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Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-10-03

LIABILITY OF COMMON CARRIERs-A suit
was recently brought against the Erie Railroad
Company to recover the value of box of goods
committed to their care and designed for trans
portation to Cincinnati. The defendants proved
that the box was safely transported over their
road and forwarded by the usual conveyance
from Dunkirk to Cincinnati, between which
points it was lost. The plaintiffs contended
that the receipt given for the box at New York
amounted to contract for Its transportation to
Cincinnati. The Judge, however, decided that
the defendants were an Incorporated company
for the transportation of freight and passengers
from New York to Dunkirk, and to the extent
of their line they were to be deemed common
carriers. In order to make them liable be-
yond the terminus of their line as common car
riers, an express agreement TO carry must be
shown. This express agreement was not to be
inferred from the ordinary receipt given by the
company's agent at New York. When box
of goods is delivered to common carrier,
marked in a particular manner, without any
directions except such as may be inferred from
the marks themselves, the carrier has right
to presume that the consignee Of the goods in
tends the carrier shall transport and dispose of
them in the usual way; and if the owner of the
goods neglects to make the necessary inquiries
as to the usage or custom Of the business, or to
give direction as to the disposal of goods, it is
his own fault, and the loss, if any, after the
carrier has performed his duty according to the
ordinary course of his trade and business,
should fall upon such owner, and not upon the
common carrier. The rule of law which now
seems to be established is, that common car
riers are not liable for the safety of goods be-
yond the route on which they are carriers.
Bait. Amer
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II EXTENSIVE sf VIZ
BOOT AND SHOE ESTABLISHMENT,

JO0l VI LINIlD Nv iION
q II. HOOVER has fitted up, In an at
-. tractive style, the large and spacious store in
Iron Hall, Pennsylvania avenue between 9th and
10Th streets, and furnished il with, perhaps, the
largest and best selected stock of BOOTS AND
SHOES ever exhibited in this city.
II is the determination of the undersigned 10
make this establishment excel, in all particulars,
every other of the kind in the country Withthis
view, he has made arrangements for regular
supply Of every article in his line OF business with
the most celebrated manufacturers in this country
and in future, every variety of Boots and Shoes
for Ladies, Gentlemen, Children, and Servants,
may here be found. t
No expense has been spared in fitting up this
establishment so TO make il attractive place
OF business. He will spare no effort 10 win lib
eral share OF public patronage. His prices shall
be moderate. approximaing as closely as possible
10 those OF the manufacturers.
The following are among the articles just re-
ceived
FOR LADIES. 5000
Black, bronze, and colored Caters, thin and thick
soles NJ ti ifl Ntf
White and black satin Slippers, and English Kid
Slippers 'iHg
French and American Morocco aud Kid Slippers
Morocco walking Shoes of every variety
Toilet Slippers, enamelled and worked French
and American
Jenny Lind Buskns, Polkas and other STYLES Of
Dress Shoes. &s
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FEMALE EDUCATION.
MRS. n. w, YOUNG AZ MISS ". tow

lvl respectfully announce TO their friends and
this community, that they will receive at theft
rooms, on the corner Of 18th and X streets north
on Monday, the 18th instant, limited number Of
young ladies' who may desire to pass through a
systematic course Of studies embracing all the
ton.
Their method Of instruction is thorough and
practical II il based upon al experience Of many
years in conducting the education of young ladies'.
having in view the fullest development and disci
pine Of the mental faculties.
TERMS OF TUITION.
All the English studies, including mathematics.
with the French language, per the scholastic
i, year OF 10 months ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ss0
Ancient and other modern languages
Music, vocal and instrumental. Professors
Drawing in pencil and crsyon. cbarces
Painting in oil and wafer colors...
Sept 6--3tawtfsth
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In our Extra Of Monday, the engineer Of the
Welaka was reported TO be wounded, but it
has since been ascertained that it was the
steward, who was knocked down by the ball
,razine, or splinter striking the back Of his
neck. We are glad TO learn that the greatest
injury Is sid 10 have been an awful scarce.
5000. Nelcs, 23d.
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continent, especially in Germany, should be in
structed to advis the New York commissioners
Of emigration of the intended embarkation OF
persons Of the class alluded 10, giving names,
description Of the vessels, date of sailing, &c.
Secretary Marcy replies, by saying that the de-
partment will cheerfully cooperate with the au-
thorities in New York, by giving such instruc-
tons as will facilitate them in the enforcement
of the police regulations of this city in respect
to this class of emigrants..Journ Commerce.
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M RS. COWDEN CLARKE,s new Novel.
1u The Iron Cousin, or Mutual Influence, by
Mary Cowden Clarke, author of "The Complete
Concordance to Shakespeare"
Tegg's Dictionary Of Chronology.
Lectures On the True, the Beautiful. and the
GOOD, by M. Cousin; increased by an Appendix
on French Art; translated by o. w. Wight.
TAYLOR 81 MAURYS
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FOR SERVANTS

rON oEhVANIS.
MY assortment of Servants Shoes, of all kinds,
is large and very complete
respectfully request Of my old customers and
the citizens generally Of Washington, Georgetown,
Alexandra, Prince Georges, Montgomery, and the
surrounding countryside strangers visiting the
city--io favor me with call before purchasing.
desire TO make no particular pledges, but hope, by
fair dealing, by polite attention, and by devotion to
business, 10 challenge the confidence of all and
win success in my new enterprise.
s. y. HOVER,
Iron Hall Boot and Shoe Establishment
Pa. avenue, between 9th and 10th SITS.
Aug. 17-d1w&eod2w
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ENERAL AGENCY.--The undersigned
NJ most respectfully informs, by this notice, his
friends and the pubic in general, here and esle-
wnere' thatf ne he's opened Agency Office for
the prosecution of claims of every description
against the government, before the several depart
ments or Congress; procure pensions, bounty
ianas, extra pay, and arrearage pay, and will at
tend TO the buying and selling Of real estate the
renting of houses, and general collecting bust
ness he will also furnish parties at a distance
with such information as they may desire from
the seat Of government Charges viii be mode
rtreet. f
REFERENCES.
Hon J. @ Dobbin, Secretary Of the Navy.
Hon. J. Davis, Secretary of War.
mon Council
Cen John M. McCalla, Attorney at Laus.
James H. Caustin, esq. 80.
w. G. Reddall, State Department.
Jan lift tt,7-.' -
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]. p. DICKINSON,
A II II o II N e " AT LAW

Late E1ami'ier Of CLAIMS IN the Pension O6icS)
WIZ attend 10 any business entrusted to his care
particularly TO Claims for Pensions, Bounty Land
Lend Patents, Scrip, Back Pay, &c.
REFERENCES: Hon. r. M. T. Hunter, u. s. Sen
ate; Hon. Jno. w. Maury, Mayor of Washington;
Hon. Jas Z. Heath, late Commissioner of Per
SONS Hon Jno. Wilson, Commissioner of Gen
eral Land Office. e
have duplicate pay rolls Of the army from 1870
to 1910, the original Of which were burnt in 1914
]. p. ID.
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II AW NOTICE.-SIDNEY 8, BAXTER,
IL late attorney general of Virginia, has re
moved to Washington to practice law.
:, he WIN practice in the Supreme Court Of the
United Stntes the courts of the District of Column
oia, aad attend to any professional business con-
fided to him. ~ ~, 80
Office in Morrison's new building on Al street,
east of Pennsylvania avenue.
Hon. J. J. Allen, Hon. VIM. DAME
Hon Richard Moncure, Hon. G. B. Samuels
Hon. @. H. Lee, Of the Court of Appeals OF
Virginia.
TO the Judges OF the Circuit Courts of Virginia.
TO the senators and members of Congress from
Virginia. 45N ttG. : -
Sep 21--1yeod. fm) s81ls
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CANEs.--A large ana
" varied assortment Of the richest and most
beautiful styles, just received from the manufac.
tory. Cahd LANES
$1,000 Gentlemen's Furnishing Store
sep 2V--eoiw Penn. avenue, near A 81.
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UNITED STATES MAIL ROJTEi
ONLY 90 HOURS FROM ST. LOUIS To NEW
YORK; AND 36 HOURS TO CINCINNTIn
GHCAGo q MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD
" The only Railroad Route from che Lo,eey
TIME vpo,, M ~ % ths Ailantiet
.sE The Steamer WINCHESTER leaves
the Alton wharf bont nj ST I,onis
aaliy {Sn1days excepted) at 2 o'clock, a. m, and
en- he nIiN DEEh leaves the Alton wharf boat at
d; Louis daily at $50, p. m. aa
The steamers connect at Altca foplv o. nilea
rom ron, ~. LOUIS with express tyains for
SPRINGFIELD, BLO0MISGTON I.AsAIIE
GnhlCAeio, AND THE EASTERN CITIES.
u;nasss ieavine 81. Louis by the steamer
N ones'er ~ :, a-m.., take the cars at Alton AZ
~ q. M, and arri',e al Chicago The per, norn;na
~ .,me 10 laKe ,ne earliest morning trains going
ffasssengers leaving 81. Louis by the Reindeer
=. v.oy' ?, m, take the at Alton Saturday .x
rest. Y o ~ '"e o'e"ns "ahs
= This line via Chicago and Mississippi. Illinois
Neniral and Chicago and Rock Island, or Chicago
ana Aurora railroads, connects with all the rail-
roads at Chicago, and affords the most speedy
route from ST Louis 10 points on the Mssissppi
river, at and above the Upper Rapids, as well as
10 points on the Illinois river al and above Pekin
The trains OF the 2. and M. railroad connect Al
Carinville, Yirden,. Springfield, and Bloomington,
with good Stage Lines for Hillsboro' Waverlv
with the Great Western Railroad at Springfield,
with the Great Western Railroad for Jacksonville,
end Decatur, and at Bloomington with the Illinois
Central Railroad for LasaIle. 1870
HB- THROUGH TICKETS, and Tickets 10
Chicago can be had at The Offices OF the Michigan
Southern, the Michigan Central and the New
York and Erie railroads, ST. Louis.
va TICKETS TO CHICAGO and all the in
termed ale places, can be had al the wharf bout
and on the railroad packets, and at tho Offices of
the Chicago and Mississippi, Illinois Central, and
Chicago and Rock Island railroads.
f. HEATING, Supt C. ~ M. R.R.
NEW BOoKs.--The Whimsical Woman,
IN by Emile Z. Carlen.
Crystalline; or, the Heiress ofFall Down Castle.
romance, by +. w. Shelton, A. M, author q,
"The Rector OF 81. Bardolph's,' &c.
The Myrtle Wreath, or Stray Leaves Recalled:
by Minnie Myrtle.
Melbourne and the Chincha Islands. with
by George w. Peck. t.
Just published and for sale BY
ltl ~ N. FARNHAM,
!. Corner Penn avenue and 18th siree,.
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FOR GENTLEMEN.
French Patent i Leather Roots

..--tI3t 1., IN h n ,FOh GENTLEMEN.
French Patent Leather Boots
Do do Walking Shoes
Do Calf Dress Boots, half Boots and Shoes
Do do and patent leather and Oxford Ties
Caters, Pumps, &c.
Cloth Caters, black and colored
Enamelled top French patent leather foxed Cal
tiers, English Ties, &c.
All varieties Of common Boots and Shoes, pegged
aad sewed.
FOR YOUTHS. MISSES 81 CHILDREN.
Youths Pumps, Dress Shoes and Boots Of beanti-
full styles, and of every quality
Misses black and coored Callers, Slippers, Walk.
ing Shoes of latest patterns
Chlldrens Shoes, embracing every style and quail
lity now in use. ,hs, m
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DIANOs FOR SALE AND RENT. -zTbe

II subscriber has in store very handsome Rose
wood Piano, seven octaves, which win be dis
posed OF on accommodating terms. Also, for
rent, two fine instruments
W. 9. zANrzINGER,
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FOR ROyS

have made particular arrangements for this
department of my business Here, then, let the
Boys come, for just such SHOES as they may
fancy, and which have heretofore been so difficult
to find. $500
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UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE,
ONLY SO HOURS FROM ST. LOUIS TO NEW
YORKlsAND 90 HOURS TO CINCiNNTIii
CHICAGO q MISSISSIPPI RArrpo.n
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-13
TO MAKE YOUR HAIR CURL.

WONDEh OFIHE WORLD.
FJNaE Great Wonder or the World has at length
i been discovered You cannot make one hal,
whit or blsck, but Mr. BYRON Ii. aCB3 has at
myth procured the truth OF the great ret after
much study. toll. and expense, how to make To.
hair curl and wave in the most grsc full manner for
life. The proprietor has travelled through vario
parts Of Europe for upwards Of nine in search
Of the celebrated chemist and Psychologist, NJ
jacques, and has at length found him in Italy, and
pur hssed of him he rec ipt for the sum Of $4,000
All persons having the most uncouth and Goa, Sc
kirg hair can have transformed int the most
beautiful and curling appearance that could he de-
sired The composition OF which The article is
posed will not cost more than SO cents sn1 but one
application is needd to the hsir cause II to wave
in ihe most uniform and perfect manner fer life
and thus improve the looks and appearance one
hun ared per cent We now offer this wonderful
discovery to the world for the .um Of 81 co.
Direct all letters to BYRON Fl ROBB, Farming.
ton, Trumbuil CO.. Ohio, snd the receipt will be i'm
mediately forwarded to the person.
All letters must be post paid to secure at euticn
sep1-Sm
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United States Patent Office,

!
ON the petition of Ross WINANs, Of Baltimore.
" Md, praying for the extension Of q patent
granted to him on the 18th day of ovemher, 1910
for improvement in '-the mole of regulating the
waste steam in Locomotive Steam Engines" for sew
en- years from the expiration of said patent which
takes place on the 9th day of November, eighteen
hundred and fifty four:
1t is ordered that the said petition be heard at the
Patent Office on Monday, the 9th day of November
next at II O'Clock, H. and all persons notified &c
appear and show cause, il any they have, why said
petition ought not to be graz ted.
Persons opposing the extension required to file
In the Patent Office their bections specially set forth
in writing, at least twenty days before the day O.
hearing; all testimony filed by either party to be used
at the said hearing must be taken and transmitted
in accordance with the rules of this Office which will
be furnished on application.
The testimony in the case will be closed on the
9th of October; dispositions and other papers re
lied on as testimony, must be flied in the Office
before the morning of that day; the arguments
any, within ten days thereafter s.-1
Ordered also, that this notice be published In thu
Union, Intelligencer and Evening Star, Washington
d. c. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa; Scientific
American, New York; Post, Boston, Mass, and
Inquire, Cincinnati, Ohio, once q week for three
successive weeks previous to the 9Th Of November
next, the day Of hearing.
CHARLES MASON,
Commissioner of Patents
P.s.-Editors of the above papers will please copy
and send their bills to the Patent Office with paper
containing this notice. aug 3O-W3w
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-13

Observation-Disclosures are high. Ev-
erytb;ng we eat is approximately dear.
How are the working classes to get
through the coming winter, with the
i1ecessaries of life ruling at such enor-
NOUS rates The Albany Register says
: The answer and the only true one is,
let everybody practice . rigid economy.
Let the Injuries and superfuities of life
be dispensed with, for the present at
least. Let everybody who is dependent
upon his labor for support, be frugal and
industrious, and Above all things spend
no sixpences or shillings tor Intoxicating
drinks. Bread is better than whisky, OF
rum, or brandy, or beer, and when you
are called on to choose between loaf Oh
the one, or . glass of the other, let the
laboring man, let every body remember
those who are at home, wives and little
ones, and choose the bread. 1t is quite
true that the times are hard, but stout
and honest heart will carry us all safely
through them, if we work diligently and
leave off the useless and hurtful habit,
whatever it may be that constitutes our
besettipg sin. We hold that almost
every man has q way of spending money
to a greater or less extent uselessly.
Some BY the indulgence of one habit and
some by another. In these hard times,
that habit, like the building of railroads
should be suspended, and the dollars
that its indulgence cost, be applied to sup.
ply the actual necessities or substantial
comforts of life. In this way we can
ride out the storm, be jolly oil the day,
and sleep calmly at night, hard though
the times may be.
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B. Dollari he. ,s~
8: ! :; ; CSC; 50: 6; ~
Z Ladies' Wigs,
half Wigs, Friz. @H
OTIS, Braids,
Ourls, DO, bean.

tifuily Manufactured and a. cheap any establish
msnt In tn Union.
DOLLARD's HERBANIUM EXTRACT Or LUIS
~ TROU5 HAIR TONIC,
prepared from South American herbs and roots, the
successful article produced for preserving
ths hair nom falling out or changing color restoring
and preserving it in healthy and iuxuriant state
Among Other reasons why Dolards hair-cutting S.
Icon, maintains its immense popularity is the fact
that his Tonic Is applied to every head of hair cut u:
his establishment consequently it is kept in better
preservation than under any other known applica.
ton 1t being thus practically tested by thousands
offers the greatest guaranty of its efficacy. Sold
wholesale and retail ut his Old Establishment, 1T
Chestnut Street opposte the s,ate acuas, Phils-
dslphis.
&. DoLIARD has at last discovered the n. PLUS IL
YEA of hair dye and announces it for sals with Dor.
feet confidence, in it's SURPRISING everything Of the
kind in 1t eoiors the hair either black or
hrn@l, may be desired, and is used without 1ny
injury to the hair skin, either by stain or other.
wise be washed of in ten minutes after The an.
plication without detrsctng from its efficacy Per.
sons visiting the city invited to give him call
Letters addressed to R. DOLLARD, III CHEeTN Ut
STREET PHILADELPHIA, will receive attention.
jan 23-1y.
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UNITED STATES NAIL.
Posf OTY1cr DEPARTMENT,

Posr oYncr DEPARTMENT,
Asg. 18th, 1854. /
DROPOsALS for carrying the mails of the United
1 States from the first day OF January, 1854, L
the 3oth day of June. 1885, en- the following routes
the Mississippi, will be received at the Contrac
Office Of the Post Office Departmen in the city Of
Washington, until O'Clock ~, of the 9th Novem
Der, 1854 Ito be decided by 1lth OF the sam, month
KENTUCKY.
No. e1G2.-From Cairo, III, by Memphis, Tenn,
Napoleon, Ark, Vicksburg, Miss., Matches
and Baton Reuge. La to New Orleans,
LOIS miles and Lack, daily, in safe and
suitable steamb ats.
Leave Cairo daily at pm
Arrive at New Orleans in days by pm
Leave New Orleans daily at . m
arrive at Cairo in six days ~ 5 pm
No. 5i02c-From O,iro Ill, by Columbus, Ky. Hic.
Ean's, New Madrid, Mo Ashport, Tenn
H.ckmsn's B md, Ark Full on, Tenn.
0scsola, Ark, Pecan Point, r ndclph,
Tenn, AMI laham. Ark. to MemIhs,
Tenn, twenty four miles and tack, II re-
times week, in safe and sui able cam
boa,s.
leave Cairo every Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day at II m
Arrive ct Menu his In 81 hours, by m next
dey
Leave Memphis every Tus.day, Thursday and
Saturday at ii m
Arrive at Cairo in 81 hours, by 6 . N mex
days.
MISSISSIPPI.
No. 73l1-Frcm Vicksburx, by Young's Point. La
Milisen's Bend, Pecan Grove, Tallula
Miss, LAX. Providence, La, Princetot
Miss, Grand Like, Ark, Point Worthing
ton, Miss. Grssnville, Columbia, Ark
Gains landing, and Victoria, Miss, &c
Napoleon, Ark, go Nilss End back, thret
times a week, in safe aud suitable steam
boats.
Leave vi ksburg 'very Monday, Wednesday
aud Thursday at m
Arrive at Napoleon every Friday, saturday And
Sunday BY pm
Leave Naroleon every saturday, Wednesday
and Monday at / a Ii
Arrive at Vieksburg every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday by 6pm
ILLINOIS
No. 135H-Frem Rock Island, III by Hampton
Fort Byron, Cordovs, Albany, Fulton, Sc
vsnnah. LIZ ClAire, Iowa, Camsnche, Ly
ons, 1abCla, and bellevue, to Galena, III
one hundred miles and back, three
times a week, in safe snd suitable sNam
boats.
Bidders will propose q schedule
For form Of prop ssls, guarantee, and certificate
slsc instructions and requirements, embracing con
dtioos TO Re incorporated ia the contracts to sucf
extent as tn. department. may deem roper,) see ad
vertissment inviting proposals for mail service OF
the mississippi river, drted June Z, 1854.
JAMES CAM BELL, Postmaster G.n1.
eng 31-po1m
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Doctor LAMB.-Dr. Lamb was great
Sorcerer In the time of Charles l. The
famous Richard Baxter, in his Certainty
of the World Of Spirits, printed in 1891,
has recorded an appropriate instance of
the miraculous performances of this man !:
Meeting two of his acquaintances in
the street, and they having intimated q
desire to witness some example of his
skill, he invited them home with him.
He then conducted them into an inner
room, when presently, to their no small
surprise, they saw tree spring up in the
middle of the apartment.
They had scarcely ceased wondering at
this phenomenon, when in a moment
they appeared three diminutive men, with
little axes in their hands for the purpose
of cutting down the tree. The tree was
felled; and the Doctor dismissed his
guests, fully satisfied of the solidity Of
his pretentions.
The very night, however, tremendous
hurricane arose, causing the house of one
of the guests to rock from side to side,
with every appearance that the building
would come down and bury him and bis
wife in the ruins.
The wife, in great terror, asked i:
"Were you not at DR.. Lambs to-day 2"
The husband confessed # was true.
"And did you not bring away some
thing from his house4'
The husband owned that when the lit
tie men felled the tree, he had been idle
enough to pick up some of the chips, and
put them in bis pocket. Nothing now
remained to be done but to produce the
chips, and get rid of them as fast as they
could. This ceremony performed, the
wh;rlwind Immediately ceased, and the
remainder of the night became perfectly
calm and serene.
DIR. Lamb at length became so odious
by his reputation for these internal prac-
tees that the population rose upon him
1910, and tore him to pieces in the
streets. Nor did the effects OF his ILL
fame terminate here. Thirteen years
after, a woman, who had been his ser
yant-maid, was apprehended on charge
of witchcraft, was tried, and, in expiation
of her crime, was executed at Tyburn.