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r fe THREE MONTHS. O@-Sixete copizs ons - ~ ides.” It saves time, as the papers &e., need not | ineure satisfaction or expense tO T , Ci T BLE PATENT [MPR¢ CHINE. ROVED EYELET MA ‘Third patent—patent improved fastener, riveting at his residehe bet 9th and !0th sta. | 3 Taylor, 4 : Sean ae Sia te Depot, | nn fof marble, with suitable inscriptions, PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, } o (EXCEPT SUNDAY,) ne $ At the Star Burlding, corner Pennsyleanda . y evenue and Eleventh street, 4 By W. D. WALLACH, WEi be served to subscribers In the cities of Wash- is iasion, Georgetown, Alexandria, Baltimore and , Philadelphia, at SIX AND A QUARTER CENTS, “4 payable weekly to the Agents. To mail subscribers the subscription price is THREE DOLLARS AND (PTY CENTS a year in advance, TWO DOL LARS for SIX MONTHS, and ONE DOLLAR OG Cam, uvaniasty mt apvanes. OF Single copies (in wrappers) can be procured & the counter, immediately after the iesme of ‘ue paper. Price—tange cexre. PosTMasTeRs who act as agents will be allowed 8 commission of twenty per ccm Sn Semen VOL. V. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1855, NO.. 749. rst patent—combined on one stock Amusoments. EVENING STAR. — tended electiongf February 22, 1855, \ing by virtu> of the constitution of the | ceptnin of the day police, thecaptain of the S:cond patent—seif feeding with eyelet GRAN » P Ic NIO “ were given without the authority or | Wabbiagton National Monument Society | swxiliary guard, and others, and outside 7 THE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE WASHING- ; ng! ty ; ‘ * TON NATIONAL MONUMENT Socrery | Knowledge of this board. The Secretary | the existing board of managers, and as|of the door was a miscellaneous assem- All parties in want ofa good Eyelet Machine, are WORTHERY LIBERTIES FRE til THROUGHOUT THE UNITED statzs. | of begin was the officer whose pro- jsuch charged with a trust of the most| blage of persons. Mr. Briggs refused PATENT IMPROVED. when eetcae the best | rN NORTHERN LIBERTIES’ FIRE cow. |__ Et has become the duty.of the Board of| Vince it would have been to sign or pub- | solémn character in behalf of the Amer-| to surrender the possession which bad wer rae bere pe igen ee bomb ANY respeeuay wake anown tothenrffiest: {Managers to inform you of the causes bee goa ease Ric oe re teeny people, cannot voluntarily surrender | been Meret! by violence on the oad - p Viz = ofor-| ail the public generally that they will give their | which disturb the dischar of the trust |“ Sig and publish then was the clerk | the same. : ing Saturday; and the superintenden der. "I punches theo wel ant Z the Byte fiat PIC NIC; au THURSDAY, June 7th, 1855, to confided to them. x - the av of: Dongen) his duties “~— | 3 Resolved, further, That the above | was forcibly ejected from the premises. 1 and im ane operation clinches the Eyelet on The Company wiil spare no paics This society was established in the | ‘hose of a recorder and messenger; he resolutions be communicated to the gen-| From the foregoing statement it will ; ‘ Ref echments witl be served by an expe- {city of Washivgton in the year 1833, for | no sent authority to sign or pnb- tlemen claiming under the election of the appear to you that the existing state of Tela enc tothe Merchant in Sling away papers, | MOPS" “Mere, MA Columbus” 7 of eloctlng “a great Nationa heats | any manner whatever, communtted to [ortce span beet e Propose that an| things isthe my * eaba, tele w or Couveyancer, t . ; ppear in uniform erec « eat Nati " ’ nmur micabie suit be iastituied for the pur-| side of the society to » for mania tune moon footetiocs yf mies gene host wat pl rip ag whee Rep ES ar Wadingeen oa thewae the board his purpose of issuing them. | pose of testing the rights of the ae ends, possession * the monument 4 aaatr or sear eeariaew’ tnslisieen ond Faney |“. ‘ of the Federal Government.” For this| (ts regular meetings were on Tuesday of | parties. control of its affairs: that the secret as- Goods Dealers throughout the United fuates, annie ONE DOLL AR—admitting a8 weman | obiect, the m anagersand their successors, |CVery Week ; the last meeting prior to| These resolutions, accompanied by a] sociation which planned this revolution, ‘Agents for Washington, Seagencaa ee ny Ee Commies of ire ate under that constitution, solicited | te pretended election had been held on ‘letter from the secretary, wer~ accord-| through boasting that their power is per- : 5 ~ ution, solici i eae § tary, We a fe . mafia TAYLOR See - Committe. and obtained funds from individuals, as- Tuesday, the 20¢h of February ; and the | ing communicated to the pretended board. | manent as well & irresistible, yet refused = i rep BG Erene, H Knight, sociations, and public bodies in every board then adjourned to meet again on \3 he letter is as follows: to wait for the time when the revolution cibeatedaad — oe ‘\oform the | JT Halleck, ’ © Matlock, part of the Union, without distinction of | Tuesday the 2/th of that month. In! Gprice ox mm W. N. M. Socterr, 1 | could be affected “according tothe consti T pan Firemen, Clubs, and the public gene-| JH Goddard, jr T Dawson, patty, or of creed ; accepted offered cen. | Consequence of the proceedings of the | Washington, Feb. 27, 1855. t tution,” but hasiencd to their object in vio raity that by applying te him at the Marine Barracks, | Mid Birkhe.a, L Newmyer, tributions from Indian tribes, and blocks | 224, ® Special meeting was called for the Mr. Vespastan ELuts, end others. lation of that constitution; that, bavin; i with the connivance, at least, of the clerl of the board of managers, made an election 24th. On the reading, according to| Genrrsmen: T am’ instructed by the usage, of the journal of the lest previous | hoard of msnagers of the Washington meeting, it was found to contain a min- | National Monument Society to transmit} Fhich was void on its face, they at once, with only this mockery of right, arroga- (ed, to themselves a title beyond dispute, notices preceding and following the pre- | 2, Resolve!, also, That this board, be. | it occupied by his pretended Successor, the be reversed or turned over to clinch the Eylet a se- 8 Culver well, they can obtain the services of the ne Band, or & portion of it either as a bra3-, reed or eotilion band, whieh will embrace Louis Weber's unrivalled party. F. SCALA, Conductor and Leader of Marine Band. ap 30~lm* from countries in the old world ; and ob- tained from Congress authority to build the monument on land belonging to the nation, at its metropolis. Their labors ute importing that the board had author-|i4 you the accompanying resolutions ized the holding of an clection on the 221. \ They set forth ike Senitodiens of the This falseentry was by itsorder expunged. | — ~~ have been so far successful that, there, 1 board of managers, afier the most ma-| 424 denied to this board the right of even a A CARD. ss on the fourth of July, 1848, in the pres- | According to the published report of th? |ture deliberation, upon the subject in] !=Specting the books and papers which ¥ ree pare road got woe se ence of the representatives of the people ee page ac apa i question; and they are offered in a spirit | Wete the result of their own labors: that Great a! price > A ec : poe Boe je with the very best Moleskin or y with defective sight, caused by age, sickness “G OVES, HOSIERY, RIBBONS, &. | citizes’s bend are respeetiully invited to encourage | HDT Addison : 755} movement of the 22d organized them- of conciliation and harmony. Tf the third resolution shall meet your japprobation, I am requested to suggest j that a committee should be appointed on your part to consummate the agreement and arrange the necessary details. An answer «t your earliest convenience is respectfully requested. Respectfally yours, Joun Carnor. Brent, Secretery W. N. M.S. To the foregoing communication the this board, though satisfied, on careful ise quiry, that the election of the 22d of Feb- Tuary was a nullity, and that they them- selves were the constitutional manegers of the society, yet repressing their just indignation, and anxious that the sacred trust in their charge should not becomes subject of strife, proposed ati amicable suit for obtaining a judicial decision on the conflicting claims; that the adver- sary party rejected this reasonable offer, thus refusing in a country of laws, that and the States, and of an assembled mul- i ae Pee tee eee at ee ean Soy taut goeall iba aieentico’ Cha teat Gees titude, the corner stone of the monument given to each of the seventeen persons elected, except one, who received 754 votes ; and not one of the persons elect- ed was a member of the existing board. This election was carried on certificates of membership (which can be obtained | by the contribution of one dollar for each) issued without the authority or know- ledge of this board ; and it is now beyond ! the power of the board to ascertain by whom they were respectively issued ; or with ew York Hat Company to be con ; ; was laid. The work, thus auspicious] d larly fiom gls diciously selected, ees: y theme at the catescedcaied toe aries ee gash: | to his superior SPECTACLES Lai GEASES cee’ | commenced, has been diligently prosecu- worth from four to Gve dollars; second quality, $3, | fully ground by himself to a true spherical accuracy, | ted ; and at the close of the last season, Sete ee ene; and seey cod: Cackiioms } Sed ores eamapereney, Caled rieciety ed Bm: Hits collections ad amounted to two able Hat at $2,50, worth from $3 to 23,50 efici-ly to the wearer according to the c i iunidieg! aan th h d doll th have been here tof>re in this city. radbes = : ~ ie shat i monument r First rate beaver Hats $3.5 * | commencement of using glasses in mit mrad the | the hei ht of one hundred and pre All kinds of soft HATS and CAPS very low. cisely suited, by the use of capt pared. and bs ght ‘y In order to sell at the above low prices the cash | asc pr ch — Snore cates on Boeri = feet. During the en summer the man- ‘stem must be ado; ; 1 hae “ bgp A 7 oa i i i ? parchant will not paprenibe rom fifteen to twenty- | absolutely required will be furnished with precision = ac be t —— secre the ‘ive per ceat. as an offset for bad debts. satisfaction attention of Congress to the istory and ' : 4 | following answer was given: ANTHONY, - T. acknowledges the very liberal encourage. } », of this pious work. ‘Their me- | What money, if any, was paid fer them. j = the law should determine the controversy; he pa- | Prospects iti A ; FP D Arcsin a Co) No 3, Colombia ee Te st. wedegs ot tesa teas eset aoe yoc erases themetitts morial was referred by the House of Re-| But it is certain that no payment on th’s i —_ Saree Pima ae i that, by the aid of another faithless sub- ap 13—tf 21 door north of Penn. avenue. | of Ln iently call, by sending | Presentatives to a select committee, off Sccount has reached the hands of the sington, Feb. 27, : ordinate in the service of this board, TAKE NOTICK. the glasses in use, and stating how many inches | Which the Hon. Henry May, of Maryland, NEW SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. ¥ can read this print with their spectacles, cau} was chairman. This committee, after a i i Hh ht. * * . W. BROWNING, Merchant Tailor, under | > ;upplied with such that will Hmph reer. | careful examination of the subject, made P. the United States Hotel, has just received a 4 Pot Bashy ind Summer Goods, and is] Chee Riven to many who have derived the greatest | a report on the 22d of February last, em- ere ~ ease and comfort from asses. i . now prepared to seat bargains to all in want | “ts ond co soho hongeane athiseffice, No 519 | Phatically approving the conduct of the of and fashionable clotung. {lis “ Keady- | seventh street, three doors from Odd Fellows? Hall, | Managers, and recommending “that the mele thing” will be sold at the following low | yogtair. ‘i decuiess ties "Isum of two hundred thousand dollars < > mber rj +! Whole suits, Cont, Pantaloons, and Vest, of thin] gir_-The Speetacies you made for me suit very | Should be subscribed by Conggf.g on be- cloth or cassimere, for $12. well, and seem to have improved my sight more j half of the people of the United, States to Fine eee rrork and Dress Coats, from @18 10 | than'any other I have lately ied. aid the funds of the society.” The re Good Business Coats for 97. Paerenusaleeere ae Fetaesnhy sel commendation was understood to have Mareuines una ase Vos not or *. Mr Tobias, and find them of great assistance to my | been acceptable to the House ; but action He keeps elways on hand a large assortment of sieht, and corresponding with his cescription of the fon jt was interrupted by a plot, secretly Seed ihetes, wach a6 Shires, Gloves, Oravate; Um- | Oe Trocoeens ae ee Tash wie contrived, and suddenly disclosed, to re- elles, Be. “Sole Agent for the sale cf Scott’s Fashions.’ Mr. J. Topras: verse the principles on which the society 9, Sir—The pair of Spectacles you furnished me . ==: yesterday ave pa ientarly satisfactory tome They bad uniformly acted, and to degrade an Treasurer of this Society—the officer | JOHN CaRRoit Brent, Esq., who ought to have received it. | : Washington, D. C. The unenimity of the votes of the pre- | Dr Sin: In accordance with the in- tended election on the 22d of February ;Structions contained therein, I herewith last; the new certificates of membership ,tTasmit to you @ copy of resoluticns which carried that election; the tota! | this day adopted by the board of man- exclusion from the future maragement j®gers of the Washingion National Mon- of the society of those who had hereto- | ument Society. : fore conducted its affairs; the substitu- | The committce appointed under the tion of persons, but few, if any of whom , third resolution consists of Messrs. J. H. had been known asits friends; the suiden- , Bradley, V. Ellis, and J. N. Craig. Ii ness and precision of the movement ; the | 11: desired that this committee confer concealment of the purpose up to the mo- ! With the members of the late board, you ment ofits execution; all manifested that ; Will p'case notify me when and where the election was the result of an exten- {Such an interview can be had. Very re- sive and secret combination between per- | Spectfully, your obedient servaat, they obtained the keys of buildings on the monument grounds; that afier the doors had been locked by the superin- tendent, they got possession of the buil- dings by breaking open the locks; and that this possession is still maintained. This board would certainly not question it, if considerations merely personal could be arule for their conduct. From 3 trust which has been leng, toilsome, gratuitous,and often inconvenient, they are willing to be relieved. But they are uot willing to desert it. The acceptance of that trust was a pledge on their to be faithful te it; and this pledge would be broxen by a voluntary surrender of LOOK HERE! are very de he best I possess, and I'am the Jenterprise, sacred to patriotism and hu- | 8098 not members of the Washington Na- ; ms soe oe aed « | their authority to persons whom they be- RE BOUNTY LAND TO ALL who served | OWNEF Of eight or nine pairs, carefully select manity, into an instrument of party or tional Monument Society. There is con- } Secretary W.N. M.S. Tiiceto be usurp Few imaginable “ in —s gace ‘1790. whether as ‘Officers, different places and from opticians reeemmende : ; " Office be ers. na clusive evidence that the plan of the elec-' “Resvived, That this board do not ad- tion was ‘silently, yet colemnly re- ‘mit the right of the gentlemen constitu- solved” aud framed in the secret lodges ting the late board of Managers of th of a sect styling itself at one time the isqcicty to interfere at all in the affairs cr “Know-Nothing” party, at another the | 1 I of this society other than on ir professional standing in Eng. JSeCt. On the very day on which the se- Semen Wage Wilaaser ‘Tencseien’ Lemar th iad, Waete: obgata eee Tee lect committee tana Aare auspicious re- tnelr widows or minor children) who have nct Ye int neaseter Re Fr the dnt peg commendation to the House of Represen- Sage, wil do tral or rite be nes peepee mre tea | serving and improving the si tatives, a crowd of persons assembled at Land Warrants wiil be forwarded to them for the eegeniay oe ; the City Hall, and there voted for seven- circumstances could justify such a sub- nission. Inthe present case it would be left without excuse by the proclaimed hostility of the usurpers te the principles 3 oe : : on which the trust was created and has ai ove quantity, and no charge if they do not get it. Louisville, Ky. |teen individuals, named in a printed tic-|‘“ American” party; and that its object | aj members thercof. _ _ | bitherto been administered. Their rejeo- Cilia Olea, apse U. Peay @, Nov. 10, 1854 | ket, to be officers and managers of this| WS to transfer the entire and exclusive; | Resolved, That we, in the prosecution] tion of the proposal for an amicable suit Vi ashington City, D. C mar 6—3m Mr. John ‘Tobias having furnished me with Glas society. The only previous announce- — a sae ses, by which I have been greatly aided, (my vision ment of this proceedin was a notic SOMETHING FEW UNDER THE SUN. | having suffered greatly from reading at night in my { : proceed: B> B BOsICe CHARLES WERNER, carlier life) it afforde me the highest pleasure to say tsigned ‘«F. W. Eckloff, Clerk W. N. M. Pennsylvani avenue, opposite Browns’ Hotel. | What | hemensonphiarrprebinar Lapa rape om Society,” and published on the evening Tee ee et nan Gan Ba | tanel services. Wm. B.Rovss, | of the 2lst of February, in the ‘« Ameri- LOON, bavis prosured a supply of every luxury __ Elder of Methodist Conference. [can Organ” and the “« Evening Star,” and and comforts found in frst class extabiishivents of| | secasas?™ tumtxator, N. C., Jan. 2, 1854. Ton the morning of the 22d in the National ile RHINE, WINES and French White Wines,| Dear Sir—I am happy to say that the Spectactes Intelligencer. On the 24thof Febraary, as well as his Clarets, Segars, Lager Beer, Serman, —- ~Tistgee en — ~~ atten Nel Eestalinporheld in the last named paper, the result of the is i SHEES| eed - | satisfactory. From an in ; Ps . pig ptr eoaaeg rig fon Sp sotablieh | of my eyes, I have heretsfore foynd great difficulty election was proclaimed in the following ment, neurpawed in this county. in getting glasses of the pro; focal distances. It publication : obliged this board to seek other means for cbtaining a judicial decision of the controversy. By that decision, when given, this board will checrfully abide. To this statement are appended the clause of the constitution on the subject of elections, end tae report of Mr. Dough- erty, the superintendent. Published by order of the Board: Joun CaRrou Brent, Sec'y. own hands, and to oust every other de- | sire to discharge our duties so that there scription of citizens from all participa-‘ shall be no ground left for any want of tion in the trust. Of such a revolution j harmony between our predecessors and in the principles and conduct of the so-! ourselves, and that we will do all we can ciety this board could not consent to the . consistently with our duty to the society, instruments or the agents, as they would ‘and to the country, to promote that have made themselves by a voluntary j harmony. surrender of their trust to illegal succes- { Resolved, That with this view a com- sors. On the morning of the 24th of! miiice of three members of this board be February several members of this board ;@ppointed to confer with those gentle management of the monument into its lot the great designs of the society, de- repaired to their office, in advance of 2/men in response to the resolutions re- He solicits a call from his friends and the public. | affords me pleasure to state, that by the aid of your Wassineron N. M. Orrice, 19- i nm happily obviated List of Managers of the Weshington Na- may rome farnithod aie ake decided February 23,1855.§ | special meeting of the board, which had {ceived from them to-day, and that they tional Monument Society Comnaxess PAMILY PRAYERS, in % vols, wo my eyer of apy I have ever yet neg. eg age sco; | been called and was to be held at noon. | report to the next meeting of this board.] FrankLin Prerce, President of the 7 ach . tfuily ” ion of 3 = = és a * ry SL Bcmmcscl of Antnropotogy, $2 used Fee race foty aad to notices publiahed Gy ihe ss ves — Reaper oo them . — Resolved, That the secretary comnts United States, ex officio President of the Fiorine Prin ess of Burgundy, by W B MacUabe, Rector of St. James’ Parish. | papers of this city, st their office on the 22d of | Which had been addressed to him by Ves- j nicate a copy of these resolutions to John | society. 75 cents Department of Interier, May 7, 1835. February, 1955, to elect the officers of said go- pasan Ellis, 4sq., claiming to have been elected first vice president of the society, in which letter the clerk was warned not to allow any use or inspection of the books and papers of the office without an order from the writer, or those whom he Growin of nye png i ng ocd Te From natural defects and the unequal range of my | ciety, and to ehoose thirteen membors, who 7 > Conception, by. Bishop Ullathome | &4*% I bave been compelled to use glasses ior seze | with the officers, constitute a boord of * i : ral years. J have wied different opticians without The eo icicuns by J.B Dalgairne, 50c obt»ining glasses perfectly fined to my eyes. Four gers. After being or eis E K LUNDY, months since Mr. Tobias made two pairs especially pore? onset Me Sin RY pepe No. 198 Bridge strect, Georgetown, D.C. for me, wn have found to serve me perfectly ” ° » D. A. _may 17—f Carroll Brent, Esq.. from whom the res ARCHIBALD Henperson, First Vice Pre- olutiens of the late board were reccived. | sident This board regarded this response ss} # Jonx T. Towsgrs, Mayor of Wash- ebnyeying, though in terins somewha’ | ington, ex officio Second Vice President. equivocal, a substantial rejection of their} Tnomas Cannery, Third Vice Presid’t. proposal to submit the matter in con-| +J. B. IL. Ssura, Treasurer. By the use of his optometer he is enabled to adap | net, Charlos Myers, Jackson Edmundson, John eneereerseel Grasses minutely to the eye. I most cheerfully rec- 1D Thompson, and John P. White acting ast répresentcd. The pretensions of the let- | troversy to judicial decision. They ney- Jomn ‘ aRnot Brent, Secretary. | ge angle ally tein ghesee cad bear as attain ec ee ome cee leet Wier amo ounces’ the Silewing: ta)ttie ter were aloo urged by several persons who elas ps the pent ef hesi- foe Force, William W. Suton, 3 Wil- extensive stock of ail Kinds 0c SPECT, optician, Hexsy E Batowm, Whole number of votes east 755, of whieh | C2™C in, claiming to be officers and mat a- | tating!y made, for a conference, and ap- | liam A. Bradley, Piilip R. Fendall, Win- Ei eae weer Rocky alge Lend! Warrests. Vespasian ili, First Vico Presiden, re | gers under the proceedings of the 22d | pointed a committee, consisting of Gen. | field Scott, Walter Jones, Walter Lenox, pete Deatle c eee. Deekae Coneat, and ceived weee its tae ~ 154) The constitutional managers present, dis-| Jones, Col. Force, and Mr. Lenox, to Thomas Blagden, Mathew F Maury, Ben- Colored Glassce, put in at abort notice, with great! RISOHER’S BAND FULLY ORGAN_| 2eorge H. Plant, Third Vico President 755 regarding these interruptions, examined care, and persons in want of glasses may be sure mect the committee of the pretended to get those which benefit the eye. jamin Ogie Tayloe, Thomas H Crawford, Charles C. Tucker, Secretary ~ - 785 4 . jamin Ogie Tayloe, IZED. Joh M: MeOallaj Treasurer’ c I 753 | to Some extent the books and papersin the board. The two committees accordingly fice= but darice thi ~ Pay h 3 a William W. Corcoran, Elisha Whittlesey, #@ Circulars “Defective Vizion,” gratis at AVING now completed all my rrrai ents BOARD GF MANAGER: ollice ; but during the examination others | met together on the 3d of Mai-h, but] General Agent. ” H fora first rate BKASS and COTILLON 8. ; ; i eral ROO Pu eomer, ber tuand aan || SAND, Tam sqekt aren suvies cf ae paar ce [demas G) Biggs - 755] of the pretended board entered the office, | without being able to agree on any terms| _— or) attend Excursion Parties, Exbibit.ons, Parades, Pic | French 8. Evans . - 755]/andat length the claimants under the = Nics, Balls, and serenades. All those in favor of a Henry Addison of arrangement; the committee of the pretended board adhering to the refusal =In place of John W. Maury, deceased, Mayor, &0., and +2 officro, &. : . : i in pisce of Samuei Harrison Smith, dec'd. ks Fahy 755) selves into a board, and adopted a reso- | to submit the controversy to judicial de-} | 7” PI i rise, hei Wash City. . ry to J 3 Watte; deceased. aN HL BMOOT, south ite Of Bridge st., near our en ery iis re in ~~ r, SCHER, ‘Lesher, ; waa” : 2 ; 155 lution requesting all p t who did not |ision. On the 7th of March. Mr. Wm. {In pleoe of George Watterston, dece: ee | helecertipet jaaaageaetes acer ces a Thomas D. Sandy ‘ - 155] belong to it to leave the room. The con- | Cougherty, the superintendent in charge APPENDIX att Zant nadeug bison cortnse HON Banas ean give satisfaction to every one. Samuel C. Busey j - 755] Stitutional managers present disregarded | 9{ the monument, received a letter from __ The second article of the constitution pened aad plain Cotton Hosiery, every va jena, B . avenne, north sid p bet 9th and —— boy - - : bs this intimation, as they also - several jg committee of the intrusive board, re-] is oc following pl sof hem fons ane . Orders left with Mesers Hilbus & Hitz punctually ; : . : quite intelligible predictions of attempts | quiring him to forbear calling on the] “ society shall consist o} eae et ae Say Coe stiended to. may 14—Im* ry Atay % i ve at violence from without, which - pre- | watchman for collections made by him male ee na — of - a do id ; - . : 755] tended managers would be unable to] at the monument; which letter the super- | society sha’ a president, who ms Worked Swiss Wollars and Bufles TO THE LADIES OF WASHINGTON | T2°mss A. Brooke 755 Be 3 P y . j —_ and Preacis —— yp Collers AND VICINITY. I Maltese and feation Laces. . AMELIA PRIBRAM & SISTER, Wich many other ‘esirable Goods, to which the No. 277 Pennsylvania cvenue, be- cash or prompt —. fom tween 10th and ll) streets, retura their regards os oe tae [nenpoy ge Prag ve ip P| s stuwed upon cir e! forts, 7 i or sah N II gg cur | Er thelr spring: Gamunre usd Fancy BONNETS, DRENS’ BOOTS AND SHOES.—The Sehieks-quumiet of S60 simone, beckdan'a cick nacre” subssriber being compelled to remove from ment of STEAW HONNETS, Re. They are able the store be now occupies, offers his pres to serve at ieee who are in want of a fashionable es. All perso: bar 1 e aie before pureh; elsewhere. call before cemaanas tad Ht thew advantage 10] | fay lime oe olding elections, ‘‘according to the 11 befure purchasing elsew! a wcaay, ~~ GARD.—LOOK HERE! constitution,” are, 1838, 1841, 1844, waayh? 304 Pa avnear ioww,non tie. | | A CARD LOO wap thie life, ana | 1847, 1850, 1853, and 1856. ‘The pre. Pe |) es pi may obtain atieast |tense for holding an election in 1850, is Cuocss: WATCHES AND JEWELRY some of them. Thanktul for past favors, I noes that the last election was held in 1849; i. A , + Good Clocks ‘2 3 Fine “Gold etches, $id fect spec sua@onaar? Six eepeeaee farm | that the existing board of managers was | year before the time when an election for | he unlocked the doors of several of the| continue in office until others shall be warranted. Jewelry cheaper thau ever. ail who wil give me a call with the sweet and coo! | then elected ; and that, dating from that! officers can lawfully be held under the} buildings. He then locked and nailed up| ¢lected. All vacancies that may occur ee Fee Cen Wares Moen at air gence, 20ch 88 telection, the year 1855 is « triennial| second article of the constitution, and | the doors of the buildings. Afterwards,| in the board of managers shall ‘be sup- Mo. 349 opposite Browns” Hotel Reuse, Blanemange, &e-” Cakes of all Kinds. Also, | period. Surely, an unconstitutional elec: is, therefore, unconstitutional, null, end!on the same evening, the doors were) plied by the board until the next ensu- | foreign and domestic Fruits end Confoationery, cn. | tional election in 1855, is not made con- | void. __ | broken open, including the door of the Ing triennial election. NS, Architect. | Tag) Kept ia well regulated establishments of the } stitutional by the fact that there had been} 2. ‘That the officers and managers in | office of Barrow Frere, the night watch,| ‘Lhe fourth article is as follows : ond Eieventh sbrects,) yiuitieular attention will be paid to f Suriahing an a reverie ager office on the og Psa ~ cg fog = of which _ ane, ton oat a . ccmepatetn mach, on the 22d of ILL continee to furuia! dete work! edding or Brile’s Cakes. » fore. But title and authority of this] tion, on the ay of Febr : r. Frere’s possession, and 0! locks | Fei B Wibewce. tnd spoceatins ot buildings o Spr ala ata at a aa ol SE derived, not from tes election are still in office, sshalding std virtue | were placed on the doors. On the 10th} By subsequent amendments of the con- von, . Pees ecett |, CM! at the old stand, Massachusetts bertics’ | Of 1849, but from elections and appoint-| of previous elections and of the require- |of March, the superintendent, in pursu-| stitution, the President of the United GILVER WARE, PLATED wank Nae bes Quilty 168 CREAM 4 at @1 80 |ments long prior thereto; and, in fact,| ments in the constitution that vacancies ance of an order from this board, adver-| States became ex = lent of the ) AND FINE FANCY GUODS—silver| per gallon. from direct grant in the constitution itself, occurring in the board of managers shall | tised for sale two horses belonging to the society; and the layor of Washington Godlee Can tse Buaar Bowls, Cream Jugs,| may 7—e69m JOHN W. RIGHTSTINE. independent of all elections by the mem-| be filled by the board until the next|socicty. A new opportunity was thus| ex officio second vice president; and a » Cups, Spoons and Forks.’ Also, a great bers of the society, even had there keen} regular election; and that the same are | afforded for bringing to the test of a ju-| manager neglecting for six. months, ex- no regular and yalid elections by them| the constitutional and lawful officers and | dicial decision the conflicting claims of} cept under given circumstances, to-attend Attest : F. W. ECKLOFP, Clerk Washington N. M. Society. This pretended election of managers of tae Washington National Monument So- ciety was not made according to the con- stitution, and was without the excuse of any notice authorized by the board “of managers. The constitutional time of election is every third year from the ear 1835. The years, therefore, for prevent or control. At length, the pre-|intendent promptly answered, denying] selected from the United States, without tcnded board being still present, this | the authority under which it was written. | regard to residence. three vice presidents, board proceeled to business. After cor-](Qn the 8th of March, in the absence of| a treasurer, and secretary, who, with recting the journal as before stated, they | the superintendent, they obtained trom | thirteen members to be chosen as herein- appointed a committee, consisting of Gen. | George Hilton, the day watch, the keys | after mentioned, shall constitute a board Jones, Mr. Fendall, Ool. Force, Mr. | of sundry buildings on the monument] of managers, all of whom shall be resi- Lenox, and Mr. Smith, to investigate the | srounds, incluuing the office of the super-| dents of the District of Columbia, and existing state of thingsand report thereon | intendent. On the 9th of March the super-| who, with the president, shall be trien- at the next regular mecting. This com- | intendent received a communication from | nially elected by ballot by the members niittee, after a careful consideration of | them, to the effect that they had removed | of the society present at its —aer the subject, made, on the 27th of Feb-| him trem officc,and appointed Mr. Samuel | meeting on the 22d day of February, 1835, ruary a report, closing with the two fol-| Briggs, one of their number, in his place. | and on the same day in every third year lowing conclusions : Disregarding this notice, the superiaten- | thereafter. The existing officers shall 1. That the election held on the 22d | dent continued to exercise his authority. hold their places until the 22d day of day of February, 1855, was held one| He received from Hilton a key with which| February, 1835; and all officers shall Pt CHABLES HaskK (Pa. avenue, between Tent WAsHiNeTo c. as magnificent Pancy Silver Ware, suitable | THE MUTUAL FIBE INSURANCE COMPA. ted Coffee Sets, Castors, Baskets, Spoons and |! BY OF THS LISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Forks, st since the adoption of the constitution. | board of managers of the Washington | the parties; but the intrusive board, firm the meeti of the board, was to be con- ‘The Srdcles nee winked as represented, and A Sonnet crevanie hagers cheaper ineane Not only has the absolute validity of their | National Monument Society. in the purpose of evadin, such a test, sidered as having vacated his seat. ee ene ee a litle and authority been recognized bythe} The board unanimously adopted the| contented themselves with applying to [ The statement of Mr. Dougherty will 320 Pa. avenue, tet ih and Heke. CHAS. WILSON, Becretary. society a: long series of years, | report of the committee, and also the|the auotioneer for the 's of the| be published to-morrow.] = MATUE' v G. EMERY, Treamurer. land by the Government of the United | following ——— att os oe The a pees over to (OR SALE—A VERY PINE SADDLE AND mm w a States, but it is unequivocally admitted] 1. Resolved, That the election held on censtitutional treasurer society. Eating one’s meat with a silver F Boggy HORSE. The horse is % ‘Thowes Biagden P.W. srownlag. by the official acts and declaraiione of the} the 23d inst. of officers and managers of} On the morning of the following Mon- PA Sor en butcher's bil} bas not ¥. Howard. jsthew G. Emery. J.C. MeKelden, a very parties who are now intruding them-| the Washington National Monument So- | day (March 12th) the superintendent, ac- id, is called genteel. at : Offies, Cotumbia Place, corner Loutsiant vente pee into the sats of this vowae: under} ciety, was in direct violation of the con- | companied by Mr. Frere, the night watch, es Pa pe thee 10 a one py 10 N. 39 Dusbarton a1 Ooo ennaactiss a oS color of the spurious and void election pt stitution of the said society, and there- | and by no one else, proceeded to his of-| ‘(> Laziness travels so slow that'fov- fob 95—eow Pier at petrated on the 22d of February lest. The | fore null and void. fice on themenumentgrounds. He found: erty soon overtakes her. I ‘ a o Ii Sah