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WiNMiUTON SENTINEL.' 12 T |{ IW K K K I. V. so. 147. CITY OF WASHINGTON, .SATURDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 15,1855 VASHINGTON SENTINEL IN IM BJ.IMItU TUl-WKKKLY AND WKUKLY BY HKvKBl<EY TUCKER AND WM M- OVERTON, War it D u ihling, near the Capitol. cirv or Washington. TKRMS. Tri-Weekly 5 00 ?V eekly ; 2'0i? , To IJujm oh Indivioiiai-s. subscribing Jo live or more copies? \ Tri-Weekly, per a mum. in advance 00 Weeky " " 1 60 2-lTPoslm i?tc rs are requested to act rp II K SONS OF THE HIRES, A IIIS 1 tory of the Rise, Progress, and Destiny of the American Party, and its probable influence oil the next Presidential election, lo which is added h Review of the Letter of the Hon. Henry A. Wise aguiuHt the Know-nothings, by an Ame rican. The History ot Mason and Dixon's Line, con tained- in an Address delivered by John H. B. Latrobe, of Maryland, before the Historical So ciety of Pennsylvania, November 8, 1854. Miranu Elliot, or the Voice of the Spirit, by S. M. H Autobiography of Charles Caldwell, M. D..with a Preface, Notes, and Appendix, by Harriet W. Warner. Just received and for sale by R. FARNHAM, Corner of Penn. avenue and 11th street. Feb 15 HARPER'S MAGAZINE for September is a magnificent number, tilled with superior engravings, and lor Mile at Shim.inoton's book store. The great Illustrated Magazine of Art for Sep tember is one of the best that hns been issued. Leslie's Ladies' Gazette lor September contains ? all the new Kail fashions. The Knickerbocker Magazine for September. Godey's Lady's Hook, Graham's Magazine, ano Putnam's Magazine, all for September, ree.eived and for sale at Sill ISLINGTON'S Bookstore, 11E H'All.l'Hi: of Free Society.?Soei I o'ogy fi>r the South, or the Failure ol' Free Society, by lieorg-e Fitzhiigb. On sale at TAYLOR Sr. MAURV'S ? Hook Store, near 9th street. S'I'ON E <111A It it Y.?I am prepared to fur nish from my quarry, opposite the Little Falls and adjoining the quarry of the late Timothy 0 Neale. any <i tot it lit y of stone t lint maybe needed for building purpose* Apply to the undersigned at his housO on If, between 19th and 'JOth streets, in the First ward, or to Mr. Paine, at the quarry. fiily '->7 _ WILLIAM B. SCOTT. COMMENTARIES on the Jurisdiction / Practice, and Peculiar Jurisprudence of the Courts of the United States, vol. 1, by George Ticknop Curtis. History of the Crusades, their Rise, Progress, and Results, by Major Pro-tor, of the Royal Military Academy Cuinniing's Loot ores on the Seven Churches. On sale at TAYLOR A- MAURY'S Bookstore, No*' I'i near 9th street. TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND STRANGERS. WATCHES.?Members ol'Congress and others iu want of perfect timekeepers would do well to make their selections at once, in order to test their quality before leaving the ci y. Our assortment lor IkjiIi Lndics and Gentlemen was never so complete as ut present, embracing everv description, which we offer unusually low. M. W GALT Ss BROTHER, Penn avenue, between 9th and 10th streets. Jan 18 * , DANIEI. M EIISTt?li.?Messrs. Taylor A' MAURY ha va a few of the original sub scribers' copiesof the works of Daniel Webster, printed on very line imperial paper, in which Mr. W eb-ter inscribed his name. Six volumes; pi ice $20. T lie M. are thi only liooksellers in the United Slates who have any copies in their possession. Mar 11 Bookstore near 9th st. 1 IM WATCHES * RICH JEWELRY. UO. MOOD, Pennsylvania avenue, between | m I) and ?i?h Mreets, has just returned from the north with u good assortment of the most rich rnd fashionable Jewelry in the market, which he ' purchased for cash at very low prices, and now of fers tor rale the same, at wholesale or retail, much cheaper than goods ol like quality have ever been <o!d tor in this section of wuntry. Planse call at ln? More, s'gn of the large spread eagle. N. M. S|xn ial atteutiou paid to the repairing of watches by W. W. Holling*worth. ? 'IMI E IMtHICAN SPORTMM AnTcoh X taining Hints lo >pdh?io?D, Notes on Sport ng, aiid the Habits of' the Game Birds and Wild Fowl of America, by Elisha J. Lewis, M. D.. with numerous illustration*. For sale at TAY LOR & MAURY'S Jan. I Book Store, near Ninth street. /"I E\ER *1. AGENCY.?The un4enl#iiMl i most respectfully informs, by this notice, his rieuds and the public in general, here and esle whore. that he iias opened an Agency Otllec for the prosecution of claims of every description ugt'iust the i;ovi rnmeut, before the several depart mints or ('on^re** ; procure (tensions, bounty ands extra pay, and arreorage pay, and will au end to the buying and selling of real estate, the renting of houses, and a general collecting buai nes*; be will nlso furnish parlies at a distance with such information as they may dnsire from the seal of government Charges will lie mode sate. Office, al present, will Iw on M near 1Mb rtreet. I RirtUMM. ? Ion. J. C Dobbin, Ssersfgrjr of thr Navy. Hon. J. LMvis. S'rrrtary of War. N. Callan, esq. Pr?*i4rnt ?/ th*' Hoard of fW twm ('? Until. Gen. Johfi M. McCalla. Attnrnep at /inr, Ja m<v M. Canstin, can V.' O. Rcd*lnll. Stair ft*part.-mm. ' I SAMUEL O TAYLOR. j.,n :7- ??f (10NMEKVE and I": < -? i ?f <T Oliiffcr and j Chow-Chow, Atlca and Choong Loong, Can ton, fresh importation. For sale by SHEKELL BROTHERS, No. 40. opposiie the Centre Market. DOVT KUIi I'm ?M.|, AT HOOD'S if yoe wi?h to nurrhave anything in tbe way I of hue American London or tleneva watch** i (thai coil t>e relied on for lh?* true tune.) rich sold i jewelry, pure silver ware, ,Vc.. Ar^., and save from 15 to 'iii per cent, a* he is now receiving his Fall supply, which will he sold at the kiwsm I wholesale rates. Fine watt he* and jewelry repaired, and war [ ranted to give satisfaction. H. O. HOOD'S P.i. svenn?, Mwreit 41 and flih street*, sign of I 'he t*ige *nr??ailengle. N" EW IHM?KS RECEIVED AT Sllll - LINGTON'S Bookstore? The I>odd Family, by Charlea Lever, author of '"liarles O'Malley. ftebind the Scenes, by Lady Bul?ver Lyt'on. Che Lamplighter, otie of the mo*) faseinatmg j '"?ok* evsr written. , Kverything in the ltook. Newspaper, mil Sta- ' <?nery line linr sale at JOE SHILLINGTON'S Bookstore, Odeon Buibling, corner street and Pa. avenue. i' -<>v> tun LYCBTT, BMk-Blnd?r. Pntomae Hall, corner of Elerenth-strect and Maryland avenue,over Clarke'* Drug "tote, Wash ington. ii n. t-'^ery style of book-binding executed, either in ??Ivi't Turkey Morocco, Russia, or fancy color* ? tlf ? p. n< 'diesis and Music neatly half hound. Mr. Lr? rrr respectfnlly snggests to his friends thai while much has been done to transmit family record*, little < are ha* l?een taken to preserve pa tentaj likenesses. He tukos this in?3thod to inform ?i,s f-iends,snd those desirous ?f perpetuating per r??ial remembrances, that daguerreotype like uesHes can l?e inlaid on the inaide cover*of fami V bibles, presei:tation-lsMiks. or keensakea, speci mens ut which can be ?eeti at his bindery, or he ? ?ai? i?e nd<!re<-?ed 1 y teller. ?? SichW'IJ *>e nroinptly ?Headed to. 1^ AND KOIt s \l,|i'??The Subscriber will j dispose of thirty acres of Isnd, being part of hi* arm known as Delcarlia, situated near the Little Falls, in Montgomery county, Md.. snd sdjoining the contemplated water-work*. It is an excellent piece of land, and both from its fertility and lo cality is sdtnirably suited for a market garden. Apply to the undersigned, or to hi* overseer on the farm. WILLIAM B. SCOTT Sept 17?'tf On H between 19th and 20th sts wool) GAS,?CAUTION* BE It known that 1, the subscriber ob tained letters patent in December, 1851, lor mi apparatus for iho destructive distillation ol wood, and the making therefrom of lar or pitch at pleasure, nnd k*- J ,,,H' l'iat 1,1 t',e Jud^iuent ol competent person* ihe invention of an appur tu> recently patented by W. D. Porter cannot be ii>< d by liim or any other person without infring ing my said patent. And, further, (hat what is patented by said Porter rightfully belongs to me, as I expect to prove ere long before the United Stales Patent Office ; and, further, thai the use of said Porter's invention involves also u process which I am now claiming before the United States Patent Office, and which has been adjudged to be patentable to the first inventor thereof, and which said W. IJ. Porter has formally disclaimed, as ap pears upon the public records ol said ollice, ol which an official copy is hereto annexed, and also a copy of his claims. In the National Intelligeiteer of the 25th instant Mr. Porter announces that he has secured by patent the "exclusive right to making pas from wood," and threatens prosecution to all parties infringing his patent. 1 ask how this statement comports with the fact of my patent of December, 1851, and how far the threat can intimidate under such circumstances? Mr. Porter's claim is based upon u movable perforated diaphragm, and whs understood by the Patent Office, as it appears from the records of the Patent Office that his claim was at first refused as interfering with a prior patent to Robert Foulis, of Canada, for an equivalent contrivance. This claim, as given be low, and in which the perforated diaphragm is the saving clause, is what Mr. Porter calls securing the ''exclusive right to making gas from wood.'" The statement carries absurdity on its4rout, und is a libel on the good sense of the Patent Oilice If such a claim or right had been granted, it would forbid every coal-kiln and charcoal manufactory in the country. The following copies of correspondence and extracts from the records of the Patent Office will show the true state of the ease: U.mtje* Statks Patent Office, August 25, 1^54. Sir . In reply to your letter of tlfis date, asking '? if any patent has been granted to W. L). Porter, dated 22d August, 1&54, or at any other time, or to any other person or persons, securing to him or them " the exclusive right of moling gas from wood" and whether any such claim was made by W. D. Porter, under his application for a patent, which letters patent were issued bearing the above date, you are informed that W. D. Porter's claims are believed to be c nfined to his appara tus; aud, further, this office is not nware that a pnter4 has been granted heretofore lor the exclu sive right of making gas from. tro*.i It would, however, be unjustifiable to expect nle to make an extended investigation to answer your re q??est. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, C. Mason, Commissioner of Patents. W. P. McConakm., Esq., Care of Prof. (J. G. Page, Washington, D. C. The United States Patent Office?To all persons to whom these presents shall come, grating : This is to certify-that the annexed is a true copy from the files of tins office of an extract from a paper filed in the matter of the application of W. L). Porter for letters patent, in accordance with which application letters patent were issued to th? said W. D. Porter ou the 22d day of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. In testimony whereof, I Charles Mason, Com missioner of Patents, have caused the seal of the Patent Office to be hereunto affixed [t,. s.] this 25th day of August, in the year ol our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, and of the independence of the United States the seventy-ninth. C. Mason. Copy of disclaimer of W. D. Porter in his apphca? tion for improved still for making wood gas?filed August 5, 1854. Letters patent issued August22, lb54. " I do not claim as my invention and discovery the improvements in making gas from wood, via: subjecting the products of destructive distillation therefrom to a high degree of heal, subslanlislly as has been described and for ihe purposes set forth in the specification of W. P. McConnell The United States Patent Office?To all persons to whom these present'' shall come greeting : This is to certify thai the annexed is a true copy from the records of this office of an extract from the specification of W. D. Porter's patent, issued in the twenty secoud day of August, eighteen hundred and tiliy-four. In testimony whereof, I, Charles Mason, Com missioner of Patents, have caused the seal of the Patent Office to be hereunto , affixed this twenty-fifth day of August, n the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifiy-four, and ol the independence of the United Stales the seventy-ninth. C. Mason. Km net from Specification of IF. If- Porter on which leturx patent were tseurtj August 22, 1854. Ci>aix.?"What I claim as my invention and de sire to secure by letters patent is : " The construction of a gas apparatus or still, consisting of a metallic or other cylinder B, the cones E and D, diaphram plate C, and exit pipe F, substantially as described in the foregoing spe cification, and shown in the accompanying draw ings." The truth of the alwtve way be ascertained from llie records of Ihe Patent Office, to which all have access. WM. P. McCONNELL. By his attorney CHAS. G. PAGE. k' |)OOK'M KAII,KO.ll> OF THK 1 URITBI) STATU**."?This celebra ted iVlap, recently eulogized by Lieutenant Man ry, in hm " Virginia Letters," i* on sale at TAYLOR Ac MAURY'S Dec 1 Bookstore, near Ninfh street 8" (IfiTlllillN Itook. Origin of the Con stitution ; Incorporation of the General Gov eminent by the Stales; as national public agents in trust, with no sovereignty ; History of Copart nership Territories from the Virginia Deed. 17M. to the Treaty with Mexico, ISMS; Division of the Public Lands; Specific. Duties; Origin and History ol the Puritans; Origin and Cause of Trouble be tween the North aud South, and Jeopsrdy of the Republic; luteal mode of Redress pointed out, by W. B. Davis, Wilmington, North Carolina. Price | Two Dollars. On Male at IHSllOP'H Periodical ttlorc, No. 'ilfl Pennsylvmin nvenne, adjoining Willard'a Hotel. riMIH P KAMA NT HOY Pll I I.OSOPII I .It 1 1 by llenrv Mavhew, price 75esnts. The Essencextf Christianity, by LudWig Fener bach, translated from the second Herman edition by Marion Evans, translator of Straus's Life of Jesus, price SI 25. Travel* in Europe and the East, by Samuel Ireneus Prime, two volumes, price two dollars. Just published and for sale at TAYLOR Ar MAURY'S I, XTKA Heavy-plated Tea Met*, Albata j Forks, Simons, \-c.~-M. W. Gnlt >V- Bro. have just received a beautiful assortment of? Extra Plated Tea Seta, latest styles ("astors. Cake Baskets. Card Trays, Arc AIso, superior Albata Forks and Spoons. The above are of the very beat quality, and im ' usually low M. W. GALT At BRO. Penn. avenue, between VHh snd Ifhh sts. AN C II O V I R H* Varieties, and Shrimp Pasts.?Anchovy Paste, genuiue, in jars. Anchovies in sauce, in pickle, and sfllt. Essence of Lobsters. Anchovies, and Shri-nps. Just received by SHEKELL BROTHERS, Dec 13?3tif No. 40, op. Centre Market W ani>i:kin<;m in Corsica: Corsica: Picturesque, Historical, and Social; with a Sketch of the Early Life of Napoleon, translated j from the German l>y Edward Joy Morris. Price fl 50. Lectures on English Literature, (rom Chancer to Teflnyson, by Henry Rerd. Trice $ 1 25. Just published, and for sale at TAYLOR & MAURY'S I' R 0 S J* E C T U S UK I'HK "WASHINGTON MENTINiilV I PROPOSE to publish m the city of Washia^ ton, in September, a political newspaper, un dor the name of ihe WASHINGTON SENTI NEL. In doiug so, it is proper I should make kuowii the principle* it will maintain, and the policy it will advocate. It will support cordially and earnestly the priu ciples of the Democratic party of the. United State* it does not propose to be the organ of any Depart inent of the Government, except in so far as an in dependent maintenance of the doctrines of that party may represent its opinions and express it* views^ It will not be ambitious to commend itself to the people by a blind flattery of their rulers. It will seek public support by the bold avowal of the sentiments which are common to the genuine Democracy of the Union, and by the condemna tion of ulj such as may conflict with them, from whatever quarter they may come. It will seek to ?>e (and it will endeavor to deserve the title) the organ of the Democratic party of the United ?States. The Sentinel will maintain, as a fundament*! ?-ruth of that great party, that the States formed the I iiion between them by the ratification of the Con stitution as a compact; by which, also, they created the Federal Government, and delegated to it. as their common agent, the power.- expressly specified in it, with an explicit reservation <>t all other? to the States, or to their separate icovern- j niems. The exercise of any powers beyond thesr j thus delegated, is. therefore, an usurpation of the reserved authority of the States bv the ..?;e..t or their own creation. The Sentinel will uphold and defend the Union upon the basis of the rights of the States?under the Constitution?and thus by sedulously guarding toe latter, ii will the more effectually strengthen and perpetuate the former. With regard to the exercise of the powers of the Fec-eral Government, the Sentinel will take a the , rinciplee of its action, that Congress shall ex ercis no power which has not been delegated by the C? ustitution, according to a strict and fair in terpret lion of its language and spirit; and that it shall nt seek to attain indirectly an object through the exei -ise of constitutional /wiper, for the direct attainme t of whivh it has no ,leUgatiou of potenr. In other words, all powers exercised must be clearly gra ted. aud all granted powers must be used for no purpose, except such as is clearly in tended by th Constitution. ^ In respect to the internal administration of the Government, the Sentinel will sustain the settled policy of the Democratic party. It will labor to inculcate this cardinal doctrine of Democratic in ternul policy:?that this Government will best promote the freedom and prosperity of the people ol the States, by being less ambitious to exercise povr^r, and more anxious to preserve liberty; and by leaving to the individual States the manage merit ot all their domestic concern j?while it con tents itself with guarding the confederacy from external violence, and directing the foreign policy of the country to the promotion of the common interests, and defence of the common rights, and honor of the States com|>osing it. The Sentinel will advocate such a progressive foreign policy as will suit itself to the exigencies, and corresj>oud with the expanding interests of the country. That policy should be energetic and de cided; but should temper firmness with liberality, and make its highest ends consist with the strictest principles of justice. The real interests of the country, uj>on each occasion demanding attention will be its guide in the course the Sentinel, wil pursue. * The national policy of the world in this age is essentially aggressive. In the growing sense ot weakness of some of the nations of the Old World, and the ambitious restlessness of others, a com mon motive to colonial extension has developed self. Our settled determination tc repel interference front abroad with our domestic concerns, wil? prompt us to avoid it in the affairs of other coun tries, unlets by their foreign or colonial policy our peace should be threatened, our security endan gered, or our interests invaded. For when the selfish interests of other nations prompt a foreign or colonial policy which infringes upon our rights and places in the pathway of our commerce a dangerous nnd unfriendly rival, such a policy must be resisted by remonstrance, and, if need be kv war. Our foreign policy should, indeed, be defensive, but to l?e properly defetu>v?, ,t must sometimes be apparently aggressive. Our administration should be vigilant, watchful, and energetic. The world is full of important movements, commercial and political, deeply concerning American trade and American power. It is time we had an American foreign policy. We must have it. We cannot avoid it H" we would. We have Harger interests, and a greater stake in the world and its destiny, thnn ever)- other people. We occupy the best portion of a continent, with bo neighbors but a colony, and a worn-out, anarchical despotism. We are the olny people whose own land, without colonial de fendencies, is washed by the two great oceans of the world. Our agricultural productions are more varied and more essential to ciriliaed life, ancft* human progress?our mineral and manufacturing resources more vast?our facilities and capacity for internal and foreign commerce more extended ihan those of any other people living under one government. A continent, to a great extent, un explored and exhaustless in its yet hidden wealth is at our feet. European trade seeks th* great East through avenues which are at our doors, or must >>? made through our own limits. Europe, Asia Africa, snd the isles of the sea, lying all around' us, look to us as the rising power, through the agency of whose example, and ever widening and extending, though peaceful influences, the bless ings of liberty, civilisation, and religion, are des tined to triumph over the barbarism and supersti tion of the millions ef the world. And shall such a people refuse to Isy hold upon their destiny, nnd act ujM.n the high mission to which it is called? A mission so full of hope, though so laden with responsibility, whn-h, it properly directed, must make our confederacy the harbinger of peace to th.- world, as well as the peaceful nrt.iter of its destiny. The Sintinbl will, therefore, advocate a bold nnd earnest foreign polity, such as the condition of Hi* country demands^but it will advocate it under the flag of the country?nowhere else. Its foreign policy must be consistent with the spotless honor and unimpeachable good faith of the country. To be respectable at home and abroad, and to be great in the eyes of the world, it must ask for nothing hut what is right, nnd submit to nothing that is wrong. It must be liberal and magnanimous to the rights of others, and firm nnd immoveable in insisting on its own. It must, in fine, be true to its own interests, rights, snd honor?it cannot then be false to those of other nations. Such, then, is the chart by which we shall l?e guided. Independent and free, we shall endenvor to be honest and truthful. The true friends ot democratic principles we shall cordially support and defend. Its enemies in the field or in ambush we shall oppose, and on all proper dfcasions dej nounce. ? To our future b?ethren of the press we extend the hand of friendly greeting. The Sentinel is the rival of no press of its own party?the personal enemy of none of the other. The present Democratic Administration has our I est wishes lor its success in the establishment ot the grest principles upon which it came into power; and in its honest labors to attain such an end it will find the Sentinel its friend and coadjutor. IATKR YKAR?, oy the Author ol ?? the Old Hou?e by the River.n Mr. Hntherford's Ch Idren, second volume Pebbles from the Lake Shore, or Miscellsneoiis Poems, by Charles Leland Potter, A. M. General Motions of Chemistry, translated fr,,,,, the French, by Edmund C. Evans, M. D. The Land of the Saracens, by Bayard Taylor ? Brushwood picked up on the Continent: or Last Summer's Trip to the Old World, by Orvtlle Horwit*. The aliove are selected from n large arrival of newbooirsat TAYLOR Sr MAURY'S Bookstore, near ?th st. TO OFFICERS* W)LI)IKR8t SHAMES, L.!o"av? WARN, THBIR WIDOWS AND M1NOH CHU-DHKBi. H. M. KNIOHT, Attorucy for Uoveri?mentCI*lm#nt?, WASHINGTON, D. C CONTINUES to give prompt.and personal at tention to the prosecution ot Claims ol every description against the General Government, and particularly to those before the J roasury 1 epart meni. Pension and Bounty Land Bureaus I atent and General Land Offices, and Board of Claims. An experience ol* years, and a ftimiliariiy with the .ue'ans of obtaining the earluM and most ja vorable actiou on Claims, wilb his f*i*il'ttc? tor tiie dispatch of business, justify him in assuring his Correspondents, Claimants, and the public gener nlly, that interests intrusted to his keeping will not be neglected. Pension, Bounty Land, Patent, and PuMlc Land Laws. He has nearly ready for gratuitous distribution nmoiig his business Correspondents, (and tlio->e who may become such,) a neat pamphlet couiatn in if a synopsis of the existing Pension, Bounty Land, Patent, and Public Land Laws, down to the end of the late Congress* including the Itounty Land Act ol 3d March, I85o, under which all who have heretofore received less than ICO acres are now entitled to additional land: said Act grunts also 100 acres to all Officers, Non commissioned Officers, Chaplains, Soldiers, Wacon-masters, Teamsters, and Inendly Indians, ot the Army, including State Troops, \ olunleers, and Militia?and all Officers. Seamen, Ordinary Seamen, Marines, Clerks, and Landsmen, ol the Navy, not heretofore provided lor, who have serveJ not less than fourteen days (unless in bat tle) at any period since 1770; and to the widows and minor children of all such persons entitled, and deceased. ' ? This pamphlet contains "Forms of Application more full and complete than any el-ewhere to be found: adapted to the wants of every class ot Claimants under the Act, with copious decisions and instructions of the Department, and practical suggestions as to the course to be pursued in sus pended or rejected cases. Parties not wishing to avail themselves ol the facilities afforded bv this office in securing yrompt and personal superintendence of their claims at the DepartmenU, can obtain copies of liie above pamphlet by remitting thjrty cents in postage stamps. Inducements to Correspondents. Correspondents who prepare and forward cases for management by this Agency will be dealt with liberally; supplied with all necessary blanks gratis, and kept constantly advised of the changes that from lime to time occur in the execution ol the 1? is within the subscriber's power to direct his Correspondents to the locality of very many per sons entitled under the late Act; and having ob tained several thousand Land Warrants under former laws, he is in possession ol data that wi.l ?materially assist in securing additional bounty. Fees, below the usual rates?and contingent upon the admission ot Claims. The highest cash prices given for Land \\ ar rants, Revolutionary Scrip, and Illinois Land ^"Address S. M. KNIGHT. Washington City. March 17? law2m ? 1 UtKMlUM HOOTS.?Gentlemen are re I quested to call at my store, Browing Hotel, ?d examine the tine'case of BOOTS that was awarded the highest premium at the Metropolitan Mechanics' Institute, manufactured by Godfrey & Co., Philadelphia. Please call early, as they will be returned in a few days. I have a line as sortment of Boots on hand and for sale from the same establishment; also, oi C. Benkert a and l. Conrad's make, of Philadelphia, as well as my own manufacture, comprising the largest and best se lected Stock ol Boots thHt has ever been in the market. ? Unt I Fashionable Bootmaker, Brown* Hotel. March IS A READY MADE CLOTHING T REDUCED PRICES?An the season i* advanced, we have determined to sell oil the remaining portion of our winter stock at rreatly reduced price*; therefore gentleman wish in?r to consult economy in purchasing tine Over coats. Talmas Dress, Frock, and Business Coats; Black and Fancy Cashmere Pants; Velvet, Oil*. Satin, and Merino Vests; Under Shirts and Drawer*, and all other ready made garments ol tine quality, will find our present variety to be as well assorted as in the beginning ol the season, with the advantage of much lower pnces WALL Ac STEPHENS, 3'Z'i Pa. avenue, next to Iron llall. Feb V4 _ w A T E R -CO I< O R P I C TU R E J ,T M?MTS. TAYLOR ft MAI RY b?f -to an nounce that, at the suggestion of several of our citizens, the pictures now on exhibition at tlieir store will be rallied Itor. Eleven prises ; sixty chances, at SO. April 12 Bookstore, near Ninth C8T RECEIVED AT I AYLOR MAIJ I rv's Bookstore, near 9th street? The Plurality of Worlds, with an Introduction by Edward Hitchcock, D. D. A Lamp to the Path; or, the Bible in, the.Heart, the Home, and the Market I lace, by the Rev. M K. Tweedie, D. D. ,.r The Catacombs of Rome. by the Right Rev. W. J. Kip, D. D. L ? . _ Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Cons of America, by Gabriel Franchere. Corinne, by Madame De Stael, new edition. Vathek, by Beckford, do Female Poets of Great Britain, Jto Western Scenes and Adventures, illustrated. Life of Napoleon, by Har.litt, do 80H0NENBEI10 & THUN, *KCHTS-CONStlLI'BTItn, ' GKNKRAL AMKK1CAW AND FOREIGN AOKNO, For the Collection of Claims, the Procurement ot Patents, Bounty Lands, and Pensions. BUREAU OF TRANSLATION From the French, Spani?h. Italian, and German Languages, and for Topographical and other Drawin**^, ^ g|rct.t, Washington City, D.C. Nov 18 tf HtRAW Hm-Wc have now opened 0 our Spr.a* supply ol Straw Goods and are prepared to show a full assortment. All o ?r goods beilg bought for cash, we ^prepared to sell at the lowest prices. Mny S?3tif Sales Room, Brown s Hotel. MY BROTHER* KEEPER, by Miss A. B. Warner, author of Dollars and tenia, Mr. Rutherford's Children. &c. Just published and for sale by R- *ART ' ' * May 5 Corner of Pa. avenne and 11th street. mHB HEALING OF THE NATION*, by I Charles Linton; with an Introduction and Appendix by N. P. Tallmadge. Published by the Society lor (he Diffusion of Spiritual Knowledge New York, 1 large octavo volume, price fl ?a?. Foe sale "rJ,AyL0R MAURY'S Bookstore. Msy ft near ftth aireel. BROWN AND SHOOK, ORMKRAI. COMMISSION ANO FOKWARP1MO *P.K CHANrS, KtCHMOND, VA. And Agents tor "Kerr's" " StnuvKrdran" OU\ Bye, and ;P. Hunger's ? Old Rye " Whisky. Premium l>r Abetters promptly answered, and orders tilled Feb 20?3tn ____________ I AW PARTHEKHIIIP*?Supreme Court J of the United States ?ROBE 111 J.WALIvLK ' and LOUIS JANIN have formed a copartnership under the name of "WAtKR* <V Ja?iim, for the argument of eases in the Supreme Court ol the 1 United Stales, at Washington ctlV, wuwe both ! will attend throughout the futhre sessions of thai , court. They msy be addressed at Washington. ' New York, or New Orleans. Jan IP?eoim New mij*ic.?w c. zantzinger has |ti-t received from the publishers, Firth, Pond i5f Co., New York, and George Willieg,jr., Baltimore, an assortment of llieir latest publica tions. 1fi$f Pianos tuned, warranted to give satis faction. STATIONERS' HALL, adjoining Kirk wood House Dec 16?ritawif YA LU a It 1, H It E A I, EMTATE FOU Sale.?The block of buildings known as ' the Union Buildings,'' and now occupied by the Union newspaper establishment. They are situ ated on E street, between 1 .'ith and 14th streets and fronting directly on Pennsylvaniaavenue. The lot is 70 feet front by 159 feel deep. The property is susceptible of division uud re-arrangemeut, and its position Hiit-h as inust rank it among the best business stands on the avenue, and is yearly in creasing in value. The time of the present lessee expires on the 1st September next, on which day possession may bad. Also, tiiat large three-story Brick House on 17th street .west, (opposite the War Olftee, and three doors south of G street.) Also, that three story House on 17th street west, next door to the Government Building, nt tlie corner of F and 17th streets. Should the above property not be sold nt private sale prior to the 15th of May, it will be sold on that day nt public auction. Terms will be rna'tle favorable to the purchaser. Apply to CH. H. WINDER, Corner of 17th and G streets March 20?2awtIT)May S ATI Hi: AND S A TIKISTS, BY J AMI> Ilannay. author of Singleton Fontleroy, 6cc. Cosas de Espana, or Going; to Madrid, via Bar celona. Just published and for sale at TAYLOR & MAURYS March 6 Bookstore, near 9th street. Modern l,an<;ua<;e??1>. e. tJroux, a native of France, teacaer of Modern Lan guages, especially French. Spanish, and German Translations made with correctness and punctu ally ProtV.-sor of Nlime,-unities, for the clns-ili o <tion and explanation'of medals and coins. Pennsylvania avenue, south side, between ih and "th streets, op|K)site Brown's Hotel Furnishetl Rooms tr rent -it that plH<*t. Sep 21?-dt/ UNION IIaIliTTIIOTEJL AND KEFEC" tory, C street, between 0th and 7th streets. Washington. E. .1. WILL80N, W. II. HEY WAR I'. Dec. lr??if PROSPECTUS OF THE UNITED STATES TIMES. A Weekly !V t* wspn per to be publlslicil In \Vn?ltlngton City. The undersigned, expecting soon to retire Iroin the position he lias for some time held asSuperin ter.dent of the United Stales Ceti?us, intends to devote himself to the control and management ol the Review, of which, for the last nine years, he has been the editor and proprietor, and to the publication in the City of Washington of a weekly newspaper with the above title. The materia! for this paper will consist, in part, of selections or extracts from articles admitted into the Review, but mainly ol other original lite rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous matters, including digests of the current events ol the day, home and foreign; the proceedings ol Congress and the acts of the Government; lite rary and scientific .-ketches and essays upon leading nud popular topics; biographical sketches of public men; ti'g?6t of official report#, State and Federal; the state of the markets in the several arge cities; the progress and prospects of crops; supply, demand, prices, etc.; the increase of tlm country as shown by statistics, bringing down those ol the National Census always to dale. The object will be, through careful editorial management and a large and well-selected cor respondence. to establish at the seat of govern ment a Family Newspaper which shall be adapted to the wants of* every community; imparting mnsemenl and information, and political, only to the extent of maintaining the institutions of the country oi>d defending th?* rujh?? and sovereignty of the States The City of Washington, from :he advantages which it presents lor obtaining material of every kind, through th* action of the Smithsonian Insti tution, the Patent Office, and the National Agri cultural Convention, etc., and the several Bureaus and Departments of Government, from its conti guity to the large commercial eities. from the ex tended, exciting, and all important interests that concentiate upon it, is. jterhaps. the most eligible location for such n journal, and ample guarantees of its svoeess have already Iwen received It will l?e printed in folio lor the convenience of loading, and similar in style to the New York Albion. Terms: ?'2 rrs anstm, in advance. To Clubs. Of 10 mksorirers. ai one post office^) SI'i in advance. To Subscribers oi DrBow's Kkvww. not in arrears, tne Review and Times together, ffi in advance. Advertisements on accommodating terms, in order to increase the ij?etiilne?? of the Re view. which I'f-- now acquired a very extensive circulation,it will be enlarged from 112 to 140 or lf>0 pages, and olherw??e improved bv additional editorial ?s?i*tance and an able corps ol contribu ?ors. A monthly historical digest of events will be embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer ence. The subscription price of the Rkvikw will re main at $?'> per annum, but lor the convenience ol the large class of person" who may not desire the whole work, or who may only solicit in formation upon one or more of the subjects to which it is devoted, it is in contemplation to make a separate publication ol the mailer relating to Agrituhnrt, ?noth< r of that relating to Manufac ture*; a lliiru x? InternaI Improvements/ a fourth to CwsMrrw; and a tilth lo lidurntinn and Ls-tter*. These publications wili be but departments of the whole work, and may im-subscribed for separately at $1 pet annum ea h. They will appear monthly in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five to thirty-two pages ; constituting an annual octavo volume of .'?<?0 page each, showing at a single view and ui a condensed lorin the whole results, within Ihe year, in th? particular depart ment, in ear ourn country and abroad, as the Review itsell wili show them in nil of the department* of indus try and enterprise. The Office of Dellow's Revikw will remain us iiefore at New Orleans, though ii branch will be located at Washington, which will be al?o the main office of the other Journals, and may be addressed at all times in regard to them. The particular address of the editor, whether Wash ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time to time, in the work. J. D. b. dp;BOW. Wasmi.nito*. Nov. I^M. ,jr0r* DkBow's Inditshuai. Rjtsomicxft, three handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress and Wealth ol the United States, 1.MJ0 pages royal octavo, double columns, cleisr nrtut, library edi tion, may still be ordered. Wioe .$0 MellVered nt (he exj?ense of the authe* WASHINGTON BllAHCH RAILROAD. THE TRAINS Leave Washington nt t5 and 8$ a. in., and 3 and 4? p. in. Leave Baltimore at 4J and a. in., and 3 and 5i p. ni. Ou Sundays the only train from Baltimore that leaving at It a. in., and trom Washington at 4J p. m. May 5?tf. T. II. PARSONS, Agent. BY RAILROAD DIBECT TO THE WEST. Time httwtcn XV nsliliiffton nndWheclIng but 17 1-4 liuum! Running time between Washington antLCincin? vali 27 hours.'.' Through Tickets and Baggage Checks to be had in Washington!!! BALTIMORE AXD OIIIO RAILROAD HAVING greatly improved ita Western connections now oilers the fulle-t induce ment* to travellers between Washington, Balti more, and all portions of the West, the Northwest and the Southwest. The connection between the trains from Wash ington and the trains bound west from Baltimore is always promptly ma le at the Washington Junc tion (lately called the Relay House) 9 miles from Baltimore. This is the only change of cars re quired between Washington and the Ohio river. Baggage is checked through to Wheeling nt the Washington station, affd rechecked and transfer red there, (w>th the passengers) without charge, for those holding through tickets for points beyond. The connecting trains leave Washington daily at t! a. m. and 4J p. m. On Sundays at the latter hour only. At Wheeling direct connection i* made with the t rains of t he C ENTRAL Oil IO RA1LROA L), run niog from Bellairre on the Ohio, near Wheeling, through Cambridge, Zanesville and Newark, to COLUMBUS. These trains connect at Newark with the cars of the Newark. Mansfield and Sand usky Railroad for Sandusky, Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, etc. At Columbus the C. O. Railroad trains connect with the fast trains of the Little Miami Railroad toXeoia, CINCINNATI. LOUISVILLE, etc. At Xcuia (on Little Miami Railroad) connection is forin?-d with the trains through Dayton, to INDI ANAPOLIS, Terre Haute, Lafayette, Chicago. Rouk Island, .St. Louis, etc. E7" Fa>seugers holding through tickets lor Memphis, Vicktburg, Natchez, New Orleans et3., which are al?o sold at Washington, are transfer red at Cincinnati to the Mail Steamers on the Ohio. Tickets for Evansvil'e. Cairo, and St. Louis are sold by this, route. 117" FOR CLEVELAND, and via Cleveland to Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, etc., tickets are sold, when the Ohio is navigable bet ween Wheeling and WelUville (forty miles) where a connection with the Cleveland and Pittfburg Railroad is made. Travellers are requested to notice that while this is the only route all'ording through tickets aud checks in Washington, it is also the shortest, most speedy, and direct to nearly all the leadiug points in tbe great Weft. The distance from \\ ashing ton to Cincinnati is but (>53 miles, being about 100 miles shorter than by any other route! FARE BY THROUGH TICKET FROM WASHINGTON: To Wheeling, $9 S^Columbus, $13 05; Dayton, $15 5(1; Cincinnati, $lfl; Louis ville, by railroad, $18 f>5; by steamer from Cincin nati, $1$; Indianapolis, $17 50; Cleveland, 512 15; Toledo, $15 80; Detioit, $15 'JO; Chicago $20 65 and $19 50: St. Louis, $28 50 and $25; Memphis, $V6; New Orleans, $31. etc. ID-FOR FREDERICK and HARPER'S FER NY, MARTINSB0RG, BERKLEY SPRINGS, CUMBERLAND, BEDFOR1TSPRING8, Pied mont. Oakland, and Fairmount, passengers may leave Washington at 0 a. m. or 4} p. m. For the minor way stations between Baltimore and Wheel' nig, lake 6 a. ni. tram from Washington. For trains to and from Baltimore, Annapolis, etc., see special advertisements. [0* For further information, through tickets, iVc., apply to TIIOS. H. PARSONS, Agent at Washington Station. JOHN II. DONE, Master of Transportation Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Baltimore May 5?ly. I^XCELMIOR; HELPS TO PROGR1438 J in Keligion, Science, and Literature. A new monthly magazine, edited by the Rev. James Hamilton, D. D., of Ixmdon. Price $1 .r>0 per annum. Although nominally a young Men's Magazine, it will be a main ellbrt of the conductors to pro vide lor young men thnt healthful stimulus and the aids to improvements, which many of them are BOw so anxious to secure. The editor ha* secured the assistance of many able aud excelled contributors, aud every elTort will Ue made to render the work worthy the pat ronage and support of the christian public Agents for the District, . GRAY 4r BALLANTYNE, Seventh street. (IKK.tT COMPLAINTS liavhitf been X made of the irregularity of the running of the t> ets between Washington and Alexandria, for tbe accommodation of^p public, the undersigned hns determined to run the steamer GEORGE PAGE n? follows, viz.: From Washington, flj. 8. 9J. and lli a. m.; 1, 3, and 4j, p. m. < From Alexandria. 7J, nf, 10|, n. in.; 12J.2, 4, and 5$. p. m. Omnibuses connecting with the boat will leave the corner of .Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue at t>. 7j. 9J, njid II. a. m.; 12|, 2), and 4J, UEORGE PAGE i FRENCH GENTLEMAN WILL J^\.- g!ve instruction in hi* native tongue in compensation of Board in a respectable family of this city or vicinity. References of character and capacity will be given. Address M. E., at this otfice. May 12?ocd2w 4 VALUABLE FARM IN VIRGINIA, J\ (MUM) Acres) lor Sale.? Having leased for a term of years, " The Fauquier. White Sulphur Springs" to persons whose high reputation war rants the belief they will be kept in the best style, the undersigned now otters for sale the valuable farm which surrounds the Springs. It contains upwards of 450 acres of low grounds ?remarkable for extraordinary crops of corn, and capable of being made ihebest possible meadows. As part of this lind yielded 100 bushels of a single acre, in Is 3. the twelfth year of successive cuiti va'ion. without manure; and in 1854, bad a* was the season, produced 70 bushels?the Farm is easily susceptible of division, and is certainly one of the best in Virginia. Terms; One-third on the 1st of December next, and the balance in one and two years thereafter, with interest from dote of deliv? iy For furl her particulars inquire of the subscriber, by letters addressed to "Warrenton Springs. Vir ginia," or to Washington, D. C. May 1?tf THOMAS GREEN. ANEW WORK on the Catholicity of the True Church.? The Golden Heed, or the True Measure of a True Church, by II F. Barrett, price $1, just received May 10 R. PARNIIAM. V[ Ell II ORK, by the Author of the Heir of Redely fie. 1 he Castle Builders,by the author ol the Heart's Ease, in paper covers ; price 50 cents , bound, 75 cents'. Just published and-for sale at TAYLOR Ar MAURY'S March 31 Bookstore, near Ninth -treet / ' Airi'tCR'M. Just received a lar^e i>a VJT sortment of Pate De Poies Ors?. iroin 8tras burg, in small and large isrs Jan ?1? i (J. GAUTIEK [WASHINGTON SENTINEL TERMS OF ADVERTISING. One square (twelve lines) 1 insertion $0 '0 u ( ii 2 " " ?< 3 " 1 00 1 week 2 CO 1 month 5 CO tefL. Business cards, not exceeding six lines, lor not less than six months, inserted at halt price. Yearly advertisements subject to special ar rangement. Long advertisements at reduced rates. Religious, Literary, and Charitable notices in serted gratuitously. All correspondence on business must be prepaid GREAT ATTRACTION, 1)REMIUM DAGUERREOTYPES taken at STEWART'S Gallery, Pennsylvania ave nue, over Gait's Jewelry Store. Pictures in best quality of cases front 50 cent* and upwards. We invite the public to call and judge for them selves. March 17?dlmo PROSPECTUS OF DE HOW'S RIO VIEW, volumes XIV. and XV.. adapted pri marily to the southern and western States of the Union, including statistics o( foreign and domestic industry and enterprise. Published monthly in New Orleans, at $5 per annum, in advance. .V-H" A few complete sets of the work, tbirt' en volumes, bound handsomely, (GOO to 'WO pages, are ior sale at the office, New Orleans, deliverable in any of the large cities or towns. Sep 7?tf FOR THE 8PR1NG TRADE, Gent's Ho. siery and Under-Garmcntt*.?STEVENS, Brown's Hotel, is now opening u fresh and Inrge variety of Gent's Undershirts and Drawers. Also, a large assortment of silk and cotton llalf-llose, plnin and fancy. STEVENS'S Feb 24?3tif Sales Room, Brown's Hotel. THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, devo ted to Industry, Science, and Mechanics. Published weekly at 12S Fulton street, N. Y., (Sun Buildings,) by Munn & Co. Terms: $2 a year; SI in ??tivance. and the re uiainder in six month* GREAT EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK* Pianos and Melodcons for Cash. OR ACE WATERS, the great Music and H Piano Forte dealer, 333 Bioadway, New York, prcfermg to share a large per cent ..with his customers, rather than pay it to the sharpers ol Wall s'reut, to rnise available means to enable hint to stem the present^ight times, oflers his immense assortment oi elegant and warranted Pianos and Melodeons at a large discount from factory prices, for cash. His assortment comprises Pianos front three of the largest aud most celebrated Boston manufactories; also those of several of the best New York makers, including llie beautiful and much admired Horace Waters Pmnos from his own factory, and Melodeons of the best Boston. New Haven, New York, and Buffalo makes ; al fordiog an opportunity for selections not to be had elsewhere. Each instrument warranted. Second ? hand Pianos a; great bargains?prices from $K0 to to *W)0. Music and musical instruments of nil kinds. Dealers, teachers, and heads of schools supplied on the best terms. Music sent by mai , post paid. General and select catalogues of mu sic and schedule of factory prices of Piunos, Melo deons and musical instruments forwiirded lu any address, free ot poslage. Sept 21?d3m TJ1AYL.OR & MAURY ha\e the honor to 1 announce the completion of preparations for the festive season. In addition to their ordinary stock, (which has always been characterized by elegance and variety,) they have received? A choice selection of beautifully illustrated and tastefully hound Books Articles of" vertu," in Pnrcclain, Brim/, a: other manufacture. Writing Desks, in papier mache ami i-i?ewi Card Baske s, Inkstands. Ladies' < . - Cigar Stands and Cases. Portent", :<? t s Taper Stands, &c. Together with a general assortment ol novelties remarkable for a combination ol' the useful with the ornamental, at prices suitable to the artisan or millionaire. Book aud Stationery store, near 0th street TY USSIA AS IT l>, liY COUNT DE C;U l"\j rowski. MEMOIRS, ceches. and Writings, of Kobert Rantoul. jr., edited I?y Luther llaninton. SACRED POEMS AND HYMNS for public and private devotiou. l>v Juuies Monigoinerv. THE PLANTER'S NORTHERN BRIDE, a Novel, by Caroline Lee Hctits, with illustrations from original designs, in 2 vols. THE CHURCH, in a series of Discourses, by Sylvester Judd, Pastor of Christ Church Mniun. HISTORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL anu the English Commonwealth, from the execution of Charles I. to the death of Cromwell, by M. G. Guizot. translated by A. H. ScoWe, in 2 vols HISTORY OF THE FRENCH PROTEST ANT Refugees, from the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes to our own days, by M. Charles Weis?. Professor of History in the Ljfcee Bonaparte, in 2 vols. VOICES OF THE NIGHT, by Kev. John Cum ming, I>. D. VOICES OF THE DAY, by Rev. John Cam ming. D. D. Just published and received at the bookstore *>i R. FARNHAM, Apr I ft Corner of 11th st. and Penn. av. I EXAMPLES OK MACHINERY AM) j Mill-work?Being plans, sections, andeleva tion of works in several departments of Machine ry, Mill-work, and General Engineering, with de criptions of their construction, action, and practical application to various branches of industry. )u?t received and for sale at the Bookstore of R. FARNHAM, rpREIII.E PATENT IMPROVED EYE j let Machine. First patent combined on one stock. Second patent, sell-feeding in the eyelets. Third pateut, patent improved fastener, riveting both sides. All parties lit want of a good Eyelet Machine are strongly recommended to us* none but "Lip man's Patent Improved," which is decidedly the best ever brought before the public, possessing numerous advantages, viz: It is ?tri>ng. durable, snd not liable to get out of order. It punches the hole well and to fii the Eyelet, and in one operation clinches the Eyelet on both side*. b saves time, as the papers, Jcc., need not be reversed or turned over to clinch the Eyelet a second time, as is the case with all other ma chines. It is useful to the merchant in filing away papers, as well as to the attorney or conveyancer, the shomaker, tailor, mihner, and numerous others, and is a very labor-saving machine. Agents ibr Washington, TAYLOR A: MAURY, Book and Stationery Store, near 9th st. May 24 PI. A T ED TEA METS.? I have just re ceived some new styles Albata and Silver Plated Wnre lhat I offer at manufacturer's prices ; also, a large assortment of Spectacles, of every description ; logether with a good assortment of pure Silver Wsre, of my own manufacture, which 1 will retail at wholesale prices H O. HOOD, 418 Penn avenue, bet. 4J and 6th sts., Sign of the Large Spread Eagle. Feb ?dlwif UTA SHIN G TO N IRVING'!) NEW W Work, Wolfcrt's Roost and other Papers, now first collected, by Washington Irving. Scottish Songs, Ballads, and Poems, by Herr Ainslee. Full Proof of the Ministry, a Sequel to the Boy who was trained up to lie a Clergyman, by John N. Norton, A. M. Memoirs of Life. Exile, and Conversations of the Emperor Na|>oleon, by the Count de les Cases, with portraits and other illustrations. Manuel of Sacred History, by John Henry Kurt/, D. D. Jost published snd for sale at TAYLOR ft MAURY S Feb IS Bookstore, near 9th street. OUR COUNTRY.MEN j or, llrlet Memoir* c>f Eminent Amen uns, by B. J. Lossing, au thor of "the Pictorial Field llook of the Revolu tion," illustrated by on* hundred and three Por traits. The Maroon, a Legend of the Caribbees, and other Tales, by W. Gtlmore Sunms. The Philosophy of the Human Voice, by Jam*s Rush, M. D. Just published and for sale by TAYLOR As MAURY, May 1? Bookstore near 9th ?C