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either OF the hotels. Reserve carpetout of your
baggage in which you can put your provisions for
the road - bread, meat, cheese, s.irdines. and
pickles-as well little of the 90 be ioyfu' and
sugar After you have seen your baggage start,
You will find the road near Cruces bad, boggy
with large streams in il covered with water or over
a destroyed pavement of large round stones shat
tered in mastery confusion, up hill and down, or
built through gorge in the mountains two feet
wide ut the bottom, and expanding, and up which
the mules ascend by putting their feet in holes in
the rock, and descend in the same way. You will
thus reach the rancho Of Sonora Maria del Esperita
Santo,o distance about five miles, where you can
get good coffee or chocolate. BY the time you have
finished a lunch your baggage will probably be up
or ahead ofyou. The road continues the same un-
til you arrive at the next house, three lcs distant
French and worse Spanish, but will give you cup
Of coffee more miserable than both. Youcan wait
here for your baggage, gO to the next rancho,
which is four miles further, same kind of road, and
kept by Sr. Augustin Fernandez, who will furnish
you with good cup of coffee, and hammock to
sleep in at four rials, or you can swing your
for nothing. Your baggage will probably pass you
here, but recommend a nights rest here and an
early start in the morning. 1s. ,sgtstsl
You will then, having six miles good road, (after
three miles Of very bad, reach Panama about
o'clock. Deliver your mules Immediately, and you
will be prepared to receive your baggage, that will
be in about IL o'clock You will find the sWash-
ington, ""American," !" "United States, (" and ssOre
gon" hotels, all of them with good accomnnoda
tons, You will also find large number Of com
fortably furnished rooms at two bits per day here,
and one to the attendant. The town is full Of res
register your ticket; you then have time to look
around you, and mix up with the Americans,
where take my leave Of you.
Most respectfully, yours, ISMENO.
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LIFE ASSURANCE.
National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society,
&c CoRNHII.L, LONDON, AND al WALL
~ STREET. NEW YORK

National Lonn Fund Lifs Assurance Society,
26 CoRNHILL, LONDON, AND II WALL
II tft STREET, NEW YORK.
CAPITAL, E50o,O0o sterling, OF $500 900.
~ (Empotcned ty act of Parliamenf,) ID PIC
Royal dssenf, 9Th July, 1888. "a Savings' Bank
for The Widow and the Orphan" II. Lanic Muir
ray, George street, Hanover Square, Chairman et
the Clesrf u Directors, london;
UNIrED STATES BoAap or Local DiaEcToRs.
New YoRK.-C. Edward Habicht, Chairman
John 8. Palmer, James Boorman, George Barclay
samuel s. Rowland, Samuel M Fox, William Van
Hook, Aquila G. Stout, Tanning c. Tucker, Bache
PmIADrLrulA-clcm c. Biddlc, George r.
Graham, w. Peter, (H. D. M. Consul,) Louis A
Cooley, William Jones. ....
BAIT,xoRk.- Jonathan Meredith, John McTayish
(H. B. M. Consul Donald Mc1lyain, Samuel Hell
man, Henry Tiffany, DR.. j. II. McCuIloch... a
BosTos. &C Gorge NJ. Thatcher, Israel Whitney
Franklin Dexter, BENJAMIN Scaver, Elijah d. Brig
ham, =. A. Crattan, III. B; NJ: ConsuLl
a ]. LEANDER STARR, General dgsnf.
EpwARp II, RrcHAapsoS, General Iccounfan
for he Unifed States and b. ~. n. Ooloniss
Pamphlets containing The rstes Of premium, pros
pcctus, examples, names Of Agents, medical exam,
ncrs, &c, can be had free Of charge application
at II Wall street, and Of agents.
Part Of the capital is permanently invested in tho
United States in the names of three Of the local di
recors, as strustccsavaisbie always 10 the assured
in Of disputed claims (should any such arise)
THIRTY DAYS are allowed, after each payment O.
Premium becomes due, without forfeiture Of policy
The United States Local Board meet every Wed
ncsday, at their Office in Wall street, where al
business connected with the Societys operations in
America is MISUNDERSTANDING thereby every
possible advantage OF promptness and attention (
parties in cases of leave 10 travel loans settlement
&c sn fas aaaas
Medical examiners attend daily, al o'clock. p
M, at Al Wall street, and at the Office of the diff
ferent Local Boards and Agencies imtI
Al Communications 70 be addressed 70 j.
J. LEANDER STARR, General agent
for he Uaifcd Sfptes aud for B. ". a. Coioniss
June - t.i go tn rtftH
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ApvERTIsSe.--It sccms 10 be settling down into
an established principle that business man viii be
successful In proportion 10 tho extent Of his adver
tisingn respectable newspapers OF wide circulation
But IN advertising, discrimination and Judgment il
required, well as i'm other matters There issuch
thing as ovcrshootng the mark by odprfising TOO
much, and procuring larger amount Of business
than one is able TO attend 70, and then advertising
proves 10 be annoyance instead OF blessing
This singular fact s well illustrated by the follow
ing dialogue which lately took place in this city:
ScESE- Counting Room Of The Boston Journal I'm
Ter customer, scho addresses clerk ~ a sfnte Of
excitement. tf..l -
C,isfomer. Do you recollect, sir, that ordered
my advertisement into your paper about week
ago'
Ci1k. Yes, sir-very well.
Customer, (enphaficaliy.) With directions to
have Il inserted three times only?
Clerk. Well, sir, your directions were complied
with. II you examine the filc before you. you will
find il inserted "three times inside" according TO
order. t3 ft NN.1f
Customer, (,nuch ereifed.) know that II ,cas
inserted three times, and If you had stopped Il then,
all would have been well. But il was continued,
contrary to my orders, every day TO the present
time.
clerk. Ah. indeed, (inspecfins tie fie-) Yoaarc
right, sr. II was continued through mistake i'm
the printing Office. Bot (soofhingig) there Il no
harm done. You need not get in passion. OF
course we shall charge for only three insertions
Cwsiosser, (saragsiy.D But T,rilf get in PASSION
sir, Il like don't mnd. The charge--it . not of
The oulpable neglect Of your printer has been the
cause Of degree Of annoyance and yexat;on tbat
may cost mo my life. Ever since tbc advertisement
appeared, my store has been crowded with custom
crs and I'm loud coics) they Increasing every
day that have had 10 double the number of
my clerks, and do moro than double duty myself
! have no time even 70 take comfortable meal
and am so fatigued with my work through the
day and evening, that cannoi get a wink o sleep
nights--and (roising has vo.ce) am determined 10
stand II no longer. II you don't take that adver-
hsemcnt out of the Journal forthwith, shall yo
crazy, or shall have 10 summon the police 10 keep
out the crowd, and You shall pay the doctor and
foot the bills! (Erif IN a rage. Boston Journal
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From the Merchants Day Book, 19fh.
A Repentant Burglar.

CuRIous CAsE.--In the court of sessions, yester-
day morning, two young men, named John Mas
terson and Samuel Van Horn, were tried for bur-
glary, when the following story was told by Mrs.
Featherstone, good looking widow, who lived at
1l2 Ridge street. She said that the night of the
the doors and windows being secured, but some
time during the night the room was entered, and
number Of articles stolen. Amongst them a silver
watch and chain, four breast-pins two pairs brace
lets. four finger rings, two pairs ear rings and
odd ear ring, altogether worth some $50.
The next night after the things had been stolen,
says the widow, some person Knocked at my win
dow; it was about half past one O'Clock. asked
who there, and some one replied IA friend.'
asked what brought them there at that hour, and
they answered me by asking if had not been rob
bed the night before, or II had not lost some pro-
perty. said had and they then asked me what
II was. ! inquired what that to them They
then asked me il had not lost watch, ear rings
bracelets, breast-pins and finger rings, and said
that they were employed by young man in Wash
ington market TO bring them to me; that he told
that he was drunk at the time he took the things;
that afterwards he became sorry, and employed
them to bring my property back to They
asked me i'll would not open the door and let them
in, and they would tell me all about it. Irefused 10
open the door, and they made no attempt to get in
They informed me that my watch had been left at
place in Division street by the man who took It,
and that they had stopped il, although they knew
nothing about the robbery. They then gave me
covered from the place they mentioned in Division
street. While they were speaking, an officer, who
had overheard the conversation, came up and took
them. As the evidence went to show that they re-
stored instead Of stole the property, the Jury ac
quilted them without leaving their seats.
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THE MODERN STANDARD DRAMA.
Published by M. Douglas, III Spruce Street,
New York.

1Ttce Izz ceItts eucH
Under this title collection Of all the celebrated
plays that keep possession of the modern stage is
now in course Of publication.
The series is printed from new, lar &C. and uni
form type, on good paper and soldai the low price
Of l2i cents each play.
Eight numbers form large and elegant volume,
for which general title page, and an engraving
OF some distinguished performer, are regularly
given. Bound in Cloth, 81.
The following plays have been already published:
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HERoIsa OF THE PooR.-A correspondent of the
London Morning Chronicle says:
"As a class, must say that the work people that
have seen, appear remarkably truthful, patient,
and generous; indeed, every day teaches me that
their virtues arc wholly unknown to the world
Their intemperance, their impruvidence their
want of cleanliness, all that come to ears
As ! said before, however, doubt very much whe-
tbcr we should not be as improvdent and intem-
perate II our incomes and comforts were as preca
rous theirs. The vices of the poor appear 10 b.
evils naturally fostered by poverty-even their
virtues are such want and suffering alone can
beget. Their patience is positively marvellous. In
decd, have seen this last week such contentment
under miserics and privations of the most appall-
ing nature, as has made me look with reverence
upon the poor afflicted things. have beheld
stalwart man, with one-half OF his body dead-his
whole side parayzed, 50 that the means Of subsist-
ence by labor were denied him; and his wife toing
day and night with her needle, and getting, at the
weeks end. but ono shilling for her many hours
labor. have sat with them in their wretched how
el shivering, without spark Of fire in the CRATE,
and the bleak air rushing In at every chink and
crevicc. l have been with them and their shocess
children at their Sunday dinner of boiled tcaleaves
smiling lips, not only tell me. but show me, how
contented she with her lot; bearing the heavy
burden with meek and uncomplaining spirit,
such as philosophy may dream Of but never can
compass The man and his wife were satisfied that
il was the will Of God they should be afflicted as
they were, and they bowed their heads in reverent
submission to the law 1T may be hard TO say why
VIC are 30 sorcly troubled as we are' said the he
roic old daInc but are satisfied il is all for the
best In my last letter told The story Of the poor
stock-makcr, who, for three weeks, had never lain
down to rest, 80 that she might save her disabled
parent from the work house. In the letter before
that, related the struggle of girl 10 free herself
from a life Of vice which sbe had been driven into
by sheer starvation; indeed, not day Of my life
now passes but am witness 10 some act Of he
roism and nobility, such unknown and un-
heard Of among those who well to do in the
land"
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IlHILIP BARTON KEY will attend 20 any
il business he may be entrusted with before either
Of the Courts OF this District; and will also attend
10 the prosecution of Claims before Congress and
the Departments. Office on street.
u July l7--U arto a.u tlIH
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PRICES OF TYPE.

And larger sizes at equally low prices.
Fancy letter of every description, Combination
Borders, Flower Cuts, and Ornaments in great va
riety. ,sg
Wood Letter of every description, from to rs
lines Plea, at manufacturers prices. s
Smith, Washington, and Power Presses, Of the
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ASswER Foot ACCORDING TO His .roLLv--A few
years since, friend Of mine being on journey,
called at a country inn 70 feed his horse. On enter
ing the bar room--the only room, In which he
could find FIRE he found a motley company col
lected, who had evidently been exciting their
courage and kecnncss by the inspiring influences
conversation after baye been drinking as reli-
gion. suppose il is owing 20 the fact that their
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J. N. TArUM, ARTIST,

CTUDIO in the Capitol, near the Library Of the
- House Of Representative,
Lovers Of Art are requested 10 call aud examine
his specimens. a.a ra
Sept. 5--tf
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Certificates of packages of 26 Whole tickets 1870 90
Do do of 26 Half do IS 90
Do do of 20 Quarter do 80 50
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ROILER.

BOILER. as M
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nd ON board stcambosts JONAS Z. HEARTH and
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For further Information apply Va ~
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w. +. PORTER,
House, Sign and Ornamental Painter,
coaxEp 6rH srrrRr AND pfrr. AVENUE, UP srArsss
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OFFICE Pennsylvania vsenue, near the corner OF
~ Al street, wsshinGtsn, D. G. June ls-ly
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The Minor Drama.

Uniform icih The Modern Standard Drama.
This Series is intended 10 embrace such Farces,
Burlettas, Vaudevilles, &C., cannot consistently
be incorporated in the " Standard Drama IL Is
printed uniform with the above, and each number
embelished with fine Engraving, illustrative Of
some prominent scene Every new piece OF merit
will be published at the earliest moment. .i.g
The following have already been issued:
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courage is then screwed up. One of them was de-
ciaring his creed. He believed there was no God !;
another believed there was no hell; and all pro-
fessed TO believe their conduct in this life would
have no influence in the next This was very evil
dent. AT length, one. who seemed to be the mouth
piece for the rest, took the dangerous ground that
he could give reason for the 1nbelief that was in
him! My friend, who had sat silently warming
himself, turned suddenly to the boaster and with
great gravity said edo you say. sir, that you do
q hell"' eyes, do, don't believe in any of them
Such nonsense may do to frighten children and
old women with, but no philosopher or man Of
believe in their exstence?' because never saw
them, and don't believe in any thing never
saw "Indeed did you ever see your own
sTans e., %hWhy.Why i; don't say that ever
own creed, you have no brains; and suppose that
the same night that rat ate them out during
your Sleep he left the cavity TO be filed with pump
kin seeds" The foolish creature silenced,
and the meeting broke up. hfts tsl alt3tfte "
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w. +. PORTER,


OFFICE Pennsylvania vsenue, near the corner OF
~ Al strest, WsshinGtsn, ID. G. June 1s-ly
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BRILLIANT LOTTERIES
FOR JANUARY, 1850.
J.W. MAURY & CO., MANAGERS.
BRILLIANT SCHEME,
CAPITALS
&(;5. .000I

CAPITALS
$65, 900!
$4,000! $4,000. $4,000!
IW Prizes OF. ri 300 Z.
il3 DO of. ...... .............. i OU0
VIRGINIA STATE LOTTERY,
For the benefit of Monongala Academy,
Class A., for 1850.
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va, on Saturday, the
26th of January, 1850.
0J-l2 Drawn numbers out of75!-f0
MAGNIFICENT SCHEME,
! Grand Capital Of. ........ S65, 900
] Splendid Prize Of ........,,.. 10000 e
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100 Splendid Prizes of. ,...,..,.. 1,500
lib do lowest Nos. ...... 1000
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Whole Tickets S20-Halves $lO-Quarters $5-
Eighths 50 60
Certificates Of packages Of 25 Whole tickets $3.50 90
Do do Of % Half do l40 90
Do do Of 25 Quarter do 10 90
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Orders for Tickets and Shares and Certificates of
Packages in the above Splendid Lotteries will re-
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count of each drawing SENT Immediately after it is
over, 10 all who order from
Address J. & c. MAURY, agents,
Dec. 20 Alexandria. Va.
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Route from chaxre. to Panama.

We commend the following interesting letter to
| the attentive perusal of all persons who propose
taking the isthInus route to California. 1t will be
found, on account of the valuable information il
contains. of the greatest benefit to emigrants:
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RICH SCHEME,
$50, 900!
$4,000! Sl5,000l $1,000!
VIRGINIA STATE LOTTERY,
For the benefit of Monongalia Academy.
Class No. IT, for 1850,
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va, on Saturday, the
9th of February, 1850.
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$37, 200
so prizes Of $1,000
VIRGINIA STATE LOTTERY,
For the beneftof Monongalia Academy,
Class No. 20, for $780,
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va, on Saturday, the
10th of February, 1850.
rs Number Lottery-l2 Drawn Ballots
Southern shield., 1850-09-21
TERMS OF ADVERTISING

For square of 10 lines, frstinserton, Sl co For each subsequent insertion, 50 Any number of lines under ten, counted as dne square,-over 10 and under 20, counted as two squares, and advertisements ofgreater length in like proportion.
 Liberal deductions will be made to those who advertise by the year. Announcing candidates for State offices, $lO %
 District " ' co
 county, |" 5 co
 township" co Communications ofa personal nature will be charged double price. Payment in advance. JOB WORK of every description executed in the best of style and at reasonable prices.
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0, Who'd be a Bachelor,

Oh, who would be a bachelor,
 And pass this vale of life, Without the fond caresses
 Of young and lovely wife! Not like the gaudy butterfly,
 With charms that wax and wanc. A wife hath charms thatlong endure, And cen to death remain. Around the winter fre,side,
 When bowling storms are rife, There's nought that's half so pleasant, As loving, cheerful wife! Her smile dispels the darkest mist, That e'er beclouds life's way, And sheds around the path of life, An ever-cheering ray. When spring bids the earth be clothed, In new and beauteous life, Then fairer than the fairest form, Appears the loving wife. Who ever then would live alone,
 Must bear in mind the ban, That he who is a Bachelor,
 Is not happy man!
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Female Education,

No woman is educated, says Bishop Bur- net, who is not equal to the successful management of family. Although it does not require So much talent to rule a house. hold as it does to govern State, still it re- qures talent of the same kind. As he makes the best General who has begun at the lowest post, and passed up through every grade of office-as he makes the best Admiral who enters the navy in the most inferior station, because they and they alone, are acquainted with the whole com pass of a subaltern's duty--so that woman will manage a family with the greatest ease and efficiency who knows xperimentally the duties of every member of it. Daugh- ters who neglect this part of education are entirely without excuse, and mothers are still more to blame. The very apology which is often made for the neglect of it is the greatest condemnation of those who offer it. It is said by those who are grow ing in ignorance of these things, "Any one can learn how to keep house when it is necessary. Any one who loves her husband, and is devoted to his interest, will make herself accomplished in those things when she is married" As well might the young man say: of what use is it for me to learn a profession, or make myself acquainted with the details of any business? When am married, if love my wife, it will then be time enough to learn profession, or accom- plish myself in the details of business" Would there be any surer omen of total failure and discontinue? That which a woman can learn to doin few months un- der the tuition of love, can certainly be learned 10 a much greater advantage under the tuition of mother. If it is all so easy to learn, then certainly they are utterly inexcusable who neglect it. It is no degra- daton to the finest lady 10 know all the details of domestic affairs. It is honorable and ought to be her pride.
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ckfawl and further on, in words of still more transcendent lustre, are inscribed Palo Alto, Monterey, Buena Vista! A thousand gIories stream and flash around that standard! Sacrlegious Disunionist! dare you strike down that flag in the pre- sence of these stern old warriorsl And their renown! their renownI should that flag be torn and scattered into dshonored rags, and its stars be quenched in eternal night-who shall claim it? Illustrious spir- its where shall your honored bones lie, save beneath the broad arch of the American Union?
 Come, up then, this day, my countrymen, and renew your vows of allegiauce to that banner, while it yet waves with untarnish- ed lustre over their graves. Upon every altar kindIe anew the vestal fire of freedom; guard and cherish the flame, until it shall rise in broad and columned splendor to Heaven; until the whole earth shall feel the power of its intense illumination