Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1856, Page 1

> THE EVENING STAR, FUBLISHED SVERY AFTERRUOR, (EXCEPT S¥UNDAY,) At the Sear Suwildings, corner of Pi aecnus ond Klewensh strest, By W. D. WALLACH, W iil be served to subscribers by carriers at 81K AND A QUARTER CENTS, payable weekly to the Agents; papers served il packages at 374 cents Per month. To mail subsoribers the sub- scrtption price is THR BK DOLLARS AND FIF- TY CEN 8 2 yearisadvancs, TWO DOLLARS for stx months, aad UNE DOLLAR for three months; for less than @ree months at the rate of lig coats a week. inp SINGLE COPIES ONE CENT. Ebening Star. VOL. VII. FASHIONABLE DANCING. i L, J. MIDDLET! ns Secretary of the Treasury, or the chief clerk thereof, W. MUNDER, PROPESSOR OF DANC- DBA LEE INI Ly F ang | inthe presence of a notary gublic, and be witnessed « ing at ee nee Corner ot tats | bythe Assistant Secretary, or chiefclerk and nota vent, principal teacher of W: tb etracts R ton, D. C., and Baltimaore, Md, has the i. macen. ry, Bnd be certified by the notary under his nota- honor to announce to the citizens ‘ Sane eae! riatgeal; but when the holders desire to make the ublie that bis school ts Rrery, TUESDAY and THURSDAY AF TERNUON for Young Ladies, Misses, and Masters, from 3 until6 o’c'ock, and on the same evenings at S for gentlemen. oO to the unusual large number of pupils in his classes this season, and the great success of bis class in the first society of Baltimcre, com- pells him to limit the number of pupiis taken for ine balance of the season. blic are well aware that Prof. M. NEW LIVERY STABLE, Bighth Street, between D and E SUBSCRIBER HAS ERECTED A commodious stable on 8th street, having room ¢ h for over fifty hor- ses, anda ital Carriage House of 27 —— a t is now. lorses on nd fhrtbe hiring and sell of horses, we over his carriage house. suita- a u whole eatablishmeat ts lighted with gas. produce to market, to the fine ad- ‘well known to stable men in this JOHN C. COOK. SORIEES DANSANTE. ROF.H. W. MUNDER TAKES GREAT SS Hall, corner 9th and D streets, on EDNESOAY EVENING, November ‘26th, at 8 o’clock, and continue every Wednesday th! hout the season. Gentlemen wishing to very m the Hall'on. Tues- Still 10 o’elock. ROM LONDON. tions, Constitutional History, and existing SS of the British porn with bis- toral ments relating to dependency, 1 vol 1863; Howard’s Laws ofthe British Colonies, 2vols.; Mastin’s Statistiss of the British Colo- nies, 1 vot ; *s Political and Military Events in British India, 2 vols; Auber’s Rise and Progress of the British Fewer in indie, vols.; Parlia ates on the Que bee Bill in 1774, 1 vol ; Kalas Geography of tee British Empire and its Colonies, 2 vols ; Cor- res] of the Marruls Me ow 8 Govern- or General and Captain General of India, 2 vols.; Imported, with many others, by dec 5- FRANCK TAYLOR. FOR THE HOLLIDAYS. ITH GREAT PLEASURE WE IN- form our friends aud the public, that in. anticipation of their wants for the Hollida ) we have —— trouble, oe together the largest, most complete, eicd emotimest of Goods in our line ever before off-redin thiseity Weare daily receivir — for Semaine the no soon Gg utifal goods, selected great care _ tention by one of our firm, to which we invite your attention. Ourstore is No 20, between Sth and 9th streets, on the Avenue dec 4- H J. McLAUGBLIN & CO. - YLOR & MAURY’S RECENT IM. pertatiens —The follo valuable and ini works will be found amongst a variet; of Bi Books recently received from England. many of which are at considerably reduc — ces and especially suited for the approaching tive season : Beox of Celebrated Poems; the best poems in the English language; one beautifully printed vo volume, with ity fiustrations by the first artists, cloth, git 2 Craikshanks’ Three Courses and a Desert, fifty humorous 11h 6 thousand cuts of crests, $5.50 Furniture and House Decoration, 4to , six hun- dred illustrations, $6 Gallery of the Graces, or Beauties of British Poets, 36 beautiful plates, morocco, richly glit, 33.00 Gleeni of Nature, by Mudie, 57 colored plates by Jt 83 Puss in Boots, 12 fae illustrations, fancy covers, S50 ets Junius’s Letters. complete in two volumes, $2 Kobl’s Rassia—St. Petersburg, Moscew, and the Crimea, $2 75 Moore’s Irish Melodies, filustrated edition. beautifally printed and embellished with splenaid line eagravings from pictures ited expressly for the work ey eres i » 87 Nicholson’s Operative Mechanle and British Machinist, 150 , $450 Nicholson’s Builder and Workman’s New Di- rectory, 4to , 150 plates, $6 Perey’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, cloth. extra gilt, $¥ 25 Pictorial Book of Ancieat Ballads, illustrated, ue gilt edges, $375 Robinson Crusoe, with 26 illustrations,on wood and steel, $1.25 Sauatering about London, 75eents Sculpture, Specimens of Ancient and Modern, 4to., 65 plates, $2 50 Sketches of Young Ladies, Young Gentlemen, and Young Couples, 18 illustrations, by Phiz, $1 Stuart’s Antiquities of Athens, and other Mon- umeats of Greece, 70 beautiful plates, with the measurements, details, &c., 82 75 ‘Taseo’s Jerusalem Delivere4, 24 engravings on ‘wood and 8 on steel, $1 25 Walker's — of Beauty in Women and Caitical View of Hypotheses Nn “ie Beauty, new editions, #2 drawings from life, 96 Bon Gaultier’s Book of Ballads, Sllustrated by Crowquill, Leech, and Doyle, 82 45 A Cracker Bon Bon for Christmas Parties, by Brough, fiustrated, $1 Round Games for all Parties, for Old and Young, gilt edges, $1.50 Boswell’s Life of Johnson, 10 vols., 50 plates, sw r — Studies of Heads, finely drawn on stone, to. Lardner’s Popular Astronomy, 139 cuts, 12mo., 87 cts. Bicch’s Pictures—Pictures from the Portfolio of Mr. Punch, 600 Wlastrations by Leech, 1 vol , 3 0 Book of Costame, or Annals of Fashion, by a Lady of Rank ; Svo., numerous filustrations, gilt — $259 00d’s Comic Annual, 40 Lilustrations by Leech, 215 Drawing Bouk of the Government School of De- sign, $1 50 Chamber’s History of the Russian War, splen- idly itlustrated with maps and plates, #3 50 The work of Caneva in Sculptare and Model- ling, raved in outline by Henry Moses, with descriptions and # biographical memoir; 3 splen- did volames, #1? For sale at TAYLOR & MAURY’S nov #5- Bookstore, pear th st. R.MUNSON, AT 33S PENN’A AVENUE. is still maklag those beautiful eontinuous GUM ETH, called Allen's Pateat, for the of which over all other styles of Crow bad now wearing them in this city, will cb vy vouch. There is one Dentist ia fais city who has been infri. the patent, and made bad imitation of it, om [ hereby caution the public N.B. henever a Dentist speaks against Allen’s Patent Continuous Gum Teeth, when ly constructed, itis because he ts ignorant Tr the ~ , incomoetent to make the > OF sunwilliag to pey for the patent. jeer HOSIKR Y—HOSIERY. OHN H SMOOT, NO. 119 BRIDGE Street, “4 Chas received a ‘assort- ment olen and Cotton Hose, and half Hose for Ladies, Gents, Boys and Girls, of all sizes and qualities, and of the best makes. 3 will please call. nov 2% postal »—-FOR SALE, $350,000 $350,000 Claims on the Government of Mexico, in sums to suit purchasers, well auther- teated. F ‘or address Box 313 Po-t Office, with real name, which shal! be treated confidentially. The above amount can be fully vouched for by documests now on file at the office of the Seoretary of State. nov %-tf ‘A’ REMOVED AI8 OF FICK AND RBSI- dence to No. 2 Missouri avenue, q of Wi ington, it may be 43 and Oth street nov 18-im® bos “ Ts Ls = ll a CARD. MES. PS4NSLIN, 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 -CA8ST OF CLOTHING OF ALL KiNDS PURCHASED AT NO. 76 Louisiana avenue, opposite the Hay Market. N. B.—Also, wanted, a person at Repairing, nov notarial seal; and if there sidce, the assignment and and certified by the clerk PIANOS. PIANOS. Abanes COLL! ION OF NEW AND Reat, cheaper than at any other place, at No. 452 hess, a few aucne above Pennsylvania United Statesconsui, and et A Or a Sine) Fag conde DaY CLOCKS,—FOR Churches Banks, Hotels, Offices, &c. These Clocks run thi: two days with once wind- ing, and the ofthe is jual- teed regi erates plied at ail tienes like une um red like thove on aroma ronal Sear Lar coldtwocrnaca eon Se | tifate ofacknowledgment.. time . Also, a fresh lot of Bight Day and Thirty Hour Clocks All warranted. Prices low. @. FRANCIS, noy 29- ‘ d THE U 400 Seventh st NION. E “UNION HOTEL” IN GEORGE- town, D. C., has been leased by heariber, who i prepared and. would QA be pleased to recelve permanent and tran- sient boarders. mov 14-I1m JACOB FOUKE. INTERNATIONAL HUTEL, WASHINGTON CITY. T tee United statfs Noval, having under- page requested, me ~ pa scribed by number, date, one thorough repair ‘i e Eetuinished, is now opéh for the rece origioal payee. It shontd —< From its favorable location, ing nearer Capitol than any other Hotel inthiscity,) and to y ion of, Stford all who wish & pi pred nila oe during, | lif» Or were issued by the republic of Texas, accord WM F. BERRY, their sojourn in a feels assured of a | i"g to the facts of each case. NUneeereee - Fis oh pamenegey Seen the tenvaling posite The assignment to the United States may be made BENJAMIN BERRY, _dee 1-tf in common form ; the releases should be drawn ac- FRANCIS TOLSON, DELTA SALOON ording to the forms subjoined—. 5 Building Committee. D street, between Sthand och streets. “ : skate pemtteey = November 26, 1856. dec 1-M3w pip pe agp SALOON Bias ke Secretary of the Treasury. ¥ WLER t& co Eon tae — Store in Od: ows 4, 7th street lepemeara comes) insollctng ptonege, Oh Form <A. HAVE JU8T RECEIVED BY¢ spared no or expense in making this the | Kow all persons by these prosents that the Ana &. Hooper ard Flora Mc po t EATING and DRINKING SA- has released. and hereby releasrs, the United Donakd, from Liverpool, and other LOON in Washington olty. Its central and par me ances all further liability or — recent Brrivals a large addition i Tmen| rlificaie or eviuence Ot je t ke Cc A TEE) ARE. pment aps gine ads pp number , for the sum of 3——, issued by consti in putes a viz: Dest house to the business, aided by the and servants, and his unremitting endeavors to obtain the finest OYSTERS and other delicacies which the market affords, will, he hopes, merit pod snented the Loar of his frie: and the provi.ie tor the payment o nov 12 Ime “___ ASA RICKETTS. _| '¢public of Texas as are c CHINA, GLASS AND QUEENS WAR R. H. MILLER, SON & CO., ress a of ‘Texas, app e Istot| a variety of colaned and white English Toilet Importers direct from Liverpool to, 7 #2 ) an tached pieces Alexandria, beg leave to call the Se As witness my hand and seal, Cutand plain Glassware, Walters, Castors tention of dealers, hotel-keepers and se Plated Spoons and Forks, Coffee and ‘Tea fe's otnets of a m to their Form B, Ivory handled and plain Cutlery Stock of GOODS, which, for extent and variety, | Ka0ow all persons by these presents that —— | Cotfee Biggins and Urns ‘will favorably with any establishment has released, and hereby releases, tie Ste of | Britannia vare, Lamps, &c. compare in the Eastern cities ‘The connexion of their senior partner with the rers of Kurope and the United States for be tages of 30 years, has given him advan- tages in the of goods, equal, if not supe- rior, to any in the trade. An inspection of and — will satisfy all parties that pur- chases cam be made of them upon the most favor- able terms French China Dinner Sets, gilt and decorated Freach China Dinner Sets, gold band and plain white French China Vases, Pitchers, Tollet Sets, &c. Freach China Tea Sets, Cups and Saucers, and ether articles of Teaware ment of certificate or evi , for tie eum of of Texas, a1 United Stat approved the 28th of And from would invite particular attention to their elegant See neetn Danae and porecargl articles al- | Sti!! owtataading: and much-admired NMice carota ; ery (age oy seks d PRE dg ho aT ALLERINE' VAN DYKES, te Gran: ‘are in every variety, in Osear Engiedow (PE 2 bi separate from sets, as may be desired : 18 Bukman Canfield 188 Trustees of Austin ee ley ed pyr ygaan ape Blue Printed or Liverpool Ware, the same 31 John A Clinton College e MINK, STONE MARTIN Common Edged, White and Rockingham Ware, 32 4H K Mase 1982 G H Monsarrat & Co FITCHe MOUNTAIN MARTIN 2 in full supply. 53 R G Hobbs 1690 John Karner SIBERIAN AND RUSSIA SQUIRREL Cut, Pressed, Plain and Moulded Glass Ware | 81 J De Cordova 1704 Daniel Cari, SIA SQ) ’ from the best establishments in the Eastern and Western States, which will be sold by the pack- oS sporionces ackers yed. Goods put up ax el . uy by us can be iaupacien ae any mode without e. Fare by the steamboats from Washington to Alexandrla, almost hoxry, 12} cents each way A quarter of a do! us 8| may save man dchars a a dec 1- 7 176 E Baldwin 191 James Tilgbman 192 Mathias Clark 3 | Ethan Earle 328 O Blineau 344 J E Wade 368 Peters & Booth 395 Lott Husted 404 3 Kingsley 427 J Parker, for Eliza- beth Parker, ex’x 437 Benedict Bayley 445 Leander Beason UFFICIAL. Tagascry DerantMent, August 20, 1856, Whereas the following joint resolution of Congress bas become a law: : oe Join? Resovvrion extending the time for the credi- 4 hs W King torsof Texas to present their claims. 509 'f B Webb Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the Onited States of America in Congress as- sembled, That as, agreeably to the provision of the fourth section of the aet of the 28th of February, 1855, ** to provide fur the payment of such creditors of the late republic of Texas a3 are comprehended in the act of Congress of September 9th, 1850,” no- tice, by public advertisement, was duty given for the space of ninety days by the Secretary of the Trea-ury, of the ime at which payment of the amount appropriated by the fifth section of said act would be mate, pro rata, on avy bind, certiticate, or evidence of debt of said Sta e, which should be presented atthe Treasury Department thirty days preceding the 13th day of June, 1656, the limit of $aids notice; and as it is represented by the said 510 AS Thurmond 548 Thos W Marshall 625 David 3 Kaufman 643 George W Parker G44 Cruicher&McRaven eo} Wm Flower 3J A Simeon Win Belcher 677 HL Walliams 701 Felix Kieder 73 iio} Robert Dale 773 Wr Jones 779 Wm Walker 793 Dyer Pearl Se f the ‘I'seasury, that of said bonds, cer- = Books of accounts in business posted and writ- dace ars gabavideaces Saat, which ave been Se ton ep soechyh or oF i David G Burnet _| ten up. and the estates of insolvent and deceased recoguiacd by the State of Texas, the same, equal ea fake W Bower 2108 persons balanced, with balance sheet adjusted and to the sum of Uaree hundred and eighty- mine thous- sareMeMaster 4935 & P McMaster settled. and eix hundred and ninety three dollare and seven | 14 Jur pe 2135 peas ou cents were not presented tothe Treasury Department bh 1858 P P Gentry Chas B. Calvert, eq eo. 8. leon, 5 prior to the said 13th of June, therefore, in order to i i ‘ berg 4 George W. Riggs, Esq Taylor & Maur. Ce eee ekeehy uoreorts pay 10 930) Ellis i daa: Jos BY Bradley eq. scar Washington the boldete of any of the said bonds, certificates, or | 982 Mrs Mary Belville 2104} | ian Davis Ané@ Col. John 8. Gluing, of Baltimore. evidences, of debt, not presented before the 13th | 1010 Anson Cranson, 1501 JOHN W. WELLS, 1012 R M Forbes 1025 James N Hogan 1043 ‘Thomas Lindsay 1045 James L Green 1047 Jesse Daniel 1048 J B Daniel day of Juue last, who may present and prove the «ane at the Treasury Department, between the 13th day of June jast aod the lat day of January next, and execute the proper releases to the Uni Btates and the State of Texas, their pro rata share of the seid even million seven bundred and fifty thousand 1050 Charles V. t 9341 Andrews & Grover cd the Pane: Sanath Uphel Es + and afi si the said Becre z ‘uarles Vincen: 2341 Andr: s per Hangi and istering ferpet the ‘Treasury is authorized’ and required to | 1056 } s p Gervaise pas a ee teblishment of eae orthington. at No. 433 distribute and pay the residue of ihe said veven mil | ioc) Witiis Millican 2350 J D Giddii respectfully calls the attention of his friends ard lions geven bundred add fifty thourand dollars, then remaining in the treasury, pro rata, ammonget all tho said holders who may #ave proved Ubeir claims, and -xeeuted the proper relcases on or before the let day 1059 J D Millican 1042 Joha Davis 1065 Win Barton 1079 W A Lockhart t January next. V : Approved August 18th, 1856, een K Monn Notics1s ngussx Givan to the holdeas of bonds, | 1196 © fH Taylor 1241 Voungs Coleman 1248 Robert McNutt 1249 John W Cloud, per att’y | H Raymond 12963 EB De Ponwis 1989 U P Green 1275 G W Sinks & J B 1907 ein Kona 9 John ic | 1298 Samuel Hidsen 1300 John Johnson 1301 Susan Massiex certificates, and evidences of debtof the late repub loof Texas, Which were not presented at this de partment on or before the 13th day of June last,that the same wB! be sottied and the pro rataamount Lereou will be paid to the lawful holdersthereof if presented before the fret day of January next, g0- coma panied wih the necessary evidence of theirgen* uineness, with assignmentsto the United States, re. quired to give this department the custody ofsuch boude, certificates, and evidences of debt, and with releases io the United States and Texas, fu accord- ance with the provisions of the actof Congreseo ’8th February, 1856. Phis department wiiinot require evidence ofgen- aineness to be presented with the certifieatesiseucd by the aaditorand comptroMer of Texas underthe laws ofthe State. But it posseasesno megusof ver- yiag the certificates, bonds and Promissory motee ssued by the republic of Texas, and not presented to, nor audited by, the officers of the Siate, Phe necessary and properproof of the genuinenessof thel stteris (he certificate ofthe comptroner ofthe Stateot Texas, who has (he official charge of the original iro vives relating tothe debt ofthe late re public of Texas. Ths asvigoment and relcasca May be executed and acknowledged in the presence of the Assistant 1385 BR Warner 1423 William Frele 1424 G W Osborne 1426 John A Rutherford 1497 Crenatine Vounoy 1428 Joseph Bates 1473 Ann B Reese 1623 John D Taylor 1624 Levi Mercer 1625 Eli Mercer assignment and execute the roleases out of the city assistanttreasurer, or collector, orsurveyor of the oustoms, In the presence of a notary public, and be witnessed by the collector or surveyor and the no- tary public, and becertified by the notary under his or ofthe customs at the piace where the party re- before any court of record, in the preeence ofthe Judge and clerk thereof. and be witnessed by them, andif the holder be out of the United States, the as- signment and releases may be executed before any by him under bis consular seal. All personsexe outing suoh assignments and releases mast also de- clare, underoath, before the notary, clerk, or on sul, as the case may be, that they are the real own- ere ofthe certificates or other evidences of debt, or that the epme bave been assigned to them, bora fide, for coHection ; and the notary, clerk, or consul mast include the fact of thatdeclaration{n thelr oo If assigned tor colfestion, of in pledge, the name of the party holding the benefioial os residuary in- ‘arest in the clalin mus* be stated in the affidavit and a release ¢o the 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 settiement and payment is One or more audited certificates, or one or more evidence of the same character of debt, may be in- claded in the same assignment, releases, and affida- vit of ownership, if each certificate is correctly de certificates were issued by the authorities of the Stateof Texas, on account of the debt of the repub- the late republic of Texas, (or by the authorities of the State of Texas, as the case deemed by the United States in accor provisions of an act of Congress entitled “An actto Congress of September nine, eighteen hundred and fifty,”” approved the 28th day pyar fee ge Texas from all further liability or clatm for the pay- public of Texa:,(or by the author he case may be,) and redeemed by the in accordance with the provistess of an aet of Congress, entitled “ An act to provide for the payment of such creditors of the late rey Texas as are comprehended iu the act of Congress of September nine, eighteen hundred and fifty,” ¢ February, 1855, and an act of the State of Texas, approved the lst of February, 1856. As witness my hand and seal, The following is alist of t the audited certificates 92 Jona Burningbam | 1732 135 Phineas De Cordova t733¢ 2088 915 Mary Exlen Pailin 2206 ‘Thomas Reed 1362 Thomas H Forrester2450 Wm H Thompson ‘The outstandi: het ces of other classes of the debt ofthe Tepaillc oT sehen os on by this Depariment. au! sant e WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1856 NO. 1,196. OFFICIAL. ‘Treasury Deranruent, Nov. 20, 1856. Notice is hereby given to holders of stock of the Icans of the United States, that this department will purcl.ase the came until the 34 of March next, unless the sum of $1,500 000 shell be previously ob ained, and will pay, in addition to the interest accrued from the date of the last semi-annual divi- dend of interest thereon, together with one day's additional inte rest for the money to reach the ven+ dor, the following rates of premium on caid stocks: Por the stock of 1842, a premium of 10 per cent. For the stock of 1817 and 1448, a premium of 16 per cent; and for the stock of 1850, commonly called Texas Indeannity Stock, a premium of 6 per cent. Certificates of stock wanemitted to the depart- Ment, under this notice, must be assigned to the United Sates, by the party duly entitled to receive the proceeds. II sent between date hereof and the Ist cay of January next, the current half yar’s in terest must be assigned by the present stockholder, or it will be payable as heretofore, and a corres- ponding deduction be made trom the amount pay- abe for the stock. Payment for the stocks so assigned and tra 1emit- . ded wili be made by drafts on the Assistant Treasu- Tersat Boston, New York, or Philatelphia, at the option of the pasties entitled to receive the money, which should be expressed in the letters accompa nying the certificates, JAMES GUTHRIF, Secretary of the Treasury. dec 1—d13dMareht done in the presence ofan be no collector oraurvey- releases may be exeouted under his seal of office; be witnessed and certified TO CONTRACTO NOsICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT ON the 15th of December next bids will be re ceived for BUILDING A FRAME CHURCH ia the nelghborhosd of Long Old Fields, Prince @eorge’s county, Maryla: The building to be sixty feet long, twenty-eight feet wide and fonr- teen feet pitch, with an arched ceiling. The plan of the Church will be exhibited on the day of meeting, and the specifications more definitely meeting totake placect St_ Barnabas Situated about five miles from Washing- ton and Alexandria, Al! who wish to contract will meet at the above ete the pi! appointed, at 11 o'clock a.m. M. BOWIE. amount, and name of the also appear whether the Urnamental and plain French China Dinner Sets. Bo do do ‘TeaSets, detached pieces of all kinds Casseroles, Competeirs, Cake Baskets, Parian and China Pitchers, Canton China Vases, Rich Bowls, Cups and Saucers, &c., A variety of colored and white English Dinner and Tea Sets, of all sizes be,) and re- new with the f such creditors of the late omprebended in the actof Self-sealing Cass, Stoneware, Potichemanie Constantly on hand, a large assortment of Ware suitabl@for country merchants Goods delivered free of charge in the city and Georgetown, and packed by an experienced packer, and sold at whoiesale and retail as low as er can be purchased in any city in the country jee 3-e03t FURS!—FURS:!_FURS!: Ul ferdecny & CO., UNDER BROWNS’ HOTBL, beg leave to announce the arrival from Lon- don and Paris of their splendid collection of RICH FURS, made in the most fashionable styles from seasoned Soft-dressed Skins ‘They idence of debt number med by the lace re- ties of the state a lic oF LONDON LUSTRED BLACK LYNX, and EKMINE; RICH FUR TRIMMING for Cloth and Velvet Cloaks; SWANSDOWN TRIMMING; ELEGANT SIBERIAN SQUIRREL ROBES, for Cloak Linjngs, or cut for Trimming; Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s FUR GAUNTLETS; Gentlemen’s TRAVELING MUFFLERS, of Beaver, Otter, Nutria, and Sea! Fur; CARRIAGE ROBES, of Bear, Fox, and Buffalo Skins. TODD & CO for the past twenty-five years have devoted much attention to this branch of their trade, purchasing exclusively for cash, sell- HN Walcott 1746 Johan W Portis 1770 3 K Elliott 1807 Harriet George 1816 Miles S Bennett 1829 Nathaniel Rudder 183) ) Levi Tyler, adm’r 1833 § of WH Kelly 1838 Bamue! Wildey 1839 Georga Sutheriand ace J P Hennings 2 , leas} JC Eecles 1844 Edmund Ballinger 1852 JD Logan ¥ ing at moderate prices, and by edhering to their fd jit ale determination to deal In no article that would not 1869 Thomes F James bear the strictest scrutiny, they have secured a large and increasing trade from all parts of the country. Purchasers are invited to visit thelr establish- mentand examine the most extensive STOCK OF FURS south of New York. oc 31-3t&eott Ciaim, Bounty Land, Pension, Preperty and GENERAL COLLECTION AGENCY, No 424 Penn. avenue, north side, near Sh seratt over Duval Brothers, Washington, D.C. pesto AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT prosecuted before tne Departments, adjusted and settled. House and Ground Rents, Merchants’ and Traders’ bills, and accounts of all kinds, whether local or from a distance, promptly attended to. 1878 C Schiediemantd 1880 J F Jewett 1897 F Emma 1899 Par‘illa Lee* 1920 ¥ W Grossmeyer 1922 Gilbert Johnson 1928 Robert Lusk ig2y E W Cawthern 1930 Wm Cochran 1932 Francie Moore jr 2071 Andrew Daicy 2072 Isaac Stewart 2086} © W Vickery 1749 f Paul Bremond Geo. & ‘Ef. Parker & Co. Rev A G. Carothers, 2303 i Proat No. 434 Penn. avenue, over Duvall & Bro.’s, nov 6-eolm Washington D. PAPER a UPHOLSTER- HE SUBSCRIBER HAVING PURCHAS 2316 Harrison C a 2330 J 8 McPonal 2340 Arthur Garner 2341 J F Masichett the public generally to give him acall and exam- ine his well selected stock. He attends mal- ly to the Paper Hanging and Upholstering busi- ness, at the shortest notice,the best style, and on the most reasonable terms. Awnings mede and repaired. nov 28-2awim GEORGE 8. DONN. OUSE-KEEPING ARTICLES.—TABLE Cutlery,a fine assortment of superior qua)!- iY; inary articles of all kinds Painted rin Toilet Ware, insetsand ateaie pace? Tongs, Shovels, Andirons, Fenders, Sad irons, &eo. w Axes Door Fall eto Brushes of all kinds, and almost every useful article required in house 2°63 George K Sistare 2864 Francis Brichta 2382 Elizabeth Carter 2383 Wim Davis 2387 Joseph Tomlinson 2390 Sneed & Turner 2890 Wm Kimbro 2400 Li H Baynie 2401 RW hank 2402 Catherine Allen 2405 H Krin, 13 5 ‘Ww Lawr 4 Dick: . kee . 250 Win tT a For males cheap at my House-Furnishin Warerooms, No 530 Seventh street. on He sy nov 5 tawow N.M. McGREGOR, Sarr Aeon eee ASARUM PASTILLES 3470 lewwot Johedones | A SIMPLE, SAPE AND EFFECTUAL 20 Joel Hin remedy for Cou; ng deer ayer Whooping 2481 «<< “‘Wepren Aburn } COUgh, Tickling in , Bronchial are™ 482‘ John L Monke | tlons,&e. 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Why, time was once when they was gravel stones, doin’ all sorts of miso! cuttin’ up all sorts of shines, makin’ the cows ere bloody milk, and the bens crow like roos could tell you a little bit a ghost if it couldn't I don’t want to see you lookin coz you wouldn’t be likely to see nono, if you rae hee? watch, for, as 1 sed, they’re out of e land. my admirable! cum from depending construction !’’ me if he hadn t heered what I sed about ’C. but he wrathy, and sez [, time ?’’ sez grandfather he begun to dig and paw with his huffs, and gnaw the fence, and tread round to a terble rate, till he'd kicked uw thought) one of the awfullest dusts that ever was. Rite in the midst of it a powerful bright light shined round him, and law ! cum to find out he warn’t a hoss arter all, but a man, as same as ever, ritein hisown bedtohome An onnatral meas he had made of the bed, though form his friends: the public gener ally, that having thoroughly renovated his fh Hotel, he is now |EVENING STAR. a Aunt Hannah Tripe’s Evening Tales. Ghests, Witches, and Signs. Is’pose 4 hadn’t ort to tell you about sich things by night—it’s apt to make folks skit. tish—young folks * ially. Why, I can re- member whenGrandmam ‘ins and Grand- tnam Brown nsed. to git together and tell sich stories thet the life currants in my veins was turned to icicles, as the poets say. member how | used to go to bed in a jiffy, and crawl clean away down inter the mid bed, and kiver my head all over with quilts, and if I heerd a mouse ret, or if the wind rattled the winders, the in- a would start from every pore of my ys ican re- of the gmawin’ corn up gar- jest as *ve seen it start out of a pair- tea. Arter I got kinder wore off, and shouldn’t be afeard to look the ghost of 8. The reason it’s out of fashun; it dwindles the same way; Bie, aod My sakes! what times them was! Now I of an antidote about er you too much. I out every minit, Ye see about the time ’Cajer (dear, lost man) was courtin’ me the worst, I got to be ter’bie rhumatic; fond of and settin’ a lookin’ at the stars, and thinkin’ of ’Cajer. somethin’ onhuman, [ used to go as fur as the brook in the medder, and set on a big rock there, keepin’ a ter’ble close watch for ghosts and witches all the time. November, let me see—I won't be sartin but it was in October, or it might possibly be as airly as August—I won’t say positive, for fear I should tell a monksheod, 1 brook and sot down on the rock. It was a very bright moonshine, day, and, thinks I to myself, the ghosts won’t dare to venture out to-night, it ain’t dark enuff. I hadn't more’n got done thinkin it when I seed a shadder on the grass; and cum to look up, my goodness massy' What do you think I seed’ hair stand on eend—s tall, slim figger, drest all in a white sheet and a white nightcap on, standin’ right afore me, with one arm raised up, and its fore-finger pintin’ rite ap to the sky. I was so skeert that I dropped rite down off from the rock inter 9 little mud puddie full of frogs, and sez I, goin’ out of moony evenins, Though I was awful feerd of seein’ Wall, one night in went out to the eenamost as light as Jest this—enuff to make tae “M jous grandfather! Oh, ’Cajer! quick and snatch me ‘* Why don’t ye call out on yer almirable, gracious uncle!’ sez the ghosts, laffin enuff to shake a spirit to pieces; and droppin’ the sheet and throwin away the nightcap, there stood Uncle Tom Brown Tormented critter! Did it a purpus to skeer I shouldn’t hev keered so much about it jer; aged me so much about it that Tae “fom Brown, you ought to be horse-whip- ed!"’ “Wall, Hanner,’’ sez he, “ I'll go rite away and git the horse whip, if you'll jest hev the nee oe to whip me with it arter 1 git it ere:”” He actilly started. I didn’t wait till he got back, but went to bed, tired and sulky As fur witches, there used to bo a sight of them. Jest tell a child that a witch would git him if he didn’t do as you wanted him to and he'd mind you quicker than you can say Jack Robberson—that is, if you was a mind to try. I remember a witch story that Grandfather Muggins used to tell about himself; it’s true as gospel preachin’. to ride folks out night, when they was abed and asleep, and throw a bridle over their head, jump on their back, and the peor afflicted pairson would turn into horse and gallupoff Wall, Grand- father Muggins had been rid out for ever so many nights by a tail, black woman, in a yel- ler shawl, and kerried to a house at Crown Pint, and hitched to a fence. woman would go in tothe house and dance, and sing and shout, with a hull lot of other witches till daybreak. do nothin’ arter it cums light—their power is the darkness.) the black woman would come out, onhitch granfather, jump on his back, and ride him eenamost to death, and leave him in his bed where she got him from, campletely exhaust- ed No wonder, poor man! a trottin’ all night with a black woman on his back. Wall, granfather he didn’t say nothin’ about it for sum time, but byme-bye couldn't ondure it no longer, and he went and told his brother, Pe- ter Muggins, all about it. Ye see the witches used That is—cum to um in the Then the black (Ye see witches can’t Jest as soon as the day broke ‘* Why don’t you find the house in the day- Peter. ««T’ve tried to often enuff,’”’ ses granfather, ‘*but there’s so many houses at the Pint all alike that I never can tell one from t’other,” sez granfather “Tl tell ye what to do,’’ sez Peter Mug- ins. ‘Next time you are rid down there, and hitched to the fence, arter the old woman has gone in and got to frolickin’ you jest gnaw the fence, and paw and dig up the ground with your huffs, and hey a grate performance ginerally, and then the next mornin’ go rite down to the Pint, and mebby you can find the house.”? “ Wall,” sez granfather Muggins, “I'll do it, by cracky !’’ That very night, after granfather had got to bed, in cum the black woman and tossed bridle over his head, jumped on his back, and off he cantered like any sperited hoss bye she whoaed him u the fenee, and tied him with the bridle, and then she went inter the house, which was all *luminated with pitch lights, and went to dan cin.’ Byme to the same place ir Jest the minnit he sot eyes on her backs’ (as he Ye see he’d pawed and dug till he’d scratched 2 hole clean through the feather bed, and the , feathers was all a flyin’ and cuttin’ in every derectshun about the room. Then he’d igeaued all the paint off from the head-board of the bedstead. and broke out two of his best teeth in the bargain. Granmam Muggins wus dred- ful mad. She sed she wae enamost a good mind today the broomstick over him. It was a bran new feather bed ke’d ransacked 80; hadn’t been laid oe a fortnight in all, and it was ruinated completely. Granmam sed there wern’t morp’n two quarts of feathers left in it, all the rest was stuck to graufatber, and sailin’ r the room. ple chi’, strange and curis as it may seem fact that don’t onderstand sich things, it’s ® ‘ Granfather Muggins never was cent out agin; ye see he'd broke the spell by kickis eet Witches and ghosts is all out of fas! ae os signs aint; no marm, not by two chalks. a | THE WEEKLY sTAb. ‘Whis oxecilent Family and Mews Jeurnal—oon aiming a greater Variety of interesting reading thas ean be found ia say other—is pubtished on Setur- ay momning. vaaus. Bingle copy, per aRRUM.ccerserserere-eees-B1 25 Pixe copies. sods AE ‘Twenty copies... ce 1" Caen, mvantascy i apvance. eanglecopies (in wrappers be procured ui ee immediately Ther tne tnoee of tee PostMasruns who. agents beallowea Didn't I spill the salt yeste: y hey bad luck all day jert becuse throw a spoonful of it over my left shoulder into the fire to turn the luck? Didn't fly git in my coffee, and wasn’t I inted by the rain, of goin’ a visitin’ as out? Spillin’ yer tea is a sartin sign of a stranger ; and if you don’t drop a drop of morlasses rite in the middle of the puddle of tea sumbody’lt cum that you don’t warnt to see. If you tip over @ chair it’s a sign that sumbody’s a talk. in’ bad about ye; and if you don’t shet yer eyes and take it up with yer right hand they'll do yo a sight of burt. Settin’on a table is one of the sure signs that you want to git mar- ried And if Nei Bonaparte sin’t in a tease arter a wife then I’m mistook- en. Didn't you mind how he sot down, yes+ terday mornin’, on the kitchen table, rite onto ee mere ? en Friday is an orfal onlucky day. Day give yea little ep sean of Y sitnailties epi i et day. Fust gettin’ up in + pice I bump- ed my hed again the bedpost ; cakes wouldn't rise for breakfast; churned and butter came nae broke « sasser washin’ the dishes; cut ty finger parin’ apples; spilt two di of lamp ile on the ee: ee as Mg 'os a three cent piece in my apron; went to the door to see Squire Smith with a smut on my nose ; the cat's tail eanamost and tost a bran new hair pin. Now that's enuff to make out that Friday is an orfal day, ain’t ix? I na. go on till sunrize tellin’ about signs, and hants, and them kind of things, but it strikes me that I’ve sed enuff to cun- vius enny stational mind that there’s sumthin’ in sich things _If you're afeard to sleep alone, arter what I've told you, youcan lay with me in my dark bed-room jest as well as not. If you're detarmined to go up stairs go; but if you get skaired in the nite holler and [ll be up there in a minnit. i allers wake mighty easy. Good night, child. Sopriery or ras Greexs.—The food of an English laborer would be enough in Greece for a family of six persons. The rich are well satisfied with a dish of vegetables for their meal; the poor with a of olives or a piece of salt fish. The entire population eats meat at Easter for the whole year. I do not believe a Greek ever died of indigestion Drunkenness, so common in cold countries, is arare vice with the Greeks; they are great drinkers—but water drinkers. They would have scruples about passing by a fountain without drinking at it, but if they enter a tavern it is to chatt The coffee houses of Athens are full of peeple, and at all hours; but the customers do not take strong liquors; they ask for a cup of coffee at a penny, @ glass of water, light for their cigarettes, a newspaper, and a of dominoes; the; then have enou| apy themselves occupied for the day. In two years I have not met with aman dead drunk in the streets, and I believe it would be easy to count all the drunk- ards in the kingdom. It may be said that the Greek people have no inclination for any kind of excess, and that they take all their pleasures with equal sobriety. This sobriety naturally explains the fact that insanity is rare in Greece. Madness also is a malady exceedingly rare in the kingdom Abospital for the blind has just been con- structed in Athens ; it will never be necessary to build one for madmen. Saving Bacon —The English never emoke their bacon. They say: “* Oh the trouble folks have taken, To smoke and spoil their bacon .”’ The Canadian Agrioculturist, taki: same view, says that curing bacon is Tike = the Irishman’s mode of mal ib. He said : “ Put in the sugar, then fill it up with whisky, and every drop of water you pat io after that spoils the punch.” Just so with curing bacon: after being properly salted and peppered atthe heck end, every drop of smoke you put it about spoils the bacon. Another mode of saving bacon has been given a cori dent of the N. EB. Par- mer. le says he was entertained at the house of a friend, and at dinner he had res- fon to compliment him on the excellent quali- ty of his bacon, and inquired to know its method of Preparing and - Toour surprise, says he, we were infi tbat the portion of our meal was cooked eight months before. He stated that it was his practice to slice and fry his bacon immediately on its be- ing cured, and then pack it down in its own fat When occasion came for using it, the slices slightly refried; and had all the fresh- ness and flavor of new bacon just prepared. in this way our friend had always succeeded in ‘‘saving his bacon’’ fresh and sweet through the hottest weather. Earzy Eprtion or Haxuer.—A litetary treasure has turned up—says the London Atheneum,—no less than a second copy of the second edition of Hamlet, the quarto of 1603 ' An Irish bookseller has been mysteriously hawking about London this precious work, which has hitherto possessed the rarity of amaouseript. The only known copy belonged to the Duke of Devonshire, and was reprinted afew years ago. As most readers know, the Devonshire Hamlet is imperfect, wanting the last leaf The second copy also wants a leaf— happily not the last, but the first—the title page. We have now, therefore, a complete copy of the original text of Hamlet; and che newly recovered leaf contains, we are told, a new and important reading. Of courss many hearts are sore at missing sucb a treasure. It found its way, however, into the hands of Mr. Boone, the bookseller, in Bond street, at the cost we believe of £70, and subsequently into the hands of a well known and iadefati- gable Shakesperian collector, for the moder- ate price of £120. Siexats ror Vessets.— The Scientific American is of the opinion that if all vessels were compelled to carry and use visual and auricular signals, at night and in fogs, coili- sions at sea might be completely prevented; and urges the adoption of light signals by all vessels navigating the ocean; also, the use of steam whistles when practicable. On sailing vessels an air whistle, operated by hand, like a pump, could be used, and it could be oon- ccarkes to send forth its screams toe distance of sowne miles. ta The municipal election of Boston took place yesterday. The contest was not alto- gether free from national politics. k= The Southern Commercial Convention assembles at Savannah to-day. Full detega- tions are expected to be present from all the Southern States. i About eighty slaves, who were ect freo by the will of the late James H. Terrill, of Albemarle county, Va , have gone to Norfolk to embark for Liberia. Canunat Ecoxouy Fingertip tyeenaend Darber, cha: with an atter Mrs. ionee anak at the Washington House, Lowell, hos been discharged—the government dropping the matter for the reason that no astpue ‘of the cider could be bad short of fifty dollars. In the Senate of South Carolina, on Tuesday, Mr Allen gave notice that be would ask leave the day following to introduce a Lill to give the election of Governor of the State to the people ; also a bill to give the election of Electors for President and Vice President of the United to the people. son Faorory Stavery.—The Newark ( ) Mercury relates a case of a boy, about 12 oF 13 years of age, who is kept at work at one of the factories in that city from 7 ® m until lv m., for which he receives $1.50 per week Tue lercury adds, that this is ‘“* but one cnce of several in the same establishment.