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The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-03
BY FRANCIS DE HAAS JANvIER,

BY FRANCIS DE HAAS JANvIER
Fill up! Let every sparkling bowl
oernow with ruby wine,
To pledge the memory Of Burns,
And auld lang synei
Let fragrant fowerets gem'd with dew,
And myrtle boughs entwine,
To Wreathe the memory Of Burns,
And auld lang synei
Beneath an humble cottage roof
First flashed that light divine,
Which frightened DER thorny path,
In aud lang synel
But poverty, and toll, and care, r
We're powerless to eonane
The genius Of that peasant bard,
In auld lang kyuci
The coming sunlight ccsves the mist,
In many golden limo
So trinmpbed Burns DER adverse fate,
In suld lang synel
The sunligh, leaps from plain TO hill,
Ger all the world 10 shine
50 rose that radiant intellect,
In auld lang synel
It's beams went forth--and princes bowed
Before n rustic shrine ..
II shone alike on hut and hall,
In aud lang synei ......
VIM
n came 10 bless our distant land, .r
Across the heaving brine,
To bind our hearts, with links OF love.
To auld lang synel
." X.
II bazes now In rising strength, ....,
Nor shall its power decline,
Till the last age has hailed the light,
OF aud lang synei
X
Then drink A hundred years have fed
Yet meet to snshrine,
Tho immortal memory Of Burns,
And Avid lnng syns,
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NOTICE TO PREEMPuoN CLAIMANTS.

IFVfIOTs
Every person entitled the right OF epon
within the townships above enumerated required
tho satisfaction OF the register proper
mako therefor seeing
this notice before the day appointed for
tho public sale Of the lands embracing the tract claimed otherwise
such claim win be forfeited.
THOS. a. HENDRICKS,
Commissioner Of the General Land once
Non-Uuder the the department.
existing be made for advertising
such publishers pdly authorized publish
Commissioner Of the General Land Office
Ap 3-w13w lint n Start
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The PERSEVERANCE FIRE COMPANY intend shortly TO
the erection of handsome befry their
gine-house They have procured BELL of fine tone
weighing some l, 25S lbs TO grace the steepIe.
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Az AsHTNGTON LIBRARY.-The annual cleo

WASHINGTON LIBRARY.-The annual cleo
ton for directors the
viii be held ON Monday the 9th Of April the Library
three O'Clock until six o'clock under the direction
rsord keaby and James Cephnn- The charter provides
that emo person shall be eligible director have
for director, who the voting being for
shareholder tho said company Inc
said for annual contribution,
all persona qualified vote vote either personally proxy
by ballot" -
April la wig Q FORCE, Secretary.
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AUCTION SALES.
BY A. GREEN, AuctiOneer.
THREE HANDSOME BUILDING LOTS Nj

n
the Navyyard aucti0nOn Wednesday, April shall
the premises, at 6 ocock three handsome building
situated square No I0t7 being all OF lot % part
said square, and subdvided three building fronting
south side Of south X between 18th and 18th prop
ory handsomely situated the yard little
residence Of Mrs pcer perfectly graded
The lots front follows % feet ~ and running
100 feet 8 inches TO a 30 feet alley.
cash. balance twelve eighteen months
for bearing interest from day sale given
OF trust nken. Title ndisputable.
A. GREEN
April Std Auctoneer.
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As we have not noticed their publication In any of the
newspapers feel satisfied that readers Will thank
us for publishing the following
LINES on THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH
DAY OF ROBERT BURNS.
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TITO LBT-The three-story brick house, No 423
"A Fnh street " Has bath room and ras Rent
t4l5 Inquire the premises. Nov 9O-n
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c. LaHAR n. ~ ArrHy
n AMAR, MOTT, q AUTRY, AttorneyEat-Iaw
Holly springs Miss viii practice the High Court q Errors
Appeals jackson the Federal Court ponooc tho Courts
the TN Judicial District Of Mississippi and will attend to the cot
Of Claims throughout North Mississippi sept Isdu
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The TEACHERS ASSOCIATION held its regular meeting
at the Smithsonian Institution yesterday Various sub
ects of educational interest taken up and discussed
The attendance noticed not full has usually
been the case.
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ST. CHARLES RoTEL,

Corner gf Peaypania 81 street, Washiagon D. q
fTNHIS popular House has, in consequence of the
adjournment Of Congress- number Of fine suitable
families single gentlemen with board all very mcderete poos
Clean beds table The deserved reputation o. s eb
hshment $. LAMB, Proprietor
I3-dtnf
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CARPETnSG, FLOOR om-CLoTH, RUGS, MAT,

GtARPETING, FLOOR OIL-CbOTH, RUGS, MAT
ngs Duggets Materials and Houseiurnishng Dry
Goods such
Velvet tapestry carpeings, designs
Tapestry Brussels do great variety
New styles Brussels dor super quality
Exraheavy 3piy do rich
mgraindo patterns
Very heavy Atwood Dutch carpetnRs
Twiled Competing hills and steps
Velvet do
Full heavy and very rich floor ocoths cut 10 NJ
size shape room hall or passage
Mosaic, velvet, and tufied rugs and mats
Cocoa and Canton matings
1874, IA, 1914 drugget crumb cloths
English druggets, ali widths, ny the yard
Very richly embroidered lace curtains
Ratn LANES, brooaes and reps for curtains
White, buff, blue, and green shade linens
Stair rods, curtain fixtures &c.
Having HADAN co great Carpet Auction which
place New York the 4b and sh prepared
Purchasers respectfully invited examination
stock. HOUE BRO.
Aug fs--dh
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- B. @ l., vol, price 81.
For sale by BLANCHARD NOFUN,
March al l1th and Penn. sv.
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DROFESSOR MACLEODS LECTURES ON ENG
IsII AND AMERICAN LITERATURE designed assist ladies
oley a.adc ofI ue stud

PROFESSOR MACLEODS LECTURES ON ENG
IIsH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE designed assist ladies'
n a elevated OF literary study.
THE SPRING SERIES
Authors Of the Nineteenth
with copiOus readings.
300 street between i2h Monday Wednesday,
day, IL, e. m.
Of the current academic term ought
o apply Immediately.
Ap 3-3teod
LIME ART DISTRIBUTION prizes of Oil
Paintings, Water Color Drawings, Chromohographs, and
Photographs either framed elegantly mounted Fifty prizes
chances a. each.
The drawing place Tuesday evening March 1889
PHILIPS Fine Art Gallery
Pennsylvania avenue between eh and lot streets
Feb lT--inn
DOCKS ON CHESS at Philips.
and Of Choss. BY Monroe H. C. L. vol
81.
KOnuys Chess, illustrated with diagrams
nunon Tournament collection Of the Games played a,
this Celebrated Assemb'age, vol 81 as
Staunon's Chess Players Companion, l vol. 81 a.
Agneis Of Chess with numerous Illustrations III %
Games, comprising carefully revised ireascs
pqust cribbsgr hazard. roulette, billiards.
bsgate written compiled by professors amateurs
vol 81 Is, PHILIPS Boosstoret
March 81 332 Penn av- between ph ana ioih sts
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IsCENDIARr FIRES increasing in frequency to an
alarming extent both in this city and in Alexandria In
the latter place less than half dozen fires have
CURED within the last fortnight Here of late, have
to regard tho ringing of the alarm bells regu
lar nightly The police should be on the
alert detect the wretches who pepetrate these acts Of
incendiarsin
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May 26-1y

GAET'S
CITY STEAM FIRE-WOOD MILL
Wood Salced and Spit. --C6al Of all kiads.
TVAVING rebuilt our mills, which were destroyed
by tho night Of the 18th February
pared TO furnish all in want OF .......aa..
WOOD
Possessing the sole right OF the Ms
trict for the manufacture or
KISDIlNG AND STOVE WOOD
by machinery, and having
THE ONLY SPLITTING MILL IN THE CITY,
and convenience
hundred and hyx feet in cord OF split wood, gaining
twenty eight feet by being split,
COAL
Of all kinds complete and full stock always on hand.
Office northwest coruer Of 18th and streets.
Seventeenth street below the War Department
III
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NOR SALE
A. pair o carriage horses, 16 hands high
pair Of mares, Is hands high.
To be seen at the stable owner Cemetery
Georgetown Heights from O'Clock until IL o'clock daily
Mar 2i-d2w*
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"M. t, DOVE 4 co. now prepared 10 exc
wv orders with which they be favored the
Plumbing, Gas, or Steam fitting business
(Sers Oh rs o doors norrA n PepaqraHia a-enve)
NSe may he found complete chandeliers and o,he
gas, steam, and water fixtures Jan
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NEW YORK ADVERTISEMENTS.
From w. IA. MCDONALD q Co., IOA N""'"" s.
JOHN c. HENDERSON, sMYTH, & co.

To GeaIers An Artificial Flowers OstrlCA
Feathers, Fancy Goods &e.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-22

THE "IRoN CROWN OF ITALY.-As the "holy Roman empire" is supposed to be inseparabe from the tenure of that iron crown which has now been made "safe" m Maniua, just as Hungary is held to go with St, Stephens crown Gear ried of once by Kossulh, l may as well state, having seen the article a,Monza, that it is no, an iron crown at all, but baro- nial' circlet of gold Inside il there is a ferruginous wire, supposed to be beaten out of nail of the cross, and the date of it's first notice in history goes back to the sixth century, when Theodelinda, Queen widow of Lombardy. welded Agiluph. King of Turin, and brought this relic for lhe coronation of joint royalty, in 774. Charlemagne was crowned herewith by Pope Adrian L.; and in 1878 Charles ". was equally crowned with it at Bologna. Napoleon l. crowned himself al Milan, in 1905. There is an "Order of lhe Iron Crown" which was then set on foot by him, and is kept up by the Kaiser.-[ Paris Correspondence.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-22

A SISTER IN TIGHT PLAcE.--At L-, one Saturday evening, fatigued by his long journey, wagoner, with his son John, drove his team into good range, and determined to pass the Sabbath enjoying season of worship with the good folks of the village.
 When the time of worship arrived John was set to watch the team, while the wag- oner went in with the crowd. The preach CT had hardly announced his subject be- fore the old man fell sound asleep He sat against the partition in the centre of the body slip; just against him, separated only by the very low partition, sat fieshy lady, who seemed all absorbed in the ser mon. She struggled hard with her feel ings until, unable to control them longer, she burst out with loud scream, and shouted at the top of her voice, rouslng the old man. who, but half awake, thrust his arms around her waist, aud cried, very sooihingly:
 Two, Nance! Wo, Nance Wo. Here, John-caling his son--cu, the belly band and loose the breeching quick, or she'll tear everything all to pieces v
 It was all the work of moment; bu the sister forgot to shout, the preacher lost the thread of hIs discourse. and the meet ing came prematurely to an end; while, deeply mortified, the poor old man skulked away, determined not to go to meeting again until he could manage to keep his senses by remaining awake.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-22
STATISTICS OF ITALY.

The .Anauarso Matistico Naliano, for 1858, publishes the following details of Italian statistics, which are interesting at the present time:
 The population of Italy amounts to no less than 27,l07, ,047 inhabitants. They are divided into fifteen circumscriplions :; eight of them, containing l9,9l3, ,304 souls, are under Italian governments; and seven, with a population of 7,l93,743, obey for eign rule. Italy contains ll0 provinces, and l0,0l2 communes, and is one of the countries in which the largest cities and towns are to be found, nineteen of them having more than 50.000 inhabitants each, and eight, { Rome, Naples, Palermo. Ve- nice, Florence, Milan, Genoa, and Turin, each exceed 100000. Nearly all the population are Roman Catholics, the num- Der of those who profess other Christian creeds only amounting to 36,676, and the Jews to Al ,49S. The births far exceed the deaths. The increase in the popula- lalion is particularly remarkable in Sicily and Tuscany, where it may doublein about seventy years. Italy alone has very near ly one-half as many bshoprics as there are in the whole of Europe-256 out of 535. The average is 90,000 Catholics for each diocess. and in the Roman States there is one bishop for 40 900 souls.
 The regular and secular clergy, of both sexes, in Italy, amount to lS9,000; and they are, as compared with the number of the population, as one to one hundred and forty-two. The clergy are more numer- ous in Sicily than in any other part of lta- ly, cy perhaps in the world; the number of priests, monks. and nuns, being B ,226, or one out of sixty-nine inhabitants. There are nearly three hundred journals pub ished in Italy, of which nuniber one hun dred and seventeen are in the Sardinian States, although they contain only one- fifth of the total population. In the sum- mer of 1858. there were in Italy l,757 Kilometres Give, eighths of a mile each of railways completed; 2,339 in course ol construction; and 634 for which conces- sions have been granted. One of the principal branches of industry is the pro- duction of silk, and in ordinary years the value of that article is from 200, 1000, ,OOO 10 23O ,OOO, GOO francs. Lombardy alone which is only the fifteenth part of Italy produces one-thrd of the whole quantity The revenues ofthe different Italian States amount to about 100000 900 francs, and the expenses to $40. 900 900 francs. The public debt is 100000 francs. Com. merce is active. but business is much i'm peded by the high tariffs in many of the States, and by the lines of custom-houses The mercantile marine of Italy is more numerous, in proportion to the extent oi country, than that of any other nation in Europe, with the exception of England.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-22

WHERE IS MoNTEBELLo g- Very few maps contain the place upon which renown has fallen for second time in conjunction with contests between the armies of France and Austria. Monlebello Is very in- significant village, and is so near to Cas- teggio that it's name is rarely found in or dnary geographical charts. Castegglo is about thirty miles east of Alessandria, and fifteen west of the Pc, while Monlebello is but few minutes walk southwest of Cas- teggo.
 Cas,eggio and vicinity has been cele- brated battle ground for more than 2,0OO years It is the ancient Claslidium, and it was here that Claudius MarceIus won the richest of spois by vanquishing and staying Viridomarus. King of the Grsa- tn. In the Punic wars it was an import ant military position. It was besieged by Hannibal, and might have defied his pow CT, but historians tell us that two hundred large pieces of gold, paid to the commands, CT, Publius Darius, "purchased the for lress," ia very polite phrase for expressing bribery.) The stores and provisions found therein were of the greatest utility to the Carthagenians. A spring not far from Casteggio is still called Fontana d'Anni- bale.
 IL was near Casteggio, on the 9th June, 1900, that the great conflict between the French and Austrians took place, which is known as the battle of Montebello. for it was in the latter village that the arms of Napoleon |. finally routed the corps d'reserve of the enemy.-[N. Y. Jour. of Commerce.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-22
From the Memphis Appeal.
 THE MONEYL ESS MAN.
BY II. T. STANTON


 Is there no secret place on the face of the eartl Where charity dwelleth? where virtue ha birth? [heave Where bosoms in mercy and kindness vii And the poor and the lonely may " ask and re-
 ceive?" Gpool Is there no place at all, where knock from tht Will bring kind angel to open the door? Ah search the wide world, wherever you can There is no open door for MoNEYLEss MAN Go, look in yon hall, where the chandelier.
 light might Drives off with it's splendor the darkness oi Where the rich hanging velvet, in shadowy
 fold, Egold Sweeps gracefully down with it's trimmings oi And the mirrors of silver take up and renew In long lighted vistas, the 'wildering view Go there in your poverty--fnd, if you can, welcoming smile for moneyless man. Go, look in yon church, of the cloud-reaching
 spire,
 Which gives to the sun his same look of red fire; Where the arches and columns are gorgeous
 within, Tsin And the walls are as pure as soul without Walk down the long aisles--see the rich and
 the great Testate-- In the pomp and the pride of their worldly Walk down in your patches, and find, if you Who opens pew to moneyless man. Go. look to yon judge, in his dark flowing gown, With the scales wherein LAW weighted EQUITY
 down Gthe strong, Where he frowns on the weak and smiles on And punishes right, while he justifes wrong Where jurors their lips to the Bible have laid, To render verdict THEY'VE ALREADY MADE! Go there, in the courtroom, and find, if you
 can,
 Any law for the cause of moneyless man. Go, look in the bank, where Mammon has told His hundreds and thousands of silver and gold ; Where, safe from the hands of the starving and
 poor, Lies pile upon pile of the glittering ore: Walk up to their counter. Ah there you may
 stay, grow gray Aiit JOuHS i'hAUo iOh tili JOui hdlI ; And you'll find at the bank that not one of the
 clan
 Has money to lend to moneyless man. Then, go to your hovel. No raven has fed The wife who has suffered too long for her
 bread; [frost Kneel down by her pallet, and kiss the death- From the lips of the angel your poverty lost |: Then turn in your agony upward to God, And bless, while it smites you, the chastening
 rod; [span, And you'll find, at the end of your life's narrow There is room up above for moneyless man.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-22


 A SPORTING ADvENTURE.-An in- dependent company of rangers were en- camped on the Agua Dulce, in 1877, and were dependent upon their rifles for sub- sistence, every man taking his turn al hunting. There was one man In this company, who invariably returned empty handed; and he became so notorious for not furnishing his quota of meat, that his companions made it standing rule 10 jest and jeer. After meeting with such ill success for long time, he was persuaded to adopt the Camanche deer dress, and make one effort more. Accordingly, he donned the undressed deer skin, the head, horns and skin of the legs remaining at tached; and when down on all fours, he resembled, at distance, a real buck. OH he started, amid the shouts of his com panions, for tue range; which, as soon as it was reached, afforded thousand op- portunties to try his experiment. Select ing what he thought the best path through the chapparal, he was proceeding along 1t slowly to reach the prairie, unmindiul of anything but deer. when panther, perched upon branch. and thinking it was sure enough buck, sprang upon hm i, and stuck his claws deep in into the dry skin. The hunter rose up with yell 1; the panther bounded off with equal alarm and surprise and although nothing was spoken, the apology seemed mutual Tales Of the Far Vest.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-22

ANrIDoTE FOR PoIsoN.-If person swallows any poison whatever or has fall en into conyulsions from having overloaded the stomach, an instantaneous remedy. more efficient and applicable in a large number of cases than any half dozen medicines we can now think of, Is heap ing teaspoonful of common salt and as much ground mustard. Stirred rapidly in teacupful of water warm or cold, aud swal- low instantly. IL is scarcely down before it begins to come up, bringing with It the remaining contents of the stomach !; and lest there be any remnant of poison. how ever small, let the white of an egg, or leacupful of strong cofee. be swallowed as soon us tie stomach is quiet; because these very common articles nulliiy lar ger number of virulent poisons sAan any medicines iA tAe shop.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-22

MouSr VERNoN.-A correspondent o Boston paper, giving an account of the late visit of the De Molay Knight Temp
 lars to the tomb of WAsHISGroN, says
 The inside of the recess is in sad state of dIapidation. The clustering is falling off, the birds have built their nests in the recesses, and the whole appearance of the place is that of utter neglect. Over the entrance Is the inscription" Within this encosurce rest the remains of Gen. George W Washington As the Sir Knights approached the spot every head was un- covered, and all seemed to fee! that the spot whereon they stood was holy ground. The visitors then passed on to the old di- lapidated tomb where Washington was first inferred and whence his remains were removed to their present resting place. The entire front of the tomb has been re- moved. and the spot is in state of sad neglect. From this spot the Knights pro- ceeded to the mansion house, and visited the lower rooms-the upper ones being closed to visitors. In the entry we saw the famous key to the Bas.ile--the spy glass occupying the same place over the door that-it did when Washington was alive-the same pictures upon the walls which he gazed upon-and some record books in which were entries by his own hand. Passing ou, of the house the sur roundings were visited. Across the path to the garden lay large tree, which had fallen, and appeared to have lain there for months. The garden gate was closed !, and inside it stood venerable negro ped ding Mount Vernon canes, flowers, etc. The servants houses were the picture of decay. and those which were occupied had each family of from two to five little ne- groes besides their father and mother. The poriico of the mansion house was shored up to keep il from falling to pieces, and the whole place wore sad, sickening appearance.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-22

FEMALE DELIcAcY.-Above all other features which adorn the female character, delcacy stands foremost within the province of good taste. Not that delicacy which is perpetually in quest of something to be ashamed off which makes merit of blush and shippers at the false construction its own ingenuity has put upon an innocent remark; this spurious kind of delicacy is far removed from good sense; but the highminded delicacy which maintains it's pure and undertaking walk alike among women and the society of men; which shrinks from no necessary duty, and can speak when required with seriousness and kindness, of things on which it would be ashamed to smile or blush that delicacy which knows how to confer benefit with. out wounding the feelings of another, which can give aims without assumption, and pains not the most susceptible being in creation. taH