New-York daily tribune., 1849-09-06

CITY ITEMS.

WEDNESDAY, sept ), lS4y.
BuRsIso or THE HENRY CLAY.-A tremendous
hre took place early this morning on board the ship
Henry Clay lying at per 10, East River TWAS hrst ais
covered by officer Msoney OF the Second Ward on his
rounds This favorite and wellknown emgrant YES
vel wss preparing to sail on the 9th for Liverpool
aud had a quantity of cotton, some turpenune foS'h
Sour butter and tobacco, board In the following
proportions 1000 bbls Flour, 300 bols hosin' ~
hhds Tobacco 70 rkins Butter 20 tons Coal ana ~fV
bales Cotton Orders went out by the last steamer
for the insurance of the larger portion OF the cargo
She was engaged nearly full of passengers
What rosin was ON board was in the hold, ana
was immersed in water before the FIRE reached H. ihe
cotton was principally between decks
The nre was first noticed at about o'clock, and the
alarm being given great number OF Hose ana ros'n'
Companies were In quick attendance
The FIRE was frat Visible from the main hstsh' anu
notwithstanding the efforts of the hremen the flames
soon ragged with fury, sweeping all D. lore tnei' anu
ops after another the masts umbled over, kissing and
crashing being shorn of the rigging when was al cas-"
prey TO the furious element some persons sleeping
an hoard barely escaped with their lives The esrpeh
ter John Howard who escaped nlhis shirt, was con
sdersbly burned Another belonging to the yes
AL 4. somewhat injured Also the Foreman OF Engine
s. William C. LYONS and the Assistant Foreman ana
member of Hook and Ladder No. 4, were seriously
hurt by being entsnged by the rigging
The FIRE was raging In various portions OF her 10
late hour today, breaking out anew, now here-no"
there No particle of the ship will be saved 50 as 10 DO
OF any future use.
The Henry Clay has been a most unfortunate shi
couple of days after being launched man fell down
through the hstchwsy and killed on her passage
out abe ran aground at BsrnegsL and now scarcely IN
Der fourth year, che falls prey to raging nre and
scarce . vesuge OF her remains
After being on Bsrnegst, che was put IN compete
repair at cost Of $4,000 and must be considered only
two years old
Her awners Messrs Grinnen Mintun & Co. consider
that shs could not be replaced for less than slVOVo
shs ha. been scutted and lies ON the bottom SeNe'
raj streams of water are being psyed on the "'e'N
Her masts are burnt OF the deck aud he across
the wharf Not five minutes before the mssts iel uno
Patrick Henry had been drawn out OF the DOCK on 'ne
other side of the wharf thus having snsrrow escape
for the Claws masts would probably have taken AZ n'
mssts out of her and sunk her and her sPsIs III i"e
would have injured other neighboriog shipping
No important damage WAS suffered by any o'ne'
vessel 4
. esn be Judged now the cargo is entirely de-
,,ovd and the ship herself valueless excepting i0I
breaking up. ,,
In The md.t of all this destruction the hgure'hesd
,s,v GOOD likeness Of the great Kentucky statesman
s,.na. proudy. unscorched and uninlared After
hrss.r,ps the stormy waves OF the Atlantic for month
Will, .tr.nded al Bsrnegst II has now gone 'hrous"
the trial by are ana come out without stain 30 lis
great orisins after bresstng the storms OF iseuoh
and tbe nre of cslumny for half century ne Sun sns
unTisht and undishonored the admiration snd Proe
Of his ceuntrymen. .. .A,,, sa,Ooo
The cause OF the IRE has not yet been sseef
Psrte, of men were engaged until II eioc AS ~,
in ,towing cargo and the nre may have 'Susn' ''''
their lsnthorns. ,.,.,,..os cspsral
The ,hip was insured in the sun, Auanuc ana Nee,S
Mutual Offices Al the rate OF S6i 900 by some oI ~.
owners and $50 900 by others. Aithough 10 ino' ~
vss sailing day yet ii had been postponed ana she ns1
but a portion OF her cargo on board
n The British ship schodise, which arrived
hare Wednesday from Liverpool, lOst toe mate four
~ The crew and twenty four passengers by Cholera
and Ship Fever, on the passage
Hv- Mrs. J. j. PALMER, wife OF the President o
The Merchants Bank died on Tuesday evening Of dys
EMERY.