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From Ute Baltimore American.
The Public Block*, Cr?iltly and lt??ourc?.? of ViigiuU.
We think it will not be controverted that the value
of public stocks depends upon ttir credit ol Uie gov.ru
went which issues them, and thai thin ciedit depends
upon the measures, disposition, and atrtlity ol the |ov
eminent to suppoit u it ?onwiimaa happen* that the
credit, resource*, and conduct ol a Slate ate but litlle
known beyond her limits, and the Commonwealth ol
Virginia illusirales this truth At home she i? rated a?
she deserves to be , xud inost ol her public mock la in
the hands ol bur own citizen*, who know its value, who
hold it las), and prize it highly Hut at a distance this
noble Common wealth is viewed as u State entitled to
consideration mainly for the wisdom and services of her
oratois and statesmen, and her geneious ami patriotic
sacrifices lor the |>eace and salety of tlie Union. Her
immense resource*, her uiinual i-tuples, her comparative
ly limited debt, and the exact and scrupulous punctuality
with which she bus always fulfilled her public engage
ments of every kind, seem to lie but little understood
abroad, and in this respect she may not be inaptly styled
"the Great Unknown." But to the minds ol those who in
stitute the inquiries and investigations necessary to a pmper
knowledge ol the facte, the conviction will be clear and
conclusive that Virginia, tin the score of natural advan
tages and varied sources of power aud wealth, unques
tionably stands as high, if not higher than any other
State in the Union, and that her public debt, compared
with her ability to sustain it, is but us "a feather on the
caincl's hack." The wonder is that, in these fortune
seeking times, such valuable and inexhaustible ele
ments of public and private wealth should not have had
due appreciation.
One of our most active and intelligent citizens, James
H. Carter, esq., lately addressed a letter to Governor Floyd,
of Virginia, calling his attention to the various statements
which describe the debt,credit,ami resources of Virginia,
and asking his opinion about them For the information
of the public we publish below the entire correspondence,
not doubling that the valuable knowledge which it dis
closes will repay the reader for the trouble it may cost
him:
Letter of J. H. Carter, esq. .
Baltimore, June 7th, 1851.
Sir: The highly responsible and distinguished official
relation which you sustain to the ancient Commonwealth
of Virginia must be my apology lor the libcily I take in
addressing you on the subject of her public debt?a sub
ject in which I am sure you feel a deep ur.d abiding inter
est, in view of the extended system of internal improve
ments now in progress in your Stale.
1 have recently noticed and read with much interest
several articles on the subject of " Virginia and her re
sources." They appeared in the National Intelligencer,
New York Commercial Advertiser, and other leading
journals, copies of which I take the liberty to enclose,
and beg to ask to what extent their statements may be re
lied upon. Do they imbody, lully and accurately, all the
facts essential to a just estimate of the capabilities of your
State, and of tier claims to the confidence of capitalists !
If these statements be entitled to entire confidence, the
new coupon bonds which you are about to issue should
rank amongst the most favored public securities of the
country both at home and abroad.
With the assurance that I shall esteem as a favor the
communication of such facts as you may deem pertinent
to the subject, 1 am, very truly, your obedient sevant,
J. H. CAKTKk.
[The articles referred to in the above letter are here sub
joined.]
From the National Intelligencer.
Virginia and her resources.?For the information
of our readers we publish tlie interesting letter furnished
by the superintendent of the Census Bureau of the Uni
ted States. These candid statistics, founded on official
returns which the act of Congress requires, will con
vince all who read them that the power and resources of
this noble Commonwealth are very great:
" Census Office, Washington, May 9, 1851.
" Sir : In reply to your letter 1 may state that, although
not prepared to furnish an exact detailed statement of the
value of the real estate and personal pioperty in the Slate
of Virginia, the returns have been examined sufficiently
to warrant me in slating that the value of the real estate
may be put at - #978,000^)09
Value of slaves .... 147,000,000
Other personal estate ... 105,000,000
$530,000,000
" That there in this amount of wealth in the State of
Virginia I hive no doubt; and the official result, when
fully obtained, if it varies from the above, will exceed it
rather than tail short. Estimate* have lately been made
plaiiug the amount at fcsiJO.OOO.OOO, which I think too
great, arising lrom a too frequent recapitulation of the
same capital in different hands?a kind ot estimate
frequently maJe, though producing erronei us conclusions,
to explain the fallacy of which would require more time
than 1 can now spare, and which to you would he unne
cessary and superfluous.
"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
" JOSKI'M C G KENNEDY.
" Superintendent Census.
" Hon. Wii Sildcn."
Whilst on this subject, it may be well to report the sub
stance of some ottieir statistics lately iurnished by the
functionaries of Virginia, showing the debt, liabilities,
and resources of that Commonwealth.
The official statement lately made to Virginia by her
able second auditor, Mr. Brown, shows that?
On the 30th September last the public debt of the State
held by individuals and private companies was?
99,035,180 30
Of this debt there is held in
Great Britain - ? $2 3<W,9S9 20
In France and. Germany ? 363,300 00
Total in Europe .... 2,738,269 20
In Virginia ? - - 5,651*441 10
In Maryland ? - 392,13'J oo
in the District of Columbia 110,400 oo
In other Stalea ? - 142,000 00
Total in the United Statea ? ? - 6,2'j'>,900 10
Aggregate amount in all ? ? ? 11,035,139 30
1 ne same statement shows the apparent
liabilities of Virginia for guarantied
bonds issued by coni|>anies ana corpora
tions to complete her improvements - 9,423,763 49
Total debt and liabilities of the State ? 13,460,991 79
The same statement shows
the present value ot stock
owned by the State to be - #l,0?ii),r)t>.'> 18
And the income of her stocks
that will soon be productive 4,301,677 91
11,8ti2,243 39
6,598,708 40
The finance committee of the house of delegates lately
examined the statistics of the auditor, and, alter a cartful
and laborious investigation, proved his hgures and esti
mates to be correct?as will appear by house document
No. 9?"upon the debt, revenue, and ex|>eHdilures of the
government "
But the finance committee clearly showed that .*? 11,000
of the apparent liability of the Slate would rinver be
real, as private subscribers hail not complied with the
conditions upon which the State agreed to subscribe
But let us sup|?ose, lor round figures, that the indebt
edness of Virginia is 94,500,0"0, or that that is the
amount for which she is required to provide an annual
interest; and what a trifle does it seen, when rated by
the magnitude of her various and ample mean* !
The Mate, well knowing this, did, on the '.>?ih of
March last, (>a*s a la v to authorize the board ol public
works to borrow on her credit four millions of dollars
to complete her useful works of internal improvement,
and from which a greatly-augmented income will be the
necessary consequence
To etfrct this, the Slate is about to issue coupon bonds,
which will avoid the old trammels which fetter the
transfer and negotiability of public stocks. They
will run for thirty-five years, and pass from vernier to
vendee as often ai the seller and purchaser shall desire,
without tlie troublesome formality of alignment and
transfer on ilie records of the government The bonds
will carry six i>er cent interest per annum, payable half
yearly in Washington, New York, or wherever the
agents and the purchMers of the bonds ..hall prefer the
money to be ?ud I hat the bonds may come within
tha towns of all who desire to purchase them. they will
baiaaoad in denominations of from five thousand to five
hun4i*d dollars.
To the honor of Virginia It affords us pleasure to refer
to tha fact that she has never repudiated nor deferred the
payment of her public debt; that she ha? ample means to
diaeharge every pecuniary obligation into which ?hp could
be induced to enter, and that she has recorded tier sol
emn word, upon imperishable statutes, that *he will
never fail to pay her debts
RESoracie of ViBfitMA ?The Richmond Republican
ia calling attention to the resources of Virginia Lead
is found there in abundance, and al-o plun.hago in sev
eral plsceeeaatof the Blue Ridge Besides the immense
salt rsgioneol Kanawha, there are in southwestern Vir
ginia inexhaustible stores of tnis valuable mineral The
salt water found in Washington county is stronger thai
that ot any Other count). Fo--ol salt, the Urgent, if
not the only dejosite oi the kind discovered in the United
States, is found near the sa.t bills above noticed, and
ha* ba?n bored into at least tifly or one hundred leet,
end without going through it (i)|<surn, or plaster of
Paris, of the puie?i kino, exis's in artat abundance in
connexion with the fossil ?alt There are many
poaitet of iron ore, from which refined and hammered
iron can be made, which will rival the best productions
! of Russia and Sweden. Porcelain clay, an tinea* any
iu Fiance, la found near Faimvill#, and in other sections
of Virginia The granite of ftichaoiid is equal iu qaal
1 llv anU beauly to any iu llie Uuiled State* The alate on
>>late rivet ia better than the Welsh, being harder,
?lroii|>er. and more fiee from raithy matter. Marble and
nxtpsujue abound in many parts of the State, of good
quality, and in great variety Water lime, or cement,
ia lonnd on the Jainek river of very su|>enor quality, and
baa been found to be decidedly aujierior to the bent
| Knglish 111 the same legion limestone of the purest
quality alao abounds. There are alao great quantities ol
Mie-xtone and fire-clay on Jainea river and neai Rich
rnond. Gold, coal, and copper ale found iu abundance
east of the blue Ridge. Besides the coal ol the east aud
the southeast, the Kanawha region possesses au inex
haustible supply An enormous vein of cannel coal has
'leeu diacoveietl within a year or two past in Kanawha
1'bis is the most beautiful aud valuable of all coal. It
is also alleged that wool grown iu Virginia, from the
| best improved sheep, is better in many cases than the
| finest Saxony, and rivals the best Australian production
It is believed that the climate of Virginia is superior to
that of either ol those countries lwr the production of
the finest wool.?Daily News.
Viki.ima and it mi Hfcxoi'KCEs?It has been men
tioned in this paper, if we recollect alight, that the value
of the real aud personal estate ol Virginia was officially
staled at ijji.'iJO.OOO.UOO. It is composed of the following
items: Real estate, #^7b,OOU,OU?J; value of slaves, #147,
000,000; other peisoual property, & 103,000,000. I he
public debt of the State, as exhibited in the re(K?rt of the
proper officer on the yoth September last, was a trifle
over nine millions of dollars. The Slate has also guar
antied bonds, issued by companies aud corporations to
complete works of improvement already begun, to the.
amount of nearly nine and a half millions more, winking
her total liabilities about nineteen aud a half millions
Hut, then, Virginia owns stocks that are now worth, or
will soon be, about twelve millions; so that the actual
indebtedness of the Slate, for which she has to provide
the annual interest, only amounts to but little more than
six and a half millions of dollars?a mere bagatelle, when
the immense agricultural and mineral wealth of Virginia
is taken into consideration. We doubt whether there is
another member of the confederacy as rich as Virginia in
all the elements that constitute the opulence of a State.
She lias greater diversity of soil and climate than any
other. She can raise more corn of every kind, mora to
bacco, and as much of every other crop excepting cotton,
sugar, aud rice. Then she has exhaustless coal fields,
fait without end, and as fine timber as grows on the face
of the earth. For many years the eastern part of the
Slate has been retrograding, or at least standing still,
chiefly by reason of a vicious system of cultivating the
land, which has gradually imt overished it, until large
portions below tide-water have become unproductive and
almost worthless. Recently, new men have engaged in
agriculture, the mode of cultivation has been greatly im
proved, aud a powerful impulse has been given to indus
trial pursuits in every part of the State. Various works
ol internal improvement have been set on foot, and a few
jears hence Virginia will resume her ancient rank among
the great members of the confederacy. She has always
been eminently conservative; and being looked to as the
most prominent ol the slave Stales, she has wielded a
very potent moral influence in the South. Regarding her.
as a powerful link in the chain which holds the Union j
together, by means of her position, her ancient renown, I
and the high character of her gifted sons, we rejoice to I
see her shaking off the lethargy by which her energies
have been paralyzed, and emulating the example of her!
more enterprising sisters.
[iV. Y. Commercial Advertiser. ,
Reply of Governor Floyd.
Richmond, June 10, 1851.
Deak sir: I received two days ago your letter of the
7tb, which I take the first moment I have at command to
answer. I read with care the newspaper extiacts which
you cent me, from the National Intelligencer, the New
Volk Commercial Advertiser, and the Daily News, and
can hear witness to the accuracy of them in their main
and essential features. They scarcely exhibit the re
sources and capabilities of Virginia in so favorable a point
of view as they deserve; and this, I think, will ap|>ear
quite mamlest from the brief view which I shall take the
liberty of presenting to you.
Virginia is, as vou know, the largest of all the States in
territoual limits this side of the Kockv mountains except
Texas. She is watered on the east by the Atlantic, and
on a large portion of her western border by the Ohio
river, whilst the Potomac, one of our noblest rivers, fur
nishes, throughout its whole length, all the facilities of
its navigation, improved now by the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal to our northeastern frontier. The rivets which
empty themselves into the Chesapeake bay, alter traver
sing the Slate for a longer or shorter distance, aflbrd an
amount of navigable water certainly Hot surpassed by
any country of the same extent in the Union. The soil
in the entire region watered by these streams is of a good
quality, whilst a very large portion of it is extremely fer
ine. Throughout almost the whole extent of the tide-wa
ter country large beds ot marl are to be found, affording a
certain, cheap, and valuable manure for the improvement
ot that soil, t-iiher exhausted trom cultivation or natu
rally poor. T?e climate of our country, lying between
the toot of the Blue Kidge and the capes ot Virginia, is
one of the most delightful upon the whole Atlantic
ct>ast?in the greater i>art of it not surpassed in salubri
ousness by any part of America. All cereal grains are
produced here in ^reat |>erlection, whilst the fruits of
every description ans unsurpassed Nearly all the larger
streams abound in the mo*l valuable water-power as you
advance towards their sources
The transmontorial tract of country lying between the
Blue Ridge and Alleghany range is certainly unsurpassed
by any other of similar extent in (he Atlantic States. It
is perfectly healthy in its climate, extremely fertile in its
soil, plentifully watered with abundant springs and
brooks, whilst it abound* in streams affording the most
valuable water power for the purpose of machinery. Be
yond the Alleghany range lies that portion of the State
designated as Western Virginia, much greater in extent
than either ol the other two, and differing in some | ar
ticulars troin both. It is in many |>arts mountainous and
broken, but almost everywhere fertile and productive In
many parts of Western Virginia the mountains are of the
most fertile soil,quite to their summits. The climate here
is colder than liiat of the other sections, but, like them,
the country abounds in every capacity for the greatest
production of grains and fruits One feature of this re
gion is striking and remarkable?I allude to its water
IKiwer. I doubt if there is on the continent a Iract of
country of the same extent at all to be cotn|ared to it in
this particular The Kanawha, which towards its source
is called New river, takes its rise near the summit of the
Blue Ridge in North Carolina, and, running from thence
hi a northern direction, it traverses the entire State, pass
ing through the whole great Appalachian chain of mount
ains, which separate the waters of the Atlantic from the
<>ull of Mexico. This stream is very rapid and impetu
ous, affording an extent of water power which I have no
means to approximate by calculation From the great
falls of Kanawha upwards, for one hundred and fifty
miles, it affords a^reater volume of water than the Mer
ruriac at Ixiwell, and there are but a few miles together
in that whole distance where sites equal to Lowell are
not lobe met with The tributaries of this stream also
abound in water jsiwer inferior only to that of the mam
river.
I aiuld no! tax your time with a detail of the miperal
resources of Virginia I will, however, send you two
geological re,*>rt?, made by Professor Rogers, of our
university, which will save me that necessity, and give
you far more information than I could in a more abbre
viated form I will, however, say that our country
abounds in the richest minerals of almost every variety
lead, iron, salt, gv|M>um, and coal are in endless profu
sion. A rock of fossil salt in Washington county has
been found measuring two hundred feet in thickness ;
whilst a bed of the purest gypsum, in the adjacent county
of Smyth, ha? been penetrated to a depth of more than
six hundred feet without |>a*sing through it.
The coal region of northwestern Virginia is unsur
passed in both the quality and the extent of its mineral;
and recently there has been discovered in the county of
Kanawha exhaustless beds of the best cannel coal any
where to be found I<ead abounds in different parts of
the State, and the iron of Virginia is proverbial for its ex
cellent qualities It may well be doubted whether or not
thete is in America an iron regipn more extensive, or
abounding in ore of as good a quality as that of Western
Virginia Copper has been discovered in various |>arla
of the Stale, but to what extent it exists is not known
These features to which I allude constitute mainly the
natural resources possessed by Virginia, and, when per
fectly developed, must swell to a vast extent the wealth
of the Stale
The tide of emigration ha- heretofore set so strongly
from Virginia to the western Slates that this development
has not laken place for want of population This, how
ever, will not prevail to any grea? extent hereafter ; for
the emigration of our people is not only greatly dimin
ished, but there is beginning to be manifested a dispoei
tinn by foreigners to emigrate lo Virginia
But in all probability I might have sjwred ynti this
tedious detail, and have answered the objects of your
inquiry by simply stating the debt of the Commonwealth,
and tier mearw to pay
I he whole amount of bonds issued by Virginia up to this
WN '? ... $11,248,063 91
Actual subsisting liabilities, for which
bond* will h,. iMued in part, Ml
which the Stale must jmy whenever
Ihe money may be demanded, but
which depends upon the formation
of joint stock companies to a large
extent ? 7,133,033 18
Making altogether as the actual debt of
Virginia .... 18,370,W85 39
Her productive ?locks are worth ? 7,099,303 00
Leaving the subsisting debt ut the - ????
Commonwealth ui be paid by taxa
tiou ... ? - 11,971.MO 3$
But iu thieeum, you rnus: bear in mind, i* included ihe
loan At present proposed to be mule
The lex levied upon real estate in Virginia is one mill
in the dollar, or one tenth of one pet cent , which is. 1
believe, about one-third of that paid by I'enusjlvawa
and Ohio
The blocks of the State in the great works penetrating
the West are now unpioductive, owing lo the unfinished
condition* ot these woik?; but a few ycdrsmore will nee
a laige income deiived ftotn this source, which will of
com be go to the augmentation of her means
I le.tr I have worn out your patience with this long let
ter, but 1 feel thai, whilst 1 have by no meansdone justice
to the subject. 1 could hardly say less.
1 have the houor to be, with the greatest respect, your
most obedient servant,
JOHN B FLOYD.
J. H. Cabtxh.
We cannot sec why such coupon bonds as Virginia is
about lo issue should not he worth as much as any bonds.
1 lie prices current, daily published in New York, show
that Kentucky sixes, having but twenty years lo run, late
ly sold for 109 a 110 ; tliat Ohio sixes, having only nine
teen years to run, lately sold for ll'i to 117J; and that
United Stales sixes, having but seventeen y??r* to run,
lately sold for 118 to 133.
Virginia is surely as able and ready to discharge her
public debt aa either Kentucky or Ohio. And those who
doubt it may recollect the tune when neither of those
western States paid their debts, and that their public credit
wan very low But who has seen the day when Virginia
faile.l to discharge her debts f
We are aware of idle fears about the durability of our
Union, and the apprehension thai, should a dissolution of
the American confederacy ha|ipen, Virginia might become
unable to discharge her debts. But everything thai
parae* around us should convince us that the Union of
these States is as solid and strong us it ever was. The
high price of federul stocks shows the general judgment
uoon this subject. Years ago Virginia passed a memor
able statute, declaring her unalterable purpose to dis
charge her public debts, no matter what may betide her
And those who agree with us that Virginia will never
contract engagements without seeing lirst how she can
discharge them may safely purchase her public slocks
Her stock# about to come into the market, and placed
under the management of Selden, Withers, & Co., of
Washington city, run for thirty-live years; carry six |ier
cent, interest per annum, payable half yearly in Wash
ington or New York, or elsewhere, if the parlies shall
prefer; are free from the troublesome and expensive for
malities which attend the other forms of public debt; and
pass from person to person by delivery merely, without
assignment or transfer on the records of the government.
Each half year, the coupons of interest become due on
the 1st of January and July, and may be detached from
the bonds, and offered or remitted for payment, as other
paper is, or may circulate as bank notes do.
in presenting this interesting correspondence, we take
pleasure rn fortifying our estimate of Virginia by a state
ment of the Hon. K J. Walker, the late able Secretary of
the National Treasury:
" 1 have lately carefully examined the debt, credit, and
resources of the Slate ot Virginia, and am aware of the
amount of the coupon bonds which that State proposes to
issue. My conviction is that for permanent investment*,
as well as lor certain reimbursement of the principal, and
punctual payment of the interest, these bonds are fully
equal in value to any Slate stock in the market. Whether
acting in an official capacity, or for third persons, I would
deem the purchase of these bonds, considering the time
they have lo run, and the rate of interest, preferable to any
other.
" The resources of Virginia are most ample, and rapidly
increasing, and the people of the State are characterized
by a high sense of honor and of moral obligation
"11. J. WALKER.
" Washington city, June 13, 1851."
From the Buffalo Courier, June 21.
The Democratic Platform.
The Commercial Advertiser invitee* our attention to cer
tain demonstrations against the Compromise on the part
of those who opposed the democratic candidate for the
presidency in 1846. These occasion no surprise wherever
the free-soil parly has credit for devotion to the princi
ples it professes, it being uretty generally understood that
it has not yet achieved all the purposes for which it was
organized.
To gratify the Commercial, which takes so much inter
est of late in the afhairs of the democratic party, we take
note of the many tacts it states, which we nave neither
occasion nor disposition to deny, it has. never been
claimed by us that the compromise measures were "of
democratic origin," but rather that they were su*tain?d
and carried through both houses of Congress by demo
cratic votes And when we have spoken of the union
and harmony existing in the democratic ranks as regards
the Compromise, we had supposed it was understood thai
the democratic party ot the Union, and not of this State,
was meant, as it was intended to be understood.
Certainly the Commercial has no occasion " to say
anything to exas[>erate the difference" between those who
do and those who do not inlei.d to give an honest and
zealous support to the nominee of the next democratic
national convention for the presidency. That is a differ
ence which no one will seek to reconcile, and which can
not be reconciled For ourselves, we have as little doubt
that the Baltimore conveniion of 1852 will put its candi
date on the broad national platform of the Compromise
as that it will make a nomination, no matter who may fly
the track before or after the action of the convention.
Indeed the Baltimore platform, as it stands now, covers
the whole grouud of the Compromise; and the basis of
the convention will undoubtedly be the platform ot lt>4?,
with its direct, practical application to the support of the
measures enacted by Congress for the adjustment of all
the questions arising out of the slavery agitation.
The Baltimore platform declares " that all efforts of the
abolitionists or olheis made to induce Congress to inter
fere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient ste|>s
in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most
alarming and dangerous consequences, and that all such
efforts have an inevitable tendency to endanger the sta
bility and fiermanency of the Union, and ought not to
be countenanced by any friend of our political institu
lion* "
Those who continue the slavery agitation, or seek to
disturb the Compromise, repudiate aud abandon thai
platform, and apostatize from the principles of the dem
ocratic party, and if they can start a candidate of their
own, or can find a "higher-law" candidate, even il he
should happen to be a whig, or the wins candidate, it
will be their duty, and alike their duty anu their interest,
to support him Oemocrats, North and South, will be
found rallying under th? banner of a leader pledged to
the maintenance of good faith between each section of the
Union, and a faithful and fearless execution ol the
laws.
Is it not time that the Commercial, and those of its
party who think with it, should be calculating their own
pro liable position in the next contest, as well as defining
that of their opponents.' Will it support a candidate
(such as the whig party certainly bids fair to nominate)
opposed to the compromise measures, or silent and doubt
ful with regard to them? We should be pleased to hear
a response.
REDUCTION In prices to rr?tncr stock. W. rwpwiHilly
Announce (o our friends and lite public in garner*!, although early
in th? season, that we hare determined to oiler our present stock at
greatly reduced pricei, in order to run off our entire spring and
summer supplier ai present. Great bargain* may be expected, and
rrnll) offered We name the following good*, vir.
Ki'-h fancy dress silks, In ?mall checks, striped and plain
Chen* and foulards
Keal India silks in plaids, kc.
An extensive assortment of bereges, In plain modes
High colored, plain, and rich figured inouaseline de lairios
Hltalllvs, her eg# de lames, tissues, kr.
French, Kngtish, and American printa
Chintzes, ginghams, lawns, muslins
Jaconets. lie., in all grades aud prices
I'lnin, white, and embroidered Hwias muslins
A large assortment in colored Hwiss mnslins, which will h? sold
below any prica heretofore named
White cambric, muslins, jaconet cambrics, Nansook, and mull
muslins
full assortment plaid muslins, Including all grades.
in black good* ipi kaes?
Fine black al|?acaa, bom basins, mousseline de laines, hereges,
grenadines, k.c.
W ith a full assortment in black silks, embracing all the widths
and qualities
J.tuUet' linm knnAkrrckitf*.
We have the following, the best for the prices we have ever of
fared?
30 do*, linen cambric handkerchiefs, at ?2 25 per dozen.
.TO do do do 60 do
;jo do do do 3 00 do
90 do do do 4 00 do
30 do do do for small children
Alao, a great many in broken lots below the price above named.
With a beautiful assortment of ladies' pocket handkerchiefs, in
all medium and fine grades.
We invite the attention of buyers generally to the above enume
rated stock, only in part of our great variety, all of which wa ore
now anxious to reduce, and will sell cheap to do so.
CLAUKTT, NKWTON, MAY, It CO.
June ft-?3taw3w
I OW-PftlCfCD Ingrain Oarpstlngi ami Floor (Ml
|j clotlM ftsM rtwimw it ibt Mm of the tabtetiMfi a fratife
supply of the above goods, which will be found very pretty and
good ?
Also, an Mddltienal minply of those heavy 4 4 eitra N. P. mat
ting*. These are the Inst we shall be able to ftirniah our custom
era of these goods.
Alao 10 pieces of 4-4 white ditto, of a new make, at a lower price
than the anove, but which will be found heavy, even, Arm, and
with straight selvages.
And a bale step damas* drugget.
The pubitc are respectfully invited to call and examine our stock
of furniture goods, as we devote our entire attention to this depart
men!, and therefore can confidently recommend all that we sell.
CLAUKTT * IHihrtoN,
<>?e door east of corner of Penn. avenue and 9th street.
June 18- eoQwif
Froui tbe FftjrttUvilWi (N. C.) Journal.
Nurlkkiiu Wlit| t**riy.
We think it will tic luuiid better and more advanla
?cola to harmonise, unite, and act in conceit with our
looa-tried friend* and faithful allies, than to fawn u|>on
and couit the favor and countenance of our ancient and
iixed adversaries, if uot eneuiiea The correctness of this
|>riiici|>le will be conceded by all.
ft is correct an between individuals, parties, Stales,
sections, and governments. The question fir?t to lie de
cided is, who are our friends, and who aie our advtrsa
lies .' This is the great question which the South, and
particularly Tennessee, is called upon at this time?this
tune of sectional agitation?to determine. U11011 the
decision of this question in agieatdegiee depend the future
condition, the weal or wo, ihe destiny of the southern
Stales?of our cherished Union. Our section, the
southern slavebolding States, are not so strong in num
bers as the northern free States The northern Slates,
having much the larger population, have also a great
er number of representatives in the popular brunch ol
the national legislature, lu Ihe southern Stales a pecu
liar institution exists, which is so intet woyen witli the
domestic relations and political organization of those
Slates, that their happiness, wellare, and prosperity, if
not existence itself, depend upon the maintenance of
that institution as it is, and the continuance of the rela
lions now existing between the An^lo-Saxoa and the
African races in those Stales.
That institution is recognised by the provisions of the
constitution, framed by our "patriot sires," which formed
and hold in union all the Stales of the republic.
Slavery is not only recognised by the constitution of the
United States, but its peaceful enjoyment in the States
where it exists, and the return to their owners of such
slaves as may escajie into any free Slate, provided for.
Nnili withstanding these plain provisions ol the constitu
tion under which we all live, the South, being in a minor
ity in Congress, is not able, without help from the North,
to pass the laws necessary to the lull enjoyment of all her
rights, nor to resist the encroachments, subversive and
destructive ol those tights, of sectional prejudice, unholy
fanaticism, and sellish ambition, under the hypocritical
pretence of superior obligation to a " higher law" than
the constitution.
The South must be maintained in her rights in the
Union, er the constitution abrogated and the Union dis
solved. And then each section, relying upon the justness
of its cause and its own strong aim of power, mum pro
tect its respective rights as best it can.
What class or party in the North can the South rely
upou for the requisite help !
None whatever can be had from the free-soil-abolition
higher-law advocates.
Then, if any is received, it must be from the democratic
party of the North, or from the whig party of the North, I
or from both the democratic and whig parties of that sec- !
nou
"The best way to judge of the future is by the past."
Let us lest the two parties of the North by this rule.
The first great sectional contest growing out of slavery
after the adoption of the constitution was upon the uppli- j
cation of the State of Missouri for admission into the i
Union as a slave State, more than thirty yeats since. j
We have not the record of the voles upon that qiics- 1
lion before us ; and if we had, we would not peihaps be 1
sufficiently well acquainted with the party associations of j
the actors upon thai occasion to determine with accuracy |
the party character of those who advocated and those '
who opposed the admission of that Slate.
With the history, circumstances, and political patty I
character of those who supported and opposed the several I
sectional measures which have arisen and been acted on
since the Missouri contioversy, we think we are butler
acquainted. We will state some of the prominent fucts,
as we understand them, in relation totbose measures; and
should we err or misstate the facts in any particular, we
will be thankful to any of our cotempoiaries, or to any
correspondent or other person, to correct us : we wish to
nlace ihe facts fairly before the country?nothing more.
We feel confident that whenever this shall be done, it will
have been established beyond the pos-ibility of a doubt
that since ihe days of the Missouri controversy the whigs
ol the North, as a party, have been opposed to the South
upon all sectional questions touching slavery ;-lua.1 tney |
have been the anti-slavery party of the country?the real
free-soil party ; and that all the available, efficient assist
ance which the South has received from the North in
sup|iort of these slavery measures has been rendered by
the democracy ol that section.
The whig# of the North, as a paity, opposed and voted
against the admission of the slave State ot Arkansas into
the Union in 1b36. She was admitted by the South with
the aid of northern democrats.
The uortheru whigs, as a (?arty. opposed and voted
against the admission of the slave State of Florida into
the Union in 1M >. She was admitted by the South with
the aid of democratic votes from the North.
The whigs of the North, as a party, voted against the
annexation of Texas in 1&45 because it was a slave
couutry. ft was annexed by lbs South with the aid of
noithern democrats.
The whigs, as a party, voted against t he admission of
the slave Slate of Texas into the Union in 1546, not
withstanding the faith of the government was pledged to
her admission in the annexation resolutions. She was
admitted by the South with the aid of northern dem
ocrats.
The whigs of the North, as a party, in the Senate
voted to incorporate the Wilmot proviso into the treaty
with Mexico in 1846. That proviso was then defeated
by southern senators with tbe aid of northerh democrats.
The w higs of tbe North, as a party, opposed aud voted
against lbs Clayton Compromise in 154$ (not one voting
lor it) because it did not contain the Wilmot proviso;
southern senators with the aid of northern democrats
passed it through the Senate. A sufficient number of
democrats from the North voted lor it in the House to
have passed it, with the united southern vote; but eight
southern wings voted against it, and the bill was defeated.
Not a solitary northern whig voted for it.
The whigs of the North, as a party, opposed and volet?
against the New Mexico territorial bill in 1950 because
it did not contain the Wilmot proviso. They voted agaiust
the Utah territoual bill in ln.'>0 for tbe ssme reason. A
majority of the northern whigs voted against each of the
three last measures; amajority of the northern democrats
voted for each of them. ?
The wings ot the North, as a party, opposed and voted
against the fugitive-slave bill in ts'ii), (only three of ll.em
voting for it ) This bill was passed by southern med with
the aid ol northern democrat
How do the northern wings, the soundest of them,
?taud affected towards the South at the present time I
A'hat ii> the position ol the pros|>ective candidate of the
wings of Tennessee lor President?Millard Fillmore/
In his letter to the Erie county "Anti-Slavery Society"
in Ib.'J's, he expresses the opinion that "petitions to Con
gress on the subject ol slavery and the slave trade ought
to be received, lead, and respec'lully considered by the
representatives of the people." That he was "opposed to
the annexation of Texas to this Union, under any cir
cumstances, so long an ilave* are held therein." Thai
lie is "in favor of Congress exercising all the con
stitutional power it |ios*es-** to abolish the internal
traile between the States," and "in favor of imme
diate legislation for the abolition of tlavery in the I)is
trict ol Columbia."
These are the principles and sentiments deliberately
expressed by Mr Fillmore more than twelve jears ago,
anchanged and still entertained for aught we know or
believe, except so lar perhaps as relates to the "internal
slave tiade between the States " If we mistake not, he
bus expressed his willingness to acquiesce in an opinion
of the Supreme Court, in which it is decided that Con
gress has no (>ower to abolish that trade.
How stands the case with the present political idol of
the professed Unioa-loving, compromme whigs of the
North, Daniel Webster, Mr. Fillmor/s first cabinet officer
and right arm f?he who made one short speech in wtiich
no concessions are made or former free-soil or %nti- slavery
sentimentsdisavowed, but, on the contrary, reiterated, and
who, it is now contended, should receive forgiveness for
tbe sins and iniquities ol a long life, and he taken into the
entire confidence of the South, as their best friend and
ablest advocate. In that speech he told us that iUavtry
was excluded Irom California by the constitution which
the people had adopted; that it was excluded Irom Utah
and New Mexico by an irrepealable law of Nature ; and
therefore he would vote against the incorporation of the
" IVilmot" into the territorial bills, if otlered ; that he
would not insult the southern tieople by " re -ruactine the
will of Ood "
In the same aiKMcIt he says, shaking of the admission
ol the Stste of Texas in December, 1*48. " A final law,
doing the deed of annexation ultimately, had not been
passed; and when it was upon its final passage here I
expressed my opposition to it, and recorded my vote in
the negative, and there that vote stands, with the obser
vations that I made on that occasion. It has happened
that, between ls3w and this time, on various occasions
and op|K>rtiinities, I have expressed my entire opposition
to slave States, or the acquisition of new slave territo
ries, to be added to the united Slates. I know, sir, no
change in my own sentiments or purj>oees in that re
spect "
In his speech on the admission of the slave Slate of
Texas into the Union in IS4.">, Mr. Webster said:
" I am quite aware, Mr President, that this resolution
will lias" It has passed the other House of Congress
by a large majority, and it is quite well known that there
is a decided majority in this house also ill favor of its
passage,"
" In the next plare, sir, I have to say that while I hold,
with as much integrity, I trust, and faithfulness, as any
citi/en of this country, to all the original arrangements
and compromises in which the constitution under which
we now live was adopted, I never could, and never can,
persuade myself to be in lajor of the admission of other
States into the Union as slave States, with the inequali
tie-* which were allowed and accorded to the slaveholding
States then in existence by the constitution." * * *
" It will alwaya be a qiiMtion whether the other States
have not a rigut (unit I think they have the cleareat
tight) to lequira that the State coming into the Union
should coine in upon an equality; and it the exialeuce of
slavery he an impediment to conn 114 tit ou an equality,
ttivo the Slate proposing tocoine in should be required to
remove that inn*! liinent by abolishing slavery, or tuke
the alternative of being excluded * * *
I therefore put my omtoeilion, an well as on other
grounds, on tin- political ground that it deranges the bal
lance of the constitution, and crrates inequality and un
j?st advantages against the North, and in favor of the
South "
These bring llie sentiment* entertained by Mr. Kill
more and Mr. Webster, the two whig statesmen of the
North ol nil others at this time considered the most fa
vorable to the South and her institution, taken in con
nexion with the action of the northern whigpaity for the
last thirty years upon southern mrasures, as shown by
the lecord. we ask what support, what aid and comfort
in the future, can the South hope for from northern
whigs.' It thess ate to be considered her friends, well
might she pray to be save I from them.
From the Lnuiaviilu Democrat.
We invite attention to an article from the Washington
Union ou the condition of the whin party. '< '* as true
as preaching, and the intelligent politicians of the whig
parly know it. I'.ll.nore and Webster have made a stand
for the compromise measures ; but they are powerless
with their party North?have neither the confidence nor
respect of those who placed them in office. The anti
slavery winss North know that both these men have in past
yeuis taught the lesion which they are daily re|ieating,
and which they will put in practice. The only plea
lhe.se officials have to sustain themselves is, that the
Compromise was necessary to save the Union ; that the
South threatened to resist, and would put their threats
in execution. This plea the abolitionists anil free-soilers
Noitli treat with great contempt. It is a stale cry, they
say, resorted to to accomplish a purpose. The whigs
South throw up their caps for the Compromise, but at the
same time drown all considerations of the constitution and
Stale rights in the cry of Union ! Union ! They do what
they can to refute what Webster and Fillmore say about
the necessity of the Compromise, and justify the abolition
ists in treating all ihreatsof resistance with scorn. Whilst,
then, the whigs North lepudiate the position of Fillmore
and Webster, the whigs South nullify all the excuses j
their President and his Secretary can make for proving
false lo the abolitionists by concessions even apparent to
the South. A beautiful predicament these wings are in
to sustain anything ! Should the democrats leave Con
gress, the whigs would abolish the fugitive-slave law in
one month after the opening of Congress, fix the Proviso
upon the Territories, lireak up the Union, and go home
in a row. And whig candidates South would preach up
submission for the sake of our glorious Union .' This
would be the result as certainly as the sun shines. There
are some whigs North who would do better, but they
have not the spirit of their party, and cannot be elected
to office.
Webster's speech at Buffalo is lauded by the whig
press South ; but what is it but a labored a[>olo?y to the
abolitionists He earnesly protests his old anti-slavery
sentiments, and declares he will never vote to admit
another foot of slave terrijory into the Union.
The whole speech is a begging off, an humble suing
for favor at the hands of the free-soilers, with the warm
est assurances that he agrees with them : he will do all
he can for them, and only sustained the compromise to
save the Union?an excuse contemned by the vast ma
jority of his party North, and nullified by the conduct ol
his party South The democrats have been betrayed,
disorganized, and broken down in some of the northern
Slates; but in the democratic northern States they are
firm yet, and can rally a formidable force in all the States
Tliey are ihe only party who can sustain the Compro
mise. We are |>erfeclly satisfied that there is no defiend
ence upon the whigs on this subject. The whigs South
would sustain the Compromise; a few, two or three,
North may do it; but t.'.-y are no dependence against the
overwhelming anti-slaveiy force of their patty, especi
ally when the whigs South promise to submit in advance
tor the sake of the Union.
By Dtutl <St UcUUlUK, Auctlonwri,
VALUABLE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY.?On Thut?d?y liter
noon, June'4), at 6 o'clock, at our auction room, we aha! I .ell
loui, 7, V, and 11, in n'tuare No. '230.
Low 5 und 7 are attained on 15Ui atrret, between C and Canal
street*.
Lottf is situated on C street, between 14th and 15th streets.
Lot 11 i* situated on Mtli street, between C and Canal streets.
Terms : One-fourth of the purchase money in cash, and the resi
due on a credit of five year-, with interest, sitisfnctorily secured.
DYER fc McOUIKE,
June 22-d Auctioneers.
By EDWARD S. WRIGHT, Auctioneer.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES AT AUCTION.?On Wednesds)
next, tlie '25th init., at 12 o'clock, on F k A. H. Dodge's wharf,
the cargo of the brig Fidelia, from Ponce, Porto Kico, consisting of?
833 I)lids, prune sugar
V) bble. do do
26 hhdft. chotcc tnola?ses.
EDWARD 8. WRIGHT,
June 2S?dti Auctioneer, Georgetown.
[Telegraph k Alei. Oazette.J
Hj A. URICKN, Auctioneer.
TRUSTEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE.?On Friday, the 37th
install', 1 shall sell on the premises, at 6 o'clock, p. in , being
duly authorized by a deed of trust recorded in Liber \V. B., No 113,
folios 1J4, 13 ), and 136, on the laud record for Washington county, a
two-story frame house aud lot, situated in square 367, lot No. 3d,
(subdivided,) on Uih street, between N and O streets, fronting on 9th
?treat 66 Itet S nichec, ruuuiug back 130 feet D inches to a 90-foot
alley. Title to be made good, <?r no sale Belonging to the estate of
tin late Sarah Brown, deweaaed.
Terms cash.
By oiuer of tiie trustee :
June IB A. GREEN.
By DYER 6t HeGURK, Auctioneers.
ITALUABLE BUILDING LOT AT AUCTION.?We shall sell,
f on the premises, on Tuesday, the 94th mutant, at 5 o'clock, p
in., lot No. 14,111 square No. 1Gb This lot fronts on II street, be
tween 17tit and 18th streets, 45 feet, running back BO or WO feet to an
alley, snd is next to the residence of Mr. Graham, the Secretary of
the Navy, containing about 3,7?7 square feet.
Term*: One-third cash; bslsnce in sii snd twelve months, for
notes satisfkctotily secured, bearing interest.
June 20 d DYI.K fc McGUlKK, Auctioneers.
'pHK Unlverssl Refrigerator. This new refrigerator wa?
' JL brougtit out last season, and widely circulated through the
' city and surrounding country, and wherever properly managed ha?
| given entire saiisfartion
The (Jalveritl Refrigerator is altogether different froin all other*
before the public, in its combinations, apartim rits, vee?els, snd the
philosophical principles of its construction. 'J'he case m made <?f
wimhI which i? free from smell, snd lined with s metallic surface ,
snd its Interior vessels are of stonewsre. It is so arranged that ei
article of fcxnl or provision n kept entirely separate, au/i removed
1 with facility. Hy the plan of its construction a current of cold air is
J in constant circulation around each vessel and within each apart
mi nt, while, by a simple ventilating contrivance, Die complete nun
' ty of the whole apparatua is Insured, thereby obvisting all the <?id ob
jections thai lm\. n*-en mad* in ?\<r\ other iinpiition l.n lli?> laim
I purpose, vis by avoiding that liability to engender local or relative
j odors from the wands, meat. fiab, vegetables, pastry, or fruit, which
may be contained therein I'tie convenience which it affords for re
! taming the purity and sweetness of g??od butter particularly cannot
he surpassed , snd the small qumtity ol ice thst is required to keep
everything cold is s moat economical deguirrahtm.
ay- The proprietor challenges country to produce anything that
will compare with it, and In guaranties it to keep provisions colder
asd snreeter, with half a peck of ice in twenty four hours, than am
other refrigerator can with a peck. The co?t of the Universal Re
(rigerator is as low as that of the ordinary kind, and it will h?ld more
provisions. The filters are attached when desired by purchasers
| vve have the ordinary kinds of refrigerators, of all si*e?, as good a?
any other in the city, which we will s?ll at reduced prices.
' C. WOOD WARD, of Washington, is my sole agent for the sale of
the shove refrigerator for the District of Columbia
June 21 ?3t E. S KARHON.
For Piney Point* Old Point, und Norfolk.
The steamer OSCKOLA leaves Washington for
Norfolk every Wednesday and Saturday at9 o'clock,
p. m Hemming, leaves Norfolk every Monday and
Thursday at 4 o'clock, p. in
Shewill touch, going and returning, at Old Point, PineyPoint, and
Cone river.
I'aseage ami luft loNortolk. $6 00
" " Piney Point 00
? Mil Pom,i 4 no
" " Old Point, and return 7 ou
J'mr ji tf JAMES Mil THELL ^
Ronda of the i hesspeake and Ohio ( anal Company.
NOTICE is hereby given that the interest coupons on the bonds of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, issued for the com
ptetion of the canal to Cumberland, and also on the bond* of said
I company, issued for repairs and guarantied by the State of Virginia
due and payable on the rtrst of July neit, will be pmd on presents
tion and delivery of the proper coupons at our banking house, in th?
city ot Washington, in such funds as the holders may desire', or li
checks on Baltimore, New York, Boston, he., free of charge fo
exchange. SRLDKN, WITHERS, k To.
Junefll dlw
Rank of the Metropolian
Waahingtoa, June 6, 1RS1.
Notice is hereby siven that a general meeting of ths stock
holders of (his bank will be held at the banking house is this city
on Monday, the 7th day of July neit, for the purpose of electing
board ef trustees for tha year then neit ensuing
Ths polls will be open st 11 o'clock, s. in., and close at 9 o'clock
p m
By order of the hoard :
SMITH, Caahier.
June 7 eodt.!0thJune,kdt7thJy
Tnssinnt Dsr asthswt, June 6, 1891.
SKA I.KI> proposals will he received until the 1st
July neit fhr supplying this department with 300 cords of hickory
or 900 cords of hickory and 100 cords of oak wood : the whole to
bs ol the best quality, and to be delivered, corded, and measured in
the Treasury vard at the expense of the bidder not U-sa than 50
cards before the 1st October, snd.the whole quantity before the 1st
December neit. The bids to he directed to the Department, snd
andor?.d 11 PropotnU f9r iroorf."
inn* II?todett
JMh M. M?.< A I.I. A
nrri.l, nrartiac law In th? Court, and the Tartnna roorla
?? nr Ih* liiatrict H? contlnii'. til ptwrma > l,im. l>?r?rr Con
gr?.. and ilii. .Inm,t,n^iiu May 1-1 ..idtill SIMth
F>OR rant ?r <al. ? Im-.lnr) h.in.e, with bu.ai.al,
In in. (Irat ward, n.ar th. c?rn.r ol lHth atrMt. Apply to
CATH. ?. Mill.I.AY.
North (Id* H, bclwrrn SOth aad 'JI at atr.cu.
iun< 1??AM
MAUNIV1CKMT KHBMU Kt)R JILT, IMl.
J. W MAURY k Co., Mxaxaaks.
$40,000: ?u>,uuo' $iu,ooo' ?i prize* of $l,oeo.
VIRGINIA STATE L.OTTKRY,
Kui Uic of Mououguli* Acade?y.
Claw No. 74, Ibr IMl.
To be down at Aleiaudna, V?., u|i Saturday, the jih July, i?&1
75 number lottery?19 drawn ballot*.
uKihll ILHtHI.
1 pilx* of $40,000 | 9 pruas of ~ _
I do 14.0U0 | 3 do *7^
1 do 10,000 1 5 do '
I do 5,U00 00 do .'J?
1 do If,7151 fcc. lie. dfct.
, Ticket* .flu?Halve. ?Uuarlaia?1 L4i.
Certificates of packagea of 95 whole ticket*, $130 00
IV do & half do 05 00
L>o do 95 quarter do 50
$58,S93! $9J,*?: $11,784! 100 prixea of41,000.
VIRGINIA STATU LOTTERY,
For llis benefit of Monongalia Academy.
Claaa No. 77, lor 1851.
To be drawn in Alexandria, Va., on Hatuiday, Uie 19th of July, 1S51.
78 number lottery ?13 drawn balioU !
BCLkNUin 4K1> KICH SCIIkMk.
I priae of $58,823 I 9 prlxes of M/WU
1 do 93,599 | 'J do 9,?1?
1 do 11 , /bf | 100 do 1,000
2 prlxes of 5,0ii0 175 do (lowest 3 No*.) 500
9 do 1,000 | he. IMS. fee.
Ticket* $15?Halve* $7 50?Quarters $3 75? Eighths $1 (f/j.
Certificates of package* of 98 whole ticket*,.$900
Do do 9# half do 100
Do do 96 tiuarler do 50
Do do IM elf hill do 'Ji
$35,000 ! $20,914! 8 prlxea of $3,307 !
VIRGINIA STATE LOTTERY,
For the benelil of Monongalia Academy,
Claaa No. HO, for 1851.
To be ilrawn at Alexandria, Va., 011 Saturday, the 19tU of July, 1831,
15 drawu number* out of 78 !
arLKkui* icktat.
prixe of $35,000 I 1 prixe of $3,307
do 90,914 I do 3,307
do J,31)7 | 1 do 3,307
do 3,307 | 1 do 3,307
do 3,307 10 prlxea of. 1000
do 3,307 | Sic. lie. lie.
Tlcketa ouly $10?Halves $5?Quarters $9 50.
Certilicateaof packages of 96 whole tickets, $190
? Do do 96 half do 00
Do do 90 quarter do 30;
$65,000' $33,627! $91,000! $10,000!
100 prize* of $1,500! 113 prizes of $1,000 !*
VIRGINIA STATE LOTTERY,
For the benefit of Monongalia Academy.
Claaa U, for 1851.
To be drawn In Alexandria, Va., on .Saturday, the 98th ef July, 1861.
75 number lottery?19 drawn ballota!
BK! I.LI A NT ICUkMa.
I apleinlid prize of...... .$65,000 | 1 prize of $5,000
I do 33,697 1 do 2,836
1 do 91,000 I 100 prize* of 1,600
1 do 10 000 I 100 do (loweat 3 No.)... 1,0M
1 prize of 7,000 | lie. he. lie.
Whole tk-kete $90?llalvea $10?Quarters $5?Eighths $9 SO.
Ceruiicate of pack age of 95 whole ticket*, $970 00
l)o do of 95 half do 135 00
Do do of95 quarter do 07 30
Do do of95 eighth do 33 75
Order* for ticket* and nhares and certiflcatea of packages la tUs
above splendid lotteries will receive the moat prompt attention, aad
an official account of each drawing aent immediately after it la over
to all who order from us.
Addreaa J. k. C. MAURY, Agent*,
June ltt Alexandria, Virginia.
ppljr of I
lyi
Canton Matting*, Kloor UltdoUu, CtrpaUk|,
MtllE KUbDcribera are now receiving, per schooner Muieamu,
i froui New York?
60 piece* 4-4 extra heavy while Canton matting*
ao do 5-4 do do do,
ilO do 6-4 do do doi
?0 do 4-4 do red checked do do,
U5 do 5-4 k 6-4 do do do
10 do 4-4 do &ncy do do
?J do super English oilcloth, 18 leet wide
3 du super American oilcloth, from twelve to eighteen h*t
wide
i!5 do low-priced American oilcloth, from three to *u Ami
wide
10 do Cocoa matting*, for basement, kc.
AUo, constantly on hand a full auortmeut of every variety of la]
ported and American carpeting, ?uch a*?
Tapestry velvet, tapeatry Brussels, Eugliah and American Brunei*,
imperial, three-ply, and ingrain, Due and common ingrain, lou
priced ; rag, hemp, and coUon, both striped ami plaia ; together
with every other article in our line lor hou*e furni*tuug ; which w*
are prepared and fully determined to offer upon a*good term* a* any
other dealer* in thi* country.
Ap 18?if T. H. HOOK k CO.
NEW GOODS.?The subscriber* beg leave to Inform their cu*J
tinner* thai Uiey have just received a new *uppl
(ng article*, to wliioii they invite attentioa, namely:
Black chaliy. for mourning dreaee*
L)o Grenadine do do
Uo Poultde 8oie, Uro de Klune, and India *ilk*
l)o bombaain* and (ilk warp alpaca*, very light
Do and fancy berege* and de lame*
Fancy French organdie and lawn*
f lain and figured jaconet*, for dresses
Do Hwia* and polka muslins
Black and fancy Foulard silks
French embroidered cbemisels, cuff*, and .collar*, of every .VI1
netv and price
Very handsome lace and embroidered under-sleeve*
Ladies' gauae merino and silk veet*
Kichardeon and Cray's undreeeed Irieh linen*
English and American bleached long-cloche
Ladle* and reutleuKsn >* kid, ulk, and lisle-thread gloves)
Also, every description of gentlemen'* end youths' wear, aad a
great variety of other good*, all of which will he diepoeed of oa
the most accommodating terms.
We also beg leave to call the attention of housekeeper* to our new
?apply of?
Linen and cotton aheeung*, damask table-eloih*
Napkin*, towe.llii%, white and colored Marseille* aad 'Alleadal*
quill*
Table and piano rovers, embroidered and lace certain*
White and buff linen, for window blind*
Engluh and French curtain chintse*
4-4, 5-4, and 6-4 white matting*
4 1, 5-4, and 6-4 fancy colored mattings, new atyle
4 4, 3-4, and 6 4 plain and colored cocoa matting*
Very superior English and American floor oilcloth*, new <*atgns'
and very handsome
And a large stock of French and English velvet UpsetlJ.
Brusarla. j ply, and lugrain carpets, at very raduead prices
HOOK, BROTH KB, k CO.
M?< M MM
rlilted Ntates Hotel at Phlladtlphl*.
THE aubeenber reapecifully announce* to hi* IViead* and the trav
riling community that he has assumed the proprietorship of ths
tJnileii diatea Hotel. Long known la coaneilon with the hotel en
der the late proprietor, he feel* perfectly *ale In prnoiistag its old
patron, thai nothing *h*ll be wanting to confirm It* previoa* reputa
Linn a* the be*t kept house In the country. No eipenee hee been
apareil in completely refitting tile erttire establishment, aad he par
u< ulariy Invite* attention to the changes Introduced for Om coave
nience and comfort o( ladles I irmly determined to give sahsto
tloa, he solicits a continuance of that patronage alaraya so fkaely
bestowed on the old United tftala*.
May 39?Imif A. O. ALLEN.
VKN I M. KH rflllilgtllWI or, the Ktlolegy of His
tory. religious, vstheucal, political, and philoeophicaT Para ; or,
Adventure* on tlie Amazon ; by John E. Warren. Treatou Falls ; Uy
N. P. Willis?with illustrations.
JtUM 17 FRANCK TAVI.nH
I ? ARD. -The subscriber* respectfully notify those peraoa* hav
II ing account* with tliem that, according in the usual cuatom,
their reepecllv* bills will be rendered to them in full te ths 9Sth of
Uie present month.
"I hey esineatly hope thai all will be prepared to ataks an early
settlement, as u is indispensably necessary that every account oe our
books be paid at maturity, In order that we may the better be sn*
tiled to rondact the business successfully, and, If poeetble, more
advantageously to tlioee of our citizens who have so liberally patron ,
I zed our house since the organisation of the present Arm
Cl.AiiKTT, NEWTON, MAY, it OO.
June IB?dtmif
ALBION K. PAH him will ausnd le am j baaalnaea la
ths Bapreme Court of the United ri tales that may be intrusted to
his care.
Ms will also attend to business before Congress and ths uiecutive
departments. Nsv * dhrpti
HAI.K-YF.AHL1 ACCOtJlrTB CLAUKTT It DODrtON re
spectfully notify their customers having open account* on thsir
leger that ihelr bills will be rendered to dele on or be tore the lat
ultimo, when settlement tor the same, either with the atoaey or by
note* of band, will be moot theakfally received.
June ? -3taw9wlf CLAMKTT A DOMOH,
TIIK llleiery of Ranking, with a Conkprehe net aa
Arcount of the Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Banks at Eng
Isnd, Ireland, and Hcouand , by William J. Lawson ; 1 vol l.on
don, IH.VI FRANCK TAVI."R
June 90
MEW and heantlfnl styles nf fancy skirls, with vests
attached.
Also, seper Lisle thread under shirts aad half boss
Mause more mi wrappers
Fresh supply of silk mohair mocks, a cheap aad deslrabU article
for warm weather Just received and for sals at
CHAH. H. LAW*
Gentlemen'* Furnishing Htore, Psnnaylvnia *v
May 99? Uf
B. Cl.llKEV, Architect anal Civil Rnglaaar, has
;? removed hi* ofllce |o T raver*'a buildings, north side of Pennsyl
vania avenue, between 19th and I Jth streets west. Feb 4?<kf
C'KAY Wrapplsg-paper i cents per ream.
I Htraw wrapping paper ; 16 cents per ream
Colored shoe papers, white tea papers, and Maallla and yellow
envelope papers, at correspondingly low prices.
June al FRANCK TAYLOR
NATIONAL K4TINO HOC4K. Arrival eiinordinary, dl
reel from the West ladies, Annapolis, Rslttmnrs, snd other mar
keta, a lot of genuine green turtle, aoft snd hard crake, (certainly
.imr rior ro sny ever seen in tills msrkel.i wo.wlcock, he.
We sollrlt sil to favor ua with a call, and ws pledge ourselves tn
please even the most fastidious.
OtJHBoup reedy at II o'clock. Families served as usual.
June 19?,'lteodif WALKER k HHADO.
Cma-rect Pronunciation.
I HE Orthoepia ; containing a selection of all those words of ihs
1 English language usually pronounced improperly -by J. H. Mar
tin ; 19 cents
Wilson's Treatise on English Punctuation, for letter-writer*, prin
lera, and correctors of the press.
Webster's Ureal American Dictionary ; quarto edition, #6; octsvo
edition, 4# ; university edition, f 1 50 | small edition, J7 cents
t or sale by
TAYLOR k MAURY,
June 98 Booksellers, Bear 9|h sheet.
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Jul 8?91