American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-02-13

stock from the hrG ana water Is COnSideFaDle,
hut ls covered by an insurance IN the Spring
Garden Mutual Company of Philadelphia, in|
the SUN of $1,000, which will cover all the da
mage. The second and third stories Of the
| house are occupied by Mrs Dorsey as Board
ing House, who however, lost nothing, aud
| received but little Inconvenience. except from
the smoke, water and fright, the flames being
entirely confined to the store room. The house
is the property of j. N, Bonaparte, Esq and is
| fully insured IN the Equitable Society Of this
| CITY. The damage to the building is inconsld-
cradle. 1t is not known how the FIRE orlgina-
ted. Our excellent fire department deserves
! all praise for their unwoared oXertlOns not
wthstanding the GOODNESS Of the night, and fire.
Quency Of tho alarms.
An Upsst-.1 SmaSh--.NdrTow Escape. Yes
terday afternoon, while the oil wagon Of MIR.
Tough was standing at the corner of Eutaw
! and Lexington SITS. some misChievOus boys fas-
tened the driver on the inside by boiling the
: door, when the horse becoming frightened,
started off down st at full tilt, but soon brought
up against the awning posts in front of the
store of Mr.. WIN Harden, which were smash
ed to pieces not however, before the wagon
= was ungct, It's shafts broken, and its ntents,
consisting of cans of oil, lamps, &c, scattered
helter-skeler through the street. Fortunately,
the driver managed to escape from the vehicle
before it upset, otherwise he might have been
seriously if not fatally injured. The boys de-
serve a severe punishment foI their sport,
The City Despatch Post Jalentne'S Dag
Every body knows that Tomorrow will be
Valentines day, ard, of course, in accordance
with immc'norial custom, large number OF
p. love cpistlcs will be transmitted by signing
| lovers to the objects Of their affections. There
Is perhaps no medium more appropriate for
this purpose than the Despatch Post recently
established in this city, inasmuch as 1t COM
bines cheapness, celebrity and promptness. In
the cities of New York and Philadelphia when
the l4th Of February arrives, thousands OF la
dies and gentlemen avail themselves OF this
mediun Of conveying their "bilets douXN to
the places of their destination, and we have
no doubt that our Despatch Post will be ex-
tensVcy used for this purpose. We therefore
recommend it to all.
/ Handsome improvement. Mr.. J. +. MCJi-
ton is about finishing Il very handsome store
and dwelling, adjoining his present residence,
/ in Hanover below Camden-st. The building
is three stories, Of beautiful pressed front brick,
| the store running back forty feet The front
Of the store presents very beautiful appear
ance, being entirely OF large panes of glass,
with the wood bronzed. The portion design
cd for dwelling is Commodious and very con-
venient. The carpenter work and design is
! by Mr.. T. P. White; the brick work by
/ Messrs. Dushaue & StslIinps: the plasteriuG
by Messrs. Starr & -; and the painting by
Mr. N. Lutz. 1t is quite an agreeable inn
prOyemcut in the nejphborhood.
p,Lle,.,, so,,, ,l,ior ~, Iyod,o,3a,, ,,,,r,,-
irg bot,,con and 10 n,cloct onic,eJ the
house of Mr.. A. Croycau. on BaIt!more-st..
and carried off 4 large silver fork, with the
name of the owner engraved thereon. and also
half dozen silver tea spoons. IT il supposed
that an entrance was obtained throurh the
back gatc. This sncciez Of pcltv th,cyiny has
| become so common Of late, that there is every
reason 10 believe that there are some adopts in
the art IN our city, who are pursuing it for Il
/ livelihood. we hope the police may be able
TO catch some OF them yet.
The National Biuc,. At a meeting OF the
Baltimore National Blues, held at their armo-
~, February 9th, the following gentlemen
worc unanimously elected officers Of the COM
pany:-John ficheII, Esq, Captain; !. Jones
G1thlh, LIST Lieutenant; IL. Is Grub1, "a do;
samuel thcsnu' Sd 90; Job Mills, Ensign;
James Burke, Quarter Master Sergeant; WIN.
Rattle, list Sergeant; Geo r Counselman, Cd
"o, u. -, ~ E n '|D ~. 90 "o' ~ ra-
o. 49,. S Wv n' C ,,,, 80 ~ G o'E Fi Ho
-a ,,l a. 0''''''' '' w i"" a." ''"-
"'''' ~" w. ,c 80,
Ii"c"mSH f'nrd Ofticer heller arrested yes
men, on the charge Of being beyond the reach
oi Their horses heads contrary to an ordinance
OF the Corporation. They were each fined 81
ana costs by justice Egorton
Taking lcronr stand. Charles Gaines draw
man, charged with occupying wrong stand
contrary to an ordinance of the corporation.
vas yesterday fined 81 and costs by Justice
Egerton. The information was lodged by of
hcer Keller.
RpIeoSed Or, BoiL William Fash tho vorrr