Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1856, Page 1

ee err re THE EVENING ST. FUBLISHED EVERY ——. (EXCEPT SUNDAY,) ‘ter Bwildings, ec: of Pemasy 40 the Br wonea ocd Kietouta aca By W. BD. WALLACE, Will be served to subscribers by carriers at 1X AND A QUAKTER CENTS, payable weekly t the Agenis; papers served in packages at 37% @en's pex month. To mall subscribers the sub- soription price is THREE DOLLARS AND FIF- TY CENTS a year in advance, TWO DOLLARS for six months, and ONE DOLLAR for three 5 Ebening Star, months; for less than three moaths at the rate ef 18% cents a week. iP SINGLE COPIES ONE CENT. a LS VOL. Vil. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY 19, 1856. NO. 1,023. THE WEEELY STAR. ‘Whis excellent Family and News Journ! —con- Biniag 8 greater variety of Interesting readin; than san be found 1a aay other—js published on Satur- any morning rERus. Slagle Copy, Per eanUM 20... ..ceecceerees BL 7" Caen, invaRiaBer in a Single les (in wra) ) can be procu:ed atime coulter, taumediataly after the Issue of tbe paper. Price=Taaus Cants. PosrMastERs whoact asagents will peallowed commission of twenty per cent. CHAUNCY WARRINER, $100 REWARD. ANAWAY FROM MY FARM, ADJOIN- WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, | RANAV Ir ener ARM: ADI AND DEALER IN be Epos ti Mulatto brag aes Fine Watches, Jewelry, and Silver Ware, | belong Charles coumger Bice icone: Gee SEALS, FOB AND VEST CHAINS, | 14 years old—not very bright but rather of a cheat- nut color—and has delicatelimbs. He has usn- ¥ PINE JEWELRY, S1L- VER SPOONS, FORKS, ally a mild and pleasant countenance when spu- GOBLETS, CUPS, &c., for ken to. sale at New York prices. REPAIRING.— The Chronometer, Duplex, Lever, Cylinder, Repeating, Musical, and other WATCHES repaired. Also, JEWELRY, &c. No. 370 PENNSTLVANIA AVENUE, betw'n Sixth nfl Seventh streets. Browns’ Hotel bul'ding, sign of the GOLDEN WATCHES, ap 30-tf Washington. ~NEW SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS. E ADDITION TO OUR PREMMUM MIN- eral Waters, Mead, Ale, and Porter, we I will give the above reward for his apprehen- sjon if taken in Wash: City, or north of ince George’s county, -» and fifty dollars if taken in Prince George’s county, or south of it in either case ke must be brought home or secured ig jail so that I can get him again. m 12-eotf B. J. GARDINER GREAT BARGAINS IN DRY GUODS FROM AUCTION, £ ARE NOW RECEIVING IMMENSE Lips of rich and beautifal Silk Robes. have made such arrangements as will enable ain Figured Bi: Robes, Muslin and us to keep constantly on hand a large poppy wn Robes, which be sold at about half of the following articles, most of which have the'r valne been carefully 5 aon by scientific men, as ton- 50 pieces rich piaid and staple Spring Silks, ios for weak a: lieate persons : oo Wine, which we will sell at 62, 75 and S7c., they Native Port Wize at ive fount, are decided Bp Rose | | 50 pieces assorted styles Silk Tissues and Ba- es 20 pieces tich black Silks, from $1 to $2 per ‘00 pleces black Silk Mantillas, from $250 to $12; these we know to bec. 3009 yards Lawns, at 12% cents, all warranted fast colors 09 new style Straw Bonnets and Children’s Sha- pieces rich Bonnet Ribbons, at reduced pri- es, Blackberry Brand: pane a Cherry, ac! iy; e- Cordial Cinamon, “Anise, i ters, Curacoa, Stomach Bit- Wine, Stoutons ; Raspberry, Blackberry, Strawberry, Pine Apple, Vanilla, and ot] er Syrups; Extracts of Sarsaparilla for cleansing the blood, and a host cf other articles too nume- rows to mention. All orders left at our Depot, or with the drivers of our Wagons promptly attended to. ™m 1-1 ARNY & SHINN, Georgetown. $< ee GAJOUS KID AND OTHER GLOVES. et NO. H. SMOOT, No. 119 BRIDGESTREPP, fall stock of Ladies’ and Children’s Hovtery Georgetown, has received, from NeWpe and Gloves. ‘ K, Leties Hajow's 1D é Loves fi ay ! ALso, IN STORE , black and colored; gents. do do leces fi Linens, 50 cents ladies and gents Jaff ta Silk and Lisle bat = Si Soper part pes seinem Pen Thread Gloves. Also, a first rate assortment of bleached and brown Cotton Hore, all Qualities ; bleached, brown and fancy Half Hose; misses and boys’ Hose and Half Hose. ; Particular attention being paid to keeping a good assortment of the very best makes of f1 above goods. purchasers may depend upon get- ting a good article as cheap as the s:me quality " can be dought elsewhere. JOHN H. SMOOT. mtr ALIVE.” DESIROUS 75 pieces Barklies’ soft finish Linens at 25, 31, and 37 cents {169 pleces plaid Muslins and Cambrics from 12}, to 31 cents 5 cases bleached Cotton from 64 and 12 i pada Table Napkins from $1 25 to $1.50 per i jozen. 20 pieces Table Diapers, in all 100 yo hee: Dieached t! |, With at immense stock of all kinds of season- ble Dry Goods of the best class, to which we ask e special attention of purchasers. COLLEY & SEARS, No. 523 Seventh stre.t, 3d door above | in 8. e02w Pa. avenue FOR GENTLEMEN. EW SPRING GOODS, EMBRACING A grneral variety of the newest and prettiest yles and fashions. Orders promptly filled. Constantly on hand a good supply of Garments, teady made, of superior quality. Also, fine Dress Shirts, with Gauze, Silk, and Corton underdress, F urnishing and Tollet Goods radea and Brown Table HAD AND HERRING ALERS AND FAMILIES prepa the best SHAD , or HERRING for salting can have them delivered at market prices. immedi- ately upon being caught, by leaving their o:ders atthe Union Land Office, 7th street above Odd Fellows’ Hall, or at the fishing shore adjoining the peapt Ba i bridge, Washingtoa, where they can be ined alive. ap 22-im* WATCHES. GALT & BRO. OFFERS CON- j +*a« stantly a complete assortment? of s2perior Watches. ‘her cali particular attention to those w made by in variety. A. H. YOUNG, T. F Cooper, © B. Adams & Sons, David Merchant Tailor and Clothier, Browns’ Hotel, Taylor, Dixon, Oralg, and others, London » Mar w—wit Pa avenue M.T. Tobias & C9. R.& J. Boesiry. Joseph Johnson, Biondell & €o , Liverpool. iss Jules Surgenson, Copenhagen. Also, Vacheron & Constantine’s celebrated Ge- neva Watches, whieh. Zror their size and sty le, are peculiarly suiied fr lzaies The above, with those by every other maker, are offered at the lowest rates. " HARDWANE_CUHEAP FOR CASH. ((STLERY, HOUSE FURNISH GOODS, Tools Seales, Urushes, Shovels, Spades, H "Tra Plough a1 oes, Traces, Plou, Castings. ‘a e BS, M. GALT & BRO , Jewelers, Hinges, Screws, Glue, Files. &e. &c apt@-dtf 324 Pa av. bet. 9h and l0thsts. in fact everything to be found in a well regula- - ted Hardware Store always to be found on hand WOOD AND COAL. ESUBSCRIBERS HAVING NOW MADE extensive arrangements, are prepared to sup- ply cuctomers with the very best article of Lehigh and Schoylkill White and Red Ash COAL, and also Cumberland Coal, either by the cargo cr single ton; 2,240 lbs invariably given Also, the very best qualities of Hickory, Oak, and Pine WOOD, at wholesale or retail. We ‘ ‘will sell at a very small advance when taken {m- mediately from the vesse! Persons desirous of be jp! in their winter sup- plies of Wood and Cozl would do well :o leave their orders early. and thereby secure the ad- ‘ vantages of low prices. BOGUE & O°NEILL. Office No. 1035 Water street, Georgetown. m 2-Im and cheap for cash at HARVEY & ADAMS, 525 Pa. av , near 7th st, GIBBS’ WIGS, H+ WIGS, BRAIDS, CURLS, SCALPS, TOUPEES, &c.. equal to any in'the United States for sale or made to order at bis Stores—for ladies, on Pennsylvania avenue, vetween 91h and 10th streets; and for gentlemen, under Willards’ Hotel. m 13-e03m* WILLIAM A, BATCHELOR’S LIQUID HAIR DYE KILFULLY APPLIED, AND SOLD Whole- \O sale and Retail at G1BBS’S Hair Dressing Es- tablistment on Pennsylvania avenu, between 9th nad 10th s:reets, and under Willards’ Hoel _=p 28-eolm oo ™m 9-eo3m Girarl Fire and Marine Insurance Co. |’ —— : : an ()S, PHILADELPHIA, INSURES AGAINST in ere ENED USO MOREA W: AT Loss or Damage, by FIRE, Buildings, Mer- chandise, Furniture, &c , in Washington city, or the country. POLLARD WEBB, Agent, No. 512 Seventh st., opp. National Intel. Otfice. \WatcHes AND JEWELKY per ct, chesper than ft can be a bought elsewhere in vatint e ton, at J.ROBINSON’s, = ap#i-im 319 Pa. av. opp. Brown’s Hotel. the Lime Kilns of W. H. Godey & Co., situated on Rock Creek, betw-en the upper and lower bridges, a ki'n of very superior WOOD BURNT LIME. The subscribers have also on hand a large ae of PLASTERERS’ HAIR, CEMENT, CALCINED PLASTER. and every description of the very best quality of lime, wrich ‘will be disposed of on the most reasonable terms, ap 14—eotf w GODEY & CO CASH PAID FOR FURNITURK. | Lppeecinidenle DECLINING HOUSEKEEPING or having a surplus of Honsehold Effects on hand, will “fod us prepared at all times to pur- ap 2i-Im es CHOICE FRUIT TREES FOR SALE. 10 000 APPLE TRE#S, OF EXTRA ’ rowth and well assorted. 5,000 PEACH TREES, forming a com- plete assortment and well grown. 4 few very choice Dwarf PEAR TREES, of extra size. he above comprising a very choice assortment of Trees were ee, the late John H. King, they will be guaranteed to be what they are rep- resented. Apply to W. Albert King, No. 35 south High street, Georgetown, i). C , or at Valley View Farm, one mile northwest of G etowa. macy wish to dispose of. Call and see BONTZ & COOMBS, feb 19-eotf No. 3697th st , bet. I and K. FOR SUMMER USE. UST RECEIVED AT THE WASHINGTON Stove, Tin and Sheet [ron Manufactor , the largest assortment of REF RIGER AT RS WATER COOLERS, BATH TUBS, BAKING OVENS, YANKEE BAKERS, PORTABLE RANGES, Hard and Charcoal FURNACES, &c., &c , that has ever been offered toa Wash Catalogues furnished on application ington public, ther with a full and complete E. J. KING. stock of Plain, Planished, Block and Japanned Also, for sale, 2 few thousand very choice} TIN WARE; Piain, Tinned and Enamelied ROSES. Apply as above. B.S. K. IRON HOLLOW WARE; all of which will be _marli—tf “THE MARRIAGE GUIDE.” Akelace GUIDE, OR NATURAL HIB8- 4¥E tory of Generation, for the use of married Liga those about to marry, of both sexes ; Price, 8). “THE MALE GENERATIVE ORGANS,” in health and disease, from infancy to old age, with the treatment of all their derangements ; for ona mants own private use; with colored plates; price, $1 A POPOLAR TREATISE ON VENEREAL Diseases; their cure and prevention; for private use; with colored pines: pice 1. THE MATRON’S MANUAL OF MID- wlifery and the Diseases of Pregnancy and Chlid- birth, for every female's own private use; price s THE DISEASES OF WOMEN—THEIR Causes and ee ‘entices 3 Any of (2e Books can 0 e agent — ALEX. ADAMSON,” 7th street, opposite Post O}tce. BARGAINS FROM AUCTION. OHN H. SMUOT, No. 119 BRIDGE 8T., J Georgetown, has recently received from the New York Auctions: Pure Linen Damask Table Clotas, 8-4 and 104; pure linen Napkins and Doylies; pure Irish Linen and Birds eye Linen ; white Cambrics, Jaconets and Nainsook peta checked and striped Muslins; plain, dotted an: figured Swiss Muslios; gents. colored, bordered, and white Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs; ladies plain and hem-stitched Handkerchiefs; Lace and Muslin Curtains: worked Collars and Sets; with other desirable goods, which will be found to be very cheap. Persons in want of goods of the above deserip- tion, or any description of Dry Goods, are in- vited to call and take 4 look. m 2 sold on terms that will Sich) apy with any estab- lishment south of New York: JAS. SKIRVING, 8 E.corner Penna avenue and 11th street. ™ 9-e02w REDUCTION IM PRICE OF ICE CREAM AND WATER ICES. ARNY'S CUNFECTIONERY, Bese STREET, GEORGETOWN,D C. The price of ICE CREAM and WATER ICE at this establishment will hereafter be 2 per gallon plain, or $2.26 moulded ; single quart 624cents The ay of our productions Is so well known to ourcitizens that comment is unnecessary ; to Strangers and sojourners we need red on that for the superior excellence of our ICE CREAMS. CAKES and WATER ICES we were awarded & Stluer Medal by the Metropolitan Mechanics’ Institute, in 1855. ‘To all we say, the above arti cles shail be equal hereafter to what they have hitherto been. A lorders for DINNERS, WEDDINGS BALLS, &c., atiended to with our usual care and dispatch. A.L ARNY. An_ assortment of French and Domestic CANDIES, FRUITS, NUTS, and CAKES, always on band. JELLIES, BLANC MANGE, CHARLOTTE DE RUSBE, CANDY PYRA- eee » made to order at short notice. 17™ Goods sent to an of Washington free of cost. viet m fone moar 22-3m (No. 555.) No OF THE REMOVAL OF THE LAND OFFICE PROM CAHABA TU can IN THE STATE OF ALA- In 2ecordance with the provisions of the act of J. H. SMOOT bie ae entitled “ An act authorizing changes —=—_ 5 = ~——_ | in the location of iand offices,” Spproved March (JLOCKS: CLOCKS :!—JUST RECEIVED [3 1°55, it ts hereby declared and made known / another lotof No.1 Clocks some ey new | that the land office for the vale of public lands at Patteras. ‘They will be sold at astonishingly low | Cauasa, in the State of ALasama, will be re prices. Remember, every Clock is warranted. moved from the town of Cahaba to @REEXVILLE, ap iz G. FRANCIS, 490 Seventh street. = cre ——: from and after the sixteenth day of June next. (PRE RISING STAR GAME.—THIS ISA] Given under my hand, at the city of Washing- beautiful and lustructive Game for Child-en. | ton, this 24th day of April, A. D. 1838. It learns them to commit to memory all the inci- By order of the President : dents and celebrated battles that were fought du- THOS. A. HENDRICKS © American Revolution For sale by the Commissioner of the General Land Oltice. ALEX. ADAMSON ap %-law6w 7th street, opposite Post Oltice. eae ee et 322 PENN. AVENUE. | YS CLOTHING —WE HAVE THIS DAY [ No. 53.) OTICE OF THE TEMPORARY CON. TINUANCE OF THE LAND OFFICE op-ned a large assortment of Youths, Boys, AT KALAMAZOO, IN THE STATE OF and Cuitdrens Spring and Summer clothing to. MICHIGAN. which we would lavite the attention of purchasers Congress, by an act approved April 5, 1956 generally WALL & STEPIENS, having authorized the temporary continuance o: mQ- 822 Pena avenue, next to tron Hall. | the lend office at Kalamazoo, Michigan, which office was directed to be discontinued by notice No 547, bearing date November 12, 1865— It is, therefore, hereby declared and made known that the sald order for the discontinuance of the Kalamazoo district Is revoked, and the of fice will be reopened for business on the Ist day of June next, and continued until farther notice. Given wet any of Api, Deel of Washing- ton, this 1 -D. . 7 TTHOS. AL bone, Commissioner of the Generel Land Uftice. 8p 1!-law6w — _ pssovr ON HIAWATHA: Plu-ri-bus Gh. A Seng that’s by noauthor. “A Deed without a name’? Verpetrated by J. K. Phi an- d= Doesticks, P. B., illustrated with an immense Suimb-r of cattines in wood, $1, for sale at TAYLOR & MAURY’S Boo\store, near 9th st. ——————— ee CVE PORATION STOCK.—B\en0 © ratlua of Washington Stock for sale at oe OHUBB BROTHERE, chase thelrentire stock, or such articles as they Houses, &c., for Rent and Sale. LEGANT RESIDENCE FOR SALE.—THE House and Lot in Square 104, on the south east corner of F and 2!st streets, will be for sale at a low price until tbe firstday of Julynext The Jot has a width of 67 feet on F street, and extends south on 2ist street 13) feet 5 inches, and is beau- tifully laid out, aod supplied with fruit, shrubbery and ornamental repair and vi ied br and uy iy ition may atthe trees. The house is in perfect arranged. It will n favorable terms of ent. made to ALBERT ITH, Bbbitt House, F street. ™ 9-e05t* For RENT—TWO NEATLY FURNISHED Bed Rooms on reasonable terms at Mr. DA- VISON’S, over Messrs. Galt & Bro., Jewelry Store, Penn. avenue, between 9th and 10th streets. m 12-tf eee OR RENT.—SEVERAL OF THOSE DE- lightful country residences with large gardens attached, at Kendall Green, having beer put in thorongh repair. are now for rent at the low price of $150 a year. F or beauty of location and healtb- iness of sit: 1, these residences are uneur- passed, offeri:.,.,as theydo extraordinary induce- ments to all who prefer the salubrity of country air to the saltriness and dust of the city. Distance from the Post Office a mile and a quarter. Apply to WM. STICKNEY, at his residence No. 4 Kendall Green. m 5-2w OR SALE—THE ADVERTISER WILL sell at private sale between now and the first of August, a very desirable Lot neatly enclosed with a small two-story frame house on it, situ- ated on the corner of Virginian avenue and 23d street, and fronting @4 feet on Virginia avenue It {sin the immediate neighborhood of the Ob- servatory. Persons wishing to purchzse can examine the property at any , When the terms of sale can be ascertained. m 1-im* JR SALE.—A SMALL FRAME HOUSE and Lot on 8th street, between K and L, Lot fronting 25 feet, with a depth of (6 feet 8 inches. Terms reasonable Location unsurpassed. mag red t tf convenient] to ROBERT. A PAYNE, Druggist, corner street ard Mass. avenue m 1- ALUABLE FARM FOR SALE, CON- taining 90 acres, situated Rockville Turnpike Road, and 2% from Wash- ington city. Itis well watered, and on ita good supply of tire wood and young orchard The im- rovements area small frame dwelling and sta- ble. It possesses all the advantages requisite to make a garden of creat value, or a dairy farm, and a pleasant residence made easy. Apply to POLLAKD WEBB, No. 512 Seventh street, opposite Naticnal Intelligen- cer Office apz2-u mile east of the The terms will be Auction Sales. Bv JAS. C. McGUIRE. Auctioneer WO THOUSAND VOLUMES of RARE and Valuable Books at Public Auction. On TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY EVEN- INGS, ea! 20th and 2ist, commencing at six o'clock, at the auction rooms, we shall sell a por- tion of the Library cf Thomas & whar k, for ie | Commissioner of Patents, consisting of rate an choice Scientific, Historica!, Literary and Miscel- laneous Works, a full description of which will be furnished in a comple catalogue now ready for delivery. Terms cash. P. 8.—Persons at a distance will he furnished with catalogues upon application tothe Auction- eer. m 12-4 JAS. C. MeGUIRE, Auctir, By JAS. C. McGUIRE, Auctioneer. RUSTEB’S SALE OF SMALL FRAME House and Lot on the island.—On TUESDAY AFTERNOON, May 20th, at 63, o'clock, on the premises, by virtue of a deed of trust, cated October ist, 1435, and duly recorded. in Liber J. A. 3., No. 104, folios 398,299 400, and 401, one of the land records for ‘Weshington county, the subscriber will sell at pubtic auction, the west half of Lot No 23, in Square No. 496, ronting 25 feet on south F between 4 and 6th streets west, running back 79 feet 9 incoes to a 30 feet alley, with the improvements, consisting of a nearly new two-story Frame Dwelling-House, containing four good rcoms, with an excellent kitchen detached from the main bull¢ing. A pump of excellent water is near by. Terms cash. B JOST, Trustee. mi3d JAS. C. McGUIRE, Auct’r, By JAS. C. McGUIRE, Auctioneer. CRY DESLRABLE DWELLING House at Fublic Sale.—On FRIDAY AFTER NOON, June6th, at 6 o'clock, on the premises, 1 shail seil part of Lots No. Sand 10, in Davidson’s subdivision of square No. 240, fronting 15 feet 6 fnebes on itth street west between M and N Streets north, ruaning back 92 fect to a public al- ley, with the improvements, consisting of a sub EVENIN G STAR. FRENCH VIEWS OF AMERICAN DRESS. We give below an admirable article on the subject of Gentlemen’s Dress in America, translated from the French of the eminent journalist Blague de Quanart, whose oontri- butions to the’ principai Parisian and Belgian journals of late years attracted so much at- tention It has often been romarked by travellers, that one of the predominant characteristics of our Amerjcan cities is their newness. Every- where there is a fresh, bright color, and an expression of receut manufacture ; the houses seem to have been turned out by thousands to order, and look as if just finished in one colossal batsh—the pavements are washed as if for 2 holiday—the very trees on the side walks, in their elaborately trimmed neatnesa, look as if they were young, and not yet ac- eustomed to a reguler growing life—in short, the endless newness und recent fashion of everything creates at last a feeling as though the whole city were for sale, and its proprie- tora were bent on keeping it as clean, aud as much in the style as possible, so that no op- portunity to praise it as ‘‘a neat and tasty thing, sir,’ might be lost. But not in houses aloue do we perecive end- less newness and never ending submis the mode as though the Americans, who ha succeeded thus far, better than any other na- tion in annihilating space, were bent on defy- ing Time a!so, and leaving no trace of his progress in the past. These people, so rapid, so brusque, when threatened with delay, so intoxicated with the endless spirit of lusi- nes:, still contrive to present in the a newn nd freshness of attire w! gether corresponds with their hou i stantial, well-finished three-story and basement | which, to a practical Philosopher, is porhaps brick Dwelling-House, containiag etgbt rooms, | one of the most curious of the lesser phenou. a‘lconveniently arranged. with closets, Ac. There ena of the race. For, as amon houses, there are but few of those palatial elifices so common in Europe, although their freshness aud luxury ef paint and scrubbi es them entirely from the citizen howes of Franoe and Germany, or even England, so the American, though but rarely a fashion-p dandy, still in his style and attire main ou an average, an infinitely higher st than thot aspired to by his colleague in ts also a well of pure water and a good cejjar on the premises, and the whole properly Is very desi- table to any person desiring a comfortable dwel- ling in that healtiy and pleasant part «f the city. Tacme? One-third cash; the residue in 6 and 12 mo.ths, with faterest, secured by a deed of trust on the mises If the terms of sale are not complied with witiin five days the property will id at the ris, and expense of the defaulting ‘Title indisputabie. JA! 3 Aor RENT—SEVERAL HANDSOME Par- lors and Chambers, with board. Also, table and transient board. Inquire at Mrs. SMITHS Fe REN1 3 street. nov 27—tf —LENOX’S WHARF, NEAR the Long Bridge, the best and most reliable oae in the territory for landing stone and other thas about 100 feet front, with * suitcient for landing purposes on uare of zrourd On said square ts acomfortable cwelling, which mav ‘There is about 14 To those desiring to make a profitable business a rare For terms apply at No. 490 Street north, between Sth and 9th streets west. heavy articles. depth of wa" either side. Attached theretoisa for the purpose of depositing coal or woed. be adapted to store purposes feet water alongside said Wharf at low lide I gna is offered. JAMES TOW LES, Property Agent. ap 25-eotf Fe SALE OR RENT.—LOT NO. 1,1N 1 t by Ino. W. Martia’s biacksmith and wheelwr! shops, Square No. 353, corner of E street south and street wes!, near the Steamboat Wharf, con 3d streets west, and H and I streets north, con- taining 2} acres; now occupied by and the land in excellent order and we! for cultivation. April. saud, on the premises, for sale Inquire of mar S&—eolwéStf JOSEPH INGLE. N OPPORTUNITY FOR A GOOD IN- the property formerly occupi (called the Ci a building site, and market garden. growth of young cedars and oak mess on the great belng just outside of the Co:poration limits ren- ration taxes. Georgetown. _ Jan 22—wit buildin, lumber or bric! by deed of trust on the table. For any other information appl PARRY, Marble Yard, Pa. av., sts. ap 10—3m deep lot laid off as a flower garden house contains ten rooms, all alley, and the priviledge of a back alley above is not sold in a few days St will be for rent. ap30-te Pc iigee oes eg Bee TED.—CUUNTRY BOARD CAN BE obtained at a pleasant location near Bla- densburg depot, on reasonable terms after the 15th instant. ‘The grounds are well = ied with shade, making it a desirable retrea’ through the summer. day, beside the convenience of the cars, thus ef- fording ample facilities for persons having busi- ness in the city. RS. D. JONE m 6-eoim* ARE CH &.—THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale those beautiful Lots situated On 3d street, a few feet sonth of Pa. avenue. Their situation cannot be excelled for either business or residence sites, and will be sold at a great saeri- fice. H.C. HARROVER. Terms: A small cash payment, and the bal- ancein 1,2,3, and 4 years. Residence, No. 6, north A street, Capitol HII. feb 23-tf “MR WILLIAM PALMER, Professor of SAaging and the Flute, EGS TO INFORM THE INHABITANTS of Washington that he proposes establishing SINGING CLASSES fortwo, three or four pu- Pils, whereby each voice will be properly ex- amined, and separately cultivated, according to its qualltv,-which could not be done, consistent- ly, with simultaneous teaching—as Sopranos, Mezzo Sopranos, and Contralto Voices require a widely different training. The same care is ne- cessary with male voices, viz; Tenor, Baritone, and Bass. When the pupils are sufficiently ad- vanced to sing ay themselves they will then be taught to take their respective parts in Duets, Trios, or (luartetts. Terms Quarter: $10 for each pupil, if only two pupils one hour will be devoted, and an extra half hour for every additional pupil; $20 per quarter Yor separate ls ap 5-tf mupils. » 57 Pennsylvania avenue” ALNWICK FRENCH AND ENGLISH FE- MALE SEMINARY, FOR BOARDING PUPILS. S'tuaTep SIXTEEN MILES ON THE Baltimore and Washington Railroad and Turnpike, and two miles south of the village of Laurel Stopp ng place at Contee’s Switch M A. TYSON & SISTERS respectfully in form their patrons and others that {t is their in- tention to close permanently their day school in ger pall 3 April, er that on summer r le! titution will o; MONDAY. May othe eo Applications melee ae by letter addressed ce, ‘ a ag peo Post , : B.—Every facility {s afforded for the acqui- Language and Music. e sition of the French ap 1i-dtJunel Now RECEIVING, NEX, AND FASHIONABLE STYLES OP Gentlemen’s Furnishing Articles adapted to Spring and Summer wear, at LANE?S Gents’ Furnishi tore, ap 14- 4% Pa. av., near corner a sinet. arg jcK OREAM FREEZERS, ALL tizes. Prices always low. . ap 20 G. FRANCIS, 490 Seventh st. Z about 10.000 square feet, recently ipa ight Aiso, for rent, Square No. 562, be‘ween 2d and Mr. H.N. Lansdale. On the square, which wiil be enclosed with a good fence, 1s a stable and carriage house, situated Possession given on the first of An abundance of excellent gravel and VESTMENT —For sale, 17 or 18 actes of Land, on the Heights of bette enaahet adjoining by Colon] Cox, dars,) poss-ssing rare advantares a3 it has a fine er part « f {tthe elevation is such as to command the most extensive view of Georgetown, Wash- ey and Alexandria. The fact of this property 1 ders it more desirable, being free from the Corpo- For terms, &c., apply to J. L. KIDWELL, TPRIVATESALE —EIGHTEEN SMALL lots for sale, corner of L street and New Hampshire Avenue, near the circle, First Ward, ranging in price from 80 to 160 dollars each. ‘Termsfrom 5to 15 dollars per month Par- tles purchasing withthe view of building thereon, (at market prices) to the amount of 150 dollars will be advanced thereon, secured roperty. Title indispu- to H. bet. Toth & 19th OR PRIVATE SALE —A VERY NEAT, convenient, thres story frame House, with a ‘The above private; a side ‘The above house is situated on the north side of Mas- sachusetis avenue, between 4th and Sth streets, No. 54. For further information please call as above. Possession given ina few days. If the for families An omnibus runs twice a By A. GREEN, Avetioneer ERY MA SOME AND VALUABLE Squareof G nd, being Square No 739, with the Improvements, at Auction.—On THURSDAY, the 26th instant, I shali sell in front of the premises, tothe highet bidder, at 5 o’clock a. m., the above-mentioned property, be ing the former residence of Mir. Thomas Blegden, recently vacated by Theclore Mosher, ae 5 uated on New Jersey avenue, south of the »itol. The improvements are of the first order. The House contains twenty good and conveniently arranged rooms, with wide passages, and is sup- p ied with water fixtures and othericonveniences. Fhe garden end grounds are larze and tn the highes: state cf cultivation, and stableand car tiage-house suflictent for the accommod¢ation of six horses an‘ fourcarriages. he garden there is a Yarze vinery, which yields ijarge quantities of the most delicious gra This square has a front of 214 feet on New Jersey avenue. As Fum directed to se‘! to the bighest bidder, persons wish ng to make a good investment or to secure a beautiful residence weuld do well to ex- amine the property and atend the sale. Mr. White, who bas charge of the premises, wiil show the property to parties desiring to examine it, and for particulars apply to Theodore Mosher, at his lumber-yard, Blagden’s W hrf, er to the subscriber. Terms: One-fifth cash; the retidve in four equal instalments cf 1,2, 3, and 4 yi the pur- chaser to give notes for the deferred bearing interest fom the day of sale, (interes be paid semi-annually,) and alien ou the property to secure the paymeat ef the notes m 1)-d A. GREEN, Auct’r At SHAL’S SALE.—IN VIRTUE OF A 4V2 writ of Fieri Facias ‘under the Lien Law” issued from the Clerk’s Office of the District of Columbia, for the County of Washington, and to me directed, 1 shall expose to public sale, jor cash, on SATURDAY, the 3lst dy of May inst., in front of the Court house door, at 12 o’clock m , the following property, to wit: All defendani right, title, claim, and interest into a frame dwel- ling house situated on Lot No. 1 in Square 477. in the City of Washington, D. C., seized and levied upon as the property of William Coxen, and will be sold tosatisfy Judicial No. 35, to October term 1866, Joseph Libbey & Son vs. William Coxen J.D. HOOVER, Marshal for District of Columbia. hen you promezade even the Boulevards of is, or ride in the Champs Elysees—those gardens of all the flowers of fas 2 tire, where the robes and flour of Victo rine wave in harmony with the artisticall cunstrucied coats of Humannu—you do not, for all titude of well people. No, even there the lon, haired persaut ex blowse—the artist, fierce. picturesque, and sometimes dirty—the old enileman who recalis the storms of the revo- i fondly toh tn, (or who, fe in the same line of life in Europe Pp. —of silk, cotton, and wollen! But lot some one who can recall the best dressed street multitude which he has ever seen in Europe, walk some fine morning up an American strect, and that at about nine o clock, just when the entire current of busi hess meu is flowing down town in one enor- mous tide towards its daily haunts! Par preference, I would com d Broad , New York for this observatic ince { can recall no other city in which such a vast flood of life flows through one single street You who have only seen the Boulevards, or the Pont Neuf, when most filled with passengers, or who have derived ideas ot a crowded thor- oughfare from that terror to strangers, the Strand in London, or whe believe that the Vieana Prater was ever too full on the day a high procession, would regard them all as dreary solitudes when compared with Broad way. In ail this immense multitude there is not one whois not more than passably dressed; and if you see a single person among them whee bocts ure not faultless, or with soles which are not thin as a rose leaf, you may rely upon it that he is an Englishman, a Ger- man, ora millionaire None but a foreigaer, or a nan whose standing is more than secured in society, would dare transgress the law of good boots, which weighs more heavily upon the American than ell the ten commandments and the common code of the land Chiefly are we impressed with the fact that among all these fine clothes there is nething outre—nothing absurd—unless it be indeed an cecasional instance given by some one who in his intense eagerness to keep up with the fashion, bas actually leaped beyond it. In this uniformity—this dread of being ++ odd "— we have acurious illustration of one of the ultimate social effects of a republic. In all communities where every one exercises freel: his right to express opinion, and where sue! rights are cherished as the dearest of privi- leges, we soon have a public opinion—for as history in nothing but a fusion of biographies, so in a republic the governing opinion is no- thing but the concentrated thoughts of the many. This public opinion. confined in Eu- rope to so few points, extends itself in Amer- ica over many—I may say myriads. It has a few bad points, and many good ones. It is the cause of a little hypocrisy and of much sound morality. It suffers no one to wear an old coat, but condemns to a dreary and des- perate life of brandy, of clubs and of stables, the man who gives himself entirely up to wearing fine clothes or to being idle. It is a striking peculiarity of all this fine dress—of all this broadcloth and velvet in in winter, and of all this delicate linen Orien- tal cloth, which look like woven air, in eum- mer, that it is enormously expensive. The Parisian pentit rentter—the small proprictor who, in common with the Prussian officer, is supposed to possess the art of carrying economy toits utmost extent, would tremble with terror could he know the prices which those clothes cost, and the sacrifices which rome of those young clerks are imperatively obliged to make “to preserve nppearances,”’ and with them their situations Yct with all this, as I have before said, there is but little elaborate dandyism, none of the exquisiteism tire a quatre epin gles which distinguishes the petit matre of aris. No—the same inexorable public opin- ion which requires the young man rising in the world to conform to a certain standard, also forbids him from going beyond it. I do not remember to have seen or heard it re marked, but Iam none the less certain that to succeed among Americans, atd above al! to acquire with them the slightest Influence or respect, you must be neat in your person. I «m convinced of this from the frequentey with which I have heard one American, while disparaging another, say ‘‘ He is slovenly.” This was always a concluding argument, and sufficed to silence the warmest friends of the unfortunate sloven. One of the most curious instances narrated to me, and which singularly illustrates this American mania for neatness, relates to the very eminent journalist and politician, ace Greely, who adopted a style of excessive carelessness in his outer garments, simply to attract attention to the exquisits fineness m 7-dts “OFFICIAL “para SURY DEPARTMENT, Dec. 1, 1553. 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 wien the same inay be offered prior to the Ist dey of June next, and will pay therefor the following prices, to wit: For stock of the loan of 1942, a premium of ten percent.; for stock of the loans of 1847 and i848, a premium of sixteen per cent.; for stock issued ander 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 (2th November, 1816, if recelved at the Treasury prior to the Ist day of January next, a premiuia of 2} percent.; if received between the Ist Jan- uary and the 3lst of March next, a premium of 2 per cent ; and If received after the 31st of March and prior to said ist of June next, a premium of 1% percent. Interest will also be allowed on sald stocks et the rates specified in the certificates, from the Ist July last, if assigned with the principal of the certificates received prior to the Ist of January next. After that date the interest will be allowed in addition to the premium from 1st 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 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 drafts upon theassistant treasurers at Boston, New York, or Philadelphia, as the parties entitied to recelve the money may direct. JAMES GUTHRIE, dec3—dtJunei — Secretary of the Treasury. MEDICAL CARD OCTOR STANISTAS HERNISZ, REG- ular Practitioner of Homeopathy. Office, 231 corner F and Fourteenth strects. “Consuita- tions from 10 a. m., to 3 p. m. Doctor Stanislas Hernisz, having returned from Europe with improved health, will attend to the Practice of his profession. Le Docteur parle Francais. Der Doctor spricht Deutsch. El Doctor habla Espanol. Il Dottore parla Ttallano. mar 7—3m* FOR THE MAY BALLS. s E HAVE NOW IN STORE A BEAUTI- fal assortment of WREATHS, suit able for the approaching May festivals ; also, all kindsof Flowers for dressing the hair; and would respectfully request those who will be in need of such, to give us a call at our Fancy and Millinery store, No 3i0, enpepontis A between 9%h and 10th sts., north side. of his linen and his personal cleanliness apeir HUTC : in the use of the bath. All of his friends A AAURYS . were careful informed of this latter pe- NaDhy of the Gers oer ‘edition culiarity, An when some ignorant opponent ‘Alison’s Hisiory of & second series, 2vols,| endeavored to blacken the eharacter cf jusape, “ Vayabond Life in Mexico, by Gabriel Ferry Professor Loomis’ Arithmetic Cicero’s Orations, literally translated Cruden’s Complete Concordance to the Bible, t 8vo vol Masterpieces of Pulpit Kloquenes, by the Rev. Horace by speakivg of old hat and boots, he was at once confuted with—“ Ah! my dear, you deceive yourself—Greely ts re particular in hes aire and drawers!” ave heard, but do not vouch for the fact, C. Fish, 2 vols, 8vo that the /incerte—the linen of this eminent td / FRANCK TAYLOR. | man costs from ten to fifteen thousand france E CREAM. - perannum. ref LLA gallon It will readily be understood that where Sala “NORBECK'S Gon Scenery, my: public opinion forces with such silent ferdcity ap 8-lm 346 Penna. avenue. a standard of dress on all the world, there must be a perfect paradize for the man who desires to obtain an insolent notoriety in the cheapest and readiest manner It very possible that some of my readers have beard of an ancient teacher of languages who re- solved afew years ago in Paris, to become notorious by “his dress. What pains, what agovy of invention and of extravagance the unfortunate was obliged to undergo, ere he could attract attention. Bands of blue, ecar- let and yellow ribbon, six inches wide, twined around his hat and trailing six feet from it— a soarlet velvet cape and gilt shoes harjly. caused as much observation as would be granted in America to a man with a cloak over bis arm. There lived not long since in New York, man whose peculiarity was that he wore ver: old, very ragged and very dirty clothes; an ly in addition to this had no fixed place of abode, but slept in lime kilns or barns. « No- thing very remarkable, this,”’ one would say, in Europe, where every city has thousands of such vagrants. Ah! but you do not under- stand America! That lime kiln vagabond was one of the lions of New York—his ap pearance in Broadway was chronicled in the first papers; when some one gave him a now old-coat, it was put down as an event in their reports—when he died, the press embalmed his memory in obituaries, a thousand canards were let fly to his eariy life, a drama intro- lucing him in his dirty coat, drew tears from the eyes of the ladies, and as I write a novel entitled ‘‘ The Limekilu Man”’ lies before me. Ask the first New Yorker whom yeu meet, if he has ever heard of the Limekiln man’? There is a man who forms one of the “‘ineti tutions’’ of Philsdelphia—everything is an institution in America—to whom there oc curred one day the brilliant idea of walking with the gait of a young recruit undergoing his first drill. This startling, this wondrous, this amazing conception was crowned with the fullest success—a success which he farther se cared by wearing his hat on the back part of his head and tucking his pantaloyns iato bis beo's! Wonderful genius! happy man! On fine days you may seo him waiking along Chesnut street—tho fashionable street of Phil- adelphia—econdesceadingly touching bis hat to every lady, while allthe werid murmurs after him, “There goes the Man with the Mil- itary Walk.” It is needless to cay that the few young or middle aged men in America who sre gulted with wealth and leisure, and who give them- selves up seriously to living for dress alone, succeed amerveci/e in attracting admiration, envy and hatred—as in ail parts of the world And when we reflect on the manuer in which Americans euccoed in dress when they give them<elyes entirely up to it, it is really amaz- ing that such lions are so rare among them. The “gilded youth” of European capitals are not more elaborate, more butterfly-like, more perfectly exogenous, as they say in botany of se plants whose growth is entirely out- rd, than are the young men who appear at soirees aud receptions in Atlantic American cities, e not exhausted this subject—nay, I kave not begun it. But I have said enough to show you that in America, as in all parts of the world, the social spirit of the ple, its government and its morale, are all, to a de- gree, mirrored in their dress American Phiegm Life Illustrated quotes the following story from the American experience of a *‘ Monsieur Alfred d’Almbert’’ who having toured this country through, of course published bis last ideas about it to the world at large. Far away from the great cities, half hidden in the foliage, was the modest log hut of a man, half trapper, half fisherman, and more than half savage. Of course his name was Smith. He was warried, and he and his wife in this one little chamber led the happiest life in existence, for on an occasion she would not object to go twenty miles to hear the Baptist micister preach One eveni sundown they were both to- gether in their little cabin, she knitting stock- ings for the next winter’s snows, he cleaning the barrel of his fowling piesve—all the paris of which were lying dismounted about him—both busy and neither uttered able By degrees a dull but regular sound breaks upon the silence of the wilderness The steam - er is ascending the river, making the best of its way against the stream. But ueither Smith nor his wife pay any attention; he goes on cleaning bis gau, she knitting her stocking Tho air, however darkens; a thick smoke rises upon every side ; a formidable explosion is suddenly heard ; one would have said it was the discharge of several cannon atonee The boiler had burst; the vessel wassunk ; every- thing was destroyed Smith and his wife did not look up; he went on cleaning his gun, she kuitting her stocking, for explosions of steamers are so common. But this one which was to interest them more nearly, for scarcely had the explosion ended, before the roof of the cabin split in two and something heavy descended through the apertue. This something was a man who dropped between the pair without, however, disturbing either—he still cleaning his gun— she still kuitting her stocking. But the traveler—so rudely introduced— secmed rather astounded at his descent. Af- tera few minutes, however, he resumed his coolness and began to look about him—fixing his attention, at last, upon the bole threugh which he had just arrived. “Ab! my man,” said he at Tength, addressing Smith, “what's the damages ?*’ On this, Smith, who bad not given up his work, put aside his rifle, and looking up to estimate his loss, answered, after some little reflection, *‘Ten dollars.” “You be hanged! exclaimed the traveler. ‘Last week in the explosion I happened to be in with another steamer, I fell through three flights in a now house and they only charged me five dollars. No, no—I know what's the thing in such matters Here’s a couple of dollars, and if that won't do, go and sue me and be hanged !’’ Progress or Txiescopic Scrence.—Sir David Brewster, adverting to the prospect of future astronomical progress and discovery, says that, however great have been the achievc- ments of the past, and however magnificent the instruments to which we owe them, the limits of telescopic vision have not been reached, and space has yet marvelous secrets to surrender. A ten feet reflector will be duc to seience before the close of the century, and a disc of flint glass, twenty-nine inches in diameter, awaits the command of some liberal government, or some munificent individual, to be converted into an achromatic telescope of extraordinary power. There is no doubt that these expectations will be realized in less than \alf a century. ST A Conciusive Reason.—The best and most conclusive reason fo) effect that we ever re- member to have heard, writes a western cor- respondent, was given by a ‘‘ono idea” Dutch- man, in reply to a friend who remarked, Why Hans, yon have the most feminine cast of conn- tenence I have evgrseen.’’ “O yaw’ wasthe reply, “I know de reason for dat; mine moder was a woman. Wirry Rerartzs.—A you fellow was talking politics with a young he adored, named Mary, and she sympathized with the Know Nothings. “Oh,” said she, in a de reciating tone, “I see you are not a Know Qothing.” * Oh! no, of course,” “how could I be when I worship the Mary.” [FF The follow: advertisement lately ap- peared in a Jervoy print : “To be sold by private contract, a tifal rooster, monkey, & parrot, two and a tortoise-shel! tom-cat, the \apurey ee Glady just married, who has no further use for then.”’