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Irish only 20 Cmbrcn rarrage
EmS1od
SaS.s @ ca $ % Good % .e~ast @ 5 R To1 @ % nas and Cotton
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design quality BE-
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cARPETsGs MATTINGs. FLOOR, CLOTHS
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SHOES @ b. /.
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Gndemn and Cdren
their Goods will will find find % . % sdss visit establishment will afford
Don't fail All
represented /.
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f. OWEN & SON,
Military and Merchant TaiIors, No. 2I2,
Pennsylvania Avenue,
HAVING made very large and choice
IN addition to their Spring and Summer stock of
goods respectfully invite their friends and customers
to call and examine. april 22--d2w
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GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY, Glass H,
< To be drawn in Baltimore City, April 26, 1856.
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LOTTERIES.
MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERIES.
FOR APRIL, 1856.
r.. FRANCE a. co., Managers.
No. ara, seventh street,

HUBBARD Il co. have been licensed, |,
III and are fully authorized to gil all orders for
tickets in the Maryland Consolidated Lotteries
sY All orders addressed to Hubbard d Co., Bal
tmore, Maryland, will meet with prompt attention.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-23

BRILLIANT SCHEME.
prize of........... .$65, $685. is.... $s5,63s
! do .............. $4,000. .is.... $4,000
l do .............. 1880. .is.... 12,500
d 40 .....'''''''.' io'ooo oooo are. 10000
i 90 lU,OUU
10 prizes Of. .......... $500. are. $4,000
10 do .......... $500. are. $4,000
30 do .............. 1895. are. $1,000
IT'S lowest 3-numbers.. 300. are. $4,000
"a 66 and 2-numbers... 300. are. Is, 300
t 66 3 and 4-numbers.. l00.. are. $500
86 5 and 6-numbers Ca. are. $500
Abs any two numbers. 40. are. 166, 800
25,740 one drawn number. 90. ARE. 514800
45,760 no drawn number. g.. are. 228,800
Tickets, $20--Halves, $10--Quarters, IS.
Certificates of packages of 28 wholes. . $3.50 90
Do do 26 halves ........ 125 90
Do do 26 quarters. so 80
t5y- All orders addressed to Hubbard & Co.. Bal
timore will meet with prompt and confidential atten
ton, and the official drawing sent to all who order.
Hubbard q Co. have heen regularly licensed and
are fully authorized to ill all orders
fsssI r. FRANCE q CO.,
ap f. Managers, Baltimore, Md.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-23

ALNosT-This morning, long before light, Mr..
Geo. Stowarts store, on the corner Of Twelfth aud
"A streets, was entered by burglars. Some noise in
the house frightened them, and they fed, leaving
the money they had taken from the drawer on the
counter. IL behooves our citizens to be careful o
their money In these times of peril.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-23
GRAND ASSEMBLY,
GRAND ASSEMBLY. :
THE FIRST GRAND ASSEMBLY
U G. L Y G L u B
will he yiva, at ~ ~ \.

Anacostia Hall, Navy Yard, 80
On r
Thursday EDening, April Gath, 1856.
Tickets FIFTY CENTS, admitting gentleman
and ladies'. ete sv#
MANAGERS. 2 ens 4ta
Thos. s. Denham B. Berkly
w. Howell
ap LIE, 81, %, "a
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5H ley ALL PRIZES.
Every ticket in this Grand Lottery without any drawn
numbers on il will be entitled to IS.
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FIsH.-The AleTandria papers say that shad ar
selling at the extremely low price Of "a per loo
and herring at &3 per 1000 at that city. why
II that three times that price is demanded at on
marketq HeaNl NN
Daily American organ., 1856-04-23
BOOK AND lob PRTNTING

II N all its varieties, neatly and promptly
casonable rates. oct bQ-.
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WATcH-HoUsE.--The only occupant of the watch
house this morning was an old darkey woman, whc
was found drunk and brought In last night by tn,
guard. She will probably be sent to the work
house , -ss s, q =
Daily American organ., 1856-04-23
FIvEHUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.

!" %. HOOD has Just received few
lle very superior siver-plated Tea Sets. Also,
Cake Baskets Cups and other Plated Ware. together
with a fine assortment Of Watches and fashionable
rich Gold Jewslry, which he viii sell at very low
prices, at 41s, Pennsylvania avenue.
Sign OF the large Spread Eagle.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-23

NEW YoRK, April 2s,-stocks are dull. Chi
Daily American organ., 1856-04-23

The Commissioner of Health reports rs deaths
In the city during the month Of March, sixteen re-
sulting from consumption.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-23

Contrast We were reminded this morning that
it was the middle of April, by seeing men at work
In one of the reservations moving the thick high
grass. But as we watched the passers muffled in
overcoats and shawls, walking fast to keep warm,
we almost thought this summer employment very
much out of place, or else that the cold weather
was here at wrong season.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-23

Row.-Last night two Italians, John Bellini and
Peter Scheil, got to fighting the avenue. Their
amusement and persons we're at the same time ar
rested by Officer Gettings, who took them before
Justice Hollingshead They were bound over to
keep the peace
Daily American organ., 1856-04-23

In regard to future legislation to protect the
treasury against unjust claims on account of such
costs deem 1t proper to say the subject has beer
considered by the Secretary of the Interior, and
that he has conferred with the Judiciary Commit
tee In the natter
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The Drunkard's death.

What a spectacle is this! What a lesson
does it teach? The destruction of mans
coporeal frame, is not pleasant under any
circumstances. The taking down his frail
clay tabernacle" even when he hopes to en-
ter a building not made with hands" in the
upper skies, has something melancholy in it.
But when we see a mortal stretched upon his
dying couch whose life has been spent in de-
bauchery and reveling; what is there con-
nected with him or his, either past, present
or future, that does not present the most hor-
rible and forbidding aspect? Life is gone
property wasted-character blasted-wife
and childred beggared-there he lies upon
his bed of straw, with parched lips, bloated
countenance and blood-shot eyes, the very
personifcation of ruin. Tossing upon his
hard and comfortless couch, painting for
breath and calling for help, but all in vain.
Death marks him for his victim and now,
if for a while he is relieved from frightful
ghosts and demons which have hitherto haun-
ted his disordered Imagination; conscience the
sleepiess monitor, with redoubled vigor as
sails his still conscious soul, and brings up
blast all hope-to plunge him in deeper ag-
ony, and to hurry his afrighted spirit into the
presence of his God. How loudly and bitter.
ly does he complain of himself-of life-of
friends of God. He prays, but it is the an
cry imprecation of a doomed spirit, demand
ing of his Maker a speedier discharge. The
wild glare of his scorched eyes-his restless
tossing-his retching hic-cough, and his deer
: hollow groans, tell US, how hard it is for q
> drunkard to die. The very presence of once
t loved wife and children, kindle in his bosom
| in advance, the fires of hell. The soothing
voice of mercy and the plaintive prayer OF
the man of God k%neeling by his bedside
but add fuel to the already raging flame
He calls for water water! water now, err
he takes up his habitation, where one drop
will not be allowed him but ali the coo
draught only adds force to the devouring fire
! Friends gather around to take a last fare
we'll, and as his tremulous hand is extended
to bid them adieu, thoughts of the past and O
the future, send their whitening arrows barbet
n with the poison of death to his bursting heart
and with one strong, ~agonizing, convulsiv
struggle, his ruined soul staggers into tn
; spirit-land, to receive its sentence. Pity
compassion, humanity, would let the vel
o drop here, and cover up till the great assize
! the doom of the deluded, misguided wretch
but Divine truth has said, "all d~runkards
q shall have their portion in the late that bul
S, meth With fire and birthstone"
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Southern Writers.

1t is to be lamented, that SO few of the
are disposed to contribute to the Literary
press of their section. They are so much
engrossed with politics and the business pro-
~fessions and pursuits of life, that they seem
not to recognize that there are any claims
upon them for an occasional contribution,
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tone of society, and establish an exalted rep
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are not excusable to sit retired in luxurious
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ing nothing in return to the masses, by
whose toll and enterprise they are in no
small measure indebted for the peaceful, de-
lightful retirement in which they are luxuri.
ating.
The vast multitude have not time for tina
intricate research and study with which sucl
men as we are now speaking Of have store
and gemmed their minds, but the popular
throng have ar appreciation of eminent in
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lecting to instruct and elevate the masse
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lecturing on interesting topics, &c. This
the way to dignity wealth and distinction
it is the way to hallow intelligence and lear
ing to the blessing and welfare of ourselv
and country-it is the highest patriotism.
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The Progress of Temperance.

Progress implies something more than the
development and organization of the element
Of that of which the progress is predicated.
In the progress of the Temperance reform,
we must not lose sight Of the fact, that while
the idea Of the thing is more perfectly con-
sidered, and takes a broader and deeper hold
upon the public mind, the spirit-the senti-
ment of it, must permeate and move, and
control the heart and course of the people,
or, but little progre s is made.
But, while, as we have seen, the idea of
the Temperance reform is getting to be bet
ter appreciated and more clearly and fully
understood, it is also true that all its spirit
and sentiment has been more and more iu-
fusing itself into, and more or less modify
ing forms of society. Indeed, it is precisely
here that we see the most decided marks Of
progress. For, while Temperance organiza-
tons almost innumerable have appeared,
iourished for q season., and then passed
away, apparently without hope or resuscita-
ton, there has been no retrogression what
ever in the sentiment-the spirit of the pub
lie mind on this subject. Here, as in other
things, revolutions in sentiment never &C
backwards. Since the decanter and wine
glass were first banished from the sideboards
of the better classes Of society, they have
not. no matter how low the Temperance in
terest seemed to be, been able to get them
selves reinstated again in the old places.
The same-thiiag IS noticeable in all othe,
circles and classes of society. 1t is not now
nor has it been for a good while past, abso
lutely necessary for a man, in order to es
tablish his claims to responsibility, to be a
drunk as a lord seven nights in the week
Instances are not rare in which politician
manage to get into Office without standing
treat for their whole constituency.
And men will prefer not to be seen drink
ing, even at the most respectable and spler
did swill-houses. Not until the screens ar
taken down from before the doors Of tn
drunkeries, and the bar-room in the mo-
public loom in the hotel, as it once was Wi
there be any indication that public sent
ment is progressing backwards on this sul
ject.
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Education.

By this term we mean every mode and in
%stitution calculated to impart intellectual
knowledge and decentralization the Uni
versity whose glistening dome pierces high
into the azure blue, to the humble log cabin
on the hill side where the children of the less
favored are being taught the initiatives into
the mysteries of syllables and n~on-sylables,
and the scratching down of "pot-hooks and
hangers"-each and all We greet, and de-
clare ourselves their friend and advocate.
The School /! who can estimate its impor-
lance? As we look at it in single specimens,
it is often g clumsy piece of machinery, i'll
fitted, of poor materials and a block-head, or
worse, at its crank but viewed as a whole.
how can we think too highly of it. The
man who is to be our Chief Magistrate, is
very probably running barefoot and in rag
before US. He who is to command our ar
mics is just receiving a fiagellation at TIT
hants of an old-6eld schoolmaster. Shall
we leave them where they are? MOI Civ,
them a chance to go up higher, and ye
higher.
God bless and speed the day of universe
education. We love to think of the " goo
time coming" when our Academies, Collie
ges and Universities shall say to the poor {
the land" Here is room enough, and know
edge for the asking. The generosity
wealth has opened the doors to all. Con
up-come up in crowds, of the humble an
obscure, ard warm into light, growth an
goodness" Heaven speed the day when a
shall realize the rich %fruition of a day
universal education.
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upon her forehead, wept with the uucon-
trollable agony of despair.

upon her forehead, wept with the uucon-
trollable agony of despair.
On the next day, the corpse of the dead
boy was to be committed to the ocean
The little girl knew that it must be SO, but
she strove to drive the thought away, as If
it had been an unreal and terrible vision.
When the appointed hour was at hand, she
came and begged me, with a tone that
seemed less like a human voice than the
low cadence of a d~isembodied spirit, to go
and look upon her brother and see IT he
were indeed dead. | could not resist her
entreaties, but went with her to gaze upon
the sleeping dust, to which all the tendriis
of her life seemed bound. She paused by
the bedside, and I almost deemed that her
very existence would pass off in that long
and fixed gaze. She moved nOt-spoke
not--till the form she loved was taken a
way to be let down into the ocean. Their
indeed she arose, and followed her lifelesE
brother with a calmness that might have
been from Heaven. The body sunk slowly
and solemnly beneath the waves few
long, bright ringlets streamed out upon TIT
water-a single white and beautiful glimps
came dimly up through the glancing bill
lows, and all that had once been joy an
beauty, vanished forever.
During the sart residue of our voyage
the bereaved sister seemed fading away, a
calmly and beautifully as a cloud in Sh
summer zenith. Her heart had lost il
communion with nature, and she woul
look down into the sea and murmur incc
herently of its cold and solitary depths
and call her brother name, and then wee
herself into calmness. Soon afterwards
left her with her friends. 1 know M
whether she has long since gone to be nu
tured in a holier realm. But [ love tn
memory Of that beautiful and stricken on
Her loneliness, erinnocence, and her dee
and holy feelings, still come back to me
their glory and quietude, like a rainbow {
a summer cloud, that has showered al
passed off forever.
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ne " Somebody trod upon it when It "

B- Somebody trod upon it when it was
little" So answered a little child, when
asked why a certain tree grew crooked
There is a goodly lesson in the answer of the
little child perhaps the child had expert.
enced the sad effect of being trod upon itself.
A child should never be checked with terror,
its innocent play should not be stopped-its
g~uileless song should not be stilled, for these
are the outbursts of its innocent and exuber-
ant nature. Let it have It's free bent at play,
an active life will develop its growing
strengthened not upon it-break not its
bounding spirit like the young steed, curb
it only to direct its course safely. You can.
not stop the mighty river, neither can you
drX up the bounding rill. They must each
flow, onward, you may. teach them where t.
flow but can stop them never. Break not
the young child in spirit, lest, in after years
you find it grown into the ~listless man-treac
not upon the plant twig lest some day {
crooked tree offend thy sight. :
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bF The Puzzle" which appeared in
our Paper of the Both June, seems to have at
tracted considerable attention. Several per
sons have sent US what they supposed to be
solutions to that Enigma. The gentleman
forwarding it to US did not communicate the
answer; but if zoe are correct in our solution,
none of our Correspondents have correctly
made it out. Will the person who forwarded
US the Puzzle" please communicate to US
what is the true solution.
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BI- Mr.. Nathan +. Rountree, of Wilson,
sends US a club of % subscribers-the result,
he tells us, " of about two hours effort
He promises to do more yet. Thanks, kind
friend. We send you the Premiums, and
hope many others will follow your noble ex-
ample. Since our last acknowledgements,
we have also received handsome clubs from
j. FL. c. Howard. of Topsail Sound Simon
E. Hodges, Kinston w. o. Felkel. Florida
j. Koerber, Natchez, Miss. W. M. Robey,
Independence, Va. ; G w Roberts, Knapp
of Reeds 7. S. Welborne, Wilkesboro' S.
Lawson, Darlington W NJ Bishop, Scotland
Neck. Toa II we return our grateful thanks
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8vttt u tie 1s<~@Bef<tsa 81. s.

us to have their names called out in the
sanctuary as belonging to His earthly fam
lily, SO also will He let their names be call
ed out In the upper sanctuary, as truly His
own-nembers of HIS family in heaven
the enrolled lambs of HIS flock.
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Sptitof tbtAge,
IA 4. G.
waDHagD8gv sagggmgga
A Positive Arrangement.

Subscribers receiving their paper with a CROSS
MARK, are thereby notified that in four weeks
from the receipt of the first number thus marked,
their subscription years will expire; and unless
renewed within that time, the paper will be dis
continued. This rule will be inAexiblv adhered to.
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e- An anwer to several Correspondents
about sweet cider" is crowded out this
week.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-04-21
Mr.. Filimore's 4cceptarce.

The Wilmington Herald in giving sketch
of the proceedings of the convention of the Amer
lean party of North Carolina, held at Greensboro
last week saws.
u. H. IIaughton, E-q.. addressed the conven-
ton stating that in conversation he had with
the Hon. John p. Kennedy that morning that
gentleman had assured him that Mr.. Fillmore
would accept the nomination of the party for
President. Mr.. Kennedy is one of the coufiden-
tal friends of Mr.. Fillmore is believed to BIO au
thorized to sperk for him aud therefore this
s'aernent may be considered settling the
question regards his acceptance or dcenation
of the nomination. Mr.. Kennedy happened to
pass through Greensboro on Thursday ON his
way to Columbi.