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AMERICAN TELEGRAPH
WAIU1NUTOH l
FRIDAY AFT.KK.NOON, AUGUST 8.
Tlie Cottou Plant.
It is scarcely more easy to determine the
latitudes, or ratlier the climates, within which
cotton flourishes, than the qualities of the cot
ton produced in different countries. These qua
lities may be determined by the demand for
them in the great cotton markets of the world;
and as England and the United States are tbe
two great markets, that which is most sought
and used in these markets must possess the
best qualities. Why does Mr. Greeley so strenu
ously contend for heavy protective duties 1 In
part, because of his belief in the great skill of
the British dealors anil operatives in cotton.
Long practice and thorough attention have per
fected in them a knowledge of the qualities of
different clusscs of cotton, as well fts of the dif
ferent modes of manufacture; therefore they
are formidable competitors with our own deal
ers and artizans.
There are three countries from which con
siderable amounts of cotton come to the British
market, yet the United States supplies about
two-thirds of all its demand. These countries
are India, Egypt, and Brazil. India is an ap
pendage of tha British crown; and England
has long studied how to render it subservient
to her wealth, and has made the effort to produce
cotton in it equal to that of the United States.
The effort has been entirely unsuccessful. Eng
land would borrow and pay down, deeply as
eh* is in debt, one hundred millions of pounds
sterling to any man, or set of men, who would
^>rove to her certainly, that, by a process not
involving great expense in the production, India
could be made to produce as good cotton as the
United States. She would then lay a discrimi
nating duty on American cotton, and give the
market principally to her own. She feels her
dependence on us for cotton a galling yoke.
That dependence is the principal source of her
late and interested civilitics. She has come
slowly and painfully to the conviction, that to
strive to ^ destroy the fiat of nature's God, who
has oreated a soil and climate in America pecu
liarly suited to this plant, is a worse than use
less effort. Egypt supplies her with consider
able cotton, whioh is so mixed with the fine but
multitudinous sand inseparable from its soil, aB
greatly to deteriorate its quality. The cotton
of India has defects seemingly both of climate
and soil. Tbe inferiority of the Indian and
Egyptian cotton is altogether irremediable.
Brazilian, in process of time, by more skilful
cultivation, might probably be brought tome
what to diminish her consumption of American,
but not to an important extent.
Thus, for at least a century?long enough, i
if we act wisely and continue united, to ac
cumulate unprecedented wealth?the United
States are likely to continue the great cot
ton producers. Including that part of Texas
fitted for the cotton culture, but a small part of
which has yet been employed for that use, the
South has a territorial capacity for producing
cotton equal to five millions of bales per annum.
If the world could be preserved in peace, thirty
years would bring the United States up to that
actual production?a cotton crop equal to about
one hundred and fifty millions of dollars per
annum. But inasmuch as there is too much
reason to believe that but a few years will bring ,
on a general war in Europe, the progress of the
cotton culture must necessarily be affected by
the vicissitudes of Empires and States. It is
quite a mistake to believe, that in the midst of
war the pursuits of industry can thrive as in
the midst of profound general peace. Popula
tion is the great basis of wealth, ordinarily;
even those nations, such as the Romans, who,
in the latter stages of their conquests, behaved
with so much rapacity and injustice, neverthe
less looked to the preservation of the population
and industry of the conquered as the sources of
their own opulence; and often were the arts of
a plundering proconsul exerted in vain to shield
hiaflelf from punishment or contempt, because
of the deep conviction of the Roman people that
the prosperity of the subject provinces was In
timately interwoven with their own. It was
not until wealth overflowed, and corruption
reached its height, that there men could protect
themselves with the spoils they had wrenched
from a groaning people; nor was their immu
nity even then universal. Verres sunk beneath
the eloquence of Cicero; and Pompey and Mar
celluB were sustained by public opinion for
their integrity and pecuniary incorruptibility,
in an age tbe most corrupt that Rome ever ex
perienced.
Still, the culture of cotton will not be more
affected or retarded by war than other branches
of industry. All are in a greater or less degree
seriously injured by it, unless under some pe
culiar circumstances. The arts of peace are
the true arts of industry?the elements in whioh
they assume their greatest animation and prom
ise their most extensive diffusion and improve
ment
If the qualities of our cotton are such as to
cause for it such a pre-eminent demand, what
are the circumstances that are calculated to
diminish its consumption ? Railroads are mul
tiplying to an extent unprecedented in our own
country. England is growing in population,
with the exception of Ireland, which creates but
small consumption of cotton fabrics. Her
wealth also is augmenting rapidly. And there
is nothing that cotton has to fear, if we can
remove all causes of disturbance and discon
tent, north and south, by a cordial union on
those compromises of the Constitution in which
our fathers laid the foundation of our national
greatness, and by a strict adherence to which
we may effectually and gloriously secure it.
We have seen the want of sanity in the idea
that flax can supersede cotton. The intellec
tual complexion of some other agitators, north
as well as south, seems to be of a similar oast
to that of those who have started and pursued
this idea so eagerly. Let us take for example
the Rev. Theodore Parker, who is great at the
Melodeon?great, as has been well said, among
little men. It is only in such circumstances
that he could be reckoned great; whether we
look at his agitations against the compromise, i
A or U,nor of his opinions on most important '
subjects before the question arose relative to 1
this measure, we shall perceive the marks of
an unsound judgment. About a year ago he
mounted the philosophical rostrum, and gin
io views iclutiy? to the origin of ntn. Four
or five years aiuoe, a writer of considerable
talent published a work called "Vestige# of
Creation." The Rev. Theodore Parker found
in this work something so singular, so calcula
ted to excite a stare, so well adapted to hare
him pronounced by shallow minds a deep philo
sopher, would he but advocate these opinions,
that the temptation to his vanity to adopt them
was irresistible. The author of " The Vestiges"
taught that animal existence (of such animals
at least as live on land) began at the lowest
i scale, and gradually, by one change and trans
] formation after another, ascended to the high
est ; bo that man was, actually, at last evolved
from some monkey or ape of the highest class
man being thus himself an improved ape, or
perfected ourang-outang. Were there men of
no sounder intellect than Mr. Theodore Parker,
we think the evidence of his theory would be
incomparably stronger than any derived from
arguments which he has used. These opinions,
so strongly expressive of an unsound mind,'
were proper sequels to some opinions which he
gave to the world in a sermon many years ago,
uinong which the following choioe specimens
may serve to illustrate and adorn him: That
the New Testament was a heterogeneous com
pound of the oracles of God and the opinions
and sayings of men?in which it was not near
ho easy to find out which oame from God and
which from man, as it was to ascertain that
Mr. Theodore Parker was himself, though not
inspired, equal to inspiration, and therefore
there was no need of the latter, or at least no
need of our being certified what its doctrines j
and revelations were. Another of his illumi-1
nations was, that there might be yet a Christ
to come, superior to the Christ who had come? j
both intellectually and morally; acknowledging j
at the same time that Christ who had come was
i great and good; but plainly implying that he
was not as great and good as the Rev. Theodore
Parker could easily conceive a human being
might be.
We would not say, from one learn the charac
ter of all; but there is much of a similar insan
ity, or folly, in these agitators generally, who
are counselling us to act on that wisdom which
is from beneath?" which is earthly, sensual
and devilish"?and not on that which is "from
above; which is first pure, then peaceable,
I gentle, easy to be entreated, full 0f mercy and
of good fruits, Without partiality and without
hypocrisy."
Mb. Kennedy in London.?We learn that
J. C. G. Kennedy, esq., the Superintendent of the
United States Census of 1860, read a paper be
fore the British Association for the Advance
ment of Science, at its 21st meeting, at Ipswich,
on the 13th of July. His subjeft was"?he
Influence of Discoveries in Science and works
of Art, in developing the condition of a people
as indicated by the census of the United States."
The Athenaum, a periodical devoted to English
and foreign literature, science, and the arts
of the date of July 19th, published an extended
sketch of Mr. K.'s able paper.
It was a very candid, and perhaps the most
truthful American speech ever pronounced to
English ears. He drew a faithful picture of
the simple, yet grand and effective, working of
our free institutions, and wonderfully excited
the curiosity and admiration of all who heard
him.
Knowing that he was in the presence of those
who were prejudiced against his county on the
subject of slavery, Mr. K. embraced the occa- j
sion to show the errors under which they la
bored, and that they were imbued with a spirit
of false philanthropy. He exhibited the num
bers of the different races, and reviewed the
proportions of the sexes in each, and the rela
tive increase, and contended from the facts de
veloped that the colored population would rap
idly become extinct if the immediate emancipa
tion of the slaves were to occur. He told these
people, what they had never properly un
derstood, that slavery was a matter of State
jurisdiction, over which the General Govern
ment had no control.
He dwelt on the subject of education also
and stated the gratifying facts that there were
m our schools two and a hatf million* of pupils
and that there was a school fund of thirty mil
lions of dollars ! ,
j Temperance Excursion.?The steamer Sa
loni departed from this city yesterday morning,
at half-past nine o'clock, with about two hun
dred passengers of both sexes and of all ages.
She went down the river some twenty miles
where, at about three o'clock, a squall sprung
up and occasioned some danger and a good deal
of fright. The awnings were torn to pieces,
and general consternation prevailed. Three
young ladies helped the matter by fainting
away, and we regret to state that one of them
who had been in feeble health, did not rally
throughout the evening, but continued to en
dure recurring spasms. The Salem arrived
here safely at half-past six o'clock, and but for
the incidents we have related the excursion
might be pronounoed one of unalloyed pleasure.
Distresrinq Acoidsnt.?Benjamin Frank
lin, aged fifteen years, the eldest son of Mr J
Ashby, L street, Northern Liberties, met with
a most painful injury on Wednesday. Whilst
playing with several companions in the Northern
Liberties Market-house, he climbed above the
meat-hooks, when he lost his hold, and, as he
| fell, one of the hooks passed through his foot.
n this condition he remained suspended until
one of his playmates obtained the aid of a gen
tleman who happened to be near, and by whose
aid he was taken down. Doctors Mclntyre and
Bogan came promptly to his relief, and ren
dered their kind offices to the sufferer. The
latter gentleman has charge of the case, and
the patient so far seems to be doing well.
Auction Sales.?Dyer & M^Guire will to- j
morrow morning sell the household Aumiture of
a gentleman, for the particulars of which see
their advert.sement. They will sell on Monday
at their room9'the "Union
Z*M C"T?* STAT?MA^This is a beau
weokJ* J?urnftI' of the larger class, just
commenced in this city, by Rev. R. R. Qarlft
and Daniel R. Goodloe, and " dedicated to Afri
can colonization and civiliiation, to literature
"id general intelligence."
M?J Fillmore, wife of the Prudent, and her
?on, M P Fillmore, and Mis# Fillmore, are at
B*Uevue House, Newport.
f Fourth District Schools.?The oeremony
I of the distribution of premiums to the success
ful aspirants of the Island school* took place
yesterday afternoon In the spacious lecture
room of tho Smithsonian Institution. The seats
of the room ware nearly filled with the children
of the schools of both sexes, and a number of
attentive and obviously gratified visiters.
Mr. Mayor Lenox opened the business by in
troducing to the assembly the Rev. Mr. Caro
thers, who thereupon delivered an address to
the pupils, in which they were apprized of the
expectations of their country from them in a
sedulous cultivation of their intellectual and
moral powers. He took a comprehensive sur
vey of what the country had been, is, and is
likely to be; expatiated ou the value of the
Union, and denounced all who, in deed, word,
or thought, contemplate its overthrow. He also
dwelt on the exertions made by the people of
Washington to come up to their duty in the
great matter of extending universal education.
Beverly Randolph, esq., of the Board of
Trustees, then explained the principles which
the Trustees had determined to act upon in the
distribution of the honors and rewards they had
met to confer. The first honor was for the
greatest proficiency in intellectual acquisition;
the second, if indeed secondary, for moral su
periority ; the third, for punctuality in attend
ance, a feature indispensable to scholastio suc
cess. Under the general head of intellectual
proficiency, the premiums would be distributed
in reference, first, to excellence in roading, then
in the order of succession to orthography, pen
manship, arithmetic, grammar, history, and
^ Mh^Lenox then distributed the silver medals,
as follows:
The medal for the male department or tne
Fourth District School, under charge of Mr.
Thompson, was adjudged to Master Robert L.
^The medal to the first pupil in the female
department, under Mrs. Hinton, "was adjudged
to Miss Adelaide Harris.
Mrs. Hinton also awarded a silver medal to
Miss Adeline Kinsey. .
The medal to the first pupil in Male Primary,
under Rev. William T. Eva, was adjudged to
Robert Cross.
The medal to the first pupil in the Second
Primary, under Miss Anderson, was adjudged
to James West.
The medal to the first pupil in the Third
Primary, under Miss Middleton, was adjudged
to Emma Preuss.
The medal to the first pupil in the iourth
Primary, under Miss Margaret Milburn, was
adjudged to William Tucker.
Besides the above, about one hundred of the
children were presented with a handsomely em
bellished diploma.
We observed present Messrs. Abbott, Hali
day, Pearson, Adams, of the Board of Trustees,
with the Secretary, the Rev. Charles A. Davis.
Thomas Ritchie, esq., late editor of the Union,
honored the company with his presence. Dur
ing the proceedings the pupils of Mrs. Hinton's
female department sung an appropriate vaca
tion song in good style.
Succeeding the distribution of the premiums,
interchanges of tokens of regard were made by
teachers and friends of pupils to pupils, and by
pupils to their teachers, all exhibiting com
mendable feeling and deep mutual interest.
The Mayor made some excellent remarks, in
the course of which he stated that two friends
of the schools had authorized him to say that
next year they would give a silver cup to each
of the four Distriot Schools, to be the property
of the pupil in each that shall by actual exami
nation and strict scrutiny, intellectually and
morally, prove himself best entitled to it. The
i Mayor then called out Mr. Ritchie, who made
a very acceptable address.
Mr. Randolph closed the whole by some en
thusiastic rt/narks, urging the Island youth to
such exertion as should prove them next year
to be the " Banner Schools" of the city.?Intel.
In addition to the above interesting enumera
tion of the marks of honor distributed yester
I day evening, we learn that two beautiful medals
were presented by Mr. P. M. Pearson (a trus
tee of the Island schools) to Henry W. \ ates, of
the male department, and Miss Mary Ann Lee,
of the female department. These medals were
offered by Mr. P. at the beginning of the pre
sent year, to " the most meritorious pupil," in
cluding punctuality, deportment, &c. In pre
senting the medals, Mr. P. addressed the pupils
in very apposite terms. Also in the course of
the evening, a handsome gold pen with pencil
was presented by Master James A. Wise, on
the part of the first and second classes, to
their teacher, Mr. J. E. Thompson, as a token
of esteem and appreciation of his past labors.
Young Wise delivered in fine style the accom
panying address, which was appropriately re
sponded to by the teacher, who stated that he
should esteem highly this parting gift of his
young friends. .
The Criminal Court has done nothing to-.
day. The jury in the Day case are yet in duress. J
The Intelligencer says that a material error
occurred in its report of Wednesday morning.
The error consisted in stating that the court
replied in the affirmative to a message from the
I jury asking whother they could change their
recommendation to Executive clemency, instead
of a commutation of punishment. The court
declined any answer at all.
The present term will probably conclude on
Monday, when the jury will be discharged
without agreeing on a verdict.
The Northern Liberties Market looked
fine this morning. Every thing was abundant
and at fair prices.
Economy should be practised by all, rich and
poor. Never pay a fip or a dime a week for a
paper if you can borrow it from your neighbor.
He can read it after you have, if it is not torn
or lost. To be sure, we often lose a subscriber
who does not like to pay for a paper for the use
of his neighbors; but that is nothing?editors
get rich too fast any how.
No. 17 of Hardy'? NoUt on New Mexico will
be found on our first page, and will well repay
the time given to its perusal.
Jenny Lind has gone to Brooklyn, where, it
is said, she will remain, to get rid of the thou
sand annoyances by which she is constantly be
set. ?Penntylvan inn.
Happy woman! Only a thousand, and they
such as can be got rid of by going to Brooklyn!
Thrice happy Brooklyn 1
Cretinism has been discovered in Somerset
shire. In the land-locked village of Chisele
brough, with four hundred inhabitants, there
are four-and-twenty of these dwarfed, swollen,
idiotic victims of mental and bodily disease.
Cretin, according to Webster, is a name given
to certain deformed and helpless idiots in the
valleys of the Alps.
Laror Tomators.?The editor of the West
minster Democrat acknowledges the present of
a tomato, whioh weighed one pound Ave and a
half ounces
Mbdioai Dbpaetxbxt of thb Gbobgbtowh
Collbqb.?We have received the annual circu
lar of this newly organized Medical school. Its
first series of lectures has proved very satis
factory, and its position before the public is
exceedingly favorable. The second oourse will
commence on the first Monday In November
next, and continue until the latter part of March,
the circular says:
"The Faculty take great pleasure in being
able to state that the success which has already
attended their endeavors has been highly gra
tifying, and such as to warrant their most san
guine anticipations of the permanent prosperity
of the institution.
" The attractions offered to the Btudent by
the situation of the college at the Beat of gov
ernment are obvious and important. Besides,
advantages, unconnected with the prosecution
of medical studies, to be derived from a winter
residence in Washington, there are numerous
opportunities offered for the cultivation of dif
ferent branches of natural science. In the
large and beautiful museums of the United
States Exploring Expedition and National In
stitute are to be found extensive and well
arranged cabinets of minerals, of botanical and
geological specimens, and large collections illus
trating the various branches of natural history;
while the botanical gardens are filled with ex
otio plants, among which are many of those oc
cupying a place in the materia modica. Lec
tures are also delivered throughout the winter
at the Smithsonian Institution, on literary and
scientific subjects, by persons who are the most
eminent for learning in the country. In the
Library of Congress is a vast collection of
works in literature and science, including many
valuable in medicine.
44 To all of the above-mentioned places ao
cess can be had at all times, gratuitously."
44 Tub Pbesidbnt's Lady."?The Providence
Journal takes exceptions to this phrase, and
says:
1 Mr. Fillmore is a lawfully married man, of j
excellent character and unimpeachable morals,
and why the papers persist in calling Mrs. Fill
more the 4 President's lady,' instead of giving
her the honorable name of the 4 President's
wife,' we cannot imagine. The same incivility
was practised towards Mrs. Polk, and we called
| attention to it at the time."
Thb Execution to-day.?We quote the fol
lowing singular and melancholy statement from
the Baltimore American of this morning. We
believe that justice will never be accomplished,
nor the community rendered secure from out
rage, until the present sanguinary laws are
repealed, and greater certainty of punishment
thus secured. The voice of humanity is every
where crying out against the death penalty.
The negro Amos Green.?This unfortunate
man, who is to be hung to-day at Ellicott's
Mills, for the commission of a rape upon the
person of Mrs. Pepee, was removed last night
from our jail, where he has been kept since his
reprieve by the Governor, to the Mills. Green
has lately reiterated to the Rev. Mr. Carter, of
Howard District, the Rev. Mr. Slicer, of this
city, and to a number of other persons, his
statement in regard to his connexion with Mrs.
Pepee. His statement in no degree differs from
what he has all along asserted, except in its
being made under circumstances of more so
lemnity, and in view of the inevitable fate which
awaits him.
Green most solemnly denies the commission
of anything like the crime of rape, whilst ad-1
mitting his intimacy and connexion with Mrs.
Pepee. His revelations in regard to this wo
man, if they could be supported by any proof,
-would Bhow her to be a most abandoned and
influnous character. The general feeling here,
among the many who have conversed with Green
and heard his statements, is decidedly in his
favor. During his imprisonment here he has
received the pious attentions of both the rever
end gentlemen named above, and it is believed
is prepared to meet his fate in a proper frame
of mind. His confession, or statement, has
been put in writing, but it has been judged best,
by those to whom he has committed the control
of his affairs, to withhold it from publication.
Judges in Balitmobb.?The Democratic Ju
dicial Nominating Convention of Baltimore met
last night. John C. Legrand was unanimously
nominated for Judge of the Court of Appeals;
Wm. L. Marshall, Judge of the Court of Com
mon Pleas ; Wm. Frick, Judge of the Superior
Court; Henry Stump, Judge of the Criminal
Court. Lambert S. Norwood was nominated
for Clerk of the .Court of Common Pleas ; Ed
ward Dowling, Clerk of the Superior Court;
Thomas H. Moore, Clerk of the Criminal Court.
The Convention then at midnight adjourned
until 8 o'clock to-night.
Envious.?The Baltimore Argut speaks of
Charles W. Cutter, the Navy Agent at Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, who is said to have
"absquatulated with a considerable sum of
Uncle Sam's money," as a 44 Whig Swartwout
| er," just as if his party is entitled to all such
gentlemen. He will see before long that no
such thing can be allowed. 44 Down with mo
nopoly" is the cry!
Col. G. W. Hughes.?The Baltimore Argus,
in noticing the resignation of this gentleman,
says: 44 Col. Hughes is a brave and aocom
plished officer, and will adorn the walks of pri
vate life With as much grace as he has proven
himself to be an ornament of our national
army."
Review of the Northern Markets for
yesterday.
OJflot nf the American TrUffraph, Aug. 8.
Bai.timou, Aug. 7.?The floor market is doll. Helm of
400 barrels Howard street brand* at $4. Bye flour $3.66.
Oorn meal $2.87<?)$3.
Bale* of red wheat at 78@8Sc.; white 82<?86. Hale* of
yellow corn at 68@A0c.; white 62@03c. Oat* 28@80r.
Rye 03@Mo.
The proYlilon market continue* firm, fairs of 220
hhds. heron sides at and 20,000 It*, clear at
shoulder* 7% ham* 9%<3)llc. Lard In barrel*
sale* of 200 kegs at 11c.
Whisky 23o. In hhds., and 24 In barrels.
Philadelphia, Aug. 7, 6 p. m.?V 8 6't, 1807, 114J4
Pennsylvania &'*, 88)^.
Flour has decllnod. Sale* of State brands at |4. Rye
flour $8.37 J^. Oorn meal $2.87 Vi
Sales of new southern red wheat at 86@88c., and white
at 94@98c. Rye 74c. Sales of mixed corn at 68<$02c.,
and yellow at 04c. New southern oat* 20c., Penna. 34c.
Nsw Yoke, Aug. 7, fl p. m.?Stocks are more active,
| with an upward tendency. Canton Company has ad
vanced %, Erie Railroad and Morris Canal
Flour U steady, with a fair demand. Sales of 12,000
bhls. at $3.94?$4 for State brands; $4.0<% for Ohio; $4?
$4.12^ frr Oeneeee; and $4.18%@$4.37>^ for southern.
Rye flour $3.60. Corn meal $2.81(to$3.12^.
Sales of 7000 bushels prime white wheat at 87o. Sales
of 20,000 bushels of norn at 67c. for mixed, and f>8o. fur
yellow. Rya 7i>o.
DIED,
On Wednesday, between the hour* of 7 and 8 o'clock,
MARY FRANCES, only daughter of B. Bibch, In the 18th
year of her age.
On Friday morning, August 8th, MARY WHITE,
elde*t daughter of M. It. and Susah B. Stkphins, aged 8
year*, 9 months, and 10 day*.
The fktneral will take plane from the residence of Mrs.
Adams, Pennsylvania avenue, to-morrow, (Saturday,) at
10 o'clock. The friend* and relatives of the family are
Invited to attend.
WANTED?FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, for six
or twelve months; for which good security cm
ho given. Address D. V. through the City Poat Office.
au 8?lt? ___
COIM HBAL. OtU, Rfe.Cho|i, Shorts,
BRAN, CUT HAY, Ac., can be purchased a* cheap
and fresh u they can be obtained at the will, by calling
at LEE'B Feed Store,
an 8?lw lath street, near the Oanal.
SOUK wAITBD.-'Wfiwtod,In a private fcmllv
froiu the North, a white girl or woman a* COOK,
it understands the business, aud can noine well reooiu
mended. Apply In Missouri avenue, six doors east of
4% street. au 8?2t*
MRS. ESTHER MOFFETT, 7th strwt,
opposite Odd-fellows' Hall, has received to-day au
assortment of Ladies' Cuff-pins, Jenny Lind Kar-rings,
Velvet Ribands, Elastic Sleeve-con fin era, U nder-sleeves,
Ac. Also, English knit Suspenders, Moliair Stocks, white
andoolored Shirts, two rich China tea sets for children.
Hampton's Vegetable Tincture kept constantly for
sale. au 4?tr
~~ WASHING FLUID
North american electric washing fluid.
J ust received, direct from the manufacturers, an
other supply of this wonder-working Fluid, in bottles and
on draught. Price 26 cents a bottle, or 12% cents per
quart. Also just received this day, 26 jars of new crop
PRUNES, of superior quality, on consignment, which
will be sold cheap, to close, by JAS. T. LLOYD,
au 8?tr _ Pa. av., 3 doors east of 10th st
COUNTRY BOARD*?After the seventh instant,
there will be two or threo vacant Rooms at the Cot
ae, eight miles from Washington. Those in want of
Ight&l Country Boarding, may procure it by applying
to J. F. CALLAN,
au 7?2t Corner of E and 7th streets.
T<y^hIOPIAN, MINSTRELS can be supplied
JLi with every variety of Instruments, such as Banjos,
Accordeons, Tambourines, Bone Castinets, Strings, Flutes,
if Inatour J,audB furnished out complete, at
prices to suit, at HILBUS'S Mudp Depot,
._ jouth side l'a. av., next tJcor. loth st.
A BKRNETHY S Family Physician, a
?f ?M'?
imI^wr0Pch0b^; "? 0ri?ln> Cu? and Prevention: with
^ 'ns'rucUonsto every person keeping a dog;
by William Osborne, Chemist. Price 25 cents.
r,, R_ T1 , TAYLOR A MAURY,
au ^ Booksellers, Pa. av, near 9th st.
District of Columbia, V
County of Washington, to wit : J
T MtKRE1?Y CE.RTI* Y that Alexander Johnson, of the
A city and county of Washington, brought beforo mo
n on h,s enclosure in said city, a
light Brfndlo COW, white face, slit in the right ear and
two hind feet and tail tipped with white, young and 'with
Given under my hand and seal this 4th day of August
1851. THOMAS C. DONN, J. 1\ [ffi '
w^erner ?f th1 above bribed Cow will come for
ward, prove property, pay charges, and take her away
FOR SALE OR RENT.
FOB BENT,
A CONSENT TWO-STORY BRICR DWELUNG
situated on I street north, between 10th and 11th'
f f3 new ^Pets on three of the
floors, which are for sale. Possession given immediately
- 044 POLLARD WEBB,
au 7?3t* north side Pa. av., bet. 4^ A flth sts.
HOUSE AND LOT FOB SALE,
Situated on 6th street Wat, between N and O
gtreets North.
a iwfw,t?ry ftwe, containing four
,w'th a K?od kitchen, fourteen feet front, and
iwenty-eight foot deep. The lot is twenty-soven feet front i
Th? r h1*?* m deeP" 1,t w111 1x3 Hold as a bargain.
The title indisputable. Inquire at this office
an 7?3t*?
F?Si^WT~:A c?mmodi<m8 ST0R? on the south
stn-etsAll! f, aVe?u\U)tw,'cn ?th and 10th
streets. Also furnished rooms in the same building in- I
qUa"^o!?l8^ ' at her Millinery store op^siti 1
OABDEN FARM FOB sat.h
W Si GARMVa *ma11 ftnd ^"Utl
I * ' GARDEN FARM, situated on the rivor turn
Ej?? ?Te niiles from Washington city, four miles from
Georgetown, and one mile from Tenallytown, adjoining
the forms of Mr. N. Beall aud Mr. N. Loughborough On
i.nn'L * ntW. "!nd convenlent two-story frame dwell- I
ing-house, containing seven rooms, a barn and stahle
and a stone milk-house, nearly finished, together with an
J*?"*1)' spring of water about one hundred yards from
the dwelling. For terms, Ac., apply to
25_Mt?,? JOSEPH HOWARD,
jy 25?FATutf cor, of F and 10th sts.
VTR^CoS.!ho?? r REM(3VAi-BABGAIN8!
hm Mor. l? t "Vthre. ,?S^Si I
which due notice will be giveu hereafter,) on Sixth street,
near the corner of Louisiana avenue, in the house at
present occupied by Mrs. Choate. B
Her stock of gowis will be run off at BARGAINS du
ring the present and following week, to facilitate the
U Wment- MHlT" wanting bargains willdo weD
wj can atner Millinery and Fancy Store.
au tf 7th rtreetj ab0Te n
NOTICE.
A 0F ,TIIE COPARTNERSHIP of I
XX Kewide A Vanderwerken, of the " Union Line" ol
flSm ,Ul"!n^7iMUt 40 U1C pl#ct'' aU Persons having '
,i~ against said firm are hereby notified to present I
the same to Robert Ould, esq., Georgetown, D. C., without I
auy'6?St REESIDE A VANDERWERKEN.
MNEW DBY G00D8.
CALVERT, Pennsylvania avenue,
between 8th and 9th streets, have just received a
Ir?nnnSUP,P y ,"?**ona,,le DUY OOODS, which they will
run off at very low prices. Their stock Is large and as
sortment complete.
8EIDLITZ POWDEBS
500 ^?*ES 8KIDWT7- POWDERS, put up in the
r t ? ^e,t n^nner and prepared from the most ner
feet materials, for sale at H. H. WOODRUFF'S
Price 25 cents pZ'gJ*?' ^ ?f F and llth ?"?
Also for sale by the Rev. A. Gray. Bookseller 7ih .?
opposite Odd-Fellows' Hall. T' j
V?(,?Tmi^?PrMABYLAin) LAND AGENCY
fT N. GILBERT_ha? opened an office in Washington
?ll th* * m0,1? r,1" K'T? hl" prompt attention to
all those who wiil favor him with tho agency to sell faints i
foll-!w'ld'f?nn(lnry hnd'(?ith,! Dl"trtctof''Olumliia. Having
Mrrt. K K heretofore, and being a northerner bv
thi^NorOi f*? *,)PrecUte ?ant* of such as come from
itv IU hM ?h^" purp0? ,!0Ca"ng farm? ln this vicin
n VlrJlnL .n l JE*nCT r*'" a Koodl7 number of farms
well to can' v"f ' ?*" CTm n? tr"m North would do
svl vanU J i purchasing, at his residence on Penn
may ?^Iy "2m "<,UAr8 WMt ?f the CapiU>l Uatfl
no ^V" BILLY HIBBABD'S PILLS,
5 i ^,.<!e,T ^,lfb,rmU"d for Billons afTections; Dr. Stlck
Uver ?ff?t7^r ^ \ v '',Mi f,,T -""l
uver affections, and Female comiilaints' Wriirht's In
dian vegetable Pills, and Hurt's Pills, for sole by ' "
... A. ORA V, Bookseller,
.. . , , ''n St., opposite Odd Fellows' Hall
j?ffr rn ' Vr " " WOODRUFF, Druggist,'
if?-*0 ?.r of F and llth sts
?J eratlonl n extended the flel.l of his op
more ground than any daguerreo
ypist in the country. Ills Galleries may l>e fhund on
?7 uiuZrVrtCr' ^,7^ 4 ^ *n'1 01,1 "trwt": N"
His beautiful and highly flnlshe.1 eleetro-Daguerreo
types are an extraordinary improvement imnirinJ (uiti r 1
and highly finished liken,Us^aTew 6,11,10,1
J. H. W. calls the attention of the public generally to
.7an y,fUrnlshfld 0all"7 OT"r '*ane and Tucked
given W ? * exhibition of pictures will be
M^?Wlih.lUndln,r .U"! unu""al competition In Dagnerre
WM^^rtid Of the Mary (and Institute, he
wim Awarded the flrat modal by th?? judge*.
cases attended to^er^ dwr,Ptlon
-?? ? 1 .1 - ?P ??>?domo
NEW GBOCEBY 8T0BE,
10orner of Ma**achu*ett? Avenue and 12th itrert
!f W^RlBKR informs the ritisens
?(,.'? 'in,n Rn<1 adjacent country that he
RIES "non^Sr^ a larK" "nd fresh assortment ofGROCE
UlfcS, consisting. In part, as follows, vir. ? "
UonTand finesf flavors; Mnca*Jkta, R^io"and^V^^fw
foe; Snerm. Adamantine,an.l Tallow Candles J'
SSS1 steSnffij1
holfl ta bl" ** >ow as any
? r'ly> having reference to quality.
rf,' he ?'?r,^ularly Invites them to
6 S'Sli, S ;i-c *?" p
He solicits a call from all.
. cheap oorner of Massachusetts avenue
j M^tf E.W.HALL.
ANTHEM BOOK.
A FEW copies of " DYER'S ANTIIEM BOOK," (now
out of print,) just received, and for sale by
- - - A GRAY,
Jum 2?tf 7U? ftTMt, opposiU Odd-Fellows' lla.ll.
AUCTION SALES.
_ ? Bt DYER ft MoGUIBX,
. *I< U??(?h?l4 FnruHnr* of a
VJ rriYtte FtniH)r.-4>D Saturday morning,
August Wh, at 10 o'clock, we shall *,11 at the residence
Of Col. J. 11. K?U>b, on I itMet, betwoeu 10th and 11th
streets, bis furniture and household affocU, which are
entirely new, (hairing been la ujw only two month*.) W?
utuiie in part?
Rosewood six-octave Cabinet Piano
dp. pluah covered Piano Stool
Marble top Centre Table, new pattern
Mahogany 1 tulle*' Work Table, Ottoiuana
Maple cane-neat Chairs and Hookers
WaJuut Dining Table, Oiraudoles
Unen Window Shades, cottage Bedsteads
Mahogany dressing Bureaus and Washstands
Towel Hacks, cotton and hair Mattresses
Parlor, dining room, and chamber Carpets
Stair Carpeting and Oilcloth, llat H&ok
Crockery and Class Ware, Refrigerator
An excellent Cooking Stove
Together with a good assortment of Kitchen Requi
sites, all of which arc in perfect order.
Also, a small lot of Family Stares, vis: barrel of crushed
Sugar, barrel of Flour, Ac.
Terms: All sums of and under $30, cash; oyer $30, a
credit of two and four months, for notes satisfactorily en
dorsed, bearing Interest.
N. 11. The Dwelling, which is of brick, and very desi
rable for a small family, is tor rent.
au 8?It DYER A McQUlRE, Auctioneers.
WANTS.
A Se?'"Trprefe^??m"te^to^t^n"dt HT"'
family, will finds good situation by applying at the Drug
Store, corner of E and Seventh streets. g
"U 7-tf ? J. F. CALLAN.
TI^AKTBD-A situation as CHAMBERMAID. The
nDl* aPPiica.nt has had much experience in that ca
J!!^n^tr. && lw A-at the Union Hotel,
on C street, between and 8th streets. jy 30
WAKTED a COLORED WOMAfT-^TdTlho
TT housework of a small family. A slave worn.?
preferred. Apply at this offloe. * Jy ^2?
"VirANTKD?to purchase or hire, for a term nf
JV COLORED WOMAN, from 20 to 36 ^ears
M ?f A. OLADMAN;
? co^of 9th and M streets.
Another Important Dlscovervl
About five hundred ladies and gentlemen, between 7?nrf
10 o clock yesterday morning, discovernd thut r F ^ aod
sells the Lst Soda Wat.r gi'n t^^ct or Cofomb.a
"jy ;]g!L 86 r ??me anJ get hifl flvo hundred."
MATCHES.?Anxious to reduce^ur^tock of
Matches, we will sell a few gross of them very
cneap.Apply immediately to J. K. CALLAN
au corner B and 7 th streets.
SKGARS AND TOBACCO. ?Smokers and
chewers can find a variety of superior brands both of
aegars and lobaoco at the corner of E and 7th streets
au6~ - J- F. CALLAN.
IarK? assortment of Sponges for sale
at the Drug Store, corner of E and 7th street, by
J. F. CALLAN.
x?sz?f;?s!?i
nj?'4r rlc'
_J^ine li?-eotf 7th street, opposite Odd-Fellows' Ilall.
DnwOT^011', Ch?wers and Smokers !
OWNER S popular Clgur and Tobacco stand is well
ai? ..sa A zx sss?
^i"SirirS5 wffta. tsj
of"^*Sh2" onh"
_jy tAug!4 8th st? near the Gen. Post Off'ce
re^sa-ja
iviuggoia, u. o. .Navy: Embracing suryeyg of the Par*],
tones, entrance to the bay of San Francisco, bays of Sn
Francisco and San Pablo, straits of Carqulnes and Suisun
bay, confluence and deltic brancbesof the Sacramento and
San Joaquin rivers, including the cities of Cton ami
Sacramento, State ofCaiifornil Price $10 a set
For sale in Washington city by *
TAYLOR A MAURY,
- J7 , Booksellers, near 9th st.
A NEW IMPROVEMENT
FFor Pitting up Stores with Fancy Fronts
E. GEIGER, Builder and Architect, would resDect
? f"l'y infonn his friends and the public in general
up Store, and build FancfFronto
a^nte The IZ^' >lmHbr!lCin? ,'lU the improre
? nwl k can be done without stopping the busi.
ness while the work is going on. B '
Wie|ntalJ?.Erepye? !? d0 1111 Wnda of "ork in the build
terms A huj shortest notice and on the most reasonable
.ttZied l entrusted to his care will be promptly
_^glneM on D atreet> between 9th and 10th.
w1, printers'Jo iner.
\Vr ,r Cabinet-maker, Carpenter, and Prin
J Jr t?rs Furniture-make", can be found hv inmiWn?
atNOELL A BOYD'S Venetian Blind Manuf^tor^ Pe" ^
side aTenU#' betWeen 0th streets' so?th
- jy81?jBbi
TViSK A MA CRT, Boolt sellers and
stet, hav^^nsLn'tlyr^Lra ftT^o.Cnt^f
PAPER nf??K8' "M?* PKWTWK, L3
Junf'^tV7 y' for 8jUo at New York Prices.
EPISCOPAL Prayer-books,- ~
Catholic Prayer-books.
Methodist Ilymn-books
Unitarian Hymn-books.
Presbyterian Ilymn-books.
Baptist Ilymn-books. In every variety.
For sale at the published price, by
Tn_n ,)S ? TAYLOR A MAURY,
June 28?tf Booksellers, near 9th street.
ALL.?.f Iia.rPer * Brothers' PublicaUons~
All of Appleton's Publications.
^.i,of P"tnRm'?l Publications,
the,^ttlBSUtens,'Ik,'ton; Md 411 Polished in
For sale at the publishers' prices by
June 28?tf nTAl.YV9R 4 MAURY,
?June ^8?tf Booksellers, near 9th st.
13 ULED LETTER PAPER at $1 26 a ream. "
Small w/apprng^C'r^t'K * KrOWI
J?n??o^r,at ? w ,0 TAYWR 4 MAURY'S
June 28?tf Book and SUUonery store, near 9th st.
PIAW08! PIANOS!
new AND SECOND-HAND PIANOS
always on hand, for sale and to rent on
1 afln ?t the Piano Store, on
v T,,,o " J5h rtrpet, above F street.
New MUSIC STOOLS for sale.
jr I?d3m? F O. RETCHENBACH.
TO THE PUBLIC. '
JAp?SqM ' t 00N,NKR' proprietor of the CITY EX
I RE88, l?gs leave to Inform the public thai he
suil continues to run his EXPRESS WAGON to Geor?^
town dally, at 2 o'clock In the afternoon. He will aEo
convey baggage to and from the Oars, and to any art of
the city, at moderate charges. Me hones bvntrirt .it..!
tlon to his business, and the prompt and 'faithful deliver*
of aH articles committed to his keeping, to merit a liher3
share of the patronage of the publlo.
Orders loft with Mr. Lewis F. Perry, at Clagett A Dod
t*"1 wi1 rnD*y'T*nl* avenue, near 9th street, will heat
tended to with promptness and fidelity. [ M, 2 tf
COAL! COAL! COAL'
lV?Vx)vVrf,R TIMK 10 ,fty ln your Coal. W. T.
fowTrt ?" 2? fr,?m "lat" a,,,, other Impurities, at the'
lowest cash prices, from his. yards on the canal in the
rear of the late Gen. Van Ness's, or on Pennsvlranlti ave
18th First Ward.
He"d ln your onlen'
I,__ . NEW WORKS. ~
IPE AND TLMKS of John ?alvln, by Paul Henry,
Stehblni, D. ir*11 fW>m th8 ('ern,a,>' by Honry
Christ's Second Coming: Will It be Pre-Mlllennialf By
R?v. David Brown, A. M.
Young Man's Counsellor, by Rev. Danlol Wise, A. M.
History of the Republic of Liberia.
a.ristlan Purity, by Rev. R. 8. Foster-Introduction
by Illshop Janes.
Adams Women of the Bible.
The Young Governess?a Tale.
Kor sale by A. GRAY, 7th street,
jy 2i?eo opposite Odd-fellows' Hall.
PURE IRISH LINEN AND LINEN GOODS
GENERALLY.
WE would call particular attention to our stock of
l.lncns, suitable for shirtings; also for Worn*
anu collars; which we warrant, to be pure and free from
any mixture of cotton. Also, table damasks, all width?
brown and bleachedI, with napkins, linen .h^tlng^M rk
abai'ks, diapers, and toweling goods generally
xr nats K"Lft7..r.r"?
Jr Ift-edlm .. a- W- YKRBY,
- " Pa. av., l>et. 7th and 8th sts.
1(lfl. ? roofing tin, Ae.
T,n? ^?e1 Rooflnn Plate, 14 m 20. Bright,
lIHA. 1 " rU. K aDd Bllr Tin; Hheet
l-a-l, Pipe; Pig and Bar Load;.
Hrar.ier s and Sheathing Copper; Bolts /
Zinc; Spelter, Ac., Ac. For sale by '
I* o. CAMPBELL A 00YI.K,
J j 8-6w? filgn of (lie Anrii, p?iu?. ar?nue.