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AUCTION SALES.
TO-DAY d TO-MORROW MORNING
ByA GREEN, AuctIoneer.

BY A. GREEN, AuctIoneer.
II MD ON + Blu DING LOT EAST
- OF THE CAPITOL AT AUCTION.-On TIL RS
ID A Y, the 18th instant, | shall sell IN front
OF the premises, at O'Clock D. m. LOT No. IL, IN
square No. 725 having front of 81 feet ~ inches on
9Th street east running back n feet to 8 feet alley
between north and streets.
Terms One third cash: balance In SIX, twelve
and eighteen months, for notes bearing interest \
deed given and deed of trust taken. Title Indis-
pUtahe. Jy lid A. GREEN. AUctloDePr.
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ID. G. DIGGES,
=. ~. BERRY,
iy le-22w
Agent for The Owner

tALuABLE TOWN LOTS AT CrI.PEPER
q, ,r LII ut 10 IsE, EnR SALE shall sell
IVY nyIS 1857; a number of VhLCiBLE TOWN
I'oi adjacent 10 TO the Depot Of tins mace The
building purposes and afford elevated and hcau,T,I
SIiuatnnS l1r private residences commanding a bne
Northern. Eastern and Western view re- "a :
Will COMMENCE punctuay At n O'Clock A NJ
ICrmS: One ihIrd IN cash the balance IN tvr,
of sale. EDNN Ann u mi i'e "aS
Attorney IN fact for heirs Of Thomas Hill deceased
iV I4-Sf- '''' ~ NNo'HO"'
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It's E.S. WRIGHT. Auct.
By c. w. BOTELER. AnctIoneer.

HOUSE AND LOT ON r STREET. AT Arc
NJ, riGNiD,By virtue OF deed Of trust from Mrs.
NpTeinber 1885, and recorded IN the Land Records
ber No i folio T,t1 re TO- o and SSfg I tha c IN
poses OF SAID trust will he sold at public auction on
m, me premises, ON :: street north on TUESDAY the
part of the Lot ot Ground numbered Is, IN Square
point on the north side of r street north orc hun
dTcd and forty feet and nine inches from the sout
west corner of SAID square and running thence north
seventy feet and SIX inches with the western
line of Il portion of SAID lot number SIX which was
conveyed by David Saunders and wife to Roger .
WeIghtman, 10 the use of Mary =. Scott: then e
east feet inches thence north Ii feet ~ Inches
thence west 2 feet 10 and third inches: thence
south S8 feet inch aud half: thence east ~ feet
inches and one third OF an inch to the place Of be
The improvements consist of n good three stor,
brick dwelling and basement, with large two story
iIcA building and the whole well arranged for d res
Terms of sale: S2oo0 in cash. and the residue for
notes IA equal payable in SIX. TIVE I've and egb
teen months. with interest A deed Will he gi'-ep
and deed Of trust taken to secure the deferred
payments. The expenses of the deeds TO he al the
The Trustee reserves the right to himself At ms
Of the purchaser. by giving five DAYS notice of the
time and terms of such sale. vacate the sale f
chaser within i've days after he sale. y 'i'e Pu'-
The premises are now under lease for 500 per
1855. HENRY NJ: MoRFIiTT. trustee sdSe.''
c. w. BOTELER. Auctioneer.
- H THE CREDITORS OF MRS. MARY r..
Barney provided for IN said deed are requested To
leave their accounts and vouchers at the office Of
me l TlIStee. on - street. July l-eOdSds
NARSHAL'S SALE.-In virtue of writ of 6eri
w facas sofia lien law issued from the Clerks
olhce of the Circuit Court Of the District of Column
hla for the County of Washington. and to me d.
Tecied, shall NpoSe Ia public sale for ca sh IA front
Of the Court house door of sad county, on FRI
"a The nth day of July, 1851, at II o'clock, the
following property. TO wit:
All defendant right. tlc clam, and interest m and
10 the three two-story and attic Frame Dwelling
Houses and Back BuI'dug>. SITUATED on Lot No q
IN square No. l'7 Ia The City of Washington. ID. c.
fronting 80 feet on north l. street seized and levied
upon as the property OF John =. James ard Wi he
sold 10 sailsfS JGdIcals No 2i3 To March Term 1857;
Francis Nheatley Is. John =. James
]. ~. HOOVER,
Ie 2i-d Marshal for the Dist. of Col,
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THE METROPOLITAN CONCERT Saloon, next doo-
TO the star Office, is nightly hronged with audiences
composed OF our respectable citizens. The proprIe-
tors ars determined, 1t appears, to enforce their
cellent rules and with new attractions In he offered
Tonight and IN future they will no doubt reap a
harvest from their enterprise. The saloon is The
most cool and pleasant resort IN the CITY. II
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AUCTION SALES

PobLiS SALE.-By virtue OF an AUTHORITY YES,
- Gu IN Tue Undersigned. we will expose AT public
Sc, on the premises, on MONDAY, the al Sey ~
Ausust next At Y clock m, If far If not ON the
he4 Iar gay thereafter, At the same hour and nace
81 tns Ilght, tte interest, and estate Of oieTt NJ
Brooke IN TIght OF his deceased WIFE Mary A =
BROOKE, IN aud to the real estate of her deceased
latheI Elisha Berry and which said rig M and
was duly purchased at Sheriff Sale on the oath day
OF March, lS45, by certain Otis Spear. and ai(eT
wards duly convey Ell Ia ham by the then Sheriff, John
X. Baden) The Property now offered as n tenancy
ny the courtesy OF the said ebert w Brooke in III,
No. of said real estate. The said lot contain 81
acres, n is well wooded. and the soil is of excellent
quallty-ls situated about five miles from W ashIuT
TOM and is now IN \ good state of cultivation
Terms of sac One-thIrd casa on the day Of sa q
anu the residue equal insfalments of SIX ard
we've months, ON bonds Of the purchaser with Sc
curIes To be approved hv the undersigned and hear
Jug ,n,SFtest from the day of sale. pom the pay
,nnI.e ,ne purchase money, the unSerS gned Wi
S0l'y1 70 me purchaser the interest of the said
DIooAe ano Spear IN and 10 The sald nremlses
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Health of New Orleans, &c.

New ORLEANS, July I4.-During last week
there were only ninety-four deaths in this CITY,
most Of children. There is no fever prevailing
General Walker arrived here this morning.
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THOSE who may have the good fortune to be
present at Academy of Music concert tonight
will enjoy the treat of hearing Miss Matte Beech
our talented Washington vocalist and pianist
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WATCH RETURNs.-Charles Brown cold ont
after hours. and disorderly, s6I6; Rioh'd Ncale.
do. do; t. H. Richards do. workhouse to DAYS:
Thomas RuSten, do. ten stripes
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Massachusetts IepisIature

BosToN. July II The Legislature assembled
at eleven o'clock to-day in special session 20 dis
trict the state for Senator'S and Councillors and 90
apportion the number Of representatives 10 the
several counties.
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TIE kAw INDIANS yesterday visited the Smith
Sohlan institution, and were politely shown all
the wonders OF the building by Mr.. JaniIor Nc
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REPREHENsIBLE.-NeSte a harmless old
cOlOTed man well known To the citizens of q G
second Ward as Old Prehaps,'' received a
severe wound the head from a stone thrown
by boy. The Practice of Stoning and teasing
persons known to be- Of unSOund mind is one thai
should he immediately checked, both on account
of its immoral tendency and the injury received
by innocent persons unable to protect themselves
IL is the duty OF every citizen to inform he police
and become witness against such persons.
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REMEMBER that the Good VIII Club will oiye
their third grand excursion to the White House
on Thursday next, July 23d
And that the excursion of Central Lodge No !.
L o. .. F., to the White House Pavilion will
take place on Monday next
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Vicious DoG.-Ths morning. child of Col.
c. = Wallach was attaC ked and bitten by fe:o-
cious dog. The child was so badly torn about
the neck as to render the advice Of physician
necessary.
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A DA>TARDLY ATTEMPT, a night or TWO ago.
WAS made 10 fire the building occupied by Primary
school No ,. Fourth district, Miss Lee teacher J
but the flame luckily was discovered by person
occupying the adjoining house, and il was extin-
gushed in season to avert d serious contiagration
in the several frame buildings adjacent
Other outrageS upon this school building have
been heretofore cssdyed, and the Trustees of the
Public Schools will very cheerful reward any
one who will bring the perpetrators to light
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LAwLEss You've ANERIcA-A youth, whose
parents are more to blame than the bow perhaps.
Yesterday undertook, with gun, to shoot pigeons
IN the public streets, with shocking heediessness
as TO consequences. Firing at bird near Carusi,s
saloon ne missed his aim, but hit a carpenter at
work In shop in that neighborhood Powder
ually the shot glanced along the skull, and did
not seriously harm the person struck
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A CADEMY OF MUSIC,

A CADEAIY OF MUSIC,
"a Cor. Of lIth ST. and Pa are,
Orsr FnrHhG8i'N Bookstore.
MIR. L. NICHOLS Crouch, composer of upward
of 2."m songs. author of Kathleen Mavourneen,'
and musical editor of Godey's I.ady's Book
Continues giving Vocal Lessons to his Pupils and
Classes, every Monday. Tuesday, Thursday, and
Friday, AT the above Institution.
Members tHr0itsd ersTy day, as no vacations Oc-
cur during the Summer munths-THIS SEASON,
being the proper time, for Noca lists to study.
Apply To Mr.. CROUCH, at the Academy of Music,
every morning from to ~ % clock.
Musical Lectures delivered every Thursday even
lng-lllustrated by the Pupils of the Institution.
lie l-POSm
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DROGRESS IN THE FINE ARTS
PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY COMBINED.
II TO 6 4 PHTC ron TRAITS,
In oIl Co0rS, Canvas.
MINIATURE OR SIZE OF LIFE,
- WALKERS

=. WALKERS
PORTRAIT AND PICTURE Cutlery,
Odeon Hail. corner "a ST. and Pennsy lVana avenue
:. WALKER has fitted mp the above spacious
apartments al very great OUTLAY of capital thereby
rendering his eStab IShmcnt one of the most COM
plete and handsome IN the whole country. file has
hne Oh Paintings Nv some of the best ancient and
modern masters. Ia which he intends Ia add fresh
InportatlonS. -. w ALEER has also lifted zap COM
pleie SUIT of rooms. with private robng apartments
Tor ladies. and purchased the finest possible nStrI
ments and engaged first class operative artist Ia
PHOTOGRAPHlC, AMBROTNPE AND DA-
GUERREOTEPE PORTRA ATS from the
smallest immature 10 SIZE Of LIfy.
-. WALKER. 10y combining the Photographic Pro
cess with the art at Painting, of which he has had
- years experience. and whose specimens of life
portraits may he In some of the frSt fam
lies of the city. well those exhibited I'm ms
Gallery, he will be able. 10y the combination Of the
two, To produce portraits that have never been eX-
ceed for their fidelity and te like preston. Can
vas and boards prepared 10y himself expressly for
the purpose.
Particular attention paid 10 the painting or Por-
traits Miniature or lIfe-sZe, from small PICTURES of
dsctnNsd TI,HdN.
Photographs taken from corpses, or sick persons
taken at their own residences on immediate no
ticP.
Committees and classes taken IN any number an
al reasonable charges.
LIkeneSSes painted ON Copper for Tomb Stones
Valuable Ga Paintings. and Old Family Portraits.
carefully back lined and restored TO their Original.
freshness.
Ladies and gentlemen are respectfully solicited
entrance 41a street, two doors from Pennsylvania
avenue. IN n tin
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NEW JENvELRY AND WATCHES.

II. o. HOOD has just returned from the North,
and has brought on fine lot of Fashionable ~
Cameo, Coral, Mosaic BrIllIaHtS, and Plain EJSl
GOLD JEW ELRG. Also, a good assortment {. e
of fine GOLD and SILVER WATCHES. some
very superior time keepers for ladies' and gentcmeus
use. He haS also hand great variety of STAN D.
AR ID SlLNERWARE of his own make, warran-
ted the best quality and will be sold low Please
call and examine goods and prices at no 1873 Penn
Az, sign Ot the Large Spread Eagle. Jy 10
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The RETURNS OF THE WASHINGTON posr
OFFICE for the quarter just closed show the pre.
paid stamps sold to amount to SIO.e.3 &c free
letters sent Isl Sol free letters received Col 3o
drop letters for city delivery $3.50; number OF
mails made up for other offices and dispatched
81 100; public documents sent ,7l9,OU0 pounds
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Tue WESTERN NISlToKs.-The preparations
in Baltimore for the reception of the visitors from
the West, will it is expected, he fully completed
to-day, and To he on 4 handsome scale We
hear of no movement on the part of our citizens
properly receive the visitors their arrival at
Washington. Is this creditable TO us as a city /,
The general passenger agent of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad company at the WeStyeSterday
teeuraphed that the number of guests would prob
ably exceed 80.
NOT AT ALL hard To take were those most deli
cious bivalves sent MS by our neighbor Simpson,
whose establishment, all the world knows, is
at the corner of Tenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue. Larger, jucier, or better favored oysters
than these, we never hope to see.
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a n T \ II HT~.
" We have Just received n good assortment of
GAS FlNTI RES. such as Chandeliers, Brackets.
Pendants. GlOieS, &c.
GAS TUBING Introduced i'm Stores, Dwellings
and Public Buildings by competent wOr kInen at low
rates. Please give call.
MILLER & CT'NNINGHAN
No: 2i3 Pa, av bet. 18th and 18th sts., south side.
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dissolution OF COMPREHENSIVE.

Notice is hereby given that the Co-partncrship
heretofore existing between EDWARD J. WILL
son and WILLIAM III. HAfWAR ID, has, this
day, been dissolved by mutual consent
All persons indebted to. and all persons having
claims against the sad firm of wilson and Hayward,
are requested TO call and settle the same with I'D
ward J. W llsom. he being fully authorized 10 settle
the same. EDWARD J. WILSON.
w. ii. HAYWARD.
Washington. july 1ith, 4. D.. 1857. iv 1851
| HAVE JUST RECEIVED, direct from Paris,
L 8 cases Of Velvet and Gold and White and Gold
PAPER HANGlNGS, of the latest and richest de-
signs.
Those persons in want Of Paper hangngs would
do well tn call and examine my stock before pur-
chasing elsewhere as am confident that can please
them both quality and IN price.
Paper put up in the best manner and in all cases
guaranteed. JOHN ALEXANDER,
No. 24O Pa. ave-, between 18th and 18th sis.
iy o. tau fy
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How THEY Do BUSINESS ~ GEORGETOWN
Yesterday, Officer May went to Georgetown and
arrested man named Poore, charged with riot
on Monday at the Washington steamboat wharf
tie took his prisoner before Justice of the Peace
and requested him to be held to bail for a further
hearing The Justice replied that he did not do
business in Georgetown in that way. The officer
requested ten minutes to get his witnesses The
Justice replied that POOre was ready for trial then
The prisoner was allowed to depart on his prom
iSe to appear at three O'Clock day The officer
stated that he should lay the matter before the
Grand Jury
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A HOSTILE MEETING PKEvEx1KD-La>t night
information was given to Capt. Mills, Of the Aux-
IlaTy Guard, that arrangements were making for
a duel between Lieut.. T. ROney, &. - y. and
Lieut.. HarIell. Of the retired list. L. = n He
Immediately called on Justice Dom and request
ed warrants TO be issued To- Police Officers Cooper
and Tanning, who, with the Justice. arrested
both the parties. They were required to give. ST.
curity In Sj,UOedch that they Will not depa this
District within months for the pUrIO G OF HJht-
ing d duel. The duel. IL IL said To- have ken
place at early hour this morning. either at ST.
vcT spring or BladenNbuTg and Il coach had been
already engaged To convey Lieut.. RuncV and his
friends 20 the ground. The prompt action #
Capt Mills and his officers prevented This affair.
4, least for the present. 10 IL said that Lieut. :
+ Dulany. OF Virginia, first called on Capt
Mills with the Information.
The RIyEE.-AfteI TWO Lour, >,.aroh along
the banks Of this beautiful stream this morning
find no news To relate, bI>incs, very duh. and
no arrivals.
The drawkeePer is engaged In fishing from the
surface OF the muddy water an occasional " hite
perch. which lac very generously feeds with angle
wOGm>. and after = few minutes pctiiny drops il
again into the water with the good -matured re-
maxi, x" bdC h. little fellow and grow awhile"
u - a matter worthy of remark that the current
Tuns towards the southeast 10 day
EXCURSION or TIE NATIONAL GUAsD-In
another column will be found the ample pro
coming EXCURSION TO Blakistone's Island. Read
il carefully and say If il is not All enticnS
That II will be carried ont To the letter We have
assurance in the sort Of men appointed on the
committee Of arrangements:
capt Jas. A. TAFT, Lieut.. Thos. T.. Lloyd, 1t.
Jas T. johnson. X H. Graham, Levi Jones, q.
B. Clarke. VIM. Camniack. Jr.
Til FOR TAT.-Y esterday, Henry I.awder was
arrested 10y Officer Watson, the oath of Mrs.
Sarah Callahan, for profanity in tbs street. Jus
tie Goddard ordered the defendant To pay : ard
costs This settled, the officer produced a wal
rant against Mrs sarah Callahan, for selling
liquor in quantities less than pint. This case
beng made out. Justice Goddard ordered the de-
ftLd mt 10 pay fine of - and costs.
WENT Too FAR Yesterday, Mr.. Thomas II.
Lewis was arrested for assault and battery on
Mr.. Nm II Steward Mr.. Lewis appearing
hei0T' Justice Goddard. at once gave bail for
count. TrH.a Hing tn the Ofhser that be- only Intend
81 10 shake his hist at Sir. steward, but II went
toe far
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MISCELLANEOUS.
A STRANGE STORY.

Some years since an eccentric old genius,
whom for convenience we will call Barnes,
was employed by farmer living in town
some six or seven miles westerly from the
Penobscot river, to dig we'll. The soil and
substratum being mostly sand, old Barnes,
after having progressed downward about for
ty feet, found one morning upon going out
early to his work that the well had essential
ly caved in and was nearly full to the top. So
having that desire, which men have, of know
ing what will be said of them after they are
dead, and no one being yet astir. ne conceal
ed himself in rank growth of burdocks by
the side of board-fence near the mouth of
the well, having first left his hat and froek
upon the windlass over the we'll. At length,
breakfast being ready, boy was dispatched
to call him to his meal, when 10 it was seen
that Barnes was buried in the grave uncou-
sciously dug by his own hands. The alarm
being given, and the family assembled, it was
decided first to eat breakfast and then send
for the coroner, the minister, and his wife
and children. Such apathy did not fatter
Barnes self-csteem bit, but he waited pa
tiently, determined to hear what was to be
said, and see what was to be seen.
Presently all parties arrived and beg: q
prospecting the scene of the catastrophe, as
people usually do in such cases. AT length
they drew together to exchange opinions as to
what should be done. The minister at once
gave 1t as his opinion that they should level
I'D the we'll and let Barnes remain ''for, !"
said he, che is now beyond the temptation to
sin and in the day of Judgment it will make
no difference whether he is five feet under
ground, or fifty. for he is bound to come forth
in either case" The coroner likewise agreed
that sit would be needless expense to his
family or the town to disinter him when he
was so effectually buried" and therefore en-
tirely .coincided with the minister. His wife
thought that as che had left his hat and frock
it would hardly be worth while to dig him
out for the rest of his clothes - and so it was
decided to let him remain.
but poor old Barnes. who had no breakfast
and was not at all pleased with the result of
The inquest, laid quiet until the shades of eve.
ming stole over the landscape then he quietly
decamped to parts unknown. After remain
ing ,mcoyaito for about three years. one NOR.
ming he suddenly appeared Chatless and frock.
less as he wenr) at the door Of the farmer 70,
whom be bad sgresd TO dig the unfortunate
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GENERAL REGULATIONS.

The grand display of Horses. Cattle, Poultry.
Agricultural and Horticultural Products, Manu-
featured Articles and Luxuries, will take place
on the first and second days.
The Flowing Match " i'll take place on the third
day at 10 o'clock, A. A.. and the Ladies' Riding
Match. the same day at 2 o'clock, p NJ.
Exhibitors will, in all cases, be required to be-
come members of the Society, and those who do
not previously communicate with the Secretary.
will be waited on by the Reception Committee
at the Fair Grounds.
Every thing intended for exhibition must be
entered at the Office, together with the name and
residence of the owner, and will be marked OF
designated by card numbered in the order of
its entry.
No vicious animal will be entered, unless the
owner takes measures to prevent any possible
damage otherwise resulting the-efrom.
Animals or articles On exhibition cannot be re-
moved before the close of tho fair, without per
mission from the Managers
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VOL. 4. NO. 38.

we'll. To say that an avalanche of questions
we're rained upon him as to his mysterious
reappeaIance. &c.. would convey but feeble
idea of the excitement which his bodily pres
ence created But the old man bore it all
quietly. and at length informed them that on
finding himself buried be waited for them to
dig him out. until his patience was exhausted
when he set to work to dig himself out. and
only the day before had succeeded for his
ideas being confused By the pressure of the
earth at the time he was buried, Le had dug
very much at random. and instead of coming
directly to the surface, he came out in the
town of Holden, sis nai2es east Of the Pensb-
scot rirer
No further explanations were sought for by
those who were SO distressed and sorrowfui
over his supposed final resting -place.-BGn-
gor ysfersoaian.
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To Trave ! e r S !!

HAVING purchased the interest of Maj. John
IL Thompson in a line of Hacks running be-
tween Ebensburg and jefferson, and united it
with their own, now prepared to afford every
convenience to passengers crossing the road
They are provided with
Six First Class Hacks,
with good horses and accommodating drivers
They feel assured that with this large addition to
their former stock, they will be enabled to give
satisfaction to all who may patronizc their line.
For passage apply to
Maj JNO. THOMPSON, Mansion House Ebens-
burg,
JOHN A. BLAIR, Union House, Ebsnsburg.
JOHN G. GIVEN, Csmbria Houre, jefferson.