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| episgies rery much-neA eYen asking. no mater
how Ion g.the gap in ,haorrespondence, what hrs
become Of The seribbler tom the CaPiall Take
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/ 10 kaow The aeausc W. II this s,oisal indifference
| to merit Bu. atIuss qthis nonsense ana ie's 70
grarer subjects
Sorry am 10 Is the means II conveying such
mournfui intelligence 4 many d your readers as
| the burning Of The Library aiCongress. Inc Wa1en-
ing On Ire zHrn, uIi diAso7rr any sIsn
peading danger Till half past sfo'clock, at which
time his atentiopfwas attracted By the smell Of the
burning books. As he Librarian Is the oaly per
sol having charge Of the key orFerntled access 10
the room a.delay was oceasioned hg The time con-
suned in efeciing an entrance fhy breaking open
panel or the door. III on gaining admission they
found the acove in the northwestern corner OF the
| room ina light blaze, which Of course was much
increased by the rush Of air from the open door-
Even athis stage of things, tits the opinion Of the
watch thalthe course ofthe dtgoueng elementmight
have been efftctually stayed by few bucketsul of
| water, which could only be obtained at The Foun-
tain near tie pool in front pf the building, on
| line with the basement As the Library is in the
/ main building second story, considerable time was
taken up ia procuring water, and in the meantime
the FIRE made sad havoc Of its valuable contents
| The engines were ofcourse Immediately summoned
by the aEarm-bels in different sections Of the city
| but the bremen were al! well nigh exhausted from
their labors al the fire on the corner Of and Sh
! streets, occupied by Baker as hotel. They were
| however soon at the scene of the disaster but were
much hipdered BY the rigid Stale Of their hose which
was tightly frozen. Their apparatcs@as stationed
in the Roianda and succeeded in arresiing The Prs
1 gress ofthe-firp.
| Besides lhe numerous and almost Invaluable
works Of every science and art the portraits Of the
first Eve Presidents by Gilbert Stewart, and other
rare works of genius and art were destroyed. The
loss is yarousIy estimated from million 10 quar-,
ter Of million OF dollars Congress purchased the
Jefferson collection soon after the con1agfaon Of
the Capitol by The British in ii, for twenty lour
thousand dollars. Since that time they have made
a standing ANIMAL appropriation of 81 coo for the
/ purchase Of new books. Independent Of this, the
collection has been greatly enriched BY various and
mani6cent contributions from private sources. =
The entire Library Of which the Jefferson formed
| the nucleus contained in the main room was de-
stroyed Il consisted of GO,00o volumes. The books
in. ian adjoining room including the Law Library,
comprising 20, 900 volumes were saved. Many fine
busts and paintings not ineladed in the above were
also lost Il is great and almost irrepaIabe loss
to the nation An investigation Of the premises has
been made and resulted in the conviction that the
cause OF the fire was the heated state Of HE flue
which passes near the Library. This is the opinion
ofMr Waeer the architect of The additions TO- The
Our avenues ana streets have been throngcd with
the beaux and bellies Of the cities eager TO enioY he
shott-liyed pleasure of sleigh riding Many oil
thsc establishments are built in the most tasty and
elegant style imaginable. The Russian Minister.
isperhaps one Of the finest.
4 The omnibus horses havesseeu hard times lately
The state Of the streets and sidewalks were aim ss
deserted by pedestrians and the q Buses proper
tidaabiy crowded The poor animals NOW thstaud.
ing they were roagAed frequently slipped down I, .
all fours The bad hill al The termination of Penn
Avenue near Rock Greek was in a terribly slippery
condition. The trouble oceasioned By this has made
some talk about Strengthening The avenue 50 as 10
cross few rods below the presen, bridge aud inte,
sect Bridge Street a: the Corner Of Greenei Ii
would be decidedly an improvements and
push il through Congress, gentlemen Of the DisEic
Committee
The Seguin Opera Troupe axe drawing crowded
houses ali the National Theatre which has been
splendidly flltsd up in the most modern style The
President and family attended there on Friday nigh
tolwiress The Operaaof Ira Diavolo. His coming
/ was greeted as usual, with ihunders OF applause
I which heacknowledged very gracefully.
! Wehave the news from Philadelphia that Mr.
Clay, The ola mas eloquent is declining very much
His lungs are effected seriously Nopio e!a man
If nations prayers could avert, or nations love
stay the hand Of death, then would he long be spar
ed to grace the council halls OF his country BY his
manly presence, and hold listening Senate captive
to The witchng spell Of his eloq1ence
The last foreign advices bring us the intelligence
ofhe death Of Pressneitz in the 18th year Of bis age
You will reeollect that be is the inventor Of the wa
| ter-eure system Of practice. OF him Il may truly
bekaid be saved others himself he cou3d not save
kossuth Is expected here tomorrow morning in
| The IL o'clock train from Baltimore The entire
Metropolis is the qni rire for sight The gre a
/ Magyar-scarcely any thing else is spoken a.
The Presidential maHsion is 10 The course Of prepa
ration for Pc usual Levee of the Isl January In or
der TO facilitate the egress Of persons who desire 10
par their respects theE on that occasion
i temporary arch has been thrown fiom one Of the
Windows in front to The iron railing that surround:
| the mansion.
| We have bad a real spring Time ie-day-miId
airs from The South and the joyous sir gng Of birds
in striking contrast with he cold of last week.
| Nothing Of interest Is living IN Congress.
There is report in circulation that Commander
Lypch who 50 successfully undertook aud prosecu.
/ led the Dead Sea Expedition IS dead / canno,
yodch for The irnrh Of the report
Yours, sc, JUNIOR.
FATAL puEL N CALfroRSla.-Cseorce nj
| Dibhle, formerly midshipman in the navy
was recently killed in duel; in California,
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