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THE FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.
We copy from the Evening Bulletin the following items
in relation to the great fire n Philadelphia In addition to

we copy from the Evening Bulletin the following items
in relation to the great fire in Philadelphia In addition to
what We gave yesterday by telegraph:
ALLEGED ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
Mr. Deer Of tho performers at the circus in giving
his evidence before the Coroner stated that the place
must have been msciously fire. as the smoke aud
ames were discovered in part Of the carpeuteng ROOM
where fire had rot been used.
THE DESTROYED PUBLIC BUILDINGS
The Chinese Museum was the largest building OF tho
kind In the country Its dimensions eSs by 10 feet
and II divided into upper md lower saloons each
tending nearly the entire length and breath of the build
Ing number oil smaller apartments being the east end
and lower stories. II was built in lSaS for the use of
Peaes Museum The lower saloon used for the late
Nathan Duuns celebrated Chinese Collection 1t was
use OF late years for the exhibitions Of Franklin n-
s,itue and horticultural Society for fairs balls and pub
lie meetings Tor all which purposes particularly well
adapted, a. 1t would conveniently accommodate in its
,rge saloons six or eight thousand persons
The National circus the largest place Of amusement
in Philadelphia, aud was admirably arranged in its in
terror for other equestrian dramatic operate
tons IL built about tho year 1885 for tho ma. of
Cookies Circus Company. Afterwards Il wa, leased by
w Burton, and used a theatre for several years
General Rufus WEIGH has been the lessee several years
and by him 1t was leased for short time to James
Quinan who had dramatic company playing In il at the
time Of the fire.
The exterior of the building was neat but not very or.
usmenia, and inside there more attention paid to
providing roomy accommodations than elegant decota.
lions The chief interior ornament heimmense glass
chandelier which surpassed any OF the kind in the conn
uy iueFe were tEree uers oi very commolious boxes
aud spacious psrqaet so that the building could contain
yearly 5000 people The stage the largest In tho
county, and peculiarly well adapted for the exhbitjon
OF dramatic speotaces. The large size the audience
part OF the house made also preferred for operac enter
tanments, and it here that the mented Sontar so
delighted tho Philadelphia public, during opera sea-
son of last year.
IL was in this building that Jenny Lind gave the last of
her memorable concerts under Barnums and
gossip said that owing his making her sipp in
horse stable that she quarreled with him broke her
engagement Certainly she rang under hun after
that night, which mag also be recorded that of the
O.to Goldschmidt
Gen We!ch bad long lease OF the building and his
losses IN property scenery wardrobes &C. are heavy
Bu. We learn that he is insured for SCI 500 and that he
intends to rebuild the Circus in superior style and have
ready to open for the regular season on the let Of
&c ober.
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ability and the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred

Tho Gold Medals then awarded a. follows.
First to VIM Price, secoud to Thos L. Preston third
TO Joseph MeClupg.
The degree of L. l.. d. was conferred upon Arthur T.
Hopkins. OF Moblls, Alabama; VIM. Leigh, Of Haii.r
county, Va; and Lucas +. Thompson Of S,auu,ou, Va
All who spoke acquitted themselves very credt,biy.-
ordinary displays such occasions eIhbtpg depth Of
thought force Of argument, with knowledge Of Ian
yuage and beauty Of STYLE that speaks much Tor their own
celept system Of training pursued at the institution
AT night the entertainment and festivities Of the
sion were concluded by very superior sair In the way
OF given by the students Of College aud held the
Society Halle. The ladies' under whose supervision tho
supper was prepared, exhibited much taste in the eue
arrangement Of the affair. There were present not less
than from 800 to 600 guests
We arc pleased 10 learn that fifteen applicants have
already stood an examination before the Faculty prior to
admission into the institution
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husic.-we had the benefit of some sue vocal music
last Saturday night The sougstes held at the corner
on tue opposite side OF the street, aud saug very .wee
e'ner los their own amusement, for the benefit Of some
particular one, or the public generally. We came in for
our snare oil It, however, and profess 81 have some
SOU Tor music We would extend them cordial
@ 10 repeat Their seEenades as often may suit their
convenience We shalayai ourselves of the opportunity
OF enjoying them. when not other wise engaged.
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PIiLAnELPniA, July 7-St Andrews Episcopal church
was broken into last night and robbed of nearly the whole
commu"ion plate The articles gone silver plates
err
TRoY, n. " July G.-IIon Sam1 c Huntington. a lead.
rg member Of the bar Of this city and State died yea
terday, after an illness Of two days. His age was n
years.
NEW YORK July THE Belgian bark S,ad Antwerp
has arrived bringing the balance Of those saved from the
ships Trade Wind and Olympus.
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To THE Enrrons or 1ug VINO

To THE EniToRs TnE VINO:
NySvs EitorS Allow me 70 inform you that the
Fourth Of July richly celebrated by the g. Society
q Goripn'y llr Acid"my The hearts Of the young met
seemed to hr kinjed with the FIRE Of liberty. Mr. T.
Bovd, n Nelson, delivered Grafton. and then Mr
kempcr Of Orange read the Declaration Of Independence
All went of smoothly. God grant that the school, a.
well as the society, may prosper
Yours, &C., SPECTATOR.
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DEsTRtcTivr FbE-The disiisry OF D. l. u,-t.,, -, -,
sSgrSy v e' Tslos This city, destroyed By IRE on
~ me hre was discovered about nps $780,
IN the upper story Of the building and burned III @
70 render All aemptsto utterly p.sIs,,
the budnNb tstimaed az els 900 e 49, - ihe Jos.
slS 90 Ia Ss tioo upon which there is 40 Insurance Of
nal bridge was burned down. aud the covered ca
e o2slruetng The navigation 10 such name, az ~ we va
m ht i1p ABOUT 5000 hogs belonging 70 Levi a.
bem sds ~ pen a. e, e,taesn bat :. NAM q
means o. subsistence 90 great AZ va1 ~ OF her
Eise-toHybN (OAfo) Journal ina ID "A'e oeen Other
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DIED.

Vn Lang Island New York after few hours Illness Cholern
on the oh July. 1884, WILLIAM APPERSON STUART
me friends the family aud those Of sir Ro j. Christian and
MI Apperon are respectfully requested
Church ilill) this afternoon a 4 O'Clock.
~ PAPERS Of Charleston and Columbia O.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-07-10

CTs IME-we within the sound of some three
Guy CLOCKS They strike at intervals of from fifteen
minutes OF one another Which IA ripbtY Ii would h.
matter OF some convenience us and pcrhss to the ci-
ulator" " 'Ne
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me CITY CouSciL.-Thc regular monthly meeting oil
TINS body will he held this evening. Their Path will be
considerably smothened by tho transfer OF the Broad
street Railroad question to a committee Of conference
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We publish to-day two interesting foreign articles
on the Eastern War-one containing a syoopsis Of the
debate in the British Parliament on the o.. ut and
tho other the comments Of the London Time, ON tina,
debate II viii b. seen That these arlices do not ind
cate any speedy termr alton Of the var. The Time,
utterly rejects the loose ruinors which are in circu
iation OF prompt and pacific solution Of this quar-.
rel for the reason, that circumstances must have
materially changed before it can permit itself to en-
terrain hopes that the just objects Of this war nre nc
complished The Times wants DateyiaL seeurjtie,,'
for a lasting peace. Tho Ear Of Derby commended
that for the future II impossible TO permit that
the Black Sea should be Russian lake. or that ,be
Danube should be Russian ditch ehoked with mud
and filth" lie wanted ga material guaro,t,e for
the peace Of Europe"
Two things arc pretty plain from this First that
England will take this occasion to turn the war into
the means Of her own aggrandsemcnt, and in. the
next place, that Russia will struggle hard and long
before she consents 10 yield 10 the demands Of the
British Government Since the late Turkish victories
wonderful change is apparent in the exactmcnts Of
the allies Instead Of being ia favor Of peace on al
most any terms by which they can get out Of the
difficulty, as they we're at first, they are now ex.
uemey solcous about the protection Of the interests
Of Turkey-alk very positively about vigorous pro.
secuon OF the war; and very independently as to the
terms upon which peace can be restored. Moth
ing short Of material guarantee" will be accepted
'fom Russia They want what we call on this side
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TnE Know NornIsG-It is said that the pass word Of
the know Nothing has been discovered by some cute
western editor nv dirt OF great industry and sharpness
Here it is -"Rtsmm- Ca Observation-Disclosures K ellI
iimnpst ksarnuximimux."
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WATER sPoUf.-Wo learn that on Monday las, food
water fell In the nelghborhood Of Fishers Csrdng Ma
S,ne ana A. j. Huffords Farm, shout mile and half
IRON town. doing great damage 10 the 6elds and nns,do
-WyIheyille Telegraph July o.
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III We are requested to say that the steamer Vir-
sina detained at Norfolk having some repairs to her
boiler, and will not be up before Tuesday or Wedue.-
day.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-07-10

husTISds CoURr.--The regular monthly term of this
Court commences to-day The Justices will take their
seats In Lafayette Hail. because Of the alterations now be.
ing made In their usual place of Getting.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-07-10

Gen VIM o. Butler not only declines the Goycrnorsbip
OF Nebraska but does il rather Indignantly Tho vor,b
General reported to have declared chat he wouldn't be-
the Governor OF Nebraska even il they were Ia og bi
the whole Territory a. his salary. "''"
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EFFECT OF PoLYGANT UroN PoPuI ArIoy.-" Tho effect
upon population Is decidedly deloierious The prophet
Joseph had over forty wives Nauvoo and the rest
the priesthood had various numbers corresponding To
their standing and incnations and nearly all the chill
drcn OF these poygimous marriages died at that place
Indeed, alleged by Mormons that one was taken
10 Utah. Brigham Young has thirty children OF whom
eight by his first second lawful wives the remain.
ing twenty two are by his spiriais. He has about fly
wives, some OF whom widows of Joseph Smith and
probably past the time Of having chdren but sup
posing him 10 have thirty who capable of having
which ia below the true number-,he twenty-five chill.
dren would be less than child to concubne II
each Of these degraded females could have been the
honored vile Of husband the aggregate number OF
children. according to the usual average Of four smi.
y, would DO one hundred aud twenty showing loss in
population OF nnety-eisht.
"The children are subject TO irigLtfu degree OF
sickness aud mortality This is the combined result Of
the gross sensluity Of the parents and want Of care to
ward their Offspring As general rule, these sainty
pretenders take little OF their wives as Of their
Children and Of both, less than careful faraer In the
States would OF hia cattle aud where out of Five
Points in New York city a more filthy miserable
neglectedoOking, aud disordeiy rabbe OF children be
found than in the streets of Great Salt Lake City, The
oyernot again. whose attention his multifarious IA
my bound to suppose greater than the average
affords fair illustration Ne twice lawfully married.
aud has eight legitimate children, who all living He
has had large number Of children by his con ubinesno
one knows how many-it is only known that there mr..
only twenty-five surviving These females do not reside
IN the Governors house, called but in different esab-
ishments from one up to a dozen in a pllcen
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of the water, "ndemnity Tor the past and security
for the future"
How long this exacting disposition will be mani
tested we are not prepared to say. Aturn in the
fate Of war may soon cause their opinions to under
go a change. few Russian victories may tend won
derfully to diminish their demands, and to white
down the belgerant spirit they exhibit Just now To
say the least Of it. it is decidedly COOL that after the
allies of Turkey have for the most part let her to
fight the battle alone, against Russia, they should
without rendering her that material aid, they were
under obligations to do come in at the hour OF
victory aud demand "a material guarantee for their
services.
The Enquirer is very indignant the passage oil
bill through the Senate by vote of 90 to 49, for the es
Enlistment OF line Of Steamships from San Francisco to
Shanghai by government endowment In an article eA-
pressing ds,pprobaon of the bil our neighbOr says
"ut apart from all these considerations, there is
nsuperabe objection, an objection OF principle and OF
policy against public bountes to private interests No
nopoes and exclusive privileges arc against the genius oil
government and the interests oil liberty and are ire
concably all the traditions and to the
tial principles of the Democratic party Instead,
therefore, of extending the system and multiply the ms
chiefs of exobtant appropriations schemes OF steam
ship speculation we trs, Congress w NOT on stop short
in the Of folly but possible retracc its steps to
the old path Of honest aud constitutional legislation
The Enquirer has hard time Of it in trying to keep
the Democracy strait Thcy will occasionally fly the
track particularly in aOrdns protection to particular n-
terest and in doing that they do not scrupe
to vote away the public money in defiance of all 1.-The ira
d,ons and all the essential principles Of the Democratic
party What has the Enquirer to OF the bill granting
land aid in the construction OF telegraph line to the
Pacific We commend that bin also to lie consideration,
and will be pleased learn how far f is reoonciiabe
''al the traditions and principles OF the Democratic
party"
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eY-wc failed to receive our Northern mail on Satur-
day morning. 1t too late for US to make up our
usual variety of matter from that source.
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BALLOON ASCENSION
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY
gER $500 R9 EgWg 80

E4 iCHAlOND AND DhNviILE RAiIROAD-oPEN TO
HI ROANOKE, 80 MILES. ~
The regular Passenger run daily
between Richmond and Roanoke >f>'
The Train will passengers following point oniv
Manchester, Robou's Coal Field Tomshawk Powhaan Mat
9ax Chula Amelia Court House. wyanoke Jennings Ordnary
Oyxrby's, and Roanoke
Leave Richmond ~ NJ Returning
81 1910 o'clock y. NJ.
ChildrsL 10 and under Is years age price
Servants travelling by themselves furnished with two
Passes that be retained oce and il must be es
pressy stated the that they on the
Cars. - - 80
Paslngers for Carksvie Milton, North Carolina and YAM
eeyvills meet Moss Co.'S Coaches Roanoke on Tues
days. Thur sdays and Saturdays.
Throughto ClaTksyilO a. Cd
Milton ~ C..................,........ 90
fanceyHile, ". 90
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PRooRE's THE CHoLERA.--The cholera has ar
peared at Sc Paul. Minnesota, and several deaths
have taken place. At Nashville, Tennessee, on the
2ist instant there we're seven deaths aud four more
on the 22d. The town Of Fayetteville, Tenn IL nearly
deserted account OF the appearance Of the epidemic.
The Nashville Union Gays that three ourbs Of the cboera
deaths there have taken place among persons who use
spring WATER while those who conHno themselves 10 by
drant water and otherwise prudent have nearly all
escaped This, Gays, lie not theory, but we'll de-
monstraied fact.
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Insiilnie Commencement

The Fourth being the Commencement Day of the Insti
tue, III addition 10 the unusually large number of sran-
gers in midst, the town ronged with the multi
tudes who in from the country and the streets
throughout the morning alive with the unbrokeu
stream Of persons pouring into the church.
The Corps OF Cadets, they marched up the street
preceded by excellent band Of music presented more
than ordinarily imposing appearance with banners
ing overhead and their aud other equipments spark
ling and flashing in the bright sunlight
We went to the church sometime before the hour for
the commencement of the exercises confidently expect
ing with difficulty ia obtaining seat but no,
only the inside Of the building filed well nigh 10 suf
location but the doors and windows were crammed
and blocked up with constantly increasing crowd The
seats both in the body OF the church. except those occu
pied by the Cadets and the galleries were filed principally
by ladies' oil whom they could have been present ess
than from to eight hundred OF course we could
not obtain seat aud therefore report from hearsay
The exercises were opened with prayer by the Rev.
lforatio Thompson, Of Rockbrijgc
The Declaration -oi Independence was then read by
Cadet X. j. Fletcher, Of -.
National Grafton, by Caie. Stapeton Crutchfcld, oil
SpOitsylyania county.
The regular grsduton exercises were introduced by
the Saiuatory Address, by X. q. Taylor, Of Norfolk
city.
Philan!hropc Address, by Alexander Bruce, of Halh,
county.
And the vaeJctory Address by James W. Humes, o.
Washington county
The Literary Societies we're addressed BY BENJAMIN
Johnston Barbour, ESD, Of the county Of Orange.
The certificates Of graduation we're then conferred AZ
follows:
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WAsnINGTON COLLHGE CoMMENcEMENr.

In anticipation Of tho Commencement Exercises Of the
two Literary Institutions located here, was
crowded With strangers, the hotels filled aud many
visitors quartered on the hospitality Of private
families.
On Monday morning at an early hour, persons from
the county began IN pour into town, the Presbyterian
church commenced filing up and by 10 o'clock, when
the procession arrived from tho College and seated
tho housc was literally packed with ladiez and gcctlemcn
above aud below
hne band from Richmond headed the procession and
enlvened the exercises
Aier prayer by the Rev. Mr. Chevaer, nj Christians
burg the following addresses delivered by members
Of the graduating class
Latin and Greek salutatory Addresses, by Thomas H.
Preston, Of Lexington.
Cincinnati Grafton subject, Internal improvements, by
VIM. 7. Price, Of Pocahontas county.
Destiny Of the English Language, by Cbas r. Estil, Of
Religious Tolcraton Abroad, by T. Benton Taylor, Of
Lexington.
-eminencc Of Classical Study, by J. D. Morrison,
OF Rockbridge county
Valedictory Addresses, by r. n. Houston, Of Monroe
county.
Dr. Junkn, President OF the College then delivered the
bsecaureate, characterized usual by great force and
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CrLpErrn County. July Sd. ISL.

:
NEssEs. Errors: / enclose you an article from the
Baltimore Sun" giving interesting facts touching
the present condition Of the Guano Trade and one from
the New York Times" showing the number Of vessels
engaged IN its transportation, which, beg you give
place in the next issue Of the " Whig"
1t is fact, beyond contradiction, that the quantity Of
Guano in store, already very great and will receive
large additions during the next three four months,
which must increase the supply, greatly beyond the de-
mand for fall 1t is also fact that the recent at-
is speculative movement. Like all other articles
Of trade the supply must in great regulate the
price The farmers have had it in their power Control
at least for the ensuing season, the price OF Guauo-
Will they do it? will they suffer the merchandise ex.
tort such unreasonable prices shall see:
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In the vicinity Of Henderson, KY the apple
dying on with great rapldy. The cause u this fatality
is sbutsble 10 peculiar kind Of worm, which, IL u
feared will work great destruction 10 tho apple orchards
throughout that section OF country.
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or WEArHER-The heat foe the las, six or eight DAYS
has been more oppressive in this section than we
ever known at this period of the year. For several days
the thermometer hos up high 95 degrees the
shade The weather has been dry and ul,ry The crops
are suffering from the drought-.DanvWe Register,
July Z.
RATHER MYsTERioUs-We informed that aeveral
Miners while engaged few days since, in exploring
mountain near ToncrAys Furnace in Floyd county, came
upon comparatively new"made grave had the appear
ancc OF having been recently red Of the body deposited
in it, Upon examination Of the grave clothes were
oped wounded body. The most rational conclusion to
which our informant arrive IL that the corpse
that OF murdered person, which the prudence of the
guilty party suggested the removal Of to secluded
spot knowing that the mountain In question was to be
explored by miners he cxhumed the body and reinerred
ii at some other point by way OF orestaing all chance
Of detection which discovery Of It might aiford.-H