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FOR RENT AND SALE.

FOR RENT AND SALE.
EOR RENT TWO FURNISHED ROOMS.
Il suitable Tor single gentlemen IN neat dwelling
located on street, near the corner Of 18th 81 eet
First Ward. For terms, &c inquire on the prem,
ISIS: m,7 81
VERY DESIRABLE FURNISHED HOUSE
FOX kENT;-Tn, sui scrIber mas for rent a
With short distance of the Sfa'e Department
which Will be leased to a sa'isfs ctOry remnant for
the term 'i two year, at Moderate rent
ma 7-Std Auctioneer & Commis'n Merchant.
A FINE AND DESIRABLE HOTEL AT
"A CULPEPER FOR LEASE.-The large Ho-
teI known as the Piedmont Rouse, IItuated oppo-
the business part OF the p Town IN 'ne o 81
uated al the pot being converted into a fsm.e
educatlonsl instituted making this the most de-
boarders to commence with. well a. being sure
To have large number of boaTders dung the sum
Her months from the cities. lease Of FIVE 80
years VIII be gwen Apply to
ma s-Iw Culpeper q Va.
FOR RENT-HOUSE No. 2, in Frantlin &C,
y opposite Franklin Square aud next Ia SsarttsTy
m thorough repair. and is deIg ful summer resi-
sence: Apply to the advertiser, corner of X and
18th streets.
ma6-lw+ w. SHIELDS.
FOR SALE.-A FARM Of CITY or . hunared
u acres IN Fairfax county, Va Part If 10 hea giy
tlmDered with white oak, chesnut. &C the ualance
win pine Tor coal burning or lire wood There is an
land is suitable for meadow. The plaee - weH,
ferced and the Railroad near H. IL "A ore
mie distant IRON the Falls Church, three from the
Little fails Bridge, eight from Washington, u. C,
and nine from Alexandra. For infurmaf,on apply
10 John Brewtr Washington. u. e.. west OF The
Patent Office, or to Mr. Geldin who resides AZ Col.
George Minors, the pace or 10 the subscriber
JAMES %. IUCKER,
u,e,. near the Great FsIls,
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LOST AND FOUND,

LOST AND FOUND.
EOUND.-On Penn. avenue, a PORTEMO-
Z MAI, containing valuabes The owner can
have 1t by describing 1t and paying for this adver
tseInent MAST
e REWARD.-Straye ed or stole, from the sub
sDc scrlber, on or about the 25th April, a ~zerH
White and Brown cow. about years old. XAxF~
CHAS. TLLLE, ~
ma 7-St" - Missouri avenue.
CD IN REWARD Strayed or stolen, on
2%.cO Monday, 81 Nav. from AS 9th a4erh
street, one WHITE COW, pI ded and ~
notified on the head, neck, aud sides with
red spots and specks. The above reward will be
paid for her recovery. ma 7-St.
DURSE I.OST.-A silk Purse. containing two
l. diamond rings and a small sum OF money, as
lost esterday Detween 7th and 9th streets Market
space Ire owners name rs engraved no the inside
of one Of the rings liberal reward will be paid 10
the Under by leaving the rIrgs at the Dry Gaods
store OF Messrs. w. M. SINISTER Il CO.
ST.
&100 REWARD.-Ranaway from he subscri-
VIOU Der. living near the village OF WoodviIle,
AqGasco district, Prince Georges County n
q. Mary and, on Friday. the Esd Of April, 1859,
ne.ro man CHAR LES. The said negro is
about five feet seven inches hig H. yery BLACK
with large white teeth, which are very con Nl.
spcuous when he laughs. No flesh marks remem-
bered. A he left without provocatlon. EXPECT he
Is Try ing To get to a free State.
Will give the ab2ve reward. If taken ont of the
state. and Fifty Dollars Iftaken IN the State or
DISTRICT OF Columbia q: Alexandra, provided he is
brought home or secured IN jaIl, that get him
again. John G. ESTEP
Living near WoodvilIe. Prince eorse's Co Md,
sp SD-2w
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koH Sk E-A convenient NEW RRICK
ousr, elIsll.y situated, and within few
n,naa,t Mns OF ne several Departments. This
Us UIeoil wiz De given on portion of the purchase
""noS' 49, III. N. LANSDALE
40, J., God and Coal H.rd. Isth st
"b-i-A'' of Pa
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WISHING TO DISPOSE OF PART OR
w the whole OF my FARM, will sell in on very
reasonable terms. 1 can sell from one to hon ss nd
acres, anu as hne Land as there is IN MoutgoreTT
county. Nd; or would reit the House with a1y
number OF aores attached. for the sunmsr ,,,a,1hS
brIng nut lonr miles from Georgetown, aud m a
.eFt nSaIht country. IL rs very desirable location
70 afnllles wishing Ia avoid the neat and du,t f a
city. Any further nfOrmatIan NAV loo Oh and M
Of 1873 street and Pa. avenue n,s < s,
k'oh hENT-A most desirable summer RESI-
rDhNCE furnished nne mile above IN > helg Ia,
81 neorgetown. Apply on the premises, nea- the
Hui'i VI ''t' A'"fhs. ma 6-eost-
E'oH SALE OR RENT-A tive story RANE
Il HolSE, situated on 18th street and Nassaobn
sets avenue coniaInlI eI: ht Jms and an excel
Ient cool aud dry cellar. IS also n very exceien
pump oil waller Ia the ward, beautiful gsraen spot
VIVA a variety az excellent raIt thereon The 81
nation Is heautlfal one. having oomman inc ,ier
~ Nasllnston CITY ana the surroun dIng c1uuiry
ieL"S, go ger month, t"SgOod snd prompt ter aI,t
s'td, The Tern Will he very liberal,
nue.. I'M ID ffIt we
anil
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NOFlCE.-The Georgetown City Guards take
pleasure In announcing Ia the CIT IT,
lZens OF Georgetown AID Washing = 44kHk
ton and viclrIty. that they will g,veO1Szs.zseA
an ENCtRSiON To the White House, on WE'D
NESDAY, June the I'd.
Particulars ia future advertisement.
BY order of the
ma 4-eost COM OF ARRANGEuENTS
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1SBUSlNESS MEMS PRAYER MEET
,H lNG-CHANGE OF HOUR.-The Union
Prayer Meeting which mas been held at 10 O'Clock
Tor the past week, will he held EVERY DAY, I'M
ran Church, IA st. aoS1tF
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~ anu aNo"euiy luentlned with the Republi-
cans as David Wilmot is ut this moment
HE AQUEDUCT.-Many contractors are now
inspecting the Aqueduct, and studying the
plans and specifications in the office We IN.
derstand there is likely to be much competition
at the letting, which takes place on Tuesday,
the ! lth instant
About 20O men are now employed upon the
work, which is rapidly progressing The cul-
verts are all finished, except two; the grading
OF nearly the whole work is done; the stone of
which the conduit is to be built is most of it
quarrled and spread along the trench in which
the masonry is to be laid four miles Of the
conduit are completed, leaving seven and a
half miles yet to build and as the stone is
qusrried anG the trench dug for most of these
seven and half miles, they may be considered
as half finished
The bridges are all under construction-two
OF the smaller ones nearly completed
The receiving reservoir dam is almost fin.
lshed, and the conf ractor promises to complete
1T in July In the Rock creek crossing, the
excavation for the foundation of the eastern
Washington abutment is nearly completed
Pipes are distributed through the streets ready
to be laid
There is every reason TO believe that the Ist
of December will find the Washington aque-
duct supplying this city with water enough for
all domestic purposes, though it will not be
possible before next year to introduce its full
supply of Potomac water"
We trust that no attempt to change these
appropriate names will be successful Congress
mas, by legislation, named the aqueduct after
the Father OF his Country, and has thus de-
creed to him monument the proudest and
most appropriate in its greatness and its use
fitness ever erected to mortal, and what better
water should it introduce than his own loved
Potomac
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GEORGETOWN ADVERTISEM'TS

SEE FIRST PAGE.
ENOR BOSTON.-FIRsT VEssKL.-The superior
packet schooner Marietta Burr Capt. -
Ira IckeTsOn, Is now dIscharging. and on ~
Monday will be receiving freight for the above ia
port. FOR freight or passage apply to HARTLEY
d BEO Iol Water street GeuTgetown, ID. e.
iw
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A NOTICE
AND STORE TO I.ET.-Thls is tn notify 81
persons that Is indebted 10 the firm of = BIen Co
and to Samuel BIen, No. 42s ard "a Pa avenue fba
their respective amounts must be only paid Ia III.
subscriber, and on ar before the 18th Of Nav nav :
and that no other person is authorized 10 collect IN,
same. WV
1he Store and Fixtures are to let. No 4s8 Penn
avenue. JONAS =. LEVY Trustee
ap 70 eo6t No. 554 18th ST.. corner Il ST. north
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the boy is honest, and Taney is not-and
whilst honesty is great teacher of wis.,
dym, dishonesty stultifies. In the sec
ond place, true law is an all natural thing
and the boy discovered it because he is
blcst with an all-natural vision. But to
the eye Of sach a miserable conventional
creature as Taney, what is law but a bum
die of couvcntionalism, the NEST mon
strous absurditics among which may, and
as we find in the late Decision. do oh
tain his indoroement. The boy in qucs-
tion knows man from horsc--but Ia
ney contounds one with the other. In-
deed, IN a very essential respect, Taney
knows less than horse. For whilst the
horse knows his own brother, and neighs
after him, Iaaey does not know his. but
mistakes him for chattle
In conclusion l repeat this Republican
Legislature will pass no Personal Liberty
BIZ, which will recognize the lawfulness
Of slavery. Itwill be honest. thorough
one. But if / shall find myself mistaken
then viii be prepared to say 10 the Re
publican party in much the words of
Morcdecai to Esther: ''If you fail at this
time: if you are too unprinciplod to meet
the demands Of this crisis: too covardly
t. seize slavery By the throat and stranglo
1t, then shall there enlargement and de-
hverance arise from another placc-But
you and yours shall be destroyed Then.
L add, Will another party come fyrwaru
t. take your place "A party that will sud
denly grow t. millions, and that will
speedily do the work, which w viii
have So bascIy refused to DO.
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:nPl0f!rlelYllE~
From the Cedar Valley News
TIE EGROG.SEI.l.EIs' SSOLILOQIY

Er \ SUFFERER
1 grog.seiler sat one night by his fire,
With his feet as high as his head, or higher
Watching his smoke a. be puhed it out
A in spiral columns it curled about:
TO himself he said as he sat there alone,
Wba: a good dal 5 work has this day been done
His ledger before him was quickly spread;
With a satisfied air he said to himself
There's Brown, what a jolly old dog is he,
And he swils the way like too see.
Let him boast awhile OF his large estate
Bat his farm Is mine, as sure as fate
The tell me his young and beautiful wife,
Is frcttins ani grieving away her life
But what care for her sig'is and tears;
If get the money, it's all tha, care.
have mortgage on Tompkin lot
What fool lie vas to become sot!
But its back TO me in a month or SO;
shall foreclose. and the scamp must go
BOUNDS wont his wifl take on
When she finds his house and lot are gone!
How she will buster and sob and sigh.
Bat business is business, and what care |
And Todd has murdered his child they say,
lie VAS drunk as a fool. here yesterday;
! gave him a hint as went to ill
His jug, but the brute viii! have his will.
And io,ks blame nc. but bless their gizzards,
III doa't sell La would 80 to Lizzarasl
I've light TO engage in a Lawful trade
And take my chance when there is cash TO lie
made!
lie meditated then, 50 1een
! nat over his ledger, hc fell asleep.
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IIElNNo-

The State treasury Of Mississippi is
fat broke.
Why is shin,paster like an impen-
teat sinner; Because it don't know that
it. g,dccmcr Ijyeth.
IT we wish chaiIdreu to revere high
thines--things simple, and pure, aud
lovely, and OF good report--wc should
set them the example.
We like to seq a man walk twenty
feet to pick up board aud take care Of
it, Or replace an implement, or shut a
door left open.
The y. \. Evening Post has seen a
photograph of the Declaration of lnde,
pendence-no larger than pins head
containing 1900 letters, which, when
viewed through microscope, may be
read distinctly.
james b. Clay, the son of the cal,
lapt Harry Of the West, who represents
in Congress the largest slasoholding dis
trict in Kentucky, openly declares his
determination to require full proof that
the Lecompton Convention expresses tn,
will of the people, and counsels his col
leagues not to commit themselves agains
an enabling act,
There is said to be an organized as
sociation of female gamblers in Newbcr
ryport, Mass, the leader of whom is sal,
to be the wife of one of the leading rum
sellers of the city, and numbers anon
its habitues the female members Of FAM
lies whom to namo would nstonish every
one
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Wendell Phillips Lecture OH the Lost Arts


Filed about two-thirds Of the Metropoli
tan Hall The subject of his lecture wa
the same as that delivered by himsel
about year since in the same placc--Th
Lost Arts. We have space only to no
tice the more prominent and curious o
the speaker violations and skill
The manufacture and painting Of glss
We're brought to such perfection by the
ancient Egyptians that specimen plates
which have been preserved, may be split
into sheets like quire of paper aud each
OF the laminn will preserve the
perfect device of the whole, showing
that they possessed the art not only oi
throwing their coiors through the wnoie
mass but of doing 50 with the utmost
regularity and precision Modern science
has only succeeded in impressing the
color a triiie beyond the surface Beyond
, that 1t becomes merely a cloud The art
o: mixing prints is also lost device
The frcsco work Of buried Ninevah.
which adorned her courts two thousand
years ago, today preserves the brilliance
and beauty of its first appearance. 50
also the coIors Of Egypt and the paint
ings in the subterrancan palaces of Nero.
They arc indestructablc. la modern
times, Sir Joshua Reynolds spent his life
in trying TO discover this pershcl art.
He died and left it in darkness. The
modern Partisan who faucies be can make
all the cJlors the world can possibly have
use for is aotoundel to find the girls Of
Cashmere who make shawls at $4,000 a
piece, have three hundred and xty-four
distinct col0rs, which the French
man cannot max, nor even un lerstand
whcu he sees then. The stuccO Of the
ancents was as firm and imperyious as
granite. What is the stucco on the hab-
itations of to-day. The ancients had chis
els of bronze, with which they engraved
the most delicate devices on the hardest
known rocks Louis PHILIPPE had occa-
sion once to set the w0rkmcn of Paris TO
make an inscription Oh a massive stone,
brought from Luxor, and they ruined
more steel chssels in the work than the
IL i
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Borg hum sugar-ilOw NaGe-Brad from
the ScCd-S.ood CTiddle Cakes, &c.

corehum sugar- How Nade-Bread from
the Sccd-G.ood Criddle Cakes, &c.
EDs. EMERY's JouRSAL:-Last May
lthe l5th,)1 planted enc acre of Chinese
sugar cane On good fertile soil, from which
| made two hundred gallons Of syrup of
excellent quality Yesterday (December
2oth,J | went to draw from barrel .ha.
l had reserved for my own use, and found
1t all grained, or rather, soft sugar, feel
ing like sand in the mouth. This seems
to be opposed to Mr. Belchcrs opinion,
as published.
There are two distinc. juices in the
cane, l have proved beyond question, and
also that the juice contains two fixed ac
ids. This result was obtained by press
ing sufficient cane to make twelve gal
Ions with awooden mill; this juice contain,
phosphoric acid. then rau the cane
through an iron mill, and obtained seven
and half gallons juice; this juice con
t2irs >uIphuric acid and trace of phos-
rhoric acid. The juice from the wooden
MIIl made one and half gallons syrup
that crystali1td without any trouble.
and the juice from the iron mill made
three gallons Of syrup that also crystalizcI
without any trouble.
The mode Of treat neA. 10 make su-
gar after the cane is ripe, which viii not
dIsappolnt the cXperiMCntcr, is, first,
grind the cane in a good iron mill, sprin
kle the rollers over with lime; second, sat-
Ur&t2 the juice as fast a. obtained with
line; third, f!tcr the jaice through bore
blacAliyoCy bIack0add to every five gal.
Ions Of filtered juice one ounce Of strong
aqueous solution Of nut gall, aad conccn-
tr"te as rapidly as possible, until tho
Thermometer reaches 2225o; transfer to
shallow cooler, and in twcnty-four hours
il will crystalize. So much for sugar ex-
pcrirnce, Mr. BclcA2rto the .ontrary not
with,tau3ing.
On tha 10th Of December, had one
barre Of the cane seed Toured at VIII
Uinet9n, VIII county, H., and to day
eat biscuit made Of the -four, ana ind il
to b. much better than ryerr buc6wheat.
and about IS dark colol,d Is rye bread.
Dogs and cats are very fond of it. 1t
may yet prove Of some advantage rs
bread plant. It makes tbs very bost Of
griddla cakez I forgot to state ia tho
proper place that NY cane was twice fro
zen solid before it was worked ana Is for
the syrup fermcnting, it will DO no such
thing, though no lime be used.
{. L. OsTEANDER, r. n.
Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL,
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I'll. Law of the Finger Ring.

Ihepropcr inE-r On which ring should
be worn, aud the Specification is perfect
ly understood in England, but in this
country nothing is more common than to
see Il school Miss with a ring on the we'd
ding finger and married woman with
twins on her lap, on the engagement fin
ger The proper mode is as follows -
Whea lady is lot engaged, ou the see
ond finger; if married, on the the third.
and on the fourth, if she intends to be a
maid When gentleman presents tan,
trinkct, or flower, to lady with the lett
hand, it is, on his part, an overture of re-
gard should she receive it with the left
hand, it is considered as an acceptance
of his esteem; but if with the right hand,
it is refusal Of the offer. Thus by a
few simple tokens, explained by rule, the
passion Of love is expressed.
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Cost OF PUBIC BUILDING IN W .

Cost OF PUBLIC BUILDING IN WASH
INGToS--Thc latest estimated cost OF
the capitol extension is So, ,5lo,lo3.
Tie construction Of the General Post
Office building Was estimated to cost
$3.50, 600, but 5000, 900 have been aPpro,
priated already, and 800, ,o9) will hnish
the work.
The dome Of the capitol was estimated
to cost s945,000. There has been au
increase Oh this estimate; another appro,
priation Of S2i5,ooO will complete the
work.
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r,s The first stems towards emanci

u nc INST steFs tOWaFus emancIIa.
tion ot the scrf, in Russia are soon to b,
published, They include the following
two great p:incipIea lst, "Freedom ot
Marriage - NJ serf can be forced in fu,
turo to marry against his viii, or prcyen.
ted from iAarryIng according to his own
own d.ssra. ID. No oerf can be transfer
red from one village to another against
his Will. The remainder of the ukasc
Is less important. These two points, how,
ever, arc sufficient to recognize his rights
as maa, 1t is likewise rumored that the
power Of chastising the surf will b. cir.
cumscribed, though not at oace entirely
taken out Of the hands Of the landlord.
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SUGAR CROr.-The y. o. Crescent,
estimates the sugar crop of Louisiana for
1857 at from 225, 900 to 10000 hhds a,
against about -, 900 hhds. laat year.
Prices are, O. course, much low than last
year, but nevertheless, planters will re-
al,ze S2, ,UQ0, 900 more from the crop Of
this season than that of 1856, while con-
sumers will also gain largely. From ou,
abundance and low prices foreign produ
GERS will not suffer.
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geE.On the lst Of last August, at the
negro celebration, ali Irishman stood lis
tcning to the colorcd speaker expatiating
upon government and freedom, and as
the speaker came down to "period
from one of the highest, most poeticai
flights, tho lrishman--
"Bedad, he spakes well for a nagur,
dzn't he nowY"
Somebody said che isn't negro
he is only half negro.
"Only half nagur, is ity Well il
a half nagur can talk in that style, Ii
! like 10 sec what rhoie narur could do.
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aa, The Texas legislature has passed

as-The Texas legislature has passed II
bill which allows free negroes, who de-
sire it, to select masters, and become
slaves st LOWS Ne,es.
They should also pass a law allowing
slave negroes to choose whether they will
remain slaves or become free. 1t is a
poor rule that does not work both ways
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; duplication. l besoech you, It you vii
not help Liberty, DO net harm her. ltyou
will not heal her wounds, do not multi,
ply thew
Pretty Bill this for Republicans to
pass. y Bill which talks Of master
and "nistrcss "a Biil which has to 70
down to the vocabulary Of S.a7odom to
find words in Which to express Itself
Pretty business for R>pab'!cans to be
recognizing the most ,tupendou5 and at
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TIE WEATHER When you wish to
know what the weather is to BE-, 70 ost
and select the smallest cloud you can see
keep your eyes upon it, aud If it decreas-
cs and disappears 1T shows a state Of the
air which is favorable to fair weather; but
ii 1t increases in size you may as well
take your great coat with you, If you are
going from home, for falling weather will
not he far off The reason is this: when
the air il becoming charged with electri.
city, You will see erery cloud attracting
81. iess ones towards ii till It 80, csssarrs into
= shower, and Oh the contrary, when
the Auid is passing off Or dliiuslng itself,
even large cloud will be seen breaking
to pieces and dtssolyiug.
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The Iowa City Reporter, long con-
sidered the chief organ of the Democrat
ic party in Iowa, has given up the ghost.
Peace 10 it. ashes
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A Irishman having purchased an
alarm c)oel;, an acquaintance asked him
what he intended to Do with it,
Oh" said he, Its such conyan-
ience; for / have nothing to do but to
pull the string aud wake myzelf."
sg~Old Mr.. Shinglcsticks mystiGed a
tea party b. sayiug that women are facts.
When pressed to explain his meaning, he
replied "Facts are stubborn things"
Old gentleman, (ahectiouate!y) My
sou why do you chew that filthy tobacco
PrccocioaS youth, (stiaiy)-To get TIA
iuiee out # i, III oodesr
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BUSINESS CARDS.
Exchange OMce!!

eight DRAFTS on New York can be had
~ oftho Subscriber in sums to salt itpurchasers
Certificates ol Deposit, and Drafts on the
Eastern Cities cashed.
American Gold furnished at a small premium.
Office opsr SHETLAND uad Snyier's store
VIM. n. TUTHiI.L
linton. January l. '5i
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lie meditated then, 80 Iecp.
That over his ledger, he fell aslscp.