Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1860, Page 2

THE EVENING ST ‘AR. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. | THE POST OFFICE DEFALCATION IN| XEXVIth Conenase—rinsr SKSSION. WASHINGTON OITY: WEDNESDAY. May 16, 1860, Spirit of the Morning Press. The Constitution, criticising Mr. Douglas's Speech in the Senate yesterday, designates it as “‘at best but a labored effort of mere gladiator- ship, baving for its aim to assail the consistency of some of hid opponents and té defend his own on the territorial question,” and says that “he did not come, within beat of drum of any position ‘which was occupied by the gallant and eloquent Senator from Mississippi, Col. Davis.” The same ‘paper notes the ‘bogus delegation’ which it is waid is about being manufactured at Mobile, Als. ama, for the Baltimore Democratic Convention. The Intelligencer has its ysual Congressions) summary aod news miscellany. ———_<e _ ‘Tax Revizws.—Our thanks are due to Taylor & Maury for Leonard Scott & Co.'s republications ‘of the April, 1860, numbers of the Westminster and Edinburg Reviews, which, as usual, are Yeplete with articles of standard literary merit. ‘These republications, we understand, are increas- ing enormously in ¢cireulation, which fact em- braces proof that the literary taste of the people of our land is improving fast indeed. a Eee Mr. Bert’s Accertaxce.—The Intelligencer, Which is supposed to be posted on the subject, ways We are authorized to state that the Hon. Jobn Bell, while sojourning in Philadelphia, signified hhis purpose to accept the nomination ‘conferred upon bim by the Constitutionai Union Conven- tion, lately assembled in the city of Baltimore. A formal announcement of the fact will how- ever, be made until after his return to Nashville which, we understand, will be at an early day’ ————$— Persenal. ---+ Hon. F. F. Drayton, 8.C., and Hon. R.M. Barton & lady, Tenn are Browa’s -***Hon. W. T. Ashe, of N. C ; Dr. k, U.S.A; Capt. W. A. Winder, U.S.A; and Lieut. Shipley, U.S.A. are at the Kirkwood ouse. ~-+* Major Irvine McDowell, U.S.A; G. W. Baker, itor Pennsylvanian, Phila.; Hon. Ogden Hoffman, Cal.; 3. M. Felton, Pa; A Horner, M.N. Falls, Md ; Gov. McCrae, of Miss are at Williard’s. ON THE WING. (Correspondence of The Star.] From Puiaperrnta To Centra. PENNSYLVANIA Seine vr THE ScHVYLEILL—Gettixe ixTo “tax Rorgat Districts”—A Rove Country —W oop Siipes—How Mortcacs Property 18 PLACARDED IN PENNSYLVANIA—STRIKING OT FOR THE SvusQueHaNNa—RIDING aA PoxeRisu Rar. Catawissa, May 9, 1560. I left Philadelphia by the 7.30 train this morn- ing, for the wild region of Center Pennsylvania, coming by the Philadelphia and Elmira road. For the first hundred miles of the way we shot up the beautiful valley of the Schuylkill;—past Fair- mount and the new Park, (ex-Lemon fill of pic- nic renown) which the Philadelphians fondly believe is to surpass the New York City Central Park ; past the barge-houses of the “Schuylkill fleet,” Laurel Hill, the Odd Fellows’ Ceme- tery, Mount Vernon, and the half dozen other sweet rural cemeteries which line the Schuylkill; past fawn-colored, lemon-colored, and straw. colored rough-cast houses with red roofs, remind- ing the traveler of such in France and Belgium; past castle-iike mansions of gray building stone, such as the merchant princes of Philadelphia fondly incline to for suburban residences, and sach as Washington has the material for in abund- ance on the line of the Aqueduct; past Manayunk. inting paper out of straw er folks; past the busy where Nixon makes for the Philadelphia manufacturing place of Norristown; mensely long coal trains from the mines, some- times numbering one hundred and twenty cars to the train; Rt @ continuous line of canal es Jonded with lime and coal; wagons piled high with empty lager beer A so on R: and Port Clinton, at which place got very much rougher and vegetation more backward than at the commencement of the morning’s ride. Rocks, biackened stumps, and mountain sides scathed by fire met the eye instead of the fat green fields of the lower Schuylkill. pete such as one es in New gland, made f appearance, and the ground was hea; with stores of similar fenciag ma- terial curious feature of the view was the countless shutes or slides where cord-wood had Deen precipitated down the mountain sides ip furrows almost 2s close and regular as the stripes on a “daown easter's” trousers. Another odd wrinkle was the following announcement painted col icuously upon the cers of the Port Clinton and Catawissa road: “+ M. April 14, 1556. In the hands of the receiver.” It seems that in consequence of the number of tunnels, bridges, and cuts on this road, it has me ene of the most expensive in construction = tg tgs: hence the arieeze, and by State iw mort e must thus publicly an- Ne ‘gag P y We now enter upon the lumber region of the upper Scbuyikill, and for many miles the road was lined with piles of pine rds, shingles. joists, &c., and ee y little river was kept actively employed indeed all slong in driving saw-mills and other lumber cutting machinery At T: ua, however, there was a diversion from the lumber business; all hands were busy in digging coal from the mountain sides, and so close to the road that the operation of disembow- oling the huge aes of coal could be witnessed from the very car windows. ‘Occasionally arich valley glade was disclosed as the cars went on, but | was un to find so much land unfitted for agricultural purposes in this portion of the State. Hereabouts our road. which had so long bug; close to the Schuylkill, seemed to despair of fol- lowing its brook-like’ sinuosities forther, and planed away through the hills to the right in of the Susquehanna, which it found at -. The road aloug Catawissa creek is kerish”’ sort, and for the first time, I believe, in my railroad traveling experi- =, I felt @ bit nervous and While dashing along the very va of deep valleys into a rich smili, country, soil of which reminded me lands of Virginia. (2.50 p.m.) at Catawissa, Colu bia county, Pa., right in amongst the iron min and furnaces, and stacks of iron “T” rails manu- factured here have taken he place of the hitherto piles of lumber along the road. c.8.N. Dxatu or McDoxatp, tux MvuRvERER oF Vim ima SrvaRt —The telegraph has alrend neu . Virginia Stewart, in New York, took poises— recovery was consifiered im- . _ He was at once reinoved to the bospital |, and everything posible was done to restore bim, but without effect, and he died at 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon. The —* fresh in the coy Stewart was formerly his mistress { Mobile, But _ — and ar, to — York. He wis gnorant Place o: lence, and sought h in several cities, but finally met her ‘accid fentally on Broadway, as she was coming out of Taylor's saloon, followed her to the corner of Canal street pote City Resid ne baie ores a 5 lonsld was indicted murder and was have been tried the present deter- f 28 3 ff i 5 i : sed was e. Two females, for- nia Stewart's house in confined as witnesses in the mreet, ever since the ar- i al as if! ia . i i i i 8 z F g i a if ik ef i Hes : 4 z F i : i i H EH | H i father the head of te “Sequence bob s'atint Howe diavunsed with ———— AvpIENce TO THE Jaranese Emsassapons.— We are authorized to state that the President will give an audience to the Japanese Embassadors on Thursday, 17th inst., at 12 o'clock m. .As the Executive Mansion could not contain all our cit- izens who might desire to be present on that oc- casion, the doors cannot be open to the public. But Congress, being a co-ordinate branch of the Government, any member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives who may choose to at- tend will be cordially received. The ofticers of the Army and Navy are requested to take notice of this postponement. ‘Tux Report or THe Boanp to EXAMINE THE Navy-Yarps.—Secretary Toucey has recently had. eceasivn to send to Congress a copy of the report of the Board of Naval Officers who not long since made 2 tour of inspection among the navy-yards, and (as very properly instructed so to do) sug- gested various changes, improvements und alleged Teforms which in their jndgment would conduce to the interest of the Gov@rnment. Among these was a recommendation that those establishments should be more completely under naval authority than at present, which; the board conceived, would put a stop to a number of abuses that have in a long series of years crept into the manage- ment of various branches of their business that are necessarily conducted by civilians employed in them. Secretary Toncey, in his letter of com- ments upon their report, evidently interprets their recommendation to mean the expression of an opinion that the duties in navy-yards now dis- eharged by civilians should hereafter be per- formed by *‘salts;*? a conclusion which seems to us not to be warranted by the tenor of the report From that conclusion be of course very properly dissents. Nevertheless, it strikes us that he entirely misapprehends the meaning of that Portion of the recommendation. Their design waa simply to recommend that the civilians employed in the navy-yards be, in the first place, so employed with- out reference to their politics; and in the next in- stance, that they be brought more completely under the authority of the naval commanders of the yards, so that the latter might have the means of promptly correcting any abuses of the existence of which they may become aware Both these recommendations seem to us highly Proper, and. if carried out, likely to prove as im- portant and valuable changes for the Government, as for all civilians employed in those establish- ments who are simply ambitious to discharge their duties well. As :natters have tended in the navy yards for the last twenty or twenty-five years, politics, rather than mechanical skill and steadi- ness, have become the best recommendation for the mechanic or laborer seeking employment or ptomotion in them; and that politics may have fall sway in such matters in them, the authority of the commandant toemploy, promote, or dis- charge, has been made virtually subordinate to that of the master workmen,who are rarely them- selves employed except upon satisfactory assuran- ces that they are “all right upon the goose,” and at least as active as politicians, as they are compe- tent as workmen. We know nothing more de- moralizing than the growth of this custom of em- Ploying mechanics aud laborers more or less upon political considerations—tending as it does to make small politicians of persone who do far more harm than good to society when essaying to be- come prominent inthe regulation of its affairs. That it wlso costs the national treasury heavily. is a self-evident truth ; for such places or employ- ment cannot be put up as prizes for political com- petition, except at an enormous aggregate eventual cost. Why the Government should makea ques- tion of the politics of the men who lay brick, plane boards, drill touch-holes or pull ropes for them, (when no private citizen would venture to do any such thing without anticipating having to pay heavily for their politics in addition to what he pays for their work,) we cannot imagine. The truth is, year by year, politics have been gradually creeping into the control of every de- partment of the Government's business; until, we care not which purty may be in power, hard- ly a federal dollar can be disbursed without be- ing telied by the politicians; without a per cent- age ef it going to reward some body for political services already rendered, or expected to be ren- dered in time to come. It is not wonderful, therefore, that we have become a nation of small politicians; for the same truth holds good in the management of the affairs not only of the Gen- eral Government, but of every State and incorpo- rated city inthe Union. Travelers marvel at the swarms of clergy they see in Mexico and other Catholic countries, and wonder how the working populations subsist them all. They (‘ravelers) of course abuse their systems of Government roundly, for permitting the alleged abuses of popular rights involved in a state of things which causes taxes to be laid in a hundred different ways for the benefit of that class—the cleryy and their lay ad- juncts. This politician-abuse is becoming a greater nuisance and evil in the United States than the surplus of the clergy in Mexico. Much more money is taken from the labor of our land for the support of the class—far worse than worthless, so far as the good they do—than Mexico exacts from her non-clerical population, for the church Perhaps the worst feature of the whole business is the fact that besides the hundreds of thousands so employed, who do something for the pay they receive, there are twice as many more who throw away much of their time and money in efforts to obtain such employment, and who become un- scrupulous in all things by degrees, in accustom- ing themselves to practice the vagrant habits and loose morality prevalent among those who do the dirty and disreputable work of the political parties in this country. If the board of naval officers who last inspected the United States navy- yards prove to have driven an entering-wedge into the shameful practice of employi ng mechanics and laborers according to their politics, in the Government’s service, which shall eventually split it into shivers, they will have deserved well of their country, indeed. Hovsr Jaranesx Empassy Committee —The Hovse Committee appointed to wait on the Japanese Embassy, and extend an invitation to them to be present at the sessions of that body, consists of Messrs. Sherman, H. Winter Davis, E. Joy Morris, John Cochrane, of New York, and Branch, of N.C. The committee waited on the Embassy last evening, at 9 o'clock, but they declined at pre- sent tofix any time for visiting the Capitol. They desire to be formally introduced to the President before appearing in public. For this reason they have likewise declined to receive the municipal committees from New York and elsewhere. Mr. Dovonas's Seexcu.—Our commentari:s upon the speech of Mr. Douglas, commenced ye:- terday, which he bad not concluded at 2 p. m. to- day, are, much to our regret, crowded out until to-morrow, by a press of copy previously prepared for to-day’s issue of the Star. NEW, YORK = : The Post of Tuesday evening says: Proceedings of Yesterday Afterneen. A — i‘ t by the heavy defalca- ml +) Postmaster, tle wi fing Post of first Promise no al ’ vantil set nt rest by the inves- now y and the kn: of | a re appears to a ny? f i wey Democ: introduced by ‘ vo the ‘In the office. Further Mr. Davie, e resolutions that he had’ no desire to elevate his a by attempting te pull down anybody , and be had no assault to make upon any Senator. As the Senator from care (Mr. Davis) in his remarks had made pointed alinsions to himself, he should be com- pelled to allude to that Senator's position in re- Plying to him, by way of filustration; but he should do so kindly and courteously. He not indulge in the discussion of any ab- stract theory of government, much less in the dis- eussion of legal issues which have lately been at- tempted to be fereed uy, the democratic party On & former day he bad auused himself with a discussion with the Attorney General, for that gentleman seemed to have nothing todo to oc- cupy bis time, aiyl he (Mr. D.) had leisure to ze ly to him Lr. D. quoted some extracts from the speech of Mr. Davis, and proceeded to reply to them. ‘The facts stated in these extracts (sald’he) conclusively show that this doctrine of squatter sovereignty, or popular sovereignty, or non-intervention, as the Senator has used ite did not originate with me in its application to the Territories of the United States. {t was distinctly proclaimed by Gen. Cass in what is known as the Nicholson letter, when the issue was distinetly presented to the country, in the contest in 1S18. Gen. Cass became the nominee of the democratic party with a full knowledye of his opinious upon this question, and he was supported by the party on that issue The same doctrine of n nlervention was incor- porated into the compromise measures of 1850, in opposition to the views and efforts of the Senator from Mississippi and !n harmony with the views and efforts of myself. It was reaffirmed by the democratic a, in the Baltimore Convention of ISo2, when Gen. Pearce was elected President of the United States upon the same doctrine of non- intervention. It was again reAifirmed by Con- gress in the Kansas-Nebraska bill of 1554, and had its first trial and yield its first fruits upon the plains of Kansas in 1555 and 1956. These facts conclusively disprove and refute the charges so often made within the Senate Chamber during the last year, that he had changed bis opinions with regard to this question since IS56 Mr. D. then went into an elaborate historical detail of the action of the democratic party and its distinguished members, in reference to this question, to prove that originally the doctrine was strenuously contended for that Conzrers hi constitutional power to legislate upon the subject of slavery in the Territories, and furthermore, that the South did not ask = h intervention. He quoted the Florida and Georgia resolutions of Is47, and referred to Mr. Yancey’s report in 1Sis, which was rejected by States, 34 to 216. Thus, it was the democratic party who had changed and not he. He proceeded to discuss the history of the compromise measures and of the passare of the Kansas bill; and, after having spoken for three hours, without concluding his remarks, gave way to a motion for adjourament,; whereupon the fe - ate adjourned. ix THe House, the resolutions reported from the Committee of Elections in the Michigancontested election case—piving Mr. Howard, the cont: the seat oceu pied by Mr. Cooper —was discussed by Mr. Gartrel! against, and Mr. Stratton in favor r question was taken on the viz: t George B. Cooper is seat in the Thirty-sixth Congress as a tive from the first Congressional dis! gan; it was agreed to by a vote of nays The second resolution, viz: That Wm A How- ard isentitled toa seat in the Thirty-sixth Con- ress as a Representative from the first Congres- Sional district of Michigan, was agreed to—yeas 92, nays 71 On motion of Mr. Dawes, Mr. Howard was sworn in. The House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, (Mr Dawes in the chair,) and | eee to the consideration of the Post Office Deticiency bill The first section appropriates for the tran tion of the mail (inland) * 4,010; provi ed th the Postmaster General is hereby directed to re- store the inland service on all the routes under contract on the 4th of March, 1559, unless the same have expired by their own limitation; and where the service has been actually performed by the otwithstanding sich discontinuance, er General shall pay the contractors as + had been ordered; but the Postmaster General shall not be required to restore the service on any of said routes beyond one daily mail each way ‘The above section gave rise to debate, involving the power of the Postmaster General over those contracts Mr. Colfax. from the Committee on the Post Offices and Post Roads, reporied an amendment, which was aureed to, requiring the Postm = General to restore the 1: Lind service, except where there bas been improved service by raflrond or otherwise Among the otber {tems, $1,276,000 are Proposed to be appropriated for compensation to post- masters, and for clerks in their oflices $175,000. eeond section provides that the sum of 21 bemppropriated to supply deficiencies evenue of the Post Office Department for ear ending 30th of June, 1860 The entire sum proposed to be appropriated is 13,500,000 The committee rose without coming to a con- clusion on the first section, and the House ad- the miatter has developed the following! lars: The accounts as adjusted up to March 1860, exhibit a balance due the Post Office De; ment of $155,000. The deficit, if there be any, the Ist of April to Saturday, the lvth, at which time Mr. H. St. George Offutt, of the Anditor’s riper ae took charge of the office. cannot be fully ascertained until the transcripts of mails sent and seoel ved, and the postal business, have been fully made up, and sent to the Post Office Department for examination and adjust- ment. The payments of the aceruing revenue of the office are required by law to be made weekly at the Sub-Treasury, and certificates of deposite are to be forwarded to hot Pegg office of the de- partment, as they are given. The account current and transactions showing the postal business and T-¥: nues, are also forwarded to that office at the expiration of each fiscal quarter. Mr. Fowler bis inthe mere form complied with the regulation, having always made his regular weekly deposite:, but the recent investigations have shown that they were, in many instances, far short of the amount collected and due. This fact did not excite sns- Picion, as the business of the office must neces- Sarlly fluctuate, and there being a ditference in the nett proceeds between the varlous quarters, iu some cases exceeding $20,000 It appears, from his accounts at the Post Office, that prior to the Ist of October, 1555, hig settle. ments were full snd satisfactory. Atthat time there was a balance in bis favor of $4,161, The defalcation, or th greater part of .t hasprobably occurred within a year. Mr. Jobn B. Guthrie, the agent of the Treasury Department, relieves Mr. Oifutt, who returns to Washington thisevening. It will be awork of some magnitade, and occupy a considerable time to close the accounts up to date. The Sub-Treasury law will not apply to the case until an indictment shall be fovnd against him. He Is to be arrested, if at all, under a dis- tress warrant issued by the Solicitor of the Trea- sur It is sald that Mr. Fowler has left the city, but of this we have no positive information. Another statement is that his friends will make up the amount to the government, The numerous friends of Mr. Fowler will be pained to hear of this disgrace; for he isa man of many generous and popular qualities, who has won his way into the kind regards of those with whom he had occasion todo business But these very qualities unfited him for the discharge of the responsible duties with which he was en- trusted. He was regularly preyed upou, We u derstand, by the scheming Selielona by who: he allowed himeelf to be surrounded, aad in b weakness yielded to their solicitations. In this way he became hopelessly embarrassed, and was He eage to resort to the official drawer to make g his imprudent loans and advances. The Express of Tuesday evening says: Mr. Fowler has left a jetter in his ottice entirely exonerating bis deputies and assistants from any complicity in his acts. His most intimate per sonal friends say that he is at least fire hundred iniles away, en leavoring to avoid arrest, until it shall be seen whether or no some compromise can be made with the Administraton. It is reported that some wealthy men, who are warmly attached to Mr. Fowler, both personally and po- litically, will willingly come forward to make up the deficiency; and one man alone offers $50,000 On Saturday a Federal oiticer : r-'ved and took session of the post office. Some of those who now Mr. Fowler weil, and who have lent him money free of interest, say thai such has been his distress of mind for years past that they would not have been surprised in the least to have heard that he had committed suicide. At the New York Hotel, where ke has lived for several years, he is spoken of in the kindest terms, and from the proprietors down there is a generai expression of rezret and sympathy. It is one of the few instances where a failing man is not kicked by his more fortunate neighbors. His disappearance from the house was x0t particularly observed until the newspaper anaouncementa of the defalcation. It was then that everybody recol- lected what had not before been observed, that Mr. Fowler had for a long time manifested preat uneasiness. which his observers erroneously sup- posed was in consequence of the distrac con- dition of the party of which he was so promi- nent a leader. It is now known that this uneasi- ness arose from the consciousness that the day of reckoning was near at hand, that he wes utterly unable to square his accounts, and that mercy at Washington was out of the question. There has been nothing heard of Mr Fowler's whereabouts as yet. The Assistant Postmaster and Cashier, Mr. Wm. Caldwell, who was at- tached to Mr. Fowler asa friend, appears to be in deep distress of mind; and although no suspi- cion attaches to him as bis accounts are correct to a fraction, yet on the whole he bas thought {t his duty to resign his position, and the Post Office is now under charge of Mr. Guthrie, Avent of the Treasury. Mr. Offutt of the Anditor’s Depart- ment is engaged this (Tuesday) morning in cred- iting the accounts. As has already been stated. vouches for every fraction of mouey given to Mr Fowler bave been handed over to Mr. Offutt by the cashier. Marshal Rynders says that he has been person- ally on the look out for Mr. Fowler from 7 p.m on Saturday night until the present time; and has se cers to Orange county and Staten Island up the fugitive. The warrant delivered to bim by Mr. Hillier, Solicitor of the Treasury Department, instructs hit that, as Isnac V. Fowler ts a defaulter to the Government in the sum of 815 34 31, to, firstly, levy on his personal effects to that amouut; serena: ly, in default of finding suticient personal prop- erty, to seize his body, and commit him to prison, there to remain until discharged by due process of law; thirdly, if bis effects will not cover the deficit, to attach the property of the securetics to his bond. Itis rumored down town that certain offic now where Mr. Fowler is and could easily est him if they wanted to. 1 ets ex -imemt jaetiy will } THIS (Wedn ma 16-1t* Representa- tof Michi- pas, to 77 t journed = - Proceedings of T: . Ix Tire SENATE, to-day, no business of import- ance was transacted up to the resumption by Mr Douglas of his speech, commenced yesterday, on the Territorial question, when our report closed Novse.—Mr. Morris, of I1., offered a resoln- tion, which was agreed to, calling on the Post- master General to communicate to the Houre as early as possible, all the facts and circumstances relating to the defuleation of Isanc V Fowler, Postmaster of New York; stating particularly the time the said defalcation commenced. {ts pic- gress when It became known to the Postmaster General, the aggregate amount, and, if any, what legal proceedinzs or prosec has been Insti- tuted by bim; and to what amount the Govern- ment is secured by bond or otherwise Mr. Hickman asked that the Honse take up the resolution heretofore reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, in relation to the Presiden.’s test. Mr. Washburne, of Ilt., said the steamboat bill was the special order The Chair so deciding— ls »urned> meeting of the Washington Light In ty Hall (ws NO. ‘I. 5 THE OPPOSITION OF by T Ey Ward aud ail who are opposed to the Seb bi! alministra'ioa ace earnestly invited t resent at Island Hallion WEDNESDAY BV NG, at 4 0’elock, to express their preference fora candi date for Mayoralty, ma 14-2t* Cnt.) MANY CITIZE POSTPONEMEN'T—Owing to the iy oS ce) of the weather, the grouudeat Ancien me appealed from the decision of the the Tenchers of St Mattheg aad oda Lad |, Mr. Washburne moved to lay the appeal on the led te ation until WEp- | ble; which was agreed to. ESDAY ima 12 3t The House then proceeded to consider the lem THE ANNUAL M STIVAL or | SMtmboat bill, a8 reported by Mr. Washburne. St. MattHew’s Suspay Scnoot. will take Ritoo at ANaLostay IsLaxp, on WEDNESDAY, WASHINGTON BREWERY,” being Mer 2. a in full operation. under the management , Phe procession will form at the school room at@ Ww proprietor, exn furrish aur one wiih o'clock a. m., and proceed to st pure Malt Liquo: of superior quality, at the fo'- rwins low doti e Wharf, foot of G street, headed by Boats w Stone * vered {ree of charge to any J leave High street wharf G ure prices, rt saree? and Stone Honso Wharf, foot of G street "Wark! | ACE T Femi 7 Beer) 1.0 per keg of ington. regularly ail day. : Sah 15" go. da. s—Gentleinen, 5) cents; Ladies, ents; |] © XX AL H do, bad Chilaren 10 cents. "To be procired Of mer ol tie | XX ee : 1 do. do. teachers or at the wharves. ma 10 BROWN SOUP... B00) do. do. = xm ms — Half barrels, barrels and hugsheaus at 8 propor WHERE Is THE B PLACE. TO | tiouate pris Baby eh CKOTHING, HATS AND CAPS: | “Crdoes aiven to the drivers, or cont ‘through the Poke anemone, SMUT a Siena» | 10 Cufidsie c CONINE AY senington Brew- : ‘ : 1 abubd 7 romptly attend ima "6.11 SMJLIVS, No, 460 Seventh strect, nest to Aedene | O21 Mil be Promptly “SHIRTS, COLLARS. ree ; “ de, for sale very low at SALE HALE, 4160 oe enth st. e. MORE NEW GOODS, at SMITH's. IN HYORAULIC MOTOR, ae FOR Stationak POWER, o ied to. mechumies. ond has, to ia No. 460 | as it has beoome +nown, deen received with ua Seventh st., o; ite Post Office, bounded encomiums = strhelite 1 at Silent bi i powerfal in its op ion—economical ABtvat OF in its original cost, occupation of _ con- tion of wat>r, it oby ates the danger, And ‘attestion indispansitie te or —ihs onl: juisite being a Riicient head 9 flowing water ; ted reduction Sons JAPANESE s a aS | ntiful es ig Goods, which we have just rece ved, A = poo 3 Srranged for sale. its power for frietion ©. W. BOTELER & SONS, tore thi ay and ; _ma 16-8t Ton Hall, meant inv andor (a Mydrmalie Ba cer) ee AR ” Ree ame nme ure ie ims for 4 3 » conomd superioi over every ot! pigeon uimeiec! to the sale which" will take | the xreazeet postibto coontom mitt toany Irhira, breween north Dinnd bi serene FLNGIte® | Kind Sf moahfneee sade ears nee to that alread rtised is & fine lot of Preserves. bean ated t a fine q And the sale will Tho Wathen and 6 attention of porwone faeisbing. rv? y invites an. oS ES ES : er epee | DEAFNEss, rene: agree: DEAFNESs, wet, ena be purchased of DEAFNEss, vad and " ALL DISEASES GOLDPAPERS, 486 of the 4 heanti assortment of at EAR, Srbaerpaaeng tae S ; tie CURED =e WEA GEORGETOWN. POLITICAL. MAVORALTY. Are Gronezrows, D. C., May 16, 1860 ’ ? Drs ty guncenee pds ‘was a called meeting of our City Coun. | the election to be held on the fret Montane tn de cils Iagt evening, at which much of the business | next. = ‘of which = been <a PE inning of session. We have ; “Gis mafalng te tetce bricty wcn| BALLS AND PARTIES. as were defini upon, but wi BECOND = — = send a full report to-merrow . SE VD MAY FESTIVA . ary Denne conpsesd in joint mosting, Me} May Finet VAL. Sait encase bean Caperton in the chair, for the purpose of electing | >) aesing xolicitas ok hin DAY KY MBLY nal an it @ police magistrate and a w urer, to fill vacancies om {Chair announced the first pene atop the election of a ice mi 7 ae ‘ointed Mesars Stake beat W itiieee tellers Mr. take nominated Robert White. There being no other nomination, the election was with, and there were 15 ballots cast—for Robert ‘White 4, blank 1; and Mr. White was elected. The election of wood corder and measur being next in order, Mr. Williams a commanication from Wm. Collins, which Was: read by the Chair. Mr Stake nominated Daniel O’ Leal Fifteen ballots were cast—for Wilbam 14, Daniel O° Leary 1; and the former was elected. A resolution for certain purposes (Long bridge) a A corder and meas- EN: A NING. tath on ROOMS: Louis. ta * ni Congr ss wi tlemen attached to the Press. TT LADIES OF SORSUGH ving an EXCURSIO Ty sae BN SPAY, 231 instart. Th ateamer Prarnsy has been charternd jon. Withers’ brass band wi fekets for gentiemen ¥ rent Will leave tw » Stepping at the Navy Yard an Ref eshments may be procured on t+ dria, *®. ma 6 iw and a resolntion to provide for expenss of a = - and work house for quarter ending March ist, OOK OUT ont sink Radin. dove: ay tenon bees the lower board to abate | 22° FIRST GRAND Pie Nic or ihe BASH part of the front foot taxon Gideon Pearce’s lot | 4 {: BOYS ° place on ‘ AY. the 17th tant, at COLUMBIA Roni eg bee at * D cents. ems qootloween aki ladies . Omnibnees will leave the on Bridge street, passed the Board of Aldermen. The ordinance amenda to an ordinance en- titled an ordinance reorganizing the police and night-watch system of the town, approved July 3, 1558, elicited considerable debate in the lower forner of Pe. av. and Seventh street. every hous r 120"! hoard, which will notice at length to-morrow. | —2% 14-3" wn COMMITTED. Mr. Tenney moved to strike out the clause NT aSArn:, which provides for an election ef police immedi- IRE COM ately on the passage of the act; and asked for the ayes and noes; which being taken, the amend- ment was lost by the following vote: Yeas—Messrs. Hill, King, and Tenney—2. Nays—Mess. Dodge, Dunlop, Fearson; McCobb, Pickrell, Stake, and W illiama—7. And the ordinance snbsequently In the Board of Common Council there were egy resolutions in relation to ten-pin alleys; in favor of George W. Beall; to pay the assessors: in favor of Jenkin Thomas; appropriating $50 for improvement of Aqueduct st ; to relieve J. Ham- merscblay from payment of 2 fine for carrying concealed weapons; instructing committee before Congress in relation to amending charter so far an collection of taxes is concerned, and in relation to completion of Washington Aqueduct. ‘Particulars in future a lvertisement. IRST GRAND EXCURSION unt Vernon Literary Association, GLYMONT PAVILION. We would respectfully baving chartered the «wil Co modious steamer Pyarxix. we will Bx Sur Pirst Exenraon on MON if ma 12-61 our friends n AY, the 2Isth instant, at the above | retreat. and hereby extend to th lte generally a cordial invitation usta the pleasure of the occamon. There was a spicy debate on Mr. Dodge's resc- | A cel lution of inquiry a8 to the legality of the appro- waged f ore Fae i Priation of 3500 by the last Corporation to fee | 0 — = rhe Gon no Capital and counsel to defend before the courts the present in- and L. strocteat Ids o'clock on eumbent of the mayoralty. We will send an ab- Stract to-morrow. Unt day The boat will lrave her w st.) at2o'clock precisely rf (foot of Ei ‘The resolution in relation to Gilbert Vander- | Refreshments will be served by the Proprietors werken was under consideration when, after i1 Tickets ONE DOLLAR, adm thing a pentieman o'clock, the board adjourned. and Ir pais ., P*’ XS nae red - OF THE ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The Pablic Schools of the Fourth District (Island) Repose to unite for the purpose of holding » MAY FESTIVAL at COLUMBIA S*°RINGS, on FRIDAY, titir instant. Bx puta’s Cotillion Band wil be in attendan during the whole dar. Ample refreshments mins be We understand that Covenant Lodge, 1 O O.F , will, give a grand pic-nic at Analostan Island, about the I!th of June, of which the Star's readers Will be fully informed by advertisement. From our knowlege of the admirable social qualities of the members of this Lodge. we hazard notbing in saying that it will be one of the events of the sea- sou oO AMUSEMENTS. OF ARRANGEM'TS. | obtained on the grounds, An efhevent police will werve ord Lovery effort made to render the as well as to the pupiis jeare be devoted WAS8ING TON THEATER. i) pohingnn lar pone = = vs friends of vb Admission oniy 25 9 ores. | Garirine peremnettinss tet tone ck R ners. and not wishing te attend Nic. ar - RO ‘ spectiully requested to hand their denations_ to Enis cresting ‘Ge Kt bean- | either Trnste-s or Teachers of the Ward. (The tiful p ke Fitch's | attention of eandiriates at the ensuing eity election Inexhansti Bottle: 1 Sicht: The iehkets of ads Children’s tickets 10 ¢ Canary; The Broken Plate wish to w Chioroforene, : linary gift of Seco Procession, Onnnibuses will also run between the Gro and the City hourly, starting from the corner of e. A GRAND MATINEE Will be ga on avenue . th street. and Maryland avenue SATURDAY AF ERNOON, and Seventh xtreet—first trip at 9 o'clock: and al<o for the especial accommodation of Ladies and | atthe District School House. »pposite Isiand Hali Children. ma 16 Admission to all parts of the house only 25cents, _—"e_-__—_————— i pen at 24 commence at 2s. SRR PS See ee sheet open at the Theater every das. when * can be secured for any evening during the k. The perf ance will commence at 8, and pat 10 o'clock. ma i6 LOST AND FOUND. FO5ND the Avenue, on the Sth of May. a PARASOL, "The owner wi roperty, and pay for this advert TAGERTS. rner of Nin REWARD —Lost. somo time last werk LEE, *HOOL, of the FIRST hirteenth street. between VENING, May I, at & al black ¢ ied BREAST PIN. shape exercises will be ver, teresting, eral 7 "] sist of Speaking and Singing by the like a sh ai a gel h appropriate emblems presented by | 14 870u @KY Adinittance 3 cents, for adults ; 13 cts, the On the under side 1 mast | with the date OP» FELLOWS’ HALL! THREE NIGHTS LONGER! MONDAY, TUESDAY, and WEDNESDAY, May lara, 157m, anv 16Tn, COSMOPOLITAN MINSTRELS Will give Three More of their “1854. pin uninjured to the Star office will r e the | above reward. and no questions will be asked. ma 16 Se Oy E 10 THE PREMISES OF THE SUB scriber on the Mth of May. a GRAY MARE, with the right fore foot lame. The owner will please come forward, prov Pe pa pay charges and take her away, Inquire a venth etreet toll gate. ¥ ne Lavonance axn TALENTED PaRFoRMANCES _ma 15 &° JAMES OW In this city. SURAYED AWAY. on Sat GO AND SEE THEM! ails bea » With blac and tail; blind eye: “LD” on the right shoulders. A liberal reward: ADMISSION TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. will be paid to any one who will return himt . JOUN WILSON, corner Twelfth and PF strerts Front seats invarial DRT We eee RT st, ma 15. . T. W. BOGART, - DMAP. 2 REWARD.—Lost. on the j4th instant. a ro an = mim | SD MENOHANDCM MARR MARKET. BOO! taining a note = for 83.25, drawn by Remer, + WANTS & Co.,in favor Christian Engel; payment ‘of » bench note has boon stopped. CnueT Oe a = Lv aE er > ard for their return to ISTIAN ENGEL. WANSTED—A SITUATION as nurse, or to | Picinn oe t Sproe. Centre Market : or to SELL ook. wash ina small family. Address Box HAUSEN’S, Seventh et., between G and H : re TANTED. A BARBER and HAIR DRE E Apply to H. JACOBS, Alexand: \ OST—On Saturday, the Sth instant, or the tr 4 which left Baltimore for Wash ton at 3.15 5 tthe Washin & small TKA\ [LING WRITING DESK, which coutained o the private papers of Mrs. A’ L.. Cook. of no vals to any one except the owner. A liberal reward « be given to whoever shall deliver the desk snd its contents to this . ma 15-3" N ESTRAY.—Came to the premises of the su seriber on or about Thursday. the loth inst.,e@ la: red COW, giving nik, no flesh meat k Worn bent down; r white, and the switch of her tail cropped” > —— of the above cow ward, prove property. way. Inquire of JO; Extension. eG0ereeeseeeeee AN —\ WET NURSE. Apply to Dr. GSRNETT, No. 465 Ninth street west, ma 15 3t* D TO HIRE—A WOMAN, todo the ing. washing and ironing 0: a small fam- re at No. 402 Sixta street, between G ma 15-3t* A boy who can oyment by ad- PRNTERS BOY WANTE set type can have steady « dressing “Printer,” Box 168 City F ion 15-2t QERVANT WANTED, : i ta » the cooking, wash. tly of four persons, and fing at Ro bee a = wong Re PERSONAL. Ms EDITOR :—Your reporter of the trip of te Japanese Embassy, on board the stea Philwieiphia, from H. ton Reade to this cv! givan Mr. James Wormiey a very compl notice for the superb manner in whieh bh. farn’ the “bill of fare. mblished in the naamall dairy. and ctherwixe qualined., ces willbe ziven. Apply at Valiey View Farm, aboutone mile west from Georgetown Col- lege. ma 15-3t* Te = RAE ae . Itie desired, anact of j.- Wp Teer A EE NURSE. Apply to. Dr. | 82 fant without the sisthnoet en to way sin) T.M ER, 246 F st. wa 14-30 to state that the | oad “ball of, dare was Pepa 4 AN r 3 shed by Mr John Roxie, Confection peth ty m seene WORK HOKSE, war Xo ye ad & Be. 2 rare, Gaufect in perfect health and without fault. Also. a CART and a W2GON. Ail tress P. P., Star Office, ma i4 3t WANTED—A COOK and WASHER wanted at N peed wed &c.) has no superio-in the % in iz R. EDITOR :—In looking over the Star of the i4th inst. and noticing the meconnt of the er ; 6 AOS EN eat Mivete, See el bateaal ae eee Roanoke to the “(Syberia ws averjhes Kame thet aaa | ulinteirms. find in, SP aking of the reeeptin now they ener on beard of the at stated t+ Wee Fine aod Walls ook of | the dinner was prepared iy deen went “3 FURAN i FURS HONE Cee Rasa | wit cee iy aay ots 4) * nd vel w arnishing nner. be enth st.. opposite Post Department. ap6—3m i inner was Mf—that is th tx. sere sera te eutikod ANTED, IN THE COUNTRY.—{ wish to ‘ Mr containing three jour rooms, with from rted in the doing what he did not two to hve scres of od, two to five miles o and baine ity todo, ashe was encase! bs suet the beter) hd'tst™ieineatscrpsig ot | fy Conta akc ahgese cee wins sooner the : — < piace, price, location, and other particulars,—"Gar- ft —_ ‘ind had the Was | dener,” Georgetown, D. C. ma 12-3t mm ‘not ‘the afair im any manne | ANTED—A WHITE GIRL to take care of ing employed merely as ‘an infant, and to assist with the washing and A. ito NNIER. st. ironing. One with recommendations may ‘ard. apply eee F bo 6th and 7th. WANTED.—Every one % Rd re GEORGETOWN ADVERT’MTS For other Georgetown advertisements see first Page FR Sey Sob gates oe above with oe ee "Bape r on Georg. rest at the Teele OTN cee BONSET RIBBONS, OF ALL COLORS AND STYLES, apol ART ie _ Just Opens at rt : 8 Ts now open fe ligh stre-t, above tn of if r -