Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1857, Page 1

THE EVENING STAB, FOSLISHED SVAKY 2s KKNVUR, (BACEPT SUNDAY,) _ ome es ey W. 9. WALLACE, Will he served to subecribers by carriers at SiX AND A QUARTER CENTS, payable weekly Agent; pa_ore served In packages at 37% ‘ats per month. £o mall subseribers the sub- scription price is TR BE DULLARS AND FIP. TY CENTS a year in advances, TWO DOLLARS | {© six montis, and ONS DOLLAR for three months; for lese then “bret moaths at the rate of 12 cents a week i[7” SINGLE COPIES ONE tig — Eben OFFICIAL. Traascry Depsatuent, Nov. 2Y, 1656. Notice is hereby given to holders of stock of the loans of the United States, tat this department will purchase the same until the 3d of Marci: next, unless the sum of $1,500 000 shall be previously obiained, and will pay in addition to the interest Mayer's Office, } WasHtInoton, Jan. 7, 1857. | PRoPosats WILL BE RECEIVED AT — ned cody raraaier ad —— the tes of el next, for imming, curl a and laying the Brick and’ Flag Fostways ami Paving the Gutters and Alleys in the First and Secohd Wards of the city, forming one district ; for the Third and Fourth Wards, forming the second district ; and the Fifth, Sixth, and a Proposals for Erecting the Marine Bospital at Burlington, Iowa. Tasascry DeraRTMeNT, Wasninerox, December 18, 1856. ROPOSALS WILL BS RECEIVED AT THIS department until the 19h day of February, A. D 1857, at 9 o’ciock a.m, for the construction of the Marme Hospital authorized to be erected at Burlington, Iowa, according to the plans and epeci- Wy maes TO CALL THE ATTENTION to all that suffer with defective sight, sickness, and particularty from mek by Wards i ‘ . accrued (em the date of the last semi annual di mel to his su jor | nth Wards, forming the third district, (each | fications prepa-ed at this depari:ment; :a‘d propoeals om the date of the last semi annual divi- Sercribi eed rast Searefally ground | district to be bid for separately, and to be given | to be either or te whole building crecparere tr | dend of interes thesecn, together with one day's to different contractors,) for the year, commenc- | the different kinds of w rk; bills of rarcels must in «nself to a true spnerical accu , and bril- fae the & of alditiona! interest for the money to reach the ven- 2 rst April, 1857, agreeabiy to the | every case aceempany each bid, with the amount of y Z Mant traasparency, sutted precisely aod benef | 7°) sp cikeations: " sak tiator won, aad the total amount carried | dor, the following rates of premim on said eioeks: ‘The curbotone to be of the best New York river curbatone, or the best blue rock, in pieces of not less than three feet long, and not less than sixteen inches wide, and not less than three and a ba'f inches In thickness, the upper surface, or edge, and a sufficient depth therefrom to receive the bricks to be dr to that thickness, and set in and well rammed to the proper grade, and the joints well fitted The brick to te of the best quality hard red paving brick, to be laid on a bed of sharp sand, spread four inches deep, on a bed of fine cican gravel, free from clay or loam, three inches deep With two cours:s on edge next to the.curb. and one course on edge to the inner line where the pavement i less than the full width. Noextra measurement for brick on edge wili be made. ‘The stone pavement to be of common quartz, not exceeding four inches in diameter, except the out; tre department reserving the right to r-ject or accept the proposals hereby invited, or any thereo’, when it deems tie icterest of the United Svates requires it; the department a'so reserves the right toexelude the bids cf any person or persons who there is just cause to believe will not aithfully pert rm the contracts. or which they! ave att mpted to obtain by indicection ; and all bids when there shall be parti interest who do not join in the bits,and al! bids tha’, upon investigation are below @ fair prica for the work. Bid: will not be received in grosa, and 19 contra:t wili be axarded toa der unless deta'!s are fur nisked the deyar'ment of the prices of the differeit kinds of work and material", which sal be sub ject to the revision of the department, so that it may adopt the whole or ;art of the bid, a3 the interest uo: ths United States may require. Ninety per cent. of the amount of work done and etally te the wearer according to the concavity or converity of the eye. Very numerous are the fli | effects caused to the precious organ of sight from the commencement of astag — in not —-* sulted, by the use ofan Optometsr ; an: ne — of many years enables him to meas- ure the focal disease of the eyes, and such glass es that are absolately = will bs furnished with precision and sat! tion JOHN FOBIAS accaowisdzes the very libe- ral encouragement a'ready obtained, and further solicks the patronage of those that have not yet availed themselves of bis ald Persons that cxanot conveniently call, hy send- ing the glasses iu use, and state how many inch- es they caa read tuis print with their spestacies, prota supplied with suca as will impzove their fanumerable testimonials to be seea; and ref- ereaces givea to many who bave derived the For the stock of 1842, a premium of 10 per cent. For the stock of 18:7 and 1848, a premium of 16 per cent; and for the stock of 1850, commonly called Texas Indemnity Stock, a premium of 6 per cent. Certificates of stock transmitted to the depart- Ment, under this notice, must be assigned to the United States, by wie party duly enti to receive the proceeds. If sent between cate hereof and the Ist day of Jaquary next, the current hali y:ar’s in terest must be disigned by the present stockholer, or it will b2 payab'eas heretofore, and a corres- ponding deduction be mate froin the amonat pay- able for the stoek. greatest eas2 and comfort from his glasses. stone onthe outside line of the gutters, which | ma‘er:ais delivered accordinz to co.tract price, Payment fur the stocks so as ed and trax: mit- Clrealars be bh: ‘s ratis, at a office, No, | must be of six inches in diameter,and id ona bed (-aid amount to bea scertaived by the estimate of an ted will b= mals by diafts on A ca s12 aaeaaien athiee thraa doors from of ccarse sand and clean gravel, from any | azectof thedepa-im ntsp_ointed for that purpese,) aa . O44 Fallows’ Hall, ur stains. clay or loam, at least nine luches deep, and to be | will b+ paid from time to timy, a1 tke work pro- | ft Boston, New York, or Philadelphia, at the twice well rammed the second time after being | cresses ; aad ten per cent. retaived un‘il thee. mple | option of the parties entitled to receive the money, Noavouk, ber 7, 1954. well wet, and after bei-g examined (and not be- | tion of the contract and acceptance of the work, &., | which should be exproased in the letters accompa Sir—The S$) you efor ms sult very | fore) by the Cemmis.joner, to be covered with | by the azent aoresa'd, and to bs forfeited in the & the - 2 and ssem to have improved my sight more fin clean gravel or coarse sand and the interation | , vent of non fulfilment of coptract. ying the certificates. JAMES GUTHRIE, ch other I have lately tried. —— the stones weil Alicd with the same ma- cnt ae will ey ieee only to ma wie ete eka Secretary of the Tr: asury. It?. w. erial and m.ucha-ics, and the a3signment thereof, except eo 1—dt3.4Marcht + a W. PAZEWELL The Sagging to be of the best quality blue | by co -cn’ of the Secretary oe the Tre azury, will be ~ I bave tried 3 pair of Spectacles obtained from | ‘cK or guless, or New York North riverflagzing, | a for eiture of the sam. Barking House of Chubb Brothers, ia pieces of not less than two feet six inches long by eighteen laches wide, and not less than three inches thick for the blue rock or gneiss, and not less than four inches thick for the New York North river stone, to be laid on a bed of fine clesn arivel, free from clay or loam or sharp sand, six Mr. Tovias, and flad them of great assistance to ata corresponding with ais description tas focus. | recommend him as a skillful op- Uelaa. HENRY A. WISE. Haviag been induced by a friend to visitthe cs- Each proposa! must be accompanied by a written guaantes, s{ ned by two respons bl» persone, (cer t fled to ke 90 by United States district judgs or a torney f the :a‘d di-trict,) in the sum of $5,000 for the whole work, or of a proportionate am sunt i. fora y ,avt, tha’ the bidder will, when required, if Wasuinoton, January 1, 1857. Joun D BARROW AND HENRY HOLMES * are this day admitted ax partners in the Bank- ing House of Chubb Brothers. The drm from this date will be composed of Chas. St. J Chubb, a Jobn D. Barrow, and Henry Holme: The tzblishmnsat of Mr. Toblas for the purpose of try- | ‘Bches deep, with close Joiats. his .r-p) a! be aovepted, enter into a contract ant | House fa Davenport c fag his glasses, 1 was furnished {m0 withs or grading not exceeding one foot to be rated | tyond, with prop rand sufficient securitice, fur it- | St. J, Chubb. Win ‘a Deen ta Miexander x pate slightly colored blue, which have afforded | 2% trimming fa t fal performance Barrow, under the frm of Chubb Brothers, Bar- ‘The work tobe done {a the best manaer and to the satisfaction of the Mayor, and to be com- menced within tea days af-er the order Is givea to the contractor, and to bs compieted within the | (ime named in the order directing it to be done, and warraated to stand twelve imonths after its completio:. And upon the failure of the coa- tractor or contractors to commence ihe work or to complete it within the time uamed, or upon bis or their fallure to execute the work or the mate- ime more relief and gratification thaa any I have evertriel My sight, originally very good, was injured by writing and dinz at night, fre- quently to a wery late bour; but with the ald of tress glassss I can study alitost as late as ever, and tasttoo without th» pain [ have — sired. JOAN WILSON te Commisstoner Gea’! Land Oise, Decemr 11, 1255 Tow & Go jan 1-f ——— = D&; DUPRIE'S REMEDIES are the only | 7 elfectual cure for External or Internal Piles, Saltrheum, Ring-Wortn, xe. ‘They are unrival- led for purifying the blood. 50 cents per box =U tive 76 Nassau street, New Yors Will be eent by mai!. For sale by FORD & BRU. Form of b nd and certifica e required will be fur- ni-hed on application to the depatmant. Pave, 8 ecifi ations, and working drawings will berea ya ter thirty day’, when they an bo! aion applica ion to the d+ pa nent No bit wit! be considered tinless it fully complies in all tis detuils with the requirements of advertise- ment. CHUBB BROTHERS. The preporals mest bs sent to this depertm® t, at esred t> the of the Treaty ace , Corner of Lith st {hare . Fodies'a Spectacles ger tare | Tals, and in the manner hereia required, tie endorsed «¢ for the Burlington Ma- | ated Penn avenue, oc B83 or four 227 3tas, and teke t piessuce fa say | Mayor to nave the right of employing other per- pitt,” and b: Opened at 10 o'clock, 2 nn Ne ing that 8 270 meek with them. { kaye | 5025 to do the same, upon such terms as he may | w., of the iat day ram d for recriving the same. S. BORLODOT REIM AMPAGNE, dee:n expedieat; in which eventt.econtractor or contractors so failing sual pay any loss ordamzge o Corporation may sustaia In consequence there- of. Any repairs or relaying which may be required be‘ore the expiration of the time fur whicn the work 8 warranted to stand, to be done by the con- tractor free of charge, within five days after no- tice from the Commissioner of Improvements of ma mace beaekits | bs thc “TRESOR DE BOUZY? AND “IXL.” May Hb, bs | SHUR JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Trea rary. Qawti9hFeb; SCARBURGH. - Joan Tobias asc have eyes of remark ified to find thst Mr to comprekead them by tnspoc siigat moasuremeat, he has made mea pair of Spectacles thi: sults me ed dec 2 Proposals for Furnishing Granite andGran- ite Work for the North Front of the Pat- ont Offics Building. for this city of Dorlodot’s ‘‘ ‘Tresor de Bouzy,’? a champagne celeb Europe, aud esteemed by concclsseurs as of the highest grade, and unsurpassed by any other product of the champagne country, which has obtained 2 bizh position in the aristocratic circles of Europe and America «i througkout DerantMent of THe INreRtoR, Also, mairably po A. P. SUTPLER = WwW. Sa sectany cepeber chistes 5 Decembe - 1856. Ee stock of other Wines, Liquors ard Ces ts umaee » 1858. -—— tracto! mas ty WEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED JUNAS P. LEVY Witstneron, N.C., Jan. 27, 1958 pavement within five days after notice aforesaid, S fs : I the eighteenth 2 57 at! v Mr. J Tsstas: Dear Sir—1 am happy to say a is to have the right of employing any | ;;, Heirs lath oxiocg: at i on for tr hing See ee eee sees Neiisea eee or persons to do the same on such terms as he may deem expedient ; in which event the contsaetor or contractors so fa ling shall pay any loss or damage ths Corporation may sustain ia consequence tnereof. Bidders will also take notice that the contractors taat the Spectacles which | obtained from you lasi week are catirely satisfa-tory. Froman inequal- ity in the visual range of my eyes, | nave hereto- foand great difficulty ‘a getting glasses of the aidistance itaffords me pieasure to state that, by the aid of your optometer, this dim- euch Granite a d Granite Work above the sub-basement stor the north front of the Pareut € * in the may be required in the erection ot # building. MANTELS, NEW AND BEAUTIFUL STYLE. Manufactured trom Slate Stone, by the West Castict ete Company, ve. RESK MANTEL RE ENAMELLEDIN 7 ie g. dressing, aad setting, inelaiingall he ma ; rts ; ty he tly o ¢ will be requlred to comply strictly with the terras z . Lopresti imitation of the richest and most expensive to my eves of aay 1 have ever yet used. A or the _ ee the work and the Cub: stone, per superficial foot, mA te a RED ay SROCATELLA, Very respectfally. yours, AB DRA risking of the materials as herein required ys AGATE, SPANISH GALWAY, ané other rere Reds andbita, do Exira Cub sione, per cubic foot ormice in (WO Ded per superficial foot. bond and security to the amount of to thou and dollars wiil be required of the contractors. The bidders will state the rates at which the tnd desirable MARBLES. The tmliations are 80 pertect that they chalenge the closcst scrutiny They are so uignly polished that they retain their Rector of St James? Pi Da7atrMant oF Inexxion, May 7, 1855. Rs —1 def-ctstnd the unsqusl range of peter NaS use eau — Sears, Kroeae tt euabtacure, we i = ke, coat EG. or acide: aaa roan eo Sola several Years. ge pote ent na Holans cuisine: partonain ee York, North river Drops to cornice, Pp riineal foou say ine sinte eee marues. Erie cerve me perfectly. i87 tho use of bis optometer neets : OD giB ene eer street, 3doors below Udd Fellows’ Hall, up For laying new brick pavement, per square Window » a per =uperficial foot. ‘The granve tins be equal i quatny to that used ia the coastuctou of the wings of she buldifes, specimens of which will be required to accomps the lida. stairs. T.M HANSON, be ts enab.ed toadapt Glassez minutely to the Ageat 1 most chserfully recommend Mr Tobias to ali neviag oceasien to use glasses and bear my testi- moay aa to nis skill 2s an optician HENRY &. BALDWIN, Aviat. Seo’y te sign Land Werrante. rf. 3.-OFERA GLAISRS of Fone varis E£ELSSCOPES & MICROSCUPES, WATCH MAGLR SLASIKS, and many other articles in this dae st very low prices constantly on hand. iy S-i7 CITAGLe FUR CHRIST MiSs AND NEW VEAuS’ PAESENTS. OHN H. 3M90T, No 119 SOUTH SIDE t. Veorgetowa, D.C , has received asefs. gad seasonable GUUD3, avites tae attention of both ladi:s and geat'emen wao miy wish to make a Christ- mas aud New Years’ Present. EMBEOIDERIES. Kich worked Cambric sets (Coliars and Sleeves) Do do Muslin do do De do Muslis and Cambric Collars * ro laying new stone pavement, per square saa | ! H. MILLER, 8ON & CO, ALEXAN-, « dria, Va., keep constently on hand a hand- ; some variety of CHANDELIERS, PENDANTS BKACKETS, &c , from the celebrated factory o Cornelius & Haker, which they will guarantee to} seliat the same prices charged to private pur- ; chasers al the salerooms on Chestnut street, Phii- | adelphia A'so, Drop-lights, Cut Glass and) deecratel Paper Shades, in great varlety Call and examine for yourselves. dec 1- COAL KEPT UNDER COVER. 2,240 lbs to the Ton, OW ON HAND. THE BEST QUALITIES | of White Ash, Ked Ash ard Lehigh COAL Warranted to give satisfaction. Delivered free! from diit. ‘ Also, Hickory, Oak and Pine WOOD T.J.& W.M. GALT. N. W.. corner 12th and C streets, No 517, dec 20-tf one square south of ba. avemtie For grading, (whether excavating or tili!ng,) per cubic yard. For wimming, per runaing foot For spout-gatter, per foot. pico laying down bine rock dagging, per square For leying down New York North river Hag- 9 square fost. or laying five course of brick on edge in gut- ters and alleys, per running foot. and the rates at which the f llowing work, ex- clasive of materials, except the gravel and sand, which may be required : For setting neweuro, Including dressing, per ronning foot For laying now brick pavemeni, per square ard. > For tating up and relaying old brick pave- ment, per square yard For taking up and resetting o:d curb, per run- ning foot For taking up and relaying old stone pave- ment, per equare yard ters be of th hte ptent to fulfil ia good faith the chliga tions uh ¥ propow to assum; and no assignm bid of contract will b+ recognized, untess with Ute approval of the heat of the depa Nineiy percent. will b+ paid fromtime wu @3 the work progresses, upon the estimate o agent of the depar:m-ntin churge thereof, avd ten percent reserv.d until the completion of the con iract and accep'ance of the work by -aid agent. ‘The department reserves to itselt’ the rigit to re- Accept the proporals hereby invited when it dee ins the interest of the United States requires ut, a3 well as to exclude the bids of avy person or per- has good reason to believe will not, from rt information ob aived, on a be examined, and 0 of the superintendent apply a ion at the offi Th seals, which must b> sent to this depart- N’S Worst Liseh Sets fad Linen da Fase ea? tnd Felaying old flag footway, | yoy, N'itreoaed wo the Secretary of the Taterior,| HAND-BOOK OF WASHINGTON. Bich worked Sluslin Sleeves P’No bid will be received wh'eh does not include | (ene sed“ Proposals for the ereeticn of the north | rNIS BUOK SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS | front of the Patent Office buil ting,”) will be opened at | o'clock, p. m., of the last day named four re- R. McCLELLAND, Se retary of the Interior. Proposals for Erecting the Post Offico and Court-house at Springfield, Illinois. ‘TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Wasnine ton, December 17. 1556 KROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED aT this department until the 17th day of Febru- ary, A. D , 1857, at 9 o’clock a m_, for the con- struction of the’ Post Uffeand Court-houseauthor- ized to be erected at Springfield, Lilnois, accord ing tothe plans and specitications prepared at this deportnient; said proposels to be either for th whuie build!ng or separate for different kinds of work; bills of parcels must in every case ac- company each bid. with the amount of cach kind of work, and the total amount carried out; the department reserving the right to reject or accept the proposals hereby Invited or any parts thereof, when it deems the interest of the United States requires it; the department also reserves the right to exclude the bids of any person or ; ersons who there is Just cause to believe will not faithfully perform the contracts, or which they have at- tempted to obtata by indirection; and all bids when there shall be parties in interest who do not jota in the bids, and all bids that. uvon investi- gativn, are below a fair price for the work. Bids will not be received tn pross, and no con- tract will be awarded toa bidder unless details ate furnished the department of the prices of the different kinds of work and materials, which shall be subject to the revision of the depa:tment, so that it may esr the whole or part of the bid, as the Interest of the United States may require. Ninety per cent of the amountof work done Black ani w4'te Lace sets and Collars Worked ‘am ric and Mus'in Bands Bmbrotds ed Linea Cambric Handkerchiefs Hemstitched, tacked and piain do Black Carntilia aud Freach Lace Veils Worked, quilted ana booped Skirts. aLso— Moire Antique, Embroidered, Satin and other Cloiks Double an! single Brocha and other Shawie Fancy and Bisck Silks stinos, plaid Merinos printed Mous L’delaines an offer for each separate item of work and ma- terials Coatracts wiil not be assignable. By law the Mayor is prohibited from awarding Contracts fur the above work to any person or per- sons who are not practica! pavers W. B. MAGRUDER, Mayor. jan’ 2awtFebs GREAT ARMUCTION IM THE PAICE UF LOOTS AND GAITERS HAVE ON COMMISSION, FOR A PHIL- ade!phia manu- facture:,@ first rete Sewed or Peg c n BOOP at fill aa pood as those usually sold at $5 or 26; ard a Freach Calf Patent Leather GAITER at 23 50, 2sgo0laran’ atS5; a firs’ Ca! Galteral $2.50, these are the best zoods that is (orever were) sold ia tho District for the price; for the roof, come and see for ourself. Terms gery A cash. No extra rot charged to offset bad debts. Call atthe EW YORK HAT STORE, Seventh street, near Peansyivania avenue. of ssa | piranges sojourniog in the city; be- acomplete guide with a panoramle view of | the city, Public Buildings, and Statuary f Anew Map of Washington with all the new improvements, &c , for sale in the Capito), at the Book Stand, and at the Bookstores. dec 2b-1m pest UFFICK DIRECTORY, OR BUSI- ness Man’s Guide to the Post Offices in the United States, containing the names of the Post Uttices and Post Masters in the United States on | the ist July, 1856, with a variety of valuable in- formation on Postal Affairs; also, a comprehen- sive codification of the existing Postal Laws. Price $1. Just published, and for sale, at TAYLOR & MAURY?S Bookstore, dec 11- near 9th street INE WOOLEN COMFORTS, HOODS, Opera Cloaks, Mits, Sleeves, Gloves, ac . &c., atou- Great Fancyand Variety Store, No 2u between Sth and 9th streets janz H. J. McLAUGHLIN & CO EW YORK LEDGER FOR JANUARY LN 24th; Cobb’s new story, Karnel the Scout, a thrilling tale. Read it! read it! jan 16- FERGUSON, 456 7th st THE IMPROVED SETS UF TEETH. R LOOMIS, THE INVENTOR AND patentee of * Loomis? MineralP late Teetn,”’ having successfully Introduced SAR his improvement fn various cities, has now permanently established himself In Wash- ington. hie improvement for Sets of Teeth consists chiefly In berg 3 a set of but one piece of mate- rial, aud that jadestructible mineral. No metat is use@ in thelr construction, and they are there- ivanic action and metalic taste. br Piaja an Best Paris Kid Gloves, all nambers Kid aad Buck Gauatlets Ladies, geut’s aad children’s Warm Gioves Do Hosiery, of every kind Portmonnales, aad ladies’ Cabas Gent: Linea, Oambric and Silk Pecket Handkfs 5B si aad fancy Sik Cravats, Scarfs and Ties Gents suawis, Merino aid Woolen Scarfs Children's K eit Palms and Hoods Led.es, guaty and bays: Comforts. &c ith aaay other dosiraule goods, which will be said low to cash of prompt customers dec 23- J. SMOOT SISGEZR’S Imfrove+ Sewing Machines. To waich was granted tho Highest Award of the Paris £xbibition, thoreby receiving the Worll's Vordict of superiority. WHE IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS Ma- obins bas simpiided them in many respects. aad arecapabicof exewmtingtwiceibeamoun! of work taey did formerly in any given time. Fary are without 4i2siion the only Machines ca- pable of sewing very Variety of yoods perfect; Shirt dDosam of hosty trace for barn can Cor sy 2 mac ‘ and materials delivered, according to contract | ‘ryere are no jointsto become filled with molature Pp ed bugs A ‘aioe “ger pening price, (sald amount to be ascertained by the estl- | or partictes st pry hence they are pure and clean. te it scrutizy cau t ennen that the mat- of an agent of the department appoluted for They ave lighter, stronger, less clumsy, and, in i> oo personae 2:4 families wilt €nd that purpose) wili be paid from time to time, a5 | grort, the perfection o* Artificial Teeth; not- then tne {nes to purchase, as the: the work progresses; aud ten percent retained | wip standing certain Dentists speak aginst them, unti] the completion of the contract and accept- ace of the work, &c , by the azent aforesaid, and be ‘orfelted in the event of non fultiiment of the contract. Contracts will be awarded oniy to master bulld but they bave not the right to rake them, do not know how ff they had, and therefore do not ap- preciate them. Office on Pennsylvania avenue, between 11th ¥ aze butit strozz sad wot likely to get oui of order. We wave ms lilacs with susces attached, for te Bindiay hats,cap-fron's, re. &e WwW. G. MEYZEROTY, Succussok To Guone® Hit. us.) jot es, &c ¢ 12th streets. two doors below the Kirkwood mir, F 4, Gort pena “c ,sonslartly | agent of Haven yt sand William | oe). and mechanics, and the aestgnment thereof, nella st ae Y 4 t by consent of the Secretary of the T'reasur, = Persoasd¢sirvas ofiaformatioa regs: diag Sow. CELEBRATED PIANOS excep! oT eoitere te poked Y> cael PuAcH aREES! 4achiass wit! please address = iM SINGER & co, 165 Baltimore street, N_ B.—Vve ars prepared to exrchan biases for old macatics ofany kind AS ALWAVS ON HAND THE LARGEST of PIANOS wiilbea : 4 i T TEN DOLLARS PER HUNIPRED—FOR sale at my Nursery, near Washington. ‘The above trees are ali of fine growth, and! of the bext select fruit ~ iso, a general assor:ment of ORNAMENTAL, roposal must be accompanied by a writ- ate, signed by two responsible persons, certified to be so by the United States district judge or attorney of the said district.) In the sum stock from $175 up to $1,000. from $15 to S$, BRASS INSTRU- JOBS, ACCORD- GUITARS MENTS, FLUT ‘Terms hib- = . 4 > 4 f $5,000 for the whole work, or of a proporiion- A , @ral Persons way pave deen laducedto purchase | EONS, and SHE GUSIC, cheaper than in | ate r:nount if for any part, that the oldaer Will, | EVERGREEN, SHADE, and FRUIT TREES aferior m aader the pretext of being any hotise soath 0, ww York, when required, if his proposal be accepted, enter | 00 22 tf JOSHUA PEIRCE SS ees ee « am . dustc pubi inte aconteact and bond. with proper and sutit- INDING jini, SR Pianos cient securities, for its falthfu! performance avatar i‘ Liar pecred and Haciland an D 7 7 ad x fi orner ve -} z ‘ x : i i A rc 5 N- ful order, @ircct from the Lakes ‘on sale by Importer and Dealerin Winea, Brandies, &c. Plans, specifications, and working draw! Beat cusecriees te feows’e Bikis and KING & BURCHELL, cor. Lith st and Vermont avenue AMERIVAN ALMANAC FOX 1567 Pemm Qveauc, south Side, bet 4 and6th sts, aS IN STORE A VERY cE CE a Hi sortmeat of Champagne, in oe ae pints, of the most desirable brands will be ready after thirty days, when they can badon application to the drpertmert. No bid will be considered unless it fully com- plies i. all tts details with the requirements of eare, now just completed, that he ts pre- pared to bind alts works in a superior style cf elegance, strength and a pss one 2 Tt ; easonable terms than Can Politicst, stath<*! fiaancia!, commercial, Also, sparkling St Peray, white , this advertisement. more rr adel bia, or New York. A letter ad. Bistorical, and scte nand-b20k of the past ssederin. Bhesey, Port, gy ae aie, The proposals must Le wor pg i mein ots him Fper’ post) willenable him to ex ce Frexch Wines. addressed to the Secretary 7 Rulue Wincs, Mose'le } ? 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A838 8 : a racine TE aN ecnnce. seater Fee PRET Clas | apg hSek es Senet eat gi | RE seg evi rsamprm seems) EMRE a eee 2 awest corse: NB be ressing a8 above . » p a ~~ tthe Sob 87-48 | carom Feet Oe ee Oe eenme | pn HJ. MCLAUGHLIN & O'S . - : cs bi pas UNDERSIGNED I8 SOLE AGENT tally incapable of attending to the man; his | was to be scen standing quite perplexed with ; settling the question by EVENING STAR. SOCIETY OF ARIS—DR LIVINGSTON AND THE E)-EPHANTS. [From the London Times } The usual weekly meeting of the Society of Arts took place last night, over which Mr Griffith Frith presided. Professor Owen, F.R.S, reada paper en | titled “The Ivory and Teeth of Commerce,’ | which he introdaced by the following prefa- tory remarks: The sentiment that oppresses | me is, that [ have a strong conviction { have | no business to bi re I cannot promise that | any result will a from my investigation in | the formation of ivory, or hold cut the least | hope of showing how to improve the quality | of ivory—increase its quantity, or diminish |its price 1 should have shrunk, therefore, | from occupying your valuable time on this | occasion, if I had not submitted my own judg ment to that of your excellont secretary, who assured me that you would lieten with satir- faction to these results of science, barren though thoy may bein practical spplication se Secs ) e learned professor then read the paper, which contained an elaborate and interesting description of the teeth of the elephant from which true ivory is obtained In the present creation elephants are restricted to the Afri ean and Asiatic continents, but in former times, as it would seem before man existed, the large quadrupeds furnishing true ivory were much more widely spread over the globe After describing the tusks of the elepbant, be announced that Dr Livingston had brought to him the spiral tusk of an elephent, which wos extremely rare He also exhibited the tooth of the hippopotamus, which isthe hard- est of all thatis known, and from which the sparks were extracted by striking it with steel e also described tho tusk of the walrus, and pointed out its peculiarities Dr Livingston having been called upon b: the chairman, proceeded to say that he ha come there for information himself, and was he could add little or nothing to what bad been said about the tusks of elephants But he had escen the annimal alive, and he thought he might mention what Prof Owen hal not had an opportunity of observing that the elephant affords one of the best tests of courage that exists in the world. The A cans believed so, and if a man killed an ele phant he was able almost todo anything in the way of huntin If 2 man went to hunt an elephant with ae the elephant was to- attention was taken up with the dogs. He the degs; sometimes he went on his knees, trying to kill them: and sometimes he put his head against a large tree, pushed it down and tried to catch them Any person who went to hunt with dogs did not show much courage. Those who hunted them in Ceylon went up to them and killed them, but in Africa they did not seem to have so much courage as the officers in India. Gen- erally, in Africa, the hunter stood at the side of the elephant, and if he got within thirty yards of him, he could kill him with, on an average, shout thirty balls; but if the hunter stood further off, it required about fifty balls to kill the elephant We found. on a com- paricon of the number of elephants killed an nually by English officers on furlough from india—by ihe boers—ty the walives—and hy the bastard boers, that civilization did not necessarily cause effeminacy, because the av erage number killed by the Fogiishman was about twenty; by the boers about two. and by the others nearly one half of that. The Eng- | lishman killed more than the others because he went closer to the animal, and the others stood far off because they weré afraid to go so near toit (n going North he found the num- ber of animals increase, but they were not of euch large growth os inthe South. Towards the southern part they were twelve feet high, and he found that much further North they were three feet lower, but the tusks were much larger in those small elephants. In the country that was undisturbed by man, and where there was abundance of rain ard quiet, the tusks grew more regularly than in the country where the animals were more dis- turbed, ag they are in the South, where the people had fire-arms That was areason why the tusks of the elephants in the North, with abundance of food, grew larger than those in the South, where they had to travel about during the day for pasture. The elephants were in such numbers that he could not cal- ‘| culate at all when they would become extinct | Sorve imagined that the elephant would live two hundred years; he believed that wag the +] data formed in India; bat in Africa Le had seen x great number of young clephants— sinull cgbves, Like that recently brough to this country--sand de very often saw others, half grown, following the same dam It wguid appear, frm that fast, that the data formed in India wie too high, but he supposed that an opportunity would Le ssreafter afforded of ans of the calf now in London. [Cheers and laughter, | After some interesting disoussieg, the com- pany separated. Moire Antique. In an ordinary woven goods the threads cross each other at right angles; the long threads forming the warp, and the short threds the weft. According as the fabric is of high quality, so do these threads intersect in a regular and equable quality; but be it as good a3 it may,there are always some irregularities ; they may escape the eye, but they become apparent in a singular way. If guod silk be wrapt tightly and carelessly round a roller, it may become moire much against the inclination of the possessor; it will have wequired an irregular kind of gloss- ing in some parts rather than in others; and this irregular glossing, when viewed from a little distance, presents somewhat of the ap- pee of moire or watering—who knows ” Perhaps an accident to a piece of rolled silk suggested the first idea of watering as a dis tinct mede of adornment to silken goods’ Such accidents have frequeutiy oceurred in the history of manufactures However, acci- dent or no accident, watered silks have long been ig use, both in this country and in France. If a pattern be engraved upon one cylinder in relief, and a similar pattern on another cylinder, in sunken devices; and if one of these be heated from within; and if a piece of silk or velvet be drawn between the cylinders—then will te silk or velvet acquire an embossed pattern, because some paris of the surface are more pressed, and are con-e quently more glossy than the rest. Numer- ous varieties of this process are employed in the preparation of fancy goods. But this is not exactly watering. For this process two layers of silk are laid face to face, and are ressed tightly between rollers. What fol ows? However close the threads may be, there are still interstices between them ; they follow eech other in ridge and hollow fashion throughout the length and breadth of the piece. Now, if the slightest irregularity ex- ists in the pressure, some of the threads be- come pressed in particular parts more than others; and the over-pressed portions present & greater gloss, a greater power of reflecting light than the rest ‘he more capriciously these proportions distribute themselves, the more undalatory and cloudy will be the re- tult. We do not say that the actual process is nothing more than this, but that this is the basis on which the whole is founded. The goods may be sprinkled with water previously or not; the rollers may he both heated or both cold, or one heated and one cold; the rollers may be plain or variously indented; they may move smoothly over each other or may have a slight lateral movement—how these vuriations of method would produce ya- riations of effect every one will see. The ad- jective “ antique’’ ie most likely given to the THE WEFELY &TAn. Tis excellent Family and News Jonns:—cos | cin lag & greater variety of imteresting resd'=> thax “an be found in any ether—is pubiiehed on Sater. (ay morning. Single sepy, renee Per annum... TABLY WH ABYANCE. ‘Single les (in atthe counter fe wrappers) ean be precured paper. Price—-Tunan Cama the leave of tae OST MasTER: agents a commission of twenty pas con, i bentoneR silks thus produced from their resem! ance the tabby silk dresses which Lady wee be grandmother used to wear when she wag lady of the bedchamber to the bride of George the Third It is chiefly produced in France - but Spitalfields, its weavers and moireurs combined, has lately copied the art so clerer- iy as actually to excel the French. But Spit- aldelds guards its secret as sedulously as the magician in ina fairy tale the captive princes in his castle, and will not let the world have a peep at their doings. Puss turned Fisherman. The Rhode Island Telegraph epins the fol- ar yarn: “Wm. Collins, Esq, of this town | Warren} bas a cat whose habits furnish a remarkable contrast to those of the grimalkin race in gen- eral is a sortot atiaehe to the store occupied ~ J Mr. Collins, which was recently kept b r. P. Hiscox. For at least two years Tom bas practiced fishing with ra suce and satisfaction The scene bis piseatory exploints is under @ storehouse on the wharf, whither Pass repairs at roper stages of tide, and after a longer or shorter period of patient watching iseues forth with a finny victim to his assiduous dexterity. If bia prey is of customery size be bears it triumph- antly to the store and devours it, in presence of whoever may be there, instead of heedi the cat like proclivity of his species for a quict meal in some sequestered nook. In summer, when his scaly victims are mostly of the small ‘mummy chog’ clase, he swallows them on the spot; but now that cold weather supplies frost fish to hig ready paws, he takes them home, as mentioned, and ys ® Warm atmosphere while disposing of the proceeds of hie cold expedition Some half dosen eub- jects of bis rapacity frequently find their way to the feline maw in the course of an after- noon. On one occasion the fish caught was a foot long An experiment was once tried te test his behavior when his fare wastaken from him It was bestowed on another cat, and if possible for Puss to express og sense of injustice, beyond a mere sense of disappoint ment, itis certain that Tom’s demeanor showed a consciousness that he only was entitled to the proceeds of his prowses ‘ Although Puss generally manages to se- cure the prey without t«king a very extensive bath, as he strikes nimbly while the fish is near the surface, he has so conquered the pro- verbial aversion of bis species to water that a good portion of bis person often gives token of aquatic exercise A scuttle in the floor of the e-house enables the curious to observe the air of confident habitude with which he pur- sues his profitable sport The initiation of Tom into his singular mode of life was who!- ly voluntary, and grew out of the frequenting of the spot in question by fish attracted by the deposit of offal there. His achievements asa fisherman are not at the expense of his value as an enemy of quadrupedal vermin, for the death agonies of many an unlucky mouse and rat attest his vigilant eurveillance over their haunts. As Tom does not, and never can, partake of all the natural joys of gregarious cathood, he is, like others uf the cynically inimical to his kindred, ply repels their society in a striding . Who shall sey that his deprivation of domestic pleasures, and bis constitutional estrangement from his fellows, may not have a great zhare in ocexsioning his deporture from the hydrophobic instincts of bis kind, and his aptitude for the solitary avocation of @ fisherman’ ‘The above facts are within the knowledge of many of our citizens, but as they will in- terest some of our distant readers we publish thew, in order that Pues may obtain due credit fur bis honest and resolute method of catering to a kind of appetite which is almost a mania with catdom at large, —— the subject cf our sketeh affords the only instance we know of, where this craving for fish, the extent of which seems unuatural, in view of the natural! infrequency of its gratification, has incited a cat to disregard feline antipa'hies so com pletely. Finances or Massacacsstss —-Public property and resources of the State $11,963,305; liabilities and debts $7,587 680; receipts last year $2,495,676 ; expenses $2 507,995. tg‘ May | leave a few tracts?’ asked « Missionary of an elderly lady who responded to his knock ‘* Leave some tracks —certainly you may.”’ said she. looking at him most be- nignly over her specks, “leave them with the heels towards the house, if you please. Swaut Pox ix Verwoxt —The small pox is prevailing to an alarming extent in Stowe, Vt, and all public gatherings are forbidden, and schools are stopped ; pest houses have beon ovided, and the Congregational clergyman cS gone to one of them to devote his services to the sick. A Mistaxe.—A lot of Free State men from Lawrence, Kansas, went to Leavenworth to spend New Year's By mistake they stopped at a pro-slavery instead of the Free State hotel, and did not discover their mistake until the ball wav nearly over. They had a good time among the Border Ruffians, ladies and all. kg John Thurber, of Montpelier, while re- ta, “mg home one dark eveniog, recently, saw ~ ‘Se supposed to be a ghost drop from Sneek before his face and eyes, and in Heaven F'n tied into the snow; the spirit bis fright tum. “1015 in flesh and blood fash- then touk to its hy a crezy woman who had ion, and provedto be ~~ wirdow, dressed in jumped from 2 chambe. i ber night clothes EF Timothy MeDonnel, of Ne laboring under a Gt of delirium trew dertook to stab his wife with the tailors su. Prevented, he jumped from the seeond stor, of his house, and ran away, but was after. wards discovered lying with the shears in his hand, in the open common south of Newport, frozen to death ta A largo meeting of the Dentists of Great Britain took place in London, lately ; they voted the establishment of a college for the dental profession, and adopted a constitu. tion. If they had framed a tariff of charges more moderate than those usual with the pro- fersion in large cities, they might boast of ad- ditional good work. Gm An invalid in Newburyport kept record of the movements of a woman 58 years of age, who did ail the work for five in family; pre- paring and clearing away breakfast, baking and broiling, went four times down cellar, seven times out of door, thirty-one times to her cup board, and forty-tive times out of the Tow ‘port, whilé rens, un- m7 > One of the southern railroads bas late- ly set the subject of morality in a new light It has attempted to set a mercantile value upon it. The value of temperance in an en- gineer is $37.50 a quarter, in a omductor $25; in a woodman, brakeman, &-. $15 Seventy. one have been induced to forego spirituous Uquors, and the railroad has found itself a gainer by the arrangement. EF The men of North Carolina are gallant, very. On the Wilmington and Weldon rail- road, about forty-four miles from the former place, the locomotive gave out, whereupon the gentlemen passengers jumped to the groand, and pushed the car contaiuicg the ladies the distance of three miles. There was heroism and gallantry for you Beat it who 2 _ Ee Two Boston Amazons, known as“ Bal- timore Kate’ and“ Jane Made,"’ of cisre- pataslecharadter, promenaded the principal Street, assaulting, with » cow hide, which one of them had, every individuai—msn, woman, or child—who came in their way. This pleas- ant pastime continued until puta stop to b: the police, who, after a short battle, succeed- cl in capturing the eccentric dames, and con. vezing them to the station houte