Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1856, Page 2

EVENING STAR. MONDAY ............0++.. January 21, 1856, 17 Advertisements should be handed in by 32 o’clock, m., otherwise they may not appear until the next day. ——— UP” Acunss ron tus Stan.—The following named persons are authorized to contract for the publication of advertisements in Tne Stan: Philadslphia—V. B Patmen, northwest cor- ner of Finth and Chestnut streets. New York—8. M. Puttincitt & Co., Nassau ret. Boston—V. B. Parmer, Scoliay’s Building. ee U7 Jes Pamrine.—Our friends and patrons are gptified that we are now prepared to execute ‘every kind of Jos Printine with despatoh and in the best manner, at prices as low as in any other office in Washington. Job Printers arealso notified that we are prepared to do every desorip- tion of press- work that can be executed on double cylinder and Adams’ power-preases. So, also, has the Star officea Book Bindery connected with At, equal in its capacity to turn out book binding of all descriptions to any other in the District of Columbia. SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS The Union urges the House to adopt the project of Mr. Faulkner. That iz, that every smember shall resiga, and thus refer the ques- tion of the Speakership immediately to the Povereigns themselves. The same journal also again insists that the responsibility for the existing state of things rests on the anti- Nebraska majority. The Intelligencer, re-publishing the Unton's denial that Mr. Buchanan has been instructed to demand his passports, says: “ This explanation will tend to tranquillize the public mind; for, while it removes the fear that our Government contomplates any immediate interruption of var peaceful rela tions with England, we will not be so unchar- itable as to suppose that the ‘serious ques- tions of difference’ referred to are such as to justify a rupture, so long as the two Giovern- ments desire to avoid one.”” The Intelligencer, also, argues with great earnestness, that much of the blame for the present condition of the House rests on the Democrats of the body, and thinks that if the Union has as zealously labored to bring about ™ settlement of the difficulty, as, it alleges, it has labored to defeat one by insisting on Richardson or nobody, the House would long since have been organized. PERSONAL. +++» Lord Palmerston is seventy-one years of age. +++» Max Maretzek is going to the London opera. +++» Dan Rice is performing at the Boston jircus. ++++ Gen. Scott’s new $180 uniform coat was @ present from a few friends. __t+++ Dickens did not write the story of the juvenile lovers in the “Holly Tree Inn,’ which is from the pen of Mr. @. A. Sala. ++++ Lord Brougham has issued a new work, entitled ‘ Analytical View of Sir Isaac New- ton’s ‘ Principia.’ ”” _+ +++ Professor Felton, of Harvard, is in this city. Cannot we hear his admirable lectures on ‘“‘ Greece ?”” ++++ Thackeray offered to lecture before the New Orleans Lyceum for $250 per night, and half of the profite. Tho officers deemed this too high. _tss+ Capt. Nye, not very longsince, sold all his stock in Ge Collins line, —_ $20,000,) at & premium of ten percent. Brown Bros. gave him their check for the amount. . +++» Benator Hale is to leave the Senate on an electioneering tour. He intends to speak at aap meeting in Concord, N. H., onthe Sth day of February next. ++++ Bayard Taylor is said to be engaged to be married to a charming lady, who ities in Springfield, Ohio. Itis bis intention, we learn, to spend a year in Norway and Sweden. «+++ Mies Eliza Logan, the eminent actress, intends to remove to Madison, Wisconsin, the coming summer, and render it her permanent residence. +++» Miss Juliana May has completed her musical studies in Italy. and will soon return to this country. She is said to have a power- ful, sweet, and well-toned voice, which has been most exquisitely cultivated. +: Rev, A. D. Mayo, formerly of Gloucce- Mass., has accepted an invitation to lo- cate in Albany. The Universalist and Uni- tarian Societies have united in extending him an invitation, and as one society, will enjoy his labors. + Milton, the great poet, was rather un- der the middle size, well built and muscular His deportment was affable, and gait erect and manly, bespeaking courage and undaunted- ness. He was a good swordsman, an accom- plished musician, and a high-minded gentle- man. +++. Hon. Nehemiah Eastman, of Farming- ton, N. H., died suddenly on the Ith inst. He was out in his sleigh, riding, as usual, and dropped suddenly dead. Mr. Eastman was about 65 years of age, and was formerly a con- #picuous and active politician. +++» Mr. Josiah Tilson, of East Bridgewater, Maes , aged about sixty years, came to his death recently in asingular manner. On going to the ‘pring for the pur of watering the eattle, be ali bped and his head fell into the ec spring so that he could not recover himself and was drowned. +++» James Kingsley, a lad 12 years old, ‘was crushed to death by being drawn into the mechinery at Faulkner & Co.'s Salt Worke, near Milford, Conn, on Monday morning. His head was horribly crushed, and one leg severed from the body. +++« Prentice says that if Mr. Abbott sees fit to dip Napoleon into the Jordan of his ink, and to bring him forth as clean as the ancient Syrian, that is no reason why he should put himself to the needless trouble of cleancing all the Gehazis that followed the ct ariot wheels of the deluded victim of Waterloo +-++ Macaulay is terribly abused by the Philadelphia editors for dasing 80 ad un- kind things of the good old Quaker, Wm, nae! The ‘‘Ledger’’ is partioularly “put out’’—the editor thinking the historian has been trying ‘‘to prove Penn a traitor to his country, a ma. Jignant liar, a gossipping old fool, and a false friend.’ -++« H. Marion Stevens says: “If I was asked my idea of ape bliss, I should say, & fast horse, a duck of a cutter, plenty of buf- falo robes, a neat-fitting overcoat with a hand- *ome man in it, and—one of Madame Waleh’s od Joonel bonnets! If that wouldn’t be »piness for ife- 2 vViotion as to stone eer: Dame 0 eu: Captain Griffin, of th i & h ode ¢ British brig Yan. from his body latest accounts he was improv when he was discovered. ing. offord, M. D., = buryport, Mass., father of Mr 8. iG Raek ese General's Office,) has been elected to the Board of Overseers of Harvard College. He is eminently qualified for the place, and so thought the Legislature, for out of two hun. = and twelve votes cast, he received all but + Richard S. § --+~ Professor Silliman’s recent lectures be- fore the St. Louis Mercantile Library Associ- ation were a bad raculation for that body, as the receipts ware but $1,483 30, while the ex- Ron. gees 1s * loss of $1.268 86. as, that the Prof it make himself distinctly medina ty ie audience, anda majority of those who bought single tickets for the first lectures did not re- turn again, and b dan , y their report deterred others WASETNGTON ‘KEWs AND GOSSIP. Frightened.—‘ It is not a question of sym- pathy for the Africans or the African question atall, Itisnot even a question of the ab- stract rights of man, or @ question whether slavery shall exist or not. It is, on the con- trary, a question whether the liberty of the mass of Americans shall hereafter be of any practical value to them, or shall be over- shadowed and nullified like that of the poor whites at the South, by the slavery of Pee cans or othors.’’ In the New York 'risune of Friday last we find a ‘‘leader’’ (from which we make the above extract) showing very conclusively, to our mind, that its conductors aro beginning to realize that a majority of the people of the North are not to be coaxed or inflamed into sanctioning an almost immediate disruption of the Government of the United States, in the work of forcing the organization of Congress 80 as to carry out the views of those who are bent on having the Government administered on their theory of the political and social equality of the races, their amalgamation, &c. After preaching, with great eloquence and adroitness, such doctrines for ten years, until its fame has become entirely absorbed in its abolition affinities, the Trisune suddenly wheels about, and protests that its abolition labors are not for the benefit of the “oppressed man and brother,” over whose grievances it has been so long moanning; but for the benefit of the white race of the so much purer, freer, happier, and more prosperous North. It aims to prevent the laboring white man of the North from sinking in Kansas to the condition of the ‘* poor whites of the South.” Now it strikes us that ifthe public are in- debted to the pen of Mr. Greeley ix propria persona for this “ poor whites” idea, he sadly needs a more faithful pair of spectacles than those which are daily seen elevated half aninch above the screen, separating sleepy-hollow (the intensely Abvlition quarter in the House) from the lobby behind the Speaker's chair. He may be seen any morning traversing W ash- ington in all directions, for exercise, and if he is capable—in the intenrity of his prejudices —of comprehending any truth bearing on the issue between the two sections, he must re- alize that, in proportion to population and aggregate wealth, where there is ono sufferer from poverty here, in our slaveholding midst, there are ten in his non-slaveholding city of New York. He must also know that there is far more of independence of personal charac- ter among our fellow-citizens who are em- ployed by others in all the various channels of business Jife, than exists as a general thing in any city in any non élaveholding State. His theory is that the existence of slavery in a community degrades free labor thorein. Now. throughout the slaveholding States no others are more emphatic enemies of aboli- tionists and abolitionism than our working men, in all callings. Far more free to do and say as they please, than those who live by the employment of the capital of others at the North, not an abolitionist is to be found among them! If they are degraded, as Mr. Greeley represents, why is it that they do not show something like restiveness under their condi- tion? Why do they, the freest, most inde- pendent and self-willed laborers on the face of the globe, who have been living since the formation of the Government in this alleged dograded condition, hate and despise aboli- tionism with unanimity and heartiness, such as was never before exhibited on any other subject by any other people in our country ? Here are ‘‘nuts’’ for Mr. (rreeley, and those at the North who he is misleading, “to crack ” They will find them tough ones, indeed. Governor Wise.—Below our readers will find a special message sent in to the Virginia Legislature by Governor Wise, on Thursday last, transmitting to that body, in compliance with the request of the Vermont Legislature, 80 much of the message of the Governor of the latter State, as relates to Kansas. Tho docu- ment transmitted is a highly ofiensive abvli- tion misrepresentation of the Kansas question, insulting and irritating to the people and authorities of the slave-holding States, who it abuses, misrepresents and maligns, without stint and without justification. We need hardly remark that Governor Wise discharges his duty in the preinises, calmly and diepae- sionately, and with the dignity becoming the chief magistrate of the ancient commonwealth of Virginia. We pubiish this message by way of proving to the Stur's readers the fact, that almost daily something is occurring tending to weaken the bonds of amity and brotherly concord be- tween the people of the two great and now rival sections of the Confederacy, who, at this moment, have come to hate each other with heartinesa hardly less than that which characterizes the bitterness of the mutual re- pugnance existing between the people of France and England, for centuries, up to buta very short time before the present Eastern war commenced. Noone can read this mes- Sage without comprehending that the state of feeling between our North and South is al- ready that of settled hostility, making us ab heart almost distinct peoples, and militating with tremendous power against the probability of a satisfactory settlement of the sectional izsues involved in the Kansas question. We see the same stato of things in the existing con- dition of the House of Representatives of the United States, Indeod, turn which way we may, fierce, bitter, and unyielding sectional hostility iseverywhere filling the popularmind. dlow long this state of things can continue, and to what extreme it can go without pro- ducing a conflict of arms, is a problem over which tho wisest, most consiflerate and patri- otic intellects of the day are now pondering That the conflict will come, except it be warded off by an almost entire change of the sentiments of our fellow citizons every where, is a matter of absolute certainty, or the his- tory of nations contains no lessons from which sound inferenees may be drawn by those who think, as they read. The subject is to us a melancholy one, indeed; insumuch as it gen- erates misgivings of the wisdom of our forefa- thers in much of their action for their poster- ity. They formed a government capitally suited to their own circumstances and those of their dessendants for a few generationg—how ining Ui yet to be proved. 0 the Senate and House of Deleg: prec Assembly of the Pram Gentle ; i i plying rapt hesitate to decide upon eom- i request of Legislature of Vermont, to bs Pe hae Pgeosioae are resolutions of ‘that State, “on uch of the Governor's message as relates _ These resolutions are i sive to us, and unbecoming the, Speen and correspondence, which yee should obtain be- tween sovereign States, in the same acy. They are designed to irritate eth. feeling upon » topic concerni paturolly and habitually Pater telat and are calculated w impair the affection which should bind the together in national union. Extremely erron- eous and false, in fact and in principle, they are not worthy of discussion. The time for discussing such unwelcome missives from State to State is passed, Wecannot reason with the heads of fanatics, nor touch hearts fatally bent upon treason. From time t» time, for many years, the au- thors of suoh mischief have been remonstrated with in vain, »nd have been induced but to Tepeat outrages, to renew insults, and at last to organize 0} position to the Constitution and laws, and to xeize upon State and federal au- thority for further aggression. Inthe present posture of relations we can but wait in calm, dignified and patient com- posure either for the worst to come to the worst, or for a returning sense of patriotism, areverenve for the past, a sacred regard to law and order, alovo of justice and of peace, to be re-awakened and to restore a sisterhood of States, its affection, its harmony, its glory and strength. f I, therefore, recommend that no action be had or taken upon these resolutions Lif gee It is proper, perhaps, that they should be preserved only as State archives, in proof of the wrong offered us and of our forbearance ; and this, and respect for lar da alone, determine to notice them asIdo. They are but minor results of the same cause of appre- hension and danger which has assumed a much more formidable phase, and now arrests the gravest attention of our country. The Federal government is arrested in its opera- tion, the Representative branch of Congress is disorganized, and the representative prin- ciple itself is brought into disrepute by it at this very moment ; and in such a crisis as this we can hardly descend te look to its results upon a Vermont Legislature and Executive. Our attention is called to Washington city, not to Montpelier. Parties, affiliated with those of Vermont who have sent to us these resolutions, have grown so strong as to suc cecd in electing to Congress more than one hundred representatives to oppose a mere mi- nority who are now defending the Constitu- tion, and in withholding from that minority the support of thirty representatives more, chiefly from the seuthern States; and the ef- fect is that the House of Representatives can- not be organized, except upon terms subver- sive of the Constitution and Union; and the South is distracted and divided against itself. Is the design of the plurality disunion? Is the purpose of the faction division among our- selves? If so, it is time that all people and all interests of our country should be aroused to a sense of the fact, that the easiest step to disuniun is a withdrawal of representation, and that the most potent cause to compel a withdrawal of representation is to disorganise, distract, and degrade representation. How long Virginia shall be kept waiting for organ- ization on constitutional terms? how lopg she shall be kept waiting on disorganization, to avoid being put upon terms of dishonor or be- ing exposed to danger? are questions for the pevple and her legislature to determine. For wy part, I repeat the recommendation of calm, collected dignity, and of patient and forbear- ing patriotism. Wait! but be not wanting to eurselves and our posterity, I earnestly im- plore you. With the highest respect, your obedient servant, enry A. Wisk. Ricamonp, Va., Jan 15, 1836. Cabinet Sessions.—The statement of the Washington correspondent of the New York Courter and Enquirer that “long cabinet sessions are held every day,’’ is a misrepre- sentation apparent to all having occasion to transact business with the heads of the De- partinents. With the exception of the regular cabinet days, which are Tarely more than two a week, theze gentlemen can be found at their offices hard at work, and in the evening, at this season, in their own houses, or those of their friends, dispensing or enjoying the ele- gant hospitalities of the Federal City. If affairs of unusual importance at present occu- py the attention of the Chief Magistrate and those about him, they certainly do not in- terfere with the regular routine of official la- bors. We may as well remark, in this con- nection, that the rumor that the President is about to send a special message to Congress in relation to foreign affairs, has no foundation in truth. The Ohio Canal Lands —The acts of March 2, 1827, and May 24, 1823, respectively, granted to the State of Ohio a certain quantity of land for canal purposes. Upon the adjustment of the account between the (teneral Government and the State, of the selections made by the latter in virtue of the acts referred to, it was ascertained that tho aggregate exceeded the area of the grants by a quantity of some nine thousand acres. Congress, huwever, on the 2d of March, 1855, passed an act in relation to those selections. After a careful review of all the attending circumstances, the Depart- ment of the Interior has decided, that the said act of March 2, 1855, confirms to the State under a reeervation of rights acquired from the United States, the excess of selections previously made. Figuring it Out.—In yesterday's Jrihune Mr. Greeley presents his readers with an analysis of the political affinities of the House to prove the fact that there is not a majority there opposed to the Nebraska bill. Why» then, longer perpetuate the existing condition of the House by ‘sticking to Banks,’’ on which Mr. G. continues to ineist ? Resigned.— Aasistant Surgeon Robert Suuth- gate, U. 8. A., has resigned, to take effect March 30, 1856. Appointed —Mr. A. M. Tabb has been ap- pointed to be the clerk of the Gozport Navy Yard, salary $1,200. Tho Current Operations of the Treasury De partment —On Saturday, 19th of January, there were of Treasury Warrants entered on the books of the Department— Forthe Treasury Department $9,001 97 26,926 98 10,627 05 24,054 55 ie v: . 1,001 28 From miscellaneous source: 82 75 From Customs... 12,955,552 98 Trovsie in Kansaé.—We copy the follow- ing account of a collision in Kansas from the Kickapoo Pioneer of thel7th. Why does not the “ Lobby Engineer Corps’? hasten to the scene of action—or does the ‘‘ Surgeon Gen- eral”’ prefer rubbing-up back bones to splint- ering fractured limbs? Even his practised pencould not send back more distorted ac- counts than are now manufactured “ for the Tribune,” in Kansas, to act upon public opin- ion here : “A battle took nes last night at Easton, between a party of Abolitionisis and some pro- slavery men, the former cate the attack. One pro-slavery man was killed, and several wounded. Several Abolitionists were, also, killed and wounded. A company from Law- rence, headed by Capt. Brown, commenced the fight with the Kickapoo Rangers. A large number of persons have left for Easton. The disturbance is supposed to have originated out of the free soil election of the 15th.” &@ The editor of the Portsmouth (Va.) Transcript has been informed by Dr. Barkley, of the United States ship Dale, that the in- habitants of San Antonio, Cape de Verds, numbering about 30,000, are actually in a state of starvation. For want of other pro- visions they were killing and eating all doeir jac , &e., and were really in a most de- lorable condition. The officers of the Dale ave been eye witnesses of the intense suffer- of these people. Ear Jenny Lind receives five hundred pounds Pepe 2 for each concert in which she sings in e Row in progress in London. ‘CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. In the House, on Saturday, after we went to press, the debate concerning the Nebraska bill and slavery agitation in various sections of the country, and upon the topic of the re- sponsibility attached to the several parties for the present condition of the House, was continued by Messrs Quitman, Grow, Colfax, Bocock, H. Marshall, Harris of Ill., Savage, Maxwell, Cadwallader, Taylor, and Houston. Mr. Clingman offered the following resolu- tion, on which he called for the previous ques- tion : Resolved, That for one week, unloss a Speaker is sooner elected, no debate on any subject, or in the form of a personal explana- tion, shall be in order; a any member at- tempting to speak shall be held out of order, unless unanimous consent of the House shall have been had upon the question being sub- mitted by the Clerk. The call for the previous question was sec- vege and the main question was ordered to ut. ir. Sneed moved adjourn; not i t. Orr moved to lay the resolution on the table ; not agreed to—yeas 61, nays 128. Another motion to adjourn was not agreed to. that the House do now to The question was taken on the resolution, and it was err to—yens 119, nays 74. And then the House adjourned. Proceedings ef Te-Day. In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Bell presented @ petition from Lieut. Maury, U. 8. N., ask- ing redress for the action in his case of the late Naval Retiring Board, through which he had been retired from active service on full leave pay. Mr. Bell addroseed the Senate favor of granting this petition, Was engaged as we went to press. In the House, Mr. Walker moved a call of the House ; not ordered. Mr. Boyce moved to repeal the resolution passed on Saturday last forbidding all debate for a week ; on which the yeas and nays were called and ordered ; and it was not agreed to—yeas 66, nays 133. _Mv. Faulkner moved his promised resolu- tion providing that every member shall resign on Monday next, if a Speaker bo not elected before that time; adjourning then to moet on the first Monday in May next Various amendments and modifications of this resolution were suggested; and the House were engaged in voting by yeas and nays on a motion to lay this resolution on the table— which was adopted by yeas 111, nays 85 NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. at length in in which he New York, Jan. 17, 1856. Tiailroad accidents appear to be the bane of this country. Every arrival of the mails bring tidings of some dreadful eatastrophe, with heart-rending descriptions of the muti- lated, and horrifying sufferings of the dying. If these accidents were confined to one road, they might be attributed to carelessness; but their universal recurrence fixes the blame upon our general railway system. The man- agement of roads is left to persons most inter- ested in dividing the profits. Cheapness is therefore their mode. and in their estimation, it appears to matter little what may befall the community if the ‘‘dividends’’ are all right. Our railroad bridges appear to be little better than traps for the wholesale destruction of hu- man life. Searcely a shower of rain falls that some of these are not swept away, and more lives sacrificed at the altar of railway divi- dends. On the Hudson River Road two accidents occurred near Poughkeepsie, and one by the sinking of a bridge over the Spuyton Devil creek. By the former, three lives were lost, and seven badly wounded; by tho latter, two lives were lost, and nearly all the pe’ 3 in one car more or less injured. Th ails were almost entirely submerged, and came to hand dripping wet On every road leading to New York an accilent occurred this week. The cause is attributed to the late storms; but as like results follow every storm, the public will soon learn to discredit the evasion A strong reaction, in the tide of public opin- fon, is Sect) vont in favor of Central Ameri- ean affairs. The papers that were, at firet, strongest in opposition, now exprese full faith in the stability of Walker’s government, and dilate upon the bright prospects of those in quest of riches. The country abounds in minerals and woods of the rarest and most valuable kinds, it is the central point of the world’s commerce: and as it must eventually belong to this country, those who are first there will have the best chance. In order to afford every opportunity to those desiring to go there the Nicaraguan company have reduced the fare to twenty dollars. This with the grant of land given by the government, induces a great number to go out with every steamer. The report that Walker was preparing to attack San Juan del Norte proves entirely un- founded. The last two days have been very mild, and our sleighing is fast disappearing. According to the reports of the aed of the weather, on Brooklyn Heights, we have this season, up to date, precisely but three feet and two inches of snow An explosion in a fire works cape ocourred yesterday in Jersey city, by whic’ two men were instantly killed. A like oc- currence happened here last summer; eince their pyrotechnic establishments have been ordered out of this city. The second annual message of Gov. Clark appeared in the papers this morning. Lt is a plain, unpretending, business-like dvcu- ment, strai, hupewasd and practical. By it we are told that the entire receipts of the Erie canal ia $2,639,792; that the expenses were $959,792, leaving a surplus in the trea- sury of $1,650,000. ‘There are now in active operation in this State 3,216 miles of railroad, ponding dou- ble tracks. The whole amvunt expended in their construction and equipment exceeds $125,000,000 ‘There have been transported over the several railronds in the State during the past year 33,539,164 penne and 3,417,207 tons of freight The total cost of operating these roads was $11,310,071, and their earnings amounted to $20,843,385 L repeat, and these figures show it, that more attention has been paid to seoure dividends than safety to passengers. The whole amounts of notes issued to bank- ing associations aud individual bankers out- standing on the 40th of September. 1855, was $24 438 00, for the redemption of which there were then held by the Superintendent secu- ritiog, as sg bogey by law, amounting to the sum of $25,590,848. The total amount paid by the State as school expenses, during the year, was $3,220,618. Total number of the scholars attending schools during the year 998,295. The number of emigrants landed at the port of New York for the year just closed was 136,233—a little more than one third of the number that arrived the year previous. The total population of the State is 3,470,663, of these 651,811 are voters, and 632,746 aliens. The entire number of Indians in our State is 3,645. TECUMSER. [The bill introduced in the Massachu- setis Legislature on Friday, for the repeal of the personal liberty bill, was laid on the ta- bte. The Senate and House agreed tosend that part of the Governor's message relating to this law toa joint special committee, con- sisting of five Senators and one Represcnta- tive from each Congressional district. ‘A few days ago some men were engaged cae the. snow from the sidewalk eee Hoe’s foundry, New York, and after digging away a bank of several feet deep, much to their surprise, they came across & man sleep- ing quietly beside his bottle. Ho had taken asd; ings on the walk the evening previous, and got snowed under. His breath had made a hole in the snow, and thus he was furnished with fresh air. Hogeise.—The Salem Register says that a lady in that city received by mail a few days ago, a package from California, which, from its Pyke a —— of ) Was sup, contain somet! of value fro; the Tend of gold. U rete the ave: lope a slice of dried ham revealed itself. The sions (la donee experienced a sensation which not unfrequently awaits those who trust to appearances. i OTICE.—THOSE PERSONS RE- AMUSEMENTS. ene ticke’s to the Executive Com- __ mittee of the Washington Highlanders’ Ball for NATIONAL THEATRE the bencfit of the poor, are respectfully requested whe: to give their names as it will save the Committee | p gasge ann MANAGER.... Herne © Jamenr, * SS Also of the Baltimore Museum.) N, B MANAGER............02.Mr.J : s.7. & PLANT, } Commitee Brace Ma — - r Jerrees, + 5 LSON so haben aig Dress Circle and 9’ Jan ast = aa ane tier. THE EIGHTH ASSEMBLY OF THE pear Military Association will take place at the ball. en WEDNESDAY EVENING, Janu- ary 234 Fsputa’s Band will be in attendance Refresbiments furnished by an experienced ca- Pamily Circle, Gallery No extra charge for Reserved Privy Boxes can be obtained. Box Office open Tue dy and Wednesday from 9 until 4 o'clock terer. WEDNESDAY EVENING, Jan. 3, ise, By order of the Amociatien Performance to commence with wati-e ___B. RK. BROWN, Act Pop... THE “FIRST NIGHT? SMITHSONIAN LECTURES —Jnxo 0 . rt? Deverxvx, Esq., of New York city, | Mons. Dufard. Mr Chenfray coin deliver a leotane et Fd NG, on Emilia... Miss Deviin e Influence rel “- On eee ESDAY EVENING, Prof. Gro J. After which the Comic Drama of Cuacx, of Brown’s University, will commence a TOODLES. a course of lectures on ‘‘Chemistry applied to the tT. Chanfray Arts.” Lecture commences at 8 o'clock. Admittance won an hana are respectfully invited To conclude with the drama of JACK SHEPPARD Jack Sheppard....... eee Milne Albertine A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE held in the Dunbarton street M_ E Doors at6% o'clock p. m.: curtain rises at et 244 o'clock precirely. Chureh, Georgetown, en TUESDAY EVENING | —— jan 21- Jannary 224 ~ The Rev. Rosinson Scott, D jon from the Irish Wesleyan Conference, the Rev. W Bvrier, Superintendent of the Missions of the Methodist E. Church to India, will address the een,” A collection tn atd of the Missions and toextend evangelism to Ireland, will be taken on the occa- FIFTY DOLLARS BEWAR AS STOLEN OR DECOYED FROM the corner of 20th and I street, near my res. instant, a lit tle g-rl, named Lizzie, of a dark mulatto color, » about six or eight years of age Had on red cali co dreas, with a green apron. She is inthe habit sion of calling Mrs Eaton *‘grandmother,”’ and if The public are invited to attend. asked who she belongs to will answer, “Grand. jan of 3 moth: r Eaton .’’ 1 will give twenty dollars for the of the girl and detection of the thief if found in the Dix 5 trict, or Sfty dollars if found out of the District It Ix supposed that she was taken tn in a carringe orsiegh, as she bad not been out ten wheu missed J. 8. EATO jan 19—3t® = (Int, Union, Sentinel) Les. CORN FED WAGON 10,000 Hogs, family sizes U bushels new free Clover Seed & boxes prime Lemons 5 bbis. double Lard Oil & bbls. pure Etherial O11 5,009 Ibs new ral arsorted ] re Brandy wit cpeenl assoriment of Groceries just re ‘The members of the Company will ineet for drill at the armory on MONDAY EVEN- ING, the 2ist instant, at 7 o'clock Punctual attendance is particularly desired By order : H. RICHEY,O 5S jan 19—2t — GEORGETOWN CORPORATION ‘= TAXES —Al}l persons in arrcatazes for faxes due to the Corporation of Goorgetown are hereby notified that the same must be paid ferth- with, in order to avoid the expense mortifica- tion of distreins. No longer indulgence can pos- sibly be granted, and as all delinquent parties have been heretofore personally called upon, this "eee LIGHT INFANTRY — is the last notice that can be given celvea for sele by a Those who intend to pay their bilis will please ‘ W A TENNEY, call before the 25th day of this month et my rest- 8. E. comer High and Bridge st , dence, on the corner of High and jan 19-3 Georgetown My two sons, George and Henory C. Jewell are authoriced to give receipts in my behalf jan 18-4 WM. JEWELL, Collector LMANACS FOR 1556, 30 CENTS PER DOZEN. JOHN F. ELLIS, 306 Pa, avenue, bet 9th and 10th ate jen 18—¢f Brae THe MONUMENTAL CLUB TAKE SS, great pleasure in announcing to their friends and pubiic generally that their sembly will take place at Harmon DAY EVENING, January zist, 1556 Esputa’s celebrated Band js engared for the oc- casion. THE COMMITTEE jan 18-St# METROPOLITAN RalLRoan OFrice } Georgetown, December 20, 185 ond As- Hall MON- WITARE O8E SUBSCRIBERS TO TH DISTOLS.—A NEW ARTICL Be rch or tas Mecca metisoea eco I VOLVING HAMMERS, 5 eceived, and who have not responded to the call made | for #ale by CAMPBELL & COYLE, Rie tem of April last for the payment of the rec- jan is-lw® Neo 31 Penna. avenue ond instalment are requested to do so within thir ty days from date, toenable the Company to meet their obligations —_ contractors who are now engaged in prosecuting the work By order of the Board of Directors dec 2i-3taw3w J. W.DEEBL NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. M RS. ELLEN STEWART bas taben the house, Ne 9 6 street, near the corner of lith, where she comfortable and handseimely furnished bed rooms to let to gentlemen — French and English is spoken ia the house, and a capital Reloon is kept by a superijor artiste de cuseme, tn the basemeat brlow, from which Meals can be served as desired. Balls, Dinners, Ac., will also be provided to or- der from the Saloon jen —1we FUR SALE, At Greatly Redaced Prices, £ S' LYER-PLATED COFFEE SE \ white metal. from $14 up Best Silver plated Cake and Card Baskets fron, to draw the tea, little dreaming it‘ would'nt stand the fire,”’ till she saw it ran. She screamed as it disappeared, and fell back In convulsions. Every remedy was administered, but nothing At last her husband seid he 718, Seventh street, and buy her one of his FIRE EA POTS, when she was observed to smile. Inthe morning after starting away, Mr. Smith looked back and saw would restore her. would call on FRAD . ftup her standing inthe door. Fora moment he lIis- Pine 7 bet ies tened. It was that same musical voice, “My Pag Smog Plated Castors 4, 5, 6, and 7 bot ic Dear, remember the Tea Pot.” Jan 12 |" Bistea Urns, Kettles, Walters, Butterborts and NSURANCECOM.- | Saltstands, at unusually low prices. MUTUAL FIRE b ety Y OF THE DISTRICT OF CO LUMBIA.— Pursuant to the provi-ions of the Charter of this Company, the Managers give the following statement of the condition of its affairs : Amount of premium notes... . $31,000 Surplus fund in cash... - 2.500 jan 7-e02w VOUND—A PAIR UF GOLD SPECTA- CLES were found by a gentleman in the Cap- itol Grounds. They are at Willards’ Hotel. jan 21—4t =o ew Lo REAR W!ILLARDS’ HOTEL, ON Friday, the 16th instant, a bisek lace Vill. The finder will receive Fiv€ Dollars reward by leaving it at the office of the Hotel or at this office. jan 21—2t* OST, ON SATURDAY LAST, by a lady, between the corner of 4% and C streets, and Mr. D W. Hall’s Green House, on 5th street, near New York avenue, a steel work Porte Monnaie, with gold rim, and lined with erimson silk, con- ALso— A — fine Fancy Articles, such as Parlor Clocks, Bronzes, Dresden China Ornament: Piates, Cups and Saccers, Parian Marble V« Figures, etc , which will be closed out wit — to first cost, being left of Christmas 2 ood« he public ere invited tocall and examine the-e goods. HH. SEMKEN, 330 Pa. avenue, between Mb and 10th sts jan 1s—2w y ARNING.—MARY ANN WHITAKER an indented white girl, left my residence yesterday. All persons are forbid harboring ber under the penalties of the law. H. B. SAWYER, jan Ir o W.&F 57 Penn. avenue . DRESS AND CLUAK MAKING. ISS A. E. DAVIDSON TAKES THIS irethod of informing the citizens and stran- * gers of Washington, that she still continues the * DRESS AND CLOAK MAKING in all the latest * sear we or and . | and most fashionable varieties. Her long experi office. jan 21—<tf isfaction to those favoring her with their patron age Ladies wishing Cloaks and Dresses cut and basted can be accommodated on reasonable terms Residence, 6th street, between D and B, No. 45° WAR!—WAR!!-WARI!!! ANTED ONE MORE CANVASSER; ‘ ae tant employment will be given and lib: | WS Side-_ eer i. a eral w Apply toH W. PERRY, 227 D st., J. B. MOORE, APOTHECARY, between !ih and 15th, from 8 to 10 a. m. No. 113 Pa. avenwc, south side, WPAKES THIS METHOD OF INFORMING the citizens of the First Ward and vi- cinity that to be more convenient to his business he has purchased the store and dwelling which he now occupies, 3 doors jan 2i—it* NOW IS THE TIME TO USE the waier- 1% proof Cork Shee Soles, for sale by jan 21—3t LAMMOND, Sr, 7th st RANSPAKRENT SOAP for em hands, | west of his former stand. Hix stock of DR for sale at LAMMOND’S, Sr., 7th st and BIEDICINES are perfectly fresh and genu- jan 21—St ine. The PRESCRIPTION business will, as bere tofore, claim his particular attention He bas a large supply of bair, tooth and nail BRUSHES, atevery price Also, PERFUME RY, and TOILET ARTICLES, PATENT MEDICINES, &c. By constant attention to business he hopes te mek a liberal support. jan 16. & FA8cy eoops ENGLISH, FRENCH ANAL BOAT FOR SAL Canal Boat ‘‘Isaac Lon about 129 tons burthen, will sold on favorable terms. Apply to GE WATERS, corner of High and Water streets, Georgetown. jan 2i-iw R SALE—ONE OR TWO SLEIGHS, modern built, and one Fancy Sleigh. Also, a good work horse. Apply to JAMES ROB- ERTSON, Agent, No 6 Prospect street, George- and German. Just Tr = aes. 5 town. . P S.—Wanted a few moredry Cows. Apply as _deo Nw a ee above. Jan 2i—ite SUURTH VOL. OF MACAULAY'S HIS- Guass SIGNS WITH SILVER LET- TERS.—A chance for men out of employ- Just recel by FRANCK TAY!OR tory of England, l2mo ) ment. Full nine fsiige in see art —— ae _ = by mail to an) dress, enclosing two 8 7 % nf FeSO C HENNING, EXCHANGE ON EUROPE NOW PREPARED TO DRAW OF EXCHANGE ON LONDON PARIS, BREMEN, and other points in Europe in sums to suit SWEENY, RITTENHOUSE, FANT & C0 Bankers, No. 392 Pa. avenve, jan li-im west of Browns’ hotel spo vasaneenmsthiaguuegueuriinenmcenest aperaeeeston VORY HANDLE KNIVES AND FORKS. and Knives without forks. Also, an cxtensi"t assortment of Peorl, Ivory and Hora Handle fer and Pocket Kuives. imported direct from the ce! ebrated manufactory of Joseph Rodgers & Bon’ and will be sold at very low prices, <a E.K LUNDY jan 15—tr_—_—No. 128 Bridge s1., Georgelown_ CHEAP EDITION. MIIRD AND FOURTH VOLUME OF MA caulay’s. History of England, bound in om volume, full muslin. Also, the other editions & published ‘The American Almanac tor 1866. All the New Books, as ixsued from the pre received aud for sale by jan 15 jan 21—-3t* Wasbington, D.C. AME TO TRE SUBSCRIBER, residing J on the corner of 2ist and P sts, First Ward, on the 16th of last month, a BRINDLE © & with white face and belly, and the top of her horns cut off. Any one owning such Cow is no- litied to come forward, prove property, pay char- ges and take her away THOS McNANEY. jan 2i—3t* ries GOOD INVESTMENT BE UAVE FOR SALE THE FOLLOW- ing Bonds and others, which wil! yicid the holder ten to twelve per cent. on the investment, viz: Orange and Alexandria Rall Bonds Virginia and Tennessee do Hilinois Internal Imp’t Bonds of 1647 The above securitios are pequessonnsy safe SWEENY, KISTENHOUSE, FANT& CO, jan 2\—Im Bankers, 352 Pa avenue O TLC E.—WE SINCERELY TENDER our thanks to all those of our customers who have. in accordance with the notice of the issue of our bills, called and paid at our desk thetr re- speetive amounts. Those who still owe us are ee to settle up their bills, without =? called, on, which may be cree No. 311 G street, near Thirteenth — - able are aware, from the heading of their E y . EXPERIENCED ID bills, of the terms on which they made their r~ sooo evil noes MEALB wo chases. OLAGETT, DODSON & CO. | gentlemen.” ; jan 21—1it Dinner Parties, Game fuppers, and OTICE —THE PARTNERSHIP HERE- | Torte pee agate” Coat and” Wood mceeg ony. ech inthe | Several Rooms to let. Call ax above LJ solved by mutual consent” = ate. | jan 15—1we — W. E. WATERS. M. HOFFA & CO, MARY L. WATERS EG LEAVE TO NOTIFY THEIR friends eae and the public that they will re open their Having been authorized to settle the affairs of Watch Repairing and J ry Store in the Ster the above firm, all pe:sous having claims can pre- | Baildings, #s scon as the slight damages done te JOHNSON'S SALOON, seht the same to me. All debts same by the recent fire, can be red; the to be paid to me, or my authorized 2 ar cay. state of the weather up to this sine haw U. B. WaeD, dered it im bie for carpenters to work there. Jan2l—eo3w Corner of B and 12th streets. jan 12— EK OF POSTPONEMENT. ARECOMPELLED TO ANN the subscribers to the PRIZ DAGUERREOTYPING BY A LADY. i. C. REDMOND BAVI! Poe gir t : on ; engaged an Avviste ne eeutieal eee hcst in | BROIDERY. RAFFLE, that we shall the District.) she intends not to bave her Pictures | postpove the drawing fora few days, on excelled, if equalled, in the United States. P'1C- | of there being still a wumber of chances TURES pu up in’ Embossed Cases Sor Fs/ty aes Repl warren oop ae ange d elsewhere for one | o' ve us their names early, 8* . vera such as are usually sold e! at fom wink & delay the Grawing any lot thas artic id to Copying uerre- | we can help. e state the day for drawi oxgpes, Gu Petednge eee st in a future advertisement. ts. R. solic: ronage of the Ladies par- CLAGETT, NEWTON, MAY & CO, eulney. — bi ot jan 4 Cor. Penn. avenue and Ninth sire# neat kid ete QPERA Glasses the largest and chess - est assortment in the city at ME PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF ae 10) NF BULLS . Henry Clay, 1 volume, octavo, ; 2 Pa eran ste. dec FRANCK TAYLOR. oo