The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-11-14

I,iiacs4T tstis ~ HAwEs,, oHee 1874 Pennsylvania
ayanue, II Lapies IA fuckers building, make the
mestgheantiful and correct pictures that ,llaye,
ever en- Atty one who win visit their gallery
wiz be richly repaid for the time thus spent, and
win almost infallibly make up his or her mind to
Ihays pictpre'Sf themselves, They enable US to
realize she lines Of Burns, lstgs as lg .l.gI.
l2a2e sa 70 as Others see aiag ,id
and to look upon ouiseltssaas, in a glass, not
dafklyy trathfuIly giving faithful portrait Of
| thei buEiaa co1ntenanGe. agiiis i, 1,.s. W. HI
siin our uncertain state of existence we lshould
esteem this opportunity Of procuring faithful por-
traituresio OF the faces we love and honor as dear
privilege, SO HAT ifihey are taken from US by
death, We may Al, any time look upon the loved
and lost remember their virtues and kindnesses,
and h prompted to initiate them lli ,i'" nv
W tlEI ingfof narT---TTi8a s5er qHsin bgfyIsa,
= len URSTs a, DAY!--At meeting of the great
unemployed of Philadelphia, in Independence
Square, on the i 9th, one. of Col Forney's re-.
porters was cslledupon to speak. He did oyand
ID the. course Of his remarks told them to 20 to
work mt any price, instead of idling away their
time at public meetings A half a loaf is better
than no bread, that's fact. But that men
should work iorten cents day ia,a pIeposterous
|idea, James Buchanan to the contrary notwith.
standing. He said il his seat in Congress that
ten Cents dayewas enough for any mechanic.
Ten cents, = day Ten cents q dayt! Glorious
times under Democratic rulel Peaceable city,
people living under "their own vine and fig tree,
none daring to make them ashamed or ahraid.''--
Model city, this Washington Ia lt1 lasf sd
|id 2di lpt sGW 57j-44 l--Ll,lA DaE gs,y a.H
AN HONEST DRIvER.--John Norris, an omnibus
driver on Vanderwerken's line, yesterday restored
in safety to the loser, bag containing $500 in
gold lett 10y him on q seat in the omnibus. Good
lor John! IA eslitaI q. .sGtg aafsq IA hal
y PRoHorEp AND aArRQtNTED.---Wm, b. Taylor
Esq, has been promoted 10 be an Examiner in the
Patent Office Compensation $2,5O0per annum. 4
Mr. R5bert d. Clark, of Wisconsin, has been
appointed to be an Assistant Examiner in the
| same office Vice Taylor promoted. j., 'ssl
|ni Mr., Henry d. Smith, of Connecticut, has been
appointed 10 asecond class clerkship in the SAME
Office, compensation $l,400 per annuln. lib sdi
5IssuLnISG 4 LADy.--Last night young man
named John H. johnson was arrested by Captain
Wills, for following and insulting a la,ly near
Browns Hotel. The lady called upon tho captain
for protection, and went out upon the street and
pointed out johnson as the person johnson was
sent TO the wolkhouse for ninety days by Justice
Donn.iGn,. . ~ 5 st
|, No. Odd NORTH M sTREEr.-- recommend
people residing in this vicinity to call upon Thos.
| N, Adsms, at bis new Family Grocery, Variety,
aud Provision Store, where they will obtain every
thing IN his line of business, fresh and beautiful,
and cheap. 80 a@.Hs p. itaar, p .a 3"ti.
xxx 49, is. .asl4 ----- .sbi |,& 80 2l..alE ~ d.
JAMES Il. MooRE, corner of 18th and c streets,
| (Island,) has always on hand supply Of fresh
| Groceries and Provisions Of all kinds. Give him
n calm o IA, W. . " ' H.; r.,1 ...,3
Look in at Purcelps, corner of Mary land avenue
and Seventh street. Fetch is clever fellow, and
knows how to treat his customers Everything
nice there, and cheap too. I 80 or y u
| Il REyoLyERs--For the truth Of the statement
made few days since on this subject, We refer
cur readers to Mr. Alexander Bradley, our in
formant.s The name Of the man who uttered the
words is'Jobn Weed q 5 =. i., Z, IN. ~, b
ATTACK OK THE United STATES MAIL + We are
informed that an attack was made upon the United
States mail wagon, on Monday night, ON its pas,
sage from the railroad depot to the Post Office.
| The attack was directed, it is supposed against
the, mail agent who fired upon the gang The
shot was returned. Il aa.l ia & ia,.l la.u b
M 49, sgl llai -T----- .4aH gnHl %. y!I
ely- The following was handed 10 US yesterday.
We know nothing about the fact of ourself, but
have every confidence in the writer .,"'' 10 .
| Mr.. EDITOR: Can you inform me why the gas
lamps are not lit at the corner Of 10th street and
| Massachusetts ayenue2 Is. g,.r.saaa has TsHsaH
| The lamps are liz on the corner Of 9th street
aud Massachusetts avenue, and also on the corner
of 10th and M streets, one square above, and we
| sec no reason why the citizens Of the neighbor-
hood Of 10th and L streets should not receive the
benefit of the gas, as the pipes are laid along 10th
| street as far out az M street. f...r. Il -. IT,
REMOVED Messrs. A. G. Marsbman, Of Iowa,
| md Robert Jones' OF Massachusetts,, were yester-
| day removed from the Office Of the Third Auditor
Of the Treasury; the hrst second class (Sl 400
per aupnm) clerk, and the second first class
200 per anntIm) clerk! tl. ~ DO ." .-"eai's
iYestefday,aa young man named Ebenezer
Hoover son of Michael Hoover, carpenter, fell
from building whilst shingling the roof and
broke both arms and three of his ribs. He is also
supposed TO be internally injured ......a 30
REMA tKABLK INSTANCE OF HKEoIsx.--The Rev.
Mr. Scudder, of India in letter 10 the Christian
Iutelgencer, gives the following instance Of he
roism, called forth by the Indian nutinies: "Let
Americans meyer be ashamed that Englishmeu are
Their forefathers England is q noble country.
Her sons are heroes and her daughters are he
rojnes.. This rebellion has brought out deeds that