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Washington sentinel., 1855-03-14

CPLENDID PIANOS, Great Rarra,ns,
~ The subscriber has just received two more OF
those very handsome Rosewood Pianos. iron
frames, seven octaves, which, for richness of tone
ana hnish, wil compare most favorably with any
other instruments for sale in this District Those
heretofore sold by the subscriber hsve given per.
feet satisfaction, and the uiacturer intends 10
put them al such low price as 10 place tbsm
within the reach of every family Of moderate
means. EH iaNN.41
Persons wishing 10 purchase superior and
really reliable Piano OF warranted durabiIiy arc
respectfully invited TO give these Instrument. an.
most critical examination. They will be disposed
OF on accommodating terms, either for cash or
approved notes, and in every instance a euar,n,v
will be given. aseis CIT
Az there is growing demand for this par,icu
lar manufacture the subscriber has m ade arrange
menis tor constant supply. nEtrN
Oreai bargains may e expected
w. 9. ZANTZINGER.
Nov 12--6td 1-1'.
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BROWN AND SHOOK

GENERAL COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MER.
s,1e CHANTS, RICHMOND, VA.
And Agents for "Kerrs' g ,Sumnsrdsonn Old Rye,
and p Hangers aOld Rye" Whisky. PrsnsiHss
brands. ,a a,,.
.All letters promptly answered, and orders filed
Feb 2O-3m -tt e .0,r
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ID EAOH MADE CLOTHlN lNG.-Membe
In Of Congress wishing to provide themselves
with Superior Garments for the Winter, will fnS
an elegant assortment at MsstN WihHM ~
"a !. ... WALL & STEPHENS, u
DURE SILVERWARE..-AM Magnificent
liz assortment-M. w. GAIT g. BRO call at
tention TO their unusually large assortmen, OF Sill
verware, consisting Of ssss4 srs
Solid silver Tea Sets, complete. ~ .ea5.
Silver Pitchers, solid silver Castors. a.t7i, I.rt
Silver Cups and Saucers, Goblets 3tBBt sa NJ
Silver Fish Carvers and Forks Crumb Scrapers
Cake Knives, Fruit Shovels, Sugar Sifiers
Jelly Spoons, Cheese Scoups, Pickle Knives
and Forks t04taes lr A'61.. gln "a --'-T m.
Olive Spoons, Salad Tongs, Vegetable Forks. I,
Fruit Knives, Ice Tongs, Desert Knives. aa
Soup, cream, and gravy Ladies' sas iss.,a4.
Ice Cream Knives, Salt Cellars satIs, t...
Napkin Rings, Butter Knives, Tea Straners.
Tea, Table, and Desert Spoons, and Forks OF
every variety. 9ehl o1.t.3e ettM ai0 3..1@I. 4
Breakfast and dinner Coffee Spoons, &C.. m
Also, very large assortment Of Fancy Silver
ware, suitable for wedding, birthday and other
presents. sth f}s5 nsa asl,',8 n
The above is by far the largest and most varied
assortment ever offered TO our customers Being
OF our own manufacture, it is warranted pure sil.
yer, and offered at low rates as similar goods
can be purchased for in any city in this country.
ra M. W.. GAIT & BRO, sts
s.t . Sign Of the Golden Eagle
Penn. av between 9th and 10th streets.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-14

GENTLEMEN's DRESS SHIRTS, Of
" best quality. "A large assortment, al the
lowest market prices, constantly on hand,
WALL IL STEVENS,
Sl2, Penn. avenue, next door to Iron Hall
Jan (NewsJ
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John II. BUTHMANN, Importer and
~ Dealer I'm Wine, Brandy, Cigars, &c.
PENNSYLVANIA avenue, south side, between Four
and-a-Haf and Sixth Streets has received his ful
stock and assortment of the above, consisting in
part Of
Madeira, Sherry, Port of various grades, Cham
pagne, in quarts and pints, different brands
A great variety Of Rhine Wine, some of il
sparkling
Also, 81. Peray sparkling red and white Claret
al prices from So so per dozen to the highest
order.
And numerous other kinds Of Wine.
Also, very superior Cognsc, pale and dark !;
Schedam Gin, Jamaica Rum fine old Whis
key, Irish Malt, Cordials, and Havana Cigar.
Dec 20--2tawifSw
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III F
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN THE WOOD Great
Damage to Roperty.-A fire started in the
woods, about fifteen miles from Charleston,
South Carolina, on Thursday night last, and
spread with great rapidity along the line Of the
Sonth Carolina Railroad, till, at last accounts,
it has approached within FIVE miles of Charles.
ton. The Mercury of Saturday says:
The fire was exceedingly violent and de-
structive, and has done great injury to the
farms on its route. A train, loaded with cotton
taken in at Kingsvile, caught fire yesterday
from the current Of burning flakes, and two
cars, containing eighty bales, were burned.
The remainder of the train came on to the Five
Mile Post, when, finding it impossible to pass
without extreme risk, they returned to the
Seven Mile Post, and the engineer came to the
city Tor orders. During great part of yes
terday the city was completely shrouded in
smoke
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OFFICIAL ARMY AND NAVY REGIS
" TER for 1855.
The Navy Register for the United States for the
year 1855.
Official Army Register for 1856.
Just published and for sale at i
TAYLOR & MAURY'S
Feb n Bookstore, near 9th street
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PROPERTY AGENCY

E3+e PROPERTY AGENCY. WI h
CHAS. p. WANNALL, ls1h
AGENT FOR BUYING AND SELLING R
.T REAL ESTATE,
Corner N. York Ave. & 9th ST., Washington, D. @.
The Collection Of House Rents and other Ac-
counts promptly attended to. a na19aS n4fI
u arr,sI i,,. REFERENCES H2h@ s}rae
JOHN w. MAURY, s. BACON & Co. -s1
MURRAY 81 SgMMEs CLAaETr, NEWTON &c Co.
VIM. M. SHUsTER q Co. ]. & G.. 8. GIDEON.
y Nov lS-tf 7ea4 81 IaYasaaa H a'
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MATCHES. JEwELRY. SILVER and
w Plated Ware at Reduced Prices.-In
anticipation OF the approaching dull season, we
offer onr entire stock Of elegant Gold Watches
Rich Jewelry, Pure Silverware, &c. al greatly re-
duced rates.
Persons would do well TO examine our assort
ment, which is by far the largest most fashionable
and best selected ever offered 10 our customers.
M. w. GAIT 81 BRO,
~ Penn. avenue, between OH and 10th SITS.
Feb 22-6tif
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EOR RENT.-Two neat Rooms, either
IL furnished or unfinished, al No. 445, M
srteet, north, between 18th and 18th streets. \
Nov 4--dtl e0
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BUREAU OF TRANSLATION
From the French, Spanish Italian, and German
Languages, and for Typographical and other
Drawings.
No 495l, 7th Street, Wasa: ,ston City, &c
Nov lS If
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rNO MEMBERS of Congress and Others.-
Il Silver spoons, Forks. 6c.--M: w. GAIT
s& BkO; invite special attention TO their stock Of
pure Silver Table, Dessert, and Tea Spoons and
Forks, Ladies, Butter Knives, and all other arl-
cles ofpure Silver Ware, which is larger and more
varied than ever offered TO their customers. 3ts
~ aftgo.ssf slts M. w. GAIT E BRO.
1924 Pennsylvania avenue, BET. 9th and 10th SITS.
Feb DIFF sN sFiI M
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HE CATHOLIC ALMANAC for IS.
l. just published and FOR sale at
TAYLOR 81 MAURY'S
IfoR RENT-Two large size furnished
l. Rooms-Chamber and Parlor-at the corner
OF New York avenue and Ninth street, No 36U
Nov iS-tf
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The Charleston Standard also saws .

The Charleston Standard also says:
About eight or ten miles from the city the
road was fringed on each side by line Of fire,
while an occasional pine tree was seen stand.
ing like pillar of blaze, with the flames dane
ing and rushing out to EXTREMIST limbs. Few
of these valuable trees were burned down.
however; but the fire continued to increase
and spread itself over the surface of the
ground. Fences, barns and negro huts were
quickly surrounded, and in some instances
wholly or partially consumed. Roads were
crossed, nor was the iron track invncible
against it.
Another account states that one time the
cars were surrounded by fire, and the passen-
gers suffered much from the smoke. The
woods along the Georgia railroad, above
Thompson, we're also on fire at the same time.
and it is feared great damage has been done in
that direction.
The Columbia Is. C.) Times of Saturday
says the fire is sweeping everything in the
neighborhood of Lexington Court House, and
the town itself is threatened with destruction
Mills, houses, barns, stables, &C., for six or ten
miles around, had fallen prey to the flames.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-14
sCHONENBERG & TIIUN.

KECHTS-CONSULUKTENI
GENERAL AMERICAN AND FOREIGN AGENCY,
For the Collection of Claims, the Procurement oI
Patents, Bounty Lands, and Pensions.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-14

DIAPER MOIsTENER. new fnvcntion
Il for molstening the leaves Of copying book,
postage stamps, envelopes, and moisiening the
fingers when counting bank bills. Also useful for
various other purposes. II will be found an indis-
pensable article for every desk. II is perfectly
simple and cheap and must come lnto general
use. Agents for Washington,
64 TAYLOR & MAURY,
JaE .S booksellers, near 9th ST.
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alive and for this service, as par. of their
ordinary duty, they are paid out of thu Treasu-
ry of the United States. So, should THY escape
into the Indian country. We treat " tn these
Indians to be sure, as if they were $ ,vereign,
forming independent communities-Su out, &C
cording to Mr.. Attorney General Cusl ing, they
are subjects of the United States, anei can of
fer no resistance to has new fugitive at. The
fugitives must be given up: if the Indians as
sert the rights of hospitality, the United States
must use force, and, if war result, the Indians
must be slaughtered, till they submit, and then,
as were the Seminoles, be banished from their
homes.
In this way, and in innumerable ways, by the
action of Federal Executive, used as the in
strument of shareholders, are the People of the
United States implicated deeply, dannably, in
the guilt of fostering and perpetuating Slavery.
Elect Republican President, and y1u put a
period to the whole tribe of Cushing Constitu-
ton expounders. The rule of strict construction,
and the doctrine of State rights, will character
ize an Anti-Slavery Administration, and the
real Principle of Non Intervention, for the first
time, be fully carried into operation, the result
OF which would be, not the naturalization, but
the standardization, of Slavery.
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DETECTION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION I'M
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY.

The 81. Laurence Democrat, published at
Canton, the late residence of Silas Wright. and
the only paper in the county which has oiven
any support to the Administration State ticket.
has abandoned il, and given in its adhesion to
Preston King and his associates on the Rannb.
lican ticket. The following notices appear in
its issue of the 4th inst
To The Readers Of The ST. Laurence Democrat.
From this date, the connection of the under-
slned with the ST. Laurence Democrat as nuh-
Usher, ceases; but / shall retain a position as
junior editor. The paper will hereafter be con.
Quoted by j. +. Ames, its proprietor. Its politi
cal course is indicated by the ticket placed at
the head of the editorial columns. and an article
under the head of our motto.
Mr.. Ames is not only known as an experienced
and accomplished writer, but an able cores
pondent, and his consent to assume at this time
the editorial management of the Democrat will
not only render the paper more useful and ef-
hcient co-worker in the great Republican move
ment, but will enable the undersigned to devote
the greater part of his time to the other depart
ments of the establishment, which is advisable,
and indeed necessary, in consequence of the
rapid increase of the business of the Office.
The undersigned avails himself of this op-
portunity of rendering his grateful acknowledg.
ments to his friends, and hopes to be remem-
bered in the future.
The unexplred term tor which people have
subscribed for the Democrat will be faithfully
carried out II. G. SIMPSON.
Canton, October 3, 1856.
In assuming the editorial management of the
81. Laurence Democrat, can frankly and sin.
cerely say that | have been prompted by a
desire that 1t should cooperate in rejecting
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KNOW N0THINGISM.

Our readers see that Know Nothingism is
operating Just as we predicted. Where it can
not rule, it seeks to ruin. In States where it is
dominant, it seeks to subject Republicanism to
its use; where it is not it arrays itself in bitter
opposition to it. In Indiana and some of the
Western States, it holds back Republicanism
from any efficient action. In Ohio, Massachu-
sets, and New York, where the Republicans
have disentangled themselves it is seeking to
overthrow them, thus playing into the hands of
the Administration and the Slave Power, and
retarding the movement for union in the free
States.
In Pennsylvania, we apprehend, it has ma
neuvred in the most discreditable manner.
Last week, referring to the withdrawal by a
Convention of the Wing, Know Nothing, and
Republican Committees, of the several candi-
dates of their Parties for the Office of Canal
Commissioner, and the nomination of a Mr..
Nicholson instead, we intimated some doubt as
to the transaction, but felt rather treasured by
seeing the name of David Wilmot, Chairman
of the Republican Committee, signed to the
card announcing the arrangement. The Pitts
burgh Gazette, received since then, pronounces
the whole thing a fraud-says that the Presi-
dent of the Republican Convention appointed a
majority of Know Nothings, on the Republican
State Committee, and that these alone were
responsible for the withdrawal of the name OF
Passmore Williamson, and the nomination OF
Mr. Nicholson.
Had we known this in season, we should
have felt it our duty to warn every true Repub-
lican against such ticket. Better defeat this
fall, in State election, than next fall, in a
Presidential election. Let it be distinctly un
derstood, that if there is to be union, it must
be a union of the People, in one Party, not a
coalition between three Parties, so opposed in
fundamental principles, that one of them must
sacrifice its integrity.
If all the facts stated by the Pittsburgh Ga
zette be correct, there oughtto be a reorganiza
ton of the Republican movement.
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GOV. GARDNER COMING TO HIS SENSES.
From the American Organ, Oct.


True to the principles of those who would
not abide by the Philadelphia DEGREES. Gov
Gardner was taken with black vomit, and came
out of the I" cullud siety." He called together
the American party, disbanded formally bv the
Fusionsts, and accepted at their hands the ere.
dentials of reelection. In his inauguration
speech, as candidate, Governor Gardner aonr.
ishes good deal about his Anti Slavery senti.
ments, but he breaks his indentures to Master
Wilson in significant yet conclusive manner:
He would always oppose Slavery apgres.
sion, whether in public or in private life. but
he would always carry out the provisions of the
Constitution, according to the interpretations
of the legal tribunals"
Here is wide distinction from the Rlack
Republican platform, which pledges men to re.
sistance to the laws, to notification. and even
to private combinations, to defeat their opera.
ton. Governor Gardner is coming to his
senses. He has come back to the platform of
the law. He sees the solid men of Boston"
are alarmed at the anarchical and Infamous
doctrines promulgated by the Duke of Brogan-
"a and his sable followers. Governor Gardner
was not satisfied with the platform of the law.
He struck out with reckless fanatics into the
illimitable ocean of agitation terrified at the
starless tempest that surrounds him, he is
scrambling back to the platform, wet and shiv
ering, but glad to escape from the pirates who
had deluded him.
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THE OHIO ELECTION.

Tuesday, the election for State officers and
members of the Legislature took place in
Ohio. Our paper must go TO press, without
waiting for the results. We must confess some
apprehension. The Administration Party has
been active, and has evaded as much as posi-
BILE the Nebraska Question, combining itself to
State affairs and the Know Nothing issue. Its
position in relation to the rights and privileges
Of naturalized citizens and foreign immigrants,
has from the commencement of the Secret Or
der, been manly and consistent, and must have
had its effect upon the body of German natu-
rallied voters, large numbers of whom last fall
supported the Anti Nebraska ticket
The Republican ticket has labored under
some disadvantages. 1t is supposed that mem
beers of the Know Nothing Order constituted
majority of the Republican State Convention ::
and, although the nomination of Mr. Chase,
not member of that Party but understood to
be opposed TO its prescription tenets, and
their pledge to abide by the action of the Con-
vention, committed them to the support Of IiIr,
svr-f--n pfrfh GSs-,c a.
posed to question the claim of the ticket to
their support. They ought to have remem-
bered that the Convention utterly ignored the
objects and ideas Of Know Nottingham and
made the Slavery Question the grand issue !:
but men, when their own rights have been as
sailed, are apt TO be suspisious and distrustful.
We shall rejoice if the results of the election
have proved that we have over-estimated this
difficulty.
Another element of distraction and weak
ness, was the bgotry of the real Know Nothing
Party. Failing in its effort to defeat the nomi
~hation of Mr.. Chase, it called a Convention.
and nominated Mr.. Trimble, formerly Wing.
as its candidate for the Governorship. at the
same time adopting the rest of the Republican
ticket. The effect of this must have been to
increase the distrust of the naturalized voters
IN regard 10 the whole Republican ticket. and
also TO withdraw from Mr. Chase a consider.
able body of Know Nothing voters.
If, against all these obstacles, Mr.. Chase has
really carried the State, il will demonstrate at
once his political strength, and the great vital
,fy OF the Anti-Slavery sentiment in Ohio.
Here, however, as everywhere else, our friends
must see the baleful workings of Know Moth
ingfsm.
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A COMPARISON.

The New York Straight-outs are distressed
because PREsTON KING, who heads the Repub-
lcan ticket, voted in Congress, during the
days when the Question of Slavery was mis-
understood by ninety-nine hundredths of the
American People, with the Pro-Slavery Party !;
and it contrasts his course then with that of
Washington Hunt. 1t is hardly safe to pro-
woke comparison between these men. Mr..
Hunt, as member of Congress, although a
respectable gentleman, possessed no positive
force. He voted generally with the majority OF
his Party from the North, and under the pres
sure Of his constituents. Had his Party gone
against the right Of petition, or his constituents
been Pro-Slayery, he would not have been very
impracticabie.
Preston King is a man of positive force
When it was manifest in lS47 that the Admin
istration designed to make the Democratic Par
tya Slavery-propagating party, he openly and
deliberately took his ground against it, and
from that time he steadily worked against
the ProSlavery policy of his Party, until the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise an outrage
which, in his judgment, required the union OF
the masses, without regard 10 Old party dIstinc-
tons, in opposition to the Slave Power. This
union he has since laborcd to bring about, and,
when it took form Republican Party, hav-
ing counted the cost, he hesitated not, but
promptly enrolled himself under its banner.
The simple difference between Washington
Hunt and Preston King is, that the one has
back bone, the other has not; the former is an
Anti-S.avery man in fair weather, the latter, an
Anti-Slavery man, whether the weather be fair
or foul.
We have been eyewitnesses to the conduct of
both in Congress, and we now merely express
an opinion We then formed of them, from their
acts. We do not believe that the recent course
taken by either has surprised anybody who
knows them. Each has acted in conformity to
his own character.
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eLARGE NUMBERS OF VOTERS, FORMERLY WING,
WILL NOW Support THE DEMOCRATIC CANDI-
DATE"
The game is well understood in Virginia.
Her politicians have their agents in Massachu-
sets. Straight-out Whigery is to secure from
old Massachusetts an endorsement of General
Pierce and the Nebraska Bill How compla-
Gently the Enquirer speaks of these National
Patriots" who are engaged in so respectable a
work How full of admiration of their lofty
craftsmanship To show the value of praise
from such quarter, we beg these National
patriots" Messrs. Winthrop, VALLEY, Choate,
and Hillard, to inspect the following portraiture
of Northern character, drawn by this admiring
editor of the Enquirer, in an editorial in that
paper, May, 1854:
"The relations between the North and the
South are very analogous to those which sub
sisted between Greece and the Roman Empire,
after the subjugation of Achaia by the consul
Mummius. The dignity and energy of the
Roman character, conspicuous in war and in
politics, were not easily tanned and adjusted to
the arts of industry and literature. The de-
generate and plant Greeks, on the contrary,
excelled in the handicraf and polite profess
sions. We learn from the vigorous invective
of Juvenal, that they were the most useful and
capable Of SERVANTS, achetter as pimps or pro-
.fessors Of rhetoric. Obseqxious, derterous, and
ready, the Uersatile Greeks neOnopolized the
business Of teaching, publishing, and manutdc-
turing, IN the Roman Empire-allowing their
masters ample leisure for the seroice Of the
State, in the Senate or an the field. The peo-
pie Of the Northern States Of Mis Contsderacy
exhibit the same aptitude for the arts Of in
dustry. They ercel as clerks, mechanics, and
t'adesmen, and they hace monopolised the
business Of teaching, publishing, and ped
ding"
Whose features answer to this vivid por-
traiture? Will our National Patriots" re-
ply? This sturdy Roman" who, in the flush
of the Nebraska triumph, thus painted your
likeness, now needs your votes, and fatters
you. But, has he changed his opinion?
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THE CROPS ABROAD-THE DEMAND FOR
BREADSTUFFS.

Last year, the harvests abroad exceeded the
average; this year, in England and France
they fall somewhat below it. The result will
be an increased demand for American bread
stuffs. This fact may carry prices in this
country to rather an extravagant pitch, but il
is vain to suppose that they can long be kept
up.
In 1876 and l847, our crops were good, but
not extraordinary, and yet we were able TO
supply, without great increase of price, the
immense demand caused by the poor harvests
of Europe, and the terrible famine in Ireland.
The value of our exports of breadstuffs and
provisions rose from an annual average of fif.
teen millions, to twenty.seven millions in 1876,
and sxty-eight millions in l847. Of the single
article Of -four, while in 1910 we exported to
England only six hundred and twenty thousand
barrels, we exported in 1916, one million, and
in l847, two and half millions.
In the agricultural report Of the Patent Of:
fee in lS47, the wheat product was estimated
at one hundred and fourteen millions of bush
els, and the surplus for expectation was COM
puted at about forty millions. In ordinary
seasons, we have always large surplus for ex-
portation, enough, as it would seem from the
records of 1876 and ls47, to meet even extraor-
binary demands. This season, it is well known
that our crops have been unusually large so
that there must be heavy surplus of grain in
the country, enough, doubtless, to supply the
deficiency in Europe, without giving rise to
extravaganza prices here. People will be well
fed, farmers amply remunerated, but speeula.
tors may be bitten, as they always deserve to
be.