The New York herald., 1850-12-31

ABOUT Bowen CLOCK TINS m 'mmeno00
In the Ledger building, orig eool box In
the basement, through wb h Ass v1s ~ I'd int
the upper stories The tssr gt 81 .vAfbs iarsa, and
rmoks into every par: of q inA re VA.
ployed about the steam yretl .ssriy IN sss
for to day when ts ataiyt ourst out aSs they
had to leave In rurcy .sving only time to
stop the engine an yats % safety valve Of the
boiler. Two clerks % sork In the nfth story,
directing wrapper os Dollar Newspaper, and
although they hsss& .h. lArn Of nre, not suppos-
ing it to BE- in G., 'ugc a. did not cease their en-
ployme until fhe lug burst out Of the hot sir
hus with such tsHtl o sxtinguish the gas lights.
They had mus1 1ia.cs to escape by the stairway,
leaving benin lea sir coats and several Of their
mail books ia 'a minutes Afterwards, the dfth
and sixth Ut iea In Q light blaze. The flames
issuing RON tas ,sr windows heated the granite
cornioe, ing N split OF and fall to the pavement
rendering, hisn Angsrous 60 within reach Of the
fragments Th egraph wires supported by
standard tne .ner Of the building and for some
time thefe ars that the oornics oyerhsnging
II would si' Au2 iemoish all the wires. Fortunate
y this 80 h.ppen, and tbs telegraphic commuui
cation rssssfna uninterrupted The 6rsmsn worked
wi,h Great fgy, notwithstanding that the water
frozsr th clothes and persons 1t fell They
suce' !al n evsnting the flames from getting down
furt' .lt ne fourth story On this hsor there
hal dol steam printing presses which, II they
ha r fould have crushed ell beneath. The
U, ties job printing Office, which ocsu-
p third, fourth, and nfth stories, is
gl,.s destroyed, the water running the printing
t tsI, spared by the hre. The oressss are con-
Igrs damaged but not entirely ruined. Ths
ute ss cannot be under hty thousand dollars, and
france Is only partial The disaster. however,
-t prevent the Ledger from issuing q einge day,
lreugh the aid afforded by its cotem poraries and
90 nbersnt energies Of the proprietors arrangements
'avs already been made print edition to- morrow
"a unknown man was killed on the railroad, near
mount, this morning by accident
rived here this afternoon their route to New York
They have their beautiful engine with them, and
accompanied by the Independent Blues band. Tbs
members number si1ty.two, and the band twenty
making sighty.t two In all
Senator Foote arrived here by the train for the
purpose OF delivering lecture at the Musics Fund
Hall this evening. He was introduced to the hremeu
on board the boat crossing the susquehanna and
hailed with three cheers by them.
Theatrical.
PowERY THEATKR.-The beautiful tragedy Of Ugo.
Bno" having been received with the warmest demon
srations OF pleasure, will be repeated this evening"
This piece vim be followed ST taVorits oast sailed
the Swss Girl" The next 10 succession will be
the new drama Of the Grew Of the Pisndn in which
Scott, Tilton, Wipsns, and Miss Wemyss will sustaiu
the principal characters. The entertAinmeuts will
close with the laughable extravaganza OF Joe in Lon
and we believe the treasury gives substantial proofs OF
the fact. -
BROADWAY THEArRx-RrvrvAL OF THE New CoMnDr.-
The beautiful production of Mr. ii Boxer is nov bs.
fore the public, and from it's great merit we'll writ
ten piece, as also from the very talented manner in
Messrs CouidocE, Conway, shaw, DsvidSs' Whiting,
Mrs Abbott and Madam Ponisi, We hope to zee the
exertions Of the manager rewarded, during the few
houses At the close OF this mastery production Miss
Adeire win dance Pas sue and the entertain msnts
will terminate with the musical fairy extravaganza OF
tbs Fair One with the Golden Locks.n We hope ON
this occasion, to zee native genius patronired.
NIno's GARpnr.-where can any one go to pass an
hour or two with greater pleasure than at this favor
lite eestablishmentl-the pieces light and anu
ting-and every thing moves with such remarkable
order and regularity. To night the entertainments
commence With an overture by the orchestra and will
be followed by the evolutions the tight rope The
ne1t viii be the popular .erious ballet psntomins of
full and highly Iaccomp plished dsnseuss Mile Bsrtin
VIII display her great Terprchorsan abilities, In the
character Of Miranda The intermssion viii next fell
low, aad the whole will terminate with that never
,i,ins .Hs.ys 9eS,i,1Ss ,S s,,s SnS; NIT -;y r"
Buhros's THEArEE- only read the csst Of the new
drama taken from Dickens, last novel, eotited the
History and Experience OF David Copperaeld," and
Theepan temple this eveping-Burton, as Misawber;
Letter az Steer forth; johnson as Urish Heep; Blake
MR.sso,,yi Jsrd.n as David 0oppsrasldi and Bland,
rett and other talented actresses Miss Walters and
NJ fredsro will dance fayorits Pas de Delr and the
Any one who wishes finer treat than the above win
bsve to look for that which we don't know.
EAIIosAl THEArRE.-The new and excellent drama
entitled the Three Thieves, or the Robbers OF the
Rhine,n viii com mence the entertainments with La
Favor. Brandon Fox, Adams, Dunn Mrs. Grattan, and
Mrs nrs- IN the principal oh.,aetsrs The stage ar.
and beautiful This piece will be folloved BY the
farce o" Living sta,ues.n with Mr.. wemyss good
CIocksr sustsihips the leading parts The whole will
terminate With the ceisbr.sed and very attractive new
the talented company viii appear.
BRoueHAMs TaraIhr.-The entertainments for this
evening excellent selections aud with such artists
sss, Me:srs sroqshsm Lynne o.sns the 80, celebrated
from delighted audiences; Mrs Vernon, Mary Taylor
Mice Gould Mr. Brougham, and Mrs. q. Loder, thers
played with great dramatic effect To night the enter
tainments cors!s of Kiss In the Dark" "Echoss OF
ths sshtSgs y tne cs'soTs,sa os1rge ~ noasr ana
Bile danss.se, lie Dncy Barre and Mr. smith, and the
whole will cor clude with the burles9ue called Esme-
ralda, or the Gifted Goat"
Aurntc., Mu.sum.-rhis establishment IL daily
visited by hundreds, who have provided for them an
ensertsIment OF the most novel and highly amusing
dramatic talent and Il other various entertainments
highly amusing Mr.. Clarke, Miss Chapman, Mr..
Haeaway and others, well known for their excel
lent dramatic abilities great bill for TO morrow.
Jurs h Co.'S. CRevs.-The rich and original ecoee-
tricites q the grest shskspesrian Jsster,r Mr..
he hm,stb,sar. ~ ~ Bossry. ~ md . h.srt, laugh
IL the Inevitable result OF visit 70 ths popular estsb
lhbment The performances OF the French troupe do
not seem 20 fall on either In part OF execution, or at
trnctive rover are all tbe IntsrtSuments presented
we'll calculated to sruse and deignsa refined au-
ditoiy. Tomorrow, New Years Day, three perform
sncss xill BE- given.
PASoKsNA or rBH rrLsHMsi PRosRus-we per.
cive that the price of adm i,soB to this beautiful ex
hiti,ion is reduced e 70 eesfs we consiser tbs =
deorptve cataogus has lately been Issued toaccom-
psDy the sShibtion, containing coPous extracts IRON
Bunyans Alegory, also account of his life. Alto
gttktr II Ia most instructive entertsinment
srcrrASi H,Li.--A very excellent entertainment is
eiven here every evening consulting Of an exhibition
% Historicsl Tsblesux % New England, with great
variety Of other novel aud interesting features
Mrs Davenport is sgsin playing n very suecessful
engagement In Boston She appears next In washing
where the old National Theatre which rebuilt
o concert room, IL now being converted into dra
matte temple for Miss Davenport TO sppear there IL
is aid 10 viii q ~ S.hoo psrsons.