Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1855, Page 2

EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: ir Awvertiseuests should be handed in by 12 o'clock, M.; otherwise they may not ap- pear until the next day. AGENTS FOR THE STAR. ‘The following persons are authorized to con- tract for the publication of advertisements in the Star: Philadel; V.B.P . W. corner of Third pry ald nm Jiew York—S. M. Partmreity & Co., Nassau Bostot—V I. Pacusn, Scollay’s Building. SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Union evinces little faith in the relia- bility of the four witnesses produced by Mr. Rayner, to substantiate his version of his now famous omversation with Hon. Daniel M. Bar- ringer—saying : ** He (Mr. Rayner] says there was nothing remarkable in Tis having drawn the infer- ences he did from Mr. Barringer’s conversa- tion, since others drew the same inferences. ‘That depends entirely upon the question whether all four of the certifiers were equally predisposed and anxious to draw the same in- ferences that Mr. Rayner drew. In other words, if all were Know Nothings and enemies of President Pierce, anxious to obtain mate- rials to be used against him, and already strongly prejudiced against him—if this was the state of things, the fact that all four cf the certifiers drew the same inferences that Mr. Rayner did, by no means proves anything else than that they were only as eager and prompt todo President Pierce ‘injustice as was Mr. Reyner. The truth, however, is, that Mr. Rayner’scertifiers neither agree with him as to their recollection of Mr. Barringer’s conver- sation, ner do they agree with one another. They come quite as near sustaining Mr. Bar- ringer’s recollection of the conve: ion as that of Mr. Rayner. These diserepancies ought to have taught Mr. Rayner that, as he had done gross injastice to President Pierce and the Democratic party, it would have been more manly and frank in him to acknowledge his error than to undertake to palliate his offence by ® resort to certificates.” The Intelligencer publishesfa lengthy but interesting continuation of the Soule and Perry correspondence, being documents bear- ing on it just received by the editors from Mr. Perry, who is still at Madrid. One of them being a sharp reply te the Uxion’s criticism upon Mr. Perry's renowned manifesto, origi- nally addressed to the President, but undiplo- matically pubiished to the world through the Intelligencer’s columns. With reference to these documents, the editor says : “The papers to which we yield so much of r space to-day were forwarded to us by Ho- tio J. Perry, Esq., the late Seeretary of Le- of the United States at the Court of - They consist, firstly, of the official ondence bearing immediately upon his dismissal from office, and, secondly, of a reply from him to the strictures of the Washington Union upon mer letter, repelling charges made against him by the Hon. Pierre Soule, and for the publication of which in the Na tional Intelligencer of the 22d of May last _ Perry was superseded in his official posi- ‘ion “This reply of Mr. Perry to the Union,” although rendered rather ejaborate by the particularity with which its author animad- verts upon the criticisms and charges against which it is directed, will be found, when ex- amined in connection with the Ostend docu- ments, not only to shed additional light on the recent iations with Spain, but to con- firm pri S disclosures as to the pacific dis- position of that Government towards the United States, the apparent indisposition of the late r Plenipotentiary to effect an amicable t of pending disputes, and the pat- riotiem with which the Secretary of Legation, after the withdrawal of the Minister succeeded in ebtaining of the Spanish Government the ef every claim or accommodation hich his superior officer had been instructed to press upon the attention of that Govern- ment. “for fidelity to his official duty, at least, praise cannot be withheld from the dismissed Beeretary of Legation, who, under circum- stances so adverse, achieved for his country objects so important.”” ——- PERSONAL, +++» Hon. J. G. Miller, of Missouri; Hon. W. D. Merrick, of Maryland; Judge Hopkins, of Alabama, and ex-Governor W. Schley, of Georgia, are at Browns’; and the Hon Sena- tor Bayard, of Delaware, is at Kirkwood’s. ---Ex-Gov. Bigler, of Pennsylvania, de- livered an address before the Society for Pro- moting Agriculture, at Powelton, on Friday last; which is highly spoken of, being char- ueterized by sterling good sense, eloquently enforced. «++ The jewols worn by Rachel in the char- acter of Andrienne, are valued at $245 000 The greater part of them were the gifts of sovereigns and of cities in which she has per- formed. So says the New York Tribune. +++» Jared W and Ezekiel C. Scudder were orlafized to the work of the Gospel ministry, as evangelists or missionaries, in tae last, in New Yoxk. They are to go about the Ist of Octeber, with their wives and sister Louisa Seuddgr, to join their brothers at the mission- ary station at Arcott, India. ++++ While Mr. J. M. Folsom, cattle dealer, ‘was purchasing a railroad ticket at Boston for his home in Newburyport, he had his carpet bag, containing $4, in bank bills, stolen. ‘The thief made good his escape. +++ The condition of Captain Wright, who was stabbed by Mr. Dean, at the St. Nicholas Hotel, N. York, on Saturday night, is thought by his physicians to be much more critical. ‘There were, however, slight hopes of recovery. -+++Washington Irving recently made a vi- sit to ex-President Van Buren, at Lindenwald, where he spent a few days. The mansion of the ex-President was once oceupied and owned ey the late Wm. P. Van Ness, in whoso family r. Irving was 2 private tutor, and bere be penned the first of his popular works. --+-Captain Daniel Chadwick, for over ten years a very fortunate commander in Messrs. Grinnell, Minturn & Co.’s London line of pack- ets, committed suicide on Sunday, at bis res- idence in Lyons, Conn., while laboring under @ temporary Gt of insanity. Capt. CO. was in good circumstances, and leavesa wife and a Jarge family of ebildren. +++. At Petersburg, on Sunday, the Rey. T. G. Keen preached the funeral discourse of the lamented James H. Finch, (late the fore- man of the Norfolk Argus office, who died in Petersburg of yellow , contracted while in the diseLarge of his duties,) to a large and attentive auditory. In a notice of the dis- course, the Democrat expresses a desire for its Doe and among other reasons gives the following : “It commemorates the deeds and death of anoble man. It will be an appropriate mon- ument to his memory. It will be « speaking memorial of a man, who tho’ not enyironed by the costly equipage of the opulent, nor pos- sessed of the empty distinctions which family and birth procure, acted well, acted nobly— Angels can do no more! To die in the dis- charge of duty—to hazard health and life for our fellow-men—to be heedless of our-own happiness, so that we may soothe the sorrows of afflicted humanity, is to evinee adaring ard dauntless moral heroism which can neither be too warmly appreciated nor too lavishly ex- tolled. Honor and peace to the ashes of the fearless and faithful Finch !”’ Opp Feitows.—The official reportsmade to the Grand Lodge, now in session in Baltimore, of the operations for the last year, show that the organization consisted of more than two hundred thousand members, and that the year's revenue was nearly one and a half mil- Jions of dollars, The Post Office Laws.—This afternoon we commence the publication in the columns of the Star, of a complete and very valuable digest of all the laws governing the transpor- tation of the mails and the Post Office Depart- ment, in ajl their intimate and mutually de- pendent relations. It has been quite thirty years since the last previous general digest of the postal system of the United States. complete, intelligent and satisfactory digest to which we refer above, we hear, may be fairly credited to the Postmaster General’s labors to master the subject in principle and detail, which has been con- fided by the President to his guardianship. The labor of acquiring the information in de- tail necessary to enable the Postmaster Gen- eral to supervise, so as to assume the responsi- bility for such a work, while deeply immersed in the discharge cf the multifarious executive duties of the Department, must have been great indeed. We presume that his purpose was to facilitate, if not to insure, the proper comprehension of the postal laws by his army of deputy postmasters, agents, and contrac- tors, numbering some 35,000 in tho aggregate. We publish it, not only for them, but for the benefit of the business men of the country and the legal profession, all of whom are more or less interested that the laws governing the af- fairs of the Post in the United States, shall hereafter be much better understood by the public at large, than at this time. We shall print a small edition of this important digest, in pamphlet form, with an index, so as to furnish it_on orders, at fifty cents (post paid) per single copy, printed on excellent paper; and are now ready to receive and register or- ders for the work. We will send three copies for a dollar, or twenty for five dollars. Confusion vs. Fusion —Yesterday we no- ticed the fact that the National Intelligencer endorsed heartily the propriety of the pro- posed action of the Whigs of Massachusetts in following the example of their brethren in Maine in the recent election, wherein they sturdily refused to be transferred, ‘ boda- ciously,’’ to Republicanism (in a black domi- no.) The weight and influence of the Zutelli- gencer on the councils of its party throughout the Union are deservedly superior to those of any other journal whatever. Itis the favorite, most trusted, newspaper of the conservatism and wealth of the Whig party—of its erudi- tion, and its sober sense and sound intellect. Its advice to its friends, to decline abolition- izing themselves, cannot fall on barren ground, and will have powerful effect in New York and Ohio as well asin Massachusetts, where the Webster Whigs, represented by the Boston Ad- vertiser and Courier, and headed by “the solid men of Boston,”’ took the stand in ques- tion before it was taken by oumprespected Washington cotemporary. The straight Whig vote in Massachusetts at the last State election, when the Know Noth- ings carried the State by such an avalanche, was 22,000. Then no serious effort was made to preserve the integrity of the organization. Now, bowever, the old fashioned Whig leaders of Massachusetts—those who were at the head of the Whig party there during the last ten years of the life of Mr. Webster—are straining every nerve to put new life into their organi- zation, and can hardly fail to poll some thirty or forty thousand yotes, though much of their strength will probably vote for most of the Democratic ticket in order to be sure to defeat the Republican Know Nothing candidatcs; while the few Know Nothings in the State who are not also Abolitionists, bid fair to support candidates of theirown. The foreshadowing of this state of things it was that induced the Boston correspondent of the New York Evening Post not long singe to write the letter quoted by us, wherein he prophesied that there was a strong chance of the Democrats proving strong- est this fall in Massachusetts. We perceive that the Commercial Adverti- ser of New York, a conservative Whig journal of high standing and great influence, also takes strong ground in favor of the unity and integrity of the old Whig party in that State, arguing with great force to prove that the par- ty in the black domino is merely seeking to use the Whigs to draw the chestnuts from the fire. That journal shows, first, that the object of the new party is first to eradicate slavery from the United States at all hazards and with- out paying the slightest regard to the Consti tation, and next to bring about the other changes in the government and institutions of this country suggesting from time to time in the idiosyneracies of the New York Trisune. It then shows that the Whig party proper have never had and do not now have lot or part in that proposed new governmental poli- cy; and also that the new party will surely re- fuse to place in office, by their vote, any for- mer Whig», unless they are known to be at this time out and out abolitionists. It then calls upon whigs who yet adhere to the conserva- tive principles that were contended for by the Whig party ten years ago, to take due care not to permit the party made up of out and out abolitionists, free-soilers and renegade Demo- eratstouse them in the approaching New York State election. It will be remembered that the Commercial Advertiser is equally as emphatic in its oppo- sition to Know Nothingism. As it notoriously speaks for the Whigs of New York who have retired from active business and live on am- ple means, and as ex-Governor Hunt first took the lead in this work of Whig repudiation of both Know Nothingism and Republicanism in a black domino, it can hardly be that they will fail to rally around them, (more especially since the National Intelligencer has endorsed tne propriety of the move,) a respectable rem- nant of the Whig party of New York. More than a month ago a similar move was made in Ohio by the Hons. J. Scott Harrison, and J. L. Taylor, ex Governor Trumbull, and other con- servative Whig leaders in all sections of the State. To cur mind, all these signs are significant of a speedy old-fashioned Whig ratly throughout the non-slaveholding States, with the nomina- tion for the Presidency of a regular Whig can- didate, and a repudiation of each and every one of the isms by a much larger portion of the Whig party of the North than we con- ceived possible a few months ago. The result of the movementean hardly fail to defeat “Re- publicanism’’ in the approaching State elee- tions, while it must leave Know Nothingism proper “‘high and dry” in every non-siave- slaveholding State. Nousverrons. _ The Effect of tho Crops on the Reiiroads. The capitalists at the North are under the im- pression that the heavy crops of this seasop OE oe a ee will greatly increase the business of nearly all the railroads, rendering them, of course, much more profitablethan ever before. Their reasoning, in this connection, is logical and Iogitimate, and can hardly fail to prove cor- treet. Our railroads at the South must also experience a similar stimulus in their busi- ness. Indeed, the Georgia and Carolina roads, a3 well as the Virginia roads, have already felt the spur to trade over them resulting from this cause. The announcements of large re- ceipts of wheat in the Atlantic coast markets, from Tennessee, is proof of what we mean, while the increased freighting business of the Orange and ‘Alexandria railroad arising from the so greatly increased production of the country immediately tributary to it, is evi- dence of the same fact under the immediate ob- servation of those surrounding us. All this is indeed a subject over which the well wisherof | Miss J. his country may rejoice, as itis destined great- ly to benefit all classes in society shortly. The railroads cannot become more profitable, with- out in turn stimulating the improved culture of millions on millions of additional acres; which, while it will, to a certain extent, reduce the cost of living to non-producers from the soil, will, at the same time, result in increased profits for the farmers, as with the same labor and amount of capital, they will produce, send off, and sell, much more than before. Bogus Lists.—The newspapers seem deter- mined to force out of the Department the pub- lication of the list of officers retired, furloughed and dropped by the action of the recent Naval Retiring Board. Every list, so far published, is glaringly erroneous. The Baltimore Suz published one this morn- ing, without vouching for its accuracy, in casually looking over which we saw thirty-one errors within our own knowledge, though we have not yet seen a full and correct list ! Before the Department can properly promul- gate the result of the action of the Board, it is necessary that many things in connection with it be done, as quite a number of the officers affected, are absent, on service. When thus ready, which must be in a few days, we take it for granted that the Secretary will not ob- ject to the publication of an authentic copy of the Board’s action. Appointsd.—Dr. Aug. Dovilliors, of this city, lax been appointed assistant professor of tho French language at the Annapolis (Md.) Naval Academy. Dr. D. taught the French language for years in this city, with eminent success. We have incidentally heard of the appoint- ment of Mr. 8. 8. Gover, of Alexandria, Va., by the Postmaster General, to the route agency on the Alexandria and Orange, and Central railroads, made vacant by the resignation of Mr. James A. Evans. Itis a capital selection, indeed. Ordered.—Commodore John Thomas Newton has been ordered tothe command of the Ports- mouth, N. H. navy yard, to take effect on the first of October. Commodore 8. H. String- ham, ditto. of the Boston navy yard, to take effect at the same time. Alao, Captain Bige- low, to the command of the New York yard at the same date. List of Patents—issued from the United States Patent Office for the week ending Sept., 18, 1855—each bearing that date: Albert Bisbee, of Chelsea, Mass.—For im- provement in steam gaugo cocks. Samuel W. Brown, of Lowell, Mass.—For improvement in machinery for cleaning cotton. illiam Burgess, of London, Eng.—For im- provement in mowing and (ere machines, Patented in England Aug. 16, i854. Newell Cleveland and James J. Johnston, of Alleghany, Pa —For improvement in heaters for smoothing irons. Joel Densmore, of Blooming Valley, Pa.— For improvement in feed-water apparatus of steam boilers. : Thomas Durden, of Montgomery, Ala.—For machine for felling trees. Rensselaer D. Granger, of Philadelphia, Pa.—For improvement in corn and cob mills. Wm. (rover, of Holyoke, Mass.—For im- provement in cutting wire. Wm. V. Gee, of New Haven, Conn.—For a a gems in looms for weaving suspender webbin , a. we B. Gedney, of New York, N. ¥.—For, improvement in brick machines. Dean 8. Howard, of Lyonsdale, N. ¥.—For improved sawing mill. Amos P. Hughes, of Philadelphia, Pa.—For dove-tail key cutter. Horace Harris, of Gorham, N. Y.—For im- proved plane bit. Daniel K. Winder, of Cincinnati, Ohio —For improved card (erry ress. ames H. Kelly, of Rochester, N. Y —Forim- provement in lanterns for locomotives. Ante- dated June 20, 1855. Richard Kitson, of Lowell, Mass —For im- Ve eae in machiue for picking fibrous ma- teri Edmund Morris, of Trenton, N. J.—For im- proved seal and stamping press. John 8. Morton ot New York, N. ¥Y.—For piano forte action. Wm. W. Marston, of New York, N. Y.—For improvement in fire arms. red. Newbury, of Albany, N. ¥.—For im- provement in revolving fire arms. John M Reeder of Nashville, Tenn.—For improvement in safety apparatus for steam boilers. John Stinson, of Danville, N. J.—For im- proved instrument for determining latitude and longitude. John M. Sigourney, of Watertown, N. ¥.— For improvement in cooling cast-iron car wheels. Clark Tompkins and John Johnson, of Troy, . Y.—For improvement in knitting machines, Sam’l W. Lowe, of Philadelphia, Pa., as- signor to himself and Jacob M. Beck, of ‘Har. risburg, Pa.—For preparation of metallic plates for printers. Peter H. Niles of Boston, Mass., assignor to Ralph C. Webster, of Watertown, Mass.—For improvement in curtain fixtures. Ante-dated March 18, 1855. John Van, of St. Louis, Mo.—For improve- ment in cooking stoves Designs.—Geo. W. Chambers, of Troy, N. ” Y igner to Peter A. Palmer, of Leroy, N. Y.—For design for ovens for cooking stoves. J. H. Wilson, of Chesterfield, [11.—For design for cast iron monuments. The Current Operations of the Troasury Department.—On yesterday, 17th September, there were of Treasury Warrants entered on the books of the Department— For the redemption of Stocks.... $8,031 20 For tho Treasury Department. 44,875 00 For the Interior Departmont..... 15,275 25 Forthe C: eee ereeeeceeenes 3,300 91 War Warrants received and e: seececeesevesseeseesceess 152,887 43 War repay warrants received and Ontered..recsseecsesececeesese 132,490 10 From miscellancous sources..++++ 91 09 ————- eee --____ Frou Torxs Isuayp.—An arrival at New Xeek deinen ee: from Turks scent Seka 1st mber. r of the bow arrangemeois of the Mritish Gee, ernment, subjecting all inter-colonial ne pers to a penny tax, as a needless Soto at and one certain to cut off all their exchanges. During the fortnight ending the ex- ports of salt were 30,428 bushels; 141,000 bush- els were still on hand in the Island. quoted was 24 to 25 cts.; The American schooner epee thre The Epidemio in Norfelk and Portsmouth. The latest accounts from the yellow fever infected districts are somewhat encouraging, showing an abatement in the ravages of the disease and a decrease in the number of deaths, though fears were entertained of an increase in the mortality, consequent upon wet weather. , ity yesterday was the smallest we have had for some time past; but the cases now are just as violent as they were at the be- ginning of the epidemic. Yesterday, we had a spiny spell, and this morning the is ivy and damp and the skies overcast with clouds. I fear we twenty-four Ts, a ty al the latter part of the week. My friend J. @. Holladay is not sick. The following deaths ocourred yesterday: iss Jol a nurse from Philadelphia; Mr. Millerson’s child; Barney Clarity; Joseph R. Arquimbo’s child; child. of Jeseph Thomas, and John Sandiford. William R. Singleton and wife are both vi 5 ohn A. Foreman, M.L Tabb, and Mrs. R. T. Scott are sick with fover. There were but twenty deaths reported in Norfolk on Saturday, in Portsmouth onl; cight, the greater portion of which were chil- rer Miss Patterson, a nurse from Philadelphia, is at the Crawford house, very ill. . I had a conversation with Dr. Virginius Bilisolly yesterday. He looks very ag * hte is still attending to his arduous duties in Ports- mouth. He informed mo that with the ex- ception of his lady, who is still quite ill, bis family are well, having eutirely recovered from fever. His brother, Dr. A Bilisoly, is not dead, and has been reported. Mr. R. M. C. Young, the widely-known shoe merchant of Portsmouth, died at Norfolk on Friday evening last. His brothor, Moses Young, is lying excecd ngly ill with the fever. Mr. 8. Ghio and brother, ill with the fever at Ifampton, are still very low. The former, it is thought, cannot possibly recover. The Rev. Mr. Devlin, ofthe Catholic Church, Portsmouth, who has suffered a relapse for the third time, is reported this morning as again convalescent. The disease is evidently on tho decline in both cities, and I think by the close of this month, it will entirely disappear; but I would caution absentees not to return until we have one of these old fashioned “ b/ack frosts,’’ a3 that is about the only thing that will remove the fever entirely. Rey. L. Walke, of Christ Church, Norfolk, was very ill with the fever at the latest ac- counts. Dr. Webster, of Baltimore, was still improv- ing on Sunday morning, and was regarded out of danger. The following are among the recent victims at Portsmouth : Mrs. Paul D. Luke, Mrs. Chas. Myers, Jr., John Roser and child, and a son ten years old, Ellen Eason, Charles Bilisolly, Geo. Cherry, Mrs. John Cherry, Mrs.- Elizabeth Cherry, William Burton, child at the Orphan’s Home, Edward Barrett, a nurse from delphia, Michael Sullivan, Miss Virgini. dwards, daughter of Amos Edwards, Sr., child of Mr. Millerson, Samuel Herald. Thos. I. Totierde!! and Robert Totterdell, brothers, have died at the Naval Hospital. Miss Totterdell, a sister, has died in the towr. Mrs. Wm. R. Singleton is ill; so is Mr. D. P. Daughtrey. Rev. James Chisholm, of the Episcopal Church, who has been sick for sey- eral days, is no better. Whit Ashton, deputy postmaster, is not so well; he has what is termed “Parotid Abscess *” A letter from Norfolk to the Richmond Dis- patch dated on Saturday says : At the Exchange Bank, the only persons left are Smith, the ersistant teller, and Wm. Balls, the runner. At the Virginia Bank, R. W. Bowden, the cashier, W. D. Bagnall, clerk, and Samuel Moore, and Palmer, the watchman, are all that are left. Upon looking over the list of mortality, I find that the largest number of deaths which have oceurred in any one day number 83. Twenty nurses from New Orleans arrived here this evening. At last accounts there were abcut thirty persons at ‘‘ Camp Fells,’ and more were ex- pected yesterday. Edward Dodd, and Messrs. Jenkins & Wren, members of the firm of Jenkins & Wren, Nor- folk, are not dead, as has been reported, but were alive and in good health, at Bastvilie on on the Eastern Shore, on the 10th inst. Dr. Fenner, who left Norfolk on Saturday, and is now in Petersburg, thinks the deaths that city the day before, were less than twen- ty—probably not over eighteen. Mr. Henry Myers, who has arrived in Richmond, puts the mortality down at fifteen. Several cases of fever, which have appeared in Portsmoath have been congestive, and not yellow. The deaths there Friday were fifteen, and the new cases two. Persons from Norfolk and Portsmouth re; resent that what they chiofly want there is fresh bread, fresh meat and fresh everything. Live chickens and sheep would be acceptable. For the prosent it is impossible to have bread cooked for the people, the bakeries being sus- pended. Tar OrpHans.—We learn from the Rich- mond Dispatch of yesterday, that the orphans from Portsmouth have been well cared for, and except one or two whose health was deli- cate, are getting on bravely. They are as cheerful and playful as young lambs. As their wants are better understood they aro made more and more comfortable. Every body takes an interest in them, and are anxious to assist in maintaining them. Many have made contributions. The following are the names of the orphans who were sent up from Portsmouth by the au- thorities of that place, on the 14th inst., to the care of a committee of the mond, and by them ones in the Catholic College near the city of Richmond : Mary F. Meyer, aged 10 years; Harriett A. Ansel, 15 ; Elizabeth Ansel, 9; Lavinia Ansel, 7; Alice Ansel, 5; Sarah J. Bryant, 8; Ma V. Pratt, 13; Louisiana F. Prait 14; Mary =. Stillman, 7; Rowena Rawls, 8; Mary F. Rawls, 6; Joseph Forehand, 4; Wm. Riley Forehand, 7; Lizzie Forehand, 2; Jno. Donovan, 9; Sam’i Bains, jr., 19 months; George Gray, 2 years , John O Donald, 3; Lizzie Lynch, 2; Alice V. Gates, 5; Walter Gates, 15 months; unknown, commonly called Captain, light hair and blue eyes, parents unknown; 2 years; Manual Ber- nard, 10; Henry Bernard, age unknown; Amelia, Emmett, Ida, and James, children of Dr. Samuel Nicholscn, deceased, and Mrs. May Nicholson; their mother accompanies em. Dearu or Sinaieton Mercer.—Mr. Single- ton Mercer, who, some twelve years ago, killed aman by the name of Herberton, for the se- duction of his sister, died of yellow fever a few days ago at the United States Marine Hos- pital, at Portsmouth, Va. Mr. M. volunteered on the 22d of August—immediately repaired to Portsmouth, and before he started, he ob- served that ‘it was a duty which man owed to his fellow man to assist in the time of pesti lence.”’ Mr. M. labored faithfully as Burse, and was highly efficient. Mccw oF tux Anqet Lert.— We hear that a number of public women in Norfolk, Va., have, since the breaking out of the yel- low fever in that city, been most unceasing in their attention to the sick, and have proved the most valuable nurses. They have been the means of saving a number of lives, and in such angelic labors—for the deeds are heaven- ly things performed by the former daughters danger everal of them have died—died atthe uty and mercy, administering victims of the plague. ¥ — PRIOR AEE a Morraxity.—The deaths in N, Yi ple of Rich- were 503. an The Young § Al cation to the east, near the Navy Yard. ee - = “a WASHINGTON STOVE MANUFACTORY, < PRER ER ee found one of the 13-1w Southeast Corner of Pennsyleatia Avenue and Eleventh Street. public are most respectfully invited to call at the Washington oft ape nasortiaont of Stove, Furnaces, Ranges the District, which, for quality and cheapness defies = ¢ “a S = = e = 5 8 Stove Depot, where be ‘and Grates tbat can be in JAMES SKIRVING E.O.OF I. R.—MIZPAH ENCAMP- ‘MENT —The regular of this bedy wil take on WEDNESDAY EVEN- ING, at 7% o'clock, at the hall, corner of Seventh db ‘The attendance of member is raquested. ptceers ate vital imy will order of the W. $.D.: WILLIAM YATES, W.R- NEW BUILDING ASSOCIATION. ‘Those persons who have already sub- scribed, and a)l others who wish to take stock in the new Building Arscciation, are ested to meet at Temperance Hallon nert SATURDAY EVENING, a 7% o'clock, for the purpose of or ganizing the association. sep 18—td SS NOTICE —The Perseverance Fire take pleasure in announcing to eet their Place at the Washin; Assembly Rooms, ou the 22d day of October, 5 For ulars see future advertisement. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. sep ATTENTION, NATIONAL GU4RD. You are hereby notified to attend a ial Meeting of the ee TO-MORROW (Wednesday) EVENING, September 19th, at 7% o'clock. By order of Captain Tait - JAMES E. JOHNSON, sep 18—2t ATTENTION BATTALION —The non- commissioned Officers belonging to the va- rious Companies composing the Wasbirg- ton Battalion, are requested to meet at Ger- man Hailon Wednesday Even'ng, 19th instant, at 73g o’clock, when business of importance wil!) be brought before them. It is requested that ev- ery Company will be represented. _ sep 18—2t _ wget ceah front sere ss cpanel ordered to assemble at Armory ‘To- faze Afternoon, Fept 19h, at 2 o’clock, in full uniform, for the of paying the ‘ast tribute of respect to our d fellow member, JoHNn oie ag Punctual atterdance of each and every mem! is ex) By order : ~ G. SCH WARZMAN, Captain. M. RUPPELL, O.8. sep 1S—it Bee RESIDENT'S MOUNTED GUARD Attention !—You are hereby notified to attend a meeting of the Corps, at the Armory, on TUESDAY EVENING, Sept iSth, instant, at 7% o'clock, Each and every member of the corps is particularly requested to be punctual, as business ef importance will be transacted. By order of the Captain: JOHN WILEY, sep 17—2t See: NOTICE.—The members of the Nili- tary Club are hereby notified to meet at the ar of the Marion Rifles on WEDNES- DAY EVENING, Sept 19th, at 7% o'clock. By order of the Club : AMUSEMENTS. WILL OPEN AT ODD PELLOWS’ HALL, On MONDAY, Sept. 24th, DR E. BEALE’S GRAND MAMMOTA PANORAMA OF AMERICAN, ENGLISH, DANISH SEARCHES FOR SIR JOHN FRANELIN, IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS. In connection with which will be exhibited the SEIGE AND BOMBARDMENT or SEBASTOPOL, Painted by that Celebrated Artist, GEORGE HEILGE, Eeq., of Philaéelphia U7 Exhibition every Evening, at § o'clock, Wednesday and Setarday afternoon, at 30°cik Tickets TWENTY-FIVE CENTS—Chiidren half price. sep I5—6* pond nn - tA PLEASANT RESORT. SPRING GARDENS, FORMERLY FAVIER’S GARDEN.) On M Street, between Seventeenth § Eighteensh, Oo every day in the week, on Sun- day. No —_ Liquors allowed, but Cof- Chocolate, lee fee. Cream, &c., will be for sale Weber's Brass Bané will m mapa — ugsday even’ at about Srdtock, ‘Admittance —_ eu 163m CHEAP FURNITURE—G GAINS. Tee subscribers have just received a compl te assortment of new Furniture. ae ager of every article useful to House- » at unprecederted low prices for cash-'or fo yunctoal dealers at ‘he wsual it. We have also on band, an excellent assortment of second. * a | ‘ . -hand Furniture, which we will © Housekeepers may confidently rely on obtaininy great barca‘ns, ané@ they are ee invi to call and examine our stock before their purchases. Furniture bought or exchang:d Repairing and varnishiag neatly executed BONTZ & COOMBS, Furniture Rooms, 7th st, between | and K sep 15—lw NOTICE TO TRESSPASSERS. ‘OME persons are in the habit of forcing J Ss the gates and breaking down the pannel of Government reservations, for the ose of Jet ting in their horses and cows is is to notify the public that hereafter all horses and cows found tresspassing wu) the public Is Will be taken up, and ir ownels jencslaed noua “a cording to law. By order of the Com’er of Public Butidings : W. P. MOHUN, sep 15 General Superintendent sep 17—3t 8. GALT, Sec. pro. tem. yOTICE.—all are forwarned from N trusting or hasbering my wife REBECCA BARKER, on my account, as I will Pay no debts contracted 4 her, on end efter this dete. sep 18—3t JACOB BARKER. FISCHER’S meng eet STRING BAND, FPXHE only regular , how numbering 20 per- neem aay number of which may De bed by applying to the undersi; . Charges Satisfaction warranted on all occasions P. FISCHER, Leeder, Residence, Pennsylvania Avenue, vorth side, next door west of Iron Hall. fea STEAMEG GEORGE PAGE will leave Alexandria and Wash- ington at (he following hoars : oe Alexandria at 1,74 ,8X, 1La.m., 12x, 2,3%, Leave 2X.4y. 58 p.m. LA'THAM’S OMNIBUSFS will run in connec ton with the Boat, starting from the Capitol and ing up Pennsyivania Avenue as far as 12th st., thence to the Boat. Leave Capitol at 5¥,7%, 8X, 11k a.m., 12y, 2,3%,5¥ p.m. ‘The BUAT runs in connection with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, and with the Trains on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad. ” ’ RATES OF TOLL. Omnibus Fare from Capitol to Boat. . Boat fare *- uggy and horse Horse and rider. 6X cents. ws «“ sa 8 « Hacks........++-000 Hacks, Round Trip Flour per barrel All kinds of Grain per bushel tep 18—tf JAMES ENGLISH AND F2ZENCH BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL. Miss BROOKE, from Philadelphia, will o; on Sept. 10th, 1855, her Boarding and Day School at No. 135 Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of Seven Buildings and 19th street. ‘Miss Brooke is well kaown to meas a Lady who is entirely capable of conducting success- fully, the education of young Ladies, and who is in every way worthy of the patronage of parents.”’ —A.Dauuas Bacne. “ My fri Miss Brooke, isa most estimable Lady, of good in 3 Whose qualifcations @s a teacher, and whose accomplishments in En- gush Literature, entitle her to high considera- jon.’—ALonzo Potten. REFERENCES. The Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, D. D , LL. D., Bishop of ae The Right Rev. G. W. Doane D. D., LL. D., Bishop of New ey Prof. A. Dalias Bache, Sup’t Coast Survey, Wash- ington, D.C , Prof. Joseph H. Lee, Secretary of the Smithson!- an Institute, Washington, D. C., Gen. John Mason, Washington, D. C., Wm. W. Corcoran, Esq., Washington, D. C John $. Meehan, Esq, Librarian to Washington, D: C., ie pcan 4 Postmaster General, Wash- ion, D. C., Hon. Ellis Lewis, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pepnsyivania, Hon. G6. W. Woodward, Associate Judge of do., Hon. George Vail, M. C., New Jersey, Lieut. M. F. Maury, LL. D., U.S. Observatory. sop Congress, LEWi8's 4MERIcAN SPORTSMAN, Tvol wi ~ ep sera ae & rank Forester’s Fi 2 vol. The 8 in Freee 3 vas, L¢<ndoa. , by Frank Forester Frank Forester. d Observati z The Rod spd he Otn, by Wilnon Ay fratiee sa vol, Edi ‘s Manual, by Craven, 1 vol, 5 Hints to Sportsmen, Lewis. Dogs, thelr managemen t, by Mayhew, 1 vol., Hutent n z pete Dog Breaking, 1 vol, London. » Lvol, ! ondon. FRANCK TAYLOR. bite ‘ order eft al Messrs Hilbus & Hitz's Musie Mleeder, at No. S12 Sewenth wea JOHN ESP _ sep 17—2m* gor: m Washirgton at 6,8, 9%, 114 a. m., 1,7 NBIA RUBBER Tock, Dressi Neck, Puffand Children’s Long Combs ; ies, Barry's Tricopherous, Swedish Hair Creator, &c for sale at LAMMOND’S, 7th st cep 1I5—t ONY $5 FOR 100 ACRES GOOD Woop Land. AP ly at the Union Land Office, 7th —_ Fellows’ Hall sep IMPORTANT TO GENTLEMEN, REAT INDUCEMENTS FOR YOU TO CALL AND SEE —The undersigned give: notice to his friends and the public that be has just received his stock cf Pall and Winter Goods comprising all tbe latest styles and cclors of Cloth, Cas-imercs, and Vestings; which gocds will be made up to order in the most el-gant manner, a< he has some of the best workmen in the United States at work forbim. Being agent for Scorr, the Reporter of Fashions, you may rely upon get Ung the most fashionable Clothing READY-MADE CLOTHING of his own make; such as Over-garments, Frock. Dress. 2nd Business Coats, Pants, and Vests, from medium to very per sect ee All the above goods will be sold at very low Prices—for instance. a whole suit, Coat, Pants. and Vest, for the small sum of $15. Overcoats, beautiful style. from $10 to $20 Pants, do do 3te 0 Vests, do do 250t0 Ww He respectfully solicits a call from all in want of ch . FURNISHING GOODS. such as Shirts, Drawers, Collars, Siocks, Hand kerchiefs, Scarfs, Umbrellas, & P. W. BROWNING, Under United States Hotel, between 3d and 4}¢ streets, Pa. avenue. sep 14—3m MADAME R’S REMOVAL. ADAME R. lly informs the public M in general, thal sbe wil give information in all the Affairs relating to Life, Health, Wealth, Marriages, Love, Journeys, Law suits, Ditticul- ties in Business, Absent Friends, Sickness and Death, and in respect to all other subjects. Sheis also able to tell the Ages of s by reading numbers. Ali those who wish to consult Madame R. will please call soon, as she will remain in the city but a short time. She can be consulted at all hours of the day and evening. Her name is on the door—at No. 255, 13th street, corner of D, on the left hand side. Gentlemen Scentsand Ladies 25. Sep H—2v* ITE BRANDY, GREEN GINGER, &e. i cask White Spanish Brandy, bigh proof and % White Wine Vinegar oF" to re Cider do. 3 bbis Green Ginger 100 Ibs. White and Brown Mustard Seed Nutmeys, Mace, White Jamaica Ginger Cloves, Alispice, &e. Suitable for mpd rang | and preserving season, in store and for low Py WILLIAM M. CRIPPS, 61 La. avenue, be. ween 6th and 7th sts. sep 13—Ilw ME. W. HENBY PALMER'S PIANO FORTECLASSES In Georgetown and Alerandria IX obedience to the numerous requesis for the in- troduction of the Piano forte Classes into the above cities, Mr. W.H. Palmer is willing to un- e one Class in each city, to be conducted on the : ame priaciples as those already formed in Washington. Applications to be made by letter or in Mr. Palmer, at bis residence, No. 233 Washington. Terms $5 per quarter. sep io— to street, COAL!—COAL: Tae consumers of Coal are in- formed that the can Pormiak’ them with a superior article. at the lowest price. Punctuality and just weight is his motto, and be may favor him with their orders that they wil! have no cause to com Call at the Yard on 34 street, a few south of Pa. avenue. H.C. HARROVER. (Sentinel& Organ) DRY GOODS! DRY GOODS! GREAT INDUCEMENT AT THE “WASH- INGTON STORE.” As the store will positive! first of November, and cS bands by the posite wnt bo stock as much as by thattime, we wil! of- fer tue remaining at very reduced prices. Persons in want of some rare bargains would do to give us a call, as we at all times take great pleasure in showing of goods and use our every effort to our cast jomers. 16, x NM: bet Sth and 9th sts. sep id iw (Organ& Intel) __ FRENCH BOOT M AKER. ¢% ‘ « >