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EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: TAUBSDAY AFLERNOON..........June 7. ee ee AGENTS FOR THE STAR. The following persons are authorized to contract for the publication of adver- tisements in the Star: Philadelphia—V. B. Patan, N. W. corner of Third and Chestnut streets. New York—S. M. Permnem' & Oo., Nassau street. Boston —V. B. Patwan, Scollsy’s [> Apverrisemenrs should be handed is. by 12 o'clock, M., otherwise they may wot sppesr until the next day. SYIRIT OF THE MOCMING PRESS The Union discusses Mr. Perry’s conduct towards Mr Soule and points out the neces sity and propriety of his recent removal. On both those points we have heretofore ex- pressed coincidence with that journal, though differing from it widely in appreciation of Mr. Soule’s diplomacy, which it strikes us embraces many unfor.undte features. We also entertain little admiration, indeed for the so evident disposition of Mr. S. to kick up a wholly unjustifiable row with the State Department, out of which he cannot fail to come off sadly damaged. The Intelligencer regarding the Union’s remerks, of yesterday, upon Mr. Soule’s shor! note denouncing and epithetizing Mr Perry, as an official sffsir,deprecates what it character- izes asthe Administratio admission of the truth of the charges whieh Mr. S. brought against Mr P., in advance of the presentation of proof of theirtruth In another paragraph che Intelligencer corrects a misapprehension of an Annapolis Whig paper, hick conceived its remarks on the Virginia cle:tion to convey an admi-sion that the Know Nothing Party is the Whig party. The editor denies the fact, and intimates that the datelligencer will stand by the Whig ship while a single plank of her floats $$. _____ g1p WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP, The Cuban /frican Slave Trade.—The Ha. vapa correspondent of the New York Tribune writes 22 follow2: Havana, May 28, 1855 I perceive a statement in the Key West cor- respondent of the Charleston Courier diated 10th inst., that “the brig Horatio, then lately picked up off Sand Key, had landed a cargo of 450 slaves on the Cuba coast, 240 of whom were taken by the British cruisers when she was abandoned and cut adrift.” Now, this is toraily an error. The Horatio, itis known landed 600 Airicans near Bahai Honda, of whom only si +one Were arrested on shore through the exertion: of an agent of the Bri- tish Consul, as IT informed you at the time The error is not, perhaps, of great conse- —- yet it is as weil that it should be cor- ected. _ The Spanish Judge of the Mixed Commis- sion haa resigned, and consequently when h.s fuccessor shall be appointed all Proceedings before that court will have to be becan de nz evo The Fuiton, San Jacinto, and Cyane have left us, snd there isnot at this time a United States national ship in this harbor, whilethe Britis: steam-frigate Termagart, steamer Medea and schooner Seorpion are ‘The frigate bears the flag ef Commo. dore Henderson. Everything, Politically speaking. appears in B state of quiescence just now The waather is too warm for /azy Creoles to even think, Much less to act, at this time. We learn from authentic sources that the ‘: Horatio’’ was found by the crew of aKey West pilot boat, in the straits of Florida, near to the coast of Cuba, entirely abandoned, and being carried into Key West was libelled by them fo: salvage before the Admiralty Court. ‘The derelict vessel has been sold by the order of the court, the gross proceeds amounting to some $600, of which the salvors were decreed sixty per cent., the residue some $240, remain- ing in the registry of the court to await the application of any claimants that may appear. The name “ Horatio” could be seen painted on the vessels stern, but the name of the port to which she belonged was defaced and not distinguishable. She is an hermophrodite brig of about 160 or 170 tons burthen, and though carrjing a large spread of canvas, was not by any means a rakish looking or clipper- built craft It is supposed che is eight or nine years old. Whether of British Colonial, En- glish, or United“States build, has not been certainly ascertained, and there are conflicting opinions, some insisting she is a Boston, others a St. John), and others a Leeds or Liverpool built vessel. Liverpool, it will be recollected, owes ils rise chiefly to the African slave trade, and it is nct impossible nor improbable that, taking advantage of the present embarrassed and distressed condition of the British govern- ment whilst engaged in the siege of Sebastopol, some of its enterprising morchzats and ship owners have been incited by their cupidity to ergege in this traffic. We forget whether Noval, Wilberforce, or Clarkson, who some balf a century since told the English Parlia- ment and people that “the very bricks in the houses and stores of Liverpool were cemented with the blood of unhappy Africans dragged into West Indian bondage by her slave tra- dere.”’ Sine the great increaze ef the culti- Vation cf cotton, Liverpoo! has become the chief English mart for that article, and its Prosperity is mainly dependent on the annual crop of the Unised States, of which it receives each season some hundreds of millions of pounds. Looking to the past course of the British Government in relation to the African slave trade—to its conduct and ca-eer in the East Indies—to its attempts, since the adoption in 1835 of the suicidal West India emancipation acte, to procure and introduce eoo/ies there in liew of the emancipees, and to the crucl treat- ment of these coolies, as to which we gave,a couple of months ago in the Star a horrible account, extracted from the same official re port in the Jamaica papers—we should not be at all surprised if the British Government had winked at such course by British merchants. The philanthropy of the British ralers has ever been somewhat Tegulated by their inter- ests ; and it is a historical faot, that they in- sisted upon a condition, in a treaty with Spain made during the last century, that English merchants should be allowed the Privilege of sapplyicg the Spanish West Indies with “Guinea niggers,” gs slaves, under what was called the “ Assiento contract;” and before the revolution of 1776 the Reyal veto was re Peatedly interposed as to laws passed by the colonies abolishing such trade. We therefore feel that our mi-givings as to the real policy and acts of the British rulers in reference to the African slave trade are fully warranted by Past acts, and, indeed; by tho facts at this time. How is it, that, despite the weaty between the British Govermment and ere. Dieaetetieatl directly or indirectly, Spaih for the Suppression of this infamous trade between Africa and the Spanish West Indian colonies, several thousands of negroes ‘are annually smuggled by the slave traders into Cuba from Africa? So little service is rendered, in the suppression of this slave trade, by the British naval cruisers in the African and West Indian seas, (said to be expressly placed there asa kind of po ice detectives.) that the suspicion is justified of connivance by them at the traffic, not merety in the face of the treaty with Spain and of ects of the British Parliament, but, too, in the face of theroft repeated and loudly vaunted superemi- nency of British philanthropy ia this regard. ‘That “ sezty-one”.! (the above statement al- leges the British detectives in Cuba arrested that number only out of siz hundred that got “on shore,’’) were all that could be found out of ten times that number landed, is certainly & circumstance not creditable to the vigilance of the British naval officers and other detec tive police of the British Governmentin Africa and in Cuba, and it naturally suggests the inquiry, whether they may not have been “conciliated,” or “gratified,” or “ subsi dized,” or, in other words, bribed, or whether their laxity was not understood and encour- aged and winked at by their superiors at home, or whether they can be so stupidly inefficient as the facts imply? Some expliemation should be given of this matter for the credit of the British Government, and its superior as well as subordinate officers. p The vessels of war of the United States are not permitted by the laws of nations in the ab- sence of treaties authorizing it, to overhaul the vessels of Spain or of any other nation though known to be engaged in tho slave trade. If any citizens of the United States are concerned, the vessel may be arrested but if none are so concerned the fleg of the vezsel is full protection against interference by our naval officers, and “slavers’’ and crews are only amenable to the laws of their owncountry. The force of eighty gans that we have engaged by treaty with Engiand to keep on the coa-t of Africa, and the vigilance of our execution and judicial authorities has put an end to such trade by our citizens and by vessels owned by them, and by vessels owned by foreigners fitted out from our ports, and we believe that in every one of the limited number of cases that there has been occasion to bring before the courts of the United States since the prohibition of the trade by law, others than citizens of the United States have been the prime actors And we cannot now call to mind any case of citizens that has oc curred south of Philadelphia within the past fifteen years. The federal constitution, adopted in 1787, provided for the abolition of the slave trado, and the law enacted in 1807 under that provirion, was, we believe, the first law adopted by any government for its suppression. Tha‘ law branded citizens of the United States who should engage or participate in such business, 8 PIRATSS! thowgh it reserved the power to apprehend and to pan- ish the violators, to our own tribenals, and we bave ever properly withheld from the ves sels of war and naval officers of other countries the right to board or visit and search our ves- sels, or arrest our citizens sailiag under our flag om the high seas under any pretenco he same act and others since enacted impose heavy penalties and severe punishments upon foreigners fitting out “‘slavers”’ from our ports We have never heard of but one cace of « cargo of African negroes being brought into the United States since 1807, in which the guilty parties and their abettors upon being detected, were not punished in an exomplary manner, and the negroes returned to their na- tive country at the expense of the Federal Government; end in the excepted case, the Africans, it is said, were allowed to remain in this country, at their own Tequest, insomuch ag some of them had contracted matrimonial engagements here, dc. We will furnish our readers during the present week with = state, ment taken from the official returns made to the British Parliament a year or two since of the pumberof Africans ascertained and known to have been brought from Africa into Cuba, Porto Rico and Brazil since 1835. It is a cu- rious statement. It shows several hundreds of thousands have been so brought from Africa and safely landed undetected by the British cruisers, their etatistics being chiefly founded on African accounts of the number ascertained actually to have been shipped, and, therefore considerably short of the true number. Before we read the statement at the head of these remarks we had been advised that the opinions of intelligent Americans—gentlemen who #a# the “ Horatio” at Key West, and of officers of the British Navy who visited Key West to examine her, were unequivocal and decided on the point that she had been recent- ly employed in the slave trade, and had prota bly brought a cargo of negroes from Africa within a fow weeks. 1t was conjectured that she might have landed her cargo in Cuba, and had then upon an alarm, been suddenly aban- doned by her crew, to prevent the detection of those concerned. We had not heard of the “arrest” of the sixty-one of the six hundred negroes comprising her cargo until we read the above, and we regret to say it yet requires verification a3 a fact. We hope it may be go, for if none of the oargg were landed, we aro left to conjecture the possibility that the hor- rible means was adopted, (of which the history of the African slave trade it is said affords Precedents) of throwing ths slaves into the sea upon being closely chased by a man.of- war! And we are told the appearance of the “ Horatie”’ allows this suspicion to be enter- tained as toher. She had recently been, it is quite certain, closely pressed in some chase before she was abandoned, for her rails and stanchions were freshly sawed asunder in several places, manifestly to render her “lim ber’’ or “springy,” and thus promote her sail- ing; a device, we are informed, often practised by skilful seamen to escape & pursuing vessel Upon the whole this case of the “ Horatio” is & most mysterious affair, and should be closely investigated by the British and Spanish Gov- eroments, as well as by our own. The possibility of the horrible atrocity of six hundred human being: being purposely thrown into the sea to enable the Pirates to escape detection, and elude punishment, should Prompt it, and it would also be wise for the British authorities if seriously and sincerely desirous of putting an end to the Cuba African slave trade, to investigate as to the causes why their officers are not more eucceesful. We doubt not assistance will be afforded the British Government in such investigation if requested, and it will cause the trath to be elicited. It would afford the British Govern ment an opportunity of displaying its impar. tial justice if it should appear that somo of the English nobility (and even a son of a peer of the realm) had sought to mend their shat. tered fortunes by participating in the profits a ee ee of the African elave treo as late og 1854 and 1855! Weshould not bo surprived if a con- neotiva of the Dutchess of Sutherland was to be found among them! If authoritatively inquired of on these points, we might possibly suggest a mode of ascertaining the truth. | We trust our cotemporaries, as woll of New | York and Philadelphia aa of Boston, will take | some pains to ascertain whether any such ves sel as the “ Horatio’’ is described to be, has been in their port within the last year; and if so, have traced out end publish such informa | tion as the papers on file in the custom house or consulates there may furnish. And we make a like suggestion to our consuls at St. Jobns,N.B, and at Leeds and Liverpool, England We learn that it is now not an unusual oc- currence after good success in getting a cargo of negroes in Africa and landing them safely in Cuba, to scuttle and sink orto burn or otherwise destroy the vessel employed, to pre- vent detection. A “slaver’’ cannot entera public port without danger of detection. We learn the etench to her hold caused by the employment, cannot be eradicated fer many months, and the difficulty of giving a strict account of her past whereabouts, and unless her rig and equipments are radically changed are certain to cause detection if any vigilance is exercised. A good tlaver may cost ten or fifteen thousand dollars, and her full outfit may perhaps come to $15,000 more, «nd acargo of six hundred negroes in Africa may cost io rum, and beads, and coarse calicoes, and knives, &o., &c., say $12000 moro, in all $42,000 to bring the negroes to the Cuban coast; where they can ordinarily be sold for $200 each, making $120,000; thus leaving $30,000 clear profit on cach trip, if they can escape detection, even if the vessel is destroyed or abandoned The ‘ Horatio’? may have been, as suggested, hastily abandoned under apprehension of detection after landing her cargo, and we hope it may be so, for otherwise there is ground for the dreadful alternative hypothesis we have alluded to. We intend to resyme this subject shortly, and present some interesting facts and our own viewa as to what is now. and probably will bo horeafter, the rea/ though secret policy of the British rulors in relation to African slavery in the British West Indies and in the Brazils, and the leaving that policy has, and will continue to have on the interests of the United States. We place little confidence in diplomatic disclaimers and assurances en such subjects. British diplomacy is ordinarily a system of tergiversation, falsehood, and hum- bug. False reasons and motives are given for acts to deceive as well other governments as their own honest masses, and often in igno- trance of the true condition of things the self- opinionated and arrogant aristocracy adopt those courses most calculated to promote the very results they deprecate and desire to pre- vent, The Forthcoming History of Mr. Soule’s Mission to Madrid —We eupposed when the New York Hera/d announced that Mr. Soule was writing a history of his late mission, that the intimation was thrown out in order to coax that gentleman to lend himself to the purposes of Bennett; not crediting the idea that bis experience in publio affairs had failed to teach him that with the negotiations with which he had been go recently connected, still unfin- ished, publications from him upon them unaue thorized by his government might materially injure its interests. But itseems we gave him cred:t for more discretion than he possesses, and the world is to have a book on his misun- derstandings, scrapes and equabblesin Mad- rid. Its effect oan hardly be otherwise than to inorease the respect which this country and Europe has for the firmness and good sense of the President and Secretary of State, and to make the impression even more general, that he (Mr. Soule) with all his brilliant genius and talents was wholly unfitted, by nature and ed- ucation, for the pogition in which he made his dashing failure. There are one or two points in the history of his mission and of the Perry letter which forms the basis of his foolish threat against the Secretary of State, which are weil known in unofficial circles here. As they are of public interest we may not im. properlyexplain them. | In the first place, we have every reason to beliove that the country, through the labors of Mr. Souie, is in a maze of error as to the character of the instructions which he took to In. It is generally believed tha: he went out authorised by the Government here to make ax offer for tho purchase of Cuba. Now, every gentleman in Washington connected with foreign missions is in error if that im- Pression was founded on fact. Their under- standing is--and we feel assured it is eorreet —that ho was instructed to urge, not the sale of Cuba to us, but thet Spain should acknowl- edge its independence, on the property hold- ers of the isiand paying into the: treasury of the Realm a fair equivalent for the peouniary sacrifice which the motber country might make, in treating her colony as a kind parent should treat a child old enough to begin the world on its own eccount. He was probably instructed to back the exertions of the Cuban liberalists to this end, by offering the United States as a guarantee for the fulfilment of the pecuniary engagements Cuba might make to Spain in euch an arrangement. It will be perceived that in this policy, with its consequences of future identity of interests and relations between the Island and the United States, there was absolutely nothing offenzive to the dignity of Spain, involving, if successful, only conduct on her part showing that she was living up to the enlightened spirit of the age, and dealing with Cuba only asa parent would deal with its beloved off- spring. We are greatly mistaken if such was not the gist of Mr. Soule’s Cuban instructions, the wiedom of which was Probably cordially acquiesced in by him when he left the United States. The world knows that it did not take him long to initiate the hopeless policy of en- deavoring to induce Spain to sell the island to us, ard to urge the sale with 26 little tact and discretion as to render the idea of acqui- escence in the proposition, intensely odious to nearly the whole Spanish nation. The°other fact to which we refer above has reference to Mr. Perry's leiter to the depart. ment, which. by the by, is understood among the foreign diplomatists here to bethe only one on any subject whatever written by him to the Secretary, up to Mr. Soule’sreturn to the United States, and, of course, to the time when he (Mr. P ) was clothed with all the Te- sponsibilities of the mission It is said of this letter—and the information comes direot from Madrid to foreign Ministers in thie cspital—thet it amounted simply to a notification that there had been a personal difficulty or disagreement between Messrs. Soule and Perry, which led the latter to be- lieve that his superior would bring charges! against him, and to intimate a wish to be fully informed concerning them if any should be made. It is not believed here that the letter in question embraced any charge agalost or slander upom Mr. Soule. It is for ther understood among those of whose impres- sions in the premises we are writing, that no action whatever ws token by the Department on this commynication, Mr.Soule refraining from making the allegations the writer antici- pated. This is the so much commented-upon letter from Mr. Perry, over which Mr. Soule is understood to have torn passions to rags. We have seen many a public man “ put bis foot in it,”? and never saw a fgirer prospect for getting both of one’s feet in it, than in this case—Mr Soule being evidently about to add to his squabbles in Madrid an additional squabble with the Secretary of State, out of which he cannot fail tv be brought up second best. The Few Commissioner of Public Build- ings.—Dr. John B. Blake, we hear, will not enter upon the discharge of the duties of his new position until the Ist proximo. In the meanwhile, from signs around us, we jodge that extensive preparations indeed are being made to oust all the employees now in place under the Commissisner, who hold to the pro priety of proscribing every man who dees rot hold to the patriotism and wisdom of Know Nothingism. These to whom we refer as pre- paring to make the knife eut on more than one edge, are of course persons who fancy the places alleged to be held by sympethizers with Know Nothingism Their name is le- gion. We are highly favored, indeed, in the matter of the patriotic desire of our country: masn to serve the public. We'll wager an oyster supper that the ciever Doetor will re- ceive quite one hund-ed ard fifty applications for po.itions under bim within the next week The Ex-Postmaster Kendall Affair—As we learn to-day that our friend, Arnold Harris, Esq., was one of the sureties of Ex-Postmaster Kendall, on his official bond, we havo to say that our allusion yesterday to the probability that the Journal of Commerce had been “crammed’’ with views upon the case in question and upon the Kinney expedition question by one of Kendall’s sureties, we had no reference to Mr. H., always a staunch opponent of the Kinney scheme. We referred to another eurety in New York However, we are glad to learn from Major H. that that gentlemes, Mr. Buttterworth, prob- ably had nothing whatevér to do with the Publications ia the Journal of Commerce; be (Major H.) believing that the information on which they were based came from other friends of Ex-Postmaster Kendall in New York, whom he knows. Revolutionary Bones.—It will be recol- lected by many that years ago the Tammany Society at New York, at a heavy expense, caused the bones of the American revolu- tion prison-ship martyrs to be disinterred from their resting places, scattered on Long Island and the Jersoy shores, and rein- terred them ‘emporarily in Brooklyn, de. signing eventually to procure for*them an appropriate final resting place, and to crown it with a suitable monument. Phe society having at length determined if possible to place them and the monument in the Brock- lyn navy-yard, have sont a committee to this city, headed by Sachem William D. Ken- nedy, to solicit a place in that establishment for the purpose. It is sincerely to be hoped that the President and Secretary ef the Navy may foel at liberty to give a favorable reply to this so patriotic request Laud Offices Closed.—The Secretary of the Interior has just ordered the land offices at Dixon, Chicags, Quincey, Edmundsville and Palestine, L}linols, to be closed, and the books and other documents to be removed to Spring- field, the seat of government of that State, where the lands fermeriy for sale at those offices will hereafter be subject to entry. An existing law makes it obligatory to close all land offices whereat the quantity of land for sale falls below 100,000 acres, and to transfer the remaining business of such offices to others in their vicinity Tho Locations of Land Cffices in Nebraska and Kansas.—Wo understand that the Land Office bureau are collecting information on which to determine where to locate the Jand Offices to be opened in those territories. At present we apprehend that Belivue, in the Omeha district, is the only prominent point that appears proper in Nebraska, and thet Leavenworth is, +0 far, the prominent point thought of for the Kansas territory land of- fice. Farther investigations, however, may show the propriety of seleeting other locations for these important offices. The Current Cperations of the Treasury Department.—On yesterday, the 6th of June, there were of T'reasary Warrants entered on the books of the Department— For the Caorhad f Department.... $10,047 41 For the Intezior Departmem...... 38.634 34 Por the Customs. + 42,348 29 War warrants received and en- War repay warrants reeeived and ONtCrOd..seeeeseseeceseseersece 1,000 00 Interior repay warrants received and entored... teeeseeeees 990 69 On account of the Navy..secs.ees 78,793 02 For repaying on ascount of the NAVY..ccsseceseceesecccsssces 98,793 02 Covered into the Treasury Gustoms........ ren eat aie 7% re -___. PERSONAL. +++sThe Roman Catholic Bishop of Ken- tucky, bas issued ao order forbidding Catho- lic processions on Sunday. -+.John A. Butterworth, s printer, com- pitas suicide at Providence, R. I , last Satur- jay. -++.M. Sartiges, the French Minister, and his family, left New York, yesterday, in the steamer Africa, for Europe. ++»-The Alderman’s bellicose display, al- Iuded to in the *‘Personal’’ matter, yester occurred in New York : ~y, ++++Dr. Jacob Broadhead, a venerable and much repected divine of the Reformed Dutch Church, and father of John R. Brodhead, na- val office: of New York, died at the residence of his son-in-law, George M. Atwater, at Springfield. Massachusetts,on Tusday even ing inthe 75th year of his age. rf Among the distinguished strangers now in Washington we Berecive the Hon. John B Macey, of Wis.; Hon. Messrs. Kidwell and Clemens, of Va; W D. Kennedy, a Democra- tic nominee for Congress from New York city in the last election; Richard Connell: > county clerk, and Geo. Glasier, Esq . fae ms sioner of streets end lamps in New York city. Mr Kennedy is at Willard’s, . Con- nelly and Glazier at Kirkweots meen ++++There isa man living near Sidney, in Shelby county, Ohio, nearly ninety years of age, who has a bet Pending with =f Baighbor, that he will live to bé a hundred 8 old. The wager is a hundred bushels ) and in oase either or both should die betore the ATCNT ICE CREA" FREER: ERS Ice Cream Moulds, ty M Meloa Moulds, Rice Mould., Pudding Moulds, Pans, Cake Pans, Patty Pans, Cake Cutters, at the Hourekeeper’s Furnishing Store, 490 7th street. je6 G. FRANCIS. SUMMER MILLINERY. expiration of the hundred years, their heirs are obliged to pay over the required amount. «+++ Conrad Wiegands of Philadelpbia, has received the appointment of melter and r-finer in the United States Branch Mint, San Fran- cisoo Mr Wiegand bas had a thorough train ing in tho Philade!phia mint, end is a grad- uate of the high school of this city ++«eRey E H. Chapin says the imperial gamb‘er of France won his throne with dice made from the bones of the great Napoleon ” ——— Tue Portiaxp Liquor Rict.—A despatch from Portland says the coroner’s inquest on the body of Ephraim Robbins, killed on Sat- urday, has returned a verdict: “That thede- ceazed was shot through the body by some person, unknown to the inquest, ae — order of the Mayor an poe f Bagi of Portland. in olenss and Pastor. it wht tome 8 mort sresomahis snd vages an | powerft secicheei senretetay enon = for that ae atonce _ : one ee cS aan wel- > or near the City Hall, on Saturday even. | “re. Sena. 408 3 Ee Jane 2, 1885, of which the sid Robbins| Je ¢—% acne ch mt. was found to be one.” t ADIKS’ WORK BASKETS.- Cara On the trial of Neil Dow, for having liquor Baskets, Traveling Baskets, Kry in his possession with intent to sell, the e@vi-| Knife Baskets, Cigar Baskets, Market dence failed to establish the fact that he pos. | Clothes aren be large variety, verv low, at the Allen, a handsome assortment of Ladies BONNETS, of the latest etvie, including a! quest variety of Nenpol tan Bonnets, at to pleace, to which the Iadie+ of Washington and its vieinity are respectfully invited to examine before purchasing elsewher-. GEO F ALLEN, je 6-3" Pa ay one door east of 10th et HE GREAT QUESTION.—Will you consider the sub‘ect of Personal Religion? By Henry A, Boardman, DD. This volume is not — el rg eigen of juite ing persons. It is a ploin, pe. scrip- tural exh tion of the sir. and « anger of indifference or inconsiveretion on the subj ct ot Religion. To the Sabbath school teacher, as well asthe parent Store, 490 sessed the liquors with iutent to cell; but the | Housekeeper’s Purnisbiag is fact is clearly proved that the liquors, when yee G. PRANCIz, complained of, were not the property of the city. By an order from the Governor the mil- itary have been under arms all day, and will remsin on duty all night, a®bough the city is perfectly quiet. nn EE TH LOST.—Loet a few days since, two magnificent Teech, set on a gold plate. The finder will be suimbly rewarded on applying at the Star flice counter. j* 1-6: RESIDENT’S MOUNTED GUARD QUICK- STEP.—This excellent piece of Mneix <1 the popular composer, Mr. Robest Teer, has just been published by the aa The tithe page is ! ashes most elegantly em SiLBUs & ITZ, Music Publishers, Depot in Star Buildings. oo NOTICE —4ii legal voters rejected by the judges at the late municipal election will meet at Hermony Hall on FRIDAY EVEN- ING, the 8ih inet., at 8 o’clock p. m. je 7—2t ATTENTION, METKOPOLITAN No. 1 <a regular monthly meeting of the Me trpofitan Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 will te held THIS EVENING, June 7th, et the Hall, co Massachusetts aveue, bet. 4th and 5th streets. JAS. A.C INGRAM, je 7—It Secretary. AN ADJOURNED MELTING OF THE Washington City Bible Society will be held in the Foundry Church, corner 4h and G sts , TO-WORRKOW (Friday) afternoon, at 5 o’c!k Ail contributors to the funds of the Society are par je URNITURE SALE.—THE ARTICLES RE- maining unsold at the recent sale of Furniture and Housekeepirg Goods at the etore of J. R. Mc- Gregor, 395 Pennsyivdhia avenue, between 43¢ and 6th streets, south side, will be sold off at greaily reduced prices during the next ten days as the sub- -criber will pos‘tively close up bis business wi hin that time. ‘Term: $15 ind under, cach; over that suma credit of 30 and 60 caya, for approved endorsed notes, bearing interest. ticularly requested to attend. je7T—lt Dealers are requested to call and examine the | stock. ’ J. R. McGREGOR. FELTIVAL AND CONCERT.—The lad ee iw l of the C gation of St. Dominick’s Church (Isiond) willheld a Strawberry and Be‘reshmeni Festival, commencing on FRIDAY EVENING, June 8th ; and to lend additional attraction and va riety tothe occasion, a CONCERT will be given. Several Professors and Amateurs of Vocal and {n= strumental Music having kindly tendered their aid. The Festival will be held in the basement of the church. ‘The patronage of the public generally is solicited. Doors open at 6 o’clock—concert eommence at & o'clock. je7—2t GRAND MOONLIGHT EXCURSION Sia Pic Nic —The Good Will Ciub beg leave to infrm their friends and the public in gen eral teat they wil! give their first Excur-ion and Pic Nic to the White House Pavilion on THURSDAY July 19, 1855 For particulars seefuture advertisement je 7—e03t COMM OF ARR. THE PRESIDENT’S MOUNTED BS ccnp will give an Excursion on 28th of June. 8. W. OWEN, Sec. je 6—3t GRACE CHURCH FESTIVAL.—THE Be Tasics of Grace Church, Island, Rev Av- FreD Hotmean, Rector, will open their Festival, in the new Concert Ha 1, adioining the Star Buildings, on WEDNESDAY EVEN! at 8 o’clock, to be continued through the week. The proceeds are tu be Srpropeiates to the payment of the church debt je 6—4t ~ OLD POINT COMFORT. NHE HOTEL at this favorite ptonnged age T now open for the reception of guests. tire establishment has been putin fine order, and greater facilities have been made for landing pas- sengers. A small steamer has been chartered to act as ten- @er upon the b mail boats, and aleo to make ad- ditional trips to Norfolk and Portsmouth, including two tripson Sunday to and from those citivs, thereby affording an opportunity of a epon excursion and enjoy the era bathing The boat will make fishing excursions three di in each week. Communications st ould be addiessed to C_C. WILLARD & BRO., Propri-tors. je 4—2w Ol Point Comfort, Va. PROSPECTUS For publishing a monthly Musical Work in the city of Washington. HE underigned, at the solicitation of many of their estecined customers, proyose publishing @ monthly Musical Work, entitled The National Monthly Musical Magazine. The Magazine will contain from ‘our to six of Music, selected from the best an and Ree tve Composers In addition to the Music an extra sheet will be added, containing the latest Musical News, Musical Notices, &c. The Magazine will be printed on the best quality Music paper, and will be printed from engraved plates, in the neatest mun ner. The first number of the Magazine will be ready ebout the Ist of Jaty, 1555. Mr. S V. Noves, the Agent for the Work, will solicit subseription from the citizens of the District of Columbia. and show a specimen number. James H. Burss, No. 150 Bridge rireet, is the agent for Georgetown. BILBUS & HITZ, Music Depot, cor. Pa. av., 1.th and D sts, Star Buiidings, Washington, D. C. THE UNDERSIGNED, HARDWARE Dealers, in order to give Ume for recrea- tion to the cjerks in their employ during the warmth of the summer months, hereby agree to cloze their respective Stores at seven o’clock p. m., (Saturday cranes excepted) from th s date antil the firet day of September next E. TUCKER & CO., E. WHEELER & CO., CAMPBELL & COYLE, ELVANS & THOMPSON, JOHNSON, GUY & CO, Washiegton, June 5, 1855. je 6—3t (Urgan) june 4—tf << ——— KSLI“£’S LADIES’ GAZETTE OF 4 Paris, London and New York Fashions for June is received and for sale at SHILLINGTON’S Beokstore. The Watchman, a companion to the popular sto- ry of the Lamplighter Tales for the Marines, by the author of Los Giin- THE UNION GUARDS BEG LEAVE to inform thew frien¢s and the cit'zens rencrally that they will give their first grand Mili- tary end Cime Excursion on THURSDAY, June 4th, 1855. ‘The Union Guards would also state to their nu- merous friends that they di with having any Ball this last winter, they have pledged themseives to make this the Exeugeion of the sea- son, as two steamboats bave been chartered for the occasion. r particulars cee advertisement. je 5-3: COM. OF ARRANGEMENTS. GRAND PIC NsG@ AND EXCURSION erie Liberty Gig most respecifully make Known to their friends and the public are that they will give their first Pic Nic on MONDAY, the 25th June, to the White House Pavilion. Particulars in future advertivement. je 3. eo3i* OR SALE—A FINE LOT OF PRIVATE ané Dray Horses, just arrived fron: Washington co , Pa., and will be seld at a fair . Can be ceen st WM. SPRAIG’S STABLE, on Bridge street, Georgetown, D. 6. je7—* Noe IS HEREBY GIVEN that all claims on Mrs.and Miss Minugh against Andrew Jackson Minugh concerning bis estate is to be stopped as soon as possible, as he receives no benefit from the said estate, under the penalty of the law they are impudent of the sume, ANDREW J. MINUGH. Pp - Jackson Minew, U.S. M. Asylum. je 7118 AFFLE.—The raffle for the Liquor Case and kine be will take place on FRIDAY (to-morrow) EVENING, at 8% o’clock. Subscribers will please attend. je 7—2t* Be. TRICOPHEROUS for pre- serving the hair, removing seurf, dandruff, &-. LAMMOND’s, 08 4 Harper’s Magazine for June commences a new volume The Missing Bride, by Mrs. Southworth The Two Guardians, by the author of Heartsease All the Magazines for June Ailthe Ncw Books and every thing in the Sta- tionery line, for sale at SHILLINGTON’S Bookstore, Odecn Building, cer. 4% st., and Pa. av. tr és je 4 Nae ®.—Our customers are re=pectfully in i formed that on and after this date, until Bep tember, we shall close our store every evening 7% o'clock. HILBUS & HITZ, jes Music Depot. READY-MADE SUMMER OLOTHING. BE feelers within the last few days made g-eat i q additions to our seed per hagas Aceon Clothing, we are now pre; to every inducement in prize and quality to visit our extensive calesrooms before making their selections. Gur assortment of White and col sired Shirte Gauze, merivo, cilk and cotton Undershirts Linen and Cotton Drawers Summer Stocks, Cravats, Scarfs, Ties ——. 7 tahaes pore &e., very and complete, making our present stock one of Boo mast Gieeatte so osteo mestae pri ces and quality to be found this side ef New York. WALL & STEPHENS, $32 Pa. avr., next door to Iron Hail. (News) POTOMAO PAVILION, Piney Point, 8t. Mary's County, Meryland. TS desirable place for health and sea-bathing will be opened for the reception of visitors on the 15: of June, with nothing left undone that will Promote the comforts of its guest. Many improve- ments have been made since my last season. A Lunch Koom has been built tor the accommodation of visitors at all reasonable hours, ay and night. Stables and Houses have been built to accommodate those at at distance Billiard Table, Pistol Gallery, 2buffie Board, Ten Pin Alleys and Baths have all been improved, ané je 4—tf for sale at al —— l rey WARRANTS WANTED. I will pay the highest cash priee for Land Wer- rants, Address me, at the Astor Huure, New York, or at York, Pennsylvania. je 7—3* The. ALEXANDER HAY. LAND WARRANTS. JOBN D CLARK, Agent tor Claims, No. 597 Twelfth street, wiil give the highest market price in gold for Land Warrants fe7—1me | °F ‘Tee % visitors oy suits ai thie District ‘ol 1 the last two seasons, and hope to see my old friends rest pi pte sony }to wit: and many new faces the season. ‘The Pavion shail be clean and well kept . Children with whooping cough or measles will not be admitted as boarders. poem loci bom Peirce Shoemaker, of aid county, t before me, as estray, iresspass- ino on his Laces. 8 dun MARE MULE, about twenty-five years old. TERMS OF BOARD: Given under hand of me, one of the Justices of the | For single day. $2 00 peace in and for said county, this 5th day of June,| For three days 1 50 1855. JOSHUA PEIRCE. By the week. 10 00 ‘The owner of the above described property will] By the month, per da, 13 please come forward, prove Property, and take her away. je 8—3i* pay charges, PEIRCE SHOEMAKER, At Peirce’s Mill, on Roer Creek. EXOURSION TO THE GREATFALILS AND WATER WORKS. It being impossible for the Canal ‘acket CONGRESS, Captain C anes Merril, to leave her regular route on ap other day, she wiil make an excursion on SUNDAY June 10th, at 8 o’clock a. m., to afford persons an Opportunity of visiting the Great Falls of the Poto- mac and examing the Washington Aqueduct. Fare for the round trip, 50 cents—gentleman and lady 75 cents. Refreshments can be bad on board. The Boat will leave ihe Wharf of W H. & H.G. Ritter, near the Market House, wn, at 8 o’clock a m. A boat will be in waiting at the Falls to accom modate those who may wish to cross the river. _ Should the weather prove unfavorable it will be ee unit! the following Sunday. . W. DIX, Proprietor. Letter Boxes have been placed on all the Steam- ers tor the accommodation of visitors. ~ je 5—eolm FOR THE ORANGE & ALEXANDRIA AND MANASSAS GAP RAILROADS. HE Subscriber’s Coaches will call for Passengers Wishing to connect with the above Railroads. My Coaches connect wit), the Steamers Tuos Coiiyer or Gzonce W asHiNe- ‘Ton, which leave Washington at 6a m. Meals furnished on the boats. ‘ersons Wishing the Coaches to call for them can leave their name and residence with Mr. John T. Tillman, near the Capitol gate; Mr. Butt’s drug ®tore, corner Pennsylvania avenue and 19h streets bes can be jeasure Trips. = WILLIAM WHALEY. RESTAURANT. AVING bought out the establishment of Horace H ~ River, on Penns,ivania avenue, between 11th and 12th which | have compietel: renovated, s- commodate m, with real TUR- TLE SUUP, OYSTERS in every style, and the best of LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. All luxuries ies in season. may 31—-lw RICHARD 4DAMB, THIRTY NEW STYLE MANTILLAS From $5 vo $20 each. AXWELL & GRO have just received 30 new style Mantillas, on co! sigamert (rom a New York Mantilla House, with iustructions to close them ont in ten days without regard to cvst. These 30, in addivion to our former large supply (which we have also reduced in price in. consequence ot the advance of the season) makes ours the most com- plete assoriment of Mantillas in Washington. Every lady that wants a Mantilla ot a great re~ duction from former prices should cail unmediately and ge bargain. MAXWELL & ERO, je 2—eoh 328 Pa. avenue. LEXANDRIA POLKA SCHOTTISH—Han Krummacher' Orriog Crerx or House or Rers,U 8, June 6, 1855 EALED PROPOSALS will be received at this office until 12 o’clock m.. on Saturday, 30th of, June next, for furnishing for the use of the House of resentatives two hundred tons best ANTHRA- scien, 108 tangs fee Soe 60s and clean, tons of large > in lumps about the size of a fourteen, pound weight. 2,240 og wed the pers deli free charge vaults Capitol. Also, for furnishing for the use of the House of presentatives, two hundred cords of first quality seasoned HICKORY. WOOD, twenty five cords to be sawed twice, the balance to be sawed once : the whole to be measured, sawed, and stowed away in the vaults of the Capitol at the expense of the con- tractor. Both wood and coal are t6 be delivered on or fote the 15th of October = to be aes inspection as to quality, measure by : to be on the part of the Representatives J. W. FORNEY re mom Mouse of Representatives, U,'3. 4 ,