Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1857, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR (SUNDAY EXCEPTED,) AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Corner of Pa. avenue and Eleventh street, By W. D. WALLACH. Papers served in packages by carriers at $4.8 year, or 37 cents per month. ‘To mail subscribers scription price is $3.50a year, in advance; $2 for than three months at the rate of I2centsa week. Single six months; $1 for three months; and for copies, one cent; in Wrappers, two cents. ADVERTISHMENTS (of eight lines to the square) wserted three times for $1; every other day or semi-ween'y. 25 per cent. advance; once a week, 50 per cont, advance, GOWNS, AND HOOPS. (From the Westminster Review } iu the eyes of taste, it usually forfeits all pre u by its parade of oruamentation. Its ges, and bugles. and braids, and gimps. and buttons —its frillings, and quillings, 3. and edgings, and slashings, are meretricivus for any garment of the cloak order; and putt or for permanent fashion perhaps the least o! suit now favored by t aprice of the day. The madness runs riot in the gown—(to use the old-fashioned word, which is more d ive than the technical use of the term - ress.” ‘The consciousness of the whole public enables us to be brief on thishead. When we enter on ¢ of the gowns of 1357, every reader's hetic soul” warns him what animadver- sion toexpect on tight waists, bare shoulders the ty; pre and w is im every way objectionable he cold the clumsiness, the ugliness. the affectat on. seems tu be generally admit? sum insufficient for their gow: dis-class young ladies who sat iks that will not materials requiring makes the dress a ¢ servants. who have bef ty f pettic quire eight or ten b ce at the end of wa ons to se on whom it weighs least As for the most numerous order of its vie- thme—that of the middie class ladies—this year, 1597, will be a mortifying or disastrous one in the fami The cost o1 sikg of the da; } which every Lady selutely necessary, can not be bad for end daughters, with t which are equally indi pensab por og. and the purchase of s len goods eine it the bad tasie of tae fa garden too small Tue dinaer table will not accommodate the i number, and if w leaf isiuserted, the wait- tog maid cun bardly get rouud—a mea the > dedicuit. from the number of att. The most del euch ody queens; they ing down half a duzen px high road, there is tuo im i by a sudden and the exi Wi h tox. or f pew duors We are concerned to find that a new method : t up prayer books and bibles for ‘whes prayer books bave « gmail mirror bound 4p with the cover—prubably of about the same “op It seems to be really the fact that the ye it while devoutly covering faces on i tutering their pews. Im the present traveling season, the trip is faud @ pursuit of pleasure under difhe ess th itis mow a common thi everywhere than the them: and on ¢ “nless the ladies take more places than the: Want. On thes Ae sweep of hoops and * * beavy as themselves, and longer PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, VOL. X. NO. 1,519. If they venture on forei the prevailing fashion com: amount of custom-house seare ful to any family man. compense of all this? Georgetown Advertisements. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FALL At very Low Prices to JOHN H. SMOOT, 9 Sours Sipg oF has received and Gaeh and prompt customers FALL AND WI? urchased in Philadel phi ge recent Auction Sa es, and fi at very low prices, which mantle is, perhaps, the best idea among shions of the day, and now and then we ue worn by a sensible woman, which ful- reasonable conditions; but the major- of them are 30 made as to partake of all the dvantages of the existing gown. It used t be thought. and it will be thought again, that every thing in the clock way loses its char- acter, aud therefore its tastefulness, by being ite the figure. A modern mantle which ntined at the waist. and has sleeves in- serted in a tight armhole, is certainly not a g veritable mantle, whatever else it may be; and when we see 3 in this summer of 1857, cut dvwe toa mere band round the chest, extend- ing no higher than the point of the shoulder, ne mwre to say tuit asa respectable mem- ber of the mantle tribe. But to respectability | i \ highly distaste- And where is the re- If itis troublesome at home that no wardrobe or closet will hold the wns, it is no compensation to wit- ness the effect of those dresses in company. _ An admiring father, who till lately delighted in bis daughter's grace and lightness of move- ment, and ber elegant figure, now sees her de- formed and trammelled, whether at the piano, in the dance. or simply sitting on the sofa. In the first case. she can length ; in the second. great steamer on the river, which all boats get out of the way of with all speed; and in the pectator is reminded of nothing so much as the old way of bathing at Bath, when the ladies waded about in ponds, finely dressed to the shoulders, while hoops and the waters concealed all below the wuist. A girl at a party now looks like a romp half hid in a hayeock, or the aconite pushing up its m between two leaves; we fear we must add like a hunchback, all rutiled and frilled as hanchbacks are wont to be. dete told by one of our travelers in t States, of a dressmaker in a New Engiand vil- reproached about the fit of the gowns she had made. replied that she did not see how she could do more than she had done; she had obtained the proportions of the Venus de Medici. and if the ladies were not satisfied with what would fither, why, then their taste was not to be admired. What would the Venus de Medici and ber devoted dress- maker say to the spectacle of a pretty so smothered in apparel that. as she sits. she seems like a person up tothe armpits in a DANcine ACADEMY. T F.GASZYNSKI and the honor to announce to Peyeonie! ——- 8 will re-o if Waslungton on Fr ‘Temperance Hall, from 3 o'clock p. from 7 o’elock p. 1. the 7th of Octol and Pee DAVIS & CO.’3' Cash Customers, PIANO FORTES, Constantly receiving and for eale caly Py OHN F. ELLIS, 36 Pa. av., between 9th and loth sts. Purchasers wiil find it to their interest to exaimine for themselves the superior qualities of the above AUGHTE letas and ta a ton and Georgstown that Dane iday, the 9th of October, at street, for Misses and Masters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, etown—on W rover’s Ladies Sem- partioularg application can be made idence, 47 b street, between 9th and saa STREET, ing at very low prices to , & large Assortment of R GOODS, Stools, Covers, Melodeors, &., &c., aiso on a and New York at the rom the importers, Ul enable him to oifer to » Many desirable Goods consWerably below In the assortment wil! be found— i Silke ‘Valentia Robes Delaines and Robes SOLU MEDAL PREMIUM PIANO FORTES. WILLIAM KNABE, (Senior sare in the late hrm of NABE, GaKHLE & Co., and sale of grand and under the name t the old stand, ino Butaw House, Baltimore site the Eutaw House, Baltimore, » just opened anew Sales Roomat ful timore street, between Charies and Light rtly occupied by Str store, where they will ly on hand w large assortment of plam and highly fiuished grand and square Piano Fortes: also, Melodeons, from the best makers, from 4 to 5- puble key -boards, douwbie reeds, Rich Silk Robes and Bi est make of Biack Sil! ayadere Valentias and Rich Printed, al Satin Fanconics, plain eolors, all w jouble width, at 750 Leepin’s and other makes French most desirable colors, Continues the Square PIANO mabe & Co., 8 3 them—by the PAR WooLson who, |, & vel - ee Urope. with his own manufactu- third case, the 5] red, and also ofa improved SPEC which are the PERISCOPIC é x Merinos, of all the 1 turning into a sleeved jacket below, we f and including White Plain Dolains, black, white and colored, £4 black French Merinos, for Shawls » which are warranted to i aifeoved with WEAKEN ARACT or going to it, also SHOR TSIC ESS. Ali persons that wear or those which zinto Wear them will be suited at first se wonderiul double-polished Glasses ndation at the brough their pro best known till OPERA. SPY, ayd MAGNI- %, Compasses, and er of Eighth street and ‘aitery as & musi ove ANY EYE T di uted Mouslin Delaines, good styles, octave, some with = stops to suit small churches, Boing extensively engaged in the manufaotura o Pianos, we will sell wholesale and retaii, on the mow 3.0 pieces, best styles, Engl Bonnet and Susu ‘8 do., very cheap Velvet Ribbons and Fringe Trimmings Stella, Biocha Shaw Super double Brooh: Shexille and Cashmere Scarfs Bajou’s Kid Gloves Sack Flannein, all o- White American, V Black Bombaz: Colors ard black Black Crape Veils and Best black and brown an Loug sod eoaee Blac! i Prints at 12% cts, * highest recou There iz an ane ‘loak order ducing olearing to the sight the though this article is U Our Pixnos were awarded the hizhest oA ETORS NOEIOEY (gold medal) at tia Fairs of the Maryland Institute —Ootober, 1855, and 1856—in op- position to fourteer and eighteen pianos from some of the best makers from New ¥ We were also awarded the first premiumat the Industrial Exhibition held in Richt iim, 1855 and 1856. They have also been @ highest premium (silver medal) at th 8’ Fair for 1857. we are in possession of testimo Niais from the most distinguished professors and amiteurs in the country, which can be seen at our Wureroums, speaking for themselves and others of © hikh appreciation in which our instruments are ble of the whole Also. all style: FYING GLAS are for sale at his store, corn Pennsylvania avenue, or 491 very rensonable, the same as hi ment in Paris. SEVENTH STREET lage who, on bein; two successive yer: + all colors and Nos. 8 tinet- ork, Boston and Bal- 8 hand Saxony do, e had in his establish- h Crapes politsn Macian white English Prints Office Second Story, three doors from Ovv Fettows’ Hatt. Spectacles and Giasses suited to every sight; ending, and | Watoimaker’s Teleseoper, Microsoo; great variety; Con of superior and choice pictu tisement in National Lutelligenoer. Ladiov and Children's plaid woolen Shawls, mall atyles and prices Hosiery of every description fadiex Saxony and Merino Vests With a full supply of housekeeping and domestic Goods, of the best makers. JOHN H. SMOOT. OTIC E .—Having been informed that cer- tain persons are inthe habit of collectin; gathering together the Bottles which oontainor ur beverages, aud pulting therein au arti y others than ourseives, and then dispos- ‘ticle on the faith and eredit ofour name Bottles, al! persons ed that such Bottles art not subject to sale, aud that eustomers only to be return intention to pri 2s. cummbrous and encroaching skirts, and an apparatus for their management which nstruments are guaranteed for five years, and ranted within the first six sale if the instruments do not rs will find it to their advantage fore purchasing. “WM. KNABE & CO. Dentistry, &c. D, DENTIST, LATE OP CHI- respect inily inform tha cit- trict and vieintty, that hay- imself in Wasluugton, he is to perform al operations in his profes- sion. 1n the most approved sty.e. Office, No. 20, copes with views B privileze of exchange months from the day of ive entire satisfaction. Wholesale deate: idden apparatus requisi management of suck a mays of clothing, it is really tuo well known to require much tion. When a man has gained £10,000 by such an invention as a lady's petticoat, his commod- ity besomes an object of study at once; and no doubt the gentlemen have contemplated the petticoats tu the shop windows—crinoline. gutta percha, and steel, with as much interest as the tomers within. Thegutta percha tubing (to be inflated by persons who despise their an- s for stuffing their nether garments with bran) seems not to answer very well, judging by the proposals mado to buy et up for trans- atlantic telegraph purposes steel bird-cage which seetma the wost eligible, bo seen in the shop wi meat above, an occasional experiment. or a course of practice. way be seen by drawing up the hoops by a string over the left shoulder, to enable the wearer to sit down Were the hoops of the Grandison days, when, ‘Yron shows us, the ladies made utlemen in carriages, and for their own circumference in sedan chairs slipping the hoop upon the left shoulder. the stiffaess, the noisiness, the complete rever- eal of the objects and attributes of dress in the dJress."° evening and morning, of the presont Testimontacs. September 7, 1854. je for me suit me Pianes »xchanged, hired, there- lé-ly tore we shall not insist on them at any length. ‘he plain facts of the case are these: The gown of L307 is made of the most expensive materials btainable. Ladies who used to dress hand- on thirty pounds a year, now find that Sik: The Spaotales you ma very well, and seem to have im more than any other 1 i lai I have tried a pair of Spectables obtained from Mr. Tobias, and find them of sight, and corresponding w? 1 recommend him as a skilif u HENRY A. WISE. Perensavre, October 21, 1854. About five years ago. | obtained from Mr. Tobias, in Washington, 3 pair of Giasses for the spectacles which I used, and found them of great assistance to my decaying vision; and my opinion of him is, that he ix skyiful im the preparation of Ginsses for eyes not too far gone to be vewelitted by oe aid. ey aredelivered to our And that itis ovr firm ecute to the utmost extent of the law, any infringment of our Fights on the premises. Y & SHINN, RS Union Bottling Beso eat assistance to my his description of their lone; and mid- ave hitherto been with twenty pounds a year, are now en to their wits’ end to keep up with the atall; and they have recourse to cheap, t, 57 Groen street, Georgetown, 1). C. "NPOWDER. ; plied withall the various kinds POW DER, aud am prepared utity to parties wanting. ‘enn, sveuue, adjoining Gautier’s Not only may the ype IMPROVED SETS OF TEETH, 1S, M. P., the inventor and patentes of Mineral Plate 7: saceessfully introduced lis improvement in has now permanently estab- n Washington. of Teeth oonsiste ohief.- ht gauzy at which yone afterall. Maid ‘ore deposited something n savings banks every quarter. now feel mor- compelled to buy twice as many yards as werly for their gowns. ~*It is but ninepence i, the mistress says, when a gown isa ut the gowns are net all prints; and N to suppry the same inany quar lows, but, in th on the iaost favorable terns. Lyxenscrse, November 7, 1854. ‘obias’ Glassea, and rict of Columbia, Re may i2tf (IntelLaStaten Stoves, &c. c. TROPOLITA From an exaimivation of Mr. T aoe his postin pond and remarks, am convinced that he is a skillful optician. J. J. BLACKFORD, M. D. Lynxcxsura, November 19, 1854. Mr. John Tobias, having furnished me with Glas- ses, by which I have been greatly aided, (1m: reatly from reading at night in my ords me the highest pleasure to say that | consider him a skillful practical optician, to aid those who s. M der ot the Methodist ILMING TON, N. C., June 27, 1854. Mr. J.Topias—Dear Sir: (am happy tosay that pectacies which I obtained from you last week ntirely satisfactory. lished bimaelf 1 This improvement for in making a set of but ¢ at indostruct ibl More harmless room for the ge: metalic taste. ne filled with moisture ure and alean, far more durable, and will cive a reward o ny OL® Who Will produce a ual mine in puri jenoe or any other having suffered adths in the skirt earlier life,) it a the year to a girl Wages are ten or twelve pounds. is not small. Even the cheap print gowns require sv much msking, and are suv troublesome to wR D 8 : TOVE AND GRATE TORY. The Greatest Cooking Stoves in the United food. hence they are hahter, stronger, less o natural in their np: One Thousand Do! sunilar work of art to e durability, artistic exce : . and well prepared kx.—Mr. —. ng in Philadelphia, who n extravagant stple, it, every Monday morning, of giving his wife a certain sum of money for the tuble and household expenditures of ed his business toh she, deeming him sufficiently capable ofattend- ing to his own affaire, never inquired into them. About five years after marriage, through some slight mismanagement, and the rascality of his confidential clerk, Mr. and his fall was mentioned -+ sympathizingly” on ‘change, and, like all such matters, there all sympathy ended The merchant kept the affairn secret, and the firet intimation his lady had of it wasa para- graph in the newspaper. was over, on the discovery ~— requested her husband to, the parlor for a few moments, as she thing to say to him. She left the room, hurried up the stairs, and shortly after returned with a splendidly bound Bible in her hand it to ber husband. she said “George, the day of our marriage you gave me this previous book. a token of your love and a rich fountain to look to in the day of trouble Its pages have been precious to me; and, as your brow luoks sad to-day, I now return it to you that you may glean from it some consola- tiou io the bour of gloum ANK THAT Never Bara merchant. now re: ly lived in rathe: [ have just received from Philadelphiaa few of or double Oven Cooking emeut on the old Morning ot up in Phiiadel- ty for this market. and cast of the the uew Rising Star, Stove ; a decided improv: Star; patented 1857. hia this last summer, exclu: hey are very heavy ar iiron, that the eustom is a tyrannous A!l work responsibly warranted, 26 Fonpa. avenue, between Lith and 12th streets. From an inequality in the visual range of mys eyes, 1 have heretofore found etting ginsses of the proper foca. ords me pleasure to state, that by the tometer this difficult: hat the Glasses you decidedly the best adapted to ny eyes of any I have ery fre acsgoed ENTISTRY, STEPHEN BAILY, 98 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, oors from \4th Str, Da. BAILY begs !eave p he never men has been happily history of too many households. urnished me are t dress has become so disproportion- ute to other items of expenditure as to create ceriuus difficulty in the homes of men of busi- ness, who have hitherto been able to provide their wires and daughters with whatever was needful to a moderate complacency. The rich have siso, Pux Liperty Star, hott & Laurence of the Staxet Dovaie Oven Cx mad: ‘0. Baltimore, together with the k Ticut FLat-'Por Cooking Stoves ound in this or aay other market, some Sunrisz, LurkoveD # Cook, and the B: f any man oan produee ing Stove, to excel the above Stoves, ive hin @ on each em, tt will cost you » made by Messer Tux H inform the publiothat he Cure, at his office, lowmted as abov: that an experience: fifteen ber of patients, and great Jt cases that he hng trent: Ue him to surmount any du otherwise, relating tu the ‘Teeth. R. B. DRANE. ector of St. James’ Parish. en induced by a friend to visit the estab- for the purpose of tryin, ed with & pair Mlightly color ive have afforded me more relief and grati J have ever tried. ally very good, Was injured by writing anc night, frequently toa very inte hour: but with the of these giasses [ can study almost as late as nd that teo without the pain suddenly broke. peantiad. with theieegen hare the celebrated varioty of diffic fully, will ena’ under the various names, of ns ting, baking, &o., 1 will w thinks one at least ab- lease nil and examine t you will see all Cc. WOODWARD Stove and Grate Factor i ‘and expooially Dra. wife > prodigious tr:mmings card all mercurial ; all Euamels, € menis for the Teeth, and that is the Only reliable substance t mouth, ia Was Most American Dentai Co Although he fiatter: known to his numerous fr tesve to refer them to the following TESTIMONIALS: | he Church of Epiphany of « Sir—T desiretooxprese y nd my confidence i ae Operations execut Shortly after dinner of the startling fact, r reroha, India Ru wustruction of Continuous ated on Gold Plat t can be worn in the vonclusively shown by the last mseif from his long resi- ‘Ashington, he is favorably ene and patrons, under a less sum than would maintain a country cier, ‘y- ao. or ball-pay officer and his family he jerephernalia of ribbous, luwes. fringes and lowers, is more expensive than the entire gown of tem years ago At is not our purpose, as we tified, to go inte the serious moral con- n of the case, or we might dizciose a No. 816 and S22 Late Commissionesr Geu'l Land Ofice. T have used Mr. Tobias's 8; four mouths, and take great am much pleased with them. benefited by them. Baloouy in Front full of ectnoles for three or jeasure in saying ch RBCKOH: stothes Sra SwgLL sLat ToP it has @ very appropriate nai GEO, P.8CA will burn out ina 1 was recommended to Mr. John Tobia: andas I have eg ty, L was xratified to find that Mr. Tob comprehend them measurement. and he has made me a 's mie admirably. is ® good name for . And as to the old Morn- them Inst fall, but will not sell them Are as thin As pastel ers agent urged me, fu last summer in my counting room to Fail; saying that if | would take twenty-five of ve me the exclusive agenoy ofthem told him | would ne are so thinly made. billed over town by one thet said last fall that they were mee arte having. All the above I can prove. 1 es of remarkal pectability ia this class, as well a* in ranks above and below. which would make vther hearts a3 heavy a3 ourown. Our ime, if they do not know, the of decadence—exhausted credit, debt, gambling in one shape or another, and ft, in the form of a great spread of From the iate Rector of t 1 t Dr. Stavnen Barry: my esteem for you personal! OU 85 f BUDperiOr dentiet. or me have been hichly aatistuctory. hi may receive the patronage { Publio Luat your sitiil wo well Washington, Aug, 25, 1255. by inspection and some & pa it eeCTE ER Wastina ton, Aug. 8, i855. Having beon for years under the necessity of hav- two sete of glass for lunp-hght—{ prooured © which xnswered both purposes. 1 several months, and find pe = >DWAKD STUBBS, Of Department of Stat Sir: The pair of Spectaolos you tioularly satisfactory decidedly the beet I ne pire, carefully ther he would She then left the light, and one ure very trul 3.W. PRENGB, From one of the oldest firms — 6 m The merchant upened the book carelessly, we used tus for aud a bank bi! fell out glanced ut its fi IN THE FINE ARTS. PAINTING AND PuotocRarHy ComBIngn. PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, In Oi! Colors, on Canvas, Miniatvag or Size or Live, 8. WALKER’S RAITAND PICTURE GALLERY, all, corner 4% st.and Penney|vania avenue, $. WALKER has fitted u Apartinents at a ver: thiage we might say much, but our He picked it up and it was a $10 bill opened the bovk again, and another note of the Same amount was the firet page. and continued to fin tween every two leaves, till he arrived atthe commencement of Revelations He rang the bell—a sarvant appeared. Request your mistress to come to me im- mediately.’’ said the merchant The lady obeyed, entering the room with thing between a tezraud a smile “Kate ! Kate ! where did you procure all this Paitimore, Messrs. Co. ephen Baily, Surgeon Den- ington city, to execute for me iffiou't piece of work, which he din view of the fact that mbers of the Dental eated trials, to nm. The ss man, then. finds his house and my entire s:tisfactic one of the most di College of Baltimore, failed, att perform the same work satisfretor! reat pleasure to exprees my entire confidence ‘h estimation of tia . jaltimore, Jan. 12, 1257, HARMANN BOGGS, Extract {roma note repeized from tholate lon, John ny U.S. Sunatm, Aug. 19, 1256, ‘ou made for me work ad. and Tam the owner of eignt or selected in different places and '{rom opticians reo- led to me on Aocount of standing in France, England, an 1 have been also pleas rections on the treatment of the e: pose of preserving and improv: Respeotfully Fs with your remarke and di- es, for the pur- readths in Kivt, and the ext-ut of sti cord in her rofessignal wkill te flowers in the gar- are gut off by the ladies’ hems as they walk rofessor of M.C., Louisville, ath. and the little green-house is no place ment one of the most com- ‘ i BRooxLyn OntHoPaxvic IxsTiTUTION, April, 1854, handsome in the whole country. He has © Gallery for free exhibition of upward of 20 Jil Parotings, by some of the best ancient and to which he intends to add fresh linportations, 3. Wacker has also lete suit of rooms, With private robing apartments: ed the finest possible instru- 8 first class operative artist to hot move inirably ; noth- lly, Mt. CLAYTON. ek relief from thi P After most careful examination of Mr. J ‘5 Giassee, | am ensbied to testify that their hardness, clexrness, pohstyng, and exact optical shape render them particularly recommenda! merely optical impairment of the eyes are in want of moreover, Mr. Tobias foous of the eye, both experience, and by 3 echbildren are young, the parent dares t commit wore than one at a tine tu the charge of a nurce mail. fur a neighbor's child wat actually swept into the water frum a bridge ¥ the #titt skirt which went flaunting by, the rer being uncenseivus of the mischief. If walks with bis wife, he has to be on bis geard all the time. If the wind biows he is ed by her supertluity of garment; and if 29 umbrella can cover them both. If is settled fine, the lady's train $ 1 of dust, and sweeps the path of - loose filth as they go. If they enter the as. the steci riumeof her petticoat cuts his : g through the narrow ga * This is the weekly saving of our houschold expenses for the five years, “Every week [ put ten of the twenty a you gave me, into our Bible bank, that when a day of trouble eome upon us, we should have something to save us from the modern master 2 oom was the modest tted up» oom @ to those whose such suxjliarnes. | th ualified to determine t 18 optical knowledge an Nantareith Chasen te ty satisfact : eur isfaction tients with sea raeay Ree wperior Dentist; he made @ sot of porcelian t f, aud the work has 0 Va. Conf. of th tb. sity mspeptnan 1s! f NIXON: Chureh South, smallest miniature to size o) KEK. by combining the the art of Painting, 25 yerrs’ experience, a size portraits may be segn in some of the ijea of the city, as ites eome of my pa- Photographio Pro- of which he has bud and whose specime: * But why put it in the Bible, Kate?” * Beexuse it is a good bank, one which will not suddently break.’ * You are angel, Kate, hasband, olasping her to his heart. Does any one doubt it’— sician and Sur, Uurgean Medical Society of Li Pathological Soaie! on, Berlin; Member of the ugland; Member pndon, and of the New York; late Sur- i¢ Institution of urgeon of the B. fessional skill of this city, or hsvini Operations ov our families o! in expressing oar adu:.ration o! As wollas of the uniformly satisfactory gh he performs the most delicate and ery, and We respect donee kud patro: whio’ we cousider him eminent! Mas U. Watter, A : replied the lady i . Surgeon anti cried the delighted ell 48 those exist the combination that have never two, to produce y and life-ijke e: celled for their hd: vas and boards prepared by hims And so she is Wetchaan and Ex A © Faae-Love passional attraction’ sophistry exhibited in the case of Mrs. Lewis, one cf the Free-Lovers whose colony at Berlin. near Sandusky, Obio, was broken up a fortnight since by the police. Lewis. the husband of the woman, hassued fur ¢ of adultery with one the cause is given by the ression, Can- expressly for nein Deutal Sur, «| him to the con ORFOLK, Va., July 27, 1854. ven two years, | have found cles that were ex- 36 of my sight. “This in- In the experience ae t ficulty in obtaining Spec! Particuiae attention paid to the painting of Por- h traits, Miniture or iteesize, frora small pictures of pparatus may be- r gust catching the a. Umbrellas get turned wrong side out; e re Photographs taken from corpsos, or siok persons eo takea at their own residences, on i:am Committees and classes taken in an} ate quantity of copies from the same sold r Tamb Stones, epheeeeng tan Fah resen! nes more suitabic Glasses. Th and comfortable to my eye: to those who from age or o} tificial aid in this way. Waehington, D. C, titution for me of ing skirt is much more easy to in- vert If it is to be w drive, and not a walk the gaol man runs the risk of being dismissed sa haughty actress dismissed an old friend fiayor of Washington, Hexky Batowin, U. 8. = J.J. SIMKINS, M. D. oO. ls Principal Rittenhouse Academr, x, N. C., June 16, 1854. the sight oftheir eyes ble Oil garetuliy baok lined and restored to ‘and_gentiemen are recpectfully solicited the Gallery, over Shillu trance 4% street, two doors a divorce. on a char; The history o. Sandusky Register : Harlow Lewis, the husband of Mra Lewis, was put upon the stand, and testified tc the intimacy between his wife and Tyler stated that Tyler had made his (Lewis’) house his home siuce lust spring; that be had been sick there, and bad received from Mrs. Lewis attentions that no womancould, with propriety, render tu any mau but her husband; that Tyler bad gradually gained more and mure awen- dauey over her; that they (Tyler and Mra “Lewis) had traveled abroad together; came t ether to Berlin to attend the ‘ Free Lover's ‘onvention,” in September last; returned home to Skaneateles together. informed him (Lewis) that they had purchased the Davis House’ at urpose of converting it into a asked him to raise a portion of the means to pay for it; told him it would be a very profitable business, and the best invest- uid make; that he yiehled to es, aud furnished three hun- dred dollars; that with this money his wife and ler came to Berlin, he promising to his rewuining property, and follow them with more means for investment; that he did come t> Berlin in a few weeks afterwards, und fount the property he had hoped to purchase a ‘Free iostead of a water-cure, and also saw things which induced him to suspect his wife to be living in an adulterous manner with Tyler; that he wiehed her to return and li with him, which she refused to do, ete , Lewis was closely cross-examined by cour and much confused, ao that be made contradi tory statements on minor points, the main thread of his narrative, however, remaiuin, He looks, acts ani 'o persons who have hi ieeten ua to require the use of Glasses, | wou recommend Mr. John Tobias as a suitable person from whom to obtain such Ginsi ire, as he has suited me wit ra fur and pear 81 ‘4% Vebsmeut prohibitive gesture she drove i back from the carriage-step. with ** Par- mec—I and my dress occupy the carriage.” women who in their youth marvelled at n¢ slavery to fashion which induced their gramimothers to kneel in the earriage fora drive of many mites to save their lofty head- dresse?, now banish husband or father to the For MOUNT VERNON, The Steambort THOMAS COLLYER, hav. been thoroughly repaired, will make regular trips to Mount z her wharf, in this city ESDAY ard FRIDAY Mv the intervening tit trips to Alexandria, ook tf ton’s book store— as they may re- ir of Spectacles i s been impaired by a service of years in the Post Office Department, which berth required me tobe on duty o'clock at meht till after day, durin, time I used but one light. DeraktMent or INTERIOR, natural defects and the unequa have been compelled to use glasses { have tried different opticaani x glasses perfectly fitted to my eyes. Four ‘obias made two pairs especially for me, which | have found to serve me By the use of his optometer he is enabled to adapt lasses most minutely tothe eye. I most cheerful- ‘Tobias to afl having occasion to as to his Oe as HE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURIT1, Just Published, Gratic, the 3th Thousand, A few words of the Rational Treatment, without fs ooal she will run regular us THOMAS BAKER. Captain. vupel them te walk. to make room for ‘he accommodation of flounces or steel springs “uuday isebanged. The children cannot go to irch, because mamma leaves no room for n; and papa bas to stand aside in the face ae congregation, while his lady is effecting dificult enterprise of entering her pew he ladies aware that the dulness of church relieved to baebelor gentlemen by the amuse- t of watching. and afterwards discussing the comparative skill of the ladies in passing nd Nervous Debilit: mature Decay of the Syste tency, and Impediments 2 81,000 A YEAR! Ployment forall time: in town or country, in # employment ax a source e, or te fill up their leisure may hear of such by en- E LANEY. M. D. Te important fact that the many alarming originating in the imprudence and solitude may he easily removed without Medic! this smali tract. di entirely new and high! adopted by the author, months since Mr. use ginsses, ant > REE RAAT! bear my testimony successful treatment HENRY E- Berlin, for the water-cure, an y to sign Land \ NEW GROCERY, WINE, AND The subscriber begs to info: publio, that he has opeyed a N of 12th street and Louisiana avenue, wher touds to keep constantly on hand a lar assortment of Foreign aad D QUORS, CIGARS, and F Sucer, Coffee, Flour, Soa F nes, Atichovies, x Pinet & Co., and Co! Brandes in cases, demijohus, and casks. Old Ja- Port of various de- teaux Margaux ne je cost, thereby avoiding al e advertired rostrums of the day. nae to ay address, Ute oe post free, in a sen velope, by remitting two postage si Pee tae DR. DE LANEY to sezi-d&wif ment is fitted t tow in ife iematerial, f daily consumption, and be wianufactured agent's dwelling; secure by co yright; sale Ax permanent as Anugent is wanted ery town in the Unio A RETIRED PILYSICIAN, W hose sands of life hav ered while in the Bast Ind, Consumption, Colda,and General Debility. T discovered by him when his only ch’ ter, wae given up to die, torative and healin le fom Pic Reet te pod _ thought ocourred to him that he might make a rem- 3 He stuched hard and succeeded in ishes. His child was cured, and either sex; sta- LIQUOR STORE. meut that be ex their importuni _17 Lixpenard street, EN PER CENT. INVESTMENT. of the City of Daver t. interest by C onds of $500 each, veuport has now rapidly increasing in wealth and P' 1 debt is only $149,000, and its nd canuet now be statistics of the cit) wencer of the use, enables the ladies to find their own ment while apparently engaged in wor- SR SRTA orporation Bond: Marrett & Co, ‘e nearly run out, di ay maioa Rum, Si; ies, & Certain © ¢ as that in the hat-erowns of dandies, which ‘he wore published in the Intelli- We recommend these tonds, believing them to be as safe as any CHUBB BROTHERS. ND DISTRICT MONEY TAKEN AT PAw FoR BooTS, SHOES, ‘AND TRUNKS, . P, HOOVER'S IRON 8 SP BOOM RUNK OETA Pennsylvania avenue, between 9th and 10th sts. just returned from the ment PRUNKS CA Cail carly, at nD fever Clara. Algo, Stoushton Bitters, and Fever and Ague Bitters, Porter, Ale,and Ci Sous ee re gers ino the stool fore pure! " d that their orders Went by romerten Breas \ter tel delivered as tert lties, ladies will retrench their garments aa city bonds, invited to call and bol to take more places ing elsewhere. aber iduals re- VY iRcinia A ss roads, where nd posting are the ouly means of con- Tey eth vel oe ‘O01 H ictis yan he gentlemen have no chance of room | unbroken by eontradiction. talks like a man upon whom a heavy burden has fallen; is absent-minded, forgetting things around him, hesitating before replying to ques- tions, giving the same @nswer to different ques- will be promptly atten Teridences at Coe Rant it potie me: eel direct by the subscriber, at wholesale pplied on recsonable terms, and Produce tae Whiskey, eenstantly on hand, of 1640, ~Bodtood Winekey attended to, a3 eRe Te NO for $37, one for eor hire wpon rear from store to make Hinvans Cigars, im- Iie, them completely ‘healthy and Pappy. rsaible, he will todo as much good as of his afflioted fellow-beings as request! cipe with full and e. and successfull icant to enclose returned as postage on tne mainder to be ‘Canal Boste eu; , English and Irish lakes, dlecks cf the amall steamers are unsafe for vidren and other unwary passengers amidst "Ridtion clothes-lines. It is out of the question for the ladies to trust temselves to « pony for a mountain ride, Sule carrying a balloon about their waists ; aud they cannot climb to the ridges in a dress ions for making it mires éach Ap- i orders mono shilling—three conte to ae ons we i Teoipe, and to the payment of t! Ir ‘NEB, No. 119 Grand TJ" A woinan, by the name of Mra, Mulberry, presented the Almshouse at Albany, on Thanks- i. day, 1857, with triplets—two girls and a «aire tone Aaa ALICE. ood SAM’L, P. HOOVER. OK AT RLLIS'S STOCK @F PIANOS LOOK AT PLLIS'S STOCK @F PIANOS ine THE WEEKLY STAR. This excellent Family and News journai—oon- ‘aining & greater variety of interesting vesding than can be found in any other—is published on Saturday le a): ale spn a Cash, svariably in adeancs. subscribing in Clubs raised feomvee b pa consi eae siege Bohiad Grom any ae Rests wUz Biagio throughout the sountrs a9 nee ingle copies ( ) can be procared paper: PriceTHREE Chay mae othe Postmasters who 8 commission of 2) cent. ** S€euts will be aliowed Watches, Jewelry, &o. ALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, AN = B gin Bank Notes x inde rh ry ble SOLD Sei w tk ne Sa eta wht ment of choice goods, for day: I have juet received a fine assorts new Goods, which | am prepared to sel! at very low Prige: Piease cal! at $38 Penn. avenue, sign of the large read Eagle, = mtr H. O. HOOD. Wartcses. j EWRLRY AND FANCY AR 1 have on hand some of t Gold and Sijver ES. 3 LRY PARTI oe ‘A good BASS CLO Cleoks at J. ROBIN Also, Clook Wires, ©: Clocks { the t and examine, at oc W 2m Vocal and Instrumental Music. RW. HENRY PALMER’S PIANOFORTE Meese Sate Me S PLANOFORTS sous desirous of availing themselves of Mr. Patn- ER's services requested to enroll their names as system is more advan 8 for the Sdvancement of Children, than any system of instruction. It is equally advantageous for the perfecting of the most brilliant performers. - TExMs IN ADvance. yrimery Class $5 per quarter. Advance Cinases 210. All applications to be made to Nr. W. HL PALMER, at his residence. 260 F street, between go and F ef Mi ae J” Georgetown Cinsses every Mo Thursday at 17 o’clook, at Miss Hasrover's Govan. town Female Seminary. sound MUSICAL CARD. Mr. crore Mer begs leave to to his friends Washington, Georgetown, and Ape. that he is new repared t& furnish MUSIC for Balls, Private Par ies, and Soirees. From one to aay number of Musicians to Te ee rders oan at the Musi 's ohn F. Ellis or W.G. Metzerott, or at his i corner 6th and G streets, Navy Yard. 00 20-3m* ee By THE presibeNt Or THE UNITED : In pursuance of Inw, 1, JAMES BUCHANAN Preefient of the United States of America, do hereby deciare and make known that pul ic sales will be he the undermentioned offices inthe State of Missouri, at the periods hereinafter desig At tho lned office at P mencing 0 I or ATABURG, Com! Monday, the !st day of March next the of the public lands within the follewing- townships, ze North of the base lime and west of the the Afth incipal merid: Fractional townsh twenty-four to furty-t ree, inclusive, ou Mon- day, the 8th day of March next, for | of the pubite lands within the following “ames twee ships, viz: North of the base | and west of the fifth Princ: mertdian, Fractional townships sixty-seven, of ranges eighteen to twenty-three, Atthe Iand office at Parmyna, oR erp the firet day of March neat lorthe Lape, sal of t] bie i® within the following townships, viz: North of the base line and west of the Afth prin- cipal meridian. Fractional township sixty-seven, of range ten. The isiands in the Mississippi mver, age ad one, two, and three. in fractional towneip ty four. of range five. ij The isiand in the Des Moines river, Lie eee | four =A nine, of fracti township sixty-four, range five. The nd inthe Des Moines river, in sections rine, tan, eleven, and fifteen, of fractional township sixty five,of range At the land oe at fr. Lovis, comt Monday, the first day of Maroh next, the —_ oa of the publio lands within the fo recapeea townships, viz: North of the base meridian, c Fractional township thirty-eight, of range nine, except the portions covered by private claims. At the Innd office at Jackson, mg wy 3 on Monday, the &th di , Maroh next Tort e oe a | of the public is within the fol ow ing ~ townships, viz: North of the bass line and east of the fifth prin- cipal meridian. Fractional township twenty-one, and township twenty-two, of range one. Fractional township twenty-on Township twenty-seven, of range seven. Fractional township sixteen, and township twen- ty eight. of range pine. ‘Township twenty-nine, of 6 ten. “ractionn! t ship sixteen, of range thirteen. ‘ownship t ity four, of range sixteen. North of the base line and west of the Afth pri i meridian Fractional township twenty-one, of ranges one te eight, inclusive. ractional township twenty-one, and towaships twenty -five and twenty-six, ef range nine. At the land office at SrRjnqriep, commencing Monday, the fifteenth day of March next, for the disposal of the public lands within the following - named townships, Viz; North of the base Ithe and west of the Afth prin- cipal meridian, _ Township thirty, of range twenly-nine. Townships thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty- three, and thirty-four, «frange thurty. Lands sppropriated by law for the use of schools, military, and other purposes, together with those “swamp and overtiowed ini made thereby unfit for cultivation,” if sny, xranted to the State by the act entitled * An te nie She Biate ol Drunewes nd other States to recitim the*swamp lands’ within ‘heir limits.” approved September 2, 1850, will be excluded from the sales. The otfering of the above lands wil! be commenced on the days appointed, and will prow tm the | in which they are advertised, until the whole shall have been offered, and the sales thus closed; but no sale shail be kept ane Jonger than two weeks, and no private entry of any of the innds will be admitted until after the expiration of the two weeks. Given under my band, st the eity of Wasbington. this — day of Sertenter. anno Derini one thousaad eight hundred and fifty-seven. = JAMES BUCHANAN. By the President: Hi HENDRICKS, ‘Commissioner of the General Land Office. NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS. Every person entitied to the nght of pre-emption to any arihe lands within the townships and parts of townships above enumerated is requir dto es- tablish the same to the satisfaction of the ister id receiver of the proper land uthioe, and make payment therefor soon as practicable after seeing this motice, and before the day opine for the commencement of the public sale of the lands oonbracene 21 pareet ee 3 otherwise such claim ill be forfeited. a THOS. 4: HENDRICKS, Commissioner of the General 5 se 19-lawSn GINIA AND OTHER PAPER MONEY VIRGINIA ANKEN AT PAR! CLOTHING !—CLOTHING !—CLOTHING! CHEAP FOR CasH. MONEY SAVED AND FAIR DEALING, At S22 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, between 9th and Wth sts., at the “ Tall Howse.” Just opened, 0 ¢ stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING, at the following a reater bargains in hang than oan be obtained pepe in SS oo ‘ in ol 4 e Poke at great sacrifices, owing to the Tae e wiocer Overooate........--.@4 00 to 810 ¢ and east af the Afth prin- me bag: Akin “ Son! 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