Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1857, Page 1

SSS OeeeeeeeeSEeeeeEeEeEeEeEe_Oeeee OO — <n oo THE EVENING STAR AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Corner of Pa. avenues and Eleverth street, By W. D, WALLACH. Papers served in packages by carriers at $48 year, cor 37 cents per mouth. To mail subscribers the aub- scription price is $3508 year, in advance; $2 for six months; $1 for three months; and for ‘ess than three months at the rate of 12 centsa week. Single copies, one cent; in wrappers, two cents, ADvERTisements (of eight lines to the square) maerted three times for $1; every other day or semi-woekly, 25 per cent. advance; once a week, per eent. advance. Eben + ig Star. VOL. X. | THE CROWN JEWELS, A Tale of London and Paris. BY DR. HORATIO W. NELSON, ATTUOR OF “LADY CLAUDINE; OR. THE DOTBLE MaRRiacE;"’ &c., &c., &e. CHAPTER I. London! A cold, stormy night at the close of December. A dense fogenveloped thecity and the river. There was no moon, and the lon; ranges of lamps in the streets scarcely radiated light thirty feet around their centers. Car- risges, wagons, omnibusses, vehicles of all sorts. moved slowly and cautiously, for the fog, min- gled with the night, added to which were the wild winds that found their way into the cre- vices between the glass and the frame-work of the lanterns, and flared them almost out, made the streets of London as dark as the streets of Kernae and Luxor of ancient Egypt. This was the night upon which our story opens. At intervals—an unusual sigh: at this season of the year—a dull glare of lightning. from what quarter of the heavens no man could teli. as the murky gloom was all around and over head. gleamed through this black fog, and shed a fearful, and. as it were. a deeper gloom over the cit Noone walked the streets who could remain within; and the carriages and vehicles, unable to be guided by their drivers through the thronged thoroughfares, sought, by Barrow side streets and lanes, and unused alleys, to escape from the great channels of travel; for all over London every few squares were entangled, amid great uproar, noise and confusion, inextricable knots of horsemen, hack- ney-coaches, cabriolets. carts, drays and wag- ons, causing as great and fearful scenes of con- flict and struggling of masses against masses, as if the city were taken by storm, and the zens were resisting, atevery point, the progress of their dreadful foe. It was a night long to be remembered in Lon- don, not only for its supernatural darkness, but for the number of those who perished in these cimmerian battles for right of way. Not less than thirty dead -— were taken from be- neath wagon wheels that night of horrors, and conveyed to the ‘‘ morgue’’ of the police. If the strange darkness had not kept the people housed. the terrible storm of wind and rain that swept bere the streets, especially along those near the Thames, would have de- termined every one who could continue under shelter to keep in doors. By ten o'clock. two hours after night, the streets were therefore nearly deserted, and only the pillowless, the ruofless, the guilty, the robber. and the police- men were abroad. “ A biaek night, this.”’ snid one of the police- men to his fellow of the beat, as they met at the corner of the Strand and a dark alley that opened into it. “A black night you may well call it! Lon- non looks as if the sky had fallen down and covered usallup. It will go hard on the river with “em!” ~ Yes—what with the fog and the pitch dark- ness, the craft will be si fing one another by the seore!”” At this moment a man. passing swiftly, strack heavily with hisleft fron} supe ie the speaker ~ Beg pardon!” he said. in the tone of a gen- tleman ; -- but I could not see you!” ~ A man that can’t see should move a bit more careful, or he'll break his own head and other people's shoulders,’ growled the police-man. The stranger, who was muffled ina cloak, and with his hat slouched as if to defy both the storm and scrutiny, passed on, and disappeared in the impenetrable gloom ere he had got ten feet from them. ‘A lord, that,” said the policeman. “ Bat then he might walk slower.’ *Do you know him?’’ inquired his compan- ion, listening as if he heard some distant sound that demanded his official attention. “I know only it’s an earl they call Lord In- giis.”” * The great sporting nobleman! I've heard o' him. What uproar now yonder? There is another lock of wheels, and cursing and swear- ing, and bie ge London is runelean stark ured to-night’ We must go and help this mat- ter!" * Please, sir. aha’ penny to buy bread !”° said a faint, ebildish voice, and a small, thin hand was thrust out towards the policeman as he turned to go in the direction of the noise which filled all the street It's always bread! Begone, you r, or I will lodge you at the sta- sharp answer which the ragged little girl received No sooner did she receive this reply, and per- ceive. by the gleam of a lamp just over their heads, that he wasa policeman. than she uttered an exclamation of fear, and fled swiftly forward, as if to eseape from the arrest she feared, while the two meu hastened to grope their way to the seene of the uproar at the corner of the next street The little girl ran forward in her fright. not knowing whither she went, until she rushed jainst a tall man ina cloak, who was going same way she was flyi and. to prevent herself from falling, she caught his coat. He turned and seiz her by the orm, saying quickly— ~ Are you a pickpocket, hey ?”’ * [tis so dark, sir' I couldn't see. Please to forgive me! Hie seemed struck by the soft and musical vice of the child, and said— ** Come forward to this gaslight. Ab. I see! You are young and pale, and lovely as wretched! You do nor look likea pickpocket!” **Indeed I am not, sir!” “* Why did you run snd put your hand inmy pocket >” “TI did not mean it, sir. I could not see— and—I should have fallen down. I enly tried to hold myself up."* Why did you run *o fast. when it is sodan- erous iy more in the fog ?"’ he asked, still hold- ing her by the arm, and looking steadily into her face. ra its singular beauty. with all its ab- sence of color amazed him. inasmuch ax her dreas was ragged, her head bare, her hair wet with rain. — blowing wildly in the wind. and her small, white feet shoeles« * I was afraid of the two policemen. sir. “Innocence never runs from policemen, ehild * T asked one of them for aha’ penny. sir. and he spoke gruffly, and frightened me, and said he would feck me up if I begged, and so I ran away as fast as[ could!” “«T passed these two men. And why do you such a night as this. and ask for ha‘pennies my ebild ”"’ he asked kindly ~* Please. sir, I dare not tell'”’ “Dare not? Come out of the storm under this arch, and tell me'” “No. sir,’ she answered, ‘IT am afraid to tell, and please, sir. let me go! : “ Why do you not ask me for aha’ penny be- fore you go?” Because. sir—I—I'd rather not! ashamed to ask a gentleman. | Surely, you are not a poor woman's child, | with such a face and such language!" “ [dare not tell, sir! They would keep me in the water-dangeon if I shuuld tell’ Please let me go! I am so cold and ebilly !” ; * Poor child! I eannot let you go in this | way! I feel singular interestin you! Take this piece of silver and make me a promise! ot Ren, olr.”” “That you will come to this very arch to- morrow night at this time—you hear that charch-cluek striking ten '—that is the hour | you must be here! Now I bave pressing af- | fairs near by; but I must see and know more of | you; if, as 1 guess, you are a poor victim of | tyranny, you shall find in me a friend. Will | you come, then ?"” “Twill, sir. You speak so kind. I would go all over London to find you again '”’ He scarcely heard these last words, fora blast of wind at that mofhent roared through the arch. and nearly took them from their feet. When he reeuvered his position he was alone! the little maiden had disappeared without a word more He gathered bis clenk about him, and walk- Im | hear. ing rapidly down the archway, said to himself— “This child called me <rmd! She seemed to trust me, and did not run away from me as she did from those policemen. I am not wholly adevil! Ifind Ihave got a heart that beats with humanity, and feels with tenderness. But I must go forward as I am driven. This night decides my destiny for weal or woe! I knew not till I met this soft-voiced and interesting little barefooted beggar: irl, that I had any emotion left. Than God. my heart is not all tren—all iron!”' A man here met him. beneath a lamp which was suspended over a portico entrance openin, on the right side of the archway, up a flight o! stairs. Paul Varney?” “Yes, my Lord. “I did not at the first sight know you. Weare well met,’’ said the stran- ger. ‘I hardly looked for you to meet your engagement, and accept my challenge, euch a night as this.’’ “ Sir Paul, had the skies rnined fire instead of water, and the air were dark with the thick breath of pestilence instead of fog, I should have kept such a promise as stands between me and thee!” ‘The other made no reply. but smiled darkly as he bowed courteously, and yet defiantly, and passed up the stairs; first.” however, with a wave of his hand offering the precedence in as- cending to the nobleman, who hautily declined this amenity. The stairway was broad, of green, variega- ted marble. and paneled with gold-burnished compartments, within which were niches con- taining statutes of Apollo, Euphrosyne, Thalia, and alt of thenine muses. A rose-colored light was softly shed over them from the delicate crimson argand shades of a gorgeous chandelier, suspended at the head of the noble staircase. U ge reaching the landing. Sir Paul Varney, whieh was the name of the stranger, placed in the hands of a porter, who was dressed in black velvet, and witha bright red mask upon his face. a emall silver ticket. with the device of the king of diamonds elegantly engraved upon it, Lord Inglis tossed hautily a similar ticket of admission to the man, who thereupon rang a silver bell, which stood upon a little round table, covered with scarlet cloth, fringed with gold, that stood by his side, and into a little drawer in which he dropped the cards of silver. At the tinkle of the bell, a pair of green cloth doors before them were thrown open, and the nobleman and baronet passed through, when they were instantly closed behind them, bya servant also dressed in black velvet and with a crimson mask concealing his features They were now in a lofty domed vestibule, supported by « circular range of Doric columns, with bronzed eapitals, supporting an architrave of the richest carved work. This vestibule was paved with blue and white marble slabs, and Sorgeoas asit was with paintings and seulp- ture. it was but the ante-room of an apartment. the splendor of which was without a parallel in London. This room was a vast hall, one hun- dred and eighty feet in length and one hundred in breadth, and seventeen yards high. It was lighted by day from a dome of the richest stained glass, and by night—and at the time these two gentlemen passed into it—by two hundred brilliant jets of gas, blazing in the shape of every graceful flower, supported by bracehia of gold. and of bronze, and of silver, of the most exquisite devices and grace. The walls were divided into compartments by clusters of arched columns, and the spaces filled by paintings of the most costly an gor- geous description, wherein the purest taste, and the most wonderful richness of color, com- bined to please the eye and captivate the im- agination. The ceiling was a representation, in fresco and gold, upon an azure sky-tinted ground, of a feast of the gods. The panela between the columns which surrounded this grand chamber of luxury were enriched with paintings from the first periods of England, France, an¢ Italy. and were designed to fascinate the senses and administer to the emotions of voluptuousness, and often in conception were so free, that even the divinity of genius could not wholly veil their gross licentiousness. Ranged along the sides of this splendid area were numerous roulette and faro tables, around every one of which save one—and the most con- Spicuous—were gathered crowds of gentlemen deeply absorbed in pla: Others, in parties, were grouped here and there, up and down the Vast floor, conversing and smoking; while some, by twos and threes, marched up and down the apartment—the thick, rich, erimson and black carpet giving back no sound to the fall of their feet; some idly loungedon fauteuls. or watched the players. “Servants, all dressed in black velvet. here and there silently moved about, carrying sherbet or iced water to such of the guests as desired such refreshments. The voices of the two hundred men who were present caused a constant, monotonous buzz, varied by the eae flap of a card laid down with empha- sis,or the rattle of the roulette ball in the wheel, or the clear ring of silver, and thecrizper clink of gold pieces ; while. at intervals, a sud- den outbreaking voice—either of pleasure or of pain, as betters won or lost—rose above all ; and, at long intervals, was heard a deepoath of disappointment from some desperate loser. In this superb and glittering arena. under the glittering mask of fashion and style. the darkest passions of the human heart wero let loose, and here more vietims had perished than fellin the ampitheatre of Rome when Neto presided at the great games. The only differ- ence is that at Rome beasts fought and tore men, while here men tear and devour each other! The entrance of the two gentlemen into the room seemed to create immediate and extraor- dinary excitement. No sooner were they dis- covered than those who were promenading stopped full, and those who were seated rose. Ouly the moment before their appearance, two young noblemen, who were standing near the door. had been talking together as follows: “Do you think that Lord Inglis will be here? It must now be past ten o’eluck,”’ and he drew out a hunting wateh from his pocket, and, springing it, looked at the hour. The other drew from his fob a lady's watch, all glitte: with a set of brilliants, and said, yawningly. *’ Yes; a minute and a quarter be- ind time.” *- We always allow three minutes in Paris for difference in each man’s time,’’ said the owner of the bunting-watch. whose large, blue eyes betrayed his Saxon blood. ~* How much was it that Inglis lost in all last night’ I was not here. you know.”’ * Somewheres about thirty thousand pounds But he has been losing enormously every night for @ week,’’ answered the blue-eyed Jord. ~ And all to Varney! Sir Paul is the luck- iest man in London! I would as soon cast my money into the Thames as play with him.’’ ~ He has won, it is said, every pound of Lord Inglis’ fortane but fifty thousand! Inglis is mad to play with bim,”” answered the young lord wit jeweled time-keeper. : * He hopes to win back. And all this he is to stake to-night!” rejoined the other. “So I When he lost his last thousand to Paul nies he. in a moment of do«perati Lam told, charged Sir Paul with foul pla: “Yes. The cool fellow neither slap) him nor shot him down, but quietly said, * My lord. I forgive you. You know not what you say; | and whatever you please to stake I will put up an equal amount to meet it,’ ”’ said the otber. & Phat was fair and frank. And he aecept- ea?” “Yes; but he said to me afterwards it was all his fortune; and ifhbe lost it he was ruined !"’ - Then he ought not to have accepted. He ught to know he will lose it,’’ remarked the ung nobleman with the hunting-watch. “If ees ‘ene stone thrown into a well, to the bottom, UC know all stones that follow it will go to the buttom also. Inglis isinsane! © They say,” whispered the one who had the jeweled time piece, “ that Inglis bas played this desperate game from night to night at the dic- tation of spirits!” : ~ What, Eeliogfon! You donot believe that there is anything in this delusion ’ “No; but Lord Inglis does. You know we are intimate. at least so far as a young man of six-and-twenty can be the confidant of a noble- man of forty and more, whose hair is begi to silver. Spirits, he affirms, have told him that he will repair his fortune by playing with Sir Paul. and that he shall by-and-by win even the bank.”’ ‘He is crazed !"* ‘* Ever since he lost his child in that dreadful way, ten years ago, he has seemed to me a dif- ferent man. But, look. here he comes. and close behind him, too, Sir Paul Varney.’ “How can two walk together unless they be agreed ?"’ said the young lord with the lady's watch, smiling and shaking his head. ‘There'll be no playing, [ see.”’ “Look you, my lord. they do not so much walk in together as that they come in at the same time; for neither seems to regard the other. Let us follow them. See! every man in the room that is not playing is in motion. How pale Inglis looks, ane how excited hiseyes are!” “And Varney, cool and self-reliant as he alwaysis What a wonderful likeness between the two men! Did you ever perceive it?” ee Yes, every one has noticed it who knows em. This conversation was broken off by the ap- proach of the friends of the two gentlemen, who, from all sides of the vast room, pressed towards them and surrounded them. Sir Paul Varney proceeded directly to the faro table. which stood apart and conspicuous from the others, and which, having no ove near it but the croupior seated in fis chair, seemed to await some players more eminent and exclu- sive than the rest occupying the surrounding tables. ‘Lhe keeper of the table, on seeing Lord Inglis advance, followed by a score of his noble friends. stood and bowed to him; but when Sir Paul Varney came up with a train of fifty ba- rons, baronets, earls and marquisses, he laid his hand upon his heart and did the lowest possible homage of his servile body to the successful player. In the eyes of this keeper of the games the winner at play was a greater person, were he the ostler of Prince Albert, than Prince Albert himself a loser. The table which, a few minutes previously, ere Lord Inglis and Sir Paul Varney entered this ‘ Golden Hell,’’ as a Spanish prince upon his first visit to it termed it with great truth- fulness, had been vacant, was now the most Lae in all that gorgeous hall of pleasure and of sin, where Satan reigns lord of the card- tables. Such a competition as was now on the tapis of the gambling-room had never been witnessed. The players at the other tables aus- pended their games to crowd about the board where the Goliah and David of their armies were to decide one of the most interesting con- i ¢ history of + play;"’ a combat, were g, this great chronicler of games would have gazed upon with as deep an inter- est as ever old Froiasart watched the battles aloutrance of knights whose spear-heads in royal tournaments sought (for glory) each other's hearts ! But to our great play! Lord Inglis placed upon the ace of diamonds fifty thousand pounds It was not in one note, but in five, of ten thou- sand pounds each. He had that day converted. by mortgngé and pledges. all he was worth into this sum, on which he promised to meet Sir Paul Varney, hoping to recover the two hun- dred thousand which he had lost within a few weeks past to him and to others. It is not our purpose to enter into the de- tails of a stake at faro, as reporters record all the details of a race upon the turf, or a chal- lenge game at chess. We will record only the results of one of the most exciting night’s play ever known in London, not only on account the rank of the players, their former friend- shiv, their remarkable resemblance in form face, and features, to each other. but the un- paralleled amount of the stakes placed upon the board. The result was that Sir Paul Varney was the winner! Pale as the marble that stood in the niches about him, and as immovable stood Inglis, the Ear! of Conybeare, before the table! His eyes were fixed, with a wild, awful stare of fixed hor- ror, upon the pile of notes which the Chef des Croupiers was earelessly raking towards him across the board. His lips were compressed and blue, his hands trembled, and his whole visage was suddenly transformed into that of a stranger—for none of his intimate friends, as they gazed upon him, recognized in that awful. despairing. wild, sepulchural face, haggard and stricken with the aged look of centuries as in & moment of time. the features of Lord Inglis. CHAPTER II. THE RESCUF, “Ruined! Lost—utterly ruined !’’ were the words which were wrung from the lips of Lord Conybeare, as he stood once more beneath the dark archway which led from the street to the ambling hall. Those who would have followed fim forth be had sternly waved back. The calm, marble silence which he had retained in the presence of men, and beneath which he sealed up all emotion—as a shield of ice lays upon a fountain, locking up its waters—was now broken in the solitude and darkness of the outer air. *‘Ruined forever! Beggared in a single night! Curses fall from the skies npos the head of that skillful Varney! My child—my poor, noble, proud Isabel! how shall I meet ‘ou, and tell you that I have destroyed your hayetnese and hopes forever? Ishallgo mad! The bills of honor I should pay stare me like sigan eas in the face! I see before me only a Newgate prison and disgrace! Aye— even the chimney-sweeps will point their fin- gore at me, while lords willsneer' Would that this darkness, which now envelopes me and half the globe, would never lift! Would that the wheels of Time, which revolves to bring to- morrow, would rust upon the axles! The mor- row! oh! to-morrow—to-morrow! I cannot—I dare not—I will not meet it. A// is not lost! There still remains in my firm grasp the power to end this life ere the morrow dawn—for dawn it will—power to escape the evils I dare not meet! is glorious gift of life is mine—not Varney’s! No power lies in dice or gold to take it from me! The power to die remains—’tis a// that remains—and I will use it! To-morrow! Out upon the morrow, with its waiting anguish- es, shames. infamies, dreads and tortures! I can laugh at thee, 0, morrow! With the power to die left me, I am above the world, and defy thee, with all thy horrors!”’ As the nobleman thus spoke, he waved his hands above and about his head with strange gestures of defiance, and strode out of the dark ureh, and rapidly made his way down the street. His step, his airand manner, were thoss of a man desperate and resolved. He had moved but a little way, concealing his features by the cape of his cloak, as he passed the dimly burning lamps, when he felt his cloak pulled by some one Bebind. He looked around to see who it was. and beheld the same little girl whom he had encountered on entering the ga- ming house. « What—you again?’’ he demanded, fiercely. “You told me to come again, sir’’—— * But not to-night’’—— ““T thought you said to-night. I have been waiting, sir—so long—so many hours—for you to come out’’—— am in'e fn “What did you do this for?’’ he said, in a softened tone, as he noticed her trembling form and felt the plaintive tones of her sweet, sad voice enter his heart. *<T was afraid to go home without something, sir! And you 5) kind, and asked me to come again, and you would help me, I stayed till you came out!” The earl dy: - Go—buy food and what you need' It is all Ihave. Go, and trouble me no more!” “Oh, sir, now I shall be so happy’’—— “Happy? That make thes happy: would hither!” The child adyaneed hesitatingly, and closely nning used a moment in his rapid walk, and hurriedly searching his pockets, found a Ler of gold, and placing it in her hand, said, ns ? Then were thee' (io—but no—stay! Come WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1857. concealing the money in her clenched fingers, as if she feared he had repented the large gift, and wished to take it from her. They were at the moment stopping beneath the lamp on the corner of a narrow alley that led down to the Thames. At this moment the clock of a neigh- boring ehurch-tower tolled two and three-quar- ters. He started. “What I do must be done quickly,” he said, as he took from his pocket-book a leaf. and wrote by the flickering light. with a pencil, a few lines. “Do you'know where St. James's street is?” he asked the little girl, as the chilly wind blew her hair and her rags wildly about her faceand figure. ‘- You said you lived near there ’”’ Yes, sir,”’ “Take this note to the fifth house from the corner near the Palace. Qn the door-knocker ou will see a lion’s head in bronze. The door is oak, and the number is over the gate—22. Tf you are grateful to me for this money, you must find it, and leave there this paper. Let no eyes see it but those of my daughter. You must ask for her. and place itin ber hands. Will you do this?” * Yes, sir, I be sure and do it—you are so good, and have given me so much mioney.”’ “Go, then—farewell! Let me press thy hand!” He took her hand, and pressing it between his own, loft her. saying, as he hurried on— ‘Tt is the last time I shall hold in my gras abuman hand. It is severing the last lin which binds me to my species. Now, Death— welcome thy cold grasp !”’ He hurried down the lane which led to the river. The dark waters roiled by, rushing be- neath London bridge, near which he came, with sullen roar. It was the dead hour of the night ere the deep sleep of the early morning is bro- ken. Here and there burned alight upon some barge or vessel’s deck ; but there was no sound of laborers or of voices. A dread hush dwelt upon the water, and its crowded and packed flotilla of motionless keels. He swiftly moved on in the direction of the bridge, and in a few moments stopped near its centre. Leaning over the stone parapet, he gazed down into the lack and swiftstream. Here and there a star, ooking through a rent in the fog, was faintly reflected upon its surface. “This, then, is Lethe! Benea‘'h this wave I can bury the morrow, and all future to-mor- rows! Now is itin my power to defy fate and escape the scene I must pass through. if I suf- fer myself to live. All but death is lost! Now for the great secret! In a moment I shall solve the riddle, and be wiser than the world I leave behind me !~’ He looked carefully around him, and seeing that he was alone, he wrapped his face closely in the folds of his cloak, and leaped out into the empty air beyond the parapet. As he disappeared like a descending rock into the swashing and foaming waters far be- low, a child’s piercing shriek filled the air from the bridge, not far from where he leaped.which was answered by the hoarse, loud outery of a watchman, who, from the key in which he shouted, seemed bewildered by the sound. “Help! help! he has jumped from the bridge! was the wild cry of the shrieking voice. ‘Who? What is it? What has happened?” demanded the watchman. running up, accom- panied by one or twoof the police, to where stood the child upon the naked pur. pointing down into the waters below. * A gentleman has jumped over! was the answer of the child from whom Lord Cony- beare had not long before parted, and who, forgetting the name of the street she was to go to. had followed him to overtake him, when she saw him spring upon the parapet and take the le [To BE CONTINUED IN ovR NEXT] re A Sincutar Bet pon the bank of the Alleghany river, near the “Red House creek, says the Albany Journal, is a shanty. about eight or ten feet square, with a fireplace and chimney of stone, and finished and furnished in an equally cheap and primitive style. Its only occupant is a man just past the prime of lite, whose sole occupation is the rearing and care of a large number of swarms of bees. which gives him the sobriquet of the “Bee Hermit” tis the only name he is known by. He hus lived there for four years past. Where he came from, and what is his name, is unknown to all. His range of bees is several rods in length, closely fitted with two ranges of hives. and each hive A vtec with a small straw cap. similar to the old fashioned straw htve, in which he secures the surplus honey. His only companions and associates are a number of dogs, of whom he appears to be extremely fond. His only labor is the care of his bees, and his household duties. which are exceedingly simple and trfling. His sales are limited to the honey found in the caps, and such chance purchasers as please to call upon him Important Breacn oF Promise Case—Sprrit- UVALISM.—The Penn-Yan (N. Y_) Democrat says that one of those touching actions, the nature of which is well understood when embraced within this definition, was tried at the Circult Court in that village last week, Judge Welles pending. The plaintiff was Miss Elizabeth askin, aged thirty-two years, and the defendant Mr. George L. Jones, aged thirty-one years, both of Milo. ‘That he had courted and won the lady was an undeniable fact, for both having been sworn in the cause, both so testified. The de- fence set up was, that while in that state of rela- tions toward each other which precede matrimo- ny, the lady became aconvert tospiritualism,and herself an interpreting medium, and the gentle- man not fancying the idea ef a crowd of unseen spectators of his marital endearments and dom tic felicity, declined to exchange those ratifica- tions, without which no treaty is binding. There ‘was proof, on the other hand, that the wooer had introduced his intended first to the ‘circle,’ and there. side by side, bad courted the presence of the messengers which set tables to moving, and frightened said articles of furniture out of their wits. The jury thought that Jones should pay nine hundred dollars for the violation of his plighted faith after so long a courtsbip. ————— TIRGIN ND OTHER PAPER MONEY V oe a ANKEN AT PAR! CLOTHING !—CLOTHING!—CLOTHING! CHEAP FoR Cash. MONEY SAVED AND FAIR DEALING, AT 322 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, a between Sth and 10th sts.,at the “ tall Howse.” Just opened, a large stock of READY MADE CLOTHING, at the following low prices: ’e can offer greater bargains in Clothing than can be obtained elsewhere in this city. opin | to our building, we did not fay in our stock as others did, and>we bought at great sacrifices, owing to the state of the market. envy Winter Overcoats $400 to S10 00 Heavy Body Coats: SHto 00 Black Cloth Coats. 7 Dto 1200 Winter-lined Cassimere Pi 2Rto 500 Winter- lined Casi ble breasted... Boys Jackets. . Woolen Pant oe ng one of tho largest and fi YTHS and CASSIMERES in this city, we ared to make Clothing to order at the short op: ostwotices WALK, STEPHENS & CO, s22 ave , het. 9thanid lth sta, FINE CHAMBER FURNITURE, Sol Walnut CHAMBER SETS. Pe OMT AMBER BETS, all of seein Walnut BUREAUS, ite. 5 ore Vests, dou- n2 F mes finish, My MEDROBES, and BEDSTEADS, and WASH-CLOSETS. SPRING MATTRESSES, HAIR MAT- SSES, hest quality. A ed ‘assortment of the same articles at lower Prices. . Our stoek of HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS, ie wery large, 5 = to Pring ng per and prices, an: rin the city. Md ee And examine before arehasin, else- MoGR 0. 0. 57th street. OR & SCISSORS, MIRRORS, POWDER BOXES. Rea is Hair Store. near Isth street, Pa nave. and at his Salesroom, under \Willards’, nl 3m IN AT Me!-AUGHLIN’S, No. Laake 9th streets, frig larg: Goode now opening. NING NEW GOODS at OUN's No, 2 Pa.aveuue. between 8th and oh street, n tween Of hew 10 . Cmeinnatt, Ob NO. 1,504. the “ Weshengion VENING STAR cirou- country. ) can be the issue o red the ______ For Rent and Sale. O RENT.—That new three st with back building, with bath rocie ree onse the modern convemences, situated on B + be- tween Seoond and Thirt! streets. Inquire of J. Ye, ARNOLD. stroct,between Phird and Four-and- 00 et OR RENT.—! 0 7 F At ge baa HOUSE on F street, between ne 2-tf W. F. PHILIPS, {OR RENT—A tandsomely Furnished HOUSE, (No. 445, northeast corner of H and luth streets) ae ces Save npn gas fixtures, bathing room, &e vr eulars appt yn the prem) address Box 513 rity Post Ufice., yi : tt SOR RENT.—One large PARLOR, with Bed- kK rooms attached, suitable for a fointy or mente man and lady, with or without Board. Also, several other Rooms, suitable for singie gentlemen. App! at D'IVERNOIS’S Hotel, Ps. avenue, between 171 and I8th sts. oc 2 OR RENT—Prof. H. W.MUNDER having fitted up his Hallinan elegant mauner, which renders it one of the prettiest roome in tiis oity, will be rented upon moderate terms for Soirees, Suppers, Dinners, or Promenade Concerta. A pply at the Hall on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday even- ings from 732 uatil 93g o'clock. is School is now open for the reception of pupils on seeemer and Thursday afternoon and evening. oc 22- — Stoves, &c. Cc. WOODWARD’S Merrcpor it’: STOVE AND GRATE . FACTORY. The Greatest Cooking Stoves im the United States. I have just received from Philadelphina few of the new Rising Srar, or doublo Oven Cooking Stov. decided improvement on the old Morning patented 1857. I had tl. ot up ia I’hilndel- his last suramer, exclusively for this market. They are very heavy and strong, and cast of the very best Pennsyivania Malleable Iron. Ali the Cooking | Uten: are made extra heavy. F. H. Church, Esq., manufactarer, have also, fue Liperty Star, made by Messr« Abbott & Laurence of the same place. Tae Licht STREET DovsLe Ovey Coox, made by Messrs. Haivan Bartlett & Co.. Baltim jogether with the Gione, Flora Cook, NoBt & Coox,ana the Bice River Aix ‘Ticue Coox. If any man ean produce a better Cooking Stove, to excel the abeve Stores. for roasting, baking, &o.,1 will give him $59 on each one. Please cail and nothing, aud Stoves, &c. xamine them. it will cost rou ou will see all kinds and sorts of ror sale at Cc. WOODWARD Metropolitan Stove and Grate Factory, No. 318 and S22 Pa.ave., bet. 10th, and 1th sts. Balcony in Front fuii of Stoves. N. B. Astothe Sra Siert eiat tor Cooxrxe Stove. I have examined it thoroughly, and think it has a very appropriatename—SueLy. Yes, shelis will barn ont ina few fires. g them—goodl for the makers. And as to the old Moi ing Star. I sold them Iast fatl, but will not sel! them again. They are as thia as pasteboard. | can prove that the waker’s agent urged me, for almost a day, last summer in my counting room to sell them this Fall; say that if I would take twenty-five of them he wouid give me the exclusive xgency ofthem for five years. J him | would not have them at any price, they are ¥ made. They are hand- billed over town by one thst said inst fall that they were aot worth having, All the above I can prove. seit? F kROST KIN WODWARD'S Cc. METROPOLITAN STOVE AND if GRATE FACTORY, G. 318 Pa. avenur, beticeen 10th and, Vth streets. TINEMETZ, mrt HATTER AND FURRIER, v., near the eorner of 13th street, t of Ladies’ and Chil- 1 all their ny Hiaving selected them himself the importing henses in New rk, and taken advantage of the times by purchasing for cash, and selling for eaxh, he will be able to sell @ more moderate prices than any ‘ered in this city. marys MINIMES, Minses? fhonver Fists, and Chil ey fats now on § 8 as low ax 75 cents, and Victorines $3.0 HATS, HATS—CAE Black Dress I 3, — for the m f and Ceps Also, Feit Hats * wenr. sh—therehy being enabled to F cash at a ama! probit, b o J' RE ED, barrels of the PLOSIV or Ethereal Onl, which we will sell at the sar as the other. We hay above. Tu Corporation Bonds of the City of Daverport, Towa, paying 10 per cent. mteres! by Coupon in New York. Goons of $90 each. The growing city of Davenport has now about 20,000 inhabitants, aud in mpidiy increasing in we: and population. Its municipal debt is only $148,900, and its railroad debt only $3 125,000, and cannot now be increased. The statistics of the city were published in tha Intelli- gencer of the 3th September. We recommend these bonds, eens them to be as safe as any State or city bonds. ooo CHUBB BROTHE RRIAGES. =i , as RARE INDIC GARDNER & PLACE have no’ and varied assortment of CARRIA of their own manufacture, which ranted in point of material and work ship, to be equal to any inade in the at and are offered at lower prices than at any other place in this city ,—for cash. ‘They build every description of Ca: with either the ordinary gatroyd Paten Particulsra REPAIRING, which is faithfully and promptly dons at the very lowest rates. pei né- ges ioorder, or on Mar- 553 12th street, near Canal. NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, Ww = Speed Sth, ene On the petition of Hubbard Harris, administrator of Alpha Richardson, dec’d, of North Enfield. New Hampshire, praying for the extension of a patent granted to the said Alpha Richardson on the !7th April. 1844, for an improvement in “Machine:y for Splitting Leatner,” for seven years from the expira- tion of said patent, which takes place on the I?th day of April, 1858: ‘ tt is ordered, that the said petition be heard at the Patent Office on Monday, the Sthe@f Apri next, at 12 0’clock, m.; and all persons are notified to ap- pear and show cause.ifany they have, why said pe- tition ought not to be granted. Persons opposing the extension are required to file in the Patent ‘Ofhoe their oljections, specially set forth in writing, at least Sse | bay before the day of hearing; all testimony filed by either party to be used at the said hearing must be taken and transmit- tedin aeoordancs with the veg of the office, which ! be furnished on application. The testimony in the case wi!l be closed on the 25th of March next; depositions and other papers relied upon as testimony must be filed in the ofhee on or be- fore the Regier hed vo day ; the arguments, if any, thin ten days thereafter. : 3 Peet rin that this notiee be published in the Union, Intelligencer, and Evening Star, Washing- ton, D. C.; Pennsylvanian, Philsdelph News, New Y Boston; weeks previous to the Sth of April next, . JOSEPH HOLT. ete tae Commussioner of Patents. P. 8. Editors of the above and send their bills to the contaiing this notion. 2 | de MOUNT VtRNON,. ‘The Steamboat THOMAS COLLYER, having been thoroughly repaired, will mak: roe ree Ne this ety, ee PHESDAY and FRIDAY MO ring the intervening a sl as usual. etme PHOMAS RAKER, Captain. eS’ BRAIDS, PLAITS, CURLS, BA AVIGS anh PUPES, at GIBBS'S Hnir near corner of 13th st. and Pa ng Sma GECOND-HAND PIANOS for sale belew their + real value, to make room. at the Music, Depot of Ww. G. NETZBROTT. large assortment of Flutes and Violins! a ast arrived, eae ri _ oe INT OF MONTE CHRISTO. 2 vols; $1 Dia os ations Student, by Warren; 50 cents. okw: road, ! idx; Soents. : Geonga. on the Pidoter of the Isle of France, by eynolds; 50 cents. 1 e Ids; D cents. Brant ee we every thing. by Maxwell; Robert Bruce, or the Horo King of Sootland, by —s . Wale wile Horo of Scotland, by Reynolds; 3 cents. 313, 5 Sons. of Malta bxposed ERA cE O8, made rantz of Ger ep ieeteeeks am safc them at ¥ Tiara het tur oar Dak at 25 each, one at $37, and one at For sale or hire upon very terms, at our great Piano establish- pats No. 396 av., between sts. f a * OOLEN GOODS cheaper at Mol.AUGH- WwW LIN’S than any other place, nie Georgetown Advertisements. LARGE aseons ENT OF FALL At very Low Prices to Cash Customers, JOHN H. SMOOT, No. 119 Sours Sips oF ® Srezrr, has ed and now offering i very low prices to receiv. now offering at very ash and prompt customers, & large assortment of FALL AND W urchased im Philnde!ph: Arge recent Auction Sales, porters, at very low prices, which will enable him to offer to purchasers. many desirable Goods conaderably below their value. In the assortment will be Rich Silk Robes and Bayadere Silke est make of Biack Sikes syadere Valentins and Valentia Ro! Rich Printed, all wool, Delaines and Robes ‘Satin Fanconies, plain eolors, all wool, ® very supe- tior goods. double width, at 750. Leepin’s and other makes French sone, of all the most desirable cvlors, including White and Bisok Plain Deiains, binek. white and colored. &4 black F rencli Merinos, for Shawls Rich Union Plaid Merinos, at 31 cts, Do. all Wool do. » ots. Printed Mcusiin Delaines, good styles, at 18 and 25 cen 30 pieces, best styles, English Prints at 123s ota, Rich style Bonnet ant Sase Ribbons Pinie colors do., very cheap et Ribbons and F riage Trimmings Stella, Broehs Shaw]s, in great variety Super double Broona jo. Chemii« and Cashmere Scarfs Bajou’s Kid Gloves, all color’ and Nos. Sack Flanne!s, all eclors White American, Weloh, and Saxony do. Biack Bombazines and 6 4 Deiaines Colors ard C Meninos Black Crape V lish Crapes Gest bieck and brown and white English Priote Cons one Square Biack Thibet and Stare Shawls Ladies and Children’s plaid woolen Shawls, im ali styles and prices Hosiery of every description ladies Saxony and Merino Vests With a full supply of housekeeping and domestic Goods, of the best makers. ocd JOHN H. SMOOT. JO TLC E.— Having been informed that o-r- iN tain persons sre an the habit of onllecting and zathering together the Bottles which contain or have contained our beverares, and puttine therein an arti - cle made by others than ourselves, and then dispos- ing of such article on the faith and credit ofourname stamped on said Bottles. persons are hereby notified that such Bottles are our own property, and not subject to sale, and that they are delivered toour customers only to be returned, and that it is our firm intention to prosecute to the utmost extent of the law, any infringmeat of our gets on ee erreneee- ARNY & SHINN, Union Bottling Depot, 57 Green street. Georgetown, D.C. DS PONT’S GUNPOWDER. Lam all times supplied withall the various of DU PONT’S GUNPOW DER, and am pre) to supply the same inany quantity to parties Wanting, on the most favorable terms. W. ALBERT KING, Agent for the District of Columbia, No. 35 High street, (Intel 4Rtates - Goore wn. Dentistry, &c. D®; VILLARD, DENTIST, LATE OF CHI- CaGo, would respectiully inform the cit- izens of the District and viownity, that hat oS ing located himseif in Washington, he is now prepar d to perform all operations in his profes- gon, mn the most approv: le. Otioo, No. 2, Penn, ave 6, adjoining Gautier’s jan iy se IMPROVED SETS OF TEETH. M. LOOMIS, M. D., the inventor and patentee of “Loomis’ Mineral Plate Teeth,” ha 3 troduced his improvemen Various c has now permanently estab- lished tumseif in Washington. This improvement for Sets of Teeth consists chief- y 9 making a set of but one piece of material, ‘hat indestructible mineral. No metal is used in their constrvetion, and they are therefore free from esivanicaction and metalic taste. There are no Joints Lo become filled with moisture or particles of food. hence they rrepere and clean. They are lighter, stronger, less clumsy, far more durable, rad natural in their appearance. | wiil give a reward o nousind Dollars toany one who will produces similar work ef art to — mine in purity, besuty, durability, ertistic excellence or any Other requisite quality. All work responsihiy warranted, 255 Henan avenue, between iith and 12th streets, Lo y ENTISTRY. De eR SiepHEN BAILY, Ovpice No, 1% PENNsYLVANIa AVENUE, Three doors from lith Street. Dr. BAILY begs leave to inform the public that he mumy 12-tf gan be geen atali hours, at his office, | atasabove, He feels gssured that an experience of fifteen year: practice, With the large number of patients, and creat variety of difficult cases that he has treated s = fully, will enabic him to surmount an aifeuly, scientific or otherwise, relating to the 5 confirming the opinion of men rofession, and especially Drs. Harris Parmiy, has led him, long since, todis- unal preparations for filling Teeth, also Gutta Percha, India Rubber, and Co- of Continuous Gam ae nted on Gold Piste, ts the only relate substaz nt oan be Worn im the mouth, 8* was most conclusively shown by the last American Denta! Convention. - Although he fintters tumself ft his long resi- dence and practice in Washington, he is favorabiy known to his numerous friends patrons, he bere leave to refer them to the following TESTIMONIALS: From the late saci’ = the Church of Epiphany of is city Dr. Streuen Batty: Denr Mir—I desires toexpresn My esteern for you pers: my confidence in ou &8 a superior dent 8 executed r me have heen high ethst y may receive the patroange from my friends and | public that your skill so well deserves. Yours very tay, % Washington, Aug. 2, 18. J.W. FP RENCE, From one of the oldest firms in Baltimore, Megara, B-er38, Cotman & Co. Having emplored D . Stephen Baily, Sure tist, of Washington city, to exeoute for me portant and difficult piece of work, which he did to My entire satisfaction, and in view of the fact that one of the most distinguished members of the Dental College of Baltimore, failed, after repeated trials, to perform the same work satisfactorily, it gives me reat pleasure to express my entire confi and Eich estiination of his professional skill Baltimore, Jan. 12,1557. HARMANN BOGGS, Extract froma note received from the iate Hon. John J.and Me Aug. 19, 1956. J, 8. Senate, Aug. 18, The er ged en mand for me work admirably 3 moth- — er Ne SOHN M-CLAYTON. 'o those that seok relief from the maladies of ths on lean that ook? recommend Dr. 5. Baily as o uperior Dentist: he made s sea of poroelian teeth for one of my familv,and plucged se teeth for myself, aud the work has 4!! stood w. [ae more than ten years. ROBERT IXON, of the Va. Conf. of the M. E. \. eva: ths pabantiguall bering bal eae beneedl We, the undersi | having had oooasi a ourssives of tke professional skill of Dr. 8. Baily. Surgeon Dentist of thie city, or having bee: Tu ant of his operations on our = — or yen yeasvre in expressing our sdmiration Pant, as weil of the uniformly satisfactory manner hich he performs the most delicate and dificult Operations in Dental Surgery.and we respectfclly re- commend him to tn jence patronage of the der him eminently worthy. LTER, Architect U. S. sol. 'ROMAS MILLER, M. D.,of Washington, D.C. S. Bonen, M. D. of Georgeto 5 ig no M. D., of Washington, . H. BRapiry, of Washington, =Governor of Fioride. FORGE WALTON: Mayor of Washington, Henry Bartow, U. tent Office, O.C. Wien, Principal Rittenhouse Academy. 20 tf U™tee STATES MAIL. VIRGINIA. Post Orrice DarartMEnt, Oct 29, 1897. Proposals for carrying the maiis of the United States from Let Jan, 1858, earlier. if practicable, to auth June, 1854, on the following route in the State of Vircin sesived at the onmtvagt office of this department unt 3 p.m. ofthe 8th day of De- oember t, to be decided on the following day : No, 5183—From Abingdon, by Clear Branch, Buffalo * Pond, Three seach Mili Point. Arcadia, *k House. Fatellville, nek Creek, Pattonsville, Stickleywalle, Rocky Station, Jonesville 1y Hollow, Beech Sprinr, Rose Hill. and Wamut Hill, to Cumberiand Gap, Tenn., ues — and —_ + three times & week. in four horse coaches. Leave Alinzdon Toesday, Tivureday and Sat- day, and T: a Leave Cumberland © = nee iisedon Thareday, Saturday, ant 8am. For ferme af proposal . cuarpates, and certificate, ain: meirrrnore, eee Advertivemente of Jnn. 12 13S, 9 Rh, and F " ed se oe, wher ds pasuphlet form RON Y. BROWN, oe S-lawsw Postmaster Gen Foxe) FUBL—t have rropived “4 another supp. reine BARES ae For ale oe ory Noe Sitand 22 Pen ss pe ape ith atreets. a between loth omg! WOODWAR Dp,