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GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS.
Correspondence Of The Star.

GEORGETOWN, May 10, 1857.
We received the following from a source which
induces us TO publish it, The contents we NAV
notice at another time:
4" Mr.. Spectator: Will you be kind enough to
inform the readers of the Star why the memorial
of the guardians of the Georgetown school, ask
Ing Tor the means to establish additional school
or schools, has thus far been STAYED off by the city
fathers, when the avowed purpose of laying the
caPitation tax of 81 per head was intended to give
aduitlona facilities for educating the rising gem
Grafton! Two of our city fathers having said in
Council, that the finances of the Corporation at
this time were such as to prevent the payment Of
very small bills with the Mayors signature I
was induced to excuse their staving off the guar
dians' memorial, thinking that even the Corpora
ton had yielded to the force Of circumstances,
and spent the schoOl-tax funds but, upon finding
out that they have loaned the Chesapeake and
ONO Canal Company $500, l am unwilling to
excuse them further, and cheerfully join the peo-
pie in demanding additional school facilities.
We do not want any twisting; we do not want
you to say that the Corporation only loaned its
bonds to the Canal Company flor we all know the
bonds will be put into the market and the cash
raised), but we desire to know why the Corpora
lion cannot in like manner, raise means to liqui-
date all the petty claims against it, and also to
establish an additional school, or schools,n
The liberal course of our Corporation granting
the loan of $500 to the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company, We are glad to learn, meets the
hearty approval of our citizens
Yesterday evening, on the Canal level the water
was let In, and boats, laden with -four, coal &c ,
which passed dams No. 5 and during the fresh,
ct in the river, are beginning to arrive
On our river we note the arrival of Schr Apple-
gate, Delbow, from Philadelphia, with lad tons
of Coal for Barron 4 Slower.
The Schr. Chesapeake Trader, Capt F. Rig
gin, wh:c arrived with consignment Of los tons
Of coal to VIM H. Cooley & Co, is now taking in
cargo of lime for Fredericksburg
A countryman arriving here a few DAYS since.
for fish, was unfortunate enough to fall into the
hands of sharpers They trotted him around the
town for some time, and when he came TO look
Tor his money he found himself minus $50 which
IS another warning for cOuntrymen to mind who
they 60 'bObbn' around'' with
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The American ANrI-SLAyyRy Socrr,v 4,
noiuihg It's twenty fourth annual meeting In New
iOiA city The New York Post says of yester-
days session:
Ihere was the usual congregation of strong
minded women IN Quaker bOnnets and Bloomer
mats but no short dresses were visible that fash
ION having. apparently, been crushed OUT More
lnan half Of the congregation consisted Of ladies
aII OF them intellectual in their appearance. and
many many OF them young and pretty The men were
generally OF the old anti slavery army with few
new faces :"
-, Among the gentlemen on the platform-no
Is were lheTe-we noticed Rev. L. w Hig-
s,1bpon, OF worcester Mass; Wendell Phillips
~ C, Boston; Parker PilIsbury, Of New Hampshire;
S HtIIes l. Remand, colored Of Massac hilsetts
JacS.a. raIvIs, eoiored, of Philadelphia; Francis
s,. son, OF Boston and Thomas Garrett of Del
s dIe, who Is said TO have aided 2 600 slaves 10
e'saPe from their masters
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,,re i oa At siSe SISe.-The details OF an extern
victs AZ sPIlaey and attempted escape Of the con
.r, paper At breakfast time On SUNDAY NON.
down H. sI1ly Of the Prisoners having Knocked
which ms1E u ava formed in two parties. one of
-yiIjsra rt Tor the river and the Other ~, ~
cbase e,.I Ihey were pursued and sftcr a shor,
ousIv hn,t {n on- was captured No one was ser.
or, Vas no, consn ale,ee Theconspiracy, howev
ninS prisoners at the concInsi"r ~
Sivsn n,,h ard u upon Preconcerted signal heinz
Tim when the sgeni ~ keeper and were beating
rescue and discharged bis pistols AMMAN name TO the
Siets This had the effect of quelling 4 n . con
SuieI was restored and punishment may ,eSolt
The offenders innicted on
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Personal

-. Hon. J. 5. Pendleton of va, Is at Kirk
woods.
-. John Brougham, tine actOr-author, is about
to visit England.
-. They call Jenny Lind. Jenny r osity, in
England. for her large and frequent charities.
go. Gen. Twiggs and his family left New Or
leans on the 5th inst. for San Antonio, Texas.
-. John E. Owens, the popular comedian, IL
performing to fine houses in Pittsburg
-. Rev. Mr.. Milburn, the blind preacher,
sailed from New fork, on Friday, for Europe, in
the steamer Ericsson.
- Hon. H. NJ. watterson, of Tenn, Jacob
Westervelt, exMayor of New York and Capt
r. b. Ellison, L. :. N. are at Willards'
80. President kimball boasting of what the
Lord had done for him. in exhortation said
he had % boys living, 10 dead, and lots of girls
80. Col. John Beard, one of the Baltimore de.
Tenders, and who did good service at North Point
died in Baltimore yesterday in the 9th year OF
his age.
.... a poet in the Boston Post while celebrat-
ing in lofty verse the inns of Chicago fnallycon-
"ludes by saying that Chicago is an inn famous
city,
So. Mr. Joseph Parker. Of the Hollidav.street
Theatre. Baltimore, has met with a sad affection
in the death Of his precocious little daughter
Louisa.
80. Rev. Sidney A Corey an ex- Bowery actor.
now pastor Of the Fifth avenue, n York Baptist
church, is out in reply to the Rev Dr. Bellows
on the influence of the stage
-. Mr. T. De Walden, the actor and drama
ust, left in the Ericsson on SATURDAY. He has
succeeded to fine property worth some 10. 600.
Try.
-.- The Rev. DIR. Howard al the annivers,rv
dlnher OF the Chicago :" Boston Union >, gave the
Following toast: - Daniel Dana d. ID f6s orIu
SuTrtrtHs TSpTsSsHtdtire of the old type of Ma
sachusetts ciergynen: a patriot, a scholar and
oChr'SftGH'' decided hit, that
go non. } r. Morse, the Commissioner TO
blanada, an Aspinwal cores pondent says was
most most UNANIMOUSLY blackguarded by the Press of
bOsota, because he went TO see the President ON a
warm day with d Panama hat and because he
would buy and eat fruit in the market and would
carry little purchases TO his house himself instead
OF having them sent home '''' eau
They have found Chevalier Wvckoa IN
Chlcayo His name is Carl Wurte1 and tba ~
lect OF his devotiOns is stalwart Dutch IyiSe ~
Iofty years or more, whose name is deIicat.I, So,
pressed. Can works in planning mill, and has
Oerh arrested at the instance of Ills in,,oor,ta-s
yedIous husband, who found two love letters fro,o
de- !" r rhe lady, sewed into the lining of her
ur-ss- Ihey are printed in the Chicago IournaI
aLu are Ich specimens. Here is an extract from
S on II you know dear friend, how nv
tbs i - 49, Hul YOU when to get your heart then
'ne iO'e VIII only my heart and that is your heart
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THE DALTON DIVORCE CAsE-The DISAGREE
ment Of the jury in the Dalton Divorce case was
evidently contrary to the expectations Of the Bos
ton public, who had come to the Conclusion Fri
day afternoon, that a verdict would Certainly he
rendered for one or the other of the parties Du
ring saturday The disagreement was the theme of
much comment there. The controversy stand
as it did before the trial. and there is, as matter
Of course, division Of opinion as to the time
merits OF the case. Both parties, il is said are
of success
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ihE IAAks SHOWN CELEBRATION takes place to
DAY, and finer one could not have picked ON, os
the year In consequence of the failure of the
southern mail this morning, we are without ON,
correspondence from this point The attendanc.
WIZ undoubtedly be very large, aud the affair one
Of great interest WV
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Tins of shrewd suspicion that Jack Frost still
fingers near enough to give them blue noses, at
will. We haven't laid eyes on summer. looking
man since October last, save him in the Panama
hat sky-blue vest, white pants and clsret col
ored swallow-tsiled coat, with yellow hardker-
chief half out Of his breeches pocket, and woe
begone cOuntenance ludicrously contrasting
with his odd habiliments, who was wont to
saunter through the avenue and in the Senate
gallery in December, January and February
last-not one other So, the city looks positively
dolorous, the appearance of the few Office seek
ers still lingering here aiding to give folks
even more philosophic than ourself, the blues.
Well compromise for month Of right down cd
fashion sunshine, that will bring out the smiles
that are in the folks, as April showers when
such things felD in times past brought out the
daisies and the dandelions; naturally, rs it
were.
The WKArHER.-The following report of the
weather for this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution,
and will be continued daily when the line is in
working order. The time of observation is
ahnuf obclook m
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Please Read and Remembe !!

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" The bill for the sale Of the ma N liz,
Rpehc works OF Pennsylvania has passed ho, ~,
Houses and been sent TO the Governor for his sia
psiuTe. s zig
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NEW PLATED wARE.-WE CALL At
Ff SsSfH:ias BUTTER
CAKE BASKETS, CASTORS, TEA SETS
GOBLETS, CUPS, DC
. Also, the best quality ALBATA FORKS and
SG0pOQNS, English and Amencsn TABLE CIT
). The above are all of the best quality and of the
M. w GAIT BRO, Jeve,le,s
may list 34 Pa ave., bet. 9Th and 10Th 81.
OMNIBUS-Ar NEW ARRANGEMENT.
On and after Thursday, the l4th insi ant. an ;,n
vanis avenue for the COMMUNICATIVE 81 iRf ESSss59ss ~
Al; BuRYING GROUND at and
O'Clock p m daily; Returning, will leave s. -;
at and p. m. Offering q fne opnortnn.in,e 1rou
sons wishing TO visit the Grounds Esra TX 20 per
may INV g. ANDERWERKEN9p cents.
,1oIa 5ASs ssfs HHhE BOXES e &c CAR
prices and good quality: co. at very low
may s-tf SO Pa. ave-. bet. stb ma M =.
IEsN En- n DRESS sHIRTs-OuT,nn.
pstpP OF Gentemen's Dress Shirts is now cowp-
NAV S.stis STEVENS'S,
Saiesroom Browns Hotel.
A GENCY FOR IRON.
H. n. J" brand Of English Refined Iron. am now
IN 20 receive orders at IMPoR rKRs' PRICFs
OF not less than half ton, for ga So onIy
s,S Orders left with Messrs EIvASs & THosSson
n0p Ienhsyvann avenue, will receive prompt aiten,
may II
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LOST AND FOUND.

e. REWARD.-Strayc cd away on sunday even
De- ing last. from the premises Of the sub n
scrlber on Third street, between | and Kl~N
streets, dark brown MARE, with face aud IA
hind legs white, and long tail. She is between u
and lo hands high. The above reward will be pard
JAMES SULLIVAN,
may 1881 No. PAS 81 st. bet. l a streets
I OST-Yesterday evening, on Pennsylvania ave-
IL nue. between the Capitol and Presid ent's Hnusa
q sealed LETTER, bearlug the address Of "Mr
John Gerriet care of Mr. John Htz. Washington
ID. c." and post-mark ed ''Swtzerland.' The nnd-
Ill receive liberal reward by leaving IL af No
"a Penn avenue, corner of l51a street may ll-St
S.S REWARD.-Strayed away on THURSDAY the
.oc 9TH instant, two COWS; one was
iRrge briGdle Cow, having a little whtish lSSN
streak on her hack, with short horns turn 49,
ing little inward The other was a small I'LL
red and white Cow, red sides. with small horns tons
turning upward, top of left cut oil, and hole
through the centre Of the right one The above re-
ward will be given for the Cows to any one giving
information so can get them. JOHN REIDG,
may ll-3t' No. las 18th ST. bet. 5 and +.
I OST OR STOI.EN-From the possession Of
IL the Hon. Francis ). Edwards. at the Wasting
ton House IN the city Of Washington. on or about
the 10th day OF February, 1857, LAND WARRANT
No. 81 2SS dated December oath 1855. Sand Warrant
was issued to Ezra Reed, under the act of March
l8S5- All persons are hereby cautioned against ne
gotlatlng said Warrant proceedings have been IN
stItuted by the holder Ezra Reed to cancel the same
ap S6v EZRA REED.
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GREAT ATTRACTION AT ISLAND HALL.
The CAPITOL CITY MINSTRELS have
kindly volunteered to give Three Grand Entertain
ments at ISLAND HALL, on THURSDAY, FRIDAY
and SATURDAY EVENINGS, May l4th. 18th and
18th, 1857, for the benefit of Potomac Circle, b. L
Oh. FDC. A.
Admission TWENTY-FIVE CENTS; Child
rem half price.
COMMITTEE.
Bro. Geo. Goodall, A. NJ. Griner,
WIN. III. Baum. may ll-sl-
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ANUsEMENTS.

odd FELLOWS HALL
La.sh Whiis yOp May For On, W,,l onty.
sIGNoR DoNETrI's
Wonderful Company Of
ACTING MONKEYS, &c.
From Asia, Africa, and the Fast Indies vhas.
der and sSmrat,oa Of both ESrope sed h% s1n
THIS ENlNG,
10 all their Laughable and Ludcrous limitations and
Performances, and will most positively
remain but
THIS WEEK ONLY.
Also, on each Evening, Donettfs great
KALEIDESCOP1CAL ILLUSIONS,
OR, MAGIC CHANGES.
To terminate every evening with the wonderful
THE DOG JOHN BULL,
Surrounded by beautiful display Of Fireworks!
Admission 50 cents; Children under 70, with their
parents, Is cents. Secured seats, IS cents extra.
Doors open at ~; Curtain rises at 8.
iO- In order TO AVOID confusion when the doors
cured in advance at the hall from 10 a. m to D m
daily; ,,,u
different species of the Monkey Tribe, can be OBJ
tanned at the door IN the evening Price i2 cents.
eng aged for the season. may p
rARUSrS SALooS.-LEwIS CARUSI has
" the honor to inform has friends and patrons "A
shsf sa ss b %sEsft s@ssTT 81 nu%SeEs
DAY. May 18th, 1857. The ADDE'S are respect-S-h
fully invited to attend, as there viii he INVITA-
Tickets can he had only of Mr.. ]. RTcHD Crock
WELL, next to the KIrkwood House.
services o. Of prof. whs
Band" TOR THIS OCCASION who vii introduce several
nsrv BIRD Waltz. may u 81
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TONER'S and all others who indulge in the sport of
angling, that have just received one Of the finest
and cheapest lots of FISHING TACKLE ever
opened in the Washington market. consisting of
RODS from 3 cents to Saf R ELS from q 90 to
SI2; PATENT HOOKS, LINES, ARTIFICIAL
BATES, BATE BOXES, &c, in endless variety.
We invite the attention oftho fond of looking at
fine tackle, TO give n call.
We would also remind the small dealers that We
will sell them cheap they can buy this side of
New York. SlBLEI GUY,
No. $40 Pa. ave., bet 10th and llth SITS.
nd
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/ X ISd
ern cities and rural districts from the with.
drawal OF heretofore active capital from trade
for investment in Western lands. Even from
Tins city very large amount of money is being
sent off monthly to Kansas, Nebraska. Iowa
Minnesota, and Wisconsin for that purpose
This practice has not produced embarrassment
to persons in business here, because the money
in question is the saving of classes for the most
part not engaged in trade Its practical effect
however, IL to deprive our city of capital that
should legitimately be employed in improve.
ments, and IN that way to keep down, for the
time being, the market value of real estate bo.
low its intrinsic worth.
The mania for Western investments has bsen
certainly so intense of late as to have carried
prices in that quarter far above the point of
safety, and, in many cases of possible profit !:
that reaction will ere long take place, which
must ruin thousands, is as sure as that the sea-
sons regularly follow each other for oyer-spec
ulation has never occurred i'm any country nm
der the sun or at any period of the worlds his
Tory without such result. When il shall oc-
cur those who have had the good sense to re-
Jec' Ine giided bait, and invest ut home instead
vi aiar on will reap the legitimate reward of
prudence
Piping TMEs.-These are emphatically
dull days in Washington, in all matter, SAVE
business affairs. Old Sol SO continues to h;ds
his smiling face behind harry clouds, as that a,
yet the Washington public have tasted precious
little Of his geniality of the season and the
consequence is, that though we are without the
winters attributes Of excitement, so far we arc
also without any of those which usually mark
the Federal Metropolis during the season of
flowers. The summers gaiety of our popula-
ton has not commenced. The young folks who
usually at such time parade Pennsylvania
avenue and sauntsr in the public grounds with
the influence Of our fine climate during the
most delightful period Of the year evidently
pervading all their faculties, seem to be vic
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ARMY MOvEMENTs.-Thef following General
Order" emanating from the Commanding lem
erai (scotD Of the Army of the United States
reached us last evening by mail 1t will be
perceived that it directs extensive changes in
the position, &c, Of troop. as now posted:
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-08-05
Stfibling Springs.

We take great pleasure in calling the atten-
ton of the public to these valuable Springs, To-
Gated in our County, about twelve miles from
Staunton, and now under the Proprietorship of
Chesley Kinney, Esq. The waters are of three
kinds (Alum, Sulphur, and Chalybeate) and pos
sess these medical properties to degree scarce
ly excelled by the most celebrated Springs in
Virginia. Mr.. Kinney has greatly improved
the buildings, and is now prepared to accommo-
date amply large number of visitors. Under
his enterprising management the Springs are
fast rising in popular favor. Mr.. Peter H..
Woodward, formerly of Jackson's River, and
more recently of the Healing Springs, has charge
of the boarding department. and oil who know
anything of his qualifications as caterer, will
need no further assurance of the good fare which
may be expected at the tables.
We understand there are now about two hun
bred visitors at Stribling Springs. We hope the
number may continue to increase and that MIR.
Kinney may have fine season throughout.
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What the Mormons Saw.


In the St. Louis Republican of the % ult., We
and long extracts from the Deseret News, show
ing what the Mormons think of the public
opinion in the States against them. The News
of June Sd says:
'Not having paper large enough and of a
grade of character low enough to render it
compatible to print therein all the SANDERS a.
gainst us which arrived in six months mail,
PRESIDENT Brigham Young notified the congre-
CATION, ON Sunday, the 7th, that if they would
like to hear what was published about us in the
States they would manifest it by assembling in
the Bowery by A. NJ. on the morning of the
18th. The President caused the whole six
months batch to be collected, and required two
excellent readers to be present at the time and
place appointed, who read by turns for nearly
four hours, the printed productions of frenzied,
beclouded, and added brains to coDgrega-
ton of the purest and noblest people to be found
on the whole earth, and could editors, scribblers,
and sheer makers have seen the smiles of deri-
sion and speech of disgust with which their lu-
cubrations and studied obliqus were received by
each intelligent nearer, it might seem that they
would have been tempted to turn their time,
efforts, and publications into channel that
would in some small degree benefit their fellow
beings"
The News further says that Utah unanimous
ly wishes Brigham Young to be continued as
Governor, and that no American citizen hav-
ing due respect for the constitutional rights
and welfare of the people, would ask for the
place, or accept it if rendered to him. 1t pro-
pose that the PRESIDENT send one or more civil
ians to Utah to see what they can see, and re-
turn and report.
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.sNothing 10 Wear,

The poem entitled Nothing to Wear" which
we insert on our first page, is now the great
theme in literary and fashionable circles. The
authorship of the piece is questioned. 1t is
claimed, says an exchange, that q precocious
child of IL years of age, the daughter of Rev.
Mr. Peck, an Episcopal clergyman, wrote the
opening and closing part of the clever jeu des-
prit, and subsequently lost the manuscript in an
omnibus; the inference being that it was found
by Mr. Vim. Allen Butler, who added to and al
tered it. Mr.. Butler, in reply says. that he had
not previously claimed the authorship of the
piece, but that his name now being coupled with
the charge of stealing the literary production of
young lady "not out of her teens" he declares
that the poem was written by him, and that no
line or thought in it was suggested to him or
derived by him, from any other person or
source, and that "any assertion to the contrary
is entirely false" Mr.. Butler will no doubt be
believed, for the reason that the poetical pro-
auctions of precocous children of twelve years
old are generally the --LATEST of nonsense, which
"Nothing to Wear" is not.
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Ross ON slavery.

We are indebted to the publishers, Messrs. j..
B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, for copy of
the work entitled slavery Ordained of God"
by the Rev. f. A. Ross, D. D., of Huntsville,
Alabama. The volume is made up of speeches
and letters, delivered and written by the author
at different times. DR.. Ross is well known as
one of the ablest men in the country, and his
book abounds in eloQuence and wit as well as
sound argument. Notwithstanding the subject
is so hackneyed, the volume viii be read with in
terest by any one who will take tup. For sale
by Mr.. Cowan, in this place.
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A Fair Hit.

The National Intelligencer remarks as follows
upon the recent conversion of the Richmond
Enquirer to conservatism:
"The storm which has so long stirred the Bit
ter waves of controversy among US, and which,
in the estimation of some timid spirits, threaten
ed the safety of our good ship of State, was re-
garded with much eomplacency by those who
had conjlred it up so long as it was the Union
and not the Democracy which was said to be
placed in imaginary jeopardy by it. But now,
when the unity and predominance of the lat
ter is deemed to be imperilled by the extrava-
gance of certain 'agitating ultraists,' not few
among those who formerly essayed to guide the
storm seem at length to have discovered that
our National barque has been put upon dan
gerous tack"