American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-01-20

preparation Of $50, 600 made by Congress, to-
wards the erection Of Notifications on Sellers
Point Flats
Ds>sTnous CoNrLAGRArgoE IN Pun ApEL- |
ruA--G Great Loss Of Prop9y1 Between and
. c'cI5c!, on Sunday night, fire broke oat
al Philadelphia, in the large store Of Mcssgs
Lewis Is Sterling, No. 81 South Wharvcs,
which soon onye,opcd in flames the whole
blor, of buildings, wjti. great amount Of va
luabIo property. We gather the following
particulars from the u. ). Gazette;
The wind was blowing gently from the west,
and drove the flames out toward the liver, and
the packet ship Wyoming being in danger, was
quickly unmoored, and permitted to dnft down
below Walnut street, out of danger
When the store of Messrs. Lewis s Stcr-
ling was burst open, the ,ohoie Of the interior
was III flames, and the eutlre contents were
consumed
The store of Messrs. S. Morris, VAIN s. CO.,
adjoining it on the north, was also enveloped
in flames, and its contents also were consum-
ed.
The flames then spread to the store still fur
thcr north, occupied by Nlcssrs. Bensell y Al
! len, weghmasteis; Messrs. Penrose * Burton,
commission and shipping merchants; and MI
1 Robert Burton, shipping merchant-and also
/ to the store adjoining, occupied by Messrs. H.
! Lincoln & Co., produce and commission mer-
chants, and by Mcssrs. Peel, Stevens s. Co. as
a sail loft.
The fire crossed the open space and ignited
| the roof of the store of Mr.. Adam Hlnkel,
rope maker and ship chandler. The roof was
burned considerably and the building drench-
/ ed with Water--but the damage is not large
and Mr.. Hnkel is fully insured.
| Messrs. Lewis s. Sterling had In their store
about 800 or 400 bales of cotton, about 100
bales of wool and over 200 bales of hemp,
with other goods, to the value of about $780,
| 000 upon which there is an insurance TO core1
The Toss
The Mariners Bethel and the stores in the
rear were considerably scorched.
The amount of property consumed is very
large, but almost entirely covered by Insurance.
LATE FROM Texas. Dates from Galveston
to the 7th inst. have been received by the
steamer Galveston at New Orleans. Com.
Moore was a passenger, on his way to Wash
ington city. Majors Chase and Ogden, of the
U. S. Engineer Corps, had arrived at Calves
ton, and will make thorough survey of the
whole of Texas. The N. o, Tropic says;
Gen. Darnell is undoubtedly elected Lieut..
Governor Of Texas by a large majority. Emi-
grants in large numbers were daily arriving at
Gonzales. The German settlement near Sc
gum was rapidly improving Corn, pork, and
other provisions were abundant, and the emil
grants We're highly gratiied to find them so
cheap. Beef was worth only l-2 to cents
per pound, and pork to Corn was so cts
bushe Bexar is tiourishing, and exhibits
greater evidences of prosperity than during
the war. The trade with the Mexicans was
reviving
The Star says the people Of Laredo, a MeXi-
can town, and of its vicinity, were DESTROYS
that Texas should extend its government over
them, as they receive little or no protection
from their own government against the Indians.
1t was reported on the frontier, that Gen. iay-
lor had ordered two companies of Dragons TO-
take possession of the town and hold until fur
Their orders. The Star says that, The estab-
Iiahment of a military post at Laredo by tie U.
States Government could scarcely be regarded
by the Mexican Government as greater cause
of offence than the establishment Of post at
Corpus Chnsti.
| LATER AND IMPORTANT FROM ilAYTI. Dates
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