Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-24

gcIIy-, but ate II i.ut, vot,l,t hy Che POI
lIcs. one has ju, passed oar Office v.tlcr
Arrest, and other. nave igJat cooler quarters
Shan thcy soy..i.
Thencw 20 .,c have done th-ir duty, aud
vi bout displavil- .ng,iing approaching to
u11Gc intelicrcl.s ot IN t- oxidation Of q
newly acquired ae.I-sts. \ mounted troop
OF General Sauil1uls brigade was called cut
az an ealll hlurh rl'.lrmIti0Doi the Aiavor.
who h1a done 6li t,lt could be done under the
calamity.
Our city reader wti h' g.neu,y aware that
ta. burnt disti.tls ,tt most important and
valuable part of .l. city. 5.irE composed OF
large aud costly bt..iiass Aict with expcn-
slvc m'rchau6ar. tas French and German
merchants con. w-s..i chiefly IA that district.
dstor HjUss-,.a conduct oi Measg,.
Gel mou Y Siet-oH. o., TINS house. Is worthy
81 ihe highest cuG4a,.,lon. \ bystander
informs us that h. m.l Nr. Coleman, followed
hr bis servants, Cu.as bread end meat and
cllise NJ large quantities, Which he was &C
lively distrib0tiu. al.nUE tlc almost exhausted
freEeuat the hotlastel The lire. At the same
dime Mr.. Stetaol opened .aa saloon of his
great honse 10 90, i..-, aai gave a welcome
breakfast TO !oUror I've hundred, Ni1tc could
be better timed2 what could 51mOre crate.
iul 10 wearicd msu2
Occurring thus IN broad day -ii1lt, the ERE
presented many scenes aud incidents such -
are not generally attendant upon like coca
sioHs. or at least do not fall within the obser-
walton of spectators. We have mentioned
the curious exhibition OF household wares
along IN front of the Trinity Church yard
tables, mirrors, piHno. bedslcoGsaul hedlmg
costly lamps, and wc,i-won tin CanjlcstiCks,
cradles and pictvr bird cages with the birds
an them, CrockcTy tenders, chairs, iootstools,
Z Knives and tNrk.--Fn "a word sIl Y,41r,1.r ~ nv
ucIes employed IN splendid or lOwly house
Keeping, heapcd p,!I-mcIi, together with the
utmost disregard Tor pTopricty or effect I'm
grouping.
10 the likeuse the Battery has also been put,
uough OH a much larger scale, almost the
wloie oi ITS area being filed with carriages
and furniture, disposed in separate parcels.
each oil which was guarded, when we Were
mere py TWO or three females with anxious
someIy alfred anI s IIoo,,i nnon IN jo' Ina manu- a.
rocking chairs, Others more poorly clad and
lIeposlng on a wooden stool, a roll Of faded
carpet, or h egrecn tuffitself.
In the midst of one Of the household gra,ns
we saw a young woman in feeble health: she
teclined ~languidly on an easy chair. and her
wan, thin cheek attended around for he belief
that she had been hastily borne amid The ter
ror and uproar Of the disaster from a bed of
sickness. In close juNta-position was a little
amily party of children, with their nurse
he youngest delighted with the novelty Of
heir position and the hustle all around them.
While the elder, more thoughtful and more
'oascioUs Of the evil, looked ON wi;ha pretty
. resolve itselliutoa burst of lameatatiop.
a little farther on. young man was coolly
arranging lis h5ic and contemplating the
races OF his person before n LARGE Mirror.
which leaned asaiua, O Tree: and our attention
was next caught hr a ragged loulng bow Of
some fourteen or fifteen wears. who had furo
himself upon O handsome sofa ana was FAST
asleep. Pcghaps h. had been doinr woman
service at the brake of some cuoi1e or (, LeIo-
ing to remove tie household ware oC SOM.
buTnt-out family. Atalleycnis. lis slrmL,rs
were rcspected--th0ugh il may be that all
we've Too busy to m,ltI, ygiiI E;r, -"
H''-' "' A%PTC5S'
Lici3enta-TL.c police OF tho civ ia ont IN
active requlslucn and Gordon is placed at the
mead of the streets leading 10 the fire.
II Is curious TO see how frantic and incon.
@idcrate people are. We saw several persons
throw valuable furniture out ola fve-story
mouse, and the instant il touched he grouni.
X was dashed mtoa thousand atoms.
The merchants al the foot of Broad street.
along Pearl, below Old Slip, some portions of
Water, Front and South streets, in The race Of
the fire. are moving heir goods. The hustle
ana activity OF the 5ramen and labors a1e Sc
gr.atlt Is impossible to set along.
The sidewalks are piled several feet hirh in
Wen street.
South William street, foot Of Broad, and
ali ths streets leading TO the coniiagration. arc
checked up with the populace, and with carts
hand baTows. &c. One, two oud three doll.
ars is paid to carimcn for a single load, and
even al ,h-t it was difficult 10 geta cart.
anluch thick, IN The building known as thC
iofmar Bank of the United States, was broken
by ine explosion.
Inc horOcr, ior ten miles below the ci;y.wa.
covered with floating fragments. Several
pieces Oh burnt goods were picked up on Sta.
ten Island.
me stencil OF the city was SO great, caused
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