Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1857, Page 2

EVENING STAR. WASHING roN CITY: January 23, i607. FRIDAY. . = : SPikITOF THE MOKNING PRESS The Uxton announces that there will bea | reception at the Exccutive Mansion to-night, | and attribytes to a wholesome reaction in northern popular sentiment, the changed tone of the Republican party in Congress. | The Intelligencer is altogether a newspaper to-day. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. TLeLaw —We were unable until last night to devote sufficient time to the examiration of the project for a law to compel disclosures on the part of witnesses and punish contempts of the authority of committees of Congress, yesterday passed by the House, and, there- fore, have so far refrained from commenting upon it a extenso While fully recognizing the neceseity for legislation—if a House of Con- gress do not now possess the requisite power— to compel the diseicsure of euch facts as the witness heid in custody by the Deputy Ser- geant-at-Arms refuses to disslose though al. leging that he possesses a perfect knowledge of them, we are also aware of the usual impolicy of framing general laws to meet the exigencies of particular cases, as well as of the necessity for particular caution in enaet- ing this particular description of law—one proposing to punish offences which all exist- ing laws regard as misdemeanors rather than crimes, and which, from the days of Magna Charta to the present, have rarely been pur- ished without as wrongfully in some instances as rightfully in others, deifying in the popu- Jar mind the person punished for them, as a martyr. The tone and temper manifested by the House yesterday ia the consideration of the committee's bill, did not strike us favorably; because we thought we discovered a general apprehension on the part of members that to insist upon a thorough serutiny into all the points involved in the measure, might be popu- | larly regarded as an indirect effort to obstruct the investigation with which the committee is eharged—a state of the legislative mind that cannot be tco mach deplored, when displayed of an oc on so graye and really requiring far more than usual caution on the part of the House. The few emeudmente. which were euecessful, conclusively proved that it was originally hasti'y and very imperfectly framed Thus, one cured a defect which otherwise would bave made it work an entire exemption of punishmert fer the crimes of forgery and perjury, while another also cured a defect which violated a fixed principle of the juris- pradence of every country governed by fixed law since civilization began. This principle recognizes contempts as misdemeanors rather than as infamous crimes. Without curing this defect, we are satisfied that the proposed atatute could never have been enforced in this country, because it would have struck at a popular doctrine as old and as firmly rooted in the minds of American socicty az the princi- ples of civil liberty on which our institatiors are based. Indecd, as it now stands, it seews to us to be far from perfect—so imperfect as tu be like- ly to prove a dead letter on the statate book Thus, it delegates t» ons court the power to pusish contempts of the authority of another tribuca’; a thing heretofore unheard of in ju- rispradence, if we arenot mistaken. The pua- ishment of contemp’s is a matter of high pre Fogative, and great delicacy and responsibility, aud cannot be delegated, or there is no sound ness in the universal custom of the law which, up to this time, has everywhere rigorously de- volved that duty on the tribucal whose au- thority is set at defiance in the particular ease. It makes it the duty of this other tri bunal to punish any refusal to answer any questior= whether asked by Congressional committees in violation of the legal and con- sitational rights cf the individual, or not. In this particular, it is both sumptuary and op- pressive, and, therefore, cannot fail to become so unpopular as to render a conviction under it well nigh 2 matter of impossibility in ary case Three-fourths of the investigating commit- tees raised by the House since the commence- ment of the Government, have been nctoriou:- ly but tricks of the party tcmporarily in the qwajority there to make political capital against the opposite party. Such was the character of the never-to-be-forgotten committees on which George Poindexter and the Hon. Henry A. Wise figured so couspicucusly many years ago. Such, too, was the character of the re- cent Kansas Affairs investigating committee. It members labored, with might and main it seemed to us, each to bring out, not “the truth, the whele truth, aud nothing but the trutb,”’ bat merely :uch nominal testimony as seemed likely to damage the cause of the opposite party in the late presidential canvass. Thoughtful and moderate men everywhere have come to lock on the labors of euch partisan committees in the light in which we kere place them. This is cvident in the fact that their (nomi- nal) shocking developments have in every case been entirely forgutten by the public, while all public wen cf all parties vote them “* god encugh Sourgans birth tothem. J ducted their invest vuly for the vccasions giving ne cf them have ever con- ations upon strictly legal principles and rules Verning ccurta of law- and it is oct unusual for them to violate in carrying out their partizan ends, the Principle of allowing the accused ¢ confront the ace - cuser while the latter is giving his testimony, and to bave the benefit of counsel throughout all the proceedings affecting his rights and standing. Hence, in part, arises the universal want of confidence with which the public re- ceive the reports of such tribunals. A glance at the report of the late Kansas affairs investigating commit cient to satisfy the upprejudiced of the zound nese of our criticism in this immediate con. Rection ; for from begivuing to end, we can make nothing more of it than a series of fla- grant attempts to make politica! ital above Jaw and through undisguised vivlativns of the rights of ail whuce rights seemed to stand in the way cf the partizan ends the committee Waa roised to cousummate. Yet, es passed by the House, this bill makes it as obbgatory on the cou:t and juries of this District to punish igne winiously and severely Tefusels to answer questions of such commit- foes hot strictly corficed within the rules gov- ernirg testimony yiven in courts of Jaw, asin the grave case giving rise to its (the bills) in- troduction. The reader must not understand us as con- founding the current investigating committee with those to which we refer above: for it is not partizan in its character, and, so faras the public know, has discharged its duty under @ proper sense of the obligations of the prinoi- p'es of law and strict justice; aiming only to covery and exposure of the guilty members, if such there be, or to satisfy the world of the charges against the integrity of tho National | throng in Washington on the fourth of March @, will be sufti- | vindicate the honor of the House by the dis. groundlessness and utter mendacity of the Legislature. This we take to be the unani mous judgment of all in Washington. We make these reflections and suggestions on the subject, only by wey of inducing the Senate so to amend the bill as that, not being offensive to ordinary principles of jurispru- dence and liable to become the means of work- ing injustice and oppression, it may really cure the evil it aims to eradicate. Business before the House. —There are now but fourteen days of the session left in which to dispoee of the, mass of bills of public im- portance yet remaining on the calendar—that is, in the order in which they stand upon the calendar. It will be recollected that Mon- days are dedicated to such business as can be got before the House by successfal motions to susperd the rules, and Fridays and Saturdays to the con ‘ation of private bills. It will be seen that, with the best possible manage- ment, therefore, it will be impossible even to approach the consideration of much that stands upon the general_calendar; while, tak- ing the previous history of the legislation of the House near the termination Of a session as a just criterion on which to base an opinion, there is a strong probability that many im- portant matters will be disposed of under cir- cumstances in which more or less members wll not be able to comprehend the ultimate eff-ct of their votes. The problem, how many or how few, is te be solved only by the solu- tion of that cf how many of the brief remain- ing hours of the session are t» be devoted to the delivery of speeches for Buncombe! It is to be hoped that the country will note who among the members, under such circumstances is of opinion that it is proper that the legiti- mate public business should be postponed to enable him to fire off a political speech The Inauguration —From ail accounts in distant newspapers we are satisfied that the next will be twice as numerous as ever before on a similar occasion. The following from the Baltimore San will give the reader some idea of the preparations being made to attend Extensive Prerarations vor tHe Fourtn or Marcs —The approaching inauguration of the President elect bids fair to excel ail others iu the number of its witnesses. We hear of the most enlarged preparations for the event. and among other items of information we learn that the transportation lines leading to Washington from all quarters are already run down with propositions to convey the expect- ant crowd. The Baltimore and Vhio company, whose branch road ferms the funnel through which is poured all the Eastern, Northern and Western travel to the nationa! metropulis, has arranged, it is said, with a number of politi- oal, military, firemen and other associations, to curry them from Wheeling and Baltimore to Washington on the 31, and back on the oth of March The company are further said to anticipate such a pressure upon the day of the inauguration that they will not undertake to make epecial or exclusive provigion for azso- ciations on that day Among the parties who have secured accom- modatiors on the 3d are military com from Pennsylvanis and New York an fire companies trom New York and Bestor A propotition has been made to the company, we understand, to furnish an excursion party from the eastern States and New York city for eighteen passenger cars—say 900 people, whe are to pass through Baltimore on the morning and evening of the fourth, going and returning from the inauguration. We thus bave in these projected journeyings of the people to Washington a foreshadowing of the macs which will be presented on the 4th of March next to witness the great event of the peaceful change of the adwinistratiop, under the constituticn of the country The Wagon Road —We are glad to per- ceive that public attention is at length being awakened to the feasibility of the construc. tion of the proposed Military Road from some point in M ssouri to the settled portion of Cal- ifornia, and to the fact that to construct it will cover the real necessities of the case in- volved in the plan of making a railroad over the route at the cost of the National Treasury, directly criadirectly. For years past we have doze our best to make these facts known to the public. While the Military Road, with set- tlements every thirty miles or s0 along it, will afford a way for overland emigration parties to travel the route, it will secure them from molestation by hostile savages and afford them the means of obtaining supplies, the want of which is so destructive of the property (cattle, horses, vehicles, dc) of those who easay to make the overland journey either to Califor- nia, or to Washington or Oregon Territories. EHebeas Corpus.—We hear that J. W. Si. mouton has applied to the U. 5. Circuit Court for this District for a writ of habeas corpus, directed to Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, Flood, requiring him to show by what legal authority he holds the body of the said Simonton in cus- tody, and that the questions arising urder it are to be argued to-day by the Hon. Reverdy Johneon, bis counsel. The decision of the Circuit Court in this matter will settle the pvint so ardently dis- puted in the Hall, as to the extent of the ex- isting authority of the House to punish con tempts PLS. Atlia.m. te-lsy no such writ had been issued. Latest.—At two p. m. no application for a writ of babeas corpus had been made by Mr Simonton, his counsel being engaged in exam- iuing questions of law on which he would de- termine whether or not so to proceed. The Inaugural Bail. — Mayor Magruder has received the following from Hon. Jobn C. Breckinridge, the Vice President elect : Lexixetox, Ky , Jan 15, 1557 Dear Six: In anawer to your letter of the Hts ‘netant, 1 know of nothing tu prevent me rou being present at the “ National Inaugu ratiun Bail’ to be given ou the evening of the | dth of March next i i your kind invitatiun spay i hirer 8 Committee cf Atugsneate ou behalf cf the Yours, truly, J yea! W. B. Macneoms, Mayor eRe: Court House and Post Office = a. Rutland, Ve mont —The Secretary of the Treasury has purchased the lot on the northeast corner of Centre and Court étreets, containing one acre ’ for the sum of $1,100, asa site for the new post office at Rutland. This site has « com. manding pcsition, being on an emiuence inthe centre of the city, and from its central location will accommodate all classes of citizene. The beauty of the design for this edifice will make the building worthy of its position. Pardoned.—Jchn Moriarty, who was sen- tenced to the penitentiary by the Criminal Court for this District, for two years from the 14th of January last, for manslaughter—hav ing killed bis child, when drunk, by « blow, which was not designed to kill—has been par- doned by the President on the unanimous re- commendation and request of the jury that convicted him. He wes pardoned on the 17th of January instant. Supreme Court.—Yesterday—No 34. Wm. A. Shaffer, plaintiff in error, rs. James A. Seudday. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. Mr. Chief Justice missing this writ of error for want of juriedic- jon. No. 50 The Commercial Mutual Marine In- surance Company, apeeliant, vs. The Union Mutual Insurance Company of New York. The argument of this cause was continued by Mr. Goodrich for the appellees, and concluded by Mr. Geo T. Curtis for the appellant. No. 38 Thomas Richardson, plaintiff in er- ror, vs. the City of Boston. The argument of this cause was commenced by Mr. Bartlett for the plaintiff in error, and continued by Mr. Chandler for the defendant in error. Ad- journed. Court of Claims.— Yesterday, Mr. Blair re- sumed and concluded his argument for the Government in the case of J. M. Thorne Mr. Vinton commenced his reply, and continued until the court adjourned. The Curront Operations of the Treasury Department.—On yeterday, 221 of January, there were of Treasury warrants entered on the books of the Department— For the Treasury Department... For the interior Departmen’ For Customs... War warrants received and en 19 439 33 12,870 $1 On account of the Navy 225.436 52 From Custome.... 406 341 20 From miscellaneous sources 6,830 96 From Lands......seseeeeeeeeses 274,991 92 ————-e——___ CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. Is tae Senate, yesterday, after we went to press, the debste on the Submarine Telc- graph bill was continued by Messrs. Pugh, Hunter, Benjamin, Rusk, Thompson of Ky., Douglass, Butler, Pearce, Bayard, Mallory and others, until after being slightly amend- ed, it was passed—yeas 29, nays !s—as follow: : Yers—Messrs Allen, Bell of NH. Bell of Tenn , Benjimin, Brodhe-d, Brown. Collamer, Dodge, Douglas. Durkee, Fessenden, Fish, Foot, Foster, Bale, Houston, James, Jones of lowa, Mallory, Prett, Rusk, Seward, Stuart, Tbomcon of N.J, Tove y, Wade, Wilson, Wright and ys—Messrs. Biggs, Clay, Crittenden, Evans, Fi'zp- trick, Geyer, Green, Hunter, Iversen, Mz- son, Pearce, Puch, Reid, Slidell, Thompson of Kv, Toombs, Trambull, and Wel'er—1*. The bill from the House to compel witnesses to testify before Congressional committees, and to punish contempt of the authority Con- gress, was next referred to their Judiciary Committee. Shortly afterwards, on being reported back by Mr Toombs, who asked immediate action upon it, at the suggestion of Mr. Wilson, it was laid over until to-day. Is ras Houses, the bill last above referred toin the proceedings of the Senate was de- bated by Meeers. Wachburne of Me., Grow, H Marshall of Ky , (rr aud Dunn, ere being péessed in the following words—to wit : Be it envcted, &e., That any person sum- mon¢d as a witness by the anthority of either House of Congress to give testimony, or to roduce papers. upon any matter before either ouse, or any Committee of either House of Ccn- gress, who shall wilfully make defaut, or who, appearing. shall refuse to answer any question pertinert to the matter of inquiry ia considera- tion before the House or commiitee by which be shall be examined, shall, in addition to the pzins and penalties now existing, be Mable to indic’- ment as fora mi+demeanor inany courtof the Un'- ted ftates having jurisdiction thereof, and, on couviction. shall fav a fine not exceeding cne thousand doliars and not le-s than one huadred dotlars, and sufer linprisonment ta the common jail cot less than cne month nor more then twelve month« See. 2 And be it further enacted, That no per- son ex mined and testifyiny before eliher Hou e cf Congress, cr any céimmittee of either House shall be held to answer criminally in any court of justice or subject to any penalty or forfeiture, for any fact or act touching which he shall re 1° quired to testify before either House cf Congress, or any commit:es of either House, as to which be stall have (estified, whether before or after the da e of this act; and that no statement made or per produc d by any witness, before ei:her louse or before any committee of either House. shall be compe‘ent testimony in any critical proceediaz against such witness in any court of justice; and no witness sha:l hereafer be al sowed to refuse to testify to any fact or produce any paper touching which he may be examined brs either House of Congress or any comimittee of ther House for the reason that bis testimony touch lug such fact or the production of such pa- Pers insy tend to di«grace bim or otherwise render him infemous: Provided, That nothing in this act shal! be construed to exempt any wi'ness from Prosecution and punishment fur pe.jary commi'- ted by him in testifying as aforesaid Sec.3 And be it further enacted, That whena witness shal! fail to testify, as provided Jn the | sible sections of this bill, and the facts shall e repo-ted to the House, it sbali be the auty of the Speaker of this House, or the s’resident of th: Senate, to certify the fact, under the sesl of the House or Senate, to the district attorney for the Distri t of Columbia, waose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand fury for their action And then, aftor the trarsaction of some Ter- ritorial business, the House adjourned. Proceedings of To-Day. In tue Senate, to-day, after the transac- tion of some morning hour business, Mr. Toombs called up the contempt bill, which was debated by Mr. Hale and Mr. Trumbull against features of tke said bill, and Mr. Toombs for i's enactment as reported back by him, until the Star went to press In tne Hovsgz, they went into Committee of the whole House, (Mr. Leiter inthe Chair,) after the reading of the jsurnal, and, it being ol jection day, they were engaged in the con- sideration (in all cases favorabie) of such bills a8 were not objected to, when the Star went to prees. - Book Notices Tus Pastors Ann Cuurncaes or W D. C., together with 000 topics of sermons, delivered in 185i-"6. To this is added a list of all the church edifices and their locr- tions, by Lorenzo D. Johnson, euthor of “Chaplains of the Government ”’ In this little work is contained much infor- mation in regard to the secular, moral, and social condition of Washington Mixnesora ann Decoran, in letters des ip tive of a tour throngh the Northwest in the autumn of 1856, with information relative tu pablic lands, and a table of statistics, by C © Andrews. Published ty Robert Farr- ham, of this city. A work of interest, particularly to persons designing to emigrate West. ASHINGTON, ix Cevncn.—The sexton of fie Chureh at Burrsville Osean county, (N +) in filling one of th lamps while burviog, sae t on Friday night last, overtiowed it, when it took fire Z Antatanee excitement was immediately created, and the corgregation, numbering some two hundred and fifty, were thrown into great excitement and confusion A rush was made for tho win- dows, and women and children cried for help. Every window wea broken out, through which the people flocked like sheep, injaring several intheir haste. Fortuoately, the lamp was extinguished without damege. _ Gg They are grumbling about Church mu sic in Buffalo, too. The Express says: On Monday evening the new chimes of St. Paul Sent forth the solemniziog strains of that sober Piece of music entitled, “Pop Goes the Wea- ve whereto the chime man tartly replies pasta) Tequest he also played “Yankee Duo TA . ed Save the Queen,’’ and the ‘Mar. conte Hymn,” and adde’ that ‘the steeple the Orns, the bells, though connected with the Chareh, is not the Chureh, and therefore ed a that may bechimed is not the Church Taney delivered the opinion of the Court, dis- | Amusements. ~~ Panny Morant’s Natioval Theatre. Mise Farxr Mona ‘7 ....Leasee and Directress Ke-appearance of Miss Fanny Movant. THIS EVENING, Will be repeated the new domestic drama, now SS tant success at Laure PERSONAL. ++++ Charlotte Cushman is in Italy, whence she will embark for the United States, prob- ‘ ably. +++» Col. Benton has agreed to re-deliver his Union address at some early day at Rey. Ward Beecher’s Church. Every day, of course, will go to convince the vener: Senator that there are ladies in Brooklyn as SECOND WARD RELIEF COM- MITTEE.—-The following gentlemen will comprire the committee for collecting distribu’ funds for the re tef of the poor ard; a ong a ery rkness, Wm Orme, Gregory ‘ need Wm. Pettibone, Grafton Powell, ad Wm. J.'Bibie WM. F.BAYLY, Chatrpan. GEO. W.BARKNESS, secretary jan 23-2t ——<—$——$—— THE COMMITTEE ON THE Na- ‘rill: atze,’’ entitled well as in the Bible and the Thirty Years. 3 ation Ball are requestet Sn Live » :deaThe reagon mby Medame Rachel's he: to meet abec D. a eel ieadac be 8 wt Andee mt OF tel i rig was not when advertise: EVENLNG, Jani 2 ‘clock owDbrey.-.----e0 aot, mectladi, is eaid to be that the staircase was| jan 22 THOS. J. FISHER, Sec. To conclude with built long before the ladies’ crinolines had at- tained to their present dimensions, and not a single lady—or married one either—that came to look st the house could get up stairs. see The Lecture Committee of Indianapolis has refused to invite Nev E H. Chapin, of New York, to deliver a lecture in their winter course, on account of bis religious vi Mr. Chapin is a Universalist, which, in the opin- ion ot the gvod people cf Indianapolis, qualifies him from Sapeemngispocroct opi — Ke: E RIGHT REV. J. McGILL, Bishop of Richmend, will preach > second of bis series of Doctrinal Discourses at St Mathew’s Church,on THURSDAY EVENING at7o’clock. Subject—‘ The Origin ey tution of the Church.”” jen pin ate ier tetanic a ee HILADELPHIA CAKE AT PHILA- | ety hia prices, at the Philadelphia loe Cream Depot, corner of 12th and F ! 8 Ice Cream 81,60 per gallon. Cc L.IRVING’S VOCAL MUSIC _OLYMPIc DEVILS. I" TIME ALTERED: Doors opened at 6); Curtain rires at x past 7 o'clock. ‘Washington Cireus and Amyitheatre. of the character of Christopher Columbuae, CLASSES will be organized on MON © o s + i DAY EVENING, Jan. , at 7 . a ee ee «ag ME diphonte de Rothschild, the second | Demperazce Hell Ail wishing to join “his POSTPONEMENT. his cousin, the daughter of Lionel de Rothe, | Classes will please be prompt in thelr at - | _In consequence of the int on of travel te- ‘ld, of London. Bt'lle. de Rotechild is a | Tefme—22 Lessons— $5 00 jdent Co. | {Ween this city and New York, Mr. JIM MYERS ebild, of London. Ne. de Rotschild is a} " Rerersto Rev J G Binne DD, Pi ent Co- | to wants ap ebiete: Ris eppestbas in Gee boone lady of great beauty, of the Oriental Jewish | jumbia Colege; Rev P D Gurley, D D; Kev G D of his great f at of © Wal’ on the typo. At London many have been seriously soansorad of herself, but they have not been trusted, because her millions have been sus- ected of inspiring their passion. She figured in the recent fetes at Compiegne, and after a stag hunt, she had the honors of /u p7tfeona silver zalver. «+++ There is a case now pending in the superior court, Boston, in which the plaintiff, Barnabas B Bayley. seeks to recover for ser- vices as a singer while engaged by (asian E. Dodge The defendant refuse these services because there that if the plaintiff used ardent spirits he should forfeit $100 foreach drink; and the defendant alleges that the plaintiff has used ardent spirits Eve separate times. and claims asaset-off $500 If the plaintiff loses the case he had better exhibit himself as the man that paid $100 each for five drinks. «+++ Old Bill, a negro belonging to Mr Sampson, Hunt County, Va, was raised in Virginia, and served in the American Revolu- tion, a portion of the time as servant to Gen, Washington, whose autograph letter of permit or ‘* pass’’ given upon one occasion, is still in the possession of his master. He has regu- larly descended as a gort of heir-loom of the same family, from his original master to his present owner. Mr. Sampson says the tradi- tional history of his family report him to have been at work for eighty years past, and that he has now arrived at the wonderful age of one hundred and fifty. He has been totally blind for four years. Io still looks compara- tively stout and hearty, and bids fair to live some time yet Rev Alfred Holmead, D D; Rev t, DD; Rev Byron Sunderland, D D; iil; Rev JG Butler; Rev Samuel Re- gester; Dr Owen Munson; Leo Coyle, Erq. Application can be madeto Mr. [RVING hb the Post Office. jan 17-5 WHAT WE WANT THE PEOPLE TU KNOW!—HOUOSES FURN- ISHED —We want H and those about to commence qo, te bear in mind that the first, second, third and fourth rooms of our large and spacious warehuuse are filled to their u(most capacity with every description of CABINET FURNITURE and House-furnish- ing Goods generally, to which we res) ly invite the attention of those in want of ins Houses furnisbed throughout with every erticle in the housekeeping line vERY CHEAP FOR CasH, or to al dealers at the usual credit Call at the “ Hovsexrgrrk’s Emponium’’ andexamine onr stock before purchasing. Gur motto is— ‘* Quick sales and small profits.” BONTZ & COOMBS, dec 1-3m Tth street, between I and K. Bunting? ce, innounced His berefit is therefore una’ y postpo red until further notice; there will be no performance on this Friday night, but - morrow = SATURDAY, January 24th, 1#57, TWO GRAND EXHIBITIONS will be AFTEKNOON& NIGHT, when the most novel, unique, and beau‘ifu! EQUESTRIAN DISPLAY of the season will take place Family Tickets will be issued for the a’ternoon performance, admitting parents and their chitd- Ten for $1. janD ODD FELLOWS’ HALL, Seventh Street POSITIVELY THREE NIGHTS ONLY. commencing Wednesday Evening, nnuary 2ist, 1557. oe ORIGINAL, WELL-KNOWN AND only CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, (orga- nized in 1812) The first — eg ocean | Band in the World, now under rection a1 ementofJ.W.Rayvxonand b f Pierce. For elgbt ws the above Company be’ formed at 472 Broadway, New York, to bouses crowded nightly, and were unhbestitatingly ar- knowledged by the press and the public tbe ‘« N+ Plus Uler 2 of all similar entertainment« They respectfully announce a short +erles of theirchast- and fashionable Musica! So!-te« as above i oors open at 6 y—to commence at 7 o'clock. Tickets WEN -FIVE CENTS Jan 17-6t T. J. DONNELLY, Agent. Wants. ITUATION WANTED—BY A RESPEC- tible Woman, just arrived in Wash'ing’on. to do the general Honsework of @ small family Good references can be ; iven. Ap; ly at this of fice between the hours of 9 and 10, on To-Mo row Morning ite ANTED IMMEDIATELY —\T THE Kirkwood House, two good sober Firemen. For such, good wages wi!l be given jan 23-3t J #.& A.W KIRKWOOD. ANTED—BY A YOUNG MAN, A 8!T vation Helis thoroughl, acquainted with te bus'ness. and can command consid erable city cusiom. Address “C,’’ Box 5. Star Office fan 21-3t® ANT WOMAN WHO can do g Piain Cooking, and the house- held Work of a family consisting of three per- sons. Inquire at No. 3°S 12th -treet, between Mass. avenue and M street. jan 2i-3¢ RESPECTABLE YOUNG WOMAR, from New York, wishes a Situation in a pri- a - cele PPLE%—APPLES.—40 BARRELS Prims Appies, in store and for sale low. wi HARTLEY & BROTHER, jan 23 3t 101 Water stre’t, Georgetown URE GLADES BUTTER.—TWENTY kegs of very supe ior @lzdes Butter, in store and for :ale low, by HARTLEY & BROTHER, 101 Water street, George town. SS EYES AND EARS. a N CONSUL QUENCE OF THE SNOW, DR VAN MGOsCFZISKER, Ocullst and Au ist, will be in Washington for a few day= longer, end caa be cousiiied ou all Diseases of the BYE ard EAR, atthe Naticnal Ho‘ei. Dr. Ven M_ hes the fiaest assortment of the best Freeh Glesses. Glasses purchased of Dr M. are warranted to suit the exact Foous cf the Eye, and joot Injurceight Acura e ezat\-ation mede of both F ye by the Optnamator jan 23-lw® DANCIAG. SECOND AND LAST QUARTER. ROF H.W.MUNDER, RESPECTFULLY announces © his friends and the public generaily, that bis second and last quarter wiil commence from the Ist tothe bth of February. All that wish to prepare forthe Grand May Festi:a, would do well to enter their aames immediately. The Fancy Di:ees this seston, will far excel any that has ever been Introiu ed fa this city by himself cr any other teacher His agreeable soirees, which has been to ex- jan33.2w ee -—___- The Fuel Famine. The Louisville papers of Friday last and the Cinsinnati papers of Saturday continue to de- tail the deprivation, measures directed to re- lief, and other incidents growing cut of the scarcity and coneequent high prices cf fuel in those cities Other town: too, dependent on the same or similar sources of supply, in the West, are suffering erdeen f At Cincinnati 4M announcement tbat coal would be served at twenty-five cents per bushel, by a commit- tee at the Council Chamber, collected a crowd of mechanics and traders, the very “ bune and sinew’’ of the city, that resembled a great public meeting. The Commercial says It was really fearful to contemplate a scene where so large and respectable a body of men were struggling in ® mass to approach the committee for the purpose of payiog the ruin- ‘ . vate family, as Chambermaid, and to assist in cus price cf twenty five cents a bushel for | tensivel tronized this secxon, will continue | Washinz and Ironing. Cen be seen for three what, in ordinary times, will rot command | every WEDNESDAY EVENING, (weather per- | diys at No. 353 H street, corner of 14th. half the money ae Gazette of the same day aleo speaks thus : Yesterday we took occasion to walk through the wood markets, aud we venture to say ifa man should be dropped down from a region not reached by the new« of our sufferings, into the midst of one of these public places, it would be impossible to convince him that peo- plo had frozen, and are still sufteripg in the city for want of fuel. We counted inthe three markets no less than ene hundred and forty loads of wood Most of it we found had been wagoned in from the country. Several teams were driven fifteen and twenty miles. Our agricultural friends heard of our distress and Sourteen dollars yer cord for wood, and they promptly came to our relief. _The fuel committee expected to reccive last night five hundred cords cf wood by the Ham- ilton Railroad, and a large quantity by the Indianapolis Railroad. Yesterday but a few orders were given out, there beirg already a hundred orders issued above the quantity of woodon hand. Monday, however, there will be sufficient to meet all pressing demands. By these and other paragraphs in the same Papers we observe that on Saturday thero were strong hopes of an early relief from ths extracrdinary deprivatior, but bow far those hopes have been blasted by the recent terr’- fl further notice. VERBUM SAPIENT!. XN (DEVI@NE, FOR MANY YEARS RES!I- i¥Ee dent Physician ta Parts, and now stopping in this city, will send on receipt of $1, a recip for SECRET DISBASES, and a1 affections of te URINARY ORGANS, such as GRAVEL, &c. It is a cominon plant that grews in our gardens; Is perfectly harmless, and with which he hes cured thovsards tn Lendon, Paris, and New York. itis warranted to care, and is inval- uableto persons iu the country. No one need feel any risk ia this, for M Devigne hopes it wii! not be considered in the light of t-e many quacks of the day. His remedy is mide from a oarmiese plant, ea-ily ound and is the most wonderful of theaye He has a medal from the College d’Im- eriale for the Beek ed Address, through Post fllce, from any pa! the United States jan23-lw® M. DEVIGNE, Washington, D C. Ne. 367 Pa ave ,cppesite Natienal Hetel. JONAS P. LE Y, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN PIXE WINES, BRANDIES, @xOCERIES. AND CIGAR ARES, AS IN STORE A VERY CHOICE aAg- so:tment of Champzyae in quarts and pt, INL; and fresan de Bansey, ana other desirable Brands; Brandy in cask and bottles, Vintage 1777 to 1810; Kums of all kinds; Whiskeys 1810 to 1853 ; Holland Gin of al kinds; Claret Wines cf a!l brands mitting) w jan 23-tt jan 21.31* 5 ROFITABLE AND HONORABLE EN PLOYMENT sie Spun tl pana —Per- sons in town or country in search of emy « asa source cf income. orto @ll up thelr case hours, may bear of su h by enc osing two stamps, to pay postage, to Professor JAMES Tf. HORNE, Box No. 4.551 New York Post Office. The em- ployment js fitted to el'her sex—staticn in lijeim- material. itis an article of dally consumption, and can be manufactured in am n's dwel- ling; secured by copyricht; sales as perman-nt as flour. An agent is wanted in every town inthe Union. jan 13-1m Wy Aste). res HIGHEST PRICES jd in cash for Uld Silver, at HOOD’S 8i1- ver Ware Manufactory, 338 Penn. avenue, near 9th street dec 30 Boarding. Boszoine CAN BE OBTAINED BY THE day cr week, at No 417 Massachusetts ave- nue, beiweea 6th and 7th streets. jan 21-H® OARD .—- GENTLEMEN edensmerete Board can find very comfortable accommoda- tions, at 0 Pennsylvania avenue, between Sth and 10th streets, over Mr. Ridenour’s Confection- ery. rites is to accommod te gentlemen with rooms bles B a co a le snow storm it is fearful to contemplate. Suteree ae a do So etig Pped will be made She io lo E™ It has been colder in Fiorida thiz win- Macetia do ¢éo their ter ‘han was ever known before Sort ~ ree : sae 3 o Ev” The ca Psodeetion of Great Britian ae oa do BALL OF THE annually is forty million tons. Itaitan do do Eg ln the State of Iowa. out cl a popula- Hungarian do do mh MERRIE BACHELORS, tion of 503 699, there are only 271 colored per- Fen nie naa Paces cf = res ODD FELLOW:* HALL, NAVY YARD, _ Ccrdials do do On THULSDAY, January 29th, 1857. EGF At a recent book sale in New York city ® volume of Bor jamin Franklin’s‘*Poor Rict- ard’ sold fur $62 50 ¢ Commercial Bank of Kentucky has declared a dividend cf five per cent. on the business of the last six months. The parents of Emilie Murr, the victim of the inferoal practisesof Dr Biegler, at Buf- falo, have sued him for $6,000 for seduction. (> The Arkansas Legislature has extended the time for completing the first section of the Memphis ard Little Rock railroad to Decem- Cross & Blackwell’s Loadon Pickles and Pre erves cf all kinds , Coffee Sugar, Teas, &c , &e. 267 Penn avenue, opporite National Hotel. jan #3-ly JONAS P. LEVY. United States Patent Office, Wasuineton, January 21, 1857 N THE PETITION OF DANIEL FITZ- gerald, of tre City of New York, praying for the extension of a patent ited to him cn the Ist day of January, 1813, for an !mprovement in “ Fire-Preef Chests +nd Safer,’ for seven yeers from the expiration cf sald p:tent, which = MERRIE BACHELORS, BEING DE- sirous of contributing the'rshaie of amure- ment to the lovers of the dance, leave to an- nounce that their Third Annual Reunicn will tate on THURSDAY, January 29, 1857. ‘the arual Invitation Tickets of the Merrie Pactelors have been dispensed with ,and a general Invitation is hereby extended to thei lady frienas to join them in the festivities of the occasicn. Fiekets ONK DOLLAR, Supper and Refreshments by experienced ca- terers. Committee of Arrangements, “ nm. J Crain, Benry N Ober. takes place on the Ist day of June, 1857: “ ’ Wate Its ordered, that the caid petition be heard at Rig LE we Ep Atarafile in St L uis, Dr. Stickney | the Patent Ofice on MUNDAY, the 23th of Coe outa by investing $10 for a chance, won a pair of | May next, at 120’cleck m.; and all ms are ¢ adgett. jan 22,23,26 27,28,29,-51 200 IMPORTED canany BikDs, Morgan horses worth $2500. Two hundred and forty-nice other fellows were not quite so lucky. notified to appear and show cause, wed have, why said petition ought not to be granted. Persons opposing the extension are required to with Nightingal Songs ; \~ 3 , - file in the Patent Office thelr objections, specially | PINCHES "ard LINNETS, alee. Unirep States Sexators To we Exvectep, | set forth in writing, at least twenty days before SCHAFER’S Hotel, oth street j-m2i ae During the present month United States Sen- | the aey a hones all testimony by either ators aro to be elected in the following Statee: | P®tty to be used at the said must be taken DR. VILLARD, Dentist, New York, |; Indiana, 2; Wisconsin, 1; Cal- | $24 transmitted tn accordance with the rules of Larz ov ¢ mica the office, which will be furnished on application. The testimony in the case will be closed on the 15:hof May next; depositioas and other papeis re- Hed upon as mony must be filed in the office on or re the morning of that day; the argu- ments, if any, within ten days thereafter. ifornia, 2 Total 6 by It is proposed to have a Convention of arts of newspapers, in Virginia, to be eld a' Staunton, for the berefit of the press, and to endeavor to introduce the cash syatem, 0 7 OULD RESPECTFULLY’ INFORM the citizens of the District and vicinity. that baving located himself, in Washington, he is now ; repared to perform all o; s,in his profession, most appro esti . Ordered, also, that this notice be fice — , ~o for subscriptions and advertisements. the Union? Intel and oF ‘ashingto’ ee ait: —- otieigine p = St i D. C.; Repub'ican, Baltimore, Md; Pennsylva- owen — —— ra eats He RT ent waite Dome. | Ens ‘eniihcigite’ Fe; See noe Gee Vos, LE S07 SIGE WUARENOToe REAL cvat mentions that unti @ close of last year and Post, Boston, once 'a week for succes. Proper-y 1 vol. New edition; Tidd’s Prac- that city was dependent on Cincinnati and | sive weeks previous to the 25th of May nert, the | tice 2vols Fourth ; Burrill on Cir other cities fur its supplies of paper, and that day of hearing. cumstintial Evid ‘nce 1 vol ; Greenleaf’s Over - hundreds ard thousands of dollars has been ; CHARLES MASON, anruilly seut abroad for papor The first pa- Commissioner of Patents. b er-imill in the vicinity ot St Louis has been P. $.—Kaitors of the above will please Common Law it . 2vols. Just published bat lately established: and is likely to be well | cony,and send thelr bills to the Patent Omsce, wits aoe « Law of Evidence” S wol patronised 8 FRANCK TAYLOR. be Prof Hitchcock, of Amheret College, Weoren ‘GOUDS AT COST.—DETER- mined not to & paper containing this notice. jan23-law3w Bit EGRESS ss, epemeeteaee Shas ad A ri — AMENICAN ALMANAC. bas just opened a large collection frou old 185 ¢ ton-and repository ef useful knowl- | ovr Woolen Goods, we shall commences is aay, Nineveh. They contain some fiue things, edge. The 28th year of its publication Con- | closing them off at cost r Uur stock is worth your H. J. McLAUGHLIN & CO, 20, bet. Sth and 9th streets A CARD TO THE PUBLIC. K CONSEQUENCE OF THE WEATHER and the «delay of the Cars New York and Washinzton, Mr. MYERS, the Clown, will not take bis benefit on F The among which is a king seven feet high, le ing on his sword and offering incense. A gen- tleman of Amherst has agreed to build a Nir- eveh gallery next spring, large enough to hold all the college specimen?, arranged, as far as possible, as they were upon the walls of the old palaces. teining all the Important Statistical and Political information of the coun‘ry. For sa’e in Wash- ington by TAYLOR & MAURY, jan Bock tore, rear “th street. TRUTH 18 STRANG E—STRARGER THAN FICTION: UT STILL MORE STRANGE IS THE attention Janz eninge fact that SCH WAKZE & DRURY, Celling on which he walks ison the cars) Due = have always on hand a goed, ‘ull, notice will be given of this occasion. Look out Roven Faces 4xp Caarpry Haxps ure the | and fresh supply of O Y STERS, for fan jan 22-3t seis . Cal SF natural accompaniments of wintry weather — e eprseed oa out. ate jan 91-7 INSTRUCTION IN MECHANICAL To remove these Fontuines’ Cream vf Wild S — —o aauesie co i 4 Flowers is the most desirable article in use 2 ginyoes ye Sd nedicrane pel! A be re elved by (he sdvettion ees sed ag To Machin ‘sts Chis is a rare opportunit: now! - cage of an art enscnttal to’ eucoees In Berner mad The terms will be and be known to 6.C urate = between 1th and 12th, from 6 jans2-3re Jan Beet HARBOUR & SEMMES. LA&aesz STUCK IN THE CITY, OF Pianos, Guitars, Violins, Accordeons, Music, &e,&c., at JUN F. ELLIS’s jan 22 Piano and Music Store. itis a complete substitute for soap, and for cleaning tecth, giving sweetness to the breath, or softness and delicacy to the hands, ladies will find it equally valuable. So!d by the agents, druggists and fancy stores 188 MARIE, Ladies’ Headdresser, in- ous Ba ———_ ——______—— M forms the pes of Washington, 9 B pester ke rz hy eat A Bravtirvn CompLexion may easily !@ Si ant hans coeulty ok Ricwees, Raaee' jan 22 MeLAUGSLIN & Go °8. aoquired by using the “Balm of a Thousand pega “Reap, Sor the porposs of making soem for Q SECOND-HAND MELODEONS, BUT Flowers.” It will remove tan, pimples, and oomanove Hajek’ Seal me ore Pele mee g= time, for sale or very low, Freckles from the skin, leaving it of a soft and | _* Penn. ave., near Mr Gautler’s._ te ecetest Piang Store, between Sth and 10th roseate hue. Wet a towel, pour on two or jan 2 three drops, and wash the face night and ALCHOUOL, camrins, EYHERIAL &c JOHN F. Lis. y Materialsand Brushes. Also, FER IRONS, WAtFLE IRONS, morning. For sale st Shillington’s, agent for |, The trade supplied at lowest market Meat Cutters, Mincing Knives, wunagion toa Os treauie Meat Re SSB ame, | Mage Sone faint tae bag va —