Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1857, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR is PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, (EXCEPT SUNDAY,) AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Corner of Pennsylvania arenas and 11th street, By W. D. WALLACH, fs served to subscribers by carriers at SIX =D A QUARTER CENTS, payable weekly to the Agents ; as served in packages at 37 cents per month To mali subscribers the si TPouNTSayearisadcance TWO DOLLARS CENFSa in adrance y br six months, and UNE DULLAR for three months; for less than three months at the rate of 124 centea week. * UP SINGLE COPIES ONE CENT. SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS’ PRESENTS. A yo H. SMOOT, No. 119 SOUTH SIDE Bridge street, Georgetown, D. C , has received a great variety of useful and seasonable GUUD3, to whieh he Invites tne attention of both ladies and gentlemen who may wish to make a Christ- mas and New Years’ Present. EMBROIDERIES. ® ich worked Cambric Sets (Collars and Sleeves) Do do Maslin do do Do do Musila and Cambric — A great variety (low priced) 0 Worked Li [on ee and i.tnen do Bich worked Muslin Sleeves Black and white Lace Sets and Collars Worked Cambric and Muslin Bands Embroidered Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs Homstitched, tucked aod plain do Blac® Chentilia and French Lace Velis W orked, quilted and hooped Skirts. alsu— Moire Antique, Embroidered, Satin and other stngle Brocha and other Shawis Kieh Fancy aad Black Silks Frenes Merinos, piald Merinos Vian and priuted Mocs L’delaines Bost Paris Kid Gloves, all aambers Sid and Buck Gauntiets Ladies, gent’s and children’s Warm Gloves Do Hosiery, of every king eats. Linen, Camori¢ and Silk Poeket Handkfs tack and fancy Sile Cravats, Scarfs and Ties Gents Spawis, Merino and Woolen Scarfs Curidren’s Kait Taimas and Hoods Ladies, geats. and boys’ Comforts. &c @ With many other desirable goods, which will be sold low to cash or prompt customers dee 33- J.H 3u00T =] StMGER'S Improved Sewing Machines. To which was grantod the Highest Awardot the Paris Ezhivition, thoreby receiving the World's Vordict of Superiority. i yee iMPROVEMEN'’SS IN FHIS MA- chine rien ao po ihem fa many res ———— “of executing twice the amoun ‘ork they did formeri In any given time. ‘Shey ere without questioa theealy ifiashines ca- pabie of sewlog every ety of goods perfect; 3 shirt bosom or heavy trace for harness can be sewn by any of these machines by pee or gs ef needie and thread in such 2 manner that the Closest scrutiny cannot detect a fault. ‘lau wactarers, ters and famiiles will ind trem tue oaly safe Machines to purchase, as they are bailt strong and durable, and not likely to get out of order. We have machiags wilh guages attached, fer wiading hats, cap-fronts, galters, Sux, Paread, Cotion,) eedies, oa nand, at the lowest rates. Personsdesirous ofinformation regardiag Sew- tag Machines will please address i. M. SINGER & CO., 185 Baltimore street, Baltimore. MN. 8.—We are prepared to exchange these ma- shines for old machines ofany kind ‘Terms lib- ir pene ema en aie aferlor machiaes umder the pretext o; being sheap, will fad this a beneat indeed. mar i@—ly STANDARD SILVE4 Wake. 1 AM NOW MANUFAC FURING PURE SIL- ver Spoons, Forks, Ladies, Butter, Fish, ~ Cake and [ce Cream Kaives, Sagar Shovels an: Toags, Napkin Rings, Cream, Gravy, Mustard and Sait Spoons, &c , &e , on my Owa premises; and do not patra off un the public Nortuera maa- ufsctured ari'cles (which cannot always be re- Med oa as genaine) for my owa, but every article arade In my establishmeat can and will be war- ranted as above WATCHES AND JEWELRY Of every deseription ant in great variety, con- stantly on hend, and recetviag fresh arrivals al- inmost every day Fine (13 ks) Geld Watches, from $20 © $250, ani warranted correct time- keepers. Coral, Cimeo, Mosaic and plain Gold Bracelets, Pias and Ear lugs, (in sets or by the Single piece.) Gold Vest, Fon, Guard, Chatalain and Neck Chalas, Seais, Keys, Lockets, Charms, anda general assortment of goods usually Rept Ja a Jewelry Store Fine Watca Repairing done by an experlenced and competent workma, xd aif work warranted to give satisfaction at 533 Pesnsyivaal: avenne dee 24- HOO Hoon SHAWLS! SHAWLS!! A LARGE AND SEL T STOCK OF Stella and other styles of Shawls, suitable for the approaching Spring, now on hand, and wiil be soid at a very low price, by the sabscriber, 244 Penn avenue, between 12th and 13°h streets. feb I~olm FRANK A. MeGEF. NOTICE is MONEY. OCK3''--CLUCKS ice& Emporium, op Browns’ Hotel, and see the greatest a-sort- ment of CLOCKS this side of New York Good Clocks warrantad for $! 50. Also, all kinds Clock Materials. Wils, Cords, Bails, Ke x Weights,&e fhe trade suppliei at wholesale prices. Ca-h or Clocks givea In exehaage for old Silver or Gold Watches » good Watebes for sale low. Call and see for yoursetves, at J RUBINSON?’S, 49 Pa av., jan 27-2m opposite Browns’ Hovel. sTuc cM t POY oom Call N THE oLo Dow VIRGINIA, SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE RECEIVED © atthe dankiny Ae of Chub Brothers for tue remalaing stock above comoauy, be- tag three hundred » $s. ‘fb capital stuck is $100,000 (dollars,) of which $70 000 nas been subseribad The miaes are now prepared for active operations, and 6 per ceat jaterest will be g4iraatesd upon tae stock now offered for s tle uy the original stockholders, for the period of two Particulars In regard to the stock, and its pros- _— wiil be mad- known upon application to “HUBS BROTHERS jan27 PP DAND@IDGEE, Agent. ——— EEE. Agent. CITY oF KEUKUA (40Ws) BUNDS. ‘HE SUBSCRIBERS. ENTS FOR THE sale of these ond:, request the attention of persons wishing to make safe !: vestments, to these securities. Theycan be sold so as to pay 10 per ceat per annum interest. The Coupons are pay- able fa New York, and also received in Payment of Taxes tothe city of Keokuk ; and the Bonds aresecured by an equal amount of the stock of the Keokuk and Fort Des Moines Railroad and may be converted {nto said stock at the option of tae holder. We regard them as one of the very Leat securities im the mark+t PAIRO & NOURSE, feb S-im street, oppo T eacury Dept. _ > N AVENUE, BE- tween Sixth and Seventh streets, atthe place formerly occupied by Dr SB Vana Patten, has just received a ve arge supply of articles pertaial ig to dentistry, Pespectfully invites the public to give hima call. Having devoted his whole time to the pro- fession, he is perfectly safe in declaring he will give entize satisfaction In every case. The best professional references can be seen at his of- Bce. Rov [2-tMarch me BVOK BINDING, Corner E aveat strist and Mary mearthe Smut mian Insti le poewaro LYCEPFKESPECTE ULULY IN- 4 forms the subscribers to Biown’s Uible and Shakspezre, now just completed, that he ts pre- pared to bind tose works in a superior style of elegance, strength and solidity, and upoa tauch more reasonable terms than caa be done ta Balti. more, Philadelphia, or New York. A letter ad- dressed to him (per post) willenable him to ex- nd avenue, ion bibit to the subsert cers teers of his style of binding. very kiad of x Biading ex- ecated 8637-6 a. MUNSON, AT 333 PENN’A AVENUE, is stlil making those besatiful ecatinuous GUM “FYEETH, called Allen's Patent, for the exceliency of which over other styles of teeth, many now Wearing them in this city, will cheerfully vouch. There Is one Deutist in this city who bas been lafringing the patent, and made a bad Imitation of it, s whom f herchy caution the pabilo N. B. Whenever a Dentist speaks against Allea’s Patent Contiaucus Gum Teeth, whez properly comstrucied, its because Le Is ignorant of the process, incom etent to make the work, or Sanwilllag to pay the petent. je 16-tf 20 000 PEACH THEES. At TEN DOLLARS PER HUNDRED—FOR saieat my — near Washingwa. The above trees are all of dae growth, ond Of the nest select fruit _ Also, a general assortment of ORNAM ENTAL, EVERGREEN, SHADE, and PROIT TREES. ec 22 tf JOSHUA PEIRCE VAtEn FiSKS, WiOLESALE AND RE. , the largest stock in tals cliy. No. betwesa Sth and 9: streets ? _ ja eu 4. J. McLAUGHLIN & Co, a sg ne ee Evening Star. VOL. IX, TO ALL THAT VALUE THEIR SIGHT V2 arene TO CALL THE ATTENTION to all that suifer with defective sight, caused by age, sickness, and particularly from — Injudicfousty panties to bis superior PECTACLES and @LASSES carefully ground vy Limself to & true spherical accuracy, and bril- (fant transparency, suited Precisely and benefi- olally to the wearer according to the concavity or converity of theeye. Very numerous are the il! effects caused to the precious organ of sight from the commencement of using glasses in uot pens [regent sulted, by the use ofan Optometer ; an ‘he practice of many years enables him to meas- ure the focal disease of the eyes, and such piass- es that are absolately a Will be furnished with precision and satisfaction OHN ‘FOBIAS acknowledges the llbe- rale z shop) Tere ned, and further solicits the patronage of those thai have not yet availed themselves of his aid Persons that cagnot conveniently call, by send- ing the gtasses In use, and state how many tuch- as they can read this print with thetr spectacles, — supplied with such as wil! improve their t nuumersbie testimonials to bs seen; and ref- erences given to many who have derived the greatest ease and comfort from his 5 Circulars to be i tis, at Bice, No. $12 SEVEN’PH STREE three doors from Odd Feliows’ Hall, vr stains. NoRFoLK, September 7, 1°54. Sir—The Ge Spiga you made for me suit very well, and seem to have improved my sight more than any other I have lately tried. LIT?. Ww. BAZEWELL. I have tried a pair of Spectacles obtained from Mr. Tobias, and 8nd them of great assistance to my sight, and corresponding with his description of the focus. [ recommend him as a skiliful op- Uciaa. HENRY A. WISE, Having been induced by a friend to visitths es- tablishment of Mr. Tobias for the pce of try- his glasses, 1 was furnished him with a palr slightly colored blue, whick have afforded me more relief and gratification than any | have evertried. My sight, originally very good, was injured by writi and reading at nigkt, fre- juently to a very late hour; but with the aid of Reco IT can study almost as late as evsr, and that too without the pain [i hare previously sudered. sUHN WILSUN Late Commisaioner Gea’l Land Oktce, December 11, 1355, 1 have used Mr. Zoblas’s Spectacles fer thres or four months, and take great pleasure In tay- ing that { am mush pi wit® them. i have been much benef us them. Mey Sth, issé. GCOR. P.SCARBURER. ae ene bob ae John pg esa 8] 0) i as I have eyes of reraark- able peculiar | was gratlied to Bnd that Mr, Tobias to comprehend them by inspeo- tom and some slight measurement, and he has made mea pair of Spectacles that suits me ad- bly. A. P. BUPLER. July 11, 1858, WILMINGTON, N.C., Jan. 27, 1954 Mr.J. estas: Dear Sir—1 ain happy to say that the Spectacles wiich i obtained from you last week are entirely satisfactory. Fzoman inequal- lty In the visual nate of my ye: I have hereto- found great diticulty in getting glasses of the Proper focal distance. itaffords me pleasure to State that, by the aid of your optometer, this difti- oulty has been happily obviated so that the glasses ‘age furnished me are decidedly the best ptea iG ray eyes ae have ever yet used. Very respec: Pca - B. DRANE, of St James’ Parish. DaranTMEnt o7 Inrenion, 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 differert opticians Without obtalaing glasses afectly at to my eyes. Four months since Mir. ‘Fovias made two pairs eepecially for me, which 1 huve found to serve me perfectly. By the use of his optometer he Is enabled to adapt Glasses minutely to the eye, 1 most cheorfully recommend Mr. Tobias to ali having occasion to use glasses. and bear my testi- Mony as to his skill as en optician. HENRY E. BALDWIN, Aasist. Sec’y tosign Land Warraats. P. 8.—OPERA GLASSES of great varie! TELESCOPES & MICRUSCUP 3, WATC MAKER GLASSES, and many other articles in “ — very low prices constantly on baad. v vy a, THE IMPROVED SETS OF TEETH. [ R LOOMIS, THE INVENTOR AND gest of * mis’ Mineral Plate Teeth,’’ having successfully tatroduced Ageia bis improvement in various cities, bas + ies permanently established hims-!f in Wash- is improvement for Sets of Teeth consists chieily In making a set of but one piece of mate- rial, and that indestructible mineral. No metal is used In thelr construction, and they tre thera- fore free from galvanic action and metalte taste. There are no joints to become filled with motsture or particles of food, hence they are pure and clean. They are lyhter, stronger, leas clumsy, and, in short, the perfection o Artifictal Teeth; not- withstandiag certain Dentists «peal ayainst them, bat they have not the right to snake them, do not know b rd if they had, aud therefore do wot ap- ¢ them. dice on Pennsylvania avenue, between 1ith and [2th streets, two doors below the Kirkwood House dec 24-tf S. DUKLYUDOT REIMS CHAMPAGR BE, “TRESOK DE BOUZY” AND “IXL.” T & UNDERSIGNED 13 SOLE AGENT r this city of Dorlodot's “Tresor de Bouzy,’’ a champayne celebrated Se | Europe, axd esteemed by concotsseurs as of the highest grade, and unsurpassed by any other product of the champazne country, which has ained a high position in the ar stocratic Circles of Europe and America. Also, a large stock of other Wines, Liquors and Cigars. JUNAS P. LEVY. Jan 5-tf No. 267 Pa. ave opp. National Motel. CUAL KEPY UNDER CoVER., 2,240 ibs to the Ton. NCS ON HAND. THE BEST QUALITIES of White Arh, Red Ash and Lehigh COAL Warranted to give satisfaction. Delivered free from dirt. Also, Hickory, Oak and Pine WOOD. T.J.& W. M. GALT. N.\W. comer 12th and C streets, No 547, dec 20-tf one square south of Pa. avenue. MILK AND CREAM, F®2;8 MILK AND CREAM, BUTTER, CS&EESE, E663, RONEY, and VEGE- TABLES, constantly on bacd, in any from one of the best Dairy Farms in at 455 10th street, near the avenue. by jan 4-Im#* H.N. ANDRUS. MAYS! HATS! YONSPANTLY ON HAND A FULL supply of BEEBE’S : NEW RK STYLES i together with TAYLOR'S HATS, of BALTI- MORE. The best black dress HATS got up in the latest style for $3.50, 25 good as those usually sold (85; and 2 ood able Hat xt $3, worth #4 3 and a first-rate Hat, $2 50. ‘Pe best materials gad the best workmanship ts employed Ld pe 4 $5 Hat, which ts sold for $3.50. Wedoacash business, meet with no los- aes, bat give each customer full value for his money. Felt Mats unusually low. uantities, larvland, N. at for Driscoll’s B: Fipwer rice i cent i alo - 8 Thousand street, near Pa. fora New York Hat Company. babeehs ig 1857 AMERICAN ALMANAC—Bus- ton—and repository of useful knowl edge. The %8th year of its publication. Con- taining all the important Statistical and Political information of the country. Yor saie in Wash ington by TAYLOR & MAURY, and Bookstore. near 9:h street. $$$ $$ rr nent 2th atroet, he GLASSES SSUFF AND CIGAR Boxes, tise Goods for Presents, &c , at McLAUGHLIN?s, H. J. jan 30-tf No 20, between Sth and 9th ats. IMPURTANT TO GUITAR AND PIANO PEA SURMERS. HIS WEEK RECEIVED A LARGE sue. ply of new aud fashionable MUSIC for the Guttar, agg Bee — oe Piano Ks- by it, van! between Sth und 1Ote one SOHN PF. ELLIS. jan Wg OFFICIAL. Taxascry Drragturnt, 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 $1,500 009 shall be previously obtained, and will pay ia addition to the interest accrued trom the date of the last semi annua! divi- dend of interest thereon, together with one day's additional interest for the money to reach the ven dor, the following rates of premium on said stocks: For the stock of 1842, a premium of 10 per cent. Por the stock of 18:7 and 1848, a premium of 16 per cent; and for the stock of 1850, commonty cailed Texas Indemnity Stock, a premium of 6 per cent, Certificates of stock tranemitted to the depart. Ment, under this notice, must be assigned to the United States, by the party duly entilled to receive the proceeds. If sent between da'e hereof and the Ist day of January wext, the current ball year’s io terest muat be @ sugned by the present stockholder, orit will be payable as heretofore, anda corres: poadieg deduction be made from the amount pay- ab'e for the stock, Payment for the stocks go assigned and tra smite ted will be madu by dratts on the Assistant Treasu- rersat Boston, New York, or Philadelphia, at the option of the parties entitled to receive the money, Which should ba expressed in the letters accompa- nying the certificat- om JAMES QUTHBIE, ‘Beeretary of the Treasury. deo 1—dt3dMarcht BANKING HOUSE CHUBB BROTHERS. EPOSITS.— DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND Checks mn without coaye. Drafts ou the northern seaboard cites recetved on Repolt at par, and Exchange on said Cities furnished to de- poaltors without charge INTEREST ON DEPOS lowed on Deposits at suc! -—Interest will be a’- ‘ates as inay be agreed Uerostts In Vinginta AnD UNcuRRENT Mo- N&Y.—Deposits fa Virgina and other Uncurrent Money received to be checked for, peyerie in same funds, or in specie, we charging regu- lar Exchange. Discounts —Notes, Drafts, aud Bills of Ex- change will be discounted, and Loans made on ree Bonds, and Securities, at the market tate. Letters oF Crepit.—Letters of Credit wiil be furnished, negotiable in the diferent Cities of the United States, on Deposit of Money or Collat- erals, and interest allowed if Money 1s d»posited, and charged if Collaterals, on such terms as may be agvecdl upon. TRAVELING BILLs oF Excuanoe —Travelers will be furnished with drafts in such sums as may be desired negotiable in the diferent Cities of the Union BILLs anv Letters oy CREDIT ON ENGLAND IRELanD AND EvRops —Bilis of Exchange and Letters of Credit on England, Ireland and Eu- rope, farnished at the market rate for Exchange, in sume to suit. Eonps, Stocks, &c —Bonds, Stocks, and Se- curities paying from 6 t> 12% cent » always for sale, or bought ia the different Cittes at acom- malssion of a ¢ Y cent. Where Stocksare bought upon orders, we reserve the rigbt to call for a de- porit of 10% cent. on thecost. Bonds or Stocks Will be ordered by telegraph. Karttroap, City, a D 3tTaTE Bonps —Rall- read, City, and State Bonds can be placed in our hands for nevotlation either in this country or Kurope. Railro.d Iron purchased for cash or with Bonds. Land Warzants —Laad Warrants bought at the market rates All Warrants sold by us are Suuranteed inevery respect G Land Warrants located on commissio Land Warrant quoiations regularly furnished Af requested. Warants will be forwarded to Western Houses on orders, or sent for sale on commission to re- sponsible parties: Raat bstate amp InsuRances.— Real Estate bought and sold, and tusurances +tfected. CLAIMS ON THE UNITED States, CouRT oF Claims, CONGR E83 —UClaims on the United Stutes, before the Court of Claims or Conuress. intrusted to us, will be prosecuted by able aud Prompt attorneys. CHUBB BROTHERS, Opporite tae ‘reasury. GREAT GIFT BOOK STORE, UYDER DEXTER s HOTEL, An imme assortment of New Hooks rorli be opened ‘this Day, AND AN ENTIRELY NEW LIST OF PRESENTS will be distributed to our patrons hereafter. | Bees OF CONGRESS, CITIZENS and STRANGERS will find our stock ot Books worth thelr attention. [tis the largest and Most valuibie assortinent ever opened in this city, comprising Standard and Miscellaneous Works in all the departments of Ancient and Modern Sctence, Literature, and Art. Also, all the jatest Publications, Annuals of the Season, Bibies, Prayer Books, New Editions of the Po- ets, &e., &c , in Turkey Morocco, Antique, Vel- vet, and other rieh aud superb Bindings, ele- ganty Llustrated. A PRESENT, worth from 25 Cents to $1, will be given (im mediately after the sale) to every purcbaser of a Book for which we receive $1 or more. 17-5 per cent of ail our net recelpts will be placed 1a the hands of His Honor the Mayor of Warhington, to be distributed for the benetit of the Poor of the elty. Atthe (ld Stand, under Dexter’s Hotel, sign of the Ked I’lag. J. PHILBRICK, Agent. Jan 8-2 Cosxror ON PATENTS, 1 vol; Curtis on 4 Patents.1 vol; Robb’s Patent Cusex, decided in the Supreme and Circuit Courts of the United States, 2 vols; Hindmarch on Patent Privileges, 1 vol; Norman on Patents, 1 vo!; Godzon’s Law of atents, 1 vol, London; The Patent Laws of ail Nations, 1 vol, Manchester, England; Record of Patent Inventions. 1 vol, London: Holroyd on the Lew cf Patents, 1 voi, London; Billing and Prince's Law and Practice of Patent-, 1 vol, Lon- don; #peuce on the present State of the Law of Patents, pamphlet, London; Blaine onthe Laws of Artistic Copyright, pamphlet, London: Hands on the Law and Practice of Patents, 1 vol, Lon- don; Carpmeel on the Law of Patents, 1 volume, London; Vurner on Copyright in Design, 1 vol, London; Davies on Patents, 1 vol, London; Jobn- soa’s Patentee’s Manual, 1 vol, London; Smith on Patents, 1 vol, London; List of Engtish Pat- ents for Inventions, from 180i to 1845, 1 vol, Lon- don. Forsale by feb2 FRANCK TAYLOR. Ss jan 27 WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1857. NO. 1,275. Boss AND COMFORTS.—iUST received and on sale— 2 bales superior heavy and low sire Blankets 1 do large and warm quilted Comforts Also, in store a superior assortment of Bed Quilts Sheetings, pillows end bolster case Linens and Cottons ‘Table Damasks in pieces, and Cloths, all s'zes Table Napkins, Overlays and Doylies matching English snd French Wine or Lesser t Cloths. CLAGETT, DODSON & CU., No 4 Market Space. Dealere in all kinds CARPETINGS, OIL- CLOTHS, MATTINGS, RUGS MAT7S, DRUGGETS, CURTAIN MATERIALS and othar HOUSE-FUKNISHING DRY GOODS. feb 6-eo2w Proposals for Erecting the Marine Hospital at St. Marks, Florida. Treasvry DerartMent, Wasninetox, December 27, 18:4). pee WILL BE RECEIVED AT THIS department until the .5th day a Wo%cluek, noon, for th © Mosettal authorized to Macks, Floniva according to the «ations prepared at tt a to be ether for the w the diferent kinds af every Case accompany each kind of work, and the total amount carr: cul; the department reset Ving the right to rejector accept the proposals bereby invited, or any parts th whea it deems the interest of the ted Stales re. quires it; the department also re: the r ght to exclude th» bid of any person or persons who there is just cause to believe will not faithiully perfoi mthe contract’, or which they Lave attempted to cbtain by indirection; aud a'l bids when there shall e par ties interested who do not join in the bid, and all bi s that, upon investigacion, are below a fur price for the werk. Bids wll not bereceived in gross, and no eontract will beawarded to a bidder uulesa details are iur dished the de; artment of the prices of the different asinds of wort aud material: , which shal] be subject to the revision of the department, so that it may adopt the whole or part of the bid, a3 the imteresi of the United States may resui e. y ofthe amount of work done and muteriais delivered, acecrding to co: t (said am yunt to be ascertained by th» estimate o! agentef hedepatment, appointed f rthat purpose,) will be paid from time to ‘ime, as the work pro gre s, aad ten per cent. retained 1 the comple- ‘ t,and P ot work, Be segent afore: y and be forfitedin the event of non. alfiiment of contrast Contracts will be awarded only to master builders and mechanics, and the aszigum. nt thereof’, opt sent of the Secretary of Whe ‘Treasury, will be f-iture of the f Each proposat must be accompanied by a writte’ g ®antee, signed by two responsible persone, («: tifed to bes» by the United States district i: attorn¢ v of the eaid disirict,) in ihe sum of 35 0! the wh... work, or ot a prop riionate amount, if for apy jyart, twat the der will, wheu required, if his proposal be accep’ nter into a contractand bond, with proper and sufficient securities for tis faithtel performance. Form of bond and certificate required will be fur- uished on application to the department. Plans, specifications, and working drawings can be had on axplication to the department. No bid will be considered untess tt fully complies in all its details with the requirements of this choerties: ment. The proposals mast be sent to this deparimeut, aldressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, and plainly endorsed “ Proposals for the Marine Hospital ct St. Merks, Fla ,” and w 1) be opened at one o'clock, P- M., Of tiie last day named for receiving the same, JAMES GUTHR Secre‘aryof the Trea: Marble and M-r- Front of the Pst- dee 29. 3tawtF: b25t Proposais for pease ble Work for the Nort ent Office Building. DerantMant OF THE INTERIOR December 18, 1356. VEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE KeCEIVED 9 at this Deyarttacnt untit the eagbteenth day of Pobrua-y nexi, 12 o'clock at nocn. for furnishing such hiurble aud Marbie Work as may be required in the erection of the north front ot the Patent Uffice building. The bits must be in the form of the following schedule, and clearly specifying the pi terial, hauling. dressing, aud setting, (ee machinery and of. rexpenses: Schedule. Cube stone, per superficial foot Leds and bile, do do Exua cube stone, per cubie toot Cornice in two beds, per superficial feot fing all Blocking course, do da Frieze toentab ature, do do Archiuave, du do Drops iocornice, perliucal foot, ‘righyphs,cach, Caps of pilasters, cach, Chaonela of bavermeut, per linea! foot, Marble tiling, per superficial toot, Window si) éo do. The ma*bie must b- simitar in kind aud quality © iat used in the faction of the cast and weet wings of the build imens of which will be y the brae. Did will state in what tim the work will be d,and none will be cunvidered frem others known to be of he trade and believed to mpetent to faifl in gor Be lo Baw; and required to accom; Ew ait tie obliya- stent of mnahe with Deparment. id from tim to time, as eof the agent and ten per until the cempictionot the coun- nee of the work by said agent. t reserves to neelf the righ: to ree preporals herc by invited, + tof the United de the bids of of the De cent. r My nt propo: als, w De sent to thie de- tment, aldeessed to the Secreta’y of th dorsed ** Proporals for the erecuon of of the Patent Office builaing,”’) will be opened weloer, pm, of the cay pamed for rom ceiving the sam-. McCL. ELLAND, dec 19-"awtl8 Febt — Seereiary of th CHAUNRCEY WARHINER, WATCH MAKER, Not 4% STE EET, SIGN OF THE LARGE and rmall Watch with Chain, near Shilling ton’s Periodical Depot, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 43 street WATCHES, JEWELRY SILVER WARE. WATCH REPAIRING, &c. Chronometers, cepatae Watches, Duplex, Mantle Clocks, Lever, Jewelry, and Horizontal, Silver Ware Musical, and REPAIRED. JEWELRY AND SILVER WAKE mde to order, i> Removed from 370 Penn’a avenue, Browns Hotel, to the above location “aa nov 24-ec3m Cc. WARRINER No. 367 Ya ave., opposite National Hotel, JONAS P. LEVY, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN FINE WINES, BRANUIxs, eo Onesee; AND I X CIGARS, 4S IN STORE A VERY CHOICE As- sortinent of Champagne in quarts and Ba 4; and Kresan de Bausey, ana other desirable } Brandy tn cask and botties, Vintage £777 to 1840; Rums of all kinds; Whiskeys 1 to 1556; Holland Gin of kinds; Claret Wines of all brands Burgundys do do Saturne do do Sherry do do Maderia do do Port co do German do do Hock ao do Italian do do Hungarian do do English Ale and Porter of all brands Cigars do do Cordials do do Cross & Blachwell’s Loadon Pickles and Preserves of atl kinds Coffe Sugar, Teas, &e , &e 367 Fenn avenue, cpposite National Hotel. jaa Z3-ly JONAS P. LEVY. WOOD AND COAL AT THE OLD PRICES! O**c WvOD DELIVERED AT $6 per cord. Pine do do $5 do COAL of all kinds end the best quality. All orders leftat P.J STEER’S Store, No. 488 he street, or at our Uffice, will be promptly led 2,210 ads given to the ton. FouaeJOUN W. MYERS & CO , Office and Yerd corner of @ and 22d sts . First Ward, feb 5-2w 3 SECOND-HAND MELUDEUNS, BUT © in use a short time, for sale or rent, very low, atour great Piano Store, between 9th and lou streets. jan 22 JOHN F. ELLIS. Rectifying Establishment. HE UNDEKSIGNED ‘TAKES THIS raethod of iuforming liquor dealers that he bas fitted up aRKUTIF YING KS TABLISH- MENT in this elty, and is now pre te sup- ply all those who may favor him with their cus- tom. Be has on hand a large stock of Brandies, Gin, Wines, and Uld Whiskeys, which he can sell at as low a figure as they can be purchased for either in Baltimore or Philadéiphia. N B. The speared orien on hand, a large lot of Foreign omest rs - PETER FEGAN, No. 95 Louisiang avenue, near 10th st. jan 14-6m* DANULRG, SECOND AND LAST QUARTER. ROF.H.W.MUNDE®, RESPECTFULLY announces io his friends and the public generally, that his second and last quarter will commence froin the Ist to the 6th of February, All that wish to prepare 4 forthe Grand May ['estival, would do. well to enter their names immediately. ‘Khe Fancy Dences thts season, will far excel any tnat has ever been introduced tn this city by himself or any other teacher. His agreeable Soirees, which has been so ex- tensivel tronized this seeson, will continue every WEDNESDAY EVENING, (weather per mitting) until further notice. jan B4w ————_ L. J. MIDDLETON, DEALEB IN ICG Ofics ond Depet—Southwest corner of F and Twelfth sirests, Seb 37-14 EVENING STAR. THE DEVIL'S OWN. Aus den Taschenbuch far vaterlandische Marchen Among the multitudes who daily pass along the great square at Presburg, thoughtless or full of care; merry, busy or sad; or in that agreeable state of listlessness, the furmente of the Italians, probably few among the number have remarked the animated fresco painting which stands over the door of the Senate House of the city The structure itself is traced as far back as the native dynasty of the Arpades, and that it has since the year 1333 been the Senate and Council House of the secvuad capital of the Hungarian Kingdom is clearly authenticated During the reign of Ferdinand the First, in 1647, there Were many improvements and alterations mace on the building ; in particular, he added a few vault- ed chambers, and the entrance hall, which still remain in their original form. To this period, also belong, the small arch- ed Gothic windows which run along the whole front, two of which jut out over the door, and form a projection. Close to the right of these twin like windows, and opposite the observer, there leans the figure of an vld man, painted to the life, in long black garments and with a snow-white bear, which reaches to his girdle, who appears deeply absorbed in the contents of a book which lies open before him. The figure is as large as life, but the upper baif aloue is visible ; his back is turned toward the little side window of the projection. Bat, im truth, he did not turn his back when he was an hs living, and when the measare of his iniquity was not yet full. Ho often looked down from the window upon the crowded city, as: a spider from its web upon the flies which it watches to ensnarr. This fignro, which has bid defianes to the power cf time, is the representation cf a citi- zen and Senator of Presburg, which the artful and deluding destroyer of mankind had in an instant painted upon the wall. About the conclusion of the sixteenth cen- tury, and in the turbulent days of King Ro- dulph, there lived a man in Presburg who never allowed cither the public or private transact of the citizens to escape bim They neither loved nor respected, but on the contrary feared and abhorred him. It was impossible to discover in his dark and austere countenance what was passing within, and his low, hollow, and almost sepul- uere were times when lightning forth from under his bushy eye- brows, illuminating in a fearful manoer the dark aud stormy tempest of his countenance As a poor boy this dreaded one came to Pres- burg, but whence no one knew. In the course of a few years he raised himeelf to the first employment in the city, but how or by what means seemed an inexplicable enigma, for he had neither friends nor relations, and at the commencement of his career apparently no resources, save within himself. Whatever Wes intrusted to him prospered; whateyer was oppored to him fell to the ground All yielded to him. Opposition to hia will hea never forgave. The destruction of those who opposed hima became a warning to others, and he ruled with undisputed sway. All sought, but ail feared him. He lived in soli- tude and apparent indigence. He heaped up riches, and no one knew for whom, for his whole household consizted of but one crogs old woman Many cureesand many tears hung upon his accumulated mammon, but this brother hardly dared to whisper to brother, 80 much was this poworful being dreaded ‘The philosopber’s stone, the course uf ihe stars, and the secret powers of nsture were supposed to cecupy those hours which the duties of the city did not require He was generally sup- posed to be aconjurer and a confederate of the Destroyer, to whom the gray-haired sin- ner, forthe goods of this world, had sold his immortal soul. Once on a time, when the Council of thecity had assembled to admicister justice to the of- preszed, and to hold arbitrary abuses within the iron limits of the law, a poor woman, with loud compl«ints, threw herself into the hall of justice. Miserably had she and her husband (this was the purport of her complaint) strug- gled with innumerable misfortanes and perse- cutions, lo support themselves by the labor of their hands and the produce of a small piece of ground, which bordered the possessions of a wealthy citizen, Sowe days tince, atter along illness, her busbaod had been taken from her by death, and her rich neighbor had seized upon the littie ficld to add tu bis pogeessions She called upon God and the fathers of the city for protec against this crying injus- tice ; but, alas robber sat in the midst of their honorable ¢ . die was the dreaded Senator. Consternation soon became general, and the most opposite resolutions alternately agitated the assembly. . - ‘The accused alone retained his usual immo- bility. His yoice, his countenanco, mare ner, altered not. Without lookiug up, he drew a roll of parchment from bis bosom, which testified that many years since this piece «f ground had been lawfully acquired by him, bat that for some services rendered him by the deceased it bad been made over to him during his life; and now that the wan was dead, be bad, according to custom and right, which no one could prevent or object to, taken back his property agsin. *‘* Impossible! in- conceivable !"’ exclaimed the complainant She aszerted that it was known to the whole city that this ra of ground had not only be longed to her husband from his youth, but had also belonged to his father and grandfather ; acd if the document asserted otherwise it was a base forgery. Contrary to custom, a difference of opinion divided the assembly. and doubts arose upon the authenticity of the deed; but at length the greater number tock part with ths op- re:sur. Then the poor woman, wringing her aed: insisted upon his making good his claim by oath; and were he able, with an undis- turbed conscience, to assert his right in the face of Heaven, then the field might remain with him, and with her only the mercy of God. Slowly, but determinately, the enigma- tical being arose, 2nd walked with a firmstep to the ond of the table, and stood with down- cast eyes before a crucifix—opened the book of the law, and read, with his sepulchral voice, the fearful words of the oath ; Le ended, and raised his right hand to swear. Then there burst a clap of thunder which shook the very earth The tower seemed to bend, and all present grew stiff and cold, as bodies risen from the grave. ‘The tempest rushed howling through the crevices, ard tore and rent the windows; and fearful seroams appeared to issue from the thick walls When recollection was restored to the as- sembly, the Senator vani-hed. A large open- ing in a side window marked the place where the deceiver had carried away the criminal to everlasting perdition; and as a warning to perjurers, his image, which makes one shud- der to look at it, was left behind, and still bafiles the various attempts which have been made to efface the representation. Affairs at the Gosport Navy Yard The Norfolk Argus has some particulars in rogard to affairs at the Navy Yard near that city, which are interesting, and which we subjoin : The Roanoke and Cvlorado, the two largest class steam frigates, are getting ready for going to sea or into commission as fast as cir cumstances will allow. Their machinery bas been tried under a moderate pressure — and worked as handsomely as a Geneva watch. The engines and accompanying machinery re models in workmanship and arrangemen a The peculiar construction or arrangement 2 the machinery, with all its adaptations Pd space and convenience in the vessels, W such other economy in the position and op ture of some of its parts, as to bring =e eo important valves, &c , under the immediate survey and control of the Engineer, may be ay THE WEEKLY STAR. This excelient Family and News Jétirnl—con. taining . greater variety of interesting reading than can be found in apy other—is published om morning. TERMS, Per annum.......,corerrccesesSl TO CLUBs, Single copy, Five jes Ten copies, ‘Twenty copies. U7 Cass, INVARIABLY IN apvanci U7" Single copies (in wrappers) can be procured at the counter, immadiate! issue of the Paper. Price—Tuare Cue = = PosTMasTERs Who act as agents will allowr. & commission of twenty psr cent. 64 . said to be composite in character the result of the industry and skill cto Barns of Chief Engineers, appointed by the Naval Department. The Roanoke is taking on ber aot h battery, and could be aoe got ina condition to try beyond Capes. The Columbia and Raritan, frigates, have their masts in, are moored in the stream, and aro waiting rigging orders. They are seniors in the service; hut young America in the shape of propellers, outranks them and will be called on to go to sea first She is a The Princeton is in abeyance. steam frigate with some historical souvenirs about her of a melancholy character, which have put her in bad repute, and she is not sought after by ardent captains and lieuten. ants anxious to go to sea. Tho Powhatan, that Vs ot representative Steamer of the Japan ky dition, is in the Dry Dock, undergoi: rq theron repsire to her hull. Her machinery is nearly com and in place, under the direction of Mr. Flem- ing, Master Machinist, and Mr. Quinn, a Chief Engineer in the Navy. The Dale and Marion, brigs, are getting ready to go into commission Thee Masts are set; and they are ready fo> the finishing touches of the painter joiner and rigger. Tho store ship Kelief ig having co iT put oa her bows, with some other not ve: doo ant repairs, and will leave soon for New York cit The two old huiks of the Delaware and Co- lumbus are still the same unsi otly, unseemly, black old hulks they have a ong time been, sud arrest the remarks of the visiter at their same old moorings just above the Dry Dock. The Pennsylva: £ heretofore, is the re- ceiving, and the old United States the bead quarters of the officers of the ‘« Ordinary,”’ as ormerly. ,_ The Hetzel, surveying eteamer, is lying up in winter quarters, The Perry, brig, is lying up in “Ordinary.” Glass Raita toatl Singular Theory of the Mississippi River. The Mississippi river is the greatest stream inthe world = Its total length is 4,000 miles. On looking over Lioyd’s Steamboat and Rail- road Directory we find the following instrue- tive article on the waste of the waters of the Mi opi. It says: “No experience will enable a person to an- ticipate, with any degree of certainty, the elevation of the flood in an given year. In 0 not rise above their channel n others, the entire lower valley of the Mississippi is submerged. Em- baukments, called levees, have been raised from ten to fifteen feet bigh on both sides of the stream, extending many miles above and below New Orleans. By this means the river is restrained within its proper limits, except at the greatest freshets, when the waters some- ons, the waters times break over everything, causing great aera to property, and pds loss of life. The average height of the flood from the Delta to the junction of the Missouri is above sixteen feet’ Atthe mouth of the lat- ter river it is twenty-five feet. Below the entrence of the Obio river the rise is often Sfty-five feet At Natchez, it seldom exceeds thirty feet; and at New Orleans about twelve feet. What goes with the water? It is known that the diference between high and low wa- ter mark, as high up as White river, is about thirty six feet and the current at high water mark runs near seven miles per hour, and op- pe to New Orieans the difference between igh and low w.ter mark is only twelve feet, and the carrent little over three miles to the hour. The width and depth of the river being the same, from which wecalculate that nearly six times as much water passes by the mouth of White river as by New Orleans. What goes with the excess?" The only solution ever cffored, is that it escapes by the bayous Pla- quemine, Lafourche, and Iberville, Set when we calculate the width, depth, and current of these bayous, they fall vastly short of afford- ing 8 sufiicient escapemect. The true expla- nation c2n, we think, be given. At low water, throughout the whole extent, we see a land structure exposed, underlying the bank, or that the alluvial etructure on which the plautations are, is a structure of deposit made by the river above its low water wark, which, opposite to the mouth of White river, is thirty feet thick As you descend, the river diminishes in yolume as the differ- ence between high and low water mark dimin- ishes and nearly correzponds to it, and where ever the bottom is expused it shows through- out the whole extent that the bottom is pure coarse sand ; exhibiting at many places the vcean shingle, through the superim al- luviat etructare mixed with fine sand. The water percolates with such facility and rapid- ity that tbe water in a well dug at a consid- erable distance from the river bank rises and falls with the rise and fall of the river, not varying an ineh, and through the coarse sand and sbingies of the bottom, it passes as Tapid- ly as through a commen sieve By the accurate surveys of several scientific engineer: is ascertained that the fall of the Mississippi river is four inches to the mile The distance from Natchez to New Orleans of three hucdred miles will give twelve hundred inches, or one hundred feet The depth of the river is less than fifty feot at Li water mark. The river debouches into the ocean from a prowontory made by itsclf The sur- face of the ovean, by measurement, below the bottom of the river, above New Orleans cor- responds with the low water mark below New Orieans, therefore the Mississippi river is pouring through its own bottom into the ocean, the super-impvsed weight giving lateral pres- sure to hurry the subterranean current If the reader has ever stood upon a Mississippi sand-bar in a hard rain, or seen water from a bucket on the sand-bar, he has seen that neither can be done in sufficient quantity to produce any current or accumulation on the surface. The river is, thersfore, from the time it comes below the limestone stratas of Missouri and Kentucky, wasting itself through its own bottom. If the Mississippi river had to purse ite course like the Ubio, over rocky rtrata, walled in by rock and im pervious clay banks, the high water mark at New Orleans would reach one hundred feet above its present limits; but running over coarse sand, walled in by a de- posit made of sand, ancient deluvial detritus and vegetable mound, no more water reaches the ocean than the excess over the amount that permoates the surrounding structure and pssses of in the process of percolation or transperation in a subterranean descent te the ocean. The river, without any other restraint from rock or clay in the bottom or bank, is left free to the government of no other law than the law of hydrostatics. The washing or wasting of the banks cannot he sate though the caving or sliding of large at one time may be easily guarded against. E Yaxe, the founder of Yale College at Posey peo Conn., was buried at the church in Wrexham, Wales. His monument, @ plain altar tomb, bears this inscription : « Born in America, in Europe bred, ied, and in Asia wed: Eas lived, and thrived; im London ead dead. he did; so hope all’seven, noe ES soul through mercy’s gone to ven. You Hants and read this tale, take care, For this most certela exit to prepare. Where bies* in peace the actions of the just Smell swee!, and m in the silent dust’? The strongest fact is yet to tell. It is re- corded that Mr. Yale went out to the East In- dies from this country as an adventurer, and, becoming wealthy, obtained the Presideacy ot Madras, and is said to have ruled with a most oppressive authority. He caused his groom to be hanged for riding out a favorite horse without leave. For this murder he was ordered to England, where be wes tried for the crime, but by some means “ey ars ishment,excepta heavy fine. He diedio 1724, His descendants now reside in New Haven, some bad,