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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-02-05

THE POSITION OF THE PRESIDENT AND GEN
McCLELLAN.-Hon.A A. S. Divin, of New York,
In letter to one Of his constituents, says:
MY DEAR SIR: am in receipt of yours OF
the 18th of December. will make a very
short reply First, as to why our army does
not strike at some other point than the strong
hold Of the enemy here. We can't withdraw
any considerable force from the army of the
Potomac without weakening our line, and we
have vigilant foe ready to take advantage of
any movement Of the kind They can afford
TO have their wings turned If they can force
our center Trust, my dear sir, to the skill ef
men quite as anxious for victory as either you
or can be, with more knowledge of the means
by which il can be attained
"A joint committee has been in session for the
last few weeks. 1t was created by those op-
posed to the manner In which the war has
been conducted. opposed it. but that was
among my mistakes. It has done good; the
plans Of the army have been disclosed in this
committee. They must keep the secrets thus
communicated, but know they are now sat
isfed with the plans; Mcclellan has been be.
fore them. The President stated the other
day in my presence, that there was probably
but one man in the country more anxious for
battle than himself, and that man was
Mcclellan. He repudiated in words of with
ering rebuke to those who make the charge,
that he or Mr.. Seward or Gen. Mcclellan
were tampering or delaying out Of any con.
sideration for the Rebels or Rebel institstions,
or that they INDUCED any thought Of ending
the war by any m cans other than conquest on
the battlefield. wish every man in our land
could have heard him.
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= There was quite an ado at the Paris
Bourse about the affair Of Mason and Slidell.
For several days the news had fuctuated in
the most uncertain way, 50 that the specula-
ting people were in state Of despair M. de
Rothschild received from private source a
dispatch which assured him positively that
Messrs. Mason and Slidell would be rendered
up, and upon the strength of this he went upon
Change and bought everything he could lay
hands upon, for rise; while another Jew mag.
nate, M. Pereira, for the Credit Mobilier, sold
everything he could get off his hands NJ.
Rothsehild, wLc rad foreign, and consequently
better sources of information, has been opti-
mist from the start on the war. question, and
has realized thereon what would be fortune
for any other man than he; while NJ. Pereira,
who relied on the falsehoods of the French
press, has been pessimist, and has paid dear
for his lack Of acuteness. Thus between M
Rothschild who bought, and M. Pereira who
sold, the small fry did not know what to do
and the Bourse was stormy to degree beyond
the recollection Of the oldest habitus Of the
place.
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An IRREPREssIBLE REPoRTER.-The fol-
lowing incident illustrates the desperate de.
termination Of reporters to obtain full partic-
ulars Of every important event Col. Baker
funeral ceremonies took place at Mr. Webb's
The friends, the honorables, and the military
filed the house, and reporters were shut out
Now came the tug Of war. One reporter q
efforts alone win give as q sample, selecting
the victor in the case. Having failed in ali
other efforts to get in, he brassed 1t up to Gen
Mcclellan and asked pass. This was ridicu-
lous OF course, as IL was neither Gen. McClel-
lan's house or funeral, and the reporter was
snubbed. OF he goes to Gen. Marcy, chief
Of Gen. McClellan's staff, and was as esyal-
ierly treated as he deserved. Round the
house he goes, and, finding the omnipresent
contraband, gives him dollar to shoot him
down the scuttle-hole, when round through
larder and lebby, he ereeps to the side Of the
parson. But he dare not use his pencil, least
II bring on gentle leading out BY the ear.
Down he sits with one eye half closed, in funeral
flow, and the other on the parsons manuscript.
The address over, down knelt the venerable
Sunderland to close with prayer, down knelt
reporter, meak and mousing, and when all
hearts were melting, and all eyes were closed
save reporters oRs, he stole the manuscript
and "slid cannie out" Long the weary par
son looked for his trusnt address, but when the
morning daWned he was enabled to read it en-
tire in the papers.
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A Clergyman with a shrew for a Wife.


James Fraser, the auther Of a work on sane
tifcation, minister of great repute in the first
half OF the last century, was q man cursed in q
hery help-mate. Here was q woman to try q
poor husbands patience. ga cold, unheeding,
worldly woman was his wife. Never did her
godly husband sit down to a comfortable meal
in his own house, and often would he have
tainted from sheer want of needful sustenance,
but for the considerate kindness of some of his
parishioners. She was too insensate to try to
hide her treatment Of him, and well it was for
him, on one account, that she was. Bis friends
thus knew OF his i'll treatment, and were moved
to do what they could for his comfort. A godly
acquaintance arranged with him, to leave q
supply Of food In certain place besides his
usual walk, of which he might avail himself
when starved at home. Even light and fire in
bis st ,dy were denied him on the long cold
winter evenings; and as his study was his only
place OF refuge from the cruel scourge of his
wife,s tongue and temper, there shivering in
the dark, he used to spend bis winter evenings
at home. Compelled to walk in order to keep
himself warm, and accustomed to do so when
he was preparing for the pulpit, he always kept
his hands before him as feelers in the dark, to
warn him OF his approaching the wall at either
side of the room. In this way he actually wore
hole through the plaster, at each end of his
accustomed beat, on which some eyes have
looked th glistened with light from other fire
ludn lud6 OI love dI lne remem mDrance OF his
cruel wife. But the godly husband had learned
to thank the Lord for the discipline of his trial
Being once at Presbyterian dinner alone,
amidst group Of noderates, one of them pro-
posed the health Of their wives, and turning to
Mr.. Fraser said, as he winked at his com pan.
ions. You, of course, will cordially join in
drinking to this toast so will, and 80
ought Mr.. Fraser said, for mine has been
better wife to me than any Of yours has been
to you 'How so?' they all exclaimed. She
has sent me- was his reply, seven times day
to my knees, and that is more than any one of
you oan say of yours On the day on which
her godly husband entered into his eternal
rest, and very few hours after his death, some
OF the elders, on hearing the sad tidings, hur-
rleb with stricken hearts and in tears to the
manse. To their horrer they found Mrs. Fra.
ser outside, feeding her poultry. Approach.
ing her, one Of them said, sobbing as he spoke,
SO, Mr.. Fraser has gone to his rest oh yes,
the poor man died this morning she said,
as she scattered the corn among the fowls; If
you want to see the body, you can 90 in
chick, chick, chick
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Arrival Of the Steamer Northern Light with
Nearly One Million In Treasure-MaYine
Disasters.

New YORK, Feb. 4-The steamer Northern
Light has arrived from Aspinwall. She brings
one hundred passengers and $3.50 600 In treasure.
on Point Remmedious She had a cargo valued
were lost
The steamer Republic, from California for
Acapulco, was on the beach at Acapulco, caulk-
ing having been started in the late gale, during
which she had to throw over her deck load
Capt. Richie, Of the United States steamer Sar-
anac, Is reported to have all his officers under
arrest Cause not stated. -
The steamer 0rizaba, which connected with
the steamer Northern Light, brought five hundred
and seventy packages Of Mexican cotton from
The dates from Panarna are to the 24th ult. -
The sioop Of war Cyane was at Panama. The
Lancaster had sailed for San Francisco.
ssnne. was dun at Panama, owing to the
troubles in the interior.
The British steamer from st. Thomas states
that the Sumter had been seen by steamer from
Havana cruising close TO ST. Domingo.
There had been heavy rains at Costa Rica, doing
some damage tothe coffee crop.
Chill was tranquil. Large shipments Of -four
and wheat were going forward to Europe. An
attack was made at Callao by the steamer Ucayli
upon the Chilian steamer Loa, the former firing
seven times, but being threatened by the British
war vessel, she left for Chincas, pursued by the
steamers Parana and Loa. Upon the latter arriv-
Ing at Chincas the crew Of the Ucayli abandoned
her, heeing to the interior
The United States Minister, Mr.. Robinson, has
been formally received by the Peruvian author
tiles
At Aspinwall, January "a, the soldiers quar-
tered in the jail broke down the DOORS releasing
all the prisoners, and afterwards ranged througR 3
the town, arresting several innocent persons
charged with being inimical to the Government.
Nobody was killed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.-The steamer Golden
Gate sailed to-day for Panama, carrying 100 pas
sengers and s950,OOO In treasure for New York,
and $3.50, 900 for England
r.: ID. w. Davis, auctioneer failed to- day for
$50, 600. No assets
The ship Mary Whitridge, of Baltimore, arrived
yesterday from Hong Kong, and the ship Nep-
tunes Car from New York
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Brown Stone PRoSrs.-The absolute un-
reliability Of all human fame, hopes and ex-
peetations is strongly exemplifed in the decay
which is fast falling upon the pretentious spe-
cies Of store which has lately been used 10 the
exclusion Of almost every other for the finish
ing or entire construction of the most elegant
private residences and public buildings.
Brown stone houses and "broWn stone fronts, |"
which have been used to crafty undoubted
style and quality, viii shortly be looked upon
only as indicative Of corruption and decay.
Careful observation will show symptoms
throughout the city Of the rapidity with which
this work is going on. Door sills are scaling
of, and in sweeping the steps in front of our
brswn stone houses quite frequently will be
discovered q collection Of peeling rubbish
which shows how rapidly the disintegrsting
process Is going forward. Even Trinity church,
the stone Of which was 50 carefully selected,
exhibits the same signs Of rottenness, as we
learn by the Scientific American; and care
ful chemical investigation will soon be called
for, in order to obtain some method Of harden
ing and preserving this material, 50 accessible
and otherwise 50 yaiuable for building pur-
p0ses.-N. Y. Sunday TSnes.
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" gang Of coffin robbers have been detected
a. w es'on, Somerset CO, England. The leader
accustomed to open vaults, break cofins with
tools, cut out the lead lining, and take this lead
with the coffin handles and plates, to sell as old
ron, al Bradford, The wood Of the CONN and the
bones Of It's inmate were broken up and stoved
away In further corner Of the vault. This has
been going on for over three years, and at leasi
nfty cemns, Including those Of some Of the pro
minent people OF the MISUNDERSTANDING
and others-have been thus outraged
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mARiNE LossEs FOR JANUARY.-There were
uary. This number includes two steamers ten
ships, fifteen barks, eighteen briggs and thirty-
seven schooner. OF this number thirty were
abandoned at sea, eighteen Of those abandoned
being grain-laden, having cleared with some fou,
hundred and twenty thousand bushels of wheat
ana corn. The total value Of the property lost
ana missing was one million six hundred and
ioriy'two thousand four hundred dollars This
the value Of the property totally lost, exclusive
OF damage 70 vessels not amounting to a total
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-02-05

a FErE AT OH PoIsT.-On Sunday last Gen
Wool, commanding the post at Fortress Monroe
Invited tne French Admiral Of the Pomone, The
bis quarters inside the work The Invitation WA,
cordially accepted, and the guests sat down 10 !
sumPtnous Oil OF fare, amidst the roaring of can.
non from the rampafs, discharged in honor Of o.
Admffa There were not more than twenty an.
uemen at the table, among whom were Col. Moo,
FAILS, Of the Bay Line, and the senior staf
Omcers Of Gen. Wool, and the Admiral.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-02-05

THE number Of establishments In Msssa-
chusetts engaged In the manufacture Of iron, brass
and copper, including rolling mills, furnaces,
iodndries, machine shops, tool hctories, &c and
not including nail and tack machines, Is 6ls, and
their appraised value Is about % 900 0Oo = -
sware passed the Senate on Tuesday. having pre-
vlously passed the House. The State 10 now free
rom Lotteries and policy shops.
" There now In Camp Dennison, Ohio, !, "a
.anary, Jas cavalry and e9i artillery soldiers,
making atal Of 1859. = a =
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In Search af the Sumter

BosIoS, Feb 3.-The new gunboat Kearsape
has sailed from Portsmouth in search of the pirate
Sumter.
Several vessels are loading at this port with
horses and munitions Of war for Gen. Buffers
expedition, and are expected to sail during the
present week. they will soon be followed by
the 8th New Hampshire regiment and other
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The Case ef Serator R,,.h,

HARRISBURG, Feb. 4.-The resolution favorIng
the expulsion Of Mr.. Bright from the u. S
Senate having passed the house at midnight,
was taken up in the Senate to-day, producing
much excitement.
ALBANY, Feb. 4-The Senate passed resolu-
tion this morning declaring that Jesse D. Bright
is traitor, and ought to be removed from the
u. s. Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-02-05
By BARNARD d BUCKEY, Auotoneers.
EfrKxefn1rn ID n

TRUsTEES' SALE-By virtue of a deed OF
Il trust from Henry Dade, dated April ., I857,
and OF record, We will offer at auction on the IIth
oaJ OF Feb gary. at So O'Clock p. m, on the prem
TO Georgetown, bounded as follows, VIZ Begin
nlns a. the northwest corner of said lot, and run
tnenoe east and at right angles with North street,
Iorty SIX feet thence north forty feet, and theaoe
SIovements, consisting Of two two story frame
Terms of sale: One-.hird of the purchase money
20 pc psld IN cash, and the residue in three equal
8sments at tHTs6. siT. snd HinA months .1it b
The terms Of salo must be complied with within
one Week al or sse, or the property be resold,
stthe Isk and cost Of the first purchaser after one
weeks notice.
WALTER cox,
HUGH CAPERTON,
Trustee q Georgetown Building AssocisfIon.
ja g. 2swts BARNARD& BUCKEY. Auots,
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TIE ARMY TELKsRAPH DRPARrnRyr-Iti n
near Twelve hundred miles Of telegraph wire In
operation, and one hundred and thirty operators,
and several hundred rspairefs and builders In The
eeid. |" % az no -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-02-05

I'D The surgeons at Carlisle Barracks were N
dismay recently on account Of report that ths
female traitors were 70 be broug from Washing
geons get very rusty In the obstetrical Department
Of medical science, we can well imagine thei,
constsrnation st this intelligence. e.-Pysaties.
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HELMBOLD'S
GENUINE PREPARATION
"HS Sly CONCENTRATION
Compound Fluid Extract Buohu.
A Posis'rs ssd Specific Rs.ssdy
For Diseases OF tho
RBLMBOLD's EXTRACT BUcBu

RELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Weaknesses
Arising from Exoesses, Habit of Dissi,> M.
EariV lnoisoretlon or Abuse,
ATTENDED teftA the Fcilotsfas Symptou,:
Indispes!tion 70 Exsrslon, Loss Of Power,
Loss Of MemoTT, Difioulty OF Bre.thIns
Weak Nerves, Tremhiinss'
Horror of Direase, Wafefsinsss .
Dlmness Of Vision, Psln in the Rsrl
nniversal LasEitade Of the Muscular System,
Hot Hands, Flughipa OF the Rody
DryDess Of the Skin, Eruptions on the Fsoe .
PALLID CouNrENANcK.
These symptoms, II owed 10 10 on, which thir
medicine INVARIABLY removes, soon follows
lMPOFENCY,F ,FATUITY, EPILEPTIC FITS,
h one Of wklek tAs Pafisnf WAY Eaptrs.
Who can say thst they are rot frequently fol-
lowed oJ those "DIREFUL DIsKAsEs,n
I" INSANITY AND CONSUMPTIoN.p
Many are aware Of the cause Of their suferInx,
BUT MONK WILL coNTEss.
THE RECORDS OF TIE INSANE AsYLUMs
AHd the Melancholy DEATHS by Consxsspfsos,
bEAR AMPLE WITNESS TO THE TRUTH OF TIE
ASSERTION.
THE CONSTITUTION ONCE AFPROTED
WITH ORGANIC WEAKNESS,
eSuires the aid Of medicine 20 strengthen and
lnuEorate the System
hIoh HBLMBoLD's EXTRACT BUcaU
tHoayia1 ~ dots
IIILL WILL CONVINCE TIE MOST sEKrrIcAL.
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In wealthy family Of Vienna the hu.
oana maze MS wife q new years gift Of q dozer
pairs Of gloves. Indignant at such stinginess N,
LADY, a. soon a. her husbands back was Turned
nung the gloves into the ffe Explanations en-
sued at the table, and what was the frsscibl,
lsdyS asIonisnmenf on learning that each pair o
gloves was wrapt up In bank note for 100 forins
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BY WALL & BARNARD, Auotioneers.

~ W AhA - DhfNANaNO, huOhOhCols'
TRUSTEES SALE.-By virtue of q deed of
a trust from Charles Wl!lisms, dated April 2S.
1886, and of record, we will offer AZ auotIou, on
HURSDAY. the 18th day of FebruaTy, at I
o'clock ?. m, on thu premiEes that lot o! ground
IN Washington known and descTi he'd as the north
ern part Of lot No twenty Jsix, 49, in square No,
one hundred, (ON,) fronting forty eight feet on
twentieth street, and fifty feet on III street, WITH
hoe SO.
Terms of sale One third of the purchase money
TO be paid In cash, the residue in three esunl In
stalments, at three, SIX, and nine months after
date, with interest, to be secured.
fhe terms of sale must be complied with within
one week after sale, or the property may be resold
at the risk and cost of the FL st purchaser, after one
weeks notice.
WALTER 8. COX,
HUGH CAPERTON,
Trustees Georgetown BuIld'E Association.
ja7-2awts
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Sudden Denth.

NEW HAvI.N, Conn. Feb. 3.-Wm. A. Larned
professor In Yale College, fell dead, In a At, in
tine street this evening.
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AUCTION SALES.
BY BARNARD & BUCKEY, Auctioneers,
GSoTRkf01pn. ID. q

BY BARNARD BUCKEY, Auctioneers,
TRUSTEES' SALE.-By virtue of o deed o
4 trust from VIM. w. MoNeer, dated April "a
1881 and cfrecord, vs will offer st auction on tbs
premises, sI that lot tot Of ground in Gso!ssiowr %
known as the easternmost part of lot number opf
70 Georgetown fronting Il feet on Dun6arton street
sna running back north, of the same width, 10
feet. with the improvements, consisting Of two
Terms Of sale: one-third of the purchase money
20 pe paid In cash and the residue at three equs
interest, to be secured. ...
MAttTER Hitt5 Esps;STySss. =; S2Ss
Jas 2awts BARNARD & BUCKLEY, Auots.
By BARNARD & BUCKEY, Auotioneers.
GeoTgetotcB, ID. C, r..
sE .sss $780, tb;ct 6. ;s q
Of Of FeSord we vii osr a. suction. on the nth day
lows viz Beginning st the end Of twsnty six feet
treasured east, on the south line o! West etreet
thence sad 8S
the south line of West street, tweaty feet, thence
Ssa faS s05'h s05 p.ass s,fs
with sald West street, twenty feet, ard thence
north eighty six feet, to the beginning, with the
Terms Of sale Ons-third of the purchase monev
TO be pal In cssh, and the residue in three equal
nssaa1t m az three, six, and nine months, with
Fhs terms OF sa q must be complied with within
one week alter SALE or the property may be resold
after one eeEs notice at the risk and cost of the
hrst purchaser.
WALTER g cox,
HUGH CAPERTON,
Trustees GEORGETOWN Building Association.
J. 6-2axt. BARNARD BUCKEY.A .Auots.
BY BARNARD r. BUCKEY, Auotioneers.
GsoTgstolcR, DC
TRUSTEES' SALE-By virtue of deed OF
"a. trust from b. Hutohlns, dated September "a,
!5b, and OF record. we will offer st auction on the
Iith ds' OF FEBRUARY. 1852; on the premises, at 4
fo 3elook P m, that part Of lot number ninety ons,
isi,lln Beatty Havk kins addition to Georg etown,
beginning for Its bounds the south side of Pros
Peot street, IN Georgetovp, at point distant 65
rect, measured cast, from the west corner of said
lot and running thence south and parallel with the
ysst line of sad lot So feat, less to the line
OF Mrs Mssher's lot thence east on the line OF
SAID lot Is feet, and thence north SS feet more or
ess 20 Prospect street, thence with Prospect street
% feet 70 the beginning, with the improvements,
consisting OF tvo-story frame house.
Terms Of sale: One third of the purchase money
70 be paid In oash; and the residue in three equal
lnstalments, at three, SIX and nine months, with
Interest, TO be secure0,
The terms of sale must be compiled with within
one week after sale, the property may be resoif
at the expense and risk Of the purchaser, after
one weeks notice.
WALTER 9, cox,
HUGH CAPRRTON,
Trustees GEORGETOWN Build'g Assooia'n.
Ja6 2aWts BARNARD & BUCKLEY, Auots,
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By WALL & BARNARD. Auotiopss,s.

By WALL BARNARD, Auotioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE-By virtue of deed of
March 49, 1857, and of record, we VIII offer at suo-
ton, on SATURDAY, the 18th day of February,
et4 o'clock on the premises, that lot of ground
In Warrington known as lot No. eighteen, ll8, > in
square No. seventy three, t7S,) with the improve
ments
Terms Of sale: One third of the purchase money
70 be paid in oasn; and the residue in three equal
lnstalments, at three, six and nine months After
date, with interest, 10 be secured.
The terms of sale must be complied with within
one week after sale, the property may be resold
at the risk and cost of the first purchaser.
WALTER 8. COX,
HUGH CAPERTON,
Trustees GEORGETOWN BuIld'g Assooia'n Z.
JaEawts WALL & BARNARD, Auots.
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By WALL & BARNARD, ,Auctioueers.

By WALL & BARNARD, Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE BY virtue OF q deed of
Il trust from N. w. Walker, dated February q,
1855, and of record, We will offer at auction, on
FRIDAY, the 18th day of February, at 4 O'Clock
ngton known and described IS lot ID, in square
No. "a beginning for It's bounds Eighth street,
50 feet from the northwest corner of said square,
and running thence south with the line Of Eighth
street is feet; theEoe east IS feet inches feet
alley; thence north with the line of said alley l6
feet thence west IS feet inches to the beginning,
with the improvements.
Terms of sale One third of the purchase money
70 be paid in CASH and the residue In three es ual
iustslments, at three, six and nine months, with
inter est, to be secured.
The terms of sale must be complied with within
one week after sale, otherwise the property may
be resod at the risk and cost Of the first purchaser,
after one weeks notice
WALTER 8. COX,
HUGH CAPERTON,
Trustees GEORGETOWN Build'f A ssocis'n.
j47-2avts WALL & BARNARD, Aucts.