Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1854, Page 2

EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON OITY: MONDAY AFTERNOON ...... December 18. Agents for the Evening Star out of Wash- Persons at adistanxe wanting the Daily Evening Star, at the earliest period after its issue, can be accommodated at ~~ Wilmington, Delaware, by E. 5. R. Burier, No. 114, Market street. Baltimore, by Hexry Tariog, Sun Iron Buildings. Harper's Ferry, by ARCHIBALD KirzMicier. Alexandria, Va., by Wu. F. Carn, No. 60 King street, corner of Fairfax. Fredericksburg, Va., by W. M. Mrs. Richmond, Va., by Suara & Fors, Nos. 150 Broad street, and 194 Main street. Charlottsville, Va., Janes V. Mannine, Franklin hotel. Portsmouth, Va., by A. B. Owens, No. 70, High street. At Orange Court House, Va., D. H. Van Petr. At Staunton, Va., Taos. H. Greswam. At Gordonsville, Va., G. A. MILLER. ——— = JOB PRINTING. Our friends will find us prepared at any moment to execute every description of Jon Pristina, with neatness and dispatch on very reasonable terms, from Cards up to Book Printing We are now ready to serve all, at & moment’: warning. SPIRIT OF THE MCRNING PRESS. ‘The Intelligencer is highly gratified indeed with the re-election of Senator Butler, of Seuth Carolina, saying, “There is no member of the Senate whose reappointment to it we feel free to say, would afford a more sincere or universal satisfaction among its members than that of Mr. Butler; nor indeed more satisfaction to all who value the dignity, respectability, and usefulness of the Senate. It is the more gratifying just now, 2s making some amends for the loss which the body will sustain at the close of the present session in the retirement of some of its most able ard esteemed members, under the opera- tion of that most mischievous of Democratic ee the principle of ‘rotation in of- ice.’ *? The Union grows eloquent over the enact- ment of the bill for the relief of the heirs of Baron de Kalb, of revolutionary war memory, saying: ~ There is something peculiarly interestin, in the history of Baron de Kalb. Let us recal. some of the incidents of his career, now when we are demanded by an arrogant party to an- nibilate the recollection of the brave and gen men who came fromotker lands to suffer ur the cause of Amocrican indepen- e assailed by the strongest Power World. He was a German by birth. ile was in France a knight of the order of military werit, and a brigadier general in the French army. He came to this couatry with La Fiyette; was appointed a mejor general by Congr ud served at the head of the Maryland division. He commanded the right wing of the Americans at Camden, S. U , and in that fearful conflict he fell, in his last at- temp: to achieve a victory, pierced with eleven wounds. He was rescued from imme diate death by the Chevalier du Bysson, his aid, (aud also a foreigner.) who embraced the Prostrate general, and received into his own body the bayonets intended for his friend, exclaiming. ‘save the Baron de Kalb; oh, save the Baron de Kalb.’ The brave veteran survived the bloody battle but a few days Before bis death he spoke these noble ott ‘I die the death I always prayed for—tTHEe DSATH OF A SOLDIER FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS or wax.’ What a commentary upon thia lan- guege are the doctrines of tho new secret or- der’ Lisa voice from the grave of a great soldier, pleading egairst the passions and the prejudices, and to the justice and the grati- tude, of the present geueration. When Gen. Washington visited Camden, many years after, he went to the grave of the German patriot After gazing u it, with a countenance marked with deep thought, he exclaimed, with a sigh: ‘So, there lies the brave De Kaib: the generous stranger, who came from adistant land to fight our battles, and to water with his blood the tree or our liberty. Would to God he had lived to share its Sruts !” “ Little did the immortal hero and sage eu) Pose that a day would arrive in American hi tory when such a man as De Kalb would be- come a wark of proscription; when his chil- dren would have been disfranchesed by a fanatical party, and when his services would be denied by a set of modern reformers, whose ambition can only be satiated by a war upon ail men born abroad, whe'her naturalized or not and by acrusade upon the religious be- lief of a large portion of the American peo- ple! cazions.—Taylor & Maury have sent us the “Life of Barnum,’ the great showman, which we chall notice at length ina future zumber of the Star. Joe Shillington has sent us Godey’s Lady’s Beck for January. The new title page is superb. Ware Convention 1x Virginta —Some of the Whig papers are suggesting preparations for holding a Whig State Convention to nomi- nate candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General. The elec- tion will be held on the fourth Thursday of May, and itis thought that the 22d of Feb- ruary will be asuitable period for the Con- vention. A Union Convention has been sug- gested, composed of all the opponents of the Democratic ticket, (who were themselves Whigs ia 1540;) but the “Old Line Whigs’ are in favor of raising thcir own banner, which they say is good enough and broad onough for all patriotic voters The editor of the Courier and Enquirer, who has recently returned from Europe, says that the $id Highlanders, the regiment which Taceived and repulsed the charge of Russian cavalry with suca admirablo coolness on the 20th of October, has volunteered to lead the storming pirty when the breaches are opened at Sevastopol. Probably not one of the gal- lant fellows will live to know whether the at- tack iz successful or not i= IvvaLvasLe ReMepies.—Here are a few rimple remedies for very prevalent disorders, which we have no hesitation in recommending as infaliible: For sea sickness—stay at home. Tor drunkenness—drink cold water For bealth—take “‘Ayer’s Pills.” Por accidents—keep out of danger. To make money—advertise in the Evening Star. Por Coughs and Colds—take Cherry Pecto- ral To keep out of jail—pay your debts. ‘To be happy—subseribe for a newspaper. ‘To please ali—mind your own business. To have a good conseience—‘pay the prin- ter.” a"Champagne and oysters are the induce- ments cffered at public salesin New York, ac- cording to the Evening Post ~ Sumptuous Junches procure good attendances. tas £S} The guano at Bird Island, near Bt. Thor-as, is said to be equai to the Feruvian Peposit. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Oool.--The indignant comments of the Paris Constitutions against the Government of the United States, because a equad of French ref- ugees and vagabonds insulted the French Em- Peror in the harbor of New York not long since, in singing the Marseilles and hooting and blackguarding around a Freneh ship-of- war, is a note worthy event, in view of the fact that the Courrier des Etats Unis, the organ in our country of the Minister of the French Government, which at home muzzles the Press completely, not permitting a single jour- nal to express a thought on public affairs not agreeable to itself, (the Government,) is ac- tually the only newspaper in our country which is always msanly insulting the Presi- cent. The Tribune, Herald, et al. do that cirty trick openly, and without attempt at Cisguise. The Courrier, on the other hand, \shen doing such work, does it 80 as to convey te impression that it knows wel! that it is go cogaged, and is anxious to hide the true cha- racter of its employment from scrutiny. What a comment upon the hollowness of the complaint of the semi-official organ in Paris, * the labor of the French organ in this conn- Ty! By the by, the Courrier is the only paper aich has condemned the message in toto, Tron, Coarse Wool, Dyestuffs, &c.—The ew York Mirror calls on Congress to re- ve the present pressure on the busines: ‘en of the country by passing the French voliation bill, redeeming the Texas bonds, id abolishing the duties on dyestuffs and sols. Now, there are two sides to all such _lestions. A large wing of the House, doubt- ‘83 @ majority, at this time are opposed to any teh legislation. As for the spoliations and cexas bonds questions, at present matters look s though there are no hopes. That is, that tiese interested in the proposed legislation ith reference to them are to be disappointed. Ye shall see. The friends of duty-free dyestuifs and coarse ‘cola, however, are in a better position at the tesent writing, owing to the pressure for the ~smoval of the duty on railroad iron. [t seems »us as though these three propositions hang iygether, there being many pro-railroadites ({ree-duty-on-railroad-iron-men) disposed to lat in dyestuffs and coarse wools duty free, by way of carrying theirown scheme. The cuc- cess of any such proposition, however, will de- pend upon the judgment with which its friends manage its cause here this winter. Theircace is not hopeless, But to succeed, it must be earnestly pressed, and with great skill. So matters go in Washington at this time An Important Decision —The decision of the Supreme Court, on Wednesday last, in the case of Ring vs. Maxwell, involves a reading of the law which is of great public impor- tance. Ring, it will be recollected was naval officer of the port of New York under the last Administration. He, the collector aud the surveyor of the port claimed that all addi- tional duties there were in the nature of “pen- alties,’’ ani that, as such, the naval officer, surveyor, and collector, (the latter being Max- well himeelf,) were legally each entitled to a distributive shere of them. The Secretary of the Treasury, not admit ting the validity of their claim, ordered all the moneys collected there on account of “additional duties” assessod, to be paid into the Treagury; and Ring, on behalf of him- self and his colleagues, brought this suit, to enjoin the collector from paying it in as or- dered by the Secretary. The decision of the Supreme Court is that their claim is not valid, the additional duties being duties—the property of the United States—and not “ penaities,”’ under tho law of 1846. This decision suves to the Treasury, in this aad other cases, some two or three mil- lions of dollars, if not more; the revenue offi cers who receive the highest pay being those who present the highest olaims of this char- acter. if we are not greatly mistaken, this deci- sion covers, also, the chief point made in the case of the United States vs. Bevzrly Saun- ders, late collector at San Francisco, soon to be tried in Baltimore. Gov. Seward.—We have to say that as far as we can judge from the conversation of the friends of Mr. Seward in this city they are perfectly at ease with reference to that gen- tleman’s re-election to the Senate, feeling per- fectly certain of that event. Tho country might as well know that fact in view of cur- rent publications of prognosticatione the other way. Hot £0.—‘The Philadelphia Mint is now, it is stated in New York papers, unable to supply the demand for coin which is wanted— uot bars now as the foreign demand for export has ceased—but it does its best in sending on $20 pieces, which but very feebly supply calls for circulation. Eagles and half-eagles are wanted, not $20 (bullion) pieces. These facts account for the hitherto unexplained incon- gruity—that while New York was receiving gold by the million from California, she was not increasing in gold in bank. The kzpress says: “The bullioa sent from this city to Phila- delphia for refining and coining, since the new construction pat upon the assay office here, amounts to the large sum of $3,230,000—of which only $500,000 have come back, go that the Philadelphia Mint has of New York de- posited bullion $2,780,000. ‘To lessen, in these crying and trying times, this enormous dead lock of the precious metals, the Secretary of the Treasury has drawn upon the Sub-Treas- ury coin here for $1,000 000, to be paid out for bullion—but this yet leaves of New York held tie $1,780,00—of no more present use than if it was in the Dead Sea,’””—Baltimore Sun. On inquiry, we learn that there are mate- rial errors in the above statement. The Phil- adelphia Mint is not “unable to supply the demand for coin,” as alleged. For a week or so its coining operations were, for the most part, discontinued, simply to afford the proper opportunity for the settlement of accounts on a change of coiners. In the mean time, all New York depositors of bullion to be coined in the Mint, were and are free to obtain coin for it at the New York assay office, s0 soon ag the value of their bullion is ascertained. We learn further, that the Secretary of the Treasury has placed $2,500,000 in the assay office, which, with the balance on hand there, will be amply sufficient to meet the demand for coin for every dollar of bullion deposited in the assay office as stated in the article on which we are commenting. A Light-house Keeper Appointed —John B. smith has been appointed keeper of the light boat at Vineyard Sound, (Sow and Pigs,) Maas., at $550 per annum, vice Alfred M. Gifford, re- signed. An Interview.—We understand, that, at one p. m. to-day, the dolegates of the Cherokee nation, now in Washington, headed by Judge Hicks, were to have had an interview with the President of the United States, to talk over of present importance in their relations with the General Government The Current Operaticns of the Treasury Department.—On Saturday, the 16th of Dec, there were of Treasury Warrants entered on the books of the Deparime: For the redemption of stoo! For paying Treasury debts. For the Customs......0...eseeees For ooveringintothe Treasury from miscellaneous sources...e+see+s Covered into the Treasury from Lands... +0$269,611 83 93,375 O1 20,011 47 69 57 2,707 00 7.491 08 ++ 62,207 05 For the Navy Department. oo 175.561 15 For the Interior Department..... 22,872 50 —_——— CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, to-day, a few bills from the House were taken up and referred After which, the in for the relief of the heirs of Major General the Baron de Kalb, from the House, was taken up, and advocated by Messrs. Badger and Clayton, who urged immediate action upon it. Messrs. Brodhead and Hunter advocated its rcrenee to the Committee on Revolutionary Affairs Inthe House, Mr. Robbins moved a resolu- tion, which was adopted, to instruct the com- mittee on naval affairs to enquire into the ex- pediency of allowing all officers, seamen and marines of the navy, serving during the Mex- ican war, as te bownty land, extra pay, &c., as those who served at the samo time on the Pacific side. Mr. Phillips introduced a bill to provide for the construction of six sloops of war; referred to the Naval Affairs Committee. Mr Clingman made an ineffectual effort to introduce a joint resolution authorizing and Tequesting the President to tender the medie- tion of the United States in the Eastern war (to have been referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee.) Several resolutions of inquiry were then adopted. Mr. Faukner then moved to reconsider the vote by which the House had referred the bill for the relief of Betsy Nash, to which the Senate had appended an appropriation for the relief of the widow of Batchelder, the United States deputy marshal who was killed in the Burns rict at Boston, Mass. ‘This motion was being discussed as we went to press—Messrs. Faulkner, Bennett, Hend- ricks, Smith of Virginia, and Haven, having spoken upon it up to that time. ee ____ PERSONAL. Ex President Martin Van Buren, anda large number of Americans, were at Nice, Italy, November 20th. ++++ “The efforts of fanatics to entice Ga- vazzi back to this country that we may have more of riots and violence, is very properly rebuked by a zensible editorial in the New York Commercial Advertiser.”’ «+e Mr. Fletcher Webster is busily engaged in editing two or three volumes of his father’s correspondence, that will be published some time next season, uniform in size with the works of Webster that have been issued. A whole year and a half has been devoted by a competent person merely to arrange these letters chronologically for the editor's hands. A rich addition to our literature may be ex- pected. The work of the editor will consist mainly of such historical introductions as will explain the origin of the letters of his father and their answers. Any one would be ssicn- ished to see the vast piles of materials that have been collected from all portions of the country, the cream of which is to be given to to the public through these volumes. +++ The Chicago Democrat says that Rich- ardson, M.C from Illinois, has published a card in which he thanks his constituents for re electing him, and announces his intention to retire frou public life at the close of his term +++. The Hon, H. B. Wright, of Pennsyiva- nia, we regret to learn, has been confined to his lodgings, in this city, for the past week by sickness. : +++» Aman named John W. Shrock, Trea- surer of Holmes county, Ohio, has run off, with a young lawyer named T. S. Gillert, with $30,000 belonging to the State Shrock left his wife and family in destitute circumstance. The county is amply secured against ultimate loss, as hia bend is signed by eleven responai- ble farmers. In personal appearance Shrock is about sixty years old, has one short leg, carries a cane, is{thick set, and about five feet eight inches hight. Heis a jeweler by trade. +++» Father Gavazzi has fixed upon the day when he will sail from Liverpool for New York. He will arrive in New York the last of February or the first of March, -++-A large meeting of citizens was held in New York on Friday evening to adopt an address to Wm. Smith O’Brien. Speeches were delivered by Charles O'Connor, John Mitchell, Thos. F. Meagher, and others, and the address adopted amid much enthusiasm. -+«.Dr. William A. Fahnestock, of Dorden- town, N. J., died on Saturday morning, front injuries received by falling down a flight of stairs, in Second street, on Monday last. The deceased held a high rank in his pro- fession, and was generally esteeme. -+++Miss Josephine Burkley appears deter- mined to keep before the public. In alluding to the late letter of the lady superior at Em- metisburg she says: “© This letter is couched in such terms and has so apparent an air of charity and truth- fulness, that it would not be wonderful if it were generally credited. Let it be so for the present; but the American public will shortly have an opportunity of judging between us, and I do not fear the result of their verdict, when the whole truth is made known, pot- withstanding the unfair means by which it has been attempted to be forestalled.’’ When Migs Josephine writes her reply we shall give our readers both letters. GEOXSETOWN CORRESPONDENCE. GEoRGETOWN, Dec 18, 1854. The weather with us, this morning, is rather gloomy—inclined to snow—unfavorable to out-door business operations—consequently our business streets and wharve: looks rather dull. Our river and harbor is again open, and we have had several arrivals and departures of vessels; among them the bark Wm. Chase, Dorry, has arrived from New Orleans with a cargo of sugar and molasses to Messrs. F. & A. it Dodge. The cargo will be sold on Wed- nesday, at 12 o’clock, by E. 8. Wright. For particulars ece advertisement. The brick ‘ork upon the new Mission Meth- odist Church has been completed, and the roof is now being puton. A portion of the church will, in a short time, if the weather continues open, be so far completed as to furnish a place for worship to those persons who reside in the section of our city where it is located, and ac- commodations for the flourishing Sabbath School now in operation. The Preabyterian Mission Church and school-room, near the some place, is alao rapidly approaching com- pletion. ce The Young Catholics’ Friend Sosiety intend having a course of lectures delivered during the winter for the benefit of the Society. From the distinguished porsons who have consented to lecture the citizens of our town will enjoy a rich literary repast. The President of the Georgetown College, Rev. B, Maguire, will de- liver the opening lecture in Forreat Hall early in January. We learn that the Christian Brothers at the Georgetown College, intend at an caniy any to open, in'a room now occupied by Mr. Hunter, afree school. This enterprise will be a great accommodation to many of our citizens, and will be hailed by them with delight. Flour market firm, with a good demand and short supply ; limited sales at $8 75 a $9, as in quality. The supply of wheat srriing continues very limited. The demand ia bris! at $1 85 a $l 88 for red, and $1 88 a $1 95 for white. SPECTATOR. rn Eg The London Daily News says that the Americans are found the best oustemers now for old English books. La: libraries, both ublic and private, are nn ly forming in the United States of old editions of English au- thors, the interests of the tribe and the particulars | Distress Among the Working Classes of New York. The Herald of yesterday says : “We announced some weeks that the owners of the large foundries salpyerds in the upper part of the city had discharged great numbers of their workmen, in cense- quence of the hard times they are now experi- encing We have since learned that their ex- ample has been followed by nearly all the Ee establishments in the city. The Novel- ty Woras, the Mi wn Iron Works, the Bible and Tract houses, the Methodist Book Concern, besides a tt number of shops and smaller establishments, have dis: with, on an ave: over half their workmen. “Tt has been estimated that in the Eleventh Ward alone there are over three thousand mechanics out of employment, and that in the whole city there cannot be less than seventeen thousand laboring mea who have no work, nor any prospect of work. “To aggravate the distress, «mployers have come to a very general determination to re- duce the compensation for labor, and thereby render it still more difficult for those who have work to help those who have not. In the meanwhile rents have not diminished, though the capacity to pay them has. Provisions are still high, as our last week’s market report will show, nor is there any reasonable prospect of their becoming much cheaper. In view of these facts, and unless something is done, there is every probability tha: before the winter is over, the most intense suffering will prevail among the poor. Inaddition to what we have already noticed, we understand that the India rubber works in Brooklyn have discharged over thirteen hun- dred men, and that the dock yards of Brook- lyn, Williamsburg and Greenpoint present a very different appearance from what they did last summer, as over two-thirds of the men have been discharged. The Board of Directors of the New York and Erie Railroad have decided to: reduce the pay of most of their employees. An order to this effect was sent up the road, and last night the laborers at Piermont refused to work at the reduced price—80 cents per day. Tue Loss ny tae Lave Fire at Paia- DELPHIA.—The loss by the late fire at Phila- delphia is summed up as follows: George W. Edwards, $50,000; George J. Henklos, $70,000; Wm. F. Fotterall, $60,000: Wm. H. Carryl. $35,000; Lacey & Phillips, $60,000; Major Weiss $6,000; Wm. H Safford, $55,000; the Ridgway Estate, $50,000; Nation- al Guards, $3,000; Edward L. Walser, $10 000; Thomas Price, $10,000; George Bassford, $8,000; Galusha & Co., $10,000; Stayman & Bro., $5,000; Independence Hall, $3,000; J. G. Meggs, $2,000; C. F. Kensell, $10,000; J. Stapleton, $1,000; all others, $5,000; total loss, $458,000. About three-fifths of this amount is estimated to be covered by insurance. Several persons were badly injured daring the fire, one man a member of the Friendship Engine, so much co that it is thought he will not recover. Navau.—The U. S. steam frigate Cumber- land, Capt. Harwood, bearing the broad pen- nant of Com. Stringham, 2nd the U. 8. steam frigate Saranac, Capt. Long, arrived at Villa- franca on the 18th of November, from Toulon. This is the first time an American man-of-war has touched at that port, and nearly three thousand persons visited the ships on Sunday. The officers and crews are ail well, but anxious to return to the United States, having beep absent nearly three years. The St. Louis and Levant had gone on a cruise up the Mediterranean. FAIR.—The ladies attached to Tnion Chspe! M. E. Church, will hold a FAIK in Farnham’s all, corner of Eleventh street and Pa. evenue, commencing on MONDAY, the 18th inet., the preceeds ot which will be appiied to the im- prevement of the above named hureh A varicty of u.eful articles will be offered for si Supper ser-ed every ev. zg. Admission 124 Season ticke s $1, to be had at the door. dee 18—lw* r A special meeting ofths Young 1 Mew PChristian Association wi.l be held in the Tenth street Paptist Church on MOND* ¥ EVE- NING, the 18th inet , at 714 o’cicck, for the purpose cf amending the constitution 2nd the election of of- fie J. HALL MOORE, Bee Bes. St. Vincent’s Female Orphan Asylum, corner of Testh and G «treet.— o hell at this in-titution, to commence Y MOSNING, ibe 19th instant. The EMEMBER, OUN F. ELLIS HAS AN IM- menee esscriment of Fancy Goods suitable for Botiday Gifta which he is seliing cheap. No. 360 Pa ay., bet. 9:h and 10th ste. dee 18—tt WARRINER, Watchmaker, 0.330 Ps. e avenue, between Ninth and Tenth sts, Waske ington, having a competent assistant, and devoting our time exclusively to Watch repairing, hope to satisfy those who mey offer their patronage. deo 12—7t* ; NOTICE. LL Peraons indst¢d to C. W. Coleman's Grocery. AA Stora, Bride street, Georgetowa, D. C., for whom I have been agent will please pry bim, ast aim no longer agent for im. F. T. MILBOUEN. dee 18--3¢ NOTICE. BUBANT, BAKBER AND HAIR-DRES- NV e SER, rescecttully informa his patro a and the rubic thathei prepared to do every thiag in hia 1 ne of bueiness in the best etylo end with the least possible delay. He hrs employed a rumbero! workman, we!l knowa to be competent end atten t've to business. Call at the old stand, Pennsylva- nia avenue, south side, betweea 12th and 13th ets., and be accommodated. , dos 18—3¢ TO SHOEMAKERS. HAVE FOR SALE A LUT OF NEW AND &EC- ord hand Les's ; twenly-three pairs men’s, thren setts cf women’s, a few mise,’ and boyz ; alo, = comp'ete sett of boot and shoe-trees, crinping boards, &c., &., which ¥ offer very low for cash. Hi 0. -OYES, 1.0. 284 Pa avenue, near Th'rteenth at. dec 18—e3t, ODEY’8 LADY’S BOOK FOR JA» UARY, 18655, received and forsaleat SHILLINGTO\’s. Godey’s Ledy’s Bock for January is really a mag- nificent number. . Ledie’ National Magezine for Jenuary, 1855, is beautifally embellished. Life of Barnum, wrilt-n by himself, is very inter es'ing. deo 18 13'S POEMS just received and for sale by ALEX. ADAMEON, on Seventh sireet, oprosiie the Post Office. He is egent fer all the Cheap Publications, Maga zines, end Newspapers, Harper’s, Putnam’s, Gra- ham’s Magazines aud Lady’s Book at $2.50 a year. London I lustrated News, Bell’s Life. Times, Pench received by every steamer. New York Herald, Times, and Tribune reveired every night and deliy-rsd to subscribers. He keeps constantly on band a large assortmentof Blank Books, Pens, Ink, Paper, En- selopea, Playing Carda, Visiting Cards, Chil¢ren’s Toy Books, Primers, &c. dec 18—lw EW! NEWS!—NO 347 Penn avenue. AN Call and see the largest and beet a mentcf vound and Frult Cake ever manufsc‘ure! by any one estab,ishment ju tvis city. $5,0:0 worth oF Pound and Fruit Cakes on Nxhibition and sale, wi h a large stock of Confectionery, Bon Bona, and #mai) Notions, and also upwards of 60 vari:tiss of Sma'l Cakes. Pies and Puddiog;—Ap-le, Cranberry, Mince and Cream Pies; Lemon, Almond, snd Cocoa- nut Puddings. I flatter myself successful in obtaining a flae store in # good situation, and with every facility to man ufacture al! and every:hine in my lime, to the en- tire satisfaction of thes: who may favor me with their patronage. My personal attention wil! be giv- en to the turniching of Balls, Partics, Weddings, &c. Dinner Parties furnished in the best style, on mod- erate terms. Having been se’e.ted, from among a large num ber of competitors, to furnish with Confectionary, &c, the Metenle petal} Maes a be Bot iD February nex! GU ant public general y wilt these rot ae well as at my store the best the country can preduce, snd on the most moderate terma. Please call early and Jeeve your orders. « Ice Creams and Jellies alwsys on hand and fresh. J @. WEAVER, No. 347 Pa. avenue, opp. Browns’ Hote’, des 18—dtJanl AYABRP’S HISTORY OF LOUISIANA, Frensh G Dominati:n, 2 vols Gayarre’s History cf Louisiana, Epanish Domine- FOR CHRISTMAS. : FINE VARIRTY OF CAKE, (Pound aud Plum) ornamented 'n hardeome Alero, Fmal! Oakes of »il kinds, together with a assortment of CANDI&8, Foreign and Domes Having manutectured ihe above ex] for the Hclitays, my customers, and al] others 2 ies fed with aca 1, con rely on getting a goed fresh orticie THOs. ECKARDT, Corner of F and Ninth street. (near the Patent Office.) N. P.—Balls, Parties, and Weddi- gs, furnished af usual, at short notic». For the New Yeor, I will haves splendid assort- ment of Reception Cak-, of all ei dec 18—6t IGNOR SEVERO STRISI, lsts Prin S cioal Barso of Madsm+ Sontaz ard Bishop’s Opera Com; , has the honor to annonnee to the! sitisens of Washington that he will takea few scho ‘ars iu Voc:1 Music Terms $40 per quarter ; two less0us a week, ope hour each. For two pupileins clase at the same time $20 each. Address Browns’ Hotel. (Tutel) dee 18--iw VERY SUPERIOR MINCE MEAT. 30 LBS. OF MINCE MEAT, made by Ditier’s Petent Cutter, for eale at 25 per cent. leas then it can be prepared by famities. A. JACKSON, Corner of H and Thirteen‘h st. eet’. Confectioners and Hot-!-ke-pers can be supplied at Philade!phig prices by the fifty pousds. Cail an¢ exam'nes, A.J. deo 18-e.lw PRESENTS. M W. GALT & BROTHRE wil bs opening e daily, until after the holidaye, the ricest styles of new Jewelrv, Fancy Sitverwara. and bijou- terie of every description suitable ter presents Their assortment is larger and more varied than ever ‘afore offered, and at prices unusually low. Turcha'ers wou'd do well to make their zelactone ex ly, ond avcid ihe bustle of the holidars. M, W. GALT & BRO., Pa. avenue, between 9th and 10th ite. de: 18—3t eS KRISS KRINGLE’S ADDRESS. us Ides of December ha? psreed, and I feel Inclined to my juvenile frien:ls to reveal A secret which all w-uld do well to remem» r, As J reign supreme but one dey in December. "Tis this— as again I am forced to for go My avnual visit. I wisn them to kro That LAMMO xD to well my defections suppl'es As, really, to fi l me with utter surpri-e; IIc eems to heve ransacked creation el! o'er cr Christr-as supplies, st his reventh st Store. Then tell your pa as and mamma: where to go— For Loded “ND can ne’er ba excelled, 1 KNOW. dee 18-3 ATTENTION, SCHOOLS! Only one Aft-rnoon Fxhibition of STANLEY’S INDIAN PANORAMA, On WEDNESDAY. DE:-¥MBER 20th, 1554, 4T ODD FELLOWS? HAUL, 7th st Doora epen at 214 c’e'o: Children TEN OZNTS. dec 18—dtd VANNERSON’S PICTURES. p Thou ew et memento of the pas:— A priceless treasure now thou art— Through yeers to coma, while life shall last, Vl Keep and wear thee next my heart. y= truly may it be esid, a perfect pi. ture is the best memento we can have of things put, or oft eever changefsl future. MEZOGRAPHS —Mezographs in water end of) colors; rivalling the finest paintings with the ad- vantexe thet Sey are correct sae ae Dagu-rr.o'ypes in every s*vie made in their great- est utes 2 VANNERSON’S, Pa avenue, between 414 and 6th streets. deo 18—1t* SEVENTH ANNUAL BALL FRABULIN FIRE COMPARY. HE members of the “ Frank in Fire Company” would reapec!fally announce t) the citizers of Washiogtoa ard vicinity thet they wi!l cive their SEVENIH ANNUAL BALL at JACKSON BALL, on WEDNESDAY, January 17, 1855 Firemea ars rerpectful y requested to appear in un'form. Ti:kets ONE DOLL4R—adaitting 2 gent'eman acd ladies; to be hed of any of the Managers, and a: the door on the evening of the ball. MANAGERS. Chas J Canfield, Etw Alerender, Edw C Eck!off, Richard Downe Wm H Fenving, TJ E!moncton, JB Medley, A Siouss Rebt ED vie, Joseph cinsen, § T Lazcombe, J Wailing, Wm M Payas, Conrad Fickmaa. 4 Eckloff, dec 18,22,4Jan] 916,17 PREPARATION FOR THE HOLIDAYS. TODD & CO. NVITE the attention cf the ia-ies to their larg» I stock of RISH FOURS, in s2‘s cf- SABLE, STONE MARTEN, EXMINE FITCH MARTE®, LYNX, SIBERIAN EQUIBREL With a variety of other choice and Rich Fura, com- prising the largest assortment ever offered in ih city. The present is arare opportunity of obtaining these searoneble luxuries at reesonabie prices. Children’s Fursin endless variety, pricea vory low. TODD & CO, Under Browns’ Hotel. AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL. OR the rapid eure of Cough , Colds Hoar-enera. F Bronchitis, Whooping Coug , Asthmaand Con» 8219p icn, is unive raliy known ag the b-s* reme vy ever vel di-covered icr every veriety cf Pulmonary disease. So wide is the fie!d of its usefulne<s, andro numerous the esses of its cures that elmoat every section of the country abourds in pe-cons public!y known. who have been restor d from alarming and even cezperate d’seaces of the lurgs by its ose — When ores tried its superiority over every other med‘c'ne 0. is sind is to) apparent to ercspe ob servation. and vh-re its virtues cr» known, th public ro louger hesitate whet antidote to employ for the distresa'nz and @angeroxs affa tions of the pu monary crgans whic. ere incident t> eur cli- mate By its timely usa many, nay almost all at- tacks of disease upon the Lungs or throat, ere ar- rected and thus are saved maty thousands cvery year from e premrture grave. No family shouls be without it, and thos: who do neglect to provide themsely:s with a remedy which wards off this dar- gerous c 2-8 of Zirezsea wll have cause to depicre it when itis too la e. Froofs 0! the surpri ing efficacy of the Cherry Pectora! need no! be given to the American people—they have living proofs in every neighborheod, Bat these who wish to read the statemexte of those whese whole health hai been restored and whose lives hive been saved by i's ure wiil find them in my Ameri:an Almanuc which the azent below named bas to iurnish gratis for every one. Prapared by Dr. J. ©. AYER, Lowell, Mass; and sold by % D GILMAN, Wesbington. O. M_ LINTHICUM, Georgetown JAS. COOK & G0, Freilericksburg, end by al Druggiats eve -y wher: dee 18—2m commence #t 24. ache -s frea. dec 18—lw JARM UNDERGARMENIS.— GENTLEMEN W wishing Sil, Wool, or Cotton Undershirts and Drawers can be suited at ETEVENS’S Fatesrooin, Erowas' Letel. ———$—$——————— OKE NECK SHIRT3.—OUK AS-ORTMENT of Gentlemen's Dress Shirts fe complete, ant fits in al! cases are werranted STEVENS'S Selecroom dec 16—-3t Ero ns’ Hotel. dee 18—3t Ma MEAT, specially prepared for our Bajes. For gale by “ SHEKELL BROTHERS, No £0 oppo it> the Oontre Market. dec 16—d8t HOLIDAY PRESENTS. 8. WRIT, Gesrgetown, has received a con je fiznment ofa large stcck cf GOODS, suited for Holiday Presents, and which he offers at very low pric:sat private sale, conais-ing of— Work ard tency Boxes, Writing D-ske Porte Monnaies, Waiters, Vases. Castors Rich Inlaid Clocks, Qlaseware, Mirrors Gold and Silver Watcher, Q-1d Earrings Finger Rivgs, Thimbles, &c , &c. Also, Blankets ©. unterpancs, Hdat‘s Carpstings, Table Clcths, superjor Rezois Pocket andcp n Knives, &ci-sors, Tea Bells a Set 4 Se: Kvives and Forks poons, ic. &c., Fire Crackers, Torpedoes Fireworks, &.” , Such Gocds as remain unsold will be sold at Auc- tion on Friday next, the 224, at 10 o'clock. E. W. WRIGHT, dec 16—8MW&PF A ASTROLOGY DEMONSTRATED. Pe LEO SOUND coutinues to toretell all particular events incident to human life, such a8 advice given for th» successfal ecoomplish- ment ofa wealthy marr age, changing of busines, office, or situation; ot-friends, Ppreperty, sub- lent or demanded, traveling, absent . law- suits, sickn-ss, death, and all concerns of life. The tion, 1 vol Professor algo may be consulted on Tall man’s fa- Parish Pencillin s, by Kirwan, 1 vol miliar Astrolegy. Dickens’ Household Werds, Dec. number Terms: Genilomen. $1; ladies 60.cents; eolored Bruno. #e Abbot, a tale for pos 7eaee Lae ot 26 cents each; : A D Francai des Etats Unis, pour 1866 indam Rescillia may be ocnsulted ty the cards‘at Jefferson's Complete Works, in 9 vols thesame place, urstairs. White peope 50 cents: The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte, In Eng-| oolored people 25 cents each, Apply et No. 583 Ish, 1 vol. FRANCK TAYLOR. | ( over the deor) corner of C’and Teens dec 18 street, on the Jeland. dec 16—3w* AMUSEMENTS. ON THE ISLAND. BULLAKD’s PANORAMA NEW YORK GITY Frhibits IN ISLAND HALL, MONDAY EVRN'NG, And TUESDAY APTEKNOON & EVENING, Deo. 18th and 19th. The qe pe commences at 844; the cents; cbildren half price. *hamrsion THE GREAT NATIONAL PANORAMA. STANLEY'S WESTERN WILDs. O83, THE INDIAN AND HIS COUNTEY; (Also showing the Northern Pacific Railroad Route, as recently surveyed by Governor WILt BE EXHIBITED AT ODD FELLOWS’ MALL, Tth Street, Te-NIG Dorrs open at 614 o’clock—Exhibition commences at 744 o'clock. J. M. STANLEY, dec 12—tf Artist and Preprietor. (intel, Union & Crzan) THE GREAT MARBLE STATUE THE DYING GLADIATOR. On exhibition at MORRISON'S BUILD- ING, 44 street, near Pa, avenue, from +9 o'clk a. m. until 10 p. m. daily. ADMITTANCE 25 CENTS. “A STATUE of surpassing meri’. Its end hos are independent of time, place condition. cherm ani powero the statue conrist in the amazing truth with which the two creat elements ot humsrity and morfality ere dslineated. The ar- tist gives us a!l the pathos and ths tragedy of death without its ghestliness a2d Horror. We feel our- sslves in the presence of that awfal Power before whose !cy sceptre all mortal dis: inctions are level'ed. No statue wes ever more merked by simplicity. Nothing has been i cffect. 4 rs lause i courted, and the cece:.cy and dignity c 75 sre scrupulousiy cbservei."—Billard’s Siw Months in Ita'y “A wonderfai production of art. Its eimplicity is sach that it does not strike a: first: the admirstion comes afterward, and in a tide sufficiently deep and strong. At tbe moment of exhsustioa, of ‘aintness, of death.” — Ars. # iis. ‘This statue is iodiacolubly associated with Byron's {mmortal stanza : Taee before me the Gladistor jie: He leans upon his hand—his manly brow Consents to desth, but conquers agony, And his droop’d head sinks gradually jow— And through lis side the last drops—ebbing slow From the red gasli, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him—he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won, He heard it, but he heeded it not—his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reck’u not of the life he lost, nor prize; But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians ail at play. There was their Dacian mother—he. their sire Butcher’d to make a Roman holiday— All this rush’d with his blood—shali he expire, And unrevenged? Arise! ye Goths, and glut your ire? dec 16 —2'f AT ALEXANDRIA. ULLARD'S PAD MA OF NEW YORK CLiY exhibit: st LI TY UAULL, Alexandria, on WEDNESDAY. THUREDAY, FRIDAY, SATUR- DAY, MONDAY sna TUSDAY # VENI S, De- cember «0, 2i, 22, 23,25 and 25. Also SATURDAY, MO sDAY and TUESDAY AFTERNOONS, D cember 23, 25 and 26. The Afternoon Exhibitions commence at 344; the Evening at 714 o’cleck. Admrssion Zo cents; children half price Families and parties, 5 persons, $1; 8 persona, 1 50. eco 16—6t* RESERVES, Jams, Jellies, Mar- maiade, viz: Peaches, Quince s, Dsmsons, Blackberries, Strew- berties and Raspbersies, and Pine Apple Pre- serves Blac Currant Jel.ies, in half and one Ib. jars Red do in half pt end qt. do Grepe, Quince. Crab Apple ard Plums Pine Apple and do Merwalaies Peaches = Pine Apple, in caus, hermetically sealed Jellies Pine 5 , Peaches, Green Gages preserved in iy Thes: Preserves, Jsilies, &c., are of the be=t qual- ity, pu; up to our onier for our sales, *HEKELL BROTHERS, No. £0 oppcaite to the Centre Market. dec 16—lw NOTICE - TO THE CITIZERS OF WASHINGTON. E BOARD OF ASSK:SOBS do hereby give no- tice that they wiil meet daily at their room in the City Hall, from 10 o'clock a. m. until 2p.m, from the fifteenth to the thirty-first day of Decem- ter instant, inclusive, Sundsys and ex- cepted, for the purp3se of correcting any errors that may be pointed cu: in the list of persons subject to & echool tax for the year ending on the thirty-first day cf the pr-sent month (December) and of adding thereto the nawes of any persons subiect -o the said schoo tax which mey have been omitted there mn. The Board wonld par.iculariy call the attention of all to the fict (at no person can vote next yeer atany clectio, in this city whose mame has not been returned as wu ject to a sshool tax for this year, Every ‘ree white male citizen cf this city, of the age of twenty ope vars and upwards, would therefore do w-li to see whether his neme be on the said ! s:, and if omiited, t> give notice to the Board of Ases-eore that it may be re urned for this year. T. F HARKNESS, 3. W. PARKER, J. M. DOWNING, R. B OWENS, J. BEPBURN, J. RUSSELL, P. HEPBURN, dec 16—dt3lst Board of Assessors. FAMILY GROCERY. Northwest corner of Thirteenth and H sireets. y BE subseriber bev nz taken the abo amed stand, receatiy occu. gEROcE fesB y, pied by Mrs. &. A’ Laub. intends k-eping s g nerai sepply of FAMILY GROCERT! cf the very best itaiity, which will be di poredo! at the lowest pos- ~ible rates tor cash, or cn shor: credit to panctuai customers, ile solicits a continuance of the custom of the fo:- wer patrons of the houss, and beg: to invite the tention end inspe-tion of his numerous a8 and acquaintances to th quality of bis goods, ard the arrdagem*nts made to recure the liberal patronoge of the yubiic. A JACKSON. dec 12—1n MELLE W. DE BOYE fi Ae to ihe Musical Pul-lic of this city for the very literal pa ronsge extended her, in- forms them that she has mad euch Ri ere as will enaBle her t> accept a few addi’ ional edvanced schol:re on the } iano Fcrte and in Vocal Music. Fesid-nee at Mrs. Gildemeisters, 4\¢ street. near Penna. avenue. Keference: Hitbus & Hitz, Music Dealers, ocracr Pa avenus, Eleventh and D street:, dec 15— A @ PRIVAT SALE —a NEAT, 8E- 4% copd-hend Ce riaxe, for ore or ino Qe horses, in good créer. A pply at this of fice des 15—<03 © RIVET..D HOSE. TS best Southera and Western tanned lecther is selected and being mate by machinery, avd is botn superior and chea er thaa ismade at any other factory in the Uni ed Stater. Also, menafictures Suction Hote, Firo and Navy Bact eta, Hose Pipes, and all articles used by Fire Companies. Two second-hand Suction Engines for sale low. WM. DUKEHART, No. 10 Water street, bet. Calvert aud South, dee 16—7t* Baltimore, Md. FOR CHILDREN. W. GALT & B&O’s assortment of presents Ft ro for is complete. They enumerate Silver Knives, Forks, and Cups and Napkin Ri hy sem ofmp! 1D | Fliver and Belis zi G Gold Armlets, Sleeve Pins, Bracelets Finger Rings, Silves Pap ao. With a thousend and other — kneoks suitable for presente. ene M. W. GALT & BRO, Pa. avenue, between 9th and 10th sts. dec 16—3t KE ‘eee ee =e a — " toned -HARP, from the celebrated manu! tntom for Rarpe ai fe grat eine ee Persons desirous of purchasing, by giving us a call have the oppor to obtain one of the above ‘tunity ‘unrivalled i HILBUS & HITZ ae Depot, cor. Pa. avenue, Lith and D ets.