The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-02-07
TERRIFIC CONFEDERATION
NEW ORLEANS.

inst, We gather the particulars Of on
of the most Obstructive fires that nd
ever occurred at the Port Of Orleans.
The FIRE originated on board thl
steamer Charles Belcher. The Bel
cher had just arrived in port from
Nashville and being yet early in tue
morning e o'clock on Saturday, the
.&passenges had not yet left her. The
] lire commenced in the stern Of the
Belcher and spread with amazing ra'
! pidity. Mrs Garlic the Captain I
Ewife made narrow escape. f
Us She was lying sick in her stateroom
when the fire broke out, but the ex.
citement of the scene 80 aroused her,
that she leaped with her child from
1.-THE hurricane deck into the water and
was fortunately saved. CT
+ One oftbe passengers of the Belcber
who said that his mother and sister
,werc destroyed, became frantic, and
latter the steamer sunk he rushed on
board ofone of the other burning boats
and was about to leap into the flames
when he was by force prevented. He
then drew knife and stabbed himself
in the region Of the heart, declaring
that he had nothing further to live for.
The wound, it is expected, will prove
fatal. The poor man, bleeding pro-
fusely, was borne away in cab to the
Charity Hospital, there to recover or
die. 4l
The flames spread from the Belchcr
to the Mohican and Natchez where
there. were several lives lost. Two
deck hands, pastry cook are missing
and the clerk Of the boat lost his little
son-six negroes were also lost. En-
CINE after engine came to the levee,
but could not render much service.
Lard oil and infamable liquors float,
ed On the water adhearing to cotton
and other combustibles, and threat
ming as they aoated off in theecrrent'
the destruction Of the whole feet Of
steamboats, at the levee.
The Sultana and Crescent City
both hastily raised steam and got out
from the landing. thus breaking the
chain Of boats, in order if possible to
prevent the spread Of flames. Ere
this could be done however, the Liah
Tuna, the Crescent and the Saxon were
taken up by the devouring element and
consumed to the waters edge. Il was
with great difficulty that the steamer
Grand Turk could be saved, after
considerable damage. The
True DELTA appends a list of the
boats, passengers, cargoes, and has an
estimate Of the loss sustained, to which
We refer our readers for the particulars
# this terrible calamity.
ANOTHER GREAT FrRE.-By pri-
'ate intelligence we leran that on
Sunday morning very large and
Instructive fire occurred on Charities
treet New Orleans, burning out De-
ouge Druggist, Albert. & Tricau Hat
tore, Gueranger clothing establish
nent and Richard Aldige Eco.
A PurlL WHIPPED TO DEATH
he Boston Times, of the 26th ult.,
avs: rH
Much excitement exists in South
Conn, in consequence
t a severe chastisement inflicted by
he principal of the seminary at that {
lace, upon pupil whom he suspec- {
ID of falsehood. On Saturday last, +
le pupil returned to his friends at
'anvers, in this State, a corpse. He
the son of the late Malachi Wilson, i
Dapvers, and II years ofage. His S
MUSICIAN and friends are fixed in the .
elief that his death was the result of
is punishment. I.}" &
CAMPHENE INsURANcE.-The New S