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I IK TIIMANN. Importer and |
IK-altr in H lue, Hi audy, Cl^tirat. ?vr. i
Pennsylvania avenue, south side, between Foim
aiul-a-l liiW mid Sixth streets, has rwnvrJ his til
?lock ati'HlassorluieiU of the abm oon-'liii
.part i>l ?
Madeirn, Sherry, Port of' various grade*, C mi
pagne. in quarts .tut! Hits, dit' t . ads. |
A ^retti vari' :v ol Rhine Wiuo. nome ol it
sparkling]
AUn, St. re ray sparkling red aud whil* Ctarel
mi prices from S3 50 per dozen to the highes i
order.
Aud numerous other kinds of Wine
Also. icry sujiertor Cognac, pale and dark,
Scbeidam Gin, Jamaica Rum. line old Whis
Lev, Irish Mull, Cordials, and Havana Ciirars
(J RE AT WESTERN MAIL ROUTE
SIXTY MILtli) DISTANCE: ?AVF!> ?'??
CHICAGO AN I' ST. LOU?S. ine mi:ui
trail Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
Line, carrying the Grent Western United Siates
Through Mail, have the following staunch first
clu~> steamers running on Lake Erie in connec
tion with the New York aud Erie railroad from
Dunkirk, lonchiug at Cleveland, and connecting
v. ith their road ut Toledo, und connecting directly
with the Chicago and Rock Island railroads at
Chicago, in the same depot, thus 'lorming a daily
line It), p isseugers and freight from New York to
the lesssippi river. Niagara, Captain Miller;
jvii " . Captain Mitchell; Keystone State, Capt.
J' rtls \ Louisiana, Captain Davenport.. Also,
a l> Line from Buffalo direct to Monroe l?y
11 o?e well-known magnificent Floating Palaces,
Empire Slate J. Wilson Commander, leaves
Buffalo Mondn\ - mid Thursdays; Southern Micbi
ran. A 1) Perkins. Commander, leaves Buffalo
Tuesdays cud Fridays; Northern Indiana, I. T.
? Fheatt, Commander, leaves Buffalo Wednesday#
and Saturdays.
One of the above splendid steamers will eave
the Michigan Southern Railroad Line Doc* at 9
o'clock, p. m, every day. (except Sundays,; and
run direct through to Mouroe, without landing, id
14 hours, where the Lightning Express Train wit
be in waiting to lake passenger#direct to Chicago
in S hours, aud arriving next evening alter leav
ing Buffalo.
Ruii.i ng time from New Vork to Buffalo, four
teen hours.
Running lime from Buffalo to Monroe, fourteen
hours.
Running tune from Monroe to Chicago, eight
hours. Total thirty-six hours
Connecting at Chicago with a line Itn* of low
pressure steamboat* to all places north of Chicago
to Green Bay ; also with Chicago and Rock Island
Ruilroad to La Salle, and there connect with Illi
nois River Line of Steamboats, or Express Train
of Illinois Central and Chicago and Mississippi
Railroad*, or connecting at Rock Island with reg
ular line of steamer* for all points above and be
ow. mukitiK the elieapcst and most direct route to
St. Louis Rock Island. Minnesota, and the Great
West
The American Lake Shore Railroads from But
lalo aud Dunkirk couuecl with this line at Toledo
forming the only direct aud continuous line ot
railroads from the Atlantic Seaboard to the Valley
of the Mis >issippi Running lime to Chicago, 36
hours; t?> St. Louis !>*i hours
Four Dally '[Vitus, hy railroad, alt the ?. ay
Two Daily LiOes, by Reamer-. <?n Luke line.
Thus tlie trav?ller and shipper can at fa
glance that uo oilier lia?? can enter i he i'-is as com
petitors.
PatK'iisiT.i ticketed through iroin Mc.v Vorl.
With privilege of stopping over at any poiut pn the
rout?. aud resutniug seats at lei-ure, either by the
New York and Erie Railroad, via Duckirk, New
York and Erie and Buffalo and New Vork City
Railroad via Buffalo; People's LineofSteamboats.
Hudson River or Harlem and New York Central
Railroads, via Albany and Buffalo.
For any further information, through tickets, or
freight, apply at the Company's Office, No. 193
Broadway, corner of Dev ?lreet. New York, to
JOHN F. PORT ER. General Agent, or
L. P DUNTON, Ticket Agent.
aZEKTHY'S
I NVICOKATING C () it 1) 1 A JL,,
PURELY Vegetable 111 its composition. 'i nn
invnluahleCordial is extra ctedtrom Herbs auo
Hoots. which have been found after years of ex
perience, by the most skillful physicians, to Ix
po*wi??j of qualities the moni bencricial in thi
aiseaiei lor '?Inch it is recommended ; and hence
whilst it is presented to the public a> an erfica
cious remedy, a i? also known to be ot' that char
acter on which reliance may be placed as to itr
safety. In cases of Impotency, Hemorrhages
Disordered Sterility, Menstruation.or Suppression
of the Menses, Fluor Albus or Whitcvor for
Debility arising from any cause, such a*
weakness from sickness, where the patient hat
been confined to bed for some time, for femalet
after confinement, ubortion or miscarriage. this
cordial cannot Ikj excelled in its salutary effects
or in loss of muscular energy, irritability, physiua
prostration, seminal weakness, palpitation of the
heart, indigestion, sluggishness, decay ot the pro
creative functions, nervousness. Jtc., where s
tonic medicine is required, it will be found ei|ua
if not superior to any compound ever used.
To females.?ILenry's Invigorating Cordial i*
one of the most invaluable medicines in the manv
complaints to which females are subject. It a>
sists nature to brace the whole system, check ex
cesses, and creates renewed health and happiness
Less suffering, disease, and unhnp|>tne?s anion*
ladies would exist, were they generally to adopt
the use of this cordial. Ladies who are debilitated
by tho-e obstructions which females are liable to
are re-tored by the use of a bottle or two to bloom
a'id to vigor.
Youug Mcu.?That solitary practice, so ratal to
t'ie existence of man, and it is the young who are
mo-I apt to become its victims, from an ignorance
of the danger ry. which they subject themselves
cause*
Nrrv.iuh Debility. weakness of the system
prematured?*eay. Many ot von may now be
suffering, misled as to the cause or sonrce of dis
ease To those, 'hen. who by excess aavc brought
i-n themselves premature imiNitenry, invoiunl "i
-r-nun.'.I emissions weakness and shrivelling oi
n? k-iumI organs, nervous artmtliSB, or anv ?ther
is -"!(|Ueitiv? >' iMirestri' !?-*? indulgence of the
- OMsS-Oflr i s<ao?i'iM Oh Bsr-wwitf if re
? ?.icing the fei ''"ies of
lei<<-nilir te- i 'nent.il and ''o?l !? ?-t
, wity n'llJf' Henry* lnvigor*nn* Cardial a iu?d!
t nr tnat is purely vegeiatue, wll aid nature to rr
? iof?* those imjiortant functions io * healthv state,
<k! wil' pr?ve afservioe to von It ? ...*??-??*? r rare
vrtnes, is a general remiver of -? ??-<se an^
treng!iiener of the system.
?Us Tonic Medicine, it * unsuipas-ed
<: i 'ot place this cordial on a footing with quack
mwlicisei,' and, as is ciutomary, append a lonf
I st (j| re'-oinmendatioDS, certificates, Arc., begin
n <>? with ** Hear what the Preacher says," and
?aoa like; it i* not necessary, tor ' Henry's lnvig
??rating Cordial" only nerds a trial to prove that
it will accomplish all we say.
The Genuine Henry's Invigorating Cor- j
dial" is put up in eight oz. pannel bottles, and tr
easily recogn<?ed by the manufacturer's signature
on the label of emih l ottle (to ounterfeit whicfc
is forgery.)
Sold lor fci te-r bottle; ?ix lor ?*; pei
uoxei.
Prepared only by S. E. COHEN, No. 3, Franklin
JRow, Vine *treel, b -low Eighth, Philadelphia, lJa
to whom all ord< rs must be addressed. For sale
by all respectable druggists and merchants through
out the country ; and by
W. H. OILMAN, Washington, b. C
CANRY Ac HATCH, Halt imore.
PEEL .V. STEVENS. A^anrfna V,.
i'ARK NOTICE.
(.iMUt-i JUST KECKIVF.I).
; W BROWNINQ, MERCHANT TAILOR
? under the United Statep Hotel, woul<l re
t| ?? -1;1111y inform hin customers and the piil.lic
generally, that he has just received New Fall and
?' "iter 'k>od?, in great variety. Such as Cloths
issiawraa, and Vcstings, of the latest ini|M>rta
i :? Mid is prepnred to have theni made up at
? in rtesi iittipe, m the most fashionab.e man
o? r, and at low rate's of prices.
? laving made arrangements to go into the
be tdy-made Clothing business*'extensively this
?? a?on, he lee!? conb'lent that be can offer to
those wishing to purchase a ?tock ol" Cot lung
""i inferior to any tritSi>. ?uy,and not made up ai
ti.e north, as is usually the case with Work sold
Iiere, but cut 111 his own establishment, and made
by our own n-edy citizens in this dull ?eas(,n at i
iow rates of prices, ft is enabled, then-lore ;u 1
compete with northern work in |K?mt of pru?
and as to quality and style, he will laavc for those
wh? lavor him v/ith a call to judge.
Ha can sell whole suits. Coat, Pants, and Ve-t
at the lollowing low rates:
0'K>d si.it fu* business purposes, out of cloth or |
cassimere. for the small sum of .*1.'
l)rc?s and Frock Coats, from S10 to %4U
Over-coats ofdilb-rent styles, from....$12 to
Black and laacy Pantaloons, from. ii.U .r?0to S10
Silk mid velvet Vests, from <2 50 to 110 !
Tins stack of Clothing is of a superior quality,
snd has been made up since he received the (nil
and winter fashions.
He keeps constant ly on hand a large assortment
of fancy articles?such as gloves, cravats, collar*
umbrellas, <Sco.
Sole agent for the sals ?l Scott's Hepor #
Fash ions in this city.
Sept 14?U
BARTLETT'S AMERICAN EXPLOR
iug ft^i|NMlitluit.'r-l'er!?uiwl narrative ufex
P "rations- and incident* in Texas, New Meiico,
loruia, Sonora, aud Chihuahua, ;v J. K. Burt
it'U United States Cotnmi?*iouer during (hat pe
ri >d, in two volumes, with BMji? hiiu illustrations.
The !iive of the liee Hunter, a rcfHjMtory ot
Sketches. including peculiar American character,
wenery. and rural ?|K>rt?, by T H. Thorite, author
0* Toiu Owen, the Bee H timers. ice., illustrated
by sketches from nature.
Fariuingdale, a novel, by Caroline* Thomas
Our Parish, or aunal? of Pastor and People.
Just rticeived and tor?ale by
R. FAUN HAM,
Corner ot Peuu. avenue and 11th ?i
TAKE NOTICE,
IhAVK now on hand u large ussortiuent
ol every description of Spectacle*, from the
lowest price to the very best quality used, and
having been for u long time engaged in manufac
turing. mid adjusting Glasses for the most, difficult
anddefective vision?, therefore can with confidence
guurauiee to benefit and improve the sght of all
whu need.
< ull at 4 IS, Pennsylvania avenue, Sun of lh
arjre Spread Eagle- A. 0. HOOD.
Feb 7 [Organ.]
WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER
and Plated Ware nt Rcduced Prices.?In
nulicipatiuu of the approaching dull season, we
ofler our entire stock of eleguut Go'd Watches,
Rich Jewelry, Pure Silverware. A:c , at greatly
reduced rates.
Persons would do well to examine our assort
ment, which is by lar the largest, most fashionable,
and best selected ever offered to our customer*.
M. W. GALT ic BRO.,
3*2 i Penn. avenue, between tsthand 9th streets.
Feb 16?3tif
11) ULOVl'X?A l'resli supply of Gent's
li. Ill-colored Kid Gloves at
STEVENS'S
Feb '24?.Itif Sales Room. Brown's Houl.
A NEW EDITION, IN ONE VOLUME.
Of Mr. Kivoslky's Popular Work,
IIYPATIA; Or New Foes with an Old Face,
By the autnor of " Yeast," "Alton Locke," ?kc.
1 vol. 12mp, Price $1 25.
OF the author of " Hypatia" the London Spec
tator says: ''Take hi in nil in all, Englanu
has no literary mun of bis years who can set up
beside him a. his equal in variety and quality ol
endowments and in richness of promise.
'? Unsurpassed by any kindred work in the Eng
lish language.'*~Nationai InteUigeuerr.
Published l.y CROSBY, NlCHOLLS A: CO.
Bustoti ; and lot sale in Washington by
' -Taylor & maurv.
rp.\Vi.OK Jt MAURY'S OOLL.VK LEf
I ter balance, in universal use. Price $1.
April 21 Bookstore, near 9th st.
K
IMPORTANT BOUNTY-LANl> HOOK,?
Ju?l i>>ued. a second edition of Triplett's Pen
sion and Bounty-Land Laws, containing the new
bounty-land act of 1S55, and embracing a digest ot
ali ,lie laws, decisions, and forms relating to pen
sions; to officers and soldiers of the revolution,
their widows and children ; to urin> and imiliia
invalids and their widows; to navy and ninriue
invalids, their widows and children; and to bounty
land- provided lor by every act Irom the Revolu
tion t?, and including that of March 3, 1855; so
arranged as to be intelligible to every claimant.
This work is highly recommended by the Cotn
mi?*ioner of Pension*. Price $'i, mailed free to
any part of the United States, (except California.)
TAYLOR 6c MAURY, Bookstore,
April *21 near 9th st.
LAW NOTICE.
I SHALL hereafter have an office perma
nently in Washington for the practice of my
profession, and will give careful attention to any
business entrusted to my charge in the Supreme
Court, the Court ot Claims, in the Laud, Patent,
or Pension, offices, or in any of the Departments.
Business Irom the Southwest may be sent to
me through V. li. Ivy. Attorney at Law, New Or
leans. who has been associated with me in the
practice in that city, and who will continue to at
tend to any bustnes? there which may be placed
in mv charge.
J. D. B. DE BOW,
Late Superintendent of Census.
Washington, D. C., April 20, 1855
Apr 21?1 awIni
American engineeking, illus
trated by branches of mechanical arts, sta
tionary, marine, and locomotive engines, manu
facturing machinery, printing presses, tools, grist,
steam, saw, and roiling mills, from buildings, &cn
of the newest and mo-t improved construction,
by G. Weissenborn, Cjvil Engmver; parts one
and two now ready. SI each. Sole agents for
Washington, 'TAYLOR &c MAURY,
Apr 14 Bookstore, near 9th st.
(lOUHT OF CL AI MS? Digested ouuima
J ry and alphalx-tical list ot private claims
which have been presented to the House of Rep
resentative* from the First to the Thirty first Con
gress, exhibiting the action of Congress on each
claim, with reference to the journals, report-, bills,
&c., elucidating its'progress, compiled by order ol
the House of Representatives. A few copies for
?ale by R. FARNHAM.
Apr 14
VTOKTH AND MOUTH, by the author of
'-Mary Barton." "The Moorland Cottage.1'
"Crawford,' See.. 37j cents.
Kings and Queens, or Life in the Palace, by
Johu 3 C. Abbott, new edition, just received and
for sale by R FARNHAM.
LAW NOTICE.
Brown, Mnnlon, anil Walker.
WM. T. BROWN, FRED.. P. STANTON,
nnd J. KNOX WALKER, have formed a
partnership for practising law in the Supreme
Court of the United Slates, and the Court ol
Claim* in Washington, and in the Courts of Ten
nessee. Offices hi Washington aud Memphis.
One of the parties will always be found at either
place, ami letters addressed to them will receive
prompt attention. April VI?tfeod
C O U l< T ?>F CLAIM S,
Washington City, I). C.
I.N addition to the Practice of I.aw, as here
tofore, in all the Courts of the District, and in
the Supreme Court of the United States, ths un
dersigned will devote himself assiduously to the
Prosecution- of Claims against the Government,
in the above Cou-t, (established in this city by art
of Congress, approved March, which has
cognizance of all claims arising under the Consti
tution, or founded upon any law of Congress, or
upon any resulation of an Executive Department,
or u|H>n any contract, express or implied, with the
Government of the United Slates, or any of its of
ficers or agents. When the claun is established in
this Court, and an appropriation made by Congress
for the purpose, the claimant will be paid at the
Treasury of the United States.
All Claims against the Government must hence
forth be prosecuted in said Court, and not before
Congress as heretofore.
M. THOMPSON,
Attorney and Counsellor at Ijtiir,
Washing ton City, D. C.
April 21?I mtf
CI KACE LEE, by Julia kavauah, author
J of Daisy Burns, Madeleine. Nathalie, inc.
The SaOMOcr Land; a Southern Story, by a
child of the sun Just published nnd lor sale by
R. FARNHAM,
April 10 Corner Penn. avenue nnd 11th st.
A KU14 MAC ft I AMY /%*!? FKACTII.:al
rVrdti-.*? on Per*)***)ve 'or he giiint-r*. >m
Iter" lor ?!i'* use of juvenile students nnd s.nh
Vcurt in architecture. painting Ar< , also adapted
(or x boot* and private instructors, fourth '-'btion,
revised snd enlarged, by George Pavne. artist;
-i?tity -ix itln-tratioiis, cents.
Kudim. nl. of the Art of Building, >ii Jive aec
ttona. viz', t. ?Jenpral principles of construction;
2 Materials u?ed in building; 3. Strength ol ma
terial* ; 4. 1 -??ot materials; f?. Working drawings,
specifications, and estimate*, illustrated with 111
woodcuts, by Edward Dobson author of the Rail
ways of Belgium. &cc.
Elements of Mechanism, elucidating the srien
tili?- principle* of the practical construction of ;
H::?rhine?, for the u?e Ol schools and students in
mechanical engineering, with numerous s^ci
ment of modern machine* remarkable tor their i
utility and ingenuity, illu?trnted with 243 engrav- ,
ings. bvT. Baker, author of Railway Engineering,
Str.
Just received, an?l 'or .?!? ,?t the Bookstort of
K. KAH.NHAM. ori" ?f ! Itn 'street snd Pe.itn
?v'vania avenue.
I1MK1 1.1MB! l.l M fil?To Plwterer*
J ?ii<l Builder*^?We have now on hand, at
ftLELl s> l'atent Kilns, one thousand barrels ot
Lime, and are now making two hundred barrel*
daily whi<-h we will sell on the best terms.'
We would call the particular attention of plas
ierers to this superior article of Lime. It is free
Irom coal cinders or other sediment, it being
burnt altogether by wood which makes it a very
superior m tide for plastering, white coating, and
hard finishing
Give us a call, and you shall he pleased.
i* J SEELY V CO.
July 27?tf
?i
I
RAKK PKNMiON BOOKS ? Lauds In
Illinois to Soldiers of the Lute War," giving
the names of each soldier to whoui a patent wa*
issued tor laud lying iu the military bounty laud
district lor services in the late war, (with Eng
laud ;) the description of the tract ofland granted
to each, with the date of the pateut; the company
and regiment iu which they severally served, aud
by whom each patent was received. A single
copy for sale.
<Md Pension Rolls ol Indiana aud Nurth Caro
lina.
List of Peusioners of the United States uuder
the act ot lbth of March, I^IS, showing the rank
and line in which each served
Virginia Muster Rolls
Virginia Pay Rolls.
List ot Rejected and suspended Pensions, with
ihe reasons for the rejection or suspension
For ?sl? in Washington by
TAYLOR \ MAURY
WA.MTED--A Situation us Teacher ot
English, Mathematics, und Latin; also, the
rudiments of Greek, if desired All of which will
be taught in the most approved manner
The applicant is an experienced teacher, ol
good address, and will furnish the best references,
both iu regard to character and ability.
None bin a liberal snlary need be offered
| For particulars, address
I SETH PRINK,
j Dec 8?tt Pittsfield. Massachusetts.
rP ARE N OT IC LI.? Housekeeper* and
A others are reminded that the following list ol
articles are of ihe very best description, aud can
be purchased from the subscriber on as low term?
as any other house in the city. A large isxort
ment and supply always on hand
Oils of ail kinds Queenswarr*
Paints, Brushes
Camphine Clocks,
Varnish, Lamps,
Turpentine Chandelier*
Window^ Glass Girondoles
China, Vases.
Earthenware Britannia ware,
^ Glass, dcc., Acc., &e.
Goods sent to any part of the city free ol
charge Country dealers will do well to call
0. S. WHITTLESEY,
7th street,
Opposite Selden ir. Withers'* Bank
M"' \r, . (Star.)
CLOTHING.
A Complimentary Cnnl and Invitation to
the Public.
I HAVE EARNED ONE HUN
TT DRED DOLLARS OK MY OWN
MONE\, 1 will trade on one hundred dollars,
and when I have earned one thousand dollars,
I will trade upon one thousand dollars, and
so increase my business and capital in propor
tion.' 1 will never take credit or give my own
promise to pay notes, but will pay cash for all my
goods when purchased. I will keep down my ex
penses, and will not pay high, enormously high
rents, nor live above my income, and will deal
fairly with all men. Maxims hke these and for
mer experience in the wholesale and retail manu
facturing, as well as the import and export trades
during these last five and twenty years, have en
abled GEORGE P. FOX, U. S. A., U. S. N., Tailor,
and I Inventeur des Modes, to progressively rise
from the humble rank of selling one vest pattern
in Wall street a f*w years a?;o, to be the present
sole proprietor ol the store ^.0 feet front by 105 feet
deep) opposite Pearl street, NO. 321 BROAD
way.
It is also equally true that with money, cash in
hand, f-OX?GEORGE P. tOX?has, during the
past few months, made extensive purchases, at
ruinously low prices, of fine
CLOTHS, FASHIONABLE VKSTIIWU*.
C ASSI9IKIIES,
and other articles connected wilh the Tailoring
Business, on importation, and Irom respectable
city merchants, who ar* in want of discounted
money at any price or loss, owing to an over
stocked market and the circumstances of hard
times, (A. D. 1854.)
FOX GEORGE P FOX?while most thankful
to the public for the liberal patronage received,
still maintains his reputation lor at all times sell
ing the most fashionable of Custom, Pattern, and
Correct Fining,
RKADY MADE GARMENTS,
Dress, Frock Coats, Overcoats, Vests, Pantaloons,
Cloths, Cassimeres, Velvet Ve?*ings. Arc.,&c., and
is determined not to be outdone in liberality ot
dealing, uor undersold by the least nor the biggest
house in the trade. He is also equally determined,
to the best ol his ability, to employ a meritorious
laboring cla?s of Journeymen Tailors; and others
who are suffering dreadful privations for want ot
employment, and therefore offers, on and after
this date, until ihe beginning of the year lS5f>, the
resources of his magnificent Tailoring Establish
ment, tree of profit on the cost of all his goods,
combined with his own gratuitous services, to his
friends and the public, to be considered as a sort
of present
HOLIDAY OR NEW YEAR'S GIFT!
exampleizing wealthy gentlemen. United States
Departments, the Executive, Officers of the Ariny
and Navy, Bankers, Foreigners, Citizens, the pres
ent imperative duty of solvent tradesmen and
merchant* to employ their fellow-nirn. aid and
assist the inauguration ot a belter stale of trade
ail over the world Irom the commencement of the
New Year, one thousand eight hundred and fifty
k*V ' >m."'e"ow"<?'t,zen,S (representing one ol
Ihe links of Commerce,) yours truly, ever grateful
and obliged,
GEORGE P. FOX,
$anjl Urtited States leader of Ffu/tioti-*,
Headquarter*. No. 321 Broadway,
2 : I- ?? j GEORGE P. FOX.
2 Dec 19?
N
GENTLEMEN'S DRESS KIIIKTS, of
best quality, -A large ftMortmerit, at tlie
lowest market prices, con?tantly on hand,
WALL & STEVENS,
322, I Vim avenue, next door to Iron Hall.
Jan ft. (New?.)
OFFICIAL AKMY AND NAVY REGIS.
TKIl for 1855.
The Nnvy Register for the United State* for the
year 1855.
Otfieial Army Reenter for 1855.
Just published and for sale at
TAYLOR Jc MAURY'S
Feb. 27 Bookstore, near 9th street
OVELTIES, Inventions, and Curiosities
in Arts and Manufacture*.?Price 50 cents
(ray's Fables, profusely illustrated.
The Ladies' and Gentlemen's Letter Writer,
Shooting, by R. Blalcey.
Just imported from England bv
TAYLOR & MAURY,
Oct 18 Bookstore near 0th st.
rpHE YOUTH OF M\IIAME DB ION.
X gueville, or new Revelations of Court and
Convent in the seventeenth century, from the
French of Victor Cousin, by F. W. Ricord.
Faggots for the Fireside, or Facts and Fancy,
by Peter Parley.
Just received and for sale by
Nov 12 R. FARNHAM.
GENTS' SCARF.**. TIES, CRAVATS, Ac.
Every variety of size, style, and shape oi
new and desirable Scarfs, Napoleon Ties, Cra
vats, &c., of late importation, nnd nt moderate
prices, at STEVENS'S
Dec 7?3tif Salesroom, Brown's Hotel.
NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS M. W
OALT ite BRO. will open this day a magnifi
cent assortment of Watches, Jewelry. Silver Ware,
and Fancy Goods, suitable lor presents, to which
they inv ne the ntt?-nnon of purcha?ers.
M W. OALT Je BROTHER,
Jan .1? 3t Penn. av., betw. 9th and 10th st.
VARIETY BOOT ANI) SHOE STORE.
WHITE SATIN AND KID BOOTS
and Slippers. Just received a general as
sortment of the above; workmanship and materia*
of the beat,.
Also an elegant supply o( Tolhrt Slippers, em
bracing the French embroided, Wilton, and Ve/
vet. GEO. BURNS,'
340 Pennsylvania avenue,
Adjoining Patterson's Drug Store.
rpiIK UNDERSIGNED would respect
I fully inform his fiiends and citizen* gene
rally that he has resumed the.Grocery b?i?a a,
and in now located at the corner of Pennsylvania
avenue and Thirteenth street, where will !*?
found n choice selection of Groceries, Tea?,
Wines, Liquors, Cigars,Arc.
Special attention is invited to his assortment ol
Teas, Liquors, and Cigars.
The above good* are all of the best quality, and
for sale very low for cash.
R. D. TWEEDY,
Corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 13th street,
south side. Nov .'I?dlwAreolw
(yiQWlW YEAH OK I II K W AS*?
J A Year of the War. by Adam G. De Gou
rowski, a citizen of the United State*.
Just published, and lor *ale nt
TAYLOR & MAURY'S,
1 Near 9th st.
HUDSON K1VEK HAILHOAD.
Summer Arrangemeat.
HI rmiirmTrr-Tn N E W YORK TO A ND FROM
(HMBBBiaLHANY AND TROY.?O* and
alter Monday, M?y U, 15>f>4. the trains will r???i a?
follows :
GOING NORTH.
Leave New York, from the office coo %r o'
I Chambers street and Collepe Place, at
( 6, a. m. Express tram lor Albany and Iroy,
connecting with Northern and Western tram*
Through in 4 hours Iroiu Chambers street.
7, a. m. Poughkeepsie Way Passenger Train,
stopping at all stations. and carrying way mail from
New York to Poughkeepsie.
9, a. m. Mail Train for Albany and Troy, stop
ping at Peekskill, Garrison's, Cold Spring, Fisn
kill. New Hamburg, and at all mail stations north
of Poughkeepaie.
10, a. in. Peekskill Way Passenger Train, stop
ping at all stations.
12. m. Way Train for Albany and Troy, stoiuing
at Yon kers, Tarry town, Siny Sing, Crugers, Peens
kill, Cold Spring. Fishkill, New Hamburg, Pougn
keepsie, Hyde Park, Rhinebeck, Bnrrytown Ti
voli, Oakhill, Hudson. Coxsackie, Stuyvesant. ana
Castleton ; and connecting with the Express Train
leaving Albany at 6..10, p. in., for Buffalo, and at
Troy with Northern Trains lor Montreal.
1, p. m. Potighkeepsie Way, Freight, and Pas
senger Train, stopping at all stations.
5, p. m. Way Trnui for Albany and Troy, stop
ping at Dobbs's Ferry, Sing Sing, Peekskill, Cold
Spring, Fishkill, New Hamburg, Poughkeepsie,
and nt all stations north.
4.10, p. in. To Poughkeepsie, stopping at nil
way stations.
4, p. m. Express Trains to Albany and Troy,
stopping at Peekskill, Fishkill, Poughkeepsie,
Rhinebeck, and Hudson, connecting at Albany
with the Western Express Train at 11, p. in., for
Buffalo.
5.30, p. m. To Peekskill. slopping st all way
stations.
6.30, p. m. Emigrant and Freight Train for Al
bany and Troy stopping at all Time Table Sta
tions.
11, p. ro To Tarrvtown, stopping at all way
station*
GOING SOUTH.
? Leaves Troy at 4.30, a. in., and Albany at 4.45,
s. m. Express Passenger Train for New York,
stopping at Hudson, Rhinehec.k, Poughkeepsie.
Pi*nkili, and Peekskill.
Leaves Troy at 4.45, a. m., and Albany at 6 a.
ni Way Mail and Passenger Train for New York,
-topping at all mail stations.
Leaves Troy at 8.30, a. m., and Albany at 8.45,
a. m. Express Train for New York, stopping only
at Hudson, Rhinebeck, Poughkeepsie, Fishkill,
and Peekskill.
Leaves Troy at 10.45, a. m., and Albany at 11,
a. in. Way Train, stopping at Castleton, Stuyve
sant, Coxsackie, Hudson, Oakhill, Tivoli, Barry
town, Rhinebeck, Staatsburg, Hyde Park, Pough
keepsie, New Hamburg, Fishkill, Celd Spring,
, Garrison's, and Peekskill.
Leaves Albany at 1.45, p. m. Way, Freight, and
Passengt\r Train l'er Poughkeepsie, stopping at all,
stations.
Leaves Troy it 4.30, p. rti., and Albany at 4.45,
6 m. Exprt^# Train stopping only at HudsOn,
hinebeck, Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, and Peekskill.
Leaves Troy at 4.30. p. m., and Albany at 4.45,
p. m., from Albany. Milk, Freight, anil Passen
ger Train, stopping nt all stations.
LEAVE POUGHKEEPSIE FOR NEW YORK.
At 4.30, a. m. Way Freight Train, stopping at
all stations.
At 0 30, a.m. Way Passenger Train, stopping
at all Time Table stations except Manhattan.
At 4. p. m. Way Passenger Train, stopping at
all stations.
LEAVE PEEKSKILL FOR NEW YORK.
At 6.30, a. m., and 3.20, p. in., stopping at all
way station^
LEAVE SING SING FOR NEW YORK
At 6. a. in., stopping at all way stations.
Passengers are requested to procure tick
ets before entering the cars. Tickets purchased
in the cars will be Scents extra.
Trains will stop a su I cient time at Poughkeep
sie for refreshments.
Freight forwarded to Le west and north as ex
peditiously. safely, and neaply as by any othor
line. ED UNO FRENCH,
Superintendent.
New Yokk, May 8, IS.', May 10?tfeo
-Defendants.
Bill for Injunction. In the Circuit Court in
the District of Columbia, sitting in Chan
cery*
Christopher Adams, complainant,
vs.
James Guthrie, ]
Amos Adams,
Isaac M- Comstock,
Samuel Bvington,and
Richard Wallach, J
THIS bill of complaint in ihe above stated cause
states,thatthe said complainant.on orabout the
twenty-tilth day of November. A. D , 1&51. entered
into a contract with the United Stales government,
agreeing to supply the government with live mil
lion of brick lor the extension of the Capitol. That
said complainant, on or about the 12th day of Jan
uary. A. L> 1852, assigned to one Samuel Strong,
the said contraot; the said Strong agreeing and
promising to pay to said complainant the sum ol
lour thousand dollars.
Tne bill further states that the said Strong, on
or about the 2d day of February, A. D. 1652, as
signed the said contract, or one moiety thereof, to
Amos Adnms and Isaac N Comstock, of the city
of Albany and State of New York, and received from
the said Adams and Comstock their obligation or
promise for the payment of four thousand dollars,
or thereabout, as well as a lien of thirty per cent,
on the moneys to be paid by the government on
said contract, until the said sum of four thou>and
dol ars should be paid ; which lien said Strong
duly assigned to the complainant in this bill. The
bill further state* that sometime in the year 1852
the said Amos Adams and Isaac N. Comstock as
signed their right, title,and interest in the contract
to one Samuel Bymgton as partner and associate
ol Richsrd Wallach, the said Byington and Wal
lach having notice of the said lien of thirty per
cent, on the moneys to be paid by the government
on said contract.
The object of said Will is to obtsin an injunction
against ?aid defendants inhibiting th? said James
Guthrie, and all persons acting: for htm, from
paying the said moneys to any of the defend
ants, or their representatives, and the defend
ants and their representatives from receiving
the said moneys until the sum ol thirty-six hnn
dred dollars, and the interest thereon, should be
paid to the complainant or his legal representa
tives, tnrt sucn other and further decree as to this
court shall seem right and proper. The said Aino*
Adams and the said Isaac N. Comstock, named
in the caption and body of the bill, still residing in
Albany as aforesaid, beyond the resch of the pro
cess ol the court.
It is, therefore, by the court ordered this 1st day
of January, A. D. 1855, that the matters and
things stated in the afore?aid bill of complaint
agrinst the defendants, ?hall be taken for con
fessed against the said Amos Adams and Isaac
V. Comstock, and such decree made in the pre
mises ?gain?t them, and each of them, as the
court shall deem right, unless the said defendants
appear in the court on or before the second Mon
day in iQay next, and answer the said bill, and
show cause if any they have why a decree as
prayed for by the complainant should not be
pnssed by the court.
Provided the complainant cause this order, and
the substance and the object of the said bill ol
complaint, to be published in some newspaper in
the city of Wnshington, twice a week foi six
successive weeks, the first insertion thereof to
nppear at least four months before the second
Monday in May next.
Given at rules, the first Monday of January,
1855, lieing the first day of lanuary, 1855.
Test: JOHN A. SMITH,
Clerk ol the Circuit Court.
Washington Com**, D. C.
S. SPENCER, etal.
Solicitor for complainant.
True copy, Test: JNO. A. SMITH,
Jan 4?'iawfiw Clerk.
"?i
MARHM: MANTLES,?Marble works?
Tht- subscriber begs leave to inform his
friends and the public that he has increased hir
Mock of Marble Mantles, comprising Sienna
Rrockedelia, Spanish. Egyptian vein, Italian, and
black marble, richly carved and plain, of the best
<1 i>a I it y. newest style, and superior finish, which he
offers for sale low for cash. Also, Marble Monu
ments. Tombs, and Head?tone Slabs; Eastern
Marble for window sills, lintels, steps, and plat
forms; Marble tile, counter and table tops; soap
stone, calcined plaster, $2 75 f.er barrel.
Also on hand a large lot of Connecticut Brow
Stone, New York Flags and Steus, suitable foi
building purposes. He invites tne attention o
builders and others to his stock, and will endeavo
to give satisfaction to all who may favor him w t1
their orders.
WM. RUTHERFORD
On E St., bet. 12th and 1.*)
Oct. 9?6m. (m)
rpHAVKMNO and Packing Trunks of
X all qualities.?A large variety constantly on
hand, and for sale aheap by
WALL & 8TEVENS,
HAKPiiU's MAGAZINE |or June, ut
SHILLINGTON'S Bookstore,
fanny Fern's new book, secoiul series of her
Leavei.
Reginald Lyle, by Miss Pardoe.
Rival Beauties, or Love and Diplomacy
Knickerlifu-ker Magazine, lor June.
Behind the Scenes, by Lady lhilwer.
Lhckens's Household Words, for June.
An the new books and magazines received as 1
last as published, and for sale at
JOE SHILLINGTON'S Bookstore,
Odeon Building, comer -1J street
NEW AND IMPORTANT HOOKS.?Jh
Uo i *" a"^ l'1B l'y Dr. Isaac Da
*>u'ey!VEv'd?"ce* ?f" Christianity, with Notes
and Additions, by Charles M. Nairne
Lectures delivered before the Young Men's
Christian Association of London.
Words to Win Souls, twelve sermons by eirii-.
nent Divines of the Church of England.
Letters ami Keniauis of the late Rev. W 11
Hi-witson, ii vols.
vo?she W?rk* ?f th? Kev" E,lward Bickerateth, lti
Aalobiography and Reuiinisccnces ol the Rev
Win. Jay, of liaih.
Scripture Testimony to the Messiah, by John
Pyne,Smith, D. D. For sale by
OKAY Ac BALLANTVNE,
I^INE 4EWELHV.-I have Just received
A ? new supply of the latest styles of welrv
and have just linished a line lot of pu e silver
p??' 8,|ch u? Tea Sets Gobleu, Cups, Spoons,
Porks, Ladles, Butter, Im.-hIi, and l'ie Knives
Napkin Rings, Arc., Acc. All of which I will sell
at much lower prices than is usuallv u?ked for the
same quality ol goods at other establishments in
this city, and will warrant every article as rei.ro
seated at tune ol sale. 11. <j. HUOD
4IS Penn. avenue, between 4* and Gth streets.
NEW BOOT AND SHOE STOKE
bamuel W. Taylor Ac Co, have opened the
spacious New Store on Penn. avenue, next to
?u?-' ? Tv ,>1,rk^,s ?l'po?ite Brown s
Hotel, 'or the saleol Ladies', Gentlemen's, Misses',
and SLIPPERS'18 SHOES' GAITERS
In opening this establishment our ann is to be
come popular by keeping good articles at veivlow
prices.
C7-Arrangements have been made with tl.ebest
Northern Manufacturers for a regular supply ol
svery article exclusively to our order.
By respectful attention to the wants ol tho^e
who will favor us with a call, we hope to merit
their future confidence and patronage.
S. W. TAV LOR Ac Co
I enn. ave.iue, opposite Brown's Hotel
A iiar if?lw
PUKE SiJLVL.ltWAItli.-A~Ma?,iliicc.t
assortment?M. W. GALT Ac BRO. call at
tention to their unusually large assortment ul Sil
verware, consisting of
Solid silver Tea Sets, complete.
Silver Pitchers, solid silver Castors.
Silver Cups and Saucers, Goblets
Silver Fish Carvers and Forks, Crumb Scrapers
Cake Knives, Fruit Shovels. Sugar Sifter,
and Forks>0?UClle<:se ScouP*. Pickle Knives
Olive Spoons, Salad Tongs, Vegetable Fori.,,
rruit knives, Ice fori^s, Desert Kaivet*
boii}), cream, uud *ravy Ladles.
Ice Cream Knives, Salt Cellars
Napkin Rings, Butter Knives. Tea Strainers,
lea, I able, and lJeaert and Forks oj
every variety.
Breakfast and dinner Collee Spoons, Arc.
A.so, a very large assortment ol Fancy Silver
ware, suitable lor ueddmg. birth-duy, and other
presents. 1
I he nbove is by lar the largest and most varied
assortment ever ollered to our customer-. Beinvr
ol our own manufacture, rt is warranted pure sil
ver and offered at as low rates ?s simili.r good*
can be purchased lor in any c.y in this cauntrv
M. W. GALT At BRO., '
Sign of the Golden Eagle,
1 enn. a v.. I., tween 'Jth and 10th ,treet*.
edition of channing.
Work, ?f Lev. Dr. Chnnniug, ru -ix volume*
bound. Price SJ X5.
I lie same six volumes bound in three. Pricii I
two dollars.
Memoirs of William Ellery Cl.anmug, 3 vols. I
Price ?1 7c), with Portrait enginved on stvvl
\vare on the Formation ol the Christian Char
acter. 1 rice oO cents.
A large supply of the above just received at
TAYLOR Ac MAURY'S
c 1 Bookstore, nt-ar Ninth street
Playing c a k o?._ w. c. zantzinger
has >*ist received a very large assortment ol
ine best American, Engli.h, and French Playing
Cards ol every description, and at the most rea
sonable prices, wholesale and retail.
STATIONERS' JIALL,
Twr i, o , Adi?in"?* Kirkwood House.
lJec 7?3taw2wif *
MHM. COWOKN CLAKKi;S new Novel.
I he iron Cousin, or Mutual Influence, by
:>iary /owden Chirke, author of - The Complete
'/oncordsnce to Shakspeare."
Tegg's Dictionary of Chronology.
. ? I lhr<vi V ohe Trne' lhe 1{?autiful, and the
.ood, by M N Cousin; increased by an Appen.l.x
"each Art; translated by O. W. Wight.
TAYLOR Ar MAIJKY'S
PENSION LAWS.?The U?t edition, com
piled by the Commissioner of Pensions in
1>19. In addition, the resolutions, laws, and ordi
nances of the old Congress, showing the pay to of
ficer* of the line and the Mall of the army, the hos
pital department, and medical staff, and of the
quartermaster's department; half-pay of the line
under the resolve of October 21st, 17S0; under
other resolutions, to officers, to officers of tliemed
ical department and medical stall', chaplains; and
commutation pay uuder the resolution of March
!^2d, 1783; together with the names of the orticers
of the continental line of the army in all the States
who served to the end ol the war, and acquired
the right ol commutation pay ; with the names ol
officers killed in battle, or who died in service.
Price $1 ; sent postage free to any part of the Uni
ted States. For sale at
TAYLOR Ac MAURY'S Bookstore,
Feb 14 Near N nth street.
IlAltL OF CARLISLE'S DIARY.?
j Diary of Turkish and Jreek Writers, by the
Right Hon. ihe Karl of Carlisle, edited by C. C.
Fe/ton, Greek Profe*sor in Harvard University.
The noble Larl is w?ll and favorably known in
this country, having travelled here while he bore
the title of L:>rd Morpeth, and his work will l>s
read with great interest by all who have devoted
any attention lo the mighty events which are now
taking piace in the Eastern World. The period
embraced in Ins journal is one of deep signifi
cance, beiug at the very commencement ol hos
tilities, and the persons introduced have since
played eminent parts hi this terrible historical
tragedy. Professor Felton hu? added full and co
pious notes lo the American edition, and the work
is beautifully illustrated. It will hereafter he re
garded as a valuable, historical record of this in
eresting period.
Just published and for sale by
R. FARNIIAM,
June 12 Cor. II st. and Penn..ov.
ANF.IV H'flKK I1Y HENRY ROGERS,
author of the " Eclipse of Faith," entitled A
Defence of th? Eclipse of F??th,by its author, l>e
ing a rejoinder to Professor Newman's " Reply
and, in order lo give the American public the
whole matter at a glance, there is included hi the
same volume the "Reply to the Eclipfe of Faith,''
by F. W. Newman, with his chapter on the ''Moral
Perfection of Christ."
For sale by GRAY Ac BA LLANTYNE,
Seventh street.
NlhT%> EDITION OF DICKER'S COVU
pletc Works*?The complete Works of
Charles Dickens, in five volumes; price $7 30.
The Missing Brule, or Miriam the Avenger, by
Mrs. Emma i). E. N. South worth; paper 51,
bound $1 25.
The Pickwick Tapers complete. C>0 cents.
Just published, and for sale at
. TAYLOR Ac MAURY'S
May 31 Hook store, netit 7tli st.
MRS. E. E. ALEXANDER can accom
modate a few Gentlemen with Board; or a
Lady and Gentleman, on I street, between 6th
and 7th, No. SOU. The House is situated a short
distance from the Patent Office and other Depart
ments. Nov 10?if
SITUATION- WANTED. ? Hy a young
Frenchman, who comes well recommended
as a waiter in a hotel or family, or VaJet tU Cham
bre. Apply at this office.
Mar it)
MRS. A. M. MAI)l)OX'S~~
Boaroino house. No. lit e street,
betweeh Glh and 7th streets, near the corner
ol 7th street, Washington, 1). C., is prepared lo
accommodate BOARDERS by the month, week,
day, or meal. Residence within two or three
minoies' walk of the Paiont. Genl-ral, and City
Post Offices.
Gentlemen can have Board with or without
Room# DefcS?eotf
I
WAIEK-COLOR PICTLIKES.?Messrs
TAYLOR & MAURY beg to announce
mat, at the suggestion of several of our citizens,
? he Picture* now on exhibition ut their Store will
be Rallied tor.
Eleven prize* ; sixty chance*, at $5.
April 10 Bookstore, near Ninth street.
Mili LITEH \RY LI FES A M> CORRE
? spondence of the Counters ofBlesMngton
Harper's Story Hook lor April.
Loomis's Practical Astronomy.
Just published and lor sale by
April 10 R. FARNHAM.
WATER COLOR PICTURES.?Meiin.
TAYLOR & MAURY beg to announce
that. at the suggestion ol several of our citizens,
:he pictures now on exhibition at their store, will
be rallied for. Elrven Prizes?GO chances at $5.
Bookstore near 5th street.- April 7.
]V[L:VV CITY DIRECTORY.? Washington
Xl and Georgetown Directory, just published.
Congressional Directory lor the Second Session
ox the Thirty-Third Congress of the United Slates
al America.
tor sale at TAYLOR & MAURY'S,
Feb 22 Bookstore, m-ar Ninth street
More new hooks at taylor a
MAURY'S.?Julia Kavanngh's new novel,
Urate Lee ; paper 75 cent!*, cloth $1.
Life of Sain lloustop, with portrait; price SI 25
A Long Look Ahead, or the First Stroke and
the La*t, by A. S. Roe; price SI 20.
The Old Inn, or the Traveler's Entertainment,
price ?1.
The Summer Land, a Southern Story, by n
Child ol the Sun.
April 10 Bookstore, nenr Ninth street.
CASH MUbIC AND PIANO STORE
OF
IIOHA.CE WA.TBHS
No :ta:t Mroadway, New York.
OPPOSITION TO Tim COMI1INATI0N.
MUSIC Ar, GREATLY REDUCED RATES.
Notwithstanding the comih
bi nation of Music Dealers *o keep up the
prices of noH-copyright music against the interests
of Native Composers, and their refusal to exteud
to Mr Watkus the courtesies of the trade, he is
making immense sales?having ubuudaiit evi
dence that he has public countenance and sup
port in his opposition to the Great Monopoly, and
in Ins elloris to aid Native Talent, and adopt the
National Currency. His stock of American and
European Music is immense, and the catalogue
or his own publications is one of the largest and
best selected in the United States, lie has also
made a Great Reduction in the Prices of PiitAos,
Melodeons, and Musical Instruments of all kinds.
Superior toned 61 Oct <ve Pianos tor $175, ?200,
and $2J5, inferior of as good quality, and instru
ments as strong and as durable as those which
cost $500. Pianos of every variety of style and
price, op to Si.000, comprising those of Teii dif
ferent manufactories; among iliem the celebrated
modem improved Horace Waters' Pianos, and
the lir*t premium jlloleuii Piawos of T. Grt.BKRT
fr Co's. make (owners of the /Eolean Patent.)
Secoiid-hantj Piano- at great bargains. Prices
Irom $40 to $150. Melodeons from live diflerent
manufactories, including the well-known S. D. &
II. \V. Smith's Melodeons, (tuned the equal tern
perament.) The Best Make in the United States.
Prices ?45, $60 $70, S100. $115, $125. $135, $150.
Smith's Double Bank Melodeons' $200. Each
Piano and Mel'deon guarantied. The best terms
to the trade, schools, &c 121 per cent, divcount
to Clergymen and Churches. Ail orders promptly
attended to. Music sent to all parts of thecoun
try, post paid, at the reduced rates. General and
select Catalogue-* and Schedules of prices of Mu
sical Instruments forwarded to any address free
ol charge. Feb 16?d3m
Mi;:-. BEECH Ell STOWE'S NEW
Work.?Th,e May Flower and Miscellane
ous Writings, by Harriet Leecher Stowe.
The Country Neighbuihood, by Mi?s E. A. Du
puy, author of The Conspirator, Arc., Arc.
Fo-ier's First Principles of Chemistry, illn*
lrnt''d. Adapted specially lor classes.
Tri-colored Sketches in Pari*, during tlie jears
IK&l -2-:?.
Just published and 1 or sale at
TAYLOR & MAURY'S Bookstore,
April 17 near 9th st.
r|^AYliOR Ai MAURY'S ELASTIC PEN,
No. 27.?This Pen, which is manufactured by
Perry iV Co., Loudon, expres>>ly for Messrs. Tay
lor A: Maury, will be louud unequalled in all the
requirement of a good Meel Pen.
Sold in gross boxes, price SI, at
TA\ LOR Ac MAURY'S
Book and Stationery Store,
April 17 near 9th st.
MIE COMING STRUGGLE.?The Com
ing Struggle among the Nations ol the Earth,
?r the Political Events ol the next Fifteen Years,
leseribed in accordance with Prophecies in Ezc
kiel, Daniel, and the Apocalypse.
Keprinted from the sixtieth-thousand London
edition. For sale at
TAYLOR i MAURY'S
Bookstore, near Ninth street.
i
rhk MISSISSIPPI AND ATLANTI'
CONNECTED!.
UNITED STAT lis MAIL. ROUTE!
UNLV .Vj HOURS FROM ST. LOUIS TO NtW
YORK! AND 3?) HOURS TO CINCINNTI!!
CHIICAGO ?v !H1SSI?*P1>I HAILKOAI)
/ Th* only Ratlrootl Hottlt from the L^ttrrr
Mumitxiyjil hi thr AtlaMte!
TJMR PROM ST. UJUI* TO CHICAGO ONLY 20 HOURS
-i| ?' ^Tlie Steamer WINCH ESTER leaven
the Alton whurf boat at St. Luuis;
daily (Sundays excepted) at 7 o'clock, u. in., am
the REINDEER leaver the Alton wharf boat at
St. Loin* daily at fi.30, p. in.
The steamers connect at Alton (only '<?$ miles
rom St. Louis) with express trains for
SPRING!' IELD. BLOOM INGTON, LASALLE,
CHICAGO, AND THE EASTERN CITIES.
Passengers leaving St. Louis by the steamer
Winchester at 7, a. hi., take the cars at Alton at
10, a. m., and arrive at Chicago the next morning
in time to take the earliest morning trams going
east.
Passengers leaving Si. Iajiiis by the Reindeer
at S.3U |>. m., take the cur* at Alton (Saturday ex
cepte I) at 1' p. m., in time tor the evening trains
rest.
Thi> line via Chicago and Mississippi, Illinois
Ccntial and Chicago and Rock Island, or Chicago
and Aurora railroads, connects with all the rail
romls at Chicago, and aliorc's the inoNt speedy
route from St. Ixims to points on the Mississippi
river, nt and nltovc the Upper Rapids, as well as
ir> |>cints on the Illinois river at and hIjovm 1'ekin.
The train* of the C. and M. railroad conned at
Carliuville, VirdCn, Springfiuld, and Rioomington,
with good Stage Lines tor Hillsltoro', Waverly,
Danville, Tcrre-Hau<e, Pekin, and Piona.and also
with the Great Western Railroad at Springfield,
with the Great Western Railroad for Jacksonville,
*nd Decatur, and at Bloomington with the Illinois
Central Railroad for Lasalle.
^THROUGH TICKETS, and Tickets to
Chicago, can b- hud at the offices of the Michigan
Southern, the Michigan Central, and the New
York and Erie railroads, 8t. Louis. ?
TICKETS TO CHICAGO and all the in
termed ate plnces, can l>e had at the wharf boat
,md on the railroad jiacketa, and at the otllces of
the Chicugo and Mississippi, lllinoi-Central nn.l
Chicago and Rock Island railroad*.
E. KEATING, Sup't C. Ar. M. R. R.
YORK. May '4. IH.%3.?The under
signed has ;his day opened an office. No. 42
William ?tr?rl, (Merchants' Exchange,) for the
transaction of a general brokerage business.
? tank, insurance, mining, railroad, government,
State, and city s'curities bought and sold.
Promissory no'"*, bills of exchange. ?nd loans
negotiated.
Sep MI?tf EMANUEL it. HART.
/ \ ACKNCY*?'The undersigned
IX most res|>ectfully informs, by this notice, his
nends and the public in general, here and esle
where, that he has opened an Agency Office for
the prosecution of claims of every description
ngHinst th? government, before the several depart
mcnts or Congrcws; procure pensions, bounty
and* ex.ra pay, and arrearage pay, and will at
end to the buying and sel'ing of real estate, the
renting of house*, and a general collecting bnsi
ne*s; he will also furnish parties nt a distance
with such information as tliey niny desire from
tlie seat ol government. Charges will be mode
?nte. Office, at pre?ent, will be on M near 1 Sth
rtreet
Rkfkkknckm.
Hon. J.C. Dobbin, f>rtrrtory of th* AW*
Hon. J. Davis, Herniary of War.
N. Callan, esq., r res Unit of (he, Hoani of Com
mon Council.
It?n. John M. McCalla, Attorney nt I*>*
J nines H. Caiiitin, esn.
W. C. Reddall, Slot* Departmrni.
samuel g. Taylor,
Jan 17?U 1
H
ECfcERS' FARINA, prepared ex
X-I- pretty lor fumilitrii, a deli?.-?tts und appro
priate food lor all seasons, and oue ol the inosl
economical, nutritious, aud wholesome prepara
ttonrt ever bronchi to the lable. eminently coni
biiliug the gratification of the palate with ample
and healthful sustenance of the body.
Strictly speaking, Heckern' Farina is neither
ringenl nor laxative, but restorative, strengen
ing the digestive and absorbeut system. Iu dis
ordered bowels, diarrhae, dysentery, and even in
cases of cholera, when food is deemed admissible
the physicians, Heckers' Farina cannot fail to
!-ululary ; und whe.ever known is extens'vely
used in hospitals and private practice. 1 he pres
ervation of health or the prevention of sickness
at least as important as the curing of disea e.
People in health should therefore use Heckers
Farina freely, as common food, to preserve ihe iu
estimable blessing. ???wrHllv
For sale by grocers and druggists generally.
Wholesale by Charles F. Pitts, 13 Commerce
reel, Baltimore; Dingee Ac Brother, 97 South
rout street, Philadelphia; S. G. Bowdlearfc Co.,
17 Long Wharf, Boston ; and by the manufatHi
rers, llecker Ac Brother, at the Crotou Mills,
Cherry street, New \ork.
Heckers' Farina Jelly, made in double
Boilers, which render burning or scorching im
possible, is now exhibited daily at the Fair of the
Metropolitnn Mechanics' Institute in Washinglon.
Mar 8?'2w.
New NOVEL, by U?e author of "Mary
Barton."?North and South, by the author
' Crawford, the Moorland Collage, &c. Price
374 cents. , .
Kin?9 nnd Queen*, or Life in the 1 alaee; by
John S. C. Abbott. Price $1.
Just published, and for sale nt
justpuo TAYLOR & MAURY'S
March 3 Bookstore, near 9lh st.
DUTCH HERRING.-?15 kegs, lb54,Vollen,
Holland. For sale by
SHEKELL BROTHERS,
No. 40, opposite the Centre Market.
Dec. '23?lw
MADEIRA NUTS, latest growth ; I cask
just received by
SHEKELL BROTHERS,
No. 40, opposite Centre Market.
Jail 6?3t if
Arrival, of new English juvenii?
and olher Books.?Odd* and Ends from an
old Drawer, by Werdna Retnyu, M. D.
Pippins nnd Pies, by Stirling Coyne.
Charade Dramas, for the drawing room. !>/ Ause
Bowman.
Pleasures. Objects, and Advantages ol Litera
ure, by the Rev. Robert Aris Willenolt.
Heir of Selwood. by Mrs. Gore.
Matilda Lonsdale, or the eldest sister, by
Charlotte Adams.
A Tour round my Garden.
Hildrfd, the Daughter, by Mrs. Newton Oros
and , _ ,. ...
Dashwood Priary. or Mortimers College L.ile.
Horses and Hounds, a practical treatise on their
management, by "Scrutator."
Outlines of Chemical Analysis, prepared for the
Chemical Laboratory ut Giessen, by Dr. Heinrich
Will; translated from the German by Duniel Breed,
M. D., of the United States Patent Ollice.
The Forest in Exile, by Capt. Mayne Reid.
On Sale at TAYOR & MAURY'S
Jan. v4 Bookstore, near 9th st.
PAPER MOISTEN BR?a New Inven
tion for Moistening the leaves of a ( opying
Book, Postage Stamps, Envelopes, and Moisten
ng thft Fingers when Counting Bank Bills , also
useful for various oilier purposes. It will be
found an indispensable article for every Desk. It
is perfectly simple and cheap, and must come tu
to general use.
The following are a few complimentary opin
ions of the Press :
Papek Moistener.?\ new'and very neat use
ful invention for moistening post office stamps,
envelopes, sheet* in a copying book, counting
hank bills, Jcc. This does away with ihe disagree
able method of moistening stamps, &c., wiih the
ongue. It is a patent article, vary simple and
cheap, and will be universally adoptedas soon us
t is seen.?? Ifutiort TruttJici ipt, St~pt. 1 S*>4.
Paper Moistenkr?A new invention for mod
elling postage stamps, envelopes, sheets in a
copying book, counting hank bills, &c. The
common wny of moistening stamps with the
tongue is very disagreeable and inconvenient;
also the usual way of wetting sheets in a copying
book, by using a brush which has t? be dipped in
water, is inconvenient and very difficult to give
paper an even moisture, which is very desirable
for copying letters. This article obviates these
difficulties, besides being useful for various other
purposes. It is also perfectly simple and cheap,
and must coine into generul use.?[boston Post,
Srj>t., 1854. 1
Papkk Moistkner ? A newly invented and very
useful little contrivance for moistening postsgo
stamps and envelopes, and for wettir.g sheets in
a copying book, &c. It costs hut little, and will
save the tongue a good deal of unpleasant work.
[ lioston Traveller, Sryt., 1854.
Agent for Washington,
TAYLOR. & MAURY,
Jan. 17 Bookstore ^
rpiiii akt union of London. Plan
I for the current year. The list is now open
and every subscriber of $5 f>0 will be entitled to
I. An impression of a Plate, by J. T. Willmore,
A. R. A., from the original picture, by J. J. Chalon,
R. A., " A Water Party."
II. A volume containing thirty Wood Engra
ving*, illustrating subjects from Lord Byron's
poem of'Child Harolde and
III. The chance of obtaining one of the Prizes
to be allotted at the general meeting in April,
which will include?
Tbe right to select for himself a valuable work
of art from one of tbe public exhibition*.
Statuettes in bronze of Her Majesty on horse
back, by T. Thorneycroft.
Copies in bronze, from ati original Model in re
lief by R. Jefferson, of " The entry of the Duke of
Wellington into Madrid."
Statuettes in porcelain or parian
PrOof impressions of a large lithograph, by T H
Maguire. alter the original picture by W. P. Frith,
R. A., '? Tbe Three Bows." from Molicre's "Bour
geois Gentilbomme."
Honorary Secretaries for Washington Messrs
TAYLOR fir MAURY, Bookseller*. Jan. 'M
GLENWOOIJ CEMETERY.
rpill? BEAUTIFUL BURIAL. FLACK
1 of the Dead having just been dedicated with
appropr.ate ceremonies for the purpose, is now
open tor the reception of tbe remain* of deceased
persons.
The Mausoleum has rapacity for a hundred
? iodic*. hi which such friends ?l the dead,a^ may
apply, can place the departed until they strlect
sites for grave*.
The plan of the incorporator* is one of equality
n regard to the lota, which will not be put up
publicly for sale, (although they usually bring a
premium,) making tbe early selections of lots tbe
most desirable.
Until an office is established in the city of Washi
ngton, applications will be punctually attended to
M the present office, in the east wing of the build
up on entering the Cemetery,
Visiters are requested not te drive fast through
he Cemetery grounds.
WM.H HUMPH R FYS
N 11. (JU'iiWOOd is Ml'Urti'il * "tliuft <lt*tiHi<'e
.u?j north oi the ? ><pilot. Aug v.7?3m
V[EW BOO KM.? Plato oil Immortality of
Xl the Soul, translated from the Gr*ck by
Charles S. Stanford.
Florence Egerton ; or. Sunshine and Shadows,
by the author of Clara Stanley, fire.
Sketches of Western Methodism. Biographical,
Historical, and Miscellaneous, illustrative of Pio
ncer Life, by Rev. Jns. B. Finley.
For sale by GRAY fir BALLANTYNfc.
THE NATIONAL HOTEl^
IN thl? city, will be re-opene<l lor the re
ception of guests on the W7th of this month.
1 he removnl of the Kitchen from the basement to
tbe rear ol the building, and the alterations in and
about the Dining Rooms, will add greatly to the
convenience and comfort of its guests. The table
will be furnished with the best the maiketscan
afford,and served in tW best style, and no expense
or labor will be spared to repiler the house, in
every respect, equal to any in the country. The
subscriber, therefore, truststhat a generous public
will continue the liberal patronage which has al
ways been extended to the house. Persons de
siring to procure rooms for the winter, enn do so
at any time after the 20ih, by calling at the Hotel.
E D. WILLARD.
Washington city, November 14, 18f4.
Nov 16?if
Under <;ahments for tub nka^
?on.?The largest and best assomialil Of ail
qualities, will ba found at
WALL fie STEVtJV^
32Q, Penn. avenue, next door to Jroh HkIL
J?n5 (Newt.)