Washington telegraph., 1851-03-05
WEDNESDAY, :::: !: MARCH s. lss

F1RE.-At about half past ten o'clock
on Sunday night last, our citizens were
again alarmed by the cry of fire, which
proceeded from the frame kitchen attach
ed to the dwelling occupied by Mr. ,. u.
D'Armond. The fire was first discovered
IN the roof of the building, which was
burning 50 rapidly that all attempts to
save it proved fruitless. BY great exer-
,Ion the dwelling, not more than 20 or 80
feet from the kitchen was saved. That
the loss in this instance is but little, is TO
he attributed TO the stiffness of the atmos-
phere. Had the wind blown as 1t did
only a few hours previous, the greater
part of our village would doubtless have
been destroyed.
THIS is the second time our town has
Been visited by fire within short period,
arn, it is time our citizens should make
some arrangements for their protection
as it is. we have no means OF couhteract-
ing the destructive clement. pot even
sufficient supply Of water. It is suggest
ed that until the fire engine, which 1t is
sn contemplation to procure, can be OBJ
tanned, our citizens should organize
Hook and Ladder Couapeny as the most
available means of protection. There
should also be measures taken for obtain
ing an adequate supply Of water, which
can best be accomplished by the erection
Of 4 or cisterns at convenient points,
and of sufficient capacity to hold from
75O to 1000 barrels each. The prompt
action of our citizens in this matter will
probably be the means of preventing much
loss Of property, if not the total destruc-
ton of the business part of our village.
To LEr.-Two rooms or the ground
foor of the County Hotel, on the public
square, in this place, having been vacated
Bv the occupants one night last week, are
again ready for the reception OF boarders
at the expense of the county. The two
white gentlemen, and the negro boy
Charles. who recently occupied them,
fearing their anxious friends might be-
come uneasy at ,heir protracted absence,
left very unceremoniously, and have not
since been heard of. Persons who may
Be compelled by circumstances to take up
temporary lodgings at this establishment,
will doubtless find the fare as good as at
any similar establishment in the State,
with :hls difference in their favor, that
they can have safe and speedy egress
whenever they become dissatisfied with
the Accommodations.
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The mails, at present, are sadly out OF
ioint-for the past two weeks we have
received but a part of two very ancient
Eastern mails. Some of these failures
are very properly attributable to the high
waters, but others, again, to gross negll-
gence. We have no doubt, from the fact
that travellers have passed over the route
without difficulty, shat the mails could also
have come through, had the carriers been
disposed to attempt it. We believe too'
that the contractor is desirous of per-
forming his duty when it is possible to do
so, but that in his absence failures have
occurred, which had he been on the route
would not have taken place.
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a proposition in the Ohio Convention,
70 extend the right of suffrage to negroes,
received twelve votes, while similar
proposition to grant the same privilege
to women, obtained but seven votes. A
gallant body of delegates, truly, compose
that convention, who by their votes show
that the niggers are more popular than
the fair sex.
RED RIvER-The river, which up to
Friday morning last had fallen two or
three feet, commenced rising again and
at last accounts, was still rising. The
steamer WooGsman- passed up on Satar-
day, and the Mustang on Sunday. The
Teas and Corrin,ae are expected to-day.
George Peckham, respectable citizen
of Madison, N. Y, hung himself from
beam in his barn, in the precise spot
where fifteen years before former hus-
band of his wife committed suicide liz the
same manner.
A dispatch from Savannah says tnat