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society. They can, if they please, hold in
their hands the destinies of our Republic.

society. They can, if they please, hold in
their hands the destinies of our Republic.
"A clerk in the Bank Of England en-
ters at the age of seventeen, on salary of
one hundred and fifty dollars ayear, with an
additional hundred if he is punctual every
morning. His salary is increased fifty dol
lars year till his income reaches four hun
dred dollars. 1t is then raised twenty-five
dollars year until it reaches an annual
salary of five hundred dollars. From that
time the salary is increased at the rate OF
forty dollars year, till the gentleman has
worked himself up to the comfortable income
of thirteen hundred dollars. But this is not
all. Every employee of the bank is entitled
to a retiring pension of an amount proper
toned to the number of years he has served.
After forty years service, we believe, clerk
is entitled to retire upon pension equal to
the amount of the salary he enjoyed at the
time of his retirement When clerk is ab-
sent on leave, he forfeits thirty-three cents
per day-an arrangement which has the
double advantage of securing the bank from
imposition, and of giving modest man the
courage to ask for leave of absence when it
is necessary. Indeed, the system generally
seems to us the only one by which faith
full service can be nationally expected.
CoUNTERFEITs.-Gold coin of the de-
nomination of 81 seem to be passing quite
---ay :-- IH-:'.-,~srs.iao a. THO Ptoeorr0 i"'v'
They are made of zinc, plated and we'll ex-
ecuted, and are apt to deceive the unwary.
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Congressional.

In the Senate, May 1st., Nicaraguan affairs
were mooted by Mr. Weller, who called for all
cxtant correspondence of an official nature. lie
condemned the course of the Administration in
not recognizing "the existing Government OF
Nicaragua, and defended Gen. Walker from the
charge of fillbustcrng saying that he was no free
booter but al amiable gentleman, aetuatedby the
purcst of motives.
Mr.. Weller wanted no war, but he desired n
stable government in that country, which would
only be secul ell by an infusion Of Anglo Saxon
blood. As to the Panama riot, Mr. Weller said
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that the most friendly relations continued with
the Government of New Granada, and he had no
doubt that that Government would do justice as
far rs lay in its power.
Mr.. Douglas made very brief speech, in which
he charged that the Clayton Bulwer treaty was
daily violated by Great Britain. He regarded
Walkers government as legitimate, and the Mica
raguans threw off the Spanish yoke. He thought
we should rather encourage emigration thither !;
and, though he would support the neutrality laws,
he would not go hairs breadth beyond their
strict letter.
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CoTToY-Iti is said there is reason to believe
that one of the greatest spccuations that has to-
ken place for years, is now going on in cotton
The parties are said to be residents in New York,
England and the Southern States, aided by the
banks of New York and the South. The object is
to get possession of so much of the crop to con-
troll the market, and run the prices very high. 1t
is said it will require an investment of 500, ,0O0,-
900 for five or six months, to effect the object of
the spectators.
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BANK OF CHESTER.

At ameeting of the Stockholders of the Bank
Chester, held ON the 5th instant, the following
gentlemen were elected Directors for the ensuing
year.
George S. Cameron, James Hemphill, Thomas
Mcclure, Col. Vim. Wright, Samuel McAlilley, n.
R. Eaves, w. D. Henry, S. W. Mobley, c. Cald-
well, A. B. Springs, ]. ]. Mcclure, H. c. Braw-
ley and w. A. Walker.
At meeting of the Board the same day, Geo.
S. Cameron, was unanimously reelected Presi-
dent
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RIcHLAND KANSAS AssocIAT1oN.-The follow
ing gentlemen, headed by D. G. Fleming, Esq,
under the patronage of the Richland Kansas Asso-
citation, took their departure, per railroad, en-
route to Kansas, on yesterday afternoon: D. F.
Murtishaw, John T. Matthias, John Carroll, jr.,
H. E. Hardie, J. N. Busbee, L. Taylor, E., john
ston, and J. T. Peake. These are all young men
of good character, and will make valuable settlers
in the land of contention, should they conclude. to
remain in the land of strife.-Times.
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LETTER FROM A CoNDEMED FLLIBusTER.-The
following is letter from one of the unfortunate
men who were captured and shot by the Costa Ri
cans, to his cousin in New York:
LIBERIA, COSTA Rica,) March 25, '56.
My Dearest Cousin John: You cannot imagine
with what anguish write this to inform you Of
my fatal destiny. was taken with sixteen others.
At this very moment we are receiving the last e1-
hortations of the Costa Rican priests. Ills now
two o'clock in the afternoon, and at four we are
condemned to suffer the penalty of death. God
have mercy upon us!
l charge you to soy to all my relatives and
friends in general, and particularly to Thomas and
his friends, that they must not come to Nicaragua
because, for them and for many others, it is much
better to remain at home. Nobody receives the
two hundred and fifty acres of land there, but
every one is forced by Walker to take arms, wheth-
er they have money or not. believe that Coll
man and David Ferrier have escaped. No more
at present, from your most affectionate cousin.
PETER COMMON.
[Very similar to the above are all the letters
which the remaining prisoners have written 10
their families.
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Columbia Market.
MAY &

Coton.-At the date of our last report, it will
no doubt be recollected that we left the cotton
parket in an active state, with prices ranging from
9 to L cents.
During the whole the week now under review
the same good feeling has prevailed and there has
been brisk and animated demand at steady prices
with very little demand in quotations. On We'd
nesday the steamer Persia arrived, with Liverpool
dates to the 18th, quoting q Id advance, with
very active demand, and sales Of the week of 1885,,
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e SCARCITY OF MEcHAN1cs.-We learn from our
Nashville exchanges that master builders in that
city are unable to take all the contracts offered
them for this season on account of the scarcity of
journeyman carpenters. Though the price is quite
ted extent of the improvements in progress and
projected, has absorbed all for the season.
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Cotton.-We have but little animation in our
cotton market at present There has been de-.
cline of from to of cent in Charleston, which
has caused q corresponding decline here. We now
quote prices ranging from % to lo!:
Grain.-Corn is firm, with good home demand
ut G2c. Peas-none offering.
FYour.-Good brands So to $500.
Groceries.-Groceries of oil kinds are yet very
high. We continue our former quotations, how
ever, with the remark that a further advance is
noticed on Coffee in the foreign market: Sugar,
brown, 12!; refined, IA crushed and loaf, IA
Coffee, Rio IA a. l6s; Java, 20 a. 25. Holasses,
N. o., G5; West-India, 60. Mackerel $3.50 per
half barrel, Mo- 3; whole barrel No. 2, S14. Salt,
$3.50, per sack. Rice, $3.50 per bushel. Cheese,
20 cents. Candles, Sperm, so a. 62; adamantne
81: tallow 25
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BosToN, May 5.-A letter received from Mr..
Haven, the former law partner OF Mr.. Fillmore,
says that the report that Mr. Fillmore had declined
the nomination of the American party Tor the
Presidency was unfounded, and there was no doubt
that he would accept.
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YORKvlLLE, S. c..
ruupsnay MnpNTNG MAys 1S56
MILITARY ELECTION,

Col States Rights Gist was, on Saturday last,
elected Brigadier General of the 9th Brigage S.
c. Militia, vice Gen. O. f. Edwards, resigned.
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the two countries, that the British people never
will consent to irritate them into dangerous con-
ditionfor both parties. Our commerce now covers
every ocean; our mercantile marine is the largest
in the world. We have the greatest interest Of
any nation on earth in preserving peace. We
ought to cultivate peace with all nations. But
there is an interest superior to oil these consider
ations, and that is our national honor. And, if
war should ensue, feel no apprehension of dam
ger at the present moment. If the national honor
of this people should ever be insuted by any gov
ernment on the face of the earth, know that the
merchants themselves, who would have the great.
est sacrifices to make, would stand by the country
at the expense of everything human. [Expres-
sions Of appreciation.
can perceive no danger Our example is
great and glorious example. There are those
within the sound of my voice who share, among
the millions of human beings on this vast conti-
nent, the privileges and immunites Of the most
free and the most glorious government that ever
existed. Our example is o "Star in the West,
guiding the hopes of the feemen of every land
We ore no propagandists, except by our example;
and yet our example is destined, in future time,
to carry free and liberal institutions over the face
of the whole earth peacefully, quietly, without
danger, and with the appreciation of the wise and
virtuous in every cline.
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WEDNESDAY Morning, Nav I.

give in Mondays paragraph, Imust again content
myself with a word instead of letter-the pro-
ceedings of the Convention being quite sufficient
to fill up the quantam of space left for me in this
weeks issue. At one o'clock yesterday the Con-
vention adjourned sine die, after session marked
hy entire harmony Of feeling and sentiment, a
wcl-sustained enthusiasm, and, we think, the
most gratifying success. lfpossible, shall find
room. next week, for a more extended comment
upon the proceedings, which will be found in ano-
ther column.
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G5eYYorkbille &nqniret

EDITED BY
SAM'L w. MELTON. JOHN L. MILLER.
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Gomr1srtia' 9spartmsnt.
Yorkyille Markets,

Reported Expressly for the Yorkviue Enquirer by
Thomas Davies & Co., Grocers and Produce
Dealers
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chronological characteristics Of each individual
which the world includes. | can classify them
into types, species and groups, from the we'll
known scientific fact that, although any given
group or species of animal exisences may present
great diversity of mental and personal phenomena,
as they appear in the moustache, goatee, tusks,
color of the hair, thickness of the skull and skin
mental capacity, &C., yet, there are always pre-
sent certain traits of character which are common
to the whole tribe and never vary in the phenome-
ma they present and by which each individual may
be classified with infallible certainty.
1t is an admitted fact that sheep is by far the
most profitable stock that farmer can raise
But this source of profit is denied him by the dogs
and phoos. The census of 1850 brought to our
knowledge the remarkable fact that there arc a.
bout three millions of dogs in the United States.
The number Of phools was not reported, nor was
it necessary as the numbers of each arc known
to be about equal. Each phoOl has his dog and
each dog has his phool; there is more mutuality
in the world thanis generally supposed, and wher
the SchOOl-Doy announced III the Icci'alioH looH
that "twice two is four and twice four is two
he was not so very wide of the mark after all es
pccially in Shecpology when the dogs and phools
are unclaimed
We are now in this awkward predicament: Il
we mcmorialize thelcgislaturc to protect the sheeI
by suppressing the dogs, the "pOlitcians" pitcl
in to protect the dogs, in order to secure theil
owners votes, who outnumher the owners Of sheep
and the dogs, thus in effect voting by proxy, con-
troll the elections, choose the members Of the leg
islaturc, and are therefore represented in that
body, while the poor sheep, denied the political
rights thus conceded to the dogs arc not repre-,
sented in that body at all The liberty Of being
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luOucy -Sct'ihS anu hcVphiS IT, ! HC ''Iui-
ing passion was 'Stron.' to the last. AZ
ter bequcathing $4,000 to each of his
children, and making handsome bequeset
to the three Episcopal churches in Troy, Mr..
Douglas reminded his family that he had a
verbal agreement with his mikman, which
was to continue as long as they took milk
from him, that every dollars worth of tick
cts one rus oLe Hrown in! The milkman
acknowledged the corn, but said he had
rather expected, in the hurry of business,
that Mr.. Douglas would forget the "baker'
dozen" bargain.
The idea about the want of time to
read is a mere phantom. Franklin found
time in the midst of all his la1ors to dive
into the hidden rcccsscs Of philosophy, and
to explore the untrodden path Of SCIENCE
The great Frederick, with an empire at his
direction, in the midst of war, on the eve
of battles which were to decide the fate Of
his kingdom, found time to revcl in the
charms Of philosophy and intellectual plea
sures. Bonaparte, with all Europe at his
disposal, with kings in his antechamber beg
ging for vacant thrones, with thousands Of
men whose dcstinies were suspended by the
brittle thread Of his arbitrary pleasure, had
time to converse with books. Caesar, when
he had curbed the spirit of the Roman peo.
pie, and was thronged with visitors from the
rcmotest kingdoms, found time for intellec,
tual conversation. Every man has time if
he is careful to improve it as we'll as he
might, he can reap threefold reward Let
all make use of the hours at their disposal
if they want to obtain proper influence in
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10000 Numbers ~, 900 Prizes
PRIZES PAYABLE IN FULL WITHOUT
DED Ut CTIONi
SCHEME.
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.

The two preceding and the two succeeding num-
bers to those drawing the first 200 prizes will be
titled to the 800 approximation prizes.
For example: If ticket No. IL $50 draws the $780,
900 price, those tickets numbered IL 248 IL 249, H.
251 and IL 1852 will each be entitled to $780, and so
on according TO the above scheme.
If ticket No. should be drawn, the approxima-
tons would be 2, 8, l9,999, 10000.
II ticket No. 10000 should be drawn, the approx
nations would be 1898, 1899, l, and g.
If ticket No. or 10 900 should be drawn, the APP
proximations will be on the principle.
PLAN OF THE LOTTERY.
In the above scheme there are 10000 tickets num-
bered from to 1000.
There are 200 full prizes and 800 approximations,
making in all 1000 prizes.
The numbers from to 10000 corresponding with
the numbers on the tickets, printed separate slips
Of paper, are rolled up and encircled with small Tin
tubes and placed in glass wheel. 4.
The amounts Of the different 200 full prizes SINH.
larry printed and encircled are placed in another
wheel. After revolving the wheels, number is
time prize is drawn from the other wheel by boys
who are blindfolded. a,t
The number and the prize drawn out are opened
and exhibited to the audience and registered by the
Commissioner, the prize being placed against the
number drawn.
This operation is repeated until all the prizes are
drawn out.
The drawing is then printed, and, after compari-
son, the Commissioner certifes to its correctness.
Prizes payable forty days after the drawing, in full,
without deduction
Whole Tickets slo-Halves, Quarters, g. So
Address orders for tickets to.
T. Hubbard 4 CO.,
Office SO Fayette street, Box 40, Baltimore, Md,
sep 29-d&w
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REMOVAL.

REMOVAL.
!" o. HOOD wishes to inform his
lAe friends and the public that he has re- (-&
moved his stock of fine Watches, rich Jewelry "a
and Silver We're, to the store formerly occu-s alA
pied by Mr.. Keyworth No. 838, Pennsylvania ave-
nue., three doors above Ninth street. where he will
keep constantly on hand fine assortment of Gold
Jewelry, Watches of every description; also, pure
Silver Ware of my own manufacture; together with
great variety of other rich wares.
Having had long experience in the New York
and Washington trade, / am prepared to offer goods
at the lowest possible prices at wholesale or retail
Sign of the large Spread Eagle,
June 9--H No. S38. PENNSYLVANIA avenue
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FILLMORE MEN ArrrxrroSl--A meeting Of the
friends of Fillmore and Donelson win be held this
evening, at Claggett's building. 9th street. at eight
o'clock, TO make arrangements for attending the
Barbecue at Rockville, on Saturday next All
persons friendly to the election of Fillmore and
Donelson, are requested to attend. Henry Winter
Davis and John N. Bolts win address the meeting
at Rockville. sal
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THE Fremont ELECTORAL TIoKKT.-The Free
mont electoral ticket for Maryland, announced in
the Baltimore Patriot on Friday last, was prema-
ture. That paper says that several of the gen.
tlemen nominated as electors have declined TO
serve, and difference Of opinion exists among the
members of the association with regard TO the pro-
priety of forming ticket"
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JENNY LIND, Letters from Stockholm state that
Madame Lind Goldschmidt, whose relations reside
in Sweden, has realized no less a sum than G45,-
600 by her sojourn in England and that, having
amply provided for her family, she intends to set
tie at Dresden and to abstain from singing in pub
lie, unless for exclusive charitable purposes; or
unless her husband, who has the ambition to com.
pose an OPERA should succeed in his effort.--New
Jerusalem Messenger, Sept. 81.
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lSRoPosALs viii be received at the

PROPOSALS will be received at the
- Mayors Office until O'clock, p H., on Satur-
day, the 4th day Of October next for building sub
santial wall from the south side Of street south
to the north side of street SOUTH be constructed
as follows: The foundation 10 be of rubble stone at
least eight feet wide, TO be leyeled off at low-wster
mark the wall TO start fm that foundation four aud
half feet thick and to 90 up to the grade Of Water
street. with batter Of and half inches to the
foo. on the front and carried up plumb on the back
and to be capped with large flag stone Of at least
ish three feet wide the top be built Of tbs BEST
building stone The bids must state the price per
perch of twenty-five feet to the perch, aud this bid
will cover the rubble foundation, as no work viii be
measured under the low water.
JAMES ESPEY,
~ t Commissioner Seventh Ward
GEO MATTINGLY,
JNO. VAN RISWICK,
sep 25st Assistant Commissioner
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STOVES. CRATES, &c.

TNHE subscriber begs leave to inform
- his numerous patrons and the public general
y of Washington, Georgetown, and surrounding
stock Of STOVES, CRATES. RANGES, and HOT
AIR FURNACES ever before offered in this market
TO which we ask examination, feeling assured that
for durability of castings economy in consumption
Of fuel beauty Of design and simplicity Of construc-
ton, they are not equalled.
Having personally selected this stock from the
most celebrated Northern and Eastern foundries
with single eye to the USE, not the SALE of the
tice, customers rely upon fair dealings and fair
prices in all cases.
| name in part
Chilson's Hot-Ar and Ventilating Furnace.
HAYWARD Bartlett & Co.'S Portable Pot Furnace.
A. s. Motifs "Invincible" Tubular Oven Range.
NJ. Ponds Union Double Oven Range
Beebe's Range.
Improved Latrobe, Feinour, Hot-Air ParIor, and
Gas Burner Stove, for heating the room in which it
is set and the room above, very beautiful ornament
for the parlor taking up no ROOM and consuming no
more fuel than a common radiator.
"Invncible" Cooking Stove, Tubular 0ren for
coal or wood which for durability of castings,
omy in consumption of fuel and the superior manner
in which it performs its duties is the very best cook
ing stove extant. ask examination of my list
Of references and letters Of recommendation, num-
bering five hundred residents of this city, who have
this unsurpassed stove in use.
New World Cook, pretty pattern and excellent
operator.
Blue Ridge, heavy article and good baker.
Victor Cook fat top, for coal or wood, beautiful
pattern, and heavy; new cook, manufactured in
Troy, New York, just received.
Morning Star, for coal or wood with summer ar.
rangement in hearth, and rooster behind
Light street Complete Star, for coal or wood with
out summer arrangement in hearth, very heavy.
Victor Complete Cook, Cooks Favorite. Kitchen
Companion, Planter Emporium, Fanny Forester,
and a number Of other patterns Of cook stoves.
Parlor, cook, and dining room stoves.
Chamber stoves, open and close fronts, in thirty
different styles.
Hall and Office Cannons, all sizes and qualities.
Russia Sheet and Cast-iron Radiators, &C. for par
Tors, all patterns
Parlor and Chamber Crates, from the very best
manufacturers in New York. Builders will do well
to examine this department
Together with general as sortment Of all requi-
sites fer the kitchen and dining room.
All goods delivered free of charge to any part of
the District at my risk.
Tin and shectiron work made to order by compe-
tent workmen.
Old accounts will be settled before opening new
ones. el
Terms positively cash, unless otherwise agreed
upon at the time of sale.
Ny store will be kept open until ten O'clock p NJ,
for the special accommodation Of those who cannot
make II convenient to call during the day. where the
same assduous attention will be paid in giving all
information required.
JAMES SKIRvING,
Washington Stove Depot
No. 267, 8. L. corner Penn. av. and 11th sits.
sep 17-lm
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Neso York Markefs.

NEW YoRK, October Flour is firm
Sales of 5000 bbls. State, So 20 a SO 40; Ohio,
80 10 50 90; Standard southern, 81 10 a 81 As.
Wheat il dull. Sales Of 10000 bushels
Red, 81 81 white, 81 60 a 81 TO-
Corn is steady. Sales OF 10000 bushels. South
ern mixed, SO IL cts.
$40 25, for Mess
Beef is quiet. Chicago repacked, $ll.
Lard is very dull Sales in bbls. at IA Ia cents
Whiskey is upward Sales of Ohio at 3s IL
cents
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Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, Oct. Flour is firm. Sales of
Howard street at SO rs. There was nothing re-
ported In Ohio and City Mills.
Wheat is firm. Sales of white, at 81 So a 81 so.
Corn is a Q cts. higher-white, so a SO cents
yellow, 66 81 cts.
Whiskey is unchanged City, 81 cts. Ohio, 3s
cents.
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Steamer Disabled.

New York, Sept. 3o.--The steamer Philadel
phia, from New Orleans via Havana, arrived her
to-day with one wheel disabled