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From the n. " Evening Post
The operation of the independent Treasury.

In many respects the Independent treasury system is
working admirably and in all respects il s working well
The sreadiness and uniformity with which financial and
commercial affairs have been conducted for some months
past Is without parallel in the history OF country
Especiay is this true ii it is considered IN connexon
with the unusual foreign demand for the products of this
country and the millions OF specie that have beenbrought
nfo the country within few months Under the system
of aeuosites with the banks, everything would now be
r,shing forward in high gae.-speculaon would have
hurs, forth in wild and fearful career.
The hanks feeling omnpotent by the monthly arrival
az million in specie. would have known no limit 10 dis
commits and bubble like that OF 1896 would have been
In fn view How unlike is the present state OF things
How calm, how uniform all are active, all are busy, all
are receiving handsome and fair return lot tne INDUS
~ Herein consists that peace, that content mat pros
neritv which form the happes condition whch haoon
can ever ATTAIN ,..l. a.; 80.
tenn il working we'll but that peculiar feature upon
which ts opponents have put so much Stress us
il favorable almost beyond parallel we SPEAK more
nar,,culary of the transportation OF SPECIE ana tee Iesu
alton Of the exchanges In the Pennsylvania Oh oa'uf
day we find the following
The recent shipment by government OF over twoip
Lions OF specie 10 the south, without ats producing NY
ession on our northern banks or causing be le
las paced the federal quinuncs IN quandary aha bise
ON ecta ouic,us their strongest arguments In iaNVt "
sgrea regulator Altogether the snb-teasny - OPERA
,er Jel md ndvanagcously. The government IS sey-
ring ts connexion with the banks without Prouci "
asrer: ard the money markets OF the country f'p'e
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THE PARLOR MAGAZINE.
II. r.. HS0dLeu, Editor.

rINHIS Magazine formerly under the of d Mead
l. commences its fourth volume under the edorshp OF
J. T. Headley, autho of Napoleon and his Murshnls"
''WasbDgIon and his Generals, Letters IRON Italy, Nc,
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destined to ill a large place in public estimation that
will only maintain its present envable reputation, but
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he will draw freely from his exhaustless store
1t viii continue TO maintain its high moral tone, and
nothing will be admitted into It's columns which viii min
Sea 10 b e nGrup would wish TO Blot OF
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all the attraction and interest OF the lighter periodicals.
while in different path, and is not exposed TO tie
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Hover in each number WIN occasional hasc' anu : go
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Price only 81 per year, if in advance copies for 50
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placing in the first rank in respects among the
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editor infused that and absorbing interest
pages which his writings remarkable The work
which sympahies and the
without losing anything chaSte and elevated
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we wish this Magazine much success under its present guar
pr-.1droeaie and Journal
"The editor is well known of the brilliant writers OF
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Their motto mngle the beautiful with the goo d."N
Rerioo.
Headey presen, May number literally in
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This very monthly gaining favor refining soienng
the roughne life and blessing the family where agh ESQ
perpera.' r. Masochusets Eagle.
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try ."Nantnuksf Enquirer.
Beautiful S yauable--LfleranO 5serrer.
o. few good responsible agents wanted circulate
this work, whom the best inducements win be oite red
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June l2-:t Isl Nassau ST., n. Y.
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Fauauler White sulphur springs.

s THIS esabls hment favorably known Tor the cura
Ei tive qualities of its water and the elegance and
Au- comfort of lie accommodation, will be opened for
tbe reception of visitors the LIST June. II - situated
miles from Alexandria, 10 miles from Fredericksburg, ard
20 miles east Blue Ridge, in OF the most healthy
and delightful climates of Virginia. The direction and
will he the heretofore, and the
attention paid 10 the accommodation and comfort OF their
guests. We have an abundant supply OF ice
The season. commencing the LIST OF June, viii end the l
of October, embracing months
Lovers OF Music win find the band unsurpassed
Board $40 per week. SO per week for weeks, $50 per
month, $50 for the season..
For more dian one day 81 per day, so for sin.
Gle meal IS cents for lodging children under IL years Of
age and servants half price horses 90 per day. per
week 81 50, per month 81.
Tri-weekly stages will from Washington until lst Of
July, after that lime daily. .
There viii be line OF stages from Fredericksburg after
the LIST OF July previous Which conveyanees will be
nished on accommodating terms.
MAY I4-IawtlstA Iut.l DAN'L WARD.
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sALEIn virtue of writ of iier facias OF
fl condemnation issued from the clerks office of the
Circuit Court the District of Columbia for the county OF
Washington, and directed, shall expose to public
sale cash Saturday, the 26th instant, At the south
front jail of this county IL O'Clock, the following
property, Wis Lot of crockery, consisting OF pitchers,
basins teapo cream-pos chambers cups and sati-
GERS dozen and numbers, lot of eauhenware plates,
eapots pitchers bowls mugs chambers eacnps and san-
GERS of umber lot OF glass Dishes lot OF glass
candies lamps scales &c, lot of segar toys drums lot OF
chambers handsaw shovel tong and andirons, kitchen
table &c, &c.sezed and levied upon the property OF
Jose Glenn and sold satisfy udicals No. 81 to Oc
tober term 1877, in favor ofRo,crt III. Miller.
ALEXANDER HUNTER,
June Its Marshal of the District of Columbia.
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rru.t..,s sale or Real Estate

DY virtue of decree of Charles county court, sitting as
ID OF equity, the undersigned, trustee, VIII sell at
public auction, in Port Tobacco Tuesday the I'D day
OF June next, between the hours of and o'clock mn
the real estate of which the late DIR. Francis Neale died
possessed called and known Goose Creek, containing
500 less situate lying and being IN Charles
county Maryland The OF the decree follows
Three hundred dollars cash. be paid the day OF sae
the ratification thereof by the The balance IN
three equal annual nstauen of TWO, four, and six years
from the day of sale the interest to be paid annually TO the
several guardians OF the infants of the said Francis Neae
The purchaser purchasers further give bond with
security be approved by the trustee for the payment oi
said nsalnen; and upon the ratification OF the SALE and
payment the whole of the purchase money, and not
before the is authorized deed for said
property thereof and his heirs free clear
and discharged ofa claim of the parties the cause or OF
person claiming ron by or under them, or
any them Pos session viii be given the LIST day OF jam
ary lS4S This property viii be sold subject TO the widow
DOVER and be disposed of under the decree Tor less
than HE valuation laid upon by the commissioner
weive dollars and fifty cents per
May 2I-law3w n. STONESTREET, Trustee
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To Claimants. &c.
General agency ar the city of Washington

GrnerdI ngfHcY az The cFY 0f " dsNiHgTOH
THE undersigned, general agent notary public, and JUS
l. ce OF the peace, respectfully informs the public that
he has removed his office TO the building door south OF
Chubb Sohenck exchange office, 18th Street, opposite
the Treasury Department where he will promptly and
faithfully attend any business in the above line which
may be nrused his Persons having claims against
the general government, and who may conide them his
management may assured that they viii be speedily
attended to.
Bounty land treasury scrip viii be secured
for the officers I'D soldiers of the present and the high
cash price Obtained for the same
The undersigned will keep his Office open from 8,
until O'clock p. IN.
His dwelling house is ON Louisiana avenue, nearly oppo
site the City Hail. where, in of pressing necessity, he
can be aud consulted beloe 5. IN, and after
o'cock, p
Please pay the postage.
juno i6--lawIm SAMUEL STETTGNIUS.
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PATENT OFFICE. June g. lSi7.
c\N the petition o Elgar, city BaIti-

~ more praying for the extension OF patent granted to
him for Improvement in wheels for railroad carriages
for years from the expiration of said patent which
takes place ON the 10Th day OF November, 1871
II is ordered that the said petition be heard AT the Pa
Office the fonrh Monday of October (25th)
II O'clock and all persons notified TO appear and
show cause, any they have why said petition ought not
TO be granted.
1t Is also ordered that this notice be published in the
Union and National Zeitung, Washington; Sun and Re-
publican Baltimore Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Globe,
New York and Post Boston, week for three weeks
previous to the fourth Monday of October.
EDMUND BURKE,
Commissions of Patents.
p s. Publishers OF the abovenaned papers will please
copy and send their bills, rcceped to the Patent Office,
with paper containing the notice. Il. b.
June S--w3w
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From the N. o Picayune, June
Dreadful Steamboat ExpIosIon-Twenty Lives Lost
The steamer Admiral arrived this morning in port, and
brings intelligence that the steamer Edna Captain Phil
lips, her way down from Ouacha, met with dreadful
accident On the 18th instant, when opposite the town OF
Columbia, lust she starting from the wharf, all
four of her boilers exploded, killing twenty more per-
sons, and severely wounding several Others.
The boat sunk Immediately, and nearly everything on
board lost Seventeen bodies had been found on the
9TH inst
The Admiral brought down several of the wounded.
Ill., Champagnoe, Ark Mr. Odell, Union District, s.
c.; Mr. King, Union District s. c.. Mr. DAILY, Clai-
borne, La and Mr. Jones, Florida.
Boats sayed-l7.
Boats hands ost-13
Since the above written, we have been placed in
possession OF the following letter regard this depor
able catastrophe;
GENTLEMEN The recent explosion of the steamboat Edna
at Columbia, the Ouacha river, the 9TH inst, where
by twenty twenty-five persons killed and some
exhibition of that recklessness of conduct which fire.
quenty charactezes those individuals having charge OF the
lives and properly OF the travelling community This boat
under the charge, understand, the clerk, Mr..
Johnson, and the Chief and the conduct of the
during her passage MP and down the river WAS the subject
Of conversation by every one. They were evidently in
a'e OF and Were supposed to have been under
bia shore remarked tat she would GER
alny blow up such was the peculiar whzzing sound es-
Gaping from her. and which heard before she made the
landing. Here lay about three-quarters OF hour
during which Tune not particle OF wafer had been thrown
into the boilers and when she rounded oh the explosion
took place, shvering the boat into countless fragments
tearing the boilers into pieces and throwing them
from four hundred yards. The goans of the wounded
the shreks of the dronng and the conservation depicted
upon the the survivors, exceed descrp
Many lives saved by the prompt and efficient aid
the kind citizens OF Columbia They untiring in their
efforts render had they ceased their exertions
bodies at the time of our departure. under
stand that this boat has been running 1870 and that
her boilers unsafe. Whether she had certificate
from the Inspector, not am not informed If So am
the the neicency of inspection
or the in which such inspections made. can
close this painful recital without returning my grateful
thanks the ladies and gentlemen of Columbia for the
] kindness and attention.
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IMPORTANT WORK.
Banks, Bankers, Coins Currency, Statistics, Debts,
Revenues, Expenditures, &c OF the United States
Of q Governments.

THE Bankers Magazine and State Financial Register,
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Published monthly. 6ipp. Syo. Price three dollars per
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June 1I-3t Baltimore, Md.
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I'm n. ~. DYER .9uctioneer..

CHANCERY SALE.-By virtue of decree of the cir
cult court of the District of Columbia for the county
Washington, sitting court OF chancery, made IN the
cause OF Easter Bro. IL Co as. VIM. Ward ct al, shall
offer at auction front of the premises, the 2i day
June instant O'clock p. all The west half part Of
lot No H. in squire A, oil the city OF Washington with the
Improvements including threestoy brick dwelling This
property fronts 23 the nor, side OF Missouri street
opposite the mall and extends back III feet inches 10
alley - feet wide and opening into "a street, and Is well
worthy of attention
The of sale Onch of the purchase money 70
be paid in hand and the residue in four equal successive
hayeary payments, with interest from the day o sale, TO
be secured by approved bonds notes and on full pay
OF the purchase money and interest," and on the sale
being ratified and confirmed by the court will execute to
the purchaser his her heirs and assigns, nj his, her.
their cost valid and sufficient deed in fee of the premises
with all the title estate elaiu and demand therein atlav
in equity OF the parties TO the said cause II te terms
sale shall be complied with in three days, reserve
the right to resell the premises az auction for cash, or
OF credit the risk and cost OF the purchaser So
in default after lees than three days advertisement in
any newspaper published in the city OF Washington.
The creditors of William G. Onne deceased, are warn
exhibit their claims with the vouchers thereof in the
above cause, or before the third Monday in October
next. CLEMENT CON, trustee
June 4-eodNds X. w. DYER, Auctoneer.
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Po,omac PavIIlon-pinex Po,nt. Md.

THE subscribers having taken this popular and healthy
place OF recreation, and efiied the Pavilion with
furniture, beds, mattresses. Nc respectfully announce that
II will be open Tor the reception OF visitors the 18th OF
June. Particular has been observed in the selection
servants and of the best in the country has
been engaged The table viii present MI the delcacies
the Potomac river and of the surrounding countryoyse
fish, crabs &c in every variety of cookery The bathing
at the Pavilion, at all times excellent viii be rendered
superior this season 10y the erection OF bathing
houses, whichwi be properly attended Pney Point is
easy of access, being about 100 miles distant from Wash
ngon and Baltimore with steamboats, regularly touching
and landing passengers at the wharf from those cities,
Norfolk, &c. steamboat will also convey passengers
thrice week to and from Aqua Greek the Pavilion
thus giving visiiers from Richmond and the South safe
and delightful conveyance To the invalid, this place pre-
sents pleasant resort for health and recreation.
Excellent fishing may always be had during the
No extra charge will be made for
Board per month $50 90
DO per week 900
Do per day so
Children and servants half price Families for the
taken moderate rate.
June 2-3tawtJl KIRKWOOD & KELLER. /.
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To Contractors.
nROPOsALS Will be received nj tn.

Il James River and Kama VIVA Company, IN Richmond
Virginia. until the 10Th July next for tho construction OF
three dams lanes river the line the
panys canal between ynchburg and the mouth OF North
rver The first of said dams viii be about 81 feet high and
400 feet oug and situated about miles above Lynchburg
the second VIII be about Is feet high and $40 feet long and
situated about miles of Lynchburu the third will be
about y feet high aud 300 long and situated abont I3
miles Of Lynchburg The foundations of these dams
Of rock and tile sperstmctures viii be required be
raised high iowwater level during present season
Plans of said works may be seen, and specifications thereof
obaiusd nj the companys office Richmond or at the
Office aid line above Lyuchburg on and at
ter the let OF July next, WALTER GWGNN,
Chief En0iDcer James River aud Kanawha Co.
RIcHMoSD May ~ 1877 May Z--cSawtl2J
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nv 4. GREEN: .a..ctio,.eer.

NEW Two-sToRY FRAME HOUSE AND LOT Al
~ AUCTION On Monday, the 2lst instant at . ociook'
M, shall sell, on the premiees, handsome new Two
story frame house, with attic, situated north street,
between 9th and 10th streets, square $40 The house
north. Ii contains good and Kitchen WIN
a good cellar.
Terms of sale One-third cash the balance at SIX,
Twelve, and eighteen months, for bearing interest
A deed given and "A deed of trust taken.
Persons wishing to make good investment will do wen
TO attend the sale. A. GREEN,
June l7-3t Aucuoneer.
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Old Point Cemfort Hotel, Virginia.

NIIIS splendid establishments from provements
unsurpassed in the comfort and extent of its
daons by in the Union, will be opened the recep
ton of vlsiiers the LIST day OF June. Situated the
Chesapeake bay, i'll full view of the ocean, healthy
spot in the world, and lying directly the great mail
route between the north and the south, offers resting
place every ndncenen the traveller either in search
health or pleasure with n climate in early famed
for its refreshing breezes be described more
delightful healhyas the experience of all persons
living acqua ned here will provethan that enjoyed by
all in the latter OF August and the fall months
This with the great facility reaching herebeng distant
only few hours from OF large cities with daily
mails both north and south, and from eight twelve fine
steamboats, passing daily in every rectioninake it most
desirable location tor families and OF business WELL
Also delightful and safe for those whom fear oil
disease drives away from their homes.
The lighthouses have been greatly enlarged and inn
proved fitted with hot baths shower baths and private
baths and still aiiordng ample for the most expert
swimmer. There is also splendid beach for those who
prefer surf bathing
The table will be supplied with all the uxures of the
and surrounding markets the cellar and bar with the
best wines and liquors TO be procured The iothe most
magnificent public work in the contryoters military pa
ades and the ovclies wniks the bay the finest fishing
and sailing, while for others there billiards, enpn
music, and dancing with obging and efficient agents IN
each department. We shall every exerton TO make
Old Point in all respects the desirable waeringpace
in the county.
JAMES s. FRENCH.
Nav 20-lnwcp MAT. Intel
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THE undersigned having qualified administrators Of
the Of George O. Dromgooe, deceased, request
all persons having claims against said estate to make them
known; and all persons indebted the requested
pay without delay, the administrators are anxious
settle the estute early Is possible Address Summit
North Carolina.
RICHARD s. SIMS,
EDWARD DROMGOOLE,
Administrators of c. c. Dromgoole, deceased.
Ma I'm.
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Through tickets 70 Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point
Comfort, &C., VIA Richmond and Port WnlthsII.
W'hOLf fare. s. 80 only.

THE public advised that through tickets continue to
be given on board the Potomac steamboat the above
places, at the low five dollars fifty cents onlv in
Guiding meals ON The James river boat
Passengers leaving Washington at 9. a M Alexan
dria at st a. M Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays
reach Richmond at D, p. M. Tin its beautiful
seonery,) where they lodge and the morning go by
the Richmond and Peersbugh railroad and Port Waliha
Steamboat line to Norfolk which place they reach by
For further information, apply TO Captain ]. w Rod
gers, board the Potomac sieanbeat, or to
GEORGE MATTlNGLY, Agent,
June 2--Staw6w