, 1858-04-23
ApprTToyAL ATIANTic NEWS.

About halfpast one O'Clock, on the morning Of
March Sd, the Vine Street Mills in the town Of
Des MOines, Iowa, owned by Messrs. Stanton &
Zeigler, caught fire. In q very vew minutes
tho whole building was enyeloped in flames
Nothing could be done to subdue the dcvouring
element. Before daybreak the mills were mass
Of smouldering ruins. The work Of months
tho enterprising labor Of years, was in few
hours converted TO desolatc heap Of ashes.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
James Lusk, ESQ.,, for many years editor Of
the jefferson City, (iissouri) Enquirsr, died in
that city lately. Mr.. Lusk was, for q number
Of years, Printer to the State, and in that capac
ity accumulated handsome property. As the
editor Of the Enquirer, he exercised considera-
bic influence in the Benton party. In the social
relations Of life, he was regarded as an amiable
man, and there are many who VIII regret his
death.
Commodore T. Ap. Catesby Jones Is lying
very IN at his residence, q short distance above
Georgetown, D. Q. His health has not been
good for some months past ~, srs Ia s.
The Navy Department has received adviees
from Commander Page Of the ship Germantorn,
dated Bombay, january 0. He learned from
the American Consul Dr.. Ely, that our com
mercial affairs were in happy condition in all
respects. The latter expressed himself much
gratiaed at the appearance Of one Of our natiOn-
Al vessels there, after an interval Of fleen years
Commander Page says that our trade was large,
and that fiftecn ships were loading and dis
charging at Bombay. r,s al. - n 3.
The business men Of Baltimore withstoOd the
late financial panic better than those Ofthe com
mercial cities Of Philadelphia,r New York and
Boston. With its 1000 business houses, Balti-
more showed 50 iailuresto O15 In New York,
900 in Philadelphia, and 2bS in Boston. n9q
The active militia q the Stats Of New York
comprises 241 companies Of infantry, having
e77o officers and mon; 70 companies Of artillery,
with S1se officers and men; a. companies Of
cavalry, numbering 1712 rank and file; Il rife
companies, with 1885 officers and men; SO gen-
eral officers; 100 rsgimsunl field officers; and
6eA staff and anon.commissioned staff officers.
Total rank and Gle, II, e,As4. ,i hsa ,ssa'7.''79d
The Jaaesvlle, (wisc0nsin,) Standard gives
| 10 account Of the elopsment Of an educated and
aristocratic young lady from that place with .
young Irishman, and their subsequent marriage.
The young lady & siia 70 be the daughter Of q
Director Of The Suffolk Bank, Boston, who was
Visiting some friends at GAINESVILLE, and was
smitten with Pat, ran away, was married, and 1
now enjoying slove IN q cottage" greatly to the
| modification and dismay Of her friends. a'aain
BY The annual statement, just printed, Il ap.
pears that ID forty seven colleges Of the land there
arc s54O students, Of whom SOs2 arc professors
q religion. There were, during the last year,
40 hopeful conversions, and Os7 who intend 70
i become ministers. According to the fullest re.
port we have ever seen, there were 192 Colleges
IN the United States, Of which 118 are Protest
ant and D Roman Catholic. OF the Protestant
Colleges, 10 arc controlled by the Baptists, 10 BY
tho Methodists, 8 by the Episcopalians, some II
BY the COngregatiOnalists, 2 BY the Unitarians
BY the Universalists, and the remainder by The
various branches Of the Presbyterians OF al
tho Colleges, 10, or about One-eghth Of the whole
! arc situated ID New England. The ftee States
have e5 Of the colleges, and the slave States 81
4 Lisuts. Williams and Bell, Of the o. $. Army
fought duel At Bladensburg, Feb. 2ad. at half
i past 9 An Shots were exchanged; the bal
i from Bell passing through Williams's bat WI
Iiams, rescrving bis fire, lowered his pistol ant