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Day
13
Month
June
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
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Madame de Witt, of Hanover, has just completed, after iwenty-two yëars' arduous labor, a globe of the moon, in which all the discoveries that have been made in the lunar planet, are set forthwith the ininutest particularity. The globe has excited the admiration of the se i en tifie world, and of the King and the aristocracy. It has been purchased for the Royal Astronomical Society of London. An inhabitant ofCorfu, who recently returned from Spitzbergen, after an absence of twenty-eight years, found his wife in good health, but the widow of ihrco hus bands. New Light. - M. Gaudin, a French chemist has invenled an inextinguishable light from a combination of oxygen and ether, or alcohol, which, he says# can be distinguished at a distance of thirty miles. An African Senator from a Slave State. - The Emancipator turns the family listory of the Senator from Florida, wnich was recently put forth by the Richmond Enquirer - to good account. Says the Emancipator: "It seems to be settled at last, that the Fíon. David Yulee, late Levy, U. S. Senator from the new State of Florido, is of .African origin, hisgrandfatherhaving been a high officer of oneof the monarchs of that continent. It is said by a correspondent of the Ilichmond Enquirer, that ihe Senator Yulee was Grand Visier of the Emperor of Morocco, but being driven from office on the death of his master, he found refuge at Gibraltar, whence he soon emigrated to Cuba and changed his name to Levy. The present Senator wasborn in Cuba but carne to Florida just before its transfer to the United States, whereby he became an involuntury citizen of ;his republic. The onIy difference between his paternity and that of other descendnnts of África, that he should be in the Sonate while the are thrust from all social privileges,seems to be in the fact that his ancestors was driven from África against their will, while the ancestors of the olhers were carried from África against their will We do not know whether Mr. Yulee is married. lfnot.this important peculiarity in his case, distinguishing him from other persons, of African dftscent,may aid somc anxious pnpn or mama in nnswering the quesiion - "Would you let your daughter marry a nigger?" This question is answored by the Hon. Charles A. WickliíTe of Kentucky, late Postmaster General, and a slavehulder - whose daughter has just been married to this same descendant of African parents! Ex. Paper. The great Fair at Washington. - In the midst of the war excitement, at the seat of government, it will no doubt be a very agreenble relief, to contémplate the works ofnrt, infrenuity, tasle and elegance, which will be exhibitc-d at the fair which opens on the 20ih. On no similar occasion of annual fairs, held in cities, have such coslly preparations been made by the advocates of manufactures. Astrong improssion was to be made on Congress, on men from the remote sections of the south atid west, on thosc unfriendly to a proteciive tarifT, and the exhibition itsdf, it is supposed will produce more effect than II fty speeches ofseveral hours' length. - The buildings temporarily erected for the accommoaHtion ofthe anieles to be exhibiied are situated in Court House square, 500 feet in length and 100 in width, and although roughly built and oníy to answer n temporary purpose, will not cost less than teil tinusanci dollars. The roofs are covered with oil cloth, the painting of which cost five hundred dollars. The interior is to be lined with fancy fubrics of various colors. Bonches, seafs, and other accommodations for the articles are all arranged, and it is supposed that the whole expense of buildings transportaron of articles, travelling expenses, &c , will not be short of iiuy thousand dollars. Severe Hail Storm. - The Marshall Expounderof the öth, gives the following : " The most remarkable hail storm we ever witnessed passed over our villoge on Wednesday the 3d instant. Hail stones lè inches in diameter feil, accompanied with a violent wind. In the west windows of our office half the glass was broken, and we presume the avernge in the village on the west side of buildings is not much less. The hail was accompanied with u heavy rain, andsome lightning. 14 We have not yet learned the extent of the storm toward the southwest, where it was most violent ; but we are informed by Rev. Mr. Pierce that it crossed the Kalamazoo near Mr. Heniig's, and passing along the seminary land, in a northeasterly direction, made sad havoc in the wheat ñeldsand windows in that vicinity, Jearing up the trees and scattering them in all directions. At the Emerald Mills considerable damage was done. 14 Northward the storm appears not to havo extended far, nor more than a mile south. It was much less violent east than t was west of us." Bishop Hughe6. - The report in regard to ihe appointment of Bishop Hughes as an agent, in any capacity to Mexico, it is announced by authority, is without a shad ow of foundation. 0C"The Rev. Mr. Harvey, a Baptist Clergyman, nged 111 years, has recently been lecturing at the Tabernacle in N. Y. city.