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—itrvcinus Moults? A breed of pert precocious things < foolish mammas and dunder-hcndcd papas to ex hibit after dinner bribe* their silently-euduring, but inwardly blaspheming guests. A line way it is to learn a child humility, to cram its little hesd with hard, dry names, dates, and facts, which, though its memory may retain, its yet weakly ' intellect cannot by any possibility digest or turn into knowledge, but which names, dates, and tacts it is ve ry likely to discover full-grown people know nothing about, having never known, or having long since for gotten them. A very pretty way. But it is not your dull or ordinary children, who simply learn to babble almut a multitude of things they do not understand, that are so much to be pitied. It is the naturally tine, apt, intelligent child that is the most Inhumanly vie titniied. 11 is quick to learn, ami its quickness is praised. The craving after knowledge enters its young breast, and instead of being repressed or care fully regulated, it is excited nnd fed by the wonder and approbation of all who come in contact with the juvenile prodigy. To add to the evil, more pains arc taken with it by its teachers than with ordinary children; it s.better than an advertisement to them; a living proof of thcir-wfliciency as instructors; its gratified parents are grateful for their assiduity, and. with the best intentions on their part, its little brain is daily and hourly stimulated wit’., mental brandy, no less hurtful to that organ, accoMutg to the best medi cal authorities, than the spirit itself would be. Such children are generally of a delicate constitution— “So wise so young, they say do ne’er live long!” and some fatal disease, proceeding from that poor o’erwrought brain, carries it oft* Amid the tears and lamentations of its yell-meaning destroyers. Or, if it docs live, ten to one that its maturity fulfils the pro mise of its childhood. Commonly its intellect waxes feeble instead of gradually strengthening and expan ding, and it is often outstripped in after life by far duller, and therefore less abused children. And of what use to them is two-thirds of the (so called) knowledge with wbich they are burdened to the ruin of health and exclusion, of enjoyment. A young girl, for instance. Os what utility to her in after life is the smattering of astronomy, botany, zoology, orni'hology, or anylbther ology which she may pick up. Is it not a tnorewteresiing fact to her that her pet dove is the of true love, than that it is of the genus Columba, Jgnd she can derive pleasure from the beauty and fragrance of flowers, endeared to herby their common name and associations, and feel their moral purity, without both ering her little head about the cramp titles with which Linnaeus and others may disguise them. Is she ever likely to call the “Forget-me-not” by its Latin name? And what to her is the use of the globes, without her lover be a sailor, and then she probably mistakes lat itude for loqgitude'and longitude for latitude? What to her is the planetary system, that caused her so ma ny hours of trouble and perplexity, unless she a fleets a soldier, and has a curiosity to know when Venus and Mars are likely to come into conjunction; and what again to her is the ring of Saturn in comparison with one of much smaller dimensions ? Will the signs of the zodiac give her any idea of the fashions? and what cares she now about the distance of Georgium Sidtts from the earth she treads? These things were troublesome to her when she was a girl at school; they cheated her of her ball, and skipping ropes, anti scamper in the,fields, but that is over now. She is a woman— she has done with them. And are not our boys equally taught too early and too much? They are poring over the rudiments of learning when they should be bracing their young limbs with healthful exercises, and they are studying the fragments and tail-ends ofjciences (soon to be for gotten) when they should be imbibing the rudiments of learning. Why should we be in such a haste io indict the pains of education and the penalties of im prisonment upon the young varlets ? It dulls or over taxes their brain, and checks the healthy current of their blood. They must learn, but let it be in due season. It makes one sad to sec a fine little fellow sent to study Euclid at the age he should be reading Robinson Crusoe; and it equally docs a man good to see such a one enjoying his young existence in an appropriate manner. Few there are who cannot en ter into the feeling so finely given in the very beauti ful lines of an American poet, commencing— “ There’s something iri n noble boy, A brave, frecliesrtcd, careless one. With his unchecked, unbidden joy. His dreed of books end love of fun, And in his clear nnd ready smile, Unshaded by a thought of guile, And nnrepressed by sadness— Which brings-mc to my childhood back, As if 1 trod its very track, And felt its very gladness.” Then let the children have their play out. C. THE MAN IN THE rac— A Sketch from the Gertnan. There were two brothers who were both soldiers ; the one had grown rich, but the other had had no luck, and was very poor. The poor man thought lie would try to better himself; so, pulling oil’ his red coat, lie became a gardener, and dug his ground well, and sowed turnips. When the crop came up there was one plant larger than all the rest; and it kept getting larger, and larger, and seemed as it it would never cease growhtg, so that it might have been called the prince of turnips; for there never was such a ono seen before, and never will again. At last it was so big that it filled a cart, and two oxen could hardly draw it; but the gardener did not know what in the world to do with it, nor whether it would be a bles sing or a curse to him. One day be said to himself, — “ What shall I do with it? if 1 sell it, it will bring me no more than another would ; and as for eating it, the little turnips, I am sure, are Letter than this great one.— The best thing perhaps, that 1 can do, will be to give it to the king, as a mark of my respect.” Then he yoked liis oxen, and drew the turnip to the court, and gave it to the king. “What a wonderful thing!” said the king. ” 1 have seen many strange things in my life, but such a monster as this 1 never saw before. Where did you get the seed 1 or is it only your good luck ? If so, you are a true child of (oitune. “ Ah, no I” answer ed tho gardener, “ 1 am no child of fortune: J am a poor soldier who never could get enough to live upon ; so I set to work, tilling the ground. I have a brother Who is rich, and your majesty knows him well, and all the world knows him ; but as I am poor every body forgets me.” Then the king took pity on him, and said, “ You shall be poor no longer. I will give you so much, that you shall be even richer than your brother.” So he gave him money, and lands, and flocks, and herds; and made him so rich, that his brother’s wealth could not at all be com pared with his. When the brother heard of all this, and how a turnip bad made the gardener so rich, he envied him sorely, and bethought himself how he could please the king, and got the same good luck for himself. However, he thought be would manage more cleverly than bis brother; so he got together a rich gift of jewels and fine horses for the king, thinking that he must have a much larger gift in return ; for it his brother had so much given him for a turnip, what must hi* gift be worth ? Tho king took die gift very gra ciously, and said he knew not what he could give in re turn more costly and wonderful than the great turnip; so the soldier was forced to put it into a cart, and drag u home with him. When he reached home, he knew not jjpon whom to vent his rage and envy ; and at length tvick- rd thoughts came into his head, and he sought to kill his brother. So he hired some villains to murder him ; nnd having shown tltem where to lie in ambush, he went to his broth er, and said, “ Dear brother, I have found a hidden trea sure; let us c” and dig it up, and share it between us.” The other had no thought of fear of his brother’s roguery ; so they went out together, ami ns they were travelling* alrttg, tho murderers rushed out upon him, bound him, and were going to hang him on tt tree. But whilst they were getting till ready, they heard the trampling of a horse itlur <4l’ which so frightened them that they pushed their prisoner, neck and shouldets to gether, into a sack, and swung him up, bv a cord, to ti.c tree, where they left him dant’linc, aud inn anny, mean ing to conic back and despatch him in the evening. Meantime, however, lie walked and worked away till he had made a hole large enon<>h to put out his head.— When the horseman came up, he pioved to be a student, a merry fellow, who was journeying along on his n ig and singing as ho went. As soon as the man in the hag saw film passing under the tree, he cried out, “ Good morning! good morning to thee, my frit nr! I” The student’ looked about, and seeing no one, ai’.tl not knotting where tho voice came from, cried out, “ Who calls me?” Thon tin man in the bag ciied out. “ Lift up thine eyes; for, behold, hero I sit, in lite sack of wisdom ! Here have I, in a short lime, learned great and wondrous things.— Compared to what is taught in this seat, all the learning of the schools is as empty air. A little longer, and I shall know all that man can know, and shall come forth wiser than tho wisest of mankind. II ‘re I discern the signs and motions of the heavens mid the stars; the laws that control the winds, the number of the sands on the seashore, the healing of the sick, the virtues of all simples, of birds, and of precious stones. . Wert thou but once here, my friend, thou wouldst soon feel the power of knowledge.” The student listened to all this, and wondered much; at last he said, “ Blessed be the day and hour when 1 found ton ! Cannot you let me into the sack for a little while?” Then the other answered,as if very unwilling ly, “ z\ little space 1 may allow thee to sit here, if thou wilt reward me well, and treat me kindly ; but thou must tarry yet an hour below, till I have learnt some little mat ters that are yet unknown to me.” So the stndent sat himself down and waited a while— but the time hung heavy upon him, and he begg-jd hard that he might ascend forthwith, fur his thirst of kn wledge was very great. Then the other began to give way, and said, “Thon must let the bag of wisdom descend, by un tying yonder cord, and then thoti shall enter.” So the student let him down, opened the bag and set him free. “Nowthen,” cried lie, “let me mount quickly I” As he began to put himself into the sack, heels first, “ Wait a while !” said the gatdencr, “ this is not the Then he pushed him in, head first, tied up the bag’s mouth, and soon swung up the searcher after wisdom, dangling in the air. ‘'How is it with thee, friend ?” said he, “dost thou not feel that wisdom cometh unto thee? Rest theie in peace, till thou art a wiser man than thou wert 1” So saying, he borrowed the student’s nag to ride home upon, and trotted off as fast as lie could, for fear the vil lains should return ; and he left the poor student to gather wisdom, till somebody should come and let him down, when he had found out in which posture he was wisest— on his itead or his heels. t’roinn Mobile paper of tho 11th inst. AWFRL CONFLAGRATION. Destruction or upwards of Thirteen Squares in the HEART OF THE CITV, INCLUDING THE PLANTERS AND MER CHANTS Bank, the Mansion House, New Hotel, Post Office, ano upwards of Five Hundred othijr Build ings!—Our loss is so recent and its extent so app ‘Hing, that we cannot compose our feelings or command sufficient cairn ness to eiiteriuto a circumstantial detail of the late distressing fires with that minuteness we would wish. Wc shall endea vor, however, to give such a description of the course taken by tho devastating clement after i commencement, and the extent of ground embraced within these bounds, as will con vey some idea to those uuacquuiuted with <hn localities of our city, of the unparalleled destruction which has over whelmed us. In our paper of this day week, we detailed briefly the oc currences of/eur different fires, all of which had taken place within the six previous days, and the last one of which had been of very considerable extent. It would have been sup posed that the most deep-rooted aud hellish feelings which the human heart could engender would have been satisfied with the distress nod suffering w hich these heavy afflictions, in connexion with the ravages of the pestilential disease, had caused our community to groan under. It seems, however, we were reserved for still greater sufferings. All of these fires were evidently the work of design. On Monday night hist, at abojnß o'clock P. M , a file was discovered in an old wooden tenement in the rear of the buil dings on the southeast corner of Dauphin and Conception streets, owned by A. Pinto, and opposite the City Square. The building iu which the fire originated was unoccupied at the time. The wind dining the whole of tho day bad been very fresh from about E. by S. E., and at the time of the breakiug out of the flames was quiie high. The buildings on the south aud north, as well as uiose iu the heart of the block, write speedily enveloped in flames, the houses being old and very combustible. The course of the fire from its starting wes iu a lateral direction across the squme, abut a. E. till it struck Dauphin street, ttoariy nsidw y between St Eman uel and Conception streets, when it was checked iu its fur thorcourse eastwardly. On this block there were about ten buildings consumed, beside outhouses—none of them, how ever, were very valuable. There remains one old Spanish house on the southwest corner, and four or five buildings on the northeast corner of the square—two of them brick. From the houses on the east side, the fire communicated to these on the west side of Conception street. This entire scpiarc, bounded east by Conception, south by Conti, west by Joachim, and north by Dauphin s rcets, was totally cousu rued. The buildings were all of wood, closely built, aud mostly occupied as retail shops aud small dwellings; there were however, several good houses, and the livery stable of Mr', Raiu ott Conception street. From the last described block, the flames crossed Dauphin street to the square lying north, being west of Conception, South of St. Francis, and east of Joachim streets. This square like the otb< r. wa* compactly built ol w ood, some of the bouses having stood upwards, of twenty years, and was also chiefly tenanted by retail deal is, work shops, and small dwelling houses. On the* northeast corner of the square a oue story frame building and the new brick livery stable ad joining on Conception street escaped, the course of the flames being probably deverted more Westwardly by the wind. Tho lively stable of Van Epps &. Short was ou this square aud is consumed, as was also, with the exception above, every building on the block. The fire next crossed St. Francis street, taking in its course the two fiame dwellings on the northwest corner of Joachim and St. Francis, which with the outhouses attached, wete the only ones burnt on this block. The square immediately west of tho one last mentioned, was only partially built, being the site of a fire in 1829; it had however, a number of small buildings fronting on St. Mich ael street, which have escaped, and one tenement on the southwest sorucr of St. Frauds and Jackson sheets burnt. The course of the file was oldrqnely through this block. The block south of the last, formed by Jackson, Dauphin, Joachim and St. Francis streets, wari. also, w ithout a single exception, consumed at the-same time- Ou this square were a number of fine dwellings and the livery stable of Mr. Webb. Tho square was closely built ep, chiefly with frame build ings, one or two of which were elected under the Spanish government. On this square, fronting ou Ihiuphin street, was the handsome three-story range of brick stores, owned nnd occupied by Dr. H. Gates. Richard Stuart aud Levi Fletcher. Simultaneously with the two blocks last mentioned, the entire square south, formed by Dauphin, Joachim, Conti and Jackson streets, was reduced to ashes, and not a building sa ved. On the north side of this square, mid fronting on Dau phin street, the buildings were, with the exception of Mr. Stepcusou's resilience, occupied as dry goods and grocery stores, including Mr. J. B. llcipin’s new thiee story brick building. Tho other sides of the square were principally dwelling houses. The fire had now spread from north to south, over three entire squares, having St. Michael street for its boundary on the north and Conti street on the south, with which terrific front the flames, fed writh such combustible material and fan ned by a stiffTtreeze into a fierceness never before witnessed, continued their course westwardly, destroying every building on the three squares west of Jackson and east of Claiborne streets with one solitary exception, which for its remaikatde escape, deserves to bo mentioned. This wns a one-story frame dwelling, on the northwest corner of St. Michael and Jackson streets, occupied by Mr. Scott; how it was preserv ed is a matter ot astonishment. These, squares wete densely settled mid contained many beautiful dwellings. I he course of the conflagration was still onward; crossing Claiborne street, it advanced with the same extent of front until it reached Franklin street, the next west of Claiborne, destroy ing in its course every tenement on the three squares. 1 wo ot the three possessed ugreater proportion of fine dwel ling houses than perhaps those of jmy burnt on this night. 1 lie square lying between Dauphin and Conti streets is that known as the Catholic Church Square, anti contained, we believe, but one building on the southeast coiner, occupied as a school house—the foundation of the ufew church is only a tew feet high. . This vacant space arrested tho further pro gress of the fire in that quarter, and by the time the flames i>ii the other two squares had reached the east side of Frank lin stre t, the wind had greatly abated, which induced redou bled exertions to stop its further course. Several houses were blown up, nnd every means which sagacity or experi ence could suggest, were employed Uy the few exhausted and dispirited citizens who continued up to this time to strive against b°P f '. Their efforts on the square between St. Fran cis and St. Michael streets were successful, and tho Method ist Church on tho west side of Franklin, as well'as the two story dwelling of Mr. Win. Bowrin, comer us St. Michael aud F'l'anklin streets, aud the two-story dwelling of Mr. J. S, GliMdon. corner of Franklin and St. Francis streets, were saved, though with extreme difficulty. The fire was not, however, st} easily subdued ou the squafb south of St. Francis and north of Dauphin streets. It cross ed Franklin, in the rear-of th? two-story dwelling of Mr. D. Goodman, N. W. corner of Dauphin" and Franklin, burning, the stables, etc. attached, and three buildings north, fronting on Franklin street." The last fnitned houses were the prop erty of Mr. Gliddoit, onfe'of A’ifich was of brick.—Beyond this westwardly, mi'd on the sopth. side of St. Francis street., the remainder of the squtire. was vacant, and here the pro gress of this terrible element was stayed, ■ It is utterly impossible to convey an idea of the scent pre sented by this conflagration, while careering madly Onward, the flames toweting mountain high, and roaring in the most teirific manner. . The country for six or seven miles around was lighted np with tho reflection, arfd the noise of the.de vouring flames wire distinctly heard upwards of three miles from the city. -Cinders, leaves of books, fragments ol cloth ing and portions-of burnt shingles, three, or four inches square, ivoro.picled-up three and a half miles from the fire. Still agothcr /treremaitts to bo chronicled. Ou the follow ing nigh;, or about 2 o'clock ou the morning of Wednesday, the east room iti'a wing of the Mansion House, fronting on Conti street and afjoiniiig the bakery of Mr. G. Yuille, was discovered to be on fire. This room was being painted, and had not been occupied for several weeks past, so that the in ference is irresistablethat this building was seton, fire. The wind was about east, and light, which permitted the flames to burn slowly, but they had progressed so far, when the en gines were ready to play, and the bpilding being three stories high, that it was iouud impossible to anest their course. The fire companies worked . with tho most commendable perseverence, although worn out and exhausted by the con tinued labors of tho past two weeks, and they succeeded in checking tfie flames in other buildings, although defeated in their efforts on behalf o the Mansion House. This splendid hotel, wbieh stood ou tke southeast-corner of Conti and Roy al streets itas entirely crinsmned; tho northeast wing on Conti street extended about half the depth of the block, the lower story of which w»s occupied,as offices by several of our physicians, attorneys, «tc., the corner office being that occu pied for many years as*a po§t office. On Royal street the offices of C. A. Henry.and B. Wilkins, Esqrs., wore iu the basement story. Mansion House was owned aud occu pied by Mr. Charles CiiHurr.f • The extensive five-story building, south of tho Mansion House, and on the twrtheas; corner of Royal and Govern ment streets, known bs the Government-street Hotel, caught next. This was the largest building in the city; it was cov ered in the past winter, but in other'respects unfinished ; it burnt with the most intense heat, and soon fell, aheap of ru-. ins. While the Mansion House and the new Hotei were burn ing, fire from the former was communicated to the wooden pillars of the cupola on the Planters and Merchants Bank, northeast corner of Conti apd Royal streets. It is said that a proper aud prompt application of water would in all proba bility haved save this beautiful building, after it had takeu fire, but from some misundersta'iding, or mismanagement it was not done until too late, and the building was consumed. All the books at.d papers were got out and a large proportion of tho furniture, but the vault of the Bank was not opened ; it is said, to bo remarkably thick and will most likely be unin jured. With this building ou the east, the brick stores of Mr. Phillip M'Loskey and others, were iu imminent danger, but fortunately escaped. • - c . . - Whilst tho fno .was raging on these buildings, the Upper, or Vegetable Market in Government street, took fire from the new Hotel, and was burnt to the grouud. The threo-story brick range on the north side of Government, op posite the Meat Market, also took fire from the Hotel, but from the great exertions of’tho fire companies, it was con fined to the first store, occupied by Mr. Wm. Cunningham, the-two upper stories of which were burnt. At this time, se rious apprehcusoiis existed ’that tho Meal Market would also burn, in which eveut, the block of four-story brick stores and dwellings on the south side.pf Government street, must also have gone, involving with them, probably, a great portion of the South Ward; from this we have been fortunately saved, at least for the present. The flames, whilst the Mansion House aud Hotel were burning, crossed Royal street, and fired the brick stores and offices of Mr. M. D. Eslttva.* on the west side, extending sojith to the corner of Royal and Government streets, sweeps ing every thing iu its coiirsv.’tind westwardly, on both side of the square, until it readied the extremity of Eslava’s row, north side of Government street; here a small frame house was blown up, aud the next lot being vacant, stopped its progress on this line. On Conti, the brick house, at the cor ner of that street anil Royal, was saved, and the Mayor’s Of fice and the Guard House, at the northeast corner of the square; the intervening range of shops being burnt down. The Mayor’s Office was on fire repeatedly, but eventually saved. The three story brick building, northwest corner of Conti nnd Royal, occupied by the Chronicle printing office, was also sped several times, but finally pi eserved. We have thus imperfectly, endeavored to sketch an ac count of the great conflagrations of Monday night aud Wed nesday morning. All attempts at a description of the dis tress -and suffering 1 produced, must be faint, and would fall far short of the real condition of our afflicted aud horror stricken community. Hundreds of families have beeu al most in a moment reduced to actual want of the necessary means of preserving their existence. Tito fne of Monday night was so extensive and moved with rapidity, that but few saved any thing, while by far the greater proportion, escaped with only the clothes on their bodies. The actual number of houses burnt is not yet ascertained, but they are estirnased by most persdus at from Five to Six Hundred. The loss probably, iu the Iwo fires, is fully Twelve Hun dred Thousand Dollars! We have no authentic infor mation as to the proportion of this covered by insurance, but are satisfied that a majority of the sufferers by the first fire were entirely unprotected. Tho district embraced by this conflagration, being beyond tho fire limits and nearly all composed of wooden buildings, many of them old, the offices would rarely take risks upon them. Iu the fire of Wednes day morning, the loss of the Insurance Companies must be im.nettse. Tire Mansion House alone had $(17,000 insu rance, and we suppose most of the other buildings were cov ered. ■ . ' z ■ . . Alas! for our doomed city, tho tnle is not yet told. On returning from tho yet burning ruins of the morning’s fire, on Wednesday evening we sat down to wiito the foregoing account, lint before we had concluded, the frightful alarm again rung in our ears ! —About 7 o'clock of Wednesday eve ning, a wooden tenement on Church street, between Clai borne and Franklin streets, was discovered to be on fire. This fire, like tho others, was the fiendish work of incendia ries; the building we are informed wns vacant. The fire rapidly communicated to the adjacent houses, and swept round the square to Government street Theatre, which, with the handsome two story dwelling of Mr. G. G. Henry, on the cast, and several ftamc buildings on both sides, were en tirely burnt to tho ground. The fire crossed Franklin street, and burnt a few small tenements, fencing, etc. on the west, side of that street, but extended no further. Tho night was calm, and the squares in that part of the city were not closely built upon, which contributed greatly to its being confined to tho block in which it originated. The great width of Government street, rendered the hou ses on tho north side comparatively safe ; tho coals and sparks, however fell in showers for a great distance round. The number of buildings consumed hy this fire, were about 12 or 15, and the loss probably, near $20,000. Al) is confusion, excitement, and distress; beset by the'most fiendish and unrelenting villains, and Ileaveu alone cau determine whether or ao our calamities are to end here. Our city is ruined. The citizen* held a meeting on Wednesday morning, al which a committee of 25 were appointed te enforce the laws in relation to vagrants, and to endeavor to suppress the conflagration of houses.—Capt. Huggins, of the City Troup, volunteered the services of that corps. Another meeting was held yesterday at 12 o.clock, at the Court House, at .which resolutions were adopted, conferring full power on a committee, subsequently appointed, to be styled a committee of vigftapcc and safety ; to arrest, ex amine ami commit all suspected persons, and to take such other measures as they deem expedient'for the inter est of the city, and thejipoiection of the Infies and proper-' ty of our citizens. The meeting Was* fully attended* Wm. R. Hallet, Esq* in the chair, and M. J. M’Rae Esq. secretary. We have beeninfored that the vaults of the Planters and Merchants Bank were yesterday examined and that every thing is safe. . . Several other attempts were made during the last few nights, to fire the city in different places ; matches, hay, and otlicr combustibles were discovered. Agreat number of arrests have taken place, and although we- havp not heard of any agafnst whom evfdence is clear and direA, it is believed there arc strong circumstances of guilt resting upon some of those in custody; The Books and pa |>er S of the Planters and Marchants; Bai k, have been removed into the old banking house on Royal street, south of the Court House, and the business of the institution will be conducted tltere.^— lb. , ■ . From thf. hatches Free Trader. . , , : DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION. - r This morning, (September 5,) at about three o’clock, an alarming and destructive conflagration- broke out in Colton Alley,, leading from Pearl to Commerce streets, dividing the square east and west equally between Franklin 1 and Main streets. The fire orignated in'iin old stable on lite north side of the Alley,’lately occupied by Mr. Valentine Boyer, owned now by the Natchez Insurance Company, and attached to the building on Commerce street ot*ned by the same company; and tenanted by Dr. A. A. Jahes, Bo tanic Physician, and' John R. Stockman, as a stere and family residence;., The fire having .got under good headway before it was discovered, spread rapidly up and down Cotton Ailey, burning the outer warehouses on both sides, and ending only at Pearl street with the conflagration of jhe latge warehouse and cotton yard of Messrs. Stanton, Buckner &. Co., on the north side of the Alky, and the large warehouse of Jacob Soria & Co., on the south side. - < On the north side of Cotton Alley, the following ware houses were burned : 'beginning at Pearl street, Ist, Jacob Soria &. Co.’s, a large brick warehouse, filled with goods on commission, to which Mr. Soria had, but'two-or three days ago, removed all the goads belonging to the firm individually, as he was clearing the rooms above his auc» tion room for a family residence : rough estimate of the loss of property in his ware-rooms deposited there on commission and held as an individual firm front $25,000- to $30,000 —no insurance. The next back warehouse on Cotton Alley that was consumed was ojcupied'hy A; L. paines de Co.; in wbich a large and valuable quantity of goods, chiefly on consign ment, were consumed—including 150 barrels of pork, bagging, rope, and winter clothing—estimate, $15,000 The next back yvarehouse on Cdtton Alley that burned was occupied by Cannon & Ayres, filled with hardware, zinc, and crowp glass^ —rough estimate of loss, $2,500. The next back warehouse above oh Cotton Alley con sumed, belonged tpMr. Lilliard, occupied by James VVem ple. This was a double brick warehouse, filled with goods belonging to Mr. Wetnple, amounting, on a rough estimate, to $4,000 or $5,000. The front store of Mr. VVemple, on Main street was only saved by the darirfg ex ertions of firemen afid citizens, powerfully seconded by a negro man, belonging ta Mr. Lillard, who used a huge bucket in a back cistern as if he were Neptune’s deputy. The next t>;xck. wa re b o, ‘ so Consumed on Cotton Alley, was Mr. Newman’s, firm of Caradine & Newman. Here we tire sorry to say that all the furniture belonging to the Rev. Mr. Bruner, late of the Female Academy, was total ly consumed, having been stored in this warehouse. The loss of Messrs. Caradine <& Newman was from S6OO to SBOO. The next back warehouse above consumed, was occu pied by J. G. Dickerman, whose loss was chiefly in boots and shoes, to the amount of about ss,ooo—the greater part of the loss falling on consignees. All the before named back warehouses were substantial ly built of brick, but were generally loir. It was a won der of wonders, that such a mass of heated and blazing brick edifice did not destroy the front stores on Main street —many of which were on fire at different times. Running, down from the stable on Cotton'Alley to Pearl street, the fire consumed the large noble brick commission store of Stanton,. Buckner & Co., with the cotton-shed attached. .Tim loss of the building is $10;0U0, other losses about $5,000. There were only twelve bales of cotton burned frjjthe,s)teS—-five belongihg to John Rayn ton, Esq., and seven to another " gentleman £ forty-two bales of new cotton Ijad bepn from this ytrd lhe day before. * i . . ’• Running up Cotton Alley from the stable to Commerce street, the fire wa* most destructive ;jt burned the large bouse on Commerce street belonging to. the Natchez In surance Company, occupied by Dr. A. A. Jones, Botanic Physician, as a drug store, and by John R. Stockman as a store and family residence. Dr. Jones saved * few things, but lost about $2,008 worth of drug;. John R. Stockman, Esq., saved scarcely any thing even the most of bis wearing apparel and that of his fami ly having been cupturned—quite happy to have escaped from the devouring element with their lives. Mr. Stockman's loss cannot fail of being SIO,OOO or $15,000. The next store below, to the north of John R. Stock man's was occupied by Cyrus Marsh, Esq., who, we are happy to learn, had -time to remove most of his goods. The next building below, corner of Commerce and Franklin streets, WA* the large boardinghouse owned 1 and kept by Mrs. Cornell, which was wHiolly consumed, giving lime, however,for tliat lady and and respec table boarders, to remove most of their furniture atid ef fects. Mrs. Cornell, we are informed, was insured on her house and furniture to the amount of $22,000. Two gentlemen who rented store-rooms of Mrs. Corn ell—James Stockman, and Messrs. T. A. Holmes 4c C*. had tinw to remove most of their effects. . A back warehouse belonging to C. Marsh, of brick, fire proof, and filled with pork, stands unharmed in the midst of the ruins,as an oasis in a burning desert. • SUSPENSION ()P SPECIE PAYMENTS IR RICHMOND. [T'rohi the Richmond Compiler, Oct, 12.] News was received in this city yesterday morning of suspensions by the Ranks in Philadelphia and Baltimore, and by the U. S. Bank in New York, whereupon meet ings of the Directors of our different Batiks were convened and they resolved to suspend specie payments for the pre sent. Suspension in Charleston.— We regret to perceive from their address ia our columns, that most of our Banks have been constrained to follow the example of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Banksand suspend specie payments. It is creditable, however, to’bur banking institutions, that they have never taken the lead in such a measure, but have done all they could to uphold the credit of the country, yielding only when compelled to do so, on the principle of self-defence, by the course of like institutions in other places. The Bank of the State of South-Carolina, and lhe Bank of Charleston have not yet unitedin the measure of suspension, and We tfust that our community will with one accord sustain them in their present attitude. STATE RIGHTS AND UNITED STATES RIGHTS. < THE TREE ISSUE. Shall mirs be a GOVERUMEKT OF THE BAjfKS or a GOFERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE! Shall «m have a CONSTITUTIONAL TREASURY, or am UN CONSTITUTIONAL NATIONAL BANK! Shalit* have a CONSTITUTIONAL CURRENCY afoot* arb silver orono of IRREDEEMABLE PAPER! Shall we live under the despotism of a MONIED ARISTOCRA C Y, orunder the safeguards of a FREE CONSTITUTION ! [ Washington Chroniela. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1839. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, JHARTUM VAM BVREA. FOR VICE. PRESIDENT. JO FOKSYTB. CALAMITOUS FIRE. ' It has been truly said, that the inhabitants of Mobil* “sir* ■silting iu the sackcloth of sorrow, and.the asbM of rain-nod d’esrilation.*' - The ’accditut that wo publish to-day, of tho.torriU* «♦■- flygratiou which ba» awapt that growing city, m it wore with th* “IpHom us destruction,” ia almost without * parallel la the history of disastrous avents. It is but a few days since, that w* aunouaeed a similar vis itation apou tho cities of New York tud Philadelphia, toes dostructiso to b* tor* io comparison with their sOtont aad populatiau, but vast ia the amount ef«|oM aud suffering to hundreds and thoyuauda 'heir citizens, and at tho end of but a single .week, it become* our painful duly to add anoth er to tbejist w|iieb-ka* rodi»ced almost an entire city to iui», and thousands to poverty aud misery. 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