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notice of ouiiMliiii.H hi it 'fwtji<'.l ebui?rrt rtiuuld l? left.
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Utet?" We ft^ve made avow to ourselves not to
b? caught bragging, but tos trust to the inevit
able revelation of tacts to place us right before 1
the community; jet wo feel callcd upon to
say to t^fc bUbbiess men of Washington, who
do hot bdvdrtise in the Telejraph, that they
stand In their own light by not doing so. It is
among the people, it is read by them, and it is
supported by them?the very peoplo to whom 1
ull persons of business should address them
selves.
' , THE PRESIDENT'S GARDENS,
The most interesting piece of rurality we find
in Washington is about the President's house.
It is truly delightful for one who has been ac
customed to the sweets of country life, to take
a stroll in a sweet Spring morning or eveuing
to that delightful spot, lie meets old friends
there. A large majority of the trees and shrub
bery aro natives. There the lovely sweet-brier,
the fhtgftmt crab, the majestic elm, the albino
sycamore, the white pine, hemlock and red-bud
may be seen. In walking among them, were it
not lop the eternal rattlo of the carriages on
the Avenue, one might well fancy himself far
nway from the giddy crowd and all its frivolities.
1 here little birds are singing and flying about
and building tlaeir nests, happy as the tenants
of the loi'est wild?no Vandal to invade their
>iuiet retreat; and vagrant bees fly there to sip
honey from Uncle Sam's sweet flowers, and bear
it away across the broad Potomac, or to their
hives in the suburbs of the city. Cows ore
Quietly grazing, too; and the unharnessed horse
rolls himself on the grass, and shakes his sides
in true democratic freedom.
^ A foreigner in visiting the Presidential man
sion must be amazed at the total absence of
guards. No iron-clad Swiss wheel around that
house; no insulting soldiery scowl on you as
y,ou pass. Every thing has the air of confidence.
We feel that the head of our nation is but a
citizen elevated for his virtues to the highest 1
office in the world. His power is our power. '
He is our servant, and at the proper time his
acts will pass under national review; and he
must put off the robes of office to become again
a mere citizen.
I here is every thing about the place to purify
the heart and elevate the feelings?there is the
beauty of art and the simplicity of nature.
How pleasant must it be ?o one who has
reached the place of head of this mighty nation,
by virtue and a useful and patriotic life, to enjoy !
the quiet of those lovely walks, there to hold j
converse with wife and child and friend, and in '
the temporary relaxation from public cares to
reflect on the virtues of the mighty dead who
have been its inhabitants, and render grateful
homage to the kind P^idencc who has blessed
ns as never nation was blessed 1 From the door
of this mansion lie can gaze on the monument
to virtue and greatness, now rising on the mar- I
gin of onr lovely Potomac, and learn to prac-,
tise the great truth that after all there is nothing j
bo influential as sincerity and honesty. To what
ever elevation cunning and craft and a crooked J
policy may attain, lie who would acquire true |
glory, who would establish himself in the hearts
ot n pure people, who would leave a name which J
will influence those who shall come after him, j
must forget self, and labor sincerely and truly j
for his country's good. Long may our nation I
be blessed with such a ruler!
THE SABBATH DAY.
toward the close of the late Congress the
session of Saturday night was continued until
the Sabbath morning. At the hour of twelve,
? Jeneral Lewis Cass moved an adjournment,
and in doing so gave expression to sentiments
for which his country should ever hold him
in honor. "I am a believer," said he, " in \
'the divine institution of the Sabbath, and I
? belifcvo it as wise ia a civil as in a religious
? point of Tiew. I never will, in time of peace, j
? sit in the Senate on that day. Tho State Lcgis
' latures, and perhaps ourselves in the District
' of Columbia, arc passing laws whenever neces
'sary for the strict observance of the Sabbath.
' What kind of an example are we setting in this
' high place in desecrating God's holy day, by j
'this work brought on by ourselves, in conse
'quence of talking instead of acting during a
'long session? We desecrate tho Lord's day
'by unnecessary secular business, and in the
' most public and authoritative manner. This
'is throwing contempt on that holy day, from
' one extremity of the Union to the other, so far
' as our example can go. Wo ought to furnish
' a better example, and I, for one, will never sit
'on that day in time of peace. I do not say I
'will never do it in time of war, if necessary:
'but I will never do it in time of peace?nor
' willingly at any time. That is my view of the
'subject." ?
EXCURSION.
The Grand Pleasure and Picnic Excursion o?,
the Thomas Collyer, at nine o'clock to-morrow
morning, (as advertised in the Tehgraph of this
afternoon,) should command the attention of all
who desire a day of innocent plcosure and
recreation.
CITV WATCH-HOUSE.
Sain. Atlams, a black fellow, taken up last
night near the Patent Office, by Watchman
Thomas, with a wolf-skin coat, supposed to be
stolen, was this morning committed by 'Squire
Goddard, and taken to jail by officer Burr, there
to remain until all things are satisfactorily ex
plained respecting Sam and the coat aforesaid.
TO-DAT.
This is a fine, beantlful, snnny spring day;
nnd the ladies and the zephyrs and the birds
nre *11 in motion. The recent deluge quieted
the dust, but excited the budding trees nnd the
flowers, and, ns a probable consequcnoe, the
imagination of jejune poets. It proved a damper
to many of our builders; but they are fast for
getting it, and rising upward like young broom
corn after a shower.
Mrs. Jrnsojt's Rfti'kn.?Letters from Maul
main state that Mrs. Judson was to leave for
< alcutta in January, whence she wonld sail for
the I ui ted States via England.
MR. JOHfl SCRIVUMjK
It was believed, uffew days sinwf^ift thejife
of ?his worthy citi*?n was iu grttt danger,
fttwti the ia^Ckcv he fualiiliuid by bwall^friug S,
piece of Uie bone of u robin. We a?e gratified
n*w at loumiftg that, under the carp of his at
tending physioUm, Dr. Howard, and of Dr. May,
who was called in consultation, he is convales
cing, and, it is hoped, will soon be restored to
til* usual health. The formation of an abscess,
from which lie has been relieved, proved to be
the whole injury sustained.
HEALTH OF WASHINGTON.
Wo this morning asked one of our most in
telligent Physicians what was the sanatory con
dition of the city, and he looked a little rueful,
elevated his eyebrovfs and shoulders, and re
plied : " I NEVER SAW A OXT* 80 ENTIRELY
healthy!"
THE EXILES OF HUNGARY.
In his recently publishod letter to the repre
sentative of the United States Government, at
Constantinople, the Socretary of State usee the
following eloquent and heart-touching lan
guage:
"For their attempt at independence they
have most dearly paid; and now, broken in
fortune and in heart, without home or country:
a band of exiles, whose only future is a tearful
remembrance of the past, whose only request
is to spend their remaining days in obscure in
dustry?they wait the permission of his impe
rial majesty to remove themselves, and all that
may remain to them, across the ocean, to the
uncultivated regions of America, and leave for
ever a continent which to them has become
more gloomy than the wilderness, more lone
and dreary than the desert."
May a warm and hearty reception await them
on our shores. Let there be no laudation, no
idolizing, no holiday glorifyings; but let warm
hearts and kiud offices convince the noble Kos
suth and his compatriots that ours is a sincere
welcome, and that we are sure of realizing, in
the defy ere of tyranny and intolerance in Eu
rope, the firm and steadfast friends of American
freedom. And let us also* with becoming deli-1
cacy, yet with practical liberality, endeavor to [
provide for these persons such aid as their be
! reaved condition calls for. Despoiled and im
i poverished as they have been, by the ruthless
| hand of the usurper, there will be neither in-!
' delicacy in the oifer, nor humility in the recep
tion of such gifts.
House Carpenters in New York.?A spe-!
cial meeting of the house carpenters of New
York was held on Saturday evening last, for the j
purpose of taking into consideration the project
of striking for " eight hours' time." No action
was had, and the subject was left open for dis-!
cussion.
Massachusetts Senator.?The rumor now '
is, that Mr. Sumner is to be abandoned, and
Mr. Rantoul is to be run in his place?to pre
pare for which he made the Linn abolition
speech, and engaged as counsel for the fugitive
slave. 1
John Van Buren.?What has become of John '
Van liuren'' The Northern papers do not men
tion hun of late. liaB he turned Old Hunker?
[Richmond Rq>ublican.
The Republican editor appears to think that if
"the papers" don't speak of a man he must bo
gono the way of all flesh. Jolm's revered Pa,
had beeu forgotten by the editors and the rest
of mankind for quite a long season of oblivious- j
ness; but when the Ijtst presidential election
was approaching, it was found that the old one
was neither dead nor sleeping. John will yet
be heard of?never fear.
Accident to an Editor.?S. T. Chapman,
esq., editor of the Macon (Ga.) Journal and
Messenger, was somewhat injured on the evening
of the 3d instant, at Savannah, by being thrown
from a buggy, but was thought to be out of
danger when last heard from.?Exchange.
We are comforted to know that he is out of:
danger, and trust that he is out of all the other
disagreeableness of a capsize. Chapman is a
worthy and noble-hearted man, and a discreet
iuid clever writer?in point of fact, as Cousin
Phoenix would say, he is one of the tallest
editors of the country, measuring six-fcet-six
in his stockings, when he chances to wear such
superfluities.
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HEALTH REPORT.
Office of the Board of Health,
Washington, April 8, 1861.
Interment* during the month of March, 1861.
Accident (born) 1; effusion of brain 1; con
gestion of brain 1; inflammation Of brain 1; I
consumption 12; convulsions 2; croup 2; deli- |
rium tremens 1; debility 1; drowned 2, dropsy
2; dyptherite 7; dysentery 1; erysipelas 2; \
catarrh fever 4; puerperal fever 1; scarlet fever
2; typhoid fever 1; hydrocephalus 2; intem
perance 2; congestion of lungs 8; old age 3; 1
paralysis 2; pericarditis 1; pleurisy 1; pneu
monia 4; bilious pneumonia 1; premature birth
1; puerperal mania, 1; purpnra hoemorrhagica
1; chronic rheumatism 1; small-pox 3; stillborn
6; unknown and not reported G.
White males ... 28 Age unknown ... 3
Do. females . . 26 Under one year . . 26
Colored males . . 12 From 1 to 6 years . 12 i
Do. females . . 14 From 6 to 10 ... . 8 !
White, sexnotrep'd 2 From 10 to 16 . . . 1 I
Colored do . . . 1 From 20 to 30 . . . SI
? From 30 to 40 . . . 6 i
Total . . . 82 From 40 to 60 . . . 6
From 60 to 60 . . . 8
From 00 to 80 . . . 8
Over 80 2
100 years 1
Total 82
By order of the Board:
THOS. MILLER, M. D. President.
Free Negroes on Northern Steamboats.?
Recorder Uenois has given notice to Captain
1 Porter, of the steamship Georgia, that hereafter
all free negroes among the crew of his vessel
I will be committed to prison during the period
^ of hia vessel stopping at New Orleans.
Manufactures in Georgia.?There are, it
| is said, 86 cotton mills in Georgia; 63 propelled
by water, 2 by stenm. The total capital in-i
i vested is $1,611,000; cost of raw material an
nually, $806,648; annual product, $1,626,486;
bales of cotton consumed each year, 28,244.
Delirium Tremens.?A German named Goetz,
formerly a surgeon in the U. 8. Navy, died
lately at the Philadelphia House, Chicago, of
delirium tremens.
Halvi.?It is stated in the St, Louis Union
that Halvi, the celebrated tenor singer, with
fhom Mr. Harnum effected an engagement
while at Havana, will join Miss Lind, and sing
4 st her concerts tit Louisville.
FROM CALIFORNIA. ;
We have already announced the arrival of
the Georgia at New York, and have now to add
the particulars brought by this morning's mail
from the north.
She brings one hundred and sixty-one passen
gers. She has no gold on freight.
The steamers Empire City, North America,
Mexico, and Pampero were at Chagres, waiting
for passengers.
The Falcon sailed with over two hundred
passengers in the cabin. The steamer Sarauac
sailed for l'ensatiola on the 3d ol March.
An extra from the office of the Panama Echo
announces a destructive fire on the island of
Tobago. Among the buildings destroyed wore
the Tobago and New World hotels.
The Museum hotol, at Han t rancisco; also,
the Now Bedford hotel, Shamrock House, and
other buildings, were destroyed by fire on tho
2d of March. The loss is estimated at about
$30,000. ? , ? c *r
Mr. Winchester, editor of the Pacihc JVews,
has relinquished tho cliargo of that paper,
owing to adverse fortune.
The dates from Oregon are to the 22d ot
February. The news does not possess any im
portance.
The Legislature had adjourned, having es
tablished the seat of government at Salem.
Tho Governor, however, refused to sign the act.
The weather in California has been fine. Ca
nals have been dug in the northern mines, con
duits made, and mountains tunneled, where
necessary, to direct the water from its natural
j channels. ,.0**1
I New diggings have been discovered in bcott s
and Klamuth rivers. .
Quartz rock mining and crushing by ma
chinery is being prosecuted with great >igor.
A new feature in the business of gold mining
lias been introduced, in the shape ot dredging
machines, which are used where the water is
too deep to allow the earth to be taken from
the bottom by any other moans. Two small
steamers have been engaged for a short time
past in dredging tho bed of the Yuba river.
The companies which own them are distin
guished by the names of the boats which they
own?the "Phoenix" and the "Linda ?and
are expected to be very successful. The results
of the first efforts which were made were quite
encouraging, and have induced other parties to
enter into similar enterprises.
' The steamship California left SanJjrancisco
on the 5th, with a large mail, and $<50,000 111
8P After one hundred and forty-two ballots the
vote for United States Senator stood as follows:
Col. Fremont, Democrat, 9; Col. Weller, do.,
18; Col. Geary, do., 1; Thomas Butler King,
^Emigration from Sonora and the northern
States of Mexico to the mines has already com
menced. The emigrants generally bring their
families with them.
The questions concerning land titles will oe
thoroughly discussed during the next political
canvass.
? Sacramento News.?The Transcript learns
that a party of miners had had a brush with the
Indians a few days ago, on Silver creek, near
the fork of the American river. The whites
camo out of the fight unharmed, killing three
Indians. , ,,
The Times states on the authority of a gentle
man just from Bedding's Diggings, that a large
number of miners have perished in the snow on
the mountains. The snow had completely cov
ered men as they wero crossing the mountains.
The miners were doing good business upon
the American river, near Auburn.
A California lion was shot some eighty miles
above Sacramento, and is being exhibited at the
Cresent City Hotel. A man named Chase, who
was engaged in mining on the North tork ot
Yuba, realized, in less than three months, over
$?4,000. , . .
A geuuine ruby had been found in a piece ot
quartz taken from the Union Quartz Bock moun
tain, four miles from Nevada city.
From Panama.?By the Georgia we have ad
vices from Panama to the 24th of March. 1 he
frigate Savannah was to sail thence for Tobag"
in a few days. _ , ,
From Valparaiso, Callao.?The Daedalus
was ordered to be provisioned for 20 months,
being destined for Beliring's Straits, in search
of the Plover and other vessels connected with
Sir John Franklin's expedition.
Cost of Goino to the Wori.o's Fair.?Tho
New York Tribune is giving some calculations
as to the expense attending a visit to the World s |
Fair. The conolusion it comes to is as follows: j
Fare going and returning in a steamer, - $200 j
Gratuities to servants on steamers, - - 0 |
Railroad fare to London and back, - - 14 j
Board in London four weeks, - - - o > \
Hack hire, (look out sharp for the drivers,) lb j
Amusements, excursions, &c., - " , r '
Fare from London to Paris and back, - lt>
Expenses a week in Paris, -
$400
This is as small an amount as tho trip can be
made for, and any one intending to make it had
better add 30 per cent, to the calculation
The Fugitive Slave Law.?The April term
of the United States circuit court commenced
nt New York on Monday, before Judges Nelson
and Rctts. The former, (who ib a member of
the Supreme Court of the United States,) in his
charge to the grand jury, alluded to the fugi
tive slave law, add expressed an opinion tluit it
is constitutional, &c. ^
Nauvoo.?The communists at Nauvoo seem
to be gcttiug into trouble among themselves.
Not long since one of their members left with
out giving notice, which caused considerable
commotion, and brought out an address from
M. Cabct, the chief of the establishment, lhe
whole trouble is charged by Cabetupon the in
fluence exerted by the Roman Catholics. There
is every probability that the trouble will spread
nntil the whole of the common property is con
sumed. After the withdrawal of Chevillion,
the printer to the society, several families left,
and there now seems a disposition to put a stop
to the principle of communism.
Strinoent Legislation.?The authorities of
Wilmington (N. C.) have adopted resolutions,
subjecting the captain of any vessel or other
person who shall be the means of introducing a
vagrant or pauper into that town to a fine of
$1000; and the corporation, or owner of a ves
sel, steamboat or railroad, that shall convoy
said pauper into said town, to a fine of $5000
' in every case.
Another Dodo*. ?One of tho "Miss Mar
comi.es (which one?) has commenced a suit
against the vocalist, Dodge?he of $025 Jenny
Liml-ticket notoriety?for breach of marriage
promise. The sheriff accompanied Dodge from
? Lowell to Boston, where the groat ticket mail
! obtained bail- Can Dodge dodge that suit ?
Democratic Nominations.?The Petersburg
Souihsuk Democrat manifests its preference for
Daniel S. Diokinson, of New York, for the next
Presidency. A writer in the Oxford (Miss.)
Constitution suggests the name of Judge John
Y. Mason, of Richmond, as the Democratic can
I didatc for the Presidency.
Goto Dollars, half or quarter Ragles, may
be remitted for journals or books, at single-letter
1 tx.st.aee These small coins should be enveloped
in thin paper, in order to prevent them slipping
I out of the letter before reaching its destination.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Exprtatly for thi? paper.
XUUrokd CollUion.
BaLTIMOKK, April #?1J p. m.
llifl train of cars from Philadelphia and Bal
timore came in collision last night near Canton,
and the locomotives were much injured; but
no personal injury was sustained.
Failure of fb? Malls.
The Eastern Mails have not yet arrived.
Death of Major Rldgley.
Lieutenant James Ridgley, who fell from an
upper window at the Exchange Hotel some days
since, died last night from the effects of the
injuries then received.
Baltimore Market.
The Baltimore market is unchanged. Flour
is firm.
New York Market.
Nkw York, 1} p. m.
The market is steady, and without change.
Elections lu Connecticut.
Seymour, Democrat, is elected Governor of
Connecticut by a thousand plurality. Chap
man and Butler, Whigs, and Ingersoll and Cleve
land, Democrats, elected to Congress. There
is a small Democratic majority on joint ballot
in the Legislature.
Election at Albany.
Terry, Democrat, is elected mayor of the city
of Albany.
Second Despatch.
Fugitive Slave Case.
Boston, April 9?Noon.
The Commissioner has postponed the decision
in the fugitive slave case until Friday next.
Thk RiqiiT of Petition.?The shameftil con
duct of the Pennsylvania State Senate in laying
upon its table the petition of over three thou
sand women of Philadelphia for the suppres
sion of nunneries, has created a marked feeling
of indignation in our community. On Thursday
afternoon, a meeting will be held at Sansom
Street Ilall upon the subject, and we expect a
great turn-out. Jacob Broom and William D.
Baker, csqs., will address the meeting, and
there will be others there also to let our legis
lators see that they must respect the right of
petition.?Phila. Sun, April 8.
Crevasses.?The new mode of stopping cre
vasses by the use of gunny bags, invented by a
Mr. Sauve, was tried recently in the case of a
breach which took place above Carrollton, and
was found entirely successful. The break in
this levee was twenty-seven feet wide, with a
fall of water of eight and a half feet.
Col. Hendrick B. Wright, who ran as the
Democratic candidate for Congress in the Lu
zerne, Columbia, Wyoming, and Montour dis
trict, Pa., in October last, and was defeated by
a small vote by Col. Henry M. Fuller, the
Whig candidate, has announced his intention to
contest the election.
Sir Isaac Newton, though so deep in algebra
and fluxions, could not readily make up a com
mon account; and, when he was Master of the
Mint, used to get somebody to make up his ac
counts for him.
Counterfeit.?A large amount of counterfeit
" Pennsylvania relief notes" was passed on
Tuesday night in Trenton, N. J., by a stranger
who put up at one of the hotels for the night.
Rome.?Accounts from Rome state that the
disaffection amongst the Roman dragoons, and
other native regiments, was so decided that the
papal government had determined upon dis
banding them.
TO OUU CITY KKADKltS.
A\ e cuunot resist the temptation to inKcrt the latest pos
sible item of telegraphic news; and it will therefore be
often outpour power to hare the paper nervod in the
Departments before three o'clock. Those who prefer it
can 1* nerved at their houses, and wo shall carefully note
any such changes as may be requested.
Adverti8UU will please endeavor to send In their favors
before 11 o'clock. If possible.
A#- Do people generally know that short advertise
ments are published in the American Telegraph for
twenty-live oents ?
Persons wishing to be served with the Americas
1 kleurapit will please writ?, their names and residences,
and hand tho cards or papers to our carriers, or leave them
at our counter.
7b the HI Hon of Iht American Ttltgraph.
Ciemti.kmcx : Allow mo, through your valuable paper, to
present the name of Mr. NICHOLAS CAI.LAN for Collec
tor of Taxes, at our next election. Mr. 0. is at present,
and has lwen for years past, a membor of our .Board of
Common Council, where he has rendered efficient service.
Mr. C. is known, to all who have had business with him,
to be amiablo and obliging, strictly moral, and of busi
ness habits, and, if elected, will give general satisfaction
to the public. "ONE OF TIIB PEOPLE."
ftp 8?3t*
Mautri Editors:
You will please announce Dr. E. M. CIIAPIN, a mem
ber ol tlio City Councils of Third Ward, as a candidate for
the offlco of City Collector, at tho ensuing election.
Dr. C. s qualifications and character, and the interest
which he ha/, ever manifested in every thing which relate*, i
to the welfare of our city, eminently qualify him for the
A CITIZEN. '
up 9 [N?t. Intel., Rep., and Union, please ?"opy.]
DEATHS.
Tn this city, on the first day of March, Laura Davis,
aged two months and seven days; on the 22d day of March.
Hi.iniAi.tT K. K. Davis, aged eight years, nix months and
sevon days; and, on the 7th day of April, Cruim H.
Davis, aged six years and one month. These were throe
of the four children of John and Ann Davis. " The Lord
gave, and the Lord hath taken away."
NOTICE.?A meeting of the Journeymen Carpen
ters will be held in the Council Room of the City
Hall on Thursday evening, at half-past 7 o'clock, which
' all are requested to attend, as business of importance will
I lie laid tiefore the meeting. ap U
PEHMAH8HIP.
THE Subecrilier continues to give lessons In writing, at
his room, IJine and Tnckers Building, Pennsylvania
avenue, lietwecn Four-and-a-half and fith streets, at the
reduced price of $3 for 12 lossons, or $? for :?) lessons, in
cluding stationery. WM. A. RICHARDSON.
apP?It*
RARE CHANCE FOR BARGAINS
If you are In want of a good article at a
small price, call and see our endless w
riety of BOOTS and SHOES. We have
the best assortment ever offered in tills
market, at prices that cannot fail to please.
Indies' OAITKR and HALF GAITER, from $1 25 to
|2 60.
Ladies, Misses, and Children's Slippers, Ties, Buskin*,
Jenny l.lnd, and too many other styles to mention.
For children, our assortment is complete.
For gentlemon, we have a grefet variety of GAITERS,
cloth, patent leather and calfskin, lasting Shoes, thick
and thin soles, together with Boots and Shoos of all qual
ities.
Just received, gentlemen's Patent Leather Pumps, a
superior article.
Boys and youths' Patont Leather and Morocoo Pumps.
We are selling off evory thing that is out of stvlo for less
than cost, for ladies, misses, and children. All those in
want of bargains would do well to give us a call, for we
are determined to sell at small profits for cash. Do not
mistake the store, but call at
A. HOOVER k SON'S,
Opposite Brown's Hotel, Pennsylvania avenue,
ap W?flieo between ftth and 7t.h streets, south side.
SCHOOLS SUPPLIED
WITH School Books of all kinds; Pens, Ink, Copy
books, Ac. Also, Blank-books and Stationery in
every variety, by A. ORAY,
?p 8?tf 7th ?t , opposite Odd Fellows' Ilall
REV. BILLT HIBBARD'S PILLS,
SO widely celebrated for Bilious affections; Dr. Benjamin
Knsh's Pills, Wright's Indian vegetable Pills, and
Ifurd's Pills, for sale by A. GRAY, Bookseller,
ap 8?tf 7th opposite Odd Fellows' Hull.
Commercial
BALTIMORE MARKET.
Ualv?u|k, April H-j-p. ai
S We note Hula* UnWf of 12W bbls Ilowafd StMet Ftour
ut|4.W).
Sales of 600 bbls City Mill* Hour at $4-87 %, and
000 bbl? ft $4.50.
SALIS AT TliM BALTIMORE STUCK HOARD.
1000 Maryland 0'? - 1 V ? * -
000 do quaftorly 5's S- - * - ? 87
At tlie Board to-day, Md. 6's closed ftt 102% bid, 103 %
asked; quarterly 5'h, 87 bid, 88 asked; Hal to. 6's, 1890, 104
bid, 104 % asked; 11 A U UK Bonds, 1867, 92 bid; do 1875,
90 bid, 96 % asked; do shares, 74% bid, 74% aakod; York
A Cumb 23 % bid, 28 % asked; Bait 4 Susq, 37 % bid, 40
Mkcd.?Bait. American.
PHILADELPHIA MARKET
Puiladklfhia, April 8?0 p. m.
The weather has been disagreeable. The market gen
erally in steady.
Flocks have bona lew# active. Beading shares have de
clined to 29%, with sales. Sales of Morris Canal at 18%;
Peuna. b's, 93%<?93%.
Flour is stuady, but without activity. Small sales at
$4.50 for common standard brands; choice $4.75@$4.Hl.
Bye flour $3.37. Corn meal $2.75.
Grain firmer. Sales of red Wheat at $96<g)90 cents;
white do 102(o)104 cents. Uats 44(0)45 oents. Bye 70 cts.
Sales of yellow Corn at 60<?>61 cents.
Provisions are firm. Sales of Mess Pork, now, at $15.12%.
Bacon firm; prices iu favor of sellers.
The Grocery market it* steady. Sales small and to the
regular trude. Bio Coffee 10? 10%. Sugars and Molasses
quiet. Bloe 3%@3% ccnts lb.
Wool is firm. Common Washed 35@37 cents ^ ft.
The Cotton market is quiet. No sales reported.
Whisky 22% cents "J* gallon, in bbls.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, April 8?G p. m. .
The market for Government Securities firm. Sales of |
U. 8. 6's, 1867, at 116%. Canton stock has advanced, with
sales at 70. >
The weather has boen wet and rainy all day, which has
checked outdoor operations.
Flour.?Sales of 3,500 bbls. at $4.50@$4.02%. Southern,
$4.08(s>$4.76. Genesee, $4.87@$6. Corn meal, $3.06%. Bye
flour, $3.37@$3.44.
Wheat Is firmer. Sales of 3,000 bushels Ohio red at 100
cts. Genesee, 113(<j?114 cts. Corn steady; salos of 20,000
bushels at 60@67 for yellow. Uats, 48@60 cts. Rye, 72
cts.
There continues an active movement in Provisions, and
prices are tending upward. Pork has further advanced,
with salos of 900 bbls. at $15.12%(&t$15.25 for new moss,
and $11.87@$12 for new prime. Bacon continues firm at
full prices. Lard firm; salos in bbls. at 8% eta. ^ lb.
There is a better demand for Boof Cattle, and prices have
somewhat improved.
Groceries are steady, hut not active. Small sales of Rio .
Coffee at lQ(a>10% cents. Sugars and Molasses unchanged. |
Cotton is less active, and prices rather drooping. Sales
to-day of600 bales.
Whisky is selling at 23%@24 cents 1? gallon, in bbls.
THE OCEAN STEAMERS. ?
jDays of tailing to and from the United States.
FROM LIVERPOOL
Baltic, Comstock, for New York - ? ? March 22
ArRiCA, Byrie, for New York - ? - March 29
America, Shannon, for Boston ... April 5
Pacific, Nye, for New York ... - April 9
Asia, Judkins, for New York - - - April 12
ClTI o? Glasgow, Matthews, for Philadelphia April 16
FOR LIVERPOOL.
Arctic, Luce, from New York ... April 2 j
Canada, Harrison, from Boston ... April 9
Baltic, Comstock, from New York - ? April 16
Africa, Eyrie, from New York - ? - April 23
America, Shannon, from Boston ... April 30
Lint* to the Continent of Europe, die.?From
HAVRE. NEW T0RK.
Franklin, Wotton - - March 12 April 4
IiCMBOLDT, Lines - - - April 9 May 3
FROM BREMEN.
Hermann, Crabtreo - - April 18 Mar. 22
Washington, Floyd - ? March 21 April 19
FOR CHAGRES.
Union, Budd April 8
North America, Bletherd .... April 11
Georgia, Porter ...... April 11
Empire City, Wilson ..... April 13
WANTS.
Any person in want of a house, a place, a servant, a
partner, or any thing else, can have his want made ex
tensively known, by advertising under this hoad to tho
amount of twenty-five cents. ap 9?tf
WRITTEN VISITING CARDS.
I A DIES and Gentlemen having use for Visiting Cards
j are most respectfully invited to call ^nd examine
those written by the subscriber, whicli require a close ex- |
ainination to be distinguished from engraving, and which
he furnishes at only $1 per pack.
ap 9 It* WM. A. RICHARDSON.
GENTLEMEN'8 HOSIERY, GLOVES, CRAVATS,
CAN bo purchased at Mrs. COLLISON'S Fancy, Milli
nery, and Trimming Store, on 7th street, above H.
Also, Silk and Linen Pocket-liandkerchiefc, Fancy Soops,
Perfumery, Porte-monnaios, &c.
ap 9?tf 4* ? SEVENTH street, almve II.
A PRACTICAL, PRINTER, OR A PKR
son with some experience in oiliting a country
newspaper, with a small capital, can hear of a good situ
ation for business by applying at the office of the American
Telegraph. ap 9?tf
NEW SPRING GOODS JUST RECEIVED.
f "1 W. HIKTON, Merchant Tailor, respectfully
x. Informs his customers and follow-citixous
Mil that he has just returned from the North with a
If* splendid assortment of French and English Cloths,
-Jt"- Cassimcres, and Voutings, of all kinds, which he
Invites them to call and examine. His stock of goods,
which is of the l?est quality, and no mistake, ho will sell
at prices to suit the times.
Also, constantly on hand, Gents' Furnishing Good* and
Business Coats. Children's Clothing, made in the best
manner and latest style, by Lock wood A Co., of New York.
G. W. HINTON,
Rp g?eo3t Pa. ar., north side, het'n 4% and 6th sts.
R0CKAWAY AND HARNESS FOR SALE.
"II TILL he sold at a hargain, and on accommotUititig
YY termi, if Immediate application be made, a ROCK
AWAY, suited to either one or two scats, together with a
good set of HARNESS.
Apply at this office. ap 9?2t
[ TO THE LAMM.
"VTKW STYLE DRESS TRIMMINGS?just received.
IN French Worked COLLARS and COFFS
ZEI'lIYRS?all shade* and colors
Fresh supply of HON NET RIBBONS
Tarletons, Illusions, Black Crapes
Gloves, Hosiery, Tuck and other Comb*
Straw Bonnets?a large assortment
Also, King's Magnetic WASHING FLUID?26 cents a
Bottle. K. COLLI SON'S
Jt&~ Millinery and Fancy Store,
ap 3?tf SEVENTH STREET, above H.
CEMENT! CEMENT !!
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED, and will keep a constant
supply of " Shafer's" celebrated Hydraulic Cement.
This is the article used for all Government work.
For sale at Georgetown prices, in quantities to suit, by
B. W. BEED,
ap 8?2taw2w* Corner 14th and F streets.
Eighth street Paper-hanging Establishment.
CHEAPER THAN EVER.
txAVID a. BAIRD, upholsterer and Paper-hanger,
\J l>egs leave respectfully to inform tl?e public that he
has an extensive and well assorted stock of l'apcrhang
Ings and Borders, which ho will dispose of at less prices
than any other establishment In this city. Persons wish
ing paper-hanging done will do well to call before pur
chasing elsewhere. ap 7?eo3t
NEW SPRING GOODS AND FASHIONS.
C1HARLKS II. LANE, (late Lane A Tucker,) merchant
) tailor and gentlemen's furnishing store, takes plea
sure in informing his friends and fellow-dtiiens that he
has just returned from New York with a new and beauti
ful stock of French Cloths, Oassimeres, Vestlngs, ami Fur
nishing Goods, selected by himself with great care, to
which he would now most respectfully invite their atten
tion, ail of which will be offered at fair and reasonable
prices.
Also, a splendid lot of Children's Clothing always on
hand. I?ane A Tucker's Buildings, l'enn. avenue.
mar 24?eo3wlf
Bible 8ociety Depository.
WS7?*? THE DEPOSITORY OF THE WA8H
rJlilEL,INGTON CITY BlBLE SOCIETY Is now
Jt' "''4^ kept at the corner of E and 10th streets,
wUlSV (old Mediotil (\Mege.,) whero is also kept con
stantly for sale a variety of standard Evangelical Works,
published by the American Tract Society, the American
8. 8. Union, Presbyterian Hoard of Publication, Carters A
Hro-Ac. Ac. Ac. Also, nhoioe Religious books, and others,
for Children and Youth.
Cheap second-hand hooks; Paper, Pens, Ink, Envelopes,
Wafers, Ac. Ac. Also, Fac simile of Gen. Washington*
accounts during the Revolutionary War.
By JAMES N0URSR,
mar 24?lawlOt* Cor. E and loth street*.
SWEET OILS
Superior Bordeaux Oil In bottles, Menton Oil
Best Klorenoo Oil in flasks?All warranted pure Oils.
For sale by .?NO. B K1BBEY A CO.,
mar m~Oteolf No. 0 opposite.Centre Market.
AMERICAN JfeEftftAPH
WEDJffStt^Y 9.
Sun rim" - 6h. 33a?. | ? ? - eh- '^Jn
? MONJ8Y ANU STOCK MARKET.
Corrected .for the Amttuxui lUyrtyks-April Wi.
Lia<?UN* ON VlfCUHHHJ(? BaVK'XOTHS.
Maine ?*> Y\ "JJB. Virginia ...J.. %<U
N.llamp.. . P?r? lidta. W}*,?"?
Vermont . . pud 54<H?* N.CanSmflT l%?lJi??ls.
Mass'tta . . . par? $di?. S.Carolina 1 4b.
K. lnlaud . . par? lis. Q?oi*la l%dbu
Couu par? %du>. Motile . . 1 dls.
N. V. city . . par Alabama : . -. : ?%dis
N. Y. State . . . . &dls. Louisiana 1 din.
New Jersey ..... J^dl?. Tennessee ...... 3%dis.
Delaware ..par? %dls. Kentucky. .1%(($2 din.
Philadelphia par Missouri . . 1% ? 2 din.
Pennsylvania %? 1 dls. Indiana . v. 114 2 dls.
Baltimore . . par Ohio ..... 1% ? 2 din.
Maryland ...... %dis. Wisconsin . . . . . 2% dls.
Alex'aAGuo'luCor. %dis. Michigan 2%dls.
Canada 4 *dls
SPECIE.
Dimes k % dimes ? ? 102 American gold par
Am. li&lf-tmllarH. . . 102 Sovereigns . . 4.83? 4.84
Mexican dollars . . . 102% 20 francs 3.83
Spanish dollars . . . 104l? Mex. Doubls. 16.00
Five-1'rancs . . . 94% @ 00 Spanish do. . 10.75 ? 17.00
EXCHANGE.
New York . par?l^prem. Cincinnati 1 din.
Boston. . . par ?'X prom. St. Louis ....... 1 din.
Phllad'a . . par ? I? pruin. Charleston 1 dls.
Baltimore . par @ *4 prom. N. Orleans par ? % dls.
England 10 ? 10% prem.
STOCKS.
United States stock of 1868 116 ? 116%
Do do 1867 115% ? 110
Do Uo 1862 110 ? 111
Do do 1850 100
Virginia State stock . 100 ? 101
Virginia Guarantied Canal Bonds 101 ? 101
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Prcf'd Bonds . . 88 @89
St. Louis Six Per Cent. Bonds 08
Cincinnati Bonds 98 ? 100
Texas Notes 40 ? 46
Texas Eight Per Cent. Bonds 45 ? 60
Reading Hallroad Bonds of 1860 83% ? 84
Do do 1870 78 ? 78
Washington City Stock, (quarterly) .... 101% @ 102
Do do (0 months) .... 100 and inter.
Georgetown Corporation Stock '. . 100
Alexandria Corporation Stock 100
Bank of the Metropolis . 102% @ 105
Bank of Washington 70 ? 71
Land Warrants, 160 acres 135 ? 140
" " 40 acres 40 ? 42,
PARKER'S FANCY AND PERFUMERY STORE
IS the best house In the city for Combs and. Brushes of
all kinds; and he is just opening this day English
Hair Brushes, Cold-pressed English Horn Dressing-Combe,
and some very superior Ivory flne-teeth do.
PARKER'S Fancy and Perfumery Store,
ftp 3?lm? Penn avenue, under National Hotel.
DEPOSITORY FOR THE METHODIST BOOK
CONCERN,
DEPOSITORY for the Massachusetts Sabbath School
Society. All of Robert Carter A Brother's publica
tions, and several other extensive publishers; miscella
neous, school, und blank books and stationery, kept con
stantly on hand by A. OKAY,
ap 8?tf 7th st., opposite Odd Fellows' Hall.
Large and beautiful kngrav
ings of Archbishop Carroll and Bishop Asbury at the
exceedingly low price of 37 % cents?worth $1.
Also, 900 LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS, comprising the
latest, most beautiful, and extensive variety of Prints
extant. A. GRAY,
ap 8?tf 7th street, opposite Odd Fellows' Hall.
Death to Rata, Mice, Cockroaches, and Ant* I
rpiIE North American Exterminator Is
1 warranted superior, and cheaper, than
any and all other articles heretofore offered /|HHL
to the public, for exterminating Rats, Mice, (j|DH
Black and Red Ants, from dwelling-houses, ?
stores, granaries, vessels, &o. They will eat it readily, and
Hats and Mioe are not likely to die in the building. For
further information ask for a circular, to be had of the
agent gratis. If you want a truly valuable article, ask
for the North American Hat Exterminator, and take no
other. Price, 37 % cents per box, which contains suffi
cient to clear an ordinary building several times. Sold
wholesale and retail by A. GRAY, Bookseller, ,
ap 8?tf 7th street, opposite Odd Fellows' Hall.
ISLAND BUILDING-L0T8 FOB SALE
QQ BUILDING-LOTS, In square 502, between 4% and
?J?* 6th streets, and M and N streets, being in the moet
improving part of the Island, and in the immediate neigh
borhood of Page's wharf, will be sold at low prices, and on
long crcdit, if applied for soon. J. F. C ALLAN,
7th and E sts.
Also, several valuablo Lots in other parts of the city,
ap 8?4t
VOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN, that the
131 Board of Assessors will attend daily, at their office hi
the City Hall, from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m., on and from the
first day of April to the 10th, inclusive, (Sunday excepted,)
I for the purpose of affording all oonocrned an opportunity
I of examining their assessments for the year 1861.
1 T. F. HARKNE8S,
mar 31?eodtlOth Secretary of Board of Assessors.
_____ - -
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED a handsome assortment of
PAPER-HANGINGS, varying in style and prices from
12% cents per piece, up.
Also a l>eautiful assortment of WINDOW SHADES,
some as low as 50 rents. Worsted Tassels, Cords, Shade
Fixtures, etc., very cheap. L. V. CLARK,
ap 5?eo3t North side Pa av, 3d door east 13th st.
NOW OPENING AT MXS. M. A. HILL8,
A beautiful supply of SPRTNO and SUMMER
BuUMILLINKKY. I name, in part, Straw Bonnets,
?HPfrom 75 cents to $6; Silk Hats, Flowers, Ribbons,
Straw Trimmings, and every thing appertaining
to the Millinery line.
Spring Style of Silk Hats will he opened on Saturday
morning at * MRS. HILLS,
ap 3?lwif Pa av, south side, bet 9th and 10th sts.
NOTICE.
(Y
BALTIMOKK AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD.
N and after WEDNESDAY next, 9th instant, the sta
? tion on Pennsylvania avenue will be vacated, and
the new one on New Jersey avenue occupied.
The Passenger trains will leave the latter, commencing
at 6 p. m., as usual, at <i and 9 a. m. and 6 p. m. daily, ex
cept on Sunday, whon but two trains run, vis., at # a. m.
ami 6 p. m.
In making this change, the undersigned desires to call
attention to the rulee of the Company, In regard to the
reception and delivery of merchandise:
1st. Shippers are reminded, that in all cases a bill with
full directions should accompany the goods.
Tliis is for the protection of both parties, and unless
complied with the goods cannot be rewired.
2d. Consignees are notified that all merchandise must
be removed on the same day upon which it is received, as
the Company cannot hold Itself responsible for any thing
left in its house during the night.
The hours for reception aud delivery of merchandise
arc from 8 a. m. till 4 p. m.
The undersigned takes occasion to remark that these are
not new regulations, but he has been compelled to call at
tention to them from their frequent violation, which has
caused much and serious Inconvenience.
ap7?d2w T. H. PARSONS. Agent
PIANOS.
NEW AND SECOND-HAND PIANOS
1 always on hand, for sale and to rent on
H TTprB moderati terms, at the Piano Store,'on
? " ? 1/ J 12th street, above F street.
A Cabinet Piano of six octaves for sale.
mar 2ft?<13m? F. C. REICHENBACIL_
G00D8 FOR THE SEASON.
MAORUDER A CALVERT, I*nn. avemtr, btlu^n Ml
and 9?A tlrerlt, are now prepared to offer to their
customers and the public generally, a large and varied as
sortment of Goods in their line, selected with great rare
in the Northern and Eastern Markets, embracing?
IN DRESS GOODS,
Dress Silks of every variety; changeable Popleint;
Mousseline De Lalnee; Bareges and Barege De I?ines;
Albarines and Tissues; Lustres; French and Knglish
Chlntz.es; French Lawns and Ginghams; embroidered
Muslins, etc., etc.
CANTON CRAPE SHAWLS.
A complete assortment of Canton Crape Shawls In plain
anil embroidered Scarlet and White, Mode Color, etc.,
which wc will sell lowor than can be bought In this mar
ket.
MOURNING GOODS.
Black Silk, Black Twisted Silk, Black Grenadlno
Black Tissue, Black and White do
Black and White Barege De Leines, Black Moussellnes
Black Barege; with a large lot of Shawls and Scarfs.
mar 2ft?tf
FOR GENTLEMEN.
SIX PIECES superior black French Cloth
10 % half-pieces very choice fancy Cloths
60 patterns fancy Casslmeres, for Spring
100 do fancy Vcstings, {very rich, and choice
stylos,) in Silk and Marseilles
30 do/en gentlemen's Cravats, some very beantlful
10 do gentlemen's Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs,
plain and colored borders
45 pieces Silk llandkercblcfli, ten of which are very
handsome, and new styles
5 cartoons gentlemen's Kid Gloves, white, light, and
dark colors, and blank; Silk, Lisle, Iriread, and
Cotton Oloves
The above Cloths, Casslmeres, and Vcstings, arc the
most desirable goods of their kind in this city. Young
Gentlemen wishing very elegant articles In that way will
please call.
10 pieces dotted Linen, for Shirting
25 do do Calico, for Shirting, very fine
G W YERBY
mar 29?U2wlf Peun ?v, between 7th and ft".