Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1856, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR, PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOOR, (EXCEPT SUNDAY,) wildings, serner of Penntyleanio ae eae end Rleventh Sirti By W. D. WALLACH, ‘Will be served to subscribers by carriers at SIX AND A QUARTER CENTS, payable weekly to the Agents; papers served in packages at 37 eats Per month. To mail subscribers the sub- soripfion price is THR EX DOLLARS AND FIF- TY CENTS a yearin advance, TWO DOLLARS for six months, and ONE DOLLAR for threes ‘months; for less than three months at the rate of 22 cents a week. I> SINGLE COPIES ONE CENT. xhib'tic the World’s Verdict o: i he IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS MA- chine has simplified them in ee f and the; arcoapableof executing twice ‘he amoual of work they did formerly in any given time. They are without question the only Machines ca- le of sewing every variety of —— perfect; a thirt bosom or heavy — seyaauanie ce f these machines hange prs 4 e and thread = — — that the josest scrutiny cannot detect a fault. or nSreareen sna te and families will find them the only safe Machines to purchase, as they are built strong and durable, and not likely to get out of order. "Seg pp em » We have oop om _—_ bin hats, cap-front fa 5 Fie tpad, Cotton, Needles, &c., constantly on hand, af the lowest rates. Persoas desirous of information regarding Sew- ing Machines willl piease address I. M. SINGER & CO., 105 Baltimore street, Baltimore. N. B.—Weare to exchange these ma- chines for old mesofany kind Terms lib- eral. Persons who hive been inducedto purchase nfezior machines uadsr the pretext of being ehesp, will find this a beneat in: . mar 10—tf A FULL SUPPLY OF FALL AND WIN- TER @0ODs. A pest H.8MOOT, No 119 SOUTH SIDKOF Bridge street, Georgetowa, D C , has receatly recelved from th: large [mporting, Commission, and Auction Houses, of New York, » general as- sortment of Fall and Wiater Goods embracing every Kind of — Ladies Dress Goods Brocade, Striped, Piald and Black Silks Printed Striped, and Plain Mouslin Delaines French Merinos and Alapacas Argaatine and Striped Popiins Bright small fzured Mousiin Delaines for child- rea Rich (all wa0l) Merino Pialds, bast qua‘ity Do O nbre shaded striped Mouslins Double and single width Leepan’s Black Mouslin Delaines 390 pieces English 2nd American Prints White Cambri:s, Muslin and Nainsooks Piaid, striped and figured Hooped and Manilla Corded Skirts ‘Tarletans, worked and silk Illusions ‘alls and Vetls Baglish Crapes acd Mouraing Collars Black ace Collars and Setts Embro'deries of every kind Stella and Brocha Shaw!s and Scarfs Long _ Sqaare Black Thibet Shawls, very chea| Heavy Gray and Black Woollen Shawls Ladies superior French Kid Gloves of (ali Nos.) Dark colors, Modes, White, and Black, at 87% ceats Gests Kid, best Fancy and other Gloves Ladies, Misses, and Gents Hose »nd x Hose in Cotton, Merino, and Saxony Weol, all sizes Ladies Merino and Silk Vests Gents heavy Merino and Saxony Wool 10 Real Weich and every other make Flannels Real French Plaid and plain Josey do With a general assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres, Twoeeds, Jeans, Satine:s, Silk and Merino Vest- ings, Canton Flaunels, Shirtings, Sheetings, Linea and Cotton; Irish Linens, Richardson and Dunbar Dickson's; Blankets of every kind, Ta- ble Damasks aad Table Cloths, all sizes; Damask Napkins, Huckaback and Board Towes, with every Kind of Good+ usually kept ina well as- fortei stock, which promot payinz and cash cus tomers may always rely upo2 ying as cheap as the simequaities and styles can be had in the District A call is soliciied oc 1i-tr JOHN A. SMOOT. “NEW STOVE HOUSE. kn, THE GREATEST COOKING STOVE EVER NTRODUCED [ INTO_THE UNIVED STATES. FPO COAL OR WOOD. 13,000 in Use. Four sizes: Ne. 6, 7,5,9. GALLAGHER’S CELEBRATED MORNING STAR, DOUBLE OVEN COOKING STOVE. The Sest, the Cheipest, mos: Substantial and most Perfect Cooking Stove in the Union. 13,090 of these Stoves are now im successful 7 operation ‘This splendid Cook Stove has now been thor- oughly tested during the last four years; they operate in the best and most satisfactory manner. I nave fully tried them with wood and coal, a: stroagly recommend them. They are heavy and very derabie, aad tae design is neat and beauti- ul. With 2 moderate fire, th s Stove will Bake three loaves of Uread, Roast 4 Turkey, Boil two Dianer Pots, Broli a Beefstexk and heat the water for washing, all at the same time. You are ressectfaliy invited tocall and examine the above splead!d Gooking Stove, “ GALLA- GHER’S MORNING Stan.” Patentee: A.J. GALLAGHER, Philadelphia. GALLAGHER’S SUNRISE AIR-TIGHT, Patented, 1856. A New and Splendid Large Oven FLAT TOP COOKING STOVE, FOR COAL OR WOOD Four Sizes: Ne. 6, 7, 8, 9. It is only necessary to say, that after very many of ex jonce) and Seing fully conversant with all of the various kinds of Stoves which have been invented on the down-draft principle. that I have taken advantage of every well known improvement that has from time to time been made, particularly in reference to the formation and construction of the flues, which are always necessary to bs large. and I have fully appited every improvement and-combined them all in the ‘Sunrise Air-Tight Cooking stove.” This Stove is made very heavy and isa substan- tal article; | have made them extra Acavy in all the parts where long experience has proved it to bel it, and | can assure my customers tha” I have spared neither _ nor expense in get- ting it up; and it will not be excelled by any stove now known, of a similar character; | am convinced that it will at once become a standard Stove wy I have fully tried them in every way, with oad and Coal, and bac J recommend them tothe public They operate {n the most satisfac- tory manner. Patentee: A J GALLAGHER, Philadelphia. For sale on'y by C. WOODWARD & BON, Next door to C Woodward’s old stend Pa_ay , between 10th and Lith sts , No 318. N. B.—Also, a very large assortment of the latest and most ap) a patterns of Grates, Par- lor, Chamber, Dning Room, Office and Store Stoves of all sizes, for wood and coal, that the North can furnish, best suited to this market. You wil! do well to call and examine our as- sortment of goods. We will take ure in showing our assortment We are sure that our Goods are very low. as we buy for cash. 1? Teemscasu. * dean — _- OK THE STAR OF MINGERE- la —A new novel, by G. W. Reynolds, just received. Also, the New York the Weekly Papers for sale by Aesoclated Pub Mshers Agent, ER@USON, oc il next to Lammond’s, 484 7th street. ew YORK LEDGER, FOR OCTOBEB 18, was received on Thursday evening. «88 for sale by the Associated Pub:ishers Agent, where all and Periodicals are received in advance, at FERGUSON’s, ec il next to Lammond’s, 486 7th street. $$ GREEN COUN, PEACHES, ne athena ved for es Teng “4 of time Belt Jans tuat are o the | aproved a Paancis, se26 Sventh stzast. er, and all ben e ug VOL. Vil. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1856. Star. = 'S atthe counter, n red paper. Price—Tuzex Crnte a teal PostmastERs wh a commission of twenty per eents Will bellowed OFFICIAL. ‘Terasuny DerantMent, Mey 28, 1966. Notice is hereby given to the holders of the stock issued pursnant to the act of Congress of #24 July, 1646, that such stock ts redeemable by its terms, and will be paid at the Treasury on the turrender of the certificates thereof, on the 12th of November next, when interest thereon will cease. | This department will contiaueto purchase such stock prior to sala 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 forthe money to reach the vender: On such stock received at the Treasury between | the Ist day of June and the 3ist day of July, in clusive, one-half of one per cent. on the amounts «pecified in the certificates; On such stock received between the ist and 3ist days of August, one-fourth of one per cent; And on such steck 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- chase money ; and when sent prior to the Ist July thecurrent half year’s interest mut also be as- signed by the present stockholder, otherwise such interest will be payable as heretofore. And notice Is 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 Ist day of December next, unless | the sum of #1,500,000shall be previously obtained, aad will pay for the same, in addition to the in- erest acofued from ‘he day of the last dividend of interest, and one day’s additional interest for the money to reach the vendor, the following rates of premium :@ On stock of the loan of 1842, a premium of 10 per cent.; On stock of the loans of 1847 and 18484 premium of 18 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 be duly assigned to the United States by the par- ty entitled to receive the money; and if sent pre- vious tothe 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 ail the foregoing stocks will be made by drafts on the assistant treasurers at Bos- ton, New York, or Philadelphia, as the parties entitled to receive the money may direct. if JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury. OFFICIAL. Treascry Derartwent, August 20, 1856, Whereas the following joint resolution of Congress bas become a law: JountT Resovvtio® extending the time for the credi- torsof Texas to pres. nt their claims er pe ood Senate and House of Representa Hives of the Umited States of America in Congress as , Tbat as, agreeab y to the provision of the fourth ‘ection of the act of the 28th of February, 1853, *¢ to provide for the payment of such creditors of the late republic of Texas as are comprehended in the act of Congress of September 9b, 1850,” no- tice, by public atvertisement, was duly given for the space of ninety days by the Secretary of the Treasury, of the time at which payment of the am unt appropria ed by the fifth section of said act would be male, pro rata, on avy b snd, certificate, or evidence of debt of said Sta‘e, which should be presented atthe Treasury Department thirty days preceding the 13th vay of June, 1856, the limit of said notice; and as it is represented by the said Secretary of the Treasury, that of said bonds, cer-, tifica es, and evidences of debt, which have bven recognized by the State of Texas, the rame, equal to ths sum of three hundred and eighty nine thous- and six hundred and uinety-three dollars aud seven wore not presented to the Tr-a-ury Department prior to the said 13th of June, therefore, in or ier to do full justice to the holders of -aid debt, the Secre- tay of the ‘T'reasury is hereby au horized to pay to the helders of avy of the said b wida, cert evidences, of deb:, not presented bef day of June last, who may present avd prove the sa neat the Treasury Depa:tment, between the 13th day of June last and the Ist day of January next, and executs the proper releases vo the United Biates id the State of Texas, their pro rata chare of the said seven m Hion seven hundred and fifty thousand dolla «tafier payment thereof, the eaid secre » ‘Treasury is authorized and required to distribute and pay tte residue of the raid seven mi! i cundred and fifty thou. dollars, then nthe treasury, pro rafa, amongst all the said holders who may have proved their claim:, and executed the proper releases on or before the Ist day of Jauua y next. Approved August 18th, 1856. Noricg1s HEagBY Givan to the holders of bonds, certificates, and evidences of debt of the late repub- lic -f Texas, which were not preseated at this de- partment on or before the 18th day of June last, that the same will be settled aad the pro rata amount thereon will be paid to the lawful holders thereof if presented before the firet day of January next, ao- companied with the necessary evidence of their gen- uineness, with assignments to the United States, re- quired to give this ds, artment the custody of such bonds, certificates, and evidenses of debt, and with releases to the United Siates and Texas, iu acoord- ance with the provisions of the act of Congress of th February, 1856. This department wili not require ¢ vidence of gen- ainesess to be presented with the certificates issued he aaditor and comptrolier of Texas under the laws ofthe State. But it possesses no meansof ver- ifying the certificates, bonds and promissory motes issued by the republic of Texas, and not pre: ed to, nor audited by, the officers of the State. The necessary and proper proof of the genuin ness of the latter is the certificate of the comptroller of the State of Texas, who has the official charge of the original aro'sives relating to the debt ofthe late re, public ofTexas- The assigument and relcases may be executed and acknowledged in the presence of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, or the chiefclerk thereof, in the presence of a notary public, atid be witnessed | by the Assistaat Secreta’y, or chief clerk a id nota- ty, and be certified by the notary under bisnota- rial seal; but when tue holders desire to make the assignment and execute the roleases out of the city of Washington, it may be done in the presence of an m29-dtt2Nov i assistanttreasurer, or collector, or surveyor of the customs, in the presence of a nota y public, and be witnessed by the collector or surveyor aud the no- tary public, and be certified by the notary under his notacial sea!; andifthere be nocollectcr orsurveys or ofthe custamms at the place where the party re- sides, th: assignment and 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 under his seal of office; and if the holder be out of the United States, the as signm-nt and releases may be executed before any United Statesconsul, and be witnessed and certified by him under bjs consular aeal. All personsexe outing such assignments ard releases must also de- clare, underoath, before the notary, alerk, or con sul, as the case may be, that tuey are the real own- ore of the certificates or other evidences of debt, cr that the same bave been assigned to them, bong fide, for collection ; and che notary, clerk, or cansul must iaciude the fact of thatdeclargtion in their cer 6 ate ofasknowledgment. . If assigned tor coNection, or in pledge, the name terest jm the claim must be stated ip the affidavit {be party holding the benefictal or residuary in- Cirmpon ot Wash STUCK. | anda release tothe United States and release to | Texas must be duly executed by such party, to- gether with the assignment and releases trom the Person in whose favor settlement and payment is requested, a : One or more audited certificates, or one or more evidence of the same character of debt, may be in- cluded in the same assignment, releases, and affida vit of ownership, if each certificate is correctly de- scribed by number, date, amount, and name of the original payee. It should aiso appear whether the certificates were issued by the authorities of the Btate of Texas, on account of the drbt of the repub- lic, or were issued by the republic of Texes,accord ing to the facts of each case. ‘The assignment to the United States may be made in eommon form ; the releases should be drawn ac eording to the forms subjoined—A and B, JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury, Form A, Know al persons by these presents that released, and hereby releas for the payment ef certificate or « number » for the sum of g- , issued by the late republie of Texas, (or by the authorities of the State of Texas, a: the case may be,) and re- deemod by the United Sta es inaccerdanee with the Provisions of an act of Congress entitled “Ap act to provi e¢ tor the payment of such cueditors of the late republic of Texas as are comprevended in the actof Congress of September nine, eighteen hundred and fifty,” approved the 28th day of Fedruary, 1855, and anact of the “tate of Texas, approved the lst of February. 1856. As w2tness my hend and seal, Form B, Know all persons by these presents that has released, aad hereby relcases, the Sia eof Texas from all further liability or claim for the pay- mont of certificate or evidence of d-bt number » for the sum of $—~, issued by the late re- public of Texas, (or by the authoricies of the Btate of T. xas, av the case may bc,) and redeemed by the United States ia accor¢asce with the provisions of an act of Congress, entitird “ An act to provide for ihe payment of such creditors of the late republic of ‘Texas as are compreliended in the act of Congress of September nine, eighteen hundred and fifty,” approved the 28th of February, 1855, and an aci of the Siate of Texas, approved the lst of February, ‘As witness my hand and seal. The following is a list of the aifited certificates still ou'sta :ding: No __ Issued to. 8 T D Tompkins 18 Bukman Canfi-ld 31 John A Clifton 42 HK Muse No. Issued to, 1639 Oscar Engledow 1675 T.usxwes ef Austin Coilege 1682 GH Mo &Co 53 RG Hobbs & ; De conve, 92 John Burningham = 1732 a 135 Phineas De Cordova last HN Walcott 176 E Baldwin 1746 John W Portis 191 James Tilgbman = 1770 J K Elliott 192 Mathias Clark 1807 Harriet George 1610 Joba K ner 1704 Daniel Carl 209) p,, 1816 Miles 5 Bennett ao" | Ethan Earle 1829 Natbanie! Rudder 328 O Hlineau 1831 ) Levi Tyler, adm’r 344 J E Wade ins ¢ of W 11 Kelly 388 Peters & Booth 1838 Samuel ey 395 Lott Husted 404 8 Kingeley 427 J Pa ker, for Elize- beth Parker, ex’x 437 Benedict Bayley 445 Leander Beason 4€6 Wm Odtin 467 John W King 509 T B Webb £10 A 8 Thu mond 518 Thos W Marshall 625 David 8 Kaufman 1897 F Emma 643 George W Parker 1899 Par‘ilia Lee” 644 Crutcher& McRaven1920 e see sFpttani al 651 1922 Gilbert Johnson , 652 5 Wm Flower 1928 Robert Lusk 653 J A Simpson 1929 E W Cawthern 659 Wm H Belcher 1920 Wm Cochran 677 HA Williams 1932 Fianci Moore jr 701 Felix Rieder 2071 Andrew Daley Tip} Robert Date 1839 Georgs Sutheriand 1841 J P Hennings face JC Eccles 1844 Edmund Ballinger 1852 J 1) Logan 1856 C P Green 1865 David Ayres 1869 Thomes F James 1878 C Sechiedicmantd 1880 J F Jeweu 2072 Ivaac Stewart 2086) 7 774 Wm Jones is CW Viekery 779 Wm Walker 2088 793 Dyer Pearl Ing Teal Bromond 8 2 Isaac L Hill 2 . 863 Hermogan Brown 1610 { David G Barnet sn iat behest “a3 RP McMaster 915 Mary Este Heden 8} FP poet! 1010 Anson Cianson 1501 i Louisiana Davis 1012 R M Forbes 1025 James N Horan 1043 Thomas Lindsay 1045 James L Green 1047 Jesse Daniel 1048 J B Daniel 1050 Charles Vincent lps i 5 D Gervaise 1058 Willis Millican 1059 J D Milliean 1062 John Davis 1065 Wm Barton 1079 W A Lockhart 1080 R Morton 1185 James Kil'am 1196 © H Taylor 1241 Youngs Coleman — 2.87 Joseph Tomlinson 1248 Robert McNutt 2390 Sneed & Turner 1249 John W Cloud, per 2390 Wm Kimbro awy J H Raymond 2400 HH Haynie 1263 E De Pon ois 2401 R W Milbank 1269 C P Green 2402 Catherine Allen 1275 G W Sinks & J B 2405 Henry Kring Shaw 2413 J W Lawrence 1297 John Kendrick 2418 Atephen Smith 1298 Samuel Hid en 2434 A C Horton 1300 Jonna Johnson 2438 Elapbalet Easton 1301 Susan Massiex 2442 Lemuel BDickenson 1362 Thomas H Forrester 2450 Wm H Thompson 1385 BR Warner 2452 Z Wm Eddy 1423 William Frels 2471 J E Herron 1424 G W Osborn 2474 A B Hemphill 1425 Jobn A Rutherford 2477 Aaron Haughton 1427 Cornelius Vannoy 2479 Heirs of John Jones 2303 'E Frost 23° Thomas Reed 2316 Harrison C Bryant 2540 J 8 McDonald 2340 Arthur Garner 2341 J F Martchett 2341 Andrews & Grov::r 2245) PG Merritt 2349 W Pinkney 2350 J D Giddings 2354 J Crawford jr 2358 A P Edgerton 2359 Thomas Warner jr 2°63 George K Sistare 2364 Francis Brichta 2382 Elizabeth Carter 3 Wm Davis 1428 Joseph Bates 24000 Joel Hil 1473 Aun B Reese 2481 “* Warren Aburn 1515 Lumbard Mims 2482 = John L Monks 1521 J C Moore 2483 = =Peter Aldrich 1523 John James 2490 M A Dooly 1554 K H Do 2509 George C Daycashier 1570 EM Fish 2501 F Kennett & Co 1572 Wm Kerr 2503 John W Schrimpf 1580 James A Mood 1581 P Bickford 1612 John Lamer 1615 John Cameron 1623 John » Taylor 1624 Levi Mercer 1626 Eli Mercer 2504 W C Blair 2512 M Rorbertraille 2513 Henry B Brooke 2514 Gabriel Trumwelt 2523 H 5 Morgan 2529 Furbur & Bean 2534 Sarah Newman The outstanding evidences of other classes of the debt of the republic of Texas cannot be specificd by this Department. au 22—dtlevJant GENTLEMEN’S EMPORIUM. GxORSE W. HINTON HEREBY RE- turns his thanks to his old and steadfast customers and the public generally for the ek A e bestowed upon him athis E ORIUM OF FASHION, on Pennsylvania avenue, between 6th and wi streets, and next door east of Frank Taylor’s Bookstore, where may be found a la: assortment of rich, tasteful and valuable G French, English, Italian, Chinese, and American of all kinds for gentlemen’s wearing apparel. Said goods will be cut and made up in the most tas:eful, fashionable and durable style, ly to orders, and at the shortest rotice, and upon the most reasonable terms. Please call and examine the richness and style of the neess and the faithful and durable eo th they are made up to suit cus- George W. Hinton embraces this occ: to announce to the public that he has Henares goplbd business with Mr Wituiam 8. ‘BEL, formerly of Virginia, by whose aid, as- and constant attendance at thi business of the Emporium will be greatly facili: N. B —George W. Hinton hopes that such of his prebacgell ste weg as have uncancelled bills at the store soon be pleased tocall and settle the same, as the season is and short = ments werelog tina * pif ners ‘WOOD AND COAL. We ARE DAILY RECEIVING LARGE supplies of WOUD and COAL, which we can sell the boats at very low prices. Per eee of laying in their winter fuel would lo well to give us before else where. x BUGUE 2 NEL se? No. 106 Water street, —$5,000 for sale at 8 BROVHERS, Educational. YOUNG MEN OF WASHINGTON. Free Lectures every Monday night, for four weeks, commencing October Wih, AT THE UNION ACADEMY. Aer reared nen Se Chto city wish to obtain and pract Surveying, Civil Engineet| Kee ery n » Book Keeping, and of such | branches as wil! fit them for successfal business, ‘ood opportunity in the DAY or CHOOL, at the Union Academy. 3 RICHARDS, Principal. ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL BOARDING SCHOOL, FOR BOYS, Mount Joy, Lancaster county, Penxsylvonia. | E. L. MOORE, A. M Priuetpel. ¥ ie E WINTER SESSION WILL COM- mence on Tuerday, the 4th of November. Terms $75 per sersion, of 5 months, including : Washing, tuition, &c Circulars containing ‘iculars may be bad on | application to the Priceipal oc 14-lm* will fad « EVENING oc 18 A CARD, | RS. FRANKLIN, TEACHER OF VOCAL | Music, No. 405 kK etreet, between 9th and 10th streets. References: Mr: R. Davis, and Mr. | {iilbus, Music stores. se 17-3m MRS. G. H. SM!TH, 420 D street north, between 6th and 7th, ; GS LEAVE TO INFORM THE LADIES | of Washington, Georgetown, and vicinity | that she is prepared to give instruction, in classes TLOwen lessons, in theart 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 | plishment will please call as early as possible, as oon does not contemplate remaining long in city. TERMS: * : Wax Flowers in Classes, per term of 12 les- Wax F In Classes, per term of 12 lessons..#5 Leather W ork in Classes, per term of 3 lessons $3 Private Lessons $1 each—Vases 810, ny begs and Vases, Wreaths, Single Flowers, &c , for sale, or made to order. au 26-6m SILAS MERCHANT yas SRC: T, REV. G. W. DORKANCE,¢ PRINCIPALS. HE NEXT ANNUAL SESSION OF THIS gp eye commence on Monday, Sep- tember Ist, 1556. For terms see circulars at the prin-ipal Book Stores au 1-tf THE UNION ACADEMY. Z. Ricuarps Mrs. Z Ricnarps, rin.U. A. Prin. C.F. A. He NEXT ANNUAL SESSION OF THIS Institvtion, and of the UNION FEMALE ACADEMY, will commence on MONDAY » Sep- tember 1, 1896. Jy 233m UNITED STATES MAILS. - FLORIDA. Post Orrice DsrartMEnt. Cctober 11, 1856. } ROPOSALS FOR CARRYING THE mails of the United States from the It Janu- ary, 1£57, to the 30th June, 18:9, on the following route in the State of FLoripa, in the time and manner herein specified, will be received at the Contract © fice of the Post Office Department, in the city of Washington, until5 p m , of the 24th of November, 1536, to be decided on the next day: €8:9—From Jacksonville, by Barber’s and New- burgh, to Alligator,70 miles and back, twice a week, in four horse coaches Leave Jacksonville Sunday and Wednesday at7p m; Arrive at Ailigator next days by 1 p. m.; Leave Aliigator Monday and Thursday at 8 am; Arrive at Jacksonville next days by2a.m NOTE. posals must be guarantied by two responsi- ble persons, certified to as such bya tmaster or judge of a court of re-ord, and contract must be entered Into by the successful bidder, with surety, before the Ist Janvary, 1957. No pay will be made for tips not performed, and for each of such omissions not satisfactorily explained three times the pay of the trip may be deducted. Forarrivals so far hehind time as to break connexion with eepenaing mails, and net sufficiently excused, one-fourth of the compensa- tien for the trip is subject to forfeiture. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinguency be pemey and satisfactorily explained, for neg- ecting to take the mail from or into a post office; for suffering it to be injured, des- troyed, robbed or lost; and for sin, after demand, to convey the mail as frequently as the contractor runs, or is concerned in running, ve- hicles on the route. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for Ss sagen failures to run agreeably to contract, or for disobeying the post office laws or instructions of the department The Postmaster General may alter the sohed- ule. He may also order an increase of ser- vice by allowing therefor a pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may alsocurtail or discon- tinue the service in whofe or in part, at pro rata decrease of pay, allowing one month’s extra compensation on the amount of service dispensed with. Bids should be addressed to the ‘‘ Sec- ond Assistant Postmaster General,’’ superscribed “ Proposals for No. 6859, Flori€a ” For further particulars see ppmphlet advertise- ment for conveying the mails in Virginia, Geor- gia, Florida, &c , of 1855 ard 1856 JAMES CAMPBELL, oc 13-lawiw Postmaster General S HATS, CAPS, AND FURS Now READY AT STINEME1Z Pennsylvania avenue, near 13th street, a fine assortment of DR ExS HATS, consisting of New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore styles of various qualities ard prices, from $2 50 to $5. farticu’a atten- tion is invited to our $3 and $3 50 Hats, which are as good as can be bought in this city Aiso, FELT HATS and CAFS for Men and Boys, of every viriety and style. Together with Children’s Fancy Hats and Misses Flats. FOR THE LADIES AND CHILDREN, we have on hand, and will be receiving, FANCY FURS, made up into the most modem styles. Terms—Xeady Pey. R.MUNBSON, AT 338 PENN’A AVENUE. D is still making those beautiful continuous GUM TEETH, called Allens Patent, for the exceliency o! which over all other styles of tecth, many now wearing them in this city, will cheerfully vouch There is one Dentist in this city who has been infringing the patent, and made a bad imitation of it, Inst whom | hereby caution the public N. BS Whenever a Dentist speaks against Allen’s Patent Continuous Gum Teeth, when he gag constructed, itis because he ts ignorant of e incoiocetent to make the work, or 8 unwilling to pay for the patent. Je 16-t¢ HE STEAMER GEOKGE WASHING. TON willdépartatthe follow- ing hours: DE leave Alexandria 736,911 a ae jeuea” Wasnt neti CORSON: Contain £2OR MUUNT VERNOR, N TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.—FARE O ROUND ‘RIP, #1; FROM y ALEXANDRIA75 CENTS.—The, steamer THOMAS COLLYER leaves W ashing ton at 9 and Alexandria at 9} o’clock. Coaches leave the Capitol for the boat at8 ¥ 10 cents. ore Coishing the coaches will lesve their residence with George weil Soper Parker. efres the boat. Seeatne a *SAML GEDNEY, Captats. CHANGE OF KOURS. N AND AFTER eae) Wth of June, the Steamer GEORG PAGE will run at the following, hours: ‘Leave Alexandrie at 434, 8, 10, 12, 2%, 4, and 6 o'clock. ve Washington 6, 9, 11,14, 34, 5%, and 7 je 20-tf ELLIS L. PRICE, Captain. CK S—CLOCKS—CLOCKS. HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE As- sortment of Clocks—60 different styles, which ‘will be sold low, and warranted togo well. Those oc 11-tf would ¢o to give mea Sl bedore pricioelng elsewheré nee, Clock Materials of all kinds. Otis, Balle = 9 seas ’den '3H0 Pa. he ROBINBOR’ eal i ABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, FA x0rs, Rye &c., of excellent quality, sel ag i” e @. FRANCI8. The po | gudrepeks in their internal stractur EVENING STAR. The Porpoise. ‘* These fieetest coursers of the finny race, When eeeenine clouds th’ ethereal vault de- Their route to leeward stil sagacious form, To shun the fary of the approaching storm *° A [Gedman. On a recent visit to Ocean View, we had the —- of seeing a porpoise which had been rought ashore by the seine. It was about seven feet in length, with its body thick to- wards the head, growing slender towards the tail. It struck us as resembling in shape some huge bird with its wings clipped. Each jaw contained forty teeth—small, sharp pointed, and movable, and 80 placed ‘hat the teeth of one jaw locked into those of the other ; its eyes were small, as also the spout-hole at the top of its head; its back was nearly black, and its belly a very light blue, in some parts almost white. It may not be uninteresting to our readers to recall their knowledge of this inhabitant of the deep, as described 2s Buffon. is a cetaceous fish, rese: ages. €, aD in some of their appetites and affections. Their heart resembles that of quadrupeds, with its partitions closed up as in them, and driving red and warm blood in circulation through the body, and to keep these parts warm, the porpoise is also covered between the skin and muscles with a thick coat of fat or blubber. As these animals breathe the air, it is obvious that they cannot bear to be under the water long; they are constrained, therefore, every two or three minutes, to come up to the sur- face to take breath, as well as to spout out through their nostril (for they have but one) that water which they sucked in while gaping for their prey. Bat it is in the ciroumstances in which they continue their kind, that these asimals show eminent superiority Other fish deposit their spawn, end leave the success to accident; these never produce above one young, or two | atthe most ; and this the female euckles en- tirely in the manner of quadrupeds, her breast | being plaeed. as in the human kind, nbove the navel. Their tails also are different from } those of all other fish ; they are placed so as | to lie flaton the surface of the water, while | | the other kinds have them, as we every day | fee, upright or edgeways. This flat position | of the tail enables them to force themselves | suddenly to the eurface of the water to breathe, which they are continually ecmpelled to do Porpoises are very numerous in our waters, | especially in the Chesapeake. They live chief ly on small fish and eels, and will pursue them with such violence as often to throw | themselves so faronashoal as to be unable j to get off. The porpoise of our water is of the | same color of the one we have described, the white kind being confined tothe St Lawrence | aud still more northern waters. A porpoise | yields a large quantity of the most costly oil, | and we often wonder they are not captured in | this vicinity for that purpose, as they are so abundant. We have been told a single one will yield a hogshead of oil, Lut of this we have our doubts. The porpoise is inoffensive, never attacking bathers; but strange as it may appear, if one ef their number is wounded and begins to bleed, its companions will fall upon and de- vour it. bey generally go in troops of from six to five times that number. Inthe moet tempestuous weather they can surmount the waves and pursue their course. Seamen have @ superstitious detestation of them, because they believe their appearance to be ominous of approaching storms | Anecdote of the Late Dr. Wainwright. In the preface to the Memorial Volume of | the Right Rev. Jonathan Mayhew Wain- wright we find the following anecdote : “ During my residence in Boston,’’ said Dr. ainwright, ‘Mr. Webster, several times in the course of our frequent conversations, sug- gested subjects which he wished to hear treated from the pulpit, and I have taken advantage of the suggestion. On one occasion he said to me, with more then common earnestness, ‘There is one text which I have often thought | of as opening a grand eubject, and { skouid like to hear it treated.’ ‘What is that, Mr. Webster?’ Turning to me, with his eye kind- ling under his overhanging brow, and speak- ing slowly in his deep tremulous tone, he enid: } ‘There ts one Lawgiver’ I replied: ‘It is anoble subject, and I will write upon it for nezt Sunday You cannot.’ ‘Why? it is but Wednesday, and I shall have ampletime.’ ‘You cannot; that sermon will cost you the best fortnight’s labor you ever undertook. I thought, nevertheless, that I could accom- plich the design; and upon returning to my study, I undertook it, dwelling upon it and | Visitors are received on perp | Child Stealing in New York It is said, and the records of police in some measure confirm that the little olive branches th; are sup- Pogg! to flourish best around a man’s table, are occasionally plucked up by outsiders and carried away to be trapsplani in some Strange places. Nurses and other attendants, who have left the little darlings alone in the parks or pbblic places for a few minutes, have beeu sorely surprised to find them gone, and that all subsequent efforts to gain @ trace of the lost ones, have Proved abortive. This may appear strange, but it is true. Some people suppose that the children thus kidnapped are taken to be initiated into the secrets of ground and lofty tumbling, or to become incipiont wonders of saltatorial dis- play on the tight rope, or juvenile equestrians. thers say that they are taken for reli 6 purposes, to be proselytes to eclibacy. edo not know how this may te; but we have heard of so man; strange efforts to obtain the ea of children from the Supreme ourt, after their mothers have entrusted them to outsiders to rear, that we can easily credit any such rumors The following sin- gular item of news was related to us afew dey ago by a member of the bar : Oar informant said he was applied to by a gentleman of wealth of this city, to obtain the restoration of a young child which bad been taken away from the care of his family, under very singular circumstances. The gen- Uleman in question had married a lady ot re- markable beauty and accomplishments, who, efver their union, had introduced to his home a child of most winsome manners and beauty, which she called ber ni This scion soon became an especial pet of the dousebold, and was duly installed as the feature of the family. Ia the course of the summer, the gentleman with his wife and the child took up their resi- dence at a fashionable watering place on Long island Sound, and the child was there much noticed by all the visitors as a little paragon of periectibility in petticoats; but one, a Southern lady, appeared to have imbibed for it an ardent affection, and wished to adopt it esberown The offer was not accepted A day was at length fixed for the departare of | the party for their home in the city, when, to the utter* astonishment of all, the child was missing, and could not be fuund. Every nook ,; *nd corner in the house and grounds were searched, but in vain; and the lady and gen- Uleman returned to the city, the former incon- svlavic for the loss of the child which she then confessed was hers, before her marriage to her present husband. This confession did not pre- vent him, however, from doing every thing in Lis power to solve the mystery. With that view he applied to our legal friend for advice, and the latter recommended tue service of a writ of habeas corpus on the Southern lady—who was then in the city —di- recting her to have the cbild before one of the Justices of the Swpreme Court. This course was pureued, and the mandate served with a singular result ; for on the morning of the day the child chould have been brought before the Judgo, it was left all fortorn in the office of the lawyer, but so sadiy changed. as to be hardly recognizable by its fond but erring mother. its beautiful auburn locks had been cut off, its features dyed to a deep brown or dusky hue; it wasciadin habiliments of the most abject poverty, and presented, altogether, one of the most deplorable spectacles that could be imagined. ‘he firet impulse of the lawyer was to send the little ‘‘vagabond”’ tothe Alma House ; bat, on reflection, he hed a messenger for his client, and the lost one was thus restored to the arms of its mother. The child, although most intelligent for ite age, could not furnish any clue fora solution of the mystery of its disappearance —Porter's Sporst of the Times Tae U_S. Assay Orrice —TheU 8 Asexy Office in New York is well worth a visit. The rather insignificant looking white marble buil - ding which stands next the Custom House in Wall street (No.30) is occupied by Uncle Sam as a Gold and Silver Refinery. The business offices front on Wall street, but the working apariments are in alarge building in the rear mornings, between the hours of ten and twelve o'clock, but our population is mostly so taken up with business cares at these hours of the day, that very few find their way into the Assay Office About five o’clock, p.m., would suit most peo- ple better, and if the hours were altered there would probably be more visitors. We visited this curiosity shop on Wednesday, and felt well repaid for the time spent there, in the entertainment and information which we re- ceived from the gentlemanly usher who ex- plained the why and the wherefore of the op- erations. First, we were taken into the room where the bullion is measured. Here nicely adjasted making notes. But the more | meditated, the larger grew the subject, and I put myself tiously to the task for the remainder of t week. Saturday came, and the mighty idea had stretched beyond my narrow grasp; and [ gave the subject up for the time, saying to myself, Hooker has bent that bow, and Web- ster could, were he to try, but I cannot.’’ Now his very appreciation of the groeatnees of the theme, here unconsciously shown, is an evidence that in his humility he ucderrated bis power to grasp it. Many an inferior man would, without hesitation, have essayed the bow of Ulysses, and to his life’s end would probably have told the story of his success in unbending it. The real difficulty presented to Dr Wainwright, no doubt, was that of adapting the treatment of such a theme, to his Rabitual manner of seeking in everything be uttered from the pulpit, the instruction and the edification of the plainest among the people. His tastes, formed aud disciplined under a profound sense of the duties of his of- fice, led him to a different class of subjects ; and when several years after, his friend, Washington Irving, suggested to him as a text the words, ‘‘My son, give mo thy heart,’’ which, although not really inferior in its de- mands upon the intellectual resource and power to the text proposed by, Mr. Webster, was yet more within the range of his ordinary meditations, without difficulty, and ina very short time, an excellent sermon was pre- ” Say Amen !—Larkin Moore was a half-cra- sy, wandering, lazy fellow, who used to amuse the people in about Newburyport with his ec- centricities and his music; for Larkin had a host of old songs, bymns and snatches of mel- ody, which he rendered, in a plaintive voice, to femiliar airs, and entertained crowds that would gather around him Many of these songs needed only to be clothed in better words, and they would take their place among the verses that mon will not let willingly die. For example, one of Larkin’s songs caught the ear of a true poet, who dressed it up, and it pow commences: “A pilgrim climb’d the mountain ht, Begiiea by storm and snow.?? —_ Larkin went to church one Sunday while in Taunton, avd Parson Whitney was exerc ng his gifte, which were few and small. His ser- mons were noted for their great length and very little depth- for their want uf thought, and the preacher’s want of energy; so that oftentimes it seemed as would come to the end, if had but spirit enough to bring | himself to a standstill Larkin walked iy the aisle and took his seat about midway va the church. He listened longer emma have been expected of such a restless mi Pres while firstly, secondly, thirdly, fourthly, mee thly, were severally announced and ; and then exclaimed the 2 ‘ Qn, A - iy at that man out!” said Mr. Whitney; but he was so put out himself that be did not resume his discourse. scales are kept, regulated by the standard at Washington. The gold and silver, while in process of avsaying, is frequently weighed, so that there is no chance forfraud on the part of the employees. The ascent from one story to another is by irou staircases, and the floors are covered with iron gratings, which are removed at stated periods, and the floorings beneath carefully swept, and the particles of the precious mstals which are mixed with the dust are thus pre- served The gold which is brought into the office for assaying is composed, to a certain degree, of silver. Eleven per cent of Califor- nia gold is silver. Two pounds of silver are mixed with every pound of unrefined gold and melted up with it, and then upon the ap- plication of nitric acid the pure gold is sep- arated from the silver. Thirty tons of silver in solution is kept constantly on hand for this purpose Silver is granulated in the same way, by mixing it with zinc and applying the acid. The silver is precipitated into salt ter, insolution with the nitric acid, and by this means a portion of the acid is removed, and on being united with zinc in the proportion 1:2, the silver and acid are entirely separated. A small steam engine of 30 horse power keeps the machinery of the workhouse in motion. Immense vaults extend underneath the street, which we did not explore Most of the men (of whom there are 60) em- loyed at the Assay Office at present come ‘rom the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia. They are well paid, and it is almost impossible for them to practice any dishonesty without de- tection. We were shown some solid bars gop gold. worth $5,500 apiece, and others of $3,000 and $600, respectively. It is sufficient to incite a lszy man to industry to look at them We saw some huge cheeses of silver, tus, worth $3000 apiece; if the moon were made of such cheeses, lovers would not be the only lunatics The wonders of the Assay office, like all other wonders, must be seen to be appreciated, and it is astonishing that there are sey oon itors there on Wednesday mocminge © wages Yorker visiting Philadelphia or ton, is retty certain to see all that is worth looking 8 but at home be is the least carious of mortals.—V. Y. Times Stewart Ker, E & heavy produce erpool, Engiaad, is now on sit peered St gestae Cnieago Journal, with a yew, a we are infe-wel, of making arrang:- nents for # direct trade between that city and Li 1. Hoe left there immediately after the arrival of the Dean Richmond at that port. We notice that the project of sending over three or four more ofgur lake vessels to Li 5 erpool direct is mooted on Water street, ~ will probably be carried out The true —_ iv, however, to put a line of a, vg he < route between this eity and Montreal or Que bec, to connect with the line of ocean steam: rs ofunping from these ports to Liverpool. pitt EA ao of Homeopathic medica men Give es meet in Brussels, at which the Muropeans are expected.