Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1857, Page 2

_EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: MONDAY ... aoceseeee-August 24, 1857. SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS The Intelligencer, in an interesting article, discusses the history of Washington's Farewell Address, and in this connection takes occasion to publish Washington’s letter of the 20th May, 1792, to Madison, sketching the subjects he de- sired to touch on in the paper in question, and requesting him to prepare it. This letter is now the property of our enterprising and popu- lar fellow citizen, James C. McGuire, Esq., whose collection of the writings and similar me- mentoes of the great men of our country during the last century is only surpassed, by the by, by that of the venerable Peter Force, among all the private collections extant. The Union presents its readers with the re- cent letter of the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens upon the Kansas question in its present aspect, saying of it, very appropriately— «We have read with very great interest the able and eicquent address of this gentleman to the voters of the eighth congressional district in Georgia; and our interest was the deeper,Lecause an effort had been made to induce the opinion that Mr. Stephens would take a position of oppo- sition to the present administration, in conse- uence of the —— by Gov. Walker in ansas. We are glad to perceive that such is not the fact. He takes no such ground. He disap- proves, it is true, the course of Gov. Walker, and @ndemns it in décided and unmistakable lan- guage. But as yet he sees nothing in thet to cause him to doubt the loyalty of Mr. Buchanan to the princi which he was brought into power, or the fide! 4 of his administration to these measures which look to the support of all the constitutional rights of the South, as we.l as ofall parts of the country. He offers the argu- ments of a statesman; his judgment is that of a riot. rand, whilst speaking to his friends of the Democratic y, he administers to the Know- Nothings, whose zeal has been so suddenly awa- kened, and whose indignation has been so much inflamed, one of those dignified and cutting re- bukes for which he is unequalled. Much as he disapproves the course of Governor Walker, yet he declares that it would not be proper policy to rebuke him, or the administration, by assisting to put their nominees into office.”* We also find in the Union the following sum- mary of the result of the Congressional election in the Fifth (Houston's) district of Alabama, which makes it plain, indeed, that the opposi- tion to him was one of sound and fury, rather than of practical force : Houston's Majo: Hubbard's Majorities. . 198 Limestone 234 Franklin. Morgan .. Is? Marion... 69 41s — zt 267 19 7 1,166 267 Houston’s maj... 919 These returns are official. 2+ e+ ______ I~ Our neighbor Metzerott has just published in handsome style, a brilliant piece of music en- titled “Niagara Schottische,” by E. Spoth. I> According to the New York Herald, the Dr. Catlin who figured in the Cunningham sham accouchement isa great rascal, having been guilty of various seductions and false heir substitutions herelofore. ee eneeimeenapeseee CouxteRreitTeRs tx Bostox.—Counterfeit bills on the Lee Bank have been extensively cir- culated in Boston, and two men, named Ander- sonand Phillips, were arrested with a quantity in their possession. i> From J. Shillington we have Harpers’ Magazine for September, containing a richly il- lustrated article by Strother, headed “ A Winter in the South.” The publishers of Harper claim @ monthly issue of one hundred and seventy thou- sand copies. Wasainotox.—We have received Part No.7 of Johnson, Fry & Co.’s Lifeand Times of Wasb- ington The illustration of this number is the first interview between Washington and Hamil- ton, painted by Chappel, the illnstrator of the work, and reflects no less credit on him asa de- signer, than on Fillebrown, the engraver. Sree i tea OP Mr. R. C. Webster, late of Costs Rica, and one of the proprietors of the new Transit Route, ‘was arrested on Thursday evening in New York, and detained all night at the Eldridge-street jail, ona suit brought against him by James Lee & Co, who charge him with improper proceedings in reference to acertain strange receipt. The alleged offence was committed in 1655. Thesum involv- ed amounts to about $3,000. Mr. Webster denies the charge. AGRICULTURAL Fains.—The first annual fair of the Agricultaral Society of Southwestern Virginia will be held at Wytheville, on the 13th of October. Ex-President Tyler has been invited to deliver the address. The Union Agricultural Society of Vir- ginia and North Carolina is making extensive preparations for its next annual exhibition, near Petersburg, Va., which is expected to be on a much larger and more imposing scale than any former one. The schedule of premiums is very full, embracing an aggregate amount of 25,000. Tux Missovrt Evection —The St. Louis pa- pers of Friday give some additional returns. The Democrat says : i ¥ 4. with of Ripley to hear from. This county = Mr. Polk a majority, ar the last election, of The Republican sums up its count: ‘The grand resn!t is that in 102 counties, inclad- ing Wayne, regarded as official, and five other counties reported, Stewart's majority is 13, with the counties of Dunklin aud Ripley to hear from Last year these two counties yave Polk 201 major- ity over both Benton and Ewing, and Buchanan ‘SL votes over Fillmore —————__—____ Tesriste GuxrowpeR ExpLosion—Tarer Lives Lost.—A terrible explosion of gunpowder eceurred near Wilmington, Delaware, on Satur- day afternoon, at 5 o'clock, at Dupont’s powder works. Alexis J. Dupont, assisted by seven workmen, was removing a large, heavy box from the powder-house, when the box coming in con- tact with the wall caused friction producing fire. An explosion followed, burning all handsina shocking manner. Mr. Dupont leaped into the miil-rz and the others made every effort to ext tish the fire on their clothes. Mr. Dupont hastened to see if the press roof had caught fire, and, as he ap- proached, a terrible explosion occurred, shatter- ing the building to atoms. By the flying frag- ments Mr. Dupont had bis right thigh fractured and three of his ribs broken Mr. Dupont, Anthony Dougherty, and Edward Harst, fireman, have since died. Louis Vache js mortally wounded. John McClafferty and George Fisher were injured, but the oth e unhurt. PERSONAL. ~..- Wm. Rice, Esq., of the Pennsylvanian, is at Willards’ -.-. Hon. W. 8. Ashe, of North Carolina, is at Kirkwoods’. Mr. H.W. Faxton, the humorous city edi- he Buffalo Republic, is about to start anew paper in Buffalo, in connection with several other gentlemen. ---- Donald McKa » Mass.; J. K. Vaughan and Jobo w Lyna, Pa = W. H. Webb ps J. A Weste-velt, N’ Y¥_! all prominently connected ‘with the shipping interest, are at Willards’. ---- Alderman Clancy, the proprietor of the New York Leader, and now the acting Tatoone New Yoik city, in the absence of Mayor Wood, ‘was arrested on Saturday, upon the complaint of @ man named Williams, whom the ler ac- cused of keeping a ‘- panel crib”? in Thomas st, --.. The Lovisville Journal announces a fi coming work from the pen of Robert J. Breeken- ridge, of Kentucky, entitled “ The Knowledge of tod Objectively Considered, being the tirst part of theology considered as a science of positive truth, ‘otk, inductive and deductive.” ---. The Boston Post says that fhe action of Donal? McKay. the ship builder? against his brother, Laughlin McKay, is not, as has been stated, for pegponpeoe for an unlawful Soap 2 of ay rocess. iciously attempting to force him ibto ineclvcacy ss tos «.++ Ex-President Filimore playfully remarked at the Amesican Association for the advancement Of Science, that he would attend, if possible, the next meeting of the Association, to be held in Baltimore; for “be never could forget the warm attachment of his Maryland friends.”* e near by, WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Tae Avertcan Tract Soerety.—No one has witnessed with greater pain than ourself oa ual lapsing of the great religious organi — of ths Northern United States, that were formerly national, into abolitionism, which, by the by, has been strictly pari, passu with the spread of infidelity and the growth of the deifi- cation of their passions and prejudices among the ‘‘ new light’’ or very progressive Christians atthe North. One byone, church after church, and society after society, has taken such po- sitions on the slavery question as to force a sectional division in its organization. Things that our purer and in all-respects better fore- fathers—tor no well-informed man can doubt that infidelity, vice, and crime have in- creased far more rapidly in our land than its population, as astonishing as has been the in- crease of the latter in the last half century— considered no crimes, or even improprieties, are now written down by the modern Northern church to be the greatest if not the only crimes of the times; and to substantiate that idea it has become “‘Christian’’ there to lie, to bear false witness, and to hate with, an intensity such as no community but a genuine puritanical one can manifest. We bave mourned in our own heart over this state of popular “christian” sentiment at the North, as doing more than aught else in the work of making the people of the United States two nations in feeling—towards producing that state of mind between the two great sections of the confederacy which must sooner or later bring about itsdissolution. For as religious ties are stronger than all others, so religious antipathies are more undying, bitter, unreasonable, cruel, vindictive, and unappeasable, or there is no truth in the written history of civilization since the fall of the Roman Empire. Right glad are we, therefore, that at length one great christian association at the North appears to be able to withstand the tendency of the times there. We refer to the American Tract Society; the only great organization with which up to this time every branch of the American Protestant Church has been identified directly or indirectly. It seems about to be able to rival the Catholic Chureh of the United States in withstanding the pressure of demagogism which so distinguishes the era in which we live, in all countriesclaiming tobe free. We may not inappropriately remark here, that the events of the last ten years have done more to strengthen the Catholic Church in the United States—to secure for it the active sympathy of men of mind, sound reputation and means to make their sympathies felt, than the world at large compreheads now. Time, how- ever, will show the fact conclusively, or we are greatly mistaken. But we are digressing. Our purpose on setting out to write this ar- ticle, was simply to introduce the following quotation from the Journal of Commerce of Saturday last, wherein, it will be perceived, hope is held out that the American Tract Society may eventually be able to resist the Abolition tendency of the times. Tue Tract Society.—The fever-heat Congre- tionalists of this city continue to say * steboy.”* “steboy,”? to set this Society upon a Southern war of aggression. They will probably scare the weaker managers into a Southern bile by and be ‘Then the Tracts will cease to be Tead south of the Susquehanna and Ohio, and the Society be converted luto a political organization North, as much resisted home as elsewhere.—New York Express. “Let the Express be patient. The Executive Committee of the American Tract Society are men of tried faithfulness, moderation, and wis- dom. They will do nothing rashly. They will not knowingly ruin the Society because ‘fever- heat Congregationalists’ tell them todo it, or de- nounce them for not doing it. One thing the Express and all other conservative friends of the Society should bear in mind, viz: that it has not, as yet, published anything offensive to Southern Christians. In this respect it has kept itself strictly within the limits of its constitution, which requires it to cirenlate only such Tracts as are ‘calculated to receive the approbation of all evangelical Christians.’ What it will dointime to come, is best known to its officers and mane- gers. Butthe past history of its administration should stand as a guarantee before the public. that its officers and managers will not be ‘seared? nor coaxed into any folly. As the executiveagents of the Society, it of necessity devolves upon them to determine, in the first instance, what is the fair meaning of the two resolutions passed at the last annual meeting of the Society relative to slavery—one of which expresses the sentiment ‘that those moral duties which grow out of the existence of slavery, as well as those moral evils and vices which it is known to promote, and which are condemned in Scripture, and so much deplored by evanzelical Christians, undoubtedly do fall within the province of this Society, and ean and ought to be discussed ina fraternal and Christian spirit,’ while another. the closing res- olution of all, is in the words following - “ Resolved, That with great confidence in the wisdom of the Executive Committee, we antici- pate that their action in earrying out the princi- ples contained in the previous resolutions, will be such as will tead to promote the widest and best usefulness of this Society throughout the whole country.” Tae Carxese 1s War.—In common with our countrymen generally up to the commencement of the current Chinese war, we entertained very mistaken notions of the prowess of the Chinese in battle, imagining that they relied more on the uncouth noises made with their gongs and the hideous devices upon their banners to frighten their enemies, than on their skill in gunnery and the science of fortification. We, however, have been staggered by the de- fence they make against the English, who, so far, have not, with all their military and naval skill, been able to make a substantial impres- sion upon and progress against them. In a recent number of the New York Times we find the following interesting letter, which embraces a key to the mystery of their capa- bility of sustaining a conflict (on their own soil) with Britain, which present them to the world in a military point of view, in which, we feel very sure, few in this country were prepared to expect to see them: Cuina, June 10, 1857. To the Editor of the New York Daily Ti : One of the most mischievous errors committed by the press of the United States, is in the self- complacent ignorance with which itspeaks of the warlike mean: i abilities of the Chinese. A Chinese fort poken of as though it were a mud wall to he kicked down, a war junk as though it Were as fragile as a Chinese lantern, and the Chi- nese ave cousidered ax capable of little other war- fare than that of “making faces,” or beating gongs and ‘tom toms.”? A partof tis misconception undoubtedly arises from the vulgar contempt which one people has for another of different usages, and a part from our extreme and profound ignorance of the Chi- aese. Those who have the jongest and most fa- miliar experience with them are compelled to admit how little they know ; and if we outsiders indulge the idea that any of our letter-learned, book-taught notions of the Chinese are correct, we may be sure we are sitting in the shadow of a delusion. The contempt we entertain for the Chinese is ned with interest by them, and I do not think that we can determine with truth that their’s is more unreasonable than ours. The London Times opened its eyes with aston- ishiment—for as a “ Thunderer™ it must have heat Admiral Seymour's description of the jarrier Forts, taken by the United naval forces. In of meeting the popular contempt- uous notion of a Chinese fort, ‘these,’ it ex- claims, * are the fortresses of a Sebastopol.” A war junk is a heavy mass of timber, carrying a med Pr armament, as many as twenty heavy guns; and these junks can be gathered together eokee dreds, forining very formidable fleets. The long familiarity of the Chinese with gunpowder, and skill in pyrotechnics, their resources and facili- ties for casting the esis ru in immense numbers, ought to have opened our eyes to their warlike abilities; and the bloody nature of their contest with each other, their habitual disregard of life, should have disabused us of our doubts of their personal courage Such erroneous notions have led to great mis- takes in this war, and yet, with the propensity Which uuthinking people have to stereotype ideas Mhich me pat into their heads by Cenipar Da “1 etter writers repeating (he same false notions, in the face of fects ~~ = ‘ When the English first attacked Canton it was thought @ few «Lots would bring the Governor to terms, and few shells empty the city. The Governor and people stood the shotting and shell- ing through the fall and winter, the breach of the te Baghdad al" anes ‘ the English an reigners from the city ard its neighborhood. In their various dev es to blow up the English steamers they showed both skill and courage. The men in charge of the machines knew that success must involve the sacrifice of their lives, and some did lose their Tives in the attempt. They retook a fort which had been glish. They have maintained a capital and steady fire from these forts under the heaviest and most skilful shell of their antagunists. They have also shown ski! as gunners, and made too many accurate shots to rmit their being attributed to accident. In the re a sosmall.an object as the Portsmouth’s gig the shot fell around the boat and among the oars. In the\next fire upon a small boat one shot cut off the head of the leadman. When the Portsmouth came up to her spring and lost her broadside bea: upon the fort one shot was fired exactly into her stern. In the first firing of the forts upon the Portsmouth the guns to be trained accurately on the fore-and-aft range of , e fii the ship, but fortunately, or providentially, they ‘were trained@a little too high, otherwise t! rat discharge of round shot and grape would have swept the poop. So persistent was their fire that a little more skill in the elevation of their guns, ora better device for managing it, would have sunk the Portsmouth. And ie the first intention was to attack the forts with that ship alone, until it was suggested by one who knew something of the forts that they might be more than one ship could manage. Whilst I endeavor to correct some of the errors relative to the Chinese in war, I do not mean to say they are equal to the Western nations in war- like character and resources, or that there can be any doubt as to the final result of a contest between them and the English. Whilst they stand to their fire when the enemy is at a distance, they have a mystical dread of personal conflict with the out- side barbarians, or *‘ foreign devils,’* which may arise from some supposed real demoniac relations of those devils,” not yet got rid of, but which will very much change the relations of the par- ties when it is. They want the knowledge of shells too, which isanessentialthing. It is extraordinary that they have not the knowledge of this missile, for they have hollow shot, and a shell rocket—a rocket carrying asmall explosive ball, one of which burst in the heart of an English seaman, They have also a formidable weapon which seems to be the “‘flery dart” of Scripture—a dart or arrow propelled by a rocket. A marine of the Portsmouth lost his life by one of these. Before it struck him, it seemed to have sed over a rice field aud plunged into the mud, as the chalf and the dirt were carried into the wound. Within the last week the English have contin- ued their war attacks upon the fleets of armed junks in the Canton river. They have destroyed about one hundred junks, but we see the melan- choly cost in the detachments of killed and wounded brought down to the hospital ships— nine killed and twenty-five wounded; among the former, Major Kearney, Assistant Quartermaster General. Commodore Keppel, of the late Raleigh, had his boat knocked to pieces, and every one in it killed or wounded but himself. Chinamen can be conquered—Chinese forts and junks taken and destroyed—but those who sit at home and fancy it to bean easy, pleasant and safe business, are somewhat ignorant of the facts of the matter, and every day’s experience renders the occupation of opening the Chinese Empire one of increasing difficulty. Yeu. ins under a heavy Try Coxtestep Districts 1x TENNESSEE. As great interest is felt by a large class of the Star's readers in the result of the election in the two hotly contested districts of Tennessee, we publish them, az follows : Second District.—The following is the official vote in the second district for Congressinan: Maynard. Wallace. Grainger. + 1,050 703 Claiborne. - 639 708 Campbel. SU 523, Anderson + 691 350 Knox.. 1,996 siz Scott 206 179 Morgan » 176 255 Fentress. 150 473 Overton....... - 263 1,354 5,556 5,350 5,360 Maynard’s majority... 196 Ninth District—The followin, vote in the ninth Congressional ing to the Trenton Journal: is the correct istrict, accord- Etheridge. 833 ¥ 1,04 SL ol7 1,755 1,560 maj. 450 maj. 4 402 Carroll .. Henderson TAB 7,242 7,316 Atkins’s majority...... 127 Wright's majority for Congress over McElrath, in the seventh district, is 6,955. We are indebted to the Nashville Union, of the 19th inst., for these details. The defeat of Mr. Etheridge will prove a very severe blow to the opposition in the next Congress, for he was beyond all question one of their most effective men in the last. To the Republican party his loss is irreparable. for he was the Southern member whose vagaries gave them most coun- tenance and encouragement. For some years past, sitting over him as it were, daily, while he was serving in the House hall, and noting his every movement in the by-play of legislation, (which, though rarely finding its way into the newspapers, is a far more unerring test of the animus actuating an honorable gentleman, than what he sees fit to say and do in a manner that will get it upon the record,) we long since came to the conclusion that Mr. Etheridge is an anti- slavery man, though he never undertook to hoist any such colors before his own constitu- ents. His defeat is really one of the most im- portant achievements of the Democratic party since the last Presidential election. Had he remained in Congress he would have given them, and the South especially, infinite trouble; as one pretended, or rather lukewarm, friend of their cause representing aslaveholding district and capable of maintaining himself in debate as heis, would have accomplished more mischief than ean be accomplished by any dozen North- ern anti-slavery representatives, we care not whom they may be. Tue Sprinas Season is very near over. We learn from gentlemen just from the White Sulphur region that the coolness of fall weather most of November with us—has been expe- rienced throughout the Virginia watering places of the Alleghanies for the last fortnight, and that the guests of all of them are consequently preparing to seek # more congenial clime. Their season has been nearly four weeks shorter this year than usual; nevertheless, they have near- ly all done remarkably well, as the visitors have distributed themselves more than usual, while their aggregate number has been nearly fifty per centum higher than ever before. At the White Sulphur, for instance, eight hundred of the twelve hundred who were there three weeks ago were visitors of that place for the first time, most of them being from points south and southwest of Virginia. The travel over the Orange and Alexandria railroad, now the main channel through which to reach all the Virginia Springs, has been un- precedented in its history, and bids fair to be almost as remarkable for a month longer ; after which the watering places will be, for the most part, cloeed. The freighting business of that road, too, seems to have increased almost in proportion with its transportation of passengers. Already, its means of transporting freight have been taxed to their utmost capacity, though the crop of the season may be said hardly to have commenced to come down to market. The truth is, the landholders within striking dis- tance of the work and its connections—the Ma- nassas, Warrenton and Central railroads—are just now coming to comprehend the extent o¢ their gains by its construction. That is, the in- creased market facilities and facilities for im- Proving their farms it affords them, and the in- creased value it has given to their estates. Last week we were forcibly struck with the evidence of their realization of these facts, in the number and loads of the freight cars pass- ing over the work in question; those trains coming down being twice as large as at this sea son of last year, and Jaden with wheat, oats, other produce, lumber, &c., as | never before— while those going up are equally laden with fertilizers, agricultural implements and other things indicating such a spirit of agricultural im ent as was never before manifested in that section of Virginia. The increase of the number of acres sown w produce the crops.of this season, in it, was |* enormous; while it is already evident that preparations are being made to put under cul- tivation, for next year’s crop, a much greater inerease of land, that has literally been wasted as imperfect pasturage and otherwise, and to prepare it, too, with all the aids to production that science has of late years been gradually placing within the reach of all American agri- culturists. We are satisfied that, in proportion to the number of hands engaged in agriculthre in the region of which we write, more guano, and quite as much ground bones will be used this falland next spring, as anywhere else in | the United States. It is a thriving country, truly. An Ixterestine Patent Dectsion.—In an- swering questions on certain law points referred to that functionary by the Secretary of the In- terior, the Attorney General has rendered the following as his opinion, viz: 1, The payment of a duty upon a patent or caveat to the credit of the Treasury is nota pledge or deposit of the money, but an abso- lute and unconditional payment. 2. If the patentee or caveator afterward de mand the money to be repaid to him he must show that his demand for it is founded in some law, within whose terms he can bring his case distinctly and clearly. 3. There is but one provision in the act of July, 1836, authorizing a duty once paid to be refunded, and that provision is found in the third section of the seventh section. 4. That sentence authorizes twenty dollars to be returned, not to the caveator nor to one who has made an incomplete application which is perfect enough to be examined, and which, in point of fact, has been examined and rejected. 5. It follows that a party who merely files a caveat, paying the legal duty of twenty dollars, cannot withdraw the caveat and demand a re- turn of ten dollars. Waar ney Curse tae Post Orrice De- PARTMENT FoR.—A gentleman connected with the Post Office Department, just from a consid- erable tour in connection with his business, ir- forms us that, through carelessness in direct- ing, large quantities of mail matter—newspa- pers especially—intended for Minnesota, go to Maine, it being quite fashionable to abbreviate the word Minnesota ‘““Minne;”’ very easily mis- taken for Maine. The distributing and other offices in which State are often plagued with extra work occasioned by the receipt of such blundering favors. Of course, those in Minne- sota who fail to receive their newspapers, thus misdirected, abuse the post and the publishers roundly for their disappointment, while the publishers content themselves with growling at the post. * Taz Resvct rm ALabama.—The recent clec- tion in Alabama has certainly made an entire finish of opposition to the Democracy in that State. Every member of Congress chosen, it will be remembered, is a staunch Democrat, and in the Legislature the Democrats have ac- tually 132 majority on joint ballot. Such a vic- tory is unprecedented in the history of Ameri- can politics, unless it may have been equalled by that of the same party in Texas, at the elec- tion that has zo recently transpired in that State. " A Notre Prosequt Exterep.—It will be recollected that some time ago, in the execution of necessary orders for the removal of trespas- sers from the lands of the Kansag (Kaw) half- breed Indians, Agent John Montgomery caused some cabins occupied by trespassing whites to be burned, and that for that act he was indicted for arson, and had a difficulty with Governor Reeder. Recently, the Attorney General, on reviewing the case, has, very properly, directed a nolle prosequi to be entered to the indictment in question. To ne SoLp.—The Secretary of the Interior owing to many applications of late made for portions of what are known as the Choctaw orphan lands, in Mississippi, now held in trust by the Government, has directed that proposals be received for them until November next, when they are to be sold to those bidding:highest. That is to say, such of them as bring more than the appraisement made in 1855. The rest wil! then be held subject to sale at the appraised value. Tar Secretary or tHe Intertor, the Hon. Jacob Thompson, is spending afew days in New York, and Moses Kelly, Esq., the Chief Clerk of the Department, has been appointed Acting Secretary until his return. Tue Postmaster Genera, the Hon. A. V. Brown, who was well enough to attend for some hours on Saturday last at the Department, is, we regret to say, not sufficiently well to be there to-day. AppolsTED.—George W. L. Kidwell, of Vir- ginia, has been appointed to a first class clerk- ship in the office of the Secretary of the Treas- ury, vice Charles F. M. Kidwell, deceased. 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’clock a. m.: Aveust 2%, 1857. New York, N.Y clear, pleasant. Ph,ladelphiz, Pa. clear, cool, Baltimore, Md.. -clear, cool. Washington, D. C +++pleasant. Richmond, Va. Petersburg, Wilmington, Columbia, 8. Charleston, 8. C. < clear, pleasant. clear, pleasant. clear, warm. Auzusta, Ga.. clear, pleasant. Savannah, Ga clear, cool. Macon, Ga. clear, cool. Columbus, Ga.. clear, cool. Montgome: Lower Peace! Gainesville, New Orleans, 1 From tHe Wrst. The wean reports have been furnished by the National Telegraph line: Frederick, Md..... cloudy, very cool. Cumberland, Md. cloudy, cold. Hagerstown, Md. Harper’s Ferry. cloudy, very cool. clear, very cool. Winchester lexr,very cool. Wheeling, Vi ear, cool. Martinsburg, oudy, cold. At Washin; " tday, 9 p.m. the barom- eter was 29 $0, thermometer70°. ‘This morning, a icc the barometer was 30.096, thermome- er 619. Tux CunntncHams.—The noted house, No. 31 Bond street, is vacated. The Misses Cunningham are no longer occupants of it; the furniture has been removed by the tradesmen who supplied it; and not a sound at present disturbs the solitude of the premises where Dr. Burdell was murdered, from which the marriage party repaired to Rev. Mr. Marvine’s, and where the Bellevue baby was a second time born. There is no such other house in the city, and may many centuries elapse before there is one like it.) The Misses Cunningham, it is understood artin Lexington avenue with their aunt.—New York Times. pei sae lan se I Tue INveNTOR oF THE Cotton Gin.—To the statement going the rounds of the press, that the inventor of the cotton gin died in a debtor’s pris- on, a New Haven gentleman writes that his in- ventions profited him nothing, but says: ‘ Eli Whitner died rich, and his fumily are now en- joying one of the largest estates in New Haven descended from him, and he and they were a: are among the most highly esteemed citizens of New Haven.” er A New Dopcs.—The latest dodye to “raise the wind,” is for one to a package containing useless sealed, and marked “ By Ex- |e »” and get the boarding-house keeper he charges in the abeonee et the boarder it teat rected to. Several Persons have been swindled in this manner.—Boston Bee, August 21. ————— {> The nativetribes of Africa regard the white complexion as un effect of disease. In France, says Mr Walsh, not the ~ ; phy 4 or moral, as pte con! common , ther seems tobe predilection for the Desk raion ag GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS. Correspondence of Star. Groméztown, August 24, 1957. We learn from a gentleman just returned from the Montgomery Camp meeting. near Brookville, that everything connected with its operations is moving on very harmonious and prosperously, and that the prospects for a pleasant and prosper- ous meeting are very flattering. The following Prominent fninisters are on the ground: Revs. Alfred Griffith, John Lanahan, D. Ball, B. N. Brown, Samuel Register, John S. Deale, —- Laney, Arthur Cooper, B.H. Smith, W.G. Eg- gleston, and —— Henning. The Revs. 8. Rogers and John Landstreet, and others, are expected on the ground to-day. ‘The number of persons in at- ter 4 yesterday was very numerous. They were addressed in the morning at 11 0’clock by the Rev. B. N. Brown, and at 3 o'clock p. m , by Rev. Samuel Register, and at 8 o’clock p. m., by Rev. John Lanahan. Some disturbance arose at some distance from the camp yesterday afternoon, which resulted in a number of the rowdies who created it, receiving from other parties of a like kidney, a few bi eyes and bloody noses. The learn that some of the Ist of June Washin; rioters figured quite conspicuously in it. The meeting will not close until Friday morning next. To the great joy of many of the boatmen the water has again been let on to the canal basin, and boats are again enabled to get to the lime- kilns and other points to discharge their cargoes. The barquentine Ephraim Williams, laden with heavy granite blocks for the Treasury, is still aground intheecut. We learn that owing to the prevalence of west winds, which have tended to prevent the tides in the river from reaching their usual height, it has been found necessary to lighten her of a part of her cargo before she can get up. ‘This is a new vessel (ber first trip) built express- ly for the purpose of bringing hither the et blocks of the before-mentioned material. We learn that some of those she has now on board weighs abont fifty tons. ‘The packet schr. Ann Pickrell, Dukes, from Philadelphia, to Hyde & Davidson, schr. Eu- phrates, Quinton, fram the same place, to Dick- son, Gordon & Co., and the packet schr. Sears- ville, Sears, of the Messrs. Hartley’s lineof Boston packets, have arrived since our last report. The flour aud grain market seems to be some- what irregular. he stock of old flour being nearly exhausted, the price of the article con- tinues to range pretty high. Small sales on Sat- urday at $7.25; held at #7.25a87.50, as in quality There is no new arriving. consequently we are unable to give anything like a correct quotation The general impression among dealers is that it would not bring over $7. Wheat, but little ar- riving; mills principally supplied from other markets; selling at $1.40a$1.45 for red, and $1.50 481.55 for white. SrectatTor. 1 CERISE WASHINGTON INSURANCE l COMPANY.—The Stockholers of this com- hereby aes that an election for nine Di- serv one year, will be held at this office DA tember 7th, 1357, between the hours of 10a, m. 3 % The ‘Transfer Book wi'l be closed during the week next preceding the elec’ GRAF —C. L. IRVING reterns 7 — Poe 0 his music loving one and patrons for favors during the past winter and spring, announees his Vocal Musto classes at "Tem; - ance Hall closed until TUESDAY EVEN 3 tember Ist,at& o'clock, at which time and place, Evening and Night Classes for ladies and gentlemen will be organized. Those desiring a thorouch knowledge of the elementary principles or of prac- ticing upon Glees, Choruses, &e., can be gratified by uniting with there classe: erms, 22 lessons, £5. Vocal instructions giving to Schools and Acade- mies: also, private instructions in Singing and upon e Piano. Application can be made to Mr. I. through the post office or at the music stores of Messrs. Ellis or Metzerotte. au 15 tSepti* CREAM DEPOT y Y, 335.6th street and best ICE CREAM and WATER ICESat $1.5 per gallon, delivered to aor pert of the city. Also, on hand 68 different kinds of Cakes, and finest in the city, which I will sell 3 for 5 cents. Come one, come all and give me a call. Furnishes Parties, ave Excursions, &c, JOSEPH SHAFFIE D, Foreman at Weaver's, iy 27-1m* Opposite Browns’ Hotet. ICE CREAM AND WATER ICES, of the em quality, delivered to families, parties, S, at fairs, and excursioni it $1.5 per calion, at the PHILADELPHIA ICE CREAM DEPOT, corner 12th and F streets, au }0-im* COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, City — et a . July 15, 1857. NOTICK TO TAX PAYERS.— vc TION FOR PROMPT PAY MENT—No- tice is hereby given that the Taxes for the year 1857 are now due, and payable at this ofiee, and thata deduction of 10 per cent. is allowed by law forthe current year paid on or before the 15th day of Sep- tember next. JAS. F. HALIDAY, _3 3-0otf Collector. > NOTICE.—The President and Directors of Georgetown College hereby warn all persons not to trespass ou any of the College walks or Bie oe! pain of being dealt with according to By order of the President : 4im JAMES CLARK, Treasuror. HE MISSES FISHER will re-open their School on September the let- Plain and Fancy Needle Work and Embroidery taught. no 24-3t enn AS a a nt a a @CHOOL.—The subscribers will resume the du- ties of their School on the Ist of September, at their residence 365 lith street. between Land M sts. Board can be obtained in ithe ew for two or three fiteie bo M.A.& 8. QUINCY. an 24- FURNITURE AND HOUSE-FL VISHING GOODS AT REDUCED PRICE ‘The sub- scriber, intending to devote his attention exclusive- ly to the Auction and Commission and Real Estate business, offers for sale his extensive stock of Furn- iture and House Furmshing Goods at greatly re- duced prices, for cash or satifactoniy endorsed notes. JAS. C. MeGUIRE, au 24-eolm Auction and Commission Merchant. se COLUMBIAN nace The Anpual Session of this | menec on Wednesday, the thirtieth (3th) of Sep. tember. Students wil! be exanned for entrance on the Monday and Tuesday previous. The Preparatory Department of the Instrtation will open on Wednesday, the nugth (9th) of Septeu- er. ill be under the supervision of the College Gficers, and will be provided withthe best instrue- on. For admi the Preside; nu 24-Sw n, or for further information, apply to t the College. S. PRENTISS, Registrar. FEW GREAT BARGAINS LEFT IN PANCY GOODS, AT R. C,STEVENS’S, 18 Penn between bth and 9th Stree: Selling off to remove to the large and beantiful store room of Mr. 8. P. Franklin, next door to Tay- lor & Maury’s Bu dd Stationery establiehment, 336 Pennsyjvania avenue, between Sth and lth sts. I shall continue to offer every artic! at first cost, and will sell many artic! Sor cash, and cash only, ‘emember,- my best Doliar Kid Gloves nts T pair. Swiss and dambrie Edges and Incertings, Swiss and Cambric Bands, Brussells and French Laces, Straw Bonnets, Ribbons, french Flowers. Fringes, and other ‘Trimming in great profusion, GlaceSilks. Satins, Marcelins, and Florsuers, al! of which will be offered at such pricesas must induce you to buy. Any article in store willbe shown with pleasure. Call and exa before purchasing elsewhere. Very Respeotfully R. C. STEVENS, _Bu2t-iw No. 18 Pa. av., bot. th and 9h sts. Giyass JARS FOR PERSERVES.—100 Giass Jars for Perserves for sa'e choap ONAS P. LEVY, 5% 12th st , au 22 lw Grocery and Provision Store. LL FASHION.—Beebe & Co.'s Fall Fashion fod GENTLEMEN'S HATS jlus day att roduce s a aS ‘au 22-3t Salesroom under Browns” hotel: e MA Eo —' i be wanufactured into Table Siabs, Washstand Tops and Counter Slabs, at New York gree 20 per ceut. below former prices. *Cabinet Mak Piumbers, and others please call before send: ‘ders to the no-th. Fy ALEX. RUTHER? ORD, Marble Yard oppo. the Union Office, Penn ave. an 2-im (Int& States) FEET BES’ UALI AIAN RELE suai bok Sate 1 SEIVED, of ITALIAN 4-4 MARBLE SLABS, Wil be sold to the trade in lots to suit, be- low New York, Phi'adelphia, or tsaltimore prices. Also, 1000 feet of STATUARY MARBLE SLABS ata great reduction. = ALEX. RUTHERFORD. Marble Yard oppo. the Umon Office, Peun- ave, au 22 im (int&States) INDOW GLASS.—3% boxes 10 by 15 French Window Glass, will be soldat one doliar and seventy-five per box for cash, in lots of 14 boxes. .& full supply of large size French Glass, ist, A mp oe 8 alase for het-houses, 8 by » 8 . : iH. MILLER, SON & Co. Alexandna, Va. ie 2 _———— ie MASTILLAS AT HALF THEIR VALUE, For Two W Onty. BARGAINS!-BARGAL BARGAINS!!! Mantillas former price $16, Sell now for $8, Mantillas former price $12, Sel! now for $6, antillas former price $i, il now for $5, antihes wad Price $3, i" now for $4, antiilas former price b> Mantilias former price F. ell now for " Ons c. Call early and see the largains, at MAXWELE & Bros, Bu 19 east 3% Pa. avenue._ OSIERY, GLOVES, &o. The subscriber ae ane those per- Ss, sons wis! to ERY, GLOVES, SMALL WARES, way tint] they will find a large and well selected »: H at hy —- . Ke et te di Brennen de J casit ‘ers greet inducer: purchase: rat call ped examuiue fur themselves before Pats shell‘ out hig stock of SUMMER pry. SOQORS at cost in order to make room for his I stock, therefore those who have not finished their summer parenaore will find it greatly to their advantage to examine his ic. F. PERRIE, Bu 20-6t 37 7th street, near I. 5 INSTRUCTIONS FOK Tit ULES AND E an ee Pas nil ed fi authori at Bs, De- calf, ec aus pogaral toitte wane nf a 7 se of eantevines ; price Bl, (published at @3) or C Beg. ne Folume 1s to PE HENCK TAYLOR. announce to the pul Fifth Annual Excursion to the BITE Hover Parition will tak pee 2) URSDA Y, September etn, 4257. in fature advertiseme: > “4 fally ear ! i not, the next fair day,)nt Custis’s Sraino. As the obeot of the Some y is to educa’ eandc'o ch. ldren.the Society has revorted to this met! copie the funds of treasury. ons engnes’- ly solicit the patronage of the commun.ty to aid them in their charirable object. Two jarge and commodious Boats have been pro- cured to convey sengers from the Aquaduet to the gy st change mae will leave at 7 0'o"k. m. AL 2 0 CO he “Tiekets 3 Contes Children 10 Cents ; te be pro cured at J. 1,.Kidwell’s. Georgetown, and John P. Elis, Wasbingten, spd from members of the Sovie "Sine best Cotilion Music has been engaged for the occation. ments have been made foran sbwedant Refreshments, which will be sold at city wilbe exhibited du- w yet remain LEWIS CAR ly A prices. 1 A nificent set_of Silver sa the day, and raffled. URTH PLEASURE EXCURSION ro OLD POINT, PORTSMOUTH, & NORFOLK. The stesener Marviaxp il Jouve Washinst upon an Exoursien t on SATURDAY, A ne o'clock 8. m., arriving nt Norfolk early next morning, and leave agaim at W o'clock fur Old Point. where she wiil remain until 6.0 clock .m..affording ample time to visit Hampton,Port ress Bienrne the Hyceis Hotel, to enjoy the Sea Bree to Fish and Bathe. The next day can pongreant spent in visiting Norfolk and Portsmouth, the N. Yard. Dry Dock. Naval Hospital, &e. Returninc, the Maryland wil! leave Norfolk for Washington Monday afternoon at 40'clock. onda The table will be abundant!y supplied with all the delicacies of the Washington andl Norfolk ance. markets. Musie wil! be in attend XCURSION AND C& 4 TO BEGiV The Washington Orpheon Quartette, TO THE WHITE HOUSE PAVILION, On MONDAY, August Si, 1857, ‘The Orrmrox QuantErrs. composed of four tlemen of Washington, take plossure in Bnoouncing, at the solicitation of, mi: EY CE, to the Warr Hovse Pavitiox on MONDAY, Angost Sist. a7, when no pains will be spared to make st one of the most agroeable Excursions of the aeason. The comfort and pieasure of their patrous will re- ceive partioniar attention, The Concert wiil consist of Choice Glees, Quar- tettes, Soles, Ac. The fine steamer Gro. Wasnincton, under the command of Capt. Job Corson, having been charter ed for the occasion wil ieave her whart as follows, making two trips each way: Leave at ga.m.and 2 Pp. ™m.; returning atGp.m.and p.m. An Excellent Band of Cotilion Music, farnished by M eo. Arth. has been enzaged. Th les willbe abundantly sumplied with al! the delicacies 4f the season, furgshed by Mr, I a. Particular attention has been paid to the Bil! of Fare. ‘Tickets, admitting a gentleman and two ladies, THREE DOLLARS. including Dimer. Supper. Concert, &e. Tickets may be obtaimed at the music stores of John F. Ellis, J. Crockwell, and W, 6. Metzerott : bookstores of Mesers. Taylor & Mau- ty and A. Adamson; at the drug stores of J.B. Moore, J. H.Stone, and J. Cruit’s Jewelry Store, ‘th street, Washington amd G. Pi Georgetown; M of the Quariette. Most p aly ne tick sold at the Boat, therefore it is roquested t will procure them at the above uamed pinces. those who have not received cards of invitation please leave their names,and they wi!i be attended t o. Omnibusses will leave the Orpheon Quartette Rooms. 7th street. between G and H streets, at 74: and 1 o'clock, and will be in warting when the Bont returns to convey passsencers back. The Orpheon Quartetie are composed of the fol lowing named gentlemen : Wha. Edgar Morgan, E. W. W. Griffia, F. A. Patterson, last. H. M. Teasdale. . here will evening, at Vespers at St. » Sth street, a GOLD + It wasa cross with ® wreath around it. Any mage finding it will plense it at 292 H st., between i7th and létn strects. it* OS T— On Saturday afternoon, on 14th etroet, somewhere in the neighborhood of Columba lexe,alarge Calf skin POCKET BOOK, con taining notes and til.s of no use te any one but the liberal reward will be grven for the return 'reets. owner. A et attached, T wiil be ably rewarded by lea: in tat the Office of Adams Express Co. a 3 "TAsSe UP ASTRAY.—-TWO COW eat with white face, right horn broken the tip of the left horn sawed off ; the ot era white aud red speckled. horned Cow With no other particular marks. The owner or ow: ers are requested to come forward, prove property, pay charg¢s, and take them awag. “M KEINUINE. near Navy Yard Bridge. trayed or stolen. three Mi! . One diss ppeared ebout the. first of this month; a young Cow, white mixed with red all over ber body, with® horns, tips ent off—one old Cow, brindle or red, white face, horns. The otzera young red Cow, white fi horns,tips out off:the two las. were mi=s+ the toth stent: ali am good order. ib i! gave milk when missed. I will give $3 for urn of each Cow, and if they were stolen (xs heve)i will give $10 for such information as wil convict the thief before the Criminal Court. v an 22-51 JOHN HARRY. FOUN D—FIVE DOL!-ARSat Gautier’s Ba which the owner can nave by calling at th: fice, proving property, and peying the expense ot advertisement. au REWAR D.—Straved or stolen on Wednesday morning I ta White Buffse COW, beac. an! low over the calf in a few days. The pad for her delivery te JOUN a eward Ww HORREGAN, Goat Ailey between 6th and 7th , near the Northern Market. Bu 21-3" $5 REWARD.—Strayed away 2 fow weeks seo, a very neat, small, RED COW. Net certain about marks, but believe she has had asmall bit ent from one of her ears. and two of three slits inthe other. The shove rewrrl will be paid to any oue returning her to the subsers ber. SAM. a YOUNG, Cosl Dea vd ot JO TICE OF to the Jai TTAL. ni George's conuty, Mary'and, on a: he ath day of July, 4 1857, Asa runaway, NEGRO MAN JACO MOUR. He isavery bright mulaite, about five feet five or six inches hich arker pereeptible, by which he pears to be nbout twenty nd cleanly clot. and has followed the water as a live lihood. ‘The owner, if auy, of the above described negro, * requested to come forward prove property, pr» grosses, and take him away, otherwise he will | I8p0: s pe county, Md., he 2 Apnl, NEGRO MAN, DAVY GRE about 27 years of age, 5 feet, 6 inches high—a dark mulatto—has a tarze bushy hend, with, whiskers round his face, medium size and “do look. He may hire himself in the District, where has relatives, or e his way to some free State. he left without any provocation. I will give Tw Hundred Dollars, if taken out of the State—gim { taken in the District. ny other part of Maryland, and $50:f taken in this county, fh either case ic must be secured so that | get \. AM J. BERRY. je9-tf WIL WANTS. ss WANTED—-a YOUNG MAN ior 16 years old* who bad rome experience ia the dry goods pT A canes. and wr as ae eats well to # out bils and seeounts, Address, through Cif Post Oihee, “MERCHAN beat et WATER <Taree or four intelligent COLOR ED BOYS, to attend ina Billiard Saloon. Ap- rly at the Billard Saloon, Pennsylvania avenue, near street. ‘nu 24-e0St* ANTED— By Two Yo Womea sili a. TIONS to do Chamberwork. ‘Tu x0 toget! orseparate. Reference given. Apply at the of K and 4th streets. mu 22-2" WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.— Wanted om the Washogton Aquedact— 400 MEN. To steady Workmen. Laborers, Drillers, Blasters, «nd Masoys, cood wages tnd steady employment will be gtven by the United States, and by Contractors, The works now go embrace tunnelling, masenry ia stone aud buck, excavation and em bankment. Apply on the line orat the Office in Goorg mown, . ©. . . Jy S!-eolm Captain of Fuginee V ANTED—In the fami; entiomam remelng two miles from the city. a good plain COUR. One who can bring recommendations for ski!l. be esty, aud cleanliness will find a cood a:iurtios resular wages. Apply toJ.P.CRUICHETT. her of sth and Detreets. end orner in charee, H™ , SIDES, SHOULDERS, AND LARD. Just received, Hams, Sues. and Shoulders, and ard aad fresh Butter ; ee supe five Flour; a" Sugars; Soap. candies, and Sere sand a —— assortment of Family Groecries, Wines, a Liquors ia ‘= JONAS °-); cvy, iy M-tf Na, 554 12th street, camer of B xtrent. AGNOLIA HAMS. aya #) CHOICE MAGNOLIA HAMS. ay Chey nt Ky ona s we xuarautoe them ua- Co city. — ‘wore cared fa Sn:yland ‘expressly for our je. {17 Noauthorized sien & BURCHELL. jy25 Corner Vermont avenue and isth street. « ee