Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-06-23
FIRE Ar FAYETTEVILLE. On. C1

From The RaLigh Register Of Junc lS
fAYErTENILLE AGAIN IN Ruins On Saturday |
morning last the usual quiet Of our ule community was
ieatny disturbed by the intelligence thai neig bo
ing and enterprsng sister town, Fayetteville, (Which
has heretofore suffered sorely from similar calamies
had been again visited 10y fire most destructive in lis
character aud disastrous IN lis Consequences. Kumor
with lis thousand tongues, which, in nine cases out Of
ten, greatly eAiggeatcs occurrences of this kind aud
magnhes the eXen, OF individual suffering did not IN
this Instance ouislrip the boundaries Of truth Indeed
mere WAS no necessity Tor resofling 10 fiction 10 excite
sympathy OF CRAFTY love of the mary eluus--lhe dis
NAL reality is of itself sufficient
Both Of the Printing Offices having been destroyed
with nearly all th.lr materials, have received no
printing slip wh particulars, but valued freud there
(himse considerable sulieer) has addressed lets
ter containing we Imagine statement OF the
extent nj the lossal least accurate could be given
IN the confusion and distress incident 10 such a scene
Ii IS as follows:
'FAYErrEviLLE, jane H.
"lY DEAR SIN: have just returned 10 nv house
IRON The scene al most awful caamlly fire broke
out this morning about half past two O'Clock IN nn
warehouse. hear the heart Of town, and continued
rage Ion about three hours, until the valuable part
ui The town was destroyed The dry weather
prevented the stopping Of The fire in the neghborhuad in
which II originated. Every roof like linder. The
he commenced about one hundred yards northwest OF
HE town house, and burnt up and down Hay street,
from the town house To the brick fire proof OF
John Naddill, Jr which was occupied by Henry Lilly.
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south side of Hay street, every thing is burnt from the
town hall 10 the wooden building above the Lafayette
| Hotel, which elegant aud must valuable establishment
Is heap OF ruins From the town house, north, duvn
Green street To Eceess bridge, all is burnt except Mrs
Perry, dwelling is all from the iowu.house south on
Gillespie street the Bank of the STATE. WHEN saved
The iown-house was saved. ard the fire prevented
by great eN'tn, from crossing GWenur Gillespie streets
II crossed Franklin alley. next south OF LAY street. and
bhfn several Warehouses and saLlS there Fortunate
y the Hotel Stables saved though badly scorched
and thus a number Of other HOUSES were saved winch
must have gone II they had y
/ The nsponden Of the Register thea gives long
list o the names of the sufferers, including description
OF their business, the lossos Ia houses guods So by
which II appears that fifty three front enemcnIs were
burnt besides several large and valuable warehouses and
many oubuidtngs. The whole hs, Is estimated at rlm
S3u0.0 600 To $3.50 900. Of which about third Is sup
posed 10 be covered by insurance.
r. MOST CNFORTUNAIE.-'ihe Pittsburg Post
says :-"One Of our most worthy citizens has been
burnt ont 10 less than four tunes within the last Two
months. tie OF the many hundreds who snf
Tered ON the lOlh of Apul or the 9Th Of Nav he as
again caught IN the fire 7th from there he mo
we'd 10 Brighton, Beaver county, where his i'll luck ap,
pearrd 10 follow him, aud he again burnt ont by the
IRE that occurred IN that place Since then he has been
purchasing things To make another start and we under,
stand they were all consumed in one Of the 'huldmps
thai Was burnt on Penn street on Tuesday morning.
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q the New York Morning News handles this individual
without gloves. He says his decata lion that he has
been 'coqnetng all along with Eusl is false; that
he Is known in Texas to be bitter antannpxatloni,t
mat upon all occasions, in moments of questionable and
nnqnestiunable sobrletyn all cumpanits-in STAGES in
slealnhoats, and al avernshe has been known To de-
nounce The project OF annexation in the hi and most
unmeasured terms. The writer represents him as en-.
trely under the influence Of the British and French Of
hcials-aS employing in the embassy 10 England man
no'orousy opposed anneNaiiun-and as in fine DUNG
= every thing he could 10 prevent il.
We thought from the first that Cen. Houston took
rather an awkward way tf getting of the scrape
and this writer confirms In the opinion He sneaks
OF Certain magnificent schemes of Houston as connected
with the Independence of Texas-such as establsbno
Tree trade IN that country, and breaking doMn-con.
qnering MeNco-revelling In the halls of hunte2uma
ana other such stereotype stun of Loce.aeolsm The
evidence Is too strong against HIM. His recanatiun
comes TOO late. lie is knuwn anti anneNationiSt
and lie cannot convince the world that he is any hnu
r else man might get of from any charge under The
same plea and the stronger the evidence against him The
better. Il is like Faisan's preiendin! 10 know the
Prince, after he had convicted him Of lying Il went do
Philadelphia Morning Post.
onr correspondent, writing from the northern part
OF Gonzales county, Texas. speaks in very huterne
terms OF the German settlement situated some s or 10
miles above Segnn the Gaudalope liver known as
the Cowell colony. lie says that The colony Is in
fonrishing condition. considering ahe aeness vi the sea
son IN which Z @ settlement made. We also learn
from The same that the people of Gonzales coun
{ ~ are all IN favor of annexation.
u Ga!ceston .Ntws