American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-16
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COLUMBUS, GEO, &C.
from the South, as late as due, and sum up
their contents below.
.ftgtuL Fire at Columbus, Geo.-Fom Square
ConSwned-Loss $3.50, ooO BY an extra from
the Muscogee Democrat, we learn tina; fire
occurred at Columbus, Geo. on the 9Th inst,
in the blacksmith shop of Marcus d. Jones, on
Oglcthorpe street, door or two from the cor
nor of st. Clair street, and in the rear of the
City Hotel.
| There was strong wind prevailing at the
time from the eastward, which communicated
the flames Immediately to the livery stable of
MIR, James Sullivan, kept by Mr.. Bradford, on
the south, and the corner building on the north
occupied by the Messrs. Reeds and Sutton s.
Love, as GIN manuactory and carpenter shop
Thence it sped with the rapidity of lightning
towards Broad street-laying waste the CITY
Hotel, the market house, and the whole of that
square, except the old theatre building on Craw-
ford street, the foundry of Messrr Janneys',
and small house on the Corner below.
The fire then crossed Broad st., communica-
ting by the intense heat to the store house of
the Messrs. Sartswells and MIR. A. Calhoun's,
when it sped right and left as well as west
ward, to Front down to Crawford, excepting
only the dwelling of Mr. Fountain, on the cor
ner Of st. Clair and Front SITS.
Ranging downward across Crawford street,
the devouring elements swept The old Column
bus Hotel, and all that block of buildings
bounded by Broad, Front, Crawford and Tho
mas streets; also, the buildings of Mr.. Toby and
the Rev. DIR. CarHes, on the East side of Broad
and below Crawford ST., except The residence
of Mrs. Brodnax. On both sides Of Front St.,
also, from Hooper & Ridgeway's Warehou g,
down to Thomas street, including Bridge Row,
all the way down to the River bank.
The number of houses consumed was from
1870 to l5O The loss is estimated at $3.50, coo.
The insurance $4,000, mostly TT Hartford,
Conn.
Violent Gale al Charleston. BY a slip from
| the Charleston Courier, we learn that vo-
lent gale set in there on Monday, and on Tues
day increased almost TO a hurricane. The
shipping suffered considerably. The brig Gar
diner H. Wright had all her bows, head, &C.,
cut down TO the deck, and was otherwise iniur-
| ed.
! important fhflOT from VneTlCO, we nnu Tile
following important rumor in the Picayune:
! The American Flag of the 26th ult., publish
ed at Matamoras announced the receipt of late
news there from the city Of Mexico direct, but
the details given are not of importance. We
are able TO announce, however, most positive
! y, that letters were received in this city by the
| Day, by gentleman de, ply interested in Mex-
can affairs, and from very responsible foreign
source in Matamoras, which say that Gen. Al
monte has been appointed President OF Mexico
al interim, and Gen. Santa Anna generalissimo
| of the armies OF Mexico; and further, that Santa
! Anna was then engaged in raising and organiz-
/ ing troops, intending TO take the field in person
! in the North
AMFUDIA'S PROCLAMATION.
We have received the first number Of the
| BoIetin 0fciaI dated AT Monterey, 4th Septem-
Der, which contains all Gen Ampudia's orders
and proclamations, from the 2Sh August to
the Sd September. Most Of these documents
have been published already, but we find Gen,
Ampudia's proclamation to the inhabitants Of
Coahuila, Nucvo Leon and Tamaupas, which
had not been translated. 1t is dated at the
General Quarters in the city of SaltIlo, 2Sth
August, lS46, and runs as follows:
FELLow-CITIzENs-F the second time
appear in this interesting part of the Mexican
territory, commanding soldiers who anXiously
seek the combat, in order to lower the inso-
lence of the foreign invaders of our soil, and to
free you from the odious slavery to which they
will undoubtedly reduce you, shouldkthey sue
coed in carrying out their neiarous designs
OF this truth you have before you visible ex-
amrles Of the unfortunate fate of which your
neighboring brothers of Bejar Bahia, and late
ly those Of the North of Tamaulpas have
been the victims. What contrast does this
reprehensible system of conquest present-so
unworthy the nineteenth century-to the false
promises and base seductions Of which, on an
other side, our enemies avail themselves, in or
der to cool your patriotic spirit, and to abate
your desire to obtain liberty! And this they
do, my fellow-citizens, because they fear you,
and are well aware that this great principle is
incontrovertible, that "when nation wishes to
be free, it must be free -
Recollect, my countrymen, the heroic opposi
ton which the Spanish ua,on-in its cities and
forts-offered to tho formidable army of the
great NaPoleon--aH opposition which finally
resulted in their success AMI no less should
you remember tia, TIC heroes Of the emanci-
patton of our metropolis, unaccustomed to bat
tle-witheut a knowledge orthe science Of war
without the necessary elements to attempt
it-and without the great rraso to actuate
them, by which we ,huud be Influenced at pre-
sent-fought bravely Tor Il term of eleven
years, until the chains which loired US 10 the
will Of distant monarch were torn asunder!
We ceased to be colony, and Mexico, since
1921, has brilliantly shone III the galaxy Of
civ llized nations
My friends, our brother departments arc pre-
pairing for the battle-they Will send to the
field thousands of brave volunteors, " ith all ne
cessary supplies: and, lastly, 1t 10 very probable
that the Chief of our Independence the foun-
der of this Republic-the WORTHY benciactor of
the nation, and General OF DlvIson-Don An.
tonic Lopez de Santa Anna-wi return to the
seat Of war at the head of large reinforcement,