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10 ALL WHOSE HAIR is FALLING OFF or
TURNING GREY, would advise to use FLETC H
EhS HAlR TONIC, prepared by John johnson. 1t
is the best emedy for the Hair that is now in use 1t
acts like magic in eradicating Dandruf from the
Scalp. 1t makes the coarsest hair soft and pliant
nor Is there any preparation for the hair equal
FLETCHER'S in Dressing Hair. One two appli.
condition.
No Lady's toilet should be without a bottle
lt is sold by Bennett L. Beers, A. Duval, John H.
Blair, Broad street. and under the American Hotel,
wholesale and RETAIL by the manufacturer.
JOHN JOHNSON.
N. B. No charge for trial mh6
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THE PHILOSOPHER HUME.

For the purpose Of diversfyng with little humor the
grave discussions of the day, friend has handed us the
annexed extract from letter of DAVID HUME the hsto
rian which is published in the memoirs of his dstin
gushed countryman, JOHN HOME t.#
Pray tell the Solicitor that have been reading lately
in an old author called Stra6o that in cities of
cent Gau there was fixed legal standard established
for eorpulency and that the Senate kept be-
yond which if any belly presumed to increase, the pro-
pretor of that belly obliged to pay fine to public
proportionaby its rotundiy Ill would it fare with his
worship and (me) if such law should pass Para-
ment; for l afraid already got beyond the
statute. .e.@
Il wonder indeed, harpy of the Treasury has
thought Of this method of raising money Taxes on luxury
always most approved of; and will say that
the carrying about pory belly is Of any
sty Ills snper6uous ornament and is proof too,
that its proprietor enjoys greater plenty than he puts to
good use, and therefore tits fit to reduce him to level
with his fellow bjects by taxes and impositions.
GAS the lean people the most active, unquet, and
ambitious they every where govern the world and
certainly Cypress their whenever they please
Heaven forbid that Wing and Tory should ever be abolish
ed for then the nation might be split into fat and lean,
and faction, afraid, would be in piteous taking
The only comfort is if they oppressed very much
should at last change sides with them.
Besides who knows if tax imposed on fairness
but jealous divine might pretend that the church
was in danger? sea0.
81 cannot but bless the memory of Julius Cesar for
the great esteem he expressed men, and his
sion lean All the world allows that that empe-
the greatest genius that was and the greatest
Judge Of mankind"
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TO THE FRIENDS OF THE AMERICAN COLOMBIA
TI0N SOCIETY.

The undersigned respectfully invites all to whom this
note is addressed to cooperate effort raise
hundred thousand dollars more during the present
year. the ordinary annual contributions to the
ciety, to enable II to purchase build or more
steamers other ships four times year between
the United States and Liberia But opinion exists in
regard to the Importance f regular communication with
Liberia though whether BY steamers swift sailing ships
an economical question demanding it win receive
grave consideration Th, question is already before an
able committee The object here proposed is to
fund for carrying their deson whether for steamers or
other vessels into effect The wants Of the Society and
Liberia known from intimate personal observation to
the writer and General Agent appointed by the Di-
recors to visit various parts Of the Union it is his wish
to accomplish much good in brief time as possible
In his humble endeavors 10 advance the cause and in
the of the society he confidently ex-
poets the countenance and aid of all its numerous friends
1t is not intended by this proposal to withdraw fundsfrom
other agencies, but with the public favor to receive
special fund for special object second to none connect
ed with the interests Of tho society Subscriptions to
this fund will be received either loan to trustees for
years. without interest then to be repaid should the
enterprise be found sefsustsning as absolute dona-
tons the All subscriptions to this fund will
to the credit not only of the individual subscribers but OF
the States Territories in which they reside, and do
nation OF thousand dollars or more Will entlte the
donor to become life director of the society, to APP
point other person to this honorable Office. While
there is not the least to imagine that the fund pro-
posed will be demanded for the great Of open
ing regular communication with Liberia, still, should
this through any unlookedfor ycissude of cir
cumstances, it may be- and the writer trusts will be,
applied with the consent Of the subscribers to the great
objects of education comfort and improvement in the
Republic of Liberia. To the Hon. ELISHA WHITTLEsEY,
the venerable chairman Of the Executive Committee and
to the Rev. VIM Nolan, the efficient Secretary of the
Society," is the writer indebted for valuable suggestions
1t is be regretted that appeals in behalf Of objects Of
great benevosnce should fail to be interpreted
and occasions for cheerful and spontaneous aid
Let devout hearts this enterprise by their
prayers. The undersigned will be thankful for communi
cations the subject and for subscriptions to this fund
All such subscriptions will be acknowledged in the Afri
can Repository and other public journals.
P. s. All subscriptions and donations received by me
will be deposited in trust with the Executive Committee Of
the Society," subject the disposal of the Board Of D
Editors friendly to the object will confer Especial
obligation by publishing this card Further details may
be given hereafter. r.. r. G.
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VIRGINIA WASHINGTON MONUMENT

1t is with sincere pleasure that announce that the
beautiful and solid granite structure of the Virginia
Washington Monument, in the Capitol Square, is now
completed 1t rises to the height Of forty feet and on its
top is to be erected splendid bronze equestrian statue
OF Washington toey feet high, which will make the whole
height of the monument sixty feet from the ground.
The monument Is now ready for the reception of the
statues OF which two PATRICK HENRY and THOMAS JEF-
PERSON each thirteen feet high have been cast in bronze
at Munich, under the direction Of Mr.. Crawford; and
third, magnificent equestrian group of WASHINGTON
twenty feet high, is nov in the of being modelled
Rome by the same accomplished sculptor-artist. We
nave strong hopes that this lasnamed statue will be
completed during the present year. SO that the
may be solemny naugurated the 22d February 1885,
just hTo years from the laying of the cornerstone
Richmond Enquirer.
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Russian diplomacy and neutrality the one hand, and
union with France and England and the other;
they cannot halt long in their determination
Rumors Of all kinds with relation to external politics
very numerous. We are 10th to report them but
know not but of them may prove correct One which
think doubtful is that Count 0RLoFF has secured ut
least for the present. the neutrality of Austria, and pro-
badly Of Prussia also This caused the funds to decline
Another report says that modification of the Turkish
Ministry has taken place. from which deduced con-
clusion that the Porte disposed to accede to
compromise with Russia. This caused rally, and the
market closed with rise of about per the pre-
ceding day The French Government reported to be in
want of money, and large loan is spoken Of In this
city there is much wonder expressed declaration Of
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, that he had communicated with
his noble FRIEND the Foreign Secretary and inform
ed that there such treaty that Of Ukiar Skes
81 in the Foreign Office" This passing strange That
treaty has been denounced since its alleged date in
1883 being of most suspicious character and dan
gerous tendency and is nsinuated by implica
ton" that such treaty exists This is very mysteri-
ous seeing that what purported to be such treaty
only published in Mr.. QuINs Voyage up the Da-
nube," but also in MuRHEAps supplement to Martens
Collection Of Treaties 1t is mystery which cannot be long
unsoved.
The Times believes that some modification has been
ing favorable to peace with Russia that it is decidedly
the 1t rejects al idea that Count 0RLoFF has
obtained pledge of neutrality from Austria and Prussia
The London Times of this morning has the following
dispatches by submarine and European telegraph:
vienna, THURSDAY EvENING.-Count Buol has declared
the Turkish Ambassador that the concentration
Austrian troops the Northeastern frontier is intend
ed measure of precaution against Turkey.
/ PARIS THURSDAY EvENISG.-Telegraphic despaches
from Constantinope of the Goth Of January
that Mehemed All rasha tLs Gnltan's brother n-law
and head of the party had lett hi;irtry and
been replaced by Ria Pasha. .ra g n.
The squadron under the command of Admiral Bruat
| sailed from Brest on the 9th instant
/ VIENNA FEB On the 9th smart affair took place
near Giurgeyo between the Turks and Russians. The
loss on both sides was considerable 1t appears that
5000 Turks crossed the Danube routed the Russian out
posts and attacked the town. after which they retired
CossTANTINoPLE, JAM 25-The fleets having taken in
fresh provisions will the Black Sea on the 18th
In the mean time three French and three English steam
frcates have sailed to-day for Varna. On the 18th
another Turkish convoy intended to carry men and am
muniton to Batoum will sail under the escort of part
of the Turkish feet and the French and English fgaes
VIENNA FEB. 8-Negotations for peace are certainly
still going on The Emperor Napoleon has, IN an auto
graph letter. made last appeal to the good sense OF the
Emperor Nicholas
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ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD.

There has been very warm contest during the prssem
session Of the Virginia Legislature for charter to con-
majority it has been awarded to JAMES s. FREYCH ESQ
MIR. French is the inventor of plan Of railway in
perfcctng which he has spent much money and years Of
labor and We rejoice that he has opportunity OF
putting his plan in practice at such desirable point
As moneyed investment it pay WELL and should it
in daily practice realize the expectations of it's friends Of
which they have doubt il will so much economic the
costs of railways to make the inventor great public
benefactor of the age.
We sincerely trust that Congress will At once afford
every necessary facility to Mr. French for enabling him
to the Potomac with his road suitable bridge
the Potomac for railway ought be built or the
now existence should be rebuilt and improved with
that view that there may be soppage Of the mails on
account of ice in the Potomac.--Picaaoad Enquirer
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CALIFORNIA TARIFF.-A recent act of the lie
gislature of California imposes tax Of sixty cents
on the value of SO on all goods and merchandise
brought into the State for sale, either from foreign
country or sister State, and opaed by any person
not domictled IN the State. The merchants of San
Francisco have demonstrated against its continu-
ance and demanded its repeal. Its constitutional
ty we presume, will be tested in the Supreme Court
Of the United States The Supreme Court of Cali
fornia has affirmed the right Of the Legislature
to pass it. - . 49,.
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officers board Of her that sebastopoI would be nearly
mpregnable by fleet alone without the cooperation Of
land force The guns altogether amount to hun
dred some OF long range, and bearing the open
others so disposed as to defend by their fire the i'm
mediate entry Of the port All these are in perfect
state and the number of men to serve them is very
siderable The successful attack upon the town from the
sea side would be difficult but the coast within few
miles Of Sebasopo is easy Of access and its capture
might be effected, the officers think with about $4,000
men ma At the, the present ,.a.s IT,, moment @as t.,
racter, but all indicating the probability of serious and
early collision OF the hostile forces near Kaafat 0MER
PAcHA has been endeavorng prevent the concentration
Of the forces by throwing deachments across the
river at various points.
The Turkish army when the last certain news was
heard from it, was stationed follows The first corps
5000 strong, forming the left wing of the army,
anded by lsMAEL PAcHA had its headquarters at Foren
tine where he is watched by the Russian General BELLE
GARDE IsmaePs TANKS rest on Widdin and Orsova The
second cps about 49, strong forms the centre Of the
army his It's headquarters in Sisowa and is under the
commani Of MusTApuA PAcHA, SO we'll known for his
talents sa commander The third corps the right wing
of the Fmy has its headquarters in Karassau it is
mandet by the able HALL PAcHA and is about 49, 900
strong There besides "Reminiscences on the line of
the Dube, between Ruchuek and Nikopoli also "a 900
garrison at silistra, garrison Rahova and the
troops in kalafat under the command of SELIM PAcHA
unds the eyes of MusHE OMER. s..a..a..
W find the following statement of the Russian forces
in tic Principaties and in Bessarabia in La Presse.
The positions those which held at the COM
/ men,ement Of the year
General 0sten Sacken's command. 36s
General Danaenberg's command. ,95t
General Luder's ,93e
Siege artillery o,eZt
Transports, carts, pontoons, &C., and officers and
" men. 4, no,
Troops in Bessarabia 2o, lot
Making o total of 156,32S men, and $40 cannon, Of
which seventy two are of large cahbre.
Parliamentary paper has just been issued containing
an account of the total go silver and copper coinage
at the Mint during the last six years. The coinage o.
1858 was greatly in advance of any previous year In
the fact that gold to the value of nearly II se
ling was coined the Mint during 1858 have some
explanation of the remarkable fact that whilst gold has
been constantly flowing into the country in large amounts
the Bank of Englands metallic stock has largely fallen
off, The gold coined has been quickly distributed tc
every part Of the world where British enterprise exists
More gold has, of course, been required to carry
more extended trade The following is the statement:
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IMPORTANT, II TRuE-A Paris correspondent of the
New York Times mentions the following very remarkable
discovery ..s.E.
"a very remarkable discovery was announced to the
Academy of Sciences NJ Dumas in its last sitting He
stated that NJ SaintClair Devile had succeeded in OBJ
tanning from clay metal white and brilliant as silver
as malleabe gold and light glass 1t fusible
at moderate temperature. Air and damp do not affect
this metal which is called aluminium 1T retains its bril-
ancy, and is not affected by nitric suphuric acid
either strong Diluted if the temperature be not raised
1t is only dissolved by very hot chor drc acid Several
specimens of this metal exhibited to the cademy
and the proposition of Baron Thenard it was voted
unanimously that sufficient should be placed the
disposal Of NJ SainCair Deve to enable him to make
experiments on large scale"
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THE McDoNooH WILL CAsE--The Union states tba, ~
points embraced in the decision Of the Supreme Cont
the egaees of McDonogh and that the legacy Is valid
that the destination Of the legacy for the education Of h
poor is obligatory and that the Of the States can
enforce the application that there no substutops
included in tho legacy, and that the Illegal restraints
upon the alienation division Of the property and for
the appointment of special agents for its do
not avoid il; that the heirs have interest in the vail
dy of the annues for IL they fail they will 60 to tho
cities The Court does not decide on the validity Of
them The Court further decides that the States Of Lou
siana and Maryland could have excluded the heirs
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The PUBLIC PRINTER. Though fully appre-
eating the kind feeling which induced many mem
bers OF the House Of Representatives yesterday to
cast their votes for the publishers of this journal as
Printers to the House, in place of the late worthy
incumbent, we must yet express our regret at it in
this instance as under the circumstances, we should
have been very 10th to accept the appointment, had
1T been offered to us and, if we had had vote our
selves would most assuredly have given it to the
family of the deceased officer
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New Hampshire Editor while recently travelling his wallet
nbstracted arot pckocke while
short The th Disguised with the result Of his exploit
that he address
me wallet with the following note You miserable skunk, hears
your pocitbook keep
yon Mns round with avc with nuthn In II butn lot
Papur scraps ivury toothconb stamps an pass
rom racrode dur npuion the public
As hear editor your robs any only
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, NEBRAsKA MEETING IN DErRoIT.-The home of Mr..
CAss has added Its voice to the universal pro Of the
norm against the Nebraska bill. The City Hall was
ever convened 10 that city All parties Joined in IL and
among its officers were several of the leading
o. that place series Of resolutions strongly in CON
1920 was adopted by unanimous acclamations :
Boston 4ll1s
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There num6eros instances upon record where the
experiences of ordinary lifetime have been crowded
into wonderful short space. VIM. Forrest furnishes
one he has just been committed to Jail in Kings coun-
ty IN " for having three wives and he is but nineteen
years old
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The London Illustrated News for January 81 ha, the
following in article on American annexation:
"They 1.-THE Amcricans) have already purchased Fl ON
the King Of Mosquito tract of country covering SIEVE raj
millions Of acres to which they have given the name of
Nebraska, and which is to be forthwith coonzed by he
Anglo Sn xoD
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ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS OF THE TWO POWERS.
From the mass of diplomatic papers laid before
Parliament concerning the Eastern question we
select the following:
First interpiec Of the British Minister aciM Count
.s' ~" Nesselroae.
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Stamps .......... 6,,Gt,631 h,9io,4lo I'D, o
Income taxi. 55o9,6S7 5,5ss,1I1 1854
And this in the face of reduction in the teaduty amount
inc to at least eoo0o0 in the soap duties which
abolished of about 100000 and Of other smaller duties
in the whole Of about Gl00 900 very satisfactory
sn is that the fiscal year ends with balance in the
Excheouer of 4495 229. The immense trade to the
Australian colonies is the most striking feature Of the
wears business The exports for the year to those colo
MES amounted to c17 100000 while the whole export
and import trade between England and Australia for the
year will exteed e40 100000 about "a 000 900 more
than the whole British trade with the United States.
The last news from Sydney is that the French Admiral
in the South Pacific station has taken possession OF New
Caledonia From the large granite regions in the group
it is believed that plenty of gold is to be found there
The principal island is situated between 1To and 23o south
latitude and between 1862 and 1859 east longitude 1t is
more thanfour hundred miles in length, but in its broad
est part scarcely sixty miles wide Cook discovered
the island in IVA
Our Continental budget still derives its principal nte
rest from subjects connected with the Eastern question
Before leaving Paris NJ KrssELRFr addressed eircu
lar the Russians residing in that capital requiring
them the the Cars Government to leave France
within the next month and return Russia under pain
of Imperial displeasure The Patre that the rein
forcement preparing at constantinople for Asia will in
clude effective force of 80 900 men, and will be sent by
four conveys escorted by French and English ships Of
The Queens speech gave great satisfaction at Pa
ris. Both French and Englishmen to rejoice thai
their bullets to nngle in the coming strife, If that
strife esnnot be avoided May hope that in the time
of treasured peace the am between the nations may be
further strengthened by the free interchange OF CONNER
cal benefits, and that Frenchmen may untazed Eng
fish iron and Engishmen drink untaxed French wine
The 0resnists full Of the utmost indignation at King
LEOPOLD for the aterng reception he has given Prince
NApoLRoS Their anger win be increased when the Duke
and Duchess of BRABANr visit Paris, it is said they
will do ON the LIST of March.
The question Of union of Spain and Portugal under
Prince Of the House of BRAGtSzA, with the title OF En-
peror is said to be seriously discussing in both countries
This is very strongly rumored and stranger things thar
even this may to pass in this age OF strange things
Certainly the authority Of the Lady who is the present
unpopular occupant Of the throne Of Spain IS very ser
ously menaced.
Germany seems to consist Of Austria and Prussia And
al their movements connected with the question Of
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Income above expenditure. e8,255,ooo
II is very satisfactory know that the actual receipts
into the Exchequer only supass those of the
but also exceed the calculations of the Chancellor of the
Excheauer made when the prosperity Of 1888 was full
blown and its rich fruits could be anticipated The to-
tai revenue Of 1852 was $685. 2l007l The revenue Of
1853 was estimated by the Chancellor on 18th of April
ut G52 oO0 000 its actual produce was The
increase in the principal branches OF the revenue VIII be
- - rorl,
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eS1, PIGS G1, 263, l39 Ell;

The public balanoe-sheet for 1853 has just been pub
lshed, and exhibits the following statements
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DAILY NATIONAL ERA.

person of the age Of sixteen years and up
wards, who shall cultivate the land Sc. ;
which,, after debate, was decided in the affirm
ative--yeas 20, nays 90
MIR. Clay moved 50 10 amend the bill as to
require all foreigners awaiting themselves of the
privileges of the bill TO become citizens within
sixty days after the passage of this act; pend
ing which, the Senate adjourned by vote Of
33 yeas, to Is nayso
II pretty certain, from present indications,
that the Bill will DO defeated. Dislike of for
regners and determination to do nothing
that shall promote the multiplication Of free
States, array the Southern Senators against it /;
and they will secure enough votes from their
allies to kill the Bill.