VOLUME III. WASHINGTON CITY/D. Jg JANUARY 18, 1874. NUMBER 46. BELLIGERENT BEN. AGAIN. Chaffln's Bluff, about a mile mrtah&lf in the For THE CAPITAL. "When penning our criticism upoti thebloodv rear of Fort beauty of these settings; in many the pehrls and declare the duty on silks to be a swindle and all 7 . BRnM - S i Harrtiotn was well fortified and AN OLD WESTERN STAGE-ROAD. diamonds hang as if in air, you see nothing but the connected with it enemies to the workingman. BECOBD OF THE WEEK. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. most notable men in the beard. B. F. Nourse eoufUet as described by tlic renowned hero of I commta« by Colonel Dick Taylor oi The lightning flies with human messages stones. A superb necklet of this description was Such, is the result of the policy of which Mr. Kelley Esq., Boston, was also a high authority on the Port Fisher, we paid him the high compliment V either Major Bogers and his people Among the hill», along the dnsty way, of alternate peai Is and diamonds; the pearls were prides himself to be th.e chief. WE regret to learn that the leave of Major Franclc financial questions of the day. Mr. Van Horn' To the left of rEI.EGRA»!« FROItX BAI/FI. of supposing that he had given us a thrilling H Fort Harrison, about one (You see the wires, at timos, from tree to tree, graduated, finishing in ono as large and perfect as Inflation,« la Kelley, is only just wanting to Taylor, 1st United States artillery, has expired. Kansas City, editor of the Joui rial of Commerce, was MORE. fiction based on a small foundation cf Tad \ i^R was Fort Gi'mer-the bloody New Stretching across the hollows, while the road a grape. finish the rotten system up. He joins his battery, at Key West, next week. the wit of the convention. " He is a ready debater, quick at repartee and gen- Circles the bases of the hills beneath-,) In dreaming over these wonderfully beautiful Yet, there seems to be a sounder Instinct In Con- FROM the long lines of carriages daily seen upon - the 1 erally gets the best of his opponents. Grosvenor, • 1 Where, years ago, a noisier daily tide Works of art one scarcely thinks of the money they gress ; and it speaks well, both for the Ways and our fashionable streets one is pnzzled to know THE GRAND JURY ON FEES. Jf conclusion that General Ben, another 1 very deep and wide ditch in front of it M thai St. Louis; Marsh, Kansas City; Taylor, Cincin- Of traffic flowed, and Travel's sunburnt lace are worth or of asking about it, but as a matter of Means Committee and the House, that they refuse whethera reception or fnneral is the order of the BALTIMORE, January 17.—The expose recently stufrwhicl nati; Wetherell, Philadelphia; Dore, Chicago; fcCttend Baum, had more imagination than am- > Mr. Butler put into his speech about Shone through the dust, while the red coaches curiosity I did ask the price, not value—for to me to be saved by the inflated"Kelley Safeib. day. made In the Baltimore correspondence of TIIE ra,vlBes and McLaren, Milwaukee; Crocker, Boston, in addi- munition, and actually, as children say, « made abatis in front of this work is bald rang, It seemed priceless—of the Guido above described, The repeal of the salary bill is something like CAPITAL of the very questionable practices of honeen,e tion to those already mentioned, were among the [it all up out of his own head." \Va susnected I - There was nothing in front of the ditch With hurrying wheels, along the level pike, in its sunlit rays of brilliants, and it seemed to me relief, The most curious part about it now is, tha; TIIERB is not a particle of truth in the rumqr police justices generally, but of the four commit- mentioned aboVe except a broad, levelcorn field, at more prominent members of the board. Or labored np the long and difficult slopes— $S3Q was little enough for such a gem as the stone Speaker Blaine's talking speaker, poor Hale Sahib, .hat the female suffragists were offered §50" per ting magistrates in particular, has aroused public and reirret that S iliSsSI ,„ . , ' , the far side of which was a pine wood. All that The driver's horn to eager villagers alone. should have actually done tlie closing honors to the session for the sweepings of 11)0 hall by a wig- sentiment on the subject. The grand jury of the The Baltimore delegation, with the exception of maken of this city. and regret that Mr. Lincoln's best story re- ¡¡|1 about the negroes cutting away abatis is Proclaiming that tlieir daily world had come. The cutter of these stones lives in Paris; all bill in the House, under the supposition that he criminal court in their final report to Mayor Yan- Mr. Young, sat mute throughout the session, sant allude to this crying abuse, but handle it with typical of the city thev represented, which lags so 8pcctmg a preposterous volume of wind in a cer» Pure Ac Hon, inasmuch as there never was any have described and many more which I must re- really had a claim to it, when in fact the bill was THE FIRST gxow of the season fell in this city the whitest of white kids. They acknowledge that far behind her sister cities, both in the West and tun case cannot be used in illustration by a I abatis there for them to cut. Perhaps Mr. Butleij serve for a future time, were at the late Exposi- the substitute of Mr. Huribut, again substituted in during Thursday night. Through extra caution of wae LETTER FROM "G H. S. H." tion. The diamond collection alone is wortny in their investigations they have discovered that East, in all progressive measures. respectable journal. Five hundred and fifty- | is no imposet likelyd tha upot nh eb yhimsel the storief wass otherf thee toblacks see. ; Irn the Senate by. Senator Conkling, and poor Hale the police Secretary Richardson was not snowed three dead negroes lay with their up-turned, NEW TURK, January 15, 1874. Bpecial visit, pure, flawless and perfect. The pen- " certain justices of the peace " have exacted " ex- Fort Gilmer the Confederates had left some good Sahib can as much claim the paternity or even a under. "DOC " SLATER AT ANNAPOLIS. bronzed faces within the space of a hundred My airy nothings are frequently turned into dants and ear-drops in delicate enamels set orbitant and illegal fees," which the honorable artillery and a few companies of infantry. The relationship to the bill as can a New York belle This well-known member of tho sporting frater- amusing absurdities by messieurs the type setters, precious stones, in Oriental pearls, in pink sar- TIJE EVENING RECEPTIONS at the Executive Man- body term irregularities; are in doubt whether nnd fifty yards, not broader than the clerk's negroes emerged from the pine forest in front of claim the pa tern iiy of her own chignon and hair nity Is very active at Annapolis, and is hand-in- which, however, ara of little importance; but I donyx set in blue turquoise, in the flesh color of sion will commence next Tuesday, the 20th instant, these thefts were committed " through ignorance desk. This leaves the imaginative old lady this work and were allowed to advance well into switch. The fact is, the question was too universal glove with all the leading politicians now assem- have great faith in the consequence of a name, and lasting from 8 to 10 o'clock. Receptions will also of the law or greed of money," and conclude by flnd out of the corn fleld chalcedony set in iridescent opals, chrysoprase in the interest too great for a protégé to handle. The bled in that ancient burgh. He and John W. Davis, I; petticoats to infer that outside this - before they were fired on. When the in the case recently before the United States Su- diamonds, all carved in exquisite Greek an introduction of a bill to repeal the salary belonged be held on the 3d and 17th of February. stating that they can present no remedy. Why, gtms ened 011 State treasurer, are said to. he very good friends, 'track vere quantities of other up-turned °P them they scattered; someran for- preme Court in your city, of the publisher's illegal heathen mythological designs, altogether form by right, by custom and common courtesy, to the the grand jury completely stultify themselves. and the latter is talked of as the ccming governor 1 and threw themselvee punishment by Judge Benedict of the circuit coijrt, THE WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAILROAD After procuring proof that certain justices of the bi'P'jzod countenances, to say nothin" of thé f"* the ditch of tht more perfect collection than can be found any leader of the House, Mr. Dawes—and not to any elected directors Wednesday. The new board or- of the State in the place of Whyto! -wounded. We called attenion to the fact that M&Ê&ti^1™ I™" the S others of which I gave a full account, Mr. Edward Lange where else; types and symbols of the ornithology one anxious to gain the golden spurs. peace were guilty of the illegal acts charged, why ran back ganized by reflecting S. S. Ricker, president; Wil- were not the offending officials duly indicted and .„.,, „ w „,..,, 1 M»H '"»to the pine woods and hid themselves, was the gentleman, not Large, of the firm of Larige, of the Greeks, as with them from the faces of Thejesult was a good lesson to all precocious in liam Orme, vice president; and Henry Hunt, secre- New Paper, such a list of dead, with the necessarily accom- It was probably hete that Butler rode among them Liittle & Co., publishers and printers. I hay speedily brought to trial ? 80 beasts human eyes looked piteously out. Flowers fants. Tt cannot be expected that the would-be tary and treasurer. PHILADELPHIA, January 17 —The national Mail, panying number, of wounded, would sweep reverently, thinking them dead, and swore so wasted two hours and a half trying to make a pun It is not too late yet to take the proper steps in 8olemnl were but the palingenesis of some life cut short by precocious should learn the lesson. But it may r jsembllng in size and style of typography the Cin- away almost the entire column of three thou- | y to see them have their rights, this direction, and the proper authorities ought to out of that typographical eiror, but alack, gettinj violence and grief. Gods with human passion) give a hint to the influential manager of prodigie: OMK of the officers and thirty-three of the crew cinnati Commercial, was issued in this city to-day sand. act at onoe. The members of the defanct grand Lange at large, and if he was large or at íar&e; but reigned on Olympus, hid lin thickets, lashed in the that even he overshot his mark. of the Ossipee, who were on board of the Virginius as a weekly paper. Its progymme announces jury can be summoned and forced to tell all they •Not content with this, we went to the rcc- I THE ADHESIVE BAKER you see I am floundering inextricably as I did the tide of rivers and turned men at their good will Ever your sincere friend, when she sunk, were brought to the city Thursday " that this journal enters the field as a fearless and know. If it bo proved that the misappropriation other day looking at a suit, such a suit of the most into stones and animals. morning to give their testimony before the board free-spoken exponent of advanced and liberal ords of the War Department to get the returns Nepotism and incompetency, by all accounts, ADENSKY CumosiBHoy, of tho public funds was done ".through ignorance exquisite shades, " splendid stylo," (I quote,) "su- And now fancy the cold shower-bath of reality investigating the sinking of the latter vessel. Democratic doctrines." The pnblisherand editor is of this bloody engagement. Strange to say, have done their perfect work in the pension Parsee Merchant of Bombay. of the law," then the guilty justices should be re- perb fiQish,"whicli.I intended to appropriate, to my from these quiet rooms of unique beauty out and B. W. Lacy, a well-known lawyer of this city. THREE street-oleaning machines-are employod moved, for the simple reason that a justice of the none can be found. The dead seem to have branch of the Interior Department. This is a future misery be it spoken, the unhappy salesman in Broadway. Respond to the inquiring finger of ¡buried the dead, and over this sanguinary field matter to which the attention of that authority was suddenly addressed by another, and his name For THE CAPITAL. to sweep Pennsylvania avenue. It is to be hoped peace ought not to be ignorant of the law. If, on the an omnibus driver, mechanically drop ten cents in MR. EDITOR : It has often been said that classi- Champion Murdarcr. was "Suits." What an intricate labyrinth of pro- that they will improve on the squad of the broom other hand, it was done through " greed of money," there dwells a mysterious silence, most horrible which is above secretaries ought to be directed the box and suddenly awake up town to a practical cal scholars and literary1 critics are too apt to be? "brigade, and, if possible, sweep the cobble railway MILWAUKEE, January 17.—Bob Turner, of Po- found thought I wandered in 1 cannot describe, which is the more plausible theory of tho two, then Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the two veterans recog- Bowers and Mr. Lytton Sothern. This is one of doing. of course their nomination in the present political and wrong in your criticism on General Butler's pings ? If not clipped, who shall be paid for lutely necessary'for you to buy, because the culti- his wife drove a landaulet. Jove stood firm against nized so long as the motive power of tho move- the most popular and amusing plays ever written, vated and courteous proprietors, Starr & ¡Marcus, "Sir," said the (general, in his usual pompous status of Baltimore was equivalent to an election. and Sothern bears the same relation to the Ameri- speech. I witnessed the affair at New Market; their not being clipped ? This is a conundrum his outcny for a whole month ; at last he yielded, ment. The attendance was large and the enthusi- recognize kindred spirits in their own love of the style, " General Scott spells wagon with two g's, can Cousin that Jefferson does to Rip Van Winkle. General Butler did not. The negro troops broke and selected a man who is in every respect the op- asm moderate. The routine of business was simi- THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. of a financial sort. beautiful.in art. As artists t perceptible difference being the absence of Vic. visit the Southern Stales, for tho purpose of for- most critics in the country: possible, so you must ascend first one pair of stairs assault was simply impossible. I have no doubt PROROGUE.—This word does not mean ' 'for log ; he ha,s no wife ; and lastly, having no wife, BARLEY-CORNS. Woodhull and Tennessee Claflin, those twin ele- warding the interests of the centennial celebration, " It is impossible to describe Mr. Sothern's play- at 22 John street, where, if you please, you can ing; enough to say that it is a most cunning mix- but that he was stuffed with the biggest sort of lies the rogue," although many well-meaning the objectionable landaulet cannot be brought as a ments of discord. As usual, Dr Mary Walker will visit Baltimore during the coming v?eek. Ac- but stop to look at the marvelously beautiful and uni- ture of comedy, farce and burlesque, without being by the fellows who ran away, but he ought not to lie charge against him. NEW YOIIK was afflicted with a dense fog last bored them by trying to introdr.ee her pantaloons tion has already been taken by the corn and flour really either. The r< suit is one prolongedshout of ignorant people might suppose as much. que silverware, as these gentlemen aré the agents about his ride over the battle-field. Had he have' Yet, like a perfect swamp full of frags, there was week, which made objects as obscure as a lieuten- and a speeck into the exercises, but the old gals exchange and city council, and a suitable room laughter while he is on the stage. And all this of the Graham Manufacturing Company, and fun is produced without the remotest approach to tried it then ho would not now be here to blow. an outcry from the Republican press and party ant governor. fianked her, and tho crazy little nuisance subsided. will be provided for the reception of the committee. coarseness or vulgarity in any form." passing up Vóu may stop hero and there t¿ look at Yours respectfully. Charles Astor Brislctl. ainst him. They were afraid ho would prove a To say the least of it, the thing paid as an enter- Much interest is felt in the success of the celebra" busts in ti.ri'e cuite and historical studies in.'bronze.; MIL. JTDFJST is now a citizen of Cleveland. His We were pained and shocked to hear of the un- perfect King Stork and gobble them up. And it tainment and assisted to vary the monotony of the tion in Baltimore, and no doubt the session of the CHARLES BR ADLAUGII. Our next is from the other side. A Confed- but seated in a luxurious, easy chair before a amc, as will be seen, was invented by a Welsh expected death of this distinguished gentleman. eems that they petitioned Jove to favor them with dull every-day round of things. committee while in tti? lity will attract much at- This very able English orator, it appears, will erate officer writes us as follows: counter, your delight must be saved for the con- idiot with the delirium tremens. We saw him but a few days since, and although he King Log again. tention. visit Washington for the ostensible purpose of de- THE CONVENTION of soldiers of the war with Ma. EDITOR;: Allow me to tell what I know of was suffering then, he gave no indication of the ap- tents of the drawers behind; larg« magnifying Although I said in this letter that the President A CAR-LOAD of whalebone left Omaha on Friday, livering a lecture on the " Republican Movement" Mexico was well attended and Ihe proceedings TIIK GRAND CHARITY ART EXHIBITION. the taking of Fort Harrison and the attack on Fort proaching calamity. It seem?, however, from his glasses are handed you to facilitate the study of the tands in danger of being carried off politically with bound for Chicago. The ladies will now have an in England. We have c'.lpped from the Boston very interesting. It called up the scenes and old All the arrangements being completed for this Gilmer by the negroes under Benjamin F. Butler. last letter to the Turf, Field and Farm, that he an- exquisite, wonderfully minute cameo cuttings upon the tlbad nomination" neuralgia, yet I must con- opportunity to " brace up." Post the following paragraph, which, no doubt, names of other days contrasting the wonderful grand entertainment, the exhibition will be for- It seems to be strange that this person should be ticipated the result and made ail his preparations onxy, sardonyx and chalcedony. In the pale, beau- ess that the President made a good choice, and will be perused with interest by our readers: How SHE FELT " is the title of a recent novel, growth and development of our country. The mally opened at the Fifth regiment armory to-mor- willing to set himself in the public eye as a mili- with the calmuess and courage of a philosbphc r. tiful pink of sardonyx is Thorswalden's "Night that the clamor against General Cushing is by no he author doesn't state how he got his informa- address of General Negley was most excellent, con- row evening at eight o'clock. On every day follow- England must be a wretched country to live in. tary figure, after what he suffered at the hands of He was a man of odd manners, genial disposition, and Morning," a pair intended for sleeyo-studs. means creditable to those whom it may concern. "MorrieEngland" jwe knew it was not since Ed- ion. sidering the short time in which he had to prepare ing during its continuance tho hall will be opened Mi;. Evarts concerning the Fort Fisher business in of rare culture and more than ordinary power Graceful Night floats upward, bearing in her arms Let me look at this nomination calmly. Here is ward Jenkins drew the veil from the brutality of it, besides having to fill the shoes of the almost at 10 a. m. and close at 10:30p. m. The success of the life of the lower classes, but the hideousness the great impeachment trial. In his late speech on with the pen. lie continued to the last a hard in- sleeping, dimpled cherubs; while lightly floats on man seventy-three years old, full of learning, A MINISTER walked six miles to marry a couple Chief Justice, for tho Hon. Caleb was to havo given the undertaking is assured. laid bare by Charles Bradlaugh, in his lecture last the civil rights bill he again invites attention to the dent, and, while a man of tttfe world, made himself transparent clouds the lovely form of Morning igorous for his age beyond precedent, ready to lately. He said he felt sort of fee-bill like. The evening, is revolting even to those familiar with the oration,,and declined on account of the " bark- fact that he has burlesqued the military character entertaining by his vast stores of information. The dropping flowers; the figures are white on ihe pink give the last seven or ten years of his life to the groom saw it. . BASE BALL. the lowest life of our American laboring men. We ing" of Congress and the public press. The'poem were not prepared for such a man as spoke to us, more contemptibly than any American has ever following, his last letter, is extremely charaetc r- ground. A black onyx is cut in cameo, three layers service of his country. Can calumny run so high The judiciary committee will assemble in this NEW HAVES has a female letter-carrier, but she read by General Pike is neither above nor below and he swept his audience along with him as no done before him From Big Bethel to Fort Fisher istic: white, two shades of brown, the three kings or wiso any country that such a man, at such a time of city, at the St. Clair Hotel, on the £0th instant, to other lecturer has done this winter, and easily put tops and gossips so often that she doesn't got over the ordinary run of " after-dinner " rhymes, fitting himself above the best. And it was all because he and thence to the grand finale, when he was " bot- I am still alive . For twelve days I have suffered' men on horseback, three abreast, going to Christ; life, would or could be biased in the discharge of Investigate charges preferred against the Boston, alf her route. enough for the occasion,but not an exponent of the had something to say worth saying, because he tled up" at Bermuda Hundreds, his military such agonies as cannot be described or imagined. the horses exquisitely carven, are in white and light his high office by any political proclivities that he Mutual and Washington clnbs. The complainant was so terribly in earnest, because it was clear that Monday, the 12tli, I was easier. I took the sacra- General's poetical talent. His poem entitled the career affords mingled amusement and contempt brown, the costumes in dark brown, every detail may have had fifteen years ago? Of all men in the IIow TO lecome practically acquainted with the is the Philadelphia club, which alleges that ineligi- his stormy hate of the reigning Brunswick was ment and hoped to die q "uietly, butt I am r?s6rvPd " Battle of Buena Yista," read afterward, is much less intense than his pity for heathenish humanity to friend and foe. Now not one word of all he said for more suffering:. My family and friends have most minutely given, and just above and before United States, General Cushing would have been rule of' three "—live with your wife, mother and ble players have been allowed to take part in the better. Brief speeches wero made, in answer to and love for a degraded brother, without whieh about the conduct of the blacks in the fight he so shown me the greatest kindness. I think it ought them shines the bright star with transparent halo i the man to ignore politics altogether the moment mother-in-law. games played by these clubs with the Quakers ; there could be no hate. As a lecturer he is the to be made legal to kill such invalids as myseii. I and rays; one can al most imagine its glory. Another repeated ca'.ls, by Hon. Henry S. Lane of Indiana, Addy playing with the Bostons, Allison with the tbriUmgly describes has any foundation In fact. say this as a christian. he ascended the chief throne of justice of his most powerful we have ever seen. His strength is' black onyx in oval is the enchanting grace of Gret- Miss ISABELLA BEECIIER HOOKER and Susan B. Generals Sherman and McDowell, closing with Mutuals, and Snyder, Donnelly and Gerhardt with not so disciplined in exhibition as Phillips', and The present writer bad lived in Fort Harrison for ClIARLKS ASTOll BlUSTED. country. when he breaks out in his denunciations of crime chen, half leaning, half turning from Faust, whose nthony are going to travel together. Landlords Judge Mackey of South Carolina. tho Washingtons. The Bostons won the largest many mouths before its capture and knows all the P. S—My servants have been like angels to me. That Senator. Sargent should judge him differ- _and injustice, he drives out all thought of how he is Were I to live I should write a palinode on ? he Irish. arm encircles the slender waist and his hand clasps long the route will please get hot bricks ro'ady. number of games during the season of '73, but have "speaking, but every one is engrossed in the idea. facts perfectly. A few days before the arrival of ently is perfectly natur.il. The Liliputian cham- hers as it lies upon his breast; the figures are in THE ANNUAL meeting of the Amalgamated House not yet been awarded the whip pennant. Should His voice is very strong, and yet, in his tenderer the enemy the brigade of General Eppa Hun ton berlain, just six inches in height, became violently THE people of Oregon are very simple and un- sentiments, it is as soft and llexible as a woman's. BROWN'S YOUNG MAN, nosing round, picked up white, but it is impossible to convey by description Carpenters and Joiners was held Monday evening, the judiciary commitico give an adverse decision in was withdrawn from that work, and it was held jealous of Gullivar, whom he accused of an im- ophisticated. They think thateccentricities in the He speaks sometimes very rapidly, and generally the following account of a terrible disorder: the wonderful perfection of the carving. and a large number of the members were present. regard to the charges against the three flrst-mer. his words are sharply cut, making it easy to un- by a few artillerists commanded by Major Arthur proper intimacy with his wife. Naturally enough, line of seduction, theft, adultery and bigamy dis- JAN (JAB Y 15. After submitting and disposing of the yearly re- tioned clubs, the Phiiadolphia club will then be- derstand him. Rogers. There were no infantry supports to the Inexpressibly beautiful is a cameo cut after in the eyes of the six-inch-high chamberlain, ualify a man for tho position of United States port action was taken towards petitioning Congress right or left, and when the enemy came the artil- To DR. HALL. Guidons " Aurora," ,tbe great painting of the nine- senator. • come tho champions^" BEAR DOCTOR: That atrocious disease (the mor- Captain Gullivar was as diminutive as himself. to legislate on the eight-hour question. Amongst THE NATIONAL. lerists left and they tcok possession. This is what teenth century. The setting of this is full of poetic THEATRICAL. bus s&turni) has again seized upon me, accom- In the eyes of Senator Sargent the giant Cushing " TAKE a wing," gushed a pompous upstart, ex- other things, the petition handles the " mighty Boucicault's sensation, " Led Astray," was closed Mr. Butler calls "gallantly carried by Ord's divis- beauty; the sun rises half visible above the cameo, Ford's Grand Opera House has been packed panied by the most vehement and volcanic, ernes is. is as small and narrow as he. nding liis arm to a sensible, young lady, at the Muilett" without gloves, declaring that he has dis- at this co3y little threater last night, after having ion." Between Fort Harrison and the rivfcr there the tiny gold crescent stiidded with small diamonds from the orchestra to the galleries every evening The stomach has been inverted, the pyloric end But what is the use of moralizing ? The country lose of the prayer-meeting. "Not of a gander," regarded and spit upon a law that as a public officer a very encouraging run since it was put upon the were neither entrenchments nor troops. in fine gold, abovo long golden rays separately-riso, during the past week by the tlite of the Monumental protruding through the cardiac orifice, the whole is, in more ways than one, in a state of transition. he quickly replied, and walked home with her it was his duty to uphold, and has given an un- boards. Upon to-morrow (Monday) evening will Those who got into the ditch were soon smoked each studded at its tip with a diamond trembling city to hear the charming Ki-llogg opera troupe, organ forced up under the steruum into the ante- And as for the Republican party, the cohesive ele- mother. called-for opinion that the infraction of that law is be introduced Shakspeare's beautiful spectacle, out with hand grenade?, most of them killed and a like a shimmering dew-drop, while smaller stones which is an honor to our country. Miss Kellogg rior mediastinum. The suspensory ligament of the ment is daily oozing out, and Senator Sargent and a good reason why it should be repealed, Instead " Midsummer Night's Dream," which will be con- few made prisoners. Among the killed were the glance between; below the.stone hangs a net-work SEVERAL Irishmen were disputing one day upon has made hosts of friends wherever she has ap- liver has been torn across, and that organ left to all the sergeants and captains of the party will find of suggesting better means for its enforcement. tinued until further notice is given. Special effort famous "Corporal Dick" and 41 Sergeant Sam." of finest carven gold, and in each mesh hangs large their own best points, when one said in an aggres- peared by her sweet and ¿«iging disposition, float around in the cavity of the abdomen. The themselves, when least they know it, besieged, as: That he is unfit for the position in which he has lias been put forth in arranging brilliant scenery, So far from the negroes driving our soldiers four diamonds as if falli ng dew, irradiated with the rays sive manner, " Faith, and I'm a brick." "And, in- whilst her exquisite voice Is only equaled in its serratus magnus torn from its ecstal attachments was the ex-Marshal Bazaine at Metz. been placed, and the continued -retention of him in and no expense spared ia procuring the most ele- miles, this work was never taken until all our of the rising sun; this net-work is in the shape of dade," saidanother, "I'm a bricklayer," andfelled purity by lier lovely face. The ever popular and the umbilicus exomphalus. The obliqus internus I was not mistaken in my last letter when I inti- his office is an insult to every law-abiding working gant costumes for the occasion. A grand matinee works were abandoned when Richmond was evac- half a diamond, the point one large, scintillating the first speaker to the ground. beautiful Mrs. Seguin was in excellent voice and and trausversalis, together with Pou part's liga- mated that the venerable Governor Dix was driving man, as he proposes to reduce the mechanics' pres- will be given Saturday, January 24. uated. I suppose Mr. Butler was told this part of brillian t. Nym phs, cupids,- fawns and satyr* unite spirits and divided the laurels with Miss Kellogg. ment, have been separated from their pelvic attach- a nail into William D. Kelley Sahib's financial eoffi n. S AID a professor in a college to a notorious laggard ent wages, destroy .the eight-hour system, make the story too, and did not see it himself. There in beautiful groups on the delicious pink of chalce- Mada«i9 Vanzant also wen the hearts of all who ments ; the pelvic organs detached from their nor- The idea of this inflated protectionist trying to save who was once, for a wonder, promptly in his place labor subservient to capital, and the mechanic LINCOLN HALL. was an old line of works extending from Fort Gil- dony in creamy tints; even in such tiny figures the heard her. Her voles is a very superior one, both mal position and thrown up against the diaphram, the financial chaos of the country is about as plaus- for morning prayers at the appointed time, "I helpless to elevate himself or trade, and'powerless Theodore Thomas' concer:s, composed of sixty mer to Chaffin s BluS". By the time the negroes the qccipito-frutalis entirely displaced and lying in arda of the cupid's wings are fringed with work ible as the solution of Archbishop Manning for marked you, Bir, as punctual this morning. What in the hands of his employer to accept only such in ccmpass, sweetness, and flexibility. Had we distinguished performers, will give IWJ concerts had been repulsed from Fort Gilmer this line was corrugated plicae on the skull by the repeated too fine for mortal execution. I must describe, as saving the Church of England, or Mr. Newdegate i» your excuse?" "S-s-siek, sir, andcpuldn'Uleep," yages as he may decide to pay. Altogether the space we would take pleasure in noticing all the upon Monday and Tuesday evenings. It is al- occupied by General Curtis Lee with some local shocks of the gymnotus electricus di/ibolus, which nearly as "possible, one more, a prison window cut saving the temporal power of the Pope. was the reply . convention was a spirited one, and its proceedings principal cries in this deservedly popular troupe. together unnecessary to extol the merits of this troops and department clerks from Richmond. inhabits the river Styx, and is thejpet fayorite of in a dark antique onyx, the bare formed of the The inflated William D. Kelley Sahib seems not prove that the mechanic of the present day is wide The Messrs. Forjs, as usnal, were untiring in unrivaled orchestra. General Lee presently arrived and sent forward the devil. The brain undergoing slow combustion upper layer in dark brown; behind the bars Cupid to be aware of the fact that he, and such as he, are " I DON'T like these shoes," said a lady-customer awake, and as intelligent as he is independent and " their efforts to make every individual" in thoso some skirmishers in the direction of Fort Harrison, and partly incinerated with the ignis yulcani. is a prisoner chained to a block.- The marvelous responsible for all the financial misery of the coun- " because the soles are too thick." " is that the industrious. crowded houses comfortable, and their efforts were WILL A ED'S FALL. but presently withdrew them and lfeft the enemy cutting consists in the tiny bars being entirely de- only objection?" blandly-asked the salesman. successful. Two little dtvils beating tattoos on each mem- try. Two years"ago this man boasted on thé floor This hall has been Allel to overfiowing every where they were, occupying and holding the in- tached from the window, so that a needle or pin " Ye«," was the reply. " Then, madam, if you take brana tymjani. of the House that the American workingman had THE GOVERNOR of Wyoming winds up li s Nex't week Neilson, who is a stp.r of the first night during the weak, entertained by the Marion- terior line, including Butler's bloody New Market could be passed behind them. This is a pendant the shoes, I can assure you the objection will grad- magnitude. The tongue crispatod to an eitrjmo degree of his own cottage, in which there was a neat little Thanksgiving proclamation in this style: "Give ettes, while hundreds were turned away for want Heights. Th? troops who defended Fort Gilmer the gold setting above is a true lover's knot, arrow ually wear away." frangibility— parlor furnished v.ith comforts, including a musi- thanks nnto the Lord, for his mt-rcy endnreth for- NATIONAL BOARD OK TRADE. of admittance on accoiiat of lack of room. This were under the impression that about one hundred and bows; below a golden heart is suspended What the diagnosis ? cal instrument. ever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my This body of representative business men con- entertainment is the most original aed unique ever and fifty negroes were killed, including those pierced with a feathered dart, on each side a pad- A KANSAS congregation was recently disturbed "What (he treatment ? Well, twenty thousand workingmen, during this hand, and caused the great seal of the Territory to cluded their deliberations at Eialto Hall, thiseity, introduced in this city, being especially adapted io slaughtered in the ditch with " Corporal Dick." lock and key. This has been purchased by a con- in their worship by three rowdies, whereupon the week, left their comfortable parlors and tried to preacher descended from the pulpit, wore the ras- bettfTixed," 4e. yesterday afternoon. Though several of the dele- the tastes and pleasures of youths and children. The mistake Butler seems to have made is that [ IEI'LY'.J noisseur in gems to add to his collection. On an parade the streets, asking for day labor and bread. cally trio out against the ground inagood deal less gates were absent,"the bedy was conceded to be There will be three matinees, Monday, Wednesday in riding through the pines he thought the five Diagnosis.—Nomina'.ed for the Chief Justiceship oval black onyx was cut in creamy tint, in bold re- A WEALiiiypurceiiu lately gave the church which They had music, too, poor devil*. The police were than no time, and had his salary increased fifty one of t!»t< ablest ones that has over assembled in and Saturday, and as the floor of the hall has been hundred and forty-three negroes he found lying of the Supreme C oui t of the United States. lief, a b ist of Q,ueen Elizabeth; the most wonder- the musical conductors, who kept time with their he attends two tables of Etone, with 1en command- | this icily. The subjects of transportation and" dollars per annum on the spot. A preacher away ments engraved upon them; whereupon, a mem" raised an unobstructed view will be given to the there skulking were dead. They were playing Treatment.—An imm v-U -t? withdra val i f jour ful art is the carving and cutting of the higTi lace staffs on tke starved-out workingmen's heads and flnirnce occupied most of the time of |h'e conven- out in the far West who can't and won't whip his ber of ihe ebnrch remarked that his reason tor st^ge. See advertisement. 'possum, and Mr. Butler was taken in, or perhaps nam?. ruff in its tiny meshes. This is, set in pearls and broke many skulls. tion. John Austin Stevens, Esq , wetrikuftwft' Ss weight in wild cats is generaliy regarded as a fail- giving away the commandments was tftat he they were asleep. They were by no meanjs dead. Yours truly, J. C. HALL, diamonds. There is something really poetic in the tho author of the "Kniekerbockei" letters'on tfie - In Paterson, too, thé starved-out silk weavers ure and a fraud. couldn't keep them. THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART Lmmsijrtlon of specie payments, was' one of the opens upon to-morrow evening. " 'Pon the whole, I guess I takes you 'fore Gen- "Have you 'John Smith on the Wealth of the eral Babcock." I aguade.ro, with his casks of water for house- sublime elephant, ihvested with gorgeous red CHRONICLES OF CONGRESS. DISSOLVING IMPERIALISM. For TH» CAPITAL. People?'^ he asked of Mohun, the popular book- " Where is General Babcock?" I asked. THE OLD TJÄBBELLA MAN. hold needs. Although the river Rimac tra- trappings, entered the" ring, and, escaping the seller and publisher. "At de White House," answered the colored The individuals who collectually make up the SENATE, January 12.—The temperance people, mvrmidon. verses the tity, the inhabitants rarely attempt grasp of our horrified matron, with one bound "We have not," responded M., "but here is THE CAPITAL. public may take as much stock as they please in BY J. P. IHVIJ-'K. women's rights and colored wrongs severally pe- j said: "Certainly; I know the President very to utilize it in anyway, but continue; to depend we made for the charmed enclosure and had a titioned the Fog-bank for laws. Mr. "West" pre- •Barnum's Road to Wealth,»' Tompkins' How to well." .'.- "•. " ,: the tactics of the President,"having relation, to WASHINGTON CITY. ride on that elephant. Seated on the back of sented " a character M for the Pinchback, given by Make Money' and 'Watkins in Wall Street.' This seemed to dampen the patriotic ardor of my on the small supply of the watcMarrier. persecrW, and I believe, had I pressed the point the nomination and withdrawal of ME, WU- If the morning rain yon meet him , the monster, we shut our eyes to the ignoble the so-called legislature of Louisiana. This char- Won't they do ?" "With a face of saddle-tan, But this donkey caps the climax. He is laden at the time, he would have abandoned the capture; l.ams. They may believe, if it suits them, as crowd below, and for once, If never again, en- acter is good for any position from boss barber to "Well I suppose so," responded thiswise man, j but I made a movement towards the Executive SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18,1874. This weather-beaten vagabond— with an entire family,'father, motheE aad Mansion, and we, in company, I under arrest, Mrr Williams recites, that his name was sent to joyed an illusion. We were an Oriental princess, senator. putting these works under his legislative arm and Th' old umbrella man. chiquiios—all strung along on the one patient, THE SALARY BILL. marching off to the midnight lamp and hard study. marched into the house, up .stairs, and were at the Senate without the solicitation or know- and the swaying movement and heavy tread of once shown into General Babcock's office. I did TO OUB FRIENDS, THE PUBLIC. much-enduring animal. The little one holds Mr. Gordon protested the payment of army and We [cannot give even an abstract of this able not feel much apprehension, having gone through ledge orhimself or his friends; and that his n. the beast was a part of the enchantment; and But never in Jhe afternoons, . on at the tail. Our mirthis irrepressible. We navy officers more salary than that allowed sena- effort. The manner in which he exposed the falla- the mazes of the waltz with the gentleman on We abstain purposely from comment upon withdrawal is a voluntary act, occasioned by many an occasion* when beaux were scarce and Ill either mist or fog, look around to see if the idle loungers in the although we were soon restored to the realities tors. He deprecated the charge that his amend- cies of inflation, the quiet, cutting sarcasm with the indignity offered us personally and the attack the belief that his usefulness on the bench ment cutting down the pay of the President afier old fellows improvised ; but I must say I was quite For then th' old umbrella, man plaza do not laugh, but no one deigns tS notice and proprieties of our baby life by the almost which he exposed the monstrous absurdities of taken aback when, instead of a -cordial greeting, upon the press by two members of the Presi- would be impaired by the calumny to which he this term was any reflection on the present incum- the gentleman threw himself back in his chair in a Is overcome with grog. | the peasant family. convulsive clutoh of our angry escort, who Boutwell's policy, had to be heard to be appreci- dent's family. TVe are willing the falsehoods has been subjected. The true statement in re- bent. He then eulogized President Grant. magisterial way and, looking at me severely, made an energetic and speedy exit with us, yet ated. We are only pained to know that Carl wanted to know of the myrmidon what the matter — . in. We cannot enjoy the ludicrous without com- This was followed by a rambling discussion, in telegraphed over the country by the sycophan- spect tcr the' withdrawal probably would be the pleasurable recollection still overrides In Schurz is not an American product, and that we was, , , , And so he shoves his earnings I pany, and we are glad to rest our mirthful eyes which Senators Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, An- have not half a dozen more like him. Whereupon my captor proceeded to say that I tic followers of the Administration shall go un- that it was done to save as much as possible of our mind the scandal and the penitential after At the " local option " folks, on the soldiers, who may at all times be seen thony, Bayard, Saulsbury, Merrimon, Conkling, HOUSE.—Mr. Poland reported the bill codifying had been caught in the act of destroying whole contradicted,' for they carry the gist of the mat- his title to continue in the office of Attorney While his fun at Jona.da.bers, scene, and we cannot but compare this other acres of shrubbery, stripping pines of their branches parading about the plaza. They wear red Wright, Morton and Logan took part. It ended in the laws of the United States, so far as those laws and pulling up oaks by the roots. When at last he ter, which is that an independent, outspoken General. Whether the public regard the crimes Like an old umbrell he pokes, trousers and have a short, hobbling gait. Their occasion with our ride, when a child, on the ele- passing Mr. Conkling's substitute, striking out the refer to the courts, and made the proposition, that ended, General Babcock said with great sternness : press is not to be tolerated in this Government of the man to have been condoned by his mis- first, second and third sections of the House bill "Is this true?" t IV. phant. was acceded to, that Wednesday and Thursday reservation called the District of Columbia; fortunes as a candidate, Is further along. accoutrements look white, and are well ad- and inserting one section repealing so much of the I dropped my head and said, I fear it is, at least Till his broken ribs be shoulders evening of each week should be given to a con- have some dried cones here belonging to the Gov- where it is proposed that nothing shall prosper justed and strapped on their broad backs. They So we quietly muse, hide our smile behind act of March S, 1873, as provides increased compen- And wal!is devoid of pain; sideration of the bill. ernment. I am very sorry, for I know the Govern- There is another view of the case. While are a race of dumpy, thick-set men, who ap- our fan, think of the elephant and regret that ation of any public officer or employé of the Gov- ment is poor, almost bankrupt, and dried cones are . that, lacks the sunlight of the royal countenance. As a second-handed handle The House then took one of its windy turns at the the Attorney General has been on trial so has -nment except the President and judges of the so valuable I" .. . lie handles for a cane. pear to be capable of great endurance, but the we areso dls-illusionized as to find tame, and navd.1 appropriation bill. It was attacked vigor- My judge did not smile at all. On the contrary, the President, If the Senate succeeded inget- figure is inelegant. even absurd, what would at an earlier day have upreme Court, and fixing thé compensation the j ously by Messrs. Beck, Wood. Holman, O'Brien, he congratulated his gigantic intellect, as you BENATOE CAEPEHTEE.! ting its eyes opened in respect to the one, the V. ame as it was before the passage of the act; pro- Dunnell and Cox, and defended by Messrs. Hale, would say, and asked: And so w« have dawdled away the morning, set us wild with delight ; yet after all these are "Miss, are you a child, not to know better?" For it rectifies his wabbliags, ided that mileage shall not be allowed for the first Scofield, Starkweather, Kelley—who let off his "We of the editorial profession art given to people are beceoming enlightened in respect to and Loo softly purrs out " la comida; señor- the compensations to humanity. Almost as a I said I feared not; but if he would forgive me And proves a propping friend, session of the Forty-third Congress, and that all sonorous trombone on protection—Archer and this time that I never, never, never would tear up complaint of the lack of consideration accordcd the other. It is surprising how suddenly, rule, when a pleasure comes, one has lived be- As at intervals ho hollows i. ita ;" dinner, which, like the almuerzo or moneys received for mileage and all back pay now Crooke. Both sides exhibited an amazing amount the shrubbery in Lafayette park again. This us by the reading public. When a member of ndcr reccnt developments, all thoughts of a seemed to soften my judge, and he said 1 was for- " Umber-ell-er-ers to mend," breakfast, is invariable. Soup, fish, potatoes, yond the keen appreciation of its enjoyment. in the Treasury be covered into the Treasury. of ignorance of the subject, and one wished through- lird term and Csosarism for Mr. Grant on one givenOhio doorway, people could neither get in or out, and a a noble Roman. motive power of Peru ? we would say, de- compensation allowed the general or the ad- mid opens into a pleasant garden. There are Watching the reviews of troops from our amendment restricting the mail routes through re- for more currency. So far, Senators Fenton, movement I mu6t make in some direction. X "'Is thy servant a dog,' " quoth Morton cidedly, " The donkey 1" To be sure, the gions where mails were not called for. Mr. Clay- Schurz, Bayard, and Sherman have spoken, and miral, yet the reverend chaplain, who is a adjoining saloons where one can partake of re- balcony, we are reminded of the usual stag stepped forward into the room for the purpose of " 'that he should do this thing?' What, con- style of horses is unique. Here rumbles along ton urged that while such restriction might do in every day, as light dawns, the true doctrine grows shrewd little man, knows that the senator who freshments in the intervals of music. ruse to produce the effect of numbers, where paying my obeisance to the ladies, which I thought firm a man who has been a Whig, a Democrat an ancieut vehicular. Three horses are at- populated districts it would be a hardship to the stronger with the people. If these gentlemen will would be a very polite thing. I placed my »tiff docs not respond to the voicc of the people is After the concert we were treated to an Eng- the actors are marched round the stage in front, frontier. continue the fight, and keep off expansion a few and a Republican. May I die all over before tached to this dilapidated craft on wheels—a hand on my shirt bosom and bowed. My shirt sure to be damned; and the souls of one and lish farce, very well acted by amateur perform then back of the stage and round again to the Mr. Morrill of Maine spoke of the enormouif ex- weeks, all will be right. confirm." gray, a bay, and a black equine, all ungroomed crackled like a piece of frozen oilcloth. When I all of these solons were in a " parlous " condi- ers, and patiently listened to, with a perfect front, so that a constant procession confuses penditures resulting from the inconsiderate estab- The Senate adjourned until Monday. came to an erect position I found the lady had left and galloping away with the Gilpins inside. And so this secret convocation of solemn old tion. Let the wicked senators give ear to the gravity of manner which diverted us, by an the sight. So with these troops, who are lishment of these post routes in quarters where the HOUSE.—In the House nothing of public impor- me and was cackling to some spruce young rooster Hero they go and there they go. The gray flies political gypsies did vow and protest their vir pious man, and by continuous prayer for mercy audience that must have been as ignorant of marched and counter-marched round the plaza, public needs did not demand them. He said the tance was done. It adjourned for debate on Satur- in the corner. tuous indignation, and Caleb went under. off at a tangent and rambles on the verge of the postal service of the country had become an ex- day. and deep humiliation, escape that other christian the language as our opera habitués often are of up side streets and reappear again on the scene I approached the second lady; she commenced press business, and he asked how much was paid Small wonder that His Satanic Majesty shak virtue called resignation. sidewalk, while'the bay straggles across the the Italian. In this fàrce the ladies are person- fanning with groat violence, and said something in such a way as to completely bewilder one in for carrying freight, and how much for carrying with laughter until he endangers horns and tail narrow Btreet quite as determined to gang his about lovf people to a man in white kids. I then ated by gentlemen, but the disguise is well the attempt to form an accurate idea of the real intelligence The whole system was embarrassed SOCIAL GOSSIP. at the roaring senatorial farce. own gait, and Jehu with entire impartiality tried the third; she looked stone blind, her eyes sustained. The pianos used here are all Erards number. While diverting ourselves with these by the carrying of merchandise, freight, &c. were glassy, and seemed, to be looking at something The symptoms, however, are healthy. Our A STUDENT.—His Exccllcncy is studying the whips all three. Will Mr. Bergh kindly or- and have the sweetness of tone which distin- The fact is that the money expended by the Gov- peaceful stratagems of war, and somewhat " Pine Not." through me. I was about to approach the fourth, officials aro awaking to the fact that there is Constitution. He has summoned to his aid At- ganize a society in Lima which may put a stop ernment in this direction has not only assnmed the guishes this maker. leaning from our balcony, we experience our We received the following letter which we pub- when she walked away, and I found myself in a divided power and separate duties and respon torney General Williams and the learned Caleb to the cruel treatment of animals ?- If I had a shape of subsidies to help out non-paying roads in The three national days of Peru commence first earthquake. We feel the balcony shake lish with great reluctance. We believe in the corner of the room near a tall young lady in pin^ donkey—well, what would we do ? Why laugh undeveloped regions, but the abuse is aggravated eibilities in our Government. The Senato no Cushing, and wants to know, you know, the but suppose the motion to proceed from the evo- Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds. ribbons. By this time I had regained what little July 28, the anniversary of their declaration of by using the privilege to transport merchandise for longer contents itself w itli merely recording the meaning of those words, " by and with the ad- at him all the day. He is too absurd. He is We have on more than one occasion—proper occa- common sense I possess and was comparatively independence. Again our friend the colonel lutions of cavalry almost under our feet, unt: the benefit of a few private individuals or close decrees of the President, and the House evince! vice and consent of the Senate." He wants to here, there and everywhere. Not much larger sion—expressed our sentiments anent the gentle- neglected and alone. I began to observe the <5om- brings us a verbal invitation from the palace to we hear hurried cries of " Temblor, Temblor !" corporations. Mr. Creswell, who is such a pater- than a shabby sheep; how ineffably ludicrous man who controls and regulates our public parks, pany with more coolness. What impressed me a firm determination to overhaul and correct learn how he can ask the advice of the Senate By the time we are made fully aware of the dread nal reformer, has never been heard to open his attend on each of the three evenings to witness rings, squares, and triangles. • It therefore grieves most at the moment was the painful exertion every, the extravagance and frauds of the department! on subjects he knows nothing about himself. he is, jogging along under his burden. The paternal mouth on the subject or make àiiy effort the fire-works, and other manifestations danger it is over. Thank God. us to hear any one complain of our Babcock as the one seemed to be making to be saying something all " Sweet aro the uses of adversity," sang the And then he wants to know what is the Senate. native has such a picturesque fashion of riding to correct the evil. public rejoicing, from the president's balpony [To be continued.] lady in this communication does, wherein he seems the time. My fourth lady remarked to a young He sends for Conkling, Cameron and Morton— him. He or she sits astride within some two SENATOR SCHURZ. immortal William, and the toad, ugly and ve: and afterwards accompany his excellency to to have been a Babcock extinguisher. As it will man, with hair parted in the middle, that "it was This gentleman delivered a speech on the finan- omous—no reference to any one—carries the now is not that the Senate ? If not, what in the inches of the tail. Behold " Asinus " trotting be seen by this letter, the superintendent enforces very wet in Washington when it rained." The the opera. The pyrotechnic displays are very cial question that was the first utterance yet made precious jewel in his head. Old Scratch is it ? His Excellency gives prom- away steadily, a huge negro on the strong back IN TIIE smoking car of a New Haven train, Fri the law with great severity. We suppose ¿this is young man replied that "it was just so in Europe, fine in Lima, as the Peruvians are said to have in that body which exhibited thought, study and a ise ofimprovement. We may reasonably hope with his long legs dangling and nearly scraping day, were seated two men faced to each other, necessary, and the lady in question had to be made but still more so in Paris." a particular talent for this sort of thing, and whom white neck-cloths made conspicuous despite regard for truth. If we except the speech of Mr. that by the time bis term expires he may learn the ground, and each separate toe planted an example of. Had this not occurred all sorts of the people take infinite delight in the exhibi- the clouds of smoke. They were conversing on the Fenton, this of Mr. Schurz is the only one that people would ere this have been plucking all sorts My whole attention was soon taken up in observ- THIS Terre Haute Express i&ys: "Ths people of the meaning of those strange words, " by and straight out. And now comes the chola wear- ing the tall lady near me. In early life I had ob- Indiana are very likely to be struck witli the con- tion. July 28 is the Peruvian fourth of July. subject of church government, and got pretty well makes any approach to a clear statement of our of shrubbery from all sorts of grounds. The parks with the consent of the Senate." ing immense hoops. She too sits astride in a advanced in the topic when two men sharing their trouble. But Carl Schurz is a statesman who would be ravaged and the very tail of the brass tained a smattering of anatomy and surgery. 1 viction, next year, that Mr. Pratt is the very man This Ì3 the forty-sixth anniversary of their still have something of a passion for these studies. to succeed himself in the Senate." The Ex-press free and easy way, that would delight our seats drew forth a pack of cards, and pretty soon never gabbles. Whatever the temptation may be, Jackson would be in danger. Therefore let justice declaration of independence. Tho tall lady wore her dresses very low in the simply gives the people credit, in this matter, for woman's righter at home, and on either side, the observations on church government were diver- he never rises in his place without a careful prepa- be done, though females suffer. After the fire-works, which conclude with a neck, and it occurred to me what a beautiful arte- the good sense and sound judgment they undoubt- How TO DO IT,—In Europe, when the legisla- vieing with the large dimensions of her hoops, sified by such remarks as: " What's trumps V ration in advance, so that his speech is as golden as But to the letter : his silence. The cool impudence of these law- rial subject she would make; the muscles were edly possess. A senator, of Mr. Pratt's industry tive fellows grow refractory and refuse to reg- are the panicrs, stuffed out with market wares grand finale, in which the letters Muera-Es- "Take up." "Pass." "Skunked, by thunder MR. EDITOR: I am a much abused woman. I do and sterling integrity is not found every day, and paña (death to Spain) blaze forth, we enter the Daribury News. makers generally is perfectly amazing. They con- not complain that I am not permitted to vote. I unincumbered with fat, the sterno-mastoid stood ister the decrees of the Government—which f.-om the country. She is many feet broad, sider it necessarv only to get the floor and open don't want to vote. I cannot conceive any circum- out like a cord; the collar bone was well developed we d a not believe the people of this State can be state coach and are driven to the opera. This stances into which I could be thrown that would means His Excellency. the father of his people— wears a Panama hat, and a sleek-looking baby A DEMURE citizen of Portland was walking down their mouths. They presume that words of wis- and very prominent; the breast bone protruded •persuaded to put any other man in bis place. official coach, drawn by four horses and accom- make me want the right of suffrage. But I would it is the thing to prorogue them, and if the is strapped in the poncho on her back, and town one morning last week, when a stranger dom will tumble out the moment they open the that I had my rights. These rights have been like an old-fashioned corset; all the landmarks for ¡'foregoing is from thè Logansport Jour panied by liveried outriders and an escort of addressed him: "Do you know where the post orifice to the intellectual edifice called a head taken away from me. I have been divested of ligating the arteries of the neck were well defined; stupid fellows are slow about moving, hurry saucily .peeps out. Shade of Sancho Panza, them, and an indignity put upon me by General cavalry, is a remaining trace of former vice-re- office is ?" " Yes," answered the Portlander, affa- which in nine cases out of ten is only a bulbous and in imagination I went to work. I had ligated ami states no more than is true. THE CAP- them up with a few bayonets. It is in order preserve us 1 bly, and walked on without further parley. After Babcock through a myrmidon—saddle-tinted myr- gal state ; indeed, the uncouth and cumber- termination to an elderly spine, and has most of midon, as you say—and I want redress. My case is both common carotids, and was cutting down for ITAI. has alluded jocosely to the moral and physi- now to prorogue this Congress. Let -Colonels proceeding for about ten steps he looked back and this: Now imagine, if one can, a score of donkeys; some affair looked to us as if it might be the the sense situated â»t the wrong end. Oh, the weari- the arteria-innominata, when my attention was cal owmeuts of Mr. Pratt tho phrsas e Casey and Fred. Grant, with a file of marines, inquired in his turn, " YThy ? Did you want to Passing through Lafayette Square the other day, called to a little lady in green silk, who seemed to they carry immense bundles of long green identical "trap'-' in which the ancient vice- some hours for the poor reporter who sits in the I observed certain pine cones lying upon the ground, " tli litïiidred pounds of modesty' ;" but THE inarch in -and tell the delegated stupidity " to know?" "No," replied the victim, with great be addressing me. I now discovered that it was gra?s strapped over their backs. One man roys so magnificently disported. themselves. earnestness; and then, the account having been gallery and hears a continuous stream of rapid, which I gathered up. This put me on a cone hunt, CAP has no will to disparage man who git." They may even use the classical lan- senseless-talk from the bald-headed solemnities be- and I plucked three or four from a tree. While possible for a lady to dress in such a way as to con- with a long stick conducts the lot, who follow We must confess that our republican training balanced, the two shook hands gravely and walked •thus engaged I was suddenly accosted by a colored everal qualities not too abundant guage of Henry Clay when he prorogued James low ! And every word is recorded. What volumes man in a rude manner, who said: ceal her face without covering it. Her hair wa* each other perforce, each one being tied to the caused us to be much more amused than im- off toward the Falmouth. the Wabash, modesty, to wit, and K. Polk, " Go home, G—d d—n you, where on volumes of unhealthy noise the people pay for ! " What is you 'bout dar?" white, her eyes were white, while her face was lit- tail of his predecessor. The effect is indescri- pressed by the gravity of the occasion, and with Finance is a science. It has its fixed facts and I responded meekly that I was plucking only a erally coated with white powder. I found it i®* An honorable man and a faithful you belong." .That is pro'ane but forcible. EVERY person who has ever met a commercial few cones. bable and highly suggestive of the rural, as ill-timed levity our thoughts flew back to the positive results. The dullest intellect has only to possible to get the silk dress out of my vision so as ive is Senator Daniel Pratt. Such tourist, with his little satchel, will appreciate the " Well, den, you know dat's contrairy to law. nearly all that is visible is the waving grass, to pleasant village where once, when we were a following: "The drummers came down like wolves procure standard works and study the same to I'se got to 'rest you and take you to de station- to recognize her face; but the lady assured me she , w-her ;ver they are found, are wanted; master it as one masters Euclid. No one thinks of house." was the lady of the house; that she was glad to see which the motion of the donkey underneath very little girl, we succeeded in persuading a on the fold, their toes were all frosted, their noses Summoning all the courage I possessed, that > faillite on the part,of the people of In- INCONSISTENT.—Jones, the cynical ol 1 Joues, this. We are told that Conkling is hard at work me; offered to introduce me to the ladies. This I gives a breezy aspect that is refreshing. And I piously-precise relative to take us to a "show" all cold. Their weather-peeled bugles sooii shone isn't much, I put on a bold face, that is still less, diana to return him to the |.la e whu h, with so cannot understand the Fog-bank. He says Wil- through the town, they gobbled the money and and gives promise, and even our Sherman has and asked him what he meant, by talking to me in declined; I remarked I had a good many «alls to here is our friend the panadero', he carries or traveling circus. Our infantile imagination, that way. At this he opened his eoat and exhib- much crédit to him-c.f and so m -h u efuness liam- w. s rejected because he hid a wife and salted it down, then took a few orders and lit out of symptoms of intelligence. make, and returned to my humble boarding-house white, sweet, light broad, baked like pur already overheated by diligent reading of tjie ited the badge of a police officer. As I still re- to mourn that I had not been born into good to the public, he n w -. copies, would be a mis- a cars age, and Cu-Liug, who is a widower here, with their heads full of business and skins We must except one senator from this sweeping mained firm, he modified his stern resolve and French rolls, from faultless flour. And the " Arabian-Nights," at once took fire when the full of beer." rebuke. said; society. MAURICE. fortune. and carriageless, is not confirmed. WIFES AÏÏD LIQUORS. JBtfSIjrEÖS CARDS. For THE CAPITAL. PEOSPEOTUt MEDICAL, ETC. MISCELLANEOUS. ALMOST DBOWNED. WAS MILOR'S ¿IF UXHAPPY WOMAN IS SIGHT OP A EITKE. THE CAPITAL. NEW OFFICE PUBLISHED BY THE. S< so strong, so full of lonesome glimmer, 1 69 £ , weird with frost-fringed leaves*«) quick, so CAPITAL PUBLISHING-COMPANY, OF a glad, «r ' Charming me eve m toward Something dimmer 927 I) Street, WaaSiingrfO». 1>. r. ,; a Than any dim > I have ever had DONN PIATT and KSNBY EEEB, Editors. WILLIAM TYLER, In my own tear;-, -iQght that shadows know ; r In the wide-wave i, • moonllght-*-shall I go ? Three'Dollars per'yeair, iti advar-co! GIii>»6: Ten , . .•S'i'A.li.iL.I-'.^. copies to oner address, •25; twenty copies to one ad- uAy, shall I go from this chill dark and cover- 1326 E st., opposite Rational Theater. dress, $40. REAL ESTATE AN» .«OSET BROKER, ÍGOUIETj ÍGOTJLtTI With the wide water and bo cold no more! Rales of AflVertiMns. Will some sweet Wave swim toward me like alovor For thespace of orie'inch, ^l.'fiO foi' the first, and Particular attention paid to ]for each subsequent insertion. » á BOAltiUM» m 'ESES. I And snatch m-' eagerly from the cruel shore, CITY ITEMS (nonpareil) 25 cents a line each inser- 7iä Fifteenth Street, Latest style CARKlAOEs with responsible Where I have starved and shivered and cried oat tion—12 lines to the inch. To 8.11 the worli ••• nd all the Heaven in doubt ? SPECIAL NOTICES 50 cents a line each insertion— I I CAUDLE HORSES, BUGGIES AND PHAE- 12 lines to the inert.' TONS for htre. ' ó • SLUIKIAGE and DEATH NOTICES, 75 cents. THE GREAT REMEDY FOR (Formerly of the office of C. N. Thorn.) HORSES always for Sale and Exchange. Oh, i ot to see tli" Christmas-windows glitter, OUTS, thrps prices. ii 1 hide my children in their hungry sleep All other reading notices $1 per line. «I 1 CHARLES ARIV!GR, From those fair lights—while my own heart, too e S1 bitter SPECIAL NOTICES. CONSUMPTION To pray or hope, can only crush and keep which can be cured by a <» T NO !» A, a SIGN, BANNER AND OKN AMEN- The white last look of their still father's face timely resort to this stand- K* With desperate arms down in its dosty place I S3 AT MILBURN'S DRUG STORE, ard preparation, as has been Renting of Houses a specialty. Oh, to see all my life shine out like lightning,- George Goulet 8b C° TAL PAINTER. Houses, largo and small, for Rent, furnished or As they who drown can see their lives flashby ; . .1428 Pennsylvania aVenuo. proved by the hundreds of To feel my iwitherffi cheek one instant brightening DEPOT FOR MINERAL WATERS, testimonials received by the unfurnished. Some of the most desirable Resi- With its le v lor! Oh, to smile or sigh CO I> ST., BS3T. 9TTIÏ AN» 10TBÏ dences and Building Lots for sale In the cjty, npon CI With the old Joy r sadness as I feel ', IN BOTTLES AND ON DRAUGHT. proprietors. It is acknowl- ïtll Myself into iii > vet's quiet steal! edged by many prominent the easiest teims. STREETS, 1 ; ^^.ISIPKOIAL TAXES. Oh to live over OJIO far moment, holding physicians to be the most All business intrusted to me will reeeive prompt g SLATER & FOLLANSBEE, . The red geranium's passionatedewj breath, attention. - janll-3m Give particular attention to the payment of spe- reliable preparation ever in- WÄltiliil» D. C. Then clutch the nearest billow, and, unfolding janimf That moment, fasten it with me in death I cial Sewer and Improvement Taxes,, rtofthe pur- troduced for the relief and THE FINEST CHA M PIAGNE IN THE WORLD. chase and sale of Stocks and District Securities, —— Wake, my pale children, wake, and ¡stand cure of all Lung complaints, JB IS BRODHEAD, OLD ST AO WHISKY. betwe r - and do a general brokerage business, and being WE GITE THE SAME DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE AS THE SOLE AGENTS IN NEW TORE. My sorrow r.na. the beautiful Unseen! familiar with tho laws prescribing the manner of and is offered to the public, This Whiily is distilled to cur order and kept in the payment of Special Taxes, are enabled to make sanctioned by the experience WE RECOMMEND TO THE TRADE AND PUBLIC THE FULLEST AND MOST COMPLETE STÓOK OF bond for us until Us age warrants ua in offering it to this branch of the business a specialty, guarantee- BROKER, he public for use, medicinal or social. KETEIBUTION. ing satisfaction to parties giving us their patron- of over forty years. "When WINES ÄND LIQUORSS EVER OFFERED SÖÜTH OF NEW YORK; age. prompt attention given at the mostr reason- resorted to in season it sel- The increasing popularity with which it has been V.Y HELEN MAR. able terms. tt since its introduction ten years ago, forbids any dom fails to effect a speedy Call. Offlc'o No. 1425 Pennsylvania avenue. Ufo. 535 Fifteenth St., Washington, And all' Leading Brands of Champagne, and Allow to the hesitation on our part in claiming for it a smooth- , One of the most remarkable instances of re- dec21-tf. cure in the most severe ness and flavor unsurpassed. Its purity we guar- tribution is afforded in the revolution of Hun- cases of Coughs, Bronchitis, gary. The old Emperor Francis was induced MISCELLANEOUS. Trade the Usual Discount; Our right and title to the exclusive use of this brand: to abdicate by the Archduchess Sophia in favor Croup, "Whooping Cough, STOCKS AND BONDS BOUGHT AND SOLD is on record at the United States Patent Office. of-her it. c ' hs present Emperor Francis Joseph, Influenza, Asthma, Colds, To Members of Congress. AND ORDERS EXECUTED AT THE WASH- ALSO A FULL ASSORTMENT OF IMPORTED ENGLISH then in li : i 'lority. When, after three brief Sore Throat, Pains or Sore- INGTON STOCK EXCHANGE ON COMMIS- PICKLES AND CONDIMENTS FROM BIESSKS. BATTY «to CO., LONDON. HALL & HUME, but blooi • npaigns, the Hungarian revolu- ness in the Chest and Side, tion was . pressed, among many others SION. DEALERS IN FINE WINES, BRANDIES, twelve or, . ' teen of the principal Hungarians, Liver. Complaint, Bleeding ALL KINDS OF PRESERVED VEGETABLES, &C„ FROM THE CELEBRATED AND BEST FACTORY IN EUROPE, CHARLOTTE WHISKY, &c., LOANS ON REAL ESTATE AND COLLAT- j 4- famous WEBER^th« rale- plorec1 for her son the clemency she had so heart- WAS!5INiíTO\, 2>. C. Messrs. Terry Davis & Son., Providence, li I: brated CHICCKËRIN G & SONS, the W. P. EMER- GENTS : Although a stranger to ycu I am not to 'SON"SON, , añdTthand thie. VOSE & SONS PIANOS. Also, the lessly denied to others. She exhausted every your invaluable medicine, Pain-Kilier. I formed CORPORATION SECURITIES. SMITH AMERICAN 0RGA3NS. human ei-'nrt, and-oli'.redaransom which would us acquaintance in 1817 and I am on most intimate TAXES PAID. Old Musical Instruments of all kinds accepted in Furnished rooms for rent with or without board. terms with it still; rayexperienc e in its use con- part pay for new. have impoverished her. "We all know that not- Urms my belief that there is no medicine e<5ual to KENNEDY <& SONS, WILLIAM. 8, ÜITCHELL * CO, Meals served at' all hours. The table is supplied Pain-Killer for the quick and sure cure of Summer PIANOS and ORGANS repaired, tuned, packed, withstanding Maximilian was shot and the Complaints, Soro Throat, Croup, Bruises and Cuts. dec7-tf Real Estate Agents, 730 I5th St. moved, and received on storage. Avciuiuehess Sophia, his mother, died a few with all the delicacies of the season. jan4-lm I have used it in all and found a speedy cure in every case. mo, '.lis after with a broken heart. MUSIC NEATLY AND DURABLY BOUND. BE. HE1EI P£RAB£AU, Tours truly, T. J. GARDINER, M. D. FINE OLD FRENCH BRANDIES. Store and piano rooms always open to the public. Judging by our own experience, whoever once Visitors are under no obligations to purchase. A ther instance of retribution || that of makes a u-iai.#f Perry Dans' Pain-Kilier will not Mi'.:1 1 Hynaustick, named, for his cruelty in fail tb recommend it widely as an unequaled lini- KANSOST, 1830; JOHN F. ELLIS & CO., FIRST-GLASS PIANIST, ORGANIST aM ment and valuable internal remedy for colds and Eng. dand America, "Marshal Hyenu." On Importers and Dealers in Carpets 110lO-tf 937 Pennsylvania avenue;- various other complaints.—Every Month. FiSiET, CASTII.I.ON «ft CO., 1830; one c casion he had cruelly scourged a Hunga- COMPOSER. Mrs. Maurer The efficacy of Perry Davis' world renowned JAMES HEISNESSY, Gr. s rian troness, whose only crime was having Orders left at the Music Stores of Messrs. Metze- Pain-Killer In all diseases of the bowels, even in afforded the hospitality of a meal to some of the rott, Ellis and Reichenbach will be promptly at- that terrible scourge the Asiatic cholera, has been OTAIt», »CPIIY A CO., tended to. amply attested by the most convincing authority. C17 Seventh street, directly opposita fugitive Hungarian leaders. Her husband, Missionaries in China and India have written home Patent Office. in commendation of this remedy in terms that SAULNIEK, MARTELL, *C. AND who was bound and forced to witness the in- should carry conviction to the most skeptical, while fliction, succeeded in snatching a pistol from REI'KKESLXS: Us popularity in communities nearer home is ample CORSET AND HOOPSKiRT one of the guard, with which, in despair, he proof that the virtues claimed for it are real and STAMPING DEPOT. Rev. OHAS. I. WHITE, D. D., P.isipr of fit. Mat- tangible. Among family medicines it stands uu- rivaled.—Boston Courier. blew out his own brains. Marshal Ilynan thews. HaSS It Hume, FACTORY. afterwards wont to London and visited the Pin Cushions, Embroidered Slippers, Handker- G. W. POPE, M. D. The Saturday Ezening. Gazette of Boston says : It great brewery r f Barclay & Perkins. But the A. T. KIEOKHOEFER, Esq. jan-t-1 y is impossible to find a place on this broad land HOUSE-FURNISHING DRY GOODS, where Perry Davis' Pain-Killer is not known as a 807 Market Space. chiefs, &c. brewers' men, w: o all exceed six feet in stature, CHABLIS, most valuable remedy for physical pain. In the jan4-4t , and W'IO average two hundred and fifty pounds country, miles from physician or apothecary, the Pain-Killer is cherished as the exclusive panacea, J. L. SMITH. g» IS» «» «5 3. 3SB. 1 I. e s S Come and s ) our stock and leave your orders. in weight, and who carry whips of proportion- NÏJITS, and it never deceives. ate sue, were familiar with this incident through their Sunday papers, and they inflicted Perry Davis' Pain-Killer is really a valuable HOSIERY DEPOT, dec28-tf EfeBl7CHE8, medicament, and, unlike most of the articles of the KEYES Sc CO. on him so severe a flagellation that he barely day, is used by many physicians. It is particu- HUMAN HAIR, MRS. A. G. GASTON . raped with his life. When the firm, whose larly desirabl| e in loca tions where physicians are CHÂTEAU YQI I M not near and, by keeping it at hand, fami lies will KID GLOVES, p ii est Marshal Ilynan was, attempted to resent often save the n ssity of sending out at midnighoidnigbtt WE HAVE REMOVED TO NO. (MARKET SPACE) ^PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, this so-called outrage by dismissing from their for a doctor. A bottltie shoulshould be kept in every COACHES, OPEN BRETTS, LIGHT WAGONS, UNDERWEAR. Has removed her Millinery and Fancy Store from A-C., house."—Boston Traveler. employ the perpetrators of it, tho workingmen SADDLE HORSES, DOUBLE AND SINGLE THE BUILDING FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY MESSRS, HOOE k BRO., 1223 F street to 627 D street, where she Is np'w ready of London, ir i body, resolved that if they did We have tested the Paid-Killer, and assure our BUGGIES AND ALL OTHER VEHICLES AGENCY OF WILCOX k GIBB'S SEWING MA- to supply her friends and customers with all kinds they would dri i no more "Barclay beer," and readers that it not only possesses all the virtues claimed for it, but in many instances surpasses any Where we shall open on MONDAY MORNING, tho 17th instant, a fine stock of Carpet» Rugs, Mats in consequo . le lacerated marshal had to HALL & HUME, other remedy we have ever known ."—Herald of PROMPTLY FURNISHED. CHINE AND BAZAAR PATTERNS. of Fancy Goods at a price reduced to the lowest Gospel Liberty. forego this Kit is -turn. Marshal Hynan died Kf Orders left at the Arlington Hotel or at the figure. jan4-lmo Curtains, Table Linens, Blankets and everything pertaining to tho carpet and housofurnishing dry some time after wards-, somewhere in Illyria or 807 MARKET SS'ACE. jan4-4t Stable, day or night, will receive prompt attention. Dalmatia, of a painful and loathsome disease, 408 Seventk Street, Thanking the public for their generous support AVER'S CHEERY PECTORAL, goods business. .which pp ] all the physicians. For days Close Carriages for Wedding Calls and Recep- in her old stand, she hopes to merit their favor and J. F. ELLIS & CO., FOR DISEASES OF THE THROAT AND oetlS-lmo " Intelligencer Building. after he had been pronounced dead by the doc- LUNGS, SUCH AS COUGHS, COI.IIS WHUOP- tions. patronage in her new one. • sep28-tf tors he retan; ?d every appearance of life, even TNG COUGH, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA AND HOTELS, CELEBRATED CHICKERING CONSUMPTION. until actual decomposition began; and the The few compositions, STEAM POWER popular tradition is th&t his soul had not left which have won the con- NATIONAL MOTEL, fidence T mankind and BOARDING AND LIVERY STABLES, Applied to the his body, and that he was entirely conscious of FAMOUS WEBER PIANOS, become household words, IXV TUX Willard's Hotel Stables, corner Fourteenth and D the horror of interment and decay. among not only one but many nations, must have CORKER 6tU St. and IM Ave., Latest Improved Coffee Roasters Smith American Organ. extraordinary virtues. streets, Washington, D. C. Perhaps no one ever se- dec21-tf Thanking our patrons for past favors and promising our best services for tho future, we shall be CHOICEST COFFEES,; Still another: "When Santa Anna, the despotic WASHINGTON, B. C. Piano* and Organ« Carefully Toned and Repaired cured so wide a reputa- ROASTED FRESH EVERY DAY. ' president of Mexico, came down with an over- by Skillful Werkmen. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Lion, or maintained it so Miss IE. A. McCormicli, long, as Ayei'-'s Cherry pleased to welcome them and the public generally to our new store. whelming force on the few American settlers in Pectoral. It has been F. TENNEY & CO., PROPRIETORS. jan4-4t MOCHA, Texas who hud proclaimed their independence known to the public about 937 Penn. Avenue, near Tenth St. forty years, by a long con- of a despot ic government, which Mexico had be- 905 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cup st»trs.) WILLIAM S. MITCHEL, i OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA, jan4-ly tinued series of marvelous UNION HOTEL, come, lie < a IO with fire and sword, determined cures, that have won for SAMUEL KER. MARACAIBO, it a confidence in its virtues, never equaled by any mercilessl exterminate them. In the gal- E ROLL ASS other medicine. It still makes the most effectual LAGUAYRA. cures of Coughs, Colds, Consumption, that can be Fine Imported Millinery, Feathers, Flowers, &c. GEORGETOWN, D. C. lant defer the Alamos, where the famous made by medical skill. Indeed the Cherry Pec- PORTO RICO, Davy Cro* i : fell, Sauta Anna gate no quar- PRINT BUTTER, toral has really robbed these dangerous diseases of William S* Mitchell & Oo, their terrors, to a great extent, and given a feeling RIO, kc., kc , kc., 4c., kc. ter, even t : e wounded. At Goliad, where STRICTLY FRESH EGGS, of immunitv from their fatal effects, that is well Orders for Evening, Reception and Dinner V. SHINN, Proprietor. novl6-tf four lir. ml founded, if the remedy be taken in season Every ! Americans, chiefly Georgians, family should have it in their closet for the ready LADIES' GOODS. surreml red, because long cut off from water, and prompt relief of its members Sickness, suffer- jan4-tf INSURANCE. HALL & HUMS, CHOICE BRANDS OF FAMILY ing and even life is saved by this timely protection. on the edition of being treated as prisoners The prudent, should not neglect it, aud the wise filled by Miss Gedney of New York city. AND BAKERS FLOUR. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS, S07 of war ; 1 sent home, he caused them all to be will not. Keep it by you for the protection it c. C. WILLARD, affords by its timely us» in sudden attacks. GEBMÄM AMERICAN HOLIDAY GOODS massaer He had then before him only about ; MARKET SPACE. PREPARED BY _ dec28-tf jan4-4t - six hum! cd Americans posted at San Jacinto, « JJl'STdS A- LLOYD, -- !>r. J. Í'. A YI:H .. >.»«(11. ííass., under S; n. Houston, between the forks of a HE1RY WmB GAT&NETT, Commission Merchants, SOLD BYAALL DRUGGISTS1" ANU DEALERS SJiirts! Shirts! Shirts! EBBXTT HOUSE, FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AT DOUGLASS' river, from which they had cut their boats IN MEDICINE. OF THE away. H® force was at least ten thousand No. 907 Louisiana avenue, jan4-2m WM. 51. FAULKNER'S Attorney and Couuselor-at-Law, men, but he pushed on with some three thou- Under .Wall's New Opera House. Improved Patent Shirt, at «26 Twelfth street, (one WASHINGTON, ». C. BISTIIK; OF COLUMBIA. SKIRT km SORSit FACTORY. door south of F,) Washington, D. C. Ease, Ele- No.lColumbian LawBuilding:,Fifth street, sand, fearing' they might escape him, and Consignments solicited. jaiit-tf gance, -and Durability combined. Imported Luxuries. Incorporated June 18, 1873. between 1» anil E, Washington. as he 1, to make a breakfast of them ; but Faulkner's Shirts wear longer and fitbette r than ST. MAEC HOTEL. any others made elsewhere. Capital Stock, «5100,000. nov30-tf Whilst ; troops were taking their breakfast CHAS. FISCHER, The style of cut is such as to relieve the neck of all pressure, the whole weight of the shirt resting the A i cans suddenly attacked him. Gene- CHAMPIGNONS. on the shoulders. Office Columbia Law Building, Fifth street, be- John Pi. Oliver, Itooins-»!, 81.50, 8a, $3-. tween D and E streets. ral SI :tn, a Nerw Yorker, attacked him on MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN PETIT POIS, Gentlemen who have been annoyed with bad- REMOVED fitting shirt» are invited to call at 526 Twelfth JOHN HITZ, President. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, the 1«! :k, and may be said to have won the TRUFFLES, street, and leave their measure for shirts that will CORNER SEVENTH STREET AND PENN. AV., FRENCH ASPARAGUS, G. F. SG'IIAEFER, Vice President. battlf m. Houston advanced in front and Trussas, give entire satisfaction. C G LEDERER, Treasurer. Surgical Instruments and HARICOTS VERTS, WASHINGTON CITY, ». C. FROM 408 NINTH STREET TO Has removed his ofllce to . Mirabn Lamar, the second president of inde- E. L. SCHMIDT, Secretary. PATE DE FOIE GRAS, PERSONS FINDING THEIR OWN MATERIAL pendent 'exas charged with the cavalry. In Drawing Materials, janl-tf JOHN H. SEMMES, Propiietoi. ancS-2y Room No. 6, Bar&sar's Law Building, No. y PATE DE FOIE D'OIL, can have it made up at the shortest notice. NINTH AND IR STS., a few minutes tho Mexicans were broken, CANNED FROGS, D. F. Hamlînk&Co.,. decl4-tf 490 Louisiana avenue. routed and pursued with immense slaughter. Fine Cutlery, &c„ CANNED SAUSAGE, 4®- Shirt Patterns Cat to Order. no!6-tf OLD JAMAICA BUM, UNDER ST. CLOUD HOTEL, JJOKSE-'SHOEIKB JJOSE Th- was won, with insignificant loss on the ANCHOVIES IN OIL, American side, one of the great decisive battles 623 SevetitSi St., between I' ami G fiitn . BONELESS SARDINES, Appletons' American Cyclopaedia. GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE INSU- In the Most Approved Manner. OLD ST. OBOIX BUM, (WM. F. BIIETT'S OLD STAND.) of history, because it decided the fate of a coun- POTTED MEATS, OPPOSITE PATENT OFFICE, STUFFED OLIVES, NEW REVISED EDITION. RANCE AGENT, BLACKSBIITHING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES try larger than France, to say nothing of its QUEEN OLIVES, OLD SCOTCH WHISKY, NEATLY DONE. b&viag led to the subsequent Mexican war, WASHINGTON, C. Entirely rewritten by the ablest writers on every 40., Sc., &c>., - Ac., &e., Sc., &c. subject. Printed from new type, and illustrated which resulted in giving to the United States No. Seventh St., WILLIAM S. KELLBY, j.Ul-i-tf. Afresh ptock.iust received by with several thousand Engravings and Maps, will OLD IRISH WHISKY, New and beautiful Articles for the Holiday Sea- New Mexico, California, Oregon, &a. Presi- Fourteenth St., bet. N and Rhode Island avenue. ÍÓS3E & BLACKWELL'S ICKLES AND be issued bimonthly;, beginning July, 1873, and com- son at the lowest prices. Ladies', Misses, Chil- dent Saiif- Anna himself was eapturcd in a E pleted in 16 vols. j-inll-4t C ' SAUCES. HALL & HUME, IN GLASS OR WOOD, WASHINGTON. I». G. dren's and Gent's Merino Underwear, Hosiery, &c. swamp awl brought by the Texan», who did WINDSOR MTNOR Each volume paid for on delivery ; no money re- Best Goods and lowest prices. \ decl4-tf not know him, to General Houston's tent. He THE CELEJ1RA.TED WINDSOR ceived in advance. For sale by NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF Richard F. Harvey, SOY MARKET SPACE. NEW YORK, ASSETS OVER »23,000,(100. thr-iw himself cu-his mercy, and-Sam. Hous- PICXLE3, Specimen pages, with styles of binding, sub- ton. with equal generosity and policy, sue- GENUINE WORCESTER SATJCE, mitted by authorized Agent to receive subscrip- HALL & HUME, SCOTTISH COMMERCIAL FIRE INSURANCE ESPECIAL NOTICE. UNDERTAKEK, ceeCed in saving liim from his men, who vin- Columbian Bank Note Company, tions. COMPANY, ASSETS OVER $3,600,000. dic 'Ml and perhaps justly, clamored for his KENTUCKY SHAKER PRESERVES, • H. H. KEY. ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY, OF jan4-4t 807 MARKET SPACE. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, life. ' - GORDON & DIL WORTH'S PRESERVES 5CS Pennsylvania avenue, no23-3m Kirk wood Honso. ASSETS $400,600. :834 F Street, bet.. Ninth and Tenth, Just received a id fuv. salo fresh, ly FBEÉDBIAM'S vumnuaE. This suggests the following facts of historical WASHINGTON, D. C. | IRELAND A NATION." BLACK RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY, OF Victor Sewing Machine iutficst tlicu.-h not. pertinent to my theme. HALL & HI/MB, WATERTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSETS $450,000. FURNITURE. Has a Self-Setting Needle Santa Anna was then superseded in Mexico We are prepared, with every facility, for Savings asd Trust Company jan 4-4t * SU7 Market Spa Perfeet Shuttle and Upper Tension. Also and had retire ) to one of the. West India First-Class Solicitors "Wanted. JUST PUBLISHED. FUBNÎTUBE BRANCH OF DEMOREST'S PATTERN EM- is'.aids. War being then declared between ENGRAVING AND PRINTING Banking House, nov!6-tf 18S8 ESTABLISHED 1833 f PORIUM. • Mexico and thé United States, the late Presi- JOHN MeDERMOTT, & BRSS. 1507 Pennsylvania Avenue, S3 W STOKE, 469 Penn. av., bet. 4J$ and 6th sts. BANK NOTES, BONDS, AND COMMERCIAL dent Buchanan,.who was then a member of the COACH MAKERS AND CARRIAGE DEALERS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE IRISH PARLIA- N THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE A LARGE AND T. W. SPIOEK. Atrent. NEW GOODS, WELL-SELECTED STOCK Cabinet, sent îf s. General Cazincau, who; with So. 310 Pennsylvania Avenue, WORK OF EVERY KIND, &c. (OPPOSITE THE TBBASDBT,) MENT of 1970, taken from a large engraving imported from Ireland for the purpose. Size suit- N. C. FARMXTM fe CO,, her husband,v, connected in the recent scheme Near Third street, JOHN G. WELL3T00D, President. ALL PROFITS paid to DEPOSITORS, as inter- NEW STYLES, WASHINGTON, D. C. able for framing, 20 by 24 inches, and price per Of O'ood and Substantial or San Doming nnexation, to interview Gen- GEO. T. JONES, Vice President and Troas. est, not exceeding 7 per cent, per annum. copy, including key giving names of the members, AT eral Santa Ann. itid negotiate with him. lie Carriages and Harness [received on Storage and JOHN W. WATERS, Secretary. Sold on Commission. Carriages Repaired. INTEREST ON ONE DOLLAR and upwards, $3.00 each. Furniture, CARPENTERS 1 BUILDERS, was ( ffered a passage to Mexico in a United James 13 el lew, from first of each month. H. KOPPEL'S, 611 E STSEET ET. W., States man-of-war if he thought he could there BANKING HOUSE WINES. PUBLISHER, For Parlors, Bedrooms, and Offices resume the reigns of power and avert war be- ^g-Open from 9 a. m. to i p. m. ; Wednesdays THE AUTISTIC MEStCHANT TAILOR, or tween Mexico and the United States1. He ac- and Saturdays, (deposits only,) 6H to 8. ' 705 Seventh street northwest. F STREET, -UNDER THE EBBITT HOUSE. WASHINGTON, D. 0, OLD PORT, private stsek. Whl.cli will be sold at very reasonable prices to sui •epted this proposition, was conveyed to Mex- jy 20-tf Gent's Furnishings of the latest styles and at JEL- the pockets of all who wi»h to economize. ico, did with ease resume the reigns of power, H. S&UIER & CO., OLD SHERRIES, Pale Dry, Dark or Sweet. 1 Patent Enatneieti BANK, Bradley's air prices. All goods marked in plain figures. 1416 Pennsylvania Avenue, Gr TO SATISFY YOURSELVES CALL AT THE aid used that power with the indomitable eu- OLD MADEIRA;®! exquisite bouquet. No. 616 SBVBHTH STREET, oct5-tf ' WHEATLEY & ROHRER Paint, ESTABLISHMENT OF ergjr which characterized him, to collect and (Opposite Willard's Hotel,) Opposite the Post Office Department. Have com plebèa ari lieh vi hurl against . neral Taylor a formidable force, WASHINGTON, D. C. SWEET CATAWBA, $2 por gallon. Bank hours, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Saturdays, open Mixed ready for use, is the best, most durable, and COKE. enable filiérn to offe] )f Was until 8 p. nit, to receive del cheapest paint in the market. One gallon will H. F. ZIMMERMAN & SON, and Geore 9 town th» of Ne York Which cam; - overwhelming old "Rough Interest paid on deposits. made and *over 20 square yards, two coats. and West trn Reser aud Read; ' Buena Vista. Baffled there, CENT. INTEREST PAID ON furnished. • It is easily applied, dries quickly, and has a pol- Orders left at the Gas-light Office, No, 413 Tenth No. SS3 Seventh street northwest, adjoining bers'.price ¡.Daily ree i pack* HALL & IJUME, President^ A. EBERLY, Vice Pres't. ish like varnish. street., at 711 First street, or at 110 Bridge street, A call fvoji pir Wii he next col. the forces which fought Gen- OOLSIWIONS MADE EVERYWHERE* JAMES GUILD, 1814 Pennsylvania avenue,sole W. H. Harrover's Stove Store. "TGLY, Secretary. Georgetown, will be promptlyfilled. sep7-tf eral Scott ai! .... way from Vera Cruz to the THE PAY OF OFFICERS OF THE ARMY 0 E. PRENTISS, Cashier. agent for the District of Columbia. CASHED IN ADVANCE. jaa-it • 807 MARKET SPACE» city of Mexico. BOOKS AND STATIONERY, HO TRAVELERS. THE CAPITAL. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. AMUSEMENTS. EEAL ESTATE. AUCTION SALES. GAS FIXTURES, ETO. i NFIKIUAL1NT LECTIBKS W. ALTIMORE ANV OHIO RAILROAD, E. lOHlII & CO., F. JAMIESON" will again speak in Ly- HE NEW OPERA HOUSE. T> Y DUNCANSON, BOWLING & CO., SUNDAY MOENING, JANUAEY 18,1874. ceum Ilall, 1108 E street northwest, on Sunday, T WILLIAM IVi. RITCHIE, -D AUCTIONEERS, BOn and after SUNDAY, Decembei 2i VS73. trains January 18, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Subjects— Will ie WASHINGTON CITY as M^«»^; morning: " Paganism Superior to Christianity." Comer Ninth and D streets northwest. R«9 svm. m. Evening: " The Clergy a Source of Danger to the JOHN T. FORD Proprietor REAL ESTATE AGENT AND BROKER, CHANDELIERS. Ba9iiWi/re and Way Points G.-lf* m. 'm. LOCAL ITEMS. H. CLAY FORD...... Business Manager Baltimore and Way Points-... • • • ••• • American Republic." it Cin. Exp., v'a iHelropolHan Railroad B00KSE Éliti No 1419 F STREET, (daily,) 8.IS a. nl 11 THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS' WORTH Of S.od a. m. H. PuiLirri, the coiffeur du monde elegant," SPECIAL NOTICES. MAY, The Little Comedienne, Boston,'N«w York, and Phfltt. Esp MAY, NenrUniicd States Treasury Dspavimciit« FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS AT ,,,, 8.30 a. m. AND announces a largo " repertoire " of " coiffures " for Baltimore and Way Points 9 46 a.m. MAY, FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, Balto Fast Exp., without stops soirees and receptions. ^^K'IHE CREDITORS OF FAST, MAY, WASHINGTON. D. C. AUCTION, BEING THE STOCK REMAINING IZ.H0 m. MAY, ON HAND Ot JOSEPH j. MAY, ESQ , No. 939 Baltlmoft and Way Points.. 1.00 p. m- MONDAY EVENING, January 19, Any business with Washington Stock Exchange New York and Pniladelphia Exp.. lOlEHi! WJBST'S improved multiple inkstand is a real In her artistically numerous personations in the will receive prompt attention. Speoial assessments Pennsylvania aventie. Baltimore Exp., without step« .... 3.30 p. m- WASHINGTON k CO. are requested to meet at protean drama of a specialty. 3.45 p. m. liandy affair, carrying three sorts of Ink. For sale We will sell, on TUESDAY, THUSSDAY and Baltimore' and Way Points 4.45 p. m. at tho Franklin Publishing Company, No. 121 BY PERMISSION, t REFER TO SATURDAY MORNINGS, January 28, 22, and 24, Baltimore and Way'Points 5.30 p. m| their ctHie on WEDNESDAY EVENING, at 6 THE LITTLE SPY, Philadelphia Express,,,...,, Pennsylvania avenue. THE LITTLE SPY, W. W. Corcoran. commencing each morning at id o'clock, at the Dry Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburg, and to 15 PENNSYLVANIA THE LITTLE SPY, Dr. Blake and Moses Kelly. (National Metropoli- Goods Store of Joseph J. May, Esq., who is about St. Louis Express, (daily) ; 7.45 p. m. p. m., on 21st instant. THE LITTLE SPY. tan Bank.) Jgfr 7.45 p. m. WE WISH to call the attention of the ladies of this retiring froU business, all of his large and well-se- Baltimore H. JM. Sweeny, (PresideniYarmers and Mechan- Boston, New York, and Phila Exp. 9.00 p. m. city to Mrs. Maurer's stamping depot, 617 Seventh It [Star] FANT, WASHINGTON k CO. in which she will introduce a number of uew ics' National Bank.) lected stock, cbmpri£ing= AVENUE. street. The stamping done at tbis establishment PULLMAN PARLOR CARS tor Baltimore at SONGS, DANCES AND BANJO SOLOS, Middleton & Co., (Bankers.) Lyons Black Silk, Lyons Colored Silk. is superior to any done in Washington. Herr & Welch, (Georgetown.) jan l8*Siti 8 and 9.45 s. m., and 3.30 and 5.30P. m. ,WATER REGISTRAR'S OFFICE, making the specialty part of the performance quite Black Silk Velvets, Cashmeres, Merlnoes, SUNDAY TRAINS. a feature. For Baltifacreand way points—At 8 a. m., ana O'JBITIKN, opposite Baltimore depot, is making DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA, ; CASH i Lupin's Mourning Dress Goods, Mohairs. CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA AVESXRC AND people happy in the best way imaginable, simply MR. JAMES F. JOYCE, I PAYMENTS, j Black and Colored Empress Cloths, Japanese '' For' BaHi'more without s«ops-At 5 30 and 9.00 WASHINGTON, December 31,1873. FOR SALE. by catering to their appetites in furnishing them Silks, Stripes. P of this ci.'y, will make his first appearance as ' i TRAINS LEAVE BALTIMORE. ELEVENTH STREET. with everything that our markets afford. NOTICE, Buffalo and Beaver Alpacas, Suitings, Serges. At 4.20, 5.20, 6 45, 6.40, 7.40, 8 45, 10.15 a.m., «id 1- FRITZ, THE GERMAN SHARPER. cl Irish and French Popllnsj Satines, Lawns. m„ and 3.30, 2, 4.30, 5.08, 0 ^SO.andltWSp.m. A won as in a Michigan town tried to take out a POTOMAC WATER RENTS FOR THE YEAR FRITZ, THE GERMAN SHARPER, Scotch Plaids, Printed Linen Lawns, Flannels. ON SUNDAY FROM BALTIMORE. FRITZ, THE GERMAN SHARPER. At4.20, 5.20, 6.45, and 8.45 a. in., andl2,4.J0, M writ de lunaiico drunko inquircndo against her hus- Fine White Goods, Blankets, Sheetings. 1874 r/ and 6.30 p. m. ,,T , T.T T rivr-,.- band, but failed on account of the high price Of Shirtings, Ginghams, Toweling, Quilts. FOR WINCHESTER VIA MAIN LINE. On this occasion no extra charge for reserved ALL THE Latin. Are now duo and payable at this office. Table Linen Damask, Table Covers, Napkins. At fi.45 a. m. and 8.30 p. m. seats. FOR FREDERICK VIA MilN LINE. If not paid within thirty days from date the flew Wine Cloth, Cassimeres, Cloths, Linen Cambric. m At 6.45a. M. and 3.45 p. M. „.„TTT.„T,T.-B VTA MADAMS HUDDKLL, 013 Pennsylvania avenue, of water will be cutoff from all premises in arrears, TUESDAY EVENING, January 20, h>- Spool Silk, Spool Cotton, Bleached and Brown FOR HAGERSTO WN AND WIN CHESTER V1A bis just what our lady friends have long wanted, i and an additional charge of two dollars made Cottons. METROPOLITAN BRANCH. a first-class jnlllinery establishment, where they MR. SOTHERN AS LORD DUNDREARY, •>HI__JLBS!McepAt 8.15 a. m. daily t Sunday. SH! . SS fore the same is turned on. MR. SOTHERN AS LORD DUNDREARY, ALSOj FOR THE VALLEY OF. VIRGINIA, V IA ML can have their dresses made in the latest and mpst MR. SOTHERN AS LORD DUNDREARY, * TROPOLITAN BRAROB TIMOTHY LUBEY, A full llhe of Paris Kid Gloves, with every de- .arriving at fashionable style'. MR. SOTHERN AS LORD DUNDREARY. r>. At 8.15 a. m. daily, except Sunday; - _lv-tht, scription of goods usually found in a first-classDr y Harrisonburg at4 p.m.,and Stannton eariy mo janll-2t Water Registrar, Goods store, all of whldh are to be sold, as Mr. May Ouu LADY FRIKMJ» will be pleased to see by Box-book now open. same evening. __ „ is retiring from business. FOR ELLICOTT S MILLS. Madame Connelly's advertisement of her grand TT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED FACT The attention of ladies and dealers is called to At 6.45 a. it!., and 3 30 and 3.46 p. m. _ , „ opening at the Imperial hotel, where she lias taken "^"ILLARD'S HALL, FOR PITTSBURG VIA METEOFOLl,^" this sale, as the goods are all perfect, and will be RECEIVED AS SOON AS ISSUED rooms, on Wednesday r.t-xt. that H. King, 345 Pennsylvania avenue, is the BRANCH ROAD AND CONNELL&VU John E. McDonongh Manager sold to the highest bidder. ROUTE. „ FIXB hair braids, at a large discount best Cake Baker hi the city. During the holiday Store for rent. Leave Washington at 8.15 a. m., and 7.45 p.m.-. and go through without change of cars. at H. Philipp!, Oli Pei rania avenue. All he was patronize d by the leading citizens of the (NOTICE.—!The floor of the Hall has been raised, DUNCANSON, DOLLING & CO., PULLMAN PALACE CARS. goods marked in j >lu n i!.: so that a fine view of the stage may be obtained It-- Auctioneers; Throngli io Cincinnati at 8.15 daily. place, and he furnished some of the finest Caki from any seat.) Through \o Ctecinrtatf, St. Louis, Chicago, and Lot C in square 94, between Twentieth and Twen- TVY JAMES GUILD, Auctioneer, Pittsburg at 7.46 p. m. dally. AND ON OUR TABLES FOR TIIB SIXTH annual levee of Columbia Command- and Ice Cream to be had in all (the country, IMMENSE SUCCESS FOR ANNAPOLIS. ty-flrst streets, with 26 feet fronton Massachusetts 1Ô14 Pennsylvania avenue. ery Knights Templar, No. 2, will be held on Friday IMMENSE SUCCESS avenue, and 26 feet front on Q. street, containing At 8.30 a. m. and 4.45 p m., bat not on Sunday. evening, 13th February. All who wish to enjoy a Among his patrons were ex-Mayor Emery, [Mr. 3,081 square feet. Inquire at 1801 E street north- * FOR NORFOLK, OF BULLOOK'S west. At 1 p. m., but not on Sunday. „_ pleasant entertainment shonld attend. None ever Parker, Commodore Rodgers, Dr. Tiffany and ROYAL MARIONETTES. FOR POINT OF ROCKS AND INTERMEDIATE regret the hours spent at these levees. POINTS, i . EXAMINATION. Commodore Cassy. Although busy as a bee, lie The Hall filled to overflowing and At «.15 a. m, and 3.60 p. m., but not on Sunday. CROWDS TURNED AAV AY. Brackets, Returning, leave Point of Rocks at 6.00 a. m., and WELCKKB & HAGEUTY, Fifteenth street, are as- oan still Had time to wait on new customers at his 2.00 p. m. Arriving at Washington at 8.20 a. m. tonishing the town by providing aged liquors—OI CROWDS TURNED AWAY. ATTRACTIVE AND PEREMPTORY SALE OF and 5.15 p. m , but not on Sunday so very old—such as old Kentucky bourbon, 1887; Dining Booms and Confectionery establishment on SCREAMS OF LAUGHTER, Express trains at 818 a. m. and 7.45 p.m., daily, A. & H. S. Overholt, 180o; whilst their cigars, to- stop at Point of Rocks. . _ . . ife Pennsylvania avenue, No. 345. jan4-4t SHOUTS OF APPLAUSE SILVER-PLATED WARE OF FINEsT QUAL- Through tickets to f§ West can be had at the bacco and oysters are par excellence. attest the success of the Washington Station Ticket Office at all hours of DEALERS IN PBOPERTY OWNERS WHO ROYAL MARIONETTES, the day; also, at the Company's Office, 4S5 Penn- TIIK FjiATimnitD BEAUTIES.—A beautiful collec- sylvania avenue. , . have Special Taxes to pay! one word of ¡BRING THE CHILDREN. ITY AND PLATE, MANUFACTUKED BY tion of flno singing canaries and rare fancy birds, Inquiry. When can you pay so cheap as now? E Persons purchasing teets at the Avenue office BRING THE CHILDREN. ¿7.?íí C. can there arrange to have tfceir baggage called for together with several educated bullfinches, which When Congress assembles your chance may be and checked at their reside»«», taken to the depot, STANDARD BOOKS, pipe a number of beautiful airs, are now for sale gone. They will never take any action impairing MATINEE EVERT MONDAY, WEDNESDAY I WILLIAM HOLMES OF BALTIMORE. and put into the baggage caf. . ,, 1V „„ ut the auction rooms of-Latimer k Cleary. the credit of the District of Columbia. 4ND SATURDAY. A For New York, Fhiladelpf?*«, and Boston see Seats for sale at Ellis' Music Store. Chairs, se- Cja advertisement of " Through Line." TIIE President, Cabinet, distinguished member* The present disconnt is enormous to furnish We will sell on TUESDAY, January 20, commen- TH0S. R SHARP, bonds or pay bills, either for special improvements cured, 75 cents; children, secured, 59 cents. Gen- Master of Transportation. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN. of both Houses of Congress and other social digni- !» cing at 10 o'clock a. m., the finest stock of silver- or general sewerage. Prudence and economy ad' eral admission, 50 cents. It L. M. COLE, General Ticket Agent. 1 taries, with the ladies of their families, will attend GEO. S. KOONTZ, General Agent, "V\ ^ MEDICAL AND LAW BOOKS the reception of the New York State Association at monlsh you to pay at once, even though you hav ware ever offered at public sale. Stock consists in to borrow the money. Don't postpone and say â Masonic Temple on Wednesday week, January 26 PROFESSOR VALENTINE'S II part of— afterwards," I missed It." THROUGH LINE BETWEEN WAS^ING- AND 1 TON, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW ^ ORK. Now THAT cold and ice are the ruling elements, The undersigned having been a member of the ••aaoo Fine Triple-plated Tea Sets, assorted styles and our citizens will find, by referring to the advertise- District Government since its organization, can WASHiNGTCreri December 25, 187i. many single pieces, consisting of Coffees, Teas, ment of Joseph Savage, in another column, that give all necessary information nnd pay. taxes ns Trains between Washington and New York a."e everything that can make such elements agreeable furnish bonds at the lowest possible rates. now run as follows, viz: BOOKS IMPORTED DIRECT. HAVING A DI- Annual 13al Masque, Batter Dishes, Creams, Slop Bowls, Sugars, Cas- FOR NEW YORK without change of cars— and welcomo visitors can be found in Mr. S.'s es- Capitalists seeking Investments are invited to J Leave daily except Sunday, at 8 a. m., and 1 and tablishment, corner Pennsylvania avenue and o&ll. ters, Nappies, Spoons, Forks, ke., 4c. 9 p. m. RECT CORRESPONDENCE WITH LONDON Tenth street. FOR PHILADELPHIA. PETER CAMPBELL, Stock Broker, Part of Lot 8 in square 604, between New Jersey avenue and First street East, with 37 feet 5% inches ALSO, Leave daily, except Sunday, at 8 a. sn., and 1, AND PARIS. 1423 Pennsylvania avenue, between Wlllard'san front on D street South, containing 3,210 square 6.30, and 9 p. m. PUOF. VALENTINE'S Juvenile matinee dansante, MASONIC TEMPLE, THURSDAY, JUNE 29. To close a copartnership, a first-class stock of Boots ON SUNDAY. Treasury. oct6 tf feet. Price -$850. to be given Thursday evening, the 20bh instant, at " Inquire at 1801 E street northwests it Leave for New York at 9 p. m , and Philadelphia Masonic Temple, promises to be the event of the and Shoes, consisting of Men's Fine Calf Boots, at 5.30 and 9 p. m. „ , Through tickets to Philadelphia, New York, or season for our llttlo folks. Prof. V.'s popularity AMUSEMENTS. Women's Pino Oil Goat.-Peb, and French Morocco Boston can be had at the Station Office at all hours witli all classes makes liis entertainments always BOOKS AND STATIONERY. in the day; also, at the Company's Office, 485 Penn- enjoyable. Shoos, Children's Lace and Button Shoes, Men's sylvania avenue. MR. SOTHERN, Passengers purchasing tickets at the Avenue WE TAKE SPECIAL PAINS THE LATEST PUBLICATIONS, Goat heeled Slippers and Flannel-linetWJuskins; & C. PARKER, Seventh and F streets, has as fine Office can there arrange to have their baggage IN and well selected stock of books, periodicals, both None but those En Masque will be permitted to called for and checked at their residence, taken to Tiicts.lay, January 30, Will also be added to the sale 125 Yards Three- the depot, and pnt in the baggage car. foreign and domestic, all kinds and styles of letter See Baltimore and Ohio Railroad advertisement and note paper, with all the novelties usually kept participate in the Dancing until after 11:S0 p. m. ply Carpet; Clothing, Dry Goods, Notions; 200 for schedule between Washington, Baltimore, An- in a first-class stationery establishment, that can AT napolis, and the West. FORD'S OPERA HOUSE Sets finest Knives and Forks; lot of Tin and Jaj> be found south of New York. Cards only to bo had of Scholars, or at the THOS. R. SHARP, In his famous creation of Master of Transports Hon. PROCURI» BOOKS TO ORIS, paned Ware; Four Silver Mounted and Frcnch- Slate Mantels. L. M. COLE, MADAME EMMA SOULIS will be pleased to see the Academy. General Ticket Agent. ladies of Washington at her Fronch millinery es- L0ED DUNDREARY, PIIILP & SOLOMONS. plated Show-cases, to which the attention of the GEO. S. KOONTZ, tablishment, 013 Pennsylvania avenue. All the de28-tf Agent at Washington. Cards, $2. . ' jan 18-2t trade is particularly called. latest patterns In ladles' goods imported direct In liis own version of ERCHANTS' LINTS OF STEAMSHIPS from la belle France, while their style and make up All to be sold without reserve. M will be such as only a French modiste can do. RATIONAL THEATER. BETWEEN AND GUARANTEE A WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. OUR AMERICAN COUSIN, JAMES GUILD, LADIES wishing their hair dressed dally will do Sole Lessee and Director...... MR. J. G. SA VILLE Hereafter the fine steamships E. C. KNIGHT and well to call at H. Phllippl, tho celebrated coiffour, It Auctioneer. JOHN GIBSON will make regular weekly trips between New York, Alexandria, Washington, and as he offers great Inducements to monthly cus- As played by him over FIVE HUNDRED TIMES MONDAY, JANUARY 10, and every evening Georgetown, as follows : tomers. in AMERICA, ENGLAND and PRANCE, Miss Amelia B. Edwards' NeW Book, "In the GK00EEIES, ETO. Leave New York from Pier 39, East river, every Supported by until further notice, tho great Shakspearian Spec- SATURDAY, at 4 p.m.; leave Georgetown every PROMPT REPLY TO ORDERS OUR CITIZENS, by referring to our advertising Days of My Youth." Cloth, $1 SO; paper, $1.00. FRIDAY, at 7 a. m., and Alexandria the same day MISS MINNIE WALTON, tacle entitled, a ALL THE LEADING BRANDS OE columns, will see that an opportunity of their Nandy, by Rhoda jBroiighton, id cents. at 12 m. For information apply to R. P. A. DENHAM, hearing the Rev. Henry Ward Boecher lecture will (By the kind permission of AUGUSTIN DALY, Solar Physics, by Norman Lockyer, F. R. S., $10. ESQ., of the Fifth Avenue Theater, Agent, office and wharf foot of High street, George- soon present itself. Mr. Beecher is to deliver a Mount Desert In 1873, illustrated, $3. Champagnes. town, or at the corner of Seventeenth street and New York.) MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. LEFT WITH US FOR EITHER lecture at Lincoln hall on Thursday evening next. Alomansch de Gotha for 1874, $2.50. New York avenue. Mn. VINING BOWERS and J. W. THOMPSON, Mn. LYTTON SOTHERN History of English Institutions, by Philip V. MOET k CHANDON'S EX. DRY CABINET, President, JOURNALISTICALLY-SPEAKINO, says the Printer»' And a carefully selected Company. Smith, M. A., $1.50. This superb work, combining great ROEDEREE, Register, London, tho Americans outdo us in nov- Box Sheet now open. it Holland House, 2 vols., illustrated, $12. WELOKEE'S. elty. We notice that the editor of a weekly paper OPERATIC. OOSTUMAL, Six Weeks in the Saddle and Painter's Journal CLICQUOT, or in New York has commenced to use scriptural quo- Annual Reception SCENIC, DECORATIVE, In Iceland, by S. E. Waller, $1.75. JUST RECEIVE», A 1.AUOE ASSORT- tations as padding for miscellaneous paragraphs. Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge, $3. MUMM'S DRY VERZENAY, AMD LAST WEEK, in Ohio, a young lady died from Life of Mary Somerville, $2.50. The Unity of Natural Phenomena, by T. P. MUMM'S EX. DRY VERZENAY,; what a round-headed old doctor said was "heart OF THE TERPSICHORIAN EFFECTS klot or embyolism of the main flue of the heart," Moses, A. M., M. D., $1.50. PIPER HEIDS1ECK, Books. Will be presented on a scale of Our Common Insects, by A S. Packard, jr., $2 50. but she revived In an hour, and it was found had CIIAS. HEIDSIECK, been temporarily choked by a chew of gum which REGAL MAGNIFICENCE, Walton's Europe Viewed . Through American she had swallowed. ÀMERICUS YACHT CLUB Spectacles, $1.75. GOULET, Whose establishment has been so long closed, begs Completely eclipsing any spectacular effort that Sheridan's Works complete, with autobiography KRUG, « A HOUSEHOLD REMEDY.—No family should be Washington has ever seen. by Thomas Moore, $3.50. to announce that his well-known. without some efficacious remedy for the cure of WILL TAKE PLACE EVERY SCENE NEW, GrammarofPaintingnnd Engraving, illustrated, POMMERY, affections so universally prevalent as coughs, colds, $3.50. WENT or NEW PATTERN« FROM NEW PLEASANT VALLEY, sore throat, whooping-coogh and croup—some EVEÌY COSTUME NEW, Hand Book of Painting, Sdulpture, Architdcture, JANW AND STAPLE STATIONERY. remedy, too, which can be relied on as safe, sure AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE, EVERY PROPERTY AND APPOINTMENT and Engraving, by Mrs. Clements, $3.23. GREAT WESTERN, Sc., &c. and certain. Br. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry combines the desideratum. NEW. Eestaurant is Now Open. THE ENTIRE COMPANY IN THE CAST. HALL & HUME, OUR FRIEND, BE ATLEY, of tho Monogram House, Wednesday Evening, Februaryr 4, 1874, PHILP& SOLOMONS' janl-ít 807 MARKET SPACE. Special Attention t» Orders for Fancy Stationery, oorner of Thirteenth and E streets, is prepared to SATURDAY, January 24, GRAND MATINEE, accommodate all who have a hankering after the The managers will aim to make their Reception A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. -MB. WELCKKR has made LAUGE ADDITIONS good things of life. His steamed oysters can't be eventful in elegance, and no effort shall be spared METROPOLITAN BOOKSTORE, IMPORTED ALES AND STOUTS beat. His F. R. S,, and liquors, &c., unsurpassed. in the way of liberal outlays to make this the most rjpHEATER COMIQUE. to his former establishment, and now confidently His eating bar is supplied with all the delicacies of superb soiree of the season. YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. the season. Remeiubvr the grand "set out" on Oil Pennsylvania avenue, between Ninth and Tenth asserts that he possesses the The Temple will be superbly decorated, and Eleventh street, below Pennsylvania avenue. In Wood and Glass. Saturday, the 2-itli instant, at 8 p. m., to which all every accessory to true enjoyment will be afforded Visiting and Wedding friends are invited. to contribute to the pleasure of our guests. THE BEST BILL YET PRESENTED. janl8-tf streets. BASS, The music'will be furnished by Prof. Pi^torio' »ASKED FOB LIFE! BEGINNING to-night a train will leave the Balti- celebrated orchestra, under the able direction of more and Ohio Railroad Depot, at 11 o'clock, for FROM LONDON. IND COOPE k CO., Prof. Schneider of the Marine Band, who will ren A PERFECT GALAXY OF STARS. Finest suite of Rooms Baltimore, stopping at ail way-stations, and will THE GREATEST AND BEST OF ALL SEN ' The Almanach de Gotha for 1874, ROBT. YOUNGER, der all the choicest operatic gems and master SATIONS. continue nightly until further notice. This will be The British Almanac and Companion for 187-1, pieces of the great composers. All the now quad- WM. YOUNGER, a great accommodation to those who live along the Mrt. SIDNEY C. FRANCE ! Whitaker's London Almanac for 1874, ALSO, HANDSOME FOR line, as it will enable them to attend the theaters rilles will be comprised in the programmes pro- Cards & Plates. MR. SIDNEY C. FBANCEI Just received and for sale by GEORGE YOUNGEK, and othor places of amusements and reach their vided on this occasion. * in the great Drama, with startling effects, Tickets Two Dollars. For sale at all the • hotels MARKED FOR LIFE! homes in good season. ROBERT BEALI/, BELFAST GINGER ALE, and bookstores, and to be obtained from the mem' MARKED FOR LIFE! Private or Public Diniier Parties replete with the most startling and extraordinary GUINNESS' BROWN STOUT, NEW BOOKS.—We have received from Robert bers of the Club. jaull-3t effects in conjunction with the best of living nov BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, elty Stare. Boston, through Mohun, " Satan," by C. P.Cranch; It 495 Pennsylvania avenue. D'ARCY'S DUBLIN STOUT, J^INCOLN HALL. ALEXANDER DAYIS, that can be found in the country. "Recollections of Mary Somervlle;" and from The greatest of Ventriloquial artists. LANE'S COOK STOUT, Also, a full line of Estes k Lauriat, 2d volume of " Lives of the Chief The wonderful Acrobatic Song and Dance men, HENRY WARD BEECHER will deliver his new FOLEY AND WADE. Justices of England." From Lee & Sherpherd, lecture, &C, Sc., &c. The very king of Banjolsts, I 20 Per lient. 2U l*ar. Ceni. "Mrs. Armlngton's Ward," by D. Theo. Wright, DIOK RALPH. "THE WASTE AND BURDEN OF LIFE,' To be reviewed hereafter. By the bye, the second The only living Skipping-rope Dancer living, WALL. PAPERS. volume of " The Chief Justices," without the first MISS LIZZIE STEMPLE. on Thursday evening, 23d instant, at 8 o'clock. The popular Actor, affords a small basis for criticism. From] the au- Tickets at Metzerott's. Admission, with reserved EDMUND GLOYER. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS seats, 75 cents. WINDOW SHADES, COMMERCIAL STATIONERY, thor, through Franklin Publishing Company, 121 Mr. ALEXANDER DAVIS is, without excep- HALL & HUME, [His cuisine will be superintended by the Pennsylvania avenue, we have " Ecce FeminaJ tion, the most pleasing and refined Ventriloquist, I as«» at-jKjta «^ZHSjwar- J^INCOLN HALL. Baritone Vocalist and Mimic in the world, and will introduce his little Ethiopian oddities, Cheaper than can be bought in the »EAI.EBS IN IMPORTED LIQUORS, Ac., BURNS & Co., 903 Pennsylvania avenue, are mak- SAM AND GEORGE. ing a specialty in ladies evening shoes, and no lady THEODORE THOMAS'« OUR GREAT STOCK COMPANY RETAINED | city, until March 1. Best French Cook now considers herself dressed unloss her feet are THE BEST IN AMERICA! j.w4-4t 837 Market Space. Including every style and variety of encased in a pair of these beautiful slippers. At UNEQ.UALED CONCERTS. «S-Matlnees WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY Large stock of all grades to select SIXTY DISTINGUISHED PERFORMERS. for Ladies and Children. * Governor Shepherd's receptior, on Friday evening, Change of Bill at each Matinro! | from an'd all new patterns, at SKATES, obtainable, and his guests may rest assured that th 23 SEVENTH. STREET, BET. F AND G STS., firm are the sole agents for this Ale in the District, extra charge, one week in advance of each Lecture, and the detnaud has always been equal to the at Ellis' Music store. janll-2t Opposite Patent Office, supply. NEW CURRANTS, FRESH FIGS, WASHINGTON, D. C. janlS-6mos ACEES M'ME. M. A. DOUGLASS, 1120 sUPERIOit IOWA LAND CAN NEW CITRON, ¡¡pil 1111 THE LATEST, THE GREATEST. JOHN WELCKER, BOOKSELLERS, be excuanged in part paym nt for property in this OF NEW YORK CITY, JU.3T RECEIVED BY " i 1 gsj r^rf AND city or vicinity. Address Box 1 IS, National Hotel, Has her Branch House here opened. 1 TH. BEST TUNE BOOK'OB li» I Church Choirs of all BeccmiiutiOES. Ball dresses constantly leoeiver*. HALL & HUME, Price, 91.GO. Fifteenth Street, between New York rpoti r—Mauusome suite of FURNISHED | DEALERS IN FTNE GROOERIE^, Per dozen Ooplesi MS 50. NO. 1015 PENN. AVE. J- it JOMS, so? Missouri avenue, and one singifsingle il Cor, Penti. Avenus and Ninth St, 531 Thirteenth street N. W. One 8mmple Copy, by Mail, $1.25. NO. 910 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, It* 4ec7-tf Orders received, janll-it jan>:t 807 Market Space. LEE & WALKER, 822 C&tetaut Street, Philadelphia. 4É janlS-4t novia-tf Avenue and H'Bfffreec * jel5-tf