with silver watch. reward Of
SO0 for the detection OF the thief and the recovery of the
money, is offered. Portland Adv. 25th
LAUNcIL-A beautiful ship called the Ban
charJ of 400 tons launched from the ways of Messs
Seabury Durham, at North Yarmouth on the oath inst.
FIRE.-Thc Court House and Jail in the town
OF CALDWELL Warren county, destroyed BY FIRE on
Thursday last They sac TO have been fire by the
prisoners in the jail The household furniture Of the aor
saved The prisoners to be sent to Ballston.
MICHIGAN CIrY.-The Michigan City Ind,
Gazette here Is in store sIxty-ve thousand
bushels wheat and there has been shipped since harvest
foyone thousand bushels making one hundred and sixty
bushels brought into this city the cbse Of harvest
PLowING UP R.ILRoAD.--Wc learn that the
citizens along the line Of the road below Bissed assem-
bed By general invitation day this week up about
fifteen rods of the track built fences and piled up the
bish posed up the SOIL and informed sowed the
wheat The mails, consequence have been very
Irregular of late being brought through from this place to
Toledo on wagon" Adrian Mich. Watchtower
u Mr. = Hatch, Of Wells, has been ar
rested his house charged with deraugng the railroad
By which the engineer, Adams, was killed.
u The house of Peter Van Loon, Esq, of
Albany, entered the Mi ght Of the 27h and robbed
with cooness We do not remember have equaed
Frustrated in several attempts the basement he
length repaired to the cellar under the room and with