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A fire broke out among some small wooden build ings near the courthouse Wednesday night last, which for a time created considerable alarm. and threatened several adjoining buildings. The night being very calm, the flames fortunately did not spread. but owing to the difficulty of procuring wa ter, kitchen and dwelling house belonging to Mir Powell, and occupied by Mir Whatley, were con sumed without the possibility of giving any material check to the flames, from the scanty supply of wa ter thrown from the Engine.

 The great depth of wells in town renders it at all times uncertain whether sufficient quantity could be obtained from them on such emergencies. Lines were repeatedly formed to the nearest, but were abandoned from the delay of drawing by buck ets and the river was too distant to obtain supply in time. The corporation has an excellent Engine, with hooks and ladders but company has yet been organized to take charge ofthem although the council has held out sufficient inducements to such as choose to embody, by exemp'ing each member from taxes and patrol duties. For the want of suf fcent ropes the large fire hooks were rendered less, or otherwise the last house burnt might have been pulled down and the flames got under in few minutes. Many of the citizens were very active in bringing water and removing conlbustible materials but want of concert was witnessed in their opera tions throughout, and calls loudly for few indvidu, als who shall be sufficiently trained to direct their eff forts when similar occur The security of persons and property with the increasing danger to be apprehended in town from fire, renders m organized company of fremen always necessary.- Cisterns for water should also be provided at venient places. which would contain a sufficient quantity to answer the first calls. But for few buckets of water timely furnished last winter, our Capitol would have been destroyed in spite of all the exertions of several hundred men.