Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1858, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR pLiSaBD BYEKY AFTBKNOON, pUSL aE SNDAY EXCEPTED,) ay THE STAR BUILDINGS, Corner Pennsylvanse Avenue & Eleventh 3t., By W. D. WALLACE, papers served iD pSOKAres by carriers at $¢ayear, cents per month. To mail subscribere the sub- air price is $3.0" § year, advance; $2 for months: @1 for three months; and for less than +3 Msonths at the rate of 12 cente @ week. Single is cent: ui Wrappers, two cents. a riseMENTs (of eight lines te the square) peerted three times for 91; every other day or semi- geokiy. 2 per cent. advance; once s weok, 5) per cant. advance. Eben q Star. VOL. XIL. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1858. BOOK. From Appleton’s “New Amerfvan Cyclopedia ™ Book. by the law of England, is “ construed +) mean and include every volume, part or di- whom its ponderous proportions were encased in massive covers of wood and leather, studded with knobs and bands, often of gold and silver, and closed with broad clasps, to unfasten which, _sion of a volume, pamphlet, sheet of letter- | letting the covers swing open ou their stout prea. sheet of music, map. chart, or plan sep- | hinges, was a privilege to which not every one urately published ;"’ a definition sustained by | was permitted to aspire. For, as said Richard eymol . but more comprehensive than the | De Bury, “laymen, to whom it matters not slinary aceeptation, which includes. prima- rly. only nted literary composition, but yermits 4 secondary application, as in cage of wks uf account, toa bound volume of biank nting or writing material. The word is de ed, not from the form, but from the material, soc being the Saxon equivalent of /ider, the wner rind of a tree, which was once employed -writing upon. It has. however, received an spplicativn anterior to its own origin, and is zed with reference to written tablets of stone nd metal which preceeded the introduction of more flexible material. In ite widest sense, it rom the most remote antiquity. The cen whether they look a! a book turned wrong side upward or spread before them in its natural order, are altogether unworthy of any commu- nication with books."’ Precious metals and the less crude but equally costly productions of art contributed to swell their value, in respect of which they stood at times on an equality with houses and lands. When ublicly ex- posed, they were frequently care by chains; they were protected by special statutes: were subjeats of grave negotiations; solemniy be- queathed by will, and lent only to the higher orders, who were compelled to deposit ample each their return. Even so late as L471 is XI was compelled by the faculty of me- ne at Par sit a valuable security, and give « responsible endorser, in order to ob- t the loan of the works of Rhasis. un Arabian physician. Among the illustrations of cost which the industry of bibliographers has col- lected, we find that St. Jerome, to procure the work+ of Urigen, impoverished his estate; that King Alfred, for one book, gave eight hides of land: that the countess of Anjou paid for a copy homilies of Bishop Iuiman, besides other articles of barter, 200 ahesp. Stowe says that, in 1274, a Bible finely written sold for 50 marks about £54, at a time when wheat was 3s. fd. a uarter, and labor Id. a day; in 1400 a copy of ean De Mebun’s mance of the Rose’ waa publicly sold at Paris fur 40 crowns. more than Slot (a copy of the same work in MS. was sold at auction in London, 1357, fer £42, and an- other at Paris, 158, for ¢ of that sum) But. according to a document in the monastery of St. Stephen, at Caen, the works of Peter Lom- bard were bought, in 1431, for 7 frances. It is thus difficult to ascertain the prices of books as determined by the value of material and labor at remote periods; fur the peculiar instances which have been placed on record are more like to refer to exceptional and accidental con- ditions than to the ordinary and usual rates affixed by the understood laws of trade. Print- ing, which, like many other inventions. owed if not its discovery, at least its application, to the more sordid inclinations, and was not orig- inally intended to effect any considerable re- sults, except in the fortunes of afew indi uals, made no immediate or violent innovation upon the then existing order of things. Types were made to imitate the slower process of writ- ing, and the general appearance ot MS. yol- umes was carefully imitated. so that fur some time books still continued inaccessible to. even had they been coveted by the people. But the desire was surely, though almost imperceptibly, emmandments were written on slabs of stone ; onians and Lyyptians traced inscrip- tions on brie nd rocks; sheets of wood, ivory, and, subsequently, a great variety of pliable substances, animal and veze- . crude and prepared, have been used for the purpose. Among the Greeks and Romans, tooksof wood were common ; part of one which bad contained the laws of Solon was preserved at Athens until the firstcentury. For the more important purposes, the laws and edicts, they also employed ivory, bronze, and other metals and for the common needs of business, such av the recording of contracts and the making of 1s, for the courtesies of social life. the letters f love or friendship, they had the /rptycha and tabulde, or pugillaria, sheets covered with wax, to be written upon h a sfrds, and protected from contact by a raised margin, or opposite pro- jections im the centres. Iwo of these tablets, of the date of 169, were discovered, not many years since, in Transylvania, and one of the year 1301 is preserved in the Florentine mu- seum. Many specimens of ancient books still exist, which prove, without historical evidence, how various are the materials which suflice for the wants of man in an unlettered age. The antiquary Montfaucon, in If purchased at Rome a leaden book of six thin leaves about four inches long by three wide. with covers and hinges of the same metal. The volume con- tained Egyptian gnostic figures and other unin- telligible writing. In the University of ( tingen is a Bible of palm leaves, containg 5 leaves, and other similar books are elsewhere preserved. Awong the Calmuck Tartars was foand a collection of books that were long and narrow, the leaves very thick and made of bark covered with varnish, the ink being white on a black ground. M. Santander possessed a beau- tital Hebrew Hentatecch, written on 57 skins of oriental leather, sewed together with threads or strips of the same material : it formed a roll of 1S Freneh feot in length. “The shape of | growing; thegradually widening demand keep. wooden and metal books was square, but, when | Ing pace with and encouraging the development more convenient muterial. such as parchment and payrus. was introduced, the eylindrical rm was adopted. The sheets, fastened to- gether at the edges, were attached to a cy/in- us or staff, round which they were rolled; whence volume, from ro/ro, to roll. At each end of the cy/indrusx was the umbilicns or cor- ues, a boas by which it could be turned, and the volume was read by unrolling the scroll so as to expose successively its several sheets or ing The title was written general! red. on fine vellum, and pasted on the out: whieh was dyed with cedrus or saffron. Much labor and expense was often involved in the ornamentation of books, and pleasant conceits of mechanic skill. Copies were multiplied with ine ing rapidity and diminishing cost. and their sale becoming larger, while it reduced the proportionate expense, enlarged the aggregate protitsof the maker. Nevertheless, as we have observed. they were long beyond the common reach. Their early history discloses how much Mnportance was conterred ly their possession, and what solicitude was awakened for their care. We may yet trace in the solemn injune tion which was then often written on the fly leaf, ‘* Cursed be he who shall steal, or tear out the leaves, or in any way injure this book,”’ the more familiar achool-boy couplet of the present day, “Steal not this book, my honest friend.”’ were sowetimes conveyed by their color. The | ete. If the progress of improvement bas some- practice of perfuming the pages to which Mar- | What lessened reverence, it has been only upon fal alfades, better acquaintance, and fulfills the adage Wher the p Paper was made thinner and stronger, types And with royal purple smaller and clearer, and the pous folios and was not abandoned until within a quite recent | 1Uattos gave way, reluctantly indeed. to octaves period. Lord Treasurer Burleigh, instructing and duodecimos, while the art of book manu- the vice-chancellor of Cambridge concerning Hote has constantly tended to Stine tower the proper presentation of some volumes to | limit of expense and smallest magnitude of Elizabeth, cautions him to“ regard that the hulk, comporting with comfort and conven ence, took had no savor of spike, which commonly | #4 Well asa proper regard for the beautiful, Wwokbinders did seek to add to make their | “hich if not yet attained. is, nevertheless, the tooks savor well.”” Scrolls were superseded b object still pursued The manufacture of a cidicss, ox. wyunve. beaks; the advantages of hook now demands the assisiunce of various which are alluded to by Martial, in whose time | bFavehes of mechanical skill Besides the tuwy seem to have been getting into general | Paper maker, the typ er. and the printer, use. Modifications in furm accompanied the | whom it gives large proportion oh esp oy. various changes made in material, until the | Meut, it engages, exclusively, the bouk-binder. shape and general proportions which now ob- its material form has. till the present era of tain were adopted, though important differences cheap publications, always borne a commercial ia bulk, arising as well from the condition of | ¥#!te extravagantly disproportionate to its urt a9 the fashion of the times, distinguish | M™*tter, or that which alone constitutes its real books made up till @ not very remote period | “0rth, aud, were argument required, a state- from these of the present day. The slow and | ment of these proportions would sufficiently laborious method of transcribing, which, until demonstrate the reasonableness of a great re- the invention of printing. was the only mode duction from former prices of books intended ly which literary evinpositions could be multi- | {or public sale. In the ordinary class of books plied, secured tothe body a practical reverence sold in the L nited States, in a permanent form, a which the spirit it contained did not always | °f the four principal interests represented, the icipate. ‘The value of books, depending most important, intrinsically, us the least only upon beauty of chirography, accuracy | COMMercial value. Every purchaser of a book, of teanseription, and elaborateness of ornamen- | 85.8 Tule. pays iore to the paper-maker, the tation. but upon the favor in whieh particular | Printer, and the binder, respectively, than to authors happened to be held, seems to have | the author; and, although peculiar cireum- a ; instances of extraor stances ma compensate him, the reader has no + standing side by side with | Tedress. He is obliged to pay the several prin- incredible dearness According cipal manufacturers more than he is required ckb, in Athens, “a small book for the | pay the real maker, and so fur as he is con- eof recording a contruct, that is, a small, | CemHed, it is obvious thet the privilege of de- rp ae + , ry peleats wooden diptyshon, consisting of two | tetmining for himself theextentof material ex- Wax tablets, was estimated by Demosthenes at | PeRSe, is not only desirable for his own sake, 2 chalei (+ of an obolua, less than 1 cent.) | Dut also favorable to the reputation, is not the Wooden tablets, on which accounts were writ- | 8910 of the writer. tea. cost. ymp. 93, 2 (B.C. 407.) a drachma, — about IS cents apiece. These must have been Tue Dearn Cu pretty larg well made. Two pieces of papyrus fe pying an account cost, at the same time. 2 dr. 4 ob. (45.6 ets.) Paper ap- pears from this to have been very dear, although wece- K.— We have recently been informed, (says the Cincinnati Gazette ) of a truly wonderful clock which is said to belong to a family residing in Newport, Ky. We re- . late the particulars of this clock as they were “ritten hooks were cheap; since the books of | related to u , leaving our readers to draw their Anaxagoras, even when dear, were to be had | own eonclusions as to the mystery. Our in- Sra drachma; or else the paper upon which | formant is one that can be relied on. The public aecounts were written was uncommonly of simple construction and belongs tu Zim {tis also stated that Plato, who was | the fami 'y of Mr. L———y, but all the efforts rich, bought three books of Philolaus the| of the clucks-makers bave not been able Pythagorean, for 10.000 denar about $1.500.) | to make it keep time, consequently it has sol it is further said that Aristotle paid three | jeen permitted to rest in silence. A few hours Aitic talents (nearly 33,000) for afew books | before the death of Mr. L y’ssister, which took place some time ago, the clock suddenly t 4 struck one, after a silence of several months. be easily reconciled by a con deration of the | ft thus eontinued silent until another of the Probal 3 that occ: ally existed; | family was prostrated with 4 fa malady, in works reducing them to | when it again struck one,and the following day ieee aide merely of the transcriber’s labor, or | tie child was buried. A year elapsed, when a Ss, when supply exceeded demand, while the | second child sickened and died ; the clock was Tarity of others gave a practical monopoly to particular to his death. The manufacture of books A third child, a little boy fifteen months old, ‘hich, under theearly emperors, had been con- | was afflicted with serofula, which baflied the Santly increasing, ditinished during the grow- | skill of the physician, and on the third day of ing troubles of the state, and upon its fall was | this month its remains were deposited in the “ra long time entirely extinguished; to re- grave. The clock gave the usual warning, and ‘We again after many yexrs, but aeee Rene struck one. Jt never failed sounding a death ‘sted circumstances. Leaving the /térart? | knell when any of the family in whose posses- and ‘ert/a, whose labor was compulsory either | sion itnow is, were about to die. © There are 7m the necessities of power or want, we come, strangers things in heaven and earth. Horatio, after a long interval, to the moak scribes, in than aredreamtof in our philosophy.”’ whew the important conditions of skill, leisure. hve. and patience are wil fulfilied. Learning rome the exclu: ivilege of a class, which they were at once proud nd they surrounded the meaue ot on with a pomp and circumstance that precluded familarity with the multitude. In the earliest times b oks had received the adorn- ‘og aid of ornamental art; but in the middie “ges they reached the acme, if not of beauty Ba *hich had Lelonged to the philosopher Speusip- Lut these apparent contradictions may Ace or Actors AND ACTRESSE The Phil- adelph.an, a dramatic journal, gives the ages of the performers now on the stage, as follows W. Macready. 65; Jas. Wallack, sr., 64; Gabriel Ravel, 58; Jerome Ravel, 54; J. E. Murdoch, 47: Henry Placide, 69; Charles Mathews, 57; Lizzie Weston Mathews, 50; A. H. Davenport, formerly ber husband, 28; Dion Bourcicault, - 90; Agnes Robertson, his wife, 30; Edwin For- Aud convenience, at least of cust. The favored | reat 32 Barney Williams 40; hig wile, 28, W. works of the time. principally of the Christian J. Florence, 33: his wife Cent vette? laboriously transcribed by pa-| 61: G. V. Brooke, 1: Jobn Sloan, 5; bis wife, berm ,Penmen, in sertptoria liberally main- | 2° Mise Charlotte Cushman, oS; Mrs. Matilda : re ‘u the monasteries, and specially de- | jjeron Stoepel, 40; Lola Montez, 42; Miss Jean vted to that purpose. In the process of pre- | yg Davenport, 40, GH. Griffiths, 36; Joe Jef- aration their Looks received the most careful ferson, 29; George Jordan, 8%; McKean Bu- attention in regard to aceuracy, elegance and | otanan, 4:3; Joseph Proctor, 46; J. S. Clarke solidity. In the monasteries’ a iso, the work | 96- Jacob Barrow, 60; his wife, Mrs. Julia Ben- was completed fur the mouks were not only nett Barrow, 31; Sol Smith, 57; EL. D: transcribers, illuminators, and Linders, but the ort, 44; Laura Keene, 34; Mad. Alboni — individual frequently combined the triple u j auction in his own person. From the hands of the scribe. whose solemn adjuration at the con- clusion of his task was evideneg not only of his vwn care but of bis desire that others should i i i>” Mr. B. A. Barditt, of Boston, has t Seen his example, the se ceniglates an order to furnish the national Cine i! 'uwinator, whose georgeous colors still del of America for the army and navy of the Sultan th» bibliophile, and from him tg the binder, of Turkey. 2; aster Alfred Stuart, Il years old, is the youngest actor, and Cordelia Howard, 10 years old, is the youngest actress. THE WEEKLY STAR. ‘This excellent Family and News journai—oov- taining & greater variety of interesting reading than ean be found in any other—is published on Saturday By subsoriting in Clabs raused among neighbore without the intervention of ma,| agent, as will be oerved, 2) per cent.of Tee Weekly Stam will saved. it invariably contains the “ Washington Vews” that has made Tae Evenine Stak circu - 6 80 generally throughout the country. Single copies (in Wrappers) car be procured ath e counter, famed tel shat the issue of the paper. Prioe—THREE CENTS. 177 Postmasters who act as agen’s wil be al- iowed 8 commission of 20 cent For Rent and Sale. ~The large and conyenieut DWEL- 396 D street north, between 6th and itis fitted up with all the modern and admirably suited for a boarding t the rent will be mode- TIN, or A. Green, Auc- Places of Resort during Summer. ISLE WHITE SULP. RS UMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. This well-known Mountain Resort, situate in Cumberland county, Pa . five miles north eas} of Cariisie, will be open for visitors on The waters of these Springs are highly impregnated with min a &re superior for drinking and bathing. Aceommods teiptia to Carleisle, WASHINGTO? TPPHE VIRGINIA SPKIN andria Railroad. by their names at the . the Alexandria and Washington K and Lousinr veyed to breakfast can Se obtained. This line ear: U.S. MailtortheO.& A. R. K. Passenge find it free from the annovance of wag: that is met with on ditious. and, in many Greenbrier White weet, Warm, the 2th of June. phur and Warren Springs. UR WOOD AND COAL ten years. a vacant i by 129 feet, neariy APE CHANCE F ERS —For rent, t LOT upon H, near 20th street, 5 Opposite the new Presbyterian apply to wel Washington Steambeats will om Baltimore to € ing Pluiadelphia and train ®rrive at the Springs at 3 p. For turther information address OWEN & CHANDLE Carlisie Springs, Pa. rein the morning Ch 1AS. H. CRAGIN, Georgetown. ye Alexandria at 4, 8, 1 Leave Washington at 64 W haley’s Omnibuses, connecting leave the Capitol, and the corner of 7th and 12th streets and i’ennsyivania avenue. ‘Phat very desirable brick DWEL E, No, 401 12th street, between 1 Hon. |. L. Gartrell. Y EMERY, No, 7%. References.—YoinC. Da of th and 1th Percival, Esq.. Phiiadelpiia Wm. Renshaw, & Esq. Richard Wa Us ¥ occupied by For terms, appiy to W. 405 12th street, after 8 o’elock p. 1m, OR RENT OR LEASE FOR A ‘TERM OF hat very handsome and eligibly sit on Pennrylvania avenue, between i7th and 18th streets, lately occupied by Mr. D'lver hots, asa hotel. ‘The main house is well adapted for either & private residence or & public house, having large rooms and many evnveniences at nd the additions! house whieu istely wweofa bar, with three or tour reon ye converted into an ¢ h siveping rooms in the upper story, blishmentisa very desirable one for a nister ; The house lately Gccupied as a bar &¢. can easily be cor.verted iutoan othce ping roomsabove for the and K, former! u » Eisq., Washington, The 6a. m. Roat connects with the ORA N SNANDRIA YRARS—Th ALOSTAN RETREAT, uated HOUSE, = The above piace is now open for the reception of ARTLIES. CLUBS, PIC mnodsted with R ments. Apply for particular tmformation ¢ VP, Levy, No. 447th street, cornerof F st.. w: quor and grocery store. Aa Omnibus will leave 6th street and Penn ave- nue,on Sundays at4 and ti a.m. n.. returning iu the intermeds and from the Island, S744 cents, aii the hoteis. Omnibuses for Parties—apply as above. L. HALPIN. PHUR, and W Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. BERKELY, BEDVORD, CAPON, JOR- DANS. SHANNONDALLF Through Tickets from Washington. junction with xp nud at Bsitumore tor Norfolk, Philadelptus and New ite he i Tickets to be wer below, with slee and attaches ft F terms, &c., apply to N FARMINA oket Passengers trom Wash nzton {A FOR salir te the Northern Virginia aud Bedford FOR BERKELY SPRINGS. Va hrough mail trar At5 158. m..except > Sir John’s Run Station, | = LEXANDRIA COUNT YSPEPSIA AND SXNCHAN D DR. O. PHELPS BROWN, ‘The Great Curer of Consumption, was for several ry Dyspepsia, that fora part of the time he was confined t eventually cured Iv & young Ciairve him by amere child, cured everybody who has ta it is equally ae The ingredse T will seud this tion to any person on the receipt will stop tor acres, 7 mules from Washington 2 Alexandria, and 3 miles the Jands of M Morgan county va furrished him by state of trance, has by & good tage 35; Arrive at Sir with water in each held ; a fine » With a good le, and all necessary dd order, now inthe oceupacey o} will show the property aud give information can also be had rof the Star, Ixuanw KO as of Dyspepsia. ay be found is any drug store, zes for Berkey 16.20 p.m, by which pas VIA ORANGE of one stamp te DR. O. PHELPS BROWN, Grand street, Jersey City, N. J before midnight. FOR BEDFORD S Pa.,) by the trains fr >. Wallach, Bag, bdo xivon on the ist of Tantary 185 Db. Wr 4 Bedford county, stiges 22 milas te Bedi« ave Cumberland every morning a 1 time for dinner at tie Springs. ‘7th street Gaily at 6 « connecting audrin a. m. and arr: CARRIAGES, ubseriber having made additions to hi Factory, making it nowone of the largest strict, where his facilities fu, DESIRABLE ry + F be Ey Fare through »sell,on very oc ning Star is authorized tc commodating terms and at a | the most desirable farms th the C Itcontams about 0) acres, 0: woodland, and the residue arabi dition for cultivation, HT WAGONS anor be eur- dnear the Winchester rauiroad nd from his long experience in the bus:- hopes to give general sutisiuction. nd, in a fine con- ‘This tract is situated about _ Travelers’ Directory. Passengers for the Orange and Alex enue, Will be called for and oo ug Bridge station, where a8 boat. itis pATAnCeR, The most Coaches connect With every train from Coaches farnished for Excursions and Pie sere tf peers AND ORO RAUROAD. — ASHINGTON BRANCH. Prom and after TUESDAY, isth of June, Trane Will [eave as follows presse Tram connects V hongton parts of the weet.andat Baltimore i teipainand New York sa.m, Way Tran for Anuapolia, Baltumore, ade'phia, and New Vork. 3) p.m. Express Prain s orne ~nnects at Washington for al parte of the west, 4.i0 p m. Way Train for Baltimore connects at Annapelis jenction for Anpapel:s.and Washington Iupghon with Exprees Trains West. oS) p n. Way Train for Baitimore connects at Washington junetion with Accommedstion Tram et. Tae 7.158. m. and 35° p.m. trains are express and ny at Annapolis aml Washington sune- yn Saturday the 3.99 p.m. train goes to Philadel- php ons. On Sunday but one train leaves, at 3.29 p.m. je ls T. H. PARSONS, Agent. NEW ARKANGEMENT. 2 FROM WASHINGTON CITY TO RICHMOND, y XANDRIA AILROAD VIRGINIA ‘The steamer GK AGE leaves the footof .m..for Alexandria, ith the trains on the Orange and Alex - siroad, leaving Alexandra at 7\% o'clock echmond at 2.30 p. Tickets procured on the Bout. Fare from Washington to Richmond 95,5. 3. KR. NICRLIN apa ( Saine road,) passengers 5 ft Harper's three miles fre ita small dwelling-nouse a All the arable land not in eultivat set ingrase. Toa gentien idence this farm offers attra equalled, in Piedmont Virginia. ! the farm comimands a fine mountain prosp view of the surrounding couutry for ma The soi! is of exoellent origina! quality, a liarly adapted to the productic Loree in a good nds of Carriages and Lignt Wazon hand. All REPAIRS neatly done, and ai! or ly attended to 4 U ITED STATES rry,and connect with trains oi CAPON SPRING nehester, thence t Ing at Capon for ex i: ders prompt- hz & COUNLTY reB- d Carriages taken in ex change ANDKEW J. S0VC corner of isth and B str, Two very good at ); and severai at fe largest stock of new Pianos ever otfe: JOHN ate of improvement. The owner it for less than its value, it early application Persous wishing to p: communicate with W. D. WALLACH, F itor of the Sta W. P. SMITH, Master oi Transport: Cntel, Union.& States, Sw.) GEMENT! T SOUTHWESTERN ROUTE Orange and Alexandria Railroad. FROM WASHINGTON CITY, D.C, hy . ELL, 306 Pa. ave., bet. 9th and Leth s 1057" Music sent by wari, post free. Agent f }. ma, in the city ew York, feelsit his duty to caution ail pers subscriber respectfully informs and the public that he has taken the Srereton & Bro.. corner of 7th and F sts. vluere he will keep a general RIES, and FEED and PROVISIO Georgetown Advertisements. and GROCE Weare now manufacturing, and have o iN { best hand made BRICK, whi West Warket prices. stodeliverto any part 0; is situated near the Ayueduot, £0 RUNEY& JON Sucoessor te Rra UNNS & CLARKE’S ES HALLETT, DAVIS & CELEBRAT. Conatsntly receiving and fore Virginia side. : NO FORKTES, Apply toGE ICKERELL & CO, Georgetown, i THROUGH TICKE" UMMER DRINKS. lack berry Brandy, ds 96 Pa. av., between 9th and Wth sts, Purchasers will find it to their interest to examine for themselves the superior qualities of the above WiQ avenue and 6th ton, on board of the Steam Ferry < the United States Mi Ginger Wine, CALIFORNIA, Roat George Paxe, Alexandria Railroad, at Alexandria, To Richmond, Danville, Lynchburg, Bristol, , Delton, Atlanta, Chattanooza, t the office of the Urange aud Stovis, Covers, Melodeons, &c., &c., Malt Liquors. Sat. u's and other Bitters, The cheapest, best and largest assortment of Por- n Stout and Lager Beer ever offered ASHINGTON INSURANC Memphis, Montgomery and New Orleans, vove, as well as our unrivalied Mineral By a direct route, ard ec fons t id Cider, constantly on hand ay ic fors soar 3 and ith street 57 Green street, corner ot Olive, 4 Georgetown. 4 oad ma7-2wlyif hours, eam f-rry boat G M. RUPPEL, “sig Market Space, No. 37. hetween Bridge and Cana! streets, Georgetown, announces to his patrons that at h RESTAURANT may be found, at ali times, the choicest and assortment of Lit OYSTERS T Norra side of Sengers take t Staunton, W ears tor Kichmonud ritks, Voodsteck,&e, H pomts Sovth- ee connections to Mem- ~D curner 7th and D stre tment of the p: A complete asi Carlton and Porter. wards, Hymns, Tracts, and Takings, Lost Chapte: west, making sure and c! most excellent dent, 20 that the row Chief of Piigrai ure having ocourrea » Peter Cartwright, Bitiieal Dietion ary, Tounge of Fire. What Must Ido to be $ Sting of the adder. qi Drake's History of Indians, S Wild Western Scenes, other Music. Bageare Wagons and Omnibuses leave the office, Pa. avenue, at 6 o’civek 3 of GAME in season, ie to the Great Falls, or Mm. and 7 p.m. A. EVANS, Agent. Washington. FROM WASHINGTON fr TO ALL ts furnished at any t vingston’s Travel Tive at Aspinwal Cond New Lute of Zion, and ,jeent for Publications of the “Chill’s INSURANCE, IDENT COMPANY, R.1, FIRE AND MARINE PARTS OF THE TR Ww = MUTUAL INSL SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST. JNTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITES. MONEY te LOAN on STOCK SKCURITIES CAUBB BRO’ TRipent Brock. CHARTERED BY L LATURE, JUNB, 185! SUMMER ARKAN With Greatly Laproved Schedules. REE THROUGH CONNECTING TRAINS RE NOW RUN E FROM WASHINGTON as Ist. THE CINCIN starts at 5.15 a, m., allo’ breakfast at the Kelay House, Washingte before proceeding West. 1 at 7.40 p. m,and counects at Benwood on 12 p.m, with Central One ¥ nd tutermediate GEMENTS Authorized Capital. J Cash Capital pa invested 2. OBED P. MILLER, d IMPROVE YOUR Serres Optucian, D, WOr bas arrived from FE own, ae woll othe: EYE-GLASS! PERISCOPIC DOU % EIVEDAT THE MUs METZEROT?, 8 la ew xtyle BANJOS, re assortment WARD CO wll HE WLST, BRIC “ERS AND PLASTERERS. NATI EXPRESS MAIL TO BRICKLAYERS AND PLASTERERS. ES ohn Ihave just received a iarae upp! SAND, which 1 will sei and LIME; Onk, Pine’ and Hickory Ash COAL, at the low- est market prices. Caillat my Wood and Coal Depot, corner of C aud ith sts., near the can:!. jell . W. BATES. LEONARD'S HAND-BOOK OF ed in the Feb- aZine, One Vol., BOARD OF DIRE. .ORS. Obed P. Muller, ‘Thomas A. De Wathen B. Ryder, Goorge Cleveland, Philip Ryder, ompany Insures against Loss or Damage hy Stores, Merchandise. Manulactories, Hote!s, &e ; also, Inland ‘Trangportation Cargo Risks at the ordinary rates of premium. Losses promptly and equitably adjusted and Ward Cowin, William A.B Samuel B. Darling, CL Oey which are warranted to improveany EYE atiected with weakness, or tend SHORT-SIGHTEDN now uring them, will be suited at firsteght. Those wonderiu! Td ANDST. Dwelinge, Mille y on Marine and have received Me higheet rece Worid’s Pair, at Pa clearness and easiness of vision heretofore unknows of Rinckwood's A cents; postage 12 cent nd Checker Board, for paving y cars and coaches, comp ete with TAYLOR & MAURY’S Rockstore 334 Pa. avenue. _ ES PATENT OF FIC x Louis, K:nsas, et ington to Cincinnatin <3 hours, or to St. Louis only _ All premiums are made specific when policies are issued, and are to be prepaid in mone’ er Assessment in case Of loxs Tl DAYTON, INDIANAPO- LOUIS, CHICAGO. AND EXPR eaves (eXcept G re for st ‘ennsy Vania avenue, tween D street and Pa. Las CATRO- Saturday and ptanges of a Stock é Sunday.) at 6.3) p. lity of an as- Washington Junction or Baitimore, leaving Baiti On Sunday Night the ce ‘4in is made by the 3.5) p.m. ‘Trac from Washington. To view the Grand Mountain Seenery of the Road in daylight, take the5.158.m. or6.30p.m Train from Washington. For Parkersburi Western Virginia |, Which precludes the po: saIent, Are very Obvious. ‘he Board of Directors have authorized the issues of Poticies on country risks, detached on very low On the petition of Frederic New York, praying for the exter the 19th of Qetober, opening and closing v for seven years from the . Wluch takes piace on the The Company expect to deserve the confidence of bus ness on as faveranie t T institution, and heir dealings. urties effecting in- the undersigned, RT KING, the public by denny ax any other sim fairness und liberality inal e granted and issu surance. at ouce withous and all Stations onthe North- vad take the 6,30 p.m. Train. ai! points on the Muriecta Raiiroad take the sama. ‘The Western connections from Washington aud more by all these Trains, are the closest, most A LARGE AS*®ORT Bu ed, that the said petition be heard at the Monday, the 4th elk m.;andall persons are 1 show cause, if any they have, why sei to be granted. opposing the extension are required to file jections, specially set ty days before the day ed by either party t hearing must be taken and transmt- lance with the rules of the Office, which Will be furnished on application, se will be closed on the 20th. : sand other papers relied upon as testimony must be filed in the Office en or before the morning of that day; the arguments,iiauy, within ten days thereafter. dered, also that this notice be published in the C.. and Atias, New York, wree weeks—the first publics to be atiast sixty Gays before the 4tnof Oct next, the day of hearing, tified to appear and direct andsinple that have yet been offefed to the traveling pablo Georgetown, D.C. GOR RENT.—A three-story BRICK HOUSE, with basement, on 2d st-eet late residence of M. De Bodisco, containg 16 or [7 rooms. The house and lot are large ane in oo! aving Ali the necessary out- buildings, batns, ig one of the most conin nd well arran, 7 BROOKE t in the Patent Othce their ¢ forth in writing, at least twe of hearing; all testimony fil s could suggest, have ‘Throagh Tickets and Baggare Checks to all every other possible facility will be found WAY PASSENGERS for the Main Stein of the ailroad will leave Washing- follows: For ail pots between to take the 5.15 a.m. tram, iedmont and Wheelin take witn the Frederick vxlious in George- t and elegance, AMS, Georgetown pand Predmon for Saturday, July —~Poems by Coventry Pat- Patristic Theology : ITTELL’S LIVI i 8 of Bohemia; French Siave Trade; England Army vs. Freneh more; Fiotu once 2 Week for ail kinds, Baggage Checks 8 ‘TELS in a variety of Marbles, choice assert sign and finish arey’s Teaching: The Mor- Fve of a Revolutic yol 5; A Human Warf; Religious Me Lady on the Mall; Mri Ether; Uniform Weights and Meaeur Living Age is published every Saturday in octavo form, containing about 80 Price $6 per annun JOSEP# HOLT. Commissioner of Patent P. S. Editors of the above papers will please copy, aud send their bills to the Patent Office,with 4 paper oontaining this notiea, HITE POINT GRAVEL for roofing and Also, best Holland Point and fat Sand. together with the best Hickory, Oak Pine Wood, and the best White and Red Ash and free-burning Coal for Summer use. On hand and for sale at my Wood, Coal and Sand Depot, corner of C and lith street. near the Canal. moa 1-tf K ATES ment of I stones at very low prices. Tr. At the Ticket Off W.P.SsMIT Baltimore, Mai a BANKING HOUSE oF CHUBB BROTHERS, Bank Notes will pleass paid in Gold. ned with depositors allowing them to deposit Gold aud Check for currency, the depositor being credited Hornby’s Stamboul; Master of Transportation. E, General Ticket Agent. 338 cents 4 single FRANCK TAYLOR, Agent. warden walks. Depositors de mark their Chee Deposites of Gold wi Accounts wi!! be 0 TRACTORS AND LAMBDIN. Joors, and Blinds, Crown Are- itrave, Pannel, and other Mouldings, Pisin and Brackets, aud all other work in connection jouse Building, chenper than any other estab- JENKINS & LAs Imporra NT zn Manufacture Sash, ORD MONTAGUE 4 romanee of tie seventeenth ames, author of “Riche! 2 etc. éte, Pric bh the diflerence. HURR BRE THERS = PIANOS, second: hin oF new begin upon monthly pay Piano and Musi n 9th and 10th sts. AT VASTLY REDU From this date J shall offer the fi lowing Goods for less than their real value, withthe view of reducing stock, viz: 2AS, LACE BASQUES, ING AND BA Store No, 38 Pa, avenue, JNO. F. ELLIS. UPEPER MILITARY INSTITUT next session of this Institution will cous on the firet Monday in September, 1e5e. CHARLES E, LIGHTFOOT, Culpeper €. B., Va. TOOTH, NAIL, AND BANDOLINE SHES at GIBBS’S Hair Store, near isth street, and at his Sales Room, under Wiilards’ Ho TONE CARRIAGE STEPS CAN BE HAD atthe Marbie Vard, corner 12th and Bb streets, Cheaper than elsewhere, N W GROCERY, WINE AND LiIWUOK STORE, RUTHERFORD, fi2th and & sts ouuments, &c., always on n Sout N. B.—Mantels, M band. old Ss mGE CLOAKS. E = logues apply to je 2-eotSep! ist em T.—$ A MontH —A Resident ed inevery town and county in gage in@respectable and iy realized. “For full particulars eddress Dr. rtainly realized. For full particulars address Dr. o. PHELPS BROWN, No.2i Grand stre oh the United States, to en easy business, ee ce. Special attention paid to DRESS-MAKING, in the latest French styles, and at the sportest naties. A CLY: LOPE COMMERC ADIES’ HAIR WORK REPAIRED, or taken 4 inexchangs,at GIBBS’ Wiz, Braid, and Manufactory, Pa. avenue between 9th and 10th ste AWNBROKER. §| 0 willbe Joaned, 1 i His, Ob Buy Articles o} aaa ty ny AC HERZ OERG, Licensed Pawnbroker, 429 Pa. ave., bet. Ad and 455 sta. ‘Centre Market DIA_OF COMMERC AL NAVIGATION mans, Corresponding Secretary of the ommerce of the City of bY he Bankers’ Magazine; - Author of “A nt of the Foreign Com- PP. 2,000, doab e Produce, of ment 515 SEVENTH STREET, Continues to furnish COP FINS. at short notice, of all kinds and sizes. to removing persons from the grounds to new Cemeter Furniture repaired; c and Editor of For Parlors, Bedrooms, Diningroomi jotels, Bari - Railroads, Chur: the newest styl grent variety. alr Upholstering done ; and Var- and 7th, No, ‘np 22-anden ‘rooms, Offices ches, &o., of all Also, Watches and ch and ire ae at ices sul e-tim: Which will be pri ROBIN it meree of t eU. 8. Royal octa evlumn, strongly boued in muslin. $6; 1D strong nding, $.25; in haif calf extra, $8; copies 'AYLOR & MAURY, UBIN’S EXTRACTS, ail odors, at GI ir 8: 13th street, Bad at his sal eundence-D street, between 6th in two vols, t HE LARGEST PIANO WAREROOMS IN the city, the greatest oo} every artic’e the Music line at the Music Store of JOHN F, ELLIS, N. lection of Music, and Kors. Balis, Cords. &c.. ONLY RE eT Vall Tam POR CALIFORNIA AND VIA PANAMA RA Kegular Sasiing Days, bis € th Of s00h monia, Castion.—So many frauds and imposi- tions of various kinds have beon late rpetrated on traveliers hound teCA L. “ORNIA, that the subsoriber, the only authorized passage by the U.S. Mat Line, vis Pana- eeking passage to California, N, they must he careful to of the U. 8. The Companies hav thee in New \ort, ch is at 177 Vi est streat, corner of Warren street, ug on the North River, at the head of the Com- mas Whart. Observe my sign over the door. oe ditiehineas. MA! EAMSHIP COM 7 PACIFIC AL Pe One 6f the Steams: { this Company, cerrr! tor ACAPLLO- sg nd OREGON, pany "# steam- York regu- Wome, AiL the conueciing vis PANAMA K ‘Thess steamships have been in aud oved by the Navy Department, SS sPe en long)is now leted & dim 3 s checked in } “are kept p, to prevent detention in case of aoa imentirely re nt years, Passengere leave Pansins the same day they ar- juctors go through by each steamer, ard tase charge of womenand children without other protes OF or theeeah Gehate bt the Sowant rates apply at agenoy, [77 West street, New \ ork, to 1. W. RAY fe akekie ARMSTRONG, HARRIS & CO. Now Orieans,—@ iv eee CLL. RAR TLETY,. Roaten, Es. NGTHEN and assist them, by the Paris FSON, who f the UBLE FOCUS and BRAZILIAN PE BBL! |. catart, ing to it; Biso led Lo use ginsses,or those (BLE POLISHED at ORYSTAL Rt mendations at the rough ther prodyem, « UB. RA, SPY. and MAGN » And Microscopes je At his store, corner of Eayhth street and Enehth street No. 491. be enue. 6 carmer of Ath strect, the same as at his Do not mistake riees very reasonst lishment in Furope. Dott WILLOW WARE, P CYCRES” VOD ad LUOKING GLASSES: abeve articles cheaper than any and invite persons in want give us” cul, ns OUT motto! k sales and stall prohits.”” 4s of Old Furniture token in ex- fnew, ats fur valuation. Don’t mistake the pluce-—Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th atreet. (ina 20) BONTZ & BRO- ARBLE WORKS, ERFORD. AKTIFICER IN MAKELB, E Streat, between (2th and Lith Streets North, Wasulne ron City, Invites public attention to his extensive stock of fui designed ad Eisberately Carved MA peeluer w TATUARY, which nnot be surpassed, and are wo e Garden or Tomb. A large assort eo Mantels, Monuments, and Tom!- japted for Monuments of any design executed to order with punctuality and dispatch. Estimates given for Brownstone or Martie work or North River Fiaging,and every other work m our line. ~ inspection of our stook. AR Sates neve ul the address. fol t-aa O FOR* Slo A MONTH.—Six very A coon second und Manos, for sale low ai gin nth. * OHN F. ELLIs, ust ae of 1t—a PIANO for $10 per month at ELLIS’S ne Store. jen RY GOOD SECOND HAND PIANOS for sale At three nud ten dowders per month, at No, 3% between ¥th and lth streets. yt JOHN F. ELLAS, in iT begs leave way thet he hae The subscriber beg opened a New Store, corner of 7th and & wher ee oO et alien Pou Soap, Olives, Rai » > hs 0 i1¢8, &e., all of the most Pree ae Oid Whisky of 1800 constantly on hand. Country orders punctually attended to. and Cour- ail . received On consic! ~ r ONAS ¥ ‘Successor to B ro. corner of F, opposite the Par LOCKS A ust from #1 to 61d. Galland eee for i. ROBINSON 34 Ps. av., opposite Browns” Hotel. B—CLOCK MATERIALS, such ne a - ohaap. ATUSIGAL INSTRUMENTS, of every kind Mi ccreicils repaired at ELLis's, lag Wh