[FUBLtkllBD BY BK4)UZST.] THE PUEL1G LABD8?MB. BXITHKTT8 MINOBI TY REPORT. The undorsigned, a member of the Commit tee on Publio Lands, dissents from the argu ments and conclusions of the foregoing report, against granting lands to the several States for the ltenefit of the indigent insane, boiug of (opinion (hat Congress has the authority to do this, and would aot wisely and properly in ap plying a portion of the publio lauus to so hu mane and oommendable a purpose. The objeotions to it, as unconstitutional and inexpedient, are bolieved to be equally untena ble. I ?AS TO THE POWER 0# CONGRESS. This i? given in express terme by the 3d ?eotion pf article 4 of the Constitution of tho United States, via: "The Congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and othor proporty of tho United States; aud nothing in this Con at i . tution shall be so oon strut d as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any nartiou lar State." More broad and comprehensive terms are not to be found in the English language than those whioh are employed to givo this power to Congress. Webster defines "to dispose of:} as follows: " To part with ; to alienate; to sell; to bestow; to give away; to transfer by authority." Johnson's definition of the term " to dispose of' is, 'to part with; to apply to any purpose; to transfer to any other person or use; to put into tho hands of another; to give away ; to put away by any means." The existence of this power by Congress to dispose of the publio lands is ooncedod, and has always been exoroisod. But it seems now to bo clamed that it is so limited in the Con stitution as to prohibit a grant in this onso; that while the public lands may bn constitu tionally disposed of to a certain )>ortion of tho States, by grants for railroads, and tho like, to dispose of them for other purposes, or to the other States, i* unconstitutional; that they may be disposed of for almost any imaginary con sideration, but cannot for purposes of groat publio interest. Those who assort and assume this?for it is mere assertion and assumption?ought at luast to bn able to point out the provision of tho Con stitution oontaining the prohibition. It does not touch this question to talk long or learnedly about this being a Government of limited powers, and that eaoh department should be confined to the authority Conferred. Here a power is expressly given to Congroas; and the qnestion is, whether it is general, or limited to a particular class of eases. It is insisted, in reply to all objeotions of this kind, that tho right of Congress to disposo of the public lands is oonferred by words of a sense as general and comprehensive as any that could have been need, and without any limitation, oxcept that oontaincd in the same clause, thatnothing in this Constitution shall be so oonstrued as to prejudice any olaims of the United States, or of any partioular State." To understand this restriction, it should bo borrfe in mind tbat several of the old States? including New York, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Connecticut?had granted and ccded the public lands claimed by them to the United Statos before the adoption of tho Constitution. (North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, did so afterwards.) And it was conditioned in these deeds of oession, that tho land shouid be " a common fund for the use and benefit of all tho Statos." The rostriotion in the Constitution had ref erence to this, and was intonded~to enforce it. Its true meaning is to direct tbat Congress, in disposing of the pnblio lands, should have due regard to tho rignts of all the States, and dis pose of them as their oommon property and lor their common benefit. The grant now pro posed to be made oomplies with this oondition, for it is genera] and just to all the States. The power of CorgresB to dispose of the pub lic lands is absolute and unqualified, subject only to this restriction, (which has never been regarded, and is, in this case, inapplicable.) It may dispose of them by any moans, or for any purpose, in regard to which it has power to legislate, by sale or gift?in fact, in any man ner it doems proper. If this power exists at all, (as is admitted,) it is a general and unlimited power of disposal. Neither the manner in which, nor the purposos for whioh, tho public lands may be dis|>oeed of are prescribed by the Constitution. It gives a broad and a genera) power, (exoept the di rection to rogard tho claims of all the Statos in its disposal) For what purpdfo they should be granted is not a qnestion of power, but of sound policy. This invokes an inquiry, not into the right of Congress to mako the grant, (for that it clearly has.) but intethe expediency and propriety of making it for the purpose do sired. It was presumod Congress would die jxwc of the lands in a proper manner, or this power would not have been intrusted to it. "It could not have l?een safely given to any other department of the Government; and it rests upon the same ground as the right of Congress to dispose of other property belonging to the United Statos. But how can Congress have the constitutional right to make grants to some of the States, and not to the others ??or to grant lands to build a railroad or a university, and not an insane asylum ? Those who con tend far anything so absurd ought to give a reason for it; yet none has been advanced. n.?AS TO PRECEDENTS AND PRACTICE. (Congress has exercised the power of grant ing away and disposing of the public lands ever since the establishment of the Govern ment; and its acts havs been approved and sanctioned by the Executive and Judiciary De partments under every President, and in all the courts. For more than fifty yearr?under the ad ministrations of Jefferson, Madison. Monroe. Adams, Jackson, Van Bnren, Tyler, I'olk. and Fillmore?Congross has been constantly ma king grants of the public lands for almost every : conceivable object and purpose. All these acts have l?een approved by the Presidents, and sanctioned and held valid and constitutional by tho oonrts; and it was never found out they wsre unconstitutional antil now. If anything ? can ever bo settled, this power of Congress must at this day be so regarded. Among the various purposes for which these grants have been made are the following: For schools, for seats of Government, f ?r roads, for colleges, f??r salines, for publio buildings, for seminaries of learning, for river improvements, for universities, for individuals, for companies f??r corporations, for private olaims, for military servioes, for internal improvements, for canals, for railroads, and for deaf and dumb nsyl urns Grants have been made for deaf and dumb asylums ?o Connecticut, Alabama, Arkansas, and Florida These cannot lw distinguished, in principle, from grants for insane asylums. Congress ha* not only made these grants often, but to largo amounts. Hie amount of land granted away by Congress exooeds the amount that has been sold. An official statement from the Commissioner of Public I.ands shows that thero has been granted to the States and Territories named, up to June 30, 1853, for railroads, internal im provements, schools, and deaf and dumb asy lums, as follows Aerss. To Ohio 1,970 530 To Indiana 2 283 219 To Illinois 4 096 848 To Michigan .... 2 363 477 To Wisoonsin .... 1,934 4?4 To Iowa . . - . 2 336,302 To Missouri 3,472 391 To Arkansas 3 832 124 To Louisiana . - ? ? : : : ,Zitt To Alabama * a-,urn To Florida ----- ' f75,507 To California - Z'222 o21 To Minnesota - ?' - * .flSoll To Oregon - - - - To New Mexico - 'i ' ? To Utah - - - ' ? fi>681'707 13 States, 4 Territories?amonnfc - 68 913,937 There has also boon granted to the Stated named, for acuta of Government, public build ings, corporations, private clairaa, aalinca, swamp lands, &o., aa followa: r Acres. In Ohio - 8,883.617 In Indiana 1 792,526 In Illinois 2,146,444 In Missouri 3,589,751 In Alabama 240,643 In Mississippi ... - -,514,175 In Michigan ? ? 6 ' III fi)Wti - ? ? * " 1^1 1 * In Wisconsin - i'iXaS In Florida J??!! In Arkansas .?'JX 180 In Louisiana 11,864 180 12 States?amount - ? - 54 148,M4 Add grants buforo named * - 68,913 93? Amount granted to Sept. 30, 1853 J23,062 451 Amount aold up to samo date 103,197 330 Amount of grant* over the fl.ilcs - 19.865,095 Add granta for military service? - 24,841 980 Amount ... - 44,707,075 Amount of grants and sales - 252,001,787 Those grants (except for military sorvlcos) aro for the benefit of only a part of the States, and tlio old States have boon wholly excluded. The swamp lands granted to California are many millions of acros^ but havo not been re turned, and are not included above. H id the laud granted to the land States and the Territories?123,062,451 acred?boon wild at Government, prion, it would havo amounted to Si53,848,054. The Khar? of Now York in this, according to reprosontation, would have been #21,693 824. [to bk concluded to-morrow.J I I BY H0U8B'8 PRUTTIHG TELEGRAPH | TKIjEGKAPIIIC ookhespon i>knob FOR DAILY NATIONAL -ERA. Bearer of Despatchesfrom Cuba?Firemen's Parade?Weather, Si'c. Richmond, V a , April 17.?A brother of the Captain General of Cuba passed through our city to-day, en route for Washington, bearing despatches to our Government in relation to tlio Black Warrior affair. Ho has also boon commissioned to proouro locomotives for Cuban railroad companies. The firemen are having a grand parade here to-day ? several companies are present from Petersburg The weather is excessively disagreeable, the ground being covered with snow. The Northern mails have failed, on account of the storm. - Lecture by John Mitchel. Baltimore, Aprii, 18.?A lecture was deliv ered last evening, at the Maryland Institute^ by this distinguished Irish patriot, upon '? the position and hopos of Irolaud in the present crisis.*' Notwithstanding the unpleasant state of the weather, a largo audicnon attended, among whom were a great number of ladies ; j and his address, which abounded in thrilling pannages, refinement of sentiment, and elegant dolivory, was received with rcpeatod applause. He is stopping at Barnum's Hotel. The Weather. Baltimore, Aprii. 18?The weather to-day is fair, and the suow rapidly disappearing. Markets. Baltimore, Ai.ril 18.?Flour?sales 3,000 barrels Howard Street, at $8.12; also, 800 bar rels at $8 15; and 1,000 barrels, to bedeliwered in May, at *8 Wheat?sales 1,000 bushels white, at $2 ; red, at$l 95. Corn?sales 6,000 bushels white, at 77 conts; yellow, 78 a 79 ota. No change in other articles. MARRIAGE At Portsmouth, N. H., on the 1 Ith instant, by Rev. I>r. Burroughs, Capt W. H. Tread well, to Ri.lkn, daughter of Com (J F. Pear son, United States navy. \Y ORIS! WOR US! [XT" There in no diseaae more common among chil dren and yet none which *o frequently baffle* the iikill of the physician, aa worm*. They are highly detrimental to the con*titution, and their pre-etice should he carefully guarded against hy parent*. On the firat manifestation of aymptomi, every mean* should be Died to expel them promptly and thorough ly. Me Lane'* Vermifuge i* well e*t*blUhcd a* the moat certain, *afe, and *peedy remedy, ever offered for thin trooble*ome and dangernoi malady ; and all who have the management of children ahould keep thi* inraluntdo medicine at band. In addition to iU l>erfect ?afety, it never fail* to produce the dwired effect. [J7" Purcha*er? will pleaae be careful lo a*k for PR McLANKS CKLRBRATKD VKIIMIKIIGK, and take none el*e All other Vermifage*. in com pari*on, are worthlea*. Dr MeLane* genuine Ver mifuge, al?o hi* celebrated Liver Pill*, can now he had at all reapectable Drug Store* in the United State* and Canada. 41 kpfkciiks m\m tiik nkbiuxm bill Mr. Seward'* *peech, " Freedom and Public Faith ? price 11 por hundred. The same *peoch in Ger man, at the *ame ririce. A new edition of Mr. Sumner"* great *peech. "The Landmark of Freedom." i* in couree of preparation, and will be ready in n Tew day*?price $1 50 per hundred. In pro**, alao, the Speeche* or Mr. Wade, of Ohio, and Mr. Fessenden, ol Maine, in the Senate, against Ihe Nebraska Bill. Price of each, $1 |>er hundred. The above apeeche* will be forwarded, free of jK?*t age, to any part of the conntrv, on tho receipt of or- | deri< aecotn|>anied with the caen Addre** Hl'KLL A BLANCIIARD. Washington. U. C. MArHim wr rale imkap. XI TV. have dej>o*lted with u*.for*ale. one of Avery * VY superior Sewing Machine*, awl are authorised to diapose of the same a* a groal bargain Thi* ma chine i* considered one of tho beat now in u*e. W ? annex herewith the recommendation of some of Ihe principal wholesale merchant tailor* in New York city. Nsw York, July ito, ISM ' We, tho undesigned, do hereby certify that wo have examined the " Atvr* Spring Mnrhmr,and chcerfully recommend it for il* simplicity. .Inrahtlily, and facially for the peculiar *tilch made by It The stitch is original, and in appearance i* like the most perfect and handsome " back rtilching Wo have thoroughly tested the strength of Ihe sewing, and are satisfied that the atiteh of thi* machino make* .? Urongtr atfi>ted. MAXWELL, SKARS, A COLLEY, April 10 7th street, 3 doors above Pa. av. FOR THE SPRINO TRADE QUIRTS in every variety of style apd quality. Gen KJ tlemen in want of a good-lit,ting shirt can bo suit ed in style, quality, and price, at STEVENS'S March 7. Sales Room, Brown s Hotel. REGULAR LINE? ? NEW YORK, Alexandria, Washington, and Gonriro town Packets. Schooner Fairfax?C. Ponfie'd, master. Do. Empire? Rufus Knanp, master. Do Statesman -J.D. Cathcll, master. Do. Washington?J. Kendrtck, master. Do. ^wfttor?-W. Kirny, master. Do. Hamilton?A. I)nyton, master. Do. Arlington?II. Lewis, master. Do. Arctic?George Wi'son, master. The above packets having resumed their weekly trips, shippers are notified that one ol them will pos itively clear from New York on every Saturday (or olienor if nocessary.) and that this punctuality may be depended upon during the year, until interrupted by ice. ST URGES, CLKARMAN. A CO., 110 Wall street, New York S. SIIINN A SON, Alexandria. Jan. i d F. A A. II. DODGE, Georgetown. K. BOWMAN, No. 117 Hanover street, Boston Man., I MPORTER of French and Gorman Toy Watches 1 Manufaaturers Agent for the sale of Jewelry ; also' VV bolesale Dealer in Vegetable Ivory Goods, Sewing Silk, Ac. All orders promptly attendod to. WAI.I. PAPKRS! WA I I. PA PERS! OARRISFI A IIOUGII, Manufacturers ?nd Import JL era of Paper-IIangings, Borders, Decorations, Curtain Papers, Fire-Board Prints, Ac., Ac., offer the same at very low prir**, wholesale or rotail Orders promptly attended to. Address, T PARRIsn A HOUGH, Jan. 28?lVt No. 4 North 5th ?t., Philadelphia. deafn kns cur en. SCARPA'S COMPOUND ACOUSTIC OIL. fbr the cure of Deafness. Pains, and the Discharge of Matter from the ears; also, all those disagreeable noises like the I usxing of insects, falling of water, whixzing of steam, Ac., Ac , which are symptoms of approaching doafnoss, and also generally attended with U'!4e??e Many arsons, who have been deaf for ten, fifteen, and twenty years, and wero pbliged to use ear trumpets, bavo, after using one or two bottles i?Wn.?f?U!0,tbeir b?inK made perfectly use by,,ci*n* an(1 ,urK*o* highly recommend it* Eniro*?t; Deafhes* is a disease which has hitherto b*m considered incurable, but I can inform the public that it is a mistaken idea. I had Ween doaf for ten years, and concluded that I must romain so ; but not many months since, I saw in your i.ai*>r an advertisement t>f " Scarpa s Oil, for deafti, and with the best artiolesof the V Ni" Mo**/*, T/ut'*,Ai*Jtnortk'? i (W ., and and of Ckamhm' I 'I'wrnol. We do not coimidAr it k#neAth ourdiKnitj U> borrow wit ami wisdom from Paneh. and, when we thjnk it good enough, make use of the thunder of rkr lim/t We shall increase our vari ?ty by importations from the continent of Knrn.* l.hr Mw *row,h ?f ?he British colonies. k I fTTL |VfINU is published every Naturday, by LITTKLL. SON, A COMPANY, comer *f Tre mon! and Rromfleld streets. Boston. Price Hi cents a number, or six dollars a year in advance. Remit tances for any period will be thankfully received and promptly attended to. POSTAGE FREE I , JT'" "*nJ.lhe ls*s*?r Agr, postage free, to all subscribers wHhm the UniUd Sutes who remit in advance, directly to the office ofpoblirati?n, the sum or si* dollar*; thus placing our distant snhscribert on the same footing as those nearer to us an.l making the whole country our neighborhood ,W ! ? I^TTELL. SON. A CO.. Boston l>KOf?V, OANf'KR, TRTTKR, rHTHU, AND Diseases of the Genital Organs, removed in an incredibly short time. Invalids afflicted with tlie above complainU can be successfully treat*! at No. M Broadway, between Kecond ami Third streets east side. Office hours from ten to twelve o'clock !>rs WIIITTEMORK and STfH'KWKLL, M Cincinnati. Ohio. kko mmn ^NE HT7NDRRD WAYS TO MAKE MONEY ^ ' consisting of new discoveries, valuable inferma tion. apt 10ft Receipt#, by which persons have clear ed from three to Urn dollars a day the pMt year, and no one can fail to make money. It Is suitable for ev ery station in lifo. whether for travelling or a perma nent locality, ami something every meidianic, trader and druggist, shonld have. Upon the receipt of one dollar, post paid, the above will be forwarded Ad dro-f M ROWARD IM?W, Mtfrch IS Boston. Massachusetts. I JOHN S. MANN, Attorney* and counsellor at law, . Cuiiduraport, Potior county, Puun. Jan 2ti. F. MATTING HAT, Cap and Flat Manufacturer, No. 7 , Washington I'lace, 7th strict, betwoun 1) and R, WaShlUglOB. 1). C Jul). 2. mTsnydkr. BANKER and Exchange Broker, National llotul iiuil25 do. very rich plaid Silk* ; 25 do. Silk Illusion*, for party dresses, all co4'?; 30 do. watered and plain real Irish Poplins; 150 new stylo l'aris-triinined Chemisettes & Sleeve*, in not*. 250 do. French etubroidarcd Collars; 50 do. French embroidered cambric Chemi settes and Sleeves, in sets ; 75 French embroidered Chemisettes and Sleovea, trimmed with Maltese lloniton. and Valen ciennes Laces, very cheap; 150 pairs embroidered muslin andcambric Sleeves. 250 French embroidered Handk'f* a great variety ; .'<00 pieces English and French Thread Laces; 25 volvot Cloaks, latest style ; 25 ouibroidered cloth Cloaks, latest style ; 25 plain and trimmed cloth Cloaks; 50 small Persian Scarfs, for tliu neck ; 50 long Cashmere Shawls ; 25 richly-cmhroiderod whito crape Shawls; Together with a great variety ot new and elegant articles appropriate to the season ; all of which we are enablod to offer at reduccd prices, having taken advantage ? f the advanced soason to make our pur chases. |JanL2.| HOOK, BROTHKH, A CO. NEW GOODS" ? PARKER, at his Perfumery and Fancy Store, un der the National Hotel, Pa. avenue, is just open ing a new and complete stock of Goods, consisting,' in part, of? GLOVES. Ladies and Gont's Paris Kid Gloven, all sizos and col ors. PERFUMERY. Extracts,from thehouses of Luhin and Prevost, Paris, and Harrison, Philadelphia; Genuine Herman Cologne. Pomatum, Bcnuf Marrow ; Cold Cream, Macassar Oil, W. I. Bay Rum ; Low's Brown Windsor Soap, Cleavor's Honey Soap; Lubin's Rose and Musk Soaps; Taylor's Transparent Rails, Ac., Ac. BRUSHES. English, French, and American Hair Brushes, in one hundred different patterns ; 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 row Tooth Brushes, London made, for our sales expressly; Nail and Cloth Brushes, Ac , Ac., Ac. COMBS. Tuck Combs, latest Paris styles; Shell, Bulfalo, English cold-pressed Horn M India Rubber Dressing Combs ; f ? John Feu's premium ivory .fine teeth Combs, and Pocket Combs. FOR SHAVING. Uuorlain's, Roussel's, and Harrison's Shaving Creaui; Military Cakes, and all othor Shaving Soaps , Badger's hair Shaving Brushes, very superior. PARKERS PREMIUM RAZOR STROP. Washington, Marrh 12, 1849. We, the undersigned, having fairly testod Parker's Metallic Razor Strop Powder, to which the Maryland Institute has awarded a premium, take great pleasure in certifying that it will keep the Razor in fine, smooth shaving order, without the use of hone. J. Macpbkrson Bkkrikm, U. S. Senator. W. W. Sf.aTon, Mayor of Washington. W. S. Archer, House of Representatives. Rev. T. M Pkasr, Washington City. " Thomas J. Rusk, U. States Senator. Hiram Walbridge, Esq., New York city. RAZORS. Wade .t Butcher's, of our own importation; Tally-IIo, from 25 cents to $1.25 each. Razors imported to order, and all warranted. Jan 2?d TO THE CONSUMERS OF DRY GOODS, Who Seek their Supplies in our Market. ONE PRICE ONLY. We are now in our NEW STORE, which was erected expressly for us. We think it tbo most comfortable and best lighted store room in the city; and with increased room, facilities, and experience, deemed quite ample, wo shall deal largely in FOREIGN m DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, of every style, all of the best qualities, and for which wc shall have ont prirn only. We shall sell chea|>er than wo ever have dons; and in having ono price only (which, in our opinion, is the only fair and equitable way of doing business) wr shall maintain our self-respect, which is above all price or success. Moreover, wc ex|x-,t to retain all the trade of those prompt easterners who have made their purchases of us for some years past, and doubt less we (hall have a large accession oi new customers, who prefer to bay where uitt fair priri utiltt in anknl We feel that our *impl? word is requisite only to satisfy our former customers that the one price sys tem is the correct ono, and Ut their advantage; and we do not hesitate to assert our belief that all candid and intelligent persona will, after an impartial exam ination of prices, fabric, and stvlos, give a one price *tore the preference. Those who are not judges of goods cannot fail to he increased at once with tho manifold and vast advantages to the purchaser re* suiting fVom the adoption in good faith of tho on* part mHrm ; it noceaaarily insures low price* to the purchaser, for it becomoaaboolutcly necessary to meet at the start all competition that can be offered in price*. Our scale of pricet will be *o low. and the profits so small, that we cannot and will not sell hut for the ruth or to customer* who mtv prompt/if. For those who pnrchase /./>or to sell again, reduc tions will he made The public are cordially and most respectfully in vited to call at all times ami examine our stock. FERRY A BROTHER. ??Central Stores," Jan. 2?d (Op. Centre Market.) Washington City. SKGARS! SUGARS' " / can't get a drcenl Segar in JVashingtm,'1 T8 a phrase hourly heard from stranger*, in our city I Without admitting or denying its fnith, the sub scriber determined to remedy the evil. To this end, he ha* made a list nf every brand which any gentle man has pronounced " the best segar I ever smoked," and with thi* document he has procured from the first importers in New York, a stock of those choice brands, and now offers them to the pnld^v Every fiimigator. who knows a good segar when he smrll* it, I* requested to call and examine the stock. JOHN SKSSFORD, Sign of Jim Crow, 7 doors east of National Hotel. Jan S-.lm < Ht A NGK and ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD CHANUK Of HOURS. and after Thursday, October (I, 1853, daily " " trains (Sundays ex eptedl will he run over this road, agroeably to the following arrangement: A train f>r Warrenfonaml intermediate points will leave the station, corner of Hoke and-Henry streets, Alexandria, at 8) o'clock A M.; arrives at II A. M Returning, will leave Wtrronton at a quarter past I o'clock P M., arriving in Alexandria at a quarter before 4 P. M. A train (Vim Cnlpopor t? Alexandria and interme diate points will leave Colpcper at 7 J o'clock A.M. arriving in Alexandria at 10} o'clock A. M Returning, will leave Alexandria at IJ o'clock P. M , arriving in Calpeper at 4} o'clock. A daily stage is runninit between Gordonsville and Cnlpe]ier. in connection with the cars on this and the Virginia Central Roads Through Tirlrtf. To Oordonsvilie .... $4.50 To Staunton - ? - - 7.50 To Lvnchburg .... 7.00 To Winchester 4 00 Por order W B. BROCK ETT, Jan 7 -d Agent. RDTTKR AND RUCK WHEAT flOSHKN Butter, selected from Delaware county ' Dairies. Now York and Pennsylvania extra -hnlled Buckwheat, in barrel*, half barrel*, and bags. The best Philadelphia bntter in prints, for table use. Supplies received weekly, and any quantity deliver ed to ordor. SHEKEL!. A BAILEY, (Snceessors to J. B. Kibbey A Co,) Jan. 2 ? dlwif No. 6, opposite Centre Market. G.'jm HAIR IIYB. Th?1>est article ever u?od, aa hundred* can tealify in tbiii city and surrounding country. Read ! (1IL MANtS LIQUID IIA IK I? V K itiMantaiuonUy ehang ea tho hair to a brilliant jit Mack or glossy Brvu'ii, which in /*vnutdo?a not stain or in any way in jure the akin. No article ever yet invented which will compare with it. We would ad vino all who have gray hair* to buy it, for it iwifr failt.? Hostuu PoM. Z. I). OILMAN, Cheutiat, Washington city, Invent or and Bole Proprietor. For aale by Druggiata, Ilnir I>renncri<, and Dealers in Fancy Articles, throughout tho United States. CAMERON'S GENERAL AG&NCY and luaurance Office, Co luiubia Place, (2 doofs north of Louisiana ave nue,) Seventh street, (ea*t aide,) Washington, l>. C. Claims hofore Congrote and tho different Depart ments. Jan. 8?d SERVANT WANTED. Gt 00D Wages will be paid to* a colored woman com T |M-ient to do the work of a aiuall fautily. Inquire over Mr. Edmonton's Shoo Store, 7th street, near K. Jan. 3?d.'ft E?RA C. SEAMAN, ATTORN KY and Counsellor at Law, Detroit, Mich igan, will practice in the State and United States Courts, attend to securing and collecting debts, and to investigating titles to lands in any part of the State of Michigan. Jan. ft?d ft! CAMPBEIX? OADDLER, IIamess, and Trunk Maker, Pennsyi O vania avenue, a few doors east of the National Hotel, City of Washington. Jan. 2? 3m A NOTH Kit NEW BOOK, Hy the Author of Ike " I Vide. Wide World.'' C1ARL K KINK EN : his Christmas Stockings Beau J tilully illustrated. Price, 75 cunts; gilt, $1.25. Tho Bow in the Cloud ; or, Covenant Mercy for the Afflicted. Numorou* engravings. Price, $.161) (find Tidings ; or, The di spel of Peace. Price, li.'l cLs Popular Legends of Brittany. Illustrated. Price, 75 cents. Spiritual Progress; or, Instructions in tho Divine Life of the Soul. Froui the French of Fenelon and Madaine Ouyon. Prico, 75 cents. The Old and the New; or. The-Changes of Thirty Years in the East By Wm. Goodell. Rrice, $1.25. Old Sights with New Eyes. Price, $1. Conversion: Its Theory and Process. By Rev. T. Spencer. Price, $1 25. Autobiography of Rev. J. IS. Pinley ; or, Pioneer Life in tho West. Price, $1. Christ in History; or, The Central Power among Men. By Robert Turnhull, D. I). Prico, $1.25. GRAY A 1 I.ANTYNE, 7th st , Jan 4? <12 2d r>ve Odd Fellows' flail. RELIGIOUS i. >R DEPOSITORY. GRAY A BALLAN1VNE, Seventh street, two doors above Odd Follows' Hall, havo tho only Depository in this city of the publications of tho American Biblo Society; Methodist Book Concern ; Robert Carter 4 Brothers; Presbyterian Board; American Tract Society; Evangelical Knowledge Society; American Sunday School Union; New England and Massachusetts Sabbath Heboid So cieties; and all tho principal Religious Publishers. It is therefore apparent that their stork of Stand ard Theological Works and general Religious Litera turu must be unequalled. They always keep an extensivo assortment of all the Hymns used in the different churches, family and pocket Bibles and Prayer Books, in plain and superb bindings. Attractive and choice Juveniles, embracing nearly all of the most useful and entertaining Books for the young, published. School Books, of all the kinds used in tho city and country schools, at New York prices. Blank Books, Staple and Fancy Stationery. Pocket Knives, Portmoiinaies, Portfolios, Writing Desks, Ac. Jan. 2?d CHINA, CHINA, CHINA! CS. FOWLER A CO. (store in Odd Fellows' Hall, ? 7th street) have just completed opening a large assortmentofCHINA. QUEENSW ARE, and GLASS, making their stock at this time equal to any in tho country ; consisting in part &s follows, vii: Docorated sold band and plaiu white French Cliina Dinner, Desert, Tea, and Breakfast Sets, and do tached pieces, such as Fruit Baskets, Compotiorx, Casseroles, ornaments for dining tables, and Punch Bowls. India China, in dinner and tea sets, and detached pieces. Tron Stone China, decorated, flowing bluo, and white dinner, tea. breakfast, and toilet sots, and detach, ed pieces, in every pattern and shape. Also, in great variety? Dresden. Terra-cotta, Parian, and French China; Yaaes, Card Receivers, Jewel Stands; Candlesticks, Motto Cups and Saucers; Mugs, Pitchers, Ac. GLASSWARE, rich cut and engraved. * Crystal straw, stem, and Pressed Goblets ; Champagnes. Wines, Cordials, and Tumblers, Finger Bowls, Water Bottles, Spoon Holders; Toilet Bottles. Cologne Bottles, Globes; Lamps, rich and plain Docanters ; Cut and pressed Howls, and silvered Bowls; Solar, E the rial, Hall, and fiide Lamps; Candelabra". Girandoles, rich and plain Castors; Britannia Coffee Urns, Tea Sets, covered and un covered ; Pitcher*, Punch and Molasses Pitehors; Fine Cntlery and Albata Forks, Spoons, Ac., of the most approved and latest patterns; Also, Block Tin Coffee Urns, Biggins, Teapots Plate Warmors, Rgg Boilers, Ac. With an cndleass variety of goods not natqed. which | we rcKjiectfully invite strangers and rititens to call and examiuo before purchasing elsewhere. Storekeeper* and country merchants will find it to i their advantage to bay of us, a* our facilities are I equal to any other importing house in the United i States, and we are determined to sell as low. N. B. Goods carefully put up for tile country by I an experienced packer, and delivered free of charge | in any port of the city. Jan. 2? dtt J. F ASPER, i I TTORNEY AT LAW. Warren, Trumbull co , 0 i 1 \ Office No. 6) Market street. Jan. 7? d BSNRYJANNEY~ SJHO* DEALER, and Fashionable Boot Maker, J Pennsylvania Avenue, between Browns' Hotel ' and Seventh street, Washington. - Jan 2?3m REMOVAL! HENRY JANNEY'S Boot and Shoe Store and . Manufactory, for the last ten years located on ! ttth street, near the General Post Office, wo* removed to Pennsylvania Avenue, between Browns' Hotel and | 7tb street, where the proprietor has spared no pains or expense in Itting up an establishment cotnmensu | rate with the great increase in the business of the house. ? The subscriber tender* his most cordial and grate fal acknowledgments to his friends and patrons for their long-continued favors, and will be |>leased to meet them in hi* new bonne. I have a verv well-assorted stock of Boots and Shoes, of French, New York, Eastern, and my own make, embracing every style and \ariety. to which I invite the attention of members of Congress, and eiti tens generally. nENRY JANNEY. Penn av., north side, l?etween Browns' Hotel Jan. 2 and 7th *t . third door from the latter From the t'HIIril Slul/H Ari'ti*. To those persons who may visit Washington, and are in want of a boot that cannot be oxcelled, either in quality or workmanship, we would call their atten I lion to the card of Hcury Jannev, to be foand under the head of " Washington." A handsome and neat ly-made boot i* not at all times a source of pleasure to the wearer, bat often one of extreme torturo. this is caused by the bungling manner in which the boot is fitted to tho foot. Mr. Janney has devoted much of his time in studying the eoiftrnction of the human foot, in order t of. or the nnmlter of corns on the foot, his boot is |>crfivtly easy. Thns ho ha* combined beauty with comfort. FOR THF. SPRING TRADE. YJEEBE'S NEW YORK HATS for the spring of I 9 1854. The second onpply of the above elegant Hats this day received at STEVENS'S . March 7. Sales Room, Hrown's Hot-el. RF.KBE'S NEW YORK HATS. SPRING Fashion for I&64, with other new and ._ beantiftil styles A full assortment in store at LANE'S Fashionable Hat. Cap, and fYents Furnishing Establishment, March 8. Penn. av., near 4| street. AI.RERT G. BROWNE / iOMMISSTON MERCHANT, and Agent, of the VV Bost?n lleinn Mannfactnring Company. Oanga of Rigging. and Manilla Cordage , American, Russia, and Manilla Hemp, for sale Jan ft?d3m No. 152 Commercial st., Boston. ANTHONY LANK, STOCK and Exchange Broker. .18 Wall street, New York, a member of tb? New York Stook Ex change Board, will purchase and aril on eoumiingion (of a quarter of one per cent) Uot eminent and Stat* Stork*, Railroad and Bank Stocks, Railroad Howl*, and all other securities usually sold at the Board. 1 Orders from abroad solicited. Kvlerrncen Kbbetts, Cashier Union Bank ; W. T. llooker, Cashier Continental Bank; Arthur Tap pau, F.sq., Now York. Jan. 10. RKAI. UO-AHKAI) YOUNU ftlKN WANTING a lino Travelling Agency this spring, address, post paid, M. J. COOK, Feb. 10. Crawfordsviilo, Ind. FARM NEAR WASHINGTON FOR SALK THE subscriber offers fur sale his Funn, situated about five inilos from Washiugtoii, 1). C., in l'rince (Jcorgu's county, Md. It contains I7HJ acres, more than :50 of which is a lino alluvial meadow, producing a ton and a half of hay to the aero, but which un der improved cultivation would produce at least two tons. May sells in tho Washington market at from $15 to $30 pur ton. About four acres of tho placo is a marsh, covered with several feet in thickness of black earth, the result of decayed vegetation, whiub, properly composted, is a source from which tho up land may bo enriched at a reasonable cost. About 00 acres of the farm is woodland?growth principally oak and chestnut. Tho land, except the meadow, if undulating, aud afford* many beautiful sites for build ing. There aro many spring* of excellent water on the place, and it is noted for its healthfulness. The soil of tho greater part of the upland is a sandy loam, underlaid by clay?in somo places, clay predomina ting. About 75 acres could bo divided into small gar dening farms, giving nearly an equal quantity of wood and arable laud to each. There is ail orchard of 150 peach trees and 00 apple trees oil the placo, all bear ing. The farm is well fenced. The buildiug* are?alog house of four rooms, with a fraino addition of three rooms, a moat-house of sun-dried brick, a log kitchen separate from the dwelling, a corn-house, stable, car riage-house, Ac. There is a stream of water running through tho place, with sufficient water and fall for a small mill. Price, $50 per acre. Terms -one-third cash ; a long credit lor the residue, if desired; or, it would bo exchanged for real estate in the city ol Washington. Address "MARTIN BUKLL, Washington, D. C. Fifly acres, about half of which is woodland, and which could be divided into three gardening farms, with woodland and a beautiful building site to each, would be sold separately Or, if preferred, 1 will sell the other part of the farm, on which are the buildings, orchard, and meadow, which cannot be conveniently divided. M. B. BACON* MKHCANTILF. tfll.I.EO K, Northwest corner of Sixth and IValmtl street*, Cincinnati., Ohio. TIIF. undersigired has removed his Mercantile Col lege to his new buildiug, northwest corner id Walnut anil Sixth streets, where he has titled up a splendid suite of rooms, expressly for his business ? having spared neither pains nor expeiiso in making them in every respect the moft convenient and pleas ant school rooms in the United States. The plan adopted in teaching combines practice with theory; instead of u ing books, the pupils arc exercised in making original entries of every-day business, transactions Journalizing, posting, balan cing accounts, opeuing and closing of a great variety of different sets of books, hotU lor partnership and individual business, where the business has been prosperous and adverse , and thus qualifying the stu dent for entering into the practical duties of the ac countant, in any kind of business. The course of instruction will consist < f Double entry Hook-keeping, embracing every department ol trade and mercantile accounts, vie Wholesale, Ke tail, Commission, Kxchange, Hanking. Manufactur ing, Shipping, Individual, Partnership,Steainboating. and Compound Co. liusiness. Commercial Calcula? lions, Practical Penmansuip, ond Lectures on Com mercial Law; also, Lectures on the Science of Ac counts, Custom of Merchants, etc. In addition to the regular course of study, the un dersigned has made arrangements with Henry Snow, Ksq, Hon. Bellamy Storer, Prof C. W. Wright, and other eminent lecturers, to deliver a con re of Lec turos on the subjects of Commercial I History of Commerce, Piditical Economy as ted with commerce, and other subjects of grr |s>rtance in a commercial iwint of view, and never before intro duced in any Mercantile College in the I nited States. Pupils are instructed individually, and not in class es ; so that students may enter at any time, and pro ceed in the ratio of their capacity and assiduity. Public examinations are had, (though pupils are examined privately, if they derire it,) when tho Un dent undergo -s rigid an thorough interrogations by the Principal, (assisted hy a committee o! Practical Accountants and business men,) and Diplomas award ed to those who are deemed wnrU'y of thoin. A course can he completed in from six to ten weeks. The Principal will take pleasure in doing every thing in his power to advance his students, and make them thorough and accomplished accountants; and his extensive acquaintance with the business commu nity will generally enable him to procure situations for those desirous of obtaining them. Tkkmk : For a full coarse at lessons in Book-keep ing, Writing, Commercial Calculations, Commercial Law, etc., $40. Fob. 27 R. 8. BACON, Principal I'rOm the Cj ncmnatt Enquirer of March 12, 1853. BaCob's Mkkca.htii.f. Collmk.?The examina tion of the students in Book-keeping exhibited a de gree of proficiency on their part highly creditable to themselves and Mr. Bacon their instructor. The most difficult problems in Double Entry were as rapidly solved a? tho most sim[Je, giving ample proof to the audience that the informal on imparted during the session would be of practical benefit. From the Cincinnati Daily Gazette. The vaiious complex questions proposed by the Principal and other gentlemen present were answort d with great piomptitudc aud concernss which reflects great credit upon the course of sludy pursued at this institution. /'Vow the Cincinnati Dai/t/ Timet. Mr. Bacons school is in a flourishing condition, and the |u?lrotiagc extended it is a high compliment to the thorough mercantile education there imparted From the Chill troth* A nct./tl M't ropo/is of May fi, I KM. Mr Bacon is unrivalled as a teacher?a diploma from his College, in Cincinnati, is reqiiiri-d a* a >tnr ^n,i non in obtaining situations in the best mercan tile houses in large cities From the Cincinnati (iasrttc, Not'. 8. 185 J. Mr. l'iic..n has constructeil the ii|.per porti. n of his building expressly for the purposes of his College, and. without any donht, it is the most complete ar rangement of the kind in the Ut.itcd States. From the Cinrinnnti Kni/nirw. This whole institution is undoubtedly the most ele gant and finished establishment, for its purpos, s, in ihe world Tlir rrohihitioniftl. T1IK PROHIBITIONIST-exclusively a Temper, paper ? is published monthly, at Albany, by the Kxecutive Committee of the New York Slate Tem perance Society. II. Mandeville, D. D, F.ditor, as sisted hy K. C. Ik-la van. Ksq. It is printod in the folio form, on a double medium sheet, making eight large four-columned pages to a number It advocates the Cause of Temperance generally, and especially the legislative Prohibition of the Traf tic in Intoxicating Beverages It is Nrttuitmi in spirit, scope, and aim . and Is rap- | idly becoming Natrona/, also, iu its circulation and influence. Orders respectfully solicited. It will be j furnish* <1 at the following low prices On* copy for one year - - . $0 50 Three, to one address, one year ? - 1 00 Seven, do do. - -2t?0 And for each additional four copies, $1 will be ask ed, for any quantity less than fifiy copies For fifly copies, to one address - ? $11 For lOti do. do. - ? -20 No snliscription received for less than one year. and in every case the order must be accompanied by the money. Letters, in all cases, must be post paid. Address O. SCO V ILL, March 9, Publishing Agent, Albany. Q^7~ Journals friendly, please publish PKNr nniiKvtMmuTRKRs \mi rmrs. I)AR80NS A fO., Flushing, near New York, offer for sale a large and excellent assortment of standard f APPI.E, PR A It, & OTHKR FRUIT TREKS; Dwarf Pears and Cherries; Ornamental Trees, for streets and lawns; Tree* and Skirtba, for massing, at reduced rates. . Fl.OWF.RINO SHRUKS. Roses of thrifly growth, togither with Ihe usual variety required for the lawn, the orchard, and the garden. Careful attention a? ill he given to the execution and packing of orders l.iher-?l discounts made to all dealers in trees. Catalogues sent by mail, withont charge, to all en closing a postage stump. PARSONS A t'0 F/nthmg, 2// mo 20 VISITERS TO THE METROPOLIS! i PERSONS visiting Washington, and in want of Boots or Shoes, are invited to call and examine my stock, which comprises as pood an assortment ol Ladies,' Oentlemen*. Hoys', Youth's, Misses, and Children's Shoes, as can Ik- found in the city. Prices moderate JOHN A HUFF, Pcnn avenne, Jan. II. Between 4) and 6th ?ts . Wa*hin|tt?n ENERGETIC BUSINESS MEN CAN And profitable employment in selling Go-fi nch's LuU Great Work, A HISTORY OF ALL NATIONS, from the earliest period to the present time, op UNIVERSAL HISTORY', In which th? iliUory Uf every Nation, oucievt r.V't vun/irn, la separately Kivon. By H 0. (JOODRICII, Con mil to Paris, author of " p?,ur Parley * Tale#. ' Ac. 1,207 royal octavo pages, lilustiete I l.y 70 Maps and 700 Kngra\ iugs. Round in m?raeeti [)L7~ The work is not for *?lo in BoekrUi bp, hut is sold only by Canvassing Agents, to whom the exulu alve right of sale in their territory in given by-tl? publish*!*. Twelve Thousand Copies already So/,// by our AgenU. Canvassers who obtain but scriber por day make good mages. [E7"" An active, energetic m>?nt, wanted in ev. ry unoccupied county in the United States aud Canadi>*. For fall particulars. Ac , addrecH MiLLKK, ORTON, A MULLIGAN. Mnrili 27?Publisher*, Auburn. N. V PEOPLE'S PATENT OFFICE.' 811 Nassau ttretJ, New 1 art. I^OREION PATENTS.?Tbr undersigned continu< s to act ax Solicitor nnd A^ent for securing Patents in nil oouutriea where they are granted. He is repre sonted in Euro|?j by houorablo and reliable men, of long-tried e*|?eru-nct>, through whom bo in enabled to secure Patents in England, Scotland, Wale*, Irrlaci', Fiance, Btlgiuin, Oeruiany, Austria, Russia., Prussi: , Hpnin, Portugal. Ac. ltis facilities for transacting foreign Patent business nre nnmrpaased. Ho can Kenorally obtain Certificates of Piovimonul Protcctiin from ilio liritish Patent Office, within fix weeks from the time the invention in lint committed to his caro. Tho coat of liritish and other foreign Paten's. to Amarfa-ana, bus been greatly reduced The undersigned may be at all times consulted, free of ?. urge, tiy letter, or personally at his office, in reference teculati<>ii. supposition, and l>e liel'. tb'io anything on thin topic that has jet appear ed in the United States. In other words, a man may take it, and plant a vineyard, nnd raise jraj.es with success." " Furnishes, in a small space, a very great amount of instructive information relative to the culture of the Orape."? Fetrmrr't mn! 1'luMcr's Enryrlopath /. "Will be found to con;ey the nmst opportune and valuable instruction, to all interested in the subject. ' Null's Fruit tut'/ b'/mrcr Oar/left. Those w ho desire the book sent by mnil will re ceive it., prepaid, by remitting the price, by letter postpaid, to the Publirhers MOORK, ANDERSON. A CO, * March 27?2w Cincinnati. For sale b* LIPPINCOTT ORAMRO. A CO.. Phil adelphia; IVISON A PHINNEV. New York NKW VOHK CKNTRAL COILEUE, f oeiiled in the villngc at lYfcflrnwvillc in the caunlr of tor I In ml. Mew \ ork, wu* founded in 1M9, npoti the brand principle* of '* Equal S l(hl? anil Chris tian Reform," anne arrangement in this Institution, not to be over looked in this .lay il to President L. <1 C'el kirs, MctSrawv illc, Cortland connty. New York. Anything regarding the pecuniary affairs, sb' ti'd be addressed to A Caldwell, Treasurer, of the same place. We would take this opportunity to recommet-d to . the public our tried and ?| proved Agent*. Silas Ham mond. S N Tali, and Eld. D. Pease, as worthy of their confidence A. CaLDW KLL, fl?n Agent Mi(ir(tim't/!r, 1854. Ten Thousand Copies in I'm Days. I uric Tom Krli|i*rtl by Ihr lamplighter! THE most extraordinary anil Thrilling Tale of modern times This is the nniverval testimony of the Newspaper Press, and the verdict ol the A n't; Ppbiir. We have boen utterly unable to fill our orders, so great bns beun the demand foi this GRKAT AMERICAN ROMANCE. The following are samples of tbe opinions of the Corps Editorial We have no hesitation in pronouncing The Lau p light er one of tbe most original, interesting, graphic, and affecting tales, that has lately appeared. Wn predict foi it a aale and popularity c.|u?l to the ni<-?t ancce sful of modem romance* Dm/v Eve. Trawt frrf HonltiM. For delicate and forcible delineation of chkracter, this work ia hardly excelled ?lU-ninn Jmtrnal. The l*ani|ilighlcr will shed many a ray around fire sides and in hearths where now it in iv be there is much of darkness and despair ? firm. Dostnn. The life of Little tlertr. as portrayed in tba Lamp lighter, is as deeply affecting as the best sketches of Dickens Few person* having commenced this work will be willing to put It aside until they have gone through The author, whoever she may be, has no reason to withhold her name, nsthe book would do credit to h?ii writer.?? l)