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| kICEA AND PUBLIC SER
i Dvices a James Buchanan, INC uding the most
1 important state papers, by X q Horton, with an
| accurate portrait on steel, 81. Just pub ished
/ ana Tor sale at TAYLOR 4 MAURY'S
Il Jy 20 bookstore, near 9th street
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WOOD AND COAL DEPOT

N. w. corner Twelfth and street, No 547,
One square south Of tie Avenue.
THE BEST ARTICLE GUARANTEED
L All Coal carefully weighed . 24O to the ton,
from which there is no deviation, seemingly to
reduce the prize.
Persons laying In their winter fuel will find II
to their advantage TO leave their orders TO be sun
piled from the vessels on their arrival
lTCoal kept under cover.
wood OF tae best quality always on hand
Jy &.u J. & w. Nj. GAIT
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BOARDING.,

BOARD Two LARGE ROOMS FOR
- RENT-One very handsomely furnished
Also large sized single room sui able for gen
t!enan. board can be had on the most reasona-
BILE terms II desired. The situation is cool and
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for family with children. No. ass. 10th street,
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NIkE DISH Gov Frs, round and obiony
w all sizes, FOR sale low by
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rsIE VIRGINIA spRt,cx

I've FOLLOWING AIRS THE TERM.
II Of B1ard at BURNERS WHITE sui.
PHS SPRINGS, Virginia, viz:
fer week ...... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 90
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FILLMORE AND DOsELsoS Great Song Book
only ~ cents, Tor sale at A. Adamsonfs, Sew
enth street, opposite to the Post Office
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COPARTNERsHIP NOTICE.

HAVE THIS DAY ASSOCIATED WITH
Il me n the wholesale and retail Grocery busI
ness Nofval w. Burchell, aud II will hereafter be
conducted under the name and style OF King q
Burchell
would ask for the firm the continuation of the
Kindness or my former customers, both In trade
and influence. IauD r. nj PKING
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WATCH RETURSs.-West Lock IN. Jus
tice Drury sitting Shannon. drunl
and disOrderly, dismissed; Abraham Brow
disorderly, wOrkhouse sixty days; VIM Tan
ner, throwing stones, fine and costs Jno III
Lemon, out after hours, fine and cost Arthu
Bradley, do, do.
Central District, Justice Stevens sitting
Charles Smith, vagrant, dismissed; Jno. Bill
taken TO Jail on bench warrant Thos Francis
indecent exposure, fine and costs Jno. Nc
Dewitt, assault, dismissed VIM. Dean, drunk
hne and costs; Ann +. Z. Brown, throwing
stones, dismissed; Jacob Washington, fighting
hne and costs Corporal Francis Fitzpatrick
drunk, fine and costs; Peyton Hines, threats
security for peace.
Eastern Lookup, Justice Briggs sitting.
Dennis Naly, disorderiy conduct, fine and
costs.
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'N0 TO ELLls's PIANO STORE for your
u Music and Musical Instruments. Giy as..tr
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RERNARD GlLLE; AN HISTORICAL
- Romance, embracing the periods OF the Tex
as Revolution and the Mexican War, by the II on
jeremiah Clemens, Of Ala bama; price one dollar.
ty22 FRANCk TAYLOR
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OELT l23 cents for a correct likeness o.
buchanan, Fillmore and Fremont. Sold b,
the agent, A. AdamsoD, Seventh street, oppo.
s ell 10 the Post Omce. Adhesive envelopes
20 cents a hundred fG
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FIGHrIsG Yesterday, a fight occurred in
. SwampOodle,'' in which quite large mum.
Der Of men participated no serious damage
was done to any Of the parties. Several of
t. leaders, in the riot were arrested by the
police'last night, and tried in Jail by Justice
Smith, who held them to security for peace.
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LARGE BUSINESS "A wood merchant COM
planned 10 the captain Of the auxiliary guard
on Saturday night that some mischievOus per-
sons were dispOsing Of his wood without his
consent. Ii was a common occurrence for
him to give away to the poor small quantities
of wood during the day, but latterly persons
go to his yard at night and take his wood
away by the cart load. This mode Of clay
ing up for the winter has been followed for
years past by dishonest people, and they have
seldom been caught in the act.
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Az Our AND Our Trick ITO be played in
an Omnibus IF asked to go outside "to
obiige lady" plead as an excuse that you
would. but dare not, for "you only recovered
from the typhus yesterday" and instantly
there will be room for the lady, as every gen.
teman present will, all of sudden, be only
too glad 70 90 outside.
, 1856-03-14

DECISION IN Mas. GAINES CksE-The
New Orleans Dslta, referring to tie recent
decision Of the supreme court of New Or
leans, in favor of Mrs. Gen. Gaines, says:
The last viii Of Daniel Clark, charged
to have been destroyed-the will Of l543
recognizing the legitimacy Of Myra Clark
Gaines and creating her his universal leg
atee, has been ordered by the court Of last
resort, in this state, to be admitted Of pro-
bate and executed. The effect Of this
mandate will be to give Mrs. Gaines the
very highest title to one of the largest es-
tates in the United States-an estate Of
millions. The property involved in this
litigation consists mostly Of sugar planta-
tions, and some Of the best city property.
1t is generally held by wealthy persons.
The city Of New Orleans has sold, with q
full warranty, q large portion Of this prop
erty, and will be liable therefor. OF the
five judges Of the supreme court three con-
CURED in the decision. '1q .s'roi nfo
, 1856-03-14

S9- The Koran, the Mohammedan bi
BILE, thus describes the heaven in prospect
for those who follow the Prophet: "The
righteous shall be dismissed to gardens Of
eternal verdure. They shall rest upon
cOuches, and be served by youths Of unfad-
ing bloom, from vessels Of silver and gold.
Green carpets and cushions shall be spread,
rivers Of milk and clarified honey shall flow
around them, and wine that setteth'not,
Celestial nymphs, created Of pure musk, Sc
cludcd from public view, in spacious pavil-
ions of hollow pearl-a most peculiar race,
having complexions like rubies and pearls,
and refraining their eyes from all but their
espoused-shall bestow upon them all their
love, and obey them as masters and lords" "
, 1856-03-14
Truth Stranger than Fiction.

Last winter a gentleman in New York,
connected with the Mission Sunday School
of DIR. Alexrnder's church, found little
girl selling candies and apples on the cor
ner of the Park one Sunday morning. The
child was scantily clad and the morning
was bitter cold. The girls appearance in
other respects indicated suffering and per-
haps abuse. The gentleman invited her to
go to the Sunday School. The child was
willing, but could not go, because the
woman with whom she lived obliged her to
sell on Sundays as well as other days. The
evident distress of the child led the gentle
man to make inquiry 1t was found that
she had neither father nor mother, (both
having died of ship fever), that the woman
with whom she lived, who was a regular
old haridan, had no legal claim to her, per-
haps had stolen her, and that there was
gross cruelty and hardship in the whole
business. The teachers Of the Sunday
School, for q while, paid the old woman
fifty cents a Sunday, (Which was about
what the girl could make by selIing), and
thus secured for her the privilege of attend
ing the school, But when it leaked out
that there was fraud as well as cruelty in
the case, they took steps to have her placed
under the care Of the law.
She was sent to an asylum, and thence
to a farm house in the country. In the
latter place, the lady to whom she was
bound out was so much struck with her
manners and character, that she questioned
her closely about her "reminiscences of early
childhood. The little girl recollected that
she had come from England in a ship with
her father and mother. She recoilected
her grandfather's name, and some other cir
cumstances, by which eventually the town
and county were ascertained. The lady
then wrote letter to England, and soon
received the joyful intelligence that the
grandparents were both living in Sellinge
Kent Co., England. The family were sub
stantial farmers, and forthwith sent funds
to bring the lost one home. She went, &C
cordingly, in the next steamer, and is now
living once more in comfort and afluenceI
at the old homestead. We have given
only the general outline Of the story The
details are Of most romantic character,
quite equal to those found in works of fic-
tion. A narrative, giving the whole story,
has just been issued by the American Sun
day School Union, under the title Of " The
Candy Girl."-Ledger. ~"
, 1856-03-14

WEAR SHAwL.-H you want to be in
fashion, wear q shawl; If to ladies an at
traction, wear shawl; IL to sheep and
cows terror, or Ike shangheis n full
feather, or even rags upon the heather,
wear q shawl; If your hips are badly
moulded, or your shirt and vest unfolded,
or unpleasant to behold, wear shawl
il you are counting some hne linnet, wear
a shawl; you might wrap your lassie In Il
in your shawl. Its like charity on pins,
and hides a multitude Of sins-although It
causes grins-does your shawl. If you
want to be a dandy, wear shawl; or have
a cover handy, wear a shawl In word
it is most useful article, as you may wrap
your feet, head, body, knees, make seat,
a blanket, bed, a muif, Q pillow, wrap
rascal or Scotch plaid Of your shawl
In our perambulations through the city, we
notice some very tasteful articles Of shaBls
for gentlemen. They are most fanciful in
style and color, and can only be excelled
by the fanciful manner in which, they are
worn. Wear shawl by all means-or n
you can't wear a shawlAWear Q blanket
wear something ridiculous, and be in
tashlon. anel fvti..gf s,grfhn drr.rfF
, 1856-03-14

A TRUE WTE.-She is not true wife
who sustains not her husband in the day Of
calamity; who is not, when the worlds
great frown makes the heart chill with
anguish, his guardian angel, growing still
brighter and more beautiful as misfortunes
crowd around his path. Then is q time for
trial Of her gentleness-then is the time
for testing whether the sweetness of her
temper beams only with a transient light,
or like the steady glory of the morning
star, shines as brightly under the clouds.
Has she smiles just US charmingY Does
she say, " "Afiliction cannot touch our puri-
ty, and should not quench our loVep Does
she try, by happy little inventions, to lift
from his sensitive spirit the burden Of
thought l
There are wives-no there are beings
who, when dark hours come, fall to pining
ond upbraiding-thus adding to outside
anxiety the narrowing scenes Of domestic
strife-as if the blame in the world would
make one hair white or black, or change
the decree gone forth. Such know not
that our darkness is heavens light our
trials are but steps in golden ladder, by
which, if we rightly ascend, we may at
last gain that eternal light, and battle for
ever in its fullness and beauty.
"s that dA?" and the gentle face Of the
wife beamed with joy. Her husband had
been on the verge Of distraction all his
earthly possessions were gone, and he fear
ed the result of her knowledge, she had
been so tenderly cared for all her life. Bat,
says Irving's beautiful story, "a friend ad-
vised him to give not sleep to his eyes, nor
slumber to his eyelids, until he had unfold
ed to her his hapless case.
And that was her answer, with the smile
Of an Angela Is that all? feared by
your sadness it was worse. Let these things
be taken ; all this splendor, let it go | /
care not for it; only care for my hus-
bands love and confidence. You shall for
get in my affection that you ever were in
prosperity only still love me, and / will
aid you to bear these little reyerses with
cheerfulness." ...
Still love her q man must reverence,
aye, and liken her to the very angels for
such woman is living revelation Of
heaven. Halls Journal Of HcaLth
, 1856-03-14

URmsHr MEN.-We love upright men.
Pun them this way and the other, and they
only bend, but never break. "Trip them
down, and in trice they are on their feet
again. Bury them in the mud, and in an
hour they would be out and bright. You
cannot keep them down-you cannot de-
stroy them. They are the salt Of the EARTH.
Who but;ihey start any noble projects---,
They build our cities, whiten the ocean
with their sails, and tlacken the heavens
with the smoke Of their cars Look 20
them, Young men, and catch the spark Of
their energy.-BostOn- TFans1ipt. IN
, 1856-03-14

A COxrRAsr.-What a contrast the two
following cases PRESENT. John M. Schrock,
the defaulting treasurer Of Holmes county,
Ohio, ran away with $92, 900 Of the public
money. He was pursued to Europe, cap
tured, brought back, tried, convicted, SEN
fenced to one years Imprisonment in the
penitentiary. Charles B. Smith, resident
Of the same county, about the same time,
borrowed horse worth $75, rode him to a
neighboring town, sold him, pocketed the
money, was pursued, caught, tried, convict
ed, and sentenced to the penitentiary for
three years.
, 1856-03-14
ROUSTY LANDS s>-Duripg the year end

RoUNTY LANDS During the year end
ing September 3Oth, 1855, the following
bounty land warrants we're sued:-Under
acts prior to ls47, 81 warrants covering
$3.50 acres; under the act of ls47, 800
warrants covering AZ, 72O acres; under
the acts Of 1852 and 1855, 3,64S warrants
covering 4,O9S,ssO acres; making total
for the year of 3s,429 warrants covering
4,4O4, ,16O acres. The total number Of
acres embraced in all the warrants issued
up to this time, is ST,958,4l2. During the
year there were 0 convictions for frauds on
the department, and there are prosecu-
tions pending for the same offence.
, 1856-03-14
p O 6 y e Y
From the Y. Y. Evening Miro
FOUND DEAD.

TherS Is certain indescribable pathos in the fol
owing lines which win remind the reader Of Hood
Bride Of Sighs" though there Is nothing In common
between the two poems, save touching sadness and
breathing Of the " human" Found Dead " is from
the pen Iof Mr.. Albert LAighton, whose poems VI
noticed at some length last summer
Found dead-dead and alone
There was nobody near, nobody near
When the outcast died On his pillow Of Stone
No mother, no brother, no sister dear,
Not friendly voice TO soOthe or cheer,
Not q watching eye, or plying tear.
Found dead-dead and alone
In the rOOaess street, on pillow OF stone.
Many weary day went by,
While wretched and worn he begged for bread,
Tired Of life and longing 70 lie
Peacefully down with the silent dead.
Hunger and cold and scom and pain,
Had wasted his form and scared his brain,
Till at last on o bed Of frozen ground,
With pillow Of stone, was the outcast found.
Found dead-dead and alone
On . pillow Of stone In the roohess street
Nobody heard his last faint moan,
Or knew when his sad heart ceased TO beat
No mourner fingered with tears or sighs,
But the stars looked down with plying eyes,
And the chill wihds passed with Uaiing sound
Der the lonely spot where his form war found
Found dead-yet nd alone;
There was somebody near somebody near
To claim the wanderer for his own,
And hnd q home for the homeless here.
One, when every human door
Il closed 70 his children, scorned and poor,
Who opens the Heavenly portals widei
All! God was near when the Outeast died.
, 1856-03-14

TIE JACKSON ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
were being made, at our last dates at New
Orleans, 10 commence the erection of q
monument to the memory Of Gen. Jaela
At the surface of the ground the peda 4
will cover a space Of thirty-eight feet, teh
inches square. By steps to the height ol
ten feet, it will decrease to sixteen feet,
eight inches square, the size of the base ol
the shaft Ehis itself will be one hundred
and fortSS85 feet high. The height ol
the top Of the monument above the general
level. Of the ground will be zone hundred
and ifty-hve feet. ..a
, 1856-03-14

RAILRoADs.-It iestated that in 1928
there were but three miles Of railway in
the United States, 1929 it increased to %
miles, in 1889 to Al miles; in ls40 to g.
167 miles, and now in 1855 it reaches 49,
242 miles. We have in addition probably
1000 miles of double track, making in all
more than $4,000 miles Of iron way, or a
length more than sufficient to encircle the
globe at the equator Within ten years
the length has been quadrupled, and since
1850 alone, trebled. There are now at
least 5000 miles in process of construction
that will be in use before the end of the
year 1857. Valuing the completed rail
roads at $50, 900 per mile, the capital now
invested in this interest amounts to $697,.
250,000.
, 1856-03-14

FRox HAYTr.-By our papers from New
York, under date of Jan. gath, we get the
following: ...r
Late advices from Hayti announce that
a battle had been fought between the Hay
tians and Dominicans, in which the former
sustained disastrous defeat The Emper-
or Faustin is fugitive, and q reward Of
ten thousand doubloons is offered by the
Dominicans for his head. 1t is said also,
so exasperated are his own people, that
they would certainly shoot him should he
escape from the pursuit Of the Dominicans.
The Emperor's invading army consisted of
30, 900.
, 1856-03-14

To THE PoINr.-In one of Brigham
Young's sermons, he addresses the follow
ing foreible language to the Saints
:" Now If any Of you will deny the plu-
Fality of wives and continue to do so, l
promise that you will be damned and l
viii go still further and say, take this reve-
lation, or any other revelation that the
Lord has given, and deny it in your feel;
ings, and l promise that you will be
damned"
, 1856-03-14
SOUND DUEs:-Tho Danish Government


SOUND DUEs.-The Danish Government
has now lost all hopes of bringing anything
like conference together on the Sound
Dues. The Government is described as in
the greatest embarrassment and disunion
as to the course to be pursued towards the
flag of the United States, on its first at
tempt to pass Kroneborg, duty free, after
the expiration of the present treaty. 1t is
naturally enough feared that the attempt,
II successful, will be initiated by other ma
tions, and the example become widely con-
tagious. 1t is even affirmed that the Da-
nish authorities have at least deliberated
upon the plan of letting the Americans
through unmolcsted, but Of keeping an ac-
count against them for presentation when
the subject Of the Sound Dues shall have
been adjusted. .... ..r..
, 1856-03-14
From Europe.

NNNNAAASA AUTO olliNNh ~ 4NN"
York on the 23d, and the Baltic on the
oath January-the former bringing three
and the latter four days later news from
Europe. The latest dates from Liverpool
are to the 18th January.
Expectation was on tiptoe to learn the
issue OF the peace propositions fmade to
Russia; but the prospects of a speedy peace
appeared TO be more remote than ever
All the numerous speculations on the ques-
tion in the European journals seem to point
to but one result, namely-the rejection by
Russia of the stringent terms offered her
BY the allies, and continuation of the con-
test with renewed vigor.
Sweden is said to be making warlike
preparations on large scale, preparatory
to demonstration in favor of the allies in
case Russia is obstinate; and it is also re-
ported that even Naples is disposed to
draw the sword in behalf of the same cause,
and under the same contingency. All
these tendencies foreshadow prolonged
and probable European war
The news by the Baltic, although later
than that given above, does not materially
change the aspect Of affairs
Rumors of oil sorts were flying thick,
but the truth is that nothing could be
known for at least week, the terms hav-
ing been extended for Russia's decision to
the 18th January.
Nevertheless Berlin and Vienna dispatch
es do not hesitate 10 assert that advices are
already in these capitals indicating that
the Gar will make no further concessions
On the other hand, it is certain that for
nal conferences on the propositions are ac-
tually in session in ST. Petersburg, and are
attended by Counts Nesselrode, Esterhazy,
aud Barons Ssebach and Somner.
Tie Independence Beige publishes what
purports TO be the text Of the propositions
.n,hon,;o ,ho dom.nd. 49, - -.
au'ne1' '%o ua"u' ee ~ S"i"een'
that tnere Is il''le nope OF Russia accept
ing them.
The general impression is that Russia
will neither absolutely reject or accent
Tho .,I;od to-m. bn, wiu ,ond nv Corp,
StrokeIberp counter nronosals to Vienna
T. os.e .on.;a..at,o a. ...u.. ;no
~ au 'A'e' 'O"''u'i0 0O'' u''o' 0e''"' ''''
vltable. ....
denmark mas puohsheu circular stat
ing that she VIII remain neutral, aud that
she has no connection with the Swedish
alliance.
Correspondence saw that France and
, 1856-03-14

A SLIcHT MIsUNDERsrANpiNe.- "A pious
minister, after lecturing a Sunday school
class in a most edifyihg manner, proposed
to close the exercises by singing "Jordan,''
meaning the hymn On Jordan's stormy
banks ! stand" The worthy man was
horri6ed by hearing the whole school i'm
mediately strike up, " Jordan am hard
road to travel, / believe.p y. yH ,eil
, 1856-03-14

~ Few readers can be aware, unit
they have had accession to test the fact
how much labor Of research is often saVeC
by such q table as the following-the worh
Of one now in bis grave. If History i
Poetry" as one who is true poet himsel
forcibly remarks, then here is " Poetry Per
sOni6ed :"-Hagper.-
lOOT Virginia lirst settled blythe Engliah.
.lslI New York 6rst settled by the Dutch,
1870 Massachusetts, settled by the Puritans.
le2s New Hampshire settled by the Puritans.
1874 New Jersey settled by the Dutch. .
l677 Delaware settled by sWedes and Fins.
1855 Maryland settled by Irish Catholics.
1855 Connecticut settled by the PuritAns.
1885 Rhode Island settled by Roger williams-
1850 North Carolina settled by the English.
le7o South Carolina settled by the HugenOts.
lssa Pennsylvania settled BY VIM. Penn.
i7Ss GeorEIA settled by Gen. oglethOrre.
l70l Vermont admitted into the Union.
I7s7 Ksnincky admitted into the Union.
1875 Tennessee admitted into the Union.
1904 Ohio admitted into.the Union.
1911 louisiana admitted into the Union.
1sI0 Indiana admitted into the Union.
1917 Mlasiulppi admltted into the Union.
1878 Illinois admitted into the Union.
1919 Alabama admitted into the Union.
1870 Maine admitted into the Union.
1871 Missouri admitted into the Union.
1886 Michigan admitted into the Union.
1855 Arkansas admitted into the Union.
lsl5 Florida admitted into the Union.
lsl5 Texas admitted into the Union.
1sls Iowa admitted into the Union.
- a. A. II.
, 1856-03-14

B@- Tho following question is now be-
fore the Hichabobpachwack debating sOci-
ETY. -" Which has ruined the most men
giving credit or getting trusted 2 We
should not wonder if this led To consider
able wrangle. We await the decision with
much interest.