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Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09
NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE,,

NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE,
IN Washingten.-The Thirty-second Annual
Course of Lectures will commence on the fourth
Monday in October, and continue until March.
FACULTY
Thomas Miller, M. d., Professor of Anatomy
and Physiology.
VIM. P. Johnson, M. D., Professor Of Obstet
RIGS and Diseases of Women and Children.
Joshua Riley, M. D., Professor Of Materia Med
lea, Therapeutics and Hygiene.
John Fred. May, M. D., Professor Of the Prn-
ciples and Practice of Surgery.
Grafton Tyler, M. d.. Professor of Pathology
and Practice of Medicine.
Robert King Stone, NJ. D., Professor of Micros-
copal and Pathological Anatomy.
Lewis IL. Steiner, M. D., Professor Of Chemis-
try and Pharmacy.
William H. Saunders, M. D., Prosector and De-
monstrator.
The facilities for the prosecution Of practical
anatomy are ample.
Like most similar institutions in Europe the
desks from which the regular lectures are given,
and the wards for clinical instructions are under
the same roof
The extensive additions to the buildings since
& ast session, for the accommodation of the
*, will greatly extend the usefulness of the
medical and surgical clinic.
The entire expense for full course of lee
lures 49,. $50
Practical anatomy by the demonstrator........ 10
Martriculating fee payable only once).
Admission to the Medical and Surgical Clinic
trough the whole course without charge
ROBERT KING STONE, M D.,
Dean of the Faculty.
Office and residence corner Of F and 18th SITS.
Sep 21-tf
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Names of the Board of Visitors

1ppointcd to attend tie Examination Of the
Military 4icademyat Vest Point, June !, 1854.
Hon. John J. Morrison, of Salem, Indiana.
Col. Winslow James, of Plattsburg, Missouri.
Col. J. b. Luckie, of Pine Bluffs, Arkansas.
Charles W. Whipple, of Detroit, Michigan.
DR.. II. NJ. Kinsey, of San Augustine, Texas.
Samuel !. Bayard, esq, Of Camden, New
Jersey.
Hon. J. Clemens, Of Wheeling, Virginia.
William W. Lea, esq, Trenton, Tennessee.
Col. l.. V. Dickerson, of Georgetown, Kentucky.
Richard dc Trevillc, esq, Beaufort South
Carolina.
Jacob Kent, esq, Wells River, Vermont.
Hon. VIM. G. Clarke, Manchester, New Hamp-
shire.
John B. Harmon, esq, Sacramento City, Cali
fornia.
Rev. Robert Allyn, East Greenwich, Rhode
Island.
Col. John A. Campbell, Fairfield, Illinois.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09

THE HOME MoTHER.-Some one, writing for
the Masonic Mirror, has drawn charming
picture Of home.loving, childloving mother:
ave must draw a line, ay, a broad line,
between her and the frivolous butterfly Of
fashion, who fits from ball to opera and party,
decked in rich robes, and followed By train
as hollow and heartless as, ,,herself-she who,
forgctful of the holy task assigned her, neplects
those who have been given in her charge, and
leaves them to the care Of hirelings, while she
pursues her giddy round of amusements.
"Not so our homemOther! blessings be on
her head. The heart warns to see her in her
daily routine of pleasant duties. How pa.
t.cntly she sits, day after day, shaping and
sewing some article for use or adornment for
her little flock! And how proud and pleased
is each little recipient Of her kiudness How
the little face dimpes with pleasure. and the
bright eyes grow still brighter as mamma decks
them with her own hands in the new dress she
has made! How much warmer and more COM
Portable they feel, if mamma wraps them up
before they go to school! No one but her can
warm the mits and ovcrshoes, or tie the com.
forters around the necks!
"There is a peculiar charm about all she
does-the precious mother. They could not
sleep, nay, for that matter, she could not, il
she failed to visit their chamber, and with her
own soft hands arrange them comfortably be.
fore she slept! Her heart thrills with gratitude
to her Creator, as she looks on those sweet
blooming faces; and when their prayers are done,
she imprints goodnight kiss on each rosy
little mouth. 1t may be, too, tear will start
for one little nesting, laid in its chill narrow
bed, for whom her maternal care is no longer
needed 1t sleeps, though the sleet and snow
descends, and the wild winter winds howl
around it's head. 1t needs no longer her ten.
der care A mightier arm enfolds. it! II is at
restl She feels and knows that it is right, and
bends meekly to the Hand that sped the shaft,
and turns with warmer love, if il be possible,
to those little ones who are left her to love
How tenderly she guards them from every dan
ger, and with what a strong untiring love, she
watches by their bedside when they are i'll!
Blessings be on the gentle, loving. home
mother. Angels must look with love upon her
acts. Her children shall rise up and call her
blessed, and the memory Of her kindly deeds
will enfold her as a garment"
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09
q. RIDGELY, Apothccary and Chem

A G. .RIDGELY, Apothccary and Chem
N. isl, First Ward, Pennsylvania avenue, near
the Seven Buildings, between 10Th and Goth
streets, has the pleasure TO inform his friends and
the citizens Of this ward that the reftting Of his
store is now completed, and his arrangements for
business are all made The interruptions una
vodably attending the late improvements being
ended, he is now prepared to devote his whole at
tention to his friends and customers at all hours,
both night and day. Medicines Of the best quality
alone are dispensed, and the utmost and at.
tention given TO physicians prescriptions.
Fresh Blue Lick, Congress, and Bedford water
on hand. Apr 7-eo3t
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Gorrfspcnbfmff.

LIE C1ysfdt I'dtdce-ED0rtS OF 6dfTlum 10 re-
s,tscitate a-Plan Of operations for the sum
mer-Round trip tickets- VisH tot the Palace
Description, dc, dc.
New YORK, AprR 7, 1854.
GENTLEMEN: propose to write you occa-
sionally miscellaneous letter from New York,
tonching such concerns Of this mighty metrop-
oils as may be of some general interest to the
public at large. And in view of the approach
ing summer migratons from the south to this
swarming Babylon, and the waterng-places
of the north, suppose you here indulge me
in little conversation with your readers about
the Crystal Palace. 1t was almost dead, but
Barnum hos been called to the rescue, and
under Barnum it may live again. A few facts
upon the subject.
The Crystal Palace having sunk its capital
stock Of $50O,OOO, and $4,000 besides, it
was reduced to the verge of bankruptcy, when,
as the last resort for its Galvaton, q new board
of directors has been elected and Barnum,
with all his humbugs-the practical matter-of
fact Barnum-has been chosen as generalin-
chief in the benefcent but desperate task of
saving the concern.
To this end Barnum has gone into the work
with will and having announced that sub
scription to the tickets of admission equal to
100000 is indispensable for a beginning, the
following contributions on the succeeding day
L..
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09

NJ Office IS AdEREBY GIVEN THAT
LIN the Books or the Association will be open
daily at their Office in the City Hall from the Isl to
the 10th Of April, inclusive, Sundays cxcepted,)
from o'clock, a. m, TO 3 o'clock, p. M, for the
purpose of afordng all persons interested in the
assessments for taxes for the present year an op-
portunity of examining the same.
BY order Of the Board
T. +. HARKNEsS, Secretary.
Apr 6-eodift10th
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09

and more helpless children of their only pro.
tectors, in order to crafty morbid curiosity.
The regular press of the country, instead of
papdering to such curiosity and encouraging
such heartlessness, ought to frown them down.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09
Nj. JULIEN.

The great Julien gives one of his magniG-
cent musical entertainments, at the National
theatre, tomorrow night. On Tuesday he will
take his farewell benefit. Such is his fame,
that it is only necessary to announce that he
will give concert.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09

AGRICULTuRE IN MAssAcHUsETTs.-The first
annual report of the secretary of the State
board of agriculture has been laid before the
Massachusetts Legislature. We gather from
the report few interesting statistics relative to
the more important staples of the State:
OfIndian corn there were raised in the year
1850 2,295,856 bushels, being an increase of
52O,7S2 bushels during the ten years preceding
1850. The average yield of corn in 1910 did
not exceed twenty or twenty-five bushels to the
acre. while the average yield at the present
time is supposed to exceed thirty-6ye bushels.
Last year the yield was probably ten per cent
greater than in 1850. The tendency Of farmers
for the last ten years has been to cultivate
highly small quantities Of land.
The yield of upland hay in 1850 was 4S3, ,228
tons, showing an increase of about l6 900 tons
in the total, and slight increase in the average
yield per acre; making it about nine-tenths of
ton. There are 40667 acres of salt marsh in
the State, which produce but about 1856 tons
annually, or three-fourths of ton to the acre.
The yield Of wheat has been decreasing for
some years. In 1910 this crop amounted to
l0l, IFS bushels, and in 1850 to 28, ,4S7 bushels,
there being an average yield per acre of about
eighteen bushels. OF rye AL ,20S bushels
were raised in 1850, and 453,70 in 1910. The
average yield per acre is little more than four
teen bushels The average yield of barley is
twenty-one bushels to the acre. 1t is not as
extensively cultivated as formerly. Oats ave-
ragged thirty bushels to the acre last season; !;
the total produce being l,2l0,23S bushels, or
1902 less than in 1910. OF potatoes it is es-
timated that about two and a half million
bushels are produced annually.
The report refers to the increased cultivation
of the cranberry which has lately taken place,
and gives some interesting details OF its cul-
| ture:
The cost of setting out cranberries generally
varies from 800 to $40O per acre; and, when
properly set out in suitable location, the aver
age yield will be about $50 bushels. The cult
vation of cranberries is becoming an important
branch Of agriculture, more than l00, 900 bush
son from land which for all other purposes
would have been comparatively worthless.
The numbers of acres of woodland in 1850
was S96,450, or l66,65S more than in 1910 !;
showing an annual increase of near $1,000
acres
This is remarkable fact when taken in con-
nexion with the increase ofpopulation through
out the State.
The improvement in breeding stocks con-
tinues to be very marked. The sheep brought
to Smithfeld market now average eighty
pounds, and the neat cattle average over 800
pounds. In 1850 there were 1921 cows iu
the State three years old and upwards; abont
$4,000 oxen four years old and upwards; ,703
steers and heifers over one year; and 74,060
horse; all showing considerable increase ex
cept heifers and steers.
The number of sheep in Massachusetts, in
1910 was 343,39O; in 1850 it was l79,284.
The competition of the western States has been
chief cause in producing this decrease. The
merino sheep seems to be most esteemed in
this State.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09
M. SNYDER, BANKER AND EXCHANGE
BROKER.

BROKER,
Office National Hotel Bntldings Psnniyicanix
Arenue Washington, ID. c..
II EALER IN CHECKS, ACCEPTANCES,
IL Drafts, Promissory Notes, Bank Notes, and
Coin.
Notes on all solvent Banks in the United States
bought and sold, at the best prices.
Notes, Drafts and Bills, in Washington and
Georgetown, collected, and remittances promptly
made in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore,
and other funds, at charge Of one-quarter per
cent.
Bills OF Exchange and BaRk Checks, on most
Of the principal cities of the Union, bought and
sold al the best rates.
Land Warrants and Virginia Scrip bought and
sold. Apr o-zmeod
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09

TNHOMPSON & GARNER, Merchant Tai
Il lors, Morfit's building, Al street, near Penn
sylvania avenue, would most respectfully inform
their friends the public in general, and the old pa
irons of Joseph r. Thompson, in particular, that
they have received their Spring Supply Of Goods,
(which TO be admired needs but to be seem"
and which they will make 10 order. in style and
it to please the tastes ofhe most fastidious, OF all
ages.
Favor us with call. Our motto is; eve study
to pleasen Mar 25-iftf
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which, descending in the form of rivers, wan
ders in rich deltas through the alluyial flats
which extend backwards from the sea.
Boston Journal.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09

Prince Hohenzollern and General Grohen had
returned TO Berlin from their respective missions
10 Paris and London.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09

BaS" Every one has admired Parthenia's de-
fnition of love to Ingomar:
"What love is, if thou would'st be taught
Thy heart must teach alone;
Two souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one"
Some profane cynic, having no fear of Cupid
before his eyes, has perpetrated the following
villanous parody:
" Love is nightmare with enc foot
Two children with one bun
Two turnps with single root;
Two cabbage heads as one.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09

GAUTIER,s.--Just received large as
(J sortment Of Pate De Foes Gras, from Stras
burg, in small and large jars.
Jan 22-f &. GAUTlER
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09

SMART GIRLs.-A young gentlemen of Kill
kenny, meeting handsome milkmaid near the
parade, said:
: What viii you take for yourself and milk,
my dear ?"
Yourself and a golden ring, sir" replied
the girl.
That was good one, but the answer of the
girl at the clearinghouse was better:
A gentleman called in, and was shown over
suite ofrooms, by very pretty girl.
Are you to be let with the rooms ?" in
quired the gallant.
"No sir; | am to be let alone
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-09

UTANTED ID, to Rent Two or Three
wv Story House, between the avenue and G.
street, and ID and llth streets. Rent not TO ex.
ceed $500 TO S400.
Address c., at this Office. AprG
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-03-18
MISSISSIPPI.

The Legislature of Mississippi closed its session
on the,2d instant. Amongst the bills of general
Importance that passed were the following,
bill to provide for raising to meet the wants
Of the State Government 1t is said to be ample in its
provisions to supply the wants of the Treasury
An appropriation Of thirty thousand dollars for the
completion of the State Lunatic Asylum besides ten
thousand dollars year for two years to put the insu
ton into full operation.
bill for the adjustment of the Superior Court Of
Chancery. This measure (being an amendment to the
constitution will have to be passed upon by the people
at the next general election.
bill to aid in the construction of the New Orleans
Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad
No apportonment bill was passed the present rule
for Senators and Representatives therefore still governs
We perceive it stated also that, by an act passed
two or three days before the close of the session,
the Legislature of Mississippi has at last concluded
to receive its disributve share of the proceeds of
the sales of the public lands A bill to that effect
passed the House on the 2Sth ultimo, but we do
not know whether it previously or subsequently
passed the Senate. In the House an effort was
made to amend the bill SO as to declare that any
Congressional enactments providing for distributing
the proceeds of the public lands among the States
is unconstitutional This proposition was voted
down, and the bill was then passed by vote of 43
to 81. 1t is needless to say to our friends in Vir-
ginia that the Legislature Of Mississippi is Demo
cratic. $685.
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THE COMBINED FLEETS.

An officer of our navy, writing from Constanti-
nople to his friends in Washington, g ives brief
account Of visit to the Bosphorus, in company
with several brother officers, and Of the combined
English and French fleets, constituting the most
powerful one it is believed which was ever before
seen. In this vast feet, comprising above forty
vessels of war, there twenty ships-of-the-line,
of which seven are three-deckers. The party went
on board the Agamen,non, new English ninety
gun screw steamer, bearing the flag of the second
in command of the English feet, the venerable and
gallant Admiral, Sir EDMUND LYONS. Our Off
GERS, from an examination of this immense ship,
her armament (6s-pounders below and 32's above)
and reputed speed, 0l3 knots an hour, consider
her the most powerful ship in the world.
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THE NEBRASKA BILL.

The Richmond Enquirer is not satisfied with the
Nebraska Bill as it passed the Senate. 1t says that
the South, in approving the bill, as it at present
stands, is !" committing folly" 1t contends that
the provision introduced against the revival of the
old French law establishing slavery in the terrific
ry comprehended within the Louisiana purchase is
inconsistent with the intent and character of the
bill; and that the provision that the laws of the
Territory shall be exempt from the supervision of
Congress is the triumph of the theory of "squat-
ter sovereignty a theory, if not absurd and in
consistent, at least repugnant to the Democracy of
the South. After these objections, the Enquirer
says:
"Anxious as we are for the repeal of the Missouri
restriction, will not affect any extraordinary exuta-
ton at the passage Of the Nebraska Bill if it be
bered and mutated by these provisions We contend for
no barren sceptre fruitless crown The South
pres not to conquest which brings tangible good
appreciate advantage We seek the golden fleece, not
the shorn We must reap some compensation for
wasted energy, and must have indemnity for ex-
hausted effort Like Pyrrhus in Italy and Napoleon in
Egypt, we shun victory which brings nothing be-
yond the trophy of hardwon field Is there much glory
triumph purchased by the surrender of vital princ-
pie? If the Nebraska Bill be emasculated Of all vigor
why need we exult over its PASSAGE"
If we mistake not, the very provisions here SO
strongly condemned were referred to the other day
approvingy by the Union, the organ Of the Ad-
mnstration, and mentioned as likely to add strength
to the bill in the House Of Representatives. Those
of the Democratic party who follow only the lead
of politicians in their approval or rejection of mea
sures affecting the public interests, have now diff
cult road to travel. They do not know but what
they will have to denounce tomorrow what they
were taught to applaud to-day. Possibly such a
course of things may lead men at least to disregard
these mere party politicians altogether in forming
their opinions Alexandria Gazette. 49,. ~
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SWEDEN AND NORWAY.

The Norwegian Representative body-called in
the sonorous Morse tongue the Storthing- opened
its session at the Norwegian capital Christiania on
the 9Th ultimo. The King Of Sweden and Nor
way made his opening speech to the body, which,
in view of the war impending between the great
neighboring Power of Russia and Western Europe,
must have been looked for with much interest
The annexed extract from the Kings speech shows
that he has, in unison with his neighbor, Den
mark, chosen the path of wisdom by choosing the
part of peaceful neutrality. Such course may
find opponents in the Scandinavian populations, it
would likely do any where else, for in all countries
the interests of peace find violent and systematic adj
versares Fortunate is it for the tranquility Of ma
tions when the wisdom and responsibilities of gov
errors found strong enough to shield them from
the insane passion for war which often surrounds
them:
Extract from the Kings Speech.
Sour relations with oil foreign Powers still mark
ed by friendship and reciprocal esteem. The political
complications which to threaten at this the
general peace of Europe will not affect u.s. least
hope. In concert with the King Of Denmark have de-
cded for the interest Of the United Kingdoms in of
possible accident to maintain neutral position, which
must endeavor to maintain with strength and union
who ought to remain strangers the quarres which
have arisen between foreign nations. certain that
the Norwegian people will not refrain from any sacrifice
to put me in state to guaranty and protect this indie
pendent position, on which our dearest interests are
founded"
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CUBA.

Some Of the New York press are making terri
BILE fuss over the seizure Of the steamer Black War
rior by the Cuban authorities, and wish the neu-
trality laws repealed straight off This is SPLEEN
did scheme of the flibusters. The pirates who
have been coveting Cuba might then act without
any fear of interruption from the United States
Government Buccaneering would drive profit
able business in the Gulf, and, it is never very
scrupulous might not be very particular whose pro-
perry it was which fell into its hands Some Of
the journals, with few scruples of honesty re-
naming, are disposed to 60 instantly to open war
to right this "outrage." The blood which will
flow on account of this affair would not scare the
most timid and nervous old woman. 1t will be
found, probably, on proper investigation, that the
Cuban Government has as much cause for COM
plant as the owners of the steamer. Governments
do not wage war upon newspaper clamor. If they
did, ours would never be at peace, for every week
our national honor" is insulted or our flag ter
ribly outraged" Yet we bear these indgnites
with remarkable calmness and good temper, and
there is no Government and flag which are more