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|\ Children's I*iicy shaded and sir mod coat* arid speuccts
Milled and children's fancy woollen net cups
3U dozen men's and boys' woollen oouiluil, froui 11!,
C*llU lo 76 cent*
66 dozen lad loo', misses, and children's worsted uiilU
from 3 wont* to 60 cunt* per pair
100 dozen tortoise rhcll arid Hruziliuii twist and side
earn be
60 pieces new style plaid and striped bonnet ribbands,
from 8 cents to ta cent*
Ladies' superior colored kid gloves, 37J cents
New style gaiters lor uktildreii
fancy silk buttons lor ladies' dresses
to dozen children's while, gray, and lisncy worsted
stockings
Men's and boy-' woollen and uicrinogloves
Lamb's Wool, merino, and cotton hnli' hose
Heavy woollen stockingslbr servants
Gentlemen's fancy cravats, scarfs, stocks, neck lyes,
collars, bosoms, atul suspenders
60 poutuis line black, white, gray, and blue mixed
Woollen yarns
30 pounds white unblcaclted and colored knitting
cot tout
16 pound* scarlet, orange, blue, and random yarns
Laan-s' aloacii, lamb's wool, ana ribbed worsted hose,
very cheap
100 nieces French, English, and American prints, from
ceau to 31 cents
Furniture calico, Irani 34 cent* to 124 cents
Lamb's wool and lui-rino sliirts and drawers
Bleached and unbleached Cantou flannels
White and scarlet tlaniieU, all wool, 26 oents
Hlack ami colored cam bricks, cents
Csvimeres, casstnott aud vesting*, vary cheap
Irish linens, blankets and plaid domestics
liim'k auil white wadding and cotton butts
Together with a general stock of seasonable dry goods,
always on hand, to which the subscriber wotdd respectfully
call uu> atUiilsun of his friends and the public generally.
GEORGE F. ALLEN*,
Punusylrunla avenue, between 11th and 12th streets.
Dec O-Jtif
VltkV Important to Use Puithswrs of Vaucjr Uuuda
fur presents*?The untire stock of fancy gsods at Guiou's
Basu lot ul t j street ami Pennsylvania avenue,
will be uttered till the 1st January at the New York importation
prices. Persons doubting the sincerity of the above
notice ciiit satisfy themselves by calling at the store and
ascertaining the prices. The assortment consists In part
uf?
Work boxes and dressing cases, unsurpassed in style and
number
Papier mache portfolios, card baskets, work boxes, aud
papeterre; beautiful odor boxes, riohly inlaid
Ladies' aud gentlemen's beautiful writing desks and pu
peterre ; eTegnnt party finis, of every style
Head dresses ; porcelain patent ink-tinds
Ivory, mother of p.uurl, shell, and silver curd cases
Velvet and silk bags ; silk embroidered money purses
Gold pencils; Etui cases
Gentlatueu's rosewood and leather portable dressing
boxes
Elegant Louis XIV porcelain vases, for mnntelpieces
MecUnnicul self-moving toys, French games (
Backgnmtnouboards, chessmen, dominoes
Kreucn note paper
A superior assortment of Hodden's cutlery
Hair, cloth, and shaving brushes
Perfumery, t'resli, and of best quality onlv.
D?c?-7t
I"tOil Christmas and ItwViar'i Presents.? Plain
J aud lanuy card casus, work-boxes, gold pencils and
pans, paper niaebe and other styles ol portfoliosj lancy
boxes, jaspateries of every variety ; velvet and leather
lollos; writing-desks, penholders und iblders of all
kinds: inkstandishes, silver pencils, tine cutlery, envoi
vod ivory, petti, aud lanMUtd HWi (MtH of all
kinds tor children: ca <1 baskets, transparent slates, backgantnion
boxes and chessmen, visiting cards, fancy envelopes
and note paper?ail of the greatest variety, and most
beautiful, rich, ami new patterns; together with a general
assortment of the beet kinds of fancy and staple stationerv
and blank book* to be found in the city ; all of which will
ba sold at lower prices than ever. Call on
wM. F. BAYLY,
Bonn, avenue, between 11th and 12Ui streets. ;
Dec gl?3t
assortment ol' till icy good* just opened, at J. H.
GIBBBS'3 Glove and Perfiunory store, Peon, avenue,
between 9th and 10th streets, cousisting of?
Workboxes. ladles' companions, fancy baskets
Extract ana fancy boxes, toilet bottles, vases
Cologne bottle*, chequer boards, playing cards
Reticules and purses, in the greatest variety, and of
beautiful designs
Fiue leather and hand-painted fans, very superior
Likewise elegant embroidered fans, new and fashionable
styles
A choice telection of cameo and other handsome
breastpins, of the best workmanship
Beautiful card eases, smelling bottles
Bouquet holders, bracelets, clasps, and other jewelry
pvery de+ription of tine perfumery
Carved shell tuck combs, most elegant patterns, Acc.
Also, a quantity of wax dolls, dressed and otherwise.
With innumerable fancy goods, which cannot bo specified,
but which the ladies and public generally are respectfully
invited to call and purchase.
Dec. ??8tif '
/"lOlfPEC i-iONBRV ?The subscriber thankfully acknowlVy
edges tho liberal patronage he has received heretofore
from tho citizens of Washington, Georgetown, and their \
vicinities, and respectfully solicits a continuance of their
favors. He takes this inotiiod of informing his friends and 1
the public in.general that ho lias received a large assortment
of Frenen bonbons, .Sec., fnucy boxes, fresh fruits, '
,Ve., which he oifers, together with his domestic confectionery,
and a groat variety of other articles usually kept in .
his line, for safe at reduced prices.
P. t>. Orders for wedding-, b ills, and other parties will '
De executed In a neat and handsome manner at the shortest '
notice, and particular paiil* taken with regnrd to quality of
articles furnished. By long experience in business, he fiat- j
ters himself to be able to sire satisfaction. I
WAX. EMMERT, Confectioner,
Dec. 19?Sloe Bridge street, Georgetown. I
DH.LEIBERJIAK tins removed hie office and reel.
denee to the south side of F street, between 13th and i
11th streets, (near 14lU,) where he continues to practice as
physician, operative surgeon, and accoucheur.
Dr. L. has devoted much attention to the surgical treatment
of deformities, such us clubfoot, strabismus, wry .
neck, drc.
Dec. 22?eolm
PH)R H KVr.?A comfortable two-story brick liouse,
T pleasantly situated on H street, arid neatly and gen- '
leelly furnished for the accommodation of a small family.
Any [K-r?on temporarily residing in the city, and wishing '
to enjoy the comforts of house-keeping without being subject
to the expense of purchasing furniture, will find this a !
ran- chance. Terms very moderate. Apply to
WILLIAM S. CLARY, ?
Dec 22 At the Union office.
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AHMY OF OCCUPATION.
^ VIEW of the Ctimp of the Army of Occupation as in
tx. uctouer, IS4S; being the first of a series of views
illustrating .the progress ol the army anil scenery of Mexico, 1
by Captain f). P. Whiting, United Slates army. For sale
at Stationers' Hall, Pennsylvania avenue.
Dee 22 WM. FISCHER.
W IMA AM tl. HKORGK, formerly of Greene county,
Alabama, if vet alive, will confer a favor upon his
brother, Janies O. Cfeorge, and will also learn matters of
importance to himself, by making known his present resilience;
and if any other person has any information concerning
him, they will confer a favor upon tue by addressin"
n letter, directed to Hopewell, Green county, Alabama.
Ml,en la?t heard from be was in Pittsburg, Arkansas.
I'cc. 22 JAMES O. GKOROE.
AJfitHJAM AND IliLl'flTRATRD IIOOKM FOR IH17.
THE Diadem; The Evergreen; Tho Floral Otfering;
Gems of Beauty ; Parlor Scrap Book ; Finden's Ben titles
of Moore; The Fountain; Tlic Opal; The Rose; The
Sacred Mountains; Poems and Pictures lor 1R47; Childe
Harold, with sixty illustrations of its Landscape Jscenery;
Hogers s Poems illustrated: Longfellow's Poems illustrated ;
llyrant's Poems illustrated ; Bhakspenre illustrated. Five
editions of standard authors, many of them beautifully illustrated,
others richly bound; Alliums, Drawing Books,
French and English Portfolios of goat skin, velvet, and
other materials; Bibles, Testaments, and Prayer Books
-.hi i in vcivpi, ana in me nnest etrir ami Motocoo J
bindings; Juvenile Hooks in great variety i gold and silver J
pencil cases; gold |>en?, iVe., Ate. Many of which are im- '
ported direct from Ktlrope by the subscriber and just opened?(or
(ale at the lowest northern price* in every case.
_ Iter 22 F. TAYLOR
FIKNCH Millinery, Knney Art lei re, Ac.?The subscriber
will open, over hi* store, this morning, from
Mis* K. Doyle's establishment, of Philadelphia, a large and n
splendid assortment of Indies' dresses, (lowers, ribands,
die., to which he would resftectftilly invite the atrention of
U>e ladies of Washington and it* vicinity. "
Orders taken (or evening dresses.
OliOROE C. ALLEN, j
Pennsylvania avenue, between 11th nnd 18th street*.
Dee. Id?3til WTh.VM j'(
LOJWI CAIHMRRR SHAWLS.?We have on hand 20 l'
long French Cashmere shawls, which we will offer very
great bargains; we have them in two colors, Arc. These .
drawls are in the second story of our store fbr exhibition.
Iter ff-etir D. OLAOETT fe CO. (
VAlt LOAN >tt 4 1IASR, c
FRO* NCW YORK AXO rmt.ADtLPHO.
Ihifurrrr?tpi? linomt. f
Admittance free. "
Comer 7th street and Pennsylvania avenue, over Stott's J
Drugs tore,
Picture* taken in any kind of weather, clear, cloudy, or
larny, from 9 o'clock, a. m., till # o'clock, p. m.
Deo. 19 l
CHAPPBD HASM, LIP*, 4ta.-Tlm iirtml ?*?
being peculiarly calculated to producs the above paiulul
and annoying disfigurements, we would invito attention
to lite very superior quality of Patey's uoltl cream aud rose
lip aalvo winch we hava now tat baud. Ainu, die celcbra
ted camplior, alinoml, and olive soape, prepared especially
lor softening die skin and removing roughness and redness.
The highly reooimuunded meenfun, or Chine e) skin l)owdar,
is also one of the most desirable articles for die above
purposes now extant, possessing properties I'm die improvement
and com tort ol tlie skin anil complexion such arcuder
it a most esseulial appendage to a lady's toilet. Sold
only by J. H. GlbUs, sole agt-ui lor ilie District of Columbia,
l'utin. avenue, between 11th and lUtli streets,
Dec. 22?3uf
bplciiUKI Presents.
W FISCHER. importer of Engliali and French fancy
goods, has just received, via New York, a large case
ef choice and beautiful articles, suitable preeeuts lor the
approaching season; It is not sulHclcut to enumerate them,
.Til.... - _ i? i... ... ........i i... -
lion, which is respeclfulfy solii-ued at "stuliouer's Hull lwIbrc
purchases are Hindu uLewherc.
Doc ?-UJwif
HITIUXLOR'I IJquld HaJrl??i, .tk>.o?M|?l lo
bo iho best liquid dye over invented, changing
the liair Insiaiitaneoii-iy lo a beautiful black or brown,
without staining or injuring lite sltui. For Mile, wholesale
nnd rrtatl, by J. II. OlbB."4, role uuent for tin- Dutrict ol
Coluiubiu, Pennsylvania avenue, between 9th and 10th
streets, where will also be louud constantly uu hand a
handsome assortment of nrunineutal hair work, orders for
which will be likewise taken, n/ui executed with accuracy
a/id despatch.
D.cKi?iftif
LHAWI Or ltTUMII. I, TI.Ml'l.LM.lV, near cornet
of h street, has just received a fresh supply of Vatiel's
Law of Nations, MOusa ton's l/iw of Nations, and WlteaIon's
Elements of lntcrnationul Law. He has on hand a
Hue stouk of law lionks siiibible lor the Washington market,
together with tnuiiy bonks on the foreign relations of the
United States, on jmlilical economy, and finances. Full
sets of Niles's Kcgutcr, and otlier political registers. A tine
stock ol medical Look*, ami of all the current literature ol
IM day. U? 22.
NOTIC?.?Tim subscriber will prewnt for payment all
demand* due him <111 thu llrst of January next, and any
peraom having hill* or demand* against hint are requested
to present them for payment aho
fteell 8YLVANUS HOLMES
PIMia HIUJKKitY.
Mas. K. IIAKKlSt >.n, irom Baltimore, ha* taken the
tore on Penii yhania nvcuue, between I2th ami 14th
street*, formerly occupied by Mr. Harper, and will open, on
Wednesday, the 23d instant, a rich aa*ortrueut of bonnet*,
hat*, cutis, head-dresses, and a variety of fancy article*, to
which the attention of the Indie* I* respectfully invited.
Dec. 21?It
NOTICE.?Our lrietul* and oustotners, respectively, are
hereby notified that their bills will be handed to
thetn in tho course of a few day*, when it is confidently
hoped that Immediate settlement Will be made, either by
cash or notes at short dates.
Doc 21??t P. H. HOPE & CO.
To Utstlemrn ot Uu Bar.
rpHE subscriber ha* this day published, from the last
JL 1<OI1<1<H1 <*(1111011, Willi OlllllIIOIIUl Cn*CS, Continuing llll'
work to the year 1>M6, Harrison's Analytical Digest of nil
the reported case* determined in the House of Lords, the
several courts of Common law, in banc, and at nisi prius,
and the court of bankruptcy, from the year 1786 to the year
1846, including also die crown case* reserved, and a full
seleottotl of equity decisions, with the in anuscrip casus cited
in the beet modern treatises not elsewhere reported. By K
Tarrant Hnrnson, esq., of the Middle Temple. In five very
Urge royal 8vo. vols., containing more thnn five thousand
pages. ROBERT H. SMALL,
No. 25 Minor street, Philadelphia.
This work can be had in Washington, of Mr. Pt. Templeniaii
Is-c 21?itdlfeStop
ELKOAVT Books tor Presents,?Thr subscriber has
now on hand, and is every day receiving, a number of
lieautifully-bouiid book* for Christmas. Among them arc
the poetical works of Bryant, Byron, Milton. Hemans,
Craboc, Heber, Pollock, Rogers, Campbell, Kirk White,
Young, Coleridge, Shelly, Keats, and Howell, in different
sizes and binding. Also, a number of splendid annuals,
prayer-books, and bibles, Catholic and Protestant, and a
variety of beautiful books for children.
C.EORfiK TF\fPI.F\T IN!
Dec 21 Near corner 44 street iumI Ponn. avenue.
AC IRD.-Tlin sub -cribers take occasion thus early to
give thoir customer-* notice that all ih-.-ir accounts will
be rendered to 1st of January, and that they will be exceedingly
obliged to all and each of them for an early settlement.
They give this early notice in the confident belief
and hope that all will be prepared to settle with them at
that time.
Dec. 16?dtlstJanif D. CLAGETT A CO.
WANTED, an eJBrlent female servant, woh lias been
accustomed to wait on ladies, and a neat cleaner.
None need apply hut such as can present the very best recommendations.
Inquire at the Union otfice.
Important from Parts.
CHARLES GAUTIER has the honor to inform the citizens
of Washington and the District that ten additional
cases of fancy bonbons boxes, manufactured expressly for
that well-known establishment called^ La Ville dc Paris,
cortror of Pennsylvania avenue and Eleventh street, have
just been received direct from Paris, and will be opened
an the 2*A1 instant, on which occasion there will ?!?/, L ? *.
liibited ft beautiful variety of exquisite kisses, unsurpassed
In the United States for their intrinsic excellence and
benutv; together with a splendid assortment of fancy arti3les,
developing the resources of the confectioner's art to an
ext -nt never attempted hitherto in this country.
Charles Gautier has ulso the pleasure to inform his
rriends and patrons ihnt he haw on hand a large suppy of
preserved fruits, and will continue to receive during the
winter season every species of fruit, preserved in id! its
>rigiunl freshness and purify, and at all times tasting as If
just culled from the garden.
, Charles Gautier will also be happy to attend private parlies,
public assemblies, Ate.
Dec. 16?dt29thif
ICII ASO IIKAITIFIL (SOODg to be disposed of
by Lottery.?123 chances, at #10 each.
iVo. Valut.
103. 1 China dinner service. Mat. blue, containing
147 pieces, each peiee a different flower - $309 00
>309. 1 China dinner service, Dover green, same assortment
as No. 103, 147 pieces - - 200 00
3133. 1 China dinner service, Chinese pattern, containing
133 pieces ^ - - 175 00
waz. i onina tea service, .vtnt. nmo ana goia, containing
85 pieces - - - 85 00
>969. 1 China tea service, vermilion nnd gold, containing
85 pieces - - 68 00
>996. 1 China tea service, pink and gold, containing
82 pieces - - - 55 00
614. I China tea service, dark blue and gold, containing
91 pieces - - 60 00
1 Cliinn ten service, blue raised, figured and gilt,
containing 82 nieces - 25 00
I China Arabian lady, lace twining* - - 25 00
t 1 V? do do do - - 25 00
I China Chantry's Group, sleeping sisters - - 15 00
i China Sir Robert Peel - . 12 00
I China Duke of Wellington ... 12 <M)
I China Napoleon - - - 10 00
i China Pitt, In chair - 12 00
1 China Sir Walter Scott, in chair - 12 00
: China Wilberforee, in chair - - -12 0!)
t China Charles Pox, in chair - - -12 09
China Greyhounds, on cushion- - - 9 00
. China Daniel O'Connell - - - 6 00
Egyptian Obelisk, black marble - - 15 00
Bust of Sir Walter Scott, China bisque - 2 50
Do do do do - - 2 00
Girl in chair do - 4 00
Boy in chair do - 4 00
Bust of Ijord Brougham do - 2 50
Do do do 2 50
India Chinn garden seat - - 12 50
Do do do do 12 50
China chessboard, painted and gold flowers - 75 00
Do do plain - - -15 00
Bust of Washington, China bisque 6 00
Bust of Emperor Nicholas do - 5 00
Rutland Vase, China flowers - - 2 50
Do do do do - - 2 50
#1,280 00
Goods exhibited nnd ohances sold by
C. S. FOWLCR,
Odd Fellows' Hall, 7th street.
N. B. The drawing will take place as soon as the chances
.re all taken, and due notice will be given of the same.
Deo 18?eotfif
rHPOHTAST work for Bonkers, Merchant*, Brokers,
L and others.?J net published, and for sale by the hookselsrs,
a new and highly interesting work, entitled "Memoirs
.mi Auto-Biography of Wealthy Citizens of Philadelphia;"
a which is adder! a biogrnphy of Stephen Girard, Jacob
lidgwav, and Obed Coleman. Price *71 cents.
Dec lff??t
f tlAtTlimo AT COST. ?The proprietors of the New
York Mammoth Clothityj Store, having determined to
lose their winter stock or clothing, Offer their large and
ashionable assortment at cost. Gstitlemon wishing to reilonish
tlieir wardrobes, will find this an e reel lent ouportuilty
to do so at very little cost, as one price will only tie askd.
Gentleman can satisfy themselves by a faw moment's
nsneetion.
A largo lot of servant's clothing on the same terms.
J GALLIGAN & SON,
Dec. ! ?eolm Nnxt door to D. Clagett Sc Co.
COMMUNICATIONS.
The Tariff and Wanbatuc IrlU- Ainu llr Hubert PmI
awl Mr. Webster's Pulley.
HO. II.
The great and important interests of our country arc
agriculture, commerce, and manufactures. The fatter
bears no comparison in consequence and value to eithei
of the others , but. strange to say, the legislation of oui
country for the last thirty years has been mainly directed
to the advancement of tnat interest, fudeed, it has been
but too partial and one-sided; and it may fairly be asked
what tptcuil favors Congress has conferred on either agriculture
or commerce, beyond those absolutely called foi
on purely national grounds, broad and distinct, withuui
being marked by favoritism or partialityThey have
beeu ouunly self-sustained ; and, with a noble resolution
to be independent of legislative aid, they have scornedlo
ask it to build up either at the expense of the others. Not
so with the manufacturers, for myriads of weak and rick etty
establishment* have been fosterel by the national
legislature, whilst our commerce has been Paralyzed?
nay, seriously injured?by the ill-judged purtiality evinced
to the great "American system." And if this potent element
in our power and influence as a nation has suffered,
agriculture, by a natural sympathy, has quickly and
keenly felt the wrongs inflicted on commerce.
True it is, the warehouse bill was passed for the bene
ill ol commerce at the last session of Congress; and although
the boon, if it were one. was called for by every
conanleration of taunt I national policy, (when we advert
to the multifarious interests connected with commerce,1
yet it was not conceded without a violent struggle on the
part of the manufacturing interest to defeat it.^The selfishness
of the "American-system" gentlemen had nearly
accomplished this; and, as it is, they have made it alinosl
an abortion. Its provisions are glaringly defective, and
the period to which it is restricted is too snort to be of es
sential benefit to our ports on the Atlantic or the Gulf ol
Florida. It remains for Congress to consider this, and if
they wish to confer a substantial benefit on the commerce
of the country, the |>eriod for warehousing goods must be
extended to two years, and the general provisions of the
bill greatly liberalized. In its present shape it is too
much of the hybrid order?a warehouse bill and not a
warehouse hill?a favor reluctantly given and loaded
w ith restrictions and penalties w hich go far to neutralize
its benefits.
With a warehouse system similar to that of England in
all its liberal features, our commerce would flourish and
our revenue would increase; but adopt the wily sug?es
uuiin ui uic iiuiiiuiiu.iurcrn, w no artr never recrcsoi iu ineir
instincts in clumcring for protection, and in opposing all
and even thing which seems jn their judgment to militate
against their interest, the whole will be nullified and rendered
utterly useless. 1/ they cannot destroy, they will
uinaaculate. Their policy is emphatically the Cnintue
|Kilky: ami if they could encircle our vast country with a
wall of fuoiiiBMiu.N? L e. pains and penalties, if "not with
stone and mortar?they would, like those who are their
very type, denounce all who were not of us, an "outside
barbarians." and interdict them from bringing anything
here, whether it were opium or dry goods, crockery or
hardware, Lc. Their aim has been abundantly obvious
ever since ISlfl, when the much vaunted "system" became
the pet of our national legislation.
VVe have borrowed much from the land of our ancestors,
and it might be well for both countries, perhaps, if
we borrowed more. Our language is the same, as well
as our whole social organization in all its essential features;
our religion, too, and that noble system of jurisprudence
which a Manslield and a Murray, as well as a
Marshall and a Kent, have adorned by their virtues and
their learning. We have borrowed much from their system
of legislation?much of good with much of evil also
?much that we ought to strike from our statute book
as that great country ha* struck from her's. No where
is the science of government better understood than
there. We speak not of forms of government, but the j
science (if we may so speak) of legislation, by and j
throuirh the action of which the comfort and hantiiness I
of the whole people may be promoted, without detriment
to one class or another. By no other country is its commerce
more warmly cherished than by England, for to
this source she owes mainly her wealth and her power.
Her warehousing system has been a mighty auxiliary to
her vastly extended commerce. Go io her government
docks, her government warehouses, and immense wine
vaults in London?you have formed a feeble ami most
imperfect conception of her prodigious wealth and resources
until you have examined them?and you will no
longer wonder at the amazing energy she has displayed
in her wars of a recent period, when that which washer
very life's blood?her commerce?supplied her with so
vast a portion of the means required for her operations,
offensive or defensive. With the extension and improvement
of the warehouse system, the commerce of England
has llourished; but for this, it never would have increased
so rapidly, and her far-seeing statesmen are too sagacious
to^cripple that great arm of her power by curtailing the
facilities which it so imperatively demands by every con- i
deration due to a nation's welfare. ' i
Nothing is more prejudicial to our interests than a ,
varillatinir nnlirv?nothing moro ininrinna tlinn nnrane- i
ing change; what appears with us to be settled to-day is
I afloat to-morrow, and capricious legislation makes sport
of that which ought to oe fixed and enduring?at least
until experience proves that the interests of the whole
country demand a change. There is quackery in legislation
as well as in other matters; and if the vital interests
of millions did not suffer by their experiments, our
stale empirics might go on ad libitum in administering
their nostrums. VVe would laugh at their folly, if we
could not commend their wisdom. That our commerce
has suffered, grievously suffered, by the exactions of the I
manufacturing interest in past years, is undeniable; /
and that to her strong recuperative energies alone she ;
has been mainly indebted for the position she now holds, i
is equally true; but let our state doctors go on with ;
their admirable succe laneums?their purging and blood i
letting, their styptics and bandaging, soon, too soon, the i
process of exhaustion may commence, and the victim die i
under the infliction. A reduced revenue and an empty 1
treasury will proclaim the folly of our Solons; recourse t
to direct taxation must be hail if the expenses of govern- t
ment are to be defrayed, or repudiation, on no mean and (
trifling scale, must be proclaimed and practised. i
That the manufacturers are resolved on a change of <
our tariff policy, is no longer a matter of doubt. In vino t
ventas. A strong voice has proclaimed it from the festive (
board in the "city of brotherly love," and the first dc- i
monstration of the monopolists is to be made on coal and t
iron. Since the decree has gone forth from the "Chinese ! i
Hall," (a fitting theatre for proclaiming tariff dogmas!) (
that the resurrection of the system is to ne accomplished, \
it behooves the congressional friends of a liberal policy, i
unfettered by restrictions unwise as they are selfish and |
impolitic, to stand up like men, statesmen of large and f
liberal views, and vindicate the work they have only |
commenced. Some statesmen as well as lawyers have a <
happy faculty in making the worse appear the better I
cause; and as truth is not always a necessary ingredient i
in their arguments, they draw freely on your credulity, (
with the ready belief that you will not protest their drafts.
Mr. Webster's great free-trade speech of 1824 stands in
sorry contrast with his great unfi-free-trade speech of t
1846, fulminated from "Chinese Hall." It is painful to f
see and hear a great man making a confession of his t
political oncnces in auvauceu nie, ana sun more ikiiiiiiii
and distressing to hear hint eat the very words he had
previously uttered as the truth. Political consistency
involves something of moral honesty, and should not be
lightly hazarded without the most urgent and pressing
reasons
If Mr. Webster has abjured the faith which he once
advocated with ardent zeal and burning eloquence, many
are still wedded to the opinions which he so skilfully
innoculated them with in 1824. Great as is his success
as a pleader, he cannot induce them to exchange the
honest convictions of Daniel Webster in 1824 for the
honest convictions of Daniel Webster in 1841! We assign
no reason as an explanation of the singular case we
advert to?"Daniel Webster versus Daniel Webster;" but
it is abundantly obvious that if he were right in 1824, he
must be wrong in 1840; or if he be right now, he must
have been wrong then. We hazard no surmises relative
to Mr. Webster's course in the matter. He may be interested
in manufacturing stock, or he may be remunerated
in money for his powerful advocacy of the "system
; but, looking forward to posthumous fame, he
cannot be indifferent to the estimate which will be placed
on his character as n statesman of great and commanding
powers, of sterling integrity, of liberal views, of consistent
action! The tongue of slander may be busy with
him even when he is the tenant of the inmb; ami if he
leaves a noble legacy of fame to his children, let him beware
that there is no feature in it to mar their grateful
reflections?nothing to sully the memory of one whose
genius and talents (however much they may have been
prostituted to party) will be admired and respected by his
country.
There is something peculiarly striking in the relative
positions of Sir Robert Peel and Daniel Webster?the
former the subject of a monarchy, and a strenuous advo
cat* of the royal prerogative ana aristocratic privilege, 11
the latter a wimple and unpretending citizen of a republic, |
f? hah??^*a?
md the eloquent "expounder" of State rights, "constitu
tonal law," and enlightened govermnen tt With an abil
tv a* powerful an it wan rare, we find the Kuglish Utro
ict giving hie earlier and riper years to the vindication oi
oval right* and aristocratic privilege, upholding the one
tnd sustaining the other with a force that was perfectly
rresistthle! See that same man now, at a mure ad
a need period of his life, when he is about to aur
render into the hands of his successor* the aeali>f
office. with all its honors and emoluments?driven
from it by a hard hearted and remorseless fac
tion. not becauss he warred against the prerogative
of the crowa?not because his general policy as prime
ninister was adverse to their views, but simply because
le would not consent to the longer continuance of a
grinding monopoly, which was not only injurious to
oinineree, but threatened an oppressed people with the
norrorsof starvation I This it was which caused the
luwniall of that great man ; and it ia Uifhuuti to imagine
t scene invested with so deep au interest?with more of
the moral sublime thrown around it?than when Sir Hob
rt stood up iu Parliament and vindicated, with signal
Ability and the earnestness of the true patriot, the action
>/ the government in reference to the corn laws He
vim the very impersonation of a generous and humane
lolicy?the very "embodiment" of all that was truly liberal
and enlightened 111 government. Yes, he stood there
is tkt advocate of the people; and with an eloquence icier
v id as it was rare denounced the fatal and destructive
policy, which, while it swelled the weulth of a bloated
ariH*ir cv>, ground the face of the poor gnU robbed theui
of Heaven's aoon?the means of appeasing the cravings
of hunger. Having accomplished his mission, he gracefully
surrendered the office which he held, as he could no
longer administer its functions and powers consistently
with the true honor of the crown and the well being of
the |K-ople. In the fulness of his fame as a statesman,
conscious of Ins integrity and strong in the purity of his
motives, he fell a victim to mean malignity and sordid
avarice. In the very zenith of In- pown he gave up all
iut hi- honor, for he would not barter his feelings as a
man, his large humanity, for the sake of propitiating a
liarty, the bond of whose union and existence was a denial
of cheap food to a suffering people. But look we
now at the contrast !
Scan the earliest years of Mr. Webster's legislative career,
we find some of his noblest efforts on behalf of
commerce and unrestricted trade. His own feelings were
enlisted in the cause, and heartily did the people respond
io mem. unce unu again, ami again mu ne resist uie insidious
policy which the monopolists were resolved to fanten
oil the country; with unmatched power* of rcasoniug did
he expo*- the fallacy of the arguments which were urged on
behalf of a fatal policy as being at war with the very spirit of
our institution*, and ml verse to our growing commerce.
With true philosophy did he demonstrate that, with the
varied and unlimited productions of our soil, with little
to fear from the competition of other countries, our chief
object w a.* to stimulate agriculture, and to cherish her
principal auxiliary?commerce. Adam Smith and Ricardo
funne l al that period hi* i.ule meutm, in illustrating
the true Wealth of Nations, and powerfully did he euforce
the principles which they ?<> ably inculcated. Long
and gallantly did he, with kindred spirits, resist the
stealthy march of the foul Moloch of our country; and
so long as lie acted with the friends of free and unrestricted
commerce, he ceased not to denounce the growth
of the manufacturing interest as anti-republican, as hostile
to our liberties, and in deadly conflict with the commercial
and agricultural interest* of the country. Years
ran their course, however, and Air. Webster was to apiiear
in a new phase of his political history. Some Delilah
(?) deprived hun of his locks, and the great intellectual
Samson of the east was silent as the grave itself
when commerce and agriculture called upon him for aid !
No, the whole course ol our legislation was to be perverted,
and the transcendent talents of a Webster were
arrayed on behalf of restriction, enlisted in the cause of
mnnoimlv ' That thp chrfnirc was the result of rnnvie.
turn, is hard to believe, although Air. Webster has again
and azain declared such was the fact; it is painful to
think of it, and still more so to find that hie splendid intellect
has yet to aire its unstinted energies on behalf of
the "Chinese" philosophers of the north?the gentlemen
whose alpha and omega is " protection," " protection,"
protection!"
The parallel we have attempted to run is true to the
very letter, and pity it is there is no redeeming feature
about it. We nnu, on the one hand, a man pre-eminent
for his talents and virtues, long the able and unshrinking
advocate of monopoly and exclusive legislation,
as his ministerial career was drawing to
a close, declaring before the whole world that
the principles he had long advocated in Parliament
were wrong, were founded in erroneous views
of sound political economy: and that if the happiness
of the people, their comfort and well being, were to
be considered in the great question of a nation's welfare,
taken in the aggregate, restrictions mist cease,
commerce mist go free, and the people must be left to
supply themselves at the cheapest rate possible. On the
other" hand we have another great statesman, whose
clarion notes have rung through our halls of legislation
on behalf of wronged and qppressed Greece; whose potent
voice has once and again been raised to vindicate the
rights of man, the unrestricted freedom of commerce, and
the most perfect and unshackled liberty to all, compatible
with law, order, and religion. We find that he, too, has
changed his ground in his mnturer years, not to say his
old a'e; he, too, renounces the opinions which he had
formed in the meridian of life, and adopts, with an ardor
itterlv inexplicable, the wornout and rejected theories of
die b'cst practical statesmen of Europe! Mr. Webster
wirely must know that there are "obsolete" opinions on
many questions as well as on that of banking, with as
ittle ot the "oJor of nationality" about them; and that
o run counter to the spirit of the age in legislating for
iny country, is a dangerous experiment for any public
nan to make. Instead of keening pace with the times,
in J imitating the example of his illustrious contempo ary,
in striking enactments from our statute-book which
gnorance and folly and nursling statesmen had devised
'or repressing industry, rather than encouraging it, Senator
iVebster would thrust us back to the darker ages, when
otal prohibition and sumptuary laws were the order of
he day with our Saxon ancestors. Xhe cut of a man's
mat in those days, the shape of his hat, the shape of his
.vig, the texture of his rtether integuments, and the size
if his knee and shoe buckles, were all important maters
to be considered; and when the "orders in coun;il"
were given, wo betide the obstinate and unfortulate
fellow who did not conform to them?If he was
lot dragged before the Star Chamber to answer for
lis contumacy, the "pains and penalties" he incurred
they understood such in those days, as well as in ours,)
vcre usually discharged by propitiating the monarch's
irivate exchequer, or bribing some of nis ministers or
nrlires of ense virtilp. Docs the front Now Knirland
itatesman desire to give us something analogous to those
mlcyon days of Old England ? Does he wisn to bless us
.vith a Policy as stringent and as exclusive ??when the
a rig willed what was to be imported and wbat not, what
vas to be worn and what not, of "domestic manufacture."
ir foreign ?
It is mortifying to contrast the course which Mr. Webiter
deems it proper to pursue in contradistinction to
he liberal and magnanimous policy of Sir Robert Peel,
iouth Carolina's gifted son better appreciates what is due
0 the people and the institutions of his country ; and if
lis profound and statesmanlike views are adopted, our
:oinmon country has a long career of prosperity before her.
Surely it cannot be that we are to be made a laughingitock
among the nations of the earth ; that our legislaion
is to be a very mockery in name?"a by-word and
1 renroach*'?a satire on everything liberal and enlightened
in republican government; that the antiquated policy
if European nations is to be readopted by us, when they
ire conforming nil their revenue measures to the gen>rous
spirit of the age. It cannot surely be, when Eurme
is proclaiming by hcT risible action, the benign and
military effects of which are felt everywhere, thnt the era
>f restrictions, of prohibitions, of exorbitant duties, must
jive way 10 a r>euer ana juster dispensation; mai tne
>eoplc. the whole people must have a larger in the blessngs
of a mild and paternal government. The example
tet by England is now being Followed by France, Spain,
benighted Spain!) Belgium, Holland, and the whole of
he Herman States, witli Russia also, and the. Pope of
dome to boot. If we are true to our interests as a peoilc,
and to our legitimate destiny, we cannot retrograde
,vhile they are advancing in the cause of free trade?in
he great'work of humanity itself, in promoting the inerests
and bettering the condition of the peoule. The
>eneticent arrangements of the Creator for the kappiness
if his crentures must not be defeated by the foolish and
nsane legislation of man ; the policy of the darker ages
nust be no longer tolerated to gratify his selfish cupidity,
ind to thwart the obvious designs of Providence. Strange,
strange indeed would it be, if a nation so highly favored
is we have been should furnish the singular spectacle
*f our jealously cherishing our political liberties inthe
ibatract, while, at the same time, we voluntarily consent
o be robbed of some of our dearest rights and privileges
:o gratify the thirst for gain so glaringly, so offensively
forced on us by men who have earned for themselves the
nglorious and hated name of monopolists!
ANTI-TARIFF.
^ ' miscellaneous.
~
Froui (he New Orleans Delta. b
JMh MMM. CI
Jack Moraii wan certainly the moot original geniun J'
hat we ever met with. He served in all lite campaign.- "
in the Florida war, and was present at the battles of He
?aca de la Palina and Palo AJto. Jack is no fictitious in- ?
iividual, but a real flesh-and-blood animal, and in all l'<
human probability, at the very tune that we write thi* C>
he is either lounging about the Palo Alto House, at Point (J
Isabel. or else shooting curlews and cranes in the marshcr- ?
tdjacent. Jack's headquarters were the sutler's store of '<
our arauible friend H , and to H Jack waa "all in "
ill." He blacked boots, curried down the horses, sbot *
:>ird?, drank whiskey, diJ all the "chores" and cursing i*
for the whole party. The lirst acquaintance we ha.: tl
vith Jack, was one fine morning directly after a rain
The back part of the store, (a mere rickettv-racketty "
hanty,) was absolutely alive with frogs Some one ?
.'alia! out, in the very richest Milesian brogua? *
" Ah, Paddy, me boy, how are ye this inormn' ? Jim
my, love, did ve slape well last night? Bytheluksov '?
ver coat Put thinkin' tliat ye wur caught in the rain '
\iver miiui, Juumy, you and I are one and the woe; 4
both ov ua disciples or the bliasid Father Mat hew, and "
row Id wather is our maxim forirer an a day. Ceorgy, r<
my lark, how'a yer mother, ait all?oh, murther! mar- I"
ihsr! I've kilt hnn ! I've kilt him!" "
Jack buret utto the atore, with hia handa before hie a
eyes, apparently in the greatest sgouy of reiQorse. *
" What's tlie matter, Jack .** *
"Oh, I've kilt my darlin" He was the loveliest of or
em all?I nursed him since he was a babe, and now I've b
murdered him!" *
" Murdered who, Jack f" }<
"Foor little Fnthrick, the little frog wid the speckled '?
coat and the white stomach ! I accidentally throd on hi> V'
toe and broke his back !" h
Just at this moment an elongated specimen of humani- ''
ty, as yellow as saffron, and as weak as that same coffee, -11
(which was so weak that it couldn't run down an in- bi
, lined plane,) entered the store and inquired "for some? *
bird snot?to?shoot?them little birdees?that?wos a ,a
coiniii' all around." At almost every word the poor fel- h
low would have to stop and draw a long breath, in order
to give bin strength sufficient to repeat the succeeding ?
one; but Jack, although his heart was full of sympathy "
for the afflicted, could not resist the opportunity. il(
"Is it shot ye want?"
"Yes?I want?some shot?to shoot?them there lt
little?"
"Oh, I know what ye want. Is it for them wee bits ,J
ov birds that come hoppin' about as thick as gooseberries in
in mackerel saison 81
"Well, I don't?waut?nothin'?else."
"By the powers, me boy, ye've come to the right place. **
This h? the only stoor (store) that they sell shot to kill ;l'
(him mainp hinimm. sin ils* lnckv I am hprp to attind on vp
I at
i've thneii and thried to kili'em, but this is the only kind a'
ov metal that will penethrate their hides." "
Here Jack scooped up about a pound of buck ihot, large
enough to kill a bull, let alone birds not larger than
sparrows. "
"Rut," said tlie invalid, "I wanted mustard-seed shot, .
1?" b<
' Man alive," answered Jack, with seeming asperity, m
"1 till ye these and no others are the shot. I muled thin
in muni hard, and ould Major Munroc, long life to him ar
say I ! used to kill thousands and thousands or birds ivery
mornin' befoor noon for his breakfast." ai
Jack's logic had a great effect on the "green un," and
he actually sold him four pounds of buck shot to be used .
against birds tamer than chickens and not bigger than 18
wrens!
Jack was a foraging jiarty in himself?money was of al
no use to him?lie had plenty of whiskey, two old spav- w
incd horses, a gun that went off once in about five times, in
and as for powder and shot, why he always managed to el
get them somehow or other. He would kill a brace or til
two of plover, and then sell them for a fish; then he'd hi
trade the hah oti for whiskey and ammunition, or any- w
thing else that he might w ant. So he went on, a care- as
less, light-hearted, liquor-loving creature, thinking of
naught that might happen on the morrow. ot
Once, whilst on a shooting excursion on the plain out- lit
side the fortifications at Point Isabel, Jack happened to ap
be our escort. In fact, he acted ns pointer, and showed ?ti
where the game lay. Suddenly be flushed a corey of it
partridges?we were about to fire when he shouted
"bouillon!" . ge
"Jack,you're a fool! what did you do that for V Ci
"Ah, sir," said Jack, with a true sigh, "D'ye see that W
grave, yonder; not thim narrow dirt piles, but the grave su
there wid the muskets an bag'nets standin' round it.
That, sir, is poor Ringgold's grave, an these is his par- tu
tridgis. They feed about there and seem to love his aust; ar
I wouldn't kill one of'm if I was starvin!" he
The lesson was simple, but touching. There, indeed, an
was the truly martial grave of the gallant Ringgold, and w
liis friends, where sii
" Sadly and slowly they laid him down, R<
Froth the field of his fame fresh and gory;
Yet they carved not a line?raised not a stone? Sa
But left him alos* in his glory!" th
On another occasion, too, we noticed a spirit in Jack trc
that was above all praise. An officer of the army was on cv
furlough, (a term used, possibly, to save his feelings, for ph
in fact we believe it was an eternal furlough;) he was Os
very much addicted to intemperance, which, in all proba- we
bility, was the cause of all his misfortune. One morning,
after a carouse, he woke up and found that some person co
had cut the shoulder straps from his military coat. Naiu- lu
rally sensitive, this insult drove him almost distracted. Hi
and as the dernier resort, he again had recourse to the
bottle. About noon he was a perfect maudlin?friendless,
poor, and disgraced almost beyond redemption, he w
had none to succor him, and would not ce
" Have turned upon his heel to save his life !" is
All around were laughing, sneerim* scoffing: but poor a
Jack Moran, the drunken soldier, still had a heart which ge
weiieu uj> ine purest streams ui sym|>ainy. nc iook ? '
charge of the disgraced officer, and treated him with the ~
tenderness of a brother. "Ah, gintlemin," said Jack, "I l
know that I am not the likes of ye?for I like to git -f
dhrunk, and be me sowl I'd be dhrunk all the while if
me fortune could afoord it. Ah, poor Captain , 1
knew him whin he was a man, and a braver nor a better Ca
soger nivir stood in shoe leather. If ye'd seen him as I
have, wid his beautiful wife alongside ov him, his bright *(i
soord by his side, and his eye sparklin' wid the bright
hope, ye'd not laugh at him now. The bloody Ingun !ja
Seminoles ruined his sweet lady?if they'd murtherod ner
it would ha' been a blessin'?but, no matther?he's nivir p,.
been the same man since!" fG
As noble a heart as ever beat in man's bosom dwelt in
the breast of poor Jack Moran I ct
of
PanehUiw. Al
THE ENGLISH IN LITTLE.?BY GENERAL TOM THUMB. c1'
Tom Thumb goes to the Palace?the " Backstairs"?the th
Maids-of-honor.
" I don't much like going to the palace up the back- a
stairs," said Governor Barnum. " Shouldn't much like nc
Congress to know it. 'Tisn't doing the thing by the starspangled
banner. However, just to sec what crowned
heads is made of, we'll go."
" In course," said I, lor already I felt my teeth in the c|,
royal muffins. " In course."
Barnum set down, and writ a short note to the queen,
civilly telling her, that as we had no other engagement
for that night, we'd come. Barnum was going to seal the
letter with wax.
"Governor," says I, " no wax: think of the independence
of the model republic, and seal with a wafer." jn
Well, at seven o'clock?for the queen dined very early w
that day to sec us?we druv from our private lodgings in ol
Grafton street to Buckingham Palace. We took nothing
more than a cab, to show American independence.
" If Mrs. Victoria," said Barnum to me, " had asked us ,f>
in at the front-gate, where the flag is flying, we'd have
gone, General, in a coach-and-six. As it is. we'll match ^
the hnrlcstairs with n rnh " *>
Well, we druv up. and had'nt need to ring the bell; for L
the door was openwl in a minute, and a dozen critturs in <>'
crimson?with railroads of gold running up and down Pi
their coats, and their heads as if they'd come out of a es
snow-storm?were waitin' for us. I hadn't then time to ' *'
make a meditation, or I should have said something JV
about happy Columbia, where our helns are free citizens. (.
and not tattooed by the tailors, as tney are among the
Britishers. However, I did say to Governor Bnmum very th
softly, " I'd rather be a Red Man than a Man in Crim- In
son. Whereupon the governor half-shut his eye, like a ?
slit in a money-Dox, ana held up his finger .
" General, this is the back-stairs," said one of the helps ?
in crimson. n
Prhaps, my countirmen?for I write to Americans?yon n?
may have heard of tne back-stairs of palaces. You never
saw sich a thing, and for the sake of our happy republic I <1?
hope you never will- At Washington there is no back stairs. m
When we want Mr. Polk, we don't stand knocking at the
door; but iuat turn the handle and walk into the drawing- ,;
room; and if he's not there, into any other place in the
house; and we should just like to catch him putting a
nit to any door on the premises. Tis n't so at the court
f the Britishers.
" This is the hack-stairs," said the hell*. Ami first, to
egin with, they are so tarnation small, and ao cruel
rooked, that I'm certain no really great man ever could
0 up and down 'em. Howsomever, the governor and 1
louritod and mounted?frelinj: ourselves walking up a
jrkscrew?and we both thought there would he no end
t it How 1 did pity the poor critturs of jsilaces, obliated
to ran up and down a twisting, twirling, hack stair ise,
fitterer for eels and snakes to go up and dowa, and
1 and out, much tittrrer than for two-legged humane.
IWell.at last we got up the back-stairs : and though 1 am
ively small, when I'd got to the end I never did feel so lite
in my life. " Governor," ?ny* I, * if they don't 1st us
ut at the front gate, 1 shall stay here for good. There is
o back-stairs in a free republic, and uiy dander is up at
le thoughts on it."
Agin the governor puts up his finger, as much as to say
bus'uess." So I says nothin', but stands still to gst my
'ind. " You must stay here till Her Majesty shall
r pleased to command your presence," said the hall i<IH 1
I wan a little riled at this, "but with "bus'nees" upperlost
in my mind, I mud nothing Wall, in a few mintes,
what they call a lord-in-waitin' cornea tu ua, and save
re must follow him. Vou should have seen the cntir.
He was dressed in sky-blue satin coat, with amberalored
very-sinalls, and a pink-w&istcost, with silver
enwinkles crawling all about it. There was bunches
f silk sunflowers and hollyhocks worked in his skirts?
nd silk convolvuluses s running round his cuds. He
ranted nothing but a tight-rope and a balanoe-puie to be
t up for life.
And I dare sav, now, vou want to know what is meant
y a lord-in-waitin'. Why, it's }>st a lord awaiting for
rhatever he ciui get to better himself. They all belong
> what is called noble families, and go to tne palace to
rarn to be humble lo their own help* at home And
ou may be sure they are. For when a lord stands upon
is two legs for hours behind the Queen?and carries
rince Albert's fowling-piece when he goes a gunning?
nd holds his horse for bun to get and down agin?and
rings him his hat, and gloves, and stick, and all that?
rhy, you may be sure that sicn a lord has all the starch
iken out of him bv the time he gets back to his own
uuHf It's only nafrnl.
Weil, this low-in-waitin' took us through one room
nd then through another and another?ana if 1 wasn't
minded of them boxes that go on holding a box inside
box until there's no end on 'em, I'm iun a 'possum.
tat's all. At last, he said, "You *11 stay here." I began
) rile agin?but agin the governor held up his linger.
By-aiu-by comes a whole cloud of maids-of-honor,
h, such wulking nosegays of lilies and roses! I felt
iy heart beta' cut up like an apple, and a slice being
rved out all round
Well, if I didn't think they'd eat me ! Yea; I'm a seairiient,
if I didn't think my time was come ; for they
II run at me?with their arms out?like a flock of fowl#
tcorn. "I'll kins him," says one?"No, me first," say*
tot her?"Don't you think it," say# a third?"I'll kisa
im, if 1 die for it," screeched a "fourth ; and so they
tiled me from one to another?and kissed, and kissed",
id kissed?you would have thought there was a thouind
cart-whips a smacking altogether.
I have been a good deal about the world ; and have
ten kissed by the ladies in all quarters. It is therefore
y intention to write you a geographical account of kissg;
beginning with our own dear Yankee Doolie girls,
id ending with the Britishers. But to do this?and while
ueen Victoria is a waitia' to receive me?I must take
totlier sheet of paper.
The following account of the "Travels of a Meteor"
almost as good as that given ic Pickwick :
"An astronomical correspondent of the Morning Herd
having given an enlightened account of a meteor
hich appeared in the metropolitan heavens a few even
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suite, luutiu ino mo icuci u) nwpiiu; uitii
*e who may have observed it will communicate the
ne of observation, ami the course the meteor took. We
ire collected a deal of information upon this subject,
hich is perfectly at the service of the above or any other
tronomer who wishes to make use of it,
Mr. Napoleon Smith saw the meteor as he was coming ^
it of the A lelphi Theatre It came from the tail of the
>n on the top of the Northumberland House, and dh*
peared behind the garret window of a house in George
reet, Adelphi. Cannot be positive about the hour, but
was somewhere between the burlesque and the fare*. *
Policeman C, 103 j followed the meteor all down Reint
street. It disappeared down the area of a house in
ivendish square, and seemed to go into the kitchen.
rent after it, but could not see it anywhere. Hour,
nper time.
Miss Very Green saw a strong light as she was rerning
home from Islington. It shot into the heavens,
id then burst into a golden shower of guineas. Held out
:r apron, but did n6t catch any. Asked what it was,
id was told it was an eruption of Mount Vesuvius;
hich Miss Green thought was very likely indeed, eonlering
Vesuvius is somewhat in the neighborhood of
Ame. Tune, the last Dust to Barnes.
Cabman. Jim Downy. Doesn't know nuflin about it.
tw somenn blueish, then reddish, up in the 'evans, but
ought it van the firevorks of Wauxhall, and did't
mine 'imself to look agin, as he's tired seeing on'em
*ry night. They cum out of the chimbley of tne Eleant
and Castle, and vent he doesn't know There,
trries no vatch, and doesn't know the time rhen he
es it.
We hope tile above testimonies, which we sent out '
mmissioners purposely to coUect, will be sufficiently I
minous to support any celestial theory the Morning \
crald correspondent may entertain. f
Punch say# that a lead paper has been invented, by
hich vou may load and wad your gun by a single press.
This lend paper is sold at five pence per sheet, and
called the Morning Herald. Someone has published
work called "Laurels and Flowers." Punch intends
tting out a companion to it under the title of "Gamon
and Spinach."
(REI'AUATORY HOARDING SCHOOL, for M*l?
Children, under the charge of Miss Margaret G. Meade,
,lighter of the late Richard \V. Meade, of Philadelphia,
iled by assistant teachers: situated on the Harford road,
tout two miles from Ualtitr ore, at a country resideneo
niinonly known as Mount Vincent.
Children will be received in the Institution between the
;es of lour and ten.
S|>elling, Rending, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, Engh
Grnunuar, and the rudiments of History, will lie the
anclies chiefly taught in this institution. Those children
Ii09e parents Or guardians wish it will also bo taught
ttin, French, and Music ; but each of these branches will
rm a separata charge.
No pocket money will be allowed in the tiosscMion of the
lildren; and this rule will be enforced, for the protection
their health and the better government of their morals.
II their reasonable wants win bo supplied from the funds
positeii ny weir parents lor mat purpose.
Payment must be made semi-annually in advance t from
is rule there can lie no deviation.
No boarder will be received for a shorter time than half
year, nor retained louver than the age of fourteen ; and
i deduction made for absence, except in case of sickness.
Maternal care will be taken of all their comforts.
THE TERMS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
For board and instruction, including bed and bedding,
ashing and mending, payable half-yearly in advance, for
lildren of four years of age ... #125 00
From eight to fourteen years of age - - 100 00
Latin nrul French, each, per annum - - 20 00
Music on the piano, per annnm - - 40 00
For the use of the piano, |>er annum - - 4 00
Vocal music, per annum - - - 20 00
llntirinv unit drftwina ill the muster's nrlees.
Stationery, postage, iToetor's visits, and medicines, with
lirmnry fee* and clothing, if supplied by the institution,
ill form separate charges, varying accorcfing to tiie wants
each child, but always moderate.
Boys must come supplied with clothing for winter and
uniner, with a uniform of dark grey cloth and steel butns
; also one tea and table spoon, one fork, two tumblers,
id six napkins.
Kbfk*knckh.?Rev. A. J. Elder, Baltimore; Rev. C.
'hite, do,; Rev. E. MeColgau ; Very Rev, Dr. Power,
bw York ; Rev. James Ryder, President Worcester Colire
; Rev. Wm. Matthews, Washington ; Rev. Nicholas
Ttonnell, Brooklyn ; John K. Randall, esq., Baltimore ;
ofossnr A. D. Bnche, Coasst Survey ; George W. Webb,
q., Baltimore ; Charles H. Winder, esq., Washington ;
ieut. James Gilliss, United States Navy, do. : John Kendy,
esq., do. j Lieutenant J. Ward, United States Naval
ihool, Annapolis ; William Parrotl, csrj., Washington; R.
. Washington, do.
All letters must be addressed (post paid) to Miss Meade,
rough the Baltimore post office, who wdl give all further
formation required. Dec 18
Wot lee to Mariners,
i BEACON, fifty feet high, with a black ball on it, has
1. been erected on Sand Key, where it will remain until
light shall be established there. It may be seen in ordiiry
weather nine miles.
An American ensign Is hoisted at daylight every day on
e flagstaff, at the United States barracks, Key West, and
ay bo seen in ordinary wentlter ten miles,
S. R. MALLARY, Col Ac Sup.
The National Intelligenoer, Baltimore Sun, and Daily
lobe. New York, will please publish the above notice
irty days, and send their bills to this office.
Dec lcMrn