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THE KOSSUTH EXCITEMENT AND THE SLAVERY QUESTION. Kossuth is the universal sensation. The enthusiasm for the man and his cause falls litilc ?hnrt of a nanir. or a uonular delirium. i'i" ' ~ r 7 "" ~ r i Jlut in this extraordinary excitement,^enthusiasm, and agitation, we may detect the development of principles, facts, movements and purjxises of the most stupendous character. The great missionary of Hungarian and European' emancipation?the Messiah of democracy?whose arrival lias been hailed as "the second coming of Christ," has startled the American people with the grandeur of his continental theory, the part which we are called upon to p'ay, and the results which are to follow the overthrow of the despots and the Pope. The programme is magnificent. Upon the fascinating idea of "the solidarity of the peoples;" all Europe south of Russia is to nt Ahrtn onrl mnvp nt nnpp. in the same 1 i ray (iv ?/i<uvt uuw imv? w ... cause, and for the same objects of popular rights and popular sovereignty, And all that England and the United States are asked to do, is to hold the rugged Russian bear; the ruthless Czar of all the Russians?hold him, and see fair plav. The plan is received with acclamation by the Corporation? the press-gang cry amen! the First Division of the New York State Militia respond with their loud huzzas?the churches aie seized with warlike enthusiasm?Dr. Bencher shouts from Brooklyn. "He is here! Glory in Rod in the highest! Peace on earth; but down with the despots." And to cap the climax of our admiration, even the lawyers open their heads; their hearts, and most wonderful of all, their pockets, to the common cause. Well may Archbishop Hughes stand off in dumb amazement. Well may the government at Washington tremble in their shoes, while they arc dragged into co-operation by popular enthusiasm. A European war is before us; and the tremendous responsibilities of a hand in the game may well alarm the delicate sensibilities of Mr. Fillmore and his cabinet. But there is an internal view of the subject, of greater moment than a war with Europe. It is in rebound of the work of revolution from Europe to our shores?a renewed and combined assault of all the elements and powers of abolition for the extinction of Southern slavery, at the hazard of a dissolution of the Union. To these contingencies the present agitation and excitement arc inevitably tending. Dr. Kinkel, the avant courier of this new epoch, commenced the work upon a small s scale. But a greater, and mightier, and more active agitator?the great Magyar?has followed close upon his heels. He has roused the popular sympathy to a state of frenzy r < * ? ?* i i "i_ ?i._ i jr Dieeaing nungary; oui wtinc me cuusu of Hungary is nominally his mission, he is admitted chief of the whole continental conspiracy. His mission is the liberation of Europe; but Kinltei and the Abolitionists have blended with, itihe abolition of slavery in the South. There have been some singular incidents connected with the honors paid to Kossuth in this city. We find ministers of: the gospel, European socialists, modern abolitionists, deputations of colored people, and Southern slaveholders, all uniting to pay rcvcrence to the great apostle of liberty. The ^ descendant of tho great Calhoun of South Carolina, and of the family of the almost sainted Madison of Virginia, meet on the same level with the abolitionists and free blacks, responding the same sentiments of sympathy, and receiving, as they had a right to expect, the same courtesies. The address of the colored deputation, headed by Dowing, (so widely celebrated for his famous oysters,) falls short if anything, of the "material, financial, and co-operative aid" so favisly promised by Messrs. Calhoun and Madison, the patriotic Floiidians. In fact, tlie popular furore has carried away ail men -?of all parties, all sects, all sections, and all colors?without stopping to count the costs or consequences. Archbishop Hughes and General Webb of the Courier, alone endeavor to stem the stiff current?the latter from sympathy with the financial embarrassments of Austria, and the other from sympathy with the Pope. But the overwhelming torrent bears down all opposition, and Kossuth, Hungary, and liberty, are the universal cry. But there arc symptoms, in this excitement, of a deep and widespread revival of the slavery agitation, The seeds of nbolililion arc sown broadcast, as it were, in a fresh soil, and in a fresh and fruitful soil, and a plentiful harvest will appear in due season. The Compromise measures are only an armistice on the slavery question, a temporary suspension of hostilities. The old issue will continue to be fought over again and again, till slavery is abolished or the Union is broken up. The Central Committee of Finance in the cause of Hungary - ? i 1.. i. c-~ : are Known 10 sympamizu laiguiy wiiii ocw- | ard and the abolitionists, who, discomfit ted | in the recent struggle, arc impatient for another onslaught upon the domestic institutions of the South. The singular unanimity of all the4abolition elements in their devotion to Kossuth, and the open avowals of the mission of Dr. Kinkel, admit of no doubt of the great object at the bottom of all I his a b olition enthusiasm. It is not the liberation of Europe, but we repeal, the revival of the slavery agitation through the agency of the European convulsion, and (he emancipation of the slaves of the South by an overwhelming descent of ail the forces of the Northern abolitionists, in the Presidential election or upon the legislation of Congress. . .. .? r__._ Ail wcse Sinpnur laeis uuuiiuiuj; wiu ni/9sutlicxcilcmenl?the overwhelming enthusiasm?the generous contributions on all sides C5 I ?the mingling of all parlies and all colors dr in their expressions of admiration, from the tes high-toned chivalry of.the South to the imi- tir talivc blacks of the North, are all but the lit' prefiguration of the approaching convulsion, 1?' with its widespread and tremendous conse- f1? quenccs. A crisis is upon us, and the sym- ,1" pathy and the agitation excited by these rev~ olutionary visionaries from the Old World, 1 threaten to drive us headlong to the rescue, m in defiance of all examples, all hazards, and p. all results. It is impossible that the South c0 can escape the effects of a universal libera- jq ting movement. The popular sentiment of Sp all Europe, and the feelings and antagonism w a formidable party in the North, are dead- pi set against our Southern institution of slavery. Let the despots of Europe be ovor- yc thrown; but let the South look well to the ot ultimate consequences, and prepare for the e: i-p.nrlinn ? N. Y. Herald. I pc - ------ M Correspondence of the Charleston Mercury. Washington, Dec. 19, 1851. Everything here has been frozen up for the m last few days, except the tongue of Henry S. g. Foete?that has been wagging even more busily than usual, as his appointed time of depart- ju ure approaches. He will probably leave on q Monday next for Mississippi; a most desirable ' event, and will thaw down to the true level'of [v his native insignificance, when he gets home, as the ice in the Potomac vanishes under the action of the sun. The cold hero has been in tense?the rigors of the season perfectly Sibe- j rian, and every body suffering more or less from violent influenzas. Even the coming of rQ Kossuth failed to warm the frosted features of , the wayiarers on tne avenue?ana norinern rg feelings have predominated over all others. In ' the two Houses of Congress little has yet been J,e done, ^except in the waj' of carving out work for the administration. Resolutions of inquiry fl'r concerning our domestic and foreign difficulties, g0 tiie Cuba affair, the Thrasher case, the Mormon matter, &c., have been adopted, and some responded to, as the published proceedings of gr Congress show. The course and policy that have been pursued by this administration, in ^ all matters requiring spirit and- promptitude, ar have been timid and truckling in the extreme. No glozing words, nor high sounding professions can cover this over. The facts are too ja( plain and palpable, and more have yet to be j ' elicited, of which the public is ignorant. If the j 1 Fillmore regime will hereafter be memorable for anyth' / it will be its utter imbecility, and m cautious cunning. Non-committalism is its ve- w ry essence. Thus while tbo English captives in the Cu- jt? ban expedition have been liberated, the Ameri- ge cans are left to tug at the oars in the galleys at Ceuta. While Mr. Webster is rounding the periods of his despatches to the Captain Gen- ^ eral, Thrasher, after having been long immured gr in a loathsome dungeon, sails for Spain. The Prometheus is fired into, and it is hoped that j nothing is meant by it. The sympathies of the gc peoplo and the attention of Congress is speci- gc ally invited to the Hungarian exile, liberated ^ already by one act?wmie tne unnappy victims of Spanish barbarity meet only only with abuse in the same message. In short, the present ad-ail 11 IStration e names aeune; aUitillatlon at nome nor respect abroad. With the exception of Webster and Crittenden, who have brains, the rest are "barren rogues all." Henry Clay is failing fast, and becoming a 'n< very old man. He probably came here in the ^ hope of recruiting his shattered energies and ' failing powers; but a heavy hand rests upon ?' him which he cannot shake off. Since the last Sr session he has broken down wofuily. The sl1 collapse of the high excitement of the strife mi that then sustained him, and the utter annihihilation of the high hopes he nourished, have vo suddenly aged him, and what but a short time since, looked like an old, but still strong tern- 1,1 pie?gracefnl yet in its proportions; firm still 1 upon its base, is crumbling fast into a ruin.? 1 He has been confined to his room lor the great- m or part of tho session, and has recently been st! compelled to go to Philadelphia to recruit. It pl, is more than doubtful whether he will ever fill 1 his seat in the Senate again. To few is it av granted to die as died Chatham and Calhoun. but Clay is ambitious of meeting the same end. a A great chango is gradually taking place in 0 our Public Couucils, by the removal of those 1 who long stood as conspicuous landmarks in 0,1 the Senate Chamber and the Forum. He who a.r now glances over that familiar scene, meets no '".( more tho lion port, and the eagle eye of CalLoan?the face haggard and worn, yet bright ?r with intelligence. The grand brow and caver- ! c nous eve of Webster, full of lurid light, scowl v ' w i i VG no more 011 the spectators; and now, last lingerer of the tliree, the spare form and quick eye of Henry Clay pass like a shadow on the wall, on the way to the land of shadows. The big and burly form of Benton, a strong man in l'( his sphere, has also vanished from that scene, th and Cass sits alone, unremoved and unmoved, tn amidst "the noise and confusion," which now characterize that onco dignified body. Apathy, ? good digestion and sound sleep, have preserved him in fine keeping, while the brighter lights ol his day have either been darkened, or gone out in the eclipse of death. J* lie, however, is politically as dead as the "c object of his former toadyism, and subsequent ni abuso?the King of the French. 11c is the Pc Louis Philippe of this revolution in politics, and 10 little Senator Stephen Douglas treads hard on his heels to play the part of Louis Napoleon. tv The general candidate knows this, and has recently been violently affected with Young Ainericanism. lie has tried to bo as progress- ^ ivc as Capt. Rvndcrs, as foreign in his instiuets as Kossuth, and as universal in his philanthropy ?/ as Mr. Pecksniff. But it all won't do. Ho l'c can't get the nomination. On the Whig side, Geu. Scott is whipping up again, and will bo a Bl< formidable candidate, should the general popularity plan bo adopted as in the case of Gen. a11 Tavlor. On tl>? nthnr siflp llin l'Vnncnllnm Is hunker much after W. O. Hutler, of Ky., and the ^1 Van Burcus if restored to communion with the Pr party, will tnake a strong push for him, with Pierce, of N. H. as Vice President. That tick- Sf et would take well at the North, and that is the th main point?the South being considered a wl mere makeweight now. As long as it remains ha I'ided and distracted?fierce in its home con- wil its, feeble in its outside ones, such will con- the lue to be the case. It availed Gulliver but ? Lie that his foes singly were contemptible, so ug as the thousand little threads with which was tied, one to each separate hair, hold ? m down in his painfully ridiculous position. T* ie South is a Gulliver. When will she 6weep == e threads? Hut to recur to things here: the Compro- = ise controversy re-opened by " the little icificator" Foote, still goes on, and the als get hotter the more the windy little man po: uws the bellows of his lungs. How many wa loechos he has made in the course of the wil eek, including interruptions and personal ex- jei anations, would be hard to reckon up. But C0| > has been most completely squashed" by >ur two Senators; first one and then the her picking him up with a pair of tongs, and diibiting the bat-like flights of this most flighty iliiiciiin Tf ic univprsallv conceded that both su' ,w J r. Butler and Mr. Kiiett have worsted him tr? every collision that has taken place between an em ; and after skulking off from the flail of e former, he met equally severe punishment ider the lash of the other. Both of your mators have acquitted themselves most ad- be< iralily in the trying position in which they an ive been placed. The defamers of South ^ arolina cannot say that her race of orators j)r id statesmen are extinct, while she can show j t'o such able and ready champions on the jor of the Senate. The debate is not yet closed. Foote was 1 dulging in a tirado of the usual kind to-day which he swore by Gen. Jackson's Procla- f?r ation. and abused Mr. Rhett, and to mor- of w your Senator will respond to him, having itained the floor for that purpose. After that joinder, Mr. Foote will probaly try to fins it tn a vote, in which he will not sue-1 |aB ed, as Sam Houston intends making a '"J eecli, abusive of South Carolina of course, id various others also wish to listen to the und of their owu voices. 1 Foote had hoped to carry home the vote as 11 ipital, but will be disappointed. Whether it inlly will be laid on the table, or passed, is an er >en question. The chances either way vary 3m day to day. Let that test be adopted, id the incompatible substances composing the listing parties will resolve themselves into ; eir original elements very quick. If it is id on the table, it will manifestly be a shirkg of the subject, and the bone will be thrown thi to the National Convention. his The Kossuth fever in New York, and the arch, of agrarian progress there as connected ith it. you doubtless have remarked. KosfTH will be here next week?but everybody ha icps cool about it. They are accustomed 0C( re to lions of all kinds, and are in the habit tai seeing the animals at feeding time. He ill manage to make a sensation when he ar'es, nevertheless, probaly by a speech on the ev ?or of the Senate. Jm No business of much consequence will be to me in either House, until after the Christmas pe iliduys. Many of the members have gone ta? me to get their eggnog and digest their tur- sh y in peace. With the opening of the new ha ar opens in earnest the political campaign, m{ The last news from California, shows that gn e discussion about the division of the State f d the introduction of slavery, is becoming jj are animated, and may in fact bo consid- . red the great topic of the times. The San P c ancisco Herald ot the 12th nit., in the coarse 1( a long article deprecating exciting and an- se< y discussion on the subject of introducing ?fivery, makes the following interesting state- of jilt: wc "It may startle those who happen to be ner- ho us on this subject to be informed that slavery us, i\v exists and has always existed in Califora since the adoption of the constitution. In ^ o mining counties and even in San Francisco, ere are many slaves, and yet there is no anifest derangement of public morals in conquence, nor do the people generally seem to ve themselves much anxiety on the subject, liere is no attempt to incite the slaves to run- |f vay, and they themselves^catching the healthy |jg ne of public sentiment, never entertain a jm ought of such a thing. We know of some an them whoso earnings amount to as much as thi e pay of a post-captain in the navy, and who m< hi purchuse their freedom at any time, but e perfectly content with their present condiin. These facts go to prove that it will be ff. ilicult, without persevering agitation, to gen- tig ate bigotry in the minds of the people ofCal- us irnia on the slavery question, or to convert fri< into an element of discord; and such perse- 'n iring agitation we hope never to see." ^ W ASHixfiTox. Dec. 1G. The Spanish Minister has received informa- Jn )n from the neighborhood ol Savannah, Geo. wt at now Cuban expeditions aro on foot. If 'y? is bo so, it is very certain the poor deluded wt llotvs in the Pampero expedition, (including ca: brasher) will be a long time at Ceuta, before thi ey will return to the United States. To keep em imprisoned, get up new expeditions. pC War i3 a better condition, actual war, Spain !gins to think, than this quasi war which keeps o{. ir in arms all the time, and in peril in Cubaid war will certainly como, if these Cuba ex- .; sditions are not kept down by popular opin- Sltl n here at home. g It is declared that a secret treaty exists be- hei .Teen Spain, Franco and England to guarane to Spain Cuba; and that in case of neccssi, the French and British squadrons in the rest will join in the protection of Cuba. If I is bo so, there is a very sorry chance for any pei the ivvasionists, if more are making prepara- ie(] >ns. ry War with Spain will not be all sport on our ie If we could conquer Cuba, Cuba wouiu VQ i converted into n St. Domingo?and the trade ^ id commerce, mid business character of the land would be ruined. Privateers under mnish colore would swarm upon every sea to cy upon our commerce. vo 1 am fearful of bearing by the news from 0P lain, after the Cortes has been in session, that w' o right of holding land and other property, pe< lich American (domiciled) citizens have been tin ving there, just as Spanish subjects here had, orf I be taken from them, in consequence of :sc agitations. CAMDEN, rESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30.1851. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Oar Notice. rhe year is nearly gone, and we take the oprtunity to notify our patrons in arrears that we nt money, and must have it. We hope they II do us the kindness to call and liquidate the mands against them. It will be very little inivenience to them respectively, and at the ne time confer a very great favor upon us. Do jnds recollect us, and oblige us in this reasonai request The amounts due us by each of our bscribers will help us out amazingly, anJ be no iub'e to those who pay us. Recollect this friends d do your duty. ' Missionaries to California. Rev. J. W. Kelly and Rev. S. W. Daves, liave jn elected by the South Carolina Conference, d appointed by Bishop Andrew, at its recent >sion in Georgetown, under the conditions of . Boring, superintendant of that Mission. They 11 preach at Camden on Sunday, 4th of Januanext; at Winnsboro, Monday 5lb, at 7 P.M.; lesterville, Tuesday 6th, at 7 P. M., &c. Persons wishing to contribute to the cause, may ward their donations to Dr. Wightman, Editor the Southern Cbristiau Advocate. Our Market. Very little has been dou9 in cotton since our it, only a few bales having been sold. We nvfrnmoo of A fn UH/ WIUWO tth v iv vvt fe*jf"The proceedings of Congress possess so Je of interest, that we have not copied any of ;m, preferring to occupy our columns with othmatter. ? ? Daguerreotypes. We are requested to state by Mr. Squier, that i stay will be limited to ten days longer. Those io desire good pictures would do well to avail ?mselves of the present opportunity of getting ;m. Mr. S. has succeeded admirably well with i pictures here. Christmas is over, And we are glad of it Notwithstanding we ve passed our time pleasantly, and nothing has curred in the circle of our friends and acquaints to mar the pleasure which has been afford us. Nor is it our duty to record an accident en of the most trivial character, whore any in y has occurred. We attribute this altogether good Providence, and not to any care which rsons amusing themselves in the streets have ten. We are always and painfully apprehenre on such occasions that some casualty will ppen, when we see such gross carelessness inifested in the handling of fire-arms among 3 boys; and even with their fire-crackers, im'nse uuiiingi; mar tr^-nom. tfoys of targrr 3Wth, sometimes indulge in these sports when seems better judgment would advise different iwever we are not disposed to assume the un?asant and unthankful office of censors. Yet jre are manv things which we do not like to ?, and which we have no hesitation in speaking O ? ?1 OU1IJC, WD llillltV) 11J an. c au ma ppiu^i iat*- ucc Christmas times, in dealing so profusely in fire irks. And as a burnt child dreads the fire, we pe persons will be careful how they use this eful as well as destructive element A word to 5 wise is said to be sufficient We hope it may 80. Raking up the Coals. "The Camden Journal, having just recovered im the late October scorching, seems to have a rrible dread of everything in the shape of fire, one of its cotemporaries strikes oven a faint ht for the guidance of its readers, the Journal mediately gets out its little engine and buckets, d commences to bellow Fire! Fire! with all 3 power of its lungs. A few days ago, as a ?re matter of amusement, we gave an account some of the bye-play of the House and Senate, d for this, the Journal lets off his little engine ion us, as if we were a regular incendiary, iving drenched us all over, and wrapped us htly in his wet blanket, he then begins to read a remonstrating lecture. "Why is it, says he, end Standard, that you display such eagerness raking up the expiring coals of political strife ? hy not let them die? Why seek to blow them a blaze?'" So says the Southern Standard of yesterday, reply to which we can only say, that recently, j have had occasion to bellow Fire ! quite lustiand if the Standard had been scorched even as ; have been, he would bellow too?not a politiI scorchinc, but a practical demonstration of the ue itself. As the Standard acknowledges himself wrapd up in a wet blanket, and raked over the coals, is accounts satisfactorily for the great amount vapor which he throws off on the present oc?ion. Such being the case, we have no dispoion at present, to disturb him in his dream of try, but will leave him to take his rest like a ro? "With his wet blanket still around him." Oar Exchanges. South Carolina Temperance Advocate.?We rceive from the announcement made in the vajctory Mr. Edwin Heriot, in the Southern LiteraGazette, that his connection with it has ceased, d that ho has purchased the Temperance Adcate, and intends removing it to Charleston iere it will hereafter be published. Wo regret losing the valuable services of Mr. wraan, who has long and ably edited the Ad cate, and reflected honar upon himself by his en, manly and dignified course, whilst charged th its conduct We hope, and confidently exit that, under Mr. Heriot's control, it will conue to !>c the able advocate of truth, and as the ran of the Temperance cause, prove quite as * successful as heretofore. Mr. Heriot lias long been identified with the Temperance cause, and lias ably and eloquently advocated its claims, by precept and example. Hornets' Nest.?We have not had the pleasure of a visit from this old friend for a length of time. What is the matter, Bro. Badger? We ^ should like to know. % Southern Literary Gazette.?Progress is the order of the day, and it seems that Messrs. Walker & Richards not only intend to keep pace with, but a ltttle in advance of the times. We are promised in the new issue of the Gazette some rich intellectual treats. Mrs. Alice B. Neal, the fair and gifted authoress, will contribute a New Year's Story, and Mr. W. Gilraore Simms has been engaged to contribute largely to the new series. We shall take great pleasure in wolcom: it ? n a a :a. t ? .. ? mg uie uazeue wuu its ounnen 01 good Mings 10 our table. The Olosing Tear. The time is appropriate for reflection? "'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask them what report the) bore to Heaven; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men experience call." , And yet how little is the profit we derive from ' the experience which every year affords. A few hours more, and' the present year, like the nast vears of our life, will he irnne?its record I J ' o ? - will be among those things which were. Soon to to us will it vanish away like the morning cloud and early dew. Its pleasures, its joys, its good, its evil, will soon be on the same common level? all gone?never, no never to return. We are standing on the "grave of the Year," and we may 1 atone and 'liesame moment,take a retrospective as well as prospective view of life?as it was?as it is. We are on an eminence from which we may look far and wide, and passing in review, before us is a vast army of incidents which have been peculiar to each of our lives. We are able it may be to recognize in these ideal images, many features of former pleasures, scenes which even gladden our hearts, with their recollection. It may be that on the other hand, we awake to a consciousness of life as it is?stern reality. There is much which gives us pain. Experience damps our pleasure. 5 Men talk of killing time! how strange the thought! "Time was given for use not waste.' "Time," (says the immortal bard) "is Eternity." "Who murders time, he crushes in the birth A power ethereal, only not adorn'd." There is no one perhaps whose experience does not teach, that every succeeding year as it comes to its close, seems the shortest of our life, thus? "Man flies from lime, and time from man; too soon In "sad divorce this double flight must end." If our delighted fancy should invest the future i with bright hopes, let us prepare our minds to nil V*o4 /I r\r\rt5ntmnnt mot? ViOTTO in etrtro UUUUic an uiab uioaj^uuniuci/k iwuj uorb in oiute* "For such is life? Awhile we play, enamored of each fragile flower, And wrapt in hope's bright vision stay, The short lived hour." BSgTHon. Henry Clay has resigned his seat in ~ the U. S. Senate, on account of ill health. Hie * successor is to be elected to-day. Destruction op the Library op Congress.?It is with feelings of profound regret we record this great calamity. At six o'clock this morning the doors of the Capitol were opened by Mr. John W. Jones, captain of the Capitol police, at which time he believes there was nothing on fire throughout the building. At a quarter before eight o'clock however, on approaching the door of the Library, he was convinced from the smell of smoke that something was wrong; and he accordingly forced his way in by breaking a panel of the door. The tables, books, shelves, &c. in the northeast end of the room were all on fire; hut he believes they could have been extinguished at that moment by the use of half a dozen buckets of water. But the opening of V?o dnnr orncp vpnf t/\ fhp flnmps nnd thpv ennn to ,1 ascended to the roof, and spread rapidly throughout the entire room. The few persons in the building were with difficulty called to render assistance, and when they arrived it was impossible to save .the main room or its contents. The contents of tho smaller library room, comprising a great variety of antique works, die. were saved in a somewhat damaged condition. A messengor (Mr. Balduin) was immediately dispatched for the city fire companies, who had but just returned from the fire at the Franklin Hotel, but owing to the improbability of his report, it was not till after considerable delay . that he could obtain any aid from them. The { engines were finally obtained and carried by the firemen to the rotundo, and upon the eastern portico, from which positions they propelled water to the roof of the Library, and thus ij| extinguished the flames. The Library occupied that portion of tho building immediately within the western portico, and was so isolated from the rest of the building as to involve but little injury to other ' portions. The adjacent committee rooms with their papers, are however, somewhat di*?> i 4 What extent of loss has been sustained, x are at this moment unable to conjecture; but fifty or sixty thousand is probably the number of volumes, and many of them were of rare worth; while the value of the works of art, thj^f collections of ancient coins, medals, and othi | curiosi.ies, dec. cannot be approximated in an^ ifl estimate. The marble busts of Jefferson, Lafayette, Taylor, dfc., the portraits of Washington, J. I O. Adams: a nuinbej of old naintimrs: the files ^ ^ 7 t D ' - | of the National Inteiiigencer <Szc?all are goiwi^^ Later?Wo havo heard discriminating per-^^^?> sons estimate the value of tho books that can bo replaced at $250,000, and tho damage to to the edifice at about 820,000.? Washing, tou Telegraph. Murder among the United States Troojis at > Smiihvillc.?Wo loam that on Sunday night % ' J