Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1856, Page 2

- partisan statements. Besides, it was hoped Pon Pi - = ue ‘a sige aid in the co of a ; CSEMENTS EVENING:‘STAR dings, Wade and Stanton, and is written down | interests, which will require great labor and a sac ag: a eel tee Sinles aol alking the : — rat * | te be the embodiment of anti-slavery Repub- | energy on his part. pone _ ipeeiraeg Feb land mee a Privilege « Tamang their eed — oes Comper of “The May fay peng) or 2 ism i itical affairs. aia farnish ruary of the avenues . the Irish Emigrant, °y,” WASHINGTON CITY: Upanien in his oqntimente 6m pol : Contested Election Case.— : ‘chooee. wras delivered | i and other Popular Senge Nevertheless, he is a gentleman of experience tee House yesterday, in refer- Seah eee: pee mene on the of the petition, pees 4 NROUNCEs THAT THURSDAY............ February 21, 1856, | abd judgment, and can, and We presume will, ring back to the Elections Committee of Mr. 47 2} er eee bos de ave na ‘and in the course of it he-spoke of the disposi: will give his Original Balled Enterain- e as efficient a chairman of the’ - Carporation Sperceat. | #106 | 108 @ 108% | tion to encfoach on the avenges and public t at Ca ulogten —— Setter hw hoa as | a cat es oe [Eee eT | EF | ego an cuay ope," | Spay EPR ty a i X@ be handed tn by commi 4 8, i d us hi to get a = sos hington*Bailroad Com- | wil! ; >) << Some th inntil the next day "8? ‘hey may not appear | as any other member, iS a he may be, om ‘a a " Odoul” winked Laas city Bands | tage gu amg fae a avalon gros Peaneyiva, when cae Andcreon my 30." vanes : on the opposition side of chamber. We Lot do | Toee| $2 ts | nia avenge; in contempt of the authority of | or tne irish unt,” <- The ey ne : _ 3 made many long faces in Washington last eve- “a iy A been asked for at 2? «« Death ,"” ** The Blind Boy,’ ST Actxge, nen res Means The Sasewnag _ = = he sages —" ning. The oshetee--df these parties was'sapi- Loufaville a | 5 3 Con ree a. This ein ary bad vere ap Ls alt alone.” * Danes Sry.” tea rane Ons are authorized to contract for the | deserve the confidence of the House, and that tally devised, and onl: ted ient ‘Orleans do o0| 38 @ so | denied, t the company, as he ex- | bis celebrated ong ¥ \y devised, ly wanted a convenien jae lenied, and ye iP 4 " Philadelphia VB. Prenan. cetera: cor. | Lis Postal recommendations will be received majority in the chamber to have givenita| snus, 4° hee Ss plained, in total disregard of the authority of | Ocho FIFTY CENTS; Books iS cents ee and Chestilut streets’ with eonfidence by his fellow members with- triumph. “Alag and alack!—~however, that'| Sa #reseco ao lobeacr | Koes | 98 ‘8 rho rat colts tact | plcumenweay Sin Union.) ce feyeoe . M. Purrineitt & Co., Nassau | ont distinction of party, He does not set u ’ . P Sactamento © do 10psy Looe | 80 yo. &o. ‘ — es street, y: He does P | majority could not bedrammed up. Theré are fos — NSTRUMENTAL ‘Geston—V. B. ParuennsSeollay's Building: | for one of the-orators of the body,.but bas| Vii. few hour’ notification by telegraph} teenerine a peresat}-— | — ges ~ Prececdings of Te-Day- SRQEP voosL RT jp sereie tongue enough, quite enough, for alla mem- at least fifty swift witnesses, to prove anything Lfen of inet ae a ry] In the Senate, to-day, nothing had been FOR ee FP THE POOR, a ZZ, j@2, Patnrina—Our friends and patrons | ber’s real business Purposes. __, | against General Whitfield and the Misourians | {2%2 °f isse (Gospons ca =| = Gui | dono up tothe hour at which the Star went to] | T THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, grery Bind of Jon Puinrive Wis despatch sae oe mart ig that may be nia? The New England | ‘tou poms. | | 7 proventaien ee erg hatinttions, | Om THURSDAY EVENING, Feb. 21. manner, Prices as low as in any I. ’ | States have the honor of entertaining most of | Bettmore & Obie 4 -~ {a a2 erence rr now other office in Washington. i i i 4 Ohio j=} - E MUSICAL CONVENTION, soled teat we bog penparéd to ds oreree apa Whig, = avon elected - to;,thie step these gentry just now. Their appeals for Eheding mel * The further consideration of the resolution se-sion at the Smithsonian Instiution, tion of prose. work thatean be ondouble | * 8 American party man, we ager ith | 7m ammunition, fighting men, and their | Orange's ater, =} » @ 0 }of Mr. Wilson, poking for information he gives GRAND CONCERT ibs the Star offices Book Binderypesmnenieh wset vpted for Mr. Banks, and will vote ofvee With | wondecfel roorbacks concerning the Missou- | ijincis Central (Freeland) 7 do =| o* $s dense =— = pwn pempenen Fo) err eel evening under the @irestion 36 equal in jts capacity to turn out book the Republicans. We donot, however,expect |. 155 and the Territorial government are fa- BANK STOCK. wi Agee of Prof. WOODBURY, of New York, on which et alae mscripttlons to any other in the District of | to find him with that party in the approaching millar to every newspaper reader. Book of Washtagion = Pe. Qe Past eet om pfnended to veto on secesion, among other attractions, they 3 Presidential election, — He is.e:modest mah} ‘m1. is no teaidit' Wy adabt Vat mény of | Farmers a Mechs’ Bank, Georgeiswa | — | 2 QS | tion of the resolution forthe election of a} Gniccsce and confines himself almost entirely to the | 1440, stand ready to swear to the truth of the | Bsut*! the Old Dominion, alexandria | — |103 @1ss | cha lain; which was not agreed to—yeas 63, ABRAHAM AND ISHMAEL, SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. | transaction of legitimate business, for which wouiderfel sotto they ate. wightly tolling to} ress eee | nays 65 ae Wink fall orchestral necompantment. The Union announces the confirmation of | he has a clear and effective head. Mr. Banks confiding and sympathising audiences mostly | Fowmec ap | Hq "Marsh ball canmuhin gas odin “thie ge PARNGWORTH, of Hertford, Wilson Shannon, of Ohio, to be Governor of has decidedly strengthened this committee by | «on sosed of spinsters and children, It was, STATE STOCKS. on the table; agreed to. . - Professor COOK, of New Yor, Kausas; that Don Angel de Yturbide has | naming Mr Norton on it. IR hom wing ype =a As the Star went to press they were en- | And others, from various sections of the country ‘i j iJ doubtless, intended by those who contrived Cinergy ee | defini and the whole talent of our city been accredited as Charge d’Affsirs, ad ince-| Mr. Flagler, of New York, was, also, amem- this persons-and-papers dodge to have sum-|xeacys 40 | = jit Qics | gaged ons Motion to postpone indefinitely | stetance, an attraction seldom offered to vim, frou Mexico, General Almonje having | bet of the last House. Late a Seward Whig, he moned them hither in. trice; and then to Louisiana § do | =\s % e clection of a ol aplain, the elttzens of Wa BOIS in ve peeccitiiinns left Washington for Mexico; and the pre- ig now a Republican; though, we fancy, he have essayed to have the case decided on their | “Mf™s? 40 {-~|* os PERSONAL the ladies of the Union Besevolent Society, and sentation by Senor Don Juan ¥ de Osma, late | ojves his re-election to the American party. ANE - | _..,. Com. @ is confined to his bed by | at tbe principal Book and Music Stores. / RATES OF FOREIGN BANK NOTES. yy | Sickness at the C! arlenown Navy Yard. 7 the Kh wb nog nr PES, Pat me Lanne Disc't. | .... Henry M. Fuller, M. C. wasontertained OF THE FAVORITES at a public dinner at Wilkesbarre, Pa , on the | IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THE FAY . 19th, by his friends of all parties. KEL'S +++. John R Thompsen, Esq., editor of the KUN: Southern Literary Messenger, is to repeat at GREAT OPERA TROUPE, 14 | Richmond, Va., the lecture on * Patriotism,”’ AT THE VARIETIES, 14 | which he read at Carusi’s Saloon om the 4th of | Witt Perform every Evening this Week. Charge d’Affairs from Peru, of his new cre- dentials as minister resident near this Gov- erament. The Union also replies to the In- telligencer’s wit of yesterday about its re- ‘markable discovery, saying : “ We regret that our neighbors have not made this discovery sooner themselves, as it He is a capital business man, and always ac- quits himself well in debate. He, however, certainly eschews spouting in the hall, when no good for the public service can be effected by his occupation of the floor. One most val- uable feature of the composition of the effec. tive member, is discretion about occupying the to pay them thus out of Uncle Sam’s pocket, for their time and money so far spent in the Rastern States... work of abolitionizing Kansas. That game | Now York city is, however, blocked. Abolitionism has re- | Pennsylvania ss ps ts Delaware.. would have saved them from the complicity * * cannot lead the present Houso wherever it | Maryland . Tennessee. 24 | January last. oie with Black Republicanism in which their | attention of the House. Those experienced wills, with a ring in its (the House’s) nose. Baltimore par Cox 2 :++. John Mitchell, the Irish patriot, while AVIN ve JUST COM fag A MOST blind advocacy of the Missouri Compromize | members who possess it, are really valuable This whofe Kansas-case isin « nut shell : Virginia. 2 Other S. States ..1a2 lecturing at Troy, the other evening, was will oo = “ ae — at this Denutital [ov bembnelipms via oer at last | public men, it matters xot what their politics Fi Goversec Reeder seaustkatochbestGae LAND WARRANTS. uilty of the following bx//:— If,” said the | and canfortab'e Ealoon, on which odtasion they fallen eir eyes, i a mes acter for teiruee aad ander ad cmuartete: may be. 160 scre w arrants, per acre...$1 064a $1 074 | lecturer, ‘thieves were robbing the house of | will prevent each lady visitor with 2 beautiful do do ... 107 a 108 | your mother, wouldn’t ye rush to defend her. | VALENTINE. to the seat he claims, and without even the | 120 do do do... 101 102 | And wouldn shadow of legal testimony that he is entitled | 80 d which they have sought to establish, will no ok © 4 0 Mr, Barclay, of Pennsylvania, is a new longer be appropriated to the promotion of ember, very intensely Democratic. 80 much ‘ 60 do do do ... 101 102 | throat if wd bacbgyeen diy mame ef LF mike = eae cae, bepewe sagt not ae'te yim ae oh exte gust bet cided, i wilh be escataet nips _ oe tence ee #0 do do saeveseess 44 00 w 45 00 eee hae eat oh in mainte aE overt — * eo ooemmensing = apt Poerepee doe] a ed, on the last day of the voting fer a Speaker, | Whitfield shall be set aside for two reasons: The stock market during the past week has]... Monk Leahey who, it will be recollect | _feb 0-4 vent OHN T. FORD, : —it was certainly obvious enough not to be | der, the mistaken notion that = ieee First, because the legislatare ordering the | been very animated, with a still farther ad- per perenne by er ganange emnen NATIONAL THEATRE. waggery, whichour, ggubcoussandeersen Hoinings, omer as Shasepising in the | lection tn which he was chosen had forfeited | vance in prices. The favorable news of the p ane that they possessed watil now. Their humor is decidedly good, and none the worse that it is about as old as the *‘antique event’’ on i isoned for lifein Wisconsin for rder- = its legal existence, by taking the liberty of | prospect of peace has been confirmed by the regi piemearet hin wit, han ropinted ona tha nat the. matter of impressing his fellow mombers with moving frum his (Reeder’s) town-site speoula- | arrival of the Canada at Halifax, conse- | recanted, and confessed his imposture His Stace Mansoun an idea of his practicability, without which a Ss tion, without his gubernatorial advice and | quently, thoze securities which formetly were | Conversion and re-conversion are of little me, 7 PRICES OF ADMISSION. which a bom pope enrinin y = apr ee consent; and, indeed, under his protest, as | sold largely in the European markets, are goes back t Rome,” tn eo . aon, es a ee - = “ in Neu of an argument. It is no eich a OME OF pt ot ea esd ae ad » | the Governor of the Territory. firmly held at advantageous prices. Large et out of prison; but will remain for life in | Gallery....sesssr+esecsesenees 02-50 & 25c, thing fer old and skillful tacticians like our | * ™42 With & wooden leg in the advance! His other allegation is, that the votes thrown | transactions in State and city securities con- solitary ccll—an x-trappist retrapped. No extra charge for Reserved Seats. Private neighbors to avoid the force of an undeniable | @™pany of an army ona forced march. How- argument in this way.”’ ;,, | for Whitfield, were, for the most part, those | tinue to be made, the majority of which, no|_---- Bishop Pierce, of the M. E. Church | Boxes can be obtained. Box nw or ever, it is very certain that he was sincere in day and Friday frem 9 until 4 o' of Missouri border ruffians, who had no legal | doubt, are for permanent investments The — has gone to Newark, New Jersey, where ii Md h Ct, to to his nume- The Intelligencer says of the new steam | his notion that he smelled a Know Nothing right to vote in the Territory. purchasers of railroad bonds have been larger acted ng tg bi yew the Na- frigate Merrimac : rat under the indifference of Mr. Aiken about! “As we explained yesterday, he is here with- | than for some time past, and the former con- Bishop Pierce was thrice invited by letter to tal Day of the Fasuee. — cueee fine ship is just about to depart on a | the Speakership, as comical as the idea seemed out any legal proof of the truth of his last | fidence manifested in these securities will, Lartpacg nee dedicatory yaaa) Sans refused, — WAEHINGTON, er sO prevalent on our coast at this sea- | 4°s*- Mr. Barclay, we trust, and know no With reference to the firet, it is sufficient to | has been accepted conditionally, but the con- and importune him until he acceded to their say that in his official acts performed subse- | dition will not affect the payment of the deere! vba red tease quote monn an quent to the act of the legislature under | money as intended by the act of Congress ibope sthat (his ‘¥ielt nany fond 25 ees the which Whitfield was elected, he, himself, die- | appropriating $7,750,000 to be distributed, good feeling and brotherly love which once tinctly and unequivocally admitted its official | pro rata, among the creditors. The words of | existed between the churches North and and legal-existence; thus endorsing, not only | the act of the Legislature of Texas, accepting South the validity of the original election of its mem- | the bill, are : m is well adapted. “The Merrimack is the first of the new zerew-frigates, for which the navy is so largely indebted to Secretary Dobbin ; andit is to be hoped that his reasonable antieipations in re gard to her performance may be realized. ‘The steam vessels of the navy that have pre- ceded this excellent class o mony 3 may be a MES. JULIA DEAN, (HAYNE) ‘Will appear in two of her best pieces, FAZIO; Or the Italian Wife. In which Miss svIaS SESS ‘will sustain Bi- reason to anticipate otherwise, will come in due time to get the hang of the school house; when he will make a serviceable member, as he possesses intelligence and is apparently zealous to do all things in the Hall precisely as they should be done. as Duchess, in the ee ee ae petite i 5 Dancing —It appears that some of the | FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY. considered, strictly speaking, to have failed | , Mr- Day, of Ohio, was not long since an bers, but of its act in sitting wherever its ma- | _‘‘The State of Texas hereby withdraws and clergy in Boonsboro, Md., haveset thefr faces either in iple or in execution. Their | influential and active member of the Demo- Supported by a full and efficient Stock Company + Doors. at 6% o'clock p. m.: curtain sizes et TH" ly- id fed 20-2 SECOND AND LAST GRAND GIFT EXHIBITION AT ODD FELLOWS’ HALL. SATURDAY, Feb. 23, On which cocasion Mr. Winter will distribute te his patrons over One hundred and eighty dollars worth or COSTLY AND BEAUTIFUL PRESENTS’ Consisting of a splendid heavy ailver-plated Cof- “fee Be, two Gold Watches, Gold Chain, Fine Gold Rings, Breastpins, &c. j ji bandons all claims and demands against the ust dancing and dancers. The Odd Fel Wi runt ple hat hs own oil sna | Gare ns vegan fang ames | Wy atm ayt t or Bandays a - | tions or otherwise, which originated on or be- | ac! informed 0 tion of the legislature should be set aside for | fore the 28th of February, 1855; provided, | had en in dancing that they could cou- his own benefit, is an after-thought, devised | that this abandonment shall not apply to | sider themselves dismissed from church priv- = a claims of individuals for losses of property by | ileges, and from the Sabbath School. Anoth- only to compass—beyond, around, and above | ty, enemy.” er clergyman of the same place delivered a geet a ASSES =a cave winkawtn: sermon on the 13th instant against “social @ does not p: at he was himse! r Warrants have not been so active during the ¢ s- elected under any law whatever. He claims past few days, but the supply has not increased | ATIONIL EEE to have been chosen on a dsy subsequent to} 4, quantity enough to materially affect = the legally constituted clection day, by virtue ee & Manager, Henry C Jarger. the market. Eighty-acre certificates are in FRIDAY, February 22, 1556, of authority vested in the leaders of the Abo- lition party in the Territory to fix a day bet- great 5 bas m purchased at too great cost either of means or of other qualities, while many of them, even after theso sacri- fices. have proved too deficient in the motive power, for which #0 much had been made to give way. The screw frigate is, after all, among war steamers what the sailing frigate bas been opp national vessels prior to the introduction of steam—each uniting in the highest degree the qualities of force, ee for the men, and capacity for “ In power of battery the new serew-frigates are believed to have many advantages over the latest frigates of foreign navies. Their gun-decks are lined with the 9-inch shell gune, cratic party, having been the editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer. He passes for the most forcible political writer of his State. He got kinkey and crank on the “ Miami tribe” question, and ever since that organization in the bosom of the “‘ Harmoneous’’ of Ohio as- sumed importance, the breach between his former political associates and himself has been widening; until atthe last election for Congress he had gone sufficiently far adrift, as to be taken up by the Republicans and Know Nothings, who sent him to Washington Here, demand ; 160’sand 120’s not so much inquired | Most positively the first and only appearance of 3 : rs for, but still can be readily sold at a reduction | 9 ao *9 v Pa ES x “TAY A 5, i Which can now be secn in the window of B. Tecently adopted, which k he is written down for an out-and-out Repub ter suited to their purposes than thaton which | o¢ 1¢. per acre from last week’s quotations. who will appear in two characters. Semken's Watch and Jewelry Stcre, No 330 match tog shell pbs cenxied ephanwin pe fican—for one of the extremist of that part the Legislature provided that the election The extreme cold and great quantity of snow | See advertisement. feb 2i-it_ | Pennsylvania avenue. English or French ships, whilst at each paid ean G he Luna, | Should take place. The idea of spiriting In addition to the exhibition of Chemical Dio ramas, &e «Master rT a a will execute on violin a gran 0. eg yekets S0vents only, and are limited. Full particulars in small bills. in the House. He brings capital business talents and much experience in life to the discharge of his committee duties; and we therefore conclude that he will make a valua- a heavy pivot 10-ineh, likewise of recent date, and modelled like the 9-inch shell guns, from which shells of 100 Ibs. are projected. In these improvements of the battery Secretary Dobbin has taken great interest, and it is to eB aes EL title at tho Northwest undoubtedly prevent loca- << ANTI-KNOW-NOTHING MEET- to Washington, from their present duty of | tions and consequently keep back remittances | {7S a a — ees repeg pee Meet- ~ - -Know Not q Vagrant-ising over Now England, the battalion | 454 onders for warrants, which will be very | will be held at Forrest Hall on SATURDAY of Kansas abolition mock generals, colonels, febd20 heavy as soon as the weather allows the set- ete 234 inst.. at 7 o’clock. i and judges who have come east to be on hand tiers ,and those who purchaze on speculation, Had ye fetletregele _ eee ot COR 8A! YOUN ii igi 7 * omm » uth Carolina,and other distinguished R SALE—A YOUNG, ABLE-BODIED Salley otpen tone re her entire ies ea Somuniitee.on Feet Offces ready to play their part in the game, and] 4, visit the land ees ‘ Speakers will address the meeting. Colored Girl, about 18 years of age. deciding this contested election case on their ez The Nominating Committee will re the Also, a Piano Forte No 1. Applyat No. 10 _ or Mr. Powell is thatrara avis in terra—a inations for Board of Aldermen and Common | head of market, Georgetown. Virginia member who makes no pretensions to | *t®*ements alone, is the baldest trick of the] The Curremt Operations of the Treasury | Council fer appresal febM— Se | feb eR B. BOUCHER. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOssIP. ; times. It cannot positively win. Department.—On yesterday, 20th February. REWARD WILL BE GIVEN for pait = poe gab: ‘Hie kedslready served rer . ‘ Saere were of Treasury Warrants entered ms aoe ee aeaue aE $ 1 the apprebension and conviction of the The Post Office and Post Roads Commit. | Yeart in the hall, and, so far, has not at any| The Philadelphia Know Nothing Conven- the books of the Department— Washington Nefiaat Bretoe cnt Secie: | bn 34 sttbet, betweea Ht andl, on the wight tee.—That Mr. Speaker Banks has duly cur- | time troubled the House with a fifteen-min- | tion —Our private accounts from Philadel- : ashington I, on the night of For the Treasury Department... 21,485 60 | ty will be held at their office in the City Hal!, on | 1 DALE phia say that the North and South, in the | For the Interior Departmen’ 10,247 51 | FRIDAY, the 22d instant, at 10 o'clock a. m. National Know Nothing Council that assem- | On account of the Navy... 33,549 00 The attendance of the members of the Society ca is earnestly requested. bled there on the 18th, are hopelessly divided, a Tenet Seibess Bae ariee . By order of ine —— rs : . though the senior of our talented, truthful, feb 20-2t Clerk on ae 8. cee Gh kee ne a tn|| _coméukenseinhs: epetinncans.'. | ~~ cragat euakn700 anes two-horse act, backed by the Bottsites of the} 1, the Senate, yesterday, after we went to by notified te meet at yonr Armory on FRI- South and some of the Northern delegates, press, the Central American question was Deleclt peasen ie owes! vs = mee se e who entertain the hope of being able to con- again taken up and disoussed by Messrs. But- | overcoat and pompon, for : strnot @ new platform, ignoring the slavery | j¢r, Crittenden, and Mason ; when it was tem. | “lsely at 9X o'clock H.N. LANS ried out his scheme of placing the House com- mittees of public importance, one and all, as far as possible, under the control of his minor- ity Republican party, is manifest in his con- struction of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. To accomplish this general purpose he has been compelled to cast quite a number of Northern opposition members of experience in the hall, and undoubted capa- city to fill leading places in the organization utes’ speech. Nevertheless, we questiun whe- ther there is a gentleman in the hall whose opinion on political or business matters is more often consulted or has greater weight with his party. The truth is, he is famed among his brother Democrats for carrying a long head on his shoulders—for being eminently sagacious— ‘thorough in all bis investigations, and uneom- promising in his politiesl views. Asa busi- ness man he has no superior in the hall, dis- 9th. feb 20-2t# AGON FOR SAL E.—A SECOND- HAND GROCERY WAGON for sale low redit. Apply early, to — WILLIAM M. ra py 61 La.ave , between 6th and 7th feb 20-3t CONGRESSIONAL GLOBES FOR SALE. 16 SETS CONGRESSIONAL GLOBES and Cor parade. Roll call pre- Aprendix, Thirty-first Congress, being the z «| 0 sets of the y third Congress, containing . : P % issue, on which the whole party can stand. rarily laid aside, Mr. Bell having the floor IN” Spoarismet pees rif ont the debates on the ‘Nebraske and <a ques- of the House, into fourth and fifth rate posi- | Posing of everything with which he charges | ‘Their National Convention (composed mainly | for the-noat speech om i. By order of Captain Tarr : er ~ be 2 tions—those thus served, being, in all cases, | himself promptly, and almost always success- | of the members of the National Council) meets | _ The following resolution, offered by Senator 19-3t c R. BISHOP, 0 8. — fully, without uttering a word in the chamber ‘more than ynay be absolutely necessary. His experience on the Post Office Committee, backed by the characteristica to which we write above, make him invaluable to the | public service in his present position. Mr. Walker, of Alabama, late a Democrat, is now a very ardent “ South American,” Though he does not “ go” the Know Nothing policy of proscribing Catholics on account of their religion. He comes to Washington with gentlemen who are not to be trusted to do lit- tle else in the course of the session except to “‘ shriek for freedom.” Though the Post Office Committee has nothing to do legitimately with polities, so vast and so very important has the postal system of the Government become, as that the proper discharge of its functions is a matter of great moment tothe public interest. In proportion to the amount of paying mail matter transported, the number of miles it is transported in this country is many times 25PERCENT BELOW MARKET PRICE. ERRINGS AND MACKEREL OF A 8U- Noe ,at UFFALO Es PINE APPLE CHEESE FRESH TEAS, &c JONAS P. LEVY, w ors, Segars and Fin oS moeg ines, > ine \. feb 20-bw NOTICE OF CU-PARTNERSH IP. if byrd UNDERSIGNED ENTERED INTO co- on the ist of February, 1856, in the MERCHANT TAILORING BUSINESS, ‘ A Jones, of Tenn., which has for some time been | prove AND FANCY GOODS, SUITABLE to-morrow. T¢ is plein that ee me of the under consideration, was then taken up and {ges be found = variety, Northern delegates will withdraw if the to: and very cheap at LAMMOND’S, 7th st. twelfth seotion be not stricken out, and that} Aeso/ved, That the Secretary of the Navy be SOUREBE Wi tiniest ie the mass of the Southern delegates will do | irected to communicate to the Senatea copy UTION.—ALL PERSONS ARE CAU- fon t of the report made to his department by the Chireet ante buy the lots and improvements the same thing if that be accomplished Geo. | board of naval officers convened at Washing assessed to J. F. Tucker and Jane Seger | Law’s strikers are legging for an immediate | ton, in pursuance of an aet a) proved Febru- | Sarah £. Keally, as in arrears for taxes, sald taxes Presidential nomination, with little hope of | ty 25, 1855, entitled ‘An act to promote the ~re | heen paid. in full, and I heve the receipt ? a 7; efficiency of the navy ;’’ and of the record, | of J. M. MeCalla, Collector ee success. Tho senior of our neighbor is said to journal, or other papers accompanying said | feb 2i—1* J.F CKER_ be doing his best to carry for Law his point of | report; or, in the absence of such papers, that OST.—On yesterday evening at Kunkel’s iz po yes! y getting an immediate nomination. he further inform the Senate whether the cause Theatre, a pair of Ladies GULD SPECKS. with the initials of It is judged by many of the leaders that the for which officers of the navy recommended by ae over the right eye in! under Dame of E.GODEY &CO., A Pe that board to be dismissed or retired accom- | M.8.J. The finder will receive a suitable re- at the well known stand of E. Godey, 493 Eigh'h greater than in any other; while the means | Much oratorical fame, and has participated in | Louisiana view on the Catholic test will be ao- pained that report, or were otherwise made Ie by poy tpantoagh gr —_ pr anseg ghia d street. ig of mail conveyance among us are more varied | debate once or twice already, with much credit cepted, and that al] secresy in their future | known in writing to thedepartment, and, if eo, | Ter dence jose, Sev a We will always have on banda ansort- i Maryland Avenue. feb 21—1t* and inefficient; and the lawful authority of | to himself. We have had no means of as yet ment of GOODS for men’s wear, wi ‘will be proceedings will be abolished; which we do on he communicate to the Senate copy of MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPARY, | made up to order in a superior manner, and on the Department to enforce its wishes upon the | ##certaining the extent of his business qualifi- | not believe. ‘And then they adjourned. MICHAEL phtdripee Rexx, No. 461 Thtr- | accommodating terms. 3 a4 people is far less than under any other govern- | cations. From his position on various ques- sore ; In the House, the vote in which the Eleo- | pyREMIUM FROM | 40 PER CENT. ON ——_____ ment. Besides, the necessity for rapid exten- } tions that have so far been before the House, The Washington City Republican Asso- J indebted to me, individually, will confer a te ; i », i i amount insured, according to age, &c.; pay- ciation now being cracked up in distant news- tion Committee’s resolution, authorising them able one half casb, pocorn | notde-tnaenl ate. Those a favor by settling their accounts as soon as pos- papers, is an arrant humbug. The following | * 8nd for persons and papers in the Kansas | jiend to the insured, after the 3d year, 50 per ct. sible, by cash-or notes at short dates feb 20—3¢ sions and improvements in the service are we look forward to find hie votes recorded far greater than in any other land. These with the Democrats on all issues not imme- E. GODEY. : contested election case was passed, was re-} fed2i—Thk6m eR nel circumstances render an entirely satisfactory | diately connected with the peculiar political | 8* ite officers: ; idesbLyoaeT5, nays 86 ee GREAT BARGAIN FO BE HAD /N A | UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS. administration of our postal system a task of | tenets of the twelfth section Know Nothings. President—Dr. E. M. Joslin; Vice Presi | °° rd ; i “‘ARD—THE UNDERSIGNED, JOHN C. DEVEREUX. of New York city, and M. THOMPSON, of Washington, D C., and Counsellors-at-law, are associated for legal prosecution of claims for creditorsef Gov- ernment, in the Court of Claims. They will co operate in immediate and careful attention to business matters at Washington which great difficulty. With a House Post Office Committee careless of the discharge of their duties, or inclined to use their positions to embarrags the Departmenton political grounds, rather than to aid it cheerfully to overcome Mr. Wood, of Maine, formerly a Whig, is now an out-and-out Republican, having been elected as a Know Nothing. He has had no legislative experience. At home he isthe rail- toad king of hisState, being perhaps the largest a ‘ ily finish Carryall.—aAs the subscri- dents—Jacob Bigelow, Martin Buell; Record-| Mr Orr moved a resolution —_ sage ber ohne oe leaving the city he will offer for ing Secretary—Lewis Clephane ; Correspond- sted by Mr. Dunn) appoin Joseph sale his Carryall, which has been in use but 2 ing Secretary—Daniel R. Goodloe; Treasurer | Bradley, of Washington city, a commissioner | short time, and has recently undergone a thorough “i 5. Brown; Directors—William Blan-| with full powers to proceed to Kansas and | repair, which gives it, aon emer eg chard, D. J. Bishop, 8. M. Tudor. take testimony, to - used by the zieeee Sana So ‘was made by D. Jones omuiittee in the Kansas case, amen y jetown, D. SE ee etntae Ovation) aad ies | os aauien sh ie aie ot Sidney 8. Baxter, Li ipten dS, oo hart hat gh dia the extraordinary disabilities to which we | Public-works contractor in New England chard, are employees in the Era office. Mr. of Washington city, as # co-commissioner with Whites oe sa set wie GIBBON. Be protcnion amd clasts inthe Wit af 4 se rf Ec mean est yes -ene-aadeen an \* refer above, disastrous consequences to the | We presume that he does not propose to play Bigelow is a Massachusetts man, who coming | Mr. Bradley, with equal powers. , OF e part Union * yy MERICAN ALMANAC, complete from its hither some years since from Indiana, stands one original Poa et ag Mero Lap commencement in 1830 to 1853, inelesive, 24 isolated in this community. The othi AN a mi , im finest new calf . Price $38. community. others &re | mittee. or sale (a single set only, many of the volumes new Yankee importations, of whom we never} On motion of Mr, Washburn of Me., the being entirely out of print) = heard before Elections Committee were authorised to em- FRANCK TAYLOR. é ‘i & Clerk’at the usual compensation. Also, The British Almanac and Companion, The members of the association are, nine- ploy similar resolution authorising the Mili- | complete future of the postal affairs of the United Btates would surely result, In this case we are compelled to give Speaker Banks credit for having apparently labored to make up this committee, for the most part, with energetic, the active politician or the orator in the Hall, If he manages the committee business to be entrusted to him half as well as he is under- stood to have conducted his own private affairs, his selection for the Post Office and Post from its commencement in 1828 to 1851, N practical business men—the right description | Roads will prove fortunate, indeed. tenths of them, we apprehend, new settlers tary Affairs Committee to ee oe dw was cunt 'y aera myton. re = ne - M. THOME BON, We sn eral ef honorabie members for the safe discharge | Mr. Herbert, of California, also a new mem- | {"™ Sbolitiondom, most of whom are, ormere, ore hoon: ihen took ap the resolution for ee eee F.T 30-8 of the Post Office Committee’s trusts, ber, bids fair to rank high as a echolar, hay, | °*Pectant# of office under the House. They the election of a Chaplain, on which an hour | — —— — iDIA RUBBER comps —at LAM- Mr. Mace, of Indiana, its chairman, is now ing on one occasion in the Hall made it mani- | °7J°Y 2° sympathy whatever-from any por-| was spent without a ballot, The question be- J whe ais tele eased ta pape toy Bate ND’S, 7th street, can be found India Rub- i 2 Tate founded on fact, by Jalis MO) * serving his third term in the hall, which he | fest that though a very young man, he will tion of our fellow citizens who have been five | i: ton a motion to postpone, no quoram Kavanagh Papier, 60 cents; cloth #5 conte ber, Tak Pi =, Side, Dressing and Coitren entered originally as a fierce radical Demo- | “hold his own” in any di on in which | 7°8"# in Washington ; being almost to a man, iss = > After the transaction of some further basi- ae Forest Tragedy and other Tales, by Giace Teenwood; $1, ness, they ¢rat—as the very incarnation of the spirit of , The Bush * Ca; Mayne Reid; 75 by ———$—$ ui. OST—IN THE VICINITY OF THE NA- he may tuke part. Political y, bois s D practically, little more than newly-imported L - The Unterrifed. He was elected a second | erat. We presume that he was abolition missionaries. Such are the people. Correction:—Yesterday we accidentally <a. late William | 15 apes mount time ass Democrat, but went off from that | committee in deference to the pt nba with whom Francis P. Blair tg Pee Bhs ms pesos oe ae wie Wee wien Maguin, LL DS Oy Dr. Shelton Mac- peje 8 a ari ce ples poy es rane eae eine rasks-Kansas bill; having, | bis Stato has in connection with the postal | 8° his measure of revenge on the Demooratio wwe represented, ove of eltisens of Georgetbwn Oe the pete ote ¥ A pa aera...” up to that time, been regarded here as in-| affairs of the Government, California sprang | P&tY- poe against the notion of the ides = Tale of Kentucky; by W. Gilmore Sims, , . MILLINERY. ra tn demesne ie She other sd af fll grown oto the family of Staten, and there-| Mail Moasangers Appeinted.—The’ Port | yer gyri ‘A tiltory of Philosophy tn Epitome, Merion cMILLINERY Ses 4 version was | fore really requires at once the postal facili- ‘master of the House has appointed and removed | the bition ot \Aleatt Sehovegion, translated from the THE LAKES, — *) very sudden Sinee, however, he has rapidly | ties anid expenditures usually for » | mail . zo; | Corman Uy 3 robe a O01 Pa. avenuc, nene Adams’ 5 laast widened the breach between himsalfand the | State of the Union that hes existed as duct ce (a Campbell, of Pa., in place of Jas, Owner, d Grom» friend nso: | ssow of tae Ressad; by Henry F- Toppan, 6125, | uring fhe. Teh oing re pring Democracy, until now be votes shoulder to| least s quarter of » century. .We wish him téwioved | BR. sate )-0f Med Be MtGAYLOR © MAURY, a. 19.6 shoulder on slavery issues with Meters: Gid- | every possible: saosess'in taking este ‘of “her|| A. Gillespie, pon *” near Ninth, insy be hed: mp BY 0 eo Iii EE ee