Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1856, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR, fOULISHED EVERY AFTERROUR, (EXCEPT SUNDAY,) 4) the Star Buildings, serner of Penasyloania . end Frewenth atresi, a 3y W. Uv. WALLACH, W Ul be served to subscribers by carriers at SIX AND A QUARTER CENTS, payable weekly to the Agents; papers served in packages at 374 @ents per month, To mail subscribers the sub- scription price is THR EE DOLLARS ANDFIF- ‘RY OBNTS a year ia advancs, TWO DOLLARS for six months, and ONE DOLLAR for three |- months; for less than three months at the rate of Lag conte a week. {D> SINGLE COPIES ONE CENT. Eben VOL. VEIL. JOHN H. McCUTCHEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ‘AS REMOVED BIS OF FICE AND RESI- Hk: No. 2 Missouri avenue, snd O&h street. nov 18-im® &. SKINNER’S SCHOOL FOR THE street, be- Friday visitors. A CARD. bo yee gy TSACHBSR OF VOCA Music, No. 403 E street, between 9th Hitlbas, Music stores. se 17-3m iL. J. MIDDLETON, pe LL, BL fice et—South west coruer Pa ptr fob T- 55 CAST OF CLOTHING PF ALL KINDS Shahar mong ah — Louisiana avenue, ite jarket. N. B.—Also, eeueedl a pamsen ct Repairing. nov 10-im® - MRS. 6. H. SMITH, 420 D street north, between 6th and 7th, Beet wentagen: Sete tas aise ton, etown, y that she is epee to oie beontion in classes wate lessons, in theart of MAKING WAX FLOWERS and VASES. Also, Wax Fruit and @rmamental Leather work Ladies wishing to avail themselves of this op- portunity of acquiring a most beautiful accom ca will please call as early as possible, as ts. 8. does not contemplate remaining long in the city TERMS: Was Flowers in Classes, per term of 12 les- GORS...cccrcccce-secsceeccserccorsscccosooees! War Fruit in Classes, per term of 12 lessons..85 Leather W ork in Classes, per term of 8 lessons $3 Private Lessons $1 each—Vases $10. nets and Vases, Wreaths, Single Flowers, &e, sale, or made to order. au 26-6m DENTAL SURGEON, R.B F CUOSBY, PENN. AVENUE, BE- tween Sixth and Seventh streets, atthe place formerly occupied by Dr Se Var Patton, bas just received a very large supply of articles ning to dentistry, and respectfully invites the public to give hima call. aving devoted his w pevorkubad we fession, he is perfectly safe in declaring that he will give entire satisfaction in every case. The best professional references can be seen at bis of- tice. nov 12-tMarchwe WINTER MILLINERY. MRS. M.A. HILLS WILL OPEN ‘Winter Millinery on Wednesaas, SY November 12th, at No. 295 Pennsyl- and 10th streets. avenue, between deh novs — DELTA SALOON, D street, between Sth and 9th streets. HIS ELEGANT SALOON WAS OPENED on Saturday evening, Novem! Sth, and the proprietor, in soliciting eat ors | begs leave to assure the public that he has spared no pains or expease in making this the most elegant EATING and DRINKING SA- LOON in Washington city. Its central and prir vate locality, and the admirable adaptation of the house to the business, alded by the best of cooks and servants, and his unremitting endeavors to obtain the finest 0 YSTERS and other delicacies which the m:rket affords, will, lees merit and receive the patronage of his fr! and the community generally. nov 12 re “s ASA RICKETTS. COAL—OOAL—COAL. E HAVENOW ON HAND THE LARG; est and most su} stock of COAL ever brought into this market. Also afloat and deliv- tons Red Ash, broken for Grates 170 do White Ash Egg, for Kadiators ken for Furnace viation. Coal kept under cover. PINE, OAK, and HICKORY WOOD always on hand T.J.& W.M. GALT, Office N. W. cor. of 12th and C sts, No. 547, one square south of Penns avenue. nov 13 SHEFFIELD. UST RECEIVED FROM NEW YORK, the most beautiful and richest assortment ot ivory and other kinds of Sheffield Table Cuti ea an eonrnmeesrenningaers ey Fi of Ivory in mahogany cases, with best quali- Bs of plated Forks, very rich and handsome. Also. call at No 316 and examine them. , on hand a very large assortment of Stoves all sorts and sizes, from $3 u Sign of Stoves, Grates, and House- Furnishing Gants, No 318 Pennsylvania avenue, between 10th and 1ith streets. nov 25 6 C. WOODWARD « 80N. AND MINIATURE PAINTER ORTRAIT AND M A . 0.464 TENTH STREET, WASHINGYON, invites the attention of Ladies and Gentle- men tothe ucts of her art—to be seen at her Rooms. She will promptly execute all orders ‘with which she may be honored. nov 25 OFFICIAL. a Taeascay Deranruent, August 20, 1856. Whereas the following joint resulution of Congress has become a law: Joust Resovorion extending the time for the credi- torsof Texae to present their clams Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa- Sives of the Cnited States of America in Congress as , Tbat as, agreeab’y tothe provision of the foarth section of the act of the 26h of February, 1885, ** to provide for the payment of such ¢reditors of the late repab ic of Texas as are comprehended in the act of Congres3 of September 9th, 1850,"? no- tice, by public aivertisement, was duly given for the space of ainety days by the Se-retary of the Treasury, of the time at which payment of the amount appropriated by the nfth -ectiun of said act would be made, pre rata, on acy bond, certificate, or evideace of aebt of said Mia e, which should be presented at the Treasury Wepariment thirty days preceding the 13th day of Jun~, 1458, the limit of said notice; and as it is represented by the said Seoretary of the Treasury, that of said bonds, cer- tifleates, and evidences of debi, which have been recogniz-d by the State of Texas, the same, equal to ths sum of taree hundred and eighty nine thous ead six bundred and ninety three dollars and seven ceuts were not presented tothe Treasury Department jor te the said 13th of Jun-, therefore, in orter to fall justice to the holders of «aid debt, the Secre- tary of the Treasury is hereby au hormed to pay to the holders of ao of the said bonds, certificates, or evideuces, of deb, not presented before the 13th day of Juuc last, who may present avd prove the sane at the Treasury Department, between the 13th day of Juve iast and the lst day of January next, Bad ageouse the proper reicases Wo ine United States and State of Texas, their pro rata share of the red @nd fifty thousand payment thereof, the said Secre authoriged and required to esidue of the said seven mil lions seven hundred aud Ofty thousand dollars, then remaining iu the treasury, pro rata, amongst al! the sad bolders who tay hav proved their claims, and exscated the proper releases on or before the Istday of Jaauary next. Approved August Isth, 1456 NOTIOSIS HERES Give to the holdem of bonds, certificates, and evidences of debt of the late repub- lie of Texas, which were not presented at this de- partment on or before the 12th day of June last, thay the same wifi be settled and the pro rata amoant hereon will be paid to the lawful holdersthereof if presented before the fret day of January next, ao- companied with the necessary evidence of theirgen- Ulneness, With assignments to the United States, re- quired to give thisdepa-tment the custody of such boods, cerfiScates, and evi tenses of debt, and with releasesio the Uaited States and Texas, fu accord. Bace Wit the provisiogs of tne actof Congressof ‘Sth Pebruary, 1656. ‘This department wiliaot require evidence of gen- uinoaess to be presented with the certifiontesiasued by the saditorand comptroller of Texas underthe laws ofthe State. Bat it posvessesno meansof ver- fying the certificates, bonds and promissory motee fesaed by the republic of Texas, and not presented to, nor audited by, the officers of the State. The Recessary and proper proof of the genuincnessef the latter isthe certificate ofthe comptroller ofthe State of Texas, who has the official charge of the origias! archives retating tothe debt ofthe late re public of Texas. Tos assigament aed relcases may be executed Oad ackaswiedgedin the presenoe of the Assistant EES ing Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1856. NO. 1,189. Secretary ofthe Treasury, or the chiefclerk thereof, in the presence of a notary public, and be witnessed bythe Assistant Searetary, or chief clerk and nots w, end beeertifed by the notary under his nota- ria! seal; but when tae holders desire to make the assigament aad execate the roleages out of the olty of Weshington, it may be done in the presence ef am assistanttreasurer, or eoileetor, or surveyor of the customs, in the presence of a notary public, and be witnessed by the collector or surveyor and the no- tary public, and be certified by the notary under his notarial seal; and if there be no collector orsurvey+ or ofthe customs at the place where the party re sidea, the assignment and releases may be executed before any court of reeord, in the presence ofthe judge and clerk thereof. and be witnessed by them, and certified by the clerk under his seal of office; ad if the holder be out of the United States, the as- signment and releases may be executed before any United Stateaconsal, and be witnessed and certified by him under his consutar seal. All personsexe onting sch assignmentsand releases must also de- clare, undesoath, beforethe notary, olerk, or con sul, as the case may be, that they are the real own- ers ofthe certificates or other evidences of debt, or that the same have been assigned to them, bona fide, for collection ; and the notary, clerk, or consul must inctude the fact of thatdectaration in their oer tifate ofaoknowledgment. . If assigned for collection, or in pledge, the name of the party holding the beneficial or residuary in- varest in the da@im mus’ be stared in the affidavit and @ 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 ia requested. 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 seribed by number, date, amount, and name of the original payee. It should also appear whether the certificates were issued by the suthonties of the State of Texas, on account 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 made in common form ; the releases should be drawn ac- cording to the forms subjoined—A and B. JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury, Form A. Know ail persons by these presents that ——— has released, and livreby releases, the United Siates of America from all further liability or claim ior the payment of certificate or eviuence of debt amber , for the sum of 3. , 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 Staces inaccerdance with the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “An act to previ ter the payment of such creditors of the late republic of Texas as are comprehended in the actof Congresa of bec gripe or nine, eighteen hundred and filly,” approved the 28th day of Ped , 1855, and ao act of the state of Texas, approved the Jet of February. 1856. As witness my hand and seal, Form B Know all pereons by these presents that —— —— has released, and hereby releases, the Stateof ‘Texas from all further liability or claim for the pay- ment of certificate or evidence of debt number , for the sum of 3——, issued by the lace re- public of Texas, (or by the authorities of the Mate of Texas, as the case may bc,) and redeemed by the United States in accordance with the provistoas of en act of Congreas, entitled “ An act to provide for the payment of such creditors of the late republic ot Texas as are comprehended in the act of Con, of September nine, eighteen hundred and fifty,” approved the 28:h of February, 1855, and an act of the State of Texas, approved the Ist of February, 1856, As witness my hand and seal. The following isa list of the audited certificates still outsta ding: No Issued to. No. Issued to, 8 T D Tompkins 1639 Oscar Engledow 18 Bukman field 1675 Trustees ef Austin 31 John A Clifton College 32 H K Muse 1682 G H Monsarrat & Co 53 R G Hobbz 16% John Karner 84 J De Cordova 1704 Daniel Cari 92 John Burningham = 1732 135 Phineas De Cordova lsat HX Walcoss 176 EB Baldwin 1746 John W Portis 191 James Tilghman 1770 5 K Elliott 192 Mathias Clark 1807 Harriet G 200 1816 Miles 8 Bennett 30 } Ethan Earle 1829 Nathaniel Rudder #28 O Blineau 1831 ) Levi Tyler, adm’r 344 J B Wade 1833 § of WH Kelly 368 Peters & Booth 1838 Samuel! Wilde 395 Lou Husted 1839 George Butheriand ae Non 427 J Parker, for Eliza- beth Parber, ex’ eas} J C Eccles 437 Benedict Bayley 1844 Edmund Ballinger 445 Leander Beason 1852 J ©) Logan 466 Wm Odlin 1856 C P Green 467 John W King 1865 David Ayres 509 T B Webb 1869 Thomes P James 510 A 8 Thurmond 548 Thos W Marshal! 625 David 8S Kaufman 643 George W Parker 1878 C Schiediemantd is J F Jewett 1897 F Emma 1899 Par-ille Lee* oe Sey tema z Ml caer 6 i johnson esa j Wm Flowse 1928 Robert Lusk 65a J A Sim 1929 E W Cawthern 659 Wm H Belcher 1930 Wm Cochran , 677 HH Willams 1992 Francis Moore jr TUL Felix Rieder oe — Dates 718 eaac Robert Dale 719 2086} Tis _ Jones 1504 f © W Vickery 779 Wm Walker 2083 793 byer Peari Aid Pau! Bremond 8 2 Isaac ill a 863 Hermogan Brown 1610 § Dévid G Burnet #74 John W Bower 2108 #79 Jama McMaster Fo BP McMaster 914 Dyer Pearl 35 915 Mary Elen Heden- 1858 FP Geawy berg 930 5 Elis ne! oe 5 W Fisher 932 Mrs M: elville 21 * 1010 Anson Cranson 1501 Louisiana Davis 1912 R M Forbes 2303 '£ Frost 1025 James N Hogan 1043 Thomas Lindsay 1045 Jemes L Green 1047 Jesse Daniel lvts J B Daniel 1050 Charles Vincent 1056 } 23454 PG Merritt 1957 55 DGervaise 349° Pinkney 1058 Willis Millican 2350 J BD Giddings 1059 J D Millican 2354 J Crawtord jr 1062 John Davis 2258 AP 1065 Wm Barton 2859 Thomas Warner jr 1079 W A Lockhart 2463 George K 1080 K Morton 2864 Francis B: 1135 James Killam 2382 Elizabeth Carter 1196 C H Taylor 9383 Wm Davis 1341 Youngs Octeman 2387 Joseph Tomlinson 1248 Robert McNutt 2390 Sneed & Turner 1249 Joan W Cloud, per 2390 Wm Kimbro awy J H Raymond 2400 HH ie 1283 EB De Pontois #401 KW 1269 © P Green 2402 Catherine Allen 1275 G W Binks & J B 2405 Henry Kring Shaw 2413 J W Lawrence 1297 John Kendrick 2418 en Smich 1296 Samuel Hidten 2434 A C Horton 1300 Jobn Johnson 2438 Elaphalet Easton 1301 Susen Massiex 2442 Lemuel BDickenson 1362 Thomas H Forrester3450 Wm H Thompson 1385 BR Warner 2452 Z Wm Eddy 1483 William Freie 247i J E Herron 1424 G W Osborne 2474 A B Hemphill 1425 John A Katherford 2477 Aaron 1427 Cornelius Vannoy 2479 Heirs of John Jones 1428 Joveph Bates 9400 * Joel Hid 1473 Ann B Reese 2481 ~Warren Aburn 1515 Lumbard Mims =. 482s John L, Monks 1581 J C Moore 2483 = Peter Aldrich 1523 John James 200M A 1554 KA 29600 George C Daycashier 1570 E M Pish 2501 F Kennett & Co 1572 Wm Kerr 2503 John W Schrimpf 1580 James A M 2504 W C Blair 1581 P Bickford 2512 M Rorberttaille 1612 Joha Lamer 2513 He B Brooks 1615 _ ——— 2514 “yo Tromwelt 164 Levi Mercer 2589 Furbur & Bean 1625 Eli Mercer 2534 Surah Newman The bgers camuspe other classes of the debs pee of Texas ceanot be ified by a thie Department. | etJany FASHIONABLE DANCING. W. MUNDER, PROFESSOR OF DANC- and Con- © ing at vent, pal teacher of Washing- ton, 'D. C., and Baltimore, Md , has iblic ly, that his school is 0; FURSDAY and THURSDAY AFTERNUON for Young Ladies, Misses, ard Masters, “are until 6 o’c'ock, and on the same evenings at 8 for gentlemen. Owing to the unusual large number of pupils in his classes this season, and the great success of his class in the first society of Baltimcre, com- pells him to limit the number of pupils taken for the balance of the season. The public are well aware that Prof. M. neither time nor patience to render the ae invio ae pool generally of ie a clase and few that and standing, to visit his pupils im the Pleasant past. It is desirable all who wish to participatein his May Exhibition should ente: earty this year, as the in pre —- are more complicated than any hereto- Introduced. nov 21-tf SORIEES DANSANTE. ROF. H W. MUNDER TAKES GREAT pleastre in announcing to his friends, patrons, and public generally, that the above social and delightful entertain-— ments will commence at Munder’s Metro itan Hall, corner 9th and D streets, on EDNESDAY EVENING, November 26th, at 8 o’clock, and continue every Wednesday throughout the season. Gentlemen wishing to subscribe for the season can do s0 upon very favorabie terms, by applying at the Hall on Tues- day and Thursday evening from 8 till 10 o’clock nov 21-1 > YLOR & MAURY’S RECENT IM. tations —The following valuable and inter works will be found amongst a variety of English Books recently received from England. many of which are at considerably reduc: oe ces and especially suited for the approaching fes- tive season : Book of Celebrated Poems; the best ms in the English languaze; one beautifully printed Svo volume, witheighty flustrations by the first artists. cloth, gilt edges, #4 Cru anks’ Three Courses and a Desert, fifty humo illustrations, 81 25 Book of Family Crests.2 volumes, over four thousand cuts of crests, Furniture and House dred illustrations. $6 Gallery of the Graces, or Beauties of British oar 36 beautifal plates, morocco, richly gilt, 50 Gleanings of Nature, by Mudie, 57 colored plates by L.andseer, jr , - Puss im Boots, 12 fine illustrations, fancy covers, 0 cts Junius’s Letters. complete in two volumes, $2 Kohl’s Russ‘a—St. Petersburg, Moscow, and the Crimea, $2 75 Moore’s Irish Melodies, {ilustrated edition, beautifully printed and embellished with splendid line engravings from pictures painted expressly for the work by Mu'ready, jr , $7 Nicholson’s Operative Mechanic and British Machinist, 150 plates, #4 50 Nicholson’s Builder and Workman’s New Di- rectory, 41o , 150 plates, $6 Percy’s Reliques of Ancient Engifsh Poetry, cloth, extra gilt, $2 25 Pictorial Boot of Ancient Ballads, illustrated, antique glit edges, $3 75 Robinson Crusoe, With 26 illustrations, on weed and steel, $125 ‘ Sauntering about London, 75cents Sculpture, Specimens of Ancient and Modern, 4to., 05 plates, $2.50 Bketenes of Young Ladies, Young Gentlemen, and Young Couples, 18 illustrations, by Phiz, #1 Stuart’s Antiquities of Athens, and other Mon- uments of Greece, 70 beautiful plates, with the measurements, details, &c., $2 75 ‘Tasso’s Jerusalem Delivered, 24 engravings on wood and 8 on steel. 81 25 Walker’s Analysis of Beanty in Women and Critteal View of Hypotherses ae Beauty, new editions, ¥@ drawings from life, $8 Bon Gauitier’s Book of Ballads, iilustrate@ by Crowquill, Leech, and Doyle, $2 25 A Cracker Bon Bon for Christmas Parties, by Brough, illustrated, $1 Round Games for a'l Parties, for Old and Young, gilt edges, $1.50 5 Bosweil’s Life ot Johnson, 10 vols., 50 plates, Decoration, 4to , six hun- 10 J rag Studies of Heads, finely drawn on stone, to. Lardner’s Popular Astronomy, 119cuts, 12mo., 6736 cts. finch’s Pictures—Pictures from the Portfolio of Mr. Punch, 600 illustrations by Leech, 1 vol , 83 50 Book of Costume, or Annals of Fashion, by a Lady of Rank ; Svo., numerous illustrations, gilt ae $2 50 a ae Comic Annual, 40 tllustrations by Leech, ; igs Laue of the Government School of De- sign, ‘hamber’s History of the Kussian War, splen- didly !llustrated with maps and plates, $3 The work of Canova in Reulpture and Model- ling, fer, in ontline by Henry Moses. with descriptions and a biographical memoir; 3 splen- did volumes, $12 For sale at nov 28- TAYLOR & MAURY’S Bookstore, near 9h st. NEW LIVERY STABLE, Eighth Street, between D and B. To SUBSCRIBER HAS ERECTED A commodious stable on 8th street, having room enough for over fifty hor- ses. and a capital Carriage House of 27 by 90 feet. This establishment is now. open for the reception of Horses on livery, and for tbe hiring and selling of horses. He has also for rent a fine large Room immedi- poy Me his carriage house, 27 by 90 feet, suita- ble for almostany purpose ‘There is alsosleeping brunks for ons bringing servants, and the whole establishment is lighted with gas. He would also call the attention of persons bringing produce to market, to the fine yard ad- join: oe stable, where wagons oan be safely se-ured during the night ‘The whole establishment is under the chargecf Wx. Hicks, well known to stable men in this city. nov 26 tf JOHN C. COOK. De Mexson AT 338 PENN’A AVENUE. is still making those beautiful @ontinueus GUM TEETH, called Allen's Patent, for the excellency o: which over all other styles of teeth, many now wearing them {n 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, against whom { hereby caution the public N. B. Whenever a Dentist speaks against Allen’s Patent Continuous Gum Teeth, when properly constructed, itis because he ts Jgnorant Pr the , Incomyetent to make the work, or sunwilling to pay for the patent. je 16-2 MADAME DE VOUS MILLINER FROM PARIS, and 1 Broadway, New York, will make lier usual visitto Washington with utiful assortment of BUNNETS, CLOAKS, and HEADDRESBES, in the begin- ing of December next, at THE LAKES, nov 24-1w 504 Penna. ave , up stairs. HOSIERY —HOSIERY. joes H SMUOT, NO. 119 BRIDGE Street, 6 ;D C, has received a large assort- ment of Woolen and Cotton Hose, and balf Bore for Ladies, Gents, Boys and Girls, of all sizes and qualities, end of the best makes Purchasers will please call. nov 26 OE JAMES 8. WELCH'S FIKST PREMIUM FAMILY FLOOR, 2 ss E ARE NOW RECEIVING THIS Justh celebrated brand of Flour, and willeontinus toreceive a fullsueply during the winter We Wectpes seh gad ak in the market. eare agents for the sel Bhan ei ie Bele of the following Richard B. Weich, Family Charles L. Wood. do Daniel J Wood, Island Mills. Kilzabeth Mills, All of which we offer ie chasers, at the phot market prices ARTLEY BROTHE nov 26-1m 101 Water 8t , Menguees ’ do do do quantities to suit pur- grey WAS PL S-—-WE HAVE now In store aa and most I stock of new and beautiful PIANUS ever of ned in the city, at prices and terms to suit every one Our store is the largest Pianoforte, Melodeon, Music and Musicel Instrument establishment in the District. JOHN F. ELLI8, nov27— 306 Pa. ave., bet. 9th and 10th sts. 75 BOXES MOULD CANDLES i 30 do Adamantine do. nov 2-eo8t BARBOUR & SEMMES. AUCTION SALES. By JAS. C. McGUIRE, Auctioneer. To SALE OF VALUABLE Building Lots on Ninth street west, be- tween G and H streets nerth.—By virtue of a deed in trust. bearing date on the 23d day of No- vember, 1855, and recorded in Liber J A. 8.. No. 102, folios 443, et -» the subscriber will sell at public sale on TUESDAY, the 24 day of December, 1856, at 4 o’cleck BR m , on the prem- ises, part of Square No. 375,{n the e of Wash- es on Ninth street ington, Sterng Sg feet lu inch west, between G and H streets north, by 101 feet The above property is eligibly situated in the Dace Fan! the Patent Ome, and in one of the most rable parts of the city for private rest- dences, and will be sold as lots, to sult purchasers, offers a very favora- food ity to persons desiring to build or in- Terms of sale will be: One-third cash, and the in six, twelve, and eighteen months, for notes bearing interest from the day of aule, te- cured by deed of trust upon the pr ; and if not complied with in five days ufter the sale the property, will be resold, upon one week’s notice, at the risk aud expense of the defauiting pur- whole or In separate chaser. Title made indisputable. All conveyances at the expense of the purchaser CHAS S WALLACH, Trustee. nov 21-e0kds JAS. C. McGUIRE, Auct =f & GREEN, Auctioneer RUSTEE’S SALE OF KEAL ESTATE. By virtueof a deed of trust bearing date Wd day of January, 1856, and recorded in Liber J A-S,No. 111, folios 421, et seq., among the land records of Washington county, in the Dis- trict of Columbia, the undersigned will sell on MONDAY, the 15th day of December, 1856, on the premises, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, to the highest bidder. at public auction, all that piece or parcel of ground situated in the city of Washing ton, in sald District, and known and distinguish- ed upon the ground plan or plat of said city ss part of Lot No. 4, in square No. 561, and bound- ed as follows: commencing at the southeast cor- ner of said lot No 4; thence northwardiy, along the dividing line between said lot No.4 and Jot numbered 3, to a public alley; thence along west- wardly seventeen feet; thence southwardly on a line parallel with the said dividing line to sovth C street seventeen feet to the plece of beginuing, with the improvements thereon, which aie a good two-story Frame House. This property fronts on south C, between 13th and 13} streets west Terms: One-third cash; the residue in6 and 12 months, for which the purchaser’s notes will be taken, bearing Interest from the day of sale, and alien on the premises If the terns of sale be not complied with with- in three days from the day of sale the premises will be resold, on five days public notice, at the risk and cost of the purchaser Ali conveyances at he purchaser’s oost, C. C. CALVERT. ‘Trust e. nov 19-eod&ds A. GREEN, Auct’r. By WALL. BARNARD & CU., Anctioneers. IRUSTEE’S SALE.—BY AUTHORITY of a deed of trust from George B Armstrong and Julia H.W , his wife, dated ihe 13th De cember, 1954, and by direction of the party whore deb? !s secured thereby, the sabscriber will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder. on the 22d December next, at 4 o’elock in the afternoon. on the premises. the following lots in the city of Washington “eprey fe Lots No 23 and 2, in Square No 534, lot No. 24 being at the intersec- tion of Virginia avenue and First street west, fronting 55 feet 4 inches on First street and 26 feet 6 inches on Virginia avenue, with a rear front of 48 feet on a 20-foot alley; apd Lot No. 23 adjoin- ing west, with a front of 30 feet 2 inches on Vir- ginia avenue, and rear front of 32 feet on a 20 foot And on the 23d December, at 4 o’cleck, on the premises, commencing at the first lot, and then proceeding to the second. the followin namely: Part of Lot No 10, in Square No 481, fronting 17 feet on Fifth street west, and 93 feet 4 inches deep, commencing on Fifth street 119 fvet south of N street north, containing 1657 square feet; Lot No. 6, in &quare No. 777, said Lot being centrally situated between @ and H streets north. having a frent on Third street east of 69 feet2 inches, with a depth of 164 feet ©} inches, con- taining 9900 square feet. Terms: One-third cash; and the residne at 6, 12and 18 months, for which the purchaser’s bonds will be taken, bearing interest with a lien on the TO} 3 Z I Scie are notcomplied with within five days from the day of sale, the property will be resold at the purchaser’s riex and cost on 2 notice of seven days. CHAS MYERS, Trustee. WALL, BARNARD & CO., nov 27-eokds Auctioneers. TRUSTEE’S SALE. Y VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE Circuit Court for Prince G eorge’s country, sit- ting as a Court of Equity, in the case of John T. Holtzman and wife vs. Mary &. Holtz man and others, the undersigned, as Trustee, will expose to Public Sale at Beltsville, near the premises, on THURSDAY, 4th December next, at 12 o’clork m.,1 fair, if not, the next fair day thereafter, of a tract or parcel of Land called ‘‘Edmondston’s Range,” late tbe residence of Mr. John T. Holtzman, conta!ning forty acres. This property is situated about half a mile from Beltsville, in a healtby and elevated region; is susceptible of the highest state of improvement, admirably adapted to a fruit and market farm, and there isa young Peach and Apple Orchard thereon The improvements consist of a Jarge and com- modious Frame Dwelling with brick basement recently built, and every necessary building, all of which are incomplete repair. ‘There is a pump of fine water in the yard attached to the main dwelling. The society in the neighborhood is excellent, and the situation presents many induce- ments for a most pleasant country residence for a — residing in Baltimore or Weshington Terms of sale as prescribed by the decree are— One half of the purchase money to be paid in cash on the day of sale or on the ratification thereof by the Court, and the residue in 6, 12, and 18 months thereafter, in equal instalments, to be se- cured by the notes of the purchaser with security to be approved the Trustee, bearing interest from the day of sale. Gn the payment of the whole purchase money with interest, the Trustee is authorized by the Decree to convey the pruperty to the purchaser in fee simple. nov 13-e0l0t_ =—s NN. C. STEPHEN, Trustee. CHAUNCEY WARRINER, WATCH MAKER, N°, 4436 STREET, SIGN OF THE LARGE ani Small Watch with Chain, near Shilline- ton’s Periodical Depot, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 4 street WATCHE A JEWELRY, SILVER WARE. WATCH REPAIRING, &c Chronometers, Repeating Waiches, Duplex, Maatle Clocks, Lever, Jewelry. and Horizontal, Bilver Ware. Musical, and REPAIRED, JEWELRY AND SILVER WARE made to order. {[7" Removed from 370 Penn’a avenue. Browns Hotel, to the above location ~@a novH-ec3m SC. WARRINER. TABLE CUTLERY. UCH AS IVORY. WOOD AND HORN handle table and dessert, Knives only, and Knives with Forks. Also, meat and game Car- vers, Steels, &c. These goods are manufactured expressly for my sales. I do not hesitate to re- commend pepo belng equal if not superier to oods in market. —s c. W. BOTELER, Tron Hall 0c 23-e0 = A CARD. T. POTENTINI, No. 279 Pennsylvania avenue, Boxth side between Tenth and Eleventh Stveets, Wasuineton C ty, D C., ESPECTFULLY INFORMS HIS PAT roos and the public t pered f that he is now epared with the most scieniific and skillful Sooks and Confectioners, to furnish PARTIES, WEDDINGS, DINNERS §, | im the most recherche and elegant style at the shortest notice He will give his personel attend. ance and assume the entire responsibility of the entertainment. Connected with his establishment are Parlors where Ladies and Gentlemen can be served at all hours with ice Cream, Jellies, Oysters in every | style, Relishes, Dinners. and Suppers in a man. | het unsu in this city '. POTENTINI, grateful forthe liberal patro | nage he bas heretofore received , assures his friend< and all who may ae him a call, that every effort on bis part will be made to merit a eontinuance of their favors He solicits an examination of his large and ele- it assortment of FRENCH CANDIES, PRE- SERVED end BKANDIED FRUITS, PIC- KLES, SAUCES, &o., which he offers for sule at the most moderate prices nov 19-2tdaeor0t Ne SE ee ee ee ON tS DRAMA. ‘There are eome fine reflections on the drama contained in the following extract from an ~~ paper : at which refleets humanity must partake its eomplexity, must be modified in like man- ver by climate and culture. and knowledge, and intercourse. Thus the drama in all conn- tries has had atwofold relation It has re- flected humanity in the abstract, and national character in particular. It has served asa mirror both to man and to sections of men How vividly the Greek is re-produced in bis tragedies—free, fervid, heroic, artistic, reli gious. How accurately the Spaniard. by Lope and Calderon, in that proud self-esteem which colors all his passions with such a singular | ed How happily the Frenchman, from loliere down to Scribe, in » 1! hie shrewdness, vivacity, and elegant skepticism. And need we aay with what vigor Shakspeare has painted the Englishmar, from his Bolingbroke and Hotepur, his Bastard and Talbot, down to his Gower and Hubert, his Falstaff and Shallow. But national character is progressive. There is, first, a long interval before it is formed There is next a period, long or short, before it attains to refinement. The drama, then, becomes a twofold mirror to man, both of that which is susceptible of expansion and chan; What, then, it may be asked, is the relation of the stage to humanity? The stage me be considered simply a mirror of progress [t reflects the epecial mind of the age it belongs te. AE sdaseemtecies humanity asseen through the media of those successive tastes and feel- ings which progress evolves. A national char acter may be either passionate or thoughtful. artistic or military. Time serves to expand and to balance its features till they have reached a due adjustment of vigor and grace A drama will become one of the records of this progress ; the stage its exponent at each particular step. If we turn, then, to America, we see why she possesses no national drama; she has y got to develop a national character Eng in origin, she has gradually become the cruci- ble in which Europe “deposits yearly every possible variety of blood, thought and senti ment; and until these have had time to fuse and be reproduced in an imperial unity, such as England herself has already exhibited America, who partakes in our language and literature, must be content still tosurvey her- self in our national mirror _ We come then to the question of the Amer ican stage—whieh, idestined of course, to ren the same race as our own, reflectirg the West- ern mind at every point of its progress, till it culminate in a period most conducive to art presents to us, and especially with reference tv comedy, Mr. Murdoch as the exponent of her etage as it is We have propounded the rule that the age makes the actor; and we must assert this with particular reference to comedy, since that re- fleets manners in addition to passions. We can scarcely, taerefore, consider it a charge against Mr. Murdoch that be is wanting in repose and the higher kind of refinement. The time ig not come for these qualities Westward Till a country is setiled,and has attained wealth and leisure, it is clear it cannot develop the highest features of taste. America is thought- ful, courageous, inventive and vigorons. This is her present phase, evolved by her many and imperative wants; and need we say, that this phase is but a step toa speedy and still nobler development _ If faithful, then, to the highest idea of bis time, Mr. Murdoch does not present to ua the highest idea of a comedian, we gladly ac kuowledge his obvious approach to it, and the fulness with which he responds to his national t_ pe, in all bis manhood, his shrewdness, his warmth and enjoyment. Let us take bim in detail. Mr. Murdoch is essentially a manly ce median ; and manliness, need we Say, isa quality that is never lost on an English spec- tator Of a good height and ;person, with a pleasant, vivid face, and a Qlear, ringing voice, be has all that positive basis of muscles and spirit which fully warrants his power of doing all he proposes ; a condition, it will be owacd, which wonderfully sustains both illu- sion and pleasure. There is a great common sense in dramatic enjoyment; and when a man talks of knocking down rugues or carry. ing off Venuses, we like to see the possibility, whether it be evidenced or not. Another merit is his spirit, which is really unquench.bie, and if only held in hand, would be among his happiest resources. As it is, its exuberance becomes a defect, since, in wanting repose, he, at times, wants variety. Another, and, per- haps, a still higher charaoteristic, is his thu- rough enjoyment _ Those who are old enough to remember kl- liston—that most joyous of actors, or one who in most respects was his worthy associate, the buoyant Mrs. Glover, will appreciate the value of this latier distinction Need we say that it is among the rarest of comic resouzces, aud that while it lieg at the rout oi the greatest gomic success, in kindling the sywpathies and warmth of an audience, it even touches a worel chord in the excited spectator He who enjoys art respects it, THE WEEELY 8TAk. ‘Whis excellent Fomily aad News Journal—oon alning a greater variety of interesting reading than ean be found ia any other—is published on Setur- ay morning. vanus.- Single copy, per amRUm...oceeesceeeeseee + BI 2S sees. Fi ‘Twenty copies.......... OD” Caon, imvaniaacy 1m apvance. beprocured Pv ht tewte of tbe PosTMasTERs whoactas: ‘Will Deallowed commission of twenty per sent: atthe coukier femmes eRe paper. ‘Tuner Cunts Tus Quapritte Navuticarty Dascarmep. We have some idea that this capital jeu d'es- prit is not new. But as our dancing season is just commencing, it may amuse some of our readers to see it reproduced. It makes the noble art of dancing ® quedrille clear to the simplest (nautical) capacity : I+ Pantalon —Haul up the starboard tack and let the other craft ; then bear up and get your head on the ir tack— your berth on the port tack—baek and fill with year poe and boxbaul fe—oee ene twice against the sun in compan! cl ie Op- site craft, then your or -shareibl box- aul with her again and bring ber up. L’ Ete. —Shoot ahead about two fathoms till you nearly come stem on with the other craft under weigh; then make stera board to your berth and side out for a bend, first to stan board then to port—make sail and pass the posite craft; then get your head round on the other tack—another side to starboard and port; then make sail to regain ir berth— wear round, beck and fill and ded your partner. Ls Poule.—Hesve abead and pess your ad- versary yard-arm to yard-erm—regain your berth on the other tack in the same order=- take your station in a line with your partner; back and fill—fall on your heel and bring up with your partner—she then mancuvres acead and heaves all aback, fills and shoots in, avd pays off alongside—you then make sail in company, till nearly stem on with the other line—make a etern board and cast her off to shift for bérself—regain your berth by the best means poesible, and let go your aa (4 Trenise —Wear round as before ags, the sun twice, boxhaul the lady, re sa uP slongside her, and make sail in company; when haif way across to the other shore drop astern with the tide; choot abead again and cast off the tow—now back and @ll as before, and boxhaul her and yourself into your berth and briog up. La Pastorale.—Sbovt ahead alongside your partner, then make astern board ~again make all sail over to the other coast—let go the et and pay es into your own berth and ake a turn—the three crafts o ite range up abreast toward you twice, aml bas astern again—now maneuver any rig you like, only under easy sail, as it is alway ight winds” (Zephyrs) in this passage—as goon as you see their helm down, haul round in eompary with them on port tack—then make all sail with your partner into your own berth and bring La Finale —Wear roun? ing under your partner's bows—sight the cat- heads of craft on or your starboard bow—then make sail into your own berth. your partner passing athwart your bows—now proceed ae- cording to the second order of sailing—tocom- plete the evolutions shoot ahead and back astern twice, in company with the whole squadron, in the circular order of sailing. oaeeremenemeinmeniaiiabseescesié, PRorestantisy IX Torkey —Colonel Sir H. Rowlinson observed, the other day, ate meeting in Rxeter Hall that twenty years Prote: sia was unknown in Turkey. Sn cue cocksion a Jew presented himself to the Resident at Bagdad, and claimed British pro- tection, alleging that ho had come from Jogn- eslem. He was informed by the Consul-Gen- eral that aceording to international law oe Waa not entitled to protection, He then paid he was a Protestant, end was informe4 that. if such were the fact, it could not co-sstitute = title to the protection he sought The Con- sul-General, however, wishing <% know what the man’s idea of Protestantiam was, inter- rogated him on the doctrines of bis adopted faith, and he replied— [ eat pork, drink wine, and I do not believe in God.”” (Laugh- ter.) This was the correct idea of Protestan- tism in Turkey at that time, ——<——$—____.. Quire a Dexicacy!— The New Orleans Crescent, as a pair to the description of the lobster catching process in Boston Bay. gives the following description of the method in which “‘ the celebrated New Orleans delicacy, crawfish.’’ are taken: “In the first place, provide yourself with several long wheat or broom straws and » smali quantity of hog’s lard—proceed to some locality where game is known to be abundant— persons of great experience generally select one of the cemeteries—and, having found » hole, which is quite an easy matter, grease the end of one of ed strawe, and stick it down and watch. By and by you will ob- ferve that there is something going on, for your straw will be seen to move about ine very agitated manner; seize it and pull it up with rapidity, and you will have a fish nine times outof ten P.S.—An astive man can io starboard, pase- } attend % several straws,” Onoogep Enoven, Cemrainty,— You are rather a crooked character, Mr, Jones.”” “Ra ther, mr; but not quite 80 crooked as a tree 1 once knew It was the tallest ternut I ever saw Standing tlose to it one day ina thunder storm, I saw a Squirrel on one of its topmost branches, The lightning struck the same branch, about three feet above him, and and quickly extends the squirrel started The lightning bad to that respect to all who behold him. He shows | {!low tbe grain, of course, and the squirrel § Sense of completeness in becoming thorough- ly identified with what he assumes—a fyléli- ing his own end, in being true to his own gifts, which must command our approval whiie it awakens our sympathis This merit Mr. Murdoch pezesees abundantly. Through all! his Jaugers and adventures & bounds wita such an evideut sense of delight, that it really seems in his worst scrapes ty oveate a moral immunity. We cannos help feeling that he is unconscious that be is doing anything wrong, and as we are soon Jed to share the foviing, we are greatly obliged to him. By dwelling on these qualitios we are not denying to Mr. Murdooh either art or intelli- ence. He bas both to a great degree, us he aa shown in his Young Mirabel ; in the mode be varies the several scenes with and escapes from his afflanced, and the well sustained sae with which he encounters the Bravos; e hilarity that plays with the very point of the poinard, and especially in the manner with which he meets his indigulay, his sudden fury, and almost ag sudden self-possession. Another fact in his favor is be derives no as- sistance fram the plays he has appeared in, she one being antiquated and of a question- able taste, and the other techuical, farcical, and very dullin addition. We could only compare him to one cf his own Western steam- ers dragging up against stream a most un- conscionable load. LL How ro Friguten Dogs —The sudden ado: tion of some unusual or grotesque attitude will often succeed in frightening dogs as well | as other fierce animals Waterton relates bis | own marvellous escape from a herd of buffa- — : sere America by an expedient of 3 kind to know He had to cross a narrow bridge, and @ savage dog appeared at the other end, | whom it seemed impossible to eseape. With great presence of mind he fixed his eye stead- ily upon the dog, and gradually lowered his head and shortened his figure by crouching down low with his hands on his knees The dog stood still, and seemed astonished, when | the man began stamping hard with his feet, | and in this attitude et Toate towards the dog, making all the noise he could with his feot; but the moment he began to march thus | beating time, the dog turned away and ran off in a perfect fright.— Notes and Queries. Waar ts a oextuewan?—There have been many definitions of a gentleman, but the pret- tie: and most poetic is that given by # lady. Aman «till living related to mo | an adventure of his own, which may be useful | ws jon the table, unless she bas a natu: “A gentleman,”’ said she. ‘is a human being combining 2 woman's tenderness with a man’s i ” courage. Weatstraightdown. Socrooked was that tree, sir that the squirrel, by my wateb, got to the bottom precisely three minutes before the lightning.” ‘That's a lie!” exclaimed the landlord. “A liel—true az any story ever wse, J afterwards saw that tree cut down and made into raile fora hog pasture The hogs would craw! through twenty times a day, and so crooked were them are rails, that every time the hogs got out they found themselves back in the pasture again '”” Parnce Ecoexx.—For a quarter of cen- tary Kugene regularly passed his evening at the house of the Duchess of Holstein, where he met the Countess Batthyany for a game at cards; or else at the Countess’s own house. Eugene's well known cream-colored horses with piak harness used of themselves to find their way from the palace of the prince to that of the beautiful countess, where they would stop of their own aecord, although now and then it was some time before any one alighted. because Eugene was asleep within the coach, tue coachman asleep on the box, the heyduck asleep on the steps at the car- riage'door, and the two footmes asleep in the rumble; the aggregate age of master and ser- vants amounted to 310 years. The countess certainly had the greatest influence upon the prince. —Vehse’s Court of Austria, A Nice Puace to Boarp ar —A lady, who has just opened a boarding housein Philadel- phia. has adopted the following ruler gentlemen must not put their feet on the mantel in winter, nor out of the window in Samnr, and the lady must not write her name on the glass with a quarts pin. If she uses an air-tight, she must regulate the dam- rr herself. and sot ring every ten minutes r the chambermaid. ihe siugle gentleman must pot play the trow e, nor make love to the servants, nor comb his whiskers at the table If he does, he wont answer The lady must nol turp up ker nose at Ts mg Og, “and none of the party must drink or talk a4 a mouthful of victuals, nor must they figbt for the top buckwheat oake Terms libesal, and wats fe be paid weekly in advance Baines ix rue West.—The West is now being consolidated in its trading and travel- ing facilities by bridges across ite dividing streams and rivers in every direction. The work on the suspension bridge across the Ohio apove Steubenville is progreseing rage 3 orkmen are engaged in constructing the | bridge at Cinetmnati, across the river to Cov- ington. There is also, it hes been stated, « penn bridge over the Mississippi at 5c, ' Louis in Contewplation.