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I lit. An 3b hSnowledginent to the But
nreiuo Being, Mr Hi* protecting eve vouchsafed
to our father* In their rocceaafol Kovohitionary
struggle, and hitherto manifested to us, their do
ccenoanti, In the preservation of the liberties, the
n iupuudeoce, and the union of those States.
I ftlTThe perpetuation of the Federal Union, ah
be palladium of our emi and religious liberties,
I and the only sure bulwark of Amenean Indepeo
Rp i t ( 8d. Americmtu mutt rWv Amvrtva, and to tkfc
end Ma/sM-bora citiseus should be seieoted for s(l
Ieusto, r ederai, and municipal offices or government
employment. in preference te all others:
ujvcrtheleee, M
l Mu Persons bora of American parents residing
temporarily abroad, ehoald be entitled to all the
rights of haUde-bora citizens; bet '
? 6th. Mb person should be selected for peMeal
cat, ( whether of native or foreign birth,) Who
If ecogmees a?y sWsgfanne or obligation of any description
to any foreign prince, peteat&te or power,
or who refnsee to recognise the Federal and State
neustKmions ( each within iU sphere) as paramount
to all ether tews, qs raise e# political action.
6th. The unqualified recognition and maln^er
ruse of the reserved rights of the several States,
and the caMvaUoa of harmony and fraternal good
will, between the eitiaens a# the several States, and
? j this end, uoo-inteffctwooe by Congress with
questions appertaining solely to the individual
t tatcs, and non-intervention by each State with
the affairs of any other State.
7 tli. The recognition of the ightof the native
I Kirn tuid naturalized citizens of tno United^tates,
permanently residing In any Territory theeeof, to
i name their constitution and laws, and to r gulate
their domestic and social afikirs in their own mode,
aubject only to the provisions of the Federal Cone
itution, with the privilege of admission into the
Union whenever they have the requisite population
for one Representative in Congress. Provided
UlAb UUIIC UUb UIU3C W LIU UT7 CftUTOUB U1
Ir.< trio United States, under the .constitution and laws
thereof, and who have a fixed residence in any
Mch Territory, ought to participate in the forma4
ion of the constitution, or in the enactment of
laws for said Territory or State.
8th. An enforcement of the principle that no
State or Territory ought to admit others than citi'
sens of the United States to the right of suffrage,
or of holding political ofioe.
t 9th. A change in the laws ol naturalisation,
making a continued residence o I i?r nM- one years,
not hereiabefpre provided for, n indispepsab'e
requisite /or citizenship hereafter, and exeluding
all paup >. and persons convicted of crime,
fr >tn landing upon err shores; but no interference
\ with the rested righ's of foreigners.
10th. Oppositiou to any union between Church
and State; no inter .erenco with religious faith, or
k w . <<hip, and no test oaths for offioe.
11th. Free and thorough investigation into any
all alleged abuses of public functionaries, and
ct economy in public expenditures.
>2tt?. The maintenance and enforcement of all
/ wi conatii tonally enacted, until said laws shall
i f lepcaicd, or shau be declared null and void by
c -n.petent judicial authority.
18th. A free and open discussion of all political
principles embraced in our platform.
i'liAVELErS GUIDE.
k Washington Branch Railroad.
Trains run as follows:
From uklD^tOB (in., connecting at Relay
with traias from the West, and at Baltimore with
tkuM far Philadelphia aad New York.
At KJU1 A. m far AnHaiwilis RallimAtw Phila^oU
phi* and New York.
At S p. m. for Baltimore and Norfolk, and at Belay
with the Frederick train.
Kipresa at 4.20 p. m. at Relay for the West, and
tor Annapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New
101%.
On Sunday at 7 a. m. and 4.20 p. m.
From Baltimore to Washington at 4.15Jand]9.15a.
m. :8 and6.16 p. m.
On Sunday 4.15 a. m. and 8.15. p. m.
Cars and Boats for the South.
For New Orleans via Aquia creek, the hoats leave
at il a. m. and 7 p. m, or on arrival of the Northern
OUT*.
Fo i the South, via the Orange and Alexandria and
the Virginia Central railroads, cars leave Alexandria
at?H a. m. and p. m.
Stages froa Washington.
III. W. Martin, agent, office Franklin House corner
o (Eighth and D street*. J
For Leonardtourn and Charlotte Hall, Md., leave
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 6W a. m.
fo For Port Tobacco, Md., leave Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday at 9U a. m.
Fo jUpper Marlboro*, Md., leave daily at 6W a. m
Fo r Rockville, Md., leave dailv at U a. m.
For Fredariok, Md, leave Tuesday, Thursday, and ,
Saturday at 6>4 a. <a.
For Leesburg and Winchester, Vs., leave Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 4)f a. m.
For Brook villa and Mechanicsville, Md, leave
i)< raey's hotel, 7th street.
The Mulls.
First Northern and Eastern Mail closes at 9 p. n .
departing at 5 a. m, aext morning, (exoept Sundays)
am! arrives at 6 a. n>.
Second Northern and Eastern Mail closes at 8){
p in, and arrives at 7 p. m, except Sunday,
i Firat Southern Mail closes at 6 p. as, and arrives
" H a. u.
Second Southern Mail closes at 8 p. m, and arrives
at4 p.m.
Western Mail cloaca at 2 p. m, and arrives at 8
p .m.
Not thweatem Mail closes at 9 p. m, and arrives at
Not folk and Portsmouth Mail eloaes at 2 p. m, and
at lives at ll)d daily, sxcept Snnday.
Annapolis Mail efoeea at 8^ p. in. and 9 p. m.. exocutSunday,
and arrivsa itllha, n. and 7 p. m.
Friday st ^p. m., and arrives same days at 71* p. m.
ItorxviUe Mail closes at 9 p. m., except Sunday,
deiwi tin* at 7 a. n., and arrives at p. m.
I'or Tooaooo Mail closet at 9 p. m., except Sunday,
departing at 7 a. aa.. and arrive* at 8 p. m.
c::s*ndto?rn Mail cloaea ou Sunday, Tueaday, and
Thursday at 9 p. a>., and arrirea Tueaday, Thursday
and Saturday at 7U p. in.
Oeieaville Mail cloaca on Monday, Wcdnoaday.and
* >iday at 9 p. in., and arrirea on Tueaday, Thursday
a n?l w^turday at 9 p. n.
Oeorgwown Mail cloaca at p. m. and 9 p. m.,
and arnrea ?t Aa. m. and 8 p. m.
Uppaa.Marlboro' Mail oloeea daily, accept Sunday,
at 9 p. ax, and arrirea at 6 p. m.
PtMt Office Honrs*
The office ia kept opeu for the delirery of letters
and papers from 1 a. in. until 8 o'clock p. m. except
-ni Sunday, when it ia open Irom 8 to 10 a. m., and
rum 8 to 7 p. m.
Postage on all letters and transient newspapers to
places within the United States moat be pre-paid.
JAM^fcfcT^ERRET, Postmaster.
Telegraph Offices.
U House's Printing Telegraph, National Hotel, enIt
ance on Sixth street, one door north of Pennsylvania
sreune. To New York via Baltimore, Philadelphia,
and intermediate points; connecting at New
\ nrk with the Eastern line to St. Johns and ths
Western lines to New Orleans.
Magnetic Telegraph, National Hotel, corner of 8th
stieet and Pennsylvania A venae, lo New York.
Ovinnecting aa abova with the extreme Ea.?t and
\y nt
Southern Telegraph, National Hotel. To New Orleans
via Alexandria, Richmond, Augusta and Mo?bi
a, and intermediate points, including all the seaboard
cities.
Western Te' graph, Pennsylvania Avenne, beweca
Sixth au 1 Seventh streets, over Oilman's dmg
lore. To Wheeling and intermediate points connecting
wi h all the Western and Northwestern
v teas
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TO UL THAWU1/1TWUH 8IORT.
y J fH|W yrt B Ifty
WISHES TO CALL THE ATTENTION OE
all that Nftr with defcctire sight, caused
Qlasses, carefully ground bj himself to a true spherical
accuracy, sadjbrilliant transparency, suited precisely
and Dsnefleially to the wearer, according to
thseoaearityoreOBirexitTof the ere. Yerr numerous
art 4b* ill cfcbet* caused" to the precious organ* oi
sight Ami &e oommeneeuMnt of usidg glasses in
ot being preoisely suited, by the use of an optometer;
and the praotice of man/ rear* enable* me to
mmmn the fooal di**a*e of the eye*, and audi
glasses that areebaolutoly required will bo furnished
with precision and satisfaction.
J. 7. acknowledges the very liberal encouragement
Iready obtained, and further solicits the patronage
ir* "T* wSriar?~j;"
Femom that cannot eonvenimtly call, by sanding
the glasses in tpe. and stating how many inches they
can read this print with their spectacles, can be toppiled
with such that will improve their sight
Circulars to be had gratis, at his offoe, No. 61S
Seventh street three doors from. Odd Fellows* Hal I,
up stairs. '
Innumerable testimonial* to- be seen, and references
given to many who have derived the greatest
eaaa and oomfort from hit glasses.
Wilmington, N. C., June 16, 1854.
To persons who have had the sight of their eyes
so impaired a* to require the use of Glasses, I would
recommend Mr. John Tobias as a suitable pers'ir
from whom to obtain suoh Glasses as they may requires
as he ha* auited ma with a pair of Spectacles
lor a far and near sight Mr sight has been unpaired
very much by a service of years in the Post Office
Department which berth required me to be on duty
from 11 o'clock at night till after day, during which
time I used batonelight
W. A. Walks.
Brooklyn Ortuopardic Institution,
April, 1854.
- After most careful examination of Mr J. Tobias's
Glasses. I am enabled to teatifr tlint their hariinaaa
clearness, polishing, and exact optical shape, render
them particularly recommendabfe to those whoso
merelv optical impairment of the eyea are in want
of sucn auxiliaries. I consider, moreover. Mr. Tobias
fully qualified to determine the focus of the eye, both
by nis optical knowledge and experience, and by
means or his optometer. In addition, I can further
state, that Mr. Tobias has supplied some of my patients-with
Glasses, to their ana my entire satisfaction.
Louis Baubb, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon, Berlin; Member of the
Hoyal College of burgeons, England; Member of
the Medical S .ciety ofLondon, and of the Pathologioal
Society of New York; late Surgeon of the
Iioyal Orthopsedic Institution of Manchester, England,
and Surgeon of the B. O..Institution.
Copy of a testimonial which appeared in the Daily
American Organ, May SI, 1865, from Judge V. Ellis,
(late editor:)
" Having suffered for many years past with weakness
of the eyes, and that defect of vision which
results from a too constant and intense use of these
sensitive organs, we were led to make a trial of Tobias's
new and improved discovery for the eyes,
whose name heads this article. We saw them recommended
by sondnr gentlemen of Virginia, whom
we kaow, ana therefore had less hesitation in making
the experiment We are more than pleased with
the article. We read with less fatigue with these
lens than any we had ever tried before; and ve see
more distinctly with them. Without meaning to
disparage the claims of others who have made improvements
in Spectacle Lens, we deem it bat just to
make the above statement Mr. Tobias resides on
Seventh street, opposite the National Intelligencer
ofioa."
Ltncubuug, Nov. 1,1854.
From an examination of Mr. Tobias's Glasses,
and from bis observations md remarks, am convinced
that be is a skilful optician.
J. i. Blackford, m. D.
NoaroLX, Va., Julv 27, 1854k
In tbe experience of even two years, I have found
great difficulty in obtaining Spectacles that were
exactly adapted to the weakness of my sight This
inoonvenienoe Mr. Tobias seems to have removed
for the present by tbe substitution for me of better
sn?l more suitable Glasses. They are clear, cry etuilike,
and comfort able to my eyes. I would commend
him to those who, from age or other infirmity,
require artificial aid in this way.
J. J. Si it x ixs, M. D.
Sis: Ths pair of spectacles you ftirnlsbed mejresterduy
are particularly aatialactory to me. They are
very decidedly the best I possess, and I am the owner
of S'ght or nine pairs, carefully selected in different
pis es, and from opticians recommended to me on so
count of their professional standing in France, England,
and the United States. 1 have been also pleased
tvith your remarks and directions on the treatment
of the eyes for the purpose of preserving and improving
the sight.
Respectfully yours, Cbas. Caldwell,
Professor of M. C., Lanisvillc, Ky.
Mr. J. Tobias.
Washixotox, Aug. 8,1855.
Having been for years undrr the necessity of baring
two sets of glasses?one for Use in tbe daylight,
and oaa for lamp light?I procured one set from Mr.
Tobias wbioh answered both purposes. I have used
his for several months, and find them excellent,
Edwad Htusbs.
Of Department of state.
Pbtkmuoro. October 81, 1854.
About Ire years ago, I obtained from Mr. Tobias,
in Washington, a pair of Glasses for tbe Spectacles
which I used, and found them of great assistance
to my decaying vision ; and my opinion of him is
that he is skilful in the preparation of glasses for
eyes not too tar gone to be benefitted by such aid.
J. F. Mat.
See for mors testimonials, the Evening Star.
so 10-tf
Magnificent stock or fall and
WINTER DRY GOODS NOW OPEN.
iu suoecnoer wouia innie a ike nuon to mo loilowing
New Goods:
Paria printed Merinoes and Wool De Laines, very
rich atj lee, extra cheap.
Fine Block and Fancy Colored Wool De Lainea, at
S7){ cents.
Ottoman Poplins, mixed, phud. and striped.
2,600 yards Hoyle's English Prints, at lo cents, nana I
price 12)f oenta.
2,000 yards superior plaid and plain De Bages, at
1 {%, worth 19 cents.
1,600 jHrds rich new style figured De Lainea, at
ljV, richly worth 18 cents.
160 I.amea' white and colored Ooracta, at |1, nsual
prioe $1.96.
large lot of Ladies' fine white Linen Uandkcichiefs,
at 6V, 10, and 12W cents.
20 dozen Ladies fine white Lama Wool Hoso, at 25
. cents, usual prioe 60 cents.
20 dozen Ladies' nemstitcbed Linen Handkerchiefs,
at 26, richly worth 81 cents.
Ladiee' good Kid Glores Oom 87}{ cents np.
Linen Table Clothe, Napkins, and Towels, great
t bargain*.
CHEAP EMBROIDERIES.
Large lot Swiss and Cambrio Collars.
Large lot Cambric and Swiss Flouncings, uuusually
cheap.
Ilandaornc Sleeves and Collars in seta.
Black Crape Collars, Embroidered Handkerchiefs,
j, f ? n u t ) j
- >h waui ui i/i t vjww vnvnin no* ron U) I
call and examine my stock bfore purchasing, u I !
am eonAdent by so doing they ^^sare^ money.
80 8t
The unders?gnEd,Antending to remore
to the west, offers the stock and fixtures
of his Cigar and Tobacco Htore for sale. This is
one of the best stands in the city, being located on
Herenth street, and in its most business part. For
further particulars inquire et No. 396, comer of I
Heronth and H streets, of
90 44 H. LYLflH.
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FREDERICK FEMALE SEMINARY,
? FREDERICK CITY, MD.
SCHOLARS will be received at any time
during the year, and will be charged from the
date of their entrance to the end of the scholastic
year. The let of January would be a moat appropriate
time for them to commence.
Thia Institution has steadily and permanently increased
in numbers for the last eleven years, until
the present oapacioua edifice, which is 60 f eet front,
SO feet deep, and four stories high, became entirely
inadequate to the growing wants of the aebpoi.
In August last, the Trustees commenced another
building of tbe hum rim and external appearance on
the west aids of the pressqi edifice. This building
is now udder roof, and will be ready for occupancy
: early in the spring.
Thia addition will give ua the largest and mpat
beautiful exhibition room in the city, six large pro
feasor"*rooms, eighteen additional high, airy lodging
rooms, and tbe whole of the high hnsemant will 4m
fitted up for a gymnasium for tbe young ladies tc
exercise in during inclement weather. These im
provements make it one of the moat extensive and
complete establishments in the United States.
Thia Institution has an able and efficient Board o:
Professors and Teachers, a good Library, .excellen
Musical Instruments, an extensive Chemical and
Philosophical Apparatus; and it is confidently bo
lieved that it offers aa many fscilitiefc for imparting i
thorough, extensive, and refined education as any
Seminary in the land.
Tbe school is not sectarian, on the contrary, the
young ladies are strictly required to attend suet
Church as parents designate, accompanied always by
a Teacher.
For Board and Tuition, including furnished Rooms
Lights, Fuel,. Washing, etc., $200 per scholastic
year; payable half yearly in advance.
For Circulars, and other particulars, address
H. WINCHESTER, President
References in Washington City, D. C.
Josiah F. Polk, Esq., Vespasian Ellis, Esq.
MAHUiiE MANTELS.
Iff A RBLEWORK S.-TheSubscri bei
1TJL bears leave to inform his friendsand the nub
lie that he has increased his stock of Marble Mantels
comprising Siennd, Brockedelia, Spanish, Egyptiar
rein, Italian, and Block Marble, richly carved ant
plaija, of the best aualitr, newest style, and superioi
finish, which he offers for sale low tor cash.
Also. 20 Marble Monuments, Tombs, and Head
stone Slabs; Eastern Marble for window-sills, lintels
Bteps, and platforms: Marble tile, counter, and tabli
tops; Soapstone; Calcined plaster. $8 per barrel.
Also on hand a large lot of Connecticut Browi
Stone, New York Flags and steps, suitable for build
ine purposes.
He invites the attention of builders and others t<
his s took, and will endeuror tw give satisfaction to al
who may favor him with their orders.
WM. RUTHERFORD,
On B street, bet. 12th and 18th.
GALLAGilKH'S
A New and Splendid Large Oven, Flat Tor
COOKING STOVE.
For Wood or Coal. Four Hire*. No*. 6, 7, 8 9
GALLAGHER'S SUNRISE AIU-Tight
a beautiful design of a new Flat Top Cooking
Stove, just out.
It is only necessary to say, that after very manj
years of cxpuriencc, and being fully couveraanl
with all of the varioas kinds of Stores which have
been invented on the dowu-druft rinciplc, that 1
have taken advantage of every well-k..own improve'
meat that baa from time to tiiue been made, particu'
larly in reference to the formatiou and construction
ot w flues, which are always necessary to be large,
sad I have fully implied every improvement and
combined them all la tue " Sunrise Air-Tight Cooking
Stove." This Stove is made very heavy, sail is
a goad subs antial article; I have made t beta estm
heavy iu all tiw parts where bug experience has
proved it to be important and I can assure my customers
that 1 have spared neither pains nor expense
ia getting it up; and it will not be excelled by any
stove now known of s similar character: i am onnnced
that it will at once become a standard Stove.
1 have fully tried them in every war, with WOOD
and COAIs and strongly re ommend them to the
I nnhiir Thur mvnlii in IK? ninal MiufcAinp.
ner.
Patentee: * A. J. GALLAGHER,
Julj 1st, 185ti. Philadelphia.
THE GREATEST
EVER INTRODUCED IN THE UNITED
STATES.
Fur Coal or Wood. . 18,000 is use. Four su'?
Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9.
Gallagher's Celebrated Morni c
Star Double Oven COOKING STOVE, I e
best, the cheapest, most substantial, and most irfect
Cooking Stove in the Union. ?
Thirteen thouaaDd of these Stoves are now in : no
eeasftil operation.
This splendid Cook Stovs has now been thoroiu vIv
tested during the last four years; they ope rum >n
the best and must satisfactory manner. I have fully
tried them with wood and eoal, and strongly reoommend
them. They are heavy and very durable, and
the design ia ueat and beautiful. With a moderate
fire, this Stove will bake three loaves of bread, roast
a turkey, boil two dinner pots, broil a beefsteak, and
beat the water for washing, all at the same time.
You are respectfully invited to call and examine
the shore splendid Cooking Stove, Gallagher's
Morning Star."
Patentee: A. J. GALLAGHER,
July 1st, 1S58. Philadelphia.
For sals only by
C. WOODWARD A SON,
Next door to C. Woodward's old stand,
Penn avenue, bet. 10th and 11th aim, No. 818.
N. B. We have also a very large assortment of the
latest and most approved patterns of grates, parlor,
chamber, dining-room, office and store stores of all
sices, tor wood and eoal, that the North can fui Utah,
beat united to this market.
1-ST Terms?CASH. ??It
to the ladies of tvashinuton.
Midwifery.?Mrs. bangs, Pruiessionat
Medium, would respectfnlly inform ber
friends and the public, that aha has removed from
her late residence to Twelfth, between C and D streets,
next door to John D. Clark's Police Office. She hereby
tenders her thanks to her friends and customers
ior the liberal patronage bestowed upon bar, sad
ropes, by her attention and assiduity to business, to
merit s continuance of publie patronage.
Refers to l)r. Hogan and Dr. Fairfax, Alexandiia.
rnc mil .
Ilir< A oil II 1 A/1%1/tll IIAV1I Eitl I
riMIEtircnt Eastern I'nouoei, prepaicd
M in the Teinple or Health, and for ages formed
almost the solo medicine nscd in the Km- These
prescriptions are perfectly simple, and may be pnt
np at nny drug store at a trifling oost. Some of thein
are particularly applicable in Consumpt on, Sorofula,
Liver Affections. Impurity of the llkxtd, Ac.
Otlirrs remoye Syphilis, Secret Diseases, Itch,
Nervous Diseases, Losiircness. Ac., in an almost in*
credibly short time. Sent with plain printed direc*
tic as, on the receipt of M cents.
WM. FRANK Mil,
Box 881, Albany, N. Y.
FORT- NTY.I1VE CENTfli
fll * ocipe for making tho lYnnI
ornns Panacea, s cure for almost every
' rs >f disease, for only ifi cents. It readily sells
for $3 per bottle, end the recipe alone is Worth
$V6. A good family newspaper sent lor one year
extra. T. WILLI A US.
Albany, New York.
HOUSE A1IIIIILII PAINTINU AND
QHAINIlfU.
MT. PARKER, HAVING opened a
branch shop at No. 38 I/Oiiisisna ayenuo,
(Varnum's Buildings,) between Sixth and Serenth
streets, for House, sign, Ornamental, and Detrempe,
(usually called Fresco^) Painting and draining, respectfully
announces his readiness L do and perform,
In an nrtlstio manner, all work entrusted to nim. He
feols confident of giving perfect satisfaction to all
who give hint their pntgunagu.
Window Shades, BaiArars, disss Signs, Ac., Ac.,
painted on reasonable lemns, and in a workmanlike
manner.
ERICA
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van Mights oar motto; and the America* Fa
)AY, RECEMBEll 31, 1857.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
CON SUMPTION
AND ALL
oi the LUtHlii and THROAT
,1 ' /. LuciusOAN BE ,, . , 'l ,
j, CU?BP HY INHALATION.
WHICH CONVEYS THE REMEDIES TO THE
" oaritiea in Ufy lungs, through the air pussages,
end coming in dfaect contact with the disease, neui
tralixes thelubareuter matter, allay s the cough, causes
I a free and caw expectoration, heals the lungs, puri:
flea the blood, imparts renewed vitality to the ner.,
roue system, giving that toae and energy so indispensable
for the restoration of health. To bo able to
>' state confidently that Consumption is curable by iu1
halation, is to n^a a source of unalloyed pleasure. It
im mm ohtioli un/L? tin* ?<>??'??1 a?-i.?-?4
? ? me wiiuui ui iucuiuii i?ruuiuiuiii>
as an/ other formidable disease; ninety out of ovtrjr
1 hundred oases can be cured in the first stupes, and
fifty per cent, ia the second; but in the ttiird stage
i it is impossible to gave more than five per cent, lur
the Lutigs are so cut up by the disease us to bid do'
fiance to inodical skilL?Kveo, however, in the last
stages, Inhalation uffbrds extraordinary relief tp the
i suffering attending "this feaful scourge, which anuu
ally destroys ninety-five thousand persons in the
[ United Urates alone; and aoi rrect calculation shows
i- thatPuf fige present population of the earth, eighty
> millions are destined to fill the Consumptive's gnrve.
Truly (he quiver of death has no arrow so lata! as
I Consumption. In all ages it bus been the great
enemy of life, for it spares neither age nor sex, but.
f sweeps oil" alike the brave, the beautiful, the gracet
ful and the gifted. By the help of that Supremo
I Being from whom oometh every good and perfect
gift, I urn enabled to offer to the ufllicted a permanent
i and speedy cure in Consumption. The first cause of
r tubercles is from impure blood, and the immediate
effect produced by their deposition in the lungs is to
) prevent the free admission of air into the air cells,
i which causes a weakened vitality through the entire
> i ystcm. Then surely it is more rational to expect
good from medicines entering the cavities of the lungs
, than from those administered through the stomach;
: the patient will always find the lungs free and the
breathing easy, after inhuling remeoies. Thus, Inhalation
is a local remedy, nevertheless it acts constitutionally,
and with more power and certainty than
remedies administered by the stomach. To prove
the powerful and direct influence of this mode of ad '
mi lustration, chloroform iulmled will entirely destroy
sensibility in a few minute*. TUir?tlT*in?r ll>n pntira
nervous system, bo that a limb may be amputated
without the slightest pain; inhaling the ordinary
' * burning gas will destroy life in a few hours.
> ; The inhalation of ammonia will rouse the system
! when fainting of apparently dead. The odor of many
' of the medicines is perceptible in the skin a few
r minutes alter beiag inhaled, and may be immediately
detected in the blood. A convincing proof ol tlie
' constitutional effects of inhnlatiou, is the fact that
sickness is alwuys produced by breathing foul air?
s is this not positive evidence that proper remedies
carefully prepared and judiciously administered
1 through the longs should produce the happiest results
y During eighteen years practice manv thousands,
suffering from diseases of the lungs ana throat
j hare been under my care, aud I have effected many
' remarkable cures, even after the sufferers had been
pronounced in the lust stages, which fully satisfies
me that consumption is no longer a fatal disease. My
treatment of consumption is original, and founded
on long experience and a thorough investigation,
i My perfect acquaintance with the nature ot tubercles,
Ac., enables me to distinguish, readily, the various
, forms of discise that simulate consumption, and ap,
plying proper remedies, rarely being mistaken even
r in a single case. This familiarity, in connection with
certain pathological and microscopic discoveries, enr
ables me to relieve the lungs from the effects of cont
tracted chests, to enlarge the chest, purify the blood,
i impart to it renewed vitality, giving energy and tone
[* to the entire system.
Medicines with full directions sent to any part of
. the United Btutca and Can adits by putiouts coinmui
nicating their symptoms by letter But tbc cure
would be more oertain if the patient ahould pay me
[ a visit, which would give au opportunity to examine
the lungs, and euabie me 10 prescribe with much
gu?ter oorCaintv. and then the cure could be effected
wilhont mf peeing the patient again. All lottora
asking advice must contain a postage stamp.
A nnuKSH
G. W. GRAHAM, M. D.,
BOX No. 68.
Office, 1131 Filbert Street, Old If. 100,
BBLOW TWKLVTII,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
MB 0. HYATT has just opened, from the recent
MRU suction sales, a splendid assortment of Fall
and Winter Dry Goods of every description, at very
reduced prices:
Bargains in lilask and Fancy Silks,
Bargains in Stella and Broche Shawls.
Bargains in De Laines and Cashmeres.
Bargains in Bonnets and Ilibbons.
Bargains in all-wool Plaids and DucaU.
Bargains in Prints and Ginghams.
Bargains in Merinoes and Coburg Cloths. *
Bargains in Lush Linens and Shirting Cottons.
Bargains in Flauuels and Blankets.
Bargains in Cloths, Cassimerea, and Satinets.
Bargains in Undershirts and Drawers.
Bargains in Embroideries of every description.
Remember, I .adieu, the place for Bargains is st
R. G. HYATT'S, No. 349 Seventh street, third door
below the Northern Liberty Market. s80 St
ISLAND
PERIODICAL, STATIONERY,
AND
VARIETY STORE,
Near the corner of Seventh et. and Maryland av.
THE citisens of the Seventh Ward and the public
generally are respectfully informed that a complete
assortment of the leading Monthly and Weekly
Papers, Writing Paper, Letter Paper, Envelopes,
Steel Pent. Pen Holders, and Pencils, together with
School and Mi-cellaneon* Books, are kept for sale at
the above store | also e variety of fancy articles, such
as Toilet Soaps, Perfumery, Combs, Ladies' Hoops,
Gloves, Pins, Needle*, Buttons, Spool Cotton, Penknives,
Scissors, Looking Glasses, Porte Monaies,
Children's Toys, Cigars and Tobacco of the best
quality, Ac., he., which are offered at the usual city
prices for cash.
Among the Periodicals are-Harper's Magasine,
Putnam s Monthly, Kiank Laalie's Family Magazine,
Godey's loidy's Book, Yankee Notions, Graham's Msgazing
New York Ledger, New York Metcnry, Boaton
Pilot, Saturday Evening Poat,Waverly Magazine,
Ha/pers Weekly, Irish News, and Freeman's Journal
; also, the daily morning and evening pepers of
Washington; all ef which will b" regularly on hand
as early aa elsewhere in the city. Persons desiring
it can nave their papers delivered promptly st their
residences or places of business, as they may direct.
A liberal snare of patronage from the public is
respectfully solicited.
N. B.?1The subscriber continues to attend to
Bounty Land, Pension and other Claims against the i
Government. Deeds of Trust, Bills of Sale, Releases,
and other writing, done in legal and satisfactory
style. His office is in immediate connexion with the
ebove store, where all calls for such business will be
promptly attended to.
JOHN K. BAKER.
oS If Uenersl Agent, ,
J. M. BURKE. 1
nnrtT and shoemaker
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City, D. 0.
P. 8.?Repairing done in tho mot: nwt and ?ubftaatial
rtfU _
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MEUCn ANT TAILORS.
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JOB PRINTING
Neatly executed at the Office of 1
"TUB AMKMC,AN."
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irty our cognomen."
NO. 41.
I ' '' 'I
The folio wing remedies are offered to the public
as the best, most perfect, which medical science can
afford. Ay Kit's Cathartic Fills have been pro.
oared with the utmost skill which the medical wro<
fession of this age possesses, and their effects snos
they hare virtues whiokl surpass any combination
of mediciues hitherto known. Other preparation!
do more or less good; but this cures such danger,
ous complaints, so quick and so surely, as to prove
an efficacy and a power to uproot disease beyond
any thing which men have known before. By rc<
moving the obstructions of the internal organs and
stimulating them into healthy action, they renovate
the fountains of life and vigor, ? health coursee
anew through the body, and the sick man is well
again. They are adapted to disease, and disease
onlv. for whon taken nv nno in Health tKnv nrnrlnoi
but little effect. This is the perfection of medicine
It is antagonistic to disease, and no more. Tendei
children may take them with impunity. If the]
are sick they will cure them, if they are well the]
will do them no harm.
Give them to some patient who has been prostinted
with bilious complaint: see his bent-up, tot>
tering form straighten with strength again *, see hii
long-lost appetite return ; sco his clammy fcaturei
blossom into health. Give them to some suflcrei
whose foul blood has burst out in scrofula till hit
skin is covered with sores; who stands, or aits, 01
lies in anguish. He has been drenched inside ant
out with every potion whloh ingenuity could stig.
gept. Give him these Pills, and mark the clfoct
tec The scabs fall from his body ; see the new, fail
skin that has grownjunder them; see the late {fpei
that is clean. Give themjp him ?|wae sugrj
humors have planted rheumatism in nf* joints ant
bones; move nim, and ho screcUhes with pain ; h<
too has been soaked through every-muscle of Jiii
body with liniments and salves; give him thesi
Pills to purify his blood; they may not cure him,
for, alas ! there are cases which no mortal powei
can reach; but mark, he walks with crutches now,
and now he walks alone; they have cured him,
Give them to the lean, sour, haggard dyspeptic,
whose gnawing stomach has long ago eaten ever]
mile from his face and every muscle from his body,
See his appetite return, and with it his health; se<
the new man. Sec her that was radiant with health
and loveliness blasted and too early withering
away; want of exercise or mental anguish, or sonic
lurking disease, has deranged the internal organi
of digestion, assimilation or secretion, till they dc
me it uiuce in. xier uiuou is viuaiea, ner neaitn i<
gone. Give her these Pills to stimulate the vital
principle into renewed vigor, to cast out the obstructions,
and infuse a new vitality into the blood
Now look again?the roses blossom on her cheek
and where lately sorrow sat joy bursts from ever]
feature. See the sweet infant wasted with worms
Its wan, sickly features tell you without disguise
and painfully distinct, that they are eating its lifi
away. Its pinched-up nose and ears, and rcstlesi
slecpings, tell the dreadful truth in language whict
eveiy mother knows. Give it the Pills in large
doses to sweep these vile parasites from the body
Now turn again and see the ruddy bloom of child
hood. Is it nothing to do these things ? Nay, ari
they not the marvel of this age ? And yet they are
done around you every day.
Have you tne less serious symptoms of these distempers,
they are the easier cured. Jaundice
Costiveness, Headache, Sidcache, Heartburn, Fou
Stomach, Nausea, Pain in tho Bowels, Flatulency
Lost of Appetite, King's Evil, Neuralgia, Gout, anc
kindred complaints aD arise from the oerangementi
which these Pills rapidly cure. Take them perse
veringly, and under the counsel of a good Physiciar
if you can; if not, take them judiciously by sucl
advice as we give you, and the aistTessing, danger
ous diseases they cure, which afflict so many mil
lions of the human race, are cast out like the devili
of old? they must burrow in the brutes and in thi
sea. Price 25 cents per box ?6 boxes for $1.
Through a trial of inany years and through ever]
nation of civilixed men, Aveu's Chkkky Pkctokai
has been found to afford more relief and to cure
more cases of pulmonary disease than any othei
remedy known to mankind. Cases of nnnarentli
settled consumption hare been cured by' it, anc
thousands of sufferers who were deemed beyond th<
reach of human aid have been restored to theii
friends and usefulness, to sound health and th<
enjoyments of life, by this all-powerful antidote tc
diseases of the lungs and throat. Hire a cold had
settled on the lungs. The diy, hacking cough, tin
glassy eve, and the pale, thin features of turn whe
was lately lusty and strong, whisper to all but hire
Consumption. He tries ever* thing; but th<
disease is gnawing at his vitals, and shows iti
fatal symptoms qtore and more over all his frame.
He is taking the Ciikrky Pectoral now; it hai
topped his cough and made his breathing enty;
his sleep is sound at night; his appetite returns,
and with it his strength. The dart which pierces
his side is broken. Scarcely any neighborhood enn
be found w hich has not some living trophy like this
to shadow forth the virtues whirh nave won for the
Cherry Pectoral an imperishable renown. But
its usefulness does not end here. Nay.it aocomfdishes
more by prevention than cure. The countess
colds snd coughs which it cures are the seed
which would have ripened into a dreadful harvest
of incurable diseases. Influents, Croup, Bronchitis,
Hoar*ene*s,T,leurisy,WhoopingCongh,and all Irritations
of the throat and lungs are easily cured by
the Cneuny Pectoral if taken in season. Every
family should have it by them, and they will find it
an invaluable protection from the insidious prowler
which carries off the parent sheep from many a flock,
the darling lamb from many a home.
Authenticated evidence of these facts, with directions
for the treatment of each complaint, may be
found In Arer's American Almanac, of which we
publish three millions, and scatter them broadcast
over the earth, in order that the aiek every where
mar hare before them the information it contains.
Druggists and dealers in mcdieine generally hare
them for distribution gratia, and also for sale these
remedies, prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayrr, Practical
and Analytical Chemist, Lowell, Mass.
SOLO BY
Z. D. Oilman, Washington,
And by all dealers in medicine evorywl er<?.
jan 1-flro
From the Hartford Courant.
ECHOES?
What arc they? The philosopher tells us
they aro the sound-waves of the air reflected
hack to our cars when meeting some solid
body. The ancients would say they arc the
voices of wood nymphs and Dryads mocking
us from the dells at the foot of the mountains
or reverberating through the long readies of
the forests. The superstitious would assure
us that they are the moans of the lost soula
wandering through the caverns of the side,
hills, or around the mined arches of the deserted
monasteiics whose instructions they
bad despised when living. How beautiful w a
that idea of the mother, who, when her chi'd
complained that a voice from the mountains
spoke insultingly to him, replied, "Try it with
a kind voice, and it will answer kindly. It
will be so," she said, " hereafter in your intercourse
with the world. It will answer you
according to tho voice with which you address
it."
Them arc echoes of the mind as well as in
the sound-wares. Echoes?ah, how unlike
the voice wc once sent out to the world. How
often do the sad cehoea of the past sound mournfully
over the soul, bringing the very words
and the very tones that have long since been
hushed to silence I They were uttered by
lips that now lie crumbling in the grave. There
comes no echo from tho cold tombstone, but
there is a far-off sound away down in the deep
caverns of the heart that whispers the tones
of the psst to the mental ear. 44 Tho tones of
the past"?what a death knell they are! No
moaning wind over the remains of the autumn
leaves?no solemn warning of the coming
dorm from the echoing caverns of the deep?
no tolling of the funeral hell over the slow precession
of the newly dead?can equal in sadness
tho low, sad moan, the solemn requiem,
the distant sounding knell, that echoes of the
past
44 One after one
Comet up old scenes, old sorrows, old delights.
Ah Ood ! how sad are all things that grow old ;
Even the rose-leaTes have a mhIU scent,
"THE AMEKICAK;"
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addition*I line /'itx cents, kat b additional laserUou
i hall the above rates.
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l And old brown letters are more sad than graves;
i Old kisses lie about the fount of teura
Like autumn leaves around the winter wells."
How much of thin world's character, and
[ action, and philosophy is made up of echoes.
, Half the men and women of the world but
eoJio the character of their education. Their I
' opinions upon most topics are bat tthoea. I
| Education itself is but a mere crku of <kgat?s. I
j Some of theui have no innate authority. They I
i are only humbugs consecrated by lime. It, is I
> so in science, in literature, in religion. There I
is but very little originality in this our world I
! of eohoea. Tho soond-wavim nf com*
produced ages ago reverberate still among vs.
r If a n:w idea is created, it has to wait a lopg
' period before it finds its echo in thb community.
The world is frightened at its novelty. ii
Alas, how true is U that our life is s|wnt in
the pursuit of shadows, and io ltstouing ,to
> ECIIOKS.
\ . "
r DOWN INTO THE GRAVE.
| BY KBKNKZKH"KLLIOT.
! 1 I
t Drop, drop into tbagrave Okl Leaf, J
r Drop, drop into the grave;
r ' , Thr acorn's grown, thy acorn's sown?
[ 4 r Drop, drop into the grave.
I December's tempeat rave, t>M Leaf I
? Above tilt fbrest grave Old Leaf!
I % Drop, drop into the grave! 1 a
1 4 The birds in spring will sweetly aing,
f That death alone is sad; t
> The grass will grow, the primrose show j
That death atone is sail:
Lament above thy grave. Old Leaf!
' For what has life to do with grief? I
'Tis death alouo that's sad.
' What then? We two have both lived through ?
Tlie sunshine aud the rain;
And bluss'd be be, to me and thee,
Who sent his sun and mill! 4
, We've hud our sun aud rain. Old Leaf,
| And God will send again, Old Leaf,
The sunshine und tne rain.
| Race after race of leaves and men
f Bloom, withor, and are gone:
As winda and waters rise and fall,
, So life and death roll ou;
! And long as ocean heaves, Old Leaf,
i And hud aud fade the leaves, Old Leaf, ]
i Will life and deuth roll on. ?
How like am I to thee, Old Leaf! I
W-?ll J ?
ti c ii urop ingemer down; I
How like art thou to me, Old Leaf,
i Well drop together down.
I'm grey and thou art brown, Old Leaf!
We'll drop together down, Old Loaf!
. We'll drop together down!
i Drop, drop into the grave, Old Leaf,
Drop, drop into the grave;
Thy acorn's grown, thy acorn's sown?
Drop, drop into the grave.
1 December's tempests rave. Old Leaf,
1 Above thy forest grave, Old Leaf: ??1|
Drop, drop iuto the grave! " j
1 To be Hcxa.?Tho Cgurt of Pardons of New I
Jersey, refused to pardon Donnelly, who killed 11
' Moses at tho Scavicw House, or to commute
\ his sentence to imprisonment for life. There
r is no further hope for hipi, and he will be
I hanged on the 8th of January.
r John A. Benson, the sailor who testifies that I
| he saw the murder of Charles E. Sage, of Gen- I
i necticut, since found to be living, confesses tho I
\ crime of peijury, and states that he committed ^
i it for the sake of the reward of $800, oflfered / j
j for the discovery of the supposed criminal.
\ Wo find the Democratic papers of tho South
; reading Senator Douglas out of tho party. Of
course we arc daily exporting them to road the,
1 editor of the Louisvillo Democrat out of tho
| party. Having read out their ablest Senator, i \
t they must next read out their ablest editor.
Iff - I * ------
tt c miriK, nowcvcr, uiey arc likely to find their
course ofrcading very unprofitable.?Louistillo
Journal. |
The happiest man in the world is the man
with just enough wealth to keep him in spirits,
and just children enough to keep him industrious.
An Albany man advertises for his runaway
wife, 44 who is but fifteen years of age, and of
a loviug disposition, and had on three rattan
hoops."
No pupil is so greatly to be pitticd as the
pupil of the eye, for that is constantly under
the lash. .
A western editor expresses his delight at
having been nearly called " honey" by tnc gal
he loves, because she saluted him as "Old
Heeswax," at their last meeting.
The jealous man poisons his own banquet,
and then oat* of it
Ladies arc like violets; the more modest and
rjtiring, the more you love them.
What is Man??A young lady answers:
" A thing to waits with, a thing to flirt with, .
to take one to places of amusement, to laugh
at, to be married to, (o pay one's bills, to keep
one comfortably."?Not far from the truth.
The glory and happiness of a city oonsists I
not in the number, but in the character of its
population.
It is with ideas as with pieces of money;
those of the least value genorally circulate tho
most
Is Missouri a Catholic ok Protsstavt
Static??We arc led to ask this question by ~~
the fact, that tho last Legislature refused by an
overwhelming majority, to charter a University
proposed by Northern Methodists, and yet
chartered a CathoMc Convent and exempted
the property from taxation.?St. Louio Chrutiun
Advocate. '
The man who fa without an idea, generally liaa
the greatest idea of himself.
Joy is the proper clement of the human mind ;
gloom is akin to moroseness, and moroecncM ia
wickedness.
Integrity, however rough, is better than smooth
dissimulation.
There are few defects in oar nature so glaring
as not to he veiled by politeness and good breeding
The wise man stands Arm in all extremities, and
bears the lot of his humanity with a divine temper.
* f
The worst of an imaginary danger Is, that it
often leads us to overlook a'real one.
A word once spoktm, a coech with foer horses I
cannot overtake it and bring it back. I
lie dies like a beast wbobas done no good while j
> be lived. ]