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"1*0 liharnj the languid hours of solitude, He ol) invites her to the Musca lore."
A Warniner Ory.
BI 3I1B9 SHEnimS CIHET.
Toiliniit from tho morning gray— Toiling, toiling througii the day, Till the spirit faints away.
Bound, in triple iron, hound ! Dy tho tnper's famished light. Toiling, lolling through the night. Till tho din.ined and achin.j; siiiht
Sees bul shadow.-i galhering round—
Till the lip's warm hue is gone— Till thc htow is wotn and wnn— Till the pitying sun lo.ikson
Gasping slaves iu stupor cast;— Toiling thiough the hours of pain. Taxing hand, and hearl, and hrain. Bread—and scarcely hread—lo gain '
ShidI lhi3--shall thin ever lasl I
Shall Iho spoiler scire hy stealth
Youlh, and hope, and slrenglh, and health I
Nature's dowry—nature's wealth—
Shall lliey—shall they ever te— Youlh and hope—on April beam I Strength, delusion I health, a dream! Age—a fearful gastly iheme—
Pain, and griof, aud p«nury I
Thou who seest!    Thou who hearesl! Thou the mourner*s hearl who cheerest! Thou who veilc.l nl clouds appearesl
Swift, and terrihle, and strong! Unlo Thee, wilh stony eye. Bloodless cheek, and hoding ery.
Doomed lo t.iil and toil—or dik^ ¦Wanl apponleth, " Lord, how long 1 '
Yo whose " confidence " is gold. False, rapacious, crafty, hold— Who Iho Inhorer's hiro withhold—
Who the fruits of loil deny— "Who the starving poor distress. Who the weak, the old oppress— Tremhle 1 Ihey shall have redres-s,
Lo I llieir groans are heard on high!
Trf mhle ! Iremhlc ! well yo rciaf. Godless lyrants of a day, Tiampling on yonr fellow elay I
Trampling humnn hearts lo dflst! Vengeance is the Lord's I liewaro ! He will list Ihc poor man's prayer. Raise the crushed, nnd chase despair I
Tyrants, wo! the Loan is JrsT !
The Texas Emigrant.
DT Mils.   HOL'STOy.
Tho following "owe <(-K« " tale, wo take from 'I 'I'exas iinJ llie Gulph of .VIexico," a very agree^ihlo hosk, whi.-h wc lalely nodceih Asi.le from this thrilling incident, thn narrative is vulunblo as dis- clo.iing s.ime of the privations^ to Which settlers are suhj.ict.
No settler in a new country should enter upon his vocation without having on hand nn immense alock of perseverance. Palienco, under sickness «nd dislress, is also another invaluable qualily, the oiereiee of which will be often called for in the lifo of an emigrant. Lel no onc expecl that his bed in the wildernefs will he one of roses; the charms of this wild lifo will on the contrary, oflen bc varied hy eonlrelemps and hardships of every dcscripUou.
I was much interested by an Account I honrd of a young emigfaHl, who in the outset of his carcei, alforded a proof of the truth of my remarks, s. This aetller was a young Scotchman, who having saved a fow hundred pounds, and seeing no 'open¬ ing ' in his own conlry, decided upon trying his fortune in die plains nnd prairies of Texas. His knowledge consisted of some praclicnl informaUon on agricultural sulijects, and on the price of slocks ia England, an.!, in short, of farmingdelaihs which apply exclusively to proclicc in the 'Old Country.' M'Leod, for so I will call him, had mairied a prelly Irish girl, of idcrahlc connexions and good educution. 9hc possessed, wilhal a lighl heart and a happy temper—no Irillingrccoimnendation for do¬ mestic life in the wilderness. Land as 1 haveelse- whcte observed, is templingly eheap far up the coun¬ lry ; so tho Seolchmnneasily made a purchase of a considerablo Irncl; and ho and hia young wife, wilh a liulo helpless child, travelled by slow degrees, bul cheerfully and full of hope, towards Iho rolling counlry abovo VVashington. They had not been long in their now abode, when lliey discovered that the location was i!l chosen. They had huilt Iheir log house in a hollow instend of on the rising ground, which is everywhere al somcihing less than a miledi.slaiitfroin Ihe rivcr;ilwu8,thereforedampand unwholesome.    In shorl,  Iho M'Leod.s, liko many
in a low ar.d lingering fever. Nora's helpfulness wns now of essenlial service. Sirong in hotly, with hardy peasant nerves, and a genuine Irish spirit of good-humor and trustingness, sho nursed her sick | husband, milked iho cows, minded Ihe house, and took eare sSf tht bnby,
Forlunalely, in this rich soli nnd hind of prolific produce, iho meanil' of existance wero easily pro¬ cured, al least for a season. Nora's stock of poul¬ try was nol easily exhausied, for the domesiic fowls breed and rear their young much more frequenlly than in most olhcr countries. Of the pigs and oth¬ er animals, the same may ho snfely averred; and thus Nora and her litlle family conlinued lo live on. But M Lcod'e was not a temporaiy malady ; week afler week sped hy,and he lay there slill, a useless, powerless man. The naluro of hia cSiilplainl af¬ fected his spirits, and he seemed fost sinking into a slate of helpless tlespondonry. In vain diii Nora, with her bright face and cheerful voice, slighlly in¬ dicative of her Hibeininn origin, endeavor to con¬ sole him. When the sick msn indulged in sad prophecies of thc poverty which he insisted would come upon them, Nora would gaily repeat to him the Irish proverb, " Cheer up, my darling, there's a silver lining lo every cloud." Bul they could nol livo upon smiles and cheedng words; and proverbs, however true, are as unprofitable as they are slulc. By degrees their live-stock diminished, some strayed, oihers were shot by sonic wandcjing riflimen, a few fell sick, and a tribe of Indians, who were en¬ camped near, did not scruple to lay Iheir hands up- such as came wilhin Ihcir leach. Happily for Nora, Ihese Indians belonged lo n frientlly tribe, otherwise hei fenr of thcin wonld have bern slill greater ihan it was. She could nol accuslom her¬ self lo Iheir wild and savogc .ippearance; and the ilread scciiied niulual, for the Iiulians seldom ap¬ proached iho abode of the whilemun. XTLeod had sunk a consiiierable poilion of his lillle fortune in thc purchase of land, stock, &c„ trusting lo his own induslry and exertions for the fulure support of his family. Afler a lime Ihcn, the deslitulion which die aick imaginalion of die poor Soleli- man had so long anlieipated, stared them in the face. The wife, notwithstanding her hopeful spir¬ it, liegan lo despond; artd her husband's hesllh grow daily worse. Tho feeling of sadness and gloom was a new and unaccustomed one to Nora; so new, that at first the unwelcome tenant could find uo abiding-place in her hearl. She wm determined however, to hopo, though she saw her hus¬ band's face  grow paler and thinner,  day Sy   dny
and she would ohslinately look  forward to heller j and then ll:
limes, ihough dieir snpply, every of duily food, was I in the worst I P frist dwindling uwsy, and though she sow no pres¬ ent means of relief from their present distresses.— Nora ceased not lo exert herself lor the support of those she loved -Night and day she toiled ; the garden was dug, and in anticipalion of fulure wants, was sown and plsuled by her hand. Neighbors she had none; she was alone in her troubles—not fl friend to assist or advise. Nolwilhslnnding all ihis, Nora sdll Inlked hopefully, slill hoasled of Ihc "silverlining" which was to shine oul of ihedsrk cloud which hung over llieir destinies; but ber heart was heavy wilhin her, and her brighl eyes were oflcn dimmed with tears.
It waa winter, tfnd hcovy r-iina had deluged the courtiry. The log house of the M'l.eods was sur- roundeel hy mud and wet gross; and when, one cr4d, hienk morning, Nora opened her door and gazed for a moment abroad, the gloomy prospect struck a chill inlo her heart. A keen northerly wind was blowing fierce and strong; it eame howling ihrough Ihe trees, and scattering the fallen leaves inlo hcr facis. Nora had nol been in bed during tho previous nighl; alarm for her husband, and the care which his illness momenlauly required, had alforded annile employment bolh for mind and body. On a sudden she heard his voico calling her name. It appeared lo her that he spoke in a strong lone, and she hastened lo his hed,.i.le full of hnpe, Alas! for her. She saw his eye lighled up by de- lerious fever, and lo her terror, perceived thai rea¬ son had deserted her throne!
W ilh the strength lent by the fierce fever that ; raged within his •le.'ina, he roised himself from his ; bed, und was wilh difficulty restrained from rushing j lowards Iho door. His aelions were violenl and he heaped hiltor imprecations upon her head and upon hib child.
AI Uiis momont a sound full of horror struck up¬ on the mother's ear. There was a sudden shriek, and then the fearful shouts of fifty savage voices burst loudly and suddenly forth, starding the echoes for miles uround. And well did Norah recogniice the feeble cry sho heard. It was'the voice of her lillle .lamie, who had been playing in the garden in unconscious glee. Quicker Ihan thought she sprang lo the'door, and gazed distractedly on the scene before her. Her darling waa in the hands of Iho Indians, of Indians loo, whoso aspecl was total¬ ly unknown to hcr. In a moment sho guessed the Ipulh, and ihal the dreaded Camanchees were upon thein I • In vain sho'slruggled lo free hi;n; in vain did tho child hold up his lilllo hands, aud implore help from her, who never yel hud been deaf lo his prayers. Amidst the stunning sounds of tho terri¬ ble war-whoop, die pelled child was held up hefore his mulher's eyes,mid while sho was forcibly held back, die sculping-knii'e did its revolting olhce !— The hrighl sunny curls were hanging ul llie bell of the savage who performed Ihc deed, whilo llie boy was lluiig palpiiatiiig, and barely possessed of life.
havo decided her fate, when the arm of her enemy was arrested by the appearance of a'new aclor on the scene; i! gaunt form, who, (wilhout any pre¬ vious warning,) approached the group, and atlracl¬ ed the altnntion of all.
It was M'Leod, who.ie wild ravings could r.ot be restrained, and who, wilh dclerious unconsciousness of his dnnger, stalked in amongsl them, llis wild actions and strange geslurtis, sufTiciently atlesled the wanderings of his mind, nnd the Indians slooil appalled.    Tall' warriors in Iheir fierce war-paint
set food in plenty before her guest. She gn'Ve him however, of tbat which sho had and the strariffer soon learned tho almost destituie condition of hia young hoslesa.
The IravelHr pc^cessed a kind and friendly heart, and a well filled purse wilhal. Liking the appear, ance of the young setllera, and stlniiring Ihe order and cleanliness of the cuttage, hc pitied their mis¬ fortunes, and hastened to procure Ike nece.ssaries and coinforls for the desnlale inhabitals of the wat¬ ery piaiiie.    Having ihencheered thesuH'ererswilh
to tbe grave of her child, lookeil al him wilh o'yes full of gralitudo and happiness. Their talk was of the kind slianger, and of their hopes that he would s'oort return. And when, soon afler tbis, they again saw hisbenevolrnt countenance, and hesrd his loud, heariy gieeling, whal joy was theirs. The stran¬ ger was a rich landholder and colton grower, and being in want of an overseer on whom ho could depend he fixed upon M'Leod to fill die office. He gave his piolegees a pielty house locnted in a heal¬ lhy clearing, not msuy iniles distant from Iheir own properly.   -M'Leod was to be a man having aulhori-
his face,  " Ah, now Jamie," said she, "and did'r.l 1 lell you there was a silver lining lo every cloud."
bent their heads  reverently before  him; and im-) words  of hope, and seen die pressed wilh the nolion nf his being inspired, and ncdng under the special proieclion  of the  Great Spirit, these untamed and revengeful children  of the forest shrank awe-struck from his presence.
Slowly and silenlly thoy retreated, and ere anoth¬ er minute had elapsed, Nora was left alone with the husband whe had »o unconsciously saved her. On the ground, on the very spot, wliiiro he hm! so laiely played in childish glee, lay the bleeding hody of the dying child. Who ean describe the feelings of the mother, as lifting bim in her arms, she tried ta hope that the mltrnge he had' undergone would not proye a mortal injury.* Gently and tenderly she laid him on hia lillle bed, and then, and not till then did she relum to her painful task of soolhing the invalid. Wilh gentle words she persuaded him lo relurn to his bed, but even thee ahe could nol leave him for a moment.
At irilervsis sho heard the faint and feeble moan of her BufiTering child, but Ihough the mollier's heart was torn widiiii her, sho could not desc.-t her posl. Towurds Ihc evening the siek m»n became composed, his ravings suildenly ceased, his eyes closed, snd a deathlike cnlni spread over his features, Norn listened, but in vuin, for his bresthing, she fell that he was dead, and that she was alrhe; she did not weep however, but snt in stupid inspnsibil- ily. She was roused from this Irance of despair, hy a sound small and low; bul one whieh hear.l. csn never be forgotten—the last sound of purling brealh! Il was small nnd low, for'il was the brealh oC a litlle child—Ihe signal that its pure and inno¬ ccnl spirit was shout lo mert its Ood !    In a mo-
mFiilNorn was hy lis side, on ller knees imploring wilh wild eagerness for ils life, and covering ils lit¬ lle hands nnd face wilh kisses. The struggle was brief, and when the molher saw that it wos dead, she fell senseless. She recovered, she knew nul how, and it seemeil as though a fearful .lieuin hnd passed
over  her.    Oh, dial  sud and  lerrible  awakening
afler afllielion ! Tlwdouhl—llio fear of tl.e realily ual and overnhelniiiig belief Nora fell all ihis, as grndnally
she rouseil horself into sense and life.    It was all
true"-her child, her first born, Uer only one was
laken from  her.    She could uot weep, her's was a
hard tearless grief.     On  a sudden, however,  the
thought of Iter husbnnd crossed her mind, and a
dim recollection of hisla^l and ,noments caused her
to shudder, as Ihough body
asunder.     Mechnnically she rose, and approaching
his bed, leaned over what she imagined the sense¬ less cloy of him sha loved.    Her head resle.l on his
breast, when she thought—could it  be fancy 1 ihat
it throbbed slightly and feebly.    Brenlhleeely  she
lislened.    It   was no delusion—hc  was   alive!—
Dcalh hnd not claimed its prey, and he niight yet
recover.    Poor Nora!    Tho eyet  that were dry
when heavy affliction struck her, overflowed insal-
ulary drops under the sudden influence of joy.—
Her firsl impulie was one of deep and overpowering
gratitude; but her ihaiikfulness was liko hcr grief,
silent and suliducd.    She sat down beside the lied,
and pntiently atrniled  till he should  nwake.    For
several hours did she watch by her husband's nide,
and morning was again stealing over the sky when
he awoke, nnd in feeble accenis whispered her name;
his reason was restored, and Nora felt Ihnt all pre.s-
ent dnnger was  over.      Hours aped  by—hours
spent hy Ihe graleful wife in ministering lo his re-
Office ia also on fire, and the Now Post Olfico is io great danger.
Lel nny one who is acquainied wilh Pittsburg survey this scene, and look over the extent of ground covered hy this vast conflagration. So rnpiii did this fire progress, llial nl one lime, belween four and ttve o'cloek in the alternoon, tbe fire was raging wiih undiminished fury, over a space cxlendit% beginning at Market slreet, cornor of Third, down Markel slreet'to the river, up the river to Ihe upper
Front—on Ihis block was the Mayor's dflice— tha Bank of PiUsburg, biiriied—atii the Post uffice, which wus saved, 1 square.
Wood, V\ aler and Front to Smithfield, embracing tho great Hotel, die Monongahela House,   1 sq. Wood, .Second, Front lo Snulhficld, 1  "
Wood, Third, Second to liiaiilhfiield, 1  "
Wood, Fourlh,Third lo Smithfield, I "
Wood, Fourlh, Diamond Alley lo Sittithncfll " Waler, Smilblicid, Front lo Granl slreel, (Bake.
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of ihe dead infant derendy intered, he left Ihem, promising to return. Two more weeks sped by—M'Leod had left his hed, and sat weak and trembling by the fire, while Nora, Ihough  her Ihoughls oflen wandered \ iliagonal direction towards the Bank, up Fourlh sl.
well's Glass Hnuses.) First, Second, Smithfield to Granl St., ,„-.-., Tl-    . -..-,.-      Second. Smilhfiel.l, Third lo Grant St.,
end of Ken.,inglon or Pipetown, opposite to bir-   .r^i,,,, f^.^,,, »,Mi(M to Grant,
mingham, down from Kensington to Fourth street,   Fourth, Siuiibllcld. Diamond Alley lo Grant, down Fourlh slreet to Smilhiield, up Smithfield to   Fourlh, Granl, In Ross street. Diamond alley,down Diamoml alley to the large brick ware hcuse on Wood, across Wood, extending ia a
to Ibe Mayor's Office, and acioes to Third slreel, the place of be.tiiininjr.
In all this vast space, the very heart of the cily including mosl of the warehouses of our manufac¬ lurers, and our principal wholesale grocers and com¬ mission meretrtint'?, there ia not ono houso sianding that we know of.
Twenty squares are entirely destroyed, an^ sev¬ eral parts of squares, besides all of Pipetown, and all ths buHdinga around Bukewell's glaia works, which were aUo eonsuroed.
Tlie  loss of propeily  must be immense.     W'e
ly, ami they were wilhal lo hve in comfort and con- | 'hah not altempt lo compute it.    The fire spread eo
Third and Grant to Ko.'.s street, 1 "
Second and Grant lo Ross slreet, 1 "
Front, Second and fJranl la Ross street, 1 "
Front lo Waler, by Granl, lo Hubs slreet,         1 " 21 squares.
From Rose, on the conlinualion of Front to tho Monongahela, Ihe firo extended on a nariow lino to the Easlern limit of Kensington, probably nn eighlh of a mile Kasl of Hoss slrcel—lenving unburn/the Iron Steam-Ship Yard and thoCJas Works, and de¬ stroying the Dallas Iron Works.
Afler the above was prepared, we received a slip- from the PiUsburg .\ncrican, from which (for want of space to copy entire,) we lake a few additional parliculars.
The Third Presbylerian Church, though on firo, was saved.    Mr. J. R. Johnston's housc was burnt.
tent.    When Nora entered  her  new  habitation, I "r'''"X  >' "•» impossible to save properly.    The j Two huildings, l*longing lo Dr. Simpson, ond Mr. leaning on her husband's arm, she   looked np in | P'""'^'f*'  Merchants, whose immense  Ware-j Bulin, Ih.iugh   iV ihe midst fffithc fire,-«cro saved.
From the Pittsburg Ade. and Gaz. of the llth.
TitisiuTg m IKnins!
MOST DRK.VDFTTL CALAMITY.-AWFUL C'ONFLAGRA'l IO.V. At 6 o'clock P. M., Thursdiiy evening, wo sit down lo our desk wilh a sad heart, to record tht most fenrful eulamily which ever befel any cily the size of Piltaburg. While -ve now write, an awful ' fire is raging, consuming the fiiireal poilion of our j city, and no human heing can tell where il will sloy ' ils ravages, ll has now been burnirt'j fo*'six hours. j on.l confusion reigns oxtieiiin, and il cnnnol be ex- ¦ pected we shull give any thing like a p:iiliculnr I •lateinenl of a eulamily so extensive and involving 1 such fearful ruins. What generiil pnrficu.ars we csn give, we !ny before oor renders.
The fire broke out about IS o'clock M, lo-dn», in
houses were full of Goods, Groceries, and Piltaburg j The Pittsburg Banking House was desiroyed. The manufactures, removed their goods to the Wharf Uniled Slates Banking hou.se, and that of the Mer- which they covered over its wholo exlent, dflwn to chant's Bank, were saved. Perry & ScoU's Foun- Ihe water's edge, bul the.'o they caught fire, and dry was almost all that was saved in Pipe Town.— Ihemosl of ihem were Consnuedi The Monongahela House and Bridge were burnt,.
Among Ihe puhlic buildings destroyed, ore Iho Mr. VVenver lost all the new furnishings in tho Plllsburg Bank, Ihe Monongahela House, the Mer- Merchant's Hoteh The lo.« of Messra. Lyon, chant's Holel, the .Mayor a offic, known as Philo | ^'i"!''' & ^o-, <' menlioned as the heaviest in build-
Hall, and all our PilLsburg insurance ofiices.
The Uhronicle and Age oflices were removed— The Cyironicle losl ita presses. The Presbyterian .\dvornte and Piolcslant Unionist ofilcea are both destroyed.
But it is impossible for us lo attempt to give the psiliculars of this dreadful calamity. PitlBbutg has teieired a dreadful blow, but wo trust sho will again rise from her ashes.
At diis lime, seven o'clock, Ihe fire is nol exten¬ ding, but is yet rnging with swful sublimity in the burnt district. Hundreds and hundreds of families an old frame shed on llie easl si.le of Ferry st.. used I "¦•" houseless and homeless, and their goods fill the we Iwlieve for a smoke house, immediately surroun- """t'' To sdd to thc distress, the G.s Wor'.is ded on two sides with old frame huildings. The "'"• destroyed, an.l our eity will he involved in weather was exiremely dry, end irind high, almost darkness as soon as the lurid flonies dio away. 0 gnle blowing from the weal.
The houses a.ljoining, on Second slreet, caught
fire immediately.    The engines nt this time began
to play, and had Ihere been a sufTieiency of water,
would have subdued the fire.    Bul from wanl of
water, and high wind, the fire extended acrosa Sec-
, ond alreet lo the Globe Colton Factory, which to- 1 soul wero narting ,     .,         ...      ,„.,-- ,
,   _ ^ _ L-      i gether with a dwelling Biljoinmg, was consumed.—
The Third Presbyterian Church was on fire, but
was saved with greut exertion.
The fire, also, ahout Ihe eame time, extended across Ferry streel, lo the wesl side, where it con¬ aumed some six or eight dwellings, when it was stopped in that direclion, Ihe wind being favor¬ able.
Dut it was eoat of Ferry street where thc firo raged wilh most fury. It immediately extended towards Markel elreet, sweeping every houso on bolh sides of Second slreet, an.l the whole square bounded hy M.irkct, Ferry, Second, and Front streels, except one building, the ware house of the Cotlon Factory. In the s.juuro hounded by Mar¬ ket, Ferry, Secon.l and Third slreels, every huild¬ ing wns destroyed except the Third Church, and Johnaton ic Stockton's Prinling Olfice, and the American Omcc.
Tho squire bounded by Market, Ferry, Front, nnd Water stroots, was saved,  with  but  little  in-
covery.    He was weak as an infant, and she dared
not tell him of iheir loss, and that their child lay i •'"?,',    „ j ,,   t .   .-c     . .     .    _j ..,„
, ,.,^ -'I     The firo crossed Market nt Front atreet, and then
nenr !liem a lifi<ees corpse.
The nexl dny, after Nora had as usual heen ad- ih-i'ssing words of encouragement to her patient, nnd carefully concealing from him her own deep
distresses, she wna startled by hearing horse's foot- i c .- steps approaching their abode. In a few niinules a man on horsebaek stopped at fhe door, and wilhout ceremony entered tho house. Nora did not rise, for the hand of her sleeping husband was clasped in hers, while silent tears chased each other down hcr pale cheeks. Her baby loy unburied near, and for her feeble hiisbarrd-,-where was she to find the means of recruiting his exhausted strength I She hnd had but liltle food for many days, and how could she seek fot more'
She hardly raised lior henil when the stranger entered, so absorbed wns she with these melancholy retlectiiins. Tho traveller unconscious of her sor¬ rows, addressed hcr wilh a cheerful heariy voice, "Good morning, marm—how's your mon! Ill I don't doubt—these hero diggins nrn't wholesome any how—I reckon." Saying this, the stranger, who wos a porlly man of respectable appearance sealed himself without ceremony in the chimney- corner. ^^helter is never refused in the j.rnirie, ond lo that he was welcome ; gladly would Nora hnve
began lo rnge wilh nwful fury. This was about two o'clock, P. M., and the wind had increased toa perfect gale. The firo nbsolulcly appeared lo dance from roof lo roof, and in an incredible ahorl space
olher solders, had rashly followed their own id.       ^
and neglected lo ask the advico of experienced i "' "'« *'""¦ "'' ''''' I'"'''"
dwellers in tho country.    The con.'cqucnoes of this ,     •' "'"^ ""^ ^'"f"' '"
imprudence soon mude fhemsclves  apparent; and ^ diese rclenllcss savages speedily seized hold ofhis
in a short limc M'Leod wos stretched upon-his bti I ""w unrceisling vicnin.   Another moment would
It WU3 now Noras lurn to sufl'er, and anolher of
•* 1 fear such instances of savage atrocity were not rare among tho eadier settlers; on the Mexican fronlier espcciidly nnd on Ihc norlhern selllemenls, where the cruel tribe of the Camanchees hnve ao mueh power, such horrid events aro matters of his¬ tory. Cnses havo been knoivn of recovery after sculping; 1 myself saw ayoung mun nl tuilveslon who did not appcnr nl all Iho worso for die opera¬ tic nt
, Ihe three immense squares, compoaed most¬ ly of ware housea, bounded by Market nnd Wood, ond extending from Third to the river, wero o sea of flumes.
The heat by this firrc was Iremcndous, and tho wind blowing a gale. Wood street formed no bar¬ rier at all. The flumes went biasing across as if eager for their prey. They also crossed Thud sirect below tho new Poat Office, nnd went rushing up Wood sirecl across Fourth—and Wood street was a Bca of fire from Ihe river to Diamond alley !
Bul this wae nol sil; the fiie hnd become ungov- ernahle. The arm of man wns impotent. Even the goods removed to the streets fir ssfefy, were seized upon and destroyed. On, on, marched the raging element. .\ sea of flamo rolls on from VVood slreet to Smithfield. The .Vlonongahela House, that noblest of modern hotels ia surrounded wilh flames ! il lakes fire ! Still the ruin rolls on —crossing Smithfield streel, and Grant street, sweeping Scotch Hill entirely. Even tho Canal does nol stop il, the Gas \V oiks lake fire, and di¬ rectly all Kensington is in flames, snd the fire rolls on, and is only stopped iu thnt direction, about one mile from where il commenced, from the wanl of food lo feed ils voracious maw.
In Iho meantime, the Monongahela Bridga haa lakeu fire, and is eniirely consumed. 7'he Pitts¬ burg  Bunk,  suppiii.rd  lo he firo proof, extending
.'lillions of dollurs will nol repair tho losa expe¬ rienced. For extent of loss and wide spread deso¬ lation, no fire in ihis country ever equalled it. To¬ morrow we shnll be able lo give more parliculars.
The fiillowing arc Ihe a.ldilional parliculars from tho Piltsburg Gazette, whoso editor, we are happy lo see, escapes a direct participation m the loes, though he musl feel il ilvery wsy.
We have traversed the burnt dislrict this morn¬ ing throughout ils eniire exlent; the calamity is as w-ide.spread and as nwful as can be conceived. The dislrict burnt is aboul as we have described above. The whole of South Ward, una of the moil popn- lous in the eity, is desiroyed, wilh the exeejition of two or tbree houses, oneof theni, by a oingulnr fa- lalily, /tfran'.' The largest part of Pipetown is destrtyed,a few frame buddings having escaped.— The principal part of the Gns VVorks are uninjured. Auiong the public buildings destroyed, are tho Piltsburg Bank, the Piltsburg Insurance Ofiiccs, the .MonoDgahcIa Ilouse, Mercht'oiSc .VmcricanHotels, Druvo llouae, Ihe second Asssociute Presbylerian Church, the first Baptist Church, the Front slreel African Church, thc University Buildings, <!£c. &c. Also Ihe Monongahela Bride; all entirely destroyed. The numlier of houses destroyed ia between one and Iwo thousand .' bul it ia iinposaible lo ascer¬ tain exaclly wilhout more strici examination. A great numlier of mnnufacluring esliiblishmenis are dealroycd; among Ihcm the Kensington Rolling .Vlill, a very extensive establishment, belonging to .Messrs. Freeman & Co. The greatest loss, howe¬ ver, is in the goods and ware-houaea on Second, Fiont and VVal^r Streets, and on VVood, .Market and Smithfield.
In this region, were comprehended onr largest warchouaes, which were full of goods, groceries, and Piltsburg manufaclures. The loss is vorioHsly ealimati'd al from fivolo ten milliona! By lo-mor¬ row wo shall be ablo tff give moro definito intelli- genre, bul il will tske some days to give all the par- liculnts. Tho only fives we have heard of lost, was a poor woman in Third street. Tho United States Gazette adds: VVe have before ns a plol of the " burnl district" in Piltsburg, hastily sketched on Friday morning by a friend who eaw all the rnin, hul has providential¬ ly been spnrril the misery of being directly n piTrt Iheieof ll is said that more than one thousand houses have liccn destroyed, and ihis in the densest, business part of the city. We have seen severnl letters, but these are from members of families to falhers or children in Ibis cily and ihey nre of loo private a nature to ndmil of publicalion.
Persons who hnvo been in I'illsliurg mny judge omelhing of the exteut of the conflagration by the
ings anil properly—Captain Wood's tho next. Mr. Adnm Pulton lust the whole earnings of twenty-' five yenrs.
Mr. Alexander ./nynes lost soma four of fivo houses witb all that he had. Measrs. I. & W. Holmea; their house and heavy stock, probably J60,000. Messrs. Johnaon & Stockton removed pnrt of their stock, but are heavy losers, as is also Mr. Beale, .Mr. Thomaa Liggett, seven houses; Mr. John Thaw an equal nnrtilicr; William Hays.Esq. 6 or 7 houses on Wood slrcel; Mr. John Ross, 3 or 4 new buildings. 1'he Piesbyleriari Advf<al« and f-hronicle printing offices, were bolh burned down, wilh a liltle or nothing savctf frofflieilher.— One is scarcely ablo to accounl for the saving of our ollice, which waa almost surrounded wilh fire. We are indebted for it lo theunlinng exerlionsFMf our friends and to those employed in the office.
On Water slreet, between P^crry and Morketsts., tho warehouse of Capl. James May—ihe dwelling of Mr. C. Anshuts—the warehouse of Mr. Jacob Forsyth—the house of Mr. Peebles on the cornor of Front rind Mnrket elreote, and the warehouse of .Mr. Little, occupied by Mr. Patrick .Mulvany, on Ihc corner of Market and Wnler, ore saved.     Wo
have Mentioned, we believe, all that were saved	
All the oihers wilhin the boundary given, aro in ruins; and wjth the houses have perished nlmost every thing ihey containcdl It Was Ihe principal busincss part of the eity, and embraces nearly half its boundary and full half ils weallh.
M'e have removed part of the materials olf our office, and sulTered no material losa, bul the difficul¬ ty of gathering Ihings together again. Messrs. Bakewclls are vory heavy losers, and the Honorable Richard Biddle, we are informed, lost all his furni¬ ture—papers and library—the latter of great valuo.
Among Ihe heaviest losers, perhnps, is our friend Mr- Ciojsan, proprielor of the Monongahela House, who saved nolhing, we ore fold, not even the money in the bar—eo rapid—so inslantaneous was the destruction.
A DAY LATER.
We add BOch further particulars as tre can gain from the Piltsbujg papers, of the astounding calam¬ ity with which that cily has been visiled. The Gnzette says:
Mr. .Malcoln Leech, was injured considerably br a fall.
Soon aller the fire had got under headway, anJ the Globe Factory begun to hnrn, the Third Prcs» bylerian Church wasin mosl immiaenl danger.— The mambers of that denomination, rallied a,-ountl it and by culling awny tho end of the roof which piojecled over the wall nexl the fire,- and covering 1 je roof wilh wet cloths, succeeded in saving il— VVo saw clearly that Ihe aulvafion of a dozen squnres depended upon il, for had it enagSt, its im¬ mense steeple would hnve scnitered clouda of fire over a considerable poriion of iho city W-hich wholly e-scapcd.
-Vlessrs. Sibbet & Jones opened their safe in the morning, bul every book and poper in it were burnt up. nml tho gold and silver melted logelhcr.
Hnrdly one safe outof trn exposetl to Ihe fire in the buildings, saved anylhing in Ihcm. We nolieed a largo nunibcr completely destroyed wilh all thei*^ contents.
A numtier of sick persons were removed, ami not A few of the'in lailies, in very delicate situations.
V\ m. J. Milch. II living in Front slreet, nextdoor to Fcnlon's Livery Slable, was coming oul of hi.-i house past the stable, when a gusl of wind blew on enormous fi.ime of lire with such force as lo knock hiin down, burning his fuce, hands and back ver^ s(!Verely.
Willi two or tliree rxi'eplion.s. every   merchant
subjoined slalemenl, whieh we moko from lellers , belonging lo llie Third Piesbylerian  I'hurch woo
befure us.     They are the Iwenly-onc equarcs else- ! '"'',"' °"''       , ,.    ,
where noted ' ' demand for honses, stores and offices is im-
Ferry st. from ."Id to 2d and Market sta.,   1 square.
''        "      iill lo Front St., 1    "
Water to Front and Wooil sl. by Market at., 1 oq. Front to Sud nnd VVood r.l., by .Market st,, 1 " Market from 2il lo 3d nnd lo Wood St., 1 "
VVood on the .Soulh side of-llh. Nortl< side of, 1
ftom 3d lo 4Ih streets, iaji fliimcr.    Tho Mayor's ' Thiid down wilhin  IJO  feet of tb* Maaket ani
mensfl.    Every vacanl room is tnken up and  even the cellars are in many inslances rented.
THG INSURANCE OFFICES'
We believe aro tolally ruined.    VVe learn frnm n
reli.ible snuicc that the Fireman's Insurance  Office
hns lo»l?219,0Cn. »nd will pay abouflO eenlf on it «
dollar.    The Fi e and Nuv giti.in   Cnmpimy hu\e