New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-21
Mobile Items,

| VIC chp the following items from the Mobile
Tribune of Thursday;
Doc RIVER FAcToRY-A rumor was aaoat
| last evening about o'clock, that the Dog River
| Cotton Factory was on fire. 1t was believed
| however, that it originated in and was confined
| TO the plckery- room, a building detached from
| the main factory. A messenger was soon after
| despatched to ascertain the extent of the fire
| but, at this writing, had not returned Should
| the whole establishment be consumed, it will be
subject Of much regret, as, in the hands Of
the new proprietors, it had just began to make
money.
THE WEATHER.-A severe drouth has pre-
vailed in this region for the past three or four
weeks, and all kinds of vegetables and yereta-
ton are dropping and burning up We have
never known the earth drer, or the dust more
abundant and annoying, even in dog days and
Indian summer, and unless we have early and
heavy rains our supply of water will be greatly
lessened.
THE ENcAMPMENT.- Notwithstanding the dis
comforts resulting from the high range of the
thermometer and the clouds of dust choking the
atmosphere, the regular duties of Camp Hug
gins are not in the least intermitted. nor is
there any interruption to the throngs of visitors
Destructive FIRE-LosS Of Life.--A cor
respondent of the Louisville Courier, writing
from Stamping Ground, Ky, under date of the
18th, says:
Our quiet little village was thrown into great
CONSERVATION last night, in consequence of
fire which originated in n dwelling house be-
10 ging to d. ii. Gatewood 1t was discovered
about o'clock, and had made considerable
progress, having caught the adjoining store of
L. D. Holloway Il Co., the drug store of ]
hnkead, aud then extending up the street to
Messrs. Samuel & Blacks store, and the dwell.
ing house of D. Holloway, completely de-
stroying them all
Inc hre having considerably abated, one of
l ,ie citizens was missing, Dr. Josiah T. Pitcher.
search was made for him but he could not be
FOUND IVd. At length some one discovered some
,nlng IKE human carcass in the midst of the
burning wreck; passage was made to the spot
ana 10 human body, burnt to a crisp was
brought forth, supposed to be that of Doctor
richer, as he cannot be found
=; messrs Samuel Blacks loss is about $4,000,
IN insured but ten days ago. l.. D. Holloway
20. $ loss about S6000--no insurance Kin
Aeads loss about S300--no insurance D. ii.
"ateWoods loss about $500 not insured
SiArEMENr OF ARTHUR SPRING,-The Phila.
deiphla Ledger contains an account of anotber
iIHng lnlerNew with Arthur Spring, the con.
1emned murderer, in which he not only protests
iils own entire innocence, and asseyerates the
Pun oI ms son OF the murder of the two females
on ueeIares mat his son is guilty of all the
Times TIN with which he himself has been charged
The Ledger says. o.
me result Of our interview with Sprino has
certainty ~nfrmed the former impression tbat
ne IS most remarkable man. He will falk Inv
.he hour without betraying the Slightest SWIM.
tom indicative of remorse, and il 1onl1 ,,, n,P
Philadelphia lawyer to trap him into arr c"n
Trajectory statements by the most riqid cross.
examination. According to his own accounts
10
been invariably victim, and made Ia sn $50
the guilt of others. He tells his story with az,
air of sincerity and truth, almost melting 10
tears in speaking of the fate of the two murdered
women, and expressing an apparently heartfelt
sympathy in the bereavement of Mr. Lynch and
infants left motheress by the foul crime of which
he stands convicted"