Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1859, Page 2

EVENING STAR. |"2%7¢70n wxws ano som. , anneal jocratic Sera _Cavous <a members of WASHINGTON. CITY: iperatic ie seme ps pte 29 18590 ucus this morning, ew the su! a Kj pancetta sce = + vernal ing the Tariff. Senator Hunter introduced # resolution de- claring that it is inexpediont to change the tariff at the prevent session, and contended that on the revival of business the present law would be ample to supply sufficiea? revenue. Mr. Bigier offered, as a substitute, » resolu- tion declaring that as the revenue is ‘asuffi- cient, it is; therefore, wise to increase the im- port duties. The amendment of Mr. Bigler was rejected, and that of Mr. Hunter adopted by a large majority. Mr. Slidell regarded it the duty of Congress to lobk rather to a reduction of expenses than an igcrease of revenue. heagh «+ The Star” is printed ex the Satna ices eel im use south of Baiti- more, its editien is se large as te require it te be te press at an early hour, Adver- ; therefere, sheuld besentin y 19 o'clock, m.; etherwise they may net appear until the next day. - SPIRKIT OF THE MORNING PEESS. The Union, speaking of “ The Revival of Business—Tte Federal Revenué,” says that the late financial revolution has performed its great mission, the destruction of specalatiot schemes and the cheapeting of money by limi- iting its employment, and rendering its hol- ders more cautious and circumispect. It says that the importations into the city of New York during the present month are ¢normons, and that the conviction is universal amongst well-informed business mén, that we are just opening upon a plethoric supply of money for the federal exchequer. The [ntelligencer is devoted to Comgresstonal proceeding’ and news to-day. 17 Ellis sends us “Going Home,” and ‘‘Leav- ing Home,” two fine songs by Ordway. i" The late Dr. Geo. M. Newton, of Augusta, Ga , donates $150,000, to the Augusta Orpbaa Asylum. i> Wm G. Gole, Esq , has been nominated &s the Democratic candidate for Mayor of Fred- erick city, Md. U7? The Senate of New York have passed a Dill probibiting the admission of boys inthe New York theatres when unaccompanied. Tae Tate or 7H two BLack Cats.—Not the tale popularly believed to have been told of the doings of the Senate in Executive ses- Sion on Friday of last week, by those two veri- table black cats, but the legend concerning them as narrated by the “ oldest inhabitant”’ in Washington nurseries, and faithfully chroni- cled’ by a brilliant correspondent of the Star, below, is really one of the most readable things that has seen the light in this country in the last quarter of a century. We predict for it republication in many newspapers, and re spectfally ast all who may take occasion to spread it before their readers, to do us the justice to say, at the same time, that it is from the Washington City Star. The Twe Cats # the Capitol. An Invian Ltcryy. A long time ago, before the membry of man, and, indeed, before the Daily Glebe was first published, there dwelt a tribe of Indidns im the southern portion of the country afterwards ktown as Maryland. Within sight of the sm ke of (heir village, was a beautiful hill overgrown with oaks, with a sward so thick beneath the feet of the tall trees tht the bunter’s moccasin left no print on the herbage Near at hand a rivulet leaped and spa: kled from rock to rock, murmur- ing ever with the pleasant music that waters make, and bearing on its bosom the fallen blooms of the cherry and laurel, that dipped their boughs in i's wavelets as it hurried to cast itself upon thy broad bosom—Potomac! We bave heard that this dancing brook was after- wards christened the Tiber, after some far away river that stoed by a great city whose impurities turned the crystal of its waters to Toler, even as care turns the roseate of youthful cheeks into parchment, or greed transmutes the beart and complexion of tue miser to the color of the gold- en calf The children of the forest had an attachment to the billof which I speak. They held their pow wows there On the precise spot now oceu- pied by Capt. Meigs’s heating apparatus they lit their council fires. The deer on the adjacent heights of Virginia, seeing the gleam in the summer nights, would raise their stately heads, prick up thee small ears, and, with their uos- trils quivering, seek to divine what unwonted star was rising from the east. Then speeding swiftly away, fear lending wings to their flight, they wouid disappear in the direction in which it is popularly believed the star of empire takes its way. The bill, as I have said, was invested with a sacred character as the council ground of the tribe. Other circumstances gave it a double share of sanctity; for on its summit, a sachem, who Was strongly suspected of being either a necro- mancer or Know Nothing, had built himself a lodge. Here he lived in solitude with bis squaw, whose name was Tabitha; his, Tomas, or, for sbort, Tabby and Tom. Throughout the whole tribe be was reputed a medicine man of forty bolus power. No norther could blow but he was supposed to havea band in tts guidance; no spell of weather troze p the bireb canoes on the River of Swans, but fe wes known to hae had something to do in the congealation. Hun- ters never missed their game but they believed Tomas bad bewitcbed the sha‘t, nor dusky young Pocahontasses failed to attract the regards of the braves, but they knew Tabitha had looked on them with the evil eye. And so they brought to the sachem offerings of game, and skins, and narcotic weed, praying him, in his distribution of patronage, to remember the claims of the un- dersigned = Tomas took the per centage and credited the givers. At least I hope be did. The old edda from which | learn this history, does not say that he ever went from home to give an account of his stewardshipto his constituents. Had he done so, there is no doubt he would have been entitled to mileage, which would, equally without doubt, bave been promptly allowed by the proper committee. Certain it is that he lived as a sachem should live, at the expense of the majority, feeding from the public crib, and as much fawned upon as if be hud been a door- keeper or the he:d of a department The Sachem presided ez officio in the grand palaver of bis nation. Jn the lower, or deliber- ative council, he performed the honorable fanc- tions of * Speaker’’—so called because he never expressed bis sentiments on beg fe but when any oue else made motions out of order, brought him to the floor by a well-directed blow of his bammer In the higher, or executive assembly, he served the office of ‘* Vice Manitou” This being a more dignified body, the hammer was dispensed witb, as not coming under the rules. When an orator in that assembly transcended tbe comprehension of his colleagues, it was the duty of the Vice Manitou to remark, ‘‘the tongue of my brother speaketh buncombe,” which bad usually the effect of causing the orator to subside oa bis haunches. [tis true that some sectional men would occasionally rebel against this re- minder, and would threaten to secede; but as the fi. si who made the suggestion were immediately afterward seen running down the hill, at two degrees forty minutes, with several arrows in bot pursuit, the disunion feeling grew weaker, until, at length, the commonweal became so cemented that no one thought of expressing sen- timents adverse to the constitution unless he were already at the bottom of the hill out of arrow-shot, and certain, Moreover, that no soecial Sines were within hearing. Tobus flourished, in those halcyon days, the Great Republic of Red Men, No. 1, serene in the baght effulgence of their comstellation—a warn- log and example to all the nations of the earth, and able to vanquish in single combat their own afavity, avoirdupvis, in tameless felines of the pérarie. | Weil, it fell upon a day in the merry month of May, tbat the Improved Order of Red Men held axiand pow-wow on Palaver flill. The subject of their deliberations wes to construct a bunting path from the valley of the Parent of Waters to the sands of the Western Sea, I will not men- tion the names of the speakers, although | know tbem all, having spelied them out of the saya of the pub. docs. Suffice it to say that most of their brief remarks were longer than the pro- posed road, wider than the forty miles of alter nate sections, and sballower than the offers of capitalists to construct it. Now it so happened that the great Tomas had one mortal aversion,and that was to long 5 es. Once, when an Indian agent treated him aspeech anda dinner, Tomas bad remarked— “Brother, shorten your speak, and lengthen your mutton :’? On the occasion of debating the buating path—Tomas, as Vice-Manitou, had borne up under the eloquence, with the endu- rance chafacteristic of his race. ‘Fhe gentiemen who usually acted with him «aw. however, that a burst was brewing. Puffs of smoke issued from bis calumet at Intervals Spasmodically, and a cloud darkened b countenance, as the shadow of coming storm deepens on the lake. Atlength, unable sey Ya to withstand the eloquence of ### be leaped from a squatting positiow into an up- right, smashed tue calumet on the respected bead of tne clerk, and exclaimed ‘May I bed—a if this isn’t worse than Kan: Horror, that 1 should have sueb a tale to relate! Would that his pions mother bad been then and there pres- ent, and duly qualified, to ask him the pertinent question, if “He knew where he was going to?" But the avenging Manitou would not suffer such an ontrage on the Proprieties of debate to Piss unpunished. Tomas was forthwith read wut of the Democratic party, and placed tn the ® me category with the Senato: f om Jilinois. He cr a — ved seh office; bis accounts were tuade the subject of special investigation, and the talk in the hotels wan that he wenlmplicatea in sme discreditable land transactions of the tebby. Ja the disgust with public life which these jncidents naturally occasioned, he pray-d to the Spirit inbabiting that islaod in the Poto- nae which has since nm unsuccessfully gested asa site for the mitentiary—! c bim intoacat! His 4 ie vant ee GP Samuel N. Burnett, formerly a member of tbe Georgia Legislature, bas been arrested on the charges of swindling and forgery. i> Benkert’s ‘‘ Napoleon IV Grand March’? and ‘: God Save the President’? were performed by the Marine Band at the President’s reception on Tuesday night. UF “The Minister's Wooing,” Mrs. H. B. Stowe’s new serial, is reprinted in monthly parts in London, as fast as it appears ia the Atlantic Monthly. GP A special term of the Circuit Court, Judge Keuny, of Rockingham, presiding, will be held at Staunton, Va., next month, beginning on the th, for the trial of Rev Daniel Downey. > A year and a half ago, four young ladies in Cincinnati were married atthe same hour. Two bave since separated from their husbands, and the other two are trying to get separated {7 The London commercial journals think the prospect for ship-owners is better for the ensaing year; and tat there will be an improve- ment in freights and the shipping business gen- erally. U7 During the past year, the Governor of Michigan, bas pardened no less than 5Yconvicts. The Detroit Tribune states that a fruitful source of pardons is found in the enormously lony sen- tences of Judges. ————— Up The Calais Advertiser Teports that Mrs Jemima Noble, aged %, died in Calais January Jith. A year or two before she died, an entire new set of teeth had grown in her mouth, and she could see and hear as well as when young. U7" The New Orleans Picayune expresses its Satisfaction that a recent attempt to get up a priz: ring exhibition tn that city quite faited of success. The principle parties interested were Aaron Jones and the « Benec th i> A motion for a new trial has been entered in the ase of Peter Corrie, lateiy convicted at Towsentown, Md., for the murder of Officer Rigdon, im Baltimore last fall. Nine different Teasons are alleged by the defendants counse! why @ new trial should be granted, most of them be- ing incompetency on the part of different jurors. eNOS SE fs se aaah 1 We are indebted to Seymour & Co., 13 Frankfort street, N. ¥., for Nos 2, 4,6, and 8 of their valuable and cheap publication, ‘* Our Mu- sical Friend.” For ten cents a week the sub- scriber to this pablication gets the composition s of the best American and European composer* arranged for the voice and the piano. i>” The next (October) election in Iowa is quite important, and probably will be »barply contested by the Republicans and Democrats. A Legislature for two years, upon which will de- pend a successor to James Harlan, United States Senator, a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and three Judges of the Supreme Court are to he cho- sen at that time. —_____. From Uran.—Utah dates to Dec. 28th have been received at Leavenworth. There bad been no quorum of the Legislature in attendance Gov. Camming’s message is described as brief and pointed The weather has been very severe. The mer- cury stood at 28 degrees below zero for four con- secutive days The President’s message arrived at Sali Lake in eleven days. An entirely practicable pass through the Sierra Nevada, which shortens the distance to the Pa cific materially, has been discovered —————_____ Tux ASRIDGEMENT OF THE Desates oF Con- eREss. are indebted to the publishers, D Appleton & Co, New York, for sending us, through the hands of the Washington agent of their valuabie publications, Mr. J. Shillington, bookseller, the eighth and ninth volames of the great work of the late Colonel Benton, named above, which fully bear out the high estimate we bave already put upon this great labor of Col. B.’s remarkable Pablic life—a book em- bracing more of substantial utility as a labor- saving, money-saving, and time-saving work, than isto be found in all the books so far pub- lished by order of Congress. Despite the well- remembered idiosyncracies of the author, which ever and anon peep out in this book, the amount of useful information to the statesman, Publicist, or student it embraces concerning the legislation of this Government upon all subjects, even now of current interest, or likely to be of future in terest, Is most remarkable, and could have been jammed iato so small (comparative) space by no other writer than one who like Col Benton, was most methodical, laborious and concise in all he did, for well nigh half a century. Nor conid any other but himself bave so capitally indexed his work, thus rendering it instantly serviceable to any who would consult it. {t is Proposed, if we mistake not, that Congress shail order the Preparation and publication of an index to the — nae published directiy by them- selves ; todo either of which; the index aforesaid, wilt AFurtna eg bedleth 5 original work and its necessary use it will necessitate one to kee} whole library of folio pebes—cnatee to pete it certain that the labor of Using the index wilt not be undertaken by any man in the United States who can on any reasonable terms avail himself of the advantage of etting the sub- stance of what he would investigate in Benton's scarceness, to to 6 allthis. When fet for Cate? t it and disclose them- la the the Republic these un- happy g Tarely seen, for men it and ac! more than spoke. Grad: their a have become more freq 4 until, of late, they have more than once known their presence bv cat-calls from the gal- ery, and by ‘én propriis perso: Executive ses! nm. ** What,’? I ask, for a reply, ‘is the wodd comi ? echo answers from her far-off caves, ‘‘havn’t the lightest idea !’’ . it so happens-that en exorclem ean be found to allay these ghosts. Searching over an old black- the mysteries of the cabala and the abraca- retest the divining-rod and the fern seed by which we walk invisible, and -how to make a man seem to have a besa fp foe bas i 5 ‘h that is no mystery, for we meet nead- ie with hats on, walkin; along the avenue ising Territorial governments introduced by Mr Stephens. was one for the Territory of letter book of witcheraft, wherein are duly set lene pm it was to this, and not that for Jefferson, that Mr. Grew pro an amendment, laws of Mexi¢o, continuing in force over it the of which country it once formed t. * Tne ienataidér of the day. after our report every day—I found the spell, whieh I whisper in | closed, was ocoupied in the transaction of pri- the reader’s war, lest the ancient Nicholas hear it it is “the fore minutes rule!” The narrawr of this legend wonld fain say more—weuld fain describe how (in the millen- tum )-the five minute’s rule bei , Ta- , Will aseend to the music of bail Columbia ber proudly floats the flag—the stripes dis- pensed with and the stars increased But here a world of cats, like Jessica’s world of monkeys,— early youth, rise up in judgment; so, as De Quincy says, “J will cat no more.’ * Rest, rest, perturbed spirits—both the two Cats of the Capitol—and those I slew ” a Hunter. ACarttat Sevection.—The gentleman con- firmed by the Senate a few days since to the office of chief coiner of the San Francisco mint, we appre hend, will prove to be one of the very best appointments of the kind so far made ander this Government, for his selection is be- ing praised Sy the conductors of the Philadel phia newspap.rs (where he long residea; of both parties. ‘1'he position is one of great im- vate business. _ Adjourned. Preceedings ef Te-Day. ng adopted, Is tax Sexars, to-day, Mr. Polk presented bitha ard Fomas, the two black cats of the Cap- | the memorial of the St. Louis Chamber of Com- merce, praying the establishment of a mint and assay office in that city; referred. Mr. Bright introduced a bill to incorporate that | shot on the roof of the woodshed in my } the National Washington Monument Society; laid over. Mr. Broderick introduced a bill to establish por cab pee communication with the Pacific; refer the Pacific railroad bill. He su, the bill be so amended us to make the roads within its own limits; laid over. Mr. Brown called up the bill a) $6,400 for e Mall; Also, the bill to protect vent malicious stock portance and trus t, and the President is to be | lumbia; paseed. congratulated on finding an appointee likely to fill it worthily. We quote the Philade!phiia , journals wpon this appointment, as follows : i «Mr. Slocomb possesses every qualification pecessary to discharge t ¢ duties of this respon- sYble otfice satisfactorily, and bis selection will gray bis old friends in Pennsylvania and hix many ones in the golden State. Fortwenty five years+* was known in this city as a man of irreproachable character, and a steadfast Demo- crat.”"—Philadelphia Argus, Jan. 26. * He always possessed the reputation of being a highly intelligent and most reliable gentleman, both in political add business circl 8. He bax been at all times a Demoerat and a friend of the President, but heis indeMed for hisappointment, not so mnch for any persona feeling on the part of the President, as to the satixfactory evidence exhibited by him of his artistie skilf and busi- ness qualifications for the office He was sus- tained in his application by the most infinential citizens of Callfornia connected wit? the Demo- cratic party.’’— Pennsylvanian, Jan, ®. ‘A Good Appointment —Weare gratified to ob- serve thet Mc. Riley W. Slocomb, formerly of this citv, but for many years an esteemed citizen of San Francisco, ha@been appointed chief coiner of the mint in the latter city, and his appoint- ment has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate. M:.Slocomb has many warm friends in this community who will be pleased to learn bow well his strict integrity of character and well known worth have been rewarded ’— Phila. Enquirer, Jan. 27. Nava Exoingers —Second Assistant En- gineer Mortimer Kellogg has been ordered to New York, at the establishment of Jas. Murphy & Co., to assist with the drawings of the ma- chinery for the new sloop building at the Brook- lyn Navy Yard. Third Assistant Engineer G. W. Rogers has been ordered to the establishment oi Woodruff & Beach, Hartford, Conn., on similar duty. There are but four engineers of the entire corps unemployed. Tas Weatner.—The following report of the weather for this morning is made from tle Morse Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution. The time of observation is about 7 o'clock: JANUARY 29, 1859, New York, N. Y.. egy, Warm. Philadelphia, Pa.. -foggy: Baltimore, Ma.... Washington, D. C. Richmond Va. Petersburg, Va.. Norfolk, V: Lynchburg, si Knoxville, Tenn rennet hiesage battan: a. Wilmington, N.C Columbia, S.C.. Charleston, 8. C. «clear, warm. -cloudy, mild. «clear, 59°, wind SW. Augusta, G2..... loudy, warm Savannah, Ga udy,59°, wind S. Macon, Ga. ning, warm. Columbus, Ga ning, mild. Montgomery, Ala.. Lower Peach Tree, Ala., Frederick, Md.... Hagerstown, Md. clear, warm. Cumberland, Md -clear, warm. Pittsburg, Pa.. clear, warm. Wheeling, Va. clear, warm. Grafton, Va.. ‘eloudy, warm Parkersburg, Vi «clear, warm. Cincinnati, O, clear, pleasant. Barometer at the Smithsonian. at 7 a.m. (cor- Tected for temperature) 29,974; at noon 29 951, Thermometer, at 7 a, m. 44°; at noon 55°. Mar'mum during hours ending 9a. m. to- day 60°; minimum 42°! YOUNG MEN’S UNION BIBLE CLASS \ at the Rooms of the Young Men's Christien Association THIS DAY. Subject--"Professed Revelations.” it ——e—ss est ALL ERRSONS OWNING LUTS IN TF ths Burial Ground belonging to St. John’s Churoh are requested meet inthe Vestry-Room o! the Charet om Sy EONSEDA EVENING, Feb- |. ALE 0 % ruary W. P.8. SANGER. CHARLES ABERT, ja R-4t tee of the Vestry. Of teeeeg IAN LECTURES.—Prof A o ‘ASWELL.of Brown Ueaveraity (President the American Association for the Advancement of science,) will commence a course of \ectures on FRIDAY EVENING on Astronomy, First leo ture—The Magnitude and Figure of the Earth. on 'y, Jan. 3ist—The Law of Gravi- tation. Third, on Wednesday, Feb 2d—The Di- mensions of Solar System, or the extent of our knowledge planetary distances. Fourth, on Frid+y, Feb. 4th—Sideral Astronomy. ja 2-6 PAINTINGS A AMERICAN Rg TieTS the third annual ibition of the Washington Art Association, consisting of Paintings, Statuary, Water Colors sod Crayon, Drawings, is now open at the new and spacious Galleries of the Association, on Penn. avenue, between Ith and llth streets, EVERY DAY from '00’elock a. m. to 50’clock p. m., and in the evening from 7 to 10 o’clock. Admission 25 cents jni9 tf ovs!—Toys U—TOYS !!—A Isrge stock and yn a ps amend _LAMMOND’?, OND’S, NOS SOLD UPON MONTRLY IN- iments of asmall amount. Prices for good hand Pianos from $30 Pia secon ‘anos from to $15, For new Pisuos from $200 to $600. JOHN F. ELLIS, jn 306, between 9th and 10th sts. UHN McKENNEY, H.N. LANSDALE. J A ME Tob INSURED? We Insure Buildings, Merchandise, Househoid Personal Property generally against e by Fire, io sale Prompt com- and eK: NNEY & LANSDALE. No, 520 7th at.. near D. WAGON GREASE, now in store 2% kegs of PATENT E GRHASE! for wagons and all heavy business,which we offer at the low price of 8 cone pee _— OWELL & MORSELL, jn 29 3t *Nor333 6 st. bet, 6th and 7th Pror. MENAGER, F Rom Paris, ARTI St HAIR DRESSER, For La bike AND GENTLEMEN, will i at their homes to exeoute orders for tie best Dressing. enid at M’me Vex Dreat Maker and Mit'iner, #5 F st. three vors from 7th st. miw* ; uest was granted toan| | ADIES’ DRESS TRIMMINGS—Just_re- Abridgement, pithily stated, and placed te cactaneguane —_ ay ma for bis wife was Level. bang ply of those mu single glance under bis eye, as it were penalty was appended to thelt monn e ent! | ore; al nille F rioge, 10 black, They we chim their punishinent Buttons; a Fe os ne — imoed to haunt the spot where reduced ‘pri A PERSONAL tine" hens thels councit Ares, and to iisten to ail Brinans Burcone: ods Om BW. Moore, of Texas, is at Kirk | That Individual, Promo er, be dove there. AY woods chained tothe rock, with that nondecen ne wat pean. bifceaeyovath tide, sees Spirit of the Times comes | re @ on the one-cent piece, gnawing =F. wa Soe tama dL to wa een ed | mourning the death of its | bis vitals, Uke a contractor at 'a “post kot 51 A GARD. 5iL P fetor, John Richards. won'd not have changed places with aprinl LF MUDD phd hte Sehenk. ond Sam teal in [Of Hattiord, is investing cap. | *2owa what was to follow! &4 tyme peste te mmr era n £:)z0n8 land aod Mines. His brother-in- ation of talkers, numerous as the buffa- t. Spa me on 9th s'reet, between Jaw bas gene ont ag his agent ©, and equally objectionable in point of suavity, D atreei, next door to G. & sa if 274 Lone, the new British Minister, ix over the tand and established their hair Rice, where he will mixke to arder Gee said to be one of theerack whiat of Bu. ‘er on thé embers of the council fire, Youths, and a’ cr ASS rope, and a devoted wor, pper of the panse of lungs these pale faces had | Usual style For durability of worl = 7 A New York correspona. orn. mach to.say, and the ex! reol thelr | tnown ne Parongt sity pas it “from aadhotoed sumone eens | 282 Y, Was that they said the sume thing over | Powe te Be! » reapect, ant eutirely aiere + baste p> eb mwop bie mon, tnnb woe cite ST.y gmivet tbat cane up. Srhere-| & inatylennd Be, ‘ny other soldin the city. A | niet, “pahivens ranger $s rlwaysa dM Glty about a righ} of starch, les bonner lo write @ series of papere tien * bonodary, and riff, and a ‘brough » period of ax months, for the Leak who Dimself tm a fence, ald a <ouetiicellliin cerry iaing aad bss Patterns ©: sarctaia eat ie.cojer, MUDD iasroory HM etree ee Olen ernment Departments; Also, a bill authorizing issue licenses to taverns, &c.; Also, a bill conferring certain powers in re- lation to alleys on the Corporation of the City | #rayman, B of Washington ; passed A bill to incorporate when our report closed. ebley, Mr. Gwin called up his motion to ~— soe Andrews, Jno W Gideon, 3 at @ bids for | avert, HF the construction of the different roads receiv- | A¢ams, F & able in sections, so as to enable the State of | Adrian D California to bid for the west end of either of lighting with gas the atreets wee | roperty and pre- ief in the District ‘of Co. Also, a bill to amend the act incorporating the Provident Association of Clerks in the Gov- the Levy Court to the National Washing- ton Monument Society was under consideration ix tax House, a communication was re ceived from the Postmaster General relative to that branch of the public service ; from the the number of hands employed in the Navy Yards; from the | sauk-,J & Secretary of the Interior relative to Rock Isl- and military reservation ; from the Secretary of | Bs: the Treasury, stating the number of clerks em- ployed in that Department; and from the Sec- retary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House the publication of certain State pores, = of which were appropriately dis- ed of. Secretary of the Navy, stati: concerni The private calendar was then taken up. THE NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA. The steamship Illinois from Aspinwall January 19th, arrived at New York on Friday. she brings $1,210,713 in treasure, and five days later mails; ‘The mails from Central America and the South Pacific are a fortnight later. ‘The Alta Californian, of Jan. 5th, has the fol- lowing summary of news : ‘The Legislature met on the 34 inst. The President’s Message arrived at Placerville on the Ist inst., twenty-one days from St. Louis via Salt Lake. One hundrecl and sixteen persons were natu- ratized in Sacramento in 1858. A party has gone out from Los Angelos to Sook, Jno w choose a site fora military it. THIS SVENING, Jan. 28, 1839, brilliamt artist, MISS JANE M. DAVENPORT. Wil coven peOG 6 Se et fa if Greea, e MASKS AND FACES. Gren Received on Thursday ‘With the most en Bolmes, Mary that of one of Caw Rows. M siane. ‘G ront ener. ey After piece, Tey i SWISS SWAINS. Sarah a isholm. Gath'ne J . Eveline P-ices ss veusl.7} estes te Ue Cordes, Hetty © = Kelly, Alics corger of FP svenve jith street, pee agate ng wo wil be oven testy 25. m until 5 p.m. x Gesrtecy, Jette Leonard. & ies HILHARMONIC HALL. LABORDE. FORMES. tt Ulimann respectfa!ly informs the public that GREAT ARTISTS OF Sits COMPANY, re r THE ORCHBSTRA. wall give most puritively an only Gtlieepte, On TUESDAY EVENING, Feb ist. The following artirte will appear: ME LABOR De, 1 y JONI. M’LLE POINS' os ee Gal we. Ash ey, ARL Asbley, Jos M Godt #7. Jos . SIGNORI FLORENT. TaMARop™ Peontman Jes F iy LIETIL © Ameld James Gilmore. Jao B | Prensiee, GeoD nace ik” momeee aa ° Thee Gresham, Bon J B 2 Piper, Geo W . ed of ali the Grimes, Bou Jas W Pew, Geo C SOLO PLAYERS OF TUE ITALIAN ORERKS” rat ad Srahata, Geo Fore A NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MUSIC. able, D Gottemann, K pe RTL ‘tame, 08 rote, oto”! Shard Bass GUSTAY BATTER, nog von : sae or Gibbr, = will eppear on the aime occasion. Aber. “t Prockauma—Pant J. ee ZB | Bochn Fe 1. Overture—Merry Wives of Wi ‘he Orchestra Sc. Piovm zu “tle Poinset #rowa, Wm Benard, T roe mpd Mle Ghee . je ‘ a fe hony—Mendeis— 7. Andante—t ist sym, apanosenes The Orchestre Parr Ul. 1, Overture—( Nozze di Figaro) The Orches'ra Brown, 5 P 2. Soo—Prann..... ...... - +. Gustay Satter ; 3. German Lied Ths Wanderer) ... Carl Formes Bennett, Bic! 4. Polsoca—! owbardi)........ M"Le Powsot tte—< Lucta) soba NE Lab: rae. ‘Trmsro, Fiorergs, and Colle'ti 6. Overture—( Martha) --- ne Orchestra Musical Director. .. Cari Ansoburtz ITF Price of edmission ( Reserved Seat ) 82 Hay, Dr 7,3 Re 5 Hotchki U7~ The sale of seats commcnoes on Saturday ow ya parent mo ning, at 9 o’cloc! ytd m.JR2 Baiy, Jas Doors i ‘olook . Barber.JnoT © Hayne, Hon AP 27 td Jonson, AC aj JES Jones, Ls W # ON OF THE ILLUs- John, Miltem St ! DY’S COLLHOCT! Be S DE4D JuU! ON EXHIBITION Z.dno A Jauniogs. 3 POR A SHORT TIME * Di eet enn k BRADY'S GALLERY-s8? Ps. avenue. Kidacy, Wm Twenty-five Portraits of Distinquished Ameri or. whose names have become * fawiiar ee house- words.”” U preciate this collection, it must be oars Eevee ‘Apart from its great value as a Collection of portraits, 8 8 fine art ecl/setion it has never been equsi ed. m, free, from8a,m.to6p.m. ja 25 6t DD FELLOWS HALL. Kenyas, Wm 8 Show, Jobe Kenuety, Mertin Smith, Joc E Keilinrer, Hon JW come. —_, - J Brockdaie, Jao King DR Sieeiman, Geo J B Laue, Timothy Tre, Sewn Now Oren, avy Exurerrine Niextiy, Browbicker, Chas Locks Jno — 4 Ld SANDERSON’S Siena. Josateca, , mois, COLOSSAL DIOKAMI® ILLUSTRATIONS Craudie, WL Lewis, Joe Smoot, John or THE Corwin, Hon T3 Laurence, HWW Smith J RUSSIAN WAR AND SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL Comprising Battles. Sieges, Storms, Shipwrecks, T: Moonlight Views, &0., &o.. eeut ( hemoal and Mecranica’ ketry, Cancnnading, Thunder, Ligh and Kain. The whole acoompanied SPLENDID BRASS BA Scuoonaker, Frank Savage, Etwa Suttle, D P Campbell, Oorwio, Rev J wr aD . ir Murry, Thomas a D. Ca‘telton, Jas W Acompany has been formed to supply Los | Csrrell, JnoB — Maloney, 8 C 1DJ™ Admission 25 cents; Reserved Seate 4 cents, Angeles with water. i —. a No half price for Children except on Saturday after rhe town of New San Pedro is growing and | Coie, Geo W hy, Thi tchmidi, A 74 P becoming a busy place. acta Sines, 2 B Maitea ie W 3 sem a x noe pay oe Sr se open from 10 to onthe copes tion stage, at ag gs running Eth ben a Meatea, mi on 2. into at the time, has since . The passenger | Conuingham, Chas Mendenhall, has beendischaiged as justifiable in shooting, | S23, O%, Marti, BALLS, PARTIES, &c. and the death of Case does not alter the matter | ¢'*\* " S OF THE S&B > in the least. } prado Lm ayaa HE MEM ERS OF THE SHIELDS’ CLUB ‘There were 175 births in Sacramenté City last | Chi |, Alex Mile, Joo onhened heen sonrally thar thoy oth i faree cases there were twins: In one | Churchill, Cot & — Movre, Jamre meas rwintiele: in two cases boy and girl. In| Dickerson. WH2 Moore, Geo B jos By January and February there were 15 births, which Ll were girls. were ‘ births, of which 16 were boys. Nottce has been given to the United States District Court of the Southern District, that the claim of J. Y. Limantour to the Lagunda de ‘ache ranch will be appealed to the Uaited States Supreme Court. The ex ports of treasure by steamers from Cali- fornia in !45> amounted to $45,100,269 66. The value of exports other than treasure Dostonde, Col K 4.2 amounted to $4,622,120. The debt: of the State amounts to $4,623,604. The amo unt of money sels running by sea at this port was $2,767 875 During the vear 1858 there were 248 divorce the insolvent applica- Period amounted to = cases before the courts; tions during the same 81,281,880. Ornzoon. The Legislature met on the 7th ult., and Gov. Curry bad sent in bis message, which coatains a number of bints about legislation needed ia re- ro- vision be made for keeping the insane, and ee plains that there is no law tn California autho-- izing the extradition of criminals on the appli- gard to local affairs. He recommends that cation of Ciovernors of Territories. The throttle valve of the steamer Onward burst near Albany, on the Willamette, and scalded five It was reported that of the crew dangerously. two of them had died. A steamer is built torun betwen the Dalles and at Walla Walla, death by starva- Walla Walla. There were three feet of snow and the cattle were in danger of tion and cold. CENTRAL AMERICA The Belly Contract Confirmed by Costa Rica. On the 14th of December ine Congress of Costa | found. a ry session, confirmed the con- Rica, inex ¢raordina tract to M. Belly, in the following terms: Ist. Toe Interoceanic Convention celebrated Of | Dosolos. Timothy Biile:, F in May and June there pevaes Fn paid for freight on ves- between the repnblics of Costa Rica and Nicara gua, and M.M Felix Belly and P. Muland & Co., proved of, but with the understand- ing that the responsibility to which article 10th reiers sbail only take cffect when the exterior at- of Paris, is ap; tack or invasion is legal. [Note —The 10th article referred ulates that Nicaragua and Costa filibuster aggrression J 2d. The present decree shall come into effect D STATUARY BY | ly when tne Congress of the Republic of Nic- aragua shall have ratified the C. From tue Sovra Pacrric tion. The news is of a highly important character, both from Chile and Peru. to above, stip- Rica shali de- fend the transit in caseofinvasion. The amend- ment is designed to save responsibility in case of The revolutionary movement which has been 80 “it to be bursting out into a flame. The Mercurio, one of the best country, bas been suspended on smouldering tn Chile, appears at Jength al! ot Papers in the | CHINA account of the publication of some article which did not meet the views of the government. The provinces of Valparaiso, Santiago and Aconeagua have been [EJEALQUARTERS FOR VALENTINES is} 4¢clared under martial law for the Space of nine- Heh aU A Gaw a O8 VERA ty days, and several political re SUP and arrests made of parties er cy against the existing government aceused of conspira- Among the printing offices closed by order of the government, we notice the names of La Ac- tualidad amblea Constituyente, of Santiago. A club called **Club de la Union,” com of der the but { when they Correo Literario, Conservodor and As- posed y influential members in Santiago, was or- to be-glosed on the i2th of December by epee = The members closed their doors eld an indignation meeting in the room, Surrounded by the troops and one hundred’and forty-nine members arrested and placed in prison; sixty of them were re- leased on payment of a the others ing the fine. e of fifty dollars each preferring to remain in prison to pay- From the Argeatine Republic we Lave recent dates of interest. Paraguay is making warlike preparations to repel the United States forces. Twoof the United and others were reported in Rio Janeiro. rdere or wait upon ladies and ger=| Staten vessris bad reached the waters of Uraguay, it ix reported that Buenos Ayres bas entered lato a secret treaty with the United States, the principal clauses of which is the following ‘Buenos Ayres ix to serve the United States asa deposite in case of war with Paraguay ; allow the troops of the United States a * sit, both by land and ware’, and she will lead her ally every aid inher to A er phone! fleet bey Seco a from Rio Janeirp to waters serve the movements of the United States fleet. she will free tran biy or b ington A. al Depetiee. Stas DAY EVENING. Feb 1 Monrilien, 6S Rooms on TUES Tarne:, Jas & TFS. ‘Thos E Morrill, & i Tolbert, Jobn Tickets Fifty Cents, admitting ® gentieman and Rev Meszaros, E ee ladies. By order of No Mitcbell, 0 N c The Committee, Montgomery Thowpevu, Macon 2 Jas, Fianigan, Fetrick Bsiton. ole Dickerson,ColJn0f Draper, Jos & Dulaney, John T Dove, Harris Dongiass, George Deeth. Geo Ogden Wm. Biske, j. 28 4t* Guo FRIENDS TO ALL —The Thirt Grand Cotilion ef tre Frienéship Ciuh wil be xiven at Masonic Hail. corner oth ard K ste WEDNESDAY BVENING, Feb. 9h A splendid Wrestu will be resented to th Ciub representing the most mem! st My A M. Kee, Wm R23 McLure, Jobu ur » m a Hon J E Wed, Tourlow 2 William: ss P Particuiars m future acvertisemen’. Ry order of BetenGs © meesrcs sae eee COMMIETER.- oe BcOardy, Jus @ HE SEVENTH GRAND ASSEMBLY OF fy aaa oo og hy T the Hiberman Club wili be givens! Tem- — -, ~t a poranee Hall on Wi DNESUAY BVEN- ao Ween. 86 NG, February 24. in¢9. Wails, Jas F See particulars in future advertisement, By ag Wright, CaptJ 33 | order of Emory, Joreph a J 225 eost* THE COMMITTFE. West, J 7” a 5 JUMENTAL. Ketuca AM = Naylor'wWm0 | Witon, J m LOOX OUT Fox a4HE MONUMENTAL ¥ rd, WP Nichola, Taoe Woudworth, JM _ CLUB. 3 Foster, WJ Nosl', Hon Jno W2 Webb Herry L 2 Grind Assemb!y of the Monumental Ciu>d at ——_ Wm Wy 7 Frank in Hall, oorner of 8th and % Forrest, LB Wollevechiager, F eon MONDAY EVE SING, Feb. 7th, 1858, Fousk, Hon PB Wadeworth, F Ciekets FIFTY CENTS, admitung a gen Frey, Woeemsn, Edud tleman and ladies. = Sa ae By order of THE COMMITTEE. ra. Kelson, A udsor, i. a .W.F.s : Flourm O'Connor, Pierce Whitues, Daal -in To, Ta.S.M.W.F.S&M Ford O'Brien, M8 Ward, capt ECONDGRAND FRENCH 0 2 z FANCY DRESS MASQUERADE BALL TO BEGIVEN AT THE WASHINGTON ASSEMBLY ROOMS, Gn MONDAY, Fepevany 14, 1853, Tickets $2, admitting a gentieman end ladies, (supper inc.uded.) ‘he supper wil! be under the direction first-rate Frenon oook.and the refreshme: for aries prepared by one of the best French, confectioners. each, Forsyti Frank, Hon a OF Lerrens MUST IN ALL CASES BE PRxratn. January 29. J.D HAMMACK’S RESTAURANT, No A 204 and 206 Penn. avenue, three doors west of Will: Hotel, can Wiliams, Dr 4B 2 White, Ga ets to be secured at the Music Stores cipal Hote’ B.—F or Fav of ail kinds of GAME the most _ch:.ice kinds J jest nN. Costumes apply to Mr. Fargirr, grades of CHAMPAGNES, LIQUORS ard SE- | 4oi ith street, between H net |. tortor { erly Costume: of the Opera Comique of Paris. me eo& db* Meals served at all hours of the ¢ay or night. “ T= FiesST GRAND COTILLON PARTY 3823 at ALENTINES. of the Ameriown bagie Club will be given SENTIMENTAL VALENTINES, at Thorn wore 7th street between D QUIZZICAL VALENTINES, ge S,cn MONDAY E BNING.F CUMIVAL SALBAELS, } om jy ‘By or oe ‘ature advertise Just wed at SHEP corne: _~ and D streets, {rom Europe.the most heautfel ase | _J%7-3t COMMITTEE. sertment of VALENTINES ever offered in this " ————_— “Te Weinvite > aneiree the beautifel to LOST AND FOURD. and examine. + O89 lbs Puls a Le eee terme, ade tee en ee L_OST-02 Friday, 20th instant. on 7th street west. between Murviard and Pennsylvania eve - ° art oe IC RORIN speraily rewar y leaving SEMMES & CO., opposite wi Market. = ee ak ae “TS [0 ALL IN WANT OF PRESENTS FOR ANY PURPOSE. The largest and best stock on retaj} a= this WANTED—A COLORED WOMAN as Ci bermaid and Waiter. A siave prelerred. ply. wivh recommendations, at 0° F ah i AN By an indust; i. 8 SI AN than immense Gonon Driver, "Has good feet mandation: iy at No. 2, corner of Montromery i And Bridee streets, Georgetown. J: 2-0" Just received at TO PURCHASE— For Cash, » § HOUSE end beTrors pao tat Seo ad Ward. Address umber of house and price. ja 28 TED x toro seapoctahio young women Wari eneNs ce mie ; the Fancy Store of ~ ; H. J. MeLAUG ja29 3 Ps. ave., bet. 8th « PENNY SAVED Is wo A CLeakep, “° PENCE LIN, Sth sta. Ss obambermaid and the CLOTH!ER’S PATENTNON-EXPLOSIVE | «ther as ooo Mave cood recom ations. Please REGULATING GAS LAMP call, for three day, At NO. S03 © wlrect berwene In offering the shove ablic, | 12th and 18th. nn the subeeri! hes 11 that the above iamp is superio: ure, acd, for safety and economy, cinnot be surpassed ; 8nd more light is given than er burner now in use. ihere is nothing comp! in ite Construction, wants trimming very sel!om, ard being perfectiy safe trom daager of explosion; and. unlike the Coal Oil Lamps now iu use, it 1 enurely ree from *mei! or smoxe. lic are invited to call and examine this 1 at the store of A. HATCH,S5 with any of Ww ANTED TO RENT—A HUUSE 1 the First ard, containing from 4 to 6roems, by 8 puno- Pennsylvania aveaue, Sole Agent for the city of -1 * ‘ % Warluoxton, 7 Of | tmetvarent. Address Box No. 3, Star Gifs TS WANTED. Rg ok Sate. Oe SEE J ANTEB—To exchanze o intee Hovse for « smalione. Arply at No.3 New York tve- sini as lb eke ou ‘enpsy vanin Bvenne, ‘Ween oth 12th streets. if possible, ot least as large as 15 by i fice. ‘ee —<——<——<—_—_—$ ee fa-* Snails of thin (Star) ‘ec i wi!l sell at reduced rates From Peru we have accounts of a riot in Callao,. hey sre the same mak which appears to be the commencement of an- in of work wanshp: ae other revolution. | patrone throushout the -as Of Peru, in view of the De QF ‘80: rise silver, which is at present entirely entieoly aiflereer mo bya angen mel islet dc. phip. to anv others a bee i he the poe eee business. end thererore No @6 SEVENTH SrbeT, ALWAYS = Jublic, has authorized the Exen | MOderaterates, on store & good assortment of PAPER HANG - ne of 18% ‘s Wamilive may save 8, and Common Wi lutive, under date of 18th December, ‘to purchase prason worthless yeas Betas Noe to eee Rd eT GARG Pony Re CUD sat Lobe, ee x = ma mt poet the government (0 consumers at cort. re — perce pocseeds 5 leit MAMKRITER, ‘Keuader still remains blockaded by the Peru- -OBLO &: it vian fleet, but we are in possession of no infor. * ty of theve shoes AVIps' HAIR WORK mation regarding their movements. ois or then . siBL>'s . 5 u ea as fe