Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 18, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 February 1812 — Page 4

fire which made its appearance in Mv. Tib- j far from the door, was among the firft who bans loap and candle manufactory. I be elc.iptd.

progrefs made by the mines feemed at hi t

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POETICAL ASYLUM.

CRAZY JANK. WHY, tVr maid, in every tratnre, Are lacli ftgtitof fear cxprtlt? Cm wtndVriP:' wretched creature, With inch ceiror fill thy breall ? Dn my frenzied looks alarm thee ? Tu( mr. Tweet, thy fears are vnin Not for Hi gdoms would I harm thee S Shun not then poor Crazy Jane. Dott thou weep to fee my anguirti ? Mark me, and avoid my woe When men flatter, ngh md Unguifll, Think them falfc I found thc;n fo. For I lov'd. O. lb fincerelfi None could ever love ngain ! But the fOUth I 10? fo dearly, Stole the Witt of Crazy Jane. Fondly mv jrotmg heft receiv'J him, Which was doum'd to love but one ; He figh'd nd vow'J, and 1 bc'.ie II him, He waafalft and I uud-iie. From that hour has reafon never Held hef empire o'er my br;iin ) Henry ri.-tl md with him ever i;led the wits oi Crazy Jane. Now, Ibrlem and broken hearted, And with frenzied thoughts hefet, On thot fpot where Ufl we parted On that fpot where late wc met. Still I (lag mv loieloru dittyStill 1 lonely pace the plan. ; Whiltl each patter faf., in pity Cries God help thee, Cmzv Jane.

io menace toe whole iqt.are, but wis pievented from confuming mv other houie but that in which it was Srfl difcovered, together with one or two adjoining buildings the

property or ,ir. i moaicb. vjicui an-

No words can exprefs his horror, when on turning tounJ, he dilcovercd the whole building In flames. 1 here was but one door tor the great'ell part of the audience to tit tV

pais. Men women ana cnuaren were preu-

! - . u .fNor !iil rhp flmes ver

. ' UlCT UpOU Celt i uitJV.1 , .- ... ... w .. due to fonts of our citizens above the relt; i t behind, 1 lie editor went ru.,., ,r ? t-hoi -iifVi no m in -.-i i rtrorts . . . . ,

in tuiiicijucucc o, mv, - t different windows w hicn were not ve-

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LEXINGTON, January U.

tlKfc ! ! ! This place has been lately vifitcd by fire, at four differ ent times, in rapid fucceffion.

Not lorn Bnce, the hemp t ietory of Mr. James Weir was ehicfly confumed. On Tuef day laft, between 3 ami 4 in the morning, the alarm of fire was railed, which diico vered itlelt in 1 finoak houie belonging to HuHonfand was exiinguilhed be fort it had made much progrefs On the morning following, about the fame hour Mr. ohn V . limit's baggie fact ory was dilcovercd Id be on fue, and was completely laid in aihes, except the backJing houle, weaving houie, and machinery feventy or tlgh ty tons of hemp was dchroy cd ; and the lois fuflained wai

which they made on rhofe cccations.

Two negro boys are now in confinement, vvfio acknowledged tbetnfelvis the inceodia ries that communicated the lire to the tado

ryot Mr. Hunt; and we underftand that a negro man belonging to Mr. 1 ibbatts, has confefled that he lei tire to his mailer's build ing. Thefe circumttances, together with the frequency of thofe fnes, flipuid itnpofe unufuai caution and circumfpeflion oi) the citi zens of Lexington, and evinces the greai neceffity of either incorporating the place, or vefting the truftees with powers much luperior to thole they already pollefb.

From the ( Richmond; American Standard ot Friday, December 27. DREADFU L CALAMITY. Lafl night the play houie in this city was crowed with an unuiual audience. There could not have been iefs than fix hundred

pertbns in the houie. Juit before the conclufion of the play, the fcenery caught fire, and in a few minutes the whole building was wrapt in flames. It is already ascertained that 61 perfbns were devoured by that moll terrific element. I he editor of this paper was in the houle when the ever to be remembered, deplorable accidem occcurred He is informed that the fcenery took fire in hack part of the houie, by the railing of a chandelier ; that the boy ordered by iome ot the players to raife it, ftated it he did fo, the fcenery would take fire, when he was commanded in a peremptory manner, to hoill ic. i hey boy obeyed, and the fire was inttantly communicated to the fcenery. He

pave the ahum in the rear ot the luge, ami

requciten iome 01 uic auuiuama cords, by which theie comhullible materials wer fufpended. The per foil whofe duty it

was to perform this buhueis, become panic

j (truck, and fought his own iatety. i MS un- ! foriunately happened at a time when one ot j the performers was playing near the or did ! tra and the greater part of the it age, with its

horrid danger, was obicui ed trom the audi ence by a curtain. fhe flames fpread with almofl the rapidity of lightening ; and the h; e falling trom the ceiling upon ihc pertormtrr, a as the firfl notice which the people had or

i their danger. Even then, many fuppofed ir

j to be a part of the play, and were ror a nine time retrained from flight by aery trom the i (h.re that there was no danger. 1 he per

formers and their attendants, in vain, en 1 r, fnir rlrttrn till! If EHCrV . Tll

i y high, and implored his fellow creatures to lave their lives by jumping out of them- Thofe nearell to the windows, ignorant of their danger, were afraid to leap dow n, whiltl thofe behind them, were feen catching on ire, and writhing in the greateft agonies of oain' and diftrefs. At lith thofe behind,

urged by the preffmg flames, pufhed thofe out w ho weie neareit to the windows, and people ot every defcfipiion begun to fall, one upoji another, Come with their clothes on tire ; fome halt roairtd ; oh wretched me ! Oh afflicted people! Would to God l could have died a thoufand deaths in any fliape, could individual fullering have purchakd the fafety of my friends, my benefaclors, of thole whom l loved, The editor, with the affiftance ot others, caught feveiai of thofe whom he had b.gged to leap from the window. One lady jumped out when A her clothes where on fire- He tore

them, burning, from her; Aripped her of her laft ras and protecting her hakedneis with his coat, carried her from the fire. Fathers and mothers were deploring the lofs of their children ; children the lois of their parents. Hufoands were heard co lament their loll companions ; wives were bemoaning their burnt nufbands. The people were feen wringing their hands, beating their heads and breafls, and thofe who had lecuiecL ihemfelves, feemed to fuller greater torments than thofe who where envolped in the flames. Oh diflrading memory ! Who, that faw this, can think of it again, and yet retain his fenfes. Do L dream I No, no. Oh that it were but a dream. My God! Who that faw his friends and dearell connections devoured by fire, and lying in heaps at the dooiS, will not regret that they ever liv-

ed to ice inch a fight? Could lavages nave ever feen this memorable event, it v'oedd I ften even their hearts. A fad gloom pervades tiiis place, and every contenancc is cJl

'down totne earth. I he loi'o of an hundred

thoufand friends in the field of t attle, could not touch the heart like this. Enough, imain what cannot be defcribed. The mod

diltant, ana implacable enemy, and the molt

babarians will condole our unhappy

lavage lot.

All thofe who were in the pit efcaped, and Lad cleared ihemfelves fratn the houie before thofe who were in the boxes could gee

i or

cfttmated at about i

0,000 dollars ! The citizen of this plaee Were again a roofed on Saturday night laft,

ur"-,fMi the hours of 11 etna

deatored to tear down tne cec. . each irc flafltcd rnto every part of t!,e h ou.c uu i V a rabtdtty horrible and alloni.hu.g, an d al t tbe ir. . Goaiing tears and uofpeakable anginfh B 8 J K :Srrifo o.OH

N o tongue can

the woe

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t k-nrivcvi me or utterance.

' tell. rv) pen or pencil can defcrib

ful catafttophe. io perfon who was ooi nr&it r.m toi in an idea of this unexampled

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. k..m-f. i;o.f Tha KAltnc having

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z1 none of his family with him, and being not j

A gentleman and lady, who otherwiie w ould

f tune periflfocl, had their lives iaved by being pi ovi .ehtiSly thrown from t'ne fee on d boxes. There would not have been the leait difficulty in defcendiog from tbe firfl boxes into

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