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Fire iW Washington. .--On Sunday evening last, be- tween and o'clock, fire broke out in Q small wooden building nesF to the large fOUr-stOry stone building, in Washington, in this county used as cot ton manufactory Before this was consumed the fire communicated to the cOrnice of tho large building, which soon extended over the FOOf and throughout the whole interior, destroying the whole except some few things taken out from the lower story The ma chnerv and contents, as well us the building, were owned bv the Washington Manufacturing Company. but Mir Elisha Peck, of Hartford, was we believe the Drncpal stockholder The stone walls still stand ing There was an insurance Ot 10 or Sl2OOo on the buildings and contents which tosome extent will n- demnify the company from loss,

 The N. Y. Tribune of Saturday las. says, and the rc&nark will apply more particularly to the newspa- re,s fthis State than elsewhere "We observe those who kno " better continually asserting that the Ex- Derd;,ures oi the Government for the current year amount to NoOoo, conceaing the fact that over S5bOOOOO of this am 'unt have been aosoroed m 'he payment ot MT. Van LENren's legacy Of Treasury Notes-to say nothing of at Hst as much more oeSc- ted to the cost of Gen. JaCksons Her-'oom the F'or da War. Yet the Globe with tho fac s'uny oeao'e I a' decaims against Whig Expendl.ure oi

 and argues that Van Buren left no debt beca" S5,50OO00 of the Loan have yet been taken up, c, cealinQ the existence of of Treasury oses and many other serious items ofindebtedness! Can the People be blinded by such deception ?''

 HENRY CLAY has recently Teen confined with dangerous attack of peurisy, but glad learn that it has passed off, and that his health is improving

 01 When the gentleman in Massachusetts who makes his boast, in article sent for pubca. tion of the great weight of his Berkshire hogs, will inform of their age, and keeping, the public will be better enabled to judge whether their weight is very extraordinary, and "cannot be beaten.''

 LoursIANA.-The Legislature of this State conven. ed at New Orleans the 18th inst. The Legsla- lure was chosen tn lS4O but one new Senator and seven members of the House elected fill vacancies appeared and took their seats. Hon. Wm. Deburvs. late speaker uf the House, having resigned Hon. w. C. c Claiborne (whig) was chosen in his stead, hav ing 8 votes to scattering and blanks.

 The Message of Gov. Roman was transmitted on the same day. I is ot those straightforward doc. uments which becomes Whig Governor. It states that the Annual Expenditures of the State are ex- ceeding it's income by about S2OO 900 per nnnum and that the State Debt is now about $l,l00,O0O. Gov. R. of course recommends Retrsnchment and addi. tional Taxation as the appropriate remedies.

 ~. Y Tribune.