New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-09-26
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26,
Nsh 0rltans 9ailp Crescent.
SATURDAY MORNING, sEPrEMBER %. 1857. 4
Great FIRE in Charleston.

Great Fire In Charleston.
4. On the morning of the Goth fire broke ont in |
Charleston, s. c., which proved the most destructive
that had occurred in that city for several years. 1t
commenced in stable on st. Philip street, and be
fore its progress could be stopped destroyed large
number Of frame and brick buildings. The Mercury
gives the following list Of Losses:
T. W. johnson, hotel and furniture and stable loss
IS 200; insured 90 600 in the South Carolina lnsur.
ance Company.
Nv. seyle, principally furniture; loss 81 900 no
John Williamson, hay stored in stable ; loss $50
no insurance.
William Roman, druggist, loss on building $4,000
insured $1,000 in Firemen's Insurance Company;
additional on furniture, $500 stock, 81 500 insured
81 600 Charleston Insurance and Trust Company.
P. Mcbride, five frame buildings, insured to the
amount of 81 800, which fully covers the loss.
Henry Hencken, store, loss in buildings 81 900;
insured $500 in Firemen's Insurance Company stock
insured to the amount Of $1,000 in the Carolina
Mutual Insurance Company, which will fully cover
the loss "
Aueuste Henne, furniture, loss s50 no insurance.
Il. Slender, store, loss building $1,000; insured
$4,000 in Southern Mutual Company, Athens, Ga. j;
stock $4,000; insured $4,000 in Carolina Mutual In
surance Company.
William 6. Dukes, several buildings, loss 5000 !;
insured $4,000 in Charleston Insurance and Trust
Company. Mr.. Dukes is out of town, and bis exact
loss cannot be ascertained. RI
R. Arnold, carriage maker, loss $4,000; insured
$500 in the Firemen's Insurance Company. 4.
Estate of James Kirker, two buildings, loss $4,000
insured for $500 in Charleston Insurance and Trust
Company. H s. 't 7i'
Robert Rabe, stable, loss s25Oo II no insurance.
John To-Day, three buildings, loss sl5oo; insured
$1,000 in Southern Mutual Company, Athens, Ga. y
William Hummeli, druggist, loss $4,000; insured
$4,000. Stock mostly saved.
Besides these, several parties, occupants of the
buildings, lose in furniture and household apparel
| hQyy md iour ms nf . b. 4
So far as ascertaned the loss is $40 900 insured
$40, 800. n 7Na"
| THE TRUTH CosFEssED.--The New York Journal
Of Commerce Of late date, makes an honest confess
sion of the motives that led to the Government policy
in Kansas. 1t says: 'f ps-se.s o.
Kansas Free State.-It is an interesting fact
that the Kansas Herald, late strong advocate for
erecting that Territory into saveholdng State,
,oy falls in cordially tcith the Democratic policy,
,chich is to make it free State broad national
basis, after the example Of California. A'.S
The journal Of Commerce is very respectable pa
per, and in the commercial circles Of Gotham welds
an extended influence. 1t thew all its energies last
fall in favor of the election Of Mr.. Buchanan and
no doubt induced thousands Of conservatives to yield
him their support. OF course its editors were well
posted regarding 90 the Democratic policy to be
pursued in the event of Mr.. Buchanans election
which was to make Kansas free state,p noleas 20
lens on broad national basis, after the example
California" p .. us -ns, p
That "broad national" modern Democratic ba
sis will make four freesol States out of the Terri
tories of the Northwest in less than that number
years! How do the Southern people like the pros
pect? How many more doses of national Democ
racy, administered on the broad basis principle, d
they think they can stand without encountering i'm
medicable wreck and ruin? "We pause for
reply" ~ ".' Sd .s0'-