AMERICAN TELEGRAPH WASIUNOTOM I THUIUSDA Y 'AFTERNOON, AUGUST 2g. The Uuciti of Virginia. The journey of the President of the United Htatea through Virginia?or the journeys ire should say?have been very pleasant, aa is evi denced by the accounts published in the various newspapers of that State, and of the country at large, but especially the amiable and spirited organ of the Government at Washington, the Republic. That Old Virginia would give to Mr. Fillmore a warm, hearty, hospitable reception, we well knew; and that he, by nil the ameni ties of the' true gentleman, would prove a most agreeable and welcome, a* well ?s honored guest, was also well known. It was foitunnte, too, that he was enabled to travel in the com pany and under the guardianship of that moBt excellent and highly esteemed personage, the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Alexander II. H. Stuart. These eventful and agreeable jaunts have no donbt been interesting to the traveling party, and, indeed, somewhat edifying to the fest of mankind. General Scott had just in vaded and conquered?if they would only stay so?the States of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and was menacing other important territories of the Union, bat had, unfortunately for himself, ac quired too much of the good-will of the friendu of Mir. Seward; Mr. Webster had "used up" all his political hopes in both New l'ork and Virginia; Mr. Clay was presumed to have gone to sleep forever; and Mr. Stuart, by a long ooWse of careftjl cherishing, had got on seem ingly excellent terms with the citizens of Vir ginia, among whom he knew "no Whigs?no Democrats." How auspicious, then, was the moment for Mr. Fillmore! He had but to Show himself in the companionship of Mr. Stuart?to tell the people that they two were great friends; that both disclaimed alike all knowledge of two such parties as Whigs and Democrats; that both were " sound upon the slavery question," would not permit an Aboli tionist or a Seceder to remain in office, and all that sort of thing. But how little Mr. Fillmore seems to know about the use Mr. Stuart is making of him. Mr. S. has much to gain in Virginia, but Mr. Fillmore nothing. Eveu ?< Jack" Hale?clever, good-hearted soul that lie is!??would be kindly received at every door step in the Old Dominion. His horse Vould be put carefully away, rubbed down, and fed with corn, while Jack would be blandly welcomed to the best apartments in the house. If Jack were to praise what he saw, the people would praise him and bis home; and when parting from him at the road gate, they would press his hand Warmly, and from their hearts wiBh him a pleasant journey. But would they vote for him? Not a living soul of thcml Kindness, hospitality, and good-will are, aa we well know, primary virtues in the old State; but voting against conscience and interest is not a weak ness there. Whether the pretty little game played by Mr. Stuart will make him as power ful a man in Virginia as he promises himself to be, is a problem for the future to solve; but if the Democracy of Western Virginia do not stand up for him and "Tom" Haymond, it iB harder to buy them up than these gentlemen have deemed it As for the Whigs, it is taken for granted that these poor fellows belong to their "great leaders" already, and of course have nothing to expect from them. Indeed they have been pretty clearly given to under stand that after oertain gentlemen had been elevated in the world and in their own concep tions of themselves, the ladder on which they had ascended was of no further utility?or that if the Whig party should ever be needed again, it would come when whistled for 1 Thi Wiiliam Skldkn.?A trial-trip was yes terday made by this new steamer, just com pleted by Captain George Page. She made the distance from her wharf, foot of Seventh street, to Alexandria, in twenty-one minutes, and re turned in twenty-four minutes against a strong tide, with twenty-eight pounds of Bteam. Her engine and machinery worked admirably. The new boat being built at Captain Page's ?hip-yard has not yet received a name. She will be launched about the middle of September, all ready for active service, machinery aboard, steam up, and all complete! She is in length one hundred and twenty feet, beam fourteen feet, hold five feet, and of about ninety tons burden. She is to be built and owned, as hAs heretofore been stated, by the workmen of the yard, leaving to Mr. Page only so much pro prietorship in her as the men shall fail to make up of her whole cost. Her proprietors intend her for a river pleasure-boat, occasionally for a ferry boat, or for any other purposes which the Wants ef the oommunity may suggest. The keel is now ready of still another boat, but of much larger dimensions than any we have had occasion to describe. She is to be two hundred and fifty feet long, thirty-four beam, and nine hold, and will be equal to about nine hundred tons! We believe she is intended for the Washington and Aquia Creek i?u?. In models, materials, and workmanship, the boats built by Capt. Page are highly admired, and reflect great credit on the skill and enter prise of our city. Hoi/ss SiavAMTS are always in demand ii Washington. We have now a very large fre< negro population, in general idle, profligate dishonest, lazy and thriftless. Able, somehow to live without work, they are indifferent about going into service, make their own bargains and keep them in their own way. Competitioi with them also injures the white servants, low en their just pride and renders them careless a reputation. It has been suggested, as a meani of correcting the evil, that all persons requirinj domestic " helps" should agree to receive n one without a certificate from the last employer but ws do not think this would effect mur. good. Our country is very free, and peopl will do aa they please; and, besides, the sei ?ante of one year are not nnfirequently th mastere and mistresses of the next. We thin! saaet that can be done?and it ought to b ?is to canse the laws relating to vagrant and paupers to be rigidly enforced. All personi living without visible means of support, mail 1 SfkS ** att?>ded to by the po neighborhoods about th? - ^ b* overhauled monthly at least Boats ado Boat-building. ? Wo yesterday evening paid a visit to the ship-yard of Mr. Lambell, where ww saw the prettiest specimen of a canal boat we have ever looked upon. The last touch had just been given to her, and she sat upon the waters so gracefully that we oould hardly believe her destined for the ordinary uses of a boat of burden. ^ et such she is, though possessing a neat cabin and flue accom modation for a number of passengers. Her bull is painted a handsome drab, and her house white. She is eighty-live feet in length, four teen lu width, four feet deep from her guards down, and is capable of carrying from eight huudred to nine hundred barrels. She is made of the best of materials, and in every point gives evidence of skillful workmanship and libera I expenditure. We understand her price to be $1,500. She has been built to the order of Messrs. Smart & Bentley, two of the most en terprising, sagacious and successful millers and produce-dealers within a dozen counties around us. Their establishment is on the canal, about forty miles from Georgetown, and thence and back to the Distriot will be the future limits of lier career. Mr. Lambell once gave the name of John P. Smart to a fine little schooner now in use in Mexico, and which has ever been at tended with a run of luck almost unprecedented; and in return for that compliment this new boat I has been called the K. H. Lambell. She is to be commanded by Gapt. Samuel Smart. I We noticed at Mr. Lambell's yard that he liad up for repairs the schooner Pennsylvania, of St. Mary'a county, commanded (and owned we believe) by Captain A bell. This craft will undergo thorough repairs, at an expense of probably $300 or $400. The facilities at this establishment for executing such work are of the beBt kinds ; the railway upon which vessels are drawn up is well constructed also, and con venient. We learn upon inquiry that Mr. Lambell is about to give up this establishment and with draw from the business, to give his whole at tention to the other pursuits in which he has been so long engaged; but when it is known that Mr. Thomas D. Allen, his most worthy and skillful foreman, is to succeed him, we have a good assurance that many a handsome and perfect specimen of workmanship is des tined to glide from his hands into the crystal current of the Potomac. Occupation or Washington by the British. Thirty-seven years ago, on Monday last, says the New York Star, the British army, under General Ross, made an incursion from the Chesapeake, and took possession of Washington city. The troops burned not only the Capitol, which at that time was in an unfinished state, but its extensive library, records, and other collections, appertaining not to war, but to peace and civilization. The President's House and the public offices were reduced to ashes. These were rebuilt shortly after the conclusion I of peace. The enemy, however, did not long remain in possession. General Ross and his army met with a repulse on the 12th of Sep tember, at North Point, near Baltimore, and he was killed with others in a skirmish. Nurses are sometimes kind and careful; but not a-lwaya. We often wonder at the indiffer ence of parents in entrusting their children to | the care of stupid or negligent nurses for hours ( at a time. They very often abuse them, or neglect them in pursuit of their own pleasure. We yesterday noticed an instance of the kind. The little thing had grown drowsy in its little carriage; its head sank down to one aide, and at every moment struck against the high wheels now attached to the new two-wheeled ve hicles. But the nurse, who was no doubt deaf, pulled away, and went along, regardless of the perils of the little one, and of its oft-repeated cries. The children of the poor?when not too poor?are often happily off in the enjoyment of the constant personal care of their own parents. The wealthy should perform as a duty what these do from necessity. Again, the prayer of Agur?"Neither Poverty nor Riches." The National Lntellioencer.?So unusual a thing is it for the editors of this sterling old journal to exhibit even the shadow of an angry emotion, that we this morning felt delighted and refreshed by the perusal of the first para | graph under its editorial head, the reading whereof is as follows, the italicising excepted: | " The regular readers of this paper are well | aware that we seldom take up our time or ' theirs in noticing ill-natured or injurious im-1 putations on the motives or opinions of its editors. Calumny and uncharitableness to wards political adversaries are so common with the lower order of publio presses, that a man's character must be already bad which can suffer damage from tveh tourer*. Scandals fly no longer " on eagle's wings," but soon sink | , into the gutter tt here they are born. It is rarely, therefore, that we deem it necessary to turn aside to repel the tcvrrility of duappointed ava rice or malice, whether from party hackt or tor ; did patriott, or incendiary liberatort; and there fore we have abstained from noticing the coarse epithets with which we have been complimented by some of the bandit prette* of New Orleans I v??. Vnrlc touching what we have said of their enterprises against the rich Island of Cu ba, in which it is highly probable that inUretted epeculation was more concerned than principle. So there now ! , The next News ran* Cora.?The Philadel i phia Bulletin of yesterday evening says, that there will probably be no steamer from Havana before the 4th or 6th of September, when the Empire City may be expected at New York from New Orleans, touching at Havana, where she will take from the Falcon the California mails of August first. The steamship Isabel, ' the Charleston and Havana packet, is now laid i up for repairs, so that no news is to be expected ; from that quarter. It is probable, however, i that we shall have some news in a few days by ; a sailing vessel at some one or other of our ii various seaports. The boast has been made by several of Mr. Cobwin's "dependents" that they can always learn who writes communications for this paper. That they oan, in most instances, is very true, for the writers desire no secresy. But when sec rosy is desired they cannot learn. There appeared one article, the anthor of which we Will reveal whenever Mr. Corwtn requests it. Hobacs Gbbblst oopies with gusto an article from the National IwteUigmtxr, which he says denounces the Cuban invaders as highwaymen and robber*. GEORGETOWN AND IT8 AFFAIRS. Gkukoitowm. August 28?12 m. As noticed in my letter of yesterday, the packet-boat Fashion arrived here at 6 o'clock, p. m., making the passage from Cumberland in forty-six hours. She had on board a large number of passengers, and one could easily rtad from their countenances that the trip had been a pleasant one; so totally different from the appearance of travelers on the railroad, having their eyes filled with the cinders that float around the cars, their limbs cramped from a sitting position, and their skin dry and husky, feeling, as they look, jaded and discontented. There is a slight correction to my letter as published in yesterday's paper; there being only thirty, instead of three hundred persons engaged on Mr. Berry's wharf. Town Charter.?Forty-eight of our most respectable citizens have united in the call for a meeting at Forrest Hall, on the third Tues day night in September next, at half-past seven o'clock, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Congress, (through our corporate authorities,) at its next session, for sundry amendments to our Town Charter, giving it additional powers to levy u School Tax, not exceeding one dollar per capita, and to have the Town officers elected by the people. Canal Trade.?Arrived boats Cumberland, Cumb., 04 tons of coal; Jenny Lind, do.; Choe. Perry, do., 104 do.; Harah Perry, do., 106 do.; Yfm. J. Boo the, do., 104 do.; Anna Marrian, Jo., 95 do.; Enterprise, do., 88 do. Departed?Seman, Wm. Fowle, Thos. Charl ton, Ohio, J. G. Strong, Captain Walker, S. Clarke, Oregon, James Boyer, Gen. TyBon, M. R. Zimmerman, Elisabeth, J. Snively, Francis, and E. Paysen. Elkctro. Cdba Public Meeting.?Yesterday after noon a few printed small bills were posted in prominent places, headed with the figure of the American eagle, and the words " Come one, come all, at Cuba's call." " The blood of Crit tenden, Kerr, and others call for revenge." And the citizens of Washington were then in vited to assemble in the evening, at eight o'clock, in front of the Patent Office, "for the purpose of expressing their sympathy for the Cuban patriots, and taking into consideration the pre sent state of affairs." Accordingly, at the hour named, about four hundred persons were in at tendance. We presume that they who issued the call were not present, as no attempt was made to organize the meeting. However, Capt. E. B. Robinson was loudly called for. He di rectly obeyed the summons, and, having as cended the steps, delivered a brief address in favor of liberty everywhere, against oppressors generally, and contended for the constitutional right of the people to bear arms, and to go whercever they list with them. He maintained that "Cuba belongs to us geographically, and, if the Queen of Spain should not give it to us peaceably, we will take it by force." When he concluded, other persons were called for to ad dress the meeting; but none responding, the assemblage separated before nine o'clock, after giving three cheers for the speaker.?Republic. Education in Spain.?We find the following letter in the New York Tribune of Tuesday: Cadiz, Monday, July 28, 1861. " Yesterday, notwithstanding my repugnance to bull-fights, it was impossible to resist the re peated urging of Mr. C , a gentleman to whom 1 am particularly Indebted for many civil ities, to accompany him to one of these specta cles. Many thousands were present at the vast amphitheatre of the square. Eight bulls entered the ring, and twenty-four horses were killed. One of the horsemen was severely gored, and two of those whose office it is to goad the ani mals to phrenzy, were badly bruised, and one barely escaped having his neck broken. The exposure and escape gave rise to rapturous ap plaudings. Even while I write, my imagination paints the poor horses with their entrails pro truding, and still further drawn out by tramp ling upon them with their own feet; their eyes bandaged to prevent them from recoiling from their ferocious enemy, and continuing to be gored till life was no longer. Such scenes as this cause me to realize in what country I am; and still more when I see present well dressed men with their wives and tender off spring." Movimknts or the Pampero.?The follow ing particulars in relation to Cuban matters were received upon the arrival of the steamship Florida yesterday afternoon, through the me dium of Mr. Culver, the Purser of that vessel, whose gentlemanly demeanor and polite atten tions are proverbial. * At about two o'clock p. m. of Saturday, 22d instant, the steamer St. Matthew, arrived at Savannah from Pilatka, Florida, reported that on the morning of the same day the steamer | Pampero was in Dobby Sound, where she had ! just arrived for the purpose of taking on board recruits that were then waiting at different points in the vioinity and ready to embark. Thence it was expected she would go to Mont gomery?where Bhe would arrive in the evening of the same day?a small place about twelve miles in the interior and ten or twelve distant from Savannah, although she reported herself as bound to Tybee. To this latter place a ves sel had been despatched in pursuit of her, but it was probable the sequel would show that she had been chasing an ignit faluu*, or a ghost, or something quite different from a Pampero. Some ten or twelve passengers per the St. Matthew came on in tbe Florida to this city, all of whom furnished the Purser with the above ? Vrifhine '271 k. Review of the Northern Markets for yesterday. Offlr* of the American TrUgraph, Aug. 2H. Rai.tihom, Aug. 27, 6 p. m.?Small nle of Howard "treat flour at *4. City mill* flour 1* bald at $3.17'X. Offer* to buy at $3.81 >4 ceah were refused to-day. Sale* white corn at 58@?0c., which la an iidvanoe. Salan of yellow at 64?65c. Wm of Maryland rye at 68c., and of Penn*ylranle at 70c. Rale* of60bhd* ba con fthoulder* at 30 hhd*. do. at 8^^ 6o hhrt*. of (ride* at 9%c.; 20 hhd*. do. at 10c.; 500 p|ere? family hami at lie.; 50 bbl*. me** pork at $15 75; and 100 bhl?. lard at ?Vie PHLADttMlA, Aug. 27?? p. m.?Sale* 1000 hhl*. flour at $3.76 for State brand*. Rya flour $3.26. Com maal $2.87 %. Sale* of rod wheat at 80e., and old Penna. white atW1?93c. Yellow corn SOc. Rye 73c. Oata 34c. Nrw Yorb, Aug. 27, 6 p. m.?galea of 13,000 bbl?. flour at $3.87>^^$4 for State brand*; $4@$4 IVX for Oane.ee; and $4.12^$4.50 for aouthern R? flour $357V<- Corn meal $2.87Vi?$3. Selaa of 3000 bu*hela Michigan red wheat at "Iffftftlo and 1000 bu?hela Mediterranean at 94c. Relet of 40 000 buahela mixed com at Mc. Sale* of 30,000 bu?h?l? rra at ?8c. Gate 40c. Sale* of 400 hag* Rio coffee at %??2. He takes this step in consequence of the correspondence re cently published in the Heraid, furnished un known to him. The committee is now com plete, Lewis Josselyn having been appointed from Massachusetts, in place of Hallet and Francis Blair, jr., from the same State, vice Treat. HEW FALL GOODS BONNETS, Ac. JUST KKCKl VKI> AT BROWN'S CHKAP CASH 8TOR K. Pmn*;lT?nU iTnnut, oppuolh Brown ? Hotel, an assortment of pretty Mousselalnes, Cashmeres Calicoes, Ac., which will be Hold cheap. AI no a large I sortment of Bleached and Brown Cottons, very cheap, bj ' the piece or yard. Also, nix do ten Fall style Bonnets. i I au 38?dtr | ORATES ! ORATES ! 0 KATES ! Jl.ST RKCK1\KD at the Washington 8tove Manufac tory, dirnct from New York, a Urge assortment of the best quality Knameled Orates, of various styles and i the latest patterns. Also on hand an assortment of Bal timore Japanned Orates, which I will sell at the lowest 1 Purchasers are respectfully requested to | call and examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere. M JA8. SK1RVINO, an 2S-eod.1t*] cor. Pa. a*.and 10th St., south side. SBPARATB PROPOIALI will be received by the undersigned until the 6th day of ReptxmW tor grading and grarelling the following streets, rlt: 10th street west, from New York avenue to B street north; C street north, from 17th to 21st street west; and B street north, from 20th to 22d street west: the earth for filling to be taken from the vicinity of the Observatory and such other points as the Commissioner may direct; the gravel to be nine inches deep in the centre of the street and tour Inches on the gutter line, free from stone of improper site and well rolled. The proposals to state the price per cubic yard tor gra ding, and per square yard tor gravelling. W. H. DWOGBS, Commissioner 1st and 2d Wards. THOMASCAKBKRRY, A. DKNHAM, au 28? Assistant Commissioners. PATENT LIGHTNING RODS. JSPRATT, KLKCTR1CIAN AND KLKCTRO ? MKTALLURUIST, and OoubU !\iUnUt qf the Im proved Lightning Hodt.?These superior Rods are of car bonised annealed Iron, with line protectors, and electro positive dements combined in their manufacture, thus rendering them equal to copperas conductors. They are In ten feet lengths, with accurately fitted brass screw connecting joints, an entire new style of metallic (pa tented) attachments tor brick or frame buildings; also, glass Isolators, of a novel and ingenious construction, (patented,) tormingalock; the whole mounted with a solid platinum silver point, (patented,) twelve Inches long, surrounded at the base with the angular gold-plated ne gative magnets, which possess the power to an extraor dinary extent of discharging the opposite elements of the most fearful thunder-storm, and embrace the entire per fection of science up to the present time. In addition, they are furnished with angular gold-plated negative magnets, thus guarding laterally, the whole constituting ths most magnificent and silent conductor ever presented to the public. All order* left with the subscriber, or with Mr. A. Duffy, opposite National Intdhgmt*r office, 7th street, will M promptly attended to. ij ??etdilawfrw* c. w. H1TDON, Af?fc THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 28. Sun rise* ? ? ? 6h.26m. | Sunsets ? ? - 6h.38m. Mr. B. W. C'auk, newspaper agent, i* the onlJ *u" thoruod a^ent for this paper lxi Philadelphia, and l? duly empowered to take advertisements and nubsorlplion* at the rates required by us. lili receipt* will b* regarded af payments. Ofllci at the northwest corner of Third i aod Walnut streets. My- Island BuittiOfuuKag.?John W. Wood lia* been re- j moved from this route in consequence of delinquencies Our subscribers will please give us notice of any orniif- ( iilons until a new carrier shall have become acquainted with them all. jfrg- The privilege* of yearly advortlsers will be con fined rigidly to their regular business, and all other ad vertisement*, not pertaining to their regular business as agreed for, to be paid extra. tUf Every notice designed to call attention to private enterprises calculated or intended to promote Individual interest, can only be Inserted with the understanding that the same is to be paid for. PECULIAR WANT. A YOUNG GENTLEMAN desiring to travel on ac count of his health, and too much of an Invalid to travel alone, is auxious to meet with some gentleman going North for pleasure or otherwise, with whom la could join company. The route by the great Western ltailway to the Falls is ono with which the Advertiser is intimately acquainted, including the city of New York and cities Inland. Address Advertiser, or inquire at the office of this paper. *n A THE NATIONAL MONUMENT JOURNAL. LL PERSONS holding subscriptions to the National , ? Monument Journal are requested to return them without delay, directed to the Oeneral Agent of the Mon ument Society, lion. Elisha Whittlesey, \\ asbington.lt being my intention to resume the publication of the Journal in all the month uf September, should the pu tronage bestowed upon it justify a resumption. au 20 3t J. C. PICKETT, Editor and Publisher. A CARD.?Owing to the change which has lately been made in O. W. Yerby's business, the subscri bers have put down tbe prices of a number of styles ol goods for the purpose of reducing and running off the stock, preparatory to laying in Fall supplies. Persons wanting Dry Goods at, and in many cases less than, the original cost, will find it to their advantage to give us a call, as we want room and money. hu 23?d2w YEKUY A MILLER. TAYLOR * MAURY, Booliaellera and 1 Stationers, Pennsylvania avenue, near Otl) street, have constantly on hand a ftill assortment oi BLANK BOOKS, SCHOOL BOOKS, PENS, INK, and PAPER, of every variety, for sale at New York prices, au 22?tr s TILL ANOTHER of our most talented and highly respectable citizens speaks for IIamptoVb VEGETABLE TINCTURE: Baltimore, July 18,1801. Messrs. Mortimer if- Minubray .?Gentlemen: My daugh ter having been afflicted for moro than a year with the spinal disease, and having tried every remedy that was prescribed by some of our best physicians, without afford ing her any apparent relief, I fortunately was advised by a friend to try a bottle of " Dr. Hampton's V egetable Tincture," which relieved her of her pain in li*s than twenty-four hours. I am pieasod to say that since she took it she has been free from pain, and she is gradually gaining strength, which I attribute entirely to the restor ative properties of this medicine. I believe if itwere more extensively used, It would do more good In the re moval of such diseases incident to the human family than what is usually prescribed. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, ItoiiKRT Kerr, Principal Western F. II. School. Call and get pamphlet and see certificates of wonderful ?UFor sale by MORTIMER A MOWBRAY, 210 Baltimore street, General Agents. Also by C. Stott A Co., Washington, D. 0. Joseph Moffett, 7th st. near E. R. S. T. Cissell, Georgetown, jy 16?3mlf C. C. Berry, Alexandria, Va. NEW DRY GOODS. MAORUDER a CALVERT, Pennsylvania avenue, between 8th and 9th street*, have just received a fresh supply of seasonable DRY GOODS, which they will run off at very low prices. Their stock is large and as sortment complete. au STOP t?AT OEO. HTLBUS'S MUSICAL DEPOT, south side of Pennsylvania Avenue, one door from 10th street, and examine his stock of superior Musical Instruments, which has been selected from the best houses in the country. He would also call the attention of the public to his complete stock of French Accordeons nnd Flutinos, just received, with from ten to thirty-eight keys, handsomely inlaid with pearl and bws, together with a largo and complete assortment of V iolinti, (luitari1, Flutes, Jlnnjos. Tambourines, Fifes, Clarionets, Flageolet*, Itealoes, Instruction Hooks for different Instruments, Violin, Guitar, Violoncello, and Tenor strings, of the best quality. 21?tr. TAKE NOTICE! CHEWABLES, l'UFFABLES, AND SNUFFABLES. (1 ENTLEMEN, if you are fond of a good Cigar and T fine Chewing Tobacco, call at C. W. Blckinomam's Tobacco Store, Pennsylvania avenue, Gadsby's Hotel, where you will be pleased. au 22?tf OYSTERS, ORTOLANS, REED-BIRDS, tc. RECEIVED THIS DAY fresh Norfolk Oysters, which will be served in every known style. Also the above delicious Birds, of which the undersigned will keep a supply?as well as all the delicacies of the season. Pri vate supper rooms and persons living in the country can be served at any hour with dinner, and Oysters for them selves or ladies. ? . .. The subscriber respectfully requests a call from his friends K. W. ALLEN, Empire Hotel and Restaurant, ?u 26 no l'a. avenue, near 4% street. PRESERVING SUGARS. No. 6, opposite the Centre Market. -\\TE HAVE JUST RECEIVED a large stock of stan \V dartl white and clarified Sugars for Preserving, which we are selling at the lowest market prices. 126 lutrrels and boxes of standard U>af, Crushed, Gran ulattil, Powdered and Clarified Sugars. Altm, tho bent qU?KeCW Pri^broWnjR",S'r? KIBBKY * ?? au 23? 12teod PURE CIDER VINEGAR, Ac. BARRELS pure Cider Vinegar. tj\f 2 do. white Wine do. Freah greon Ginger, white Jamaica Ginger. Dark and white Mustard Seed, Celery Seed, Ac. All kinds of Sploes used for IMckllng. of the best quality. The above Vinegar is a superior article, and may be re Ued For sale by JN0. B. KIBBEY A CO., au 23 12teod No. 5, opposite Centre Market. WHITE BRANDY. No. 5, opposite the Centre Market. HALF PIPES Iwst white French Brandy for Peaches. Z> We shall lie pleased to present our customers with a recipe for preserving them with Brandy in a superior manner and with but little trouble. . For sale by JNO. B. KIBBKY A CO. au 23?12teod MEADOW BANK SPA SPRING. f|"MIE subscriber having now two rooms vncant can ac I commodate a family or some young persons with board, by the week, month, or remainder Reference : John F. Callan, J. Van Rlswl. k, or Clement II Bennett, esqrs.; or address the subscriber through the city post-oflflce. 14 *?2w | Collector's Omen, July 21, 1851. j NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN, that the Taxes for the year 1861 are now due and payable at this office, and that an statement of 10 per rent, will be allowed by law upon the Taxes for the current year, If paid on or befhr*. the 31st day of August ensuing. . jy 23?eotd K. J. ROCHE, OoUeetor. UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. w' WE would invite the Ladles to call and examine our extensive Stock of Green, Blue, and lllack .^^^Watercd, Bordered and Un?*l Silk and Satin Tuer PARAHOLS?tho 1 argent aa*ortmont In the District, at ^AtaO achotaa J^ilon of UMBRELLAS, all of the latest f*JhUST MC01HVKD?a handsome variety of Silks and ^g^a^dOT^aithfuny and penally atiwiiM A. tXJlvlllA ? Penn avenue, near 4 14 street. TO THE PUBLIC. TAMES A. CONNER, proprietor of the CITY EX ? I PRR88, botrn loavo to inform tho public that no still continues to run his EXi'KESH W A()()Nto M AN, jy 16?tf . cor, of 9th and M streets. M~ RS. ESTHER MOFFETT, 7th street, opposite Odd-Fellows' Hall, has reoeived to-day an assortment of Ladies' Cuff-pins, Jenny Lind Ear-rings, Velvet Ribands. Elastic Sleeve-conflners, Under-sleeves, Ac. Also, English knit Suspenders, Mohair Stoclts, white and colored Shirts, two rich China tea sets for children. Hampton's Vegetable Tincture kept constantly for sale. au 4?tr Death to Rata, Mice. Cockroaches, and Ante! i riMIK North American Exterminator is 1 warranted superior, and cheaper, than any and nil other articles heretofore "If. red ?to the public, for exterminating Rats, Mine, Blark and Bed Ants, from dwelling-houses, stores, granaries, vessels, Ac. They will eat It readily, and Rats and Mice are not likely to die in the building. For further information ask for a circular, to he had of tho agent gratis. If you want a truly valuable article, ask for the North American Rat Exterminator, and tal>e no other. Price, 37cents per box, which contains mfll clent to clear an ordinary building several times. Hold wholesale and retail by A. GRAY, Bookseller, au 14 co Till street, opposite Odd Fellows' Ilall. I)ROPOS AI.S will be received by the undersigned until the 29th inst. for constructing a culvert across It street north, at Uie intersection of 11th street west, of the same dimensions and to connect with the culvart that empties into the eanal at 11th street. The length of the culvert will be about 04 feet: the abutments of blue stone, to be three feet thick, resting on n timber foundation, and to be well sheet-plied. The ma terials in the old culvert across B street to be used in the new one. The proposals will state the price for completing lhe whole work, including excavation and filling on crown of arch (o the grade of B street north. P. 8.?Plan can be seen by calling on the Undersigned. W. H. DECORS, au 19? Commissioner First and Second Wards. HARDWARE, CUTLERY, Ac. We are now receiving, by ship Living 1 Age, from Liverpool, and from American -manufacturers, large additions to our ? Stock, which we offer at very low prices. CAMPBELL A OOYLK, an 15?lm* Sign of the Anvil, Penna. BTei,ue. BELLING OFF AT LESS THAN COST! 10 whole boxes Raisins, in fine order. ft half do do do 19 quarter do do do Cask currants 23 jars new crop Prunes 3? drums Smyrna Figs, No. 1. I/>t of Oroundnuts, Pslm nuts, Ac., Ac. Intending to make a change in my business, I will sell my stock of FRUITS a great deal leas than cost. JAR. T. LLOYD, au 15?tr Pa. nr., 3 doors east of Ifith st. Attention, Cheweri and Smokers ! DOWNER'S popular Cigar and Tobacco stand is wall supplied with the beet Havanas and Principrs. Also a splendid lot of Chewing Tobacco, to which ho ex tends a cordial Invitation to his friends and to gentlemen of taste generally. Jun 25? TIN, IRON, STEEL, AND AGRICULTURAL GOODS. I" HAVE JUST RECEIVED * supply of the following articles, which 1 will sell as low as they can he had in this market for cash : Roofing Tin, bright and leaded, 14 by 20 Bright Tin, 10 by 14; Sheet Zinc * Bar, Round, and Square Iron?American, English and Swede Band and Hoop Iron, Plough Plates and Landsldes Cart Steel, American and Knglish Blister Steel Cart and Buggy Axles, and Wagon Boxes Horse Shoes,Horse Nails, and Nail Rods Cut and Wrought Nails and Spikes Pumps, Grindstones, Wheelbarrows, and Tracks Ploughs, Harrows, and Cultivator* Corn Shelters and Com Mills Vegetable Cutters and .Straw Out tiara Wheat Fans and Churn* Sausage Cutter* and Sausage Staffers Ox Yoke*, Cattle Tie* and Bull Ring* Root Puller* and Bramble Hook* Fruit Gatherer* and Corn Paroher* Shovel*, Spadea, Fork*, Rakaa, and How Folding Ladder* and Water Ram* Vegetable Boiler* and Garden Syringe* Wire for Fencing and Screw Wrenebea Garden Trowel*, Pruning Scissors, Ac., Ae. K. WHBSLDt an 11?aodSnt 9pp. Brown's Hotel, Pa at,