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AMERICAtfTFXEGRAPH
wasbin^ton.
MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 81.
MUr Pernoiw wichlug to l*' "'* Tilwkafm
will leave their name* ??' ??1*; ?h?">
notice of oml.HHloM au.l a?-lro.? change nhoulU be loft.
Hour of publication li>reo o clock, p. m.
AdvertUemont* mu* t? wit lu by twelro o clock, in.
We to-day commence the second week of our
existence upon the theatre of life; and we do
bo with better hopes than animated us a week
ago. We feel a consciousness, firstly, that we
shall deserve success; and, secondly, that the
people of Washington desire that we shall at
tain to it.
It has not been in our power to solioit in
person the patronage of our business men; but
we will be gratified to reoeive their calls at our
offico.
CORRESPONDENTS.
We receive many communications without
the names of the writers. When gentlemen
rccollect that were we to publish such article
we would make ourselves responsible for every
thing stated in them, wo will 110 doubt be par
doned for omitting to do so.
POPULAR EDUCATION.
Wc shall, from time to time, allude to this
subject, with the hope of promoting a work
now in progress, namely, the application of
science to the uses of ordinary life. The eleva
ting influence of this will soon be realized, and
the school-room is the proper theatre in which
to commencc such an undertaking.
It is with pleasure we observe that the great
men of our nation are very generally beginning
to have a right appreciation of this matter.
President Fillmore, it will be remembered,
, was among the guests at the entertainment fur
nished by the Washington public schools on
Capitol Ilill at the close of their last examina
tion. He also took a part in the exercises by
distributing the rewards of merit. This was as
it should be?the highest officer in the nation
recognising universal education as the founda
tion of Republican institutions.
Hon. J. M. Mason, Chairman of the Senate
committee on th? District of Columbia, has on
sundry occasions manifested his interest in
plans and measures for giving to the " Hkart
or the Nation" healthful and vigorous pulsa
tions, for distributing through the whole body
of our Republican Union practical science and
sound morals, and so have other members of
the House and Senate committees on the Dis
trict.
Colonel Nauman, late commandant at Fort
Washington, sixteen miles below the city, on
the Potomac, employed the soldiers under his
command in digging fossils from the marl
beds, at the fort, which he sent to Washington,
to be distributed by various government func
tionaries to different parts of the country. He
generously offered to furnish the Naval school
at Annapolis, the Naval Lyceum at Brooklyn,
New York, and other institutions requesting
them, with the varieties of fossils found there,
some thirty or forty in number.
A circuit judge of the courts of Tennessee,
in a letter to a friend, touching the measures
now in rapid progress for the diffusion of prac
tical science, remarked: "I shall gladly use
my influence upon the bench, in the social cir
cle, and through the public journals, for aiding
the plans proposed for such an object. I am
waked up for the purpose of waking others up."
Several members of the United States Senate
arc designing to visit, during the present rcccss
of Congress, various sections of their respective
States, and to call special and general attention
to practical science, for the double object of
diffusing and promoting industry. Such is the
Bpirit of the times.
SUPERNATURAL.
A correspondent desires us to keep our
readers advised as to "what is going on at the
North in the way of spirit rappings." From all
we can learn of this subject we arc inclined to
believe that, while not a few good and worthy,
and even highly intelligent people are credulous
enough to be played upon in relation to it, there
are among the practisers some foul knaves
whose impostures are rendered the more vile
by the profane and blasphemous presumption
they exhibit. The latest demonstration is that
of James Congdon, Charles Coventry, Andrew
L. Wilson, and Lanson Bush, of Auburn, New
York, who propose to publish a periodical, of
which they say:
" Its object is the disclosure of Truth from
Heaven, bringing mankind into open vision of
Paradise; open communications with spirits |
redeemed; and proper and progressive under
standing of the Holy 8criptures and of the
merits of J?sus Christ, from whom they origi
nated in inspiration absolute, and of whom they
tcach, as the inly Saviour of a dissevered and
l>ewildercd rtrce.
" The circle of Apostles and Prophets are Its
conductors from the Interior, holding control
over its columns, and permitting no article to
find place therein unless originated, dictated,
or admitted by them?they acting under direc
tion of the Lord Supreme.*'
Of themselves these " publishers and propri
etors" say that they ?' having become, in full
' confidence of mind, disciples of the Lord, and
4 being present external agents of the circle Apos
?tollc and Prophetic, acting under direction,
t while faithful, as instruments for the distribu
? tion of Truth," &o.
As an item of information we give place to
these quotations; but, as a matter of business,
we regret that the publishers of an eminent
journal could be induced to originate such a
prospectus. It requires but little observation,
at this day, to convince any intelligent mind
that earnest and direct opposition to the truths
of Christianity has become powerless forever;
and he who uses against it the envenomed wea
pons of ridicule will often with Laertes exclaim:
?' ? the foul practice
llath.t artuxl ttmUf om m?: lo, hrrt 1 lit!"
Lkctvbks by a Lady.?A Mrs. Coe is now
lecturing in Pittsburg, upon what subject wc
know not. The Qozette says that "her elocu
tion, set off by her very handnmne form, and
intelligent, countenance, and graceful action,
and feminine delicacy, is very eloquent indeed."
If thus " set off," we should think with the
Qazftte man of the lady's elooution.
Ei.kctko-Psyciioloot.?Dr. Williams, once
known in this region> is magnetizing the amphi
bious races of humanity at Norfolk, Virginia.
SEVENTH STREET, WASHINGTON ClTi
This street is becoming one of great import
ance to the city, being the groat thoroughfare
far the upper oounties of Maryland through the
aity. The improvements upon it ure numerous
and important. At the southern extremity Mr.
Page in building nn extensive wharf anil whip
yard, and is repairing his warehouse; and it is
expected that the Alexandria and other steam
boats, the packets, &c., will soon make this
their stopping-place. Several small but good
buildings are being erected between Page s wharf
and the canal, and a substantial iron bridge has
been thrown across the canal. Above the Ave
nue Miss Derrnot has commenced a valuable
enlargement to her house at the corner of Lou
isiana avenue, und Mr. Coylc has greatly im
proved his agricultural warehouse. On the
opposite Bide Mr. Harrover is building a large
store-room for stoves and tinware. Mr. Swee
ny's new building between D and E streets is a
handsome improvement. Our office adjoins this
building. Mr. Talty is making alterations at
the corner of E, and Mr. Callan has improved
his offices opposite the PoBt Offico Department.
The Potomac Savings' Bank occupies one of
thom. Two or three stores are being put up
north of the Patent Office, which latter edifice
is rapidly advancing towards completion. At
the corner of 1 streot Mr. Adams has just com
pleted a very fine house, a part of which is
Dorsey's hotel. Mr. Rothwell, on the opposite
corner, has a fine building also, where Mr. Mc
Intyre has his handsome drug store. Mr.
Utermehle is about commencing a row of brick
buildings at the corner of Massachusetts avenue;
and above the northern market* and towards
Boundary street, quite a number buildings
have been and are being erected. Ero long this
street will be lined on both sides by substantial
houses. Building lots have greatly advanced
in price, and there ore very few for sale.
Seventh streot is to be the Wall street of
Washington. It has now upon it a greater
number of banks, insurance offices, brokers,
&c., than any other street in this city. It has
two market-houses, an Odd-Fellows' Hall, two
or three good hotels, the offices of the National
Intelligencer, the National Era, and the American
Telegraph; the city post-office and Post Office
Department; the Patent Office; several mer
cantile houses, (among them five drug stores;)
and it is now only second in importance in this
city as a business street; is well paved with
round stone, free from the mud and dust of the
avenue; and is much preferred by many to that
street as a place of business or for private resi
dences.
BARKING GOATS AGAIN.
A goat was shot and killed within the en
closures of the Smithsonian Institution, a fc^
days ago; wo do not know by whom, nor at
whose orders. We have been told, however,
that it had previously destroyed young trees
valued at one hundred dollars.
There are several things wrong about this
affair. In the first place, the city authorities
should not perfnit goats to go at large; in the
second place, if they are bo permitted, a goat
has not intelligence to know that a style, which
it can pass over with great facility, is a forbid
den avenue for it; in the third place, goats
usually belong to poor persons, very often to
poor women, to whom they are valuable, and
whose little animals should be protected equally
with the cows of those who arc better off; and
in the fourth place, shooting a poor little goat
is a cruel way of atoning for the omission of
either the city authorities, the gate master of
the public grounds, or the owner of the animal.
It may be proper here to add, that we feel
very confidently assured, that neither the Com
missioner of Public Buildings, nor the Public
Gardener, nor those having chargc of the Insti
tution, would have advised the act that has
been committed.
PURE WATER.
To the Editort of the American Telegraph.
Gentlemen : I wish to call the attention of
the proper authorities, through the medium of
your much needed and popular paper, to the
i fact that the water in the pumps at the corners
of Ninth and Tenth Btrcets and the Avenue are
impregnated with gas, in consequence of the
gas-pipes running through the reservoirs which
supply these pumps with water, to such an ex
tent that it can be tasted in the tea and coffee
prepared from it. As this neighborhood has
never been blessed with a plentiful supply <Jf
pure water, it is hoped this cause of complaint
will be speedily removed. A Tax-Pateb.
The Bible in the Pew.?The Pastor of the
Fourth Presbyterian Church in this city, re
cently, in a very forcible manner, remindod his
congregation that he did not observe so many
of them as ought to do so, opening their BibleB
and following him as he read and referred to
the Scriptures. The Bible, he remarked, was
the evidence of their religious faith, and should
be the counsellor and companion of every reli
gious person. Thus reminded of a partially
neglected duty, a consultation was held, and an
ordor sent to the Bible Society for copies to
supply all the pews in the church. In the
Presbyterian churches of Scotland, we are in
formed, a misquotation of the sacred volume
would at any time be very likely to be detected
by a majority of the hearers, so universally is
it read and studied by the people.
A New Female Seminaht.?Highly as our
city is favored with schools of great excellence,
we cannot withhold an expression of the plea
sure it affords us to learn that the Rev. Mason
Noble, of the Presbyterian Church, is about to
establish, in ?n appropriate edifice at the corner
of 13th and II streets, a new institution of high
cliaraoter for the instruction of girls. Those
who know Mr. Noble do not need the assurance
that a school under his instruction and govern
ment will be a fitting place for the daughters
of such parents as desire to commit the intel
lectual and moral training of their offspring to
one who is eminently worthy of the important
trust.
Political ano otheb Gamblino.?The cards
are fingered much often er than honest people
suspect. An instructive exposure has just been
made at Albany. A bill was under considera
tion to suppress gambling, and Mr. George W.
Bull, the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, ac
cept*! a bribe from the keepers of certain
| gambling-houses in New York city to tamper
i with the committees. With characteristic good
i faith, a gambler exposed Bull, and he fled.
"THE FALCON."
As the bright days of spring are upon us,
we are pleased to see by their advertisement that
the Falcon Boat Club have been awakened
from the winter's torpor, to ugain grace the
waters of the Potomac with their fine and beau
tiful boat, so well known to all our citizens, and
bo especiul a favorite with the ladies. Visits to
"Arlington Shore" are again in prospect, with
all their sportive joys and pleasures.
There are twenty members of this club, and
eight oars are played with u precision entirely
astonishing to fresh-water crabs.
WASHINGTON POLICE.
On Sunday morning, Messrs. Trucman and
Thompson were unboxed and committed by
'Squire Clarke, the former for disorderly con
duct on Saturday night, and the latter for at
tempting to rescue him from the officers of the
Auxiliary Guard, Messrs. Williams and Lewis,
whom he threatened with rocks, guns, and pis
tols. Officer Boss also took a white man down
to the work-house?a poor wretched inebriate.
To-day, 'Squire Clarke sent down, also by
officer Boss, another whito man, whose name
we have not obtained. His oflonco was tho
same.
A gentleman named Liglitfoot, who escaped
from officers Martin and Stoddart one after
noon, about two months ago, was captured by
officer Handy, on Sunday night, and to-day
committed by Justice Smith, for resisting and
assaulting the first-named officers, disturbing
the peace, and for similar other violations of
the decalogue.
Wert Point Military Academy.?None of
the Cadet appointments this year arc from the
District of Columbia, and but one from Mary
laud?Arthur R. Leigh, of the Sixth Congres
sional District. The visiters to the Academy
for the year are: Robert II. Gardiner, esq.,
Maine; William Dwiglit, esq., Mass.; Professor
A. W. Smith, Conn.; Hon. Francis Granger,
New York; Gen. George Cadwalader, Pennsyl
vania; Gen. James L. Gaithcr, Maryland; Pro
fessor James Phillips, North Carolina; Colonel
Wm. P. Bowen, Georgia; Anthony H. Dunlevy,
eBq., Ohio; Henry W. Huntingdon, esq., Louisi
ana; Dr. Samuel Breck, Alabama; Hon. Thomas
Randall, Florida; and Rev. Jno. II. Lathrop,
LL. D., Wisconsin.
Naval.?The Portsmouth (Va.) Whig, of
Saturday, says: Com. C. W. Skinner, Chief of
the Bureau of Construction, Equipments, and
Repairs, visited the Pennsylvania and the va
rious ships in ordinary and commission, this
morning, when the usual saluto was fired.
Visiting Firemen.?The Americus Fire Com
pany of New York will arrive at Baltimore
to-day, on a visit to that city and their brother
firemen who dwell there.
Tiie Presidency.?The New York Herald of
Sunday says:
Gen. Scott, it appears, was nominated on the
25th instant, by a convention of the Whigs of
Michigan, as their choice for the Presidency, in
the contest of 1852. This is the third import
ant nomination which General Scott has received
within a few months. From all appearances,
that distinguished officcr will be the candidate
of the Whigs, or at least a Boction of that party,
in the next presidential election.
SMALL NOTES.
To the Editors of the American Telegraph.
Gentlemen : A few days since we stated,
through your columns, that " a thorough ac
quaintance with all the leading business men
in the city authorizes us to state, as a ' fixed
fact,' that they will not receive or countenance
the circulation of any bills of a less denomina
tion than one dollar, no matter by whom is
sued."
We made this statement on our own author
ity, after consultation with many of the leading
business men, who all expressed their utter ab
horrence of all individual small notes as a cur
rency, in part or whole. We believed then, as
we do now, and we find the fact to sustain us
in that opinion, that many business men, boldly
over their own signatures, in the city news
papers, stated that they should not receive any
notes ?f that character, and cautioned the pub
lic against them.
But yet we see that your correspondent, J.
M. L., undertakes to say that-our statement is
unfounded, and that he knows " some of the
most ? prominent business men' will not only
countenance and receive the small notes, but
actually advised the issue of notes referred to."
We do not find our opinion the least altered,
as to the main facts, notwithstanding J. M. L.
may have been so fortunate as to find some one
or more business men who arc in favor of the
small notes. If there be such, our census-taker
has overlooked them entirely, or put their names
in the idiot column.
We congratulate J. M. L. on his hucccss in
finding any such amiable person. We hope he
did not have recourse to more than one search
warrant to hunt htm up.
We arc under many obligations to J. M. L.
for disinterested zeal in the cause of small notes,
but he can yet do the community greater and
further servioc by furnishing the public with a
programme of tho intended operations of the
small-note concern, in whoso confidence he is
presumed to bo.
First let him acquaint the public with the
names of the parties managing the affair; sec
ond, their capacity and ability to make the peo
ple's money sound and whole.; third, let him
furnish the public with the names of the " pro
minent," who desire to aid and countenance the
circulation, as money, what seven-eighths of tho
voters in this city will declare, at any time, a
nuisance. When ho does this on his " own re
sponsibility," he will find, that all concerned in
"sotting up" small notes for circulation, in
this community, will sink so low in public
opinion, (and justly, too,) " that the hand of
resurrection will never reach them. '
Of course, as J. M. L. dwells with emphasis
on his "responsibility," ho cannot refuse so
reasonable and just a request, as to lot the
public know who are aiders, abettors, and
getters-up of small notes. When this is done
we will award to him what we think he now
lacks, disinterestedness and sincerity, in seeking
to foist small notes on the community as a
benefit. Yours, truly, A, B.
Atheism at Romk.?About a week since M.
Salto, a rich proprietor, a native of Perugia,
died at Rome, aged 72, and was interred there.
On opening his will, which was in his own hand
writing, at the top of that document, instead
of tho profession of religious faith generally
used in such cases, there was a note to the fol
lowing effect: " As I have always doubted of
the existence of God, I omit here the ordinary
preamble to a will." The cardinal vicar of the
diocese of Rome being informed of this atheis
tical declaration, immediately ordered tho body
of M. Salto to be disinterred and removed to
the corner of a cemetery set apart for the burial
of criminals who refused religious succor at
their execution.?Qalignani
SMALL NOTES.
To the Editors of the American TeUgraph.
Gentlemen: Your correspondent, 8. J. B>?
in your paper of Saturday last, seems to think
the remarks of some of your correspondents,
and those of other of our city papers, in rela
tion to small notes, ure rather harsh, and that
the ussertion that the matt of the business com
munity are opposed to the circulation of them
is unfounded; and cites the request, made by
certain merchants, that Selden, Withers & Co.
should issue notes of the denomination com
plained of. 1 do not know, Messrs. Editors,
whether such a request was ever made or not,
but let the matter be investigated, and my word
for it, it at all, it came from some of the same
stamp as S. J. R. and those now engaged in en
deavoring to force upon the community the
twenty-Jive and fifty cent issues of a concern
which the citizens know nothing about, ana
that in opposition to the known wishes of the
business men, as can be seen by the paper to
which their signatures are affixed, pledging them
selves not to receive any note of a less denomi
nation than one dollar; and also by the card
published by over forty butchcrs and others
doing business in Centre Market.
It is time for the cummunity to speak out in
this matter, when an attempt is being made by
those interested as shareholders, or as traders on
fictitious capital, who from their counters endea
vor to force this trash upon all they can per
suade to receive it, upon the plea of a great
scarcity of silver change, when, if instead of
boarding up the silver, or turning it over to the
brokers, for the purpose of creating a pressure,
and thereby force the community to receive
their shinplasttrs, they would deal out their sil
ver change in reasonable quantities, and thereby
assist in making it more plenty?for I verily :
believe there is enough change for all uselul
purposes, if only let out. But let us once
countenance the attempt now made to displace
it and the sight of silver for the next twelve j
months will be as rare as fifty and twenty-five
cent shinplasters now are.
I am glad, Messrs. Editors, that a meeting ot
the citizens is called to take into consideration
this matter, and hope there will be a lull turn-out
at the City Hall, on Wednesday night, of all
classes and professions, as all are equally inter
ested in having a good and safe currency ; ana
that no man will be countenanced who is eri
ca ired in the attempt to flood the city with
small notes. Observer.
The English and American Press. There
has recently been a public meeting in London,
the object of which is to remove some of the
restrictions to which the newspaper press of
Great Britain is subjected. Among tho princi
pal sources of complaint, by those who tlnnk
that the freedom of the American press is pre
ferable to the restricted English press, are the
duties of eighteen pence on each advertisement,
the penny stamp duty on each sheet, and the
bonds for libel and for the payment of duties,
which newspaper publishers are obliged to give
before they can issue a newspaper. The meet
ing to which wo refer, of course has brought
out opinions from the press already estab
lished ; and one of these?the London Times?
undertakes to show, at least by assertion, the
superiority of the English newspaper press to
that of this country. . .
In some points the Times is quite corrcct in its
facts, but is false in its synthesis?not fully un
derstanding the causes of the different modes or
conducting newspapers in Great Britain and the
United States. The subject is a highly inter
esting one, and well worthy of the attention of
the public press; and, in order to give it a fair
treatment, we propose shortly to show the points
of difference, for which the Times takes great
credit for the English press, and to exhibit
clearly the causes of the trivialities of the Ame
rican press, as compared with the^ ponderous
earnestness and dogmatical precision of our
able contemporaries in England. New lork
Herald.
A Remarkable Death.?On Wednesday
evening a Mrs. Doran, who had been during
the day complaining of a severe toothache, un
dertook to cure it by a mode which had been
recommended to her as highly efficacious, and
which, in several instances, had been success
fully put in practice. The prescription was, to
make a compound of sulphur, beeswax and
onion seed, and burn it in a dish, while the face
of the afflicted person was to be held over it
until the pain in the tooth was gone. Mrs.
Doran tried the remedy, but unfortunately in
haled the gas from the burning compound, fell
over, and expired in an instant.?N. 0. Delta.
03*- Persons wishing to bo served with tho American
TlLiaiurH will plowto write their names and residences,
and hand the card or paper to our carriers, or It-are them
at our counter.
Apvertibers will please endeavor to send in their favors
before 11 o'clock, if possible.
Improve tour Neighborhood.?If our Northern
Lllwrty friends have a pride in the succcm and improve
ment of their own section, the means of gratifying it are
at hand by encouraging the business enterprise of its
storekeepers and mechanic*. Among the facilities afforded
tho ladies for so doing is the Millinery, Funcy, and Trim
ming Store of Mrs. C0LM80N, for whose advertisement
nee another column.
MARRIAGE.
At Petersburg, "Va., on Wednesday morning, tho 26th
bv the Her. Mr. Boggs, W. N. B. .Ivpkins, osq.,
of Washington City, to Missel art A. Watson, of tlie for
mer place. .
" DEATHS.
In Washington, James Cauotes, Infant eon of Manuel
and Mary deCarrallo, of Chili: born on the 16th, and
died on the 30th of March, 1861?ten days after his
"'(^Sunday morning, March 30th, Mrs. Kuwor Har
bau?H, consort of .Joseph Jlarbaugh, in the GOth year of
her age. The friends and acquaintance* of the family are
invited to attend her funeral on Tuesday morning at ten
? On Saturday evening last, 29th instftnt.aALLTBooAS
Ott. in tho twelfth year of her age, third daughter of
John 1). and Mary Ann Ott, of this
VOTICK IS HKKKBY WIVKN, that the
\ Board of Assessors will attend daily, at their office in
the City Hall, from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m., on and from the
first ilav of April to the 10th, inclusive, (Sunday excepted,)
for the purpose of affording all concerned an opportunity
of examining their assessment- for the ^
mar 31?eodtlOth Secretary of Board of Asaeaaors.
TALCOlf BOAT CLUB.
A MEETING of the Club will be held on TUESDAY
\ Evening, April 1st, at 8 o'clock, at the residence ot
iiimsox Titi-ok, corner of Ninth and I) streets.
^ member: are expected to attend, as the Club1. to
organise for the WOT. mar
HOUSE WANTED.
EA small and neat house, at a hundred or a hundred
and twenty dollars a year; or part of a larger houw.
iiiivwhere between Sixth and Tenth street*, and the
Avenue and L or M. Would buy a small new tenement
payments could be made in instalments for a few years.
A note to Y. 7,. at this office will be attended to.
mar M Bt -
PIAH08.
? . NEW and second-hand pianos
cmSMB always on hand, for sale and to rent on
moderate terms, at tho Tlano 8tore, on
Jj I 1 3 " 12t.h street, above K street.
Kto" blX ?CUT>*0.'KKTCHENBACH.
HEW STORE?Clock* and Watcher
? C. LET MATE, Clock an<i Watch-makor, Sev
v-srrr Street, opposite Odd-Fellows Hall, keeps
gyja on hand CLOCKS and WATCHBS of every rfe
^n^^^iff^inado arrangements with his son In New ^ JAi
hJunrepsrcd to sell all articles In his lino cheaper than
?an lie inn-chased at any other store in this city.
Repairing done in the best manner, and on the
WATOjMg_.il
kinds.
BY TELEGRAPH.
JBxprtHly for this paper.
Ualtimokk, March 31?2 p. m.
We have no news of iutereet. The marietta
are' unchanged since Saturday, la New York,
flour ia firm, and nothing doing in cotton.
Commercial.
BALKS AT THIS BALTIMORE STOCK BOARD.
Satlhuav, March 20.
2 ?h?rea B It 0 R It, 70
18 Jo do do, . 70ix
20 do do do, 7?i^
25 do do do, 70%
6 do York & Curnb R R, 23%
25 do do do, tlmo, 24
1000 do 8uh(j. Canal deferred Bds, time, 00
MONKY MATTERS, TRADE, Ac.
Tho Now York Ibst nays:
Tho demand for money is unabatod, while there is much
lexs disposition to discount long paper. The rates are
tending upwards, and range from 0J^ to 8 per cent.
The National Bank of Now York has declared a half
yearly dividend of 6 per cent.
The New Jersey General Hanking Law.?The supplement
to the Geueral Baukiug Law, passed at the late session of
tho Now Jersey Legislature, permits tho State stocks of
Now York, Ohio, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania to be de
posited as tlio security for circulating notes. The original
bill oonfluod tho securities to United States and Massachu
setts stocks.
The New York Journal of Commerce of Saturday, p. in.,
says:
Tho teudency through the week has been toward easier
rates, and today, money beiug more freely offered, the
market Is in favor of the borrower. Tho Southern mar
kets aro at last glutted with specie, and tho recent ship
ments to Now Orleans hare been mado at a loss. About
$600,000, we understand, will be returned by the uext
stoainer. A much larger amount was shipped than wo at
first predicted, as is evident from the quantity now on
hand, which at Now Orleans and Mobile foots up $13,
000,000, being $3,000,000 moro than at the corresponding
date in any previous year. We are now well situated to
export gold hi Europe, and could spare several millions
without dotrinjpnt to our own commercial interests. The
shipments for this woek have boon very large, as is already
noticed.
For tho week to come they will probably bo still larger,
as about $000,000 in gold has already been engaged by the
Arctic.
The stock market is more buoyant at higher rates. At
the first board Government sold at an advanco. United
States 0's of'07,110; do. '02, to 113; Canton, '03, to
The amount of dividend due and payablo in Boston by
the twenty-nine banks is $826,000, on a capital of $20,
900,000. The dividends vary from <i]4 to 5 per cent.
NEW YORK MARKET.
March 29?2 p. m.
Chtton.?There is but little doing in this staple; prices
aro unchanged.
Flour and Meal.?A fair local and Eastern demand for
Western and State Flour, and prices of the former aro a
shade better. Now Orleans and Canadian aro quiet at for
mer prices. The sales of Domestic are 2,500 bbls. at
$4.44@4.50 for common to straight State; $4.50%(g>4.75 for
Michigan and Indiana, and $4.81J4@4.87>? for pure Gen
esee. Southern in good demand for tho trade and West
Indies, and is better. Sales of 600 bbls. at $4.69@4.87%
for mixed to straight brands Baltimore. Rye Flour and
Corn Meal is quiet.
Grain.?There is but little doing in Wheat, and tho mar
ket is unchanged. Rye is quiet and market nominal at
74c. Oats aro dull and easier; sales of Jorscy at 45@47c.,
and Northorn at 47@49c. Corn is not plenty, and prices
are nominal for flat and round yellow at 60@69^c. A lot
of 2,500 bushels sold on private terms.
Whitley.?Tho market is inactivo for Prime at 23c, and
for Drudge at 22c.
Fro vision j .?Tli e ro is less doing in Pork; the sales aro in
retail lots at $10.12^?10.18i^ for Prime, and $13.12]^?
13.18% for old Mess, and $13.02J^@13.68% for new Mess.
Beef is steady; and in retail demand. Pickled Meats are
heavy at 8@8?^o. for Hams, and C@0^c. for Shoulders.
Lard is in fair demand, and tho market is buoyant at I
@8%c. Butter is less active, but is firm for primo. Cheese
is steady and saleable.
john w CLARRE
Surgical and Mechanical Dentist,
No. 2, Utcrmehle's Row, 7th street, Northern Liberties,
mar. 29] Washington. [tf
TTTANTED?A GARDENER?a man with a small
T J family would bo preferred, to whom a house would
be furnished on the premises. Apply to E. II. Fuller
near the Observatory, after three o'clock p. m. '
mar M?at* E. H. FULLER.
BOARD WANTED?For self, wife, and three
small children. The neighborhood of tho Patent
Office, or the Northern Liberties, preferred. The terms
must bo moderate. Address E. L. B., American Telegraph
offlce- mar 20?3t
NEW SPRING GOODS.
McLAIN A IIARRY have now in store a well-selected
stock of Goods, which they offer to purchasers at
very reduced prices, such as will compensate one and all
to call and examine for themselves.
McLATN A HARRY,
mnr 29?<ltf Ponn av, one door from 7th street.
N. B.?Notes of a small denomination on tho " Poto
mac Saving's Bank" will be taken for goods.
A CAED.
ffVHE subscriber would inform his friends and tho pub
I lie generally that ho has just returned from the North,
and is now receiving and opening a large, extensive, and
desirable assortment of SPRING GOODS, and earnestly
solicits a call, as he feels confident that he can offer in
ducements equal to any similar Northern establishment.
G. W. YEH1IY,
mar 29?d2wif Penn. av., opposite Centre Market.
WHITE GOODS.
fTTW K.NTY PIECES plaid Cambric, at 12}.^ cents
20 pieces do do at 15 cents
30 pieces plaid Cambric, fino numbers
45 do striped Muslin, all prices
60 do Swiss Muslin, from 12'? cents to $1
40 white Muslin Robes, a very pretty and cheap artlelc
for Indies' Morning Dresses
26 pieces white embroidered Swiss, all prices
30 do colored do do
Tarletons. wbito and colored; white Cambrics; mull
Muslins, Victoria and Bishop's Lawns; Bonnet Cords,
Krench Dimity; Blnt-Kye TWnner, Linen Cambrics, Linen
lAwns; with 126 piocew Irish 1.1mm, all prices?some verv
extra fino.
The above goods have selected with the utmost
care, and I feel confident will please those who may favor
me with a call. Q. YERBY
mar 29?dlwif Penn av, between 7th and 8tli sts.
FOB GENTLEMEN.
SIX PIECES superior black French Cloth
10 ]/, half-pieces very choice fancy Cloths
60 patterns fancy Casslmcrcs, fbr Spring
100 do fhncy Vesting*, (very rich, and choice
styles,) In Silk and Marseilles
30 dozen gentlemen's Cravats, some very beautiful
10 do gentlemen's Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs,
plain and colored borders
45 pieces Silk .Handkerchiefs, ten of which are very
handsome, and new styles
5 cartoons gentlemen's Kid Gloves, white, light, and
dark color*, and black; Silk, Lisle, Thread, and
Cotton (ilovos
The above Cloths, Casslmcrcs, and Vesting, arc the
most desirable goods of their kind In this dir. Young
Gentlemen wishing very elegant articles in that way will
please call.
10 pieces dotted Linen, for Shirting
26 do do Calico, foy Shirting, vory fine
^ _ ,, G. W. YEW BY,
mnr 29?d2wlf Penn av, between 7th and Rth sts.
GOODS FOB THE SEASON.
MAGRUDER A CALVERT, lYnn. avenue, between Hlh
and Olh, UreeU, are now prepared to offer to their
customers and the public generally, a large and varied as
sortment of Goods in their linn, selected with great caro
in the Northern and Eastern Markets, embracing?
IN DRESS GOODS,
Dress Silks of every variety; changeable Poplolns;
Mousseline De Laines; Bareges and Barege De Laines
Albarincs and Tissues; Lustres; French and English
Chin tees; French Lawns and Ginghams; embroidered
Muslins, otc., etc.
CANTON CRArE SHAWLS.
A complete assortment of Canton Crape Shawls in plain
and embroidered Scarlet and White, Mode Color etc
which wo will sell lower than can bo bought in tbis rnar
M0TTRN1NG GOODS.
Black Silk, Black Twisted Silk, Black Grenadine
Black Tissue, Black and White do
Black and White Bareeo De Laines, Black Moussellues
Black Barege; with a large lot of Shawls and Scarfs.
mar 20?tf
Eighth street Paper-hanging Establishment.
CHEAPER THAN EVER.
DAVID a. BAIIID, Upholsterer and rapcr-hanger,
begs leave respectfully to Infbrm the public that he
j has an extensive and well assorted stock of Paperhang
J ings and Borders, which he will dispose of at less prices
than any other establishment In this city. Persons wish
ing paper>1i*nglng done 'will do well to call before pur
chasing elsewhere. mar 20?coat
AMUSEMENTS?
LAXD8 BACKED AMD CLASSICAL.
la now open for a fortnight at
01)1) FELLOWS' HALL, WASHINGTON,
LIDDON'S Graud Moving <feaU#l,ar?uey pf pie Hirer
1JT Nile, Egypt, and NubU, toguUier w?th a magnificent
Gallery of Egyptian AntlqwUes, *Nmtuie?, lev aiul
splendid Tableaux of Hleroglyphical Writings, Paintings,
aud Sculptures. Oral descriptions, ooiuprialji* tu. latest
Arcliteological Descriptions, l>y George R. (llldaon, form
erly United State# Consul at Cairo.
Oriental Musio performed at each Exhibition.
Kvery evening at 8 o'clock; Wednesday and Saturday
afternoon* at balf-pitst 3 o'clock.
Doors open an hour before. Admission 25 oento; chil
dren half prioe. . , , ,
Tickets for oale atao at the principal hotels and book
aud munit stores, Ac. mar ^8 tl
Temperance Meeting* in Washington.
4SS~ Public Temperance Meetings are held by the Free
men's Vigilant Total Abstinence Society everv Sunday
u in lit at Temperance Hal), and 0H*Friday nights at the
Schoolhouso on English Hill, commencing at seven o'clock.
QKOROB 8AVAOB,
mar 24 President F. V. T. A. 3.
SODA WATER.-BUTTS Soda Water Fountain is
now in full operation, and the lovers of this delightful
beverage are res|>eetfully requested to call again, or drop
in for the first time, and try the far-fumed Soda Water
that he inanu&ctures. A fall assortment of superior
Syrups. BUTT'S Drug Store,
mar 129?dim corner I'enn. av. and 12th it.
ri'IJK Journeymen Wheelwright! and
I Blacltumitna connected with that branch are
requosted to meet at Mr. NICHOLAS SNYDER'S Shop on
the corner of 11th and B streets, on TUESDAY Evening
next, at 7 o'clock?to take iuto consideration the propri
ety of adopting the Ten-Hour System.
Please be punctual. mar 28?It*
ZEPHYRS! ZEPHYRS!
. . MRS. COLLISON will receive to-morrow by Kx
MLM press a fresh supply of WORSTEDS?Crimsons,
n III') Scarlets, Whites and Purples, of all shades.
U/EJ Also, BAG CLASPS, TASSELS, and a variety
of Fancy Articles.
She has a fine assortment of fancy and plain STRAW S,
Ribbons, Belts, Tuck Combs, Gloves, Ac. so.
Also, King's Magnetic WASHING FLUID?26 cent* a
Bottle. Millinery and Fanoy Store,
mar 28?tf BEVENTH STREET, abovejf.
'HORATIO N GILBERT'S
BOAR DING-IIO USE, PENN. AVENUE,
FIRST SQOABK EAST OF D1P0T, WASHIXGTOS.
mar 25?6t* Terms, $1 per day.
CHEAP STATIONERY AND SCHOOL BOOKS, Slates,
Copy Books, Quills, Stool Pens, Ac.
For sale at .TAYLOR A MAURY'S
mar 21 Bookstore, near 9th at.
DR. M. V. B. BOGAN
SOLICITS a share of the patronage of his friends of tho
Northern Liberties, and the public generally, in the
practice of his profession.
Office at Mr. Molntyre's drug store, corner of I and i th
streets, and at his residence, 7th street. mar 24?4t*
rpHE JENNY LIND TWIST CHEWING TOBACCO,
I the best article ever offered for sale in Washington,
with the LA 11UEDA CIGARS, Is found only at
BUTT'S Drug 8tore,
mar 24?dlw Corner Penn. av. A 12th st.
AYLOR A MAURY, Booksellers ?nd
Stationers, Pennsylvania avenuo, near 9th
street, have constantly on hand a fa^??80!'!?? ,
BLANK BOOKS, SCHOOL BOOKS, PENS, INK, and
PAPER, of every variety, for salo at New lork pnees.
mar 24? ?
Groceries?just roceivod?
7 half chests flno and extra fine gun powder and
imperial Tea.
3 do Oolong black do.
10 bags Government Java Coffee
20 boxes Crystaline Tallow Candles
5 do Bcadel's Cornelia
10 do Superior Family Soap
10 do extra white Pearl Starch
24 barrels and boxes Loaf and Crushed Sugar
6 do clarified pure Cider Vinegar
25 do Famlly.and Superfine Flour
For sale, low, by J. T. RADCLIFFA CO.,
mar 2ft?tf Odd-Fellows' Hall, Seventh st.
BOOTS, SHOES, AND BONHETS.
I HAVE just received, on consignment from the
[manufacturers in the East, a large and oxtenslve
'assortment of BONNETS, suited to the season, of
every style and quality, which will be sold at manufof
torers' prices. 1 respectfully invite the attention of the
'^have'tdso in store a flno stock of BOOTS and SHOES,
which I can sell as cheap as they ran be'Purchased at tho
North and East. ? 1 <JL
Wholesale Dealer in Boots and Shoes,
and Commission Store, over Clagott 4c Dodson s,
mar 20?Ot [Nat. Int.] opposite Centre Market.
: WILLIAM A. GRIFFITH,
Marble Cutter and Sculptor, comer of Hand Ninth sti.,
Prepares Mantels, Monuments, Tombs, and Headstones.
Also fanoy chiselling and carving. mar 27?-tf
DR. J. X. AUSTIH,
(Late of Warrenton, Va.)
OFFICE and Residence?F streot, north side, one door
abQTe 10th. mar 27?ThAStf
HARDWARE.
JUST RECEIVED?an assortment of MINERAL KNOB
LOCKS, viz: "People's Lock," "Now Haven Lock,"
"Villa Locks," "Cottage Locks," "Novelty," "Adams,
and "Western Lbcks;* Hinges, Screws, Bolts, Shovels,
Spades, Rakes, Hoes, Knives and Forks, and Housekeep
ers' Hardware generally. GEO. SAVAGE,
Penn av, near 9th street; and at
J. L. SAVAGE A CO.,
1st ward, opp. Seven Buildings.
N. B.?Mineral knobs put on old brass knob locks. Or
ders left as above.
I Trench and Spanish Choeol?t?.
? Cocoa Paste, Spiced Cocoa Stiok, Baker s Broma, and
Cocoa ,
Fell's Chooolate, Homoeopathic Chocolate
Kico Flour aud Corn Starch, lleckejr'sfarina
For sale by JNO. B. KIBBEY 4 CO.,
mar 20?6toolf No. 6 opposite Ontre Market.
INFALLIBLE YEAST POWDER.
ADE by Preston A Merrill?Warranted to make
light, sweet, and consequently nutritious Bread, su
perior to any article now hi use. Try it.
For sale by JNO. B. KIBBEY A CO.,
mar 26?0 too If No. 6 opposite Centre Market.
f)?RE Ground White Pepper?A superior
I article for table use
Ground Maco, and ground and unground Spices of eve
by JNO. B. KIBBEY * 00.,
mar 20?Oteoif No. 5 opposite Centre Market.
S~WEET OILS?
Superior Bordeaux Oil In bottles, Menton Oil
Best Florence Oil In
For sale by JNO.. ?? KIBBKY A UO.,
mar 2B?flteolf No. 5 opposite Centre Market.
HARDWARE.
fTIHE subscribers have in store a good assortment of
1. House Furnishing and Builder/ Hardware, Cutlery,
Ac., which they offer to those In want at the lowest prices.
Also, Agricultural and Gardening Implements, com
posing all the articles used.
v * J. T. RADCLIFF A CO.,
mar 26?tf Odd-Fellows' Hall, 7th street.
SlJNimiKS? , . ?
Genuine India Currie Powder, Anchovies, Sardines
Rose, Poach, and Orange flower Water, Bay Hum
Cooper's Gelatine, Star seed and Chip Maocaroni, Ver
micelli?All of fine quality.
For sale by JNO. B. KIBBEY A CO.,
mar 2ft?ftteolf No. 6 opposite Centra Market.
LARGE STOCK OF BOOTS AUD SHOES.
? E. EDMONSTON, opposite Odd-Fallows' Hall, begs
? g^lnave to call the attention of his customers, and tho
K public generally, to his stock of the above articles,
just received, all of which he is selling at very reduced
prices for cash. He enumerates aportlon of the articles:
FOR LADIES.?Black, bronse, and colored Oalter Boots,
at fl 60; do. do. do. Half Gaiters, at $1 25; blaek, bronse,
and colored Morocoo Slippers, at 75 conts and $1.
FOR MISSE8.?Black, bronie, and colored Oalters, at
*1 and *1 25; do. do. do. Half (laiters and Ualter Buskins;
black Kill and Morocco Slippers, and walking Shoes.
FOR CHILDREN.?He has on hand perhaps s* large
and as good an assortment of Children's Shoos asI Is tol
found in the city. Including Children s W alhlng ,
children's black, fironse, blue, green, and fancy c< )< red
(laiter Boots; Pumps, Morocco Buskins, Ties, *e., *<?., Ml
'""fOII GENTLEMEN.?Patent leather neat and tasty
Congress Gaiters and patent leather
Also, common pogged ????-. ?ntl 1111 other descripUons or
Oentlemen's shoes now in use. . k * <h _rr_
Determined to pU*M? he woe* **1"* rcfy
lowest prices, and respectfully s<.licits a call from pur
< tx fore tunking their selections elsewhere.
prepared to manufacture all articles.In ladles and
G.mtlemen's line, and to do ^pairing in the best manner
and at the shortest notice.
licmember the store. nwir eod m
mHFi RWORl) K JEROI8B, arranged for mll
I itary instruction, by Brevot Major Henry C. Wayne,
ITS. iirmv. pub1lshe?l by authority of the War Departr
ment. Price $1; posUge to any port of the United States
12 cents. The edition for sale ^^ton b^
Bi>oksellers, near 9th street.
Also for sale the Army Regulations, published by tho
Depart ment, of War. Prloe $1. . ..
The Ordnance Manual, for tho use of officers of the
army. Price $2.
The Army and Navy Reglsbus. , _ _
Scott's Infkntry Tactics, and all other works of an <>m
clitl character published at the seat of Government.
mar 24
M