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' as follows ;of 1 S 49 to be re-estab* *the United-Stales; tciamenloa, the joverfinieot shall have a right to »■> a , |vV iihint 0 f Thee, i Thou V On Whiom i T o whc q e T b e e . . Whom N i ! I peoteK his iraih worfd^s pjeasures cloy, gre^t .forearthly mind, tp its p t ^ e r s uftlil we fiiid, ; ideoUrjonly joy. the feeble eye ball fixeo T upon the glorious suti, ,ydembTazerjed chariot mixes rp jy clouds that tpWards it run ; :zl) id gaze all powerless Sinks,: jU the radiance which it drinks, j I , ' .»,.M»ee j but gloomy specks float by ; r And dlrki eys distinct’ o’ershade ; letters from sources of [Wopd, n|eadow,ihill and pleasant gladb, ’ the highest resppciathilitv in th e city o f M e- , And tHie c ear bos'om of the sky. ' spejelable authority.- Caijnp.: iThe two Mexican war steamers have purchased by the Spanish Government, sre bfprobahly ho truth in the above.] ijs: procei hi at hut Uach one I Intetir Ejot oh ! Ihs i; yfet not defiijeo Thy light; the abyes and spufce, whehce all iroceed, in which they fall, it hut dnc name—ItijfiNiTE;. d I'eartii may bear and treasure W hose g o can people also desire it, it Will be seen that The 28th e { h d i n f l a w s are yery strong in th a t dit-ec* fhered at Que tip:{j. [N .y.Joor.of Cora. with a bigH hie:5i^BhBnEa jEh^ps.— heeh rej. [round in iju mfl tfi this place dated New Orleans, from .- wbo'were ci rt,‘'ralbot, one o fyar poUce, Whd^m in pur-t But this o f J|pes the’murderer pfyoiing Muir, saying istrepls and tiatisfactory assurance had ibeen gathered floating raf focheiaga, of England in tho Ndw World. I Two F ir e s in (Quebec. . the hhurches known alarn undir the ete coNvmTxon. Moiiday*, Sf^ept. 7.: Ir. OfConnor presented a proposiuon for dsiftd of the business of Chlttc^ty and eiftejcQurts. The conveintibu wes ehga- Jforth?/wind 'fh J i t m ^ , .................................... Ihe eleBtore of the several trat^s sbalh W it ahlaual* town roeeiings, Upd in such manner hs the legislatuire, may direct, eject their jukices of thd peace. The tenwre • Of oBike shhU 0e 4 years ; t he number and clas- sifetiD a may be regulated by law. ' ; 4 a the atiernoon after debate no question , «. m otion.to closedebate oh thV'Judicary ie - P e f e a h d other Judieialofiicersby way wfereie. Mir, Mpnn moved a reconsideration o f the vote tin I was|?dopted mak eodnties ole^fcs o f the ithe'Jdry* ,peMf|Iear jlo protect |lll?,|inaBloli ; ; a f e S s : . kets|upon ihi i ute lor two whefeVer the willf a vesse ; Bjit while Tronji the o| thr|t)wing the iwhole^cn,, lP®t 42 to 42, A sec. ' idopted making the clerks of the several eountips ok,, --------- - thdrizing the electiOmiBy the courtof appeals who eic.« he Supreme Court to be held for three y< Biekt M?ieafter, hot tn the court o f Cbancky ,of th4 v s n o o s funds comprising the Suitor’s fund, less upon th e question w as taken, i^hite’a proposition in regafd to the funds ip Chkncery- whs negaiived. T h e ’ m h section, proliibitiog Judicial officers ratbqr thfan Justices o f Ihe^peace, taking was adoptfed after an t g S : _ mipisteriog Justice, by paying a specific sum by a percentage on, the amount received. ^ F 0 i i ion tim cliff hi ithe blazing r , heavy crash; r l a i v i ' . sded takes , But tlik mmery, for ( sti|l|driving \— ^Sd alopf : tL ir way ft dozen houses v?itl| sonie in ?i out |tbove an [gcoandj bles4ft,and the air, then dust and sm< fui#er. A large ( casi is past 3 l ^ enslfiercely thef red pis roofs, and tl i 4 ;s;ss;£ S H S p 3 S | S i : # % 4 ” ’ ■ [ ' '' : i ’ ' : ! f i f ! : : , 5 f [ 5 * ; ; | g | . [ \ i i ; 5 5 : 5 i : ; 5 : ' ' a ^ AL AW» tjEkEBAtj APypHTlSliR. ‘ P led g e d but to tru th , to liberty* jaudVaw, rfo favor s w a y s i i |, and no fear shaU awen” . ,, ' J T H - A C A , W E B N E S D A Y , S t e P T i M B E E , ^ 0, ■ in silence, deep and still, the forest’s mysteries. oh God I this voice is telling, ho art truth, life, hope and love ; night'calfs oh her dark dw elling; tp bfight morning looks above; . -proclaimed b y every sound, 5 may hear and treasui resounding from all time ; accocdtng to his measure. ireunglts scenes sublime, spirits red pags, to their Joyful ovVners. sarpenlers are hard at ,vy6rh, build. I spaces of the streets, pr repair, in small' Winter confiagrations. Charles the bus, iiugh, and on the lent o f soldiers are picturesque array. Everything en life and activity. Suddenly and these pleasant scenes, the bells o f o f S t , Roch rang oiit. the well of fire, It was a quartet o f an hour jheh the first peal sounded, terwards, from anaong the thick I dt 3t, hrorb a. ihin' column of \Vhile thi! far end o f the sufirirfa of St. Vanier, clilf,' At first but lillie atieotion was so common an occurrence. V firemen hastened to the spot, hat a large tannery had taken; fire, iread to some extent, and thei ipread to some extent, auq there icuily in procuring water. Sparks, then flam e ,.began to shoot up into [ready thick and much increased. unfortunate,, for ail the buildings od; the population, too, is very pf the simple and unenergetic ire borne, away on the wind—but t wpmd yet be yvell-r-and rest on oofs; however,iwever, numbersumbers of n in the.tops ot f houises, ler.ched on the.tops o hou about an hour thi inglh i igje ro« hand, pe tn. For about an hour the prog, lall; a k out Englishman is seated jg next to the tannery, and: though /8 the syflihg smoke and the sparks he boldly keeps to his work, to j>rOpertyi He spreads Wet falan. ishihgles, changing them in a min. when dry and soorehed; and fire rests for a spaoo, he is ready ofwatpr; this stfugglp fs going on, a shoutf estte side o f 11^6 street proclaims .thpt|the fire! las reached aerpss, and Iheftiicfe^ |ehing smokd from above, shows that thehou! , 1 .^ - ’■'*’*-^-fe also caught. A tthesam e lin The fire, however, rages raorh furlooslj ver, outside the walls ; :spreadii}g-thetlcB v/ater, along the whole norlhefn face, belc batteries and the inagaaine. This rumor runjs through the crowd; in'a momentj add fills them with dismay. There 'are two hundred tons of powder in that magazine—should the fire reaci it, not one stone lipon anothe|, not a living soul, will remain as a record, of Quebec. T 0 fire is close under tlie wall belot!'/ the magaziriiw Wthe smoke and flames rise above them, anu Avhirl round and round with the| eddying wlnq. The bright tin roof flaslies back the livid lignt On the soldiers who are toiling kfaput it, pilinj up wet clay at the doors and v/mdows, tearinl dawn the wooden houses near, pulling up. the platforms o f the batteries artd tb® pianksOf tfije coping, and throwing then) ovfir the vValls intp the fire below. I ’jie crisis passes, the niagazinp is .safe. Nov/, for nearly a mile In length, apd, from riB battleimcnts to the river, ,iV one mass .,of lame ; the hgat and suffbeating. BmBll are ab lost intolerable ; the' dense black smoke covers verythipg to leeward, pressing down the cipndp pon the hills manv nflles avvay, and drehching iem with unespecled rain. Vessels cut their cables, and drift, half on fire, down; the rivers the Streams and wells in the sOburbs are bakel up dry; churches, hospitals, skip-yards, each but a red wave in the fiery sea. Though it i| past eight okilock in the evening, tllerc is more light than at noon diy;<but it Is a griiii illuinj. inaiion, showing the broad'St, Bawrence like a stream o f blood, and ^oyering Ute dbrk and lowj eririgclourls above with an angr^ glow. The lower town hab taken lire ! - Hen o c e p i n u i f l i 0 » i : i S S S S i i S S l f e i S l i i S i i i f S ’4 ^ .................................. noM m a h podier canaye4; shouted by crowds wil 4 Ayiibr lexfor>-^te quick jerking Ohureii bells, the rattliog d f the engines | over, the I the streets so narrow, tbafftie fire spreads up the hill, even Across the wind; here at least it may | I The artiilery men areUfady w5ltb }k4lr-!lJOWdei | k cleared away as well a l thb qdhfusiOn tvlll ladily trample, it out rotod the poivder m er-^fie Jo*ied i ^ h c r l ' . ........... „^Jmihighed wfitb t|n4 , L « r 5 s s i a i s . S \ S r d : . s : ! ' - “ p a soldiers fall back from the oeig§|bSring street-s Noue. are near the spot, but tpe gunners ant : their officers; they place the elijdrge j n a nieht On ihe lower story of a strong iStone house bout the centre o f the narrow rt|ck o f land; fire has a|ready reached thetj building, thfoagh the upper windows, fuiilftiing the gl breaks out clear and t^irOu-, [T h e sergsap : fighti a short fuze*1h the UaMcrjdf gunpoiVder; The door o f the house is burning, but they eSj; cape through the window,.and rUn over the blazing beams and lorn up streets, for sbt‘ller.4- For a few seconds all eyes arfe strained upon th^ spot, and the noises of the crowd sink to silence|. Then the earlb shudders, and, with a duilboomf ing sound. Dp, up into the black sky shoots, a spout o f fire, and from above descends a shoW|: er o f fiery beams, huge stones, and fragment^ of the torn roofa luoment more', and all s in i into a dark gap o f shiokiiig ruins.. The plagui 1 was stayed ; llie greater fire ate up the less ; fp: - i a few minutes the very wind by the shock. But in St. Roch’s'tlic - - : the less / minutes the very wind sceihed conqt e shock. it in S t. Roch’s the fire raged still as long a? it found food to devour, and a slight change o ' wind during the night threatened the suburb 0 S t, Valliere, which hjad jhitherlo escaped vvitl but little datnager Thejflauies had not quit* burned out till noon llie fallowing day. In tin governmeut fuel yard thfre was, an immetisf heap of coal, .which burned for seyeraj weeks and afforded warmth to |ome o f the shivering unfortunates who had neither home nor roof. The ne,xt was a dismal day in Quebec ; crowdj of people wandering nhdnt for ^belter, .spmi : witli bundles on their backs, containing the lit they saved ; others, lying under the [walls Is, with half burn t blankets welted with ' also caught. A t the same lim e, i tins o f the lannpry fall in with a j smoke! and flaipe faurstoul I met one wretched old man, his hand badly i kiirnl sinH hflftttlv bound UD- rcftirniho* dfisnhr. .S ng, ptili struggled hard against .. lUi tjhe ladder which be had as fire, thjaU maimed and blackened, vn and stands staring in despair at »f his ruin. is h,Q 4rne to dwell on individual le flamgs increase Rapidly, the wind them fiercely on ; sometimes they ing sought her in vain all day long thn the shingle roofs, at others work country roundj he had sat down owtlre rough the under :stpries of half a his little shed and v unpercieiVed, till, ijuddeply meetii burnt and hastily bound up, returning desparj. i ingly and exhausted into the town, llis cow -r all he possessed in the world—had strayed awaV ^ ^ m ^ tender woWpm who. peWiaps never known' What h'ard'sMp -wlasbetod; L . is no time to dwell on indi vidual all he possessed in the world—had strayed a Then was the open hai^d of charity held o u t; B ' ’ came?Mwarf w/lk4'.ge»Hi^ ' ited by a power to give. TirovisionsAnd clothes:; .Were a gain distributed By the authorities ; two ;« hundred tents word p itchld; Vrie of tfebatMdks- ? e still able to ihhel fheir liabilitm|,‘Others ' unpercieiVed, till, ijaddeoly meeting ?re combustible matter, they burst iatthe tvindd'Ws. As the flames tey suck the yviqd dbwn the nar^ whfclipg eddies, . Every here and ing ftiame wqrk jOf a house turn- shower of fiej-y imofSeis rises in yife ice, and here he bad ho friend : the lone old; tn was tgo weak to work, and had laid put the small sum rem aining after his voyage in Buying the animal now lost, Which bad since becu, his ^ th e s o u fh id m a a f fillo w s L X . . ,i!pey Bad writteik htfme that tip m u M i if 0 the United 'Siates until next.wint. m sweeps) along With the intolerable i< kej, spreading tpe , destraetjon still d’ itriot i s m ...... ^ — ’ • there is no watqr; and besides, the their a!id. A number o f soldiers nd axes come doubling down the to their work, and hack lullly But the w-ealtby and uninjured wierp not idle| a; public meeting was called, and isix thouan| pounds subscribed on ihe spot; k|rge stores an public buildihgs Were thrown open f|)r the houst less; a.quaolity o f clpthing and blankets yverl given them ; food Was supplied by the commisl sariat;; the medical men, with active ibeMeyol . h v . j : ' i t : ' i fpunication. But the win,d* mto other streets, and fast* On its prey. F a r away to leeward, le bursts up through the wooden; the medical; men, with active ibeMevi lence, prided the wounded; the civil and miltat ry officers and the, poor soldiers gave all they could, in proportion' to their m.eans; privati charity was unbounded, whole families of wan derers were recei ved into tlm'ho'uses of the rich|, incea a l W g i ^ fheir^id. ’Bdt thfe ft disappointed*: Eogland didnotfarget-hi^ affirc: » by the ind fast* gue bursts up through’ the wooden; went, yvitll their now, still poorer FelIoW citizen's|; C planked roads ; over head, under The insurance offices, iriet their engagements^ “ \'■'I it seems to close round the though reduced to the herge of ruin. From ihd 11 back from niace to nlace. country round, and distant parts o f Canada, as loke sistance came freelv iq none little rural parisl i . ± 3 S 3 t 3 S i 3 ^ * ; ® ! itants hecome frantic with to the flames on one side, in flying Wft in the helplessness of despair, ke children. The sick and infirii r distant parts o f th ana caieeues filled with fugitives, precioqs things they had been. able ?ay* dash along the streets in aft! arcing their Way through the crowds, in 'the flense smoke and dust lhi nother, break, upset; at they convey haye to lea’ . hasten away, . Even strong Dgered ton long, trying to save their oulfl goods; are sufdcated by the ivertaken by the Sanies, ' liment fuel yarfl is ja large space with wooden palings,; where the stance came freely.iq :,one little rural pari nt a few Bhiningsr-all Ih'e iiloriey they had- id cart-loads of firewood* corn, and hom ade cloth, their odly-wca ' It.vyas d wofiil thing to _rers strayiri'g through the the black spot Whefe flis happy home had shell terdd jhiiii a few hours'before ; hoping that ther^,* - _____ infirm ho might again meet tjiitb some loved one, sep, m'the far distant parts o f the araled from him in the confusion o f that drea’' ful day. With hoftorj''he sees amring the sti — smouldering |shes f | bla^skened trunk, j v l t | aft :sparcely enough o f th«| shape left to show'tffat 4 °”^e*aW ^vat^ipf^an^ stiffing; a thick clomjl smoke hung like a shfoad over the ruins; 301 among them rose a heavy, charnel smell. iree parte of a sq:ui a t running under 4he Walls at : \ ■ ■ and piatallel tq it.-- ike a grriat effort to , .hey hew down the pgs, flpetroy several houses at the ow under the walls* and the fire- if O R I G I N A L STAINED i r y 1 they f E d S y la^sighte^and prodigies, religious o f doom. The d ism f aspect of the place, the: uni versa j despondency, and the extent of the'losa
