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New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27
E1tnnsiye Fire in Ro.inn.
JOfre,p0ndencf Of Uhs IfIunr.
Bosros. Tuesday. June >. g..


A fire Of the most disastrous character occur
rcd here To day, originating in steam plaininr
establishment, corner of Dover and Suffolk SIS.
west Of Washington The wind, unfortunately
blowing hard from the s. w. Tie entire sgqar,
.cas srept ont, containing the Franklin Gram.
mar !SeLooi an Engine House and abou; rTEs.
~ DWELLING Uousgs; most 0r them fine first
class houses, renting for five hundred dollars per
annum. The square is contained between Wash.
ington. Dover, Suffolk and Garland streets one
house only remaining Much valuable furniture
has been sacrificed, such was the raPitl,y Of the
l.mes little could be saved rom each house
Boston has not been visited with 20 Serious
ERE for years.
The flames are now subducd, end there arc no
fears Of i,s further progress. Loss PROBABLY not
less than $4,000. Insurance not aseerained
Ia haste, yours very truly, E.S.
The Boston Mercantile Journal says:
Quarfer past o'c'oek.-we have lust learned
Thai the fire has crossed Doycr.street. and that
the brick dwelling house Of Rev. J. ! Sargent
and the house adjoining, on the north SIDE Gf
noycr.s;rret. are destroyed. All the sheds and
ontbuildlncs IN the rear OF the dwelling house on
the south SIDE oi G,rand-s,rcct are on FIRE. and
+, is impossible To say where the destruction will
cease. Engines from Roxbury, Charestown,
Cambridge and the adjoining towns, are render.
lup all poss bic assistance.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27
Plattsburs in the Field.

OsGASIzATIoN OF a CLAY CLuB.-The Wings
II PlaEsburg assembled on Saturday last agreeahI, i,
TO prevGus notice, ami orr anIZrd Clny Club. The
nrrting well attended, and in the evening lie
house iull 10 oserilowiog. Thomas D. Gibson
Esq. appointed President, Audrew Moore nnf
\. 4. Moore, Vice Presidents; Winter Palm-r and
J. II. Sanhon, Secretaries. PIaIts. Wing.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27
=. Excused on account of i'll health.

II The Eleventh Annual Commencement Of
the University of the City Of New York will be
celebrated Tuesday next, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
in the Church OF the Messiah Or. Dewcy's,)
opposite Waycrley Place. The occasion will no
doubt be one OF deep interest to large number
Of the friends o. Education In the City and sur
rounding country.
OPEHA.-Madame CinIi Dnmorcau, al eltre of
the Parisian academy Of the very first class,
aud with style and finish of execution pro-
badly never equacd in this country, is TO sing for
several nights in Rossnis fine operas OF the Italian
in Alsers, Barber Of Seville, &c. Madame Damo-
made the most decided impression IN this City
on her first appearance, and, although opera-soers
are many of them out of town, we presume she will
have brilliant audiences. She is 10 be supported by
vulellina, Antognini and Sanquirico.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

~ GEORGE ROBERTS. of the Boston Times.
h4s been appointed Naval Officer of Boston, vice
Mr. Davis, removed. We have great mind To
,pproye THIS nomination George is one Of our
:rait, an original Tyler man, and so of class
which rarely gets any thing Of this sort, the Ac-
cidents general rule being TO appoint only those
Since Loco was to have it, why not George (?
lie is fair average Of Ty leiism.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

a. w. D. DELANEY, Esq. was reelected Mayor
II Norfolk on Monday last. The stood Wm
.. Delaney. 5Gi Wm. w. Lamb, 2O6 Scattering
j-Dearcy' 5 majority, l75.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27
Subscriptions for Clay Tribune.

EccALEoBIoS-The statement ofthe Aurora yesisn aOrs
,h. mos; Attracting Egg Hatchns Exhibition hal .ssl
from the city decidedly untrue 20 long as inc ssa
ror;u,ue tn lie thrnnscd with delighted vS ofs te s,sr
rem yu wii be Of u moTcat cn,=g'aliltu 'isN''
ed iyr AlachIes, - broadway,
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

STEAMBOAT VHNTIL,TioN.-A great improve.
ment has been made in ventlating the cabin or
berth-deck OF our Nlghi-Bo on the Hudson
but there is Yet rooui for farther Improvement.
There is no sort OF excuse for packing two o.
three hundred people doan in hold and hall
sitting ,hcm there with foul air-the second,
night boats very backward in this respect
incxcusaby Sc. Twenty dollars expense, juo-
cously applied, would renovate almost any boat,
and ii ought not to be delayed another week. To
be shut up with even fiiIy persons in water
tight cell, having perhaps two cat holes for vcnt-
la,ion, is not delightful in dog days.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

ry HARPER's Illuminated and New Pictorial
BIBLE, No. V, has just appeared. We like the
illustrations better than in the first number. In ~
geographic ncatress this work has hardly been sur
missed
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

Fresh SALMON schooner Florida, Lam
pljer with three hundred fresh salmon, put up in
ice, arrived III this port Yesterday from 81. Johns
n brunswick
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

SECRETARY OF THE TREAsUnY.-lt IS reported
from Washington, this morning, with every pro-
babiiiiy Of lis truth, that letter was received
Yesterday by the President from MIR. BIBB, OF
kentucky, declining the appointment OF Secreta-
~ of the 1reasury-and that, therempon, Mr..
Tyler appointed RoGT RaNTouL, Jr of Boston, to
The vacant office. MIR. is the man whom the Sc
nate..by very large vote, rejected as Collector Of
the Port OF Boston. He was member of the
Loco Foco National Convention that nominal, d
Polk, and voted for his nomination. AS Mr..
Tyler has set himself up as candidate against
both Wings and Loco Focos MIR. Ranou it IS
reasonable TO infer, has either deserted Polk for
Tyler, or Is playing the latter false Bait. Pat.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

II The COMPLETE EVANGELIST Comprising
the History OF the Life, Actions, Death, Resunec-
ton, Ascension, and Doctrine Of Jesus Christ, in
tended To embrace every important expression and
idea recorded in the writings OF Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John, in the words OF the Authorized
Translation" has been very neatly published hy
Bolles s. Williams, New-London. CT. Ii il good
work, though the author has been absurdy scrupu-
ous in his adherence to the letter OF the Author
zed Version even TO the extent of saving mhicL
[insead Of whol was the son of Thora mhieh ~a'
the son of Nachor,' &c. There is Chinese fidelity
in this which we can hardly admire.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

rs~ The Pittsburgh .5meriean need send US any
|; will please consider the fact significantly in,ma
ted thu, do to tie wantonly beied by Wing pa
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

e The DU3LIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE ori
ginal edition, has been sent Us by Mason Il TutIle
l26 Nassau.sreer. Ii has articles on the Waterloo
Campaign, Prussia, Berang-r, Roman SIN and Edu
cation in France and Ireland. sc. &c.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

MELANCHOLY AccIDENr.-The Newburg Tee.
graph gives the following particulars Of the aecl.
dent referred to 10 yesterday MORNINGS Tribune
On Monday night last, six young men belonging
to This village crossed the in boat To the
other shore and returning about II O'Clock, were
run by steamboat, when two Of the number,
Charles Armstrong, son OF Nlr. stephen Armstrong,
and Gabriel A. North, SON OF Mrs. Hannah NoTh,
wcrc drowned.
The accident happened about the middle OF the
river. The yOung men The bOnt, but supposed
it was another one, which had just landed, aud w
going up, and therefore II w1s upon them before f'
aware of their danger. The boat Is oelieged
10 have been the Albany.
The small boar struck the sleamboa, just below
the wheel, and was upset. Al tins moment II wa,
seen, the hailiDg OF the young n-n was heard
the steamboat stopped, aud her yawls sent out
They succeeded ia picking np tour oi the young
men; the other TWO mad gone down. Young Arm
strong Was student in the law office oi X. ~ J.
Barnard. North was an apprentice IN this office.
The former II or - years of age; the latter IL
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

I5r The Pittsburgh Spirit Of Me Age plainly
eontradicis the statement of our correspondent
Amercanus that fr,ighls from Pittsburgh 10
Iavsville and Louisville often range as high as
81 II to 81 80 per cwt. when the OHIO is very
ow. On the contrary II asserts that
The highest price paid 10 boats fer freight 10
louisville last season was g.! 10 - cents, whilst
Il long period II was rs low as S and II! cents.
rnrrc have been so many low wafer huars' built
his season. lha, ireigaIs will be lower than ever
hcr,tofr aud no delay take place
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27
Northern Pennsylvania.

Extract OF n pilynrc Iet'ef dated
WAkREHH,N. Bradford Co. Pa June lgih.
We were ali over to Ff,nnssiIle yestrfd" 10
a iirs,.rate Wing Mass Meeting, E-q MILLION
III The chair-good sp akIng before Glnnrr b. Nh
BENTLEY If Nontro.c, anu after dinner by h. ).
SWEET OF Owego, n Y and CoI J J. SIZED Of
Ithaca. The day was right, and The Mon''oS
D,lrgaticp came in headed by two full iour-horsS
stages, with flags hy,ng, and a full length po'.
trait of Henry Clay. Abundance OF good feel
ing and good cheer, bu, no drink stronger
than lemonade. The Wings need nothing extra
to elevate their spirits.
We hold great meeting tomorrow al Athens,
Croga Point! will be one of The taest kind,
and no mistake. On the 18th OF July there vii
b. Wing Mas, Meeting at Monirose, Su.quc.
hanna Co. and another in Pike in August. So
we go.
The Loco. Focos have but one string to pull
since an amt-Tariif' candidate for President h.,
been put upon them and that is, tp excite prcln.
dice and fear among the Adopted Citixcns by
charging the Philadelphia Riots on the Whgs
They are busily at work st this all through this
region, and have frightened some good Wings
bat tins won't save thcm You're, 4. b.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

DEATH IN THE NAVY YARD.-Tho Bfooklyn
Advertiser publishes the evidence gwen before
Coroncr's Jury at an inquest held at the Naytl
Hospital on the 25th, on the body of Patntt
Hunt, sailor, who il seems came to his death
from injuries received by being thrown down the
ha chway of the steamer Fulton on Sunday a-t
The verdict Of the Jury was, "tha, Patrick
Hunt came To his death by being thrown down
the hatchway, from the spar deck I" the gun
deck Of the U. 5. steam !rgale Fulton. by one
Moses A. Lane and that IN the oPinion OF The
jury. the SAID Lane acted with unnecessary and
great violence, and thereby caused the sald
death"
Hunt about "a years Of age and supposed
TO be n1tIveof ireland
On the rendering ut the verdict by the ySy,
the Coroner issued h,s warrant Tor the arms! 0
| Lane, and he is now IN confinement.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27
Mechanic.

BowDTcm's TABLEs.-Messrs. f. e. G.. w
Blunt have just published an edition Of the Log
arithmic Tables taken from the Practical Navi
gator. The Tables are preceded by u Preface
signed by J. Ingersoll Bowditch and Remarks
by Benjamin Pierce, Professor of Mathematics
in the Harvard University. These Tables arc
pronounced entirely accurate, and the manner in
which they are got up by the publishers is highly
creditabIe indeed. Wo recommend the work To
Teachers and others who may require the aid OF
Logarlthms in making calculations.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

GLORIOUS EXcUksloN.-ihes teamboet INDIANA,
Capt. Z. c. Ropi-, will leave Buffalo on the l6ta
Of July for an Excursion 10 the >eult 81. Marie,
touching at all desirable points on the Upper Lakes
She will arrive at Grand Ira. erse Bay c,incldent
With the assemblag- OF the Indians at that point 10
receive their annulries from the United Slares. The
Indiana is excellent inodern-bult boat, of Light
draft, with superb cabin above decks and capitol
-tate-rooms. Her captain Is experienced aud capa
hle; she will be accompanied BY fine Band oal
Sic and we freely say that for those who have
means and leisure The trip offers attractions which
are almost irresistible.
1 ETHIOPIAN SERESADERs.-A friend informs
US that these Serenaders truly deserve 10 be pat'o-
nzed. He says, the peculiar proprleW and chas'e-
ness Of their performances acknowledged by all
who have attended them.
ES Our readers have doubtless seen notices o'
the extraordinary Infant Sisters, who have been
astonishing and delighting the Londoners. They
have arrived at the American Museum and appear
to-day in their principal characters, as will be seen
by a reference TO our advertising columns. These
sisters are four and six years old, and those who
have witnessed their performances pronounce them
the greatest prodIgIes oi Iiielr agc IN The world
l5- The weather warm, and enr that some o.
our readers are acquainted with the good affects of Bath
ing warm Bath will refresh md strens than any
thing else and tske pleasure in recommending the knick
erbockcr Baths Ol Bowery where the accommodations
US good Us the best, md the charge eny shilling.
G7- Great Curiosity the American Museum The much
talked of English lnn Sisters ke their appearance nj hi,
popular establishment today From nat we hnre end and
heard they worth VISIT. Then "Ie hHd ysa'-
Z i've them call.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

n. AUDUBON, the distinguished naturalist
u hose works will be among The impens'aoe
creations OF the nee-is now IN this CITY, "ea'l''
intellect, 1--we Oi science, and love 81 the a',''
can scarcely give their powerful aid better OIL:
rrcton than subscription 10 his series VI
noble plates. AID Argus
u A correspondence OF pleasant character
recently took place between VIM. Kennedy hrq'
British Consul at Galveston, and Capt. pu'na.,
an, of the L. S. sloop of war Vincennes' TT.e.t%
to assistance rendered by Capt. B. to two bf''''-
merchant ships. con, u
~ The U. S. steamer Union, L'eu,i ia,b ;ns,an,
B. Bell, arrived at Pensacola OH '"'
from Galveston. .,,I a,
~ The Corner Stone Of an ediiicc INTENDED a1o ,Ol
Female ASYLUM was laid at Boston WIN l apP'O'
pirate ceremonies on the morning OF the 2o'h.
r7 The U. S. brig Tfu1ton left Pn,ladeipaia
Tuesday morning, bound to the coast o' A''''a'
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27
Trash and HunIIlIy.

sTaSf1 anu f1UNDuS'
" One Of the Mcay'' in the Journal Of Com
mcrce, says he has been credibly Informed that
James H. Polk is Roman Catholic, and wishes
Information on the point he shall not vote for
Il Catholic.
Now we sgma,izc this inquiry lying,
rncan trick OF some base Loco. Foco to enlist re-
ljgi"us prcjudlccs IN behalf of his candidate. He
Gerer ,oas credibly informed of any such thing,
t.id the pretended hesitation and uncertainty Of
the Jour Com. is another fraud. 1t has been IN
very way published that Mr.. PoIk's religion,
however much or little there may be Of ii. is
Presbyterian, and nothing adverse 10 this has heen
said in any Why paper.
Will the time never come when the public
shall iHslinctvely frown down all these paItry al
tempts TO make party capital out OF mems faith
n their Maker? Is there nothing sacred from
the desccrating touch oflow huckstercrs OF votes
From the moment OF Folks nomination., there
has been d S, stcmatlc attempt of his supporters
to mugnify him by circulating charges against
him which they can refutc, and thus raise the
cry of persecution, SANDER, &c. We co hope
the Wing press will see the propriety of refusing
To play into their hands. If Mr. Polk suits his
party as a candidate, that is enough. Our oppo-
sitlon is TO the measures of which he is the cham
pion-lhe principles with which he is identified
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

u The Brooklyn Eagle closes nearly column
OF characteristic talk about Dry Docks and the
tion. MIR. Murphy, with the following fling at US
1--WE beg leave 10 say the Brooklyn Congressman
hnvuG any necessities 10 be relieved by this appo
put buy The Tribune two or three times and have
something 10 spare.
1.-THE Congressman and his gentlcmanly mouth
piece mean only that his property exceeds our>
ever so many times it is all true, and we have
nothing 10 say. We apprehcnd, however, that to
buy The Tribune" might not be exactly Within
the Congressnan's means, large as they are, snd
moderate as are ours The necessities to which
sc referred arc political, not pecunary, and we
suspect all the ample wealth Of The Congressman
,pl prove little enough for them. AT any rate,
sc arc sure his style OF managing and cuddling
TINS Dry Dock question, ever slnsc he was elect
ed and a little before, has been such as savored
sood deal more eli the schemng, selfish dema-
rogue than of the high-mndcd Statesman.
As 10 the papers here beng organs ei a Sec
ton,L Dock interest, it may pass for what it is
worth We had not seen, heard from, nor hac
any intercourse with any one interested IN docks
Of any kind for months before wrote our article.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

AcclDgNT.-Yesterday afternoon the horI
attached to onr of the Brooklyn stages toot
fright and ran down Fulton street w'nn fearful
50, ed The stage, winch con ain' d several ladies',
came in contact with pile OF bricks nearly "p-
oosite Fl icks street, throwing three OF the ladies
TO the pavement One Of them received ga'h
in her forehead and was otherwise bruised
Another received considerable injury, and tue
third escaped almost unh%Tt'
New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-27

D- Great Curiosity at the American Museum, The much
talked of English nhnt Sisters make their appearance at THIS
popular establishment to-day From nat we hnre Iend and
heard they worth visit. Then aEe aud yea.'-
them call.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-07-29
WHEELING INTO THE LINE OF TIE GREAT
REPUBLICAN ARMY.

In one Of our exchanges last week-a Mass achu-
sets paper-there to US two columns of renun-
Citations Of their party by ocoiocos. They so nu-
merous that we cannot publish all we receive week.
ly without filling our sheet full. And why these
changes? The answer is given concisely follows,
by the Kennebec Journals:
Recommendations of Pokism come thick and fast
upon Many of the more honest, and intelligent
among tho democracy refuse to swallow tine anti
protective and Texas opinions Of james K. Polk. In
our vicinity, we know Of several distinguished and
influential men who acted with our opponents in
1910, and voted for Mr. Van Buren,, who will at the
coming election, vote for Mr. Clay. Every day brings
advces Exchanges in the different counties of our
State from Locofoco to Wing principles The bene-
fetal operation Of the present tariff has produced
deep conviction upon the minds of the people that
1T MUST BE SUSTAINED, AS IT is, and hence
many who formerly our opponents are giving
their support to the father of the American SYSTEM
Henry Clay. In other Suites the defectiops are
equally numerous
We will add one two more notices:
'THIRTY-Two STRAIGHT-oUTs The Utica
IN. W Gazette gives stirring of the great
gathering the Onondagas at Syracuse. 1t says
there could have been less than rs or 80 thou
sand, at least 1t continues, ''we took up 5000 by
actua count from Oneida, So miles Distant We
found tens of thousands there before us, among
others, there were thirty teco men from a single
town in Onondaga, who came in wagon drawn by
eight yoke of oxen, every one Of whom voted the
Loco Foco ticket last fall, and who arc now all
Whgsp'
PENNSYLVANIA. Col. Hugh Lindsay, of Berks,
and some five hundred others who have Heretofore
been identified with Loco Fucoism, have recently
come out from among the foul party and enrolled
themselves under the banner Of Clay, Markle, and
Protective Tariff. Lindsay and his associates
making speeches andexposing the corruptions Of
Loco Focolsm in mastery manner. : Chy BugIe.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-07-29
DREADFUL STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION AT
RIO.
The Editor of the Baltimore Patriot has been favor
ed with the following letter, dated
RIo DE IANEIRo, w

ed with tho following letter, dated
RIO De JANETRo, May %, 1912.
This city was thrown into great excitement on Sat
urday last, by an occurrence which has clothed
large numSer Of its inhabitants IN mourning, and
Nting gloom the whole, city % The opposite
side Of the harbOr, and distant nbout 4mllcs, IL
village, which numbers about three thousand
inhabitants reside, MS being more retired than IN The
hustle OF Rio. Two small steamboats, ply every hour
during the day between the two places, so that the
number OF passengers is large, especially upon holl.
days Cor recreation Saturday was one of these days
and at iour O'Clock in the afternoon nbout coo pas
sengGrs entered board from the wharf Of The CITY,
and the boat had Just pushed from her moorngs when
the boiler burst with most awful explosion. The
boat Il complete wreck and amid the shrieks Of
the wounded and The cries Of the drowning, and the
confusion ofthe moment, tho most cailous heart
would have melted into tenderness. The mutoled
remains were gathered as as possible, and re-
moved TO a neighhoring hospal-some with tho los
of mb-some dread(uIly scaded; and upon num-
bering them, il was found hnt there were eighty six
wounded in the house beside those removed 20 pr-
vate buildings. There were fifty two persons asccr-
tanned TO have been killed, and several persons are
missing yet. Seven eight have died since, and |
am Informed there arc as many twenty who are
pronounced incurab!e, & will probably finger in ago
ny for several days. The number Of wounded who
are still living, far ascerRined, is about sixty
five. There is not, believe, an American citizen
among either the killed wounded, but several En-
glshmen are, and two very respected citizens have
not been heard Of. Yesterday one gentleman, Bra
lillian officer, was picked up in the harbcr dreatll!ly
InnnUlrI