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n A. CARDWELL, Real Estate and General

| a. CAhDN ELL, Real Estate ana Generai
Ds Commission Broker has taken the Office stairs in No
$50 where e attend 20 selling and
buying real estate whore in the Unon renting out and collecting
rents and business
Hnng to real estate, with uncxceptional legal aid,
The settlement of claims OF description the executive de
amen and bureaus OF Congress- members
Congress especially claims the distant and adjacent
press for subscriptions and advertising, his being such
enable him furnish the forms and instructions
s having SUCH well attending having advertisements
serted In all OF the in the District OF Columbia
Where otherwise
expense Of trip 10 the city, and prompt returns made
Also the negotiation OF good security and all descrp
IONS business which properly be casscd under the head
general commission brokerage.
sFssRs Hon. VIM A. Harris Formerly OF Mssour) DR. A. Y.
'het Col Jas. g. Bcrret Richard Wallach, and
e Wopriors OF the GENERALLY Of Washington,
esrs g. D. Davenport and Hon J. $. Cakie Richmond Va
v VIM Plumer, Allegheny City Pa Col A. Burnley, Frank
" KY and John Sargent, esq, New York city, Dec 1dn
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ATOTICE The undersigned respectfully informs
friends, public generally aud strangers visiting the
city that be a general assortment o.
boots SHOPS, CATERS, SLIPPERS, &c,
al of The workmanship the be style
and ladies' gentlemen misses
boys youths and ohldren's wear.
HARMON BURNS,
4Os Penn. NV, between AZ and 9Th streets,
Dec 4-2wlr few doors east OF the National Hotel.
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COLUMBIA TYPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
FoRTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY

TIME EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE appointed to
make the gen Isspes" make known %
will be celebrated by PROMENADE
BALL. opp FEIows' HALL, MONDAY EVENING
Several addresses and vocal music may be expected,
Shroeder brass and string band has been engaged for
Tickets ST. admitting genscmsn and ladies' to be
No nvtsoa will ladies' among the
omissions might Inadvertently occur but deem best to
such invus gentlemen taking tickets for the concert and
Positively no caps will allowed room ample
provision will be made for Their care
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, (tri,colorol rottel
Thomas Rich C. F. Iowrey VIM. r. Mclean
Wm L. Jones John ii, Crnngh Norva W King
NANAGEIs IARGE,
Hon Jos Gales Vim, W, Moore J.F, Halliday
." W W. SatOn 6, s. Gideon WIN. Woodward
R.C wcghtman James English CIV, G. Huntington
Peter Force J, S, Galahcr lcmuel Towers
IIorato King s. T. shnacrt j. Bowling
Cornelius Wendell Towers T. W. Howard
John p Icss J. H. Thorn JOS. W. Davis
W. d. wallaoh !. d. Chedal G. w. Cochran
H. poleinhorn II. Walker J. L. Smith
Robert Waters W A. Fitzgerald W. B. Shaw
John Hart +. Jefferson John scsstord, jr.
] q. Bowman Thomas Cation VS.. Cropiey
John sessfori, sr. Joel Brown E.Brown, sr
Crossaeld Geo Gregory Noble II iArner
jos. Mattingy Thos Devaughan John larcombc
II. $. Bowen Robert Goggin J, Cephane
CT. IOwrey Joshua I. Taylor Geo s Cation
F. j. Waters Robert pcnmau f. J. Klolher
J C. FranzOni C. g. Kopor Jas Williamson
MASAerEs (rea rosats.)
VIM. Jones S.E CdverweH Charles Scheil
Fielder Dorsett n. W. King Charles ltough
7. Detwelor.
COMMITTEE on RECEPTION, (phi roseRo)
Charles Helm +. Dorset A. J. McGuiggan
II s. Bowen VIM Bet o. eabhch
Cbaa McIh G. NJ Woodward Jos. s. Pearson
joel Brown samuel Robinson Johh mcintyre
s Z CulyerweI Jesse Judge A. W. Foke
w U c. Breggeman JOS. u Harris Hanson Barnard
w Griffin n, w. King Chns Hough
p II. Jones NJ. Murphy
Geo W Hall VIM. Miles Geo McNeir
O. Kctchum John Johnson
COMMITTEES REFRESHMENTS, (blue rosette)
c. f. Iyowrey j H. Cunningham w n Aareoe
HIS Jesse Judge
WM r. MCLEAN Treasurer.
c. +. LowRRY, Secretary Dec lS--wd
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THE MUTUAL LIFE INsURAl

1,IE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
i OF NEW YORK,
Not assets fobruay l. 1855 sios5oos s5 Secured State
bonds and mortgages OF first class.
Frederick Winston, president Isaac Abbott secretary
A A. r. Garno NJ d. examining physician a65 Ninth street
Pamphlets and further Information be obtained AZ the Office OF
CHARLES DE SEIDEN, Agent,
June 22-d6ms No. b0T Seventh street.
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NOTICE TO TRAVELLERS. NEW ARRANGE

NOTICE TO TRANELLERS--NEW ARRANGE
N MENT, WITH GREATIY INpRov SCHEDULE WASH
NGTON To ALL PARTS OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
POTOMAC STEAMERS AND RICHMOND AND POTOMAC RAIL
iJNE-rwo daily lines Washington for the south
southwest Boats leave their bcrhs foot OF 9th street ut GA
and Passengers by the boat obtain line
board sail OF 3 hours down the
beautiful Potomac passing in full view OF Mount Vernon by the
boat they good and rcst Of four hours in
comfortable bcrts state and arrive IN Richmond in time to
with all for the South and Southwest
southern this il being 1!
miles raroang than other route
mlikug connexions
FRIIkCsruRG, RICHMOND, rEiRRsRuRG, VIRGINIA WmDoN
WILMINGTON, N c. s. c. ArGusrA, GA MONTGOMERY
Ngw
Richmond with Danyle, Souhsde,
Tennessee, and East Tennessee railroads
FOR THE SOUTHWEST TO .'
hnvlc, Bristol, Dalton,
Chattanooga, Huntsville, Memphis
lyucbhurg, Knoxville, Atlanta,
Nashville, Grand Junction, Montgomery,
and New Orleans.
further information the route inquire
No. 372 door
Browns Hotel board the boats foot OF 9Th street.
GEO. T. MATTINI.Y,
August lily @ Ticket Agent.
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y III. GILLET, Counsellor at Law, has removed
lGs his Office his residence in Franklin Row
Thirteenth his
ly to cases in the United States supreme Court
2s-dn
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No. G26 ....
Notice for restoring certain lands to market in
the State of Wisconsin.
NOTICE is hereby given that the land Office at
the State OF Wisconsin, will and after the 10th
January open the SALE and loc
lands embraced In the following townships
entry and location prior whhdr WAL being
which had been Withdrawn probably falling within tho
the railroad Wisconsin
Congress but be with
said limits viz:
North Of the base line and Of m fourth Principal meridian.
Townships 1 H. 49, 49, 90 81 % 49, "a % g. 27 2s 90
80 81, -, 80, 81, 35 SO, 81 and 3S, of range 20.
Land Office, at tho
Washington, November IL, 1858.
TIIOS. A. HENDRICKS,
lS-1w6w &Sarl Commissioner.
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~ EORGE w BRADFIELD, Attorney-atIaw, the
NJ Estates" Building OF 9TH and streets, Washington
D. O. viii all the ncludng the
OF Claims and in the adjoining in Virginia
Sep 23-3m
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THE BANEs oF NAV YORK. rnEIR nEALERs.

- - Tue Clearing House the 1857 Chart
a o. Gbhons With thirty illustrations by fIerrck Price
n roc sale at FRANKLIN Philips BOOKSTORE
W. 232 Penn avenue bet. 9th 10th sts.
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LanenDurg G. H, Va
nAL.uhAll.nI IL i AhQ

LanenDurg G. H, Va,
December 8, 1858.
rTNIiE children of Susan Akin, who was daughter
4 of Richard Grafton the elder deceased Of this county
hereby notified that there about S00 hands
the circuit being their portion the the
dover estate a'cy held by Nancy Grafton the said Richard
Grafton deceased.
Dec 1l-1awiw
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SEALED PROPOSALS at hs Baean until O'Clock
the day for the delivery tho United state
navy ard adeha following deerbed timber, tbs
conditions Of contracts which be asceraned
from the commandant o any the navy yards
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VNO DIPLOMATS AND TOURlSTS.-The adver=
ter, middle aged who with and speaks
the English French Spanish and Italian well educated
active and good morals acquainted with maritime Affairs has
been merchant and spowne wishes particularly
the diplomats
European South American continent who ncpc
courier and confidential travelling He
uncxceponabc references for qualification from many
guised M the highest standing in Washington Ahaa
Address G. box No Is, Mobile Aha, Of the Hon b.
Fitzpatrick, u. s. s. Sep 30--d3m
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| HtARPETING, FLOOR OIL-CLOTH, RUGS, MAT
~ tng Dugge Materials and House furnishing Dry
Goods such
Velvet tapestry carpetings, designs
Tapestry Brussels do in great variety
New styles Brussels do super quality
Extra heavy ply do very rich
Extra super ingram do patterns
Very hoavy all wool Dutch carpetnqs
Twilled yeliiian esrpetins for halls and steps
heavy very cloths fit
any size shape room, hall or passage
Mosaic, velvet, and tulted rugs and mats
Cocoa and Canton matngs
12-4 H4, 1874 drugget crumb cloths
Engish druggcts, all widths, by the yard
Very richly embroidered lace curtains
Satin aines, brocaes and reps for curtains
White, bun, blue, and green shade linens
Stair rods, curtain fixtures &c.
Having attended ADAN co Carpet Auction which took
place New York the 4h and 5 prepared
greater ordinary
Purchasers
stock Ho0E BRO CO.
| Aug 1s-dir
nR. VAN PATTEN, DENTIST--Office and resi-
IL square opposite
the the of and
18th street.
Oct T-3md"
WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY. .
Cptal 5000, 900
STOCKHOLDERS INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE.
The only Washington having such clause in Its char
buildings merchandise furniture &C. taken the lowest
capital company individual liability
Of the charter renders the fortune OF each sokhod
once-Corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Tenth street
pREcons
James y. Halliday, Hudson Taylor, Wm orme,
samuel Bacon Joseph Bryan, n. W. Gait.
y. BIO charge made for policies.
JAMES MCGUIRE, President
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SIGN OF TIE GOLD EAGLE -Engravings--A
~ splendid lot 81 which sale Wagners 255
avenue opposite Hrkwood House Framed otherwise.
Also, all kind OF gilt picture frames, Dec 5-T
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-15

Gov. Denver of Kansas has found occasion-it
seems to us but very hmsy pretext-for ad-
dressing US letter, which We print herewith,
asking for not only its statements but its onimus
very careful attention. If we do not make the
writer and his client regret its production, their
case is better than We had supposed it.
Gov. Denver is partisan and beneficiary OF the
present Administration, and left very good per-
manent office which it gave him in order to accept
temporarily the governorship of Kansas vacated by
the reputation of Gov. Walker and the outright
removal of Secretary Stanton. Hhyw Walker
and Stanton discarded by Buchanan, as Reeder and
Geary had been turned off before them Does Gov
Denver suppose that he can eface the facts from
the public mindl Why but because those Demo
cratic .ppointees of the White House had incurred
the hatred of the Pro-Slavery faction in Kansas by
failing to serve its purposes and beginning in
stead to defend and uphold the oppressed, cut
ragged Free. State majority against their machins-
tions y Uhy was it necessary that the same au-
tbority which had successvely chosen these
chief magistrates of Kansas should, each in
bis turn, repudiate and stigmatize them
What is il that has made Kansas " 8 graveyard Of
Governors ?" The intelligent public knows what
if is and is not in the power of Gov. Denver to
confuse its perception Of the truth. He repels our
surmise that be in bis turn was becoming obnoxious
to the Slavery Propaganda and would probably be
removed, and he gives ample reason for this when
be states that all hope of making Kansas Slave
State has at length been abandoned. Hence no
more gigantic villainies are enacted-the polls of
Kansas are no longer usurped by Missouri rufians
voting fifteen or twenty times esch-there is
no more call for a change of Governors, and he
might serve a dozen years without provoking any
urgent demsnd for his removal. He is coming
away 80 soon as he may, simply because he has had
enouch of Kansas, and likes his Washington Office
better than the Goyernorship.
Mr.. Denver, as in duty bound gives his master
general and sweeping certificate of good character
Mr. Buchanan and his Cabinet have been always
anxious for the peace and happiness of Kansas,
and alwsvs desirous that her people should enjoy
the fairest opportunity for settling all questions
ytally concerning them at the ballot-boX. Cover
nor this will not go down The notorious facts
connected with the repudiation OF Walker and dis
mssal of Stanton prove it untrue. What your
superiors may have said or written to you may
indeed be fair as talk is apt TO be- but their acts
refu,e your eager inference. Had your masters
really purposed to treat Kansas justly, you never
need have gone thither. Walker and Stanton did
Just right in rejecting the impudenty fraudulent re-
turns trumped up at Oxford, Kickspoo, &c. last
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-15

Republican victories in Pennsylvana are BY no
means novelty. They date back to half CEN
tury ago Thus We find in The Public Adcsrtsr
Of this city, of Monday, Oct 10, 1907 the follow.
ing paragraph:
cit is certain that the Republican majority in each
branch of the new Pennsy lyana Legislature WI o..
coed, at the approaching session, the maloriliss
late years"
What is not to be forgotten is, that tho pnnei-
pies of the Republican party of the present day ar
essentially the same with those of the great party
of fifty years ago, in which Jefferson, author d
the original Proyiso of Freedom, was ono Of to
principal leaders.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-15

and Hiram-the former being much the msr,
sdroit and reckless Of the two. Then Daniel l,;I
plot and said to his unsuspecting brother,
Withdraw. Hiram, for the present term. al
help me to beat my two other competitor. n
"you do 50, pledge you my life, my fortune sad
"niy sacred honor that will not contest ths Var.
"prze in this district with you, excep, on = oo..
"tingency almost impossible to arise; and. ava,
"if com mrelled to do so by the contingency .fa,..
'said, I,eN only do so on securing % yos an eo,i
"prize in some other district Of this city. Shoun
II fail to secure this for you, ,rA no, BE- es,l;.
"dida,e xnisss nth your consent"
The confding Hiram accepted these apparsou,
Straightforward terms, and did help Daniel to vi,
the prize, which Daniel with such help DID -.
cure and has largely enjoyed. Bu. when the tin.
came round for Hiram to claim the fal6llm.n, AZ
Daniels written and witnessed promise, uujuA
Daniel only laughed in conading Hiram face. .nd
said that he (DsnieD found the prize 20 lu.o;ou.
that be meant to keep it so long as hs coud. .nl
get il so often as he could, aud that rs to procurnv
auy other prize for Hiram, there was nothing far.
ther from bis (Dsnels) thoughts, and Hiram.
therefore. might Nebuchadnezzarize himself snl
ago TO grass" at the earliest possible moment
Then the duped but not desponding Hiram Il.
tempts to win the prize himself. He enten tAs
arena, and makes a gallant struggle. He speech.
6es and brings the people with him. He protsss
against ingrati,ude and personal breach Of fuA
and publishes Daniels signed and wituc,,l
promise.
Then it is that Mr. Sickles comes in with IL
grand discovery for which we have modestI W.
sested that patent should be awarded him.
IL gave you promise" he said for which
the only penalty, in case should choose to volats
il. was prBLICTrY But this promise wa
pirate memorandum, and therefore to make Il
known was to render its fulfllment mprachU-
'bler have, confess, violated my written and
witnessed pledge; but in ayailing yourself Of Ms
penalty on which my bond was predicated, ~
have released me from all obligations to yos,
moral. social and political am at liberty b
cheat and continue cheating you TO the end OF the
chapter, and men of decency and character vii
still continue to rely on my word with the sant
implicit confidence which they feel at present.
This is the logic of the Hon. Daniel, and VI
commend it to public attention.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-15

year Of their Kansas experience, and We arc not
sorry for il. But for you. Gov. Denver. to hold
up Capt. Montgomery and bis doings as the provo
cation if not an excuse for the cowardly seizure
ard murder of several unoHendins Free-Ssate men
while peacefully st work the Marais des
C,gnes last Spring, is what We could not have ex-
pected. even from satrap of James Buchanan.
And when you speak Of the outrages at the South
a. occurring Gin counties where the Free-Stste
" mon have al the local officers, you are guilty OF
the rro,sest prevarcation. Bourbon County did
M, have State Sheriff till late last Spring
a. YOU know very well, for you appointed HIM
.rd a. 70 Linn. where the cowardly murders OF the
M,ras des Cygnes were perpetrated' you know
,,,. the murderers were hiding in Missouri Within
,wo hours after their butchery was Perpetrated'
and before the scattered pioneers couid nea' Vi
their crime and gsther on their track. ioA,
T " Denver, ought to have followed and tracked
ont those asssssins, You should have called on
your political crony the Governor OF Missouri 10
helm you-why have you not done i'll Why are
you writing apologies for the miscreants WHOM you
should be bringing to justice
You say, Sir, that We make another " compsin'
Of the President-that he has twice postPoheo
:. the land sales" in Kansas. No, Sir! nothing
like it! We complain that he makes such post
ponsment an act Of clemency and favor TOWARD
the pioneers. when it is one of simple and
obvious Justice. We complain that he and bis satei-
ltes are trying to make party capital out oil H. as
YOUR letter bears witness. We complain that the
Presidents partisans in Congress last Session de-
fested MI. Crows benefcent bill, allowing ten
years to elapse after the surrey OF each tract Oh
the Public Lands before it shall be forced into
msrket-s bill which would If passed, shield the
settlers from those premature and disastrous sales
of the lands on which they have squatted, oy
which they are too frequently driven into 'he
clutches of remorseless usurers. Pass Gro"
bill and there will be no more occasion ior frrsi'
dents TO make an insulting parade oil ciemeAc!
toward settlers on the Public Lands, nor Tor
Governors to try to coin those settlers apPrehen-
sions and their sense Of relief into dirty party
capital. -,
This is our position, Gov. Denver 1t you VIII
read THE TRIBUNE more carefully, you Will not
be able to misapprehend, however eager to per-
vert IL,
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-15

ROBERT II. MCCURDY, who has been unaai
mousIy and heartily agreed on by the RepubGcsa
and American conferees in the With District uoas
Of our most respected merchants (McCurdy, Az
rich & Spencer) of many years standing slwsr
foremost in every good work, never in Office never
an Office seeker, and enjoying the profound respect
and esteem of all who know him. He just To
man to beat John Cochrane by Pennsyfvsaia
msjority-Col. Scranton's, for example-and b
honor the District while he serves it. lie pres'tsd
over the Merchants Meeting at the EXchaags
addressed by Gov Banks in 1856, and over the hrse
City Meeting held on the eve of the late Syrsosss
Conventions intended to secure Union StAh
Ticket An earnest but quiet Whs in tho Old
times and sincere Republican since, his relations
with the leading Americans were always intimate
and kindly, and there is no man in the DISTRICT VINO
would be more generally and heartily mpponse
from that side. Mr. McCurdy has not yet decided
to accept the nominations; but we believe III
indications of public sentiment are such that b
will not feel at liberty to decline it, Could all osl
nominations be as excellent as this our Lecouf
tonite Members would be swept out by wars n
resistess as that which has just broken over Phla'
depha.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-15

Early last month, an injunction was issued out
of the Supreme Court enjoining the Board of
Supervisors Of this county from delivering the
textbooks to the Receiver of Taxes until the alter
native mandamus obtained by McSpedOn O.
Baker should be disposed Of The consequence Of
of this has been that the Receiver of Taxes could
receive no money, although his Office was daily
thronged with applicants ready and willing to pay
their annual tax, and anxious to save the deduc-
ton of seven per cent. by paying it before the I'd
of November. The primary cause Of all this
trouble grew out Of the application of the Com.
missoners of Record to have inserted $500, 900 in
the tax levy for 1855 to curry out the purposes OF
their commission, instead of the sum of $4,000
allowed them by the Board of Supervisors. The
Legislature at it's last session authorized the Board
of Supervisors to grant $500, 900 to the Comms-
sioners but, for obvious reasons, the Supervisors
reduced it to $50 900, which is probably more than
the services of the Commissioners or the results
of their labors will ever be worth to the people of
this city. The Commissioners invoked the aid of
the Supreme Court and obtained an alternative
mandamus to compel the Supervisors to insert the
full amount authorized by the Legislature On the
part of the Supervisors, it was shown that the
prices charged for printing and binding the indices
were exorbitant. Yesterday the Commissioners of
Records, through their counsel, asked leave to dis
continue the suit, and consented to withdraw the
mandamus, and to have the injunction dissolved.
An order was made accordingly. The textbooks
were delivered to the Tax Collector, and the anx
ious taxpayers can now have chance of unbur-
denng their pockets, and saving the deduction
made on account of advance payments. The action
of the Record Commissioners in thus suddenly
withdrawing their proceedings is unexplained, but
it is probable that if they saw the justice OF their
claims, they would not have let the matter slide
through their hands SO easily.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-15

The steamship Africa arrived last evening with
adsices from Europe to the ID inst, three days
later. There is no news of great importance in
her budget. A Mr. Rowett had offered TO lay an
electric wire, covered with rope, from Voirutia to
Newfoundland, for fI52, ,0OO The lives of ten
miners were sacrificed by fire in coal pit near
Durham. Letters from the East contain accounts
Of further troubles between the Mussulmans and
Christians Gambia was still in distracted state and
there had been rsings at Jiddah Mecca and Tripoi.
The Chief Minister of Persia and his sons had been
arrested. The India and China mails had arrived,
but they brought nothing of importance in addition
to the news telegraphed. Cotton was without
material change. Breadstuffs were dull Consols
closed on the Ist inst. st 9s4 G9-1.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-15
stain upon her national character.

The Hon. Daniel f. Sckles has discovered q
form of logic so convenient and valuable to per-
sons of certain Glass; that We think bis invention
should be patented. To explain the principle, or
rather absence Of principle, in the Sickles discov-
cry, it will only be necessary to recapitulate some
very simple facts.
There are certain prizes distributed at regular
intervals in different localities, each locality or dis
trict having but one prize to be attained at the
same term or time. Two years ago, in one dis
trict, which We may specify as the IIId, there
were three or four candidates for tho single prize
OF tlese, two we're named respectively Daniel