Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1856, Page 2

EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: MONDAY........... -+-May 26, 1866, iL Advertisements should be handed in by 12 o’eloek, m., otherwise they may not appear until the next day. SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Intelligencer earnestly seconds the movement of the “Old Line Whigs” of Ken- tucky for a national convention to determine whom to support in the approaching Presiden- tial election. The /'nren says of the recent so prompt publication of Lerd Clarendon’s last dispatch upon the Enlistmen: question : «“ Tt is certain that there has been an unu- sual eagerness manifested in bringing this reply before the public, accompanied with comments well calculated to make the impres- sion that the British gvvernment, if it has not satisfactorily met Mr. Marcy’s arguments, has, at least, satisfactorily atoned for the uninten- tional violation of our laws and sovereign rights. We will not attribute this promptness, not to say haste, in responding to the pacific and conciliatory tone which is assumed to be #0 satisfactory to an actual sympathy with the British government ; but we will say that, whilst it may arise from extreme sensitiveness as to the fears of a war with Gxeat Britain, it is also well calculated to confirm that gov- ernment in the erroneous impression that the sentiments of the American people are not in unison with those of the administration om the recruitment diffulty. Itis not to be disguised that the opinion prevails extensively in Eng- land, produced by giving too much importance to certain well-known journals in _our own country in opposition to the administration, that the controversy on the enlistment ques- tion has been resorted to by the administra- tion for political purposes, and with a view to the presidential succession. Hence it is not surprising if there should be nearly as much anxiety felt in England as to the action of our ame nominating conventions for the presi- dency asin cur own country. Nor would it be a matter of surprise if Lord Clarendon’s reply to Mr. Marcy was written under the er- roneous impression alluded to, and with the expectation that it might exert some influence on the nominating conventions soon to as- semble at Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and New York. Nor would it be extraordinary if the eagerness to create premature impressions on the public mind in our country by the hasty comments on Lord Clarendon’s reply, to which we have referred, should have arisen in some degree from a hope that the results of the con- ventions named might be affected by the im- pression that the administration had unneces- sarily protracted the enlistment controversy.”” cq _ WASHINGTOW WEWS AND GOSSIP The Condition of Kansas.—Not long since we took occasion to procure and publish a faithful sketch of the California career of Dr Chas. Robinson, the psuedo Governor of the mock State of Kansas, wherein the leading incident was his convetion with the outrages on the law and the rights of his law-abiding fellow citizens, that occurred in what was known as the Sacramento squatter-claims riots. In that affair he led on to the destruc- tion of their business prospects in life, to that of the lives of some of them, and that of more of their opponents who defended the suprem- acy of the laws, thousands of followers delu- ded through his specious demagogism into setting all authority, except the will of their violent, headstrong and unscrupulous leaders, and their own unbridled passions, at defiance. He ran away from California, it will be recol- lected, under circumstances which made his previous conduct the more atrocious, because they caused all to believe that his sudden change in politics was the result of direct bribery. In Kansas he has closely parodied his California career. There, he has stirred up fagrant rebellion to the authority of the United States, turning the fair territory, so capable of blooming with bountiful fertility, into a land of desolation. returning no fruit of burbandry, but cursed with all the evils ef civil war. We know that the systematic falsehoods concerning affairs there, manufac- tured by the so called ‘- Free State’’ writers forthe New York Trijune and Times, and hundreds of other Northern prints—the writers being of the class of demagogues who were lately vagabondizing throughout the North— deny the correctness of our version of this subject matter But all moderate and com- mon sense people have long since come to un- derstand from experience that no relianee whatever can be placed in their misrepresen- tations. As matters now stand there, it is plain that those who have gone into the ter- ritory to abolitionise it, are paying the penalty of their treasonable labors Acting on Robin- son’s theory relative to their rights, they set up @ government in opposition to the govern- ment constituted for them by Congress, and combined forcibly to resist the latter. Judge Lecompt, in obedience to his oath of office, called the attention of the grand jury to the fact that they were in open rebel- lion to the authority of the United States; setting at defiance, by force of arms, not only the laws of the Territorial legisla- ture, but those of the General Government, and obeying instead those of their mock State government. The grand jury, in pursuance of its plain duty, also, proceeded to inquire into the facts alleged against Robinson, Reed- er, and the rest of the Abolition leaders, some of whom were summoned to testify in the matter. Robinson, and most of them, imme- diately took to their heels, and the Aboli- tionists of Lawrence gave them protection, forcibly resisting the authority of the marshal who essayed to arrest them under United States’ warrants for their attachment for con- tempt of the United States District Court and treason. Reeder also put at defiance the au- thority of the court under the foolish plea that, being a contestant for the delegate’s seat in Congress, he was exempt from obeying the process of the court; although in a case where treasoz is charged, the constitution grants no such immunity even to a member of Con- gress. We presumo that there is not a lawyer worthy of the name in the Union, who really conceives that being « contestant for the posi- tion of delegate, clothes him with the pri leges of a delegate in this connection ; while we also feel sure that no member of Congress, not crazed by abolitionism, dreams that his claim to be the legally elected delegate, is more than an impudent pretence involving, if sueceasful, the prostration of every thing like the supremacy of the law. In his re- fusal to acknowledge the authority of the court he was backed up by Messrs. How- ard and Sherman, whose course as members of the special committee of the House proves that they have gone to Kansas simply as Abo- ition emissaries—not as public functionaries bent only on procuring for Congress true and just testimony on which to base its future ac- tion with reference t» Kansas. Theodore Par- ker aod Henry Ward Beecher would bardly have conducted themselves more under the guidance of their comical notions of their duty in such « ease than Messrs. Howard and Sherman have done. In counseling Reeder affair. citizens who, though opposed to the legisla- tion of slavery in Kansas, are equally opposed to the lawlezs violence and revolutionary pur- poses of Robinson, Reeder and their abolition horde. Times, and other such journals, of course pre- sent a very different version of these matters; but it will be recollected that their accounts from Kansas have invariably turned out to be nought but budgets of falsehoods, manufac- tured to get loafing abolitionists, arms and money from the East, and to hel pthe abolition political cause throughout the East, in return. rence abolitionists to Gov. Shannon, praying protection from the laws and officers of the United States—or, in other words, asking him to sanction their rebellion—and his sensible, well-timed and truly patriotic reply, which in itself embraces a crushing refutation of the thousand slanders showered upon him and the anti-abolitionists of the Territory from the pens and tongues of the abolitionists there, here and elsewhere. His Excellency Wilson Shannon, with the duty of communicating cellency the following tions, adopted by the citizens of Lawrence at a meeting holden at this place at 7 o’clock this evening, Viz: mation from various parts of the Territory, and the adjoining State of Missouri, of the organization of Guerrilla bands, who threaten the destruction of our town and its inhabitants, therefore and Roberts constitute a committee to inform His Excellency, Governor Shannon, of these facts, and to callupon him in the name of the people of Lawrence for protection against such aaa by the United States troops at his dis- by order of the people of Lawrence. ceived, and in reply I have tostate that there is no force aroun: except the legally constituted pk States Marshal and Sheriff of Bo each of whom, I am informed, of writs in their hands for execution against persons now in Lawrence. I shall inno wayin- terfere with either of these officers in the dis- charge of their official duties. of Lawrence submit themselves to the Terri- torial laws, aid and assist the Marshal and Sheriff in the execution of processes in their handz, as all good citizens are bound to do, when called on, they. or al such, will entitle themselves to the protection of the law But so long as they keep up an armed organization to resist the charged with their execution, I shall not in- terfere to save them from the legitimate con- Sa pe of their illegal acts. greatest respect, W. Y. Roberts. inee of the Cincinnati Convention, if elected President, to conciliate Freesoilers and Abolitionists by the sacrifice of Southern Rights !—It is admitted on all hands that the South will control the nomination at the coming National Democratic Convention. If the slave- holding States cordially and steadily vote for President Pierce, he must be the nominee. He will, however, in any event, have the support of a majority of the States of the Union, anda majority of the delegates. No well-informed mancandeny that. Hence the delegates from the South must pass judgment upon President Pierce and his public conduct, in relation to a renomination. He will be the majority can- didate—will have more votes than all others. Southern men in the Convention must either commend, (by a renomination.) him and his action as a Chief Executive since March, 1852, or condemn both. South by Mr. Buchanan’s friends as the in- ducement to southern delegates to administer a rebuke to President Pierce by the nomina- tion of Mr. Buchanan? general allegation that the course of General Pierce upon the slavery question has made him unpopular at the North with Federalists, Abolitionists, and Know Nothings ; and hence the South should consider him an unavailable candidate, to resist the court of the United States ina case of treason, they have themselves com- mitted a contempt of that court, for which, strictly speakit g, it was not only the right but the duty of the court to have promptly pun- ished them. Judge Lecompte, evidently de- sirous of giving as little ground as possible for the systematic misrepresentation of the Kan- sas ‘‘ Free State” writers for the press, has not, so far, seen fit to cause their arrest. Reeder, finding that the shadow of their sympathy is not sufficient longer to secure an immunity for his resistance of the court, ba, algo run away—no one knows whither as yet, The Marshal having summoned a posse suffi- cient to enable him to cause his authority to be respected in Lawrence, at the last authen- tie advices from that quarter, was within a few miles of that place, determined to make the arrests ordered by the district court of the United States. The posse, as far as we have been able to learn, was composed wholly of eitizens of the Territory ; the people of Mis- souri haying nothing whatever to do with the A large portion of it is composed of The telegraphic accounts to the Tribune, Herewith we append a letter from the Law. Lawrence City, Kansas, May 11, 1356. Governor of Kansas: Dear Sir: The undersigned are charged to your Ex- reamble and resolu- Whereas, We have the most reliable infor- Resolved, That Messrs. Topliff, Hutchinson All of which is most respectfully submitted Very truly, &. C. W. Topuirr, Joun Hurcain W. Y. Roserrs. GOVERNOR SHANNON’S REPLY Executive Orrice, Lecompron, K. T., May 12, 1856 GentLemen: Your note of the Ith is re- or approaching Lawrence of United anumber If the citizens erritorial laws and the officers have the honor to be, yours, with the Witson SHanxnoy. Mesers. C. W. Topliff, John Hutchinson, and Will the South instruct the next Nom- What line of argument is urged upon the None other than the if southern delegates yield to this argu- ment, and dropping President Pierce for that reason, (and they capnot pretend to drop him for any other) nominate Mr. Buchanan, do they not, 4y that act, instruct him to conciliate in his administration of public affairs north- ern freesoil sentiment by the sacrifice of south ern rights? Do they not rxstruct him to be less devoted to the Constitution and the rights of the States than President Pierce has been, and would he not be bound by those instruo- tions ? The South admit that, saving a few unsatis- factory appointments to office, the administra- tion of President Pierce has been unexcep- tionable. They admit that he has, under all circumstances and amid a storm and tempest of phrensy and faction unprecedented in the annals of the Republic, berne aloft all unsul- lied and unstained the flag of the Constitution and the Union. They admit that he has al- ways, first and last, had the heart to love and the arm to defend the whole and every portion of our Confederagy. They admit, in a word, that no President has ever been more deyoted to the maintenance of their rights. They ad- mit all this, and then sey that because Northern man has dared, in defiance of mo- mentary popular passion in his own section, thus to support and maintain Southern rights under the Constitution he shall be proscribea and struck down with ignominy. Suppose Mr. Buchangn to be thus nomi nated by the South by the prostration of President Pierce, and suppose him elected to be President. Suppose, then, that during his administration an exigency arises which. like the Kansas bill, presents to him the question, whether he will take prompt, but personally perilous action, in support of the rights, under the Constitution, of the slaveholding States! Suppose he hesitates, and the South demand at his hands protection for their homes, their property, their interests : could he not well enough say—‘ No! a case like this arose dur ing President Pierce’s administration, and his prompt, and, at that time, undeniably just action thereon, called down upon his head the anathemas of Free Soilers and Abolitionists ; and on that account you prostrated him at Cincinnati, and nominated me by his defeat. I consider myself instructed not to follow his example in that relation. I shall act to please and conciliate the Free Soil sentiment.’ As a eouthern map, we are free to say that Mr. Buchanan would be right in thus con- struing the action of the convention. Enter- taining such views, we have been unable to sustain the pretensions of Mr. Buchanan to the nomination at Cincinnati. We have not been willing to prostrate President Pierce and his friends in the North, because they are hated by our enemies, the Freesoilers and Abolitionists. We do not wish the South to be guilty of the base ingratitude of deserting Franklin Pierce because he dared amid ob- loquy and reproach to be a trueman. We could not and cannet participate in the act of striking down the strongest arm ever up- lifted in the defence of southern rigkts and southern honor—of silencing the noblest bat- tery which has ever thundered against the black squadrons of abolitionism and treason! The Avalanche.—Each succeeding arrival of railroad trains and steamboats is bringing upon us, in Washington, an avalanche of del- egates to the approaching Cincinnati Dem- ocratic National Convention, and other lead- ing Democratic politicians from all quarters of the Union—California, Texas, Missouri, and other far distant States, being numerously represented among them. Of course a deal of cahoodling and rubbing of patriotic noses to- gether, is going on in all public places around the city; tosay nothing of the fixing up of matters taking place in hotel parlors and other nooks and corners. spirit prevails among all of those referred to above. Their unanimous opinion appears to be that their nominee, whoever he may be, will surely triumph in November by a ma- jority well nigh as great as that by which General Jackson was elected to his second term in the Presidency. Nevertheless, a good The Result of the Treaty. —The first cargo from Japan, consisting of over $20,000 worth of unique articles of Japanese work in the shape of fancy dressing cases, music stands, glove boxes, toilet boxes, cups, rich cabinets, drawing tables, trays, card tables, and many curious and elegantly carved articles, have reached Now York in the schooner “ General Pierce,’ and will be sold atthe auction rooms of Learitt, Delisser & Co., Broadway, on the 9th of June. The Enlistment Question —The Cabinet met this morning at an earlier hour than usual, and are believed to have had Secretary Marcy's reply to Lord Clarendon under con- sideration. We find the impreseion general, a3 we go to press, that Mr. Crampton has been dismissed, but we have satisfied ourself that up to 1] a. m. to-day, that had not been done. A Correction.—We are informed that the paragraph stating that money and property have been settled on the widow and children of the late Thomas Keating by Mr. Herbert, of California, now being extensively published, isa mistake. No such settlement er gift has been made to them. An Army Officer Resigned —The resigna- tion of Assistant Surgeon Francis Sorrel, Med- ical Department, U. 8. A., has been accepted by the President of the United States, to take effect June 27, 1856. The Current Operations of the Treasury Department .—On Saturday, the 24th of May, there were of Treasury warrants entered on the books of the Department— For the redemption of stocks.... $23 878 96 For the Treasury Department 40,972 31 For the Interior Department . 3,430 97 For Customs..sesscscessesseeess 35,410 34 War warrants received and en- OTEd see eceeesseecseesseee sens 92,537 19 War repay warrants received and ontered...cescccccccseccesevce 4,028 75 From miscellaneous sources.....+ 860 75 ————_ re CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. In the Senate, Mr. Pearce moved a resolu- tion authorizing the Special Committee on the affair between Mr. Brooks, a member of the House, and Senator Sumner, to send for per- sous and papers; which was agreed to. A petition of 75,000 citizens of California for the construction of a wagon road between Mis souri and California was presented ; and a bill for the construction of the said road was re- ported from the Military Affairs Committee After the transaction of the usual morning hour business the Kansas State bill was again taken up, and Mr. Pugh was addressing the Senate upon it, as we went to press. In the House, after the reading of the jour- nal, (which occupied three fourths of an hour.) the Chair announced the first business in order to be the question on Mr. Ball’s pend- ing motion to suspend the rules for the con- sideration of his resolution of inqulry of the President for information as to the cost of the various materials used on the various public buildings in Washington, the names of the contractors, employees, the localities from whence every thing used upon them were ob- tained, the prices paid to all and each person employed on them, &., &c. Mr. Phelps addressed the House to show that, until the Committee on Public Buildings or the Committee on Accounts should report, they could not themselves obtain the informa- tion. Mr. Ball appealed to the House to adopt his resolution, on the ground that he had satisfied himself that great corruption exists in the management of these works. Rule suspended. Hiawatua in Europe —A Leipzig edition of this renowned poem is issued at half athaler by Alphons Durr. The publisher notes on his title Page that Hiawatha is now supplied in Rome, Vienna, Paris, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Brussels, Basle, ‘urin, Trieste, Venice, Ve- rona. Two German translations are now being read farand wide onthe Continent, one of them having had the foe of Freiligrath to turn the author's English into the language of Goethe and Schiller Important Discovery.—The Norfolk Ar- gus learns that a gold mine has been discov- ered on James river, in Charles City county, about eighty miles from Norfolk, on the farm of Z. F. Nance, Eeq.—a part of the Boldea tract. Some men being engi in cuttin; timber the land, one of them, who ha: worked in the gold mines in (alifornia, ob served soil that reminded him of what he had Seen on the other side of the continent, and on examination, found that the earth con- tained gold amounting to nearly twenty-five Cents in value to every quart. Tas Yarxex Girt 1x Loxpon.—By our late files of English papers, wesee that Mr and Mrs. W. J. Florence have made a great hit at the Drury Lane Theatre, London. The Times, of May Ist, in its notices of the performances at Drury Lane, says: “There is now to be seen at this house a en of Transatlantic acting which ought not to be overlooked by any one whohasatese for curiosities in histrionic art Mrs Flor- ence, newly arrived from the United States, where she has gained # considerable reputa- tion, represents in a farce called the ‘‘ Yankee Housekeeper,’ a ‘gal’ from the State of Maine, who combines such a highly colored assem- blage of native peculiarities as has never been witnessed on any European stage. The dialect isof the strongest flavor—the prosaic shrewd- ness Lapeer Star) an almost boisterous vi- vacity betokens a development of the ’cute organs that the dull citizens of the Old World would scarcely associate with their notions of the feminine nature; the gestures are of the strangest and, at tho same time, of the most significant kind, but all so perfectly free and spontaneous as to leave no doubt that a real type of the Anglo-Saxon family has been truly apprehended y @ quick and observant in- tellect. The Yankee ‘gal,’ of humble life, as delineated by Mrs Florence, isa being to whom half-measures are unknown, and who would be dreadfully puzzled if she had to find an English equivalent for the French word nuance. If sheis abashed she buries her face in her apron ; if she is kindly disposed to an admirer she pokes him in the ribs; if she feels her dignity compromised, her first tendency is to slap the face of the offender ; if the desire of gaining a ‘hard dollar’ steals upon her mind, she scorns everything like a hint, and with the most business-like air askes, ‘What will you gi’e me?’ And all this is so heartily done, with sach an appearance of intrinsic frankness and good nature, that the result is almost fascinating, while the movements ac- quire a sort of native grace from their unbe- coming wildness.” ‘« Mr. Florence, by whom the lady is accom- anied, is an actor of Irish parts, with a great eal of quiet humor, and a brogue that is not altogether of the Cis Atlantic kind. The London £ra says of Mrs Florence : “On ber first entrance, with a huge coal- scuttle bonnet, elaborate parasol, shawl of an unhead-of pattern, and other “‘fixings’’ of an equally extravagant character, the audience feit that something was being presented to them utterly different from those types of the ordinary conventional soudrette that has been chiefly the channel of feminine comic humor in this country. Bnt when, in the depths of that bonnet, a pretty, saucy, roguish face was litup by the footlights, and a smart, quaint voice proceeded thence to salute the house with ‘* Wall, how do ye all dew?” the roar of laughter that followed proved as genial a greeting as a stranger could desire, and, from that moment, a pleasant understanding was firmly established between the actress and her audience. Tewrerance Movement —Jobn M. Barn. ard, of Boston, offersa thousand dollar pre mium for tho best essay on the subject of legis- lative enactments designed to regulate the manufacture, salo, and use of intoxicating liquors, to be accompanied with an outline of a law for) consideration.- Said essay to be presented by the first day of May next, and adjudged of by Judge (Gilchrist, Gov. Clifford, Dr. Vinton, Nahum Capen, and Peter Coop- er, Esqs. We hope this eal! will be responded to, and produce the draft of a law really worthy of enactment. Improve RattroaD Brake.-—The last number of the Sctentific American has an engraving and description of an improved railroad brake, invented by Mr. V. Barnes of thiscity. The Amerzcan, which is high au- thority in such matters, speaks of the im- provement as simple and apparently very ef- fective in its operation Sgavinag mabe Easy.—Wet your shaving brush in either warm or cold water, pour on two or three drops of ‘‘ Balm of a Thousand Flowers,’’ rub the beard well and it will make a beautiful soft lather much facilitating the operation of shaving. Price only Fifty Cente. For sale at Shillington’s, agent for Washing- ton, and all druggists. PERSONAL. +++. J B Desplace, Lamartine’s Literary Agent, is at Willard’s. sees J. R. Brodhead, naval officer, New York, is stopping at Willards’ Hotel. :... D. A. Smalley, Esq , of Vermont, is at Willards’ Hotel. Col. Samuel Colt, of New Haven, will in the steamer of the 7th of June for Europe. +++ It is stated that H. C. Jarrett (late of the Baltimore Museum) is to open the Varie- ties Theatre at Norfolk, for a brief season, on the 2d of June. Mr. Dallas made a clever speech at the anniversary of the Royal Literary Fund in London, which was received with hearty cheers ++e+ Charles S. Willet, late assistant editor of the N. Y. Mirror, has been appointed Con- sul for Nicaragua, at that port, under the Walker-Rivas government. The office is said to be worth $2,000 per annum. +.+» An Indiana paper, announcing the death of a gentleman out West, says that, “the deceased, though a bank director, it is gener- ally believed, died a christian, universally re- spected.’” « What a sarcastic old scamp Dean Swift w ‘o besure! Hear what he says of the fairgex: ‘‘Women are like riddles in this, that it is difficult to understand them,—and that when we know them, they please us no longer.”” And yet the dean of St. Patrick’s was a man that women died for! +++» The London Publishers’ Circular, of May Ist, says—‘‘A curious fact transpires re- garding the publication of that most success- ful little book, Waikna, or the Adventures on the Mosquito Shore. It bears on the title- age, ‘by Samuel A. Baird,’ but is in reality the well-known Central American author, r. E. G. Squier, and it was undertaken for @ wager, to be written, produced, and sold within three weeks—by which time the sale exceeded by some thousands the number re- quired. ALEXANDRIA CORRESPONDENCE. ALEXANDRIA, May 26, 1856. The Circuit Court, Judge J. W. Tyler, has been in session here during the past week. The first threo days cleared the docket of criminal matter, and the latter portion of the week has been devoted to civil cases exclu- sively. The Court continues in session this week. The official returns for Sheriff make the majority of Sangster, Democrat, over Monroe, American nominee, 217. For Commonwealth Attorney, of Stuart, American nominee, over Taylor, independent American, 510; and for Comwmissioner of Revenue, of Duffey, Ameri- can nqminee, over Claughton, independent American, 60; but Claughton’s votes united with that of Fugitt, independent Democrat, exceeds Duffey’s 73. The American nomi- nees for Constables and one independent are elected. " The County bench which stood last term in the town districts, 12 American, 4 Whig, 0 Democrat, will stand next term American 5, Whig 7, Democrat 4 . An American Convention had regularly nominated candidates in the field. The raid made by a gang of Washington bullies and blackguards on the Virginia voters of Alexandria county, is loudly condemned by most of the American party here. However much they believe that “ Americans should tule America,’’ it is no part of their creed that District bullies should rule Virginia. Our people hear with regret that the county of Frederick hag refused to subscribe to the el Loudoun and Hampshire Rail- foad. Tho fair of the Mount Vernon Guards closed ie Thursday evening last with a most pleasant otillon party given by the Guards to the ladies of the fair. Aur. FIRST PRECINCT OF SECOND WARD.—The Anti-Know Nothing vo- Second Ward, will Clements’s, corner of L and 12th sts, on TUESDAY EVEN- ters of the First Precinct, meet for important business at A. N ING, at 8 o’clock. m 26-2 —_—_—<—<$<—$—$—$$—$ grey pete LECTURES - Free’ The United States the subject of ible ecy, and the last conflict between repub {- Lectures on TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY EVENINGS, at ‘ongregational,) opposite City Hall, by Messrs. PITTS and BALD — Proph: anism and monarchy. old Trinity Church, (C of Tennessee. NOTICE —AN ELECTION be held on MONDAY June next, for seven Directors of the Georget Gas Light Company, at the office of the Com) on Green street, between o'clock of said day. D. ENGLISH, Pres. m 26-2awlw eee REV. T. H. STOCKTON, OF Baltimore, will deliver the address be- fore the Juvenile Missionary Society of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, (Rev. Mason Nobie’s,) on the occasion of the celebration of its first Anniver- on TUESDAY EVENING, May 27th. Ex- ercises to commence at § o’clock. m 2-34 Eo eet as te tree ae Be OCR THE MEMBERS OF the Eagle Club of Georgetown brg leave to inform their numerous friends and the public generally that they intend giving a Grand Pic Nic and Excursion to the White House Pavilion, on WEDNESDAY, June LI, 1826. See future advertisement U.S. Marsmat’s Orricr, May, 1856. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON- Lett) —A large number of Ca Sa.’sin U 3S. Cases, of fines and costs, forfeited recogni zances, against various individuals bave been is- sued from the Criminal Coart of the District and laced in my hands for execution. Epo seg n these cases is imprisonment in jail uniess the money be promptly paid. I therefore notify all ms who know Seep be oe as security for appearance at the Criminal Court, or upon en Does have been imposed by said Court, that they must call at my office acd ar- range their respective cases before the second Monday in Jene next; after which 1 must proceed to settle them accerding to law. J. D. HOOVER, m 2i-td U.S Marshal. THE WESTERN HOSE ACTIVE Bee i Sociation will yrive their Second Grand Cotillo1 Party at Pioneer Hall, corner of 2th and K streets,on MONDAY EVENING, May 26, 1856. Tickets FIFTY CENTS, admitting a gentle- msn and ladies. Committee of Arrangements W.H. Dellaway, R. L. Mastin, T. Parker, 6. T. Mickum. m 20-TuFM-3t WILL the %h day of own ny the hours of ten and two NATIONAL TREATRE,. KUNKEL & +sesseee-- ss LESSKES JOHN T. FORD MANAGER 108. JEFFERSON. GE MANAGER Family Circle und Us eri First night of tre eminent Comedian, MR. J. H. HACKETT TBIS EVENING, May 26, Shakspeare’s great Play, in5 actr, of KING HENRY Iv. To conelude with THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM®' Diggory.. Mr J Jeffersca {> The Box Sb — of ft Seats will be open every fice et be. tween 9 a.m. and 5p. m 26-1 ODD FELLOWS’ HALL, Seventh Streez Odd Fellows’ Grand Levee. MONDAY EVENING, May 26th. HE ODD FELLOWS WILL BOLD A LE- VEE on the coming MONDAY EVENING Several disting: ished Speakers and the Founder of the Order in this country will be present Ev- erytbing, in short, that can contribute to @ll an evening with pleasure may be expected Tiekets (number limited) ONE DOLLAR: ed- m ttinga Gentleman and Ladies—to be bad atthe = book, drug end music stores, and of the prreperse 2 or culsrs see programme for "Seremonies commons at o'clock. The “Daughters of Rebeka” and the Members oi the Order will please appear in their regalia COMMITTER. Oriental Lodge. Excalsior Lodge. John Thaw, P G. W_ 38. Roberts, Bro F.S. Shulze, P G. John Shafer, Bro Peter Emrick, P. G. C. 8. Noyes, Bro. Metropolis Lodge. Beacon Lodge. L.A. Gobright, P 6.R. G Rowzee,N.G Francis Holden, P.G Andrew Small, V.G G. W. Dutton, Bro. John Ott, Bro m 22-ThesM® ARIETY HALL!—THI3 ELEGANT AND newly fitted Ball is now offered for rent for Balls, Concerts, Fairs, &c. Every care will be taken to make this central end convenient Hal! the most attractive place in ee mee ~ vie and efficient management. PI wo W Al. of Wall & Stephens. ae ap 25-im JQ\ANS! FANS!: FAN A large lot of Fans selling off low at _m2 ELLIS’S, 303 Pa. avenue. CE PITCHERS, A SUPERIOR ARTI- cle.—Just received, a small invoice of very su- perior Ice Pitchers Also, a large assortment of extra-plated Tea Sets, Cake Baskets, Castors, Urns, Albata Forks, Spoons, &c. M. W. GALT & BRO , Jewelers, m 26-3t 324 Pa. av , bet. 9th and 10th sts. SUMMER SAD IRONS. Hl tk RECEIVED, A LOT OF CHARCOAL SAD IRONS, which are warranted to save the price of the iron in one week, together with many other useful articles for housekeepers, a!- ‘ways on hand and for sale low for cash. JOS L. SAVAGE, Sign of the Golden Saw, m 26-6t Pa. av, bet. 10th and 1ith sts | here! SATURDAY EVENING, ON 7th street, in the neighborhood of the Post Office, or on E street, between 5th and 7th, a ledy’s Ret- icule or Work Case, containing keys, which ae much missed, &c. The finder will be suitably rew irded by leaving the same at 6. FRANCIS’ Store, 490 Seventh street, or at 478 I street, north side, between Sth and 9th streets. m 26-3 OMERIC BALLADS AND COMEDIES of Lucian, translated by the late William Maginn, LL. D.; annotated by Dr. Shelton Mackenzie, 1 vol, $1 Rights of Women, with Strictures on Politics! and Moral Subjects, by Mary Wolistone- craft, 1 vol, 75c. Paul Ferroll, a Tale by the author of “1X Poems by V,”" 1 vol, $1. m 2% FRANCK TAYLOR. CAR D.—ATTENTION IS RESPECT- fully called to the Chancery Sale of Valuable Improved ya Anaomy! Placeon THURSDAY AFTERNOON, May 29 h, at 5 o'clock, on the premices. The sale will commence with a iot on E street, between 9th and 10th streets west, improved by a two-story brick Dwelling House and back bulld- ing. and continue with the sale of two Houses and Lots on north M street, between 18th and 19th etreets. The property on E street deserves special atten tion, from its central and desirable location THOS. J. FISHER, Trustee. m 26-d JAS. C. McGUIRE, Auct. Grand Mass Meeting. HE ANTI-KNOW NOTHINGS UF THE Seventh Ward will hold a Grand Mas: Meet- ing on THURSDAY EVENING, May 29th, at 7g o'clock, corner of Seventh street and intersec- tion of Maryland and Virginia avenues Distingvished speakers from all parts of the country will address the meeting. The Anti-Know Nothing Associations of the several wards, together with the Georgetown As- sociation, are requested to unite with us on this occasion. Persons of all parties are respectfully invited to attend Committee of Arrangemerts Sam‘ 8. Taylor, Ch’n, Michael Mooney, Thomas M. Harvey, Robert Gill. Joseph R. Gill, m 26-4t# IRST WARD ELECTION NOTI SECOND PRECINCT. Notice is hereby given that an election will be held in the above precinct on Monday, the 24 day of June, 1556, at tne house of C.and M. Hines, on Twenty-sixth street, between H street and Pennsylvania avenue, south side, for Mayor, one member of the Board of Aldermen, three mem bers of the Common Council, and one Assessor, torepresent said Ward. And atthe same time and place, one member of the Board of Aldermen for the unexpired term of William B Magruder, ‘Ths polls will be opened at 7 o’clock a. m., and closeat7 o’clock p.m. T. H. CRAIG, A. W. DENHAN, WM. H. PERKINS. Commissioners of the Second Precinct of the m 26-iw First Ward. ECOND WARD ELECTION NOTICE, FIRST PRECINCT. Notice is hereby given tkat an election will be held on MONDAY, the 2d day of June next, at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and Twelfth street, for Mayor of the city, one member of the B of Aldermen, and three members of the Board of Common Council. The above precinct embraces all the Second Ward north of H street north. The Polls will be opened at 7 o’clock a. m., and closed at 7 o’clock Pi m DICKINSON, JOHN W. SIMMS, c. L. COLTMAN, Commissioners. 27. METH WARD ELECTION NUTICE. SECOND PRECINCT. Notice is hereby given that an election will be held on MONDAY, the 2d day of June next, at McPherson’s Drug Store, commer of First strcet east and Pennsylvania »venue, inthe Second Pre- cirgt of the Fifth Ward (embracing all that por- tion of the Ward south of the line ef Pennsy}- vania avenue) for Mayor one member of the Board of Aldermen, three members of the Board of Common Council, and an Assessor. The Polls will be opened at7o’cloeka. m , and closed at 7 o’clock p. m. JAS. A. BROWN, JOHN P. INGLE, JOHN McCAULEY, Commissioners of Klection m %6-1w for Second Precinct of Fifth Ward. (No. 658.} iy bs OF WITHDRAWAL OF LANDS IN FLORIDA AND ALABAMA.—In pur- suance of the act, entitled ‘-An act granting pub- lic lands, in alternate sections, to the States of Florida and Alabama, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said States,’? approved 17th May, 1856, all the lands | within fifteen miles on each side of the following rel roads and branch named in said act—to wit : from St. John’s river at Jacksonville, to the waters of Escambia bay, near Pensacola; from Amelia island, on the At- lantic, to the waters of Tampa bay, with a bran-h to Cedar Key, on the Gulf of Mexico, ( except the Tampa bay portion south of its junction with the Cedar Key branch ;) and from = Plori- da, to Montgomery, Alabama—have, by instruc- tions from this office, been suspended from sale and location until further orders. Given under my hand. at the General Land Of- , atthe se os Washington, this twenty-third day of May, 1856. ge ouan A. HENDRICKS, iw » Commissioner. ADAME S. DUVALL, Practiener of Astro! and Phrenology, together with tne rofessor Brough! - to and 2 fect wide, and the heighi ted HATS, which | offer at $3 50; they are the best United States. black dress Hats got up in thw latest siyle for $3 50 as good as those usually sold at ry ee 2 good fashion- anda first-rate Hat, $2 50. NEW STORE. DEY GOODS AND MILLINERY FISHMAN INFORMS THE CITIZENS that he bas lately opened on Seventh street, next door to the corner of M street, a new and sore ieee kinds of DKY GOODS AND MILLINERY, es well as a gocd a‘sortment of SHOES AND GAITERS. Also, Felt and Straw HATS, all of which wil! be sold cheap, end be solicits a share of pubic patron-ge. Bonnets trimmed at reasonable prices. m 24-3t* $200 REWARD. ANAWAY, YESTERDAY, FROM THE subscriber’s farm, in Charlies count Md, two negro fellows, EUMUND aw MADISON. Edmund is abont tec J and 1s a dark yellow mulatto; 5 feet 6 or ¢ inches high, and weighs sboul 150 or 160 Ibs Madison is about 21 or 2 years of age, some- what darker (copper color) than Kdmund, about the same height, and a little lighter weight They took away 2 variety of clothing; Fdmund hasabezid,and Medison none They are bro- the:s, and have a sister residing in Washington wat The above reward of two hundred do lars will be paid for their apprehension and lodgment in jail anywhere, so = I recover them LA ENCE POSEY, Allen’s Fresh P.O harles county, Md. m 24-3t* five years old, pane RECEIVED AT THE MUSIU DEPOT. NEW INSTRUMENT, THE FIRST ever introduced in the metropolis, called the Harmoneum. This instrument was manufac - tured by Debain, Paris ; it bas twelve stops, vis - Lor Anglais, Flute. Bourbon, Clarinette, Clari on, Fife, Basson, Houtboys, Coupling Stop, or Grand Jeu, Expression, and two Forte Stops The instrument is but 4 feet 2 inches In length, ‘faPiano The power of this instrument {s tuttictent to gil any moderate sized hall. The public are respectfully invited to call and see for themselves Pianos constantly on hand, for sale or rest, on the most accommodating terins mur «GEO. HILBUS. HATS: HATS: UST RECEIVED A FULL SUPPLY OF fine drab Beaver venti!a- Py ahs Hats fer the price in the The beet ie Hat et St, worth $1; The be-t materials and the best Workmanship is ge to produce a $5 Hat, which is sold for 33 ses, but We doa cesh business, meet with no los- ey €ach customer full value for his money elt and Straw Hats unusually low ANTHONY, 7th street, near Pa ayenve, Agert ora New York Hat Company. m 24. tf UST RECEIVED— A superior lot of BANANA, PINE APPL, STRAWBERRIES, ORANGES AND LEMUNS, POTENTINI & ZITEL . Pa. av., bet. 10th and 11th sts ARAGON UMBRELLAS.—TODD& co, have received an invoice of Fox's celebrated PARAGON UMBR axing At m LAS, unrivalled for lightners, strength, and durability. Gentlemen are invited to call and look at them. mm 23-Jtd&eo3t Sp deteas ER HATS.—TODD & CO, ARE daily receiving large additions to their stock stock of HATS, suitable for the warm season. They would particularly invite the attention of purchasers to their White Beavers. French Felts, and several new kinds of veatilat- ing Suaw Hats of East India manufacture, en- tirely new in this market m 23-2td&eolm COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. ae UNDERSIGNED HAVING TAKEN he Store occupied by the late tirm of K. Go dey & Co , respectfully inform their friends ard the public that they will continue the business under the name of Gruss & Losano, cnd will spare no pains to sustain the reputation enjc yed by the late firm. Our stock of Goods for the rea son is complete, to witch the attention of our friends and the public is invited. H. GRUB, Late of E. Godey & Co M. LOSANO Merchant Tailors, 493 Eighth st. near Ave i[F_All persons indebted ‘o the Inte firm of E Godey & Co., will confer a favor by closing their accounts without delay. m 23-2w GRUBB & LOSANO MRS. M. E. HARVEY, (8veckssor to James F. Harvey, pecuasry.) UNDERTAEER, No. 410 Seventh street, between H and I. EGS LEAVE TO INFORM TRE PUBLIC tbat she hes in her employ the same persons that were formerly @upfeg a in the extabMshment, who are fully competent to conduct the Undertaking Businest; and that every attention will be given to calls, day or night, as heretofore. m 19 6m pr Se Bee 8 Fanart nina stra TYLER’S COMPUUND SYRUF OF GU™ ARABIC COLDS. HOARSENESS, ASTHMA, vHouri nd -) possesses the greatestad tages, least rb, ms of any cther in —y eareeere pocby cook estas twenty aSES, rcady at hand, and one thst has been generally found to afford relier where most others have been tried without material ben - Assadh & ts senuniaes by numbers of our physicians, who know its composition, and have been eye witnesves of its superior ¢™- , a8 Well as by thousands of our most respec- _ enatapesteneiantehememan, ‘Price papel ny or three bottles in one 50 cents. Wholesale yay PATTERSON & NAIRN, and STOTT & CO., . avenue; PEEL & STEVENS, Alexandria; CISSEL, . eee TY Lae CANDY DR i uM ARABIC couGH OPS, the same ia cents a box. jy 6—ly cious and sefreshing Beverage ina state of bes wal beer ia mind that it season at NORBECK’S Well-known Confectionery Esteblirhment, next to Iron Hall, on Pa. avenue, between 9th and 10th streets. ap 30-im