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V<*. XV. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1860. N?. 2.173.
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v YANKEE SCHOOLMASTER AND A
*? yalla11 dog.*'
Tiic February numberof the Atlantic Monthly
lmf the following racy sketch, in the best
'vie <?f the "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table:"
Tii? alvent of Master Langdon to Pigwacket
? -Rtre ercated h much more lively sensation
tain had attended that of either of his preder-isvT*
Looks go a good ways, all the world
r H i 1 though there were several good-look
^ ^oople in the place, and Major Bush was
. it the natives of the town called a l-hand.
.uic n.an." that is, big, fat, and red, yet the
; _*atof a really elegant young fellow.with the
i nLural air which grows up with carefully-brcd
\ >ung persons, was a novelty. The Brabuiin
V!'**l which caine from his grandfather as well
*- from bis mother, a direct descendant of the
old F!ynt ftmily. well known by the famous
tutor, Henry Flint see Cat. Ilarv Anno 1693,)
Mi been enlivened snd enrichcd by that of
'be Wen:worths, which had had a good deal of
r.p<? oi l >1 t'ieira and other generous elements
mingled with i*.?othatit ran to gout somei
i?nes in the old folks, and to a high spirit,
warm complexion and curly hair in some of
he younger ones The 3oft curling hair of Mr.
^errard had inherited something, perhaps, of
the high spirit; but that we ."hall have a chance
of findingout by an 1 by But the long sermons
and the frugal board of his Brahmin ancestry.
with his own habits of study, had told upon his
color, which was subdued to something more of
delicacy than one would care to see in a young
tellow with rough work before him. This, however,
made him look more interesting, or. as the
young ladies at Maj. Bush's said, 'interestin'.'
When Mr. Bernard showed himself at meeting.
on the first Sunday after his arrival, it
May be supposed that a good many eyes wero
fumed upon the young .schoolmaster. There
something heroic in his coming forward so
rea lily to take a place which called for a strong
hand, and a prompt, steady will to guide it.
In fact, his position was that of a military
chistiain on the eve of a battle Everybody
knew everything in Pigwacket Centre; and it
was an understood thing that the young rebels
meant to put down the new master, if they
could. It was natural that the two prettiest
tfirl- in the village, called in the local dialect,
ai nearly as our limited alphabet will represent
it. Alrniny Cutterr, and Arvilly Braowne,
should feel and express an interest in the goodlooking
?tranger. and that, when their flittering
comments were repeated in the hearing of
their indigenous admirers, among whom were
some of the older "boys" of the achool, it
should not add to the amiable dispositions of
the turbulent youth.
Monday came, and the new schoolmaster was
in his chair at the upper end of the school- ;
house, on the raised platform. The rustics
! > ?ke I at hi- handsome face, thoughtful, peace1
u!. pleasant, cheerful, but sharply cut round
tin- lip> and proudly lighted about the eyes.
The ringleader of the mi3ehief-makers. the
. 'iiiig butcher, who has before tigur-d in this
narrative, looked at him stealthily, whenever
h- got a chance to study hiui unobserved; for
the truth was. he felt uncomfortable whenever
h* f und the large, dark eyes fixed on bis own
little, sharp, deep-set, gray ones. But he
found weans to study him pretty well?first
his face, then his neck and shoulders, the set
?f his arms, the narrowing at the loins, the
make of his legs, and the way he moved. In
rhort. he examined him as he would have examined
a steer, to see what he could do, and
h >w he could cut him np. If he could only
have gone to him and felt of h?3 muscles, ho
would have been entirely satisfied lie was
not a very wise youth, but he did know well
enough tnat. though big arms and legs are
very good things, there is something besides
size that gves to make a man; and he had
heard stories of a fighting-man, called 4,The
?>pider,'~ from his attenuated proportions, who
was yet a terrible hitter in the ring, and had
whipped many ? big limbod fellow in and out
>f the roped arena.
Nothing could be smoother than the way in
which everything went on for the first day or
i*o. The new master was so kind and courteous,
he seemed to take everything in such a
nitur3l, easy way. that there was no chance to
) irk a quarrel with him. He in the meantime
thought it best to watoh the boys and young
men for a day or two with as little show of
authority as possible. It was easy enough to
that he would have occasion for it before
long.
I he school-hou'e was a grim. old. red. onc-tory
building, perched cn a bare rock at the
top of a hill?partly beeause this was a con-pi
-uous 6ite for the temple of learning, and
partly because land is cheap where there is no
hance even for rye or buckwheat, and the
erv ?heep find nothing to nibble. About the
little poreh were carved initials and dates, at
Mrious higbts. from the stature of nine to that
of eighteen. Inside were old unpainted desks
I unpainted, but browned with the umber of
human contact?and hacked by innumerable
ick knives. It was l>ng since the walls had
K-ea whitewashed, as might be conjectured by
'he various traces left upon them, wherever
ile hands or sleepy heads could reach them.
\ curious appearance was noticeable on va-ious
higher parts of the wall, namely, a warti
ke emotion, a? one would be tempted to call
t. being in reality a crop of the soft missiles
before mentioned, which, adhering in considerable
number*, and hardening after the usual
i iihion of papie' macfie, firmed at last permanar*
ornaments of the edifice.
The young master's quick eye soon noticed
?hat a particular part of the wall was most
favored with these ornamental appendages.
I'heir position pointed suffi-iently clearly to
the part of the room they cauio from. In fact,
there was a nest of youug muiineers just there,
which must be broken up by a roup d'etat.
This was easily effected by redistributing the
seats and arranging the scholars according to
oia4?es, so that a mischievous fellow, charged
full of the rebellious imponderale, should find
himself between two non-conductors, in the
shape of .small boys of studious habits. It was
managed quietly enough, in such a plausible
sort ot way that its motive was not thought of.
But its effects were soon felt: ard then began a
system of correspondence by signs, and the
throwing of little scrawls done up in pellets,
and announced by preliminary ah'mx! to call
the attention of the distant youth addressed
^ >me of these were incendiary documents, "a
?? stuck up dandy," as "a purse-proud
aristocrat." as "a sight too big for his,
etc and holding him up in a variety of
equally foroible phrases to the indignation of
the youthful community of School District No.
1, Pigwacket Centre.
Presently the draughtsman of the sohool set
a caricature in circulation, labelled, to prevent
mistakes, with the schoolmaster's name. An
immense bell-crowned hat, and a long, pointed,
t thi; >w-tailed coat, showed that the artist had
in his mind the conventional dandy, as shown
in priuts of thirty or forty years ago, rather
than any actual human aspect of the time. But
it was passed round among the boys and made
its lnugh. helping of course to undermine the
waster s authority, as Punch or the Charivari
takes the dignity out of an obnoxious minister.
One morning, on going to the school-room.
Master Langdon found an enlarged copy of this
sketch with its label, pinned on the ooor. He
took it down, smiled a little, put it into his
pocket, and entered the school-room An insidious
silence prevailed, which looked at if
some plot were brewing. The boys were ripe
for mischief, but afraid. They had really no
fault to find with the master, except that he
was dressed like a gentleman, which a certain
oiass of fellows alwaya eonsider a personal
insult to themselves. But the older ones were
evidently plotting, and more than onoe the
warding ak'm ' was heard, and a dirty little
scrtp ., paper rolled into a wad shot from one
seat to another. One of these happened to
strike the store-funnel, and lodged on the master
s desk He was cool enough not to seem
to notice it ile secured it, nowever, and
f und an opportunity to look at it, without
being observed by the boy* It required no j
?u* ,x'?hntt notice j
4
He who should have enjoyed the privilege of
looking upon Mr. Bernard Langdon the next
morning, when his toilet was about half
finished, would hare had a very pleasant
gratuitous exhibition. First he buckled the
strap of his trousers pretty tightly. Then he
took up a pair of heavy dumb-bells, and swung
them for a few minutes: then two great "Indian
clubs, ' with which he enacted all sorts of
impossible-looking feata.* -His limbs were not
very large, nor his shoulders remarkably
broad, but if you knew as inuch of the muscles
m all persona who look at statues and pictures
with a critical eye ought to have learned?if
you knew the trapezius, lying diamond-shaped
over the back and shoulders like a monk's
cowl, or the deltoid, which caps the shoulders
like an epuulettc?or the triceps, which furnisher
the rtr/foT the upper arm?or the hardknotted
biceps?any of the great sculptural
landmarks, in fact?you would have said there
was a pretty show of them, beneath the white
satiny skin of Mr. Bernard Langdon And if
you had seen him. when he had laid down the
Indian clubs, catch hold of a leather strap that
hung from the beam of the old-fashioned ceiling,
and lift and lower himself over and over
again by his left hand alone, you might have
thought it a very simplo and easy thing to do
until you tried to do it yourself. Mr Bernard
1 joked at him?elf with the eye of an expert.
J retty well! he Paid; "not so much fallen
off as I expected." Then he set up his bolster
in a very knowing sort of way, and delivered
two or three blows straight as rulers and swift
as winks. "That will do," he said. Then, as
if determined to make a certainty of his condition
he took a dynamometer from one of the
drawers in his old veneered bureau. First he
squeezed it with his two hands. Then he
placed it on the floor and lifted, steadily,
strongly. The springs cracked and creaked;
the index swept with h great stride far up into
the high figures of the scale; it was a good lift,
lie was satisfied He sat down on the edge of
his bed and looked at his cleanly-shaped arms.
' It I strike one of those boobies, I am afraid I
shall spoil him,' he paid. \ et this young man,
when weighed with his class at college, oould
barely turn one hundred and forty-two pounds
in the scale?not a heavy weight, surely; but
some of the middle weights, as the present English
champion, for instance, seem to be of a
far fine quality of muscle than the bulkier fellows.
The master took his breakfast with n good
appetite that morning, but was perhaps more
quiet than usual. After breakfast, he went
upstairs and put on a light loose frock, instead
of his usual dress coat, which was a closo
fitting and rather stylish one. On his wav to
school he met Alminy Cutterr, who happened
to be walking in the other direction, "Oood
morning. Miss Cutterr," he said; for she and
another youug lady had been introduced to
him, on a former occasion, in the usual phrase
of polite society in presenting ladies to gentle
men -"Mr. Langdon. let me make y acquainted
with Miss Cutterr; let me make y' acquainted
with Miss Braowne." So he said, Good
morning;" to which ho replied. "(iood niornin\
Mr. Langdon. How'e your haalth?" The
answer to this question ought naturally to have
been the end of the talk; but Alminy Cutterr
lingered and looked as if she had something
more on her mind.
A young fellow does not require a great experience
to read a simple country girl's face
as if it were u sign-board. Alminy was a good
soul, with red cheeks and bright eyes, kindhearted
as she could be, and it was out of the
question for her to hide her thoughts or feelings
like a fine lady. Her brights eves wore
moist and her red cheeks paler than their
wont, as she said, with her lips quivering?
"Oh, Mr. Langdon, them boys '11 be the death
of ye, if you don't take caar !"
"Why, what's the matter, my dear!" said
Mr. Bernard. Don't think there was anything
very odd in that "my dear," at the second
interview with a village belle; some of
those women-tamers call a girl "My dear,"
after five minutes' acquaintance, and it sounds
all right as they say it. But you had bwtter
not try it at a venture.
It sounded all right to Alminy. a? Mr. Bernard
said it. "I'll ye what's the matter,"
she said, iu a frightened voice. "Ahbner's
go n to car' his dog, 'n he'll set him on ye'z
suro z r alive. T's the same cretur that half
cat up Eben Squire's little Joe. a year come
nex' Fast-day.
Now this last statement whs undoubtedly
over-colored; as little Jo Squires was running
about the village?with an ugly scar
on his arms, it is true, where the beast had
caught him with his teeth, on the occasion
of the child's taking liberties with him.
as ho had been accustomed to do with a goodtempered
Newfoundland dog, who seemed to
like being pulled and hauled round by children.
Alter this the creature was commonly
muzzled, and, as he was fed on raw meat
chiefly, was always ready for a tight, which he
was occasionally indulged in when anything
stout enough to match him could be found in
any of the neighboring villages.
Tiger, or. more briefly, Tige. the property of
Abnor Briggs, junior, belonged to a species not
distinctly named in scientific books, but well
known to our country folks under the name of
" 1 all ah dog They do not use this expression
as they would say black or white dog. but
with almost as defiuite a meaning as when
they speak of a terrier or a spaniel. A "yallah
dog" is a large canine brute, of a dingy
old flannel color, of no particular breed except
his own. who hangs round a tavern or a butcher's
shop, or trots alongside a team, looking as
if he were disgusted with the world, and the
world with him. Our inland population, while
they tolerate him. speak of him with contempt*
Oh* , of Meredith Bridge, used to twit the"
sun for not shiuing on cloudy days, swearing
that, if he hung up his "yallah dog," he would
make a better show of daylight. A country
tellow, abasing a horse of his neighbor's, vowed
that " if he had such a horse he'd swap him for
a ? yallah dog,' and then Bhoot the dog."
Tige was an ill-conditioned brute by nature,
and art had not improved him by cropping his
ears and tail, and investing him with a spiked
collar. He bore on his person, also, various
not ornamental scars, marks of old battles; for
lige had fight in him, as was said before, and
as might be guessed by a certain bluntness
about the muzzle, with a projection of the
lower jaw, which looked as if there might be
a bull-dog stripe among the numerous barsinisters
of his lineage.
It was hardly fair, however, to leave Alminy
Cutter waiting while this piece of natural history
was telling. As she spoke of little Jo,
who had been " haaf eat up" by Tige, she
oould not contain her sympathies, and beiran
to ery.
- Why, my dear little soul," said Mr. Bernard,
" what are you worried about 7 I used
to play with a bear when I was a boy; and the
bear used to hug me. and I used to kiss him?
it) ^
so:
It was too bad of Mr. Bernard, only the second
time he had Alminy; but her kind feelings
had touched him, and that seemed the
most natural way of expressing his gratitude.
Alminy looked round to see if any one was near;
she saw nobody; so of course it would do no
good to "holler." She saw nobody; but a stout
young fellow, leading a yellow dog. muxsled,
saw her through a crack in a picket fence, not
a great way off the road. Many a year he had
been "hangin" raouu " Alminy, and never did
he see any enoouraging look, or hear any "Be- '
have, naow!'' or "Come, now, a'nt ye shamed!"
or other forbidding phrase of aoquiescence
such as village belles understand as well aa
ever did the nymph who fled to the willows in
the eelogue we all remember.
No wonder he was furious, when he saw the
schoolmaster, who had never seen the girl till
within a week, touching with his lips, those
rosy cheeks whioh he had never dared to approach.
But that was all; it was a sudden impulse,
and the master turned away from the
girl, laughing, and telling her not to fret herself
about him?he would take ear* of himself
to Master Langdon walked on toward his
school-house, not displeased, perhaps, with his
little adventure, nor immensely elated bj it;
for he was one of the natural class of the sexsubduers,
and had had many a smile without
asking, whioh had been denied to the feeble
youth who try to win favor by pleading their
passion in rhyme, and even to the more formidable
approaches of young officers in volunteer
companies, considered by many to be uuite
irresistible to the fair who have oace beneld
them from their windows in the epaulettes and
Elumcs and sashes of the 4*Pigwacket Invinciles,"
or the "Hackmatack Rangers."
Master Langdon took his seat and began the
exercises of his school. The smaller boys recited
their lessons well enough; but some of the
larger ones were negligent and surly, lie noticed
one or two of them looking towards the
door, as if expecting somebody or something in
that direction. At half past y o'clock, Abner
Briggs, Junior.who had not yet shown himself,
made his appearance. He was followed by his
'yailah dog." without his muzzle,who squatted
down very grimly near the door, and gave a
wolfish look round the room, as if he were considering
which was the plumpest boy to begin
with. The young butcher, meanwhile,went to
his seat, looking somewhat flushed, except
round the lips, which were hardly as rod as
common, and set pretty sharply.
"l'ut out that dog, Abner Briggs!" The
master spoke as the captain speaks to the
helmsman, when there are rocas foaming at
the lips, right under his lee.
Abner Briggs answered as the helmsman answers
when he knows he has a mutinous crew
round him that mean to run the ship on the
reef, and is one of tho mutineers himself. 4 Put
him aout y'rself, 'f ye a n t afeard on him !"
The master stepped into the aisle. The great
cur showed his teeth, and the devilish instincts
ot hit old wolf-ancestry looked out of his eve.-,
and flashed from his sharp tusks, and yawned
in his wido mouth and deep red gullet.
The movements of animals are much quicker
than those of human beings commonly are, so
that they avoid blows as easily as one of us
steps out of the way of an ox-cart. It must be
a very stupid dog that lets himself be run over
by a last driver in his gig; he can jump out of
the wheel's way after the tire has already
touched him. So, while one is lifting a stick
to strike, or drawing his foot to kick, the bea-t
makes his spring, and the blow or the kick
comes too late.
It was not so this time. The master was a
fencer, and . ?' 'uething of a boxer; he had played
at single-stick, and was used to watching an
adversary's eye, and coming down on him
without any of those premonitory svmptoins
by which unpractised persons show Ion" beforehand
what mischief they meditate. ?
"Out with you!" he <aid fiercely,?and explained
what he meant by a sudden tiarh of his
foot that clashed the yellow dog's white teeth
together, like the springing of a bear-trap.
The cur knew he had found his master at the
first word and glance, as low aninmls on four
legs, or a smaller number, always do, and the
blow took him so much by surprise that it
curled him up in an instant, and ho went bundling
out of the open school-house door, with a
most pitiable yelp, and his stump of a tail shut
down as close as his owner ever shut tho short
stubbed blade of his jack-knife.
It was time for the other cur to find who his
master was. *
"Follow your dog, Abner Briecs !" said
Master Langdon.
The stout butcher youth looked round, but
the rebels were all cowed, and sat still.
" I'll go when I'm ready," he said?' 'n I
guess I won't go afore I'm ready."
" You're ready now," said Master Langdon,
turning up his cuffs so that the little boys noticed
the yellow gleam of a pair of gold sleevebuttons,
once worn by Colonel Percy Wentworth,
famous in the Old French War.
Abner Briggs, Junior, did not apparently
think he wa? ready, at any rate, for he ruae in
his place and stood with clenched fists, defiant,
as the master strode toward him. The master
knew the fellow was really frightened, for all
his looks, and that he must have no time to
rally. So he caught him suddenly by the collar,
and, with one great pull, had him out
over his desk and on the open floor. He gave
him a sharp fling backwards, aud stood looking
at him
The rough-and-tumble fighters all clinch, a.-:
everybody knows; and Abner Briggs, Junior,
was one of that kind. lie remembered how he
had floored Master Weeks, aud he had just
" spunk" enough left in him to try to repeat
his former successful experiment on the new
master. He sprang at him open-handed, to
clutch him. fco the master had to strike?once,
but very hard, and just in the plaoe to tell. No
doubt, the authority that doth hedge a schoolmaster,
added to the effect of the blow; but the
blow was itself a neat one. and did not require
to be repeated.
"Now go home." said the master, "anAdon't
let me see you or your dog here again.^ And
he turned his cuffs down again over the gold
eleeve-buttons.
This finished tho great Pigwacket Center
school rebellion. What could be done with a
master who was so pleasant as long as the boys
behaved decently, and such a terrible fellow
when he got " riled." as they called it! In a
weed's time, everything was reduced to order,
and the school committee were delighted The
master, however, had received a proposition eo
much more agreeable and advantageous, that
he informed the committee he should leave at
the end of his month, having in his eye a sensible
and energetic young college graduate,
who would be willing, and fully competent to
take his place.
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?? u r ^Lr K. TT 8 the lowest prices lor the
oastufor 30 or 60 days paper, well securedKAM
f.11 "?counts now standing will be presented
beTore the 1st of January, 186?, and it is earneatly
hoped will be promptly settled.
w ^ ^ o , ?v ,R* w- BATES,
. ? ^po<11111(1 Coal Dealer, 14th and C sts.,
deao near Canal.
educational.
P|R. H. PERABEAU, PROFESSOR OF MUsic,
vocal and ruBtruiaentai, organist of
St. Alo/sius. Mad. P., teacher of the ItalianlSM
style of singing. Residence?397 New York?S*
avenue, corner of 1.1th street. no 28 3m*
Moo MRS. McCORMICK S SCHOOL.
RS. McCORMICK desires to inform her
mends and the public generally that, she will resume
the dunes of her School on the 1st Monday in September
next. w
The Bourse of study pnrsued will oompnaeal! the
branohet requisite to a thorough English educaIn
addition to her day scholars, she is desirous of
receiving into her family a few pupils as boarders,
aged from 10 to 14 years, who will t>e under her immediate
careand oversight.
Her arrangements for the accommodation and
due care of pupils have been considerally increased
and otherwise improved. Those in Washington
desiring particular information with ref?renoe to
her school may apply to W. D. Wallacb, Editor o
to? St&r.
For terms and furtner particulars apply at her
rwadrooe-No. 3S Cameron street, Alexandria, Va.
^?????
DENTISTRY.
Ifle M?.?ERA'LVFi?f:Th!nKTrH*l'; figgj
tends personally at his office in this city. MS
Many persons can wear thece teeth wlio^^"^
cannot wear others, and no person can wear others
who cannot wear these.
Persons calling at my offioe can be aoeommodated
with any styleand price of T?eth they may desire ;
but to t.iose who are particular and wish tne purest,
oleanest, strongest, and ino6t perfeot denture that
art can produoe, the MINERAL PLATE will be
more fully warranted.
Roomsi in this citr?No. 336 Pa. avenue, between
9th and 10th sts. A so, 907 Arch rtreet, PhiiadelP1,ia
?>c 1-lv
dentistrTT
ftfifvkm1'arter%lpraoHcfk'teet of y?*r?,
feels that he can with confidence reoom ^sKk
inend the Ch'?opiastie Process forinsertingnv^Eb*
artificial teeth It has the advantages
strength, beauty, cleanliness, and cheapness. Ful
Coe^'S8erted for S35- ^?rtial in proportion.
Office 306 Pa. avenue. se7
HGIB BS'S
AIR DRESSING AND GENTI FMFM'V
furnishing establishment, n 8
, WlLLABDs' HOTRL.
hT.SJ'tf r,,S!,ed-. .ufonns the public
that he has on hand a large and fashionable assort
merit of Gentlemen's FURNISHING GOODS,
embracing Gloves. Shirts. Neck Ties. Ao , of the
best material, manufactured espeoiaii* />r his salesaJso,
the finest stotk of PERFUMERY in the
District of Columbia; and every thing in his line as
a manufacturer in HAIR WORK, such as Wigs
U^Hrde*' Ac., whioh he also makes and fits
d? S-8^? JOHN H. GIHRS
IMPERIAL PRUNES,
caprks
We received a few days since a supply' of fresh
Iinperia. 1 nines and Capres Non pareilles, ?elf?<jted
for us in Bordeaux. The Prunes are vt>ry largn and
""5*- KING A BURCHElJL
cor. 15th at. and Vermont ave.
8A.FO NIPI Bli ~~
CONCENTRATED POTASH.
Mrrf Double the Strentth of Ordinary rotask.
For matung Soap without lime, with little trouble
and at Inning expense. The cheapest article ever
discovered for the purpose. One pound will make
twelve or ..fteen gallons of good Soft Soap, or nine
pounds ? f Hard Soap. Printers will find it a supe
nor articie for cleaning type. It is perfectly soluble
and free from impurities. Hroken in small lumps
and put up _nl. 4 and 6 pound cans. Slanufac
tared at the CHALLENGE CHEMICAL WORKS
Brooklyn.and sold by h. R. DURKEE tc CO.,
on 4 DA W.I v 181 Pearl street New York.
FOR STAMPING
? A PACKET OF PAPER
MO I AND ENVELOPES
IM VJ I TO MATCH,
CHARPF 11111,6
l^/UHnVTUj METROPOLITAN
BOOKSTORE,
PH1LP \ SOLOMONS,
Agents for Laurenoe's celebrated Linen Papere,
"Metropolitan Mills." Ac., Ac.,
ja 15 6m.r 332 Pa. av., bet. 9th and 9th sts.
L NBW YEAR'S GIFTS
IFE AND ADVEN 1 URES of DANDY JACK
a bee.utiful illustrated juveniie.
JACK AND HARRY; an elegant gift.
A vanetv of others just received, at
SHEPHERD'S, corner 7th and D ste.,
who gratefully returns his thanks to his numerous
fnen.it> for their very libera! patronage during the
Christmas season, and beg? to say he will he nappy
to see them at his " HeaJquarters." de 59
O R A N D A N D Stflii R?;?krom
CHECKERING f SONS.
NUNNS 4- CI.ARKE.
I ? HOSENKRANTX. OAd otk'ti.
tor se e f;n credit or disoonnt for cash ; pricestrorr
I *1 upward.. JOHN F. ELMS, 1(ib Ps av.
AI*o. Melodeons. Giiitara. ftanion. Ac. de ?
TO CITIZENS AND STRANGERS.
WM. H H. BARCLAY.
0 t> . ^?* ***' ftth ?trw,t, between D and E,
.?.?AJ: estate and general ag)snt;
^7,V1 attend to the collection of Rents, Buving and
Selling R?*l Estate, and to the Agencr Hu*irass
in a., its forms. Al! communications addressed
tonim will reoeive prompt attention, ja 12 eolm
ORANGES AND LEMONSIWboxfl,
ORANGES,
50 boxes LEMONS.
i. Vi8t r?ce'v<d on consignment ami f.?r sale by
ja3-? eo.1t MURRAY A SEMMKS
Continnee the latest sty
olV AK IN^in ail its branches at Nr'
On thk bou.ndaryaofs
, , b, r. D.#?1HER WORLU
J net received at
SHEPHERD'S,
1 Corner 7th and D sta.
&?H?f "V \W?~
males in Arnerioa. Yoars, ver? truly.
D ? ., . ? J- P. CACLTIRLD,
Professor Masio Georgetown College.
"orT
Pl?K,. b,tw- ?<h
fcSlfe? ""'"I
n 'ore red lor sale low bv
muera y a bemmss
I LOTTERIES.
ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY.
1 HE Next Drawing of the Royal Havana Lot
I tery, conducted by the Spanish Government, under
I the supervision of tho Captain General of Cuba,
will taice p.aoe at Havana on
SATURDAY, Febrtart 11, 18S?.
SORTEO NUMEKO .a: ORDlNARlO.
CAPITAL PRIZ S 100,000.
1 prixsof aiwooo so prizes o?
1 do . ?... 50,001' 6" do ........ 500
do 30,000 158 do 4<w
I do 20.000 2U appro*. 8.300
1 do 10,000
IN ALL 2*8 PRIZES.
Whole Tiokets, $30? Hal res, $'10_<Juarter?, $3.
Prizes cashed at sight at * per oent. dinoount.
Bills on all solvent Ranks taken at par.
I A drawing will be forwarded as soon as the result
I becomes known.
All orders for schemes or ticket* to be addressed
to DON gOllRIGUEZ.
ja25-tr Care of City Poet, Charleston, fe. C.
TRUNKS, BOOTS AND S1I0KS.
ttOUTHERN TRUNK MANUFACTORY,
^ 499 Tth Strrrt,
Opposite Odd Fellows* Hall, Washington, D. C.
Travelers will studv their interests by examining
my TRUN KS. VA LlCES, ic., before pur-aww*??
ohasing elsewhere. As I us" none but theK#*W
best material the market affords ana *mpm^??i
I the best workmen, I can confidently recommend my
work to be superior in Strength and Durability to
Trunks that are made in other cities and sold here.
I keep constantly on hand, and make to order (on
| ore "week"* notice? every description of SOi E
LEATHER. IRON FRaAIE. FRENCH DRESS
and WOOD BOX TRUNKS; ASHLAND and
c-'her rALICES; TRAVELING BAGS; HAR
NESS: SADDLES; WHIPS: tf-r.. fr.
Trunks. &c., Repaired and Covered, in a workmanlike
manner, at short notice.
Trunks delivered in any part of the city, George
I town, or Alexandria.
Also?Agent for Howe's celebrated FAMILY
SEWING MACHINES.
de I5-1t JAMES S. TOPHAM.
J A LARGE STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES,
1 /1l TO BE SOLD CHEAP!
The Boot and Si;oe Establishment that wasbnrot
out on Sunday morning, the2<Hh of Novem-?titi?
b*r, have^ removed the balance of tmirByt I
took to No- *2*?0 7th street, between Landf
M. Persons ir. waat ot Shoes will now find* w^?
an opportunity, for a few days,to get good articles
at unprecedented low prices. They inuat be sold,
de I t.f
jpREAT EXCITEMENT AT
No. 520 7th St.
H. MELA A SON
SSLL7N? CHEAPER than EvRR !
AH who want l?irgatns must come quickly. Kt
| erybody says that H. MELA A SON are railing
I the best and oheapest goods in the city, and then
I store is crowded with customers eager to but
910,000 worth of FALL and WINTER BOOT*
and SHOES, at retail for New York wholesale
prices, at H. MELA A SON'S,
oc 11 320 7th st, 2 doors above States Office.
CABINET WARE.
350 u street 85o
PAPER HANGINGS?New stock, thee? fot
cash.
Paper hung by experienced workmen, and aatisfact
on guaranteed,
SPRING-SEAT LOUNGES,f8.
i CARVED WALNUT TETE-A TETE8, ?n
SPLENDID ROCKING CHAIRS, ?7.40.
SLEEPY HOLLOW CHAIRS, fit.
I 117' All the Furniture is manufactured ic thii
| city, and guaranteed A No. 1.
I JOS. T. K. PLANT A CO.,
Parperhangers and Upholsterers.
| 360 D St.. bet. 9th and 10th.
1 fIT* Fnrnltu Repaired and Varnished. a?U-1i
1> [No. 651.1
DY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITE!
STATES.
In pursuance of law. I, J amks Btchakan, PresiI
dent of the United Stat?s of America.do hereby deI
clare and make known that public sales will be held
at the under-mentioned Land Office* in the State ??l
1 Florida at the periods hereinafter designated, U
wit:
At the Land Office at Tallahassee. eommencinf
on Monday, the twentieth day of February next.foi
I the disposal ofthe vacant lands in the erfs-svm
I lered seattons and part* of fectifms, within the under-mentioned
townships, whiah remain to th<
I United States, within six miles on each side of th<
railroads, "from St. John's river, at Jacksonville
I to the waters of Escambia bar. at or utar Pensaoo
I la; ' and "from Penaacola t? the State line of A laba
ma, in the direction of Montgomery;" subject, ai
required by law. to a minimum of two dollars am
fifty cents per acrt, mi
I North of the base line a?d west of the princrra
meridian.
Townships I and 2. of range 1.
Townships 1, 2. and 3,of ranges 2 and S,
Townships 2 and 3. of range 4.
Townships 1, 2, S. and 4. of range 5.
Townships 2, 3. and 4. of ranges 6, 7, ami ft.
1 Townships 2, 3, 4, and 5, of range 9.
J Townshi ps 3, 4, and 5, of range 10.
I Townsnips 2,3. 4, and 5. of ranges 11 and 12.
I Townships 2, 3. and 4, of ranges 13,14, and 15.
I Townships 2. 3. 4. and 5, of ranges It? and 17.
I Townships 2, 3, and 4, of ranges 18, 19, *>, 21. 22. 28
and 24.
Townships 1, C, 3, and 4, of range 25.
J Townships 1, 2. and S. o ranees 26 snd 71.
I Townships 1, 2, 3. 5. and 6. of ranges 24 and 29.
I Townships 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, of ranges 3", ai. and32
I South of the base Itne and west of tke princtpa
meridian.
J Township 1, of ranges 1 and 2.
I Townships 1 and 2, of range 29.
I Townships 1, 2. and 3. of range 30.
I Townships I and 2, of range SI.
I North of the base line and east of the princtpo
j meridian.
I Township 2, of range 1.
Townships 1 and 2, of ranges 2.3.4, 5,6,7, 8,9, and 10
I Township 1, of ranges il and 12.
I South of the ba?e lint and east of the priori?*
I meridian.
I Township 1, of ranges 1, 2, J, 4, 5,6.7, 8, and 9.
I Townships t and 2, of ranges 10 and 11.
! At the Land Office at Nrwnansvii i . commencing
I 011 Monday, the fifth dav ?f March next, for the dis
posalofthe vacant lands in the eren-numhrrrd sec
I lions and parts of sections, within the under men
I tioned townships, which remain to the Unit-d Stafei
within six miles on each side of the railroads, "fron
I St. John's river, at Jacksonville, to the waters o
I Escambia bay, at or near Pennacola;" and "fron
J Amelia island, on the Atlantic, to the waters o
I Tampa Bay, wi?h a branch to Cedar Kev,on thi
I Gulf of Mexico:" subject.as required by law, to 1
i minimum of two dollars and fifty cents p-r acre, tie
I South of the base line and east of the princtpa
1 meridian.
I Townships 1 and 2, of range 11.
Townships 1,2, and 3. ot range 12.
I Townships 1, 2, S, 13. 14. snd 15. of lan^e IS,
I Townships 1, 2, 3. 4, IS. 14. and 15, ramre 14.
Townships 2. :i, 4,12. 13, 14. and 15, of range 15.
Townships 2,3. 4, li, 12,13. and 14, of range in.
I Townships 2. S. 4. 10,11,12. and 13. of range 17.
I Townships 2, 3, 4.10,11. and 12, of range Ik.
I Townships 2, 3, 4, 8, and 9, of ranges 19 and 20.
I Townships 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7,8. and 9, of ranges 21 an<
22.
I Townships 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, of raags 2L.
I Townships 1. 2.3. and 4. of range 24.
| At the Land Office at St. ArocsTtVE. commen
I cing on Monday, the twenty-seventh dav of f>
J bruarv next, for the disposal of the vacant Ian U 11
I the eve* numbered sections and parts of stctton?
I within the under-mentioned townships, which re
I main to the United States with'n six miles on eacl
I side of railroads, "from St. John's river at Js<-ks< 11
I ville.to the water* of Escambia t?ay.at or nea
I Pensncola;*' and "from Amelia isia.id.on the At'an
1 tic, to the waters of Tampa Bay.wiiha branch to
I Ceda-r Key, in the Gnlf of Mexico;" subject, as r?
quired bv law, to a minimum of two dollars and Aft
I cents per arre, vix:
I North of ta? base line end tart of tht prin/ipa
meriitan
I Townships 1 and 2, of range 25.
I Townships 1, 2. and S, of ranees 24. 25. 2t?. 27. and $
I South qf the bast line and east of the prinnpa
1 mertdiaa.
I Townships 1. 2, and 3, of ranges 2* and 26.
j l^ands appropriated by law for the use of schoolr
military and other purposes, together with "swam]
I and everflowed" lands, will t?e excluded from tlx
I aaies.
The tracts alone the lines of the railroads will b
nold, subject to the right of way, granted by a~t o
4th August. 1852. lor said railroad*, and the particu
I lar tracts cut by the routes will besoid asconlainmi
the quantities respectively shown on the officia
plats, without deductions.
The offering of the above lands will be commence*
on the days appointed, and will proceed in the orde
in which they are advertised, until the wholi
1 shall have been offered, and the sales thus closer!
I but no sale shall be kept open longer thantw<
weeks, and no private entry of any of the abov<
lands will be admitted until after the expiration o
I the two weeks.
I Given nnder my hand, at the city of Washington
this fifteenth day of November, anno Domini on<
I thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
By the President:
S. A. Smith, _ _ , . .
Commissioner of the Genera. I^and Offioe
NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS
Every person entitled to the rieht of pre-emptioi
I to auy of the lands within the townships abovi
enumerated is required to establish the same to th<
I satisfaction of the register and receiver of th<
proper land office, and make paymtnl therefore a
toon at practicablt after ttetng tk it notict, and befor
the dav appointed for the commencement of th
publio sale of the lands embracing the tract claimed
j otherwise such claim will Wforfeitegl.
rommlMloaer op he Generaf La^J&U.
! **> rtttlattong of the department
I Payment car.*
I (or admhitni proclamations exoept t<? sui>
I abhahers ae are mmthori*^ to sWi/l,
I ot "te General l^and Oftoe
o is tawiBw
THE WEEKLY STAR.
This esoellent Family and Neva Journal?oon*a?ning
a Kreater rvirty of interesting ratdici tLao
be found ia My other?is pabtiahod on ttatarda
Morning.
Si nT: ?V< admanr*
' ^?r ^nana ? f 1 25
Five oopic? w. ij,
Teno'.piM _ ? J r,
f went, oopiee IV, J J
By ubacrihinc ia clubs raised u?lia( ?.-*-? wnLoutJ&eintervention
of a in* i! ngei.t k* wilf?*
perceived, >> per oent. of Tk# i&Twi' I*
saved. It invariably oonta.ns the ? \v?h7.VA.?
New." that baa mad* TV aZXSSSZ\
ao generally throughout the oountry.
C"7~Single cope* (in wropperstaan t* pvomr*<*
at the oounter, immediate); after the issu? of t>-e
paper. Price?THREE CENTS.
C!7-Post master* who act aa agent* will 6e allowed
a oomnuasion of an ceuta.
| ?? ii
TRAVELERS9 DIRECTORY.
I860 I860
SOUTHERN TKAVELLRI
FOR M~EMrHlS^r^wPwS^!wS
Via Orange A A exandria, Virginia A Tennessee,
Memphis A Charleston. M ississippi Ceutral,
and New Orleans A Jackson Railroads.
A Diekct Route AMcCosTitccCs Ri.lwai Cor MCTIOMI
TO
R%ckmmd, LyneMmrt, Mnttol Cwr w'<?,
Jjaiton, HuntmlU, Mobil*. OU??m<w?,
itiaara, Moaigomery. CW??tnNu. ,\n?Art.n,
Grand Junction, Mempkif,
and Neap Orlraai 1
fETO?*Xr REDUCTION OP TIME.^Gl
IDTTHK I.YNCHBlRIi EXTENSION. f ..w
Alexandria to Lynchburg. and also the MISSIS
SIPPI CENTRAL, are now completed, making
thia Rout* the
SHORTEST AND MOST DESIRAPLE
TO NEW ORLEANS,
And iNrERMKDiaTX Point*.
Tkbofoh Ticket* to all of the above point* *%n
be procured at the Great Southern ani Sovrbwrter*Railroad
OJLre. oorner of Sixth street and Pennsylvania
avenge, Washington, D. C.
The Train leaves WASHINGTON at 6 a. m. for
the South and South weal.
VZj~ B' Stirt nnd Ask for Tithett rta Oaaf? am i
AUxanJr*a Railroad.
Pa*?engers from New York will meet m> Arert
of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad at the Depot
at Washington, from whom they will receive pout*
attention.
Omnibuses leave the Office, oorner of Sixth atrwt
and Pennsylvania avenue, at 6 a. m.
II /"On arriving at Washington, passengers for
the South will be oareful to take the Orange ana
Alexandria RaRroad Omnibus.
JAMES A. EVANS,
fe 1 tf Ticket Agent. Washington.
Daily line between Alexandria
ANO WINCHESTER.
VTA LEES BURG, BERRYTILLE, fe.
ii?a uh
Bt R AlLtOiD iNIt FiEHT-CUtl Co*fI W
A PAILY LINE (Sundaya evcepted'commenced
running aa a!>ove. on Monday, the 16th Inst.. by way
of the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Rati
road, and Mean's ft Fawsett's mail line of C aches.
/.?ave the Railroad Depot at Alexandria, ooroer
Water and Oronoco streeta, at 1? a m., arriving
at Winchester at 7 p. m.
Leave Winchester at 3S a. m.. arriving at Alex dria
at 2H p. m.
Fare trom Alexandria to Leesl>urg_.~ .$*/*>
Do. do. Han nton 2 so
Do. do. Par^wrfU |7S
Do. do. Sniokersville .. __ 8 OH
pi. do. Castiemati's Ferry.. S.?
|K>. rio, Berry viile..... i.?
Do. do. Winchester.......... 4.0u
\YM. H CAR LIN, Conductor,
ja 2*2w MEANS A FKW %KTT
Baltimore and <>hio railroad.
WASHINGTON BRANCH.
Cbanoe or Hovu|
Commencing on Monday mo*iim*?, 0< lobar 17, lftfii
Tr& ns will run as follows :
Leave WASHINGTON at and 7 4ft a. m.
Leave WA>HINGTON at3^10and fcJD p. m.
On Sunday at S p. ?n., only.
Leave WaLTIMOR E at 4 2n and a m.
Leave BAi.Tl.MORE at3.ttand 4.2e p. m.
1 On Sunday at 4.20 a. Ki., only.
Pasaengeis for the EAST wiii take train* at f it
and 7.45 a. m., and s.2>? p. m.
For the WEST at fijc a. mM and XJr? p. m.
For ANNAPOLIS at 7.45a. m., aod iJli p. m.
For NORFOLK at 7.4S a. m,
ooift T. H. PAR8QN8, Agent.
PFOR NEW YORK.
ASSAGK. INCLUDING MEALS AND
STATEROOM. ?7.40.
The New York and Virginia Screw Steamship
Company's new and elegant steamship Tifc*
L MOUNT VERNON. Cant.T.C. Smith'^TgS>
will leave the Con ?any i D^pot, Wea
1 tern Wharves, at 11-o'clook a m every W E DN EHDAY,
and the Company's Depot, at Aiexaadr:&,
at S o'clock p. m. same dar.
Passengers from Washington and Georgetown
can take the ooach?s connecting with Alexandria
stoamboats or railroad, which leave the oorner o|
7th stroet and Pa. avenue hourly, or they can jeavp
on the steamer from the Western Wharves at It
* o'olook a. m.
State rooms can be engaged on applioation to
Messrs. Morgan A Rhinehart, Western Wharv^a.
) Freight will be reoetved up to the honrs of depar'
ture.
t JIT Irsnranoe will be effected on all goods hf
* thisline at the offioe of the Company at M per oenl
p-eraiam.
The accommodations for passeugers by thia lino
are in every respect first -c aas, and every effort wil
l?e made to render this oommnmcauon with New
York an agreeable and heaithfai one.
For fieight or rasaace apply to FOWLK A
CO., Agent*, Alexandria.
H. B.CROMWELL A CO..
e 2 1 y S6 West st? corner Albany. New ^"orIt,
JVTOTICE.?The Steamer JAMRS GUY having
In resumed her route on the Poto
mac river, will leave Washington on_fc^^V* ^
TUESDAYS for CI'RRK>MAX,?" ' >**
and on FRIDA YS(eommenoing on the Sthof Apt !)
for PINtir* POINT and K1N S A LE,Ht ? a m. returning,
will leave Kinsaieou SATl'R DAYS a*
, a. m., stopping at all of the regular landings goina
' anj returning. LUCIEN S. PAGE. Prop'rT^
Nath'l. Bocsh, Agent, Alexandria, mar V ti
Q7Q T. POTENTINL ttAf?
" ' 1*PORTER Of aVfl)
i Pa. Ave., FOR EIGN FRI ITS, Pa. Avb..
6.1f 4-IIUjI*. CONFECTIONS. WillardTi koiol.
PATES. PRESERVES,
CONDIMENTS, Ao.,
Begs leave to oa!1 the attention of his friends and
I the public generally to his New Store, under Wil
lard s Hotel, just opened, in oonnexion with his
old establishment, where he ?l! be happy to reoeive
any orders for superior Confections of his own
. importation.
Also, all orders for Dinners, Suppers, Balls, and
Private Parties, whioh will he served up in his inimitable
sty]?, with the saiQ6Br<>mptneas ana dis
Mttnh wlr.nh h* h%a hi th#>rt<^^Ktwr. rw S
V riENTI.EMEVS INDER GARMENTS Ol'
ail sixes and qualities, ooinpristcts all the
* grades of Silk, Merino and Lamb's Wooi Unaer1
shirt* and Drawers.
p , WALL, STEPHENS A C01
* de S Pa. avM h*t. 9th and loth -la.
1 A _ WM. T. DOVE A CO.
R F. Now prepar?1 to exeotte any orders with
which the* may b<? fav<?re?I in the
PLUMBING, GAS OR STEAM FITTING
BUSINESS.
HIT" Store on fHh street, a few doors north of Pa.
avenue, where nn? V found a oomp et?> assortment
of CH * NDEL1ERS and i tner GAS, STF.A M and
WATER FIXTURKH .a/Tl>
WASHINGTON SEWING ROOMS.
5^4 9tk two doori Nort\of Ps. Am.
Now is the time to get SPRING and SUMMER
8HJRTS made up to order. The suhaoriber is prepared
to make SHIRTS. DR \WtkS, Ao., at tho
st.ortefit notioe. All descriptions of Sewinf dona.
- SHIRT BOSOMS, COLLARS, an<l VTRlsT
BANDS neai.y atitoaod.
a ?ar?.?? ? n wnvm
HO W ES IMPROVE U W KIG HI Nti SC ALKS
Th?>se Scales are odere<l to Use public as trie
most Piiopto.durable, and r*>liat>le scales ever ont lu
r use. First c!a?- protn^ums have he?n awardfyfthem
by the United States Fair and Virgima Ag icu tnra.
i? Society; Vircima State Asriau turai Fair; Franklin
Institute Fair. Penns* ivama; New York State Fair;
y Vermont State Fair, Ao., A??. In *\-+rw oai?e where
exhibited they have reoetved first class premiums.
2 Fo' sa e at iS Louisiana avenue, Dt-pot of S'l>r's
Chilled Iron Safes.
_^eljM? 1^. PATTISON. A?en?_
i. q. c.: a m ?i. c. h. mott. i.l. imt.
' I AMAR, MOTT A AC'TR Y,
1-4 ATTORNEYS AT LAW
HOLIT S^etno, Mieso
t Will praotioe in the High Court of Errora and App
pea s at Jaokson. the Federal Court at Pontotno,
( the Courts of the Seventh Judicial District of Mio
ippi.aad will attend to the Colloction of Claim*
- f KNTLEMEN :-l osn only repeat that whi?h
. nI l>?en said ^ other*, as w*,i a* my a*lf :
j oonsider the CH1CKERING A hONS PIANOS
far beyond comparison, the liest I have ever sren m
i America. Youra, reapectfully,
r S Thai bees
e . ca'1 b#>? "B'7 of JOHN F RL?
LIS. Pa. avenae. hetween 9t)> anH <?Hh ste ftI
? If O- ROOD has luat finished a large lot o
f Ht* 2?^^ -WARIt-pw article*
well adapted for ho.iday presents, aud at remarabio
low artssa. No.SWP* ?? da 9
THE BEST PIANO FORTES.?The Raven. "
Bacon A Co.4*iano, which I have used at tho
00 nee rta m Willarda' Ha , la tho boat square piano
1 have ever played opor. 8. B. MILLS.
>. A new assortment has just arrived at the Mnsio
St-reof i ja 23) W. G. METXEROTT.
i A L !
s A X\ ALE AND XXX ALE"
s The purest and moat wholesome Ale in this efty is
t to be obtained at the WASHING TOM BREW
i ERY. This Ale la made from and hops ooiy.
e and cannot Dail to rive entise aat.?facuon to ooa
e sumera. C COL1NEAU, Proprietor of the
I; ja 4-ly Waih'n Brewery, corner K aadmh sU.
SOWING MACHINES
HE jnoft perfect family Sewina Machine ia the
W1 LLCOE AG I BBS. They maA* torn Lhcusam:
U stiuihee a minute w1U< anernng aooor*c> .are eas.IJ
e uitderat<Mid and not iiablx to got oat of oroei ana
h the price, delivered, is only #Sl and SA Tt?e> cait
f be seen at my Boasefarmshinf ?tor^4f?ti^^ ri
de 3R Sole Apeot for the btadtiet.