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A MKIIICAN TELEGRAPH WASHINGTON I FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 1. Notxc*.?Persons desirous of having their papers sent to them for a short time out of the city, must leave word at the oflioe, accom panied with the price of subscription in advance, and of the postage, or postage stamps. Ac#* Anonymous communications receive no attention. Important oonckrnino Cuba.?We learn by a telegraphic despatch from Norfolk that the United States sloop Plymouth has received orders to sail immediately for the Island of Cuba. We know that the Executive is well informed respecting all the revolutionary plans and movements in progress, and therefore infer that something more than idle rumors and false reports have reached us. The Cotton Plant. feome account of this important American product cannot fail to interest tfvery reader; and in the synopsis we here givo, every fact stated has been carefully and accurately ex amined. This plant is a spontaneous production of the hot or tropical climates. It derives its name from the Arabic word kolon, signifying thin or fine. For the clothing of man it now ranks first of four principal materials; liax, wool and silk are the other three. They are indigenous to Asia?neither of them so to Europe, except wool, which may be regarded as a natural pro duct of all northern and temperate climes, al though, the sheep being unknown to America before its discovery, wool was unknown in all this vast continent anterior to that time. The wool of the Vicuna, however, which is anala gous to what we commonly call wool, was well known. Cotton and flax were indigenous to Africa and America as well as Asia. Cotton?now first and most important as a fabric?was the last generally diffused. Silk, wool, and linen were in use three thousand years ago; probably, indeed, longer than that time. Down to the age of the advent of Christ, cotton was almost unknown as a material for the use of man, except in India. Instead, however, of coming to perfection in that coun try, its fabrication was first carried to the highest improvement in an island of the German Ocean, vexed with stormB, and around which cold breezeB often blow at all seasons of the year. Nor did this occur until more than three thousand years after its application to the clothing of man. Arkwright first showed the vast applicability and the versatile nature of its uses in the latter half of the eighteenth century. He said, in his enthusiasm at the mighty results of his inventive genius, " I will pay off the national debt;" but he did not properly consider ill*prodigality of the aristocracy df England. The Chinese, who were early in the invention and improvement of not a few arts, did not use cotton until the eleventh century of the Christian era. Even now they import the raw material, although some of their southern provinces can undoubtedly raise it well. About two hundred years ago cotton was first cultivated in its great storehouse and garden United States of North America. Its culture the gradually increased ; and, sixty-five years ago, Mr. Madison, in writing to a friend, says: " There is no reason to doubt that the United States will one day become a great cotton-pro ducing country." Whitney, a native of Con necticut, was the inventor of machinery no less necessary to cheapen cotton fabrics than the inventions of Arkwright, Cartwright, Compton, and others. He invented the Cotton-Gim?glo rious to his country; but it would have been still more glorious if he had been permitted to reap the fruits of his inventive powers an equitable claim whieff every great inventor is entitled to realize in all its extent, but which, to the shame of mankind, few have been allowed to enjoy. The simultaneous great inventions in America and England gave its various value to the cot ton plant; and the attempt now to supersede it by flax will prove a ridiculous failure, and evince only the mad zeal of certain men against a product which God has given in his mercy, and which man, in his folly, cannot throw away. To fight against the plain decrees of God in the structure of the earth, and in its productions, is only to show thefolly of man. In the year 1 ilJ2 the whole cotton orop was estimated at 138,328 lbs.; 1796, 6,876,300 lbs.; in 1842 it was 788,821,800 lbs. I !! In 1848 it was estimated at 840,000 bales; in 1861 it is computed, according to the greater or less ac curate information of persons, at from 2,000,000 to 8,100,000 bales; 2,400,000 bales would pro bably be near the truth. England takes about four-sevenths of this ; the United States probably nine-twenty-eighths. France uses a valuable part. At Lowell, the various establishments made about seventy-five millions of yards of cotton cloth in 1848, and used nearly twenty-three millions of pounds of cotton. The amount of cloth now annually manufactured there is not less than ninety millions of yards, which would give a consumption at that one manufacturing city of nearly twenty millions of pounds of cotton. If this our Union continue, as all true pa triots desire and pray, how long will it be ere we consume at home one-half of our whole pro duct of cotton? Probably not exceeding twelve years. We Are pleased at being privileged to an nounce that Cumberland can at last boast of a public bathing-house.?Unionist. Then she must heretofore have had many private ones, for her people have always looked bright and tidy. But every town, if of but a thousand inhabitants, should have its public bath-houses, and private baths within them. Both as a moral and a sanitary regulation this is important. vJ ?vA- u ?R *~"Y"ur e*ceiient letter from New York, dated July 2lst, reachcd us on the 81st. You, by mistake, directed it to " Wash We learn that Robert J. Mills has been re moved from the position of Architect and Sn perintendent of the Patent Office Building and that Thomas U. Walt**, ArcMtwrt for tfc'e <* tension of the Capitol, ha, been assigned to pl?e also. The salary is MQ9 per yew. JLat?r fto? Kuropi. The United States mail steamer Washington ft-oin Bremen and Southampton, bringing dates ttrorn Liverpool to the 16th ultimo, and theCu nard steamer Niagara with Liverpool advioes to the 19th ultimo, both arrived at New York yes terday. The chief items by the former were given yesterday in our telegraphic despatches. She brought one hundred and seventy passen gers and one of the most valuable cargoea ever received at New York. The Niagara brings three days' later intelli gence than that brought by the Washington. Every thing in France gives place to the dis cussion upon the revision of the constitution, which absorbs universal attention. The principal news from Spain is that the Queen is enceinte. ^ Daguerre, the inventor of the Daguerreotype, died at Paris in the Bixty-Becond year of his age. The Niagara reached her wharf about five o'clock yesterday; Judge Duncan, of Virginia, is among her passengers. Ihe overland mail from India brings news to the 2d of June. Much space is occupied in the papers with accounts of disturbances and revolts in several of the Indian provinces. At Hong Kong severe sickness was prevailing among the troops. Very serious disturbances continued at Canton, and all attempts on the part of gov ernment to suppress them had proved futile. The banditti hold possession of more than half the province of Resang Di. The U. S. sloop of war Saratoga was at Hong Kong, In the British Parliament, Horseman's attack upon the Episcopate, and particularly upon the revenues of the bishoprics, has been frequently I recurred to, and always excited much warm debate. This will probably lead to a formal Btatement of all the facts connected with the question. Horseman's allegations against the Bishop of Gloucester have been refuted. A bill has reached a third reading in the House of Commons, enabling parties to law suits to give evidence in their own cases; and, also, enabling wives to testify in all cases, ex cept criminal ones, in which their husbands are interested. f Communicated. | Questions. A few questions are submitted, Messrs. Editors, for you to answer, if you please, as follows: 1. Should the Gardiner and Mears claims turn out to have been forgeries, will Mr. Secretary Corwin refund to the Government the amount them0?167 recei^ed for his interest in 2. Will any of the other counsel engaged on those claims refund the money they have real ized out of them ? 3. Will Mr. Secretary Webster refund any money he received as counsel in the Harirous I claim or other claims, should said claims turn out to have been spurious? 4. How many negroes did General Waddv Thompson, one of the counsel in the Gardiner and Mears claims, purchase of Mr. Lloyd of Maryland, and take to his plantation in South Carolina? ^ Unclk Sam. Answers.?1. We have faith in Mr. Corwin and believe he will act justly in the happening of the contingency suggested, though it might leave him " as poor as Job's turkey." Indeed, he could not remain at the head of the Treasury Department if he were to refuse to do so. We think we know something of Mr. Corwin'a sen sitive nature and high-toned character, and therefore we judge that he is not going to put himself in the same unenviable category with Mr. Galphin Crawford. If the question, "How did Crawford make a fortune of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars at a dash ?" can be answered thus: "Out of the Galphin twin dle, while he was a Cabinet minister in a Whig administration;" Thomas Corwin is not the man, we take it, to allow the question, " How did Corwin make a fortune of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars at a dash ?" to be an swered thus: " Out of the Gardiner and Mear,' fraud*, while he was a Cabinet minister in a Whig administration." 2. We doubt it. They are all aware that " n bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." 8. Water sinks in sand. We know not what might be done " by subscription." 4. We are informed forty-nine, at an average I of about $400 per head. But what has that to do with it ? to*"" Hampton ? Vegetable Tincture is no ordi- j nary nostrum, but a valuable medicine, and highly recommended to public favor. See the advertisement headed "The World," &c. National Monument.?The total amount I contributed at the office during the month of ' July was $3,861 18. | " No Clerk " is unavoidably deferred till to-morrow. He and "Commentator," on the subject of " Preachers in Office," should endea vor to be brief. There is no more ground for the controversy than there would be if lawyers, I doctors, or mechanics were the subjects chosen' | Danger of trifling with Chloroform.? I Mrs. Amelia Servatius, a German lady, twenty- ! two years of age, died from inhaHng chloroform, 1 at her residence, Spruce street, New Vork, on Thursday afternoon. She was in the habit of using chloroform for a fortnight or more previ ous to her death, as a remedy for the toothache. The Fighting Candidates.?The Memphis Eagle, of the 21st instant, gives an account of a personal difficulty that occurred between the candidates for Governor in Mississippi, Gene rals Footo and Quitman, on the 18th instant, during their discussion at Sledgeville, in Panola I county. It appears, from the EaglJt account, i ^at both gentlemen had agreed to refrain from all personalities in their discussions. At Sledge ? ville, however, when Gen. Foote spoke of the 'Uban ftffair) 0en Quitrnftn ptopped him anfJ said that it was " ungmtlemanh/ and dishonest" thus to violate their agreement. Thereupon Gen. Foote called him "n/wr." Blows were instantly interchanged; but their mutual friends interposed and separated the combatants Ac cording to the Eagle, Gen. Quitman has signi fied his intention not to speak with Gen. Foote at any more of their joint appointments. We have known other gentlemen to grow weary of speaking with Gen. Foote. Ntatue of Cliwto*.?A mammoth bronie statue of De Witt Clinton ia to be placed in the Orwnwood Cemetery, near New York. Mr. rown, the artist, is going forward with the work m rapidly ae posaible. j Trial of John Day, Charged with the Murder of hit Wife. [Continued.] After the closing of our report yesterday, a brief discussion arose between counsel as to the right of defence to re-examine Mrs. Fridley conoering the birth, death, and burial of the I child. After which, The Court ruled that the witness might be recalled, at this stage, by the defence, for cross examination, but her examination iB confined to those points. CroM-exainination by the Defence. Mrs. Sarah Aun Fridley.?The child was born on the 18th September, on a Wednesday ; 1 I think so. It appeared to be a healthy child. I It died on the next Monday. It was taken sick on Wednesday night; it was born in the morn ing. I remember Dr. Howard calling there the next day. He asked me if the child wub well, and I told him no. He looked at it, and he told me to give it some oil. I don t remember whether he saw it the next day when he came or not. He was there on Thursday and Friday. He was there on Saturday. 1 believe he saw it then, but don't recollect. I did not think any thing ailed the child more than the common ailments of any other infant. The doctor was there on Sunday; it was his last visit. It was on the bed there, anil I can't say whether he saw it or not. He asked me if I had given it the medicine. I told him 1 had. It died on Monday about 11.^ It was buried that night about early candle-light. No coffin was prepared except what Mr. Day pre pared for it. It was put in a box by him. Day was home on Monday; he left my house on that morning about nine o'clock, and returned a little after twelve. He came back after the death of the child. I sent to no neighbor to confer about the child before it died. He (John Day) wouldn't let me do so. He was at home pretty much all the time from the birth of the child till Monday morning, except that he would go out every now and then for a few moments, j He was not absent in Alexandria all of one day between the time of the birth of the child and its death. It was buried in the yard of my house. Mr. Day buried it. Persons were in my house backwards and forwards while the child was siok. I could perceive soon after the birth of the child that something ailed it. Mr. Fridley and 1 set up the whole night of the birth with it. The convulsions came on after the doctor ceased his visits. I gave it oil several timeB; I wanted to send for the doctor, but John said it was not worth while. After the child got so poorly, I wanted to send for the doctor, but John said it wasn't worth while. Both times the doctor looked at the child I told him it was poorly. It lived about a day and a night after first having the convulsions. I do not know whether it had fits or not; it looked black in the face, and seemed to have convulsions. I gave it oil on the suggestion of the doctor; 1 don't know whether Mr. Day gave it any thing or not. He said he was going to give it laudanum; this was said I think the day after its birth. There was no laudanum in the house; I did not see any. It was soon after it was born that he said so, but after it appeared sick, he objected to persons going into the room. He gave no particular reason for this. Mr. Day proposed to have it buried where it was buried. He said it was his child, and he could do as he pleased with it. I opposed this, and said I would like to have it buried atHolmead's burial-ground, where my children were buried. He gave no other particular reason for burying it there. I told him I would much prefer to have the child buried in a coffin and buried where it ought to be. He said that a box would answer every purpose of a coffin, and he took up a little wood box which was Betting at the side of the fireplace, and he said thiB would do as good as any thing. My daughter kept her bed one day after the birth ; and she was con fined to her room about two weeks, as near as I can recollect. George W. Fridley was also re-examined on some immaterial points relating to the child. This Morning. ? The spectators are not numerous, and the public interest appears to flag. , John W. Wood sworn. Is married to Day s mother, and therefore his stepfather. He and his wife were at Mrs. Fridley's house sometime about the middle of last March. The conversa tion was chiefly between Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Fridley. Heard Mrs. Fridley say that Mrs. Day's child had died, and that Mr. Fridley had buried it on the premises as still as he could. That was what kept them in that house under the heavy rent they paid, lest some person might come into it who would discover the child, and make a fuss about it. His wife (Mrs. Wood) said it ought not have been done. Mrs. Fridley said they (he Bupposed meaning i Day and his wife) did not want it buried in the public burying-ground. Silas Kirk sworn.?Knows the prisoner at the bar. Saw him on the Sunday evening be | fore the death of his wife on the corner of 10th street, in front of Coombs' tavern, between 9 and 10 o'clock. Several other persons were in company with Day. Win. Tucker sworn.?Heard of the murder on the evening it occurred. Believes that he was with Day the evening before it occurred at a eigar store near Tenth street, on the avenue. They purchased cigars at the store of a female. There was some conversation between Day and the female. Parted with day, he thinks, about half-past 9 o'clock. The night after that heard j that Day had killed his wife. Saw Thomas Birch at Coombs' tavern when he (T.) and Day were there on the night before the murder. Mrs. Beron recalled. Mrs. Day s child was born on the 18th of September. Mr. Fridley came for her, and Bho visited Mrs. Day on Thursday ; she visited her again on Friday, and on the next Monday for the last time. She was told at Mr. Fridley's that the child was sick. She told Mrs. Fridley on Friday that she had better see Dr. Howard about the child, when she replied that she had mentioned it to him (Dr. II.) On Monday evening she did not see the chtld. There was a gentleman at Fridley's who Mrs. Fridley introduced to her as Mr. Green. After Mr. Green left she (Mrs. Beron) "in quired after the sick." Mrs. Fridley said, " Didn't you know the poor little baby was dead and buried?" She (Mrs. B.) said she had not heard it. Mrs. Fridley told her the child was buried at Holmead's burying-ground, by Mr. Thompson, but that Mr. Fridley had BCcn it put away right. She also told her (Mrs. B.) that the child had spasms. Mr. Fridley accompanied her home that night. He (Fridley) told her while going along that he had gotten a carryall and buried the child early in the morning. She did not see Day at Fridley's on Thursday or Friday; saw him there on Monday evening. Mrs. Wood recalled. She was present at Mrs. Fridley's with her husband, and had a conversation with Mrs. F. about the burial of the child. This was at night. Don't recollect the time of year exactly. It was cold weather. Mrs. Fridley told her then that the child was dead; that Mr. Fridley, poor old man, had buried it as still as he could, and that they re mained in the lionse in which they lived under a heavy rent, on account of the child being buried on the premises, which might be found out by those who might live there after them, and they might make a fuss about it. This witness is still giving evidence at the close of our report. Rapid Traviumo.?It is stated that a train of cars ran over the Eastern Railroad from Portsmouth to Boston, a day or two since, in one hour and fifty minutes, having made twelve stops. The distwicf is fifty-four miles The Commissioner of PuMle Buildings. To the Editors of the American Telegraph. Gentlemen : I perceive by your paper of yesterday that some person has furnished you with information to tlie following effect: That the father of the present Commissioner of Pub lic Buildings arrived at Philadelphia in the year 11794, and that he was naturalized in August, 1798. If this is correct it can easily be shown by the records of the court, or a copy of thein, by which he was admitted to the rights of citi zenship. The doctrine of presumption has no application to a question of this kind; and it was rejected even in the case of General Shields, who had long beeu identified with our country, and shed his blood in her cause, at the time he first offered himself for admission into the Sen ate of the United States, having been duly elected to that office by the Legislature of his State. Moreover, we are now particularly in formed where the record must be, if any exists, in relation to the present case. You say that you " have also been authorized to deny the correctness of the expressions attri buted to the Commissioner by A. B., in regard to the statue of President Jackson." It is clear, from this kind of denial, that some expressions on the subject are admitted to have been used by the Commissioner. Now, let it be stated what those expressions were, so that wo may see whether there is any substantial difference be tween those charged and those admitted, and also how far the latter may agree with the un derstanding of Mr. Mills and Mr. Maury. Before concluding, will you, gentlemen, an swer me this question: Have you ever heard that General Jackson, while President, ordered the present|Commissioner to be turned out of the navy yard, where he was employed, on the ground that he was unworthy to be there em ployed? There are persons who have stated this, and, if true, it may furnish an additional clue to his conduct in relation to the statue. I wish also to correct an error I made in my first communication. I referred to Mr. Mills, the architect, instead of Mr. Mills, the artist. August 1, 1851. A. B. We have only to reply to the foregoing, that we have no recollection of ever having heard such a fact stated. The Doctors at Fault.?In Boston, last week, of 92 deaths 63 were children under five years, who died from cholera infantum, teeth ing, and other infantile diseases. A Laudable Move.?We learn from the Al exandria Oazette of this morning, that on the 27th ult., at a large meeting, principally worthy and industrious Irishmen, who labor on the public works, and the contractors, was held at St. John's Academy in this city. Rev. Joseph M. Finotti and Dr. Brooke Powell, in neat ad dresses, explained the object to be the estab lishment and organization of an infirmary in the town of Alexandria, to be rendered accessi ble to the afflicted of all political parties or re ligious denominations. Every man present con tributed liberally to the benevolent object, and such other measures were adopted as give pro mise of success. Aaron Burr is buried in the cemetery nt Princeton, N. J.; and while costly monuments niArk the resting-place of his father and other relatives, his grave is unmarked by any token of memory or respect. It is only known by being pointed out by the guide who may be showing a stranger the tombs of other men whose names are connected with our early his tory. J Rrv. 0. S. PnESCOTT, of the Episcopal church, I who refused to be tried at Boston on a charge j of heresy, in consequence of an exception en tered by him to the jurisdiction of the court, has been suspended from the ministry for six 1 months, and at the end of that time he is to be degraded from the exercise of his clerical func tions, provided he fails in the interim to appear and demand a trial.?Etch. Review of the Northern Market* for yesterday. Office of the American Telegraph, Aug. 1. rnu.ADKT.piiu, July 81, 6 p. m.?Stock* are unchanged, j I U 8 6's, 1868, 114J^; do. 1867, 114^; Penna. 6>, 89^C" I ; 8#y<. i I Sales of 1000 barrels of flour at $4.18%(&$4.22 for State | brands. Rye flour $3.37Corn ineal $2.87%. Sales of old 1'rnna. white wheat at 101c., and red at 91c. Pales of southern red at 89c. Rye has advanced; sales at 73@74c. Corn la In fair request, at 62@63c. for yellow. Sales of old l'enna. oats at 33@34c., and new southern at 28@31c. Rio coffee at 9@9J4c. Whisky at 23>^@24c. I Nsw York, July 81, 6 p. m.?Sales of U 8 6'*, 1868, at 114%. Sale* of 10,000 barrels flour at $4.06@$4.12>^ for j j State brands; $4.18%(g$4.31% for Genesee; and $4.26(rt | I $4.44 for (outhern. Rye flour $3.44. Corn meal $2.94. Sales of prime white wheat at 100@102c. Ohio white J 91c. Sales of 40,000 bushels corn at 66c. for mixed, and 58c. for yellow. Oats 42(3*44%c. Rye 72c. Sales of 300 barrels mess pork at $14.76#$15, and prime at $13. Lard ! c. Arrivals at the Principal Hotel*, Up to 12 o'clock, m., Unlay. United mates?J A Mulr, Petersburg, Va.; ffm I R Bridges, W. t R. R. R.; K McRae, Georgetown; Isaac I Procter, Raleigh, N. C; J K Marriott, do.; A Moss, New York; WT Pepper, Petersburg, Ya.; L Mcintosh and lady, ' Georgia; A J Garrey, New York. MABBIED, On the 29th ult., by the Rev. Jos. 8. Coi.linh, Mr. OR FORD BOUCHER to Miss MARGARETTA SKIDMORE, both of Georgetown, D. 0. DIED, On Thursday, the 31st ult., MARY O'LEARY, wife of JOir* O'Leart, of consumption, in the 27th year of her age. Her friends and those of the family will please at I tend her funeral from the residence of lier husbnnd. on 1 4% street, near Maryland avenue, on to-morrow, (Satur | day,) at 3 o'clock, without further notice. ' On the 29th July, in the 30th year of her age, FRAN I CKS, the t>eloved wife of Johx G. Dsehi.e, a native of Ire 1 land, but for the last two years a resident of this city. ! Her disease was consumption, which she bore with chris tian fortitude. At Baltimore, on the evening of the 30th ultimo, of paralvsis. after an illness of two weeks, PKTKR FOY, In the 71st year of his age. On tho 31st ult, HENRIETTA, infant daughter of Jamh C. and Henrietta Greer. aged two years and four months. 49-Temperanee for the Millions.?Rev. 0. W. DENISON, recently returned from California, will address the people on the subject of Temperance on the public square, opposite Centre Market, this (Friday) night, at 8 o'clock. au 1 GEO. SAVAGE, Prest. F. V. T. A. 8. 49~A Special Meeting of the Franklin Fire Company will be held this (Friday) evening, at 8 o'clock. Every member Is expected to be present, as business of importance will be laid before them. an 1?It __ W^A. BOSS, Sec. F. F. C. MUSICAL INSTETJXEirrS. JUST OPENED, and for sale, a superior lot of Musical Instruments, atthe following low prices; Violins from $1 to $40. Guitars, patent head, from $8 to $40. French Accordeons from 41J6 to $2-r>. Violin Bows from 26 cents to $6. Flageolets from 76 cents to $6. Flutes from $1 to $30. Clarionets from $6 to $26. Tambourines from 76 cents to $2.60. Banjos from $2.60 to $6. Call and see them at III I,RUB'S Musical Depot, au 1?tr next to cor. 10th St. and Pa. av., so. side. LOST?A GOLD PENCIL, with pen attached, and the following letters engraven upon it; "A. A. M. to 8. P. H." It was highly prised as the gift of a friend, and any person finding and returning It to the owner will confer a very great fkvor on him, and shall be suita bly rewarded. STEPHEN P HILL, ?u l?ii <**. of iaui sua u its. If your purse does not allow you to buy books, read men, study women, and take lessons from children: without musical instruments, you may play upon the people; if you are lame, you may still run for Congress; without teeth, you can backbite your neighbors; although to tally blind, you can perhaps see as fur into a millstone as other people; although as deaf as a post, you will probably kuow as much of last Sunday's sermon, a week henoe, as the rest of the congregation. TO FAMILIES!" ? BARM.ELS of superior Family Flour. 00 do. of extra super do. 20 dozen of Babbett's Want Powder. 10 boxen do. Refined Saloratus. Just received and for tiale by J. T. RADCLIFF & 00., jy 31?.'It _______ Qdd-Fellowa' Hall, 7th st. _ TO EPICURES JUST RECEIVED ? small lot of'Swiss and Supsago Clu ose, Holland Herrings, and Sardines. AIho iu store " Sublime" Oil, Capers, Catsups, Ac. For sale low by J. T. KADCLIFF <fc CO., Jy 31?3t _ (Kid-Fellows' Hall. 7th lit. PRINTER8' JOINER. "1T7"M. INGMAN, Cabinet-maker, Carpenter, and i'rin }/y ters' Furniture-make-, can be found by inquiring at NOELL A BOYD'ri Venetian Blind Manufactory, Penn sylvania avenue, between 0th and 10th streets, south side. jy 31?6m I NOTICE . ' NUPER & BURGEE recommend their services as GOLD PLATERS on all metals. They gild Statues, Communion Plates and CupB, Goblets, Watches, Chains, Tea and Table-spoons, Spectacles, and Optical Instru ments. Also, LIGHTNING-ROD POINTS. Their gilding in fire is warranted to be far superior to the galvanic gilding. Aquafortis has no effect on it, and it will stand for years. Orders left at Mr. Werner's, Gunsmith, Louisiana ave nue, between 6th and 7th streets, will be promptly at tended to. jy 30?Iw Important"California charts, with Bailing directions?by Commander Codwaloder Ringgold, U. 8. Navy: Embracing surveys of the Faral lones, entrance to the buy of San Francisco, bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, straits of Carbines and Suinun bay, confluence and deltic branches of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, including the cities of Boston and Sacramento, State of California. Price $10 a set. For sale in Washington city by TAYLOR & MAURY, jy31? Booksellers, near 9th fit. OUT OF FASHION.?I have fifty pairs of BOOTS, of my own make, remaining on hand, of old styles, which I will sell very low for cash. I have also a large supply of Boots of the latest styles, and Shoes of every fashion. JANNEY, jy 29?tAugl4 8th st., near the Gen. Post Office. MRS. ESTHER MOFFETT, 7th street, opposite Odd-Fellows' Hall, has received this day a small lot of Black Mohair Stocks, a very cool and desi rablo article for summer. Also, a fresh assortment of white and colored Shirts, very pretty and cheap, jy 22? IIOCHET liOMETS Stiffened and Preused, at Mrs. E. COLLISON'S Millinery A Fancy Store, jy 26?tf 7th street, above II. GARDEN FARM FOR BALE. WILL BE SOLD, at private sale, a small and beauti ful GARDEN FARM, situated on the river turn pike, five miles from Washington city, four miles from Georgetown, and one mile from Tenallytown, adjoining the farms of Mr. N. Beall and Mr. N. Loughborough. On the land is a new and convenient two-story frame dwell ing-house, containing seven rooms, a barn and stable, and a stone milk-house, nearly finished, together with an excellent spring of water about one hundred yards from the dwelling. For terms, Ac., apply to JOSEPH HOWARD, jy 25?FATutf cor. of F and 10th sts. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS" I SHALL keep for sale a general assortment of M usical In struments, such as Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Clarionets. Flageolets, Violin Bows, Violoncello Bows, Fifes, Accord cons, Flutinas, Tambourines, Banjos, Drums, Violin Strings, Guitar Strings, Violoncello Strings, Tenor Strings, Violin Pegs, Bridges, Tail Pieces, Finger-boards, Buttons, Guitar Pegs and Pius, Violoncello Bridges, Pegs and Tail Pieces, prepared Rosin, Tuning-Forks, String Gauges, Mutes, Capodastros, Clarionet Reeds, Mouth-pieces, Reed holders, Triangles, Tuning-hammers, Bow Hair, Music Stands, Music Boxes, Violin Cases, Guitar Cases, Music Pens, Bow Screws, and Trimmings for different Instru ments ; Instruction Books for Violin, Guitar, Accordeon, Flute, Flageolet, Fife, Banjo, Clarionet, Ac. Bargains may be hod by calling at HILBUS'S Musical Depot, jy 28?Stood] next to cor. 10th st. & Pa. ov., so. side. LIME. Bushels Wood-burnt LIME, now landing, fresh OUU from the kilns, in prime order, and will be sold low for cash or to punctual customers. WILLIAM WARDER, jy 29?It cor. 12th A C sts., near the Canal. DRUGS AND MEDICINES~~ HAVING removod from Pennsylvania avenue, the subscrilier has taken and fitted up the store on the comer of F and Eleventh streets, and is now prepared to accommodate his old customers and the public with fresh Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Ac. Prescriptions put up with neatness and care, and warranted to be of the purect materials. Fancy and toilet articles, a large assortment, constantly on hand. The articles at this store will bo found to l>e what they are represented to be, and any one returning an article purchased here, with a certificate from a regular physi cian or chemist that the article is not as represented, will receive double the money paid for it in exchange. n. II. WOODRUFF, jy 2ft?dlw corner of F and 11th sts. COAL! COAL! COAL! NOW 18 THE TIME to lay In your Coal. W. T. DOVE is now prepared to furnish families and others with Schuylkill and Lehigh White Ash, Peach Orchard, and Lykcn Valley Red Ash, of various sixes. Also, Cumberland Coal, from the most approved mines, screened, and free from slate and other impurities, at the lowest cash prices, from hts yards on the canal, In the rear of the late Gen. Van Ness's, or on Pennsylvania ave nue, lietween 17th and 18th streets, First Ward. 2,240 pounds to the ton. Send in your orders. Jy 26?lm KING'S MAGNETIC"WASHING FLUID. BY THE QUART OR DOTTLE.?A fresh supply of this most popular Fluid just received. The demand is Increasing dally as this labor-saving article becomes more generally known. For sale at 26 cents a bottle, or l'i]X cents a quart, at MRS. OOLLISON'S Foncy and Millinery Store, jy 2.r>?tf ith street. *#-al>ove 11. NOTICE. IlHE SUBSCRIBER having permanently located his Wheelwrigbt and Blacksmith shops on the west side of Seventh street, between G and II. he is prepared to execute all orders in his line of business in the most workman-like manner. Thankful for past favors, he respectfully solicits a continuance of public patronage. Jy 25?d"2w JAMES A. WISE._ ~ C0KBS! COMBS! COMBS! HANDSOMK Carved Buffalo ROUND COMBS for Misses; Imitation Shell and Buffalo Long Combs, carved tops; Buffalo and Imitation Tuck Combs, Misses' Neck Comtis, Side Combs, etc., etc. Just received and for sale cheap at MRS. COLLISON'S Fancy and Millinery store, 7th street, *J-above II. jy 25?tf PURE IRISH LINEN AND LINEN GOODS GENERALLY. WE would call particular attention to our stock of Linens, suitable for shirtings; also for bosoms and collars; which we warrant to be pure and free from any mixture of cotton. Also, table damasks, all widths, brown and bleached, with napkins, linen sheetings, Huck abacks, diapers, and toweling goods generally. Persons wishing to make up the ai<ove goods, will find it to their advantage to purchase them now. as they will be sold at least 26 per eent. cheaper than during the busy season. Call and take a look for yourselves. G. W. YERRY, jy 16?edlm Pa. av., bet. 7tli aixl 8th sts. ROOFING TIN, Ac. 1OO boxes Roofing Plate, 14 x 20. Bright Tin, all sines; Pig and liar Tin; Sheet Load; Lend Pipe; I'ig and Bar l<ea<l; Brailer'a and Sheathing Copper; Bolts; Zinc; Spelter, Ac., Ac. For sale by CAMPBELL A C0YLE, jy 8?6w* Sign of the Anvil, Penna. avenue. TAKE NOTICE?SELLING"OFFAT VERY LOW PRICES. 11HE subscrilier, being desirous of closing otit bis en tire stock of Spring and Summer Goods, will offer great bargains In? Frenoh Jackonets, Silk Tissues, Bareges, French Chintzes, Lawns, Ginghams, Barege de Lalncs, and Silk of all kinds Plaid and plain Swiss and Cambric Muslins Irish Linens, Linen and Silk Handkerchief)! Parasol*, Bonnets, Ribbons, Flower*, Hosiery and Oloves of every description Plain and embroidered white Crape Shawls. Also, French Cloths, Cassimeres, Marseilles and Silk Vest ings, French Drap d'Kte and Cashineret. Together with a groat many other goods, all of whieli I promise to sell at very low rates, as the stock must be closed out. WM. R. RILEY, jy 7?lm cor. 8th at, opp. Contra Market. UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. 'V WK would invite the Ladles to call and famine our extensive Stock of Oroen. Blue and Black S\Watered, Bordered and Lined 8 lk and Satin Tuer PARASOLS? the largest assortment In the District, at greatly reduced prices. Also a choice selection of UMBRKLLA8, all of the latest | fashion, and the work warranted. > JUST RECEIVED- a handsome variety of 8llk* and Scotch Ginghams for fe-ooverin^. Repairing and Covering tWthftilly and punctually ?Mooted. A. OORHIT A CO., (oaj 0?flw f?iiiftT?mw>?ew4}i?trwt, i auction sales. By A. GREJEH, Auctioneer. Mahogany boards, planks, and Veiteers, >t Aucllou?Uu MONDAY, lb* | 4th instant, 1 shall Hull, at 12 o'clock, m,, an excellent u ?ortment of Mabogauy, in front of my warehouse, at tha corner of 9th and C streets. The assortment consist* of '1% 2J^-lnch stuff. 4,000 feet of splendid shaded and curled Yeneers. Also, a small lot of % and % black Walnut. Termii: All Burnt of and under $26, cash; oyer $26, a j credit of sixty aud ninety days, for notes satisfactorily ! endorsed bearing interest, j Carpenters, Cabinet makers, and Builders, are respect | ftilly Invited to the sale. They will find it well worthy of their attention, as the stuff is of a good quality. I aug 1?2t A. GREEN, Auctioneer. BY A. GREEN, Auctioneer. SALE OF DESIRABLE ISLAND LOTS. The subscriber offers tor sale, oil the premises, attil? o'clock, on Wednesday next, the 30th instant, lot 6, m square 389, containing 3,049 square feet; and lots 6, 8, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, in square 390, containing 3,064 square leet each, the name being in the immediate vicinity of the Old Mansion House. Title derived from one of the origi nal proprietors. Terms of sale: One third-cash, balanco in six and twelve months; notes to bear interest from date of sale, secured by deed of trust on the premises. All deeds aud convey ances at cost of purchaser. Purchasers tailing to oomply with terms, lots to be resold at his or their cost. JOHN CARROLL BRENT, jy 28?3t A. UK-KEN, Auctioneer. *3r The altove Sale le postponed, on ac count of the rain, until Saturday, the 2d of August, same place and time. A. GREEN, Auct. jy 31?d By A. GREEN, Auctioneer. YALUABLE and Improving Island Lots at Auction.?llie subscriber offers for sale those valuable lots situated on Maryland avenuo, between 10th and 11th streets west, and known as lots Nog. 9, 10,11, 12, 13, and 14, in square 363. They aver ago 08 feet of front and 99% feet in depth, and the title is derived from one of the original proprietors, and will be warranted. Sale to take place on the promises at 6 p. m. on Wednesday next, the 30th instant. Terms, which will lie easy, to be made known at sale. All conveyances at cost of purchaser. Purchasers failing to comply with terms of Bale, same to be sold again at bis or their cost. JOHN CARROLL BRENT, Attorney for Owners, jy 28?3t A. GREKN, Auctioneer. Tlie above Sale Is postponed, on ac count of the inclemency of the weather, until Saturday, the 2d of August, same place and time. jy 31?d A. GREEN, Auct. By C. W. B0TELER, Auctioneer. SALE of Property Opposite the Centre Marltet at Auction.?On Monday, July 21st, at 6 o'clock p. m., 1 shall sell, on the premises, part of Lot No. 9, in square 382, together with tho improvements thereon, consisting of a four-story brick dwelling, &c. This property is located on Ninth street, immediately opposite Centre Market. Tho house has been recently built, contains eleven rooms, and its peculiar situation (opposite the market) renders it amongst the best busi ness stands in Washington. The attention of capitalists, or those desirous of making a safe, permanent, and profitable investment, is particu larly invited to this sale. Terms : One-third cash, the balance in equal instal ments of six, twblve, eighteen, and twenty-four months; notes bearing interest, and secured by deed on property. C. W. BOTELER, jy 12?eod Auctioneer. iff"* The above Sale Is postponed until ??SI WEDNESDAY, July 30th, same hour and place, jy 22?eod C. W. BOTELER, Auct'r. 4S* The above Sale Is postponed, on ac count of tho rain, until Monday, August 4th, same hour and place. C. W. BOTELER, jy 31? Auctioneer. WANTS. WANTED?A situation as CHAMBERMAID. The applicant bos had much experience in that ca pacity. Apply to Mr. II. A. Wallace, at the Union Hotel, on C street, between and 6th streets. jy 30 WANTED ?A COLORED WOMAN?to do the housework of a small family. A slave woman preferred. Apply at this office. jy 22? WANTED?to purchase or hire, for a term of years, a COLORED WOMAN, from 20 to 36 years of age. Inquiro of A. GLADMAN, jy 16?tf cor. of 9th aud M streets. Aw* Another Important Discovery! ? About ilve hundred ladies and ircntiemen, between 7 and 10 o'clock yesterday morning, discovered that L. A. IlALl. sells the best Soda Water iu the District of Columbia. Let him who sells better come and get his five hundred. Jy 26? I^OR SALE OR RENT?That well-known and desirable brick DWELLING-HOUSE on 4l? street, between i'enna. avenue and C street. It will be sold or rented on accommodating terms. Apply to jy 16?tf DAVIS ft GARRETT. CLARET AND CHAMPAGNE. JUST RECEIVED aud now landing a superior article of CLARET WINE, to which I would respectfully call tho attention of gentlemen in want of a flno article. Also, genuine " lleidseeck Champagne," of Engler's im portation. For sale by J AS. T. LLOYD, jy 28?tr Pa. av., 8 doors east of 16th st. SUPERIOR DAGUERREOTYPES?l?t Premium! J II. WHITEIIURST has extended the field of his op . erations over more ground than any daguerreo typist in the country. His Galleries may be found on Pennsylvania avenue, between 4 and 6th streets; No. 207 Baltimore street, Baltimore; corner Broadwny and Leonard street, New York; No.77 Main street, Richmond; Sycamore street, Petersburg; Main street, Norfolk; and Main street, Lynchburg, Virginia. Ills beautiful and highly finished olectro-Daguerreo types are an extraordinary improvement, insuring faithful and highly finished likenesses in a few seconds. J. II. W. calls the attention of the public generally to his elegantly furnished Gallery over Lane and Tucker's ucw store, where a free exhibition of pictures will be given. Notwithstanding tho unusual competition in Daguerre otypes at the recent Fair of the Maryland Institute, he wa? awarded the first medal by the judges. Likenesses of every description copied, and post-mortem cases attended to. ap 30?d6mo ANTHEM BOOK. VFF.W copies of "DYER'S ANTHEM BOOK," (now out of print,) just received, and for sale by A. GRAY, June 2?tf 7th street, opposite Odd-Fellows' Hall. Attention, Chewer* and Smokers ! DOWNER'S popular Cigar and Tobacco stand Is well supplied with the best Hnvanas and Principee. Also a splendid lot of Chewing Tobacco, to which he ex tends a cordial Invitation to his friends and to gentlemen of taste generally. Jun 26? FARMERS' HOTEL, RockvUle, Montgomery County, Maryland. rpilK subscriber can accommodate thirty or forty board X crs during the Summer and Fall. The village is perfectly healthy, with fine water. .1 line 24?tAugl F. HI DWELL. NEW GROCERY STORE, Corner of Ma??achtuetU Avenue and 12th street. rlMlK SUBSCRIBER respectfully Informs the citizens X of Washington and the adjacent country that ho has just opened a large and fresh assortment of GROCE RIES, consisting, In part, as follows, vlr..: Fresh Family Flour; choice Teas of the latest importa tions and finest flavors; Moea, Java, Rio, and Padang Cof fee; Sperm, Adamantine,and Tallow Candles; Salt Mack erel, Herrings, and Cod Kish; prime lot of Bacon, and a lot of superior Sugar-cured Hams; also, Liquors, consist ing of superior Brandy, Wine, Old Rye Whisky, Ale, of the best brands; also, a large assortment of Boots and Shoes, Ac., Ac. He pledges himself to sell his goods as low as any house in the city, having reference to quality. To the country dealers, ho particularly invites them to give him a call. He will take any kind of country pro duce In exchange for ftoods. He solicits a call from all. Don't forget tho cheap corner of Massachusetts avenue and 12th street. E. W. HALL, jylft?tf r|UYLOR Sl MAURY, Booksellers and J Stationers, Pennsylvania avenue, near 9th street, have constantly on hand a ftill assortment of BLANK BOOKS, SCHOOL B<X>K8, PKN8, INK, and PAPER, of every variety, for sale at New York prices. June 28?tf _ 17PI8COPAL Prayer-books. Ti Catholic 1 "raver-books. Methodist Hymn-books Unitarian Hymn-books. Presbyterian Hymn-books. Baptist Hymn-hooks. In every variety. For sale at the published price, by TAYLOR A MAURY, June 28?tf Booksellers, near 9th street. ALL of Harper A Brothers' Publications. All of Applcton's Publications. All of Putnam's Publications, Little A Brown's, Boston; and all books published In ? the United States. For sale at the publishers' prices by TAYLOR A MAURY, June 28?tf Booksellers, near 9th st. RULKD LKTTKR PAPER at $1 26 a ream. Killed Foolscap Writing Paper at $1 26 a ream. Good Knvelopes at $1, $1 25, and $1 60a thousand. Steel Pens at 26 cents, 60 cents, and 76 oents a gross. Small Wrapping Paper at 26 cents a ream. For sale at TAYLOR A MAURY'S June 28?tf Book and Stationery store, near 9th st. PIANCE! PIANOS! NKW AND 8KCONP-HAND PIAN08 always on hand, for sale ami to rant on moderate terms, at the Piano Store, on 1/" IP 12th street, above F street. New MUSIC STOOLS frr sale. nKIP,tI,N1,AnlI jy I?f. v. RMCuJSNBAVU,