The wind blew freely yesterday, and dust flew in every direction. An exposed location would invite enough of the Borean element to upset the integrity of an army of crinoline.--March is manifesting itself in a lively manner. Ice formed on Tuesday night, but not to any great degree of thickness. The youth who attends to the hoisting of the flag of Virginia, located over the Mechanics' Institute, had his hat stolen from him yesterday by the wind, which carried it much nearer Heaven than many of us expect to get in our present shape
