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Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31
nREMIUM Boors.-GentIemen are re-

hNEWEUM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are re-
quesied TO call at my store, Browns Hotel
and examine the fine case OF BOOTS that was
awarded the highest premium at tho Metropolitan
Mechanics Institute, manufactured by Godfrey
& Co, Philadelphia. Please call early, as they
will be returned in few days. have a fine
sortnent of Boots on hand and for sale from the
same establishment also, OF G. Benkert's and p.
Conrad's make, Of Philadelphia, as well as my own
manufacture comprising the largest and best Sc
lected stock OF Boots that has ever been in the
market JOHN MILLS,
Fashionable Bootmsker, Browns Hotel
March IS
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

VARIETY BOOT AND SHOE STORE.
nUELTED BOTTOM and PATENT LEA
NJ THEIR BOOTS.-The undersigned has
just received fine assortment of the above Boots.
His general assortment Of Boots and Shoes for
Gentlemen is large, embracing all the modern
styles. Great care has been taken TO have
them made of the best material and workmanship.
Purchasers will find 1t 10 their advantage 10 give
him call.
GEO. BURNS,
$40 Pennsylvania avenue,
Adjoining Patterson's drugstore
Dec (News)
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

- ScHooL.--The subscriber has removed his
school TO College Hill, where commodious build
ing is being fitted up for its reception.
As the Preparatory Department of the Colum-
ban College il will continue 10 preserve the char
acter OF strictly select school, designed for lay
ing the foundation of thorough English, Classi-
cal, and Mathematical education. The next ses-
sion will commence on the 18th Of September, and
close on the last Of June.
Terms: Sl2 so per quarter, payable in advance.
Al small additional charge, the students will
be permitted 10 attend the Lectures delivered in
College on Chemistry, Geology, and Mineralogy,
and also 10 receive instruction in French and other
Modern Languages by the Professor in that de-
partment.
Pupils may be boarded al the College, under the
special care and superintendence OF the Principal.
The necessary expenses Of full boarding student
will be about $40 per academic year, and Of a
weekly boarder will not exceed $3.50.
GEORGE s. BACON, Principal.
s.R Refers to the Faculty Of the Columbian College
Z Col. ]. l.. Edwards Col. Peter Force, VIM Gun
ron, Esq; l.. D. Gale, M. d. of the Patent Office;
Joseph Wilson, Esq, of the Land Office; and Pro
fcssor C. C. Jewett of the Smithsonian Institute.
Sep2l--tf
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31
ID UssIA As 1T Is, BY COUNT DE Gu

u UssIA AS 1T Ii, BY COUNT DE Gu
IN rowski.
MEMOIRS, Speeches, and Writings, Of Robert
Rantoul IT,. edited by Luther Hamilton.
SACRED POEMS AND HYMNS for public
and private devotion, by James Montgomery.
THE PLANTERS NORTHERN BRIDE, a
Novel, by Caroline Lee Hcntz, with illustrations
from original designs in vols.
THE CHURCH, in a series OF Dscourses, by
Sylvester Judd, Pastor Of Christ Church Maine.
HISTORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL and
the English Commonwealth, from the execution
Of Charles l. TO the death of Cromwell, by M. G.
Guzot. translated by A. r.. Scoble, in vols
HISTORY OF THE FRENCH PROTEST
ANT Refugees, from the Revocation OF the Edict
of Nantes TO our own days, by M Charles Weiss,
Professor of History in the Lycee BonaPartc, in
vols.
VOICES OF THE NIGHT, by Rev John Cum
ming, ID. ID.
VOICES OF THE DAY, by Rev. John Cum
ming, ID. ID.
Just published and received at the bookstore Of
K. FARNHAM,
Apr IS Corner OF llth st. and Penn. av.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

nANIEL R.--Messrs. Taylor
~ 81 MAURY have a few Of the original sub.
scrlbers' copies OF the works Of Daniel Webster,
printed on very hne Imperial paper, ih wn,ch UT TIT
Webster inscribed his name. Six volumes
price $50.
T. & NJ. are the only booksellers in the United
States who have any copies is their possession.
Mar IL Bookstore near 9th ST.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

TEN THOUSAND LAEoRERs WANTED ~ Wrs.
coNsly.-From the Wankesha Plain Dealer,
March 2l, we copy the following.
A thousand coed laborers can end steady
employment and the highest wages paid among
the farmers Of this county. While the poor ara
starving and unable to get employment in the
eastern cities, it is next to an impossibility to
find laborers at any price, to cultivate the soil
of the West
We have no doubt but ten thousand moro
good laborers could find plenty of work in this
State, at from twelve dollars to twenty dollars
q month, and board, through the summer. We
have been requested by farmers from nearly
every school district in our county, to send
them laborers.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31
THE PEOPLES JOURNAL.

A N Illustrated Record of Agriculture, Me-
IN chanics, Science, and Useful knowledge,
published monthly, by ALFRED E. BEACH, No.
S6 Nassau street, New York
TERMS, FIFTY CENTS A VOLUME
Sent by Mail to any part Of the United States.
Every number contains 30 large pages of letter
press, beautifully printed on fine paper, and
Profusely Illustrated with Engravings.
Farmers, mechanics inventors, manufacturers,
and people ofevery profession, will find in the PEo.
PIES JOURNAL repository OF valuable information
peculiarly suited 10 their respective wants.
TERMs-To subscribers, fffy ce'ts a volume,
Subscriptions may be sent by mail in coin, post
Office stamps or bills at the risk of the publisher.
The name of the post office, county, and State,
where the paper is desired TO be sent, should be
plai,,ly tcritfe,l. Address, postage paid,
ALFRED E. BEACH,
No. sc Nassau street, New York City
va Two volumes are published annually.
Back numbers and volumes always on hand for
sale. Single copies 10 cents each, 10 be had al
nearly all the book and periodical stores in the
country
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

VARIETY BOOT AND SHOE STORE.
n AIDES ALPINE BOOrS.--Just re-
i ceived superior lot of Ladies' Black and
Brown Alpine Boots, together with large and
general assortment of Ladies' Gents, Misses,
Boys, Youths, and Chidrens Boots and Shoes
for sale by GEO. BURNS,
$40 Pennsylvania avenue,
Adjoining Patterson's Drug Store.
Dec tNews)
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

HEARrRESDMo CiRcuMsTAScE.-Laste even.
ing, between ten and eleven o'clock, FIRE
broke out in the rear of Glasgow Row, and
two little children perished in the flames. Our
informant stated that as far as he could under.
stand the facts, the children had been left
alone in the house-one girl about three
years Of age, the other a boy about 6ve--and
it is supposed they overturned lamp add fired
the room.--iS Louis Republican.
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TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AMI

STRANGERS
Members of Congress and
w others in want OF perfect timekeepers would
do well 10 make their selections at once, in order
10 test their quality before leaving the CRY.
Our assortment for both Ladies and Gentlemen
was never complete as at present. embracing
every descriptions which we offer unusually low.
M. w GAIT S BROTHER.
Penn. avenue, between 9th and 10th streets.
Jan IS
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

COMMENTARIES OH the Jurisdiction
~ Practice, and Peculiar Jurisprudence of the
Courts of the United States, vol. /, by George
Ticlnor Curtis.
History Of the Crusades, their Rise, Progress,
and Results, by Major Proctor, of the Royal
Military Academy.
Cummings Lectures on the Seven Churches.
On sale at
TAYLOR &c MAURY'S Bookstore,
Nov l6 near 9th street.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

THE FAILURE of Free Society.-Soc
"A ology for the South, or the Failure Of Free
Society, by George Fitzhugh. On sale at
TAYLOR & MAURy'S
Book Store near. 9th street.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31
READY MADE CLOTHING

DLATED TEA sEIs.-I have just re-
ceived some new styles Albata and Silver
Plated Ware that | offer at manufacturers prices I:
also, large assortment Of Spectacles, Of every
description together with good assortment Of
pure Silver Ware, Of my own manufacture, which
will retail at wholesale prices
III. 0. HOOD
Ais Penn. avenue, bet At and 6td SITS,
Sign Of the Large Spread Eagle
Feb o5--diwif
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

~ OBSERVE aud Preserved Ginger and
" Chow Chow, Auea and Choong Loong, Can.
ton, fresh importation. For sale by
SHEKELL BROTHERS,
No. 40, opposite the Centre Market
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

UTORk, or Plenty 10 do and Hours to
wv Do II, by M M. Brewster, lst and I'd series
rs cents.
Gratitude, an Exposition of the l03d Psalm, by
Rev. John Stevenson, IS cents.
Sir Thomas Powell Buxton, Bart, stsdy for
young men.
The Wife, or Mirror of Maidenhood, by t
Binney, so cents.
cravings, So cents.
GRAY & BALLANTYNE.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

CHIRTS MADE TO OORDER.-STEVENS
- Browns Hotel, is prepared 10 make Shirts 10
measure, and warrants them in all cases to 6t.
Gents troubled with bad fitting Shirts can be
suited at STEVENSS
Dec 7--3tii Salesroom, Browns Hotel.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

GENERAL AGENCY.-The undersigned
W most respectfully informs, by this noticsshis
friends and the public in general, here and ese-
where, that he has opened an Agency Office for
the prosecution Of claims Of every description
against the government, before the several depart
ments or Congress; procure pensions, bounty
lands, extra pay, and arrearage pay, and will at
tend 10 the buying and selling OF real estate, the
renting Of houses, and general collecting busi
ness; he will also furnish parties at distance
with such information as they may desire from
the seat Of government. Charges will be mode
safe Office, at present, will be on M near 18th
rtreet.
REFERENCES.
Hon. J. G. Dobbin, Secretary Of the Navy.
Hon j. Davis, Secretary Of Var
N. Callsn, esq, President Of tbe Board Of Com
mon Council.
Gen. John M. McCalla attorney at Lasn
James II. Caustin, esq
w. g. Reddal State Department.
SAMUEL G. TAYLOR.
Jan l7--tf
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1854.

WASHINGTON, Nov. %, 1854.
EJ- DEBow's INDUSTRIAL REsoURcEs, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth of the United States, 500 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear print, library edi-
tion may still be ordered. Price Sc delivered
al the expense Of the author.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

GTONE QUARRY.-Ia am prepared to fur
- nish from py quarry, opposite the Little Falls
and adjoining the quarry Of the late Timothy
O'Neae, any quantity of stone that may be needed
for building purposes. Apply TO the undersigned
at his house on H, between 10Th and 20ih streets,
in the First ward, or 10 Mr.. Paine, III the quarry
July 27 WILLIAM b. SCOTT.
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31
fIs WATCHES d RICH JEWELRY,

FINE WATCHES & RICH JEWELRY.
TT q. HOOD, Pennsylvania avenue, between
III ~ and 9th streets, has just returned from
the north with good assortment Of the most rich
and fashionable Jewelry in the market, which he
purchased for cash at very low prices, and now OF
iers Tor sale the same, at wholesale or retail, much
cheaper than goods Of like quality have ever been
sold for in this section of country Please call al
his store, sign ofthe large spread eagle.
N. B. Special attention paid 10 the repairing Of
ne watches bv w w. Hollingsworth, Apr2
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31
HARPER's MAGAZINE for September

Corner of Penn. avenue and llth street.
Feb Is
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

Copy Of disclaimer Of w. d. Porter in his Gppiea.
lion for an improved sttU for making rcood
gas, filed August 5, 1854. Letters patent issued
August % 1854.
a do not claim as my invention and discovery
the improvements in making gas from wood, viz ::
subjectng the products of destructive distillaton
therefrom TO a high degree Of heat, substantially
as has been described and for the purposes sci
forth in the specification of w. P. Mcconnell"
Washington sentinel., 1855-03-31

July 27-if
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THE NEW YEAR.

s'Good wishes keep long" said the Arabian
sage, and although more than week of the
New Tear has already elapsed, we are loath
to enter upon its duties without proffering our
good wishes to our readers. May it bring
with it new hopes and new resolutions and
may the dark pictures on the cosmorama of
the past, which it spreads before us, teach US
to beware of the dangers, fol1ies, and tempta-
tions of the future.
1t is well to turn to these by-gone scenes
which, though they make us sad, will also fit
and prepare to buffet successfully with the
storms and struggles of life. In them we read
lessons of sympathy, ffugality, and charity,
which will provoke new views of duty, and
prepare Us for higher destiny. In the Euro
pean war, aimless as ii may seem, I'VE behold
developed some of the darkest and some of
the nobiest phases of human nature while we
are ever reminded that the G Cd of Battles can
direct and oycrrule all for good. In the COM
merciaicrisis, which has notyet entirely pas
sed ever us, we read lessons of frugality and
caution, which may induce us to adopt the
true course to attain wealth and prosperity
looking thus upon-the past, may we so read
ITS pages, as TO be fitted for our high destiny,
and for the enjoyment of all the blessings con-
cealed by the bright veil of the New Year. ;.
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R@g RABH@[1Al09 DOURlAlo
THE NEWS.
From the War.

Our intelligence from the seat of war begins
with the same old song-'Sebastopol not ta-
ken AN important Treaty has been conclud-
ed between the Allies and Austria, which may
be considered as declaration of war by the lat
ter power against Russia. From the Crimea
there is but little news.-The weather was very
severe, causing great deal of suffering among
the Allies.
The investment and bombardment Of Sebas-
topol continues. There had been some skir-
mishing. but no other battle had. been fought.
But the Allies and the Russians were almost
daily receiving reinforcemcnts The Russians
are fortifying, on an Immense scale, every
available point. The allies are easily and reg
ularly supplied with provisions, mostly from
Austria. The Russians are reported to be suf-
fering for the want of provisions. The SOL
diers working in the trenches fall down ex-
hausted for want of food.
A despatch received in Paris from st. Pc
tersburg, says that the Gar instead of being
alarmed at Austria joining the allies, and the
probability that Prussia would do SO, is making
the greatest preparations to carry on the con-
test to the uttermOst against the combined
forces. Prussia has sent an Envoy to London,
but the object of his mission has not transpir-
ed
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THE LAND OFFICE.

No little excitement has been produced at
the Capitol by the discovery Of gross misman-
age1nent in the Land Office. q The Surveyor
General; it is said, pays no attention whatever
to his duties, and the Department has been
under the sole control of set of land pirates
and spectators, who have succeeded in de-
frauding number of our citizens out of large
tracts of valuable land, or by their threats have
conlpelledthemtop pay large sums by way of COM
promise,to claimants whose titleswere ground
less What else could be expected Of such
a walking swiif=barrelq as r. JaPorter HBrawley ;
We hope the Legislature will at once appoint
a acornmittee to Investigate the matter. 1t is
said that oile man in that Department has real
ized two hundred Thousand dollars within the
last year - l--L - -
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TELEGRAPH TO THE PACIFIC.

The Committee or Territories, in the House
of Representatives, have reported bill grant
ing two millions of acres of the public lands
TO aid in the construction of Subterranean
Telegraph, from the Mississippi River to the
Pacific Ocean. 1t is said to be the impression
at Washington that this bill will pass, and that
in less than two years the line will be compile
ted. The project is represented to be entirely
practicable, and capable of early completion,
if it can have the encouragement of the Gov
ernment
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From Rome.

A dispatch has been received in Paris, an
nouncng the result of the deliberations of
the Bishops assembled at Rome to consider the
esvotes'' was 576, including proxies, and about
120 Bishops actually present. OF these, $40
pronounced by acclamation for the new dog
ma; 80 voices questioned the appropriateness
Of such discussion just now while only 4
votes protested both against the dogma and
against the right of the Holy See to decide a
question of that import ance without a regular
council. of these votes, =, it is rurnored,
are contributed by French prelatcs-nameIy,
NJ: Olivier, Bishop of Evreux, and the other
the Archbishop of Paris himself. ass'~-7f- Eoi
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BIGLER'S LAST MESSAGE.

The Governors Message comes to us in th e
shape of long, windy, high-sounding, fourth
of-July sort of document, intended, doubtless,
to fix the literary fame Of its author,i if not to
add to his reputation as an executive officer.
He still argues against the sale of the Public
Works, opposes the repeal of the tonnage tax
levied on the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
talks about the cancellation of the relief is
sues--descants on the ssHard Times, ,',-re-
commends a revision of cur present license law,
---indnlges in some shifalutin'' about our Com
mon Sehools,-the Declaration of Independ-
ance,--the prosperity and resources of Penn
sylyania,--giyes the KNOW Nothings' a lick
or so, and winds up with brilliant peroratien
on the whole Onion, the keeping of which he
seems to think, had been committed to his ea-
elusive care and control q ..s...s.a- ...5e s.-
= 1t is long document, II not a strong one,
and sounds, more like "a stump speech, OF
Fourth of July oraion,. than an executive
State paper. What pity that he forgot in
the midst fohisi eloquent production, the
frauds and peeQiationsin the. Land Ofice2-
1t striks us, if she had said something about
his friend-and right hand mani. Porter Braw-
ley's neglect ef his duties, and the outrageous
frauds that have been perpetrated in his De-
paffncnt, and less about the Declaration of m
dependence, .nt1athe geographical charaoteris-
tics Of Pennsy yKania, and the Union, he would
have snccesdeds iH giving the Eegislsttre
some seccapationS = Suafilfty Ito the people,
We don't rsy then- three 7dolts-s day =, rs
zen 10 fourth Of July speeches.
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CONGRESS-.

memorial has been presented to Congress
from the citizens of Massachusetts,, setting
forth the evils resulting from emigrants, and
particularly from Roman Catholics, and ask
ing Congress for a head tax of not less than
$3.50 on each foreigner arriving in this coun-
try. Referred to the Committe on the Judi
ciary.
The bill containing the California Land
Commission passed both houses without de-
bate. The Bounty Land Bill is under discus
sion in the Senate. ~
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We hope one of the first measures of the
present session of the Legislature will be the
Sale of the Public Works. That it is de-
manded by the people is sufficiently evident
from the result Of the recent election. as Gov
Pollock boldly, and at all times, proclaimed
himself in favor of the measure.
No man who is acquainted with the history
of their management, for moment doubts that
they have always been a tax upon the State,
as we'll as nursery of the very worst species
of political corruption-that instead Of yield
ing revenue, they have been an expense and
a curse. 1t is time that the evil should be
remedied, and the only method is by placing
them out of the reach of any and all political
parties. -s. sas-
In addition to the sale of the main line, if
no more can be accomplished, we are also in
favor of the total abolishment of the Board of
Canal Commissioners, and the providing, by
the Legislature, of some other method of man
agement, by which the fraud, corruption, and
piracy that have so long characterized it, will
foreYer after be avoided. We hope these great
reforms will be carried out, as the first act of
the Session.
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TO OUR PATRONS.

The undersigned beg leave to return their
sincere thanks to the patrons Of the Journal
and others, in Clearfield and Curwensyille,
who gave them SO welcome a reception. on
their New Years visit. Having cleared some
thirty dollars, with our Address we feel pc
culiarly rich and happy. May those who pa
tronised us, feel equally good throughout the
whole Of 1850. BILL & HEN.-Depils
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THE LOTTERY.

We have received Communication from
several citizens of Curwensville, approving
the article in our last. paper, exposing the
wholesale swindling operation that disgraced
our community on Christmas night. We shall
hold it over for future use, believing that for
the present, we have said enough, and hoping
that those who were unwittingly taken in, have
learned lesson that will be profitable to them
hereafter. -, --- ..---. -.--.. +
We might also say, in this connection, that
no appropriation of the proceeds whatever,
whether benevolent or otherwise, can alter the
fact that it was a grand swindIe. The giving
of thirty or forty dollars to a BENEVOLENT OBJ
jeet, has nothing TODD with the enornous pro
fits realised by those. who furnished the arti-
c9es intended for .prizes.' 1t was. in othis that
thearascality consisted-as we'll as obtaining
money under false pretences.- zz.-- t-a
- RyThe Clearfield' EsRaftsnafl3s Journal,
gives s'htsYz TO a. kind OF lottery,s untiers the
name of 'sgrand prize concert that came off
in the Town Hall, on Christmas evening The
Jonrnal is mad, it seems, because some sf~the
wings and Know Nothings purchased tickets,
perhaps, with the dollars that ought to have
paid their subscriptions to that1 paper. This
may haye been a kindaof Ko n. its tifution as
the receivers of the. cash were hid behind a
screen of three cent calico.-Clqrion Democrat
You're. wrong shipped Cof.-coufd 'nt think
as to its being sort ot'ssknow1 Nothing fmsti-
safioa, 'geu 'rssa ightthar .n-s Itwasaa reg
plsI lbuilt L0eofoco sKnewssR Othing 1hambug,
not surpassed In rascality even by the. .Nabras-
ks sRindIe, though >not on 5uffs 50 iargs a
scale, ''s- p
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NEW PAPER.

We have been presented with prospectus
for paper to be called the ss4r1erican Watch
mano-and to be printed at Lock Haven, Pa,
in the stead of the Clinton Tribune It is to
advocate American principles, and we have no
doubt will meet with abundant success We
hope it may be we'll sustained.
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HOMETAGAIN.

Z After an absence of some days, we again
find :eurself at our post, hard at work the
sRaft'3 in full career,--a sufficient supply of
provisions on board,--and a large stock OF
kYopt for those who desire it.
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EX-GON. IOH NSTON.

We had the pleasure of spending an even
ing during our absence with our old friend,
Gov. Johnston, and find him, as ever, the same
noble, devoted and true hearted Pennsylvania.
He spoke with fervor and high admiration of
his numerous friends in Clearfield, who stuck
to him, when he was deserted by others, and
in preference to one of their own fellow citi-
zens. One Of the brightest traits in the char
acter of Gov Johnston is, that he qere, 1orgcfs
a friend. He is firm, unwavering, and devoted
to the last,-always ready to do an act of kind
ness, and return a favor.
6f;1rt from Col. A. c. Curtin for whom we
stand (most willingly committed, there is no
man whom We would sooner see elected TO the
United States Senate than Coy. Johnston
Ardently devoted to all the great interests ot
our noble State, he, would represent US in the
halls Of our National Council, with the same
marked ability he has always displayed in pub
lie life, and with honor alike to himself, and to
Pennsylvania. AS our second choice, give US
Gov. Johnston.