Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1856, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR, FUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, (EXCEPT SUNDAY,) Busldings, cornsr of Pennsylvania oe abo and Hlewenth sty VOL. VI. treet, Ry W. D. WALLACKH, Wl be versed to subscribers by carriers at BLA AND A QUARTER CENTS, payable weekly to the Agents; pepers served tn packages at 37} eents per month. To mail subscribers the sub- eription prices THR EE DOLLARS AND FIF- WASHINGTON, D. ¢ ’ Joy SA" ing GUTTA PERCHA TEETH. TRE UNDERSIGNED HAVE BEEN IN the habit of sending our patrons to Dr. Cosb: for Dental operations for a number of years, an take pleasure in recommending him to the citi- zens of Washington as the best tooth extractor and dental operator that we have ever met with He inserts teeth upon every plan that is practised in the United States. man. M.D. B. W. Towler, M.D. John F. Miller, M.D. 2 q &. F. Chamberlin, M. D., DDS, ©. H. Harris, M.D. Samuel P. Brown, M.D. Wythe Tinsley, M.D B. M. Franciaco, M.D. Office over Ford & Bro ’s, No. 290, corner of 11th street and Pa avenue nov 37—6m* GUTTA PERCHA TEETH. R. 0. MUNSON, AT 310 PA. AVENUE, is mounting Teeth on a Gutta Percha Base. Also, with Allen’s pat- ent coatinuous Gum, combining beau- ty, strength and cleanliness. M. is determined to keep pace with every ps. Gabrmper in Dentistry, and will strive to please and profit his patrons. REFERENCE: Hon. R H Gillet, Dr. Binney, Hon. 5 A Douglas, Hon. C Mason, Dr R P Patterson, Hon. A O P Nicholson, Dr. R Coolidge, And the Medical Faculty of Georgetown Col- lege. nov 23—tf MEMBERS OF CONGKESS AND VISIT- ORS TO WASHINGTON RE RESPECTFUL INFORMED that + at TAYLOR & MAURY’S BOOK AND STATIONERY STORE, Pennsylvania avenue, near Ninth street, they will meet all their require- ments. Their extensive stock, in addition to the following important works, comprises every de- partment of Literature. Science, and Art. NEW BOOKS received immediately on publi- cation Weekly importations from England. Calhoun‘s Works, 6 vols. Jetferson’s Work: vols, Webster's Works. 5 vols., Autograph edition Everett's Orations and Speeches, 2 vols Clay’s Private Correspondence, | vol 38.3. Prentiss’s Memotrs, 2 vols Bancroft’s History of the United States, 6 vols. Statesman’s Manual, 4 vols. Hickey’s Constitution, 1 vol. Jetferson’s Manual, 1 vol. The Constitutions of the United States, 1 vol. Elliott’s Debates and Madifon’s Papers, 5 vols. Marsh's Orators and Statesmen, | vol. Story’s Works. 3 vols Lives < Chief Justices of the United States, 1 TY CENTS 8 year in advance, TWO DOLLARS for six months, and ONE DOLLAR for three months; for less than three months at the rate of 12 cents 4 week. {07 SINGLE COPIES ONE C 2 ee BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. of geesers MeGILL, SUCCESSOR TO THE firm of Kirkwood & McGill respectfully an- nounces that he is fully prepared to execute all or- ders for PLAIN OR ORNAMENTAL PRINTING at his large and convenient Establishment, 7th st. three doors below Odd Fellows’ Hall The business of the old firm, and all other work entrusted to him will meet with cee attention. ‘THOMAS McGILL, Seventh street, between D and E, Three doors below Odd Fellows’ Hall. jan 4—eolm $5 REWA —I will give the above DY mentioned reward for the apprehension and delivery to me, of ANN, aslave, who calls berself Ana Johnson, and who ran away from me on Saturday night, the Sth instant. She is about ‘24 years old, 5 feet, fou- or five inches high, light black complexion full round face, of good figure, and likely. She has a variety of clothing aud took with her her feather bed and bedding. Wi. F PHILLIPS, %§ New Jersey avenue. dec 10—eott NEW YORK HATS. WISH ALL GENTLEMEN WHO ARE IN want of Hats to bear in aE mind that the plan which me adopted stx months avo, o s selling HATS and CAPS at greatly reduced pri for cash: only, is in sw fal operation. con those who y ca: the benefit of cash, and are not charged twenty-five per cent. extra profit to offset bad debts The very best and most fashionable DRESS HATS, at 2350, equal to any usually seld at $5, and the best $3 Hat south of New York; anda first-rate, durable, and fashionable Hat. A full supply of black and brown FELT HATS, and Childres’s Faucy Goods, at very low prices. Smail profits and quick sales is the motto. ANTHONY, Practica! Hatter, Seventh street, near Pennsylvanta avenue, Opposite Dexter's Hotel. Rev. Dr. Gurley, 1 have made arrangements with one of the best boot makers in Philadelphia to be kept constantly supplied with the very best and most fashionable French calf-skin sewed BOOTS, warranted French calf, or no sale, which | offer for the un- precedented low ce of 362%. 1 have shown them to competent judges, who pronounce them to be the best Boots for the price in the United States I also havea splendid sewed GAITER BOOT, made of the very best French calf skin patent leather, all of the latest style, for 23 Su Competition is out of the question. All| askis for gentlemen to c) nd see for themselves Terms positive! dec 6—eo3m vol. Lieber’ Civil Liberty and Self Government, 2 vols. Wirt’s Life of Patrick Henry, 1 vol. Kennedy's Life of Wirt, 2 vols. Garland’s Life of John Randolph, I vol. Party Leaders, by Baldwin, 1 vol De Toequeville The Federelist Crimke’s Natu tions. 1 vol Constitutional Text- Book, 1 vol. *s Past, Present, and Future, f vol. ais Progress of Nations, 1 vol McElligott’s American Debator. 1 vol. Future Wealth of America, 1 vol th’s Weaith of Nations, | vol | very desc ziptio American, English, and | STATIONERY of the finest quality, at prices. Cards engraved and printed with the greatest promptitude TAYLOR & MAURY’S, near 9th street. Democracy in America, t vol ‘ol and Tendency of Free Inst SEMKEN, Jeweler, ern Gta and 10th stracts ) AND OPENED THIS DAY rtment of fine and tick imported JK SLR Y , such as Flor. entine and Roman Mosaics, Italian I and Corals, Garnets, Cameos, and a vari- ety of rich! id Jewelry or any descrip the es Also. a new lot of rs FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS A splendid ortment of fine Stlverware. Piteh- ams. Goblets, Cups. Forks and Bp terling.) Fish, Cake and Pie Knives, Butter and Fruit Knives, Seup and Oyster Ladies, Preserve. a?and Cream Spcons, Sait Cellars, Napkin R ,ete., ete SILVER PLATED WARE, ON ALBATA. Castors, Baskets, Butterboats, Urne, Forks and ja TOPHAM & NORFLET’S NEW AND CHEAP f£ADDLE, HARNESS AND TRUNK STORE, 499 Seventh st , opposite Odd Fellows’ Hall. n&—tr | ings. all of whieb Spoens. . PANCY ARTICLES. French Clocks, Dresden China Ornaments, tn variety, Card Cases, Portmonnales, Cigar Cases. And also a large assortment of SPECTACLES in Gold, Silver and Steel Frames, to suit ever eve and age; Eye Glasses, Congress Specs, aw Opera Glesses. We take pleasure in showing our goods to MESSRS TOPHAM late of Philadelphia, and NORFLET of this city, respectfully announce to their friends and the public, that they have com- meuced the Saddling Business at the above stand, where they will make and keep constantly on hand a large and superior assortment of—Me: Ladies’, and Boys’ SADDLES, BRIDL = MARTINGALES, and WHIPS. HARNESS of all. ee i empecaaas Sane represented, and | &¥€*¥ description, both for city and country use. watts busier amen All kinds of TRUNKS, VALISES, and CAR- IL Jewelry and Silverware made to order a cease ee Diamonds remounted ; Gold Pens repoint: BLANKETS Eagreving on Stone execnied at short notic ‘Chronometers and all kinds of fine Watches and Musical Boxes put in perfect order at short notice. * . H. SEMKEN, Jeweler, x fa. avenue, between 9th and 10th sts. 4eo itt MARRIAGE GUIDE. PR. YOUNG'S POCEET ZSCULAPIUS; Or, Evers (ne his own Physician: Paice csenstst NS ON MARRIAGE a Horse. $ RDS, CURR ‘-COMBS, SPONGES, c., &e. All material used will be the best that can he obtained; and beth of us having been practical workmen for several years, we feel confident that our work cannot be surpassed, either for style or durability. By unremitting efforts to give satis. faction we hope to merit, and respectfully solicit, ashare of public patronage. Pasticular attent!on paid to covering Franks and repairing all kinds of work lly and Philesophically considered. 2s |” de constantly rom. 7 MANHOOD'S EAR DECLINE. with df 2ddlers’ tools constantly on hand. nov 7-—-tf rections for its perf: e. Being a ( MORE SEW GOODS F Ol La OHN H. SMOOT, NO 1 SOUTH SIDE Adviser ; f Y Bridge strect, near High, Gecrzetown, D.C, has received on additional supply of Fall and Winter GOODS, making his assortment very trated with © ; from Dr YOUNG'S PRI 1 complete consulted without exposure, and with assured In bis stock will be found a first rate assort- confidence of sneres ment of— Only % cents. For sale by the Agent, ALEX. ADAMSON, on Seventh st , opposite Post Office. dec 24-—Im* : Ladies’ Dress Goods Black Moire Antique Siiks Motre Antique Cloak and Dress ‘Trimmings Rich stri and Moire Antique Sash and Bonnet Rivbons Swiss and Cambric Bands, Collars and Sleeves Bleek and col’d Cloths, for Cloaks Stella, Brocha and Bay State Shawls With a good assortment of the best makes Flan- nels, Blankets, and Dry Goods generally. «+ Swamp and Overfiowed Lands." PUBLIC NOTIC -PURSUANT TO THE I instructions of the Secretary of the Interior, mble notice fs hereby given that, in order to ing toa close the bus{ness under the act of Con- 23. 185 “ My stock being desimble and che: urchasera ary — foaig rere - ine ee an will Snd it to their advantage to call before vetting States, to reclaim the ‘swamp lands’ within their | fally ——— J. H. SMOOT. nov | PICTILE [VORY.—JUST RECEIVED, sev eral exquisite specimens of his manufacture, Including “ The De-cent from the Cross,’’ after The Fiizht into Egypt ;” ‘ Adora- Wise Mea ;?? “ Head of Christ,” after no—Madonna; *‘ Ecce Homo,”’ &c., adapted for Christmas presents, at TAYLOR & MAURY’S Bookstore, near 9th xt. WiGs AND TOUPEES. N GERS ARF Kt- the best assortment are to be found at limits,”° and at the same time afford te parties who claim that portions of the lands selected un- der said law are dry and fit for cultivation, an op portunity to introduce evidence, all lands so se- lected, to the approval whereof no objection be made within six months from the date hereof, will be certided and patented to the States Such objections as are ccutrmplated by the abeve must be made under oath, and flied with the register and receiver of the proper land oilice for transmisston to the General Land Office. The necessary forms for afdavits are in the hands of said officers The following objection, to-wi dec 21—tr classes of laud are exempt froin wed with ensb, of Ireated with ist Lands en é AKD’S HAIR DRESSING ESTABLISH military bounty land warrants My aber’ 1890, and | MENT. and Wid MANUFACTORY, Sixth at, age of the ac act of 24 March,’ Nationa! Hotel. Wigs and Tor pees made on the shortest notice. Also, a good assortment of Ladies Back Braids juet arrived from New York dec 11—eo3in rehasers and locators of swu. and overd 2d. La wap law ree snes where objection Js ra must be taken before the registe a receiver of the land office, at suc the expiration of said six months, as they may 2ppoint. with the nte@ to the State under COSKIN WAREPOOM, Ec. WILLIAM PLANT & CO., UNDERWA-~ * KEN S—residencesis Seventh pd, testimony Street, between G end H streets. 4 consent of the Commissioner of the General Land | fnterments procured In any ground orcemetery. Coffins, Caps, Shrouds, Carriages. The lists of swamp overflowed lands are} Hearss, and cvery article for interments the regular business to inspection au o7 the best quality furnished at short notice, on the hours of the Land Office. most reasonable terms, and at all hours of the Given under my band, at the city of Washing | aiont. Havi the eaclusive right of ues Patent Corpse Preserver, we guarantee to keep the dead for any lengih cf time. jy i—ly JONAS P. LEVY, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, AND FINE GROCERIES, General Commission & Forwarding Merchant INSURANCE AND BILL BROKER, No. 474 Pa. av.. two doors below U.S. Hotel, s6- 1 Kecang mee en treme ted t —C im Merchants are ess! oO mea ete before pechiaaieg prntlar “ oc 2-iy this 2ist day of December, 1555 tom, this 2ist day HOS A HENDRICKS, Commissioner General Land Office. ‘an 1 GIFT BUOKSTORE: GENERAL INVITATI TO Ex- amilre one of (he largest and best assortments of Parlor Grand, Square, and Boudoir PIANOS, ever exhibited toa Washington public. Persons wishing to purchase, will find that they can be accommodated on the ruost liberal terms, by early application at the Music Depot, Star Buildings, GENERAL SELECTION OF STANDARD Giftand Miscellaneous BOOKS HILBUS’S MUSIC DEPOT, cor- ner of Pa. avenue and I!th street ™ GREAT INDUC EMENT. Each article is “old a! the usual retail price; an for ony dollar’ “pare ose a sealed envelope ts drawn by the b: aining t € name of some Gifts are Gold Wa Tewelre, Music, Fancy ad Let Article . . eal HILBUS MUSIC DEPOT, AND STATIONERY for sale at EVERY PURCHASER RECEL LSA GIFT. gift. which ts pre on the spot. Among the Comer Pa av. and ith st. th dec 5—tr pasar . PF. HOUV ERS GEO HILBUS, Agent. Bect ee, and Trunk Establishment, Constantly in rece! pi of NEW Music. Iren Hail, Pa. avenue, between 9th ond l0thsts,| decdti—tr .R LADIES, Q@LT’Ss, ALLEN’ BOBBINS, and Law | 4 Rotts rence & Co.’s patent revolving hammer, five and six barrel PISTOLS. Also, a good assort- ment of single barrel Pistols, from 79 cents to $5 each. American en ne best quality, Gen’ | Overy razor warranted. i Tunpy, dec 11 No. 1% Bridge street. Georgetown. a = MABAS, WORK BOXES, UHIN 600D8, CrrxRd Cases, PORTEMONNA LES, &c., Bt ye Maca, ne NON JOHN F. ELLIS. and thin 6 Colored, at LIPPERS, BOOTS and milemen’s De- a Youth's ad SHOES, wy stock of Fall and Winter Wear, recently se- lected from the most celebrated manufacturers, is Tpeuntocs to cfr uxentel tndscesnente and ys MAcagers fsroRy OF ENGLAND, “tal uence. peceived. Fe eg ee Pree HOOVER. | jand ” FRANCK TAYLOR. REMOVAL. NPHE SUBSCRIBER WOULD MOST RE- spectfully inform his customers and the, | Sas generally, that he has removed his tore from the south to the north side of Pa. avenue, between Eleventh and .Twelfth streets, where he will keepa full and well-selected assortment of the best and latest stvle of FRENCH CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, AND GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODB. As the excellent business stand will enable him to doa much larger business, he feels assured that he can furnish Gentiemen’s Garments on more moderate terms than heretofore. Having practised for a number of years in Germany, England and France, he Is confident that he can please all those who may favor him withacall. Feeling grate- ful for past favors be soilcits a continuance of the same. @. F. SCHAFER, nov 12 Merchant Tailor. COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, kc. (Bete, pee 0 Pulmonary Affec- tions find this the mosf trying season, owing to the sudden changes in temperature; yet by a@ little care, adopting warm clothing and supply- ing themselves with a good prescription or cough remedy they may easily ward of what mey else poe Zé, Herter winter companion. TY- szEK/S COMPGUND 6UM ARABIC SYRUP has been so long known and highly appreciated as one of our most {nnocent, yet efficacious, plea- sant, and (since the reduction in price.) econom!- cal remedies, that it may be recommended and used with the utmost confidence. It is sold at 25 cents, or three bottics In one. 50 cents. Wholesale by PATTERSON & NAIRN and STOTT & CO.; and retail by most Driggists. In Alexan- dria by PEEL & STEVENS; Georgetown by ta NOTICE OF POSTPONKMENT. E ARECOMPELLED TO ANNOUNCE to the subscrlbers to the PRIZE EM. < BROIDERY RAFFLE, that we shall have to postpone the drawing fora few days, on account taken. Those persons wishing to subscribe will oblige us by giving us their names early, as we wecan help. We will state the day for drawing in a future advertisement. jan ii or. Penn. avenue and Ninth street. Tron Hall Boot, Shor and Trunk Establish- raent. dies’, Gents’, Misses’, and Children’s SNOW OVER SHOES, Gum Boots, l lined Shoes, donble sole and water-proof Boots, all of which I will sell low for cash. selves. SP. HOOVER, Tron Hall, bet. 9th amd Ith sts., Pa. av. CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER. EMBERS OF CONGRESS. CITIZENS hsuperior garments, made to order, are invited 1 OUF superior assortment of Doeskins, s been selected with an espe- celal view to the wants of our customers, which none, at much cheaper ra! aan the usual city WALL & STEPHENS Also, 391 Pa. avenue, 3d door east of the Nattonal H jan B— Published Quarterly, on the first days of Jan- wary, April, July, and October, fa numbers of a year. Conten's of No. CL of there being still a aumber of chances not yet do not wish to delay the drawing any longer than CLAGETT, NEWTON, MAY & CO, “8S. P. HOOVER, HAVE THIS DAY RECEIVED FOR LA- Gossimer and Sandals. Also, Buckskin Allin want please call and examine for your- jan lo and strangers wishing to supply themse! Cassi s, Silk, Satin and Velvet Vest- we will make to measure ner inferior to avenue, between 9th and lth streets NRE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW nearly three hundred pages each, at Five Dollars Article I ae X, for January, 195% » and Works of Henry eaton Rartol’s Pictures of Europe Statistics of Insanity in Massachusetts dney Smith be Romish Hierarchy History of the Jacobin Club . Varon’s Memoirs The Pacitic Railroad American Poetry German Emigration to America « XI. Critieal Notices The North American Review has now attained its 170th number, having been published without fatermission for more than forty years. It is far the oldest American Periodical aevoted to general terature and scleuce, and its reputation bas been steadi jatatned, both in this country and fn Europe, as the ‘ading journal of the United States within itsappropriate department Supplied for the publishers by FRANCK TAYLOR jan 15— United tates Patent 0 Washington, Jan. 2 N THE PET! Rows Oo wha day 1 ration of said 23d day of Apr’ [tis ordered, that the petition be heord at the Patent Office on Monday, the 7th of April next, at 12 o'clock im ; and all persons are notitied to ap- pear and show cause, {f any they have, why sald petition ought not to be granted Persons opposing the extension are required to file in the Patent Uftice their objections, specially set forth in writing, at least twenty days before the day of hearing; all testimony hiea by either party to be used at the sald hearing must be taken and transmitted in accordance with the rules of the office, which will be furnished on application. The testimony in the case will be closed on the ‘27th day of March; depositions and other papers relied upon as testimony must be filed in the of- fice on or before the morning of that day; the ar- guments. if any, within ten days thereafter. Ordered, also, that this notice be published In the Union, Intelligencer and Evening Star, Wash- ington, D.C; Argus, Baltimore; Patriot & Union Harrisburgh, Pi Journal of Commerce, New York; and Enquirer, Cincinnat), Ohio, once a week for three successive weeks previous to (he 7th day of April next, the day of hearing CHARLES MASON, Commissioner of Patents PS —Hditors of the above papers eles rr and seud their bilis to the Patent Oifice, witha for an Improvement In n years from the expi whieh takes place on the paper containing this notice. jan 3—law3w rE\WO SUPERB PJANOS RECEIVED this week, which, in addition to our usual large supply, makes our stock the imost complete in theelty. Give us a call if you wish a good and cheap Justrument. JOHN F. ELLIS, 306 Pa. avenue, between Sth and 19th sts. dec 25 66 N EXCELLENT SHAVE.—This re- mark was made by Mr. Jones after trying one of my American Ramapo Razors. Others have said the seme after using my Tally-ho, ora Double Carbonized IXL. There are no tears shed while using one of these Razors G. FRANCIS, dec 31 490 Seventh st. Sete FINEST GOLD PENS,1IN gold and silver cases, for sale for the manu- facturers, at their lowest retail prices, and to the trade at their lowrest wholesale p.tces Also, Morton’s short-nib Gold Pens, ditfering essentially in thelr construction from any others, and sulting the Li la encore of many who have Hitherto been unable to make use of any metallic pen whatever. FRANCK ‘TAYLOR. jan 10 BOYS’ WINTEK CLOTHING. E HAVE THIS DAY RECEIVED A large addition to our usually extensive assortment of first quality Boys’ and Childrens’ CLOTHING, which we will offer to our custom- ers and the public at unusually low prices, Our stock consists in t of — OVER COATS and TALMAS Fine cloth ROUNDABOUTS and JACKETS Fine and common PANTALOONS Silk, Satin, and Merino VESTS White aud colored SHIRTS UNDEKSHIRTS and DRAWERS USPENDERS, HOSIERY, &c., &c. Making our stock of Boys? and Children’s Clothing very large and complete. WALL & STEPHENS, 322 Pa. avenue, bet. 9th and 10th street, jen 2 next to Iron Hail. CO Benwes GLASSES—The largest and cheap- est assortment in the city at JOHN F. ELLIS, by Pa. avenue, between 9th and 10th sts. dec MADAME DEVOS. FROM PARIS AND NEW YORK, ADAME DEVOS’ MILLINERY HAS AR- rived, and is now opened for inspection at THE LAKES, No S01 Pennsylvania avenue, to ve the gy the ladies of W aghing- ton, Geor; C.1s res, Ly . _ SS ee Pane: Ae a oe a Se cd a CI a I in SS ee Mie SS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Poor of the Seventh Ward. HE CITIZENS BEING DESIROUS OF rleving: in some measure, the Sufferings of the Poor of thelr Ward, have concluded to give a Jéall for that puspose on TUESDAY EVENING, February 5th, 186, AT ISLAND HALL. They appeal to the benevolent throughout the a to assist them in this laudable undertaking. Tickets ONE DOLLAR, admitting a gentle- man and ladies—to be procured from any of the Managers. Managers. ES Allen, Q L Page, Jas E Jobnson, Thos F Lloyd, J as tel H Polkinhorn, Theo Wheeler, Jacob Wilsen, Wm Tucker, JR Elvans, W Camack, sr. WC Bamberger Jos Stevenson, AR Harvey, S$ Pumphrey, D Johnson, Thos W Riley, J T Cassell, + 3M Young, Jones Ellis, Jos Cornwell, J W Martin, John Stevenson W K Riley, iL hy David Hepburn, Wm Ashdown, W alker, Committee of Arrangements. J FE Johnson, i Lloyd, John Dudley W T Waiker, Levi Jones, ° Peter Kgan. Joshua Dulin, W Camack, jr j eoth O. BOSWELL, Treasurer P M Pearson, Dr J E Morgan, J Pettibone, J Van Riswick, Thos Milburn, BS Kinsey, JH DeBille, D B Clark, RT Knignt, I, R H-imead, THE FOURTH ANNUAL BALL OF THR MONTGOMERY GUARDS, WILL BE GIVEN AT THE WASHINGTON ASSEMBLY ROO} MONDAY EVENING, Feb. 4th, 1856. NP\HE MONTGOMERY GUARDS beg leave to inform their friends, civil and military, that they will give their fourth annual Ballon MONDAY EVENING, February 4th, 1856. In making this announcement the Guards pledge themselves that no pains will be spared to make this as agreeable as any they have hereto- fore given. Refreshments and Su experienced caterer. most excellent band of music is selected for the occasion No hats or caps to be worn in the ball room ex- cept by the military. Committee of Arrangements. Capt Key, Corp’! Nibil, Priv MeNichol, Sgt Burk, Lt Kelleher, Priv D O°Lery, Set Murry, Priv Jirdin, Qr: M Maher. Ensign Wall = Priv McCaffrey jan 25—dtb Ss pper will be served by an SOTREES DROP H.W. MUNDER MOST RESP filly announces to the will take place every W paws tha’ SDNESDAY ING. These entertalaments are considcred t have atte has eve who that LUNATIC. —TRUEMAN DE MOTT, A {A Lunatic, with sandy hairand florid complex- , escaped from his home and friends in the town of Ellery, N. Y., some time since, and, it is thoveht, will endeavor to make his way to Wash- ington. His r vex are most anxious to obtain information where he is, and any one who may bear of him will be suitably rewarded for drop- ping aline to the editor of the Star. an 23—tf OFFICIAL. Treasony Department, Dec. 1, 1955. Notice is hereby given to holders of stocks of | With many knives that had been sharpened the United States that this Department will pur- chase to the amount of $1,500 000 of sald stocks at any time when the same may be offered prior to the ist day of June next, and will pay therefor the following prices, to wit: For stock of the loan of 1842, a premium of ten | Seuerstious lo cluster on; worn by feet that percent.; for stock of the loans of 1947 and 1%48, a premium of sixteen per cent., under the act of 1890, commonly called Texas-in- demnity stock, a premium of six per cent.; and for stock of the loan of 1846, redeemable on the I2"h November, 1846, If received at the Treasury prior to the Ist day of January next, a premio of 23g percent.; Ifreoelved between the Ist Jan- uary and the 3ist of March next, a premiura of 2 per cent ; and if recetved afier the 3st of March | wiehed we hal and prior to said Ist of June next, a premium of lig percent. laterest will also be allowed on sald stocks at the rates spectiied in (he certificates, from the Ist July if assigned with the principal of the certificates received prior to the Ist of January next In addition to the premivm trom Ist of January to the date of their reveipt. In both cases one day's Interest will be allowed in add‘tion for the money to reach the seller. Certificates transmitted to this Department un- der the present notice should be duly assigned to the United States (with the current half year’s In- terest, if sent prior to the Ist of January next) by the party entitled to receive the purchase money. Payment for these stocks will be made by rafts upon theassistant treasurersat Boston, New York, or Philadelphia, as the parties entitled to receive the money may direct. JAMES GUTHRIE, dec 3—dtJunel Secretary of the ‘freasur’ LL THE NEW BUOKS PUBLISHED recetved and for sale, at SHILLINGTON’S BOOKSTORE. Caspar, by the author of “Wide, Wide World.” | Snowy cap; che has just restored « wandering The Mysterious Story Book, or the *‘Good Step Mother Lances of Lynwood, a new juvenile book, by the author of the Hctr of Redcliffe. ‘Travels, Voyages, and Adventures of Gilbert Go+ abead, by Peter Parle: Mimic Life, by Mrs. Ritchie, formerly Mrs. Mo watt Widow Bedott Papers The Hunter’s Feast, or Conversation around the Camp Fire, by Capt. Mayne Reld, author of the Sealp Hunters ‘Ten Years among the Mall Rage Fanny Grey, a history of life in a series of six beautiful figures, the neatest and most delight- ful gift for children that we have seen. Blank Books and Stationery of every descrip- tion, at the lowest prices, for sale at SHILLINGTON’S Stationery and Book Establishment, Odeon Building cor. Pa. av. and 4} st. dec 3i—tf CHEAP EDITION. HIRD AND FOURTH VOLUME OF MA- caulay’s History of England, bound in one | and comes out in the world, and our petitions 6 other editions as | are al! granted, and we are lifted up, and we volume, full muslin. Also, published. The American Almanac for 1956. All the New Books, as issued from the press, received and for sale wd RAY & BALLANTYNE, jan 15 498 7th street. STUART'S CANDIES. : UST RECEIVED, PER EXPRESS, ONE case of Stuart’s celebrated STEAM cAN ae) pore Sugar anes Vanilla Cream, an: x kinds. For sale at = Z.M. P. RING'S, 265 Vermont avenue, corner 15th and I sw. nov 2 OGER’S PEN KNIVES, warranted gen- ulne, bought personally from the manufactu rers in Sheffield ; ladies and gentlemen’s patterns: of one to four blades, in buck, ivory. and pearl handies. (jan) || FRANCK TAYLOR. ER’S POCKET aon , sure, and effective. Also, Allen’s le barrel Pistols. and Coit’s Revolvers and sing FRANCIS. dec 31— 490 Seventh st. = 1-4 AND 12-4 BED BLANK. 9-4, B83, very cheap, red, blue and gray French Merino and Merino Plaids uilled Skirts, Hosiery and Gloves White, red and yellow Flannels With many other Winter Goods to be closed out cheap. WM. R. RILEY, Cor. 8th st., opposite Centre Market. jan22—1m TJ\VHE BOSTON AMERICAN ALMANAC for received this 7 jan Fi CK TAYLOR, Star. | his own.” THE WEEKLY STAR. Pais excellent Family and News Journal—cen- telming » greater variety of interesting reading than ean be found im eny other—je published on ®atur- day morning varus. @ingic copy, per emnum .., seaceeser recess Bl TO ChLEes. gle sacs * ‘en copies... Twenty copics. o 1" Caen, invariascy in ADVANCE. ITF” Single copies (in wrappers) can be procy ed at the counter. !mumediately after the issue paper. Price-Turax Cenre. — PostMasTERs whoact asagents allows a commission of twenty per cent. =_ 5 ne NO. 931. x ae ‘ EVENING STAR, OUR OLD GRANDMOTHER 1 find the marks of my shortest steps beside those of my beloved mother, which were m sured by my own, says Alexander Dumas, 80 conjures Le in the corner, and the fire died down to a glow, hike an old heart that is neither chilied nor dead, and grandmother To be eure it wouldn't do es the parlor concert room now-a-days, but then, it was the old kitchen and the old-fashioned grandmother, and the old ballad, in the dear old times, and we can hardly see to write for the memory of them, though it is a hand's breadth to the sunset dl one of the sweetest images in the world. He was revisiting the home of Well i his infancy ; he was retracing the little paths wavering, Soe Pe nage orog fait around it in which he had once walked; and 4 7, 4 but then how sweet-toned it was, and it be- came deeper and stronger, but it couldn't Grow sweeter. What “ joy of grief’ it wa to sit there around the fire, all of us, exoert Jane, that clasped a Prayer to her bosom, and her we thought we saw, when the hali door strange flowers could not effuce, and rank grass could not conceal, and cruel ploughs could not obliterate, ‘shortest footsteps.” and his mother’s beside them, measured by And who needs to be told whose footsteps they were that thus kept time with the feeble pattering of childhood’’s little feet? It was no mother behind whom Agcanius walked “with equal steps’? in Virgi line, but a strong, stern man, who could have born him and vot been burned ; folded him in his arms from all danger and not been wearied ; every thing, indeed. he could have done for him, but just what he needed most—could not sym- pathize with him; he could not be a ch n. Ah! arare art is that, for indeed it art, to set back the great old clock of t nd be a boy onee more! Man’s imag- ination can easily see the child a man; but how hard it is for it to see the mana d; and he who had learned to glide back into that rosy time, when be did not know that thorns were under the roses, or that cloud< would ever return after the rain; when he thought a tear could stain a cheek no more than a drop of rain on a flower; when he fan- cied that life had no disguise and hope no blight at all, has come as near as any body can to discovering ihe northwest passage to Paradiso was opened a moment by the wind; but then we were not afraid, for wasn’t it her old smile she wore ’—to sit there around the fire, and 2 er the woes of the “Babes in the who laid down side by side in the great solemn shudows; and how strangely glad we felt when the robin red breast cov ered them with leaves, and last to all when the angels took them out of night into day everlastin, We may think what we will of it now, but the song and the story heard around the kitchen fire have colored the thoughts and lives of m. f us; have given us the germs of whate poetry blesses our hearts; what ever of memory blooms in our yesterdays Attribute whatever we may to the school and the schoolmaster, the rays which make that little day we call life, radiate from the God swept circle of the hearth-stono There <he sings an old lullaby she aang to mother—her mother sang to her; but she does not #ing it thro’ and falters ere 'tisdone. Sho rests ber head upon her hands, and it is silent in the old hitchen omething glitters hy for stock Issued } ¢ After that date the inierest will be allowed | and quilts of rare pattern, and *‘ samplers”’ in down between her fingers in the fire-hght, and it looks like rain in the soft sunshine. The old grand mother is thinking when she first heard the song, and of the voice that eangit; when a ligh haired and light bearted girl, she hung around that mother’s chair, nor saw the shadows of years te come. ©! the days that are no more! What spell can we weave to bring them back again? What words unsay, what deeds undo, to set back, just this once, the ancient clock of time” So all our little hands were forever clinging to her garments and staying her, as if from dying. for long ago she has done living for herself, and lived alone in us But the old kitehen wants a presence to-day, and the rush- bottomed chair is tenantless low she used to weleome us when we were zrown, and came back once more to the home And it is perhapa for this reason that it is 80 much easier for a mother to enter the king- dom of heaven than it is for the rest of the world. She fancies she is leading the chil- dren, when, after all, the children are leading hor; and they keep her indeed where the river is the narrowest and the air is the clear- est; and the beckoning of a radiant hand is s0 plainly seen froia the other side, that it is nv wonder she so often lets go her clasp upon the little fingers she is holding, and gues over to the p indethe children follow like lambs to the fold, for we think it ought some- where to be written, ‘+ Where the mother goes. there will the children be also.” But it was not of th think, but of the mother, whose pun hand” on 1 8 litle wheel. was longer aud | stead stronger nake it now, was wound We thought we were men and woman, but about a hildren she saw playing | we were children there. The old fashioned in the children’s arms, thi nothing Lut the | grand-mother was blind in the ey hut ehe shears of Atropo uld sever; for do we not | saw with her /rart, aa she always did. We reco; he lamb metimes, when summer utumn winds are blowing y come bleating from the yellow fields by the crimson thread we wound about their necks in April or May, and so undo the gate and let the wanderers in? Blessed be the children who have an old fashioned grandmother. As they hope for length of days let them love and honor ber, ee we can tell them they will never find ano- er There is « large old kitchen somewhere in the past, and old-fashioned fire-place therein, with its smooth old jambs of stone: smooth threw our loug shadows through the open door, and she felt them, as they fall evar her form, and she looked dimly up, and saw tall shapes in the door way, and she says ‘Edward I know, and Lucy s voice I can hear, but whose is that other. It must be Jane's for she had almost forgotten the folded hands. ‘Oh, no, not Jane. for she—let me see—she is waiting for me. isn t she?’ and the old grandmother wandered and wept. ‘it is another daughter, grandmother, that Edward has brought,’ says some one, ‘for your a Y ‘Has she bluecyes, myson? Put her hand in mine, for she is my latest born, the child of myoldage Shall I sing you a song, children” Her band is in her pocket as of old; she is idly fumbling for her toy, a welcome gift for the children that have come again. One of us, wen as we thought we were, is weeping; she hears the half suppressed subs, she says, as she extends her feeble hand, «Here, my poor child, rest upon your grand- mother’s shoulder; she will protect you from all harm Come, children, sit round the fire again Shall I sing you a song, or tell you a story” Stir the fire, fer it is cold; the nights are growing colder.’ The clock im the corner struck nine, the there, smooth with many little fingers that have clung there. There are andirons, too; the old andiruns, with rings in the top, wherein many temples of flame have been builded, with spires and turrets of crimson. Thore is a broad worn hearth ; broad enough for three have been t end bieeding by the way, or iful,’ and walked upon floors of ed gold. There are tongs in the corner, wherewith we grasp a coal, and blowing for a little life, lighted our first candle, there is a shovel, wherewith were drawn torth the glowing ewhbers, in which we acies wand dreamed our first woour first f dreams; the shovel with which we stirred the bed time of those old days. The song of life leey gs. till the sparks rushed up thechim- | was indeed sung, the satery told: it was bed- ney as if a forge were in blast below, and} time at last’ Good night to thee, grand- 9 many lambs, or so many | mother’ The old-fashioned graudmother was marbles, or so inany comethings that we cov- no more, and we miss her toreyer. But we eted, and so it was we wished our first will set up a tablet in the midst of the mem- Wishe ory. in the midst of the heart, aud write un it There i chair—a low, rush bottomed | only this: chair, there is a little wheel in the corner, a SACRED TO THE MEMORY big wheel in the garret ber There are ch aloomin the cham iull of linen and yarn, or THE OLD FASHIONED GRANDMOTHER. GoD BLESS BER FOREVER’ trames. And every where and always the dear old wrinkled face of her whose firm, elastic step mocks the feeble saunter of her children’s children—the old fashioned grandmother of twenty yearsago. She, the very Providence of the old homstead, she, who loved usall, and said she wished there was more of us to love, and took all the school in the Hollow for srandchildren beside. A great expansive heart was here, bcneath that woolen gown, or that more stately hombazine, or that aole hair-loom of silken texture. We can see her to-day, those mild blue eyes, with more of beauty in them than Time could touch or death d ¢ than bide—those eyes that held both smiles and and tears within the faintest call of every one of us, and soft reproef, that seemed not passion but regret. A white tress has escaped from beneath her Srcer ror 4 Fassionante Parry.—Hypo- critical ‘delighted to see you,” and mental male and female d—ns. A general parade of the silver spoons, forks, knives, centre pieces, cake-baskets and erock- ery that can be borrowed in the neighborhood. Stragcling dabs of oysters. Se cake. : ; = itto exaggerated candy in joon paper eager dresses —so low that there is no difficulty in seeing a person through a lady— under har arms Exhibition otjerey, comprehending the property of all those who were fortunate enough, ‘‘not to be acquainted or invited.”’ Hair ad libitum, and plenty of gas——light Ignorance, corruption, rascality in broad- clo‘h, chastity in ilks;amiles and simpers with scarcely anything on, and a few sensible men thrown in to be astonished, and to go away despising and despised lamb toits mother ; she lengthened the tether of a vine that was straying over a window, as she came in, and plucked a four-leaf clover for Elen. She sits down by the little wheel —a tres is running through her fingers from the distaff’s dishevelled head, when « small voice cries ‘‘@randma”’ from the old red cra- dle, and ‘‘Grandma!’* Tommy shouts from the top of the stairs Gently she lets go the thread, for her patience is almost as beauti- ful as her charity, and she touches the littie red bark a moment, till the young voyager is in a dream again, and then directs Tommy's unavailing attempts to harness the eit. The tick of the clock runs faint and low, and she opens the mysterious dcor, and proceeds to wind itup. We are all on tiptoe, and we be; in a breath to be lifted up one by one, an look in the hundredth time upon the tin cases of the weights, and the poor lonely pendulum, which goes to and fro by its little dim window, Here Be Oxe.—Not long since, in South Carolina, aclergyman was preaching on the disobedience of Jonah, when commanded tego and preach to the Nimevites. After expatiat- ing for a considerable length of time ou the divine commands, he exclaimed in a voice of thunder, that passed through the congregation like an electric shock, ‘And are there avy Jonahs here?’’ There was a negro prosent whose name was Jonah, who, thinking bimself called on, immediately arose, and turning up his white eye to the preacher, with the broad- est grin and best bow, answered, ‘Hore be one, Massa.’ Puttosoray.—What oddities men are, to worry because they are not as well off as ‘that fellow across the street.’’ The richest man in town will be forgotten in fifty yearsfrom now, as the mason who built the Pyramide. In 1543, we attended the funeral of a millienaire | We visited his grave recently, and what do you suppose we saw’ Four bob tailed pigs rootin, the soil from his grave. And thi- was the en of hisinfluence—a neglected grave, with four stud-tailed pigs rooting up the soil. “So passes the glory of the world.’” all touch with a fieger the wonderful weights, and the music of the little wheel is resumed Was Mary to be married, or Jane to be wrapped in a shroud? So meekly did she fold the white hands of the one upon her still bosom, that there seemed to be a prayer in them there; and so sweetly did she wreath the white rose in the hair of the other, that one would not have wondered had more roses d for company. toe she mood belvesn us and apprehended harm; how the rudest of us softened beneath the gentle pressure of her faded and tremu- lous band! From her capacious pocket that Yanxeg Rerort.—The “Squire tells an anecdote ofa Yankee Captain, who was i through the streets of London shortly after the close of the Revolutionary war. It seems that Jonathan was somewhat deformed having a large hump upon his back. One of the cock- nies cried after him, “I say, Yankee, what hand was ever withdrawn closed, only to be | ; . sont t'upon your back?” Yaa- opened in our own, with the nuts she had pen gees Souank six, veatind. gathered, the cherries she had plucked, the sThere Banker Hill, you bloody Briti i little egg she had found, the “turn-over’’ sho had baked, the trinket she had purchased for us as the products of her spinning, the bless- ings she had stored for us—the offspring of her heart. What treasures of story fell from those old lips; of good fairies and evil; of the old times when she was a girl; and we wondered if ever—but then, she couldn’t be handsomer or dearer—but that she ever was ‘‘little. And then, when we begged her to sing, ‘“‘ Sing us one of the old songs you used to sing to mother, graadma.’’ Cockney allowed Yankee to slide. ig Druggists make new mixtures by pour- ing out of an old bottle into a new. We ealled on Dr. Rhubarb the other dsy. In Rhubarb’s hand was a gallon jug containing “Stoughton Bitters’? Rhubarb poured the fluid into pint bottles It was then known as the “ Elixir of Life’? As Stoughton, it sold atashilling a pint. As the ‘ Elixir’ i off with great readiness at “‘adollara bott Progressive age, this. “© Chi I *t sing,’’ she always said ; A fellow ‘‘out West,” bei ee eS ee aaine ahs] Wee dusts tan baler sapleed’ Wer = , and the kitten sto playing with the | had pulled his beix out pulling him into nae a tn floor, Sie ake ticked lower windows.” “ .