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RECEIVED AT THE MUSIC DEPOT.
A NEW lNSTRUME ENT, THE FIRST
n ever introduced in the metropolis, called the
harmoneum. This instrument was manufac
tured by Debain, Paris; 1t has twelve stops, viz :
Lof Angiais, Flute, Bourbon, Clarinette Clari-
on, Fife, Basson, Houtboys, Coupling Stop, or
6raEd Jcu, Expression, and two Forte stops
and feet wide, and the height Of a Piano The
power OF this instrument Is sufficient to all any
moderate sized hall Tie public are respectfully
Invited TO call and see for themselves
Pianos constantly on land, for sale or rent, on
the most accommodating terms.
IN 2-n GEO HILBUS
DIANos FOR RENT, by month, quarter
Il and year Old Pianos tsken In part payment
for new. Pianos sold on monthly PAYMENTS at
the Piano and Music Store OF
JOHN + ELLIS,
IN H-tr 3O6, between 9th and 10Th streets
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WOOD AND COAL.

TSNHESUBSCRIBERS RSHAVING NOW MADE
IL extensive arrangements, are prepared to sup
ply customers with the very best article Of Lehigh
AMI ScnIyikiH White and Red Ash COAL, and
also Cumberland Coal, either by the cargo or
si9gls to1; 2, ,2iO lbs invariably given.
Also, the very best qualities Of Hickory, Oak,
aad Pine WOOD, al wholesale or retail. We
will sell at a very small advance when taken in
mediateiy from the vessel.
Persons desirols OF laying in their winter sup
plies Of Wood md Coal would do well % leave
Sleir orders early, ant thereby secure the ad-
vantages Of low prices.
BOGUE & O;NEILL.
Once No. los Water street, Georgetown.
II 2-Im
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BY JAS. C. MCGUIRE, Auctioneer.
TTNR USTEES SALE OF DESIRABLE
IL House and Lot on 18Th sire ct at Pm ubliC


Auciion.-On TU ESDAY AFTERNOON,
June ~. h, at6k O'Clock, on the premises, by viz
tue OF deed Of trust dated February Cd, 1858,
and duly reco ded In Liber A. g, No. So, fJios
153, 5i, 55, and 1856, one of the land records for
Washington county, the subscriber will sell at
public auct on, to the highest bidder, part Of Lot
No 20, I'm Square No $50, begin ming for the same
18th street, at the southeast corner Of aid lot
and running thence north sixteen ftet, tt ente
west thirty feet thence north one foot ten inches,
thence west sixty six feet, thence south on the
line Of the public alley seventeen feet ten inches
and thence east ninetysiX feet to tue place Of be-
ginning, to- ether with the improveT ITS, which
consist Of a very neat and we l-built two-sto v
aud easement frome du elling house, with back
building.
Terms Ore third cash the residue in six end
Eeve months, with interest, red to the salts
faction Of the Trustees IL the terms Of sale are
not complied with within Eve days thereafter,
tie Trustees reserve the right to resell at the risk
and expense of the defaulting purchaser.
REGasRba RHG M: nfhlM, q, CLARKE. Trustees.
1axp
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NEW FLOUR STORE,

Ninth street, betUeen Pa. dusnue aud ID 81
TVNHE BEST FAMILY AND ALL OTHER
IL grades cheap for cash
Also, RYE FLOUR. CORN MEAL, OATS,
CORN &c, In quantities to suit purchasers
Call and examine.
m 17-lm SAM'L b. PAUL.
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DUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.-A VA
- rety of Building Lots in ali parts of the city.
at reasonable prices and on accommodating terms,
Enquire OF the subscriber at JOhn f. Kendall's
Office, Eext door TO w. B. Todd's, Hat Store,
Pennsylvania avenue, third floor, front room
ap 2i-eo3m DAVID MYERLE.
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HOURS OF sORROW.-HOURs Ol

H Sorrow Cheered and Comforted bv Char
lotte Elliott
The AIT Of Perfumery, and method Of obtai,-
cosmetiques, scented powders, &c by G. W,
Piesse. For sale at
TAYLOR 4 MAURY'S Bookstore,
m 10 near 9th street
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RICHARD. n. CLARKE. iius'ee'
m 7-1aw&ds JAS. c. MCGUIRE, Auct'l

MARSHAL'S SALE.-IN VIRTUE OF
Ivl two writs Of Fieri Facias issued from the
Clerks Office Of the Dist let Of Columbis for the
county OF Washington, and to me directed, shall
expose to public sale, fer cash, on the premises, ),
on TUESDAY. the 10th day Of June, 1856,
at O'Clock, p. m, the following describsd d
property, to wit: All the right title, and interest
Of Robert !. Clark and VIM Gutridge, In and TO
lot No. IL in Square No S8, together with all and
singular the Improvements thereon, as laid down
on ,ns pia. oi tne city OF Masn,ngton, seizeo ana
and William GutIidge, and will be sold to satisfy
judicials No. I29 and 1870, to March term, 1856,
in favor CT Thomas 8. Beall.
Fa J. ID. HOOVER, Marshal
IN 10 dts for District Of Columbia.
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mo II. SMOOT, No. 1ls BRIDGE STREET,
- Georgetown, has received, from Ncw--
York, ladies Bajous KID LOVES KIND !
white, black and colored; gents. do do ;Ii,tl llnl
ladies and gents Jaf Ia Silk and Lisle w w
Thread Gloves. Also, hrst rate assortment of
bleached and brown Cotton Hose, all qualities
bleached, brown and fancy Half Hose; misses
and boys Hose and Half Hose.
Particular attention being paid to keeping a
good assortment Of the very bes: makes OF the
above goods, purchasers may depend upon get
ting good article as cheap as the same quality
ccl be bought elsewhere.
m I-tr JOHN H SMOOT
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HARPER'S MAGAZINE for June, CSC
H Forget Me Nots from Dewdrop Dale, by
Ruth Rustic, price only SOC
New York Ledger for Nav 2ith, and all the back
numbers containing the Gunmaker OF Mos
cow
Harper's story Book No. 10, The Engineer, 25c
Plu-Ri-Bus-Tah, b7 J. X. Philander Doesticks,
81. For sale by E X LUNDY,
m 17-r 12S Bridge St, Georgetown.
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WA LU ABLE FARM FOR SALE, CON-
tanning 80 acres, situated Y mile east Of the
Rockville Turnpike Road, and ~ from Wash
ington city. It's well watered, and on It good
provements are a small frame dwelling and sta.
BILE: 1t possesses all the advantages requisite to
make a garden OF great value, or dairy farm,
and pleasant residence The terms will be
made easy Apply to POLLARD WEEB, No.
5l2 Seventh street, opposite National Intellfgen-
Ger Office ap22-tf
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NEW WORK BY MARGARET FULLER
~ Ossoli.-At Home and Abroad or, Things
and Thoughts In America and Europe, by Mar
z ret Fuller Ossoli edited by her brother, A. Is
Fuller Price 81 Is
This volume, we may venture to predict, will
deserve to be cl2ssed with the most acceptable
book Of travels Of any country or age."-N N. York
Journal Of Commerce.
''lt is one Of the grandes contributions to Amer
lean literature IN. o. PicGyune.
For sale In Washington by
TAYLOR Il MAURY,
m23 Bookstore near 9th ST.
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WOOD AND COAL,

WE HAVE NOW ON HAND At OUR
w yard, corner Of G and I'D streets, First
Ward, a superior article Of White and Red Ash
COAL. Also, Cumberland lumo COAL, with a
good stock OF Hickory, Oak and Pine WOOD,
all OF which we will sell at the lowest market
prices.
street, between ID aud T., will be promptly filed
JOHN w. MYERS CO.
2,2i0 pounds given to the ton I'M 14L3m
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Houses, &c for Rent and Sale

EOR RENT-A FURNISHED PARLOR
Il and chamber at No 293 Penn. avenue south
side, between 9th and 10th streets. Inquire Of
Mrs. 8, HAMILTON. m 93-Iw*
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OFFICES FOR RENT IN THE LARGE
~ double house No 476 eth street, opposite the
city Post Office. The rooms are lofty, and lighted
byg's. For convenience and excellence Of situa-
ton they are unsurpassed in this city. Inquire OF
EVERETT Il POLLAk, Attoraies for Patents,
No. 446 Ninth street, corner Of F. m 16-2awn
VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE
l have for sale large number Of Building
Lots In different parts Of the city, very favorably
located either for residences or business. Ap-
ply to WILLIAM II. PHILIP, Attorney at Law,
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GENTS FANCY HALF-HOSE.-Opene
"to-daY, the most beautiful style OF thread, silk
and cotton Half Hose ever exhibited before In
Washington. Just drop in, as 1t costs nothing to
examine any goods at the very cheap Bazaar
corner Of 9Th street and Pa avenue. m 16- eo2vg
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THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE, AT CAPON
Il SPRINGS, VIRGINIA, will be opened A
for the reception Ct visitors on MONDAY, f.
the 10th day of Of June. A
TERMS FOR BOARD.
CeCODQ week. lU
One month Of twenty ydays............ IS
Children and colered servants L falf price.
The undersigned has spared no expense in OBJ
tanning the services Of gentlemen to assist in the
season. Visitors will ee supplied with Saratoga,
Bedford, Chalybeate, and Alum Water from
spring in the neighborhood, said to be equal to
the Rockbridge Alum Sprirgs.
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T WILL SELL EITHER ONE OF THE
following described Lots, viz:
Lot No. 9, 50. 14-Lot No. 3, SO. 172-Lot No.
Z, SO. 172-all on d, bet. 18th and 18Th SITS south
OF and near Winder's building. ~
Lot No. 7, So. s5, on 2ad street. bet 1een II and
I--near the Circle. l.. NJ. NORTON,
IN 2-lw* Box No. "a, Georgetown.
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CODA WATER!
~ SODA WATER,
SODA WATER
With variety of RICH SYRUPS,at
FILLS
Island Drug Store,
m 2i-eo3t corner Of d and n streets.
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Il have received an invoice Of Fox's ~
celebrated PARAGON UMBREL-~S
LAS, unrivaled for lightness, strength, ~
and durability. Gentlemen are invited ~
TO call and lock at them. III 23-3td& cost
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NOR RRENT-TWO NEATLY FURNISHED
Il Bed Rooms on reasonable terms at Mr.. DA
VISIONS, over Messrs. Galt & Bro, JewelTv
Store, Penn avenue, between 9th and 10th streets.
m 12-H
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-08-07
"VVhere are YOU Goins!"

An anecdote is told of Finney, "the revi-
valist," and canaler, to the following ef-
feet:
He was "holding forth" in Rochester,
and in walking along the canal one day,
came across q boatman who was swearing
furiously. Marching up, he confronted him,
and abruptly asked
"Sir, do you know where you are goingp'
The unsuspecting man innocently replied
that he was going up the canal on the boat
johnny Sands.
"No sir. you are not" continued Finney;
"you are going to hell faster than a canal
boat can convey YOU"
The boatman looked at him in astonsh-
ment for a minute, and then returned the
question:
"Sir, do you know where you are 60
ing?"
81 expect to 60 to heaven"
"No, sir you are going into the cano1"'
and suiting the action to the word, took Fin
ney in his arms and tossed him into the mur-
ky waters, where he would have drowned
had not the boatman relented and fshed him
out.
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A Land Beyond the Mountains.
BY HELEN BRUCE.

The little child was dying. His weary
limbs were racked by pain no more. The
flush was fading from his thin cheeks, and
the fever that for many days had been dry
ing up his blood, vas now cooling rapidly,
under the touch of the icy hand that was up
on him.
There were sounds and tokens Of bitter,
bat suppressed grief, in that dim chamber,
for the dying little one was very dear to
many hearts.
They knew that he was departing, and the
thought was hard to bear; but they tried to
command their feelings, that they might not
disturb the last moments of their darling.
The father. and the mother, and the kind
physician, stood beside dear Eddy's bed, and
watched his heavy breathing. He had been
silent for some time, and appeOred to sleep.
They thought it might be thus that he would
pass away. But suddenly his blue eyes
opened wide and clear, and beautiful smile
broke over his features. He looked upward
and forward at first, then turning his eyes
upon his mothers face, said in e sweet voice,
"Mother, what IS the name of that beauti-
full country that see beyond the mountains
the high mountains!"
81 can see nothing, my child" said the
mother, "there are no mountains in sight of
our home"
"Look there, dear mother" said the child,
pointing upward, ''yonder are the mountains.
Can you not see them noW!" he asked in
tones of the greatest astonishment, as his
mother shook her head. "They are so near
me now-so large and high, and beyond
them the country looks so beautiful, and the
people are SO happy-there are no sick chill
dren there. Papa. can you not see beyond
the mountains! Tell me the name of that
land"
The parents glanced at each other, and
with united voices replied, "the land you see
is Heaven, is it not, my childp'
eyes, it is Heaven. I thought that must
be It's name. o, let me go-but how will |
! cross those mountains? Father, will you
not carry me! o, take me in yoUs arms and
carry me, for they call me from the other
side, and must 60"
There was not dry eye in that chamber,
and upon every heart there fell a solemn
awe, as if they stood upon the very verge of
eternity AS if the curtain which concealed
its mysteries were about to be withdrawn.
"My boy" said the father, "will you stay
with us little while longer! You shall
cross the mountains soon, but in stronger
arms than mine. Wait-Stay with your
mother; see how she weeps at the thought of
losing YOU"
go mother, o father, do not cry, but
come with me, and cross the mountans-O
Gomez" and thus he entreated with strength
and earnestness that astonished all.
The chamber was filled by wondering and
awe.stricken friends. AT length he turned
towards his mother, with face beaming
with rapturous delight, and stretching out
his little arms to her for one last embrace,
he cried, Good bye, mother, am going;
but don't be afraid-the strong man has
come to carrg me oUer the mountains"
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An Induigent Mother.

Mr.. G.. w. Kendall of the New Orleans
Picayune, is answerable for the following;
"The most indulgent mother | have heard
of lately, lives some two and half hours
drive from San Antonio, on the left. 1t was
a long time before she would admit that her
eldest and best beloved boy. richly merited
flagelation; and when she finally gave in
that he was entitled to ga course of sprouts,
she contended that he should be put under
the influence of chloroform before. the sap.
lings were applied. Solomon, with all his
wisdom. was behind the present fast age in
administering to juvenile delinquents.",
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Whales Plenty

The Nantucket Inquierer says:-A friend
has kindly favored us with an extract of a
letter received by the steamer from Callao,
which says The bark Eliza, Captain
Philips, now at Callao, reports that while
in sight of Staten Land to the northw ard, he
sailed whole day through large bodies of
sperm whales, and, as far as he could see, for
miles around, the whole ocean was covered
with them. Through the whole day he felt
that his ship was in danger, as his deck was
wet with the spray from their spouts, So near
were they to his vessel. Capt P. is an old
Rio trader, and having seen sperm whales
often off the River La Platte, knows them
we'll. He says the number was beyond con-
ception.
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Guardian Angels.

There are those who believe that it is the
especial priviledge of the "loyed and lost"
to be thereafter the guardian watchers of
the living that are left behind. Such per-
suasion has dried many mourner's tears
In the Overwhelming griefthat death brings,
it is relief unspeakable to think that the
amented parent, the cherished partner, or
the darling child are still with us, separated
only by division of thin air, sympathizing
with us, watching over us, and silently per-
suading US to holy actions. Often has such
a conviction checked the rising thought Of
evil, and turned the tempted and erring
back to the paths Of virtue. We would fain
believe that those sweet innocents who are
given to their parents for while, and who
are then taken away just as they have begun
to weave themselves about our hearts, are
angels in disguise, sent to wean us from
earthly things and revive in our souls
longing for Paradise. God spiritualizes us
in this way, when all other means fail
There are praying mothers whose sons are
far away, to whom this belief has sometimes
come with peculiar beauty. Oh what in.
expressble joy to think that guardian angels
attend the wanderer in the watches of the
night, in the storm, at sea, on the wide prai
rie, and on the black sierra. Grown men
separated by vast oceans from their early
homes, often feel as if some invisible pres
ence was with them; presence as though
a celestial spirit won by mothers petitions,
constantly protected their footsteps.
There is German legend which says
that each of us, at birth have guadian an
gel appointed, who remains with US until
death unless driven away at our remorseless
wickedness. Alas +! for those who have ban
ished their invisible attendant. What dis
solution there must be as they 60 out into
the dark eternity to come, lonely wanderers
whom no messenger from Paradise takes by
the hand to conduct his spirit to realms Of
purity and bliss, where countless myriads
bask eternally in the golden sunlight Of
Gods love.-American Times.
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Church Going in the Olden Time

We find the following in a history of the
town OF Salem, Massachusetts:
"The boys were arranged on the stairs of
the meeting house, and man was appoint
ed to keep people from sleeping, by means
of short clubbed stick, having at one end
q knob and at the other fox tail with which
he would stroke the women's faces who were
asleep, and with the other would knock un.
ruly dogs and men. In the same place, Sa'
lem, two men were appointed to mark down
the non attendants, in order to present them
to the magistrate, while at the same time
three constables were appointed to keep
watch at the doors of the meeting house to
prevent any one from going forth till the ex-
ercises were finished.
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A Singular Affair.

CircumstantiGl evidence not dllOavs reliable.
"A man at Hague becoming tired of his
wife, attempted to poison her in the follow
ing manner: st
They had sat down to dinner, and while
she had left the room, or her back was turn.
ed, he put the poison into her soup. Not
daring to trust himself in her presence, he
feigned some excuse and left the room.--
By wonderful Providence, when she came
to the table, spider4 dropped from the
ceiling of the room into the soup plate.--
She was especially afraid of spiders, and he
husband often laughed at her for it. So she
carefully took the spider out with a spoon,
and finding she could not bring herself to
eat after it, she, in the absence of her hus.
band, changed plates and ate his soup. AT.
ter while he came back and devoured wha t
he supposed to be the pure soup. He was
Immediately taken with convusons and ex-
pired. Before death he confessed that he
had poisoned the soup, and that it must have
been placed before him unintentionally' by
his wife. Now how narrow was the escape
of his wife, not only from being poisoned,
but from being hung. If the man had died
without a confession, the woman must have
been Immediately arrested. Poison would
have been found in the man and in the soup
plate. She gave him the soup. Here would
have been circumstantial evidence strong
enough to have hung her, and an innocent
woman would have expired, but for the con.
| fession.
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Bees and quail.

Two remarkable facts are to be noted in
respect to the advancement of the whites -
The first is that the quail, unknown to the
Indians, makes its first from
whence no man knows--the white man
plows ndplants his fields, affording an a.
bundance of delicious food to the pioneers.
The second fact is, the honey bee is not
found in the country while in the possession
Of the Indians. 1t keeps just in advance Of
the advancing wave of civilization. When
the Indians see swarms of these new visitors,
their wise men sadly acknowledge that it is
time for them to abandon their pleasant hunt
ing grounds, and the graves of their fathers,
and seek new homes.
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WHOLE NUMBER 57S.

that Fremont never responded--n never
sought to dispfOye them in-the Ieast-sl-s
though he was so snraged stfthes time ne
to- make threats in Washington City of vioS-
Hence against the person of Col. Mason. z
Col. Fremont would have. been tried Be-
fore court martial on these charges of Ma
son, had it not been for the fact that they
arr,ued too late. In August ls47, Fremont
was arrdigned before a court martial of the
ablest officers in the United States Army
for mutiny and disobedienee of orders, found
guilty and dismissed from the service. Had
Masons charges arrived ins season, they
would have been included with the other
specifications.
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,0r On the morning Of the battle Of Mon
terev, it was observed that Gen. Quitman
was. perhaps, the only field officer in the ar
nv dressed in full uniform. A friend re-
monstrated with the General, and urged thai
he would be conspicuous mark for the Mex
leans. The writer Of this, heard the reply
and challenges the pages Of ancient or mod
ern history to produce more heroic expires
sion: "The more balls aimed at me the less
will be directed at my men."-Louisuille
Courier.
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90etrp
To MY Mother I'm the Spirit Land.
BY CORA wILBURN.

murmur sweet as II of spirit.voi,es
Is borne upon the summer breczes near,
Ny heart unto its music sound rejoices
Uplined from Its earth lfe's every fear.
feel warm and fragrant breath caressing
My brow, upturned unto the starry skies,
Methinks feel a sprit-mother's blessing,
The showered radiance Of her angel eyes.
Once more upon the breast of love reposing,
Ny weary spirit thrills with childhood bliss;
To every troubled thought my heartis closing
Immortal life growsin my mothers kiss
The cares ofearth-its haunting earsrecedng-
| feel the breezes of the beforehand,
With blessedness my mortal being wreathng;
My footsteps guided by an angels hand!
And glorious scenes, all wonderous rise before me
Unfolding realms of Wisdom, Love, and Thought
Eden-ke wales gernmed with supernal beauty,
And angel bowers by inspiration sought.
Iwaudcr side by SIDE, with thee my motherl
Amid the wonders of the spirit land, tsmothers
And the pure glowing thoughts, that earth would
Wake into life beneath thy loves command.
feol the tide OF human freedom sWelllis
Into proundly glorious burst of song,
No fear of earth the invocation quelling,
= The earth divested of the might of wrong.
feel ablssful harmony pervading
The human soul, from creeds unclaimed and freer
Celestial CLEANS of future joy invading
The aspiring spirits's inmost sanctuary.
feel the dawning of u glorious morrow,
When care aud death no more shall veil the heart;
When heaven seH CLEANS dispensing earthly sorrow
Joys felt completeness shall to earth impart.
l fear no more, a charm benignant cheers me-
feel the breazes of the Beforehand,
My mothers whispered counses upwards lead me-
Beneath The guidance ofan angels hand.