Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1858, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR HED BVBRY AFTBANOON, P Ce nbat BXCE?TED,) a¥ THE STAR BUILDINGS, of Pa. avenus and Bloventh street, "By W. D. WALLACE. served in packages by carriers at @48 year, ‘1 cents per month. Tomail subscribers the sub- Kapton price is $3508 year, in advance; 82 for ‘months; $1 for three months ; and for iess than bes months at the rate of 12 centsa week. Single ‘one cent; in wrappers, two cents. ADVERTISEMENTS ( of eight lines to the square) three times for $1; every other day or woek!y. 25 per cent. advance; once a week, 0 por cont. advance. HOP-FROG. [concLUDED.] Hereupon the dwarf laughed (the king was too confirmed a joker to object to any one’s laagbing,) and displayed a set of large, power- fal, and very repulsive teeth. Moreover, he avowed his perfect willingness to swallow as much wine as desired. The monarch was pa- cified; and having drained another bumper with ne very perceptible ill effect, Hop-Frog entered at once, aud with spirit, into the plans of the di week eauuet tell what was the association of idea,” observed he, very tranquilly, and as if be had never tasted wine in his life, but just after your majesty had struck the girl and thrown the wine in her face—just after your majesty had done this. and while the parrot was making that odd noise outside the windew there come into my mind a capital diversion— one of my owa country frolics—often enacted among us, at our masquerades; but here it will be new altogether. Unfortunately, however, it requires a company of eight persons, and— “ Here we are'’’ cried the king, laughing at bis acute discovery of the coincidence; “ eight to a fraction—I and my seven ministers. Come! what is the diversion ?*" «We call it,’’ replied the cripple, the Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs, and it really is ex- cellent sport if well enacted.” «We will enact it,’ remarked the king, drawiog himself up, and lowering his eye lids. “The beauty of the game,”’ continued Hop- Frog, “lies in the fright it occasions among the women.” “ Capital!’’ roared in chorus the monarch and his ministry. , «I will equip you &s a ro- ceeded the dwarf; ‘‘ leave all that tome. The resemblance shall be so striking that the com- y of masqueradors will take you for real laate—aad of course will be as mueh terrified as astonished.’’ «QO, this is exquisite '’’ exclaimed the king. * Hop-Frog! I will make a man of you.”” “ Pie ebains are for the purpose of increasing the eonfusion by their jangling. You are sup- — to have escaped, ev masse, from your eepers. Your majesty cannot conceive the effect produced, at a masquerade, by eight chained ourang-outangs, imagined to be real ones by most of the company, and rushing in with savage cries, among the crowd of delicate and gorgeously habited men and women. The contrast is inimitable.’’ “It must be.”’ said the king; and the coun- cil arose hurriedly, as it was growing late, to pat in execution the scheme of Hop-Frog. Hin mode of equipping the party as ourang- outangs Was very simple, but effective enough for his purpose. The animals in question had, at the epoch of my story very rarely been secn in any part of the civilized world; and as the imitations made by the dwarf were sufficiently hideous, their truthfulness to nature was thus thought to be secure. . The king and his ministers were first en- eased in tight-fitting stockinet shirt and draw- ers. They were then saturated with tar. At this stage of the process, some one of the party suggested feathers; but the suggestion was at once overruled by the dwari, who soon con- vineed the eight by ocular demonstration, that the hair of such a brute as the ourang-outang was much more efficiently represented by flax A thick coating of the latter was now procured. A long chain Was now procured. First it was panel shogt the waist of the king, and tied; then about another of the party, and also tied: then about all successively, in the same man- ner. When this chaining arrangement was complete, and the party stood as far apart from each other as possible. they formed a circle; snd to make all things appear natural, Hop- Frog passed the residue of the chain in two di- ameters, at right angles, across the circle, after the fashion a:lopted at the present day, by those who eapture Chimbanzees, or other large apes, in Borneo. The grand saloon in which the masquerade was to take place. was # cireular room, very lofty, and receiving the light of the sun only through a single window atthetop. At night, the season for which the apartment was espe- cially designed, it was illuminated rincipally byalarge chandelier, depending a chain from the centre of the sky-light, and lowered or elevated, by means of a counter balance as usual; but io order not to look unsightly this Lr passed outside the cupola and over the The arrangements of the room had beon left to Trippetta’s superintendence; but in some particulars, it seems, she had been guided by the calmer judgment of her friend the dwarf. Athis suggestion it was that, on this occasion, the chandelier was removed. Its waxen drip- pings, which, io weather so warm, it was quite impossible to prevent, would have been serious- iy detrimental to the rich dresses of the guests, who, on account of the crowded state of the saloon, could not all be expected to keep from cut its centre—that is to say, from under the chandelier. Additional sconces were set in various parts of the hall, out of the way; and a fambeau, emitting sweet odor, was placed in the right hand of each of the Caryaides that oo the wall—some fifty or sixty alto- The eight ourang-outangs, taking Hop-Frog’s — waited patiently until midnight, when a room was thoroughly filled with masquera- rs. befure making their appearance. No — had the clock ceased striking, however, an they rushed. or rather rolled in, alto- ce Bo re impediment of their chains ost of the - lea ticy ao to fall and ail to stam. Pe © *xcitement among the masqueradors with usious, and filled the heart of the king glee. As had been anticipated, there were not a few of the guests who supposed the -welous looking creatures to be beasts of some iad in reality, if not precisely ourang-outangs. any of the women swooned with right; and precio the king taken the Precaution to ex- er all weapons from the saloon, his party watt Soou have expiated their frolic in their Pears Asit waa, a general rush was made for “or: but the king had ordered them to be a pherap ti ttely upon his entrance; and at : sugges a bet ck nes stion, the keys had been de. e. bile the tumult was at ite height, and fun Masquerader attentive only to his own i in faet, there was much real dan- pi the pressure of the excited crowd—the . hd which the chandelier ordinarily hung, ight — had becn drawn up on its removal, aes fave been scen very gradually to de- n until its hooned extremity came within altar of the floor en Mfter his, the king and his seven friends me fecled about the hall in all directions, ‘ine te ‘selves at length in its centre, and of While . ‘wmediate contact with the chain. had fall’, were thus situated, the dwarf, who ac — closely at their heels, incitin: their chai tions wh *p up the commotion; took huld of 4 at the intersection of the two por- ich crossed the circle diametrically | — right angles. Here with the rapidity a | he inserted the hook frum w ich the ‘ean r t had been wont to depend; and in an lier che: - some unseen ageney, the chande- the boo. Was drawn so far upwards as to take oD con - shar and asan ratnchrtonaer 2 » “o drag the ourang-outangs together “Th #¢ connection, and ante face, ™ ‘ igta*queraders, by this time, had reoov- eae mary Weasure, from their alarm; and contgived to regard the whole matter as a well a pleasantry set up a loud shout of ‘ = at the predicament of the apes. Pr them to me!” now screamed Hop- vbr shrill voice mak ing itself easily heard z sole din ie ve them to pe lool em. If Ican onl ta “7 them, Lean soon tell who they aren” he manag: pling over the heads of the crowd, flambe ‘aged to get to the wall: when, seizing a tare from one of the Caryaides, he re- leaped with peepee! to the centre of the room— Pia © agility of a monkey upon the ‘ng’s head—and =! clam! yaa Eben VOL. XI. amine the group of on: Special ‘tices. screaming “I shall 8001 aaa we = DyspEpsta AND Fits,—Dr. Tracy Delorme, great curer of Consumption, was for several years so badly afflicted by dyspepsia that for a part of the time he was confined to his bed. He was eventually cured by a presor'ption furnished him by a young ption, given by a mere child while in a state of trance, has cured everybody who has taken it, never having failed once. It is equally as sure in cases of fits as of dyspepsia. The ingredients may be foundin any drug store. I will send this valuable prescription to any pereon on the receipt of one postage stamp te pay postage. Address Dr. Tracy DeLorme, New York Post tor about thirty ayed and strug- , and leaving them eus- etween the sky-light and the tloor. Hop-Frog, clinging to the chain as it rose, still maintained his relative positionin respect to the eight maskers, and still as if nothing were the matter, continued to thrust his torch down towards them, as though en- deavoring to discover who they were. So thoroughly astonished were the whole company at this ascent, that a dead silence, of inute’s duration, ensued. It was ‘sh, grating sound attention of the I AM IN Possession of some valuable certificates in favor of the Consumption Destroyer; also of its efficacy in relieving bronchial disease attended with severe cough. The Syrup is pleasant and safe, 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 my place of residence is seen. The extract of a flower called the Alpha Ointment for the Piles, can, with the Syrup, be found at Mr. C. Stott’s; the Syrup is at several other places on well as Georgetown, at street. In Alex«ndria at broken by just such a low, as had before attracted the king and his councillors, when the former threw the wine in the face of Trippetta. But, on the present occasion, there could be no question as to whence the sound issued. It came from the fang-like teeth of the dwarf, ground them and foamed at the mouth, pression of maniacal rage, into the upturned countenances of the king and his seven com- ‘Ah, ha!’’ said at length the infuriated “Ah, ha, I begin to see who these Here, pretending to scru- tinize the king more closely, he held the flam- beau to the flaxen coat which enveloped him, and which instantly burst into a sheet of vivid In less than half a‘minute the whole were blazing fiercely, amid the shrieks of the multitude who gazed at them from below, horror stricken; and without power to render them the slightest assistance. At length the flames, suddenly inereasing in virulence, forced the jester to climb higher up the chain, to be out of their reach; and, as he made this movement, the crowd again sank, for a brief instant, into silence. seized his opportunity and once more spoke : “{ now see what manner of people these maskers are. They are a great king and his seven privy councillors—a king who does not secruple to strike a defenceless girl, and his seven councillors who abet him in the outrage. As for myself, I am simply Hop-Frog, the jester —and this is my last jest.”’ Owing to the high combustibility of both the flax and the tar to which it adhered, the dwarf had scarcely made an end of his brief speech before the work of vengeance was complete. The eight corpses swung in their chains a fetid, blackened, hideous and indistinguishable mass. The cripple hurled his torch at them, elamber- leisurely to the ceiling, and disappeared ough the sky-light. it is supposed that Trippetta, stationed on the roof of the saloon, had been the accomplice of her friend in his fiery revenge, and that to- gether, they effected their escape to their own country, for neither was seen again. Ses A Romaxtic Gipsray story.—A story is afloat, that some gossip has been occasioned in Cumberland county, Pa., by the following circumstances : Mr. George Fry, of Shippensburg, married a ipsey girl, belonging to a gang who were aunting the neighborhood,, about three years The gipscy girl's father was so enraged at this that he kidnapped her, and sent her to Mr. Fry mourned her loss ashed them as he jlared, with an ex- Mr. Newman's on Bridge Ledbetter’s. In Baltimore, at Hance's, 108 Balti- i ca For Perfumed Breath, White ‘Teeth, and Beautiful Compiemon, use “ Balm of For dressing Ladies’ hair use “ Woodiand Cream,” a new pomade ; it causes gen- tlemen’s hair to our! beautifully. Price 50 cents W. P.Ferriver & Co., Proprietors, New York. Wholesale and Retail Agents fur Washington, TayLor & Maovry, Booksellers, between 9th and 10th st., Pa. avenue. people are, now!”’ Sprciat Norics. 1,000 Flowers.” eight ourang-outan FrASHIONABLE DANCING. PROF. H. W. MUNDER respectfully announces to ins friends and the publie generaliy, that his iast quarter will commence on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 2d, 1858. All those who desire, to be prepared for he exhibition are earnestly ted to join as soou &8 possible as the arrange- ment of Faucy Dances will take place immediately. The programme for this season will be entirely new, and far excel any ever otfered to the public. Parents whodesire to see their children easy and graceful in their carriage, should not fail to enter them very soon. Gentlemen’s Classes on Tuesdyy and Thursday evenings, as usual, from 732 until 94¢ o'clock. pAnrcine ACADEMY, Mr. T F.GASZYNSKI and DAUGHTER have the honor to announce to the Ladies and Gen- tlemen of Washington and Georgetown that he will re open his Classes Washington on Frid Temperance Hall, from 3 o'clock p. the 7th of Octover, inary, from 3 o’cloek p. m. for Dancing in the 9th of October, at issesand Masters, for Ladiés aud Gentlemen. eorgetown—on W ednesday, Miss Harrover's Ladies Sei ion can be made at Mr. G.’s reaidence, 407 Dentistry, &c. D*- R. FINLEY HUNT, No. 310 Pennsylvania avenue, Will perfo m al! operations belonging to his Lap ae oe at his oid established office, as above, ue IMPROVED SETS OF TEETH. M. LOOMIS, M. D. “Loomis” Mineral PY succersfully introdueed his improvement in various cities, has now permanently eetab- in Washington. 5 This improvement for Sets of Teeth consiste chief- parts unknown. two years, and then married again. the Shippensburg News: Last week Mr. Fry's Jirst wife—his gipsey wife—in company with “George Fry the second,”’ arrived in this place in search of him! i Shade, she was successful in finding him Limited space forbids us from enterin details,at this time, of the excruciating suffering Mrs. Fry has undergone since her departure from this place. The intelligence of her hus- band’s second marriage was a severe shock to her, but she emphatically declares her exclusive ars. by the way, that was‘‘a widow,”’ that her husband went to California some years ago, and. soon after his arrival there, it was ru- mored that he was murdered. A few weeks since a letter was received from him by her, we have been informed, in which he states that he will return in the next steamer, &c. the fizale of this romance will be is beyond the power of human ken. the inventor and patentee of ate Teeth,” havin; ial, istance of Officer No metal is used it jon, and they are therefore free from vanic actton and metalic taste. ints to become filied with moisture or particles of ure and clean. They are lighter, stronger, less clumsy, far more durable, and I will give are lars toany ove who will produces ua! mine in purity, beauty. ence or any Other requisite All ‘work responsibly warranted. 276 Pa. av., between lith sud izte sts, hence they are similar work of art to right to him. Mr. Fry's second wife TRY. DR. STEPHEN BAILY, Opricx No. 198 PENNsYLVaNia A Three doors from l4th Street, leave to inform the publicthat he be seen atail hours, at his office, iocat: . feels assured that an experience of fifteen years’ practice, with the large nuniber of pntient: variety of difficult cases that he has treate fully, will enable him to surmount an: scientific or otherwis Own experience confi eminent in the pro Uscsvat Reavines.—A pious old grandame, illustrating the power of the Creator to a bevy of children’s children, desired their especial regard fur that impressive paragraph in one of the Books of Moses, where we are told that “God smote Abijah, the Hittite, that he died.” Like the illustrious dam of the precocious Ike, however, she was prone to introduce her first conclusions with a solemn perambulatory lee- ture. and so, after havin; minds of her audience she gravely peered over her venerable specs, and mentioning chapter and verse, read with e And God smote Abijah, hi-te-ti-te, that he di.” may be reported, that one of the pupils of & city school, the other day, reading a chapter about the ‘‘Sacred Redeemer,”’ astonished the cliss by reading to them concerning the mer- ciful kindness of the *‘sacred reindeer.’’ the same category may be mentioned the preacher who, preparatory to his regular dis- course, read a chapter, as usual, from Holy At the bottom of the page he read “I am’’—but accidentally and unconsciously turn- ing two leaves, he proceeded—‘‘an ass,’’ but discovering his error, he turned back a page, i “that I am,’’ greatly to relating to the ‘Teeth. ing the opinion of man , und especially Drs. led him, long since, todis- rations for fillin ‘ercha, India Rut ail Enamels, Gutta ments for the construction of Continuous Gum ‘Teeth, and that Porcelian, mounted on Gold Plate, is the only raliabie sudstanos that can be worn in the ‘nouth, as was most conclusively shown by the last American Dental Convention. Although he flattera himeelf from his long resi- dence and practice in Washington, he is fa wi to lis numerous friends and patrons, he bege leave to refer them to the following TESTIMONIALS: Frou the Inte Rector te the Church of Epiphany of a city. Dr. Stepuen Bally: Dear Sir—I desire to exprese my esteem for you person ‘OU &8 & superior dentist. for mae have been highly satisfactory. I hope that you patronage from my friends and the public that your skill so well deserves. Washington, Aug, 28, 1856. From one of the oldest firms in Baitimoro, Messra, . Stephen Baily, Surgeon Den- ashingtou city, to execute for me an iim portant and difficult prece of work, which he did to my entire satiefuction, and in view of the fect that one of the most distinguished meinbers of the Dental College of Baltimore, failed, after repeated tri perform the same work satisfactorily, it reat pleasure to express my entire confidence and i HARKMANN BO66S, Extract froms note received from the late Hon. Johs 73, Aug. 18, 1856, Sudimirabiy ; noth- prepared the young r the solemn truth, In this connection, it » aud my confidence in he opsrations executed may receive the ERENCE, and continued, / edification of his attentive flock estimation of hi: = timore, Jan. 12, | Gaetxa Gaemw Marriages —The force of custom over law is exemplified by the con- tinued resort of lovers who have unreasonable rents or friends, to that famous locality nown as Gretna Green. per says :—The vicinity of Gretna Green is still dangerous to ardent couples, but the wholesome operation of the new law is frequently illustra- ted. Imprudent lovers, not out of their ’teens, who could, without difficulty, a yearor two ago have tied the Gordian knot at the Blacksmiths hard by, have been compelled to perform legal quarantine before they could be admitted to the In two instances ener the necessity of these preliminary steps has le to arnt and the ens has been prevented by the interference of friends. In stance the impatient couple determined to effect the transition upon the old system. cordingly went to Gretna, and were there ‘mar- ried’ in due form. Of course the was illegal, but though the eouple assured of this, they either do not, oraffect not to believe it, fur they are now living openly together as man and wife, and no doubt are considered as such by their friends. ‘ou made for me work Hore Vor FOUN M. CLAYTON, To those thet ont relief froma athe ag ag of the tist; he made myself, and the wor! mot the Ve. Conf. A recent Scotch pa- ed several teeth for of the M, E. Churoh South, occasion to aval Surgeon Dentist of this city, or hav: Gant of his operations on our pieascre in expressing our as iy cored wagrnnery i jorms the mos Hell gis ‘ery, and we reapeot{u!ly re- and patronage ol the public. of which we consider lim eminontly worth: + D.,of Washington, D.C. tel cenimren: Dc. haven of their desires. miration of his In a third in- B bimcorn. Mt. D BORE WaLtow, My ALTae, nner. kx 3 DwIN, U. a Wieur, Priscipal Rittenhouse feb20 tf “x-Governor of -Mayor - Washington,’ Bovive “Oup Masters.”"—The following extract, says an Albany vate letter lately receiv s-ulptor, from a distinguish now in Rome, contains a suggestive commen- tary on those numerous art-bargains, in which the purchaser as well as the picture is -‘sold’’: “I have not the rage for what are called and There was a case before the courts here a short time since, of a gentle- man who had purchased an authenticated and inal painting, with a celebrated He subsequently fi a pri- ee! Paleee "7, ANCHO: b BL Corner Vermont ay. and 15th st. TKINSON’S SIBERIA—A narrative of seven Xplorations an Mongoua, the Kir his Steppes, Chinsse Tartary, and part of Central Asia: with map and numerous iilustrations; by Thomas Witlam Atkinson; price 83.0. The { Tacitus. The Oxford translation, 4 lh notes. ‘Harper's Classical Library; 2 rice $1 50, Pe dast published ad for we a un, Booksellers and Stationers, 334 ERMETICALLY SE eS , Tomatoes, ‘Tomato Sauce, Beans, Peas, Mush- erries, Strawbernet. sold for ‘Old Masters.’ adventures in Siberia, 800, ($4,000.) a learned that the original was in a certain gal! or place, and that he had only acopy. the person from whom he purchased it, and on the trial the painter who made his copy wasa witness, and swore that he made it and received only $50 for it from the merchant who sold it to not uncommon. is a trade quite the plaintiff! Such cases are The imitating of old paintings *opresh Fruits—Peache res! as much as an art here.’’ ber lak Appies. ‘ruffes and Pate de Foies Gras. BURCHELL. Corner Vera i and 15th street. SECOND-HAND MELODEON for sale cheap at : BLLIS’ Piane Store, Stitt Horpine Ovur.—The first artesian well sunk in California, says the San Jose Tribune. was at San Jose, and flowing on the 2ist of December, 1853, and still continues discharging the same vojume of water, - chain—holding down the torch to ex- ! Pianos, @o. —_#as™ Getn MEDAL Santas, SRE FORTES. WILLIAM KNAB' (Beige mariage in the late of NaBE, GARHLE & Co., BIANG FORTES, ander ene name ages Pad ha Kab & Co., at the old’ stand, os. 1, 3, North Eutaw street op- the Eutaw louse, Baltimore. They have aiso just opened a new Sales Roomat No 207 Baltimore street, between Charies and Light T _ on the premises part! ed Beas eCallery'an a m me sidra, were the = constantly on hand # large assv nd bighty‘tnished grand and ‘square Plana Fortes" siso, Melodeons, trom the best makers, 4to5- with double keyboards, double reeds, small churches. liberal Our Pianos were awarded the highest premun (gold medal) at the Fairs of the Maryland nstitute soo ceneenive rena oo wide and tsp ition fourteen: elg! DP! 3 from some of the best makers from New York, ton and Bat- veo We were also awarded the first premium.at the Industrial Exhibition held in Richmond, Vir wd 1855 and 1856. They have also been awarded @ highest premium (silver medal) at the Metro- BOu! Mechanics’ Fair for 1857. Ia ition tu this we are in possession of testimo nials 1 the moet distinguished professora anc amateurs in the country, which cau be Seen at ou: War FOOTHBy for ives and others o} igh sppreciation in which our instruments are 6 oy where held. All instruments are guaranteed for five years, snd B privilege of exchang: ranted within the first siz months from the day '¢ if the instruments do not fiye entire eu ion. Wholesale dealers wil! find it to their advantage togive usa coil before purchasing. ignos ex: 5 |, ard tuned. mar I6-ly WM. KNABE Five MORE OF RAVEN, BACON 78 Wi PIANOS, just th ae or just arrived at “FPR W. G. METZEROTT, * Second hand Pianos for sale cheap. n20-tf NUNNS & CLARKE’S aaa ren HALLETT, DAVIS & CO.’s! CELEBRATED PIANO FORTES, Constantly receiving and for sale only bs JOHN 'F. ELLIS, 396 Pa. av., between 9th and ith sts. Purchasers wil! find it to their interestto examine o themselves the superior qualities of the above 18nos, Stools, Covers, Melodeons, &c., &c., also on hand," _ n I6-tr "THE MUSIC DEPOT OF W. G. METZE- PRoc! corner of Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue, is the largest ands only complete Musical Establishment in! the District of Columbia, Bacon, Raven & Co nd Rosenkranze’s ceale- brated PIANOS are always on hand in great varie ty; also, Prince’s superior M ELODEONS. Together with an immense stock of Musical In- struments and Sheet Music of every description. ciectate tuning executed by Mr. Rebine. 9-t old 514 TOBIAS, OPTICIAN, Office Second Story, three doors from Ovp FrLiows’ Ha... . Spectacles and Glasses suited to every sight; Opera, Reading, and Watchmaker’s, Glasses; Telescopes, Microscopes in’ great variety; Cosmnoramic Stereoscopes with views of superior and choice pictureson hand, See adver- tisemeat in National Inteliigenoer, TsTIMONIALe. NoRvPOLK, September 7, 1854. Sin: The Speotacies you made for me suit me very weli, aud seem to have unproved my sight more than &ny other I have lately tried. LITT. W. TAZEWELL, I have tried a pair of Spectables obtained from Mr. Tobias, and find them of great assistance to sight, and corresponding wit! a description of their focus, 1 recommend him as a skillful optician, HENRY A. WISE, PETERSBURG, Uctober 2), 1854. About five years ago, | obtained from Mr. Tobias. in Washington, a pair of Glasses for the spectaciee which | used, and found them of great assistance to my decaying vision; and my opinivn of him is, that he is skiliful inthe preparation of Glas fe not too far gone to be benefitted by =—s a _ Lyncuevee, November From an examination of Mr. Tobias’ Glasses, and from his observations and remarks, am convinced that be ie « skillful optician. J.J. BLACKFORD. M.D. _ Lyncnauro, November 10, 1354. Mr. John Tobias, having furnished me with Gias- es, by which | have been greatly aided, (my wsion ng suifered | verrad from reading at night in my earlier life,) it aflords me the highest pleasure to say that I consider him a skillful practical optician, and well prepared to aid those who may need hie Professional services. WM. B. ROUZIE, Elder of the Methodist Conference, Witmineton, N. C., June 27, 1854, Mr. J. Tos1as—Dear Sir: Lam happy to say that the Spectacles which | obtained from you last week are entirely satisfactory. From an inequality in the visual range of my eyes, I have heretofore found great difficulty in getting glasses of the proper focal dis- tances. It aflords me pleasure to state, that by the aid of your optometer this difficulty has been happily obviated, so that the Glasses you furniehed me are decidedly see test adapted to my eyesof any | have ever yet used. Very respectfully yours, R. B. DRANE, pd Rectorof St. James’ Parish, Having been induced by a friend to visit the estab- lishment of Mr. Tobias for the purpose of trying hit lasses | was furnished with a pair slightly color fi ue,.whice have atlurded me more relief and gratifi- cation than any I have ever tried. My sight, origin- aliy very good, was injured by writing and reading at night, frequently toa very late hour: but with the ai these glasses I can study almost as late ag ever, and that too without the = thave previous: ly suffered. ._ JOHN WILSON, Late Commiesioneer Gen’! Land Office, Dec. 11, 1855. I have usod Mr. Tobias’s Spectacles for three or four months, and take great pleasure in saying that I am much pleased with them. I have been much benefited by thom. GEO. P.SCARBURGH. May Sth, 1856. 1 was recommended to Mr. John Tobias asa skilful optician ; ands [ have eyes of remarkable peculiari- ty, 1 was gratified to find that Mr. ‘Tobias abemed to comprehend them by inspection and some elight measurement. and he has made me apes of Specta- oles that suits me admirably, A. P. BUTLE July 11, 1856. WASHINGTON, Ang. 8, 1355, Having been for years under the necessity of hav- two sets of Sah pao for use in daylight, and one for lamp-light—I procured one set from Mr. Tobias which answered both purposes. I have used his for severs! months, and find them excellent. EDWARD STUBBS, ___ Of Department of State, Mr. J. Tostas. Sir: Tho pair of Spectacies you furnished me yesterday are partioulariy satisfactory tome. They are very decided!y the beat I possess, Iam the owner of eight or nine pairs, carefully selected in different pinces and ‘from opticians reo- ommended to me on account of their professional standing in France, England, and the United T have been also pleased with your remarks and reotions on the treatment of the eyes, for the pose of preserving Sod improving @ sight. Respectfully yours, Hs. CALDWELL, ofessor of M. C.. Louisville, Ky. BROOKLYN ORnrHoPaxDic INSTITUTION, After most careful examination of Mr. J. Tobias’s Gias: 1am enabied to testify that their hardness, olearn osishing, and exact optical shape render them particularly recommendable to those whose merely optical impairment of the eyes are in want of such auxiliaries. 1 consider, moreover, Mr. Tobias fully’ qualiffed to determine the foous of the eye,both by his optical knowledge and experience, and means of his optometer. I dition, I can further state that Mr, Tobias has supplied some of my pa- tients with Glasses, to their and Ge isfaction = WIS BAUER, M. D.. Phycicion and Surgeon, Berlin; Member of the oral College of Surgeons, England; Member of the Medical Society of ‘London, and of the emnperg py Society of New York; late Sur- 4222, of the aor Orthopaedio Institution of Anohester, England, and Surgeon of the B, O. Institution, joRFoLK, Va., July 27, li In the experience of even two years, I have found great difficulty in obtaining Spectacles hat were ex- actly adapted to the weakness of my sight. This in- convenience Mr. Tobias seems to have removed for the present by the substitution for me of better and more le Glasses. They are clear, chrystal-like and comfortable to my eyes. 1 would commend him to those hie from age or other infirmity require ar- tificial aid in this way. J.J. SIMKINS, M. D. Witatneton, N.C., June 16, 1854. __ To persons who have had the sight oftheir eyes so impaired as to require the use of Glasses, | would recommend Mr. John Tobias as a suitable person from whom to obtain such Glagses as they may re- uire, oh has suited me with a pair of Spectacles fora near sight. My sight has been impaired yery much by a service of years in the Post Office partment, which berth required me tobe on dut; rom 11 o'clock at night till after fay, during wht time { used but one fight. W. A. WALKER. DeraRTMENt oF INTERIOR, May From natural defeots and the unequal Fang eyes, I have been compelled to use glasnes for seve- ral . f have tried different opticians without glasses perfectly fitted to my eyes. Four months since Mr. Tobias made two pairs especially for me, which I have found to serve me per: iy. By the use of his optometer he is — most minutely to the ye fy'recommend r. Tobias oa ving lasses, and bear my test: NRY E. BA se Ase’t y tosign YE AND BARLEY MALT, sale at the "mist Die weit wt img Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1858. NO. 1,599 atangs, and still m find out who they are!’ And now, while the whole assembly.the ladies included, were convulsed with laughter, the jester suddenly uttered a shrill whistle; when the chain flew violent! feet—dragging with it ti ourang-outan, pended in the air —s Travelers’ Directory. Travelers’ Directory. ——<——————— — WwW ASHINGTON BRANCH RAILROAD. Trains run as follows: Vash: Leave W atéa.m. Do, = ssalen do, le be do. nage Sand acca Mae Ried Pac Vest. Be . im. nlis.and ai Sp m. for Nok and Norfolk. ‘The olis,and at re m. for Frederick an 64. m. and 4.20 p. m. trains are Express, only at ‘Annapolia and Washington junctions. The Eastern train of Saturday at 4.2) p. m. goes only to ‘hiladeiphia, On Sunday only one train—at 4.20 P; m. jan 20d TH. H. PARSONS, Agent. NEW AND IMPORTANT SCHEDULE. FOR ALL PARTS OF THE WEST. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. The recent extensionand improvement of its 1ead ing a at the West has required an en- ure revision of the run’ ements of this roac which highly importan' array to the trav- elerare secured. On and per ONDAY, June 1b 188. SHRER DAILY , RAINS wil be ruz in ‘ectivns rot ers. First—The ACCO) iMoisa f 1ON i RAIN starte from Camden Station, Balt:more, at 7 A.M.,(except Honven fey sat wey stations and Srrives at a Seoond—The MAIL TRAIN starts (Sunday ex cepted) at 830 A. M., and arrivesat Wheeiing at 42 - Mes, ing at Benwood with Central Ohi trains for Corumbus, Cimeinnati, Indianapolis, Low ieville, Chicago, St. Louis, &c. at same p'sct th t for Cleveland, Toledo, » &e., b: Slsvelgnd Heal, cal clave Packorsheey Sh he nietta Road. .Third—The ST. LOUIS and CINCINNAT) EXPRESS TRAIN leaves daily at 5.05 P. M., con ae Benwood at 9A. M. with express traine from Bellaire to Cincinnati, (without change Cars at Columbus,) and ri ing there in but hours from Baltimore and 26 hours from Washing ton. It also connects directly, in both directions, at Grafton with care by Parkersburg ont Mariette roads for Chillicothe, Cincinnati, ete. These traint connect at Xenia for indtamapolie. Chicago and St. Louis, and at Cincimnati with the Great Ohio ane Mississippi Express for Louisville, Cairo and St Louis through to St. Louis in iess than 42 hours from Baitimore. By this train the time to all thi tra, and southern paces in the West is much le: the distanre is from 40 to 100 mules shorter " the shortest of other routes. From the West these connections are equally close and satisfactory. ar. riving at Baltimore at 8.3) A. M. (7* Baggage checked through to ali points, THROUGH TICKETS sok! at lowest rates a Camden Station and at Washington, D.C. Passengers from pp or Washington may view the entire road by daylight, by taking morn ing trains, and lying over at Cumberland or Oak land, and resuming next morning by LL pny | Ac commodation train, leaving Cumberland at § and Jakiand at 10.50, t FOR WAY PASSENGERS, The Cuimberiand Accommodation Train at 7 A.M. will stop at all Stations east of Cumberland, and the Wheeling Accommodation at all Station eens Cumberland going West. Eastwardly, the Mai Train leaves Wheeling at 8.30 A. M.,and Accommo- dation leaves Cumber! &: 9, reaching Baltimore at530 P.M. ON THE NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA BRANCH, between Grafton and Parkersburg, jam pessenaers will take the Express west 7 he Mai! eastwardly. The FREDERICK TRAIN starts at 4 P. M stopping at way stations. Leaves Frederick atJ.lb A, M., @rriving at Baltimore [2 noon, The ELLICO’ 5 MILL TRAIN leaves at 5.45 A.M., and5.15 P.M. Leaves Ellicott’s Mills at? A. M.and7 P. M., except Sunday, For tickets, information, fare, &., apely to J.T. ENGLAND, Agent, at the Ticket o! Ci ler tation. . 8. WOODSIDE, jy 13-tf Master of Transportation. Baltimore. (JRANGEAND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD GREAT SOUTHERN MAIL LINE Twice Daily, (Sunday nights excepted,) betwee WASITINGTON CITY and the SOUTH. wis LEXANDRIA, GORDONSVILLE anp RICH- Leaves Washington at 6 0’olock a. m. = Washington at70’clock pm. ‘or LYNC HBURG and the SOUTHW EST. /asiineton st 6 o’cloc! ‘m., arrive it LYNCH BOR Phext morning at 4 ‘n,m, Connecting With the trains on the Virginia and Tennessee Rai Road for Mi: MPHIS. fi es from Char ottesvilie bo Lynchburg a distance of 60 miles, Fare from Washington to Lynchburg, $7.75. The steamer GEORGE PAGE, foot of Seventh street, be:ng owned by the Railroad Company, rans in connection with the trains, ‘Tickets for Lynchburg procurad on the Boat. LF- Omaibusesand Baggage Wagons will beat the Depot of the Washington Railroad, to convey pas- sengers and baggage to the Steamboat, for Alexan- dria, a distance of six mules, allowing ample time for meais. JAMES A. EVANS, A: _ Alexandria, July, 1857. i NEW YORK AND LIVERPOO UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS. The Skies composing this ime Gre: The ATLANTIC —_.____ .Capt. Oliver Eldridge, The Sit SSeS» H “tog Comstock The ADRIATIC_.__..__ Capt. James West, These ships having been built by contract expressly for Government Service, every care has been taken in their construction, as Aigo in their engines, to in- gure etrength and speed, and their aceomms onk for passengers sre unegusiled for elegance and com. fort. The steamers ofthis line have improved water- tight compartments, and no expense has been epared to make them allas good as new, the thorough exam ination Kiven them proves their mode of const: uo- tion set unequalied. Pric3 of passage trom New York to Liverpool, in ae cnn. S10; = oe ry 875; —_ Liver- te New York, 30 and 2 cuinese, 2 peri- parienoal Surgeon attached toeach slip. Nobertne can be secured until paid for. PROPOSED DATES OF SAILING. ROM NEW TORK , FROM LIVERPOOL, Saturday, Jan. 16 Wednesday, Feb.3.. 1858 Saturday, Feb. 13.. 658) Wednesday, M’ch 3. 1858 Saturday, March 13-1258) Wednesday, M’ch 3.1858 Saturday, Apr’i 10... 1853) Wednescay, April 28.1858 Saturday, Apri 24... .1858| Wednesdny, May 12, 1858 Saturday, May 8. 1858) Wednesday, May 26. .1858 Saturday, May 22.....1858) Wednesday, June 9.1858 Saturday, June Wednesday, June 23.) Saturday, June 1 858] Wednesday Saturday, July 3. 5 Satn 1 Saturday, Aug. ! Saturday, Aug. 28. Seturday, Sept. 11 Ssturday, Sept. 25. Saturday, Oot. 9 Saturdey, Oot. 23. Saturday, Nov urday, Nov. urday, Dec, For freight ¢, apply to EDWARD K COLLING, No. &, Wall st-eet, lew Yore. BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO., Liverpool, B.G. WAINWRIGHT & CO., Paris. ‘The owners of theee ships will not he accountable for gold, silver, bullion, specie, jewelry, preci stones or metals, uniess bills of Iading are sig: sherotor and the value thereof expressed therein. LJ Sept. 29.183 Oct. 13. :18.8 Oct. 27.1858 qypMtee STATES MAIL LINE ONLY REGULAR LINE AND WITHOUT FAILURE FOR EIGHT TEARS, FOR CALIFORNIA AND OREGON VIA PANAMA RAILROAD, Regular Sailing Days, 5th EDth of cach monta. Cattion.—So many frauds and imposi- tions of various kinds have heen Intely erpetrated on traveliers bound te CALI- s FORNIA, that the subseriber, the oni thorized Agent for passage by the U.S. Mail Line, < ms, in the city of New ‘ork, feeis it his duty to caution all persons seeking passage to California, that, To AVOID IMPOSITION, they must be onreful to Spa the true office of the Steamships of the U. &. A in New York is authorized to engage passage, fhe Companies have only one ofhce in New York, which is at 177 West street, corner of Wi street, fronting on the North River, at the head of the Com- pany’s Wharf. lig Observe my 7 over the we EAVMOND, Arent, -. WILMINGTON AND 5 e RAILROAD. Passenger trains for Philadelphia leave President street depot, Baltimore, daily. axpeet Sundays, as follows, viz: Express Train at 6.40.4. m.; Way Mail Train at 1 o'clock a.m ; Evening Mail at6.25p m. OnSu days at 625 p.m. only. All trains connect with New York trains except 6 25 p. m. Saturdays. FOR HAVRE DE GRACE ONLY. = Baltimore at 4,'4 0’ clock p. m. rom Philadelphia at 8a, m.,1 EL. ‘at 8.40 2. m. connect at Wiloungton with 2.68 p.m. tran and 6.25 p. m. itimore with 9.23 &. m. train. "Bel" Biitiey SEAWBho. aca. 9, via Panama Railroad, as no other office | LEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON. The Steamers GEORGE PAGE and THOMAS COLLYER will run, hereafter, reg- ularly at the following hours : L AL NPRIA AT om Fhomas Caliper Omas ¥ "nave Wa Be connecting with the and Coltver will leave the Capitol and corner em Mninaee he ang be? 7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12%, 2.3, 4, Sh et CHAR D WALLAGR, Pres. FOR MOUNT ng 1 The COLLY ER will lea: ‘ernon on TUFSDAY Sand FRIDAYS. irom ‘ashington 9 and Alexandria at %_ o'clock, when her me peg oe n Washington and A’ “fez me’ SAM'L BAKER, Capt. ft 4@E PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CUOm Seeneeatape i One of the of this Company, carrying the U: States M. ACAPULO, gaLive HNIA. and OREGON sass os EERE watof the United Mail SS. "a steam- isriy on Sthand Both of oach month with the, ‘ers Counecting Via PANAMA R. Th stenmsh. have been inpocted and proved by the ‘Navy Department, cunranty speed "The Patsma Railroad (47 miles tong) is oom- rom ocean to ocean, and is in Soré Con The bag, of, ers is ed in New expense. The money paid in New York covers Ra re a Sineaeepeae Passengers leave Panama the same day they ar- gf on eng hby on Conductors go rou; each steamer, tare charge of women and children without other protest ‘West street: New York, LW. RAY ON —s ARMSTRONG, Hemi 2 co. ew Orieans,~ of iy&-tf C. L. BARTLETT. Boston, Fer NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH, Va The steamer LOUISIANA leaves the Union Dock, foot of Conoord street. Baiti- more, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday and the steamer NORTH tors. Ser throngh tigate atthe lowest rates apply at the agency, 177 CAROLINA every Monday, Wedn and_Fri- day. at 50'clock p.m. M,N L fe ht President Raltimore t Ca. "Po WESTERN TRAVELERS, FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENTS, NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY. On and after January @th, 1858, Two Daily Trains will leave Calvert Station, Baltimore, for Pittsture, Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and ail cities and towas in the West and North and Southwest. THE MORNING MAIL TRAIN Leaves Baltimore daily (Sunday excepted) at 8.158, a for Pittsburg and all Western Towns and Cities. THE ACCOMMODATION TRAIN Leaves Baltimore daily (Sundsy excepted) at 3p. m., for Parkton. THE NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN Leaves Baltimore every Night at 19 p. oo ing with the Laghtning Express over thi van‘a Railroad for Pitsburg, arriving at 1 p.m. The 8.158. m.and it p,m, 8 Connect closely at Pittsburg with trains over the Pittsburg, Fort orthern, Wayne and Chicago Railroad and ite N. Southern and Western connections. Passengers for Chicago, Rock Island, Bur- ington, lowa City, Milwaukee. Dubuque. St. Paul, Madison, and other lead ng cities in t will save ONE HUNDRED MILES OF TRAV HOURS in tim ith FOUR Less changes of cars, by taking this 5 iLj* Passengers for Cleveland, Sandusky, Toledo and Detroit go by this route, and the time tm un- equaled, being 43 miles shorter thanany other route, [> Passengers tor St. Louis, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Cairo, and all pointe on the Lower and U per Mississippi. make less changes of cars and arrive in advance of any other route; and to Cincmnati, Co lumbus, Dayton, L le and other promnent cities a8 quick ns by an her route, All Western baggage checked through and handled with We; Paseengers for iisamsport, Niagers Falls, Elmira, Buffalo, And cities and towns in WESTERN NEW YORK and CANADA, will find this the shortest, cheapest and most expe~ ditous route, and jeave by train at 8158 m. Passengers for Hanover, Gettysburg, ture. Wrightsville, Columb.a and Lancaster leave in the morning train At 8.15 a. m. Passengers leaving Washington at 64. m., connect with the 8.15 a. m. train, and those by the trains et 3. oe 5.20 with the 0 p. m. train for all parts of the West. For further correct and reliable information pleare apply at the Ticket Office of the Northern Cextra) alway, Calvert Station, corner of Calvert any Franklin streets, Baltimore. ARBLE WORKS, WM. RUTHERFORD, ARTIFICER IN MARBLE, E Street, between 12th and 13th Streets ‘North, Wasnineton City, Invites public attention to his extentive beautiful designed aud Klaborately Carved TELS wm a variety of re irY together wit! choice assortment of STA = wef ad —— be japted for the Garden or Tomb. A larg ment cf Pisin, Mautels, Monuments, and Tomb- stones at very low pri = Monamenta of any design executed to order with unctuality and dispatch. . Esumates given for Brownstone or Marble work or North River Fiaging, and every other work in our line. Ple se call and make an inspection of our stock. N. B.—Make a note of the address. fe17-6m SAMUEL P. HOOVER’S BOOT, SHOE, A RUNK ESTABLISHMENT. I have on hand 4 large assortment of Ladies’, Gentemeu's, Misses’, Boys’. Youths’, an¢ gary Children’s Rubbers, Overshoes, Sandies @yiq Gosemers, Boots, Slippers, Buskins helled = d pe eat Boots and Shoes, which will sell cheap for cash. Also, a splendid stock of Sole Leather Trunkea Cohandomnonae ® ves, at y amine for yourselves. SiW'L. P. HOOVER, Tron Hail, Pa. avenue, between jan 14 ‘Sth and 10th ste, rr 18 OF NO USE, IT CANNOT BE BEAT. rY°s OLD WRECK WHISKY, of lez, chalienges the world—s ing word, but too true tu be a joke)}—judges from ali say 80. y littie left Also, can te found at his store, choice jot of other Whiskies, Wines, Brands Rums, Old Julup, Wormword Cordials, tne Tamggen Teas, Ei tim, Seoteh Ale, snd Brown Stout, wholesaie and retail. . JONAS P. LEVY, No. 554 12th and B streets north, fe 1s-tf near the Canal, HE BOOK OF THE CONSTITUTION, ‘The demand of the people from all parts of the try for 8 new edition of this Book, bringing country for edity lar description of it unnecessary here say that it contains the evidence of its having re- ceived the voluntary onerous patronage of both Houses ‘af Congress, ofits Raving beonsd ited. by the Supreme Court as a standard edition of the Constituti {the United States, and of its having ‘ed the speci! approbation of some of the wisest statesmen of the past and present ag: has been pronounced by th masa suitable fire forevery American citizen. and as. Sing generation of the sehovls. enerate and support the Constitu~ ton, the sentiments of Washington, and the prinai- pies it embodies, have heretofore given i ther ud valuable support. fers ard others who may “esire to obtain for the aupply of thane who may desire to possesa the new edition will please address . WILLIAM HICKEY, Je. mat ‘Washington City, * 25 PER CENT LESS THAN COST. . We will s-i the remaineer of our stock of LA~ Dd ES’ CLOTH CLOAKS at 3 per cert less than We have a few very large Biack Cloth CIRCU~ U xl LARS, ¢ ed) suitable for Spring wear, which ee ery lOW AXWELL & BRO., fe:7 32 Pa. avenue, a NOTICE, | FEORGE AV. DU TTON, No. bon r and H stree' Pie form tus friend erall that he po its'and SHOFS to order, with neatness and OTS . bs ch. Boots and Nhoes repaired at short notice, ‘Son t forget the itnoe Pea nh were set, between . y * nd he pin as G and H gcreete, one door north of cai. Wood Yard, Wasnington, D. C. te