Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1855, Page 2

EVENING STAR. SS > ras WASHINGTON CITY: THURSOAY AFTERNOON..... August 16. ———— SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PREss. The Intelligencer copies a chapter freta Col. Benton's * Thirty Years in the Senate,” (2d vol.,) and takes occasion to aay : “We give this chapter a place in our col- umrs because we think it presents a correct and impartial bistory of the origin of the dis- contents in the South. That they have not derived the sme pecuniary advan' from the Union which the Northern States have en- oyed egems, from the facts stated by Col. ntor., to be undeniable. But it is equally clea that this has arisen, not from the nature of the Wnion, which did ‘not necessarily lend &% any euch consequences, but from etror.eous Views adopted by our staitsmen in the Urgani- zation of their commercial system. [t is evi- dent, if this bistorg te truc, that the South is wrong in ascrihmy the waning of their inter- ests to the factef Union, and still more wrong in eupposi that a dissolution of the ties which bind them to the other States would bring with it a return to the enviable supe- niority Waich was theirs before the Revolution Comprree, like ite great medium, the ocean, wii} find its levsi, in spite of legislation, and, have once fovnd it, will maintain it, in spite of resirictions and obstruetions. But the Sonth, We think, is wrong in another point of eqral importance to her prosperity with & free and independent commerce—namely, m the idea that her slave property would #e@ more secure in the dissolution than it would be in the preservation of the Union. While, however, we use the word South, we do not forget that it should be understood in a qualified sense. The views which we ascribe to the Sovth are not universal in that section of the Union, nor are they common to all the people of ary portion of it. They are enter- tained and waintuined by 2 targe numbsr, jt is true, but ouly the prejudiced and yitfa por- tion A great many of the moze intelligent people of the Sowth take a more moderate and truer view of the qvestions by which the in- temperate seck to ‘oring about dissolution. It was ouly on the 25th of last month, ata public dinner given at Anderson, S.C, td Hon Jas L. Orr, the representative in Congress of the district, "nat that gentleman, eminent fer his intellizence and public experience, and an ar. dent advocate of the institutions of the South, hae’. the sense to perceive and the independ- er-ce to declare that ‘the country enjoyed a re- "pose and thé South a security upon the slavery question, so far 23 statutor: legislation was concerned, greater than she had enjoyed since 1787.’ In the chapter of Col. Benton's history there are some hints on the subject of dissolu- tion judiciously and calmly thrown out, which are worthy of cenideration.”” The Untox again discusses “ The daty and destiny of ihe Democratic party,” saying in the oourse of the article - “ There is not a State in this broad Unio: there is not a Territory—which is pe por fee%ed by some local mischief, aided by some revengeial politician. and directed against the ratic party. Could all these elements be lastingly combinei—if by any principle of Political chemistry, ingredients so repulsive to each other cvuld be held together—uot onl the Democracy, but the federal compact itsel 5 would tetter to its base, a mass of undistin- guishybie ruin. It is fortunate that such a coalition is a political impossibility. It is more than fortunate—it is almost providential —thvit for every one of these mischiefs a dras- tic and uniailing eure may be found in the un- dying creed of the Democratic party.”” The Union alzo rejoices over the politics! ecndition of Ohio, contending that while the Opposition is broken into fragments bitterly hostile to each other, the Democracy of the State area anit. The Elections. The Union, this morning. bas positive news of the defeat of Cullom (K. N.) by Savage (Pem.) for Congress, in Tennessee ; and also claims the election of Freeman (anti-K N.) in the Ninth district of that State, which will mabe the delegation stand Know Notkings 4; Avities 6—or a gain of 2 for the Anties. The same paper sums up the result for Con- gress, in Kentucky, as follows, vic: “1. Hen- ry C. Burnett, Dem.; 2. John P. Campbell, K.N.; 3. W. L. Underwood, K. Nj 4. AG. Talbctt, Dem.; 5. Joshua H. Jewett, Dem; Senet one phis and west to Fort Smith, on the western boundary of the State, a quantity of land sirous that all our fellow:eitizens shall realiz | ©4¥9! to a strip of six sections in width along the results of Know Nothingism, being of th: the routes of said road and branches. A large opiniot Unat its triumph is fraught with more ] body of land, supposed to lie within thé prob- danger to society than that of any other pes. able limits of the grant, chiefly in the State of tiferous ism that was ever conceived for thy | Arkansas, was taken out of market imme- punishment of weak and ersipg man. W | diately affer the passage of the law, which know not how we can better accomplish thi | !ands have sfnve and are still withheld from purpose, than by continuing to quote detai’ | Sle or entry except for pre-emptions. and statements concerning the late dreadfu We understand that the maps of the final and Wisgraceful occurrences tu Louisyiile | location of the main trunk of the Cairo and which we find in the newspapers of that city | Fulton road, as far as situated in Arkansas, We therefore quote from the LyatsyilleCowri: | and the branch to Fort Smith, have just reached of the 13th ult. as follows, viz: the General Land Office, through the Governor “Tue TRAceptas or Exection Day.—Ha | of Arkansas, which will enable the Land De- we beon 86 disposed we might have filled ou. | partment, as soon as the routes and lateral Sera Hieal buena — the electio: | limits of the grant can bo laid down on the acted on that Gocareiutoreaiiie: awh sy { office maps, to restore to market a large body felt an indisposition to parade ali the facts i) | of lands now reserved and no longer needed = aa jon perce alesenrad know | for the grant, inthe State, and to designate made sod ype distinne Se ook Seater the lands accruing to the State of Arkansas under the grant—a work of great labor, which will require some time; after which the bal- suing. There are some cireumstances, how ever, that we cannot withhold from the pub- ance of the lands will be restored, in part, te private entry, and the rest within the six- lic, in justico to curselves and the truth w. seek to establish. Of this character are th: mile limits will be offered at public sale as re- quired by low. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOssIP. Americans Ruling America —We are de following : : “Young Long, son of the proprictor of th: grocery store corner of Eleventh and Mai: streets, that Was burned, states that half 2 hour previous to a shot being fired in that se - tion of the city, a friend of his, who isa mem ber of the Know Nothing order, approached him and urged his leaving the store of his fa- | Europe to the American newspapers, bent ou To Hids the Blunders of tho Allies, some gtd Bag Boe ee eas es finding excuses fvr tle reprehensible blunde:s i fire that block and shoot the inmates who dare | 224 paliatives tor the terrible disasters of the to escape. In accordance with this advic: ong remeved his father and mother to a plac of safety. He then returned to the store. “atere his two brothers were, and betore thes could escape the attack was made. In esca) ing himself he received thirteen budlet wound» and is now confined, dangerously ill, from they effects. His two brothers were unable to leave and were actuully consumed in the coutlagra tion. An Irishman residing in the same bloch attempted to leave, but was shot and drive: back. Again he attempted to reach the streei aud was driven back, receiving several shot, Weak and faint, be crawled out the bask way Allies before Sebastopol, has concocted a story | | purporting to be a conversation of Louis Na- | poleon. in which the Emperor is made to take | on himself all the respousibilities of the | Crimean campaign, as its manager, saying, ii: i | the course of the pretended conversation : ) “Tam glad to say that. in my opinion. Se- j bastopol will fall ere long; and I am certain j that no one here ever doubted of our ability {to take it. And now that Lord Raglan is dead, things will be made to show how little the Generals cf the Allied armies wanted to ! | i take it—for they only used as a cloak to cover | *press’’-gang wight who writes letters from { " i allied squadroas occupied the same positions | as formerly. FIVE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ABRBIVAL OF THE STEAMER AMERICA. The Crnard steamer America arrfved at Halifax yesterday afternoon, with Liverpool dates to the 4th instant, five days later than the advices per steamer Lebanon, published yesterday. The latest news from the Crimea is to the 20th of July. Everything was prepared for the general action of the sea and land forces against Sebastopol, which was to come off in fifteen days. The Russians had succeeded in establishing rifle pits in front of the French sappers. Advices telegraphically from the Crimea to the 29th ultimo announce continued prepara- tions for the grand expedition of the allies aguinst Sebastopol. All the vessels of the fleet had assembled at Kamiesche. A report prevailed in Paris that the French Government had received official notification of the bombardment of the Malakoff and Redan batteries, preparatory to the assault. The Viceroy of Egypt has been negotiating with the Bedouins to serve in the Crimea. A telegraphic dispatch from London. dated Saturday noon, says: “ The siege of Sebasto- pol is about to be raised. Also, a communi- eation has been received from Germany by the Western Powers. of startling interest." Lo the Sea of , the fortifications of the allies were prog ng. Accounts from Constantinople say that Schamy! descended the mountains threatening | a retrograde movement against the Russians. From the Baltic there is nothing new. The ENGLAND. The Queen sent a message to Parliament asking additional provisions for the war, which resulted in the Chancellor of the Exchequer propose to issue £7,000,000 of exchequer ills. Lord Palmerston, in reply to a question in Parliament touching British cnlistments in the United States, stated that in order to pre- vent «ll probability of a difficulty with the American government, the British government had stopped enlisting at Halifax. Heavy rains had occurred in England, but the accounts from the crops are favorable. FRANCE. The offers for the new French loan amount their real intentions, which have been to draw as many Russian troops into the Crimea a | possible, so that we might cripple them on this | ground, without advancing i i i reached the paper-mill yard. and, finding a hole in the sandvank, lay there all night, his wounds bleeding ail the while. _ “OF such a horrible nature were a hundre | incidents that transpired during Monday. T! heart recoils at their contemplatiun—the blou: chills ata thought of the heartlessness of tha night attack, when innecent men were shut dowa and the property and lives of men and women, who had done no wrong, were reeo nized only that the bullet aud the torch mig be applied to their destruction.” “ Efforts have been made to procure som authentic evidence as to the origin of Monday = riots, but the tear of violence. which yet pre: vails among some of our most respectable citi zeus, both native and foreign born, deter mavy from permitting their names to be n pabiic, even though the proper author wake no efforts to iuvestigate the matter or t» bring the parties to justice.”” . “Oar entire city police officers are, we be- lieve, with searecly an exception, Know No- things, yet we hear of no effurts bei iB made to have a legal investigation of the recent di-- graceful outrages. he occasion certainly called for the use of extraordinary effurts, yet we hear of aothing whatever being done.” From the Louisville Democrat of the sam: date (the 13th) we quote to-day as foll “The telegraphic reports frein Louisville r had Sebastopol now; and it would be shex madness to f low a Russian army after having such a precedent as Napolvon’s Campaign 1512, wuere Le lost the finest army the world ever saw through the effects of climate.” This is the sheerest * trash’? imaginable. Louis Napoleon is no £1, and never would | have avowed himself the author of meas- ures with their results to the allies such us | have marked their campaign before Sebasto- i psl, contemplating | such results on bot! sides as huve occurred, for the hopeless end of worrying Russia—of exhausting her com- paratively inexhaustible armies and other r- | sources for war. | The Mission to Englaud.—An impression i- prevailing here that the mission to England, soon to be vacant throuch the return to the United State? of Mr. James Buchanan, will be tendered tothe Hon. Ww. Prestcn, of Louis- ville, Ky. We notice this rumor, only as a pectin the tiyty in thee ra ~ | remor, on what foundation we know not—add- Zpecting the riots in this city are the grossest | ; . ay 7 ae misrepresentations and faisehoods we ever ing merely thes hike have heard nothing to read. We shal! publish them in a few days, | justify en impression en our mind that any when we have gotten the true history of sv! selection has been made for the position transactions to which they refer. The lie ix | Wo may not ina: riately add, that nothi: told with a brazen effroutry, that there was no | 79 8) ee Prop! : 7 sa apeeipioraie disturbance at the pulls. “Lhe mob started | Would give us greater pleasure, individually. according to thi veracious reporter, by the | than to find this rumor eventuate in reality Trish who pursued Berge in the upper Pp trt of) for the gentleman in qu the city, and it started in the Eighth Wart by of the ab! inmost ascbrantiahed. Bish toned the Irish shooting down two peaceable ci am a ee . without provocation. Such stories may and sagacious public men by wiom the coun- credit abroad, where people know knothing o: | cils of the United States bave been graced for many ye: No one-who is familiar with the details of bis xble and brilliant the condition of things here. “ We intend to give the true history of these cureer in tho House of Representatives can, foran instant, doubt his eminent fitness for transactions trom eye-witne Our reade the post which, more than any other, requires know that we an ated disturbauces; the anti-Know Not made every ef a man formed, mentally and by education, very much in Mr. Preston’s mould. on is certainly one S past for pea They made propo- sme which would have prevented the dis- grace of Louisville, but thcir proposals wer spurned by a party that had ciher views and 6. J. Mi. Eiott, Dem.; 7. Humphrey Mar- ’emo ¥e no part in the __ shall, K. N.; 8. Alexander K. Marshall, K. 2 Ro Wee eatery ad peices The Fever.—We have endeavored tot N.; 9. Leander M Cox, K. N.; 10. &. F, | all in their own way. How y bave per- | cut the origin of the rumors thatare going over Swope. K.N.’’ This result, if true, amounts | @"™ed their duty the history of the last week | the country by te 1, crediting Washin. to ® gaix of 1 for the Know Nothings Tue Isten-Oceanic Caxatn—The Phila- delphia correspondence of the Baltimore Amer- jean has the following concerning the inter- oceanic canal : “ Commodere Stewart, t the Navy Yurd vey of areg between “be Pacific, which wee presented tohim in 1522 by General Bul- ivar. in the hope that the Government of the United States mizht be induced to take tin the construction of this great work. similar in some re- Nuded to by the Washington been adopted. ; Commandant of m bas in his ¢ ship e: spects to tha Star as havin PEESONAL. ret Cameron, aged 102 years: eward. aged 101 years, both died at Buriington, New Jersey, last week. «+ Paschal Donal for several years connected with the New York press, and well Known as a prominent Odd Fellow, died sud- denly in that city on the Mth instant. +++ The New Orleans Bulletin notes the “‘inysterious di co” of no less than four clerks from as many houses in that citye all of them with more or less cash belonging to their employers. ++++ Benjamin C. Presstiman, Esq., of Balti- more, has becu appointed by the Governor of Maryland Judge of Superior Court, the seat having been made vacant by the reeent dexth of Judge Frick ++.-A correspondent of a religious paper 6ays that at Theodore P h, * not a few had secolar new: Lb they sat und read till the sery ed. There were bows of recognition acrors the hall, and everybody seemed quite at exe. The Pexton srt : the speaker's desk.” +eeeThe Womau’s Rights Convention com- menced yesterday at Saratoga Springs, and will continue for three days. Mrs. Lucy Stone Biackwell, Mrs. K of oth- minded females, tin the beautiful fre-l flowers on will take -Hon. Jere. Clemens, recently a demo- Jaited States Senator, but who was 2 hing candidate ter the Alabama ure, was defeated at the late election +++-Richard P. Robinson, the supposed mur- derer of Helen Jewett, died at the Gait House Louisville, Ky., on the Sthinst. For several Years past he was known as Richard Parme'ly ...«Hon. Sutherland, New York, and Hen. T. 8. Bocock of Virginia are at Willard’s, and A. De Andrvds, Brazilian Charge d’affairs is at Brown's hotel. cratic e.—Arrivals 1 to be pre- Yevuow Fever ar Port Pais at New York report the yellow f vailing with great vieleuce at Port au Prince, and adjoining ports. Several American ves- sels had lost portions of their crew by the dis- ease. Lacre Birn.—Since « question has been raisea in relation to the intoxicating proper- ties of this beverage, persons all over the country have been guaging their stomachs to see how many pints, quarts. or gullons they would respectively huld.—Among the others, a Mr. Emig tried the Say mere at Koches- ter; N Y¥., last week e drank three gallons in twelve hours; but he died the same night. Two quarts were pumped from bis stomach an the endeavor t relieve him. litestify. Tae public will holt them to a ton with the death w nits limits by yellow fever of two of the fugitives from Portsmouth. We have to say that we can find no founda- tion whatever fur the report. nee of the mob, we have et, except of poor Ger- sor Lrish, whe were besten and terrified id exasperated in indiscretions, or who A withoutcause. The with clubs at the polls © and went un- Two persons, one of them a teething infant, recently from Portsmouth, have died here, neither of them, seeune : iveus jin er, being afilicted with : res moles tter of wonder that " : such things coul i | embling the yellow fever. Our re emay vfor a whole day, a even begin the n + here in Leuisvil rest assured that we shall not be kward in We can only say t P ag the pre f the yellow fever in too weil made, an! there wx : ious or in- Individu of the American party trict whea they to prevent its ob, they e 1. Som to stop or mit 13. he ch we shall prompt time, how- ever, all such stories are unfounded in truth. Col. Duncan, U. 8. A.—The New York Mir- ror, of yesterday, in givi: | f revolution in Mexico. 5 re in pursuit of the e of the revolati pieces of artill mind of Colone { States Army. raised a storm they co: ** Rumors utterly fa and erippled their efforts lence and blood went on "” These extracts go far to satisfy th ful, who, though they sympathise Catholic religion, and hi cal equality of foreigners who have turalized, thatin esseying to rid they regard as great evils, K sm breet: greater—breeds the rendi- tion of American publi irs inw the hand: of brutal, murderous and incendiary mobs, « posed of the idle, diszolut: have no’ a class of persons who have never yet, in age or clime, attempted to reform and re; society without bringing on it ten-fuld th aad they were unde i Dur , late of the Uni The Mirror is stigh as the: Duncan, late of tho United States Army, is much nearer heaver, than Mexico; having died, lon ; The Current Operations of the Treasury Department.—On yesterday, the Loth August, there were of Treasury Warrants eatered on the books of the Depzrimcat— Por the Interior Deparime For the Custons. War Warrants re tered .seere War repay wart. entered. Drawn ov Covered in from Customs Covered in from Lands _-+-_— error, evidently, is far better reason to hope that Co! and viciow thing whatever at stxke in s $18 750 5 28,941 62 evils they professed to be aiming to eradic | We tovok occasion a day or twi acterize the spirit of Know Noth played at the meeting of the friends of Mi Wise, before Browns’ hotel in this city, as be- ing identical with that resulting in the atro- es perpetrated in Louisville on the 6th inst If additional proof of the truth of this, our in- ference, be required, it isto be found in th declaration in the local column of the Organ, yesterday, that Mr. Wise was treated by the Know Nothings on that occasion bett i than he deserved. We acquit the editor of that journal of all responsibility for tha atrocious sentiment, which doubtless slipped into his ecolamns without his knowledge ox consent. He has been reared in a schovl oi politics whereiu that man who would deliber- ately justify an attempt to repress the freedon of epeech at a public meeting, by the inte:- ference and violence of a cowardly mob, acting in concert, under the shield of the darkness of night, is regarded wholly unfit to enjoy the blessings of civil liberty and equal rights, as he evidently knows not how to value them Railroad Grants in Missouri and Arkansas. By tho act of Congress of 9th of February, 1853, there was granted to the States of Mis- acuri and Arkansas, to aid in the construction of railroads from a point opposite Cairo, at the mouth of the Ohio river, via Little Kock and Fulton, Arkansas, to the Texan line. ard branch roads from Little Boek east to Mem- seeseeseeee 74,217 30 3,582 30 256 79 $42,108 16 129,110 05 XcITED.—As a specimen of the feelings en- ainel towards the commands: Olt vt, and the autho sof other in {cutting off communi the following appes “I would suggest that a town imeeting be at ouco called, and that a similar request be made to the good people of Portsmouth, to | pass resolutions, and appvint officers to enforce them, that not one pound of beef, or anything else, be allowed to go to Old Point—no, not a sin—and as for the dirty little holes of Suffolk ees, uld ever be allowed to enter either town without a ceat of tar and feathers.”’ Tue Star Gazers.—Venus can now be seen at about noon, with the nuked eye, if the at- mosphere is very clear She will be on the meridian at about 2; o'clock, p. m., at a point four degrees south of the equinoxial 5 She reaches her greatest brilliancy on the 25th ins. Jupiter is now the most conspicuous glory of the night. He passes the meridiaa a few minutes after midnight, running in adi clination of 13 degrees south. Saturn is y ple in the latter portion of the night, risin, about 1 o'clock in the high northern declina- von of 22 degrees. Mars gets up a before davtight, and is consequently invisible. Those Ww eyes or glasses are good enough may get a peep at Herschel very early in the morn- tag he rises about midnight away in the ; wortheast, his declination being abont 18 de- érres Borth. —————— OO | the week amounted to 35,000 | export. tion with Portsmouth, | sin the Norfolk Argus: | nd Weldon, that no citizen of either place | to 3,600,000,000 franes. SPAIN. Rumors were in circulation that Spain would end a contingent to the Crimea, but it is eon- dered doubtful. It was also reported that, in consideration of this coutingent, she would «sk fora territorial guarantec, including Cuba, ITALY. Our Liverpovi correspondent has private ad- vices trom Lombardy via Venice, indicating that important events are nearly ripe there, and exciting news may shortly be expected from that quarter. The U. 5. sloop-of-war Vandalia sailed from Manilla on June 21. THE MARKETS. Liverroo., August 3 —Cotton—The market is a tritle lower. Prices have declined 1-164. ajd., the market closing steady. The sales of ales, including 3.500 bales to speculators and 4,000 bales for New Oriente and Upland fair 63. lands middling 6. . Sreadstuffs.—The breadstuffs market is gen- erally unchanged. In some respects prices are easier, but not quotably lower. White wheat W1s.91al2s.2d.; red 103 alls.o1. Western ca- nal flour 40+.a403 6d; Obio flour 43s.a.44s. White corn 445; mixed 38: 233s.6d. Provisions.—Richardson Spence & Co. quote: The market generally unchanged. Beef—there are more buyers than sellers. Pork closed steady at former rates. uard—The market is unchznged and prices steady. Produce.—The Brokers’ Cireulur quotes : Ro- sin—The market closed steady at 43.3d.a43.4d. for common, and for fine. Rice is i anzed. he money market is for weney are quoted Tue bullion in the bank has decreased U eurities are generally steady. Tespects prices are easier, but not dower. quotab] 'y The Yellow Fever. In Norfolk, for the 71 hours ending on Tues- day, atl p. m., there had been 14 deaths in the city. and 6 in the hospital. ay was observed as “a public day of nee and prayer to the Almizhty, that would 1 down upon the a t ng to sc midst,’ and in ¢ - ores were closed and all business Howard Lawubert’s Px the city, and the y ti steamboat n vt Charity from Baltimore, now there din nursing the sick, six more are daily A from Emmittsburz, Md. ever is net so malignant when it first appesrance. A physician who cin the city stated, a day » that he thought they we: qving 20 per cent. of those who were att In only a =imall locality it is epide (viz: south of Main street.) and those cases which have urredl elsewhere were contracted in the in- ent ry wre conveyed thither addition to the two Sis- wcounts from Norfolk represent the yellow fever as moderal mewhat, aud public feciing not so much e tew days previous. Ine equence of the scarcity of provisions pon the embargo laid on the dis- , the officers of the bay line of Lto take down supplies r and land them at a point in Hampton Re from whence they will be conveyed to N k Frou Portsmouth we learn there is some abatement in the fever, there being fewer di , doubtless in consequcnee of reat diminution of its inhabitants, caused by the flight of the citizens; but the daily re- ports of the board of health are not rendered owing to the sickness of its chairman, Dr. Jos. N. Schoolfield, wh happy to learn, is ie proy pic hereto- fore existing has somewhat subsided. A letter from Norfolk, dated the 14th, (pub- lished in the Baitimore Sux of this morning,) gives the following aceount of the introduc- tion of the dixease, and the causo of the panic, which induced so many citizens to seek safety in fleeing from Norfolk and Portsmouth : ** The announcement of the existence of yel- low fever in this city has produced an unpre- cedented panic, which in its consequence will | be truly d c On the 30th of July a report that a physician had eleven patients with the fever. in Barry's Row, caused # ter- ror to seize the weak and timid, and a number imuediately fled from tke city. Our Mayor, | with a2 indomitable zeal, and a noble, self- sacrificing ardor, immediately commenced the | work of purifying the loathsome spot where | the s#@to be taken without the limits of the \eity. For the want of proper assistance, and | meeting with opposition when he should have re:eived aid, he did not accomplish bis task as soon as the exigency of the case demanded, | consequently other cases of the fever made their appearance near the infected row; when this became known, the panic increased ; men, women and children, crowded every public conveyauce that took its departure from here. | In their flight, they carried the panic with them. and it became an infection wherever they went. Ina few days the act of cutting off or restricting communication with us was commenced by New York, Philadelphia, Bal- timore. Richmond. Petersburg, Edenton, Suf- folk, Elizabeth city and Weldon At Old Point soldiers were stationed with fixed bayo- nets to opp: the landing of our citizens. The stage which carafe mail henoe to Elizabeth city was driven away from that vil- | lage, and Edenton and Suffolk held town | meetings in which they resolved to impose a | fine upon any citizen of Norfolk or Portsmouth who should attempt to seek their hospitality. Now let-us see what cause there has been | the ‘~@ was reported to exist, and causing | to induce such heatt'esmess on the part of our neighbors, and to make cut own citizens sus- pend their business and fly from hers as if (ar said one of our popular ministers) “ the 1 of death or the devil was at theirgheels n July, the mortality from all diseases in Nor- folk city wae twenty per cent. less than in July, 1854, and from the 16th of July up te Saturday last, the number of deaths from yel- low fever was twenty. The Board of Health reports eight deaths in the forty-eight hour- ending yesterday at 2 o'clock. ill any one say that this is a good reason why we should have our healthy citizens who wish to leave the city driven away as if they were lepers. and Norfolk cut off as if it was a den of =f rosy? Have we acted in this manner to = New York, Philadelphia, aod Baltimore when they have been scourged with infectious dis- eases? Let me record an instance of whole-souled generosity and nobility of heart, which is in pleasing contrast with the abuve conduct, and which will ever live in the memory of our peo- le. When it became known on the Eastern hore of Virginia that the residents of Norfolk and Portsmouth were flying from their homes. and that other sections of country were driving them away, the * sea-girt peninsula” greeted — who Aan to her shores with a hearty welcome. Carriages, wagons, carts, and ve- hicles of all kinds were ready at the landing whenever the steamer arrived from Norfolk t: convey the refi to hospitable homes “Tell them,”’ said the Hon. H. A. Wise, * to come on, that we have open hearts and houses to receive them.” are hereby nested to meet at your hy : thinstant. will be punctual in bis attendance as business of ATTENTION, UNION GUARDS. —You t e Sth street, on¥RIDAY, the 171 It is earnestly desired that every member importance will be laid before the Company. JNO. SHEA, Sec. RTIFICIAL TEETH LOST.—There was left in an omnibus at one day last week, a set of A:tificial uy) ‘eeth, on a silve; plate. As they can be of no use to the finder the owner will be very much obliged if they should be left with Dr. Hoffar, No. 262'Pa. avenue, betw. 12th and 13th streets. au 16—it* AS MISSED FROM MY STABLE ON the morning of the ith instant, a dark sor- rel Mare, about i2 years old, with a blased o; white face. A liberal reward will be paid for the return of said horse to me. = Py jedstcta Washington Foundry, Washington. au 16—3t* . OST, ON YESTERDAY MORNING. the 15th August, somewhere between Miller’: Confectionery, on Pa. ave., and Mrs. E. Thomp- son’s, on Ninth street, a hair, Bracelet. with gold clasp. and a daguerreotype set therein. The find er will confer a great favor by leaving it at this of. jice or at Mrs. E. Thompson's. It is valuable t: the owner on account of the ype. au 16—1t* ODD FELLOWS’ HALL KUNKEL GREAT OPERA TROUPE, Still continue their UNIQUE PORTRAITURES, I with BURLESQUE PIECES, OPERAS AND NEW SONGS. haerve programmes for particulars. o the daily au 10—1¢ JOHN T. FORD, Agent. B fads finished a lacye assortment of elegant S!!- ver Ware of the latest «tyles, consisting of sol- id Silver Tea Sets, Silver Waiters, Pitchers, Gob- lets, Cups, Salt Cellars, &e. The above, with an unusually complete stock of oe Phage) Ladies, Dessert ay N in Rin; Cy every pattern. are of our re apenas ag warranted pure, and offered at the lowest rates. hen on age wees elaborate _ —_ . W. GALT & BRO, between 9b and lb SILVERWARE. Bis au 15—it ¥S FOR THE CHILDREN —A grew variety and at low prices at au 5-3! LAMMOND’S, 7th st__ $ 1 REWARD. —Strayed from the subscri- ber, near the railroad , two Horses, one dark gray, no marks, e feet, and the other one a bay, white fece, one 5 four feet white. I will give the above reward for their recovery. WN. B. ARNOLD au M—St* UST RECEIVED.—Memolrs of James Gor- don Bennett and bis times. The Escaped Nun; or Disclosures of Convent Life; and the Confessions of a Sister of Charity, at JOE SHILLINGTON’S, Odeon Building, cor. 1} st., and Pa. av au 4— AVANA SUGAR.—3,000 lbs. white Havana SUGAR, handsome grein and color, in store and for sale low, by WILLIAM M. CRIPPS, 61 Louisiana avenue, bet. 6th and 7th sts. au M—3t MPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. ROOTS AND SHOES H. MARLOW has taken the store recently +e fitted up on the no th side of Pa. av- enue, between 3d and 4% sts. where he would be pleased to see bis friends and the public in general, and where will be found a complete assortment of Ladies, Mises’ Children’s, Gentlemen's, Vouths’ and Boys? BOOTS and SHOES of all styles and prices. As his assortment is complete he feels contident that he can furnish a good article at fair prices. He respecifully solicits a call before purchasing ebewhere. Motto, “Quick sales and small profits.”* au 13—Ste Reet eons OF JAMES GORDON BEN.~ 45% nett and his Times, by a Journalist au FRANCK TAYLOR VING A FARM OF 500 ACRES, DIVI- ed into several fields, with a very luxuriant growth of mixed s, and well watered, at thr convenient distance of 5 miles from Washingto» enables me to pasture any number of horses, cows. beeves or sheep, on the most reasonable terms For further information apply at No. 170 Tweiftl, g'teet, between F and @. eu Is—2t REEN GINGER AND HONEY. 3 barrels Green Ginger, in prime order l case Honey, in the comb, in six pound capa. For sale by SHEKELL BROTHERS, No. 40, opposite the Centre Market au 16—3t : ee attention of the ladies and gen- ‘A tlemen of Washington, end the public in eneral, is respectfully invited to the sale of fine Furniture, &c., whieh will take place en Friday. the lth instant, at 10 o'clock, a. m., at the corner of 7th and D streets, opposite the Patriotic Bank. The Furniture is of good q=ality, and sale peremp tory. For further particulars see advertisement. GREEN & SCOTT, au 16—d Auctioneers. PLEASANT RESORT. SPRING GARDENS, FORMERLY FAVIER’S GARDEN.) On M Street, between Seventeenth & Eighteenth O°. INED every day in the week, and on Sun- day No spiritous liquors allowed. but Cof- fee, Chocolate, Ice Cream, &c., will be for sale. Weber’s Brass Band will perform every Mon- day and Thursday evening, beginning at about 3 o’cleck. Admittance free. au 16—3in oo WAT E R.—Joxt received from + the Spring 200 jugs, pints and quarts, of the wholesome Water I have also received Longworth’s Native Ca tawha, in bottles, and Weller’s Scuppernony Wines, in wood. Alsoon hand, Heidsieck Champagne and differ- ent kinds of Claret. JOST, Importer of all xind of Wines and Liquors.*1si Pa. avenue. au 16—3:* HALL & HENNING, WHOLESALE & RETAIL TEA DEALERS, No. 510 Seventh Street, t received, aad are constantly receiv- plies of TEA, which we F—, to suit purchasers. Ou’ and assortment unrivalled, consisting of — IMPERI AND GUNPOWDER, OLD AN OUNG HYSON MYSON SKIN AND TWANKAG, OOLONG, POWCHONG, SOUCHONG, NING YONG. ORANGE, FLOWERY ? ENGLISH AND LONDON BREAKFAST, & in ¥-lb. packs, ¥ and ¥ chests and boxes Teas packed to order in air-tight boxes, from 2 to 25 lbs. capacity. All Teas warranted to give satisfaction. Orders promptly attended to. Sam- ples may be had upon application. au 16—eobt EXCURSION AND PIC NIC FOR THE BENEFIT oF St. Mathew’s Sunday School, TO THE WHITE HOUSE PAVILION, Un WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29th. s of the School take pleasure in an- to their friends and “ noun the public generally th chartered the safe and commodious steamer Geo Washington, and will give an Excursion and Pic Nic to the White House on the above named day The teachers pledge themselves no pains or ex pense shall be ed to make this one of the best excursions of t Scotts Band bas been engaged for the occasion Dinner and refresbmeats will be served by Win Coke, in a superior style For the accommodation of those persons who do not wish to spend the whole day down the river, the boat will make two trips ; leave George town at 73g o'clock, Washington Sk, Navy Yard 9. and Alesandria at ¥ to 10. Afternoon, leaves Wa: hingtoa at 2, Alexandria % to3. Returning will leave the White House at 6 and 10 o'clock » oy Tickets ®) cents—Children half price; to be had’ at the following places: J. L. Kidwell, Geo.ge town; RK imer, corner Pa. avenue and 17th street; Jno F is, Pa. avenue; Martin P. King Drugyg’ Pa. nue, near Third st.; William A Kennedy, 7 a F. 8. Walsh, Na Yard, any of the Committee, or at the Boat the day of the excursion. Ommibuses will leave the Northern Liberties’ Market at ock a m,and 1 p.m., and will be at the Wharf on the return of the boat. Geo Harvey, Jas L. Anderson, Richd Budget, Wm Dalton, Jas Jirdinston, Jas Pilling, Jos A Keefer, Thos Williams, Thomas Cassel. 6,18,21,23,25,27,25 ETTERS TO THE PEOPLE on Health and Happiness, by Catherine E. Beecher. in paper 3734, cloth 50c flistory of the Council of Trent, from the Freach by John McClintock, D.D., $1 “Harper's Picture Book for the Nursery, by Ja- cob Abbott, 3 vols each New velume of Harper’s Story Book, #1 TAYLOR & MAURY’S au 16 near 9th street HE ESCAPED NUN: or, Disclosures of Convent Life istory of the Council of Trent : Letters to the People on Health and Happiness, by Catharine E. Beecher Harper‘s Picture Books, learning to Talk, by Ja- cob Abboit Harper's Story Books, vol 3 5 : Will Terrill; or the Adventures of a Young Gen- tleman born in a Cellar. a novel, by J. H FRANCK TAYLOR. | Ingraham. au 16 OST, ON MONDAY, Angost 13th, in going L to Georgetown in the Union Line, a Bundle, containing two manuscript memorandum books abont coins, and an Acworth ready Caiculator, with owner's name therein, and alsoa small brass spirit level. A liberal and satisfactory reward will be given by leaving them at the Bank of Commerce, Georgetown, with Edw. Offiey - au 15—3* OR THE HAIR —Bary's Tricopherous, Swedish Hair Creator, Siouee jerry Lyon's Kathairen Castor Oil Pomade, and Ox Minow at ‘| _ac15—3t | LAMMOND’S, 7th st —- DRAWING PENCILS from the several manufactories Walter and Contee, imported ree Paris, by FRANCK TaYLOR. DROVERS' REST. B*. consent of the Drovers and Butchers attend- ing the markets of this vicinity theg> 34) salesday for Cattle at Drovers’ Rest has od been changed from Wednesday to FRI- . DAY. The new arrangement to commence on the 23th fnstant. LEWIS D. MEARS au lilo 1 OLD POINT HOTEL. above Hotel will be closed for the season on Saturday, the 11th instant, in consequence of Se eenenieg: epidemic at Norfolk and Paste. mouth. Acknowledving the very liberal patronage ex tended to the hotel by a most fechionable and in- teliigent company, ‘he undersicned take pleasure in assuring them and the traveling public that en- larged and exten-ive improvements will be added for the next coming business season Cc. C. WILLARD & BROS Ord Point Comporr, Va., Aug 10, 1455. au li—iw _— SALE OF CHOUTAW ORPHAN LANDS IN MISSISSIPPL DEParTMENT oF INTERIOR, Office of Iugiau Atairs, August 13, 1855. } PUBLIC NOTICE ts hereby given, that the “sor parvels of laud bereinafter q - lyr a the counties ef Talahatehbie, Yalobusha, Holmes, Lowndes, and Bolivar, in the State of Mississippi. will, at the times and places designated, le exposed for sale im separate rier secitons at public auction, to the bighest vidder for cash, by commissioners to be appointed oa behalf of the Choctaw orphans by the govern- ment, as their trustee, under the provision of the th clause of the 18th article of the Choctaw treaty of INSo, viz = On Monday, the 3d day of December, 1955, at the court house door in Coffeeville, the following tracts tn Yalobusha county : All in township twenty-three (23) of range eight (*) ease. All of section thirty three (33) ‘The west half and southeast quarter of section twenty-eight (8) The east haif of section twenty-nine (29) The northeast quarter section thirty-one (31) The north half of section thirty-two. (32) The whole of section thirty-three (33,) and The west half of sectiou thirty-four (34) And, a’ tie same time and place, the following described tract in the adjoining range in Boliver punty, Viz: Tie south half ef section thirteen, township tren- ty-s) (36) range seven (7) west Ou Mond: the 10th day of December, 1955, at the court house door in Charleston, Tallaha:chis coun‘y, the following described tracts of land in said county, viz: In township twenty-four (A) ranes two All of rections three (3,) ten (10) an three (33) 7 2) cast 4 thirty- ast half of section four (4) rter of section nine (9) ad southwest quarter of section The west half of section twenty-five (25) The north half of rection twenty-six (36) The west Lalf of section twenty-seven (27) The northwest quarter of section thirty-four (4) and The north half of the nerthwest quarter and west half of the northeast quarter of section thir- ty-six (36) in tornship twenty-five (25,) range two (2) cast. AU of section twenty-seven (27,) twenty-eight d iwenty-nine (28) + northeast quarter of section four (4) The southwest quarter of section twenty-two (22) ‘The southwest quarter of section twenty-three a in The east half of section thirty (30.)" In township twenty-four (A) range three (3) rast All of section three (3) The east half of the northeast quarter of section two (2.) and The northeast quarter of section four (4) Ja township twenty-five (25,) range three @) east The southwest quarter of section fourteen (14) The southcast quarter of section fifteen (15 The southwest quarter of section twenty five (2) The southeast quarter of section twenty. six (26) The southeast quarier of section thirty-three (B,) aod ‘The southwest quarter of section thirty-four (34) On Monday, the th day ef December, 1655, at the court-bouse door in the town of Lexing* sn, Holmes cowaty, the following described tracts of land in said county, viz: In township sic (16.) range one (1) west ‘The west half of section fifteen (15) and The west balf and southeast quarter of section twenty-two (22) In township fifteen (15,) range ome (1) west The southeas: quarter of section twenty (2!) On Saturday, the 22d of December, 1-55, at the court house door In the town of Columbus, the following described quarter section of and in L couaty, Viny northwest quarter of section twenty-two towns’ p nineteen (19.) range seveuteen (17) east. Of the above described lands. seventy-twoquar- ter sections were selected ja isSt, at 2 time when sume of the best lands in the State were anoceu- pied and onappropriated ; and the other five quar- ter sections and oue-eivh'h acre lo’, or eighth of a section, have been acquired in settlement from debtors to the orphan fund The late commis- sioner to settle wth debtors to that fund describes the lands abote offered for sale as being * almost without an exception rich and fertile, well and ad- vantazeously located, many of them considerably improved,’’ and as being ‘largely enhanced in value by the settlement, improvement, prosperity, and excellent population of the section in which they lie,” and ‘eminently adapted”? for planting ent of these reserves, show 4 aay = d the mininyan pree at which eack: trai spectively, may Or sold, will be made prior to the dates of sale An ceses where the purchaser or purchasers of any tract shall fail ed with the terms of sale, the land purchased will resold at bis or their ex- pense and risk The title to these Jands is believed to be indis- putabie; but if, in eny case. an adverse claim shall be vet up, the right of the orphans will be defended by the government, as thelr guardian. The above will commence af the places named at 12 o’clock of each day nue un- til the lands are ell offered OF CHARLES EF. MIX. Acting Commissioner. au M—43tk lawtDecl