Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1857, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR i PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNVUON, (EXCEPT SUNDAY.) AT? THE STAR BUILDINGS, Covesr of Pennsylvania acenus cond 11's strest, By W.D WALLACH, and ts served to subscribers by carriers at 81X AND A QUARTER CENTS, paysbdie weekly to the Agents; papers served iu packages at 37b¢ cemta per month To mail sulbsoribars the sub- ear price is THREE VOL!.ARS AND FIF- CEN Psa year in advance, TWO DOLLARS. for stx months, and UNt® DOLLAR for three months; for less tnan three moaths at the rate of 2% cents a week. i SINGLE COPIES ONE CENT. Ebeni SUITASLE FOR CHRISTM4SANDNEW YEARS’ PRESENT OHN H. SMOUT, No 119 SOUTH SIDE Bridge street, Georgetown, DC , has received a great variety of useful and seasonable G@UUD3, to woich he Invites the attention of both ladies and geat‘emen wo may wish to make a Christ- mas and New Years’ Preseat EMBROIDERIES. Rich worked Cambric Sets (Collars and Sieeves) Do do Muslin do do Do do Muslin and Cambric Collars A great variety (low priced) do orked Linea Sets and Linen do Rich worked Musiin Sleeves Bjack and white Lace ~ets and Collars ‘orked Camoric and Musiin Bands Embdroldeed Linen Cambric Haadkerchiefs Hemastitched, tucked and piaia do B Chantilia and French Lace Veils Wore, quilted and booped Skirts. AL40— Molre Antique, Embroide:ed, Satin and other Cloaks Double sad single Brocha and other Shawls Rich Fancy and Black Silks freaca Merinos plaid Merinos Piata and printed Mous L’delaines Best Paris Kid Gloves, all numbers Kid and Buck tauatiets Ladies, gent’s 2214 children’s Warm Gloves Hosiery, of every kind Portmonnates, and ladies’ Cabas Gents. Linen, Cambric and Silk Pock2t Handkfs Black and fancy Silk Cravats, Scarfs and Ties Geats Shawis, Merino ard Woolen Scarfs Chil@ren’s Knit [almis and Hoods Ladies, geats and boys’ Comforts. &c With many other desirabie goods, which will be sold low to cash or prompt customers dee 23 H swMOoUoT Improved Sewing Machines To which was granted the Hichest Award ot the Paris Srhibition, thereby receiving the World’s Verdict of Superiority. NSB IMPROVEMENTS (IN FHIS MA- chine hassimpitfed them !n many respects. aad they arecapan! leof «xecntingtwicetheamount af work they did formerly in any given time. Phey are without question the only Machines ca- pable of sewing every variety of zoods perfect; a shirt Dosom or heavy tr. for harness can sewn by any of these machines by asimplechaage of 2 aad ti d@ in such a manner that the not detect a fait. nes to purch: able, and aot tikely to ¢ have machines with attached, fer birding hats, cap-fronts, gaiters, &c. Mik, Paread, Cotton, ) eedles, &c., ¢onstantly en hand, at the lowest rates. Persons desirous ofinformation regardiag Sew- lag Wachines wlli pivese address i. NM. SINGER & CO., 105 Baltimore street, Baltimore. N. B.— Weare prepared to exchange these ma- @alaes for cid machines ofany kind Termslib- eral. Persons who have been Inducedto purchase aferior machines under the _— of being sheap, will Sad this a beneat in: le mar i0—ly STANDARD SILVE4 Wane. AM NOW MANU PAC FURING PURE SIL- ver Spoons, Fo ki, L2d Butter, Fish, Pie. Cake and Ios Cream Kalves, Sagar als and foags, Naptin Rings, Cream, Gravy, Mustard and 32!t Spoons, &c , &e , on my own Premises, and 49 not pila off on the public Northern man- ufactired articles (which cannot always be re Hed oa as ¢> ) for my owa, bul every article mads tn my es:sblishment can and will be war- ranted as above WATCHES AND JEWELRY Of every description ant in great variety, con- stanily on hand, and resetving fresh arrivals al- most every dty Fine (18 kx) Geld Watches from: 82) to $250, and warran‘ed correct iime- mr Coral, Csmeo, Mosaic and plain Gold Rracelets, Pins and Ear-rings, (in sets or by tne sinzie plece,) Gold V Foo, Gaard, Caatalain ase, as they and Neck Chalas, Se * ockets, Charms, anda general assortm of goods usually kept ia a Jewelry Store Fine Watca Repairing done by an experienced and competent workman, and all work warranted to give satipfaction a: 338 Pennsylvania avenue %- ao anan NOTICE. TIME tS MUNEY Czce: — CLOCKS !'!—CLOCK3: &t the Great Clock Emporium, oppasie Browns’ Hotel, and sce the greatest a-sort meat of CLUCK4 this side of New Yorks Good Clovis warrantsd for $..5) Also, all Kinds Clock Matertals. Ulis, Cords. Bul's, Keys, Weights, &c The trade supp! t wholes le Prices. Ca-h or Clocks givea in exchange for old Silver or Gold Watches Also, good Watches for sale low. Ca'l and see for yourselves, at J ROBINSON’S, 219 Pa ay., Opposite Browns? tinel, THE VLy wun CU dPANY, KAYWAWHA COU VIRGiNia, SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE RECEIVED atthe Banking House of Chub> Brothers for the remaining stock of the above company, he- ing three hundred shares Th> capital stock is $i00 099 (dollars ) of which $70 009 has be-n sadecrib fee miaes are now prepared for active operations, and 6 p2r cent interest will be gE wWanteed upon tae sgock now off-red for sile y tue original stockuolders, for the period of tw years Particulars Im regard to the stock, and its pros- ts, will be made known upon application to USB BROTH<RS jan it P P DANDRIDGE, Agent. CITY OF KEO Us (owas) BUSDS HE SUBSCRIBERS, AGENTS FOR THE sale of these Boad-, req iest the attention of Persoas wishing t> make safe {ove stments, to these seourlias Toeycan o€ s.id so as to pv 10 per ceat per ainum interes’. fhe Coupous are pay- able ta New Yo:k, aad also received in payment of Taxes to the city of Keokuk ; and the Bonds are securet by an equtl amouat of the stock of the Keokuk and Fort Des Moines Railroad and may be converted into said stock at the option of the hoider Weregard them as one of the very best securities in tae market PAIRO & NOURSE, feb 5-Im 15th street, oppo T ea-nry Dept DENTAL SUKRGEUN, D5; B F. COSBY, PENN AVENU, BE- tween Sixth and Seventh etreets, atthe place formerly occupied by Dr Vaa Patten, bas just received a —_— supply of articles pertainl ig to dentistry, respectfully invites the public to give hima call. Having devoted bis whole time to the fession. he ix perfectly safe in declaring that he will giveentire satisfaction in every case The — professional references can be seen at his of- Call sonmian I: tion. DWAD LYCE’F AESPECTFULLY IN- forms the subscribers co Bsown’s Bible and Shakspeare, now jurt completad, that he ts pre- pared to bind those works in a superior style of elegance, strength and solidity, and upoi much more masouabic terms tusa can be done (a Balti- more, Patladelph New York. A letter ad- Greased to bim (per post) will enable to ex- hibit to the subscribers specimens of tyle of Binding. Every kind of Boox Blading neatly ex- ecuted sez7-tm .MUN3SON, AT: N’A AVENUE, ts ‘ 238 PEN ie bei Weering thom i2 this ct There who has beea Isfring!, ent, and «ade a bad Imitation of it, agalast wooim [ hereby caution the public N.B Woaesever a Deatist speaks against Allea’s Patent Coatinuous Gam Teeth, whea properly comstrweted, itis because he ts ignorant of the pro: +48, ineom>eteat lo maks the work, or @aawilling to diy for the patent. Je 16-8 30 600 PEsC a TREES. f TEN DOLLARS PER HUNDRED—SOR my Norser near Washington of Gne growth, and runeat of ORNAMENTAL, SHADE, ang FRUIT TREES. JOSHUA PEIRCE trial achicl YOLEN GU0US AT CosT.—DETER- mined not to cerry over to the spring, anv of our Woolen Gods. we sali commence this day, closing them of eteost evar stock is worth your att-atioa, H. 4 McLAUGHLIN & CO, jan 33 20, bet 5b aad Oth streste LCHO MUL, CAMPHENE, ETHERIAL Oil, Lamps, &e r aterialsand Brushes. Also, Artists? at lowest market po ELL & MORBEL: The 'uade supplied w a No. 383 C st bet. 6th and 2b. SHES TO CALL THE ATTENTION I WwW to all that suffer with defective sight, caused by age, sickness, and particularty from glasses. inf fously selected, to his superior PECTACLES and GLASSES carefully Bor mself to a true bs ze accuracy, bril- Mfant transparency, sulted precisely and bened- olally to the wearer according to the concavity or convexity of the Very numerous are the ill effects caused to precious organ of sight from the commencement of using glasses in not bein; sely suited, by the use of an 0, tometer ; ant e — of many years enables him to meas- ure the focal disease of the eyes, and such giass- es that are absolately required will be furn! with ision and satisfaction JOHN TOBIAS earings libe- ral encouragement magere § ob and her solicits the ose that have not yet availed themselves of his aid Persons that cannot conveniently call, by send- —— glasses in use, and state how many inch- es they can read this print with their spectacles, ean be supplied with such as will improve their sight. Tanemerabie testimonials to be seen; and ref- erences given to many who have derived the it ease and comfort from his glasses. Circulars to be eo at [ office, No. $12 SEVENTH STREET, three doors srom Odd Fellows’ Hali, ur stains. Noxroux, ber 7, 1854. you made for me suit very weil, and seem to have improved my sight more than any other I have latel: E AZEWELL. LITT. W. I have tried a of Spectacles obtained from Mr. Tobias, Sud /ana them of great assistance to my sight, and corresponding with his description of the focus. {[ recommen mas a skilifi op- ticlan. HENRY A. WISE. Having been induced by 4 friend to visitthe es- tablishment of Mr. Tobias for the fe of try- his glasses, 1 was furnished im with a pair slightly colored blue, which have afforded me more relief and gratification than any I have evertried. My sight, originally very good, was injured by ee reading at night, fre- uently to a very hour; but with the aid of tecee: I can study almost as late as ever, and that too suffered. without the I have previously . JOHN WILSON Late Coramissioner Gen’l Land 11, 1855. Obice, I have used Mr. Fobias’s Spectacles for three or four months, and ——— Speen im eay- ing that [am much with them. [ havo been much benef them. May 5th,1853. GEOR. P.SCARBURGR, I was recommended to Mr. John Tobias as a —_ Scena; and as T kaye leg al e peoull Tobias sccmed i Was gratified to Bd r. 0 comprehend them by inspec- tion and some slight iravarement, pi he has made me « pair of Spectacles that sults me ad- mirably. A. P. BUPLER. July 11,1358. WILMINeTon, N.C., Jan. 27, 1854 Mr.J.Pexias: Dear Sir—I am happy to say that the Spectacles which I obtained from you last week are entirely safisfactory. Froman inequal- ity in the visual a of ray eyes, I have hereto- found great difficulty in getting glasses of the proper focal distance. {taffords me pleasure to State that, by the aid of your optometer, this diffi- culty has been happily obviated so that the lasses = furnished me are decidedly the best adapted ge ae of an fe have rn, DRANE y Tes: tral - yours, . B. C i Ween er a ee Parish. Daranruent ov IntERIOR, May 7, 1855. From natural defects and the unequal range of my eyes, I have been compelled to use glasses for several years. I have tried regent heen without obtaining glasses tly ait! to my eyes. Four monthssince Mr. Tobias made two pairs especially for me, which I have found to serve me perfectly. By the use of his optometer he 1s enabied to adapt Glasses minutely to theeye. 1 most cheerfully recommend Mr. Tobias to all having occasion to use glasses. and bear my testi- mony as to bis skill as an optician. HENRY E. BALDWIN, Assist. Seo’y to sign Land Warrants, P. S.—OPERA GLASSES of es vari FELESCOPES & MICROSCOPES, WATC! MAKER GLASSES, and many other articles in - owas very low prices constantly on hand. v 2 ——————— THX IMPROVED SETS OF TEETH | be LOOMIS, THE INVENTOR AND itentee of ‘ Loomis’ Mineral Plate Teeth,’’ having successfully tnirodiced Se aR bis improvement In various cities, has now permanently established himseif in Wash- in; . Far improvement for Sets of Teeth consists chiefly in making 2 set of but one piece of mate- rial. and that indestructible mineral. No metal «s used In their construction, and they are there- fore free from galvanic action and metalic taste. There are no joints to become filled with moisture or particies of food, hence they ae pure and clean. They are lighter, stronger, less clumsy, and, in short. the perfection o” Artificial Teeth; not- withstanding certain Dentists speak avainst them, but they have not the right to make them, do not know how If they had, and therefore do not ap- preciate them. Office on Pennsylvania avenue, between 11tb and 12th streets, two doors below the Kirkwood House dec 24-tf S. DURLUDOT R cH PAGNE, “TRESOR DE BOUZY" AND “IXL.” 1 pp UNDERSIGNED IS SOLE AGENT. for this city of Dorlodot’s “ Tresor de Bouzy,”’ a champagne celebrated throughout Europe, aid esteemed by concolsseurs as of the highest grade, and unsurpassed by any other product of the champagne country, which has obtained « high position {n the aristocratic circles of Europe ard America. Also, a stock of other Wines, Liquors ard Cigars. JUNAS P. LEVY Jan 5-t£ No. 387 Pa. ave . opp. National Hotel, CUAL KEPT UNDER COVER. 2,210 ibs to the Ton. Nox, ON HAND. THE BEST QUALITIES of Woite A-h, Red Ash and Lehigh COAL. Warranted to girs satisfaction. Delivered free from diit. Also, Hickory, Oak and Mne Woop. T.s.& . M. GALT N. W. comer izth and C streets, No ‘siz, deo 20-tf one square south of Pa. avenue. MILK AND CREAM, F®=-8 MILK AND CREAM, BUTTER, CHEESE, EGGS, HONEY, and VEGE- TABLES, constantly on ha 4. in any yer from one uf the best Dairy Farms in Maryland, at 485 10th street, near the avenue, by Jan Zi-Ime HN. ANDRUS. i HATS! HAND A FULL HAY YONSTANTLY ON apply of BEEBE?S NEW RK STYLES together with TAY LUR’ HATS, of BALTI- MORE. The best black dvess HATS got up in the latest style for $3.5), as good as those usually sold able i ‘Fhe best materials an: is oy ee ap paper @ $5 Yat, which ts sold for $3.50. We do acash business, meet with no los- but |e each customer full value for his . Pelt Hats unusually low. N. Sig 2 for Driscoll’s Balm of a Phousand Flowers. Price 25 ceats per . ANTHONY , 7th street, near Pa. weer, oy se fora New York Hat Compaay. Retceotr peste ALM Ao un —and repository of useful know! edge. The 2th Year of its publication Con- taining ali the important wtatistical and Political information of the coun‘ry. For sae in Wash- fagton by TAYLOR & MAURY, jan 14 Book ‘tore. new 9b street. Fl rer cnn sn OSES! GLASSES, SAU FF AND CIGAR Boxes, flae Goods for Presents, &c , al H.J McLAUGHLIN’s, jan 30 tf No 20, between 8th and 0b sts. 1857 a near IMPURTANT TO GUITAR AND PIANU | PER FUR “ERS. ha WEEK RECE!VED A LARGE 8UP- i ad Rg eapprpedlin Eg Sater, Piano, Pinte, do » at our gre : tablish men’ Pennsylvania avenue, between Sth and 10th streets, JOHN F, ELLIS. jan 90-th ag WASHINGTON, D. C. F ng Star. RIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1857. NO. 1,272. OFFICIAL, Tuaasury Derartuenr, Nov. 29, 1856. Notice is hereby given to holders of stock of the loans of the United States, that this department will purchase the same until the 3d of March next, unless the sum of $1,500 000 shall be previously obtained, and will pay in addition to the interest accrued from the date of the Jast semi annual divi- dend of interest thereon, together with one day's additional interest for the money to reach the ven- dor, the following rates of premiam on raid stocke: Por the stock of 1842, a premium of LO per cent. Por the stock of 1847 and 1848, a premium of 16 per cent; and for the stock of 1850, commonly calted Texas Indemnity Stock, a premium of 6 per cent. Certificates of stock transmitted to the depart- Ment, under this nouce, must be assigned to the United States, by the party duly entitled to receive the proceeds. If sent between date hereof and the Ist day of January next, the current half year’s in terest must be assigned by the present stockholder, or it will bs payable as heretofore, and a corres ponding deduction be mate trom the amount pay- able for the stock. Payment for the stocks so asvigned and tra + m't- ted will be madu by drafts on the Assistant T'reasu- rersat Boston, New York, or Philatelphia, at the Option of the parties entitled to receive the money, which should be expressed in the letters accompa- nying the certificates. JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Tr: asury. dee 1—dt3dMarcht BANKING HOUSE CHUBB BROTHERS. D&fosits.- peposits RECEIVED AND Checks paid without ctarge. Drafts on the northern scaboard cit'es received on Deposit at par, ard xchange on said Cit‘es furnished to de- positors without charge. intsrest on Derosits —Interest will be al- lowed on Deposits at such rates as may be agreed upon. Deroeits in Virginia aND UNCURRENT Mo- Ey —Deposits in Virginia and other Uncurrent Money received to be checked for, payable in same funds, or iz specie, we charging the Tegu lar Exchange Discounts —Notes, Drafts, and Bills of Ex- change will be dixcoun'ed. and made on a Bexd3, and Seou > at the market rat Larrzns of Crepir.—Letters of Credit will be furnished, negotiable in the different Cities of the United States, on Deposit of Money or Collat- erals, and interest allowed if Money isd -posited, and charged if Collaterals, on such terms as may upon. TRavELinc BILLs oF ExcnaneR.—Travelers will be furnished with drafts in such sums as may be desired negotiable in the ditferent Cities of the Union BILus anp Lett#Rs or Crepit on ENGLAND IkgLanp anv Evrorg —Bil.s of Exchange ar Letters of Credit on Engiand, Ireland and Eu- rope, furnisbed at the market rate for Exchange, in sums to suit, Bonps, Stocks, &c.—Bords, Stocks, and Se- curities paying from 6 ty 12% cent , always for sale, or bought in the different Citles at a com- mission ofa ¥ # cent. Where Stocksare bought upon orders, we reserve the right to call for a de- posit of 10% cent. on the cost. Bonds or Stocks Will be ordered by telegraph RatLroad, City, a bp StTatgE Boxps —Raill- road, City, and State Bonds can be placed in our hands for negotiation either in this country or Europe Ketlrocd Irom purchased for cash or with Bonds. Lanv Warkants.—Land Warrants bought at the market rates All Warrants sold by us are Skurantecd inevery respect Land Warrants located on commission. Land Warrant quotations regularly furnished Warrants will be forwarded to Western Houses on orders, or sent for sale on commission to re- sponsible parties Rear Estate amp INsvuraxces.—Real Katate bought and sold. and Insurances eff-cted. CLaime on THE UnitED Statss, Court oF CLaims, CONGR Ess —Claims on the United States, before the Court of Claims or Congress. intrusted to us, will be prosecuted by able and Prompt attorneys. CHUBB BRUTHBRS, Jan 27 Opporite the Treasury. ir GREAT GIFT BOOK STORE, UNDER DEXTER'S HOTEL. An Immense rtment of “ew Beeks wll be opened This Day, AND AN ENTIKELY NEW LIST OF PRESENTS Will be distributed to our patrons hereafter. EMBERS OF CONGRESS, CITIZENS. and STRANGERS will tind our stock of Books worth thetrattention. it is the largest and most valuable assortment ever opened iu this city, comprising Standard and Miscslianeous Works in all the departments of Ancient and Modern Science, Literature, and Art. Also, all the latest Publications, Annuals of the Season, Bibles, Prayer Books, New Editions of the Po- ets, &c , &c , in Turkey Morocco, Antique, Ve!- vet, and other rich and superb Bindings, ele- gantly illustrated A PRESENT, worth from 25 Cents to $100, will be given (im mediately after the sale) to every purchaser of a Book for which we receive $1 or more. 1[7"5 per cent of all our uet receipts will be placed in the hands of His Honor the Mayor of Washington, to be distributed for the benefit of the Poor of the city. Atthe Old Stand, under Dexter’s Hotel, sign of the Red Flag. jan 8-tf J. PHILBRICK, Agent. 1 ite National Hotel. e. 367 Pa ave.,o JUNAS P. LEVY, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN FINE WINES, opt @KOCERIES, AND A AS IN STORE A VERY CHOICE AS- sortment of Champagne in quarts and pints, 1X L; and Tresan de Bausey, ana other desirable Bronds; Brandy in cask and bottles, Vintage 1777 to 1840; Rus of all kinds; Whiskeys 1910 to 1856 ; Holland Gin of a'l kinds; Claret Wines of ail brands B indys do do abies a do do Sherry do do Materia do do Port do do German do do Hock do do italian do do Hungarian do do English Ale and Porter of all brands Cigars do do Cordials do do Cross & Blackwell's London Pickles and Preserves of all kinds . Coffee Sugar, Teas, &c , &e. 367 Penn avenue, opposite National Hotel. jan 23-ly JONAS P. LEVY. ce YTON ON PATENTS, 1 vol; Curtis on Patents, 1 vol; Robb’s Patent Ueses. decided ln the Supreme and Circuit Courts of the United States, 2 vols; Hindmarch on Patent Privileges, l vol; Norman on Pa‘ents, 1 vol; Godson’s Law of Fatents, 1 vol, London; The Patent Laws of all Nations, 1 vol, Manchester, England; Record of Patent Inventions | vol, London: Holroyd on the Law of Patents. 1 voi, London; Billing and Prince's Law and Practice of Patent:, 1 vol, Lon- don; Spence on the present State of the Law of Patents, pamphlet, London; Blaine on the Laws of Artistic Copyright, ea ore London; Hands on the Law and Practice of Patents, 1 vol, Lon- don; en on the Law of Patents, l volume, London; Burner on Copyright tn Design, 1 vol, | London; Davies on Patents, 1 vol, London; John- son's Patentee’s Manual, i vol, London; Smith o1 Patents, 1 vol, London; List of English Pat- ents for Inventions, from 1801 to 1$45, 1 vol, Lon- da: For sale b: ‘feb 3 ! FRANCK TAYLOR. feb WOOD AND COAL AT THE OLD PRICES! AK WOOD DELIVERED AT 86 per cord. } Pine do do 85 do COAL of ali kinds and the best quality. All orders leftat P.J STEER’3 Store, No. 488 Seventh street, or at our Office, will be promptly fillea pounds given to the ton. i JOHN W.MYERS2 CO, Office and Yard comer of @ and 2dd sts., First Ward. fob 6-2w | Proposals for Erecting the Marine Hospital | at Burlington, Iowa. Traascry DeragrMent, Wasaixe: ox, December 18, 1856. ROPOSALS WILL B® RECEIVED AT THIS department until the 19h cay of February, A. | D 1857, at ¥ o’clook a.m, for the construction of the Marne Hospital authorized to be erected at Burlington, Iowa, according to the plans and + pe: fications prepared at this depar:ment; ra‘d pro to be either tor the whole buildiug or st para the different kinds of w. rk; bills of yarcels must in every case gocempany tach bid, with the amount of each kind of work, aud the total amount carried out; the dejariment reserving the tight to r jret or | accept the proposals hereby invitee, or any parte | thereof, when it deems the i terest of the Unued S ates requires it ; the department a'ao reserves the right toexclude the bide cf avy person or persons who there is just cause to believe will not aithfully pert.rm the contracts. or which th-y Lave att mpted to obtain by indirection; and all ‘bids when there shall be parties in interest who do not join in the bits, and al! bids shat, upon Investigation are below a fair prics for the work. Bids will not be received in gross. and no contray will be awarded toa bidder unless detaile are fu: nished the depar'ment of the prices of the diffy: kinds of work and materials, which s+ a'l be sub ject to the revision of the department, eo that it may adopt the whole or pact of the bid, a3 the interest 61 the United States may require Nine'y per cent. ot the amount of work done and Materals delivered, according to co’ tract price, (aid aniant to be ascerraiced by the estima‘e of au otof the de, a-tmentap cinted for that purpose.) bs paid fem time to time, as the work pro. gressre ; aid ten per cent. retained until the e« mple tion of the eontrac d acceptance of the work, &e., by the agent a‘oresa‘d, and to bs forfeited in the + Vent of non fulfilment of cortract. Contra :ts will he axarded only to master builders and mecbarics, aud the assignment thereof, except by consen® of the Seere aly of the Treasury, will be a for eiture of the same. Each propora! musi be accompanied by a writien guarantee, signed by two respons bls persona, (cer Ufied to ke so by the t ed States disirict judg> or a torney: f the said di yim the sum of $5,000 for the whole work. or af a proportionate amount iv for auy pact, that the bidder will, when required, if his -repo-a! be accepted, enter into a contract and bond, with prop raud sufficient securities, for its fa t.iul perfiu mance. Form ot b nu and eertifica‘e required wil! be fur ni-hed on application to tae Jepariment. Qs, Sovcifi a’ions, and working drawings will be realy atter thirty When they aa bo had on Applica ton to the ae 1 ict! be considered details with the require fess it fully complies in ments of this advertise The propo%e!s must be sent to this departmert, alin d t> the Secretary of the Treawmry ani p ainly endorsed ‘Proposals for the Burlington Ma- rine Hospital,” and wil bi dat 1M o'cloek, a m., Of the la:t day nam d vine the same, JAMES GUTHRIE, Secreta'y of the Tre alury dec 20 -2awtl¥thFeb: i ica en iat os TP ce Se ee Proposals for Furnishing Granite andGran- ite Work for the North Front of the Pat- ent Office Building DerartMent ve Tue INTeRtor, nber 18, LES8. i BE R VED uutil the eighteenth cay ot February next, clock at neon, for furnishing such Granite ard Granite Werk as may be required above the sub basement story, in the eree ton ot the north front of The bids m schedule, and basting. tires setting, incl chinery and other expens+s. Schedule Cube stone, per superficial foot. Beds and bills, do Jo Extra Cube stone, per cubic toot. Cornice in two bids, per sup rficial toor, De Sekar PROPOSALS W Wa this depar’ :ma Blocking course, do do Frieze to cutablature, du do Ar hivave do dn . Drops to cornice, por lineal foot. ‘Trigtyphs. each. Caps i pilasters, each. Chanuels of b-sement, per lineal four. Window sills, per superficial foot, in quality to that used stiucton ef the wings of the buildin apee'mans of which will be required to accompany the bids. Each bid will state in what time the work will be compl ted, and none will be considered from oth than tho wn to be of the trade and b be fully competent to fulfil in good faith te tions they pr bid or co; with the appr Nine-y per cen aa the work prog agent of the ¢ b the rr heat reserves to ita} he proporale tor the U the bids of any person or per- sons who it has good reasen to believe will not, from miract drawings caa 1 Cb aived, on ro informa office of the superi which mast bo sent to this deps the Interi (endo sed “+ Proposals tor the erection ef the north front of the Patent Office building,”) will be opened at 1 o’clock. p. m., of the ja pamed tor re R. Me LLAND, Secretary of the faterior, Proposals for ‘Erecting the Post Office and Co.rt-house at Springfield, Illinois. ‘TRPASURY DEPARTMENT, Washts6Ton, December 17, 1856 ROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT this departinent until the 17th day of Febru- ary, A. D , 1857, at 9 o’clock a m_, for the coa- struction of the; Post Uff-eand Court-houseauthor- ized to be erected at Springfield, lilinois, accord ing tothe plans and specifications prepared at this d«p:riment; sald proposals to be elther for the whole building or separate for different kinds of work; bills of parcels must in every case ac- company each bid, with the amount of each kind of work, and the total amount carried out; the department reservin, Mate et fo reject or accept the proposals hereby invii orany ne thereof, when it deems the iuterest of the United States requires it; the department also reserves the right to exclude the bids of any person or persons who there is just cause to believe will not faitbfully perforin the contracts, or which they have at- tempted to obtala by indirection; and all bids when there shall be parties in Interest who de not join in the bids. and all bids that. woon investi- gation, are below a fair price for the work. Bids will not be received In gross, and no con- tract will be awarded toa bidder uuless details are furaished the department of the prices of the different kinds of work and materials, which shall be subject to the revision of the d ‘tment, so that it may nie the whole or part of the bid, as the Interest of the United States may require. Ninety per cent. of the amount of work done and materials delivered, according to contract price, (said amount to be ascertained by the esti- mate of an agent of the department appointed for that pur) ,) will be pald from time to time, as the work progresses; and ten percent retained until the completion of the contract and eta aece of the work, &c , by the agent aforesaid, and be ‘orfeited in the event of non- fulfilment of the contract. Contracts will be awarded only to master bulld ers and mechanics, and the assignment thereof, except by consent of the Secretary of the Treasury, will be a forfeiture of the same Each proposal must be accompanied by a writ- ten guarant:e, signed by two responsible persons, certified to be so by the United States district foage or attorney of the said district,) in the sum of $5,000 for the whole work, or of a proportion- ate smount if for any part, that the bidder will, when required, if his proposal be accepted, enter into a serene — nase ere proper and sutti- jent securities, for its faithful performance. “Form of bond and certificate required will be furnished on application to the department. Plans, specifications, and working drawings will be re after thirty days, when they can bad on application to the department. No bid will be considered unless it fully com- plies in all tts details with the requirements of this advertisement. The proposals must be sent to this department, addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, and lainly endorsed ‘‘ Proposals for the Spring yield Bost Office and Court-howse,”’ and will be ed at 10 o’clock a m. of the last day named iving the same. Be seals JAMES GUTHRIE, the Treasury. dec 18 2awtl7F eb INES, WHOLESALE AND RE- Vai chs Wega stock tn tae, city. No. 20, between Sth 9th streets. jan 90-tf -M¢LAUGHLIN & CO, appli ai he dec 19-2a EVENING STAR. | AMERICAN CHANGES OF NAMES. | From Household Words } In Europe, attachment to a family name ie asacred eentiment If it has been rendered ewinert by an individual, or even reputable by a succession of honest bearers, few would cbange it, even iftbey could. It may not be euphonious ; he we are endeared to it for the sake of those by whom it was borne before us. It may not be celebrated; but we hope to preserve it unsullied It may have been dis | graced ; and, in that caae, we resolve to re- deem it from the stain. Even when its change for some other brings an increase of worldiy wealth, we feel that the donor who has coupled his gift with the herd condition of displacing ourown patronymic by his, has ‘ filehed from us our good name,”’ and we think that we pay a high price for our good fortune. In fact it is only in very rare instances of some gross in dividual infamy, that farilies abandon their | cognomen, except in compliance with the con- dition of some valuable keyuest that forces the change upon an heir or a legatee Bat who in the (old) world would ever, un- der aoy circumstances, think of changing his Christian name for any other whatever? Here area few examples from the yearly list published by the Legislature of Massachu zette I should like to bave oach individual's Lead cubjected to a phrenological examination to ascertain if it would bear out my uotion of the respective characters of those name-chan- gers he following eight would show, per- haps, a vainglorious pride, dashed with great effrontery : James Colbert takes the name of Colbert Mortimer; Caleb C. Woodman that of Emer- son Mortimer; Hazan R Fitz that of Hazin Wellington; Lyman Cook becomes Lyman Van Buren; Diodate G Coon takes the name of Diodate Calhoun; Join Pickard that of Daniel Webster; Noyes Coker that of Edw’d Byron, and John Lawrence that of George Washington. | Every one will understand the motive ct | f such achoice—if choice was to be made—o: names so gilded with historic and literary | fame as thoce of Mortimer, Wellington. Wash | ington, and Byron But many, many English men are not awre that there are, or he cently been, in existence, American celebritice called Van Buren. Webste Calhoun Poily Woodcock drops a ayilabie, and be- comes Polly Weed; aud Alice Bottomly, from motiver of delicacy, I presume, alters the spelling of her surname to Bottomiee. But no particular tasto for melody can have influenced the spiusters following - Anna Maria Bean, who becomes Fliza Patch. Valeria Pew, why becumes Mary Pew Serenetha Goodrich, “ Mary French Tryphen Van Buskirk, who becomes Fran ces Coilin | Miss Clare Frinck cannot be blamed for changing to Clarissa Wilson, or Abby Craw for becoming Abigail Sxwtell Triphena | H Moore, Derdamia Finney, Othealda Busk, and the Widow Naomi Laddington, are unexcep- tionably elegant and need nochange; yet changed they are to other ag fanciful appella- tious. Whatcould have induced Mrs Betty Henderson (no second marriage giving cause) to change to Betty Grimes? Ur where was the | oceult motive that influenced Philander Ja cobs to change to Philander Forres Doolittle to Ossian Ashley ; Jeduthan Calder to Albert Nelzou; or Allan Smith to go to the very end of the alphabet and become Allan | Isard! Under sundry unfathomab! race Fizh and his wife, Khuhemmah, take the su me ot Tromont: Curtis Squires that of | Pemeroy Montague; William H Carlton that of Augustus Cariton; Ingebor Jansen that of | Ingebor Anderson: George Hoskiss that ot | deo r. John Jumper shows good taste in becoming simple John Mason | Daniel Ames merely changos a letter, and | ig Daviel Emes. Dr, Jacob Quackenbush ing his name unwieldy. sinks a couple of sytlables and the quack at the same time an¢ iz transformed toJecob Bush, MD. Na han- iel Hopkins, bet: king himself to rural life, I | ecomes Sylvanus Hopkins But I i hat John Cogswell gains ‘ou ) by inserting two lables, and be- well that eome Irishmen the epidemic; and, recountry, try to get rid natior istinctions. For instance, Hughes changes to William Hughes ; Timothy Leary chauges to Theodore Lyman ; Mason McLoughlin becomes Henry Macon; and | six other persons of his name foliowing his bad example, a whole branch of the family tree of the McLoughiin’s is looped eff. Ass pendant to this anti-national pictare, | a group of five Bulls abandon the honest Eng lish patronymic of their common father, John, and d rately changes it to Websier. | may exist for the family of f it, as well ag bis wife and seven children (Cynthia, Sophiliz, Elvina, Diana, Sophronia, Phel and Orestus) for becoming so many Nileses; while another. called Death, petition (throug a member call- ed Graves) and are metainorphosed into Mr. and Mrs and Misses Dickeuson. Masters Ashael G . Jothan P , and Abel S., their sous also change from Death to Dickenson; out, | strange to say, retain their villainous prenv- | mens and unmeaning initials One Mr, Wormwood, with some fun in him, asks to be allowed to change his name for | some otier; ‘certain,’ as he says, ‘‘ that no member of taste will oppose§his request ” i Another individual, Alexander Hamilton, also petitions for leave to chango, on the double i ground of the inconvenient length of seven syllables in writing or speaking (a true go a head Yankee) and on his inability to * sup- / port the dignity of a name go famous in bie- !? It must be observed that this smart | | n | influences Hv- e tory! eeeols did not refers to the Conquerer of Darius, but to the greatest Alexander be had ever heard of, Hamilton, Secretary of the! Treasury to Washington; and I only hope! (for the sake of American amour propre) that | # portion of my readers may know who is meant. To these instances of ever-shifting altera- tions, I may add one of a Miss Hogg whv be- came Miss Howard; of another, a my ad ee- timable family, the Crowinshields, of Marble- head, whose original name was Grunsel ; still another, the former Tinkers, who are the present Buckinghams. So much for them! In looking at this scanty number of exam- ples, and reflecting that such arbitrary changes are every year taking place over the whole extent of the Union to a very large amount, we may imagine, apart from the ab- eurdity of the custom, the confusion and mis chief it occasions. Yet, however strange it appears to us, itis, perhaps, more wonderful that, considering the facility of the operation, | it is still not oftener practiced. recent American tells us of a famjly in the town of Detroit, whose ons were named One Stickney, Two Stickney, Three Stickney; and whose daughters were named First Stickney, Second Stickney &c. The three clder children of a family near home were named Joseph, And, | Acother; and it is supposed that, should any | more children have teen born, they woud | have been named Also, Moreover, Neverth«- j | less, and Notwiths anding The parents of | another family actually ramed their child Finis, supposing it was their last; but they j Cauobridges, THE WEEKLY 8Tar, This excellent Family and News Journal—con. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Single copies (in wrappers} can at the counter, fmmediately af Paper. ice—Tuaer rst hana nod PostMasTRRe whoactas be procured issue of the & commiss'on of twenty —- in names In what d faghers and thers are responsibie for this, or whether og individuals have ca riciously altered their children’s christian pe cence di in the }rssent generation, I cannot . It is equally puzzling to account, on either by- Pothesis, for such names as strike the eve on the shop-signs or door-plates, or in the news- papers of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and elsewhere. For instance : ee Munn, Quiney Tufts, Orlando Tomdins, Bea Tiffany, Polycretas Flag, Sylvester Almy, Peleg Spragae, Rufus Choate, Abiza Bigelow, Jabez Tarr, Asaph Base, Asor Tabor, Hiram Shum- way, Ransom Sperry, Nabum Capon, Elihu Amsdon, Gigeon Links, Zichri Nash. Gideon, Hephzibab, Hasiph, Gibeon, Uriah, Seth, Einathan, Jeduthan, Virgil, Pliny, Hor- ace, Homer, with Faith, Hope, Charity, and -all the other virtues, are common prenonems all over the country. Many of these, while making us smile, recall association Seri tural and classical, or one of our own historic and puritanical oy eer while some of the ‘ancy names of America remind us of noth’ Mr. Preserved Fish was a well known — chant of New York. Perhaps the most whim- sical of all is that of a young lady of a coun- “4 town in the State of Massachusetts, Miss ealthy Titus. Attractiy. d auspicious compound! Pray Heaven she will change it, and that without losing a day, like her impe. tial namesake! Ard who knows but every ove of those eccentric appellations here recorded are, by this time (like Uncle Toby's oatb,) blotted out for ever In the immense catalogue of the names of counties, towns and cities, there is bardly one Americans can claim as their own iovention They are ell of foreign or Indian derivation The inconceivable repetition of certain names of towns is, without joke, * confusion worse confounded ’’ There are one hundred and eichteen towns and counties in the United States called Washington. There are five Londons. cne New London, and [ don't know how many Londonderrys x towns called Psris, three Dresdens, four Viennas. fourteen Berlins, twenty four Hanovers. There are twenty odd Richmonds, sixteen Bedfords, about a seore of Brightons, nine Chathame, eleven Burlingtous, sixteen Delawares, four- teen Ox ords, as many Somersets, a dozen twenty-five Yorks and New Yorks end other Englieh names in propor- tion. There are twelve towns with the prefix of Big, four Great, and sixteen Little bere are nine Harmonys, double as many Concorde but no Melody ;) thirteen Freedoms, forty- tour Libertys. Twenty-one Colomb }, Seven Columbuces, and severty-eight Unions. There #re one hundred and four towns and counties of the color Green, twenty-four Browne, twen- ty-six Oranges, and five Vermilions—all the hues of an autumnal forest; but they sbrink from calling any of them Biack, though they sometimes make white appear so, especially in the Repudiating States. Fifteen Goshens, eleven Canaans, thirty Salems, eleven Beth- lebems, testify to the respect iu which Scrip- tural uames are held; while homage has been done to classic lands in fundry log-hut vil- lnges, some of them fast swelling in a tion and prosperity. ‘‘ Ilium fuit” is belied by the existence of sixteen Troys There are twelve Romes, and eight Athenses; but only one Romulus—and I have not had the good fortune to meet with any of the Athenians. Many great writers have been honored in these national baptisms There are several Homers. Virgils, Drydens and Addisons, « couple of Byrons, but not yet, nor likely to be in any eense, a Shakspeare. however, five Avons three Stradfor ° meo, a Juliet; besides, defying classificatiov, four Scipios, six Sheffields, twelve Manches- | ters. There are one hundred and fifty towns and counties cailed New Somethings, and only six Old any: The most desperate effort atinvention is to be found in repetitions of Springfields, Bloomfields, and Greenfields. All the cities of the East are multiplied many times, with the exception of Constantinople, which does not figure in the list at all; but, in revenge, there ie one tantine. There are very few attempts at giving to Yankee humor a local habitation anda name. But [ have discovered the funny title of Jim Hen: ached to a soi-disant town in Miller coun- J; State of Missouri; and I am sorry to per- cive the stupid name of Smallpox fastened ot firmly, I hope) on one in Joe Davis coun- iy, Tinoie The comparative popularity of public men may or may not be inferred from the number of times their nemes may be found on the mape. It is remarkable that there are nine- ty one Jacksons; eighty-three Franklins, six- ty-nine Jeffersons, thirty-four Lefayettes, fif- ty-eight Monroes, fifty Madisone, fifty-nine Perrys, thirty-two Harrisons, twenty-seven Clintons, twenty-one Clays, sixteen Van Bu- rens, fourteen Bentons; but there are only three Websters. The indigenous fruits, shrubs and trees give titles to many of the stroets in cities and towns, but to few of the towns themselves. There is oue Willow, a few Oaks, (out of forty ad varieties of the forest king,) and not one Pereimmon, nor, as far as I can learn, a Pep- peridge, one of the most beautiful of American trees A New York newspaper, writing on this subject, suggests the propriety of oe s law prohibiting the use of a name for a town or county that has ever been used before for the same purpose. Bat immediately recoils, like Fear in the Ode, “ Everat the sound iteelf had made’ ; Aud well it might. For ifthe notion were fol lowed up, new towns might be numbered, as Streets often are at present, and some arith- metical combinations might occur as a letter addressed to Mister Jonathan Snookinson, Sixty-Fourth Street, wie # rare City, Nineteenth County, State of Confusion Crinoline in Rhyme. By the Printer’s Devil—A Son of the Old Man A lady witha crinoline was walking down the street—her feathers fluttered in the air— her hoops stuck outa feet. She walked the earth as if she felt of it she was no part, and | taped did she step slong, for pride was in er heart. She did not cee a curly dog which walked cloze to her side, all save the bush tail of which her crinoline did hide His tail the dog with pleasure shook—it fluttered in the wind, and from the lady’s crinoline stuck cut a foot behind. A crowd the tail soon did espy, as it waved to and fro, and like a rudder seemed to point which way the maid should go The curly dog right pleased was be such quarters he had got, and walked beside the lady in a kind of doggish trot. Each step the lady now did take, served to increase her train, while those who fol- | lowed in her wake roared out with ht and main. Some held their sides and ed so bard, and many fairly cried, and many even still confess that day d “like to died’? But still the lady sail aleng, and crinoline and pride, unmindfal of the crowd behind, ordog close by her side. But soon another dog espied the tail which fluttered {ree—it so provoked his doggish ire he could not let it be—but with a deep ferocious growl, for battle straight he went, and ‘nei the lady’s criecline both dogs were quickly bent. They fought tis said one hour or more—the lady nothiug knew—but with her head erect sailed on, and did ber way pursi Some she never would have known at all about the fight, had not une dog mistook and gave happened afterwards to have a daughter and her ‘‘limb’’ an awful bite. But smec that two sons, whom they called Adenda, Apper-| day 1’ve beard it esid, the lady never was dix, and Supplement Whatever exaggeration there may possibly | such a crinolin t] last-quoted inatances, there is cer- wih hee England, a8 well as in the lees established parts of the Union, for grotesque, though less iy rh tast be tt; ding, combina- | they arenet “prophets or the o0n# of prophets, ° seen upon the street, with so much ocime thes tGrThose who = an satisfied by