Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1858, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR s 3 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, «SUNDAY EXCEPTED,) AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Corner Pennsylvania Avenue & Eleventh St., By W. D. WALLACE. THE WEEKLY STAR. This execlient Family and News journsi—con * taining greater variety of interesting reading than can be found imaay other—is published on Saturday Tenms. Per Once gl sy Ebening Star. —-——1b © nea pe mag gk Apes ent bey Cas iy inedvance. or 37 conta por month. To mail subscribers the web- By subsoriting in Ciubs raised neighbore scription price is 93.508 year, in advance; $2 for ithout op oe y s PW ace ge ects si months; $1 for three months; and for Jess than it i the oe turee months at the rate of 12 centea week. Single . jewos”™ that WENING Sta chege opie, One cent; im wrappers, two cents, country. of “ » be ADVERTIs#MENTs (of eight lines to the square) ‘le copies oar procured userted three times for $1; every other day or at quunter mediately the issue © the semi-week!y, 25 per cent. sdvance; once a week, #0 ia per cent. advance. Post: will be meagan wee ates aguas wlowed VOL. XI. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1858. NO. 1,606. THE GIFT ENTERPRISE; Or, Draw a Wife in a Lottery. BY CARL CANTER. My name is Nathaniel Bugbee. Perhaps yon have seen me, at some time. standing behind the counter of my employers, Messrs. Haber- One pleasant morning in Ootober, I found i i myself at Oswego, decking a ticket by stage ____ Bpecial Notices. to Coventry, which, as I was told, was distant | ¥sesrsta axp Fits.—Dr. Tracy Delorme, creat some twenty miles from that flourishing city. | Suter of Consumption, wus for several years so The stage went farther, but Coventry was one | badly afllicted by dyspepsia that for a part of the of the places on the route. Opposite me, in | t!™e he was confined to his bed. He was eventually Pianos, &o. ’ Directory. THE MUSIC Depot OF W. G. METZE- | ¥j sande BRANCH RAILROAD. Panay corner of 4: a recat sn PH inky |VAnIA Avenw je tare $e ict e coe, amen 5 BEE ee _ Travelers’ Directory. __ 5 aE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMBAIP VUM i One Se fh carrying Fi naan CRON oe x & Co., who for five years been } the si sat a youn, ured by & presoription furnished him bya young | | Bacon, Raven & Co's and kranze’s cele- Trains runas follows: ‘of the United States Mal 5 slag thet goods at an wlarmtngsaerier an | Vary atrctiva nppearaice,” the war some: | survoven tin Ths rmecption siventy amore | WetGay AO RarcanayRrantaiDge vere | Lave Wash nate Ss, Wine en new (anon ana Nee To See the columns of the daily papers and large pla- | What demure, witbal, and only cast stolen | %!!4 while ina state of trance, has cured everybody Fopeti than. camemas etock of Mpaieel in Do. bo +6e.m- larly On Sth and Mth of each month Palate’ cards in front of the store have constantly made | glances at me which I pretended not to see, | W720 hss taken it, never having failed once.’ Inis # and Sheet Music ow, description. Po do ‘'atédop me Ti —- connecting vu PAN. known to an ery npy ) mame As the unini- | While I, in. turn, looked at her whenever I | Ct¥*/!y 48 sure in cases of fits as of dyspepeia. The va tuning exeouted by Mr. Rebine. do. at5.15 p.m. r tiated might find it a cult matter to under- could ® chance. Whenever our eyes ingredi: may be found in any drug store. I wit! stand how such a way of foing business could i cha: to meet, they were instantly with: send this vaigable prescription to any person on the Do, The Trains at 6 and 8 a. mand 4.20 p. m. connect h pe have been ont Gireotly at erie ete? cane | proved by tne ‘Department, and tuarents arsed OLD MEDAL SREY Hy ely amare asta lay G . IANO FOETES, | the West. Those at $a. m. gud 5 19 t r 5 m-for Anap- | "The sma Railroad (47 miles long) is now com- be profitable to the firm, I will just whisper in| drawn. All this was very foolish, of course, | Tei?! of ome postace stamp te pay postage. olis and at 3 pa, for Fredenck and Norfolk. ‘Phe loted gees ooean to Gaaen. One 3 ree nee s Fel ime that the alarming sacrifice aieaca but I may min in my a defence, that my pear Dr. Tracy DELoRME, pages: WILLIAM KNABE, guy at Amapolie grid Werttertes’ Finetions. FRe fours. Hho taceage of passenrert sin ore to is always on the part ot their customers. opposite neigh besides being exceedingly een wigs teh Pd ar ae bed tern train of Saturday at 4.2) p.m. goes only to embarked af Panama by steamer at Rreveompacy is, has no direct bearing w my | Pretty, was presentable female in the 1 aM LN PossEssIoN of some valuable certifi Costinucs PRplecture sale of grand and oes ae one train—at 4. p.m. expense. money Jed m New York covers story. Let me only say in addition. while upon | Coach. Close beside her was a spinster, of 35 | in favor of the Consumption Destroyer; alo 6 PLAN S, under vhe name inn 30 d TH. H. PARSONS, Agent, | Sfguaneo! the tap. veotia port in Panama and this point, that my salary, though lurge enough | oF thereabouts, with a pursed up mouth, and | efficacy in relieving bronohial disense attended. 13d ant Nosh Bate Pe EW AND IMPORTANT SCHEDULE. sen Francisco, pty JB gaee 01 soci- formy own Py ag- eager precluded all thoughts be brggesocnpee has yellowish spa Lapa end to | severe Bune ar iok rote bps “Ty voeit the Hatow F jouse, Baleunore. ‘¥ N eae SLEST OF oux weer. joy Br bs ae pe sable—n0 of matrimony in the present expensive style of | each cheek. er nose was long and thin, | is composed of roots orbs proosi : Ad oat orcusd amen: Salen, Room, ALL 4 Passe: exve Panama same they living; poset Hh it ss easily ie fatorred thas while she herself was lankness S orshthed, Blue Ridge; it 1s no common article. They’ No Sf Balan street otween Chartoe and Es ft Peg rive petal es ~~ $4 I must either resign myself not to marry or find | Add to this a pair of blue spectacles, and you | nicely enveloped in my circulars, where my pla@Pef | Henry MoCatery as a must core. wleve they wall Condens eo Chrough by each steamer, and take someone who to a heart superadds a fortune. will readily imagine that the beauty beside | residence is seen. . Keon dometantly on hand large assortment of plain BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. mn ‘women and chi ‘Without other proteo- The reader understands my position suffi- | her was heightened by the contrast. ‘The extract of a Hower called the Alpha Cinnpent -~ igi ly finished crams ond squace P Fortes: | The recent extensionand improvement of its iead- ciently to understand the fecling with which [| There appeared, however, to be some ac- | for the Piles, can, with the Syrup, be found at Mr. v" i » from 4 to 5- 7 & For through tickets at the lowest rates apply at Ogata; some with: doubts Rep Destin Genie eae, ing connecting lines at the W est nas required an en: fr weet to .. New York, i i i "8; > of the running arrangements ofthis road | ‘6 ®£@noy, 177 Vi est Btrest. Nex ad an advertisement of the foll urport | quaintance between them, as I observed the | C- Stott’s; the Syrup is at several other places on | and stops to suit small churches, fedoras 9 3 - We in the papers some time dines. Pitti eee young lady speaking familiarly with her legs- | Pennsylvama avenue, as well as Georgetown.at cing extensively engared inthe manufacture of elerate sectrai Ou aod fer MONDAY, Ys ARMSTRONG, Wirhis « co., The advertisement in question set forth the’| prepossessing companigg. Mr. Newman’s on Bridge street. In Alexandripat | f Sp ha sell wholessloand retail, onthe most | 15, i807, THREE DAILY TRAINS be run jy M-tE C. L. BARTLETT, Boston. =e advantages of a certain gift enterprise in a} The road over whisk. we were riding was | Ledbetter’s. In Baltunore, at Hanco’s, 108 Balti- |" Our Finoos wore awarded the highest premium | "Girgt “The ACCOMMODATION TRAINatart | VO WESTERN TRAVELERS, neighboring city, enumerating a brilliant list | Tough and bubbly. In parts it inclined to one | miore street. stelle 1H A%Lf | (goid medal) at the Fairs of the Maryland Institute | from Camden station, Baltimore.at 7 AML except | — of prizes, closing with—what do you think? No less than the hand of a young lady, together with twenty thousand dollars? ‘The conditions were, that if, upon acquaintance, either the young lady or the winuing party should see fit to decline the matrimonial alliance intended, side, so that one part of the coach was higher thdechagther ste adeer Wacdgbadaaibae te Sprctat Notice.—For Perfumed Breath, White inequality was further increased by the wheels Spee D Mery eid rareclia tana Seton at the a rel = Passing over a stone. The jolt | « woodiand Cream,” a new pomade ; It csusesgen- was such that the passengers were all violent] i “ precipitated to one side of the coach, and if tlemen’s hair to curl beautifully. Price 50 gents ‘© euccessive years—Ootober, 1855, and 1856—in op- | Sunday, | ape to Dartesn nad ee niaee sineos from some teltatan, at way stations and arrives at Cum- of the bes! ers from New York, Boston a: > a Ki L Sanda: % tumore, We were also awarded the first premiumat obseathar owt, aH Lea starts bootinn AT the Aaeaaterel Sannin held in Richmond, Vir, | A. M., connecting at Benwood with Central Ohic nia, ey have also aware he Righest premium (silver medal) at the Metro- | tains for Comumbus. Cinomnat FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENTS, NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY, by aoe after January Bth, 18, Two Daily Traine 1 ind at same piace Ee isville, Chicayo, St. Louis, & Y W.PLF. & Con poutan Mechanics’ Fair for 1857, with trains for Cleveland, Tu! Detroit, &c., by | Will leave Calvert Station, Baitinore, for the rejecting party sbould forfeit ll claim to | Much to my surprise, but got at all to my ds: | Broprietora: New ¥obks | aiske'tsoue ins ae vane cane es oteostine, | Sleveigud Koad.snd aioat Parkersburg with Rie | futature, i the twenty thousand dollars, which should go | Pleasure, | fuund my pretty neighbor opposite A 7, = amateurs in the country, which cau be seen at our "Third—Th ry q St. Louis, and all cities and towas in the West and to the se ah z * seated in my lap. I made not the least effort |.“ 2olessle and Retail Agents for Washington.) warerooms, speaking for’ themselves and others of EXPRESS RANI OTS set _CINCINNS TI North and Southwest. J r P. Taytor & Mavry, Bookseliers, between 9th and 6 high appreciati hich Our instruments are B 2 The price of tickets in this tempting lottery | tv relieve myself from the unexpected burden; 4 ‘wherohed. a we a Ee wes Baltimore daily ( m., for Pittsburg and all Western ‘owns ‘aud Cities. THE ACCOMMODATION TRAIN Leayes Baltimore daily (Sunday ex: datsp. m., for Parkton. THE NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN Leaves Baltimcre every Night at 16 p. m., connect- ing with the Lightring Express over the Pennsy! ith express trains + Pa. aver 7 was only two dollars; Boston agents, Messrs = Shave & Co., State street. Having fully made up my mind to invest, 1 called re on my way trom dinner. * Have you any tickets left?" I inquired, with some anxicty. “A few,’ was the prompt reply. Will you have one?" every where held. necting at Benwood at9 A. M Ai truant are guaratend or Sve rear, and | Bary Nitsa yc Panae, Grae nes a privilege of exchange is granted within the first 41% | hours from Baltimoreand 2 hours {rom Washing. months from the day of ealeif the instrumentsdo not | ton. it aleo connects directly. in both directions, Give entire satisfaction. a = P at Grafton with cars by Parkersburg ai jar e olesale dealers wil! find it to their advantage | Pouds for Chillicothe, Cincinnati, ote. hese trainer gonnect at Xenia for Indianapolis, Chiengo and Bt. Louis, and at Cincinnati with the Great Ohio and but the young lady, half blushing, half laugh- ing, witadrew as quickly as ible from ber F poorly predicaments. On looking about, Dancing. observed that a gentleman at my side, a bluff ASHIONABLE DANCING. stout gentleman, was in a state of ludicrous a perplexity. The fpanes, whom I have men-| PROF.H.W.MUNDER respectfully announces to his friends and the public geuerally, that tion d, had been ¢ rown forward at the same his last quarter will vamanes Gp Te v time; opening her arms in the vain endeavor | afternoon, Feb. 2d, 1858. All those who desire, Mie: ppt: Express for Loutsviile, Cairo and St. Lous =a to St. Louis in less than 42 hours from Baltimore. By tius train the time to ll the centi Sha gay eee et * Yes, I believe so."’ to save herself, she involuntarily clasped her | to be prepared for the exhibition are earnestly HALLETT, DA vin. coos and southern places in the West is much less, w! Fanaa d ang I accordingly passed a two dollar bill to the | 9PPosite neighbor around the neck In her be- soliestert ba fairies e008 94 pose! Ninds tenon ye CELEBRATED PIANU FORTES, the distance is from 40 to 10 miles shorter than ue aud Chicago Raiiroad and its Northern, clerk, and received a ticket marked 11.569. wilderment, ebe did not immediately release @ programme for tits sexson will be e “ Rather a high figure,” I remarked, care- her hold, but uttered a succession of piercing | new, and far exce! any ever offered to the public. vulsed with secret laughter, all the passengers. on very soon. : Fortunately for us, we were near the end of | Ge Slasses on Tuesday and Thareday our journey. My opposite neighbor and her rom 76 SAMIDE OPO. companion got out at a neat two-story brick 01 i the shortest of other routes. From the West these Poors Teonyar ane Or GH NE. ELLIS, connections sre equally cloee and sstisfactory. ar- 996 Pa. av., between 9th and 10th ats. | Yung a pacsyenags tf 8.30 A. M. Purchasers will find it to their nterestto examine | i7~ Baggage checked through to all points, for themselvesthe superior quaities of the above THROUGH TICKETS sok at lowest rates ai Pianos. Camden Station and at Washington, D.C. Stools, Covers, Melodeons, &o., &c., also on Passengers from Baltimore or Washington may ! taking thi hand. tr view the entire road by daylizht, by taking morn- i Pr — —- | ing trains, and lying over at Cumberisnd or Oak- | and Detr hern and W me ~y gy x Island. ers for Chicago, Roc! % lington. Iowa ery. ATiignukes Dubuane: Be Peal, Medison, and other lead ng cities in the Norsawent. Will S2v@ ONE HUBDRED MILES OF TRAVEL TEN me, with FOUR Less changes of cars, by ute. ngers for Cleveland, Sardusky, Toledo co by tins route, and the time 1 un — ~ Yes,"’ said the clerk, ‘the tickets are go- ing off like hot cakes. They are in great a mand among young men,’’ he said, smiling “Some take as many as fifteen or twenty to r ; . SaaS RT id, and resui next morning by Wheeling A ied. being 43 miles shorter than any other route. make their chance eurer.’ ouse, about half a milefrom the hotel at which ASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. SEVENTH STREET & commoiation gy leaving Cumberland ae and ii Ig Passeawers tor St. Lows, Indianapolis, Ter WwW ro ? I was about, upon this hint, to follow their | I myself stopped. aaa ; TOBIAS : eae os wake lovs changes ofence ant arrive example, and purchase a few more, when I| _ After passing the night comfortably at the viultiahan A babble N taleat Go OPTICTAN, .. FOR WAY PASSENGERS. ee ed te luekily reflooted that a boarding bill due the | Coventry Arms, Linquited of the landlord, i8 | proposate are invited. for the completion, of the Office Second Story, three ésiors from willatopat all Stators eet Carn LAr Ms | ambos, Dayton, Louisville and other prominent next day would take up all my remaming | the morning, if he could inform me where Miss | Washington Aqueduct.according to plans aud spe-| pcasie cht Co Wheeling Accommodation at all Stations beyond | Cities ax quick as by suy other route, available funds, and prudently denied mysel Pitpenids Bissketeps resided. Paneetione Sieh wil be fey exbne rion iu this office, o ene loading Lae Wanton: Gessteriond ne, West. One tee y- Ma Bee gh sree ow handled . = — So . “ me f 3 in an rt it 4 : 2 BS " st in leaves eeling at 8.' + M., am ccommo- ait Y derstand my state of mind for theinonth which | “4 two story brick house, with lilac bushes | seried in th= specifications, the United Staren re- | Of tuperior and eho.es picturesouhand, Seoadver- | "FEM ag resTen ner tne eo i i ther aide of thy 2? Tinaui serving the right to make a contract for che whole, | t#6inent in Nati atelligencer, nee be Ag PBL WESTERN NE and CANADA, must rene before ms declaration of the | © That ax Jb ay e gate? J inquired. or for the separate works, ax may neem most advan- i eacoe opt a “sy — will this the shortest, cheapest and most expe- prises. was continually speculating upon * That is ace. ous UpOrroomparigon of the bids. rm 4 a my chances of success, and what I should do if, on oo the lucky winner of: the tirst prize, hould find the lady whom [ had won intolerable ugly and unprepossessing. In such case would the sum = gear thousand dollars be sufficient to sugar the pill? 1 could not tell, but wisely concluded to wait until the alternative was really presented. In the mean- time [ was particularly observant of the pretty faces whom the placard—An Alarming Sacri- fiee—drew to our store. I amused myself by Picking out particular young ladies, and rep- resenting to the possibility that some ot them mo be the lady who was to bring Soares Seppombers a, | Se escent ad s * A remanence wengers for et, . EB Sm: The Spoctacice soa mate for | ng The FREDERICK TRAIN starts at ¢ P. M. | burg. Wrehtsvill umbis and Lancaster leave very well, and seem to have ammeroy ry ne a eS ee i avon & redertok ata inthe morn) teen — a — eee than 5 Te ash ~ m 2re T2 noon. ‘s leaving Washington hal more than any One ee TAZEWELL. | -‘The'ELLIC APES MILL TRAIN loaves at 5.4 with the 615.8. im. train, and thove by the traime at I have tried a pair of Spectabies obtained from Mr. | 4 aud 5.15 P.M. Leaves, Eiheott’s Mills at? | 5. 4.2uwnd 5.20 with the 10 p. m. tram for all parts of Tobias, and tind them of great assistance to my | 4+ M.and7 P. M., except Sunday. the West. ai cucadsiunacn sight, and corresponding with hig description of their Pes ° é a x For further correct and reliable information focus. 1 recommend him as a skillful optio.sn. For tickets, information, fore, &e., apply to J.T. | apply at the Ticket Office of the Northern Cet ‘ > r ier NRY A. WISE, ENGLAND, Agent, ot ie ‘Ticket ores, Camda Railway, Calvert Station, corner of Calvert : About five years ago, | obtained from Mr. Tobies, i ze DRIA RAILROAD decaying vision; and my opinion of him is, that tion, WOODSIDE, Franklin streets, Baltimore. Se mires 8 sar Gf Glaenes sot Phe spegiocies, (JBANGEAND ALEX eg ee ho in skillful in the ‘preparation of Glasses for eyer a ee Dentistry, &c. not too far gone to be benefitted by me aida = 4 THE IMPROVED SETS OF TEETH, e Iatonce jumped to the joyful conclusion im portion, on'y. of the work can be eompletad with that my pretty stage companion was the lad the appropriations now availabie; and the contracts to whose hand I could urge s0 strong wee” will be subject to the contingency of future appro- riations by Congr_es. I dressed myself carefully, and about ten Pine Eneineer res-rves the right to prescribe the o'clock. armed with a letter of introduction | mount of work to be done and the rate of progress f; ji * * r under each contract, and for eack work, from the President of the Gift Enterprise, Pa: ments will be mede in checks npon the United walked over to the brick house. Sates ‘Treasury tela month!y Ls ere of he My modest knock called to the door my pret- | Engineer, reserving t@ per cent. on ail payments un- kd A t the evntract ; and it will be age Compan on: | A blush of recognition ovation of all amtracte int the workmen shail bo showe at i was not forgotten. paid their full wages monthly and in specie. Stam i i Proposals should be sealed, and er.dorsed “Propo- an Pssst potey herria dire era arp sale tor work and materials for the Washington . 5 ~ Aqueduct.” cepted an invitatita to take a zeat in the par- ‘The United States reserves the mht to reject any lor. My inamorata left me, to read the letter | °F #!! bids for the whole or for any part of the work, if not deemed sdvantngeous; but the work will be Parerspurc, Votober 21, 1854. iv13tf «= Master of T: rtation. Baltimore, C. C. ADREON, Sup’t. — —-* me a0 fer-tf J. u. wink! REO hous: which | used, and found them of great assistance to AY. her intended twenty thousand dollars. in private. vied to the <ouues bebders for tha hole or foe _ LYNcHsuRe. November 1,134, | @REAT SO UTHERN MAIL LINE M. LOOMIS, M. D.. the inventor and patentee of Without dwelling upon this I will only sa: Meanwhile, I began to feel the emburrass- | parts ofthe work who ive good security for the | ¢Foman examination of Mr. Tobias’ Classes, and Swine Rais. cae 28) “Loomis Mintral Plate Teeth,” having S ape 'y say “ from his observations and remarks, am convinoed Jailz, (Sunday nights excepted,) betweer | successfully introduced his improvement i that I saw several who I should have been | Went of my position. Nevertheless, I deter | Completion of their coatracts, if at reasonabl | tet he is @ skillful optician, WASHINGTON CITY and the SOUTH. wis | Sbccensfully introduced his improvement i rfeotly willing to marry at a less high figure. | wined, now that I had taken the first step, not | "Every oifer must be acoompanied by a written J. J. BLACKFORD. M. D. RiaiiANDEIA, GORDONSVILLE anv RICH- lished himself in Washing r aware that some of my romantic young | faint or falter with such a prize in view. On | guarantee, srzned by one or more responsible per- 3; LYNCHBURG, November 10, 1854. Leaves Washington at €0’o!00k a. m. This =e ng 5 eS thay rn ge lady readers will shake their heads at this ad- | the walls of the little parlor were various neat | 89s, to th eifect that he or ine Lae og epi tye scr ical i have been etait. Tur eee “ " Washington at 7 0clock pm. 5 ee oan Bok yo “2 i mission and brand me a mercenary fellow, | and tasteful drawings, attesting the skill of | Dilderor bidders wilsif hus or their bidw be nccept | ee. oy red greatly from reading at meh inmy | por LYNCHBURG and the SOUTHWEST, | their Cunetrustion, and thes 2 therefore free from with @ heart not largo enough to be worth | ™Y late companion. good and sufhcient securities, for the completion. of | earlier life,) itatords me the highest pleasure to Yelook added grivanic action and ‘here are no save Washington at 6 > Mey becom having. But, my dear young ladies, you must | | While I was busily occupied in examining | the work undertaker; said xraranteeto be sooompa. | say that I consider him @ skillful practical optician, | LYNG BURG extinorning at 48, me oonmesnng | [ounts Lo ~ “ye a at 4a, mi., connects remember that, as at that time 1 had no par- these, the door opened and admitted—the spin- nied by ths e-rithests of the United srates Listiiet ti and well prepared to aid those who may need bie food, henee they are pure and clean. They 2 with the is onthe Virginia and Tennessee Rel | |iehter, stronger, less clumsy, far more durable, - - : 5 Judge, United States District Attorney, Navy | professional services. WM. B. ROUZIF, Road for Ne a. Rat Si tet | lehter. e ticular interest in any young lady, I was] ster. I knew her instantly, by ber long nose Cpeorgieit some ¢ flicer ofthe General Government Elder of the Methodist Conference, Oftesville to Ly uakburg «tits! Binces rom’ Case —— it caranee._ will sore 3 cul 4 more likely to be intiuenced 2 the fuscina- | 40d yellowish hair. 4 or widividual knowa to the Engineer or Deoarrment bie oe Wroanerox, tL lat ete Fare from Wastungton to Lyachburg, $7.75. similar work of ast Lo equa mine in purity, beaut; tions of the sex generally, and I venture to| “Mr. Bugbee?”’ she said. herr guatnutees nnn ne) make KOOU | | Uigpectasles which L obtained from you last week | Tuo steuner GEORGE PAGE, foot of Govanth | Sorcete, arate meatianee a Say Ota toe say, that if L had happened to meet any of you| I bowed. : Bids will beovene | in the presenos of the bidders, | are entir-ly satisfactory, | From an imequality in the | stroet, veins uwneil by the Railrosd Company, rune | C013. bi before I became acquainted with the present ‘Tam Miss Ethelinda Blackstone, to whom | 8t noon of the lith May; none will be received after visual range of my eyes, I have heretofore found great | in epnnection wits the trans. work responsibly warranted. difficulty in getting glasses of the proper fooal dis- | "“foxete far Lynchurg procured op the Boat. weed Sein ene abn a A tances. It ailords me pleasure to state, that by the | Jr 7 Omnibuseaand Baggage Wagons will beatthe D* & FINDEY HUNT, aid of your optometer this duffeulte has been happily | Depot of the Waslungiuu Ruilrood, to couvey pam DENTIST, obviated, so that the Glassee you furnished me are | genvora and baggare to the Steambost, for Alexan No. S10 Pennsyivanis avenue. <1 decidediy the best adapted to my eyes of any I have | dria, a distanwe of six miles, allowing ample time | Will pe: all operations belonging to his Mrs. Bugbee, (be it known I am married at last,) there is no knowing what might happen i can imagine Mrs. Bozbve shaking iu her shoes at the mere supposition. your letter was addressed.”’ bey —— Se se lat catnprinne—oomalationof the I was petrified. It was the aunt, then, and | datmacross tha Potomasat the Qreat Palle: build. not the niece whose virgin hand I had won. In | in« of gate house: completion of waisonry bridger: my dismay and perplexity I with difficulty waste weirs; building distributing pesto: aa F - . i f duit; furnish t-i t used. i if shed ¢ To proceed with my story. The month slip- | ejaculated that I was glad tomake her acquain- faerie rea oie bridges; laying pipes from the | "Very respectfully fours: RB: B. DRANE. ce cp JAMES A. EVANS, Agent, | Pu ions °2 St tus ond eatabla muntecanicnatiis ae slowly away, as all periods of suspense do ors elas : eee senor rons toene Nery neat Soke ene Ga. Ceneglary James’ easel Alexandria, July, 1257. iv 8-tf DENTSIRY should searcely dare to say how many mis-| “‘I fecl, Mr. Bugbee,’’ said the spinster. | principal publio establishinents pohown, | ane r ieee & friend to visit the estab | ATeW YORK AND LIVERPOU DR. STEPHEN BAILY, takes the preoccupied state of my mind led | casting down her eyea in modeat confusion, Parlin oP gh serioe raperr oi” in stonesad ail | Highment of Mr, Tobias for the purpose of trying hi UNITED STAT®S MAIL ©TEAMERS Onngy No. ise Peynerivanis Avamen, me to make, such as returning to a customer | “ that—that this meeting ie on both sides an | other materials; for xll of which reference is to be ue,.whice have atlorded me mure relief and gratifi- ‘arse doors from l4th Stress, seventy-five cents more in change than was; due her, on which occasion my employer. the senior Mr. Harberdasher, severely remarked, that when I made such mistnkes, [ should take eare to let them be the other side—that while giving back too much change was highly rep- rehensible, giving back too little would be a venial offence which he would readily forgive. The month at length drew to a close, and I, in an excited frame of mind, walked down to Messrs. Shave 4 Co.'s office in State street. embarrassing one. As we may both desire to | Mde to the detailed d-scriptions and specifications beoome better acquainted, may I ask your Trae conan on of abetnes will be made upon the company toteathisevening? Our hour is six.’* | quantities noted in the specifications and plans ex- Mastily accepting the invitation, I seized my | hibited at the time of letting and should a bid in f" * bs accepted, th th ts upon the < ineer, rices to x Tr, Wr “If it had only been the young lady,” I oe Bs of ten per cent. until the entire e»m- thought, “ I should have been delighted, but I pletion of the contra :-t according to the spec.fica never, never can make up my mind to wed ao enould atate the time within which this antiquated spinster. A bandred thodsand | each work Age be completed. provided Congress res é dollars would not tempt me ?”” “PBy order of the Secretary of, War: cation than any I have ever tried. My sight, origin- The msg composing this + oe 4 ji ine ere: Dr. BAILY begs leave t informa the publiothat he preg reg i Oiler | anid red The ATL —-. =< Capt. Oliver Eldridge, | ona te een atail hours. at hic office, locnied asehove, aM of these gia con ated ulakct The Bala ~~ .2--Uapt. Josoph Comstock | He feels assured that au experience of fifteen years? - | The ADRIATIC.__ —_,__ Capt. James West, | practice, with the large number of patients, creat bhai ed iad — ‘ne Oa hove rey - r — variety ed difficult cases that he bas treated success- [, meer Gen’! Land M ese ships having boea built by contract expressly | {uiy, will enable him to surmount a1 ifheult; Ded Tre ness Sent Ofice, | for Government wesvice- every sare hae beon taker | scientific or otherwise, relating ‘to the Peeth. : seal . . 19 thei ooastruction, as oiso in toin- | Own experence rming the opinien o! 4 a! pave seed My. 4 Sapeardl seegee s pote a he sure strength rand speed. an thers sesteuneiotins — - hy ro! ag} fm em gl Drs. r I am much pleseed with them. I have beenmucb as are unequalled for elegance and com | and J.and E. Lm, long sinos, todis- ly, oy : 4 osrd ali merouria! pre; ons for filling Teeth, aiso benefited by them, GEO. P. SCARBURGH. The steamers ofthis line have improved water- | a Ennnels, Gutta Percha, nds Ruvher, Ce May 5th, 1858, tight compartments, and no expense tins been spared | ments for the construction of Continous Gam Ghaaie o Ttock ¢’ the ky ft Mi Iwas recomummbniod toMr. ope Tadiggase:stiite! to — them - as good as ae a — T sey pen et tp ery oo peg ate, The office was alre: ‘ull of anxious ticket took tea ai 6 house o! iss Etheli a M.C MEIGS, optician ; andes ve eyes of remarkable peculiari- | ination given them proves their mode of constiuc- | is the on’ subst ‘worn 1p holders, who were alacaets elated or d The rat lady, Miss Carrie Mactaaee on) i f Pg Lao ar Engines oe es rehend. pies nd tht Nie Abe | ge ig tes oe enae toan New York to Liverpool, ix Peepers Bente! oe ty chown Ss the pressed by their success or want of it. I wag] proved as 1 suspected, to be the niece of the in charge of Washington Aqueduct, | Measurement: and he has made moapair of Speen. | Gist cahin, ison ssooud doe @ISs From Laces, | “Althouriy he fatters hienesil from his long particularly amused by a scene which had | elder lady, was very demure; and I could now Form oF GUARANTER. dles that suits me admirably. A. P. BUTLER. b transpired just before my own turncame. The S. Engineers: pool tcNew York, 3) aud 20 guipeas. Au expen deace and practice im W: rt! and then detect a micchievous glance from her To Capt. M.C. Meizs, July li, 1855. perienced Surgeon sttached souach slip. Nober known to his numerous friends and patrons, te begs = : opie Py e i WasntneTon, Ang. 8, 1855. can bo socured until psid leave to refer them to the applicant before me was a tall lady of thirty- | black eyesas they rested in turn on her aunt | gaye nf een porte forntl aad Caverally;,avtee | Having been for years under the posesny of tov — TESTIMONIALS: nine or thereabouts, exceedingly spare, and | and myself. She said little, but left the bur- | nant with the United Staten, and gua-anty. in case | two sets of glasses—one for use in daylight, and one PROPOSED DATES OF SAILING. From the iste Rector of the Church of Epiphany o very prim in her ways. ‘e den ot the conversation to us. As might be | the foregoing bid of = be none ed, that he or for iamp-lighi—i eoeered - — — Leelee ances pet apa ia o 4 aaty. -” y , : : er Dt + wave used Uix Jan. SS 34 2 i express Though she did hot recognize me, I remem | supposed, it was precisc, formal, and heavy. bap ey pers ey reg Ain any fortho seeeor ein sevens! taonthe, and find hem excellent. Saturday, Feb. 13 Dr. Srarges Bai.¥: Dens Siri Gesizetp, ber to have been introduced to her on one oc- # " steem for you personally, and my confidence tae apr ope elie eT ow aa food ud sufficient sureties to perform the work or EDWAKD STUBBS, Snturday, March 13 ms cor dentist ty Hf urnish OU Re & superior dentist. ¢ Operalions execu! . 3 Mis ity Billins s my arm to the spinster—while Mi es ri ticles proposed, in conformity to the Of Department of Stata, | Saturday, Apr’! 10. ¢ me have been high!y satisfactory. 1 that eee ae eens Eee enn Se | PRI UISTAIIA oe ero? L emte ite iomeree sede: woth ir ent Tostas. Sir: The puir of Spectacies you | Sutarday, April 24 psf enareenatve tae palvesans ieees me Ohaeio ae ae very picture of a prim, met odical old maid, | demurely tripped nd. made. And in owe the anid shall failto enter | fi ine yesterday are particularly satisfactory | Sal 4 ¥ 28. .1858 | public (Lat your skull su Weil deserves, rofessed to have a very low opinion of ull “How long will this farce be kept up?” | into contract as aforesaid, we guaranty to take | & hey are very decidedly the best I possess, Wednesday, June 9.1858 y 0 me. ahe lam the owner of eixht or nine pairs, carefully mankind, possibly because they had proved # thong L sighing. \* Iam very much atraid | rood the difference between the offer by the suid | ahe | am the owner of echt or nine | Opticians rec. Wednesday, June 23.1%8 Ulind to ber varied attractions. I confess I | Miss Ethelinda will throw the burden of rejec- and the next lowest bidder. “\as8] W odneeday, July ours truly, Washington, Azz. 8, 186. J. We EF RENOM, : i .B. eried to m unt of th fecsional 1958| Wednesday, J 8 2 Y was surprised to see Miss Charity in such a| tion upon me. She appears to have taken a | Si62e4- €: B: | Sanding in Franoe, Enctand andthe Unbtot Stee, a5a| Wednesday, Aug. ¢. Ine | Fre 000 of the cidest Aime ly Baltimore, Mesas, rp 4 , f place, as Thad supposed that the pomp and | fancy to me already. Just my luck!” I hereby certify, that, to the best of my knowledze | 1 hye bec aiso pleased with your remarks and di- (58 | We ednesday, Sept. 1.1088 Faving employed Dr. Stephen Ba:ly, Surgeon Den- van of this world, including of course filthy I groaned in spirit, but had to preserve an | 82d belief, the above named guarantors are good Ee ee ee Ad “ eee pur- 1asal W ps ne wd a 4 tiet, of irr} aa ae jor me ya Juore, were as nothing in her sight. However | outward appearance of cheerfulness. nt meas ELF Heepestfuly youre, CHS. CA LDA ty ; Oot. 13. 1858 | Pry ature astisiacticasand tn view of the eet thet appearances are deceitful 2 it went on for a fortnight. Miss Etheliunda m 9-dtMaylL é fessor of M. C., Louisvi A : wets: =f Oot. 27. 1858 C he most i re ~ * Your number, wa'am 7?” inquired the ready | evidently looked upon me with favor, while] GQ ROVE YOUR BYES. ROOKLYN ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITOTION, 4 g wot > Collece \timore, .al@d, aiter repeated trials, elerk she became more and more distasteful to me, Srreno HEN and esiet thea, by the Paria} spor most sarefal oxaaninatiod AE. Ti obina’s Saturday, Nov. % “tel Welnesdas, Deo. 8 18°8 Prcat pleawere to express say entity nb nos and *5.673,"" primly pronounced Miss Obarity. | more especially as I was already deep in love | Optician, D, WOOLFSON, who Glasses, | am enabied to tesiity that their hardness, turdsy, Deo.4_._. 1858’ Wednesday, Deo, 22.1858 | Bi-n estimation of his profeasionnl skill. ‘The clerk consulted his list. When helooked | with her niece. Hitherto I had no opportunity has arrived from Farope with - ep a=- clearness, polishing, ‘and exaot optioa! shape render For freight or pases; ype ay Baltimore, Jan. 12, i . HARMANN Boees, up, his fave violently struggled to retain his | to sjeak in private with the latter. "Tt so hap | ethsrnat The intent improved SPECTACLES Bat | pore Pantiond opeltte ert ae eens rnoee | EDWARD Kr COLLING, No, 68, Wall street, | seateeet froma note reserved from tholate Men, Sdn gravity. pened that at this time, on one of my daily RISCOPIC CONCAVE and CONVEX T such auxiliaries. 1 consider, moreover, Mr. Tobias Now Yor. , “You have drawn, ’am,"’ said he, ‘an | Calls, I tound the lady absent. Carrie assured DOUBLE FOCUS and DOUBLE POL: HED [gs (lpm eal toc ine the foous of the ere peth Bie WAINWRIGHT & COE pte ‘Whe teeth you mad [5 Suxare, Ape, 201008, elegant rosewood cradi | | me that she would be in soon. Accordingly,| BRAZILIAN PEBBLES, CRYSTALS. Ete. | | means of his optometer. In addition, I oan further | _ ‘The owners of these ships will not bo sooountable | ime bowid te better Very pa iss Charity’s face turned all colors, and her | nothing loth, I decided to await in hercompany | Which are warranted to tar tadin E erected state that Mr, Tobias has supplied some of my pa- | for gold, silver, bullion, specie, jewelry, precio 50) - CLAYTON, embarrassment was considerably increased by | the return of her aunt. Ee r ep es al te x to it; also | tients with Glasses, to their nnd By satisfaction. stones or metals, unless bills of leding are & a of a suppressed laugh, which her quick ears did Before the interview was over, so unusually Morear ‘who are compelled to use glasses, or those Physician and Su: = yt Men th ir Eade apiece bie a conn peels recommt . 8. =e not tail to cateh. bewitching proved my companion, I blundered | now using them, will be suited at firstsixht. Those Hoel Collece GPiorvoons a, land: Member ee perio Dentist: be made & set of porcelian “ Where shall I send it? ’ inquired theclerk. | out my love. wonderf E-POLISHED VENEZUELIAN of the Medical Society of London, and of the UNtep STATES MAIL LINE Sorone of my family, and KRed several teeth for i H “« I—th * said she bi “ i DOUBLE- ; ‘ CK Pathological Society of New York; late Sur- — my seif. and the work ba and well ‘then Miss Charity looked undecided, but fertu- I—thought,”’ said she blushing, “that it CRYSfAL ROCK mof the Royal Orthopacdic Institution of ONLY REGULAR LINE ten years. ROBERT T. ON, nately a persva with speculation in his eye, | Was my aunt that—that you— have soeared (ao Bignent, Tacommendetnae et the ‘anchester. England, and Surgeon of the B,| | &ND WITHOUT FAILURE FOR RIGHT TEARS, the Va. Conf, of the M. th. stepped up and offered to take it off ber hands| I very earnestly assured her that although 1 | World's Fair, at Paris, through their prodding a oO. tution, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON April 19. 1858. — at a reasonable rate had the highest esteem for her aunt, I loved papa her improvements. eae 5 odie Sntheacneriened Ye potatoe Wits Jay 2, eee VIA PANAMA RAILROAD. We, the undersigned, having had comeion to avail Mise Billings at once recovered her compo- | oul ser—that T was perfectly willing toresign | Ale. sii mtyies of OPEKA. SPY. and MAGNI- | great dithouty mobtainicr Speciacles that wereos* | Regular Sailing Days Svh @ auch of each somth. | Beene Dee ae oremmoum email Of UE. 8. Belly, sure, aud prepared Lerself tor makiog the midst | all claim to the twenty thousand dollars—that FYING Sukie to) perenne gre poms fe ly adapted to the weakness of my sight. This in- nme areas ¢' ant of hie operations on our nes convenience Mr. Tobias seems to have removed for P: the present by the substitution for me of better and pit panama ps hpi edge of her prize, which she eventually sold to the | 20 amount of money, however large, could sat- ‘ mao more suitable Glasses. They are clear, chrystal-like merece pastime” CA isfy the heart—thut love outweighed every frends, teke sure in expressing our admiration of his tue as well as of the a ” idorati i C in which hi th ‘and it “Namber 11,569!" repeated I, taking my | other consideration—aud much more to the bE eps ne eee iy an t comfortable to my a. I would commend him FG ire Sat the enbee alg he authorized operations is Dental Sa atime jr . ily re- P +. same effect. _ | lishment in Europe. no-tf | Hao! sid in this ware or ; af 'SIMEINS MDS Arent for passage by the U. 8. Mail Lape. via, Fana- commend ‘o the conbdense and re the The clerk, after a brief examination, seized *“Binee you set so high avalue upon this 2 alee’ - 2 | ma, in the city of New York, feels if his duty to consider him eminently worthy. my hand with warmth hand,” said she, frankly placing it in mine, | 'HE BOOK OF THE CONSTITUTION. ir, L congratulate you!’ he exclaimed— | “I yield it to you freely ; the more freely that | “The demand of the jRouple from all parts of the “You are the fortunate winner of our first | you will not be compelled to make the sacrifice | country for a new edition of this Book, bringin; ape ms A he present time, is such tha’ prize! you anticipate in claiming it. It is myself, | Gown the statistics to t ede it ‘Botenti I went home on my head or beels—I am not | and not my aunt to whom your letter was ad- Laoun thione Gat te cea to veuder arciou. Wituineton, N. C., June 16, 1854, | caution all persons seeking © to California, To persons who have had the sight oftueir eyes that, To avolD IMPOSITION, they must be careful to impaired as to require the use of Giasaea, I woul find the true office of the Steamship of the U. 8, recommend Mr. Joho Tebias as a suitable peraon | Mail Li via Panama Railroad, as no er office from whom to obtain such Glasses as they may re- | in New York is authorized to engage ence. uire, sake has nea me with a pair o: Spectacles The eae, have only one office in New York, ora near it. My sight been impaired | which is at 177 West street, corner of Warren street. 4 a rf . H 3 i N River, at the head of the Com- quite sure which—not, however, until I lad | dressed.’ ab Gu i tar deacription of it unnecessary here; suffice it to | very much by a service of years in the Post Office | fronting on ie North ascertained that the name of the young laly| |‘ But your name is Carrie,”’ said I, bewild- | s7,ca*iat coutnine the evidence of “parent mW ofelsek ae ment til aioe fy. dunog giae Pa Ghercome gcuqver the: whose band [ had won was Ethelinda Biagk- | ered both Houses of Congress, fits having been ade, ted time [ used but one light. Wek. WALKER.| |, iw. RAYMOND acon, stan ition o! eo 4 Stune, and that she lived in Coventry, a town “My full name is Carrie Ethelinda,”’ was her by the Supreme Court DEPaRTMENT oF INTERIOR, May 8, 1855. : $1 F PIANOS —We have, dering in Western New York reply, “although to distinguish me from my titution of the U States, and of its having F natural defects and the unequal 2 of my HILADELPHIA. WILMINGTON AND — Breck eerwed five more new and beau- When sober second thought came to my as- | aunt, lam usually called ies first.’” oe ge ler iepeng the past ‘and piled err i ae ee ga ‘with, P BALTIMORE RAILROAD, wfel renee "ier Pa Bog toy CY sistance, I could not help regretting the condi- * But 1 was led to suppose that your aunt—’’ | has been pronounced by them asa suitable fire-side | obtaining glasses perfectly fitted to my eyes. ur Bo 4 thane interes ‘saviel, aid telrchle te thaaaity,. tions on which I was te become the enviable © Will you pardon the deception ?”” said Car- for every American gitizen, endasatext | months since Mr. Tobias made two pairs especially 2a — Br me, which I have found to serv fectly. y. the use of his ‘optometer he ‘onabled t. to ‘adapt most ly to the ets I most cheerfu!- recomme! r. Tobias to tr. ELLIS, Passenger trains for Philadelphia leave President | —f¢ 2 Se Bre oh we See Se t, Baltimore, daily, except Sundays, as OUGHTS FOR THE HOLY WEEK. for having occasion to | follows, viz: — see Some ersons ; by Mise Sewell, authorof Amy oompani ——— of twenty thousand dollars. ‘I re- | tie, smiling. ‘I feared that it was my money, | "tditors whe veucra' and support tne Censtibu- 3 ted with a sinking-heart that the lady | ad not myself, which would prove the greater | tion, the sentiments of Washington, and the pring might be as ugly asa Gorgon, in which case, | #*traction, and I persuaded my aunt to per- | pies it embodies, have heretofore mn it their i as | ,Express Train at 8.49 a. m.; Way Mail Train at! | Gur 3,37 cents she would of course, insi rfor! sonate the heiress. Here she comes.’ Bookee aod others who" desire to obta: essen: beer ENR y sh pw o’olock a. m ; Evening Mat! at6.25 | OnSo da Rarciay’s City of the Great King, 1 vol.,@vo., coi~ 2 ae eee | ghte ciunuayphoapieared ns more amiable sheinaspta nit tery | 2 ae aE er Werin |Get me ocbe Mums ett tas Aes | sedate: gan he Ort Kinet oom, 1 at once petitioned Messrs. Harberdasher & | light, now that 1 was had do de: TRAP CKE g p Be EC , Co., for a range vacation, merely a sen noon AY wand ed Saray seve ber m2-tf Washington Cig: &. Kk Porter ges * pare alien ors pm ny m. ache el wt that i 1 2 con! ir y Fg en pp EE pare enema a Re ee eS OUISIANA leaves the Union i ia ate 1 1p. m., and 11 p.m. Y ave could not help blushiog, when { profered the | month me were married. SUEERIOR MEDICATED OH dart se | Doak fost ol Congord eet, Balt POR aharORD, DEL, OPLY MAF E MOUSM sera wit request, which led to meaning looks being ex- o ery Tuesday INA L.—Money is but s sorry substitute for | dial Gin and Invigorating ¢ ous oe bowever were in my secret, him make spre of the price. a ti . » and Passengers jeaving Rallimore at 8.49 a, m, connect M ar ne alanine NO ay o “ 625 p.m. S COLLECTION OF NEW NUSIC changed by the other clerks. None of them | love; but if one is bent on se himecif, let AOU, war Sadan, Ws 5 Fri- i mae wrth Ga on: fron, > pd Bing Fe unesnd Store, ] manonemmee 2 coed at Bains Boks ri eee B taidont Baltimore “Eid" Pibtinw oeee RD, Ascot, Npaag Pe evennes ness OO FUG FELLA,