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WASHINGTON SENTINEL. vol ? . DAILY. ; . so-u" ? -CITT OF WASHINGTON, SUN DAT MORNING MARCH 11, 1855. WASHINGTON SENTINEL IS FUttiUbUkD DAILY UY BEVERLEY TUCKER AND 1VB ?. OVERTON, War4* Building, near the CapUol, CITY Ot WASHINGTON. TEEMS. Daily, |>er auuuin, in advance 910 00 Tri-Weekly 5 00 Weekly 8 00 To Clubs or Individuals, subscribing lor five or more copies? Tri-Weekly, per a. muni, in advance $3 00 Weeky " " J 50 Postmasters are requested to act as agents. SMjftllxxtfii. GLEN WOOD CEMETERY. rpillM IIGAUTIPUL BURIAL PLACE X of the Dead having just been dedicated with appropriate ceremonies for the purpose, is now open tor the reception of the remains of deceased persons. The Mausoleum has capacity for a hundred bodies, in which such friends of the dead, as may apply, can place the departed until they select 8lies for graves. The plan of the incorporators is one of equality ii regard lo the lots, which will not be put up publiely for sale, (although they usually bring premium,) making the early selections of lota the most desirable. Until an officeis established in the city of Wash ington, applications will be punctually attended to at the present office, in the east wing of the build ing on entering the Cemetery. Visiters are requested not to drive fast through the Cemetery grounds. WM. & HUMPHREYS. N. B. Glen wood Is situated ? short dtar due north of the Capitol. Aug 97?3m TAKE NOTICE. _ NEW GOODS JUST RECEIVED. PW. BROWNING. MERCHANT TAILOR, # under the United States Hotel, would re specttully inform his customers and the nublio generally, that he has just received New Fall and Winter Goods, in great variety. Such as Cloths Cansimeres, and Vestings, of the latest importar tion, and is prepared to have them made up at the shortest notice, in the most fashionable man ner, and at low rates of prices. Having made arrangements to go into the " Heady-made Clothing business" extensively this reason, he feels confident that he can offer to those wishing to purchase a stock of Cothing not inferior to any in this city, and not made up at the north, ax is usually the ease with work sold here; but out in his own establishment, and made by our own needy citizens in this dull season, at low rates of prices. He is enabled, therefore, to compete with northern work in point of prices and as to quality and style, he will leave for those who favor him with n call to judge. He can sell whole suits, Coat, Pauls, and Vest nt the following low rates; Good suit for business purposes, out of cloth or cnssimere, for the small sum of. 915 Dress and Frock Coats, from 910 to 920 Over-coats of different styles, from... .912 to 925 Black and iancy Pantaloons, from.o. .93 50 to 910 Silk and velvet Vests, from 92 50 to 910 This stock of Clothing is of a superior quality, and has been made up since he received the fall and winter fashions. He keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of iancy articles?such as gloves, cravats, collars, umbrellas, dec. Sole agent for the sale of-Scott's Report of Fashions in this city. Sept 14?tf Arrival of new English Juvenile and other Books.?Odds and End* from an old Drawer, by Werdna Retnyu, M. D. Pippins and Qte*, by Stirling Coyne. Charade Dramas, for the drawing room,b/ Anae Bowman. Pleasures, Objects, and Advantages of Litera ture, by the Rev. Robert Aria Willenott. Heir ot'Selwood. by Mrs. Gore. Matilda Lonsdale, or the eldest sister, by Charlotte Adams. A Tour round my Garden. llildred, the Daughter, by Mrs. Newton Cros nnd. Dash wood Priary, or Mortimer's College Life. Horses and Hounds, a practical treatise on their management, by " Scrutator." Outlines of Chemical Analysis, prepared for the Chemical Laboratory at Giessen, by Dr. Heinrich Will; translated from the German by Daniel Breed, M. I)., of the United States Patent Office. The Forest in Exile, by Capt. Mayne Reid. On Sale at TAYOR & MAURY'S Jan. 24 Bookstore, near 9th at. PAPER MOISTENER.?A New Inven tion for Moistening the leaves of a Copying Hook, Postage Stamps, Envelopes, and Moisten ing the Fingers when Counting Bank Bills ; also useful for various other purposes. It will be found an indispensable article for every Desk. It is perfectly simple and cheap, and must come in to general use. The following are a few complimentary opin ions of the Press : - Pater Moistener.? A. new and very neat use ful iuvention for moistening post office stamps, envelopes, sheets in a copying book, counting bank bills, See. This does away witbthe disagree able method of moistening stamps, dec., with the tongue. It is a patent article, vary simple and ?'heap, and will be universally adopted as soon as ?I is seen.?Bo.iUtn Transeiipt, Sept. 1854. Tater Moistener.?A new invention for mois vntog postage stamps, envelopes, sheets in a rop)iug book, counting bank bills, dcc.? The common way of mo stoning stamps with the tongue is very disagreeable and ineonveaient; also the usual way of wetting sheets in a copying l?ook, by using a brush which has to be dipped in water^i* inconvenient and very difficult to give paper an even moisture, which is very desirable lor copying letters. This article obviatea these difficulties, besides being useful for various other ipurposes. It is also perfectly simple and cheap, and must come into ganeral use.?[BaMon Post, *Srpt., 1854. J'apkr Moistener.?A newly invented and very areaul little contrivance for moistening postage Mtamp# and envelopes, and for wetting sheets in a copying book, ftc. It costs but little, and will *avr the tongue a good deal of unpleasant work. [ Botton Traivllrr, Srpt., 1854. Agent for Washington, TAYLOR & MAURY, Jan. 17 ' Bookstore, near 9th st. FtESERVES, JAMS, JELLIES, AND Marmalade, Ac., vis: Peaches, Quinces, Damsons, Blackberries, Strawberries and Raspberries, and Pine Apple Preserves. Black Currant Jellies, in half and one-pound jar*. Red Currant Jellies, in half pint and quart jars. Grape, Quince, Crab Apple, and Plum*. Pjne Apple and Crab Apple Marmalades. pr >chesand Pine Apple in cans, hermetically '??d, Jellje? Pine Ap|,'*? Peaches,Green Gages, preserved in brandy. _ , . . These Preserve*, &c ' are ,of ,he minli! v nut Utt to our' OUT ?fllCH. quality, put up to BROTHERS, No. 40, opCeatra Market. Dec 17?1 wil _ mHB ART UNION OF LONDON. Plan I for the current year. The li?* noWr op?n and every subscriber of 95 50 wi U be entitled to I. An impression of a Plate, by J. T. Wlllmofe, A. R. A., from the original picture,by J. J. Chalort, K A.," A Water Party." II. A volume containing thirty Wood Engra vings, illustrating subjects from liOrd Byron's poem of " Child Ilarolde j" and ^ III. The chance of obtaining one of the rri*es ?o be allotted at the general meeting in April, which will include? The right to select for himself a valuable work ofart from one of the public exhibitions. Statuettes in bronze of Her Majesty on horse back, by T. Thorneycrofl. Copies in bronse, froin an original Model in re lief by R. Jefferson, of " The entry of the Duke of Wellington into Madrid." Statuettes in porcelain or parian. Proof Impressions of a large lithograph, by T. H. Maguire. after the original picture by W. P. Frith, il. A., ?' The Three Bpws," from Moliere's "Bour geois Gentilhomme!" Honorary Secretaries for Washington, Messrs TAYLOR fr MAURY, Booksellers. Jan. 24 TRAVELING sad Packing Trunks or ?II qnalltlca,-~A large variety constantly on (land, and for sale cheap by WALL Ac STEVENS, PROSPECTUS or TUB <>W ASH1NGTON 8EMTINEL" T PROPOSE to publish in the city of Waahiug I ton, in September, a political newspaper, un der the name of the WASHINGTON SENTI NEL. In doing so, it it proper I should make known the principles it will maintain, and the policy it will advocate. It will support cordially and earnestly the pnn ciples of the Democratic party of the United States it does not propose to be the organ of any Depart ment of the Government, except in so far a* an in dependent maintenance of the doctrines of that party may represent it* opinions and express its 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 all such as may conflict with them, from whatever quarter they may come. It will seek:?> be (and it will endeavor to deserve the title) the organ of the Democratio party of the United States. The 8nrnNSi. will maintain, as a fundamenta truth of that great party, that the States formed the Union between them by the ratification of the Con stitution as a compact; t>y which, also, they created the Federal Government, and delegated to it, as their common agent, the powers expressly specified in it, with an explicit reservation of all others to the States, or to their separate govern ments. The exercise of any powers beyond these thus delegated, is, therefore, an usurpation of the reserved'authority of-the States by the agent ol 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 the latter, it will the more effectually strengthen and perpetuate the former. With regard to the exercise of the powers of the FeOral Government, the Sentinel will take as the i rinciples of its action, that Congress shall ex - ercis no power which has not been delegated by the C. nstitution, according to a strict and fair in terpret tion of its language and spirit; and that it shall nc seek to attain indirectly an object through the exei ise of constitutional power, for the dtrect attainme t of whieh it has no delegation of power. In other words, all powers exercised must be clearly gra ted, and ail granted powers must be used for no >unxwe, 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 L mocratic. party. It will labor to inculcate this ci dinal doctrine of Democratic in ternal policy:?i at this Government will best promote the freed m and prosperity of the people of the Stales, by being less ambitious to exercise power, and more anxious to preserve liberty; and by leaving to the individual States the manage ment of all their domestic ccneerns?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 composing it. The Sentinel will advocate such a progressive foreign policy as will suit itself to the exigencies, and correspond with the expanding interests of t he ttpuntry. That policy should be energetic and de cided; but should temper firmness with liberality and make its highest ends consist with the ?tri?le81 principles of justice. The real interests of the country, upon 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 ?flerrv*iv* In the *E??n,5?1 weakness of some of the nationsof the Old World, and the ambitious restlessness of others, a com mon motive to colonial extension has developed "our settled determination to repel interference from abroad with our domestic concerns, wil prompt us to avoid it in the affairs of other coun tries,unless by their foreign or colonial pol.cy our peace should be threatened, our security endan gered, or our interests invaded. For whep the ?elfish 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 and unfriendly rival, such a policy most be resisted by remonstrance, aad, if need be, fcy war. Our foreign policy should, indeed, be defensive; but to be properly defensive, it must sometimes be nnnnrmulv aerressive. Our administration should "J ??"??*? 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 roust have it. We cannot avoid it if we would. We have larger interests and a greater stake in the world and its destiny, than every other people. We occupy the best portion of a continent, with ?o neighbor 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 ol ibe world. Our agricultural productions are more varied and more essential to civilised life, and te human progress?our mineral and manufacturing resources more vast?our facilities and capacity for internal and foreign commerce more exten^d than those of any other people living under one government. A continent, to a 1 explored and exhaustless in its yet hidden wealth is M our feet. European trade seeks the great Last through avenues which are at our doors, or must lie made through our own limits. ?UTOP?'**'al Africa, and the isles of the sea, lying sll ?J?"? us look to us as the rising power, through the agency of whose example, and ever widening and ^tending, though peaceful influences, theBless ings of liberty, civilisation, and religion, are des tined to triumph over the barbarism "nd sunrrsti tion of the millions ef the world. . a people refuse to lay hold upon their destiny and act upon the high mission to which it is called^ A mission so full of hope, though so Men with responsibility, which, ? (properly make our confederacy the harbinger of peace to SI world, as well ss the peaceful arbiter of its destiny. The Sentinel will, therefore, advocate s bold and earnest foreign vJiry, such as the condition ot the country demsn?Mut it will ?dvocs.ei.under the flair of'the country?nowhere else. Its foreign nolicv must be consistent with the spotless honor EffJTm?.otabl? good I* respectable at home and abroad, and to be gTeat in the eyes of the world, it must ?*kfor b,,t what ia right, and submit to nothing that s wrong It must be liberal and magnanimous to the rights of others, and firm and immoveable in insisting on its own. It must, in flne, be true to its own interests, rights, and honor?it cannot then be false to those of other nations. u . u it>?n is the chart by which we shall be tss& ? ra IToppo", ?? ?" l"0""' ?""" <l'' ooance. . To e?r future brethren of the press we ?*tend ,l i.nnd of friendly greeting. The Sentinel is . P,,M <5 - ?? r?r,y-?h. per?.nal enemy of none of the other. Tt.?. nreaent Democratic Administration lias Otir The present uem r ?,ablishment oi Fo9,r X"?, ss ? l SRMS. " J e f # y#Rr IO Single jsrEffc ."I". "I"'- ?"*>? clubs or persons subscribing for fiveormore cop , at the rate of tl 60 a year; in all cases payment to be mada in advance. All communications should be post paid, dressed to Bevwsly Ttrcaxa. Editors throughout the country sre request ed tocopy the above Prospectus, and send us a iheir paper, who shall receive in return s copy Jf !??. bet** ley titck ER C#^ASHiNaTOH, Sept 21,1851 Itisrellanms. THE MISSISSIPPI AND ATLANTIC CONNECTEDl If KITED STATUS MAIL ROUTE! ONLY 56 HOURS FROM ST. LOUIS TO NEW YORK! AND 36 HOURS TO CINCINNTI!! Chicago & mississppi railroad The only Railroad Route from the Lower Mississippi to the Atlantic ! TIM* FROM 8T. LOUI3 TO CHICAGO ONLY 20 U0UR8I _ JT*? ^The Steamer WINCHESTER leave* JmbBMBK the Alton wharf boat at St. Louis, daily (Sundays excepted) at 7 o'clock, a. m., anc the REINDEER leave* the Alton wharf boat at St. Louia daily at 5.30, p. m. The steamers connect at Alton ([only 25 mile* from St. Louia) with express trains for 8PRINGEIELD, BLOdMINGTON, LASALLE, CHICAGO, AND THE EASTERN CITIES. Passengers leaving St. Louis by the ateamer Winchester at 7, a. m., lake the cars at Alton at 10, a. m., and arrive at Chicago the next morning in time to take the earliest morning train* going east. Passengers leaving St. Louis tyr the Reindeer at 5.30, p. m., take the cars at Alton (Saturday ex cepted) at 9 p. m., in time for the evening trains rest. This line via Chicago and Mississippi, Illinois Central and Chicago and Rock Ialand, or Chicago and Aurora railroads, connects with all the rati* roads at Chicago, and affords the most speedy route from St. Louis to points on the Mississippi river, at and above the Upper Rapids, as well as to points on the Illinois river at ana above Pekin. The trains of the C. and M. railroad connect at Carlinville, Virden, Springfield, and Bloomington, with good Stage Lines for Hillsboro', Waverly, Danville, Terre-Haule, Pekin, and Piona,and also with the Great Western Railroad at Springfield, with the Great Western Railroad for Jacksonville, and Decatur, and at Bloomington with the Illinois Central Railroad for Lnsalle. THROUGH TICKETS, and Tickets to Chicago, can be had at the offices of the Michigan Southern, the Michigan Central, and the New York and Erie railroads, St. Louis. ^.TICKETS TO CHICAGO and all the in termed ate places, can be had at the wharf boat and on the railroad packets, and at the offices of the Chicago and Mississippi, Illinois Central, and Chicago and Rock Island railroads. E. KEATING, Sap't C. & M. R. R. UNDER GARMENTS Just received.?I have just opened a full supply of Gentle men's Under Shirts and Drawers, t.ilk, merino, lambswool. Scotch do., Shaker, and Canton Flan nels, Ate., which I am now prepared to dispose of at the most reasonable prices. LANE'S Gentlemen's Furnishing Store, Srp 20? Penn. avenue, near 4i st. Thomas Brown, T. D. Winter, of Virginia. of Pennsylvania. THE UNDERSIGNED offer their services to prosecute claims of every description be fore Congress and the different departments of the government. Office on 14th street, opposite Willard's Hotel Sep 2M?tf BROWN & WINTER. TO ALL WHO HAVE CLAIMS TO COL lect.?I am again Collector in Fairfax county, Virginia, for two years from this day. My official bond, with ample security, was given at June coart, 19th June. I intend to devote my attention entirely to my business. From my long experi ence in my business, acquaintance with the pee Fie, and faithful discbarge of my duties heretofore, am induced to solicit a portion ol the public col lections from those who intend to place their claims In the hnn<l? of on offioor or Offont. T will take claims on any persons in my county tor any amounts, and, if justified, will attend to the collec. lions of claims in the adjoining counties. If any reference is wanting, I would refer to the clerks of my county and the attorneys of the bar here. All communications must be post paid. Claims out of the State should be fully authenti cated before sent to me for collection; I will col lect, in my official capacity or as agent, as may be requested; if, as an officer, I charge legal fee only, and which if the claim is made, the defendant has always to pay; and if as agent, the plaintiff must pay me ten per cent., if collected or sucured, and any legal cost 1 may he at to secure the debt. SPENCER JACKSON, Fairfax court-house, Virginia. Sept 12?lm FOR LEASE.?The National Theatre In the city of Washington, for the ensuing sea son, or for a term of years. The National Theatre is one of the Isrgest in the world, and yet every meritorious attraction can fill it. With the alterations and improvements con temnlated, it will be in every respect a desirable establishment. If a suitable company could be selected, the Proprietor would accede to the following arrangc men . The entire receipts to be distributed thus: The current expenses; the salaries of the members; the rent. All surplus to be divided among the members of the company, in the proportion ol their respective salaries. The Proprietor would have no claim for rent until after payment of cur rent expenses and salaries. The proprietor would like, therefore, to receive communications, with particulars, from parties in clined to this mode of sction. The purpose oi the Proprietor is to securcthe best talent h ' (sy ing to it all the profits. Kvery letter receii cd wiL be known to the Proprietor alone, who will not feel himself at liberty to reveal the name of any party addressing him on this subject. All commuaications pre-paid, and addressed "to the Proprietor of the National Theatre, box 242. Washington city, I). C. WORK, or Plenty to Do and Honrs to Do It, by M. M. Brewster, 1st and 2d series 75 cents. Gratitude, an Exposition of the I03d Psalm, by Rev. John Stevenson, 75 cents Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart, a stndy for young men. The Wife, or a Mirror of Maidenhood, by T Binrfey, 50 cents. The Friendships of the Bible, by Amicus, en gravings, 55 cents. GRAY & BALL ANT YNE. 1 H' LAND FOR SALE.-The Subscriber will dispose of thirty acres of land, being part of his farm known ns Drlcarlia, situated near the Little Falls, in Montgomery county, Md., and adjoining the aontemplated water-works. It is an excellent piece of land, and both from its fertility and lo oality is admirably suited for a market garden. Apply to the undersigned, or to his overseer on the farm. WILLIAM B. SCOTT, Sept 17?tf On II between 19th and 20th sts GREAT EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK Pianos and Melorienns for Cash. ?RACE WATERS, the great Music and jl'isno Forte dealer, 3.13 Rroadway, New York, prefering to share a large per cent, with hia customers, rather than pay it to the sharpers of Wall street, to raise available means to enable him to stem the present tight times,offers his immenso assortment of elegant and warranted Pianos and Melodeoo* at a large discount from factory prices, for ensh. His assortment oompriaes Pianos from three of the largest and most celebrated Boston manufactories; also those of several of the best New York makers, including the beautiful and muoh admired Horace Waters Pianos from his own factory, and Melodeons of the best Bostoa. New Haven, New York, and Buffalo makes; af fording an opportunity for selections not to be had elsewhere. Each instrument warranted. Second hand Pianos at great bargains?prices from $60 to to $160. Music and musical instruments of all kinds. Dealers, teachers, and heads of school* supplied on the best terras. Music sent by mail, post paid- General and select catalogues of mu sic and schedule of factory prices of Pianos, Melo deons and musical instruments forwarded to any address, free of postsge. Sept 21?-d3m pi* aHatuff#s. Genuine heidsieck a co. ch am. pagne.?The subscribers having been ap unoiied by Messrs. Heidsieck & Co. to succeed Mr. Charles Engler, heretofore aole agent in the in the Uuited States Car the sale of their Wines, who thia day retires from business, respectfully call the attention of the public to the subjoined card. ? The Messrs. Heidsieck & Co., as set forth there in, justly claim to be alone enabled to send to this country the genuine Heidsieck & Co. Champaigns, under the same name and atyle as originally intro duced into this market, now nearly thirty years ago, they being aole proprietors of all the identical vineyards, cellars, ice., which the founders and originators of this celebrated brand had owned. Such being the fact, we need not dwell upon the auperior quality of their Wines, the reputation ot the same among the American public being already identified with unsurpassed exoellenoe. We beg particularly to notice that their brand still bears the same name af Heidsieck & Co., in ftlll, by which it first becaeaaso favorably known, Mag thereby easily distmyuAtwd from other simi lar marks wnlcta have since apj>p/ir?J Nrw Tors. January 1.1894. CRAMER & ABEGG, Successor to Charles Engler, and sole importers in the United States. STANISLAUS MURRAY is our sub-agent for Washington and Georgetown, D. C., and Alex andria, va. CARD.?Upon the dlwotutlon of the old firm, Heidsieck & Co., in 1S34, the senior partner, who had the sole charge of its liquidation, con tinued the business, retaining exclusive possession of the vineyards, vaults, Ace., which the origins partnership had enjoyed. Our new firm arc his immediate successors and sole proprietors of this well-known brand. In oraer to distinguish the same from imitations and marks similar to our own, which have ap peared and may hereafter appear in this market, the name of our firm in full will be found, on the labels and around the corks. Rhkims, March 5, 1S46. Feb 8?d2m HEIDSIECK fe CO. Bill tor Injunction. In the Circuit Court lu the District of Columbia, sitting In Chan cery. Christopher Adams, complainant, vs. James Guthrie, Amos Adams, Isaac N- Comstock, Defendants. Samuel Byington, and Richard Wallach, j THIS bill of complaint in the above stated cause states, that the said complainant,on or about the twenty-fifth day of November, A. D , 1851, entered into a contract with the United States government, agreeing to'supply the government with five mil lion of brick for the extension ofthe Capitol. That said complainant, on or about the 12th day of Jan uary, A. D. 1852, assigned to one Samuel Strong, the said contract; the said Strong agreeing and promising to pay to said complainant the sum oi lour thousand dollars. The bill further states that the said Strong, on or about the 2d day of February, A. D. ISM, as signed the said contract, or one moiety thereof, to Amos Adams and Isaac N. Comstock, of the city of Albany and State of New York, and received from the said Adams and Comstock their obligation or promise for the payment of four thousand dollars, or thereabout, as well as a lien of thirty per cent, on the moneys to be paid by the government on said contract, until the said sum of four thousand dollars should be paid ; which lien said Strong duly assigned to the complainant in this bill. The bill further states that sometime in the year 1852, the said Amos Adams and Isaac N. Comstock as signed their rtriif, title,and interest in the contract to one Samuel Byington as psrtner and associate of Richard Wallach, the said Byington and Wal lach having notice of the said lien of thirty per cent, on the moneys to be paid by the government on said contract. The object of said bill is to obtain ttn injunction against said defendants inhibiting the said James Guthrie, and all persons acting for him, from paying the said moneys to any of the defend ants, or their representatives, and the defend ants and their representatives from receiving the ssid moneys until the sum of thirty-six hun dred dollars, and the interest thereon, should be paid to the comolainant or his legal representa tives, and such other and further decree as to this court shall seem right and proper. The said Amos Adams and the said Isaac N. Comstock, named in the caption and body of the bill, still residing in Albany as aforesaid, beyond the reach of the pro cess o( the court. It is, therefore, by the court ordered this 1st dsy of January, A. D. 185T, that the matters and things stated in the aforesaid bill of complaint against the defendants, shall be taken for con fessed against the ssid Amos Adams and Isaac N. Comstock, and such decree made in the pre mises against them, and each of them, as the court shsll deem right, unless the said defendants appear in the court on or before the second Mon day in May next, and answer the ssid bill, and show cause if any they have why a decree as prayed for by the complainant should not be passed by the court. Provided the complainant cause this order, and the substance and the object of the said bill ot complaint, to be published in some newspaper in the city of Washington, twice a week for six successive weeks, the first insertion thereof to appear at least four months before the second Monday in May next. Given at rules, the first Monday of January, 1955, being the first day of January, 1805. Test: JOHN A. SMITH, Clerk of the Circuit Court. Washington Cor.Trr, D. C. S. SPENCER, et al. Solicitor for complainant. True cony, Test: JNO. A. SMITH, Jan 4?2aw0w Clerk. PROSPECTUS or THI NINTH VOLUME OF THE WASHINGTON 8EMI-W2EKLY NEWS, Devoted to City Affair*, Edtt -atu>n, literature, and General Intelligent. THE Ninth Volume of this Paper being about to be commenced, the proprietor ana editor, after making his grateful acknowledgments for the steady support which he hss received dur ing the last eight yesrs, respectfully solicits s I continuance of the same and such additional sup port as will enable him to continue-his paper, as an independent journal, and in the support of those conservative and constitutional principles rhich were involved in the lste municipal elec .Jon, and which it is his fixed purpose to maintain, so long ss he is connected with this or sny other public journal. On his future course the editor deems it unnecessary to dilste. Suffice it to say, that while the original plan of his paper will be duly carried out, the editor will also feel himsell bound by the convictions of duty snd propriety, to msintain the constitutional rights of every native and adopted citizen, and to oppose every secret organization that is founded on a prescriptive and exclusive basis. What he intends to do in this respect may be jndged of by what he has already written and published in the columns of this jour nal. To his friends, nnd the friends of civil snd religious liberty, he respectfully appeala for ade quate encouragement. The Semi-Weekly News will shortly appear in an improved dress. TERMS: The paper and business card, per annum.. $.1 00 The paper without business card, rif paid in advance or within one month from date of subscription).. 1 50 The paper without business card if not paid within one month from date of subserlp ?'?n 2 00 Payable in advance, or monthly in all ca*<n. Subscribers snd annual advertisers will be charged for the whole vaar. No paper diacontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the editor. Persons leaving the city or declining business may discontinue on payment af arrears. Aujt 20# < fg[iSftllX!U08S. ENERAIi AUENCY.?The twderalgued \JT most respectfully informs, by this notice, his friends and the public in general, here and esle where, that he has opened an Agency Office for the prosecution of claims of every description against the government, before the several depart ments or Congress; procure pensions, bounty lands, extra pay, and arrearage pay, and will au tend 10 the buying and selling of real estate, the renting of houses, aud a general collecting busi ness; he will also furnish parties at a ?distance with such information as they may desire from the seat of government. Charges will be mode sate. Office, nt present, will be on M near 18th rtreef. Rkfxeencxs. Hon. J. C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy. Hon. J. Davis, Secretary of War. N. Callan, esq.. Prerident of the Board of Com> mon Council. Gen. John M. McCalla, Attorney at Lam. James H. Caustin, esq. W. C. Reddall, State Department. SAMUEL O. TAYLOR. Jan 17?tl SELECT CLASSICAL and Mathematical School.?The subscriber has removed hia school to College Hill, where a commodious build ing is beiag fitted up for its reception. As the Preparatory Department of the Colum bian College, it will continue to preserve the char acter of a strictly select school, designed for lay ing the foundation of a thorough English, Classi cal, and Mathematical education. The next ses sion will commence on the 12th of September, and close on the last of June. Terms: SI2 50 per quarter, payable in advance. At a small additional charge, the students will be permitted to attend the Lectures delivered in College on Chemistry, Geology, and Mineralogy, and also to receive instruction in French andother Modern Languages by the Professor in that de partment. Pupils may be boarded at the College, under the special care and superintendence of the Principal. 'I he necessary expenses of a full boarding student will be about $190 pCr academic year, and of a weekly boarder will not exceed $100. GEORGE S. BACON, Principal. ' Refers to the Faculty of the Columbian College; Col. J. L. Edwards, Cel. Peter Force, Wm. Gun ton, Esq.; L. D. Gale, M. D., of the Patent Office; Joseph Wilson, Esq., of the Land Office; and Pro fessor C. C. Jewett.of the Smithsonian Institute. Sep21?rtf ___ STONE QUARRY.?1 am prepared to fur nish from my quarry, opposite the Little Falls and adjoining the quurry of the late Timotliv O'Neale, any quantity of stone that maybe needed for building purposes. Apply to the undersigned at his house on H, between 19th and 20th streets, in the First ward, or to Mr. Paine, at the quarry July '27 WILLIAM B. SCOTT GREAT WESTERN MAIL ROUTE. SIXTY MILES DISTANCE SAVED TO CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS. The Michi Ian Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad line, carrying the Great Western United States Through Mail, have the following staunch first class steamers running on Lake Erie in connec tion with the New York und Erie railroad from Dunkirk, touching at Cleveland, and connectiuir with their road at Toledo, and connecting directly with the Chicago and Rock Island railroads at Chicago, in the same denot, thus forming a daily line for passengers and freight from New York to the Mississippi river. Niagara, Captain Miller; Empire, Captuin Mitchell; KeysteneState, Capt. Richards; Louisiana, Captain Davenport. Also, a Daily Line from Buffalo direct to Monroe by those well-known magnificent Floating Palaces, Empire State, J. Wilson, Commander, leaves Buffalo Mondays and Thursdays; Southern Michi gan, A. D- Perkins, Commander, l?av?? Buffalo Tuesdays and Fridays; Northern lndiaua, I. T Pheatt, Commander, leaves Buffalo Wednesdays and Saturdays One of the above splendid steamers will leave the Michigan Southern Railroad Line Dock at 9 o'clock, p. m , every day, (except Sundays,) and run direct through to Monroe, without landing, in 14 hours, where the Lightning Express Train will b? in waiting to take passengers direct to Chicago in 8 hours, and arriving next evening after leav ing Buflfclo. Running lime from New York to Buffalo, four teen hours. Running time from Buffalo to Monroe, fourteen hours. Running time from Monroe to Chicago, eight hours. Total'thirty-six hours. Connecting at Chicago with a fine line of low pressure steamboats to all places north of Chicago to Green Bay; also with Chicago and Rock Island Railroad to La Salle, and there connect with Illi nois River Hue of Steamboats, or Express Train of Illinois Central and Chicago and Mississippi Railroads, or connecting at Rock Island with reg ular line of steamers for all points above and be ow, making the cheapest and most direct route to St. Louis, Hock Island, Minnesota, and the Great West. The American Lake Shore Railroads from Buf falo and Dunkirk connect with this line at Toledo, forming the only direct and continuous line of railroads from the Atlantic Seaboard to the Valley of the Mississippi. Running time to Chicago, 36 hours; te St. Louis, 56 hours. Four Daily Trains, by railroad, all the way. Two Daily Lines, by steamers, on Lake Erie. Thus the traveller and shipper can see at a glance that no other line can enter the lists as com petitors. Passengers ticketed through from New York with privilege of stopping over at any point on the route, and resuming seats at leisure, either by the New York and Erie Railroad, via Dunkirk, New York and Erie and Buffalo and New York City Railroad via Buffalo; People's Line of Steamboats, Hudson River or Harlem and New York Central Railroads, via Albany and Buffalo. For any further information, through tickets, or freight, apply at the Company's Office, No. 193 Broadway, corner of Dey street, New York, to JOHN F. PORTER, General Agent, or L. P DUNTON, Ticket Agent. VTEW YORK* May 18A3.?The nndcr j[^| signed has this day opened an office, No. 42 William street, (Merchants' Exchange,) for the transaction of a general brokerage business. Bank, insurance, mining, railroad, government, State, and city securities bought and sold. Promissory notct^ bills of exchange, and loans negotiated. Sep 21?tf EMANUEL V. HART TO SENATORS AND MEMRERS OF _ the House of Representatives.?A gentle man who hss had twenty year*' experience a* a parliamentary, legal, and general reporter^ both in Europe and America, having several leisure hours each day, proposes to devote them to the service of any gentleman having writing to do, either for the press or of any other description. Desiring some mode of employing those hours until the ad joiirnrftent of the present session of Congress, he is perfectly indifferent as to the character of the writing he may be required to perform, and will perform it upon the most reasonable terms. Com munications addressed to P. B. T.,at Mrs. Ward's, corner of 4J street and Missouri avenue, will meet with prompt attention. References of the highest order. , Feb 2?if ARPEKf MAGAZINE Tor September is a magnificent number, filled with superior engravings, and for sale at Shimjngton's book store. The great Illustrated Magazine of Arl for Sep tember is one of the best that has been issued. Leslie's Ladies' Gaxctte for September contains sll the new Fall fashions. The Knickerbocker Magasine for September. Godey's Lady's Book, Graham's Magaxine, an? Putnam's Magazine, all for September, received and for sale at SHILLI NGTON'S Bookstore, T NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS.?M. W GALT Je BRO. will open this day a mngnifi cent assortment of Watches, Jewelry, Silver Ware, snd Fancy Goods, suitable for presents, to which they invite the attention of purchasers. M W. GALT fe BROTHER, Jan 3?3t Penn. uv., betw. 9th and 10th st. Hpsrtllmmu. FOE THE WEST AND SOUTH. Baltimore and Olilo Railroad?Improved Ar rangement* for Travel 1?Important Changes of Schedule? I The late completion of the Central Ohio Kail road, between Wheeling nnd Columbus, uniting, as it does, l?y n short and direct line, the Balti tiinore nnd Ohio Railroad with all portion * of the Went (and North and Southwest,) gives this route greatly increased advantages to through travellers hi that direction. On and nller Monday, Novem ber 27, lb54, the train* will be run as follows : FOE THROUGH PASSENGERS: Two fast trains daily will run in each direction. First?The MAIL TRAIN, leaving Camden Sta tion at 7 a. m., instead of at 8 o'clock as hereto fore.(except on Sunday,)and arriving at Wheeling at 2 40 a. m..?Second?The EXPRESS TRAIN, leading at 5 p. m., instead of at 7 p. m., as hereto fore, and running through to Wheeling in about 17 hours, reaching there at 10 25 a. m. This train sion at Washington Junction, Sykesville, Monocacy, Harper's rerry, au John's Run, Cumberland, Piedmont, Rowlesburg, Newburg, Fetterman, Farmington, Cameron, and Moundsville only, for wood and wator and meals. Both these trains make prompt and regular con nection with the cars of the Central Ohio Road for Cambridge, Zauesville, Newark, Colnmbus, Cincinnati, Louisville. Dayton, Sandusky, Toledo, Detroit, Indianapolis, Chicago, St Louis, etc. Pas sengers leaving Baltimore by the Mail Train, will reach Cincinnati for dinner next day, while by the Express Train they arrive there at 12 the next night, being kept but one night on the route by either train. Passengers for the Northwest via Cleveland and all intermediate points can make a direct con nection with the trains upon the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad at all times when the Ohio is navigable for steamers between Wheeling and Wellsville, by leaving Baltimore in the Mail Train by|7 a. m Returning, the Trains leave Wheeling as fol lows: The EXPRESS TRAIN at 4 30 p. m., reaching Baltimore at 9 50 a. m. The MAIL TRAIN at 11.45 p. m. reaching Baltimore at 7 p m. [Lr Through ticket* by boat from Wheeling for Cincinnati, Madison, Louisville, St. Louis, and other River Cities, will be sold at all times when the stage of water will admit. E7" Through tickets between Baltimore and Washington, nnd all the important cites and towns in the West, ure sold at the Ticket Office* of the Company. 3 FOR WAV PASSENGERS. THE MAIL TRAIN, leaving Camden Station will take passengers for all the usual stopping places on tne Road. Returning, this train leaves Wheeling at 11.45 midnight, Cumberland at 10.15 a. m , and arrives at Baltimore at 7 p. m. THE FREDERICK ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, for Frederick and intermediate places, - will start at 4 p. m., daily, (except Sunday,) ar riving in Frederick at 7.40. Returning will leave Frederick at 9 a. m., arriving at Baltimore at 12 90, noon. THF ELLICOTT'3 MILLS ACCOMMODA TION wilt be run daily;(except Sundays,)as fol lows : Leave Camden Station at C a. m. and 3 p m. Leave Ellicou's Mills at 7.30 a. m. and 6.3b p. m. Dec 14. * JOHN H. BUTHMANN, Importer aud I Dealer In Wine, Brandy, Cigars, ?kc. Pennsylvania avenue, south side, between Four and-a-llalt and Sixth streets, has received his ful mock and assortment of the above, consisting in part of? Madeira, Sherry, Port of various grades, Cham pagne, in quarts onJ pints, different brands. A great variety of Rhine Wine, some of it sparkling. Also, St. l'eray sparkling red and white Claret at prices from S3 50 per dozen to the highest order. And numerous other kinds of Wine. Also, very superior Cognac, pale and dark; Scheidain Gin, Jamaica Rum, fine old Whis key, Irish Malt, Cordials, and Havana Cigar Dec 20?2tawi<Bw THE CATHOLIC ALMANAC tor 55. just published and for sale at TAYLOR & MAURY'S FOR RENT?Two large size furnished Rooms?Chamber and Parlor?at the corne* of New York avenue and Ninth street, No. 367J Nov 18?tf WATCIIEN, JEWELRY, SILVER and Plated Ware a,t Reduced Prices.?In anticipation of the approaching dull season, we offer our entire slock of elegant Gold Watches. Rich Jewelry, Pure Silverware, Stc. at greatly re duced rates. Persons would do well to examine our assort ment, which is by far the largest, most fashionable, and best selected ever offered to oar customers. M. W. GALT dr BRO., 324 Penn. avenue, between 9th and 10th sts. Feb 22?6tif GENTLEMEN'S DRESS SHIRTS, of beat quality. -A large assortment, at the lowest market prices, constantly on hand, WALL * STEVENS, 322, 1'enn. avenue, neat door to Iron Hall. Jan 5 (News.) TAKE NOTICE, visitor* and others at* tending the Metropolitan Fair.?I have just brought on from New York a large assortment of splendid Diamonds and a great variety of new styles rich Jewelry. Also, some very superior Watches, which for true time cannot be surpassed. I have also just finished a magnificent Silver Tea Set that will compare favorably with anything of the kind at the Fair or in America II will be exhibited 'ree of charge to all at my ?tore, 418 Pennsylvania avenue, between Four and-a half and Sif.th st eet*. Feb IS?dlwif H. O. HOOD. PIANOS. PIAFOSJ?We have now in store the largest and most reliable stock of Pianos ever offered in this city, from the justly re nowned manufactories ol Hallet, Davis Ar Co. Boston; Bacon &r Rav n, New York; and Kna!?e, Gaehle dr Co., Baltimore; ringing in prices from $225 to |50<>. In addition to those in store, we have on exhi bition at the Metropolitan Mechanics' Fair; st the Smithsonian Institute, four superb Pianos, made expressly to our order for this Exhibition, any of which we will di*|>ose of on reasonable terms. Also on hand, Ouitars, Violins, Flutes, Accord eons, Melodeons, Banjos. Strings, Music, Arc. Remember, at the Piano, Music, Stationery,, Perfumery, and Fancy (.ioods Store of JOHN F. ELLIS. ,'tOfl Fcnn. avenue, near 10th street. Feb 25?3t WASHINGTON IRVINCi'SNEW Work, Wolfert's Roost and other Papers, now first collected, by Washington Irving. Scottish Songs, Ballads, and Poems, by Herr Ainslee. Full I'roof of the Ministry, a Sequel to the Boy who was trained up to l>e a Clergyman, by John N. Norton, A. M. Memoira of Life, Exil?s, and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de les Cases, with portraits and other illustrations. Manuel of Sacred History, by John Henry Kurtz, D. D. Just published and for sale at TAYLOR fc MAURY8 Feb 15 Bookstore, neari'th street. IjlOR EVENIKf;.- M. W. Calt * llro, have just received a beautiful assortment of Rich Pearl Necklaces, Bfoophes, Ear-Rings, flrc. . ALSO? A complete assortment of Pearl, Ivory, Span i?h, nnd Mourning Fans, which will be sold unu anally low. M. W. GALT it BRO. Jan V0?3t I'a. av , betw. 9th and 10th s(a. WASHINGTON SENTINEL TERMS OP ADVERTISING. One square (twelve linen) 1 insertion....???10 50 ii t i< 2 " ???????<?? 7? it ii 3 <? 1 00 ?? 1 "1 week 2 00 ? " " X month 5 0 o tefc. Business cards, not exceeding six lines , for not less than six months, inserted at hall price . Yearly advertisements subject to special ar rangement. Long advertisements at reduced rates. Religious, Literary, and Charitable notices in sorted gratuitously. All correspondence oa business must be prepaid pimllijtti ni. mHK la to give notice that the following 1 original Virginia Military Revolutionary Land Warrants, vix: . No. 662 for 100 acres, issued in the name of Dame. Thomas; No. 533 for 100 acres, issued in the name ot Thoa Cole; No. 2,779 for 100 acres, issued in the name of Dun; can Brown; No. 648 for 100 acres, issued in the name of 1 bosj Edwards, have been accidentally lost or destroyed, nnil I hereby notify all parlies that 1 shall make applica tion to the Land Office for the- issue of scrip on duplicates of said warrants, under the provision# of the act of the 31st August, 1852. A. NICOL, Attorney for the Claimant J Jan 10?3mlaw rn HE FAILURE of Free Society.?Soei 1 ology for the South, or the Failure of Free Jan. 13 Book Store, near 9th street. I \UH'l VAXJb TO VAUi A* MOOOm 1 # if you wish to purchase anything in the way of fine American, London, or Geneva watches, (that can be relied on for the true time,) rich gold jewelry, pure silver ware, dec., dec., and save from 15 to 25 per cent, as he is now receiving bia Fall supply, which will b? sold at the loweai wholesale rates. ... Fine watches and jewelry repaired, and war rimed .o five satisfaction. Q HQOD,? Pa. avenue, between 4i and 6lh streets, sign ot the large spread eagle. ' Sept 16?tf EW BOOKS.?Plato on Immortality of ^ the Soul, translated from the Gr*ek by Charles S. Stanford. * Florence Egerton ; or, Sunshine and Shadows, by the author of Clara Stanley. &c. Sketches ot Western Methodism, Biographical, Historical, and Miscellaneous, illastrative of Fio neer Life, by Rev. Jas. B. Finley. For sale by GRAY & BALLANT\NE. ? N B WOOD CAS.?CAUTION* E It known that I, the subscriber ob . , tained letters patent in December, l8ol, for an apparatus for the destructive distillation ol wood, and the making therefrom of tar or pitch at pleasure, and gas my and that in the judgment o competent persons the invention of an appar tus recently patented by W. D. Porter cannot be used by him or any other person wimout infring ing my said patent. And, further, that what ta patented by said Porter rightfully belongs to me, as I expect to prove ere long before the Lnited States Patent Office ; and, further, that the use of said Porter's invention involves also a process which 1 am now claiming before the United States Patent Office, and which has been adjudged to b? patentable to the first inventor thereof, and which said W.D. Porter has formally disclaimed, as ap pears upon the public records of said office, ot which an official copy is hereto annexed, and also a copy of his claims. In the National Intelligencer of the 2T.th instant Mr. Pbrter' announces that he has secured by patent the "exclusive right to making gas from wood," and threatens prosecution to all.parties infringing his patent. 1 ask how this statement comports with the fai l of my patent of December, 1851, and how far lite threat can intimidate under such circumstances'? 1^1 r. Porter's claim is based upon a movable perforated diaphragm, and was so understo od by the Patent Office, as it appears from the r?, .-ri- of the Patent Office that his claim was at iii?l refused as interfering with a prior patent to Robert Foulis, of Canada, for an equivalent contrivance. This claim, as gircn be low, and in which the perforated*dinphragm is the saving clause, is what Mr. Porter caUs securing the "exclusive right to making gas from wood. The statement carries absurdity on its front, and is a libel on the good sense of the Patent Office 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 wi show the true state of the ease: United Statks Patknt OrrtcK, August 25, 18.>4. Sir. In reply to your Utter of ?? J""? "if any patent has been granted to W. D. Porter, dated 22d August, 1S54, or at any other time, or to any other person or persona, securing to him or them " the exclusive right o) making 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 beariBg the above dale, you are informed that W. D. Porter s claims are I elieved to be c nfined to hi* appara tus: and, further, this office is not aware that a patent has Insen granted heretofore lor the exclu titt right of making go* from wood. It WOuli , however, be unjustifiable to expect me to make an extended investigation to answer your re '"" 'am, respectfully, your obedient servant, C. Mason, Commissioner of Patents. W. P. McConaei.l, Een., ? Care of Prof. C. G. Page, Washington, D. C. The United State* Patent (JgUe?To all persons to whom tksse presents shall com*, gretmg". This is to certify that the annexed is a true copy from the files of this office of an extract from a paper filed in the matter of ihe application of W. D Porter ibr letters pstent, in accordance with which application letters patent were issued to the said W. L>. Porter on the 22d day of August, eighteen hundred and filly-four. In testimony whereof, I Charles Mason, Com missioner of Patents, have caused the seal' of the Patent Office to be hereunto affixed It.. a.l this 25th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, and of the independence of the United State* the seventy-ninth. C. Mason. Copy of disclaimer of W. D. Porter in his mfpfictn tion for 14an improved still for making wood gas" filed A ugv.it 5, 1S54. Letter* patent issued August 22, 1HM. " I do not claim as my invention and discovery the improvements in making gas from v'f subjecting the products of destructive distillation therelrom to a high degree of heat, substantially as has been described and for the purposes set forth in the specification of W. P. McConneu. The United States Patent Office?To all persons to whom these presents shall come greeting . This is to certify that the annexed is a true copy from tho records of this office of an extract from the specification of W. D. Porter s patent, issued in the twentv second day of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. In testimony whereof, I, Charles Masou, torn inissioner of Patents, have caused Ihe oeal of the Patent Office to be hereunto , affixed this twenty-fifth day ol August, ? in ihe year of our l<ord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and of the independence of ihe United States ihe seventy-ninth. C.Mason. Erxract from Specification of IV. "? ?fr,.%t?n whUh letters patent were issued August ?, i:x*. Claim.?What I claim as my invention and de *ire to secure by letters patent is : "The construction of a ga* apparatus or still, consisting ol a metallic or other cylinder B, the ? ones K and D, diaphram plate C, and exit pip? F substantially as described in ihe for?goiag spe ci'ficaiion, and shown in the accompanying draw ^The truth or the abevemay he ascertained from the records of the Palent Office, lo which all have aC?rM' WM. P. McCONNELU By his attorney CHAS. O. PAGK. t'TlOoifS BAll?ROAD MAP OF THE T~ UNITED STATE*."?This celebrn ted Map, recently eulogised by Lieutenant Man rv in his " Virginia Letters;" is on sale at ry, in ? TAYLOK Ar MAURY 8 i Bookstore, near Ninth street.