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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-11
AuCTrOa SALES
THIS AFTERNOON AND ro-MoRRo,v

Bv JAS. G. McGUIRE, AuctioneeY
ExCELLENT BUGGY HORSE. ROCx-
u away and Harness at Auctisn.S0n
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, September lin
at O'Clock, in front of the auction rooms,
shall SELL
superior dark bay Horse, six years old. very
suong built, kind In harness or under the saddle.
ard perfectly sound
Anso, kockaway and Harness, in good order.
30 cssh. JAS G. MCGUIRE,
Auctioneer
lVERPOOL SALT Ar.UCrIoU ,,,D,
Il be sold at our wharf IN aIer,,5,t. ~. Ell
o.a,' me Izth instant, at IL O'Clock m the
osrs0 Oh snip othello from LverrooI, oonsisting
500 sacks q A Salt
ed sscking. ""u III iun oiescn
Terms at sale
10-d pnu
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N7ODS, NEW GOODS, CHEAP GOODS.
~ Ju.t received very extensive and genei al as
sortment OK PAPER hANGlNGS, Of all grades
and Of every description, from the very finest
French decorations to the lowest price papers, and
/ am prepared to sell at as low prices a. they can
be purchased in any Northern city. II you doubt
II, jest give me a call at No. 2iS Pennsy lvania
avenue, north side between 18th and l3lh streets,
and will convince you OF the fact.
l. r. CLARK,
Sc 10-3t# Paper-h hanger and pholsterer
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M rr lCoMAUNICATBD.
nv Editor The letter of your George
town CORES pondent, in yesterdays edition,
contains paragraph wherein he takes COCA
sion to recommend site for the proposed new
Custom House and Post Office Now, Mr..
Editor we Georgetown folks are all readers of
the Star, and it is anything but pleas ant to 3
who are proposing other sites for the ssms
purpose to see your correspondent parade a
special site in your columns to the aui,k ewes
of the Government funetionaries, although We
are convinced in our own minds that the
worthy officials having this matter in charge
are perfectly capable of making proper Sc
lection, and independent enough to render q
decision without fear or favor We must con !.
fsss. however, that your correspondent has a
sly way Of doing business vtde his reserving
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COLT CRABS AND GREEN TURTLE
- SOUP are served every day at g. 6AUTIER'e
Saloon. NM
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TO THE PUBLIC,
EOHN z. DENNIS HAVING TAKEN THE
- well known Coach Factory, on 9th I5R s..
street, between Louisiana avenue and tSSI5xE
G street, long conducted by Mr.. John -SIN
M. Young, is now prepared TO manufacture and
repair ell descriptions OF COACHES, Blu jGIES,
WAGONS, &c on the most reasonable terms,
I'm the very best manner, and 81 the shortest no.
tice. He respectfully invites Ills fellow citizens
to give him irial. au ~ I'm
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r. 3. YER,

nFFICE OPPOSITE THE TREASURY
~ DEPARTMENT., corner Of and 18th
streets, under Chubb's Banking House.
sc 5-2w
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LNOR RENT-FURNIsHED OR UNFURN

EOR ENT.--FURNISHED OR UNFURN
L ed, house situated on the north side of Penn
avenue in the central part Of the city, containing
In all fifteen rooms, which are comfortably furn-
ished gas fixtures through the house VIII be
rented to careful and responsible tenant II an.
piled Tor soon; or the rooms will he rented SEP.
arately. Board can be obtained In the i'm med late
neighborhood. A servant will be !eft to attend.
and take charge Of the room, II required Apply
at this once Sc 1O-lm
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ENOR RENT.-ONE OF THE TWO NEW
l. three-stOry Brick Tenements on 7th street. op-
poolte Centre Market space There Is not better
location in tue CITY for a market restaurant
seq 2w X. Ii. LASKEY, No. 80 La avenue
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LNOR RENT OR SALE.-A SUBSTANTIAL
l. fine Brick House, desirably situated on the
corner OF Massachusft s avenue and 10th street.
containing 10 rooms with cellar Also pump of
good water In the yard. Would rather sell than
rent The house Is built In the best manner, and
rs three stories and attic high Possession given
Immediately Apply TO GEORGE Il. LANG
LEY on 18th, between X and l. streets.
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l.. =. MIDDLETON,
D z & Z z z IN ICE,
OGes and Dspot-Southwest corner of and
Twelfth streets reh ~ ~
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DARN FOR SALE-THE SUBSCRIBER
l. cneIs for sale farm situated in Loudon
county, Virginia, near Evansville, containing
about AGA acres. Fifty acres In wood. The
soil Ia naturally equal to any In the county A
plot OF the land can be at the Office Of the un
dersigned RICHARD Z. JACKSON, No. 155
Bridge street, Georgetown. Sc 5-f
EOR RENT.-TWO VERY DESIRABLE
l. new Store Rooms, on 9th street, a few doors
north OF pennsylvania avenue also, three IoomS
IN the second story OF the same building, suitable
ton to A. NEWTON, OF the arm Of Clagett,
Newton, May, Co. .eS-eoiw
MISERABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE
u THE HEIGHTS OF GEORGETOWN -
The very pleasantly situated Cottage opposite the
residence OF Richard L.. Mackall, ESQ
This Cottage Is new, conveniently arranged,
and contains or rooms. The grounds are
finely set In grass, fruit and ornamental trees and
has front IS, and depth Of 800 feet There Is
also, pump Of excellent water on the premises
For terms apply to NJ. ADLER. au 2s-eo2w
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How We LIVE IN WAsHnGroN-We pub
llsh herewith the bill Of fare of the Kirkwood
House, by way Of sho~ing the distant public
Just how folks vegetate in the federal city dur
ing the recess, and have to add TO il the sim
gle remark that the cook Of the Kirkwooi
Is an artist who can do justice to such a bill
OF fare when placed in his hands if there ex-
lists a cook IN this country competent so to do
Ssnp-Gumbo Ia Creole
ftSh-Fresh mackerel broiled, O la matre
d'hOtel.
botIsf-Ham and cabbage; corned beef !;
peel tongue; mutton, caper sauce; chickens
and pork
Entrees Mutton chops broilsd plain blue
wing ducks broiled, currant jelly calls head
psKed, Italian sauce; macaroni with cheese !;
oeef tenderloin larded, la duchese chickens
saute with fine herbs; kidneys saute cham
payne sauce salmi of ducks, wine sauce :;
veal cct-lettes, English style
h0GSi-Beef; veal; mutton; lamb: pig,
apple sauce ducks
FeSst0Iles-BOiled potatoes; roasted pots-
Toes mashed potatoes; sweet potatoes; onions;
beets; tomatoes; snap beans; squashes; cab.
bage; carols; rice; egg plant; green corn.
hsIi'hes-Pickles, jelly; horse radish; old
cheese, cold slsugb: olives; French mustard
Pasyy anil DesssTf-Rice pudding; pound
cake; damson pies; apple pies; cherry pies;
grape tartlets
FTUtt-M.lOns; canteleupes; peaches; ap-
pies; pears. French coffee
SsAsH Yesterday, the express wagon
having been driven to the Capitol, on the
eastern side, the driver got out to deliver a
package. During his absence the horse be.
came alarmed by tho noise caused by the
letting down Of brickbats from the circle OF
the old dome; and not stopping to ascertain
whether bis position was dangerous, dashed
among tie blocks Of marble in that vicinity,
lnjuring some Of the finely -ehiselled cornice
work, smashing the vehicle, and hurting hil
legs. 1t was fss. which no genteel horse
would have undertaken to perform
FURL-A visit TO the various wharyes ha.
satisfied US that our citizens will not duripa
the present and the coming season, have any
occasion to complain Of a scarcity Of fuel The
dealers, il is said, have made arrangement.
for larger supply than heretofore Wood
hickory, il selling at 81, oak So. and pine Al
81 %, delivered Coal at from So. SO to S6.7,
o ton.
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MADAME MOUNTS


HATS-HATS-dATs
REEBE'S NEW YORK FALL STYLE
- HATS for 1856. Afro, Philadelphia q
and other Il shionable shapes now receiving ~
at LANES Fashionable lat, Cap, -
au 2s.u and Scents. Furnishing store.
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DEErAL SURGERY.
nR. WILLIAM A FRANKLIN HAVING
~ taken rooms q: No. 4iS Pennsyl
vania avenue, viii be happy to serve 49,
all who may stand In need Of the ser 'IIlYND
vices Of Dentist. His prices will be moderate,
and ell work warranted lie Scott
DLACK TEA.-SEVENTY-FI CHESTS
~ of our standard Black TEA s6+%kAA.
have just been received. This seSF@rN
Tea is well and favOrably known tSEkI-E.,rN
in this city and the surrounding WTs Skh-oail
country, ond is highly recon- ftSss ,,rac II
mendeA by the faculty. sisl lS.a0' n
KING a BURCHEI. l ~
corner Of 18th and streets
Sc CIV one block n E. Jackson Statue
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WOOD AND COAL.

PLATFORM AND COUNTER SCALES.
NTURDOCK's PATENT PLATFORM AND
,ac,p,ers nyices nv ROGUE & 0'NElLL,
seq Agents, No. los Water st., seorgetown'
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MARKET THIEvEs.-Last night, another OF
the gang Of Juvenile thieves was caught in the
act OF stealing melons from a dealer while he
was preparing his stand for the morning A
number of older persons soon gathered around
the stand, and, although knowing the act the
boy was guilty of, some of them seemed to en-.
courage him by their language and conduct
leading them to be suspected by the more re
spectacle persons near as being accomplices OF
the boy, and probably more guilty than he
The boy was detained long enough to make
promise to do better, and then dismissed
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a MAGNIFICENT BLOCK OF MARBLE, intend
ed for the Washington National Monument
made by order of the American Medical Asso
citation, at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, reached
Baltimore on Tuesday evening. The cost was
81, 600. The American says, Gan effort is
now being made to have it retained in that
city for exhibition in the Maryland Institute
fair We presume there will be no difficulty
in that respect, as building operations ON the
Monument have been suspended ever since
the Know Nothings obtained possession of the
management; and hence there is no hurry TO
receive the stone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-11

BOARD OF ALDERMEN.-The minority of this
Board are holding daily meetings under the
law requiring less than a quorum of the
Board to adjourn only from day 10 day There
was not quorum present, it will be remem-
be'ed, on Monday last, when the Board nd
journed hence these daily meetings 1t il
presumed the absent members will be pre-
pared to march up to the Clerks Office and
settle the amount Of their fines when they
next visit the City Hall
The true Democrat., 1856-12-09
The Reading Qualification.

It IS said that four hundred persons in Con- nectlcut were deprived of their vote this month by the new constitutional provision requiring that they should know to read and write in order to vote. The Pennsylvania Ledger says:
 "Csnnecticut is the first State that has made an attempt to disfranchise free citizen. It is desirable that every man should possess those aids to knowledge, reading and writing, but we should not fall into the error of mistaking the mere lnstrumentaties for intelligence itself. A man may know how to think correctly who knows nothing at all of reading and writino and some that can do both the latter have no original thinking power The latter are less capable of exercising the right of suffrage in telligently than the man who possesses natu- ral mother wit, without any assistance from reading. An aristocracy founded on scholastic attainments may be better than one based upon property, but arlstocracy of any kind in rep resentative republic, established on the princi pie of equal political rights, is not very consis- tent, nor very democratic"
The true Democrat., 1856-12-09
MO-. g..
The Defeat of RichardSon.

Our readers will doubtless be astonished to- day, when they compare tho official vote of H. lnoS, to be found in this issue of the Courier It will be seen that while Mr. Buchanan carries that State by nearly ten thousand majority. Col Richardson fails of an election to the post ot Governor Atthe same time Col. R. receives more votes than Buchanan, and thus mani- tests hls popularity as extending beyond and above the ticket upon which he was nomi- mated.
 This fact renders his defeat the greater pro- blem, and the more difficult of solution. But to those who understand the posture of public affairs, and the manner in which the result in llllnols was contested, there can be no feeling of surprise or astonishment. Here is the issue easily and satisfactorily accounted for by the editor of the Chicago Times
 Richardson can go before the people of the nation and can point to the fact that he has ob- tanned more votes for Governor than were ever cast for a democrat in the State of Illinois be- fore. He can point to the fact, that he leads even Buchanan and Breckinridge in the popu- lar vote. He was defeated, not by Bssel but by the Knew Nothing party, who preferred to vote for Roman Catholic and thereby periurc themselves, than to vote for man who had done so much to break up their party, and thelr organization. These men, to defeat him, abandoned their own party, forgot their own oaths, and voted for Roman Catholic in pre- ference to voting for William A. Richardson.- Richardson may with pride exclaim that he prefers defeat which is an nacknowledgment of the open enmlty ot Know Nottingham, than an eiectlon which would have required even an implied alliance with it.
 IhlS IS characteristic and worthy of Know NothlngSm. The members of that party have the dubious honor of assisting sectional partv in the Presidential canvass; and they are ascer- talned to be everywhere the secret friends of the northern party, as we have demonstrated to ther shame, in the Illinois case--L0uisvtlLe Courier.
The true Democrat., 1856-12-09

DANGER OF WEARING floors IN A HIGH W1ND.-During the wind on Saturday after
 noon, and while the dust was circulating SO thick that no one could see more than the length of an eyelash in front, lady dressed in the most elegant style, in coming round one of the corners, was lifted off her feet by the force of the wind acting on the great expanse of the surface which she presented to it. The wind. unfortunately did not set her down in the same position in which she was before being taken up, but turning her gently on one side, it laid her endwise on the sidewalk, where she com. menced series of astonishing gyrations, roll ing over on the hoops of the skirts, and exhib- iting species of locomotion which is not vet generally appreciated, and which may come in- to fashion with high winds and large circlets Of light material. As the lady thus rolled over and over, several persons were knocked down and passed over by the lady and the hoops. without ever knowing thar any thing had bent them. Fortunately for the lady, the dust aud the astonishment of the people out of doors permitted but few to witness this new method of getting along in stiff breeze and keeping up fuN saa2 at the same time. As we came ound corner we found the lady wedged be- tween lamp post and hydrant, and imme- diately assisted her to an upright instead of a recumbent poslton.-Detrmt Advertiser.
The true Democrat., 1856-12-09
An Ossifed Man.

In quiet little village on the Western Re- serve, in Ohio, says the Prescott Transcript, there lives man who, phys;ologically con. sldered, IS certainly one of the wonders of the world His joints are completely ossitied, turned to bone, and he is not ca pable of making the slightest movement, ex- cept alternately opening and shutting two fin gers of his right hand. His body is as rigid as iron, and couldn't be bent without breaking some of his bones. This singular process of justification has been going on in his system for more than twenty years. He Is now about 46 years old and has not had the use of his limbs so that he could walk since he was nine- teen. Osshcation first commenced in his an- kle joints, gradually extending itself through his system until he was entirely helpless; since that time he has been wholly under his moth- CTS care and she watches over him with an anxiety only a mother can feel When about 26 years old he became entirely blind from some unknown cause, and has remained so ever since. At about 30 he suffered greatly from toothache, and finally had them all ex- tracted. year or two afterwards his finger and toe nails came of, and were supplied by others growing out from his fingers and toes at right angels and presenting the appearance of horns. What is still more singular in re- gard to his nails. if the end of the nail is cut off 1t will bleed freely. Such is the condition of this remarkable man at the present time. He has been visited by great number of scientific men from all parts of the world, but all have failed to give any plausible reason of the cause of his transformation from flesh to bone. Singular as it may appear, although his jaw bone is firmly set in his head, he not only talks freely, but huently converses with his friends and those who visit him, on all or dinary topics of the day. and he shows himself well informed and of good mind. He is al- ways cheerful, appears contented and happy, and it seems probable that he will live many years to come.
The true Democrat., 1856-12-09
COfee-.Its Cost and Culture.

It is believed by many that coffee can be cultivated Tn some of our southern States as successfully as in Brazail, Java, and Jamaica. If so, It Is high time that some of our planters were entering upon its culture, as it costs our country no less than SIS, 100000, annually, for the beans of this plant.
 The coffee tree lives to great age, provided the land is kept we'll drained The tree begins to bear when three years old, and is at its full bearing when seven years old. The tree is al- lowed to grow in height from six to seven feet; the top branches are pruned off when the tree IS live years old, 50 that by the time it is seven It resembles spread umbrella. Each branch droops downwards, and thus gives the pickers good chance to pick the berry. The coffee tree Tn Brazil bears two crops in each year, the large crop Tn the spring and the small one in the iail. The trst crop is picked when the berry IS red, resembling cherry. The second crop IS Tn general small, and allowed to remain on the tree until fully ripe and dry. This crop, cured n the husk, is far superior in quality. and is called "pear coffee; the blossom is beau- titul, small and tender. It remains on the tree from three to four days. If the weather is warm, with showers during those few days the crop IS sure; if cool at nights, it often fails - When the berry is taken home from the field, it is carried to the mill house. The mill con sists of three small rollers. The berry is put into hopper, and constant stream of water falls on the roller during the time the mill is at work. By this process the outside hull is taken off and the berry is separated from it, and the coffee falls into brick tank, where it is washed perfectly clean, and put out on a place covered with tile or brick raised in the centre that the water may drain. It is then taken to the curing loft, where it is turned four times day until the hull is crisp and dry Then by putting it through large farmers, the inside hull comes off and leaves the berry read V for hand-picking for market.
The true Democrat., 1856-12-09
The peahOaV Corn.

Much has been said of the extraordinary yield of this kind of corn; we were not prepar- ed for believing the half that has been realized. MT. Peabody Gone of the editors of the Soil of the South) showed us yesterday two stalks, on one of which were seuen perfect ears, and on the other five. The corn is also much heavier than our ordinary kind-weighiug, as MT. P. assures us. 50 lbs. to the bushel He has just gathered from two acres of common pine land one Hundred and eighty bushels of superior corn and 1t Is believed that his entire field of forty acres Will average at least 60 bushels to the acre. The two acres referred to had been ma nured with only one sack Q18 lbs.) guano to the acre. We are glad to learn that Mir. Pea body will soon have this prolific corn in mar ket, so that our farmers can secure plenty for seed in time for another Columbus Ea- qEirer.
The true Democrat., 1856-12-09
.s Where are you GOingi,,


 An aneciote is told of Finney, the revival ist," and a canaler to the following effect: He was holding forth '' at Rochester, and in walking along the canal one day came across a boatman who was swearing iuriously. March ing up he confronted him, and rather abrupt ly asked:
 Sir, do you know where you are going?" The unsuspecting man innocently replied, that he was going up the canal on the boat, "Johnny Sands"
 "No, sir, you are not" continued Finnev; "you are going to hell faster than a canal boat can convey you"
 The boatman looked at him with astonish ment for a minute, and then returned the ques- ton:
 "Sr, do you know where you are going?" "I expect to go to heaven"
 "No, sir! you are going right into Aie canal!r' And, sultlng the action to the words, he took Finney in his arms and tossed hirn into the murky waters, where he would have drowned, had not the boatman relented, and fished him
The true Democrat., 1856-12-09
Alas! Poor Y0rick!

Not word was heard as we counted the vote Which SAM to his destiny hurried; But the clerk of the polls certificate wrote, Which told us he was to be buried We buried him just about eight at night. The earth with our brogans turning; By Know Nothing's dubious light, And the sheriff $ nose dmly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast,
 We buried him just as we found him, And he looked like d Know Nothing taking hi
 rest,
 With his HEART-b broken friends around him But few and fierce were the oaths they said They swore more in anger than sorrow; But thought as they gazed on the face of the
 dead,
 Of the bricks in their hats on the morrow, The vlctors may scof at the spirit that's gone At the oaths, glips and signs that betrayed
 him;
 But little he'll recl if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where the democrats laid him But half the count of the polls was done, When the friends of the dead were retiring For they knew that the enemy had big gun And in triumph they would soon be firing. Slowly and sadly we buried him there This notice his grave revealing; Here SAMUEL died, of too great a share, Of, intensely American feeling'