New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-02-26

the Locos have Supervisors in the only tour W mig
towns in the County, thus:
ss;s5;ss Ss:;m ss5!:;!
Those in Italics are changed from their usnai
vote.
Delhi, Delaware Co. says the Argus, has chosen
V. B. officers with two exceptions by to % ma
iority. go for Bouck in '42.)
PAMELA and Waterfront, Jefferson Co. Loco
as usual; Brownuille, Wing.
O. The Wings of Allegheny Co., Pa, held
convention on the 2lst and elected Hon. HARMAR
DENNY their Delegate to the National Convention
with five Delegates to the State Convention.
They resolved that Gen. JosEPH MAkkLE OF
Westmoreland, is their decided choice Tor GOV
ernor They declared their preference OF HENRY
Cry for President and HARMAR DENNY for Vice
President They have not yet nominated Tor
Congress. Hon WALTER FORWARD perempto-
rily declines the post.
PENNsYLvANA.--Gov Porter has issued Pro-
clamation directing an election to be held IN the
2lst Congressional District ALLEGHENY County,
on the 18th of March, to supply the vacancy &C.
casoned by the resignation of Judge Wilkins.
RHODE IsLAND.-An adjourned term oil the
Supreme Court Of Rhode Island at Newport to-
day The trial Of Governor Dorr may be expected 10 come
on Wednesday or Thursday.
NJ The Philadelphia Spirit of the Times, Of
Saturday, says - The Philadelphia Custom
House is doing the best business at present, it has
done for years. For the last two weeks the duties
have averaged $4,000 per day
FIRE AND GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AT NANTUCKET.
-Edgartopn, FEB. 22.-The Poor House at
Quaise, Nantucket, was entirely consumed by
fire on the night of the Goth inst. The following
persons, inmates, persisted in the flames:
Paul Jenkins, Thomas Hull, William Hutch
ms, Jonathan Cathcart, VIM. Holmes, Sophia
Bebee, Phebe Jones, Mirah Davis.
TCor New Bedford Bulletin.
We obtain farther particulars of this heart
rending affair from the Nantucket Enquirer. 1t
seems there were ten who pcrished instead Of
eight; the other two were Lydia Bowen and
Wealthy Davis. The former had taken her child
to place of safety and returned to try to save
something, and persisted in the attempt The
fire broke out about 2 O'Clock and is supposed to
have originated in the cook room. The Enqul-
rer says:
There were lftynne persons the house. besides the
ali his cts and 10 Gliars IN noaey Th.ie were Is Of The
paupes bedrdlenoae OF ih we told had not walked
Otdand nfm many Of them were, It seems miracle g
that many escapsd with Their lives One lad Jumped from
es jumped RON the second story window aud also Ss
means Of sheet which, he and tied toserhsr
Great nnm6s's OF os @ as wss
Good service rendered by those LIVING G" tne aoacrn
sd AS having bee he neaus saving several lives strang
himself severely doing OEe OF the rauper Inmates
or three persons al iis OF her Tile Mr.
Burgess by OF ladder, window Of the Sd
Informed them oithir Danger and the man so; out hn The
refused to move MI took asI ont Of bed " her
the adleI ana conveyed her IN safety 10 the ground She
Struggling all lhs while TO prevent him from accomplishing
his benevolent purpose-,hs deed OF daring;
A meeting Of the citizens called this morning, at
ocso 10 adopt such As the exsency OF the case
Tho AS um bein: fitted up and put comfortable
order for the OF the poor un somS a,sT
make any Other provision for them
FlREs-Norwich, CT. was visited by a very
disastrous fire on Friday last. 1t broke out in
the cellar of Child & Hopkins and swept over,
and entirely consumed the whole block of build
ings extending from the Qunebago Bank to the
corner of Main and Shetucket streets; one large
brick building on Shetucket st. was also consum.
cd, and several on Main ST. considerably injured.
The Norwich Courier gives the following partic-
ulars:
The buildings known as Boswes Row, occu-
pied with stores and shops, and owned by the
heirs Of John L. Boswell, entirely destroyed-in-
sured to the amour, of $500. Also the brick
dwelling house on Shetucket street, owned by the
same-amount of insurance $1,000, a barn in
the rear of these stores, and owned by the heirs
of Benjamin Colt, wholly dcstroyed-amount of
insurance $50.
The above stores and tencments were occu-
! pied as follows:
George B. Prnde. Jeweller-Saysd most OF his goods
loss covered By insurance; Waller Clapp Bookshelf and
northumberland most Of his goeds-ioss nearly covered
NessIs. Cook, Taiors-Los. books and few goods
Goods mostly removed and by insurance sssrs
Child Hopkins Cont and NctualGrs-Loss about
goods mostly emoyed-oss By Insurance; Messrs
l. E. Edwards, Booksellers goods ytmovsd and iusu d
insured e. D. smith, News and Periodical Dpot-Goods
The losses allprsy equally upon the following insurance
eihces-Ihe Hartford the Protection, ,,na ohea Hart
snes IS sup supposed oe s thu t9si
i, will not probably EXCEED The Norwich Fire lnsa
AT Cincinnati on the 18th, the dwelling OF Mr.
| Tibbatts was entirely consumed.
| CONVENTION WITH PERU.-The President has
made formal publication of the conditions of
convention with Peru for the adjustment claims of United
States Citizens that government which concluded
and signed at Lmi March IL ls4 and which has been duly
ratified.
By the terms OF this convention Peru to ay three hun
dred thousand dollars TO the L. States be paid Lima.
in equal annual ins,aimen,s commencing Jan 1874
MUT1Ny.-A mutlny occurred on board the
British ship Sir Charles Napier Saturday which was
I'D however without 1'hs