New-York daily tribune., 1845-04-17
ArAEMlse .yD Desr.rcrtvE FlRE.-For some

AtAEIIsG AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-For some
two weeks a ire has been raging in the pfsm,
Swamp Lands: thar Is now progressing with unpar-
sliss4d tury Iaailt may b. understood abroad
vra remark t.ai iot some SIX weeks past We have
mad no rain in this section of couatry and couse-
onentlv. the S2onsy horous soil ot the Swamp has
5ecoue drv, and isn;tes as readily as tiuGer, and
burns wiih the fervspcv OF peat The IRE dsscendS
4 great Depth IN the SOIL and completely covers the
whole surface for ms.es and miles ys1ta a !ivias
IRE. which consumes every tnlns aSt quantities
of timber. shingles slaves, fences &c have already
been DESTROYED. sud our neighbo5S on the edse OF
the Swamp are Ia great GlsInay Tor iTat ot men
dwellings and plantations Il lsworS- than ptair'e
fire. because the subtle element, penetrates uEces
the earth and rises at different points
While we w,ise the atmosphere Is tlilsd Win th-
scent and smoke OF the consuming jumper trees;
and the souih and southwest horizon Is cano?leo
and cur,aiucd with black, fense clouds OF smoke,
save ever and anon. where II catches some ex'ea.
Ive, timber and shlnse depot. when the torSed and
fiery voiumsrlSeS' above the mass and itGines the
backness. while night shows that volume OF red
flame and heat, which reaches high up IN the
heavens that almost makes one imagine that the
time so firmly relied and so ardeatlv prayed tor
bv the Mlllsrltes. has indeed come The tlre Is
now within FIVE or SIX miles OF lhIs town. ard
curious feeling is exhibited By nearly al! our Cit
gems: fsverisi anxiety. and continual inquiry OF
how the fire progresses. meets us al everv point
Numbers are moving towards the scene OF devasta-
ton, and fearful rraors are ever and anon started
that such and such plantations have been DESTROYED.
Portsmouth CVa.) Chron Apul II
Tur DrsM,r SwAMp.-A friend informs US that
the resen: fire in swamp has driven from their hiding
places large number OF runaway slaves. VINO nave III
many cases eecn secretei for years. Al old black wonan
being burnt out Of clpacous home sought out nd
claimed her master and in addition 10 this return OF pro-
perty she brought with her eleven children a.! her own
serving as sR indemnity remuneration for her long ao
.encc ANY quantity OF bears, foxes. and other animals,
already roasted 20 found and all that hungry man
30 is 20 HE 10 the smoking meats ard sata'e MS
appetite. tN"diSon'ai'
FIRE N THE MoUSrArSS.-On Saturday evening
last w1s discovered woodland along the BALI
more ard SuSquehinna Railroad. about three miles rom
This borough WAS discovered 10 be on Ere Efforts were
made TO stop the destructive element. sDd X was Thought
that it was entirely but Sunday. ahogt clock
T. VI Il brake GU: fresh ard laid waste something Ike
thirty or forty acres OF Beautiful and thriving timber
Toward. evenn: the wind subsided somewhat and the
inhabitants thought themselves ont of danger Bunot SO
the wind changed from North West North East. and
again blowing very violently aSan took Gre and changed
course towards the South West. From 'his borough
the flames could be above the tops OF the trees am
in shor, tiIuci had extended astonishing eadtb
ayn. waste every thing which came In its way Persons
with whom wa co versed yesterday morning state that
the progress OF the arrested. but old trees and
.tunlps were s,i hamc<. Judging from the account
SPECTATORS give of the trc Sunday evening was tar
more destructive in the afternoon. The number OF
acres which havc been burned are from 30 20 100.
York (PL.) Advocate, April Is.