Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-06-05
ANOTHER DEsrRUcrrvE FIRE AT

| ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT
PrTTsBURGH.--T Thirty or Forty Houses
destroyed. "A fire broke on, at Pittsburgh
on Tuesday night, in stable on an alley
running from Coal lane TO Fountain street
just in The rear of Seventh street; and be-
fore the flames could be subdued between
thirty and forty houses. mostly frames OF
but little value, were destroyed. All The
houses from the ally on Prospect street
up 10 Washington, on both sides Of the
street, were entirely consumed. The
houses we're occupied by large number
Of poor families.
| AN AVALANCHE IN Souri, AMERICA
Twelue hundred iUes lost!l-The Jamai-
ca w. IL papers, report on the authority
OF travellers by the Panama route from
South America. that fearful avalanche
of snow from the great central Cordlllera
Of the Andes, last summer, [our winier]
had been destructive on both the Allan
tic and Pacific sides Of the mountains.
The snow descended in fearful quantities
from the Paramo de Ruiz, (Which is stp-
ated on the western side OF the plains Of
Msrquita, and from $50 to 20J miles oil
Bogota,) and destroyed large and pop.
ulous district. 1t is supposed that twelve
hundred lives have been sacrificed by this
fearful calamity,
The DEVIL WITH THE SHORTEST TAIL.
during the la.e contest in this District
for Congress. Mr.. Bedinger called on the
Wings 10 take the Devil with the shortest
tail. A writer in the Romney Inteligen-
Ger Of last week says that he "went to
work, and on measuring the tails OF the
two 'Varmints,' could not see any differ.
ence in the length oftnem." That should
have been looked into before the election.
The printing establishment of the Pres.
byterian Board OF Foreign Missions, at
Lociana, North India, was almost entire
ly destroyed by fire on the 29th Of Janua-
ny last. The buildings belonged to the
printing Office, bIndefy, and book deposit
tory; part of tho stock Of paper, printing
apparatus, &c. we're consumed Total
loss being carefully estimated at not less
than 10000 rupees, or nearly $40, 900.
The Cumberland Alleganian of Satur-
day announces the decease Of It's senior
editor, II. Mckinney, Esq.
WILSON X. SHINN, the late Senator
from The Harrison district, died at his res
idence in Clarksburg, on the 10Th ult.,
in the Seth year of his age.
The Hon. JOHN CAMPBELL, for many
years distinguished member Of Congress
from the Pee dee District, 10 South Caro-
lima, died al his residence in Marlborough
District, on the 18th ul;imo, OF hemor.
rhage of the lungs.
BLAIR g. RIvEs advertise for proposals
for building jackson Hall" on Pennsyl.
vania Avenue, Washington.
The Providence Journal says orders
were received at Newport to mount the
guns at Fort Adams, and the men were
busily engaged in the work last Sunday.
HENRY CLAY.-Mr. Cotton has his
Life and Times of Henry Clay nearly rea-
dy for the press. 1t is to appear in two
octave volumes, Of one thousand pages
each. The author has all the private as
well as public correspondence of Mr.. Clay,
to aid hun in his work. He has had &C.
cess to every source of information on the
biographical and historical facts, which
he may wish to embody or illustrate.
From what we know of the authors abl-
,y and industry, we are led to anticipate
work of deep and general Interest,"
Phila. North American.
FINE PLACE TO FIsH.-Forty men
caught one little fish during an afternoons
sport on the Whitewater Canal, at Gin
cinna.i, on last Thursday. This party
no doub, concluded that they had rare
sport in hooking the one little scaly Eel.
low. -Phila. Sun.