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Our city.

IL " aShngtOn correspondents OF the New
York Republican journals, including General
James Watson Webb, himself resident Of
Washin gton, have been recently engaged in an
effort to persuade the people of the United
States Il ,at Washington is not civilized city,
that there is no freedom Of speech here, and
that no m ans Efe is safe here who dares to
express an opinion In opposition to what is re-
gardeli as ssouthern sentiment
On the other hand, Dr. Bailey, the editor OF
the National Era, an Abolition journal Of the
most ultra character, published by him for ten
years in this cihr, after his Office had been de-
stlpyed in Cincinnati, the principal city of the
free State of Ohio, gives the following testi-
mony to the peaceful character Of Washing
ton:
"The truth is, w ashington is very much like
other cities, and hum an nature here is just what
il is elsewhere. If ONE man insults another he is
very likely to have quarrel on his hands, no mat
ter where he lives, but it is just easy for man
to speak good wholesome truth here as it is in New
York"
Now, .fas est a6 hoste doceri, is an old max
i'm and good one, and in this matter we
prefer the testimony of DIR. Bailey, an Adolf
ZIONIST and man Of peace, to that of General
Webb, IMAM of war;" who, as is well known,
made journey from New York to Washing
ton for the srp~'ess urpose Of committing a
6rsoeE of the peace 1t is true he did not
break the peace, as he intended, but for that
omission Duff Green deserves the credit not
General Webb.
We might add, if we pleased, the particu-
lars Of General Webb's ferocious assaults upon
VIM G. Bryant, James G. Bennett, and the
French Consul ut New York, all Of which oc-
Cured in the streets of that civilized" city,
and for all which his punishment was merely
nominal But we forbear for the present.
And now we will lay before our readers an
account Of recent assault by the Hon. Min
thorne Tompkins, of New York, a son of the
late Vice President Tompkins, prominent
candidate of the Republican party for the nom
nation of Governor of New York, member
1 o. the Republican State Convention held on
Wednesday last at Syracuse, and elected by
that Convention delegate to the National
Convention at Philadelphia. The New York
papers state that Mr.. Tompkins, just before his
departure for the Syracuse Convention, was
arrested and held to bail for brutal assault
upon the editor Of the Staten Islander. That
he came up behind the editor while the latter
was in conversation with a friend, and struck
him over the head with heavy camel
This brutal affair happened on Staten Island,
within an hours sail Of New York, yet the
Tribune, Times, and Courier forbear to COM
ment upon it. WhyP Evidently because Mr..
Tompkins is a prominent member of the " Re-
publican" party.
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They WILL BE MARKED MANY clerks in the De-
partments intend to vote at the Presidential cleo
ton in their respective States in November. If
they vote in this city on Monday next they will be
deprived of this privilege. Let them make note
of this, for they may be assured that their names
will be transmitted to their States, if they vote
here on Monday.
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GAs-The credit of inventing gas lighting is given
to Philip lie Bon engineer OF roads and bridges in
France, in 1885 He commenced by distilling wood,
in order TO obtain from il gas OIL pitch and pyrolg
acid but his work indicated the possibility OF
obtaining gas by distlaton from fatty or oily substan-
oes He eventually died, ruined by his experiments
The English put in practice the crude ideas of
lie Bon. In 1904 Windsor patented and claimed the
credit Of inventng the process of lighting by gas In
1905 several shops in Birmingham were illuminated
by gas manufactured by the process of Windsor and
Murdoch among those who used this new light was
Watt the inventor Of steam engines In 1915 the
first use Of gas was made in London, and i was not
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@Not one Of Mr.. Fillmore's friends win deny that,
up TO middle life, up to the time he was elected
Vice President, he was in theory and practice, IN
act and profession consistent and thorough going
Abolitionst. Rich. Eng.
The above paragraph is a fair specimen Of
the manner in which Mr.. Fillmore is assaulted
hy the Southern organs Of the foreign party.
If George Washington or Thomas Jefferson
were alive, and candidates for Office, they could
be assailed as Abolitionists with much stronger
evidence than any that can be adduced against
Mr., Fillmore Yet they were both Southern
men, both yirginians, and both shareholders.
Mr.. Fillmore is neither Southern man nor q
STAKEHOLDER, yet the soundncss Of his position
on the slavery question has never been doubted
by any respectable man south of the Patapsco,
and it is this very soundncss which renders
him obnoxious to the Abolitionists of the
North.
Franklin Pierce, the god Of the Enquirers
idolatry (some men worship strange gods now
a-days--as the Egyptians Of old worshipped'a
monkey was the author Of q series Of decided
auti-slavery resolutions adopted at a Demo
cratic State Convention in New Hampshire
Gov. Marcy, the present Secretary Of State,
was the instrument through which more than
fifteen hundred Wilmot- Proviso-Van Buren,
Frce-soilers were appointed to Office in New
York by the present Administration. Caleb
Gushing, the present Attorney General, sus-
tanned John Quincy Adams in the House Of
Representatives, in all his embitte-ed and ven,
omous assaults upon the South, up to the year
1871, when he enlisted under the banner o.
John Tyler, and was rewarded with the Chi
nesc mission.
Henry j. Redfeld, the Collector at New
York, is of the same stripe with the majority Of
Pierce's appointments in that State. So is Mr.,
Fowler, the Postmaster of New York, who
voted for Van Buren, in 184S. So is Johr
Cochrane, the Surveyor of the port Of New
York, who is moreover nephew of Gerri
Smith, and like him, In the habit Of familiar
social intercourse with negroes.
These are facts, and we challenge their con
tradction In the face Of these facts the Rich
mond Enquirer, conducted by q beneficiary o
this administration, presumes to charge Mr.
Fillmore with Abolitionism up to the period o.
his election to the Vice Presidency. We deny
the charge in its whole length and breadth, ant
challenge the Enquirer to point to singh
speech delivered by Mr.. Fillmore in Congress
or out of it, in which he avowed opinions il
accordance with those of the Abolitionists.
cannot produce paragraph or line from an,
speech Of Mr.. Fillmore, for ten, or fifteen, o
twenty wears before he was elected to the Vic
Presidency, which can be tortured BY any ef
fort into an endorsement of the policy Of tn
Abolitionists. No man living has clearer re
cord on this question, as no man living hold
III greater adherence those fanatical agitator
of both sections of the Union who have fount
SO great favor in the eyes Of the present ad
nlinistration. t
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A genuine seal has been caught in seine in the
Roanoke river, Tyrren county, North Carolina
It being an inhabitant of the cold regions, the
question is, how it got there?
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THIRD WARD ELECTION NOTICE.

FIRST PRECINCT.
NJOTICE is hereby given that election will be
IN held, on Monday, the I'd of June next at the
house ON the southeast corner of Eighth and streets
in the First Precinct of the Third Ward, embracing
all that portion of said Ward norSh of street north,
for Mayor, one member of the Board Of Aldermen,
three members of the Board of Common Council, and
an Assessor.
The polls will be opened at o'clock, A. NJ, and
'''''' lem. TOWERS,
r. A. HYDE,
JNO. w. CLARKE
Commissioners of Election for First Precinct.
may 26- Third Ward.
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SECOND PRECINCT.

NJOTICE is hereby given that election will be
In held, on Monday, the I'd of June next at the
northeast of street north and Ninth street
west in the Second Precinct Of the Third Ward, en-
bracing all that portion of said Ward south OF II
street north, for Mayor, member of the Board OF
Aldermen, three members of the Board Of Common
Council, and an Assessor.
The polls will be opened at o'clock, A. NJ, aud
closed att o'clock, p. M.
JOS. w. DAVIS,
THOS RICH,
CHARLES f. WOOD
Commissioners of ELECTION for Second Precii. !,
may 26--dtd Intel Third Ward.
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ARRIVAL oY MRs. FANNY KrSBLR Among the
passengers by the Africa was Mrs Fanny Kemblc,
who returns after protracted visit to England,
where she has been giving her dramatic readings
with very great success.
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A writer in this mornings Union, over the ',

A writer in this mornings Union, over the very
modest signature of"A Retired Statesman "-and
it must be confessed that the thing looks very
shady ARGUES against the one-term principle,
in earnest terms, and repudiates the received con-
struction of the Democratic doctrine Of rotation in
Office, in the following ingenious terms: " On one
hand, the truly Democratic doctrine Of rotation in
Office, instead Of being interpreted according to its
obvious meaning-which is, that every citizen not
disqualified by natural constitutional neapacity
shall be eligible to ofice--has been assumed as
comforting right to enjoy Office and honors, each
one in his turn"
Az clincher, the "retircd" one says, "this
one-term principle smacks strongly Of Know-Noth.
ingism Pa discovery due entirely to the retiracy
from which he discovers tho fitness Of Franklin
Pierce, for second term.
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SECOND PRECINCT.

SECOND PRECINUT.
N0TICE is hereby given that an election will be
IL held, on Monday, the Cd Of june next, at the
City Hail. Fourth Ward, Second Precinct, compris-
ing all that portion of the Ward lying south of +
street for Mayor of the City of Washington, also,
one member Of the Board Of Aldermen, and three
members of the Board of Common Council, to repre-
sent said Ward
The polls will be opened at A. NJ, and closed at
Up. nj.
No certificate of transfer will be issued but to the
person himself
WILLIAM j. IARTIN,
II. WHEELER,
FRANCIS MOHUN,
may 2k-dtd Commissioners of Electi0n
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NEW JxRsKY.--The American State Council o
New Jersey has endorsed the nomination of Fill
more and Donelson.
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MARRIED.

On Tuesday evening" 27th instant, at White Cot
tage, Fairfax county, Virginia, by the Rev. VIM b.
Lpscomb Mr.. VIM. QUAIL, of Washington, Pa, to
Miss PHEBE DEGGE, youngest daughter Of the off,
ciatng minister.
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Sonar SEr.--The Connecticut Legislature re-
Gently unanimously requested the Hon. Edward
Everett TO repeat his lecture in New Haven, but
on Monday reconsidcred the vote. The alleged
reason for the reconsideration Is that Mr. Everett
did not attend the meeting in Boston to denounce
the attack upon Senator Summer.
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DIED.

In this city, this morning. after lingering Illness
Mrs ELIZABETH NAILOR, aged 3S years, wife Of
Washington Nailor.
tE The friends of the family are requested to at
tend her funeral from her late residence on street.
between Thirteen-and-a-haf and Fourteenth streets
at O'Clock tomorrow Saturday afternoon.
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We are indebted to G. J. Abbott Esq, for a
copy Of the Annual Report of the Trustees of
Public Schools of this city.
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SECOND WARD ELECTION NOTICE.

NLOTICE ID hereby given that an election will be
II held, ON Monday. the I'd day of June next, at
the corner of Massachusetts, avenue and Twelfth
street. for Mayor OF the City, one member Of the
Board Of Aldermen, and three members OF the Board
Of Common Council
The above Precinct embraces all the Second Ward
north Of III street north
The polls viii be opened at o'clock, A. NJ, and
9. L. GOLDMAN,
JOHN w. SIMMS,
J. p. DICKINSON,
may So Commissioners
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The races over the Herring Run Course are re
ported as unusually spirited and interesting. To
day there are five entries, three Of which have
been winners of four mile races
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Mr.. Alfred Llewellen, who recently left Rich.
mond for Kansas, was robbed in Wheeling of all
his money, and has returned home. The South
has no Emigrant Aid Societies
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CIRCULAR.

rrhe undersigned, members of the Partv hsv,
ec..tiye Committse IF the Annerican Nthst ssts
pleasure Ia announcing to the people, Inssn.r.,
factory arrangements for the future ma We emo
,,eal aad adpocats Of tic principles Of the a"s''
can Party, have been coanplsted !,
Recommending its labors, under these ns' =. ~
soices. the undersigned chcenully commend ~
iNERioAs 0RGAx 70 the generous confidence
the A,aerican Party, ia every section Of the Cor
icderacy, and they hope its columns may command
the widest circulation. -
HUMPHREY MARSHALL, OF KY.
, SOLOMON G. HAVEN, ofN. Y.
j. MORRISON HARRIS, of Md.
JACOB BROOM, Penn.
WASHINGTON CRY, d. O., May 10th, 1855.
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The friends OF the Hon Henry d. Moore have
presented him with handsome service OF plate.
What happy thing that we live Il, a country
where defeat il not dishonor,
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A LUCKY AcroR.-The Albany Transcript states
that recent steamer from Europe brought leg.
scy Of 10000 to Mr.. Peter Richings, the distin-
guished actor, from Of bis aristocratc relations
In England E
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The MINISTER on BRAz IL.-Mr Cavalcanti d'AI-
buquerque, formerly the esteemed representative
of Brazil to the United States, has returned to
Washington in the capacity Of Envoy Extraordi-
nary Of his Emperor to our government
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SECOND PRECINCT.

NOTICE is hereby given that an election will be
IL held in the above Precinct, on Monday, the I'd
day of June, 1885, at the house Of @. and M Hines
on Twentieth street, between H street and Pennsyl
vania avenue south side, for Mayor, one member Of
the Board Of Aldermen, three members of the Board
Of Common Council, and one Assessor, to represen,
said Ward. And at the same time and place, one
member of the Board of Aldermen for the unexpred
term OF william b. Magruder, resigned.
The polls viii be opened at o'clock, A. NJ, and
close att o'clock, p. M.
T. III. CRAIG
A. w. DENHAM,
VIM. II. PERKINS.
Commissioners Of the I'd Precinct First Ward
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From the Cincinnati Times.
Americanism in Ohio.


Since the base attempt made by the Abolition fac
ton TO destroy the identity Of the American party In
this State has NIT with such signal defeat it is
appearance of renewed activity, and increasing
gy. The supposition that Abotionism could, by af.
iation, mould the American party to its will, has
proved failure and those who originated the spec
uation find the result vast outlay OF political
capital, and no tangible profit accruing therefrom.
IL is true that some few councils have refused to
endorse the Philadelphia nomination, but the fact is
well established that such never were, in reality
American having crept unlimited into the party and
remained there until they were uncereinoniously
kicked out.
The Ohio Statesman says
1--WE are informed that the Know Nothing Lodges
throughout Ohio holding elections, to decide to
which organization they viii adhere-the boiling
Spooner and Ford party, or the regular Nationals,
marshalled under the Presidency Of T. G. Ware, Esq
We learn from several gentlemen, well advised in
the premises. that in many counties where II was
hoped Mr.. Fillmore would be repudiated by the
councils the Order is the contrary, almost unani
nous for the Ware organization. In one large and
leading county in particular, carried heretofore by
the know-Nothngs ever since their organization, and
where the anti-F Fillmore schismatics hoped to make
successful stand assured there will hardly be
single council, if one, in which the Philadelphia
nomination and platform will not be ratified"
On Tuesday last convention of the American
party in Muskingum county was held at GAINESVILLE.
Republican President and Vice President were APP
pointed, and committee Of the same sort "was ap-
pointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense
of the meeting" The committee at last returned
with long string of Fillmore resolutions, when
vote was taken on them, and the President, Vice
President, Secretary, and committee, were almost
shaken from their senses by the overwhelming vote
of "Nay!" that went up from the audience. The
GAINESVILLE Aurora, (Democratic) says:
"Here the scene became rich. The Forditss struck
for quarters, but mercy shown them and there
not of them that did not take to his heels,
leaving his coattal sticking out behind like Fourth
Of July flag, under the lash of 24O time to save his
bacon We were not an eye witness, but are told BY
those who were that the charge by Messrs Hazeleft
and Haynes against the woolly heads was absolute
" terrific"
Resolutions then were drafted, highly expressive
Of approval of the Philadelphia nominations
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Is it the Democratic Ticket .

All the speakers at the Magruder meeting last
American ticket as the Democratic ticket.
Is this fact? If so, why should "Old Line
Wings" support it? That is the question.
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FIFTH WARD ELECTION NOTICE.

FIFTH WARD ELECTION NOTICE.
FIRST PRECINCT.
NOTICE is hereby given that the regular election
IN for Mayor, and one member for the Board of
Aldermen, three members for the Common Council,
and Assessor for the said Ward, will be held on Mon
day next June 3D. at the School House on the cor
ner of A street south and Third street east.
The polls will be opened at o'clock, A. NJ, and
close at Z o'clock, P. NJ, precisely.
JAS. LYNCH,
JN0. T. KILLMON,
SAMUEL PHILLIPS,
Commissioners of Election.
may &c. INTEL
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FOURTH WARD ELECTION NOTICE.

NJOTICE il hereby given that an election will be
IN held at the corner of H and Fourth streets, on
Monday the I'd of June next, for Mayor of the City,
one member of the Board of Aldermen, and three
members of the Board Of Common Council, for said
Ward
No certificate Of transfer viii be issued TO any one
except the person desiring to be transferred.
An persons residing north Of street. in the Fourth
Ward will be required to vote in the above Precinct
Polls open from A. NJ. to 7 P. M.
NOBLE d. LARNER,
JAMES H. BOSS,
JOHN c. McKELDEN,
may 26--dtd Commissioners,
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SECOND PRECINCT.

NOTICE is hereby given that election will be
IL held, on Monday, the I'd day of June next, at
Ford Brothers Drug Store, corner Of Pennsyya MIA
avenue and Eleventh street. in the Second Precinct
Of the Second Ward, embracing all that portion Of
said Ward lying south Of street north, for Mayor,
one member Of the Board Of Aldermen. and three
members of the Board Of Common Council
The polls will be opened at o'clock, A. NJ, and
close att o'clock, p. NJ.
JOSIAH MELVIN,
JAMES W. BARKER,
EDWARD G. DYER,
Commissioners.
may 26--dtd INTEL
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General Walker, of Nicaragua, has been en-
dorsed by the citizens of Nashville, his native
place.
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ISOUND. A Gold Watch Chain was
u found ON New York avenue, day or two since
which the owner can have by calling at No $50, 9th
street. proving property, and paying for this sdver
tisement, may 20-l*
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HARD RUN.-We are informed that the g faith
less phantom" has gone to Cincinnati at the urgent
request of his Excellency, Franklin Pierce, who
actually came down to the "phantom's" Office and
informed him that ''hs services at Cincinnati were
Indispensable Did ever President of the Uni
ted States stoop SO low befores
As the "phantom" has been urged to go to Gin
cinnati, how does it happen that "work'us" has
not also been invited? The two together would
form an Incompatible team, and might, without
straining themselves, "blackguard Mr.. Buchanan
out of his boots"--which is supposed to be the
special necessity for which u o "pbantom" has
been detailed by the President.
P.S. Does the phantom" take his "eight mem
bers of Congress" along with him ?
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ONEIDA RESPONDS. American Congresson-
al district convention assembled at Utica on Tues
day. Twenty-Five Councils were fully represented.
The best feeling prevailed. Mr.. Jewett was chosen
delegate to the National Council in New York on
the Sd Of June. Resolutions endorsing Fillmore
and Donelson we're adopted unanimously, and with
three times three.
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Arr;nnI of Ire ILLinnis-

New YORK, May 29.--The steamship Illinois
has arrived from Aspinwall goth instant, with the
California mails of the 5th instant, six hundred
and sixty passengers, and 81 800, 900 in gold.
It was rumored at San Francisco that large
party, well armed, we're going down on the Golden
Gate to avcnge the recent outrage at Panama
The Republicans held meeting at Sacramento
April 3Oth, and elected delegates to the "Philar
delphia Convention"
Dates from Washington Territory are to April
18th, and from Oregon to April 2eth In fight
between the Indians and portion Of Aukeney's
command, Captain Embree was killed
The particulars Of the accident on the Panama
railroad show that thirty and more were killed and
forty seven wounded. There had been four addi-
tonal deaths since the accident.
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INIoUIrIEs OF THE Pension BUREAU CORE
pondent of the Richmond Wing says:

lNlQUITIES OF THE TENSION bUREAU.--A cores
pondent Of the Richmond Wing says:
am thoroughly convinced that the Pension
Office is one of the most corrupt departments OF
the government; and it ought to form conspicu-
oas point in the coming canvass. There are, at
Washington city-and we challenge its denial-a
number of agents, who have relatives and warm
friends in high positions in the Pension Office, who
can get any claim passed they wish, meritorious or
not for Minot depends solely on his clerks. If an
honest claimant fails to give one of these peculiar
agents fee, his claim is rejected, his honor at
tempted to be blighted, and he mortified by vague
surmises and base nsinuations, and that under the
authority Of the government. 1t is common at the
Office for some hireling clerk to take prejudice to
. claimant because he can't get fee, and charge
the claimant with fraud, hunt him down, prosecute
him, and then pay the cost. Perhaps at no period
of our country's history has such corruption and
arch.venom, from the causes named, been prac-
tsed at the Pension Office. It is emphatcally the
seat of corruption at Washington now. A South
ern claim, unless bought through, stands no
chance there and if you challenge an investiga-
ton, it is done secretly, not honorably or openly
but, like the midnight assassin it is performed in
the dark, with design to murder" t.