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FEMALE EDUCATION At wAsHInGroN.

HNHE SUBSCRIBER, thankful for patronage
a with which he has been favored from no lees
than fifteen States, and from families holding the
highest positions in the country, respectfully an
nounces that he has entered on the fourth year Of
bis service in this city (the eighteenth Of his expe-
riencc) as an instructor Of youth.
His Private Family Boarding School for the edu-
cation Of Young Ladies in all the solid and the or
namental branches required in an American fe-
male education, limited az Il is TO twenty four
pupils, offers advantages, as 10 domestic comfort
and thorough instruction. not 10 be attained he
thinks in miscellaneous, nor in larger schools.
o. The language Of intercourse in the family
and the school Is French, under the ton of q
French lady educated for HIe profession ia Paris.
n. w. CUSHMAN, a. NJ.
IsDrAsA AvENUE, near City Hall
Oct g-dtJan2
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Devoted 10 african Colonization and Ciuiii .ation
TO Literature and General intelligence.
FENHE undersigned propose to publish in the CITY
OF Washington weekly newspaper, bearing
the above title, and dedicated TO Il sound morality
IN politics, 10 the Union OF the States To the
OF African colonization and civilization and to a II
topics of high and general interest to their coun-
try and mankind. They will endcavor TO impress
upon the People and Governments of the United
States and Of the several Sates the importance of
colonizing in Africa, with their own consent the
free people of color of this country, and such "a
may become free. They will communicate to the
public all important information they NAV obtain
IN regard to the geography, exploration resource
commerce, and population of Africa; the state of
the slave trade and the measures best adapted for
its supprcssion and will enforce the duty OF union
among all Christian denominations in efforts 10
difIusc the knowledge Of our arts, liberty and
Chrisuanlty among the barbarpus people of that
continent.
They will aim 10 render the journal an instruc
( tive and useful Family Newspaper, and to secure
for its columns, as the public favor shall enable
them, contributions, literary and scientific, of de
cided merit.
TIE CHRISTIAN STATEsaAN will be of the size of
the Home Journal or National Era, and exceed In
size the HetIscncer the Union of this CITY; and
with but few advertisements, will be nearly filled
with matter designed to be of interest to its reade.s
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paper, and I'm mechanical execution be equal TO the
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MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE AND FIRE IN
sCRA NOE COMPANY o. LOUISIANA.

INCORPORATED ~ APRIL lsiq, AND DECLARED A
DIVIDEND OF 25 PER cENT. oS II MONTHS BUSINESS.
Business If tie Company confined to Life
Insurance only.
Permanent Fund by Act or Incorporation
100000.
oGicc No 80 CIsp Street bstioeeh Grrisr rad Conn
mon streets, NetC Orleans.
The permanentfund to be invested as perchar
ter for the benefit Of the policy holders in bonds
md mOrtTa ges on uniucumbcrcd real estateyalued
1t double the amount loaned thereon and in stocks
1f tire State and Of the United States government.
This company, being organized solely for the
protection of the policy holders and their families
against want and poverty, is in its operations
great national benevolent institution, conducted
upon the most secure and solid principles, and al
fJrding, for small annual sum, paid during lie.
large and handsome legacy to widows and chill
dren after death.
All policy holders, whether for life shorter
terms, who continue tho insurance till death, par
tcipate in tho whole fthe profts Of the company
Creditors can insure the lives of debtors.
married woman can effect insurance on the life Of
her husband for the sole benefit and use Of herF eli
and children free from the claims oicrcditorE
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PROFESSOR GRoUx,s

French Glass for Conversation & Reading,
tiH be opened on Taesddv. the Ian inst, at 7 D. M
TINIiE OBJECT OF THIS CLASS is 20 aid in
Il every possible way thosc persons in Washing.
ton who desire to acquire an accurate knowledge
Of French, and To learn not only 10 read, but to
speak the language flucntly. Most persons in the
United States acquire their knovledge through the
eye alone, and hence the number Of individuals
here who read tolerably well, but do not cornpre-
bend word OF French when spoken, or even when
read, by another. To such persons such n Class
promises very great advantages.
The members will meet at The rooms Of Profes-
sor ID. +. GRoUx, native of France, who will d.
rect and supcrntend the exercises. oppositc
Browns Hotel, where tickets may be bad
REFERENCES:
FsANcIs MARKos, esq, G strcct, between Sd
and a streets
VIM. :. DssRIcK, esq., corner of and 18th ste
Cen. n. TowsoN, corner of + and 18th sts
Maj. w. RIcH, II street, between nth and 18th
streets.
JONI WILSON, esq, 18th st between T. & + SITS
capt. GEO p De la RocHE, Georgetown
Col PETsR FoRcg, 10Th street, near u.
Rev JAMES RYDrR
Rev. w. j. CLARKE, corner of 9th and f ste.
Comm'r ANDaEw HAYWOOD, corner Of l4th and
II sta
Orrs c. wIonT, Rittenhouse Academy.
THOMAS CARBERay, esq Oct SIT
i 1852.
The War in Hungary, by General Klapka. 10 10
Governor Of CeInorn; vols London.
Man and his Migradons, by X. G.. Latham
Lady's Voyage Round the World, by Ida
PfcifFer
Adrian, or the Clouds II tho Mind, by G. p. n
james and NJ. -. Field; vol
Nicaragua; People, Scenery, Monuments. &c.
by w. u squicr; vols, with maps and iilustra
tons. FRANCK TAYLOR
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WAsHiNeToS CRY, ID. c.,
Practiscs in the courts Of the District of Column
bia, and will attend 20 the collection Of debts and
TO the prosecution OF claims OF every description
including those for bounty land under the act of
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- Law, will attend promptly to any business in
his profession in the city Of Richmond, includinR
cases in the Appellate and Federal Courts) and
the adjacent counties, and in thetown Of Peters.
burg.
Or Office No. 3, Law Buildings, Richmond
virginia. Aur 8 tf
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EMPIRE STATE MUTUAL ASSURANCES
COMPANY,
OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY


V'iis company was organized under the General
Il Insurance Law Of New York, passed April 10
lSi9, and has been doing a very succcssful bust
ness. and will insure dwelling. houses stores
household furniture, and other property on as ia =
vorobic terms as any other responsible Company in
this country.
Tho public arc referred to the following letter
Of the Hon ID. ). Dickinson, Senator from the
State OF New York, for tho standing Of the Com.
pany:
WAsHINGToN, March 5, 1851
lam acquainted with some Of the officers Of the
Empire Mutual Insurance Company, located at
Saratoga Syringe, New York and know others by
character. The Company il in the hands of gem
ueinen OF high character for integrity and bust.
ness capacity, and cannot doubt that il will he
prudently and successfully conducted.
u. y. DICKINSON.
Directors.
lsaac Fowler, samuel Pitkin,
Geo. Young, jr., Hcrmon Thomas,
~. N. llathOrn, VIM ~. Flecman,
&. NJ. Dawson, Samuel Corning
Theo. w Sanders, Joseph Daniels,
y. NJ. Moriarty, George Clements
Hon. John n Boyd,
ISAAC FOWLER, President
II n. HATHORN, Vice President
GEO. YOUNG, JH., Secretary.
WIN. II. FLEEMAN, Treasurer
Applications for insurance may be made 20 f. c.
WEED, agent. North street, Capitol Hill.
March 6-u
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MSS ~. 10. SCOTT.

MISS ~. II. SCOTT.
Music Lessons on Piano rpa Guitar.
A PPIICATION to be made nj Miss MARY r..
IA BRONAUGHS, next door To the Hon Mr.
Holmes on Missouri avenue, between 81 and /
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gUnE BATHS.

EUrE BATHS.
rFtO all who are afflicted with Rhcunutic con-
4 plant. We would say, 60 and try DIR. EmER-
SONS SULPHUR FCNE htTHs, nt Cops Pavilion,
sn louisiana avenue, near sixth street The pc
suilrtics oft arC such that itCurcs eilcc tually
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nature such asScrofula, Govt ,dsoasesof thes kin,
Joints, &c.
Galyanic aud Electro Magnetic Electricity.
Dr. Emerson stiil continues 90 apply these i'm
p8ftsnt remedial agents 70 such diseases 1pd such
, aacs 90 indicate their usefulness
Aug - .zp1tG
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THE CHRISTIAN STATESMAN.
A Weekly Neyvspaper,

Devoted 10 african Coioni gallon and Cipii cation
TO Literature aud General Intelligence.
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Iiulc & b.own, Of Boston, 10 whose enterprise
the reading pubic las often been indebted for
the most valuable American and foreign booze,
propose to publish, by subscription, new series Of
the EnRlish Reports ia Law and Equity. THE &C.
res viii contain all the authoritative decisions Of
the House Of Lords tho Courts Of Equity, the rrvy
Coart, the Queens Bench, the Erchcqucr, Common
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The profession are assured that this series will be
the most complete Of any reports now published.
4 careful eKa .inatiCn Of the Juisf and Ian Jour
nat for scrcs OF years disclOses the fact that many
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Welsby, Manning, g ranger & Scott, Adoiphus q
Ellis, and other reporters; and the Lam Journal
alone during the fret seven years Of it's existence,
pghlishcd over Que thousand cascs not then else
where reported.
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Fary are cited with confidence. and az anthO-
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other eminent American judges, and IN the writ.
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and Uthcrs; and, for accuracy, clcarness aud bre.
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Marine Affairs

Ton s--,rrrr- uvsrpvLpT.-rns vesgel will not leave
tomorrow for Hsvre, having been temporarily with
drawn to repair the damages sustained in her late tenn
pestucus passage home and also to make other
ces.sry repairs.
FoR cALroREIA.-The steamer Sierra Neveda, Capt.
Wilson, departed yesterday afternoon for Chagres She
carried large number Of passengers the Of whom
found in another column
NEw CALIFORNIA STEAMrR.. We understand, from the
bert authority thst contract has been entered into
with Mr.. William H. Webb, within few days past,
for twin steamship TO the Golden Gate, to be en-
ployed in the California mail line. Her model will
differ from that steamer only far tho spirit OF i'm
provemcn which is Characteristic Of this enterprisag
ship builder may suggestthe substitution Of sharper
lines or other changes by which greater speed than
that Of the Golden Gate be secured. steamer cal
cuated to run successfully with the Golden Gate and
Illinois, ~ill be important acquisition to the line and
TO the public,
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CITY IuSeiyYUeuce.

FiRr.-Wednssday evening about haf.pest o o'clock,
hre broke out in the segar store, No. 35 Frankfort
street, occupied by German named Charles Ii pdsn
bfug The FIRE originated In the of the store; and
bot for the promptne Of the fire department the whole
bulldog, which was only framework, must have been
consumed The store itself together with che contents
was entirely destroyed. The damage may probably
amount to $500 The store Incurred for ST. iO0 Toe
fire aiso communicated to small grocery kept by
widow Gallagher, No. 81 which very much da mayed
BY water rs were also the dwellings of several oher
miles in the adjoining building Assist Captain Willis
ton was promptly the epot With platoon Of moo The
Chief Of Police, Capt Leonard OF the second ward and
Capt. Brennan Of the Sixth ward with their en- were
likewise In attendance
AccpESr.-About half past nine o'clock yesterday
morning. man named VIM oNiei, rcsidsncs unknown
fell, in the Bowery, and ruptured blood vessel of tbs
head, aud bled freely from the Internal right ear He
was brought 20 the Sixth ward station house By Sergeant
In who advised him to be conveyed to the City Hospital
FsyER.. -on wednesday mcrning about 10 o'clock a
man by the name Of Patrick Linen brought to the
Thirteenth ward station house by policeman Post from
the corner Of Ridge and Delaney street very i'll with
the typbus fever. lie was sent to Bellevue Hospital
BonY FotNo On Wednesday morning about 10 o'clock
pohccmRn O'BrsD, az be was patr0ling his bsat IN
Prince ttreet Broadway discovered the dead b,y
OF male infant, lying under q mortar box partially
covered and buried IN the rand. From the appear
Of the body mus. have laid there for days The
1odyvas placed IN email box. and conveyed to the
Commissioners sfiice.
ceIy ores and Eating saloon have been broken into
and robbed OF late while the thieves have made their
efcspe unmoesttd We would cal the attention OF the
police OF the Seventeenth to this fact and sould wish tbs.
they would chow little more vigilance, and keep
iharfer look out than they have been doing Of late
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Superior Court.
PART SECOND.

Before Hon. Judge Campbell.
Frn. 2--.john s. Meyer against John La Frge This
Was an action to the last instament uader
psn.rs contract for doing the carpenters work OF the
La Forge Bulldogs Of Broadway and Reads street.
The performances Of the work admitted but the de-
fendsnt set that It not done within the time sti
puated sud that there delay from Oct ii to Nov
20, 1850, whereby the plaintiff incurred forfeiture OF
S2Cco agreed upon in the contract To this the plaintiff,
replied that the delay ocoasonei BY the aots of the
6efendaptthat Is 10 say that the defendant did not al
low the plaintiff TO commence the work until nearly rx
weeks alter the making II the contract that after the
work began the plaintiff was further delayed for about
two weeks by reason OF brick partition being subs
ted for wooden partition; and also that the plaintiff
could not get possession Of certain the cor.
Der building. with which connection was TO be made
testimony was introduced both sides and the Judge
left 1t TO the jury TO say WHISTLER this plaintiff was pre.
vented from completing bis work by the wrongful acts
OF tho defendant IL SO, tho plaintiff entitled 20 re.
cover; but the plaintiff In fault the was
entitled to the forfeiture. The plaintiffs claim was 400
and interest The jury returned verdict for the plain
til for Sl525 T6.
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The italian Onera.

Last evening the opera OF maria di Rohann per-
formed at Nibo's The house was cool but no. so full
Monday night--Tuesdsys, Thursdays, and sa.ur-
days not being fashionable opera nights Parties
given those nights and the opera is well at
tended On the contrary, on Mondays Wednesdays and
Fridays there always full houses If there is sufficient
attraction Tonight therefore, overlooking houses may
be expected, both ut the Astor Place and at Nblos.
There will be additional reason for bumper at Nblos
1T is the last night of the performance Of the Boso
troupe and tho splendid opera Of Maria d Rohan will
be repeated At Astor Place there will alse be great at
traction Robert the Devil'
Boso successful last night, In the part Of Maria
beyond what any person expected. She Is not const
tutionaDy formed for tragedy especially when it is deep
aud she hes been known TO burst into laughter during
the n,ott solemn passages She lie Essentially comedian
and shc rarely succeeds In making the audience think
that she ever feels deeply yet BY her exquisite voice.
artistic sk and beautifully finished style of singing
she made evident impression last night enthu
siastcay appsuded and her tones aud looks eyincea
Of seriou.ness than observed In her before
Badia, the Duke, and Bettini Richard, very
succe,sfu they owsys are in hose parts Altogether
1t was delightful treat
Everybody is astonisbed st the determination Of the
Boso troupe to leave Saturday, for Boston, just when
they were drawing such houses every night at Nblos
EaSetzeA's frsxds already Growing over them aud
say he has outger rAled them, and driven them from
the FIELD The Bosio troupe say they had previous
rent Of the theatre there but the question is whs
Their under all the circumstances 1t would not be better
for them to DO So When they come back they may find
the enthusiasm consider ably cooled down They to
charge dollar at Boston; but it lie doubtful tbs Bosto
mans will be willing to pay double mu,h New
YeIkere for the same thing. Yet unleas they have
crowded houses ct dollar, they cannot make much
money as they are making now.