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BLUFF STREET.

would come here for sale and shipment
erected each ''shanty" ware house, cheap
and convenient. AS it proved to be a pay
ing investment others built also and now
there are nine of these ware houses on Bluff
street. We are indebted to George Nc
Laury for list of the owners and the f.
cures designating the size of the buildings
No. is owned by Gilchrist & Co., OK
80, two stories high; No. 2, Dodge &
Rhodes, 23x7o, two stories No. 8, Bassct
& Hunting, 24x6O, two stories; No. 4, c..
Coy, 22x7O, one story; No. 5, - Lacy, Is
x3O, one story; No. 6, A. W. Hubbard, 20
x5o, one story; No. 7, Geo. & John Nc
Laury, 2ox5O, one story No. 8, Strouse &
Co. and Cook, 2Ox90, two stories; No. 8,
Merrill & Barron 25x7o, one story and a.
half. In addition to these newly built con-
ycnienccs, none Of them dating farther back
than September, there is the old McGrcgor
warehouse, used now for storing produce,
by Rogers & Stafford. There are two or
three more places for storage in the line Of
the bluff, but we have not the names of the
parties using them, and hence omit dcscrip-
ton. Hoffman, Benton & Co. are building
warehouse below the steam saw mill; it is
26x75, two stories high, and very strongly
made. Every inch Of storage room in town
has been in quick demand, since the COM
mencement of the Fall trade, and another
year Of equal production will require the
river bank for mile, to establish ware
houses on. We were promised an anthem
tic account Of the shipments from this point
over the Milwaukee 4 Mississippi Railroad,
r., A. ,,o,, t0Ko b,,t W .w.lor Hf,;lod
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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Secretary of the Department of the Interior,
Hon. Jacob Thompson, of the State of Missis-
sihpi. Its clerical force consists of one Chief
Clerk, Moses Kelly, Esq two Dsbursing Clerks,
and ten other regular Clerks and to its su per-
vision and management are commit d the fol-
lowing branches of the public service:
| t. The Public Ldnds.-The chief of this | u
reau is called the Commissioner of the General
Land Office. The Land Bur au is charged with
the sur' ey, anagement, and sale of the public
domain, and the issuing of titles theref r. whether
derived from combinations of grants made by
former Governme It's, by sales, donations, Of
gran 0 for schools, military bounties, or public
improvements, and likewise the revision OF Vir-
gnia mil tary bounty-land claims, and the issu-
ing of scrip in leu thereof. The Land Office,
also, audits its own accounts. Ths present Com
missioner is Joseph S. Wilson. Its princiv al
officers are Recorder Chief Clerk, who also
acts as Comm ssioner dd interim, Pri cipal Clerk
of Surveys, besides Draughtsman, Assist ant
Dra" ghtsman, aud some $50 Clerks of various
grades.
I'd. Pensions-The present head of this bureau
is George G. Whiting, Of Virginia. The Com
missioner is chargd with the examination and
adjudication of all claims arising under the va
rious AID numerous laws passed by Congress
granting bounty land or pensions for the mill
tary or naval services in the revolutionary and
subsequent wars in which the United States have
been engaged. He has one Chief Clerk, John
Robb Esq., and a permanent corps, consisting
of some seventy other Clerks.
3D. Indidns.-Commission of Indian Affairs,
A. B. Greenwood of Arkansas. He is provided
with Chief ERIK and about fifteen other sub
ordinate Clerks.
4th. Patent OGce.-Hon. Philip F. Thomas, of
Maryland, Commissioner of Patents. To this
bureau is committed the execution and perform
ance of all "a;ts and things touching and re-
spec.ing the granting and issuing of pa ents for
new and useful discoveries, inventions, and i'm
provemen's;" the collection of statistics rela-
ing to agriculture; the collection and distribu-
ton of seeds, plants, and cuttings. 1t has
Chiif Clerk-who is by law the acting Commits
sioner Of Patents in the absence of the Commits
sioner-twelve principal and twelve assistant
Examiners of Patents, some dozen subordinate
permanent Clerks besides a consid rable num-
Der of temporary employees Samuel T. Shu-
gert, Esq, Chief Clerk.
An act passed at the last session of Congress
prov ded that all books, maps, charts, and other
publications, heretofore deposited 10 the De-
parment Of State, according to the laws regula-
ting copyrights, should be removed to the De-
partment OF the Interior, which is charged with
all the duties connected with matters pertaining
to copyrights which duties have been assigned
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Patent Of
The national Republican., 1860-12-17

HUNGER THE BEST SAUCE" Hungry as a
hunter" is hot bad comparison at least, so
thought young Oxford friend of ours, as he
was riding home to Alma Mater, after a long
day with the V. ". H. Twenty miles to GOV.
er, and an hour and forty minutes down the
vale, would create an appetite under the ribs
OF death; and our young student, who was the
son OF a cotton'spinner, was rather remarkable,
even among the good-grubbers," as having
apeculiar twist of his own. Dismounting from
his quadruped, and entering a small road side
inn, he begged the landlady to put something
before him. The something soon appeared in
the shape of the remnants Of a meat-pie which
was all that remained after her own dinner
Young Nimrod was hard at it in the twink.
ling of bulls elbow" as they say at Brazen.
Nose, and never ceased plying his knife and
fork till naught remained but Pelion upon
Ossa of fragmentary bones, which would have
puzzled our friend Warehouse Hawkins to
rearrange. "Cspital Pie!" quoth Nimrod !;
never ate a bet:er-quite equal to Gloomy
Hinton's crow.tarts. And pray what might
you have made it of, my good woman?" "Oh,
sir, there was beef aud mutton, and lots OF
things in it." "And fish, too, see," said the
young disciple of Buckland, dantily balancing
on his fork what appeared to be the vertebre of
hathsh. Fish, sir! Oh DEAR no, sir-no
fish. Why, deary me-" continued she, at,en.
lively examining the fragment. "Well, that
Is lucky! If it amt our little Billy's small
tooth comb and have been alooking for it
these ten days."
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vouchers decided by them, and is charged by
law with their safe keeping

vouchers decided by them, and is charged by
law with their safe keeping -..
Solicitors sONce.-Hon. Junus Hillyer, Solicitor,
and six Clerks. He superintends all civil suits
commenced by the United States, (ercept those
arising in The Post Office Department. and instructs
the United States attorneys, marshals, and
clerks, In all matters relating to them and their
results. He receives returns from each term Of
the United States courts, showing the progress
and condition Of such suits /; has charge OF all
lands and other property assigned to the United
States in payment of debts, (ercept those assigned
in payment Of debts due the Post Office Department.
and has power to sell and dispose of the same
for the benefit of the United States. -.
Liyht-Honss Bodrd.--Hon. Howell Cobb, Sec
retary Of the Treasury, er-obfeio President; Com.
W. b. Shubrick, United States Navy, Chairman !;
Commander L. G. Tilton, United States Navy |;
Major A. II. Bowman, Corps Of Engineers, Uni
ted States Army Capt. A. A. Humphreys, Corps
Typographical Engineers, United States Army !;
Prot. Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smith
sonian Institution I; Prof A. b. 'Bache, Super.
intendent of the Coast Survey Commander Ra.
pbael Semmes, United States Navy, and Captain
W. +. Smith, Corps Typographical Engineers,
United States Army, members, the last two being
also Secretaries and Eve Clerks. This board
directs the building and. repairing of light
houses, Gght-vessels, beacons, and buoys, con-
tracts FOR supplies, and governs the personnel of
the establishment.
United States Coast Surpey.-Professor A. d.
Bache, LII. D., Superintendent, and Superntend-
ent of Weights and Measures.
Capt. William R. Palmer, Corps Typographical
Engineers, United States Army, in charge of the
Coast Survey Office Lieut.. A. p. Hill, United
States Army, Assistant
Assistant W. P. Trowbridge, computer Of
longitudes.
Assistant Chas. A. Schott, in charge of COM
putting division.
Assistant L. F. Pourtales, in charge of tidal
division.
Lieut. Thomas Wilson, United States Army,
in charge Of drawing division.
Mr.. Edward Wharton, acting in charge of en-
craving division.
Lieut. John R. Smead United States Army, in
charge Of miscellaneous divisions.
Samuel Helm, Disbursing Agent.
George Mathiot, Electrotypist.
Joseph Saxtor, Assistant to Superintendent of
Weights and Measures.
The national Republican., 1860-12-17
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
THE BALTIMORE SUN.
wAsHrNoroS, December l3, Is

WASHINGTON, Oecen6er 10, 1860.
MEssRs. EDrroRs: Recently the Republican
in noticing the disunion sentiments of the Bal
timore Sun, cautioned our citizens Of the dis
astrous consequences to property which must
inevitably ensue from disuniou. Would prop
erty only suffer from disruption of our Union ?
Would not all business, Of every description
certainly cease? Washington has no inde-
pendent source Of commerce, but all her pros.
perity is dependent upon the circumstance that
she Is the national metropolis. Disunion. by
destroying the Government, would abolish the
metropolis. Then the merchants goods would
rot in the store, the mechanic and clerk be
driven from his employment, and the property.
holder deprived Of his rents and his wealth.
And this is not all. Ruinous to every descip.
tion OF interests as that would be, it would be
but a triae Of the terrible consequences which
must attend disunion. No doubt, in the furious
struggle Of the factions, Washington would be.
come a fearful theatre of civil war; attended
with all its horrible train of bloody casualties
Of plunder and rapine and carnage
How, then, can any class of our citizens, con.
sistently with its interests or its preservation,
support paper daily aboring for our own and
our city's ruin? Can the merchant, whose
business it would destroy? Can the mechanic
and clerk, whose employment it would ruin
Can the property holder, whose wealth ii would
dissipste2 Or the husband and father, whose
wife and little ones II would yield up to the as.
sassin and ravisher?
But circumstance connected with this
fimsy rag, the Sun, should not be overlooked,
even by the disunionists-a circumstance sig.
nihcant of the hypocrisy and mercenary mo.
tives Of its conductor. The owner of the Bal.
timore San is the owner Of the Philadelphia
Ledger. The Ledger denounces disunion, and
the Sun maintains disunion In Philadelphia,
the owner Of tie Sun glows with patriotism
IN Baltimore, he is rampant with treason !! In
Philadelphia, the leaders of disunion are knaves
and traitors; in Baltimore, they are heroes and
patriots! In Philadelphia, disunion will in.
volve our whole country in irretrievable ruin
in Baltimore, it will be the salvation of all
What inconsistency! What hypocrisy! How
can dsunion be conservative, and yet destruc
tive of our interests? How can man be Tor
disunion, and yet for the Union? Can he be
sincere? Can he be honest?
Utterly soulless and destitute Of principle,
without single natural sentiment Of the citi.
zen and patriot, and dead-wholly dead-to
oil the misery and peril of his country, this
owner Of the Sun, with shrewd Yankee Gun.
ming, in Philadelphia employs an American
for his patriotism in Baltimore, an English.
man for his treason Were the mercenary
and hypocrite ever so blended? Beware Of him! I!
Beware of him, ye citizens of Washington
Danish him, Danish his filthy rag, in time from
your fresdes and doors!
A SOUTHERN Man.
The national Republican., 1860-12-17

A HEAVY BLow.-A colonel, who is fond of
telling tough 'uns, especially stories of which
he himself is the hero, lately drew the long bow
after the following fashion /" | was once in
Montpelier" says the colonel, "on official bust
ness. During my stay horse.race came off
near the capital and as am rather partial to
horse-racing, went to see it. Just as the horses
were about starting some fellow insulted me by
jostling me rather roughly. Now, you know
don't often fight, but when | strike then |
DO strike. So up with my fist, and hit him a
carrying with him nine sections of posts and
rails. The fellow lay short time, then rails.
ing himself into sitting posture, he looked
wildly around him gentlemen said he, has
the storm done much damage?' Did the
lightning strike anybody but me?"
The national Republican., 1860-12-17
BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTORY.

HNHE subscriber has the pleasure of informing
l. his friends and former customers that he is
engaged In the Boot and Shoe manufacturing
business, with an entire new stock, such as
Melies French Shoes, Caters, Slippers, Pumps,
&C., with a superior stock of Lemoines French
Calf-skins, and all other materials for the manu-
facture of Gentlemsn's fine Boots and Shoes, pur-
chased for Cash, and will be made up by the
best workmen, and sold at the Lowest Cash
Prices, for Cash only.
To my former patrons, it is useless to say any
thing of my qualifications for the business have
again embarked in. To them, and the public
generally will only say, l can at all times be
found at home, and ready to wait on them. The
one-price rule will be strictly adhered TO. Give
me a call. JOHN MILLS. Agent.
Fashionable Boot and Shoe maker, No.
504 Pennsylvania avenue, between the
st. Charles Hotel and Adamss Ex-
press Office, formerly under Browns
Hotel.
T. 5. have no interest in, or connection WITH
any other store than the one am in, No. 5O4
Pennsylvania avenue. J. NJ.
nov &c
The national Republican., 1860-12-17

1t is said that when Fuad Pasha, the Turk.
ish minister, sent by the Sultan to stop the in.
surrecton in Syria, reached Beirut he desired
to see some Of the poor people who had fed
from their desolsted homes to that place. The
criers went through the streets, and summoned
first the widows. A mournful procession, a
mile long, was soon formed, in which we're some
thousands Of widows, who marched before the
Pasha. 1t was too much even for his iron nerve
to endure. He burst into tears, and covered
his face with his hands.
The national Republican., 1860-12-17

SAN Francisco TAXES THE HAT-The latest
mention Of the fertile Golden State is a plan
to make white dogs useful. Your San Francis
can seizes up his white cur, and, with stencil.
plate and black ink, inscribes his business card
upon each side of the wretched pup, and sends
him forth, quadrupedal locomotive advertise
ment-a doggerotpye of the fast people of
fast country, in a fast age. 1t is reckoned
that lively dog will be worth at least five dol
lors per day or equal to quarter OF column
in q newspaper.
The national Republican., 1860-12-17

A young lady, teaching school in Georgia,
writes home to her parents in Vermont about
company Of minute men who came out to
drill. She says; " The most remarkable part of
that performance to a Yankee girl was to see
each soldier have negro along to carry his
gun"
If the Disunionists continue to repeat their
stories about the "Black Republicans " to free
all slaves, this custom might become rather
dangerous when the fighting began.
The national Republican., 1860-12-17
GERMAN REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION.
REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION OF THE
FIFTH AND SIXTH WARDS.

OFFICERS.
S. A. McKim President.
George A. Bassett, First Vice President.
George r. Ruff, Second Vice President.
Charles Sleigh, Recording Secretary.
}. L. Henshaw, Corresponding Secretary.
William Dixon, Financial Secretary.
John Grinder, Treasurer.
Meets on the first and third Tuesdays of eve.
ry month, at Odd Fellows Hall, Navy Yard.
The national Republican., 1860-12-17
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.

Hon. jeremiah s. Black, Attorney General Of
the United States; A. B. McCalmont, ESQ.,, Assist
ant. The ordinary business of this Office may be
classified under the following heads:
l. Official opinions on the current business Of
the Government, as called for by the President,
by any head of Department, or by the Solicitor
of the Treasury.
q Examination of the titles of all land pur-
chased, as the sites of arsenals, custom houses,
lighthouses, and all other public works of the
United States.
g. Applications for pardons in all cases of con-
viction in the courts OF the United States.
4. Applications for appointment in all the ju-
dicial and legal business of the Government.
5. The conduct and argument of all suits in
the Supreme Court of the United States in which
the Government is concerned.
The supervision Of all other suits arising in
any of the Departments, when referred by the
head thereof to the Attorney General.
To these ordinary beads Of the business of the
Office is added at the present time the direction
of all appeals on land claims in California.
The national Republican., 1860-12-17
GOSHEN BUTTER AND CHEESE,

7 WILL have in store in day or two Choice
L GOSHEN BUTTER and CHEESE, Of as fine
quality as can be had, to which invite the at
tention of purchasers.
JESSE B. WILSON,
327 Pa. av., between Sixth and Seventh
nov 20 streets, south side
The national Republican., 1860-12-17
Champagne Wines and Brandies.

oN BASKETS HEIDSIECK CHAMPAGNE.
~ % baskets of the celebrated Cliquot Vine.
II dozen fine o.d Champagne Brandy.
II dozen fine old London Dock Brandy.
quarter casks very fine delicate Pale
Sherry, import direct by US.
In store, and for sale by
Z. e. WHITE b CO.,
No. So Louisiana avenue, between
Sixth and Seventh streets, opposite
dec Is. Bank of Washington.
The national Republican., 1860-12-17
REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION OF THE
SEVENTH WARD.

OFFICERS.
Theodore Wheeler, President
Edward Lycett, First Vice President.
A. Edison, s cond Vice President.
William j. Murtagh, Secretary.
William Hendley, Treasurer.
J. X. Elvans, J. Dillon, G. W. Garrett vii.
liam Martin, G. H. Larcombe, and G. B. Clark,
Executive Committee.
Meets at Island Hail. third story,) corner
Of Virginia avenue and Sixth street, every
Wednesday evening at half past seven clock.
GEORGETOWN REPUBLICAN ASSOCI-
ALTON.
OFFICERS.
John S. Paxton, President.
W. ". McNeir, First Vice President.
j. W. Decide, Second Vice President.
II. G. Divine, Cor. and Rec. Secretary.
Jesse Chick, Treasurer.
WIDE-AWAKES OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
OFFICERS.
Lewis Clephane, President
George Fl. Plant, Vice President
A. c. Richards, Secretary.
Henry Nj. Knight, Captain.
NJ. Smith, First Lieutenant.
K. NJ. Downer, Second Lieutenant.
Meets at the Wigwam every Monday even
ing.
The national Republican., 1860-12-17
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COLUMBIA.
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Besd s these four principal branches of this
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Office, for which it was originally intended.
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REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATIONS.
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN ASSOCIA
TON.

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN ASSOCIA.
TON.
OFFICERS.
b. B. French, President
J. j. Coombs, First Vice President.
Martin Buell., Second Vice President.
Lewis Clephane, Secretary.
Woodford Stone, Treasurer.
John Hines, G. II. Plant, Job W. Angus, j.
+. Hodgson, James Lynch, G, r. Wilson,
aud Henry NJ. knight, Executive Committee.
Meets at the Wigwam, corner of Indiana
avenue and Second street, every Thursday
evening.
REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION OF THE
THIRD WARD.
oErICERs.
j. j. Coombs, President.
G. A. Hall, First Vice President.
A. Duvall, Second Vice President.
J. c. Clary, Secretary.
Martin Buell., Treasurer.
GERMAN REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION.
OFFICERS.
W. krzyzanowski, President.
DR.. Bregeb, First Vice President.
G. Dill, Second Vice President.
Joseph Gerhard, Secretary.
John Lerch, Treasurer.
Meets at Gerhard's Germania, every Tues.
day night. at eight o'clock.