Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1856, Page 1

TSE EVENING STAR, FUSLISHED KVERY AFTERNOOR, (EXCEPT SUNDAY,) 4 the Star Buildings, corner ef Penntyloanta cvenwe ond iseonth pls ; By W.D. WALLACH, Wl b# served to sabseribers by carriers at SLX AND A QUARTER CENTS, payable weekly to the Agents; papers served in packages at 37}¢ cents per month. To mail subscribers the sub- scripGon price is THR BE DOLLARS AND FIF- TY OENTS a year ia advance, TWO DOLLARS for six months, and ONE DOLLAR for three months; for less than three months at the rate of 124 cents a week. i> SINGLE COPIES ONE CENT. SINGE ornare Kove ow Was granted ¢ it Award of the Paris Exhibition, thereby reseiving the World’s Verdict of. Superiority. oid peered er gels = THIS MA- chine has sim them respects and arecapad! executing twice theamoun of wor! did formerly in any given time. on sph erptr rer achines ca- Phire bosom oe heavy trace for Namers ge Sewn by any of these machines by asimple: of and thread in such 2 manner that closest scrutiny cannot detect a fault. Manufacturers, planters and families fine them the only safe Machines to purchase, ap they are Dailt strong and durable, and not likely to ge out of order. We have machines with guages attached, for bli hats, cap-fronts, gaiters, &o Silk, ‘Phread, Cotton, Needles, &c., condtaatly —— atthe ator rates. ersons desirous of information regardiag Sew- ing Machines will please address ar} I. M. SINGER & co } 105 Baltimore street, Baltimore. N. B.—Weare to exchange these ma- chines forold machines of any kind Terms lib- eral. Persons who have been Yaauceato purchase nferior machines under the pretex' being cheap, will dad this a beueiit indood = mar 10—tf A FULL SUPPLY OF FALL AND as TER GvoDs. } J Gage SMOOT, No 119 oe SIQDEOF street, Georgetown ’ n revelved from the large Importing, Com: eens and Auction Houses, of New York, ageneral as- sortment of Fall and Winter Goods embracing every kind of — i Ladies Dress Goods H Brocade, Stripsd, Plaid and Black Silks | Printed Striped, and Plain Mouslin Delaines French Merinos and Alapacas Argantine and Striped Popling } Bright small figured Mouslin Delaines for child- rea Rich (all wool) Merino Plaids, best q ratty Do Ombre shaded striped Monslins Double and single width Leepan’s Black Mousiin Delatnes 390 pieces Enzlish and American Prints | White Cambri:s, Muslin and Nainsooke Plaid, striped and figured > Hooped and Manilla Corded Skirts ‘Tarletans, worked and silk Illusions ore ee Veils g! ‘rapes aid Mouraing Collars Black Lace Collars and Sette” Embroideries of every kind Stella and Brocha Shawls and Scarfs Long end Square Blac! ‘nibet Shawls, very P Heavy Gray and Black Woollen Shawis Ladies superior French Kid Gloves of (all Nos.) Dark colors, Modes, White, and Black, at 87% cents Geuts Ki and other Gloves , best — — ven ave peg omen and x Hosein otton, no, a ony Wool, all sizes Ladies Merino and Silk Vests” 4 Gents heavy Merino and Saxony Wool Real Welch and every other Pilani Real French Plaid and plain Josey do Witha | assortment of Cloths, Casdimeres, Tweeds, Jeans, Satinets, Silk and Merino Vest- ings, Canton Flannels, Shirtings, Sheetings, jaen and Cotton ; Irish Linens, Richa’ nm and Dunbar Dickson's; Blankets of every kind. Ta- ble Damasks and Table Cloths, all sizes; Damask Napkins, Huckaback and Board Towiés, with every kind of Goods usaally kept in 4 well as- lorted stock, which prompt peying and cash cus tomers may always rely upoa buying as ¢heap as the same qualities and styles can be had in the District A cali is solicited. ‘ oc Li-tr JOHN H. SMPOT. NEW STOVE HOUSE. THE GREATEST COOKING STOVE EVER INTRODUCED BENTO THE UNITED STATES. FOR COAL OR WOOD. 13,000 in Use. Four sizes: Ne. 6,7, 5,9. GALLAGHER’S CELEBRATED MORNING STAR DOUBLE OVEN COOKING STOVE. The Best, the Chea; » most Substantial and most Perfect Cooking Stove in the Union. 13,000 of these Stoves are now im successful operation. This splendid Cook Stove has now been thor- oughly tested during the last four years; they oO} ite in the best and most satisfactory manner. T have fally tried them with wood and coal, a! stroagly recommend them. ‘They are heavy and very adabie, and the design ts neat and beauti- ul. With a moderate fire. th s Stove will Bake three loaves of Bread, Roast a Turkey, Boil two Dioner Pots, Bro!l a Beefsteak and heat the water for washing, all at the same time. You are respectfully invited tocall and examine the above splendid Cooking Stove, ‘‘ GALLA- GHER’S MORNING STAR.” Patentee: A.J. GALLAGHER, Philadelphia GALLAGHER'S SUNRISE AIR-TIGHT, Patented, 1556, A New and Splendid Large Oven PLAT TOP COOKING STORE, FOR COAL OR WOOD Four Sizes: Ne. 6, 7, 5, 9. It is only necessary to say, that after very many years u ence, and Being fully conversant with all of the varions kinds of Stoves which have been invented on the down-draft principle. that I have taken advantage of well known improvement tbat has from time to time been made, particularly in reference to the formation aad construction of the flues, which are always necessary to bs large. and I have fully apptied every improvement and combined them all in the “* Sunrise Air-Tight Cooking stove’ This , Btove is made very heavy and is @ good substan- tial article; | have made them ezira heavy inali the parts where long experience has proved it to be important, and | cen assure my customers that 1 bave spared neither | gene nor expense in get- ting it up; and it will not be excelled by any stove now known, of asimilar character; | am convinced that it will at once become a standard Stove wea I have fully tried them in every way, with recommend them end Coal, and tensor i J tothe pablic. ‘They operate {n the most satlsfac- torv mazner. Patentee : A J GALLAGHER, Philadelphia For sale on'y by C. WOODWARD & 8ON, Next door to © Woodward's old stand, Pa. av., betweea 10th and Uth sts, No 318 N. B.—Aiso, a very large assortment of the latest and most approved paiterns of Grates, Par- lor, Chamber, Dat, -Room, Office and Store Stoves of ali sizes, wood and coal, that the North can furnish, vest suited to this market. You will do well to call and examine our as sortment of goods. We will take great pleasure in showing our assortment We are sure that our Goods are very low, as we bug for casi. 7 Tums casi au2dia re ated Pub dishers Agent, ER@USON, oc ll next to Lammond’s, 496 7th street. NEY YORK LEDGER, FOR OCTOBER 18, Was received on ‘Thursday evening, and for sale by the Associated Pubilshers Agent, where all and icals are received in advance, at FERGUSON’S, oc It next to Lammond’s, 496 7th street. Ly peepee GREEN COKN, PEACHES, &ec , can be ved for any length of time ! Self Sealing Cans are sold Ages @ FRANCIS, ee 490 Sventh street. Eben VOL. VIL, OFFICIAL. ‘Taeasvuny Deraxtuenr, Mey 98, 1856, Notice is hereby given to the holders of the stock issued pursuant to the act of Congress of #24 July, 1846, that suoh stock {s redeemable by {ts terms, and will be paid at the Treasury on the surrender of the certificates thereof, on the 12th of November next, when Interest thereon will cease. This department will continue to purchasesuch stock prior to said day of redemption, and will pay therefor the following Premium, in addition to the Interest accrued to the day of purchase, with one day’s interest for the money to reach the vendor: On such stock received at the Treasury between the Ist day of June and the 3ist day of July, in siusive, one-half of one per cent. on the amounts specified in the certificates ; On such stock received between the Ist and 31st days of August, one-fourth of one per cent; And on such stock received after the 31st day of August, the interest accrued thereon, and one day’s additional interest only, will be paid. Certificates of such stock transmitted under this notice must be duly assigned to the United States by the party entitled to receive the pur- chdse money ; and when sent Prior to the 1st July the current helf year’s interest mu:t also be as- signed by the present stockholder, otherwise such (nterest will be payable as heretofore. And notice 1s further given to holders of other stocks of the United States that this department will purchase the same between the Ist day of June and the lst day of December next, unless the sum of $1,500,000shall be Previously obtained, 1nd will pay for the same, in addition to the In- rest accrued from “he day of the last dividend oflaterest, andone day’s additional interest for the money to reach the vendor, the following rates of premium: On stock of the loan of 1942, a premiunt of 10 per cent.; On stock of the loans of 1847 and 18488 premium of 16 per cent.; And on stock Issued under the act of 9th Sep- tember, 1850, commonly called Texan indemnity stock, a premium of 6 per cent. Certificates transmitted under this notice should ve duly assigned to the United States by the par- ty entitled to receive the money; and If sent pre- vious to the Ist July, the current half-year’s in- terest must also be assigned by the present stock- holder, otherwise the interest for the half year to that day will be payable to him as heretofore. Payment for all the foregoing stocks will be made by drafts on the assistant treasurers at Bos- ton, New York, or Philadelphia, as the parties entitled to recelve the money may direct. JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury. OFFICIAL. m 29-dtl2Nov Taeascry DerantMent, August 20, 1856. Whereas the following joint resolution of Congress has become a law: Jot Resonstion extending the time for the credi- torsof Texas to present their claims Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of Amertea in Congress as sembled, That as, ayreeab y to the provision of the fourth section of the act of the 28th of february, 1855, ** to provide fur the payment of sueh creditors of the late by wasn of Texa- as are comprehended in the act of Congress of September 9%u, 1850,” no- ce, by public advertisement, was duly given for the space of ninety days by the Secretary of the Treasury, of the ume ai which ment of the am unt appropriated by the fifth section of said act would be made, pro rata, o: b nd, certiticare, or evidence of debt of eaid Sta e, which should be presented atthe Treasury Deparunent thirty days Preceding the 13th day of June, 1856, the limit of said notice; aud as it is represented by the said Secretary of the Treasury, that of said bonds, cer- tifica’es, and evidences ot debt, which have been recognized i$ the Btate of Texas, the same, equal to ths sum of three hundred and eighty mine thous and six hundred and ninety-three dollars and seven cents were not presenied to ihe Treasury Department prior to the said 13th of June, therefore, in order to do full justice to the holders of -eid debt, the Secre- tary of the Treasury is hereby au honzed to pay to the holders of auy of the said bonda, certificates, or evidences, of debi, not presented before the 13th day of June last, who may present ard prove the sane atthe Treasury Depa. tment, between the 13th day of June last and the Ist day of January next, aud execute the proper releases to the United States gad the State of Texas, their pro rata share of the said seven m:llion seven hundred and fil dollars; aud after payment thereof, tary of the ‘Treasury is authorized required to distribute and pay the residue of the said aeven mil tions seven buandred and fifty thousand dollars, then remaining in the treasury, pro rata, amongat all the said nolders who May have proved their claim, and executed the proper releases on or before the Ist day ot Janua y next. Approved August 18th, 1856. Notictis GERESY GIVAN to the holders of bonds, certificates, and evidences of debt of the late repub- lic of Texas, which were not presented .at this de- partment on er before the 13th day of June last, that the same will be settled and the pro rata amount thereoa will be paid to the lawful holders thereof if presented before the first day of January next, ac- companied with the neces-ary evidence of their gen- uideness, with assignments to the United States, re- quired to give this de, artment the custody of such bonds, ow: tificates, and evidemoes of debt, and with releases io the United States and Texas, bu acoord- ance wich the provisions of the act of Congress of 2th February, 1856. This department will not require evidence of gen- uingaess to be presented with the certificates iswued by the aaditor and comptroller of Texas under the laws of the State. But it pos.esses no Means of ver- ifying the certificates, bonds and promissory motes weued by the republic of Texas, and not presented to, nor audited by, the officers of the State. The necessary and proper proof of the genuina-ness of the latter is the certificate of the comptroller of the State of Texas, who has the official charge of the Original archives relating to the debt of the late re public of Texas ‘Th assigoment and releases may be executed and acknowledgedin the presence of the As-istant Secretary of the Treasury, or the chief clerk thereof, in the presence of a notary public, and be witnessed by tne Assistaat Beoretacy, or chief clerk aud nota- ry, and be certified by the notary under his nota rial seal; but when tne holdere desire to make the awigament and execute the roleases out of the olty of Washington, it may be done ia the presence of aun assistant treasurer, or eullector, or surveyor of the customs, in the presence of @ nota y public, and be witnessed by the collectar or surveyor and the no- tary public, and be certified by the notary under his notarial sea! ; andif tsére be no collector orsurvey- or ofthe eustoms at the place where the party re sides, th- assignment aud releases may be executed before any court of record, in the presence of the judge and cl rk thereof. and be witnessed by them, and certified by the clerk ander his seal of office; and if the holder be out of the United Mtates, the ax signmeni and releases may be exeouted before any United Statesconsul, and be witnessed and certified by him uader bis consular seal. All persons exe outing such assignments aad releases mast also de clare, underoath, before the nowry, derk, or con sul, as the case may be, that they are the real own- ers ofthe certificat other evidences of debt, cr that the same have been assigned wo them, bona fide, for collection ; and the notary, clerk, or consul Must inctude the fact of thatdectarationin their cer Ui ate ofacknowledgment. If assigued tor solicotion, or in pledge, the name of the party holding the beneficial or reeiduary in- tesest ia the claim must be stated in the affidavit Siar. Anda releaee tothe United States aud release to Texas mast be duly exeouted by such party. to- gether with the awsignment and releases trom the Pereon in whose favor settiement and payment is requesied, One or more audited certificates, or one or more evidence of the same cheracter of debt, may be in- cluded in the seme assignment, releases, and affida Vit of ownership, if each certificate is correetly de» scribed by number, date, ammount, and name of the original payee. It should also appear whether the certificates were issued by the authonticw of the Statcof Texas, on aoeount of the debt of the repub- lie, or were issued by the republic of Texas, accord ing to the facts of each case. ‘The assignment to the United States may be mate in common form ; the releases should be drawn ac cording to the forma subjoined—A and B. JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury. Form A. Know all prreons by these pr-sents that has relea sed, and hereby releas«s, the United Btaves of Am ‘rica from all further tiability or claim for the payment ef certificate or ev.uenoe of debt number for the sum of @——, issued by the late republic of Texas, (or by the authorities of the State of Texas, as the case may be,) and re- deemed by the United Sta:es in accorcanee with the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “An act to provi .e tor the payment of such creditors of the late republic of Texas as are comprehended in the actof Congress of September nine, eighteen hundred and fifty,” approved the 28th day uf Fed , 1855, and aa act of the “tate of Texas, approved the lst of February, 1856. As wXnese my hand and seal. Form B, Know all persons by these presents that has released, aad hereby relrases, the 3a eof ‘Texas from all further liability or claim for the pay- meut of certificate or evidence of debt number » for the sum of @——, issued by the late re- public of Texa+,(or by the authorities of the Siate u of Texas, a case may be,) and redeemest by ihe United 8t ceoravce with provisions of an actot , entiled “An to provide for ihe payment of such creditors of Ue la’e republic of ‘Texas us are compretiended in the act of Congress of September nine, cichteen hundred and fifty,” approved the Meth of February, 1855, and an act of the Siate of Texas, approved the Ist of February, As witness my hand and seal, ‘The following is alist of the audited certificates still ou sta iding: No Tssued to. 8 T D Tom>kios 18 Bukman Canfield 31 John A Clifton 42H OK Muse No. Issued to, 1638 Oscar Engledow 1675 Trustees of Austin College 1882 GH Monsarrat & Co 53 RG Hobbs 16% John Kamer s ac nal 1704 Daniel Carl urningham 1732 135 Phineas De Cordova 1733 ¢ HN Waleott 176 E Baidwin 1746 John W Portis 191 James Tilghman 1770 ! K Billott 198 Mathies Clark 1807 Harriet George 1816 Miles 8 Bennett 20' } Ethan Earle 1829 Nathaniel Rudder 328 0 Blineau 1831 } Levi Tyler, adm’r 344 J E Wade 1233 ¢ of WH Kelly 368 Peters & Booth 1833 Samuel! Wilde: 395 Lou Husted 1839 George Sutheriand 404 8 Kingsle: #7 J Pa for Eli leat ene ‘Ker, for Za beth Parlcr,exx le43} 2 C Eccles 437 Benedict Bayley 1844 Edmund Ballinger 445 Leander Beason 1852 JD Logan 466 Win Odlin 1856 C P Green 467 John W King 1865 David Ayres 509 T B Webb 1869 ‘Thomes F James 510 A 8 Thu mond 1878 C Schiediimantd 548 Thos W Marshall 1880 J F Jewett 625 David 8 Kaufman 1897 F Emma 643 George W Parker 1899 Par‘iila Lee’ - Crutcher& McKaven1920 a ue Giosemeyer 65! y 1922 Gilbert Johnson 632} Wm Flower 1928 Robert Lusk 653 J A Simpson 1929 E W Cewthern 659 Wm H Belcher 19390 Wm Cochran 677 HH Williams 1932 Fianci: Moore jr 701 Felix Rieder 2071 Andrew Daley 718 2 2072 Isaac Stewart iio} Robert Dale 208516 w View 773 Wm Jones 1504 ny. 779 Wm Walker 2088 793 Dyer Pearl 1749 f Pau! Bremond 8 2 Isaac L Hill 21062. $63 Hermogen Brown 1610 ¢ DAVid @ Burnet 915 Mary E.len Heden- Tess ¢ FP Gentry 990 J Bifs ; “past 8 W Fisher 1010 Autom Clanson. 1601 ¢ Louisiana Davis 1012 RM Forbes 1025 James N Hogan 1043 Thomas Lindsay 1045 James L Green 1047 Jesse Daniel 1048 J B Daniel 1050 Charles Vincent lost {8 D Gervaise 1058 Willis Miilican 1059 J D Millieau 1062 John Davis 1065 Wm Barton 1079 W A Lockhart 2303 °F. Frost 2356 Thomas Reed 2316 Harrison C Bryant 2330 J 8 McDonald 340 Arthur Gamer 2311 J F Martchett 2341 Andrews & Grover 23454 PG Merritt 2349 W Pinkney 2850 J D Giddings 2354 J Crawford jr 2358 AP Edgerton 2359 Thomas Wamer jr 3963 George K Sistare 1080 R Morton 2364 Francis Brichta 1185 James Kil'am 2382 Elizabeth Carter 1196 © H Taylor 2383 Wm Davis 1241 Youngs Ooleman — 2387 Joseph ‘Tomlinson 1248 Robert McNutt 2390 Sneed & Turner 1249 John W Cloud, per 2390 Wm Kimbro aw’y! H Raymond 2400 HH Haynie 1263 E De Pon ois 23401 RW Milbank 1269 C P Green 2402 Catherine Allen 75 eA Sinks & J B 2405 Henry Kring iw 2413 JW wrence 1297 Juin Kendrick 2418 Stephen Smith 1298 Bamuel Hid ‘en 2434 A C Horton 1300 Joha Johnsoa 2428 Elaphalet Easton 1301 Susan Massiex 2442 Lemuel BDickenson 1362 Thomas H Forrester 2450 Wm H Thompsca 1385 BR Warner 2452 Z Wm Eddy 1423 William Frels 2471 J EB Herron 1424 G W Osborne 2474 A B Hemphill 1425 John A Rutherford 2477 Aaron Haughton 1427 Cornelius Vannoy 2479 Heirs of Jolin Jones 1428 Joseph Kates 2400 Joel Hid 1473 Ann B Reese 2481) Waren Aburn 1515 Lumbard Mums = 2482“ John L. Monks 1521 J C Moore 2483 Peter Aldrich 1523 John James 2490 M A Doo! 1554 K H Douglas 2500 Goorge C Day cashier 1570 E M Fish 2501 F Kennett & Co 1572 Wm Ker? 2503 John W Schrimpf 1580 James A Moody 2504 W C Blair 1581 P Bickford 2512 M Rorberttaille 1612 John Lamer 2513 Henry B Brovks 1615 Joim Cameron 2514 Gabriel Trumwelt 2523 H 8 Morgan 2529 Furbur & Bean 2634 Sarah Newman evidences of other classes of the The outstandin, debt of the republic of Texas cannot be speeified by this Department. au 22—dtl-tJant GENTLEMEN’S EMP! RIUM. EORGK W. HINTON HEREBY RE- turns his thanks to his old and steadfast, customers and the public ney for the increasing fant best upon him athis EMPORIUM OF FASHION, on Pennsylvania avenue, between 6th and 4 % streets, and next door east of Frank Taylor’s Buokstore, where may be found a la assoriment of rich, tasteful and valuable 6 French, English, Italian, Chinese, and American of all kinds for gentlemen’s wearing apparel. Said goods will be cut and made ba 8 the most tas.eful, fashionable and durabie style, y to orders, and at the shortest rotice, upon the most reasonable terms. Please call and examine the richness and style of the goods and the faithful end durable manner in which they are made up to suit cus- tomers George W. Hinton embraces this occasion to announce to the public that he has formed a co- Pees it business with Mr WiLiiam 8. ‘EEL, formerly of Virginia, by whose aid, as- sistance and constant attendance at the store, the business of the Emporium will be greatly facili- tated N. B —George W. Hinton hopes that such of his 2 cal pita as have uncancelled bills at the store soon be pleased toeall and settle the same, as the season is changing and short settle- ments make long friends. se 10-f WOOD AND COAL. E ARE DAILY RECEIVING LARGE si"fom the boats at very low prisee Per. sell at very low . Per pomry desirous of Joying in their winter fuel would do well to give usa before _purc! else where. BUGUE & ONEIL! se? No. 106 Water street, G: WRPORATIUN STUCK.—$5,000 Corpo for wit == vee BROTHERS, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1856._ NO. 1,156. THE WEEKLY STAL. ‘This exoelient Family and News Journal—oon cining a greater variety of interesting reading thax UF Cacn, tnvanianzy in advance. ‘Single; (in wraj a open PPera) can be procured, paper. Price—T; aur Canre - com PostMastEns wh: acommission of twenty pen Will beallowea Educational. ie YOUNG MEN OF WASHINGTON. Free Lectures every Monday night, for four weeks, commencing October With, AT THE UNION ACADEMY. anew Men rate sty as wish to obtain ugh and pract owledge of Surveying, Civil ingineering, Book Keeping, end of cack branches as will fit them for successfal business, will find a eed i nae in the DAY or EVENING SCHOOL, at the Union Academy. 08 18 Z_RICHARDS, Principal ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL BOARDING SCHOOL, FOR BOYS, Mount Joy, Lancaster county, Penxsyle.nia E. L. MUORE, A. M. Principal. HE WINTER SESSION WILL CUM- mence on Tuesday, the 4th of November. Terms $75 per seesion, of 5 months, including board, washing, tuition, &c. Circulars containing iculais may be bad on application to the Principal. oc 14-Im* Such ‘oes. | A CARD. RS. FRANKLIN, TEACHER OF VOCAL Music, No. 405 K street, between 9th and 10th streets. References: Mr. R. Davis, and Mr. Hilbus, Music stores. se 17-3m MRS. G. H, SMITH, 420 D street north, between 6th and 7th, Bess LEAVE TO IN FORM THE LADIES of Washington, Geor; etown, and vicinity that she is prepared to give {nstruction, in classes and private lessons, inthe art of MAKING WAX FLOWERS and VASES. Also, Wax Fruit and Ornamental Leather work. Ladies wishing to avail themselves of this op- portunity of acquiring a most beautiful accom eee will pleare call as early as possible, as teat does not contemplate remaining long In TERMS: Wax F lowers in Classes, per term of 12 les- BONS. seeveceseee-- eens teeerececcccees seen RS War Fruit in Classes, per term of 12 lessons..&5 Leather W ork in Classes, per term of 8 lessons 83 pie Lessons $1 each—Vases $10, &c uets and Vases, Wreaths, Single lowers, or sale, or made to order, au 26-6m MISS HEWITT’S ENGLISH ANU FRENCH BOAKDIRG AND DAY SCHOOL, No. 397, corner of W.w York avenue and 13th st if bene SCHOLASTIC YEAR COMMENCES the first Monday in September, and ends the Lip Friday in June, and {s divided into two ses- sions. ‘The Principal will be assisted by the most com- petent role and French resident teachers, and every f e:lity offered for pursuing Mosic and ail the various branches of modein accomplisb- ments. ¥ or further particulars, terms, &c., see Cireu- jars at bookstores, or at the residence of the Prin- cipal. au %-3t&eotfl cn Selene ACADEMY. AS MERCHANT. REV. G. W DORKANCE,¢ Painorrats f highs NEXT ANNUAL SESBION OF THIS Sapa a commence on Monday, Sep- tember ist, .. For terms see circulars at the prin ipal Book Stores au i-tf THE UNION ACADEMY. Z, Ricnarps. Mrs. Z. Ricwarps, rin.U. A. Priv. U. Fa. fP\HE NEXT ANNUAL SESSION OF THIS Institution, and of the UNION FEMALE ACADEMY, willcommenceon MONDAY » Sep- tember 1, 1856. jy 23-3m MATS, CAPS, AND FURS. New READY AT STINEMETZ’S, No. 226 Pennsylvania avenue, near 13th street, a flue assortment of DRESS “ATS, consisting of New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore styles of various qualities and prices, from $2 50 to 85. Yerticula atten- tion Is Invited to our $3 and 83 50 Hats, which are as good as can be bought in this city Also, FELT HATS and CAPS for Men and B of every variety and style. Together with ¢: ren’s Fancy Hais and Misses Flats. FOR THE LADIES AND CHILDREN, we have on hand and will be fecelving, FANCY $3, FURS, made wp into the most ~* modern styles. dy Poy. oc 11-tf Terms—X D5; MUNSON, AT 338 PENN’A AVENUE. fe still making those beautiful continuous GUM TEETH, called Allen's Patent, for the exceliency o: which over all other styles of teeth, many now wearing them in this city, will cht vy vouch There is one Dentist in this city who has been infringing the patent, and made a bad imitation of it, inst whom I hereby caution the public N. Whenever a Dentist speaks against Allen’s Patent Continuous Gum Teeth, when properly constructed, itis because he is ignorant of the rocess, incomyetent to make the work, or 8 ‘unwitting to pay for the patent. je 16-t£ United States Patent Office, } Washington, October 7. 1856. N THE PETITION OF JOHN V. SHER- wood, of Fort Edward, New York, praying for the extension of a t granted tohim on the 17th of December, 1842, for an improvement in door locks, for seven years from the expiration of said patent, which takes place on the I7th of December, 1€56 : It 1s ordered, that the said petitton be heard at the Patent Oftice on Thursday, the 1ith of Decem- ber next, at 12 0’clock m.; and all persons are no tified to appear and show cause, if any they have, why said petition ought not to be granted. Persons Se pare the extension are required to file in the Patent Office their objections, specially t forth in writing, at least recta 4 days before the day of hearing; all testimony filed by either party to beused at the said a must be taken and transmitted in accordance with the rules of the office, which will be furnished on application. The testimony in the case will be closed on the Ist day of December ; depositions and other pa- pers relied upon as testimony must be filed tn the office on or before the morning of that day ; the ar- guments, if any, within ten days thereafter. Ordered, also,thatthis notice be published in the Union, Intelligencerand Evening Star, Wash- ington, D. C.; Republican, Baltimore, Maryland; Pennsylvanian, Philadelphia, Pa ; Day Book, New York, New York ; and Post, Boston, Ma:s.; once a week for three successive weeks previous to the Qith day of September next, the day of hearing. CHARLES MASON, Commissioner of Patents. P.8.—Editors of the above papers will please co] ‘MD and send their bills to the Patent Office, wit oc a contain: this notice. Co twow mine JHE STEAMER GEORGE WASHING- ‘TON willdepartatthe follow- ing hours: eset peed asitec 7,9) 11 2 ap On. ..! 2 feud. bitte JOB CORSONS baptain ZOKR MUUNT VERNON, N TUESDAY® AND FRIDAYS.—FARE, ROUND TRIP, 81; FROM ‘ ALEXANDRIA?5 CENTS.—Thedagias steamer THOMAS COLLYER leaves Washing ton at 9 ayd Alexandria at $% o'clock. Gosche leave the Capitol for the boat atsy o'clock. Coach fure 10 cents. Persons wishing the coaches will leave thelz residence with George & Thomas Parker Kefresh ments on the boat. ap2-tf SAM’L GEDNEY. Captats CHANGE OF HOUKS. N AND AFTER MONDAY, 'FHE 0th of ‘June, the Steamer GEORGE PAGE will run at the following hours: Jeane fipxentcia at £832, 10, 12, 234,434, and ox o'clock. seleeke Washington 6, 9, 11,14, 34, Sg, and 7 0’ 3 je 29-8 ELLIS L. PRICE, Captain. " _ CLOCKS—CLOCKS—CLOCKS. HAVE JUsT RECEIVED A LARGE A8- sortment of Clocks—60 different styles, which wil Senda low, and warrsated ogo well Those who to sell in would do il to give mea call before ig elsewhere Also, Clock Materialsof allkinds. ils, mach Hands, &., at J. ROBINSON’S, 8e23-2m 349 Pa. ave., oppo. Browns’ Hotel. BLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, RA sors, Scigsors, &c., of excellent quality, sel ‘Tth street. . or Fala @ FRANOIB. HINA ORNAMERTS, PUFFS AND Puff Boxes at the great r'ancy Store, between 9th oti \. “we H. J. McLAUGBLIN & CO. EVENING STAR. Scene in a New York Police Court [From the “Elephant Club,” by «« Doesticks.’’) One case, of which Wagstaff took tull notes, was that of Edward Bobber, a seafaring man, of very peculiar appearance, possessing some remarkable characteristics of manner, dress, speech, looks and action. He was charged with being drunk. In the way of physical beauty Edward was decidedly a damaged ar- ticle. He had lost one arm by a snake bite, and been deprived of an eye by the prema- ture explosion of a pistol, which broke his spectacles at the same time it extinguished his sinister optic. The unexpected descent of a shipmate, fom the tops, upon his head, had turned his neck so that he seemed to be keep- ing ® perpetual lookout over his shoulder with his remaining e His nose resembled a half ripe tomato, and @ pair of warty excrescences hung upon bis face as if some one had shot a couple of marbles at him, which had stuck to him for life. His complexion bore a close re semblance to the outside of a huckleberry pudding. His teeth, which were usually long, projected backward, as if they had taken a start to grow down his throat. This last pe culiarity was, undoubtedly. one cause of a re murkable singularity of speech, which se- riously impaired his natural facility of con- versation. Some idiosyncracy of disposition, probably, had also something to do with this lingual embarrassment, but certain it is that Mr. Edward Bobber never answered one ques tion until he was asked another, to which last Le would give the reply intended for query number one Whether his mental faculties needed always @ second interrogative punch ing up, or whether the fangs projecting down- ward retained one answer until displaced by another, Wagstaff and his friends were una- ile to decide ; bat they truly believe that an inquiry propounded to Edward Bobber, afore- raid, would have remained unanswered until doomsday, unless a second question followed the first. A trauseript af a conversation between him and the clerk of the court read as follows : Clerk—Where were you born ? The prisoner removed his solitary orb from its guardianship, over bis left shirt sleeve, rolled it slowiy roand until it commanded a fair view of the questioner, but said nothing. The clegk, nothing daunted, continued : «« How long have you been in this country ’"’ The face assumed a look of intelligence, and answer No. | came out Edward—Broome county Clerk—How old are you? Edward—Two years Clerk—How long have you been drunk ” Edward—Thirty-four years, seven months and nine days Clerk—Where did you get your liquor” Edward, (rolling his eye toward theJudge)— Been on a spree four days Judge, (very indignant)—Did you eay |’ ve been on a spree? Edward—Old Mother Bidwell’s, down in Mott street. Clerk—Do you mean hereafter to treat this court respectfully? Edward—No, sir, I hope not. Oficer with red hair—If you ain’t crazy, I'm a jackass. Edward—Yez, sir, of course. The excited Judge here commenced making out his commitment, but the elerk, who began to see the fun, thought best to ask him a tew more questions first, and accordingly inquired of Bobber what he traded in, ashe seemed toown asloop. The prisoner, who had been cogitating upon the last remark of the red- haired officer until he had waxed wroth, burst out: ‘‘Jack-ass! jack-ass' yes, you are a jack- ; not a doubt of it.’’ Clerk—Come, tell me what kind of liquor did you drink yesterday ?”’ Edward—Soap, candles, coffee, bar lead. chickens, coal, pine kindling wood, smoked hams and white wood shingles— Judge, (interfering) —Prisoner, you are only getting yourself into trouble. iy patience will give out. Ican’t stand everything. Do you think I'm made of patience ? Edward—Whiskey ; nothing but whiskey, sir, upon my honor.” The last answer proved too mueh for the gravity of the court. The judge, the clerk, the attendant officers, and ail emiled audibly A whispered word from the clerk explained to the justice the true state of the case. Ed- ward was discharged, and as he departed from the court room an officer two blocks away heard him, in answer to a request for a penny proffered by little girl, give what was undoubtedly intended as a detailed reply to the last interrogative remark of the police justice. A Dryner wits Wasuineton.— While Washington was at West Point, at the close of 1779, fortifying that strong position, says ** Notes und Queries,” he bethought him of inviting a certain Dr. Cochran to dinner, and his letter of invitation, besides giving a pic- ture of the style of living at beadquarters, is more remarkable, since it is almost the only instance of sportive writing in all Washing- ton’s correspondence. The letter is as fu!- lows : “* Dear Doctor: I have asked Mrs. Cochran and Mrs. Livingston to dine with me to mor- row; bat am | not in honor bound to apprise them of their fare? As I hate deception, even where the imagination only is conceru- ed, L will. It is needless to premise that my table is large enough to hold the ladies. Of this they bad ocular proof yesterday. ‘I'v say how it is covered is more essential, and sha!l be the purport of my letter Since our arri val at this xppy spot, we have had a ham, sometimes a shoulder of bacon, to grace the head of the table, & piece of roast beef adorns the foot, and a dish of beans or greens, al- most icaporcent: p>, decorates the centre When the cook has a mind toeut a figure, which I presume will be the case to-morrow, we have two beefsteak pies or dishes of crabs in addition, one on each side of the centre dish, dividing the space and reducing the dis- tance between dish and dish to about six feet, which, without them, would be about twelve feet apart. Of late he has had the suprising sagacity to discover that apples will make pies, and it is a question if, in the violence of his efforts, we do not get one of apples instead of having both of beefsteak. If the ladios can put up with such entertainment, and will sub- mit to partake cf iton plates once tin, but now iron, (not become so by the labor of scouring,) 1 shall be happy to see them.’’ Tue Greatest City.—London is now the greatest city in the world, and far surpasses all the great cities of antiquity. According to Gibbon, the population of ancient Rome, in the height of its magnificence, was 2,200,000 Nineveh is estimated to have had 600,000. and Dr, Medhurst supposes the population of Pekin is about 2,000,000. The population of London, according to recent statistics, amounts to 2,500,000, 404,622 having been added tu it during the last ten years. The census shows that it contams 307,722 inhabited, and 16,389 uninhabited houses. Paris proper bas increased 200,000 ia popu- lation since Louis Napoleon first assumed sway. New York is stretching on toward 1,000,000 GLyceRine.—The manner fn which the = a of — called + ager ie repared, is by placing a commu! f Poinsettia abs ag cabuemeox vis. acid and glycerine. peg Spe pryeer eet lee dir- pester substitute for codliver oil and for spirits of wine; is used for Ghe preserv: r tlon of flesh, and gan be applied to phot: gra phy. ASBESTUs. This is one of the most singular uctions of nature Formed of the handel woe ele- ments—of silica and magnesia, with a little alumina of lime—its texture is such that one would suppose it to consist of vegetable fibre. Its splinters, the facility with which we can separate the filaments, which are extremely delicate, flexible und elastic, can only becom. pared to lint or white thread of the most beau- tiful kind. It is sometimes, on the contrary, hard, brittle and colored in a way to be con- founded with fragments of broken in splinters. In these two cases it is marked by very opposite characteristics ; in one the ten- acity and strength of so firm @ thread, in the other a woody texture, and sometimes sufii- cient hardness even to scratch glass. Now compact and elastic as cork, here in masses of a dirty white, like that of dried paste, and there with filaments like locks of bair, it re- ceived from mineralogists of old the different names of mountain cork, leather, and fossil paper. Chemiets call it living linen, or sala- mandrine wool Abestus—the Greek word from which this name is derived signifies incombostible—is found very generally in different countries. The Science pour tows—a French journal, as its name denotes, of popular science—from which we are deriving the substance of this article, states that a part of Savoy produces it of the most flexible kind, and ‘having the longest and mosteilky fibres That from the Ural mountains in Siberia is singu- lar in being compact when it is taken from their sides, but becoming flexible and silky when impregnated with moisture. Itisfound in veins in the mountains, and never at all mingled with the substance of the granite or gneiss, in which rocks it most frequently oc- curs. The fragments of asbestus often seen in the interior of 3 rock crystal, show that the cavities in which they are deposited were filled with a liquid which contained silica in solution, and which was thrown off in order that crystalization might go en smoothly and regularly. Asbestus was esteemed precious by the an- cients; they employed it to make tissues which served to pee the body when it was burned after death, and to preserve its ashes unmingled with thore of the fuel by which it was consumed A large marble ura was die- covered in 1702,in a vineyard near Kowe, containing a piece of this asbestus oloth more than two yards in length by one and three- quarters in width ; it resembled cloth made of hemp, but it was as soft and glossy as silk It confined the half burnt bones and skull of some ancient worthy; it was placed in the library of the Vatican. Obtained from Per- sia at great expense, the custom of burni the corpse in a tissue of this substance cou: only be current in the richest families. The rice of the cloth of asbestus was indeed so igh that Pliny considered it in effect re- served for royal sepultures. Superior quali- ties of it served for cloths for the sacred lamps, and for the table linen of the wealthy ; after use it was said tu be thrown into the Gre by the servants to be cleaned Pliny was ignorant of the nature of asbes- tus; he classed it with vegetable substances, and called it ‘unchangeable linen’? He compared its value to that of fine pearls and added that it was prepared to sustain the heat of fire by the broiling sun of the India deserts where it grew. We are surprised to find the ancients giving credit totaleseoabsurd. Pliny, the Reman naturalist, believed, on the testi- i that a tree en- veloped in a tissue of asbestus, could stand, without injury, the blows of an ax: AS In moder: times, some industri individ- uals have ocey pied themselves in spinning asbestus, and have succeeded in making it inte cloth by resorting to 2® expedient of mixin; it with cotton or linen, Without which, the thread has not sufficient stren,-th to be woven They then put it into the fire 80d draw it forth a tiseue of pure asbestus. This Tounda- bout way would probably have been m.2¢ cessary if they had known and — the king of asbestus best fitted for their object. Mad- ame Perpenti has succeeded in Italy for some years past in fabricating from it cloths, paper. and even lace. A book was deposited in the French Institute printed entirely upon paper, thus manufactured by this ae The pro- cesses of manufacture are described as quite simple and not very expensive The paper is very good either for writing or printing—by ewploying an ink com’ of manganese and sulpburet of iron, the writing will be preserved even after having passed through the fire, and the paper has the great value of securing precious documents from destructien by the flames Asbestue bas also been employed in various other useful purposes of which we have not room to speak. —Country Gentleman. A Srrayee Srory.—There is a melancholy tale told in the memoir prefixed to the ‘Poems of the late A. J. Hollingeworth.”’ He was the Illegitimate son of a lady standing well with the world, by whom he was committed (at birth) toa nurse whose name he took. His mother never acknowledged him, never ap pears to have seen him. When he was oid ev@uzh to pass out of the hands of the woman whom he was taught to regard az his parent, he was confidentially entrusted to the clergy man who is now writer of bis memoir, by whom he was taught, and also inculcated with a taste for Anglo Saxon. At the age of 15, young Holiingeworth began to write verse Before the age of 20 he began tofeel the mys- tery of his position in the world, and to make fruitless, impatient inquiries of his tutor as to the “uncte’’ who was said to be the paymas- ter on bis account. 4t the age of twenty be became a@ lovey, was secepiod, And, because the tutor could say nothing whs,ever of his family conneetions, was spurned as ¢ D&*tard by the parents of hie mistress. He then ;° velled against society, and, obtaining through the tutor, money from the unknown mother, went abroad, and traveled during the rest of bis life up and down the world, learning strange Iinguages, studying strange ways, writing strange verses, and coming home every three or four years, to geta fresh sup- ply of money=through the tutur—to rpend a few woeks in wandering near the abode of his lost mistress, and to set off again, In 1853 he set off in this manner for Niagara, taking a passage in the Isaac Wright among the com- mon emigrants. Bat the [ease Wright struck on a rock, and returned a wreck into the Meresy, chelera having brokea out on board, and forty-seven passengers having been thrown overboard before the ship had regained Liv- erpool. Hollingsworth was one of those who did not return He perisbed at the age of thirty-five. + + Tus CeyTRAL Sun.—Ali scientific men have maintained that there must be « central point, if not a central sue, around alr the whole university revolves. Maedler, who is unquestionably oneof the greatest — ever known, has given this subject his special attention; and he bas come to the conclusion that Aloyane, the principle star in ~ group known a8 Pleiades, now occupies —— re of gravity, and w at it the gi ~ tral suv sroand which the whole starry ua’ evolves. This is one of the most inter- pee and important astronomical announce- woe ever made, though it is very likely that, but for the eminent scientific position of the author, it would be treated as viriovary. Apother interesting statement in — nection is made by Mr. Thompson, = e physicists who, with Carnot, Svule, ever and others, has largely Sy orenneeng 4 — establishing the relations between Pade : mechanical force, and who has exten’ is researches to the heat emitted 7 -— 4 which heat, he observes, ~ 4 e = : a velopment of mechanical foree; which, in | nd space of about one hundred years, is equiv , lent to the whole active force required to pro duce the movement of ali the plauets.