Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1857, Page 2

EVENING _ STAR. GTON CITY: .- samp ...2e November 13, 1857. _————————————— SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Union. to-day, discusses cheap postage, and rejoices over the well-deserved renomina- tion of Senator Brown The Intelligencer speculates upon the prot- able working and effect of the present tariff. {0 The steamship Adriatic, of the Collins line, goes down New York Bay to-day on a trial trip. [7 At the cattle market in Philadelphia, on Monday, beef fell one dollar in the hundred pounds, and very dull at that. {7} The National Chess Congress has termi- nated in New York and a National Chess Asso- ciation has been organized, of whigh Col. Mead has been elected Presid {> The Seaboard Agricultural Fair in pro- gress at Norfolk, Va., has been eminently suc- cessful. The greatest gathering ever seen there has been drawn by the display {> A thousand or fifteen hundred of the “un- employed” are to be set to work in New York upon the Central Park, on Monday next, some $30,000 having been appropriated by the city councils for that purpose. {D> The free negroes have been driven out of Piqua, Ohio, by the white population, for their indecency and insults togladies. One of them was whipped and another tarred and feathered. IP The city of Des Moines, the new capital of Towa, has passed an ordinance for the issue of “city scrip’ to circulate as money, the same and all other city orders bearing interest at three per cent. a month, till January next. I> It is deemed somewhat inconsistent that the *-bread or blood** party of New York after re- solving, with many speeches, to attack the bread carts, and finally, after plundering a few in ear- nest, did not eat the loaves which they contained, but amused themselves by merely pelting with them the drivers and each other. New Yor« Exvection.—The returns, thus far received, show a clear Democratic majority on the State ticket of 13,050, and a clear Democratic gain over the presidential vote a year since of 91,000. The Repnblicans have 15 inembers of the Senate to 14 Democrats, 2 Americans, and 1 Independ- ent; and 58 Assemblymen to 61 Democrats and 9 Americans. From Kanxsas—The Lecompton correspond- ent of the St. Louis Repubiican says that the con- stitutional convention propose to submit a consti- tution with and without slavery to the people The correspondent of the Democrat says that the pro-slavery clause of the constitution bad only four dissenting votes, and this clause only will be submitted to the people Desiructivs Fire.—A destructive fire oc- curred at Waterford, Saratoga county, N. ¥.,on Wednesday morning. The ext2nsive flour mill of Messrs. Morse, Eddie, & Co., together with the storehouse attached to it and its contents ‘were entirely destroyed. Ten thousand bushels of wheat and four hundred barrels of flour were an the storehouse. The fire is supposed to have originated in the friction of the machinery. The loss amounts to about $35,000. The insurance is 10,000 on the stock and $9,000 on the building {> The Cincinuati papers expose aswindling scheme got up in that place on pretence of being a benevolent operation under the title of the Western Emigrant Aid Association. The plan of the parties is to obtain the names and addres- ses of persons in different parts of the country, to whom they forward handsomely engraved tickets in a pretended lottery, the proceeds of which are promised to be devoted to aiding poor men of families to emigrate to the West. Tue Sanrorp Hatt Case.—The case of ha- beas corpus sued ont by the brother of Anne Bas- sett Smith, who, it is alleged, has been illegally confined in a private mad house known as San- ford Hall, for seven months, is now Proceeding before Judge Davies of the New York Supreme Court in chambers. An extraordinary feature of the case already developed is that the lady was confined in Sanford Hall seven years before any egal or medical commitments were Puton file in Proper registry of the county as required by law, the necessary legal commitment having been procured since the commencement of the present suit. Sgir Strvex sy Ligutxixc at Sea axp Burxt.—The ship Hawadji, Capt. Balch, from Boston, bound to Liverpool, with a cargo of cot- ton, hemp, and tallow, was struck by lightning on the 3d inst., at Sa. m ,in lat. 42 50 north, long. 61 42 west, being about 100 miles from Sable Is- land. The cargo was set on fire and the ship to- tally consumed. The captain and crew were for- tunately rescued at 11 o’clock the same bight by the ship Guttenberg, Capt. Myers, and taken to New York. The Howadji was insured in Boston offices as follows : In the Merchant's for $27,000; in the American for $23 WW; the Boston for $21,000; the Boyleston for $47,000; and the Mercantile Marine for $2.00. These are aiso other Policies on the vessel and freight to the amount of $160,000,which fully covers the toss. Se Ricut or s Rairxean ro Lay its TRACK IN a City.—An important decision has just been given by the highest court in New York upon the right of a railroad company to lay its track on a pub- lie street. A citizen of Syracuse sued the Central Railroad Company for damages, for having laid itetrack in front of his Property. It was con- tended in epposition to his claim, that as it was 2 public street, and had been surrendered to the public use by the owners of the adjoining proper ty, the company had a right to build a railroad through it, inasmuch as this was one mode by which the public made use of it The Supreme Court decided in favor of the railroad company ; bat the Court of Appeals has reversed this deci- sion, deciding that the dedication of land to the use of the public as a highway is not a dedication of it to the use of a railroad company, and that consequently, @ railroad cannot be be built upen a highway without compensation tothe owners of the fee. US A most destructive fire occurred at Cul- peper Court House, Va., on Wednesday morning last, destroying the Verandab—a whole square— including two printing offices, five stores, anda Testaurant, to the amouut of $30,000 The fire originated in one of the cellar restau- rants. The cffice of the Culpeper Observer was destroyed, and the proprietor, A. J Stofer, loses everything connected with his paper. H. M. Garland loses the press and fixtures of the Blue Ridge Republican, saving bis books. Bowen's tin establishment was a total loss, as was the drug store of J. B. Gorrell, the tailor shop of Thos. Wood, and the restaurant of Stringfellow & Wood. Wm. Taylor lost his stock of boots end shoes. Freemasons lost their furniture and regalia, and J. F. Strother his law library. 1 P. Nelson and G. Murphy saved some portion of their stock of goods The men and women of the place were all at work, and it wax with the greatest difficulty the hotel was saved. PERSONAL. +++. Capt. Nicholas and Com. Calhoun, U. §. N., are at Willards’. -.-. Com. Perry, U. SN; Judge Crain, Md; and Hen. T. G. Pratt, Md., are at Browns’. ---- Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, lec- tures to-night in Baltimore on “‘ The Present As- pect of American Politics.’ «--» Mr. Walsh writes to the Journal of Com- merce that Salvini, who lately played Othello in Paris to universal admiration, is the greatest tragic actor of the present time. ---- Mr. W.P. Ritebie has returned to bis post as editor of the Riehmond Enquirer. He ex- presses Limself satisfied with the conduct of the Paper in Lis absence by Baker P Lee. the assist- ant editor, and he upon Governor Wise to State bis posit he Senato ial question dees pot believe Wise will permit bis name to be used in opposition to Mr. Hunter. 17 Miss Gardiner, who was made captive b the Indiaus at Spirit Lake, and rescued ‘ms ink. padue swt A avon Kyi outrageous treat- Port Dodge, Towa. 4 ie WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP la : Tue Coxcert.—We scarcely need say that Juliana May's dedut last night, in this her native city, was an artistic triumph, such as ‘was never before witnessed here except in the tase of Jenny Lind’s appearance ppon our metropolitan stage. a je.sium béred, perbaps, a thousand, filling'every portion of the hall wherein one could sit or stand, and embraced a larger proportiomof persons ageom- plished in music than -before gathered in a concert-room in this country. Besides the large number of gentlemen and families con- nected with the various foreign legations, there are in Washington a much targer proportion of refined and accomplished foreigners, most of them artistic; employees of the Government, than reside in any other American city of the population of ours. Their identification with Washington society, and the fact that the lat- ter is so much made up by importations, from time to time, of persons of mind and attain- ments making them more or less conspicuous in public affairs elsewhere—of really cultivated persons—have, together, stamped our commu- nity with a critical musical taste that will be Sought for in vain in the United States out of the District of Columbia. Miss May’s situation under the eyes and ears of such an audience, not prepared to realize that she was the superior artist they so unani- mously voted her to be by the close of her first piece, was most trying. All went to criticise her severely, as must have been evident to her from the intensity of the gaze upon her, and the rigility of the silence with which she was heard through Verdi's difficult and poetic cava- tina,from Ernani. At its conclusion the ver diet was pronounced with a heartiness of will which took us by surprise, though no other person present was more completely surprised on finding her to be incomparably the best singer now in this country. Our astonishment was, in realizing that such was also the so unani- mous judgment of the hundreds of accomplished critics by whom we were surrounded. Miss May's range of voice is not as extensive as those of some sopranos we have heard; yet with the exception of Jenny Lind, we have heard no other soprano who sang every note of her range with such faultless precision, grace, and poetic effect. Her tones are exceedingly melodious, rich, and pathetic, and she pours them forth in cadences which illustrate to a charm the idea of the poetry of music. Her cultivation is equal to that of any artist that has so far appeared in this country—critical— beyond our previous conception. Grace notes are designed to be poetic embel- lishments of the artistic designs intended to be represented in musical scores—picces. The audience last night felt the force of that fact ere she had warbled a dozen bars; and ere the conclusion of her first piece, were complete- ly carried away by the effect of the poetic taste with which she rendered them. The pieces she sang embraced a wide range of styles of composition, and thus severely tested her artistic skill and accomplishment; and in rendering each succeeding one, she won greener laurels. The instrumentation of the evening, too, was, as a whole, saperior to any other piano playing we ever heard; for we never before heard, in a single concert, so finished a pianist as Mr. Palmer, and another so redolent of pro fessional genius as Mr. Sanderson, whose charm- ing fantasies delighted all. The piece selected by Mr. Palmer can be played with so great effect by but a single other artist now in Amer- ica—Thalberg, its author. Indeed, we ques- tion whether there is another artist in the land besides Messrs. Thalberg and Palmer who could venture to attempt it before such an audience. We regard the residence and labors of Mr. Palmer in this city as the most fortunate cir- cumstance in the history of its musical pro- gress, for he is scattering broadcast the seed of artistic musical accomplishment, that has pro- duced wonderfully, even so soon. We regret that hm does not appear oftener in the concert room, that all piano players in Washington may have opportunities to catch the inspiration of his so superior taste and style. Mr. Albites sang the pieces allotted to him with grace and fine effect. He sings like an accomplished gentleman rather than as an ar- tist striving to make a sensation The entrance of the President in the concert room was greeted bya popular acknowledgment of applause. which testified the deep respect and strong regard entertained for him in this community. Hundreds went away from the door. unable togain admittance. Atone time, so eager were the crowd of respectable people outside, to enter, as that they seemed about to force the doors, necessarily closed upon them. After such a triumph as Miss May had last night, of course her concert must be repeated here, fur not a tithe of those in Washington have yet heard her who desire so to do. Taz Smaty Note Qvestion—Secretany Gutanie.—We find in alate number of the Hartford Courant—an ultra opposition journal —remarks concerning ex-Secretary Guthrie's management of his late trust, which deserve re-publication as involving an acknowledge- ment from such a quarter that some—no, ra- ther, much—gcod caine, indeed, out of (Dem- ocratic) Nazareth. The appositeness of Mr. Gutbrie’s well-balanced views concerning the impolicy of emall bank notes, as made evident in the present state of financial affairs, has wrung from the Covsant its well-deserved eu- logy upon that officer, ax follows : ‘There has not been a Secretary of the Treasur, since the United States government was founded, Whose opinious have carried more weight and been more generally accepted to the country at large, than those of James Guthrie, Secretary during Pierce's entireterm Mr. Guthrie ts no partisan; no extremist; no theoretical politico- economist fe isa practical business-man, re- markable for sterling common sense, and willing- ness to take facts as he finds them, without straining them into conformity with pre-con- ceived theories. Such was the reputation he bore and still bears, among political foes, as well as political friends Such being the case, much Ts is universally felt for his judgment, in fiuancial matters. In his latest report on the finances, dated December, 1856, he intimates the opinion which is now, under daily evidence, be- coming the opinion of ail intelligent men, with- out regard to party lines, that the small bills of the 1,39 banks, issuing $195,000,000 which at least 850,000, is and under, operates the withdrawal of the $195 000,000 of specie, which the paper is supposed to repre- seut. A bank bill for $5, under Connecticut laws may drive out of the country ten times its face in ars as each bill is supposed to be good, al though the law requires only $1 in specie, for every Si0issued in paper. Mr. Guthrie estimates the gold and silver jn the country, one year ayo, at $250),000,000 5 although he acknowledges that the saperintendent of the mint makes it ouly $200, 000,000 ; and that for reasons stated, it is im- possible to come to any reliable conclusion as to the amount of specie in the country at any one period. It does not seem of any greatimportance for practical ar poese what the amount js, be it more or less, What we do know is, that at least 850,000,000 of small note circulation, might be advantageously supplied, from our own gold mines As Mr. Guthrie says: ** There bas been added to the gold and silver from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000 since the work- ng of the mines in California. ‘This affords sat- i factory proof that the $50,000,000 of sinali note circulation could be supplied from our own mines in the couse of three or four years without de- ranging our currency, or oppressin, = branch of productive industry. ‘The only difference would be the supply of a home demand, instead of a foreign demand, and the consumption of a less amount of fereign merchandise. This a bealihy operation of trade would soon accom- plish. It remains to inquire, in what manner provision can be made to have the small-note cir- cw withdrawn and pgobibited. some of the States there are no chartered banks, and other of the States have not authorized the issue of resin notes; whilst chars, under fe pilenyerie 3 upon currenc! u -with a.view to the full consideration of the evi and caused their withdrawal. Th of a correct and corrected | ; jp be expected, sooner or later, to extend itself to the other States, and thus accomplish the en- tire withdrawal of small notes, and the substi- tution af and silver in their stead for all the small di tions, including the payment Tender presentation for payment impracticable, and the infl pf alike loss sony reli induofi an ai ‘the constitution, giving Com. gress authority to probibit and resticta their u: and induce sueh an amendment to be called for by the States that.have not used, or have ceased to use, them. At present, an attempt to prohibit and restrain the issue and circulation of small notes, by a resort to taxation, or by applying bankrupt Jaws. to th renjature. In my ‘mer repdrts, the su nas been brought to the attention of Congress. and danger to our ether © from their continued use, under the hope that ongreey, or the States authorizing their issue, would take action, to ex- tend the restriction and make it general. “If the small notes are withdrawn and pro- hibited, it is believed the operations of the treas- ury, inthe collection and disbursement of the national revenue, would be as salutary a restraint upon the banks and upon commercial transac- tions, as could be interposed, and all-sufficient to secure as sound, healthy, and uniform a cur- rency, as itis practicable to have,” Tae Current Huxcer Demonstrations embrace few features, in their management, calculated to recommend them tothe American public. Wherever they have taken place—in New York, Philadelphia and Newark—indi- viduals in broadcloth, with tender bands and sixpenny cigars in their mouths, have been the orators and managers. Ur, in other words, they have been managed by demagogues bent on making political capital for themselves, rather than on achieving substantial relief for the de- serving poor. The only very unanimous im- pression produced by them—the demonstra- tions in question—is that the time has already come when the fears of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson with reference to the latent dangers to the principles of the Government of the United States, involved in the character of the population of great cities.—as proved by the history of every great city that has existed anywhere for more than a century—may be realized at any moment. unless those who may lose by anarchy—the industrious. orderly and economical—adopt efficient measures for self- protection wherever there may be large masses of persons collected who either do not compre- hend, or if comprehending them, fail to set a proper value on the true privileges and bles- sings of citizenship under a Government such as ours; which is the case with many who are native, as well as with many of the foreign- born, in such localities. Thank God, we are troubled with few such Political philosophers in this section of the Union, it being too far South for them. We are very sure that all sound hearts, every- where, beat in unison with the distresses of those thrown out of employment through the derangement of the finances occasioned by so extended credits and. speculations on the part of the banks and bankers. We know, too. that public and private charity will stretch to their utmost to relieve the necessities of the unem- ployed, unless such demonstrations of a dispo- sition to demand a division of property as are involved in the speeches of the demagogues who assume to lead the “labor movements” at the North, should have the effect of inducing the benevolent, but timid. to believe that they are in danger of bread riots thus excited. One must reflect on the condition of the hun- dreds of thousands in the North rendered abso- lutely hungry by the condition of the times, to comprehend how fearful the responsibility of the speculators who have produced the current state of affairs, really is. Tur Pairaperrata Post Orrice Question. We had barely space yesterday in which to protest against the spirit of the Ledger's on- slaught of the day before on the Postmaster General and the Members of Congress from Philadelphia, and to point public attention to the fact that speculation must be at the bottom of the discontent with the action of the Depart- ment, which was simply and strictly in fulfil- ment of the direction of Congress, that left it no alternative but to carry out the special law on the subject, to the fetter. We have every reason to believe that the proprietors of the Ledger are theinselves the capitalists most dis- satisfied with the location as fixed by Congress. The secret is, that they are about removing their establishment to the immediate vicinity of the Custom House, and were anxious that the Post Office should be there located in order to suit ¢hetr especial convenience! The Ledger has endeavored from the first to excite the city in favor of the change, but has carefully avoided publishing in its column the following fucts : Ist. That the appropriation by Congress was specifically for the purpose of purchasing and fitting up the old Pennsylvania Bank, and that therefore no change could be made except by authority of the same body. 2d. That the relief from taxation, &c., grant- ed by the Pennsylvania Legislature, applies specifically to that property, and that any change would necessitate another appeal, and perhaps a fruitless one, to that body. 3d. That the Postmaster General has already authorized the establishment of several sub post offices in Philadelphia, with every facility imaginable, rendering ita matter of perfect in- difference where the general office may be. That official is we repeat in this case simply performing the duty imposed upon him by Con- gress, and deserves credit for authorizing the work to goon just at this juncture, when relief will be thus afforded to numerous suffering la- borers and artizans. At home the character of the Ledger s edi- torials on this subject is 80 well understood that the article alluded to will do no harm there. Nesraska.—Gov.Izard has left. Nebraska Territory, though it is understood that he was requested by the President to remain at his post until a satisfactory selection of his suc- cessor could be made. His resignation fixed the 9th ultimo as the day on which he desired to retire. Wé question whether the President will appoint a successor to Gov. I. before the meeting of Congress, though it seems generally to be thought otherwise around us. Navau Courts or Ixquiny.—Before Court No. 1, to-day, in the case of Mr. Barney, Lts. Woodhull and A. Murray were examined for the Government. Before Court No. 2. to-day, in the pending case of Commander Ringgold, Drs. Nicolls and May (civilians) were examined, the first on behalf of the Government, and the second on the applicant's behalf. A Paixrut Rumor.—It is rumored on the Avenue to-day, that the Government have ad- vices of an attack upon one of the Quartermas-’ ter’s trains of the troops destined for Utah, by the Mormons, in which seventy-eight army wagons and their contents were destroyed. An impression that this news is true prevails, though, so far, we have not been able to verify it to our satisfaction. Rexoven.—Messrs. A. G. Marshman, of lows, and Robert Jones, of Massachusetts, were to-day removed from the office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury ;-the first a sec. ond class (1,400 per annum) clerk, and the see- ond a first class ($1,200 per annum) clerk. A Ligut-Houss Kegrer Aprowtsp.—Den- nis Skelly has been appointed an Assistant sation $300 per annum. corporations, would be |, of the Seven-Foot k Tus WeaTser —Thefollowing report of the weather for this morning is made from the Morse Petersburg, Va Luingtun, N.C Gorambia, &. ©. s.c Ala. Gainesville, Ala New Orleans...... ..clear, Barometer at Washington, 30.012 inches. —_—_—__—_+.9-9—— The Hunger Demonstrations in New York. The ‘‘ Hunger” movement in New York seems to be ‘drying up."? The Post says: The Mayor's fears seem to have subsided. The lice force has been withdrawn from the City all. There was something of a crowd upon the Park this forenoon, and about 10 o’clock a man began to make a speech, but was stopped by Marshal Stevens. When our report of the a Square meeting closed yesterday, the two German musi- cians were mounted on a table, playing for dear life They were kept there a lony time; but one of them finally escaped, and the other one at- tempted to, but was followed up to St. Mark’s place, where he took refuge ina house. But the crowd demanded him, and the people turned him out of doors. Thence they run him to the Mayor’s residence in Second avenue, and com- manded him to serenade the Mayor; but his in- strument was spoiled and his wind gone; so he was released. In St. Mark’s place a young lady was injured severely by the mob. This morning about three hundred persons as- sembled again on Tompskin Square; but the rowdies were not there in force. A few amused themselves in playing ball and frightening the drivers of bakers’ wagons, and three or four of the destitute stretched themselves out on the grass profoundly drunk. Between 11 and 12 o'clock Peter Moraban made @ speech, and was followed by John H. Paul, who spoke as follows : **] am out of employment; I bave endeavored to find work to support my family, but have been unable to get it. am a law-loving citizen, and desire peace rather than tumult. But what bave Wwe guined by these gatherings, and from these men who have kept them up, day after day, ad- vising us to seek relief now of this class and now of that? Relief has not come; when is it likely to.? We have had promises after promises ; we can go to work to-morrow ; and to-morrow it has been the day after; but where is it? ‘The Cor- poration has appropriated $250,000 for work upon the Central Park; but it is one thing to appro- priate and another to get. Where is the Com- mon Council ge this money !’” A Vorce.—In Wall street. x “You say in Wall street; but I am told that every dollar lent in Wall street is worth two or three percent amonth. Is the Corporation au- thorized to such exorbitant interest? No Who is it that does the mischief? Who that rob us of our bread? It is the men who oppress the laborer ; itis the capitalists This crew of rob- bers and thieves it is who are driving us to star- vation. Tbis is the political and social enemy in our midst, that is starving our families to death. [Applause.] How shall we obtain relief unless we organize against this band of thieves and robbers, who say we shall not have it? Let us have union; let there be an organization formed In every ward at once ; let us set aside all political and religious considerations ; and when we are united we may defy the police and the army of Goliah.’ [Applause.) The Germans were congregated in knots, dis- cussing a separate organization, being disgusted with the riotous proceedings of yesterday. Sari SE Soa eT sa The Philadelphia «‘Unemployed.*’ On Wednesday afternoon a meeting of unem- Ployed workmen was held in the Seventeenth Ward of Philadelphia, at which an address to the City Council was adopted, in which that body was requested to borrow $500,000, to be ex- pended in improving property in the neighbor hood of the city, to give employment to te suf- fering poor. Mr. Logan made a few et ic remarks. He said that the object which the meeting had in view was most commendable and deserving of the warmest support. He was glad to see so large and so orderly a_ demonstration of his fel- low-workinzmen.” He hoped that good order would prevail at the mass meeting in Independ- ence Square. He desired to see no banners, no devices, no music; nothing bat the quiet yet earnest demeanor of thoughtful and reasoning men. The speaker was frequently interrupted b: shouts of approbation, and concluded amid deat ening applause Speeches were made by Messrs. Welsh, Den- nis, Street. Ashe and O’Connor. At about four o'clock a delegation of working- men from Spring Garden, headed by Mr. G. G Clark, Chairman of the *-City Committee of Un- employed Workingmen,” made their a pearance. Mr. Clark took the stand and stated that, ata meeting held inthe morning, he was elected the Chairman of the Committee of One from each Ward, and was determined to contend for the right. He referred tothe meeting to be beld in Independence Square. and expressed a hope that it would be conducted in a most orderly man- ner. He desired to see no banners, &c. At this moment the platform gave way, and some fifteen or twenty persons were precipitated to the ground. When order was restored, speech- es were made by John Thorp, Wm. H. Jones, Mr. Stafford and others, who counseled modera- tion, and deprecated all attempts at violence. It was resolved to proceed to-day to Independence Square, not in a body, but Individually, after which the meeting adjourned In the evening a meeting of Germans was held at Actien Hall, to hear the report of a committee appointed at the last meeting. Mr. H. Oden- heimer was called to the chair. The report of the committee was read. Its principal feature was a plan for purchasing provisions in large p begetabe #0 as to retail them at a cheap rate to the needy. Several persons preseut made mod- erate and reasonable speeches. One man, nained Goering, said they would present a petition to nd If they did not act upon that, an- n would be drawn with a tine fixed and if this was not heeded, then the would act for themselves. A committee appointed at the meeting held at Broad and Spring Garden streets waited uy; the Mayor, yesterday, with a request that he would station a police force at the Square, this afternoon, so as to prevent the meeting there from being disturbed. ‘The Mayor promised to com- ply with their request. A conversation took place between the Com- mittee and the Mayor, relative to the present condition of things. They declared their desire fr work, if work could be obtained ‘The Mayor os Aven in an encouraging tone, ex- vessing the opinion that business was improv- ng, and assuring the Committee that he thought that, with the exercise of patience and forbear- Buce, all would yet be well. Yesterday afternoon the great ‘« workingmens* demonstration” was held in Independence Square, and was apparently a formidable gathering. The Philadelphia Journal of last evening says: ‘« Just as we are going to press upwards of fif- teen thousand able bodied men are in Indepen- dence Square. The workmen have not yet com- leted the stand. Thousands are rushin, along ‘he streets in all directions leading to the Square. Independence gHall is thoroughly jammed bi workingmen, who are Passing the time until the meeting commences. “* There is 4 continuous stream through the en- trance hall from Chestnut street to the Square in the rear of the State House. The Mayor's Office is crowded with police officers, who have been drummed up to take an interest in the proceed- in, EF rom Present indications, the multitude in the Square this afternoon will not fail far short of twenty-five or thirty thousand working men. What a council! We hope nothing will be done inconsistent with the professions made to the Mayor yesterday.’’ A telegraphic dispatch states that the meeting in Independence Square passed off orderly, the xpeakers advising the observance of law and or- der. “A reporter on The Press, being called upen to speak, recommended the unemployed to seek work instead of idling theirtimeat the mee'ings, and taking it at any terms in preference to starv ing. His remarks were groaned, while the dec- lasation of another speaker, that he would die rather than work under prices, Teceived applause. The proposed issue of small notes by the city ‘was advocated Verr DisacrecasLe Mextinc—To meet a bill just avout these times. i Hon. Phillip Allen, of Providence, has determined to supply fuel gratia to the help whom he has been obliged to Gisctares from his print work, The coal with which bis yards are filled he proj to divide among them ; in addition to which be will givethem house rent free of ee Mining Com; {0™ The Mercer Min! peny, of Califor. nia, are out with an advertisement, stating that the ramors that Fremont had seitled with the claimants of the Mari; estate are untrue. They claim to be the rightful holders of a por- tion of it, say Fremont tres; on their claim to obtain several tons of quartz for sbip- ment to England. © Dearn or rae Hons, Exxon. It_is ‘to an- nounce to our readers the death of the race-horse Pryor, the renowned son of Glencoe and of Gip- sey, and the pride and hope and main reliance of the A ‘ in_England. We are in- it, Censor, who, two leath of Lecomte, le companion on t fell a victim to tack of | 5 h all the best vi ry skill of was amable to repress.”? We have fins lost, within one short month, two of the Mo hly-prized stallions of America : ands withe: Je Hatter the pr brillfant.auecess upon the lish Turf, which all who knew hi ml ved he only wanted condition to secure. MPrvor was, doubtiess, b: jong odds, the bestanimal which Mr. Ten Broec took to England ; and when his blood, and his powars asa racer, are considered, we are justified iQ saying, that his loss 1s an almost frre) ble one to the American Stad and Turf. Inthe sick- ness and death of Pryor and Lecomte, we thay find the solution of that mystery, which has puz- zied American Tarfmen, while Viewing, at this distance, the indifferent a American horses in England. The truth is, there has not been an hour in which the Ameri- can stable of Mr. Ten Broeck has been free from sickness, while in the British Isles; and we should feel well satistied, that Babylon was able to lose only by a neck, at even weights, ina field of sixteen; and that Prioress, when momentarily well, should have snatched away, from a field of thirty-four, the richest handicap of the year.— Porter's Spirit of the Times. t of an early and A Preas Arrarr —One day last week,a merchant in Gardiner offered to give a barrel of flour to Rev. Charles Blake, the Baptist minister in that city, provided the young ladies would haul it to him. To this they consented, and having obtained a smail pair of trucks, the flour was placed thereon, and about forty young ladies took hold of the ropes and drew the barrel about half a mile, up one of the steepest bills in Gar- diner, to the minister's house. The Gardiner Band, seeing what was going on, headed th rocesssion, and played some excellent mus‘ uring the haul. There was a large crowd witness the proceedings, and a cabinet maker brought out a very handsome rocking chair. which he fastened to the barrel, and let it go as an additional present to the minister. Thove Gardiner girls are fall of spunk, and are not to be put down or bluffed off very easily.— Portland Argus. MR. EDITOR .—It is not generally known to the publio that I have withdrawn from the now Nothieg party, and J deem it proper to have it published through the medium of your columns. I am henceforth a Democrat. Respeifully : 1t* R. C. COPELAND. A SPECIAL MEETING of the Y Ue Mens Christian Association will be he: -NIGHT, (Friday,) 13th inst., at the Rooms, to make eg Mer ao the seoertion of ad Balts- more and Alexandria Associations on Monday next. It R. T. MORSELL. See. AT A MEETING OF THE EMPIRE Club, heid on Thursday evening, the follow img, resolutions were adwpied : Whereas our esteemed brother, A. H. Hitt, has been taken from us, while yet in early manhood, by the hand of death. Be it a Resolved, That, by this dispensation of Pro: dence, we hive Leen deprived of one of our most valuable and efficient members, whose ster.ing in- tegrity, manly deportment. and urbanity of manner, rendered him an agreeable and useful associate, and an ornament to society. Resolved further, That we deeply sympathize with his mother, and tender her our sincere condo: lence in the midst of her aifitction—to be bereaved of such a 38, indeed, no common sorrow. Kesolr tribute of respect for our deceas- ed member, the usual badge of mourning be worn for thirty days. esolved, That the foregoing resolutions be pub- lished in the city papers, and a copy be transmitted e deeeased tothe parent of t 5 . J. MORRICE, President. V.M. Puncn, Secretary. it FAIR —The Ladies Mite Society of Gorsuch Chapel will oven a Fair at Island Hall. corner street ard Vircinia avenue. on MONDAY EVENING, Nov. i6th. Season tickets ma had at Shillineton’s Bookstore, Single admii cents. Season tickets 50 cents, AVANA ORANGES, ‘. 5,090 sweet, fresh ORANGES jot recei’ SAM'L. T. DRUR it® corner léth street and Pa. ave. 322 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Gentlemen’s Clothing made to order in the most superior style of workmanship and finish, from the best wi dese Cloths, Cassimers, and Vest- ings, at unusat OW prices ” WATE STEPHENS & CO.. Pa. avenue, bet. 9th and 19th sts. fntel.& st 1 n J3-lw A CAR To THE LADIES OF WSsnincTox city. tfally ink friends and the pub- da ear Cate Ta te aN ER DR TAKING and EMBROIDERY ESTAB- LISUMENT on 8th street. No. 491, where lam ‘esared to execute al! orders in the neatest manner, PISS MISS ALBERTING KOCH FURST WARD MARKET STORE. The undersigned having taken a Store on I street. first door west from corner of Pa. avenue and 20th street, respectfnily informs th ens of the First Ward and the public generally, that he is now repared to furnish them MEATS, VEGETA- Br SS. POULTRY, &c , and, in fet. every thing usually kept in such an establishment, at the lowest market prices. n 13-Staw2w WILLIAM CHASE. LADS, MACHINE SEWING ROOMS, No, t52 Pa. are., bet. 11th and 18th sts. Where may be found Ladies’ Under Garments made in the best and latest style, and of the best materials. always on hand. All Garments for Ladies wear made to order at the shortest possible notice. At is earaestiy Pp meer oad Ledies Se VANTED —Six Seamstresses, on Ladies Sewing. Apply to MRS. C. J. HINTON, nis eoim 152 Pa avenue. WwW DUBANT'S NEW RATING HOUSE 111, be opened ‘To-morrow Afternoon. the 14th inst., for the receution of visitors, be tween the hours of 1 and 6 p. im. The proprietor invites his frends and P¥trons to visit him on that oceasion, view the entirely m arrangements which he hes made heir aco>mmodation, and decide for themselve: the qualities of his Viunds and oon pte “Come taste and try before you buy.” A hearty welcome awaits you. = P. M. DUBANT. nI8 3t Proprietor. sl RUNKS! TRUNKS!!! Just received, 3 TRUNKS, at SAMUEL P. HOOVER'S BOOT. SHOE, and TRUN y ESTABLISHMENT, fron Hin, between SR Ro day received from New York. aes i TRUNKS! 9th and 19th streets, Pa. avenue. and Gent!emen’: Leather Iron and Wood Frame Traveling TRUNKS, BONNET BOXES, VALISES. and CARPET BAGS As they have been bonght at least 25 per cent. less than the usual manufactory prices, Ican sell them 20 per cent. less than any estab! New York city, forcashalso. A general assortment of Ladies’ Gentlemen's. : n’s, and Servants’ BUOTS Winter wear. Allin want of the above articles will please give mea cal! before ein > pays be er e. . LOOVER, Tron Hall, Pa. av 9th and 1eth sts, n 13-eo2w M ADAM BONN s\ DRess No. S32 13th street west, berween I and Washington city, has the honor to inform the Indi of Washington and victity, that she has fitted up a Dress Making Establishment, where she is rendy to make every kind of work, as ; Mantilias, and in the best and very latest style receiving every month the French Journal ode, direct from Paris. nll-2m* CoLLecTor’s OFFIC ie City Haty, November 5, 1857. Notice is hereby given to ali persons who have not paid their Taxes for the present year, and to ail who Qre in arrears for previous years, tha’ tion of sixty days from this date, or as soon thereaf- ter as the advertisement can be prepared. all proper ty on which the taxes may nain u-paid will bead 7 As the jaw enjoin: to be put to the heavy pense attendant on the advertisement and sale are requested to pay in season. = JAS. F. HALIDAY, Collector. n6-eotJan5 Ha™™ace’s RESTAURANT. No 26 P, under Willard’s hotel. Th tablishment having been thoroughly reno- ated and enlarged, the pro rietor would state to ublic that he is now full: Prepared to furnish them wil 4 - everything usually kept in first c ass Restaurant. lemen will always find his house quist and waiters attentive. By giving it his undivided attention, he hopes to merit the pat- gntioeas J.D. BgMMACK. 7; A CARD. O THE CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT. In entering our new building, which we have taken possession of, and we return our sincere thanks to the peopie of Washington and George- town for their liberal patronage, and we. in part, asa return, have erected » apacious building, whicn’ will be an ornament to the city. with a large ‘and 8a- loon, with all the convenience and comfort our customers, and in the establishmentare ali the nec- essary arrangements for manufacturing and enoour- Aging home industry, and by a strict attention to justice and integrity, we hove to give sanefaction to § WALL, STEPHENS & CO., oc3)4w No. 322 Pa. ave.. bet. 9th and 10th sis, AIR, TOOTH, Nall. AND BANDOLI} st. V..and at his oom, under W1/- lards’ hotel. n9 8m UNEXPLosive Gas. We would most renpectfully announce to the Public and 1 ‘ho have never used Pho Hthersal Oil or weet oar tr f x4 they" hate lone’ aeeted SPURTE Gage THT wi, ‘ oP Ex FLOBE. Call and see for your- ry sno humbug. We has reckenridge Cont. OIL for tlag Oilis not explosive, givesa: falenent ounel to ccdensants tas teatiert Gntof the Gay. We roaald desire the publicto cali and see the above Oils tested Oil EER ores NOSSO PELE MORSELE: Pye Es ELLIs’S STOCK OF PIANOS ment south of Cekesrs SALOON, ; ya pa eh Vaal “iit *LLE FREZZ, THA Ay % P, . fons ANN ME SA ak icketa. For sale at t ont Meteaey tL AW WASHINGTON RAILROAD. FRONT STREET THEAT! BALTIMORE. A NIGHT WITH ION! EXTRAORDINARY EXCURSION! STEAM AND THE DRAMA! One of the most pleasant am povel Excursions ever midcleecne =! Spend WASHINGTON ‘aCe FRIDAY EVENING November 19th, 189 To enable the rendents of this city to witness (without loss of time and rest) the world-repowned peeonetionts weg | — a the ren ‘ wes ayidro : nate POM iret class: er Care will leave the Depot at a quarter before #ix o'clock p. m., for Baltimore, making bat one stoppage on the way. Arrivine thereat 7 0’elock, the excursion- ists will Proceed directly ‘oo Froxt Sr. Turatrr, Where, upon their arrival, the performance will comi ITMHeNCE. Mr. Burton. . on this oceasion. appearing in Four of His Most Popular Characters, The performance wil! conelude at a quarter hefore Nl o'clock, when the excursionista will to the depot and take a special train in waiting, and od for Washington, arriving there about mid- ny a Phirty minutes from the fail of the curtain will be allowed for the passengers to reach the depot on the return trip. ‘Tickets for the round trip, entitling the holder to Passage from Washinctonand Ret: i And a secured seat in the Parquette or ONLY UNE Dorian anv Firty Cents. A Ladies’ Car, for the especial scoommodation of Ladies accompanied by Gentlemen, will be atisched tote No Bag e carried on this trip. train will be.ram under cba! eof weil known experienced rs of the tumore and Omo Tickets can’ be had at the Kirkwood House, Browns’ Hotel, and at the Depot. The entire ari ents under the it supervision of “HENRY C. SARgetr, nii-st® General Manager. T NOTICE, HE members of the GOOD WLLL CLUB take pleasure in annowncine to their frends and the public, that their FocrtTH ANXUsL AL be given, at Carus: oon, on WEDNESDA , Nov. 25th, 1857. For perticulars see future advertisement. By order of the COMMITTEE. oe 3 Nov7&13 TWENTY-FIKST Miutirary AND CIVIC ANNUAL BALL OF THE Washington Light Infantry, CARUSI’S SALOON, On MONDAY EVENING, Nov. 264, 1897. frienleandths pubic that ther bao periected a rendsa t abl ve per! their arrangements for a Ball on the above cy when they wul be pleased to meet them. in the days ef yore,” in the inte Tobenee' as of, leasantries which the occasion will aff ‘hey are under mauy obligations for the patronage and support heretofure liberally bestowed, evincing as it — enn maaren be ~ Fd ge) of = citizen military, and riicu! we Cor ind the he fully assured that all efforts will be made to render this Ball equally satisfactory as the Previous ones. The prelude of the Ball will bea tition of the regular and fancy maneuvers and the manual of arms, executed by @ detachment of the Corps, as done at the Ball of the 224 Febrw last. Withers'’s Celebrated Band, in full, has been en- ed "Eadies invitations will be issued by the Executive Committee, to whom applications will be made through the members of the Company. Principal depots for tne sale of tickets will be at Messrs. Todd & Co.'s, Pa. avenue; J. Hamlin’s, = Mill; Jas O. Donnell, Draggist, Navy Yard. ickets O NE DOLLAR, admutting a Gentiemau rhe (olla tlemen tfully request é following gen! are res; ally . ed to act. in conjunction with ‘Committees of the Company, as Managers : Honorary Members of the Corps. Col W W Seaton Co! P Force, Col R’d France, Capt J B Tate, Capt Carrington, Jas Kelly, ino W Mead, Hiram Richey, Jos amgton, Jas Booth, Jas Bouseau, Contributing Members of the Corps. Wm B Todd, Briley, = Si H Rich’d Wailach,W W Moore, W H Ward, F Moho T J Fisher, T J Galt. Dr C Force, Dr SC » J Owner, F Lamb, WH Nally, \W Rupp, C Werner, F Geiger. J F Finch, TE Willmms, J Stanley N Hammond, Jas Bueher, Executive Commuttee. Capt JY Davis, Lt JO Warner, Serg M P Fisher, Serg J Coleman, Corp J Beers, Corp F Sage, Jao McNamee,’ Wm Tucker, alk, Jao Sinoot EM: DWT 5, Treas. es. \V ANTED —A stendy, industrious, white WO- ee Hey oP three persens. Apply at the nor and M streets. ait T¥2,BOXS WANTED at the Bincwam Trade. Those that have been at the trade pri - ferred Apply to JACOB WILSUN, 6th street, south Pa. avenue. n 19 2° A SITUATION WANTED, by an Englishmar, as Waiter in a private family. Good city refer ence. A note ieft at this office fur R. Norde, will be ® nig 2° WwW A D . ion. by a fi rate French Diessmaker,as Forewon a sraahisg Estab! shr ent, or te work by the ma gentle man’s fami Cormtel \ AT. D.—A Situation, by arespectable MA to take careof a & he willing to d; ling to make erences giv i 12-2t* \ JANTED.—A SERVANT GIRT. for general Hovsewerk. Only such who can give good eferenc: s need appl: . SLMAN SIEBERT, - Doff Green's Row. id 3 hoa-s daily intelligent, vetiy lagite- e tne funds oo . Washinc- References given and required. ul!-3t _LOST AND FOUND. STRAYED OR STOLEN_From im front ol mg +” residence. a small GRAY MARE, with BAROUCH attached. A libers! reward will be given for its return. EDWIN GREEN, n 12-2t No. 94 lith street. — EE re Sq) KEWARD.—Ranaway trom the subseriber $: on Tuesday. the Sd instant NEGRO MAN FRANK ed 25. five feet five inches in hight: stou' 1] made; I have ro his way for Washington nd quite biack; with a round face. doubt he is making city. I will give the above reward for hisappreben sion, provided he is delivered to me, or secured in jail so that I get him. Cc. C. MAGRUDER, Upper Marlboro, Prince George County, aul rm° Marland. Apply at No. 38i 2d street, near A, nis 2t* n19-3t* 496 First atreet ie person mate and honorable and time, address H ton, D. © nlo st SUPERIOR NEEDLES. SCISSORS, * Ns) Working Cotton, Thread Floss, &e., at a nli=st LAMMOND’S. 'OYS.—At LAMMOND’S can be founa the & largest stock i the city. nl-st F RANTS, CRAN GOOSEBERRIES, P BERRIES, TOMATOES, et cotern. For rule by KING & BURCHELL, ni2 ___corngy Sth street and Vergpogt ave. OOKS FROM 1 DUN. a john’s Guide to the Know! ttery. Barosiain, and «ther B my gh, a) welz Pope" ife and Letters, 1 vol., illustrated ; $1.25. Tales P f the Genu, 1 vol. illustrated ; Bolley & Paul's Manual of Fockeial’ Aunipais,1 vol ; $1. India, by Stocqueler, % ots. Sopen's pulnary Campaign, | vo!., illustrated ; Piers Plonghiman's Vision and Creed, two vol Whewell’s History of the Induotive Sciences, two vols ; $7. F le Sir Thomas Overbury's Works, 1 v: Mather’s Providences in New Fin, Drammond’s Poeties! Works, Cariyle’s Works, 6 vols.; $1.5 per vel. "RANCK TAYLOR. _nol2- in WASHINGTON, GEORGETOWN. A aS YDR EXPRESS TACK AGE. Baccaee ra JAMES OSHORNE tulorme the public that he has established an EXPRESS LIN rato ply dn ly between the Cities named above. which will trans - port fr very ate compensat any thing that may be desired to be sent between ither two of the oa pe, cies, which will be fauthfuily and promptiy mt slates will be found at Smith's United States poets Bu Oe FF en hand OF sirosts: 8. Bases é a Store. coraer of Pa avr = Fo aren voll ie Star Offer. Any orders one saad eit of them will be promptly at- N. al atention pad te the of es to and fi 4 Rs road Depot the tithe 3 tion lexaudria Orance on which be wil! \ oy a RYE AND BARLEY MaLr, Clry Mayr hay enue nad HOUSH, comer of Seat we it