Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1856, Page 2

EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: THURSDAY......... --July 31, 1856. 17 Advertisements should be handed in by 12 o’clock, m., otherwise they may not appear until the next day. Norice.—Those charged with the manage- ment of clubs, societies, and all other associa- tions are notified that in order to insure the insertion of advertisements or notices of any description in the Star, payment must be made for them when offered, or an arrangement for the psyment for the same providedfor. There are now on file in our counting room many advertisemen‘s, not inserted, because our terms have not been eomplied with. Thisrule must be imperative. _ rrr SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Unson contains a letter from Col Geo, ‘W. Mannypenny, Commissioner of Indian Af- fairs, reviewing ex-Governor Reeder’s ex parte testimony before the Kansas Investigating Committee so far as that relates to Indian affairs, lands, &c., and his (Reeder’s) pre- tended conversations with the President upon the same subject, as well as the conclusions to which the majority cf the Committee pretended to bave come in this particular connection. Never were politicians more thoroughly used up than on thisoceasion. The blunt Commis- sioner, by his array of facts, dates, &c., shows, beyond pretence of denial, that Reeder’s oath about anything is not worth the remains of a chew of tobacco; and that the Committee’s conclutions are equally valueless for all pur- poses but to make Republican party capital without the slightest respect tor common hon- esty in their statements. The Intel/igencer discourses of news, biog- raphy, &c., only, to-day. Se WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP The Apparent Defalcation of the State of California —The New York News discus- sing “ Fremont in California,’ connects Fre- mont with the San Franciso House of Palmer, Cook & Co., (a connection well know in Wal] street, the New York Express says)—this House being part proprietor of the Mariposa claim, and says : “These scheming financiers—Palmer, Cook & Co.—who are understood to have the best of reaeons for opposing the acts of the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, were furnished by the State of California with funds—one hundred thousand dollars! !—to pay interest on her State debt due in New York on the first of July. This interest has never been paid, and the State is in default through the acts of her agents.”’ The money, the ews hints, has gone into the election—to buy newspapers “ to shriek for Freedom,” &c., &c. The News, continu- ing, says: hs “* The truth is simply this, PaJmer, Cook & Co., of whom Fremont is the presumed com- any, hold the title to the Mariposa estates, t is worthless unless they can dispose of it to a foreign compapy—which they have been thus far unable to do—or secure a Government favorable totheirclaim. Fremont is urged for the Presidency, and the moneys of the State of California, placed in the hands of Palmer, Cook & Co, for the payment of the interest due or the State debt, iz made use of for other purposes What disposition has been made of this large fund, we will leave our readers to infer. That Fremont received the nomination—tbat funds are plentiful for his election—is all well understood ; but what the actior of the State of California, or of the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, will be when they hear of the defaleation of this firm, we shail probably learn by the next steamer. “That Fremont pretended to make an ef- fort on Wall street to save the credit of the State of California, when it was known that the interest on her State debt would not be paid, is weil known; and besides this gener- al knowledge, the New York Times stated that Mr. Fremont was through the etreet try- ing to raise sixty thousand dollars to apply to thie object, and save the honor of his State. But the honor of the State, like the credit of the applicant, was gove; and every Wall street man who had looked at the bavkrupt records of our courts, tho Tax Commissioners’ list, knew the proclivities of Palmer. Cook & Co., bis associates and backers, if not his partners, laughed in his face for having the audacity to make euch a request. The repu- of debts falling due, by the Dry Dock Bank, of which his friend and backer, George Law, is President, was too fresh in their mem- ories to be caught by the same corterie, through new «gents, and the honor of the Btate waz suffered to go unredeemed. “In the mean time Fremont has declared his owam poverty by appearing before the Tax missioner of this city, Mr Jobn W. Allen, on the 24th of June last past, to obtain relief from a tax on une hundred thousand dollars of persoval property, and takes oath that he was Worth nothing over and sbove his liabilities. While woe regret the pecuniary difficulties with which he is surrounded, we think it fally justifies the current report that he is in the monthly receipt of funds from Palmer, Cook & Co. for his support After pursuing the reckless character—we will give it no harder name—of his strange financial operations in California, it can be readily understood how he could squander any conceivable fortune, and be obliged to depend on his friends for his daily support. “And this is the man whom George Law, Dry Dock Bank & Co, support for the Presi- dency of these United States! Read the doc- uments! !’’ To this exposition we have to add, that “Joe’”’ Palmer, the contriving politician of the celebrated political house of Palmer, Cook & Co., (for it is now rather a scheming set of Politicians than a banking-house doing busi- ness according to principles in which business men have confidence,) when on the way from Sacramento to San Francisco in charge of the $100,000 which he obtained from the State treasury in order to pay the interost for which his house has proved a defaulter, boasted tuat he was about to secure for his Mr Fre- mont, the Republican party Presidential nomination and the Presidency, and that he had made and could make public functions- ies at home, and abroad, at will In Wall street it is currently said that the missing $100,000 went to fix delegations in the Republican Convention, for Fremont, prir- cipally from the West, instead of to discharge the honest obligations of the State of California. Is there any wonder that Mr. John ©. Fre. mont ran about Wall street rather hervously, “ shin-ing”’ in vain to raise $60,000 on bis in- dividual promise to pay, on the day on which the huonifuggled interest money fell due? The Times, Tribune, et al., praised without stint bis efforts on that cccasion to save the honor of California! Whose honor is blown to the fcur winds by the perversion of this hundred thousand dollars from the honest and legitimate end to which it was directed by the State? Surely, not that of California Thank God.—tf ever a people had reason to be grateful to Providence, they are the in- habitants of this immediate section of country. The copious showers of hast night gnd the night before have saved the suffering crops ef corn that were seasonably planted and worked. There may now be fair crops of that grain sround us without another drop of rain. The “geason’’ has prepared the ground for summer fallowing also, which would have been a hope- less and profitless task without it. There is no estimating the value of the few hours of rain with which we have been blessed, to con- sumers in this region, as well as producers, of corn, buckwheat, potatoes, turnips, fruits, and all fall garden errpe. Squashed.—If ever a representative earned the gratitude of a constituency, that was done yesterday by Mr. Denver, in his so trium- phant exposure of the objectionable features of the bill to quiet land titles in California. Besides destroying beyond peradventure the prospects of the bill in question, he made it perfectly clear, that according to the Spanish and Mexican law the minerals found on lands granted by those Governments belong, not to the holders of land grants, but to the people. That is, to those who work the mines. All the schemes for monopolizing gold mines in Cali- fornia depended for succees on the enactment of the bill thus defeated by Mr. Denver, which contemplated eventually ousting the miners from their claims by and through the certain consequences of its enactment, and, indefiance of the Spanish and Mexican law also, to vest the title to all the gold found on their lands to the holders of Mexican and Spanish land grants The enactment of that measure was really of very great importance to the celebrated Pal- mer, Cook & Co, whose politico-financial operations certainly laid the foundation for— createdthe necessity for—the existence of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee ; the Me- Gowans, Caseys, Aldricks, &c., being the tools with which they worked in politics at home. As understood around the lobby here, the en- actment of that bill was also to have given to Palmer, Cook & Co., and their co-partners in the scheme of pushing it through Congress, a sub rosa confirmation of the celebrated Bol- ton and Barron claim to one-third of the whole eity of San Francisco, as well as the confirma- tion of other similar claims to other people’s property, worth hundreds of millions ot dol- lars—if Congress would only enact this modest little bill. God knows howman~ men on this side of the mountains, high and low, were in- terested pecuniarily in its enactment. Ac- cording to the New York press, everybody supposed to be able to influonce a vote in Con- gress, who would take a hand in it for a con- sideration, got an interest It was thought around the lobby that the combination atter that fashion that had been effected, was irre- sistible. We had carefully laid aside the comments and warnings of the California press with ref- erence to this bill, in order to use them for its exposure immediately before the subject came up It, however, unexpectedly to us, was taken up yesterday; and Mr Denver, in saving his hard-working constituents from the loss of hundreds of millions of property which is honestly theirs, has also saved us the ne- cessity of the labor in this connection we had marked out for ourself. Those members of the House who favored the enactment of the bill thus defeated by Mr. Denver, will live to thank him for the service he has done them in shield- ing them from future responsibility for its triumph. The fact that it found Congressional sponsors and friends is evidence that, however sincere honorable members may be in the consciencious discharge of their duties, the schemers outside the hall can pull wool over the eyes of Congress almost at their pleasure. A Bankrupt State.—“ It is stated thatthe last California steamer did not, as some ex- pected she would, bring the money to pay the interest due on the California State debt. The interest is over due one month, and fears are entertained that the State creditors will have to wait many months longer for their money.” The above, from the Baltimore Sun, could hardly have been seen by the editors before insertion, as they are generally correct in financial matters. The State of California has always provided her fiscal agents with the money in due time to meet her interest, and it is believed the only blame she is now entitled to is for placing it at so early a day for that purpose; for, if later, it probably would have been applied to its legitimate source, instead of being staked at a political game in Philadelphia, called Free-Monte. The State is not to blame in this matter, unless in the choice of its agency. Sho will, no doubt, promptly provide for the interest as soon as it is known to her that she is in dis honor. Some curiosity is felt to learn what will be done in San Francisco. when it is known that by a new process, gold can be shipped and distributed throughout the West- ern States, returned to Philadelphia, bet at Free-Monte, and made to pay. A vigilant investigation will no doubt take place, which will result in the appointment of a committee with a chief cook, to leave the State to in- quire into the subject The Minnesota.—The new United States steamer Minnesota succeeded this morning in getting off the sand bank opposite the Wash- ington arsenal, where she lodged a day or two since in getting out into the Potomac She is now anchored off Alexandria in am ple water, and will, in a day or two, depart for the Philadelphia navy yard. Arrived.—Gov. Curry, of Oregon, reached this city on the night before last. He comes to explain and enforce the necessity for proper aid in the Territory against the Indians, we presume. Confirmed.—The Senato this morning con- firmed the nomination of Col. J. W. Geary, of Culifornia, to be the Governor of the Territory of Kansas, vice Wilson Shannon, removed. The Current Operations of the Treasmy Departmen:.—On yesterday, the 30th of July, there were of Treasury warrants entered on the books of the Department— 7,785 38 10,021 04 10,935 70 5,225 63 28,252 97 iP arrantsreceived and entered...secceceres 8,351 97 On account of the Navy. + 16,152 14 Repayment on account of the BVYseevees seececeseeres 9,135 51 From miscellaneoussources...... 28,853 14 ———— E> On Monday next, elections will be held in the States of Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri and Iowa ; on the next day, in North Carolina; on the first Monday in October Florida ; and on the second Tuesday of Octo- ber, in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. On Tuesday, after the first Monday in November, in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Michigan; at which time the Presidential election will take place. EG Morrissey, the pugilist, has received an invitation to meet Harvey Young, “ with pistols and coffee for two.”” When there is a prospect of any community being rid of such eheracters the police should not interfere. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS In the Senate, yesterday, at the arrival of the hour for taking up the special order, the bill to amend the act remodeling the consular and diplomatic systems of the United States Government was-laid aside, and the Senate proceeded to the bill te continue the ere ment of the harbor of Newark, N. J. It was taken up and discussed for five hours by many Senators, and then, without taking the ques- tion upon it, they adjourned for want of a quorum. In the Houso, the bill to provide for the settlement of the claims of the officers of the Revolutionary Army, and of the widows and orphan children of those who died in the ser- vice, was passed —yeas 106, nays 60. 5 They then took up the bill of the House expedite the "er, aapick for confirmed land claims in California, heretofore reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendments, the question being on the motion to recommit it to the Committee on the Judi- ciary— . Denver moved to amend the motion to recommit so as to instruct the Committee on the Jadici: to report a substitute for the bill, which he caused to be read from the Clerk’s desk. He then entered into an argu- ment againt the bill, declaring that there was scarcely a man who had an honest claim to land in California who asked any such legis- lation as it proposed.. He thought that any legislation in reference to this subject would work great wrong, and that it would be wise to eobipianpea stand as it es i An en, after agreeing postpone the consideration of the Kensas contested dele- gate election case until this mapipin they re- sumed the consideration of the California land claim bill, when Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, gave notice of amendments which he intended to submit, and replied to the argument of Mr. Denver. Mr. Cadwalader moved that the whole sub- ject be laid on the table; agreed to—yeas 85, nays 55. The House next went into Committee, (Mr. Cobb, of Ga., in the Chair,) and taking up the annual fortification poprpess ie bill, it was considered until the Committee rose; when the House adjourned Proceedings of Te-Day. In the Senate.—The Senate to-day passed the bill explaining and amending the Army appropriation bill for 1855, wherein that pro- vided for the payment for Indian hostilities in California. Mr. Butler introduced a bill changing the time of holding the courts of the United States in South Carolina; passed. And then, after the introduction of bills, resolutions, petitions, reports, &c., they went into an Executive session, and on again open- ing their doors the bill for the relief of Rich- ard W. Thowpson, of Indiana, was taken up, and was being discussed as the Star went to press. In the House, after a personal explanation from Mr. Davis, of Maryland— Mr Washburne, of Maine, ealled up the resolutions reported by himself from the Elec- tions Committee, ousting John W. Whitfield from his seat in the hall as the delegate from Kansas, and awarding it to Andrew H. Reed- er in his stead ; which were debated at length by Mr. W. in their favor, and Mr. Stephens against them. ee Immense Map ov tue Usitep States.— There has been recently on exhibition in the Merchant's Exchange, New York, a map, on the scale of six inches to a degree, which em- braces the whole of North America from the south side of Hudson’s Bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande. It measures about thirty by seventeen feet. The outlines of the coast are from the Coast Survey charts. The Rocky Mountains and all western portions contain much information not shown on any of the smaller maps. It is designed particularly to illustrate the railroads, for the benefit of for- eign capitalists whose ignorance of the coun- try operates much to embarrass their invest- ing in American securities. It has been made with the pen alone, and will remain for per- manent exhibition probably in London There are now in this country probably 23.000 miles of railroad in active operation, and from 6,000 to 8,000 more in an advanced stage of construction. This is, we think, a greater amount of railroad than exists in all other countries put together. ee i The Watering Places are now ia the depths of the season, and all the old favorite resorts seem to be even more extensively patronized than ever. A Newport corres- pondent of the Boston Transcript writes under the date of the 25th instant : “Tf the number of equipages arrayed on the beach and rolling through the streets, or the list of names on the club registers, be any test, Newport is more crowded than ever; but the evening gatherings at the hotels, have, thus far, been sparse, and to-night occurs the first regular ‘hop ’’ Nearly all the rooms, however, are engaged for the first of August. Meantime there has been no lack of music, talk, fishing, bowling, polking, flirting, ete. We have had two bishops, an ex-Gpvernor, an Austrian diplomist, an English Lord and lady, naval officers, artists, famous doctors, divines and lawyers, young and old belles, and in fact, every ing redient of that o//a prodrida yclept society,” ore -______ [er Mr. Edward A. Jessel, a resident of Jersey city, recently returned from San Fran- cisco, and who while there was a member of the Vigilance Committee, was attacked on Monday evening in New York city by Andy Shehan, a fellow well known to the prize- fighting community, who beat bim in a terri- ble manner. It appears that Shehan had known Mr. Jessel, by sight, in California, and happening to meet him at the corner of East Broadway and Catharine street, on Monday night, he accosted him, and accused him of having aided in the capture of Yankee Sulli- van, and acted with the Vigilance Committee in their crusade against the gamblers and others who bad been expelled from the State. He then fell upon Mr. Jesgell and beat him until he was bauled off by some bystanders. i Monday’s Cincinnati Enquirer contains a startling revelation in its city news column. It says that on Wednesday night last there assembled in a hall on Walnut street 300 men, to organize themselves into a Vigilance Com- mittee. The most desperate pluns were dis- cussed. Their movement was unknown to the police The Enquirer says that the entreaties of two or three men among them were all that kept the bomb from exploding in their midst. That by a vote of 190 to 112 they agreed to await a certain contingency. This mystic con- tingency it supposes to be the decision on the coming trial of Arrison for the murder of Ca- tharine Allison Ss ee New way To Discover Morperers.—W. D. Porter writes tothe N. Y. Herald that the following will, in many cases, detect the per- petrators of a murder: ‘It is well known that all objects are actually painted or im- pressed on the retina of the eye. Should a person die by a violent death, the objects be- fore the eye at the time, remain impressed on the retina. If the covering of the eye is scraped down thin, and a powerful magnify- ing glass applied, this ap will be distinctly seen. This was the first iscovery of the da- guerreotype. Any scientific physician ean do this.’” Lazor Savev.—A resident of Union Grove, Illinois, writes the following: One of my neighbors dug a well last fall, on elevated ground. eyed ex down 27 feet, he came to a brush of willows: he dug four feet more, and then struck the top of another well which was stoned with cut stone, laid in cement, nee | in which there was a bountiful supply of Serre enna ooeeein ea htieee et GF Itisa singular fact that it was found, om the late burning of the steamboat Northern India on Lake Erie, that numbers of the Preservers’’ had been rendered valueless, by having been used as pincushions by lady Passengers on retiring. LOR OMI B i titae wit A oom Te thitty young men, under r, left Petersburg, Va., yesterday evening, en route for Kansas. A it Mla et Rica on, Ear The Norfolk Board of Health are about to enforee quarantine regulations against all Veesels coming to that port from New York, PERSONAL. «+.eThe Spanish Company at the Adelphi, San Francisco, appears to flourish. «+++ Rev. C. H. Minnegerode, of Norfolk, has secepted an iovitation to the reotorship of St. Paul’s church in Richmond. s+» Mr. Yost bas di of his interest in the Staunton Vindicator to Mr Koiner, who is now proprietor of the paper. ++++ Gov. @. 8. Boutwell, of New Hamp- shire, and J. J. Thrasher, Esq., of New Or- leans, are in this city, stopping at Willards’ Hotel. sees Wm. tienes, a jonrnaymenn printer in Montgomery, Ala., recently came into posses- sion sf $75,000. "The fattest take he over had. -+++Miss Julia Dean Hayne, assisted by Mr. Pope, has made a su \l debut at the Me- tropolitan Theatre, San Francisco. The ex- citement which prevails there, however, is not favorable to theatrical audiences. +++ In a recent issue of a Hamilton (C. W.) paper, which paper publishes “Births” as well as ‘‘ Marriages” and “ Deaths,”’ it was announced that a husband and wife, whose names are given, had a son each on the 15th inst. +++. This is the ‘‘ Tournament’’ season of the South One took place at Mt Solon, Au- gusta, last week Mr. John H. Crawford, of Augusta, was declared victor, and Miss Mat. Phillips of the same county, was chosen Queen of Love and Beauty. «+The American Theatre, San Francisco, reopened for the season on the 2ist of June. Among the artistes we notice such names ag Miss Caroline Chapman, Mrs. Woodward, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Burrill, Mrs. Julie Gould Collins Mr Wheatleigh, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Wilder, Mr Coad, Mr. Hann and Mr. Hey- ward. +++ Capt. Richard W. Baugh, a man uni- versally respected, died in Portsmouth, Va., on Sunday, at the advanced age of 68 years. Captain B. was at one time a midshipman in the United States savy—once sheriff of the county, and for many years occupied the ma- gisterial bench. Capt. Isaac R. Bagley, an old and respected citizen of the same place, died the day previous. +++ “Punch”’, (London,) under the heading of what it calls ‘‘xniform neglect,” says : «« The day after the apparition of the Yankee at Her Majesty's levee, in a black cravat, the English funds actually declined. A corres- pondent draws from the fact the following moral: The ‘ ties’ of the two nations must be extremely loose, when ‘cravats’ can thus af- fect the * stocks!’ ’” ++++Peter Richings and daughter are at Niagara Falls, where they will remain a fort- night, when they will resume concerts—first at Detroit, Columbus, and Indianapolis; and commence an engagement at St. Louis on the first of September—open the People’s Theatre at Cincinnati on the 15th of September—run down to Nashville, then back again to Cleve- land, then to Philadelphia on the 18th of No- vember. +++-A few years since, Col. Colt went to Hartford, Conn., penniless. The citizens en- abled him to raise $25,000 capital, and he began the manufacture of his revolvers, since so celebrated throughout the country. His establishment has supported hundreds of em- ployees, he has expended $1,000,000 in beau- tifying and improving the city, and he is to- day worth, probably, $2.000,000 A good re- turn that for a $25,000 investment. +++. A wedding took place at Cincinnati the othe> day, between a spiritual lecturer of dark complexion and mixed blood, by the name of Randolph, (who formerly lectured in Albany) and a white woman—a young widow by the name of Brooks. It is said that he pyscholo- ised her, and thus having gained control over er will caused her to consent to a marriage. They lived together for some days, but she finally recovered her will, refused to remain with him, and went home to her friends +++ Bible Revision publication, espousing Dr Maclay’s side of the pending controversy, appears in the Louisville Courier It bears the signatures of Key Dr. Breckinridge, Samuel L. Adams, Henry M. Dennison and G. Gordon. The article is a final reply to others which have appeared in the newspapers of Louisville in behalf of the Bible Revision Association. It charges the new Versionists in plain terms with an attempt to put down Dr Maclay. ————o-—__ POLITICAL ITEMS. Three Whig candidates for Governor of Ohio—Messrs. Johnson, Barrere, and Vinton— gre out flat-footed for ‘‘ Buck and Breck.” itis said that the betting Democrats in Louisiana are exceedingly incensed at the Cin- cinnati Convention for nominating a ticket eg which no one in that State dares to it. The New York Citizen, with a subscription list of 20,000 names, espouses the Democratic cause, and will ardently support its nominees. The next number will contain a letter from John Mitchell, Esq., in favor of Mr. Buchanan. Kit Carson, says the Missouri Democrat, who knows Fremont better than any living man, and who led him through the dffficult passes, by which Fremont acquired his repu- tation, is not for him. He thinks Fremont is acting too much on borrowed or stolen noto- riety. The Charleston Evening News is now sup- porting Buchanan and Breckinridge. That paper has heretofore been an advocate of “ Americanism ;’’ and its editor, John Cun- ningham, Esq , was a delegate to and one of the vice-presidents of the first Philadelphia and Know Nothing Convention. The Washington correspondent of the Charleston (S. C _) Standard says: ‘‘ A mem- ber of Congress, yesterday, bet ten thousand dollars that Buchanan would carry thirteen northern States—Maine, New Hampshire, Con- necticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer- sey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and California.”’ The Sandy Hill Herald gives the particulars of a most outrageous proceedings on the part of aclergyman. At the funeral of an aged and respectable citizen of Warren county, on Sunday, the 14th instant, the officiating cler- gyman, after the close of his sermon, present ed a large package of Republican Papers, and laying them upon the table requested the au- dienco each to take a copy as they left the house. These facts are given to the Herald by @ relative of the deceased who was pres- ent. The Americans have had a large meeting in Macon, Ga , and have nominated their elec- toral ticket. The Georgia Journal and Mes- senger talks in exalted strains of the anticipa- ted success of the party in that State, and says of them: ‘They are tied down to no rickety platforms, framed in Northern lati- tudes, and which aro intended, like ipecac, to be swallowed and thrown up at the conveni- ence of the patient; but they stand upon their own platform, which rests upon the Georgia platform, and present their noble standard bearers upon their own manly and explicit avowals.’’ Touching the proof of Fremont’s Catholic- ism, it is important to show the whereabouts of a certain Alderman Fulmer, within a iven period in 1852. On this point the New York Express publishes the to lowing extract of a letter dated Washington, July 26: ‘* The leaves of the a of Brown’s Ho- tel for three months in 852, have been torn out—in order to tear out the fact, doubtless— that Alderman Fulmer was there, as he states, in that year. (Alderman Fulmer, however, ha) to have possessed the bill of Brown's Hotel— a ae erp bad he was there as he states. receipt is on a printed bill, » ed J. H. Kirkwood.) = am, sigs A Beavrirvn Compiexion may easily be acquired by using the “Balm of a Thousand Flowers.” It will remove tan, pimples, and Freckles from the skin, leaving it of a soft and roseate hue. Wet a towel, pour on two or | d three drops, and wash the face night and morn- ing. Forsale at Shillington’s, agent for Wash ington, and all druggists. [Kr Yorktown has been fixed on as lace, and the 20th August the time, for if oa Hie oomeeniion, fe nominate a ¢ late for Congress in the First District of ramcewaeent the death of Judge the 6th of November: and respectfully solicits i ance of their patronage at his sid atena, Lanor Biackswira's Ssor.—The smithe- ry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, now near! completed, is 306 feet by 60 wide, wit a wing 200 feet by 60. material is brick and iron, the roof being corrugated iron throughout. None of the forges will have chimneys, but the smoke will be sucked down- ward into large cast iron pipes, the largest of which is 54inches in diameter. placed under ground, and, in these, cond to the cen- tral chimney, which is 129 feet high and 13 feet equare at the base There are about 800 feet of these underground smoke fiues, and the same length of smaller pipe, 18 inches in diameter, through which a blast is blown to support the fires. EF The Chicago Tribune, July 25, gives the following account of a telegraphic specu- ion :—‘‘ A day or two since a real estate operator in this city telegraphed to Washington to know if a p: there would sell him a piece of property for $6,000, upon a credit of sixty and ninety days. The answer was— ‘You can have it.’ The afternoon of the same day the operator telegraped to another city that he would sell the same property for $8,500 upon thirty and sixty days’ time, and the teply was—‘ We will take it.’ Here was 8 clean profit of $2,500 made without the in- gerne of a dollar, and all within twelve ours. EP Joe Orban, an enterprising lad of four- teen years of age, a resident of Monon a city, Washington county, Pa., was taken to Minnesota last spring by his brother-in-law, but after staying a few days he concluded that the place did not suit him. and he started back for Pennsylvania—a distance of twelve hundred miles—without a cent of money in his pocket. He rode most of the way in the cars, stop) at the railroad hotels, and says he met with but one man who wanted to knock his brains out for telling him he had no money, and that was a fellow at a hotel who objected to his eating at the first table. Exporsixe a Baxk Bitt.—A gentleman writes to the Hartford Courant that about 2 year » while in counting over money, he carelessly put his name on the back of a twenty dollar bill. A son of Erin came into his office 2 few days since with the bill. and said that he had come from Hartford to get gold from the endorser. The gentleman looked into the Bank Note Reporter, and found the bank had suspended payment, and was obliged to give the man a good bill for it. kg A violent storm passed over Boston on Monday afternoon, doing much damage. The roofs were blown off several houses, and two buildings were fired by lightning. The wires of the fire alarm telegraph were burned off in the office by the electric fluid. Bee FERN MILITARY AND CIVIC EXCURSION —The Union Guards take great pleasure in announcing their friends. both military end civic, that their Fecond Annual Excursion and T: firing for s*veral handsome prizes, will take place on MONDAY, August 18th, to the White House Pavilion. Particulas ia ruture advertisement. jy 31-3t —————————— ATTENTION, SCOTT GUARDS.—YOU are hereby requested to attend an ed ou-ned meeting THIS (Thurrday) EVENING, July 3ist, 1856, at half-past seven o'clock precisely. Punctual attendance is earnestly re- quested. By order of the commanding officer. it ‘T. WITHERS, ist Sergt. 100 a merge ce Eastern Lodge No 5 s ’ ‘are earnestly requested to be in atten- rm dance, on the nest regular meeting night, vet tie mae oes Ist, as business of im- will be brought before the Lodge. By order of > jy 30-31% P.M. PEARSON, Rec. Sec. Kets THE CITIZES OF WASHING- TON —i caution all persons from trust ing my wife, ELIZA CECELIA CLEMENTS, on my account, as she left my bed and board without a cause, for I will pay no debts of her contracting after this date. Jy 29-30% WILLIAM E. CLEMENTS. Ke ess PAID FOR FURNITURE.— Persons declining housekeeping or hav- ing a surplus of Household effects will find it to their advantage to give us a call before disposing of the same. We ere prepared to buy their en- tire stock of Furniture, (in large or small quanti tles,) and thus save them the trouble and expense incident toa public auction. New Furniture ex chai for ood second-hand articles. BONTZ & COOMBS, Extensive Furniture Dealers, No 369 Seventh street, near I. jy 12-1m Beem orice —THE SUBSCRIBER begs leave to call the attention of the public before purchasing elsewhere, aby 80 d0ing ihe fore asin: , as by so ‘ will save from Isto 25 cent 2 si! Toilet and Dinner lower than the lowest at 309 Pa. avenue, between 9th and 10th streets. je 9-6m JOHN McDEVITT. ———__________ nee OST.—ON SUNDAY EVENING, A LACE HANDKERCHI EF, between 15th and K ii or near New ey etc The finder iberally rewarde: saving the same at F. KLEY’s, ‘Tecaeury Department = Jy 31-31* FOR THE VIRGINIA SPRINGS, Good night's rest !—Breakfast next morning before taking the Omnibus for the Cars !— all of which travelers may obtatn at the Marshall House, Alerandria, Va. M*, OMNIBUSSES IN CONNECTION with WM. WHALEY’S old and es- srg wien are always in attendance at the Stea: ts to conve re to MARSHALL HOUSE) Persons visiting VIRGINIA SPRINGB, orgo- ing South or West, in consideration of the proxi- mity of this House to the Railroad Depo will find it much more to their advantage and comfort tosperd the vight in Alexandria than in Balti- more or Washington with accommodations equal to the best Northern Houses, end without having to rise before six o’clock in erder to get breakfast before taking the cars E.S. PLUMMER, ont. Jy 31-e02w Mershall House. LIBERTY HALL. if bap SUBSCRIBERS BEG LEAVE TOIN form the citizens of Washingtoa clty, that they have made extensive arrangements to con- duct the above house on the most improved style ‘Their Bar will be furnished with the most suverior oy ay of every description, and their LARDER wili be furnished with the best the markets af- ford. All o-ders promptly attended to. we aps pape Lig ail cee and 8 ra to give us a on Peansylvania ave- nue, betwees lath rnd 15th ommer JOHN D. HAMMACK, DANIEL J COX Jy 31-eost® Proprietors Liberty Hall. ———$_$_ Fars SMOKED SALMON —A SPLEN- did article just received and for sale by Z.M. P. KING, Sy 30 265 corner 15th and I stieet. W HALEBONE FOR LADIES’ SKIRTS, Spanish Fans, Sleeve Protectors, &c » for sale at LAMMOND’s, Jy 30-3 Seventh street Nt hahoetinchinia Hesse FOR SALE.—A DARK ROAN HURSE, suratsoves yeuseld, will be sold cheap, the owner having no use forhim. He is gentle in barnessand under thesaddle. May be seen for a few days at WALKER & KIMMELL’3S les, street jy 30-3t SEES ee ee Le $5REWARD.—STRAYED FROM THE stable of the subscriber on the even- ing of the 28th instant, a dark sorre! HORSE, blazed face ; white feet an a scar on the right side. ie above reward wili be given if returned to the subscriber RICHARD JOICE, jy 30 2t# No. 25, 26:h street, near L. NOTICE. lige’ CO-PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE existing under the firm of Buckingham & Mead, hasthis day been dissolved by mutual con sent. C Buckingham, is alone authorized to make all collections for debts due the firm, and to whom all claims against the firm will be sented fur settlement Cc. BUCKINGHAM, J. H. MEAD. dy 26 SER ee estat The subscriber retorns his thanks fo his friends and patrons, a continu where he is to execute all mannerof W. HERTRSMI THING wid peter unddieat jy 30-8t C. BUCKING! PISTOLS. LT’S AND ALLENS VERS; Single Barrel Pistols of eyetee, gual, and price; Pi Caps, Shot Poa es, Pow- ler Flasks, Gun Wadd! Gua Nipples Ham- mers, , Rem R ‘Heads, un ‘Worms, gud goc ioe Semin aste for sale low by E. K. LUNDY. Jy%-tr No. 128 street, KEEP THK MOSQUITOES AN. COME AND out MOSQUITO and all other Lay qosah weinel gots Duy them so 2 to save m WANTS. ANTED —A GUOD COOK AND Washer, ore who can come recommended. Apply at No 408, 12th street, between | and K. re ANTED.—A COMPETENT DRUG clerk And a servant woman to do the house work for a small fem'ly. ALSO, A DRUG STORE FOR SALE. Apply at the corner of 7th and M streets jy 31-3e ANTED —A COLORED BOY ABOUT 16 years ot og, hire by the year, at the “ae saMeS LLOYD man to work in the kitchen with Sais Nechafseting’ Si pig ae ‘o learn the art . \. ply at the Star Office ly p Bh —— ANTED —A WHITE GIRI, FROM to 16 years old, to take care of « child ‘0 months, and ‘o make berself generally References aired. A at No 368 ki screet, between Kan Lh jy stad ANTED—aA ANTED —A STRONG AND ACTIVE colored MAN TO WORK INA ae He warped eon md a care and tof cows - ames to work ast A farm. Apply at Locust Bill Farm, 7th street road, near the tell gave Jy 31-3: ANTED.—TWO WHITE WOMEN— one a and fron oo yd aninfant Good references required. CiSSELL’S Drug Store, Georgetown. iy bok RESPECTABLE WOMAN WISHES A situation at chamberwork and sewing, or to assist as wus ‘oon section 0 ES to the country or to - ress Star cflice jy wae” ANTED —A COLORED WOMAN TO purse and do the washing of a small femi- ly. ong tee ee ce. ee. pply to WaLt, BARNARD & CO , corner 9th streetand Penn avenue ___ Sy 29-3 —WANTED 1 to 3,000 DOL- $3,000. LARS for ones yee for which good security will be given. Ay “L,?’ Box 313, P. O., with real name, will meet with conf- dential attention. jy 2%8-1w TED—WANTED—WANTED—TO or persons in want of the following ar ticles : French or German Looking Glasses Portrait or Picture Frames, round, oval or squaie ‘Oll Pain large and small ‘arble-' Tables, in bronze or gold. at of Pictures framed, and any size Looking Glasses, or other work in the gilding line done to order with disnatch. iso, alot of cast-iron Bracketts, suitable for shelving, &e.,on hand. Terms moderate to sult the times, for cash. N. meen Work Regilt,and Looking Glass Pilates inserted. Penna. avenue, opposite Kirkwood House. reat) Pe TOHN WAGNER, ARDING.—PLEASANT ROOMS WITH Board can be obiained at No. 421 11th etreet, (west side) between G and H streets A few table boarders can also be accommodated Jy B-ecst MES, BANNERMAN, CORNER OF 9TH and E streets. has several good Rooms va- cant, which she offers with board on rearonabie terms. spi Sie Raging “Tg ~ ers. y 1 OARD,&c.—MRS. BATES,ON THES. W. corner of chen bee avenue and {th streri POR SALE AND RENT. OR RENT—A TWO-STORY BRICK Dwelling House on New York svenve. betw'n 17th and ISth streets Inquire of CHARLES De SELDING, No. 507, 7th street, 0; a & iv OR RENT.—THE STORE AND CELLAR at present occupied by J. C Shafer, opposite the National Theatre Apply on the premises, or to WM. H. PRENTISS, corner L and 15th street ‘west. dy 30-eott TWO TWO-STORY BRICK Houses on street, between N and ©, Nos. 189and 191. Rent $10 per montheack. Inquire of JOHN H.McCUTCHEN, S43 L street, rear 7th. Jy 30-3 ‘OR REN R RENT.—HOUSE NO. 357 ON I =treet, between and l4th Thehouseisfurnish d with the of Water,&c. Pos jy, A STORE TO LET—A FIRST RATE ftore on Penn avenue, complete with fixtures as 8, for rent low. Apply of JONAS P , 478 Pa. avenue, » Liquor, Seger and Groce:y Store. jy 20-1w Lt&T.—ONE TWO-STORY AND BASE- ment, Brick House on the corner of |. street north, and Vermont avenue west. Rent £25 per annum, payable monthly. Also, two new finish ed Cottage Frsme Houses containing six rooms, earh on N street north. between Ito and 15th streets west. Enquirecf JOHN P. HILTON, No. 375. 14th street, or on F street north, over B M. Recd’s wine store, near the bank of Chubb Bro., & Co , 15th street west. OR RENT —A CONVENIENT TWO story Brick Dwelling with back building, Yard, to eltber of which there is a paved footway from the premises. Rent low. App’y to F BARRY, next door. jy 25-iw* R RENT—THE LARGE THREE STO- ry basement and attic house on F, between 12th and 13th streets. former!y orcupird by the Misses Tyson This house bas been newly paint- edand put in perfect order, tures and bath room, with a large cistern of fil- tered water In the . Apply at the Drug Store of NAIRN & PALMER, corner 9th ;treet and Pa. avenue. jy 17 ———_— FS® RENT—SEVERAL HANDSOME Per- lors and Chambers. h board. Also, table and transient board. Inquire at Mrs SMITHS, 233 F street nov 27—-tf ———— ee Fe RENT—THE DESIRABLE STORE, No. 558 Seventh street, Opposite Centre War- ket, fitted up with shelving counter, gas fixtures, awning, &c. Possession given immediate! Apply to ROBT. C BROUKE. iy Bote FOR RENT—A THREE STORY BRICK Dwelling, with extensive Back Building,a lot of ground attached, with a pumpof good a , ee on K street, nearly op e ‘ca tenant the rent om be made moderate, wt App'y to COM 8. CARSIN, or at GODEY & CO’S., Live Kiln. Beall » between Congress and Washington streets, Georgetown. m 2-ectt oR RENT.—FOUR NEW SMALL BRICK Houses just finished, immediately northwest of the Cepttol, betwee = Le street and t Railroad rae pplyat the extension to AN- cis J. BROOKS. tt R SALE.—A TRACT OF LAND, CON- taining about 45 acres, on the Heights of Georgetown, being a part of the Valley View Farm, the resid-nce of the late John H King, deceased. This ix one of the most desirable sites inthe District for a fine private residence; about 20 acres of this tract isa beautiful grove of tim- ber, the balance cleared and in a high state of cul- tivation The summit of this tract is from 350 0 400 feet, above tide water, and hes a fine view of Washington, » and the adjacent val — the Potomac. It will be sold entie or in Also, a Frame Dwelling-house and I ot perder mad Fifth end H streets west, Wash- mn city, at Valley View Farm,orto Dr.H. King, Teo Prospau a tT inkel EJ. KING. je 18-42 [intel} Fo RENT, WITH OR WITHOUT STEAM POWER.—The large, airy, convesient, and well finished Hall next door tothe Star Build- It is 50 by 60 feet in the clear, with high , and is capitally lighted. Alse, the store i iately under the west half of said bail, 25 by 80 feet, fronting directly on Pennsylvania avenue, in the heart of the business portion there- of, (no other such desirable business stands are now being offered to the They will be rented 4 or her. For terms spply to GEORGE BILL, Papermaker, Bridge strect, 2 few doors west of the omnibus stand, George- town, or at the Star Office counter. NB if renters desireto cerry on ny business requ steam power, they can be accommo? with shafting attached to thenew and pow- erful engine of Star Newspaper and Jcb 80 as power, if required, to renters of the Premises idvertised above. je 20-E ool” The lease on the absve property will be WILLIAM A, BATCHELOR’S LI ID HAIR DYE KILFULLY ‘abet wey SOLD Whole sale and Retail at @1BBS°S Hair Dressing bs- eee evanne, bett ween 9th