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Minister to England.-It is reported that the
President OF the Uned States has rendered to
the Hon George NJ. Dallas the mission TO Eng
land soon to be made vacant by the voluntary
turn of Mr.. Buchanan. We may add that the ru-
NOR is generally believed by his intimate friends,
in this city.
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John Ii. Cough, the well known orator, will,
we learn, lecture for the Young Mems Christian
Association of this city, some time during the
month Of February.
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The Poor.-Eforts being made TO raise
funns for the benefit of the poor-,o supply them
with necessaries in this inclement season. AL
though the good work should have been COM
menced weeks ago. il is better late than never"
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II AW PAKTNERSHIP.-Su Court
liz ofthe United States.-ROBERTJ. WALKER
and LOUIS JANIN have formed copartnership
under the name of WALKER IL JAHIN," for the
argument of cases in the Supreme Court OF the
United States, at Washington city, where both
will attend throughout the future sessions Of that
court. They may be addressed at Washington,
New York. or New Orleans.
Jan l9-eo3m
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Miss Lydia Sayer, NJ. ID. "a hydropathic
physican) delivered lecture, at Temperance
Hall, on Saturday night, the subject of female
fashion, and lis injurious effects upon both the
body and the mind. Hoops starch, superabun-
dance OF pettcoats, dragging skirts, and bonnets
placed on the last lock of hair. near the nape of
the neck, all came within the raking range Of her
oratorical broadsdes, while she failed TO com.
mend the advantages of her own costume--lhe
Boomer.
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OPINJONs OF THE PRESS

HUBBELL's MAGIC IMPRESSION PAPER-We refer
readers 10 the advertisement in another col
umn, setting forth the merits of this pleasing and
ingenious invention. The cheapness should in
duce all to give il a Philadelphia Merchant.
II is unsurpassed for neatness and utility, and
should meet with the sale il richly deserves
Tribune
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SHIRTS AND DRAWERS

" Another and very large supply Of Warm
Under Shirts and Drawers this day opened, Of the
best quality and at low and uniform prices, at
STEVENS'S Sales Room,
Nov 15-3tif Browns Hotel.
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gOtal anb 4ersonal.
Raising the wind.v-It i stated

.'Raising the Wind.''-It is stated and we
believe with truth, that there is due 10 me m
bers of the House of Representatives, ac-
count Of per diem and mileage, upward Of $780,
900; of which Mr.. Glossbrenner, the Sergeant-at-
arms of the last House, and who is still acting in
that capacity, has paid them about $4,000, which
he has borrowed, on his own individual response
bility, from banks Of Pennsylvania and Of this
city But for this provision Of funds, some of the
members would doubtless have been sadly incon-
yenienced.
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R. F. HIBBARD'S WILD CHERRY BITTER

AN EXCELLENT REMEDY.
"IBBARD'S Wild Cherry Bitters is the
III best Purifier of the Blood and the best anti
dote for Dyspepsia we have ever found. II is the
best Strengthening Biters for all who are debil-
iated by sickness whose nerves have been
shattered from excitement or overworking them
selves that can be found in any other purgative in
the world. II is perfectly harmless and gentle in
its nature, and when once used will be found
highly beneficial, especially 10 females. Try il
and become convinced; our word for il, you will
not regret il.
Prepared and sold by HIBBARD WHEELER, 81
Spruce street, New York; and GIBBS, corner OF
9Th and streets; A. BAssETT, POS street; and
L. II. WERNER, Pennsylvania avenue, Washing
ton, ID. c.; and by dealers and druggists gener-
ally. July l0-3m
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O0HgrRssI0aal.
THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
House of REPRESENTATIVES,

Saturday, January go, 1856.
The Senate did not sill to-day.
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Mr.. BRODHEAD presented the credentials OF
Hon. William Bigler, elected Senator by the
Legislature of Pennsylvania, for the term Ell six
years, from and after the 4th day of March 1893 ;
which were read, and the oath prescribed by law
having been administered to Mr.. Bigler, he took
his seat in the Senate.
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BUREAU OF TRANSLATION
From the French, Spanish Italian, and German
Languages, and for Typographical and other
Drawings.
No. 495I, 7th Street, Washington City, d. @.
Nov Is If
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BY RAILROAD DIRECT
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Time between Washington and w he cling
but IL Ia hours!
Raining time 6etween Washington and Ci1acin
natl 81 hoarSu
Through Tickets and Baggage Checks to be ha d
in WashiDgton,!!
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rI,HE HEALING or THE NATIONS. by

WASHINGTON Cry, April 10, 1855.
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07

BENEvOLENCE AND HAPPINESS life
of passionate qualification is not to be com
pared with life of active benevolence-
God has so constituted our nature, that q
man cannot be happy unless he is, or thinks
he is, means of good. Judging from our
own experience, we cannot conceive Of a
picture of more unutterable wretchedness
than is furnished by one who knows that he
is wholly useless in the. world
Give man what you please, surround
him with all the means of qualification, and
yet let the conviction come home to him
clear and irresistible that there is not a
being IN Gods universe a whit the better
or happier for his existence; let him feel that
he IS thus blot upon. bee ause a blank in
the universe, and the universe will not fur
nish a more unhappy being.
Herein lies the solution of that to many
inexplicable fact, that the schemes of mere
selfishness, however wisely laid, however
energetically and successfully prosecuted,
never add to the joys but always to the
pains ofthose who originate and are engaged
in them. 1t is not so with a man of oppo-
site characteristics. Take from him what
you please, and you do not take from him
the elements of his joy, if you leave him the
conviction that in any way he is useful.
Ii You contract the circle or diminish the
sphere of his usefulness, you detract from
his JOY only as you detract from his means
of doing good. And, as we cannot con-
ceive Of a more wretched being than one
who feels himself to be the slave of an I'M
controlled selfshness, so we cannot conceive
Of a happier being than man of truly be-
nevolent heart, whose wishes describe the
circle and bound the sphere of his inhuenc I,
and whose means are ample to give those
wishes full expression.
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07

to great distances, cannot beascertained
cept on the completion of a more EXTENDED
line, but Judging from what he has effecteo
he is confident of its capacity in that rela-
ton. The comparative cost of line o.
acoustic telegraph SO constructed would be
about one-third more than that of the elee,
ttro-magnetic telegraph now in vogue-th.
Instruments would cost about the same
AS it would not be affected by electricity in
the atmosphere, it would be preferable to
the present mode of telegraphing in that re-
spect if in no other, and probably surpass
IN availability the invention of the French
man. The inventor during the period men
toned, has been in humble circumstances.
IN i'll health large portion Of the time, and
IN no slight degree a sufferer by fire. Is
there no millionaire within hail who car.
find liberality enough to foster such an en-
terpriSe for the credit of the country?
Sac. Union.
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07
NO. 8.

SHAMYI~-This great enemy Of Russia is
thus spoken of by an European correspond
ent of the National Fra:
''Shamyl is said well to know how to com
mand the respect due to his dignity, and
without which no person can, in the eastern
world, preserve and increase bis authority.
Too much condescension is far more danger
Gus than even cruelty, on the part OF per-
sOnage of elevated rank Shamyl, when ap-
with splendid body of horsemen. But
when any important decision is taken. then
he wlthdraws to some retired place, where
he remains several days occupied, as it is
alleged, in fasting and praying. The COM
mon people believe that the holy Murschid
is then engaged in private consultat ons
with the Prophet, or with Allah himself
AS soon as Shamyl- makes his appearance
again. he convokes his most confidential ad-
herents and communicates to them his reso-
lutlonS, which are received as heavenly rev.
alat;ons
1t is said that Shamyl is no hvpocrite;
but he Jelie1 es, agreeable to the Suf-d0c
tiillt, that his own meditations are divine
Inspirations, infused in him in order to direct
ann how in the best way to accomplish his
divine mission. . We may, however, not
commit any great injustice in looking upon
aim as somewhat of hypocrite, and some
what of a fanatic deceiving others while
himself deceived by selfdelusion. But it is.
indeed, this which makes him still more for
midabe as the military chiettain of a half
civilized people, the more ready to sacrifice
its blood in the most desperate struggles,
as 1t supposes Itself being under the leader
ship OF particular favorite and confdant
of Heaven
Shamyl is described as man of rather
low stature, with fair hair and gray ewes,
possessing an expressive countenance, beam
ing with intelligence and courage, small
mouth, a straight nose, small hands and feet
and firm step. His tranquility Of mind
and calm appearance remain unchanged,
even in the midst Of the greatest dangers.
Only when he speaks at public meetings to
the people, his face seems as if his soul was
al ire. Then, the Circassians say that
flames issue forth from his eyes and flowers
rom his mouth
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07

CosF OF PUBLIC WoRsH1P.-A Boston
paper says that it is estimated that the cur
rent expenses Of the churches in that city
will amount to $240OO0 year. The value
of the church estates is about four millions
of dollars. The expenses of the different
societies varies from $500 to $500 year.
The cost OF public worship ia the churches
occupied by the wealthier portion of the cit
liens averages about a hundred dollars a
Sunday The clergyman has salary of
$4,000, the music costs about 81 GOO, and
the other expenses from 81 600 to $1500
year. The rent for the pews varies from
IS to $40 a year, according to ther value.
The Methodist preachers have the smallest
average salaries, and the Unitarlans the lar
gest.
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07
The Power of the Pence.

TRUE ANCHESTER STORY
The Rev. J. B. Owen NJ A, of Bilston.
in the course Of a lecture delivered in the
Liverpool Concert Hail. in connection with
the Church of England Institution, upon
Popular Insurance" related an anecdote
strikingly Illustrative of the power which
lies in the hand of the working-men to pro-
mote their own social comfort and indepen-
dence, if they would only exert it. A Man
chester calico-printer was, on his wedding
day, persuaded by his wife to allow her two
half-pints of ale a day as her share. He
rather WINGED under the bargain; for though
drinker himself, he would have preferred
perfectly sober wife. They both worked
hard, and he, poor man, was seldom out of
the public-house as soon as the factory
closed The wife and husband saw little of
each other except at breakfast; but, as she
kept things tidy about her, and made her
stinted and even selfish allowance for house
keeping meet the demands upon her, he new
er complained. She had her daily pint, and
he perhaps had his two Or three quarts; and
neither interfered with the other, except at
odd times when she succeeded, by dint OF
him home an hour or two earlier at night,
and now and then to spend an entire eve
ming in his own house. But these were rare
occasions. They had been married a year;
and, on the morning of their wedding ami
versary, the husband looked askance at her
neat and comely person with some shade of
remorse, as he Observed
MARY, wen had no holiday sin we were
wed; and, only that haven't penny i tn
world, we'd take a jaunt to tn village to see
theemOther"
"W Wouldst like to go;;- John?' asked she.
softly, between q smile and tear, to hear
him speak kindly as in old times. "Ifthee'd
like to go, John, I'll stand treat"
"Thou stand treat!'' said he, with half a
sneer; "has got fortune, wench?"
NAY" said she, shut In gotten the pint
O. ale"
"Gotten what?" said he.
''Fhe pint O aler' was the reply.
John still did not understand her till the
faithful creature reached down a stocking
from under loose brick up the chimney,
and, counting out her daily pint of ale in the
shape OF three hundred and sixty-fve three
pences, (i.e., "a lis. 3d. put it into his
hand, exclaiming-
"Ihee shall have the holyday, John"
John was ashamed, astonished, conscience
smltten, charmed. He wouldn't touch it..
Hasn't thee had thy share? Then I'll
ha' no more" said he.
They kept their wedding-day with the old
dame, and the wife's little capital was the
nucleus of a series of investments that ulti-
mately swelled into shop, factory, ware
house, country-seat,a carriage; and for aught
Mr.. Owen knew, John was mayorpf his ma
tive borough at last.
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07
TIE Poor Mans Murmur.

AS the Vesper star mounted to her gle
rlous throne of efulgence. and announced
the advent Of ebon night, and stiffness and
gloom, poor lone mana poverty-stricke1
lab0rer, who could scarce maintain himsel.
ard children by his utmost exertions, walk,
sadly out into graveyard as being cons, :
nant to his mOurnful reflections He look.
on the proud mausoleum and on the lowly
headstone; and then knelt down on the green
turf, beneath the waving leaves of a weer
ing cypress, and with clasped hands, and up
turned eyes, he brOkenly breathed his CON-
planning prayer.
"O common Father, who art Just al d
good, why dost thou allow innocence to we. r
the grating chains of oppression, while fraud
and injustice sit proudly in the princely
chair of luxury and incidence? Who Civ
eth strength to the arm which makes stub
born resistance to thy laws; while the zeai
which most venerates them, groans at the
feet of tyrants? Why are the.rich left to
rejoice in their ease, while the poor moan in
their stintedness?"
His ungovernable emotions choked his
further utterance. He bowed his head upon
his hands, and gave way to the grateful re-
lief Of tears-the silent eloquence Of woe
But see. he stands erect, and gazes strangely
around, and listens. Again that small
voice, with melting music, falls on his ear,
saying:
Mortal, cease thy complaints Is sin
woven earth thy final resting-place, OF but
a momentary tabernacle? Look up, and be
consoled. There is a crown for thee in
waiting-a mansion for thee, eternal in the
Heavens. The furnaces of hell are now all
agl0w for the miscreants and all evil doers
Of earth, whether in tatters or in purple
Look up, and rejoice; for your reward is ev-
erlasting-while your Affections are but as
passing dream"
The voice died sweetly away, like the
tones ofa rich harp-string, and tie man stood
transfxed with surprise Suddenly starting
from his trance, he leaped 'or joy, and shout
ed in the gladness Of his soul. Having re-
turned home, all things took new aspect.
The garments Of indulgence seemed fine lin
en, and his scant supper was like rich NOR
sells to his taste. Unhappiness fled away,
and henceforth he rejoced in whatever be-
fel him, and thanked God for life
Waverley.
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07
An Acoustic Telegraph.

An item, clipped from an eastern paper,
has been slipping the round of our State
press to the effect that young Frenchman
named Charles Bourseul, now at Paris, en-
tertains the idea that persons may talk by
telegraph, from experiments made by him
in the electrical transmission of the voice
1t was unnecessary to travel beyond the
confines of our own State to obtain matter
for notice of such an enterprise. A young
man-an American-resident in this city.
has succeeded in transmitting the tones of
the voice distance of about one mile by
means of instruments, so perfectly that the
enunciation is distinctly heard and the
speaker identified thereby. BY the same
have also been conveyed with such fidelity
that the tune wat readily recognized. His
experiments commenced about eighteen
months since, and progressed as his means
would allow until the fire of July last, when
his Instrument upon which he had expended
great thought labor and expense, was de-
stroyed. The inception of the idea was
formed by him III an attempt to communi-
cate by sound with deaf friend through
the medium of the teeth of the latter. At
ter repeated experiments, he succeeded in
constructing an instrument by which his
ordinary tones were rendered audible to his
friend Immediately he conceived the idea
that his discovery could be made available
in the transmission Of messages to distant
points, and commenced his experiments to
that end. In order to test the matter more
satisfactorily he constructed line, extend
ing it finally nearly mile in length on a
ranch ID this vicinity, .and prosecuted his
labors as opportunity and circumstances
would admit, with the above fattering result.
About two months since he filed his caveat
for the invention, and sent to the East an
order for the construction of an instrument
more nearly perfect than he can attain here.
Whether or not the invention is applicable
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07

REPUDIATING THE PREss.-The Roman
Catholic Council in New York, has come
to the conclusion that the connection be-
tween the church and its selfconstituted Or
acles, should be publicly severed; and that
if any organ was to be recognized, it should
be placed in charge of competent theolo-
gists and confined within the strict limits
oftheology. Therefore the Freeman's our-
nal, the Celt, the Boston Pilot, the Irish
American, and Brownson's Review, will,
under this decision, be secularized or entire
y suppressed. State Journal
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07

IRELAND.-A return just issued of the
population of Ireland shows that the num-
Der of inhabitants has fallen off tn millions
in the past five years. In the year 1905
the population was over five millions; in
1914, SIX millions; in 1924, seven millions;
in 1887, eight millions; in 1916, eight mill
ions three hundred and eighty-six thousand
nine hundred and forty; and in 1851, only
six millions five hundred and fifty-one thou
sand nine hundred and seventy.
A submarine telegraph has inst been COM
pleted from Holyhead to Howth, Ireland.
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07

THE MARCH TO THE GRAvE.-Wbat a
mighty procession has been marching to-
ward the grave during the plst year. AT
the usual estimate since the lst Of January,
1858, more than 81 100000 of the worlds
population have gone down to the earth
again. Place them in long array, and
they will give moving column gilmore than
thirteen hundred to every mile of the globes
circumference Only think Of it; ponder
and look upon these astounding computa-
tionsl What spectacle, as they "move
on tramp, tramp, forward upon this stu
pendouS march!
Life is short and time is fleeting,
And our hearts though strong and brave,
Still like muffied drums are beating,
Funeral marches to the grave!
[Golden Era.
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07
Written for the Georgetown News.
Song of the Departing,

Written for the Georgetown New
Song of the Departing.
All treacherous 1--we, whose 'wildering ra,
With fitful gleam illumed my way,
To mock my hopes in vain,
Why should thy rosy-tinted dyes
With witching pictures charm my eyes
To leave all dark again?
Too soon the enchanting visions fed,
And hopes their rainbow promise led,
No spell can e'er restore;
But still their images return,
And ardent thoughts my bosom burn,
That fired my breast beforel
The warm desire so oft confessed,
The melting love so oft expressed,
In fancy live again;
And memory struggles to retrace
The scenes no time can eer efface,
And thus beguile my pain.
All could the dear delusion last,
'Twere bliss to live upon the past.
Why does the cherished plant repay
The culturer's care with quick decay,
While weeds perennial are?
Why does the star at eve most bright,
The soone tleave the darkling night,
And naught endure that's fair?
Alas, poor earth! thy circling race
With frailty taints thy varying face,
And change infects the whole;
AS aimless currents of the air,
The drifting clouds at random bear,
So flows our fates control.
Then why my destiny upbraid,
Ny op'ning hopes so soon decayed,
Or long my loss deplore?
I'll join the ever shifting throng,
On eddying current borne along,
And strive to grieve no more.
But ah! my grief will ne'er remove,
Though all things else unstable prove.
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07

PHILosoPHY FOR MECHA NIcs.-A cor
respondent of the London Builder says that
houses should be painted in the autumn
Woodwork painted in October, he says,
looks better at the end of four years, than,
if painted in June, it would at the end of
two
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07

G1FTs.-Rings and other jewels are not
gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift
is portion ofthyself Thou must bleed for
me. Therefore the poet brings his poem;
the shepherd, his lamb; the farmer his corn;
the miner, gem; the sailor, coral and Shells;
the painter, his picture; the girl, ahandker-
chief Of her own sewipE Emeson.
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07

ONLY TRIFLE.-A little word calmly
spoken is trife, but upon that syllable
there may depend the lives of hundreds Ii e
interests, the veal, the woe of whtle na-
ton. It may be a curse and it may be
blessing. An acorn is slight thing, but
from it large forests grow, and men repose
beneath the progeny of seed, which the
angry zephyr tossed and whired in its ed
dying tide as a mere plaything. A look
given by a stranger is a trile but it may
lead to friendship. to love, to a marriage,
and to the production OF interests which
shall follow and be felt in an eternity beyond
the grave. A smile is mighty common
thing. 1t is given and returned by as a.s
every day, yet the time has been VIXEN
kindly one has she'd glory on a clouded
heart, and caused it to bless the lips tLat
bore it.
"a flower given by one we love
Is priced far more than spa king gems;
smile, look, gentle werd,
OGtweighs the c0sthest diadems
Then why should we those til les call,
Which make the sum of lire the all
That man doth live for here below,
And make him joy or sorrow know
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07

The Connecticut legislature has bill
before it for taxing geese, cats, and bachei-
ors. During the debate upon the bill, Mr.
Harrison stated he was opposed to 1t, De-
cause "there was already tax laid upon
goose, and any man who had lived to TWEEN
ty-fve without marrying, could be taxed un-
der that setcion."
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07

A dandy lately appeared in Iowa with
legs SO thin that the authorities had him ar
rested because he had no visible means of
support
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07

Hg@This noble stanza is from poem IN
the National Era, on the death OF Daniei
Webster:
How well he fell asleep!
Like some proud river winding toward the sea;
Calmly and gradually; silently and deepi
Lie joined eternity.
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07
MAMELUKE HILL. Nov. 90,

Mr.. EDIToR:-In the following 1 think have
faithfully interpreted the feelings of many heavy
hearts IN this neighborhood. If printed it will
be sure to be received by goodly number as
coming home to their business and bosoms.''
l..
Georgetown weekly news., 1854-12-07
Spanish Language.

sH ONTO M. SERRAEO
DROFESSOR and Interpreter of the Spanish.
i French and English, offers his service to the
citizens OF this town. Glasses will take place at
his residence. Nevada Hotel and private Lessons
at home R9r Terms moderate.
Oct. l9. IF