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The s1o.Ooo,oOo War Fund.

The Quixotic filibusters who are solicitous
to involve the American people in a war with
all creation. have run against windmill, and
n W lie baffied and sprawling upon the ground.
They galloped little too hard even for this
fast generation, and have been suddenly un-
horsed at very critical moment. 1t is chart
table to hope that recovery from their bruises
and recovery of their senses will be simulta-
neons occurrences. The calamity, meanwhile,
may afford useful lesson to the sanguine ad-
vocates and organs of Young America, who,
having claimed General PIERCE as in part
President of their making, would assert the
right to stop needful Legislation that they may
the better whip Democratic majority into
traces.
The proposal to place $40 600, 900 sat the dis
posa' of General PIERCE, to enable him during
the nine months of recess "to meet such exipen-
cles as may arise out of those momentous sub
jects connected with the present state of the
foreign relations of this country with the other
powers of the earth" came with excellent
grace from MIR. MARSHALL He has taken
''the foreign relations of the Republic into
his special keeping, and having demonstrated
the dullness of the pacific policy of the present
Administration, may reasonably expect that
General PIERCE will invoke his aid to pre-
serve him from so tiresome an example. Be-
side, ten millions project has true Califor-
Man smack about il. Ii COMFORTS with the
ideas of locality in which Representative
expends the mileage and pay of long session
in juleps TO moisten the44e of his electoral
friends; and it is not unseemly, after all, that
a region which has contributed the gold
that now lies idle in the treasury, should also
dictate the manner of its expenditure Mr..
MARSHALL, then, does justice to himself and
to his constituents when he proposes 10 discard
every prudential instinct. He has had noliti-
cal nurture in State where prodigality is
more in vogue than parsimony, and who SO f..
therefore, to rebuke the caution which The
habits and circumstances Of the revolutionary
fathers necessitated, and to initiate policy
more adapted to this golden era2 WHY think
OF caution now2 Why trouble ourselves about
the further reduction of the national debt, or
the payment of the sufferers from French spo-
Nations, or the carrying out of any of the vast
Improvements now demanded by our citi-
zensz "Wiih the placers of California at
commando Young America goes on to aH
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The proceedings of the friends of the Cova-

The proceedings of the friends of the Cole
nization Society last evening will be perused
with interest. The operations of the society
during the past year are eoncisely recapitu-
lated in the official report; and it may be hoE ed
that the facts therein presented, in conjunction
with the arguments of the speakers, will tend
to awaken yet livelier and wider sympathy
with movement with which all that is hope
full in the future of the coored race is identi-
fed. MIR. EvERETT's address is worthy of his
reputation. Clear, convincing, and eloquent,
it merits, and will unquestionably receive, a
national circulation.
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Statue of Washington.

We are deeply gratifed to announce that
the bill appropriating fifty thousand dollars for
the erection by CLARK Mills of an Equestrian
Statue of WASHINGTON has become law. 1t
is as pleasing, it is remarkable, to find in SO
eccentric body as the present House of Rep
resentatives a disposition to do honor to the
elevated character of WAsHINGToN, or to paw
tribute to the eminent genius of the sculptor
who has produced the magnificent Equestrian
Statue of JACKSON. We are glad that the
House is disposed to manifest some redeeming
points-that with all their filibustering, their
waste of public time, their neglect of the pub
lie business, their wicked disregard of private
interests, and their general incapaciiy for the
transaction of public duties-they have in
paroxysm of patriotic fervor succeeded in APP
propriating even an insufficient sum of money
to the completion of work which has been
shamefully neglected for half century
We should be still better pleased if the
House would initiate another act of Justice.
We have scriptural authority for the assertion
that the Iaborer is worthy of his hire-by which
we understand that which he has fairly earned.
CLARK MILLS has been laboring for years
without fee or reward on the superb Equeslri-
an Statue of JACKSON, which now adorns the
principal square of our city. He has received,
we presume, all that he bargained for, and per-
haps something more. He has no claim, he
prefers no claim, for additional compeu-
sation, and Congress is not the body on
which he could call for it under his origi-
nal contract. But the people of the United
States are the benefciaries of his wonder
full genius. The splendid creation which he
has added to the immortal works of art belongs
to them, and it is to them that he should look
for his reward. In our Judgment it was wise
as well as a generous thing in Major Polk to
offer the resolution appropriating $4,000 for
the payment of the sculptor. We regret that
his love of the fine arts exceeds his admiration
of patriotic service. Were it not SO he would
Scorr lieutenant general as to secure an ade-
quate compensation for CLARK MILLS. But
we cannot expect every man to be wise and
generous in all things, and we are inclined to
think that Major Polk exhibits somewhat
more genial instincts and sympathies than
most of his DEMOCRATIC friends in the House
of Representatives. We hope that he will
pursue his purpose of paying CLARK Mills,
and that the country will be thereby relieved
from the odium of possessing a magnificent
work of genius without having paid the artist
an equivalent.
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sH,pwaEcks.-The ship Cornelius G rinne

'SHIPwREcKs.- The ship Cornelius Grinnell, Cap
tain Fletcher, from London for this port, went
ashore on Squam Beach at three O'Clock on Friday
morning. The error that brought on this disaster
being the installing of the Highland revolving
light for that Fire island-the consequence o.
which was the driving of the ships bows the
beach about one mile north of Squam inlet. The
fore and mainmast went overheard, the latter
about ten feet from the deck, and the vessel filled
with water. On Saturday morning all her pas
sengers, numbering two hundred, were safely
landed by running line from the head of the
mizenmast TO the beach, thus enabling them to
safely draw boat backwards and forwards be-
tween the ship and the shore. The tug boat Titan
Captain Hazard, arrived up from the beach on Sa
turday evening and returned again yesterday
morning. She brought up to the city ight of the
crew. The Cornelius Grinnell was irst-ciass
vessel of one thousand one hundred and eighteen
tons register, built at East Boston, launched in
1850, and belonging to Messrs Grinnell Minturn
& Co IS line of London packets She is fully in
sured here; there being about two hundred thou
sand dollars insurance on vessel and cargo in
Wall street, and the latter is also supposed to be
insured TO considerable extent abroad.
The other vessel reported ashore proves to be
the new barque Esperauza, Captain Parritt, of and
from Eastport, Maine, with lath, consigned to
Me srs. Smith & Boynton. She went ashore from
the same cause as the Cornelius Grinne-mistak.
ing the lights. She drove we'll up on the beach,
and filled. She lays bows in about two feet OF
The Esperanza is three hundred and ten tons reg
iater, built at Perry, Name entirely new this be-
ing her first passage, and only out about sixty
hours at the time she went ashore Supposed to
be insured at the eastward
GNe,D York Courier and ENQUIRER
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HARVARD UNIvERsIrY-Tbe first term of ,ho
academic year will close on Wednesday next, and
with i closes the official connexion of President
sparks with Harvard University. The nomination
% soe rev. Or. Walker as his successor will come
before the Board of at their first meetin
~ "e conege 10 at the present time in high state
81 p.osPerhy; and the law school was never more
Hoor'sning than at the present time
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MORE FROM AUsrRALIA.-The steamer just te
papers, OF the extraordinary progress Of gold dig
cling in Australia. The accounts are down to Oc-
tober last. The practical results, the main point
to be looked after at present, ably and intelli
gently summed up by the Melbourne argus, ex
tracts from which given in our English files
The produce of the Victoria field for the first
year, ending 30th August, 1852, amounted to
,532422 ounces, of the value of FIFTY ONE MIL
LIONS seven hundred and twenty one thousa nd
dollars OF this. s ,240,5 2S had been actually
cleared for Europe and other points the custom.
house to 30th August; 80 ,377 ounces deposited in
the colonial banks and treasury; 264, 81 eRhe
Adelaide assay Office; 337 200 ounces EXP a
private custody; $4,000 still in the band S4
gers in the gold field and on the roads, and36 lOG
in private hands at Melbourne and GeeIong. From
Goth August to 9th September the receipts from,
the Mount Alexander and Ballarat mines were
ascertained to be 1885, 1873 ounces, of the value OF
$7,323, $50; making the total sum, since the dis
covery of the mines in 1851, FIFTY EIGHT MILLIONS
DOLLARS, say S IS, 044, 900.
The details OF the social industrial and poIitca
condition OF the colony bear striking resemblance
to the early history of California discovery but
In nothing is the parallel more strongly marked
than in the sudden effect upon town property. II
Is stated that at Melbourne ssbuildinr ailotments
nave been sold for sumo which which rlots oil
equal size In the very centre of London or New
fork would not have fetched" The sudden for
tunes thus unexpectedly realized are Of course re-
maFkablc. Toe accidental holders of property
lind their values multiplied eight or ten fold. An
nua rente paid equal to the whole of build
ing. Ground fronts the principal streets sell at
t25O or s 200 the foot.-Nep York Times
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MIR. NATHANIEL HAwTHoaNE, author of .Bithe
dale Romance" sScarlet Letter, "House of Seven
Gables" &c, contributes story to the Christmas
number of the illustrated London Ne,ps, entitled
ssEhe objectionable SIM
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PETITION,
BRANCH MINT IN NEW 70,

By Mr.. MILLER: The petition of the General
Assembly of Missouri, asking grant of land to aid
In the construction of railroad from Canton, Mis-.
souri,, to Bloomfield, Iowa.
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The HuDson RIVER is frozen over at Coldspring
New York, and people are crossing it.
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Proposals for furnishing Brick..
UNITED STATES CAPITOL EXTENSION AND
WASHINGTON AQuEpUcr orucf,
NJ AauINCHnS

UNITED STATES CAPITOL EXTENSION AND
WASHINGTON AoUEBUcT OFncF,
WASHINGTON, October 10, 1858.
DR0POsALS win be resolved at this Office. until
Il 6p. m. of the Goth December pext. for furnish.
ing Bricks for the construction of the Washington
Aqueduct.
The whole quantity needed viii probably he about
forty millions. Proposals should state the quantity
which each bidder will undertake to furnish
The bricks must be delivered at such points of toe
line as may from time to time he designated by the
Engineer. The times and quantities will deyend on
the appropriations msde by Congress.
Their, are large dspostes of clay suitable for max.
ing bricks along the line. and thr contractor will Re
required to furnish a sample Of the clay ard bricks
before commencing the manufacture.
None hut well made hard burnt bricks, entirely
acceptable TO the Engineer, viii be received, spd
they will be required 30 be made in mouas
ing in size to the municipal regulations of the eli
OF Washington.
Every offer must be accompanied nv n written,
guaranty, signed by one or more responsible per-
sons to the effect that he or they undertake that
the bidder bidders WILL If his or their their bid Ia
accepted enter into an obligation within ten DAYS
with good and sufficient sureties, to furnish The
bricks offered. Said guaranty TO be accompanied nv
the certificate of the United States District Judge
some officer of the General Government or individ-
ual known to the Department Of War; that the guar.
antors are able to make good their guaranty
All bids to he sealed and endorsed Proposals for
Brick for Washington Aqueduct" The bids will be
opened in the presence of snch bidders msy chooe
to be present. As the certainty Of supply Is very
important the failure of contrsctcrinvclviry prob
ably the ,toppage OF the work for whole season,
the United States to itself the right to re-
ject any all bids and to make such arrangements
for the supply of bricks may be- most advantage
Gus to tho work. (see extract from Engineer De-.
Fartment Regulations below . vv,o.
Captain of Engineers in charge Of washing
ton Aqusduct
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Ii is not to he understood by the above that any
agent of the Department is restricted 10 an accept
&C. the Ioces bid offered. The object Of the I'D.
vertisement being only 10 give public petce and in
vite competition, every agent WILL after receiving
proposals. exercise sound discretion in fixing TIE
terms and prices of the contract being under no OBJ
LEGATION TO con6ne himself to the bids made in an
swer to the adver tisenent, to the persons
them.
No contract made under this Department for ser
vices supplies can be transferred in any case hut
the same must be executed by the original obligor,
or by some person i'm his name and responsible ts
him; and such obigor viii be held to his legal re-
spcnsibility, and all payments will be made TO
him.
To Capt Nj. e. MEIGs, u. 9. Engineers:
We, the undersigned. residents Of ip the
State Of, hereby jointly and severally coyen-
ent with the United ,tes, aud guarantee, in
the foregoing bid d be accepted, that be or
they will. within ten days after the acceptance Il
the said bid. execute the contract for the same with
good and sufficient sureties to perform the werk
furnish the articles proposed in conformity TO the
terms OF the advertisement under which II was
made Add In case the said - shall fail to en-
ter into contract aforesaid guarantee 10 make
good the difference between the offer Of the sold
and the next lowest bidder. A.B.
c. ID.
hereby certify thet, to the best Of my knowledge
and belief the above named gusrantors good and
sufficient. EF
&C T1-dtenDec-
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POISONOUS LIQUORS.

& A VI ION TO THE PUBL &c.
T BEG leave to caution the citizens of Washington
L Alexandria, and Georgetown against an imposi-
ton prsctised upon them by several unprincipled
barkeerers who are selling common mixed gin for
the genuine schnapps That name belongs exclu-
sisely to my Gin, and all others are counterfeit.
The genuine has my name on the bottle and cork,
and fee smile of my signstare the label. For
sale by all the respectable Grocers and Druggists in
the United States
beg leave to say that invited the whole med
ica faculty and professional chemists in the United
States to aecept of bottle for analysis and trial
four thousand accepted my offer, and nearly two
thousand have furnished their written endorsement
and acknowledge it is perfectly pure and free from
the admxture of poisonous fsil oil, any of those
armylic compounds which produce such mischievcus
and irrcparable effects upon the constitution and
which very few of the Alcoholic Distilled Liquors are
without. The certificates published in pam
phlet form. UDOLPHO WOLFE,
Sole Importer, ~ Beaver street, N. Y.
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GENERAL AGENCY

TAYLOR 4 COLLINS will prosecute claims, Of ev
l cry description against the government, before
the several departments, or Congress; procure Pen
sions, bounty lands, extra pay, and arrearage pay
They will attend to the buying and selling Of rea
estate, the renting Of houses and general collect
ing business. They will also furnish parties at
distance with such Information they may desir,
frem the seat of government. Charges will be mod
crate.
Office on street. Immediately opposite Winder'i
Building, Washington, d. C..
REFERENCES:
Hon. j. G. Dobbn Secretary of the Navy.
Hen. J. Davis, Secretary of War.
n. CaIiap, esq Pres't Board Common Council.
Gen. j. NJ. McCalla, Attorney-at-Law.
James I'll. Caustin, esq.
VIC, Reddall, State Department.
sep 29-tltf-
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
THE UNIQN ACAD MY.

Corner Of l4fh Street and Neso York .9rerue.
IlHHOSE parents wishing to secure select aud
i epe,y Tay responsible school, for the correct and
thorough training Of their sons in the Classics and
Higher Mathematics, and also in the Modern Ian
guages and Natural Sciences, that they NAV he
fitted for College, or for Engineering, Surveying and
Commercial pursuits respectfully invited to visit
the Institution, call upon the Principal soon, az
the number of pupils is limited and the vacant seats
few.
No pupils will he adIaitted or continued, whose
character is known to be bad or doubtful
No pupils will be- admitted heneefOrth who have
not advanced beyond re primary branches.
Circulars can be obtained at the principal Book
stores. Z. RICHARDS,
ID I'm princinaJ
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RENOT4L

REMOVAL
YINHE METROPOLITAN PAPER HANGING AND
i UPHOLSTERY WAREROOMS have been re-
moved to 9Th street, between and streets north,
No. 5, Washington Place.
Having removed my place of business to more
commodious premises. would respectfully solicit
call from my former friends and the public generally
feeling confident that they will not be disappointed
in the quality of my goods and prices
have just returned from the North, with a new
ana large assortment of this seasons goods which
VIII be found in quality and price, superior to any
hitherto brought TO this city. My stock of PAPER
HANGINGS are from the first manufacturers I'm the
country. My UPHOLSTERY WORK is executed by
workmeu in my employ, which. in every instance /
will warrant TO possess the best material and work
manship
Houses and Halls papered at the shortest notice. by
experienced Vol kmen.
Transparent and Buff Holland SHADES, Patent
and Nenitian BLINDS, Hair, Mess, Cotton and Shucl
MATTRESSES, CUSHIONS of every description for
sale. Church Pews re-cushoned at moderate charges
N-A call is solicited.
JOSEPH T. X. PLANT,
aug 18-1yeo 9TH street, bet. d and.E.
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NOTICE

SlDEEY s. BAXTER, late Attorney General Of
~ Virginia, has removed to Washington to prac-
tice law.
He will practice in the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States, the courts of the District of Columbia
and attend to any professional business confded to
him.
90 Office in Morrison's new building, on AZ ST.,
between Pennsylvania avenue and street.
References: Hon. J. J. Allen, Hon. VIM. Daniel,
Hon. Richard Moncure, Hon. G.. Il. Samuels, Hon.
George II. Lea, of the court of appeals Of Virginia
to the judges of the circuit courts of Virginia, and
to the Senators and members Of Congress from Vir-
gnia. jy I9-eoly
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THE sTRAsBuRG ACADEMY.

Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
NM Ill open its 5Oth session the first MON
w Day IN NOpfcMBER. 1851. The Inst-
til ton is situated eight miles southeast of Lancaster
city, from which place there is daily stage to Stras
b,g, leaving the city every afternoon at 81 O'Clock.
Fare 37H cents.
Access may be obtained to the Academy by a
branch railroad which connects Strasburg with the
Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad at Leamon
Place. twelve miles east of Lancaster city. Bows
will be prepared for College, and for the various
businesses on life Number of Teachers in the In
sfitution is SLY. For Catalogues address
JESSE OREN. NJ. d., Principal.
strasburg, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.
sen I3Ltf
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aug 16-1yeo

GREENS Ink Eraser and Paper
" Cleaner for Book keepers Clerks, and Literary
GeRtlemen.-A New kind Of eraser aud rubber far
superior to any article for the purpose ever We;
introduced. Aside from its superior quali.ies as a
pencil cleaner it removes ink and other stains with
with more ficiiity than the ordinary scrsper, and
leaves the surface of the paper unframed.
For sale by COLLINS BOVINE CO.
llth street. doors north of Pennsylvania svenue.
Branch of Stationer's Hall, Ia and I76 Pear
sep lS--eotf- street Y
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CENTRAL ACADEMY,

Corner Of lOta orad F. streets, Old Medical College
fjN3E duties OF this Institution were resumed on
L the 5th instant. The Classical and Mathemat-
ical departments, where the same branches are
taught in other Academies in this city, is in the
ond story. The Primary Department is in the first
story.
Circulars can be obtained at the Bookstores.
Rev. JAMES NoURsE, A. NJ. Ass,,,... p-;o;.,.
Rev. J. w. WtTANs, A. M. h'S''o iii"o't"''
M ID. WELLS, Teacher OF Primary Department.
MoHs. I. RAUoLr, Professor of Modern Lam
glages. sep IL
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Nj antels, Iron Railipgs, and Spring
Mattresses.

Mattresses.
THE Mante!s are new, cheap, and beautiful ar
i ticle: manufactured upon Stone. in imitation
Of the richest Marbles, of the most and deira-
bic kinds. In style and finish they stand unequal
led end are not injured by coal gas smoke acids
At the North they are becoming extensively used,
and give perfect satisfaction.
Builders and others wirbing to purchase are re-
questcd to call and examine for themselves.
Also, PIER SLABS TO match the Mantels, of the
same materials
IRON CEMETERT and other FENCING and
Ratings.
Will be kept constantly on hand variety of rat
terms, FOR which orders will be received and prompt
ly executed.
Premium SPRING MATTRESSES, d new article,
far superior to anything Of the kind now in use.
Iron Bcdsteads, Settees, and Hall Chairs, Hat
Racks, Umbrella Stands, &c.
RALPH IIASKINS,
Pa. avenue, s. side, bet. 9th and 10th SITS.
oc 2S-tf
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FEMALE INSTITUTE,

South Chrolina avenue, betveen 9Th and It'll streets
east, Washington.
I1tHIS Institution is in successful operation
i with full corps of competent and experienced
teachers in each department. It presents the best
advantage to parents the location is very retired
The buildings are ample and surrounded with beau
tfu grounds for exercise, and the of study is
thorough and practical.
Board and tuition in all English branches 5000 per
session of ten months. Day pupils from S. to $40
per quarter Of IL weeks in English.
French, Music, Drawing, &c, extra.
For further particulars or for circulars apply to
GEO. G. BUTLER, A. NJ,
sep 29-eotf- PRINCIPAL