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I'tyonrtnwwM wwjtfu;ai.'lli7Jr'fa'u't iuw.tnAit wAi.waTf T . ' 7 ' 1 r V i tsW Our publication office ! on Seventh street, adjoining Adamson's Periodical Depot, '' and opposite the General Post Office. NATIONAL BErUMICAN. Thursday, January 24 J861. A WORD TO BUSINESS MEN. This paper has now a circulation in this city larger than all the city papers combined, with the exception of one, and therefore affords a most excellent advertising medium. CONGRESS YESTERDAY. Tho business of the first part of the session of the Senate was miscellaneous, the most im portant thing being the reference of the Mor rill tariff bill, on motion of Mr. Anthony, to a special committee. The Pacific railroad bill was further considered, and was pending when the Senato adjourned. In the House, Mr. Etheridge made a patriotic speech, doclaring himself for the best compro mise he could get, but all compromise failing, then for the Union at all events. Mr. Lovcjoy followed, in one of his earnest and characteristic speeches. lie was for the Chicago platform, for no compromises, and for the Union. But he disclaimed, with emphasis, the slightest desire to meddle with slavery in the States, or with any of the rights of the slave States. Mr. McPhcrson followed with a vigorous ex posure of tho whole conspiracy of secession, from the traitors lately in the Cabinet down. Mr. Winslow has the floor to day. Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin. After we left the House on Tuesday, Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin, spoke in opposition to the report of the committee of thirty-three, enforcing, with a variety of arguments and illustrations, the po sitions of the minority report signed by himself and Mr. Tappan. His speech, we understand, was vigorous and well received, although as to some of its points, Republican opinion is di vided. Upon the main question, of upholding the Union, Mr. Washburn expresscd'the (now) almost unanimous views of the Northwest, which will resist with the sword any attempt to isolate (hem in the heart of the continent by cutting off their access to the ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. 86?" The Louisiana papers exult greatly over their booty, in the Baton Rouge arsenal. Fifty thousand stand of arms, and other things in proportion, without cost, help them along won derfully. Their happiness would be complete if they only had the " big guns " from the Pitts burg arsenal, which Mr. Floyd intended they should have. JCgy Commodore Armstrong, who surren dered the Pensacola navy yard, is here. He reports that he was threatened by five hundred and fifty men, that he had only twenty-two ma rines, and that the laborers and civil em ployees in the yard could not be relied upon. t&" Mr. Greenwood, of Arkansas, it is un derstood, declines the offer of the Interior De partment, from an apprehension that its occu pation might impair the influence which he is exerting on the side of the Union. t8F There was a Union meeting of work ingmen at Ellicott's Mills, on Tuesday evening. The court-house was filled to overflowing. The meeting endorsed Governor Hicks, and ad journed with nine cheers for the Union. 86?" It is not believed here that any attack upon Washington is seriously meditated, so long as Maryland adheres to tho Union. SQy-New Orleans papers state that the rev enue cutter Lewis Cass has been seized at Al giers, opposite New Orleans. 86?" The specie in the New York city banks, by the last weekly return, had run up to twen ty-nine and one-half millions. SSf Cassius M. Clay is at the National. 86?" The Richmond Enquirer says : " Virginia cannot, and trill not, agree to any inch compromise as the Crittenden amend ment" 86?" The Jefferson (Mo.) Inquirer says : " We admit that we occasionally lose a ne gro as it is, but cattle and horses run off, and it is a fact that we lose a much smaller per cent, of negro property than of horses or cat tle." m The Navigation of the Mississippi. The telegram, that the Governor of Mississippi had established a battery at Vicksburg, to control the navigation of tho river, is confirmed. The Memphis Avalanche of the 17th says : " Just above Vicksburg, by direction of Gov ernor Pettus, a battery has been erected, und every boat hailing from north of Mason and Dixon's line is compelled to round to, and give an account of themselves. The Imperial, from this port, passed there during the night, and was forced to land at the behest of a twelve pound shot fired across her bows. Of course, sho was all right, and went on." The Memphis Appeal has also been inform ed by one of the clerks of the steamer Simonds that four guns are placed at the foot of the bluff, a quarter of a mile above the wharf-boatj that while the Simonds lay there on her trip up the river, blank cartridges were fired to bring to and cause to land the Gladiator, the Imperial, and the A. 0. Taylor; and that it was understood, that if the summons were not attended, the guns would be shotted. The ob ject of this vigilance has not beeu made known- The Petersburg (Va.) Express says: " Lieutenant Meade, from Fort Sumter, who has been here on a visit for a few days, de clares that Major Anderson isa Btrong South ern man, and docs not feel in the slightest complimented by the fanatical cannon firing in his honor at the North, and it is with pain .that he realizes the present attitude of the South towards aim." Marshal Kane, the efficient Chief of Police of Baltimore, is now in the city. THE POINT OF DANGER. The great danger of acts leading to over whelming convulsion, is not in the cotton States, which are comparatively powerless for either good, or evil, but at the North. It is, indeed, becoming too apparent, that the efforts of all friends of peace, Union, and quiet, must soon be concentrated upon the great work of soothing, conciliating, and appeasing the free States, and that even with such efforts, it may not be possible to avert the terrible calamities which menace us, from the condition of un paralleled excitement into which that section of the country has been thrown by recent events. The seizure of the forts, arsenals, and arms of the United States, crowned with the Inst out rage of actually firing upon a Government ves sel in our own waters and with tho stars and stripes displayed, has stirred up the passions of the people to their very depths. The unani mous offers of men and money by the Legisla tures of States, the exasperated tone of tho press, and the call to arm 3 which is sounding and resounding on nil sides, all portend the bursting of the storm.' The direction of public sentiment is marked very conspicuously by the veering of the New York Tribune, which has given up its pet idea of peaceable secession, and now, under the pressure of the passions which surround it, pro poses to meet revolution with revolutionary weapons. In its issue of the 12th instant, the day after tho overwhelming vote at Albany ten. dering men and money to the President, and straining to come up to the exigency of the popular feeling, tho Tribune, in a notice of the emancipation of the Russian serfs, says: " Such an event is of itself sufficient to ren der lb'Gl forever memorable in history. It is already a great year, and it may become great er yet, if, as is probable, the madness of the Southern slaveholders shall compel the Ameri can people, in self-defence, in order to preserve their empire unimpaired, and securo to them selves and their posterity the blessings of peace and union, to exert their unquestionable, and irresistible power, and sweep from the land at once' and forever that relic of barbarism- to which, and to which alone, is to be attributedl our past ana present national troubles, ine Russian Czar, with a firm hand, regardless of the threat of a man-owning aristocracy, has raised twenty millions of serfs into freemen. The American Demociacy, mightier than nny Czar, can, if it be necessary, with equally firm hand, suppress the rebellious slaveholders, and remove all cause or pretext for future rebellions, by putting a summary end to slavery." We owe it to candor to say, that all the in formation we get from the free States, confirms the belief that this paragraph in the Tribune was coerced from i'.s editors by the known sen timents of the masses upon whom it relies for patronage, and that those masses will destroy slavery with the strong hand, before they will permit the Union to be overthrown. Indeed, it is doubtful if they can be restrained from taking some such signal vengeance for the acts already committed in contravention of the au thority of the Union. Under thrse circumstances, the sound por tion of the Southern communities ought to lose no time, in such disavowal and repudia tion of the conduct of the fire-eaters, as, by calming the exasperation at the North, may restore the proper feelings of a common na tionality. The language of pacification must be addressed to the North, and substantial acts of pacification must be tendered to the North, or the worst consequences may be apprehended. There must be no more confiscation of North ern debts, no more maltreatment of Northern citizens sojourning at the South upon their lawful occasions, and no more irritating and insulting language towards the North indulged in by Southern editors and Southern members of Congress. There must be no more menaces of attack upon this capital, aud no more threats of dissolving tho Union. Or, if they canno: be wholly prevented where press and speech are free, they must be so frowned upon and dis countenanced, as to deprive them of the power to do mischief. VIRGINIA. The article from the AlexandriaGazetfe, copied by us yesterday, in reference to proceedings in the Virginia House, was misprinted, so as to represent ihe vote on the second of two resolu tions as " equally divided" when it should have been " equally decided " as the vote upon the first resolution. We now reprint the article: " On motion of Mr, Seddon, the following resolutions were offered for adoption : " 1. llesolved by the General Assembly, That in the present alarming condition of affairs, it is a dangerous delusion to suppose that the in terests of Virginia are not those of her South ern sisters, and that any impression that her people are looking to any other combination, in the last resort, than a union with them, is cal culated to weaken the position of our friends and strengthen tho hands of our enemies. " 2. llesolved, That in the opinion of the General Assembly, no reconstruction of the Union between the slaveholding and non-slave holding States can be permanent, just, and satisfactory, which will not secure to each sec tion a self-protecting power against any inva sion of the Federal Union upon the reserved rights of either. " On motion, the question was divided, and the vote being taken on the first resolution, it was carried on a calf of the ayes and noes 83 to 4. "On the adoption of the second resolution, the vote was equally decided." The conduct of the Legislature of Virginia at this crisis, finds no apologists among sincere friends of the Union here. The only redeem ing thing about it, is, that since the reference of the whole matter of the position of Virginia to a State Convention, tho Legislature has no more right to speak for Virginia than any other crowd of two hundred men in Richmond. They had no right to propose a conference here on the 4th of Februury ; no right to send com missioners to it ; aud no right to suggest terms of settlement. But so far ns Virginia can be committed by her legislative agents, the votes in the House on Saturday, as above given, are most deroga tory to the character of that State. If adopted at all, it should only have been in secret ses sion. The nltnost unanimous declaration that Virginia is only looking, in the last resort, to a connection with the Southern States, that she will entertain no other idea, and that to think otherwisa-is a dangerous delusion, renders the act of idviting other States to a conference, upon the pretended ground of a 'willingness to accept the Crittenden propositions, unspeakably disgraceful. The honor, of Virginia, so far as it is in the keeping of these Richmond demagogues,-is Irretrievably tatnlshed by it. The hope'of the epuhtrWso-far as Vireinia is. concerned, is in the people of that Stale. -I hey have been precipitated into an election, at a notice unreasonably short and most unfair to the remote sections, but the friends of the Union seem well disposed to contest the field, notwithstanding nil disadvantages. We hope, at all events, a vote requiring any ordinance of secession to bo ratified by the people, beforo it becomes effective. A contrary vote, subjects the State to the dictatorial pleas ure of n mere Convention, the members of which may be controlled by sinister influences after they are elected. The people should re tain the final power in their own hands, so that they may exercise their own judgment upon the condition of public affairs, as it may exi.t five, six, or seven weeks hence. New contin gencies mny arise, and there is no Buch press iug hurry, that damage will result from a sub mission of tho question to tho people. The sufferings of Virginia in the Union cannot be so intolerable, as to preclude tho delay of se cession for a month, if, indeed, secession is to bo finally determined upon. EXPORTS AT NEW YORK. v Comparative statement of tho exports (ex clusive of specie) from New York to foreign ports for the third week in January, and since January 1st: HS. 1860. 1601. Fur the week - l'retuusly rcixtrlcil Since Jan. lit - - 1,11,1M 1.499.S63 t3,"SS,.111 1,352,012 'J.MTilSO 4,019,119 2,S2U,200 4,037,679 7,174,490 THE PITTSBURG GUNS. The new Secretary of War, in a letter (Jan uary 12) to members of tho Pennsylvania del egation, in relation to his having countermanded Floyd's traitorous order for tho removal from Piltsburgofalargenumberofheavygunsdown the Mississippi for the use of the secessionists, under pretence of arming forts at Galveston and Ship Island, says: " On investigation, it was satisfactorily ascer tained that the fortifications in question were not at all in a condition to receive their arma ment, nor will they probably be for several ycaa to come. This will more fully appear from the letter of General Totten, in charge of the En gineer department, which accompanies this communication. " The heavy guns referred to, amounting to one hundred and twenty-four in number, were not manufactured for the forts to which they had been ordered to be forwarded, nor had they been purchased by any special appropriation for the erecting or arming of these forts." The letter of General Totten, referred to, is subjoined : Engineer Department, Washington, Jan. 8, 18C1. Sir: I have the honor to state, in answer to your inquiries as to the state of preparation for the armament of the fortifications at Galveston (Texas) and Ship Island (Mississippi) First. The fort at Galveston, tor which nn appropriation of $80,000 has been made, has no further been begun than by the erection of temporary buildings or quarters for mechanic; and laborers, of storehouses, wharf, 4c, and the making of other indispensable preparations. So far as we know here, the ground has as yet hardly been broken for the foundations of the fort itself. We may, at any rate, say confident tv that the foundatious of the walls have not been uecun. lnu estimate lur me wont is $413,000; and, according to the rate of appro priittion of late years for similar works, we cannot expect full readiness for its armament in less than live years. Second. At tho fort on Ship Island the working force is now cngnged in the construc tion of the embrasures of the lower tier, of which the officer in change hoped to have four covered in by the 1st instant, the others being in various states of forwardness. Not a plat form has been laid, and some months will be required to mount the first tier of guns, even on temporary platforms, and another appropria tion of at least $83,000 must be made and ap plied before the work can be got ready for its entire armament. At present, not a gun could be mounted. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Jos. G. Totten, D. Ji. Gen'l and Colonel of Engineers. Hon. Jos. Holt, Soc'y of War, Washington. Rumors from tub Home of Mr. Lincoln. The Springfield correspondent of the Chicago Tribune says that Mr. Kellogg, member of Congress from the fourth district in this State, ar rived at Springfield on the 21st inst. Rumor assigns to this mission three objects one that he has come to urge upon Mr. Lincoln his im mediate departure for Washington ; another, that he is commissioned by the Republican delegation in Congress to present to this Legis lature the necessity of endorsing the border States resolutions ; another, that he has come to join in an effort to prevent Mr. Judd's ap pointment in the Cabinet. Mr. Horace Greeley, Gov. Banks, and Mr. Gates, are expscted this week. Gentlemen arrived this morning from Spring Geld state that there is but Hula doubt that the Legislature will break up to-morrow by the resignation of the Democratic members. Mrs. Lincoln bns been Btopping for several days at the Metropolitan Hotel in New York. She received a visit from her son Robert, a student at Harvard College, who embraced the occasion of his stay in the metropolis to visit the Stock Exchange, Treasurer's office, and other public places, whero he was kindly re ceived, and shown the various obiects of in terest which might please the young gentle man from the Far West. A greenish fellow arrived at Springfield day before yesterday, from North Carolina, and sought and found accommodations for himself and wife at ono of the hotels. Lntering him self and companion on the register, be astonish ed the clerk by adding tho word "Abolitionist " to his name. Being pumped, he confessed that he supposed " they were all Abolitionists uncre Lincoln uvea, reuay to lyncn any south erner, " and hence thought best, while being among the wolves, to assume the airs of one. Cor. Herald. Statement of the U. S". Treasurer. From the statement of the Treasurer, it appears there was a balance of $2,203,000 in tho Treas ury on the 14th inst. From the 1st to the 11th inst., the receipts amounted to $1,255,000; the expenditures for the same period were $4,226,000. THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION. Wednesday, January 23, 1861. SENATE. Mr. Bigler presented several memorials fa voring the Crittenden amendments. Mr. Collaraer introduced a bill to regulate duties upon imports, which was laid on the ta ble and ordered to be printed. Mr. Green, of Missouri, introduced a joint resolution appointing Hon. Rcverdy Johnson, Hon. A. B. Greenwood, and Montgomery Blair, a commission to adjust the accounts between the United Stales, the Indian trust funds, and W. II. Russell ; laid on the table. Mr. Doolitlle presented the credentials of Hon. Lyman Trumbull, Senator elect from the State ot Illinais for six years from and after the 4th of March next. Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on the Ju diciary, reported several private bills, which were passed. Mr. King presented memorials from citizens of New York, in favor of compromise, oppos ing a change in the tariff, and remonstrating agaifist any change in the duty on steel. Mr. Slidell called up his resolutions dissent ing from the President's message in regard to his right to appoint Cabinet officers ad interim, during the session of the Senate. He wished tho resolutions referred to a com mittee, in order that the whole subject might be iiiNestigated and reported upon. After some remarks by Messrs. Bigler and Douglas, tho resolution was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Bayard reported a bill creating a new court iu the southern district of Illinois, at Cairo. il Mr. Iverson, of Georgia, was, on hiSown motion, discharged from further service ou the Committee on Claims. The Senato then took up, read the third time, and passed, n bill providing for Ihe removal of the bt. Louis arsenal, and for the sale of the land on which it is situated. Several private bills were taken up and passed, and Friday next fixed for the consid eration of private business. The resolutions of Mr. Crittenden coming up as unfinished business, Mr. Cameron moved to postpono all special orders, and take up the Morrill tariff bill. After debate, the question was divided, and it was .agreed to postpono all prior orders, by a vote of yeas 27, nays 21. 4 The Morrill tariff bill was then taken up. Mr. Anthony, of Rhode Island, moved that said bill be referred to a special committee of five, with instructions to report on Monday next ; which motion was agreed to. Mr. Bigler moved to take up the resolutions of Mr. Crittenden ; which motion was lost by the following vote yens 27, nays 21. The Senate then took -up the Pacific railroad bill. Mr. Gwin proposed an amendment, adding a number of corporators to those already iu the hill. Much discussion, a portion of it quite spirit ed, ensued between Me.-srs. Douglas and Trum bull, of Illinois, ns to the party complexion of tne corporators. Mr. Benjamin humorously proposed a com mittee to send for persons and papers to settle the important question. Had the ameudment opening the books to the world not been adopted, he would have supposed there was some ulterior object. Mr. Douglas indignantly repudiated the idea that there was an ulterior objection. After further debate, during which Mr. Doug las said he had replied to Mr. Benjamin under a misapprehension, and regretted his heat on the subject On motion of Mr. Douglas, the name of John Wcutwortb, of Illinois, was stricken out, and the name of J. Uickok, of Illinois, inserted. A lame number of additional names of rail road men wero proposed, ameng them that of James a. isaruour, oi Virginia. Mr. Green suggested Wendell Philips and John Brown, jun., of the underground railroad. Laughter. Pending tho subject, Mr. Rice, of Minnesota, moved that the -Senate adjourn; which was agreed to yeas 29, nays 19. And the Senate at 3 o'clock adjourned. HOUSE. Mr. Colfax called up the post route bill, which passed the House hnit session, and was returned from the Senate with amendments. Those mere ly establishing mail post routes, principally in California, were agreed to. Other amendments were also adopted, including new arrangements as to dead letters, and providing for the pro curing and furnishing of one-cent wrappers aud envelopes. Tho House resumed the consideration of the report of the committee of thirty-three. Mr. Etheridge, of Tennessee, made a speech, showing that there is no reason whatever for the disunion movement. He predicted that, if the central States should be precipitated into a Southern Confederacy, teu jcurs would not elapse before fearful slumbering fires would break out in flames of destruction. He appre hended no dangers from the Republican rule. He would vote for the Crittenden compromise, or the border-State resolutions. Failing to pro cure either, he would take tho recommenda tions of the select committee. He would ap peal from Congress to the people, and trust them to adjust the present difficulties. He would return home to resist the wave of dis union. If the worst conies to the worst, and ho should he dragooned to the fearful precipice, or made the uuwilliug observer of his country's ruin, he would wash his hands of the shame and crime which would attach to those who would overthrow American liberty, and convert the Republic into n despotism. He would cling to the American Hag in the dark hour, as a saint clings to his God. I He wasfrequenlly interrupted by applause.! Mr. Lovejoy, of Illinois, made au earnest speech against tho efforts now making to over throw the Government. He would make no compromises, nor did ho believe that Mr. Lin coln would advocate any other principles than those announced in the Chicago platform. He advised his Republican friends to stand firm, and let the disunion farce bo played out. He would not vote for a bill, if one were introduced, to abolish slavery in the Southern States, be cause thero is no such constitutional power, not because he did not want to see slavery abulishcd everywhere. As to cutting off tho extremes of the Republican party, he wished gentlemen en gaged in such work much joy. It would be like the play of Hamlet, with the character of Ham let omitted. . The Speaker laid before the House a letter of the Representatives from Georgia, withdraw ing from the further deliberations of tho House. This was signed by all except Mr. Hill, who resigns his seat, saying m Ins letter, he is sat isfied that a majority of the Convention ol Georgia, now in session, desire the State to be no louger represented on this floor. Therefore, lie acted in obedience to their wishes. Mr. Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, said, as there was no possibility of settling the dillicul ties here, he proposed that all the members re sign their places, and go before the people for a new election. Mr. Mcl'herson, of Pennsylvania, spoke of the Southern secession movement as a con spiracy, diabolical, aud which originated in disappointed ambition knd matured in iniquity. The machlnery,iie proceeded to show, was well contrived, and participated in by even Cabinet officers and members of Congress. Mr. Wiuslow, of North Carolina, obtained the floor, when The House adjourned. REPUBLICAN MEETING. A meeting of the Republican Association will be held at the Wigwam, this (Thursday) evening at 7 o'clock. Addresses may be ex pected. THE BUK.N3 CLUB. ' The annitersary celebration of this club will take place at the Excharge Hotel, O street, be tween 1'our-and-a-half and Sixth, on the evening f'Friday the 25th inst. Supper on the table at 7 o'clock. Tickets to be bad at the Hotel.' jan 23 Ct A Want ScrruiD. We havo received from Mr. O. Bohn, the publisher, a copy of his Depart ment and Congressional Directory, just issued. It is one of tho most complete directories we have ever seen, and contains a full register of officers In the service of the United States in this city, giving their names, number of their rooms In each Department, with their salary and resi dence. Also, a Congressional Directory, giving an alphabetical list of the Senators and Repre sentatives, with their residences in this city, their post offices, and counties composing each Congressional district, and the officers of the Senate and House of ReprcMutaves. Jan IB 2w MERRY'S MUSEUM, AND PARLEY'S MAGAZINE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH. iN addition, to the able Editors and Writers con nected with ibis veterau Monthly, the Prince or Writers for the Young, JACOB ABBOTT, i whose Harper's Story Books, Rollo Books, Lucy looks,' and other charming Juveniles, are as fa miliar as household words,) is engaged to fur nish choice articles, beginning with the January number for 1861. The Museum is designed to aid in the forma tion of good character, and in storing the mind with useful knowledge. It is literally a Treasu ry of Kaoweldge and Gallery of Amusement filled with Tales, Sketches, Poetry, Enigmas, Puzzles, kc, &c. It forms Two Volumes a year, embracing 384 pages, and!50 choice Engravings all at tbe low price of $1 a year, In advance. Single copies 10 cts. New subscribers will marvel that they have been so long strangers to this Youko Peo ple's Favorite. tSJ Every person, sending one new name be sides his or herown, with $2, will receive promptly a copy of Mkrry's New Book or Puzzles, free of posing?. S& A male or female Agent wanted in every town in New England. Address the Publisher for New England, . W. LIGHT,. jan 24 12 Tremont street, Boston. LOST, ON Sunday afternoon, while passing from As sembly's Church, corner Fifth and I streits, to the Patent Office, a black enamelled breast pin. The finder, by leaving it at sirs. Mullen's fancy store, on Fifth street, near I, will receive a suitable reward. jan 2331 GIFTS FOR THE CHILDREN Paper Dolls at the usuafprices, each containing a prize, for sale at LAMMONDS, jan 23 3t Seventh street. INTERIOR ADORNMENTS. 486. 48G. PAPER HANGINGS, Or ALL GRADES AND PRICKS. WARRANTED Gold Band Window Shades, Buff, Green, and Blue Holland Shades, all sizes, made to order. Also, a handsome assortment of Picture Cord and Tassels, nil dies and colors. Purchasing for cash, and allowing no old stock to accumulate, persons needing the above goods will find it to their adrantage to give me a call. AU work executed and superintended by practical men, who hare served a regular ap prenticeship at their trade. Satisfaction guarantied, or no pay required. Please give me a call. Remember the numbtr. JOHN MARKRITER, No. 486 Seventh otrect, eight doois above nov 20 Odd Fellows' Hall. AT FRANCIS'S HOUSE-FURNISHING STORE, 490 Seventh street, YOU can find a complete assortment of House keeping Hardware, Cutlery, bilver-platcd Ware, Britannia, Block Tin, and Japanned Ware, Door Mats, Table Mats, Feather Dusters, Clocks, and all the useful articles for Housekeeping, together with Ladles' Satchels, Card Cases, Purses, Fans, Combs, Brushes, Baskets, Ac, ic, all selected with great care, bought for cash, and will be sold at the very lowest prices Purchasers will do well to remember FRANCIS'S House-Furnishing Store, No. 490 Seventh street, nov 2U Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Green Corn, Green Beans, Green Tomatoes, Fresh Peaches, Brandy Peaches, Lima Beans, French Peas, Asparagus, Mushrooms, Capers and Olives, Olives Stuffed in OU. Spanish do. New Raisins, Almonds, Dates, Prunes, Figs, ic. For sale low by BUOWNINO k KEATING, 353 Penn. avenue, near Sixth street. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR AND SEALER OF GAS METERS, Washington, July 18, 18C0. iV OTICE Is hereby given, that, agreeably to the L provisions of tbe ordinance of the Corpora tion, approved May 12, 18G0, the undersigned is now prepared, "whenever required In writing, and on pre-payment of the fee of fifty cents, to inspect, examine, test, prove, aud ascertain, the accuracy of registration of any gas meter in use in this city." Every meter, If found incorrect, will be condemned; and another, sealed and marked as true, will be set In its place. If uroved to be accurate in its measurement of gas, it will be sealed accordingly, aud 'again put in position for use. Office No. 610 Seventh street, near Odd Fel lows Hall. Open from 8 A. M. to 0 P. M. CHARLES W. CUNNINGHAM, Inspector and Sealer of Gas Meters. jan 31 lm ' M. SMITH, Fashionable Tailor, Ko. 618 Garrison street, belaeen I and Fir ginia avenue, Navy Yard. CONSTANTLY on hand a full supply of Ready Made Clothlog and Gentlemen a Furnishing goods. jan 10 E. WHEELER, aozst tor the sale or American and roRxiGN HARDWARE. A'o. 67 Louisiana ou., opposite Bank of Washington. B AR, Sheet, and Hoop Iron; Horse-shoe Iron, Norway Nail Rods. Burden's Patent Horse Shoes, Horse-shoe Nails ; Cast, Shear, and mis ter Steel; Anvils, Bellows, and Vices; Sheet Lead, Bar Lead, and Lead Pipe; Leaded Roof ing T'n ; Bright Tin of all kinds ; Block Tin, Zinc, and Copper; Iron, Brass, and Copper Wire. Carriage Bows and Curtain Canvas, Hubs, Spokes, Rims, and Axles, Locks, Hinges, Screws, Nails', Brads, Sash Weights, Sash Cord, Pullets, Planes, Saws, Chisels, Files, Boring and-Mortice Machines, and Grindstones,Axes,Shovels,Spades, Rakes, Forks, Ac. DEPOT FOR PLANT'S NEW PATENT BLIND HINGE. AH at the lowest prices for Cash, or to punc tual customers on short credit. nor 26 AMERICAN AND ENGLISH PICKLES, SAUCES, ic. CHOW CHOW, 1 .,,. CIIOW, I PIOCOL1LLY, r English. White and Brown ONIONS, J Sauces, Worcestershire Sauce, Soyer's Sultana, Read ing, Harvey, and Anchovy SAUCES. For sale by JE iSE B. WILSON, 327 Pa. ar., between Sixth and Seventh nor 26 streets, south side. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD, WASHINGTON BRANCH. ciiakoe of hours. ON and after Sunday, November 25th, 1860, the trains will run as follows : Leave Washington: First train at 6.20 A. M. Second train at 7.40 A. M. Third train at 3.10 P. M., Express. Fourth train at 6 P. M. Leave Baltimore : First train at 4.16 A. M , Express. Second train at 8.35 A. M. Third at 3.10 P.M. Fourth at 4.20 P. M., Express. Tbe first, second, and third trains from Wash ington connect through to Philadelphia and New York. The second and third connect at Washington Junction wtth trains for the West, South, and Northwest; also, at Annapolis Junction for Annapolis. For Norfolk' take the 7.40 A. M. rain. For the accommodation of the way travel be tween Washington and Laurel, a passenger car will be attached to the tonnage train which leaves at 12 M. On Saturday the 3.10 P. M. train goes to Philadelphia only, jan 4 T. It. PARSONS, Agent. G. W. GOODALL, Plumber and Gas and Steam Fitter 664 Seventh street, near Canal Bridge, Washington. ALL orders executed at the shortest notice, In the most substantial manner, and on rea sonable terms. Personal attention given to every department of the business. nov 26 OrricE Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Washington, D. C, December 31, 1800. XN pursuance of tbe charter, the following statement of the condition of the company is published, viz : Amount of premium notes on hand $125,076.83 Amount of loss during past year - 0,016.60 Amount of cash on hand - - 0,090.00 Notice is also given, that the annual meeting of members will be held at the office of the Com pany, on Monday, the 21st Instant, at ten o'clock A. M., when an election will be held for seven managers to serve for the ensuing year. jan 7 eoGt CHARLES WILSON, Sec. BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTORY. THE subscriber has the pleasure of Informing his friends and former customers tbat he Is engaged In the Boot and Shoe manufacturing business, with an entire new Block, such as Melies' French Bhoes, Gaiters, Slippers, Pumps, &c, with a superior stock of Lemoines' French Calf-skins, and all other materials for the manu facture of Gentlemen's fine Boots and Shoes, pur chased for Cash, and will be made up by the best workmen, and sold at the'Loweil Cash Prices, for Cash only. To my former patrons, it is useless to say any thing of my qualifications for the business I havo again embarked in. To them, and the public generally, I will only say, I can at all times be found at home, and ready to wait on them. The one-price rule will be strictly adhered to. Give me a call. JOHN MILLS, Agent, Fashionable Boot and Shoe-maker, No. 504 Pennsylvania avenue, between the St. Charles Hotel and Adams's Ex press Office, formerly under Brown's Hotel. P. S. I hare no interest in, or connection with, any other store than the one I am in, No. 604 Pennsylvania avenue. J. M. nov 26 DR. SOUTHEY'S BRITISH SPECIFIC MIXTURE, AND DR. SOUTHEY'S ANTI-SYPHILITIC SPECIFIC, For tho Cure of all Acute and Chronio Venereal Diseases. IN offering these two preparations to the pub lic, the Proprietor fearlessly hazards tbe as sertion tbat they are unequalled,' either for their curative properties, or for their promptness and certainty in their operation. Long-standing cases of Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Spasmodic Stricture, Pain in tbe Loins, Gravel, Burning in the Urinary Passage, have been cur ed by ihe subscriber with these Mixtures, in more than eleven hundred cases, daring tbe past nine years, including the most aggravated forms of Syphilis in some cases where tbe disease was making rapid headway in its most horrible forms, eating away the nose throat, &c. The Mixture for Gonorrhoea is not nauseous, and is guarantied to cure, in from three to seven days, cases of tbe longest standing. Prepared and sold at SHUMAH'S SOUTHERN MEDICAL HOUSE, Under Clarendon Hotel, corner of Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue, south side, Immedi ately opposite the National Hotel. jan 16-tf HAMS I HAMS 1 1 HAVE In store Maryland New nAMS, sugar cured, prepared for family use. JESSE B. WILSON, 327 Pa. av., between Sixth and Seventh nor 20. streets, south side. I X