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WASHINGTON SENTINEL 18 PUBLISHED DAILY BY BEVERLEY TUCKER AND WM M. OVERTON, War if* Building, near the CapUot, CITY OP WASHINGTON. - -I , Ml ? , ! n ?' = TERMS. Daily, per annum, in advance 910 00 Tri- Weekly 5 00 Weekly 2 00 To Clubs on Individuals, subscribing lor - five or more copies? Tri-Weekly, per a.inum, in advance $3 00 Weeky " " 1 50 j&-Postmasters are requested to act as agents. $JtSCtURlU0HS. GLENWOOD CEMETERY. TI1IS BEAUTIFUL BUHIAL PLACE of the Dead having just been dedicated with appropriate ceremonies for the purpo?e, is bow open tor the reception of the remains of deceased persons. The Mausoleum has capacity for a hundred oodies, in which such, friends of the dead, as may apply, can place the departed until they select sites for graves. The plan of the incorporators is one of equality n regard to the lots, which will not be put up publicly for sale, (although .they usually bring a premium,) naming the earlf selections of lots the most desirable. Until an office is established in the city of Wash ngton, applications will be punctually attended to at the present office, in the east wing of the build nr on entering the Cemetery. visiters are requested not to drive fast through he Cemetery grounds. WM. S. HUMPHREYS. N. B. Glenwood Is situated a short distance due north of the CapitoL Aug 87?3m take notice. -D "J. sss5?ssss?s tion, and is P'?P"?J [J mo#l fr,hionable man the shortest notice, ? tnemosi ?? ?"bswfsbtsisssi. - ?? ;??? ? rsssis i %??hit'cut in hi* own establishment, and made "^ja^vss,ossft-u, ??. as -- -5g cassimere, for the small sum of J Dress and Frock Co.ts from........-JJO jo Over-coats of different styles,tom.o.^t? gg Black and tancy Pantaloons, from.o. .*3 50 to ?io e,iif nnj velvet Vests, from *f i-.? Tina stock of Clothing i. of n <2| nod bo. been m.de op iiooo bo toeoivod tbe Ml oohood. l.tge n?or,?..?t of" .s oiSid "-.ueyh ? glove., cr.v.u, coll..., f?r 'be ?I. of W. Report ol Fashions in this city. Sept 14?tf RH1V AL op N?W ENGLISH JuveuUe and other Books-Odds andEnds from an old Drawer, by Werdna Relay a, M. D. s&v&e: & ^.7.ore. Ob,.?. .od Ad^nu;;. of U>,~ "ti&SSSZit.,.ler b? Matilda Lonsdale, or the eldast sister, by Charlotte Adams. i A Tour round my Garden. Cm* Hildred, the Daughter, by Mrs. Newto cbmss w5T translated from the German by Dauiel Breed, M D of tbe United States Patent Office. Kn,mE,"eir v.n '1 Bookstore, near 9th si. ? v .pL u NOISTENBRo'A HtW p tion fo'Mot?e?ihf the leave# of ?^opyiOf Book Postage yismps^nveiopes, "d Mo,^ nK the Fingers when Couatu?? Bank Bills , also useful for various other PurP?*"' JD ,k jt ffiuiiil an indispensable article for every Deslc. it s^f^l, jssjl. "d cbe.p, .od n>..l come i. to general use. The following are a few complimentary opin nnd?ory ??'?"? ful invention for moistening jwst^ce^tamj?s, envelopes, sheets in a copy.ng bsnk bills, 4cc. This do~ away wUhtb- di~gree able method of moistening *0.^' JJ nnA nnffue It is a patent snide, rary simple ana cheap, and w.ll be S^TlSS!! ???n , ,% leen.-Boston Transatft, Sept. 1804. P*r** Moist****- A new invenl.on for mo,.^ ening postage .tamps, e"\?f?Wll. sl Thl copying book, oounttog baak hill., ?c. A? '.?i? be o.."t.T Of*^!io, 'boo?;-r|P^t f^V iiv usin* a brush which has to bo dipped in dTffi^Eelf besides being usefel for purposes. It is slso perfectly simple and and most come into general use.?[Itof* Pot, Srpt., 1854. Pap** Moist****.-?A newly invented ?nJv^ry Agent fo* W..bi?g?JVljoR & MADRYi Jnn 17 Bookstore, near Eth st. iTBRRHVEM, J AMP, JBLtIE?> A*D Marmalade, *??) **?? wi.?kk-iTies Peaches. Quinces, Damsons, Blsckbeimjj StrswbeVries and Raspberries, and Pine BUckPCu^rTnte!M*e?, in half snd one-pound Rff Currant Jelliea, in half pint and quart Grape, Quince. Crab Apple, and Plums. Pine Apple snd Crab Apple Msrmalades. Peache. and Pine Apple in can., hermetically Pise^Appie* Peaches, Green Gages, presented Tsese 'iVeserve., Jellies, dec., are of the best ?.u?, po, op ,0 ---Sx Brothers. No. 40, opposite Centre Market. Dec 17?1 wil 1, | nnilK art UWIOW OF lX>*DOW. PI?n I for tbe current year. The list is now P? and every subscriber of *5 50 will be eMilled to I. An impression of a Plate, by J. T. A. R A., from the originsl picture,by J. J. < hslon, R_ A., " A Water Party." II. A vohime contaiaing thirty Wood Engr* vings. illustrating .ubjeota from Lord Byron, poem of Child llerolde ; and III The chance of obtaining o*? of the l rises to be allotted .t the general meeting in April, "s^'buo ?!Toi for ki?lf . "?'k of srt from one of tha pubhc 1 hor#e. Statuettes in bron*e of Her M*je y b*(i'piesTn b^n.^from an ^^'""'^jjjke'of lief by R. Jefferson, of " The entry of the Dake ol Wellington into Madrid." Statuettes in porcelain or P*"?n- . . T H Proof impressions of a l.rge lithograph, y ? ? Maguire. atler the original pieture by W. P. h? B. A.,' The Three Bow.," irom Moliera a Bour ffeoi. Gentilhomme." Honorary Secretaries for Washington, Messrs TAYLOU 9t MAURY, Booksellers. J*n-84 TRAVKIJNO and facklnf Tmnh. of all qaalltlea.?A large variety con?tantly on ?""d. "j f<" "" ita? ft 8TEVF.N3, ttiSNUTO\ SENTINEL. TOL3- DAILY. N0-148 CITY OF WASHINGTON, W K1' N hI).4 Y MORNING MARCH 21, 1855. PROSPECTUS Jfc OP TUB "WASHINGTON SENTINEL." I PROPOSE to publish in the city of Washing ton, in September, a political newspaper, uii de^ the name of the WASHINGTON SENTI In doing so, it,is proper I should make known the principles it wifl maintain, and the policy it will advocate. It wiJl support cordially and earnestly the prin 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 as an in 'dependent maintenance of the doctrines of that party may represent its 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 whicn 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 to be (and it will endeavor to deserve the title) the organ of the Democratic party of the United States. The SxirrntXL will maintain, as a fundaments truth of that great party, that the 8tatea formed the Union between them by the ratification of the Con stitution as a compact; oy which, also, they created the Federal Government, and delegated to it, a* their common agent, the powers expressly specified in it, with an explicit reservation of all others to the 8tates, or to their separate govern* meats. The exercise of any powers beyond these thus delegated, is, therefore, an usurpation of the reserved authority of the States by the agent 01 their own creation. The SnrniatL will uphold and defend the Union upon the basis of the rights o'f 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 Fec^ral Government, the Skntinxl will take as the \ rinciplea 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 -iseof constitutional power, for the direct attainme t of which it has no delegation of power. In other words, all powers exercised must be clearly gra ted, and all granted powers must be used for no purpose, except such as is clearly in tended by th Constitution. In respect to the internal administration of the Government, the Sxhttnbi, will sustain the settled policy of the L mocratie party. It will labor to inculcate this ci dinal doctrine of Democratic in ternal policy:?t-at this Government will be*? promote the freed m and prosperity of the people of the Stales, by being less ambitious to exercise Bwer, and more anxious to preserve liberty; and leaving to the individual Slates the manage meat of all their domestic ctyicerns?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 SsNTiintL will advocate such a progressive foreign policy as will suit itself to the exigencies, and correspond with the expanding interests of the country. That policy should be energetic and de cided; but should temper firmness with liberality and make its highest ends consist with the stri?test principles of justice. The real interests of the country, upon each Occam on demanding attention will be its guide in the course the Sentinkj. wil pursue. The national policy of the world in this age is essentially aggressive. In thi growing sense ot weakness of some of the nation* of the Old World, and the ambitious restlessness of others, a com mon motive to colonial extension has developed sel? Our settled determination tc repel interference from abroad with our domestic concerns, wil prompt us to avoid it id the affairs of other coun tries, unless by their foreign or colonial policy our peace should be threatened, our security endan gered, or oar interests invaded. For when the selfish interests of other nations prompt a foreign or colonial policy which infringes upon our rights, and places in the pathway of our commerce a dangerous and unfriendly rival, such a jtolicy must be resisted by remonstrance, and, if need be, by war. Our foreign policy should, indeed, be defensive ; but to be properly defensive, it must sometimes be apparently aggressive. Our administration should be vigilant, watchful, and energetic. The world is full of importsnt movements, commercial and political, deeply concerning American trade and Aiaerican power. It is time we hsd an American foreign policy. We must 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 bo neighbors but a colony, and a worn-out, anarchical despotism. We are the olny people whose own land, without colonial de pendencies, is washed by the two great oceans ol the world. Our agricultural productions are more varied and more essential to civilised life, and le human progress?our mineral and manufacturing resources more vast?our facilities and capacity for internal and foreign commerce more extended than those of any other people living under one government. A oontioent, to a great extent, un explored and exhaustless in its yet hidden wealth is at our feet. European trade seeks the great East through avenues which are at our doors, or must be made through our own limits. Europe, Asia. Africa, and the isles of the sea, lying all around os, look to us as the rising power, through the ageacv of whose example, and ever widening and extending, though peaceful influences, the bless ings of liberty, civilisation, and religion, are des tined to triumph over the barbarism and supersti tion of the millions ef the world. And shall such a people refuse to lay hold upon their destiny, and act upon the high mission to which it is called? A mission so full of hope, though so laden with responsibility, which, if properly directed, must matte our confederacy the harbinger of peace to the world, as well as the peaceful arbiter of its destiny. The Sbwtiwbl will, therefore, advocate a hold and earnest foreign ro/icy, such as the condition ol the country demands; but it will advocate it under the flag of the country?nowhere else. Ita foreign policy must be consistent with the spotless honor and unimpeachable good faith of the country. To be respectable at home and abroad, and to he great in the eyes of the world, it must ask for nothing but what is right, and submit to nothing that is Wrong. It must be liberal and magnanimous to the rights of others, snd firm and immoveable in insisting on its own. It must, in fine, be true to its own interests, rights, and honor?it cannot then be false to those of other nations. Such, then, is the chart by which we shall be guided. Independent and free, we shall endeavor to be honest and truthful. The true friends ol democratic principles we shsll cordially support and defend. Its enemies in the field or in ambush we shall oppose, and on all proper Occasions dej nounce. To our future brethren of the press we extend the hand of friendly greeting. The Sentinel is the rivsl of no preas ol its own party?the personal enemy of none of the other. The preaent Democratic Administration has our l#st wishes for its success in the establishment 01 the great principles upon which it came into power; and in its honest labora to attain such an end it will find the Sbntinbl its friend apd coadjutor. Tbbms: For the Daily paper, ilO a year, in ad vance. For the Tri-weekly, $5 a year to single subscribers, and to cluba or peraons subscribing for 5 or more copies, at the rate of 93 a year. For the Weekly, 92 a year to single subscribers, and to clnba or pereonaeubsorihing for five or more copies, at the vate of 91 80 a year; in all cases payment to be made in advance. All communications should be post paid, and ad dressed to Bsvxblt Ttroaaa. pm- Editors throughout the country are request ed to oepy the above Prospectus, and send ns a oopy of their paper, who shall receive in return a oepyofours. BBVERLKY TUCKER. Wmaissios, Sept. 91, t SM. glisnliKitms. TH E AMERICAN SPORTSMAN, Con. laming Hints to Sportsmen. Notes on Sport ing, and the Habits of the Game Birds and Wild Fowl of America, by Eliaha J. Lewis, M. D., with, numerous-illustrations. For sale at TAYLOR & MAURY'S Jan. 4 Book Store, near Ninth street. THE UNDERSIGNED would respect fully inform his fiieodsand citizens gene rally that he has resumed the Grocery business, and is now located at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Thirteenth street, wht?re will be found a choice selection of Groceries, Teas, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, dtc. Speoial attention is invited to his assortment ot Teas, Liquors, and Cigars. The above goods are all of the best quality; and for sale very low for cash. R. D. TWEEDY, Corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 13th street, south side. Nov 3?dlw&eolw NOVELTIES, Inventions, and Curiosities in Arts and Manufactures.?Price 50 cents. Gay's Fables, profusely illustrated. The Ladies' and Gentlemen's Letter Writer. Shooting, by R. Blalcey. Just imported from England by TAYLOR & MAURY, Oct 18 Bookstore near 9th st. HE FAILURE of Free Society?Soci ology for the South, or the Failure of Free Society, by George Fitzhugh. On sale at TAYLOR & MAURY'S Jan. 13 Book Store, near 9th street. ANIEL WEBSTER.?Messrs. Taylor & M^URY have a few of the original sub scribers' copies of the works of Daniel Webster, printed on very tine imperial paper, in which Mr. \Veb?ter inscribed his name. Six volumes; price S20. T. & M. are the only booksellers in the United Slates who huve any copies iu their possession. Mar 11 Bookstore near 9ih st. EL 1<1NE WATCHES St RICH JEWELRY. O. HOOD, Pennsylvania avenue, between 0 4i and 6tli streets, has just returned from the north with a rood assortment of the most rich and fashionable Jewelry iu the market, which he purchased for cash at very low prices, and now ol fers tor sale the same, at wholesale or retail, much cheaper than goods of like quality have ever beeo sold for in this section of country. Please call at his store, sign of the large spread eagle. N. B. Special attention paid to the repairing to ne watches by W. W. Hollings worth. Apr 2 THE SONS OF THE SIRES, a His tory of the Rise, Progress, and Destiny of the American Party, and its probable influence on the next Presidential election, to which is added a Review of the Letter of the Hon. Henry A. Wise against the Know-nothings, by an Ame rica u. The Hiftory ol Mason and Dixon's Line, con tained in an Address delivered by John H. B. Latrobe, of Maryland, before the Historical So ciety of Pennsylvania, November 3, 1864. Mirana Elliot, or the Voice of the Spirit, by S. M. H Autobiography of Charles Caldwell, M. D.,with a Preface, Notes, end Appendix, by Harriet W. Warner. Just received mm4 far sale by R. FARNHAM, Corner trt Peun. avenue and 11th atreet. Feb 15 COMMENTARIES on the Jurisdiction Practice, and Peculiar Jurisprudence of the Courts of the United States, vol. 1, by George Tioknor Curtis. History of the Crnsodes, their Risfl, Progress, and Results, by Msjor Proctor, of the Royal Military Academy. Cumining's Lectures on the Seven Churches. On sale at TAYLOR & MAURY'S Bookstore, Nov 16 near 9th street. TO MEMBERS OF CONGRK8S AND STRANGERS. TTTATCHES.?Members of Congress and YY others in want of perfect timekeepers would do well to make their selections at once, in order to test their quality before leaving the ciiy. Our assortment for both Ladies and Gentlemen was never so complete as at present, embracing every description, which we ofTer unusually low. M. W GALT & BROTHER. Penn. avenue, between 9ih and 10th streets. Jan 18 VARIETY BOOT AND SHOE 8TORE. T ADIKS ALPINE BOOTS,-.Just re I J eeived a superior 1st of Ladies' Black and Brown Alpine Boots, together with a large and Kneral assortment of Ladies, Gents, Misses, ys, Youths, and Children's Boots and Shoes for sale by GEO. BURNS, 340 Pennsylvania avenue, Adjoining Patterson's Drug Store. Dec 1 (News.) VARIETY BOOT AND SHOE STOKE. Quilted bottom and patent lea. THER BOOTS,?The undersigned has just received a flue assortment of the above Boots His general assortment of Boots and Shoes for Gentlemen is lsrge, embracing all the modern styles. Great care has been taken to have them made of the best material and workmanship. Purchasers will find it to their advantage to give him a call. GEO. BURNS, 340 Pennsylvania avenue, Adjoining Patterson's drug-store. Dec 1 (News) SECOND EDITION NOW HEADY. DUEL* AND nUELLTNG, Alphabetically Arranged, with a Preliminary Historical Essay, By Hon. Lorenzo Kablne. 1 vol. 12mo. Price SI 25. THIS work comprise* sketches of the principal Duels. from that between David and Goliah, the first on record, to the present day; and con tain! a full account of those of importance, in cluding all of historical interest in the nnnals of this country. rpHE YOCrm OI<" MtDAMK ?? LOwl JL gneville, or new Revelations of Court and Convent in the seventeenth century, from the French of Victor Cousin, by F. W. Kicord. Faggots for the Fireside, or Facta and Fancy, by Peter Parley. Just received and for sale by Nov 12 R. FARNIIAM. VARIETY BOOT AND SHOE STORE. WHIT 13 SATIN AMD KID ROOTS and Slippers. Just received a general as soriment of the above; workmanship and materia of the beat,. Also an elegant supply of Toilet Slippers, em bracing the French embroided, Wilton, and Ve/ vet. GEO. BURNS, 340 Pennsylvania avenue, Adjoining Patterson's Drug Store. THIS REPUBLICAN COIJRT,TorAiiie rican Socir/ r th? days of Washington, by Rufaa W. Orisus.,u, wi.h twenty one portraits ol distinguished Women, engraved from original pictures by Woolaaton, Copley, Gainsborough, Btoart, Trumbull, Pine, Malbone, and other con temporary painters. Just received and for sale by R FARNIIAM. GUROWSKI'S YEAR OP THE WAR.? A Year of the War. by Adam G. De Gou rowski, a citizen of the United Statea. Just published, and tor sale at TAYLOR ?fe MAURY'S, Feb 1 Near ftth at KNTN' SCARPS. TIES, CRAVATS. Everv variety of site, style, and shape oi new and desirable Scarfs, Napoleon Ties, Cra vats, dM., of late importation, and at moderate prices, at STEVENS'S Dm 7?3uf Salesroom, Brown's Hotel. Genuine heidmbck. a co. cham nnsne ?The subscribers having been ap l?fby Messrs. Heidsieck & Co. to .ueceed Nir Charles Engler, heretofore sole ^ in the United States for tho sale of their Wines who this day retires from business, respectfully call the attention of the public to the subjoined CaThe Messrs. Heidsieek & Co., as set forth there in justly claim to be alone enabled to send to this country thegenuine Heidsieek & Co. Champaigne, dueedintotlti. market, ??w fA."LS .go, thg jjol1"'fitto. wd Zulu',: "fh'.clb J.dbr.?d b.d r ??d iluch being the fact, we heed not dwell upon the suuerior quality of their Wines, the reputation o! the same among the American public being alrea y i<l?ntitied with unsurpassed excellence. W. teg n.n,cul.r"y to notice thet tb^r br?d still bears tne same name of Heidsieck ds Co., full bv which it first became so favorably known, being thereby easily distinguished from other simi lar marks which have since appeared. ' ABEGG, Successor to Charles Engler, and sole importers in the United States. STANISLAUS MURRAY is our su^ut for Washington and Georgetown, D. C., and Alex andria, Va. r?nn. Upon the dissolution of the old firm HeMsieck & Co., in 1834, the senior partner, who had the sole charge of its liquidatiQn. con tinned the business, retaining of the vineyards, vaults, flsc., which t g P'S;r"?w a? StA mediate .uece.,0,. .?d nronrietors of this well-known brand. In ortfer to distinguish the samefrom imnat.ons and marks similar to our own, which haveap neared and may hereafter appear in this market, The name of our firm in full will be found on the labels and around the corks. 1846, hemsiece & CO. BUI lor Injunction. Inthe the District of Columbia, sitting In CUau eery. Christopher Adams, complainant, VS. James Guthrie, Amos Adams, Isaac N. Comstock, Defendants Samuel Byington.and Richard Wallach, THIS bill of complaint in the above stated cause slates,that the said comP,a,7"^0"?/1a^?nl|iied twenty-fifth day of November, A. D., 1851, entered into a con tract with the United States government, agreeing to supply the government with fiveJ?'' lion of brick for the extension of the <3*P,lt>l said complainant, on or about the 12th da* of_Jan uarv A. D 1852, assigned to one Samuel Strong, the said contract; the said Strong ?gree>ngand promising to pay to said complainant the sum of four thousand dollars. 1 The bill further states that the said' Slrong, on | or about the 'id day of February, A. D. IS.)-, as s.aned the said contract, or one moiety thereof, o Amos Adams and Isaac N- Comstock, of the city I of Albany aud State of New York, and received from the said Adams and Comstock their obl,fa!'?n 0r promise for the payment of four thousand dollars, w theriatoi as well a. a lien of thirty per cent, on the moneys to be paid by the government on t<aid contract, until the *aid sura of four lhousand dollars should be paid; which lien said iStrong duly assigned to the complainant in this bill. The bill further states that sometime in the year 1 ? , the said Amos Adams and Isaac N. Comstock as signed their right, title,and interest in the contract to one Samuel By.ngton a. partner and associate of Richard Wallach, the said Bywgton 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 an injunction again*! said defendants inhibiting the said James Guthrie, and all persons acting for him from paving the said moneys to any of the defend ants, or their representatives, and the defend ants and their representatives from receiving the said moneys until the sum of thirty-six hi dr?d dollars, and the interest thereon, should be paid to the complainant or his legal represents fives and such other and further decree as to this court shall seem right and proper. The said1 Amos Adams and the said Isaac N. Comstock, name in the caption and body of the bill, still re*'{J'n? Albany as aforesaid, beyond the reach of the pro cess of the court. - , It is therefore, by the court ordered this 1st day of January. A. D. 1SS5, that the matters and things stated in the aforesaid bill of complaint against the defendants, shall be taken for^con fessed against the said Amos Adams and Isaac ?. Comstock, and such decree made in the^pre mises against them, and each of them a?i the court shall deem right, nnless the said defendants appear in the conrt on or before the seconI Mon dsv in May next, and answer the said bill, and show cause if any they have why a decree as prayed for by the complainant should not passed by the court. , Provided the oomplainsnt cause this ?nd the substance and the object of the ssid bill of complaint, to be published in some newspaper in the city of Washington, twice a week for sjx successive weeks, the first insertion thereof to appear at least four months before the second Monday in Msy next. ... r r Given st rules, the first Mondsy of January, ,8* be* .b. ?r.t d., -/???'VSm,. Clerk of the Circuit Conrt. 0?""- ? Spencer, ? Solicitor for complainant. True copy, Teat: JNO. A. SMITH Jan 4?iawfiw ^ PROSPECTUS or THt NINTH VOLUME OF THE WASHINGTON 8EMI-WEEKLY NEWS, DtvotrA to Citf Afatr$, KJuratton, Ijiterature, nvd General InttJhgevcf. rpHB Ninth Volume of thin Paper being 1 about to be commenced, the proprietor and editor, after making his grateful acknowledgment* for the steady support which he ha* received dur ing the last eight years, respectfully solicits a continuance of the same and such nAditwnal *njh port as will enable him to continue his paper, as an independent journal, and in the support ot those conservative and constitutional principles which were involved in the late municipal elec tion, and which it is his fixed purpose to maintain, so long as he ia connected with this or any other public journal. On his future tovrt* the editor deems it unnecessary to dilate. Suffice it to say, that while the original plan of his paper will be duly chrried out, the editor will also feel himselt bound by the convictions of duty and propriety, to maintain the constitutional rights of every native and adopted citixen, and to oppose every secret organization that is founded on a prosoriptive and exclusive basis. What he intends to do in this respect may be judged of by what he has already written and published in the columns of this jour nal. To his friends, and the friends of civil and religious lil>erty, he respectfully appeals for ade quate encouragement. The Semi-Weekly News will shortly appear in an improved dreas. , terms: The paper and business card, per annum.. $3 00 The paper without business curd, (if 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 subscrip tion 2 00 Payable in advance, or monthly in all cas?*. Subscribers and annual advertisers will be charged for the whole vear. No paper discontinued until all arrearages arc peid, except at the option of the editor, i Persons leaving the city or declining busineas may discontinue on payment ef arrears. Au|30? glisttUant0?5< GENERAL, AGENCY.?Theundersigned most respectfully informs, by this notice, his friends and the public in general, here and eale where, that he has opened .an Agency Otnce lor the prosecution of clairna of every description against the government, before the several depart ments or Congress; procure pensions, bounty lands, extra pay, and arrearuge pay, and will at tend to the buying and selling of real estate, the renting of houses, and a general collecting busi ness; he will also furnish parties at a distance with such information as they may dtsaire irom the seat of government. Charges will be mode* sate. Office, at present, will be on M near lSth rtreet. References. Hon. J. C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy. Hon. J. Davis, Secretary of War. N. Callan, esq., President oj the Board of Com mon Cownctl. Gen. John M. McCalla, Attorney at Lam. James H. Caustin, esq. W. C. Redd all, State Department. SAMUEL G. TAYLOB. Jan 17?tf ELECT CLASSICAL and Mathematical School.?The subscriber has removed his school to College Hill, where a commodious build ing is beiag fitted up for its reception. As the Preparatory Department of the Colum* btan 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: $12 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 and other Modern Languages by the Professor in that de partment. Pupils may be boarded at the College, under the Secial care and superintendence of the Principal, le necessary expenses of a full boarding student will be about $190 per academic year, and of a weekly boarder will not exceed $150. 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. Sep 21?"tf STONE QUARRY.?1 am prepared to fhr nish from myquarrv, opposite the Little Falls j and adjoining the quarry of the late Timothy j O'Neale, any quantity of stone that may be needed for building purposes. Apply to the undersigned at his house on H, between iyth and 20ib streets, in the First ward, or to Mr. Paine, at the quarry July 27 WILLIAM IV SCOTT. GREAT WESTERN MAIL ROUTE. SIXTY MILES DISTANCE SAVED TO CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS. The Michi Ian Southern and Northern lndiaua Railroad .ine, carrying the Great Western United Slates Through Mail, have the following staunch first class steamers running on Lake Erie in connec tion with the New York and Erie railroad from Dunkirk, touching at Cleveland, and connecting with their road at Toledo, and connecting directly with the Chicago and Ro<'k Island railroads at Chicago, in the same depot, thus forming a daily line for passengers and Ireight from New York to the Mississippi river. Niagara, Captain Miller; Empire, Captain Mitchell; KeystaneState, 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 tan, A. D. Perkins, Commander, leaves Buffalo 'uesdays and Fridays; Northern Indiana, 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 be in waiting to take passengers direct to Chicago in 8 hours, and arriving next evening after leav ing Buffalo. - Running time 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 Line of Steamboats, or Express Train of Illinois Central and Chicago and Mississippi Railroads, orcoanecting 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, Rock 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, 50 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 liae 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 L<ne 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 3, 1H33?The under J^l signed has this day opened an office, No. 42 William street, (Merchants' Exohange,) for the transaction of a general brokerage business. Bank, insurance, mining, railroad, government, State, and city securities bought and sold. Promissory notes, bills of exchange, and loans negotiated. Sep 21?tf EMANUEL B. HART. HARPER'S MACJA7JNE for September is a magnificent number, filled with superior engravings, and for sale at Shilm?<3Ton's book store. The great Illustrated Magasine of Art for Sep tember is one of the best that has been issued. Leslie's Ladies' Gazette for September contains all the new Fall fashions. The Knickerbocker Magazine for September. Godey's Lady's Rook, Graham's Msgnzine, ana Putnam's Magazine, all for September, received and for sale at SHILLINGTON'S Bookstore, N EW YEAR'S PRESENTS.?M. W _ GALT At RRO. will open this day a maemfi cent assortment of Watches. Jewelry. Silver Ware, and Fancy Goods, suitable for presents, to which they invite the attention of purchasers. M W. GALT St. BROTHER, Jan 3?3t Penn. av., betw. 9th and 10th st. nollTHEHN n<>ok,?origin of the Con* stitution ; Incorporation of the General Gov ernment by the States; as national public agents in trust, with no sovereignty ; History of Copart nership Territories from the Virginia^Deed, 1784, totheTreaty with Mexico, 1848; Division of the Public Lands; Specific Duties; Origin and History of the Puritans; Origin and Cause of Trouble be tween the North and South, and Jeopardy of the Republic; Legal mode of Redress pointed out; by W. B. Davis, Wilmington, North C arolina. Price Two Dollars. On Sale at BISHOP** Periodical Store, No. 210 Pennsylvania avenue, adjoining Willard's Hotel. I?n #ilKUiaiieou?. for the west and south. Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad?Improved Ar rangements for Travel I?Important Changes of Schedule f 1 r?Sn?a?BE?B The late completion of tho Central Ohio RniJ^ road, between Wheeling and Columbus. uniting, as it does, by a short and direct line, the Balti timore and Ohio Railroad with all portions of the I West (and North and doutbwest,) gives this route greatly increased advantages to through travellers iu that direction. On aud after Monday, Novem ber 27, 1854, the trains will be run as follows; FOR THROUGH PASSENGERS. Two fast trains daily wiJI 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..-8econd-The EXPRESS TRAIN, leaving 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 will stop at Washington Jnnction, Sykesville, Monocacy, Harper's Ferry, Martinsburg, Sir John's Run. Cumberland, Piedmont, Rowlesburg, Newburg, Fetterman, Farmington, Cameron, and Moundsville only, for wood and water and meals. Both these trains make prompt and regular con nection with the oars of the Central Ohio Road for Cambridge, Zanesville, Newark, Columbus, 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 I 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 byl7 a. m Returning, the Trains leave Wheeling as fol lows : The EXPRESS TRA1I* 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. d/" Through tickets by boat from Wheeling for Cincinnati, Madison, Louisville, St. Louis, and other River Cities, will be sold at all times w.hen the stage of water will admit. E7~ Through tickets between Baltimore and Washington, and alt the important cites and towns in the West, are sold at the Ticket Offices of the Company. FOR WAY PASSENGERS. THE MAIL TRAIN, leaving Camden Station will take passenger^ for all the usual stopping places on the Road. Returning, this train leaves Wheeling at 11.45 midnight, Cumberland? at 10.15 a. m , anil 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 30, noon. THE ELLICOTT'S MILLS ACCOMMODA TION will be run daily, (except Sundays,) as fol lows : Leave Camden Station at 6 a. m. and 3 pm. Leave Ellicott's Mills at 7.30 a. in. and 6.3L p. m. Dec 14. Fire and burglar proof hakes. The subscriber has on exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution, two of bis improved Iron Sales. The on* made of tough wrought bar and plate Iron, lined with chilled or case-hardened Iron, secured with an inner iron grating of two inch bar iron riveted together, the whole put to gether with heavy screws or nuts upon the in side ; not, however, passing through the outside plate. The frame or corner bars are made of angle iron ; not a rivet or screw upon the outer surface of the safes, thus rendering them proof against the burglar's chisel or drill, which cannot penetrate the chilled iron. The door is secured with Hall's patent anti gunpowder proof lock, which obtained a medal at the Worlds' foir, London, 1851, and in New York, lb53 and 1S54. This Safe is intended to be Burglar Proof only ; but when placed witnin a Fire Proof vault or inside of one of Herring's Patent Fire Proofs, renders them both Fire and Thief Proof. The other on exhibition, is one of Herring's celebrsted Fire Proof Safes, wh eh received the highest premium st the Worlds Fsir, London and New York, and are universally acknowledged to be the best protection against fire now in use. SILAS C. HERRING, Patentee and Manufacturer. FITZHUGH COYLE, Agent, No 519, 7th street, Washington, where he keeps an assortment on hand for ssle. March 2?Giif MADEIRA NUTS, latest growth ; 1 ruk just received by SHEKELL BROTHERS, No. 40, op pot tie Centre Market. Jan 6?3tif HKCkEKH' FARINA, prepared ex pressly for familiea, a delicate and appro priate food for all seasons, and one of tbe inoat economical, nutritious, and wboIe?ome prr pars tions ever brought to tbe table, eminently com bining tbe gratification of the palate with ample and healthful sustenance of the body. Strictly speaking, Heckere' Farina ia neither atringent nor laxative, but restorative, strengen ing the digestive and absorbent ayatem. In dis ordered bowels, diarrhae, dysentery, and even in cases of cholera, when food is deemed admiasible by the physicians, Beckers' Farina cannot fail to be salutary; and whetever known ia extensively used in hospitals and private practice. The pres ervation ol health or the prevention of sickness is at leaat as important aa tbe curing of disea-e. People in health should therefore use Heckers' Farina freely, as common food, to preserve the in e?timable blesaing. For anle by grocers and druggists generally. Wholesnle by Charles F. Pitts, 12 Commerce street, Baltimore: Dingee 9r Brother, 97 South Front street. Philadelphia; S. O. Bowdlearir. Co., 17 Long Wharf, lioston ; and by the raanufartn rers, Hecker Brother, at the Croton Mills, 201 Cherry street, New York. fleckers' Farina Jelly, made in double Boilers, whioh render burning or scorching im Bissible. is now- exhibited daily at the Fair of the etropolitnn Mechanics1 Institute in Washington. Mar 8?2w. IjMNE JEWELRY^-I have jast reeel^d a new supply of the latest styles of Jewelry and have just finished a tine lot of pure silver ware, such as Tea Sets. Goblets, Cups, Spoons, Forks, Ladles, Butter, Fish, and Pie Knives Napkin Kings, Ato., drc. All of wbioh I will sell at much lower prices than ia usually asked for tbe same quality of goods at other eatablashments in this city, and will warrant every article as repre sented at time of sale. H. O. HOOD, 418 Penn. avenue, between 4J and 6th streets. N" TlW HOOT ANlVwHOK HTORfcl Samuel W. Taylor 8t Co , have opened the oparious New Store on Penn. avenue, next to Messrs. Geo., tt T. Parker's opposite Brown's Hotel, for the sale of Ladies', Gentlemen's, Misses'. Boy's and Servant's BOOTS, SHOES, GAITERS and SLIPPERS. In opening this establishment our aim n to l>e come popular by keeping good artioles at veiy low prices. Arrangements have been made with tbe beat Northern Manufacturers for a regular supply ot every article exclusively to our order. By respectful attention to the wants of those who will favor us with a call, we hope to merit their future confidence and patronage. S. W. TAYLOR fc<Co. Penn. avenue, opposite Brown's Hotel. Aug 29?lw U?R TH K HPRIS(TtRADE. NowTpen JP ing. a U#gp, fresh, and elegant variety ol gen tlemen'* belongings for the spring trade, of new importations and styles and of the beat qualities *t STEVENS'S, Feb 24?3tit Sales Room, Brown's Hotel. WASHINGTON SENTINEL TERMS OF ADVERTISING. One siiunre (twelve lines) 1 insertion $0 DO ti c &( *2 u ,????????? *V h <? 3 ? 1 Oi) <4 c u i k #???#???????? 2 00 " " " 1 month 5 G" Business cards, not exceeding six lints for not less than six months, inserted at halt price. Yearly advertisements subject to special ar rangement. Long advertisements at reduced rates. Religious, Literary, and Charitable notices in serted gratuitously. All correspondence on business must be prepaid rpHIS Is to give notice that the following I original Virginia Military "Revolutionary Land Warrants, vii: No. 662 for 100 acres, issued in the name of Dania. Thomas; No. 533 for 100 acres, issued in the name ol Thoa Co!e; No. 2,779 for 100 acres, issued in the name of Dnn, can Brown; No. 648 for 100 acres, issued in the nam# of Tho*J Edwards, have been accidentally lost or destroyed, and I hereby notify all parties that I shall make applica tion to the Land Office for the issue of scrip on duplicates of said warrants, under the provisiona ?f the act of the 31st August, 1852. A. NICOL, Attorney for the Claimant} Jan 10?3mlaw r\OMT FAIIi TO CALL AT HOOD'S If 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, Jfcc., dec-, and save from 15 to 25 per cent, as he ia now receiving hi* ] Fall supply, which will be sold at the loweat wholesale rates. . Fine watchea and jewelry repaired, and war ranted to fire aatiafacUon. ^ Q HOOI),s Pa. avenue, between 4* and 6th streets, sign ?t the large spread eagle. 8ePl 16?tf EW BOOKS*? Plato on Immortality of ^ the Soul, translated from the Greek 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, illustrative of Fio ?eFo,LiS;bi^VSviBaLAMTVl<E. N B WOOD GAS.?CAUTION* E It known that I, the subscriber ob tained letters patent in December, 1851, for an apparatus for the destructive distillation ol wood, and the making therefrom of tar or pitch at pleasure, and gas; and that in the judgment ot competent persons the invention of an appar tus recently patented by W. D. Porter cannot bo used by him or any other person without infring ing my said patent. And, further, that what u patented by said Porter rightfully belongs to ine, as I expect to prove ere long before the United States Patent Office ; and, further, that the use of said Porter's invention involves also a process which I am now claiming before the United 8tates Patent Office, and which has been adjudged to ba 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 25th instant Mr. Porter announces that he has secured by patent the "exclusive right to making gas from wood," and threatens prosecution to all parties infringing his patent. I ask how this statement comports with the fact of my patent of December, 1851, and how far the threat can intimidate under such circumstances? Mr. Porter's claim is based upon a movable perforated diaphragm, and waa so underatood by the Patent Office, as it appears from the records of the Patent Office that his claim was at first - refused as interfering with a , prior patent to Robert fcoulis, ol C#0wl^ for ift equivalent contrivance., This claim, as given bt low, and in which the perforated diaphragm is the saving clause, is what Mr. Porter calls securing the "exclusive right to making gaa from wood. ' The stateim i.i 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-kirn and charcoal manulactory In the country. The following copies of correspondence and extracts from the records ol the Patent Omce will show the true state of the ease : United States Patxnt Owe*, August 25, 1854. Six. In reply to your letter of this date, asking " if any patent has been granted to W. D. Porter, dated 22d August, 1851, or at any other time, or to any other person or persons, securing to him or l he in " the errfustve right of 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 bearing the above date, you are informed that W. D. Porter a claims are believed to be c nfined to his appara tus; und, further, this office is not aware that a patent h*a been granted heretofore lor the orcl* iM right of mating gat from wood. It would, however, be unjustifiable to expect me to make an extended investigstion to answer your re quest. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, C Mason, Commissioner of Patents W. P. McConaill, Esq , Care of Prof. C. G. Page, Washington, D. C. The United States Pot mi Office?To ail persons to whom those presents shall come, grettng : This is to certify thai the annexed is a true copy from the files of ibis office of aa extract from a paper filed in the matter of the application of \T. D Porter for letters patent, in aecordance with which application letters patent were issued to the said W. L). Porter on the 22d day of August, eighteen hundred end fifty-four. In testimony whereof, I Charles Mason, Com missioner of Pstents, have caused the seal of the Patent Office to he hereunto affixed ft- a] this 25th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, snd of the independence of the United States the seventy-ninth. C. Mason. Copy of disclaimer of W D. Porter in hit apphca turn for 4i an tmprovtd *tiil for makxng toood gat," filed A ugust 5, 1854. Letters patent issued August 22, 1854. 441 do not claim as my invention and discovery the improvements in msking gas from ^oo^' vu subjecting the products of destructive distillation therefrom to a high degree of heat, substsntially as has been described snd for the pnrposes set forth in the specification of W. P. McConnell The United Stoics Patent Office?To all persons f whom thestpresents shall come greeting : This is to certify that the annexed is a true copy from the records of this office of sn extract from the specification of W. D. Porter's pstent, issued in the twenty seoond day of August, eighteen hundred and titty -four. In testimony whereof, I, Charles Mason, Com missioner of Pstents, have caused the sesl of the Patent Office to be hereunto . , affixed thia twenty fifth day ol Auguat, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, and ot the independence of the United States the seventy-ninth. C. Mason, Ext rod from Specification of W. D. Porter on whicA letters patent were issued August 22, 18.'>4. Ci-aijs.?Whst 1 claim as my invention snd de sire to secure by letters patent is: "The construction of a gas apparatus or still, consisting of a metallic or other cylinder B, the cones E and D, diaphram plate C, and exit pipe F, substantially as described ia the foregoing ape oi'flcatioa, and shown in the accompanying draw The truth of the ahevemay be ascertained from the records of the Patent Office, to which til have access. I WM P. McCONNKLL. By his attorney CHAS. G. PAGE 4 4 T>ooft'?Thaii.roau map of the ? IINITBU irrATfM."?'This celebra, ted Msp, recently eulogixed by Lieutensnt Mau ry, in his * Vttgiata Letters," is on sale at ^ TAYLOR & MAURY-8 Dec 1 Bookstore, near Ninth nost. TTOK EVENING.? M. W. Gait * Bro. have just received a l>eautiful aasortment ol Rich Pearl Necklaces, Brooches, Ear-Rings, *e. ALSO? A complete sssortment of Pearl, Ivory, Span ?h. and Mourning Fans, which will he aOld una uallylow. :M.W.GHTkBKO.