Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1857, Page 2

WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. | We informed him that we should not dis; of | as to the rates of postage, &c., will soon be it for aless sum than we had estimated it at, published. EVENING STAR. viz : $90,000; at which price he accepted it, and WASHINGTON CITY: : we closed acontract forthe same.” Tax Comaissioxersmp or Parents.—We WEDNESDAY . +. August 19, 1857 publican party journals are evidently bent 0D | These facts we believe to be sufficient to sat- apprehend that the only considerable office just I ~ | making political capital out of the recent neces. | isfy all not disposed to find fault with the | at this time being contended for at this point is SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. | ®**Y Sale, by the Government, of Fort Snelling | present administration because it is a Demo-} the Commissionership of Patents; and, further, The Union is to-day devoted (editorially) for | ®°4 thé reservation adjoming it, it may mg well | cratic party administration, that the Secretary, | that as yet the President has by no means de- the most part to Kansas affairs. The editor | ° €*Po8e, promptly, the very little groun be and the commissioners also, have throughout | termined who he will appoint to the position. argues to show that, under the leadership of | have to stand on in this matter ; to show, from | this transaction duly protected the public in- | Sach are decidedly the signs outside of the Ex- James Lane, the Republican party of the Ter- | the record, that their treqhendous ee, con- | terest; realizing more for the Government by | eoutive mansion. It is generally understood ritory are not only organizing themselves into | C'ing it, meang neither more bad less than an | far, than cotld-have been otherwise obtained. | that the following ate the gentlernen’ who have @ military foree, but arming, to overthrow the | °#rt to malign character of the gentlemen | 4 5»roy0s—We may not inappropriately add | been pressed for the office, viz: Mr. Edmund “despotism”? of the Government of the United they assail on the — Secretary of here, that the current efforts of the Republican | Burke, of N. H; ex-Senator James, of R. I; States, as that exists among them. War and the agents conducting the sale on the | party press to get up. misunderstanding be- | Judge Sherman, of Mich; Judge Palmer, of The Intelligencer describes the recent cele- | @oFernment’s behalf—in order to strengthen | tween the Secretary of War and his predeces- | Conn.; and Col. George W. Hughes, of Md. bration in Boston, England, in honor of the Rev. | ‘¢ Republican party cause—“ bleeding Kan- | sop, relative to the Wool sword, bas already | Sundry others have been named on Penasyl- John Cotton, who figured 20 prominently in the — being no longer'a winning card. A stand- proved abortive: ’ vania avenue in connection with the office, early history of New England ecclesiastical af. | 1% !8¥ makes it obligatory on the Government |" Always “on. the lay” for opportunities to | though it is hardly probable thateither of them | to sell all military sites or such parts thereof 98 | bring ncensations against Democratic function- | has been urged by his friends on the appoint- eas George, removed. Compensation, $375 per annum. F Appo. ry a Rovure Acext.—E. P. Ca- wood, of Bri: Tenn.,has been appointed an additional Route Agent on the East Tennessee and Virginia railroad, between Bristol and Knoxville, Tennessee. & : PEESONAL. «++. Cliristy’s Minstrels made their first appear- atce at the St. James’ theatre, London, on the 3d, and met with fair suceess. --.. John M. Bates, of Va., Hon. D. E. Sickles, Hon. W. F. Russell, and Hon. John Cochran, M. C.’s elect from New York, are at Willards’. «-.. John B. Gough, the Temperance lecturer, is about to visit Scotland, and travel over the ground recently occupied by Neal Dow. +... Robson, the celebrated serio-comie actor «f the Olympic Theatre, London, is about to visit this country, professionally. ;--- The Rev. Charles Spear, the ‘“ prisoner's ”?. paid a visit to the New York on = y, and conversed with many of the in- ‘es. -+24 The Baltimore Clipper refuses to put at the head of its columns the name of Mr. Seyster, the candidate of the American party, in Baltimore, for the office of Judge of the Court of Appeals. --». Mr. M. F..A. Delane, whosedeath in Eng- land on the 29th ult., has been widely noticed in consequence of his reported connection with the London Times, it a} irs, is not the editor, but the father of opts of that journal, whose AN CONCERT SALOON, et RES EY Bate. it Bind Ge EES fer aES iter Re Ina of ‘and P Deets, pat eR EXCUESIONS, &. ‘ GRAND civic & MINITARY EXCURSION Washington Yagers, TO THE WHITE HOUSE PAVILION, On MONDAY, Avgust 24th, le. the. pobbe, that reach fe a ecaien will piace as above stated. The fine steamer G ee a as ny ED become nseless for public purposes. Fort | aries, not long since they seized on what struck ing power. It is generally believed, for satis- U7 The Summer continued, at last dates from | Snelling having become simply an incumbrance | 4 as a foolish letter from General Wool to See- factory reasons, that Messrs. Burke and James England, without a single day of cloud or rain, | to the War Department, (for it is no longer on retary Floyd, acknowledging the accompanying | are out of the question, and that the fact that ee ee oe oe —-s the frontier, it will be remembered,) Maj. Seth | the sword recently presented to that officer, | Col. Hughes is not a lawyer is destined to weigh errr easy supe laa be ahead ‘et Eastman, U.S. A., and Mr. W. K. Heiskell, of | in which very characteristic reflections were | heavily against the prospect of. his selection, a her eternal rin toicsie and she takes our clear, | this city, were not long since selected as agents | huried at Jefferson Davis; and by garbling the | thorough knowledge of patent law having here- dry atmosphere. ; t make the sale, under the following letter of | correspondence they essayed to make it appear | tofore been regardgl as necessary to be pos- instructions—the details of which, as thecandid | that the Secretary—rather than Gen. W.—was | sessed by the Comm! r of Patents. Visrr of Narotxox axp Evornie 70 Vict0- | reader will pereeive, do infinite credit to its | the author of the veritable aspersions upon the | We write of this contest without ever having ee ae pashan yeni pepo author's cautiousness in the transaction of the | conduct of his predecessor, in which Wool in- | had the advantage of a peep behind the scenes London Times, in a leader on the-visit of the | Public business, as well as to his determination | guiged. ‘The prompt publication of the whole | where the struggle for the place is going on. So the of Cet. Garepe. tavin tons oe for tne ne i ay her whart as fol ta.end2-p. im. Returning at 6 .m. een me, the 8.8, m. boat will stop at the Kary Withers’ Brass and String Band has been en kets ONE DOLLAR for a gentleman ant eS POLE, hes teens, : +++. The Queen of England has recently been living in — with the soldiers at ‘Aldeyabott, Emperor Nopoleon, says : £ to be around the sale every conceivable safe- | correspondence showed thesmendacity of their | the reader will please comprehend us as saying pe on jpn oregon Leet aga ne covermes ed TPE TOUNG CATHOLICS Paik «Just now that the sovereigns of Northern and | guard: effort, in proving that nothingcould have been | here only what is currently said and thought vailed during a part of the time she was ther. aSiery »of © corgtown, wih cive © oi Ean dhemaitentnee ot Helene | goatee AR DETARTMENE, May 2. 5%, | farther ffom Secretary Floyd's mind than in| coeeraing it among thoe in Washington who | Fusve weredrand reviews tnd sham Aghinuotay, | $eAteaqeyge "ress oo WHUNES ise vi a s e ¢ y 5 s . . visit of a great ally, who has so much in common | instructed to visit in person the military reserva- | that correspondence to cast a reflection on Gen. | speculate habitually in conversation over every ae Bed hares with all the various of Sa nae feture adv 9 with ourselves, is specially opportune. A meet- | tion made by the Executive at Fort Snelling, in | Davis. such contest for federal office. au 18-3t* ing between the two great Western Sovereigns is | the Territory of Minnesota, and examine and as- --.. Mr. George Peabody, of London, sails to- day in the Persia for England. Since his arrival in this country he has visited twenty-six States of the Union, and has contributed not less than half a million of dollars for the establishment of ular literary and charitable institutions. It is Mr. Peabody’s intention, if his health will permit, to Teturn to this country three years hence. .... The New York Tribune says that a book doubly welcome It will show the European | certain how far it has been made valuable by Our friend of the Mississippian, however, a7 ‘wotdl that an sitieace Which hes keen distin. | Government improvements Also, whether there | ere seeing the explanation, took fire at the ver- | AN Epirortat Caaxce.—S. D. Ave, guished by such glorious success is as strong as | are any actual bona fide settlers upon the reserva- | sion of the matter got up by the Republican Esq., by an arrangement with the proprietor of ever, and that France and England will still pre- | tion who have made valuable improvements - the | that journal, has become sole editor of the serve, by their union, the stabilit y of Europe.”? the eon, and who settled there with the expecta- | newspapers, and opened his batteries on the Dunc uslenninn: ates kee te soley ae tion, superinduced a; the action of the Govern | Secretary; whereupon, there arose a universal syleanian. r i trod: A Workixe Powers or Txs PREsiDENT.—A | ment agents, of having the pre-emption right shout in abolitiondom, that longs so to get the | Very evident that he is a forcible, graceful and Washington correspondent in a letter to the | €xtended to them; and whether, under all the 9 well-informed political writer, and that his pen, Geno EXCELSIOR EXCURSION * BY TUR Washington Light Infantry, NORFOLK, 7S MOUTH, CHESA- PORTS PEAKE BAY, &. TheINrantry take pleasure m announcing, that atthe er i many —_ 8 ‘des Sea trons, they will rey u very Putininctory and sucotesfal EX CUI cireumstances, they should be allowed to pur- | Democracy fairly by the ears. Their joy, how- ublisher, who, for about two years, carried on Philadelphia Press, speaking of the President, chase not exceeding 160 acres each, covering | ever, ig destined to be short-lived, for, by this | Consequently, will add greatly to the strength ee in Broadway, in connection with @ | SIGN of last year, thus presenting & proceamme un writes : their improvements, at the Government price of ° . and influence of that journal. From his first Western house, recently made his —_ pearance | surpassed or excelled im sis attractions—Tihe Poto “As Mr. Buchanan attends to all important | $1 25 per acre. time, the whole correspondence must have ; ‘ z Matters himself, giving even to details bis person « Upon the above points you will report to this coached the editor of the Mississippian, and bow to the public we make the following brief al attention, 7 will Crd gh = xtotlmary he | Department as ——< ri ae after — have satisfied him, as well as all other Mississippi extract, by way of showing that he stands fairly has returned from Bedfor a. ri long | obtained the desired information, so that you . *, ‘inci and active life he has been remarkable for a rege may receive further instructions in regard there- | friends of ex-Secretary Davis, that the offensive | 824 squarely upon the great principle on which between sunset and eunrise, leaving guite a num- ber of his brethren of the square compass in the lurch to a considerable amount. Since his departure, as itis believed for the ‘ould coun- thry,”’ it has been ascertained that, but a short mac River. Majestic Bay, Ok nt Hyxeia Hotel avd Visitors, the extensive tion Fortress Monroe, 3 Raps, Norfolk, Ports- mouth, Gosport Navy Yard. Sip of line Peunsyl- vainin, new steam frigate Colorade,Dry Dock, Naval fort, ifien- a Hospital, &c., &c. lar habit of increasing toil. Even in his retire- | to. ry allusions to him by Genoral Wool were entirely | the Democracy are to conduct their contests for | time before his sudden exit, he att ed a felo- | ‘The comfort and pleasure of their patrons will re- ment at Wheatland he was aclose student and an * You will sell all that part of the reservation A ast : nious assault upon a highly respectable married | ceive particnlar attention. early riser. During his residence at the British | not included In any tract to which an actual set. | uncalled for by anything that Secretary Floyd | the next quarter of a century at le lady of that city. ‘The fear of its consequences, | Rules for the preservation of good order 4 + bei fi i ‘i ralleled prosperity as a nation is be- Court he performed the heaviest duties himself. | tler may have a just claim, either at public auc- | had written; being simply just such things as| |“ Our unpai The neutber of letters and papers he writes with- | tion, after giving due notice in the principal pa- | 31) the weet eed expect from @eneral care oe et ete grest out the aid of an amanuensis now, is legion | pers in the Northwest, or at private sale, in tracts é e pe as Oe ee = Reading hotel pent maar and giving to every | or lots of 40 acres each, so as to enable persons of | Wool’s pen, against any and everybody who bone ned m7 es ro ico ont fers rs oo gees subject prompt carefal analysis, he is a won- | small means to purchase, or in whole, whichever, | may seem to stand in the way of the gratifica- ping: ; it is umed, hastened his departure from New 3 a , fe and commodious steamer Pownatan York: having been chartered will leave her whart PRI DAY, August the 2ist.at 2 p.m.and arriveat Norfolk on Saturday 10 a,m., and return to Old Point at 5 Y. M. F. W. A—Meet at your hall THIS Wednesday) EVENING, August 19th, 1857, y 4 .m., And remain there until the time for the depar- 4 2 i ‘ position. Whether Kansas shall be a free or a ¢ : jn ior W. “ Tetie af Misr wit thes tacts fete comecteea | eat entaee! oes Srsuperacre, Mt!" *1- | tion of his so amusing mania for the Prosidency; | slave State, will soon be decided, and upon a Be clock: By order ofthe wepstDENT. fare CT OR Ts With him. Rising almost at dawn, and toiling |“ You will examine Fort Snelling. with refer- | for the vagaries of which, we aro very sure, ex- | Principle established by the Democratic. party, THE REGULAL MONTHLY MEET- | ,,AS0p¢70r Band of Music is eneared-and the ser- late, he gave to his office conscientious fidelity | ence to its being retained as a military depot for | secretary Davis from his own experience knows | memorable c@npainn. That principle clearly Jem Of the Washington Horticultural Society | Tice8 ol Mr. J. C. Reynolds, ofthe Ei Dorado House, and patience, which have marked his career from | the use of the Government. If you should deem ry Pe Santas cur (ie Gree Gr. fal and Constitye | Will take place on WEDNESDAY EVENING, | "PY'0 Sleopine no ions will be provided. the day when, nearly forty years ago, he took his } it necessrry for such purpose, you will reserve | well, no perfectly sane man should be held ac- | Po peac al the 19th instant, at Mr. Coreoran’s Building. on street, between 3th and 14t] streets, at 7 o'clock. ‘he premiums awarded at the late exhibition will be paid on Wednesday evening by the Treasurer. au 17-3t WM. HUGHES, Seo. VOCAL MUSIC.—C. L. IRVING returns many to his music loving friends and patrons for favors during the past winter and spring, and announces his Vi Music classes — p- ng Acoommodst: Umnuiboses wil leave the Navy Yard and With the Boat. Gapieol Bl, ant Js, O'Donnell, Drageints Navy utol Hull. > 5 ard, oF of the committee ‘and company,or on the at. Single Tickets THREE DOLLARS ; centieman and lady Shand $1 for each additional lady ; ser- vants $1. To Piney Pot 81 9, Linear tele ta segeaation at — SSSR ENP“ erea! ras ween ie free and siave of Mus. Cvlmibawit—‘¥in Now Wak Tines Comair sou expteerte mnie Ceneran of the | _Ruaonen Seizure or tux Istaxp or Fon- | the Confederacy, and with this compassand rud- says that District Attorney Hall has taken efficient | Teserve which extends over a graveyard aud | xosa py Usitep States NAVAL Forces.—The cer aol ge fit tates uae measures to prevent any person from visiting os, Metonzieg. tetese cree Oye ee day, im these fast times, is rarely without its sen- either Dr. Catlin or Mrs. Cunningham, during inv 95 bere but allow Ha ime to remain in the | sationevent. That of this veritable nincteenth Tue U. 8. Fricate Mississirr1.—The fol- their confinement in the City Prison, for reasons | pow: : seat in the natioual councils.” from sale the buildings and such lands as you | gountable. m: at ance Hali closed until TUESDAY EVENING Committee of Arrangements. ; : PRED : tember it , "clock, at which time and place, | Capt y. Davis. r . F. Tueker, ——_ ——— vere cncrenwant it 's awe be used or disposed of for any other purposes, modore Armstrong (in command of the U. 8. | frigate Mississippi, that sailed yesterday from iSvening and Nicht Classen {or Indios and fenomen Seyeennt fan. Coleman, Serecait B FE Boos hat messages were ontinua! ssing from her “ of Y ie i ‘hi i " ‘4 ii ii will an: 5 ie esiring a thorou: cdward no! bs. Or . cell to that occupied by Mr Enel yes Proc Lam, respectfully, ging pee servant, squadron in the Chinese seas) has seized the | New York for the East India (Chinese seas) Re ey En ane ener — Ed seceitea ‘ poral . is now allowed to see her without aspecial order | « Major Ser Eastaax, CoS AW. | Island of Formosa. It reached the United | station. Vis: no. MeNamec,, ticing upon Glees, Choruses, &c., can be gratified Surgeon W. B. BUTT, Treasurer. from Mr. Hall, she cannot place herself in com- a Es F z 2 Ati " .. Te _ | by uniting with these classes. 7" Members of the Contributing Roll of th munication with any person so as to defeat or im- teats pater Bice Seas orm a serived Commander, Robert B. Hitchcock ; Lieuten Terms. 22 lessons, $5. to Schools and Acade. | Company wiil call upon Capt. Davis for Complimen- pair the ends of justice. Acting under these admirable instructions, on | 2t New York on the day before yesterday. ants, Richard Wainwright, Thos. M. Crossan, instructions giving to Schools s cade- | tary Tickets to the Excursion. Ce ee ee se Pepoinatg ins the 10th of June last they reported the sale as A letter in the New York Daily Limes tells | Henry N. T. Arnold, Wm. Sharp and 8. Liv- Sas that her physician, Dr. Fisk, says thatshe | having been made to Mr. Franklin Steele, long te story inteliaty; ths eel aati = atta *| ingston Breeso; Surgeon of the Fleet, D. 8. is nearly all right. the settler at the post, for $90,000. That is, at U.S. Frac-suir Sam Jac Edwards; Passed Assistant Surgeon, Albert Of her acquittal on this new charge she ex- 0 i : Hit ahed oh led Schriver; Assistant Surgeon, Delavan Blood- Presses entire confidence. Her character, she | ® Tate per acre—$12.00—1uch larger than was | _I stated in my letter of May 25, that there wasa | § > Assis spe Raccti = Says, will show forth white as the drifted snow, | ever before obtained by the Government for any fone on ae wetzure of She ice ey ay ae good; Purser, A. A. Belknap ; Chief Engineer, saeaioe row would be as white an suelciria | Considerable military reservation; the highest | omiciaiio whieh as yet very little publicity has | Robert H. Long; First Assistant Engineers, 8 in the city. She decries the newspapers, and | Previous sale of the kind having been at| been given—I learn the following additional | D. Hibbert and C. H. Loring ; Second do., John eir — also, private instructions in Singing and upon e Piano. A pplication can be made to Mr. I. through the post office or at the music stores of Metzerotte. BALTIN n G "he very : EAN aad WATER ICES at $150 per callon, delivered to ° any part ofthe city. Also, on hand 6% different kin’ of Cakes, and finest inthe city, which I will sell 8 au 13-S.Ta,WATh HIRD PLEASURE EXCURSION To OLD POINT, PORTSMOUTH, & NORFOLK, The steamer MARYLAND will leave Washington hn totheabove August i. 9. ving at x next Point. where she wil remain untel 6 0’elock facts. ‘They are perfectly reliable * : i: . | for 5 cents. Come one, come all and give me a call. affording ample time to visit Hani Fortress Talia oceans roger Mave | 87.20 per acre. Wo proceed to quote portion | "ig ttc nalaie aide” Cap 4. D, Sims, | Holins and J. F. Lambden; Third do, Boon | PSsate rice Wau peeucinergs Cp Ge she told him she had Dr. Catlin under her thumb | Of their report showing how they carried out | of the er States Marine al : ezer Hoyt, Wm. L. Walters, Chariton aoa Late Foreman at Weaver's, os Norbitend Portaeute Navy he i 7 ir ii ii f H the San Jacinto—was mysteriously missing, gone | and John Johnson; Gunner, Wm. Arnold; Car- -1m* ? el. 4 . ae oe iamorye A ares ne ope their instructions and the difficulties they had nobody bnt our pitistear haber hare” nena ; A 3 JSyZ-im* Opposite Browns’ Hotel. Naval Hospital, Yard, 5 &o. tu * the Maryland will leave Norfolk for Washingtou Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. ‘The table will be nbpasnatis eaogviod with all the svori time of the marriage, will, she says, be thor- to contend with, growing out of the intermin- | understood after a few weeks thst he had been | Peater, John Green; Sailmaker, David Bruce. ICE CREAM AND WATER ICES, of the oughly exploded when she is put upon her trial. | 2ble disposition of speeulators to combine to | detailed for duty; where and for what kind was | Passed Midshipman Francis M. Ramsey, now families, parties, a quality, Caps ey) ITs, excursionists, E er ion, HILADELPHIA. ICE CREAM DE STEERS = tot known only to the elect. It is now ascertained ‘i also delicacies of the Washington folk market; Mysterious Affair in New Jersey—A Woman Prevent the Government from realising more that his entaciees were to proceed to Formosa, | 7 — enaee ee rte corner 12th and F streets. o teine’ Good Music wil! be in attendance. 7 ~ Buried in the pata than its minimum price for ordinary Govern- | and in the city of Fungshan hoist ag apna join this ship as her Master. COLLaaGs Daa aes Ps fi — | hehe round trip, @6 os ‘a th H » jag and take formal possession ofthe island. 7 . eman . ‘The New York papers have a new “ horror” in i = salar rind of thei t: tt is to be held as an indemnity for tie losses sus- Tae Unitep States Steaw Frigate Mer- NOTICE TO TAX PA Falg iS eat ic mart WM. MITCHE! the shape of a mysterious burial, which took spriosi-dbp ch: Ourse of their report:) | tained by American citizens during the present | piyac_—The following is a list of the officers SOS RP ROMP TP ay ATE Te No- on Su Sean ; ‘* Agreeably to your instructions of 25th May | war. Ours being the prior claim will of course ii < = Lar ae ee ee | lait, wre have visited und carefully examined the | he reapected by the contending parties, be they | ordered to this chip, soon to sail from Boston, to se, Shrewsbury, N. J. As two | military reservation ut this place, and the im- | English, French or Spanish, all of which Powers | take her place as the flag ship of our squadron gentlemen, Messrs. Baun and Bradway, were provements thereon, made by the United States | may have a finger in this pie. * Pacifi hie bi strolling along the shore, they noticed a small | and citizens. We find that those made by the | ‘This step has given the English authorities | in the Pacific, to be commanded by Capt. Jno. sail-boat throw out her anchor and land four pas- Government were for military purposes, and | in China huge satisfaction, as,every successive | C. Long, viz: mostly of such a nature as to render them almost | step towards further collision with the Chinese e \F + Li sengers, one of whom carried a shovel. As there | Yalucless for any other. ‘The fort and out-bulld. | doce, Tuts, in my opinion, is a wise step to. | _ C*Ptain, Wm. C. Nicholson; Lieutenants, R. ‘Was something singular about their movements, | ings upon the reserve were erected many years | wards securing our rights in China, and a safe | N. Stembel, Thos. Pattison, A. F. Warley, Jno. they were closely watched. They proceeded to See, St, owes te fae agar sitesi, they | way of vee sure of seeanerat ieee for our los- | @. Sproston, Henry Erben; Acting Master, G. , could not have n built with any great degree | ses Should we seek territor! uisitions in g . = ee — as woe reas omy —— of permanency; which, with the great lapee of | this partof the world, no more desitable portion | Bacon; Surgeon, John L. Fox; Passed Assistant time since their erection, leaves them now ina | of the Chinese Empire could be+e zed upon than | Surgeon, D. B. Phillps; Assistant Surgeon, P. Twoof the party returning to the boat took thence very dilapidated condition.”’ Formosa—rich in’ mineral and agricultural & mahogany coffin, handsomely mounted, and So the improvements made by the Govern- wealth, its valuable coal mines, make it «coveted | *: Wales; Purser, Thomas B Nalle; Chief En bore it to the spot where the oth digyi - spot with the maratime nations of the world. It | gineer, Robert Danley; Ist Assistant do. T. A. int others were digging. | ment (which, by the by, were erected man: y ane Of course the curiosity of th 'Y | isonly within a few years that its resources have | Jackson, V. Freeman; 2d do., L. A. Williams, es ERE Guriosity of those on the watch was | years ago, when the locality was far west and | become known, owing to the hostility and exclu- . : not diminished by these operations. Out of the | 25%n of the settlements, oad therefore | Siveness of its people, who are Chinamen. l- | R- M. Bartleman; 3d do., Wm. P. De Sanno, J. hole which was dng the four men raised a human | 2° sinenss; and were therefore | ready there is a profitable trade carried on be- | H. Warrington, B. C. Bampton; Boatswain, R. LOST AND FOUND. tice is hereby given that the Taxes for the year 1857 are now due, and payable at this office, and that a deduction of 10 per cent. is allowed by Inw for the current year paid on or before the i5th day of Sep- ere ee JAS. F. HALIDAY, _¥ 2%-eotf Collector. lem a ‘ain credibly informed that a in REWARD.—Strayed or etolen from the scriber’s residence on Boundary st. between 7th and i4th streets. on the 17th in. stant, a large RED COW, branded on the; neck with the letter O ; she bad a bell on. and re thed on her horns. The above reward will be lor her ostmee to me, HENRY au AME TO THE PREMISES OF THE SUB seriber, near Rock Creek Church, a, small sized COW. The owner csn have her by proving property and paying for thy advertisement. aule-st* M. WALKER. IVE CENTS REWARD.—Kan away from the subscriber, an indentured apprentice, named ROBERT H.NES, about 17%: years of age. All rsons are warned agaiost hiring or harboring sa.d + 8s the law will be four enforced on ali such. oung man has been imposing upon citizens e Northern Cities, by procuring money on the representation that he is my son. I take this means to caution the public against the impostor. I have but one son living, who resides in California. ISAAC BOLLA ND, Assistant Door-Keeper U.S. Senate. Washington, lath August, 1857. au I7-eeSt NOTICE.—The President and Directors of \ Georgetown College hereby warn all persons not to trespass on any of the College walks or ands,ou pain of being dealt with according to we = order of the President : igi i 5 5 ‘reas! a RU 3 ‘ body, wrapped in blankets, and placed it in the originally rude indeed,) gave no earthly addi- | tween foreigners i China aud its people, and it | McDonald; Gunner, Wm. Burniece; Carpenter, Eo heel it coe | _nu 18-3" Marble Works. igh ab EY 4 coffin. tiadal valns to the property oe property, snd as | on!y noods developing to make ft invaluable. Of | > iwhccapson; Sailmaker, J.C. Bradford. IGHEST PRICE GIVEN FOR OLD PI- AKEN UP, on the 17th instant, a stray COW t this point a milital st its value had departed before it es a a ANOS in exchange for new, ANDCALF, ‘The Cow ts a dark red A point Mr. Baun came forward, and ad- aid zy as The island in question has long been used as au 19 JOHN F. ELLIS. | line back, with s mottled head and free. dressed the man who seemed to take the lead in | was directed tobe sold. In truth, itis valuable Crericat CaangEs.—The following clerical | —"— Sparen < é The Calf 1s about four weeks oid. ‘The owner Wi lease call, prove ty. charges, aud take them awn — ecstid ELIAS E. BROWN, ‘Au 17-3t® 8th st. west, between H and I. 200 REW AR D.—Ranaway from the subseri- S ber, living aie Mariborota, rine ‘e's coun! +» OD 29th Apri, NEGRO MAN, DAVY GREEN. COAL CLUB 13 NOW FORMING, AND sons who desire to get a superior quality of COAL sta low price Rd vgs wd perdi en nam it ce, wes! je stree! n” E. this week. F. L. MOORE. au 19-e03t (CUMBERLAND Coat. Just received a superior article of comase- * = we t of Chinese penal colony, and therefore the business, and whom the others called ‘‘Doc- | simply for agricultural purposes, and being bar ves e SER : tor.” This ‘Doctor’? stated that the body was | situated in the heart of the great public lands Shin eee sear toe ls oe that of ayoung American girl, who had been a Territory of Minnesota, our wonder is that so f-civilized _ PoP’ Tt i ? : domestic in bis family; that she had been for some high « price was obtained for It, in the face of the half-civilized natives. It is some 15,000 time sick, and that a few days before he had ta- sehd ; - square miles in extent, and lies 90 miles off the ken her out for a sail, But that she died on board | ‘2° fact that within convenient distence any southeast coast of China. the boat, and having his family with him, he quantity of the public domain is to be had for changes have recently been made, viz : Removed—F. Ii. Stickney, of Me., 2d class ($1,400 per annum) clerk in the office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; @. E. Ingle, 3d class ($1,600 per annum) clerk in the office of the Light House Board. "he s e , about 27 years of age, 5 fe 6 inches hig! would not take the remains back, but hem | $1.25 per acre, or very little more indeed, and While there can be little doubt that the) p,omoted—John S. Lewis, vice Ingle, re- pane ea J at eg or | dark mulatto—has a large bushy head, with, - + but gave them | © oe os prevalence of American influence over the 5 j ‘ A will be disp fon thi moda | Whiskers round his face, medium size and down @ temporary resting place in the sand, until he | in tracts of far more convenient size for the | ! land i sos tis ah "i ing f moved ; Geo. H. Biscoe, vice Lewis, promoted ; eee isposed of on Pe MERIER look. He may hire hiinself in the District, where he could make the necessary preparation for her de. | settler. Tne te ereehs 50 Cae Cixbend of neonring for | yy, ‘erguson, vice Stickney, removed aul9 | Yard west ade 4; st., at Canal Tense. has relatives, or make his way to some free State, as he left without provocation. I will give Two undred Dollars, f taken out of the states @i0 t taken in the District, or any other ap of Maryland, and $50 if taken in this county, In either case he m as ; Jnited States its free use for all pu: 8 cent interment. Mr. Baun desired him to stopat | As greatstress is laid by the Republican party | ‘he United 8 SP Gand gee the Ocean House and report what had transpired, press upon the fact that the sale was not made sarettese with po mrad beg doe aoa ‘which he readily promised todo. The Promise, | by public auction, it may be well to show from the necessary naval operations of this Govern- Appointed.—A. G. Browning, vice Stickney, removed ; C. Jordan, of Me., vice |Ferguson, promoted. ANTILLAS AT HALF THEIR VALUB, For Two Werks Oxy. a: BARGAINS !—BARGAINS !!—BARGAINS!! Mantillas former price $16, Sell now for $8, be secured so that I get nim. . s tf WILLIAM J. BERRY. riage np cert the report that to make it in that way was im- isonet yin: Be _ eee we | Consvnares To Be Fituep.—It seems to be mec meg med Leiseg ie ore evel ed iatae informed of the facts, sepeieed ta ieee possible. So, we quote it (the report) further, | 9» art pon China for fete neon a believed around us that the consulatesat Basle, Afantiline cormor price Bt, flail sow fox 91, WANTS. and found that the grave, which was not more | *8 follows : susteined by American citizens in the coun: or] Stitzerland, and Shanghai, China, will be filed | Rismuljas frrmer rice $& Sel Bow or 2) ANTED—By a young, respectable GIRT, a than a foot deep, emitted a most otfensi it ‘* With a view to the best manner of disposing 7s ban in the course Of | ore the close of the current week. &e., &e., &e. Situation to . Wash, or Iron fora small showing that the kody wan fir gone tn deccooe of this reservation, under your instructions, we | the current Chinese war; heretofore, if we mis- —— Cail early and ove the Lergning. t pro's family, o grgo do Chat berwork. Can come well rec~ = t : . ——— 2 em l. ins no ject to it try. sition. Same'at Pricsia tale: ts would na eens naan see eeeemntsis such 4! Appoxtep.—The President has appointed SS rer rere ere ‘Apply at No. 135, corner of thand Ketan Its The matter is in the hands of the Newark au- | be sold at little, if any, over $1.25 per acre.” d oé Charles Lindley, of California, to be Receiver R D—A ANCE RAREL ANTED —A small, convenient HOU thorities, and will probably be thoroughly inves- | Beeause, the commissioners go on to say : Representations of such losses were undoubt- | of Public Moneys at Marysville, Cal., vice P.| Apia’ Hee Peans aos enon Wtrees t. C. F., theengh Washinstos Fox tigated. os Hist by an act of Congress, approved August | €dly made to the last Administration, and were C. Rust, resigned. hg follow arent wa a RET att Dd ANT oS es pe ——$—— i + juper! uf by be jee uJ . hd From Mexico. Fort’ Soclitin cperbaalan ae wee " ee the subject of prompt attention on the part of = coven octaves. used only afew months. I WwW A permanent situation and good wages wil! be case: n joiner them at $125 less than their price seven i A beautilul seven octave Rosewood Piano, iron a rs, for . “The shove Pianos are sold for no fault, but be- longed to families who have removed to the west, them with us tobe told. They are really ‘The New Orleans papers contain accounts from | “uced, and the land sold at Stillwater in 1853. It | Secretary Marcy; and, we have every reason| Tux WeATHER.—The following report of the a . brought only $1.25 per acre. Second, informa- | to believe, of instructions to our representative her for this jing is made from the M Vera Cruz to the 7th and from the city of Mexico y, pe! : ste iP re | weather for morning is je from tl lorse to the 2d instant. Coma regard to biscigmae apd Teertues lane in China and Commodore Armstrong. Yet it | Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution. The principal news of interest, as ever, con- | brought over $1.25 per acre. Third, it was dis- | 40 hardly be that the matter had come toa| The time of observation is about 7 o’clock a. m.: cerns the difficulty with Spain, of which none of | Covered that combinations were being formed to | head. That is, that the negotiation concerning Aveust 19, 1857. given to one who can furnish satisfactory referen- ces. Apply at 448 L street north, between 12th and isth streets. au 19.2t* ORSE WANTED we ® firet-rates bandsome, tron- gray ive years J nd and’ true, for bs id ~ pertoetiy sou! N: or. will ex- ie! ly great bargains. We are prej to give . a Horse or Mare ~ hem! Worth, more : purchase the lands at the ordinary Government | - : - 3 : Se | mre © | suitable fora family. Her only fnult is two. much the papers a {the capital anticipate a speedy or an | rice, and thus defeat the object ofthe Secretary, | it had arrived at a point whereat it was neces- cr , ey ag ered With thom, ‘Sed wll at any “ spirit. Inquire at this office, or at Mr. TAY Ls rived the Sst ult., with important decpuaned for | Which was to obtain, at the very least, $7.50 per | sary to take such a step. However, this is but clear, pleasant. ‘Also; fine second-hacd Piano of Hallet & Davis’ Esblcs.in Georgetown. "out make, for $200, used but eighteen months, and cost Also, two second-hand Chickering’s for $175 each, at the Great Piano Warerooms of JOHN F. ELLIS, Suis 3906 Penn. bet. 9th and 10th streets. CAR D.—The undersigned takes this opportunity of informing his frends and the public that he has taken the W ood and Coal ¥ on 7th street.ad ‘ial the Canal, south le of the bridge, (late m. Stone where he intends Fecpi always on hand’ good sueply of WOOD and COAL. which he will dispose nee tee most terms for the Government, was particularly unsati: tory. ~— ue “Spain continued,”? pA ae the Eitnondieary, 76 One of the commissioners, Mr. Heiskell, in a exact ss — origi i demands, — Sener en letter to the Secretary of War, bearing date fragua, y a > . A . the grounds first taken—not to allow the Spanish June 17th last, says, in further explanation 07 | state of things between this Government and | Wilmington, N convention, and not to give any indemnity to the the difficulties surrounding the due protection | China making such a step advisable. So. eater ©. famil hose assassinated at San te.” ie i i i eee - * - z ‘The same per, doubtless te the degree res the of the public interest in making this sale a: really, the news obtains little credit here, more ae Ga. wr benfiitnl preg arn all toward ar on mixing with the le—to whi eer oP So neenee Se toe cma Me an amicable’ termination of the present trouble | I was entirely unknown—that the subject of mre | Bas been made, the act would be equivalent to | Columbus, Ga. has been arrived at by our latest dates, and the | sale was discussed at the dinner-table and on the | 4 declaration of war against China; and it not | Montgomery, A clear, pleasant. <cloudy : hot. cloudy, cool. ANTED—Ten HOD-CARRIERSand MOR- TER MAKERS. Apply to ALLEN JACKSON, Plasterers, APPT" ALLER WwW ANTED.—A good HOUSE SERVANT. Bad om oom she be ays small nae. None cept such as can La i a mended. "appl "at Shillington’s Bookstore, onrnet 4% street and avenue. an is & ARTED.—Six or eight HOD-CARRIERS. usual wages ¢: rm ‘And none but steady men. ‘Appis fo wis, No. 103 4 ect, Isinud. an opinion of ours. The Washington outside Washingtos, D. world, up to the recent arrival of the Columbia, | Richmond, Me Cc ters was profoundly ignorant of the existence of any Reicien, cash. or to customers. “ the breach bei streets; and the plan of operatio pea i ‘The und ed fiatters himself that an experi- ANT SDIATELY.—a COLORED made wider by the receipt of the late instructions be settled that theflote should being frocn rie ic being known whether such a demand has been ence im t Wood and Coal trade of more than W WOMAN, who Cook, Washer, and from the government of Mexico by Senor Lafra- | $2 50 per acre; and if all the property should be made. Our own opinion is, that the story is| _ The following reports have been furnished by together, offe: » they stated that the price should | fishey, greatly stretched and dressed up, until the National Telegraph line: 8 good Ironer. Good wages will be given. Apply atom The instructions here mentioned are those to | not exceed $50,000. “As we were limited in price Frederick, “a -clear, cool. n street,cornerof llth, an 18 4t* ABORERS WA 7 el THE WASH- seven ears (OV: our of which he has been employed at ihe above yard by its late proprietor) w: hi to select a first-rate article. e = He hopes by fair dealing and strict attention to ‘which we have betore alluded as containing an | to $7.50 per acre, the combination that had the original author of its being would not know | Cumberland = 7 INGTON AQUEDUCT.—To stendy, sober ee sobs a last negotiations we:e formed would have prevented any-sale whatever. his owa bantling. Hagerstown, Md ler, warm. peg pty 4 eee ae ee mem, who work on thes month; the Unite States Gen Lafragua since their sistest wiser ra —_ atication and Sheris eos hehe pthieet in ; A New Posrat Coxvenrion.—We are re- Winchester, ear, Pleasant, eel the yards Seeueine ‘Sem of his continued ie conte per day from 5 to 14 miles np the Canal 12 the meantime, the papers abound in notices | in the public mind against the sale of any I quested to state that a Postal Convention has | Wheeling, Va. -clear, warm efforts to please each and all of the CHELL. rom Washington, D.C... M.-C. MEIGS, one : oes ad igs aie Loren of Vera belonging te the: United States at t more than $1.25 | been concluded between the United States and Maxtinebarg, Le soviet ng tego parom- | _Now is the time to buy your Coal for the coming | gn tg-ty | CoP*ROL Kagineers in ch an of 5 neg ben's Bost respectable men will unite i. Ad ones Republic of Hamburg, the mails | eter wee ay Bt thermometer oo a ae, pe ey tobe eae doh tree tap eecmein hee ASHINGTON aQUEDE Lr Tay? fe the negotiation of « saponin Haro hos rr lang eesti Mae, acre. to be exchanged by means of United States or | at 7 0’clock, meter was 30.156, thermome- | they arrive. Coal delivered to any part of the city, ¢ Washington Aquede MEN. Te bination, bei Hambu: il steam i: di beS ter 67.5». Teached the capital and excited the liveliest inte- | disappointed in their schemes, will, 1 les dep Sag cals | yest. The «Mexican Extraordinary” ; bility, mak eae ron; | tween New York and Ha: . F «We learn by a letter from W esbiadvoa that | be oaly the e complaint of the sale; but it will eee mburg. Lap Warrants.—The financial circular of the complaint of the di: the first injunction of Mr. Forsyth’s Government | taining the property for much lees! teen teevanae > ivan oaeaaee, = ia Np Sveeny, Rivamevorer ee pease ergs 2? 9 arrange: : cerniug the Tehuantepec Lranait graute. ia con: oe Sige aa eed = ——* — re-| the single letter of half an ounce or under ad asa Warrants continue dull. Sympathisi Benjamin, United States Senat ness, Hon. Mr. & private | prepayment optional, and two cents each with the New York market, prices have droppe ‘eater of the Louisiana Courien aud ME. Lasere, sale, and that only, under tho circumstances, sti : ic de leave New i newspapers, prepayment required; and the down 4 cents per take ae aos Soo to ba boar cecal, The instructious | W@# the only means left to the commissioners to | rates to all countries and places beyond Ham- eee ene an re d and 2240 Ibs. to the ton. steady Workmen, Laborers, Drilers, Blasters, 19-St Masons, worse sad stand employment will be zt The works now gvine’ Contents, going On inne ling. masonry in stone and brick, excavationand em bankment. li at the i Agr oe sheliw ora the OMe s Grare™ jy Si-colm_ —_—_—Captainof Ex in charge. WANTED—in the family of a gentleman two mites from the city. mag COOK. One who can bring recommendations skill, hon- eee Spit CRUTCHER r y qo - her of 6th and D strects, jy tf yAarios & MaURY'S pon ye PENS, the erry & CO, London, expressly for ‘Taylor "Pavlor & Maury’s Envelopes, from ten cents a 2 lor & Maury’s Letter Paper, from a dellar and & Maury’s Commercial Paper, adollar and # pall per ream. ese re Se ad « ry’s Bill Paper, twenty cents a “Taylor & Maury’s ‘tra fine qualities of English Writ th “double i coreain Taad,”* ding y oat C Taylor & Tor & Maurs’s United States officis! Sealing lor & Maury’s Half-dollar Bibles, elegantly ior & Maury’s Forty-oent Prayer Book, ele- & "s extensive stock of roms Shier eee s “After the disposition of the ‘T discharge properly their duty : burg, whether upon letters or printed matter, prance Buy’g, per acre. Sell’g,per acre. matter negotiations will be commana ete ‘We find upon the reservation extensive im- | are identical the same in all 2 | wo acre warrants “ sae + treaty between the United States and thin soy | Provements made by citizens, the cost of which 7 respectsasthe | gy « « Ea ernment, in which it is to be hoped that the Mex. cannot have been less than $30,000. They date | Tates charged via Bremen under the United | 160 “ 96 ican Government will not neglect to arrange mat- back some twenty years. We also find that | States and Bremen Postal Convention. Post-| 1 “ “ 88... - &@ ters so that she may have the sal are all owned and in the possession of the orrespondent writes us yesterday Sanaiat of deamoene United States Prearenn sutler, Franklin Steele, E: masters will therefore take postage according Pec eg a Pools Extraordinary, of the 30th ult. ““ We are positive in sayt that Mr. Steele is | to the published rates by “ Bremen mail.” ow at 88 and 92—selling at 91 and the immigration into the State of Vers'Croz of & | {ue culy claimant upon the seine made by cit. Ne Y. k is the United Mates o1 respectively. at meaticet ie ery dull on all number of free blacks from Louisiana. The peel seen’ States office of ex- sizes, ond we know of no reason fot any immedi- dinary does not greatly admire this con- £.fould not conceal the fact that be had | Change, and mails are made up and dispatched | ate improvement, although experience forbids us expended inj ens See | emmy improved, aor Jose os om accession \. sagged eh lar! . Our Western friends , house in Washing - = aa —— Soe semen Chase’ mgt be ive anater fue right to pare ech by coma « ba 98, of oe te sutietbae dail Ci “and cola surprise at ‘offer at eheapest rates with “ioaraere athe ot ms Saws rate U7 Join Siaith died from the eect of sun | iit 10 love all that heat say me ey, compel | SOG «: Borussia,” which are at oat ia” | the high prices here so long.” ahs inne mpl reoaing sree at ssi “Tc seteeapiagainn rates us to give Mr. feeste Ge Tefusal aie teguited | only steamers conveying the mail to Hamburg | Liamr-Hovse Kerrxe Arromrep.—Frank- iret Bare ree low | (QNE S8COND-HAND MELODEON VERY besa arrested in Washington’ ful: BaD | (900,000) we had agreed upon. We under this arrangement. lin Carleton has been appointed keeper of the | prices. ; sae Aloe. HORNE spi ry ade him the offer, se proposediogive q75,0N. | ‘The articles of agreement, with full details ! Plumb Ieand (Mass.) Lighthouse, vie Phin: | guy eat Nisth street) | "gut po) Penn, veg beth snd 10th sie,