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3II)e National ttlljig
WEDNESDAY BVEN1NO, JULY 7, 1847.
" I go for the country, the whole country?and it is
my ardent and sincere wi-th to nee the individual placed
at the head of the nation, who, by a slrirt observance
of the constitution (be he who lie may), can make us
iuo*t prosperous jit home, a.-> well an most respected
abroaa." Z.TAYLOR.
FOR PRB8IOKNT, IN
MAJOR GENERAL
ZACHARY TAYLOR.
OF LOUISIANA,
U'lPiia U11* Ui sD
Of
PALO ALTO, RESACA DE LA PALM A,
MONTEREY,
And If lien a Vi?fa.
Subject to t!ie decisis hi of the Whig National
Convention.
WHIG NOMINATION"
FOR GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND,
WILLIAM T. GOLDSBOROUGH,
OK nOKCHKNTKK COUNT!.
3. Resolved, That yielding to our admiration and
gratitude for the distinguished services of the Great
Captain of the age?General Zach.iry Taylor?witli
whose character are inseparably associated the modes
ty of merit, the coolness of bravery, and the devoted
ncss of patriotism, and being assured of his identity
ttUh its in principle, we cheerfully respond to the gen
eral and spontaneous acclamation of the American peo
ple, in now recommending him as the next President
of these United States.?Georgia Whig Convention
of 219 members, July Is*. 1847
THE DRY DOCK
QUESTION SETTLED.
This interesting question is now before llie
Secretary of the Navy for his final decision. Ii
is said that he has made up his mind upon (lie
subject, and only awaits the return of the Pre
sident to promulgate his determination. The
decision, if we are informed aright, does honor
to the head and heart of the Secretary, sur
rounded as he is by a corrupt administration.
The law says that a floating-dock, with basin
and railways, shall be built at Philadelphia.
The only floating-dock in existence provided
with basin and railways, being what is called
the sectional dock, he has, we understand,
positively decided that this dock shall be erect
ed at this purl. The law then says that a float
ing dock shall be built at Kiltery and Pensaco
la, with reference to basin and railways. It so
happens that the basin and railways are a con
stituent part of the sectional dock ; and though
other plans of floating-dorks may be adopted
for these poris, the patentees will not permit
their basin and railways to be used unless their
whole invention is taken. The building, there
fore, of any floating-dock, other ilian the sec
tional dock, at Peusacola and Kiltery, with ref
erence to the basin and railways of the sectional
dock, would be a palpable invasion of,the sec
tional dock patent, which the government, we
are glad 10 learn, is unwilling to commit. Km
we learn that a proposition has been made by
the enterprising proprietors of the sectional
dock, which has put an end to all further dis
pute in the premises, and 1 hat Mr. Secretary
Mason has determined to accept this proposi
tion. It is, 1 hat the department shall order the
erection of the sectional dock, with its basin
and railways, at Pensacola, and the erection ol
the floaiing and balance dork at Kittery, with
the basin and railways of the sectional dock
An opportunity will thus be given to ihe de
partment, by the generous course of the paten
tees of the sectional dock, to test the balance
dock ; which, by being built with reference to
the basin and railways ol the sectional dock,
will be complying with the spirit as well as
the letler of the law.
In regard 10 the icport of the commission to
which was lefeired the subject by the Secre
tary, we have braid some strange thing??
things hard to believe of men endowed with
common perception. How that commission
could report, in the fare of the law, against
the se< tional dock, it is difficult to tell, excepi
upon the supposition of neglect of duly, or a
corrupt understanding with the patentees ol
the balance dock. The latter supposition is so
much at variance with probability, that we aie
forced 10 adopt the former as the true secret ol
this report : and this neglect of duly may I e
either wilful, or the result of carelessness. We
suspect?we |v>pe jt is the latter; because, in
that event, there will be some excuse for the
omission of naval officers to bond their mind.-i
to the consid'-rulioii of the dry details of me
chanics. Theie are those, however, we must
?ay, who are not as charitable as we are on
the subject. It is boldly charged, in many
quarters, that corruption is at ihe bottom of
the report, He this as it may, we rejoice to
learn that Mr. Secretary Mason has taken llie
responsibility of vindicating the law from the
violence of the commission, and, at the same
time, of rescuing from the misrepresentations
of charlatanism the sectional dock?a machine
which has stood the teat of science, and of
which it is one of ihe noblest results.
Mr. Mason deserves the highest credit for
his resisting, on this occasion, die pressure ol
corruption, and for boldly asserting ihe supre
macy of the law. It is rarely that we have the
opportunity ol speaking well of the function
aries of the present administration, so steeped
up to ihe eyes are they in corruption; but Mr.
Mason's present example is so worthy of all
commendation, and so opposed to past piaeti
ces, that we begin to fear that he has cncoiin
tered ihe disapprobation of the Executive: we
hope not, however, and Must thai Mr. Mason's
decision in this business is an earnest that the
administration is determined to mend its ways.
The Georgia Whig Convention for nomina
tion of Governor, met in Milledgeville, on the
1st instant, ft consisted uf 219 members. They
noininaied General Duncan L. Clinch for gov
ernor, and recommended General Taylor for
the next President. Head (lie resolution of re
commendation at the head of this day's paper,
and note the passage which we have italicised.
We ask our Democratic and no-party lriend.<,
who are trying to make out General Taylor to
he of their way of thinking, whether 219 Whigs
would have passed this resolution, if there had
been llie leant doubt about the Old Hero's poli
tics ?
LATER FROM GEN. SCOTT.
Our news from General S<-oii is to the 14th
of June. lie was still at Puebla, having de
termined not to advance upon the capital until
the arrival of his reinforcement.". Mr. Ken
dall's letters to the Picayune are io the I4ili
ult: i". lie looks for a terrible resistance to
out advance. An immense force has been con
centrated, with seventy pieces of cannon, ac
cording ?(? some accountr, an<! ninety accord
ing to others.
General Cad wallader, on hi* way to Puebla,
came upon a guerrilla party beyond Jalapn,
unperceived; and alter killing thirty of them,
dispersed the rest, without loss to our side.
General Pillow was attacked at Calera, nine
miles beyond the National Bridge, by the ??u
errillists, who were dispersed, with the loss of
thirty men. We had ten wounded, but none
killed.
Mr. Grund, the State Department corres
pondent of the Baltimore Sun, d, makes the
following prediction :
"And if the war were not to end with the
conquest of Mexico, then I have little doubt
but that the President and his advisers would
openly avow their resolution to con inue the
subjugation of the whole of Mexico, and die
fate such a peace to her as shall prevent that
half civilized people of braggarts and beggars
from again seriously interfering with the pro
gress ol civilization of this continent. Mexico
must become civilized, or receive the laws of
civilized nations; and if ire are not instruinen
ml in bringing about this wholesome change,
other nations will."
We have allalong predicted that such would
be the course of Mr. Polk. As to peace?it's
all a tub thrown out to cheat the whale. Mr.
Polk will take care that there shall b<j no peace.
Subjugation ol Mexico, IVorn the beginning,
has I wen his object.
Prentice thinks, very properly, that as Mr.
Pollt in his late message charged with treason
all tlj<? V\ bigs of the country who condemned
the tnodeby which theMexican war was brought
about, the Whigs of the north ought to havpi
required an apology from him, before they
turned out to honor the office held by him.
?
Capt. Lloyd Siemmer, of the schr. Mary
Augusta, arrived at Baltimore on the 3d inst.,
from IIio Grande, reports that he spoke on the
29th June, off Cape IJeury, 200 miles distant,
a Chinese Junk, with the Emperor's Hag flying
three hundred (litij&J'rom Canton, bound to j\\ io
Vurk.
Santa Ana's tetter withdrawing his resigna
tion is a curiosity in itself.' It seems to have
been written alter the style of the Kane letter,
and Mr. Polk's Inaugural.
J he intercepted despatches of Mr. Marcy
show some strange thing*. One is that Gen.
Scott should favor the rebellion of the States
against the Central Government. Another is,
the placing ol Gen. Taylor's movements at
the disposition of Scott. This latter thing is
one which will be sure io engage the attention
of the American people.
Mr. W, J. Bro wn who does i!>e recordino i
of the edicts ol the Post Office Legislator, Mr.
Cave Johnson, has informed the editor of the
National Union, that Regulation 559 which au
thorized persons io subscribe for newspapers
by depositing the money with Postmasters is
repented, and that Postmasters have n<-t the
ri'jht to frank money any longer to publishers.
John Sergeant, in a recent lettei, holds the
following language, which every Whig in the
Union will respond to. "Revolution by Elec
tion is now inscribed upon the Whig standard
?a complete change?so that wisdom, virtue
and patriotism may again find countenance in
high places, and lie employed in every branch
of the public service, to maintain the honor
and protect the interests of our country."
At the recent Patterson din net in Philadei
pliia, every toast was well applauded tin il the
twelfth one was given, wfieri the whole party '
rose 'md saluted il with nine vociferous cheers.
Th ? loast was in honor of Zacihrv Tati.or.
Flour is down to $1 5(1 in Cincinnati. It
will tumMe a peg lowj?r when the Caledonia's
news get there. The speculators who have
been preying upon the stomachs of the indus
trious ppor have our heal Irishes. Hope every
man of litem will lose every dollar they have
invested in this business!
The Administration papers are predicting
that the Chicago Convention will lie unable
to organize, because of the desire of the Whigs
who have gone to it to make it a party affair.
If the prediction should be verified, it will l*>
lor the opposite reason.
Mr. Harmonson, the Polk member from Ba
ton Rouge District in Louisiana, has said that
?ij cents a pound is enough for Sugar, whereat
his polk friends are greatly ineen-ed, aril have
? esolved to elect him?to stay at home.
Two explosions of steamboat boilers on the
western waters are recorded, by which twenty
persons have been killed.
AS GOOD AS HF. SENT.
Some days ago, one of the Dug Hatteracks
of ill* press in this city , and who prey? on the
public crib, published in the Washington
Union a violent anil abusive article signed, "A
Koinan (Catholic," charging the Whigs, with
being the burners of the < 'harlestown Convent,
tlie Philadelphia Churches, &.C., Sic. The
Dug Ilatterack who wrote that article, we are
well informed, is not a Roman Catholic at ah.
In th?- following letter from the National Intel
ligencer of the 2d iost., Dug gets us ?ood its he
unit and a little Iwlti-r too. II Dug dares put
on the sheep's clothing ng*in, we hope "An
other Human Catholic,'* who is indeed a iiiem
of that church, will strip the mask, spectacles
and all, from the face of the-lalse Catholic.
Mkbshs Eoito**: I regret extremely that a
writer in the Union" of Wt evening, who sign*
himself "A Roman Catholic." should have dragged
ilie subj'ct of n ligion, us he has done, into the arena
uf politics, and attempted to lasten upon the Whu
p iny a settled and legul.irly constituted hostility to
the Church of which he boasts himself a member.
Now, sirs, as an unworthy meinlier ot the wnw
I Church. and a Democrul at that?having c<>-0|ier .led
I with the Democratic party aa an active iimmtn-r ot it
lor twenty years and more?and having al*? aided
and advocated the election of Jam** K. Polk to hi*
present high illation ?I protest against this attempt
oi "A Roman Cut hoi c" to identity the V\ hig party
with any or either of the outrages perpetrated by the
Conven -burners of Boston, the Church-burneis ot
Philadelphia, or the lying taleB coniaiiied in the book
calt< d -Maria Monk." And why 1 Because the
veiy circ msian-cs attending id I these eases, a part
of which I will show, from indispu'able facts, would
rather attach ti e eimes alluded to by "A Roman
Catholic" to hi own party than to the other. It is
agreed on all hands that ibosi who committed the
outrage* enumerate I above were the canaile of their
respective communities; and, as su< h, were more
likely to come from that paity, or 10 have been tur.
nished by it, in the grea'est proportion as to nutn
l.ers, which has 'he largest mass of ihem within its
r,.iiks. Now, sirs, no one will say that the VYhigs
can furnish more rowdies, robbers, church-burners,
or convent-burners than the Democrats, and "A Ro
man Catholic," if he be not toially blind to the con
itiiion of his own party, will agree with me in thin.
But what arc the facta 1
Soon after the deslruc ion of the Charlestown
Convent, a Democrat whom I had at work for me
told me he wan cognizant of the conspiracy to burn
it some days before it happened, but that ho took no
part in the business, i was bound to believe him, an
I had no proof to the contrary ; but it occurs to me
now that if il was exclusively a Whig plot, ho would
not have been a confidant ol the measure. I* not
ihe presumpti hi a fair one from the angle circum
stance that the "Democrats" of Boston had as touch
to do with the destruction ?f 'I10 Convent, it not
more, than the Whigs 1 I think so. But I believe
tint neither, as a party, ha I nny thing to do with
it; how unjust, therefore to charge any political
paity with an act ot this sort.
Ah to the "Maria Monk" publication; how couid
that t?e a Whig measure, when it was Wm. li. Stone,
e.-q.. a lead r of tlio Whig party of New York, who
took the troub'e and incurred the expense of going
to Montreal and satisfying himself uf its entire tilse,
hood ; an account of which he published himself
afterwards on his return home ' '"A Roman Catho
lic must have a hard cheek to write such a rodomon
tade, and the Union a preat ileal of modesty to pub
lish'it, alter its article of the I till ot May last. I he
Union and its correspondent, I fear, a^e neither very
nice nor very scrupulous nbout what ihey a-'sert in
the present il^speiate condition in which the leaders
of the party have placed themselves on this Mibjact
in connexion with the Mexican war 'I he Catho
lics (,f the IJniteJ St >tes want no advice from either
at this time ; they are of age, and able to judge tor
themselves, snd 'A Roman Cathobc," if he be really
such, which I doubt, will learn it soon enough.
Again, sirs, as to the destruction of the churches
in Philadelphia, here is the history of it: Alderman
Hugh Clark, of Kensing'on, who was nominated in
1842, I think, by the city and county Democratic
Convention for the office of county tiea-urcr, was
defeated by his own party by some 2 800 votes on
account if being a " Roman Catholic" and an Irish
man. and the Whig nominee. Joseph Plankinton,
was elected. The year following, an election for the
*amo office took place, and the Irish, who could not
influence the C? nveution to nominate Clark again
f.,r it, defeated the whole city and county ticket, con
sisting of county tr. asurer. auditor, county coinmb
sioner", and sheriff. The " D mocrats," enrat-ed ot
ihe independence of the Irish in not submitting to
this'species of proscription, organised a "Native
American" association at a tavern, nt the cortKi' ol
5th and Rare stree's kept by Wm. Dohnart, a lead
ing "Democrat" of Philadelphia, and chairman of
the first Van Buren meeting held in that citv dur
ing he la-t campaign. Unfor'una ely for thi:i move
ment, an Irishman, whom thev thought was a" N i
i jvp," w is invi ed to j -in them, which he d d for the
purpose, as he told me, of exposing their doings,
w irli was accordingly done, and Hie three hni;dred
" Demonata" who s gned the constitution of their
"Native" oigariization. thought it belter to " burst
up" ofjheir own acord, lesi Ihey might eventually
| so all the Irish voles of the city and county. Si
multaneously with this movement the " Philadelphia
Sun." a IN alive American paper, whs brought out
by a Reverend "Democratic" genlcman of the place,
and a Dcmocr?l put at its head a? editor. Have th.se
gentlemen ever been anytting ?Ue but Democrats'
or are the len or twelve hundred s anding majority
in Southwark, ihe centre and heart of " Naltvisin"
and "Church-burners," Whigs 1 Co and u-k any
one residing in "old Deiwdratic Southwark," and
he will tell you. No! No! "A Roman Cntholic"
counted without his host when he undertook to l>e
the advocate of a party and a paper (th-i Union)
wheh has been vjola'ing every principle ofjiHice
I and common honesty towards those who have ever
been iheir firmest supporte s. It shame have not
lost its blush, the Union is the last paper in the land
through whose columns "A Ro ran ( atholic ' ought
to make charges of Ibis kind against any party.
D >es "A Roman Catholic" foiget iiu car'uaiures of
Catholicity in its hundreds oi articles, editorial as
well as communicated, from ihe lirst of " Bundel
cuinl" down to its last " sfieculatiou" about robbing
the Mexican church-si l<et him go hack, sirs,over
its tiles, and see foi himself its thug* at his church
and h<~r creed, and say if he had not the " Union
and its sup|Hirteis in view when he wrote the foolish
nnil filsc charges against the Whigs. I am no
Whig, sirs; I have ever been a Democrat; but the
?' s|h cula'ion " of the Union has epencil my eyes in
connexion with what I have sai l of the party doings
n Philadelphia, to see, at least, that Catholicity lias
notlrtng to ex|ieol from the san&ulottes of paity.
ANOTHER ROMAN CATHOLIC.
June 3d, 1847.
Mr. Cor win addressed (he pimple at Detroit
on the 1st instant, lit* levee was an iiqjpiense
one. Tom has a way of winning the hearts >.1
iho hardy hoys of ihe west.
The officer most boh ved in the army, next
lo Old '/,ack, is (General VYoith. Mis style ol
writing, too, almost comes up to General Tay
lor's.
From the Charleston Courier.
PlJKBTiA?ITS CHURCHES.
Puebla is a beautiful city, containing about
70,000 inhabitants. The houses are two and
three stories high. Porcelain is inlaid in the
brick walls, and, in most cases, it forms some
Catholic figure, or emblem?such as Christ on
the Cross?the different Saints, &e.
It may well be styled the city of domes nnd
spires. Titers are, it is asserted, -ome seventy
churches, or cathedrals, in the place, and each
place of religious ceremony is designated by a
dome or steeple. The principal cathedral,
however, is situa'ed itt the public "Plaza,"
and is a most stupendous piece of workman*
ship?it appears to have been the work of ages
In the way ol ornament and decoration, it far
surpasses the conception of the most vivid im
agination, and words lose their powers in the
attempt to describe it.
This huge airm-iure is built of beautiful gra
nite, as is also the pavement around it, which
is elevated about three feet above the ground,
and covers it is said, an area of fmtr acres.
It has two square steeples or turrets ol great
atchiteclura) beauty and elegance, about tw?
hundred feet hieh. In one of thein there are IG
b-lis, which keep up an almost incessant chiin
ing. The exterior is most beautiful and at
tractive ; but the interior, with its three rows
ut immense arches, supported by massive col
umns, elaborately carved and gorgeously dec
orated with ornaments, is at once imposing and
uiagnificenj. The stranger is utterly confound
ed l.y the numerous costly objects which chal
lenge his observation, on entering the door.
At the upper eud of the church is a most
magnificent altar, which is of itself a master
piece of art. The altar alone, exclusive of the
golden Virgin, which, previous to our arrival,
constituted a part of its ornaments, cost the
sweet sum of $3,000,000.
The golden Virgin, now removej, (ihe pe
destal, however, on which the sacred image
stood, still remains), cost between eight and
nine millions ol dollars. I regret much thai
the Puehlans were so much alraid of us as to
remove it.
Around the altar are four crucifixes?the im
jges ol Christ are of solid gold, about one fool
in length. The candle-sticks, about two and a
half feet in length, are ol gold and silver. These
last are removed after eveiv ceremony.
The Priests, in their rich rohes of gold and
silver embroidery, officiate around the altar
daily ; and the ceremony of High Mass is cer
tainly very imposing. The people either stand,
or sit down, on the stone floor during their
votions : and, from tvhat I saw, the first Sun
day after our arrival, we should have been
compelled to kneel, had the fact not b^en that
we had an armed force in the place?or had we
come as visiters, instead of conquerors.
The Host, which is carried around the
Church, during the ceremony of High Mass,
is a small crucifix, in the cetnte of a circle,
representing the rays of the sun. It is of gold
and completly studded with diamonds.
tXj" On the 6th itML, a party of Baltimore rowdies
: visited Annapolis arid behaved very badly. .As the
hoa" which took them down, was putting oil'on her
return, minifes were thrown from the party on board
among the crowd on shore, who returned the compli
ment with great activity. Soon teveral muskets
were fired troin the boat and five of the Annapoli
tans were woumled?one so badly that he cannot
recover. As the boat passed the Waval School a
cxtinon loaded with shot wi-; fneJ from the shore but
without ? fleet. The boat hnd on board a large
number of women and children, but they all*scaped
?'jury.
Jj* It et;ems that the steamship Washington is too
sharp, and too high, and too eve y thing to
let her best the English steamers. We feared it
wonlJ so turn out.
Gr>The Norfolk Herald t". thinks there is
'"strong ground for the disbelief in lhe genuine
ness" of the "Signal" Taylor letter.
The farmers of Giles couutv, Va., have re
cently erected two tall flng staffs and run up
to their peaks the Taylor banner. What will
Mr. Ritchie say to this.
A Havana paper says that Father Jarauta,
who is at the head of a gueriila b.ind in Mexi
co is a very pious man. We hope our troops
will get a chance at the pious priest militant.
Mr. Ellsworth, late fommissiouer of Pa
tents, is engaged in the work of rousing up the
people of Indiana to build a railroad Irom In
dianopolis to Lafayette. Already the money
n-quired is nearly subscribed.
Criminal Court, July 7.?United States vs.
Allen Peddicord. Charged with stealins a let
ter Irom the Dead I.etter office of the Post Uf
lic? Department, while employed there as a
Night Waich, of the value of siv cents, the
property of Cave Johnson, Postmaster General.
The jury not being satisfied fmn the evidence
that the letter was of any value, nor that Cave
Johnson was Postmaster General, returned a
verdict of not guilty. Messrs. Carlisle, Satin
tiers, and Graft' for defence.
United States vs. Nath. Herbert. Charged
with assaulting nnd beating P. Carter Dunlop.
The evidence had not closed when we left.?
Messrs. Carlisle and Saunders for defence.
jL t* C/htst?i Fovst Division, No ;t, Sons ot
T.?The members of this l)ivi*ion are hereby noti
fied tiiat a mei ting will be held <?t the Hall of ihe
Sana of Tem|>erance on E street near 9th, on Thurs
day evening, July 8th, at 8 o'clock precisely, for the
pur|>o<?e of the Installment of ? Officer*. Memlwra
will be punctual in their attendance at the appointed
hour. GEO. HI LB US, R. S.
July 7?
We have news from Fort Leaver)worth to
the 22d lilt. Our new levies were taking up
their line of march to .Santa Fe. The Indians
were very hostile on the route.
Our advices from Monterey, California, are
t? the 4th cl April. Gen. Kearney was in
command. Col. Mason had arrived. All was
quiet in that part of our dominions. General
Kearny was to kave for home the 1st inst.
Sales of $7000 bbls. of flour in New York
yesterday at $0 12 a 0 27?of 20,000 bushels
of ?;orn at 70 a 80. At Philadelphia tiourfell
to $<> 50?wheat 130 cents?corn meal $3 50.
(Ej* '^he Boston Atlas believes that the "Signal"
lettr is an imposition.
You can always buy poods of a better quality, and at
a lower price, from those who do advertize than
from those who do aot advertise. Purchasers, re
member this.
A CARD.?The undersigned has been informed
_ that T. B. Griffin in his efforts to prevent h's
negro fr m being punished as the In* requires for
his infamoos conduct in assaulting a member of my
family, has stated and asserted in vnriou* way* slan
ders whieh are utterly false and without a shadow ot
truth to justify them.
. Ti.ii is 'o notify Mr. Griffin if he again misrepre
sents my conduct, he stwll answer in a judicial man
ner.
july 2?2t* JOHN ALLEN.
TO THE PUBLIC"
PTHHE subscriber having learned than an attempt
-1- is being made to injure the reputation of his
MINERAL WATER by the circulation of a spu
rious article purporting to be his. he is therefore un
derlie necessity of publishing the following certifi
cate!. and respectfully calls the attention of the Fa
cu ty and Public to the subject.
A. FAVIER,
Manufacturer of all kinds of Mineral Waters.
Washixoton June 19, Ifl47.
Sin : In conjunction with several other members
of the Medical profession I gave you, some years
since, a certificate of the g^od qualitv of your
Mineral Water. With 'a commendable jealousy of
your own works, lest confidence in their obidin*?
good reputation should h ive led to neg'ect, you have
again applied to me for an t.nalysis of several speci
mens of Mineral Water, purporting to have been
made after different methods or by different persons,
the particulars of which were not furnished, ihe only
distinction apparent being in the color of the bottles.
I have examined the several specimens submitted,
and find a.s follows: The water in the white glass
bottles is free from all impurities; that in the grten
bottles contains a sensible quantity of sulphuric ac id,
which is evident to the smell and taste, as well a? u?
the proper chenical tests. From a recent inspec
tion of your process, I was let! to the conviction that
the only iuipuritie< which could possibly gain access
to the water were lead and sulphuric acid. Of lead
I li-id no traces whatever in any of the hotdes; the
amount of sulphuric ac.;d present in the greeri bottles,
though small, is objectionable, and must he regarded
as an imputily, as the Mineral Water professes to he
(iee from all such admixtures. I therefore certify
that the Mineral Water contained in the white hot
ties sent to me was pure, and in my opinion sahta
ry, while that in the green bottles was impure arid
unfit lor a common beverage.
CHARLES G. PAGE,
Profea-or of Chemistry, National M dical College.
Mr. A. Fatikii.
Washinotox, June 24, 1847.
Sin : Upon testing the water left with me by you,
which was in the same kind of bottles mentioned bv
Dr. Pag*, I hav? only confirmed the result of the
analysis made by. that gentleman.
THOM AS P. JONE%
Mr. A. Favi kr. Prof, of Chemistry.
' Wasiiixotot, Juna 19, 1847.
This is to certify that the water analyzed by Or.
Page, fiom the white bottles, was mode by Mr. Fa
vier a apparatus, at his establishment and that in
the green bottles came from another establishment,
where it was manufactured.
j ^july 3?6t W. B. MAGRUDER, M. D. j
A laivury Indeed!
VAPOR, TEPID, .1JYD COLD SHOWER
OR RUSSTJ1JS' BATH.
THE subscriber, (through the persuasion of many
intimate friends') has been induced to fit up the
above establishment, (a bath never before known
to this community) for the purpose of rendering
every necessary convenience and luxury to the citi
zens of this metropolis.
In ''Bering to the public the advantage, of -his
most dclgntful bath. he would say to those who are
it. a state ot phy.kal debility, that th>re is nothing
known thai is bo well calculated to restore the ener
uies of the human s,?t< m. The mostdrJicate female
under iu influence improve in strength with most
astonishing rapidity.
Connected with this mode of bathing, he has in
troduced the Salt-water Vapor, and Shower Bath
giving to those who desire it, all the advantages of
fSen-ha'hing. without the trouble and expense of a
trip to the Capes.
His rooms are situated on the corner of 4 J street
and Missouri avenue. Open at all hours from six in
tLe morning till nine at night.
Thurtdays of each week are set apart for the epe
cial accommodation of Ladies, when a lady will be
in attenMnce to wait on those who may please to
visit this establishment. The public are invited to
grve this Bath a (rial.
Terms: Single tickets .ITJ cents, or three tickets
for $1 00.
june 29?>m W. WHITNEY.
Notice to the Public.
IH AVE I his day associated wilt me in the Agencv
of the National Whig, Mr. Johx V. Shiklps. J
avail my-elf of this opportunity to return my sincere
thanks to the public tor the favors lavishly isntowed
upon my eff.rts, arid assure them that no exertio i
shall lie spared on either of our parts to merit n con
tinuance thereof. (;. GILLCHREST.
N. B. We would be much obliged to our patron*
if thay would give us in.mediate notice of all failures
on the part of our carriers jo deliver their pajter, par
ticularly on the day of publication, as the earners
have their routes piomptly delivered to them, and in
ample time for delivery 'heanmn day.
tiILI.CHRE.sT & SHIELDS,
june 28 Agents for National Whig.
JOHN ALI.KN, Lock aifiTWhite Smithing, and
,J Bell Hanging, Pcnn. Avenue, opposite United
States Hotel.
TO (#1 PITA LIS T$ !
AN opportunity is offered of nuking a sale and
highly profitable investment of jlOOUO?
500 of which will only lie needed in hand and the
rest in the course of ;w. Ivc months. Applications
addressed to A. B. and left ? this office will be im
mediately attended to and satisfactory explanations
given.
june 26?Ctd*
[7^ McCUBBIN, Barber, Temple of Fashion
J.Jt No. 1, aided by that stipciior workman,
Felix Dean, 8th St., between Pennsylvania avei.ue
and D street.
jun 25?
TOf FOREIGN GENTLEMEN,
K RRIVING in the United States, or others, desi
t\ ous of purchasing a permanent country resi*
dnnce in Pennsylvania. The subscriber offers for
sale his farm, situated in Montgomery county, Penn
sylvania, 14 miles north of Philadelphia. It contains
308 acres of land, 288 acres of which are in the
highes*. state of cultivation, producing wheat, rye,
Indian corn and hay, equal to any upland farm?the
remaining 20 acres being woodland- On the pre
mise* is * fine stone mansion, 60 feet by 45, with a
verandah attached, 15 feet wide, extending the
length of the house, and a large piazza on the east,
the whole giving ample accommodation for a family
of twenty persons. The pleasure ground* surround
ing the home are shaded with elegant evergreens,
i and arc very beautifully laid out. There are on the
ilarm three stone houses for farmers or tenants, to
gether with three large stone barns, containing sta
?lin* and conveniences for a hundred head of cattle,
dnd for the f-tornge of 250 ion* of produce, with
coach house wagon house, granary and corn cribs
attached. There are also the advantages of a fine
spring house, ice hou^e, fi^h pond, a garden of two
seres, orchards stocked with the finest fruit, green
house and grape wail, a s'reum of spring water in
every fie'd. a daily mall, by which the Philadelphia
and New York papers of the aame day are received,
and an omnibus passing the gate morning and even
ing.
In the immediate vicinity aro Episcopal, Luther
en and Presbyterian churches.
Further description is unnecessary, as all persons
wUhing to purchase are invited to call and examine
the estite. It may, however, b < added, that for beau
ty, healthful situation, and advantages, it i* not sur
passed by any in the United Slates. It may be well
als > ihe mention the price, which is $'220 pei acre.
Apply to
GEORGE SH AFF. Whitemarsh,
july 2 2awlm* Montgomery co.. Pa.
FACTS, NOT FA1BLES!
Dtt. SCHWARTZES
Chroito-Thermal Ague Pills,
warranted to cure in eight hours !
Also,
DR. SCHWARTZE'S
COMPOUND EXTRACT OFSARSAPARILLA
suitable for every m with in the veir, warr.nted to
relieve Rheumatism, Bronchitis, Scrofula,Neuralgi i,
constitutional effects of Syphilis, erup'.ive diseases,
aiid all others arising fr >m impurities of the blood.
The above medicines may be had wholesale or
retail, at the proprietor's store, Penn. avenue, 2d door
east of 3d street, Washington City.
june23 eotf
GLORIOUS NEWS!!
SURRENDER OF THF. CITY OF
MEXICO ! ? !
IN consequence of the above intelligence I have
opened a new
TOBACCO. SNUFF, & SEGAR STORE,
where iny friends and the public genenlly, may at
all times with confidence obtain a genuine imported
segnr of the most choice brand, as well as the most
approved brands of chewing tobacco; also, a general
I assortment of siiiiff of all the different qualities at
wholesale and retail.
i Having made such arrangements as will at all
times iusu e a lull supply of the most choice brands
from the different ports?and f.#r any further infor
mation concerning the surrender ot the city, the
pu'ilic will be politely attend?}jl to at HEAD QUAR
TERS, Brown's Hotel, No. 1.
CHARLES S.TYSON.
June 26 eod2w
JOHN WILLIGMAN, House Furnishing Ware
Rooms, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
13th street, south side.
jun 25?
T7" KING, Hoarding-house, F street, directly
V i opposite the General Post Office,
jun 25?
M COTTAGE FOR RENT.?A neat Cottage
containing two large rooms, three small cham
bers and kitchen; there is also a stable or woodhouse
on the premises. Situated iri a heaithly location
near Mr. Macheii on Maryland avenue. Inquire of
De Vaughan, Cuppor and Leecher, Ninth street,
june 23tf
ICE! ICE!! ICE!!!
THE SUBSCRIBERS have on hand a large sup
ply of pure Potomac Ice, which they will sell
at their Ice-nouse corner of Maryland avenue and
Eleventh street, for Twenty-five cents per bushel. *
BIRD & GUNNELL.
N. B.?Ice deliveied in any part of the city at the
shortest notice. B. & G.
june 23?tf
INSIDE VENI TUN WIND 0 H
BLINDS.
WILLIAM NOEL,
Dealer and Manufacturer of Inside Vsnitjan Win
dow Blinds, south >ide Penn. av. between 9th
and 10th streets, Washing! n.
BLINDS of all s zes and styles furr., hed to order.
Split Bl.ndj, plain and painted, of all sizes.
bta<s fixtures and trimmings furnished.
Linen and transparent Curtains put up in the
best style.
Fire-screens and wide paper for curtains, very
cheap.
All work done on reasonable terms and with
proinp'ness.
N. B. Old Blinds repaired and repainted.
june?3lm
BOARDING.
Mr?. PIERCE has the pleasure of informing
her friends and the public that her house
hav ing been refurnished throughout, is now reopen
lor the accommodation of boarders by the week,
ntotiih, or year. Her tabic will be furnished with
the best the market affords ; her house is situated
on Pennsylvania avenue, a few steps from that de
lightful retreat the Capitol grounds. No pains
will be spared to make her house a pleasant home
to those who may favor her with their patronage,
june 9?Im
FRESH GROCERIES.
rnUE ST I1SCIt 1BER is now receiving an
I additional supply of groceries comprising
FreeRh Teas, Coffee of various kinds
New Orleans, Porto Rico, and St Croix sugars
Do do do molasses
Sugar house sirup and molasses
Fresh spices, ground and ungroutad
Sperm, adamxntine, and mould candles
Tomato sauce, catsups, anchovies, &c.
Sardines and Curry powders
?arsaparilla simp, fancy soap
Military shaving soap, Ac.
Otange county butter
100 sugar cured hsms
100 superior shoulders
A large supply of cigars and tobacco
To which he invites attention S. HOLMES,
june IB?dSw 7th street.
* M 11 OFF A R,~ DENTIST, 4* street, five
it ? doors above Penn. a vein/?, east side.
Teeth inserted on gold plate better style
than done in the city, and cheap accordingly
june14 tf
R FIN LEY Hp NT, D E NT 1ST, Washing,
, ton City, Penn. av. between 9th and 10th st,
june 11 *
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