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Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-08-16

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Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-08-16
THE OYSTERMAN, AND THE FISH
ERMAN'S DAUGHTER.
by o. W. HOLMES.

II was tall young oys'erman
Lived on the river side,
His shop was on The sandy shore,
His boat was on the tide;
The daughter OF fisherman,
That was so straight and slim,
Lived over on the other bank,
Right opposite 10 him.
II was the pensive oysterman
That saw a lovely maid,
Upon moonlight evening,
A sitting in the shade;
He saw her wave her handkerchief,
IA much as if to say,
"I'm up to snuff, young oysierman,
And dad is gone away"
Then up arose the oys,erman,
And 10 himself said he,
~ guess I'll leave the skiG at home,
For fear that folks should see;
read in the old story book,
That for TO kiss his dear.
Leander swan the HellespoDt,
And will swim this here"
And he has leaped into the waves,
And he has crossed the stream,
AID he has cambered Up the bank
All IN the moonlight CLEAN;
o there was kissing sweet as dew,
And words as soft as rain:
Bot they have heard her fathers steps,
Aud in he leaps again.
Out spoke the ancien, fisherman,
90 what is that, my daughter 2"
:" Ii was nothing but brickbat. sir,
chucked into the water"
"And what is tina, are funny thing
That paddles of so fastr'
Wis nothing but porpoise. sir.
That's been swimming past"
Oh. spoke the ancient fisherman,
"Now bring me my harpoon.
IN get into my fishing boat,
And fix the fellow soon"
Down fell the lovely damsel.
As falls slaughtered lamb,
Her hair dropped round her pa!lid cheeks
Like sea weed on clam.
Alas for those two loving ones
She walked not from her swound,
And he was taken with the cramp,
And 10 the waves was drowned:
Bu, fate has me,amorphosed them,
10 pity Of their woe,
And now they keep an oyster shop
For mermaids down below
Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-08-16

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Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-08-16
TAILORING! TAILoRINGu
TAILORING.

a l.. X. HALLOWELL, has Just
N. opened a fashionable Tailor
ing Establishment, at Potosi, one
door below the Potosi Hotel;-where,
BY giving promp, attention TO his bust
ness, aad neat fits to Customers, he
hopes TO secure a worthy patronage
from the Puddle S5 ON
Potosi, Nov, 9th 1914.
Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-08-16
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H EEPS varied and extensive assortment Of
N Day Goods, French Goods, CIockety Boots
aAd Shoes, tasethsr with large lot Of Groceries,
also, 1000 lbs. 1T good wild FeaJhets: which he
will dispose Of Oh the most liberal terms. oI Casa
Of. eonntry Produce. y 4. Always o. hand
Prairie ia Chisn, December IL, 1874. ild
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OPINIONS OF GREAT MEN.

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink,
drunken.-Holy ,orit.
No proposition seems to me susceptible of more
satisfactory demonstration than this--and / am
sure no person can give it one hours serious
thought without asserting to it-that, in the pre-
sent state of information on this subject, no man
can think to act on Christian principles, or do a
patriots duty to his country and at the time
make or sell the instrument of intoxication Hem
ny Ware, Jr.
Can it be right for me to derive living from
that which is debasing the minds and running the
souls of Others or that which is destroying forever
the happiness of the domestic circle, and which is
filling the land with women and children in con-
diton far more deplorable than that of widows and
orphans; or which is causing nine-tenths Of all the
crimes, or nine-tenths Of all the paupers in the
community y.-Francis Wayland
! am deeply convinced that the evils Of intem-
perance can never cease, till the virtuous in socie-
ty shall unite in pronouncing the man who attempts
to accumulate wealth by dealing out poison and
ueatn 10 MS nelSHDoT, dS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 4 te'-
pont.
/ challenge any many who understands the ma
tre of ardent spirit and for the sake of gain con-
tnues to be engaged in the traffic, to show that he
is not involved in the guilt of murder.-Lypaa
Beecher.
They who keep these fountains Of pollution and
crime open, are sharers, to small extent in the
guilt which flows from them. They command the
gateway of that mighty flood which is spreading
desolation through the land, and are chargeable
with the present and everlasting consequences, no
less than the infatuated victim who throws him
self upon the bosom of the burning torrent, and is
borne by it into the gulf Of woe.--Samuel Spring
Say not 81 will sell by the large quantity-I
have no tipplers about me, and therefore am not
guilty. You are the chief man in this business,
the others are only subaltems. You are 'poi-
soner general. ~ Wilbur Fisk d. ID.
The men who traffic in ardent spirit, and sell
to all who will buy, are poisoners general; they
murder his majesty's subjects by wholesale; nei-
ther does their eye pity nor spare. And what is
their gain' Is it not the blood Of these meh'--
Who will envy their large estates and sumptuous
palacesi A curse is in the midst of them. The
curse of God is on their gardens their walks, their
groves a fire that burns to the nethermost hell.
Blood blood is there: the foundation, the floor,
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Marley Encampment, No. 2-Odd Fell
lows hall, Alexandria; regular nights Of
meeting, second and fourth Mondays in
every month.
/. o. r.. M.
Osceola Tribe, No. 2, Alexandria meets
at Odd Fellows Hall, Columbus st., Wed
nesday.
UNITED BROTHERS OF TEMPERANCE.
Association No. 4, Alexandra, Old Brook
Lodge, st. Asaph, near King st., Friday
day, Phineas Janney, President; Washing
ton G. Page, Cashier.
Farmers Bank, S. w. corner Of Prince
and Water streets discount day Monday;
Robert Jameson, Pres't; John Hoff, Cashier.
Alexandria Library, at Lyceum building,
s. w. corner Of Washington and Prince
streets, Charles t. Stuart, Librarian.
Patrick Henry Debating Society, meets at
the Hall Of the Hydraulion Fire Company
every Tuesday evening.
gla lao SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Harmony Division, No 2-Alexandria,
N. E. corner Of Market square, Monday.
.-aia.ii@at .ti. 9 BANKS.
Bank Of Potomac, N. Prince, between
Royal and Pitt streets discount day Thurs
FIRE COMPANIES.
Friendship, organized 1774, m. King,
above Columbus street: meets LIST Monday
of every month: Charles Koones, Presi-
dent
Sun, organized l775, East side Of Market
Square: meets LIST Saturday Of every month:
George H. Smoot, President.
Relief, organized 1888, E. Fairfax, near
Duke street: meets Sd Thursdays Of March,
June, September and December: Stephen
Shinn, President.
Star, organized 1899, w. Washington,
near Cameron streets meets lstW Wednesdays
Of March, June, September and December !:
John Leadbeater, President.
Hydraulion, organized 1927, East side Of
Market Square: meets 1st Mondays of Feb
ruary, May, August and November: Benja-
min Barton, President.
Samuel Sanderson, Inspector Of Fire Ap-
paratus.
ARMORIES.
Mount Vernon Guards and Columbian
Rifemen, at the old Court House Market
Square.
INSURANCE OFFICES.
Alexandria Fire Insurance Company Of
fee, N. King, below St. Asaph street; Hugh
Smith, President; Nathaniel Wattles, Sec
retary. a@
Marine Insurance Company Office, Fire
Insurance Companys Building; N. Wattles,
President; Dwight Metcalfe, Secretary.
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rroicsslonai cards OF nUc lines, or under, w
per year.
While the " COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN = will
be devoted To- the cause Of Temperance, its
columns will be enriched by original articles
on subjects calculated to interest, instruct,
and benefit its readers. 1t is intended so to
blend variety, amusement and instruction,
as that the various tastes of its patrons may
be (as far as it is practicable) grat6ed.
Commerce, Literature, and Science, and
every other subject Of interest, not inconsis-
tent with Temperance and morality, will re-
ceiye the earnest attention Of the publishers
Nothing ofa sectarian, political, or personal
character will be admitted. .
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POPULAR FALLACIES.

Charles Lamb in his essays Of "Elia," has
an excellent article on popular Fallacies," as
contained in number of popular maxims. Thus
of the maxim, 'That ill-gotten gain never pros
pers" he says:
"The weakest part of mankind have this say
ing commonest in their mouth 1t is the trlte
consolation administered to the easy dupe, when
he has been tricked out of his money or estate,
that the acquisition of it will do the owner no
good But the rogues of this world-the pru
denter part Of them, at least know better; and if
the observation had been as true as it is old, they
would not have failed by this time to have dis
covered it. They have pretty sharp distinctions
Of the fluctuating and permanent. Lightly
come, light CO. Is a proverb, which they can
very well afford to leave, when they have little
else, TO the losers. They do not find that all
gold glides, like thawing snow, from the thief's
hand that grasps it. Church land, alienated to
lay uses, was formerly denounced to have this
slippery quality. But some portions of it always
stuck SO fast, that the denunciators have been
fain to postpone the prophecy Of refnndment to a
late posterity."
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fast, but I'll put spoke in your wheel; he'll
set you by the regulator, and make you
keep goon time" A
"Why, watchy, you're wag. Why
don't you say that was horizontal, and
that you lifted me up like patent lever!
You're awake now; but that night you
wasn't up to trap, or you would have caught
me; caught weasel asleep that time-I
put fresh salt on you for once" To add
more to his vagaries, Mervyn now refused
to walk step further and sitting down on a
step, loudly avowed his resolution, and de-
claring his name was not Walker.
Whether your name is Walker or not
you must go.''
!" Not without go-cart--you can't force
me to go-Pm legal tender, and you must
take me. Hav'nt got an Office, or at least
IA public situation, here on the steps? If
must 60, it shall be on the yankee princi-
pie Of rotation. Bring me a wheel-barrow !?
Reform me out regularly"
It was procured, and away they went
$50 we shall go,' said Mervyn, g Charley's
making barrow-night Of me-! Gently,
over the stones | don't like bumpers, ex-
cept when get them Of Porter. This. is
the way to Wheeling. Hurra! cart before
the house ~
Arriving at the watch-house, he insisted
on being wheeled up stairs, and styled the
place ba7voao-nial castle. I. Pm modest
man, said he g and no stairer. If can't
have ride up, think myself entitled to a
drawback" So saying, he attempted to
escape, but was soon caught, being, as he
said, " like Goldsmith's works, beautifully
chased" The punster was carried aloft,
and the next morning, sober and penitent,
paid his tipsey fine and his carriage hire
with doleful countenance Western pa.
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the walls, the roof are stained with blood John

the walls, the roof, are stained with blood John
Wesley.
1t is principle in law, that the perpetrator OF
crime, and the accessory to it, are both guilty. and
deserving Of punishment Men have been hang
ed for the violation Of this principle. 1t applies
to the law Of God. And as the drunkard cannot
go to heaven, can drunkard makers Are they
not, when tried by the principles Of the Bible, in
view Of the developments Of Providence, mani
festly immoral men ?-men who, for the sake Of
money, will knowingly be instrumental in corrupt
ing the character increasing the Diseases and de-
stroying the lives Of their fellow men.
Not only murderers, but those who excite others
to commit murder, and furnish the known cause Of
their evil deeds, will, if they understand what they
do and continue to rebel against God, be shut out
Of heaven.-Jlstin Ed,oards, D. d.
You create paupers, and lodge them in your
aims house-orphans, and give them residence
in your asylum-convicts, and send them to your
pententiary. You seduce men to crime, and then
arraign them at the bar Of justice immure them
in prison. With one hand you thrust the dagger
to the heart-with the other attempt to assuage
the pain it causes.-Dr. Thomas Se,oaLl
You are filling your aims houses, and jails, and
penitentaries, with victims loathsome and bur-
densome to the community. Youare engaged in
business which is compelling your fellow citizens
to pay taxes to support the victims Of your en-
ployment. You are filling up these abodes of
wretchednes and guilt, and then asking your fell
low citizens to pay enormous taxes indirectly to
support it.--Reu. Albert Barnes.
Whether you will hear or whether you will for
bear, shall not cease to demonstrate; and when
can do no more to reclaim you, will sit down
at your gate and cry Murder Murder MURDER
Heman Humphrey, d. d.
If men will engage in this destructive traffic, if
they will stoop to degrade their reason and reap
the wages Of iniquity let them no longer have the
law book as a pillow, nor quiet conscience by the
opiate of a license.-Hon. Theodore Helinghuysen.
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ISCELLANECUS.
A QUEER CUSTOMER.

1t is most amusing" said Richard Mer-
vyn, as he relinquished the attempt to rise
from the gutter at the corner pfand
SITS. !" It is really astonishing how soon the
dreadful climate of America brings on old
age. | shall never survive to get home,
and write book about the place--never.
Here am, six feet two, without my stock
ings, sprawling in dirty, republican gutter,
without being able to help myself out Of it.
There's lamp winking and blinking in my
face, as if it wants to laugh, and would, if it
had mouth, land big brute Of dog just
now nosed me, to see whether was good
to eat What country! what cutters I!
and what liquor! only took nine small
ers of whiskey, and what with that and prema-
ture old age, | verify believe am assassin
ated-I am gone chickenl"
Mr.. Mervyn now clamored so loudly,
that assistance soon came.
"Silence there whats the matter' %
"Matter yourself-I'm being done, or as
some people say, Pm doing. The march of
mind has tripped, and Richard Mervyn is
too deep for himself Help me out gently,
there. Amt | pretty pickle This
what the doctors call g,ata serena, isn't
it 20
"When was at school, the boys would
have called you cultural"
uThey would't have known much
grammar, if they did. am liquid-see
me drip"
ooh, no % said the watch, :" don't try to
be funny know you well enough, now
you have washed your face. You're the
chap that locked me up in my box once,
and when burst open the door, you knock
ed me heels over head, and then legged
ito
"That's me. | did that thing. How do
you like the ups and downs of public life 7
Isn't variety charming I"
off it wasn't that Pm public functionary,
and mustn't give way to my feelings, pd
crack your coacoa, and ease my mind of
doing as was done by. I'll make an ex-
ample of you, however. You're my pris-
oner. Hally coosha to the watch'us That's
the Dutch for being took up"
"Well, give us your arm. Don't be a
fraid Of the mud Gutter mud is very
wholesome. Look at the pigs how fat it
makes 'em; and if you like fat pork, why
shouldn't you like what makes pork fat 7
$3.50, --steady.-Now I'll tell you all a
bout t'other night | was passing your box
in friendly promiscuous sort-of-a-way !,
thought you were asleep, or had run down,
and turned the key to wind you up. Ifa
watch amt wound up, it can't either keep
good time, or even 60"
"Well, what else"
"Why, then, ] watched the box, and
when you come out, boxed the watch
That's all. 1t grew out of my obliging dis
position"
"IIa! very obliging. Now it's my turn
to wind you up, and, to do it in the same
way, I'll take you before the matchmaker,
to be cleansed and regulated You 60 too
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PRICE OF FLOUR.

The average price Of flour in the month of
January, for forty-two years, from 1896 to 1887
inclusive, was 81 so per barrel. In 1896 it rose
to $3.50; in 1901 to ST. so; in 1905 and 1911
to $ll 10; in 1879 to $3.50 in 1918 to
$3.50; and in 1887 to $ll,O0. The lowest
price in these forty-two years, was $4,O0, in
1921 49,
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ALEXANDRIA, DIRECTORY.


"A .Ho. CHURCHES. aaH
Baptist, vacant, E. Washington, near Prince
street. u ai @
Catholic, ST. Mary's, Rev. Ignatius Coombs,
assisted by Rev. John Aiken, E. Royal, near
Duke street.
Il Friends, S. w. corner of St. Asaph and
Wolfe streets. ra W 8
Methodist Episcopal, Rev. Job Guest, as
sisted by Rev. Samuel " Blake, E. Wash
ington, between King and Prince streets
Methodist Protestant Rev. John S. Reese,
D.D,W Washington, near King street.
LIST Presbyterian, (Old School, Rev. Eli
as Harrison, w. Fairfax, near Wolfe street.
I'd Presbyterian, New School,) Rev.
Joshua N. Danforth, N. w. corner Of Prince
and ST. Asaph streets. ot
Protestant Episcopal, Christ Church, Rev
Charles B. Dana, Cameron, between Wash
ington and Columbus streets.
Protestant Episcopal, st. Paul's, Rev.
James Z. Johnston, E. Pitt near Duke
street. rtu Hs a6n II. r5 as
African Methodist, E. Washington, near
Gibbon street. aaa eaalearT 0l
African Baptist, w. Alfred, near Duke
street. H4a& et~p IuH8
Ue9as e1es MASONIC. ISL
Alexandria Washington Lodge, No. 90,
meets at the Masonic Hall, Market Square,
every Thursday. y, oa a,
Mt. Vernon Chapter, No. -, meets at
Masonic Hall LIST Tuesday Of every month.
48 .tie l. o. O. f.. s.sa8 .fsaea
Potomac Lodge, No, 8--Odd Fellows
hall, Alexandria; regular night Of meeting,
Friday.
Mount Vernon Lodge, Mo- l4--room old
Masonic hall, Alexandria regular night Of
meeting, Tuesday.olA li 'Dfad
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EDUC A II / ON.

The following article on Education, copied
from the St Louis New Era, suits our views pre-
cisely, and we should be pleased to see its sug-
gestions acted out 1t would not be long until
the beneficial results arising from such course
on the part of parents or guardians, would be
and felt but SO long as they manifest no interest
on the subject, and seem to say by their indffer-
ence, that they are willing to trust every thing
to the teacher, it should be no matter of wonder
if our schools fail to answer the grand design of
their institution. Instead of frequent inquiries
and examinations as to what their children have
learned, and how far the proper means of educa-
ton have been successfully exercised, too many
are content with furnishing them with books, &c.,
and paying their tuition, thinking that they have
performed their whole duty. And should the pu-
pills not make such progress as too many parents
and guardians are apt TO think they ought the
fault is all thrown upon the poor hireling of
teacher. This is wrong-let parents and guar
dians take some interest in this matter, and a
change for the better will soon be perceptible 1t
is high time that remedy for existing evils had
begun to be applied.
If parents and guardians would pay more at
tention to schools, and pay more lively interest
in their welfare they would be more useful and
prosperous Attention and inquiry on the part
of patrons and others would be an encourage
ment and incentive to both pupils and teachers to
excel in the performance oftheir respective tasks.
Occasional visits to schools from their patrons
would have good effect in stimulating the
young in the acquisition of useful learning.
The mere act Of sending pupils to school, pay
ing their tuition, and furnishing them with books
are not one half of the duties Of parents. They
should by inquiries, by examination and by friend
ly inquiry ascertain what the pupils have learn
ed and remembered they have been taught,
what manner of moral and intellectual instruc-
ton is adopted, and how far the proper meahs Of
education are successfully exercised. Both pu-
pills and teachers need to be stimulated to the We
ry best performance Of their duties. If pupils
find that their parents are taking lively inter
est in their progress and improvement, they will
redouble their diligence in order to meet
their appreciation. If teachers discover that
their patrons manifest proper interest in their
schools and pay attention to the manner in which
they are conducted, they will be more likely to
be vigilent, industrious and faithful in the bust
ness Of instruction. If the public are Indifferent
and careless as to the condition and management
of the public schools, the teachers will probably
also become careless and Indifferent, and the pn-
pills will be idle and dull The public should
take enough of interest in the public schools to
know how they are managed and how far they
nre answering the noble end of their institution.
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Another popular maxim, that ssOf two dispu
tants the warnest is generally in the wrong" " he
disproves as follows egl afe,s-i4t,f
'Our experience would lead us to quite an OPP
posite conclusion. Temper, indeed, Is no test Of
truth; but warmth and earnestness are a proof at
least Of mans own conviction Of the rectitude
of that which he maintains. Goodness is often
the result Of unprincipled indifference to truth
or falsehood, as of sober confidence on mans
own side in dispute"
The Columbian fountain., 1845-12-06
RAIL ROAD IRON.

We learn from the Danville Intelligencer that
the Montour Iron Company have supplied the
quantity Of rail road iron wanted at this time by
the Lancaster and Harrisburg Railroad Compa
ny, and are now making and forwarding to the
city of New York, for the Erie Railroad Com
pany. They also have contracts to supply iron
for some short roads in Schuyllill county; also,
contract for road in one of the Eastern States.
For some time past the work of making railroad
iron at the works of the Montour Company has
proceeded day and night, with remarkable stead
mess, producing rails that are as perfect as it is
possible to make them.-P Pfiladelp phiu Ledger.
POPULATION OF MICHIGAN-The Detroit
Free Press publishes the census returns Of 25 Of
the 81 organized counties 81 the State The list
includes all butSt Clair, Clinton, Barry, Cass,
and Chippewa, and shows population Of 276,-
572. The same counties in 1910 contained 1885,
388. The whole state when heard from viii
overrun 3OO, ,OOO-in 1910 it was2ll ,7O5, show
ing gain Of &C, 900 in five years. This is more
than half the gain Of the state Of New York with
population Of over two millions! Our citizens
may well be proud of such result. t aft43
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CHICAGO.-The number of vessels which have
entered the port of Chicago, from the 9th of
April last to the lst inst. is ,O77, of 742 were
schooners, Isl steamboats,, los briggs, and 70
propellers. Notwithstanding this amountof ship
ping, it is stated that l6 cents bushel was paid
for transport to Buffalo, and that 300 900 bushels
will accumulate in store and lie over at the close
of navigation for want of vessels. Ia3a l8sf
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GEORGEToW:r DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES.

CdUhCf1E4S. sfi s.sSg.e
Episcopal, Christ Church, Rev. Mr.. Gas
oway, corner of Beau and Congress streets.
Episcopal, St. John, Rev. Mr.. Shiras, cor
ner of Cd and Potomac streets.
Presbyterian, Rev. Mr., Berry, corner Of
Bridge and Washington streets. ],
Methodist Episcopal, Revs.. Mr.. Wicks
and Griffith, corner Of Montgomery street.
Methodist Protestant, Rev Mr.. Warden,
Congress street.
Catholic, Trinity, Revs. Mr.. McElroy and
O'Hanagan, lst street.
MASONIC.
Potomac Lodge, No. S, Georgetown
room in Bridge street, opposite Union Ho-
tel; regular night of meeting, fourth Friday
in every month. F.82A
ie9a H2ii III l. o. o. f.
Covenant Lodge, No. 13-Georgetown !;
at their Hall, Congress ST. Monday.
Mount Pisgah Encampment, No 3-Odd
Fellows hall, Georgetown regular nights
of meeting, let and Sd Tuesday in every
month.
la}mpM l. o. r. M.
Uncas Tribe, No. A, Odd Fellows Hall,
Georgetown, Wednesday, 2
UNITED BROTHERS OF TEMPERANCE.
Association No. 5, Georgetown.
a.1 e SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Potomac Division, No. 5-Odd Fellows
Hall, Georgetown; Friday.
Franklin Division, No. 8-Odd Fellows
Hall, Georgetown.
FIRE COMPANIES
Vigilant, High street, between Canal and
Bridge street; Henry King, President.
Western Star, High street, between Pros
pect and 1st streets; Mr.. Shoemaker, Presi-
dent