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WASHINGTON SENTINEL. vol.i TRIWEEKLY. "O-53 CITY OJ' WASHINGTON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1856. ? WASillXlj'i'OX ShlXT!\..1. > Hlilli.ifcHkb J'Kl-WKKKLV AND WltiLI MV Kv Nl>v rU</KFR aNH VVM OVERTON, Ward'# Building, near the Capitol, ill UK WASHINGTON. TERMS. Tri- V* eekly 0 00 Weeklx i. V 00 I'd C/LUUh UK INDIVIDUALS. subscribing to (?ve or more copies? Tri weekly per h.intuit, in advance i'i (Hi Weekly " " 1 30 UZTTosliunalere are re<|Ueaied to act as ugents. rrHE SONS OF THE SIKES, A IIIS I tory of the Rise, Progress, and Destiny ol the American Party, and its probable influence on ibe next Precedential election, to which is added a Review of the Letter of the Hon. Henry A. VVi?>e against the Know-nothing*, by an 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, Novembers, 1&54. Mirana 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. Jn*t received and for sale by R. FARNHAM, Corner of Penn. avenue and 11th street. Feb 15 HARPER'S MAGAZINE (or September is a magnificent number, filled with superior engravings, and for sale at Siullinoton's book store. The great Illustrated Magazine of Art for Sep tember is one of the best that has been issued. Leslie'* Ladies' Gazette for September contains nil the new Fall fashions. The Knickerbocker Magazine for September fiodey's Lady's Hook, Graham's Magazine, ant. I'm nam's Magazine, nil lor September, received mill tor sale at SHILLINGTON'S Bookstore, Til HE FAILURE of Free Society.?Soci I ology lor the South, or the Failure of Free Society, by George Fitzhugh. On sale at TAYLOR & MAURVS Book Store, near 9th street. WATER-COLOR PICTURES.? Messrs. TAYLOR & MAURY beg to an nounce that, at the suggestion of several of our citizens, the pictures now on exhibition at their store will be rallied for. Eleven prizes ; sixty chances, at S5. April 12 Bookstore, near Ninth street. NEW WORK, by the Author of the Heir of RedclySe. The Castle Builders, by the author ol the Heart's Ease, in paper covers; price 50 cents j bound, 75 cents. Tusl published and for sale ut TAYLOR &c MAURY'S March ."11 llookstore, near Ninth street DON'T FAIL TO CALL AT HOOD'S if you wi?!i to purchase anything in the way ol (in.? American. London, or Geneva watches, (thai .;nn t>e relied on lor the true tune,; rich gold je welry, jiure silver ware, Srv.., Ace., aud save from l.V to ii per cent, as tie is now receiving his Fall supply, which will be soltl at the lowest whole -"ale rates. K'ti-! witches ttnd jewelry repaired, and war ifr iir.l to give satisfaction. H. O. HOOD'S P> .venue, betweeu 4J and dth streets, sign of 1 it i -run spread eagle. N'v;w HOOKS RECEIVED 4T Sill IS LINGTON'S Bookstore- - The Uodd Family, by Ohurles Lever, author ol '"harles O'Malley. Ik-hind the Sccnes, t-y Lady Buiwer Lytton. | Tile Lamplighter, one of the most fascinating Wi?ok? ever written. Everything in the Book Newspaper, and Sta onery line for sale at JOE SIHLLINGTON'S Bookstore. Odeon Building, corner 44 street and Pa. avenue. TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND ' STRANGERS. WATCHES.? Members of Cou^res* aud others in wantol perfect timekeepers would do well to make their selections at once, in order to test their quality before leaving the city. Our assortment for both Ladies and Gentlemen was never so complete as at present, embracing ?very description, which we olTer unusually low. M. W GALT Sr BROTHER. Penn avenue, between 9lh nnd 10th streets. Jan 18 rvANIEL WEBSTER.?Meiirb Taylor 1 / At MAURY have a few of the original sub scribers' copies of the works of Daniel Webster, printed on very tine imperial paper, in which Mr. Webster inscribed his name. Six volumes; price $20. T. At M. are the only 'booksellers in the United Slates who have any copies in their possession. Mar 11 Bookstore near 9th st. PINE WATCHES <b RICH JEWELRY. HO. IIOOI), Pennsylvania avenue, between _. 14 and 6th streets, has just returned from ihe 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 of ier? tor sale ttie same, at wholesale or retail, much <ihe iper than foods of like quality have ever been ?old lor in this section of country. Please call M his store, sign of the large spread eagle. N. M. Special attention paid to the repairing ol watches by W. W. Hollingsworth. " DOOR'S RAILROAD MAP OP THE J7 UNITED STATES."?This celebra ted Map, recently eulogised by Lieutenant Mau ry, in his "Virginia Letters," is on sale at TAYLOR At MAURY'S Dec 1 Bookstore, near Ninth street. SOUTHERN HOOK.?Origin of the Coll ie stitution ; Incorporation of the General Gov ernment by the SlaUS; as national public agents tn trust, with no sovereignty ; History of Copart nership Territories from the Virginia Deed, 17t?4, to the Treaty with Mexico, 1848; Division of the Public Lands; Specific Duties; Origin and History of the Pugtans; Origin and Cause of Trouble be tween the North and South, and Jeopardy of the Republic ; Legal mode of Redress pointed out; by W. B. Davis, Wilmington, North Carolina. Price Two Dollars. oil Sale at BISHOP'S Periodical Store, No. 218 Pennsylvania avenue, adjoining Willard's Hotel. Treble patent improved eve let Machine. First patent combined on 6ne stock. Second patent, self-feeding in the eyelets. Third patent, patent unproved fustener, riveting * both sides. All parties in want of a good Eyelet Machine ?re strongly recommended to use none hut ''Lip man s Patent Improved,"1 whirh is decidedly the best ever brought before the public, possessing numerous advantages, vix: It is strong, durable, and not liable to get out ol arder. It punches the hole well and to fit the Eyelet, and in one operation clinches the Eyelet on both sides. It saves time, as the papers, Ate., need not be reversed or turned over to clinch the Eyelet a second time, as is the case with all other ma chines. It is useful to the merchant in filing away papers, as well as to the attorney or conveyancer, the shoinaker, tailor, miliner, and numerous others, and is a very labor-saving machine. Agents for Washington, TAYLOR At MAURY, Book and Stationery Store, near 9th at. May 24 HEADY MADE CLOTHING AT REDUCED PRICES?Aa the aeason is advanced, we have determined to sell rffl the remaining portion of our winter atock at greatly reduced prices; therefore gentleman wish ing to consult economy in purchasing fine Over coats, Talma* Ureas, Frock, and Business Coats; Black and Fancy Cashmere Pants; Velvet, Silk, Satin, and Merino Vests; Under Shirts and Drawers, and all other ready made garmenta ol fine quality, will find our present variety to be as well assorted as in the beginning ot the season, with the advantage of much lower prices. WALL & STEPHENS, 322 Pa. avenue, next to Iron Hall. Feb 24 WOOD CiAS.?CAUTION* Be it knowu that I, the subscriber ob tained letters patent iu December, 1S51, tor an apparatus for the destructive distillation of wood, and the making therefrom of tar or pitch at pleasure, and gas; and that in the judgment ot competent persons the invention of an appar tus recently patented l?y W. D. Porter cannot be used by him or any other uersou wit.iout infring ing my said patent. And, further, that what i. patented by said Porter rightfully belongs to me, as 1 expect to prove ere long before the United States Patent Oitice ; and, further, that the use ot said Porter's invention involves also a process which I aiu now claiming before the United Staler. Patent Office, and which has been adjudged to be patentable to the first inventor thereof, and which said W.U.Porter has formally disclaimed, as ap pears upon the public records ol said ottice, ot which an official copy is hereto annexed, and also ? oopy of hi* chums. In the National Intelligencer ot the 2oth instant Mr. Porter announces that he has secured by patent the "exclusive right to making gas trom wood," and threatens prosecution 16 all parlies infringing his patent. I ask how this statement comports with the fact of my patent of December, 1S51 aud 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 hi* claim was at firxt refused as interfering with a prior patent to Robert Foulis, of Canada, lor an equivalent contrivance. This claim, as given be low and in which the perforated diaphragm is the saving clause, is what Mr Porter calls securing the "exclusive right to making gas trom wood. The statement carries absurdity on ils trout, and is a libel on the good sense of the Patent Once If such a claim or right had been granted, it would forbid every coal-kiln and charcoal manufactory ,11 the country. * . The following copies ot correspondence and extracts from the records of the Patent Otlu-e will show the true state of the ease: Unitkb States Patent Office. A"gust 25, 1854. Sir. In reply to your letter of this date, asking " if any patent has been granted to W. D. Torter, dated 22d. August, 1854, or at any other time or to any other person or persons, securing to nun or them " the exclusive right of mak ing gas from wood." and whether any such claim was made by W. D. Porter, under his application tor a patent, which letters patent were beariug the above date, you are informed that W. D. I orter * claims are believed to be c ufined to his appara tus; and, further, this office is not aware that a patent has been granted heretofore for the exclu sive rig/a of moling gas from wo*d. It would, however, be unjustifiable to expect me to make au 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. Th* United States Patent Office?To all persons to whom these presents shall com*, gretmg ? This is to certify lhat the annexed is a true copy from the files of this office of an extract from a paper tiled in the matter of the application ot W. D. Porier for letters patent, in accordance with which application letters patent were issued to the said W. D. Porter on the 22d day ol August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. In testimony whereof, I Charles Mason, com missioner of Patents, have caused the sea ot the Patent Office to be hjrr^nnto affixed [l.. 8.) this 25th day of August, in the year otour Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, and of the independence ol the United States the seveniy-nintb. C. Mason. Copy of disclaimer of W~D- Toner in his applica tion for " an improved still for violing wood gas/jiUd August 5, 1*54. Letters patent issued August'ltli lb54. . " I do not claim as my invention and discovery the improvements in making gas from ' V1*' subjecting the products ot destructive distillation therefrom to a high degree of heat, substantially a, has been described and for the purges set forth in the specification ot W. P. McConuell Ttu United States Patent Office?To nU person, to whom these presents shall cogreeting : This is to certify that the annexed is a true copy from the records of this office of an extract froin the specification of W. D. Porters 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 ?eal of the Patent Office to be hereunto , affixed this twenty-fifth day of August, 'u8' n the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and ot the independence of the United States the seventy-ninth. C. Mason. Extract from Specification of IT. D. r*r'"?" which Utters patent were ivued August &, 15W4. Claim.?What I claim as my invention and de sire to secure by letters patent is : "The construction ol a gas apparatus or still, consisting ol a metallic or other cylinder B, the cones E and D, dtaphram plate C, and exit pipe F, substantially as described in the foregoing spe cification, and shown in the accompanying draw TThe truth of the ab-veroay be ascertained from the record, of the Patent Office, to which all have access. wM p McCONNELL. By his attorney CHAS. G. PA(?E. MORNING GO W NS.? A large and fin assortment, at all price*, for sale by WALL Ac STEPHENS. COKMKKVK and Preserved Ginger and Chow-Chow, Allea and Choong Loong, Can ton. Ire?h importation. For sale by SHEKELL BROTHERS, No. 40, opjiosite the Centre Market. iMJWAKI) LVCKTT. ?en., Itook - Hinder j Potomac Hall, corner of Eleventh-*tre? 1 and Maryland hvenue, over Clarke'* Drug store, Wash ington, D. C. Every atyle of book-binding executed, either in velvet, Turkey Morocco, Russia, or fancy color* (*lf. Periodical* and Music neatly half hound. Mr. Lvcktt respectfully ngffit* to his friends (hat while much baa been done to transmit t'annly records, little care haa been taken to preserve pa rental likene*?e*. He tako* thin method to inform his friend*, and those desirous mf perpetuating j?er ?onal reinembrancea, that daguerreotype like nesses can be inlaid on the inside covers of fami y bibles, pre*entation-)>ooks. or keepsakes. apeci rnena of which can l>e *ean at his bindery. or he can be addres-'wd hy letter, whtc.hwill l>? promptly ?Mended to Mathematical dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathemaiical Science, com prising definition* ol all the terms employed in Mathematics, an analysis of each I ram h and ol tire whole as forming a single science, by ChHrles Davie*, L. L. D., author of a complete course ol Mathematics, and Win. G. Peck, A. M , Assist ant Professor of Mathematics United Siate? Mili tary Academy. Ju*t published, nnd lor sale at the Bookstore of R FAllNHAM, QTONK <ilJARKY??I nm prepared to fur O ni?h from my quarry, opposite the Little Kalis an<l adjoining the quarry of the late Timothy O'Neale, any quantity of stone that muylte needed for building purpose*. Apply to the undersigned at hi* house on H, between lWth and '20th street*, in the First ward, or to Mr. Paine, nt the quarry. Juty '27 WILLIAM B. SCOTT. COMMfSNTAftlEM on the Jurisdiction Practice, and Peculiar Jurisprudence of the Court* of the United State*, vol. 1, by George Ticknor Curti*. History of the Crusade*, their Rise, Progress, and Result*, by Major Proctor, of the Royal Military Academy. Cumming's Lectures on the Seven Churche*. On *ale at TAYLOR Ac MAURY'S Bookstore, N?t 16 n0|ir 9th street. r ROSPBCTIJS <?K THK ' ?? WAMHIXC;T(?\ S!?:NT!NL)|?" II ROl OSE to publish in the city ol Washing ton, in September, u political newspaper, un der tlie name ol" the WASHINGTON SENTI NEL In doing so, it is proper 1 .should make known the principle* ii will maintain, and the policy it will advocate. It will support cordially and earnestly the priu ciples of the Democratic party of the United Slut,* it does not propose to be the or^;in of any Depart ment ol the Government, except in so far as an in dependent maintenance of the doctrine* of that party may represent its opinions and express us views. It will not he amhitious to commend itself to the people by a blind flattery of their ruleru. It will seek public * .pport by the bold avowal of the sentiments wtiich are common to the genuine Democracy of llie Union, and by the ccrtidcmna tion of all such as may conflict with tlietn, from whatever quarter they may come. It will seek to be (and it will endeavor to deserve the litle) th< ur?an ol the Democratic partv ol the United Stales. The Skutikkjl, will maintain, as * fundamental 'ruth ol that great party, tli.it the Stales formed the Union between them by the i atifo-utiou of the''ou .-lilutioit us a compact bv which also, they ere.om<| tb?* Federal Government ind .Ifleaned in n. nr- their common agent tlie power- expressly -peciflcd in it, with nil explicit reservation of all others to the State*, or to their separate govern ments. The exercise of any powers beyond ilies thus delegated, is, therefore, un usurpation of the reserved authority of the States by the atfeut 01 their own creation. The SimiiNEL will uphold .<nd defend ih< 'nioii upon the basis of the rights of the States?uod?-r the Constitution?and thus by sedulously iruardiri*? th>* latter, it will the more effectually ?tr?*niftheri and perpetuate the former. With regard to the exercise of the powers of tie Fee?ral Government, the Sentinel will lake Ihe \ rinciples of its action, that Conjfre-s shall ex ercis no power which has not been delegated bv the C, n-tiiution, according to a strict and fair in terpret tion of its language and spirit; and that it shal' in. seek to attain iudirertly an object through the exei ise of constitutional poivrr. lijr the direct attainme t of whb'h it has no tL legation of'povte.r. In otht/r words, all powers exercised must be clearly gra ted. and all granted powers must fie u^ed for no uirpose, except socb as is cle^rlv in tended by th Constitution. In respect to the internal administration of the Government, the Sentinel will sustain the settled policy of the Democratic party. It will labor to inculcate this cardinal doctrine of Democratic iu ternal policy:?tlint this Government will best promote the freedom and prosperity of the people of the Stales, by being less ambitious to exercise power, and more ar.xious to preserve liberty; and by leaving to the individual States the manage ment ol all their domestic concerns?while it con tents itself with guarding the confederacy from external violence, ami directing the foreign policy of the country to the promotion of the common interests, and defence of the common rights. Hnd 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 lirmness with liberality, and make its highest ends consist with the strictest principles of justice. The real interests of the country, upon ea< h occasion demanding attention will be its gnide in the course the Sentinel wil pursue. The national policy of the world in this age is essentially aggressive. In the growing sense ol weakness of some of the nation-of the Old World, and the ambitious restlessness of others, a com mon motive to colonial extens'on has developed self. Our settled determination tc repel interference from abrond with our domestic concerns, wil prompt us to avoid it in the affairs of other coun tries, unless 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 nations prompt a foreign or colonial policy which infringes upon our rights, and places in the pathway of our commerce a dangerous and uufriendly rival, such a policy must be resisted by remonstraqce, and, if need be, by war. Our foreign |K>licy shoiiid. indeed, be defensive, but to lie property defensive, .t must sometimes be apparently aggrtnsive. Our administration should l?e vigilant, watchful, and energetic. The world is full of important movements, commercial and political, deeply concerning American trade and American power. It is time we had an American foreign policy. We must have it. We cannot avoid it if we would. We have larger interests, and a greater stake in the world and its destiny, than every other people. We occupy the best |>ortion of a continent, with 110 neighliors but a colony, and a worn-out, anarchical despotism. We are the olny people whose own land, without colonial de tendencies, 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 resource* more vast?our facilities and capacity tor 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 exhaustles* in its yet hidden wealth is at our feet. European trade seeks the great Easl through avenues which are at our doors, or must be made through our own limits. Europe, Asia. Africa, and the isles of the sea. lying all around us, look to us as the rising power, through the agency of whose example, and ever widening and extending, though peaceful influences, the bless ings of liberty, civilization, and religion, are des tined to triumph over the barbarism and supersti tion of the millions of the world. And shall such a people refuse to lay hold upon their destiny, and act u|n>n the high mission to which it is called? A mission so full of hope, though so laden with resiionsibility, wliN-h, if properly directed, must make our confederacy the harbinger of pence to the world, as well as the peaceful arbiter of its destiny. The StnrriNKL will, therefore, advocate a bold and earneM foreign j>ohcy, such as the condition 01 the country demands; but it will advocate it under the flag of the country?nov*here else. Its foreign jiolicy must be consistent with the spotless honor and unimpeachable good faith of the country. To l>e respectable at home and abroad, and to be great in the eyes of the world, it must a?k for nothing but what is right, and submit to nothing that is wrong. It must be liberal and imrgnanimous 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, ami honor?it cannot then be false to thosa of other nations. Such, then, is the chart by which we shall be guided. Independent and free, we shall endeavor to be honest and truthful. The true friends ot 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 press we extend the hand of friendly greeting. The Sentinel is the. rival of no press ol i!s own party?the personal eneiny of none of the other. The present Democratic Administration has our I est wishes for its success in the establishment 01 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. 1ATI1H YEAKH, t?y tlie Autlior of "the X Old House by the River*.'' Mr. Rutherford's Cli Idren, second volume. Pebbles from the Lake Shore, or Miscellaneous Poems, by Charles Leland Potter, A. M. General Notions of Chemistry, translated from the French, by Edmund C. Evans, M. D. The Land of the Saracens, by Bayard Taylar. * Brushwood picked up on the Continent; or Last Summer's Trip to the Old World, by Orville Horwitz. The above are selected from a large arrival ol new books at TAYLOR <fc MAURY'S Bookstore, near 9th St. A HISTORY OP GREECE.?A History of Greece, from the earliest limes to the Roinaii 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 prevent time. By C. C. Felton, LL.D., Kliot Professor of Greek Literature in Harvard University. The qbove work is intended principally for schools of the higher classes. J u*l received and for sale at the Bookstore of R. FARNHAM, corner of Pennsylvania avenue und 11th street. Aug'21. Prospectus?southern conser vatlve Magazine.? When new aspirants lor po|iular favor are announced, the public have a right to deiiiaud the grounds upon which such show ol title to their patronage is made. In ac knowledgment of this, we trace the customs ot parties in the avowal of principles.; of religious sects, in the promulgation of creeds; und 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 abu?ed, are useful and proper, 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 enterprises, and has deprived the country of good and useful works. If a new proposition of any kind is approved by (he public, the support of those approving is ol right expected, their approval being solicited Qnly in the view that their more substantial aid will not be withheld. BRIEF.OUTLINE OF THE PLAN OF THE PROPOSED PERIODICAL. Tiik Southern Conservative Magazine will occupy grounds but little cultivated by American magazinints. It is believed that a field is open for a periodical of a new and, in some Respects, a higher order than has been 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 national 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 imolleraiice on the one side, and infidelity on the other?laboring 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 parlies or politicians, it will advocate measures, not men, und will labor only for the success of principles. It will be progressive, yet sternly opposed to the reckless spirit of innovation so rife 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 great republican theory, and laboring to advance it to its fullest development. It will be truly American in tone and sentiment, but will repudiate nothing foreign, merely because so; believing that the good, the useful, and true belong not, par excel.ence, 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 defend pure morals in all the social relations ot lile. And it will number in its corps of regular con tributors some of the ablest political and literary writers of the country. Tne magazine will be printed on the finest quality of paper, with new type, and in a plain but superior style. Each number will contain not less than 50 large octavo pages, made up of original articles, con tributed and editorial ?reviews, political and scientific essays, romances, poetry, &c. We promise much for the new magazine, and we intend to perform it all, and more, if the read ing public will give the enterprise a liberal en couragement. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. The Southern Conservative Magazine will be issued, the first of each mouth, from the olfice of publication, Nashville or Knoxville, Tennessee, and will be furnished to suscribers at four dollars h year, or three dollars it 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 51, lN%. The New York and Liverpool United States Mail Steamer*. The ships comprising this line are : The Atlantic Captain West. The Pacific Captain Nye. The Baltic Captain Comstock. These sh.ps having been built by i contract, expressly lor government eervice, 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 gance and comfort. Price of passage from New York to Liverpool, in first cabin 5130 In second.cabin, $75. Exclusive use of extra sized state rooms S325 From Liverpool to New York 30and 20 guineas An experienced Surgeon attached to each ahip. No berth secured until paid for. rRoro?ED DATKS OF SA1L.1N?. From New Tori Prom Liverpool. Wed'day. ? !>*?<? if,1854 I Saturday.. Dee. 16, 1854 WeJ'day.. Jan. 10, 1855 j Saturday.. Dec. >0,1854 Wed i ay. .Jan. 24, 1855 Wed'd u .. Feb. 7, 1&55 Wed'day.. Feb. 21, 1855 Saturday. .Jan 13, 1855 Saturday. .Jan. 27, 1855 Saturday.. Feb. 10, 1855 Wed'day.. Mar. 7, 1S55 j Saturday. .Feb 24, 1855 For fre ght or pa-sag*, apply to ED WAK I) K COLLINS, No. 56 Wall street, N. Y BROWN. SHIPLEY & Con Liverpool. R. G ROBERTS & Co., 13 King's Anns 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, unlesa bills of lading are signed therefor, and tbe value thereof therein ex pressed. Jan 3?dtf MKS. JAIHEHON'S NEW HOOK.?A common-place book of Thoughts, Memo ries and Fancies, original and selected, by Mrs Jameson. Price 75 cents. Leaves from a Family Journal, from the French of Emilie Souvestre, author of "the Attic Philo sopher in Paris." Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. , Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in water colors, illustrated by a series of 24 designs, colored diagrmns of numerous wood cuts, vuth two extra plates of simultaneous contracts, by George Barnard Price #5. Just received at TAYLOR & MAURY'S Bookstore, June 7 near Wih *f. NEW LIVKHY STABLE. To the Patrons of Berkeley Spring*. THE undersigned begs leave to iiitorm hla friends and the public generally, that he has erected a new ami extenxive Livery Stable, for the accommodation of those who may wish to keep their horses at the Springs during the ap proaching season. The building contains about <10 Stalin of extra width, and extensive Carriage Sheds. Its location is clean, dry, and airy, and convenient to Colonel Strother'a Hotel, with which it ia connected by arrangement. Expe rienced and reliable persons will l>e in attendance, and no expense will be spared to give every satisfaction to the visiting public. The proprietor will also keep for hire, several pleasure carriages and saddle horses. Having provided these ac commodations. at considerable expense, the Pro prietor hopes that he will be liberally patronized Terma to auit the times. JAMES A. STORM. Berkrlky Springs, Morgan County, Va., July 1, 1855. July 18?tf. KKOSPECTUS ? OF THE UNITED STATES TIM KS, A 'Weekly Kcwipapcr to be published In Washington City. The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from the position he has for some time held asSuperin temlent of the United Stales Census, intends to devote himself to the control and management ol the IIkvikw. of which, for the lai>t nine years, he has been the editor and proprietor, and to the publication in the City of Washmgton of a weekly newcpaper with the above title. The inuterial for this paper will consist, in part, of selections or extracts from articles admitted into the Review, but mainly of other original lite rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous matters, including digests of the current events of the day, home and foreign; the proceedings of Congress and the acts of the Government; lite rary and scientific sketches and essays upon leading and popular topics; biographical sketches of pjublic men; d'gest of official reports, State and Federal; the state of the markets in the several arge cities; the progress and prospects of crops; supply, demand, prices, etc.; the increase of the country as shown by statistics, bringing down those of the National Census always to date The object will be, through careful editorial management and a 'arge and well-selected cor respondence, to establish at the peat of govern ment a Family Newspaper which shall be adapted to the wants of every community; imparting museinent and information, and |>olitical, only to the extent of maintaining the institutions of the country and defending thw righfs and sovereignty of the State*. The City of Washington, from the advantages which it present* for obtaining material of every kind, through the action of the Smithsonian Insti tution, the Pan lit Office and the National Agri cultural Convention. H?.. and the several Bureaus and Departments ol Government, from its conti guily to the large commercial eitiwa, from the ex tended, exciting, and all important interests that concentrate upon it, is, perhaps, the most eligible location for such a journal, and ample guarantees of its suoceN* have already been received. It will be printed in folio for the convenience of binding, and similar in style to the New York Albion Terms: f'2 per annum, in advance. To Clubs, of 10 subscribers, at one post office, $15 in advance. To Subscribers of DxBow's Review, not in arrears, the Review and Times together, S6 in advance. Advertisements on accommodating terms. In order to increase the usefulness of the Re view, which has now acquired a very extensive circulation, it will be enlarged from 112 to 140 or 150 pages, and otherwise im#roved by additional editorial assistance and an able corps of coutribu ion?. A monthl" ittorical digest of events will be embraced iu <ts pages, valuable for future refer ence. The subscription price of the Review will re: main at $5 per annum, but for the convenience of the large class of persops who may uot desire the whole work, or who may only solicit in formation upon one or more of the subjects to which it is devoted, it is in contemplation to make a separate publication of the matter relating to Agricult ure, another of that relating to Manufac ture*; a third .o Internal Improvement* ; a fourth to Commerce; and a fifth to Education and Letters. These publications will be but departments of the whole work, and may be subscril?ed for separately at 9L per annum ea> h. They.will appear monthly in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five to thirty-two page* ; constituting an annual octavo volume of 360 page* each, showing at a single view and in a condensed form the whole results, within the year, in#lA? particular department, in our own country and abrpad, as the Review itself will show them in all of the department* ol indus try and enterprise. The Office of DeBow's Review will remain as before al New Orleans, though a branch will be located at Washington, which will be also the msin office of the other Journals, and may be addressed at all times in regard to thein. The particular address of ihe editor, whether Wash ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time to time, in the work. J. D. B l)EBOW Washington, Nov. 26, lb54. DeBow's Industrial Resources. inree handsomely l?ound volumes u|>on the Progress and Wealth of the United States, l.&OO pages royal octavo, double columns, clear print, library edi tion, may still be ordered. Price 96 delivered at the expenne of the *mh?s 1 FAMILIAR QUOTATION*.?A collection _ of FHiniliar Quotations, with complete In dices of Authors and Si bjects; price fl. Memorial* of \outh tind Manhood, by Sidney Willard, two volume*; prn e $2. Ellie, or the Human Comedy, by John Esien Cooke, author of Virginia Comedian*, ttec. TAYLOR Sc MAURY'S Bookstore, NAPOI.KOM AT HT. HELENA, OM interesting anecdote* and remarkable con versations of the Emperor during the live and a haH years of In* captivity, collected from the me mortal* of Las Casa*, O'Mera, Montholon, An tommarrgi, and other*. By John S C. Abliot; with illustration*. English Grammar. The English Language in its elements and lorms. with a hiatory of its origin and development, designed for u?e in college* and school*. Revised and enlarged. By William C. Fowler, late Prolessor of Rhetoric in Amherst College. Cffar's Commentaries; literally translated notes, with a Wry elaborate index. A Child's History ofthe United States. Ry John Bonner. In 2 volumes. An Outline of the General Principles of Gram mar, to which quotations have been added. By Rev. J. G. Grafton, Professor of the English Lan guage and Literature in the New York Academy. Just received and for sale at the Bookstore or R. FARNHAM, Corner of Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue. * " L>ec 6 PRESERVED MEATS, SOLTS, Jrc , Put up at the shortest notice, and warranted to keep on long voyage*. Country orders punctually attended to, and Country Produce, of all descriptions, received on consignment. JONAS P. LEVY, No. 474 Penn. avenue, (north side,) between 3d and 4i street*, two dors east of the United State* Hotel. Oct 4?3t NEW MUSIC*? w. o. ZANTZINGER has just received from the publmhers, Firth, Pond tte Co., New York, and George Willieg,jr., Baltimore, an assortment of their latest publica tion*. .7.4T Pi nnos tuned, warranted to give satis faction. STATIONERS' HALL, adjoining Kirkwood House. Dec 16?3tawif / 1 AIJTIEH'S.?Just received a large a? VJ aortment of Pnte De Foiea Graa, from Stras burg, in small and large jar*. Jan ?_tf 0 GAUTIER Digest of exchequer reports from lb'24 to 1S54, inclusive, 1 volume. William* on Persoual Property, with American note*, 1 vol. The Reporter# Chronologically Arranged, l*y John Wm. Wallace, 1 vol. The Creed of Christendom, by W. R. Greg. Habits and Men. by Dr. Doran. Guy River*, by William GilinoreSimma, 1 vol., new edition. Hits of Blarney, by R. Shelton Mackensie, volume. Hartley's Poems, 1 volume. Lippencott's Pronouncing Dictionary , of the World, 1 vol., 8vo. FRANCK TAYLOR. Sept 15 ? "TV/TY BROTHER'** KEEPER, by MI** A. 1VI .R. Warner, author of Dollar* and Cent*, Mr^tulherford's Children, tec. Just published and for sale by R. FARNHAM, May 5 Corner of Pa. avenue and 11th street, A MEW WORK, on the Catholicity of the A True Church.?The Golden Reed, or the True Memura oT a True Church, by B. F. Barrett, "fcrir* R. FARNHAM TO OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, SEAMEN *c,OPALL WARS, THE1H WIDOWS AND MINOR CHILDREN. S. M. KNIGHT, Attorney for Government Claimant*, WASHINGTON, D. C., CONTINUES to give prompt and personal at tention to the p'oseculion of Claim* ol every description against the General Government, and particularly to those before the Treasury Depart ment, Pension and Bounty Land Bureau*, Patent and General Land Offices, and Board of Claim*. An experience of years, and a familiarity with the means of obtaining the earliest and most la vorable actiou ou Claims, with hi* facilities for the dispatch Of business, justify him in assuring hi* Correspondents, Claimants, and the public gener ally, that interest* intru*ted to hi* keeping will not be neglected. Pension, Bounty Land, Patent, and Public Laud Laws. He has nearly ready for gratuitous distribution among his business Correspondent*, (and those who may become Mich,) a neat pamphlel contain inir a synopsis of the existing Pension, Bounty Land, Patent, and Public Land Laws, down to the end of the late Congress, including the Bounty Land Act of 3d March, Iwoo, under which all who have heretofore received less than 160 acres are now entitled to additional land: said Act grauts also 160 acre* to all Officer*, Non-commissioned Officers, Chaplain*, Soldiers, Wagon-masters, Teamsters, and friendly Indians, of the Army, including State Troops, Volunteers, and Militia?and all Officers. Seamen, Ordinary Seamen, Marines, Clerk*, and Landsmen, of the , Navy, tiol heretofore provided for, who have served not less than fourteen days (unless in bat tle) at any period since 1176; and to the widow* 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 wauts of every class ol Claimants under the Act, with copious decision* and instructions of the Department, and practical suggestions as to the course to be pursued in sus pended or rejected case*. Parties not wishing to avail themselves of the facilities afforded by this office in securing prompt and personal superintendence of their claim* at the Departments, can obtain copies of the above pamphlet by remitting thirty cent* in postage stamps. Inducement* to Correapondeuta. Correspondents who prepare and forward case* for management by thi* Agency will be dealt with liberally ; *upplied with all nece**ary blank* and kept constantly advised of the change* that from time to time occur in the execution of the '"Tt is within the subscriber'* power to direct hi* Correspondents to the locality of very many per sons entitled under the late Act; and having ob tained .everal thousand Land Warrants under former laws, he is in possession of data that will materially assist in securing additional bounty. Fees, below the usual rates?and contingent upon the admission of Claims. The highest cash prices given for L*nd War rants, Revolutionary Scrip, and lllinoi* Land I>a,CD Address S. M. KNIGHT, Washington City March 17?law2m . _ knoliih AND KRBNCH boarding and day school. MISS II ROOK E ,from Philadelphia, will open her BOARDING AND DA Y SCHOOL lor young Ladies, on Monday, September 10th 1>.V> at No. 138, Penn. Avenue, corner ol Seven Building* and 19th street. Miss BROOKE will be assisted by the most competent Profes sors in every department. _ _ A French lady, recently from Paris, is engaged a, a resident governess, and every means will be used to accomplish her pupil* in that language. Drawing will be taught in variou* and elegant styles. rbcommkkdations : ?. My friend. Miss Brooke, is a most estimable lady, of great intelligence, who*e qualifiations as a teacher, and whose accomplishment* in English \%T20'pOTTER " Miss Brooke i* well known to me as a lady who is entirely capable of conducting successfully the education of young ladies, and in every way worthy of .I- P*"??"?J ?^*LLAS BACHE." KEF>KBNCKS: The Right Rev. ALONZO POTTER, D. D., L Right Rev. G. W. DOANE, D. D-, LL. D. Professor A DALLAS BACHE. Supt. Coa.t "prolessor JOSEPH HENRY, Sec y of Smith ?oian Institution. Gen JOHN MASON, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM W.CORCORAN, Esq. " JOHN S. MEEHAN, Esq , Librarian to Con grHon. JAMES CAMPBELL. P. M General. Hon. ELLIS LEWIS. Chief Justice of the S. Court, Pa. - * Hon. G. W. WOODWARD, Associate Judge of the S. Court of Penna. Hon. GEORGE VAIL, M. C. N-Jersey. Lieut. M- F. MAURY, LL. D, U. S. Obser <*? ^Circulars stating the terms to be had at tie principal Book Stores, or of Miss Brooke, No 138 Pa Avenue. August 30?3tawlm. VALUABLE HEAL ESTATE FOR Hale.?The block of buildings known as ' the Union Buildings, 'and now occupied by the Union newspaper establishment. They are situ ated on E street, between 13th and 14th streets, and fronting directly on Pennsylvania avenue. The lot is 70 feet front by 159 feet deep. The property is susceptible of division and re-arrangement, and its position such as must rank it among the !>est business stand* on the avenue, and i* yearly.in creasing in value. The time of the present lessee expires on the 1st September next, on which day possession may had. Also, that large three-story Brick House on 1 <th street west, (opposite the War Office, and l iree doors south of G street.) Also, that three story House on 17th street west, next door to the Government Building, at the corner of F and 17th atreet*. Should the above pioperty not be so>Id at Pr'*aU! sale prior to the lTxh of May, it fill be sold on that day at public auction. ? Terms will be made favornble to the purchaser. Apply to CH. H. WINDER, Corner of 17th and G streets. March 20?'iawtlSMay 11 XTRA Heavy-pl?t?4 Tea Sfeta, Albata Forks, Spoons, Acc.? M. W. Gait & Bro. | have just received a beantiful assortment of? Extra Plated Tea Sets, latest styles Castors, Cake Baskets, Card Trays, Art Also, superior Albata Forks and !>p<?ona. The above are of the very best quality, and un usually low. M. W. GALT ft BRO. i i ?? WASHINGTON SENTINEL l? * If t< 3 " 1 week .. I mouth . 1 00 2 <10 5 <>0 Business card it not exceeding sii linos tor Dot less than aix mouths. inserted at hall price Yearly advertisement* subjeii to special ar rangement. Long advertisements at reduced rates Religious, Literary, and Charitable notice* m swrted gratuitously. All correspondence ea business inuat be prepaid WANDERINGS IN CORSICA ; Corsica; Picturesque, Historical, and Social ; with a Sketch of the Early Life of Napoleon, translated frjin the German by Edward Jov Morris. Price *1 50. Lectures on English Literature, front Chancer to Tennyson, by Henry Reed. Price SI 25. Just published, and lor sale at ART HINTS.?Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, by James Jackson Jurves, author of History of the Sandwich Islands, &c. Price $1 25. Waikua, or Adventures on the Mosquito Shore, sixty engravings, by Samuel A. Bard. $1 25. . The Heiress of Haughton, or the Mother's Secret, by the uutherof Aubrey Castle. Avon, &c. Price 37i cents. Just published and for sale at A UTOBIOGRAPHY OF A JOURNEY. l\ man Printer.?The Workingman'a Way in thr WwM, being 1 h r Autobiography of a Journey man Printer. / Classic and Historic Patriots, by James Bruce. Juat published and for sale at TAYLOR & MAURYS July 21 TAYLOR ic MAURY'S Bookstore, near Ninth street. TAYLOR & MAURY'S NEW BOOKS.?The Heiress of Haughton, or the Mother's Secret, a novel, by the au thor of "Emily Wyndhatn," "Raven*cliir, die. Price 374 cents. WAIKNA, or Adventures on the Mosquito Shore, by Samuel A. Bard, with sixty illustrations. Price $1 55. ART-HINTS?Architecture. Sculpture, and Painting, by James Jackson Jarvis. Price fl.25 Just received. R. FARNHAM, Corner Pennsylvania avenue and 11th street. ON MANHOOD, AND ITS PREMATURE DECLINE. Just Published, Gratia, the 20U? Thousand. A FEW WORDS ON THE RATIONAL J\ Treatment, without Medicine, ol Sperina* torrbeaor Local Weakness, Nocturnal Emissions, Genital and Nervous Debility, lmpotenry, and Impediments to Marriage generally. BY B. DE LANEY, M. D. The important fact that the many alarming com plaints, originating in the imprudence and solitude of youth, may be easily removed without Medicine, is, in this small tract, clearly demonstrated; and the entirely new and highly successful treatment, as adopted by the Author, fully explained, by means of which every one is enabled to cure kim *?(/"perfectly and at the least possible cost, thereby avoiding all the advertised -nostrums ol the day. Sent to any address, gratis and post free in a sealed envelope, by remitting (|>ost paid) two postage stamps to Dr. B. DE LANEY, 17 Lispe nard street, New York City. Jan 19?law2m* fTlAYLOR <b MAURY have the honor to 1 announce the completion of preparation'lor the festive seasou. In addition to then u"i>n ry stock, (which has always been obaravit ? l.y elegance and variety,) they have re?*?ivcd - A choice selection of beautifully illu-irnif,. iiJ tastefully bound Books. * Articles of"vertu," in Porcelain, Bronze, and other manufacture. Writing Desks, in papier macjie and rosewood. Card Baske s, Inkstands, Lathes' Cabas. Cigar Stands and Cases, Portemonnaies. Taper Stands, &c. Together with a general assortment^of novelties remarkable for a combination of the useful with th? ornamental, at prices suitable to the artisan or millionaire. Rook and Stationery store,'near 9th street. GLEN WOOD CEMETERY. Orric*-No. 292, Pennsylvania Atence, Corner of 10th street, over Savings Bank,' THIS CEMETERY Is laid out on the plan of the celebrated Greenwood of New York, and situated on the high ground, distant one and a quarter miles north of the Capitol, North Capi-, tol street, leading directly to the Gateway. This company have received a charter from Con gress, appropriatiag this ground for evertd burial purposes, making a tee title to the purchaser, and prohibiting all encroachment* from legislation or otherwise, which is of vast importance to those who wish their dead to repose where they have placed them ; for it has become a custom in all cities when the burial ground becomes valuable for other purposes, to sell it, and throw the dead promiscuously into one large pit, and legal mea sures cannot prevent it, as no titles are ?iven to the ground. N. B. Office hours from 10 a in.,to 12m,wher pamphlets containing the Charter, By-laws, and a Map of the Grounds, and all otner inforinatior can be obtained. Alt orders left with Mr. James F. Harvy 410, 7th street, or any other undertaker, will be promptly attended to. June 19 ? lv GliEAT EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK Pianos and Melodeons for Cash. ORACE WATERS, the great Music and __ Piano Forte dealer, 333 Bioadway, New York, prefering to share a large per cent, with his customers, rather than pay it to the sharpers ol Wall street, to raise available means to enable him to stem the present tight times,oflers his immenso assortment ol elegant and warranted Pianos and Melodeons at a large discount from tactory prices, for cash. Mis assortment comprises Piano* troai three of the largest and most celebrated Boston manufactories; also those of several of the bast New York makera, including the beautiful and much admired Herace Waters Pianos from hi* own factory, and Melodeons of the best Boston. New Haven, New York, and Buffalo makes; af fording an opportunity for selections uot to be had elsewhere. Each instrument warranted. Second band Pianos at great bargains?prices (Vein to to (160. Music and musicsl instruments of all kinds. Dealers, teachers, and heads of schools supplied on the best terms. Music sent by mail, postpaid. General and select catalogues of mu sic and schedule of factory prices of Pianos, Melo deons and musical instruments forwarded to any address, free ol postage. Sept 21?d3m BROWN AND 8HOOK, U1.1IRAI COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MER CHANTS, RICHMOND, VA And Agents for " Kerr's" 44 SvmmsrJran" Old Rye, and P. Hanger's "Old Rye" Whisky. Prmmtnm brands. All letters promptly answered, snd orders fil eo Feb 20?3m J^OHN H. RUTHNANN, Importer and Desler in Wine, Brandy, Cigars, Acc., Penn sylvania avenue, south side, between 41 and 6th streets, hss received a part of his tall supplies: Madeira, Sherry, Port, of various grades and prices. Cognac Brandy, pale and dark.lrom a very high order to a fair article. Scotch Whisky, Schiendam Gin, of superior quality. Jamaica Rum, Monongahela Whisky, extra fine. Caracoa, r?d and white, (Anisette of Dussel dorf on the Rhine,) Maraschino. London Brown Stout. Edinburgh Scotch Ale. Champagne of Mumm'a and Moet's 6c Chan don's Imperial, Heidsieck ?Sc Co., Mumins, and Moet Ac Chandon's Versenay and de Kougeruent. Also sparkling St. Peray, pink and white. With an assortment of Havana Cigars. Regalia El Ca?, Regalia la Villamieva. Es la Chay, Venezulano. Villanueva. Londres, Humos, See. Also, a large assortment of Rhine Wine, (some sparkling) and French Wine, red and white, from the highest price to a fine Bordeaux table Wine. Dec 6 LK.4VKM from a Family Journal, from the French of Emilie Souvestre, author of I -The Attic Philosopher in Paris. Mrs.Jameaon's Common-place Book of Thoughts, Memories, and Fancies. R. FARNHAM, I June 7 Corner llth st. and I'eun. av. H