EXPENSIVE FIRES AT THE WEST
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The Detroi, Daily Advertiser of the Sd in
slant, says that very extensive fires were com
mtting ravages on both sides Of the St. Mary's
river, and on the upper part Of the lower pen
insula, in the neigborhood Of the straits of
Mackinac They had been burning several
weeks 1t is said, says the Advertiser, to ex-
tend TO Fond du Lac, or Lake Superior, if not
TO the Mississippi. The night scenes at Mack
mac are said TO be of the most magnificent and
imposing character, the whole heavens on both
sides being illuminated by the vast conaagra-
zion. There has been no rain for weeks and
the fires were doubtless commenced by the In
dans.