History of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Our city has again been the scene of another disastrous conflagration - more dreadful than the first as regards the actual suffering which will follow, although comparatively small when the amount of property is considered.

About a quarter before 9 o'clock last evening, a fire was discovered in the stable of SAMUEL YOUNG drayman, on Seventh street, a few doors below Coal lane, which soon extended to the surrounding buildings - all of which were of wood - filled with poor families, and hurling blazing cinders in every direction by turns.

Our firemen were promptly upon the ground, and worked nobly and unceasingly to arrest the destruction, but the scarceness of water and want of proper and sufficient hose, greatly impeded their efforts. Near 11 o'clock the fire was got under, and by 20 minutes past 11 all danger of farther destruction was past, although the engines were still playing when we left the ground at half past 11.

The stable in which the fire originated was about...

Pittsburg, 27th.
A duel took place today between two students of Jefferson College, Wm. G. Ready, of Baltimore and A. L. Snowden of Cumberland Valley, Pa. A young lady was the origination of the affair. Mr. Snowden was challenged by the former gentlemen, and chose rifles at 40 paces. Mr. J. W. Polk, of Maryland, and D. S. Brand, of Miss., acted as seconds to the parties. It is reported that one of them is seriously wounded.

Pittsburg, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, is situated at the confluence of the Alleghany and Monongahela rivers, which here form the Ohio, 357 miles W. from Philadelphia ; 477 N. E. by E. from Cincinnati; 1174 E. N. E. from St. Louis, and 2025 miles N. E. from New Orleans. Lat. 40° 32' N., Lon. 80° 2' W. The site comprises the triangular plain enclosed by the Alleghany and Monongahela rivers, Grant's Hill, and several other elevations, which terminate the plain on the E. The general outline and many other features of this city bear a striking resemblance to the lower part of New York. Along the Monongahela the streets were laid out at right angles to each other, and extend either parallel or perpendicular to the river. The same plan was also adopted on the Alleghany side, by which arrangement the cross streets meet obliquely a few squares S. from the latter stream. The space included within these limits was found insufficient to meet the...

Pittsburgh has thirty-two iron, nine steel, and two copper mills.