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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-10
ALEXANDRIA.
Corrsspo1denes Of The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 10, 1859.
To say that our markets were admirably well
attended this morning by both buyers and sellers
would be but a repetition Of our regular weekly
remarks. No housekeeper can complain Of the
quality or quantity of the s'good things dis
played upon the stalls every market day, and we
feel assured that all will concur with MS in Swing
that prices compare favorably with those Of any
other market In this section.
dispatch to the agents. received here yester-
day, SAYS that the steamer Mount Vernon had ar
rived at New York after pleasant passage Of 40
hours.
negro woman aged about 80 years, and an in
FAINT % months old, were sold Yesterday at auction
for 81 225. A girl 10 years, and a boy wears Of
aye. brought respectively $40 and 1850
Our neat little theatre, which was to have been
opened ON Monday night. will not. in consea uence
Of some unavoidable delay in the work upon it.
be ready by that time. Mr.. Price is pushing the
work forward as fast as possible, and but few
days can elapse before our citizens will have the
pleasure of witnessing the first real good person.
alton of the drama that has been produced in Al
exandria for long time; for he it understood that
Manager Ford. Of the Washington theatre is to
furnish the material, which is q sufficient guar
antee that it will be all that can be desired On
dit that John L. Owens, that tip-top comedian,
Will perform on the opening night
Everybody and their numerous relatives are on
the qni rtre for Wyman, who opens his budget
u opium and phancy" at Liberty Hall ON nj on
day night Goand see him by all means. C.
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GEORGETOWN.
Corrssposdenss Of The Star.

CWrespoHuS"Ss ~ Ibs StoY.
GKoRsKrowN, September 10, 1859.
The report Of the Collector for the week ending
this morning.. shows a slight falling of In tie
number of boats arriving by the Chesapeake aid
Ohio canal, from those Of many previous weelp.
This is doubtless owing TO the fact that many
boat heretofore engaged in the transportation of
coal have been stopped by Che coal companies, In
consequences Of the very limited number Of orders
for the article, and the vast amount which has
already accumulated upon the wharves. At Rays
wharf alone, we should think there IL at least
from thirty to forty thousand tons deposited The
whole number Of boats which have arrived by the
canal during the week Is So; 20 of them from
other points, with -four and grain; and u with
wood, lime stone. &c. The receipts OF tolls at
the Georgetown Collectors office for the same
period amo so, :, 70 s62l as Follows Ascend
whole line continues to be kept In excellent navi-
gable order and all engaged i'm trading upon Il
acknowledge that as general thing II has been
better managed the present than any season here
tofore for many wears. The fact Is the official
course of Mr.. j. G.. Stone the general superinten-
dent, has thus far proved that Of all others he IL
We have been requested to saw. that during the
day Of the picnic Of the Vigilant fire company at
Arlington, boats viii leave the northern end of the
Alexandria aqueduct for the spring every hour
The following which we gather from the report
of Captain Donaldson shows the operations Of our
police for the month of August Number of arrests
Co. persons fined, 40; sent to the work house, 13
sent to jail, Z; gave security, 4; discharged, TO-
Number of dodgers, 10. Fines recovered for vio-
lations of Corporation laws Ses2 10; of this
amount about one-half has been collected and paid
into the Corporation treasury, and the remainder
| secured by supercedure.
An adjourned meeting Of our City Councils was
held last night The Aldermen's supplement to
the railroad resolution, heretofore explained by
us, was taken up in the Council, and substitute
offered for it by Mr.. Tenny; which, after some
discussion, was laid over until next Friday even
ing Several ordinances authorizing necessary
street improvements and some other bil of minor
importance, were passed; which will appear in
our next letter. ...-
The revival meetings Of both our Methodist
churches are still progressing. On Thursday night,
the Rev. Thomas Sewell, of Baltimore, delivered
an able discourse at the Dumbarton street church,
and another at the West Georgetown station last
night.
We invite the special attention of the St1r's
readers. both in Washington and Georgetown, and
especially that Of the ladies' to the advertisement
| of Mrs l. Clark. Her system of stamping various
articles Of wearing apparel, both ladies' and gen.
tlenens is really beautiful and her stock of use
ful and fancy articles for sale is unsurpassed In
the market. Call and see for yourselves. .H
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lNDEPEkDENcE MONUMENT The National Mon.
unent Association having in charge the arrange.
Dens for the erection Of a grand monument In
Independence Square. Philadelphia, commemo-
ratiVe OF the enactment of the Declaration OF In.
dePenee have invited architects and artists in the
United states to submit designs and estimates for
the structure. The monument and iron railing 70
enclose II, may occupy base diameter of sixty
Ieet The monument Is 10 have thirteen sides or
faces 10 be united by an entablature on which
'he declaration Of Independence, with the names
vi It's signers, will be craven, and which NAV
constitute the base Of the work to De- surmounted
'nait, column, or other snperstructure. A
P@Hei' tdOlet, or niche will he left i'm each face
''o'eu 10 each OF the States, and To be filed nm
hereafter with such inscription, and d.,io.. g.,
harmony with the whole design, as they ,,,,
''P1'"'eiy ana de'efminately propose. Tn. ma
'erials OF the monument will he m,,hI.. -
or other stone and the cost is limited 10 En- 80
lef .he structure and iron railing around il An
oeSighs must be on paper two feet wids an,
draw m on a scale Il two feet "a the inch ="
premium Of $500 will be given for the r,,,
'nat may De selected by the trustees. and oac -,
S2VO for the second best in merit All plans son,
IN VIII be the property Of the committee. and be
retained by the trustees Plans or estimates mnst
oe sehiin or before the first day OF January, IsCo,
"u directed to A g Waterman, Philadephia, Pa.
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SUICIDE OF A HOTEL PROPRIETOR IN New
YORK.-The guests Of the International Hotel
Broadway, New York were thrown into a state
Of great excitement, on Thursday afternoon, in
consequence of the suicide Of Mr.. Alfred Free
man, the proprietor of the establishment II ap-
pears that he had been i'll for about week with
a slow fever and nervous attack which SO debil'-
tated him that he was required to keep his bed
His spirits were quite low, and he was heard to
say that he did not believe he would recover
Thursday afternoon, about O'Clock, he requested
Mrs. Gibson, his sister-in-law, who was waiting
upon him at the bedside, to leave the room for a
few moments. Mrs. G. complied with the request
and during her absence Mr.. Freeman got out of
bed, locked the door, and taking razor out of his
bureau drawer, walked up to the mirror and cut
his throat from ear to ear. He then managed to
make his way back to bed, and throwing himself
down, died in few moments. The situation Of
deceased was not discovered until life was quite
extinct. Mrs. ellison, finding the door locked Oh
her return, became alarmed, and getting upon
chair, looked into the room through the fanlig ht
over the door, when she saw her relative living
upon the bed, covered with blood from head to
foot. The alarm was raised and the door was
burst open; but deceased was then inanimate
The cause which led to the commission of the
rash act can be attribute1 to nothing other than
sickness, for, as regards business and domestic
matters Mr. Freeman had no difficulty whatever
He was native Of England, and was about forty
years Of age. wife and three children are left
10 lament the sad occurrence.
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Great Csnflagratien-six Stores Censumed-
Mechanics Hall I'm Ashes.

Mechanics Hall I'm Ashes.
Correspondence Of The Ssov.as
PoRrsMoUTH, Va, Sept 8, 1859.
Editor Of the Star: Yesterday morning, between
i and O'Clock the Community Of Norfolk was
suddenly thrown into a state Of much excitement,
by the burning Of large exhibition room known
as Mechanics Hall, p which, together with some
four or FIVE other houses, principally stores) were
totally consumed. 1t appears that the fire first
originated In the above.named Hall, which was
communicated to other buildings adjoining, and
which, notwithstanding the active exertions Of
the fremen, were soon crumbled into ruins
Messrs. Farant Lester Co.'s tailoring establish
ment, adjoining Mechanics Hall, lost much of
their stock. which believe was partially insured
Nee hanies' Hall, which cost the Mechanics A.
sociation upwards Of s20,00O was insured for
aso" nsa"0 NV h whs SseaPsd the
tables, lost about SIC, 0OC-insured for IS COO
Messrs: Walters d Co., who carried on the up
hoistering bushes o &c was amply covered by
maker, had policy Of 80 600, which he thinks
will fully compensate him for his loss Messrs
Cowdery Delsree lost about 5000. with an in
sufance Of about b 600. valuable Panorama of
Australia and China. belonging to Mr.. Boneau,
valued at So 600, was in the Hall at the time and
was consumed, without insurance
The Fire battalion Of Norfolk, assisted by the
fine engine Independent Of this city, did all in
their power to sayethe buildings; and much praise
is awarded to them for the agility and skill dis
played by them on the occasion By proper in
vestigation into the matter, the worthy Mayor of
Norfolk hopes to gain some clus to it original.
ity, which as yet. cannot be correctly ascert1ined
During the fire several fights occurred, and sew
eral arrests were made for the larceny Of goods
which had been removed from the burning build
ings; and one man received slight bruise on the
head, occasioned by brick falling upon it, We
sincerely trust that we may never witness such a
scene again as the one presented at this fire.
We were pleased to see workmen engaged yes
tsIsday evening in pulling down the walls of the
with the merchants and others who have sustained
such loss, yet we hope to see new and handsome
buildings occupying their stead R.ER
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II The favorite and decidedly most fashiona-
Die costumes Of the present moment in Paris are
the war soiled and patched uniforms Of the heroes
Of the Italian campaign. The red pantaloons
pieced with the white cloth torn from an ustrian
soldier excites a burst of admiration and enthusi-
asm, such as the most stylish articles of gentle
mems paraphernalia can never hope to excite even
by the most artistic creation of his inventive brain
and ninble fingers
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Perk0noI.

wuI., non. John cochrane, of New York, is at
, - Rev A Fl. III. Boyd. ID. d., Of Va and
NV T.. 4, BUST, OF 3 c., are at Browns.
- N, r. Wills, In the Home Journal Of this
W., Hi.s romantic story all about Prof Maui
; IA wing married Young Owhyhee prfncsss
wh-r he was mildly.
80 Miss Mary Ann Evans, author q, {. .a,,,
itrdr' MS already received from NJ. s<rs. BIact
"''I Tor That work upward Of S2OOCO She 4
''gaged upon new novel for the sane nnIIiss
rs which IS said to be Of a different c6aractey
IRON any OF her preceding works,
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u The two hundreth anniversary of the set
Element Of Norwich, CT, was celebrated in that
city on the eth inst. 1t was estimated that there
were from 1900 to y 600 visitors present from
New York and the Eastern and Western States
Among the notables present were Willard Fill
more, Albert III. Tracy of Buffalo, Erastus Cor
ming, Chancellor Walworth, Daniel C. Gilman
Librarian Of Yale COllege,) Bishop Lee Of Della
ware, DR.. Bodies Of Cleveland Mrs. Sigourney
&c, &c. The exercises on the occasion were
professions, speeches, and general festivity
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II The Webster statue, in Boston, is to be in
augurated on the 18th inst, the anniversary of the
settlement Of the city, on which occasion it is
Pected there will be general holiday throughout
the city. The Grafton by Mr.. Everett upon which
he has been engaged for some time, will be the
masterp piece of his life. Such he intends it to be-
As proper tribute to the genius of the great man
the day will celebrate
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Items Telegraphed from washins,en.

WASHINGTON, Sept. S,-Neither the Mexican
vices of the arrival Of Mr.. McIane or a treaty.
Both, however, confidently anticipate the accept
ance of the terms proposed in the last instructions
from General Cas- to our Minister, in which case
MI Mci.ane has leave to come to Washington
with the convention
The Northwestern difficulty will doubtless be-
come matter for negotiation between the govern
ment OF Great Britain and that of the United
states, the treaty settling the boundary has no
provision for a settlement in such case as has
arisen The State Department has had this mat
ter under consideration, and General Harvey will
receive Instructions to act with great caution until
the gOvements have compared views upon the
subject
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SUNDAY QUESTION IN PI1rsBuRG, PA.-The
Citizens Passenger Railway Company Of Pitts
burg ran their cars on Sunday last and it is their
purpose to so continue. A number Of citizens are
taking steps to enforce the observance Of the law
OF 1874 as interpreted by Judge Thompson, which
is, that what has tendency to make others CON-
init breach Of the peace, is in itself breach Of
the peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-10

IL The Rev. George w. Burnap. ID. d. pas
tor of the First independent Church, in Balt-
more, and well-known a writer and speaker,
died in that city on Thursday morning, after only
few hours illness, in the 57th year Of his age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-10

IL 1t is reported that John p. Kennedy is to
be the Independent candidate in the 4th Congress
sional District Of Maryland, agains. Hon. Henry
Winter Davis.
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. Who's RIGHT The especial" dispatch In the
Baltimore SIM Of this morning, signed g. !"
says:
The Post Once Department is not in the re-
ceipt Of any new assurances from the nominal
contractor for carrying the california mails 70 the
effect that he will fulfil his contract The depart
Iaent has no information of the establishment of a
line by him to perform the required service : ETC.
'lon,' however, in his letter to the SIM Of this
morning, of the same date as the special dispatch
says:
Such assurances have lately been given of the
AFFINITY and purpose of the contractor, MIR. John
son, To futl his contract for the transportation of
the mails by the Nicaraguan route as to remove
doubts that had been Entertained on that ques-
ton
W..
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EXTENSIVE TEL EGRArHc ESrERPRIsE-I,ISEs
TO CALIFORNIA AND SALT LAkE-Contracts were
executed In New York city on Thursday by the
Western Union Telegraph Company, the Missouri
River Telegraph Company, and the Missouri,
Kansas and Utah Telegraph Company, by which
the former company have become the controllers
OF al the telegraph line west of St Louis and ar
rangement are now in progress and ample means
provided to extend the lines of the two Latter CON-
Panles under the general superintendent of has
NJ steboins, ESQ, from IT. Louis to Fort Smith.
$40 miles ON the route of the Buttcrfeld overland
mail, and from ST. Louis to Atchison and Utah
The latter Is now in successful operation a dis
lance Of about 400 miles west Of St Louis, and
the line to California via Fort Smith is in good
working order about 800 miles west of St Louis.
BIZ the line, which will soon open another section
Of about 30 miles the press will receive very fun
reports Of California news three or four DAYS in
advance Of the overland mail at ST. Louis; and
within The next few months it may be reasonably
anhciPated that the California and Utah lines will
become the most important sources of interesting
public intelli gence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-10

II Extensive preparations are being made at
Portland, Me, for the reception of the steamer
Great Eastern. An admission fee to the steamer is
to be charged by her managers <.H"# r...
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IL Accounts from Jamaica to the 18th ultimo
state that reinforcements of troops had been sent
for the protection of the northern part of the island
from the recurrence Of negro riots.
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" hich of the correspondents il right,

FABRIcArIoN.-It has been stated that there
are Democratic committees now at work In this
city frankng and sending off political documents
by tens Of thousands, and that while this Is the
case the city post office refuses to send Republican
documents franked and directed in the same way
We state most positively that there is no Demo-
cratic committee now in Washington engaged in
the work Of franking documents, and the story to
the contrary is fabrication, gotten up to preju-
dice the uniformed against the Post Office De-
Partment, because it refuses to send by mail Re-
publican documents illegally ranked.
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u Flora Temple, the ''queen of the turf, -
was foaled In lsi5, was sold when colt for Si3,
and after being full grown for sI75. Her dam
was Madame Temple, "a horse of all work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-10

IL The Mr.. o. woodman whose " domestic
diffiulty' couple Of years ago created much SEN
sation is gone to his fathers.n
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ID-The Treasurer of the New York State Col
onization Society Acknowledges the receipt Of
twenty-five thousand dollars, being the donation
from ''friendr towards college endowment in
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Spirit of the Msrning Press.

The Consultations announces that a very full re-
view Of Judge Douglass celebrated article in
Rarp,ys' lIagas inc will soon make its appearance
in pamphlet form, being a 'sfull vindication of
the true Democratic doctrine on the Territorial
question"
The Constitution quotes largely from the inau-
gural address Of Gov. Magofnn, Of Kentucky, to
show that the safe middle ground Of President
Buchanan has been sustained by Kentucky.
The IHfeikgsneer commences Its promised ar
ticle on the Territorial Question, giving over five
columns on its Legislative history, and proposing
to resume the subject on Tuesday next.
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MARYLAND PoLITICs.-The Democratic Conven-
ton of Hartford county assembled in Belair on
Tuesday last, and made the following nominal
lions For State Senator, Col Jno. Carroll Walsh;
House Of Delegates, Robert r. vandiver, George
Hays and Robert Galley; States Attorney, John
X Richardson; Sheriff, Jos. w. Bateman
The Democratic Convention of Queen Anne's
county nominated James Dudley for Register Of
Wills and J. r. Strong for sheriff.
On Saturday last, the Democrats of Carroll
county met in convention at w estminster and nom-
mated the following candidates For states At
torney, E o'Brien, Esq; Sheriff, VIM Segafoose;
Register of Wills, Jos NJ Parker; State senator,
Robert Dede; House Of Delegates DR. Bernard
Mills, Edwin NJ shipley, VIM. Reese.
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ROUTE AGENT REaovED.-The Postmaster Gen
erai has removed w. C. Meredith, Jr. route
agent on the south Carolina railroad. for neglect
OF duty in abandoning the mails on his route
without leave &c
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CART. w. b. FRANKLIN. U. 8. Tor ENGINEERS
Capt. Franklin, Of the Lighthouse Board, has
left the city for Norfolk, Va with a view of In.
specting the screw-pile lighthouse designed to
take the place OF the light-boat at Craney Island
near Norfolk
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DECISIONS OF TINE TREASURY DRPARrMENr-
Upon appeals from the Collector of the port Of New
York, the Treasury Department has recently made
the following decisions to classification under
the tariff act Of 1857, of certain articles Of foreign
manufacture and production:
BKtson Stnfs.-Certain manufactures Of worst
ed, imported I'm the piece, 81 inches in width
with holes Of the diameter Of one-quarter of an
inch punctured at intervals Of 20 inches and at a
distance Of Q inches from either edye-decded to
be properly assessed with duty Of Is per cent
Dssicedfed and Compressed Vegetables -Vepe-
tables subjected to a process of desiccation and
compression, and being thus greatly reduced in
bulk, are packed in zinc boxes, and In that form
mPorted-decided to be subject to a duty Of 30
per cent.
Plate Giass.-In the opinion Of the Department
properly subjected to duty Of "a per cent under
the classtca tion in schedule Of !. manufactures
glass shall be component material, not otherwise
provided for"
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II grandson of the celebrated Macdonald
marshal of Napoleon H., is practising law in
st Louis.
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MISSOURI SWAMP LASDs.-An approved list Of
37,1io.93 acres Of swamp and overfowed lands in
the Milan (now Boonesville) district Of Missouri
enuring to that state under the act Of September
p, 1850, has been received by the acting Commits
sioner Of the General Land Office
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CHARLES w. WELSH, ESQ This gentleman
Chief Clerk of the Navy Department, has returned
10 this city after brief sojourn at his home I'm
sachusetts, and entered upon the discharge of
his official duties -. ? =
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Hon A Ii. GREENwooD.-The Commissioner
Of lndian Affairs contemPIates leaving this city on
Monday next, on a brief visit to Kansas and Ne
braska Territories, for the purpose Of personally
examining the Indian reservations in those sec
tons Of country. prior 10 preparing his annual re-
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GRAND ToURNAMENTANp PIC Mic AT
Ecp,,s. ARLINGTON SPRING

Lulu NO. i, sons OF Malta.
Of Washington, in conjunction with -
BE Grand LocSes Of New fStk, GkxS
alnia, take pleasure In announcing to the public
their :uteI ton to hold q GRAND TOCkNh-
MENI And PICNIC 1T ARIINGTON SPRING
on THURSDAY, September 18th
Sir Knights from New York. PHILADELPHIA Balti-
more, Richmond a. d the District of Cofumb ia Will
enter the List rs contestants for the honors Of the
occasion. 49,
The maEn.tude snd completeness of the general
arrangements Will render the display select eje-
CANT, and of character unu. ually sttra,tiye Suh
ttsntiai seats will be erected sufficient 20 accom-
modat. ten thousand Ladies', and every effort vii
De MADE by the managers 10 contribute to the com
fort and pleasure OF their guests.
s.I Inc manaEefs assure the public that order and
oecofum VIII be rIEldly MAINTAINED, as An ample
police force will be detailed for the purpose.
WIthers' fuh Bad, 90 insisting Of twenty seven
Instruments, has been engaged, and vii, fuTnish
th1 rs cho,ee music dHrlng the dsy snd evening.
skilful supervision Of well known caterers
Tickets 50 cents, admitting Gentlemen ard La
dies. which may be obtained at the Music Stores
gates leading TO the ground.
The enclosure Will be open for the reception Of
The foiinwing ma m ed mann h.r soft 81. n-a~.