Washington telegraph., 1850-03-06
xrrom the N. o. Bulletin, FEB. 10.
OBSTRUCTIVE CONFEDERATION.

v,,uARLE STORES DEsTRoYED.-1n
,aper of Saturday morning we gave
hr;ef notice of the fact that at the time
Of our going to press, terr1ue ana des-
,trnctive fire had broken out in the whole
colo grocery store of Charles q. Barksey
No IS Camp ST., and that It had even at
,bat time, consumed fourteen four-story
stores on Camp street, and had spread
to Bank place, where 1t had consumed
three three-story buildings and was still
n;no Before that notice met the eyes
afour readers our fears of its further ex-
,onsion were realized, for at tins time HI
teen four story brick buildings on camp
s,raet between Gravier and Poydras ST.,
ord seven three-stcry brick buildings on
Rank Place, are lying in ashes. -Four
other stores on Camp street, when on
each side bounded and stayed the progress
of the flames, barely escaped destruction,
their occupants losing large amount OF
goods from the effects OF hurried remoV-
al and in consequence OF the Hood OF wa
TOR which was thrown into them. lhe
entire loss involved in this great calamity,
has been variously estimated, and III
some instances exaggerated, but we think
we NAV safely say that 1t is near 9ooo'-
OOO ON which there is an insurance OF
.bout two thirds-the "Foreign otlces
lo;,c the heaviest losers. That the ag-
,regate loss is so small may be accounted
for bv the fact that the "burnt dlstflct
Contained but few stocks OF goods the
buildings in it being mostly occupied by
cation and Tobacco Factors and Com
mission Merchants, who had all, or near
lv all of their heavy stocks stored III DIS
an, warehouses. The firemen general
u, worked with their usual energy, and
.i;snIaved many individual instances o!
daring and heroism, but owing TO want
of water. not with their usual success.
How the fire originated is not known,
hnt the most reasonable conclusion Is,
that it was the result OF an accident, as
,here was no inducement either tor re-
venge or profit for all incendlary to com
NIT The deed. We give below the names
If the sufferers, the amount of insurance
and as far as we could ascertain, the OFF,
ces which had polices on the property de-
stroyed.
CAMP SrREEr.-No. As, corner of Gra-
vier, occupied by the General Mutual
Insurance Company, whose books were
ysaved, and up stairs by lawyers. The
building mnch damaged by water, but
not otherwise injured. Owned by O. Z.
Jackson.
No. 47-The basement occupied by the
Pelican Mutual, the Etna, and the Eek
ington Insurance offices; the second floor
as counting rooms, by Downs, Cuddy q
Co. cotton factors, and Fosdick u Bro,
shin brokers aud commission merchants
The property III the store OF hessrs. Eos
dick IL Bro, which consisted principally
of merchandise for forwarding, was nearly
all DESTROYED, and was said TO amount 10
at least $50 600.
No. 4S-i'he first floor or basement of
this building, was occupied as banking
house by James Robb 4 Co, and the
second floor by ii Ffcllsen q Co, cotton
factors and commission merchants. The
property, deposit, etc, OF the banking
house, and the books and papers OF Messrs.
Frellsen & Co.. were saved the building
not being entirely destroyed.
No. 49-J. H. Betchel q Co, book
sellers and stationers. Very heavy stock
total loss. Above by GribbIe and
Montgomery, commission merchants
Books and papers saved by IRON sate.-
Owned by Paul Toulane. Supposed in
sured.
No. 5O-Occupied below as the private
office of James Robb. Above by Lncien
Hermann, notary public. Nearly all the
records saved by Gordon Pinmer. adjust.
er of averages, and by Ii. tfe!lsen u
Co.. cotton dealers. Books saved
Building much injured. Owned by
George Morgan.
No. 5l-Occupied by Finch & Co.,
real estate brokers, upper floor by Bran
der, Williams & Co., cotton factors and
commission merchants.
No 52-E'irst floor offices Of the Mer-
chants Louisville Insurance Company,
and the Columbus Insurance Company.
The second floor occupied by Nelson,
Bradley & Co., commission merchants,
and by E. Il. Pomeroy, steamboat agent
The whole of the books and papers of
Messrs. Bradley & Co. were saved.
No. 53-Was occupied by Bridges &
McMurdo, agents for the sale of Virginia
tobacco. The stock of tobacco on hand
was estimated at $50. 35.O0O-Insurance
Sl50O0 Elder & Bro, commission mer-
chants, occupied the second floor OF this
building.
No. 54-Occupied by Dolhonde &
Groesbeck, crockery store, and j. Dunlap,
importer of China ware. Stock $4,000
totally destroyed, Insurance $4,000.
Books saved. Owned by General Mutual
Insurance Company.
No. 55-The lower floor was occupied
as family grocery by Charles G. Barkley,
and the upper part of the building, by }.
Z. Kicks Il Co., cotton factors. The
stock of Mr. RarkI Lev WAS said TO he very