Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1858, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED BYBAY AFTERNOON, @UNDAY EXUPPTED,) 4T FHE S7AR BUILDINGS, Cerner of Fa. avenus and Eleventh street, By W. D. WALLACE. Papers served in packages by carriers at $4.@ year, or 37 conte per mouth. To mail subscribers the sub- Soription price is $3.5) a year, in advances; $2 for #:X months; $1 for three months; and for ess than three months at the rate of 12 centaa week. Single Ovpies, One cent; In wrappers, two cents. ADVERTISEMENT# (of eight lines to the square) nserted three times for $1; every other day or scimi-weekiy, 25 per cent. advance ; once 8 week, 0 per cent. advance. BAD HEALTH AND BODILY FRAGILI TY IN AMERICANS. [From the London Times, January 36.) What is to be the future destiny of the great race which inhabits the opposite shores of the Atlantic? Springing from the old English stock, and engratting on itself shoots from every European people, it is advancing with unprece- dented rapidity to power and wealth. We our- selves are of tne optimists; we cannot believe that nature or the course of human events should recede, and that the American people should be other than what its institutions, its natural advantages and the singular energy of its character seem to promise. But there are net wanting prophets on the other side, and, strange to say. they usually make their a; pearance ar bes Americans themselves. Of cour.e. it is to be expected that North should depreciate South, and the descendant of Vir- giniau cavaliers affect to look with scorn upon the descendant of Massachusetts Puritans; but something more than this sectional rivalry has lately become the fashion. ludeed, our repub- liean friends, who are in many respects only eXaggerations of ourselves, are accustomed to mingle self-depreciation with boasting after the Most approved custom of the old country. Whether they believe what they say against themselves as much as what they say in their own praise is another question. Now, within the last tew years there seems to have arisen a feeling that the American physi- cally is not what he or she ought to be. Whether the doctors have set the idea in motion, or whether Mr. Kiugsley’s works and the example of the English public schools have had an effect on the Transatiantic mind, certain it is that one cannot take up an American magazine or newspaper without finding a lamentation on the muscular degeneracy of the New World Parents aud schoolmasters and school mistressex are exhorted to take care of the youth of both sexes who are growing up under their chargy aud to see that they do not ture out mere in- tellectual prodigies without an: bodily stam- ina. ‘To believe these writers, the bew race of Awericans is a kiud of artificial growth, in which all the substance and vigor which should to make arms, legs, loins, cheeks, teeth and air, have been concentrated in the brain. In the last century Buffon and the nataralists of that time started a theory that since the ani- mals found in the New World were of a sinaller and weuker type than those of the Old, thcre- re the European race of men must necessari- degenerate, and. after a ceutury or two, be ‘sr inferior to Englishmen, Frenchmen and iards as the puma is to the Barvary lion Speculation used to cause great anger mong the Americans of the old school, who, after reciting their exploits against the Eng- lish, were accustomed “to explain that even their savages were the finest of all possible savages, und that no Asiatic or African tribe could possibly compare with the red men of the New World. But the reaction against this self-complacent estimate has recently been carried so far that we should not be surprised to see some American naturalist resuscitating the old theory. Anextract which we make from the Phila- delphia Evening Journal gives a fair notion of @ way in which Americans are accustomed speak on this subject. From all sides are ard similar complaints of the neglect of -x- by all ciasses of the American popula- warnings that the physical structure le is deterioraticg in consequence. indeed, certain facts whieh sre un- t whether waut of exercise be the Among the well-to-do it seems unduubted toat the standard aith is wet as high us in Eagland. It is eaid that among women especiully there is a far greater amount of general weakness thao in European countries, aud that those families ot bealthy girls which are to be fuund in Eng- l-nd hardly have au existence in the New World. The wen, too. are generally dyspeptic ; though often tall, their limbs are not developed, the mascles of the arm and the calf of the leg seem wanting, the cheeks are sunken and the cheek bones high ; both sexes are certainly very subject to balduess, and the early loss of the teeth is so common that we eannot wonder that American dentists take a high place in the profession In the words of the Philadelphia paper: The incipient man (we take an ex- treme case) is a thin, frail creature. His faee ean be spanned with both hands, and there will be some baxd to spare.’’ And so the writer goes on tw criticise the chest, arms and legs of the younger American citizens. The ladies are equally hardly deait with: ‘Her waist is waspisu, und her foot is minute; but the chances are sirong that she stoops or limps, has acold, and does no bivomiag without the aid of rouge.’’ Allowing for some exagzeration of language, it may be said, however. that this c= of the younger inhabitants of the At- antic cities bas something of truth in it. The cause we do not pretend to discover. Probably the indluences of climate are chiefly concerned. In some par s of the Union the raee is certainly Very fine. though still marked by the same character of leanness. aud an absence of round- ed outlines. The Kentuexian, however, is about the last man who could be charzed with want of muscular power, of physical activity and vitality. It would almost seem that the Eu- ropean race undergoes a change directly it is transplanted iato the New World, and thatin the course of a few generations it approaches the Indian type. Ic is certain that the cotem- raries of Wachipgtun Jouked tar more like ish people then the slim gentlemen whom t wandering vver” the continent’at the wy. Lhe old puctrait would show this. were not to be noticed in many old ricaus, who have much less of what hg the nativnal cast of countenance ir sons and grandsons. It may be, at certain regions, like the Atlantic t. or certain modes of life. do not suit the bite man’s constitution during this transition; and beuce the gencral waot of health and a@trength, the disisclination fir bodily exercise, «i the early loss of vigor, which it seems im- ible tv depy. The uext generation may ‘cow out of this constitutional weakness, or the evil may continue t sap the vitality of the race in certain portions of the Union. Science or a diferent mode of life may dy much to pro- vide a remedy American writers enerally utter the same exhoriations as we fiad in the Philadelphia journal. The athletic sports of the English are neld up as an example, though with a kind of wouder thet youths, and even grown men, should take sucb pleasure in leaping @ fence, striking and catching a leathern bail, or kick. ing un inflated bladder. Lately we believe that ericket has been naturalized in the Siates with what saccess the future must determine But it is certain that the Americans, both yousg and old. are with difficulty led to take any museuiar exercise. A carpenter or a gar- dener does bis work besause he iz paid for it; but no one will use Lis arms and legs without a prospect of remuneration. Gentlemen will never walk if they can possibly drive. and when they bave no particular object in going anywhere they sitdown aod smoke. Buys, in the intervals of school hours, are far more | likely to read @ newspaper than to run and | jump Lhe on'y sports of au American are | shooting and driving, both of wh'ch may be in- dalged in without any great fatigue ve cer- tainly think that if (be manifest tendencies of climate are to be corrected the rising genera- | tion should be aeeustumed to more aetive hab- its Boys and Cal should not be dressed up withia an ineh of their livesfrom ten or twelv and taught that is vulgar to soil their “pants or compress their crinolige. Perhaps, an the dry air of America there may not be sush ab- | Constitution was naturally so si solute ueed of exercise as wif feet of it in preserving health manly character must be the @ in a coan- tries. Lf the spirit of our public schools could be transferred to the New World, we think the result poe vbr ad race which woyld not negtect those “nuble possessions’ of wi Palladelpaica critic speaks. , us but the ef- imparting @ b the} of the possest view of taki WILLIS AND HIS oLD Dr Svrr.—Willis, on his return to Idlewild from a day or two's visit to New York, writes, in the Home Jour- nal, one of his chatty letters to “the Briga- dier,”’ from which we clip the following char- acteristically told experience : But, apropos of dress and its limits, let me tell you of a trifle in’ my second evening's ex- perience, on this visit to town, which, simple as it was, made me stand very uncertain in my shoss. To the hypochrondriac. at least. whose conscious identity is occasionally disturbed, it will be a drop of the comfort of companionship to here record it. Calling upon an old friend, in the course of the day, I was urged to go 2 a pisty in the evening, where were to be gathered the picked- few dom of a very intellectual circle— among them one or two whom I yas particularly in- terested to see. My heart was willing, but my wardrobe was weak; for, expecting to be away trom home buta couple of days, I had only my country habiliments of shooting-jacket and rough trousers; but, as I reluctantly refused. a thought came over me. In aciloset of my brother's house, up town, there shon/d be (moths and accidents excepted) a well-worn suit of many years ago. into which I, erhaps, might be stili able to iusert myself. Up to packing them away, (a reservation from tho usual de- cline and full into the beggar’s wallet which they owed to a tender memory of the beloved voices to which the unconscious buttons had listened in their time.) that dresscoat and pan- taloons had, at similar gatherings, figured pre- sentably. My weight, I believed. was about the same as in their day, though I had been since, of course, wedged open considerably by daily be- striding of the saddle, and am, ‘thereby, per- haps, split a trifle higher than these early pan- taloons would be likely to remember—but, save this, (and the wrinkles out of their reach.) T was a case of rather uncommon statuguosity. Atany rate I woald try. If the integuments were extant, I could put them on—go up and down stairs in them confidentially at my brother's—test their Rip Van Winklitude by private experiments of all the evening's varied probabilities—and, if the rehearsal were satis- factory, I would zppear, in the costume so ri- gidly exacted by society, (black bi-forks and swallow-tail.) at my friend's hospitable house. The closets were rammaged. The departed clothes made their apparition hanging upon an affcctionate nail, ‘as was their custom of an evening,” and open to oceu- paney. I got into them. They fitted me, as of yore. Experiments all triumphant! The threads whieh for years had stood the pull of a button- ed-up heart's hidden perturbations, were still constant to their trust. I went to the party—a most charming collec- tion of people, some of whom 1 had not seen for many years. Asecpore or Tatstam Boraess.—Oliver H Smith. of Indiana, in one of bis reminiscences, published in the [ndiauapolis Journal, tells the following story : During the debate in Congress on the tariff, in 1823, an amendment was offered to increase the duty on molasses ten ceuts per gallon; be- ing an increase of a hundred per cent., advalo- rem. Its object was to choke off the northern members, and indirectly to kill the bill. The moment the amendment was announced by the chairman, in committee of the whole, Mr. Bur- gess, of R. [., arose and implored the mover to withdraw it. Ho showed its effects upon the trade between the eastern States aud the adja- cent isiands, in timber aud the return cargoes of molasses, which was the daily food of the poor. His speech was short and to the point. As he took his seat, Henry Daniel. of Kentucky, sprang to his feet and roared out at the top of his voice, -‘ Mr. Speaker, let the constituentsof the gentleman from Rhode Island sop their bread on oneside in molass nd they will pay the same duties they do now."’ Mr. Burtlett, ot New Hampshire, remarked to me: ‘‘Now look outtor Tristam, Harry will catch i Mr. Bur- gess arose with fire beaming trom his counten- ance, and ‘addressed the chair. ‘The relief proposed by the gentleman from Kentucky is but adding insult to injury Does not that gentieman know that established habits be- come second nature, and thatall laws are cruel and oppressive thut strike at the innocent habits of the people? ‘To illustrate, what would they think of me if I should offer an amendment that himself or his constituents shall hereafter have no more than a pint of whisky for breakfast instead of a quart? Does he not know that the disposition ot all animals partakes, in a greater or leas di e, of the food on which they are fed? he horse is noble, kind, and graceful; he is fed on grain and grass. The bear (looking at Daniel, who was a heavy, short man, dregsed in a blue coat. with a velvet collar) will eat hog and raw hominy. You can domesticate him, dress him in a blue coat with a velvet collar, learn him to stand erect, and to imitate the human voice as some showmen have done, but examine him closely, sir, (look- ing at Daniel some seconds,) you will discover he is the bear still. The gentleman told us in a speech some days ago, that his district pro- duced a large number of jackasses, hogs und mules. No stronger proof of the truth of bis statement ¢in be given than a look at its repre sentative.” Daniel wilted under the sarcasm, and few members afterwards felt disposed to arouse the eminent son of Rhode Island. Extract FroM AN Unpusiisnepn Noven.— * * #* “Come tothe Hermit’s Cave. And they left. Their path lay through the thick forest, over miry groves and pleasant swamps, where red and several other kinds of squirrels were springing around them, with their puffed-out cheeks filled with cocva-nuts fer the winter’s store. The gentle owl, enjoying the sunny afternoon, sang merrily in the branches. The snail and the wildcat skipped pleasantly to- gether upon the verdant green. The smooth emerald serpent hissed a welcome to the maid- ens, as they tripped along, stopping now an@ then to pluck and eat the luscious horse ches- nuts hanging in rich clusters above their heads. Soon the cave was reached. They looked in and beheld the Hermit preparing his frugal meal of flag-root and sorrel. At their entrance he started and gazed earnestly at the maiden. E men 4 fixed was her gaze. They—” But efere proceeding further we shall goon to give a short sketch of the previous life of the Hermit. ‘He came into the world at a small town called Kansas, which has since become a large aod flourishing territory, on Independence day, 1776, years ago—the ve y day on which the Fourth of July was signed. “Being of a free disposition, and a good peuman, be would have undoubtedly signed his name with the | rest, bat unavoidable circumstances at home vented. Of all his early history we have | no account, owing to the negligence of h # terity ; so that we hear nothing of him what- ever until he reached the age of ten years, when he commenced attending the village school. Here be excelled in all athletic sports; could jump four rods and a half to any other girl's or boy's one; and, moreover was at the head of every eluss in school. Un one occasion he is said to have chastised a buy three times his own sire, fot! throwing @ pieée of grange peel at a litde girl, When twelve years of age, being disappointed in a Jove irphe at- tempted to commit suicide by thir- Seth of a barrel of whiskey, having read in the pies thatthere was enough atrychuine ina rrel of whiskey to kill thirty men, But bis that its only effect was to make him a little talkative, and he coneluded he was worth saving a little longer.” It ts said that it i» in contemplation: to aT at an early period, the hioaiiy, 4 ofa tubular iron bridye across thé Niagara at the site: nwt y suspension ‘ Drspxpsia anv Fits, ourer of Consumption was for several years’ so badly afflicted by dyspepuia that for a part of the time he was confined to his bed. He was eventualiy cured by & presor'ption 1 shed him bya young Olairvoyant girl. This preseriptio»,given by a mere chitd while in & state of trance, has cured everybody who has taken it, never baving failed once. It in equally assure in cases of fits as of dyspepsia. The ingredients may be foundin any drug store. I will send this valuable prescription to any person on the receipt of one postage stamp to pay postage. Addreas Dr. Tracy DaLorue, New York Post Office. jan 28-2m* 1 aM IN Posskssion of some valuable certificates in favor of the Consumption Destroyer; also of its efficacy in relieving bronchial disease attended with ‘ere cough. The®yrup is pleasant and sate, and is composed of roots and herbs procured from the Blue Ridge; it 1s no common article. They are nicely enveloped in my circulars, where iny place of residence is seen. ‘The extract of a flowercalied the Alpha Ointment for the Piles. oan, with the Syrup, be fouud at Mr. C, Stott’s; the Syrup is at several other places on Penusylvama avenue, as well as Georgetown, at Mr. Newman’s on Bridge street. In Alex«ndria at Ledbetter’s. Iu Baltimore, at Hance's, 108 Balti- more street. d7-tf Spzctat Noticg.—For Perfumed Breath, White Teeth, and Beautiful Complexion, u Baim of 1,000 Flowers” For dressing Ladies’ hair use “ Woodland Cream,” a new pomade ; it causes gen- tlemen’s hair to ourl beau each. WwW P. Proprietors, New York. Wholesale and Retail Agents for Washington, Taytor & Maury, Booksellers, between 9th and 10th et.. Pa. avenue. nia acai Treasury DePaRTMENT, February 12, 1858, Notick ts HEREBY GIVEN that sealed proposals will be received at this office untilthe fifteenth day of March proximu for the issue ofany portion, or the whole, of tive ions of dollars in treasury notes iu exchauge for suid ovin of the United States deposited with the treasurer of the United States, the treasurer of the Mint at Philadelpiua, the treas- urer of the branch mint at New Orleans, or the as- sistant treesurers at Buston, New Vork, Charles- tou, or St Louris, within ten days from tne acoept- ance of such proposals, under the authority of the aot of Congress entitied “Anact to authorize the issue of treasury notes,” approved the 2d Deocem ber, 1857, The treasury notes wil! be isaued upon the receipt here of certificates of deposite with those officers to the cred t of the treasurer of the Uxited Stater. They will be made payable to the order of such bid- der or bidders as shall agree to make such exchange at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding six per centum per annum, and will carry such rate from the date of the certificate of such ceposite. The proposals must state the rate of interest with out condition and without reference to other bids, and contain no other fiactional retes than one fourth one half or three fourths of one per centum. Five per centum of the amount proposed to be exchanged must be deposited with one of the treasury officers above enumerated, whose certificate of such deposit must accompany each proposal, as rity for ite fulfilment. Ifthe proposal is not accepted, iumame diate directions will be givento return such depos- ite. Should the proposais be variant from the pro- visions of the act of Congres, or of this notioe, they will not be considered. All proposals under this notice must be sealed and nseribed on the outside “Proposals for Treasury Notes." They will be opened at this department at 12 o'clock m., on the said fifteenth day of March. HOWELL COBB, fa 12. Secretary of Treasury. YO THE CILIZENS OF WASHINGTON. Wotrs’s Scusipaw Arowatic Scunapps, The proprietor begs leave to call Lie attention of strangers and the citizens of Washington, to avery superior article of Holiand Gin, which he introduced to the American public under the name of Wolfe's Scheidam Aromatic Schnapps. ‘This Gin is manufactured by the proprietor exolu- sively at his Distillery in Schiedam, Holland. It is made from the best Barley that can be procured in Europe, at any cost, and flavored ‘and medicated, not by the common harsh berry, but by the most Choice botanical variety of the Aromatic Italian Ju- niper Berry, whose more various extract is distill- ed and rectified with its spirituous solvent. and thus becomes a concentrated tincture of exq: te fla~ vors and aroma, aitogether transcending inits Cor dia! and Medicinal propertiésany alcoholic beverage heretofore known. The proprietor has submitted it to nearly the whole Medical Faculty of the United States, and has received answers from about four thousand Physicians and Chemists, who endorse it over their signatures as & most desirable addition to the Ma- teria Medica. Persons who purchase should be careful to get the genuine article, as the whole country is Hooded with counterfeits and imitations. Put up in quarcand pint bottles, in cases of one dozen each. and for sale by‘all the respectable Drug- gists und Grocers in the United States. UDOLPHO WOLFE, Sole Importer and Manufacturer. Depot, No. 22 Beaver street, New York, _deo 12-sm i Cousens. COLDS, HOARSNESS, &c. ‘The prevalence of the ahove complaints at this seas n, genera:ly has the effect of bringing onta host ased'y new specihes, xnd wile some arc vod, uLiby are Useless, and O hers even dangerous. Fhe wisest course to Pursue ix to consult your family physician, or thes wise use only suck reme- dion ns {ung publioex perience has proved tobe sate and efficacious. Of this ciaracter is TYLER’S COMPOUND SYRUP OF GUM. ARABIC. rt lly the favor te prescription of an eminent physician.it soon became a popu’ continued to enjoy a growing rey twenty years. fu cases of cont C Coughs, &c.. it nots like a charm,and in Chronic cases, Bron- Gaitis, Whooping Cough, Croup, Asthma, Influenza, &o.. its success ts unparal ed, and most will testy who have used it. Price 25 cents and 54 cents per bottie. 5 Sold by Nairn & Palmer, Chas. Stott, &«., Wash- ington ; setown; Peel & Stevens, Al- exandri: uuay be had also, fo. convenience, in Lozenger form, Price 124 and 25 cents a box— known as “Tyler’s Gum Arabic Cough Cancy Drops.”’ as an elegant, pleasant, and ¢fficac‘ous Pul= monic Lozenge they are unsurpaxsed. fell 3m QTATE OF CALIFORNIA BONDS. Ne — The law providing fur Funding the Bonded, and other specihed indebteanese of the Stare of Gan fornia, requires that the old Bonds and Certificates shall be forwarded to Sacramento during this ycar, to be cancelled and repiaced by new ones, we will Act Ag agents in this business, and request an early ean aeim 8" CHUBB BROTHERS. jan 2-im GASTON & CLARK, 48 LOUISIANA AVENUE, second door from ‘Tth street, under the Avenue House, DEALERS IN CLOTHING AND GENT’3 FURNISHING VODS. The subsoribers oall attention ton desirable Stook oF CLUTRING which they now have on exhibi- on at their Store, No. 48 Louisiana avenue, second door from 7th street, and as they are determined to off the lot f posible, every effort necessary iu order to please their In the CLorHiNe DEpaptaEN 5 we can guarantee the stuck to be perfect in puict o: cfc an fit ong style, beosuse We make everything ourselves, have no heaitation in saying our goods will be found equal to the best order work in the country. ‘Watching the various changes of fashion, parties may seeped remy pee nding the latest ut and make in store, subject Li a approval 15,000 worth « Goods toe ‘Hien's: joys and Se vaul’s Wear, will be gold at auction prices, and pur- chasers would do w: nO melita being ce lk ie umbug, a8 our Assertions oan on ex- amination. Cail and s00 us At the above Store, 4 2-30 GASTON & CLARK. T : CARRIAGES. RE Subscriber having made additions to his ‘aotory, making it of fe the Biatrict, witere his facies ior 7 C RIAGES ead LIGHT WAGONS be eur- pasped, sur a irom his long er petienee ta the buai- . he hopes to grve general sat ion. neni Kindsof Carriages acd Light Wagons kept on "All REP AIRS neaty done, nudall orders prompt- = : SEN Re Sad Pianos, &o. OLD MED 1 G Dead ny SP FORTES. WILLIAM KNABE, or partner in the im firm of e ‘the name am Knabe & Co. &t the old stand ree ne Eataw House, Baltimorses ©? ‘They have also just opened a new Sales R, at Saeco street, Me eed —— ees ight premises part! is oCatiery as & music store, where they will hand 8 large assortment of plain grand and ° Seep Constantly on _ square ‘ortes best ers, from 4 to 5- bopitonndes double reeda, to suit small chur: Being extensive! the manvfacture of say we will sail’ jeand retail, ou the most wi dur Pianos were awarded the {xeid medal pet the Fairs of the sitio to fourteen and chisel fr el m pianos from of the makers from New York, Boston and Bal- timore, ‘© wore also awarded the first premiumat the Industrial Exhibition held im Richmond, Vir- inia, 1855 and 1856. ‘Ihey have also been awarded he highest premiom (silver medal) at the Metro- ‘pOn: echanics’ Fair for 1857. In addition to this we are in possession of testimo m the most distinguished professors anc amateurs in the country, wineh warerooms, speaking for themselves and others of a high erent ion in which our instruments are elu. rit instruments are guaranteed for five years, ind a pelviley ¢ of exchauge is granted within the iret aix hs from the day of sae if the instruments do not sive entire satisinction. wire Wholesale dealers wil! Ee to their advantage ne. to give us a call before pur. e exchanged tuned. M. KNABE & Co. mar | Sesticy Ay BACON & CO’S can be Seen at our IVE MORE OF RAVEN, wv superior FIANOS, just 4rrived at the, arerooms 0: WV. G. METZEROTT. * Seoond hand Pianos for sale cheap. n20-tf NUSSS & CLARKE’S rts cos PPA oh en DAVIS & CO.’ CELEBRATED PIANO FORTES, Capstantly r ‘ing and sal ly b cere oe OS GRe e- ELLIB, 36 Pa. av., between 9t id 1th sts. Purchasers will find 1t to their interest to exainine themselves the superior qualities of tie above LAO! Stools, Covers, Melodeons, &c., hand : &c., also on oo et Ei Di6 iC DEPOT OF W. 6. M ROT TT, corner of Eleventh street und - Peunsyivania avenue, is the largest audewy complete Musi Establishineut in! District of Colu . acon, Raven & ’s and Rosenkranze’s cele- brated PIANOS are alway son nM grest varie tyj also, Prince’s superior MEL L0ONS ‘ogether with an Immense stock of Musical In- struments and Sheet Musie of every description. Pettis tuning executed by Mr. Rebine. th ALUABLE AND MOST INTEREST} G Forsaleat TAYLOR & MAURY’S Bookstore, near 9th st. Recokna or THE RevotutionaRyY WAR; con- taining the Official, Military aud Financial Corres- guadcnes ofall the Officers of the Revolutionary rin’ from 1775 to 1725, containing the most interest tary. historieal and financia! information du- ting that period; also, the organization of all the Regiments, showing the names, rank. date of com mission, time of eu! stment, and services of the of ficers and privates of each; also, the general aud brigade orders of Generals Washington, Lee, Green, Weedon, and others. Tast of American Officers Imprisoned, The time of their capture, reiease, &c. An account ofthe Soctety of the Cincinnati. In New York, Pewnsy!vania and Maryland ¢ list of the members’ names, &c., the half pay commuta- tion, and lend acts of the Continental Congre ete list of all the Officers who Sequed to the End of the War Aud acquired the right to half-p-y for life, commu- tation and land: proc edings of the Sith Congres aod United States Court of Chums relative toa res:orae tion of the hulf-pay acts ofthe old Congress for the benefit of the Heirs of Officers of the Revolution; Virginia half-pay and land laws; the rea. s whieh led to passage of the act of July 5, 1832, by Congress: the names of the Virginia officers who received land. with an :nterasting account of the military land districts of Ohiv, Kentucky and Tennessee, the lo cation of wariants, surveys, &c.; Revolutionary Penston Laws of the United States, As they now exist. with comrentaries thereon; notes on ‘he serv.ces of Various class s of revo tionary officers, with an extensiv. list showing the thine they died, &e.. &0. One large 12mo volume of 6% pages. Price $1.5). Postage 25 cents toany part of the United Stvtes, except Ca:ifornia. ‘This work 1s intended as a book of reference t sthe historian and soholar, as wellas furnishing a ther- ough guide to persons claiming titie to land or per + sions fiom services of their forefathers dure the revolutionary war. The volume contains the names of over 56,000 officers and privates of the rerolution- ary army, and should be in the hinds of all the de- scendants of the brave men who fought under the banner of '76, that the noble actions of their ances- tora may not eseape remimscence of their descend- ants, who must retain thia work as a memento of their brave deeds and patient sufferings. fell (CAVIAR, PETITS PUIS, CHAMPIGNONS. We call the attention of connoiseurs to our im- sien of - ETITS POTS, in butter and natural. SAR DIN oil. it be 4 we} ALBO, CAVIAR, of the best quality, and extremely rare tl oountry. inthis OOURtTy* 1NG & BURCHELL, jan 15 corner Vermont avenue and 15th st. AGGAGE EXPRESS OFFICE A 34 D Stree, Adjoining The States Printing Ofica, The subscriber, Baggage Agent for Baltimore and Ohio and Wasiungton Branch Rualroad, has opened an office, at the above place. for the seoom- modation of the’ public, where orders ean be left tor the use of Wagons to convey Bagrace or Packares toand from Railroad Depot. Steamboats, &c.. or lor removal to any point in this City er Georgetown. Office open trom 7o’olock . to 18 o’elook p. m., » except Sunday, 7 to 10 o'clock a. .2 clock to 10 p. JOHN M. McCLINTOCK, axe Agont Baltimore and Oo Railroad. N. 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Heis icpared to execute commissions for the Iinperial ‘hotograph, hitherte mde only at his well-known establishment in New York, A variety of unique and rare Photographic speai- —— —— a mottaotiene ax with riraits o| most tizens Stthe United Maton, won wistinxuished oath at Mr. Brapy brings to his Washington Gallere the results of fourteen years’ experience in ‘ope and the choicest products of his art He feels confident that the re- inand and the artistic quality of 0% Gallery to the atren’ i weton ie, jan M eet PELLISSIER PORTMANTEAUS. e AN icle of Gents’ Hand Bag. This splendid article is the ne plus ulsra of Traveli g Kquipments. . . ite will please oul! ard examine this new and Conveni at atyle of Traveli a WAC. STEPHENS & CO. 1 bet. 9th and loth street. iopajd Teeth . Cesena 4, PF, BROWN, Sewetary, b ek: y of the Washin Sd NO. 1,583. 7 ASHIONABLE DANCING. F PROF. H. W. MUNDER respectfully announces to his friends the Pi ie generally, that siast quarter will con i nmence ob a iM afternoon, Feb. 2d, 1858. All those who desire, to be prepared for the exhibition are earnesti: soli¢ited to jon as soon as ibié as the ar e- ‘Aney ioe soc take piace —- h brogramine for Lal wi entire: new, and far exce! any ever Oltered to the public. d Parents whodesire to see their ohildren oasy and Tcarriage, should not fail to euter gracefu them very 5 Classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, = usual, from 74¢ until 9% o'clock. Gentieme: jan -dt Educational. — LA y ES INSTITUTE. * AER SY Race Nooe yer The Second T: 3 tution will commenos Parreeny jens of thie Ineti- 2-colw “jan CH. NOR TON. A. My, Print, OARDING AND DAY schoo ® B YOUNG Abn aespe At the oorner of 6th and Streets, & DAUGHTERS Wa. Ketiey- Sian 15 tebe eotm pAaNncine ACADEMY. Mr. T. F. GASZYNS: DAUGHTER the honor to announee to the ies and Gen- fonea of Washington and Georgetown that be will re open his Classes for ong In, Washington on Friday, the 9th of ~ Bt! Temperance Hall, F street, for Misses and Masters, from 3 o'clock + for Ladies Gentlemen, from7 o'eloek ggtown—on Wednesday, arrover’s Ladies Sem- inary, from 30 Fp. on, For terms and particular lication can be made at Mr. G.'s residence, “7 My Streets between 9th and lth streets, se 12-6 have _DENTIST,, _____No. Si® Pennsylvanian avenve. i) Will perform ail operations belonging to his eee at his old established office, as above, yRE IMPROVED SETS OF TEETH. M. LOOMIS, M, D., the inventor and patentee of “Loomi® Mineral Plate Testa,” buving saccessfuliy introduced his improvement inf Various cities, has now permanently estat lished himself in Washington. I r f Teeth consists chief. ty in making a set of but one piece of material, and structible munersi. Neo metal is in their construetion, and they are therefore free from lvanic action and metalic taste. ‘There are uo fai to become filled with moisture or particles of hence they are pure and clean. Ti lighter, stronger, less clumsy, far mor and natural in they earance. | will give rd o One Thousand. lars to any one w! sumilar work of art to mine in purity, bea: durability, Srtistic excellence or any other requis: quality. All work responsibiy warranted, Peuna. avenue, botweon 1ith and 12th streeta. the following great barga A very superior Pia . Dav Co... 7 00 aves. he ro 5 origiaal bo 349. Lt has be=n tina carefui ys fi Also. a similar Piano, sa wukers, 6} ong price £3, will be sold for $.25. These risnoxa e reiily bargsins; we warrant and cuaractee them as willingly ax we do our new ones. All persons in want of a good ble Piano are so- a ents. h we have ac for to cvli and see these A'so, 8 Second-hand Pinay - o*pted in part paym for €150; one for 840; one for $15: and ove for $19. 5 j Ours is always the largest stock of Pianos in this city; therefore call at No. .06 Pa. ay., between Sth and 10th st) ts. 5 ecm __ JOHN F. ELLIS._ DENTISERy. DR. STEPHEN BAILY, Orrick No. 1938 PENNSYLVANIA AVENSR, Taree doors from lth Street. Dr. BAILY begs leave to inform the publicthat he can be seen at all hours, at his office, located as above, He ff red that an experience of fifteen years’ practice, with the large number of patients Variety of difficult cases that he has treated success- fully, will enable him to surmount an aisolty. scientific or otherwise, relating to the Teeth. 18 own Espey Kew renin ~~ i cewens Na mg | men eminent in the profession, an especially Drs. Harrie end J.and E. Fermi tras led hi: € . Ong since, todis- card all mercuria! preparations Jing Teeth, also all Enamels, Gutta Percha, India Rubber, and Ce- ments for the construction of Continuous Gum Teeth, and that Porcelian, mounted on Gold Plate, ts the only reliable substance that can be worn in the MOUTH, BF WES Must conciusively shown by the last American Dental Convention. = a he fistters gimself from his long i~ dence and practice in Washington, be is favors! known to his numerove friends and patrons, he bege leave to refer them to the following vy MIMONIALS: From the late Rec! of Epiphany of of the Ch this oaty. 2 Dr. SrgpHen Batty: Dear Sir—] desire toexpresa my esteem for you persoualiy,and my confidence ip you &s a superior dentist. ie operations executed tor me have beer highly satisfactory. [hope that you may receive the patronzge from my frie: snd the Public that your skill su well deserves. Youre very tral, Washington, Aug, 2,108. J. W. FRENCR, From one of the oldest in Baltimore, Messrs, Bosse: Cotrnan & Co, Having employ ephen Baily, Surgeon Den- tist, of Wasiungton city, to execute for me an im- portant and difhcuit piece of work, which he did te my entire setisfaction, and in view of the fact that one of the most distinguished members of the Dental Coilcge of Baltimore, failed, afer repeated trials, te perform the same work satisfactorily, it gives m t ple&sure to express my entire coniidence high est: imation of his professional! skill. itumore, Jan. 12, . HAKMANN BOGES, Extract froma note received from the late Hom, Johs M. Ciaytor. U.S. Senate, Aug. 13, pot ‘Phe teeth you made for me work vi oul; ster. Vi tefully, ane cout ve Baer.” Vary Fest M-cLayTON. To those thet seek relief from the maladies of the ai en a recommend 7 5. = aged erior Dentist; he made & sot of porvelian te! foroue of wy familv, and plugged Severn! teeth for myseif, and the work has ail stood w. fe more than ten years, ROBERT T. XON, of the Va. Corf. of the M. E. Caurch South. April 19, 1658. — We, the undorsigned, having had occasion to ava Ourselves of the professional skill of Dr. 8. Baily, Surgoon Dentist of this city, or haviag been cogus- Ant of his operations on oar families of friends, take pleasure in expressing our Adumration of his artystic skill, as woll ag of the uniformly satisfactory nittiner in whioh he performs the most delicate and difiowlt st no Dental pond Synge We respectiuily re- coramend him to the contidence and patronage of the public. of which we consider him eminently thy. Homas U. WALTER, Architeot U.S. Cap Host: Anata Al Deaf Washington, 3. N RAPLE' " ectae Watton, Ex Governor of Florida, Wacrer Lenox, Ex Mayor of Washingtony Henry Batpwin, U.8. ent Office, ree pu many. Principal Ritteukouse Academy, 20 Sror THAT RATTLING. 1 em now prepured to “ Chapman’s Anti-Rattling Shalt Festoner,” a remedy for the rattiing of the shaft-c! of ipontiirg a — Wagons, which can ton & small eXpense. Call and eee yy at my Faotory, where I have certificates from the rina’ Coschmakers in the country, ANDREW J. JOYC d-if am corner lath and E. ats. LEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON, LEXAND! ee NGT The steamer George Page having been taker the route forrepairs, the COLLYER will, until further notice, take her lace. running at the hours mentioned below, from the of 7th street, Washingt Jauney’s \W heel Sect of King pireaty esexe Leave Alexandria at 5 7,9 Wig eave Washington at 6, 8 é ‘he Mount V. til farther notice. Box FROM LONDON, Polyglot of Foreign Prover! Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, 5 Guide to the K: of Potters. sad other objects of Vi #1 Life of Alexandria Pope, | — ' cae Michae! 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CLAIM AND REAL esrare For Bounty Lands, Pension © . tion of Claus before the Cou rt of cd — and the Departments, Purchase cal tates, attend to Renting Houses, Warrants. ‘Negotmte Lone, _ inns ail business of a india oxcunt Wheel Land joe ourner SIR DS A’ San Washington, Gay, OLD G AND SILVER PURCHASED AT THE BEST RATES, FOREIGN BILLS OF EXCHANGE SOLD, ON THE PRINCIPAL POINTS IN BO- ROPE,IN SUMS TO SUIT. GOLD CURRENCY, AND VIRGINIA MO- NEY ACCOUNTS, WILL BE OPENED FORK DRPOSITORS, PAYABLE INSAME FUNDS, OR IN GOLD, CHARGING THR CURRENT RATES.—CHECKS MUST BE MARKED ACCORDINGLY. SIGHT DRAFTS ON ALL THE PRINCI- PAL CITIES OF THE UNION, SOLD IN SUMS To SUIT. BONDS AND STOCKS SOLD ON COM- MISSION. UNCURRENT MONEY BOUGHT AND SOLD. LAND WARRANTS PURCHASED ATTHS HIGHEST RATES. SWEENY, RITTENHOUSE, FANT & CO, 443m = . T= PER CENT. INVESTMEN Jows, paying 10 por cent unrorest Wy Coanes - er » 08 a New York. "Bonds of 850 each. “The growing Davenport has now about 2,00 iniebitant Tapidiy increasing in wesith and ation. maricrpal debt is only $159,000, and ite railroad debt C 25,000, and unot now be —. he Statishenetths cuty were published. mm the Intell: gencer of the Sith September. We recommend these bonds, believing them to be as sale as any State or oity bonds. . : 006 CHUBB BROTHERS OOO OOOO ASHING TUN INSURANCE CU. y W CHAKTEKED BY CONGRESS CariraL. ——. —_. ___. ___. $a 00" one for INEURANCE OR BULL DINGS MER: |} - ti 1 A CHA DISE, &c., at the usual City rates, w: ig ey AO ‘ent Tree! o Wi tou City Sevings Bank. joseph Bryan, James F, Haiday, Presiden. ep li-iy - ——— “Cause BROTHERS, Darosirs.— ite received and Checks Without charge. on the northern eal Gities received on Deposit at par, and Exctmnge on said Cities furnished to depositors without INTEREST ON Derosits.—Interest will be allowed On Deposits at such rater as may be agreed 7. a e mmo | a= | ny ONT. site in Virgin ol « Cacurrent re ovived to ———— for, payab.e in same funds. ori JAMES C. Mo6UIRE, @xarron D. Hanson. Secretary, pect: the ri Sxohange. “*Drscoun olen, Dratts, and iio xphaae © Wil! be disco Is wanes msde va Stocks, ie, and Securities, at the market rate. Lerrers of Caxpit.—Letters of yo ra be furnished, negotiable in the different Cities of the and Tuterest alowed if’ Mauer we’ da sted ad ere, w is > charged if Cousterals,on such termess may beagr. irRaven ING BILLs oF [Oy eres op tired nogctiniie in the diferent Cites of te Oyen. Buus a Lurransors Compren E PR. Biile of Exonang of Groat ou Find, Jreland and Europe, ‘Bone. }, Srocks, &c.—Bonds, boueut in the diferent Gris Where Stocks are bought up rues pr. cent. Where S 2 are bought upon orders, wi Teserv' 4 — for a de, tof 10 pr cost on the gow Jon js oF Stocks will’ be by tele- RatLnoap, City. any Stare Bonves.— City, and State Bonds oan be p OUr for Begotiation, either tn th.s country or Ew an road Jrom purcnased for Laxp Wankanis.—Land Warrants tatthe market rates. All Warrants sold by us are euaran- teed in every respect. Warrants located Warrant quotations regularly furnished if re- ayes. fe ded to W: i orders, or sent for sale on commission to Exar Estate anp Insona Craims on Unirep StaTEs, COURT OF J Cle the Uuited Gourtof Gains or Conk "eee, incrust rod to us, wil be romp: ie % OF Prom TOBE BR RB, jan? Opposite the Treasury, BAN*ING Hous Eg CHUBB BROTHERS, Depositors de oaiting Benk Notes will please — then Checks payabie in ourreney ad i 5 opounie will be open ed with di tore Bllowing id Check currency, the ffereuce. CHUBB BROTHERS, | NTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITES. MONEY to LOAN on STOCK SECURITIES: HERS, BANKERS, jan 2ORUBB BROTHERS, BANKE! ; boucht and sold, and Insurances ee . Pe them to deposit depositor being credi! ne 2-tf 3 .EY’S DIGEST OF THE LAWs of Bie eiiter wiece from 1789 to 1897 text xiven im the words of the Statue Book, vn al ed buth alphabetically and annly tionally; ¢ ving siso the decisions of aj/ the Courts, both State Feteral. oa Lop loy mete nn ofthe pope tee redo pany ‘well as those of the ments. * t convenient refe: for protes singh eee and ot mont hook of re ‘MeLean, is “Cannot fail te be of great utility to the bench ant gp 2 pad pee a A ay “ “Of grea’ a nvenience to many clpsses outeids of the legal profession.”—Gorernor Wins «Almost indiapensible to the lawyer, and hich!y useful to the statesman and man of usin te oxamem aon of the arbour. “Will greatly facilitate the labor of the profession and ifeno Ve Occasion to Agoertrin 14 -~¥ law is in reference to ee of the erm it Juder Sanford. ay nae : Brichtley is not on!y tar fsess men, si] of Whom Ought to ve such a work, bet 1 more Copvenient even for vet iuder Bias, Soltcator Cort of plete olume of 1,088 large aud 9) pripred iercoe, 12 fall law binding: price six & id. asven doligra. 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