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metropolitan musings. In Meinoriam. I'KAX fuiinuui-a is added to (be lint iif suicides ! There j are two tearful things always hanging Iiku double Da- . mo ln?ii dangers over the bends of men ?f genius Hui ( dde and Intemperance. if an undercut tttroaoncr is ; mad with the quiet insanity of disbelief, an undercut au- : thor is very likely to be afflicted with the tallica of pas J siott, anil ? very devout one is by no means exempt from brain perils, as the geologist of I'roiuarty has lately dom oustrsted. Solitary stragglings of thought generate mental h?ats ami lever*, whoae mists grow so thick that th? vision of reason cannot |?'iietnite to the seat of the volitions, and they, unchecked by mtional gt&dauce, play over again the old mythological tragwly of Phae ton lhe perils of genius are very great and numerous, aud its moral shortcoming* ought not to be harsh |y judged The world knows nothing of the fearful tension of some minds, which, being relaxed, suffers the machinery of the brain to beoutue disarranged, aud its envied possessor to walk in the midst of grinning fiends and mocking voices. A hart headache will eliange one's nature ; and when every line is born ?l a jarring nerve, what wonder thut they who wiile much sometimes sin much ! i am not endeavoring to justify suicide, but to account for it; ordinarily it is ' .... 1 . ontcinnlildr niece of cowardice a man . an In guilty of; but when, upon the roll of tlioM who recently J hav* tlm* sought their discharge from the battle of life, we rind IJiimm Blanchard, Hugh Milh:r, and llenry \V Herbert, to nay nothing of the long list of celebrities who have suffered the same eel ipso during the century, we must nyt silently und in midnight obscurity bury ; thrin in the cross road* of contempt ; though tierce term* howled around them and tempests dashed ii|m>u the domes of their genius, It may l>c, that within the t?I>er? burned steadily, the measured cliant went *oletnnly up to the Highest, and, all undisturbed by the outer turmoil, the soul bowed itself in lowly bomage. 'l'ho ex esses, even to suieido, of those who live under the continuous pressure of thought, should not lie catalogued with crimes, but classified wiih diseases. A student cultivating ?lys[>ep*in is as much a criminal as ho who terminates his existence by the shorter process of powder and lead. A moral coroner's inquest might properly bring in a verdict of " Died for want of l'lay" in many of these sad tragedies. There is something very pitiable in the frequent repetition of Frank Forrester's last request, "let merest," "leave me alone." It was that very desire to Is) left alone which hurried him out of the world. He was striving to escape from hwwtlf, seeking an outlet from the tangled and thorny |>crplexlties of his own confused and over excited brain, feebly groping in the darkness of Iris mental eclipse fur some guiding baud to lead him from that overwhelming and torturing consciousness of self. Burdened beyond endurance, stung out of measure, his last yearning prayer is for oblivion ; he would leap irrto any lake whose waters conhl whelm and hide him forever. the'* stream murmured municnlly for his weary senses ; its dark tide promised repose, and ho hastened to strip off all mortal encumbrances that he might lave his weary limb* in the current from which mortals usually shrink. Amidst the audible flow of the solemn river, dis turbeil by bis hasty plunge, these words of his, fraught with a solemn appeal for charitable judgment, coine very distinctly to our heariug, "For what I have to account with Clod, let ine account with God and not with m*n, who may uncertainly perceive anil distinguish facts, but certainly cannot perceive causes or divine motives and intention*.'' Res est sacra miser. Douglas Jen-old. Mr. Blanchard Jerrold, the eldest son of Douglas .ler rold, has performed the iilial duty of gathering up a volume of his father's wittiest things, and has published the collection under the title of " Specimens of Douglas ,lerrolil's Wit." The American edition is issued by Tick nor and Fields, of Boston. The volume fully justifies the saying of Charles Kcinlile, that " in one of Douglas Jerrold's plays there is wit sufficient for 1 litre comedies and no doubt the book will Is; sought for by all who love the bright humorist, lie belonged to the genuine succession of English essayists, and was descended in the right line from his mental forefathers ? Addison, Steele, and Kw'lft. lie excelled in every pait of literature; the drama, journalism, fiction, humor, satire, j and essays were equally served by his flexile pen while in conversation he reminded one of what Mariuontel said of Diderot, that "those who hod only read his works, and had never heard him speak, could form no estimate of liis merits." Jerrold rose from the typographical ranks, having " worked at the ease" side by side with Lainau Blanchard, to whom he was all his life much attached, and whom he did nothing survive. His first attempt at authorship was made in 1823, while he was o journeyman printer; it was a farce entitled "The Smoked Miser," and was followed the next year by "I)er Freysebuta." Succeeding beyond bis exi>ectation, lie obtained the position of editor to the London Weekly Times ; and while busily employed as a journalist he produced the play of "Black-Eyed Busan," in which Mr. T. P. Cooke commenced his career as an actor, in dune, 1829, and in which he sustjiinixl the same character, in July, 1857. A drama which thus retained its popularity for nearly thirty years must contain something more lliati the platitudes which generally supply warp and woof for the modern attempts in that kind of literature. Some twenty other contributions to the English drama originated with iris industrious pen, but none of them are of marked value or fame except the "Kent Day," in which lie dramatized Wilkie's pictures I faring that title. But it lias been in periodical literature that he hns most distinguished himself ; and 1 have been led into this brief sketch of him lieeause he is a fair representative of u most laliorit us class of literary men, both in England nnd America, who, not coveting the tinsel of author * in or the " bubble remit-ation. ' are content to moil on through long years <>f ill-rcqtiiWd labor, speaking bravo nul inspiring words into tho car* of a nation to stir it* la-art, and, beyond a very limited circle, lost under lictitioiia signatures, or merged us |s:raonalitics into the calmlistic Wk which diss not always mean the (alitor, and his ooMcienee. Moreover, though a biography, which will probably lie reprinted here, is promised by his son, 1 am not aware that any American pen has yet sketch ed the career of this eminent writer, llis Ix-st known contributions to periodical literature have been, ' Men : ?f Character(originally written for Hl/tckimxi'* Mnijnmw and afterwards republished in lSiiH, in two volumes;) "Cakes and Ale"? a collection of quaint, thought ful essays, and his contributions to Punch, which have been rend by many thousands in America. The "Candle lectures" probably did move to establish that periodical in it* present position than any other single production in its witty pages, and indeed since the demise of Jcrrold j and I?man Blanchftrd, and the withdrawal by death and t ether causes of two or three more contributors, I'unch i liss lived upon its past popularity rather than Its present. ' merit. Aismt the time of the appearance of the "Caudle lectures" Jerrohl's gonitis seemed to lie lu full bloom, art i He nftcr article, joke upon joke, wit. (lashing like forked or ?hwt lightning, tender humanities clad in epigrammatic habiliments, death-blows to shams and cant and tyranny i li\ weapons thai glittered 1'iit mi instant in tlx- sun light, and then decapitated his victims without inflicting Pain, protests against the elass-legisla Won of England, "hich did not low t Lemuel von in rant and fury ; all these , ttlintcncd on his pages, and shed a lustre upon a period *hen English authorship, like American, s*-ems to have confounded the virtues of quality with the amplitude of T'antity, tendering verlioee and often-repeated promises 1,1 Pay as Substitutes for the specie of thought and schol"ntliip. From Ifilfi to 11*57 be edited jMxtgbu Jtrrnhi t Miyaan*, "Jrrrald'i JVVwspnpfr," and " IJ"yd* and contributed to 7'unrA, pnslui ing, amongst '"numerable good things, "Punch's Is-Iters to his Sun," n.c Complete Letter-writer," "The t'hronieles of | Wernook," "The Story of a Feather," "The Man made ! "f Money," nnd "8t. (lilos and St. Jnniea." <'luirgrd "I'll bitterness, he replied, "'ltitter' has a little too | "ft'ai Is-en the ready word when certain critics have con Aeaceudcd to bond their eye* on my peg*' . ao teady, that I wall know the wort of ready-made criticism that would Dry, wit i u denouncing ahiver, 4 Aloea, aloe* ' " HI* friend, Mr. K I Hlanchard, bays, 44 Ilia satire, indeed, was of the brightest, kecntst, and moat trenchant older, uid amongst hi* friend* long will the memory aurvive of hi* (lashes of wit and aparklcs of (|uaiut fancy lie not only knew hi* satirical power, he lored to make it felt, lire keeu aword of hi* sarcasm war never buffered to ruat for want of uae." And, in allusiou to Jermld'* reference to ulue*, ho add*, 44 he had no worse motive than to improve the tone of the society In which he lived; and tonic* are for the moat jrart hitter, but very wholettome notwithstanding." On the 7th of June, lie lOOk Oil aiH l inillUH inn VI Ilia illviliin, and the next morning died in the m um of his noil, retaining the |K>wers of hin intellect uj> to the hint moment. On n bright English Juno day hin form wo* lowered into it* last renting place, amongst tree* and tloiver* in Norwood cemetery, "n Hummer nun brightening the earth with iti Ileum*, a cloud lea* blue sky over Instil, w'-th the carol of bird*, suggestive of hope beyond the gum, unit a mournful bree&e sighing amidst the foliage, u? a ?ym l>ol of earthly sorrow for hi* loss." A Remonstrance. Tlio Middle-Aged Man intended to devote hi* entire corner of the Uuiun this week to un affectionate tribute to two departed brethren of the quill, hut feels compelled to Insert a remonstrance against a (lagrant violation ot the laws of taste, decency, common sense, and good appetlte, of which one of the illustrated paper* ha* been guilty. Pictures are very important adjuncts of literature ; the demand for picture*, and the impossibility of an extensive suliscriptiou list without tliem, broke down l'utnain's Monthly, and their judicious use is one of the prime elements of the success of Harpers' Weekly and Harpers' Magasine. 1 luivo no quarrel, therefore, with thu illustrated periodical literature, but I must protest against the shameful abuse of the pictorial privileges in the production of a series of loathsome engravings in a New York weekly. This sheet, borrowing the name of philanthropy, makes u fierce onslaught upon what, without doubt, is a most atrocious business, but in doing this it intrudes upon our gnr.c in every publication shop window, pictures of diseased cows, jiost-mortom examinations of cows, frightful cow-sores, ami repulsive portions of dead cows, until we turn away more disgusted witli this revolting exhibition than with the great evil it undertakes to check. The Middle-Aged Man lins no love for quackery, but he would not have pictorial illustrations of the consequences of using nostrums flaunted in the faces of his female relatives ; neglect of vaccination is n very dangerous omission, but it would hardly be right to enforce it by wood-cuts of various stages of snmli-pox : there are some social crimes which are eating into the life and virtue of society, but he would not be a benefactor who should play Asmodeus with certain quarters of New York. In the name of all decency, and for the quiet of all respectably sensitive stomachs, let the pictorial portions of the "Kwill Milk" expose be discontinued, is the earnest request of the MIDDLE-AGED MAN. AMBITION'S BURIAL GROUND. BY FRANCIS PE HAKS JANVIER [In the Autumn of the year eighteen hundred ami (Illy two, s travel ler, nu bit way to California, counted six hundred new graven, In the ..r kid Umn.m d. r.i-d tlin IIlain* I Far nway beyond the western mountain?*, lies a lorclv land, Where bright ream lota, gently gliding, murmur over gulden wind, Where in valley* fresh and verdant, open grottoes old and hoar, In whoso deep rewiMM treasured, glitter heaps of guidon ore ? Lies a lovely land where Fortune long hath hidden priceless store. But the path which tosdoth thither, windeth o'er a dreary plain, Aud the pilgrim must encounter weary hours of toil and juiin, Ere ho roach those verdant valleys ere he grasp tho gold beneath: Aye, tho path is long and dreary, and dissu*o, with poisonous breath, Lurks around, and many a pilgrim tluda it but the way to death. Aye, the path is long and dreary?-but thou canst not miss the way, For, detlant of its dangers, thousands throng it night and day, pouring westward, as a river roUcth on in countless waves Old and young, alike impatient?nil alike Ambition's slaves? Pressing, paining, pining, dying?strewing all the way with graves 1 Thus, ulnsl Ambition ever Inadoth men through burial plaint? Trooping on, In sad procession, melancholy Funeral trains I Hope stand* smiling on the margin, but beyond are gloomy fears? One by one, dark Disappointment, wastes the Castles Fancy rears? All tho air is llllod with sighing ?all the way with graves and tears! Wonldrtt thou seek a wreath of glory on the ensanguined battle (told? Know that to u single victor, thousands in subjection yield; thousand* who with pulse* beating high tw bis, the strife essayed? Thousands who with nrms as valiant, wielded each his shining blade? Thousands who in heaps around him, vanquished, in the dust are luii I Vanquished! while above the tumult, Victory's trump, with swolliug surge, Hounds for him a song of triumph? sounds for them a funeral dirge! E'en the laurel wreath ho bindeth on his brow, their life blood stains Ngh*, and tears, and blood commingling, make the g' >ry that he gain" Ami unknown, sleeps many a hero, on Ambition's burial plains I Or, the purple Held despising?deeming war's red glory shame? Wouldat thou, in seclusion, gather greener laurels, purer fame? Stately halls Ambition rearetli, all along her highway aide? Halls of learning, halls of science, temples where the arts abide? Wilt thou hero secure a garland woven by scholastic pride t Ah! within those cloisters gloomy, dimly wastes the midnight oil? Days of penury and sorrow, alternate with nights or toil! Countless crowds those portals enter, breathing aspirations high? Youthful, ardent, self-reliant?etch believing triumph nigh; Countless crowds grow wan and weary, and within those portals die! Aye, of all who enter thither, few obtain the proffered prize, While unblcst. unwept, unhonorod, undeveloped genius dies! Genius which had else it* glory on remotest ages thrown Beamed through History's deathless pages, glowed on canvas, lived in stono? Yet, along Ambition's way side, fills it many s grave, unknown! But, perchance thou pineal only for those grottoes old and hoar, In whose deep recesses hidden, Fortune h-ap* her glittering store: Enter, then, the dreary pathway -but, above each lonely mound, Lightly trend, and pause to ponder?for, like those who slumber round, Thou may'it also lie forgotten on Ambitious Burial Ground! WAMINO*!*>N, l?. ('. TO THE MOOXHEAM. AN UNITBUAHED POKM BY PlfKlJJgY. Moonbeam, leave the shadowy vale, To bathe tlii* burning brow. Moonbeam, why art thou ho pale, A- llwu. urnllrm.'* i.W (! *< HfllfV ilulf When* humble wild flower* grow V 1* it to mimic raw Y But th?t can never be; For thine orb to bright, And the clouds are light, Thnt a! Interval* shadow the star ntuddod night. Now all I* deathly still on earth, Nature'* tired frame repose*; And ere the golden morning'? birth It* radiant hues disclose*, Flie* fnrtli It* balmy breath. But mine is the midnight of Death, And Nature'* morn, To my bosom forlorn, Bring* but a gloomier night, implants a deadlier thorn. Wretch! Supprewi the glare of mndiieus Struggling in thine haggard eye, For the keenest throb of aadneax, I'ale I a'Hpair '* most sickening High, Is but to mimic me; And thin mud ever ho, When the twilight of cure, And the night of despair. Seem in my breast but joys to the pongs thnt wake there. Dmcbiftkom or a IIi*kakkaht, in 'I'miKr. Laniutaokn. ? An Kngli*h prcpoeition anil a latin conjunction ; thin conjunction in Kngliah taken tlio number of tima* directed in latin ; w lint people pull up when tlicy go away; a jump in Iaitin without u* ; imlf a receptacle for the dead, an<i a reward for profawiunat service* ; a covering for the foot and a Greek conjunction. On Thuredny the Houma and Hermitage plantation* of M'rac Ilringier were Hold, bringing, respectively, $256,000 and $.*>20,000. They were bought in by M'me Rringier. Our friend, R. G. Ik>nd, ewi , was the auctioneer in both Kale*. It Ih not often that two sale* aa large a* tlieae in two successive day* can be recorded 2V. CI. I'tnirpmr y>HIU"S Hl'NDAY 1,1ST OF NEW BOOKS. I'he (our*# of True l?v? Never I mi Hon Rmmth Rv Thnmoe Ratify Ahlrich M) cenla Wyoming I'- nietory. Stlrrta# Incl'lenU, ami IWlUC Mr* I ! I'v i>ri ? |v I II II IIIn-1rnicl II Kri .1 Mnrkli.vm In Rnrntn. or The tin TrareMfm In the land of the r**r lly w " II. Klngetnet. e*n llliietrated 79oent*. itheer rat tone oa llie Mlanerel Vetera of Weetern VTrirtnla "T " It. Mn-tall. N It Ml route . M?k"laleB, the Kmhantreae founded on fait lly E. I. I.. 91 nni.P'S Now (look tore, TO |Vnn?ytT?nla ernnae May 2.1 Helwoan 9th and 10th etr?*t? lji ><JAIj 1NTELLIOENCE. Cok?iiui*ti(>i< of 1'owr.us s ba*nt Kkkvukv.?In the circuit court yesterday morning, Mr Norria was heard on a writ of vrror from the criminal omit on two bill* uf exception* in the on*< of Jaiuua Powers, found guilty of the murder of hid ward A. Lata. 1 'otrict Attorney Key appeared fur the United State*. The liiht exception taken to the ruling of the criminal court was that the dying declaration of Kdward A. Lute Hhould not hare la-en admitted oh evidence Mr. Norria contended, in aupport of the lirat luatruction, that the man miiht la- aware of immediate deatli liefoie he could make a declaration which could 1>* admitted ?* evidence that in, he must l>e a dying man iu hi* own esti ination 'Hie deceased, he belle vol, did not apprehend ho wa* dying at the time he made the declaration. The deceased had said, "1 am a dying man " 'Phe justice akl, "Perhaps not." lint, lie replied, "1 hope not, hut 1 fear 1 am.'1 It was evident that he had hope of life, for ho had refused to have a minister attend him at that i; ?,..l .,,,t ll,u.-..f..,.. I.. 1 : i... ?... r... < > ' "VIU.V, l,..n-llllg .....1,1 llir I. HI III | immediate dissolution. A* it was nut a dying declare lion, nn?l the dc< caned laiing in an iinprojier state of niimi 1 n? make one, it should not be ruled in an evidence. AIkut all, the deceased evinced a desire to take revenge of supposed assailant. The authorities cited to sustain the argument to the first exception were 1 Arch. 14(1, t Green leaf s Kv. sac. 1, 8, 7 Car. and l'ayne, 187, 4 Car. ! and l'ayne, 544 ; 1 Kant'a Crown law, 358 ; and 2 liCftd lug Criminal Cages, 238 '9. The second exception wus taken on tlni refusal of the | court at the trial to give three of the instructions prayed ! by the counsel for the defence, the second only having been granted. Mr. N contended tlie first instruction should have been granted to exclude from the jury threats made liefore that time, because the deceased and James Powers had I seen reconciled, according to the evidence adduced on the part of the United States, as late its the Saturday night before the shooting. Mr. N. cited from 1 Mast's Crown l?tw, 224, iu snstainment of this position. The third and fourth instruction, Mr. Norris contended, ought to have been granted, because based on the evidence of the United States which showed that two other pistols had been discharged iu tire bar-room of McColgan at the time of the shooting, and that shots had, in the opinion of the witnesses, lieen discharged from the back door or outside, while the evidence showed that the accused was in the middle of the floor; and second, because the deceased never complained of lieing shot in the room, and no person knew lie had been shot; and lie was found outside in the alley by a policeman wounded, and without his hat; and it was proved that other persons of the party inside having pistols iiad passed through the alley at that time. Mr. Norris spoke with great ability, hit argument occupying an hour and a half. District Attorney Key replied. In referring to the first exception to the non-admission of tlie declaration that Iho deceased, in making his declaration, must 1m a living man in his own estimation ho i|iiotcil the testimony ol I)ootors May and llcllen, who hud told tho deceased that ho would die ; anil also the testimony of ('air, who naiii that Lut* told him to send for his sisters, brothers, un?j his parents : anil that the deceased made a partial distribution of his property to Carr, his brother-in-law. Al of this was evidence in the mind of the decease) 1 that he was aware of impending death, and his declaration war made in that state of mind. The instructions which won ruled out should have been so disposed of, in accordnnct with well-known principles. Mr. Norris replied to some {mints of tho district at torney'a argument ; after which the Court gave its decision. The rulings of the judge of the criminal court won sustained, the bills of exception were refused, and tin motion for a new trial was overruled. As tho court ends its present session this week, the sen tence will be carried into effect on the first Friday ii June. A Pnoritnur. We find In the advertising columns o the Sl'ir of yesterday the following communication pub lished in that paper a year ago. It is not astonishing that those who condemned the outrages committed when the know-nothings were in power should turn from i candidate who now receives their secret yet earnest sup port, and determine to vote for the rcgulurly-noiuinatci democratic and nuti-knuw-nothing candidate, Col. Bcrrct Head tho prediction : Mr. h/titor: Your authorities doubtless plume them selves upon the supposition of having crushed out tlx patriotic American* of Baltimore, but it is a grand mis take, 'they woro but the Any* that hang upon the skirt of a single American Club of that city -the Plugs. Nex: year the ittrn of that patriotic organization will com* down, accompanied by the glorious confedenite chilis o "Hip H)?|>s," "Wanipanoftgs," "Tigers," "Gladiator*,' "Babes," '4 Ash landers," " Clareinen," nnd " Blooc Tubs," all first-class fellows, recognised as such by thi authorities and by hundreds of gentlemen who contributi lilicrally for their support. This is no tale for marines hut. will prove true at the next election. Many were or the {mint of coming down last night, hut, as they woult have fought to a disadvantage, tho leaders advised i postponement to ANOTHER DAY. Horsx Ciiaim.ains Mr. S{)eakerOrr hasmaile tho follow ing arrangement in continuation of tiiat heretofore madi for opening the daily sessions of flic House of Hepicsenta tives, the list being continued to the first. Monday in June as that day has been agreed upon by both Houses to clow the present session of Congress : Hcv. D. Hall, May 2fi ; Hev. 0. Bowsett, May 27 ; llev it. F. Bittingor, May 2K ; Hev. T. H. Bocimk, D.D., Mai 29 ; llev. J. <!. Butler, .May 31 : llev. T. M. Carson June 1; Rev. A. G. Carothers, June 2; Rev. W. H Chapman, June 3 ; Rev. (J. W. Coomlsi, June -I : Hev <1. I). Cummins, D.I)., June A; llev. J. 11. Eckard June 7. wilitbi xTiDr --To-day is Whit-Sunday, and the com mcncement of the time-honored holiday will he appro priatelv ol (served in several of the chinches. In tin ('atholic and Episcopal churches there are services pe culiar to the occasion, and they are continued until Tiles day noon. The Christian Whitsuntide corresponds ti the Hebrew IVnteeost, by whicli people it is also strictlj observed as a feast. Amongst the German portion of tin population it is always celebrated by feasts and dancing and excursions to the suburban groves, where the Whit Monday is spent in hilarity and social Intercourse. M saps's Rrcokoini; Axoki., an exquisite statue, wa raffled for last evening nt Taylor & Maury's. There won one hundred chances, of which ninety-eight hail l>e<? taken, and the highest number which could have licci thrown was fifty-four. Tlie higliest number thrown wa forty-two, tor ticket number 13, belonging to Colone | Alexander Provost, who thus becomes the owner of ai | exquisite work of art. The next higliest throw was thirty ! nine. Nsw Jkrusai.km Church.? Her. JrIhh Kox wilt prrarl I at the New Jerusalem Church on North Capitol street between B and ('."-at eleven o'clock this morning, on th< ....i.?r n... 'iv:..:i? .1? 1-..1:..- .(...< n ... mnijw ? ?..* ......vj nun inr Hivmt Trinity i* u<>t a Trinity of person*, but in ronij i i**d in th? one Divine pemrn of our Lord .lamia Christ, in when " dwelleth all the fuilne** of the Godhead bodfly," hi the .language of Scripture. Pi'hi.io Mfktino at GnoBiiHTOWK. Mayor Crawford ha(in accordance with a retiolation panned by the aldermen and common eounoil of Georgetown) eonvened "a town meeting, to he held in Foment Hall, on Monday night, the 24th instnnt, to take into consideration the |h tition of Captain Roberts, now ltofore Congress, to diamcmbei and separate a portion of said town. Mb. Ettimob'h B*n*riT, on Monday evening, ahould he, ami douhtlcHH will If, the largest and the moat foshionnhlr honae vet assembled within the theatre which he ho acceptably manages. The attraction* are of a *u|>er1or or der, and it is earnestly to be hoped that, "every play goer will do hia duty," not only attending in peraon, but Iteirtuoding other* to attend. VVir* Wanthi. A "literary man" advertina* for a wife in the Slar of Inst evening lie vcrv coolly hhvh that he "has not time to go a wife hunting The lady'* situation in life immaterial; but health, Intelli gem*, affection, and refinement indispensable." Tbi*"' ladies desiring to improve ?o eligible on op|Mirtunity tc obtain a literary hmtbainl will <lo wall to apply Kkuoiov* Skiivh it* Ti>-I)ay. Hrv. I>r Alcynnilor. ot Princeton Thcolo^iml Seminary, will preach Ih the F atrvct JYrebyteriw church . hint at (ight o'clock, p iu , 1 lineoiirK ou the life null death of the lnle Kev. D. A Ty?M "ill be delivered iu Trinity church W AieuiWTt'N Tuba tbi l"he Krlh n doeed theii en- | gageiuent l??t night. On Monday night Mr Eytinge * J 1 t>eneftt wtll cwue oft', and on Tueaduy Mr. ltawnuu in- " tended to here taken a beuclit, but it hao been postponed a at hi* request. Tu* Mot Nr VEKBOk Kinu.? Since tlie 7tb of April one a ' fourtli of the grot* reecipU of the Mount Vernon trine of * tli? steamer Thomas Collyer have been appropriated to * the I Artie*' Mount Vernon Ass* station fun?t for the pur- " chase of Unit estate. q A soman W ashikotow Ai'tiio* w A new romance entitled " Magdalen the Enchantress," the scene* of which are laid in Washington autl Georgetown, is aaid to f< Ik' tint produ< tion of a young lady who resides in thi? o ' city. ; " u Military. The Montgomery Guard*, Captain IV H. p t Key, will parade oil Tuesday afternoon We are pleaned 'j to hear that Captain Davis has retailed hi* renignatlon aa Captain of the Washington Light Infantry. Schmasixb Tsi-xorahi. The rccently-puldiahed me- ' niorial on submarine telegraphing has caused quite a commotion among those iutciexted in the success or the failure of the tiaux Atlantic line now efttahlished. " i Mcsic at thk Capitol Groumwl - There wax a large 1 gathering of ladie* and gentlemen at the Capitol ground* yesterday evening, to listen to the music of the Marine i Bund. Exci aeio*.?-The Hibernian Clnli will make an excursion to tho White House pavilion on Thursrlny, June 3. ALEXANDRIA. Tiirocuii Tickwts.?The Virginia Central Itailroarl Coini pany give* notice that through ticket* will lie issued between Hichmonil and Baltimore, Washington and Alexaixina, at tlic same rate* as those of the river lino. Bug, gage will lie cheeked through in all cases, and transferred without charge. This arrangement i* to go into efi feet on the 24th instant. Potomac Fisuiuiiba.- The fishermen generally have laid by their xeiftcs for the season, most of tbem having j. made water-hauls, at an expense from oue to two hundred dollars (Kir ilay. Nearly all who were engaged in j I I lie business lost money this season ; some have lost I heavily. The consequence will lx; that many of tlie tish cries will not lie Ashed next season. 1 W? hear it rumored that a line of tirst-elasx propellers ; is to be run between New York and Alexandria and the j District cities, under the management of Messrs. Fowle j ? A Co., of this city, at no distant day. 'I'f.L. ..U-IIkk r?r..!lir..iKl?...k<k.iffi.'.'. .kJ ! - V'V J ..o..v (governor, takes place on Thursday next. ! Markktk?Flour sales superfine, $4 38; tho prin ci|>?l demand for which has been by city customers. I Wheat has been variable, with fair offerings, and a good | 1 demand ; white, $1 a $1 08 ; and red at $1 a $1 06, ac- ' cording to quality. Corn- white and mixed at 60 a 66 j cents. Itye is in good demand, at 65 cents. Oats in ! ' light supply, and limited demand. Provisions arc steady, i with prices tending upwards - Fish shad, $11 .10 a $12 < " per hundred ; herring, $0 10 per thousand Supply | ' of both very small, llusiness is improving, and the j 1 grocery marked Is active. During the week there has i been one cargo sale of Porto Rico sugars, where prices ' ranged from $6 25 a $7 60, according to quality. ' MARINE NEWS. Arrived. Schooner Lady Suffolk, Studly master, Bos- i - ton- to Fowle & Co. Sailbd.?Schooner Maria Pike, Applegarte master, * New York- - coal Ivjr Borden Mining Co. t Schooner Oregon) Lovell master, Troy?coal by Borden ' Mining Co. f Schooner A. Middleton, jr., Tipple master, New York? coal by T. J. Mehaffey. 1 Schooner George Doering, PInkham master, Boston ? cool by T. J, Meliaffey. i tap Proc. Joseph A. Ai.kxandkr, D. I)., of the j 1 Princeton Theological Seminary, will preach in tho K street Prcabyto , rian church this morning at 11 o'clock, and again in the evening at 8 o'clock. May 28 JM^Notick.?The public will find at Washington Hall, corner ot Pemwylvanta avenue and Sixth afreet, a firat rule arti 3 ole of Philadelphia Buck Beer, on draught, on Monday next. May 23 11* COMPLIMENTARY TESTIMONIAL InHlrrcfi by the following Committee of Gentlemen to Mr. S. D. KYTINGE IUuk Sik: All thoaummer term of the Wa.shinglon Theatre i* fn?t ? drawing to a close, wo think it a most appropriate courtesy to teatify our approval of the excellent manner in which you, a* manager, have eoHtnbuted to aid in the instruction and amusement of our city 1*1)0 Mage, lu proper hands, not only gives to the foible^, fashion, and ' extravagance# of the day ,Ja local habitation and a name,'* hut it ia a true teacher, in being a fenrloea commentator, lu your poaitlon you have struggled for it* best reunite, and we feel confident that our fel low citixcn* will heartily endorse our proposition to tender you n com plimeotary benefit, and by their presence wish 3*ou all success. You will please inform us what night can bo convonicntly appropri [. alert to U10 fulfilment of ourdealro. Yours, Itc., Hon. (i. II. J on oh, Hon. Win, if Magmder. Hon. .1 amen L. Orr, Oeorge W. Biggs, esq. Hon. Jame* II. Clay, J. Knox Walker, esq. Hon. John V. Wright, J. I). Hoover, esq, 1 Hon. H 0. Burnett., Arnold Harris, esq. , Hon. James Bufflnton, ,1. P. Hoiss, esq. lion, .lames M. Cnvanaugh, Col It. J. Roberts, V. S. A. ^ Hon. W. B. Mnclay, I,. F. Clarke, esq. Hon. J. .VI. Kuiikul, W. H. Thomas, esq. Hon. W. (*. Whiteley, M. W. Cluskcy, esq. 1 Hon. W. W. Boyce, John Havngr, esq. 1 Hon. J. H. 1'. Atkins, K. Kingman, esq. ' Hon. W. Pinkncy Wliyta, John F. Coyle, esq. Hon. W. T. Avery, J. F. Clarke, esq. s J. C. Allen, esq., C. Wendell, esq. A. J. Clossbrenner, esq., James C. McCuirc, osq. TOHAMCKI. I). KTTIXOR, Esq. j 1 1 | Wahuiwixkv Thiutki, May 20, 1H.?A. OsmiMiN: I have Just received a most I uttering epistle, etnana " ting from your kindly hearts, and containing the courteous and flat I torlng proposition of a complimentary testimonial ?t your bands era H i the close of my "summer season. " To receive such unqualified com- f 1 I mtndation of u?v humble efforts to cater for your amusemont during f j the past winter is indeed an honor, and shall be long trenaurod by me ^ as a most pleading recollection. I take great pleasure in acceding to your wish, and respectfully ? | name Monday evening next, the 24th instant, as the best adapted for n I your |Mir|H>sr. ? | I remain, gentlemen, most faithfully, yours. ~ , 8. P KTtlNGK. r ' Hon (M*. W Jo\ns, Hon. .Umw L Ow, <Ik>. W. JtiiMMi, Jno. F. Coyld, Esqre., Ac. ? j j Monday K.vhmxo, May 24. 1?M. ( Mr. KYTINCF. is happy to announce that the evening's pleasure will r bo enhanced by the appearance of the distinguished tragedienne, ' 1 ; MLHK AVONIA JON'IW, , " Who will appear in the favorite Are. act play of ADRIFANR TlfK AGTWW. * APfUKNVK (having generously tendered her aid). Mi-s Avonia Jones. ? HKMflKlflf (also kindly voltiDleered) . . Mr. J. M. Itawson. 1 l | (MflNT IHC SAXK Mr H P Ky tinge ? ? ! The overture to " MasHsniollo," the '* Mandolina Walt*," "The 1 Hleigh Polka," and the " Bird Walt*," by the orchestra, under the dl 1 re?*^on of Bigttor I a Manns, who, with his entire three, have given (' thHr serrlcea to Mr Kvtlnga. ^ Box book now open. NO IVCREANK OF IWCffl. 11 , The box ofltee will be opened at half pest .am, end close at " j 7, p m ftoors open at quarter jnwt 7 o'clock Overture begins at 7\ r May 34 flnM.BUrlkSHatev ] \J-RW BOOKS FOR SUMMER READING.?" Fol- | - lowing lb* Dnm :M A 0?tmpw>nf Frontier Ijfc. By Mm V>le IT tCO ?1 A Women* Thought* About Wowon By ?ho author of " John Hull n ft*/' A?;.. kr nN end Tlmo? of Hugh Miller. By Thorn** N. Brown. Prion 1 ? [mugln* JerroW'it Wit , together with selection*, r.biefly from hU rontrifentton* to Journal*, Intended to llttistrntc bU o^nlon*. By hn b m?n. IMichtrd JorroW Price 7> cwu. Rorotlcctionff of Iho 1am Dnga of Shelley tod Byrou. By K. T. Tr* ci ! l??"T tl The < ourw of True lore Never I hit Ren Pmooth Br T R AMrtoh rriio [>0 i-nnH Ttte ij'i.ikor Hnlilior; or, Tlie Brllleh in rbU?'l?t(llRe. An loaloi n al I novel. r f" Im. or, An AnlW|no Relo. Bv Fmiinthm lYIce tl HI AMTIAKH * MOIII'N, Mny 22 Cnroer of 11th ?tree? nml Pnnn. nrenne pROPOSAt^ FOR STATIUNKKV. llBTAjimR^T rtr TUB fwTKSl'*. May 19, 19&8 HtAlJUi FROFtJHALS ftwr tarnishing snrh stationery ia amy ^ re utred by this (l?|?Mnw?Dt duntig the A?cal year ending J iwi?- 30, Kf>9, Mill Im? rwfiu*<l until 12 o'clock, tti , on W*dSMday. the 30th wir arxi. rhu.-K* ?ia?u onmpauiod by satisfactory toatiiuonml* ??f abil y to fulfil tbe contract a 111 not Im? iMNuklcred, aud contract* sill lily Ih> awarded U) established manufacturer* of or dealers In the rtftska All articles rrsfuired must be .?f the best ButWy of their Wind, aod oi inferior to (be sainphw wbi<h will be exhibited *1 the <iepartmeut arh proposal must be signet by tbe individual or firm making it, ad must spool y but mm price for each end every article of the L-bedule or of (he olan* bid for. The *r tic loo when furnished must correspond v\Uti tbe samples, or ny of them, If desired, and in no c tae l>e inferior iu <|uaiity u> the ample; and they must be delivered without d* lay when ordered, and mat ?? aatHfamjry to the head of tbe office for which they are re uirod, and a failure so to comply with this ?ti|Milati<? will be deem Arli< Irs Dot named In the schedule tr<* to t>? furnUhod at thf option r tho (1,- Ai tmout at the Idwwii market |?rk*?, urnl th? right Is r?* rrvwi of ordering a greater or lean quantity of each article oouuacuh! >r, aa the public nor vice may require Bon.1*. with approved security, uiuit be given by the person or rm obtaining the contract, and in the event of the refusal or ueglect f the cooLractor to furnish any article or articles named tu the coo raci ou the order of the department, or any of in bureaus, the same iay ho purchased tu open market, and the U titer ?nee tn price Id therefor and the contract price shall be fhargcil to the ? ?* ract ?r, and deducted in the eettienicut of his account for the quarter urlng which such refusal or u?%N-<t may occur. The stibjoluod achedulo *(* < ifles, a* nearly as can now be done, tie ainouut, quality, and deacrijdinu of each of the arle le* llkaly to e required. [Blanks will !m? furnl-lied at the Secretary'* offha to all |ier*eMiH wiring to bid.J DESCRIPTION OF AKTtCUF. Clam 1.?Paper. lein ]. 30 reams lollo post, heavy, satin or plain flnl*he<l, ruled and trluuned, per ream 2 10 reams folio poet, light, plain, unruled, for otth i.iI aoal, per ream 3. 397 renin* cap, white or blue, ruled wide, medium or close,and trimmed, |w?r ream 4. 50 reams cap, while or blue, ruled wide, eitia super flue, per ream V 40 reams < <ui*uUr cap, white or blue, trimmed and ruled, per ream A. 10 reams coneqlar cap, wluta, double thick super line, per ream 7. 10 renin* legal cap, while or blue, trimmed and ruled, |n?r ream 3. tivo ream* quarto poat, white or blue, ruled various widths, per ream 9. 80 ruatn- quarto post, eitra sii)>erfliie thick cream laid, ruled, per renin 10. *25 reams white vellum note (taper, highly glared, hard calendered, lined and giit, |icr n am 11. lftjreamt commercial note p*)mt, lined, |*;r ream 12. 10 roaius buff note pupcr, lined, per ream 13. IS reams list cap, white or blue, unruled. per roam 14. 7f> roams envelope, yellow or bull, royal, per ream 15. 170 reams large brown envelope, per ream 18. 35 reams piuk blotting. |wr ream 17. 40 doxen sheets patent blotting, par doxen sheets 18. 12 sheets drawing paper, antiquarian, per sheet 19. i'2 shoots drawing paper, double elephant, per sheet '20. *25 short* draw ing paper, elephant, per sheet 21. 76sheets drawing paper, royal, per sheet '22. '200 sheets tracing paper, French, large slge, p r sheet 23. 300 yards tracing cambric, per yard '24. 5,100 binders' boards fl.'% by 10>f inches, pert'. Clams No. 2.?llhmhjwi. 1. 490,000 adhesive envelopes, white, yellow, or buff, haary, 8 to 9 by 8>x to 4 iucbo*. per II 2. 8.000 adhesive envelopes, white, heavy, 9), to 11 by 5 to fl inches, per M 8. 38,000 adhesive envelope*, white or yellow, heavy, letter, 0 by 81, inches. (*?r M 4. 5,000 adhesive envelopes, card, per M 5. 8,000 adhesive envelopes, note, per M Interm^diHts bIx-ms ordered not to be charged higher than bid for ii/e next larger. Class No. 3.?Pens. 1. 100 doxen cards Perry's pen*, and of other manufactu rers. URonea, per uuzon cnras 2. 1,000 gru** D*rry>, CitloU'e, or other good metallic peu, per gr.*s 8. 0,000 qui lift, No 80, per M 4. 12 doaura gold pens, silver rmm, and ^ticlld, bMt quality, per dozen 6. JO dozun gold pens, without case*, best quality, per dozsn 0. 100 gross Pratt 's or A mold'a antl-corroMvo pens, per dozes. Clahx No. 4 - f'rncih. 1 14 do/^n ivory ever pointed pencils, I?rge or email, with leads, perdozen 2. 425 dozen Faber'a.or other good, No. 1 to 4, or gradu atod, per dozen 8. 25 ca*?* Jbiber's, lie., polygrades, graduated, per case 4. 02 dozen Faber's, Ac., red and blue pencils, per dozen 5. 44 gross leads, bent quality, assorted, per grogs. Claim No. 5.?Itik, Inkstand?, Wafers, and Wax. 1. 10 dozen Draper'* largo or small inkstands, per dozen '2. 5 dozen pval glass inkstands, per dozen 3 8 dozen cast Iron double or single inkstands, per dozen 4. 200 dozen Maynnrd h N'oyes's Ink, or Bryan At Wilcox's ink, quarts, per dozen 6. 86 dozen Maynnrd k Noyes's ink, or Bryan k Wilcox's ink, pints, par dozen 6. 25doaati copying ink, quarts. par dozen 7. 5 dozen hast blue ink, quarts, per dozen 8. SO dozen beat French carmine ink, oz., per dozen 0. 105 II zeal wafers, best quality, roil, No. 3, for ?ftieo seal, i>er M 10. 100 pounds best red wafers, common ?izo? per pound 11. 200 pounds best extra aupor sotrlet Mealing wax, per pound. Ci.amb No. 6?Cullery ami Miscellaneous Articles. 1. 25 dozen Rodger*' or other knives, four blade*, buck or pearl handle, per dozen 2. 15 dozen Dodgers' ivory-handle erasers, per dozen 3. 10 do*?*n Rodger*' spring erasers, ivory hadles, per dozen 4. 6 dozen ivory wafer stamps, per dozen 5. 4 dozen office shears, extra, per dozen 6. 4 dozen office scissors, per dozen 7. 100 dozen silk taste, in hanks, per dozen 8. 900 dozen red toi?e, assorted, per dozen 0. 6 dozen paper weights, assorted, per dozen 10. 30 pound* unprepared India rubber, per pound 11. 5 pounds prepared India rubber, per pound 12. 100.quarts best black Hand, per quart 13. 20 pounds pounce, per pound 14. 1 dozen best, Chinese India ink, per dozen 15. 2 dozen camels' hair pencils, assorted, per dozen 16. '2 dozen sable pencils, per dozen 17. 4 dozen Osborne's or Newman's best water colors, per dozen 18. 300 pounds linen twine, per pound 19. 12 dozen mahogany rulers, round or flat, 30 inches long, per dozen 20. 0 dozen lignum vitas rulers, round or Hat, 30 inches long, per dozen 21. 20 pounds best quality sponge, per pound 22. 40 pounds gum arable, per pound .W ?-'f " wriiMi an.i metal io tops, per dozen 24. 10 dozen mucilage in earthen or glass Jars, without bru?h or tops, per dozen 25. 120 dozen pen-holder*, assorted, ]>er dozen 2ft. ft dozen wafer Man.In or koxoa, cocoa, per dozen 27. ft dozen sand boxes, j?er dozen 28. 1*2 dozen strong it-inch ivory folders, |?er dozen. [hbrrn 'f guaranty.) WAsniaofox, certify that ta proper facilities, and able to fulfil a contract ft* furnishng stationery for the Department of the Interior during the year end ?g June 30, 185 , should bid be accepted. May 23?wl30thJuno [lutnl&tftar.] ajraODALHN THE ENCHANTRESS; a Story of L?l_ WasUiuglixi mill tii-orgi-towii?AiuDilml cm ficcn. Hi K. I.. I.. Tin: >1. Jufl iiublulicd, mul fur mile by taylor * maury, Mcy 23?3t 334 JVnnsylvanla avenue. WVV..RTH HkaDIR.i.?Why is it that ao m?ny nfler and repine and drag out a miserable existence, unfitted for the Hjoymenta, and even ordinary pursuits of jyfc, when relief may bo ihtained, and health and vigor restored, by a treatment at once oonenlent and wife, n? well as permanent in its character? To those who bare suffered long with disease, ultlmating Ih loaa of ppetUe, vigor, Ire., tho undersigned tendera hU professional services, sen ring the sufferers, in rand >r and sincerity, pleasant, convenient nd proper prescript it mis, a thorough cure and round body and mind, rlthout unpleasant reetrlctfrmM or hindfanoc from ordinary business turaniis. All diseases of a private nature, from whatsoever cause, either realtor chronic, strictures, an Irritable bladder, Ire. ; also, Scrofula, Vohmn, RhcumntDm. lllw, Ac., skilfully rind succr; sfully treated. Dr. Harri- will visit Washington every week during Mny and June, emsintng Wednesdays, ThnnictoyM, and Fridays of each week. Can be ousuited at his rooms, 58 National Hotel, from 10 to 1; and 5 to 8 p. n. K. II. HAKRtS, M II. May 12- dim Residence, Richmond, Va. ORGANDIE LAWNS AND ROBES.?New and most choice lot* of the above fabrics in select styles at reduced rices. 2 canes thick and thin ' Pucals M at much less than tho earlier sea on prtnea, with all other first class dry good* generally and specially tir family wants. Our Northern and Fas torn correspondents send us BCW supplies I ally. one price only, marked In plain figures, and no deviation allowed; | lonon no purchaser!* overcharged. We are not opening any new accounts. I All bills presented monthly for payment in cash,and discontinued if I ot paid It 1* cair determined purpose to make our trade as near a cash bust letw aa possible without disturbing the pleasant relations which have listed between many of our customers and ourselves fbr a long se j lea of years. rFRRY k BROTHER, " Central Ptores," west building, May Iff?lfftdif opposite Centre Market rN ADDITION to o?if large stock of " lunli luhtrod " Mark Sllka at 75, *7 1,. an I $T |ier yard, up to the In nrioet n't mat Ktaaay tari'-m. *e offer probably mueli th" taffeat and richest l'?rk of rnally < hoiee anil ana roe thing* In " mourning Ilk* " fhir Mock 111 all mourning dreea fahnea U now thoroughly at nrtad 40 ptorea Mark Kngllnh Cra|?e- in all widths and qnalltlna of the I aal make Imported All Id the above (with our Immrnae atneA of F.nmpean and Am<>ri ' 'in dry good* nt all other kliebi) offered at prices moat favorable to he eonoimi-r We open new ?uppllr* daily line price only,marked in plain figure*, and no deviation We are not opening any new aeeounta. All old Nil* pi eei nlml monthly for payment In raali. PERRY A MKOTHKR, "Ontral Iff ore*,'' weet hnilding, "*r > ? lOMlf oppnaltc Centre Market. OFFICIAL. (JBraamaaT u? Hraia. M?abu?c?uu May m,l?A? lulurmaUnn Uaa hmu nssMl at thM 4?>|inr?m.-iit trnm t ? Mariu'hf.a*^ , tha I'ntUit L4at*-i r uiiu I at Trlultia'l, tUat tbfl urdi uama-ul Ibr oouni'tl ut I hi' aland iiu|k*>iii* no c spurt duly on thn prixlurn ?r frtni'liul fr..iu tln< 1.1 of January lax has b?a-u dlaallowed by Iht U'uhh * ?erumoul, au?i wiaaajianUy an ?i|kw( duty N al prosaut ri-quirrd May fl - Star OF THE IN IT ED KTATK8. tiHIRliU. | ' 'mi Itnma i May ?. IMt I-Id il'o I.- i arrwufi lltr 111.11U fruinJuU l.t, lai?. i.. Juua M, 1-urt, mi uw riiiowiUK ruui* iu uu? rmur ih u. mgw, win m- i?<ovlvr(t ?t lb- (VmtriM't OAu f>f fh??< ftopoftPit^nt tinrtf ft, p m , ??f . iU? Will Juimi u*xt, to be itBoMtot ua Lhe nsxt d?y: 6Mft From ilw> t*rmmu?? of Savnnnali. Albany, sod Onlf rait mmi I t<j Wartmbttri*', 30 niiUw *u4 b#??k, lbr?'* Uhh? a week Iti'lilem aUl Dmom* mlerme.liuto petal* ?A(i |Vopo*e A sctatnlulo of <le|wtrliiree ?u<l arrival* Kervire may be commenced an lhe til July If praellrablc. I or (orm of proposal, gusrsnh*'. and certillcMtr, also, Instnu U<?ih, and requirement* to h*? embraced in the cotitm< t, ae?' ?ulvcriu??ij<iit, in pamphlet lorm, of rout*** in Virginia, tieorgt*. ftrc., dated Januar) 12, 1*45, and iif February 1, 1N5H, at the principal pel olllce*. I AARON V BROWY, May ft litwHv roMtmastor <?enernl ODD FELLOWS' HALL. /h/ rr<]wt nf mmy (ifiitnt J. 1h*co WUlianu't crlrbratcti PANORAMA OF THE BIBLE Will rroprn on IValnttday next, .May 25, 186H. ipilI8 Magnificent Painting commence* with ('haon I and cohtiiuioH down in historical order Ui the Hattyk?ni*h Cap Uvity, containing nj'tro than lift v of the most nubbins and iiiteroatiDK aciMieii in the Ilibl??. RxhlMtlou* every evening. Boors open at 7, U> damuence ai ft precisely. Ticket* 25 route-?to be had at th* Hall door?children under leti yaar* of age, B cent* ; reserved Ami*, M> cent*. Al?o, exhibition on WednotMtar and gauiribty afternoon* IW IkinilU * and school* Doors opon at 2\; to commence at 3^ precisely Fx pis I tied l?r IV Tlhhhs. May 21 lw* WANTED BY A RESPECTABLE YOUNG woman a nit nation a* Anok. tiowi relerotiou aan be given, if required* Apply at No. 4H Oth street, between K and 1) streets. May 22 - 21* NOTICE*?In accordance with the extended char ler of Uiu Firemen*' Insurance Company of Washington and Ueorgctown, n general inert It* iif the stockholders will be held at Iho iifflc,. at' the company on Friday, the '.'Nth In,noil, between I be bourn of 10 o'clock, a. in., anil 'J o'clock, p. m., for the election of thirteen directors, to serve until the Ural Monday In January, 18511. May 13 2taw2wA<l AtJOt. MtlKTIHK. Hoeretary. FOR RENT.?-A fine and commodioua Dwelling House, in a d**airable location, within a abort distance of f?nf?y el us square. Tliia house is supplied with ail the uuxtarn improve inents, mid there H a brick carriage iioiise and stable upon the lot It may be rented for tlio Hummer months, or permanrntly, furnlahott or nnfwrnishod, ami possession will bo given immudistoly after the a'ljoumniuut id Congress. Address " X Box No. May 21 eo?lt7tbJun? 1'oet Office, Washington, l>. f. INTERESTING TO LADIEfl.?Wljen in the courts or hmnnn event, ladle, anil gentlemen lone one of their greotmt natwl ottrui tlw a tM head of lialr?It Ihidhwi a matter of ac nous iin|K>rlance, .nut the queetiisi le, Wlnit shall we ilo to .top til" lialr from fulling off ami restore Its vigor anil Inwoly 1 In reply to till, query wc beg to ?ay try Dr. Hnrria'a Hair I'routolor anil tin prover. A few application., will atop the lialr lulling or breaking, roinovo cliinilrulf, km>p the ?calp clean anil white, ami inifrtrl frinh n un aiel \ Igor to tlio bnlr ; anil, although yoa may have linen balil twenty j anre, the fnntipueii nee of It two mouth, will In "tin yon a luxuriant head of hair. Cull and get a liuttle, ami, If not eati.leil after the aecoml application, retttrn it anil get the price pal 1. A?k for Dr. Hurrta'a ltair Promoter ami Improver, bohl In Iti h moiiJ by W. 1'ETKIi.SON', DruggUl, Corner Maine and l'Jih nml Main ami Wall etreeti. (totit In Waahlngtou by I>. UII.MAN. tlrugglat, retiiikytvania ave una, near 7tlt etrect, anil l>. II. CI ARK, 4 ^ atrect and I'euu ?te .ue May il?3in SiD.vrr P. Raxtrk. Rphabp H. HKvwnwo* BAXTER & HENDERSON, Attorneys-at-law, hnro aakoeiuloil Ihemaelvna for the practum of taw In the circuit court i>f the IHatrlct of Columbia, anil will git. tlivir nttentiou to any legal iiiieinei. that may he intruated to them connected with that court. April 1?THtifim* A CARD.?We are receiving and opening a .Superior Blin k ot Bpriug and Butntnor ClothlBg, aleo of choice 1 Btylea or rummer w ear of Cloths, ('.la-imerc?, Voallnga, Umut. (irillg, and Itnek, of the Intent I'aria pattern, for gentlemen and youthe. Ttiero lutve never been ottered in thi* market eneh a lie leg of gtylo and In ike i ne cannot be manufactured Ui order in lliU city. waij., ensmcNM, fc Co.," No. 3211'cnn. nr., Imtwecn Utb and lOih ?t?. AplS -flwIf (Intel .Kur.lt Utua.) VALUABLE AND MOST INTERESTING BOORS For ante at Tkylor fc Maury'* bookotoro, near Ninth atrect. KEOORDS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. containing the olllcial, military, and ttnancial rorree|<oiidcnoe of ad me otliocra of thn revolutionary army from 1776 to 1795, contain ing the inoet. intereatiug military, hUutrlnal. nud financial Inhirmatlon during that period;also, the organization of all the regiment,, ahow ing tin) uamt'H, rank, dato of eointniaeion. lime of enllttmeut, and ear vice* of thn olHeere and private, of ouch; it too. tlw general and brigade orders of OKNERALH M ASHlNtJTilN, LEK, liHEEN, WEEDON, AND OTilERB I.iii of American Offiecrt Impritoned; Tlio lime of their capture, relea.e, Ac. An acoount of tlio StX-'IETY OF TDK CJNONNATT \ i In Now York, I'onntylvauia, and Maryland; a list of the momhera' names, Ac ! the half.pay Commntallon and land act, of the Ombuen tnl Congress. A complete list of all the omCEWS WHO SERVE!) TO THE KKI) OF THE WAR, And acquired tho right to half pay for life, commutation, and land. Proceedings of the Thirty.fourth Congress mid United tRates Court of Claim* rotative to a restoration ol tLiu half pay acts of the old Con grow fbr the benefit of tho HEIRS OF OFFICERS OF THE REVOLUTION. Virginia half pny and imnl law*; tho renaons wliicli tod to tlio passage of the act of July ft, 18.T2, by Congro**; tho nnmea of tho Virginia of ticora who received land, w ith an interesting account of tho military laud district* of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee; the lin'atlon of war rants, surveys, Ac, REVOLUTIONARY PENSION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES aa they now exist, with commentaries thereon; notes on the services of various classes of revolutionary ollluors, with an extensive llat, allowing the time they died, Ac. One large 12mo. volume or 000 pages. I'rice ?1 ftO. Postage 26 eenla to any part of the United States, exrept California. Thin work I* Intended as a liook of reference to the historian and scholar, as well as furnishing a thorough guide to persona claiming title to land or pensions from services of their (orofatliers during the revolutionary war. The volume rontnlns tho name* of over SO,000 officers and privates of the revolutionary army, ami should Ih> In the hands of all the descendant* of the bravo men who fought under the banner,of '78, that the nohle action of their ancestors may not es cope rumlnlsoenc) of their descendants, who in us! retain this work as agnemento of their brave deeds and patient sufferings. Orders for Europe Despatched by every steamer. HT1AYLOR A WAUR\, bonknollern and HtatioriPi'B, JL l*onn?) IvHiila nv?nuc, near Ninth RtrrH, oflbr to th* pwWie great facilitim in tho ImjioriuMun of foreign hooltf, xtaiUtftory, kr. By their arrangement* with Euroj>oju? horn***, thoy aro ovtablwt! v? oxpwtltw nil order* committed to tholr chirgc, ami at a low rato of tmi?>rt*tkm itrloox. J May 22?3t KOHliK W. BRKUA, Attornkv akd Counmhi. u MMI U*, No. 10 H all Urtil, Nt? I'ork. Nov 2#?fllnif G1E0RGE C. THOMAS, COMMISSIONER OK C Hoods lor all Hit' Sullen, and Notary Public. Bereuth street, ft No. * #. _ *ay It?1> James j. dickins, attornkt-at-law, I'nlenl, Claim, and Uoncrnl Agency, Office Houlheaat Corner of Seventh and F streets. lire. 4?if REGARDED BY 80MK AS BETTER THAN IRISH.?Ml idarea real French white linens. regarded by noma an better than IrtJtIt linens, because, In thn French fkbrtc the *' warp " and the ' woof " are Identically the same atae , hence whan mad* lain shirt bosnma they do not split.*' If this prove* a fart In the wear, | then there are two polnla gamed, aa they are several shades cheaper, liner, and wider. 200 pieces Irish Linens, thick and thin. In all grades, the best of w hich are matle to our orders in Ireland 20 cartons stitched linen Blurt boeonts, assorted qualities 300 pieces shirting Cottons, many made to our order , the others la chnle the beat brands produced In this country and Europe gg- New supplies front our Northern ami Eastern correspondents daily throughout the entire year. One prtee only, marked in plain figures; consequently no purchaser j ia overcharged We are uot opening any new accounts AH hilts prcacnlod monthly for payment in cash, and discontinued If j not paid flood articles, low prices, and Mr dealing may be relied on In all I'UUIY k BROTHER, "Ccntrnl Floras,'' w est building. May 1#?lOtdf opposite Ontre Market A ABORTED I,OTA OF DRY HOODS. ? W]?|U Pique for Marseilles i for basques. eepot, *r linen sheetings, pillow linens, and other l*wt class tlnsn goods gen erally and specially, In great profusion 7S pieces hlnck Ftlks. from extra cheap up to oxtrn flue With all other kinds of dr,v goods fhr grnersl fsmlly w sets New supplies from the North and East dally fine price only, markotl In plain lUinree. and no deviation We are hid opening ant new at counts Art Idlla pre.cntcd mtmlhly IW payment In cash PFftRY A BROTftFp Centra] ttisM. ' weal bnllding May I# HHdif "IIKsbte Centre Market J TRAI'I, V. A Talc t.r ftauiitrv I.ifo. Ry Mjs? ^ ' \v**1l, ADihf.r ??f Atnv II- rtwrt, Ir<-n, X. .V, 2 \ .-U lv?.E j Ma?il?l?ri, Itix KiH'liMUrtw -folluVsl ?n r?_, .... . For Ml* I,. " ** ,,Ry K- 1- I- 1'rtr* ?i, Viav 70 "UNtlURD A Mum \ * > Owner <* nth ?r*? ?nl !>?.