Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1857, Page 2

WASHING 1 tWS AND GOSS!P. | are not produced in this country, and should | PuwnsyLvaniA.— The Legislature of this TRAY COW —STAYED ON TURSDAY, STA R. : Be ye WS 4 : impose all the burden of (axktinn upon thozo | met on Tuesday J L Gets was elocted S the 6th, from the neighborhood of the : articles which come in competition with our | Speaker of the House; and David Taggart, | commer of i3th and L ores tan: — own manufsotures? For instance; suppose | Republican, was elected Speaker of the Sen- meme - hye pate She cieng See or nose. instead of laying an impost of twenty per cent, | ate on the first ballot, by three majority. Mr. She was in « poor Seat Ee tteeni soward on broad cloth, and twenty per cent. on Brus- [Hammersley was Unanimously re-elected | wilt be given for her return to me at the corner of sels lace, Government should free Brussels | Clerk. 13th SF treets- oe inp duty, and raise the any Fe bill = a aS to beg pt} jan8 PETER CAMPBELL. TO: loth to forty per cent.; what wou! is | of court the purpose of effecting the re- | = 7 be but a special and paral bounty of twenty | lease of General Small, who has been confined yt tiring Chaibes of epee ie A per cent. to the New England manufactu since June last toreontempt of the Supreme | o¢ Commons; Church ; Judiciary; Rovai House- of broad cloth? If there is to be any such | Court holds; Imports; Bxsorts; Governments of Ire- 7 Governor Pollock's message states that the | land, Scotland, and the Colonies; Foreign Mints- financial condition of the State is satisfactory | ters in England; Briti-h Ministers abroad; Kast The receipts, including the balance at the end | /ndia Mee el Chronicle of the eee! of the last fiscal year, was nearly $6,622,000, wreetthagor ee a, an tee ae the and the expenditures $4 114,000—iea a pee ‘ balance in the treasury of $1,265,000. = Rlwepged po Fda’ = cr EVENING " WASUIN THUASDAY = === The Reeside Claim.—We think that wecan DN CITY: fairly congratulate the country upon the pros- January 8, 1857. | pect that this case, which hasso long been = === = | pending bofore Congréss, will soon be finally SE Avvuxrumnmrrs amoviy =x Lart at rex Orrice sr | disposed of. Long before the death of the re- Twarve o'cLock, M.; OTWERWISE THEY may NOT APPEAR markable man whose name it bears, it origi- pees =—————————— || nated ina difference between the Post Office SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PKESS.| Department and himself, with reference to The Union, noticing the fact thet the | Wat was due to him for services rendered as New York Herald and Times proclaim that | * ail contractor. Inhis day he was by far the there isa yast organization for corrupt pur- | ™°8t extensive carrier of the mails of the poses on the floor of the House of Representa- United States, and was well known tothe busi- National Thcatre, Miss Fanny Monant....Lessee and Direotress BENEFIT OF PRANCOIS RAVEL THIS EVENINe, The Comic Pantomime of the FOUR Lov: discrimination, better concentrate all the du- ties upon articles of exclusive foreign pi tion, for when taxation is levied upon articles which are manufactured in this country, only ® part of the revenue goes into the hands of Government, while the balance is pocketed by Jobard. tem at home broad ; om arbitration in trade —E 7 ives, extending outside of the hall with rami" | 2¢#8 men of the country from Maine to Louis- | the capitalists of New England ; and the agri. | State debt has been decreased during the | isputes; on the materiai progren of British in- | 27 pate pee : Seue opeted st 6y fied affiliations, says of the statements of thore iana, and from Delaware to the confines of Mis- | cultural interests is not onl: obliged to pay | year $366,000. He recommends the Pi dia; on Architecture and ft eurtain rises Past 7 o'clock Washington Cirens and Ampitueatce. Corner of Seventh Street and the A ‘Toprovements of a constitutional amendment in relation on the Metro tan Communications and Bridges; banks, and pledges to support the present | 0” the Russian War, and much other useful mat- railroad system; calls the attention of the froin Londoa, by Paget; price $1.50. Imported Legislature to the prevention of illegal voting ’ and favoring os of the naturalization 1. aS ____CFRANOK PAYLOR. by a National Goresimett ft ory a BOOKBINDEERS’ BALL. uards upon the extension of the rights of citi- — Sans by The State courts. He alludes oe the | The Seoena Sread Anno Balland Supper repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and con- ner of the officials of Washicg- ASSOCIATED BOOKBINDERS. ton an ansas Territories force slavery — HE ASSUCIATED BOOKBINDERS OF upon an unwilling people T ‘Washi f ton 06 toake = friends and public that their Second Annual ConvicTeD aNpD Sentenced —The five ne- | Ball and Sunyer given on MONDAY will be groes—a grandmother, mother and three sons mfeleaidaid anuary 12th, 1857, at Canusi’s (the eldest 19 and the youngest 12)—who killed ‘ The unanimous satisfaction given at our Ball their master, the late George Green, in Prince a Season, inspires us with renewed energy, and » Managers ledge themselves that this Wiiliam county, Va, on Christmas eve night the bri Minat tne the season, and that Iginla last, were duly convicted on Tuesday night | tion will be spared that may contribute to rbe last, after a trial lasting two days. They are Pleasure of those who may honor them with their presence. Su will be furnished by ‘‘the ° sentenced to be huag in thirty days after the 5 me Poreaen by Prince of ca date of their conviction. Esrura’s Celebrated Cotillion Band has been the expenses of government, but also tofurnish 8 subsidy to the manufacturing interest.’” From Africa —The U. S. ship St. Louis was off St. Paul de Loando (west coast of Africa) on the 4th of November last, as we learn by a letter from our correspondent on board. From his letter we make the follow- iog extracts : ‘Since my last we have been cruising down the coast as far south as Fish Bay, touching and leoking in at all the places where slavers are likely to be found, boarding quite a num- ber of vessels and doing a great deal in sup- Fressing the slave trade, besides rendering efficient service to our commerce on this const. The greatest difficulty that we as a people have to experience in this quarter of the world ia, that we have not enough Government yeesels on this station ; our flag should be seen in every port on this coast, for there is always something occurring that requires the presence of a man-of-war. i ain’ souri (for his staging enterprises existed in all Themisfortune, however, iz, that the charges quarters) ata =e of great energy of charac- fail to command credence because the wit-| ter, public spirit, and liberality and fairness neares vrs orb each ged to be a in all his relations in life. In fact, the Ameri- asse . = iabby-aguate Fobe. Ie! had ean this daily oc- | 0% World hailed him universally as the eupation of these two journals to hunt and | staging-enterprise king of his time, in which ae u etiense = villany a hersi capacity ho certainly effected much for the and, if there is a lingering dou he mii :, y one that ite sat 2 pair of unmitigated future of his country. But his transactions as #, that doubt must hang upon the | # mail contractor ultimately involved him in that neither of them is « credible wit- | embarrasaments which, affecting his credit, Ress. . i 1s tale i" really broke his heart; for he was a proud Phe 8, “rr Mattes Seetret | main, and Mle pictt quttied before his’ wits dence” against public plunderers. Theremay | mate difficulties with the Department, under bao Seciaaiton 06 Ons ert lacy mies which be saw clearly that he could not mee® times evga ot tuee aivaaioneat or his engagements to individuals Passing off personal and private schemes of a dize. | the stage of life, his property went, piece by ment. But wedoubt much whether t who | piece, to satisfy his creditors; until all but his quash tgpaen Gtaciien tae penaet Unsettled accounts with the Government had in the fact that their prosecutors can get no | bee s0 appropriated ; leaving his widow and Brilliant Success of this SPLENDID CIRCUS TROUPE’ The best now performing in America, presenting ater host of talented MALE AND: FEMALE EQUESTRIANS, ACROBATS, AND GYMNASTS ‘Than bas ever been together in one establishmeat Tm THIS EVENING, = MADAMS LO 18k TOURNIAIRE, THE FERRANTI FAMILY, MONSIEUR DEBACH, The Prince of eee oe MYBRS and Jik And Mr. E, WOODS, HAWKINS FOSTER, Masters DERIOUS, ALONZO, &c PRICES OF ADMISSION. Dress Circie. * ir testim procilt = A : .| ‘We have been out here one year, and have eng ged for the lon bsg fn bemebmdhnms! of sha whaasian rears children, and not a fow of his remaining cred: | 4 two cruises down the coast, and strange | ["The people of Arkansas aro agitating Ball. Fee ae ae ane itl hoopen daring the is @ consequence, Lenaver, which may follow | 't?S to look to Congress ultsmately to secure | to s2y, though we have been down the worst | the question of an elective judiciary. Tickets. . seasons, our officers aid crew have been the healthiest of any ever known to have been on this station—having had little or no sickness, and not lost a man since we have been out. “There are now lying here two French men-of-war, (a frigate and a steamer,) and a Portuguese corvette.”’ Appointed.—Mr. LB. Wynne, of Ill., has been appointed to fill the $1,200 per annum clerkship in the bureau of the Treasurer of the United States, made vacant by the recent promotion of Mr. J. W. C. Evans, these repeated cha: of corruption, which | What they have steadily since contended to be might be well considered by the parties im. | their rights. icated. dep acces ae oe Baclig neat Reeside’s wide-spread and roaliy well de- testimon: n a <, erate a aarplaien of guilt, which is almost ks served fame has served to keep his case in the fatal to a * pea men as procf of the fact, | mind of the public, until, when percous ata ey = the a — a bere! distance read of the delays in the satisfaction ate ain and again, without refutation - FA popes oat by the parties accused For of private claims by Corgress which produce example: The editor of the Times, who wag | ruinous consequences upon those who hold the late Lieutenant-overnor of New York, | them, their minds, involuntarily, as it were, says in his issue of Jannary 6th: 5 ae) z : we know that @ corrupt organization of turn to this case—more especially since the members of Congress and certain lobby agents | Government having sued his estate on a claim at Washington has existed since early in the | for an alleged balance due to it, the verdict session of last year. We are well satisfied | rendered established the validity of the Ree- Foes Lastey, sama ee a = . pepe Sag he No. 32 Market Space, between streets. j Including Supper and Refreshments, On the 26th ult., the receipts of eotton | THREE OLLARS ; ‘admitting a gentleman at New Orjeans reached nearly 20,000 bales. | 2nd ladies. | N00 hats, caps, or overcoats will be allowed in ——— oe | the hall. A MEETING OF THE NATIONAL | _ The entire committee will act as the Commit Democratic Association will be held at | tce of Reception. ‘Temperance Hall, TH13 (Thursday) EVENING, R H MARCELLUS, at 7 o’clock, for the upere of receiving and act- | 1* of Managers. ing upon the report of the Committee on the Con- lA ~ — stitution and By-Laws. GREAT GIFT BOOK STORE, Hon. Geo. W. Peck, of Michigan, Hon. John 7 7 BPE ae oa V. Wright, of a and other prominent Dem- ONDER 1 DEXTER'S HOTEL. i ocrats, are expected to address the meeting. pests peqnUCIEN PEYTON, Chair'n, An Immense assortment ef New Books - ~ will be opened This Day, NOTICE.—BANK OF WASHING. TON, January 6, 1857 —The Trustees | AND AN ENTIRELY NEW LIST OF of this Bank have this day declared a dividend RE: ENT: of three percent out of the profits of the last six P. 8. 8 7th and an B 3 ANTED —TWO COMPETENT PRU- testant Women. Oneas Nurie; the other 2 Cook ard House Servant. Apply at 428, comer cf Band Ith streets jms ae 7 ANTED —A PURCHASER FOR A Sma!! Stock and Fixtures of a Crocery Store in thiscity. The stand is situated In a good neigh- borheod, and offers a rare indocement to a person wishing to engageia the business. Terme easy. Address C. D., City Post Odice jan 7-26 ANTED —-A GENTLEMAN DESIRES Board for himself, child, ad nurse in a pri- Resignations of Army Officers. — First that this organization holdsa balance of power |" ‘ = 5; Lieutenant J. Culbertson, fourth artillery, and | month, payable to stockholders on demand. wiil be distributed to our patrons hereafter. | vate family, where there are no other ‘ in its hands sufficient in. anost eases to kill or | fide claim as now pending before the Senate da Eisuievent Del 0 Gives! dike ees, yan rt JAMES ADAMS, Caskiler. EMBERS OF CONGRESS, CITIZENS, | and where the comforts of a bome could be ob. ——__ and STRANGERS will find our stock of ATTENTION, WASHINGTON HIG@H- | Books worth thelr attention. Itisthe largest and tained Address ‘‘O.J.,”’ City Post Office. oe —You are hereby notified to | most valuable assortment ever opened in this jan 7-2t* Warten —A TENANT FOR A THREE- story Brick House,on L street, near 15th carry apy measure Pending in the House of | We may add that that verdict has been on- rate. oP A 5 that its Laat ues been | dorsed, first by the Court of Claims, and sub- exerted in favor of measures where i price :. ($1,000 per vote generally, or its equivalent,) tequently by the House of Representatives of was agreed to; and that it has been used to| the United States. Without pretending to have tendered their resignations. Supreme Court.—Yesterday—No. 21. Rob- attend a mecting of the es ores at your | city, comprising Standard and Miscellaneous ert J. Vandewater, appellant, vs. Edward c | Armory, on THURSDAY EVENING next, | Works in all the departments of Ancient and d the sth January, 1857, for the purpose of Drill. | Modern Science, Literature, and Art. Also, all a fontsapiate beg | a. prevent favorable action on equally merito- | know much concerning the merits of the | mij: cleimant of the steamship Yankee | A% ther business of importance will bave to be | the latest Publications, Annuals of the Season, i aes — = farther her rious m res which were unabie or unwill. points involved, may we not express the hope transacted, a full Sac pee attendance is par- | Bibles, Prayer Books, New Editions of the Po- | ae Ss ing to submit to the piratical tribute.’ Blade, &e Appeal from the Cirenit Court of ticulary requested. By order of Jno. Wart, | ets, &c., &c , in Turkey Morocco, Antique, Vel- Henn avenue. jan 7-3e ere is direct charge, and the editor pro- | Since it has been so long pending and has | tho United States for the district of California | Captain: 3 McKAY, vet, and other rich aud superb Bindings, ele- , fesses to“ 4now’’ ils truth Taking into view | been subjected to so many ordeals, until it the fact that the a of vy La has come to be regarded by the country as the ain and again proved that the author of the sate . Z charge is just 2s | sehen as a witness us him. | Steat illustiative case—showing the difficul- self, the charge would hardly be sufficient to | ties, trials and embarrassments in the way of raise a suspicion of guilt; but suppose the | obtaining final Congressional acticn on pri Se es shee ay, ve tne eae | vate claims—that the Senate will dispose of it implicated parties confront the accuser and | When it shall next be reached? repel his assaults. The natural consequeuce _—- would be that there were grounds for suspi- The Tariff Question.—The Richmond En- eion, which would soon ripen into conviction ; ss > of guilt. querer, discussing the tariff projects of Messrs Who the parties are that are thus implicated | Campbell of Ohio, and Letcher, says : we neither know norconjecture The Times ‘A surplus revenue is a manifold wrong— ly ® SENTLEMAN WISHES TO ENGAGE, Orderiy Sergent. | yantly illustrated. Ay Saturday next, a single Room with Boar !, in a res ble family, residing on 6th or 7th streets, between G and | streets. Please address anote to MATHEW McDONALD, Wendel’s Printing Office jan 7-209 ANTED.—A WHITE COOK AND Chambermald Also, a Colored Man Ser- vant for Dining-room. Apply at 423 Penn ave- nu? jan 7-3* ED Byrne BODY MAKER WANTED—ON light work. Good workmen, inquire #t the ‘Star Office. jan 6-3re A RESPECTABLE GIRL WANTS A 8IT- uation as Nurse or Chambermaid, or to do Mr. Justice Grier delivered the opinion of the Court, affirming the decree of the said Circuit Court in this cause, with costs. No. 14. E. @. Rogers & Co. et al., owners of the cargo, and Pooley, Nieol & Co., owners of schooner Ella, appellants, vs. the steamer St. Charles, Jas. L. Day et al, claimants. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. Mr. Justice Nelson delivered the opinion of the Court, reversing the decree of said Circuit Court, with costs, and remanding the cause for further proceedings in conformity to the opinion of this Court : PUBLIC MEETING IN GEORGE- A PRESENT, Boe town —The citizens of Georgetown | Worth from 25 Cents to $100, will be given (im are requested to meet at Forrest Halt, on | mediately after the sale) to every purchaser of a ‘THURSDAY EVENING next, the Sth cf Janu- | Book for which we receive $1 or more. ary,at 73g o’clock, to consider what action is | {775 per cent of all our net receipts will be necessery in conseqnence of the rejection by the | Placed ia the bands of His Honor the Mayor of Board of Coauann Council of an Ordinance i Me a Pomoc ter ane distributed for the benefit of ed by the Board of Aldermen, making provision. . to carry out the act of Congress approvet August | Atthe Old Stand, under Dexter’s Hotel, sign I'th, 1856, granting to every white male citizen of | Of the Red Flag. the Uni'ed States of the age of 21 years and up- jans-tf¢ SS. _PHILBRICK, Agent. wards who shall have resided in Georgetown one Mayer's Office. ; pone the right of szffrege upon paying a school Waskinoton, Jan 7, 1867. lax. Joszpn Lissry Wm Kixe ROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED aT Jos. N. Fxarson—De- Francis WHeatLer, P this office up to 12 o'clock M. on the 9th of No. 15 Wm. H. Seymour et al., plaintiffs Plain Sewing. The best of references given. makes one remark, however, which induces | jr js a wrong to the mass of the people to ex. | im error, ws. Cyrus H. McCormick. ba error mony on a ail leh saa iaviee ine Bree ang’ Flag: Fox aoe an Apply atthe Star Office, Box No.4 jan 6-21* us to add another wordof comment. Thatro- | tort an unnecessary tribute from their hard- | tthe Circuit Court of the United States for panies cumeatce’ go Broox B WittiaMs Paving the Gutters and Alleys in the First and AN —A SERVANT TO COOK, mark is this earned substance, and thus to impose a bur- the northern district of New York. Mr Jus- for tree suffrage. JosapH LSimus, ” Second Wards of the city, forming one district ; yash, and do general Housework for a “ This organization is confined to no party, | den upon the exertions of their labor; it is a | tice Nelson delivered the opinion of the Court, |} wef Kurta, Josxen Livery, Jr, for the Third and Fourth Wards, forming the family of two persons A suitable woman may races members of them a!l—for itis a fa . | aflirming the judgment of the said Circnit Wo KIRKLAND Grokes HILL, Ix second district ; and the Fifth, Sixth, and Sev- | obtain a permanent home end liberal es Ap but emb: e wrong to the interests of commerce to embar. 5 . _ , y dK, singular and rotorious fact that. while patriot- | rass it by heavy imposts and to obstruct its tee in this “iar with costz, and remanding | James F Eserx, deceit Owens, Steuer ts be bid Sor suomi benyoy — en Sth street, between K and L streeis. ism cannot rise abcve partisan considerations, i iminishi . aT the cause with directions to strike from the | Ww H Eps. oHN HopKins, P O in 6-3 <leny ean.” La Rateine 2, cer ike an ns record the taxation of costs Jas A MAGRUDER, __ jan 6-32 _ | to different contrectors,) for the year, commenc- - je: ing the first day of April, 1857, agreeably to the | St UTUAL FIRE INSURANCE Co. | following sp-cifications : OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- ‘The curbstone to be of the best New York river BIA —The annual meeting of the members will | curbstone, or the best blue rock, in Pleces of ni be held at the office of the Compauy on MON- | less than three feet song, and not less than sixteen DAY, January 19th, 1857, at 12 o'clock m., when | inches wide, and not less than three and a half an election willbe held for seven Manazers to | inches In tuickness, the upper surface, or cage, serve for the ensuing year. and a suftictent depth therefrom to receive t No. 18. C. C. Lathrop, plaintiff in error, vs. Charles Judson in error to the Cireuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. Mr Justice McLean delivered the upinion of the Court, afirming the judg- men: of the said Circuit Court in this cause, According to this allegation, there are Dem- | create and perpetuate a fund of corruption ocrats implicated in this infamous charge. It} which shall make it the prey of plunderers, is neither cur business nor our wish to allude | und the abomination of decent people to thore cf the other parties implicated. We] «« Everybody cries out for the abatement of hope, for the honcr of the nation, that none} the cuisance of a redundant excieyuer, but are guilty; but o far as Demecrats are con- | the question is, whether the thing shall be ANTED—A cow ngs Rian of —— understands Cooking, W r. ron- ing, to assist another ; lave preferred Apply to JAS. C. MeGUIRE, Auction and Comm! Merebent jon RESPECABLE YOUNG PERSON * “ Wishes a situation as Nuree. &hecan bring cerned, we are interested to know what foun- | done by raising the expenditure of govern- | With costs and damages at the rate of ten per By order o’ the President : bricks to be dr to that thickness, and set in | “*t!*factory recommendations. Address = dation there is for so gross a charge, and oxe | ment to a level with the revenue, or by re- | °e®t Per annum. jan 3-e02w CHAS. WILSON, Sec’y. | and well rammed to the proper grade, and the | *! this office jan which we believe to be a vile calumny. ucing the revenue toa level with the amount No. 40. Frederick Schuchard et al , appel- | ———————__—— joints well fitted ANTED.—THE HIGHEST PRICES paid in cash for (id Silver, at HOOD’S 81) - ver Were Manufactory, 318 Penn. avenue, near ‘9th street. dee 3u ANTED—PERSONS DESIRING TO give prrvate dioner parties can be supplied With a first class French Cook at $2 for bis servi ces on application at GAUTIERK’S RESTAU lants, vs. Winthrop S. Babbidge et al., clnim- ants of one-half of the proceeds of the ship Angelique. The argument of this cause was commenced by Mr Cutting for the appellants, and continued by Mr, Benedict for the appel- lees. Adjourned. Denying these allegations «» ‘vto, so far as - epee oxpesiitare _ Upon this pene ‘ = there can jut one opinion among right- the Demceratic members - concerned, the thinking men. The last is indisputable the Onion calls on the Republicans and Know | trye policy of government, hecause the other Nothings to clear their skirts of them. woul only Ssursrsi - = ear which we g e now complain, would embarrass the operations ‘The Iuneligencer = aor Me cri a ee of commerce, burden the industry of the coun- and Congressional proceedings. try, and breed corruption in the administra- —_—_—— oo tion of pale eee rae: Pervertien all just views of the object of federal legislation sintered tes Navy, is at | 224 the limits of federal power. It would be pre te Bloat, United States Navy, i more in harmony with the essential simplicity ~ ef Republican institutions, more conducive to «-+-Judge Francis Child. one of the oldest | the prosperity of the people, and more in ac: Citizens of Morristown, N. J., died !ast week. | cordance with the peculiar nature of our gov- +++.Wm. Chauncey Langdon, late Chief | ernment, to establish an equitable and easy i i United States Patent Office, licy of taxation on the basis of the utmost Examiner in the d pany sailed for Eogland on Saturday in the Bal fragality in expenditure. OFFICE OF WASHINGTON GAS-|° The brick to te of the best quality herd red Re Lieur COMPANY. Wasnincton, | paving brick, to be leid ona bed of sharp sand, December 15, 1856.—NOTICE TO STOCK spread four inches deep, on a bed of fine clean HOLDERS.—Pursuant to the requirements of gravel, free from clay or loam, three inches its charter, a meeting of the stocknolders of the | with rwo cours’s on edge next to the curb and Washington Gas-Light Company, for theelection | one course on edge to the inner line where the of Directors for the year 1857, will be held at this | pavement is less than the full width. No extra otlice on MONDAY, the Sth day of January next, | measurement for brick on edge will be made at7 o'clock p m by order; ‘The stone pavement to be of common quartz, dec 15.e03w J. F. BROWN, Sect. | not exceeding four tnches in diameter, except the - ——— ——-— } stone onthe outside line of the gutters, which Beer orice MUTUAL FIRE INSUR- | mustbeofsix inches in diameter,and laid on a bed ANCE COMPANY OF THE DIS8- | of ccarse sand end clean gravel, free from any TRICT OF COLUMBIA, December 29, 1856.— | clay or loam, at least nine inches deep. and to be Pursuant to the provisions of the Charter of this | twice well rammed the second time after Ddeing Company, the following statement of its condi- | well wet, and after being examined (and no be- tion is published, viz: fore) by the Commissioner, to be covered with Amount of premium notes representing fine clean gravel or coarse sand and the interation BOCK .seece- + 860,065 00 | between the stones well filled with the same ma- Amount of cash . + 5,147 47 | terial Amount of losses during the past year.. 937 70 ‘The flagging to be of the best quality blue The Current Operations of the Treasury Department.—On yesterday, 7th of January, there were of Treasury warrants entered on the books of the Department— Texas debt warrants....... For the redemption of Stock: 20 784 24 For the Treasury Department... 709.482 57 For the Interior Departmen « 37,178 31 For Castoms..cseccscocseosessee 81,933 69 War warrants received and en- $3,278 83 At THE RINGGOLD HOUSE, NO_ 413, corner of 9b and Hi streets, first-class Board can be secured, with or without Rooms, by im mediate application. The situation is one of the most healthy, central, and desirable, being near the Patent and Post Offices. Rooms are largeand area oF newly furnished. jan 8-3t* : “The Federal Government has a right to TOD s+ ereseeee see 76,707 jan 3-6t rock or guiess. or New York North river Hageing a " : ; «+e» Mr. Charles A. Abel, formerly propri- 0: A =: ¢ less than two feet ° OARD.—-GENTLEMEN DESIRING gtor of a well-known saloon and rendezvous | {vam Upon the ‘wie a seed ae Separeat ox sere: Sg goes REGISTERS OFFICE, WASHING- | by'eighteen inehes wide, and not lear than thee | 22 Board can and very cornfortable Seen on for politicians in Broadway, New York, died aang por racer ane a a avy. me 18,259 87| To MLE WHO Te te OE inches thick for the blue rock or gneiss, and not — a er 2 ; *'5) zs I 7ONU =— and streets, - Rideno om Sunday. will the people tamely submit to be robbed, | From mi eous source! 3,206 52 lees Chan four inebes thick Ser the New Yerk Notice is hereby given that licenses for butcher’s | North river stone, to be Jaid on a bed of fine clean stallsand for hucksters, also licenses for dogs, gravel, free from clay or loam or sharp sand, six will expire on the 3tst instant, and that the same inches deep, with close joints must be renewed within ten days. All grading not exceeding one foot to be rated SAML. K. DOUGLASS, — | as trimming” ~ dec ¥-dtJani0 Register. oe eon be —- in the best manner and to — , . * satisfaction t Mayor, to be com- Ree 44 oe pad ke SE ‘<a menced within tea days afver the order is given to ISHED —We want Housekeepers and those | the Contractor, and to be er “eg within the about to comimence Housekeeping te bear in mind | t!me named in the order directing it to be done, that the first, second, third and fourth rooms of | 274 warranted oe twelve months after its our large and spacious warehouse are filled to | Completion. And upon the failure of the con- their utmost capacity with every description of | t ctor or contractors to commence the work or to CABINET FURNITURE and Hovse-furnish- | Complete it within the time named, or upon bis ing Goods ceneral!y, to which we respectfuily | OF thelr failure to execute the work or the mate- Jnvite ‘he attention of those in want of bargains | Tals, and in the manner hereia required, tue Houses furnished throughout wih every article | Mayor to have the right of employing other per- in the housekeeping line vrRY CHAP FOR casH, | #008 todo the same, upon such terms as he may or to punctual dealers at the usual credit Cali at | 4eem expedient; {n which event tre contractor or the “ HousrxzxPen’s Emponi¥m’? andexamine | °®tractors so falling shal’ pay any loss or damage our stock before purchasing. Our motto is— or Corporation may sustain in consequence there- i ” A OCU sales soot cog ooh ed CooMBs, Any repairs or relaying which may be required dec 1-3m 7th street, between I and K. | before the expiration of the time for whicn the Find ee Rea eer : Work s warranted to stand, to be done by the con- = Sa gap | ractor free of charge, within five days after no- © GET THE LATEST AND BEST tice ‘fiom the CommisMoner of lnaprorements of +++ John Mitchell, the frish patriot, will] on the plea of protection or any other pre- deliver a lecture in this city some time next | tence, of thirty millions of dollars a year, of ag Mr. M. is about returning to bis home | which every cent goes to swell the evil of polit- ennesree. ical corruption and persona! rapacity hey «+++ George D. a contradicts Tu- are ge . ne oe oe -, sephiateal sug: mor that he waz about to remove toSt. Louis, | gestion tha! eir mo; Urbs em par pee be will not leave tae Louisville Jour- be end. ane — ae be conversant sone mal until the breath leaves him. the principles of political economy, bu! they " Mics Vincent, directress of the Victoria | ##ve @ sufficiently enlightened conception of Theatre, London, and for many years one of ed os pea bof goes tear pot aeksae aabrtes Sngli millions a year shou! mn in their pock- bes aie ee inh alt, Sgn = ete, and be expended according to their indi- ee, Sah = *8 *| vidual ideas of convenience and policy. «+e Dr. E k. Kane, the indefatigable ex- “A modification of the tariff we take to be lorer, now lies very ill at Havana. His | » foregone conclusion; but avery important ealth is considered in a more critical condi- point is still to be determined, and that is, tion thanever On the passage out for Eng- | y5on what principle shall government reduce jand, be was struck with paralysis the present rates of impost! Upon the prin- +++ There is current 2 bit of dramatic gos- | ciple of an equitable and impartial system of sip to the effect that Mr. Grosvenor. a stock | taxation, or upon the principle of “ inciden- actor at the Broadway theatre for several | tal’ protection to the manufacturing interest? yeare past, was recently married to a duugh- | Shall the rates of impost be reduced so as to ter of the celebrated [obert Schuyler. diminish the burdens of the mazses of the >—30 a8 to benefit the entire South and From Customs.....e.se0. A CONGRESSIONAL PROUEEDINGS. In THe Senate, yesterday, after we went to press, the debate on the Lowa contested elec- tion case was continued by Mesers. Harlan and Foster. Mr. Seward having next obtained the floor, they adjourned until! to-morrow (Friday), to- day being the 8th of January. Ix tue House, the debate on the annual message was continued by Mr Sandidge—Mr. Bingham next obtaining the floor. On motion of Mr. Davidson—this day being the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans— they adjourned over until to-morrow (Friday.) wt oe 1 UITES OF ROOMS FURNISHED AND pape Boarding, Wor Dae. at 533 street, te ar it. bf ty '» Oppost a 11 95 OARD, &c.—MRS. BATES, ON THES, W corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 9h street og to accommodate gentlemen with rooms ith or without board. Every effort will bemade to render those comfortable who may favor ber with thelr patronage. Transient or teble board can be obtained. aps-tt T° PREVENT COLD FEET, CALL aT 5 “eins and buy a pair of Cork Sole= janz MATRIMONIAL. GENTLEMAN 25 YEARS OF AGE, IN <3 a respectable busine’s, in easy cireumsiances, and piously inclined, takes this method to by come evquainted with some biyhly respectable and pious Lady, with a view to mairlunony. Ref erences as to character, &c., ziven and required. Address, with full confidence, stating age. pox Later from Northern Mexico. By the arrival at New Orleans of the steam- Ship Atlantic from Brazos Santiago, we have . = 2 BOUKS, call at the Circulating Library. the Ward; and fail ton, &c , HENRY S.REVELLO, Washington ha come dibo f a Memeane i ‘great West—or shall they be so reduced | dates from Monterey to the 17th December, Jano , ___ FERGUSON, 486 7th st. contractors tomase any repaiee, rtp toler aay cay Pot Ome q pcr in Washington, sad held ferth on Sunday, | # to bestow a special bounty on the capital | and also papers to the 13th. UST RECEIVED.—AN INVOICE OF | ery iste hove an aatenl opinions REMEMBEt—REMEMBER. ‘ as Semcatamen a0 is enlightening the peo- | & New England - * ; * f * * edt elem gs from the interior - fine Tinted ana French Paj ere, Also, Guilt tie pean ox nenons teks The wee tna nici Rae bie sor 8 ie will iti “There is comething quite plausible in the | waa tothe effect that Mejia had pronounced | Letter, Note, &c. t: FIRST GRA L _—— Louis with expositions of Mormon iden af incdcntok protection pean sarevenee | in San Luus against the treaty 2 hee pees apy ’ 4£07th stie=t. terms as he may deem expedient ; in which event — } the contractor or contractors so failing shall pay tariff; but,the policy is false in theory and DAMANTIRE CANDLES, only 28 cents | 82y loss or damage the Corporation may sustain ‘nce iniquitous in practice, because it involves two oF THE Landa and pe vuEarey, on behalf of the Gen- e Madame Parodi, Peter Cooper, E:q. eral Government, h ; ffected with Vidaurri. Ib ; best Java Coffee 15; choice Rio 12}; | in consequence thereof. GENEVIEVE Ciy.uB the donator of the Peter Cooper Institute ‘° | incompatible principles, and because it is un-| Great consternation prevailed at San Luis Burtt Coffe. of excellent flavor, 15. Another iti Bidders Er cee enn nsountnactars AT ODD FELLOWS’ HALL, Navy y4 ae. Bee ae ET ickee on ion & Hunt, | equal und unjoct in ite operation. Disguise ws Re express left with this intelligence, | of those superior Sugar Spree nit of the contract and the provisions of lawn’ | Om THURSDAY EVENING, Jan sth . > 2: Le oes o Vit e may, we cannot change the essential | and it was suppose uirre, the actual gov- 3 4 > 7 Gk 6 : i — pte Company, New York, are] oature of a protective duty, which meane a | ernor, had combined wih Garza, of Tamauli- ae pune: Rh ead Reem Dusting oribe aaieee eee a eS ere Se eVIEVE now at Willards’. furnishing of the materials as herein required REWABD.—S3TOLEN FROM THE | bond and security to the amount of two thou $5 subscriber, between the 2ist and 2ith of | dollars will be required of the contractors December, a patent lever Gold wach pie case, The bidders will state the rates at which the Ne 3891; made by M.J. Tobias & Co, Liver- | curbing, paving, and flagging will be executed, pool; owned by Barnard Parsons, of the city of | including materials. Washington, D © Also, a Purse containin; For setiing new curb of New York, North river $25; 4 silver Table Spoons, marked B P ; bi curbstone, per running foot. dozen of Silver Tea Spoons, marked B. P ; balf For sett! new curb of blue rock or gneiss, czen of Silver Forks, marked J. W. P.; two | per running foot. Gold Slides, two Gold Rin, nd Seal, set with Fo: laying new brick pavement, per square ted; belonging to the Watch. Being relics of a | yard. deceased father and brother, the abcve reward |” For laying new stone pavement, per equare will be paid for ae Seaway. of the same yard. .M_ L. BRAUNFR, For gradi whether excava' or filiing,) Jans 6th street and Pa.ave., Navy Yard pereuile i ( sis A = t Proposals for Steal-Plate Printing. s Pecan geese i OFvick SuPERINTENDENT PuBLic PRINTING, aot Sate ee WasHINGTON, January 7, 1857. For laying down New York North river fiag- pRorosats WILL BE RECEIVED ar | ging, per square foot. this oifice until the 19th day of January, in- For laying five course of brick on edge in gut- stgnt, at 12 o’clock m , for priating from stec!, in | ters and alleys, per running foot. : the highest style of theart, 6 400 copies fromeach | And the rates at which te following work, ex- of 24 quarto pages of landscapes and outline | Clusive of materials, «xcept the gravel and sand, sketches, and 3,400 copies from each of 260 quarto | Which may be required : of ca-tacue, palaeontology, natural % For setting new curb, including dressing, per and botany, to tllustrate the Report of the Mexi- | ronning foot. ke ae ry Survey, forthe use of the Senate | For laying new brick pavement, per square n tes. yard. Bidders will state the price for printing each | For taking up and relaying old brick psve- 100 copies of said plates, and the time they will | ment, per equare yard bounty levied upon one interest for the benefit ++++ Thackeray, the novelist, bas been de- | of another; and the thing is still the same, livering his lectures, on the Four Georges, in | whe:her we contemplate it as a primary object various parte of Great Britain. with much | cra necessary result—whether we accompliso succest. At Bradford, om the 9th ultimo, a | it by indirection or in a straight forward way. sudden attack of sickness oceasioned the lec- | ‘The principle of incidental protection was in- turer to disappoint his audience. corporated in the tariff of 46, and by its opey +++» We were under a misapprehension in | ratiwn the agricultaral interest of the South is stating that it waa Dir Hilliard’s purpose to | made to pay an annual tribute of millions for change his relations to the M_E Church. He | the aggrandizement of the manufacturing in- will coniinue as beretfore, to hold bis place in | terest of the North. § pe . that Church, cuntributiog what he can tothe! “Now, ehali this principle of ‘sincidental’”’ advancement of Christianity, without making | protection be observed and perpetuated in the apy change in bis pursuits proposed reduction of the present rates of im- I { the most elegant mansions in | POF? or sball it be discarded, and in its ceee 40 ODO O} : stead shail there be substituted a system of the Fifth Avenue, the tady of the house gave taxation whieh wilt t Vand i orders to haye every newspaper carrier who atial wadakse sft with equal and im- ealied with bis “‘New Year s Address,” intro- prepa of > pra a scrapes and ee? duced into the dining-room to be “refrehed,’’ Aska Seen’ the conieaaite all wepthgpeeey ° per Rio Grande, taking aavactateeen as well as paid his cxetomary Blvd band a ployed in manufactures, and be. tapeeed eat | Renee of troops, have commenced their eld Such also has been ee sees ie sid) = the artisiez which are used in agriculture ? | g1me of robbery and murder. —— Benton (to bis honor be it said) iv | 5a the grat case, it would be nothing more nor aaa y- less than to give so much advantage to the The annual expenses of the houses of ++» Dr. Bellows, an Unitarian clergymap, manufucturing interest oyer every other in- ish Pariii t ended th recently preached a sermon in favor of the | terest in the country. To cianive that the = ees. 350 of ehh the sehen. theatre and the opera house A number of | manufactuser of New England may buy his | to £75 954. | managers and artists of the city tendered bim | paw material free of duty, while the planter | a service of plate 11 token of their gratitude | of the South pays twenty or thirty per cent. | (Pr Captain Daniel Noyes, of Plaistow, New Club take great plezsure in sanouncing te their friends and th- public cegerally, that thelr Firsy Annvat Batt will begiveneat ODD FELLOW s> HALL, Navy Yard, on THURSDAY EVEN- ING, January Sth, 1857. The Members of the Club pledge themselvd¢ { vhat neither pains or expense will be spares { / make this one cf the bes: balls of the season »/ Wither's Brass end String Band has been af: geged for the occasion. 2 e Supper will be served by an experienc & ‘ caterer . ‘Tickets CNE DOLLA R—admitting a gentic- man and ladies, te be obtained from the mem- bers of the club or at the decor on the eveging of the ball. Positively no hats or caps ellowed jn'the balh room except those worn by members of the re--~ spective clubs. Commitice of Arrangements Robert L Childress, Andrew N: William H Talbert, William A & James A Mathieson, Joseph L. Soper, George W Wood, jan 7-ne LMANACH DE GUTHA. fer 1857; giv- ing the households and personnel of every European Government. Im, st ane: Europa, by (jan5) FRANCK Tayron” REMOVAL. aa SAMUEL CHILTON, ATTORNEY ar LAW, &c , has removed bis office to (Le base pas, in this new pronunciamento against the Government This state of things will be seriously felt by the merchants of the frontier, as it is likely to embarrass them in the transportation of goods to the interior, and may also prevent the ar rival of a condusta with money. The Brownsville Flag sa: “The recent settlement of the difficulties between Gen. Vindurri and the General Government is al. ready beginning to be felt to advantage on this frontier Communication is again eatab- lished with the capital and the more distant States, confidence is being restored, and pros- ts are in every way more flattering, © may soon hope to see our commercial in- tercourse with our neighbors restored to their former healthfulness.” The Flag states that the Indians on the a i F i i e For up and resetting o:d curb, per run- | ment of the house of Johnson Helien, kc. He declined to accept the gift, but expressed | impost on the clothing of his negroes, the im- Hampshire, while cutting oy ice out of a mill THes tee acienc menerseod that no bids foot. © P . . the corner of Sth street and Louisians avence & determination to deliver a discourse to tbe | plements of his farm, &c., is equivalent to a | {8% gb the 2vth ultimo, fell over the dam and | win) be entertained from any parties not directly taking up and relaying old stone pave-| dec 30-Im® members of the theatrical profession espe- | protective duty of twenty or thirty per cent. | ‘as drowned. engaged in, practicall juainted with, the | ment, per square yard. work bia vile ‘ — i , a Taking up ‘and relaying old flag foctway, wilt be Pabate Uri eaee. = sa No bia will be received which does not include A contract will be entered into with, and bonds an offer for each separate item of work and mz- Will be required from the succesaful bidder forthe by eee . faithful execution same. will 5 "Proposals wiust be addressed to A.G. Seaman, | Bylaw tue Meyer io proMibited from awarding . intendent oe opens rene raw pomersp weperidyn than ten Array «i . C., and endorsed " 3 for J who vers Printing.” PAG SEAMAN, * who arena. WB. MAGKUDER, Mayor jan 8-eodtlomh Superintendent. jan8 QawtFeb9 cially. in favor of the manufacturer; or, to simplify | [BA night or two since a gentleman while «+++ Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, | the proposition, to a bounty of twenty or thirty *leeping at the Franklin House, Providence, brother ct the Ear! of Clarendon, who bas! per cent. distributed to the manufacturing in- | ¥48 made insensible by the application of deen appointed British Minister at Washing- | terest directly outvf thotreasury. Obviousiy, | Chloroform, and while in this state was robbed ‘ton, bas filled the cfice of Judge Advocate | in reducing the rates of impost, the only e te Rev A. L. Livermore has become the General in the British Government, and, as | table priuciple, is to reduce the duty upou all ped of the Christian Inquirer. He is the M. P. for Wolverhampton, was one of the most | arti in the same proportion. author of several theological works of « high distinguished advocates in the House of Com-| ‘Again: suppose Government should re- i character, and has great readiness and skill gnons, of the repeal of the Corn Laws move the tariffs from those commodities which , 88 & writer, Pom tNos as HIGH AS DO: — at JanSdw) TBH La OWBRAW & GONDRAYSPERFUNE- RY,at (jané-lw) + TRE LAKES. BY. YOUR HOLIDAY Gaops of éec 16 McLAUGHLIN & CO . pee" MATS, BIRD CAGES, AND Bask- than an 4 ere UGHLIN & CO.