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THE ANACOSTIA CLUB
UvAKE great pleasure In Informing their
J. friends and the public generally, that they
will give their first
G. 0TILL0N PA R [ Y,
At Anacostia Hall, Navy Yard,
Thursday, May 29th, 1856.
may 2o-ThMTuTh+ THE COMMITTEE


ARRIVAL OF MADAME ADOLPHE.
THE original, unsurpasscd, and Justly.
u celebrated Madame Adolphc, the universally
acknowledged greatest sympathst in the world, and
the same distinguished lady who created, through
her marvellous revelations Of the past the present
well the correct predictions OF the future such
intense excitement in England, France and the prn
presented her with costly diamond and breach, and
Daniel Webster with > jswelled ring, il now ready
to receive vister ct the private boarding house of
will inform oil about the past, present and future If
they are married or not; and when or what lady or
husband they will get or business Of every descrp-
ton. Mysterious and almost impossible as her pro-
fesson appears she comes recommended by 30 highly
respectable and innumersbe certificates Of acknowl
edged power and skill that II precludes all suppose
ton ofprobability Of deception or imposing, many
others now practice.
ing to how far they wish to 60 or Whist time they
occupy may 6-8m
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
FR0k TH1 ASSOCIATED PRE8G
DIT rus uoUus Snixruc TnsuoaxRz. 49,


| fvye ~ doo<ou. 1ssss
Bosros, Nay ss.--A hrss four Story buiIsne h
Federal street. near South Boston br;des. ~
burnt last night, together with several .dio,ui.~
dwelling housss. The bsick building was oocuulsd
BY the Bostou Planning and noalding Company.
containing large amount of valuable machinery
and stock. The loss d estimated At 81, 900. The
dwelling houses were occupied BY about 20 Irish
families k
\ Accident to Excursionists.
New Yoax, Nay 2S.-Tbe steamer Robert L.
Stephens, with . failing party OF about two hum
dred on board, bad collision yesterday with
schooner The steamer was crippled The steam
tug Titan Is now on Long Branch with the Ets-
phens In tow. No person on board was injured.
Baltisors NayEsts. ~. Esa s-sss
BALrNoss, May 26.--Tlow b stssdy and IN.
changed. Howard Street and Ohio, 4s IS; City
Mills, S6 IL IL.
Grain continues active. Wheat i in good de-
mad. Good 70 primo whites, 81 80a t1 10; good
to prime reds, u 4oas1 90. ,.b4 u II
Cir, and 81 ! So for good to primo; yellow, Al .
So, - per quality. E 1
Provisions sre active.
Bacon 10 sssady--shouldsrs, as IA cents
sides Q Ia Ft4 1851 a7 FL -
Ness Pork, sis rs Sis. s..2ag .. n.
Lard Is Arm at 10 l-2 : IL Ia.
tFt Y Mes York Nsyksss
New YoRx, Nay 2e.--T1eur IL heavy. Bales
Of 5000 bbls. Common to good Stats, Is 81 l-2
% Is 81 common 70 low grade extra Ohio,
IS 81 . % 62; Southern, good 70 STANDARD, % so
q 81 IL Ia; fancy TO extra do. "a 10 . %.
Wheat has advanced, but prices are unsettled.
Sales u %, 900 bushoh.
Corn has advanced. Sales Of $1,000 bushsls.
Southern mixed, SO cents.
Pork has advanced. Sales Of 500 bbls. Mess,
$l8 rs . 4l9. li sa
Beef i Arm Sales Of $50 bbls Chicago re-
packed, tl2. 5aSe "a "a
Lard Is firm. Sales Of 400 bbls. .. 10 IL 10 So
cents.
whiskey has declined. Sales Of 100 bbs. Ohio,
26 "a cents
NEW YoRE, May 26--Stocks are dull Chica-
90 and Rock Island, OIL; Michigan Central. IS:
New York Central, 9S; Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany, 90 "a; Reading, SO "a; Illinois Central
bonds, So 7-s. Sterling exchange i dull and I'M
changed.
The City Of Lasersnos Destroyed
LOUISVILLE, Nay A.--The steamer Morning
Star, at Brownsville, reports that Lawrence city,
Kansas, was destroyed on "Wednesday last, The
report ID that but i6w lives were lost,
The Leavenworth correspondent Of the St.
Louis Democrat says the committee Of public
safety at Lawrence determined to Offer no resist
ance to she United States Marshal, and an imms-
date secretion of arms and ammunition took place
as soon as this determination was made known,
after which the people commenced evacuating the
town. N@ ka @]rtfAas
1t is stated that the free State mon wore gath
L. J.--yy1 LII A. T.
they attempt to execute their threats against Law
renee The settlers from New Haven will send
one hundred men, and those from Manhattan the
same number
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100 RECIPES FOR On.

100 RECIPES FOR o..
I'm the receipt Of Ons Dollar, 4 will send
~ 10 any address 100 practical Recipes for curing
All the various dssases 10 which man 10 subject with
fall directions for compounding than. Those send
ing for the Recipes win also receive good family
newspaper free Tor one year.
Address rHADDEUS WILLIAMS,
may la-dsm~ Albany, New York.
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eY- All orders for Tickets or Shares in the above
splendid Schemes will meet with prompt and reliable
attention, and the Drawings, certified by the State
Lottery Commissioner, sent TO all who order
Address HUBBARD h CO.,
Baltimore, Maryland
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- JUST received, Of all styles. Call at
GEO. III. B. WHITE a CO.'S
sT7s Fashionable Hat and Cap Store,
832, Penn. avenue, bet 9th and 10th streets.
! may 6-eod8tif .Ase@ - - Z
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SrrAH ON CASALs.-The charlottesville Va Ad-
vocate notices the arrival At Milton, on the Riven-
na river, Of the steamer Calypso, with 40 or so
passengers from Richmond, BY way Of the James
river and Kanawha canal The Advocate says:
The Calypso, though small in It's dimensions,
Is perfect model of steamer, drawing eighteen
inches Of water, Of capacity 70 accommodates hond-
somely some forty-odd passengers, and costing the
owner about 1900 or $4,000. The Calypso was
built by Mr. Fry as pleasure boat for James river,
below Richmond, and for the canal above that city,
and has been frequently used in sailing 10 lower
the present is its irst trip upon the canal"
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LOOR ATTHIS MA GNIF7UEN7 SCHEMEi
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY, Glass /.
To be drawn ct Baltimore City, May 81, 1855.
rs numbers-l8 drawn ballots. f M
MAMMOTH N(AEnE ,se
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TAKE NOTICE.
HAVE just received, and constantly re-
II oeiving, fresh supplisa Of Drugs and Medicines,
Family Medicines, Fancy Goods, 10, al Of whioh
Prescriptions compounded u al hours, day or night
Soda Water, with the best Of Syrups. Call and
try it. O. BOSWELL. Druggist
Maryland avenue and Seventh street,
Washington.
store formerly kept by me on Fourand-A-haf street.
and may always b foenA II my old place, corner Of
Maryland avenue and Seventh street and Be pleased
TO wait on my old ffisnds and the public.
ap 25-1meod n o. B.
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To conclude with
THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM.
Diggory. Mr.. jefferson.
Doors open at % o'clock. p. NJ. Curtain rises a
~ O'Clock precisely.
may a.
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Hubbard Co. are fully authorized to fill all orders
in the, Maryland Lotteries
r. FRANCE i CO.,
ap 25-d&w Managers, Baltimore, Md
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"Theres divinity that shapes our ends, ~
the dog said when lle saw man making sausages.
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A pious old negro, who lived in region where
the people were In the habit Of getting religion
every time new minister came around, and losing
It again before the next quarterly meeting, was
asked how he accounted for these &cts In accord
ance with his belief In tho doctrine Of the final sal
walton Of all true believers. He replied, "When
the people gets religion themselves they are mighty
apt to lose It a. quick a. they got lei but when re-
ligion gets them 1t takes hold and holds on, and
never lets them 60 until II takes Fem. clean up to
heaven" LIDS us
"Would were with thee n a. the mouse In the
trap said to the one outside.
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TO LET, ssss..n.4
n FRAME House - Fifteenth street
"A west near L street north, No ss7. The house
has eight rooms In good order, pump Of good water
in the yard and possession given on the nrst Of Jnne
by applying 10 A. BOhbArD
may 32-5t~
BONNETs, RIBBONS, AND FLOWERss
UUsT opened now supply OF rich DlsaAe
- and Neapotan Lace Bonnets
Plain and fancy Nsapolitsn Bonnsts
EpglIsh and split straw do
Also, splendid stock Of miases Bonnets
Leghorn and straw Flats
French and straw Flowers
Beautiful white and colorsd Ribbons, VERY cheap
Bonnet Frames, Gmps, &c.
Mrs. n. @. ETCHISON,
No. IL Market Space, bet sth and eth streets
may al-dst
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FOR RENT.

TINE two-story Frame House. ON Penn
- sylvania avenue, q few doors east Of the -
Capitol Square. Apply at No. 49, Second uI
street east Capitol Hill. may 2l-eoSF
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TvHE ARCTIC REFRIG e n AT OR,
- the first ever introduced into this market Il
for sale ut the House Furnishing Ware Rooms Of the
subscriber. This matchlcss artcie needs but 70 be
seen to be admired and approved and the public are
invited to call ct the store where model With glass
DOORS 10 kept in constant operation, showing tho cir
cuation of air In the Refrigerator, which continues
long there 10 Ice In it. No ventilation from the
external cir 10 permitted needed sccount Of the
constant publication Of the air BY It's passage through
the Ice. The air leaves the Ice st temperature Of
80 degrees in dense and dry state and falls directly
upon articles below the ice-box, thus producing the
results Of refrigeration never Obtained before By fny
other refrigerator.
For sale by the subscriber, agsnt Of the manufac-
turer N. II. McGREGOR,
may l7-eo4w $50, Seventh street.
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WANTED Immediately, Some good
w Vest Makers. None need apply unless fully
competent. E. OWEN & SON,
may 223t 212, Penn. Avsnse.
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Those Of our readers who are fond Of looking a
fine Painting win do well to drop In at Taylor 4
Maury's and see the Landscape Of Washington, By
Mr. Mcleod.
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Financial.
New YoRK, May 2e.--Stocks are dull. Chica
New York Central, ss; Pennsylvania Coal Com.
pany, 90 "a Reading, SO 81; Illinois Central
bonds, So 7-S. Sterling exchange il dull and IN
changed.
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ARMAGEDroN LEcrUREs-FREE - The United
States the subject of Bible prophecy and the final
conflict Of Republcanism and Monarchy, at Old
Trinity Church, Congregational on 9th street.
opposite City Hall, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday nights, 8 o'clock. The lecturers are
Messrs. Baldwin and Pitts, Of Tennessee
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RowDIEs.-Tle city was much disturbed by the
disorderly conduct of rowdies during the whole OF
Saturday night. Our police and guard had their
hands full in suppressing the hostile demonstra-
tons all over the city.
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dccsoews 20 E1cvT10ntsLS.
NEW YoaK, Nay aS.-Tbe steamer Robert L.
Stephens with hshing party OF about two hum
dred on board, bad collision yesterday with .
schooner. The steamer was crippled. The steam
tug Titan is now on Long Branch with the BE-
phens in tow. No person on board was injured.
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G. w. Boteler, auctioneer, will sell this after
noon at IL o'clock, tract of land containing
about two hundred acres which has been divide,
into small country seats Of Ave to twenty-five acre
each. This land is situased opposite the ground
of the Government Insane Asylum, embracing
building sites which command charming view Q
the whole of Washington and surrounding coun
try. -Et
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The CASAL.--The Chesapeake and Ohio Cana
has been repaired, and is ali right now. We learr
from the Intelligencer that during the last weel
ffteen cargoes Of coal, tonnage, 1885 tons; abou
1000 bushels Of wheat, and 600 bbls. only q
-four were brought down, but the coming weel
will show much brisker trade. A good deal o
wood, limestone, hoop.poles, &C., WAS also receiy
ed. We are glad to see that matters are thus inn
proving.
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GRAND LEvEE-The Levee to be held at Odd
Fellows Hall tonight, will be one Of the most in
teresting entertainments of the season--among
the most striking features of the evening will be
the grand entering procession of tho officers and
various exquisite songs by popular singers; a sue.
cssson of addresses by distinguished speakers,
among which will be the founder Of the Order
The ticket to the sLevec can be obtained at all
the prominent drug and music stores.
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The promenade concert at the Presidents
grounds on Saturday evening, drew together a
crowd of gaily dressed ladies and gentlemen, who
seemed to take much pleasure in the scene and
music, and the groups Of children who seemed al
most wild with JOY.
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Hon. j. A. Quitman, of Mississippi, and family,
arrived here on Saturday, and are now stopping at
Wizards.
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We are satisfied by short visit that Madame
Adolphe is an excellent phrenologist, and some
thing of psychologist, and would recommend her
fully to the public thus far. On that head more
hereafter sll&
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THEATRE.-The renowned comedian, Hackett
appears tonight, in the great character Of Falstaf
Those wishing to see him should secure seats inn
mediately. His engagement is for two nights only
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The Cost of O Political Contest.

Few necnle eyer think .f ti<z ss=sense IN
cash OF Presidential contest. YET il is re-
ally something enormous. The vast ma
chiDery necessary TO carry on such Q can
vass-the number Of organizations which il
requires-the amount Of printing, of writing,
Of postage, and of labor of every kind which
is brought into service, u fat beypnd any es-
innate usually formed. Let rs s,sts a few
facts which may aid in forming IN opin,on.
There are about 800 counties, and not far
from 5000 towns, in the ihiny-one States
composing the Union- Every town has one
political club Of each party, and many towns
have many more. There were undoubtedly
during the late canvass over $4,000 organi-
zed clubs, belonging 10 eacho the political
parties within the United Safes the num-
Der Of Fremont clabs may pave been 5000
less, since the Republican organization did
not extend into the slave tlaies. Each of
these clubs was neutrality-suspicious. for al
least three months Each of Them required
rooms, printing, pojtase, more or less iravel-
ling of their officers and committees; and
these, with other Incidental expenses, could
NOT have amount@, on the avsrsge to less
than 500 monh, or $500 for the canvass.
The labors perbrmed by their secretaries,
presidents and Committees, woald certainly
amount 10 the steady services of ct lsast
three man each worth not less than 500 each
for the whoIelthree months. Not less than
1000 personf have been actively engaged,
for nearly III whole of the canvass, in ma
king spsscies and public addresses travel
ling from pace to place, and always at an
expense witch mus. be met BY somebody-
and entidid, Of csuTss, 10 have their own
services eaimaied at fair price probably
$500 for each, including their expenses,
would NOT be low estimate.
Then on election dr. thess are opened in
he United States NOT less ihaH 81, 900 polls
at which each parry stations not less than
fus men, besides the inspectors, policemen
and o,hsr legal ofEicsrs, who average per-
haps, Jfus more, making Ten in all, whose ser
vices are worth at least two dollars each.
Lei us sum up the aggregate Of oil these
itsms:
Incidental expenses Of 10000
clubs st $500 each, 81, 200, ,0oe
Services Of three men each, fof
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From the Public Ledger.
MAN CONSIDERED PHYsIOLOGI-
CALEY.

1t is now ascenained, from the army sta
tisiics Of Fiance and England, that, OH an
average, every able-bodied man will con-
sumo about tom and half of various
kinds of nutrimcnt in the course Of each year.
or this amazing quantity, about one half is
taken in the form of fluids, water, wine,
spirits, tea and coffee, &c. Eight hundred
pounds is taken in the shape of solid food,
and eight hundred pounds of oxygen gas abb
sorbed from the atmosphere by the lungs.
OF course the amount thfowr off from the
system in various ways is equal, on the av.
erage, 10 lha; consumed. ltused 10 be thought
a great discovery thattbe whole Body ofman
changed once in seuen gears, but from facts
like these, il would appear to change far
more rapidly. Probably all the body is per.
pe,ually changing, though some parts faster
than others. The food that is taken 10, goes
ont again in consumed form with different
degrees of rapidiiy, according 10 the nature
OF the structure into which ii enters, bat all
at much quicker rate than has commonly
been supposed. The gases change most rap
idly, and therefore require to be supplied
mos, constantly. In the course of q few SEQ.
onds, or minutes ai furshesi, the eniire stock
Of oxygen in the system is consumed, and
the refuse returned 10 the atmosphere by the
lungs in ihsform of that dsadliest of poisons,
carbonic acid gas, BY its union with the car
bon Of the food. - 80 a..l
The fluids come next and 10 hot day
much Of what We drink passes off from the
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To Those Who Decry Tales and Novels.

George w. Curtis recenty delivered lee
ture on Literature, la which he took oc-
casion TO speak in the following terms OF,
fiction:
Objection TO fiction is objection TO the
most instructive play of the human mind,
Fiction is no more 10 be explained or de-
Tended than the sunnet or the rose. If any
body objects 10 novels in the abstract, he OBJ.
iects 10 man. II ts no more waste of time TO
read good novel than to read good poem.
or look at a fine sunset, or yield 10 Q
noble instinct. have heard sad-eyed clsr.
gymen publicly denounce fiction, as such,
10 young men, and then preach croaking
sermons on the parallels. But Sir Walter
Scot. himself could be lie his art. He says:
We are inclined to think that The worst evils
to be appfshended from the perusal OF now
els is, that the habit is apt to engendsr .
distaste for real history or useful literature,"
Sc. But 10 il 10 be supposed that Scott sin
cereIy believed that mankind were TO be
more impoved by reading the real history
Of Messalina or Cleopatra, or Of Catharins
then BY reading the history Of Rebecca.--
Did he prefer as moralist that his daughters
should read the memories Of the Ducke
Grammont, or Charles the Second, or any
other King, rather than The fictitious history
OF Sir De Coverly? Did he not know thss
the excellence of novel is the excellence
of nature, or any other great work of art, and
that hisown Jennie Deans is as real in herself
and as influential on the human mind as
Judith or Queen Elizabeths ALI history be-
comes fiction in advance of time.
How many characters have we OF Oliver
Cromwell, and which are we to accept as
the true one Probably history Is less true
TO nature, on the whole, than fiction. Clio
is such high stepping muse that she goes
over Just what We want TO know. Personal
memories, which approach much nearer 10
fiction in their nature, always charm and in.
s,ruct us. There is no doubt that the history
of Robson Crusoe would help boy on his
way through lite much better lhan any his
tory Of Oliver Cromwell Goodness is never
imaginative. History and fiction are only
two ways Of putting fact. We are just as
sorry 10 see Iago. succeedsas 10 see Leonidas
fail. For us, both Iago and Lsoaidas fare
real men.
The great artists decry their art, but the
art reu1aius. What man does seems in
sirnificantto 10 himself, because his bsst work
be does most easily. Raphael paints the
TRANSPORTATION, but envies the shoemaker's
skill. The grea, artists decry tksir art, but,
say, their art remains. And whether Il be
painting, or poetry, or sculpture, OF music, or
fiction, il purpose Is siilI the purpose of all
J ar,--,he moral educated Of the race.
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The canvass just closed is pronounced, on
ali hands. TO have been one Of the severest
through which the Repablic has ever passed.
II had no rivals in This rsspsct, indeed, excepi
In The Presidential campaigns of 1900, 1882
and ls4o. La 1900 The fierceness of the
struggle vas owing voI only 10 the rancor Of
each parry at The polls, bui TO the attempted
intrigue sfierwsrds, in the Houss, TO set aside
Jefferson, who had been The choice of The
people, in favor Of Bum. At that time ths
candidates for President and Vice Prssidsn,
were voted for By The Electoral College in q
different wsy from what they ere now, the
practice being TO drop vote for the person
iaisnded for the Vice Presidency, 60 as 10
mako bis companion have one vote more,
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!, Woman with weaker passions than man
ls superior to him BY souI. The Gauls attrib-
nted 70 her an additional sense, the divine
sense. They were right. Nature has given
woman two painful but heavenly gifts which
distinguish them, and ofien rises them above
human naiure- and enthusiasm.
BY compassion they devote themselves; by
enthusiasm they exalt themselves. What
more dose hsroism require? They hare more
heaa and more Imagination than men. En-.
ahusiasm springs from Imagination, and self
sacrifice from the heart. Women ere, there
fore, more natursiy heroic than men.
All nations have in some of their annals
some Of those miracles of patriotismoi which
woman is The instrument in the hand OF God.
When all is desperate in q national cause, we
need not yet despair willis there remains a
spark Of resistance in woman's heart,
whether he is called Jndilh, Celia, Joan Of
Arc, Vittofia Colonna Italy, OF Charlotte Cor
day in our own day. God forbid thai COM
pare those I citsl Judith and charlo,,e Cor
day sacn6csd themselves, but their sacrifice
did not reccii al crime. Their inspiration
was heroic, bat thsir hsroism mistook its
aim; II took the poignard Of the assassin in
s,ead Of the hero. Juan Of Arc used only
the sword Of defence; the was not mearly in
spirsd BY heroism, but was inspired by God.
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~ PusLfsHED ssEHY WEDNESDAY MORNING NJ
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