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love the ladies, every onez
Modern Dictionary.

Author-A dealer In words, who gets
paid in his. own coin.
Bargain-A ludicrous transaction, in
which each party thinks he has cheated
the other.
Belle-A beautiful but useless insect
witi1out wings, whose colors fade on be-
ingsremoyed from the sunshine.
Gritic-A large dog that goes unchain-
ed, and barks at everything he does not
comprehend. Re 3
Distant relation-People who imagine
they have a claim to rob you if you are
richrand to insult you if you are poor.
Doctor-A a who kills you to-day
to eve yop fromdying tomorrow.
Editor-A poor fellow, who every day
is emptyingsi Ibis brain, in order that he
may fill his stomach.
FearlThe shadow of hope.
FfiendAA person who will not assist
yof Because he knows your love will ex-
cusc. him.
HraveI5-An ugly hole in the ground,
which lovers and poets wish they were in,
butstake uncommon pains to keep out of.
Heart rare article sometimes found
in human beings, 1t is soon, however,
destroyed by m with the world,
or else becomes fatal to its possessor.
Honor-Shooting q friend whom you
love through the head, in order to gain
the praise of a few others whom you
despise. ~
Honsewifery-An ancient art, said to
have been fashionable among the girls and
wives; now entirely o u of use, or prac-
ticed only by the lower orders.
Lawyer--A learned gentleman, who
rescues your estate from your enemy and
keeps it himself.
Modesty-A beautiful flower that -four.
ishes only in the secret places.
Ny Dear-An expression said to be
used by man and wife at a commencement
of q quarrel.
Poiieeman-A man employed by the
corporation. to sleep in the engine houses
at three dollars per night.
Political Honesty = Previous lexico.
graphers have not noticed this word
treatings it, we presume, altogether as
fabalous2-for definition see selfinterest.
Public Abuse-Thc mud with which
every, Traveller is battered on his road to
distinction.
Rural FeiieitylPotatoes, turnips, Ind
cabbages.
Sensibility-A quality by which it,
possessor IN attempting to promote the
happiness ofeother people loses his own.
States Evidence-A wretch who il
par1oned for being baser than his com.
RAIDS, - -
Tengne--A little horse which is con
t%inually running away.
Weaith-Thc most respectable quality
of man. ssSss1 IS
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Complaint, Dyspepsia,
Jaundice, Chronic or Nervous
Debility Disease Of the Kidneys,

"S AAsoeCy
and all Diseases arising from 6ecat
Il DISORDERED stomach OR LIYER
as Constipation, Inward Piles, Fullness Of
Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach.
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructa.
tons, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the
Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried
and Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the
Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations.
when in a lying posture, Dimness of Vision,
Dots or Webs before the sight, Fever and
Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspi-
ration, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain
in the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs, &C., Sudden
Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh. Con-.
slant Imaginings of Evil, and great Deprsss-l
ion of Spirits, g,r
CAN BE EFFECTUALLY CURED BY
DR.. Hoofand's .,,s
- ENsurnxo
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kEYiRED Ely
AYERS
CHERRY PICTORIAL,
For the rapf" Cure OF
COUGHS. COLDS. N0ARSESESS,
BRONCHITIS. WMOOPING-G0EGH,
GROUP. ASTHMA. AND
C0NSsNPTi01


THIS remedy has won for itself such notoriety
from its cures of every variety of pulmonary disease,
that it is entirely unnecessary to recount the evil
denees of its virtues in any community where it
has been employed. So wide is the field of its use
fulness, and so numerous the cases of its cures,
that almost every section of the country abounds
in persons publicly known, who have been restored
from alarming and even desperate diseases of the
lungs by its use. When once tried its superiority
over every other medicine OF its kind is too appar-
ent to escape observation, and where its virtues are
known, the public no longer hesitate what antidote
to employ for the distressing and dangerous atfec-
tons of the pulmonary organs which are incident
to our climate. And not only in formidable at
tacks upon the lungs, but for the mildcr varieties
of COINS, COUGHS, HoARsENEss, &C.. and for
CHILDREN it is the pleasantest and safest medicine
that can be obtained.
As it has long been in constant use throughout
this section, we need not do more than assure the
people its quality is kept up to the best that il ever
Eas been and that the genuine article is sold by
J. Nj. Kirkbride, Woodsfeld; Armstrong
Mooney & Co., Beallsviile; Kotzebue {
Oblinger, Malaga; Charles Hare, Sum.
merield; and by all dealers in Medi
cines everywhere.
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.rLovE n LADIES.

RILOVE THE LADIES'.
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By j.. srILLMAN.
Ek%t -
l love the ladies', every one
The laughing ripe brunette
Those7dark eyed daughters of the sun,
,1Ar With tresses black as jet.
60 What raptures in their g~lances glow,
a Rich ,tints their cheeks disclose,
And in the laughing dimples there,
Young smiling Lovers repose.
1 love tho ladies, every one
Tho blonde SO soft and fair
With ooassso mild and languishing,
And bright and golden hair: T.
How lovely are their sylph- like forms,
Their alabaster hue,
s%And their bushes are more beautiful r
Than rose buds bathed in dew.
love the ladies, eyeryonc-
%Esen those whose graceful forms
Are rugged as the oak that's borno
A hundred winters storms
h young, the bold, the stout, the thin,
The short as well, as tall,
Widows and wives, matrons AMI maids,
Q, yes, | love them all.
love, the ladies, every one
None but a wretch would lout EN-
This world would be a lonely place
$50 -#-4- @
If we were without 'em;
But lighted by a woman,s smile,
Away all gloom is driven,
And the most humble home appears
Almost little heaven.
Sr1ovethe ladies, every one
They're angels all, God bless en-.
An what can greater pleasure give,
Than to comfort and caross 'em
call myself a temperance man,
sAsSo FI drink their health in water
Here's to the mothers, one and all,
And every mothers daughter.
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ALEXANDRIA CORRESPONDENCE.
ALEXANDRIA, Aug. %, 1855.

... hLbAANDnAA, mug. <o, loCC.
Our church going people are now quite busy
Last night large caravan left town for the
Union camp meeting, which opens at 10 o'clock
this day. This morning the Columbian Bap-
list Association commence ut the Lyceum
Hall its sixty-sixth annual session. Rev we
L. Broadus, Of Fredericksburg, breaches the
introductory sermon. Tonight, Rev DIR.
Doggett, of Richmond breaches at the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South and a distin-
guished divine of the Columbian Association
fills the pulpit Of the Baptist Church. The
protracied Meeting and revival Of religion at
the Methodist Protestant Church also contin-
ues with the happiest results. q.
The Postmaster General has appointed J
II. Davis, Jr., mail agent on the Manassas Gap
The repairs ON our canal have just been fin
ished, and the water will be let on during the
next twenty-four hours, O..
fhe new African Baptist church on Alfred
street Is nearly ready for use, and is quite a
credit 70 the congregation that have labored
with interchangeable zeal to secure its erection
We learn that the condition Of the young
man Breen, so severely wounded last Sunday,
Is slightly improved, but that as yet little
hope is entertained of his recovery.
A light in the direction Of Washington oc-
casioned an alarm of fire last evening" the dis
lance of the flames, however, was soon dis
covered, and the apparatus replaced. AMI.
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III A Card.- Nv. III. Wheatley would most
reepecnuliy inform the ladies and gentlemen of
1eosgetowa,. Washington, and vicinity that, after
an absence or ten years from the District, he has
again returned, and will, on the LIST September,
,s2S' take charge of the old established dyeing es
adjustment, on Jefferson street, Georgetown, d. c.
n w; ID. w, previous to his departure from the
pis,rict, served an apprenticeship Of nine years
at the above named establishment, under his un-
cie, Wheatley, one OF the best practical dyers
10 the District Of Columbia, and he is now at con-
siderable expense reftting and improving the
above named establishment In manner that will
enable him to do all work in his line of business
IN style unsurpassed by any dyer I'm the District
ana as ne intends devoting unremitting attention
70 business, he feels confident Of giving entire sat
isfaction to all who may favor him with their pa
tronage Ladies' SILK, Woollen, and Cotton
cleansed or colored. Gentlemen's Coats, Pants
and Vests, Cloaks, &c. dyed and secured in a SUI
perior style Carpets clcansed, and in fact dyeing
and securing Of every description done with neat,
ness and dispatch at w II. WHEATLEY'S
Cloth Dressing, Silk, Woolien and Cotton Diving
establishment, west side Of Jefferson, between
Bridge street and the Canal, Georgetown.
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IL Letter fr I'm Hon. John Miner Bolts,
Of Virginia.

RICHMOND, July ., 1855.
Messrs. VIM. 9. Beers & Co: Gents-Consider-
atiors OF duty to the afflicted alone prompt me to
send you this voluntary testimonial to the great
value OF "Carter's Spanish MiztxYe,n for that
almost incurable disease, Scrofmld.
Without being disposed or deeming 1t necessary
TO go into the particulars Of the case, can say
that the astonishing results that have been pro-
duced by the Use OF that medicine on member
Of my own family, and under my own observation
and superintendence, after the skill Of the best
physicians had been exhausted and all the usual
remedies had failed, fully justify me in recon-
mending Its use to all who may be suffering from
that dreadful malady.
do not mean to say that II liz adapted to all
constitutions that IL will afford the same relief
in all cases for, Of course, can know nothing
about that-but Of what have seen of the effects,
would not hesitate to use 1t, I'm any and every
case OF Scrofufa, with persons for whom felt an
interest, or over whom could exercise influence
or control. Respectfully, yours,
Two MI ROrrs
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LosG DRIvE-A paper in Indiana county,

A LoSG DRIvE.-A paper in Indiana county,
Pennsylvania, chronicles the passage through
the town of Indiana Of Mr.. J. Grinder, of
Armstrong county, With a drove of several
hundred head of cattle for the eastern mar
kets, which he had bought in Texas, and
driven overland distance of fifteen hundred
miles. They looked remarkably fine, consid-
ering that the had been on the road since the
first Of April, a little over four months from
the time of being started. In view of our nu-
merous steamships and sail vessels plying be-
tween New Orleans and the North, and Of the
various lines OF railway leading to the West
and Southwest, IL is singular that these cattle
should be taken such an overland route
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MUSHROOM ARISrocRAcY.-The Newbury-
port Herald, abiding to the growing extraya-
ganee in the United States, says: IA
There Is not a country in the world where
the people are becoming SO extravagant in
their mode of dress and living as in the United
States. 1t is one Of the worst signs Of the
times. The habits of this mushroom arts
tocracy are really disgusting. How itlooks to
see boys sporting diamonds by the thousand
accustomed to wheelbarrows, and whose chill
dren are pretty certain to be in the workhouse.
And girls, silly simpering things, weighed
down with jewels and bracelets, whose mothers
broke their backs at the washing-tub scour.
ing floors and picking oakum. The real sub.
stantial aristocracy never indulge in such foI-
peries and fooleries - $3.50
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Baltimore Hsrkets.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 23-The news By the Pa
cifc seriously affected the markets, and bread
s,uffs considerably declined Flour-sales of
300 barrels of City Mills at IS I l2;. How
ard street was held a. IS so; IS IS was offered
bat there were 10 sales at that figure. Wheat
the market is frmer than yefterdsy, and
sales were made at previous rates Ordinary
to fair white 81 40 81 so; good to prime
81 20 81 "a; good To choice red $3.50 81 ~.
Corn is unchanged; yellow s. a 81. Rye ana
oats are unchanged.
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BY GREEN 4. SCOTT, Auciioneers

BY GREEN Z; SCOTT, Apctioneers.
LIME HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN
Il Furniture at Auction.-On TUESDAY.
the 18th instant, shall SELL al the residence Of
a gentleman declining housekeeping, at No. 357,
North street, between I 4 and 9th streets, at 10
O'Clock a. m, splendid assortment OF urniture,
viz:
Mahogany plush covered Sofas and Ottomans
Do satin-coveret round back Easter and
Gothic ParlOr and Rocking Chairs
Do (solid) dining, card and other Tab es
ID marble top Centre Table
Sideboard and Hatrack
Mahogany marble top dressing and other Bureaus
Large rosewood Pianoforte, of fine tone and touch
Mantel Vases and Stands and other ornaments
Walnut Bedsteads
Feather Beds aud Mattresses
Fine tapestry, velvet, stair and other Carpets and
Rugs
Passage, dining room and other Oilcloth
Refrigerator, Cooking, Radiator and other Stoves
With good assortment OF Kitchen Requisites
With many other articles which VIC deem I'M
necessary to cuumerate.
The above described property Is nearly new and
Of very superior quality and the sale will be well
worthy the attention of persons wishing to pur-
chase fine Furniture
Terms All sums Of and under SIS cash; over
S25 credit Of and months, for notes bear
ing interest, satisfactorily endorsed.
.- GREEN 81 SCOTT,
au I'D Auctioneers.
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TELEGRAPHIc NEWS.
FOR THE EVENING STAR
The Epidemic At Norfolk and Por,,mou,h

The Epidemic at Norfolk and Portsmouth.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 23.-By the Norfolk boat,
which left there yesterday noon, we learn tho
following particulars Of the epidemic:
During the twenty -four hours last past.
fifteen deaths have occurred in the city Of Nor
folk; two at the Julappi hospital; three &C
the naval hospital, and twenty six st the city
hospital.
Capt. George Chambers is dead. comman-
der Barron, DR.. schoheld and Parker are out
Of danger.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS
In Portsmouth, Patrick Williams, master
joiner, and Newton Ashton, keeper Of the
magazine, in the navy yard, are both dOAd
Benjamin Palmer is not dead, as previously
reported.
Messrs. Fleming and Brown, who left Ports
mouth yesterday, report that there are about
four hundred cases Of fever nov in Porte
mouth, out of a remainder population Of o-'y
about twelve hundred.
In Norfolk, seven deaths o,curred in " ater
street before the boat left yesterday mi
about the same number in lhe rest Of the CT y.
b. b. Waters, proprietor Of Waters's HOtei,
l. down John Ship, Of the house Of @. W.
Farant & Co., Thomas Corprew, and George
Drummond are convalescent.
Passengers report that q great number Of
deaths occur from want Of good nursing and
suitable food.
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New York Markets.

NEW YoRK. August 23.-Stocks are dull.
Money is unchanged. Virgins SIS, sSt.
CJtton is unchanged. Flour is firm, with an
upward tendency; sales Of 5000 bbls State
brands at S925; Southern is easier; sales at
S9.25. Wheat is a trife lower; Gencsee e. IS,
southern white S2.l0. Corn is a tride lower;
mixed 90c. Pork is 90 asiderably higher; sales
Of mess at SCI so; prime SIG.
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III Premiums Mt the Fairs-Whitehursrs
still In the ascendant--Tne juries Of each Of the
late fairs at Baltimore, II Richmond, and New York
awarded their highest premiums to J H. w. foI
their superiority Of photographs, Stereoscopes and
Daguereotypes exhibited.
Mr.. W also received two medals at the Worlds
Fair, London, and premium at Crystal Palace,
New York. .
Also, the first awards Of the Maryland Institute
for three years past. -..r
Whitehurst's Gallery In this city is on Pa. ave.
nue., between Four and half and Sixth streets
feb IL
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RAZORS AS is RAXORS.

EEO. Wostenholm Il Sons doublv carbonizcd
NJ Xxi, Frederick Fenny's Tally-ho, and Wade
4 Butchers chemically perfected Razo.s, and
others, from 20 cents to 90 so. Gentleman who
like comfortable shave should secure one Of these
PaZors.
Also, Razor Strops, Shaving Cream, Brushes
Soap, &c, at the Housekeeper's Furnishing Store
40 Seventh street. u. FRANCIS.
an IL
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A CARD,

AIRS. K. PHILLIPS, No. 4ol Sixth street,
M between g and II streets, desires TO inform
the citizens of Washington and vicinity, thst
she is now prepared TO give instructions on the
PIANO FORTE. She has taught music In
some Of the principal cities Of the Union and
has testimonials showing That she In fully com
petent to discharge the duties Of her profession
to the satisfaction Of those who may favor her with
their patronage.
Terms: $50 for "a lessons, at her resiAeace, o.
sl2 at the residence Of her pupils.
10 I'M
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AUCTION SALES.
BY GREEN 4 SCOTT, Auctioneers.
HANDSOME HOUSEHOLD q KITCHEN

BY GREEN 4 SCOTT, Auctioneers
HANDSOME HOUSEHOLD q KITCHEN
i Il Furniture NJ ,Auction.-On MONDAY.
the 9th instant, we shall sell, at the residences Of
a gentleman declining housekeeping, on the wts:
side Of Thirteenth street, No. i25. three doors
north of q street, al 10 O'Clock m, excellent
assortment of nearly new Furniture, viz:
Mahogany Sofa, Lounge, Parlor, rocking and
Gothic Chairs
Do Oitomans, marble-top Sofa and other
Tables
DO French and other Bedsteads. Secretary
Do Sidebsard, Washstands and Hstrack
Walnut Extension Table. ID feet, and Gaze Chairs
Maple, cottage and other Bedsteacs
leather Beds, hair and shuck Mattresses
Parlor and other Window Curtains
Girandoles, china, glass and crockery Ware
Ivory and plated Table Cutlery
Plated Tea and Coffee Set
Brussels, Stair and Ingram Carpets and Rugs
Oilcloih and Mating, fine Refrigerator
Cooking alright. coal and other Stoves
With line assortment Of Kitchen Requisites
Terms cash.
GREEN & SCOTT,
au I'D Auctionecrs.
p. S.-The House is also for rent Enquire Of
Mr. Cowling, near the premises. q as
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q IL Don't Believe H.--If any interested one
and Sne bnnSrsd o,bsr inina Taa, n,eeEg
relieve pain like my ''ELECTRIC OIL" don U
you believe it. The simple proof is daily made
evident I'm this city by the undoing Of the previous
bad management Of the most severe cases ever
heard OF In this country or any other, by the use
OF my Electric Oil, from 80 South Eighth ST eet,
three doors below Chestnut, Philadelphia
N. b. An experienced physician In attendance
CAuIIoN.-See my written signature.
STOTT & CO, Agents. au 2-1w
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IUThe MarbIe Hall CIething Emporiu

u ne WarDIe Hail Clothing emporium
Browns Hotel Building, offer unusual induce
ments to purchasers Of Ready made Clothing for
Gentlemen aud Boys wear. In order to present
orr customers with a stock of Goods not to be
egualled FOR the coming seasons our present stock
OF Goats, Vests and Pantaoons will be sold at pri.
ces that cannot tail TO please Cashmerett, Drap
De Eta, Cassimeres, Alpaca, Drillings, Linens
AarseiueS, DC, Of superior cut and wor kmanship
aus NOAH WALKER d CO
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NATIONAL HOTEL, NORFOLK, VA.
B. II. WALTERS, Prsprjeter.

HAVING purchased the above well known e.
Il l. Enlistment, l respectfully inform NV -
friends and the travelling pnblic, that the 81
newly furnished throughout, and Is NV open for
the reception Of permanent and transient board
ers. ] return my sincere thanks to my friends and
The public generally for the liberal patronage
tended TO me for the last twenty-thfee years, and
respectfully solicit continuance Of the same, as
surfing them that nothing viii be LEI undone 10
make them al HOME while sojourning at the Ma
tlCnal.
n B.-A four-horse stage Coach leaves the Ma
tIonal Hotel every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sat-
urdsy for Elizabeth City, N. G.
au l0-lm ID. b. WALTERS.
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III DIR. Hesfland's Celebrated German

III DIR. Hesfland's Celebrated German
bistcrs.-Weak, nervous, depressed in spirits,
steal evils, the victim to dyspepsia is indeed an
object OF commisseration. Yet 1t is absurd for
him to despair. We care not how weak low
nervous and irritable he may be- the cordial prop
critics OF HOOFL AND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
prepared by DR.. G. M. Jackson, Philadelphia are
stronger than the many headed monster, which Is
preying upon his body and mind; and IL he
chooses to try them, we will insure speedy cure
See advertisement ie 7.Z3m
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CASH PAID FOa FURNITURE r.

OnSH fafD FON FOnNtI UNC'
DERSONS declining Housekeeping, or having
Il a surplus OF household effects, will find us al
all times prepared to pay them the highest cash
prices for their ENTIRE STOCK, or such articles as
they may wish to dispose Of. We will also ex-
change new furniture for old at moderate prices
shortest notice, on reasonable terms.
81. BONTZ d COOMBS,
Furniture Warerooms 9TH St, bet. and X.
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COAL AND WOOD,

TIVE subscribers would respectfully announce
Il to consumers Of Coal and Wood that they
have recently established themselves In this city,
as Dealers IN Coal aud Wood,
and hopes to receive liberal share Of their pa
tronage. .a
We have now on hand a good supply Of Oak
and Pine Wood. A large supply Anthracite Coal
Of various sizes, both Red and White Ash now
afoat, which will be ready for sale and delivery
this week Cumberland Coal Of the best quality
for family, smithing, and manufacturing pur-
poses. s..rss- ~ -Er
Orders filed promptly and satisfaction guaran.
tied always. ~ .
= 81 CASTLEMAN q BRO,
Corner Of and 9th sts., on the Canal.
an 91--2w $50 .a| 4. ~
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I The corn crop in Kansas, which at first
promised nothing but starvation, is represented
as growing with exceeding rapidity. and an
after planting the oorH began to sasse d weeks