Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1857, Page 2

EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: WEDNESDAY.........+..--.. Jane 17, IS5ST. SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Union, to-day, publishes the following “General Order,’’ embracing the official an- nouncement of the death of the late venerable General Walbach. It speaks eloquently, in- deed, for the memory of the gallant and so-uni- versally respected deceased : General Orders, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ‘No. 3. "Now York. June 1s: lasr The General-in-Chief has the. painful a, of announcing to the army the death of one of its general officers. aud the oldest in length of ser- vice, Brevet Brigadier General John de Barth Wailbach, who died in Baltimore, on the 10th inst., at the age of 3. A hative of French Alsace, General Walbach, after having setved in European armies, entered ours as an officer about the close of the last cen- tary, and was a member of the staft of Major General Alexander Hamilton. Belonging at dif- ferent times to the cavalry and to more than one of the staff corps. he became finally, in 1815, an officer of artillery, and rose to the command of the fourth regiment in 1642. The faithful and creditable character of his setvice may be in- ferred from the facts that he was retained through two reductions of the army establishment, and was often brevetted—tirst, a —— for “gallant conduct in the battle of Chrystler’s Fields” in 1813; second, a lieutenant colonel “for merito- Tious services’? in 1615; third, a colonel for ‘- ten years’ faithful service’’ in 1825; and last, a brig- adier general for like conduct in 1850. His long life and military career were charac- terized by some of the best traits of a gentleman and a soidier—unwavering integrity, truth and honor, strict attention to duty and zeal for service ; and he tempered the administration of an exact discipline by the most elevated courtesies. cp pe sien honors will be paid to the memory of the deceased by his late regiment. By command of Brevet Piectenant General Scoit : Groxce W. Lay, Acting Assistant Adjutant General The Intelligencer publishes a long wanifesto | from General Waiker, of Nicaraguan fame, to the President of the United States, complaining of his treatment at the hands of Commander Davis and Commodore Mervine, through whose agency he escaped alive from Central America. But for the fact that the American public have long sinee learned to appreciate General Walk- er’s bulletins, manifestoes, letters for the press, &c., &c., some readers of this document might imagine that the subsequent conduct of the offi- cers it seeks to arraign was notin strict keeping With the spirit of mercy which induced their interference to snatch him from the jaws of such # fate at the hands of the Costa Ricans, as (ae- cording to hundreds of published letters from persons comprising a portion of the fillibuster force) he is accredited with meteing out to de- fenceless Americans in his power, who offended him. In this case. however, all will recognize in the paper but a continuation of the style of | writing which characteri@d his bulletins an- nouncing the victories that afterwards turned | out to be defeats. Those who know Commander Davis personally, are well aware that he is in- capable of stating aught but the truth concern- ing any thing. end will receive his statement of the circumstances under which he stepped for- | ward, in a spirit of mercy to save Walker’s li as being true to the letter. In weighing again: his ‘representations any thing that may ema- nate from the fillibusters, the public will hardly forget the statements of the letters and des- patches asservating and glorifying over the vie- tory at San Gorge’s, wherein so many Costa Ricans were represented to have been killed, as | that the fillibusters had to give over the enjoy- ment of the amusement of despatching them, from sheer exhaustion consequent upon the labor incident to the sport. s2ce- - NOTES BY THE Way. (Editorial Correspondence of The Star.] STEAMING ON THE ROAD—PENNED BY STEAM. {No. 19.} Catcaco, June 7, 1857. We entered this singular creation of the en- terprise and speculating capacity of our coun- trymen shortly before 11 o'clock last night. The moon was shining brightly, so that I had a fair opportunity to overlook from the car win- dow, a3 we slowly proceeded for a mile through its outskirt to its centre, its features which make it the most striking city of considerable size upon thecontinent. [allude to its majority of one-story board shanties, dignified with the appellation of houses, and its vast lumber yards; for our way lay through them. This city of Chicago is the centre of the immense Jamber trade of the great lakes and their tribu- taries. From this point, it is sent by vessels and railroad for the entire supply of almost the whole country for from one to five hundred miles in different directions—a country wherein twenty square fect of plank are just now being used, perhaps. for every square foot required for the purposes of any other territory on the face of the giobe of similarextent. The painted shanties laying seattered around by thousan’s reminded me instantly of the edifices built of ecards by children on the floor—hardly more level than this prairie It will be recollected that Chicago bas risen to its present position of a city of 125,000 inhabitants. shipping off, be vides the lumber mentioned. more grain an- nually than left even the Odessa last year, in the short space of seven years. At its centre it is fast getting rid of the shanties once there, which are being torn down or run off back up on the prairie, on wheels, by dozens, daily. In their place are rising up Princely stone and brick edifices, and blocks equal in all respects to the finest and most substantial in any other American city, or, indeod, of any city of any clime and age Tte no less singular universal plank sidewalks, too, are rapidly giving place to pavements of split sandstone, laid down in tablets containing from fifty to seventy-five square feet of top sur- face. The style of ornamental finish, as to mag- nificence, or to extent, grandeur and stability in which it is thus improving at its immediate heart, realizes to my mind even much more than the fabulous aceounts of the uprisings of San Francicce from its numerousconflagrations. The building stone used here is nearly white. and Yields with great facility to the chisel and wedge. It is to be hoped that Chieago will soon crowd out of her thoroughfares altogether, the combustible materials of which the city was entirely constructed, up to perhaps three years ago; as the ignition of one on a blustering night would necessarily lay perhaps a thousand of them in ashes in two or three hours. I was scarcely less struck on entering the city last night with its majority of ‘card houses” built for the hour, than this morning (on sallying out to see what I could, worth viewing) with the sudden change that has come over the spirit of the city’s architectural dream ; leading its prop- erty holders now to build apparently for tine, approximating as nearly as possibly for human- ‘ity, toeternity. The greatest railway passen- ger depot in the country, by long odds, if not in the world, is here—covering an immense space, and accommodating perhaps a dozen trains at the same time, soon to radiate upon more or less of the thirty or forty railroads reaching all Northwestern creation, which come inte the city through four or five main arteries, from which they branch at convenient points. Its design. for effect, 1s as striking as that of the Smithsonian Institation building, while it occupies much more Space. This being a dies xox in the way of business, I shall bave no opportunity to obtain statistical information concerning it whieh I might “ work up’’ so.as to make an interesting chapter rela- tive to it. A freight depot, the property of the fame (liliveis Central Railroad) company is had by it; covering even more ground, thongh constructed of the same white sand stone with @ much more modest exterior. The Michigan Central Railroad Company have just finished perhaps as fine a passenger depot here as any other in the country, save that I describe above! Whole blocks of five and six story houses, built of the same beautiful material, are going up in all directions around me ; as though the city’s commercial importance having grown up in the course of yesterday, it has been resolved to com | plete it architecturally ere the sam goes down to-day. Not leas»striking is the vastness of Chicago's hotels, half a dozen of which appear to be as large and substantial as the Astor House in New York city. The number of her passenger offices, mam- moth grain-storeing houses, doggeries of all de- grees, and boarding houses, struck me most forcibly, and is the result of the immense num- ber of strangers alw:ys here—emigrants, set- tlers seeking homes in every direction through- out the Northwest, people of means from the East engaged in gambling in Western lands, sight seers, persons running on the lakes, &c. The doggeries seem to rule the city ; and if the brutal impudence to an unprotected lady ac- companied by three little children, I saw prac- ticed by a gang of ruffianly bloated porters and runners a few moments since is a fair illustra- tion of Chicago-doggery manners, the worst description of rowdy ruffians rule her dogge- ries—so far her most remarkable institutions. May she soon possess others in their stead, of which she can fairly boast. Property (real estate) is held here at a fabu- lous value. A little one-story plank shanty, of not more than four or five rooms, built off a business street, rents for $650 per annum. Money rents for three per centum per month, on such security as Chicago borrowers have re- maining the:rs to pledge ; for most of which, by the by, I would not give a pinch of snuff. Her real estate, which is said to be assessed at | $48,000,000, is mortgaged, I am told, for the nice little amount of $200,000,000! Or, in other words, Chicago is owned, body and breeches, out of her own limits, by capitalists, who, if they should attempt to realize their advances, | (upon Chicago city property) could not get back 25 cents in the dollar. This season her merchants are pretty gene- rally under protest in New York and Philadel- | phia, and they seek to “run their faces” in Baltimore. If Baltimore is sufficiently pleased with their “muggs” to stake their goods upon them at this time, they will deserve the losses that she will thus surely reap. The money that should have gone to take up the notes of her men in business has been invested in wild lands, either by their customers or themselves. I know | not which are entitled to the credit of having | bankrupted Chicago; but that she cannot now pay 25 cents in the dollar, is as certain as that | folks in these diggings who would hang a faro dealer on sight, are playing in Western town lots and lands west of creation, a more desperate and equally—in my judgment at least, when prac- tieed by men who owe the money thus being in- | vested—disreputable game. He who buys Chi- cago property now, will find it selling under the hammer all round him after the next United States Court set hereabouts, at perhaps half its present nominal value. I pity the man who has bought it lately on credit; and still more do T pity the man who has purchased Chicago property of late, paying for it in legitimately earned hard cash. The population, 2s the reader may well im- | agine. shifts here every two or three years, for the most part; for business has never yet been ; Upon a healihy footing in Chicago. Men have | male fortunes here almost entirely by land op- eratidhs. Most of these fortunes remain to he realized ; for they sell city property on ten years time here! How many of them will be realized is a question the answer of which is past my knowledge. The competition for trade | here is great ; reminding one of the competition between steamboat lines on the North river at times, when passengers are carried by one line for nothing, and the other seeks to under bid ite rival by throwing in a fine supper also, with- | out eharge. A population of fifty thousand, at | most, can tranzact properly all the legitimate | (present) business of Chicago. The cost of feed- | ing, clothing and liquoring the rest of its 125,000 souls must necessarily come, wrongfully in the end, from the pockets of confiding creditors in the east. 2 We shall see, in due time, what we shall see, in connection with Chica; W. D. W—u. —- ———~2+e-+ Tar German Musicat JuBitex.—The Second Day's Proceedings —The musical jubilee which commenced in Philadelphia on Sunday continues with unabated interest. The Oratorio on Sunday night was a great success. Miss Richings, in “Angels ever bright and fair,”? was recalled. and created the greatest enthusiasm. On Monday morning the societies had a rehearsal at the Acad- | emy of Music, atter which they formed into pro- cession under the direction of M. Kaiser, Esq., grand marshal, and marched to Independence Hall The procession here formed in line and the rep resentatives of the different societies were pre- sented to his honor Mayor Vaux. by Mr. William Rosenthal. the president of the cominittee. On Monday uight the great Jubilee Concert tock place at the Academy of Music. It was a grand affair. As the curtajn rose there opened to the vast auditory a forest of human bodies with faces full of mation, presenting the most for- midable as] although bearing no weapons, save the role in their hands. ‘The effect of this Scene alone was surpassing grand. ~ God is our doughty Castle Wall,’ was ren- dered with good effvct by the whole choir, aided by the powerful orchestra “The Chimes** was given by the General Singers’ Union of Baltimore, and was no doubt executed as anticipated by the programme. The 57th Psalm sung by the voices, was well given. The New York General Singers’ Union sung ‘¢ Phe Rhine,” in a truly meritorous manner, and were recalled, besides receiving the most enthu- siastic applause as they retired to the body of the immense choir. “The Cry to Arms,’ from the Prophet. by Mayerbeer, was given effectively, the orchestra accompanying the voices. A double chorns, entitled “ The Strife of the Water Drinkers and W ine Drinkers,”? was given, baie to the amusement of the interested assem- tage. Pall well thou knowest’’ was given by the singers of Philadelphia, and elicited well earned applause. +‘ Why art thon so far’? was suny by ie Boston singers, and received with loud plau- its. The assemblage in the Academy was brilliant and happy, and what made it merry was the large nember Ye all its of the house, more particu- larly the family circle, which was a complete jam. The performance throughout was merito- rious, and will doubtless be a memorable occa- sion in the minds of hundreds who never saw sueh @ vast musical body before. Yesterday, the singing societies, the Turners and the German military companies formed in Procession and marched out to Lemon Hill for a pic nic and general good time. The exercises of the day consisted cfspeeches in German, singing, instrumental music, athletic games, dancing, eating and drinking, &c., &c. For the latter Portion of the exercises the most copious arrange- ments had been made, long tables were placed in different portions of the grounds, and immense quantities of wine and beer, and of more substan- tial fare were provided. The Bulletin says: “When we left Lemon Hill, at one o’clock, the scene Was of th= most animated description. An immense crowd was upon the ground, and omni- buses, cabs and almost every other species of con- veyance was bringing fresh swarms each mo- ment, while thousands were Picking their way to the great centre of attraction. “Among the immense crowd of persons who were on the Hill we did not see one who was in i the slightest degree intoxicated. a, beer was | for sale at a great many stands, and a) though the favorite beverage was not spared by either sex, | we saw ane a a signs of having par tal too freely of it. Hie had been arranged for the Hon. W. H. Witte to deliver an oration in English, but he was unable to attend and the speaking was ail | done in German.’* | Bunyixe Gorp.—The Alta California receive by the last steamer says: Me It is estitnated hy. those cng Blige 2 engee to daze of such matt that more t! fifteen mil- ions of now lie buried in the ground in va- rious ofthe State, secreted solely for safe keeping.”’ WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. pare asi Se or New Mexico.—In political circles 6f the Federal Metropolis, we find the imprefsion prevailing that the Hong Abrahsin Rencher (an M.C. many years since,) | of North Carolina, is most likely to be sent out to succeed Governor Merriwether in New Mexi- co; whose resignation and refusal to continue to fill the position yet held by him we mentioned a few days since. Mr. Rencher is a gentleman of fine mind aid attainments, high character, and much experi- ence in connection with public affairs. So, if appointed, the selection will be a very happy one for the public interest. In this connection we are rem nded of the fact that President Bu. chanan is exhibiting, in his judgment of the men who are pressing and being pressed upon him, a diser'mination and nerve for which we did not give him credit before a knowledge of his possession of these characteristics was forced on our attention, by closely watching his career in his present position. It requires the highest order of intellectual ability and great firmness of purpose, indeed, for a chief magistrate, in these times, to discriminate successfully so far as the public interest is concerned in the selec- tion of his subordinates of various degrees. All in Washington posted in such matters, know that he has a will of his own, manifested not unfrequently to the entire defeat of schemes upon the patronage of his office, which cannot suceeed except to the detriment of the public service. Amusing stories are told of the promptness with which he sees through them and the em- phasis with which he explodes them. Really, the country never before had a chief magistrate who Iabored more faithfully to comprehend all the bearings of every question he has been called on to decide, or whose decisions of such questions have embraced more striking proofs of the value of great experience with public affairs and unflinching nerve in the conscien- tions discharge of a high trust. Tae Examinatios ov THE NAVAL Scuoou At Axwnarouis.—The following interesting letter will be read with unfeigned pleasure by all thoughtful persons who rejoice over the sub- stantial progress of the Navy of the United States : ANNArOLts, June 16, 1857 Editor of the Star: The examinations at the Naval Academy have just been brought toa close. They have been conducted ina manner highly creditable to that distinguished institution, and those who were present at the recitations and ex- ercises of the imidshipmen cannot but have been impressed with a fall sense of the high mental an physical qualifications necessary for a grad- uate. aioe bal and nautical astronomy, jn all their theoretical as well as practical branches, pics rpm? gunnery and ethics are the chief studies of the first class, and its members passed through this beautiful course with an ease that proved as gratifying as it was surprising. In- deed, true mathematical genius, comprehensive and original, was evinced by several of these young gentlemen. In consequence, the board of Visiting officers have expressed their unfeigned surprise and pleasure at the high standing of the eeating midshipmen. Their detachments” from the Were received on Saturday last. ‘That day was appointed for awarding the diplomas. This being reported about town. uch of its grace and beau- ty assembled at an early hour in the chapel. A display of uniforms next announced the arrival of the Board, headed by the imposing figure of the Superintendent, Captain Goldsborongh, to none more than whom is the Academy indebted for its improvements and organization. ‘The corps of professors, amongst them C vanet and Coffin, followed. The inidshipmen then filed in by the tnusic of the band, the gradnates taking their ap- pointed seats infront. “A number of officers of the na and other interested visitors crowded the all. Prayer by the Rev. Theodore Bartow, U. 8. Navy, was followed by an address to the grad- uates on the part of Commander Thomas Jeffer- son Page. Capt. Goldsboroagh, after a few brief but appropriate remarks, then informed the mid- shipmen that they would be pleased to advance and receive their diplomas in the order in which Naval Academy they should be named. i e., in the order of their | graduation.* Having received their diplomas some lively music terminated the ceremony. And now that the excitement of the last two or three weeks has subsided. this good place of An- mapolis; with its stately old residences, is restored to its usual quiet and repose. The State House with its lofty steeple, datin ack to (ueen Anne's time, apd equally noble and Spacious church of St. Anne—Mr. Nelson is its rector— would seem to belong to giant days and a giant metropolis. But Annapolis has been cheated of its commercial inheritance by Lord Baltimore's namesake a little further up the bay, and has at resent little or no boast but asadelightful resort for its charming society and refreshing bay breezes. The grounds of the Naval Academy— the promenade of the town—with its beautiful Paplars and grassy plots, is probably unsurpassed, nd will be taken leave of with regret by your obedient servant, A WaAsuINGToNIAN Visitor. (*Nore.—The list of the graduating class wes published a day or two since jn the Star, in the order in which they passed their examinations. — Ep.J Tne Post Orrice Derartwext.—New Post Offices Established.—Ward’s Forge, Johnson county, Tenn., John Grace, Postmaster; Zum- brota, Goodhue county, Minn., Thos. P. Kellett, Postmaster; (iridley, MeLean county, Ill., Jas. M. Mitchell, Postmaster; Deerfield Prairie, De Kalb county, Ill., Philander Waterman, Postmaster; Zion Hill, Pope county, Ill., Wm. Wooten, Postmaster; Harvis, Gallia county, Ohio, Jackson Warner, Postmaster; Little Bull- skin, Gallia county, Ohio, George Shamhart, Postmaster; Todd's Run, Brown county, Ohio, Curtis Wilson, Postmaster. Names of Post Offices Changed.—Simons, Le Sewer county, Minn., to Cordova; Lenox, Warren county, Ill., to Cane Run; St. Jona- than, Ramsey county, Minn., to St. Francis; Berrytown, Kent county, Del., to Felton Sta- tion. Post Offices Discontinued.—Boones Grove, Washington county, Ark.; Richland, Sagamon county, Ml. A Mistaxe.—The current newspaper para- graph representing that the Post Office Depart- ment has closed # contract for the transporta- tion in steamships of the mails of the United States from New Orleans to Bordeaux, (France,) via Havana, Fayal, &c., with Wm. C. Barney, is a mistake, we apprehend. It is the custom of the Departinent to send letters, &c., seaward anywhere, in any description of vessels, and to pay for their transportation two cents per let- ter, and half s cent per newspaper, as the law of 1825 provides. It is evident that Mr. Bar- ney has simply been informed that if the pro- posed steamship line he is aaid to represent be established, it will be permitted to carry’ sea- ward letters and newspapers as explained above, as all such vessels are permitted to transport them on application at the Department. Mexico.—While we make no pretensions to an intimate knowledge of Mexican affairs, we keep our ears open to ascertain the impressions concerning that Republic’s present and future, existing from time to time in the minds of those in this city who are perhaps better able to judge in the premises than any others in the country; and have to say that, just now, the return of Santa Anna and his triumph over Comonfort’s government are being anticipated by them. As bad as his rule has always been, we find few familiar with Mexican. affairs not of opinion that it was much better for that country, than the present government under which it suffers. Navat Court or Ixquiny.—Before Court No. 1, ex-Lieut. Reed’s case was coptinued until Monday next. The case of Lieut. Parker (retired on furlough pay) was then taken up, and Lieut. Berryman and Dr. Wheelwright were examined on behalf of Mr. P. (who is defended by Mesars. Phillips and Blount.) Before Court No. 2, Lieut. Handy’s case is still under consideration. Surgeon Gilchrist, Commander Green and Lieut. Welch were ex- Yesterday, after we went to pak ames Hitchcock was examined in t} iis case on the same side. Before Court No. 3, Mosars. Rhind and Brown (called by the appellant) have been ex- i. Beuctar Pavewent sp far laid down at the intersection of Pennsylvania avenue and baie tee appears to be the eurrent ad- miration of our fellow citizeris. Well itmay be. We are familiar with it at the North, and have nowhere else seen it so well constructed. Until the section of the street 1 10w being covered with this work shall be open ed for travel, its many advantages cannot be realized by those who have not 60 far passed ver such a pave- ment with vehicles. A Great Deravcation, Resignation, &c. Correspondence of The Star. Corvmsvus, Ov.10, June 14, 1857. Editor of Star: Yesterday it was made public that Gibson, our Republican--party State Treasu- rer, is a defaulter in the elormous amount of $747,000. In his re, he states Breslin’s de- falcation at = Reale bstirts pers Sect ed by the Deesstcats and bs Gluecnte bene ie” a aldsolkewr gcse into western lands, and other such operations. A Sup ‘rwixt Cup axp Lip.—Yesterday, on the faith of avenue rumor, we mentioned that Mr. N. B. Smith had been promoted from a $1,400 to a $1,600 clerkskxip in the General Land Office. It proves to bea mistake. Bet- ter luck for Mr. Smith next time. Returnnep.—General Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, returned to this city last eve- ning and was again at his post in the Interior Department to-day. TRANSPERRED.—Mr. Benjamin Briggs, of Ohio, a $1,200 per annum clerk in the Pension Office has been transferred to a similar position in the General Land Office. Tre Hox. Wx. C. Rives of Virginia, is among the strangers now in this city. We un- derstand that he is the guest of our fellow citizen Jas. C. MeGuire, Esq. Rearroixstep.—The President has reap- pointed Andrew J. Pannell, to be Surveyor of the Customs at Wheeling, Va. Tar Weatner.—The following report of the weather for this morning is made from the Morse Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution, The time of observation is about 7 o’olock a. m.: New York, N.Y Philadelphia, Baltimore, Md Washington, D. Richmon: Petersbu Raleigh, N.C. The following reports have been furnished by the National Telegraph line : Frederick, Md ...........cloudy, warm. Cumberland, Md -cloudy, warm. Hagerstown, Md -cloudy, warm. Harper’s Ferry... clear, warm, Wheeling, Va. +++--cloudy, warm. Winchester... -clear, warm. Martinsburg. -..cloudy, warm. At Washington, yesterday at9 p. m., the barom- eter was 29.931; thermometer 75°. This morning 7 o'clock, barometer 29,95; thermometer 70° 5 New Booxs.—From J. Shillington, Odeon Building, also from S. De Camp & Co., peri- odical dealers, &c., 438 Pennsylvania avenue, we have Peterson’s complete and earliest edition of Little Dorritt, which must go off with a rush ; it being the first complete copy of that last and so interesting work of Dickens, so far seen in Wash- ington. Also, from J. Shillington, we have Putnam’s Monthly, for July, brilliantly illustrated by Hop- pin. :,;- General Persifer Smith, U Willards’. -,:- Judge Watrous, of the U. 8. District Court of Texas, is at Browns’ Hotel. -.-. * Howadji”? Curtis (“+ Mrs. Poti har’*) is now one of the proprietors of Putnam’s Magazine. -1,: P. R. Dotsen, G. P. Stile, T. D. Pitt, and H. T. Morsell, of Utah Territory, are at Kirk- wood’s. +--+, Col. A. G. Sloo, Com. Perry, U.S. Navy, and Hon. W. M. Keaton of Indiana, are at Browns’. +... Ex-Governor Barstow, of Wisconsin, reached Washington yesterday morning, and has apartments at Willards’ -.-- Col. J. B. Baker, Collector of the port of Philadelphia, J. G. Westcott, Postmaster of do., and Com. F. B. Ellison, U. 8. Navy, are at Wil- lards’. ;+++ Jesse W. Goodrich , formerly editor of the Worcester Cataract, died on Wednesday. He was the means of inducing John B. Gough to give up drinking. --.. Mr. Delavan, of Albany, N. Y., sent five handred dollars worth of temperance tracts to . S. Army, is at Kansas, where they wereso little aj that they were sold at action to per tha donee on thein, -... The Hon. Wm. Medill, First Comptroller of the Treasury, who has recently been a sufferer from severe illness, is again able to attend to the discharge of his official duties at the Treasury De- ines his numerous friends will rejoice to learn. -.-- The Philadelphia Bulletin, of yesterday, says: ‘Gen. Walker, the renowned filibuster, reached this city last night at twelve o’clock,and proceeded to the Girard House, where he designs remaining until two o'clock this afternoon, when he will proceed to New York. A number of Philadelphians called upon the distinguished in- dividual this morning. We saw the much-talk- ed-of General, and did not discover that he look- eda bit like a hero. He is a smooth-faced little man. with a cold grey eye. and seems devoid of any feeling whatever.’?’ The Bulletin adds that Walker and party ‘‘will be permitted to leave this city without any public demonstration.”’ GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS. Correspondence of The Star. Groxertown, June 17, 1857. Persons in want of a very superior farm would do well to pay attention to the advertisement of Mr. B. Bohrer, in another column. The one ad- vertised by this pene contains, as will be seen. 160 acres, and is represented to us by disin- terested parties as being equal in every respect to the very best in the section of Montgomery coun- ty where it is located. Its distance from Wash- ington is so short—only twelve miles—with an excellent turnpike road leading all the way thereto. If the purchaser should see fit to do so, he might, in a short time, pay for it by the sale of wood and timber, as about two-thirds of it is ‘covered with the most valuable kinds. If not disposed of before, it will be sold to the highest bidder on the 22d instant. Our rive”, as well as canal wharves, this morn- ing, presents rather an inactive or dull appear- ance. he number of vessels and boats at ther is unusually small. ‘This state of affairs, how- ever, we have good reasons for popieg will not Jong continue. A few more days, if not ing shall happen, and navigation (if we can rely upon the general rumor) upen our canal will be resumed, all the way to Cumberland. and the black dia- monds again begin to make their in) ae ape in largely increased quantities. Thus the sus- pension of navi ston upon the canal has serj- ously injured the Spring and Summer trade of our merchants ; but we have hope that they will be more than compensated by an anusually heavy Fall trade—if the canal shall remain permanent after being pepeeed Our enterprising friend of the Union Line, Mr. Vanderwerken, will turn out on Monday next, one of operat superb og home ever ran on our streets. It is a twenty-four-passenger coach called the Belle of the Unions bd fee beauty of design and excellence of workmanship is unsur- passed. It is designed mainly for afternoon and evening pleasure parties and excursions, and it has been constructed with a apecial eye to the comfort and convenience of passengers. ‘The brick work of the fine new buildi: erect- ed for Mr. John F. Carter, on fee’s Hill, Mr. A. Barbour and W. H. Serames, was to} off yesteiday, The carpenters are also making rapid strides upon their portion of the werk, and we suppose in a month or two more it will be ready for oeupancy, - ‘fhe corner stone of the new Wuilding at the a of the Visitation, is to be Jaid Ina few tvs. - The heaith of our city continues excellent, The soensiee of coming into our market ig unusually fi for the season, consequenth Prices from have considerably advanced. Z4 commands from $4.95 T cord ; but none arriving. LAGRery te morning i and rather dull af our last quotatisas: a eget 7.22. Grain of kind fs , and shane In prices have poss phen I Spectator. NOTICE.—The members of the Good Wil Club are hereby notified that a meeting of th « their Room. on Fits (Wedner- hy YS Ortanoe demande their imme. J. DENT, Pres. S CHURCH, PESTIVAL for peo). a pean Hall, } fotel.) ctivabwill be hed This Af oe ing, comuamicing at 40'el’k. NOTICE.—T! will be a stated meeting of 1 € mit members je ltt First Grand EXC RAION Ugly “Clu db, Horticultural Society at CORFE : Je 15-3 HENRY HOBAN, Treas. Be ny Spe Rodi teeaat cakes Sorter | eran ists for the present J ae anol ex erer. 1s for collection. pay their | Tickets ONE DOLLAR ; to be had of any of the taxes prior to first day of July next, will be al or at the boat, . disco! e the city wharfat : # discount of Six PeyoeRt-sHEKELL, Collector. avy. jard Syn Alegnndn Mme Georgetown, D. C. je 3-im* erty Wart uy : a nd Return = OUNG FOLKS AT nn Seaving the Pavilien ». yocteat Toleot their fovs from the mam- jbo Be Willa, Aoreppeme -.. mein LAMMOND'S. raatrost, | ‘Thomas: Deuham,” J. Aston PUR TLE DORRIT. completes by ci EXcersion ang fae NC Dickens, price 5 cents, for SHILLINGTON’S Book Store, Ebenezer Suni hoo! jert Odeon Buildings corver 434 st. and Pa. y Se 1. OTICE.—All persons baving bought goodsat the Ebenezer Sunday Sebel, Navy Y sale of Samstag & Brother, will please call and | will take place on THURSDAY, te feo WALL & BARNARD.” | SOON ssenidious steamer Gan tt je 17-2 Auctioneers. eccasion, CLOTHING FOR HOT WEATHER. ‘All the new and desirable styles of SUMMER gLoTHiXG, Evens Alpacas. Drilin Dean det’, *, 8 Sy ry foucd'ns the Macula Hal Ghehine Leayonean ch ane cae NOW Pees OAH WALKER & CO. _____ $88 Penn, aveniie, _ at the t boriver ry wn board. nf Vathers rh fi The Pr the return river. Tickets for Adults # of the School 25 cents. FISH! 300 barrels No, 1 Eastern HERRING. ed. Barrels Novi Eastern HERRING saath Hesthatean wel ko eochiommenes tage ae HARTLEY & BRO.. jelt-Iwo Water street. Georgetown. ES & JUNNIMAN, UNraRiES eerook da total bias F, heave fitted mp. thar plopsr-rides wil born n daily ic Ce, tartnitere. aud every. Monday afternoon for those Snglish Quadrilles or sold low on or price ask: WANTED—A BOY wants like to learn a trade. Can read and write. Apply at who wish to engace in the No. 3% 2d atreet, near corner of H street. je fP-at purest Larger to be obtained in the city. NTED—A first-rate COOK, WASHER and ton in two bours. best parlor, at # small ex- HE LARGEST STOCK OF PIANOS. ME- Tee Music. Musical Instruments, and M: liver and gold, taught to perfect Tt can onn bo done th mt Pleas call tnd street west, - 0. 3M 7th i 1 in Washi: City, is - sot Moreno conga yee ee” Rowe. jo16 No. 3°6 Pa, avenue bet. th and loth ats. VW. PERKINSON. JEW GOODS.—H. J. McLAUGHLIN & CO., ANTED —In the famil acentioman remd: have this week received a e lot of FANS, two miles from the city, good plain COC of every style, fresh Perfumery. Baskets, Porte- who can ing recommendations for ski), Monnaés, &c.,at No. 2, between sth and 9th streets. honesty, and cleanliness will find oa situation je 16 and regular wages. Apply to J. P. UTCHETT, IRD CAGES, DOOR MATS, CARRIAGES. | Comer of Sthand Detreets, je tf Combs, Brushes, & t TO PURCHASE—A BRICK jel Mela No bet.8 & 9 ste. E ag an & 18 geome, and OWARD'SSUPREME COURT REPORTS. atone Sete. hy Seek paring HiGiAnDSScPREME COURTREFOI day | $50 in cash, find the balance ineimual fortuimente iT For Saie—O: t t dosimbie BRICK DWELLINGS. sack located witnr tes squares of the Patent jer. One of them can be ey woe! Paying @1,000 in cash, and the balance in 12 corp! "POLLARD WEBB, _ may 14 tf No. 512 (2d story) 7th street. avenue, south side, corner of 9th street, a CHAMBER MAID and WAITER. The waiter a boy of from I6 to 18 years of age. Both must be able to bring satisfactory reo- ommendations, may 14-tf blished. rele FRANCK TAYLOR. LINTON'S ALCOHOL COOK should be in / every family. For sale at jo last y ilward & Son’s exhibition harps and betweens, al! numbers; ‘ket. NEEDLES, put up in Darning, Chenille, Net- DLES, tor sale be et ee 3 T caskets of one hundre Mattress, San, Hi ting, and Knitting N jel6 No. 128 Bridge street, Georgetown. Dieser. OF_ THE MARYLAND REPORTS, by Messrs. Stockett, Merrick, and Miller, Attor- neys at Law ; comprising Gill Reports, nine vols.; Maryland Reports, eight vols.: and Maryland Chan- cery Decisions, four vols.; omplete in one volume ; price tendollars being a continuation of the Digest of Messrs. Norris, Brown, and Brune. a je 16 FRANCK TAYLOR. PECIAL_NOTICE.—Attention is called to the +) Auction Sale of Lots 6,8, 1,and 12, in Square No. 61, D street, between 22d nud 234 streets west. Lot 8 has an Ice-house on it, whieh rents for 50 per year. Lot6a Tenement at 6%, and Lots 11 12 two small Tename: which, whenin repair, rent for $4 and &5 per b, Sale on Friday next, st 6 «'e.ock Pe m. Terms: Oue-fourth cash ; balance in 6, 12. and 18 months. Je 16-3t* PRoposa LS FOR REMOVAL OF GAR- BAGE. LOST AND FOUND. $. 5 REWARD.—Lost or stolen—My DOG ©) Rollo. He ix a Newfoundland, and known generally throughout the city. I, will give the above reward for any informa- tion that will lead to his recovery OUVER . A jes 383 G street, het. lath and 15th. OST.—On Saturday last, between 12th street, L New York avenue, and the Pension ‘Office cee r of massive oid fashioned GOLD SPECTA- LES, without case. The finder will receive a lib- eral if left at room No. 97 Pension Office. ja 15-8t* N2. 1CE.—Warrant 67,034, for 160 acres, was issued under act of Febroary Ith, 1847, to my brother, Robert Hamilton, deceased, on the 2d De- comber, 1849, aud as said Warrant is supposed to have been lost, or improperiy held, the publicis cautioned Pay buying the same, as I have filed a oavent in General Land Offi ce to arrest the issuance of » seas ond, er sin Sppbeation ot = pane will to ension ce for a duplicate warrn: “nay 2-Iaw6w JOHN HAMILTO: D.—Strayed or stolen, on th ry fine large white and red orns ; had on the neck a collar with the name of Dr. Boyle, with the No of house and street on it. The above reward w li be given for information that will lead to discov: ry or return of the Cow. 1S BOYLE, 43s street. je 15-32* CORNE M's, BOW 1E’S Boarding-House, located i the wellknown and healthy village'of Brookville, Montgomery county, Md., will be ready te receive Summer BOAR DERS for'a few months. commenc- ing from the Ist of July. je 15-2" M&S. E. BAGBY’S (inte Miss Keecu) Boarding I Mayor's Orrior. t Washington, June 15, lay. Proposals will be received at this office until Wed- ne: 1? the stant, at i2o0’cluck m., for the re- moval of Gar é, in carts properly constructed for that purpose. for one y rar. end: nthe 3 tnday TJaneustondersuel regulations if - by ope payee ol of ee posited In su ce As the Cor dest nate, and to be collected dail April to tne Ist of Decembe: during the re missioner may from the Ist of r, and three times a week ler of the term. Furst District, Begining at the intersectioa of 17th street and Pennslvania avenue, running down I7th street to New York avenue, along said avenue to E street, along that street to 23d, with the course of 22d street tek street, down 1 rast oa po yg oe sylvania avenue, eace to reet, Street to’ath,down 2ith to L, along L to 17th, thence to the beginning. Seconp District. That portion of the First Ward east of 17th street, and the Second Ward between G and N streets. Tuirp District. That portion of the Second Ward south cfG street. Fourtu District, The Third Ward soath of New York avenue, Firts District. Commencing at the corner of Tenth atreet and New York avenue, along Tenth street to O street, along O to New Jersey avenue, Ni avenue to H street,nlong H street to b street, along Seventh street 1o New York avenue, down New York avenue to Tenth street. Sian Distescr. ‘That portion of the Fourth Ward south of H street and west of New Jersey avenue, and the Fith Ward west of New Jersey avenue north of Pennsy|- vanisevenue: sevenra Distercr, Ain pn ng SP gh yg re east, a Avenue, including both sides of tho streets aad avenue. 2 Eieats Distxict. The Sixth Ward. Nintit Distict. The Seventh Ward. Proposals will be received for each district sepn- rate and wil state the price, and but one price, for the wears po more than one district will be to idual or firm. “jets W!'B. MAGRUDER, Mayor. N CONSEQUENCE OF THE PATRONAGE BOARDING. House, No. 325, south side Penn. avenue, four ‘senst of 7th street, Washington, will accommo date families and single persons with BOARD on Sccoramodating terms. ____i#3-e0lm* RS. TES, AT HER BOAR DING- N Hots E, On southeast corner of Penn. Avenue and 9th street. has made ements to ‘accomm. a large mumber of stran ers with Mesis st any time throughout the day, and =. mar 3 THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF THE WASHINGTON Ho FicunTuraL so ss es oF the best collestion of Cut Roses... For the best twelve blooms... . ‘or the best centrepiece...” ssceeeee s3¢ 33 which the public has bestowed on us. peda = pected Hoonlerse our st of Music ai usical Mer 4 arranxements with Mr. Schoeneberger in Paris. and Schots & Sons in tay ence. we will sell Foreign trp to dealers professors on the most reason- 6 terms. Our Catalogue, comprising over five Pe rica ty tote now ‘completed, and to be at ne Music 5 Strings, best quality, vary cheap in bundles, Violins, Guitars, Eisenbrandt’s Flutes, iolieelios, Brass Instruments, et, Our stock of Haoon & Raven's and William Mil- ler’s celebrated Pianos wi be completed again in a few days, which we will sellon the most reasonable terms and give the best city referenca, Music Depot, corner of lith and Eons. Avenue. je 16 - _W.G.METZEROTT. 7 OKE NECK SHIRTS MADE TO ORDER !— Y STEVENS 1s-prepared to receive orders for Shirts, and to make them ht, Also. full assortment of Shoujder Seam Shirts always on. Buyi lusively for cash, pred oars 3th Ta RN I 8 attenti 2 Fite of tetas stahior ti tak tif y'on Tth street See ienanee Foor ait Coren thorns stdaof ith oe pote Monae north, unety- ailey, which will inks Ronee . rt SES OBES Be on ioe ISDA stant. irther part: lars see je 6-4 A. GREEN, Coat '-COALIL-OCOAL!!! ¢ have just received one superior fcOx « td ‘en oe aoe - We also e A rior WHITE and RED ABH COMI retake ter Persons ‘wanting Coal ill save from 25 to 59 cents t t Tiga pairs eta Soe etastee between a ah a a Ss es ag an Seeees 2 erti itt Be avai ded tomy uctioneer. above le. = “as must be deposited t . ben oents. JOHN WATT, a4 . Chairman Com. Ay pit a z CADEMY OF MUSic f Cor. of ith st. and Pa.are., Parnkam’s Book stor:. poser of upward of 8 sons, mga euth Cnet 8 M: vourneen,” re bers enrolled every day, as no % ions oo- during the Summer monthe—THI ABON, asic, We vessel, ooBiarieiaieiN, OA, wt MICKORY je 16-3 : mT Seer td tired ohare Har at De RRIACK oy wie Sh: r room: treet, hetween ISth and l4th ste.. on WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 1th inetant, | 20 THE vast ret ter ete 7 Lg gy at 7 e’olock. W. HUGHES, members of the (handsome ad take grest pleasure in moing te — RY Peres | {ROH old snd numerous frsends, end, ns Sot - y Ni ).—Persons wblic ia general, that vi ne intebeed es ity iN eee to RReret the safe and comaetloes steamer Groce @ payment to the Tr fore t July. | Wastixo ton and will vive their PIRST GH AND At that time all unsettled tai whl be placed in the XCURSION tothe WHITE HOUSE PAVIL- is of a collector. ~ 1R5T. ed for the ment Till be in the hands cf The Annual EXCURSION | PIC-NIC of ® i has been . Nis‘to be held af Feet Washington on of the boat from a pieasure trip down the cents; Children not members ie 15-3t* Situation where he will make himeelf useful ina Hotel. He wou'd German Waltzes. will find an opportunity te do ro E BOY from 16 to ®ycars of ace, there.” Weber's and ns Lown engaged for the son- Wie Gen aa hm diese biti: ill be m endance. s, te >» ot 007 « *“Pher have on hand and constantly oki sd lithand I ~ hed ‘Je tome SHILLINGTON | HAS™ RECEIVED PUT | WAROR DR Ati Re COOK, WASHER and +9 nam’s Magazine for July. come well recomme: can find a good pines. as! Grahain's Magazine for July. liberal wages. None need seply unless the abovs Ladies’ National Magazine for July. qualifications are complied with. Callat No. 4a E Ballou’s Dollar Monthly for July. street. hetween &th and 7th. je 15-1w* New_York Journal for July. ee ee 9 The creat oper Brother Jonathan for the 4th of ul ull of aliust = Allthe Newspapars. Magazines, and qverything in salen 8” TOR SHILLINGTON SS | peat ildi ANTED—Both LADIES and GENTLE- j Bookstore, Odeon Building, = | VY ARTA D Both LADIES and GENTLE: PY bors 475 strest and Uene-sviwee._ | scnmatel Asin oeniie tee eon oe lors and saloons. Also, every style of Letterins in