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What is it but map OF busy life,
Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ?? Cotrper.

PARTICULARS OF THE GREAT FIRE


AT NANTUCKET.
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a NANIUlhEI. L.


A FIRE broke out at | | O'Clock on Monday
night, in the jewellers store Of Z. and ]
Kelley, on Maine. street, and spread in all
directions, chiefly to the N. W, in The cur
rent Of the wind. When our informant left,
says The Journal or Commerce, III O'Clock
a. m. on Tuesday } the fire had been burning
twelve hours, and was then raging uncon-
| irolled. t9 .Ha4sU l1HsbaoW Hl4
All the buildings had been destroyed on the
square bounded by Maine. Centre, Broad, and
Federal streets, and on the opposite side of
these streets respectively, all round; Trinity
Church, and all the buildings on North Water
street as far as Aaron Milchell's house, inclu-
sive; all on Maine street 10 Straight wharf,
Unien streets on both sides TO The hall occupied
by the town officers inclusive; Washington ST.
TO Capt Pease's house inclusive. The fire
was arrested at this poias by blowing up DIR.
Ruggles's house. g nr eH.nps


The Inquirer and Mirssr newspaper Offices
were both destroyed, Two banks, post Office,
BIC. The wharves. except one, were destroyed.
Twenty buildings had been blown up, and all
the powder 10 the Town exhausted, with no
good result except in the single instance stated
above. II was exceedingly difficult 10 procure
water, and the fire companies were quite una
bic to cope with the flames. aa1&


Nantucket is built almost entirely Of wood,
and the houses irregularly placed as to streets,
though some Of them are quite, elegant The
energy Of the people on that Island has accu-
mulaled for them more wealth than is to be
found in another town Of ils size in the United
States. But since the whaling business has
been established at New Bedford, NJ London,
and other places on the main land, the disad-
vaDtageous position of Nantuckei, especially as
to its harbor, has become SO apparent, that se,i
veral Of its largest houses have, within few
years, left il for more eligible points. q..
The goods and property Of all sorts, were
universally consumed with the buildings. Il
understood that there was large amount OF
insurance, partly in the two Offices Of the town.
but chiefly in other places. We have no esti-
mate of the value OF property destroyed. One
hundred andeighty buildiags were reported 70
have been burnt at | / O'Clock on Tuesday, and
on Tuesday night light was seen in that di
rection, giving reason 10 fear that the FIRE had
not then ceased It's ravages. .f. 1f.l.,.st
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LESS THAN NO TIME.---The difference in time
| between Buffalo and Albany is about fifteen