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BOARDING.

pOARDING.-MRS. DUVALL, No. 331 Penn
ID sylvania avenue, opposite Browns Hotel, has
several large and desirable rooms, suitable for
families or single gentlemen, which she will rent
with board at moderate prices. She can also 40
commodate six or eight table boarders.
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CHkISTMAS AND NEW YEARS Pr rs .
ENTs.

"E HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF RICH
w Dress SILKS, which have been marked
down at very low prices to close them out
Also, lot Of ladies' rich Velvet, MORE Autjoue
SILK and Cloth CLOAKS, embracing all the nov
elites Of the season, and SHAWLS, IN every va
riety.
With large assortment Of nne French and
Scotch embroideries, In COLLARS, SLEEVES
POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS &C &c
Those in pursuit Of useful, as well az oTnamen-
tai, presents tOr Christmas and New Years are
particularly invited 10 call and exam inc our stock
COLLEY 4 SEARS,
No 5S] 7th street, doors north Ia. avenue.
dec 2I-I0t
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WIrHDRAwS.-The Potomac river boat,
Alice c. Price, makes her last trip for the
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WArCH RETURNs.-John. M. C. Dale, va.
grant; wOrkhouse 80 days. Flora Bedford
| (colored) out after hours workhouse 30 DAYS.
John Charles furnished with lodgings.
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~ and containing nearly
double the quantity Of read
ing matter In that Of the
FIFTY CENT OR DOL
LAR PUBLICATIONS
It treats on the PHI YSIOL-
0GY OF MAR RAGE
aud the Secret Iniirmities
aud Disorder of Youth and
Maturity, resulting from eK-
cesses, which destroy the
physical and mental pow
ers, with Observations on
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NEW YORK STORE SELLING OFF.
MISS II. M. MANN, SUCCESSOR TO
Ns Miss ). J. 4 Nj. McGaw, next door to Post
Oiace, Bridge street, Georgetown, in order to
reduce her stock Of goods before the Spring sea-
son. she will sell at cast a handsome assortment
Of EMBROIDERY, DRESS TRIMMINGS,
RIBBONS, FEATHERS, and FLOWERS.
dec I9-ft&eoIm
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ENUR KENT-A HOUSE, WITH FLOWER
u and vegetable garden, together with IS acres
Of land under good cultivation, suitable for a
would be preferred pleasantly situated, directly
north from the Capitol, only few minutes walk
to the city limits. Amy person DESTROYS Of secur-
ing pleasant and healthy residence in the coun-
try, and near the city, will please call the sub
scTiber WIN. EMMERT
Mount Pleasant, near Glenwood Cemetery.
dec l2-en5t&6Wtf
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A BRICK COTTAGE IN THE WEST END.
IA For rent, near the corner Of 18th and SITS IL,
with fne enclosure, convenient outbuildings,
Uses. dec Of
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CLoCKS, CLOCKS, CLOCKS, at
~ THE LAKES,
dec 2i-0 5Oi Pennsylvania avenue

VNHE PRETTIEST CAKE IN THE DIS.
l. trict, now on exhibition in the window OF
ARNI'S CONFECTIONERY, Georgetown to-
gether with four others, will be disposed Of on
Monday Evening, the 3lst instant, by Rattle; or
sooner. II the chances are all taken. Price, Fifty
Cents per chance. dec 22-lw
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The YAGERs, that stalwart band Of citizen
soldiers who cherish recollections of the Ger
man fIthSyia1a, are to have their fifth annual
ball on Tuesday night The admirers of Teu.
tonic beauty and the c:rcling waltz should rot
fail to visit Carusi's.
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The day he'll meier forget,
she thought the muslin dtareT
Than any she'd seen vet.
He watched her playful fingers
The silks and satins toss,
The clerk looked quite uneasy,
And nodded az the boss.
Show me some velvet ribbon,
Barge and satin turc,"
She said, 81 want to purchase -
Then gave the goods a jerk:
The clerk was all obedience,
He travelled ION his shape"
At length with hesitation,
She bought yard of tape.
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M. A. TYSON r. SISTERS
INRENCH AND ENGLISH FEMALE SEMI
II NARY, for day pupils, on r street. between
18th and 18th streets
For terms, &c, circulars may be had at the
principal Bookstores, and at the Institution.
dec 22-1m
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MANTED-A GOOD COOK, WASHER,
w and ironer for small family. To such good
wages will be given. Apply at Navy Yard Gate.
dec 26-eotf
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SILVER AND SILVEK-fLAfED 6OdDS.
4 LARGE ASSORTMENT OF USEFUL
~ and fancy SILVER GOODS, consisting Of
Goblets, Cups, Fish, Pie, and Cake Kni Ees, Pre-
serve and Sugar Spoons; Dessert Spoons; Knife,
Fork and Spoon in sets; Salt Stands; Napkin
Rings Card Gases, Porte Monnaies, Fork, Spoon
Casters, Cake Baskets, &c, al reasonable prices,
by SAM'L LEWIS,
yeweller and Silversmith,
Pa avenue, between 18th and 18th SITS.
dec Oft
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THE FIRENss, ever on the alert to combat
the incendiaries or to min:le in the merry
dance, must not forget that the Metropolitan
Hook and Ladder Company give their first
annual ball on Monday evening, at Murders
Saloon. Ii will be brilliant affair
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SHoPPISG.-" Ites' has had an interview
with dry goods clerk whose pent- up L" feel
inks" he has endeavored to relieve by por-
traying what fabric dealers have to suffer from
their custonerS
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OBITUARY.

Died, March 26, 1856, at Scaghticoke, New
York, PETER V. d. Cook. He was fatally in.
jured in the explosion of the powder mills in
this place, on the 24th March last. lie was
horribly burned, and fingered for two DAYS in
great suffering, which he bore with Christian
fortitude. The evening previous to his death,
he said to me, " Strive to keep up the Free Soil
movement, and let it not go down." He was
forty-one years of age, and has left wife, moth.
er, and sister, dependent upon him for support,
to mourn his untimely end. The slave has also
lost an incorporating friend, and the com,
munity good citizen.
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ITEMS.

MoTHERs.-I think it must somewhere be
written, that the virtues of mothers shall, occa.
sionally, be visited on their children as well as
the sins of fathers.-Dickens.
A mother, who had brought up large fam
lily with eminent success, was once asked by q
younger one, what she would recommend in
the case of her children who were too carefully
educated. al think, my dear, a little phole.
some neglect" she replied.
The gloriGed spirit of an infant is the star to
guide the mother to its own blissful home
Sigou,ney.
The future destiny of the child is always the
work of the mother.-Bondparte.
SoRDID PREACHERS Edwin Forrest. the
tragedian, has lately had an offer of fify
thousand dollars to act fifty nights in Califor.
MIA. He has also Just received an offer of six
thousand dollars to act twenty nights in st.
Louis.
The most talented clergyman seldom re-
ceives more than two thousand dollars for a
whole year.
AMERICAN LIrERATURE.-A late number of
the Edinburgh Witness says:
" 1t is of itself curious fact, that almost the
only classical English writer's of the present dav
are not Englishmen, but Americans. We have
no writer's that so remind us of the Goldsmiths
and Addisons of the last century, as the Wash
ington Irvings and Nathaniel Hawthornes of
the other side of the Atlantic; and LongfeIlow,
though not little of his verse bears the stamp
of that of Germany, is decidedly, in his elegant
and elaborate prose, an Englishman of the reign
of Queen Anne"
The Post Office Department has framed a
series OF instructions for the guidance of post
masters, upon the introduction of the new sys-
tenn for the registration of valuable letters.
The plan is to 60 into operation on the LIST of
July next, on and after which date, any letter
can be registered and receipted for, upon pay
ment of fee of five cents, extraordinary care
being taken to insure its safe delivery at its
destination.
Ex-GovERNoR WAsHBURN, the successor of
Judge Loring as law lecturer of Harvard Col
lege, entered upon his duties at the University
on Monday, May Sth.
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For the National Era.
THE DANDELION.
BY MARY CLEMNER AMEs.

The little Dandelion,
II sprinSeth by the way,
An humble and unnotced flower,
That blossoms in the May.
1t shineth in the grassy fields,
In forests dim and old;
Even the bare and rugged hills,
Are mottled with its gold.
Ii CLEANS beside the dusty road,
Where rush unheeding feet;
Itpeers between the cold, gray stones,
Which pave the city's street
And all around US, everywhere,
Within our daily way,
Springs this unhecded, little flower,
That blossoms in the MAY.
How much like the unnoted joys,
Which cheer Inc every day,
Is this bright, golden, litile flower,
That springeth in my way.
And unto me il seemeth like
The gentle, tender friends,
w nose presence 10 my daily lie,
Its all of brightness lends.
Those loving and beloved ones,
TO whom earth's passing crowd,
Her proud and thoughtless multitudes,
In homage never bowed.
They have no wish in courts TO shine.
They have 10 wish TO roam;
Content are they, TO fill with light,
The little world Of home.
Our simplest Joys, our nearest friends,
Brighten our common lot;
But they so certainly are ours.
That Oft we prize them not
And they are like TO thee, O, flower,
Showing with wealth untold,
Along the dusty track Of time,
LIES richest, brightest gold
We sigh for gay exotic blooms,
Reared by a foreign hand;
And turn away from this bright flower.
Born of our native land.
And so for joys beyond our reach,
Our feverish spirits call;
While we refuse the richer gifts,
Our God hath given TO all
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The Chicago Democrat flies the Gag Of Gen.
eral Houston and General Henry Dodge, of
Wisconsin, as its Presidential ticket for 1850.
The Neo York Herald, which usually acts from
a motive, asks "What has become Of Jude,.
Douglas, that an Illinois Democratic paper
should go all the way down to Texas for the
candidate of mixed commission? Is this a
confession that Mr.. Douglas has been killed Off
by the Nebraska bill, and is really dead and
buried, or hung up to dry? We want an ex.
PLANTATION" 1t was the general belief, not long
ago, that Judge Douglas was safe in tho ailec-
tons of the Herald. Et tu Brute!
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ANNIVERSARY MEETINGS OF THE WEEK.-We
give comparative statement of the receipts of
the principal associations for the three years
last past, as presented in the Annual Reports.
The receipts for the year 1855 are, with but
one exception, below those of the preceding
year, but generally are fully equal to, and in
some instances considerably exceed, those re-
ported in 1853.
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MARRIAGE.

On Tuesday, May lst at Grace Church,
Brooklyn Heights, by the Rev. Francis l.. Vim,
ton, d. d., JAMES NJ. WmroS, jr., Rector of
the Grammar School, New Haven, Connecticut,
to MARY, daughter of William Bartlett, ESQ,
of Brooklyn, and lately of Portland, Maine.
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one of its most incompatible and valuable citi-
zens, and one who has received the highest hon.
ors in her gift, and who discharged the duties
of his station with credit to himself and honor
to our noble Commonwealth. - Clarendon (O.)
Jefersonian Democrat, May 9th.
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ceived, he resolves to rescue her. But we will
not give any further description Of the story,
but refer our readers to the book itself.
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A NEW B0oK-ILLUsTRATIoNs OF SLAVE
LIFE.

We have received from the Publishers, Mil
Ter, Orion, & MulGgan, of New York, new
book, on Slave Life, entitled, Our Woryd, by
an unknown author, As we have not yet found
time to read it as we should like, we abridge
an interesting summary of it, given by the edi.
tor of the Hartford Comm Republican, which
will sufficiently introduce it to our readers
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DEATH OF Ex-Governor FoRD.-It becomes
our painful duty to announce the death of ex-
Governor Ford, at his residence in Burton, on
Tuesday morning, May 9Th, at 81 o'clock. He
had been failing gradually for months, until
within two or three weeks, when his complaints
assumed a different form, since which time he
sunk rapidly. 1t is hardly necessary to say that
the news of his death viii be mourned by a large
circle of relatives and friends in this county; for
those who knew him best, knew him but to re-
we're, love, and respect. The State also hes lost
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The whole number of bounty land applica-
tons, under the act of March 3, 1856, received
at the Pension Office up to May IL, was $4,000.
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Prof. B. Silliman, jr has been testing tho
rock oil, or petroleum, obtained in Venango
county, Pennsylvania, and finds that it is equal
IN Illuminating powers to almost all the gases
or fluids commonly in use, and superior to
most Of them.
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LIBERAL OPINIONS IN THE SOUTH.

A writer in the Hillsborough On. C.) Record
en- uses the following language:
"And if it is our duty to send the Gospel to
the heather beyond the Atlantic, what is our
duty to the heather at our own doors? We
cannot deny that, in this age Of light and Hber-
ty, thousands of our fellow creatures are kept
in state of profound ignorance by legislative
enactment. Is such state of things iustifa
BILE? We pronounce most unhesitatingly that
our slaves should have the Bible. A KNOWLEDGE
of that book from which are drawn the stroB d.
est arguments for the lawfulness of Slavery. can
do the slave no harm. A reluctance to nut Tho
Bible into the hands Of the blacks betrays. ON
the part of the master, a reluctance to have his
conduct Judged by its standard. Let Christian,
shareholders take into consideration this mo-
mentous question, What is our duty to our
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The Buffalo Republic says: "When the rose
bug first makes its appearance, sprinkle your
bushes profusely with the pollen of the flower
of the ailanthus tree, or make a strong decoc-
ton Of the same, and pour it over the bushes
through watering pot. The use of these simple
means once or twice day will destroy these
pests in less than week"
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pSr Money may be forwarded, by mail, at
mn risk. Notes on Eastern banks preferred.
Large amounts may be RENTED IN drafts or
certificates of deposit.
1os- Subscribers wishing their papers chang
ed, will give the name Of the post Office changed
from, as well as the post Office they wish II
hereafter sent to.
D0F- All communications to the Era, whether
on business of the paper or for publication,
should be addressed to
G. BAILEY, Washington, d. Q.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Ten cents line for the first insertion, fire
cents a line for each subsequent one. Tea
words constitute line. Payment in advance
is invariably required.
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Mr.. Fitzhugh is as unfortunate in his obser-
vations as his philosophy. The exception he
regards as the rule. He evidently thinks the
few theorists he has met with at the North are
fair representatives of its opinions. The People
of the South are childshly ignorant of the So
cial system and condition of the free States.
FL Ern
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Ex-GovERNoR WAsHBUKN, the successor of
Judge Loring as law lecturer of Harvard Col
lege, entered upon his duties at the University
on Monday, May Sth.
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WASHINGTON, d. G..
For the National Era.
MIRTH AND MEL ANCH0LY.
BY MARY IRVING.
CHAPTER Ill.

The second stage Of Melancholy.
.-Tan'Si thou not minister 20 a mind diseased!
p,u,a from the memory rooted sorrow
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HEALTH OF JUDGE MASON.

The following paragraph, which find in the New
York Commercial Advertiser win be read with great
isfaetion BY the numerous friends Of Judge Mason
HIS ExcKlLxsov Ma MAsos.--This distinguished gen
ileman, minister at Paris u.s. learn almost restored
70 health report circulated, shortly after bis sud
den attack, that his mind had been somewhat impaired
This, we are informed. good authority,
Mr. Mason severely afflicted but his mind in
degree affected During his illness Emperor and ali the
imperial family manifested much interest in his welfare and
At the last diplomatic gathering the Tuises the family
Of Mr. Mason present. were warmly
on the Minister'S recovery"
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PrEnRs soUIE ESQ., &C, &c, Madrid.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
TUESDAY. NAReH 6, 1855.

TUESDAY, MARCH G, 1855.
lion Nathaniel p Banks, jr of Massachusetts, Hon Da-
vd Noble Michigan and Charles James esq, of Wis
consn admitted attorneys and oounselors Of this
court
No 3 Original docket The State of Florida complain
ant State of Georgia On motion Of Mr. Attorney Cen
eral Cushing intervene behalf of the United States
Mr. Chief Justice fancy delivered the opinion of the
court granting leave TO the Attorney General to adduoe
evidence either written paro and to examine witnesses
and file their deposons in order to establish the bounda-
ry claimed by the United States
No 10 Mary Lewis administrative Of J. j. Lewis, de-
ceased Edward r. Bell assignee of Bell jr Appeal
from the circuit court of the United States for the District
of Columbia Mr. Justice Grer delivered the opinion OF
the court affirming the decree of the said circuit court
in this cause, with costs.
No &c. John C. Hays plaintiff in error, CO. the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company. The argument in this cause
continued by Hon. H. May for the plaintiff in
No. So VIM. d. Price al, plaintiffs in error, rs the
Farmers Bank of Virginia al This cause was submit
ted the consideration of the court on the record and
printed arguments by Mr. Sapberry for the plaintiffs IN
error and by Hon. John Letcher for the defendants in
error.
Adjourned till tomorrow, IL O'Clock.
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Direct diplomatic intercourse by agent Of the United
States with the oaptangenerl OF Cuba for the mere
pose OF presenting grievances Will not meet the eHgenc
OF the case The captangeneral must be under efficient
responsibility to redress the wrongs 10 citizens commit
ted by his subordnates when brought TO bis notice
have indicated what ought be accomplished BY such
arrangement Should there be hope OF opening nego-
aton for the acquisition Of Cuba you will then present
to the Of Spain the importance Of some ar
rangement for future security in regard trade and
intercourse with Cuba and her the objects TO be
secured by H. Ii she PROCESSES willingness make such
an arrangement plan in detail viii be forwarded 10 you
for the purpose Of being laid before her government
In resuming negotiations with Spain, you viii IA nrm
but respectful impress upon the ministry that IL Is
the determination Of the President 70 have all the matters
In controversy between her and the United States speedily
adjusted He is DESTROYS 10 have IL done by negotiation,
and would exceedingly regret that failure 10 reach the
end he has in view in this peaceful way should deyoye
upon him the duty OF recommending coercve
measures 10 vndicate national rights aud redress the
wrongs OF our citizens
/ am sir, respectfully, your obedient servant
w. L. MARCY.
PIERRE SoULE ESQ., &C. &C, Madrid
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THE MONSTER MISsEsorA.--The Lake Superior
Mining News gives the following account of the monster
mine, the Minnesota;
aThe greatest depth attained in this mine is $50 feet
The main shaft piston that works the pumps IS here
about three hundred feet long The lowest depth attained
the vein is hundred and s1tysix feet Silver
interspesed in all the copper of this mine and IN some
others this range When any fine specimens OF silver
do their appearance in rugs in other connex-
ion they generally secured by the miners The amount
of copper shipped from this mine during the season OF
gation l5344o7 pounds net weight being over III
tons worth three hundred thousand dollars The
product for tho month Of December twenty
tons Three hundred and ninety required to
this operation 1t requires supply Of twenty
thousand pounds Of candles for this mine during months
There about forty buildings clustered around this
mine and making respectable village
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Adjourned till tomorrow, II o'clock.

ANOTHER OUTRAGE UPON AMERICAN CITIZENS AT GREY
rows-A correspondent of the New York Times at San
JUAN under date of February 22 writes as follows:
"Another high-handed outrage was committed upon
American citizens by the natives of this place On Sun
day last Captain De Brssot, an American gentleman,
started in boat, with Others, to go into Costa Rca
One of the parytbe pilot of the boat who was on his
Join Captain De Brssowas assaulted and severe
" cut the head with machete and would have been
murdered had he made good his escape into the woods
About hour after Captain De Brissot left this place three
canoes with forty armed left and went In pur-
suit of him. with the full determination OF numbering every
one of his party.
The whole town in great state OF excitement the
cry death Americans and it not safe for an
American be out of doors Such the state OF
the excitement and the imminent danger which Capt
De Brissot and his party in that Capt O. O. Hornsby
the United States army and Mr. Charles Thomas of
Granada called upon Mr. H. Wheeler the United States
minister who living the consulate with Mr.. W. Fa
bens our this place. and stated the facts to him.
immediate interference and assistance to them from
most horrid death.
awhile COL Wheeler and Mr.. Fabens our consul-who
has always been prompt and efficient in aiding his fellow
countrymep who in disresswere preparing to go to
the rescue Capt De Bsot arrived and put himself under
their protection and is living at the consulate he and
his party having made very escape from the des-
peradoes
"Mr Fabens leaves here to-day and is the bearer of i'm
portant dispatches to the government
The health of this place is good business very dull.
There are but two small Jamaica schooners in port"
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PAySAsrsRs rRAN.-The Albany Argus furnishes the
following refreshing paragraph;
Residents along the line Of the New York central rail-
way month treated with view OF singular
train consisting of locomotive and very neatly en-
bellished This is always occupied by man,
Mr. Stevens, peymaster Of the road Once month no
places huge safe in IT, orders out locomotive and starts
the West distributing the different stations along
the hne the monthly stipend due the many employees OF
the company Though he starts with many thousands Of
dollars he invariably returns nearly bankrupt IL a
very general remark among the operatives Of the road that
paymassr Stevenss train, though the smallest Is by far
the most pleasing in their eyes