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the action of such “spaces;" so that, if the cold is 
greater on this parallel or in the North Temperate 
Zone in this country, that parallel or that whole 
zone must bo affected with like loss of temperature. 
But this is not the fact; the two sides of the Atlan¬ 
tic rarely resemble each other in this respect. A 
letter front England, dated London, Jan., 20th, 1857, 
shows us the green fields of the country, and the 
weather like that of our Guest in October, and that 
only one frost had there occurred for several weeks. 
The bands of cold, just mentioned, also are inex¬ 
plicable on that supposition. o. d. 
Feb. 4,1857. 
Our Winter—Weather—Water—Storms, &e. 
At Oswego the ice in the river began to move 
on Sunday, and rushed down with such force as to 
tear six schooners from their moorings, sweeping 
them into the lake. Much damage was done to 
vessels in the harbor. Several canal bouts are also 
Joosc in the lake. 
The ice in the Schuylkill broke up on Saturday 
night. There is eleven feet of water on the Fair 
mount Dam. Most of the wharves at Philadelphia 
were overflowed, and large quantities of wood and 
lumber floated off. Several canal boats were car¬ 
ried down stream, and others left on the wharves 
by the subsiding waters. 
In the Susqueliannah there is a tremendous 
flood. The ice gorged four miles below Ilarris- 
burgh, and is pited upon the railroad some ten or 
fifteen feet high. 
The Delaware river at Easton, New Jersey, has 
risen 15 feet, and the town is flooded to the deptb 
of five feet in some parts. A house has been 
washed sway at Lambertsville, and also a portion 
of the Cleves foundry at Newton. The bridges 
are all in a precarious condition. The ice in some 
places is piled up twenty feet. 
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— There are fifty-six banks in New York city. 
— It i« said the Swiss can muster an army of 230,000. 
—There are seventy-eight Wesleyan preachers in Franco. 
— The British army in Hindostan numbers 215,000 men. 
—There ore 3,307 Odd Fellow’s lodges in the United 
States. 
— The salary ol the Lord High Chancellor of England 
is £10,000. 
—Tbe receipt* into the treasury of New Jersey last year 
were $181,347. 
— An excellent coal deposit has been discovered in Pike 
county, Indiana. 
— The expenditures of the city schools of Detroit last 
year were $26,354. 
— The vitriol throwers are spoiling ladies’ dresses again 
in New York city. 
— Tlio number of Jews in tho United States exceeds a 
quarter of a million. 
— A newspaper has been commenced in Egypt intended 
(or 8yri»n circulation. 
— A company ol 60 gipsies have their tents pitched in 
Culpepper county, Va. 
— The Senate of Missouri refused to pass the resolution 
to udjouru to St. Louis. 
— It is suggested that the Government provide stamped 
wrapper* for newspapers. 
— A copy of tho original edition of Hamlet was sold in 
Scotland recently (or $600. 
— Over one thousand persons are daily relieved by the 
Cincinnati Relief Society. 
— The torn) of Washington, Vt., has less than 300 voters, 
and takes 440 newspapers. 
— The'salaries of the judges oi the supreme court of Iowa 
have b«en fixed at $2,500. 
— There lias been a greater (ail of snow in Minnesota this 
winter than any since 1842. 
— The whole number of the militia of tho United States 
for 1866 is given as 2,421,163. 
— It is proposed in New York to abolish the “days of 
graco " on commercial paper. 
—The first Presbyterian church in thia country was or¬ 
ganised in Philadelphia, in 1608. 
—The subject of constructing railroads and telegraphs 
is extensively advocated iu Chili. 
_Three churches in Boston took fire from their fires 
daring the storm on the 24th ulh 
— William Holland, a yonng English weaver in New- 
buryport, haa fallen heir to $12,000. 
— The Indians, in California, it is said, are fast becoming 
exterminated by disease and famine. 
—Kentucky fanners aro selling out to a considerable ex¬ 
tent ; bound for Texas and Arkansas. 
— Twenty-five casks of porter froze and burst on the 
Grand Trunk Railway, a few days since. 
_The New York Central Railroad pays its first financial 
officer ten thousand dollars per annum. 
— Japan coal is found to be among the very best (or 
generating steam. A good thing for commerce. 
_Tlio cost of the Pilgrim Monument at Flymonth, is 
estimated at $300,000—$50,000 have beeD subscribed. 
— Fiity-soven persons died of deleriuin tremens in the 
Charity Hospital, New Orleans, during the past year. 
—Thirty thousand dollars have been subscribed to the 
first railroad in Kansas—from Quindora to Lawrence. 
— It is estimated that fifty persons have been frozen to 
death in Wisconsin, Iowa, ana Minnesota this w inter. 
_Mr. Slough, a member of the Ohio legislature, has 
been expelled, (or having given a blow to Mr. Cadwtll. 
— The total coinage of the United States Branch Mint 
at San Frauciaco lor tlio year I860, was $-28,024,881 25. 
_Tho old New Hampshire Gazette, the oldest paper in 
the country, has just entered upon its second century. 
— It is estimated that in India and Ceylon there are one 
hundred and twenty thousand converts to Christianity. 
— During a period or five years there has been 122 per¬ 
sons committed to tbe Boston jail on the charge of murder. 
_The London Times says the principal hotel in Chicago 
i. * grander establishment than any in that metropplis.” 
— Copper cents being about to disappear irom our cur¬ 
rency, in a few years this wealthy nation will have “ nary 
rod.” 
_There are between 700 and S00 families who speak the 
French language in Chicago, says the Democrat of that 
city. 
_ X project is on foot to dam the Wabash river at Lafa¬ 
yette, Ind., with a view of establishing manufactories and 
mills. 
—The American Messenger, published by tho American 
Tract Society, commenced the year with a circulation of 
200 ,000. 
_It has been decided by a Western Court that a clergy¬ 
man may marry himself. This is a saving process at all 
events. 
_One hundred and fifty thousand gallons of wine were 
manufactured in the vicinity of Los Angelos, California, 
last year. 
— All the men who have been elected Governors ol New 
Hampshire since 1S38 arc alive, and all before that period 
are dead. 
_In the year ending the 81st of March last, the salaries 
of the English royal household, and tradesmen’s hills, were 
£3S1,800. 
— A subscription is now on foot for tho purpose of re¬ 
storing the monument of “ good Izaak Walton” in Winches¬ 
ter Cathedral. 
— There are five cases sf insanity in the Indiana Asylum 
— two males and three lemales — put down to the credit of 
spiritualism. 
— It is stated that the Canard line has prosecuted its 
business thus far without tho loss of a single life among 
its passengers. 
— The bill before the Arkansas legislature to sell free 
negroes into slavery, if they did not leave the state, has 
been deleatod. 
_Mrs. Rotnccker and three children were found frozen 
to death In their house in Soller’s Point, near Baltimore, 
on the 21 d ult. 
_Mr, Speaker Banks, in a recent lecture, predicted that 
the valley ol the Mississippi will be the seat of tho greatest 
city iu tho world. 
— The Governor of Georgia has sold to a private com¬ 
pany all the muskets owned by that State. They will bo 
shipped to Walker. 
— Kah-ge-ga-gah-honh alias George Copway, Ojibw\y 
Chief, sailed in the Tennessee, to join the force of Gen. 
Walker at Nicaragua. 
— The Keokuk (Iowa) Post says that about gixty persons 
have been frozen to death in Iowa and Minnesota within 
the past throe weeks. 
— John G. Saxe, after a severe sickness of nearly a year 
has recovered his health, and ia again employed in his 
customary avocations. 
—The people of Cincinnati have raised $80,000 and in¬ 
vented it in coal at Cleveland, to supply the deficiency of 
fuel In the former city, 
_Every liquor shop in Monroe, Ga , has been closed.— 
The citizens raised one thousand dollars, bought them out 
aud shut up their doors. 
—The number of divorce suits instituted in San Frau- 
cisoo in 1866 was 110 ; in 39 of which decrees of divorce 
have already been granted. 
the lie ual 1m* Haul, 
Lira in Israel; or, Portraitures of Hebrew Character.— 
By Maria T. Richards. New York : Sheldon, Blake- 
man & Co.—1857- 
This work comprises about 390 pages, and, with a former 
one by the same writer, entitled “ I rife in Judea,” is de¬ 
signed “ to unfold some of the prominent eras of Biblical 
History, sod invest with a new interest the reading of the 
Bible.’’ Life in Israel ia divided into three parts—Tho 
Pilgrimage ; Reign of Solomon : and The Captivity—these 
being subdivided in twenty-iour chapters. The national 
characteristics of the Jews form a therne upon whioh the 
author is peculiarly attractive, and it is manifest that a 
careful study of their history is a valuable help to a right 
understanding of the Scripture*. The characters employed 
are of three classes ; those of sacred history, of profane 
history and of imagination. The series is connected by a 
chain of successive developments, all tending to one idea— 
the coming of the Savior. The execution of the volume 
is commendable, while tho subject matter and the manner 
in which it is treated, is Interesting and usefuL For sale 
by Wii. N. Sack. 
Congressional Proceedings, 
Senate. —Mr. Wilson introduced a bill to secure 
to actual Bettlers the alternate sections of public 
lands reserved, in grants, made to the States for 
railroad purposes. It provides that actual settlers 
shall take Lie reserved sections, being about 11,- 
000,000 acres, at $2 50 per acre, in compliance with 
the pre-emption act of 1841. 
On motion of Mr. Welch, the resolution was 
adopted requesting the Secretary of War to com¬ 
municate copies of all correspondence, not here¬ 
tofore furnished, relative to the proceedings of the 
Vigilance Committee of 185G. 
On motion of Mr. Pierce, a resolution was adopt¬ 
ed calling on the Secretary of War for all the let¬ 
ters in his possession showing tbe trial of the 
camels in the military service. 
On motion of Mr. Adams, the Senate proceeded 
to the consideration of tho hill to establish a De¬ 
partment ol Law, and prescribe the duties of the 
Auditors and Comptrollers of the Treasury. 
The Senate resumed tho consideration of the 
Indian Appropriation Bill, and passed it with many 
amendments, among them the following:— Secur¬ 
ing to the New York Indians who emigrated to 
Kansas under the treaty of Buffalo Creek—the 
quantity of land to which they were entitled, 
include in their improvements the residue of the 
tract to constitute a part of the public domain, 
separating the office of Governor of Territories 
from that of Superintendent of Indian Affairs. 
The anxiously expected correspondence be¬ 
tween Gen. Scott and the Secretary of War, in 
l elation to the former’s pay, has been sent to the 
Senate. It is now exclusively in possession of the 
Committee on Military Affairs, who will make an 
examination and determine whether they can 
with propriety he printed—if not it will be filed 
among the secret archives of the Government. 
The Senate agreed to all the House amendments 
to the bill relative to foreign coins, and coining 
ceDta. 
On motion of Mr. Wilson, a resolution was 
adopted directing tbe Committee on Commerce 
to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the 
Secretary of the Navy, if he deems necessary, to 
expend such sums, not exceeding $50,000, for the 
further exploration of the La Plata and its tribu¬ 
taries. 
On motion of Mr. Busk, a resolution was adopt¬ 
ed calling on the Secretary of the Treasury to re¬ 
port a statement of the duties remitted on railroad 
j ron _designating the time of remission and on 
what roads; also, the duties refunded with like 
designation. 
House. —The House passed bills establishing the 
Delaware, Osage and Western Land Districts in 
Kansas; to establish the office of Sur\ eyor General 
in Minnesota; to procure suitable steam revenue 
cutters, and appropriating $150,000 for that pur¬ 
pose; for dividing Texas into two judicial dis¬ 
tricts; the bill legalizing entries under the gradua¬ 
tion act of 1854 made prior to its passage, in cases 
where a settlement was made in good faith; the 
Atlantic Telegraph Bill; a bill appropriating $50,- 
000 for the completion of the Capitol buildings at 
Omaha; a bill appropriating $30,000 for roads in 
Nebraska. 
On motion of Mr. Orr, a resolution was'passed 
giving the widow of Preston S. Brooks whatever 
sum was dne him at the time of his death. 
The Corruption Committee are on the track of 
certain railroad bonds which were given out here 
last winter by a certain gentleman, to carry 
through Western Railroads. 
A Narkow Escape. —On the evening of the (Jth 
inst. the Rev. J. II. Tuttle, pastor of the Lhiiver- 
salist. Society of this city, retired to bed with his 
family as usual, leaving an anthracite coal fire 
burning in the sitting room, from which a door 
opened into their sleeping apartments. During 
the night the damper in the stove pipe closed, 
shutting off the draft and throwing the whole 
amount of earbouio acid gas generated by the 
burning coal into the rooms. The wind blowing 
quite hard kept the fire glowing. Nothing of their 
situation was known until morning, when they 
were attacked with vomiting, and suffered from 
severe prostration, narrowly escaping with their 
lives. The rooms were quite open, otherwise the 
family must have perished. 
Parlor Dramas,— or,Dramatic Scenes for Home Amuse¬ 
ment. By Wm. B. Fowlk, author of “The Hundred 
Dialogues," etc. Boston: Morris Cotton—New York: 
J. M. Fairchild. 
An attfactive volume of over 300 pages, from the pen of 
one of the most experienced and successful teachers and 
authors of New England. It contains dialogues entitled 
Woman's Rights, — Country Cousins, — The Will, — The 
Fugitive Slave,—The Pedant,— Love at Sight,— William 
Tell,— The Counterplot,— The Well of St. Keyne,—The 
Oddity,—Tho Tables Tinned,—The Double Ghost,—The Tea 
Party,—The Tear,—Tho Jesuit iu America. Tho dialogues 
are designed to be used al family parlies, or at exhibitions 
in our higher semiuatieR, and judging from a cursory ex¬ 
amination, we think them admirably adapted to such pur¬ 
poses. 
Ivors. I!y the author of “ Amy Herbert,” “ Cleve nail,” 
etc. In two volumes. New York : D. Appleton & Co. 
Those familiar with the writings of Miss Sewsll, and who 
admire her productions, will scarcely need more than the 
above announcement of a new work from her pen to enlist 
their attention. A friend to whom we submitted “ Ivors” 
for careful perusal, reports favorably thereupon, and that 
the work ia worthy of commendation. For sale by Dkwky. 
when the cold was —20° to -25° in the city, and 
the mean was —13.5°. The cold of the 18th was 
very severe; at Albany, —20°; Woodstock, Yt., 
—30°; Boston, —6° to -10°; New York, —7°; 
Watertown, -40°; Quebec, -30°; Chicago, -1G°; 
Dubuque, —27°; Washington, D. C., a little above 
zero; Baltimore —14°; aud Savannah, colder than 
for years before. 
The 22d, 23d ami 24th, were severely cold; at 
Rochester, —8° only, but over many parts of our 
country colder than on the 18th. On the 24th Bos¬ 
ton Harbor was frozen fast for seven miles out; 
East River was crossed on the ice, as well ns the 
Hudson over to Hoboken and above. At Wash¬ 
ington, D.C., —G°, and the streams frozen; Nor¬ 
folk harbor frozen, aud offered a free passing to 
hundreds over to Portsmouth; bo that Friday the 
23d, was truly a new cold Friday over the country, 
especially east of the Alleghany range. 
On the 18th began that violent storm of wind 
and snow which extended from Georgia to Canada 
on the east, side of the mountain range just men¬ 
tioned, This storm began about midnight, or be¬ 
fore one A. 5L, of the 18th, at Washington, 1>. C.; 
at New York about three P. M., and at Albany ami 
Boston at niue P. M., a N. E. storm beginning at 
the south and extending northwards along the 
coast and into the interior as above. Two feet of 
snow fell, and it was swept into mountain drifts.— 
It extended westward scarcely to Utiea. In the 
month there fell 1.924 inches of water. 
For the last two months snow has fallen here in 
smaller or greater quantity almost daily, or on 
nine-tenths of the days; aud cloudy weather has 
greatly prevailed. On the 31st of January was a 
severe S. E. storm of snow, hail, and rain, in New 
York. After 10 A. M., rain fell in torrents and del¬ 
uged the city. In this section the day, except 
a slight snow squall or two, was pleasant This 
storm was rain at Boston, but in the western part 
of Massachusetts aud Vermont was a furious snow 
storm, by which tbe roads were blocked in drifts, 
but, did not extend westward much into the State 
of New York. 
This is the third cold winter in succession. Be¬ 
fore 1855, the thermometer here had scarcely sunk 
to —10°, not olten to —6°, and in several winters 
in tho last twenty years, had not fallen to or below 
zero. But a change has occurred; can any cause 
of the difference he as-signed? Perhaps not; let 
ns see. These cold alternations arc not new, hut 
have taken place through all history. Tho winter 
of 1780 was an uncommonly severe winter, famous 
in the history of the country. Boston harbor was 
frozen as at present; also the habor of New York 
and Long Island Sound. These were strongly 
frozen again in 1810, and in 1S3C. In these years 
the whole country groaned under the cold. Per¬ 
sons have crossed Long Island Sound on Ijie ice 
at three different times in my recollection. Thir¬ 
teen years ago Boston harbor was frozen over. 
This recurrence of cold is periodical, though not 
at regular intervals, showing that its existence 
is dependent on general but common causes, 
which operate with different degrees of force at, 
different times. The variations we may not be 
able fully to account for. They arc connected with 
the changes of temperature, and the currents in 
the atmosphere produced by them. It is very ob¬ 
vious that by these currents the colder air of the 
upper spaces is brought down to the surface, and 
great cold is the result. 
About sixty years ago were several warm win¬ 
ters, with but little snow ami ice, and some persons 
raised the question whether the earth had not 
come nearer to the sun, or the obliquity of the 
equator increased, by which the sun’s heat acted 
more directly and hence more powerfully on the 
earth. The colder following winters with abundant 
Knows and storms dissipated all such thoughts. 
The clearing of the forests is atteuded with a 
partial influence. But, as these cold winters are 
in the older and larger settled States, and eveu to 
the Gulf of Mexico, there must be other and more 
powerful influence; and these are probably the 
currents from the colder regions of the atmosphere. 
It should be remembered too, that the winter of 
1855 was severely cold over the United Staten; that 
of 1866 was colder in the Mississippi valley west of 
lake Erie than east of that lake, and even in New 
England. So for this winter the greatest severity 
of the cold has been from the Atlantic coast west¬ 
ward to the summit of the Alleghauy range. 
The supposition that the earth is passing through 
“colder stellar spaces,” though specious, is wholly 
untenable. As the earth revolves every twenty- 
four hours, its whole surface must he exposed to 
ROCHESTER, FEBRUARY 14, 1857 
Weather of the Past Week.— Freshets 
During the latter portion of last week, the 
weather in this section was spring-like and beau¬ 
tiful. The sun shone clear and strong, and, as a 
consequence, the snow, of which there was a boun¬ 
tiful supply, disappeared rapidly. On Tuesday 
and Wednesday rain fell in considerable quantity. 
The effects of this state of the atmosphere were 
made slightly perceptible by a rise in the river on 
Friday, which increased, and on Saturday P. M. 
an immense volume of turbid water was rushing 
towards Lake Ontario. At this time considerable 
anxiety was manifested ns fo the safety of Main 
street bridge, and the occupants of stores in that 
vicinity were removing hastily. About 5 A. M., 
Sunday, the centre of the long row of buildings 
fell, making one of the most complete wrecks we 
ever saw. During Sunday night the only remain¬ 
ing pier was carried away, and with it the one or 
two remaining wooden tenements at the east end 
of the bridge. The loss cannot be heavy, as the 
buildings were old and dilapidated. Tbe bridge 
on Court street—known as the "long bridge” — is 
also partially destroyed, both of the roadways in 
the centre having fallen. 
Up the river a great deal of country is covered 
by water, to what extent, or the amount of damage, 
we have not ascertained. Opposite Geneseo on 
Saturday evening, a dam of ice had formed in the 
river, and the Flats were submerged for miles 
about. The people residing on the Flats were 
being taken from their houses in boafix A tele¬ 
graphic dispatch to the Rochester Union states 
that the Genesee is higher at that point than has 
been known before in a great many years. The 
plank road betweeu Geneseo and Piffard lum been 
carried away by the flood, and the roads to Cuyler- 
ville and Mt Morris are covered with water. 
At Albany the rush of water was immense, and 
the loss thereby is estimated at two milium of dol¬ 
lars r. A telegraph dated the 9th says:—All last 
night the city was a scene of the utmost confusion 
and excitement. The-citizens were engaged all 
the evening on the docks and in the lower part of 
the city, in obtaining goods and storing them 
away in the second stories of stores and buildings 
where it was thought the flood would not reach; 
but these calculations proved erroneous. At lOj 
o’clock the ice commenced going in the river with 
tremendous force, threatening the bridge on State- 
street for some time. The water rose so rapidly 
that all those working on the docks and piers 
were compelled to make a rapid vetreat. The 
water in the river continued rising until this A. M., 
when it reached a point three feet higher than 
ever known before. The entire lower part of the 
city is flooded aa high as Green street. The lower 
parts of Herkimer street, Hudson, Lydins, Hamil¬ 
ton and Parallel streets, are submerged to the first 
stories of tbe buildings in them. The water flowed 
through Broadway from the Exchange to the Del- 
evan House, flooding the stores and filling the 
cellars on the west side. The streets between 
Broadway and the river are navigable by boats.— 
When the great flood commenced it was 2 A. M., 
and the water arose G inches in five minutes. Per¬ 
sons who had retired to bed thinking themselves 
safe, were aroused by horsemen, who rode through 
tbe water knocking at the doors of the houses, to 
arouse the sleepers to a sense of their danger, and 
while this confusion prevailed, the people in the 
lower parts of the city had hardy time to es¬ 
cape with their lives. A large number of cattle, 
stabled in the distilleries, their bellowing and 
cries adding excitement to the scene, were drown¬ 
ed. To add to the confusion and excitement, the 
alarm hells were sounded for fire, and flames were 
seen bursting from houses in different parts of the 
city. E. C. Warner & Sons’ lime kilns and build¬ 
ings on South street and Broadway, Gibson & Dal¬ 
ton’s planing and plaster mills at the foot of South 
etreet, and W. B. Barnett’s fire brick store on the 
pier, were all in flames at the same time, having in 
each case ignited through the slaking of the lime. 
The height of the water rendered it impossible 
for the engines to reach the scene of the fire, hut 
the firemen put off in boats with buckets, and con¬ 
fined the flames to the buildings where they orig¬ 
inated. About this time the wind changed, and 
the weather became piercingly cold. Tbe propel¬ 
ler Western World, lying in front of Barnett’s 
store, caught fire, and wan scuttled and sunk to 
save her cargo. She had 4,000 bushels of corn on 
board. 
The Magazines for 1S57. 
The January and February issues of most of the popular 
American Literary Magazines, have been received. Though 
not all of a sterling and highly commendatory character, 
many of them possess great merit, and aro doing much t.o 
improve the literature, aud literary taste, of the couulry. 
We make brief mention of several of the most prominent, 
adding names of publishers, terms, Aic., for the information 
of our renders. 
Putnam's Montuly — denominated “A Magazine of 
Literature, Science and Art"—has attained the very front 
rank among American literary monthlies, and deserves the 
distinction. For sterling merit—ability arid Independence 
— it has no superior this side ol the Atlantic. The two 
numbers of the new year (Vol. IX,) embrace several able 
papers. The blmitlth upon Putnam hs its typographi¬ 
cal appearance, which will bear improvement. Published 
by Dix, Epwan d 3 & Co., New York, at $3 per annum. 
Harper's New Monthly Magazine is the ginut of its 
class in popularity aud circulation. The numbers of tho 
current year, fully maintain its reputation for variety aud 
interest of contents, aud the beauty and spirit of its nu¬ 
merous illustrations. Tho latter attractive feature is un¬ 
doubtedly one great cause of the universal popularity of 
UAP.rsn. Though generally excellent, its contents aro not 
all original—many ol its articles being taken from foreign 
periodicals, without credit, so that the reader is uncertain 
as to their origin or nativity. Yet, notwithstanding this 
objectionable feature, Harper’s is the most extensively 
road magazine in America. Published by Haiu’KR & 
Brothers, New York, at $3 a year. 
The Knickerbocker, or New York Monthly Magazine, 
enters upon its forty-ninth volume with tho vigor, elasti¬ 
city and beauty of youth. Indeed, wo have never seen any 
number* of this favorite more attractive in typographical 
appearance than tbe January anil February issues — while 
the content* are unusually readable, not omitting the rich 
crumbs from mine host Clark’s “Table." Published by 
Sam’l H iutton, New York— $3. 
Godey’s Lady’s Book is, par excellence, the Ladies’ 
Magazine of America. With Mrs. Hale its principal editor, 
and the indefatigable Gorky as general manager and mas¬ 
ter of ceremonies—aided by hosts of talented contributors 
and artists—this favorite magazine (now in its fifty-fourth 
volume.) combines all the requisites to maintain its reputa¬ 
tion as the standard in its peculiar sphere. Published by 
L. A. Godey, Philadelphia—$3. 
Conflagrations 
The cabinet factory of Henry Neil, in Essex-st, 
New York, was destroyed by fire on the 5th inst 
Loss $25,000; partially insured. 
A block of frame buildings on the corner of 
king and Ifoyal-sts., Alexandria, Va., were destroy¬ 
ed by lire on the 5th inst,, together with their con¬ 
tents. Loss heavy—insured. 
A fire occurred on board the new ship Zingara 
on the (ith inst, while at her dock in Brooklyn.— 
i-ihe was scuttled and sunk to prevent total de¬ 
struction. Loss about $10,000. Insured. 
Flames were discovered issuing from the front 
of the store on the corner of Ovid ami Fall-sts., 
Seneca Falls, on the Cth inst. Tho store was oc¬ 
cupied by Messrs. Keith & Tyler as a dry goodB 
uud clothing store. The building was owned by 
Thomas Carr, and was insured to the amount of 
$2,500, which will nearly cover the Iobb. Messrs. 
Keith & Tyler were insured for $4,000. Their 
whole stock was destroyed, but the insurance will 
probably very nearly indemnify them to the whole 
amount of their loss. 
Tue foundry and machine shop of Bowman, 
Murray A Vanderbilt, at Williamsport, Pa., was 
entirely destroyed by lire Saturday night, 7th inst. 
Loss $30,000; insured for $5,100. 
New York Legislature. —The feature of the 
week lifts been the election of a U. S. Senator in 
place of Hamilton Fisii, for which Preston Kino 
was chosen. 
The following hills were passed by the Assem¬ 
bly:—Making a further appropriation of $3,000 for 
the improvement of Grass River; to amend the 
act incorporating the Auburn Theological Semi¬ 
nary. 
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The New England Pin Company of Winstcd, Ct., 
have just started a new machine for sewing pins 
upon papers. It selects the little hidispenaables 
from a pile and stretches them in a continuous 
row upon narrow strips of paper at the rate of 300 
per minute. 
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Indiana IJ. S. Senators.— Graham S. Fitch has 
been “ elected” to the vacancy and Jesse D. Bright 
to the long term, in the United States Senate from 
Indiana. 
The Russian authorities give notice that they 
will purchase paving stones, brought as ballast, at 
the rate of 20 silver roubles per 343 cubic feet, and 
9 roubles per 49 square feet of flag stones. 
No less than thirty companies of military are 
announced to be present at the Presidential Inau¬ 
guration, in Washington, from abroad, and a great 
“jam” is expected at the hall. 
