LATES INTELLIGENCE.

BY LAST EVENINGS MAIL.

Washington.
Correspondence Of the Herald
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Warrington.


GorTsspondence of the Heraldl


WASHINGTON, July 81, l846.
| am happy to inform you that the Secretary Of
the Treasury has countemanded the sales ordered
OF certain goods in New York, by an extension of
the time allowed tor their storage, In consideration
81 the fire. sixty DAYS further from the lt of August
Mr., Peter Hageur will have to go; and 1t is pre-
suned that Colonel Charles Hunton, late Speaker
oi the virgin Senate, will supercede Uncle Peter.
as hrd auditor Is further surmised that the re-
cent visits to this city of Judge Daniel Richard X.
lAeade, Extra BILLY Smith, John S Barbour, and
other distinguished gentlemen of the f. F. " were
incidentally connected with this appointment Old
Virginia has claims upon the Treasury that cannot
and must not be overlooked or set aside
There was sale In Sixth street Of the old furni-
ture from the Presidents house last afternoon the
rubbish, including dozen and half Of President
Monroe's chairs couple of dozen of old Hickory's
with list of Ogle's curtains, oil CLOTH lounges cur
tain ornaments, &c They brought about three
| prices upon old furniture In general
A man by the name of Bose, his wife, and a child
were killed about two miles to the north Of this city
| yesterday by lightning. They were found, after the
storm, by Of the boys returning from the field
the husband PROSTATE upon the floor, and the wife
sitting IN chair near by with the child in her arms,
as II asleep; but they were asleep never to wake
again TILL the day of eternity. We learn that two
other children, young glrls were absent at school
the time of the storm and the feelings of these
poor children on their return home, may well be
conceived Their father was an industrious Ger
man. and promised to do well for himself and his
family. The peal of thunder which followed this
destructive stream Of electricity, sounded in the
dome OF the capitol three miles off, like the expo-
sion OF mine in the dome of the Rotunda


The President and some of his Cabinet have gone
down to the Navy Yard to-day, we understand to
examine the ship houses, the naval stores, several
old hulks. and the Marine Barracks adjoining. The
day is very pleasant for such an excursion.


Eight or ten clerks discharged to-day from the
Departments; among them Mr.. Smith, from the
rostofiice, an old Locofoco editor from Ohio, up
who figured so extensively as Of the managers
of the ten-dollar Inauguration Bal, has been per
mltted TO resign and remove to Philadelphia. as we
learn to-day.


We shall have very rich chapter for the Herald
| tomorrow.