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The national Republican., 1861-12-23
ADJUSTMENTS.

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George 0hristy's Minstrels
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NEW SCENERY
ossn added to the
Ethiopi Extrtvagt MA, en- filed the
BLACK STATUE.
J AXE, mischievcu. darkey ........ GRo. LHRIsrY
The entire company,
THE MOST TALENTED IN EXISTENCE,
will appear every evening In
SPLENDID PERFORMANCES.
ADMISSION so cents; Gallery, 2S cent.
dec 23
CANTE RBURY aALLi
Fy msrly the Washington Assembly Rooms)
LOUISIANA avenue, near corner Of Sixth street, 10
tn rear Of the National and Browne Hotels, .
OPEN EVERY NIGHT!
With the first talent In America
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.
Second week of the great
Eccentric Ethiopian Artist Of the Day,
FRANK BROWERl
FRANK BROWERi
To night, the
VIRGINIA MUMMY!
VIRGINIA MUMMY!
VIRGINIA MUMMY!
FRANK BROwER AS GINGER BLUE!
FRANK BROwER AS GINGER BLUE!
FRANK BROWER AS GINGER BLUE!
Oh racters by the eutirs
STAR OoNGPANY
New songs, New Dances, &C., sc.
CHRISTMAS WEEK,
CHRISTMAS WEEK,
series of nagr iacent
AT TERNOON PERI ORMANCES
will be given at
Canterbury Hall,
FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN,
FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN,
FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN,
FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN,
FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN,
Commencing TUESDAY;
And Euery Afternoon During the Week.
1000 Costly Presents
will be presented to the ladies, children, and
the sudieLce during the week. Thee
ELEGANT CHRISTMAS
SOUVENIRS
will consist Of magnificent
Annuals, and expensive se's of sable
Furs, Se,oirg Machine, splendid Gold Jewel
ry Silver FCrks and Spoons, aides Ch aims w Watch
Guards, Chidrens Neck Chains, Geats Rings,
Toys and Confectionery.
as- The managers call to the minds of the ladies
Of this city the elegant presentation matnees which
they had the honor to give here last winter In evil.
dence Of the fairness with which they were con.
Quoted. These presents will be given Ia addition to
the finest performance by the best company ap
| pearing in Washington.
The saloons attached to the Hall will be closed
during the afternoon performances, and our matt.
will be conducted in such = way that the most
ias dious cannot regret their visit TO the Canter
bury.
Afternoon Prices:
Ladies, 20 ceLts ,entIernen with ladies, 20 cents
ohildGen, 10 cents.
Night Price,:
Parquet, a. GEMS; Rosewood Orchestra Chairs, 90
cents
or No Presents presented at night "a
The national Republican., 1861-12-23

rOME ONE AND ALL, to the !'e"i j. + Clotb'ng
l J SIor. No 400 Seventh su-st, aud &c your
Goods at ast Iuishing low prices. uec lin
The national Republican., 1861-12-23
AUCTION SALES.
kf WALL q &BNRNAHD, Auctioneers.
- Corner Pa avenue and Ninth street.

n NNAHD, hucttOneers,
corner Pa. avenue and Ninth street,
F1Nk FRENCH ENCY GOODS SUITABLE FOR
HOLnAY PRESENTs, AT AUCTJN
On SATURDAY and MONDAY M0RNINGs
2lst and 23l Instant 10 O'Clock and 10 the tyenios,
At O'Clock, we Will sell at the Auction Rooms a
splendid assoi itment Of Fine French Fancy Goods
business, and en- bracing-
Fine Pesfl and Ivory Fans
beautiful Odeur Boxes
Ladies and Gents Po,temonuaies and W pds
French and Englsh Soaps and Perfumsry
Brs English Hair and Tooth Brushes
Port solius, Ch. semen Checkers aud otht G ames
Fine Stationery. piayiog Cards
Parlor Skates, China UrHamen's
motto Cups and SAuoers
Beautiful Engravngs, Freucn Ba kets
Fancy air Pios Balls, and Bird CAGE,
Every variety of French d German ross
Wax and every other variety Of Dolls
Fixtures, Glass Cases, &c , &c
Terms cash. WALL l. BARNARD
Geo I'D Auctioneere
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Fire Last Might.

Al, ,lbuF6 l3srcUoAE- -4HA
The national Republican., 1861-12-23

So The above sal. Is further postponed
until MONDAY Decs mber I'D 1891 same hour and
place. dec9-wtd
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p a T 10 INl ,T, 9:

ITO INVENTORS AND paTEAT,hs.
L MUM CO., proprietors Of the oGon;in,
American, aud agents for procuring American Ri;
The national Republican., 1861-12-23

AfThe bOve sale Is still further post-
poned until Monday, the 3Oth instant, at the same
hour aud plaIe. A. BLAiR, Trustee.
JAS G. MCGUIRE h. CO.,
dec % Auctioneers.
The national Republican., 1861-12-23

rREAT ATTRACTIONS. Grand rush tOr
" ,enth str. ct to see the new ttvcs OF Clohn.
Just rec. lived al SMITHS, u" 400 Ncvrnih street.
dec ls--lm
The national Republican., 1861-12-23

yXIANpEuI WaNvED!- $40 Recruits,
w to do service in tn Ds,ri1t OF COLUMBIA
Apply Immediately at No Shs Seventh strest' o.t
D and L streets. wv WI
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-08-30

Some Of the Sultan's family were there,
each lady with a couple Of slaves on
the back seat Of the carriage. dressed as
gaily, If not as richly, as herself; many
Of the slaves are pettcd up almost as
much as their mistrrsses, and their slave
dom is sometimes the extreine of luxu-
ry. Sipce the last few years.. tile yas-
max has ceased to be a ''snare." and
has become only .'delusion, once i.
concealed the features of it's wearer, now
1t only sets off and enhances their beau
ty-
Like the indis:lnc,, golden and vaporous
Which surrounded and hid the Celes.iaIs in
Greece,
From the glances of men"
the single fold Of gossamer gauze across
the mouth and chin acting far less jeal-
"u>ly on the fair faces Of the C"nstanti-
noplc ladies' than the 'voilettes," or the
shady riding hats Of the ladies' of our
own country.
There were some beauties among them,
AMI some of those more remarkable for
Intelligence than the others, reminded
me Of sweet gentle faces at home; but
these were few, for, in general, they
looked sadly insane And yet We were
assured on the best authority that they
do not now by any means lead the en-
tlrely vacant lives We arc accustomed to
believe they do; there is scarcely a
harcm belonging to tolerably rich per-
son. where the ladies do not read
Freuch and play on the piano-forte, be-
sides occupying themselves with many
kinds of embroidery, and some even,
sing and draw: one Pasha's wife was
mentioned to Us who had lately played
the whole of the .'Trovatorc" by heart
TO our informant But these accom-
pl:shments are all learned from French
goyernesses and t;mmc< de ch"mLrc, with
whom they arc literally supplied: and
with these accomplishments they learn
also the morals. or rather immorals. Of their
teachers, who are invariably very dis
reputable class.
Progress" has indeed begun even in
the Turkish harems. but it is the prog
ress Of wire only; formerly, if they had
not intelligence enough to be useful and
good, they were at least in happy igno-
rance Of many of the vices to which
they are now addicted Perhaps the
sight of European women does them
more harm than good for when they
see Us going and coming and rejoicing
in our own liberty, they fancy that we
must use that liberty for only the same
objects as they would they can conceive
no other kind of restraint upon ourselves
than that of brick walls and strong locks,
and they long for the Fl ON which would
enable them to obtain the paradise of pas
sing the whole day in endless coquctry,
flirting and admiration.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-08-30

We fluid in a late copy of the Richmond
Enquirer the following sketch Of Gen.
jackson of the Confederate Army who
distinguished himself at Manassas:
Thomas j. jackson is native Of Lew
is county. Virginia. and relative of the
numerous and influential family of his
name ia that portion Of the State. BY
the death of both his parents, at an car
ly age. he was thrown penniless upon
the world. When yet quite young. he
exhibited manly self-reliance, and an
energy and force of character. which
gave his friends satisfactory assurance
Of the success that wac in store for him
in after life. Through the aid of gentle
men who took deep interest in his well
fare, he entered the Military Academy
at West Point, as Cadet, about tue year
1913, and graduated with high honors
just at the beginning of the war with
Mexico. During the whole of the term
spent at West Point, he never failed upon
all examination or received q mark Of
dcmcrit.
Young Jackson entered the service Of
the Cuitcd States as Brcvet Lieutenant
under Gen. Scott, at Vera Cruz. In the
memorable campaign from Vera Cruz to
Mexico he achieved honors of which
veteran officer might well have been
proud. In addition to his regular promo
tons during that campaign, Lieutenant
Jackson was brcvettcd a Major for dis
tinguishcd services at the battle of Che
pultcpcc.
At the close of the war with Mexico,
Major jackson returned to his native
State, with his health very much impaired,
in consequence of which he resigned his
position in the army. He shortly after
wards accepted professorship in the
Military Institute at Lexington, which
office he filled with ability and distinction
till the commencement Of the present war,
when he accepted the post of Colonel,
conferred upon him by Governor Lctcher,
unanimously recommended by the Coun-
ell, and unanimously confirmed by the
Convention. lie was assigned TO the
command of our forces at Harper's Ferry.
and continued in it till he was supcrs dcd
by General Johnston. He then took COM
mand Of brigade, and vas subsequently
appointed Brigadicr General by Presi-
dent Davis. During the manGuvres of
the army i'll the valley Of Eirginia, Gener-
al jackson held conspicuous position.
and in the great battle Of Manassas he
earned an cn, liable and nevcr-dying dir
tinction. His command acted part in
that memorable eng" cement which will
not hc forgotten willie deeds Of valor
and self sacrifice are remembered by the
people vi Virginia and Of the Confederate
States.
In person. General Jackson is near six
feet high with all erect, muscular, we'll
kuit frame. lie has fine eye. brown
hair and full beard His whole bear
ing indicates d man Of iron will and stern
courage, and marks him as one peculiarly
fitted to command"
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-08-30
PERKINS STEAM GUN.

The London correspondent of the New
York Hert'ld, Under date of June *.
speaking Of this invention. which is old,
says:
A committee Of the British army and
navy sat upon the merits of Perkins steam
gun, and u majority. save onc, were in
favor Of adopting it, and those who OPP
posed. or were unc"nyinccd, had nnrhing
to RELY upon as an excuse except the re-
port of-whom? Why. of certain steam
boa, ,r army engineers. who did not be-
lieve MIR. Perkins could do what he said
he could. because he had never seeu it ac-
couplished. Steam can be worked prac-
tically and safely up to 1900 lbs to the
square inch and is worked up to half that
every day in Mr.. Perkins Steam Works.
in Regent square. London. The theorcti-
cal engineer. or artillerist. will tell you
that gunpowder has pressure far greater
at the time Of ignition than steam has,
but he forgets that almost the entire mo
mcntum of the ball from fire. arm is Civ
en- it ut the time and in the space that the
powder takes to burn, while steam is ex-
erting an equal force the whole length of
the barrel while the missile is being pro-
jected. Mr.. Perkins declares that he is
able. and will willingly undertake to throw
solid ball or shell. with a steam gun,
from an ordinary war ship into a fortified
town FIVE miles distant.
l. The Perkins steam gun will fire from
ten to sixty balls minute, and can be
kept going night aud day, as long as the
ammunition holds out. or during the plea
sure of the engineer.
= The steam gun will have an affective
range equal to that of the most efficient
Armstrong Or Whithworth rificJ gun,
throwing balls accurately from four to
six miles.
B. Any riiled barrel. the most efficient
in use or tina. can he made r.ns,rouy' $
Whit~orth's, Wheatlcy's. james. Par
rot's, or any other-with any description
of bullet that can b. a>ed iu Firearms.
can DC contested with the proper steam,
boiler aud used as steam gun.
1. The expense while in use is less than
one half that of ordinary artillery, the
saving in ammunition during twelve
hours shooting of u twelve FOUNDER being
ut beast fifteea. hundred dollars, "r two VI
three times the cost of All ordinary can
non.
D. Twel,l of theS, guns AMI o.s hun
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-08-30
Gen. Lyons Presentiments.

The Springfield correspondent of the New
York Heraid thus speaks Of Gen. Lyons
conduct on the battle field, and his previ-
Gus remarks: -.
For two or three days before the battle,
Gen Lyon changed much in appearance
Since it became arparent to him that he
must abandon the Southwest or have his
army cut to pi ces, he had lost much of
his former energy and decision TO one
OF his staff he remarked, the evening before
the battle, II am a man believing in pre-
ntiments, anc ever since this night sur
Prise was planned have hnd feeling
cannot get rid of that it would result, dis
astrously. Through the refusal of govern
ihent properly to reinforce me am ublig-
cd TO abandon the country. fl leave it
without engaging the enemy, the public
will call me coward. If engage him,
[ may be defeated and my command cut
to pieces. | am too weak TO hold SPRING
field, and yet the people will demand that
| bring sbout battle with the very ene-
my | cannot keep town against. How
Can this result otherwise than against u.s.
On the way to the field frequently rode
near him. lie seemed like one bexilder-
ed, and often when addressed failed to give
any recognition. and seemed totally una
ware that he was spoken to. On the bat
tic field he gave his orders promptly, aud
seemed solici,ious for the welfare of HE
men, but utterly regardless of his own
safety. While lie was standing where the
bullets flow thickest, just after his favor-
lite horse was shot from under him. some
OF his officers interpnsed and begged that
h. would retire from the spot and seek one
less exposed. Scarcely raising his eyes
from the enemy, he said:
lit is well enough that stand here
am satisfied"
While the line was forming for the
charge against the rebels, in
which he lost his life. Gen. Lyon turned
to Major Sturgis. who stood near him, and
remarked:
| fear that the day is lost; if Colonel
Seigcl bad been successful. he would have
joined Us before this. | think | will lead
this charge"
lie had been wounded in the leg in an
early part of the engagcment-a flesh
wound merel y-from which the blood flow
ed profasely. Major S,urgis. during the
conversation. noticed blood on General
Lyons hat. and ut first supposed be
had been touching it with his hand
which was wet with blood from his
leg. a moment after. pcrceiving that it
was fresh, he removed the Generals hat
and asked the causc Of It's appearance.
lit is nothing, Maj'r, no.hisg but wound
Ia the head said General Lyon, turning
away and mounting his horse. Without
taking the hat held on, to him by Major
Sturgs, he addressed the lowans he was
to COMMAND with
''fUGora m-n! I nW lead you ~
Two minutes afterwards he lay dead on
the field. killed by rifle ball through
the breast, just above the heart Ia death
his features wore tl,-. same troubled ex-
PRECISION that had bs.n fixed upou them
ior the pas. week.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-08-30

dred men on board steam vessel of
moderate size will throw more shot, and
with equal effective range, than can be
thrown By half dozen seventy-four gun
ships. and carrying 1000 to 1000 men
each.
6. F5swo to faar men, besides the
ordinary fireman of the ship, are only re-
CURED to man one of these guns. whatev-
er its size. together with the boiler and
stea'n apparatus.
!. The ordinary boilers of steamer. if
constructed or adapted to the use of this
gun, can spare the steam and work one or
two guns while the ship is in motion. and
without any perccptive loss of speed.
&. A steam gunboat Of the ordinary
size used in the British Navy, a revenue
cutter, or California or transatlantic
steamer, with two of Perkins steam
guns-twelve-pounders, with the ordina-
ry boilers Of the vessel adapted to the pur-
pose, or a moderate sized boiler, like
that of u donkey engrne-would he more
than a match for a linc-of- battle-ship,
while crew of two dozen men would give
a sufficient reserve for relays and casual
ties
0. Nothing is required except the riaed
barrels, the steam power, the solid or
explosive missiles, two or three men to at
tend, and hopper to pour in the balls.
10. On board ship, in a fort, or in the
field. there arc no powder magazines.
caissons, or ammunition wagons or box
es to he blown up, or create alarm or
danger Of explosion, this calamity often
causing the entire destruction of the
vessel and all on board, or destroying the
lives of all within reach
IL. The steam gun can be used in eve
ry description of warfare-on board YES
sells, in forts, in the field with horse
power, or attached to land locomotive
in the same positions as ordinary cannon
or field pieces.
Il. Nothing but metallic balls and
steam being used, every discharge. lubri-
Gates the gun, touling is rendered impos-
sible, while there is all the cleanliness,
safety. regularity Of action. and durabili-
ty of ordinary steam ,a,schinery.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-08-30
The Confederate Flag.

\ correspondent of the Charleston
-Mr"ry thus suggests change III the
flag of The Southern Confcdcracy:
We believe We >lcak the sentiments Of
threc-fouril,s Of the Southern people. when
we state that the Confederate flag has not
only failed to satisfy, but has greatly
disappointed them The idea of COM
mittce having been occupied for weeks in
composing Or selecting from u hundred
diiiens specimens. hag to he at once
origiuoi and striking. s"ally rejecting all
assistance from artists and others,
who had furnished alLn lance O.
good material, and adopting. as the result
of their labor. what the Union aud three
stripes of Lincoin's abolition flag. Mr.
Russell, in one of his letters, has well
styled it The counterpart of the L. s.
Flag" and so perfectly is it SO. that in
Calm at seq it Is not distinguished from
it. But not only is it stolen from the u.
S. Flag, it is also theft ofihe coat Of arm
of another despotism-we mean the House
of Austria, whose arms are red, with
white bar running through the centre.
Nur is this all. The u. ). Flag itself
was directly stolen from the British East
India Company. with the poor addition Of
thirteen stars for distinction. Now, if the
coat Of arms of the Confederate States be
drawn with three bars hort-oateii, We pill
fer the arms Of the House Of Austria; and
if We adopt the plan Of the Uniled States,
aud draw the coat Of arms with the lars
perpendicular. We pilfer the ar,ns of the
to~u Ut Beauvais, in France. So that.
whichever way we twist it, We will be
laughed at by everybody, and despiscd by
those whose emblens we have borrowed,
Not to say stolen We are living ui.d.r a
Provisional Government-niay we not
hope tina, this may be also a Provisional
flag: Oar Congress is SOON to meet. and
We sincerely hope that Ibis question will
he brought up by some patriotic aud able
member, and hot allowed to rest until we
obtain. with the permanent Government. q
dag to be retained as PERMANENT also.
We think the Southern people. generally.
were anxious that the Southern C,oss
should have been conspicuous in their flag,
mhlra lJ..n wou.- -. 1aec Iispcuse "ub
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-08-30

rugged looking; whilst in a shrek or a
shout, or in the harsh, discordaut sounds
of instruments, the waves are irregular,
unequal aud broken up into secondary
vibrations Of all degrees Of amplitude.
An Grafton. delivered with varying ra-
pidity, aud with the pitch Of the voice
greatly m@lulated in different parts, has a
very striking appearance in lis ptono-
gfsph. Rapidiy-sp"kcn parts have the
cnrves crowded together whilst in others
they are widely separated. Tie loud
tones Of the voice are shown by the writ
ten waves rising to perhaps half an inch
or more. in height, whilst the low tones
are not more than the eighth of an inch
high; the modulations If the VOICE are
thus shown very beautifully by the vary
ing height Of what may be called the
letters of sound
DIFFICULTY IN READING.
Thus. then. the problem Of the graphic
6xstion Of sound may be considered as
accomplished; but pow new difficulty
arises-that Of trsnslating these evcr-vary-
ing curves back again into ordinary lam
guage. If each word or syllable. or even
compound sound, of which our spoken
language is built up. were Invariably rep
resented by the same system Of curves.
the work Of Transcription would be COM
parativcly easy. This, however. is far
from being the case. Not only does the
impression vary with the tome Of the voice,
the rapidi,y Or loudsiess of u,terance, but
il has been found that the same words ut
tered By one person are written down by
the instrument very differently from the
way they arc when spoken by an",hcr;
just as the handwriting Of one person diff
f-rs from another. This. however. is a
difficulty which will be overcome by prac-
tice, and perhaps improved Instrumental
arrangements; even now We hear that Mr.
Scott is attaining some facility in reading
off these natural sten"graphs The diff
culties, however. in the way of fluent
prescriptions into written language are
very great, rs the student in this new
language has SO many different forms pre-
scented to him as the equivalent for the
same articulated sound; the tracings not
being either true synthcsis Of the words,
or purely conventional sign like writing,
which has, let us remember, no phenome-
nal value, but is merely. 10 use rnathc-
matical expression, function Of the tone,
the intensity and the pitch.
The fact of being able to make spoken
sounds record themselves permanently OIL
paper, is of itself most singular and aston
ishing; but if it is ever developed, as the
inventor says it shortly will be. to sufi-
cicnt perfection to enable it to take down
speeches which may be written off verba-
tim, it is difficult to imagine the impor-
tance of the discovery, whether it he in
respect t" the unimpeachable accuracy of
the process; the eutirc absence of trouble
and expense in reporting any articulate
sounds; Or the great saving Of the time
and the exhausting l.bors Of our parlia-
mcntary reporters.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-08-30
LIFE OF WOMEN IN TIE EAST.

The following description. taken from a
work entitled the Egyptian Sepulchres
and Syrian Shrines." written by two sis
tiers, the Misses Beaufort, is INTEREST," ,g:
The gayest sight We saw was the
Sweet Waters Of Asia, to which LADY
Bulwer kindly took us, on the great
day Of the year-the Friday after X our
ban Bairram. This is the summer Hyde
Park Of Constantinople-the Sweet Wa
tiers Of Europe being only in fashion
during the winter season there is no
beauty in the spot. save that Of a few
fine trees, beneath whose shade the wo-
men sit the whole day. The place was
excessively crowded, and one could not
have. a better opportunity of studying
Turkish women they did not seem "
be enormously unlike the pictures drawn
Of them BY those of our modern ps,ets.
who describe them as fair aud modest
pearls; sitting like snowdrops enclosed
in one Of Wards patent sealed cases,
the damp dews on the inside of the glass
answering to the je,leasies through which
the slmcnd-shaped eyes CLEAN in half.
veile. light.
Here the gay Haunting flowers of the
Bosph0rine harems were sitting In a
closely packed mass upon the green
sward. under the shade of the elnl. the
cvlors junlbled into each other, like the
pattern of o brilliant Partisan carpet,
thrown up upon groundwork of their
white wells. almost dazzling in its GOA.
fused brightness, while the harsh, bird
like. ccascless chatter Of the ladies'
tongues was almost rei;esed by tue oc-
casiouai cry Of spoiled child or the
squeak Of swsddle baby. Each group
Ut two or three women had their own
mattress. gnolteh (clay jar) of water. and
an embroidered handkerchief, containing
their co,nestibles for the day-chieHy
raw eacumbers. Of which they eat from
morning till highland most of them
were smoking nargilchs. The richer
ladies were driving round and round rl,e
small meadow. seated in gilded aml
painted tei'9as. something like our r.yal
state eosch, only two or three of whlci.
had curtains drawn to couceal the in
uates.