Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1860, Page 3

Tue District 1x Coxoress.—In the Senate, yesterday Mr. Mason presented a memorial from he Alexandria and Washington Railroad Com- pany, urging upon Congress to grant them the right < eb fties the Potomac Eades = the de- : - pot of the Baltimore railroad in Washington, the provisions of the law directing them to which, when completed, they say. will give a ed im the newspaper having the largest cir- | continuous line of railroad from Washington to rerthin the delivery of the Office. Its total | New Orleans, as well as to the other parts of the irewlation is more than double that of any | South and West, and greatly factlitate the trans- Daily printed in the District of Columbia. | Kopp On of the mails and paserngers between the ee Mr Slidell. from the select committee to whieh Though THR Star rs printed on the fastest | was referred the bill to probibit the issue of hank Mr. Eprror: I was sorry to see in the Star of [esterdey, a communication animadverting upon the present management of the Smitbsonian Insti tute, and Particularly upon the lectures of Mr. Philip B. Carpenter. hile we admit that oc- casionally an uninteresting lecture is delivered there, the citizens of Washington are under deep obligations to Prof. Henry and the managers for many intellectual feasts, and the zeal they mani- fest in carrying out the aims of that pepular insti- tution. If the public taste In this city is such as t turn a cold shoulder on lectures purely scientitic, it is time something was done to elevate that taste and create an interest in those subjects which DOAL NEWS. Tur Star pwhlishes the Lists of Letters ing im the Washington City Post Office Mxn’s Dazss Suits, Mon’s Business Sw:ts, Yourus’ Dauss Surrs, ‘Youths’ Business Swits, CHILDREN’s Daxss Svirs, Chtidren’s School Suits. Noaw Waker & Co., Marble Hail Cictning Store, Brown's Hotel Building, would respectful aenounce that their annual display of Fall s: Winter Clothing is now ready for inspection. It is oo-npriaed of an assortment of Ge men's and aths’ Clothing of the newe-t and richest desizns ‘eral, trimming, and workmanship, those who study excellence with eoonomy. in le articies of dress, 27 opportunity is now tes b ti tions, or individual dent desi Meio Coture te ie aon ee ess in wse south of Baltimore. its edition | y corporations. assoc Ss, or viduals | your correspondent designates as too deep. ade Clothing in this oity,at very re- - . within the District of Columbia, and further to | Was the Smithsonian founded for th. urpose | 480°d prices, apas-iy ge as to require it to be put to press.at am | Drevent the circulation of bank notes issued ty i : : ep Se jour: Adrer. before Twe. of catering to the taste of the people in an enter- taining point of view’ to afford them a place of amusement? No, sir, far from it. sements, therefore, should be ny incorporated company or association of ind{- viduals located beyond the limits of the District of Colombia of a less denomination than twent: The manager of 2 theatre caters to the taste of dollars, reported it back without amendment, | the ,mass; he looks into the parquet to note his znd recommended its passage, sccompenied by a | success, and as the taste of the people becomes im- report closing withthe following resolutions proved—as the general sentiment becomes changed Ksrolved, That it ts inexpedient to authori 40 is he is obliged to change his management in PENNIES —Persons desiring Pennies will always find thei for exchange at the Siar Oflice counter, ne O'clock, m_; otherwise they appear wntil the next day - + wee - ice — District of Columbia Advertisements serted in the BALTIMORE Sex are received “THR Way ov TRaNsoressons ts Harp ?—Fol- low the counsl and heed the advies contained in the work “Human Fraiity, or Physiological Re- Searches” it treats of the evil effects of early abuse and indulgence. embellished with elaborate co! 3 establishment, either by general or spec order to keep pace with the public appetite. That | 018d engravings, portraying every festure. and forwarded from Tue Stan ofice. ___| of hanks of issue in the District of Golraiie: auch Is the Fase, is shown In the diftrence in the Py nocten menae, Gz poses the fallacy of the fables — = Me, Brown, from the Committee on the District | management of’ our theatres now, and ten years | fircdicuy mabe for sthe only enfo acd ine tat Mer oF tHe AmERICAN CoLosiza- | of Columbia. to which were referred the memo- | ago, and the suppressing of much that is o! fallibie re every trae of the ciety —This meeting took place last eve- | rials of the trustees of the public schools of Wash. | tionable in our Mandard plays ‘Three followtile Seid by Dr, Barrow. 194 The Senitt : the President | ‘uston. and of citizens of the same. asking a grant | tastes of the people for pecuniary advantage, while Price 25 cents. Sent free. he Smithson‘an of land or donation in mo: pcirty, JH B. Latrobe, Esq . 0 and several disti ngnished frie! being seated on the platform di. one of the largest of t After fing of the meeting by prayer, the annoal read by Rev. R.R- Garley, Secretary ociety. to aid ins rting hools, submitted @ report Hee 2 The bill provides as follow: ~That so much of the fines and forfeitures here- after to be collected in the District of Columbia as accrue to the United States be and the same are hereby surrendered to the city of Washington for rpying of the scientific associations and institutions precede the taste of the mass for intellectual advantage—and the development of science with a view to elevate the standard of intellect and society. We love to hear lectures by Bayard Taylor, Park Benjamin, Dr. Cahill, and ++ such like;” but while we admire these we do object to anything rt Ford, Jr, Washington, fa 6-Im.r the public nied 1 MARRIED, instant. hv the Rev. John C. Smitn, J. LITTLETON to Miss ELIZA TER, both of this oi school purposes; and it shall be lawful for the Ve | said disparaginyly of stich lectures as = ee, --- eport opens with a brief tribute of respect | Mayor of said city todemand the money so col- | Mr. Carpenter's. They show a depth of scientitie DIED, grished and lamented friends of | lected n ft six months, arch,and an acquaintance with the subj them the He i hard Rusb, Mention is and whe ver than once in every received by him it shail be kept as other schoo! funds now are, and it shall be ap- Propriated to the purpose of building permancnt School-houses in the city of Washington and to no other use; and when the whole sum so received U amount to fifty thousind dollars the oper- ation of this section shail ceas That the corporate authorities in the city of Washington, in the District of Colum levy a special tax not exceeding ten centa on each one hundred dollars’ worth of taxable property in the te limits of the city for the benefit of at whenever the IL be officially noti- nrary. at If 0% under consideration seldom found; and we think MPLE GREE that *‘ merchants, clerks, or the intelligent portion of the laboring class."’ will not subscribe to the sentiinents of want of interest which your corres- pondent insinuates. A more intelligent audience has seldom been inthe Smithsonian than gathered there last even- ing to bear something more about shells.” ‘The close attention paid to the speaker, and the eager- ness with which many gathered around him at the close of the lecture, show that the people do fecl an interest in -* deep” subjects It will do us no barm té6 know much moreabout the -* cnttle fish tribe’? and ‘+ shells of the Gulf of California.” It will do usno harm to know some- Cocke. On Tuesday mornine,17th of Ja a.m, Mrs. C LOTTE Th aN, the beloved wife of Neleon W. Green, in the Sith year of her age. after a lingering iliness of eleven ees of heart disease, which she bore with Chris- > fortitnde The iureral servicer will be held at the resi of her ustand, on Massachusstts avenu ath ans loth streets, near Mokendres Chapel, on Thorsday morning, at 10 o'clock. to whieh. the friends and relatives of the family are reepectfu ly Invited, * Novier.—Tho friends RYDER, are reanee maina will reach Was train of care from Ba'timore ou Th De conveyed nmmediately to o'clock of tha same day vices will take placeia Holy Trinity Church, where the nt- tondance of his friends is reqnested. at JOHN EARLY, Pros't, per P. Drop: FOR SALE AND RENT. OR RENT—A handrome and convemently ranged BRICK HOUSK, with Uri 303 6tn etrect, between K street and Now avenue. Rent $500 por anim, ja 12. VT—A FRAME HOUSE. on léth st. west, No. - between I. and M sts. north. The howse bas eizht roors, and isin good pump ef good water in therear of the Sion given on the 234. by applying LAND, on L street, 352. I OL FOR RENT, of very reasonable terms, or part of the saine—a three stored last report, set- ¢. (the interior from Massa- m the Xt. Pant FF tates ween mpany nd lev. John S aptured Africans. took passage at this tin his arri expressed great delight in w the rapid prozress which had take absence of two years, in ther nsefal indus expeditions bh been sent out the past onveving in all to Liberia 21> grants, of them liberated slaves, of whom forty-one from the ex‘ate of the lite John Me Dot ou zh. re-captured Africans have improved in inte Rev, JAMES. f that his re ~ by the first lay next, and n. Atten s of the | ully 4 veton 5 Sceretary of the ‘Tressnry s' tied by the Mayor that thesaid tax has been levied end collected, it shall be his duty to pay from the ‘Treasury of the United States to the persons le- gally authorized to receive the school funds for the city of Washington a sum equal to the amount thus raised by special tax: Provided, That not , and acquired some knowledge of the | more than twenty-tive thousand dollars per annum language and civilization They are dis- | shall be paid by the United Stites, and that the d among different settlements payments shall continue for five years, unless Con- Ith bas prevailed generally during the year. | gress shall otherwise order, testimony of Mr. Seysin this respect ishighly That it shall be the duty of the trustees of the public schools to make annual reports of all mat- Liberians. aroused toa sense of the value of | ters concerning the public schools in Washington ulture and commerce, have sought to promote | city on the first Monday of November in each year me etf-ctually than ever before, during | to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior. st year lasion to the spirit of industry | whose duty it shall be to communicate the same animates them, President Benson writes that | to Congress en or before the second Monday of wifers no abatement it must soon work a great | December following.” ¢ in the Republic b national fair opened at Monrovia on Ist of December. The build iture reel a funeral ser many Who have no more taste for resezreh than the little animal that tickles their palate January 17, 14 Ge TAVE Pinst Warp Por The following cases have been reported by the police of the Firs: Ward to-da ck ven, selling goods, wares, and mer- chandise without license, was arrested by otticer Serrin, and tined $5 and costs. Elizabeth Grandison, (col..) arrested by the same officer for disorderly conduct, was ordered to pay the usual fine and costs for such offences Geo. Gaines was arrested by otticers Edwards and McDermott, for breaking into a house on w ay sceond street, and sent to the work-house for 60 2 Important Dectsion —A case of some interest te , ce tow a alee No. 350 13th yh *quare wee tae arose before the e a few days sin Pipe sted hy : i Jopartments. west of tha Pranic: nas few hundred feet In len in the form of a motion involving the question 2s stenne Clagett, arrested by the same officers for | Dapartwents.-west of the Preciden hefore 10 with palm thate to whether or not the mere fact of naked posses- n of property recently. after it is proved to have been stolen, is sutticient in law to warrant a con- ¥ @ pair of pantaloons from the store of Johnson & Co., was sent to jail for conrt. as. Fagin and his wife, Ann Fagin, were o’elock a. m., or after 3 p. m. ein whieh were exbibited the productions Ju 17 St manufactures of the country. Cotton cloths, L. BUTRU AUCTION SALE ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE ar gninistrn “i Pe will sell per of Frederick and Prospect streets, Georgetown, D.C_,on TUESDAY, Mth inst, the’ cffectec? tes late S. 1). Decth, consisting of— Mahogany Bookcase, Burean and Card Tables, H D ne and Side Tables, andsome Chamber Cottage Furriture, Bods, Heddinz. Botsteads. Carpets, Oveitoth, Chmes. Kitchen Utensils.’ &o. ogether with a large lot of Prints, Stationery, Drawing Paper, And s quantity of Iarce sized Glasees and Frames, ple for show windows of narro= amma. BARN ARD & BUCKEY, Auets. THIS AFTERNOON & TO-MORROW By A. GREEN, Auctioneer. HE HOUSE OLD FECTS OF A FAMI- y Peciinixe Hoverxerp G, aT ATCTION.— On THURSDAY MOKNING, the 19th instant. 1 I sell,at the residence family declininy hounckeepinz, No 404 6th street west, between and H streets nerth, ati o'clock. tof Housekeeping Effects. enc and Rocker, P Tabies, and Stands, 's. Washstands, let Sets, etton and Shuck Mat- —By +a ler of the it the nouse oor- ankets. Cases, d Mattine or Stoves, of Kitchen Requisites, under $25 cash; over ays, for notes eatisinctori- raed, beering interest. 4 A. GREEN, Auct. By WALL & BARNARD, Auctioneers. RUSTEE’S OF A VALUABLE ¥ AND Faxcy Goons, Arction —On THURS ary,at the auction rooms ard, corner of 4th street and «fadeed of trust, executed ber, 18.9. and duly recorded, tion, & large axxortment of 8, &o., consisting 0 wers, Ribbons, and Dress Trimming, Fringes, &¢ other goods not here enume- &C, aT « DAY, the 14th of Jan of Messre,. Wal & B: Penn. avenue, | on the Sth day of D Isha'l sel!, nt Mutinery and Bonn ts, menoe at 19 o’clock on the day roma day to day until the pver that sum a credit of 3), 5 or notes satisfactorily enter |. bea 2 et. it the terms of sale are not complied with in 3 days Je, the trustee reser i from the right to he defaulting A. LLOYD, Truster, WALL & BARNARD, Aucis. nek and expense of °GUIRE & CO., Auctioneers. STENTH ANNUALSALE ‘onery at guction. at store of avenue, sales every evering ‘The stock is now complete nt of Literature, Science, and s fromthe smallest Juvenile up worth S59, Bibles and F Sift XANDRIA\—Gns er beer and ho: street, on UPavavenus, south Washingt r. cotter cabinet furniture were among ticles extibited eral perseus i iums to enc« he sugar cane ases every year tins friendly relations with for- nations, and bas won their respect and con- The Pr arrested by otficer Edwards. for vazrancy and drunkenness; work-house 60 days ea James Conner was arrested by the same, for watering a horse at a pump, contrary to law; fine $1.71. lay was arrested by the 4 without license; tine and dward Butler was arrested b: I OUSE TO LET, IN AL of the bes: locations fora inz-house in the city, situated « door above Union. Apply at 4 side, between 3d and 434 Bt: ja 17 2t* [POR SALE OR RENT—A we ry and basoment BRICK HOUSE rooms, Witt pasenge, situated on L, st-est, botwoen that one Cesarina Cesalto, a . was tried and convicted a few days ¢ larceny of a horse and carriage, prop- erty of one Mr. Hopkins, a of considerable value. Itappeared in evidence by the testimony of the prosecuting wi that he left his hors’ near the Centre Market, this country hav 1ge the cultivation of e The commerce of Liberi It, new 3 sto for huck- > standing at or nd went to transact some “ ry x Vermont avenue and 1ith et acid. propert 7 dent of Liberia bas expressed | jitter of business. When he returned he found lestired and @isivieced willbe sold or rented on very accommodating tore, titude for the gift to that Republic of the | 1,55} e ng. Thatacting upon ‘The above cases were all tried by Justice Dr: Inquire of G P. LANGLEY, text door, booner ‘Quail from the a govern- | certain he directed his search to ia ls tf of one hundred and twenty- | some p Virginia, and found bis. propert ea Suae THO LET four large aad deaiahio @ S 01 a. i y ean ‘ 9 mht eT arco and ¢ le ROON some fif below the city, in the possession | | 4 CeRtosity.—In the window of Philp and pe sat de bs at No. 369 Pa, avenne, betwe2n 444 and eth © ersons. one ot whom he id opposite the Netional ilotel. ja 1S-lw ntified as the He ddressed some conversat Solomon's bookstore may be seen a photographic copy of a remarkable autograph, being no_ less ty government he failed to understand. bei than that of John Milton. It eccurs in an album | {YOR REN P—The FIRST FLOOR. of the bur'd- d tive att lish languaze.. Upon th of the class known as Aljumt Amirorwin, kept by I ing immediately opposite the wost wing of th3 ere in his last message, and as convicted. After acon- | # Ne#politan nobleman, Camillus Cordoyn, at | City Bet Page hoe et i Ashford and Uttermelile | Geneva, during the first half of the seventeenth | 4 au citep. Also the front rc chs) ns sre Siagiie one re retained, and upon conferring with the pris- | centur 1639, and acd settle near the s-ttleme fe bil to RICHARD WALLAC euer by means of an interpreter, entered a motion pn the turnpike leading to Rock igh stato of cu ti provements necessar exchanced for city i mn With a’ the im- Will be soida bargain, or roper commenced his trav follows: y noon Lis way back from sinha avenne ih 13 te in, and are fast acquiring for ae teal Italy. shortly before bis return to } The APA cMODG i Bal izittion. T ries and tea Mr. Utteriuehie opened the argument on the h verses quoted are the last lines of iis own | F1GR SALE etree th niet acces nee rom distant towns of the interior ee motion, in hebalf of the defence: and was fol- | Comms. which was already published before he i pike ie tion of a road from St. Paul's river | jowed by Mr. Onld for the United States. Mr AL the argument for defence, only fact deducible from the t The whole entry is as as of lite been deen to multiply ras rapidly as possible Ashford elu: nding that th evidence was the f: ——— if Vertue feeble were, Heav Naked possteslon 0 1 itself would stoope to her. Also, two smal Houses Por Rent in| Washing- ve colored persons hav fact, ipon-well settled eerie ana Wuder tae (Coolum non animun mute dun tans cise cucro. ee Ge Apes fo G- Ww. BEAN, cress ca: vere to Mfri rulings of the Court, did not amount to legal Joaxxgs Mirrosits, Anglus. “a seer petr future f of guilt. The only eifect of sach evidence, | June 10, 1639 CHPUAGE AND GARDEN. TOGE that It cave rise toa presumy This album was brought from Europe by Sena- | AA WITH ABOUT THREE ACRES OF oe : which fn ite tara opposed by two o Summer, and is now in his possession. FOR RENT.—Any person desiring to secure x be secured i : 1 presumption nit Was contended were is Lif not greater force and validity—to- uinption of it tion of rightfal ownership a fart of possession i Court decided that Conrt the mere fa erty rece isnotin iwaithy and pleasantly situated Residence in the ntry. aniv a fow minutes’ walk from tie city s force many Hinthe North tl tind their p hould not some aid: be x postss the great inherita ia Afrien se peopl Crimixan Covet.—After our report closed yes- terday, the jnry in the of S. P. Sea tried for ult and. battery i teturned a verdict of guilty rentenced by the Court to | @oasts. limits, will have an opportunity by applying to. the adjoining the grounds of b — the Capitol. v ; (States) owner, on the « premi: Gienwe d Cemetery, nort Sing from the mere : EMMERT, unt Picasant ™M tough in the opinion of possession of prop- rd to have been stolen tself sutlicient to warrant a conviction, t a t3 iwt yearly inrepu- | i¢ ¢y beria are rising ¥ the diticultie ace. We trust pede the prog | § i ‘ay —The case of the United + mee water, bath-r. ge Goldsmith a/ias Feeney Golds: 2th premises, No, ce will soo moved. yetin the case at bar there were circumstances a nada i ete, beria has been | attend seld or rout house, if dos <¢ } ment of or might not a ver- | 2% 121m = courased by the Coueict: Goldsmith was gz been contined in appearing by the U miles, i 0 at atreet ; wi vided to suit purchnsers, if lamed madeto the ur » at their Je "y Store, 616 opposite the I ice, W. BRAY ‘ sgroes,for fr fore overruled Tur Dany H } in the daily afternoon prayer at the theran church, corner El and H sts. ng from the mums gether there at the Lour of 1 o’cl hday. At the mecting beld there yesterday an openi “Br sons of the me towns, of from louis, ec setured, the pec Thos co. trial for ste ned and placed irsof boots worth was pending s,will be tak TOR RENT—A now and BRICK DWELLING v th, pear _ streo a 4 Apply ta J.T. LENMAN, No. desirable fe ted on i2th Reat mod Liberia and tea ANotie he advertisement e hers vhere it : tue [ishop troupe will 71 i2th st. ef the Meth orian. . Mr.t ford us one mere opportunity to enjoy their Haptist denominations in the R its | throne of Di really ac wances Highly satisfac- | ate ty. isover two hundred) ‘The s-hools nader | sppropria tory as was t rt of last night, it will be ob- pips phere y tlourishin ms } nan or her Ron, beantife vy sity York avenue and ony ident’s House, Apply on Now hh etroet, ac a large chamt vd that the programme announced for Thurs- ight has features of notable additional i hitdes rdye of onr | afew y York « the Prayer 3 Ss upon the world 0 L was illustrated in the remarks ker, who stated that the complete con- tion We learn that Miss Lane, of the dip'omati the « of one sy nd algo the me: corps in Washington, t bot do by th cord ef the ditfere ts rved | nitied their purpose to be present on tt rar Se nie he support of recaptured Afrieaus sent | aad demonstrated in the | and itis presumable hey won uit, beside out by the Nia nd also S~2.562 t= from the themselves of the opportunity las ues. 1 hae a spacious fot in th G of the Me Dor y Orleans engavements for the very larges id brilliant party between 4 son Maine aver have been Sieh une off at the residence of Mr. Secretary “. MPs arin the constitet . x 2 SMitHsoNtay Lectears —Prof. Benj. Pierce, of al fine ROOM Horvard College. lectures at the Smithsonian this Pie Pm avenue, two dx ing whie evening, on ‘Phe diversiti irewued Bocas. = a ‘u brought about by united action on the part of the rac MEMBERS OF CONGRES: of the Chur Phe spe ture to comm isen was praye tl subject of yesterda ele valk’? on udant out- 18. ATORS wo splendid suites of ROOMS, elegautly ture wil be rented during the eesrion of Con n the mort desirable locality sr two squares of B Phoxe in pursuit of scoh Rooms at No. 379 ie'5-tf Water Rererss -—There were turned by the gu ward pled by lode H dated be no case a. Hotels. willdo weil to make early applicati reet between D s: Ptand Pa. av he bill for the distribution of heen si 4 raed. at le of it at IW ovele dressed the was the ; FOR RENT—PARLORS end CHAMBERS GN THE Bovnpary oF Yeti nished, with hot cold water deed ace, le to the mi avew hook by Rosert Dala Owe: kK a oney Peace at on "Tho apartmente = by Wieherd R ree aut airy; four rooms m the dettered condition, to their o ; Land M. wp. inquires W s His spesch was very inter ened | to be distributed Sania ee 22 Pa. avenue, between ! to with marked attention before the order ft Seas ieee 1 ne - e have been there stm of Liverwort and dat the deugzrsts gen Oae mean nd states th —Two @ newly furnished Rooms for rent 3 the meats the condition and number of € ja 18-lw,r D street uorta, between 6th and 7th — a ii cy me of the mais a Scho teacher ~ he 3) eo in His merey One of | ipd eternal saTeD Bitters. — eS nia y Ej - ww leaian Architect of | BXOR RK —Two three-story brick et wea made sounpopular with desiin favor of the Oey, | EOL 'S, situated on Vermont avenue near N missionyr nse of his plan of distributing, ated Botrs asa m-dicinetor thas: who strost. punctaal and esrefu: tonauts the rent f bay geatieman of his name having given out to Oreupaticns are uf a sedentary nals will be reasonable, or the houses will bs sol t at a ; rs nted ap: the disap; icants a lot of cloth- H Mos tres ded for his family, the washerwo- ay fair priee, and upon acen: dating terms. Apply s-atleniea—l happy tr beable te send youy | a° Ne 420 M street north @ n=trepolitan rent apparent cruel policy that some of the | 1 to doit. ‘The mais does not sus in fa Dueve i d Bicere sand steam Rousing mili, Ohio ave eRe 2th ate. States had adopted. of expelling free negroes frum | take say-so of every one. or vive ont the wood on prevented ty protessto. ngagenments, £ er = = = their borders or reducing them to slavery, was 2 | the written assertion of any citizen that the appli- | Py fei great pleasure iu recommending it toal/ | QXOK RENT—The south HO of the row of means ja the hands of Providence of forwarding | cant is known to him He makes a fist and notes | suti-ring from impert.ct die ny stok. hy new four mary houses, late fess br tng Pee the co! fon movement. the residence of each applicant and senda an of- | acidity, or any de aigement of the street, between D and E ht. Also, 7" ay Bere e four-stor Hi o After the conclusion of Mr. Finlay’s remarks | ticer there to see the actual condition of the fami- | Whieh I have siticind very cece three new four-story dwellings on 4th eet, front- 3 fe a. From the teoe ing the City Ball square, ‘Tiese houses contain and a benediction, the meeting adjourned to meet | ly. Tuis seems to give offence to many, who ey ee nea - ti ; ern linprowements, nit are deat-ahy ie au Reais enemee fe cap ot EE eieieCe siioke Vieke recocmincm se ore ode tt 42) be Suita: { so much benefited by vs us rid a Beaten oer ear ae ae ; ~ eut; butthe mayistrate is determined not to be uk it nevessary to continis it any farther, BROS. Buiders. or WILLIAM H PHILIP. Riven —The breaking up of the huge field of imposed upon by persons not in want, and who bye reel ine the wood actually rob those who are suffering. Attorney at Law, No. 40 La. avenue, near 6th st. no 25 orf | Dies SALP—A small FARM ofS)acros situat d “atthe [.ittie tals, having @ comfortable d weli- iug-house, o pune, atabion 3 weil-fenced aval watered: within tour quies of Washington; 15 aoros in cultivation, the ba'euce in handsome wood- and. [tts peeniariy derirsbloas a country resi slonoe, being perfeetiy healthy and moet rom: ty aitustad : exeelicnt fisnine and hunting, tr MAR RiOTT, pride keeper, Ca lis. da 7-2awtt You may use this, Gentlemen. 2, and permit me to reman, ou Jon Prepared by S. W. FowLk & Co. aale by Z.D Gilman, 8. C. Ford, jt, 8. BL Wa. G. Stott, John Schwarze, Nairn & Palmer. ington; and bv dealers everywhere, jails wor PrRsoNS ADVANCED IN Leg, and feeling the hard of time weighing heavily u them, withall its at tendant i ls, will tad in the use of Dr. J. Host celebrated Stomacn Bitters, an elixer ti 1 new life inte there vei restore. in a measure, the ardor and snerny of more youthin! days. batid up | their shrunken forms, and give hea th and vigor to | choir remaining years. Those who a ein t dt I, atiicted with Dyspepsia, Ague, Lancuor., Nan-rs, | or any other troublesome and dangerous dis ase, arieing from a disordered system, should net hesi- | - tate to avail themselves of the benefit derived froin this great remedy. For sale by Druggista and dealers general y ev | uivk proper, 1. Very tems, ATKID e upon the river on Sunday last was witnessed with satisfaction, as giving promise of a resump- tion of navigation. Its effect on the western clhan- nel is on the whole benetici#l. as in passing down stresm the broken masses of ice bave both deep- eued ane widened the channel there. A schooner of the New York packet line, which bas been -bound in the channel opposite Arlington since the freeze, though in imminent danger from the passing ice all day Sunday, was fortunate enongh to escape without damage, by the active efforts of commander, (Nicholson.) Yesterday a steam- ‘ug went from Alexandria to Georgetown, and jon, though either side above the Long Bridge the ice is ae a hight of fifteen feet, and on the Vir- iania shore has been forced upon the land so far 4s to completely blockade the road leading to Ar- We UnpersTanp that the Metropolitan Literary Society of this city, propose having a course of free lectures delivered (to commence next week) from some of the most prominent lecturers in our National Legisiatnre, and the Messrs. Willard. in furtherance of this exceilent move, have with their accustomed public nee placed their new at their di! peal 26 this We hear that Hon. T.A.R Nelson Hos: Thomas Corwin have been invited by the committee. and if these aresspecimens of the lec- turers, We may congratulate the citizens of W ash- ington upon the proposed intellectual treat. We congratulate the Society, and feel that they and the Messrs. Willard are entitled tothe best thanks ne 12, with rooms, il be modarata. A ppix eat, betwoen 4th and Stu, no 18-Tw* VALUABLE FARM POR SALE—Sitantea in Alexsndris counts, abont 2h miles from r the intersection ef the Georgetown ington at several points. The current is still | of the lecture-loviug public. ery where, 22 16-803, roads, cote RC 9 sect ca rapid, and there is a large field of ice extending | cg Gurren Buipors.—Since the weather has aANE ARE REQUESTED to Invite attention to the | . Washineton, D. ia 0. Seen tte ee nedangerieapprebended, To | favored out-do r work, a number of hands have | advertisement of Dr. Woolfson, the cptician, 34 | = ~ - Se gee eee men re lee tae Lew | Sea employed in repairing the old and construct- | teenth’ streets, which appears in the Lnte!licen -dit of the workmen w! sien the structure | ing new bridges over gutters in the most fre- | and States. It will bo geen that his strengtt Q ge last fail. it is due to say tha bly, and has | quented streets and avenues. We presume the | spectacies and eve siassoe” are rea: mmend ¥ ae ee ee ae iisst of this is ordered by the Commissioncr of | many eminent cent emen, presumed to he sudces of — FOR STAMPING sustained but very slight damage from the ferce | m blic Buildings, who sometime since began this | their good qualities, and of the comfort to he de ct the feabet. NS Wr in places suder his supervision. Numerous | urad\iom Vhts ave by thowe reais the ad PAPER, and Hearn Rerort —The following is the state- | accidents Leen ony aces tascam: been | in this city for several years. do2)-7 N (@) ENVELOPES, Vasbing- tion control. ss as eecsme IS petty 1) bee: fee will have the same regard for the safety of Querv’s Cop Liver Ow Jetty with Crests, Initials, or Urea ts ir, 1; consumption. f;/convuleions, > | citizens remains to be seen. Fiat Ata ier LES Ca es eee CHARGE; neat do puerperal, 1; croup, a 1; diptheria Rysctmixc —The builders who were obliged by | oii. ‘It 1s the only eareten Scrofuias, Cons Fhe res Le ae iat likes Cot ee 1, | the recent unfavorable weather to suspen aig tion and ail kinds of. ee rd Ths Metropolitan Bookstore Ntempersuce:1; Kidneye—disease of, 1; lunge | work upon buildings commenced late in the fall, |G vg sentreray fenton Om, by which the PHILP & SOLOMONS, Agents for a SC asad. © oa age. 3; y- | bave resumed operations. If the ingens ca e greasiness of the oil isobvinted. For sae | Laurence’s ovlebrated Linen Papers, “Metropoli cones sede ‘ pecumonia, 4; scrofula, 2 still- | tinues favorable a -_ da: serenade! desirable by all respectable in Washiaston and tsn Mills,” £e., &o, * I; andden, 1; not reported, 2—total, 52. laborers will be employed: ba! will be so far advanced ee re caniition of them will be speedy, and a number occupied early in the spring. Supreme Court, Yxstenpay.—No 42. Robin- vif 332 Pa.av. bet. 9th and 9th sta. FRESH CUT FLOWERS. 23 Fewie: LANTS, years and under, 12; 5 to 10, 3; 10 to 20, ‘2v to 4U, 16; 40 to 60, 8; 60 to 80,5; over 80, 1; r1l-born, [—total, 52. The tota! of deaths report- ed in December, 1858, was 53. <Panrorn, Panxer & Mower, Wholesale Agents, 1 Beekman street, New York city. no’ 3m Mas. ‘LOW, &N experienced nurse ard femaie Peta bare Sesckant Ssue ter Cece eaees thing ‘he L vife et al., plaintiffs in error, agt. | ng, which greatly facilitates the process o! teething i street, between K and L. he featur ang gal entinny nests ja en j the ee ee Chatles B. Bertrand, et al. by softening the LC wigap Ore eghtgeremp ans —— —— USTIN CY nesch thts ef kadigg triad Leagan yed. | Tae argument of this cause was continued by Mr. ha elles ‘upon it, mothers, it will siva rest ps wh. MASA Gontinues the latest eo sstealy intiffs in error, an Messrs. ‘and relief and your infante, | TA b rane pale to Sosa lg foawal Bradley for the ? sr by M in a ole rtisement in aston Cosi ne renee ae ry fhe neat services will take plice 10 o'clock at Holy Mig _—_ Pike for the defendants in ¢rror. ‘column, Oo ll-ly | est macner 88 low as One Dollar, ms 38 Trinity Churebs —— Y,Toors, tinue datiy unti! all is 2 rtment of Hardware. We enumerate in pa t— ‘Table an¢ Pocket Cutlery and Spoons of evers de iption ortment aud great variety of Rut , Cabinet makors’ and “t Hardware and Farm- ve ! four prong Forks, olow Ware. sic ts. Gr <, Yea K Pans, & ware which we ate, sSerubbing and Dusting ver fe, 4 a nonths, fer notes. in all ases of credit, sati:factorily endorsed, bearing in terest from day of sale, D rsand mechanics of every description and public in general are respectfully invited te the -as overs articie will be sold without reserve. do y may expect barg: viz « ¢ ‘OMMISSION ER’ sirtusofaa ‘Gin the case of Le’ an M, Donn a: 1 shal N er at publicane tof sand lands of J. C. tie of Hern. andria. <4 and contaiming about thin han instaiments of 6 land 18 t from da: secured hy t ennity I the cash pay event of his not complying Ja tiecawts AL. ut forfeited in the wiih the te PRED MOs ° BUILDING LOT ON Tiox.—On MONDAY AF- ~3d inst., at half ed af trust, Gatod 1, in front « ivided inte twe lols, eac on the east side of Sth, betwee: certs, and running back Ir5 feet 1 inch, : One fonrth cash, to be prid on the day of «ithe balaresin 6 and i2 months, beasing ad of trust at the exp WV. BARN WALL& BAR taken. R NAR Aveta. OLDAND NDAY, the 234 of the Executors, at Ne, Ii w0 cert FiO test ween G and H strests north, at Wolelock a, the pereona! eifects of the inte GC. Gr of & general asrort of hous-te neh ns— Rosewood Px 4 tone, Hand Maliocany & -fas and Par! Marile-top Pier aad Centre fatiles Marble top Commode and Side Tables, Fine Alshaster Vases and Mantis Orn nch Piate Mirror, ne: Mahogany Dressin Fine Feather B: mber Stoves, to h @ general aasortmeat of Kitchen aie: All sume ditof 1.2 and S mon’ nder $3) cash; over for notes satisfac- torily endorsed, bearing tuterest. CHRISTOPHER ©. GRAMMER.? F JULIUS FE. GRAMM ja 13-d By J.C. M in trust, t ek and bi ntivg Zi feet 3 inches on 2d and Sd streets wert, rnuning back bricks with ntai pavlor, ten with water and gas pi warble mantel, and finished in the best ‘ant of desirable and conveniertly ar- ngs in an unexceptiorable location, this saie, whieh wiil be made without : One-fourth each ; the residue in 6, 12 and with interest, secured by a deed of trust McGUIRE & CO. Aucts. INSURANCE CO —Ix Joun L XALDSON, Pre: iepauy INSURES LIVES and BUYS sui GRANTs ANNUITIES, £c. . Doseriptive pamphlets may he obtained at the Companys Ageney for the District of Columbia, se ot Lewis Sohn » Bankers, Weth street Penn: avenue, 3. W! MAGILL, Agent. R. Hacner, VW. D. Med. F le 9 eotf ADAME F. PINCHUN, M From BLescKer St., New Yorx, of Washington i, fora few weeks only, at 354 @ the store of Me-sra. t elecant assortment of CLOAKS, .AS. BALL and DINNER DRESSES. . 2 rich assortment of LACES, Black and Brother, MANTHI A Ie Unite, const su ef SHAWLS, FLOUNCES, CAPES - manures Soa PA’ AVENUE! 354 PA. AVENUE! ya 12 lw" ADIES’ HOME-MADE SHOES. Cloth heel doubie-soled Rutton Bouts, 275: oa S sre: Ee + fastes do. SKino overs other ayia of BOOTS and SHOES, 0 Cp METRY GoM CES ae jals-coly Pa. av., 2d door above sth st. UPON BONDS OF THE WASHING- CHINES Light E MEANY 28 a aud desirable investment, in sums of five hun- dred dollsre each, January 2, 1962, and bearing ee ee nite RGR Por, Cont per — RS. SMITH’S SE) ee kY FOR YOUNG The Second 1 Ist. ruecesieeca egesmmaen Re = ee, Box No, 704, Washington, DvGe fa? THE LATEST NEWS TELEGRAPHIC. a Fire at Philadelphia PuILavetrmia, Jan. 17 —Early this morning a fire broke out in the five-story brick building in the rear of 716 Chestaut street, occupled 2s a fac tory by M1. Peters & Co., manufacturers of fancy articles’ The flames extended to the large brown stone main building on Chestnut strert, and soon both bulldings with their contents were almost entirely deste The entround in prop e6 Were sived from serious loss. The loss of the Messrs. Peters & Co is estimated at #10. cover d by tusurance ‘The buildings wereowned by Jogeph Nott, whose loss is estimated at © covered by insurance E,W. Carry] & Co, mannfactorers of sliver hed their stock damaged by water te 000. Messrs, Warner. Miskey % fitters, lost 23 000 tloss by water, Th $75.000 and S-0.0409, pee. Robert J. Park's bil ts’ building, wasalso destroyed; Le w: insured plated wa: the exten Mor of 1. g From the Pinins ®. Jan. 16.—The Santa Fe mail of arrived Itcame via the Ral ton Mountain road to avoid the Indiar cuvtelat Bear river. twenty-five miles of the old read. The Kiowss had been to Bent’s Fort for powderand lead. but were refused They thrext enrd to destroy the fort. It is said that 1.000 lodges of the Kiowes and ( nebes were encamped at Bear river. Only a fe “heyennes were seen on the road who wy dly r ticer at Santa Fe refuses ‘o rt distance from his InnErenne December t Union the traders in the Plaine in hostility of the Indians Serious Charge Against a Postmaster Warsaw. Mo., Jan. 17.—Jobn Ay: yerson, bith. erto regarded asa respectable citizen, bas rested on acl of purloining letters from the pied the position of deputy post- nd it seme that he hod been aed in Ifering money from letters for some time past veral packages were fo under his desk in the court-house. where he deposited them to open Mr. Aymerson was also a county school commis- sioner and deputy circuit and county clerk. The California Overiond Matt is. Jan. 16 —The California Overland d ult. arrived here to-nicht n of the 29th ult. says t int Capt. ‘Hiot, on the morning ef the 19th, near Draven Springs. surprised a band of Apache Indians who were returning from a thieving expedition in So- nora. He killed six of their warriors, wounded several of them, burned their camp and their effects, and recovered upwards of forty bead of stock Inauguration of Governor Olden. Trexrox. N. 3, Jan. 17 —c has just been inaugurated Gove Sry, in the presence of a large uititary. Hie ti : fi Jer umber of citizens address wos stroncly conservative, i Consti w'icn and the jaws, inclad the fugitive slave law. He dep reeates the agitation of slavery. and thinks its Principal agitators avtuated by as little of sastics 28 of patriotism Falling of a Wall— Kuins Ricumonn, —The rear walls of a butld- ing on Gove-nor street feli out to-night, burying an Irish girl under the ruins A larve number of men are at work endeavoring to extricate her Her moans are distinctly beard Female under the o Mr. Memminger befor® the Legis! Virgi i->—Mr. Memminger. the m South Carolina will address slature at noon to day ture of Ricuxoxn Jan commissioner fr the Virginia 1 Legislature James Harlan Ua xd 73 for Hw of lowa ALExanpria, Jan. !>.—W heat—sales of infericr while at $1.26; red S114. Corn—sales of new yellow (damp) at 75c. No other sales Baltimore Markets. Bartm™ore, Jan. 15 —Flour closed quiet and unchanged. Wheat closed buoyent; white $1 30a $145; ed 31.30. Corn closed dull; Provisions closed steady 7 Se Whisky New York Markets. x, Jan I+ —Flour is higher, State ‘ $5.55: Soutbern $5 60a Wheat b c.. With a better export inquiry. Corn is buoyant; white and yel low =4ast'yc. Pork is tirm; mers $1 Lard is quiet. W aisky is dull at 25¢ Financial New Yor, Jan. i>.—Stocks are higher and ye Chicago and Rock Island 63 ; Cumberland Coal Co. 159,; Mlinois Central suares 5 bonds =5).; Pa. Coal Co.t3%; Va ; Mo. 6's ROYAL HAV BE Next Drawing T | Hevara Lot. vernment, onder Geueral of Cuba, TARY 24, Ih6® 3) ORD NARIO. $20—Halves, $10—Quortera, $5. Lt at § pe discount. Banks taken at par. | be forwarded 68 svon as the result, chemen or tickets to be addrensed DON RODRIGUEZ, re of City Post. Charleston, 5.C. NOTICE 7 in Washington desiring to pur. chase the right of the PL ATION IRON MILi, patented by Messrs. Taylor & Shinn, for States or counties, will please cail on fon. THos. 8. FLORENCE, Who ix authorized to negotiate sales of them in our behalf, ¢ the sa. ills spplz te Troman & Draper, 573 lath street, where the Mille are on exhibition. Mesere, T.& D. are our authorized azenta. ARRIS. WINDPLE & CO., N. W. corner of 12th st. and Washington ave, ia 13 tw (Tho Manufacturers.) Philadeipiun SELLING OFF AT COST, * TO REBUILD. Ormz $50,000 Wort oF Day oops PxLLine Ov at Cost. To Having concluded to tenr dowa my omiding now eccupie! by me, to rebmid, and having a large stock of eoods on hand, | shall commenes this day to 6e.l off my whole stock , for cash Z b WEAR FOR GENT tAR, I name—Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, Tweed, and Satinets, DRE DIES’ ney suik Rel ans, Print vi Plaid. A » Rees, ) . Cotten Sheetings. vers Step Gioloth, Taine TASH, 4 ric Brown and Bie d Si . nee, Checks, Pinid Goods. ve assortaent of Cotte and sreors bargains The Corn 8 p Bsr ee branch 0! trade w: Aw Weil as very prokital-ie bus © the room to present use. apply to the Warde | aeephanaatetied CONFECTIONERY. and WATER ICES furnished to AM —, Balls, ‘aire, end oth ie i gallon; Alles FUppin Balle, Weddings, Faire, Dingers, Aud other entertainments, furnished atthe uel ce and most reason: BSAPYPONIFIER, or CONCENTRATED POTASH. More than Double the nee of —— — making Soap Without lime, with little trouble gadat triging — Theo! ad a omer welv feos font f mins i twelve or fiftees ot? FSUrERs INPEYpIA CaISIS OF THE 7th street, opposite ‘ ia 16-tf ———— wi itis P type.