The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-17

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wEsr END InpaovEmEsrs.-several weeks age
we took occasion to speak of the splendid houses in
the course of erection in the First ward. especially
in the neighborhood Of St. Johns church.
| The demand for first class residences has been
steadily increasing for the last twenty years in
that locality, for the reason among many that the
| departments are in the West End, and gentlemen
who hold high ofo ial stations under our own Gov
eminent, and foreign ministers, and others, desire
| to be nenr to them. Besides, there il not a more
pleasant and healthier section than this in the Dis
| trict Of Columbia.
Every day we have new evidences to assure us
that our citizens apprehend danger to their To-
cal prosperity from the political and social contests
| without their limits and in the Capitol; and the
last sign Of confidence that here will be continued
the seat of the General Government is, that w. w.
Corcoran, esq, has invited proposals for eight first
class houses in the First ward. The specifications
are published in pamphlet form, covering thirty
two octave pages.
From this we learn. by has.y glance, that they
are to be very commodious, some of them double
houses, furnished with every convenience that in
| genuity devise, and constructed according to
chaste architectural designs The Elizabcthan,
Gothic. and Romanesque styles have been adopted.
| We have seen and admired the drawings, but can
| not undertake to give description of them, and
will only remark, in this connection, that the houses
to be erected according to the plans, cannot fail
| to be rich in their general features, and orna-
mental to city already beautiful
"NEw BAsxISG OpERArIoNs"-THE SrATHAM
FrRm.-wc yesterday copied an advertisement
signed &C. w. Statham and Co.." giving notice
that the bills signed by them, and purporting to
be issued by the Farmers and Merchants Bank,
| Warrington, d. CO. would be redeemed at the
| Potomac Savings Bank" of this city. We have
now some indirect information On the subject fur
nished yesterday afternoon by the Telegraph, the
editor of which was informed, in reply to an in
| quiry made at the Potomac Savings Bank, that
the notes in question had been put in circulation
| in Virginia by a mercantile firm at Lynchburg,
intended for circulation in that State but that, in
order that any Of them which may find their way
into this District and vicinity may be promptly re-
deemed, funds have been deposited at the Potomac
| Savings Bank Of this city for the purpose"
1t will be recollected that the heading of the ad
vertisemcnt Farmers and Merchants Bank,
| Washington, d. c." and that it was signed by
&C. w. Statham & Co." If this be ga mercantile
firm" in Lynchbwg, why not make Of the name
of that town instead Of Washington, d. c., espe-
cially the notes s'intended for circulation
in V1ginia7" But the office, or bank, was located
apparently, the north side of Pennsylvania
nue., between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets
| The sign was up "for week" only, and was
yesterday taken down. and together with the table,
chair, and desk, deposited in the Potomac Bank. 1t
was very considerable to make provision for the re-
demption of the notes which might find their way
| into the Disrict-a favor which we should not in
| gratitude, cease to remember!
ARREST ORA TMEF-For some months past per-
sons residing in various portions of the city have
been despoied of their poultry, the thief taking off
his booty under cover of darkness. The larders of
four Of citizens, who reside nearly adjoining
| one another, were during this week, on the same
night, relieved of some of their choice contents.
| without clue to the individual who had taken
! possession of them.
| At about eleven o'clock, on Thursday night, the
house Of Mrs. Nesbit situated on street, between
I'd and Al streets, entered and robbed of sill
yer coffeepot and crearnjug, (the two valued at
| forty fifty dollars, besides dozen tumblers A
servant girl, seeing the thief, gave the alarm
| when he fled. II subsequently appeared that he
had prepared himself for defence, in of sell
| cure, by placing the IKE which was in the yard
| and large stone near the door.
| Officer MuIloy, yesterday morning, arrested ia
cob Rowles, white man, aged sixty years, on
suspicion of the theft and brought him before JUS
| tice Goddard. On his person found the cream
| Jug, with Mrs. Nesbit's name engraved on the bot
! tom of it. Being searched, there found in his
| pocket money to the amount of about thirty dol
| lars. He was committed to Jail, to await trial
| during the June term of the criminal court.
| There seems to be little doubt that this aged Of
fender likewise stole the chickens and other poul
try, and robbed the larders. The yard of his resi-
dence was thick with feathers, and the gous of
blood" in several places perceptible strengthened
the suspicion that he was guilty of the Jo,Ol trans
| actions.
IMPROVED PRINTING Passive learn from a
friend that small model of an improved printing
press has lately been deposited in the examiners
| room at the Patent Office, by the inventors, Mr..
Hathaway, "a printer,) and Mr.. STRIPPED, "a mag
chinist,) of Norfolk, Va. They have applied for a
| patent.
| There many points in this invention which
claim originality; but it's principal feature, and
which alone will recommend it for general use,
consists in tho great economy of machinery. The
Napier, with its heavy cylinder, railway, cog
wheels, ETC., the average cost of which exceeds
$14O0 is at last met by rival, ''stripped for the
race" with one-third of the machinery, simple in
construction, perfect in regularity Of movement,
for the modest sum Of $500 The average speed
is one thousand sheets per hour, two persons being
required to work it. Possessing half rotary
| movement, it can, however, be worked with ease
by one person, at the rate of five hundred sheets
per hour.
| Until something better is offered, this must be
considered the best and cheapest invention of
the day for printing purposes. the want of which
has been long experienced by thousands of ncws-
paper proprietors throughout the country.
| Bruce Co., of New York, some time since, Of
fered premium of $500 for the best and cheapest
improved printing press; and Messs. Hathaway
and STRIPPED, we learn, are constructing one to
send to that city, that they may claim the reward
due to their ingenuity.
SALE SrocKs.-Yesterday afternoon Dyer &
| Mcguire sold at auction Chesapeakcand Ohio Canal
preferred bonds (S5O0) for cighty-eight cents in
the dollar, to Mr.. George Ednonds; $4,000 Of st.
| Louis six per cent. at ninety-six cents, to Mr.