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TIE RISKS or ira HELLERS.

That human life is regarded at too cheap rate in this
country is fact that has been, alas but too evident
fer the last half century, and in nothing is it fatally
exemplifed than in travelling Strange that amongst
people Who than all Others recognise the truth of
the maxim that " time is money, there should be SO
much neglect OF the proper safeguards of life the most
precious thing earth, knowing, do that death is
loss of all time forever. STILL CO. heedlessly
rapidly, and recklcssy! I steamer explode rail-
way train be thrown down an embankment or into a
river and hundreds fill untimely the tragedy is
not only forgotten, but o in many instances meet
ngs held by passengers and tho conduc
tors and engineers exoncratcd from all blame Aud
with coroners uricsfor who has time to waste in
the pcrquisitions Of justice can afford few hours
from their business avocatons, on Of the dead
for the safety Of the living if the parties
attention is called to the matter just by able
navigation the writer says
To slow tho great risk Of steamship travelling
railroad travelling let examine the comparative risk
per mile to each passenger 1t appears from the best
statistics that IN the last four years the risk to each pas
sengcr of being killed in going milo
BY railroad IN France in 100 600 900
BY railroad in England / in S. 900 900
by railroad in New York ~ in AT 900 600
By Atlantic steamships -----------1i in $40, 900
These figures protest strongly against the management
OF some at least, of Atlantic steamship companies
According to these statistics passenger could go from
here to California by rsroad with tho samc risk to
travel five miles in steamship Who win say that the
unavoidable risks are in this rntof
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PoLInc1L IsTxLLlGEscE

W. +. feathers, esq Of Lawenceburgh, Kentucky
himself candidate for Congress in the 9Th
district Of that State, subject 70 tho decision Of demo
cratic convention. Tho election of next year
The democratic State convention OF Kentucky win be
held the Sth of January, 1859 At meeting Of the
democracy OF Trimble county tho 18th ult the
Of Col Preston suggested cand date for governor
Hon. Alfred H, Coiqui:t of Baker county Georgia,
has been nominated 10 the State senate by the democracy
of that county.
The democratic convention Of the eighth district Of
Massachusetts, have nominated b f. Butler, of Lowell
for Congress Charles H. Adams has been nom mated in
the third district by the republicans.
Hon Clark b. Cochrane, of the 18th district Of New
York. has been nominated for reelection to Congress by
the republicans
The democratic primary elections ia New York city
for the choice of delegates TO county convention win
be held ON Monday evening next
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

- ~ -. -. -, $3.50
we are informed tnat inc PRESIDENT mas appointed Dr
james mcdowell OF missouri, consul 10 oonsth
unoie ms worthy gentleman - .'e oiues. son o. inc
late uoyernor MoDoweii, OF virginia, ana ms appoint
menu w uoup.iess DC agfeeaoie 70 many rom their mp
precation q thc numerous eAcehchcies OF nus dstn
gushca iather-AoHwHee.
DIR. Chas, M. Hitchcock has been appointed inspector
OF drugs AZ pan Francisco cailorha vice Dr Tucker,
resigned
Judge Bowlin, the commissioner to Paraguay, left
Washington for New York on Thursday evening Com.
mander Page is still in the city, but will depart this
morning Commodore Snuorick VIII probably leave on
Monday next. Samuel ward, esd, mas been appointed
secretary TO the commissioner
A. j. O. Bannon, esq chief clerk Of the Fourth Audi
tors Office has been commissioned by the PRESIDENT TO
act as Auditor until the existing vacancy can DC hed
The President has moved in from the Military Asylum
aud has taken up his residence Tor the winter at the gov
ernment mansion.
NJ Felicc Forcsd, an Italian exile, well known to our
citizens us the patriotic co-suefer With Syvo Peco IN
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There Is very nice, gentcel Young lady in PEORIA H.
lnois who in twcntyonc years has been married three
times On each occasion of her marriage she was united
to younger than herself and the last time TO one
who twenty three years her junior She lived happy
with the first unbappiy with the second, but prefers
the last AT the age Of twenty she wooded to man
aged nineteen with whom she lived six years At the
age of thirty she married Of twenty, with whom
she lived only two years After lapse Of nearly nine
ye-rs OF single besscdncss ut the end of which time
she forty one years old she married again end IN
this instance, capped the climax the she married
being emily eighteen years DID, her present husband with
whom she has lived very happily for two years v he Is
consideatc young man, he viii die soon and give the
widow a chance to look up somebody else.
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THE ONO STATE House ON FIRE

On the morning Of the 5th instant fire discover
cd in the basement in the northeast of the
building, directly under tho office Of the Secretary Of
State and used by that officer soreroom, and by
workmen as paint shop. After an hours strenuous
excrtons by the rcmen, the fumes were c1tingushed
Five six hundred volumes Of public documents, em
bracng the only complete set extant of documents from
the first organization Of the territorial government to the
present time, totally ruined These documents
Of great value records and it will be impossible to
place them Their real value is incalculable though
probably the whole lot would not have sold for 500
The total loss Of the State viii perhaps reach $780, aside
from the expense Of repairing the ROOM tho walls, win
dows and doors of which considerably damaged.
AS to the origin OF the fire, nothing is known. The
doors locked and there but opening in the
room through which fire could have been communicated
ia the material inside, which window let down
from the top about four inches No smoking was allow
Cd in the shop and it is thought to be the work Of
ncendialy, though what object any could have had
in setting fire to the stuff must be matter Of specula
( ~. W Y Z
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4 BnLLpN BANK.
rs. ON Tho rpplaslpr'n Ledgqrl

fF ON tho Pfi'ldoiphn LedgefJ
Some cnterprsng fnancicm at New York have started
the project Of bullion bank ~ tias Guy ING mann put
49, ~ sbl seems TO be TO regulate the exchanges by
s ~ the issue Of certificates Of deposits of gold which
yeate the projectors believe viii be the most desirable
osliuu az remittance from New York TO the interior,
and from the interior back to New YORK agaa-the TO
New York which, it Is modestly claimed for that city
iii leen the whole country financially steady and strong
re idea being that New York Is the banker Of the
ostineut II she is strong In ready money, the whole
country must feel strong The people oil the cohu-
at will no doubt feel financially greatly obliged for
aha natronizIng care of modest noighbors This,
however Is the project IN priei 80.
~ found bank here at the centre of finance OF this
continent which shall discount mot as some say enu on
~ denoe arc not TO be used any part OF Them by the
n Init arc 10 be retained always ia actual cash 20 the
order of the several depositos the deposites VIII con
seouenty be always to the full amount on hand In coin
ne revenue Of the bank other than the interest on its
- canitan Ia TO consist of small banking comm 'sions
charged 10 epositors small accounts more, on large
aeonnts less The largest commission proposed is lilo
az one per cent So person income OF % oOo per
onnuno on larger accounts low as 100 OF one per
cent ana on very large accounts small annual sum in
lien Of commissions AS its projectors propose TO limit
tbe dividends To per cent these charges will be re-
duced with the Of business and will always be
kept down to the amount actually necessary to pay ex
penses
We have no idea that such scheme likely to be car
ried into practical operation very soon There are DIM
cutes not easily reconced and which do not enter into
the working OF the Bank of Hamburg which Is probably
taken as the model Of the proposed bank at New York
The field of operation Of bank here, OF the kind named
4 go much more extended than that of the Hamburg
bank as to render the of the latter no sort OF evil
dcnce OF like result for the former The Bank of Ham
burg is SO rgdy bullion bank that II coin be deposited
in It, the coin is at melted up into bars of bullion
and taken by that process comparatively out OF cir
culaton Nor does the Bank Of Hamburg allow, this
bank proposes do transfers by checks The rule there
is that principal Of the firm having funds there shall
appear personally at the bank and there transfer the de-
sired amount the books of the bank and sum once
80 transferred cannot be transferred again the
day. such course would hardly answer the go-aheadi-
yeness Of young America whose doings considered
Of the old ogy order unless daily several times dup
Gated ~
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A TERRIBLE ENCOUNTER W17H BULLDOGS.
From lilo ! ,ui,v.rro Courier i

#e from Tho misyto CourierJ
Yesterday Reed X. Young the wellknoNl pilot, was
most terribly bitten and accrated by two fierce dogs the
property Of a milkman of the name Of Rb'nehart we
believe II occurred in the Salt River lane in the lower
part Of the city just Mr. Young walking towards
the railroad track. The dogs suddenly jumped on him.
one seIzng him by the calf of the leg and the other
attempting to catch him by tho throat He had pres
ence q mind sufficient to throw up his IN defence Of
his throat and the dog seized him by the arm tearing
away the eloshes and flesh in terrible manner The
other dog tore the flesh from his leg severing artery
lie then caught Young by the top of his head with his
teeth, and literally tore off the scalp The other dog
astened his fangs in his breast and they had COM
pictey worried and bitten him that he almost cx
halstcd and entirely oyerpowercd, and but for the
timely assistance of neighbor would have been killed
outright The man attacked them with club, and had
much difficulty in getting them loose from their prey
Great excitement created in the ncighborhood by
the terrible affair, and crowd Of people assembled to
hrlt the dogs aud Eli them They were shot with bird
shot but got away before effective weapons could
DC obtained party, however soon started in pursuit
with rifles and axes, and they will certainly be killed
soon ~ found Mr.. Young is q tall stout man, and
one OF The survivors OF the terrible Pennsylvania disas-
@r. we hope the wounds Inflicted by the dogs vii
prove less dangerous than represented and that he will
soon be out again
we learn that Of the dogs was killed. but the other
escaped boy tho frst to interfere in behalf
% Mr. Young, by shooting at ono of the dogs with pis-
to soaring the brute or The muscles Of both Of Mr.
arms are terribly torn aud he is also severely
bitten on the back
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THE 8RMY -AVD Nj w.

Benaal lfcknor, surgeon in the navy, died at Am
Arbor, Michigan, on the LIST ultimo. He native
of Vermont but appointed from Connecticut December
TO- 1874 He had been ia tho pava sci rice nearly forty
four years
John S. Barnes, master IN the navy n the line Of
promotion, has resigned.
The rumored loss Of the u. S. coast survey sterner
Fire Fly unfounded She in the harbor of Beau
N. c., on the 2Uth Of September last.
Lieuts Cushman and Flusser, and Purser Har wood
have been detached from the Annapolis Naval Academy
and ordered TO join the Paraguay expedition.
Dispatches have been received at the Navy Dcpa
from Commodore Tatnal in command of the squadron
in the East India and China Commodore Tatnall
states his Injection Of mprcssing the Japanese with
proper idea Of power by making full display Of the
squadron He would be justified in taking this course
the recent treaties and termination Of hostities to-
gether with the presence Of large force Of English and
French vessels of would render all foreign interests in
China perfectly for time to The squad
would return to the coast Of the last Of
October.
Private advccs received from the United States ship
Savannah, lying at Grcytown, state that malady
similar to that which broke out on board the United
States steamship Susquehnna had appeared among the
crew, and that several deaths had occurred in
qucncc. The commander of the Savannah had deemed
it advisable to put to for short time and will
main until the health of the crew improves
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BA1r1hoRE c4rr1E M4RKEE oc7oBER 7rH

DEF CMtLr The offerings at the scales to-day
reached l 100 head. OF the number offered $50 head
were driven of and the remainder $50 heal pur-
az " baltimore butchers Mt prices ranging from
" SO to SO rs the hoof equal TO IS s7 net and
averaging 50 3l gross The cattle offered we're Of bet
mrqaity than have been at market for week or two,
anu prices shade better than last quotations
40 onEsr.-Ihc supply moderate, and we now quote at
wa "a per head
a. hoes-Ihe supply continues fair sales this week at
Is so to Sc so per 100 lbs. :
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STATISTICS oDD FE1owsnIr The following statistics
In relation to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in
tho United States have been cyeUlly revised from Off
cal sources and showing, they do, the work of the
great fraternity for the past year. will doubtless command
attention. especially the part of members of the order
The year is from june, 1857 to June, 1853 Number of
Lodges within the jurisdiction of the Order which in
cudcs all the States and Territories of the Union the
District of Columbia, Nova Scotia, Canada West, Sand
wch Islands, &C., $500; number Of mutations is $40
number Of deaths, l739 number Of members, 176, 70O
"a small decrease from the previous year. number of
members relieved, 23,151; widowed families relieved,
1885, amount paid for the relief Of members, S294-
992 81 amount paid FOR the relief Of families 500
GA So rnount paid for the education of orphals Sill
Isl 06 amount paid for the burial of the dead $67-
1854 10 amount of annual receipts, 1928 6S5 o. The
sum total of appropriations for members widows and
orphans $40 259 22 Statistics Of Encampments the
higher branch of the Order Number Of Encampmcnts
65I number of mutations, q 1856; number Of deaths
220 number of members 23, 3d. number of Patriarchs
relieved 1902; number of widows relieved, SO amount
paid for the relief of Patrarchs S2S, I'll 10 amount
paid fov the relief Of widowed families, So Ill GO
amount paid for the burial Of tho dead, SIS, ST. "a ;
amount of annual receipts Sl10 l56 81 Gross amount
paid for the relief OF members, (ncludng Patrarchs)
widows, ophans education aud FUNERALS tho mundcent
sum Of Sf76,95 l6.
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yxTHoLEsALE LIQUOR DEPoT.--Mossrs. Young,

wv Swpoo Co.. hvlng recently esab shed firm In this
city, No b25 street, uudcr foule
cal tho attention Of their choice collection
Of aud onadueacd cid liquors. which they willing
10 acl at reduced prices.
Their selected,
toc poisonous elements which chemistry has recently introduced
tior
on hand. Oct CT
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The Secretary of the Treasury has decided that haved
shingles not under the reciprocity treaty with Great
manufactured articles and that sIch they charge
able with duty of twenty four per cent Walnus in
salt and water decided to be chagcabc with duty
Of fifteen per cent and Times in salt and water at
the Same rate
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~ GOD NEWS FOR THE LADIES' WHEELER

M wilson's sowing machines for $50 Tho proprctors these
truly admirable family sewing machines desiring hom within
tho reach OF every family ia the conury have determined ory
70 reduce the price their most highly finished machines rs
cents but 10 Furnish plainly finished but equally perfect
chimes fr $50 The agent therefore, be able
ply perfect machines 70 all who them all prices $50
800, his agency No. ass 9TH street.
Oct o-3taw2wn p. J, STEER, Agent
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EDUCATION.

A LEXANDRIA HIGH SCIIOOL.--This institution
"A select boarding school for young mon and youth IN The ey
former years limited many receive the minute
attention principal being his desire TO combine FAR as
family with tho
classification discipline Of school, es3
his assistance tho pursuit OF his probes
sion tho experience twenty years during which me
he has engaged from almost
every OF the Union.
may prepare themselves at this school Tor entering any
class college, active business c Especial attention
given 10 the study philosophy chemistry and tho ahe
acs weas book Keeping and the ordinary English branohc
geology the application OF chemistry 70 the arts
are taught cabne and are
made a part OF the regular civil engineering.
Full courses Illustrated philosophy chems
try astronomy annually delivered In presence Of all Tho
{ 1874. f5g. ttf5.
number important improvements both at tho school and
dwelling have the erection aso
observatory the enlargement or the laboratory nddon OF
recitation rooms, &C.
easy the Of many welk gentle
men residing in United who either have
been patrons tho school, but the subscriber deems
this unnecessary. lefk&
Circulars viii be forwarded on application 5 . -
Sept 26--1md&sw 63g CALEB y HAlloWELl"
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United states Hotel.
MARRIED,

=, city tho 9th rstan by the Rev. wrp,v r. CT
j. president Of Ioyoa College, Bamore RICH ARD IT, CLARKE
ADA daughter Of tue ae RAPHAEL Of Georgetown
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TaXTENSION or THE anew BOOK STORE

TNXTENSION OF THE "NEW BOOK STORE. .
III FRANKLIN PHI respectfully bis friends and tho
that alterations ID improvements e contruc
tor OF store completed addition arse
cass stationery, American and European
books b he'd are art gallery Cat tc rear of the storc
where the acs novelties III cft, nrd al tho
public resdasoom, tho cades Eooon journals be-
ing regua, ~ received. 1F45EA, sis8FI83tis IA vs.
r. OF tho European cities Is
prepared most advantageous and
Egnd and feels confident In the
satisfactory ali orders orusted 10 his
FEANKl IN IIIiLP,
ta4 Bookseller Saioner,
rs Ang Sill 232 Penn av, betwccn 9Th aud ION sire d
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E7y~SECoND PREsBYrERIaN CHuRom on New York
between l4h seetsy Divine pernission tho
DR. Bocock will preach morning at
O'Clock aud tho Gurey in The afternoon o'clocS
Oct Q l7s
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fhtysx car loads Of Ohio and kentucky cattle were
shipped by railroad for New York during tho present
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4 cARp,-Elward Dolan, Merchant Talor, sig,

golden fleece OF I4th street and Pennsylvania
avenue opposite Wizards Hole respectfully invites the gentlemen Of
this bis pend assortment OF goods for tho
f and wiule trade which sell cheap His stock consists Of
oil tho fashionable Of French English Ger
man. cloths black blc added golden olive, invisible
green, mulberry and othec sbrdes.
Pantaoons--black and fancy docskn with eide bands
ses and cashmcrc rich and beautiful for ball
and party. Ess .
Icon Tricordl E5.s. v. s4
scr pion. sfsss Sept 19--dlm*
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MAsoNIc.--A stated Communication of Washington
Royal Arch Chapter, No. I6, viii BIO held at Masonic
Hail. corner of Ninth and streets, this evening. Com
panons in regular standing are invited to attend
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MORE NEW GOODS FOR GENTLEMEN.--P
Iy STEER, merchant tailor No ass seventh street, having
Just returned from New York With rgn addition his stock
goods of superior quality aud tho invites
and ALL others call them Gentlemen rely
having their orders FILED the best fair prices
o-2aw3wf
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
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District Court or the United states for the Dis
trict of Columbia. 8~6

The sacs America Ubcnts Fifteen Boxes OF Modoe
Wine af Ten Baskets OF Champagne Wine, respondents
DE 1T remembered that Philip Barton Key, esq,
Attorney for the District Of Columbia, hath ex
bbed libel in tho District court Of the said District alleging mat
November the 1851 hecn boxes o. Ne
baskets Champagne wine were imported INTO the
States Georgetown, port III the Dstct CO.
nmbia schooner called the a W Esdc
Ryder MASTER that the said nnccu boxes o.
not crbcd
mans Of the Of the said vessel
required w by which the Same has become
forfeited and seized BY the collector Of the
Georgetown All having right title interest IN Or
10 the Medoc baskets Of Capngnc
adonished be and AZ the house
City the Washington the Monday
hear and abide by and perform all such judicial
by law required 70 be done in the premtes
Test: JOHN A. SMITH, f.sf
16--i4texSun Clerk,