New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-03-08

WoscEsrER-A FIRE broke out on
Mo,3.v morning in the brick boarding boase Oh
~ Scar & Fsrnswcrth, at Worcester, Mass
ass DESTROYED large amount OF property 0e'0's
:. ,x,;,esi.bed. The central Exchange so-
;anipg occupied BY the Poss-ofice' the 7" 0'ees,ef
B.nE The printing and publishing Offices OF the
", palladium, the Worcester Waterfall
$50. Offices were destroyed, and the amount
of property consumed mus, be very large ihe,'
rss an insurance on the building OF sl9'oVo' pay
:, Worcester and partly in Boston.
4 LIVERY stable in The rear, owned y .>sA"--
p,.te- was also burnt, The wool store, very
LARGE brick building in the rear OF the one IN "n'e,
,,s was discovered, also entirely DESTROYED
pov,scs1s REAL LlFE.-The Biidseton, n.
Cbro,;cle saws that Mrs. Sarah Smith, who
d;ea IN tia, place ca the 26th ult, was hnrai
J..reuda1t OF the Royal family OF Sweden. Der
-rs.t Grandmother Elizabeth, IN the 'roaplous
e that kingdom, ives compelled TO nee RON
her na,ive country, when she was sixteen se'is
old She was concealed in hogshead on 0oaII
=, shin ., Stockholm, for some time, before the
Ys..al sailed for America. She brought many
ranable treasures with be across the water, wh.ch
,v,re also concealed on board the snip; ouE ai1er
,be vessel had sailed Owe. the Atlantic she was
wrecked on the Jersey shore. ms iaoy' VIII q
few of the crew barely saved their i''es' Ia ne'
destitute condition, the shore OF vast "iluef-
nsss. as New-Jersey then was, she zen IN VIII g
hunter BY the name OF Garrison their acquaintance
GREW into intimacy and ripened INTO love. one
married him, and by him had ten children. II Is
said ,ha, her youngest son, William was pol ~Ee
Cbo SieS JJtl
year 81. her age. She has grandson now living IN
pS;arato, Who was brought up BY her until ne
u.as ol,o,t wears of age to whom she related this
narrative, and many OF her interesting aoSeh.u'es
| This gentleman computes his grandmother ae
.a,aa,,,o in the country at more than thousand
! souls.
Tur Battle OF MIER.-The Nsw-Oreans
Crescen, publishes the following extract 81 let
.- raceiye6 from one of the Texan prisoners taken
by the Mexicans at Mier. The letter is written
| from the prison at Metansras and bears date
on the 10Th January ;.
a. On Christmas day we crossed the Rio Geande
az Mier; 90, into town at s o'clock T. NJ and
thought we were opposed ty 300 troops orr OWE
Numbering o42 The fight comme7ced On our
entering the town, and continued untli o ciocA,
26th. when one Dr. Simson was taken prisoner,
| and compelled TO raise While nag. "iN' "''
brought to US by him. with Mexican soldier I'M
der arms. This created much confusion. During
the cessation Of firing were surrounded, and
some Of our officers insisted upon surrender, and
after psrey of one hour, we laid down our arms,
leaving dead John (. Jones' Michae! Cronlcan,
DR.. Towers, James Austin, Hanna, j. Berry,
Hannum, Jackson, Hopson, Dickson, Barrett, and
F. A. White, and about II wounded We under.
stand since tina, there We're between and SOo OF
the enemy killed and wounded, nearly all sho; in
the head. We gave them good fight for about
| lG hours Had we held out half an hoar longer
we would have had the town. On tomorrow we
start 10 Monterey, thence TO Mexico, 1000 miles
distance, handcufed and on foot. Should be
liberated in twelve months may well be satisfied
| 70 A personal alteration took place here on
Saturday. between Dr. HAYES, OF this city, and
professor Lowering, of Cambridge. The Doctor
assaulted the Professor, and the parties immedi-
ately closed, but were soon separated. No sell
Gus injury was inflicted. The unfortunate affair
affair originated in some domestic difficulty
Boston Post.
~ We learn that Mrs. Benjamin., very ex-
| emplary woman, fell dend in the Congregational
| Church Of Rev. Mr. Train, in Milford, yesterday.
| Mr.. Thomas Crosley, worthy man of this city,
died almost as suddenly at his residence IN State
street this morning. He complained Of pain s
h;o hood apJ in sho,t half an hour after was q