Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1855, Page 2

WASHINGTON NEWS AND GossIP. The Republican Party—*The Richmond Enquirer sooms to adopt the opinion of the Pennsyltanian, that the new Republican Party is to be little more than & matter of moonshine. Now, we believe both these jour- Dals to be in errer in entertaining this impres- sion. Its originator, Senator Seward, is one of the wiliest, if not the very wile’ men now in public life in this country, and has labored in season and out vf teasin, ever since the defeat of Henry Giay at the Philadelphia convention of 1848, which was indirectly brought abou! by him, to the end of giving birth, form, sub stance and power to his contemplated sectiona! organization. Ho satisfied himself that he could control the policy of General Taylor’ Administration to the extent of placing, in po- sitions likely to influence \party and public opinion, men who were his, heart and soul. Mr. Fillmore, on assuming the discharge of his functions as Vice President, saw throug), the policy and plans of his rival at home, and counselled the rejection of those of Genera) Taylor's nominees who were rejected. He “‘spotted’’ them for the anti-abolition mem- bers of the Senate, if we may be allowed to use a vulgar expression, and thus aided in bring- ing about their rejection. Ex-Senator Foote i told the story of Mr. Fillmore’s part in this work in his rambling, gossiping way, in a speech delivered at Marysville, California, a EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: TUESDAY AFTERNOON.......Atgust 21. ete - AGENTS FOR THE sTaR. ‘The following persons are authorised to con- tract for the publication of advertisements in the Siar: : Philadelphia—V. B. Panwer, ihin sad Coeetaat occa W ommee New York—S. M. Prerinaunt & Co., Nassau . Paruer, Scollay’s Building. —_— or ' SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Union comments with a sharp and pol- ished pen on the recent braggad acio speech of Senator Wade, of Ohio, deli~ered at Portland, Maine; wherein that Eeutleman took occasion ‘© pronounce the Whig party dead, and to add ~that its remains ‘‘stink,”? according to his éle- gant vernaw"ar. He was also exceedingly vituperativ,¢ against the South, declaring that all ufer-—whites and blacks—are slaves, and Prope'sed that the abolitionists should at once der.j with the whites of that region as claves, “ kicking them” until they are quiet, if they dare tocomplain. He declared that the North and the South hate each other with all the bitterness of hostile nations, and though in ef fect pronouncing the Union not fit to be pre- served, he intimated that the North will pre- Serve it by foree, if but for the pleasure they will derive from working their will on the South, ce. Of this speech the Uaion says : “It would seem from the above that Mr. Wade appeared bef.re the Maine fusionists as evidence’—a questionable charact:r aL mosh fe violator of that lower standard of rv] thieves are supposed to recognize. B24 only saved poe merited punishment by importance is treachery and the impo- tenee of his criminality. Ms. Wade is not Satisfied that his late political associates have (as he asserts) been’ gibbeted, drawn and quartered @ his testimony. He daintily complains of the stench arising from their pu- tzescent remains. We do not desire to be per- in our remarks; but Mr. Wade will dis- cover that to whatever faction, party, or fusion he may bring his treachery and treason, he Will find no purity or freshness in the political of his immediate nei ‘hood. ‘The rottenness and offensive exhalations are ts probably aware of nearer at home than he er is willing to confess. _‘* This man of dainty olfactories and offen- sive principles insists that there is no union on oe 2nd South, and that he be- eves ‘no two Pations upon the earth enter- tained feelings of more bitter rancor towards each other than these two sections of the re- public.’ L¢ Mr. Wade had said that the abc. litionists of the North hate the Union with a hate erual to that which they entertain to- ward / every southerner, because he is a south- ermer, he would have uttered a truth familiar to the whole country. But we utterly den. ‘rat the love of the Union is not as strove with report of which reached us by the last mail | from the Pacific. Col. Fitz Henry Warren | was one of Mr. Seward’s chosen instruments, and acted well his part, so far as the interest of his astute patron was concerned, by “ stock- ing”’ a large number of post offices throughout tho Union with shrewd and active local politi- | cians devoted to the advancement of what has since proved to be the “Conscience” wing cf his party. One of the first significant acts of Mr. Fill- more, on assuming the reins of government, was to withdraw the Free Soil nominations of his predecessor, Senator Seward and that gentleman’s friend, which had been “tied up’’ on accc u_t of their secret affinities; on information that Mr. F. had privately given to Senator Foote and those acting directly with that gentleman. Senator Seward, nothing daunted with the defeat o his immediate plans through his rival’s ac- cession to power, has sedulously labored from that day to this to strengthen his personal party, and has labored with great success in- deed ; having detached from affiliation with Mr. Fillmore all those who foliowed him for office, and a large proportion of these wh» were honestly identified with his wing of the made under the persuasions of |.of State were resti ders. It was asmall thing, but caused much comment by many of our townsmen, that his (Mr. B.,) who was to have been its bright The Decency of Know Mothingism.—The Charlottesville (Va.) Advr ea'e, in its comments upon the passage of the President through the town in which it is published, a few days since, on his way te the Virginia Springs, affords @ | .)) fair illustration of tho effect of Know Nothing teachings and associations in dragging all its votaries down to the level of the gutter, de- basing their minds and making bfutes and blackguards of many of them who are without fixed characters, it matters little whatinay be as. § the private associations by which they may be | Dexter H. Chamberlain, of West Roxbury, individually surrounded, or what their former vee ee = —~ paeaaee “mee positions as men. The press of Virginia, up no. J. Crooke, ew » N. ¥.—For to the organization of Know. Nothing lodge: in that State, was, without exception, decent and respectable in its tone, however ultra and violent more or less of her journals may have been, politically. No blackguard sheet, or no sheet conducted by an unmitigated black- guard could live within her borders for month. That the reader may see the change for. worse which Know Nothingism is certainly working in the tone df its portion of the press of the Old Dominion, we copy from the Organ, whore We find it, the following spccimen of the style of manners and tastes which Know Nothing- ism has introduced into her editorial corps : “There were many of our citizens at the Patented Marsh 7, 1854. Hugh & Jaices Sangster, of Buffalo, N. ¥.— ve Le ables in lanterns. Patented June , 0 Design.—Minnard H. Fowler & Enoch Ja- cobs, of Cincinnati, Ohio.—For design for iron railings SS td ag hg geiy .—Wm. e fopeoe of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., assigaor to Henry Whinfeld, ot New York, N. Y.—For improve ment in propellers. Patented Apiil 17, 1855. The Current Operations of the Treasury Department.—Cn yesterday, the 20th August, there were of Treasury Warrants entered on the books of the Department— depot, to gratify their cuiiosity to see the | For the redemption of Stock $415 59 Chief Magistrate of the Republic. Our peo- | For the Treasury Department. 173 36 pit were disappointed that this professed fol- | For the Interior Department..... £1,692 15 ower of see aoeien Demeter did not show | For the Custons...seesseseeseeee 27,880 80 his devotion to Jeffersonianism by stopping if.| War Warrants recoived and en- only long enough to Visit the tomb of the apos- | tered ...ceccsssssecsessesssvee 14,016 12 tle of liberty. Other great politicians in the | War repay warrants 1ezeived and Democratic ranks have thought to establish entered...cccesccce-sossesceee 13,059 51 their popularity by doing reverence to the | Covered in from miscellaneous memory of that sage of Monticello. But BOUTCES .ccccevccccccccccccesce 163 80 Pierce may think that neither Monticello nor the Hermitage combined can re-instate him in the affections of the people; or, he may have been in a hurry to meet John Van Buren at the springs, where a fraternal union may be consummated between these two exponents of Northera Democracy and Free-Soilism. “Mr. Pierce looked in very indifferent health, and evidently showed that the cares heavily upon bis shoul- —_——_~- +e —___—_ The Elections. Last night’s mail brought us positive news of the defeat of Taylor, Know Nothing, for Con- gress, by Watkins, anti-Know Nothing Whig, in Eastern Tennessee. Some of the opposition papers claim Watkins for a Know Nothing. We know, of our own knowledge, that they are mistaken. _ He went early into the lodges, but soon cawe out disgusted with them. He was supported by all the anti-Know Nothing: of the District, and made emphatic speeches against Know Nothingism. His election makes the delegation, in the next Congress, from Tennessee, stand cqually divided—5 and 5—being a gain of one for the Administration; as Mr. Watkins when in the Congress before the last, was with the Democrats on all really test questions. The majority for the Hon: Geo. W. Jonez, the most valuable man to his country now in American public life, reach- es 4.200! ! !—as follows : excellency wore on the occasion a fancy-col- ored shirt, something unusual for a gentle- man’s apparel in this latitude at least. The President, and those with him, oceupied a sep- arate car, locked against the intrusion of the vulgar rabble who Rapper to be on the cars, much to the annoyance of many who desircd to hear him converse, and to see him on the route.’” And again: ‘President Pierce’s checked calico shirt, worn as he passed through Charlottesville, has given rise to much severe criticism on the part of the old citizens, and has afforded mucb wished-for countenance to the fast young men of the place, who had already ventured to fly in the faze of public opinion by wearing Fane mn these D. Gordon, K. N. Vue great mass of the people as the love of lib. | PY. At this time, Mr. Seward ee = spotted calico shirts. The old gentlemen of Jones, Dew) (Corton, KW, erty itself. We utterly weny that the bitter, | back three fourths of the talents, Political a- | tne place, who have been taught to believe potas Se Boo at rancorous, sectional feeling attributed to the | tivity, and, consequently, the effectiveness cf | that a spotless white linen shirt was indispen- a ¢ 331 poet the North and the South has any | the opposition party, the rest having gone | sable to a gentleman’s toilet, cannot under- 629 foundation in fact. Each successive danger to evatie Kno Nethiaotan, stand why the Chief Magistrate of the Union 1,378 the Union has been the parent of manly con- . —— should not dress as a gentleman: the young ake gomnien one ‘Seperous compromise—has called | Now, while we have no fear that any of the | men exult that Frank has put, thus far, bis} potay 8.465 4,245 rominent existence patri ii i ; 4 Seas"? asececcseseeB; S from the North snd the South, the Bert and | jus Sertiar oat a ne genni | fo upon old gym and had adopted the | re noms om ‘esas shows that the sum the West, ready and willi join Senator Seward’s crusade against the - y to make sectional Sacrifices to bind the Recthechand of States into a closer and more lasting Union. Forei wars and domestic calamities have repeatedly and proudly shown that although we may differ, as we have differed, about men, meas- ures, and principles, bitterly and uncomprom- isingly, the deep pulsations of the one great American heart are seen and felt from one ex- ‘remity of the Union to the other. They were net New Englanders, or Pennsylvanians, or Virginians, or South Carolinians, who planted ‘Se stars and stripes upon the castle of Mon- terey, who entered the gates of Mexico in a sheet of living fire, and who twice chastised nee @f an invading foe; but Americans ng, name, and destiny, soaring above sectional jeslousies, hag ope | no geographi- cal lines of distinction, and acknowledging no save the one whose flag glittered in Constitution and Laws, (for such is the sum and substance of the policy on which the new party hopes to ride into power,) we believe that he will gather under his wing three-fourths of all the Northern opposition to the present Admin- istration—the National Democrats and Silver Grey Whigs, who make up the original (Bar- and voting with the Democrats as a last resort to Wefeat the schemes of Senator S. When the latter shall have shaken the Union to its centre, and not until then, will the new party fall to pieces; ar, when it becomes certain, as it certainly will so become, not long hence, that the South will refuso to peaceably submit to the subversion of the Constitution of the United States and the instalment of ablition- ism in the Government, which it—the new party—proposes, the capitalists of the North will nearly all abandon it, and concentrate all their power and influence on the ide of the party striving to ward off the measures and to defeat the men thus bent on bringing about a dissolution of the Union. country the glages of an unbroken constellation of stars. “The \prmennrat paragraph in the above extract iscaleulated w excite a stronger and tive feeling than that of disgust. Of speaking? Upon whom does he the dogs?’ Who and what ns are they that have been held speaker to the derision of a ri- They are United States Sen- atorz, the fimmediate representatives of sov- tes, and who have been elevated exalted stations by their integrity, copacity, and the maturity of their age and tatelleot, and who were prominent among their fellow-citizens, before that elevation, for the possession of those qualities. They belong to whet we have been taught to regard as the highest legisiative body in the world. The foreign reader will scarcely believe that the utterer of this foul langu: and stil] fouler ibreat against men respected for their high of- five, venerated for their years, and distin. guished for their intelligence and patriotism, 1s actually a member of the United States Sen. ate! But legisiaturos, like nature, delight in Bun Mad for News.—If the reader desires to comprehend the utter stagnation of news in this quarter in these times, we refer him to an article published in the New York Herald of Monday last, purporting to be a special tele- graphic account from Washington of what was said by the President and his guests at the last dinner party at the White House. Besides seat- ing at the table gentlemen who were not there, the writer (who has not been within 290 miles of paradoxes; and the body which has given to | Washington for months past,) gets upa rigma- oe & Webster has likewise produced a role of conversation which bears the impress of utter and sheer falsehood on its face, making all present appear like fools, if not much worse ; though the gentlemen named as actors in the bogus farce are proverbially among the shrewdest men and highest toned gentlemen at present connected with American public af- fairs. As a matter of course, there is not a single word of truth in the whole letter, other than the fact announced that the President on the day mentioned, entertained a few friend: at dinner; no one being among them, as a mat- ter of course, but gentlemen, who would not play the pimp to furnish the means of getting up such @ ridiculous effort as the letter in ques- tion, to make up for the deficiency of interest- ing occurrences at the Federal metropolis just now. But apropos of the Herald and dinner par- ties in Washington: this bogus concoction re minds us of an anecdote of the late Mr. Rit- chie, exceedingly characteristic of that dis- tinguished and scrupulous gentleman. For some time after he established the Union in this city, we were in his service as his assistant editor, and were much with him consequently. On one oceasion, when writing in his library, the old gentleman entered, dressed for a din- ner party in his usual suit for such an enter- tainment. In reply to our question: Where are you going? he named the host—when we said incidentally that the entertainntent was igiven, as we had heard, to James Gordon Ben- nett, then in Washington—the ambitious host, to whom Mr. Ritchie was certainly deeply attached, being notoriously anxious to win the friendship of the Heraid. On learn- ing this fact, Mr. Ritchie pulled off his inva- riable silk gloves, and threw them, with his hat, with great violence on the floor, and broke out with great vehemence against Bennett, Swearing—and it was the only time in years of intimate association with him that we heard him utter an oath—that he would not make The Intelligencer grows eloquent over an improved instrument for operating the mag- netic telegraph, the invention of a Mr. Hughes of Kentucky, of which it says, that —‘‘it seems to possess great advantages over nil the present modes of tedegrapatag’ Some of these are. that it prints with the most as- tonishin; “apidity, that it communicates and Tecetves “atelligence at the same moment, that its pee‘uliarity of construction is such as to cut off, when desirable, from all intermediate sta- tioas. the knowledge of a message sent from une distant point to another, so that any per- Sem in Washington, for example, wishing to ‘convey 2 secret to his friend in Boston or Orleans, may do so with as much privacy as if he were ber amr, it into hisear. He has only to give to that friend to attend at a cified hour at the Telegraph Office, and such is the simplicity of working the instru- ‘ment that the one may transmit and the other reeeive the message without the co-operation a ugh neither may know an’ thing of the principles of tele, hing. It is onl oes that they theca knoe how to spell and read! Another jreat beauty of the wan & pore it ma: acre attached any e telegra; les of correspon- denee now in use: ind the principle w which the powers of the natural and el magnets are brought into requisition are such as to admit of the transmission of messages in any condition of the atmosphere.”’ An Encounter of Wits. “«Cuance or Nawe.—Our try-weakly neigh- bor thus threws its shovel full of mud at the American party, and people: “If a skunk had the ebristening of itself, it hoose a musical, bigh-sounding, ‘fumed appellation.’ * iss seipeakcdae ‘Suppose, then, it should call itself the Scent-inel; wouldn't that do?” —Organ, 20th. “The Organ of yesterday, as if sympathiz- ing with the animal referred to, qi the following sentence from a scent article in our paper: “Ifa skunk bad : ye christering of it- self; it would, no doubt. chi it present mame, and choose a mus cal, high-sounding, perfumed appellation;"’ and remarks: “Su; pose, then it should call itself the Scent-inel, wouldn’t that de?”” ‘No; im changing its name to a “musteal, of ing, b; f high-sounding, perfumed jom,”? iq fone, faery euch party: - Adding, by. way 0 should ‘chsieu dtsoll' the Asserican Organ ; | Peroration, that he had labored faithfully and gos iam or sper seping wi w-Nothing Sencined, dst. “5 _—_ ta Ano adjourned meeting of the High ‘Tebt of the Indepe~dent Order of Rechabites, of the United States and the Canadas, will be Leld in the city of New York. on Tuesdey the lith of September. honestly for nearly half-a century to deserve the reputation of a gentleman, and that he would not sacrifice it thus, by putting his legs “under the same mahogany with James Gor- don Bennett.’’ We never before or since saw Mr. Ritchie loose his self-control from passion. He kept his word, as a matter of course, and this innovation upon old Virginia ideas, which caused our railway conductors to put him ina separate car, under lock and key, and some- one with the calico shirt on; bring him out.’ ”’ the Navy Depariment have, temporarily, sus- ker) Know Nothings, holding out against him, | pended the enlistment of apprentices for the Navy—390 having been obtained, and there gone on cruises, took forty each. The Susque- year, and will take as many more, when fur- more euch apprentices. the dinner to Bennett tuok place without him | — total of the effcct of the Know Nothing pro- nunciamento of Gen. Houston is the election of a single Know Nothing to the Legislature from a county in which he formerly resided, and where he addressed the people shorily be- fore the elcction! That is the only county which, being Democratic before, now goes against the Democrats: whereas their majori- ties in other counties show that the General has not been able to move the State an inch from her Democratic moorings. The following returns have been received : Gatveston, Aug. 10—3 p. m.—Partial re- turns from ten or twelve counties, embracing some Know Nothing strongholds, indicate the election of the entire Democratic State ticket by a large majority. Galveston has elected John Henry Brown and L. Sherwood (Dems.) to the Legi<lature by 132 majority. Brownsville (Rio Grande) elects Latham and Nickells (Dems.) by a large vote. Harris county (Houston city) elects a Demo- cratic Senator and two Representatives by a large vote. ‘ort Bend does the same. Brazoria does the same Washington (where Sam Houston resides) elects Varner (Dem.) and Gayles (K. N.) Walker county elects a Know Nothing ee resentative by 46 majority—Sam Housten’sold home, and where he made a speech a few days before the election. In Walker, Grimes, and Montgomery, Jesse Grimes (Dem.) is Senator. Liberty gives the Democratic ticket three to one. From North Carolina, we learn that the ag wnat excused the little boys of the place when they cried out ‘thore is Frank Pierce—the Naval Apprentices.—We understand that being accommodations on the receiving ships for no more. The ships Potomac, Congress, and Constellation, which vessels have recently hanna, San Jacinto, and Merrimac will, pro- bably, go to sea (and possibly other United States ships) before the beginning of the new ther enlistments of apprentices will be made. The system, so far, works admirably, and continues to be full of promise of future use- fulness. It is expected that more or less of these Jads, on returning from their cruises of three years, will be good ordinary seamen, and seamen, which will,make a demand for The system can hard- ly fail to man our ships of war with real American seamen in due time, Great Sales of Public Lands.—The follow- ing is an exhibit of the lands sold for cash, on the 9th of June, atthe Land Office at Dubuque, Towa : aie acres a cents per acre, ere - gregate Democratic majority has been ascer- 221,747 SL“ $1,25 “ 277,184 76 | *#ined to be at least 8,000; nearly ten times as —— | great as that of Pierce! Mr. Clingman’s ma- 232,463.42 $285,581 99 jority is 1,495. From Alabama we have the following au- thentie news: Monreoweny, August 20.—The agree A for Winston, the Democratic candidate for Gov- ernor, will not be less than twelve thousand ! All the Congressional districts have been heard from, with the following results : Walker, Know rare yes majority. Shorter, Democrat, 1,200 majority. Dowdell, Democrat, 500 maj 2 Smith, Know Nothing, 1,800 majority. Houston, Democrat, no opposition. Cobb, Democrat, 2,300 majerity. Harris, Democrat, 1,800 majority. Both branches of the Legislature are Demo- cratic. The majority on joint ballot will be thirty-two. Poor ‘‘Sam’’ is really in a dingling way. His sick head-ache, caught in Virginia, re- sults in black vomit in Texas, growing worse and worse as he went through Tennessee, North Carolina, and Alabama, to get there. Sam deserves our commiseration, So we must Light House Keepers Appointed.—At Petit Menan Island, coast of Maine, Alfred Moore, at $300 per annum. Ls At Cape Elizabeth, coast of Maine, William D. Murray, at $250 per annum. List of Patents—issued from the United States Patent Office for the week ending Aug. 21, 1855—each bearing that date: C. W. Blakeslee, of Northfield, Ct.—For im- provement in candlesticks. John C. Briggs, of Concord, N. H.—For im- provement in the application of the conical pendulum totime-keepers. =| : Wm. Burnet, of Cincinnati, Ohio.—For im- provement in sealing cans. x Almond C. Buffum, of Chicago, I1l.—For im- provement in obstetrical extractor. Edward Campbell, of Columbus, Ohio.—For improvement in glass journal box. agali Campbell, of New York, N. Y —For swimming glove. Ino. D. Dale, of Philadelphia, Pa.—For im- ral proved wrench. pity him from the bottom of our hearts. Poor Hesey SEOs. of New York, N. Y.—For im- | fetjow! poor fellow! ! proved basin sto) kk. William Fiel and Solomon Gerhard, of Presivent Pisrcey at Srauntox, Va.—The Wiseees, Del.—For improved pressure President of the United States, on his arrival water wheel. , at Staunton, Va., on Thursday last, was wel- Sylvester H. Gray, of Ridgeport, Conn.— | comed to the hospitalities of the town by the For improvement in pumps. i Mayor and Council. A splendid dinner was John L. Hardeman, of Arrow Rock, Mo.— | prepared at the Virginia Hotel, of which the For improvement in hemp cutters. vistors and a number of citizens k. To Horace L. Hervey, of » Illinois, and | a complimentary toast, the President nomen Robert E. Osborn, of Spi jeld, Ohio.—For | ed—we quote from the Vindicator—as fi lows; improvement in bridges. ‘ “He alluded to the pleasure it afforded him mas & Thomas Hope, of Providence, R. I. | of visiting the citizens of Staunton, and breath- For machines for engraving calico printers | ing the atmosphere of Virginia, not only from rollers. its invigorating effects, but on account of its Joseph Hyde, of New York, N. Y.—For im- ty. He adverted to the thoughts rowed | apparatus for vessels, to their avapooes as he passed in sight of 0, locality, when they sir ly a | ani ar with ardent eloquence upon means of raising them. the and importance of inyio- Ebenezer Jeffers, of Dc en, & -For | late that great chart of our Con improvement in railroad AL stitution—in the forming of which Mr. Jeffer- Beryamin F. Lawton,} of fw) 4. ¥- | som acted so prominent a part. His For improvement in jour box a!lo, revolted from the idea of a dissolution of Lewis H. Lefebvre. «f° te La. ga inemeh be re ah theron a For improvement in warp: + Paracas. woes, contemp! which he John Maitowns, jr... of Ne &, N.Y. | shrank. @ vine aes to the For improvement in preset re») 9s greatness , not only as it respected "AugestusMeBurth. of E oN J! -For] the patriotism ppv areas but her rovement in percussion prvjveti!es sical resources, and c! by return hen P. Ruggles, of ton, Ms --For | his thanks for the cordial welcome that hard stamp. heen extended to bim.”’ Albert M. Smith, of Reshester, N. ) --For| -S; ently, the President and Senator improvement in railroad-vnr seats. Mason visited the Insane Asylum and the john Woodward, of Wilmot ¥iat,N.i\ --For | Deaf and Dumb expressing m improvement in horse yok». , leasure at all saw. On Friday morning, lonso E. Young, of Dombeste: My as President and Mrs. Pierce, Senator Mason, sigaor to himself and Mare W orth.« Bos- | J. 8. Barbour, Jr., and others, lefs by a spe- jon, Mass.—For improved ivor-keob cial train for the ue = ohn Swyney, of Chaciestowr, Mars as- tghor to himself Fsines Dandridge, of ston, Mass.—For impr omen! ih breceb- sng magazine fire-arn uas. Ketcham, of Pen % x SEcESsigNisTs.—At a late term of the coun- ty court in Perry county, Indiana, there werd | twenty-two applications for divoree, seventeen sngnor | oF which were granted. c i ENTH WARD UNION A8so- Vv ciation will meet on TO-MORROW cw ) EVENING, st 74 crcleck, at Po- WM PER, Sec. TICE.—The Books of the Columbus Association are yet open, ‘until August 20th, 1855. rons to subscribe for shares can do to the ——a . A. SCHWARZMAN. : wie 15 P. O. Depart., or 410 Ninth st. AN Account E Son K.— ere betes the P TT", LARGEST STOCK OF PIANOS IN this city can be found at JOHN F. ELLIS’ Fee ne, 20 Pa. avenue, near 10th st. aut Q7 FRANGERS AND CITIZENS in search of ‘ancy Notions or Toys suitable presents, can find a large collection at au 2i—3t LAMMOND’S, 7th street. i gts! MUSIC received weekly at 306 Pa. ave- nue, au2t near 10th st. . F. ELLIS. | JMBRELLAS, BASKETS. wings, Per- fumery, &c., at ELLIS'S doe Peon avenue, near 10th st. au 21— RITTENHOUSE ACADEMY, Corner Third st. and Indiana avce., Washington. O. C. WIGHT, Principal. R. T. TAYLOR, Assistant. T. R. RAOULT, Teacher of French. R. GIBSON, Teacher of Drawing. iM bs = next academic year will commence on Monday, September 34 . ‘Tuition Sio su, $12 £0, and @15 per quarter, ciaicempbecbiinel applying to the ma’ Principal or at Yne Bookstores tas ay au 2.—TuTh&StSeps COTTAGE HOME SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, Massachusetis avenue betw. 10th and 11th sts. E Sixth Academic Year of this School will commence on Monday, Se; ber 3d. The Course of Instruction is in Four - ments, and embraces all the branches of a liberal education. Miss M. A. COX, Principal Madam DORMAN , Teacher of French. Mr. GIBSON, Teacher of Drawing and Paint 1", SCHEEL, Teacher of Music. i7 Circulars my be obtained at the Bookstores. au 2i—eolin BENEFICIAL EXCURSION OF THE MARION RIFLES, For the relief of the suffering in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Gosport, Va. HE Committee of Arrangements take ! pleasure in announcing to the Military, their friends, and the pub. lic in general that they will give a > es E HOUSE CURSION & PIC NIC to the WHI on MONDAY, August 27th, for the above named © ject. nconsequence of the great suffering in those places, and as the Company its desirous of afford- ing some relief, they have thought proper to pur sue this course, hoping that our friends anti fel low-citizens will extend to us their aid, in orde: to enable us to accomplish our purpose, in allevi- ating in some respect their sufferings. The Company pledge tnemselves that no effort shall be wanting on their part to make this the most pleasant excursion of the season. A celebrated Cotillon Band has been engaged for the occasion. Refreshments, including Dinner and Supper, pie be provided by an experienced caterer, at city ices. For the accommodation of persons who do not wish to spend the whole day aown the river, the gre oon aden ‘clock, Washington ve wn ats 0% », Was at 9, Navy¥ard oy. and Alexandria at 10. After- noon, leave Wasbington at 2, Navy Yard 2X, and Alexandria at 3 o’clock. Returning, the Boat will leave the White House at 6 and 10 o’clock p. m. Tickets, admitting a gentleman and ladies, $1; to be had of the Committee of Arrangements and at the boat on the day of the excursion. Omunibuses will leave West Capitol Gate, the corner of 12th street and Pa. avenue, and North- ern Liberties’ market at 8; o'clock a. m., and at 1% p.m. Committee of Arrangements Capt F M Shekell, Priv W D Tarner, Ensign W J Walker, Priv G B Bell, t, Set 5 Gal Priv W _H Young, rp Thos Baker, Priv E Brown, Priv C M Murphy, Priv 3 B Spencer, au 2i—eo3t NEW FRENCH SILK DYEING ESTABLISHMENT, UNDER THE FIRM OF BELL & MONS. GRANDJEAN, At the old established Dye House, No 401 Pa avenue, south side, next door to the Emery Brownstone Building. Mons. Grandjean, a Practical French Silk Dy- er, from France, pledges himself to dye in the most brilliant manner, all the various colors, on Silks, Satins, Merinos, Mous de Laines. Alpacas. &c., which cannot be surpassed in Philadelphia or New York. Also, Crape Shawls, and Silk Dresses hand- someiy cleaned on the French style. Gentlemen’s Coats, Pants, Woollen Goods cleaned and dyed on the London style. i[7~ Family Mourning, dyed superb blacks, in 24 hours’ notice. au 21—3t* ST RECEIVED AT JOE SHILLING- ton’s Periodical Depot— Memoirs of the Rev. Sydney Smith, edited by Mrs. Austin Panama in 1955, am account of the Panama Rai)- road, of the cities of Panamaand Aspinwail, with sketches of Life and Character on the Isthmus, by Robert Tomes Letters to the Peopie on Health and Happiness, by Catherine E. Beecher. Memoirs of James Gordon Bennett, and his Times, by a Journalist The E: Nun Banker’s hter, 2d vol, by Repnolds Rose Milton, a romance. J. SHILLINGTON’s, Odeon Building, corner Pa. av. and 4X st. auzi— ‘ COAL AND Woop, E subscribers would res; to consumers of Coal Wood that they have mee 4 established themselves in this city, on f* ealers in Coal and Wood, and hopes to receive a liberal share of their pa- We have now on hand a good supply of Oak and Pine Wood. A large supply Anthraxite Coal of various sizes, both Red and White Ash now afloat, which will be ready for sale and delivery this week. Cumberland Coal of the best quality for family, smithing, and manufacturing pur- Orders filled promptly and satisfaction guaran- tied always. CASTLEMAN & BRO., Corner of B and 6th sts., on the Canal. au 2i—2w ee ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. ANAWAY from the estate of the late Daniel ee ne Prince George's county, Md., on Sunday, the 19th August, negro boy ANDREW. He is about 15 years of ages « dark mulatto; about 5 feet high; hasa wide mouth with good welb, and is polite when spoken to He had on when he ieft a cloth cap, coat, and blue striped summer pants. I bave rea- son to suppose he will first make his way to Wash- t will give twenty-five dollars reward for him if taken fn Prince x *s county; fifty if in the District, or one hi if north of Washington In either case to be delivered to me or secured in jail, so that I get him again. ODEN BOWIE, Upper Marlboro’, Prince George’s county, au zl—6t Maryland. Orrice or Tue CommanDiNG Orricer, Washington Arsenal, August 20, 1855. GRALED. PROPOSALS will be received at this office until Oc! 20th next, meridian, for an armory in Washington city, D. C_,on square lying between B on Street on the PEt, Seventh street iv amnounce Commanding Washington Arsenal au 21—Zawtlvec AMUSEMENTS. — er PENTLAND'S ciRnRncvu Ss: With Entire New and Brilliant Equipment! PTS supers Tras, wil exhib Y ’ : Ange and a er FO THEE TERNOON AND EVENING. Doors at2and7 p.m. Performance half an bour Admission 25 cents. This see and vereiy at eeneralament ' oxmxastic AND orto ot Fev Troupe are Madaine VIRGINIA SHERWOOD, Mong. NICOLO & PUPILS Mr. DAVIS RICHARDS, Mr. C. WOOD. PRANK PASTOR, &e. CLOWN, JOE PENTLAND. For particulars see bills in principal hotels. GEORGETOWN on TUESDAY, A on, and ALEXANDRIA on WEDNESDAY, A . “TOURNAMENT AND FANCY BALL aE FAUQUIER W. 8. SPRINGS, E Tournament will take place on THURS- DAY" the Doth of Augen, and Fancy Ball on a % a em in os lists with the sons of the Old Dominion, Y, On WEDNESDAY, the 2%b there will Be Ne eno tobe | “a0 is—iw ALEX, BAKER. PLEASANT RESORT. SPRING GARDENS (FORMERLY PAVIER'S GARDEN.) On Street, between Seventeenth § Eighteenta, QPENED every fay in the ‘week, und on Sun’ day. No-spiritouws liquors allowed, but Cof- fee. Chocolate, ce Cream, &c., ‘will be for sale. aa eber's Briss Band will a rs and Thu eveni ing at abou o'cleck. Admittance freee” au 16—3m Lyric yest CORPORATION 6 per | cent Stock for salé by RIGGS & CO. an 20—1w RAYED OR STOLEN last night, between 9 and 10 o’clock, from the door of the Kirkwood Hon3e, 2 Horse and a two-seat Rockaway The borse was a large Any by leaving information word House se h-can rewarded RS. A. C. seme = se ho NEW yo lery of nerrean Art avi services won Epetanae artist, is se to take pictures equal to any in the city, and at reasonable prices. No. 20 Pa. avenue, northwest corner Lith st., over Ford & Bro’s Drag Store. au6— RRIAGES, BUGGIES, Coachmakers’ aud Blacksmith’s Te nfinished Werk, and Material at Auction.—A CARD. The attention of the trade, and persons wishing to purchase new Carriaves, and the public in gene tal is respectfully invited to the sale, which will commence on # ORROW 2ist, atthe Coachmaker’s mp and Weeden, at the corner of 9th and C sts. The sale will commence at 10 o’clock with the Mate- tial, and precisely 2t 1 o'clock we will sell the Carriages, which are of the best quality and finest finish For farther The sale 30 20-2 EW GouDs } We have just received— 1 case New York mills »hirting Cotton ‘ticulars see advertisement. be continued on Wednesday GREEN & SCOTT, Auctioneers 1 do 4-4 Bartlett steam mills do 1 do 4-4 Warmasutta mills do i do 4-4Young America’ do 1 do 4-4 Prize Medal do l do 4-31 do 2 do XO and Bartlett do 2 do 12-4 Ham!iton cotton Sheeting iL do W-4 do do do SD pieces Merrimac ©, fail styles, warranted perfectly fast WO pieces good sty’ lish Prints, 12% cents 1 1 case Dunbar, Dickson & Co.’s celebrated shirt- ing Linen, warranted pure flax, certainly the best Linens we have seen for a long time. Alse, “Richardson’s’’ and «Gray's? Shirting Linen, from 37 ge to #1 per yard Our stock of Selisia table Damask, linen Sheet- ings, Napkins, piliow Linen, and Towellings is very fali at this time House! ‘Will find it to their interest to bey their Linea Goods from us; we keep the lar- gest stock to be found in the District, and are willing to sell at a small advance on whole- sale prices 50 pieces all wool, white Flannels, from 25 to 73 ceats 100 pieces Mosquito Netting A full stock of ali kinds of Fine White Goods constantly on hand MOURNING GOODS; a complete stock of the best class always on hand at low prices Superior black Siiks, from $1 to $2 per ydj New supply of Ladies’ Buck Gauntlets SUMMER GOODS ofall kinds will be sold very cheap for cash, 2s we wish to make room for our fall supplies, and will offer great bargains CLAGETT, NEWTON, MAY & Cu. ’ au 20—3t THE BALTIMORE & O10 RAILROAD. RANSPORTATION OFFICE, August 16, 1855. —' late obstructions to the use of the Road, at oo Tunnel, having been re- moved, FREIGHT of all kinds (as well as pas- sengers) in both directions, %s now — the schedule time. A continus- Eon ef this acaporch is ensured by the buildli of a new road over the hill at Kingwood, by wh the use of the tunsel may be avoided, until it is JOHN H. DUNE, Master of Transportation. RAZORS AS 1S RAZORS. EO. Wostenholm & Son's doubly carbonized IXL, Frederick Fepny’s Tally-ho, and Wade & Butcher's chemic: eae Razors, and others, from 20 cents to $2 Gentleman who like a comfortable shave should secure one of these Razors. au I8—£t Also, Razor Strops, Shaving Cream, Brushes, Soap, &c., at the sseosimpars Furnishing Store 490 — street. G. PRANCIS. au 17— THE UNION ACADEMY. HE Fifth Annual Session of the Union Acad- cohen oun the Sixth of a i Academy, will open on the first y tember, and continued! weeks. Terms as usual. Circulars at the Bookstore of R. Farnham, Esq, and at the Ru; House, corner 14th and K sts. These Institutions are so organized and con- ing hioh will bes pueanethe a for the real. wi best re the pa; - ties of life. a . Z. RICHARDS, Prin. U. A. Mrs, Z. RICHARDS, Prin. U. F. A. au 17—im CASH PAID FOR FURNITURE. IERSONS declining bi ing; or ha’ a surplus of household effects, will find us ai all times pared to pay them the b cash aes for their ENTIRE sTocK, or such articles as hey may wish to disposeof. We will also ex- change new furniture for old at moderate Furniture neatly repaired and at the shortest notice, on reasonable terms. BONTZ & COOMBS, Furniture Warerooms 7th st., bet. I and K. au lw Speetioneareetmerniedipninepinerinsspemsieeepsiornsacenetemmeem, Se. OF BENNETT cud his Times. ice $1 25 Cieve Hall, by Mies Seweli—price $1 as —_ seaman —tee $125 ¢ Escaped Nun—price $i For sale are K. LUNDY, street, G , D.C. wo idge street, Georgetown, D. C. ETTERS TO THE PEOPLE on Health and Happiness, by Catherine E. Beecher. in Paper 37% » Suc. ‘of the Council of Trent, from the French by Jenn aeceene D.D., $1 "s Picture Book for the Nursery, jew ve arper's Sto: si TA LOR © MAURY _______ Bar 9th street. Cy Tt sty ee eel aie Natoma het 9 ad site Browns’ Hotel, wi throngho: season, en supply of Pettibone's best Tce which be sell, on call, in any quantities, af JUST RECEIVED. —sicisoirs of James Gor- is times. The Escaped Nun; or Disclosures of Een and the Confessions of « Sister of by Ja- au i6 Convent . Charity, JOE SHILLINGTON?s, ing, cor 4}¢ st., and Pa av e au a