Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-12

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Information that allwho have business with the
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tain and it is also equally interesting to the gen
erai reader who may visit The Capitol or any other
ofthe public buildings especially the Patent Office,
which, from the peculiar interest of the subjects
one visiting Washington.
With reference 10 the public Offices here, the
duties Of each head officer are given so that
those having business with airy of them. will be
able to find the one 10 whom the business properly
belongs TO transact.
A few copies of this work will be placed al each
of the bookstores here, at present, until both
houses of Congress and the public Offices are
supplied.
The work is illustrated by several plates OF the
Capitol as it is to be, the public buildings, and the
Washington National Monument
PRESERVED ToMAToEs.-A friend in this city
has sent us the following recipe for preserving to-
notices, IA most healthy and nutricious vegetable)
which places il in the power ofevery housekeeper
to have upon her table every day in the year a
fresh article, at nominal expense. We have
avaed ourselves of his information so kindly fur
nished:
Take ripe tomatoes, wash them in cold water,
and boil them for twenty minutes have your cans
Tor botiles) prepared in the mean time by placing
them in cold water in boiler put your tomatoes
in the cans with very little salt and pepper, and
SET the boiler with them over slow fire. where
let them remain until the water boils, at which
time cork and seal them hermeticsly BY this
simple process you can have the vegetable always
ready for your table, with all the freshness and
flavor OF the season.
PAPER MADE FROM WOOD as a substitute for rags
appears TO be coming into use, with the prospect
of effecting large saving for newspaper pub
fishers. The Philadelphia Ledger and the Prov
dence Journal are now both printed on such pa.
per. II is firm and smooth, but is deficient in fne
ness Of texture and in general appearance, COM
pared with the ordinary kind. These defects, how
ever, may yet be remedied. Any kind of wood
may be used, though poplar seems to be preferred
The pulp, when prepared, is put upon the COM
mon paper making machine and is made into pa
per by the ordinary process. II is supposed that
il may be furnished at one-half the cost Of rag.
paper
A NOBLE ExAMPLE-The Stanton Spectator of
yesterday states that, although the recent vote in
Allegheny county for subscription of SOS, 900 to-
the Central railroad was unsuccessful, the friends
of the road ,aised by private subscription, i'll one
week, S23,4oo and have by this time doubtless
added considerably TO that amount. The Spectator
says il is believed that 100000 will be raised by
the efforts now making in the counties Of Poca-
hontas, Bath, and Allegheny, which with the Rich
mond subscription and the States proportion, will
be very seasonable lift 10 the company,
PILLAR DoLLARs.-We learn from the London
Economist tlat the Chinese have erected a mint
in Canton for coming Spanish pillar dollars of
=" Charles The Fourth, IT'S" This coin is the
standard the Chinese, and the scarcity of il
has induced them 10 coin il, which is rather
novelty in ninting, thus reproducing old dated
coins. The pillar dollars have always commanded
premium With the Chinese, though ntrinsically,
worth less than the Mexican dollar.
DR.. w. Is. THozrsoN, suspected of having first
disraced, and then, by the opportunity of his po-
sition as family physician, caused the death of
Miss Pharr, of Covington, Va, TO whom he was
engaged TO be married, is again in trouble about
the matter. He had Instituted suits for SANDER
against number of persons for remarks made by
them; to meet which they had the body of the de-
ceased dsinhumed and examined, when facts are
said to have been revealed that establish his
shameful crminality beyond doubt warrant
was Immediately issued against him, and he has
been lodged in Jail.
MAGNIFICENT AND IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE
Some Of our western exchanges speak OF the
bridge OF the Illinois Central Railroad Company,
the Illinois river at La Sale, as fully equal TO
any structure of the kind in America. II extends
across from bluff 10 bluff; is more than half mile
long, and seventy feet high supported by seven.
teen massive stone piers and the sbutments. The
estimated cost is $50, 900. The lower floor is for
common vehicles, the upper for cars
ID The Petersburg infelige,icey says On Fri.
day evening Mr.. Bruce, the president Of the Union
Agricultural society of Virginia and North Carroll.
ma, in his address, recommended the purchase, by
all means, Of an experimental farm by The society.
The next day Sunday il was determined TO raise
the sum Of fifteen thousand dollars for the pur.
pose, and on yesterday Monday committee
went TO work spon the business and in an hour
or two obtained subscriptions in the city to the
amount Of five thousand dollars.
BALTIMORE AND Potomac RAILRoAD.-The CON-
missioners Of this road met at Marlboro on the Sd
inst, Thomas J. Marshall, esq, in the chair when
il was resolved 10 open books Of subscription TO
the capital stock on the 18th inst, at seven differ
emit places in the county, and TO keep them open
until the LIST Of October. The shares are fixed by
the charter al $50 each, and one thousand shares
are required TO be subscribed before the company
can be organized. Two dollars on each share
must be paid at the time of subscription.
WHEAT TRADE IN FREDERICKSBURG TO give
an idea Of what the millers Of that vicinity are
doing this season, the Fredericksburg Necs states
that one Of them has already taken IN II 900 bush
els, 10 say nothing of what he has bought besides