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NATIONAL WHIG,
REFUSAL OP THE
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TO VOTE THE
POOR SOLDIER
TEN DOLLARS PEEMONT11.
(&' On the 20th of May, 1846, Mr. Stewart
submitted the following resolution : (See Ho.
Journal, page 330.)
Resolved, That the Committee on Mil^u-y
Affairs be instructed to report a bill incr^^Ag
the pay of the volunteers from seven Jo fc^BT
laars per month, and granting to those who serve
to the end of the war, or die in the service, one
hundred and sixty acres of land.
The said resolution was read :
And the question being put?shall the rule
be suspended ? It wa3 decided in the negative,
(two-thirds not voting in favor thereol,) yeas
70, nays 75.
The yeas and nayt beiug desired by one-fifth
of the members prtaent.
Those who voted in the negative are
Messrs. Stephen Adams, Alkinson, Bedinger,
Benton, Biggs, James A. Black, Boyd, Brin
kerhoff, Brockenbrough, Brodhead, Burt,
Clarke, Collin, Cranston, Cunningham, Dan
iel, Dargan, Jefferson Davis, De Mott, Dobbin,
Dockery, Dromgoole, Ellsworth, Erdrnan,
Ficklin, Fries, Garvin, Grover, Hamlin, Isaac
E. Holmes, George S. Houston, Ilungcrford,
Jas. B. Hunt, Hunter, Charles J. Ingersoll,
Jenkins, Jas. H. Johnson, Joseph Johnson,
Preston King, Lawrence, Leake, Levin, Jos.
J. McDowell, James McDowell, JIcGaughey,
McKay, ?Marsh, Morris, Moulton, Norris,
Owen, Phelps, Price, Reid, Rhelt, Ritter, Ro
berts, Sawyer, Seddon, Alex. D. Sims, Sirap
Bon, Stauton, Starkweather, Sykes, James
Thompson, Jacob Thompson, Treadway,
Vance, Vinton, Williams, Wood, Woodward,
Woodworth, and Yancey?75.
All those whose names are in Roman were
Tories of the fir>t water, men who unscrupu
lously sustained James K. Polk in all his usur
pations ; and yet this Tory party claim to be
the never-failing friends of the poor man, who
has to work for his bread.
From Graham's Magazine.
A Story in Verse.
THE
BT THOMAS BUCHANAN READ.
"There's a glory over the face of Youth?
And Age as fair a light displays,
When beautiful Lore and spotless Truth
Have guided all her ways!
' But Sin is a hideous thing to see ;
His eyes are dulled before his prime,
And each year Jeaveth the mark of three,
For he hurries the hand of Time!
Thus spake the awaiting Angel Death,
By a way-side beggar-crone,
Who wrested with the reluctaut breath
On a pillow of broken stone!
'T was a fearful sight to see ttEr gasp,
. And clutch the air in her sinewy palms,
As if forcing from a miser's grasp
The miserable alms!
Uut a sight to bring the tear drops down
Was the little maiden pale and thin
Who stood by her side in a tattered gown
Which let the sharp air in!
, / . ? , . ? J
Hatlesa and shoeless she stood in the rain,
And shivered like autumn's leaf,
Trembling with very hunger and pain,
And weeping with fear, aot grief!
"What ails you, mother?" the maiden cried,
"What makes you tremble and stare ?
Why do you look so angry-eyed
As you strike the empty air?
"I fear you, mother! Your angry brow!
Your wild and piercing eye!
Oh, do not, do not hurt me now,
There is no one to see me cry!
"Oh! mother, why you beat me so ?
And why do we walk all dny.
And rest at night, if it rain or snow,
In cold, wet beds of hay
"Oh, why do the village children play
And seem so very glad ?
And why are they dressed so clean and gay
While I am so meanly clad ?
"Do not their parents beat them too
To make them moan and cry ?
i Or are their mothers weaker than vou,
And the children stronger than t ?
"I've seen the parents kiss and hold
Their little ones on the knee!
1, mother, am well nigh ten years old.
You never did so with me!
"Why am not I as pretty and good
As the litti* girl? in th* town ?
Are mine the meaner flesh and blood
Because I am burnt so brown ?
"And why do they go with happy look*
Up where the chapel stands,
6oxne with their little shining books
And flowers in their hands I
1
"Oh, mother, I with you would take me there!
For often as we go by
Their voices come through the happy air
As if from the open sky !
"Oh, mother, I wi&h I could join the strain,
And learn their beautiful words;
I am sure they do not sing for pain
No more than the little birds!
I'You know Low once we followed them out
To the forest green and gay;
How they danced and san* Vsong about
The beautiful flowers of May!
"Ob, they seemed like a band of angels, free
From hunger, pain, and strife;
As a lady once told me 1 should be
If I lived an honest life I
"Then I wondered if we were to die that night,
, If we should be angels fair!
But, mother, what makes your cheeks so white,
Why, why do you shiver and stare?
?(Oh, mother, mother! you have often said
You'd kill me yet in some lonely place
If I did not steal?and did not shed J
More tear-streams down my face!
"And when in the prison cell we lay,
Because you took the purse,
I remember how I beard you say
A very dreadful curse!
"How then you threatened to take ray life
Because 1 lied not more!
And I rt member still the knife
You said you had used before.
"I fear you moth*r! more and more !
groan and give such fearful starts,
Ah^^are me now ! and at every door
I'll cry till I break all hearts!
"But, mother, see, arise, arise !
A carriage comes up the vale;
They cannot, I'm sure, refuse our cries,
Now that you look so pale!"
Thus spake the maid and the carriage came,
And she stood with hunger wild;
While suddenly burst from the coach a dam?
Crying "my child! my child!"
The crone half rose from her dying place,
With her mouth and eyes all wide!
And she knew the injured mother's face,
Then fell on her own and died!
PART II.
One day in the summer garden fair
The mother and daughter stiaj ed;
With trembling tongue and timid air
Thus spake the little maid.
"Oh, must I call you mother, indeed?
And are you really so.'
And many a useless way-side weed -
In a beautiful garden grow ?
"Yes, you have told me all the tale,
How I was stolen away,
And how you grew all thin and pale,
Grieving for many a day !
"Day after day my heart repeats
The story o'er and o'er!
And when you say you love me, it beats
As it never did before!
"Oh, what are all these flowers that load
The bushes with red and white ?
There are many growing beside the road,
But none so large and bright!
"Along the fence the alder grows,
To shade the dusty way,
And by the brook the briar blows
Where the cat-bird sings all day !
"Down by the meadows long and wet,
The willow-walks arc made;
And now and then a violet
Grows in the willow's shade.
"The dandelion and mullen bloom
By the glossy buttercups' bed;
And the thistle looks like a soldier's plume
With its beautiful tip of red!
"The blackberries grow by the stony wall,
You may pick them as you pass ;
The strawberries too, but so scattered and small
You must huut them iu the grass!
"All these along the highway siiine;
And as I see from here
The turnpike's long and winding line,
My heart sends up a tear !
"For they were the only things to cheer
The long and weary mile !
The only things for many a year
That ever wore a smile!
"Oh, mother, in our idle hours
We'll wander down the glen,
And I'll show you some of the simple flowers
That smiled upon me then!
"Come, let us walk by the road and search,
There where the poplars stand;
That I may carry some flowers to chnrch
To-morrow in my hand!
"Then, where the old woman is doomed to lie
In the mound so new and bare,
I'll slip aside, as we go by,
And quietly lay them there.
"So that if she i3 up in heaven,
SiDging the angels' pslams,
She may know that all has been forgiven
By those beautiful bright alms!
"The good man told us, the other day,
We must forgive our foes!
And I forgive her, though she, you say,
Was the mother of my woes!
"I love to hear the church, organ blow
When the people rise from their places!
And the children stand in a shining row
And sing with happy faces!
"Their sweet hymns make my heart rejoice
Like a blue-bird in the spring;
But when I try to raise my voice
I weep; for I cannot sing.
"Their strain has a sweet and delicate tone;
But mine has none of such ;
It seems more like the winds' low moan
Of which I have heard so much!
"Then, since my voice will not join with theirs,
In my heart I try to pray,
And I whisper o'er those little prayers
You taught me how to say!
"Say, mother, why did the preacher place
His dripping hsnd on the little child ?
And did you mark its rosy face
How angel-like it smiled ?
"When I was so very, very small,
Did you carry me up the aisle,
And when I fe!t the waters fall,
Say, did I weep or smile?
"And then again in the afternoon
They brought another there,
The while the organ's solemn tune,
Hung heavy on the air.
"But this one in its coffin lay,
While its mother sobbed aloud ;
And its little hands were as cold aa clay,
And its face was as white as its shroud.
"Then they slowly lowered it into the ground,
While the pebbles down after it slid;
And, mother, I still can hear the sound
Of the gravel upon the lid !
"Asleep or awake I hear it fall
And 'tis grown to a peaceful noise;
It seems like a loving angel's call?
And 1 must obey the voice!"
Thus spake the child?and the Sabbath calm
Brought the low organ's sorrowful sound
, And the great bell tolled its solemn psalm
As they laid her in the ground!
Prentice says, the Louisville Democrat
?peaks of General Taylor as *' made by the
Democratic party." We wonder if any body
is silly enough to believe that a party which
made James K. Polk, ever turned out such a
piece of workmanship as General Taylor.
Old Rough and Ready i? not the work of the
Tory party, but the " noblest work of God."
LOCAL, INTELLIGENCE.
The Illumination. Although two day? have
elapsed since the illumination ot the 8th inst.,
we cannot.withhold a brief notice of the eveni
?especially as it was the anniversary of the
battle of Palo Alto, in which Colonel Taylor
gave a foretaste of the glorious victories which
have succeeded under him as a Major General.
Preparations had been made to "light up" the
public Departments, but we are told, officially,
that the order was countermanded, "because
they contain the valuable records ol' the Gov
ernment; and most of them are not. fireproof, j
and it was not considered proper to make any
discrimination between them." As the greater!
portion of our readers have doubtless already
read accounts of the illumination, aud saw the
brilliant spectacles exhibited on the avenue,!
and many of the by-streets, it would be an act
of supererogation to specify any particular lo-1
cation except the City Hall, the part of which
occupied by the corporation was dazzling, con
trary to public expectation! It looked cheer
ful for once, in contrast to its dingy appear
ance. The newspaper offices, without distinc
tion of party, were not deficient in display.?
The streets were crowded with ladies and gen
tlemen, and, of course, children from a year
aud upwards.
But what afforded us the greater gratifica
tion, was the almost unanimous spirit that per
vaded our friends at the Navy Yard. We did
not see two houses on Garrison street, that I
were in daikness. The large brick, as well as
the humble frame, bore testimony that they
contained inhabitants who, while they publicly
expressed the estimation in which they held
Lhe victories, accompanied it by a tasteful ar
rangement of transparencies and luminaries, j
Not a window from the Colonel's house lo the
last room in the Marine Barracks was in dark
ness : lanterns were hung on trees, beacon
lights surmounted the tallest poles, rockets
were let off, and the boys, in keeping with
the reigning enthusiasm, gratified themselves
by throwing balls of fire. The houses of the
citizens, we were told, were thiown open to
the visiters. But this waj only in keeping
with their general hospitality. The command
ant of the Navy Yard, illuminated hio quarters;
aud officers of the army and navy in the neigh
borhood, responded.. The streets were crowd
ed with pedestrians, carriages, aud horsemen.
People came from Alexandria and adjoining I
counties in Maryland, from the central portion
of the city, and from Georgetown, to witness I
the exhibition. And all expressed their delight
with the manner in which the illumination
wasconducted. The arch, representing "Cock
legs" and displaying two splendid transparen
cies, was in good taste: the artist who super
intended this part of the exhibition, elicited the I
praise of all. The fire works, the closing
scene, surpassed any former demonstration.
Those who did not witness them cannot con
ceive of their extraordinary beauty and novel
ty. Distinguished gentlemen were on the
platform, but those who were not so favored
could see equally as well.
We did not sit down to give a description
of all that delighted us?, our limits as well as
the two days which have elapsed since the
event, forbade us. But we must say the Navy
Yard bore off the palm, and no people on earth
could have done better ; perhaps not so well.
There were many houses scattered here and
there, in the neighborhood, and in elevated po
sitions, that added beauty to the scene. Can
non were fired, during the day, and bonfires I
lit up at night, which, with the rockets dis-!
1 charged in several portions of the city, have |
continued to afford us a theme of which we
have not yet become weary.
It commenced raining at ten o'clock on Sa
turday night, and continued, with a few inter
missions, until this morning. The weather'
has been so long dry, that the farmers especi
ally will most gratefully return thanks for the !
providential visitation. From the appearance
of the clouds this afternoon they hove not ex
hausted their moistening treasure.
At eleven o'clock on Saturday night, the
new frame house near Seaton's Garden, own-1
ed by Mr. B. T. Morsell, was fired by an in
cendiary, and burnt to the ground.
An inquest was held this morning over the
the body of Richard Harry, in the First Ward.
The verdict of 'the jury was that he cnine to
his death by wounds occasioned by a gun in
the hands of George Usher, on the 9th instant.
Usher wa3 staying at a houte with Elizabeth
Mattingly, in the vicinity of K aud 21st street I
near the avenuej and having endeavared to ef
fect an entrance, was shot by him. The load [
entered the poor fellow's heart, and killed him
instantly. Usher was committed to jail, to!
await his trial at the next term of the Crimi
nal Court.
C3" The Guernsey, Ohio, Times assures tta that
both Whigs and Democrats in those ' diggings" go
with a perfect rush for Old Zach. 'lories arc very
| scarce in that region !
CLOTH DRESSING AND DYiVg
ESTABLISHMENT.
tTIIE undersigned respectfully
informs his friends and the public
generally, that, having refitted his
old stand up, ho intends to carry
on tho above business in all its
various branches. Those who pa
tronize him are asaured that nei
their pains nor expence thall be spared to give satis
faction. South side of Pennsylvania avenue, between
9th and 10th streets.
P. S. Persons wishing to economize would do
[ well to give tho subscriber a call.
fcb 13 2m* L. DENHAM.
1>AMCI9 Y. Natj,or, Copper, Tin. Sheet-]
I Iron and Stove Manufacturer. Roofing, Out-1
i tering, Spouting, he. South side Pennsylvania ave
nue, near Third street, Washington, D. C.
HARPER'S CELEBRATED
11AZ0R POWDER^#
WARRANTED
To give a ketn iharp edge to a Razor or any fine
' instrument,
In one minute, or the Money returned
CERTIFICATES.
Washington City, D. C.
It iti very (seldom that I have ever recommeuded
any new invention, because I know that recommen
dations are so frequent and easily obtained, that they
are in general of little value. But I consider it
nothing more than an act of justice to the inventor
to bear testimony to the good qualities of Harper's
Metalic Compound for sharpening Razors, aud to
say it is the very best material for tho purpose that
has come to my notice. I have made a fair trial of ]
it, and have never found any thing equat to it for
giving a keen edge to a Razor.
J. L. EDWARDS.
Washington City, D. C.,
January 24, 1340.
I have for the past two years sold Harper'*
Metalic Powder, and here, in every instance, it has
given the utmost (satisfaction. I consider it the very
best article in uso for giving a fine keen edge to a
Razor.
JOHN F. CALLAN,
Druggist, corncr of E. and 1th struts.
Washington City, D. C.,
. January 24, 1816.
I have ured Harper's Razor Powder myself for
several years, mid from my own experience can
recommend it as tho very beat article for putting a
fine edge on a Razor.
CHARLES 8TOTT,
Druggibt and Apothecary, Washington.
Alexandria, D. C., April 1, 1846.
We, the subscribers, have in use Harper's Me
talic Compound Powder for Razors, and take
pleasure in saying, we find it superior to anything
we have ever used, and coming up fully to his re
commendations. We highly recommend it to the
public.
B. Hooe,
John Lloyd,
John M. Johnson,
John C. Voweil,
John Hooff,
Robert Jamieaon,
H. Daingerfield,;
YVm. N. Berkley^
Dr. E. J. Lee,
Thomas Sanford,
Jitmes McKenzie,
W. B. Alexander,
Rev. E. R. Lippitt,
George Wise,
John Douglass,
John Eveleth,
Judge Neale,
J. H. McVeigh,
Dr. F. J. Murphy,
Robert Washington,
H. D. Wright,
Wm. M. McCarty,
John Frohle,
J. Brooke,
L. Staijsbury.'
Win. Gregory.
Washington City, D. C.'
April I, 1846.
I have for several years used Harper's Metallic
Powder for Razor Streps, and take great pleasure in
recommending it to the public as the best succeda
neum for the Hone ever discovered.
W. 8. COLQUHOUN.
The subscribers, in Washington, from their own
experience, fully concur in the above recommenda
tions.
JjiJge Wm. Cranch,
Gen. Walter Jones,
J. Kennedy,
J. W. Bronaugh,
B. Warring,
John McCloud.
Loudon County, Va.
I have now in use a box of Mr. Wm. Harper's
Metalic Powder for sharpening Razors; and, I can
truly say, it i6 the greutest improvement to u Razor
Strop 1 have ever experienced, and I would not be
without it if the cost was $10 a box.
jesbe McVeigh.
Philadelphia, , 1846,
I have used Ilarpei's Metalic Compound Powder
for Razors, and find it to be so good an article that I
would not be willing to be without it. It surpasses
any thing of the kind ever used. Send me five dozen
boxes JOHN MONTAGUE.
Mr. Wm. Harper: Sir?After trying your Meta
lic Compound, I feel satisfied that it may be sold.?
Xou will please therefore send mo, by return boat,
fourteen dozen boxes, and oblige, yours, raspectfully,
D. 0. FANING,
East Pratt st. Baltimore.
Baltimore, March 26, 1846.
Conference Room.
We, the subscribers, have used Harper's Razor
Powder, for several years, and from our own experi
ence find it to be-the very best material we have ever
used for giving a fine keen edge to a Razor. No
man who shaves himself, should, in our opiniou, be
without it. One box will last any gentleman for his
own use, four or five years.
Rev. Wm. II. Coffin,
" R. Cadden,
" David Steel,
" E. R. Veitch,
" Wm. Hank,
" G. G. Brook,
Rev. Joseph Plotner,
" James Sanks,
" Daniel Harsmdn,
11 Wm. Week,
" E.G.Jameson,
dj' Manufactured, and for sale, wholesale and re
tail, by
WILLTAM 3. EVANS, Alexandria, Va.
And at the Fountain Book Btore, east of the Rail
road, Washington City.
Price 25 cents per box. A liberal deductionjjinade
in favor of those who buy to sell again.
Alexandria, Va., January 13, 1847.
jan 19?4m
CARRIAGES, CARRIAGES!
i THE subscriber returns his sincere
thanks to hi3 friends and the public
_ generally for the .patronage heretofore
extended to him, and has the pleasure to inform
them that he has just finished a splendid assortment
of FASHIONABLE CARRIAGES of every de
scription, which be will sell on the most reasoi able
terms for cash or approved paper. His estallish
ment is two doors west of his old stand, corner of |
3d street and Pennsylvania avenue, and opposite
Gadbby's New Hotel. Persons in want of carriages
will find it to their advantage to give me a call be
fore purchauing. Old carriages repaired at the
shortest notice, or taken in exchange for now ones,
feb 13?If MICHAEL McDERMOTT.
BANNING'S BRACES. ~
JUST RECEIVED, a supply, comprising every
size and variety of the above justly celebrated
Braces. To persons affected with spine, chronic dis
eases, and dyspepsia, these articles are invaluable.
They are tobe had of Mrs. Baldwin, the Agent, over
tho Store of E. Wheeler, Penn. avenue, between 6th
and 7th streets, directly opposite Concert Hall.
P. S. The best references can be given of their
efficiency.
feb 20 w
FARE REDUCED!
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA
BOAT.
Passage Five Cent*?Freight at Reduced rates.
The departure of the steamer JO*
,'SEPH JOHNSON, will bo, as nigh
practicable, at the following hours, until further
notice, viz:
Leave Alexandria at 7J, 10, 12 J, and 4i o'clock.
Leave Washington at 8), 11, 1$, 3j. and
o'clock. WM. H. NOWELL, Captain,
?pril 20?dtf
OHN CONNELLY, Cabinet Maker and Un
dertaker, 7th street, between H and L
feb 13?
J
THB UN'PERSIONED having examined a set
of Cochran's Map? of Sacred Geography,
submitted to their inspection by Mr. \Vm. Robert
Munroe, take pleasure in certifying that, iri their
judgmept, they cannot fail to be gWttly useful to
Sabbath Schools, and highly interesting as well as
useful In famtties. They would therefore highly
recommend them to the favorable notice ol all Sab
bath Schools and others.
JlLxananu, July 2tilh, 1846.
S? VGSe, ! Pastors M- * Cha!c1'
John McCormick, Supt. RI. E. S. School.
Elias Harrison, Pastor lot Pres. Church.
James McKeuzie, Sjupt. u S. School.
John S lltese, Pastor J\l. P. Church.
Thomas .McCormick, Supt. " S. School.
J\J. S. Eliason, Principal Female Boarding
School.
( Washington City.
N. J. B. Morgan, Pastor, Foundry Congrega
tion.
J. W. French, Roc tor Prot. E- Church,
Geo. VV. Samson, Pastor E street Baptist
i Church.
Septimus Tustin, Chaplain U. S Senate.
Wm. H- JVilburn, Chaplain Louse Reps.
Almira 11. Lincoln Phelps, Principlo 01 Patapsco
Female Institute.
W. B. Edwards, Preacher in charge Charles st.
M. E. Church, Baltimore, Jtfd.
W. Robert Monroe has submitted to our inspec
tion a s< t of Cochran's Maps of Sacred Geogt jphy,
and we have determined to use them in theis Insti
tution.
CALEB S. HALLOW fcLL & BRO.
Alexandria Boarding School. 7lh mouth *8lh, '46.
W. R.MONROE, UG, Fayette st. Baltimore,
is the principal agent south of N. Y.
march 13?',ff
ff ORTHINGTON G. SNETHEN
(Late Solicitor ol' the General Land Office,)
Attorney and Counsellor at LAW,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Practices in the Supreme Court of the United
Stated, and in the court3 of Maryland, Virginia, and
the District of Columbia, aud
ACTS AS AGENT
for persons having business with Congress, the
War, Treasury, Navy, and General Post Oflice De
partments, the General Land Office, Pension Oflice
Oflice ef Indian Affairs, Patent Office, &c. &c.
OFFICE
Missouri Avenue, between 3d and 4J streets,
ap 14dtf
BROWIV iV HYATT,
T^EALERS in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods
1 / Boots and Shoe3, (wholesale and retails
Pennsylvania Avenue, between 8th and 9th streets,
Washington. A good assortment of ladies and
children's shoes, very cheap.
feb 20?wtf __
NATION A IT PUBLISHING COMPANY.
DAILY LIST OF NEW WORKS.
The National Plumbeotype Portrait
Gallery,
Containing thirty Original Portraits of distinguished
Americans; Plumbeotyped from life.
Nkuuopatht, or the true principles of the art ot
Healing the Sick. By F. Hollick, M. D. 25 cts.
Outlines oy Anatomt and Phtsiolooy, for
popular use. Illustrated by a new dissected plate,of j
the Human Organization. By F. Hollick, M. D.
Price $1.25 cts?.
The Wandering Christian, or, Lost and 1 ound;
a romance of the Western Continent.
BUTTER, CHEESE, &>&?The subscriber
has received a full supply of the very best
family groceries of every description in his line,
which he offers on as reasonable terms as they can
be bought in the city?such as
Java, Rio Laguyra and St. Domingo coflee
Gunpowder, Imperial, Old Hyson, Young
Hyson, and Black Teas
Loaf, Crushed, White, Havana, and Brown
Sugar
Molasses, ground and unground Spices
Salad oils in flaskes and bottles
Butter, Cheese, Flour, &c. &.
12000 Cigars of different kinds.
E. W. SMALL WOOD,
Richard Vansant, Merchant Tailor, and
Gentlemen's Furnishing Store, Pennsylvania
Avenue, between 14 and 15th streets, and adjoining
Fuller's Hotel.
SBSiifi
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD
? COMPANY.
WASHINGTON BRANCH.?On and after
Monday, the 12th instant, until further notice, an
Extra Train of Cars will leave this Depot for Balti
more, at 12J o'clock, P. M. daily, except Sundays.
The regular Trains will continue as heretofore,
viz. at 6, A. M. aud 5?,P. M.
By order: T. H. PARSONS,
apiil 14?tit Agent
FRESH FRUITS, PRESERVES, &C.?
60 boxes (halves aud quarters) Rasiiis
6 drums Turkey
200 lbs Currants and Citron
50 drums Figs
2 cases Prunes, in jar3 and fanry boxes
25 barrels Cranberries, (Eastern)
Almonds, Filberts, Pfla Nuts, &c.
Preserved Ginger, Peachw, Pino A.pples,
lames, &<;/
Guava and other jalltea
Olivos, Capers, Sardines
In addition to bis choice stock of Family Groce
ries, by 8YLNANUS HOLMES,
OARDING.?Mrs. Tilley, Missouri Avenue
two doors west of 44 Street, is prepared U> ac
commodote families or singlo gentlemen?and day
boarders.
A REAMS PRIT1NG PAPER for
s*le. 24 by 38. Orders can be fur
ni,bed tor
Gecrgetoion, D. C.
n h. Van Pattkn, m. v., Dentist, performs
I i, forms all operations npon the teeth, pums and
mouth, with the greatest care and skill. Office ncai
Brown's Hotel, and next door to Todd's Hat store.
A BEAUTIFUL BOOK?We havo just re
ceived one of the prettiest editions ever pub
lished of the Pilgrim's Progrcu?handsomely
bound, which we will sell very cheap. It is illus
trated with numerous fine wood-cuts. Call at the
Fountain Book Store.
U. WARD & SON.
jan 16?tff
POEMS OF AMELIA, icc. A few copies of
this truly beautiful collection of Poems may
bo found for sale at the Fountain Book Store, near
the Hailroad Dopot where a general assortment of
Miscellaneous and School Books are kept con
stantly for sale. Citizens and all persons who may
j I* visiting the city are requested to call at^the
Fountain Book Store, 1
I march 13?tff
Tftf. MI Lb URN desires to inform his
* !\,cuc^ 411(1 Llje l'ublic geneially, that he has re
* urnituiyBtorc to tBeEAST SIDE OF
SE f'E*\TH STREET, immediately opposite to
Messrs. Gales & ??ea ton's Printing Office, where he
lias three large Rooms, besides a large Cellar; there
lore he will be able,at all times, to keep a eood supply
rrnWr second .1,aild HOUSEHOLD FURM
R,.^' R Sideboards, Bureaus, Sofas, Feather
, Bedsteads. Mattrasaes, hair ana shuck, as well
? nearly every Important article in this line. Ha has
,fi' vl". a , f Ulnu a considerable lot cl EE?i THEU
, and,1jbout, iixfy M OVES, and being deter
mn ed to sell goods low for cash or negotiable paper,
he teels assured that persons who neecf goods of the
kind will lind it to their interest to give C ac2l ?
lore they purchase elsewhere.
VfOTiCE to O wuers~oF Real Kstata! The
AfflnftU()ffir S kiep,a their General
f Office,m which all persons having Real Es
tate lor sale or rent, have the privUege, without chaxre
ol entering a description of their property fine feFfc
inspection ol such is desire to PSS\?jLfc?i
only in the event of being employed as agents in anv
negotiation w relation thereto, will a commission be
charged. Non-residents as well as citizens may find
We have now for sale several houses and lots, and
a large tract ol land in Fauijnier county, Va
FuU^Hotll.tk 8treCt' ?P1JUiite comer of
RICHARD BURGESS,
JOHN H SMITH.
Misses Holouan, solicit the patronage of
their lxiends and the public generally, in the
nery business, on Seventh street, between G and
m, where they are prepared to exccute all orders in
he neatest manner and on the most reasonable terms.
G7W,. gr?CER, corner of
1 wellth and H sts., keeps constantly tAi hand
a complete stock of the best Groceries whiJi the mar
aI hi a"^ S, s 011 tl)c ,noi t reasonable terms. "
his^store ex ardent and vinous spirits from
Philadelphia aniTHTvIna Sega"r,""Tobacco
and Snufl Store, north side of Pennsylvania ave
uue, between 3d street and Railroad Depot, where
domestics' jw <l fine assortmeut ?f imported and
T"JS h ?Alot?"1'? and Thomas' and all other
fLr p ViUfi}?ia b/ailcla of Tobacco. Dcmuth!
TV, !' f d and Woodward's line Snuffs.?
""
E~5wIrb ScHEtx^^Proressor of Music, re
spectfuUy announces to the citizens of Waslring
Pi^r, ? continues to give lessons upon the
bcEft ? n* music. Orders may at aAy time
S ^ Music Store, or with Mr.
and r r l'w rusidcnce, 13th street, between H
and T erms moderate.
hu undersiSncd begs leave to ten
itv fnr n pf f?> tb? citizens of this com
faulty for the liberal patronage which they have
bestowed upon him during the past year and verv
respectfully informs them that he still'continues
the Auction and Commission business at Concert
j ' n.?,ar brown's hotel, where he will promptly
? tn!h fatrch diScharSe a11 business in bis
line, to the satisfaction ol any and ail persons who
may favor him with it.
wo"ld al,s.0 iu[?? those who are in arrears
hiin to call and settle their accounts as soon
as possible, the needful, being at all times accepta
ble, and at this time peculiarly icoL-pensable.
. t. , A. GREEN,
Auction and Commission Merchant
rtHARLEs W. Revdon, dealer in tine GohT"~
and Silver n A TCHES, Jewelry, Fancy Goods,
Sic.,between * our-and-a-half and Sixth street, Penn
sylvaiua avenue, Waslungton city> D. C.
r ine Hatches carefully repaired, 8te. "
Thomas B. Giuffin keeps always ou liatid
I a wge and general nssortment of ladies and iren
Uemon's BOOTS AND SHOES of all kinds. X,
to M c ddrc"'s boots and shoes, next door
p Mc?n- falter Harper k Co.'s Dry GoU Store,
Ni"u' - t-a
A NDREW J. ^ JOYCE, Horse Shoeing and
XJL Smithing Estubhahment, successor to John
Daley, oorner of I4th and E streets, near Fuller's
Hotel. 1 hankful for the patronage he has receiT
ed from a liberal public, he solicits a continuance
of the same.
|
Bai
VI Robinson 8c Co., Auctioneers and Com
?. Merchants, Louisiana Avenue,opposite
ank of WasWton. Regular sale days (opposite
Ccntie market) 'I^icsdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
All sales oi Real Estate, Furniture and personal pro
pcrty attended to on the moat reasonable terms.
AGkeew, Auction and Commission Mer
, chant, Concei t Hall, over Todd's Hat store
near Brown's Hotel, Pennsylvania Avenue. A con'
i ant supply ol 1 urmture on hand, which will be sold
ow, and out door sales attended to, and prompt re
turns made Always ready to receive co Jignmento.
Foe fc>ALE. All kinds oi Confectionary are
manufactured by H. Barnes, corner of 9th and I
su-eeto. Northern Liberties, as cheap and as good as at
any establishment in this city.
jfe 5S sastftssr
m. noell, Venitian Bliiid Maker, south
Clnf KnlllfllrTonHia. A s.
rTT'M. r ?XOTCr soum
V'fv;ni" AveTu^^'t^1 '9t5h and
10th streets. B inds ol all sizes and colors, furnished
to ordei. Old blinds rctrimmed and p:iii.u.i
(lUPriNO, LEECHING, AND BLEEDING. A farffe
J supply ol Ije^t Swcedish Leeches always on hand,
lo be applied or for sale by
SAM'L. DEVAUGHN. 9th st
Dknjamjn homans, Auctioneer and Commis
JJ smri merchant, between 10th and 11th streets
fronting Pennsylvania AvenUc. Sales df Real Estate
furniture and personal property, attended to at any
place within the oity. 7
Fuknituhe, new and second hand, daily re
ceived. For sale on reasonable terms by
B. HOMANS, I
between 10 and 11th
flHAUNCEY WARRlNEft has recently
\J added to his facilities for manufacturing parts of
Watches that may be required, by instruments for that
purpose j alid having obtained a knowledge of Watch
Hi.Pairinc!, by practice in Boston, New York Phila
delphia, and elsowhcrc, will be able to attend to what
ever may be oflered in this department of mechanics
Chronometer, Duplex, Lever, Lepine, and Repeat
ing patches, accurately repaired ; also, Common
JKatehcs and Mantle and Eight-day Clocks put in
arder, north side of Pennsylvania avenue, between
b eur-and-a-half and Sixth streets, on the corner of
the alley east of Coleman'* Hotel, sign of tho FPateli
with Gnard-Key and Chain, and Models representing'
(he extcnor of a self registering Meteorological Ob
5en'atory- *x 25-ltf
0 Engraver in general?
yJt 1 cnnsylvam* Avenue, next door to Homan's
Auctioii Rooms, between 10th and 11th sts.
P| FINCH. ? House Painting, Glazing, and
i imitations of Wood, and all kinds
Ornamental Painting done. Also, Chair faint
ing. Shop on D street, between 6th and 7th street,
nde'u , ? dec 3 lyf
IVt Is.?Hush seats put in old chairs.
MEMOIRS OF gen. TAYLOR.
TO THE PUBLIC.
In press and will speedily be published at the Na
tional Whig Officc, by Charles W. Fenton, in roy
al octavo, 100 pages, with a neat cover,
THE MEMOIRS *
of ' "T
MAJOR GENERAL
ZACHARY TAYLOIL
Pnce 12 J eents per single copy. To the trAde and
to Clubs, * discount of 33 per cent, will be made
wficre the number of copies ordered exceeds fifty.
Orders, post-paid, respectfully solicited.