American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-05-20

In conclusion We commend the volume to
which We have above referred, to the perusaI
OF both the friends and opponents of abolition.
CHAPTER OF FIRES, The factory of ThoS |
Brown, near Philadelphia, was with its con-
tents, consumed on Friday night; loss $4,000, .
morning, the drug store of Trull s Miller was
damaged to the extent Of SIP 900; insured for
0O0.-At Buffalo, on Thursday, the Gx-
tcnsivc rope-waIk of +. Dimmitt was consum-
ed; loss about $4,000, and but half nsured.--
At Memphis, Tenn, on the Sth inst, the hat
stores of Beck and Higgins, and Praigg s Co.,
the clothing store of George Rohr, and grocery
Of A. Mark, were all consumed and the Frank
lin House considerably damaged At New
York, on Saturday, the boarding house Of John
Conroy WAS partially destroyed, and lady
nearly suiiocated by smoke.
SLAVERY QuESrIoN IN New JERSEY. The
question whether slavery can exist in New
Jersey, under the new Constitution of the
State, is about to be decided by the Supreme
Court of that State. The Court has granted
a rule requiring John A, Post, of Passaic Co.,
to show cause, on Tuesday next, why an at
tachment should not be issued against him, for
disobeying a writ Of habcas corpus, served on
him in vacation, requiring him to bring Will
liam, colored man, in his custody, before the
Supreme Court, on the first day of the present
term. A writ of habeas corpus has been grant
ed at this term, req airing another individual to
bring up the body Of Mary Fautonte, color
ed woman, This writ is also returnable on
| Tuesday.
| PRNCEToN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. The
examinations at this institution were concluded
on the 18th inst, on which occasion the Rev
J. c. Backus of Baltimore, delivered an i'm
pressve and suitable diScourse; after which the
Rev, DR.. Spring, of n. York, announced that
the Board of Directors had granted diplomas to
twenty-seyen young gentlemen who had COM
pleted regular course of three years study,
and had honorably passed their examinations,
among whom we notice the names of William
Love, of Baltimore, and J. B. French, of the
District of Columbia.
YANKEE NoTIoNs GoING TO ENGLAND. The
Journal of Commerce says The Yorkshire
takes out 2447 sides and 81 bundles leather,
which is now admitted in the ports of Great
Britain duty free Almost every packet since
the news of Sir Robert Peel's revision of the
tariff, has lad small invoices of leather, and
one or two Of the first lots have now been heard
from, and brought such profits as to induce
much larger shipments. The Yorkshire is
fieghted with variety of Yankee notions, and
among them, as companions for the leather we
suppose, are ten casks of shoe pegs.
J AN English SQUADRON. Capt. Hathaway
/ of the ship Wabash, from n. York, arrived at
! N. Orleans on the 18th inst, reports that he
came round the Hole-in-the- in company
with an. English squadron, consisting of one
line of battle ship, one frgate, one sloop of
war, and ten gun brig. Parted company with
them on the 9TH, off the double headed shot
keys. Supposed they were bound to Havana.
FASHION VICTORIOUS. The race over the
Long Island course, between Fashion and jean
Meta, came off on Saturday, in the midst of
pelting rain and slough of mud. Fashion
triumphed with ease, making the first four
miles in SIS, and the second in s.4S l-2.
FIRE AT CMcINNAr1. The store of B. +.
Stone, grocer and commission merchant, and
of Winchell & Greenfield, tin and japan manu-
tacturers, were partially consumed on Wednes-
day night. The stocks of goods were all da-
mayed
FIRE IN PARIS, Pa. A fire broke out in Mr..
Wilson's shop, in Paris, Washington county,
Pa, about noon on the l6th and destroyed the
houses of Mrs. McCreary, Lew Shipley, Enoch
Davis, J. Bebout, school-house, three shops
and two barns.
GREAT FIRE IN EVANSVILLE, IA. On Sun
day night, the 4th inst, destructive fire &C.
Cured at Evansville, Ia, destroying IS or 90
houses, including the residence of Mr.. John
Shanklin. Loss not known. The work of
incendiaries,
MARRIAGE IN HIGn LIFE. Miss Louisa
Bingham, eldest daughter of w. Bingham, Esq.
of Philadelphia, neice of Lady Ashburton, is
the young American lady who was announced
a short time ago as having been married in
Paris to a descendant Of the famous Templar
in "lvanhoe'-Count Olivia de Bots Gulbert.
IMPORTATION OF EMIGRANTs There were
six hundred and fifty five steerage passengers
in three ships which arrived at Boston on Fri