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COBBLER sTRAWs.
A quantity of COBBLER sTRAws for sale.
Apply to the Importers.
H. B. LANGDON,
Agent and Commi sion Merchant,
an 12-St 10 Park Place, New York,
DROPOsALS FOR LIMB.
CHIP QUARfERMAsrBR's OFFICE, y
DEPOT OF WASHIN0FuH


DEPOf OF WASHINGTON,
WAsHIKGTos, d. c., August Ii. 1854
Sealed Proposals will be received at this ofice
until FRIDAY. August -, 1854, at q o'clock. m
for Ten Thousand ll0. n0ai Bushela of rood mer.
charitable usslscked Line. The whole amount to
Of contrsct at such points in the eli Of
IS the Depot Quartermast~r may direct.
TIE Lime to weigh not less than eighty (SoD
pounds to the bushel. ~ y
The amount offered BY the succsssful bidders
viii be subject to rigid inspection by a. inspec-
TOT appointed BY the Government before being &C.
Bonds In sum esuAl to the amount Of the con-
naet. signed by the contractor and Two Responsible
ps,sons the same TO be certified to hv some off Ger
Re N oserhm-nt well known TO this Office, will
81 stsassd OF the successful bidder bidders pom
f,e .ns Contract. Psym mt to be made upon
OF lin lime eotntt.aetea for. -,
deemed too high Z. reserved By the Depot oasrter.
~. uen a. the risht to select from each bid
required b. the Government. 1e' ha "eu' - - -
ropMhss must 6e q dressed "a. the uuders snad,
and should be plainly marked sPronoss. for
Biideaier General and Chief ,au0K
pot of Washington. d. O. ~ -
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Omcial War Bulletin.

The Explosion at City Point-126 Wounded
and So KiIIed-Deserters Report M obile
Cap.ured-Continued Smelling Of Allan
ta-No Intelligence from Sheridan-AlI
Quiet at Petersburg. -
WASHINGTON, August IL, 10 p. "a. =
Major Gen. Die, Ner York:
a dispatch from General Grant, Just re.
ceived. reports the casualties by the explosion
Of the ammunition barge at City Point, on the
9th instant, as follows Killed-twelr We enlisted
men, two citizens, employees; one citizen, not
employed by Government, and thirty-eight
colored' laborers. Wounded-three commits
stoned cficers, four enlisted men, fifteen
citizen employees, and eighty-six colored Ia
borers. -.-.........
Besides these there were eighteen others
wounded soldiers and citizens not belonging
about the wharf. The damage to property was
large, but / have not the means Of reportin 2
it, The names Of the killed and wounded
have not been reported to the Department.
The cause of the explosion has not been ascer-
tained. EDWIN M. STANTON.
-.-t Secretaryrof War.
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~ We are indebted to J. ShiIlington, Odeen
Building, for an early copy of the United States
!Serrice Magazine.
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GAS S1OyESl .-.. .
" WHITALL's AIR TIGHT JARS tthe best. }
PUTNAM'S CLOTHES WRINGER.
For sale At OGDEN'5 Housefurnishins Store,
5l9 18th street, near Pa av. au IL St.
ROPOsALS FOR IONS.

WdshiHgton, August IL, 1851 (
until II O'Clock m, of the 18th instant. for fur
nishipg rations to the United States Marines
stationed at Washington city, d. until the slst
Each ration to consist of three fourths of pound
fresh or salt beef; eigbteen ounses Of brad or
-four. or twelve ounces of hart bread or one and a
hundred ratons of eight quarts of beans; or, in
lieu thereof ten pounds of rice; or in lieu thereof
d-ssicated potatoes. and one Hundred ounces ounces of
mixed vegetables ter poun ds Of eoffse or. in lieu
OF sugar; four quarts Of vinegar; one pound Of
sperm candles or one ard fourth pou9t Of ad-
- The ratons to be delivered npon the rider of the
Commanding Ofcer of each station; the fresh beef,
Ell Their in bulk or by. the single rattan, of good
S nd ss sssf. The ,. Ind
'ss Pess GFs the @
vinegar, caIaies, soap, salt, &C., to be OF good
All subject to insp ection
All bids must be accompanied by the following
FORM OF GUARANTY.
The nS If the st,t the sta.eot
hereby that in case the e bid OF
he e 5Oys be
Of the contract at the post Office named execute .t
the contract for the same, with good and su cieut
enter into contract as afo resaid. we guaranty to
make good the difference between the offer Of the
said -. - and that which may be accepted.
witness. A. B. Qua antor.
EFF CD, GuArautor
-. 1856
hereby certify that the above-namsd --
are known to me as men OF property, and aule to
mske good their guarantee.
To be signed by The United States District
Judge, United States District Attorney, or Collec-
tor
No proposal will be considered unless accom-.
panied by the above guarantee.
Newspapers authorized to pu blish the above will
send the paper containing the FIRST insertion to
this Office for exsmi n alton
Proposals to be endorsed " Proposals for Rations
for 1864, !" and addressed to the undersigned.
1880 w B. SLACK.
au l2-dtd Major and Quartermastar
GAO BARRELS Of ROsED.LE CEMkNr for
su SAFE Aps5 Water s1rs stt asa ssssy
TAKE NOTICE -------
L A H. VOTING GO.
No. 469 Ninth street,
between K and E.
have Just received and selling fast
E at small profits
Brown and White Sugar
Coffee of all kinds.
Teas OF all grades.
Wines and Rrapry va, .r
Old Baker whisky.
Claret Wine very dne.
All the above goods IF best quality, at low
prices for cash, or to punctual cast. mers.
an HIT No. 469 Ninth ST., bet and y.
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Legislature of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.-THE Harrisburg
members OF the Legislature are On q visit to
the ruins Of Chambersburg to-day.
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TIE NEW RRaIs1 KR OF THE TRRAsURY.-J.
b. Colby, Esq of Vermont, was sworn in yes
terday, at IL o'clock, as Register Of the rreasu-
~, vice the Hon. L. z. Chittenden, resigned
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1WAsH1NeTos, August li-s.so,r. M

= :" W AsHINETON, August 1l--y3OF. n. :
TO Major General Die: RI .n.1 .-E ~-
No further intelligence has been received
from Mobile, except from deserters, " no report
the capture Of the city, but nothing official.
General Sherman reports all well, and that
he is knocking Atlanta with four.and. q half
inch rife shells go :
No movement has been made by our forces
in front of Petersburg.
General Sheridan has not been heard from
to. day.
EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War
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A VALUABLB Naive have received from
Messrs. Philip d Solomons, the agents for its
CRY, q valuable HILLARY Map of Richmond
Al Petersburg, and Of the rebel defensss. The
map was drawn by Major w. O. Hughes, OF
Michis an, for the War Department,
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N|NOTICE-Tot TIE Boss Plasterers and others
uS OF the city of Washington, D. O:
TIE JourDeymsD Piasterers nf this city will de-
msno "a per diem on and after T UESDAY. the 18th
Of August.
By o. der of the AZ ociation
au y ST. e. PADDON, Rec. Sec, pro tenn.
nFTHE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF The
~ ashington City Protestant O -pnan Asy
hun6,ed dollars tslool +, ON the German Benevo-
Der Bund. A ] BROWN Activ Rer,ry
Warrington city, Aug. II, 1854
Ms WATER REGIsrRAR's OFFICE, June
N 20. 1855. TIL office having been necesss
ssriiy closed Tor several days during the present
month. the time for receipt OF water rents is ex.
tended to the 5lst Aug gust. after which date the
water viii be shut Oh from all premises Of which
the water rent is unpaid. No further notice win
be given. RANDOLPH COYLE
5yO-d Water Re xistrar
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! NEW YohK, August IA Are occurred On
Mott street this morning. Tweaty five build.
fnes wero destroyed. incaudtng number OF
tenement hoAses. factories, 10. Less heavy,
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NOTICE The proprietors of the EVENING

NOTICE The proprietors OF the EVENING
STAR and NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,, compelled
by the unprecedented rise In the cost OF puo'
fishing newspapers, have to announce that on
ana after Monday next, the 18th. Of August,
inst. the charge for their journals served IRON
their onices to subs cribers will be -I2H cents
Per week to newsboys to sell again, ana to
persons served over their counters, three cents
per copy. The cost OF paper has increased $50
per centum since the commencement OF the
war, and all the other expenses OF their offices
have increased from one to three hundred per
centum in the same time. In making this
change of rates, we have but followed in the
footsteps of nearly everv other publisher in
the country, and trust that the course Of mill.
tary events will soon enable US to return to the
good old standard Of prices that ruled before
the war. W. d. WALLACE,
Proprietor of the Evening Star.
w. J. MURTAGH & Co,
Proprietors Of the National Republican.
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LOST AND FOUND.

OsT-bn Thursday, August II, 1854, q REGIS
IL TERED LETTER; addressed to Mr.. Tobias.
care Of Lewis Rice, 225 Pennsylyanis, avenue.
The finder will be literally rewarded by leaving
&2O REwARD.-strayed from the subscriber,
ID ~ on the nj eht Of the 7th of August, in Wash
ington, one BAY MARE. three white feet, two
hir d and one front; lately shod all round; feet
tw een md years Of age; had on at time of leay-
ing McCIe Ian saddle and sea let blanket. By
returuinin her to me at Camp Barry, D. G., will
pay the above reward. ,. s,,,ru
EsTRAY-Osme to the su bscrihers place, Ridge
on Monday, the Sth inst. TIE owner is requ ested
to come forward pay che.ess sRd tx her ayay'
FOUND TRESPASSING-On the premises OF the
snhscr Der. a cream col ~ ed COW, vi th yoke
on. The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property pay chsrsss apS tx. heE aTay
au list" On Rock Greek.
I osT-on Wednesday the 10th inst: on street,
80 between 18th and 9Th, CERTIFICATB OF
STOCK of the Lake Crome Mineral Company Of
Baltimore. Application has already heen made 70
receive suitable reward by leaving it at the Star
office. list
GAME TO THE PREMISES OF THE sUBsCRI-
- Der. August 9th, dark I'd COW, short tail.
The owner will pleas come forward, prove proper
". paw charges. and take her away. MICHAEL
GLEASON, Reservoir, one mile from Georgetown.
au 10 ST.
@1O REwARD-s.r.yed or stolen from the
g!V commons between and L and ~ and
high, left side IF jaw bone broken. The above re-
ward will be given if returned to 1o,pp
au list" X ST. bet. Sd and "a SITS, Island
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ANoTHHR WAsHINaTONrAH OAPfUBuD-
Thouas Darden arrived here day o. two Q 70,
under guard, a. Q rebe1 prisoner OF war, And
was u 0ovprpmeat employ IN this eisy uadl
be vas dfasteA,i whea he skodsd1ieA - ~
SoatA aAd teiAe& NJ foeedA
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LOCAL NEWS.

REPRESENTATIVE RACRUITe.-Iu order to
fiji the District quota OF the ensuing dram,
number Of leading citizens, who are exempt hv
law from military service, have sent into the
field soldiers to Represent them The first GER
tificate issued to q lady was dated the 10th
instant, and directed to Mrs. Elvira F. Adams,
wife Of J. G.. Adams, Esq, Of the Enrolment
Office, and we have been permitted to take the
following copy: s-#sH.
. Army of the United States Of America: To all
who shall see these presents, greeting. Where.
as Mrs. ELvIRA F. ADAMS, OF Washington,
District OF Columbia, q citizen of the United
States, not being required by law to perform
any military service, has voluntarily and at
her own expense, furnished George fassa way,
of Washington, In the District OF Columbia, as
q Representative Recrni, to serve in her stead In
the military forces of the Union, she Is, In &C.
cordance with the foregoing order, entitled to
this official acknowledgements Of her disinter-
ested prtriotlsm and public spirit.
JAMES b. Fry, Brig. Gen,
and Provost Marshal General.
BY the Provost Marshal General:
De WITT q. POOLE, Lieut.. Col.
18th Reg't V. r. O., Act'g Prov't Mar1, ID. o.
Date-August 10, 1864.
Her husband is exempt by law, but he placed
q representative recruit In service ten days
ago. Her son, also exempt by reason OF mi
nority, is now engaged in selecting suitable
recruit to represent him. II the same spirit is
manifested by our male citizens, and the ex-
ample Of Mrs. Adams be followed by the la
dies. the quota of the District will be filed,
and surplus stand to our credit should
another draft be necessary.
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THE METROPOLITAN STREET RATLwAY.-
The managers OF the Metropolitan Street Ritl-
way have, We learn, contracted for the Iron
and cars for the road. and an eugiaeeT
has been engaged who willon next week pro-
eeed to survey for grades On the street AID
III street routes. FrFEt ~ e s1t
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Editor Sfar II sent You the state OF the Their.
YAometer MP to I D. m yesterday, which WAS
81 degrees. continued the ohservatiop a up to
9 p. NJ. which now send you "a p. M, IS; 3,
96; 4, 90; s. IS. and at 8, as. -sat noH
On to. day, the 18th, nv report is-aka42 IA 4.
e6 ~ m, co. 1, 92, which 10 two degrees less than
at p. m. yesterday. Yours. B. H. s.
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TALL SHOOTING This morning. ON ser
Gordon, OF the 9th precinct, detailed by the
sergeant to shoot dogs going at large. shot three
at one shot, ard two at the next, aRd repo -tad
~ as his early morning work. This would
large In that precinct. aud that Gordon know
how to kill them. The gun he uses Is q don BILE
towing piece, and he used large shot, but thi
morning he only used one. barrel to do his
work. 80 ... . i-i.a
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! STATS VI the TH sRMonsrls.--At Frank.
On Co.'s, opticians, No. 40 Pennsy vunia
avenue, the thei mometer stood to-day at
O'Clock. 81 In the shade; 1t6 IN the sun.
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FROM THE SOUTH.

FROM THE SOUTH.
The ShellIn: of Petersburg-Fires Burn
ing in the City-Serious Damage to Prop.
lighthouses Struck by ShelIs-Later
from Atlanta-Heavy Assault by Union
TraQpS. Gc -
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-05-03
LET The Copperhead organs have all

LEI The Copperhead organs have all
been publishing q bug boo story about
a sister of Mrs, Lincoln passing through
the lines into the Confederacy, with a
large lot Of contraband goods, under the
pass Of the President that exempted her
trunk from examination. The New
York Tribune butts an effectual quietus
upon the story, as follows
We have the highest authority for the follow
ing statement in connection with the story that
Mrs. NJ. Todd White Ga sister of Mrs. Lincoln }
was permitted by the President to carry contra
and goods south Mrs. White went south with
only the ordinary pass which the President
gives to those persons whom he permits to go.
The Presidents pass did not exemt her baggage
from the usual inspection; and her baggage did
undergo the usual inspection. Gen. Butler found
no contraband goods or letters in her baggage
She did not insult or defy Gen. Butler; nor was
there anything in her words or actions which
led him to suspect that she wa. either Rebe
spy or emissary, or that she was violating any
of the rules under which persons are sent
through the lines. AS the Copperhead papers
throughout the country are quoting The TRIB
uyE as authority in this matter, and using that
authority to sustain assertions never made
through our columns, we hope they will give
this statement speedy and wide publication
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-05-03

The new proprietors have ordered new
dress for the paper, and have the will,
and, we think, the ability, to improve it
in every respect. The prompt and &C.
tive encouragement Of the people Of Du-
buque and Northern Iowa will, we are
very confident, insure the making Of =
first class paper out Of the Times.
GEoRc E BALLou, the former popular
local ditor. is to take charge again OF
the local department, our friend Nc
GREER, taking another position on the
paper. Macs valedictory is finely writ
ten, and he sums up therein world oil
good advice. If MAC lived in world
where brains and heart alone passed
current, he would find himself at q
premium all the time.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-05-03
w ar News.

Richmond papers acknowledge the
massacre of the negro soldiers at Fort
Pillow. They say one hundred prison
ers were captured, and the balance Of the
garrison 81 ain.
1t is reported that the Red River has
fallen, and left large number OF our gun.
boats and transports aground, unable to
get out. That whole expe dition seems
to have been Inflated.
Preparations have been completed at
Washington for 10000 additional sick
and wounded soldiers, sure indication
Of active operations in that vicinity. Re.
ports Of activity in all departments OF
the Potomac, and on the par: OF LEE,
continue to be telegraphed, and there
can be no doubt that hostilities will be-
fore long ensue in that direction.
We have various reports OF operations
East and West, but they are vague and
obscure. Actual war news, this week,
is very limited.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-05-03

- CHURCH and JONES, who. for a
long period, carried on the game of plum
dering the mails which passed through
The Post Office at Forrestville, Of which
CHURCH was Post Master and JONES
Deputy, aud who were caught by means
OF decoy letter sent by special agent
BRAINARD, were arranged and tried a,
the late terra Of the U S. District Court
at Dubuque. The indictment charged
them with stealing a letter, containing
money. from the U. S. mail. Judge
Love, however. ruled that they did not
steal the letter, il coming ito their
hands legally, by virtue Of their position
as Postmasters. AS the indictment
charged them with stealing the letter,
and not the money. be therefor charged
the jury TO acqut. The legal discrimi-
nation vii! seem TO most minds q very
nice one, and WON'T have much tendency
TO produce in the minds Of the commun.
ity, very profound veneralion for the
justice Of courts. They were re arrest
ed, however and held 10 bail on another
indictment.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-05-03
Business for Women.


Eg- The scarcity of labor, consequent
upon the enlistment of so many OF the
able bodied men Of the country, is hav-
ing good effect in opening up various
avenues of Employment TO woman. from
which she has heretofore been debarr.
ed, and of increasing her opportunities
in various other business directions in
which she has, to some extent, been en-
ployed. In orr cities she is being taken
into stores and counting rooms, as sales
women and clerks. Chicago. we be-
lieve, is testing her services in some de-
partments Of the Post Office, while num-
bers are employed about The various de.
partments at Washington. The New
York Newspaper and Book Publishers,
are also accepting her services in their
oomposing-rooms, her facility and apti-
Jude at learning the type setting art hav-
ing been fully demonstrated. In various
other positions, where the labor is light.
and where taste. intelligence, and quick
ness are the main essentials, she is
usurping the places heretofore mainly
occupied by the other sex, and, should
the drain of men continue, she will be
required for even other departments of
business, which, if once she enters on,
she will retain hold upon.
We ieel to rejoice at this, because it
cannot but result in placing woman's
labor upon fairer footing than it has
ever heretofore occupied. Forced to
seek a livelihood, very largely, almost
wholly, by her needle, her life has too
often been one Of confinement, drudgery
and toll inexp1essible. A recent inves
tigation into the life Of the sewing WON
en- of our Eastern cities, shows a depth
OF misery among them almost incredible
A penny an hour for hard, exhausting 9,
cherries labor, is more than hundreds
Of them earn by their needles. And for
the mass-or for many-there seems no
escape from this ill.requiled toll, except
in the -requited one of prostitution
and shame. Into this many go head long
every year, AID thousands must continue
to follow, unless something can be done
to open up TO them more profitable chan
nels Of industry. There is therefore
reason to be thankful for the tendency in
this direction, indicated in the facts we
give above. With these multiplied
channels opened for woman industry
with her labor in demand more Just
enumeration will result to her, and there
will be less emptation-l less propulsion
to sin. There will be less TO induce
woman 10 sell her truth and her hon.
or, as well in marriage as out of it, be.
cause it will give her a feeling of indie
pendence which now she can scarcely
have, Should The abominabe distinct
ion as TO the worth OF her labor, be also
measurably OF entirely disreg arded in
these new channels-should she receive
as size ought, the same wages as men
for the same services performed-then
would the change become most glorious
For the good of The sex, for the sake o.
justice, we hope this change Of things
may come.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-05-03

g Col. SHAW, and his brigade. con.
sisting Of the 18th, 27th and 32d Iowa
Regiments, are highly extolled for their
conduct on the disastrous Red River ex-
petition, by the correspondents of The
Eastern press. They finished up the
final victory at Pleasant Hills with a
bayonet charge that scattered the Rebels
like chat. Though the result of Satur
days fighting was decided victory
over the Rebels, achieved mainly through
the bravery and obstinacy of the western
troops, yet Gen. BANKS finally fell
back upon Grand Ecore, some So miles
from the battle field.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-05-03

Nty- The Das Moines Poo;ote, sna.l


EFT The Des Moines Register, speak
ing Of Hon. ZIMRI STREETER, the late
Sergeant at arms of the House, and for
two terms Representative from Black
hawk County, says;
Although nearly at the age of three score
and ten, the heart of Old Black Hawk is as
warm, and his hand as ready as those of any
youngster Of twenty. He is good for any reas
enable number Of years yet. and for any a
mount of hard work for the Republican cause .
We can endorse all that, and a good
deal more, after having had rare oppor-
tunities to know the old man. He is
one Of your good, honest. upright, clear
headed, practical, warm hearted, true as
steel met, whose humor is always kindly,
and who is popular everywhere by reas
on of his solid worth. And not bit OF
this is puffery.