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Arrival Of the GIpsies.

For some years past there have been several
bands of this strolling people wandering about
our country, and in many places they become
so great a nuisance that the people have com.
PEELED them to seek other quarters at short
notice. 1t is their custom during the summer
season to locate upon some public road in the
vicinity of New York where they are enabled
TO pursue their unlawful calling without fear OF
detection. These bands are generally COM
posed of an equal number of men and women,
with any quantity of children. The former are
generally intelligent and shrewd, their ostensi-
Bile business being the trading of horses, OF
which they generally have good supply. The
females are all fortune tellers. They live in
tents made so low that they cannot stand erect
in them, and have no other beds than q small
quantity of straw, upon which they lie promiscu-
ously. The men are generally young and
athletic Englishmen, while the women have an
old and haggsrd appearance. Their life is
one of plumber, and they most dexterously
avoid detection. The approach Of winter has
already driven them from their northern haunts,
and they have made their appearance in the
neiehorhood of our city where they doubtless
intend TO spend the winter. The male portion
of each band is divided so that the parties COM
hitting the depredations are rarely to be found
during the day time from the immediate vici-
nifty Of their encampments. They have par
ticnlar fancy for horses, but rarely make incur
sions upon those in the vicinity Of their loca-
ton, though they viii take advantage of every
opportunity to rob the poultry houses around,
knowing that after the poultry has been dressed
IL cannot be identified by the owner. The
best possible and only really safe way to avoid
their depredations is to drive them off. BY
that means they will be obliged to resort to
some more honest calling. They have been
driven out of Europe, and certainly. they
should not be allowed to practice their decep.
tive arts and villainy here. II our farmers will
look to their own interest they will not allow
them camping place.--Balimore American
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Word to Apprentices.

The Newark Mercury whisper word or two
in the ears of apprentices and others, who, be-
ing obliged to work during the day, have only
the night to mental culture. Without the ben
eft of an education, boys-at least fair En-
glish education-you can never rise to the po-
sition and stature of men in the world. You
may be able to distinguish between right and
wrong, and honorably strive to live uprightly
and soberly, but without mental cultivation,
you can after all be nothing more than "hewers
of wood and drawers of water" You must be
educated in letters to be able to do business for
yourself, and to know mankind, with whom
You have to deal. You must be able to read
and appreciate what you read, to write and un'
derstand mathematics in order TO obtain any
thing like success, and make your mark in the
world. The truth of this you may see by ex'
ample all around you. The present moment,
boys, is the time for you to obtain this educa-
ton. Opportunities in abundance are now
offered. Will you improve them and become
men, indeed, or grope forward in perpetual
darkness2 If you choose the former-to be-
come intelligent and good, enter at once some
of our night schools, all of which are con-
Quoted by able teachers. The evenings are
| long, and by attendance at these schools, with
strict attention to the studies in which the
teachers will take pleasure in instructing you,
you will be able to make that important start
towards building up a character, for which you
will be honored, and which will lead you to
success and fortune. Improve the opportunity,
boys. Don't waste the precious hours Of the
long evenings in street associations, and the
company Of the wicked Attend the night
schools, and you shall attain both strength and
wisdom, and maybap, in the struggles Of life,
win place Of which the proudest need not be
ashamed.
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Jone. Hooper. Last.

The Montgomery Mail edited by Johnson J
Hooper, alias Simon Suggs, has the following
good 'un:
A correspondent of ours, writing us the Other
day, from Lowndes county, relates the follow
ing anecdote of Judge P-s:
The Judge was holding Lowndes circuit
court, and suddenly caught the eye OF o wit
ness in a trial which was progressing. This
man, the Judge thought, was making the most
demoniac grimaces at him, and without mo-
ment's hesitation, he ordered the clerk to en-
ter up I" a fine of ten dollars against that man,
for contempt Of court -pointing to the gentle
man who carried the expressive physiognomy.
Why. what's that for, Judge ?" exclaimed
the unfortunate man.
You're making faces at the court, sir |!
There you are again, sir! Mr.. Clerk, enter up
another fine of the same amount against this
man."
Here our friend, Tom j., interfered and ex-
planned that the person fined, habitually looked
as he did now--was a worthy citizen and
never was "in contempt in his life.
Every good, very good, Mr.. il" said the
Judge Let the fines be RENTED but this
court has general power to abate nuisances
which interfere with its administration of the
law. Mr.. Sheriff, carry this man at least two
hundred yards from the courthouse, and see
that be doesn't enter it again"
That poor fellow, we should say, had it."
very badly.
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Story About Rats.

A gentleman residing in neighboring town,
has related to us the following story about rats
He owned a pair of horses which he valued,
and of which he took the care himself. Every
day he supplied them plentifully with grain, but
to his SURPRISE instead of thriving on this treat
ment, they grew perceptibly poorer. He was
at loss to account for this, as they evidently
had good appetites. They always waited i'm.
patiently for their feed, and when it was poured
into the manger, they would thrust their noses
into it, and eat with the greatest eagerness.
But they soon became SO lean and bony that it
was evident that there was something wrong
either in the animals themselves. or the manner
of their feeding. The owner at length resolved
to stay in the barn and watch them while eat
ing. He accordingly stationed himself near the
horses, after having filled the manger with oats,
but so contrived to screen his person as not to
be easily seen. The horses dipped their noses
into the grain, as usual with avidity, and began
to eat with will. AS soon, however, as quiet
was restored in the barn-broken only by the
monstrous "craunching sounds of hungry horses
busy at their feed-the gentleman observed the
latter to cease suddenly from feeding, and start
back suddenly from the manger, with a snort
of pain or alright. Peeping cautiously over
into the manger, he saw five or six enormous
rats, who were ravenously devouring the grain
and as soon as the horses ventured, with the
evident hesitation and misgiving inspired by a
little experience, to approach the manger and
again insert their noses in the grain, these fero-
cious creatures would spring at them and bite
their lips. In this way the game went on--the
horses, prompted by hunger, occasionally max
ing an effort to get mouthful of the grain, and
the rats as regularly driving them back, until,
in very short time, the oats were entirely de.
voured by these piratical savages, and the
poor horses left empty.-Erchange.
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SELLING Dry GooDs.-People generally
think that it is very easy matter to stand be-
hind counter and retail dry-goods; but a
weeks experience in the business would con-
vince the cleverest man that it is much more
difficult and laborious than the task of turning
a grindstone twelve hours per diem. The
office Of salesman embodies, in its duties, ne
cessity for the shrewdness of a politician, the
persuasion of lover, the politeness of Ches-
terrified, the patience of Job, and the impotence
of pickpocket. There are statesmen who
make it point never to lose customer.
One of the gentlemen who is in store in
Chatham street, not long since was called to
show q very fastidious and fashionable lady,
who dropped in while going to Stewards"
some rich silk cloaking. Every article of the
kind was exposed to her view-the whole store
was ransacked nothing suited. The costly
was stigmatized as everything was COM
mon and not fit for a lady! She guessed she
would 90 to Stewards. The salesman pre-
tended to be indignant.
MADAM" said he in a tone of injured inno-
cence, ~ have very beautiful and rare piece
of goods case which l divided with Mr..
Stewart, who is my brother-ih-law-b1t it
would be useless to show it to you. 1t is the
only piece in the CITY,"
aOh, allow me to see it." she asked, in an
anxious tone, and continued, ~ had no inten-
ton of annoying you, or of disparaging the
merits Of your wares"
The salesman, who was now watched in
breathless silence by his fellow clerks, pro-
ceeded, as if with much reluctance, and with
expression of fear that it would be injured by
getting tumbled, to display an ancient piece Of
vesting, which had been lying in the store for
five years and was considered to be unsaleable.
The lady examined and liked it much. That
was piece of goods that was worthy to be
worn. How much was it yard2,
TWENTY-FIVE shilings."
sol that is very high"
"There," exclaimed he, beginning to fold it
up, Il knew you would say that"
aStayl stay don't be in SO great hurry"
she cried-"f'l give you twenty shillings."
MADAME, you insult me again."
"Cut me off - yards, and You can make
mn the deduction on some velvet which / re-
auire for trimmings" almost entreated the fair
shopper" -,
The salesman, after much persuasion, sold
the lady the vesting for which they had in vain
sought to get five shillings per yard, at the
price above indicated. The profits of the sale
on yestinp and velvet amounted to 1913, out Of
which the clerks were permitted to pay for
supper of oysters. The best of this brief tale
of dry-poods is to be told. The lady had her
cloak made, and one or two of her friends, de-
lighted with it, bought the rest of the vestng
at the same price.
There is a moral to this anecdote, which we
leave to be discovered by the ingenuity of our
lady readers who occasionally go shopping.
NoaRs Messenger.
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AS- Special Notice.-HENRY's INyIG0RATIN6
CORDIAL-The merits Of this purely vegetable extract
for the removal and cure Of physical prosraon genital
debility affections &C., &c. fully described in
another column of this paper to which the reader is
ferred 81 per bottle, bottles for S. six bottles for 49,
Sl6 per dozen. Observe the marks of the genuine.
Prepared only by s. II. COHEN, No. 8 Franklin Row,
Vine street. below Eighth, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
For by all the respectable druggists and merchants
throughout the country and by
w. H. GILMAN, Washington, d. @.
CANDY HATCH, Baltimore.
PEEL STEVENS, Alexandria, Va,
Wholesale Agents for Virginia
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Stewart acknowledgements papers have
been placed at the counting-rooms of the Union
and Globe Offices, and at the Office of Wizards
hotel, for contributions towards the erection Of a
art Holland, in one Of the cemeteries Of this city
Judging from the general commentator Of the
heroic and selfsacr6cing conduct OF our late young
ellow-citizen on board the ill-fated Arctic, there
cannot be a doubt that the proposition will meet
with liberal response.
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Hallow Een.-Tuesday night being halow
cen, not a few Juveniles. as heretofore, amused
to poor peoples doors. These were kind acts on
the part Of "the boys" towards the recipients OF
their favors, considering the high price Of the veg
etables in our markets. The gardeners, however
doubtless regard tho transactions in a different
light
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few York Market.

New York, Nov. l-Flour--Stale and Ohio
has considerably declined-the decline ranging
from 12l TO 9Th cepts per barrel. Sales of 1000
barrels Ohio, at So 37a@SS rs.
Southern -four has declined 12l cents per bar
rel, with sales amounting TO 900 barrels, at SO la
SO 621.
Corn has advanced one cent, with sales $4,000
bushels Western mixed, at Slt@S3.
Pork is firm, with sales of mess at sl2 623@
$40 rs.
Beefs dull.
Lard is firm. Eit
Whisky is firm, with sales of Ohio at i04IG41.
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Giiman's Hair Dye has made its appearance
in our city, very much to the qualification Of our
young beaux who wear red whiskers or musta-
chos. Gentlemen are now seen going into our
hair-dressing saloons with hair, whiskers, musta-
chios, and eyebrows of all imaginable colors, and
in five minutes they will appear on the street hav
ing them entirely changed and decidedly improved
by lustrons black, obtained by using GILMAN's
DYE-NortoM Herald.
For sale by 2. d. GILMAN, Chemist,
Washington Cuu
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Last Day OF the Panorama.-This afternoon
at three, and tonight, at halfpast seven o'clock
Morgan's Panorama of the Creation and DeIuge
will be exhibit ed for the last time this season
This work Of art has been extensively pa,ronized
during the sojourn Of the proprietor Of il in Wash
ngton. All classes Of the community have been
grati6ed both with the panorama and the concert
by the Boston blind vocalist.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-02

JIG sorment Of Centre, Card, Work, Side, and
Extension Dining Tables, Of every description
aad superior quality. Sofas, Teteatetes, Divans
Easy Rocking and Parlor Chairs of every deserip
ton. Secretaries and Bureaus, Desks and Blu
reaus. LOOKING GLASSES OF EVERY DE
SCRIPTION. Mattresses, Curled Hair, HAN
Seatings, Sofa and Chair Springs, with numerous
other articles suitable for housekeepers, which
will be sold at less prices than can be purchased
elsewhere. WIGHT 81 CROSBY,
louisiana avenue opposite the Bank Of Wash
ington, near the corner Of 7th street.
Notice the Bedstead sign. May A-Sm
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as- saimulating Liniment, ms prepared

at Gimans drug store deserving Of the highest
mendation u cure for Chronic and Acute Rheumatism
1t seldom, if fails to give speedy and permanent
lief This Liument has been prepared by y. d. Gilman
chemist of this city for many and since its introduc
ton has been extensively used by many OF the most
spectacle families in the District and vicinity, to whom
reference be made ut time as to its magical effects
in curing rheumatism in elderly PERSONS who had
sufferers long time. 1t originally made for
horses for the of ameness, saddle CALLS &c and is
much used for such purposes, being an invaluable
article wherever Lnment is required either for man
beast. May 70
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/ CARD TO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A CARD TO HOUSEkEEPERS.--T
IA subscriber begs leave TO call public attention
10 his assortment of House Furnishing Goods
which is now rendered complete in every depart
ment lie has recently received, in addition TO
his former stock, a cheap and beautiful variety Of
Cut and Pressed Glass Ware.
Plain white, gold-band, and richly decorated
French China.
Superior Table Cutlery Silver-platea goods.
Lamps and Girandoles, Block Tin goods.
Japsnned ware, Bronze aud Iron goods.
Fire sets, Gas fixtures, Baskets and Brushes.
Britania ware, Iron Stone China.
Maniel and Table ornaments, fancy articles, &c.
Altogether forming the largest collection and
best assortment Of general House Furnishing
Goods that can be found in Washington. He
pledges himself TO sell as cheap as can be bought
in this city or any Of the eastern cities. An ex-
animation Of articles and prices is earnestly so
licited. c. W. BOTELER,
Oct 22-eod6t Iron Hall.
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REFERGNcEs:
Hon. Lewis Case, United States Senate.
Hon. James Cooper, United States Senate.
Hon. r. II. Westbrook, House of Reps.
Hon. Il. b. Florence, House Of Reps.
Hon. 7. ID. Disney, House Of Reps.
Jonah d. Hoover, esq, Washington,
Richard Wsllsch, esq, Washington.
Hon. John Wilson, Commissioner Of the Gsn
ersl Land Office.
All communications must be prepaid and di.
rsctsd a. above. Oct
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CUBA.-History Of Cuba, or Notes of a

CtUBA.-History Of Cuba, or Notes of a
~ Traveller in the Tropics. being Political,
Historical, and Statistical Account Of the Island,
from its discovery TO the present time by Maturin
Rambles in Iceland by Pliny Miles, 81 Things
to be thought of addressed to the Young, 90
cents The Controversial Discussion between the
Rev. Dr. John Cumming and Daniel French, esq,
on the Differences between Professionalism and
Popery. All the new books of the American
Tract Society and Sunday School Union.
GRAY 81 BALLANT1NE,
Aur II 9Th street
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scriber hath obtained from the orphans coari
of Washington county, in the District of Columbia,
letters tesamentary the personal estate of Thos.
Richie, late Of Washington county, deceased.
All persons having claims against the said de-
ceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same,
with the vouchers thereof TO the subscriber, on or
before the l4th day of August next; they may
otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit OF
the said estate.
Given under my hand thi. l4th day Of August,
1854. VIM. b. B. CROSS,
Aug i5--lsw3w Executor
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THE CA r s

THE CARS
LEAVE WASHINGTON FOR BALTIMORE ai and
81 O'Clock, A. M, and and O'Clock, p. m. The
first and fifth trains connect with the north.
LEAVE BALTIMORE FOR WASHINGTON AT ~ and
0 o'clock, a. m, aud 5 and o'clock p. IN. The
first and second trains connect with the Orange
and Alexandra cars.
ADAMS & cos EXPRESS
LEAVES WASHINGTON FOR BALTIMORE AND THE
NORTH at o'clock, P. M; for the South at Z
o'clock, p. m.
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watch-house.-Duringt the month of October
there were upwards Of ninety persons in the
watch-house. Many Of them were taken thilhel
on account Of drunkenness and riotous conduct
while few came in for lodgings glad, in theil
poverty and friendness, to find shelter any
where.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Biography and Theology. Edited by

VIM. Smlin, lIl1Ds iHusuntcu Wy huncrous ff"-
cravings on wood. In three volumes.
THE ILLUSTRATED COMPANION Of the
Latin and Greek Lexicon: forming Glossary Of
all the words representing visible objects con-
nected with the Arts, Manufactures, and every
day life of the Greeks and Romans, with repre-
sensations OF nearly two thousand objects from
the Antique. BY Anthony Rich, Jun. b. A, late
of Caius College, Cambridge.
NOCTES ABROSIANE, by the .late John
Wilson. With Memoirs and Notes, by h Shell
ted Mackenzie, ID. @. l.. In five volumes. For
sale at the Bookstore OF
r. FARNHAM,
corner OF 1lth street and Penn. avenue.
Oct %
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of Homepathic

"OMGPATHY.--Man of Homeopathic
III Practice for the use of families and private
individuals by A. Z. Small, A. M NJ ID. Price So.
Invaluable for domestic reference.
Poems andTransaions from Goethe, Schiller,
&C., by Charles r. Lambert.
The Railway Library, wonderfully cheap edi-
tons of Bulwer's Novels, for travellers reading.
Rouedge's Tourists Guide through the Uni
ted States, containing all the requisite infor-
nation, together with splendid Map-50 cents
Lives Of the Queens Of England before the Con-
quest, by Mrs. Hall.
TAYLOR 81 MAURY'S
Oct l9--tf Bookstore, near 9th Street.
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RaiIroad CoIlision.

WILMINGTON, Nov. 1.-The accommodation
train from Philadelphia for this city came in col
lison this morning at Red Cut, four miles above
this place. The cars were shattered considera-
bly,, but fortunately no one was injured.
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Uncle Sans MISUNDERSTANDING to the
statement Of the United States Treasurer, there
is in the Treasury subject to dran, s26o4s,1i2 "a
ofthis sum, more than $4,000, 900 10 in the vault.
Of the Assistant Treasurer in New York.
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NEW BOOKS.-Liliy Gordon, the Young
In Housekeeper, by Cousin Kate.
Irish Army, striking Narrative, just published
by The American s. s. Union.
The Cap,ives OF Abb's Valley, by son OF Mary
Moore.
Asleep in Jesus, little work on the Death OF
Little Children.
Sister Agnes, or the Captive Nun, picture o.
Convent Life, by Clergyman's Widow.
Jaquene Pascal, or a Glimpse of Convent Life
at Port Royal, Introduction by w. r. Williams,
ID. d.
GRAY 81 BALLANTYNE,
De, AQs Seventh street.
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Thanksgivipg.-'

Thanksgiving.-The resolution Of the Board
of Common Council, requesting the Mayor to set
apart a day for thanksgiving, has been amended
by the Board Of Aldermen, kxing the 23d Of the
present month for that purpose. In this, doubt
less, the Board OF Common Council will acqui-
esce.