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GEORGETOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
0EoRGErnHN Mau12 1855

dEoRGKrowN, May %, 1855.
The Junior Sons of Liberty Association b ad
presented to them yesterday afternoon, by the
ladies, handsome banner. 1t was presented
on the part of the ladies by Miss Mary Gar.
rett, in neat and pertinent address, and hand
somely received on the part of the Association
by Mr.. Callan.
The -four market is firm and active with
sales, at S6.12t; some holders are asking
So Is for extra brands. The wheat market ;s
firm at our quotations of Wednesday. Sale
yesterday of a cargo Of corn, 8, 900 bushels. at
45c for white and yellow SPECTATOR,
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COMPELLED TO ADOPT THE FASHION Mad.
Rachel has Of late been compelled to wear the
Eugene" or "Victoria" skirt-we don't
know which is entitled to the honor of naming
that useful article of matronly apparel. This
explains the cough, the nausea, and the abrupt
termination of engagements at Philadelphia,
Havana, and other places, about which we
heard so much few months ago.
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and sas SuHn dy Safsd o
quietly residing in London, greatly improved
Sy her eccentric journeying in this country.
ohe has become a sensible woman. and is
aospt to marry Mr.. w ard, of the Board of
ttraae, q quiet, goodly youth. She speaks
nighiy OF the American taste for music,
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NEW WORK BY MARGARET FULLER
~ Ossoli.-At Home and Abroad or, Things
and Thoughts in America and Europe, by Mar
g'ret Fuller Ossoli edited by her brother, A.
Fuller Price 81 IS
''This volume, we may venture to predict, will
deserve to be classed with the most acceptable
book Of travels Of any country or age. % N. York
Journal Of Conlmerce
"It is one Of the grandest contributions to Amer
lean literature. IN. o. Picayuns.
For sale in Washington by
TAYLOR Il MAURY,
m % Bookstore near 9th st
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COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING TAKEN
l. the Store occupied by the late firm Of T.. Go
dey Il Co respectfully inform their friends and
the public that they win continue the business
under the name OF GRUBB l. LosANo and will
spare no pains to sustain the reputation enioyed
by the late firm. Our stock Of Goods for the sen
son is complete, to which the attention Of on,
friends and the public Is invited.
H. GRUBB,
Late Of +. Cooley & Co.
III. LOSANO
Merchant TailOrs, 493 Eighth st. near Ave.
IL All persons indebted to the late firm q,
Cooley Co., will confer a favor by closino
their accounts without delay
m 23-2w GRUBB 4 L0SANO
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New MUsIC.-From Ellis's piano and mu-
sic store We have received go, Whisper what
Thou Feelest," from the Opera of Crown Dia-
monds, as sung by. Mr.. w. Harrison. "Our
Little Fairy" waltz, very pretty, by Kerr.
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ALEXANDRIA CORRESPONDENCE

ALEXANDRIA, May %, 1856
The county election, yesterday, passed of
quietly, and at the close the polls summed up
as follows:
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n. GOLDSMITH, Jr = PATENT INODO.
hOUS PORTABLE WATEK.CLOSETS

n. GOLDSMITH, jr PATENT iNODO.
kOUS PORTABLE WATEK.CLOSETS.
THESE NEWLY INVENTED ANO I'M
l. proved WATER CLOSETS, far which /,
hold the sole tight and patent for manufa ctu,e.
possess the following advantages over all others
yet invented, viz:
BY being HANDY and not weighing over twenty.
nve pounds, they are worked on very simple prin.
ciples, and warranted for a number Of wears
They close Dramatically In a hydraulic nan.
ner, thereby not allowing the least eftuvia to es-
cape.
They occupy very little space, with the advsnt.
age OF not requiring cleaning oftener than once a
They are SO cheap that every family will find 1t
pfontaole TO have In their possession OF these
highly recommended Instruments; In case Of
sickness they are unsurpassed.
am able to furnish to all, the highest unsolic-
ited references Of the very first practitioners OF
Medical Science and professional men In the
country, as well as the voluntary tes;in ony Of
we'll known gentlemen in the city, who have al
ready in use, In their several house holds, my
PATENT NOTORIOUS PORTABLE WA
TER CLOSETS. = --
You are particularly requested to call and eY-
anime the apparatus, and convince yourselves OF
the utility OF the same. M. LULLAY.
n , Star Buildings.
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GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE
OF COAL.
THE SUBSCRIBER HAVING RETURNED
Il from the North, where he has made arrange
ments with the miners to receive a large quantity
Of Coal, is prepared TO furnish the best Phladel-
phIa White Ash COAL at Sc Is per ton, and Red
Ash Of all sizes at Sc 50 per ton, Of 2. $40 lbs
Also, on hand; good ok Of Hickory, Oak,
and Pine WOOD at low prices.
F. l.. MOORE,
m 23-eo3t west side 9th ST., bet ID ard f.
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A Very Important Land Cffice Decision

A Very Important Land Cffice Decision -
decision of much Importance in reference to
prescriptions has just been rendered By the
twelfth section of the act Of 4:h September
lo4l, all assignments and transfers of the
right of presumption under that act prior to
the issuing Of the patent are declared to be
I" null and void" By the act approved 22d
March, 1852, persons entitled to a pre- emption
right are authorized to use military bounty
land warrants, in payment for the land. at
the rate of 81 Is per acre and by this act of
1852 such warrants, and all valid locations of
the same, are declared to be assignable.
The question having been recently raised,
whether the assignable character impaired to
these warrants, and the locations thereof, by
the law of 1852 operated as a repeal of the
restriction in relation to the assignment of a
presumption under the act of 4th Septem Der,
lS41-where such presumption was secured
by the application of warrant in payment
therefor-the decision is, that the proviso in
the act of 1852, which authorizes the use of
warrant in payment for pre- emption, was
intended only TO make such warrant in the
hands of pre-emptor equivalent to so much
cash, and not to make it technically loca-
ton" assignable under tho provisions of the
same act, and against the provisions of the
act of 1S41, which prohibits any assignment
oc x;.It
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SODA WAFER

SODA WATER.
'IhosE WISHING THIS MOST DELI
= cious ard refreshing Beverage In state Of
purify ana freshness, VIII bear In mind that II
can now be had for the season at NORBECK'S.
vel Known Confectionery Establishment, NEXT
TO Iron Hall, On Pa avenue, between 9th and 10Th.
suee1. ap 50 Inn
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The Current Operations Of tho Treasury
Department. yesterday, the 22d of May,
there were of Treasury warrants entered on
the books Of the Department.
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9 NJ Nj K X III A STOOD CO, ARE
~ daily receiving large additions TO their
stock stock Of HATS, suitable for the warm | ri
season. They would particularly invite the u
attention of purchasers to their White Beavers
French Felts, and several new kinds Of ventilat-
ing Straw Hats Of East India manufacture, en-
tirely new in this market m23-3td& colin
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ATMOSPHERIC PRINCIPLE

ATMUSPHEHIC PHINCIPLE.
A RTIFICIAL TEETH INSERTED ON the
IA atmospheric Principle" from ~
dispensing with ''clasps or spring ,'QIIYN
by which vast many tech are DESTROYED
Also, on the "EUGENIA STYLE which
for cleanliness, strength and lightness, is unsur
passed by any other made All work equal to
and unexcelled by none. Charges reasonable
GOODMAN'S, 30I Pa. avenue, adjoining FL.
lis. m % 2t&
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DiANOS FOR RENT, by month, suarte
Il and year Old Pianos ken in art paym meat
for new Pianos sold On monthly psymenp. Ar
the Piano and Music Store Of
John F. ELLIS.
m H-tr 300, between 9th and IOf, s,rae,s
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@TO THE LIC-I HEREBY
~ notify the citizens Of Washington that ]
have withdrawn from the American party, and
dissolved all connection herewith
m 22-2t* w. WALLlNGSFORD
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The Recent Vetoes.-Thc attempt Vi Mr..
Benjsmin on the day before yesterday, in the
Senate, to convict President Pierce Of jncon-
sisteney in relation to the power of Congress
IN this relation, although ingenious and adroit,
was failure. His quotation from the mes
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-02-07

they might be en- tho bed or in the
ditch, unfit for business :" all seas
over"
We have hoard much of Deliaium
Trcmens, and supposed that its horrors
could only result from the use OF alco-
hol This is a mistake. Cases, l think
are rather clearly made out, both in
books and in actual life, in which the
disease, in its fendish and fearful hor-
rors, resulted from the use Of Tobacco.
There are fathers, also, that abhor in
temperance, but are notoriously intem-
perate on the Tobacco score. How they
can expect to raise up sons who shall
escape the toper's doom, l cannot di-
vine say or do what they may, their
example is fatal, completely SO many
of their sons are already sallow, stupid
and sickly, on cigars and when the
poison shall have shattered their nerves
more and more, shall have created 9
craving, gnawiug appetite, that shal
clamor aloud for strong drink, stronge
and stronger, then it will be seen, tha
the fair boy, now putting his chcroot il
the saloon, or in his fathers face, ha
become a bloatcd drunkard, poulin,
blasphemy upon tho Maine Law, ant
upon all law which crosses his burning
desires for the cup of death.
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bsy~ Bachelors are much shorter
lived than married men, aud as body
are less virtuous 1t is said that no
bachelor ever lived hundred years,
and that where d l attain the age Of 40,
there are 7S married men at 60 there
are 40 married to 22 bachelors; at 70
there are % married to IL bachelors !;
and married at so to 3 bachelors.-
Providence seems to preserve what is
useful, and when the bachelor has done
laying up money for other peoples chill
dren, he dies and it is evidently right
that he should If any Of our bachelor
friends care about living, we advise them
to marry as quick as possible; and they
need not fear that they shall got poor
wives, for any kind Of a wife is better
than mono.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-02-07
p0- The Springfield Republican says

s0r The Springfield Republican says
there was a scene Of some interest and
much excitement near tho railroad sta
tion, d few days since. "A party Of
three Shakers from the Enfield, Ct.,
Settlements man, woman, and a girl
of some eighteen years,-wers trading
at Plympton's dry goods store, when
another woman and a young man.
worlds peopls-came in AMI spoke ito
the Shaker girl They appeared to be
repoustrating with her and urging her
to accompany thom, but she declining,
they forcibly seized her, and, after a
pulling and hauling struggle with the
Shaker man and woman, who resisted
the taking off,-in which the wonder
was that the object of possession was
not pulled limb from limb--they sue
ceeded in carrying her off, and putting
her on the cars for the east just then
starting of And in that direction cap
tors and captive were carried on the
wings of steam. 1t seems they stood in
the relation of mother and daughter and
brother and sister that the young wo-
man had been bcguilcd by her own weak
ness, or the arts of others, to join the
disciples of Mother Ann )" and that
, her relatives who live somewhere to the
cast of Springfield, took this method Of
rcscuing her. The Shakers are not dis
posed to acquiesce, and two of the pa
tria.cbs came to Springfield in the even.
ing to take measures to get the girl
back.
Since the above was in type, we learn
that the girl, Emma Curtis, has been
taken back to the Shaker settlement, by
decree Of the Supreme Court at Bos-
ton-it having been shown that she was
indented to the Shakers, and that she
wished to return to them.
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pA- The following gentlemen were

p@- The following gentlemen we're
elected, at the American Convention
holden in Providence, Tuesday, as dele
gates to the National Convention, to be
ho!don in Philadelphia on the 22d inst, to
nominate Candidates for President and
Vice President: Oliver Chase, Tivsr-
ton E. j. Nightingale, Providence =
Isaac Saunders, Seituats, and c. M.
Alvord, East Greenwich. Substitutes
Smith, Warren; Jabez c..
knight, Providence Dexter Clark,
Woonsocket; George Machester, Ports
mouth /; w. D. Brayton, Warwick j..
f. Weedcn, Westerly; and D. b. liar
riman, Burrillville.
We learn that each member elected
was pledged to 60 for men who will
stand up firm against the extension Of
Slavery. .-
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nSy- Whether a man leads a sobe

w Whether man leads a sober
life or not, depends altogether on the
temper of his wife. No man will listen
all night to a scold, where "a good
warm sling can bo bought for six
pence. At Cocktails, the other night,
we found no less than thirteen married
m en-, who spend six evenings in week
squirting tobacco juice on coal stove
We thought We would find out who they
were. On inquiring, we learned that
eleven of them were blessed with wives
who claw" from Monday morning till
Saturday night, while the other two
welded a couple of "she philanthro-
pist" I" ladies, so constantly engaged in
tho 4" welfare of Central Africa" that
they have no time to keep their hus-
bands shirts whole.
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p@- Recent accounts from Kansas
have filed the minds Of those who have
friends in that territory, with fearful
forsbodings. The criminal neglect Of
tho Prssidsn. to take prompt measures
to protect the citizens in the enjoyment
of their rights, has left them at the mer-
cy of horde of rufIians much more saw
age and barbarous than those with which
the Pilgrim Fathers had to contend.
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pg- William Malthy, son of Rev.

pg- William Malthy, son of Rev.
John Maltby of this city, who is now at
Hamburg in Germany, in a recent let
ter to the Hammond street Sabbath
School, says he visited small village a
few miles inland from Hamburg and
passed the Sabbath, being the guest of
the minister. The forenoon service was
only five hours in length and the after
noon service four hours The long
prayer was over one hour-the explana-
tion in reading Psalms was about an
hour and the sermon over two hours
The hymns were sixteen stanzas long,
and eight lines to stanza. The choir
in the evening lit their lights while sing,
ing, and then extinguished them. The
preacher took his tea at iG o'clock a
night, and being asked. by his guest i
he was not fatigued, said he was not il
The least. The Germans are a lonl
suffering peoplo.--BangOr Journal.
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ptY- Massasoit Salre Cures Piles
Mr.. Abram Hixon, of South Milford,
Mass, writes to the proprietor that he
had been afflicted with the Piles for
years, and in all his researches he had
never found any relief till he tried the
{ Massasoit Salvc,' which entirely cured
him. His letter tears date Aug. 1854.
None genuine unless signed l. BurTs
on the wrapper.
All orders addressed to
j.. p. SULLIVAN, Proprietor,
100 Washington street, Boston, Mass.
AGENTS = POTTER g. CHAMpLIN,
Westerly; &. f. NICHOLS, Kingston,
and Druggists throughout the States.
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nay" The Editor of the International
Journal says 80 Of all the specifics Of
fered for the cure Of Lung complaints,
we have the greatest faith in Wistar's
Balsam Of Wild Cherry. Free fIom
those narcotic ingredients which enter
so largely into the composition OF some
other patent medicines, it acts without
injury to the nervous system. We
speak of this valuable medicine from
personal knowledge Of its effects
Scarcely two years have elapsed since a
member of our family was raised from
the very brink Of the grave through its
use /; and in several subsequent GASES
where it has been administered in our
household, il has never once failed Of
the desired effect. We cheerfully com
mend it to our friends in the British
Provinces, and among the rest of man
kind, as certain remedy for incipicnt
diseases of the lungs
AGESTs--PoTTER & CHAMPLIN,
Westerly; w 4. SEcAR & Co., Brand"
Iron Works; B. b. SHELDON, Usqua-
paug; 6. F. NICHOLS, Kingston, II. l.
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~ The great struggle j, over, and
after two months battling the friends
Of freedom have achieved a great VIC
tory'bJ electing their candidate-Mr..
Banks-as Speaker of the House of
Representatives, on Saturday last.
Mr.. Banks was chosen on tho plurali-
ty vote, in accordance with the previous
resolution, "that if there was no election
by a majority in the three next trials.
the candidate receiving the highest vote
on the fourth, be declared Speaker. -
The fourth ballot, by which the contest
was decided, stood as follows: Banks
1903; Aiken 100 Fuller S; Campbell
Of Ohio d; Wells l.
Just before the final voting, the great
est confusion existed: several members
having changed their vote were greeted
with applause for so doing. The lob
bles were crowded to suffocation, and
the excitement was increased by the
startling cry that a boy was beiug crush
ed to death by the pressure in the gal.
leries. Some of the members shouted
out fall back, others, hand him over tho
rail. The boy was at length released
from his imiDent danger.
After the vote, Mr.. Benson, one O.
the tellers, declared that Mr.. Bank
was elected Speaker, when the mos
deafening shouts followed from the Re
publican side and other quarters of tn,
House. Mr.. Banks was conducted t,
the chair by Mcssrs. Aiken, Fuller o
Pennsylvania, and Campbell of Obio.-
He was greeted by loud and cnthusias
tic cheers, and amidst the profound 81
lence that followed, he made few re
marks quite worthy of himself.
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By For the more cffectual preven-
tion Of Gambling, Mr.. Buckley, in the
Assembly of New York, has offered a
bill imposing fne Of not less than $3.50
and not more than $1,000, or imprison-
mcnt, upon any person who shall keep a
table, room or apparatus for gambling
purpases-who shall deal faro, play
brag, bluff, poker, &c &c One hall
the fne to 60 to the County poor one
half to the com plainant.
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place bis life in greater jeopardy than
se stand up before this csmmunity-aud
this community may be considered q fair
sample Of the New England States, in
this resPsss-and plead the cause Of
Afric's down-troddsn sons. Any who
had the moral courage to proclaim in
public tho wickednsss of American Sla-
very was received with boots and yells
quite worthy of Pandemonium, and sa-
lutea with rstten eggs and other missiles,
which it would be a disgrace to a savage
nation to employ; and they might es-
TEEN themselves fortunate if they escap-
ed coat Of tar and feathers, or indeed
with life itself. Now, cur public houses
are opened for anti,shvery lectures, and
the agents Of abolition societies are not
only not molested, but they are listened
to with much attention, and their efforts
seem to be exsrting salutary influence
on public sentiment. Perhaps free-ssil-
ism has never achieved a moro signal
victory than in the election of Mr.. Banks
to the Speakorship Of the House of Rep.
ressntatives. Why, the idea that there
is principle enough in the House Of
Representatives Of the United States
that sink Of iniquity and reservoir Of
blackguardism resist and overcome
the combined influence of the southern
slave power and northern doughfaceism
is almost stunning such sudden burst,
ing of light upon our long bcclouded
eyes, is almost dazzling. And, though
We have long been in doubt whether the
moral world was not at q stand-still, 7
indeed it was not on the retrograde, ir
view of the encouraging facts which arr
daily coming to our knowledge of th'
achievement of the great principles o
truth, justice, and righteousness--anc
though we may have faltered often AM
been almost ready to rocant-recreant
that We have been-our belief in tn
ultimate triumph of truth over error
We think We may adopt, as our own, tn
language Of the sturdy o!d Calico
The world still moves ~ Es
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s~ Preparations are being made in
New \ ork BY the srdsr of United
Americans to celebrate tho coming 22d
Of February on grand scale. They
have secured the Academy of Music
whore they intend to proceed, after hav-
ing a procession through the principal
streets, to listen to an oratiop by Hon.
Daniel Ulman. Alderman Briggs is t6
act as Grand Marshal on the occasion.
The 7lst regiment American Rifles, and
the "Continentals," are to act as an
escort. -
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Rey- The cold weather has by no
means been confined 10 the North. -
Texas and even Cuba have come in for
their full share of frost and snow. At
Clarksville, Texas, the snow had remain
ed on the ground, and the Brazos river
was SO hardly frozen over that teams
crossed on the ice at Taraco. Accounts
from the Island of Cuba to the 18th in
slant inform as that the weather there
had recently been the coldess ever ex-
pericncsd.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-02-07

Dy- Rev. Henry Ward BeOchsr has
been lecturing in Meriden and the
Transcript, of that village, thus records
its opinion CT that eccentric gentlemen
"Of Henry Ward Bsecher as man
aud a minister, We know littls, but as a
public lecturer, he is the most able, the
most conceited, the most pathetic, the
most silly, the most eloquent, tho most
vulgar, that we ever saw stand before
refined audience. He can 90 from the
sublime to the ridiculous, and from the
ridiculous to the sublime, can deal in
satire the most keen, and in descriptions
the most beautiful, and can display the
most originality and the most vanity be-
folo an audience, Of any man living
His wit is a cross between sense and
nonsense refinement and bar.
room slang and many Of the odd say.
ings, dropped gratuitously here anc
there in his lecture, with the pronoun
wiggled in where there should have been
only exclamation points, sounded amaz.
ipgly smart and funny because their au-
thor was Henry Ward Bcecher, an or.
thodox divine: but if some less noted
teacher in the field of literature and d.
vinity had dsigned to be SO common il
his ksenness, we dare say he would have
been called both blasphcmous and stupid
For instance, wbrs Mr.. Ececher re-
marked, with a sinister expression o.
couutenancc, and with a finger pointed
in the direction which he indicated, tina,
when a minister of the gospel got to
be so holy that he could not mix with
other people, he had better 90 sp,'
we opins that the advice was better thar
the language in which it was expressed
and are inclined to think that had tn
same expression been made by almos
anybody else, outside of bar-room, tn
propriety of both would have been call
ed in question"