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DIsGRACEFUL.

We are informed that on Sunday night some
rude young men attempted TO force drunken
man into the Foundry Church; and on being
demonstrated with, commenced striking blows.
Some Of them have been arrested, and doubt
less an examination into the affair will soou
take place. aaae lH
We know nothing Of the particulars, as we
were not present; but the occurrence itself, il
we are rightly informed. was disgraceiul to
those whose age and decency ought to have
induced them TO forbear disturbing religious
proceedings.
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F. HOWARD's IMPROVED CHEMICAL
Chloride Soap.

VNHIS SOAP has fully stood the test OF exPerl-
Il ence, and is deservedly more celebrated than
any other in use, for rendering the skin smooth and
soft, removing chaps, pimples and blemishes; tor
the preservation of the teeth and gums, and the
cure Of offensive breath; for cleansing and healing
sores and wounds; for preserving and curing cuta-
neous diseases, particularly in infants; for bleach
ing muslins and handkerchief and for the removal
Of grease, paint tar, &C., from clothing Is also
much esteemed as Shaving Soap. Prepared only
by THOMAS P. MORGAN, Chemist,
Successor to +. Howard,)
Washington. ID. q.
For sale by the Druggists Of the D'st'iet'
sep Tim sEi 5tt3 Dtf
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THE WEATHER.

/ After the showers Of Sunday we have most
delightful weather. The warmth Of summer
fingers in kindness, TO smooth the rough edge
Of the approaching winter, and the atmosphere
is bland as the breath of an infant. 6 @
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GJThe carrisn for Georgetown and the city
west Of 18th street, are not authazsd to receive the
money for The Fountain they are only to carry the
paper fany Of ths subscribers fail to get the paper
they will please let il be known. Our proper au-
ihoszsd collsctor will call on the first Saturday In
every month, and collect the amount due.
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ULYSSES WARD.

Readeri did you ever imagine the pangs
which they must feel who give themselves up
40 the demon Of intemperance Here is an
anonymous scrap which we find floating in
the newspapers. and which we think porirays
in graphic and vivid characters the remorse
consequent upon a debauch--the anguish
which tortures The mind conscious Of having
brutalized its noble powers. sse Ha
& 1t must have been some such feeling as is
here described, which afflicted that poor drunk
ard, when, after he had fallen into the hands
of the rumsellers and the rnmdrinkers, the
consciousness Of his degradation and his ina
bility to withdraw from their influence, stung
him 70 madness, And you, grog seller, who
presented the poisoned cup to his lips, and
you who urged him TO drown sorrows in the
bowl until the foods overwhelmed him, can
you lay your hand upon your heart and say
4 am innocent of the blood Of my brother ;
If you cannot, God help you. We can give
you no consolation unless you repent.
% But here is the dxtract: 8
"@ The mind that broods DER guilty woes
Is like the scorpion girt by, FIRE:
In circle narrowing as il glows,
The flames around their captive close,
Till. inly searched by thousand throes,
ass And maddening in her ire, a&
One sad and sole relief she knows.
II The sting she nourished for her foes
!, Gives but one pang. and cures all pain, \,
And darts into her desperate brain: ..;.
Y So do the dark in soul expire, ,aa fs.I
Or live like scorpions girt by fire. Il. III
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CARRIERS.

er Carriers are wanted foSthis paper Any
one who will take ! route, shall ha ,e them for
62 IL cenls per hundred copies, paid for al
this Office. We feel confident that this affords
. 6ns opportunity Cor any person out Of EN-
ployment
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A PROFITABLE PUBLICATION. - Mr.. May
hew. who has been 10 some way connected
with Punch, on his examination at the Bank
ruptcy Court, on the LIST instant. stated the
profits Of this periodical at 10000 per an
mum. t& h8#I 6HNA
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THE FOUNTAIN
Tuesday Morning. October :, ls4o.

~ The Columbian koantain has nearly, II not
snite, wide circulation in this city any other
paper published here; believe its circulation
ssag the citizens themselves wider than any 9TH
er city paper. Advertisers woud do well to keep
this in mind 8& Itk +k tk ~
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AT LIBERTY.

Joseph De La Fonlaine, lalely imprisoned
on the charge Of picking the pocket OF man
from Virginia, has been released from conRne-
ment on bail. 8.i #u
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Sons of Temperance.

The following named brethren have been
appointed to attend at the several Divisions,
and install their respective Officers for The en-
suing quarter
Equal Division, No. 6, P.W.P. E. M. Drew
Unisn, No. 9, P. w. p, John Garrett.
On Wednesday night, October 9Th
Timothy Division, No. /, d. G. w. p,
L. A. Gobright. By order,
TX. oFFUTT, G. s. n
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A CARD.-BOYD REILLY, recovered from
- - sickness, is again at his post. Sept I'll.
WHITE OAK SLAVES,

lust received on commission, and for sale cheap,
j Is or l6 thousand White Oak Slaves. and head
ings for barrels. Enquire at the Wood and Lum-
Der Yard of the subscriber on the corner Of 9th ST.
and Missouri avenue. sss
oct 3-eodtf GEO. COILARD
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CHARITY. says Shakespeare, ~ twice bless
ed--i, blesses him tha, gives, and HIM tna'
receives If this be true Of chArity--and VINO
doubts n7--,he converse Of the prspositson IS
true Of whsksy. and ell the subordinate mem
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AN IMMENSE EsrArE.--A Quaker family
named Chase, residing in Yarmouth, Mass.
claim 10 be the heirs Of the Townley esiste, in
England. which is valued at 6ity,iwo millions
pounds sterling.
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GnsAr IEOasAsss1 ~ Wilmington (N CD
Journal says that - present population Of
that town amousts - v000-sn increase Of
5000 siace 'the railroad was bull, six years
ago. when Il was only 300.
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Swarms Of the grea, brown locust have visit
ed England in the norih and eastern counties.
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9u The correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper
has miserable attempt at wit in his last letter
published in that paper Of last Saturday. He
rings changes upon our expression, that "a let
ter writer may sometimes flick UP an item of
intelligence before city reporter And il ap
pears to us (and this we know 10 be the opin-
ion Of many Of the Clippers friends in this
city, that hundred pounds Of such puerile
stuff as the letter Of the Clippers are made Of,
are not worth PicAYUNE, and are not equal
10 one ounce OF scorrect informa,ion' We ad-
wise this Washington letter writer TO mend his
pen, OF the readers of the Clipper, who now
laugh at his puerilities, will actually PICK UP
al his nauseatng correspondence.
ttttsaM sp is~~>4-~-- - ---~-~-- tt
The Philadelphia Sum- in the article pub
lished in our'paper last week. noticing the pro-
gress, or condition Of the Temperance reform
in this city, closes its article in these words.
I'VE are pleased to learn that MIR. Beers
continues TO keep his excellent Temperance
Hotel, and that strangers are finding him out
Wecan most cordially recommend the aiore
said Hotel TO every stranger visiting Washing
ton, and hope that some OTHERS who are no
strangers will try not to forget the house wher
they come here, whether on visit, or on Off
al business. II the guides can't find it out,
strangers will be excused IL they stop at rum
holes s' t.tsa
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Mortality -32 per cen, or nearly one out
every four
Mortality 10 ceses Of Pneumonia treated Ho-
mDpahislly
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9u- u-NoTIcE.--The Members of the English Lu-
thefan Evangelical Church of the city Of
Washington, are hereby notified that on Mon
day the 18th Of October, at o'clock, P. NJ,
there will be meeting held in the church for
the purpose Of electing minister who shall
occupy the vacancy now existing in the
church. BY order of the Council.
Sept. 90, 1876.
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RoBrar OuLD. Esq, Of Georgetown, will
deliver the annual oration before the Enosn-
ian Society Of Columbian College, on this
(Tuesday) evening. the 9Th inst. lthe E street
Baptist church at half past seven o'clock
The public are respectfully invited to attend
w. ]. BROOKS,
T. u. HAYNES,
H. STRINGFELLOW,J Jr
Committee Of arrangements.
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bsrs Of shs family Of intoxicaiing drinks. II
may b iply said that ~Aiskeyis thrice cursed
Iii cursss him 'ha, buys and aim that sells,
and him hat drinks.'
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Committee Of arrangements.

COUNTED BROTHERS Or TEMPER
ANCE.-The public meeting Of Association
No. 2, in the Slate Of Virginia will be held in
the lecture room OF the ed Presbyterian Church,
Alexandra, Va, this Tuesday evening 9th
inst. at half past seven O'Clock.
Brethren in the District of Columbia are fra
ternally invited TO attend. By Order,
oct 6 PETHERICK DAVY, r.. s.
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FOR RENT. FsH #&
a TWO story frame house situated on Massa-
"A chusetts avenue between 4th and 5th streets.
Enquire Of W. Fl. WARD, 9th street..
oct If NEg ,44atfe~ tI
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CORRESPONDENCE

g How glorious this invention OF writing, whers
by we can easily communicate 10 our absent friend
whatever may afford them pleasure or improvements
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*Sur la Pneumonia. tArch. Gen.
tReport Of the Endingburg Infrmary from July
1889 to October 1841.
SEsterreichische Md. Jahrbucher for 1843
Report OF Endinburg Infirmary ul Supra.
rs T do do 0t do do.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-04-25

A REAL GIANT. There is in Kentucky a
man who keeps public house on the bank of
the Ohio, who is sort of human mas,odon.-
A clerical correspondents of the Christian
Waterman lately paid him visit, and says
that he is aperfect wonder in human shape.
walking like an elephant and looking like
man from another world. He measures eight
feet and six inches in height. In gazing at
this man, says his clerical visitor, eve felt an
awe greater than that produced by the presence
OF king, and kind of shrinking away into
our own listleness. Itreminded US of the re-
port of the spies sent by Moses from the will
derness of Paren, to search out the land of
Canaan, who said in return: 1--WE saw the
giants, the sons of Anak, there, and we were
in our own sight as grass-hoppers, and SO were
we in their sight" There is no hoax about
this story.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-04-25

CHINESE IN OREGON. DIR. MCGOWAN, mis-.
sionary of the American Baptist Board of
Missions, has written letter to Dr. Cone, of
New York, which is published in the New
York Recorder, in which be expresses the
opinion that the time will come when the emf
grafton of the Chinese TO the American States
will be extensive. His language is-"It is not
unreasonable to anticipate that an emigration
from China to America will yet take place,
equal to, If not greater, than any that has yet
been known from Europe. venture to pre-
dict that the population of the Pacific States
will be composed, in no small measure, of
Chinese. A channel once opened, vast num-
bers from that over-populated country will
wend their way thither."
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SSiOnaJ.

In the House of Representatives April Cd /,
Mr. Martin, of Tennessee, addressed the Conn
mIttee tor ten minutes in reply to Mr.. Smith Of
Indiana, and in defence of Mr. Folks course in
1884 upon the bill of MffGordon of Va. Mr..
M. was dwelling upon the fact that Mr.. Polk
stood in opposition to this bill 10 the principle
embodied in this Sub-Treasury system. In
looking over the vete taken in 1884, he found
that'the first man who voted for this Gordon
bill was J. Q. Adams, of Mass.
Mr.. Adams rose, but Mr.. Martin declined to
yield the floor. Mr.. NJ. said he desired no con-
troversy with the gentleman from Massachu-
| setts 1.-The was called to one he should knock
under in advance. He regarded the gentlemaa
as the raccoon did Capt. ScoSt--'she should give
in and come, downs
Mr.. Adams with great good hamor said,
surrender to the gentleman from Tennessee.
Mr.. Martini surrender to the gentleman in
dvance, and regard it no dishonor to have
done so.
The hammer of the speaker new told the
hour of one O'Clock.
Various amendments were offered and reiec-
ted without division.
Mr., Graham of North Carolina, proposed one
by which the sub treasurcrs appointed under
the bill should bepersonally liable by liens up
on their real estate
This amendment was oace announced as car.
ried, 10 to 66, but secendcount was deman-
ded, and the first countreversed, 81 to "a. This
is an unusual proceeding.
The bill was reported to the committee ats
o'clock and the amendments agreed to general
ly without yeas and nays! The provision re-
curing all the government dues to be paid in
gold and silver vas carried by vote ef ii7to
"a and the bill finally passed by vote o.
1913 to o.,
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P o e T r Y :
How shall / meet thee.


How shall meet thee? With the trust,
The free, fond trust Of other years9
With the deep fervent joy that must
Express itself in silent tears -
With eager grasp, and gladden'd tone,
Such smiles as for our childhood shone?
Friendship blooms no more for us,
'Tis long since have met thee thus! n,
How shall meet thee? With the blush,
That kindles at thine earnest gaze,
While quick thoughts DER my spirit rush
The quivering lip my heart betrays?
With voice whose faltering accents breathe
The tremblinsioy that turks beneath?
Nos Such vain dreams are not for us,
l do not wish to meet thee thus.
How shall meet thee? With an eye
That hath no brightness, yet no tears;
With needless tone and cold reply,
The chilling garb Indifference wears;
With saddened heart, yet careless mein,
Revealing nought of what has been?
Yes! changes sad have altered us,
A las! that must meet thee thus!
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Number -.

LESSONS do not mean 10 run ahead of the
q administration inits appropriate sphere: do
not mean to take negotiation out of its hands /.
DO not mean to undertake to lead it. OF to de-
nounce it, with'or without hypothesis, or be-
fore or after the fact. e@
Ihe Presidents position is arduous: his res.
possibilities to his God and TO his country are
great. ] believe he is dong his best u recon-
'cile and accomplish together The great objects
of the peace, the honor, and the rights Of the
country; and believing this, shall hold myself
IN position to view his acts with perfect can.
dor, and with the strongest disposition to sup
port him in what he may find 1t necessary to
do. - - " -
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CaSpar HauSer.

A work has lately appeared in Germany
which processes to clear up the mystery that
hangs around Caspar Hauser, the young man
found in Nuremburg some years since, who had
been kept in dark cellar for seventeen years.
and whose history has hitherto been wrapped
in profound obscurity. The volume is entitled
"CasPer Hauser, the Heir of the Grand Duchy
of Baden," bears the imprint ssParis, I845,"
and boldly designates the murderer as Major
Won Hennenhofr, formerly Prime Minister of
Baden, who is yet living in honorable exile at
Mahlberg. Tha author says that a first edition
of the book appeared in 1910, but was suppress
sed by the government through the treachery
of the publisher. This fact adds great force to
the circumstantial evidence adduced by the
author in support of his charge that Caspar
Hauser was the real heir to the Grand Duchy
of Baden, and that he was removed out of the
way, by confinement from infancy in the hor.
rible dungeon Of which We presume our rea-
ders have heard, in order to make room for the |
succession of the present possessors of the
grand eucal throne. When it was found i'm
possible to keep the victims Imprisonment any
onger a secret, he was transferred to Nurem-
berg and abandoned, where he was found, al
most an idiot, and quite brute, from long con-
inement and neglect OF all culture, mora. and
Intellectual.
The history of this foul transaction is told
n lew words. Towards the close of the last
entury, the then reigning Duke married Sc
ond wife, having at that time three children
wing by his first marriage. The new wife in
go gave birth 70 a son. She was an ambi-
ous and designing woman; but before her
wn progeny could succeed to the hrone it was
eeessary to cut off all the children of the
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U. 8 Treasury..-the Tariff.

The Secretary of the Treasury reports that
the outstanding Treasury notes on the lst ins,.
amounted TO $5a3, 464,3s, twill be recolec.
TED that when General Harrison and the wing
party went INTO power in l84l, they found the
Government in debt many mi Hons of dollars.
was without credit, and the wheels Of Govern
ment could only be kept moving BY Mr.. Van
Buren, by the issue of treasury notes which W ere
sold under par throug hout the country. Tho
tariff OF 1912 was passed, and it placed the cred
| 1t OF Governmenton sure basis, and her notes
were passed at par, and sought as an invest
ment by capitalists 1t has since nearly 2aid
OF the debt, and now the quacks in power wish
to tamper with the tariff again, which will again
throw US on the sea of eternity-the Govern.
ment will 60 in debt seventy millions annually
ana thus IN few years, we shall have another
oept hanging over uss and new batch of treas.
ufy notes, or government shin-plasters. win
nave to be issued and hewked about the conn
try, to pay government expenses. Let the peo.
pie look at the inconsistency of Mr.Poik's cab.
met. The President, the Secretary of War,
and Navy, secretly recommending to the Ma
val and military committees expendituresao the
amount of near S50,o00,O0O for the ipur.
pose OF backing their clustering and bullying
tones to England about the whole of Oregon or
none, for the purpose of making political capi.
tai. is recommending reduction Of the ta,iff
OF Sio0oo,oO0, so as to approximate as near as
possible to Free Trade, knowing that the peo-
pie would jump at Free Trade all at once. and
be taxed at once for the expenses of the q. s.
Government. Now suppose Congresato appro-
pirate $4,000, 900, with net i dollar in the
Treasury tospare, and the Tariff which is now
yielding enough to pay the expenses, TO be re.
duced io,0o0,00O-the government weuId Al,
once be in debt 100000, OCO, pretty predica-
mentto be caught in to go to war with England
and Mexico, and yet these men are always pra-
ting about the horrors oi public debt, and &C.
cuslng the wings of being in favor of standing
debt. The fact is, every ten or twelve years
the government is in such predicament, from
the absurd experiments-the corruption of par
ty leaders-the squanderings and stealings Of
the public monies, that they have to place the
Wings IN power at least one term, to right the
ship OF State, and bring it back to it's pro,e.
morning, and one of those periods will occur
IN shorter time, if these political experimenters
are permitted TO have their way. The factions
will explode in year or so, and in lS48 the
people will again have to call en- the Whigpa1-
~ to take charge of the Gvvernment.-yIck.,
Wing.
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and of wounded 100. The military force con.
sisted of parties Of two regiments. o
ScoTLAND--On the Cd ultmo a tremendous
hurricane burst Upon Glasgow and continued
to the3d One large and several small house 6
were blown down, several untoofed, and the
shipping in le port suffered considerably. 4
The Cholera was making frightful ravages
in Persia II had penetrated nearly as far as
Teheran. 4.
LIVERPOOL CoTroN MARKET - MARCEL. - The
cotton market opened with fair inquiry, both
from the trade and the exporters, which was
freely met, until the arrival of the New York
packet 'on MONDAY, when many holders with
drew their stocks, and an advance of I'd per
ID was generally obtained, at which improve
ment the market had closed firmly.
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School EoAMNATIoN.-"Haye you been q
good boy and learned your lesson!,
"Yes, sir"
"Who was the strongest mani"
'old black Cato,tha lives in pine woods, you
can smell him amile."
HWhat does the Minister tell you when you
GO to Church!n
"He telisus how they are going to take up a
collection"
"of what fruit is cider made.,'
"Don't know, SIR"
"What did you get when you robbed widow
Collins orchard?n
81 got licking, sir"
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CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, April -, ls4s

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first marriage as well as their descendants. :
Strange to say, these intermediate heirs al
died, one after onother, in rapid succession
some by accident, some by sudden illness; an.
all in suspicious manner. The last scion 0
this line, the great grandson Of the Duke, wa
child bornsept. 2eth,I8l2. He was stron.
and healthy infant, but in three weeks tim'
his sudden death was announced. The mothe
had no idea Of the danger Of her child, ana
begged to see him; but this bpon was deniet
| her, and he was hastily buried. So far the au.
thor follows history. What ensues, restschief
ly on his assertion, but supported, we musl
confess, by strong circumstantial evidence
He says that another infant was substituted foi
the prince, and that the royal child, secretly
carried off, was confined in loathsome cell,
and finally became known as Caspar Hauser
The author names the various parties who were
cognzant of this great crime, and shows that
all concerned in it have risen from compare.
tive obscurity to rank and power.
One thing is certain A scroll enclosed in
an empty bottle was picked up on the Rhine in
1916, and its contents to the following effect,
published in Berlin journal at that time:
"To whom this letter may come. am in
dungeon near Lauffenburg on tho Rhine; my
subterraneous dungeon is known to him who
now sits on my throne. cannot write more
| am severely and cruelty watched"
This scroll is said to have been written by
one of the humber agents in the outrage-a
priest named Dietz, who stuDg by remorse, yet
afraid to speak out in his own person, sought
thus anonymously to aid the poor prisoner. 1t
is certainly remarkable, and adds greatly to
the strength of the charge, that the contents of
this scroll were published to the world years
before Caspar Hauser was heard of. When
the unfortunate youth was found in Nurem-
berg, this scroll was remembered, and the King
OF Bavaria Tin whose dominions Nuremberg isl
appointed commission to examine into the
affair. The celebrated Feuerbach, of whose
criminal cases we speak in another column,
was at the head of this commission. His long
experience in analysing the causes of crimes
gives his opinion great force, and he came to
the conclusion that Caspar Hauser was victim
to European diplomacy, but unfortunately he
had scarcely expressed this conviction when
be suddenly died, and the matter hasslept until
now II
u The whole afair h curious and Suspicious
The writer makes out very strong case, and |
n the. absence Of any statements from the
'ther side, we incline to believe him right
Phil Sat. Post