Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-01-02
70 The Editors Qf The enquirer:


WABHlSaros Cry, Dec. %, 1851
The pansrs Of the city, and The ei@pc dispatch fo;
warded yon Yesterday conveyed Intelligence Of ga;
M. 10 t!Ji las bcalEn the United States in The
structluu ii Congressional Library iy fire The E:
was discovered about day light the 2il and the Ea!a
!,,f was broken obtain into lie main ,ibra,
,uou, fronting Nrcn Tie first entered on
en-. OF the brars all IL acS. The door being u;ea,
gave mir 10 The f and tc whole become enye!
Decd in flames and SIHLk. Communicating IL the ccili
immediately burst out Of the windows, VIXEN all hop
lost Of saving any portion of the bonSs metals, stauary tie
admirable portraits q: The Presidents and the Eia bic hus,
Of NJ j. iieror General Ta} Or aud III" Marquis d" aia
yitc Yes sir. Tie great Library Congress i now :.
nou:crng heap 0 ruins and the h!actcn.d walls OF 4:
so@ild edlce wall depict In. sad misfortune that II,
ur n our cpu1trv with loss science literature, az
history nation. Some valuable manuscripts
are also destroyci ana what HE labor Of M! jefferson
for fifty years collect together has c1n los 10 the coG
try lew short houfs 1t was my unhappy Oi 10 witness
destruction OF the first i5rary in lSli wien the B H.
Vanda ike entered this city, and burnt up public bulls.
ings aad this morning y I'D the :TG y! Eesicdi
10 box with grief upon the sccond library heap Of ran:,
caused BY ntrf hands than the B!iis aoidisy Various
The conlectries TO the origin o the fire
Some think caught from the heated fines u the bGin-
ard not few that 1t was occas"ncd by design The hu
in. understand, locked up by the Li6rgrian himself,
and the key Of the IL his house when the c " :
fra, discovered. as the has mad Ic in II Tor Il
length Of time, il l. presumed inv sliga!un viii aHG
place by committee 0f both houses, n ne trlih "i
given To rc public # this outrageous want "i Vigilance
The part 81 persons The Police {" the Cagii" j.
ai lie for lis p.uiectiD, and il pab!c neglect = buuI -
have taken place. hope Congress will adopt !>:cmt
reglGGn That the Po.cc sia Uc Police 0 duty, AM
not al nominal guardianship for the public bulingS We
further continent, understanding this morning t"t
the members OF boh houses determined 10 r"oc The
MA tier .uiy and freely. Ii they Gp, The people si"u!i he
satisfied with heir verdict.
Speaker Boyd quick the spot after the fire h"He
out and worked Ike soldier in the preservation III The rest
Of the main building, which iGc, Eo&-hI i'm
possible have saved. Bu: ha:s the nnhe cAcr"i&
indJltabic ircmcn, that was accomplished, a!fn-'
many Of them, we'll the volunteer cI.as, were ca*2!
Ice for before thai portion al the building cpon"ctct
with the dome secured from danger. III: nHl3ar OF
volumes destroyed supposed 10 ~ abuu; 81 t0 n>EaH:
MSS and al! others The value u; the loss c.InOt b" cal
of print that cannot be purchased Il; m: price. J.! >cr@e
and House libraries all mat are lc - C".!esi HH
deficient they are they will BE- found l u vaGa
bic service in reference 10 future lsihtion aud historical
"reminiscences Of questions that may ,se in Congress
The rumor is received but with "ha ruth cannot say
that Mr. Webster Will retire early day The Cab
mel Some how other DO believe viii; bat, II III
does II matters MOI, fo1 The remainder OF A finnfrs term
who succeeds him
kussut does "rGlr in the wr:wni ard dircc! 'r
.iunI" he did ten ia ago The members OF the Senate
and tho House begin things They should, and %
predicted they would weeks ago. the IL Sew
York before Judge Duer and oicr= nos diGrn
lun 10 the whole ol beasing up Princi!" VI
non ntervcbuD There difference ail"rCllu. IN,
patriot kossu asylum rom opP!esS!nE enc IN permit;
ting him be the interpreter Of natiDnni position ic
fore the matte the rafi. vast difference ruly:
and we hope he will understand his position lie to:
longer in land. II he makes This cOunty his !GuTc
home Give him WelcJnie ''u must have i.r paw
ege judge for ourselves, in allqncsons touching Emo.
peaG interference. On his continent the United Suites
supreme and intend remain 81, whether pleasing the
crowned heads of Europe not j. very small mat
Ter We will have entat"ling alliances win them ard
viii take good not Ia permit ihJn IL reed upon nat
toes, whether Cuba Is annexed ur mol.
y,rr, IArn2 Ei1rIIJ.i-f