| 127 ground, some few without material injury.-At this moment, the flames for the first time burst out. The concussion of the air was so great, that persons on the opposite side of Walnut street, who were standing on some tiers of barrels of pork, were thrown down, and part of the upper tier of barrels were thrown upon one or two, whose limbs were broken by them.
Such was the consternation created by the shock of the explosion-which was heard and felt in distant parts of the city-that several minutes elapsed before the spectators recovered from the panic. Assistance was then given to the sufferers, some of whom were dead-some so dreadfully mutilated and wounded that they could scarcely be recognized, many of whom died in a short time, and some may possibly recover.
The general appearance of the ruins shows that an immense force operated. The upper part of the building down to the first story was thrown into the street, covering Walnut street and Canal street with bricks and heavy timbers, kegs of lard, &c. About 200,000 lbs. of meat, which was in the smoke house, will be lost. We understand the building and its contents were fully insured. Measures will no doubt be taken to ascertain and lay before the public the cause and extent of the loss.
A deep, appaling [appalling], and mournful feeling pervades the city: those rescued from the ruins, are amongst our most respectable, intelligent and enterprizing [enterprising] citizens, in the prime of life, with families, and noted for their public spirit and social qualities. So many conflicting statements are afloat in relation to the great calamity that at this time it is impossible to speak with any degree of accuracy either of the extent or effects of this afflicting dispensation.
No such heart rending and tragical [tragically] event has ever occurred in our city, if we except the explosion on board the steamboat Moselle, some year since.
[Nine persons were killed, and about thirty wounded.]
In the afternoon of Sunday, the City Council met and passed the following preamble and resolution:
"Whereas, by an afflicting dispensation of Divine Providence, a number of our fellow citizens were suddenly deprived of life by the accident which occurred during the fire at the corner of Walnut street and Canal, on Saturday, Feb. 25, 1843-therefore be it
Resolved, by the City Council, That the Mayor be requested to issue his proclamation, inviting our citizens to suspend their several occupations and employments during Monday next and to attend the funerals of the deceased when ever they may occur, and thus pay the last tribute of respect to their memory."
Accordingly, His Honor, the Mayor, issued his Proclamation.
More Riots in Canada.
The Montreal papers of the 6th. received yesterday morning, bring information that the workmen on the Lachine canal had again broken out in riot. The cause appears, to be the old story-the sectional differences of the Corkonians and Connaught men. On the evening of the 4th, a party of 300 Corkonians, armed with guns, scythes, hatchets, &c. marched from Lachine to the village of the tanneries, where they were fortunately met and dispersed by a detachment of the 71st regiment, which had been summoned from Montreal. Twenty seven were arrested and lodged in jail. But for this there would probably have been a desperate conflict, as the Connaught men were mustering in force to receive their assailants.-N. H. Statesman.
A list of receipts by mail, for the first quarter of the fourth volume of the Times and Seasons.
William Miller, New Trenton, Ia. $1,00 B. Bomont, Peterboro, N. H. 2,00
Jesse Miller, Charlestown, N. H. 1,00 Z. Worth, Bedford, Ia. 2,00
Mrs. R. Monroe, Utica, N. Y. 2,00 J. Fairbank, Mead's Basin, N. Y. 2,00
Job Parkhurst, West Minster West, Vt. 2,00 Israel Whiton, Willington, Ct. 2,00
Jonathan Courthall, Hope, Me. 2,00 Tyrell & Greenwood, Fowler, O. 2,00
Wm. W. Dyer, Grafton O. 2,00 R. Gager, Friendship, Me. 2,00
T. Watson, Greenville, O. 1,00 L. W. Montague, Norfolk, N. Y. 1,00
R. C. Wetherbee, constantine, Mich. 1,00 B. Aber, Plymouth, O. 1,00
M. H. Peck, West Milton, O. 1,00 W. Tuttle, Palmyra, O. 1,00
Caleb Hall, East Hamilton, N. Y. 2,00 C. Haight, West Niles, N. Y. 1,00
E. M. Sanders, Stanton, Del. 2,00 W. Vanorden " " 1,00
A. Borrough, Hunts Hollow, N. Y. 2,00 W. Bartlett, South Vinal, Me. 2,00
Phebe Foster, Randolph, N. H. 2,00 J. B. Nicholson, Philadelphia, Pa. 2,00
N. Wane, " " 2,00 A. Burr, Collinsville, N. Y. 2,00
Z. Parker, Lisbon, " 2,00
D. Richardson, " 2,00
J. C. Cone, Peru, Vt. 2,00
Wm. Bachelder, North Danville, Vt. 2,00
J. Brinkerhoff, West Niles, N. Y. 2,00
J. Bisbee, East Pharsaha, N. Y. 2,00
T. Burbank, Bradford, Mass. 1,00
A. D. Boynton, " " 1,00
J. H. Worthing, West Canaan, O. 1,00
H. Johnson, Pratt, O. 1,00
S. W. Disbrow, East Bethany, N. Y. 2,00
S. Tuttle, Fair Haven, Ct. 2,00
W. G. Rule, Spencersburgh, Mo. 2,00
A. Momfort, Mason, O. 2,00
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