New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-25

not exsrc;e dc rowsr Eiven him 10 s,ternp, 70 control M
actions of those w. ON the gentleman calls thieves rob
bers In my city. 49,. -.
1t was this simple cote Of inquiry tina. Mr. Brook,
uistook for challenge. NO man In Washington has
laughed moro heartily at tn blunder and IT'S absurd CON
sequences than Gen. Bntler.
! FIRE IN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
The central part of the Smithsonian Institute
destroyed by FIRE this afteruodu. The fire origin.
aed In the loft above the pctursg aaery between th,
ceiling and the root in the west wsns o. the building
and is believed to have been caused ~ defective fus
The ceiling speedily fell in, and in few uouents the
gallery was one sheet Of flame. Wor4mep had BEEN
engaged during the day hanging pictures in Ss rooa
all Of which consumed, with tho exeep
ton OF some four or five. The paintings thus
destroyed included Stanlys Indian Galley. B
The flames extended TO the lecture room oHx main
tower, and thence to the apparatus ROOM aud OSlya
small portion of the apparatus was saved The win lows
Of the picture cutlery burst out. There were o09of
Stanys pictures here. and he was lust upon the poS
Of selling them to the State Of Michigan. Not an hour
before the FIRE broke out lady, who had been com
mssioned to see to the purchase the CELERY ex
aiming them. In this room was the statute Of the
Dying Gladiator, owned by Mr.. ,doCinire of this
city. 1t Is understood that Prof. Henry has expressed
his belief that the building fred iy sccossioRis.s
1t Is notorious however that the management Of the IN.
stitution has for years had scccsh favor ard that
lecture hall has been repeatedly refused to men OF
known antSlayery principles. Tho library i mostly
saved 1t had not much value II Is taken FOR granted
hat an immense sum viii be Immediately got oct II
Congress to rebuild the concern although the .mprcs.
sion is that the Institution for the purpose for which IT
was created--to diifuse knowledge among mea-Aas
been dead Cat failure from the start.
LOSSES on TIE PATAPsco.
Admiral Dahlgcn officially reports five oil.
Gers and thirty eight saved Of the Patar'ocs crew.
and sixty.two officers and men lost. Among them tie
following officers: Acting Master John White. Acting
Ensign Joseph L. Johnson Acting Ensign james L.
Brown Assistant Surgeon Samuel IL. Peiiz, Acting
Assistant Paymas.er William $. Crcevoy, ActinS
Second Assistant Engineer George l.. Palmer aad
Acting Third Assistant Engineer Dewitt c. Davis.
CONTRACTORS FOR IRoE-CLAps.
The House Naval Committee will probably
report absolutely against relieving tie ron.oHd con-
tractors from their alleged l9ssos on their Jobs
RuMoRED CABINET CHANGES.
The rumor gets more persistent that NJ
Seward viii, after March 4, take the St. James m'A'
and Senator Morgan the Treasury.
GEN. DUTLBR.
Gen. Butler and family will leave here TO-
morrow morning for Newiork.
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