Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1856, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR, FUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, (EXCEPT SUNDAY,) dt the Ster Buildings, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Eleventh street, By W. D. WALLACE, Will be served to subscribers by carriers at SIK aVD A QUARTER CENTS, payable weekly 4) the Agents; popers served in packages at 37% aents per month. To mail subscribers the sub- soription price is THREE DOLLARS AND FIF- TY CBNTS a year in advancs, TWO DOLLARS for six months, and ONE DOLLAR for three months; for less than three months at the rate of 124 cents a week. 7" SINGLE COPIBS ONE CENT. ES Ebening ? Star. VOL. Vil. WASHINGTON, D. ©. FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1856. NO. 1,009. OFFIciazL. ‘Taxascvny DerartMent, Dec. 1, 1856. Notice is hereby given to holders of stocks of 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 percent.; for stock of the loans of 1847 and 1848, a premium of sixteen per cent.; for stock issued under the act of 1850, 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 dayof January next, a premium of 2 per cent.; ifreceived between the Ist Jan- wary and the 3ist of Mareh next, a premium of 2 per cent ; and If received after the 3ist of March and prior to said Ist of June next, a premium of 16 per cent. Interest will also be allowed on sald stocks at the rates specified In the certificates, from the Ist July last, if assigned with the principal of the certificates recetved prior to the Ist of January next. After that date the interest will be allowed in addition to the premium from Ist of January to the date of their receipt. In both cases one day’s interest will be allowed In addition for the money to reach the seller. Certificates transmitted to this Department ua- der the present notice should be duly assigned to the United States (with the current balf year’s in- terest, if — to the Ist of January next) by the party entitled to receive the Purchase money. Payment for these stocks will be made by drafts 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 Treasury. PROPOSALS FOR GUNPOWDER. ORDNANCE OFFICE, Wasdineton, Aprii23, 1556 i PpRorosats ARE INVITED FROM THE Powder Manufacturers of the country for fur nishing Five Thousand Barre’s of Gunpowder, or any portion of that quantity not less mn one thousand barrels. Four-tifths of the Powder to be furnished must be Cannon Powder, and one- fit Musket Powder; and the whole amount that may be ordered must be delivered at the harbor of New York by the ist of Angust, 1956, and not sooner than the 20th July, 1856. Contracts will be eatered into only with those who can give sat- isfactory assurance of their ability to manufacture Powder of the quality required for Government use. ‘The proportions of the ingredients of Powder for the military service are 75 parts of nitre, 15 parts of charcoal, and 10 parts of sulphur. ‘the ingredients to be ured in the manufacture must be of the highest degree of purity; the nitre must not contaia more than 1-3000th part of chlorides; the charcoal must be obtained from sound willow or poplar wood, of not more than three or four years’ growth; and the sulphur of such purity thatin ae 100 grains ina glass vessel the residaum shail not exceed a small fraction of a grain. The Powder must be packed in barrels of ene hundred pounds each ; the barrels to be made of weil-seasoned white oak, and hooped with hi¢kory or cedar —_ (the latter preferable) de- prived of their bark; the hoops to cover two- thirds of the barrel, and to be secured by co per nails; inetead of a bung on the side, a screw hoe one and a helf inch diameter must be made in the head of the barre!, and closed by a wood screw with an octagonal head, not projecting beyond the ends of the staves, with a washer under it of thin leath-r steeped In a solution of bees-wax in spirits of turpentine, and a piece of clot. glued over the head of the rorew plug. The ingredients, and also the estraagead during azd after fabrication, will be est ae to inspec- fon and f by officers of the Ordnance Depart- ment, as laid down nthe Ordnance Manual, (to which bidders are referred.) and non? will be re- ceived walese sgecoves by theinspector. ‘The in- spection will made at the powder works, and certiicates will be given by the inspector to the contractors, on the presentation of which, with receipts, by the ordnance officer stationed in the harbor of New York. for the powder delivered there, payment wili be made to the fall amount. The proposa’s must stale the price per 100 pounds, (barrel included.) and must te endorsed ** Pro for Gunpowder,’ and directed to the undersigned, at the Ordnance Office, Washing ton, D. C., where they will be opened on the 24:) of May in the presence of the bidders, or of such of them as may choose to oe _K. CRAIG, Colonel of Ordnance, Philadelphia Argus; Day Book and Military Argus, New York; Boston Post; and Hartford Times. Each of the above papers will send one of the — containing the advertisement, and also the r bills, to the Ordnance Office. ap 24-dtMMay ORDNANCE OFFICE Wasuineton, May 1, 1856. T= WHOLE QUANTITY OF FOWDER required under the above advertisement isje- duced to three thousand barrels, four-dfths of it to be cannon powder and one-fifth musket powder with all the ocher conditions of the above adve:$ tisement unchanged H K CRAIG, Colonel of Ordnence, The rs ecocaener bef mange mae call for jposais for gun-powder, da’ A ¥3, will a insert tals notice immediately under that advertisement m2-td NEW FIRM AND NEW ARRANGEMENTS! TT UNDERSIGNED, T. POTENTINI& 8 ZITELL, baving formed a copartae-shi for the par, of carrying on the CONFEC- TIONBRY and RESTAURANT business, at 379 Pennsylvania avenue, under-the style of POTENTINI & ZITELL, beg leave to call the attention of the patrons of the old firm, and the public mag fy ey increased faciides which they now offer for Weiahed WEDDING, BALL and SUPPER PA) ES, at the shortest possibie notice, with all the deli- cacies both in and out of season. Rooms furnished for BREAKFAST, DINNER and SUPPER, for private parties, at all times. We have ag poe wom Pear ag a fine SALUON &itted up ex, for ies. where they can be furnished with GAME and OYSTERS of all kinds, served up in every style, at the shortest notice. Ladies favoring us with a callcan always be furnished with every delicacy that the appetite desires. Ladies and gentlemen can have their MEALS sent to them ai their private reoms by leaving or- We will also pay — attention to 7 manufactur’ plain and oreamental CON- FSCTIONERY iwall their branches, and will always keep on band aselecf assortmentof French CONFECTIONS, BUN BONS, PRESERVES &. POTENTINI & ZITELL, 279s. s. Pa. av., between 10th and 1lith sts. ap 12-2m (int& Organ) ALNWICK FRENCH AND ENGLISH FE. MALE SEMINARY, FOR BOARDING PUPILS. SITUATED SIXTEEN MILES ON THE 6 Baltimore and Washington Railroad and Turnpike, and two miles sou:h of the village of Laarel. M. A. TYSON & SISTERS respectfully in- form their patrons and others that it is their in- tention to close, ey eres their day school in the city on the 2ist April, and that the summpr term of their Alnwick Lastitution will open en MONDAY, May Sth. Applications eet be mste at thetr city resi- a until Ist ag Oy by letter addressed to the Laurel Post Office, Md N. B.—Every facility 1s afforded for the acqui- ition of the French Language and Music. i4-dtMaylo MR WILLIAM PALMER, Professor of Singing and the Flute, EGS TO INPORAL THE INHABITANTS of Washington that be proposes establishing SINGING CLASSES fortwo, three or four pu- pils, whereby eack voice will be Properly ex- amined, and separately cultivated, according to its quality, which could not be done, consistent- ly, with simultaneous teaching—as Sopranos, ease Sopranos, and ‘Contralto-Volees require a widely different training. The same care is ne cessary with male voices, viz: Tenor, Baritone . and Bass. When the puplis are sutictently ed- vaneed to sing by themselves they will then be taught to take their respective parts in Duet, Trios, or (Quartets. Terms per Quarter: $10 for each pupil, if only two pup'ls one nour will be de roted, and an extra half hour for every additional pxpil; $20 per quarter for separate pupils. aps 7 Peauasylvania avenue, GALVANIZED SUMMER OVENS. Ypecbet AND SPLENDID ARTICLE FOR summer use, warranted to save eighty-five per cent. in full and the material from which it is manufactured being a non-conductor and con structed with air chambers there is no rediation of heat in the room. SIBLEY & GUY, between 10th and Lith sis, ons (Organ) MANTILLAS—MANTILLAS. She EUDORA LA BELLE, GAZELLE, ECOLA, BEATRICE, EUGENIA, &c., &c Also, a few elegant Shawl-shape Mantillas. We shall open all the above new styles to-mor- Pa. avenue, row, May Ist Also, an additional supply of rich BONNET RIBBONS, Ladies’ DRESS TRIMMINGS, EMBROIDERIES, &c., &c MAXWELL & BRO., ap 30-eo}t 328 Pennsylyania avenue. BUILDING HARDWARE. P ERSONS IN WANT OF BUILDING HARDWARE, such as Mortice, Rim, Dead and Closet Locks; Porcelain and Min- eral Door Knobs; Shutter Knobs; Parliament Blind me Ee Loose and Fast Joint Door Hinges, sizes; Gimblet Screws; Round, Square, Shuter and Flush Bolts; Sash and Shut- ter Fastenings; Nails; Sash Weights and Cord:; Brads; &c , would do well to give vsa call as we feel confident we can, from our great variety, suit thern Having bought onr goods for cath we are enabled to sell them as cheap as can be had this side of manufactories, for the ready money. HARVEY & ADAMS, 325 Pa. avenue, south side, four doors ap 26—eolm from corner 7th st. MORE RICH FLOUNCED DRESSES. E HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM THE recent large auction sales in New York a very choice assortment ef rich and beautiful DRESS GGOvs. We name in the lot— 25 very rich Flounced Silk Robe Dresses 50 printed with Satin stripes and plain Berege Robes, in entire new designs, and at low ‘ices 18 rich and beautiful Organdy Mustin Robes 25 rich Lawn and Jaconet Robes, very cheap 50 pieces fine Organdy Muslins and French fawns with embroidered and plain Swiss Muslins and plaid Cambrics 10 pieces Crape Maretz in all plain colors, a new and beautiful article for ladies’ ard chil- dren’s wear 100 pieces ——— Lawns, hgeertyiy agp at 12% and 16% cents per yard, ti cheapest gots ever offered in t'ufs market. #* We shall be in :eceipt of New Goods every week during the season, and cordially invite purchsrers to call and examine our stock before purchasings. All articles warranted to yore 88 represented, and no goods cut off can be taken back cr ex- changed. COLLEY & SEARS. 523 Seventh st., 3 doors no:th Pa. ave. ap 2l-ecé6t NEW BOWL'NG SALOON. ON TEMPERANCE PRINCIPLES. A pee SUBSCRIBER HAS FITTED UP one of thenew = toreson D street, j 4 pergeen Shand th sweet, ssa TEMS HIT PERANCE BOWLING SALOON, where gentlemen who need this exercise for heali and amusement may resort and be benefitted. No ren liquors allowed on the prem- ises, and no betting permitted The subscriber pledges himself to make this a respectable place of amusement! nd nothing will be allowed at which the mos: tidions can complain. a Good Soda Water ond Cigars take the place of uor. q call fs respectfully solicit d. ap 15-eotf B. BROWN, Agent. NEW PATENT FLUID LAwr. —Z 13 WELL KNOWN TO ALL PERSONS who deal in or are acquainted wit! lamps that aFluid Lam, with a circular wick safe, and not Hab’e to heat, so constructed that the light could be controlled and reguiated, has been a reat desideratum ever since fluid bas been used. tit as well known thst no such Lamp has until now been offered to the public. Such a Lamp we now present, which burns with a clesr, strong light, and with a steadiness which renders it superior even to gas for purposes of reading and writing. And it will burn with undiminished flame ustil the fluid in the Lamp is entirely consumed The material used is common burning fluid, known also by the names of Etherial Uil and Spirit Gas. Lamp !s very bey in its contruction and easily trimmed ; the light can be regulated zs perfectly as gas-light, so that no more need he consumed than !s wanted. This Lam ulfarly adapted to the purpose eo eniag churches and pubilc halls, while for lighting parlors, reading, writing or sewing, it ep tncdt one eb: J. R. McGREGOR, Forsa 534 Seventh street, between Louisiana ap 25-e02w avenue ard D street. sedihis + clu EE (mene ois Seta aoa MARBLE AND BRO WN STONE WORKS, Pa avenue, between 18th and 19th streets. HE UNDERSIGNED KEEPS ON HAND and makes to order on the most reasonable terms— MONUMENTS, TOMBS, GRAVE- STONES, MANTELS, TABLE TOPS, MAR- BLE, and ENCAUSTIC TILES for Flocring. Also, all kinds of plain end ornamental Marble and Brown Stone Work for be grgeny| purposes executed with promptness, and at as low prices as can be had elsewhere. ap 10-eoly H. PARRY. LIME!—_LIME:!—LIME ILL BE OPENED TO MORROW, AT the Lime Kilns of W. H. Godey & Co, situated on Rock Creek, between the upper and lower bridges, a ki'n of very superior WOOD BURNT LIME. The subscribers have also on ee supply of PLASTERERYS’ HAIR, CEMENT, CALCINED PLASTER, and every description of the very best quality of lime, which Will be disposed of on the most reasonable terms, ap 14—eott W.H. GODEY & CO. CASH PAED FOR FURNITURE. PERSONS DECLINING HOUSEKEEPING or Saving a surplus of Household Effects on band, will us at all times to "ose gases = oped ae articles as may wish to dispose of. and see BONTZ & COOMBS, No. 369 Seventh st , bet. 1 and K. feb 19-e0d REFRIGERATORS of THE MOST APPROVED KIND, JUST received at the House Furnishing Store of the subscriber. Also, a large supply of new FURNITURE made to order, and will be sold very low for cash or approved paper. N. M. McGREGOR, mar 31 iw No. 530. 7th street. ur MRS. J. RUOFE RESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE LA- dies of h pao ar that she has just returned from New York with a splend: assortment of Spring and Summer BUN NETS, and will have ber opening April 1Sth. Ladies will save 30 per cent. to call before purchasing elsewhere No. 3 East Capitol street, Capitol Hill, 1 door from Corner of Ist street. ap Ll-eolm Moe begat fei kee ov barrels No. 3 mediam MACK ‘ Repos NEW WORK CHEESE : a LDER BAC! 500 do DRIED BEEF ate 500 FAMILY HAMS 20 cases fresh SALAD OIL, 5,000 choice HAVANA CIGARS 1,000 pounds HOPS. Just received, for sale b ap 28-3teo MURRAY & SEMMES EE AMERICAN AND FRENCH P. - HANGINGS slang A: . AM IN RECEIPT OF MY SPRING As- sortment of PAPERHANGNGS, embracin, all the latest styles and best ns of the most celebrated manufacturers Europe and this country, to which I invite the attention of my friends and the public. 1 have also in store a large assortment of LACE and MUSLIN CURTAINS, PICTURE CORDS and TASSELS. WINDOW SHADES, and WINDOW CORNIES. JOHN ALEXANDER, ap B-eolw No. 240 Penn. avenue MILL FEED: MILL FEED:: K BUBSCRIBER HAS CONSTANTLY on hand « wpply of SHIPSTUFF, MID- DLINGS, SHORTS, and BROWN STUFF, which he will sell low and in quantities to sult purchasers. BENJ. DARBY, ap7-eolm 89 Water street, G DUBLEICE PITCHERS DIFFERENT sizes. Silver;lated aud Britannia Prices low. G. FRBNCIS, ' apae 490 Seventh st.) SPRING SUPPLIES. E HAVE RECEIVED OUR SPRING supplies of BOOTS AND SHOES for ladies. misses and children, gents. boys and youths. Our stock is large and oat assorted in all its branches, from the best manufacturers of New York and Philadel- hia Padies black GAITERS only @1 Gents. black and colored GAITERS only $2 50. Also, a reel assortment of TRUNKS AND CARPET BAGS, which will be dispesed of ata small advance Houses, &c., for Rent and Sale. STORE ROOMS FOR RENT.—Thestoreand upper rooms on 9th street, next to corner of D, now occupied by Donn & Rrothers, are for rent The fixtures befng very complete, can be had with the store if desired. The store room is large and well arranged for almost any business. The three upper 10oms are also commodious and well lighted, and can be entered either from the store or from the outside. Possession can be hud at ten days notice. Inquire of the undersigned op- =~ EVENING STAR. Mr. Wrigglemess becomes Acquainted with the Owl Departinent. After a succession of heavy snows that prom- ised to remain intact until July, and the un- checked heaping of all manner of filth in the streets for several months, our friend, Mr. Wrigglemess, was prepared to seo, about the first of April, highways in the vicinity of his ite. Y S, r Call early and examine our assortment. ew dwelling that might have been considerably A. HOOVER & SON, Vee eth Li! J.GIDEON. | cieaner” Mr. Wehad heard of the Augean South side Pa. avenue, bet. 6th and 7th sts. ap 23-e06t (Organ& Intel) $640 TO LOAN. NY PERSON POSSESSING REAL ES- tate, that will satisfy the Georgetown Bulid- ing Association, can ob‘ain that amount at once on very favorable terms, on application to LUNDY, stables, and had an idea that they must have been very dirty indeed, and that the great hostler Hercules must have had a time goerely in getting down to the genuine ‘oor, or terra firma. Nevertheless, the as- pert of the streets at this period caused Mr. .’8 eyes to grow considerably larger than his speetacle glasses ALUABLE FARM FOR SALE, CON- taining 90 acres, situated \ mile east of the Rockville Turnpike Road, and 2% from Wesh- ington city. Itis well watered, and on it a good supply of fire wood and young orchard The im- verents are a small e dwelling and stz- oe It —— oe So eel es nisite to make a garden reat value, or a dairy farm and a plea-ant residence x uf 4 The terms will be Wrigglemess had a _ap 6 128 Bridge st , Georgetown. | made easy. Apply to POLLARD WEBB, No. | distinct recollections of having paid his taxes. 512 Seventh street, opposite National Intelligen- From all that he could learn, he inferred that Fo THE LA D1ES.—PER EXPRESS this day one case Malilard's NEW YORK CANDIES, consisting of— Cream Chocolate, Burnt Almonds Lady Drops, Cod Liver Paste With a large variety of Plums, &c. Z. M. P. KING, ap 23-tr 265 Vt. av., cor. 15th and I sts, LIME!—LIME!—LIME! | ee NOW ON HAND A TAGUSAND berrels of the best quality of WOOD-BURNT LIME, which I can and will sell chaaper than any cther manufacturer in Washington. 1 will, also, from this day open a kiln of wood burnt Lime every week, so that it can always be had fresh and good Aiso, coastantly on hand a splendid article o; CEMENT, HAIR and PLASTER which wil be sold cheap. LAWSON P. HOOVER, Potomac Lime Kilns, 27th street, one square south of the Lower Bridge, near Georgetown. ap 18-10t CLOTH DRESSING AND DYBING ES- - TABLISUMENT. HE SUBSCRIBER HAVING RE-ESTAB- lished himself In the above business is pre- cer Office. ap 22-f For SALE—A TRACT OF LAND CON- taining 170 acres, 40 of which iscleared, 15 er 20 well set in clover and timothy, and the balance in oak and hickory, some of which is very heavy. It is handsomely focaled, in a thickly settled and rapidly improving neighborhood, near Bayly’s Corners, 65 miles south west of Washington, and about the same distance from Alexandria and Georgetown ; well watered ; soil of the best qual- ity; buildings, a small frame House and stable; contains a valuable stone quarry, and willbe sold in whole or in part, ata great bargain. Title un- questionable, and terms made easy. For further particulars apply to P. H. SMITE, at House of Representatives, or toJ.H.CLEVE- LAND, on the premises. feb 29—-4f TPRIVATESALE —EIGHTEEN SMALL building lois for sale, corner of I, street and New Hampshire Avenue, near the cirele, First Ward, ranging in price from 80 to 160 dollars each. Terms from 5to 15 dollars permonth Par- ties purchasing with the view of building thereon, lumber or bricks (at market prices) tothe amount of 159 dollars will be advanred thereon, secured hy deed of trust on the property. ‘Title indispu- many thousands of good citizons had done likewise. He had read in the daily papers that there was a particular department of the city government organized for the espcvial purpose of taking charge of the streets It was said that certain persons had contracted to keep these streets clean for many thousands of dollars, and although some people mur- mured at the expense, good citizens were willing to pay the sums mentioned to escape estilential and odoriferous thorougbfares. ret, right before the door of Mr. Wriggle- mess’s domicil loomed up glaciers of snow and ice, ornamented with Alps of filth; and, at length, to apply the capstone to the won- der, two departed cats and a defunct Tray were thrown upon the offal ridge. Mr. W. was not long in arriving at the conclusion that the government could know nothing of this state of affairs—the great Street Department could not tolerate such a nuisance, and as the efiluvia was becoming something less pleasant than the perfuinmes of Araby the Blest, he, at the suggestion of a friend, determined to find red to DYE Silk, Merino, and Delaine Dresses; | ‘ble. For any other Information apply to H. | a remedy, was there one to find. Bil, Damask and Merino Curtains ; Crape and | PARRY, Marble Yard, Pa.av., bet. sth & 19th In this search our friend met with his usual Pr sts. ap 10—3m OR SALE OR RENT —A SMALL FARM situated near the Old Fields, Prince George's county, Md., on the stage road from U pper Mari- boro’ to Washington, only seven miles to Wash- ington. On the place is a good Dwelling House. good fruit, a young growing weods, and the soil easily improved. For particulars inquire enD st., between 6th and7th,No.124. ap4-im* OR RENT —A CONVENIENT TWO- story dwelling, with bick building, centain- ing eight rooms, with ize. cellars, pantries, wood house, stable, fiuit and vegetable garden The house is on N street, near the southern termi- Merino Shawls dyed or bleached. Gents’ Coats, Pants, Vests, Cloaks and Mantels cleansed or re- dye L. J. DENHAM, No. 249 south side Pa. avenue, between 12th and 13th streets, opposite Gautler’s Confectionery. ap 1l-im* luck of trouble. While contemplating tie street from the front window, he saw a nam- ber cf sleepy looking individuals, with brooms and scrapers in their hands, leisurcly sweep- ing and scraping away at the conglomeration of substances beyond the curb. Occasionally they would stop, lean upon their implements, and discuss politics. Then they would make rows of heaps, like little children playing among sand. Goggles, a next door neighbor of Mr W., gouty and somewhat vehement in his hoarse speech, suddenly jerked his head out of the window and exclaimed— WATCHES, M W. GALT & BRO. OFFERS CON- * stently a complete assortment cf superior Watches. They call particular attention to those Cooper, F B. Adams & Sons, David Se ute Dixon, Oraig, and others, London M. T. Tobias & Co.,R.& J. Beesiry. Joseph Johnson, Blundell & Co ; Liverpool. Jules Jurgenson, Copenhagen mation of New El Giersy one is are ‘“Wrig—mess! See them rascals. They d : way from the door to the Capitol and Navy | belong to the Owl Department. Them’s the Also, Vacheron & Constantine’s celebrated Ge- | y. ime + neva Watches, which, from their size and style, | tance’ Rent mederate: Ragty te Bait ite, | broom Owls. Watch em! The raccals can’t Rent moderate. Apply to F. BARRY, next door to the premises. ap 30-e03 * OR SALE.—SQUARE 980 HANDSOMELY situated. Will be sold a great bargain. A good opportunity fora profitable investment. Ap- ply to Z. W. McKNEW, General Agent Jackson all. ap 30-eolw OR SALE —A NUMBER OF BUILDING lots at Neighborsvilie, in Square 960, at from $75 to $30 per lot, payable in moztbly instalments. Persons of moderate means have now a gocd oz pertunity to purchare a home on very reasona ble terms in a rapidly improving part of the city. Apply to Z. W. McKNEW, General Agent, Jackson Hall ap 30 eo3t OOM FOR RENT.—AFINE FURNISHED Parlor and Bedrcom, at No 310 C street, be- tween 6th and 7th, in the immediate vicinity of the National and Browns’ Hotel. Inquire of J. G@. HEMrLER, on the premises. ap 30-e02t* VOR RENT.—LENOX’S WHARF, NEAR the Long Bridge, the best and most reliable one in the territory for landing stone and other heavy articles. It has ebout 100 feet front, with depth of water sufficient for landing purposes on etther side. Attached thereto 1s a square of grourd for the purpose of depositing or woed. On said square isacomfortable «welling, which may be adapted to store put There is about i4 feet waler alongside said Wharf atlowtide. To those desiring to make a profitable business a rare opportunity is offered. For terms apply at No. 190 Ht street north, between Sth and 9th streets west. JAMES TOW LES, Property Agent. ap 25-eotf OR RENT—SEVERAL HANDSOME Par- lors and Chambers, with board. Also, table and transient board. Inquire at Mrs. SMITH’S, 233 F street. nov 27—tf OR RENF.—A HANDSOME THREE- story frame House on ilth street, between New York avenue and K ftreet north, coneeee nine good and conveniently-arranged rooms, wit eat dirt heaps and dead dogs. Confouud "em, they're playin’ round the mud!” Mr. Ww had seen various species of the owl He couldn’t, on this occasion, perceive any very great degree of similarity between the scavengers and owls. But the :ormer did cer- tainly appear to be very dim-sighted in re gard to the worst portions of the street. He called out to one of the owls, and asked him why he didn t take away the carcass lying on the dirt heaps “The cats, is it yez mane! Och, no, in- dade. That’s for the supervisor to take away,”’ replied one of the scavenger owls, and he went on with his work. Wrigglemess procured the company of Gog- gles, who was more a man of the world than himself, and determined to go and see the Su- pervisor. Goggles went, in spite of his dainty foe, his heavy rotundity in the region of the turtle receptacle, and aithough he knew that but little could be expected to result from the trouble taken. The Supervisor was athome. Gogglescalled him the Prowling Owl, always running about, never seen busy, and invariably blind to the existence of any nuisance in the highways. The Prowling Owl said it was the duty of the high constables to enforce the ordinances, and to sec that all nuisances were removed. The high constables of the district wero hunt- ed up, and that was a hunt that caused mr) gles to blow and use profane language. designated the high constables as Horned Owls. They were kept to frighten good peo- ple into obeying the ordinances, but were as lind as other owls to the existence of any nuisances in their section of the city, And Wrigglemess obtained no satisfaction from the Horned Owls, except the cheap counsel to go to the contractcrs who had engaged to are peculiarly suited for ladies. The above, with those by every other maker, are offered at the lowest rates. M.W.GALT & BRO , Jewelers, ap 12-dtf 24 Pa. av. bet. 9th and 10th sts. _ LADIES! Your Immediate Attention is most respect- fully Solicited !! R.C.STEVENS, DEALRR IN FRENCH MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS. EMBRACE THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY of the s-asons to inform my friends and the Vey that my stock ef Straw BON- NETS, Boys’ HATS and FLATS, Straw Trimming. best French and American Are tifictal Flowers, Kibbons, Silks, lusion’, Exg- lish and Italian Crapes, Neapolitan, Tuscan Swiss, French Lace, Suton, Florence and Eng- lish Bonnets, white and black Ribbons, full as- sortment, all of which will be sold at the lowest market prices for cash. P.S.—Just received 100 Shakers, 50 blk Bon- nets, 50 boxes double and single Kuche, green Ribbon and Silk to trim Shakers. ap 18-tf GAS LIGHT!—GAS LIGHT!: Always sure, and under your own control! GALLAHER & SMITH HAVING PER- fected their PORTABLE GAS GENERA- TOR, now offer it to the Lela assuring them that it is free from all the objections which have been urged against other jnveations for accom- plishing artificial illumination 1t will generate more Gas, at less expense, than any other Appa- tatus, take up less space, and is free from all noxious odors, while its original cost is fifty per cent. less. Por Public uildings or Private Dwellings this GgNeRATOR will be found pecu- liarly applicable, and in the country highly ad- vantageous, as the Gas can be manufactured from any kind of grease that !s now considered valueless and thrown away. It is very simple in its construction, not liable to get out of order, and can be tended with entire s2fety by an !ynovant servant, or child, without the least danger. wide passage. It has a large cistern in the yard. | cleanse the highways and byways for many ‘The patentees do not think it necessary, in en Apply to M. SNYDER & SON, Bankers thousands of dollars. W. and G. went to the advertisement, to give any long description of } ap 4-tf contractors, who told the complainants to mind their Gas GgNeRATOR, those des rous of being ARE CHANCE—THE UNDERSIGNED | their own business; that nobody has a right Waid Mate ANE: soameettaly eeriboebie offers for sale those beautiful Lots situated | to call them to account except the Grand the Gas Fitting Eetabiichenens of | 02 3d street, a few feet south of Pa.avenue. Their | Thomas Owl, who presided over the Depart- and Plumbing MILLER & CUNNINGHAM, No, 243 Pennsylvania avenue, south aide, Who are the sole and General Agents, where the Gas can be seen burning, and ali pariiculars as- situation cannot be excelled for either busines or residence sites, and will be sold at a great sacri- fice. H.C. HARKOVER,. Tering: A small cash Leienpe) and the bal- ment. Wrigglemess ie ere with a large flea in his ear, and a faint wonder whether this was a government of the people. Gug- 5 4 in 1, 2. 4 - Residence, No 6,| gles said he knew it—the contractors were cortained relative to the Generator, Ke. ei north A street, Capito? Hin. feb23-t¢ | in the system—they were Mousing Owls, al- CAST OFF CLOTHING OUGHT AND SOLD AT 76 LOUISIANA avenue, opposite Holmead’s Grocery, near Semmes’. Address, through Post Office, to “Mr, “ap 7-Im* CHVICE FRUIT TREES FOR SALE, 10 06 APPLE TREES, OF EXTRA b ways looking after fat mice in jobs. From the contractors the couple of citizens went to the Commissioners of Highways. They surlily replied that they had nothing to do with removing nuisances. It was the sum total of their business to overlook the Super- visors TO THE PUBLIC. HE UNDERTAKING BUSINESS HERE- tofore carried on by the late O James F. Harvey, will Mr GEORGE HARVEY, (brother of my de- ued by his widow. rowth and well assorted. ceased husband) hgs been engeged to conduct ‘< What a heap of overlooking the depart- 5,000 PEACH TREES, forming a com-' ard manage the business. and is fully authorized pe pceatadnyes pocth me Wetegloneenn’ Plete assortment and well grown. to eet in the premises. ‘No wonder they overlook the mud,” say- A few very choice Dwarf PEAR TREES, of extra size. The above comprising a very choice assortment of Trees were raised by the late John H. King, they will be guaran! to be what they are rep- resented. Apply to W. Albert King, No. 35 seuth High atreet, Georgetown, D.C, or at Valley View Farm, one mile northwest of Georgetown. Catalogues furnished on application ‘The public may be assured that every attention ‘will be given to the business es formerly. FUNERAL CALLS attended to at all hours of night. ee a MARIA E. HARVEY, ap 21-2w 410 Seventh street, A CARD. AVING BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM the Treasury to the Liquor De- agely blurted out Goggles. ‘‘Them’s the Bleeding Owls—their principal business is to bleed people that want work done in their neighborhood.’’ At length the couple came to the headquar- ters of the Owl Department. Hore they found the Grand Thomas Owl in state, surrounded by an army of clerks, whose principal task it, corner K and 7th streets, I d to be to worry through the hours Also, for sale, a thousand Ruy canes Em pref ared._ to fornia ey friendstab 7 hia fae. m. to 3 p.m. e Grand Owl was pee ere: x Beats aad Balticore al “a choice iar ‘of | not approachable. He was rapt in the mazes of speculation, and no plain, humble citizen, who merely wanted a particular portion of the ublic work attended to, would dare to trouble is august Owlship The Grand Thomas mo- tioned to a clerk to attend to the gentlemen in waiting. The gentlemen alluded to told their story, and the clerk, merely opening his sleepy eyes with a is-that-all sort of a stare, said he would make a note of it and notify the contractor. No further satisfaction could be obtained, and Wrigglemess and Goggles were compelled to return home, after a long hunt from owl to owl, with the profound assurance that the case was hopeless. That night Wrigglemess had bad dreams. He was surrounded with owls of all shapes and sizes, who, after many importunities, had consented to remove his carcas, which had been substituted for that of the dead dog on the mud an Butas they were about taking t B ; ola Bourbon and Old Rye. For break- fates toeroee oe g Rolls, Waffles, Fresh But- ter, Broiled Corn Shad, Porter house Steak, ten- der and fat, Hot French Coffee, Radish, &c. Dinner from 1l a. m, to 12 at night, of Boiled Rock, Egg Sauce, drawn Butter, Walnut Catsup, thin hot BE Hoe Cakes, Veal Soup with Aspar agus, tender Chicken Pot Pie a AS fine Oysters as ever came to Washington served in every style. Callard jadi e for yourselves. NB ETooked for daily, Spring Chickens, to be fried in Cream and Parsley; and Roast Lamb n Peas. WANTED An active Restaurant Cook, that and broilasteak. Apply to ne ot i. E. WHITLOCK. ONLY 12% CENTS. UCKLEY’S CELEBRATED SONG BOOK for the parlor, containing a collection of new and popular Songs, as sung by Buckley’s New Orleans Serenaders at their opera house, Broad- way, New York. For sale by the agent, L. J. MIDDLETON, DEALER INICE, Office and Depot—Southwest corner of F and ‘TPweilfth streets. feb 27-tf ———$ A CARD. of beets UNDERSIGNED (LATE OF THE firm of D. Finch & Son.) still continues to carry on the Painting business in all its various He respectfully aoltotts of patron and le res; ‘ally solicits of former and the public Gatanys continuance of their favors. All work contracted for by him will be execu- ted with promptness and nee Orders to be left as usual, at the old stand, cor ner 12th and E streets. JNO. SUMMERFIELD FINCH. ap ll-Im MABEIED, NOT MATED; or How the lived at Woodside and Throckmorton Hall, by Alice Cary, author of Clovernook. Price $1. i ification, strange to Just pul and for sale at ALEX ADAMSON him off, much to his grati’ sem TAYLOR & MAURY’S 23m Post Olfice. | say, with a wild screech, the Grand Thomas apa Bookstore, near oth st. | == 7th street opposite Fost mee | Oi rushed in, andexolaiming that hecould’nt BOOKS ON FISHING. ROWN’S AMERICAN ANGLER’S Guide; lvol. Edinburgh. Gleanings in Natunl History, with Hints for ; by K. Jesse. Fly Fisatng, sich tx colored plates of artificial Ail ; 3 mit such @ monstrous innovation upon the Tesstion of the department, scattered the owl ish officials to their respective nests.—Pha/a- delphia American. —+ = + A Patpaste Hit.—The following is frcm f our exchanges : one We learn ae aah English journal that a gentleman of that country lately offered a rise of £800 for the best ‘Statement snd Refutation of the Hindoo System of Philoro; IR SALE OR EXCHANGE.—SEVERAL seven-octave rosewood PIANU-, FORTE, elegantly finished, will sold low for cash or good paper. or will be ex- ghanged for building material and work. These person disposed to p oor Wade will pire oe, Gos 2 weiner Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing. baer ey Anns oy Spt en ind- Boo! } i ‘4 the Angler and nis Fiend ; by John Davy, M. London. LEWIS CARUSI, ACOUNTER AND GLASS CASES FOR Sale.—in co our store s ler’s Assistant. London 5 Boston Paareecnenne tas art omyaiatge Manuel ‘au Pee eue; 1vol. Parls. hy.” The examiners appointed were the COUNTER and one or twofine saow GASES Walton and Cctton’s Ang er; 1 vol. Paris. rehbishop of Canterbury and the bishops of Remember, at 306, the Piano and Music Kstab- | Davy’s Salmonia ; orDaysof Fly-Fishing ; 1 vol, | London and Oxford. Several essays were sent ishment of JOHN F. ELLIS. ap 2 London. in, but the judges report that not one of them *s Rural Sports; Lvol. London. has been found to be satisfactory, and the M®: ¥- HENRY PaLmen’s ‘The Angler's Almanac for 1853. ‘London. od for competition has been extended un- PIANO FORTE CLASSES, | The River Dove; 1 vol. London. “a We thiak the Apety tO nO nee ager ap 30 ERANCK TALUOR. [ere mothnatteraloos of Philadelphia HILB' Depot, % Panesyivanta avenue piety HE SING eae ei re liiden | might insist upon their nomination of Fillmore and Donelson as fairly entitling them to the prize.” It learns them to commit to memory all the inci- brated battles that were fought du- dents and cele! were tieby : STILL A GREAT RUSH At ELLIS8’S FOR BARGAINS.—NOW IS osbaed da the time to get cheap goods, as he ts selli ring the American? Revolution. C. t on the State Bank of usiness. "Gi bod: agent ALEX. ADAMEON » EF Counterfeit fifties oa 1s Pa aveune, oth and 10th vt. ome mar22-3m 7" street, oppoaite Post. Odice, | Chariasion, S.C.,bave besn-discovered, + THE WEEKLY STAR. ‘Yhis excelicnt Family and News Journal—con- taining & greater variety of interesting reading thas €an be found in = , any other—ts published on Satur. WO" Caen, rnvaniasry tm anvancs, H7, Single copies (in wrappers) can be proce of Paper. Price—Tuaue Carre, = Ssbeot th PosrMasrers whoact as: ts S commission of twenty percent. ba te Louis Nepoleon's Fixity of Purpose. From Alison’s New Volume of History of Europe. “The idea of a destiny, and his bavinga mission to perform, was throughout a fixed ene in Louis Napoleon's mind. No disasters shook his comfidence in his star, or his belief in his ultimate fulfilment of his destiny. This is well known to all who were intimate with him in this country after he returned from America in 1837. Among other noble houses the hospitality of which he shared was that of the Duke of Montrose, at Buchanan, near Lochlomond, ‘od the Duke of Hamilton, at Brodick Castle, in the island of Arran. is manner in both was grave and taciturn; be was wrapt in the contemplation of the fu- ture and indifferent to the present. In 1839. the present Earl of W—, thea Lord B——. came to visit the author; after hav’ been reece days with Louis Napoleon, at Buchanan louse. ‘One of the first things he said was, “Only think of that young man, Louis N. eon. — can persuade him he is not to be Em- peror of France. The Str: affair has not in the least shaken him; he is thinking constantly of what he is to do when on the throne.’*” The Duke of N—— also said to the author in 1854, “Several years ago, before the revolution of 1848, I met Louis Napoleon often at Brodick Castle, in Arran. We fre- quently went out shooting together ; neither eared much for the sport, and we soon sat down on a heathery brow of Goatsell, and be- gan to speak seriously. He always opened these conferences by iscoursing on what he would do when he was Em r of France. Among other things he said he would obtain a grant from the Chambers to drain the marsh- es of the Brias, which you know, once fully cultivated, became flocded, when the ibhabi- tante, who were chiefly Protestants, left the country on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes; and, what is very curious, I see inthe newspapers of the day that he has got a grant of two millions of francs from the Sancben, to begin the draining of these very marshes.”’ ** All that belongs to Louis Napoleon is now public property, aud these noble persons will forgive the author if he endeavors to rescue from oblivion anecdotes so eminently illustra- tive of the fixity of purpose which is the most remarkable feature in that very eminent man’s character. This idea of destiny, of a star, or a mission, which are only different words for the same thing, will be found to have been a fixed belief in most men who at tain to ultimate greatness. Whether it isthat the disposition of mind which leads to such a belief works out its own accomplishment by the energy and perseverence which it infuses into the character, and which enables its possessor to rise superior to all the storms of fate, or that Providence dafttaly reveals to the chosen instruments of great ‘ings—‘the ver- sels of honor,’ to which the working out of its Se ese in human affairs is intrusted—enough of the future to secure its accomplishment, will forever remain a mystery in this worl” a Sa Trarric in Wuite Girus.—The traflic in girls between England and this Continent has of late been carried on, says a German paper, if not upon so large a scale or s> openly as that of Circassia or Constantinople, at least in afar more shameful manner, without our boasted civilization interposing any remedy. The Hessian broom-girls—those poor little flaxen-haired creatures who are purchased or stolen from Hesse to be employed by their thieving masters as beggars in the streets of London—sre, Heaven be praised, less and leas frequently seen here, but in their place we notice the cyprians swarming, more and more German women. These are enticed thither with specious pretences from Hamburgh, Bre- men and the Rhine countries; taken in ch arge by procuresses, reduced to abject destitution, and at last turned upon the streets. On the other hand, the German and especially the Hamburgh brothels have their regular agents here, by which English girls are through a thousand villainous arts allured oa board ship and carried off to the Continent. Not long since one of these cases was b: it before the city magistracy. A young girl had been taken away from her father’s house almost by force. In the deepest distress he applied to Sir Robert Carden for aid in recovering bis child, and fortunately, in time to obtain it. Sir Robert telegraphed tothe Hamburg Police to arrest the kidnappers, and at once sent over two trusty agents to release vod Smith and Munger—the agents employed—state that they succeeded in this, only after much effort ; that the procuress who took the girl, bad re- ported her as a thief, and that they had reason to suspect that said procuress was on excel- lent terms with the Police, who raised allsorts of obstacles in their way; that many other English girls were kept in Hamburgh — various pretexts; that the traffic was tho- roughly organized; that the British Consul was aware of the facts, but could do absolutely nothing unless Lord Clarendon should see fit to take decisive measures, and, finally, the wretched condition of these unfortunate vic- tims was heart rending. ee Porsoxtxe sy Stercanine —It is unfortu nate for the purpose of the murderer, but favorable to the ends of justice, that strych- nine should be selected for the diabolicai ob- ject of taking away life. There is, perhaps, no poison which produces such characteristic symptoms in the victim while he yet lives, or which affords more decisive evidence of its promace after death. Deluded by imperfect nowledge, the murderer may, perhaps, ima- gine he has purchased immunity for his crime y the minuteness of the dose of the poisen— by its mysterious effects resembling those of natural disease, and by the supposed difficulty of detection among the lifeless tissues. But the finger of science points to the detection of his crime, and dissipates his visionary hopes the grain of white powder, which he antici pates willcarry his victim silently to the grave, excites, on the contrary, the most violent and characteristic convulsions ; a minute fraction of a grain lying on the animal membranes siter foath: will exhibit, under appropriate tests, a series of resplendent and iridescent rings of color to the chemist’s view; and a rtion of fiuid from the intestines introduced into the tissues of a living_animal will again excite the identical convulsions which fol- lowed the first administration of the poison.— Medical Times and Gazette ie A London R , in answér to the question, “* What is oe en ton : cally speaking, @ man is -five 0 oben ned nitrogen, diffased through five- and-a-half pails of water’’—slightly perfumed with stimulating beverages In answer to the question, ‘ What is woman?”’ a bachelor wag says: ‘* Mechanically ing, a woman is one hundred pounds of flesh and blood, two pounds of silk, ten pounds of cotton and one pound of whalebone, with an indefinite amount of ‘fuss and feathers.’ ”’ =" A gay fellow who had taken I at & public house, and considerably bt, absented himself took new quarters. nowy so enraged the landlord, that he is wi d dun him—which the debtor he ng bead of, declared publicly that if she came kiss her. “ Will he,’’ said the lady; “‘willhe! Gi my bonnet, Molly, I will see whether any fellow on earth has such ee : a know what a man may do when he is ina passion.” ta In a shirt store window, in New York, the notice ‘Hands wanted on bosoms,” was displayed. This attracted -the attention of a wag, who coolly walked in, and, with an air of affected simplicity, inquired of the lady in the store, whose bosoms she wanted bands on? “Jane,” cried the lady, “bring me the broom, gud be quick!”