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IL Miss Adelaide Gougenheim, the elder of
the two sisters who few years since performed
in this city, has recently gone to England and
welded MIR. Henry Frisbie, to whom she was
hetrothed in her girhood Miss Joey, the Younger
sister, is now playing in Mobile.
IL Real estate in San Francisco is looking
up. For business stands in the very heart of the
city New York prices rule, but for snug home
steadS. IS by 100 feet. within five minutes walk
Of the City Hall, $500 or 81 GOO is big prce.-N
Y. Times
IL Oliver Dennison, a young man. and a
native of Essex, Ct has been sentenced to fifteen
years Imprisonment in the Alabama State prison
for stealing negro woman in New Orleans and
trying to sell her in Mobile
II At Hamilton, c. W. last Saturday. a
young girl Of u, placed the muzzIe of pistol in
her mouth and shot herself, because Il Young man
who had been paying his addresses to her, had
gone to Detroit
>, IL number Of Hoes presses Were sent to
Europe by the CityOf Manchester from New or
last week.
~ DR.. Walter Claiming, of Boston, was re-
Gently elected member OF the Obs:etrical Society
of London
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Spirit Of the Mernin. Pr...

The Constitution, in reply to the fippant re-
marks current among newspapers about the
. public printing plumber" saws:
Those persons who have been led to believe
that the PROFITS Of the Printer to the Senate or the
mouse must be something like seventy-ive or a
hundred thousand dollars a wear will perhaps be
surprised TO learn that the gross amount Of work
done by the Senate Printer has but once, in seven
years, amounted to Sl0,0UO; while, in five Of
those years the gross amount was under So, go;
and, in two OF them. under SIS 600 year, These,
be II borne in mind, gross amounts paid for
work, not profits IL would puzzle Philadel-
phia lawyer, If not even New York newspaper
correspondent, to tell how the profits on this wor
after paying for composition, press-work, &c i,
could be larger than the gross sum out of which
these expenses must, Of course, be paid. Still
more must those who have listened believingly
70 the vain babble about g. two-million printing
plunder' be surprised to learn that the total
amount paid for printing to both Houses of Con-
g-ess, in seven years. has been but million and
thirty seven thousand dollars; vet this Is the fact
as will be seen by reference to the report Of the
Superintendent of Public Printing to Congress,
dated December, 1855"
The Constitution also comments upon the speed
Of the Hon. Orris 8. Ferry, o; Conn In the House
Of Representatives or Friday, and upon Repub-
lican SANDERS, particularlYin the of the Hon
Reuben Davis, of Miss
The InteHigeHeeT compliments and quotes from
the late letter Of the Hon. VIM. c. Rives, Of Va
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GEORGETOWN.


Coyysspesdsses Of 11s Star.
GroRsxrowS, February 10, 1850.
Our city is rather destitute Of news this morn
ing and there 10 nothing transpiring Of sufficient
interest to point paragraph. Even our approach
ing munich pal contest to come of on the 10th In
slant when members Of our City Councils are to
be chosen falls to exert any Interest except among
the politi clans on either side, who are busy pre-
pairing their tickets; but Of their progress the un-
initiated know nothing.
In nv last letter failed to give our police force
any credit for their exertons at the scene OF the
accident on Congress street. 1 chee-fuliy make
the correction, and will state that they were soon
upon the ground and worked hard for several
hours In cutting away the ruins and e1nicating
the buried horses.
In our Board of Common Council on Friday
evening last, the resolution making an appropria-
ton to aid In defrdying the expenses OF our mill
tary and fremen on the occasion Of the Inaugural
ton of the Washington equestrian sts tue on the
22d inst. was defeated by a tie vote. Those who
voted against il assigned N a reason the present
depletion OF our city treasury, but expressed a
willingness to contribute personally In event Of a
concerted movement upon the part Of ole citizens.
We understand a subscri ption paper is now in
circulation, and hope all will literally respond,
as the time is growing short; and whatever 10
proceedings of our City Councils wilE be reported
in next letter.
We understand that hose company 10 to be
organized in the western section Of cur city, and
the present and prospective head Of water, 10 a
| su1fciency of good hose, under the management
Of intelligent and active citizens, and under ordi
nary circumstances nine-tenths Of the fires occur.
ring contiguous to the lines Of water pine may be
extinguished without other agency.
The concert Of the Sabbath school Of Dsnbarton
street NJ. f.. Church on Friday evening last, was
in all respects success. The Juvenile Performer
under the Intelligent and efficient supervision OF
| their director, Mr.. james A. White, acquitted
themselves with the ease and spirit Of pSactsed
musicians, and to the entire satisfaction Of the
large and appreciatve audience present. many OF
| whom joined in a request that the concert he re-
peated. By advertisement in another column, II
will he seen their request has been acceded to
| and We promise all who may attend expecting the
| mediocre singing and dialogues common On such
| occasions, an agreeable surprise. The money re-
ceived for admission is to be applied to the rett
| ting the school-room, and remodeling the present
unsightly and nconvenient seats.
Those ladies who wish to be fashionably at
tired (and who does not y will be pleased 10 have
| their attention directed to Gutman's advertise
ment Of novelties, in another column.
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SAszA.-Ne have long supposed tnis celebra-
ted drug had come to be an exploded hnrnhup
put we are assured by those skilled in the healing
art that not the Sarsaparilla itself is to be blamed
Tor this conclusion, but the miserable worthless
Preparations Of it, that have been palmed of upon
tne community - preparations which contain
Sooui as much of its virtues they do Of gold
aust IL IS commercial fact that almost all of
the Sarsaparilla gathered in the world is con-
sumed In the old countries of Europe, where the
science OF medicine has reached its highest per-
lection, and where they know the best what to
employ for the mastery of disease Hence we are
glad to find that We now to have a compound
OF thls excellent alternative, which can be relied
on and our community will not need be assured
mat anything DR.. Aver makes is worthy of their
confidence He Las been for years engaged i'm
eliminating this remedy (see advertising Columns
should add the browning glory te his already en-
VlaoIe observation-disclosures CeIt, Nstc YoYI
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Personal.

Paul Akers, the American sculptor, who has
been so dangerously i'll at Lyons, is now conv, =
descent.
'-.' Leutze's last picture, a carnival scene in
venice. which was exhibited at the las. HArtists;
Reception" DodwOrth's Hall, has been pure hased
by Mr.. CorcOran. of this city.
100. The death of Burton, the comedian, has
Suseu great sorrow In artistic and literary circles
He was more prosperous in a worldly sense than
many members Of the precarious prof :ssion he
followed The Herald states that his property In
hudson street is valued at StO, 900; Glen Cover
e2i6.t0u.
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The GALE.-During the gale on Friday morning
the roof Of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum
corner Of Fifth avenue and Fiftieth street \ ew
YORK, was blown off, and fell into the yard with
Tremendous crash The accident occurred few
moments after school bad been opened, and All
Children Were assembled in the various school.
rooms at the time, with twenty-one sisters OF
Of incidents, some serious and some Indic,on.
occurred during the blow. Among the latter wa,
the case Of a gentleman whose talma was taken of,
ms shoulders and carried up into tree Tn.
Express says sit floats there still and the mourn
fol loser has no means of recovering itn A nuu,
Der OF houses were unrOofrd, persons were thrown
down, wagons overturned, &c
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IVA divorce case is now pending in Chicago
In which the defendant, Mrs. Mary w. Burch,
wife Of Isaac II. Burch, a well-known banker, is
charged with adultery with Mr.. David Stuart,
formerly member Of Congress from the State of
New York. The principal evidence in the case
Is the lady's own confession, a Ia Sickles, which
now, however, being among her friends in New
York, she retracts, ayerring that 1t was exto,ted
fYnu, hey
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AN AB0LITIoNIsr ARRAIGNED-We learn that
on 5eeIuay1 oeIore the county court, now in SEES
SION, Nr. Franklin Davis, residing in Ferr.ll.
Town, about ten miles north of Charlotte. sitting
IS grand Jarynian. was. on motion of Solicitor ID
b Rea, expelled from the jury for having ex-
pre- ssed sentiments in opposition TO the Institution
OF slavery, and be was immediately bound over
IN tne penal sum of one thousand dollars for hi Is
appearance at the next sitting Of the Superior
MAY next N' ~
We take great pleasure in commeading Mr.
hed fer the prompt and faishful manner i'm Which
ne discharged bis duty.-Chariotts ~. c. Caro-
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tAlkFAx ITEMS "A Democratic meeting was
ptid al the Court House on the Sd inst, Newman
burke Ia The Chair, and Thos J. Murray, Secre-
taTY- 90 motion Of Alfred Moss deIeg,tss ,vare
appointed 10 the Richmond Democratic Conven-
ton. 'O
Inc tairfaf hlfe Rangers contemplate having
House. on "Wednesday, the I'D inst 00"''
Fairfax county. il Of tine few Counties Of ,h
'-s7is reported as owing nothing to the Common
"eai,h through her >herias and Clerks.-Fairfar
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CALIFORNIA News W. find the the followipo
items In the California papers of the Goth nit
J. koss Browne, special agent of the Treasury
Department in California, has been appointed
masters mate in the navy. He goes to China In
the Saginaw.
Professor Anderson had three weeks run in
bis magical entertainment, aud made SO 900 He
Is now playing Rob Roy, with poor success
John Nugent, police officer, formerly of Bal
tmore, died in San Francisco OH the 10Th nit.
snd~ Henry NJ Knox, formerly OF Virginia, at
Peoria Flat on the 9th ult
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FINAL pEclsIoS--Ih s long lending suit of
Jchn c hohs0n against the ashington and
New orlea1s Telegraph Company, which was
caSsCd by a mistake of the operator i'm orderiny
mere cotton al Mobile than Mr.. Hobson desired
Las BEN hnally decided by the Virginia Court Of
Appeals The amount Of damages awarded to
Mr. Hobson under the decision of the court is
,'So+ 10, with interest from the Ist of of April
1854 ~ A r. -
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Who THEY iARE.-The Federal Metropolis is
literally swarming with Republican party Office
seekers. Indiana alone has precipitated ninety,
to our own knowledge, upon US, and nearly every
Northwestern State has sent them in due proper
ton Indeed, ample proof of the tightness of the
times in 'the great free Northwest is at hand in
the number, appearance and intense nervousness
of that class Of her citizens now among us. 1t
matters not what their position in politics NAV be
at home. here they are all on level grabbing
eagerly at anything under the House, and indis.
criminately. Thus, the Republican party candi-
date for Congress in the district now represented
by Mr. John e. DAVIS, of Indiana, who withdrew
from the canvass in order to secure that gentle
mans election beyond peradventure, it will be
remembered,-a MIR Cofin-not only grabbed at
hut instantly snapped up, toe place Of the mes
senSer under the Doorkeeper who guards the ell
trance into the Reporters gallery He was doubt.
Jess appointed to prcpitate Mr.. Davis, who owed
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him debt Of gratitude for getting out of his way
and thus transferring to him the Republican party
vote Of his district.
So, too, do we hear thatthe new superintendent
Of the House folding room Is to be no other than
Mr.. Cragin, Republican party member Of the
last Congress from New Hampshire :,
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u Col. Memminger, the South Carolina mes
ssnger to Virginia, has returned home His
daughter was in company with him on his mis-
sion. and 1t is said that they made many friends
In Richmond
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MORE OF THE HAwEsvILLE TRAGEDY Da-
wilson, the wretched assassin and maniac, who
made the diabolical attempt Monday. the 9th
inst, to murder half dozen people in Halves
Vile, Ky, by means Of an 'infernal machine -
has since died of the wounds he received on thai
occasion. Several others of the wounded are in a
critical condition
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~ y For sedus ing Miss Christie. of at Mary s.
w und'r circcnls:ancss of an aggravated
..f''s,er, Wen the railroad contractor, has paid
: "'VU as compromise 10 her friends TO avoid
prosecution - '
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DOUGLAS IN CALIFoRNIA.-By the following
which we clip from the San Francisco Bulletin
1t will be seen that the LecOmpton State Commit
tee Of California have rejected the advances @,
the Douglas wing for union, for which the lat
ter have been so eager and have counted SO much
upon:
SACRAMENTO. Jan. l9.--The Lecompton Dem
ocratc State Committee met here Yesterday. al
the call Of Mr. HOge. of San Francisco Bricp
Henry. OF San Luis ObiSpo was In the chair, and
thirty-nve members Were present.
Alter debate, the 29th of February next was s..
isctrd as the time for Il meeting of the Democrat.
ic State Convention.
Mr.. Hoge and Mr. Long of Sacramento. urged
the necessity OF reunitng all Democ rats and thus
Oulldlng up and strengthening the party IA this
Senator Merritt, of Mariposa, proposed fusion
Of the Lecompton and Anti Lecom pton wing OF
the Democracy.
MIR. Rose, of Amador, submitted resolution
which was designed to exclude all anti l.ecomp D.
tontes from participation in the primary elections
The test proposed was that one shall be above
10 vote at the primary election who had not yote d
Tor majority Of the regular State ticket elected
A long debate ensued, In the course of which
some excitement was manifested The resolution
was finally adopted by yeas L., nays 80
A feeling OF most intense bitterness towards the
ann-Lecomptonites manifested itself throuphout
the proceedings.
Johnson Price, the Secretary of State, was very
active outside the Convention, urging the test
The result is considered complete Gwin tri.
nmPh, and defeat of the Douglas men.
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THE WEArHER.-The following report Of tie
weather for the morning is made from the Amer
lean Consolidated Telegraph Line to the Smith
sonan Institution. The time of observation il
about O'Clock.
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THE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF CoLuM-
BA Hon. Mr.. Wright, of Tenn, has been ap-
pointed upon the House Committee upon the Dis
trict Of Columbia in place Of Mr.. Garrett, Of Va
excused
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The HELPER1rE ORGANIzATION.-The Constr
tuition is correct in designating Mr.. Speaker Pen.
nington's cast Of the House Standing Committees
as putting the legislation Of the body immed ately
under the control Of the Helperites, to whom all
conPittee positions Of trust and importance Tex
cept such as have been given to nominal South
Americans upon whose proclivity for Helpersm
the Republican managers fancy they may RELY i'm
plcitly) are intrusted. The constituents Of those
South American members who, while protesting
hostility to Helperism, did their best from first to
last to prevent the conservatives Of the House from
making successful union, will see in the cast of
the committees an earnest of what their Repre-
sentatives have brought upon the future of the
South The manner in which the course Of Mr.
Henry Winter LAWS has been received by the
American party of Maryland, as illustrated by the
recent vote of the Maryland House of Delegates (6O
to - censuring MIR. ID. as being but tool in the
hands of proves that there is to be no
division OF sentiment anywhere in the South with
reference to such Southern Representatives as NAV
have given or may hereafter give aid and comfort
to the Republican party. The difference in the
position of MIR. Davis in the late contest for the
Speakership and that of half dozen others, like
him protesting to be of the American party. is so
tritng that the disguise of seeming to be opposed
to the success Of Mr.. Pennington while seeking
every opportunity to stir up strife among the con
servatlves for the benefit Of the Republican party
is too slight to fail to be cOmprehended by their
constituents in due time. Their day of reckoning
will soon come; or no lesson may be fairly drawn
from the recent vote of the Maryland Legislature
mentioned above.
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NAVAL ORDEK.-Commander J. 8. Missroon
has been ordered to the navy yard at Portsmouth
n H
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ment Of novelties, in another column.
THE NEW YORK LEDGER FOR FEBRU-
ary D, now ready, contains
J.. THE LOST DEEDS, by Mrs. ANNA YOUNG
This story narrates series of events occurring in
this couttry and in Europe during a struggle by
rival heirs for an immense estate in England. In
the progress of the bitter feud one of the heirs is
slaln, and an attempt is made to discover the muir
derer by dasuerreot, ping the eye of the victim be-
fore 1t glazed by the film of death, in the hope
that, according to an alleged discovery made in
PARIS, the Image Of the last object on which his
glance had rested could be transferred from the re-
tina of the eye to the dasuerreotypic plate The
experiment leads TO the most astounding results
g. LEISURE HOURS. by EDWARD EVERETT,
No. 5. LORD MACAULAY.-A most elosuent
and instructive sketch of the life fthat great man.
5. THE HOURS OF SARATOGA" AND
GENERAL MORGAN. by john EsrEs COOKE
An entertaining sketch Of the Fighting General OF
the Revolution.
THE BRIDE OF THE OLD FRONTIER,
continued. In this instalment of this graphic and
powerful story, Tim Murphy shows call whom it
may concern that he is the bog for rescuins any
girl whatever from the prowling Indians, or other
haythens."
5THE LAWYERS vALENrINE-A HUI
morous Poem. by JOHN 6. SAKE.
g. WHAT KATY DIp-A capital stor,, BY
MARY S1ANLY GIBSON.
SCRIPTURE POEM-By N. WILLIS.
Chnst's Dying Thought of his Mother at the Cru
cifxion.
PREACHING AND PRACTISING. By An
MA CORA RICHIE.
9. SLIDING DOWN HILL-By ZONE VINO
KEEPS HIS EYES AND EARS OPEN"
10. THE RETIRED PoLITICIAN-A satin-
cal Poem, by WIN. H. MORRIS.
IL. MALE MISCHIEF-By FANNY FIRM.
~ THE FOUNDLING's GRAvE-A Poem.
by ALICE CARY.
Is. LOVES AssERTION-A beautiful domes
tic tale.
"a. SMILES AND TEARs-A Song. by C. ..
STUART.
IS. A LOVE sToRY-A Poem, by MARY c.
AMKs.
ls CHESS DEPARTMENT-sy PAUL MOI.
PLY.
II. WIT AND wIspoM-By G.o.s. d. PREM
TICE.
1s. EDITORIALS.
ls. CURRENT ITEMS.
20. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
And variety of other lively and ipteres,in,
reading matter. =.
/ AST w E Elk! LAST WEEK.
RUSSIAN wARILLhhJusrR.rroNs
ODD FELLOWS HALL, feIs
81 Cottage Furniture.
~ just received another supply OIL
those BEAUTIFUL grained oak a dec.
GRATED COTTAGE SIT AZ S3l
Also, solid Oak and Imitation Mania sErs ~;,h
or without M.Lble TOPS, in great variety.
MeLDie,top CENTRE TABLES, ali sizes
~ aEk Ak, walnut and Mahogany EXTENSION Ia
Gilt Frame Mante. and Pier 81 asses.
Tai SStRtE rs b IA H nEsTT and SLABS, WRITING
PARLOR FURNITURE in great VARIETY.
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PERSONAL.

IN SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER Is
20 notice appeared upon tn. door of q prom
ihent hotel IN Wa khIngton city, of which the FOL.
lowing ls a reTbdtim COPY:
=, nteman viii Please not BRING any chairs into
IN Pdsseg or about tn door much dIsnics, NJ
aois the success IN the business depend on pleas
The prop ietor Of the hotel alluded In m the above
noiloe knowing who caused the came TO be .Ipcert.
ed" IN HarpeI's Weekly, sent him the FOLLOWING
Schools" ~ vi INV
WARRINGTON, February g. 1861
Etq.-Dedr Sfr: Undertaking thsi
;ch nave oeen ma6l your Brags that you caused
20 De lboerted ia Far or Mas azIne a 1ctis that
had put upon my d. as fall which q ink 10 ssy
the FEAST on Is ve'y unklnd towards me- and vi,E
ing 20 rave no Intercourse W n on IN any manner
therefore request that you vi I dscontinue ,ou
visits 10 the - House upon all occs SONS, " heI Ter
by ipvliatlon or otherwise. Respectfully yours
MADh nj u, the most successful FORTUNE
AZ TELLER on this side of the Atlantic in nov
In TINS city, and can be consulted upon an Affairs of
LoSe, MarTlaee. Lost Articles. &c &c al No.
so street. between 9Th and 9TH. Terms 50 oenta
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Proceedings af TA.nay.

IL THE SENATE, to-day, Immediately after the
reading Of the Journal, before the transaction of
any other business
Mr. Haun, according to previous understand.
ing OF the Senate, formally announced the death
of the late Senator Broderick. and paid an appro-
pirate tribute to his memory. closing by offer np
resolutions to the effect that the members Of the
Senate wear the badge Of mourning OH the | fl
arm for the space of thirty DAYS and that the Sem
ate adjourn in respect to his memory.
Messrs. Crittendea, Seward and Foster followed
in remarks eulCgstic Of the deceased-tte latter
being still on the floor when our report closed
IL THE House. after the reading Of the Journal,
MIR Pryor was excused from serving as a MEM
Der Of the Committee for Use District Of Columbia
Mr.. Craig, of Mo, offered the following resolu-
ton; which was adopted
R@soirfd That on Wednesday next at one
O'Clock, the Clerk shall call the States. com
mencing with the State of Maine. and upon such
calls members may introduce bills and resolu ons
npon which previous notice has been given for
reference only. and that resolution be received
which will give rise To debate
Mr.. Sherman called for the previous ouestion ON
his resolution to proceed to the election of Printer
Before the question was put
Mr. Birch, of Cal. moved a suspension of the
rules in order to enable him to present memorial
The yeas and nays being ordered, the resolution
was disagree to-
The House then, after adopting the following
resolution. proceeded to the election Of Printer
ReSo1rsd. That the House proceed to the eIe-
ton Of Printer for the Both Congress with the
Proviso that the House retain the right In Con-
gress to modify existing laws the subject of
public printing, the printer who may be elected
on this resolution receiving such appointment
and election with and npOn the condition afore-
said and herein set forth
Re Olred further. That a committee Of seven he
appointed By the Speaker to examine into the laws
in relation to the printing for the House Of epre-
sentatves the prices paid therefor and the duties
OF the Public Printer, whose duty it shall be To
report thereon with the least practicalAelay, to.
gether with such addition or improvement thereon
as they may deem advisable
Mr. Florence nominated Mr.. A. G. Glossbren-
ner, of Pa.
MI; Petit, Of Ind, nominated Mr. J. d. Dufreese
Of Ind.
The following is the result of the vote:
Whole number Of votes cast, ls3; necessary to q
choice, %.
DoiiOcsc--.
Messrs Gales Seaton.
r.f' nidhCndlo 9
L
Mr.. flanagan