The Washington union., 1857-04-17
GEN ERAL NEWS.

TiIE BAITMoRE.--From further particulars Of
the devastating fire which ragged in Baltimore Tues
day night it appears that the estimated loss is s402 800
Of which s2GT 800 is covered by assurances effected in
that city, Philadelphia, New York, Hartford, and Lon
don. Most of the buildings high, the streets
narrow, and the sufocating volumes Of smoke which
poured forth from the burning warehouses kept the fire.
at bay. One by the walls of the burned
houses fell in with tremendous crash and the next
morning it discovered that several persons were miss
ing, and probably buried beneath the ruins The search
for the bodies Of these persons attended with consd
cradle danger and is thus graphically described by the
Baltimore American of yesterday
"Ihe ruins were still hot, making the handling of the
bricks and timber unpleasant whilst clouds of smoke and
occasional outbreaks of flame nterered with the progress
of the work Water thrown on at intervals and
when the in which the search making had been
well drcnched operations would be again resumed The
greatest danger was, however, from the tottcrng walls
which, swayed by the high wind, threatened momenta
rily TO fall. To have thrown them down would greatly
accumulate the of rubbish be removed and they
therefore left standing. Notwithstanding this dan
ger the parties engaged in the search worked steadily
and perseveringly surrounded by crowd which not
the efforts OF the police and the peril of their position
could keep back At time warning cry was raised
and the adventurous crowd had barely time to escape
safe position when large portion of the front and par
ttion walls of the stores on Lombard street fell crashing
to the ground The successive removal of the backened
charred, and muated remains epochs in the day
of Sightseeing all pressing eagerly forward to gain
glance at what could not be viewed without thrill of
irepressible horror
The search Wednesday resulted in the finding of the
remains of seven persons, burnt crushed and mutlated
almost out of all resemblance to humanity The near
relatives of of them could only recognise the corpse
by some article of jewelry dress.
COOLIES. The intelligent Havana correspondent of the
Charleston Standard writes under date of April TO-:
ave have received since my last advices five cargoes
of Asatics in number 1922, and reported perished the
way, 352 the whole number from my notes, since the
10th of April 1885, being O,53I and of acknowledged
deaths in the process of transportation l7s9-making
H. 1928 taken board at Swatoa, Amoa &c In lS54-5
previous to my taking particular notice of this branch of
trade, had received something four thousand
coonsas from Asia. The recent arrivals have not d
minished the value Of the property"
B,Rp.Rous spoRTA fourmile race took place at Cal
ahooche Georgia. on the Sd instant The entries were
Charleston Frankfort and Sue Washington This is the
summary;
Sue Washington ---------------.------2 l
Frankfort -------------------------3 22
Charleston ------..-------------I 2 . DIR.
Time; 7.39, 7.40 8, S.l53.
Frankfort died in FIVE hours after the race having been
run to death
INDIAN EXCITEMENT IN MrSSEsor,.--A St. Paul Min
nesota) paper OF the 9th ult says;
" We learn from Hon. Mr. Baasen, who arrived yester-
day from below that great excitement prevailed at Wa
bashaw, in consequence of the distribution of the scrip
TO the hafbreeds 1t seems that Gen Shields the
missioner appointed to dispose of the scrip n company
with Hon. +. Washburne present, and that as
the scrip given to the halfbrceds they desired
the settlers yacatc the premises and their refusing
to do SO, it apprehended that bloody time would
follow. Great excitement prevailed, but both Shields
and Washbune using their best exerons to prevent
a disturbance
FoRrrrcsroSs At Key Wrr A correspondent at Key
West sends the following account of the opentions the
public works there to the Charleston Standard
''The mechanics and aborers, to the number Of l00
employed upon the United States naval coal depot and
Fort Taylor in command Of Major John Sanders engineer
corps leave this evening for the North IN the steamship
Isabel They proceed TO Fort Delaware where they win
be engaged during the summer and fall in its conatruc