General Intelligence: Pittsburgh In Ruins!!

At 6 o'clock, P. M., Thursday evening, we sit down to.otir desk with a snd hea't, lo record tbe most awful colomity which ever befel ony city oülie stee of Pittsburgh . While we now writej Bh oSvAil fire is rnging, consüming tbe fairest pbrtion of otir city, and no human being can teil where il Will stay lts ravages. It has now been burning lor six houre and confusión reigns extreme, anti it cannot be expecied we shall give-any thing like a particular statement of a calomity so exlensive and involving such fearful ruins. What general pnrticulars we can give we will lay before our readers.The fire broke outabout 12 o'clock, M., to day, in an old frnme slied on the enst side of Ferry-st., used we beliove, for a smoke house, jintnedialely èurrounded on two sides with olJ frame buildings. The weather was exlremely dry, and wind high, almost a gale blowing from the west. The hp-.ises adjoning,on Second-6t., caught fire iminediately. The engines nt this titno began to plny, nnd had there been a suíTícioncy of water, would have uibdtied the fire. But fröm want of water, and high wind, the fire extended across Second street to the Globe Cotton Factory, which together with a clweilng BÓjoiuing was consumed. The 3(! PresbyteKancliurch wason fire-but Wüssaved with gaeat exertion. Tle fire, aleo, about the same time, extended acroes Ferry si reet, to the west eïde where it consumed some 6 or 8 dwellipg-s when it was stopped in ihat direction,the wind beinw favorable.Bütitwas cast of Ferry sticet where the fire ráged wilh most fury. It immediately extended towards Market street, swcppiug every Irouse 011 both sides of Sccond strekt, and " t lic whole square bou tidpd by Market, Ferry, Second önd Front etreèts, except one building the waröliouse cf.the Coiton Foctory. In the eqnare bounded by Market, Ferry, Second and third streets, every building: was dostroyed except the 3d Churck, and Jwbnson fc Slocktou's printfng office, nd the American office. TUe Fquare bounded by Mailcet, Ferry, Fron', and Water streets, was savcd, with but littleThe íire crossed Market at the Front si reet, ond.'then began to rnge with awful i'ury. Tliis was obout 2 o'clock, P. M., oud the wind had incrensed to a . petfcct {raio. The fircuhsöhitely appeared to dance (rom roofto roof, and in an incrcdible short s'pnce of t mie, (he three immense eqiip.res comnosed mcwtly of warchousrs, bonudcn! by Maikcl imd Wood, and extending froin Tliird to t'he river, werc o sca of ilnme. - - - - - : - .The hem by this time wns trnnPiulous, and tht? wiiu) blowiiig a galo. Wood si reet f'mcd na barrier at tul. Tlie fl.aacs weie hieeihg across as if coger for iheir prey. They als croseed Third etreet below the new Post Office, and went nisliing up Wood streel acrops Foiirtli.and Wood treet wns a tea of fiie frcni ihe liver to Dinmond al'cy.Dut thïs is ot uil: the fue nat! become ungoveninble . The aim of' man was impotent . Even the goods removed to the stiects for safety, veere seized upon nnd (estro) ed. O on, marched tüc raging element. A sea o flames rolls on from Wood street to Smith6eld. Te Monongahela 5louse, Iliat Doblesi ofmodern hotcli, is surronnded with fl;iines- t takes fue! St ill the ruin rolls on- cro.-sing Stnulfild atreet and Grant siroet, sweeping Scotch Hi'.l entirely. Even tho Canal doe. nt stop it, the Gas Works take lire, and diroclly all Kensington is in flamee, nnd the fire rolls on. and s only slopped in tliat ilireclion, about onk MirKfrom where it cwnmenccd, fro:n the want of ibod to ieed üs voracious mavv. In the meantime, Ihe Mononfrahcla Bridge hos taken fire, and is cnürely consumed. Pittsburgh Bank, supposed tobe (iré pronf, extending from SJ to 4Ui streets. is in flames. The MayorV Office is also on tire, and the new Post Offices in great dmiger. Let any one who is acquainted with Piltsburgh nrvey Ihis scenp, and lok over the cxtent ofgroui.cl covered by this vast conflngralio;i.So rapid (lid t progrcss, lli.-il al ono uiue, between four ara five o'clock in the afternoon, the fire was raging with undiminished fury, o vr a space extending, beginning nt Market slreet, comer of Third, down Market streel to íhe ri?er, np tle rivcr to the upper end of Kcnsington or Pipetown, opposile to Birmingham, ' down from Kcnsington, to Fourth-bt. , down Fourth etreet to Sm.tlifield, ip Siniihficld to Diamond Alley, from Diamond Alley to the largc Brick Warehouse on Wuod, extendicg in a dingonical direction tpwards the Bank, nj) 4th Ptrcct, to the Mayor's Office, an] acroe,tcr Third streei, the place of bc-, giining. In all this va:st space, the very heart of thé city, includirig rriost of' thè warehouses ofonr mattufctrërs, and our principal wholesalé Groeers and ComrnissioTi merchante, there is boi one lwuse standing that we know óf. Tuxnly Squares are entirely destroyed, and sevei parts of equares, besides all of Pipe towii awl ali Uo buildings aronnd Bakcwell's Glass Worlis, which w'ere also consümed. Among the public buildings destroyed. aro the PittsbHjrgh Bank, the MonongaheUi House, the Mérchonts Hotel, the Mayors Office, knowti'as Philo Hall, and evcry one of oui Pittsb'd'rffh Insurance Offices.The Clironicle and Age offices werc remov cd. Ihe Clironicle lost its press. Tlie Presbyterian Advocate, nnd Unionist offices aro1 bóth deslroyed. Out it is impossib'le for' us to attcnipt to give the particulars of ihis drendful cahimity, Piitsburgh has yeceivefl n; dreadföl blow, but ?e trust she will again nse from her ashes. At this time, seven o'clocl thè fire is not c'x'tending, but is yet rnging with awful sublimity in the burnt district. Hundreds and hundreds of familes are houscless and home]86, and their goods fill the streets. To add to the distress, the Gas Works are destroyed, and our city will be involvcd in darktiess as Bóoii as the lurid flames die away. Milliqns of dollars will not repair Ihe loss experienced. For extent of. loss and wideepieod fiesolation, no fire in tliis country ever equalled it. To-morrow wc ehall be able to give more particulars. The Pest says: We are informod Ihat two lives were lost at llie fire yesterdny. One was an old wouian iti the neighborhood of Grnnt ond Third atreetB, who had no aid to remove her furniture and sliö refased to leave her dwelling unli! it was loo late t o save her. The othei ihat we heard of was a gentleman doing business in Wood elreet, but we hopoit may he a mere report. We hear nimors of tnany lives being lost, but. as none of the reports are authenüc we refrain from giving them nntil W3 receive roliuble information. The loss pustaincd in thodeBirnction of the above buildings is immonse, but it is emailwhcn comparcd with Ihe deslruction of merchandisc in the worchonses on Wfiter, Wond, lst and 2nd streets. The merchants found it impossible lo attempt to save any thing; whole blocks vvere dosiroyeá n a few minutes, and Ihe most liiey could do was (o muko nu tfibrt to save their book?, and but ibw of ihem succeeded even in lliut. Ii svill be m;iny yenrs before our city can recover f rom the efTocts of this drfcadf'ul calamity; il has cast a blight over the commeral and niamifaclunng enterprise of hundreds " our most wort hy citizens. and in an liour tas swept from tliem all the profils of years i! toil und industry.FIRE IN LONDON! The London (U. C.) Times Extra has a brief notice of a most desLrnclive conflngration in thnl place: the following is un extract: "Vebterday, (Sunday,) nbout a quarter past twelve, wben tnostoftlie inhabitnnts were attending Divine Service in their respective places ofworsbip, tiieir devolions were interrupted by an nlarm of "Fire" being givcn, in tlie nsuul manncr, ofcrying, ririgin of bnlls, and all those demonstr.itions wliich are had recourse to as harbingers indicating approncbiiigdetruction by the dcvouringElement. The varioi.s Congregations immedinlely ran into the Strects, whcn il vas difcrïvered that the "Robin.son Mali" Hotel was on fire, which vo? poon consumedi togeilier wiih a munber ofMcrchant's Sliops and Warehouses on the opposite side of Dundas Street, all of which,cept the corner one had been erccted sinee the last fire. The wind blowing a stifï gnie from the N. W. by N., mul cvcry thing ns dry as tinder, t. was al tho same time raming wilh inlcscribnblc fitiy (o Icewardjsweepiug in its progress lo the South the widlli of one block, and making inmads inlo two otliers. ? It was foiind impossible to slay ils progresa urilil it had lakl waste four Blucks, and pait of Jhree olhers, conUj(juiflir..agLi;e:' the j cipijl part of which was eloücllnMiilt, of nearly thfrty Acres of gromx!. H is however some cWnsJálütjotS lo kuow froii) all the information we can coilcel, no livcs were lost on Uie occasion."DRKADFUL CASUALTY. TOTAL WRIÍCK OE TKK STKAMROAT SWALLOW! Sen-ral LivesLoslü! [Corrcspondonce of fho Tribune.] Stkamrb Rochkstkr, Tiuedoy, S A. 'M. Mï vv.au friknd: - you muy valué a few linos from nn pyc wiuioss, descripüve of the leiriblc ie idcnt whicli bcfcl the Swalloiv last cvcniiig1. At about. 8 o'clock, whon gomg at a rap;d ra'r, the boai struck on a smnil rock blnnd abreüst the town of Athens and I lic city of Oudson. I vvns sittinr ili llie upper saloon in converention. At the first snverc pl-.ock the )nsspiirfrs niphed below.but fenrs calmed fora motnriit hy t! e onlery tli:it wc hnd only come m'con'aft willi a ruft; But our ears wore spf-edilv assailed by the nppnllingsounde of Jtlie ronding of tiuibers, and the evident det--lruclion of'thoboat: whüe the stcni scltlud wilh frig-htful rapidiLy.- Thosc who had "lurned in." in the afiorcabin, had barely time to lenn from tlieir berlhs, before the water waslipón tlieni. Yon can irmgine the horrors of ihe sccne -.I dus moment, wiíen more thaii three hundred souls were thus exposed ín tlio midsl of fiilJiltig snow nnd aimost utter darkness. As the water renclied ihc boiler fires a slieet of mingled eteam, smokc and ílanie poured into the bont, illnminatiiig Uie gbastly countenances with u snddcn glnre of vivid light, and con-.pleüng Ufé cousternation. The co:iviclio that the curse of fire was to be ndded to our olher imineiit perils, curbed ihe reolution ofthostouiestliearts. But the rappid sinkn of the boat extinguished the fires, and all was darkness agoin. ]n lcss tlian five minutes, by the blessing of God, Uic stern restcd on the bottom, tiie water bëiffg above the windows of the aft saloon slate rooms. Sevcral females werc drawn out of the state rooms by the dashing in the 'windows; two almost exhausted- one very aged, atid now Ijing oU board this boat in o precarious piíuution- were taken from tlie Ladics' Oabin by cutiing throngh the floor.They had sustained themselves on seltocs, with only a few inches oPbrenthintï room fo. tliL-ir faces, 'riie botf had been torced high nnd dry upon the rock, and the boat,split, open amidships. was left rising almost perpendicuarly upward, covercd witli anxious beings clinging to the bulw'arks. The romaintler of the passengnrs were sadly triouped on ibe forward upper deck, many beaílíhg the abscdcc of dear connmnions, and actuatcd bythe most dreadful opprcheusions for their fatc. By Ihis time the alarm liad been thorouglily communicated to the shore on either side. The bells of the churcheö bcgnn to ring, und the rivet wa3 söon covered with torchos, vaving in the flect of bonts that put off lo our assislaTice; while tho Rochcster, which had foundit (lifficult to get to u", and the Exprese, which had now come p, gradually approaching aloiigsidé.' The sounJ oí i:r bells peaüng on theair,the ehouts of thoso inthVíipats, the liglitofthö waving torches and the wallirgf grief of many on the wreek, constituted fealures of a most impressive scène. In the course of anhour all wcre taken off whö rctnaincil, in the Roch ester, the pastming hke a temible dream. lam opproacbing' Ihe city, It can scarcely be but that several nre iost. Many leaped itnmcdiately overboard in tbat frenzy of mind which precluded tlie power of self-preservation Jn the water. The doors of most of t hè rooms were so sprung at once, as (o be immovable, and examination will probably discover the dead within some of tlietn. 1 can ecarcely liope otherwise. The boat is a complete wreek. It was a mournful siglit as we cast off fnun her side. The Captain beha ved nobjy- calming tears, and making his voicc heard every where in advice, with the most thorongh judgment and self posecssion. The baggage is al most al dcep nni'er water, and will be recovered only in a damaged state. üur hearty thanks are due to (he officers of the Rochester and Express, for their prompt assislnnce and untiring assiduity to save every thing that hand could be !aid on. Friends in the Rochenter teil (hat the yell of a gong, as fhey describe it, which came to thcir ears from the tinking boat, was of a character never to be forgotten.Yours, &íc. Henuv. F. Habrington. N. B. - Mounino. - The appreliensions of loss of life which 1 have expres.-ed above, are fully realized. Sevearl feaiales were seen to bc wnshed offby the water as ít rose above the gnards, and all, is thonght, could not have escaped from ihe cabin. Severa! on bonrd our boat have nothing but their night dresscs. Nothing proclajms more forcibly llie brood conti ast betvvpen the conditions of the middle class in England and in this country, than the advertisemeuts frequenüy found in iheLondon dnily papers, offbrine very large sums for employment. - The Times habitual])1 conlains preat numbers of sucli ofiers. One pcrson ofters L3,000 reward to any one who will obtain for the advertiseran adequate commercial appointment, and another from L3,000 to Lb, 000 for a similar situHtion. Smaller sums are oftered dailj for less proftable employments In this coiin'ry persons who cancomniand onj. rhing like these sums, can alwsys commandbusiness Cost of -Protección. - An article in the papers f rom Elihu Burrit the "Learned Blacksmith," says: "Mr. Editor, will you belleve it, and impress the fact upon your readers, that the cost of our little navy exceeds all that , is earned by all the merchant vessels that I sail under the American flag, above their expenses? This fact I have f rom an extensive ship owner, who arrived at it atlYlo ond of B Tullg a iwnwalajialmiliu 1i m I trust that this fact will occur to your mind whenever you look at the forrest of masts which girdles New York. Let youi readers remember that all the American vessels engaged in commerce, and whitening every sea and ocean of the globe with their wings, do not clea enough to pay ihe cost of their pro tkctiokí (!) by the American Navy."Theship Cincinnati, which arrived in New York on Friday, brings the remains of Mra. Sarah Tiers, wife of Cornelius II. Tiers, Esq., of this city. Mrs. T. died in China, on the 2Oth of November last. The body was placed in a. haden coffin, which vashermelicaUyscaed, and in that way brought such an immense distance for burial among the kindred of the deceased. - U. S. Gaz.American Seamen. - The papers are rnuking a good deal of noise about the want of American seanien. It is said that in our vessels, both naval and mercantile, a large majority of the sailors are Englishmen, Swedes, Danés. &c. Mr. Read, from a committee of Congress, reported that out of 109.000 seamen sailing out of the United States, only 9,000 were Americans; and out of 38.564 shipped from the port oí New York, nat more than 5,000 were born in this country. The Ohio ship ot the line on her three years' cruise, had but 182 Americans in a crew of 1000 men.Sdf-Emancïpalion. - A yaluable negro man belonging to Senator Johnson, of Louisiana, was 'spirited away' by the Abolitionists of Cincinnati, shortly after the arrival of the honorable gentleman at that place, on his way home from Washington City. Soon after the disappearance of the boy, Mr. J. received a letter from him inwhich he returned thanks to Mr. and Mrs. J. for the kind manner in which they had alvyays treated him5 and stating that on his arrival in Ciucinnati he had been informed that he was a free man by the laws of Ohio, and that he chose to avail himself of this opportunity of securing his ireedom.A young clergym'án " once visiícu oíd Dr. Bellumy, with the itiqtiiry, 'What shall 1 do to supply myseif with'maíler for my pcrnion?"' The Doctor quaimly replied, ''FJ1 up the cask, FUI vp thë cask, Fill upthb cask, uncí Uien, if you' tap it unywhere, you will get a goodstreum. Bul if )ou put 'm but little, it will dribble, dribblc, dribblc, und tlien you must tip, tip, tip, and thcn" you get but little aaer-all." Jln Old Sciiolar.- f he Èmperor of China sent down a metnber of the Roy&l family Ivi Amoy, laat surámcr, to oblaín froni Rev. Mr. Abeeï, Ambrican Missionáry, a full knowledge of Gèogfaphyi IFie' siie of he various countries, their localkty, ' foc. Tho Missionnry giu:lly commünic'atcd all tlie information desircd. 'lliC United Statcs,England and Francc, appcarcd'to intcrei.Mhc old'tartar more than any olíier couillrics:'A great remonslance againat Ihe exclusión of New York city from the provisión of the new licensê law, was forwarded to Albony on Saturday evenins. It measured 287 ynrds ong, and bore thc 6ignatures af 20,600 cilizens of New York - all, or nearly all volere. On Sundoy evening another roll was cent up, adding 4,464 ñames. The wbole niimbcr of remonstrants cannot be less than 25,000, and f lwo days more had been gtven for ohlaining signaturea, the Tribune thinks they would iave reached at lüiist S0,0()0. Senator Dickinson, in his lale speech, represents Texas as a ''dark-haired, black eycd (Jamát'V tull of virgin beanty and innocence, and ready to spring into the oiitstretched anns of Vacie Som, a vigoróos oíd wooer. The late iiews, liowever, shows that although youn, she is acquainted with the arts of the sex, and ia delermined to indulge in a little coquetry. Perhops 6he i? only holding off to test the old gentlemnn'd aft'ection. Shoüld she refuse entirely, we don't think he would break his heart or coramit suicide. - Rock. DenuMormonJYcws. - Daniel Spencer has heen elccted Mayor of Naiivoo, po. tem. George M lier and Mr. Whitney have been elected Truslees of the Church property. Under their management ihe temple is fast progressing. S. A. Smith. brother oftlie decensed Prophet, died at Nauvoo a short ime since. Wilüatn is now the only surviving brother. - Toe Twelve have decided that no one man 6hould govern the Cburch, but that it shall be govemed by them collectively. - Liberty Press. Late front China. - The 6hip Natchoz arrived at New York froru Cantón on Thursdav.A lelter from Capt. Waterman to his owners in Üiis city, slatesthat he lefi Cantón Jan. 14, ond anchojed off Sondy Hook at 1 J o'clock on Wedneeday night; cronsequently he liad tunde the passage in seventy-eight days. - The quickest passage on record, She left New York 21st of May lasl, for Valparaíso, where she arrived in 71 dny., the shortest passage ever made. J'he run from Lima to China was made in 55 1-2 days. Cnpt. Waterman made the run home last voyage in O.r days. Massachusetls Men in the Cabinet. - "Worester County," fays the Worcestêr Sentmel, has the honor of beinglhebirihplace of three metnbers of the present cabinet, viz : Messrs. Jancroft, Walker, and Marcy, the twó fonner of whom were natives of this town, andthul latter was born in Soulbbridge."Executions are uow private in the folOwirvpE gtniCLCV Mjxnv M.nc-corn.Vuieol--' r : nont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, R. ísland. New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.