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Smithsonian Institution.

An adjourned meeting of the Smithson-
ian Institution proper, or, as it is termed
in the law, the ESTABLISHMENT, was held
in the Session Hall of the Smithsonian
Building on Monday, the 9th instant, at
| | o'clock a. m. The statute members in
attendance were as follows:
The President of the United States.
The Secretary of State.
The Secretary Of the Treasury.
The Secretary of War.
The Postmaster General.
The Attorney General.
The Commissioner of Patents.
Prof. Henry, Secretary Of the Institu-
ton.
The Institution proceeded to ballot for
one honorary member, as, according to
the bylaws recently adopted, one is to be
elected each year. The result of the bal
lotlng was the unanimous election Of Prof.
Parker cleveland, of Bowdoin College,
Maine.
Letters from foreign correspondents and
institutions were presented ard read, ex-
tolling the system of distribution and
exchange carried on by the Institution
with European Swans and societies, by
which they are supplied by the Smithso-
MAN publications and other printed docu-
ments from the United States, and in
return for which they send to the Insti-
tuition their valuable scientific tranSac-
tons and rare duplicate volumes from
their libraries.
The institution then adjourned sine de,
expressing themselves we'll pleased with
the condition and anageluent of the
institution, and their belief that it was
accomplishing much good in the way of
increasing and diffusing knowledge among
mankind. IntpUigencer.
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Gas Nonopolies.

We notice with regret that the citizens
of Georgetown are to be saddled with a
monopoly in the shape of Company for
the supply Of that city with gas 1t
would be much better if the government
of Georgetown would take the matter in
hand, and keep it out of the grasp of mo-
nopolists and spectators. The example
of Washington in this respect is one to
which too much attention cannot be paid
by the citizens of Georgetown. TWAS a
great mistake in the government of this
metropolis to allow the supply Of gas to
be placed at the mercy of stock jobbers.
If the business had been kept entirely in
the control of the municipal authorities,
we should have been much better supplied
with light, especially in several of the side
streets; we should have had the article at
cheaper rate, and, as matter of taste,
smell, and health, we should have had no
''gas in the canal"
People of Georgetown consider well
this matter; and put the gas business in
the hands of your city government.
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NARROW ESCAPE.

TTNHERE is not doubt but many life u
l. saved by the refreshing effects produced
from glass of c. COLUMBUS'S PURE ICE
CREAM. Delicious in flavor, and medicinal
in its operations. it gives strength and aTpe-
tite, and possesses invigorating properties
which defy the enervating influences OF nc
burning sun or sultry days of summer. ms
Cream is pronounced by ladies and gentlemen
of the finest tastes to be superior 10 any made
in this city.
Call at his Saloon, 9TH street opposite odd
Fellows Hall. may ~
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ATTENTION, ALL!

TNHE undersigned most respectfully calls
i the attention of the Citizens of Washing
ton. and others visiting the City. to the fact
that he has recently procured set of F0UNTS
from the North, for manufacturing Soda
Water.
These Soda Water Founts have a decided
advantage over those which are now used
generally, as they are not made of copper.
but of a composition that is as pure as glass ::
consequently the water cannot become i'm
pregnated from the metal
There are in use now in New York over
three hundred.
The public is respectfully solicited to call
and test the quality of this delicious bever-
age at
GEO. NORBECk'S. Penn. avenue.
between 9th and 10th streets
une Std eotf
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Hiring, Livery. and Sale Stables

TIlE Subscriber has purchased tbe interest
Z of MIR. L. A. Ryther in the METROPOLIS
STABLES, rear Of the Metropolis Restaurant,
jackson Hall Alley. between Sd and a. streets
and is now the sole proprietor thereof. He
has engaged the services of well-known ard
experienced Grooms. and will give his personal
attention to all Horses entrusted 10 his care
Les> Several HORSES and BUGGIES. and
SADDLE HORSES for hire to reliable persons
at moderate rates
lune6-lw J. RICHARD IIENDLEG.
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W. "A perfect Da&ucrreOfypc OF deceased
or absent friends is a more precious relic than
gold or silver; but where to obtain one pos
sessing all the attributes of perfection, is the
momentous question. Those who know the
artist say, without hesitation, go to WEITE-
HURST whose admirable genius, and extensive
experience, combined with improved facili :
ties in the way of instruments. lights, &C.,
precludes the possibility of an inferior por-
trait at his elegantly furnished establish
ment. where the of portraits of hundreds
of dead and living celebrities can be exam
ined Daguerreotypes taken in every style.
Stereoscopic, Crayon and imitation postel.-
also, specimens of the beautiful art of Crys-
talotyping. m29
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CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY.
Encourage Your Own Mechanical

oslHNR THE SUBSCRIBER presents his
&@0S respects to the citizens of Washing
ton, and hegs to inform them that he contin-
ues to manufacture, at his stand on Eth street.
near Missouri avenue, great variety Of
CARRIAGES, to suit the taste of his custom
ers. He directs particular attention to small
FAMILY CARRIAGES, BUGG1ES. BE. He
has good stock of second hand VEHICLES.
which will be sold low. His work being all
done under his own eye lie is enabled to
speak with perfect confidence of IFS character.
CARRIAGES of all kinds repaired careful
ly and with dispatch
He respectfully solicits a fair share OF The
patronage of his fellow-citizens.
June 6-6w J. F. BRIDGET
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METROPOLITAN Railroad.

1t is to be hoped that the subscriptions
to the stock of this road will progress
steadily. There is every reason for prose
cutting the work with vigor. It's govern
ment will be in the hands of gentlemen
eminently we'll qualified to discharge their
duties, and the money for carrying on the
enterprise to advantage should be forth
coming at once.
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NEW DRUG AND APoTHEcaRy sToBr

TNhk undersigned respectfully informs tho
i citizens of Washington that they have
opened new Drug and Apothecary Store on
the corner of Maryland avenue and 9Th street
Island. for the purpose of conducting the above
business in all its varieties and where pbysi.
clans may rely on having their prescriptions
compounded with accuracy, neatness. and dis
patch A general assortment of Fancy Arti
cles and Perfumery constantly on hand.
10 Night bell at the door.
je 6-2w* ROSWELL E. co
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tor of Tioga County? We merely ask
for information.
But this matter is soon set at rest
Our critic shows how far he is influenced
by the jardin Anglaise, and the jardi,s
Franchise, and the jardin Gernonia, and
jardin Itolima, by his stigma On the life
like and wonderful position of the horse
attained by the original genius of Mr..
Mills. He sneers at it as having "the air
of a child's toy, perched admirably ON
two legs" This he coolly passes over as
a mere 6agatelle--a matter of no moment
whatever-a child's toy affair-a work,
he admits, that was never done before in
the world-but still, after all, * merely a
mechanical triumph''
With all due Difference to the foreign
travel of our critic, we should like him
to inform us what were the applications
of lightning by Franklin, of steam by
Fulton, Of the cotton gin by Whitney,
and of the caloric fluid by Morse, but
" mechanical triumphs?" Are they any
thing else but "mcre mechanism" Will
our " friend of Tioga County" answer?
Perhaps we had better let the gentle
man employ his own words: els not this
an Americanism? the way in which we
graft our everyday mechanism even upon
the highest order of art? A horse balanced
upon two legs!''
We reply-les! it IS can Americana
ism'-and one, too, of which every true
American has abundant reason to be
proud. 1t is the Americanism. "the
everyday mechanism" of American &C.
MUS, such as the world never saw before.
But it is ''like child's toy" cries out
our critic. So is lion ''hke child 5 tow"
and so is a leapord, and SO is ship, and
so is house, and SO is an elephant. Per-
haps, however, our critic never saw the
last named animal, although he volun-
teers to tell us that he has been abroad
But Mills Statue is ssbalanced on two
legs" This is the stone of stumbling to
foreign finish and artistic groupingw
Oh, the objectionable sin of this Ameri-
can artist! Alas ! for the rock of offence
in the ''every day mechanism of this
South Carolina plasterer! How dare he
do such thing as balance horse upon
two legs? What business had he,
mere American mechanic who never saw
a foreign land, to follow and copy nature
in her 'every day mechanism 2" Why
did he not initiate the &c finish and artis-
tic grouping of the foreign artists of St.
Petersburgh, London, and Berlin, and bal
ance his horse by serpent, or a dragon,
or irs tail? s'That's the question:
The limits of our paper 1--WE hope they
will be larger, ere long, will not allow us
to proceed any further to-day. With
pleasure we will resume the subject to-
morrow.
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To the Citizens Of the Island.

New E'Cr'OsticaI N Newspaper Depot.
KNOW IE. that the subscriber has lust
IA opened. in connection with his General
Agency Office for Claims near the corner of 18th
street and Maryland avenue a PERIODICAL
NEWSPAPER AND STATIONERY STORE.
where he will be regularly supplied with all
the most popular weekly and monthly papers
of the day. and will keep constantly on hand
supply of Stationery and School Books
je CIV JNO F. BAKER.
n. B.-Persons desiring the National In
telhgencer, Union, or New York Heruld. by
the month or year. will be supplied by leav-
ing their name, subscription and residence at
my office. J. T.. B.
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LIME AND WOOD.

1900 BUSHELS of Wood-Burnt LINE
lcOO now landing, fresh from the liIrs
of superior quality. Also on hand Hickory
Oak and Pine WOOD. All of which will l.,
sold low. for cash: or 20 punctual customers.
WILLIAM WsRDER,
Cor. 18th and sts., near the Canal.
june Cat
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w w. CAMPBELL has just received. ana
w keeps constantly on hand. full sup
ply of BUILDING MATERIALS at his place
on 9TH street. south side of the Canal viz Cc-
ment, Plaster, Lime. Hair. and Sand. which
will be sold low for cash or to punctual Gus
toners. Also, large lot of SCAFF0LD
POLES. some of them of extra length.
m lift
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Zee ShiIlington receives all the new
Books and Newspapers as fast as published.
He is agent for Harper's and all the other
Magazines, and our readers will always find a
large and good assortment of Blank Books and
Stationery at his Bookstore, Odeon building,
corner of a street and Penn avenue feb
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Is To Strangers and Citizens.

TBOAPsON's DAGUERREoTYPES are unsurpass-
ed by any, for boldness Of execution and
beauty of artistic finish.
His assiduous efforts to establish first class
Gallery in this city. and his continued en-
deavors to please visiters. and patrons. have
not been unrewarded. An examination of
his Pictures recently made is particularly So
hcited.. He is prepared to take Pictures of
every size and style, at reasonable prices.
Gallery, north side of Pennsylvania avenue.
between d and 9Th streets, Lane & fuckers
building. may 80
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KEEP THE BALL IN MOTION,

'INHE warm weather is chasing crowds of
i Ladies and Gentlemen to MORRISON'S.
corner of E and 9TH streets, to get a glass of
his superior SODA WATER. They always 90
away refreshed. Try one glass you will be
sure TO call again. His SYRUPS are superb
~ Don forget, corner of Z and eth SITS.
opposite the General Post Office
m IS-eo3w
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THIfE FEAST of Reason and the FLOW OF
i CREAM-above and below. Books at half
price. Cheap publications taken back always
at half price: and sold at half price. Above
the most picturesque ICE CREAM SALOON in
Washington by Madame HUNTER and Young
Ladies attendant, next to the United States
Hotel. June GIT
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TNHE ICE CREAM SAOON OF MADAME
i HUNTER is attracting the attention of
all The superior quality of the ICES. and
the attention paid to visitors by the Ladies of
the establishment is pleasing. To amateurs
OF painting, there is to be seen in the Saloon
an original Paul Eerones. and a Landscare
by Gainsboroug. This will be the fashionable
iesort OF the Season. June p
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UNCLE Tom AGA1N.-We understand
that lady in Philadelphia is now
writing full answer to Mrs. II. Beecher
Stowe. 1t promises to be severe stric-
ture on her and the English. 1t is en-
titled 1" The Life and Adventures of Uncle
Iom," embracing the conduct and char
acter OF regular Southern ssnigger.''
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EXTRA PAY.

EXTRA. PAY
TNO SAILORS. MARINES, OFFICERS, &c
L Those who served in the Pacific Ocean. on
the coast of California, and Mexico, during
1916 up to 1852. and also those of the late
Arctic Expedition in search of Sir John Frank
lin. will have their claims attended to at
reasonable commission. by directing. post
paid to us. Agents abroad may also find us
of use to them. Advances made
Claims Of all kinds will receive our energet-
ic attention as heretofore
LLOYD & Co.
june SEQ st General Claim Agents
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Ladies' Festival. The STRAWBERRY
FESTIVAL which was held at Carusi's Saloon
last week, for the benefit of new Catholic
Church shortly to he erected on the Island
will be continued at Potomac Hail. on the ISL
and corner of llth street and Maryland ave-
nue., commencing this "wednesday evening
at o'clock. and continuing Thursday and
Friday evenings. The ladies and gentlemen
of Washington. Georgetown. and vicinity are
most respectfully invited to attend
iune ST
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Roots Wonderful Daguerreo,ype.

Go to RooT's No matter whether
II be clear or cloudy weather.
Still. with equal truth he traces,
Multitudes of lovely faces
Roor's Gallery, Pennsylvania avenue. near
Seventh street mar 81
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The Memphis Convention.

On Tuesday last, the second days sit
ting of this Convention at Memphis
Judge Moore, of Arkansas, offered a
resolution relative to the construction of
a railroad from the Mississippi to the
Pacific, as a practicable means of allow
ing to the Southern and Western States
a share Of commerce, and declaring that
Congress has the power to grant lands in
aid of said road. The resolution was
referred to the Committee on Resolutions.
Bishop Otey offered resolution rela-
tive to the free navigation Of the Amazon
river.
The Committee on Resolutions, consis-
ting of two Delegates from each of the
States represented, reported resolution
urging the speedy improvement of the
navigation of the South Mississippi by
deepening the channel, and also recon-
mending the deepening of the harbors of
Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and Rich
mond. On other subjects the committee
asked for further time
At the evening session, Gen. Quitman
offered a resolution proposing to divide
the resolution of the committee relative
to the improvement of the mouth of the
Mississippi and Upper Rapids, which
caused an animated discussion, and was
finally lost by vote of nine States to
four. The committees resolution was
then almost unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Merrill offered a resolution in favor
of a general and liberal system of public
education among the Southern and
Western States.
Mr.. Kaiser moved the establishment of a
bureau of statistics among the several
Southern and Western States.
The Committee on Resolutions not
being prepared with further reports, the
Convention adjourned till the next morn
ing.
Col. George w. Hughes, arrived at
New York yesterday morning in the
steamship Canada, in excellent health.
1t will be remembered that he has been
IN Europe for some months, as Commits
sloner of the Worlds Fair, at New York.
The Buffalo Republic announces the
dangerous illness Of Major Gen. Riley, of
the I. S. Army. There is supposed to
be no chance of his recovery. In him
the country will lose one Of its best and
oldest soldiers.
The wits of London speak of Stafford
House, where Mrs. Stowe had her Levee,
as "Aunt HarTiet's Cabin"
Patrick Gavin, of Milford, has been
fined for loud taking. Ladies. beware.
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BEDBUGs. ANTS. AND REACHES

NTHERE TIE ENGLISH VERMTN-pTS-
w TROYER is freely applied. these yermin
will positively not trouble your chambers,
closets or kitchens, you may depend upon il /;
and those who have not tried it will undergo
the disagreeable necessity of harboring tho
migratory pests fJon, Tie kouxcs Of thot
ncigh5ors who await themselves of its benefits
Give it a trial For sale only at WINNER :
Sixth street, square from Penna. avenue.
june 2 Newsl
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EOUND.-On Friday morning last. by the
l. Watchmen on duty between and G SITS
on Sixth. a Lady's VISETTE, which the own
er can have by applying at the Central Watch
House. juue S-3t*
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NEURALGIA CAN BE CURED.

NEURALGIA CAN BE CURED.
GARNER S VEGETABLE PAIN ENTRhC
II TOR begins to show It's wonderful power
Read the following certificate
[ hereby certify that I had the Neuralgia
in its worst form for several weeks and suf
fered the most intense pain: various medicines
were tried. but no relief came till at last
got hold of bottle of G0Yner's FeretqLe
Pain Extractor, which relieved the pain i'm
few minutes, and '7'o kottipS nUiv effected
perfect cure. NATHAN EDM0NSTON
Ninth street. between IL and T
WASHINGTON, Muy 20, 1853.
For sale by Druggists generally in the Dis
trct and Alexandria Va. lure
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TO WOOD MERCHANTS. !

OK or seven thousand cords of the best
- Hickory, Oak, and Pine WOOD standing
are offered for sale. The land is situated two
miles from navigation, on good road, about
Is mile down the Potomac river. and easy of
access Hickory will be sold at Is cents, Oak
at 80 cents, and Pine at 37l cents per cord
For further particulars apply to G.. A. SAGE.
corner of First and streets, Capitol Hill.
iune 9-3t
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N a r z len

In Georgetown. on the Eth inst. by Rev Fl.
Slicer, Rev VIM. HARDEN, of the Baltimore
Annual Conference. to Miss LIZZIES., daugh-
ter of the officiating minister.
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1.-The Boston Bee says that about one
thousand gallons of assorted liquors were
seized in that city on Tuesday-and drunk.
The process was not forcible one.
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,UMi BAY RUM BAL RUM

DAY RUN, BAY RUN" BAT RUM
ID One barrel of Genuine Bay Rum. Also,
five eases do. do. in bottles Just received d.
rect from the Island of 81. Thomas for safe
low either by the gallon or bottle. hv
WILLIAM NJ CHfPpS.
louisiana avenue, bet. 9th and 9Th SIS.
m 23-1t
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NEW GOODS.

I HAVE just received an additional supply
L of seasonahle GOODS. and request persons
generally to give ne call, as ! am determiu-
ed to sell as cheap as any other house in thc
District f. 8. TATE.
South side Pa. ave, doors east &c
may 21-lw Centre Market
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-06-09

0ln Cincinnati on Monday two men
were fined with costs, for smoking in the
market.
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-06-09

Steffanone, Paul Julien, and Patti are
at Albany, concertizing.
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OkNsMENTeL AND USEFUL

TINE FANCY CUT PAPERS for frames AMI
i fre-grates. for sale at WIMER'S. are al
tracing purchasers from all quarters of the
District. If you want choice Of colors and
patterns. come early on the receipt of every
new supply. Sixth stseet square from
Pennsylvania avenue. Newsl June
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Or. CASEDAvANT, Surgeon Den

G. Or. ChSEDAvANT, Surgeon Den
Q1ITfYFYFs tisf, would respectfully inform his
friends and the public Of Washing
ton and Georgetown, that he rIav he found in
Campbefs new huilding. on Pennsylvania
avenue, between The National Hotel and 81
street where he still continues to perform all
operations in his profession in the most scen-
tic manner. NAV 3l-2wE
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COPP'S SALOON.

TNHE PISTOL GALLERY is in excellent or
Il der. having been newly arranged ar, D.. ~
ted up. The BOWLING SALOON aI,"' ENery
article required to give satisfaction 10 PeIsons
fond Of bowling or shooting kep' c'lr-'anuy %
-, lii g. .. onv hour. m 21-2w
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CARD.-For the purpose OF erecting
a building in keeping with the progress Of
Improvement. the undersigned have removed
their establishment temporarily TO the cor
ner of 14th street and Pennsylvania avenue,
under Wizards Hotel. where they will be
pIeased to see their friends and customers.
m.v21 Ct T. OWEN K son.