The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-08-26
GENERAL SUMMARY.

| During the illumination in New York, In
honor of the Atlantic Cable, fire was discovered
breaking out on the roof of the City Hall. The
flames soon spread, and threatened the entire
building.
The scene was awfully grand A sea of up
turned faces, illumined by the glare of the con.
asgration, was visible as far az the eye could
reach and high up above their heads was
kanother multitude, reused from their slumbers,
peoplng the windows of the Astor House and
other hotels in the neighborhood. The shouts
of the fremen filled the air, while the dashing
to and fro of the fire engines helped to fill up
the spectacle.
As the fire made headway, 1t attacked a
number of fireworks which had been left on the
roof and rockets and Roman candles lent q
strange brilliancy to the interesting spectacle
of the conHagration.
About one o'clock, the statue of Justice
blindfolded, that crowned the cupola, with a
tremendous crash, sank gracefully down into
the blazing crater. The spectacle at this point
was imposingy grand As the statue went
down into the fire, deafening shout, rs if from
ten thousand throats, rent the air. Then fol-
lowed moment or two of silence-brokep
again by q round of applause. The " Bird oil
Jove the Eagle-still kept his place aloft
after his mistress had parted company; but in
Q little while the Eagle, too, went down among
the Aames-and Immediately after him went
all that remained of the cupola.
| About half past two, the fire was checked
and the building safe, the upper part, though
being considerably injured.
The total damage will amount to from
$4,000 to $4,000.
| The Chicago Democrat relates tale of de-
ception, in two chapters, which is, in its leading
features, but reproduction of the old story
in which q gay deceiver makes advances to q
widow and her daughters, finally proposes to the
widow, who consents to the proposition to mar
~ young man whom che hardly knows, pre-
pares to re enter the state of matrimony, and
in full bloom, there comes killing frost, which
lays all her fine prospects in darkness and
death. The first chapter of this "ower true
tale ends thus:
"Their wooing sped rapidly, and last Tues
day, just FIVE weeks from the date of their first
acquaintance, the twain were to be made one
| flesh. He would take her to his friends to pass
the honeymoon; they would travel through the
South next winter; and the next summer should
find them resting upon the shady side of Mont
| Blanc, preparatory to q winter among the gay
scenes of the French capital.
"As they should want it no more, by his ad
vice she solo all her furniture, and invested the
proceeds in apparel for the condition ia life to
which she was about to be transplanted. Prep
arations for the tour we're nearly completed on
Saturday evening last, but some triAing things
| yet remained to be purchased, to obtain which
the young man had to go down town."
Chapter second.-The young man hasn't got
back yet; when he does, we will finish this
chapter.
The dispatch from Mr.. De Sanity, at Trinity
Bay, satisfactorily settles the question, " Ho's
long sods the Queens message on the journey
across the cable :" He says that it was com
menced on Monday, 90 that all suspicious that
it occupied several days" in coming across
are entirely dissipated.
At the late election, for the first time since
1885, the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, voted
Democratic. It