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WASHINGTON SENTINEL. . "?? TRI-WEEKLT. "? 85 CITY OF WASHINGTON,"TUESDAY MORN IN G DECEMBER 18, 185ft. WASHINGTON SENTINEL '? PII?!.l?Hrt> TKt-WBKKLY AND WKKKLY BY :KvF?r,KY TUCKER AND WM M. OVERTON, Ward's Building, near the Capital, C'TY <*l< WASHINGTON. TERMS. Tri-Weekly ?'? HO Weekly 1 00 To Clum ok Individuals, subscribing (<>? five or more copies Tri-weekly per a.inuni, in advance OH Weekly " " 1 f>r Ii/~Postmasters are requested t<' net h? intents, rn HE hon? of the hires, a his X lory of the Itise, Progress, and Destiny ot the American Party, and its probable influence on the next Presidential election, to which is added a Review ol the Letter of the Hon. Henry A. Wise against the Know-nothings, by au Ame rican. The History ot Mason and Dixon's Line, con tained in an Address delivered by John H. B. Latrobe, of Maryland, before the Historical So ciety of Pennsylvania, November 8, 18.^4. Mirsna Elliot, or the Voice of the Spirit, by S. M. H Autobiography of Charles Caldwell, M.D.,with a Preface, Notes, and Appendix, by Harriet W. Warner. Just received and for aale by < R. FARNHAM, Corner of Penn. avenue and lltb street. Feb 15 HARPER'S MAGAZINE for September ia a magnificent number, filled with superior engravings, and for sale at Shilunoton's book store. The great Illustrated Magazine of Art for Sep tember is one of the best that has bean issued. Leslie's Ladies' Gazette for September contains all the new Fall fashions. ' The Knickerbocker Magazine for September. Godey's Lady's Book, Graham's Magazine, an& Putnam's Magazine, all for September, received and for aale at SHILLINGTON'S Bookstore, THE FAILURE of Free Society?Soci ology for the South, or the Failure of Free Society, by George Fitzhugh.. On sale at TAYLOR & MAURY'S ? Book Store, near 9th street. TONE QUARRY.?I am prepared to fttr iiish from myquarrv, opposite the Little Fails and adjoining the quarry of the late Timothy O'Neale, any quantity of stone that may be needed for building purposes. Apply to the undersigned >?t his house on H, between 19th and 20th streets, in the First ward, or to Mr. Paino, at the quarry. July 27- WILLIAM B. SCOTT. Commentaries on the Jurisdiction Practice, and Peculiar Jurisprudence of the Courts of the United States, vol. 1, by George Ticknor Curtis. History of the Crusades, their Rise, Progress, nnd Results, by Major Prqctor, of the Royal Military Academy. <~!timining's Lectures on the Seven Churches. On sale at TAYLOR & MAURY'S Bookstore, Ni|v Ifi near 0th street. TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND STRANGERS. WATCHES.?Members of Congress and 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 ?very description, which we offer unusually low. M. W GALT & BROTHER, Penn. avenue, between 9th and 10th streets Jan 18 DANIEL WEBSTER.--Messrs. Taylor ds MAURY have a few of the original sub scribers' copies ol the works of Daniel Webster, printed on very line imperial paper, in which Mr. Webster inscribed his name. Six volumes; price $20. T. Sc M. are the only booksellers in the United States who have sny copies ia their possession. Mar 11 Bookstore near 9th at. H FINE WATCHES Ji RICH JEWELRY. O. HOOD, Pennsylvania avenue, between j 41 and 6th streets, has just returned from ibe north with a good assortment of the most rich ;ind fashionable Jewelry in the market, which he purchased for cash at very low prices,and now ot lers lor sale the same, at wholesale or retail, much cheaper than goods of like quality have ever been sold for in this section of country. Please call at his store, sign of the large spread eagle. N. II. Special attention paid to the repairing of watches by W. W. Hollingsworth. rpH E AMERICAN sportsman, Con X. taining Hints to Sportsmen. Notes on Sport ng. and the Habits of the Game Birds and Wild Fowl ot America, by Elishs J. Lewis, M. D., with numerous illustrations. For sale at TAYLOR 6r MAURY'S Jan. 4 Book Store, near Ninth street. CI ENERAL AGENCY.?The undersigned J most respectfully informs, by this notice, his friends and the public in general, here and esle where, that he has opened an Agency Office for the prosecution of claims of every description agmnst the government, before the several depart munis or Congress; procure pensions, bounty ands extra pay, and arrearage pay, and 'will at end to the buying and selling of real estate, the renting ot houaes, and a general collecting busi ne>s; he will also lurnish parties at a distance with such information as they may desire from the seat of government. Charges will be mode ?ate. Office, at present, will be on M near 18th rtreet. Refkxkncks. Hon. J. C. Dobbin, Stcrrtan/ of the Wavy. Hon. J. Davis, Secretary of War. N. Callan, esq., PraniA<T\i of the Hoard of Com mon C-uuncU. (feu. John M. McCalla, Attornm/ at lames H. Caualin. enq. W. C. Reddall, Flat* l)rpartm*nt SAMUEL n TAYLOR. Jan 17?U CONNERVE and Preserved Ginger and Chow-Chow. Attea and Choong Loong, Can non, fresh importation. For sale by SHEKELL BROTHERS, No. 40, opposite the Centre Market. iON'T FAIL Tl> CALL AT HOOD'M if yon wish to purchase anything in the way of fine American. London, or Geneva watches, filial can be relied on for the true time.) rich gold jewelry, pure silver ware, Arc , Are., and sere from 15 to 25 per cent, as he is now receiving his Fall supply, which will be sold at the lowest wholesale rates. Fine wstches and jewelry repaired, and war ranted to give satisfaction. H. O. HOOD* Pa. avenue, between 44 and ^h streets, sign ol the larre apr??sd earle. New hooka received at mhii~ LINGTON'S Bookatore? The Dodd Family, by Charles Ijever, author of I Jiarles O'Malley. Behind the Scene*, by Iy?d<t ttulwer Lytion The Lamplighter one of'thc tiohi fascinating "ook* ever written. Everything in the Boolt, Newspaper. mntl Sta nnery line for sale at JOE SHILLINGTON'S Bookstore, Odeon Building, corner 44 street nnd Pa. avenue. D' rM>V% AR1> LYCKTT. Hen., Hook-Binder, ^ Potomac Hall, corner ol Eleventh-street ana Maryland avenue, over Clarke'a Drug store, Wash ington, D. C. livery atyle of liook-hinding executed, either in velvet, Turkey Morocco.-Ruasta, or fancy colors 1 vi If. Periodicals and Mnsic neatly hall bound. Mr. Lycitt respectfully suggest* to his mends that while much ha? been done to transmit family records, little care has been taken to preserve pa rental likenesses He takoa this method to inform his friends, and the?e deatrous ?f perpetuating per Atonal remembrances, that daguerreotype like nesses can be inlaid ou the inside covers of fami y bibles, presentation-books, or keepaakea, speci mens of which can be ?e?n at his bindery, or he can be addressed bvle'ier. which will S? oromptly attended in. Mathematical dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science, com prising definitions of sll the terms employed in Mathematics, sn snslysis of esch branch, and of the whole as forming a single science, by Chsrles Dsvies, L. L. D , author of a complete course of Msthematics, and Wm. G. Peck, A. M , Assist ant Professor of Mathematics United States Mili ary Academy. Jnst published,? snd for sale st he Bookstore ef R FARNHAM. WOOD GAS.-CAUTION It kiiowu that X, the subscriber <>t> mined letters patent in December, 1851. lor uii appareltife for the destructive disl illation 01 wood, and ibe making therefrom of tar or pit?-h hi pleasure, aud gas; and that in the judgment oi competent person8 the invention of an appur tus recently pateuted by W. D. Porter cannot be used by him or any other person without infring ing my said patent. And, further, that what is patented by said Porter rightfully belong* to me. us I expect to prove ere long before the United State*-Pateut Office ; and, further, that the use of Maid Porter's indention involves also a process which I am now claiming before the United Slates Patent Office, and which has been adjudged to be patentable to the first inventor thereof, and which stiui W. D. Porter has formally disclaimed, as ap pears upon the public records oi said office, ol which an official copy is hereto annexed, and alao a copy of hi* claims. In the National Intelligent,r of the 25th instant Mr. Porter announces that he has secured by patent the "exclusive right to making gas from wood," and jiyeulena prosecution to ail 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 was so understood by the Patent Office, as it appears from the records of the Patent Office that his claim was at first refused as interfering with a prior patent to Robert Foulis, of Canada, for an equivalent contrivance. This claim, as given be low, and in which the perforated diaphragm in the saving clause, is what Mr. Porter calls securing the "exclusive right to making gas from wood.' The statement carries absurdity on its front, and is a libel on the good sense of the Patent Office If such a claim or right had been granted, it would forbid every coal-kiln and charcoal manufactory in the country. The following copies of correspondence and extracts from the records of the Patent Office will show the true state of the ease : Unite* States Patkist Officii, August 25, 1854. Sir. In reply to your letter of tins <!ate, asking "if any patent has been granted to W. D. Porter, dated 22d August, 1854, or at any other time, or to any other person or persous, securing to him or them " the exclusive 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's claims are believed to be c niined to his appara tus; and, further, this office is not aware that a patent has been granted heretolore lor the exclu sive right of mailing gas from tewd It would, however, be unjustifiable to expect me to make an extended investigation to answer your re quest. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, C. Mason, Commissioner of Patents. W. P. McConaell, Esq., Care of Prof. C. G. Page, Washington, D. C. The United States Patent Office? To all persons to whom these presents shall cone, greting : This is to certify that the annexed is a true copy from the.files of this office of an extract from a paper filed in the matter of the application of W. D. Porter for letters patent, in accordance with which application letters patent were issued to the said W. D. Porter on the 22d day of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. In testimony whereof, I Charles Mason, Com missiouer of Patents, have caused the seal of the Patent Office to be hereunto affixed [l. s.J this 25th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, and of the independence of the United States the seventy-ninth. *C. Mason. Copy of disclaimer of W. D. Porter in his applictf twn for " an improved ttill for making wood gas," filed August 5, 1854. Letters patent issued August22, lfc>54. " I do not claim as my invention and discovery the improvements in making gas from wood, viz: subjecting the products of destructive distillation theretrom to a high degree of heat, substantially as has been described and for the purposes set forth in the specification of W. P. McConnell." The United States Patent Office?To all persons to whom these presents shall come greeting : This is to certify that the annexed is a true copy from the records of thia office of an extract from I he specification of W. D. Porter's patent, issued in the twenty second day of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. In testimony whereof, I, Charles Mason, Com missioner of Patents, have caused the seal of the Patent Office to be hereunto ( . affixed this twenty-fifth day ol August, u _n the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and ol the independence of the United Slates the seventy-ninth. C. Mason. Extract from Specification of W. D. Porter on which letters patent wore issued August 22, IBM. Claim.?What I claim as my invention and de sire to secure by letters patent is : "The construction of a gas apparatus or still, consisting of a metallic or other cylinder B, the cones E and D, diaphram plate C, and exit pipe F, substantially as described in the foregoing spe cification, and shown in the accompanying draw ings." The truth of the abavemay be ascertained from the records of the Patent Office, to which all have access. WM P. McCONNELL. By his attorney CHAS. G. PAGE. t40<M?R?M RAILROAD MAP OF THK UNITED STATES."?This celebra ted Map, recently eulogised by Lieutenant Mau ry, in his "Virginia Letters," is on sale at TAYLOR to MAURY'S Dec 1 Bookstore, near Ninth street. SOUTHERN BOOK.?Origin ol the Con stitution ; Incorporation of the General Gov eminent by ihe Slates; as national public agents in trust, with no sovereignty : History of Copart nership Territories from the Virginis Deed, 1784, to the Treaty with Mexico, 1848; Diviaien of the Public Lsnds; Specific Duties; Origin and History of the Puritsns; Origin snd Cause of Trouble be tween the North and Sonth, and Jeopardy of the Republic; Legal mode of Redress pointed out; by W. B. Davis, Wilmington, North Carolina. Price Two Dollars. On Sale at BISHOP'fe Periodical Store, No. 216 Pennsylvania avenue, adjoining Wiilard's Hotel. THE PEASANT BOY Pllll.OSOPHER by Henry Mayhew, price 75 cents The Essence of Christianity, by Ludwig Fener-, bach, translated from the second German edition by Marion Evans, tran>lator of Straus's Life of Jesus, price $1 25. Travels in Europe and the East, by Samuel Ireneus Prime, two volumes, price two dollars. , Just pnblished and for ssle at TAYLOR it MAURY'S n XTRA Heavy-plated Tea Seta. Albata Fi Forks, Spoons, fee.?M. W. Gait Ar. Bro. havV just revived a beantiful assortment of? Extra Plated Tea Sets, latest styles Castors, Cske Baskets, Card Trays, iV< Also, superior Albata Forks and Spoons. The above are of the very best quality, and tin usually low. M. W. GALT Jt BRO. Penn. avenue, beiween 9th and 10th sts. ANC H O V I E 8, Varieties, and Shrimp Past?.?Anchovy Paste, genuine, in jars. Anchovies in ssuce, in pickle, snd sslt. Essence of Lobsters, Anchovies, and Shrimp* Just received by SHEKELL BROTHERS. Dec 13?3tif No. 40. op. Centre Msrket WANDERINCJS IN CORSICA ; Corsica; Picturesque, Historicsl. snd Social j wiih a Sketch of the Early Life of Nspol??on, translsted from the German by Edward Joy Morris. Price ?l 50. ? Lectures on English Literature, from Chancer to Tennyson, by Henry Reed. Price 91 25. Just published, and for sal* at TAYLOR ft MAURY'S PROSPECTUS OK THK a- u.m'!^8,,,,,GT()N sentinej,." I PROI OSE 10 publish iu the city of Washm* X ton. in September, a political newspaper, un der the name of the WASHINGTON SENT! N hiJL, In doing so, it is proper J should make known the principle# it will maintain, and the policy it will advocate. It will support cordially and earnestly the prin ciplea of the Democratic party of th* United States it does not propose to be the organ of any Depart ment of the Government, except in no far as an in lependent maintenance of the doctrine, of that party may represent its opinion* and express its views. r It will not be ambitious to commend itself to the people by a blind flattery of their rulers. It will seek public t jpport by the bold avowal of the sentiments which are common to the genuine Democracy of the Union, and by the condemna- j tion of all such as may conflict with thein, 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 Sentinel will maintain, a? a fundament"] t ruth of that great party, that the States formed the Lnion between them by the ratification of the Con stitution as n compact; by which, also, they created the Federal Government ,uut dtlcg.ted to it, a.? their common a^eut. the ,?ower* rtxpresalv specified in if. with nn <:x|>iicil reservation of all other* to the State*, or to their separate ^yveru ments The exercise of anv power* '.eyoii.' these thu- delegated, is, therefore, an usurpation of the reserved milhoritv of the Stales !>V the .,;cnl ot their own freation. The Sentinel will uphold and defend the Union upon the basis of the right* of th* States?under the Constitution?and thus by sedulously guarding the latter, it will the more effectually <treautheu and perpetuate the former. Villi regard to the exercise <>f (he power* of the Fet-iral Government, the Sentinel will take a* ihe j rinciples of its action" that Congress *hall ex ercis^ no power which ha* noi been delegated by file C, nstitution, according to a strict and fair in* terprei tion of its language and spfrit; and that it shall nc seek to attain indirectly an objfectthrough the eiei ise of coH-ititutiontsl power, for the direct attainine t of which it has no 'lelegation of power. In othfr words, all powers exercised inust be clearly gra ted. and nil granted powers must be used for no Mirpose. except such as is clearly in tended by th Constitution. In respect to the internal administration ol the Government, the Sentinel will sustain the settled policy of the Democratic party. It will labor to inculcate this cardinal doctrine of Democratic in ternal policy:?that this Government will besf promote the freedom and prosperity of the people of the Stales, by being less ambitious to exercise power, and more anxious to preserve liberty: and by leaving to the individual States the manage ment of all their domestic. concerns?while it con tents itself with guarding the confederacy from external violence, and directing the foreign policy of the country to the promotion of the common interests, and defence of the common rights, and honor of the States composing it. The Sentinel will advocate such a progressive foreign policy as will suit itself to the exigencies, and correspond with the expanding interests of the country. That policy should be energetic and de cided; but should temper firmness with liberality, and make its highest ends consist with the strictest principles of justice. The real interests of the country, upon each occssion demanding attention will be its guide in the course the Sentinel wil pursue. The national policy of the world in this age is essentially aggressive. In th? growing sense 01 weakness of some of the nations of the Old World, and the ambitious restlessness of others, a com mon motive to colonial extension has developed self. Our settled determination tc repel interference from abroad with our domestic concerns, wil prompt us to avoid it in the affairs of other coun tries, unlets by their foreign or colonial policy our peace should be threatened, our security endan gered, or our interests invaded. For when the selfish interests of other nation* prompt a foreign or colonial policy which infringes upon our rights and places in the pathway of our commerce a dangerous and unfriendly rival, such a policy must be resisted by remonstrance, and, if need be i?v war. ' Our foreign policy should, indeed,, be defensive, but to be properly defensive, it must sometimes be apparently aggressive. Our administration should be vigdant, watchful, and energetic.. The world is full of important movements, commercial and politi?,al, deeply concerning American trade and American power. It is time we had 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 thfc best |>oriion of a continent, with ao neighbors but a colony, and ? worn-out, anarchical despotism. We are the olny people whose own land, without colonial de fendencies, is washed by the two great oceans of the world. Our agricultural productions are more varied and more essential to civilized life, and to human progress?our mineral and manufacturing resources more vast?ourfacilities and capacity for internal and foreign commerce more extended than those of any other people living under one government. A continent, to a great extent, un explored and exhaustless in its yet hidden wealth i? 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 aft around us, look to us as the rising power, through the agcncy of whose example, and evier 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 |?eople refuse to lay hold upon their destiny, and act upon the high mission to which it is called' A mission ao full of hope, though so laden with responsibility, whtch, il properly directed, must make our confederacy the harbinger of peace to the world, as well as the peaceful arbiter of its destiny. The Sentinel will, therefore, advocate a hold and earrust foreign poltcy, such as the condition of the country demands; but it will advocate it under the flag of the country?nowhere else. Its foreign policy must be consistent with the spotless honor and unimpeachable good faith of the country. To be respectable at home and abroad, and to be great in the eyes of the world, it must ask for nothing but what is right, and submit to nothing that is wrong. It must be liberal ami magnanimous to the rights of others, and 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 ahall be guided. Independent and free, we shall endeavor to be honest and truthful. The tru? friends ol democratic principles we shall cordially support and defend. Its enemies in the field or in ambush we shall oppose, and on all proper occasions de: nounee. To our future brethren of the presa we extend the hand of friendly greeting. The Sentinel is the rival of no press of its own party?the personal enemy of none of the other. The present Democratic Administration has our (?eat wishes for its success in the establishment ot the great principles upon which itcame into power and in its honest labors to attain such an end it will find the Sentinel its friend and coadjutor. - L- ! ? "S? YE*RH- ?y the Author ef " the A Old House by the River." Mr. Rutherford s Chldren, second volume Pebbles from the Lake Shore, or Miscellaneous foems, by ( harles Leland Potter, A. M. General Notions of Chemistry, translated from the French, by Kdmund C. Evans, M. I). The Land of the Saracens, by Bayard Tayler Brushwood picked up on the Continent; or L**t Summer s Trip to the Old World, by Orvill* Horwitf. , The above are selected from a large arrival of new booltsat TAYLOR St MAURY'S ? r Bookstore, near Oth tt. The New York and Liverpool United State* Mall Steamers. The ships comprisiug this line are : The Atlantic..... Captain West. The Pacific Captain Nye. The Baltic Captain Comstock. These ships having been built by contract, expressly for government service, every care has been taken in their construction, as also in their engines, to insure strength and speed, and their accommo dations for passengers are unequalled for ele funce and comfort. rice of passage Irym New York to Liverpool, in first cabin $130 In second cabin, $75. Exclusive use of extra sized state rooms.. .., $325 From Liverpool to New York 30 and 20 guineas An experienced Surgeon attached to each ship. No berth secured until paid for. FK0P08KD OATXS OF 8AILDM3. Pro-m Nrw York. Prom Liverpool. Saturday.. Dec. 16,1854 Saturday. .Deo. 30,1854 Saturday. .Jan. 13,1855 Saturday. .Jan. 27, 1855 Saturday. .Feb. 10, 1855 Saturday. .Feb. 24,1855 Wod'dav. .Dec. 27,1854 WeJ'dny. .Jan. 10, 1855 Wed'i ay. .Jan. 24, 1855 Wed'dv ..Feb. 7, 1855 Wed'day. .Feb. 21,1S55 Wed'day. .Mar. 7, 1S55 For I'reghf or pa sage, apply to EDWARD K. COLLINS, No. 56 Wall street, N. Y. BROWN, SHIPLEY Sc Co., Liverpool. R. G. ROBERTS & Co., 13 Rings Arms Yard, London. B G. WAIN WRIGHT & Co* Paris. GEO. H. DRAPER, Havre. The owners of these ships will not be accounta ble for gold, silver, bullion, specie, jewelry, pre cious stones, or metals, unless bills of lading are signed therefor, and the value thereof therein ex pressed. Jan 3?dtf UST RECEIVED AT TAYLOR ?fc MAU ry's Bookstore, near 9th street? The Plurality of Worlds, with an Introduction !-v Edward Hitchcock, D. D. A Lamp to the Path; or, the Bible in the Heart, I he Home, and the Market Place, by the Rev. W K Tweed ie, D. D. The Catacombs of Rome, by the Right Rev. W. i. Kip, D. D. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coas f America, by Gnbriel Franchere. Corinne, by Madame De Stael, new edition. \fathek, by Beckford, do Female Poets of Great Britain, do Western Scenes and Adventures, illustrated. Life of Napoleon, by Hazlitt, do QATIRE AND SATIRISTS, BY JAMES Hannay, author of Singleton Fontleroy, dec. Cosas de Espana, or Going to Madrid, via Bar celona. Just published and for sale at taylor & maury's March 6 , Bookstore, near 9th street. FOR RENT, till the IStli of November next, the large built house at the corner of I lath and K. streets. Call at the " Sentinel" office. IntcJIigencer, Star, and Organ, one week daily* and send bills to Sentinel office. May 17?lwd ROSPECTUS?SOUTHERN CONSKR vatlve Magazine.? When new sspiranft for popular favor are announced, the public have a right to demand the grounds upon which such show of title to their patronage is made. In ac knowledgment of this, we trace the customs of I parties in the avowal of principles; of religious sects, iu the promulgation of creeds; and of per sons in all pursuits of life, dependent upon the public for success, in their preparatory expositions of plans and purposes The customs thus origin ating, though sometimes abused, are useful and projier, and should not be discarded. And when, in obedience to custom, new plans are proposed, those approving ought not to withhold their en couragement, as too many do, until they see that success is sure, for their aid may be needed to secure it. Such a foolish policy as this jeopar dizes the plan they approve, and hastens its failure: it has defeated many important enterprizes, and has deprived the country of good and useful works. If a new proposition of any kind is approved by the public, the support ol those approving is of! right expected, their approval being solicited only in the view that their more substantial aid will not be withheld. BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE PLAN OF THE PROPOSED PERIODICAL The SotTiiKE.M Conservative Magazine will occupy grounds but little cultivated by American magaainists. It is believed that a field is open for a periodical of a new and, in some respects, a higher order than has bean aimed at in our maga zine literature. In this belief, and with such an aim, we announce the Southern Conservative Magazine. The new magazine will be natiocal and not sectional; claiming no merit by virtue of its es tablishment in the South, but aiming at a higher usefulness and a more general acceptability. It will be Protestant, but not sectarian; opposing religious bigotry or intollerance on the one side, and infidelity on the other?Isboring in its teach ings to advance a closer union between the several branches of the great family of the church. It will be political, but liberal; owing no slavish allegiance to parties or poluicisns, it will advocste measures, not men, and will labor only for the success of punciples/ ? It will be progressive, yet sternly opposed to the reckless spirit of innovation so rile in the country?aiming to elevate and advance, not de press; to reform and improve, not to destroy; sacredly adhering to the true intent of our grest republican theory, snd Isboring to advance it to its fullest development. It will be truly American in tone and sentiment, but will repudiate nothing foreign, merely becsuse so; believing that the good, the useful, and true belong not, par excellence, to any favored people, but are the common right of all. It will be the organ of pure conservatism. It will encourage a high-toned literature, and defeud pure morals in all the social relation* of I lite. ' And it will number in its corps of regular con tributors some of the ablest pofiticsl and literary writers of the country. The magazine will be printed on the finest quality of paper, with new type, snd in s plain but superior style. Each number will contain not less thsn 50 large octavo pages, made up of original articles, con tributed and editorial ? reviewa, political and scientific essays, romances, poetry, Arc. We promise much for the new magazine, and we intend to perform it all, and more, if the read mg public will giva the enterprise a liberal en couragement. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. The Southern Conservative Magazine will be issued, the hrst of each month, from the office of publication, Nashville or Knozville, Tennessee, and will be furnished to soacribers at four dollars a year, or three dollars if paid punctually in ad vance. Publication will be commenced the 1st day of January, 1856. Address orders to the editor and proprietor. W T. HELMS, Knoxville, Tennessee. May 31, lf55. T EAVES from a Family Journal, from I A the French of Emilie Sou vest re, author of " The Attic Philosopher in Paris. Mrs.Jameson's Common-place Book of Thoughts, Memories, and Fancies. R. FARNHAM, June 7 Corner 11th st. and I'enn. av R*. JAMKHON'S NEW H4MIK.-A oommon-place book of Thoughta, Memo ries and Fancies, original and selected, by Mrs Jameson. Price 75 Cents. (.eaves from a Family Journal, from the French of Emilie Sonvestre, author of "the Attic Philo sopher in Paris." Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. Theory snd Practice of Landscape Painting in water colors, illustrated by a aeries of 24 designs, colored diagrams of numerons wood cuts, with two extra plates of mmultaneoq^ contracts, by l?eorg? Barnard. Price $6 Just received at TAYLOR 9> MAURY'S Bookstora, J?e7 aear 0th st M1 EW MUHIC.?W. C. ZANTZINGER has just received from the publishers, tirth, d & Co., New York, and George Willie* jr., Baufmor^u assortment of their Taleat pub.,c Piauos tuned, warranted to giVe sati* faction. STATIONERS'HALL, adjoining Kirkwood House Dec 16?3tawif Yaluable heal estate fob Sale?The block of building* K??own as ? the Union Buildings," and now o^upjed by he Union newspaper establishment. Jhey are situ ated on E street, between 13th and 14th and fronting directly on Pennsylvania avenue. The lot is 70 feet front by 159 feel deep. 1 he property susceptible of division and re-arrangement, and its position such as must rank it amODgthe best business stands on the avenue, and ia yearly in creasing in value. The time of the present lessee expire" on the 1st September next, on which day (oppo?Ue .he W, Office, end three doors south of G street.) . , weg. Also, that three-story House on 17th atrwt west, next door to the Government Building, at the corner of F and 17th streets. Should the above nioperty not be so d at private sale prior to the 15t? of May, it will be sold onr that dav at public auction. Term, wifi be ftVoreble ??^,<>nISeR PP y ? Comer of 17th and G streets. March 20?2a wt IS May _ NEW LIVERY STABLE. To tht Patrons of Berkeley Spring*. THE undersigned beg. leave to inform his friends and Uie public gene rally,:that he has erected a new and extensive Livery Stable, for the accommodation of those whomaywishto keep their horses at the Spring* during the ap nroaching season. The building contains about 40 stalls of extra width, and extensive Carriag Sheds Its location is clean, dry, and airy, and convenient to Colonel Strother's Hotel with ^erma to au.t the times. JAMES A ST0RM. Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, Va., July 1, 1800. July 18?tf. PROSPECTUS OF THE ur i"? UNITED STATES TIMES, A Weekly Newspaper to published ? Washington City. The undersigned, expecting soon to retire trom the position he has for some time held as Superin tendent of the United Stales Census, intends to devote himself to the control and management ot the Review, of which, for the last nine years, he has been the editor and proprietor, and to the publication in the City of Washington of a weekly newspaper with the above title. The material for this paper will consist, in part, of selections or extracts from articles admitted into the Review, but mainly ot other original lite rary educational, industrial, and miscellaneous matters, including digests of the current events ot the day, home and foreign; the proceedings ot Congress and the acta of the Government; lite rary and scientific sketches and essays upon leading and popular topics; biographical sketches of public men; digest of official reports State and Federal; the state of the markats in the several arg, cities; the progress and prospect, of crops; supply, demand, prices, etc.; the increase of the country as shown by statistics, bringing down those ot the National Census always to date The object w,U be, through careful editorial management and a arge and well-selected cor respondence, to establiah aj the seat of govern ment a Family Newspaper which shall be adapte to the wants of every community; imparting musement and information, and political, only to the extent of maintaining the institutions el the country and defending ths rights and sovereignty oftheStatea. The City of Washington, trom the advantage* which it presents for obtaining material of every kind, throogh the action of the Smithsonian Insti tution, the Patent Office, and the National Agn cultural Convention, etc., and the several Bureaus and Departments of Government, from its cont. gnity to the large commerc ial cities, from the ex tended, exciting, and all important interests that eoncentrate upon it, ia, perhaps, the most eligi? e location for snch a journal, and ample f ?r",ee" of it. success have already been received. It w.ll be printed in folio for the convenience of binding, and similar in atyle to the New York Albion. Terma: pee t*mm, in advance. To Cluba, of 10 snascaiBEas, at one post office, *15 in sdvsnce. To Subscriber, of DeBow's Review, not in srresrs, the Review and Time, togethsr, ?? >? sdvsnce. Advertisements on sccommodsting terms. In order to merest the usefulness of the Ha Tiiw, which has now acquired a very ?,e",ve it will hf enlarred from 112 to 140 or circulation, it will be aniargea 150 pages, and otberwiae improved by additional editorial ....stance and an able corps of contnbu '"a monthl'" i.tori?U digest of .vents will be embraced in rf. page-, *aluabl. for future refer 'The subscription price of the Review w.ll re main at t5 per annum, but for the convenience o? the large claaa of peraon. who may not desire the whole work, or who may only solicit in forms.,on npon on. or more of the subject, to which it i. devoted, it i. in contemplation .a make . separate nnblication of the matter relet.n8 to AtricMkuf, another of thst relsting to Manufac ture; s third <o Internal i a (ourih ,o C<mmrrc4i and a fifth to Education and Lxter,. These publications will be but departments of the whole work, and may be subscribed for separate y at SI per annum each. They w.ll appear monthly in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five to thirty-two pages ; constituting an annual octavo volume of TWO page. each, showing at a single v.ew and .n a condensed form .hi- whole resul.s, within the yesr, in tAs in .ur own coun.ry and abroad, as th#REV,EW itself w.ll show them all oftks d*p*r,m,nt. of mdns j try and enterprise The Office of De^w-.REv.aww.llrem.'n as before a. New Orleana, though located a. Washington, which will bealsotne mam office of the other Journals, add reared at all ?imee in regard to them. Th n.n.cular address of .he edi.or, whether Wash ington or New (Orleans, will be furniahed from t.me to lime, in the work. j D R 1)EBoW WAsmwron, Nov. 26. ISM. ^ erDiRow'a iNOUBTaist Raeorracss. three at ths axpense of ths autha. I USE THE MAGIC IMPRESSION PAPER, For Writing 'Without Pen or Ink?Copy ing !<(????, Plants, Flow era, Picture*, Patterns for Kmbroldery, Marking Lin en Indelibly, Manifold writing. 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With this Magic Paper, likewise, one or four copies of every letter written can be secured without any additional labor whatever, making it the cheapest and most convenient article extant. It is used to great advantage by reporters of the public press*, telegraphic operators, and hosts of others. / Each Package contains four different colors? Black, Blue, Green, and Red, with full and printed Instructions for all to use, and will last sufficiently long to obtain Five Hundred distinct Impressions. It put up in beautifully enamelled colored Envelopes, with a truthful likeness of the Pro prietor attached. Each and every package war ranted. ID"Price $2 a dozen; or five for one dollar. Single packages 25 cents. Address, post paid, N. HUBBELL, Ne. 167 Broadway, New York. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. Hubbei.l's Maguc Impression Paper.?We refer our readers to the advertisement in another col umn, netting forth the merits of this pleasing and ingenious invention. The cheapness should in duce all to give it a trial.?Philadelphia Merchant. It is unsurpassed for neatness and utility, and should meet with the sale it richly deserves.? Tribune. NTEKEST1NG NEWS?We have Just received a large assortment of BOOTS and SHOES for ladies', misses', and children's wear, which.we offer very low. Ladies' Gaiters from $1 to S3. Misses' Boots of every kind, in proportion. Of Children's Shoes we have every color and style, from 25 cents up. The inquiry generally is, Where can we find a good assortment of shoes for children ? We can answer all such querists to their satisfaction if they give us a call. We would also state that we are prepared to manufacture every style of boot or shoes usually worn by gentlemen, ladies, misBes, or children. Also on hand, every description of boots and shoes, which will be sold very low. Call and examine for yourselves before pur chasing elsewhere, as we are determined to sell. S. C. MILLS & CO., - Mar 1?3t No. 486 Seventh st. ' <? mUE BLUE BOOK."?Official Kegla X ter of the United States, giving the names of all Officeholders under the Government, with their Salaries, Location, and time of appoint ment. A few copies of the last edition still for sale in Washington by TAYLOR & MAURY, PIANOS, PIANOS I?We have uow lu store the largest and most reliable stock of Pianos ever offered in this city, from the justly re nowned manufactories of Hallel, Davis & Co., Boston; Bacon & Raven, New York; and Knabe. Gaehle & Co., Baltimore; ranging in prices from $225 to *500. In addition to those in store, we have on exhi bition at the Metropolitan Mechanics' Fair, at the Smithsonian Institute, four superb Pianos, made expressly to our order for this Exhibition, any of which we will dispose of on reasonable terms. Also on hand, Guitars, Violins, Flutes, Accord eons, Melodeona, Banjos. Strings, Music, dec. Remember, at the Piano, Music, Stationery, Pertumery, and Fancy Goods Store of JOHN F. ELLIS, 306 Penn avenue, near 10th street USSIA AS IT IS, BY COUNT DE GU rowski. MEMOIRS, Speeches, and Writings, of Robert Raiitoul, jr., edited by Luther Hamilton. SACRED POEMS AND HYMNS for public and private devotion, by James Montgomery. THE PLANTER'S NORTHERN BRIDE, a Novel, by Caroline Lee Hcntx, with illustrations (rem original designs, in 2 vols. THE CHURCH, in a series of Discourses, by Sylvester Judd, Pastor of Christ Church. Maine. HISTORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL ano the English Commonwealth, from the execution of Charles I. to the death of Cromwell, by M. G. Guizot, translated by A. R. Scoble, in 2 vols. HISTORY OF THE FRENCH PROTEST ANT Refugees, from the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes to our own days, by M. Charles Weiss, Professor of History in the Lycee Bonaparte, in 2 vols VOICES OF THE NIGHT, by Rev. John Cum ining, D. D. VOICES OF THE DAY, by Rev. John Cnm ming, D. D. Just published and received at the bookstore el R. FARNHAM. Apr 15 Corner of 11th st. and Penn. a v. WASHINGTON IRVING'M NEW Work, Wolfert's Roost and other Papers, now first collected, by Washington Irving. Scottish Songs, Ballads, and Poems, by Herr Ainslee. Full Proof of the Ministry, a Sequel to the Boy who was trained up to he a Clergyman, by John N. Norton, A. M. Memoirs of Lite, Exile, and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de les Cases, with portraits sod other illustrations. . Msnnel of Sacred History, by John Henry Kurtz, D. D. Jnst published and for aale at TAYLOR & MAURYS Feb 15 Bookstore, near 9th street IilXAMPLBS OP MACHINERY AND j Mill-work?Being plans, sections, and eleva tion of works in several depsrtments of Machine ry, Mill-work, and General Engineering, with de criptions of their construction, action, and practical application to various branches of industry. Just received and for sale at the Bookstore of R FARNHAM, AHINTORYOKGNKF.CE.?A History of Greece.from the earliest times to the Roman Conquest, with supplementary chapters on the History of Literature and Art. By Win. Smith, LL. D., editor of the Dictionaries of " Greek and Roman Antiquities" "Biography and Mythology," and " Geography." With notes, and a continuation to the present time. By C. C. Fehon, LLD., Eliot Professor of Greek Lueraturv i<i Harvard University. The above work is intended principally for schools of the higher classes. Just received and for sale at the Bookstore of R. FARNHAM, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 11th street, Aug 21. ART HINTS?Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, by James Jackson Jarves, author of History of ihe Sandwich lalanda, dte. Price f I 2S. Waikna, or Adventures on the Moaouito Shore, sixty engravings, by Samuel A Bard tl 25 The Heiress of Haughton, or the Mother's Secret, by the anther of Aubrey Castle. AvoU, Arc. j Price 37| cents. Ju?t published and for sale at TAYLOR MAURY'S July 21 Bookstore, near Ninth street. MORNING GOWNS.? A large and fln assOrtment, at all prices, for sale by WALL Sr. STKPHENS, From the Baltimore Sua of voaterday. I WASHINGTON SENTINEL TERMS OP ADVERTISING. One square (twelve lines) 1 insertion .. ..<0 50 ?? ' ?? 2 " 7f w 1 1 00 " ? 1 week 2 00 ?' ?? I mouth 5 00 Business cards, not exceeding six lineh lor not less than six months, inserted at halt price. Yearly advertisements subject to special ar rangement. ' Long advertisements at reduced rates Religious, Literary, nnd Charitable notices in serted gratuitously. All correspondence am business must be prepaid TO OFFICERS, SOLDIERS. SEAMEN, Ac., OF ALL WARS, THKIH. WIDOWS AMU MlNOit CI1ILUHKN. S. M..KNIGHT, Attorney for (Government Claimant*, WASHINGTON, D. C., CONTINUES to give prompt and personal at tention to the prosecution of Claims of every description against the General Government, and particularly to those before the Treasury Depart ment, Pension and Bounty Land Bureaus, Patent and General Land Offices, and Board of Claims. An experience of years, and a familiarity with the means of obtaining the earliest and most fa vorable action on Claims, with his facilities for the dispatch of business, justify him in assuring his Correspondents, Claimants, and the public gener ally, that interests intrusted to his keeping will not be neglected. Pension, Bounty Land, Patent, and Public Land Laws. He has nearly ready for gratuitous distribution among his business Correspondents, (and those who may become such,) a neat pamphlet contain ing a synopsis of the existing Pension, Bounty Land, Patent, and Public Land Laws, down to the end of the late Congress, including the BOuuty Land Act of 3d March, 1855, under which all who have heretofore received less than 160 acr#s are now entitled to additional land; said Act grants also 160 acres to all Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, Chaplains, Soldiers, Wagon-masters, Teamsters, and friendly Indians, oi the Army, including State Troops, Volunteers, and Militia?and all Officers. Seamen, Ordinary Seamen, Marines, Clerks, and Landsmen, of the Navy, not heretofore provided for, who have served not less than fourteen days (unless in bat tle) at any period since 1776; and to the widows and minor children of all such persons entitled, and deceased. This pamphlet contains " Forms of Application" more full and complete than any eUewhere to be found; adapted to the wants of every class ot Claimants under the Act, with copious decisions and instructions of the Department, and practical suggestions as to the course to l>e pursued in sus pended or rejected casc->. Parties not wishing to avail themselves of the facilities afTorded by this office in securing prompt and personal superintendence of their claims at the Departments, can obtain copies of the above pamphlet by remitting thirty cents in postxge stamps. Inducements to* Correspondents. Correspondents who prepare aud forward rases for management by this Agency will be dealt with liberally; supplied with all necessary blanks gratis, and kept constantly advised of the changes ihat from time to time occur in the execution of the law. It is within the subscriber's power to direct his Correspondents to the locality of very many per sons entitled under the Inte Act; and having ob tained several thousand Land Warrants under former laws, he is in possession of data that will materially assist in securing additional bounty. Fees, below the usual rales?and contingent upon the admission of Claims. The highest cash prices give* for L?ud War rants, Revolutionary Scrip, nn<l Illinois Land Patents. Address S. M KNIGHT, Washington City March 17?la w2m Treble patent improved eye let Machine. First patent combined on one stock. Second patent, self-feeding in the eyelets. Third patent, patent improved fastener, riveting both sides. All parties in want of a good Eyelet Machine are strongly recommended to use none but ''Lip man's Patent Improved," which is decidedly the best ever brought betore the public, possessing numerous advantages, vix: It is strong, durable, and not liable to get out of order. It punches the hole well and to fit the Eyelet, and in on* operation clinches the Eyelet on both sides. It saves time, as the papers, Sic., need not be reversed or turned over to clinch the Eyelet s second time, ss is the case with all other ma chines. It is useful to the merchsnt in filing away papers, as well as to the attorney or conveyancer, the shomaker, tailor, milmer, and numerous others, and is a very labor-aaving machine. Agents for Washington, TAYLOR & MAURY, Rook and Stationery Store, near 9th st. Msy 24 pLAT ED TEA SETS.?I have just re 1 ceived some new styles Albata and Silver Plated Ware that I offer at manufacturer's prices ; also, s large assortment of Speatscies, of every description; together with a good assortment of rure Silver Ware, of my own manufacture, which will retail at wholesale prices H. O. HOOD, 418 Penn. avenue, bet. 4} and 6ib sts , Sign of the I>arge Spread Eagle. Feb25?dlwif ~READY MADE CLOTHING AT REDUCED PRICES!.?An the season is advanced, we have determined to aell of! the remaining portion of our winter stock at greatly reduced prices; therefore gentleman wish mg to consult economy in purchasing fine Over coats, Talmas Dress, Frock, and Business Coats; Black and Fancy Cashmere Pants; Velvet, Silk, Satin, and Merino Vests; Under Shirta nnd Drawers, and all other ready made garmenta of fine quality, will find our present variety to be as well assorted as in the beginning of the season, with the advantage of much lower prices. WALL & STEPHENS, ? 329 Pa. avenue, next to Iron Hall. Feb 24 ATER-COLOR PICTURES^ Messrs. TAYLOR & MAURY b?? to an nounce thst, at the suggestion of several of our citizens, the pictures now on exhibition at their store will be raffled for. Eleven prises; sixty chances, at *5. April 12 Bookstore, near Ninth street. XTBW work, by th? Author of the Heir i>l of Redely fle. The Castle Builders, by the suthor of the Heart's Ease, in paper covers ; price 50 cents ; bound, 75 cents. Just published and for sale at TAYLOR St MAURY'S March 31 Bookstore, near Ninth street. nlGRKT OF BXCHKQUBR REPORTS, from 1824 to 1B54, inclusive, I volume. Williams on Personal Property, with American notes, 1 vol. The Reporters Chronologically Arranged, by John Wm. Wallace, 1 vol. The Creed of Christendom, by W. R. Greg. Hsbits snd Men. by Dr. Doran. Gny Rivers, by William GilmoreSimms, 1 vol., new edition. Bits of Blarney, by R. Sbelton Mackensie, volume. Bsrtley's Poems, 1 volume. Lippencott's Pronouncing Dictionary of the World, 1 vol., 8vo. FRANCK TAYLOR. Sept IS ' STRAYED OK STOLEN from thel'eetl^ val, at Bladensburg. on the night of Tuesday last, a DARK BROWN MARE, with her fore feet hare,a white star in the torehesd,and marked on the hack with saddle pinch; the said mare had a saddle on. Whoever will return said mare, or give information where sh" < an be fouad, will receive many thanks, and Five Dollars ss a re ward. JOSEPH JONES. Manager for CHARLES B. CALVERT, Roasburg, Prince Georges Co., Msryland. vrY BROTHER'* KEEPER, by Mine A. jjl\ B. Warner, author of Dollars and Cents, Mrkmherford's Children, Jtc. Just published snd for ssle by R. FARNHAM, May 5 Corner of Pa. avenue and 11th at i NF.W WORK on the Catholicity of the True Church.?The Golden Reed, or the True Measure of a Trus Church, by B F. Barrett, pries fl.just received Msy 10 R. FARNHAM