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The building the prepS, and other maeraIs, the ,ypes. of the office were consumed. The adjoining building OI John Smith, the dwelling of Judge Me DonneL the stores of Major Brooks and Mr. Gris. wOId, and the Office of Dr.. Clarke, were also burnt Loss estimated at S8,OOp. 's 3S3itT

 The wife of John Perry, of Oxford, N. Y. wasre- gently shot accidentally by her son. 90 hat she expr- ed instantly. 7 ffffe&tt

 The Boston Bulletin has been merged in the New England Palladium which in the fall will be publish ed daily instead of semi-weekly.

 CamiOn.-The New-York Legislature at its late session prohibited the circulation within that State of Foreign Bank Noies oT less denomination than five dollars.

 Massachusetts has br the Inst twelve fifteen years been pet.Oning Congress for indemHity from the Government for expenses by that State during theast war-the clain has hitherto been either rejected or postponed. She claims upwards of $500, ,0O0; and it is said will receive this session $439, 9,00O. re & The wits at Washington are making themselves merry at the expense of particular friends Isaac Hill and Amos KeDdall A caricature is aloat there, representing Isaaoas jus commencing his tramp, with his bundle his back; and Amos, collecting his duds, exelaims, 's Stop moment, and rli go with you."-Aierandria Gag. e.. --s-r,s. | Distressing Oecu,rence.-On the night of the 18th inst. the steamboat Talisman was asceDdiDg the Ohio, along side of Browns Island a short distance above SteubenviIle, four men, who had been fishing, rowed their skf, intending to pass the bow of the boat, but failed m the purpose and caught ny the bow of the boat, which immediately sunk the skiff before they were discovered. The engiH0 was imme- diaely stopped, and every exerton made by the of the Talsman to preserve the four fishermen, when l ha tho oshor ed.-Beaver paper. l Surgical Operation.-A communication in the Win chester (Va) Republican sfaes that surgical opera ton lately performed in GerardsowD, Berkeiy county, Va. upon two men, aged 28 the other 9, having Hare Lips. A piece of flesh taken from the cheek form the lip, and in three weeks they perfectly recovered that person, without strict scrutiny would be able tell that there had been any vacancy in the lip of either. Their utterance which was formerly indissinct, is now perfectly plain.

 Unparalleled Shootimg.-A pigeon match was shot on the 2ist uh., at Mir. Raynor's at the Half Way House. Jamaica turnpikeS L. I. by Mir. Henry M. Bonton, of Brooklyn, for one hundred dollars s.de. One hundred Pigeons were sprung from trap at ls yards distance. Ninety were shot upon the wing and fell dead within 60 yards of the traps three others were shot down, but subsequently Autered beyond l counted We believe the sporting records do not fur nish an account of an equal number being killed, any similar match either in this country or EDgand l ". Y Courier.

 A junior member of one of the Royal Houses of Europe, particularly celebrated for hs intellectual briancy, was promised by his tutor, he reward of classical exercise, that he should the royal stag hounds turn out. And do the Kings hounds l hnnt on Eoof other doUs ;nnu;rod h;. ov.l Highness. "How very odd!"

 Consparisons.-ln Virginia, the coalition say that Mir. Webster is !" mammoth treadng corn breaker'' -the Ant-Masons say he IS ''a giant rolling mount- ains''-m Nantuckethe is compared to whale spout ing porpoises-in Rhode Island to mill with thou- sand spinning Jennes-n Maine to codsh tha, fills a single barre-in Alabama to crocodile that swai- | lows steamboats, &Ec. .

 The Steamboat Victory has made arrangements to between New-York and Hartford, between sunrise and sunset-Fare $3 and found. The old boats, Macdonough and Eilsworth run for $1,5O, meals extra.

 Polite Notice to Genteel Thieves.--The following is literal copy of notice which hassbeen erected within these few days in field belonging to Mr. Harvey Combe (of Combe, Delafeld, & Col at Cobham: l" Ladies and Gentlemen aresreques,ed not to steal the turnips-other persons, # detected will be prosecuted" a@ Eu#t" New Arr;val.-A square rgged schooner, of about l3O tons up the Connecticut river to Springfield on the 22d ut., from Troy, loaded with grain. She sailed again the next day. with ale, paper, &c. for New York and market. No vessel of her size ever ascended l,e river so far before. '.a

 Heirs cf FGhon.-A Virginia paper suggests, as method for relieving the family of Faon, that all passengers in S,eam-B Boats shall pay cent each to fund for this purpose-the amount to be deposited, monthly. in the Branch Bank, at New-Yosk. Putthe at dollar, and the proposal will not be so likely to be overlooked Boston Rec.

 On the 26ih of February, fire in Bergen,ths capi- tai of Norway. destroyed, according to different ac- counts from ll2 to l20 houses, besides many ware houses; and 100 families without shelter. The sufferers by the fire are chiefly the richer mercants. Thehouses and warehouses destroyed were iusuredOr $229, ,99O. The damage is cstimaiea at half million or a million of dollars. z

 man about 35 years ofage, hayingthe appearance of a Lascar, was found hanging by his neck in New York last week, under shed in Washing ton street.

 Distressing Cassaity.-We learn verbally, that three young brothers, los. their lives in the east

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