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only knows where it calm, k'm hi BROKE into the enchfurt of thtbuf fcriber, the zolk 5 of lajt QBober, a dun coloured one year old would end." S. I HEIFE NEW-YORK, Die. 9, About one o'clock this' tnorr.ing, a fire, broke out in one of tlie flares 011 Miir. ray's. flip, raged with fuch fury, aj to bafi all human cx no Mark The owner is defired to come and prove property, pay charges and take her away, SIMEON WRIGHT.

Rutland, Nov. 20, 1796. 8Jo ertion, ttlj.it had laid in allies the whole WANTED a good pears ruin, iri a cliiefiicn from the corner of Maiket Sq tare, the bay to Abercorn Street, thence in a foiith. eali diretion; taking the whole' centre of the city, to the fouth and call commons a'few houfes quitft in the fouth.eaft part only excepted. 'Tis faid, that three or four white men and two or three negroes loft their lives in rendering aflillance during the fire, and whether any more, is not yet afecnained.

The moaning afer the cataftrophc, a moil interclling and melancholy picture prefented iifelf, in th? deprelfed countenances of its inhabitants the fmokirVg ruins, the foreft of naked chimnies, the various kinds of deftruflion of goods and furniture and the crouds of hiufe lefs inhabitants. hofpiulity of the few, whofe houfes remain has been general and unreftraincd their tenements 'are fluted with the but they are in fufficicnt. The buildings of the city 'were before wholly occupied what remains cannot now contain the ina.hi block of buildingi included between tha' flip, Front ftreiit, and ket. Tic number of buildings -con fumed maybe from 50 to 70, confillin ntly of large warehoule.i,'with forns Urge and valuable dwelling honfes. Tbs goods iii the ftorea fit ft bum were ail confuirtcd, with all the book? ancf papers of occupiers, Of-this 'nurnb are Al.flr?.

Printer Dreadful Fire ct Savannah SAVANNA Hi Nol cj). HAVING fuffcred with otheri in the late calamity, we have made hafle to colleB (he remains of our printing rnaierials, and now pfefent to the a fett of the circumftanccs which accompanied this eventbeing ever ibeir Obedient Servants, The Printers of thfi Columbian Mufeumi ON Saturday a6th infi. this cityex-Libiird a feme of dtfolation and diftrefo p'rehably more awfully calamitous than 3ny, previouOy experienced in America, Between tlx and feven o'clock in the evening," a fmail bakc-bfoufe, belonging to a rvir.Ci:crnct, in Market Square, wasdifcovcred to be on fire. The citizens together with the officers and crews1 of th vefcls tii'tbe, harbour, were foon "conyened but unfortunately, no immediate and deeifive adopted, by whicl the could be Hopped at in beginning. The fortunate elcape from this, defiruflive element which the city for many yean paft' experienced, had 'ready lulled the vigilance of its arid prevented iuitable 'prepa rations' rcr.fuch a calimity.

The period oen hen precautions and the untied efibrtt ot stiive exertion could have been ufef'il, was however' of very deration. CAPABLE of taking the care of a Pr intinjTX'fficc. Generous wages, and Good pay will bi (given, and the contrail mil be wade for one or more years as Any ferfon difpofed to tm undertake the bvfinefs is defired to give early information' Printing offici, Rutland, Dec, 22, Debtors Attend! Wheclock Fellows, POST-RIDERS from Rutland to Bur-: iinfob, andftom Rutlzud Windfor I NFORM their Cuftmcrs, that their 1 accounts for NEWSPAPERS and i MAGAZINES, will be made out up i the ifl of Januaty next, when a etllcmenl it' 1 jams. Every thing which an atfjcTing ifympathy, which 5(11 alive benevolence among their know citusns can pcrtprm will undoubtedly be done. A timely in kciference of the ftitc fcgifliturei may aU fo be expefted but we prtfute to hop-that the profpeci of.

relief, will not b- limited to tbele rel'oarce alone, tne truly humane are not confined in their benevo- ItDceto that are near theraand Robinfon 8c Hirnih Loamis Tillingluil, S. Robiifun, and the rtprefcnutiWs of Nicholas bk. The merchandize in the' flares-tiearcr. to the Fly.RiSikci was much ol it Fortunately it was high water and he wind ciT fhore, by which mc-os the fh'tp-ping was 'all (aKd.r''V-v -r The principal proprietor of the build-tngs' burnt, are Stewart Jones, Jhii Murray, jun. John MsriLon, "Robert Bowne, John Garey Robert ''Bruce and Iieary H.

O.her fufforirs zr Robin fan 8c Hartlhorn, Lomis Tillinghaft, eftitc of Ntcholaif nk, David Wagftaff, Bamin Sfop. John Ilathb.one, lUac Rtiy, Hubbard, Dtbunc, Ca. Many a thers who had properly-florsd 10 the have luffcred grea iy, but we cannot afcertain their names. A The progrefs cf the fire was finally, arretted by cutting dovvn the It would he imprudent at pre fent -to hazard a guefs at the -amount of property deftroyed. It ufl: he -M The w'arehoufes were all of wood, and many of them contained; large quantities of; rum and fpirits, which rendered t'Lc flames terrible in rapidity aiid extent, i win oe requejm 0J all their cu tamers many inflances have occurred of ds the rrtntera call ALbUD for their pay, fo mufl we alp, to enable us to dif-charte their demands thofe that wilh dieontinue their papers, are requeued tunes tar interior to tins, woicn nave the jaftice by which the Atacii-cans can tlairn the honour of being imw mane.

The anxious eyes of immediate dif-trefs, mult however, be turned to the give nonce before the time abovcmcnlionci expires-' Thofe that live off from the pofl are informed, that their account will be left where they receive their papas Rutland 12, 1796. the ftu'ation -ofthe bufmefs is fucb at the Printing Office, that a feltlement cf all account.v MUST be made, planters of the: ifcigbbourmg counties and we mould be fuscy 10 do them the iniufticc to- fuppofe that they will not 1 The fealon for two months previous to thiff incident, had been The night was cbldinu a light breezs fiorri N. N. was loon encreafed by iht effects of the fire. The covering "of the buildings feel a fatisfaaion in affording he necef-fary relief.

We per fuade our felvcs ihat we ihali be fincerely 5 joined by our lea dcrs, in fervent wiflies, that Povideocc, Strayed or cblen, may avert from others fo feverc and af flitting a calamity. OU cf the palure of Gen. ELI COGGSWELL in CaliUtnn. ah The, following ftaerncnt is juft. handed Ralph Has Juft Received from New -A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF GOODS the 16m cf November lafl, a dark bfouiii h'jtjhcky, French HORSE, five-year old, a white fpot in his fate, biack mane and tail, mane cut off Who ever full tJie up faid llorfe, and return him or give information to ike fubferiber, flidtbe generovfly rewarded, and all nt eff iry charges paid by SAMUEL COACH.

Caftleten, Dec. 14, 1796. GRAMMAR SCHOOL Suitable for a 6.o and fame A which he will difpofe of very low, for GRAIN of any land. Rutland, Dec. 23, 1796.

To the and Potafli Manu- A HE Public are hereby informed, Thai the Gtanjmar School of Cavendifk Acai emy commences on Monday the Dec, injl. Boarding may be had to accovuno date a confiderable nurrJcr of fludents, vicinity of-faid Grammar Cavendifh, Dec. "9, ..1796. -v EDWARD ZY AN, kat juft obtained Patent for manufaBuring of Pot -afh in a Furnace, from the Lies without the ufc oj Kettles, by which means it can, be made in one q'taiter of the time, and with lefs ex pence thanMny other heretofore nown-r-dny perfen wifhing to make 'ue of the above plan, may be furnijhed 'iviih an excluive right of a Stale, County, or Town, h) applying to Edward Zyan, of Vergennes. jv Notice.

being of wood, were from the afeove rendered highly combuf. tible. Several of the adjoining boutss, were foon arTtcled, aiid then alraoft in-, iiandy flames the wind now became ilrongj and whirled into the air, with a-' gifted violence, lsrge'fakes of burning ds, and JightfubiUnc.es which at a diitanctf, added fufioa 10'ihe other terrors; of ihe con- ration. 7r 1 The ufe of water was now. rendered totally vain its common extinguilhing power feemed to be loft Torrents of flames roiled from houfe to houfe, with rapidity, which bid defi.

since to all human controul, and indL idual exertions were from this time principally pointed 'towards the fecuriag of private property. The direction of the being now committed to the wind, its rage was abated wfcen, by it extending to the com man, it found no farther object where, with to feed its fury. On the north fide of Market Square, and tbeace in a fouth eafteHy direction, the inhabitants were enabled, by favour of th? wind, to fave tb-ir and li-rait ths conflagration. Oa the other band, by the C.m5 it had extended on the bay, nearly to Abercorn ltreet, the prodigious quantity of heat already pro: duced in the center of the-city, began to draw-in a current of air from the eaft, and enabled feme of the. rojft aBive in.

and irarnsn, 10 fave a few houfes in that quarter, after having been in iminmt danger. Between twelve and one, the rage of the fire abated, and few other houfes from this tims took fire. The exhauft cd fufferers, of both fexes, had now to remain expofed to ihz inclerrirncy of a cold frofty night, and to witnefa tiie dif-trefling fpctacle of their numerous dneiiings, covered with volumes oi frocks aad flames tumbling into ruin. Thus was Jhis little city fooa after c-rherging from the ravages of our revalue ttonary war, and which bad lately pro-roifed a confiderable figure amon? the commercial cities of our filler Rates, 'al-rnoll defiroyed in a fingle night. The number of houics (exclufivc of othot feuilaini) which ar burned 13 faid to be nearly 300, but of this (together wi.h aa ftiiij-ie of property deltroyed) more particular ftatemirnt than we can new furni-h, is expeded flurtlytO.be offered to the public.

We can nr.v only fsy tha: two thirds of ths cuy ap as this apcr is going to preis: During the '-conflagration, on Samrday night lali in four hours, 229 bs-fides out-hOufes, were 1,600,000 of exesufive. of locfe property 375 chimneys are (hud. ing bare, and form a difm'al abearance 171 houfes only, of the comuatl part of the city are upwards. of 00 families are deititutc of houfes. Ckdf i ties are folicited.

1 PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7. LAST Sunday afternoon a fire ca3 difcovcred in the yard of Mr. Seckle, on: Ifland, about Sx miles from this city. i The windward flack, of feventeen, Which the yard contained, having firft taken it' was'.

twenty minute? communicated to the fo that it was abfolutely impoffibie to fave a fittgle flack. Tn.e wind being very high, and but a few perfons on the iflmd at that time, a large barp, and containing upwards of 160 Ions of hiy.fitaiied only 13 yards from the ftack yard, inevitably have fallen a prey to the flames, had it hot been Jrtae 'timely exeraons of the inhabitants of Doby aud its vi-cinity, who immediately repaired to the fpot. -jf It is not known whether the fire ivas kindled by accident or defign Ttie ftack that firfc took fire, having been put up in June laft, renders the fuppofition rather improbable that it could have taken place by the heat of the hay, which in many inflances, has caufed the of large quantities, that have not been fuffictently dried. The lofs Mr. Seckel has fuftained.

is computed to amount to abauf two hundred tons. Exlraft of a letter from Baltimore, dated Sunday evening eight ociockt Dec, 4. I have Aden a moment from affixing at on? of the worft fires I ever faw. Mrhodilts mecting-houfe, ibeir academy, four frame houfes, two large three ilory brick bjufesi and all their back build- THE CO PARTNERSHIP OF Rhodes 8c Clark, Is this day by mutual confent diffolvtd. AN aiONY RHODES.

SAMUEL CLARK, jun, Middlebury, Nov. 28, 1796. 1U3 Bufmefs tvill in future be carried on at the fame fibre in Middlebury, and alfo. at their Store in Saltfbury, by Samuel Clark, jun. Nehemian Lawrence, Jonathan Lawrence, and Jofeph Plumb, under the firm of Clark, Lawrence, G.

where they are nba furnifhtd with full and cheap Affortments, which will be from, time to timereplenifhed, as their fales make it neceffary. Samuel CLA.RK, jua. Nehemiaii Lawrence, Jonathan Lawrence, Joseph Plumb. Vergennes, Dec. 15, 179a.

BROMLEY, 'THEREAS appi'ic Kicrn his been ad to fubferifcer, bf than one lixteenth of the propricturii of Bronrilsy, in the county of Bionington and ftatc of to ell a meeting of the proprutors. ThcTs rc therefore 16 noti fy faid proprietors to rnert at the liwsllini? houfi ct JONATHAN BUTTERFieLD, ia 'laid on the fecond dy of March next, at out of the clock id the afcerr.oon, to tt on the following article, 3 lit. To choofe moderator to gcvern faid meeting. iJ To choofe a pipprietor's cleik. 3d.

To choofe a trcfure'rj collector, ana any other oflten that may be thouhc ncce'Jry. 4th. To if the proprietorvwhsn met, will vite or agree to furvey and lay out faid townihip into huacrtd acre lots, and what mDde they will adopt for i'lTiding the fame. 5h To fee if the proprietors iU raife any fum or funis of money to defray the exp-nce of furveyiog and allotting dii town. To fee if the proprieton will o'e to tibh(h cert ia pitthei fjrmeily miie by the proprietors or lani oueja of (aid tawn.

7th. To -traufiS any ot.ner nutier tt Ji'wg that mJ be th proper at meeting. MOSKS WAR.NER, Jofl. Pea. AnJover, Dec.

14, 1761 a LE A GOOD Sleigh Harncfs. Enquire of ike Printer. Rutland, Dec. 9 Samuel Fairfield, Infcrtn his Cullomtrs, that their ac coons for NEWS PAPERS and GAZINES, mutt be fettled by the firft jy Jiuuary. Ruvfand, 24'b Nov.

1795. irm In Klir. T'li nl'II TT ft. A B. 0 NT: Printed by TOKN S.

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