Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1855, Page 2

NING STAR. ———=—— ~” WASHINGTON OITY: THUSSDAY AFTZBFOO! veseee Marek 15 (> Avvertisements should,be handed in by 12 o'clock, M., otherwise they may not appear until the next day. —__—_——<+e-_—__—. Srorace.—Storage will be taken in the fine large dry basement, corner of Eleventh street and the Avenue, ‘Star Buildings.” The central location and easy access to this store-room makes it the most desirable place of the kind in Washington. Terms low. Apply at the Star office. ooo SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. : The Jatelligencer publishes a long mani- festo from the pen of Santa Anna, wherein that remarkable man rehearses what he has done for Mexico. In that connection the edi tor says: “A great deal bas been alleged and is daily repeated against this remarkable man—for re- markabie he certainly is, both in his charac- ter and eventful career—by those opposed to his administration; and although we may not feel disposed to accord to him all the praice beclnim: for what he assumes to have dune for hie country, yet it cannot be denied that be possesses the merit of having thus far ar resied the progress of anarchy, end he may yet lay the found«tion of the future prosperity of bis country, if he only knows how to use the immense power which has been confided to bim by tho wejority cf the Mexican people.” With reference to the Kaow Nothing nomi- Bees io Virginia (their names having been published in the Star of yesterday,) the In- ellizencer says, traly “This is a strong ticket. Each of the gen- tlemen ramed has had service in Congress The first is a Whig the other two Democra's; and «!l, we believe, of conservative views and feeling? hey are men of ability and expe tienes in public aff and of a fair share of personal popularity. The non is very lugubrious, indeed, over the result of ths New Hampshire election. Tho editor seems ‘o thiak that tho world is decidediy in a dingling way, saying forcibly of the alloged ~ rebuke’’ involved In that re- sult “Pat it ig not only Franklin Pierce that has veozrebakel. Jefferson is rebuked for bis noble efurts in favor of religious to!era- tion in Virginia; for bis champion-hip ot emigration; and for his life-long devotion to . Washington is rebuked f the patriotism of the Catho- eite i3 rebuked for his gallantry in defendisg the cause of our infant colonies Jackson 1s rebuked aa the soncf an Irishman. Our country is rebuked, we fear, for prosper- ing se lovg er (he example cf enlightened Teg:slatio d equal laws; for growiag great by the aid of the iabor and the valor of the adopted citizen. There is to be a halt in oni Rational career. The counsels of the sage? of the ptst must be repudiated or revised. We must ‘ravei back to the days of hing George and the alien laws. We must reani- mate the anirit thit drove our fithers to the Western wilds. No longer shall Roger Wil- liatos or William Pena or George Caivert be the tights by which our path is made clear Cur standard is to be that of an intolerant priesthocd. a corrupt cour: and a bizoted jadi- eiary. We must reverse the ideas of the rev- vludion, aud forget that we have bad a pust, in .be ea t cudeavor to make the future ve creed which percecutes meu for ir 3 seke, disfrarcuises them for their religion. and Cisowns them fer the land of their Lirth' Rew Hampshire Election. We are satisfied, from cur private wivices from New Hampshire, that the “fusionists” bave carried the election in that State by a mjority of between two and three thousand, and that they have a mojority of the Legisia- ture iu bob of its branebea. Tis is the re- eult we for.ssadowed in cur paper on the day betore yeserday. I: is worthy of notice in this conrcciica that Mr. Morrison and Mr Kittredge, bota opposed to the Nebraska bill, are defeated by significant mej orities, notwith- Standing it was supposed that their action upoa that mevzure was in deference to Northern Sentiment. We hive not tims now to comment upon the resul’, The contest, however, on the part of the friends of the Presiient, bas been fought upon principle, and upon patriotic prin- ciples Every fection and every ism hasbeen denounced and scorned by them, and the men who voted for Bzter can, without question, be Telied upon a fa sound, orthodox. and party. What can be scid be mea who voted against him, ex. cept th y have achieved victory ? Fine is Woops.—The fires raging in the great piuc furzesis cf South Carolina have Gccasioned iwuch destructiun of property other than tho rulcable timber. Un the 11th iast., the fie raged so high on the track of the South Carolina railroad that the train was caught, ard barely eszaped with the loss of two freizat cars of cotton. The railroad ties Were on Gre, and it was feared that a le: gesaw mill on the line would algo be bern’, News has beon receive at Lexirgton that the fire bas bee eg reuad that villege a!l day, avd that barns, housez, feness, £5 the outzki age had already been Consumed, and great fears were entertained concerring the safety of the village. News bas been received from (reorgia, by which it seems tuat there has been great des- truction of piuperty there from the same cause. Ip the vicinity of Goose Creek, the Woots were on fire and the wind waa setting toward the city of Charleston” The train of cars bed run the gauntlet, but two of them were Sacrificed to the insatiable appetite of the fiery demon. 1a the neighborhood of Kirkwood, Colum. bia, and Saody Rar, houses and barns had been destroyed, and great fears were enter- tained as to the safety cf the villages them. selvez. One of cur Augusta exchanges says the fire iz raging near Wamburg and Aiken. Tke Wilming:on Herald, of Tuesday, says the fire ir spreading in North Carvlina, near Fayertevilic, and also in Moore county, where there Las been # heary loss in timber, turper- tine, acd fences. In Robeson county, the fire bas destroyed several farm-houses, de, that Were encircled Ly fores", and the fire was steadi!y progre-sing between Clinton and War- saw. The woods in portions of Columbus Bladen, and New Hanover - vanties, have elso besn on fire, and great damage has been sus- tained cn of the +i &>F Under the new Poste law, which is to tale effect om the first of July next, all single letters mailed for any distance not ex. ceeding three thousand miles are to pay thrse cents, and for any distances exceedins three thousand miles ton cents. Half an ence in Weight will corctitute a single letter. An Jetters must he prepaid, except such &3 are to or from a f-reign country, or thoss” addressed tothe cflice:e of the Government on official busioess WASHINGTON -NBWS AND GOSSIP. The Great Indis Bubber Controversy.— Few pergont are aware of the importance of India rabber in American commerce are at the Nayth hundreds of factories engaged in working up the material for hundreds of Purpozes, each employing from one bundred to There a thoussnd persons. We knowa single Rubber factory in Williamsburg, N. Y., where combs only are made, in which more than ono thou- sand persons find constant employment. There are two patent rights necesgarily used fo all the branches of the rubber business. One is the “ Hayward’ patent, whereby the gum is “yuleanized’’ by submitting it (incorporated with sulphur) toa high degree of heat after having been spread on the material to which it may be applied; and the other is the “Chaf- fee” patent, for the machinery by which the gum is spread upon thecloth orother material, without a resort to the former solvent—turper- tine—by which a saving of some 62 cents is effected in the preparation of every pound of the gum used in commerce, otherwise than in the raw state. To give the reader an idea of the extent of the business in this country, we may remark that more than eight millions of dollars worth of rubber shoes were made in the United S:ates last year, while the other articles manufactured here of the same mate- rial probably amounted in value to much more than ten times thatsum, The control of the two essential patents (processes) referred to abore, has placed the eutire control of the business in the hands of a comlisation of eapitatists located in various manufacturio: States, who have, of course, grown enormously rich by theiroperations. They contribute an- nually a fund of $22,000 to prosecute suits against any and ali who stand in the way of their monopoly. Horace H. Day, whose name appears in the proceedings of the late Letcher investigating committee, bas, so far, been the only oj} ponent they have ever found capable of seriously contesting with them. In the past ten years he hes had numerous cross suits with them, fizhting them here in Washington, before the Patent Offico, and when he fancied they wero dabbling in mat ters before Congress out of their legitimate business, as well as before the United State: Courts in New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. It is supposed that in the last five years these nu- merous contests at law have cost the combina tion $40,000 per annum, and Day quite half that sum. He defeated their application be- fore the Patent Bureau not Icng since, for the renewal of the Hayward patent. on technica! grounds only, if we are not mistaken, tho in- ventor not having realized one hundred thousandih part of the benefit from the fortu- nate creation of his brain, whichit hts con. ferred upon the public at large. Last week after a trial (in Providence, R. 1.) of twelve weeks duration, in which the combination wore represented by eight of the first lawyers iv the United States, aud Day by foar, he gained a verdict, wresting from them the entire title to and property in the Chaffze patent above referred to; the jury having rendered that the combination’s intorest in it was void tarough fraud in its obtainment, a valid gale of the patent having enbsequently been wade to this remarkable trial becaute its and, we thi favorably 2 e interest of scciety, which is deeply invelved in the future of any Americon man ufacturing interest representing the produc tioa of perhaps one hundred wiilions of dullare worth of goods, annually. Wnotize it, too because its results convey a lezson of the value of exergy, enterprise, courage, and ssgacity ic business affaira that cannot be co forcibly drawn from sermons or bouks. Day ia a map of about forty years of age, bred a working shoemaker, with the slenderest possible origi- nal advantages of education and position His main lawyer throughout the last three years of his controversy, has been an obseure young man named Richardson, fresh and green from the mountains of New Hampshire. we believe. H»wever, those two persons have managed, by dint of the capacitice of their minds and their perseverence, to triumph over the wealthiest and really the most powerful and active combination of capitalists evor en. gaged ia this country in strugcling before the courts in @ common cause. Day gains his Chaffee patent, which must secure him great wally; whilo Richardson gains tantly, a3 the leading patent-case er ia the Uniced States—a reputation h, with iteconsequonces, would have been worth tweety yoars’ hard labor of any profes siona! gentleman in thee withovtatee While we are upon this subject, we may not inappropriately add that the class of articles which are mantfactured of India rubber, and have so recently entered into general uze in the country, are beginning uleo to bo manu tactured extenzively of patta percha, undor patente a shortt me since grante! to John Ry der, of New York Ve are satisfied, from observation, that in a few years the latter "drive the former u!most entirely out of the market. As manufactured of gutta per cba, while they porsess all the valuable quali- ties of rubber goods, they arc also frce from all the bad qualities which renJertbe rubber goods disegreeable to use in many respects Thus they emit no offensive event; they do not become soft in hot weather, or stiff in cold weather; they do not catch and hold dirt and grit az rubber goods do, and there. fore are far more lasting; nor do they expand and contract as their rivals do un- der circumstances when that quality is a positive disadvantage, as ia over-shves. Gutta percka over-shoes being as plensant ard healthy to wear as over shoes made of leather, which is not the case with rubber over ebora. az all the world knows. Gutta percha goo are also much lighter than siwilar articles made of the rival gum, which is another im. portant advantage iu their favo:. The use of the Hayward and Chaffee patents ia as requisiie in the menufacture of gutta percha, ag in tha’ of rubber. These facts concerning gutta percha have been recalled to our mind by see- ing Mr. John Ryder, the gutta percha paten- tee, in Washington to-day. He is stoppin: at the Kirkwood House, where he bas with him soveral specimens of his manufacture, ali of which are well worth the inspection of our fellow-citizens who, like curselves, rejoice in the swift acd sure progress of our country in tue uzefel aris. wh wi Tho Monument —ihe Organ ia wrong in its denial, on the day before yesterday, of the facts stated by us with reference to the recent forcible ejection of Mr Dougherty, the super- incendent of the work’ on the Washington Monument. In al! essential yoints our state. Ment upon the subject was substantially true, 88 we learn on further in quiry. Mr. Bradley took the keys from Mr. Hiitc n, the day watch, | Mr. Briggs, if not a black:mith by trade, rather than a mason, (as the superintendent of sush a work should be,) has done black- smithing for the monument, and was paid for the work by Mr. Dougherty. Not very long jsince he kept a biacksmith shop in this ofty We state these facts that the rev der may per- ovive that in what we have publisbed on those two points we have been correct. We have further to say that if breaking down doors acd windows by a mob, {which was done, we Presume, to put Mr. Briggs in poaseasion,) was not taking forcible possession, we do not know what force is. As much has been said in the streets con- cerning property of the association recently sold by order of the old board, we have to say that it consisted of the two work horses only, so ordered to be disposed of, as was stated in the newspapers at the time, to afford those claiming to be the new board of management an opportunity to test their rights before the courts of law, They have declined embracing that opportunity, which looks very much as if they prefer to rest their claim upon what they can effect by surreptitious movements only But for the couatenance which Mr. Bradley is giving to their schemes and acts, we take it for granted that there would hardly be a man with anything at stake in this communi:y who would fail to denounce the extraordinary means to which they have sesn fit to resur', ac being of a character deserving ths severest reprehension of all law-abiding citizens. In explanation of the fact that Mr. Dovgh- erty made little resistance to their applica tion of force to eject him from the work, we have to say that he did so only under express orders from those from whom he derived his authority and position, obeying their instruc- tions in this matter to the latter, How Know Nothings ara Mauufactured.— The Cuban revolutionicts located in New York city not long since sent an emissary named De Goicopria to this city, to tender to Mr Pierre Soule the compliment of a public din- ner, which that gentleman very properly de- clined in the courteous manner in which he treats all with whom he is thrown in contact Mr. Goicouria wrote back an account of his want of success with Mr S., which we find in tie New York Sux of a recent date. His letter is worthy of note on account of its con- cluding passage, az follows, viz: ‘OF the crowd of friends who have visited him, (Mr. Soule—Hz..) since he arrived here, there are none who do not speak with admi- cation of the loftiness and magnanimity he iisplays whenever he is brought to allude to he reistions in which he stands to Vencral Pierce and his Cabinet.” Now, those who know Mr. Soule personally will realize that this writer doos him great in- justice, in representing him ag playing “ high fallutin” with reference to bia friends in the Government The point, however, to which we aim to call public attention, is the coolnesa wi.h which this unnaturalized foreigner, engaged noto- ciously in effortg to compass the violation ot the laws of the United States, with no bond o attach bim to our coun‘ry, agsumes to sit in judgment upon the conduct of the President and his Cabinet; which sssumption is in- volved in the paragraph from his le:ter quoted above. if Know Nothingisin wili but drive iato curity, end inoculate with becoming mod- esty, the horde of foreign (unnaturalized) ad- venturerz who essay to regulate public affairs and public opiniors on this side of tha Atlan tic, and to use the United States ng the point rom which they can with impunity manage che affairs of othor coun'ries where they do uot dare to show their noees, wo shall be very thankful. Such persons, to gratify their pro- pensity for notoriety, toeompagsends which are anlawfal here, oremodel Amezican society upon sans cullotish privciples, are the main ovsacles in the way of tho success of the ef- forts of the realiy patriotic and considera‘e native born Americans, who desire to pr the great principles ¢f civil and reli equality from being obliterated from the Con- stitution and Laws of the United States under the prezsure of tho excitement agaiast all forsigners, which at this time rapges in the American popular mind. vent The Cruise of the U. & Stearcer Fulton in Search of tho Sloop of War Albany.—The U.S. steamer Palron, Lieutenant Command- tog John K. Mitehell, arrived at Aspinwall, New Grenada, March Ist, after having made a therough search among the Bahama and Windward Islands aud the Spanish Main The Fulton siiled from Norfolk on the 20th d touched at Nassau, New , San Salvador, Matthews Town, e@ Uaytien, Puerto de Pista, Sa- ayaguel, St. Johns’, (Porto Rico,) St Frederickstadt, St. Martins, Gers, Antigaa, Guadaloupe, Martinique, 5: Lucia, St. V nts, Grenada, Trinidad, La Guayra, Puon Ayre, Curacao, Maracaibo, Santa Martha, Car:tbagens, Porto Bello, and Sepiowall. ‘The Fulton, after teaving the latter place, will visit San Juan de Nicaragua, thence touching at or sighting the principal keys and dangers on the line to Pedro Bank, thenoe to Kingston, coasts of Honduras and Yucatan, and finally to Havana. Notwithstanding this active cruise, no news of the missing Albany could be obtained. Nows irom Cuba.—Ibis morning, we re- ceived private advices from our atte: tive cor- rerpoudent in Havana, up to the Sth inst. At that time the United States war steamer Princeton was there, and ber cfficers were en- joying themseives temporarily in the society of the American re idents of that city. The Captain Generai was jnat then a few miles out of the city, where be had gone to inspect and review a camp of troops that had been recently formed. The political prisoners lately arrested. amorg them being some of the very first men he island, it will be recollected, were all kept in solitzry confinement. no one, except pabtio functi ie, being allowed to approach aay cue of thea on any pretence whatever. [t was not knows at that time when their trials would commeces mana, Thomas, Curtom house Contracts —We learn thatthe Secretary of the Treasury is about to issue proposals fur the construction of the new custom-houses ordered by Congress to be built at Providenea, R. 1, Milwaukie, Wis., and Chicago, il ‘The expectation of the Depart- ment is that the work on ail of them will be commenced in the course of the summer. Applications for Lands under tho New Bounty Land Law.—Yesterday, about seven hundred and fifty applications fur lands under the new bounty land law, and upto Il a. m. to-day, they were continuing to come in at about the same merry rate The Current Operations of ths Treasury Department.—On yesterday, the idth March, there were of Treasury Warrants entered on the bocke of the Department— For the redemption of stock.....+ $518 638 For paying Treasury debts . + 69,664 22 For the Customé..secesseess 11,570 37 For covering iato the Treasury from miscellaneous sources.... 93 94 For covering into the Treasury from customs........ 92 80 11,960 00 + 158.321 04 For the Wer Department. For the Navy Department For the Interior Department. + 19,497 22 For repaying for the Interior De- % part:nent. sees 10,928 93 Additional News from Europe, BY THE PACIFIC. DISTRESS IN ENGLAND—RIOTS AT LIV- ERPOOL AND LONDON. Destitution in Eagland had almost reached its height. From the combined causes of an unusually severe winter, unusually dear prices for ail descriptions of provisions, and a total stagnation of trade, the poor are in a deplora- ble state. Mauy thousand laborers have been for weeks without food, excepting the supplies of charity. In Liverpool, the times have been peculiar ly severe in coneequence of frost having stop- ped the extensive building works, and from the continuance of easterly winds, having pre- vented the arrival of the American shipping. The absence of shipping alone deprived near- ly 5 000 dock laborers and porters of work, and of all descriptions of laborers, there were not fewer than 18,000 men destitute of employ ment, Considering the number of heipless women and children dependent on these men, it represents a terrible amount of suffering. Our correspondent describes it as pitiable to sce hundreds of poor fellows idling around the Exchange in the hopes of obtaining a “chance job.’’ Considerable liberality hae been displayed by the citizens, and about £3.000 were subscribed. Relief stores were opened in various parts of the town, and tickets entitling the bolder to bread and coal were freely distributed. The conduct of the unemployed was, almost without exception, peaceablo and praiseworthy, although want was so great that instances had occurred where mea had fainted from hunger and fell on the strest. The bulk of these really indus- trious clusses bore up bravely in the hops of an early return to labor. However, on Tues. day, the 20th, great here was observable in the Scotland Koad, in one of the lowest and most disreputable quarters of the town. By dogrees the excitement swelled into the dim: n.ions of a riot. Panda of the discontented marched out into various parts of the town, and caused the greatest consternation to the citizens. The s’ores along the principle thor- oughfares were immediately closed. the jewel- lers and silversmiths first, next the cutlers and guusmiths, and finally the entire trade of the town was suspended. These bands of ma rauders varied in number from 50 to nearly 100, but contained a considerable portion of women aud lads. They seemed to have no sort of organization, nor any definite object in view, At first they rushed tumultuously into the bakers shops, twenty or thirty of which were stormed and plundered. They also de- mauded and received money from various oth er storekoepers. An attack was made on St. John’s warket, but the gates were closed, and tue police beat off the beseigers. Towards evening tne town resumed its wonted appear- ance. Anextra force of spzcial constables was sworn in, and a number of the police were ermed and mounted. Sixty prisoners were taken, and summarily sentenced by the Police Courts, to terms of bard iabor, varying from a week to tures moniha Next day, Wednesday, the 21st, the disturb- ances were resumed. ‘Lhe same scenes again occurred ; the provision shops were attacked, the police made successful skirmishes, and captured many of tho rioters. Thestorea wero ciused during part of the day, but, from the report of our correspoodeut, who took occa- sion personeliy to winess the “ riots,’’ this Was m precaution quite unnecessary. The police were at all times more than a match for the mob Since the 2isc ail had remained uly quiet. r disturbances, but on a smaller scale, place in London. Bandg of men and vied centributions on the storekeepers, nterference of the police stopped the entorprise. IN MANCHESTER The report from Manchester is less unfayor- eble than from Liverpool, but it shows dis- tress. The severe frost hed closed the canals andthe workmen dependent on traffic were compelled to apply to the workhouse. Some hundred railway porters had been discharged from lack of work. The mills are beginning to work on ‘‘short time.” IN BIRMINGHAM, At Birmingham the state of the poor iz very distressing. Nine thousand workmen sre out of work in the town of Birmingham alone, and a proportionate number in the neighbor- ing parishes. Notice has been given to the iron workers that a redue:fon of wages can be no longer del i Nuubers of the needle- makers of Redditch, are without work. The watch-trade of Coventry is extremely dull, mostly from deficiency American of orders. In most of the other manufacturieg towns and villeges of the district, the pressure of pau- perisia was on the increase, and measures were ip operation to afford tomporary relief The Notticgham Lace and Hosiery trade was very dull, and the workmen were bezin ning to suffer from scarcity of employment and dearness of provisions At Leicester business remained zo depressed that 4 number of hands were out of work. in Leeds and in the West Riding of York- shire distress exisia, but is hoped only of a temporary nature LATEST, ‘She detot.tion of the Pacific enables us to erate that affairs bad taken a decided turn for the betier. A sudden thaw had eet is,—en abling the builders and canal-men to resume k while achange of wind was bringing pa considerable amount of shipping. It was oped the woret was past. SPAIN. Tow Propossrs or tas Usirep Stares to be Reconsiperev.—In the courge of the sit- ting on the 10th, the Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, in reply to a question as to the siate of tbe relations with the United States, begged permission to deny that the Government or bim-elf had ever wished to insult M. Soule, and he then said: “ths United States Gov ernment on the 15th of January last resolved to replace the minister who represented it at Madrid. When the nowy arrived here that minister had already left. Subsequently, we lers to submit tos new examination all quostions pending with the Unired States, in order ‘o decide what is just. We are per. fectly in accord with the government of the United Stetes, and consequently we have the hope of arriving at a pacific eolution ” WAR DECLARED AGAINST SARDINIA. Advioes from St. Petersburg of the 17th an- nounce that war is formally declared against Sardinia. Notice is given to Sardinian ships to feayo the Russian ports, The ezrquator has been withdrawn from the Sardinian consu and the Kussian agents at Genoa and Nice have been recalled. The property of Sardinian citizens is “placed under the prctection of the laws ”’ en 3 The Chicago Press states that an agent of the Netherlands Trading Company, more familiarly known as the Dutch East India Company, has visited Chicago on a tour of ob- servation, with a view to opening a direct trade through the St. Lawrence and also through New York with the Northwest, for ils productions of beef, pork, flour, ete , and with the Southwest also, for its cotton, sugar, and tobacco. The head quarters of this rich asso. ciation are at Amsterdam, and the Company ebarters annually some 300 large ships in their trade with the Indies. Eg°A young butcher of South Adams, Mass a few days since bought a bull which refused to be lod, whereupon he gouged cut the poor animals cyes! The bull was butchered the next morning, but there was no family in South Adams poor enough to buy a piece of that beef at any priee PER‘CONAL. sess Charles J. Jenkins, Wm C Dawson and John E. Ward are announced as anti-ad- — candidater for Governor in Geor- a. ++++ John W. Dadley, late of Lynchburg, Va ,is a candidate for tho Mayoralty of Cin- einnati. «e+e The Memphis Whig denounees Mr. Gentry’s self nomination for Governor of Ten- neasee. +++» Jonathan P. C.liey, son of the late Jonathan Cilley, of Maine, bas a second time declined the appointment of cadet at West Point, and has ontered Bowdoin College. ++ee On Thursday, of last week, Governor Wright. of Indiana, received as visitors at his residence in Indianapolis, Governors Pow- ell of Kentucky, Jackson of Tennessee, Medill - Ohio, Matteson of Iilincis, and Grimes of lowa +++» Captain Samuel C. Reid, who formerly commanded the private armed brig General Armstrong, is lying dangerously ill at New York, his recovery is considered very doubtful. +++ [tis well that William Poole was shot by a native American. Some New York presses are trying to make the worst possible use of his death and funeral. eee Hon. George Rogers, the Democratic candidate for Congress, has been elected se- lectman of Topsham, Maine, where a coalition between the Whigs aud Democrats was suc- cessful in defeating the Know Nothings. ee ("The great California tree will be exbib- ited inthe Park at New York previous to it: removal to tho exposition at Paris. uhis tree cost the owner $12,000 to cut it down and traneport ittoNew York. It is in sections, and it will take ten men at least ten days te erect the tree in the Park. The body of it ir thirty feet in diameter and ninety feet high. Senator Gwin, of California, itis said, saw the tree growing at Sierra Nevada. [t is said that there is indisputable evidence of this mor- ster of the forest being three thou.and years old. Tae Miirarr ORDERED To BE UNDER ARMS on St. Paraicx’s Day.—The New York Ex- Pregs of last evening rays: We understand that the whole of General Sanford’s Division of the New York State Militia have been ordered to be under arme on Saturday next (St. Patrick’s Day ) This divi- sion includes four companies of the Irish Brigade, who will thus be prevented from joiving the proposed military procession on that day. C4 Wild duoks are plenty in the American Bottom, opposize St. Louis. The lekes and streams back eigh. or nine miles from the river are said to be swarming with ducks, that have just appeared therein numbers almost approaching to .syrieds, (2 The dirt carsnen of New York have struck for higher wages. They want $250. They now get $225. Thess strikes indicate that times are not as hard in New York as they are reprezented to be. 1 There are 28,687 Chinese now in Cali fornia, Total Chineso emigration to that State 48 940. Deaths, 1,333. Departures, 8,- 929. Soitiastated in ihe Chinese paper of San Francisoo. Ee" Several human skeletons were found in & cave, partially walled up, on ths mountain near Charleston, Kanawhe county, Va, a few daysago. They are supposed to be the re- mains of Indians SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LEC TURES. Oo FRIDAY evening, March 16th, a lecture will be delivered by Dr. W. F. Canning, of Boston, of the “Fire Alarm Telegraph,” with w. rking mod and illustrations. Lecture will commence at 71g o’clock. mar 14-31 REP| = STITION —THE MPMPERS OF George Wast ugton Tent, No. 2, Junior Order of Reenahites il give an entertainment in the basement of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, cor ner of Maryland avenue and Gil street Island, on FRIDAY EVENING, March 16th, when they will (by request) pre:ent the original moral Temperance drama, entitled, JONADAB, SON OF RECHAB; or, Washington City in 1855. Tickets 25 cents—Children under 10 years halt price mar 14 friends that nga BS nas Particulars in a future mar 12—+ 03 Monday, at C advertizement. ATTENTION, CONTINENTAL GUARDS A meeting of the company will be held at the Island Hall, on FRIVAY EVENING, Mares 16th, at 7 o’clock. Every member is requested io come forward, as business of imyortance to the welfare of the compa ny requires your attendance. By order of WM. TUCKER, Lieut. Command’g. EDW’D HAMMESLEY, Secretery mar 14-3" -—_NOTICE.—THE FIRST GR! sual Ball of the Exgie Cink vt Porrest Hal, Georgetown, cn THURSDAY, the 9h April. See tuture advertisement. mar 12—lw* Be PHLopemtc SOCIETY. —There wil! be a meeting of the Philodemic Society of Georgetown Coliege, on THURSDAY, Mareh 15th, atS pm, at which the non resident members are re- spectfully iavited to be present. HARRV BAWTREE, R C COMBS, SCOTT &. SMITH, Commitee of Correspondence. — UST—Th's day, between St. John’s Church and Willards’ Hotel, a pair of lady’s GOLD SVECTACLES. [flett at the Star office a suitaile d will be paid. mar 9—lw* mar 15-1 POR HIRE—bY THE YEAR OR MONTH, A servant Bov, 17 or 18 years ofaze. Enquire at Wren’s Hotel, corner of 8th and D streets, where the Boy can be seen. mar 15-1" G REEN PEAS, CORN D TOMATOES BH Preserved Ginger, Pine Apple, Raspberries, Cranberries, Strawberries, Dam. ous, Q es, and Gages. Green Gage, Crab Apple, Peaeli and Grape Mar matade. Quiece and Peach Jelly. and Chow-Chow. mar 1. Pranes, Brandy Fruits Jos. W. DAVIS, corner 9:h and E streets. OOK HERE, ALL YE!—I OFFER for sale the east haif of Square 204, fronting on 14th st. "he whole leng'h well enclosed, all rich in cultiva tion and well set in timothy. [tis well situated for a vegetable garden. Tithe from the government to me in 1841. The terms will be easy on appl ing to me, owner and proprietor, No 3 F. urteenth st. marl5 3t* WM. MURFHY. LMANACH POUR RIRE, pour 1855. Alma nach Comique, dp. Al ach Sunatique, do. Almanach Astrologique, do. Aimanach Propbet- ique,d. Almanach Puteresque. do. Almanach des Jeux de Socicte, do. Almanach de ’Tusvation do. FRANCK TAYLOR. ONLY TWO WEEKS LONGER. AVING been very successful in reducing our Stock, we have determined to continus our sales St Cort prices (and many gcods at jess than cost) for two weeks longer, in erder to be bevier pre pared for a fresh and complete spring supply. Remember, we shall not ask or expect one eent profit on any article for the next fourteen days. The ladies should ¢«mbrace this opportunity to se eure great bargains, as we shall positive'y close our Fales at COSt p ices, in two weeks. MAXWELL & BRO., the original Riband and ‘T'amming Store, Pa. avenue, betw. 9th and 10th streets. mar 15—eo3t A RAFFLE, N THE CORNER OF FEVENTH STREET O AND MARYLAND AVENUE, of $100 worth of CLOTHES, the Ciothes to be measured for and made after the Raffle. One hundred chances at §] per chance; fifteen premiums List of premiums: i.—Cloth Coat, valued at $22. 2—One Tweed Coat, #12 3 and 4 - Premium Pants, $9 5, 6 and 7 —Pants $7, Vest 36, Ves , &, 9 and 10.—Vest $5, Vest $5, Vest 4, $1 11, 12, and 13. —2 Vests $4 each, Vest $2 14 and 15.—2 Vests $3 each ... mar 153" TON, Merchant Tail Amusements. pene on ODD FELLOWS’ HALL, NAVY YARD A GOLDEN SHOWER. ROBEsT aAkELLER THE UNRIVALLED MAGICIAN, Oa |}HURSDAY EVENING, the 15th instant, will give one of his MAGNIFICENT MAGICAL EN TERTAINMENTS, distributing $200 wo th of SPLENDID GIFTS among the audience. For particulars see small bills Gift Tickets only 50 cents; wo be had of J. Ball, Jeweler, 339 Ga ri-on strect, where the articles ar- on exhibiiion—and at the door on the evening of the GRAND GOLDEN SOIREE. mar 13-2 NATIONAL THEATRE. Increasing popularity of the Splendid Circus Company. OF MLERS & MADIGAY, The best Equestrian Company in America. AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE Every WEDNESD2 ¥ and SATURDAY. EVERY KVENISG, Grand chance of EQUESTRIAN NOVELTIES, In which appears Mlle Rosa, Mr. Thos King, Mons Le Ruen, A. Aymer, ur ee —— jadi and Char! ir. H. P. Madigan, sty William Foster, and the — THREE FAMOUS CLOWNS, Jim Myers, Carlo, snd Sam Long. WANTED.—FIFTY LITTLE CHILDREN for the Fairy Pantomine of CINDERELLA. ‘Those accustomed to Dancing will be preferred. ReDoC oN OF PRICES. Private Boxes, $4; Dress Circle and Parquette, gentlemen with facies, 25 cen's; Single gentlem: n, 37% cents; Family Circle, 25 cents; Colored Gallery 2 ce ts. mar 5 ‘PUILET *OaPS-—At LAMMOND’S, Sev i enth street, can be had, cheap fer cash, Low's joney war oo Also, Transparent Soap in y Brown Windsor and Cleaver’s ranwd mar TATCHKS, W JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, DIAMONDS, TEARLS FANCY GOODS, &c. &e. Atextremely LOW PRICES, c? CANFIELD, BRO. & CO. 229 Baltimore street, Baltimore, Ma. li-tr TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Fourth Auditor’s Office, Mar, 12, 1855. Y OTICE.- Persons having claims against a bal- ance due from the United States to Alexander Doughty, captain of the a‘ter-guard of the United States fngate Columbia, deceased, are hereby noti- fied to present them at the office of the Fourth Au ditor of the Treasury, within two months this date. = JHOKED & PICKLED SALMON ts) 3 cases Halifax Salmon, fresh smoked, smal? sizes. Walfax Salmon in barrels and tiirees Just received by SHEKELL BROTHERS, No. & oppo=ite the Centre Muke:. mar 13—t (Intel) 1 Oar ao SALMON & LOBSTane Underwood, Boston, preparing; in cases her- met cally :caled. For tale by SHERELL BROTHERS. mar 13—h (Intel) ARLINGTON POLKA. U J sale at ail the principal ) bellished with a correct likeness of ¥. asbington’s favorite, the venerable George Washington P. Cus- lus, and dedicated to him by the popular composer of u.is city, Hans Krummacher. Music Depot, Star Buildings, Corner of Eleventh »wert and Pa avenue, mar 13—tf RARE CHA) PORK A MAGNIFICENT PI ANO.—We have on exhibition «t the Fair at the Smith-onian fnsuivte, four superb PIANOS, which were nade expressly for th s tair and may be rylied upo® as superior instruments. We wilt dis pose Of Lem upon very Pe: sable terms, give any reasonable time on them, divide the payments into small notes, in fact,make any reasouable arronge- sents to suit purchasers We have also on hand in store the and Moot reliat¢ as ortment ef Pianos ever offered in this city, from the renowned manuf-ctortes of Hal let, Davis, & Co., Boston, and Bacon & Raven, New York. Old Pianos taken in exchange. N Mesic and an assorument of every articl: pertaining to Ure music trade. JOHN FP. ELLIS, 306 Penna, avenue, near Tenth street. mar 13—1f LANK BOOKS of every size and variety, of ub B finest mat rials and workmanship, as weil as others of the cheapest binds. A marge supply bougit for cach by the undersigned, for sale at rates much below the usual prices. mar 13 ______ FRANCK TAYLOR. LOUDON WALTZ. JOMPOSED and dedicated to the *oung ladies ot Leesburg, Va.,'y Prof. J. A. Young. A very pleasing composition, published atthe Music Depot of HILBUS & ITZ. mar tf WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER AND PLATED WARE AT REDUCED PRICES. E. offer our entire stock of elegant GOLD WATCHES, RICH JEWELRY, PURE SILVERWARE, sc , at greatly reduced rates. Persons would do well oexamine our assortment, which is by fur the largest, most fashionable, and best selected ev_r offered to our customers. M. W. GALT & BRO., 324 Fenn avenue, between 9th and lui sts mar 12—r soa’s soft finish Linens, in every vanety. N. York and other superior Shirting. Mu-ins. Extra Table and double Damask Diapers. Full ck of Housekeeping and Family DRY GOODs, oft the bes and mo-t desirable Pabrics, with a full lourning Goods, &e. JUTS and SHOES of the best makers, at prices. J. W BARNECLO, No, 383 seventh. beiw H and I sts. mar 13—ro6t FFICIAL ARMY AND NAVY KRE- GISTER for 1855 ihe Navy Register for the United States for the year 1855, OM. ial Army Register for 1855 Just published and for sale at TAYLOR & MAURY’S Bookstore, near 9th st. HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, NEW _SONG, words written and dedicated to Mrs, Frankiin Pierce, by Sheelah ; music com- posed by Frederick Kley, ° Ju _t published and forsale at HILBUS & HITZ’S Music Depot, Star Buildings. mar 10 TABLE CUTLERY, ALBATA FORKS *ND SPOONS, &c UST recvived a large assortment of superior Ta ble € ry of every variety. Also, eve y =t-le of the finest quality ALBATA FORKS, SPOONS, TEA SETS, CAKE BAS KETS, CASTORS, &e. W. GALT & BRO., 324 Pa. ave., betw. Sih and 10:h sis. mar 12—tf A the lowest inar 10 NEW MUSIC. 7 E are this day in receipt of a large assertment of NEW MUSIC from the principal publish ing houses in the country, consisting of Songs, Dueets, Trios, Marches, Rondos, Galiops, Quadrilles, Polkas, Mazourkas, Schottieches, Gems from the Operas, &e. Also, Music Books, Portfolros, Muste Paper, In- struction Books, M fo Brands, arr i cheap style; Rows, K ind every aricle pertaining to the ren oe alw: on band at the 9 and Music Establishment 0! ia JOHN F. ELLIS, 306 Pa. + venue,mear Tenth st. FANCY MILLINERY. AMELIA PRIBRAM and 1s ave opened a FANCY MIL LINERY STORE on Penna. avenue.! between Tenth and Eleventh streets, south side, No. 277, and would respectfully the attention of the ladies of Washington and vic nity to their handsome and varied assortment of im peed and manufactured Millery, latest styles; New ‘ork, Paris, and London fashions of Straw, Silk, Crape, Lace, Velvet and other Bonnets. Also, dress aad other Caps. All orders in the Miliinery line thankfujly received and faithfully attended to. mar 9-1lw* LL STRANG* RS » visi ing the City Should see Hunter’s Cat also. tis Description of Powell’s great Picture alogue of the curiosities of the Patent office. feb 23—3m* BOYS’ CLOTHING. fe order to sell off oar present rtock of Boys? and Youths’ Winter Clothinz we lave determined to offer our large and fine assortment, consisting of ev ery desirable style and quality ot fushronable Ready made Garments, suiteble for and school wear, at greatly reduced prices. iis PWALL & STEPHENS, 325 Pa. ave., next to fron (Sentinel&News) _ mar 3 aul, feb 2