Daily national Democrat., 1861-03-07
Destructive Confagration-Loss over
$4,000.
The Quincy STANDARD of the 81 ins


The Quincy STANDARD of the 81 inst, says
on Thursday evening IRE was seen to
proceed from The roof the American Hotel
aud although the alarm was Immediately
DIV en- it gained so rapidly that all efforts 10
stay its progress proved futile, aud in IA f.w
moments the entire building was in one sh
of flame Efforts were now directed to the
north side of the street, and the citizens
worked with a will in their endeavors to save
it. but without avail, the heat becoming so
iutolerable that they were obliged to aban
don it, and, like the American, it soon fell
prey to the devouring element.
The new hotel recently erected by Mr..
Cohurn, was for a long lime ia q critical con-
diticn, qnd were it not for the herculean ci-
forts displayed by the citizens, it would most
undoubtedly, have went also, and with it
that portion of the town The following were
the principal sufferers:
Y. A. Mastin. hotel furniture, &C. $500.
j. u. Byers, American Hotel, $4,000.
f. IL Pierce, saloon, $1,000
IL Huntington d Co., saddle and harness
shop 5000
William Ford, storehouse and Office So
600
Il Truitt, sorehouse and goods, So, 600
w. S. Dean, confectionery store, $1,000,
NJ. 5. Ashheim d Co storehouse and goods
$4,000.
Bass Il lIouck, saloon and billiard table,
50 900.
The citizens are deserving of great deal
of credit for the manner in which they acted
on the OCCASION; for had they not labored so
calamity, we believe there is not person in
! Quincy would have house to sleep in to-
night Most of the citizens threw their
houses open, after the fire was suppressed,
and prominent among them we observed
Squire Logan dealing out cigars, candies,
etc, to the wet and shivering crowd who
partool; of his hospitality. Houck kept open
house on Court House Square, where the
liquid comforts were dealt out TO those de-
string it. Even in the most trying circun-
stances ludicrous scenes will occur. Our al
tenton was called TO gentleman, whose
store was then nothing bat mass Of smo-
king emhers, who was cropping through the
mud as if in search of something. On being
iniorrogated he replied; 1--WE lost my
front door key"
SOLUTION OF THE SECESSION QrEsnos.-T The
London Times says
In one way the question is working itself
ont. Trade has already suffered consdera-
ble interruption, people not quite knowing
what to be at. The most 81 eculative genius
will hardly venture to guess the ups and
downs of cotton for the next year or two
Our own spectators have been sending out
millions of gold to buy ever, thing thot is
to be bought, and the only result is, that the
Americans are obtaining very high prices for
everything they sell Thus far they have
pockstcd, We are afraid to say how many
million by the outbreak, and if the Northern
and Southern States were to make it up to-
morrow, they would be able to divide a very
handsome booty at the expense of the Brit
ish ala?mist. But it is said the present state
of things has its Inconvenience at Charleston,
where everybody is armng, drilling, digging
and doing every thing rather than work to
any useful purpose, or pay wages or debts
| There is a complete suspension of trade, and
Charleston without trade is an animal under
an exhausted receiver. Trade is the very
breath it brelthes. The 10000 stand of
arms, such as they are, which, thanks to Sec
retary Floyd, the South Carolinians are bus
ly practicng with, afford the means of a
very pretty amusement, but they will neither
crush into sugar nor coin into dollars, and
while they are idle every other tool must
be idle, from the pen Of the cashier TO the
pick of the navy. So things must lo going
to be bad at Charleston and the Government
at Washington may find il the best course to
let the seccders find out for themselves the
true natnre of the step they have taken. 1t
is question of convenience, and perhaps
there is no harm in putting it to a practical
proof. OF course it is possible to 90 too fast
even in an experiment. So we say to South
Carolina "Look before you take a very dark
leap. Unpleasant as your present position
may be, you may light on something worse
or on nothing at ali" at is easy" says some
one, 'to decide any day in the affirmative
the question whether to cut ones throat or
not but when one has once come to that de-
cison, and acted upon it, it is no so easy then
to review the arguments leading to contra
ry view of the case