The American patriot., 1855-07-28

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eaa The Loss by the Burning of the Verandah.
fiehE This magnificent hotel, which now lies in
D. e ruins, inliics serious loss upon New Orleans.
'ana The places destroyed consists of the Verandah
'Aa Hotel proper kept by our well known fellow
,.,. citizen John Galpin on the ground floor of the
= ,. building were Rollins barber shop, No. 20 and
% st. Charles street Lehde & Krebss shoe
ms. store, No "a; small barber's shop, No. 25;
the Sevastopol confectionery store, 26; Herman
mini dez's cigar store, No. IS; Waterman's drug
Err i store, No 30, the corner; in Common street,
vend another cigar shop; the jewelry establishment
icacs Of Mr.. Gompertz; and clothing store, under
fciea the billiard saloon.
nts Besides the office of W. P. Kirkland, agent
:. E. A. Hamilton for the sale of patent looms,
m ds lat is st. Charles street. the boot shoe and
Trunk store of Mr. Bowles, IS St. Charles street,
! &c nd the upper part of Victors barber shop, 16
W Et Charles street, with the upper part of the
.u@ RUBY, in Common street. were seriously DANA
a,Y ,: ged by the falling of the Verandah walls and
sos % Ihe pouring in of water from the engines-to
iS1s say nothing of the heavy rain which fell be-
ni, tween 10 and II o'clock this morning.
reaa. The building of the Verandah Hotel was
dicih. built in 1887 by the late r. O. Prichard, and
Ax estimated as worth 100000, but was insured
liner. only for $4,000. 1t belonged to J. W. Zach
simple srie ESQ The loss falls on the following Off
minis ccs; Sun Mutual $4,000; Crescent Mutual,
to The Is1o, 900; Louisiana Sl0000 Merchants, So,
eston O0o Liverpool, $4,000. On the furniture of
1.-The hotel which was valued at $4,000, there
oee was insurance to the amount of $4,000, in
y M M what offices have not yet ascertaincd, cx-
u 'aa cept that there was $4,000 in the Provincial.
Rollins barber shop was not insured at all; !;
v.,n tLehde & Crebs insured for $4,000, which
milton Twill about their loss Hernandez's cigar
stock was partly insured Mr. BoWles's stock
urer, Twas insured for $4,000 but he did not lose
much; the house belonged to Mr. Florence, and
), fthe upper part was used as the ladies dining
use. Esaloon Of the Verandah.- Creole.
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,,. LETTER FROM MADAME LEVERT.-Thc Mobile
INV r Tribune is permitted to make the following
.,"a ,na tracts from letter from Madame LcVert,
# II. | dated Paris, June 26:
food "Wc have Just paid our respects to the Ame-
uctl rcan Minister, and am happy to say that he
# The is fast recovering from his indispostion. Mrs.
M Mason gave me most friendly welcome She
shoai lis the same agreeable Virginia lady we admired
g pm so much in former years at Washington City.
beos "Tell NJ. that his friend Jerome Bonaparte
i dt HAS greatly distinguished himself and has done
Skin great honor to his West Point training. He is
hmoA 1.-The aid of one of the Generals, and is the me-
n tH u dium of communication between the French
"a, I and English he speaks the two languages
Gu Iequally well. He is always in the midst of
1.-THE battle and has had two horses shot under
acp. him, but as yet has escaped wound. The
syh Emperor is proud of him, and the French SOL
lers call him the brave American Bonaparte.
lot ts,. "The Empress has gone to the baths forher
ion health.
mm "Thc Emperor is much distressed at the
check to the Allies in the Crimea. Oh! such
INN multudes of people I see in mourning here,
cata whose relatives have been killed in the Crmea
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th T1IrN Tn. Tho Of Fro fbn ornot
in and Metropolitan Abolition papcr-thus speaks Of
the Know-Nothings and the necessity Of put
pPI ting them down-regarding them as the only
lS& obstacle in the way Of a speedy and complete
'usM Abolition triumph:
IN" We shall make no apology for giving line up
o.r on line and precept on the subject of Know
~ T. / Nothingism. Others may do as they please
III ;,. speculate dream, expect drift cry 'al WE'LL
, Ha / call us captous, suspicious, an intermcddlcr
Is plume themselves upon their ''masterly inactiv
oM ity,' and issue weekly bulletins, announcing
cOur that the danger has passed, they always sait
so, things have turned out Just as they predict
says i cd arc must Judge and act for ourselves.
opulr "Thc honest friends Of FREEDOM must pu
/" dowu Know-Nothingsm, or Know-Nothingisn
e "a, will put them down. The free States must re
lidac. ject Know -Nofhingism, or Know-Nothingisn
will irretrievably divide them, and place then
sslpE under the heel Of the slave power. We are il
ID WS earnest, if we can. We have never expectet
" any GOOD from the secret Urder,
March DANIEL UrLMAN-The mooted point, wher
risky was Daniel Ullman born? was settled by him
hid self in his speech at Wilmington, Del, on tn
4th Of July. In his remarks Mr.. U. referre
l to the report of Culmniators in reference to tn
y anu place of his birth, and said :-"I am an Amer
tins lean by birth, and an American in heart;
have never breathed any other than an Ame,
'ga n.y. 4 car atmosphere; have never looked on an
,v 1,' other than an American sky; and have nev
W er be- detected by any other than an Amer
lean flag. From the place where now stan
,oaus can almost behold the spot where repose tn
wher. cherished remains of my father and mother
nlO and within the sound Of my voice now stand
- the house wherein was born"
y 1ptun ENrnMpERAscE IN THE CR1MEA-Some of tn
letters from the seat of war give frightul az
e'sN counts of intemperance in the Crimea. On
n,,s from Miss Nightengale mentions the scenes
carnage, and adds :-"But to see the stretcht
F. brought TO the gates every hour laden wit
WEN men foaming in the mouth and black in IL
Drus iace not with the gore of battle but with IL
d2I horrible DETACHMENT of "a foe more dreadful
deadly than Russian plague, ohl it is teri