The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-26
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iu viii h Il Orgira c,i.
Npvo,ul All prov, d tha. the building ha1 been
he9 by an iuct ndiary m three pRCes-in the vine
1iar, aud in The two rooms front and rsir, oa
TIE third story. MIR. Hunt was absent fr1n the
city, and his manager, Mr. Robert SchDi I, WIS
asleep in the frout room on the third story, from
which be was ri scucd, while the interior of the
building wnS burning around him, by wat,hmau
Franklin who broke down the door. HIS door
was locked, and from the fact that bis room WIS
8 on fire inside, it Is suppose that the tacen-
q ar, gained &C. ess by means Of q IA Sc key.
Between two and three thou-aud dollars In
Confederate money were stolen fr IN under ths
head Of his bed and another bed 10 the ~ IN was
st on fire In the rear room a number of trunks
were broken open belonging to Miss EliZabeth
Hunt, sister Of the proprietor, and robbed Of a
largo quantity Of valuable wearing apparel, a
considerable amount Of State bank money, aud
some gold and silver coin. In the trunk contain
ing the money were five gold watches. very valu-
able, and one diamond ring worth s 800, none Of
which were taken.
The insurance policies on the house and other
pro- crty, also in one of the trunks, were unmo-
], sted. BY the prOmptness Of the iremeu the
fire did not gain any great headway, and, although
the house was damaged considerably, lt Is still in
a condition in which it can be repaired with
facility. Mr. Hunts losses by the Gre and rob-
berry are e.timated at about $4,000.
Yesterday morning, about six o'clock, the sex
ton OF Sy camore Church, on Eleventh street, dis
covered that building 10 be on fire behind the
door, in the yesibule of the lecture room. It had
evidently been set on fire not long before, or, II
during the night, had burned slowly. All tue
W. od-work in one corner os the yestibulo was on
ire, and the wall was becoming black. The scXt1
quickly procured the necessary assistance, snd
eNtinguished The fire before any serious damage
COu I'd he done.
We have an incendiarv fire now every NIGHT.
Let the most energetic efforts be made 10 bring
the incendiaries to justice. An example on the
gallows may put q stop TO IT,
Enrolment of all Males Between sixteen
and giGty Years cid.
Late Charleston newspapers contain an nlver-
tiscment requiring al male persons in that dis
tric between the ages of sixteen and fifty, % i'm
mediatey report themselves for enrolment. The
order extends throughout the South, the object
being TO ascertain the present and prospective
military strength of the Confedcracy, iu several
nf the military divisions slavchldcrs are required
forthwith 10 furnish one fourth, and in some
cases, one half of their slaves to work on the
Charleston fortihcations.
The Rebel War FAX.
Advertisements are also published for the col
lection Of thirty per cent on profits as a war tav
ana for the public sale Of foreign AMI domestic
goods of recent importation from Nassau.
Rebel Generals RG Mobile.
Generals Dick vlor, Maury, Forrest Frank
Gardner, Liddell, Nabe 5, Higgins, TIL ,naas aui
Major and Governor Watts, were all in MOBILE on
the 10th instant.