Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1855, Page 2

EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: SATURDAY AFTERNOON......August 18. ———— ee Le Avverrisewerre should be handed in by Wo’clock, M., otherwise they may not ap- esr until the next day. ene Oe emeneeey AGENTS FOR THE STAR. The following persons are authorized to con- tract for the publication of advertisements in the Star: Philadelphia-—V. B. Pauwe: » N. W. corner of Third and ‘Chestnut poor ay ane! Yorg—S. M. Perrixgit& Co., Nassau Bostoc—V. B. Parner, Scollay’s Building. THE WEEELY STAR. The number for the week ending to-day is truly a rich number, containing, in addition to “the Washington news and gossip,”’ current Governmental events in Washington, and local intelligence, a variety of short tales and nu- merous aneedotes, together with interesting items from all quarters of the ws, . Price $1.25 a year, or three cents 4 single number. ——~— SPIRIT OF TH MORNING PRESS. The Intelliger cer, te-publishing a panegy- ric on the Apierican Constitution, embraced in @ late eration of the venerable Theodore Fro- Unghvysen, of New Jersey, says: : “* The name of Theodore Frelingbu: D, OC- Serring in the annexed extract om an Ora- “ton recently delivered by him on a public oe: touched a spring in the mechanian of mental association which led us into a wide fieid of reminiscences, and inspired a more se- rious moed than we are wont to indulge. This amiable and excelfent individual has been so long out of the way of political strifes that he ean look at things as they are without giving them the coloring of party Prejudice. His » his experience, his devout and consci- entious observance of the G: 1 precepts, give a value to what he says, which entitles it to ‘aniversal respect. The history which he gives of the origin and settlement of the question now occupying and disturbing the minds of so } & portion of our count;y is as itis plain and simple.) “Uthentic The Union, commenting on the admission of the Louisville Journal, that the Know No- things of Louisvillg established for the occa. sion of the late ®.ection there, a law prohibit- ing foreign be.rn citizens, in all respects their political .quals under the constitution and lawe of no land, from Voting, until they (the Know Nothings) had done voting, says with trat’n, justice and convincing force : “Tho ‘discriminating prineiple,”” - agely enforced at ‘the Tab lention ee vule, and which harmonizes so with the Journal’s ideas of th things,’ bas = in the poor merit of originality. It was practic: entorced at the last markstpal elestion in tke city, and was Previously enforced at other elections in other cities Where Know Nothing — or commissioners had control of the lot boxes. It has its foundations in delib- erate, premeditated fraud, and can only be carried into successful’ exeeution by injustice and violence. It isin direct conflict with the spirit of our laws and our institutions, and tramples upon guarantied constitutional right Its injustice is so palpable, and its fraudulent object so trapsparent, that it provokes indig- nation in he ace of argumert. “If naturalized citizens are to stand aside with caps in hand, until their asters have first exercised the Privileges of the elective franchise, what guarantee jg vifered that an opportunity will be su! uently affurded to reeeive all their votes? “ey it be understood (is was recently the tase in Washington) that beedhiaar onde re citizens wouid be first al juiree ne prophetii oF ealaintr fe, Hepbetc power would be “ne last as weil as the first. Know Nothing judges would construe the principle into & recognition of only members of their ON"a secret, iniquitous association as pure, na- “ve-born American citizens. It is easy to see how, by procrastination, obstructicu, and vio- Jence, one class of our fellow-citizens, against be cerchan ne is made by the oun- stitution au: e law, sata oa 's, could be completely “* If we are to discrimi: ainst 3 ined citizens, why not Bee, Besaips thecommunity equally obnoxious to the im- lence of know-nothingism ? igh we aged men or infirm men to trifle with the precious time of know-nothing judges erly anxious to record the secret ‘mandates of the lodge? How dare a Catholic offer his ballot basen a x lectant voter has indicated his refercnees? How long will the insol, tolerated of a native be iene rn democrat votin; before a know-nothing has ex reseed. be wisbes through the ballot-box? What right have men tu vote il at all holding sentiments, @dvocating principles, and supporting men, in ~pposition to Aimericauism as understood aud Practised by know-nothingism? There is but one step between premeditated, succesaful ob- struction and total disfranchisement. _ “ Why the “‘discfiminating” plank ‘neorporated into the know-nothi platform is to us a matter of deep astonish- ment; for sll must admit that the successful Foorggemperhs the principle would dispense e alle; necessit, aaturalisation lew: ” alta — the The Union tickles with a delicate straw our young friend from North Carolina, the Hon. Mr. Rufin, who deserves all the happy things that journal says of him, as proved by his late remarkable victory, which shows that there is in him the materials to ma’ man of mark. PERSONAL. s++eSudge Douglas, ‘and Colonel Wheeler, United States Minister to Nicaragua, have ar- rived in New York. The latter leaves for Nicaragua on Monday next. s+++The New York papers devote a large was not Space to the rts of cases arising from in- temperunce. jong the incidents, it is re- 1 thats man named David Lynch, two days ago, came home slight! intoxicated, and on @ trifling provocation, it 4 alleged, dashed in the skuli of his wife with a loaded whip. Lyneh was taken to the Tombs, and his wike to the hospital, where she will probably die in @ vary short time. C ++++ Solomon Childs, a respectable farmer of Waltham, Mass., was gored on the 15th inst., by abull. He was attempting to chain the Suimal in his barn. see At a late term of the county court in Perry county, Indiana, there were twenty-two appheations fot divorce, seventeen of which Guten One lady set forth in her peti- ion that her lord always slept with his feek ” ses Dr. Charles Treichel, deputy collector toward her. She obtained a bill. Yeors « Philadel ia, died at his resi- in at cil it @ painful illness,’ Dr. Toaree veining, after was widely known and ri ted. He had held the eallectix for thirty years. paring +++e The Rev. Mr. Theobsid Matthew has remained in London since hi’ return from Ma- deira, for the purpose of obtaining medical advice. His friends will be glad to hear that his health is improved. -++-Rey. Wm. Y. Rooker, formerly rector of Christ Chureh at Winchester, Va. is now officiating as ministe itz to: ‘piseo) ‘Chapel in London. “ e “4 -+++Rev. Mr. Beaumont, of Tuskogee, Ala., has been accepted b: the Baptist Board of Missions as Missionary to Central America. . eae John Rowaa, Minister to Sardinia, under the adiinistration of Mr. Polk, died Tuesday last, from the effects of a fall he re. ceived a few days previous at Bardstown, Ey. —_——— The ship Antarctic, Capt. Stonffer, ar- ‘we Now York on Thutsiay, with’ 250 emigrants from persengers had WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. a Americans Ruling America —The Orga’ of yesterday, ip its local columns, protests tha‘ the insults offered to Mr. Wise on Ninth street. and the act of mobbing hit tn front of Brown’: botel, were harmless amusements on the par. of persons, who it admits to be rowdies, as wel as Know Nothings. The writer excuses hy opinion of the affair on Ninth etreet, by de claring that he got his vorsion of it second hand. Now, we witnessed it, and know tha. the statement that has been furnished to hin. is falae. . The Know Nothings, under the lead of ; Prominent Know Nothing thember of th. Council Board and other Know Nothin; politicians in Washington, stationed them selves on the opposite side of the street, and under cover of the darkness, assaulted Mr Wise with oatus, denunciations, contemptuor- shouting, &e., tefore he opened his mouth t: address his friends; which conduct they co= tinge? until he concluded; frequently forcit,, him to suspend his remarks; the Know Nothing member of the Washington Councils being the most conspicuous of the rioters. This conduct so dastardly, mob-despotic, and reprehensible. though ia exact keeping with the spirit tha: actuated the Know Nothings in Lonisvilleon th 6th inst., the Organ’s local regards as a mer bit of pleasantry. Thus, Prentice now declare: that his appeals to his followers to carry th Louisville election by force at the polls, and by murder, pillage, and arson afterwards, were written merely in badinage, never being de- signed to be received as though written i. carnest. The Organ’s local tells us, in effect, thet | because Mr. Wise failed to permit the right o free discussion to be put down in his case, (vi: Ninth street,)—to “ retire with dignity” wher thus assailed by Know Nothing bullies and rowdies, under the lead of a Know Nothir, Councilman—the brutal and disgraceful rac}, of Know Nothings who inteffered with th. meeting in front of Brown’s Hotel, and suc- ceeded in depriving him and his friends of the right of free discussion, so solemnly granted in tHe constitution and laws of our country, was quite excusable—quite. That, fortunateiy was witnessed by at least five thousand per sons, among them being thousands of the mos: considerate and best citizens of the feder:i metropolis. In the defence and palliation of the conduc: of that gang of organized cowardly ruffians, rowdies, and would-be cut-throats and incen- diaries—among whom were recognized more than one Know Nothing making pretensions to eminent christianity, to business standing, an respectability in thiscommunity—which graced the Organ’s local columns yesterday, thos: thousands will recognize the strain of argu- ment and principles that generated the Loui ville riots and now seeks to palliate them; proving beyond all question that the spirit of Know Nothingism—of the influence governing the action of the lodges in this city—is ident- ical with that which rules in Louisville to the eternal disgrace of the fuir fame of the Uni States, and their institutions. But we h: no room to-day for further comments on th!< matter. Herewith appended we present the Star's readers with a few more extracts going to show the exact character of the tone, tem- per, spirit, and Americanism of Know Noth- ingism, as illustrated on the 6th at Louisville. The Demoerat (Louisville) of the 15th, commenting on the bogus affidavits concocte.! confessedly in the Journad office to screen the Know Notbings, says : We hope the editor of the Journal will pro ceed to collect his ez parte certificates. ey will let out enough of the truth to prove ail we stated in a shorttime. It is plain enough from these vertifidates that the First Ward polls wete taken by the Know Nothings ia the morning. Here is one statement : “Mr. James Irwin states: About ten min- utes after six o’clock on the morning of the election, while standing near the polls in the Firet Ward, I saw a large German pushing his way to the entrance of the polls. Ac American told him not to press so hard, thet he would get to vote just as soon. The Ger man attempted to draw a pistol on him, and got it partly out of his pocket. Some word: passed, and he made a second attempt to draw his pistol, at which time he was knocked buck. “‘About two or three o’clock ia the after- noon, I was standing on the corner of Clay and Madison streets, and saw some fighting there between foreigners and Americans, Af. ter the fight was over and the Americans wero going away, a German came out of a back- She gate with a shot gun, and I think a large nife; he raised his gun and fired it at the American party; the shot took effect in tho body of a boy about fen years old. Some four or five persons then attacked him ; his wounds, { learn, have since proved fatal. I did not learn his name. James Inwix.” We have been told that there wus no dis- turbance at the polls. Here is a German knocked down within ten minutes after the sr Were opened. The excuse is that he wae rawing a pistol. The witness does not say that he saw the pistol; and although the Ger- man was knocked down, we hear no more of the pistol. Such was the peace at the polls, The man was peaceably knocked down. In the same way an eye-witness assures us that he saw three men eaceably knocked down, and he was present but a short time. In the same way there were not leas than twenty dis- posed of peaceably There were, all agree who were in the vicinity, # number of men armed with clubs—short, convenient Weapons for quick and peaceable work. The editor of the Journal will not now affirm, in the face of his own witnesses, that there was no disturb- ance at the poils; that is false, by the testi- mony he publishes, Here is another certificate, by Mr. Bligh: “D. T. Bligh states on cal: ASat one o’elovk Charles Hodge and I left Davis's sta- ble, on Jefferson street, between Third and Fourth streets, in a buggy, to go the First Ward polls. When we had been at the polls some five minuten, I saw a crowd running out Shelby street. Hodge and I went in that di- rection in the buggy. When we came to the corner of Green and Shelby we sawa party of Americans retreating defore a party of Ger- mans. There were a good mau: bloody heads among the Americans. The Americans had no arms except sticks and such missiles as they had picked up fromthe pavement. The Ger mans were generally armed with me yaugers, some shot-guns, and almost every de- seription of guns,’’ # Charles Hodge states on oath: I was with Bligh on Monday, Au; 6th, about one o’eiock, and went with him in a buggy to the First Ward polls; we had been there but a few minutes when our attention was called to a crowd running up Shelby street. We drove up Shelby street to where the crowd was, near reen street. There were two parties, one American, the other German. I saw no arm: among the Americans; the Germans were armed with guns and rifles. Bligh and Gil- more were endeavoring to get the crowd to co in different directions and to keep quict. When Bligh and If turned to leave the 's, they fired upon us. After we hed driven about half a square, Bligh got out of the buggy and I drove awey.’’ They saw a crowd running u; Shelby street, and they met this crowd pa te back. Amer- cans with bloody heads. What was this crowd up Bhelby street after, is the question. They were, of course, not aioe their own party were Gepeees The: by ith guns. Wel and ; after being chased tecnes with stioks fae it at all im proper that the stopped with ganst Remember, there is not a word of Ger mans Pursuing this crowd: they were pur? sued. r: Bligh rode tp and adfited thé Germans to put tip their guns, which they re fused todo, and no wonder. Let their pur ‘ars go about their business, and all wad uiet. When Mr. is. tutned to leave, thé :semans fired at his buggy and threw stones: It does ar that they hit hiin, or in eter, lo be wondered at, that men assaile should suspect.all approaching, especially one notoriously sympathizing with the enemy. Here is another very edifying certificate: | “A. Jackson “White. WE8 fosided On thé i Point, abave White Mills, says: He saw a par- } ty of ufisgmed Americans running in towards ‘ain, on Shelby street, pursued by abouttwen- | ty foreigners, who were armed with guns and istols. The Americans stopped between Jef- fea and Green, and being reinforced, turned on the foreigners, tho fled out beyond Wal- nut, They fired on us when we approached them, and continued firing as they ran from behind corners, ete., wounding some ten or twelve of us. I was shot in the back part of the heal, receiving twenty-three shot in my hat, but was not seriously hurt. This was be- tween one and two o'clock, (affiant thinks) on in the beginning of this melee. Affiant states that at fouror five o'clock, af- ter having had his head dressed, he went on Main street, above Preston; ho saw some Amer- icans with bricks in their hands, standing about a large building on the north side of Main, apparently waiting for Irishmen to show themselves at the windows or come out. when he saw a man fire outof the window with a gun and shot a manin a buggy, who was passing down the street. A. J. Waite.” This witness only saw the body of unarmed Americans running from the Germans. He did not see them first, tho pursuers, as other witnesses testify. u We say, upon these affidavits alone any jury would return a verdict against the mob of bui- lies acting in the name of a party, and shout- ing their party slang. The insolence that ap- pears in all this is, that it was outrageous in Germans to resist. They ought to have been quietly beaten. When they siopped the crowd running up Shelby street—after some foreigner no doubt—it was monstrous. Why did not this crowd leave these Germans alone? They were on their own defence ; why must they be assailed, again and again, and by all means hunted, beaten, and their property destroyed * The last witness saw a crowd on Muin, of Americans standing before a ere building, with brick-bats, watching for Irishmen t» show themselves at the windows, or come out He saw a man fire out of the window. N» wonder. Great outrage indeed, that an Irish - man, whose house is surrounded by a mob with | brick-bats, should fire out of the window! Just think of the monstrous insolence of the editor of the Journal to publish such certifi- cates as these, expecting to lay the blame on the Irish and Germans by such testimony. We shall not, of course, notice all these cer- tificates, as they amount to but little. After such a fight begins, enraged men or bad men, | whether natives or foreigners, will commit out- not tended to 0 ie aiiy barm. It is not, how- | Monday evening. The Americanshad no guns | Seriator Benjamin.—This gentleman's re- cont able letter on Southern politics and Know | Nothingism is attracting great attention, in- deed, throughout the North. There, it has created apparéntly much more feeling than the similar manifesto of any other public man appearing Within the fast year. This is 80, be- yond all question. The meaning of it is, that there is great power in his views; and his ex- Pression of them. Senator Benjamin had not Previously a national reputation, nor was he known out of Louisiana for a man of remark- able vigor of intellect and force of character. His comparative youth, however, proved that there was much in him, or he could never have been sent to the United States Senate from that State over the heads of quite a num- ber of his leading political friends much more deeply involved in politics than he has been. | The anti-Nebraska journals appear to unite, without exception, in drawing from his letter the conclusion that there is something serious | in the declaration of the South that it will not stand Congressional action against the admis- sion of a new slaveholding State, because it may be slaveholding. Or, in other words, that it will not continue the Union with a badge of sectional inferiority around its neck. We have witnessed surprise manifested at the North on this subject before, but never saw it so univer- sal there as just now. With‘one accord, the | anti-Nebraska journals are complaining at the | impudence and injustice involved in the idea | that the South has really made up its mind ; Not to wear the badge of inferiority. | Senator Benjamin gets ‘ blessed’? beyond description for bis share in bringing the South up to its dreaded purpose. He may, indeed, | Well be proud of the backhanded compliments being showered upon him just now, as they prove that his influence in the cause of right is dreaded by thos®@ who would do wrong. It has astonished us that up to this time those who manage Northern public opinion have not | realized the fact that they could not make hatred of the South the ruling principle of Northern poiitical action, involving the pros- titution of every thing so to be worked to the one purpose of striking at Southern rights, interests and equality under the Government, : without grunting a counter spirit of Southern distrust of and hostility to the North. The influence of the conservative Union men of the South has been relied on to this time to check an organization of the whole South in retaliation. The letter of Senator Benjamin, than whom the South contains a public man of no more forbearance and ardent devotion rages; but these very certificates point out the aggressors We shall soon have plenty of di- rect proof on this point. One of the editors of the Democrat happened to be in that carriage which was fired at froin a house that was afterwards burned, &e. In answer to the plea, that the firing from the window at the carriage justified the burning of the house, with women and children, &e., the editor avers that the house was being stoned by the mob when the shots in question were fired, as that as they hit neither horses, Persons, nor carriage, it is fair to presume that the shots were designed to frighten off the mob rather than to do damage. The Louisville Times of the 15th says: The Journal of Monday published a number of affidavits attempting to fix the urigin of the tiots in the Kighth Ward on the foreigners. lis own testimony is contradictory, and very plain- ly shows that the firgt act of viulence was on the part of the Know Nothinge. This one of its own witnesses acknowledy He states in his certificate that a party uf Irishmen, pass- ing on the corner of Main and Tenth, were jostled and struck by some Kuow Nothings, and the fight commenced. Weapons were drawn by both parties, and shots were made. The balance is well known. The Irish were pursued to their residences—they fired out of the windowe—kilied two men who were pas:- ing and who were not engaged in the riot—and then followed the scone of Corning and blood. The Journal’s certificates have proved a failure—even with the help of one Irishman aud one Englishman. The case is clear to every uaprejudicel mind. In every case in which there was a fight on e'ection day, the Know Nothing buliies commenced it by insults and attacks upon foreiguers. What could be expected of human nature butto resist such oul- rages? What could be expected of men, when pursued to their houses, but that they would attempt tu defend themselves, their wives and children, even with deadly weapons? Few Kentuckians would have waited until they were driven to their homes. The use of weap- ons was wrong—it was criminal—and deeply unfortunate did it prove to several Americans and to many foreigners—but mob-iaw and house-buruing, and murder were not the proper remedies. They should have been arrested and dealt with by the lawsof the land. While, therefore, we condemn the use of deadly woapons by the Irish, even after they had been beaten and pursued—yet, their using them is no apology for, nor justitication of the mob- lawlessness which foliowed. But these circumstances will yet be investi- gated and the truth brought to light. The Louisville Courier, of the 15th, says: Cart. Stone aNp nis Mor.—Until our at- tention was called to it yesterday we did not notice the card of Capt. D. C. Stone in the Journal of Saturday, in reply to a paragraph in the Courier calling the ‘attention of the authorities to the conduct of the men who pa raded the streets with the caunon on Monday of last week, Capt. Stone vindicates himscif by stating that he was acting under the order of superior officers, who, in turn, were respond- ing to the wishes of Mayor Barbee. That those having the cannon in charge acted in a manner in the highest degree reprehensible, and that their action added greatly to the excitement already existing, canuot be denied. Marshal Kidd stopped the meu as they were geing up street with the gun and begged them” w return, as they would do more harm than good by proceeding farther. No attention was paid to his requesi. Judge Nicholson, who is understood to sympathigg with the Kuow Nothings, we are. informed, denounced the gun squad 2s » mob going to sup- press a mob, Yet what he said had no effect. Instead of having the flag of our country or the company flag with them, Capt. Stone’s men bore a banner inscribed “Ameri- cans shall Rule America,’ and the men, ix- stead of being quict aud orderly, were boister- ous. We ourselves heard those with muskets in their hands shouting lustily for ‘“‘Sam.’’ Such arta a a the part of aga catled out ostensibly for the purpose of suppressing a riot poe be pk Hy ~ But if all we hear is true, Capt. Stone him- self was hardly a proper person to be placed in command of the company on such an occa- sion.- We do not know the gentleman, and certainly have no wish to do him injustice, but some facts bave been stated to us which the public should know. A gentleman we have known for many years, and who has always borne a high character for truthfulness and integrity, called upon us to say that Capt. Stone took an nent ag in driving legal voters from the Sixth Wurd polls. Our infor- mant asked Capt. Stone why they had whip- ped some Irishmen at the polls? "He replied,, ** D—n tliem, they bad yellow (K. N.) dokets in their hands, and, by showing them, tried to t in, so that they could vote their white (Dernscenti) tiekets'’’ Our informant further states that about the time the Fifth Ward, polls opened. after dinpat, Capt. Stone came up and remarked that ‘ they had cleared the irish trom the Sixth Ward, and had now come up to drive them from the Fifth Ward.” Is it_not the duty of the proper authorities, venigaion’ caetala wero eey in- vestigetion, ascertain who are guilty them to proper punishmeot? And if they tat in performing such duty, shoud they not be hel to a strict accouutabilicy by an outraged and indignant public? i 4 to the Union, is very sensibly recognized asa signal that there is now no such thing as a party at the South willing to put up with con- tinued Northern aggression. Hence the stir made over it. The Health of Washington. —As strange as it may appear to our unsophisticated fellow citizens, the silly rumor of the yellow fever in this city telegraphed some days since to the north is ‘going the rounds”’ of nearly all news- papers in the country, being published by all of them as though it were gospel truth. We presume but for the idea prevalent among some of the newspaper men, that hnving said a thing in print, it is necessary to stick to it, right or wrong, for the sake of consistency, the originator of the story would long since have contradicted or corrected it; as it can- not fail toinjure more or less persons in busi- ness here, by keeping strangers out of Wash- ington. We need hardly add that there has been no such a thing in this city as a case of yellow fever, nor has there been anything like it among us. We have taken occasion to in- vestigate the fact with great care, and cannot | trace the origin of the original roorback. All the physicians of Washington agree in declar ing that there has not been the slightest foun- dation forit. Kansas.—Those who fancy that Governor Shannon will have much trouble in Kansas are greatly mistaken We predict for hima quiet, and, under the circumstances, a pleas- ant administration of the stormy Goveruorship of the Territory. His forte as » public man is “tact,’’ in which Gov. Reeder was constitu- tionally deficient, though it was more needed in his position than any other requisite mak- ing up the successful executive officer. Doubt- less many of Gov. Reeder’s difficulties with the people of the Territory grew out of little circumstances which became disagreeable and dangerous to the publig peace, because he failed to possess the faculty of managing men. His talents, genius and legal abilities are more decided than those of his successor; yet, in difficulties, and more especially in merely vexatious circumstances, Gov. Shannon will prove much the more discreet of the two. He will be able to repress illegal interference with the affairs of the Territory from any and all quarters without giving offence to the people under his charge, or ww greatly mis. take the man. The South only asks for a fair show in Kansas, and if the people thereof re- ject slavery of their own accord she will not complain or essay to “‘taboo’’ the new State. Land Office Decision.—In regard to sales made when a receiver of public moneys was deceased, it has been decided, that where a receiver of public moneys died while absont from the land office to make a deposit of the public funds in his possession, and sales of lands were made after his death—the news of his death not having reached the local office— that the moneys received for such sales should be paid over by the administrator of the late receiver, deceased, to the present receiver, on account of the parties who purchased the lands, to be applied to the payment of the same. But in case the administrator shall re- fuse to make the payments as directed, the estate of the late receiver will be liable for the money, and the parties who paid the same to the deputy of the late receiver will have to look to the late receiver, his heirs or legal representatives, for redress in the case. Express Letter Carrying Companies.—Per- sons who may be writing in the care of the ** Penny Post’? Company, San Franeisco, will doubtless be interested in the fact that the General Post Office Department, recently—the complaints of that company and those of the postmaster at San Francisco having been sey- erally laid before it, the one coming in conflict with the business of the other—has advised the parties engaged in the “‘ Penny Post’’ that the Department has at all times declined all éonnection with express companies, and that it will sanction no arrangements with such companies calculated to diminish its revenue. This information is important, and should be '| recollected by those desiring to send letters by the steamer of the 20th. Strangers.—There are more strangers in Washington just now than at any previous time in the last four months. © They are return- ing fromthe diferent watering places, and very sensibly tarry among us in passing through the Federal City. The luxury of ovr delightful climate never appeared to bette; advantage than just at this season, as we are enjoying only genial sunshine with lusciov- breeges during the day, and cool evenings and nights. Washington was never more healthy at any period of any year. One of the sojour- ners to whom we refer above, remarked to ur this morning, that though he had been to fiv: watering places in his recent tour, he ha’ found no place coming so near as Washington City to that of which he was a seeker, viz: one of a delightful temperature and atmosphere with sights, subjects, and people of interest, and fine living at the hotels. A Land Question Settled —An applican: for bounty land recently claimed on aecount 0! the services of a former husband, having bee: divorced from a subsequent one. Yesterday the Secretary of the Interior confirmed th: decision of the new Commissioner of Pension: that she is entitled to the land. The Current Operations of the Treasury Department.—On yesterday, the 17th August there were of Treasury Warrants entered o: the books of the Department— For the redemption of Stock..... $4,151 9f Forthe Treasury Department... 2,070 61 For the Custons....se.seseee 31,297 16 For the Interior Departmen G18 5 Interior repay warrants. 50 04 War Warrants received o sense 56,027 31 Drawn on accoant of the Navy... 104,492 14 Repay Warrants on account of “enfant 6,169 1: Wet Saw.—The Albany Knicerbocke: talks perhaps more to the point in brief para graphs than any other journal we know of Witnefs the following, viz: The Register wishes to know what “ conser vative men intend to do at the next election ” We will inform it—strangle Hindooism ar kill a power that is fast converting the repub- lic into a slaughter-house. ‘ Conservativ: men’’ made up their minds as to what they would do, the day after accounts of the on/- rages at Louisville were received. In thi city Hindooism has lost five hundred worship- pers during the last week. Conservative ine) may dislike the Pope, but they object to burn ing unoffending women and children. There is no national party but the Americar party. It alone seeks to promote the cordin relations among the States, reverences th: Constitution and the Union, and resists assault: upon our liberties and prosperity by foreigr and domestic foes.—State Register. The “cordial relation” which Hindooism is trying to establish may be seen at Louisville, where the acts of un unknown man in a brew- ery 1s made the excuse for twenty-one murder and a conflagration in which six women and children were reduced to cinders Tue Rick Crops.—The Southern journals represent that the rice crops are unusually flourishing, and that the indications promis: more than an average yield for this season. OFFICIAL. Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, to all whom tt may concern: Satisfactory evidence having been exhibited to me that Don Ramon F. Vacpes has been ap- pointed consul-general of the Republic of Mexi- co, for the United States of America, I do hereby recognize him as such, and declare him free to exercise and enjoy such functions, powers aod Privileges as are allowed to the consuls-general of the most favored nations in the United States. In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the city of Washiny- ton, the lith day of August A.D. 1855, and {.8.] of the independence of the United States of America the eightieth. 5 FRANKLIN PIERCE. By the President: - L. Marcy, Secretary of State. Re SEVENTH STREET PRESBYT’X Church.—The Rev. J. W.E. Kee will preach in this Church to-morrow, at lla. m , anc at4 p.m. The public are invited. _ au Is— Res’, DIVINE PERMISSION REV. S B. ScTHERLAND will preach im the Me- thodist Protestant Church, 9th street, to-morrow morning, at Li o'clock, and Rev. E. J. Drin«- HOUSE, of Cumberland, Md., in the evening at 2 o'clock. au 1s THE MARION RIFLES tag ia pleasure in announcing 4o their is and the public generally that they will give an Excursion ana Pic Nic at the White House in the latter part of the present month, for the relief of the sufferers of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va. Particulars in future advertisement. au 18—it Washington, August 17, 1555. Ree) ames Green, do forwarn any person or persons from trusting my wife, Anne Green, as I will not pay any bi received in my name from this date 6 JAMES GREEN. au 1sS—* Be PO TICE TK The Books of the Columbus Building Association are yet open, and will remain open until August 20th, 1855. Persons desirous to subscribe for shares can do 80 by —— to the undersigned. A. SCHWARZMAN, “9 No. 15 P. O. Depart , or 410 Ninth st. jy 3—wiw $10" EWARD.—Fstrayed from the sub- scriber, gh fray = son in- TS stant, alight gray Horse, nearly wi te, ts JEON about 12 ed, 15 bands high, well ; he has the mark of a yoke on bis neck, also between the noof and fetlock from wearing spancils ; also, crest fallen. I will give the above reward to any one who will return him safe to me THEO. SHEKELLS, Grocer, 351 Seventh st., bet. I and K. au 17—3* TOURNAMENT AND FANCY BALL AT THE FAUQUIER W. 8S. SPRINGS. HE Tournament will take place on THURS- DAY, the 3th of August, and Fancy Ball ou the everfng of the 3ist. Knights from a distance are invited to enter the lists with the sons of the Old Dominion. On WEDNESDAY, the 29th ins:ant, there will be a Stag Chase; the Venison (twosaddles) to be eaten on the day of the tournament. au 18—iw ALEX. BAKER. JOE PENTLAND'S cormRoevus: With Entire New ond Brilliant Equipment ! HIS Superb Troupe will exhibit N MARKET SQUARE, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, and SATURDAY, FOR THREE D. and 31, and Sept. 1. AFTERNOON AND EVENING Doors open at2and7 p.m. Performance helf an hour \. Admission 25 cents. This Company is disting: :shed for the elegance novelty, and he = ——— 4 poet ee carte, Domenti, Tien’ Among the erincipal Atusts of this Troupe are VIRGINIA SHERWOOD, ™ Mons. NICOLO & PUPILS. ons. . Mr. GEO BACHELDER Mr. DAVIS RICHARDS, For particulars see bills in prinetpal hotels. EORGETOWN on TUESDAY, August oth, and ALEXANDRIA on WEDNESpay , August 29th. au portent ae THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. i, 8 tothe use of the moved, F el ps ) FREIGHT of (as well as pas- in both directions, is now as the schedule time. A continua- is deopatch is ensured by the bullding of a new road over the hill at whic the use of the tunnel tee oe ee OFFICE, 1855.—The late obstruction: > until it is i dered to be advertised in the “ Foening Pa agresabie to (be following section of he Post Office Law—it ee Raving the largest eirealation of any daily paper pub- “or ‘3 Wear sean fetther enacted, That the list of letters remaining uncalled for in any pos office in any elty, town, or village, wm a shall be printed, shall, hereafter, fished once only in the news whieb. issned weekly, or oftener, shall have the circulation within the said office, to be such office.) SF Persone applying for lettere in the Please say they are ADVemTuer “$5 ee? led elafes Greeahow, Mins Gertrude IND . * {S—Mies SST Mie CE W, 6; Mire T GENTLEMEN'S List Oden, lenace O'Bryan, Beary O'Neil, Downie 2 Pole De Phutipa, © m Prince, Lem Pe Heuse, HC Huriey, Wenry Hit, Harrison 2 Lem Hatsou, enaon, David 2 Hergeshetmer, D Howard. B Ie veil, Prof Jackson, LA PN Porker, J a8 Patterson Gritich Peoell, Béward Battiett, Luigi Jobneon, Jno F ey Johneton, Jno F Barke, JM Black, Jno Bayard, 8M it, Burceya HK Kinchia, Henry Kam verer.@ Kindig, HN Brooks, Weury Larkins, James Lindsler. Capt Joe Schucking, P Laber, Jao Sutton, Lisburger, © Smith Lemuel Lander, FW Beott, JD Laporte. Chae J , Joban Miller, Dr W B Witham, Sam White, Robert Weems & Pope Wiles PP Wood, NB Waleb, Matthew Walker, J Fiinc Wright, Jno T Wiliams, Heney reer, WE James G@. BERRST, P.M. ODD FELLOWS’ HALL. KUNKEL’S GREAT OPERA TROUPE, Still continue their UNIQUE PORTRAITURES, Interspersed with BURLESQUE PIECES, OPERAS AND NEW SONGS. Observe the daily programmes for particulars. Admission 25 cents au 0—tf JOHN T. FORD, Agent. MONDAY, AUGUST 20th, 1555. Second and last . GRAND MAGIC PERFORMANCE At the Saloan of Josgra Gexnart, on Mary avenue, No. 378. 4 F. MULLER. After the formance a Concert and Ball. Admission 25 cents. Ladies free. au 17—3e Commencing at 5 o'clock. PLEASANT RESORT. SPRING GARDENS, MERLY FAVIER’S GARDEN,) t, between Seventeenté § Eighteenth, D every day in the week, and on Sun- No spiritous liquors allowed, but Cof- August 1s day fee, Chocolate, Ice Cream, &c., will be for sale Weber’s Brass Band wall perform every Mon- day aud Thursday eveniag, beginning at about 3 au 16—3m ocleck Admittance free RAZORS AS tS RAZORS. YEO. Wostenholm & Son’s doubly carbont: IXL. Frederick Penny's Tally-ho, and Wade & Butcher's chemically perfected Razos, end others, from 20 cents to $2 50. Gentleman who like a comfortable shave should secure one of these Razors. Aliso, Razor Strops, Shaving Cream, Brushes, ‘ Soap, &c.,at the Housekeeper's Furnishing Store 49) Seventh street G. FRANCIS. TURTLES! D ‘TER & DUBANT, at ngton Hall R ner of Pa. avenue am +, Which will be served up daily at L! o'clock, in Steaks, Soup, &c amilies supplied with the soup by the galion. au 1j—3t Academy, will open on the first Monday in Sep- tember, and continue 44 weeks. ‘Terms as usual Circulars at the Bookstore of R. Farnham, F.sq, and at the Rugbv House, corner Mth and K sts. These Institutions are so organized and © ducted as to secure that mental and moral tra ing which will best prepate the pupil for the real- Z%. RICHARDS, Prin. U.A Mrs. Z. RICHARDS, Prin. U. F.A au 17—la CASH PAID FOR FURNITURE. ERSONS declining bous-keeping, or having a surplus of household effects, will find us at all times prepared to pay them highest casb prices for their ENTIRE stock. or such articles as they may wish to dis; of. We will also ex- change new furniture for old at moderate prices Farniture neatly repaired and varni: at the shortest notice, on reasonable terms BONTZ & COOMBS, Furnitare Warerooms 7th st., bet. | and K. au ij—2w $e yetueous OF BENNETT and bis Times. a Price $1 25 Cleve Hall. by Miss Sewell—price $1 Our First Pamilies—price @1 25 ies of life The Escaped Nun— s For sale Py by E. K. LUNDY, 1 ridge street, Georgetown, D. au i17—tt Se eae ws MISSED FROM MY STABLE ON the morning of the 14th instant, a dark sor- rel Mare, about i2 years old, with a biased or white face. A liberal reward will be paid for the return of said horse to me. CHARLES WHITE, Washingtou Foundry, Washington. au 16—3te ks ING A PARM OF 509 ACRES, DIVI- ded into several fields, with a very luxuriant growth of mixed grasses, and well watered, at the convenient distance of 5 miles from Washington, enabies me to pasture any number of horses, cows, beeves or sheep, on the most reasona! terwe F or further information apply at No. i2) Twelfth ae ¥ and G, or af this office ao Gazen GINGER AND HONEY. 3 barrels Green Ginger, in prime ord: Honey, . ¥Sreale”” “SneELL dT a sas (0, 10, opposite the Centre at. * | |