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GREAT BARGAISs-Jus, received from the New York suo-
VI
Is houoccd twisted silk dresses
do organdic dresses
40 graduated berege robes
400 yard, figured twisted silks
800 do black twisted silks, plain and figured
hse, white, lilac and tan coored po dc soes
do plaid and striped silks
1000 do black silks, all widths
1900 do plain bersges all coios
1900 do plain tissues do
1000 Do ss.red snd plaid bereges
do bes1 qualify French lawns
3soo do fine lawns At t2k cents, worth 70 cents
application NANTES
black lace do
rs pieces plain sndd dotted Swiss musins
80 do plaid canbrics
AIpacs., bombasins, and mousseines
LANES 81 i2l CENTS worm No cents
so pan embroidered shawf-
style bonnets
500 pieces splendid bonnet nbands
misses fats and boys hats
Cambfic Hooncinrs
Cambric and Swiss edgnrs and nsortinr'
100 embroidered cambria skirts
pair and muslin sleeves
ami and musn collars
$50 parasols, brown, tan, green and other colors
Hosiery OF every description
100 pieces irish linens
And great many other goods too to mention.
May 1t-9aw2wif HALL BROTHER.
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IIOuE~LiFE In Germany by G. T.. Hrsce
IL Life and Writing, Of hgernon sidney.
One Year Of Wedioct by Emily Y. Csrlen.
Review Of Spiritual Manifestations - by chss heecher
Wines Commemorate. Laws cf the Ancient Hebrews
Bridges Journal OF African Cruiser Edited by hswno'he
Al TAYLOR MANRY's
Msy IA Bookstore, near ph 81
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ARREST or rosT OFFICE CLERK.

NEw YORK; May l2.--Theodore. Rosa arrested to-
day. having detected in the of breaking open for
egn mail letters aud extracting and other valuabes
thererom He attempted to flee, but was caught and
committed prison deauto s. 900 bail He had been
a clerk In the post Office for the last years
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ny-Rev. j NJ Henry Will preach Ina the Hall OF the
Co Engine House, Capitol i Tomorrow afternoon 18th
O'Clock and the Potomac Hail. Of h
and Maryland avenue, (lsland) at ~ O'Clock.
May IL
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n2-The Rev. George Junkin, ID. d.. President OF
Washington College, ygnin will the Prssbyts
Sabbath tto-morrow) morning, AT II O'clock
May IA
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semic anniversary Of the
Presbyterian will be celebrated sabbah
O'Clock Addresses aud other appropriate
be expected The public invited TO attend
May Ia
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ARRIVAL OF THE PHILADELPHIA AT NEW onIEAN,-NEAR

THE PHILADELPHIA AT NEW oRLEhNs-NkARLY
S3000,000 IN GOLD COMING.
New ORLEAss, May 1.-THE steamship Philadelphia :
rived here to-day, with the southern portion Of the Cali
fJrnia mails and 100 passengers.
She reports that the Illinois sail from As
pnwa about the 9th ipst with 500 passengers and nearly
So, 009, 600 in gold dust.
Among the passengers by the Philadelphia is General
Vilamee, the first charge d'aaires from the republic Of
Ecuador the United States, who visits his native city
New Orleans, after absence Of forty five years.
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ANOTHER STEAMER LOST.

BUFFALO, March I2-The steamer Hiram Powers wal
totally consumed by fire Saturday last, Grand Chain
on the Wabash river. She bound for Cincinnati and
had full cargo. No lives lost.
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rue CONNECTICUT LrslsLArURK -nAlLnoA

HARTFORD, May l2-rhe Legislature has adjourned
aht Tuesday None OF toe railroad bills recently in
uoduced have yet been acted upon,
Mr. Coe, the sitting member from Middloown.
seated to-day by two-hds vote, the ground that he
was not legally eleoed Mr.. Abel, a democrat was ad-
mitted In his place The unsested member is a whig.
We have nothing fom Nor,sslk up 10 the present
houf
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INFORMANT PROM sAN nan.

NKw YoRK, May IA letter received by tho Prone
heu. dated San JaaH, May 3D. reports prevalence OF
uinoIs the Stale Of Nicaragua about 10 take pos
session Greyown, and that the people OF Geytown biz
terry repened the late aggessons upon the property Of tho
Transit Company.
General Montenegro, commander in chief Of the Mic.
arsgua forces had been sojourning at San Juan for
time
The Cyane, il was thought would remain in port for
months
The sloop-ofwar Portsmouth, San Juan del Sur
the Ist; officers and well. She would sail
cruise about the 5h.
The American charge dafares at Nicaragua had made
hs arrangements TO return home in June.
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a. 70 Mcguire. Apot,on.er.

Nv j. q. Mcguire, Auctsoneer-
,vppoprp PROPERTY ON SEVENTH STREET AT AUG
May 10Th, At O'Clock, the
49, ff fronting rs feet
ne ca.t between and streets. running
set 100 feet alley and improved BY brick
Terms one fourth residue twelve, and eight
cen MONTH. for satisfactorily secured, bearing interest
JAS. G. MCGUIRE,
NAV I'd Aucuonee.
a,Tho above sale s postponed Saturday ansr.
noon, May IA, At q O'Clock. JAS g, MCGUIRE,
! Msy I'D Aucuonssr
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DIR. VALENTINE,


The Prince OF Eeeen,rce- has the honor thu
give three Of his laughabe entertainments in
those cities, as follows;
Monday and Tuesday evenings, May rr sp.
at the
ODD FELLOWS HALL, wAsmsoroS,
wednesday evening, May 18th, at
LIBERTY HALL ALEXANDRIA,
Tickets admitting gentleman, lady and gentleman, so cents
Addiisnal ladies, - cents.
By special arrangement Dr. Valentine win
by Mr. Perham, Philadelphia 1bee tickets
ecntemeo gentleman aud three la
ene the holder otbe twelve
below. and which VIII be distributed
on Thursday the 2sth Instant
California, which popular IN baltimore, and
VIII neie exceed $4,000.
Piano. valued Ferct
No. so, South Tenth street, Assembly Buildings
Gold WATCH valued
Three gold
Ten silver spoons %
gold s. each ~
coo gold pencils, at So each loo
The gold pens and gold pencils Ae can be
seen al Union Buidisg, No. 2i0 Chestnut street
Door n I: performance commence At O'Clock
had at the principal hotels and at the once OF Odd
Yslows, Hall May h-dh
nry-Young Mems Christian Assoc Rooms Fo~
building street. below T., tho General Post once
and reading opcn every day lsunda er
es,ed and The best religious
OF this
regularly received Citizens and strangers
he cordially welcomed.
Mar 4-cadn
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: By .. q. MCGUIRE, Nuctioneer.
EINAL SALE or THE EFFECTS or THE LATE DANIEL
WEBSTER Saturday morning. May ~ At 10 O'Clock in
number OF articles belonging
WEBSTER which have Just come In
possession Of the consisting Of
Walnut plush covered chair, tete-a-'ete sofa
Bedstead, wsshstand, chairs, rugs
Mr.. Webster
Cut ras wines, uphIers champarnes, decsnters pcnc"
ooh stowe fixtures, printed dnnerseti &C.
''"s o"'"' ~ JAS. @. MCGUIRE,
xx,a /. Auctoneer.
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sales To-Day.
ny E. N. sTUATTON, Auctioneer,

fpcnnrylpanid avenue, south side, lon arset)
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, CIGARS, Ac.on Saturday
III uv 10 O'Clock, auction rooms shs sell
large assortment OF household furniture, &C,
O'Clock OF various brands 10 which the attention
invited they will be sold In lots
Terms over s2j, sixty and ninety days credit
VIII be added
10000 cigar. prime ORDER just received from the NORTH and to
be sold without
1877
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By oREEN ~ SCOTT, Auctioneers.
rraIUApIF BUILDING LOT AT AUCTTON.-On Thursday,
me instant shall SELL in front Of the premises,
bsdng lot, situated q, between
I7th immediate vicinity of the War once
DAVIDSON. subdivision OF No lse,
OF % 3nches, running back alley rs kss
10 inches.
Terms One cash
balance, bearing
All OF
GREEN SCOTT,
May 7-eodkds Anctioneers.
90 above sale IL postponed, In consequence OF
rain, until Saturday, the itth instant, same hour
GREEN SCOTT,
NAV 1877 Aucuoneen.
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ByJ. q. McGUIitf1, Auctionesr.
SyHAsoNABIE GOODS AT AUCTIoN-on Saturday ansrnoor
- O'Clock, the first floor Of auction rooms shall SELL
~ dozen mems Cantsn braid hats
n youth do do
Terms cash. jas " MCGUIRE,
AVID Aucuoneer.
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simply respectable, and to the canaiIe; but
this does not withhold from the scene any of
Its more valuable or substantial elements
There may be less Jjelrelry, and less beard
but more beauty and more brains, in propor-
ton TO the mass. On these occasions, may
be seen people of almost all nations packed
together in grotesque confusion. The Sc
date Senator, with thoughtful men, may be
eibowed by the well dressed hoffman, with
his 9 rich Irish brogue'' The proud dame,
IN her rich and rustling satins, may b" press
ed INTO the same living conglomerate with
the pretty miss, who made the dress, and the
man who made her shoes. There you see
the pomPous Russ, twitching his moustache,
and the phegmatic Indian, who scorns all
beard. There you may meet the grave
Spanlard and the mercurial Frenchman; the
blue-eyed German and the bearded Hunga-
rian; the bluff John Bull and the calculating
Yankee, the cotton-planter of the South and
the cotton-spinner of the North; the splitter
OF granite from New Hampshire and the
gold-gatherer of California;; in short per-
feet ola pOd,ida of republican society. And
If you behold striking illustration of repub-
lican equality in the visitors, you have fine
specimen of republican President in the
host. Mr.. Fillmore receives all who ap-
Proach him with a bland and simple dignity,
peculiarly befittilg his station. He seems to
have perfect conception of the proprietes
of his positi n, and always bears himself ap-
posiiely.
Whether the reception be that Of the am-
bassador of the proudest crown of Christen-
dom, or that of Billy Bowlegs, he is always
just what an American President ought to be-
Since General Jackson's time no refresh
ments are served at the Presidents levees.-
The General, amongst other good acts of his
administration, discontinued this useless and
Inconvenient custom; but at the receptions of
the heads of departments, and other open
houses, refreshments are served; and am
told-for, except in single case, | cannot
speak from observation-much taste and ex-
pense was layished in preparations; and
hear that in some instances, the profuson of
eggnog and other drinkabes did not increase
either the order or the temperance of the nu-
merous visitors, who pass from house to
house, and eat and drink, ad Hbitumt. These
New Years levees afford to strangers good
opportunity of getting a glimpse of &c Life in
Washington" and, consequently, many
strangers are here at every returning sea-
son to embrace the opportunity, and of them
the crowd is. in good measure, composed.
| had not designed, when | began, to devote
so much space to New Years scenes; but,
as the last week has been made up Of hollo,c-
days in Congress. there is not much public
intelligence; and some Of your readers may
be interested by a glance at social life in the
metropolis. On the late occasion, the Diplo-
matte corps waited upon the President in
official costume, an hour before the people
were admitted, viz: from eleven to twelve
o'clock: the masses were admitted at twelve
to two.
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BIackwOOd on Popery,

Blackwood's Magazine, though anti-re-
publican and tory in politics, speaks out on
the subject of Popery, as no literary maga-
zine on this side of the Atlantic deems it
proper to speak.
We give two extracts, both true and strong.
The first show that Papists, in claiming lib
erty abroad, claim what they never had at
home; the second expresses general truth,
which all history confirms.-Am. Paper
''The papist demands religious liberty
The words in Papist's lips, are iargon.-
He has never had it in any country on earth
Has he it in Rome; Can man have the
absurdity to call him freeman, when the
priest may tear the Bible out of his hands;
when, without license he cannot look into
the Book of Life; when, with or without Ii
cense, he cannot exercise his own under
standing upon its sacred truths, but must re-
fuse even to think, except as the priest COM
mands ). when for daring to have an opinion
on the most essential of all things his own sal
vation--he is branded as a hereto; and when
for uttering that opinion, he is cast into the
dungeon, when the priest, with the Index
Expurgatoricus in his hand, may walk into
his house and stripit Of every book displeas-
ing to the caprice, insolence, and ignorance
of a coierie of monks in the Vatican;
'' If the legitimate and noble boast of the
Engiishmen is, that his house is his castle,
what is the house of an Italian Papist, but
his dungeon? If the Irish or the English
Papist demands religious liberty" let him
demand it of his master, the Pope If the
Papist desires If, let him break the Popish
fetter and emancipate himself. Till then,
we must look upon his claim as lawlessness
instead of liberty, and hypocrisy instead of
religion.
"We affirm in the most unequivocal man
ner, that to be free, nations must be Protes-
tant The Popish is utterly incompatible
with freedom in any nation. The slave of
the altar is essentially the slave of the throne
We prove this by the fact, that no Popish
country in the world has been able to pre-
serve, or even to have conception of the
simplest principles of civil liberty. FIVE are
told France is free, the obvious reply is, that
though France is the least of all Popish
countries, it is wholly under military govern
ment; it has no haJeas corpus; and no jour-
nalist can discuss any subject, without ex-
posing himself to government, by giving his
name. Would this be called liberty in
England"
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New.Year's Day in the Metropolis.
WASHINGTON. January 9TH. |

WASHINGTON, January 9TH, 1888.
Our city was much more quiet on New
Years day, than on Christmas. Whether il
was that ii is deemed essential TO be obstre-
porous, and to violate the peace on the as.
sumed birth day of the Prince of Peace; or,
whether cash and explosions were exhausted
by the extraordinary expenditures of the first
holy-day, the last was Sabbath compared
with it. The custom of keeping "open
house on New-Year's day prevails here
quite extensively; especially amongst the
upper officials. The President gives levee,
or sort of universal reception. Everybody
who chooses, gentle and humble, attends;
and perhaps no scene in the whole year, OF
in the whole land, is more expressive of our
republican simplicity and equality. Distinc-
tions may be kept up until the visitors ar
rive beneath the north portico of the execu-
tive mansion Thither the foreign ambassa-
dor, the cabinet officer, the rich banker, the
Senator, and the aristocracy of the dollar OF
of dress may be rolled in their splendid
coaches; whilst the palmer citizen may come
on foot. But once there, and all must de-
scend to the same level, on the Mosaic pave
ment; and, if they enter, all must enter
through the same lrindow, in the same dense
crushing stream of republican humanity. al d
be borne along withthe compact tide, through
halls and anti-chambers to the reception
room. There, if the crowd will permit, you
will have the privilege of taking the Chief
Magistrate by the hand, and very briefly ten
dering the salutations of the season to him
and his family. But. pressed by the crowd
behind, you must hasten through the :. green
ROOM" and the &c blue room," so called
from the color of their furniture and tapestry. }
to the east room," which is the grand par
lor, or rather promenade saloon of the es-
tablshment. Here the human current is
thrown into sort of eddy or whirlpool, and,
like the shore water of the Mississippi, goes
round and round; and if you choose to tarry,
you may have an opportunity of seeing the
representative continent, and, on some occa-
sions, almost the representative world. Oh
late, / think there has been exhibited by
those who claim to be the elite, disposition
to surrender the New Years leyee to the
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sF Here is another anecdote Of Web
ster, which has just been told me, and which
is worth preserving:
Just before he died, and after his recovery
was despaired of, one of his physicians ap-
preached his bedside and asked how he found
himself. 81 feel like the jackdaw in the
church steeple, !" was the ngereply. The
physician withdrew sadly from the bedside to
another part of the room, where some mem
bers Of the family were standing together,
and shaking his head, confessed his appre-
tensions that the brain of the dying states
man was affected, that the stately oak was
perishing at the top He could see no
method in the answer which his question had
received. One of the ladies present, who
knew Mr. Webster better, did not believe
his mind was wandering, and quietly step
ping to the bedside, asked him what he
meant by saying that he felt like the jackdaw
in the church steeple. &c Cowper; Cowper's
delightful translation of one of Vincent
Bourne's little poems, entitled The Jack
daw"
lsend you copy of the verses-which
ssme of your readers may have forgotten or
never read-that they may perceive the per-
feet fitness and point Of the reply-Corr NJ
Y Ereuinp Post
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Colonization and Settlement.

Captain Dirk Hartog, of the good ship
Endracht, of Amsterdam, landed upon the
western shore of Australia, Oct 25th. 1915.
as we learn from an inscription on plate of
pewter which was found on the spot in 1901.
This, as far as is certainly known. was the
first time that any European had set foot Oh
the Island. The Hollanders took the lead
IN exploring the shores, and gave to the Is
land the name of New Holland; but the ex-
pedition sent out by the Dutch East India
Company to examine the country, with a.
view to colonization, reported that it was the
" abode of bowling evil spirits,"a country
of barren coasts, shallow water, islands.
thinly peopled by cruel, poor and brutal ma
tves, and of very little use 10 the Company
Subsequent navigators of all nations con-
Cured in this evil report of the land, and
the tide of emigration was directed toward
America.
The colonization of Australia by the Brit
ish stands in close connection with that war
which lost them the Thirteen American Col
onles. That outlet for the banishment of
their criminal population being closed, it be
came great problem how to get rid of the
annual accumulation of roguery. Cook had
recently made some explorations in Austria
liza, and it was finally resolved to make the
island penal colony. TIE first convict
fleet sailed on the 18th May, 1877. and
reached Botany Bay, which had been select
ed as the site for the settlement, on the Goth
of the following January.
This ''goodly company - Of patriots &c who
left their country for their country's good "
consisted of 565 men, I92 women, under
charge of military force Of about 200 men.
with whom were forty women, the wives of
the soldiers. 1t was at once found that
Botany Bay vas an unsuitable place for the
settlement, and it was formed at distance
of about Is miles. upon the spot where now
stands the City of Sydney, Botany Bay, how
ever, long continued TO be the popular name
given to the whole penal colony.
The colony commenced under most unfa-
vorable auspices. No agriculturist had been
sent to teach the cultivation of the soil TO
those London pickpockets whose only har-
vest field had been the pockets Of their neigh
bors. The very supply of merchandise had
been left to the chances OF the previous pur-
suits of the criminals and as it happened
there were in all but dozen carpenters. and
but one bricklayer; and not single me-
chanic with skill enough to erect corn mill.
Such were the " Pilgrim Fathers of Aus
tralia-HaTper's Magazine
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THE JACKDAw.

There is a bird who by his coat,
And by the hoarseness OF his note,
Might be supposed
great fTequenter of the church,
HheIe, Bishop like, he II -ds perch
Aud dcrmtOrl too.
Above the stePple shines plate,
That turns and turns 10 indicate
From what point blows :he weather.
Looktip,-Your brain begins TO swim.
'Iis in the couds--that pleases him,
He chooses il the rather.
Fond Of the speculative height,
Thilher he wings his airy flight,
And thence securely
The bustie and the rarer show,
That occupy mankind below,
Secure and al Lis ease.
You .hink. no doubt, he sits and muses.
On future broken bones and bruises,
II he should chance 10 fail.
No--Not single thought like that
Employs his phiiosophc pate,
Or troubles il Al all.
he sees that this great round about
The world with all IL motley rout,s
Church, army, physic, law,
It's custom and It's business,
Is no concern al all Of his,
And says--yhat says he Cav.
Thrice happy bird / too have seen
Muc of the es of men;
And sick OF having seen 'em
Would cheerfuly these limbs resign
For such pair of wings as thine
Aud such head between ;. m.
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She COckroach Nuisance.

This being the season when the cockroach,
the pest of our kitchens, commences its noe
turnaI excursions. the following recipe NAV
call forth the grateful acknowledgements Of
those of your readers who suffer from the
presence of this ioatbsome insect: 5
Take sixpenny loaf OF wheat bread-the
staler the better,-reduce it to crumb, (of
course after pairing off the CRUST then in a
pint of boiling water put two teaspoonsful Of
cayenne pepper, one Of pulverised orriseed.
half a drachm of saltpetre, the same quantity
of white lead, and wine glass full of extract
of hops. Now throw in your crumb of bread,
and digest for six hours in moderate heat;
strain through cloth, add to the liquor 80
drops of ftincture of quassia, and let it stand
till next day; then bottle it and keep it in
pastry on d lump Of sugar, and some dozen
Jumps strewed around your kitchen, will re-
move the pest in short time
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CHINESE LITERARY ENTERPRIsE.-A FAM
lily in Canton have engaged to have set of
blocks cut for a new edition Of the national
histories of China, a series of classical works
called the twenty-four histories, which will
involve an outlay of more than 500, ,000.--
Il is done to show their. regard to letters
rather than with the hope of gain.