Discovery.-J. Milton Sanders and
 S' Cincinnati, are said to have dis-
 ew species of light," ot superior
 m y heretofore known. A.writer in
 advertiserr states:
 light is magneto electrical.
 produced by permanent magnets,
 increased to any definite extent.-
 S:, now finishing by the inventors or
 S. his case will possess twenty mag-

 S applies a light whose brilliancy is
 the naked eye.
 ver of adequate height will enable
 ffused all over Cincinnati, equal
 purposes, to that of day.
 :' i-ight, when once set in operation,
 S,;, ,illuminate without one cent of
* ;: 7 nse.
 S' : enterss has gone to Washington to
 t.
 N, avy.-The Courier Francais
 ', re now building in the French
 psof the line, 19 frigates, 2brigs,
 -s.: transports, and 24 steamers, with


om 80 to 550.


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'nas, who takes the place of Mr. Campbell, the
l:'ier gentleman having declined a re-election.-
 y are all democrats.
 1st dis't Jamcy A. Black, re-elected,
 21 Richard F. Simpson, re-elected,
 3d Joseph A Woodward, re-elected,
 4th A. D. Sims, vice, Jno. Campbell,
 5th Artemas Burt, re-elected,
 6th Isaac E. Holmes, re-elected,
 7th R. Barnwell Rhett, re-elected.
 '- The Hon. Sarm'f. S. Phelps, has been re-
 'ted United States Senator, for the next six
 .s, from the State of Vermont.
 'tIScoNSIN.-The democrats have carried this
 ;'ritory by about 600 majority, every county has
 Sn a decided majority against the formation of
 ate Government. The legislature of the Ter-
 y stand as follows:-Senate, democrats 11;
 ,' s 2; [House of Representatives, democrats 17
 v. s s9.
 :RRI'roRY OF IOWA.-A Convention to form a
 S:,titution for the future State of Iowa, assem-
 in Iowa City, on Monday, the 7th ult. The
 Shepherd Leffler, of Des Monies county,
 unanimously elected President, and George
 *ampton, of Iowa City, Secretary, of the Con-
 on. Committees were appointed on the
 Sus points upon which constitutional provision
 ',' deemed necessary.
 "'% ening of the Ports of Cuba.-The ports of
 Sina Matanzas and Cardenas, have in conse-
 S- r.eeof thb-destrw-t .- L -1 -.-
 )us storm throughout that island, been
 a..n ofp, '*., of' dutyv, for rice, corn meal,
 S-,, `- and potatoes; ,lso, building lumber of every
 },s option, during the ensuing six months.

 Gov. Briggs, of Massachusetts, and Gov.
 in, of Connecticut, have issued their pro-
 S:tions, appointing Thursday, the 28th instant
 as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer,
 .' ghout their State.
 Information has been received, says the
 York Sun, that the Bank of England refuses
 e sovereigns unless by weight, with the ex-
 n of those coined during the present reign.
 '" it is remarked, haq given additional firm-
 ) the bill market, as it would be better to
 bills at 10 per cent. than to export coin
 : has been reduced in weight and value.
 Five Church Edifices, of unusual dimen-
 d \ architectural magnificence, are now in
 Af construction in the city of New York.

 SMAame Taglioni is said to have accepted
 S- erent in the United States for one year;
 )',0 beint secured to the fair Sylphide, with
 S, Ae contit'encies of a much larger sum.-
 tor i-a Sylphide takes leave of the
 e' ftles 8 awn for life at her villa on the


 SCOM:,ICATv BErWFEN NEW OR-
 .AND New .. project is on foot at
 Means to builk four;ron steamers, to run
 S" n that port and iNew Irk, at an estimated
 *, of $110,000 each. ce public-spirited
 w, hen the project was m ptioned to him,
 n his name for $20,000. The steamer
 ,'i has been fitted up with a.,iew to run
 S'".A1e ports the present season..
 .; "is ial..-This work was sold an the
 :,'., at pu ic auction, in the city of ;ew-
 J., by C. Whitehead, Esq., Ma er
 neery, under decree of foreclosure %-
 ge given for a 1 obtained in Holland.
 Purchased by Asa4 whitehead, John J.
 Sand Benj. Williamson, q, whom it is
 Present large capitalists-els. ere, for one
 S* d.llia,-, aTut one-fourth of r, original
 t is contem.t ui t-, o pnf :. e rr a,,'. r
 'Ie, so that the tracdrcom the co.il rons
 sylvania, can bedirectto New York .

 LLRourND.-The Portland Advertiser says:
 9 d de bark of some 246 tt.s burthen,
 ,-ie Odd-Fellow, built by Odd-Fethws and
 by a company of Odd-Fellows, i. to be
 Sa the latter part of this week. $he has
 ed, on the stocks, and will be launched
Ss, boat, cargo and provisions, on boaM--
 resect ready for sea, and as soon ass
 *)f her ways, will set sail for Freeport, and
 'r Apalachicola."


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 ''I


s Dragoons Jklurdered by In-
3consin Herald, of the 12th, con-
Sstautig-that an ap-ress nan ar-
du Chien from Fort Snelling,
murder, by a band of Soosatong
)f the detachment of Dragoons
m Fort Atkinson for the purpose
he perpetrators of the late mur-
er. The Soosatongs are a small
that formerly belonged to the
)y robbery and murder, and are


dreaded by all the other tribes in that quarter.

 SINGULAR AFFAIR.-At Massat, in France, on
 the 20th Sept., two females, mother and daughter,
 were each delivered of a male child within two
 minutes of each other. The babies were put into
 one cradle whilst the mothers were attended to,
 and the result was an impossibility to distinguish
 which was the uncle and which the nephew.
 OCr- We copy the following from the New
 York Sun, but cannot vouch for its truth. Some
 of our "Old Citizens," perhaps, may recollect
 the circumstance:-
 AN INHOSPITABLE JAILOR.-A few years ago, the
 good people of Apalachicola set themselves about
 building a Jail and a Church ; they were both
 finished about the same time, but the jail was
 filled before the other building. Three of the
 prisoners, not having a partiality for a life of such
 retirement, contrived to loosen a stone in the wall
 and made their escape. After wandering about
 for a few days and finding no very agreeable ac-
 commodations, as the social system had not pro.
 gressed so far southward, they concluded to return
 to their old quarters. On presenting themselves
 before the jailor, they offered to surrender at dis-
 cretion and expressed their sorrow for their elope-
 ment. "I can't help it," was the answer, you
 thought fit to break out and now you may stiy
 out, you don't get in here again, I tell you."
 03j- The last letters from London say that the
 project for the re-establishment of the credit of
 Illiniai ig lsa.sy to 6 fail 5.. 7-G,. fo O",rmioa.io.-
 ers, who are now there, will net, it is said, suc-
 ceed in the objects of their visit. The Bonds had
"Mreoriruf a w 'Ti-iolit-h-n-rdiiig buyers.
 Emigration to Texas.-The visit of Prince d e
 Solmes to Texas, as agent of the German em i-
 grating associations, has been attended with the
 very best results, in giving a very hardy and re-
 spectable body of men to that country. One
 thousand families are daily expected from Ger-
 many, and the agent is in New Orleans to pur-
 chase one hundred wagons to transport them to
 the interior. The association has collected a
 capital for the purpose of emigrating, of nine
 millions of francs, and the Prince de Solmes is
 about to accompany General Houston, who in-
 tends holding a council with the Camanches and
 other tribes of Indians on the Brasos.
 Episcopal Convention.-The Triennial Gene-
 ral Convention, of the Protestant Episcopal
 -Church, held in the city of Philadelphia, ad-
 journed sine die, on the 22d ult. During its ses-
 sion, the Rev. Mr. Carlton Chase, DD., has been
 consecrated as Bishop of the State of New Hamp-
 shire; the Rev. Nicholas H. Cobb, DD., do. for
 Alabama; the Rev. Cicero S. Hawks, for Missouri,
 and the Rev. G. W. Freeman, of Delaware, as a
 Missionary Bishop for Arkansas, the Indian Ter-
 ritory, north of 364 deg., and the Republic of
 Texas. They also, nominated the Rev. Wrn. J.
 Boone, M D., to be a foreign Missionary Bishop
 for Amoy, and other parts of the Chinese Empire;
 the Rev. Horatio Southgate, do. to the dominions
 and dependencies of the Sultan of Turkey, and
 the Rev. Mr. Glennie, of South Carolina, was up.
 pointed a resident Bishop at Cape Palmas, Africa,
 and its vicinity.
 The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 24th, speak-
 ing of the Millerite encampment formed near that
 city, says:
 The scene at times was frightful. The shouts
 and screams of the women and children, together
 with the groans, lamentations, and exclamations
 of the men were calculated to excite feelings of
 deep commisseration for the wretched objects of
 delusion. Yesterday morning two little children
 were found in the encampment, perfectly cold,
 stiff and dead. Many grown persons were also
 offeringg severely, and the persons who re:-ide in
 t, neighborhood absolutely forced some of the
 fe"les into their houses, with the object of sa-
 vingo teir lives. Much misery and poverty will
 no dout be the result of this delusion.
 1 Ti Mayor of St. Johns, N. B. was re-
 cently fineacor driving his horse faster through
 the streets tha- allowed by law.
 \~KOJ- The difference between a corps and a
 co se. A corps is body of men; a corpse is
 a ma''s body.
 tt Brandon (Mas.) paper states that
 Gen. H. G. 'Runnels, ex-govrnor of Misssissippi,
 was recently assassinated in Ttxas.
 9- At a sale of India shawls in New York on
 Thursday, several sold as high as $650, and
 $500; others at .400, $300, &c. &n.


 justifies the course he pursued during the time h
 was Regent, and expresses a wish, should he b
 permitted to return to his native country, to liv
 in a private station.
 Frightful Inundation in Sweden.-Letter
 from Stockholm of the 24th ult., represent near
 } all th'. Q a<dni3 pr-ovnc eo h e u'er.-
"-severely from inundation, but in the greatest de
 agree the country bordering on the river Roeyv
 which rose thirteen feet in less than an houn
F rushing in torrents upon the large village of Kon
 radslout and in its environs, which were quickly
 submerged; sweeping away all the houses an
 factories, and twenty-two windmills, *<nd in fac.
 leaving nothing but amass of ruins. About 50
 persons are said to have perished, and the loss c
 property is estimated at 800,000 rix dollars
 1,200,000 francs. Subscriptions for the relief c
 the sufferers have been opened at Stockholm, a
 the- head of which stand the names of the King
 and Queen, with considerable contributions an
 nexed.
 Louis Phillippe in England.-The King of th
 French and his suite embarked at Treport on the
 evening of the 7th inst., for England. The Queen
 was deeply affected on taking leave of her husband
 this being her first separation from the King since
 hec marriage; she was observed to shed tears
 About daybreak the following morning, th
 French squadron approached the English coast
 and the inhabitants of Portsmouth, the great nava
 port of England, were early on the look-out fo
 it, and made every necessary preparation for th
 distinguished visitor.
 It was contrived that a sort of fleet, as it wer


 TRADE IN NEW YORK.-The New York Expre.-
s remarks that the foreign news by the last steame
r_ has had no effect upon that market, and adds:
 d ." The zt-ek of Cotton here is so sall, that n
- prices from abroad affect the article now. Th
 Fall trade, for the sale of good& to the interior, i
r' rapidly drawing to a close. Most of our Westert
r, merchants have left the city. Their purchase
" have not been as large as usual There has beei
v a cautious business done, and it is bdlieve-I per
d fectly sound. The stock of goods on hand hav
t, been large, and much larger than required. Ther
0 will be a heavy loss on British goods, generally
f this season The Fall season is fast drawing, to
 close. The navigation of the Canal will continue
, but about a month longer. The transportation o
if goods both ways is most active. Our receipts o
It Produce are truly immense."

 S The English Penny Post.-We learn from th
 best authority, that the English penny post, afte
e paying the whole of its own expenses, yields ai
e income of more than 6G0,000 a year. The op
n ponents of the system attempted to make it appea
', otherwise, by merging the expenses of foreign
e packets, steamers, &c., in their estimates; bu
3. this attempt was exposed and the amount of an
e nual profit ascertained as above. The franklin;
, system is wholly abolished Even the Queer
1 herself cannot frank a letter, and is compelled t,
r pay her penny, and thus to acknowledge the su
e premrnay of the Post Ofice law, as much as an'
 of her subjects, whenever she writes to a friend
e or other correspondent.


 ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER

 GREAT WESTERN

 At New Yori--Etght Days Later.
 The King of the French in England-Grand
 Reception-Liberation of Prisoners in France
 -JVo material change in the Liverpool Cotton
 Market-Rumors of Trouble in Spain-A
 new combination against the French in Al-
 giers-Defeat of the Puseyites in Oxford-
 Death of an Irish Marquess, and of the Lady
 of the Lord Lieutenant- Great increase in the
 English Revenue-Railroad Mania in Bri-
 tain, S4c.
 The steamship Great Western, Capt. Matthews,
 from Liverpool, arrived at her berth in the East
 River, New York, about 10 o'clock on Saturday
 evening, 26th ult.
 The Western brings 139 passengers. She has
 had favorable weather; made the passage in
 fourteen days and thirteen hours.
 The Cotton Market has been tolerably quiet ;
 it is, nevertheless, steady, and speculators have
 been doing a little. The market is freely sup-
 plied this week for fair cotton. Prices-Bowed,
 41d; Mobile, 41d; and Orleans, 41d. As re-
 regards the future, attention is almost exclusively
 fixed on the new crop.
 1 ne- wvneat ira-ets ofl-non and Liverpool
 are inactive. By the average returns of the king-
 dom, made up to Thursday, the duties remain
 unaltered. Previous rates have been reluctantly
 paid.
 The arrival of the King of the French in Eng-
 land has been almost the only topic of newspaper
 record.
 The accounts of the quarter's revenue, ending
 the 10th inst., have been published, and show a
 very considerable increase on the corresponding
 quarter of last year.
 In the Customs there is an increase of between
 400,000 and 500,000 on the account to b(
 made up to 12th inst., as compared with the cor.
 responding quarter of last year.
 In the Post-office there is an increase, probably
 about 20,000, on the quarter.
 Some excitement was produced in the early par
 of the week by the arrival of accounts of renewed
 difficulties at Tahiti, where the French author
 ties have again been highly disrespectful to thi
 English flag. But as this intelligence has ar
 rived at the time of the visit of the French King
 to the Court of England, it is probable that any
 permanent difficulty will be avoided, by the ex
 planations which may be supposed to be inten
 ded generally in English and French political af
 fairs.
 Some of the London Clubs have adopted, it i
 said, at the suggestion of the Rev. Sydney Smith
 the plan of rejecting, for complimentary admis
 sion or as members, the citizens of the repudiat
 ing States in America.
 The vessel having on board the Roman Catho
 lie Bishop, the. n'..n---.* ,,ers, which sale
 -some time ago from Brest for the Sandwich Is]
 ands, had not arrived at the date of the last ac
-- o-ountr. tumfhors prevailed in the South Seas thi
 she had foundered off'Cape Horn.
 On the 8th inst., Dr. Symons, who was op
 posed by the Puesyites, was elected Vice Char
 cellor of Oxford University by a majority of 88
 to 183.
 The Gazette of Tuesday notices the further
 prorogation of Parliament from Thursday, Oct. 1
 to Thursday, the 12th Dec.
 Six miles of atmospheric railway, from th
 Dartmouth Arms to Croydon, will, it is expected
 be ready in May next.
 The Augsburg Gazette mentions the probability
 ty of a matrimonial alliance between Princ
 George of Cambridge and the Grand Duches
 Ogla of Russia-one of the results of the lat
 journey to England of the Russian Czar. Th
 young prince is heir presumptive to the crown
 Hanover.
 Importation of Canadian Flour into Eng
 land.-Sir Robert Peel's Canada Corn Bill ha,
 in the past six months, come into practical opa
 ration to a considerable extent. By the last re
 turns received from Montreal, we find the ex
 ports from the St. Lawrence, since the opening
 of the navigation to the llth September, coin
 prise-
 Bushels Wheat. Barrels Flour.
 241,276 351,692
 against 15,417 57,497
 in the same period of last year, which is evidence
 sufficient of the large and growing trade we ma
 look for from this measure.
 .Address of the Ex-Regent of Spain.-Espar
 tero has published in an address to his country
 men, dated from London, Oct. 10, in which h


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formed of the squadron of experimental gunbrigs
and one or two ships of the line, and some other
vessels, should, by stretching out some miles off
the harbor, in the direction of the French coast,
at once act as heralds of the approach of the
French vessels, and as a sort of escort to his Ma-
jesty up the harbor.
 The meeting of the Sovereigns was of the most
 affectionate character, without any formal or cold
 ceremonial greetings. When the King alighted,
 he embarced her Majesty in a most cordial and af-
 fectionate manner, and immediately giving her
 his arm, proceeded towards the grand staircase.
 At the entrance of the crimson drawing-room her
 Majesty parted from the King, and he immediate-
 ly proceeded to his private apartments, attended
 only by his personal attachees and attendants,
 where he remained for a short time. In about a
 quarter of an hour he again met her Majesty, at
 lunch, which was strictly a private party.
 The last time King Louis Phillippe visited Eng-
 land was in 1815, during the hudred days When
 Louis XVIII went to Ghent, the Duke of Orleans
 took refuge in England, where he remained un-
 til the battle of Waterloo enabled him once more
 to return to the Palais Royal. Louis Phillippe
 has entered the '72nd year of his age, includingthe
 last, having been born on the 6th October 1773.
 On Thursday, Louis Phillippe, .in company
 with the Queen and Prince Albert, visited the
 house at Twickenham in which he resided during
 the time he was an exile in England. The royal
 party afterwards proceeded to Hampton Court,
 t'hbre the Frencl, monarch examined and admired
 the paintings. The party returned to Windsor to
 dine.
 IRELAND.
 The Repeal Association held its usual weekly
 meetings on the 7th inst. Mr. Maurice O'Con-
 nell, M. P., was the principal speaker. The rent
 for the week amounted to 616.
 The Liberator has fixed Wednesday, the 20th ot
 November, for a grand banquet in Limerick, on
 his way from Derreane to Dublin.
 Ballinasloe fair, the greatest in Ireland, has not
a been so well attended this year as usual.
 FRANCE.
 The album which King Louis Phillippe pro-
 posed to offer to Queen Victoria, in commemora-
 tion of her visit to the Chateau d'Eau, is finished,
e and his Majesty presents it to Queen Victoria at
 Windsor.
 The King's visit to England is distinguished by
 an act of Royal clemency-an ordinance, which
Y gives grace and pardon to fifty political State
 prisoners. All whose term of imprisonment ex-
 pires before 1847, and a few of those condemned
 for a longer time, will receive the benefit of this
 arrangement.
 COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.
e The present week has not presented the ap
pearance of any extensive changes in monetary
 or mercantile business; the same accumulation
g of capital and difficulty of finding secure channel
y of investment continuing to be unremoved in thi
. great branches of trade. The intelligence frotn
 foreign markets has been generally unsatisfactory
 though considerably later from various parts of th
- world.
 By some it is contended that the state of th
s foreign commercial relations of the country i
 thought to be such as to render indispensable somn
", extensive change of policy in the course of the en
3- suing session of Parliament; such consideration
- becoming more general from the intelligence c
 the extending export of the manufactures of th
 United States, with which country a treaty of comn
d the certainty that the system of excluding slave
[- grown sugar from the English market will be fatal
 to the renewal of the commercial treaty wit
 Brazil.
at The weekly returns from the Bank of Englan
 show a reduction in the bullion of about 89,000
 with an increase in the rest, which shows the in
 creasing profits of the extension of the circulation
 of Bank of England notes.
32
 From Indian River.-Mr. Peck arrived hler
or on Thursday, the 17th ult. from Indian River, c
0 St. Lucia Sound; having left there in an ope
 boat since the late hurricane. They experience
 the height of the gale at the time we did, viz. a
ie noon on Saturday, Oct. 5th. A party of the set
I, tlers were down at Jupiter inlet, which has bee
 closed for several years, and finding the lagoo
i- about 10 feet higher than the ocean, they opene
 a mere trench through the sea beach "Levee,
,e and at nightfall laid down at a respectful di'eanc
is from their work. The alarm was given about
e midnight that the water was washing away their
 e foundation, aind they had barely time to remove
C their camping materials, when thirty feet wa
f swept away at once, and by daylight an opening
 of 100 yards and from 10 to 12 feet in depth pre
 sented itself An eye witness says the torrent re
 sembled the falls of Niagara. If the windows c
g Heaven were not opened the doors of the Ever
\': glades were.
-. For a year past, until last July, the lagoon
 Shave been unprecedently low, and Indian Rive
g bar, the only entrance of 250 miles inland waters
 has been proportionably shallow. What effect
 this new inlet will have on the old one 50 mile
 to the Northward, remains to be seen. "Gilbert
 bar" which closed last March, and lies between
 e the two, remains closed.
 y Mr. Peck was assisted in this important enter
 prise by Messrs. S. C. Brayton, D. C. Bower
 SCapt. Wmin. B. Davis, O. B. Hart, and J. Price
r- The other settlers who had volunteered their as
e distance having backed out, and many more being
e opposed to the scheme.-Key West Light of th
e Reef.


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 any of the lead lines used on the lake, and the
s point of the rock itself does not exceed an area of
r more then six or seven feet square. and so far as
 observations of it have extended, it does not ap-
) pear to enlarge in size as it decends. It has al-
e ready, he states, become a source of alarm to the
s mariners who navigate the lake, who take special
n care in passing, to give it as wide a berth as pos-
s sible. It is too small-too remote and dangerous
n to admit of a light, and therefore, its removal has
 beadrr'. a matter of serious importance, and will
e doubtless! certain to the duty of government. A
- single' bhlit fror a bore of sufficient depth would
a probably do it, but the surface of the rock being
e so near t'at of the water, and the space so narrow
f. as to forbid any regular lodgement for workmen,
f they would have to be attended constantly by a
 vessel of sufficient size to resist any sudden storm
 of the lake, and would also have to be kept con-
e stantly under way, as no harbor or even hottoi
r for an anchor is within a day's sail.
n The discoverers relate that the reck appears to
- be a piace of general resort for the Salmon Trout
r of those lakes, as they found them there in almost
n incaculable numbers, having, during their short
t stay, caught several barrels with no other instru-
- ment than a rod of iron, on one end of which they
g turned a hook They tried with all their lines on
n board, for soundings immediately around the rock,
o but without success. Such a vast column, could
- it be exposed to view, would laugh into ridicule
y Cleopatra's needle, Pompey's pillar, the colossus
d of Rhodes or any production of ancient or modern
 art.


 From the Louisville Courier.
 TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DISASTER!!
 Explosion of the Lucy Walker!!--Sixty to
&Eighty Killed and Wounded! !-The steamboat
Lucy Walker, Capt. Vanb, left this place fo r
New Orleans yesterday, crowded with passengers.
When about four or five miles below New Alba-
ny, and just before sunset, some part of her ma-
chinery got out of order, and the engine was
stopped in order to repair it. While engaged in
making the necessary repairs, the water in the
boilers got too low; and about five minutes
after the engine had ceased working, her three
boilers exploded with tremendous violence, and
 horrible and terrific effect. The U. S. snag-boat
 Gopher, Captain/L. B. Dunham, was ipmiedi-
 ately on the spot, rescuing those in the water, and
 with his crew-tendering all the aid in h'is power.
 He informs us that the Lucy Walker was, in the
 middle of the river, and such was the force of
 the explosion, that parts of the boilers and the
 boat were thrown on shore. Just after the ex-
 plosion, the air was filled with human beings and
 fragments of human beings. Immediately after
 the explosion, the ladies cabin took fire, and be-
 fore it had been consumed, she sunk in 12 or 15
 feet water. Thus is presented the remarkable
 circumstance of a boat exploding, burning, and
 sinking, all in the space of a few minutes. We
 believe none of the females on board were in-
 jured-some, however, may have been drowned.
 The books of the boat were destroyed, and of
 course it will be impossible ever to ascertain the
 names of or the number of those killed. There
* were at least fifty or sixty persons killed and mis-
 sing, and fifteen or twenty wounded-some se- ,
 riously.
 Providenc Theatre Burned--Dr. Lardner's
 Philosophical ./Jpparatus, and Russell's Plan-
 etarium Destroyed.-The Providence Theatre
f was consumed on Friday morning. The fire broke
 out aboutone o'clock. The building had been oc-
 cupied the evening previous by Dr.;Lardner, who
 delivered there the last of his course of scientific
 lectures. Besides the scenery and fixtures of the
 Theatre, all Dr. Lardner's philosophical appara-
 tus, including the great microscope, and a splendid
 collection of paintings, worth together $15,ou0,
 was consumed, and we understand the Dr. had ef-
fected no insurance on the property. The splen-
 did planetarium, constructed by Mr. Russell, o0
 Ohio, with the labor of twenty years, was also
 burned. The value is said to have been $12,000,
a and it was insured for 88,000, at an office in Hart-
. ford, Ct. It belonged to Messrs. Haswell & Rob.
 inson, who are said to have lost in addition to the
s planetarium, $2,000, worth of philosophical ap-
 paratus.
 Thel contiguous brick house, belonging to Mrs.
 Lewis Peck, occupied by Mr. Charles H. Childs.
 was badly injured, the roof being nearly destroyed,
y and the attic story damaged by fire and water.
s The house carpenter's shop of Mr. Dean, in the
e rear of the last named building, with all its con-
tents, was entirely destroyed. Loss $1,000.
 The opposite house of Mr. Gardner T. Swartx;
' with the contiguous t.ibles and ware rooms, was
 very badly burnt and injured,.and was in immin-
 ent danger of being wholly destroyed.

s The Wayof the TWorld.-" He's dead!" IHow
- frequently is that brief but admonitory sentence
s uttered without exciting any but the most tran-
f sient emotion-without awakening a deeper or
e more permanent reflection than the next passing
- thought will entirely obliterate from the mind!-
y Two friends shall casually meet after a temporary
. separation, and inquire after a third and mutual
l friend. He's dead !" is the melancholy and im-
h presiive rejoinder. If men of business, perhaps
 he also was one who entered largely into their
d speculations-all the projects for the advance-
 ment of their fortunes-all their worldly-minded
- schemes of aggrandizement-yet he's dead!"-
n The intelligence is received with an exclamation
 of surprise-a significant shake of the head-a
 sensation nearly allied to pity and regret; but it
 is not heard "as if an angle spoke;" and as time
e passes, they hurry off without further comment
)r to their respective counting-houses, where the
n unexpected information of the fall in-cotton-the
d depression of the money market-the failure of
it some great house in which they had placed im-
t- plicit confidence, or some equally vital and imtn
n portant affair, demands their immediate atten-
n tion-totally absorbs their minds, and they en*
d tirely forget that they have just heard an echo of
 their own inevitable doom.
e Locality has strong power, whatever may be
it argued to the contrary, in recalling impressions,
r and every wounded heart may tell how insup-
e portable the scene becomes where it has been
s blessed, and where it is blessed no more. .The
g abstract of pain or pleasure is within us in all
 places, at all times; but its portraiture, its vivid
" reflection lies pictured in the places and in. the
f objects where our feelings have been stretched on
 Sthe rack, whetherof pleasure or of pain.
s
r From the Pittsburgh Daily American.
s, REMARKABLE ROCK. ,
t One of the most remarkable rocks of which we
s have any knowledge, has been lately discovered
s in the middle of that great inland sea, Lake Su-
n perior, by a gentleman who has recently returned
 to this city from Copper's Harbor, we learn that a
- shaft of Trappe rock has very lately been discov-
', ered, rising in the lake from 150 to 200 miles
. from land, and ascending above the surface of the
- water, a distance of not above four feet. What
g renders it more extraordinary is, that it stands
e alone, and all around it, so far as examinations
 have been made, no bottom has been reached by


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