Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1855, Page 2

- EVENING STAR. SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Union jokes over the philanthropy of Mr. Charles Sumner, as manifested by a sort of Harriet Beecher Stowe speculation of that honorable gentlemen in sending to Boston daguerreotypes of a negro girl named Mary— 2 second Ida May, Mr. S. declares—purchased in Virginia to be sent to Boston, with nioney raised in the city of notions. The same paper commends an account of Central America, and the Shepherd and Haley grant, written by some Mr. F. H. Boone, with a view to gal- vanise the defunct Kinney expedition. Of this paper we have to say that its statements are nearly all in palpable ccntradiction to all that distinguished geographers and bisto- Tians say of the coastry. So far as Boone’s account of the Shepherd and Haley grant is concerned, it is directly in the teeth of the decisions of the Nicaraguan, Costa Rican, English, and American Governments upon the questions involved, all of them having di- rectly or indirectly protested against the idea that it is worth s pinch of snuff in law or in fast. The Intelligencer adopts the views ef the Journal of Commerce apon the subject of the eurrent effort to deprive Judge Loring, of Mas- sachusetts, of his office, because he has faith- fully executed the fugitive slave law, saying “The question before the, Massachusetts 1atied Sams Bie joigeslip ioe etfesennene remo rom his jor as United States Fm roe oo upon a case arising under & law of the United States which the Supreme Court of Massachusetts h unanimously decided to be constitutional, is not dis; of. ‘Should this outrage be com- mitted’ (says the Journal of Commerce) ‘it would bea blow aimed at a faithful public officer; but it would fall, not principally upon him, but upon the independence of the judi- ciary. If our j dges are to be swayed by every — current under penalty of re- moval from office, they will no longer deserve the name of judges ; and the citizen seeking justice might about as well meet the popular current itself, or the natural expression of it— a mob—as to fall into the hands of such a jndge.”” This effort to punish Judge Loring for the stern integrity with which he discharges his duty, is in fair keeping with other antics which the rew party have “cut up’’ in Massa- chusetts, where they control the Legislatare, having not more then half a dozeh votes against them out of three or four hundred. It is also in faithful accord with the views and posi- tions of the Honorable Senator, Wilson, who has been sent here by the new party afore- said. Verily, if, in view of such faets as these, the voters of Virginia permit the wool to bo pulled over their eyes, they deserve to be “cut for the simples.”’ ———_—_--20e- E@ The lecture of Gen. Houston, in Balti- more, last night, was well received. His sub- ject was Texas, and he rapidly glanced at the history of the country from its first sett ement by Austin down to the present time; bat when he came to the part of its history in which he was personally interested, he fired with hia subject, and “fought his battles o'er again” with all the vigor and quaint eloquence for which he is so justly celebrated. In speaking of the annexation, he said Texas had annexed herself not to the North, or to the South, but tothe Usion. That sentiment brought down the house. At the close of the lecture he was escorted home by many members of the City Council and most of the military of the city. The General seemed to be laboring under a bad cold, but it did not prevent, him from being in his seat to-day in the Senate. By-the-way, while he was on his lecturi tour he did not neglect the country’s inter In nearly every question that came up some one, opposed in sentiment to him, announced that he had “ paired off” with the General. EaThe Naval appropriation Bit 8 ppropri- ates the following sums for the Navy Yards at the places indicated: Portsmouth. $58,253; Boston, $255.322; New York, $344,322; Phila- delphia, $36,700; Washington, $192,335; Nor. folk, $321.317; Pensacola, $104 870; San Fran- cisco, $230,000; for the continuation of Basin and railway at San Franciseo, $400,000. ES We have received from Joe Shillington, of the Odeon, Harper’s Magazine for March It is, as usual, filled with interesting and in- structive reading. pl PERSONAL. +++sWm. Loyd Garrison lectured ia the Broadway Tabernacle last Tuesday night. He was received with great applause, and his abuse of Gen. Housion and the K. N’s bring- ing down the house, and often conrul:ing the audience with laughter. -+++Hon Pierre Soule, late Minister to Spain, arrived bere thia morni: , aad is sto pie at Willards’. Ie is lockiog weil, and is rooms are crowded with visiturs. +-+sApthony Burns bas arrived in Boston Those officers who were most earnest in en- forcement of the fugitive slave law in Burns's case, have given most toward purchasing his freedom. ++++The Massachusetts Legislature has late- ly received a remonstrance from the “sold men of Boston” and the State generally, against removing Judge Loring. It is headed by such names as Edward Everett and Abbot Lawrence. ++++The New York Herald calls on those opposed to Henry A. Wise in Virginia to bring cut their candidate for coven and asks: “Why not nominate William C. Rives, one of the very first and most experienced statesmen in the country” One reason for ote ey x Hp ive: nota Know pg, and will, it is said, in all probabilit vote for Mr. Wiss. ” af S. Sherman, of Cumberland, Md., was robbed on Wednesday night of near! $2,000, while standing at the Baltimore railroad de- mss $1,500 was in three $500 bills on the anufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Bank, North- ern Liberties, Philadelphia. ++++It is said at Harrisburg that the Know Nothings at Harrisburg, Pa., have received 2 letter two columns long. in answer to their letter to bim relative to the Presidency. The reply was addressed to Henry K Strong. Speaker of the House, and many other mem. bers of the new in both houses . They Bave had a reading of it in caucus, and a tre- mnendous excitement was the result +++-Senator Mason, of Virginia, in a pub- lished letter of his Says: “ Notwithstend? the strong impression sought to be made, that the new lights from the North, under theat tractive recommendation of a party that * Knows Nothing,’ would to defeat the of the Old Dominion; it is becom- ing } 80 clear, by the recent elections there, —_ L is but the an party, with anew jor converts, that I cannot fear the result of the election.”’ «+ -+Mrs. Hayne (formerly Miss Julia Dean,) is drawing crowded houses at the St. Charles theatre, New Orleans. She is ably supported by Mr. C. Pope, formerly of the Broadwa theatre, New York. Some of the Southern critics are cf the opinion that Mrs. Hayne wili Bot meet with the |. on the of the press, that was shown Ler to hgr ? s a ee WASHINGTON NEWS AND GoseiP. | pledge on which that $230,000 was obtained The Kinney Expedition —Finding that the Union is again inclined to return to the work of. to assure the public that they must receive its Publications on the subject without holding the Government here responsible for the least sympathy with them, it being notorious to all in Washington who take the trouble of in- quiring, that their (the Administration’s) views of the character of the scheme are directly the reverse of those appearing in the orga, whose course upon it evidently greatly annoys those who are held responsible for it by the public, notwithstanding that journal's dis- elsimer in saying, some time since, that it speaks only the sentiments of its individual conductors. In addition to republishing the paper of —— Boone, concerning Central Amet- ica and the Shepherd and Haley grant, to which we refer in another column as being a bogus affair designed to inject life into the dead filibustering scheme, the Union says: “The reader will find, in our paper, to day, an interesting letter of Mr. Boone, formeriy commercial agent to Nicaragua, in regard to the country which Col. Ki Proposes to colonize. We avail ourself of occasion to state, > Dpon the authority of Col. Kinney, that the various rumors in circulation, here and in Cuba, which in any way connect him or his enterprise with any designs upon Cubs, aro utterly groundless, His expedition has no other destination or object than a p eget @ com. settlement of the lands claimed by pany he represents.” Now, in contradiction—palpable and di- rect—of this statement, put forth to put to sleep the vigilance of the Government, we present the Star's readers with a letter from the Secretary of the speculation, addressed to a party who, proposing to become interested in it, wrote to Col. Kinney for information ‘©! concerning it, on which he could properly base his action. That letter is as follows, viz : THE KINNEY EXPEDITION—ANOTHER EXPLAN- ATORY LETTER. The following letter from the the Kinney Expedition was tleman in St. Louis : Wasaineton Crry, Jan. 20, 1855. Gen. H. L. Kinney, Governor General and Command er-in-Chief of the Central American Company, received yours of the 15th, and, in reply, would say the expedition to Central America is for the purpose of colonizing and settling the territory owned by the Central American Company, (in and about the size of the State of Tennessee.) and of establishing a republic thereon. Gen. Kinney has absolute power to grant lands, make titles, &c., 4>., over said territory. The Central American Company own these lands under a valid grant and most undoubted title. As to the nature of the country, Gen Kinney would refer you to any of the numbers of Californians who are constantly crossing the territory, or to those who have resided there. The universal tes timony of those is that there is not a finer country ia the world, or one more abounding in agricultural, mineral, and other resources Emigrants may go there as they would come to this country. or goto any other; steamers sail from New York every fortnight for San Juan del Norte or Greytown, which is in the territory, and which will be the place of de barkation. As a epecial inducement to colonization and for the defence of the territory, grants of land will be made to ail those who organize into companies for the purpose ef becoming a mil- itary organization when they arrive in the country, or to all others who will engage to serve in a military capacity, should the gov- eroment require it. None will be required to make this engagement for a psriod longer than twelve months 7 time of such engage ment. For this each man will receive a grant of land of 640 Mres, each commissioned offi- cer under the rank of Major, 1,230 acres, and officers of a superior grade, morein propor ion to their rank. During the time of service each man will receive $25 a month, and offi- cers the same pay 2s ofticers in the United States service. Any efficient gen‘lemen who can raise com panies of from twenty to forty men, and who are capable of commanding, and who will conduct them at their cost, with equipments and provisions, to San Juan or G@: ‘town, will be entitled to a captains comm! ission, with the above compensation. General Kinney will leave the United States for San Juan about the Ist of February. There will bea —— going from New Orleans about the 20th of Teecasr, 5 No civil appointment can be made until the government be established, and then the most capable and meritorious will be appointed. W. B. Purtuips. bewatary The pretence that the hostile character of the proposed expedition has been abandoned, is the sheerest gammon that was ever essayed with the view of throwing dust in the eyes of officers of thelaw. The expedition Proposes to go there in violation of the orders of the Governments (Costa Rica and Nicaragua) ip whcm, the United States contends, the sov- ereignty of the territory exists. While they are denying to the Government its fillibuster ing character, they have been recruiting under the terms and statements of the letter from their secretary, which we present above. The Washington Monument —The Organ Rewspaper invites us to a controversy over the dispute concerning the future manage- ment of the affairs of the Washington Monn- ment Society. We bave as little pace as in. clination for squabbling cver fects which should be settled by a court of law, if all par. ties to the difficulty are honest in their de- Glaration that they seek only right and jus- tice. The old Board have frankly offered to submit the question of thir right to the Dis- triet Court, and we understand that the new Board virtually refuse to accede to that Propo- sition We know that General Walter Jones, P. R. Fendall, Esq, and all the other well- informed, experienced, prudent, and considor ate gentlemen who compose the old Board, are satisfied that the claim of the pretended new Board has no legat-foundation. The opin ion of these gentlemen, never lightly accorded ig so grave a question, together with the re fasal of the pretended new Board to cubmi: their claim to legal adjudication, will be euf ficient to convince all right-minded men tha! the conspirators who contrived the plot to place the affairs of the Washington Monument in the hands of such persons as now claim to be its cficers and managers, are relying on their secret arrangements to perpetrate fraud, in order to get the control of the work, rather than on their legal rights. We admit the in. ability of the real Board to raise means at this time to carry on the work. That inability, however, is the result of the fraud by which they were discredited. That is, the attempt to turn them out of their positions surreptitious- ly, has had the effect of preventing Congress Secretary of written to a gen- 28 | fram donating $200,0C0 in aid of the work, es they were about to do; and has also so emba - ragsed them as to insure that it will be long hence before, in any issue to the present con- troverzy, they could raise a sufficient eum cf money from voluntary contributions to again undertake active operations on the monument We confess that we would sooner see the Washington Monument remain forever unfin- ished, than have it completed through the eon- 7 po orp of a political party—than have it fidished as the testimonial of & party—in pal pable violation of the pledge of the society given to those who have contributed the $230,090 already expended upon it. The + ‘ was, that it should be built by contributions of American citizens, without regard to dif- We have | ferences it should be s monument of the heart felt gratitude of all orders, classes, and sorts of peopleia our country for the public services of George Washington. We prefer to see it stand forever in its present condition, rather than that it should rise higher as a monumen', not to Washington, but of the sudden lapse of his country) men from devotion to the principle }of a coequality of civil rights and privileges |! under this Government, on the part of the Professors of all religious creeds. for which Washington fought in the revolutionary war at the head of patriot armies, composed indis- criminately of natives and the foreign, borr, Catholics and Protestants, all ef whom worth! ily suffered and battled in the cause of a.com- mon country and humanity, though now, for- sooth, the monument to their commander is sought to be turned into a plot to aid in giving the lie to the truth of the great doctrine of equality under our institutions and govern ment, so selemnly pledged in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. We expect soon to lay before the country the facts involved in this contro versy, as setforth by a committee of the real board of management. Frontier Protection.— We fear that the eagerness of interested parties to feather their own nests, in connection with schemes of all sorts, will have the effect of preventing final action on the bill of Senator Gwin for a horse express across the plains. Itis nominally an additional mail project. We do not advocate it as such, but rather as the cheapest possible method, as well as the surest possible method of according protection to the great overland emigration to New Mexico, Californie, and Utah, Washington, and Oregon Territories. The scheme to make an additional close con- tract with the parties now carrying the mails in ccean steamers between New York and San Francisco for a weekly rather than a semi- monthly mail, if successful of course defeats the overland express. It is the more mon- strous from the fact that they notoriously run the slowest route—the steamers by the Nic aragua route invariably beating them from one to.four days every trip. It is a mere pre- tence got up to give some twe or three hun- dred thousand dollars from the National Treasury to the individuals owning the stock of those lines. The public interest would be much better served if an additional mail service is to be put on ocean wise, by offering it to the lowest bidder to carry it in the shortest time in which it is notorious that the distance be- tween New York and San Francisco can be traversed with the maiis; the service to be performed wholly under the rules and regula- tions governing ordinary inland mail contracts This is virtually the recommendation of the Postmaeter General in his last annual report. However. we trust that nothing will be per- mitted to interfere with the great object of indireotly establishing settlements every twen ty or thirty miles across the plains, by which the emgration to the Pacific side will surely be amply protected, with a saving of nine out of every ten dollars that must otherwise be exponded in the military defence of that line. With such settlements, the emigration must in- crease ten-fold in three years. Without it, we question whether it will increase ten per cent. in that time The Court of Claims —Gen. Jno. R. Daniel, of North Carolina, so loag the chairman of the House committee on claims, is now in this city. it is understood that his friends are urging him for one of the judges of the pro- posed claimscourt. This news, if there isa probability of his success, of which we know aothing at present, will prove exceedingly gratifying to all who served in Congress for ten or twelve years immediately preceding the commencement of the last secsion. On claims cases, his approval was regarded as settling the question of their enactment. owing to the fidelity with which he investi- gated every subject he had occasion to aj- proach. He isa man of nerve, energy, saga- city, integrity, industry, fine attainments, and high personal character. If appointed as ore of these judges, will be @ positive and satis- factory assurance to the country that there will bo neither Gardnerisms nor Galphinisms in ite discharge of the duties devolved upen it. Tmportant Action of the Senate this Morn- ing.—1hbe Virgivia military land scrip regu- lating bill was laid on the table. This will be a great disappointment to thou- sands in Virginia, if we may judge from the activity and earnestness of a large number of well known Virginia claim agents around the balls in behalf of this measure for the last few days. Next, they agreed to all the House amend. ments of the Brodhead bounty land bill, which will probably be a law by sundown to- day. The Proposed Additional Brigadier Gen- eralship in the United States Army.—It seems to be understood that the Senate will promptly confirm the action of the House last night, in inserting in the Army appropriation bill a clause establishing an additional Brig- adier Generalship in the army of the United States; and, further, that the gallant, patriotic General James Shields, of Illinois, will fill it ere the Speaker’s hammer raps out the life of the present (ongress at 12 m. of Sunday next. Sam Houston.—General Houston returned to Washington this morning, and appeared in his seat to-day, looking exceedingly well, and as though highly pleased with the univerzal attentions accorded to him during his recent Northern tour. The Current Operations of the Treasury Department.—On yesterday, the lst of March, there were of Treasury Warrants entered on| the books of the Department— For the redemption of stock...... $22,817 14 Por paying Treasury debts . + 11,525 46 For the Customs.......... 11,487 95 For the War Department 9,509 98 Por the Navy Dopartment. 1,702 22 For the Interior Department... 761 64 For repaying in the Interior De- PATLMONE eeeesssccceessececees 761 64 — CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, yesterday, after we went to press, the tariff-reducing amendment \of the House) to the eivil and diplomatic appropria- tion bill was discussed on a motion by Mr. tiscndment to that proposiion offered by Me amendment n, y Mr. Badger, to substitere, for the said-Letcher amendment the original proposition of Mr. Edgerton = dye stuffs, wool, and iron duty free. The debate on these propesitions Se was betwen Messrs. Clayt Pearce, Bayard, aud ry motion of Mr, Cleyton, and by Mr. i; and by Messrs Badger and James in favor cf Mr. fs ioe: and Messrs. Brodhead and Cooper ast it. At 6 o'clock the Senate took a recess. tariff question was continued by eos. Haua- ter, jamin, Seward, Wade, Wilson, Brown, Jones of Tenn.. Bright, Bayard, Gwio, Brod- head, Wells, Clayton, Butler, Mason, and ethers until near midnight, when Mr. Clay- ton’s proposition to strike out was rejected. In the House, they went into the Committee Le Whole on the rey oi Merwe appropriation . Hei the ‘chalr) when tho * was by Mr. Phelps 4 fenste’s amendment ‘for four ards! fegulars, and by Mr Faulkner in its favor— the argument of Mr. P. being for volunteers ; also by Mr Benton in favor of rangers instead of er volunteers or At6 p,m the Sarge laa @ recess, and Coming together ogain at 7+ p. ou the — ‘bill was continued’ Wy Mes P Phel, i maton, be = ‘ton, Bifobara: Walsh, Orr, Barry, Greenwé: Oliver of Mo., Lane of Oregon, MeDou- gal, and Skelton, when the Senate’s amend- ment (for four new ar regiments) was agreed to, as amended by Mr. hardson, providing for an additional dier General. ship inthe United States army. The other Senate amendments wore then dis of, and the bill being reported back tothe House, they adjourned at 103 p. m. Proceedings of Te-Day. In the Senate, to-day, the bill regulating the issce of Virginia land scrip was laid on the table, after remarks against it from Messrs. Stuart and Cooper. Mr. Brodhead called =p bill, and after he had explained the amend- ments of the Mouse thereto they were all agreed to. In the House, Mr. Olds reported from the Pest Office Committee the annual post routes bill, wsich was passed without amendment The Hous then resumed the consideration of the report from the Committee of the Whole on,the Senate's amendments to the Army ap- Propriation bill. ‘he amendment extending the time for the sitting of the board on the claims arising out of the campaigning +f Lieut. Col. John C. Fremont in California in 1846-7, and $40 548 to carry out the expected awards of this board in its proposed extended session, was rejected —yeas 63, nays 101. he question was next put on agreeing to the Senate’s amendment appropriating $30,000 for the purchase of camels and dromedaries, to be used by way of ox, ent in army trans- Portation on the plains of the Great Weut; which was rejecied—yeas 56, nays 90. GEORGETOWN CORRESPONDENCE. Sabbath School—Installation of Mayor and Councils. Gxorestows, March 2, 1855, We learn that on next Sabbath morning, at 9 o’clock, a Sabbath-school will be opened in the neat little Presbyterian chapel on Market street. We aro pleased to see this movement, and have no doubt it will resultin much good. On Monday evening next our Mayor and Common Council will be installed. Much business of importance will come before them, which, we doubt not, will be satisfactorily ad- juated for the best interests of our town. We take pleasure in calling the attention of our citizens generally, and the jes in par- ticular, to the auction sale of Mr. M.L Wil- tiams, on Monday next. The sale will con- tinue uatil every article of his large usso-:t- ment ia disposed of. The cfferings of beef cattle at Drovers’ Rest for the week has amounted to 130 head—110 of which were porcesses by District butchers at $3 a $6 on the hoof, = en to $6 a $12 net, and 20 leftover. Sheep 4 a 54 cts. per lb. No hogs offered. : Koll butter from wagons is vey scarce, and selling at $28 per 100 ies. The last steamer’s news has had no effect whatever on the flour and grain market. The stock on hand ig very light, and none arriving, consequently there is no probability of any decline of moment in the price until the sup- ply becomes more abundant. Specraror. New Yore Fuarrist.—Poole is considered outofdanger. Linn his been arrested and held to bail in the pitiful sam of $1,000, and Baker has not yet been found. The Times publishes a letter from Tom Hyer contradicting the rumor that Morrissy went to his rooms the night of the attack. We are glad to see that Mayor Wood has taken the matter in hand; but we fear that the great influence these men can bring to bear, will allow them to go un- punished, with the exception of pitiful fines. Ex” The New. York Sun appears again in an enlarged form, which it says is an evidence of the increase of the business prosperity of the Empire city. Ew" Under authority of the Legislature of Virginia, the people of Loudon are about to build a bridge across the Potomac river at Ber- lin, a short distance below Harper’s Ferry. The company have advertised proposals for contracts. [a Some fears appear to be entertained in New Orleans, that when the spring rains be- gin to descend, the immense quantity of snow which has fallen on the upper Mississippi and its numberless tributaries shall have melted, the city will be in danger of an overflow. rr re ores: CELEBRATED GERMAN BIT There are few things which afford us greater pleasure than sitting down to write @ notice of the celebrated Hoof land German Bitters, because we are fully conscious we are conferring ® public benefit, and our heart tells us that Ly our notices many have been Induced to tak and been rescued from death by dyspepsia, liver compl 4c., for the cure of which it is certain. It is prepared sold only by Dr. C. M. JACKSON, at the German Medicine Store, No. 120 Arch street, Philadelphia. See advertisement. NEURALGIA.—This formidable disease, which seems seems to battie the skill of physicians, yields like magic to CARTER’S SPANISH MIXTURE. Mr. F. Boyden, formerly of the Astor House, New York, and late proprietor of the hange Hotel, Richmond, Va., fm one of the hundreds whe ‘Since his cure bas recommended {t to numbers of oth. ers, who were suffering with nearly every form of dix wi'h the 1ost wonderful success. . He says tt is the most extraordinary medicine he has ever seen used, and the best purifier known. *,°See advertisement iu another column. —————— DIkD. Oa the 28th ultimo, after thirty-six hours? illness, CATHARINE MASON, daughter of Rachael and the late David Jones, aged 39 years. Requiescat in pace. Mi ‘ A@- Her friends and relatives are invited to tend, at 2 o’clock, Saturday, March 3d. at * a PUBLIC SCHOOLS.—A\ EXAMINA- tion of ea peed for the office of Teacher in the Public Schools will be held inthe Aldermen’s Room, City Hall, on SATURDAY next, at 3% o’clk . m. G J. ABBOT, Secretary. mar 2 -3t se METROPOLITAN MECHANICS’ IN Boe srirvre EXMIBITION. The con mittee of Judges on articles of food, such as bread, cake, &c., will meet in the Exhibition Room on TUESDAY next, at 10 o’clock, to examine al? such articles as may be presented for competition at that time. CHAS. F. WOOD, Sup. mar 2—2t “WE ARE YOUNG, LET YOUTH then plead our cause.”’—A Leeture forthe benefit of the Scott Guards will be delivered by Prof. ALxxanper Dimitry, at Odd Fellows’ Hail, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, March 7th, at 734 o’elk. The proceeds of the above Leciwe will be appro- Priated towards aiding the corps in purchasing their arms, Subject—“The arts of Statuary and Architecture, in Athens: mar 2—5i* NOTICE.—A MEETING OF ALL THE Signers to a paper for opening a M-+chan- ‘a’ Exchange are requested to a'tend a mee.ing in the room over Geo. and Thos. Parker's Store, wdarliga baste March 24, at 7 o’clock P t. to elect officers for the ensui Tr. other iness thet will come before ahs inoe a Mes By order of THE COMMITTEE. oceu the debete CHANIC’S EXCHANGE.—At k= onl dingo ta members of na Mecha ie’s at the rooms on C street, nei Bank of Wanlegun on last evening, the follow- WM. McLEAN, Pirst Vice President. Becond 7 do JOB ead éo wM.G L, Third do do THOS. Fourth do do ALEX. RUTHERFORD, Treasurer. WM. J. L me Pang = gyre 8 o'clock *Ficeas a al week is set asaday of Pe rye a 2 ony 1 oe I. MCCOLLAM, mar 2—e03t Secretary. CARD —The members of the Franklin Fire Company return their sincere thanks to Pmtur Barron Ker, E-q.,Gro. Parker, and for the bountiful supply of refreshments fur- nished by them on the occasion of fice which red at the house of the Hon. Thomas H. ton, on the 27th ultimo; and we ly heg leave to assure them that their kindness shall never ; R. E. DOYLE, mar 21 Presi tent. PRESIDENT’S MOUNTED GUARD, at- tention.—You are ordered 10 mect, with sabres, for drill, at the armory at 4 : o'clock, THIS (Thursday) AFTERNOON st. You are also ordered to attend the regular month ly meeting on TUESDAY, March 6th, at 7 o'clock, in full uniform. By order em Perk: INO. H. McCUTCHEN, Secretary mar 1—ThSTu* Ee ee a ITION OF METROPOLITAN jog resgued the oflce of Gupsritondent & Esq., Ravi e ‘uperint it of the Exhibition, his igo has been filled by the elec- . WOOD, Esq. tion of CHARLES ; All communications relating to the exhibition hereafter to him. his bounty land | should be By order of Exhibition Com. feb 28—3t H. AMIDON, Sec. THE PERSONS HAVING CHANCES in the Rafile of Furniture will take note {nat it takes piace at my store on FRIDAY next, the 2d March, at 4% o’clock pm. A few more changgp for sale. feb 28 - 3t* JOSEPH GAWLER. SPECIAL TRAVELING NOTICE. BY RKAILROAv TO THE WEST! 38 SOE RS Conneoting Trains leave Washington at 6 8. m. and 3 p. m. EMBERS OF CONGRESS and others West at the close of the session, will find their advantage to procure THROUGH TICKETS and BAGGAGE CHECKS in Washington &g- THE AMPLEST FACILITIES are now af forded for the accommodation of westward traveler> by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroud and its connec. tions, leading to all portions of the West, Northwest. and Southwest !!! &g@- But cne change of Cars (at Washingt n junc tien) between Washington and the Ohio River! Fare, by Through Ticket fiom W: , Vig: To Wheeling, $9 65; To Zanesville, 12 15; Tv Newark, $12 65; ‘To Columbus, $13 65; ‘T'o Dayton, $15 50; To Cincinnati, $16 00; To Loumvilie—by boat from Cincinnati, $18 00, by ra:lroad, via Jeffer- sonville, $18 50; To Toledo, $15 80; To Indianap olis, $17 50; ‘To Chicago, g21 65. GG-Tickets to be bad at the Ticket office of the Washin; Branch of the Baltimore and Oo Rail- road, Washington, 0G-S PECIAL NovICE.—An Extra Train wil) leave Washington Stauon at half past 3 p. m.. on SUNDAY,March 4th, for the Snecial Accomo dation of Passengers to the West. This Train will connect at the Wastumen Junction with the 5 pm Wheeling Express Train from Baltimore, and otlers peculiar induceme~ts to Westward Travelers at thi~ brehking up of Congress. Passengers by the Train wiil reach Cincinnati on Monday afternoon for din- ner. GG Por furt ser information, Tiekets, &e., ap ply to ‘THOMAS H. PARSONS; Agent at the Washington Station. JOHN H. DONE, Master Transportation Balt. & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore. mar 2—2t (Intel& Usionli) ast. pa create ORANGE § ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD. {te undersigned having become proprietors ot the large and commodious Steamer GEORGE PAGE, intend, by theirefforts, to accommodate the community travelling between Washin.ton and Alexandria, and the fccilities which they offer for the transporiation of freight and the employment of none but courtecus and gentlemanl.ke officers obliging servants, to merit a share of the public tronage, and would respectfnl'y call the attent: merchants and other citizens of both places to following schedule of prices at which their Boat wil! hereafter be run: Passengers 5 cents; B 1234; Buggy wagon and 2 wagon and one horse, e3, 25; Horse and ri- der, 1244 ; Market wagon and | horse, 25; Market | @! wagon round trip 374; Market and 2 horses, 25; Market wagon round trip 3734; Drays 25; Dray» round trip 37; Hacks 25; Hacks round trip 37} ; Flour per barrel 5 cents, And sil other freight in p oportion. In connection with this boat are Latham & Cook tine of OwnisiN VAN RISW Ick ! . " RICH?D WALLACH,” } Prop’. mar 2-3 E. A. RYTHER, Captain. FANCY GOUDS, PERFUMERY, &c. UTCHINSON & MUNRO, are now opening at H the r store, No. 310 Pa. avenue, a splendid assortment of GOODS, in the above line, enume rating in part as follows, viz: fine Cubas, Dressing Cases, Po-te Monnaies, Card Cases, Jewell Boxer. Shells, Shell Boxes, Jet Ornaments, Lubins’, Piver’s and other choice Extracts, Pomades, superior Bay Water, Combs and Srushes in great variety, and in short everything to be usually found in a first class Fancy Store, and they cordially invite their frivnds and the public to give them a call. Their Store is the first door west of Messrs. Har- per & Co.’s, between Ninth and Tenth sis, mar 2—t CARD TO FAMILIES. Brown, Loaf, and Pulverized Sugars from 6 to 10 cents. Rio, Laguyre, Maraca‘b> and Java Coffee 12% w 16 cents posh Imperial, Gunpowder aad Diack Tecs 37% to Zl. And i other articles usually kept in a family gro- cery , al corresponding low rates. A. N. MOUNTZ, Masonic Hall, corner 10th and E ste. mar 2—3t* a Ee ee eee UST RECEIVED, per brig Ann Elizabeth, a prime lot of Blue and White Mercer POTA TOES. 100 barrels prime Baldwin Apples All will be told low to close consignment by M. ELDRIDGE, mar 2-lw Union Wharf, Alexandria. FOR MOUNT VERNON. Extra Trip on SATURDAY, March 31 —N O TI CE.—At the request of strangers and others in Washiny the THOMAS COLLYER will make a to Beast Vernon, leaving Washington at 9¥ a. m. There are many persons here that wish to visit the Tomb of Washington. Here is a chance for them. Do not fail to go. mar 3—li _ SAM’L GEDNEY, Capt. OTICE—A THROUGHOUT BLOODED Brood Mare, of a very fine form, dark sorrel, for sale at the Livery Stable of the! Franklin Hotel, 8th sirest, by mar 2—3i* JNO. R. SUPTON? OTATOES AT AUCTION.—209 baskets supe- rior German Potatoes will be offered for sale on TUESDAY, March 6th, at 12 o’clock, in front of the steamer George Page, Alexandria, Va. mar 2—3t e. OWEN. a, W. 0 le K. OWEN & SON, ia MILITARY AND NAVAL MERCHANT TAILORS, B cise eit ace etween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, WASHINGTON CITY, D c St 4&@- Naval and Military Uniforms executed in the neatest s yle, mar 2—eolm SIGNOR SEVERO STRINI AS the pleasure of announcing to the citize H of Washington that he ean take one mon pe, ul on the Vocal Instruction for the spring season. ‘erms $40 per quarter, twenty-four les ons. ‘Two lessons per week. Apply at Mr. DAVIS'S Music Store. (intel) mar 2—lw ESLIE’S LADIES’ GAZETTE OF { Fashion for March, containing all the latest Paris, London and New York spring fashions, az SHILLINGTON’S BOOKSTORE. Harper’s Magazine for Mareh Blacieword’s do., for February Household Words for March Graham’s Magasine for March Godey’s Lady’s Book do North and South, by the author of Mary Barton My Novel, or V; ogi wit? Novel, Of Va tetien of Evgiish Life, by Bul The Prairie Bird, new edition The Helrem of Bellefont Emerson Bennet Ail the net hone pauls on ived motioa aie paRILLINGTOWS Booxnore, mar 3g Building, corner 4)¢ st, and Pa. ave, q|“JONES* Ri Amusements. CARUSI’S SALOON. —<— (L4XY OF JUVENILE GENIUS, BOON CHILDREN. ~ ‘These celebrated ebildren, three in number, ANNA ISABKLLA, widimeme sue CakUsrs saloon, J {u-which they will appear in some of their fevorke __charecters: Admission 50 cents—childien half price. After. noon half NATIONAL THEATRE. MBSSKS. MYEHS @ MADIGAR Respectfully announce to the citizens of Washing ton and its vicinity that they will open for a short THURSDAY EVENING, Mereh 1, Splendid Circus Company, ‘The best now performing in America, and compos -d entirely ot STAR wre td in — ved artistes in this troupe i “the cele- brated Female Eq: M’LLE ROSA, See billa of the day. q Ox Sheet will be opened on Thursday morning, wh: re seats can be secured three nights in ‘without extra cha Monday evening. the 96th ult., @ brown FUR TitPET. A canada reward will be given to any one who will leave it at the Star office. mar 1—2r* OS T—On Tuesday moming, the 27th w't., at or near the Capitol, a larg: platina Bu! IN, with a female head in the centre. The finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving it at 203 G st. mar 1—3t* HECKER’S FARINA, ve GR REPARED ex siy for Families, a and sppuepuans Sood for all Seasons, and one of the mot economical, nutritious, and wholesome preparations ever brought to the table, eminently combining ced piesa oft the palate, with am- ple and heaithful sustenance of the body. Strictly speaking, HECKERS’ FARINA ismeither stringent nor laxative, but restorative ; = ing the digestive and absorbent system. In disor- dered bowcl-, Diarrbea, Dysentery, and even in cases of Wholera, when food is deemed admissible by the physician, Heckers’ Farina cannot fail to be , and wherever known is ae in Hospitals and private practice. preser of heals, or the ‘prevention of sitkneah te at least as import-nt as the curing of disease. = in hea'th should therefore ue Heckers’ Farina freely a ee | meray hes =i 1 Seaner . ing. For sale by Grocers Fo whales-le by the manufacturer, HECKER & BRO. at the Croton Millis, 201 Ch-rry street, New York, or by CHARLES F. PITT, 12 Commerce street, Balti- ore. i ga- HECKERS? FARINA JELLY in double boit- er, which render borning or scorching imporsible, is now exhibited daily at the Pair of the Metropoli- tan are ied Institute, in Washington. mar 1—3c* MORE ABOUT LOCKS. ONES’ ROTATING PERMUTATION PLATE 2) LOCK, now eommonly called the WORLD'S FAIR LOCK, without key or key-hole, is the Lock that secured the outer-doors of the Herring Safe that contained $1,000 at the World’s Fair, London, 1851, it being necessary to unlock this before other jocks in the safe could be unl ‘d. All parties interested lowing notice : THE WORLD'S FAIR LOCK. NOTICE. { have this day sold to Messrs. STEARNS & MARVEN, Manufacturers of WILDER'S Patent Salamander SAFES, New York, the Patent right of ™, ROTATING PERMUTATION PLATE LOCK, Commonly called 1-GUNPOWDER LOCK,” or, “ ¥ RLS chee Lock.” he latter title wae acquired in consequence of this Lock ot ee in a Safe at the World's Pair, with $1,000 in the Safe, to be the reward of any persona who could the door, = The gold remaived thesia for a period of = “THE W — vi a of ing “= , With such peor pect Ht -ncerse, ~ ber of changes being 000. Bankers, Jewelers, and Merchants who o have these Locks upon their can have by applying to Stearns & Marvin, No. 146 Water street, who have the exclusive right to manufecture said Locks in the United States. HENRY C. JONES. Newark, N. J., January 20th, 1853. STEARNS & MARVIN, Scccessors ro Ricn & Co, : 144 & 146 Water at., N.Y. THE ONLY MAKERS OF SALAMANDER SAFES, combining WILDER'S and RICH PAT- ENTS. 8. H. HOWELL, Agent, Georgetown, D. C. PALMER’S PATENT LEG. HIS AMERICAN INVENTION stands unrivalled both in this country and in Earope. Itis worn by 1,000p reons, and with most astonishing success. In competition with 30 other substitutes of the best French, English, and German manufacture, it received the award of the GET MEDAL atthe Wortp’s Exuzat- TION iN Lonpon, as the best artificial limb known, In ‘his country it has been thirty times exhibited, in competition with all others, at the annual Fairs in the principal cities,and bas, inevery instance, received the award of the highest or first premium. And as 2 crowning honor, by the unanimous approval of an interna- tional council, the “First Premium”— only Silver Medal given for Limbs—wa» awarded the inventor, at the New York Crystal Palace. lets givi full fent gratis 10 We Bo PRANR RANK PALMER. every er Chemmt Phi feb 28—2m INTERESTING NEWS. mar l—im Ww E have just received a | assortment of BOOT» and SHUES for ladies’, misses’ and children’s wear, which we offer very low. a a #1 to 33 jisees every kind in proportion Of children’s Shoes we have every color and style, from 25 cents, up The inquiry generally is, Where can we find a good assoriment of Shoes for children? We can answer all such querists to their satisfaction if they give us a call. We would also state that we are prepared to man- ufacture every style of boot or skoe usually worn by gentlemen, ladies, misses or ch ldren. Also, on hand every description of boots shoes which will be sold pa be oe -~ Call and examine for yourselves before purchas- ing elsewhere, as we are determined to sell. 8. C. MILLS & CO., 486 Seventh rt. Louisiana avenue, bet. 6th and 7thste., Next door east of the Vernum Buildings. HE subscribers have associated together to car- ry on the HOUSE, SIGN & ORNAMENTAL PAINTING in alt ite vere branches, and will be thank/ul to the public and their friends for all fa- Vors in their line of business, determining on their = to use every « xertion to give satisfac- Alll jobbing at glazing or paiatis promptly attend- to at moderate aces Give ad trial, J mar 1—5i* STEAMER GEORGE PAGE In connection with the Orange a beand Alexandria Railroad leaves fH street, i G6 o’clk a m., for Staunton, Char hesssuniltn, nd temmoeel Md J atr stations, connecting at Manassas Juuetion, for Winchester, Strasburg, &c. peter ne the boat. age Masters accom Washington through. Beene boat. mar J—3* EXCELSIOR IS OUR MOTTO. Wi: just received a fresh lot of PRUNES, 8, ORANGES, LEMONS, &c. Also, # case of SARDINES ia superior Give us a cail and judg by Soe ee ge ves Don’t th on soraet the No , 99 Seventh street, oppo. N. B. Parties, and Families supplied on the poe toneg nent ey ae a mar I—1lm tdi LOCKS, CLOCKS, CLOCKS !—If C want a grad Clock, eee to reg at the store . Pa, ave., oppo, Browns’ Hote}, from en the el ed E. A. RYTHER, Capt. feose—aie*?