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w . ( department NEWS. 9TATB D1PAKTMX.VT JjtglU-k<M* Nettm.?The following light-hous* notices have been received by the State Department: The Minister of Mariue at Copenhagen has given notice that during the present month two fixed white lights will be exhibited at Taars, at the northwest end of lAuhuid, on the east side of the great Belt, for the guidance of vessels up to the ferry at that place. The illuminating apparatus will be catoptric, or by reflectors of the sixth order. The Sardinian government hue given notice that a fixed bright light has been established on Cape Delle Melo, on tbe western shore of the (lull of Genoa, in the department of Uenoa. 'lire light has been placed at an elevation of 307 feet abovo the level of the sea, and should be visible from tbe deck of a ship in ordinary weather at a distance of twenty miles. Some error respecting the lights in the Gulf of Cagliari having crept into all English charts, the British consul at that port has made known that the fixed light said to be on Kauale does not exist. A new light-house, to carry a first-class light, is now building on Caroli island, off Cape Carlronera ; and the government has decreed the erection of another, to show a fourth-class light ou Cape St. Elia, which, however, is not yet begun. 'The only lights now in the bay are two small red lights, one ou each side of the entrance of the Dorseua, or inner harbor. The Sicilian government has given notice that, on and 1 after the 15th day of July last, a fixed white light, varied by a red Hash every two minutes, will be substituted for the former light on the tower of San Kanieri, Messina. Tbe light will be placed at an elevation of 132 feet above the level of the sea, and should be visible from the deck of a ship in ordinary weather at a distance of twelve in ilea. The captain of the port at Buenos Ayres lias given notice that a light ?*Bel has been established off Point Iridic, carrying a fixed white light, at a height of about 30 feet above the level of the sea, visible from the deck of a ship at a distance of from 8 to 10 miles in clear weather. Also, a light vessel otf the north end of Ciilco Bunk, showing a fixed white light, visible from 8 to 10 miles in clear weather. A fixed white light is. also shown from the hulk or guard ship that lies in the outer road at Buenos Ayrcs. it may lie seen seven miles in clear weather. IVrtck of Barque Susan, of New Bedford.?Information has been received from the United States consul, at Puita, Peru, of tho arrival at that port on the 20th of July last of the American whale ship " Phillipc De La Noye," Thomas M. Gardner master, bringing the master and part of the crew of the barque "Susan," of New Bodford, which vessel was lost on the 23d of Juno, at the mouth of the river Esmcraldos, on the coast of Equador. INTklilOH DEPARTMENT. Swamp and Overflowed Lands.?The Commissioner of the General Land Offico yesterday transmitted to the governor of Floridu a patent, No. 10, for lands inuring to that State under the act of September 28, 1850, in the NewnHiiHvllle district, containing 71,679.04 acres ; and nt the same time submitted to the President for his signature four patents, numbered 13, 14, 16, and 16, for lands under the snmc grunt, in the Tallahassee district, amounting in the aggregate to 256,606.02 acres. Col. Noble's Wajon-Road Party.?A letter, dated St. Paul, September 25th, lias been received by the Interior Department from Col. Noble, who had arrived at that place on tlie 23d ult. A glowing description ol ttic rupid progress of the road, and of the fertility of the country, is given, hut the details have been anticipated by the accounts which have already been published by the press generally. Appjutmmt in tht Patent Office.?R. C. Walker, of Pennsylvania, has been appointed receiving and distributing clerk in the agricultural division of the Patent Office, with a salary of $1,800 per annum. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. j Appointment* of Mail-Agentt.?For tl?o purpose of insuring greater expedition in the transmission of the th rough-express mall of the United States from Baltimore to Cincinnati, as well ns increased safety, the Postmaster General has ap(>ointed six special mail-agents at a salary of $1,000 a year each. These agents will never lose sight of the mail from the time it is placed in their charge until it lias been delivered into the hands of the proper officers to receive it, at the ends of their respective routes. The gentlemen appointed arc named as follows : Moore 8. Falls, Baltimore ; Charles A. Leas, Baltimore : Alfred H. Davis, Baltimore,; M. E. Price, Har1 per's Ferry, Va.; D. A. Hoxie, Wheeling, Va.; John It. Brooke, Newark, Ohio. ENGLISH REVIVAL OF THE SLAVE TRADE IN A NEW FORM. The influence of Exetor Ilall is rupidly on the wane in England. The following significant article appears in a late number of the Liverpool Times : "When the outbreaks in India have been quelled, as quelled they must be, the question will arise what shall we do with the mutineers t The massacres there have liven so horrible, and accompanied with atrocities on women and children so revolting to all our notions of warfare, that a terrible punishment is certain to overtake I.vge numbers of the offenders. Public opinion will jus tify a teartul retrimiuou, aim tne example wnicti wiu DC made will cause liuuian blood to flow like water. Strong hs this feeling is at home, it must be still stronger and 11 fiercer In India, for there even females, maddened at the scenes which they have witnessed and of those of which they have heard, liave lost the characteristic softness and clemency of their sex, and liecome warriors in feeling, if not in reality. The inusket and the gibbet will take ample revenge on the wrong-doers, and the sacrifice of human life cannot fail under the most favorable circumstances to lie prodigious. Everything that transpires is calculated to whet the appetite for vengeance, and order will not reign again in Bengal until the wretched natives have felt the strength of Engl ami's power. " But we cannot shoot, hung, or cut down 100,000 men. We may make an example which will lie remembered in all future time, but we cannot degrade ourselves to the level of the savages whose horrible atrocities on our countrymen and countrywomen have appalled the nation through its length and breadth. Justice will be vindicated by the destruction of the leaders? of those who are proved to have been more forward than their followers in the butcheries of which India has been the scene. With a meed of retribution which will amply satisfy the stoutest sticklers for blood, scores of thousands of offenders will still remain, and the next best punishment would lie to deport these men from India forever? to transport them, as we term it here, for the term of their natural lives, to a far distant land, where the remembrance of their crimes would haunt them forever, and where they would be compelled, by enforced labor, to make u fitting atonement for the evil they hail committed. " Wo wnnt labor in the West Indies, and the scarcity tof labor compels the planters of the West to send to the East for it?to hire Asiatics as free laborers, and give guarantees that they shall be sent home, If they desire it, At the end of a given number of years. Punish the mutineers by transporting them in thousands (luring their existence to this part of our possessions. The island of Inmaica ami the mainland of British (iuiana would abawb as mainly as the Indian and the British government could Report within a reasonable time after the suppres"Ion of the."'' revolt. Wo cannot see wliat objection can I* urged to thu," t>roiyl?d"Our philanthro",Vi ' (lrelM'in? 11 revival of the slave trarle, will not allow an ,>l>ortation of free blacks into the Wert Indies ; but here are ? -vertheless, criminals guilty of the highest crimes known to J-Wtad ?>cicty whose lives, by their l>ase and bloody treaclK..*v' the State. A punishment like this wou. strike terror into the Mohammedans and Hindoos of Britisn generations yet unborn ; and it seems to us the mos>. cftK ible, and at (lie same time the most lenient, mode of puni*lunent which nan be imagined." riie Springfield (Massachusetts) Argus of Monday stAtes that the Lyman mill, at Holyoke, has commenced runmug again six days in the week, and eight hours in the u*y. If there is such an improvement in financial matters as to warrant this movement, it will be likely to affect other mills in a similar way. The relief will be most welcome to the thousands of operators that are now out Of employment. FINANCES OF MEXICO. Tlio intelligent Washington correspondent of tho Journal of Commerce furnishes the following interesting information in relation to the finances of Mexico: By tho last arrival I have a letter from a friend in the city of Mexico, containing some tacts, drawn from official sources, in regard to the finances of the republic of Mexico. The aggregate amount of revenue from all sources, except the couffxeatiun and sale of church property, for the year euding the 31st of July last was $13,340,534. But of tills sum not more than three-fourths went into the coffers of the treasury ; about one-fourtli of the net revenue, after paying the expenses of collections, is paid to bankers in premiums upon the advance of money for the necessities of the government. For example : the government needs the stun of $76,000 to-day, and one of the government shavers furnishes the coin and takes a receipt, with an order on the custom-house for $100,000. In this manner the revenue from customs aud other sources is always anticipated, ut the loss of at least onefourth of the amount. During the last fiscal year the government confiscated and sold church property to tho amount of $24,000,000, but in such a manner tlisrt it afforded little relief to the treasury. Only & per cent, of the uggregate amount sold is paid to the government. From thin source during th? . last year the sum received was $1,083,611, of which aggregate the sum of $675,305 was received in cash, and the balance in bonds aud certificates of debt due by tire government. In a financial statement made by tire late Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Lerdo, he says that it requires the sum of twenty millions of dollars annually to meet the current expenses of the government, and he states that the annual deficit is not less than nine millions. Insurrections, conspiracies, and pronunciumientos, nil directed rurainst the irovermiient. art; of friMilient occur rcncc, but aro neither extensive nor formidable), and are uniformly put down with little bloodshed and a few arrests. Til ua in the aneute at Guadalajara, about the first of August, about a down of the insurgent* were killed, 'lire conspiracy which wan detected in 1'uebla about the same time, and in which several leading men were concerned, was terminated by the arrest and imprisonment of fifteen of its chiefs. The experiment of a federal government, in conformity with the new constitution, meets witli encouragement from the uputhy and indifference both of the State governments and of the popular mass. 'The federal Congress may not tie able to form a quorum within any given time, and if they did, it is questionable whether they would be able to put the theory of thu new constitution in practical operation. General and President G'omonfort considers himself, no doubt, as invited by the almost unanimous voice of the people, ns expressed at the late election, to take the reins of the government into his own hands?a hopeless luid thankless task for him or for any one. BALTIMORE AS IT IS. Baltimohb, October 8, 1857. To the E'i'or of the Union; I see that the American press in this city is exceedingly concerned in vindicating the reputation of Baltimore from the exceedingly just strictures contained the other day in your paper. If zeal could supply the place of argument, if passion were logic, or recrimination demonstration, possibly reason might be on their side. But as tbo case stands, these (tapers are forced into the dilemma either, us has been done, of denying the truth of what everybody knows, and their own records certify to have occurred, or admitting the occurrence of such scenes of disorder, of jialliating them by unfairly concealing all their ugly points, or of justifying them by throwing the blame upon the democratic minority. It is obvious that this is merely shifting the argument. When an accusation is made against the city, when the city is said to be the theatre of daily and nightly outrages, to accuse an opposite faction of being the cause of such outrage is surely not disproving the imputation. The fact remains unaltered and unimpeached. The city is to blame?the government, the police of the city. The law-abiding of either party?and the majority is law-abiding?do not or should not approve of any net done in violation of the very first principles of their organization ; and certainly to administer the city justly and lawfully, to secure every right of property and every right of pereon, is a most appropriate and ovident function of a government. Therefore, when the party In power fails to make adequate provision for this, it is little in its defence, when its efficiency is denied, for it to allego that the infractions of law and order on the part of its adherents are to repel assaults made upon them. There are sins of omission as well as ot commission ; it is a little less than absurdity to excuse a crime (for bail government is a crime) by the suggestion, proof, or admission of gross negligence and recklessness on the criminal'sside. It isu heinous fault apologizing for another equally heinous. Is this reason ? Granting that the democrats are the originators of every riot: this is so much against those democrats who begin and cause these riots, but it is rauch more against the American party. They have undertaken, and are responsible for, the government of the municipality. If they have failed, what a confession of weakness it is to say that their political opponents were the cause of their failure ! If there are any disturbers of the pence, let them, democratic or American, be put down. A good government can put down any outbreak ; and a petty riot ought to bo extinguished before even an alarm in a large city like Baltimore, in a city making such professions as Baltimore, in a city so sustained by public opinion as Baltimore has beon. The truth is that its present municipal authorities lean for support upon organized bands of ruffians. The police themselves are receiving tho reward of their righteousness ; and if there is an intensity of factional hatred, animosity, and recklessness such as tho world hns never witnessed, it is to be found at this day in the city of Baltimore. Better to have murdercm, robbers, and burglars wiiom the law is not ashamed to punish than political ruffians whom its ministers fawn before and favor. Better stand the chance of being murdered with a possibility of detection and revenge than run tho risk of being accidentally a victim to plug-uglyism. No evidence is ever strong and connected enough to convict one of these men ; and the mockery of a solemn judicial farce every u.iw auu uicii ^uiict iiiiuii^u wiui nunuwu/in uriiuu wivu the certain blindness of justice. Well are its eyes here blindfolded ; but strike from her hands the meaningless symbols of sword nnd balance, and send her begging away? the naked and discarded prostitute of political rancor. 1 now come to the main point of my communication? and that is to ndd my individual confirmation to the mass of experience on the subject. 1 was walking last evening in a seemingly quiet and unfrequented part of the city, when I observed standing at a corner three men. As it was late and I had heard so much of Baltimore ruffianism, I grasped my cane tightly and prepared myself for the encounter which, as I had feared, immediately ensued. I walked quietly and unconcernedly by them, when one of their number asked mo where I was going. I made no answer, and walked on. With a curse, he repeated the question ; and, seising me by the arm, shook me violently. Fortunately, he was between me and his assistants, who were scarcely a yard off; and, shifting tho stick which I had in my right hand to my left, I strnck him with all my force over the head. Tho blow had its effect in stunning him a little, and I had no diffi. culty now in getting free from his grasp. I then ran up the street crying police, but met not a single i>erson in a distance of five squares. I was at first pursued, but the chase was soon given up. Now, I am a southern merchant, and was well disposed to Baltimore ; but henceforth I shall strive and use all my efforts to make others shun this hot-bed of vlllany, outrage, and ruffianism. But for my previous preparedness I should in all probability have l>een robbed and left senseless in the street. Even curiosity seems to have been extinguished by the dark demon of violence and crime brooding over this Cl> ; for no ono even looked from a window to sec what was the matter. If the friends of Baltimore -and I was one?aro thu? to bo treated, the sooner it meets the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah the better. OBSERVER. A sugar mill i? in full operation at Chelsea, Massachusetts, which manufactures one barrel of Chinese sugarcane sirup per day. From the Bojloc rail. CON NECTICUT TOWN ELECTIONS. Htunhigton elected the dvuiocriitic ticket by 126 majority ; Bristol by about 130 majority. The know-nothings have ruled Bristol for three yean, and have now been completely whipped. Old OloMtenbury, we are glad to learn, has repudiated abolitionism and given a majority of 67 for the democrats, on a well-contested rote of nearly Ave hundred. In Middletown Mr. Starr, democrat, was elected clerk by 526 votes to 285 for Colef, republican. The Middletown Sentinel gives results from several towns, adding that "they present thus far au unbroken series of democratic triumphs, and yet achieved without any extra efforts on tire part of our friends. These results indicate, in the most unmistakable manner, how strongly the popular current is running towards democracy, and how hist the fortunes of the pie-bald opposition are ebbing. The 'sober second thought of the people' lias everywhere, even on the borders of the far Pacific, approved the verdict given in November last. One more effort, friends! and Connecticut will inevitably be rescued from black-republican misrule.'* j In Bridgeport the democrats eleeted P. C. Calhoun mayor and the rest of their ticket over bogus Americans and sham republicans combined. Tn* Flow da End or tuk Alabama and Flobida bailroad.?The l'ensacola Observer lias the following in relation to the Florida end of the Alabama and Florida railroad : We gather the following minutes in reference to our railroad from one of the contractors who is interested in that capacity in the entire l!ne from l'ensacola to Montgomery ; and we may as well assure our friends, and enemies, too, that, with such a state of things to encourugo us, we may safely defy all opposition and laugh at any and every obstacle. The heaviest portion of the work is completed, the greatest difficulties surmounted, and the 1 undertaking is mortgaged to success. Thirty miles of grading are Auishcd in Florida, leaving fifteen miles of very light grading to reach the Florida line. The work from tho 28th to the 30th mile was very heavy, requiring at many places over forty feet excavation, The contract through Conecuh county, Alabama, u distance of forty-seven inlles, having been recently let out, puts the entire line from Pensaeola to Montgomery under contract. The ties for twenty miles of the Penaacola end are alI ......1., .... 41... ........,.1 n,,,l 4|?. ...... 4 rn,.(itru ore rnn.1v 4,1 lav the iron the moment it arrives. OFFICIAL,. PsrirTiu.JT or Statb, Waahlu'Ilon, October 9, 1857. Information has boon received at this department from Amos B. Corwiue, the Uuited states consul at Panama, of the murder, 111 the district of Bona, State of Pannmu, New Granada, by u native of that country, of Jobu Burkina, a citizen of the United States. Oct 10?3t |?f*RKUoiou8 Notice.?The Disciples will have Divine service on to morrow (Lord's day,) uh usual, in tho west room of Temperance Hall, commencing at 11 o'clock, a. m. Beats free. Oct 10 jKo^REMaious Notice.?Rev. Dr. Teasdale will preach In tho Thirteenth Street Baptist Church to morrow (Sunday) tnoruing and night. Citizens anil strangers arc cordially Invited to attend. Oct 10 PROPOSALS FOR RATIONS FOR 1868. QrAltrKKMASTBR'S OKKKH VI AWN* CORPS, Washington, October 10, 1857. . SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be recalved ut thin office until Tuesday, the 10th or November next, nl 3 o'clock, p. in., for furnishing rations to the United Slates marine corps, at the following stations, for tho year 1868, viz: Cliarlcatown, Mawachuaett*; Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Brooklyn, lvong Island, New York; Philadelphia, I'euusylvaniu; llosport, near Norfolk, Virginia; Warrington, Florida; and Washington, District of Columbia. Fach ration to couslst of one pound and a quarter of fresh beef, or three quarters of a iannul of moss pork ; eighteen ounces of bread, mode of best superfine Hour, or beat superfine 'Hour at the optiou of the government; and at tho rate of six pounds of good coffee, twelve pound* of best New Orleans sugar, eight quarts of best white beau*, four quarts of viuegar. two quarts of salt, four pound* of good hard brown soup, and one and a half }>ound of good hard dipf?ed tallow candle* to one hundred ration*. The beef required shall ho dolivorod on tho order of the command Ing officer or eacn station, tuner in mint or uy 1110 single rniion, una snau consist of the beat and most chotre pieces of the carcass ; the pork to bo No. 1 prime moss pork, un<1 llio groceries to be oT tlio boot quality of kludu named. All subject to Inspection. No bid will bo entertained unless accompanied by the name* of two sureties known to this office, or certified to by some official person. To be endorsed " Proposals for Kutlons for 1858," and addressed to the Quartermaster of the Marine Corps, Washington, It. C. D. J. SUTHERLAND, Quartermaster. The papers publishing this advertisement will send the paper eon tabling thofirst Insertion to this office for examination, accompanied by a duplicate account of tho expense, at the rate of 76 cents for 300 ems firU insertion, and 87 Y, ceuts per 300 cms for all subsequent in sertions. Tho National Intelligencer, Star, and States, Washington, I). C. ; Argus, Portland, Me.; Patriot, Concord,N. 11.; Uazetlc,Portsmouth, N. II.; Post aud Courier, lloston, Mass.; Bridgeport Farmer, Conn.; Bally News and Atlas, N. Y.; Kaglo, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Argus, Penusylvanlan, and Press, Philadelphia, I'enn.; Patriot, HarrUhurg, Peon.; Republican, Baltimore, Md.; statesman and Argus, Norfolk, Va.; Democrat, Pensa eola, Fla.; Courier and Or Iranian, New Orleans, La., will pub. ish tliu atsive three times per week until 10th November. Oct 10?3tawtl0thN'ov By.IA.SC. McGUIHK, Auctioneer. HIGHLY valuable corner lot on President's Square at imbllc auction.?On Tuesday afternoon, October 13, at 6 o'clock, on tbo premises, I shall sell I but vnluahlo corner lot op poslto tho War Department, being tho southeast corner of square No. 107, fronting 07 feel on Pennsylvania avenue and 111 feet on Ijifaycite Square, adjoined on the west by Judge Blair's and on the north by Commodore Stockton's residence. This Is beyond doubt ono of the most beautiful and eligibly situated lots ever offered at auction in this city, and the sale offers great induce ments to capitalists seeking Investments, as tho property In that vicinity must continue to steadily advance in value. Terms at sale. JAS. C. McfilJIKE, Oct 10?d Auctioneer. Miniature theology; in uttio volumes for the pocket?gilt edged. The Sermon on the Mount. t arauies 01 me raviour. I CbrLsl'a IJtst Discourse to Ins Disciples. Tlie Hong of Moses. The Omnipotence of Cod. lYter's Sermon on (he Day of Pentecost. Price, ten cents each. Oct 10 FRANCE TAYIAIR. OLD SILVER PLATE, Spanish and other silver coin, bought at United Stales Mint rates. | We are now buying, for cash, every dcacrlptlon of old silver plate, i coin, Ac., for which we are paylug tho price offered at tho United. ' Siatea Mint. Parties having any of tho abeve to dispose of have now i the opportunity of turning it at once Into cash at Its full value. M. W. 0alt k BRO., k'24 renn. avenue, between 9th and 10th streets. | Ort 10?3t National democratic association.?a special meeting of the members of the above named assocut! lion will be held at Temporuncc Hall, K street, between Ninth and I Tenth streets, on Monday evening next, at early candle-llghtlng. The \ punctual attendance of the members is earnestly requested. i.UCTEN PEYTON, Oct 10?2t President pro tern. Black and white plaid flannels, and other black and white plaid fabrics Air ladies' wear. 200 dozen ladles' super Paris kid gloves, all colors and sizes, "llajou's best make," to our order. I One price only ; no deviation. I New supplies of all first class fancy and atuple dry goods received j dally. PERRY k BROTHER, " Central Stores," west building, J Ort II?lOdif Opposite Centre Market. NEW JEWELRY, WATCHES, Ac., just openoil.?Id addition to our unuaually larjro Mock of elegant which aim jewelry r[ I cnuy seiccieu, w? open tun nay a very lurge assortment ol fancy silver ware, Ac., suitable for wedding ami other presents. We Invite particular attention to our preaenl stock, embracing as It does everything new and elegant in our line. M. W. GAI.T A ItKO , 324 Pennsylvania avenue, Ort 8?3t between 9th and 10th streets. CLOAKS, MANTILLAS, AND 8HAYVL8.?HARper A MITCHELL.?The cloak room connected with our new store will be opened this day, and we take pleasure In calling the at teution of our Mends and purchasers generally to our well assorted ! stock of the above goods, embracing all the novelties of the season, j consisting In |?rt of Kmhrnldered, laoetrlmmed, and plain Lyons velvet cloaks and mantillas Super black French and beaver cloths, plain and full trimmed, In every variety of stylo A large and full assortment of black and gray cloth dusters and mourning cloaks. Shawlf, Shawls, Shawls! In shawls we have a rare and beautiful stock?* Camel*' hair shawls and scarfs long and square brocha, purchased at the late large auction sales In New York Stella in all colors, with cashmere and chenille border* long and square Hay Stale and Snatch plaids Black cashmere with silk borders, for mourning t Oct ?eodgllf LOCAL NEWS. Mr.^UUi I'AlEo & Nocasa. - .-1 iltetuig o/ ike CrtdUort. ? ' The creditors of Mourn. 1'aiiu k Noun*' luul a meeting yesterday afteruuou at Uiriou Academy, corner of New York avenue and Fourteenth street. About seventy persons having assembled, Nicholas C'allan, esq., was elected president, and Henry Bmith, ct?|., secretary. Mr. Callan, on taking the chair, stated tliat he was not a creditor himself?that he was only the representstivo of parties who held certificates of dejioeite. He also stated that he did not know who called the meeting, or ; what it was called for, and he left it to the gentlemen j present to state the object of the meeting and proceed to | business. Several gentlemen arose In turn and made remarks and suggestions; among them we recoguised Colonel W heeler, j Mr. J. A. M. Duncanson, Colonel Bate man, Rev. J. L. Elliott, and Mr. Wo. Anderson. The general impression seemed to l>e that a committee ought to be appointed to thoroughly investigate and report the affairs of the suspending firm, and tliat a representative of the creditors ought to lie associated with the assignee of the firm. Several gentlemen expressed entire confidence In the Integrity of the firm and their ultimate ability to pay. Mr. Duncansoii, in {^articular, bore testimony to the integrity of the institution. Col. Wheeler said he once went to school with Mr. Nourse down in old North Carolina, had known him ever since, and did not believe there was a inure honest man on top of the earth. Mr. Edes, the assignee, was also well spoken of. On motion of Col. Wheeler, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : Resolved, Tliat it is due alike to the depositors as well as to Messrs. Pairo & Nourse that a full investigation into the aflhirtf of the concern lie made, and, as invited by their letter of the 5 th inst., that a committee of throe lie appointed, who shall lie authorized to examine into said uffuirs, and report the result of their labors to an adjourned meeting of the deiio.dtors to be held at this place on Monday, the l'Jth inst., at 4 o'clock, p. in. The chair appointed Colonel John H. Wheeler, Win. H. Thomas, and John H. Smith to constitute the committee. And then the inoetiug adjourned In good spirits to meet again at the time designated. The J. C. Tiiaykk, the large guano ship which had been detained below for eight or ten days discharging a i! (I tl.? ,,..u terday morning. She still has on board a cargo of three thousand tons. The farmers of Virginia who were unable to obtain a supply of this valuable compost from the last arrivals will now have an opportunity afforded them of making their purcliases. Sionok Blitz will give his last performance in this city this evening, and we risk nothing in saying that it will be ids best. The Signor is grateful for the unmistakable recognition of his ability to amuse without tiring that I has been vouchsafed to him during the entire week, and would return thanks to the citizens of Washington for their patronage. There are now about two hundred and sixty-five longhoats plying on the river l>etween the three cities of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, and various points on the shores of the Potomac. Their trade is confined principally to the transportation of wood, sand, and lumber. At a Merino or the New Board or School Trustees, on Thursday last, Francis S. WalHli was appointed to fill the vacancy in the third district school, and James E. Morgan to fill that in the fourth district. Miss Jane Morse was confirmed as teacher of the male primary school of the third district. The Arrivals at Gkokoetown by the Chesapeako and Ohio canal yesterday were quite large. Among them are mentioned two thousand bushels of prime wheat, one ! thousand bushels of corn, and five hundred and fifty-ono I tons of coal. Personal.?Baron Stoeckel, the distinguished llus?ian minister, has gone to New York. He is expected to return by the 15th inst. We make this announcement that his correspondents may know where to direct their letters. On Thursday Last John J. Keefer was made to pay a fine of five dollars and costs for selling marketing without a license. The National Hotel will be opened for the reception oi gnosis ny me 10m 01 novemner. a portion 01 mellow furniture ia expected to arrive next week. Tiik Annual Meeting of the atockholders of the Orange and Alexandria 1 tail road Company will l>e held at their office in Alexandria on Thursday, the 22d iuat. Th? Fiv j?*ic Corporation Police Oi riciBS report fiftyfour eases for the week ending Saturday last. ODD FELLOWS' HALL. SIGNOIl BLITZ. CKOWDED HOUSES! UNPARALLELED SUCCESS! I'crrormauco.i EVERY EVENING at to 8 o'clock, and on WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY AFTERNOONS at 3>i o'clock; embracing THE LEARNED CANARY BIRDS, Vciitriloqnlim, Spirit Hnpplng, and Natural Magic. Admiaaion 'Jib cenu. Children, 13 coute. Oct 8 Regimental Headquarters Volunteers, Washington, Octobor 4,1867. TIIE regiment will assemble for the annual parade, aa proscribed by law, at the usual purado ground at the City Hail, at 10 o'clock, u. m., ou Monday, tho 10th inst., (being the anniversary of tho battle aud victory of York town.) All officers of tho regiment uro required to bo punctual in thoir attendance ; and those having command of companion will give each member of them the proper notice previous to that time, and have them in line prccisoly at that hour. By order of Colonel Hickey: Oct 9 H. N. OBKR. Adjutant. waier-cnior lira wings. TAYLOIt k MAURY bcp; to announco that, in accordance wltli the wishes of numerous persons Interested In the fine arts, they intend raffling n portion of the exquisite water color druwings now in their possession. Subjocta: Value. Aostey's Cove, near Torquay, Devonshire Coast, England #17f> An Engliah Farm 60 North Coast of Cornwall 45 Dismantled Slilps 3p Holy tale, from the Isle of Arran 26 325 Firs 1'RirKfl : Sixty three chances, at $6 each. Chance* to he paid for when taken. Tlie picture* on view at Taylor k Maury's bookstore. and Measra. Halt & Brother's jewelry establishment. The raffle to take place October 31st. Oct 3? 3t TTTILLARD'8 HOTEL.?J. C. k H. A. Willard, V V Pennsylvania avenue and Fourteenth street, Washington, D. C. Jsn 20?dirt EDMUND F. BROWN, Notary Public and General Agent, Also, Commissioner of the Court of Claims, HAS removed hiB office to the corner of F and 7th streets, Immediately opposite the northeast corner of the now Post Office building. DEEDH, LEASES, WTIJ.S, CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, And olber legal writings carefully and promptly prepared ; oaths, afflrmallons, and acknowledgments taken and certified, and general agency business transacted. Oct 3?2aw3m [Intel ] Univeralty or Nashville. THE Medical Department opens November 2 ; the free preliminary roursa, October 6, 1857 Apply to PAUL F. EVE, Dean. ! The Collegiate Department, Western Military Institnta, commences next session September 7. It oomnrlses a oonslata e.iaastcaJ nniir*,. an elective course In engineering, In sclentiftc and agricultural branches, snd a preparatory school Tuition, hoarding, washing, furl, *100 per term of twenty weeks. Modern languages, Ac., each *10 i>er term. last session there were ?30 student* In the two department* Apply to B R .IOHNSON, Superintendent NasnviuJi. Tenn , July 11,1857 I Aug 5?Smdswfcw* ? BY TELGUHAP1I. Friended Arrangement! for Procuring European A mm. Niiw York, Oct. 9.?lu consequence of the temporary failure of the Atlantic telegraph cable, the New York Associated Press have decided to employ a HuUitantial news yacht at Newfoundland for the pur|M?e of boarding, off Cape Kace, all the steamer* from Liverpool, Houthampton, Havre, Bremen, Glasgow, Ac., Ac.; and in thin enterprise ? no important to the whole public of the United State* and British American province*?they hope to receive the hearty co-operation of all the owner* and commander* of the several steamship lines now established. If the pre** should be seconded in this arrangement by the commander* of the steamers, there is no reason to doubt but that they will be able to obtain the new* from a large majority of the steamer* |Missing within ten or fifteen miles of Cape Kace, and by availing themselves of the New York and Newfoundland telegraph line, which 1* kept in admirable order, they will be able to spread the European news bofore the public in about six or eight days from the time it let ves the English shores. This arrangement will involve very heavy expenditures, but the Associated Press cheerfully assume the burden, not doubting but that the public will properly appreciate their efforts and sacrifices to promote the interests of the commercial public and the pleasure of the general reader. The Financial Cririe. N?w York, Oct. 9.?There was a tremendous run on the Park Bank. It is said to have only $150,000 in circulation, and nearly $300,000 in specie. The house of Harper & Brothers failed yesterday. They are reported to have assets amounting to a surplus of upwards of one million dollars. N?w Orlkans, Oct. 8.?The excessive stringency in the money market lias caused a further heavy decline in cotton, the reduction from the highest point being now 3\ cent*. The sales the past three days amount to 6,000 bales, iucluding middling at 13. Beceipts continue to Dour in ranidlv. and the indications are that lower figures will be submitted to. All branches of business are more or less affected by the pressure, but tho merchants are ruing their utmost endeavor* to brave tire storm. 8terling has still further declined, and sales of bankers' bills are made at 97. Money is more in demand, and rates daily hardening. Freights are dull, nominally at Jd. Monetary. Nbw Yobk, Oct. 9.?Messrs. Oallaudet & Wetmore, bankers, have suspended. The run on the Park iiauk lias subsided, the bank having paid all demands. The Brooklyn Central Bank lias been enjoined and a receiver appointed. A meeting was held at the Merchants' Bank this after-* noon to devise measures for relief. It is reported that the banks will provide a fund of 6,000,000 for the Special object of forwarding produce. Pennsylvania legislature. Habbisbubo, Oct. 9.?Tire senate has passed a bill extending the time of the suspension of the banks to the 1st of April, 1858 ; providiitg for a stay of execution one year ; and requiring the depositee of the State treasurer to be jaid in specie. Kansas Election. St. Louis, Oct. 9.?Kansas returns show large democratic majorities. Johnson gives 1,700; Leavenworth, 250 ; Atchison, 60 ; and Douglas, 1,100. Both branches of the legislature will lravc democratic majorities. Failures in Boston. Boston, Oct. 9.?L. A. George & Co., dealers in strawwork ; Milson & Gall', oil and leather dealers ; and Nash, French, & Co., shoe dealers, failed to-day. United States Senator Elected. Nasiivillk, Oct. 8.?Andrew Johnson was to-day elected the successor of Senator Jones in the United States Senate. IMrye Receipts of Breadstuff's. Oswsao, (N. Y.,) Oct. 7.?Twenty-two grain-laden vessels arrived this morning, mostly from Chicago, with 227,000 bushels of wheat, 50,000 bushels of corn, and 7,000 bushels of barley. City Steam Fire-wood Mill. economy and convenience. WE are now ready to deliver wood sawed and split at '20 per cent, less than the usual rules, and better prepared than it can bo by hand. Kuots and wood of inconvenient size not sent. All orders for less than half a cord will be delivered in orates to any part of tho house at no further expense to the purchaser. Pine wood in orates 35 cent?. Oak wood do 40 cents. In this part of our business we will open no accounts, as we have come to the conclusion to mako it exclusively u cosh business. Also, oil hAnd hickory, oak, and pine wood,aud coal of all kinds, which will be disposed of on tho usual accommodating terms. Now on the way? One cargo white-ash broken coal for furnace. One cargo whtte-ash egg coal for radiators. Coal 2,240 lbs. to the ton. All under cover. Orders promptly filled. T. J. A W. M GALT, northwest corner of 12th and C streets, No. 547, one squure south el' l'cun. avonuc. UCl O?OUl AUTUMN AND WINTER CLOAKS.?Opened today many stylish autumn and wintor cloaks for ladles. Also, a very largo lino of modern shawls adapted for the present and approaching season. A large line of mourning shawls, all sizes, of tho very host grades. Now supplies from the North and East daily. One prico only, marked in plain figures by one of tho firm, and no deviation allowed therefrom. Mourning goods only allowed out of tho store on approbation. Goods will also be sent for the Inspection of invalids; in all other cases purchasers must dxid: what they want. Goods will not be allowed out of tho store on approbation, nor will they lxs exchanged or taken back. We are serious in this matter, for many and to us costly reasons. Good articles, low prices, and Ikir dealing may bo relied on in all cases. PERRY & BROTHER, "Central Btores," west building, Oct 0?lOtdif opposite Centre Market. TO LET?FURNISHED ROOMS.?Four parlors, with bedrooms adjoining, with gas, he.,on Pennsylvania avenue, No. 22ft, opposite Willards' Hotel, between 14th and 15tli streets. Also, a STORK nt the game place. Oct 9?SawSWFlm DANIEL E. GROUX. Modern Languages. PROF. DANIEL E. GROUX, a native of France, teachar of modem languages, especially French, Spanish, and German. Translations made with correctness and punctuality, at moderate prices. l'ennsylvania avenue, No. 22ft, south side, between 14th and lftlh streets, opposite Wlllurds' Hotel, Washington, D. C. Oct 0?SawSWfcFlm MABEL VAUGHAN.?A novel by the author of "The lamp-lighter." Just received, and for Bale t>y BI.ANCHARD k MOHUN, Oct 8 Corner lltb street and I'enn avenue. Blankets, comforts, sheetings, at ? 300 pairs blankets, all siies, qualities, and prices, some extra fine. Bed comforts, assorted. 10 cases cotton shoetings In all widths, of the best grades. 3 cases pillow case cottons, from medium up to cxlra line. 130 pieces select styles furniture chintxos for lounges, chairs, and spreads. 7ft pieces table diapers and damasks, from medium and narrow up to extra wide and fine; all stylish patterns. linen sheetings ami pillow linens, of the proper qualities and widths, at our proverhlnlly-low prices. Towels, napkins, towellings, and Doylies in endless profusion of choice styles and prices Scotch diapers, all widths; In the lot many "double weight" of the "old-fashioned pattern.'' With all other dry goods of the best class for family consumption. New supplies from the North and East daily. One price only, marked in plain figures by one of the firm, from which no deviation is allowed. We are not opening new bills. The present is rcgardod a most opportune time for all persons in debtod lo ns to nay all or part of their bills. Strangers and roaidcnU cordially solicited to examine our stock, If but for their own gratification. Good article!, low prices, and fair dealing may be relied on in all cases. PERRY k BROTHER, "Central Stores," west building, Oct ?lOtdif opposite Centre Market. THICK FLANNELS.?10 pieceB famous Western Virginia made white twilled flannel, for warm skirt < and under aturta and drawers 2 pierce extra wide and heavy thick Slinkcr flannel fhr eklrta 2 pieces extra wide and heavy Welch flannel Tor skirts 40 plocea One American and Welch flannel of ordinary thick neaa 200 pieces alt other kinds of flannels, nil at our usual rates. One price only ; no deviation permitted. New supplies daily. PF.nnv & imoTiiKR, "Central Stores," west building, Oct fl?1 Old if opposite Centre Market. Collector's Office, City Hull, September 17, 1?07. NOTICE TO TAX-PAYEK8?Doduction for prompt payment ?Notice is hereby given that the taxes for the year 1S47 are due, and payable at this offlro, and Ihst a deduction of six per cent Is allowed hy law fhr the current year If |wld on or in f. ra the l&lh day of October next. JA.U F HAI.IJPAY, Sep 10 eodlftOctlft Collector, OFFICIAL. Tmlukkt l?ri*T??*T September 28, 18*7. NOTICE IB HEREBY GIVEN to the hold.ru of stocks of the Colled States that this department will pure has. such cerudoales as shall be received here, duly assigned to the Culled Slates, previous to tbs 1st day of November nest, at the rotes heretofore offered and paid, vis: 10 per eeut. premium on the loan of 1841; 10 per cent, premium ua loans of 1847 and 1848; and > 0 per cent, premium on Texas Indemnity & per cent stock, together with the interest accrued In each case from 1st July. Certificate, of stock received here on or after the 1st day of November , until further uotice shall be given, will lie purchased at the following rotes, vis: 8 per cent, premium ou the luau of 184'J; 14 per cent, premium on the loans of 1847 and 1848 ; and 6 per cent, premium on Texas indemnity 5 per cent, stock, with the accrued interest payable thereon, respectively. Where certificates of stock inscribed and transferable on the books of the treasury shall be received here, assigned to the Culled Bis Ice, betweeu the 1st Docember, when the transfer books will be closed, and the 1st January, when the half-yearly interest Is payable, llie acj crued Interest for the half year must be expressly oaalgued to thu | United filatea by the stockholder, as no Interest for the current halfyear can be Included lu tbe settlement but the same will be payable by the Assistant Treasurer on the Interest schedules as heretofore. In all cases the purchase sums will be settled In favur of Hie lawful holder of the stock, who shall assign It to the United States in the mode preecribod by the regulations of assignments of stock; and remittance will bo made of the amount by draft on the assistant treasurers st Boston, New York, or Philadelphia, at the option of the party in whose fayor the settlement shsll be made. One day's additional Interest will be added Hum the day of receipt here for the draft to be sent by mail. HOWELL 00BU, Secretary of the Treasury. Sep 34?dtf [Intel.] MagiilAcent Gi-u in and Stock Farm for Sale. THE subscriber having fixed bin residence in Washington for a few years, wishes to soil his (arm, stock, &c., upon such terms, as cannot full to bo satisfactory to any one who is desirous of farming and stock raising. The fnrm w hich I will sell, contains 800 acres of first quality land, lylug in the county of Pike, State of Missouri, and a little over a mile from the towu of Bowling Uraen, tbo county scat of Pike. There are about seven hundred acres of rich and gently rolling prairie, the balance in timber. Upwards ol four hundred ncrcs are iu a lino state of culUratiou; one hundred acres In meadow; sixty acres In wheat; ten acres in orchard of the i boat selected fruit, now bearing tinely, and enclosed by on (Stage orange i hedge. It is the best watered farm In the neighborhood Besides ! never-failing ponds of stock witter, there Is a small creek running I through the truot, affording an inexhaustible supply of water at all seasons of the year. The farm Is twelve miles from tbe nourishing j and rapidly-growing city of Louisiana, our market town ou Uie Missis sjppl river, with a pUn.it: road complete to Bowliug tlreen, by which I we can take a load of produce lu w agons to Louisiana, and return tbe I same day. | The buildings are a cultago dwelling houso in good repair, contain- . | ing eight rooms; also kitchen, pantry, smoke-house, negro houses, ' stables, corn cribs. Ice-house, suit other outhouses. Besides the slock | water, there is a never railing spring within two hundred yards ot the house, two cisterns, one of which is thirty feet deep, ami leu feet I iu diameter, arched over at top with brick, aud plastered inside with hydraulic cement, and otherwise llnlslied in the completoet manner. ' Tkerr it not a more healthful farm in the. State of Miuouri; nor is | there, in general estimation, a moro beautiful and valuable one?according to Its slxc?lit (tie county. I wish to sell it, simply because j whilst engaged in my present enterprise, us the editor and proprietor of the WiHiii.voTo.v Uxiox, I cannot conveniently manage and carry It ' on to proper advantage. j The terms will be made very accommodating. By paying oue third in cosh, the purchaser tan have four years to pay thu bulauce in, by imylng luterest and securing llio deferred payments lu thu usual manner. I Any inquiry addressed to the subscriber, Washington city, Or to my son Blackford Harris, or Hauiuel K. Murray, esq , Bowling tireen, j like county, Mo., will bo promptly attended to. Bept 28 WM. A. HARRIS. WOODWARD'S METROPOLITAN STOVE AND GRATE FACTORY. A New Star Ditcovered. I HAVE just received from Philadelphia a largo lot of the now rising star, double oveu cook stove, and union complete. single oven, which win gotten up to my order, and which I can confidently recommend to my customers aud the public generally. They are a decided improvement on the old morning star. I had them got up expressly for this market. They ure very heavy and strong, and cast of the very best Pennsylvania malleable iron. AM the cooking utensils are make extra heavy. I have also the liberty star, made by Messrs. Abbott At lAwreuoe, ofPhlladelpliia ; the I.igbt street double oven cook, made by Meagre. I Haward, Burtlett, & Co., of Baltimore, togeUier with the vory best airtight flat top cooking stoves that can be found in this or any other i market, some of which are the celebrated sunrise, improved globe, | llora cook, noble cook, and the blue ridge air-tight cook. If any man ! can produce a better cooking stove to excel the above stoves for roast ' mg, baking, Ate., I will give him ISO on each one. Please call and ex | amine them ; it will cost you nothing, and yon will see all kinds and | sort* of stoves, Ac. For sale at C. WOODWARD'S Metropolitan Stove and Grate Factory, Nos. 31$ and 322 Peuu. avenue, between 10th and 11th sts. Balcony In (rout full of stoves. N. B.?As to the sea shell list top cooking stove, I bavo examined It thoroughly in Philadelphia, and think it lias a vory appropriate name. Shell ; yes, they will not lust one season. It is a good name for them, and good for Uie makers. Anil as to the old morning star, Isold lliem last fall, but will not sell them again. They are us thin as pasteboard ; 1 can prove that the maker's agent urged me for almost a day last summer in my counting-room to sell them this foil, saying If I would take twenty-Ave of them he would give mo the exclusive agency of them for live years. I told him I would not have them at any price, they ur? so thinly made. They are handbillcd I over town by one that said last full that they wore not worth having. Can be found also at the Metro|iolitan tjtovo aud Grate Factory til kinds of houso-furulshiug articles. C. WOODWARD, Nos. 318 and 322 l'eiui. avenue, between 10th aud 11th streets. Sep 23?Bwcodtf By J. C. McGUIRE, Auctioneer. TRUSTEE'S Salo of Valuable Improved Real Estate, known as the " Klrkwood House." By virtue of a deed of trust from Thomas Y. Conly and wife to me, bearing dale on tho 31st day of July, in tho year 1847, and recorded In Libor W. B., Mo. 136, folios 14, 16,16, 17, and 18, one of the land rocords for Washington county; in the District of Columbia, and at the request of the j bolder of the note therein secured, I will sell at pulillo auction, to tho | highest bidder, on Saturday, the 31st day of October, In the year | 1857, at 4 o'clock, p. m.,on the premises, that valuable improved | real estate known as "tho Klrkwood House," situated at tho corner I of Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue, in tho city of Washlng, ion, said real estate consisting of the following lots or parcels of ground?to wit : All those parcels of ground known on the plan of tho city of Washington as parts of lots numbered two (2) anil three, (3,) in square numbered three hundred and twenty-two, (322,) aud deslg| natcd as lots C, I), and E, of tho subdivision made by John McClelland of said lots numbered two (2) anil throe, (3,) as will more fully appear by reference to tho plat of suid subdivision, recorded In tho 0000 of tho surveyor of said city of Washington, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and privileges and appur; timancos thereto belonging. I Terms of sale: Five thousand dollars of tho purchase money to ho paid In cash, and tho rcslduo thereof In six equal Instalment at six, twelve, eighteen, twenty-four, thirty, anil thirty-six mouths, with interest from the date of sale, for which the several promissory notes | of the purchaser will be required, drawn to his own ordor, and by him endorsed, to be secured by deed of trust on tho premises. All conveyances to be at the cost of llio purchaser. The trustoo will only convey such title as is vested In him by the deed of trust. The titlo to the premises is believed to bo Indisputable. If the terms of aalu are not compiled with In ton days from the day of sale, the trusteo roservod tho right, at his option, either to annul the sale, or, after one week's notice, to re-sell tho property, at tho risk and cost of tho purchaser, on such terms as tho trustoo may 'hink tit. T1J03. J. SEMMES, Trusteo. J At*. C. McGUIRK, Sop 28?oodids Auctioneer. * RISING STAR. I HAVE just received from Philadelphia a few of tho new Rising Star or double-oven cooking stoves, a decided improvement on tho old Morning Star. Patented 1867. I had them got lp In Philadelphia this last summer, and ure Hilly suited to this market. Tlicy aro heavy and strong cost of the very best Pennsylvania malleable iron; the cooking utensils arc made extra heavy, and aro inanufcetnred by F. H. Church, esq., Philadelphia. Please call and see them. Also, the largest variety of stoves of all kinds that can be found In the District of Columbia. Ranges, furnaces, Iatrobo fire-places or par !nr nomimnions. narlor Cumberland coal urates, and Other New York latest patterns. All (ho above for sale at C. WOODWARD'S Metropolitan Stove and (irate Factory, between KHli and lllh street-; balcony in front full of itovea, Hep 15?cotlwtr Nos. 318 and 322 i'enn. avenue. Housekeepers, attention.?i h?ve thu (lay received another aupply of the Coal Gas Burners This stove burns the gas and smoke from the coal, thereby making a -aving of one-half the fuel from the common coal Etovas ; suitable to all apartments, Ac For sale only at C. Woodward's Stove, Grate, Furnace, and Cooking range Factory, Nos. 318 and 322 Pennsylvania avenue, between 10th and 11th streots. C. WOODWARD. Oct 8?ood4w FROST KINO. C WOOD WARD'S Metropolitan Stove and Grata factory, No. 818 Pennsylvania avenue, between 10th ami 11th street*. Sep 4?oodllBm WJC *. HKNKT JOH* L. CAMmJ I HENRY A CAMPBELL, Bankers, I AND, C01J.ECTINU, AND INSURANCE AGENTS, Stottx City, Iowa, Enter land* with land warrant* or cash, or on time, and loan money at western rates, pay taxe*, nnd furnish abstract to Utiea. Sep 25- dfcs* ly Brnot, Iju, ft Co., 1 ( Tnouss R. Brnm, Banker*, j | I*u, WiSmsoTo* -Orr. ) ( I.rnnra R. Snoot. SMOOT, RUSSELL, & CO., Bankcm, Leavenworth City, K. T., dealer* in exchange, uncurrent bank note*, and land warrant*. Agent* for the purchase and salo of land* and city lot*, and all business appertaining to a first-class land agency. Collections made on all accessible point* In tho United States and Europe. I.UTHER R. HMOOT, WM. H RURKKLI., (Of Mafors, Russell, ft Co.,) THOMAS R. HUTKR, LUKE LEA. Corner Main and Rbawnee street*, opposite Planters' Hotel, Ap 18?dftrpAm leaven worth Oty, K T, 1 ,j