Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1857, Page 2

a EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: WEDNESDAY...........2....May 27, 1857. =—— Oooo SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Union argues to show that Republican partyism, like Mormonism, tends to the ufter the passions and prejudices of bad people. The Intelligencer moralizes over the disen- cbantments of power, as illustrated by the em- berrassments believed to surround the Presi- dent in the matter of making diplomatic ap- pointments ; there being at least ten applicants he would like. greatly, to gratify, for every such place in his gift. PERSONAL. -Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne has bought a place. ** placer,’’ in Californta, and intends to make the Pacific empire State her permanent home. -++. Vice President Nese nger yy was amon; those tat the opening of the Old Sch Assembly at Lexington. Ky. last week ---- Garret Davis, of Kentucky, says in a letter, that he will not solicit the office of U.S. Senator for Kentucky, nor will be decline if it is offered “ The Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, accompa- nied by his family and the friends traveling with him, left Washington this morning on his return home ---- Hon. H 1.. Hallett, Boston, Mass., L Bowen. Naval Otficer, Baltimore. Md., and Ed- ward Cooper. New York, contractor for <abma rine telegraph. are at W illards’ -.--The distinguished Georgia politician. A H. Stephens, having announced his intention to retire from public life, the democracy of Colum- bia appointed a committee to urge him to forego the purpose ---- Lord Nepier has out cards of invitation, we hear, for a grand ball, to come off at his resi- dence in this city to-morrow night. in honor of Queen Victoria's birthday. It will doubtless be avery grand, fashionable and delightful enter- tainment. ---- The Boston Post says that ex-President Pierce will remain in Boston over to-day to at- tend a meeting of the General Society of the Cin- einnati, at which ex-Governor Fish, of New York, the president general, will preside. ---- Mr. W. H. Harrison, of the Pyne and Har- rison troupe, was arrested on the eve of his de- — from Boston. at the suit of Mr. Guillmette, ormerly the basso of the troupe. who bad a claim inst him for services. ‘Air Harrison found friends who gave the necessary security, and he departed with the Pyne family in the steamer on Wednesday ;--- A letter from Rome, dated May Ist, Says: “Our countrymen, Bartholomew, of Connecticut, of whose penitent Eve mention was recently made. has since modeled a colossal statue of Washing- ington for a public ball in Baltimore. It repre- sents him in the attitude of a hero, in the act of achieving the independence of the country, with the Declaration in nand.** K New Pustications.—* A Record of the Third Exhibition of the Metropolitan Mechanics’ Insti- tute, held in the city of Washington, commencing March 2d, and ending March 30th, 1857.7" This work, a pamphlet of some 150 pages, has been got up in highly creditable style by Henry Polkinhorn, printer, of this city, and is a valua- ble book for reference. From J. Shillington we have Putnam's Monthly and Dickens’ Household Words for June, filled through all their pages with tempting literary matter. From J. Shillington we have part 5 of Bur- ton’s ‘Cyclopedia of Wit and Humor;** the Fichest number yet. —<—<______ Pressyrertenx (N.S.) Grxeran AssEMBLY.— In this body, now in session at Cleveland, Ohio, @ report of the delegates of the General Associa- tion of Massachusetts was presented, which shows that some excitement was occasioned in that body relative to the sending of delegates to the General Assembly in consequence of an al- leged complicity with slavery. ‘The question had n referred to the General Association and two delegates were sent to Tepresent it in the as- sembiy. The General Association of New York refused to send delegates for the same reason. A communication was received fiom the man- — of the Ashmun institute, for the education of colored youths to the ministry, located at New Castle, Pa., asking for aid and co-operation. The communication was referred to the committee on overtures New Hampshire is the only State represented in the convention Tur Dratu oF Paatr, rHE Mormox ELDER. Further Particulars. —The telegraph reported yesterday that the Mormon elder, Pratt. had been killed near Van Buren. Arkansas, bya man whose wife be induced to desert Ler husband and to go with himto Utah. H H. McLean, of New O.- leans. is the person at whose hands he is said to bave fallen. The St Louis Leader, of the 2ist inst.. has the follo in relation to the kiduap- ping of the children of McLean, which led to the death of Pratt About two months ago we published the kid- napping of several children by the Mormons at New Orleans. The father, H’ H. McLean, was absent at the time in California, and the mother, who had been deluded by the saints, lent herself to the infamous scheme by which her own chil- dren were to be ruined. The kidnappers started with the children from New Orleans togothrough ‘Texas, Arkansas, and the Indian Nation to the Salt Lake trail. but were fortunately intercepted by the father who, having beard of the affair, bad | returned and started in pursuit of them. ‘The fol- jowing is an extract from hii to his friends in | this city, and gives some of the particulars of the | arrest Fort Gipson, Cnrroxer Nation, May 7th, 185 Dear friends :—I have just arrived from a sore tramp. on which I succeeded in coming up with Eleanor and the children, and have taken the children from her by force. I have placed Fllea- nor in charge of the United States marshal. and have succeeded also in arresting Pratt, who is now in the guard-house of the fort. The U.S marshal will start with his prisoners for Van Buren to-morrow, and I will, by a different route, in company of Capt. Cahil and lady, leave with the children for the same piace. J arrested Pratt aud E. J. on a charge of larceny in stealing the clothing on the children when kid napped, or $10. This is the only way I could u these territories. When ft eait be- Van Buren! mean ing fled from justice . Mo.; and geta requisition from of Missouri fur hi fore the U to have Pra from St. Li the Govern ——————_____.. Parssyyenias (0.8 ) Geena Assensny.— ‘The third day’s proceedings of this body, now in session at Lexington, Ky., are as follows: The committee appointed by the last Assembly to confer with a comunittee of the Associate Re- formed Synod of the South, in reference to the union of these bodies or such a correspondence as is bad with some other churches, feported that as yet little had been done. It recommends that the assembly appoint a delegate to attend the synod. and siotes tue fact that Rev. Neal M. Gor- don bad been appoiuted by the synod to attend this assembly. aud is present 7 The report was cominitted to the committee on foreign correspondence Phe order of the day was taken tug the rep report of the board DD chairman lowing is an abstre The number of March 1. I=c6 to Mareh 1.1 yup, viz at the standing committer © hear- issionaries in commission to whieh have been added 3, mak the whole year previon uurebes and missionary y part supplied (as far as repo es. Sanh $9, and more by 21 than { Bumber of ie ) by The number of newly or- The number of ad = 1.980, and on cert tl of admissions of 3.904 unt of receipts fre from Mareb 1. 1836. to 1, Im to which add balances on baud treasuries. Ma 1856, 221.1553 17 available rese of the board dari sions on ex 2.054, makin 2 all sourees 1s S83 4e gy ; the ditterent ; Inaking the ng the year, StH elle * paid ont 3 time is Su5, on tue Ist of he amount due the same date was 812 vex pended bal: gate ceipts +, bave been less, as compared with the receipt mM h 1, 1855. to March 1, 1856. $3,99962 ‘The fal of hus been in individual oF special donation legacies, $2,191.33, and Sa the contributions of the churches, $1,904 The receipts at the office in Philadelphia, inclu- | ding the presbyterial treasuries, were greater by $2,353.20, and the receipts at the office in Louis- Ville less by $6,328 +3. The committee vn bills and overtures reported overture No. 3, in reference to whether baptized ebild en, in being admitted to communion, should be required to make the saune profession of such as are tobe baptized. The conmittee report that no answer is required ; adopted. On Friday evening, in the presence of the board | of directors of Daaville Theological Seminary, Rev. Stuart Robinson was inaugurated as profes: sor of church govermmentand pastoral theolog: The attendance wus very large, the members of the assembly being generally present, and the oc- casion was one of much interest. The new pro- fessor’s inaugural address was listened to with Faarked attention and pleasure nm | ASG, | WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. “ParLanturopy” ILLustratep.—A matter has recently transpired at the Indian Bureau in this city, so forcibly dllustrating the real yalue of New England’s professions of eupera- bundant philanthropy as that we are impelled to narrate it, that those professions, be judged by New England’s.practice. The Passamaquoddy Indians, it will. be re- membered, were onte possessors of all the soil of Maine, and during the Revolutionary war were faithful allies of the American cause. The people of Massachusetts obtained their lands for a mere song—for perhaps less than any other Indian lands have been given up for the cecupation of the white man. When Maine was a portion of Massachusetts, the State govern- ment commenced buffeting them about, remov- ing them as the lands they occupied were suc- cessively coveted by the whites, always con- fining them within smaller limits on each suc- cessive removal, until at length they were assigned a territory but eight miles square. They petitioned for a fee simple title to it, which was refused. Since Maine became a State they have been removed more frequently under like impulses, and each time circumscribed within narrower limits. Often they have petitioned Maine to deed to them the lands to which they have been | confined, but always in vain; until the State gen- | erously compromised with them by deeding for the use of the whole tribe—five hundred souls— just ten acres of the miserably barren island on which they are now cooped up, with a /ease for ninety acres more, on which there is not a stick of timber—not a stick. Such a compromise, as will easily be perceived, was simply an arrange- ment to freeze and starve the poor creatures in | the shortest possible time. Accordingly, last winter they suffered, perhaps, as no other peo- ple on this continent ever suffered before with- out all dying off. They applied to the Governor of Maine this spring for relief, and were coolly informed that the State could do nothing for them, and that they must apply to the General Government, that has no more connection with them legally than with the Hottentots of South Africa. So their Governor and Lieutenant Governor came to Washington not long since and told their really sad and pitiable tale to the Indian bureau. As they are not its wards under the law, the Commissioner has no authority to ap- propriate a dollar of the public funds in his hands for their relief. He could only tell them that if those legally chargeable with caring for them refuse to aid them, they must appeal to Congress to authorize him to do so. Lo, the poor Indian! resounds, in the course of the year, from every new-light pulpit in Massachusetts and Maine, and the border ruf- fians of the new States, North and South, are piously anathematized for robbing and plunder- ing him. Yet. we question whether the Indian records of this Government contain any thing half so heartless concerning his treatment at the hands of the whites elsewhere. Tse Last Lovisvitte Riots.—The papers at the North which for the most part were mute over the Louisville election riots, wherein the lives of so many innocent white women and children were sacrificed, are blatant over the execution of three negro criminals by a mob in that city recently. The color of the skin of the victims in this case makes the crime, in the eyes of Northern pseudo philanthropy. Their jeremiades are sufficiently answered by the fol- lowing brief summary of the facts in the case of these negroes, which we take from the Bos- ton Post: “« These murderers, it appeared by the confes- sions of one of their number, hearing that Wm. | Joyce was absent from home, had determined to rob the house, under the impression that he had a large sum of money. They went to the house about th broke open the door, and en- countered Richard Joyce, the brother of William. He was brained in the presence of his mother and sister. The aged mother seized a pair of tongs to | rush to the defence of her son, but on the instant | was attacked by the negroes, one of whom knock- | ed her senseless. Thedanghbter, Mrs. Welch, at- | tempted to escape out of the window. but was caught by the feet. dragged back and beaten to death The infuriated ruffians then sacked the | house, took the little girl of Mrs. Welch, threw it npon the bed, set fire to it and fled, the child actually being burnt alive. These were the facts of the case as presented, but for some cause, whether the jury thought they were not corrobo- rated with sufficient legal force, or some other reason, they rendered a verdict of acquittal.’ Though the culprits subsequently confessed their dreadful crime as detailed above, there was not sufficient legal evidence before the jury | toconvict them. Hence the failure of the jury todo so. Itstrikee us that instead of complain- ing, that the people of Louisville executed a summary justiceupon them. Honest Abolition- ists should be praising the conscientiousness of | the Kentucky jury and Court, who gave even such miscreants the benefit of the letter of the | law. Srarvatiox.—It is no longer to be doubted that throughout extensive portions of the Great West—the region of the current wild and ex- travagant investMents of the money of the people of this region—the inhabitants are in a condition bordering on actual starvation. The papers from those quarters we receive in ex- change tell a tale of the state of things there | Sufficient to make those in this region shudder, | who, be the vicissitudes of the segeons what they may, never experience actual Qunt of the necessaries of life. According to the New York Evening Post, which journal has carefully col- lec.ed statistics bearing on this subject,— “In lowa the traveller finds no hay or straw for | horses at any of the hotels. At Des Moines corn is considered cheap at two dollars, and can scarce- ly be had atthat. It is reported that five dollars is the regular price in many places between there and Council Bluffs Dead horses and cattle along the road are said to be ordinary sights. Wheat seems to be nearly as scarce as corn orhay. Flour is selling at five dollars and five dollars per hun- dred. and rising. High as this price is, farmers Who could afford it wese feeding their carriage- horses on wheat ‘The suffering in Michigan has been so ex- treme that publie =e Nave been heid and measures taken by the public authorities for re- lieving the destitute he relief committee of Lansing report that in Gratiot county people were | selling their land for means to get away with— that none have provisions to last more than two or three weeks What they have, consists of tlour and meal merely; they have no meat, the smoke last fall from the extensive fires having driven oi the deer “One of the most substantial farmers in the town of Arcadia reports that in his neighborhood most of the families have only a few Potatoes left for seed ; they have divided with each other until they can divide no more, and have seed to plant. : as from one to three bushels. He had last e and a half acres of fine corn, that was by an early frost when it was in the milk, uld only use it for provender for his | cattle The ecattie have had to subsist mostly through the winter ou browse. He has heard of neighborhoods north of him, from ten to thirty aud even sixty miles, that Lave nothing but oats tu boil for food, and that one woman and two or three children west of him, in Montcalm county, had died for want of food. “Samuel Hewlett. one of the leading butchers | of Detroit, returning from a business trip through the north part of Macomb county, in the same | State, reports to the editor of the roit Adver- tiser that he was compelled to ride miles in order to find @ feed for his horse. He says that the cat- tle and horses are snffering greatly, and that the sheep and lambs are the scours by the hundred. This state of things he reports upon his own ob- servation, and adds that he saw anumber of per- sons from the county of Lapeer, adjacent, who say that matters are much worse there. “ The Advertiser attributes the excessive scar- city in Michigan, ina measure, to purely local causes. It says: fires of 1846, the heavy Au- | and he “<The pervading ‘ gust frost, which cut off corn and buckwheat ‘ and nearly ruined potatoes, the miserable crops ‘of other vegetables, and a bitter winter, have ned to depress the standard of life toa of absolute starvation. The worst has not ‘come. The cattle can begin to live, it is true, * and the milk will help out the fare of the poor ‘ehildren; but a Loy portion of the cows are ‘dead, and it will two months before the “ground will yield anything upon whieh buman * beings ean rely for support.’ ‘In Tennessee, things are in a still worse con- dition. The Knoxville Register of the 7th inst. — that everywhere in East Tennessee the great- est seatcity of provender and grain of eve! i seri ion provatis. The cattle are actually dyi by the th , and in some sections the de; i. ence is to cut dowmstrees, that the cattle may eat buds. Nor is this alarming state of affairs con- fined tocattle. In many sections of the count families that have een well provided with pe only the , but many of the luxuries of lite, pot abe as to be compelled to go fort ws are to buy corn or wheat. +s he ile ig the case with those who have heretofore been comfortable and independent, the Nashville American ‘says that the greater waft revails among the poorer classes, and in coun- fies east of Knoxville, that some of them were ac- tually unable to have more than one meal a day.’’ ‘* From Canada the same cry of hunger is heard. The Hamilton Spectator says that hay brings $30 a ton, that no oats are to be found except what are needed for seed, and cattle have been driven into the woods, ‘where they are now dying in numbers from sheer starvation.‘ ’’ ‘ We agree with the Post in attributing much of this state of things to the action of Congress, in forcing on the market by undue railroad and other donation grants, much more of the public lands than should rightfully be brought into market—twenty millions of acres annually, in- stead of ten millions. The tendency of such legislation is to induce settlers in the West to pursue the business of speculating, rather than farming. But the guad erat demonstrandum of the condition of things in the West, as ex- plained above, is, clearly, that those who steadily cultivate the soil in the old States are quite as well, if not better, off as their more (nominally) enterprising neighbors who pull up stakes and move bag and baggage to either of the north- western States ‘‘on the strength of thechances.”” A Great AND Goup Man cone !—The tele- graph announced to us this morning the death of the Hon. A. P. Butler, United States Senator from South Carolina, yesterday, at his home, surrounded by his family and friends. Outside of his family circle, none will feel this bereave- ment more keenly than the people of Washing- ton city, to all of whom he was as well known and by all of whom he was as ardently beloved as any of this Capital's permanent residents. His heart was ever in his hand. High and low, rich and poor, white and black—for all—he al- ways had a kind word in store, and in familiar intercourse with those around him here his im- pulsive and generous nature never failed to run in the mood of overflowing kindness of heart. He was, in season and out of season, without the slightest regard to polities, the ardent friend of all who deserved the friendship of a gentle- man of his remarkabie mind, attainments and character. There was less selfishness in his nature than in that of almost any other man ever in public life. Hence, in a measure, his so great personal popularity here. So far as the material interests of Washington city are concerned, as well as the influence of his bright genius, extensive learning and highly cultiva- red social qualities upon society in the Federal metropolis, the vacuum created by his death cannot be filled, from his own or any other State, in our day and generation. Tue Exection.—The voters of Washington will recollect that on Monday next their annual municipal struggle comes off. As we grow older. our disposition to “‘pitch inge’’ our political op- ponents for being everything in the world but what they should be, diesaway. Weare, to tell the truth, fast losing the politician s natural pro- pensity to bully-rag and vituperate everybody differing with him in sentiment; and as in this election there could be no reasonable excuse for fretting ourself into so great a passion as that we might burst off our suspender buttons in a momentary paroxysm, we concluded some time since ‘to take things easy.’’ Yet is our duty to say to our political friends—be prepared for Monday next. There is not the slightest reason to believe that you will not have a fairelection, in which you may win a sure victory if you will but exert yourselves quietly. yet manfully, for the balance of the week. Your opponents have the advantage over you of the machinery of their secret organization; yet you doubtless greatly outnumber them at this time in Wash- ington. So, if you fail to redeem the whole City government on Monday next, the fault will be that of such of you as stay away from the polls. Ay Evection.—The Democracy of Baltimore. a few nights since, had an election for members of their approaching City Convention, the con- test being between the ins and the outs in fed- eral offices there. Of course the latter swept the platter pretty clean, carrying eighteen of the twenty wards of the city. They complain that the newly appointed federal officers have grown remarkably conservative since their own appointment to supercede their predecessors, and refuse to apply the rule under which they hold their places, to their subordinates in office. Itwill Le perceived that this is altogether a contest for a tug at the teats. As, in all, there are probably not more than one hundred of them, while, perhaps, one thousand will not be an over-estimate of the number of very hungry little pigs squealing and tussling around them, it is not wonderful that the outs and their friends have teetotally demolished the ins and theirs in this contest. The pertinent question is—If all the present ins be rotated out, will those who fail to draw prizes, and their friends, be better satisfied than with matters standing as they do now ? Tue Loxe Bringe.—The action of the Wash- ington City Councils on Monday night last— appropriating $5,000 for the repair of the Long Bridge—we apprehend settles the difficulty in- volved in this matter. That sum is sufficient to close up the gap, the present breach in the structure. When that shajl have been done, the means ‘for the repairs of bridges’’ in the District of Columbia now in the hands of the Interior Department will be available to keep the structure passable until Congress shall have an opportunity to legislate definitely on the subject. It is fortunate, indeed, that this dif- ficulty is thus happily obviated. We congratu- late those interested on this result. Tas Navat Covers or [xguiry —Before Court No. 1, to-day, Professor Bache, of the U. 8. Coast Survey, was recalled and examined on the part of the defence in the case of ex- Lieut. Bartlett, and much documentary evi- dence on the part of the Government was read and submitted in that case ere the Star went to press. This case is closed except the submis- sion of the written defence of Mr. Bartlett, which will hardly take place for some days to come Commander Bullus’ case came up at the close of Bartlett's. Documentary evidence alone is produced in it. Commander B. was not satis- fied with the result of his first trial, hence his present application and presentation before the Court. Before Court No. 2, Commander Thomas T Hunter was examined on the Government's be- half to-day, in the case of Lt. Carter, (still pending.) No other Government witness in the case being in attendance, they adjourned at a somewhat early hour. Ax Iuportant Dectston.—The decision made yesterday by the Cireuit Court for this District, in the case of Combs vs. Hodge, embraces the settlement of a point of law of general interest and importance every where. Viz: That cer- tificates of the debt of Texas, endorsed by the parties to whom issued, and placed by them in the hands of an agent to be transferred on the books of Texas, could be by that agent sold toa tona fide purchaser without notice, so as to vest in him the absolute title to them. Its im- Portance arises from its applicability to trans- actions in stocks, generally. Tae Poricy.—We apprehend that it is the determination of the Administration in the dis- tribution of their foreigd diplomatic and consu- lar patronage, to do as much as possible towar’s equalizing the disproportions of their domestic bered, twenty times as mach F is dispensed (in proportion to others. As remarked above, we frog allwe can learn on the subject, to find most of diplomatic and,consular appoint- ments made from those States wherein the Ad- ministration has comparatively little domestic patronage. Nor a Canpipatr.—We learn, on satisfactory authority, that ex-Judge Drummond, of Utah, is not a candidate for the position of Governor of that Territory; nor has he made any such application, as stated by hundreds of journals at a distance on the authority of Washington correspondence. REAPPOISTED.—It is understood among Ala- bamians in Washington that Lewis McCarty, Esq., was this morning reappointed to be Regis- ter of the Land Office at Demopolis, Ala. Acceprep.—We hear that this morning the Hon. Fayette McMallin, of Virginia, accepted the position of Governor of Washington Terri- tory, not long since tendered to him by Presi- dent Buchanan. Appornten —Mr. Jozeph R. Thompson has been appointed to a first class ($1,200 per an- num) clerkship in the office of the Sixth Audi; tor of the Treasury. ApPoINTMENT.—Thomas Champion has been appointed Master Boiler-maker in the Wash- ington Navy Yard. Tar Weataer.—The following report of the weather for this morning is made from the Morse Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution, and will be continued daily when the line is in working order. The time of observation is about 7 o’clock a. m.: May £7, 1957. New York, N. ¥ -clear, pleasant Philadelphia, Pa Baltimore, Md.. Petersburg, V: Wilmington, N. Columbia, 8. C. Charleston, 8.C Augusta, Ga.. Savannah, Ga. Macon, Ga.. Columbus, G: Montgomery, Ala. Lower Peach Tree, Ala.. Mobile, Ala... -clear, warm. warm, raining. clear, pleasant. clear, warm. clear, pleasant. ‘warm. -clear, warm. «clear, warm. clear, pleasant. clear, pleasant. clear, pleasant. Gainesville, M ear, pleasant. New Orleans, La clear, pleasant. The following reports have been furnished by the National Telegraph line : From THE West. Frederick, Md. .. cloudy, cool. Cumberland, Md. cloudy, damp. Hagerstown, Md. cloudy, pleasant. Wheeling, Va. ‘warm, raining. At Washington yesterday at 9 p. m. the barom- eter was 30,074, thermometer 70°. This morning at 7 o’clock barometer, 20,104; thermometer 68°. Fresh breeze from 3. List or Patents.—The following is the list of Patents issued from the United States Patent Office, for the week ending May 26, 1857—each bearing that date : Alanson Abbe, of Boston, Mass.—For improve- ment in spinal corsets. Amory Amsden, of Rochester, N. Y.—For im- provement in mowing and reaping machines. Chas. Atkinson, of Danville’ IIL, and Gilbert S. Manning, of Springfield, Il1.—For improved construction of vehicles. Fordyce Beals, of New Haven, Conn.—For im- rovement in revolving tire arms. Sylvester W. Beach, of Chicago, I1l._—For im- provement in carriage hubs. Wm Bennett, of New York, N. Y.—For im- provement in griddles. Silas P. Brigys,of Saratoga Springs, N. Y.—For improved hand seed planter Samuel Canby, of Ellicott’s Mills, Md.—For Le tae in grain scourers and separators. “lias F. Coates, of Mystic Bridge, Conn.—For improved machine for cutting and bending shect metal. James FE. Cole, of New York, N. Y.—For im- provement in means for reefing topsails. Solomon B. Ellithorp, of New York, N. For improvement in sewing machines. Ralph Emerson, Jr., of Rockford, 1li.—For improved tongue and caster plate for harvesting machines. Chandler Fisher, of Milton, Mass —For im- provement in curtain rollers. W. D. Guseman, of Morgantown, Va.—For im- provement in wagon couplings. Julius Grudchos and Selmar Eggers, of New Bedford, Mass.—For improved boinb lance. Joseph Hackett. of Louisville, Ky —For im- provement in cooking stoves. Adolph Hammer, of Reading, Pa.—For im- proved sugar boiling apparatus. Bennett John Haywood, of Leicester Square, Middlesex county, zngiand For improvement in inkstands Patented in England January 16, 1856, Samuel F. Hodge, of Detroit, Mich.—For im- provement in ore crushing machines. Wm. H. Howard. of Philadelphia, Pa.—For improvement in looms Gilbert Hubbard, of Sandersfield, Mass.—For improved apparatus for discharging a horse and shafts from a carriage. Abraham Huffer, of Hagerstown, Md.—For im- provement in washing machines. William A. Jarratt, of Patonsville, ‘Tenn —For improved shingle machine. hristian Knauer, of Pittsburgh, Pa.—For im- Provement in reels for yarn or thread Rob’t Kuschke and Peter Merkel, of St. Louis, Mo.—For improvement in corn planters. John Leigh, of Manchester, England —For im- provemeut in sizing compositions for yarns, pa- T, &e. Poedward Lindner, of New York, N. Y.—For fire arms. Francis C. Lowthorp, of Trenton, N. J.—For improved nrire-eyonsic machine for testing strength of materi: of Woodsfield, O.—For iin- whee’ James Mitchell proved wind : Pierre Prosper Martin, of Paris, France.—For pureed ore washer. Patented in France, May 1 Win. W. Marston, of New York, N. Y.—For ipproved repeating fire arm. Marie ore Charles capita of vinta, France.—F or improvement in makin; per pulp. Patented in France, Aug. 7, 1854. Patented fh England, Oct. 26, 1855. Gordon McKay, of Boston, Mass.—For im- provement in registering apparatus for printing presses. Robert Mushet, of Coleford, England.—For improvement in the manufacture of iron and steel. Patented in England ve 22, 1856. Stephen Parks, of San Francisco, Cal_—For im- provement in brick machines. Alex’r A. Roberts and Baldwin Davis, of La Grange, Ga.—For Improvement in cotton culti- vators. Louis S. Robbins, of Brooklyn, N.Y —Forim- provement in fertilizing compounds. M. C. Root, of Toledo, O.—For improvement in machines for making stove pipe. Wm. A et Wa of Newburgh, N. Y.—For improved machinery for compressing gaseous bodies. Cyrus W. Saladee, of Columbus, O. —For im- proved bit for cutting out cylindrical plugs of wood James E. Simpson, of East Boston, Mass.—For improvement in apparatus for examining vessel’s keels F. J. Smith, of Four Corners, O.—For improve- ment in corn planters. Robt. F. Underhill, of Indianapolis, Ind.—For improved machine for cutting grooves and slots, tis B. Wattles, of Waddington, N. Y.—For improved tanning ms ratus. hos. S. Wells, of Utica, N. ¥Y —For improve- ment in sewing machines 8. H. Whitaker and Ezra Cope, of Cincinnati, Ohio.—For improved thermo- pneumatic safety valve. Jesse Whitehead, of Manchester, Va.—For im- | provement in seed planters Franklin Painter, of East Hampton, Mass., as- signor to the Nashuawannock Manufacturing Company, of same place —For improvement in looms. 8. D. Learned, of Boston, Mass., assignor to A. C. Learned, of New York, N. Y.—For improve- ment in printing — David Coon, of Ithaca, N. Y., assignor to him- self and B. F. Chesbrough, of same place.—t or improvement in burglar’s alarms. ufus Sibley, of Norwich, Conn , assignor to Christopher C. Brand, oi —For im- proved projectile for killing wi $ Stephen Thurston, of Newark, N. J., assignor to pines, Marcus L. Ma and Hunti. Co., of same place —For improvement fn ma- hines for c India rubber, gutta perc: other boot eat ctee = na soles. John Turl, of New York, N. Y., assignor to ¥.—For improve- Samuel Turl, of Brooklyn, N. ment in tips for moulds, Thomas W. V of Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to himself and Henry T. Hoyt, of same on Mahe improvement in securing’ nuts on axles, : lon & j Jerking the unfortunate girl head Milo Peck, of New Haven, Conn. —For im- a Saflor. Sie be ceca to J &: Abbott and "Archilus Of same place. For design for stoves." ~ | 0 GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS. Correspondence of The Star. Grorcrtown, May 27, 1957 Messrs. Barnard & Buckey, auctioneers, sold, yesterday afternoon, the following prepéerty—part of the estate of the late Major Wm. Jewell—viz ; A 5-acre lot situated on the ridge road, one mile from Georgetewn, and ning the farm of Capt. Maddox, to Mr. Joseph Weaver, for $46 an acre; lot fronting 31} feet on First street and 87 on Frederick street, te Mr. C. Slainmer, for igh ef front foot, on First st ; lot adjoining, same y to the same yentleman, for $12.25 per front foot ; lot fronting 50 feet on Fayette st.. running baek 133 ft., to Thomas Jewell, for $1.87 per front feet; rege | lot, same size, to the same haser, for 1 T front foot; lot fronting xg feet on ni st , running back 133 feet, to .at $1.57 per front foot; adjoining lot, same size, and fronting on same street, to John T. '» for $1.87 per front foot. The farm of 100 acres. situ- ated in Alexandria county, Va., was withdrawn. We have no news of special interest from either the river or canal this morning. We have had but two arrivals by the former since our report of ‘terday, viz: the schooner James E. Price, veavenworth. Baltimore, with 103 tons coal to Georgetown Gas Company; the schooner States- man, Ruark, Salisbury, 60,000 feet lumber to F Wheatiey. The new American coin, one cent, made its rance in our city yesterday morning forthe first time, but before night they were quite numerous, nearly every person being in pessession of one or more. Fel first erg Sopieth < mionreen some of the sharper sort of boys too! eS of the curiosity of some of the more verdant who were anxious to obtain them by selling them (the ecats) to such at the rate of two and three cents a piece. 8. Esota.—The Legislature of the lands granted Raitroaps 1x Mix of Minnesota have di by Congress to the Minnesota and Pacific, the Root River Valley and the Southern Minnesota and the Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad Companies Ruopr Istanp Leoistaturr.—The General Assembly of this State met at Newport on Tues- day morning. Gov. Dyer and all the other State officers were sworn in. There being no choice for Lieut. Governor, Thomas 8. Turner was elect- ed speaker of the House. FLovrisntve —The Young Men’s Christian Assoeiation, of Richmond, is said to be one of the most flourixbing on this side of the Atlant’c It has a growing library, which now numbers two hundred volumes, and maintaining a reading room in which all the leading journals of Amer- ica are kept on file, besides several European one. During the winter it provides an attractive course of lectures, and embraces in its organiza- tion a literary society, whose weekly debates are public and largely attended. A Youxs Woman Scatpep In 4 SutncLe-Ma- cuInE.—The Dungas (C. W.) Warder records a heart-rending accident which oecurred at Mill- grove, on Thursday last. A you ‘woman, daughter of Mr. David Cummings, was in attend- ance on ashingle-machine, when, we presume, through her incautiousness, the strings of her bonnet were snatched into the machine, thereb: towa! the knife, and. in the twinkling of an , com- pletely sealped her, cut off both ears, and imme- tly whivled its victim round, in a manner mot to be accounted for, and cut off a portion of her foot; she was thrown to the ground senseless, but won- derful to say, alive. Medical aid was immediate- ly procured, but we learn that the poor young woman is not likely to recover. t BIBLE SOCIETY.—The adjourned annual I meeting of the Washington City Bible So- giety will be held in the basement of the F street Baptist Church,on THURSDAY AFTERNOON, at 5o’clock. i ats FIRST WARD.—A MEETING OF THE i Anti-Know aigthing citizens of this ward will be held at the Hall of the Western Hose Com- Pany, near the Circle, on FRIDAY EVENING, the 2th inst., at 736 o'clock, for the purpose of mak- iag arrangements for the ensuing election. may f ELECTION NOTICE. Orrice Oax Hitt Cemetery Company, Georgetown. (D. C.) May 26, 1857. The holders of Lots in the Oak Hill Cemetery Company containiny hundred feet and up- wards are hereby notified t ind_a meeting to hold at the Cemetery, on MC une, 1, 1857.at NDAY, 5 0’clock p. m., to elect four ‘Trustees to manage the affairs ‘of the company for the Com ear. Asan exhibit of the financial condition of the company will be made, all the lot-holders are invited toat- tend. HENRY_KING may 27-3t = ____ Secretary. REPUBLICAN MEETING.—A meeting of the Republican Association of Washing- ton will be held at their room, corner of Indiana ave- nue and 2d street, on WEDNESDAY, the 27h mst., at 8 o'clock p. mn., to nominate a Candidate for Sur- VaR in place of Mr. Goodloe, who has declined. 'ersons who desire to join the Association can at- tend and do so. By order of the President: may 26-2t* L. CLEPLANE, See. SEVENTH WARD.—The Anti-Know-No- ' things of this Ward will hold nd Ratiti- cation meeting on THURSDAY hy G, May =. at § 0 clock, ae wasp eid vente it “phone aryla avenne. Seve! isting nis! itlemen willaddress the sansting. The Anti-Know- Nothing voters of the several Wards are respectfully re- quested to unite with us on the occasion. All per- sons favorable to the election of Haliday, Morgan, and Forsyth are invited to attend. B; oer of the Committee of Arrangements, may 26-3t* LANO STOOLS AT ELL Store. 2 ANS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, A F4ng> McLAUGHLIN & CO.'S. of Life, by the author eir of Redelyfie; 2 vols. S150, J _may 2-31 : OR & MAURY’S. ADIES DRESS MAKING in the latest French 4 style, at No. 482 F 6th. _Two or three good hands w md may 27-St* Sictional. MAP OF IOWA.—Henn. Wil- ez = & Co.'s Sey ee cf iowa for 1857, ex- t : 3. For sale TA UMBG S120 Price ST AYLOR & MAURY, Booksellers and Stationers, Penn. avenue, may 27-St near 9th street. E SCHEELE’S RESTAURANT, corner of \\th and E, north side. wm LAGE and also, the it sland inthe city of CLAGETT’S ALE. may 27-3t* NEW YORK LEDGER for June 6th—Contain- ing Mrs. Southworth’s new and popular story, the Island Princess. mav 27 FERGUSON, 486 7th street. lL ‘THE MAGAZINES, PERIODICALS, Papers. &c., can be had at the Book and Stati ery Store o! may 27 FERGUSON, 486 7th street. OR BOSTON.—The Schooner Martha, Capt. L Baxter, has arrived and will have guick dispatch for the above pa For trough or. passage apply toHARTLEY & BROTHER, (01 Water street, Georgetown. may 27-lw ARRIAGES AND BUGGY FOR SALF. Create CARING ana Stay, little used, w: sold a great ioe i Application shall be made. One is a very handsome open summer Carriage. The Bug, and substantial. poquive at No. Seotweee ‘ist a1 y 2 7-21 YNEVOR TERRANCE, OR THE CLUE of it ust received a: TA street, 2d streets, First Wards Bion Jae 0k = OCAL. MUSIC.—The next terms of C. L. IR- VIN Glees, Chorusses, & commence at Teniper on E street, between 9th and 10th streets, THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, May 26th. at 4 o'clock, and continue at the same hour of Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Ladies and Gentlemen wishing to unite with this class wil! please be early in attendance. may 25-0 SUPERI _The subseriber takes this method to inform the citizens of Washington and vicinity, that he con- stant) koopa. on hand Laue: uperior READING LAGER BEER, PORTER, a ALE, whet he read: in Bottles or Casks, to Hotel Keepers or private families. : Also, ICE at all hours, in quantities to suit. SCHAD. may %-Sw__ Southwest cor. $d st.and Pa. a Listers, 475 barrels Old Mong WHISKEY B Pi YE, copper distilled do ‘ure 15Casks Muier & Son’s Edinburgh ALE, in Stone Jugs i 15 Caske Younger’s Edinburgh ALE 10 do * Byas" London PORTER Cases Claus In store,and formiste ee 'Y & WILLIAMS, GE’ No. 5 northwest corner of High and Water sts., may 3 Georgetown, D. WHITE HOUSE PAVILION, oad the poche eneearynetoany, eevee oir Raeae? swppvee wall ctmnae Ve alicia thee Tart Serta, SPU non pa iunning and Fishing Parties wril be provided for ofA ching Tackle and Boats tobe procured at B. SCHAD. pe hs. Se eee S'S C% ENT, CEMENT, AND PLASTERING IR.—We are now ~ ce best R— ving, per lonson, Jr., from New York, 900 barrels of the Eee Neeriet reece eee Lime et to their WAR Wood and Coal Office, 12th street. may 26-e03t (intel.) — we D. next, the june, at tS pit ioth and tf for olleetor, and Sur. ce RR GE DAC RY. any %-td ee ER, salekecece NP ty siven Gai og Renice we atthe se of Mr. ort, the rat Leanne cah mae re cd a a ir. ty, ber of t rd of Aldermen, and three members of the, Beard of Comme Gone: ite pelts will by epenes 4 g'clock n,m. ond ctosb tt a 7 o'clock p.m. $8; WRIG: T. ly Be A W. DENHAM, may 25-td Commissioners. ————— Cre yeep WARD.—SECOND PRECING ELECTION NOTICE. Notice is aed given that an election will be held on MONDAY, the Ist of June next, at the north eastern corner of F street north and Ninth street west, inthe Second Precinct of the Third Ward, (embracing all that portion of said Ward south of H street north.) for Register, Collector, and Surveyor of the city, and for one member of the Board of Al- dermen, and three members ot the Board of © Counc! for said Ward, nf of wv ions of the charter of the city of Wass neten a The polis will be opened at 7 o'clock a.m. ‘and gianed at? o'clock p. m. Pi Sy ni may 25-td “Commissioners. — da Fovrta WaRD-FIRST. PRECINC K; LECTION NO Fr. Notice is hereby gv ata by 's 5! and Rifas chunetht venue. Bi ° fora Collector of Taxes, Rexister, and Sui or, and for one member of the Conrad of Aldermen, 8 ree council, be . Agpensor for tnd Ward Common € and an polls will be fant closed at 7 p.m. _Taw 25-0 NQtice —WASHINGTON CITY MUNICI AL ELECTION to be held June Ist, 1897. The Polls of the First Preciact of the Sixth Ward Wall be held at the ‘Truck-house of the American Hook and Lalder Company on Faghth between F : GEORGE BROWN, "DEVANS, Ji, WwW {VA} Cc. W. ORDON, Board of Common ion Rowe. of the Sevent ION DAY, June}. at? p.m, i . BARRON, AMES F. JOHNSON, Missioners. ____ Candidates for City Offices. may 35- MES W. BARKER i nied as a Cand J ARE Re ras RABEER, is preecated a0 0 Cand: may 27-4t* THE VOTERS. AMERICAN NOMINATIONS. ;ENER For Collector. . WILL For Register. . AMU For Surveyor may 27-5t* ERICAN NOMINA 1 Ror Alderman—JON ATH AN. JOSEPH F. HODC may 27-4t* R_OF THE STAR—P. Bee Wintiaa i BORRES didate for the Boa First Ward. > resent the aencan rd Common Council from the MANY VOTERS — ie Or err NOZIGEW Some persons, desirous to injure me, are busily spreading a rumor that 1 hind been nominated by the ** Republican party” of this city,» candidate for Alderman. ‘To them As well as to ng friends I owe it to say that the rumor is a wuiful ant malicious falsehood. concocted with the base pur pose to injure me ; since I never dreamed of b ving —— oratany oo fter.bro tht fore the people in connection wi ee. JOS. SERBARDT, Capitol Garden Restaurant, Meryinnd avenue, 38. Washington, D. C., May 25, 1857-3t A. BOSS 18 ted to the voters of the Ww Second Wart as Candidate for ALDER WAX att rae may 13-tf — —< Ui ———— — FST GRAND EXCURSION OF TRE American Hook & Ladder Co.. TO THE WHITE HOUSE PAVIL On THURSDAY, May 23th, 1857. Having chartered the Steamers \WasHrnoTox and CoLtver, the ong g respect full announce that they wil give an EY CURSION on THURSDAY, May 28th, to the above-named No. 2, TON, lace. Withers’ Celebrated Hand iss been engaged for the occasion; and that prince of caterers, Mr. B. l, will have entire supervision of the Retresh- ment department. Se The tirst Boat will leave the Steamboat Wharfat 8. Navy Yard at 9, Alexandria st 94, o'clock, a. © ‘Phe second Bont will leave the Stenmbont W hari » 2; Navy Yard at 242, Alexandria at 35% o'clock, P. Returning, the boats will touch at all the a.ove laces. Tickets ONE DOLLAR ; admitting a Gentleman and Ladies. mary 14-121 ___LOST AND FOUND. _ $5 REWARD.—Strayed away from the subecr e) ber, living at the corner of 3d and G streets. on Sundag morning, May 24th, a large speckled COW. with no mulk:_ «three, year old Red HEIF ER, ands Red CALF atouiiwo inonths old. The above reward will be prid for their return to me. MICHAEL, £ c aed under act of February lth, t847, to my brother, Robert Hamtiton, deceased, on the 22d De eomber, 1849, and as said Warrant is supposed to been lost, or improperly held, the pul against buying the same.as I have fil at i the General Land oe to arrest the issuance of a Foret, ued. after the expiration re sex weara, will to the Pensio: ice for a duplicate warrnvt. orn ‘awhw € JOHN HAMILTON Lostve STOLEN—From the p the Hon. Franc: wards, ton House in the eity of Washington, on or aleut the lth day of February, 1857, LAND WARRANT No. 51,233, dated ber 2th, Ww. Saad Warrs et was issued to Ezra Reed, under the act of hy . Ail persons are hereby caut cotiating said Warrant as proceed: stituted by the holder, Ezra Reed pS -Hw WANTS. WANTED.—a sinall BOY. white or colored. Run Errands and be generally useful. 4 at 281 E street, between l4th and 15th, south of Pew. avenue. near (WV illnrds’. t WARNTED—One hundred gross of OLD TLES. “Apply to ARNY & SHIN Bottleing Depot. 57 may 2i-lw t Green street, Georgetown. to take Care of aC ANTED.—A WOMA ir two years old, and to do Plain Sewing. one that can come well recommended liberal wages will be given. Apply at No. #9 12th mem comet 4 may WAQDIED—A YOUNG MAN to Drives Mik A Wagon. He must read, write, and be a good muiker. Also, a MAN to Milk and Work ins Dairy. Apply at Locust Hill Farm, 7th street road, near the iret Toll-gate, WANTED. SID E MAN to work Fp 6 ° ,and un derstand farm wekaeenie. ‘or farther wuformin tion apply to Ce OAT On io CLS, and x Ttreets, and Nstreets, 0 E: SERVANTS WANTED. ~ DINING ROOM Sita ERSand BOYS wantedat WILLARD intelligent WOMAN to take charge ots ED TO PURCHAS: WELLING, containing worth from #2,500 to about & $500 in cash, and the balance in an Also, For Sale—Qu- easy term BRICK DWELLINGS, each squares of the bought by pay: f yearly wi: two desirabie ed within two ‘atent Office. One of them can be $1,000 in cash, and the talance in 12 ments: POLLARD WEBB, No. 512 (2d story) 7th street. NTF, t 37 Penn. avenue, south side. pb dl pe MBER MAID and WAITER. ‘Tho waiter a boy of from 16 to 18 years of age. Both must be able to bring satisfactory rec ommendations. may fa tt BOARDING. ——_—_——_—$——— MES. ANN 8. SCOTT, No. <5 eouth side Penn. venue, opposite Jn, . hi sever inrge ROOMS whieh she would be see jeased t rmanent or transient BOA ERS T. BOARDERS acoommelannte ee may 14-tf to rent ABLI may 2 3t ORE LARGE AIRY ROOM and one good » a je ROOM. furnished Oe ees Ot rr + Ou nrg: wk ew tion desirable ong eects wih uttvon BOARD furnished if desired. Apply to No, 468 ith street, between D and E. may 25-6t* M&S: ATES, AT HER BOAR DING- Avenue and Sih" strect, has ide armangonegts 3 modatea iargenuiubercf strangers with Meals “——" cebmabeor tae beg sul Tis PIANOS POR $1”: ONE FoR sm two for $2” are now for sale at era a MEIER Terms easy. may ee sata RICH BAREGE ROBES at greatly reduced FRANCK A. McoGRE. may S0-ec2w «944 Pa. ay., bet, 12th 13th sts,