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ELY NATIONAL WHIG.
URDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1647.
FOB PRESIDENT,
lCHARY TAYLOR.
OF LOUI8IANA,
ibjcct to the decision of the Whig National
Convention.
WHIG NOMINATION
i-OR GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND,
jLIAM t. goldsborough,
or DOftCHBSTCIl, COUNTY.
TELEGRAPHIC.
DESPATCH NO. 1.
Richmond, Aug. 7., 5 rnin. p. 10 a. m.
Scott within Eight Leagues of the City of
aico on the 22nd of July!! JVo battle !'
e New Orleam Bee of the 31?t ult., is at
, It has letters from Gen. Scott's column.
Seneral marched from Puebla on the I5<b
ly. On the 22nd of July, he was within
leagues of the City of Mexico, with his
t force,,and no battle, up to that time,
?en fought. He encountered a heavy
id that day.
DESPATCH NO. 2. '
,? Richmond, August 7, >
10 m. past 10, a. in. J
IORTH CAROLINA ELECTION.
Halifax?Daniel d. 149 maj.
Nash?Arrirrgton d, 428 "
Edgecomb? Daniel d, 160 "
Northampton?Biggs d, 75 "
3 conceded that Meade has defeated Bol
n the Petersburg District of this State.
WESTERN ELECTIONS.
btcckv.?There is no doubt that CoL Gainea
elected from the Maysrille district In the
r district, Cox to. is elected by 869 majority.?
(head to. has carried the Lexington district,
ville did not do well on the lat day, but Dun
ill be elected nevertheless.
iian a.?The Whip have carried Floyd Coun
, Thomas, the Democratic candidate for Gov
of Maryland, has written a letter toMr. Golds,
fh, the Whig candidate for the tame office,
)g him te make a tour of the State in company
Mr. T. and to discusa public questions on the
>. Mr. G. very politely declines the invitation,
lis Mr. T. that be believes the people of Mary
need no such mode of enlightening them, and
iey are capable enough of deciding for whom
ihall vote without hia interference.
to or Alcibiadcs.?We commence, to
the publication of a most thrilling story,
r this name. It must be read throughout,
e it can be understood. It is from the last
twood.
TER FROM^THE RIO GRANDE,
e have dates from Matumoras to the 21 st
o. The enemy had made^n attack upon
n near Marin, and succeeded in cutting off
$30,000 worth of goods going to Monte.
Gen. Taylor's column was rapidly filling
f the movement of troops to Mier, to pre
theiuselves in the Camp of Instruction for
iservice.
grand row took place in Lafayette, one of
uburhs of New Orleans, on the 28th ult.,
pen the inhabitants thereof and a Cotnpa
f volunteers. Two of the soldiers were
ely wounded.
r. Polk's Mexican tariff has brought seven
msand dollars into his strong box, since
rat of May.
)re Mockery or Famine.?The Macedo
with its cargo of charity, arrived safely
)rk, and was hailed with delight. But
a bitter mockery of the misery and fam
> Cork and itN neighborhood were the rich
t>nians and Commodore De Kay guilty of,
|e occasion! They feasted him, and he
to their feasts?in the midst of starving,
'ing thousands!! Fenstiug and carousing
|e chambers of death, would not be moie
[rent to the duties and rights of human
oofs thickening ?The Norristown Herald
the following extract from a letter written
Locofoco now in the army:
Tou also request to know whether General
ir is a Whig or Democrat, because both
s now claim him. HE IS A WHIG,
?d him say so with my own ears to an
' of the urmy. I suppose you would
o know what I am. I am a loco to the
?ne, but if Old Zioh runs, I will have
e him a hard push, no matter who runs
st him, for I think he is more fit for the
; House than the one who now occupies
fen. Wool is also a Whig?so are all the
fa of the staff, at least all who occupy
rominent position.
"WM. P. HEPLER."
r Meeting in Harrisburg.?At a meeting
"Taylor Central Corresponding Com
I," held at Harrisburg on Saturday last,
feth Salisbury was unanimously chosen
En of the Committee, and Richard Vaux
ry C. Overton, Esqrs., Secretaries.
t). Ellis Lewis offered the following
tion, which was unanimously adopted :
olved, That it be recommend to the peo
thia Commr-nweath to assemble in Mass
MC in Harrisburg, on tht> 24th day of
fnber next, the anniversary of the victory
jnterey, to adopt such measures as may
>med proper to promote the election of
^achary Taylor to the Presidency of the
t Locofoco* cannot he so rich in candi
as the Harrisburg Argus would make
ear,? they are compelled to fall upon a
n soldier, who to use hia own expression
Whole Whig and a quarter over!" This
of Locofocoism is " very glass?the sun
| through It."?Phil. N. American.
\ve expected. A correspondent of the 'Union'
n upon Gen. Taylor for daring to reply to
nnler en the 4th of Jnly st Monterey. The
ig of the Pretorian Guards making an Empe>
ung with Daw embellishments. Go ahead,
"?n?open the vials of your wrath. The
I will make him President while you abuse
|d vilify him.
YESTERDAY'S MEXICAN" JVEtVS.
The New Orleana paper* of the 30th ulL failed to
reach tu by last evening'* mail, but the Charleston
Courier of the 4th inaL haa the detaila of the new*
of which we gave a brief outline yeaterday by Tele
graph from Richmond.
The detail* are utterly unaatufactory.
The advieeifrom Vera Crux are to the 23d of Ju
ly- The Vera Crux Sun of that date *aya that no
authentic intelligence had been received from Gen.
Scott.
On the other hand the Vera Crux correspondent
of the New Orleana Time* aaye positively t hap he
baa Men a letter from Puebla, which etated, that all
hopee of peace were at an end, that Gen. Sco i
would commence hi* march upon the capital on the
16th of July, and that Santa Ana bad a force of
23,000 men ready to appoae hi* advance.
There i* not a word of confirmation of the rumor
a few daya ago about the appointment of commia
?ioner? to meet Mr. Trial.
One thing ia certain?there haa lieen no regular
communication between General 8cott and Vera
Crux. The 'Union' of la*t evening, eays that the
Department received no despatches by yesterday'*
mail.
A great deal of ihe new* about the po*?ibility of
peace ia made up of speculations taken from the'Vers
?Crux 8un, a Spanish paper, interested in leading the
American public mind astray.
Gen. Pierce left Vera Crux with 3000 meb and
160 wajon*. He met the Guerrillista beyond Sauta
Pe and alter a four houra' akirmi-h drove them from
the field, with great loo* on their ride. Santa Fe
village waa burned by order of the General and it wa*
believed that all the hamlets within ten milea of
Vera Crux would share the *ame fate.
Col. De Runy only lost ten men in hi* encounter
with the 1400 Mexican*. Hia 6-pouruler waa all
that saved him.
Eight hundred troops arrived at Vera Crux on the
33d ultimo. The town had been under cunaiderahle
alarm from an attack of the guerrilista after General
Pierce marched, but the continued arrival of fresh
troops had put away a'l fear*.
Com. Perry had gone to Tobaaco to evacuate it.
The health of Vera Crux wa* no worse.
The Picayune of the 30th ult. haa a letter from
the City of Mexico dated the 10th of July in which
the writer scout* the idea of peace, but aaya nothing
whatever about Commissioner* having been appoint
?'I. If* ??ye also that the Government of Mexico
doea not even dream of peace.
Since the above waa written, we have additional
and atirring intelligence from Mexico. See tele
graphic newe.
A Historical Reminiscence for Mr. Buchananr?
Mr. Buchanan in hi* despatch to Mexico rcouta the
idea of the Mexican demand that we *hould evacu
ate her territory, Sic. before aha will hear of peace,
and gravely asserts that the like of such a demand
waa never heard of in hiatory. Here ia a fact which
we call hia atlenlicn to.
From the Albany Evening Journal.
Withdrawal of Works.?uIn the time of the war
of the American Revolution, 1778. after our alliance
with France, commiaiionera were sent to America,
with |an earnest desire of the British Government
to restore the connection and make a peace with the
United Statea. The proposed' terms were to Gen.
Wa*hmgto?. and by him to Congreaa. That body,
after due deliberation, resolved unanimously, 'That
these United State* cannot, with any propriety, hold
any conference or treaty with any conimiasiuners on
the part of Great Britain, unless they shall, as a pre
liminary thereto, either withdraw their fleets and
armies, or eiae in positive and express terms acknow
ledge the independence of the said State*.'"
Professor Morse bought 100 asres of the fine farm
of J. B. Montgomery, near Poughkeepsie. The
price paid waa k$ 17,r>00. It ia beautifully located
j on the (tanks of the Hudson. >
An A*sa*<in Nominated to a Seat in Congress.
Moses M. Strong, of Mineral Point, Wi4onsin, the
man who when a n ember of the legislative council
of that territory, a few year* ago, in open session,
shot dead another member of the council, the lament
ed Arndt, of Green Bay, has received the Democrat
ic nomination for delegate to Congress from the ter
ritory !
Will Dr. LufLnd reproduce in the Clue lien's
Chicken his poem of ihe 'Burning of Ihe Lexing
ton !'
The Peach crop of Delaware is one third lets than
that of last year. Hereabouts it is entirely less!
Gov. Shunk is very ill.
The License Question. The Blue Hen's Chicken
is calling in vain upon the Delaware High Court to
give the public its decision against the constitutiona
lity of the law forbidding the tnffic in intoxicating '
liquors. We should like to fee it* opinion.
The gallant Col. McClung arrived at Columbus,
Miss., on the 21st hIi. His march through Missi?
" PPi was a triumphal one. and deservedly so.
Rrcmits. The steamer M#ry, Captain Crump,
from Vickshurg, arrived at New Orleana on the 88th
till. with 20 recruits from Vidalia, under command
of J.ieut.-George W. Cheney, for the 14th Reg. U.
S, Infantry. They were landed at Carrolton.
Vessel Missing. The achooner Butler, Captain
Shoemaker, cleared from New Orleans oh the 80th
of December last for the mouth of the Rio Grande
She haa never reached there nor been heard of since
?he left that city. No doubt is entertained that she
hia been lost at sea and all on board have perished
Her crew waa composed of G. R. Shoemaker, cap
tain; John McKeil, mate; John Hall, Wm. Whita
eer, and Stephon H. Mellehel, seamen, and Wm.
Nicholas, cook. Captain Shoemaker waa from Rich
mond, Va., where he haa left a wife and three chil
dien. He waa a very worthy man and competent
officer.
Almonte. The New Orleans Delta fear* that
thia natural son of Moreloe?of pure Axtec blood,
and once ? clerk in a hardware atom in the United
States?haa heen imprisoned because of the discove
ry of letter* received by him from our Gorernment
proposing to him to aall hia oounlry for gold. We
have no doubt of the fact, from circumstances within
our own knowledge. The denunciation* of the Delta
againat the policy of our Executive in resorting to
the infamou* a) stem of bribing Ihe Mexicans into
treaaon against their country most meet the appro
bation of every good man.
It turna out that the return of Mr. Wheaton from
abroad waa not so much 'in accordance with hia own
Indinationa aa with those of the Executive.' The
*ame ia no doubt true of the return ofrevwy one of
our functionaries abroad. It would be strange if it
wen not
Proceeding! of the Executive Committee of the
Chicago Convention.
At a meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Chicago Convention, held at the Sher
man House, in Chicago, July 7th, 1847, on
motion of Mr. Allen, of Missouri, Hon. John
C. Spencer, of New York, was called to the
chair. On motion of Mr. Noble, of Michigan,
Thomas Allen, of St. Louis, was chosen Sec
reiary.
For the purpose of enabling the Committee
to act with the greatest efficiency in the dis
charge of their duties, it was proposed that
?he country should be divided into convenient
districts, and that certain members ot the com
mittee should be specially asiigned to the duty
of collecting and preparing the information re
quired by the resolution of the Convention in
those districts. It wss therefore resolved, that
the district of Buffalo and Lake Ontario, be
assigned to John C. Spencer. The shores ol
Lake Erie, from Cleveland to Sandusky bay,
to J. S. Wetherby, of Cleveland.
The ports of Michigan, to David A. Noble
and Joseph R. Williams, of Michigan.
The ports on the Lake shore of Illinois and
Indiana, to Jesse B. Thomas, ot Chicago.
The Lake ports of the Territory of VY ticon
sin, to Rufus King, of Milwaukie.
The above persons, respectively, to obtain
the information required by the resolution o
the Convention, in their respective ports and
districts, for that purpose to employ such anil
so luauy sub agent* as may.be neceaaary ; the
information to be communicated 10 the Chair
man by the first day of January next. That
the gentlemen designated lor Clcvelaud, Mich
igan, Chicago and Milwaukie, be requested to
meet at such time and place as shall be agreed
or by them, or appointed by Judge I bomas,
Home time in November next, to compare their
results and reduce them toform.
That Thomas Allen, of St. Louts, Jas. Hall,
?of Cincinnati, T. J. Bigham, of ??si?gh,
James Guthrie, of Louisville, and William13.
Ewing, of Iowa, be a sub-conimntee, to collect
all the facta required by the resolution of the
Convention, so far as relates to the Mississippi
and its tributaries, and report the same to the
Chairman, in a form to be presented to Con
gress by the 1st day of January next.
That Mr. Abbott Lawrence, ol Boston, Alex
ander Duncan, of Rhode Island, John Page, of
New Hampshire, Thomas W. Williams, of
Connecticut, Samuel R. Rug?1^3. of ^
York. Littleion Kirkpatnck. of New Jersey,
8. C. Johnson, of Pennsylvania, and Thomas
B. King, of Georgia, be a committee lor the
like purpose, in referring to the rivers and liar
1)0rs of the Atlantic, and that they also prepare
a separate report in relation thereto.
The Secretary was requested to reduce the
proceedings of the Committee to wining, and
io transmit a copy thereof to
Attest: THOMAS ALLLN,
Secretary.
Mr. McCalif's Statement reiterates, that
the President did repeatedly assure him, that
the two Catholic chaplains, Fathers MoElroy
and Rey, had been appointed as spies and not
as chaplains. Now here is a question of ve
racity, which is not to be dodged. It must be
mei;fnd that, too, plumply. What will the
President do 1 He is charged by a minister ol
the Gospel with having said thus and so. This
charge must be met and rebutted by strong
testimony ; for a Gospel minister's word is
necessarily protected by the character ol his
mission, and the public will rely implicitly
upon what he says, until it is prpved to be
untrue. ?
An Accomplished Rascal.? Averett, of
the Branch Bank at Lynchburg, Va., was not
only guilty of forgery and theft, but the fact is
disclosed that he intercepted and opened seve
ral letters addressed to the President of the
bank at Lynchburg,-which, if they had reach
ed their destination, would have led to an
earlier detention of guilt. One of these letters
was found opened amongst his private papers
(?j- A few days ago, three children came near
being stung to death by a hive of honey bees on the
Iiilai d. They were in sparch of the honey?uncon
acious of their danger.
The Crutchet Light.?Mi fears are at an end
respecting this great light. Mr. Dallas has pro
nounced the dome to be firm enough to s^Uin the
structure ! So says the Providence Transcript.
Mr. Stewart, who has come out in the Dorset,
Md., Distript for Congress, admits that it is a Whig
District, and says that if he is eleolpd, ho will carry
out the view, of the Whi6s Ufon all questions of
public policy. So that it amounts to this?M^. Stew
art, having been defeated in getting the candidacy of
the pemocratie party for Governor of Maryland, has
turned Whig and asks the Whigs to send hiip to
Congress. They will think of that.
The Secretary of War has written to Mr. Henry
Green, of Vicksburg, that, 'it cannot now be foreseen
when additional volunteer* will be needed from Mis
?issippi.' Mr. Green wanted to go to the wars. It
will not lie lopg, we tpke jt, bpfore Mr. Marcy s eyes
will be opened.
Anrfhrast Storm. We have been pelted by a col.l
Northeast rain ?t<>rm for the laat 48 hours. 1 he tem
peratqre of this month so far has been unusually low.
Retaliation. Mr. Cave Johnson has given notice
to Great Britain that, at the end of ninety days, the
postal contract entered into by this government with
that of England to carry the Canada mails through
the United States shall come to an end.
A mother has been found in J.iverpon) who was
in the habit of hiiing out her child to beggars, and
to make it a desirable object of hire, she kept it nesr
>y itarved all the while. "Man's inhumanity to
(jj-There i* a law of Mary land forbidding negroe*
to recrive at the Post Office Abolition publications
on. pain often or twenty years imprisonment in the
Penitentiary. John C. Pulley, a negro man. wa.
yesterday arrested in Baltimore for a violation of this
law and held to bail.
A fatal murrain has broken out among the
cattle of South Gardner, Ma?a. Mr. Luffier Gates
in attending upon them contracted the disease and
died. ___
?You must turn over a new leal,' *aid a newly
married man to hia neglectful wife.
?I shall turn over a number of them,' relumed she,
taking up the laat novel, and brandishing an ivory
folder. '
Broken Chins.?An old lady, reading that
the British and French had been breaking up
China, has sent us the following:
"To mend broken China, you muat put the
nieces together carefully, tie them up with a
firing, and boil them in water strongly infused
with flaxseed."
Experiments show apples to be equal to po
[ Traiulated far the Churlctlon Mercury.
The Artesian Well of Crenelle.
By M. Rey, Member of the Royal Society of Anti
quarian* of Prance, edition, Paiu, 1848.
Chapter IX.
Manipulation of the Rode-jnvhable durability
of the Crenelle Well.
Independently of the slowness which appar
tains to I lie continuous execution-of wells bored
to a great depth, the repairing ol unexpected
accidents, and the inevitable encountering of
certain hard strata, there are others incident 10
the process itself. We have seen thai the bor
i?g W>d is a bar of iron about twenty five fee.
long, that it can be indefin.iely^elongaied by
the admission of similar rods, which are enher
screwed or riveted at their adjoining extreme*
When the operation of boring is commenced,
the rod to which the augur, pick or chisel is
adapted is then twenty five long, wjihout the
borer. It hangs in the orifice of the well Iroru
a crane, which elevates or depresses it; at us
superior extremely are attached horizontal an_
glea for rotation, and the whole w suspended
bv a rope, through the medium of a ring on
which the rod bears, and arranged in such a
manner that rotation can be impressed upon
ibe rod by means of the handles, and the rope
not participate in the act ol rotation.
When the recipient of the auger is filled with
detached earth, the whole apparatus is drawn
up quickly by the crane, and the contents emp
tied. When, after repeating this operation sev
eral times the rod becomes too short, on account
of the increased depth of the well, it becomes
necessary to increase its length by screwing on
or riveting another rod of twenty live feet, so
that after this every time that the apparatus is
to be drawn up and emp'ied, fifty feet of rod
ere to be elevated, aud a joint to I* unscrewed
or unriveted, and in its descent the same joint
is to be again screwed or riveted, it will be rea
dily understood that the decent and elevation ol
the two tods have consumed more time than
the single one would-have done; and so on as
the well is deepened, a third, a fourth, and a
fifth rod is added, and it is always m stopping
to screw and unscrew, one by one, the severttl
bars that compose the whole rod, that the crane
is successfully in actiou aud at rest. L his tua
t.auvring is regulated by the boring and clean
sine, by the tubing and re-adjusting ; hence it
is incessant. Practised in a well one hundred
and seventy feet deep, such as that at Grenelle,
and with all the difficulties increasing as the
apparatus is elongated, is it to be wondered at
that time is consumed in a deep excavation !
M. de Humboldt speaks of a well bored in
Pennsylvania alieady two thousand feet deep,
and it is contemplated to sink it to six thousand
and five hundred. It will finish, then, by hav
ing two hundred and fifty rods to screw and
unscrew an incalculable number of times. Let
only the fourth of the accidents which occurred
at Grenelle happen at this, how much time
will be required to remedy the difficulties and
finish the work?
It must be observed, that at Grenelle, when
M. Mulot used a very high crane, he was en
abled to woik at great depths, by dividing his
rods into lengths of two bars, say fifty feet.?
Some engineers call a manipulation^ the des
cent, rotation, and ascent of the chain of rods.
Each of these manipulations at Grenelle re
quired from six to seven houis, and frequently
brought up an empty auger. If the Pennsyl
vania well is finished, each manipulation will
require several days. The deeper the well, the
stouter should be the rods. When the well at
Grenelle was finished, the sum total of the
weight of rods was sixty eight thousand and
two hundred pounds. What will it be in Penn
sylvania1?
The greatest quantity.of water ever obtained
by boring, and from the greatesy depth, is thm
furnished by the Grenelle well, which, at tin
summit of a jet of 117 fcrt, moves with a ve
locity of sijtty inches in the minqie. This trn
tnetise quantitydiacharged,creates in the minds
of some the apprehension that in the course o
time it will be enfeebled. But we have a guar
antee to the contrary in the well of jMbul
which is supplied by the same sheet of water
and although bored many years ago, yieMi
always the tame quantity of water. VV e alsc
have ihe assurance of ihe well? of Artoi.s whini
are much older. M. Lamartine cites the three
wells bored by Solomon in ihe plain of Tyre,
which now discharge the same quantity thai
they did when first consiructed, and are still
the principal sources of t|ie <iupply of water tc
this ancient and celebrated city. W e can ctM
others, in other places,still more ancient, which
furnish undiminished quantities. The rain be
ing, as we huye seep, the only sources or Ar
tesian jets, we have the certitude that they wil
never <-<>ase their action so long as it shall rain
and so long as rain continues to form rivers,
which pass over the porous, sandy, and calca
reous soils which constitute the resevoirs ol
Artesian wella.
General Taylor to the Whigs of Nottingham
In May last the Whigs of Nottingham Distnci
in Prince George's County, Maryland, met in
Convention and nominated General Taylor lot
the Presidency. The old Hero teplies on th<
6th of July to Wm. Hall or Aquasco, the Sec
retary or the Convention. After thanking them
for their good opinion the General refers lo hit
nomination in the following admirable para
graph:
"II the people ol the nation should so great
|v honor me with elevation to the Chtel
Magistracy. I shall, by zealous endeavors and
m'the best of my ability, strive to serve them,
and maintain the best and highest interests ol
ihe whole coqnlry ; yet, though I eel impelled
id yield to the call of the people at large,
should hail wi'h pleasure their determination
to confer SO great a gift on s.,me eminent states
man." m
Ar.nt. Two men by the name of firay and Stew
art. were arretted yesterday at the Depot by Capt.
(?oddard on a charge of purloining a watch from 1
0. Clarke, of Alexandria, at BelUuitle. They hav,
been committed to await the requisition of Governor
Pratt. ?
Flouting of the Great Britain.?U appears
rrom the latest accounts, that, hy the machine
ry constructed by Mr. Bremmer, the Great
Britain actually floated, with an hour and a
hull's tide to spare, and rose two feel from the
sand, in which the keel was at first embedded
lo the depth of nine feet.
?? Thf. Poor makr no new Frirnds!"?
The following is but the history of many a
poor sorrowing heart that throbs with its own
suffering, and sinks unnoticed, but not un
known, to its own little hallowed circle in the
quiet tomb:
" Dri'movane. (Parish of Morah,)
" Cork cwnity, April 13, 1847.
?? Dear Clutrlet: 1 have sent my daughter
Norry to America, though I had more than
enough to do to make up as much as delray
her expenses to Q,ueb?c. 1 could not send any
more of ray family, as the times have brought
us down so low that we are hardly able to
exist There is plague and famine in Irelanff.
We would all leave our wretched country for
America, if we could. I hope you will send
for Norry when she eenda you this letter. I
have written to *>' asaistance and
ih.1 .nil will not lei us atawe J?Me."
Nonsuiting a Crbditok?There was a cer
tain lawyer on the Cape a long time ago, ihe
only one in those "diggius" then, and for
aught I know, at present. He was a man
well to do in the world, and what was some
what surprising in a limb of the law, averse
to encouraging litigation. One day a client
caine to him in a violent rage?" Look a-here,
'squire," said lie, ?' thai 'ere blasted shoemaker
down to Pigeon Cove, has gone and sued me
for the money for a pair of boots I owed him."
" Did the boots suit you?" "Oh, yes! I'vm
got 'em on : fust rate boots." " Fair price ?"
" Oh ! yes." " Then yon owe him the money
honestly." " 'Course." " Well, why dou't
you pay him?" " Why, 'cause the blasted
snob went and sued me, and I want to keep |
him out of the money, K I Win." " It will cqst
you something." " 1 don't keer a cuss for that:
how much money do vou want to begin with?"
"Oh! ten dollars will do." "Is that all? Well,
here's an X, so go aheadand the client went
out very well satisfied with the beginning.
Our lawyer next called on the shoemaker,
and asked hitn what he meant by commencing
legal proceedings against M ? "Why,"!
said he, " I kept on sendin' to him for money
till I got tired. I know'd he was able to pay,
and 1 was 'ternuned to make him : that's the '
long and short of it.'' " Well," said the law
yer, " he's always been a good customer 10
you, and 1 think you acted loo hastily. There's
a trifle to pay on account of your proceeding ;
but 1 think you'd better lake this five dollars,'
and call it all square." " Certain, 'squire, if
you say so, and darned glad to get itwas
the answer. In a few days his client caiur
along, and asked him how he got on with his
case. " Rapidly J" cried the lawyer: " we've
non suited him! he'll never trouble you." " Je
rusalem! that's great!" cried the client: "I'd
rather a gin fifty dollars than have had him got
the money for them boots."?Spirit of TKinea.
" Who is that lovely girl?" exclaimed the
waggish Lord Norbury, riding in company
with his friend.
" Miss Glass," replied the barrister.
"Glass!" reiterated the facetious judge,
" by the love which man bears to woinnn, I
should be often intoxicated could I plnee such
a glass to my lips "
A new Post Office has been established at
Good Hope, near the dividing line of the Dis
trict of Columbia and Prince George's county,
and Mr. Judson Richardson appointed Post
master.
JTJp* Col. Baker lata of the Illinois volunteers is
in town.
New York, August 6. 8ales of flour to-day 10,
000 Milt at 6 87 to $6. Wheat 120. Corn 67 I*
70. Rya 80 to 84. Indian meal $2 63 to $3 50
Cotton market active,
Philadelphia, August 6. Market for groceries to
day active. Bales of 3000 ka^s of Rio and Maracai
bo coffee at 7 to 7J?of Cuba Molasces at 22 to 26
?of 160 hhds of MuscavaJo sugar at 6? to 7. Pro
visions falling?Government 6's 1867 fell to 106,
owing to the war news. Flour $6 87 to $6. Wheat
126 to 130.
Baltimore, August G.-r-Stocks heavy to
day, in consequence of the War News. Go
vernment Securities have gone down. U. S. G's
1867-106. Treasury 6's 1051. Nothingdone
to-day in Flour owing to the rain. New Flour
$5,75; City Mills do $6. Rye Flour $4,00.
Coru Meal $2,75. Corn 64 to 66. No change
in the Bacon Market. Live Hogs $6,50 to
$6,75 nett. Beeves on hoof, $2,50 to $4 per
100 lbs. New Cheese sale* at 8J to 9- Sperm
Candles 31 to 32, sales, and of Mould at 121,
Dipped 104 to II. Sales of Rio Coffee at 7{ a
7J. Anthracite Coal $5,75 to $6. Feathers
28 10 31. Hay #18 per ton. Hides?no
rbnngr?importation of 8610 from Rio Grande,
and 500 Ox from Pern am. Hops 9i to 10.'
Steady demand for Iron at $30 to $32. Bait.
Nails 4J. Importations ol 61 hhds. of Molas
ses from Porto Rico?no change in price. Rice
$5,37 to $5,50. Sugar $6,00 to $6,60-Trvery
very little N. Q. in market.
JULY REPORT.?The Mutual Ben
efit Life Insurance Company (office No. 11
Wall Street, New York) issued during the month of
July, 1847, 149 new Policies, vix:
To Merch's A Traders 60 Ladles 11
Clerk", I8P
Munuiacturers 9
Mechanics 16
Phynioians 3
Clergymen 2
Lawyer* 8!
Agents, 6
Farmers 4 |
8ea ('apt , 3
?ngineer 1
Spirals
Oilier Occupations 6 I
123 87
122
New policies issued in June, 149
BOB. L. PATTERSON, President.
BENJ. C. MILLER, Secretary.
Washington Agcncy.
J. C. Lkwis, Agent, 7th ??., Washington.
Hakvt LiNnsLt, Physjcign, joiner of C and 4$
slrstitf,
aug ft?6t
STAPLE DRY GOODS
a^HE SHBSt RIBERS offer for sale on liberal
k terms a moat extensive assortment of Staple
ry Goods suitable for steamboats, hotels and private
families to which the attention of purchasers is re
spectfully solicited?mosi of the goods have been
manufseiuied to order and are warranted to be in
every resj>eet as represented. The following can
be recommended with coutidei.ce, special pains hav
ing been taken in iheir selections, vi*:
Linen Sheeting from 4-4 to 12-4 wide of super
ior fabric and bleach.
Berth and Cradle Qlankeu-; also 9-4, 10-4,11-4,
12-4 do, eitra fine.
White and colored Quilts and Counterpanes, al I
siaes and qualities.
Pillow Linen?4-4 and (5-4, with immediate j
widths,
Damask Table Cloths and Napkins from low
priced to cosily?style snd quality of Napkins to
match theCloihs.
Damask Table Linen, from fl-4 to 10-4, extra
finish and extra stout.
Tt.welling in every variety?Huck, Diaper, Ac.
Plain and plaid Glass Towelling
4 4 Damask Towels, rich figures, full sixe
English printed Bsiaes, Stair Bsixus, Stair Linen
Linen Hour covering, worsted and cotton and em*
Imssed cletk Table Covers, English and French
Chinlxes, bro. Hollands, French Linen Dra|ery
Muslins, Muslin Curtains, white snd brown Linen
acd Buff Holland for window shades, French painted j
Shades, 1
The alwve good* together with the largest and
best selected stock of materials for Curtains aiul Fur
niture Covering to be found in this country are
offered wholesale and retail at prices worthy the notice
of buyers.
The special attention Ship owners. Steamboat
companies and Holel proprietors is desired. Every
srticle in our line will he furnished at a bare com
mission on the importation coal. Blankets ai d
Quilts will he manufactured if desired, either in this
counter or Europe, with name interwoven in while
or oolored letters.
PATON & CO..
Jaly 91?tf 23 John street, N. Y.
PAINT AND Oil, STORE.
J O/kik Jiega pure White Lead
filHE WASHINGTON CITY CIRCULAT
X INO MUSICAL LIBRARY.?M??. Oak
bet Asnsasow intend* opening tbe above named
Mimical Library ua aoon aa ? auffi ient number of
subscribers shall have luen obtained to justify the
carrying the aame into effect. It haa been approved
by many, aa it will sff>rd an opportunity to Ihe lo
vers of music of availing tbemselvee of what music
they may want, tor ita use only, at a small expense.
The Library will be furnished with tbe atandan) and
new music, comprising opera music, sjnga, duets,
waltzes, Ac.
Fer term*, app'y at my Muaic and Stationery
Store, where ihe Library will be established.
Penn. avenue between 11th and 12th sts.
august 6?oaw4w
EXCURSION.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
THE safe and commodious Steamer
COLUMB1 \ has been chartered by
the Grand Division of the District of Columbia,
and will leave Georgetown at 8 O'clock, Bradley's
wharf (Washington) at 9, the Navy Yard at 10,
and Alexandria about 11 o'clock A. M., on Toes
dat, the 10th of August instant, returning at a sea
sonable hour in the evening.
The Temperance public may depend on the ar
rangements being such aa best to promote the com
fort, health, and pleasure of the company, and they
may choose between a Cotillon party, a Picnic
party, or a Fishing party. The Picnic party will
be landed nt Pye's Landing.
The Sons and Daughters will wear their regalia,
and start from Temperance Hall, on E street, (the
Daughters in carriages,) at 8} o'clock precisely.
Tickets admitting a gentleman and two ladies,
$1?to be had of either of the following
Committee or Arrangements:
John D. Clark,
J. L. Henshaw,
Wm Bond,
John Garrett,
W. C. Choute,
W. Thompson,
John Harry,
George Collard,
E. Burnett,
S. Soihoron,
A. F. Cunningham.
aug4?WS&.M.
WA VERL Y HOUSE.
rilHE Subscriber would infoim his friends and
J. the public generally, that he has opened a
RESTAURANT and HOTEL, of ihe above name,
on Sixth stieet, a few iloora south of Pennsylvania
Avenue, where he will be happy lo entertain them
in a manner that he hopes will be satisfactory.
His BAR will be In nished with liquors of the beat
and mo.<t approved branda, and tbe Eating Depart
ment will always contain every delicacy in season.
He hopes to receive a portion of the patrsnage of
his friends, while he endeavors to cater for the pub
lic tss'o. L. H. BEVAN.
Aug 4 tf
SCHOOL BOOKS, in great variety, for sale by
ROBERT FARNHAM,
jy 31 if- Corner of 11th at. snd Penn Avenue.
"WM^TlLIA M WA8 HIN GTON\ Faahionabie
M B.irber, Hair Dresser, and Shampooner;
Gadsby's Hotel, Corner Pennsylvania Avenue and
3d street July 31 tf
A- M. HOFFAR,
SURGEON DENTIST,
fOUR-AND-A-HALF street, five doora above
Penn. Avenue, East side. A. M. H. performs
all operations in the line of bis profession such as
plugging, cleaning, and inserting artificial teeth,
trom one to a full aet?also full tela made with ar
tificial gums. Having had great experience in hia
line of business for many yeara in the oity of Phil
adelphia, be pledges himself that he shall not be sur
passed for beauty or durability, and having very great
facilities for such wotk, it will be done much lower
than ever done in this city.
From four to five o'clock each day devoted to the
attention of children's teeth, to regulate their proper
positions, for w hich there will be no charge for ad
vice, but only for actual operation.
aug 2 tf
Tp ' McCU BBIN, Barber, Temple of Fashion
Ji. No. 1, aided by that superior workman,
Fell* Qean, 8th St., between Pennsylvania avenue
and D street.
jun 25?
CUEAT AND0R0W BICH.
rpHIS ha-' been the the secret principle of too ma
1 ny of the wholesale dealers in Teas up to this
time, and they have practised Ihe most ahameful im
position on the Country Merchant without any fear
of detection. But a new era in the Ten Trade has
come and tbe Peltin Tea Company claims the honor
of its introduction. They were tbe first to raise the
banner of Reform, on which it haa inscribed the sim
ple words:
[ <<PURE TEAS AT HONEST PRICES."
A complete revolution haa been the consequence.
Let consumers of Tea everywhere look at what we
have done.
1st. We were the first to send them Teas that
ured to be called too good for them before.
2d. We knve driven out the market a vast amount
of trash, and introduced a better elasa of Teaa than
has ever yet been sold. Importers of Tea often come
to us to get lor their own ubc, and for their friends,
fine qualities they ran find nowhere else.
3d. We hsve reduced prices more than 25 per
cent., Iioth in Black and Green T. as. The whole
sale grocers say we are mining the trade and call
us humbugs. This we have done already, and now
see what we are ready to do.,
1st. We will sell Teas by the single chest, half
chest or 14 pound box, at the same prices that whole
sale grocers pay to the importers when they buy by
the hundred pachages,
2d. Thp wholesale g'ocets allow only 13 or at
most 14 pounds tare to the half chest. This is a
cheat. We allow, in most instances, 19 and 16 lbs
tare on the same.
3d We hereby undertake to sell every kind of
Tes, from from nix to tiveh<r cents per pound ehia
per than the wholesale gmcera do.
How csn we do this t aiVa the country merchant
This is our answer. We are ronteni wilh seven
per cent profit instead of 25 and 50 per i ent., a In
wholesale gtocer.
We deserve the thanks of the country merchanta
for saving them hereafter from being cheated Let
hem come to iho Warehouse of ihe Pekin Tea Com
pany, and compare samples of Tea they get else
where; and if they buy bad Teas then at high prices
(I is their own fault.
An Englieh importer lately boasted to us that he
could make more money by aending bad Tesa to the
New Yotk market, than on g??od Teaa. W? are
resolved to overthrow t: is fraud ; and now call upon
agents in every town in the United S'ates to come
forward and bity Teas imported by the Pekin Tfs
Company; and we pledge ourselves, that if in six
months they do not sell more Tea than the oldest
and lagest dealers in the town, we will give them
our Tea without charge. This is plain Engliah and
cannot be misunderstood. We appeal for testimony to
the immense success of our Agents in any part of
the United states.
fLJfAgents wanted in every town in the United
States for the sale ot these Teas, by which they can
make money, and confer a benefit upon the Public
by su| pi) ing the pure article.
CATALOGUE of teas
ON SAl.K AT THE WAREHOUSES OF THE
TEA COMPANY I
75 St 77 FmIUm street, JVW Fork.
? ? The Teas mentioned in this Catalogue, are
done up in quarter pound, half pound and one pound
packages?the first or inside wrapper is lea.I, the
second wrapper is water proof paper, and the third
or outside wrapper is of C.iinene rice paper. The
Company sell none but good teas, dons up in thi?
superior manner, a I of them grown in the most lux
urious d strics in China. Country dealers may
select as small a quantity or each kind aa they like,
and have them packed in one chest. These teas also
come in five pound Chinese packages, called quat
toons, a very convenient fanciful and portable shape.
[Persons in any part of the United States or
do do *? am*. m
do do ?ne cmrgo, f?
do do entm6ne, . Vj
do ^ BilwIM * ??
Silver Leaf-aditm sold ?>? ?* ???? *?
^ o/a?~r ??> ?iu ???- .
ra a^vsttfeftrs
&2&&85S3 J
ha, neverreeched thie country except in ??"?
lots ii presents to Importer* .
HYSON, very fine, t 00
do Plantation growth,
GUNPOWDER, food,
do ?a potior, ' .
do small leaf plantation growth,
IMPERIAL, goad.
do brisk and fragrant,
do curious Ieef, v?y superior,
HYSON SKIN, good, fine flaw,
do do ? extra fine,
BLACK TEAS.
POUCH0NG, good, full flavor,
do- Una,
do . very superior,
SOUCHONG, good,
do extra lino,
OOLONG, strong, flavor fine.
Oolong-?Thie Tea ie ? great lavortto, and gtv* ?
venal aatiafaction. g .
do very fine, , 0J? I
do in one pound and half pound ,
cattys, extra fine, % 7? ?
NE PLUS ULTRA, -1 60
Ne Phu Ultra.?Thie Tea ie ae fragrant and tweet
a* a nosegay. It yields a perfame ^
delightful. It lle of garden growth, w4 i?PKUMr
to any thing o# the kind ever aoMin thie country, ,
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA, Aim, ? '
do do do ?? *
HOWQUA'S MIXTURE, a *ronf and rich
black Tea, Pekoe flavor, ? ?
co?r&*~ % ?
PEKOE FLOWERS, good, 2! '
do do garden growth, 1 Dy
? ? Beeidee the above, wo expect daily hem '
'
we intend to copy right to prevent trickery. Lrtomr -
egente get ready. g
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Heretofore it hee hew veer difficult, indeed in* ?
possible, to alway obtein^goon i***"1
But now you have only to vieitthe wareroome of
the Pekin Tea Comp*?, 75 end 77 Fulton street
to obtain ee delicious and fragrant teae ae yen could
with for.?Daily Sun.
We have tried the teee imported by the FaWn
Tea Company, 75 and 77 Fulton etreej. New Ycrtw
and if we live wiU try them often. Ther ere seHr
ing the moet delicious teas we mr drank, and re
tail them at wholeeeie Prices,?Evening Poet.
The finest ipecimens of green and Mark teee ever
?old in Ercou^we imported by thePtkin TW
Company, 76 and 77 ^alton street. Thoae who
want good teae at reesnnable prices, can elwaye get
them there.?Tribune.
A Word to Tta Drinker*. The Pekin Tee Com
pany, 76 and 77 Fulton street, have imported into
this market some five hundred thousand dellare
worth of the fineet gradee ef given and black tone,
grown in the Celestial Empire; done up in all An
various fancy pnekagee, that Chieee ingenuity can
invent. It ie a privilege to buy teae at thla great ee
tablishment, and a luxury and a comfort to drink
them. They eel! good teee only, end retail them at
wholesale prices. Country merehante who wish to
always sell vnAteee.can always ofctain Amtf tMe
place on reaaonflne tenner?New Yoek Courier ana
Inquirer.
The Pekin Tee Company, 76 and 77 Fulton at-,
are performing afreet and good veork, and will, in n
few years, beyond all doubt, drive all the poor teae
which have deluged thie country, and defrauded
containers of the article, out of thie market. They
import none but pure fragrant teae, and retail them
by the aiogle pound et wholesale price*. FsmiKee
are always sure of. obtaining good teee et this great
warehouse, in quantities to suit their convenience
and at the same price that the merchant peye who
buys to sell again.?Daily True Hun.
Fine Oolong Black Tea. The Pekin Tea Com.
pany, 75 and 77 Fulton street, sells a delicious Oo
long Tea at fifty cents per pound. Consumers of
tea, who have been peying six shilling pe; pound
for this article, are requested to oompere it with the
above and judge for tbemeelves which is the beet. If
you can buy a better tea at four ehillinge per pound ;
than you have been getting at six shilling* yon witt
be obliged to us for this notice. Try the Young
Hyson, sold st this great tea ^establishment, at 76c.
It is better than any thing ef the kind we have ever
bought elsewhere at one dollar.?Com. Advertieer.
If any of our readers desire to have good tee, they
can obtain it of the Pekin Tea Company, 75 and
and 77 Fulton street.?Mercury.
Tim Pbkin Txa Compajit.?We very cheerful,
ly call the attention of all lovera of pore and fragrant
Teas, both in town and country, to the great Tea
Warehouse of this Company. Our. long acquaint'
aoco with the Proprietors enables us to beepeek for
them the entire confidence of the public. We Amour
that their Teas, both in quality and price, ere all
that ia btuicd of them. Many a lover of the fragrant
herb has been compelled to eeehew the drinking of
Tea in consequence ef its injurious effects, until at
length he has become hopeless of finding, among any
of the imported varietiee of Teas in our .market, n
kind which had not audi an effect. In thie, bowev.
er, such persons will be egreeably disappointed.?
The Pekin Tea Company have commenced the
importation of choice varieties of Garden Teas, of
moat delicioua flavor, cultivated and picked with great
care, which- have heretofore never been introduced
into this country, except ee presents to importers.?
Among iheae they have an Oohmg, mild as a zephyr,
and fragrant as a rose, which we speeietyjr recom
mend to sll nervous persons. Its Effect upon many
of thoee who have tried it hee been to make them
confirmed tee drinkers. Ladiea who have used it,
say they never before drank kftch tea. But all testae
can here be suited, with the great advantage over
the others of getting a pure article at wholesale price,
however smell the quantity. The Company *s ware,
houte is at 75 and 77 Fulton st.?Golden Rule. .
Tea.?The Pekin Tea Company, No. 75 and 77
Fulton street, unquestionably sell the beat Teee im
ported into this market. That they cen sell them
cheapertban any other establishment, is a fact proven
in a thousand instances since they heve opened
their store. We would edviee our friends to call at
this place, and if they don't wish to buy, at least to
obtain a little pamphlet, kept on their counter, enti
tled 'Hints to Tea Drinkers,' and therefrom learn ?
little useful information on the subject. The pam
phlet is given gratia.?Journal of Commerce.
We drink Green Tee, and for many years have
been paying one dollar per pound for it. But
thanks to the Pekin Tea Company, wa now get a
better tea from them at 76 cents per pound. We
drink one pound per week, by which we are now
saving thirteen dollare per year, and enjoying better (
tea in the bargain. Commend ua to the Pekin Ten
Company say we.?Mirror. ? . ?w4X f
You may be sure of obtaining at all ttatoennm
and highly flavored teas by the single1 pound, at
wholesale prices, of the Pekin Tee Company, 76 and
77 Fulton etreet. They have prahehfr tin largest
stock, and greatest variety of Ana frees and Mack
tees, of sny establishment in the United States.
They are doing a large hnsinsm, and a grant benefit
to consumers of tea.?
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