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SEVENTH WARD-SECOND PRE6TNOTE
- Notice is hereby given, that in accordance with
the provisions of the charter of the city of Wash
ington an election viii be held on Monday the 9Th
day Of June next, at the corner of Seventh street
Mayor ,t9 yetwo years; for one member of Board
OF Al6q4Asn, to serve two years; three members Of
Assessor to serve two years for said ward
Polls open at O'Clock q. m. and close at D. m
w. T. DONIPHAN,
III O. MOVES,
HENRY M KNIGHT
my n Commiss;onars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-05-27

FURNISHED HOUSE TO RENT, for 4menths.
u If not taken by family the rooms will be for
rent-to gentlemen only. Inquire at No. D AZ
street. my T-3tE
TOR sALE-A 6ne GUNNER RES Dirt, doing a
L smashing business. Reason, the proprietor Ia
going to Europe. Fbr particulars call at 46Sk
inth street, between and &. my GSt'
E>CR RENT-A desirable place of bn siness oppo-
4 site Wizards Hotel. now fitted up banking
Office. Fixtures for sale low. Possession given
immediately. Apply to W. ". ARMSTR 0NG, 22S
Penn. avenue. my asst
@S REWARD.-Lost. on 2,d instant, a light rak
sD.l COW. two small horns. The above reward
will he paid If returned to the corner of I'd street
east and III street.
my ne" JOHN MOOR.
GIO REWARD.-Estrsyed May 18th, dark bay
CIV MARE MULE. The above reward will be
paid if brought to the corner of 9th street and
canal, wet end Center Market.
my N-3t" J. T. SULLIVAN.
SEVENTH WARD-FIRST PRECINCT -Eotics
- is hereby given, that in accordance with the
provisions of the charter the city of Washington
en- election will be held Monday, the 9Th day OF
June next, at the corner of eth and streets east
side, for Mayor, to serve two years; for one mem
Der of Board of Aldermen. to serve two years; and
three members of Board of Common Council 10
serve year; and Assessor to two years for
said ward
Polls open at o'clock a. m. and close at Up. m.
7. H. BARRON,
GEO. MATTINGLY.
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DAsTURAGE FOR ANY NUMBER OF HORSES
u near the city. Apply at BROGDIN'S Feed
Store, street. between 2Ist and 22d my 26- st.
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~CATAOLIC TOTAL ABSTINENCE So
I" GETTY will meet at the school room near
St Patrick IS Church, on SUNDAY AFTERNOON,
sttepd Resd;ngs from % a are 'Htea 70
06-3t* CLARK
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-05-27

A RESOLUTION fixing the salary of the Keeper of
the Poor and Work House.
RESOLVED BY the Eoard Of Alderman and Board Of
Common Council Of the Corporation Of Geo1geto,rn
That from and after the first day of April, 1854 the
salary of the Keeper of the Poor and Work House
shall be three hundred and fifty dollars per anuum
payable quarterly. tApproved Nay 81, 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-05-27

CHAMPAGNE AND CLARET WINES.
Longworth,s Sparkling CATAWBA CHAM
Heidsick * Co and Charles Hedsick do.
Also, various grades TABLE CLARET,
Together with an extensive stock of fine OLD
RYE and BOURBON WHISTLES in wood and
in bottles. In store and for sale by
BENZ. BEALL
my g. Ct Late Middleton & Bean, SGD Pa sv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-05-27

~ NOTICE To "a. UacondItronnt Un,oa
II Z Voters OF Ihs First Wharf.-The undersigned
having been nominated for pmmon Council By
the friends of Mr. J II sanmes takes this method
OF informing his friends that he is porter of
nv s5iv H. G. WILSON.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-17
Dignity OF Human Nature.

Whoever yields to temptation, debases
himself with dcbasemcnt from which he
can never arise. This, indeed, is the
calamity Of calamities, the bitterest dreg
in the ctp of bitterness. Every un-
righteous act tells with thousand fold
more force upon the actor than upon the
sufferer. The false man is more false to
himself than to any one else. He may
despoil others, but he'will be the princi-
pie loser. The worlds scorn he might
sometimes forget, hut the knowledge of
his own perlidy is undying. The fire of
guilty passions my torment whatever lies
within the circle Of its radiations but
fire is always hottest at the centre in the
profit igata's own heart. A man may be
wrongod and live but the unresisted,
unchecked Impulse to do wrong, is the
first and second death. The moment any
one Of the glorious faculties With which
God has endowed us, is abused or misa
used, that faculty loses forever portion
of its delicacy and energy Every in
jury which we infict upon our mortal
nature, in this life, must dull forever, our
keen capacities of enjoyment though in
the midst Of infinite bliss f; and weaken
our powers of ascension, where virtuous
spirits are ever ascending. 1t must send
us forward into the next stage of exis-
tence manned and crippled, so that how
ever high We may soar, our flight will
always be less lofty than it would other
wise have been; and however exquisite
our enjoyment and bliss it will be always
less cxqusitely blissful than it was capa-
bic of being. s..hr
Every instance Of violated conscience,
like every broken string in harp, will
limit the compass of its music, and mar
its harmonies forever Tremble, then,
and forbear Oh, man, when thou wouldst
forget the dignity Of thy nature, and the
immortal glorics of thy destiny for il
thou dost cast down thy eyes to look with
complaceucy upon the tcmpter, or bend
thine ear to listen to his scductions,
thou dost doom thyself to move forever
through inferior stages of existence thou
dost wound and dim the very organ with
which alone thou canst behold the splen-
doris of eternity. " 70 .I ,NH.. .
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FROM WASHINGTON.

Presentation Ct the Commission Of Lieut..
General to lKyor General Grant, by
the President, 1Hr
WASHINGTON, Marcel, 9:-&The Presi-
dent of the United States, this afternoon,
formally presented to Maj. General Grant
his commission as Lieutenant General -
The ceremony took place in the Cabinet
Chamber. in the presence of the entire
Cabinet. General Halleck, Representative
Lovejoy. GeniRawlins, and Col. Comstock
of Gen Grants Staff, the son of the Gen
eral, and Mr.. Nicolay, private Secretary
of the President. 5.. ..~
General Grant having entered the
room. the President arose and addresses
him thus:
General Grant Tho nations appre-
citation of what you have done and the re-
lance upon you for what there remains to
do, in the existing great struggle, are now
presented with this commission constitu-
| ting you Lieutenant General in the Army
of the United States. With this high
honor also devolves upon you correspoh.
ding responsibility. As the country here.
in trusts you, so, under God, it will sus.
tain yon. | scarely need to add that witt
what | here speak for the nation goes my
own hearty personal concurrence.
To which Gen. Grant replied as fol-
lows: H"r .u' ll l. W
M President II accept this commits
sion with gratitude for the high hono1
| ~ Il Al i i
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The War Problem.

After lapse of time, some one has
been found competent to set forth the
problem of the rebel dilemma. We find
it in twenty propositions, which are based
upon the leading opinions of North and
South, and brought into phalanx by an
entcrprising contemporary. Each pro-
position establishes quandary; and
though the rebellion may be a powerful
fact, it is at least a logical impossibility
1. If they increase their army they
cannot feed it.
q. Unless they increase their army
they are whipped. H aea#. f.
3. Unless the press speaks out theil
liberties are gone. '.F...j
4. If the press speaks out their Gov
ernment will be gone. ..s.. .s
5. Unless they draft tn whole popu.
larion they must surrender. f"T.
6. If they draft the whole population,
they must starve. NI
I. Unless they recover East TENNESSEE
they can get no saltpetre., t
8. If they undertake to recover Eas
Tennessee they will get more saltpetr'
than they want. F vt ,ra 2''nIH
0. Unless they free the negroes they've
nothing left TO fight with. sg"
10. If they free the negroes they've
nothing left to fight for. 9fl
= IL. Ever since the rebellion began ne
groes have been falling. piia if-f 4
II. Nevertheless, their greatest feal
now is, lest their negroes should rise
ID. Unless jeff. Davis repudiates hi
present debts he can't borrow from uny
body. iig Hu.
IA. Ii he repudiates, nobody will lent
to him. yi4rir ma 7a diia e
Is. If he impresscs food he turns tn
land into u desert. 1.9 Hii sHafga
1G. Unless he impresscs food he turn
his men into deserters l pa Fl arl %
H.. They cart succeed in the wa
until they have got the means of buildin
railroads. rs uoi'Efitei 'als
L is. If they fight they lose the day.
10. Unless they fight they lose ever
day. a vtiaL5swgqe ~ he
February 18th was the hundredth ar
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Important Disclosure.
WASHINGTON, March 6, 1864.

w AsHiNGION, MdTCu ", Icof.
70 the Eaitor Of the Chronicle:
In the New York Tribune, of Monday,
the 7th instant, there appeared the follow
ing article: i
AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN GENERALS LEE AND
MCCLELLAN.
A written communication was sent to
the Secretary of War on Saturday last by
II former member of the Maryland Lcgis-
lature, and cousin of the rebel General
Ice, stating that during the battle Of
Antietam General Lee. had his head
quarters at his house: that on the night
after the lattlc he sent messenger into
our lines 10 General Mcclellan, request
ing an interview at his headquarters; that
General Mcclellan, accompanied by some
of his staff, rode that night through the
rebel lines, and had long interview with
General lee, who, among other things,
informed Mcclellan that his army was
crossing the Potomac. The writer has
been subpGncl before the Committee on
the Conduct of the War. -u. (
wish to correct many errors therein.
|. am net ,pusin of General Robert
L. Ice. .. No interview could have
taken place between the parties during
the battle of Alitietam at my house, as |
live about ten miles from that place. 8.
The interview took place three or foui
days afterwards, and was rather at til,
suggestion of mutual friend than tourteo
by either party. 4. At the time of the
meeting General Mcclellan was aicac
and General Lcecan'e through me tines o
the United Stats army under my escort
| having received Il solemn pledge of per
sonal safety from General Mcclellan fo
us both. 5. Th, communication wa
not made by myself. The interview
lasted some three hours, during shtr
part Of which time | was present.
.. ..-. ....t L. w,
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A FARMER WITH $4,000 AcREs.-By
the following it will be seen that farming
can be carried ON as extensively as any
other business and at as large profit
Mr.. Sullivan's farm Broadlaud." on
which be resides, contains -, 900 acres,
is five miles wide and seven long, with
1000 under cultivation from that he
clears profit of $50, 900. A correspen-
dent of the Chicago Journal says:
80 Michael L. Sullivan, Esq, for many
years one of the largest and most devoted
farmers of Ohio, whose broad acres
stretched the rich valley of the Scito in
the sight of the dome Of the capitol, is
now the leading farmer of the Northwest.
Some wears ago he sold his valuable lands
in Franklnton. and re-invested in the
cheap, rich, vast and unsettled prairies of
Illinoise. Nine miles from Homer, on
the Great Western railroad, and seven-
teen miles from Toledo, on the Illinois
Central, in Champaign county, ten yeal
ago, the magnificent farm MIR. Sullivan
now cultivatcs was dreary waste, and
its vicinity solitude. lie entered in
1853 more than 1000 acres, expended
$1,000, 900 in permanent improvements,
and now farms rising 5000 acres. The
remainder is under fence, and wilfin TIM,
be farmed. MIR. Sullivan has 40 ,000
additional acres in the county adjoining
Champaign. but uniinprovcd.
Every expenses of labor or improves
ment is daily and carefully entered. and
his books are balanced and kept with an
accuracy equal to any bank in tive State.
For instance, every laborer, horse, mule
or OK, is named, and a time book il kept
of each. The farm is laid off in sections
and every days work, together with pro-
duction and improvement, is entered, and
profit and loss, debt and credit are fairly
exhibited. This is the system, a:d is
inviolable.
One statement will stsrtle the credulity
of the most men, even tarmers--l .o0O
acres of corn were cultivated last year by
| 500 days manual labor. His book shows
this fact and more. Every days work
of horse, oxen and mule on the farns, is
carefully and accurately recorded. His
blacksmiths, gardeners, dairymen; fruit
erers, butchers, &C., each have separate
accounts, and he can tell you the cost to
the tenth of dime, of the raising of corn
or the cost as hay, clover, timothy seed
&c. He expected hst year to cut 3 ,O0O
tons of hay, but the season was anpropi-
tious, and topping the timothy with ma
chinery, sent to market 5000 knshcls Of
of timothy seed this winter selling the
most of it at $3.50 per bushol. He eat
900 tons of tiaothy hay. ( received
news Of the arrivwl Of 5000 hosses and
mules belonging to the Government, fol
feeding. This vs. but one incident of Mr.
Sullivan's great plan, and in FIVE, years
he will have that number of cattle of hi
own to feed, .r.rU.tra
His purpose is ,asing and feeding stoel
and the raising last year Of 1000 bushels
of peachcs, We're hat incidents Of his grea
purpose. Riding over the farm fount
600 fat cattle, and the yourg stocl
were in every direction" .f
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ARcedOte Of Aaron Burr.
A writer in the N. Y. Ledger tells the

A writer in the N. Y. Ledger tells the
following =
Burr was one of the most intimate
friends of Isaac Clason. He dined at his
house every week.
The following ancedote was told me by
the late John +. Delaplaine, the father Of
Isaac, our late Representative in Congress
He was son-in-law of Mr.. Clason, and
after his death was one Of the executors
Of the estate -
"Not long before his DEATH" said Mr.,
Delaphine, speaking of Mr.. C1asers. He
said to Col. Burr at dinner, I have o
knotty commercial affair and / do not
know but l shall be obliged to employ
You or some other lawyer as council. If
/ do l will so advise you" Col. Bur in
quired the names of the parties, and this
was all that passed between them upon
the subject at that or any other time. A
few days after Col Burr called at the
counting house Of Mr.. Clason and re-
marked that he was little short for a few
days, and that if Mr.. Clason would lend
him $500 fer few days, he would be-
greatcly obliged. Mr. Clasoa drew a
check for the stsim needed. remarking.
that Colonel Burr could return it when it
suited him to do so. Not many months
after this TRANSACTION Isaac Clasoh died.
1, as his executor, noticed this entry of
Indebtedness upon his books for $500.
1t was noted in the check book margin as
a loan. The idea flashed upon me that
Col. Burr was so notorious that lie was
highly dangerous character to be known
to a young merchant. Still, it was duty
l owed to the estate to collect it. de-
tcrmined to- look after it, and 1 called in
person upon Mr. Burr and stated the case
He received me with great politeness.
saying, e. Oh, yes-that little matter shall
be assehied 10 IN few days; / recollect
all about it," The next week Col. Burr
called upon me and presented a bill
agaifist the estate of Mr.. Clason for
$1,000, fees for the consultation (stating
the case) stated above, and crediting Mr..
Clasoh $500.
My idea that Col. Burr was danger
Gus acquaintance proved true. 1t cost
the estate $500, for paid Colonel Burr.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-17

Another of those nusterous evidences
of civilized antiquity in Che New World
has just turned up, it seems, in the shape
Of great stono pyramid, composed of
courses from eighteen inches to three feet
in thickness and five to eight in length.
1t has level top of more than fif,y feet
square, though it is said to be evident
from the remains that it was once cons
pleted The pyramid differs, in some re-
spects, from the Egyptian pyramid, be-
ing more slender or pointed, and the out
or surface of the blocks being cut to an
angle that gave the structure, when new
and complete, smooth or regular sar-
face from top to bottom. .la
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-17

THE anger which fiushes the face is not
SO deadly as that which makes it pale
The read heat is Nss intense than the
white. &3a' gq
Every violation Of truth is not only .
sort of suicide in the liar. but is. a stab ct
the health of human society. The most
profitable lie pays ruruor tax?
Mr.. Walworth, Of Louisiana, recently
deceased, has,left $3.50. 900 to establish
weekly paper. printed with raiesd let
ters, for the use of the blind.
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Coon ron FRANCS JosEpn.-Th,

Coop FOR FRANCIS JosEpn.--Thosc
very stiff-necked swclls, the Austrian no.
bility, (says the Illustrated Tincs) have
recently received a heavy rap upon their
noble knuekles from no less parsonage
than the Emperor Francis Joseph. At
one Of the Court balls young officer Of
artillery, of plebeian birth, asked a lady
of high rank to dance with him. All the
lady's blue blood flushed into her face as
she refused with marked disdain. Poor
young officer. For moment he must
have felt every inch a democrat; the con-
tempt Of woman is hard to bear. The
Emperor, who had seen the insult offered
to his guest and his Uniform. came up and
said, Captain. my mother wishes to
dapce with YOU" And minute after
the gunner was elasping the hand, and
perhaps the waist, of her imperial High
uess the Archduchess Frederick Sophia
Dorothea Wilhelmina, mother of his I'm
perial Majesty Francis Joseph. Emperor
| Of Austria.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-17

a SUCCESSFUL competitor ut a skate
rase few days since. returned thanks in
the following apt and expressive terms;
g Gentleman, | have won this cup by
the use Of my legs trust may neter
lose my legs by the use of the cup"
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-17

ThE only party rivalry that is tolerated
at such time as this, is a rivalry Of de-
votion to the country. Party names and
purposes are only regimental colors. but
Patriotism is the great banner of the whole
army.
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NUMBER II.
Strong Testimony.

Hon. James T. Brady, of New York
city, who has long been a strong pillar in
tie Democratic party. and Il leader in the
.prb-slaycry wing of it, made speech at
the New England supper a short time
since, in the course of which lie said:
II say to those gentlemen for whom
within the feeble limits Of my capacity l
base made all the sacrifices that belong to
a young life or an old experience, all the
politicians whit tell you that there ever
can come a time wl,eii there can be re-
construction of this Union founded on
slavery. are tellii'g you lie. We
thought we could make any sacrifice to
retain that institution, so long as 1t could
continue consistently with the judgment
of men; but / say now for myself here
and hereafter, that | never mean to fight
the battle again. Cheers. lti is ended.
The great God of the universe has ter
minated it and the rebellion, terrible as
il is, costly in life, in blood and in treasure
is, i'll my humble and reyerent edticep'
ton, one of the mysterious ways in
Which the justice of God is being wrought
out against the prejudice and falseiood'
of men," t.. 4
There are multitudes of men through.
out the county, whose views have under.
tone like change. At the beginning
Of the rebellion the great masses of thu
people of the Northern States, were un
willing to disturb the peculiar institu
tion," but as the war has progressed the,
have fought against prejudice until the.
are no longer able to do 50. The pro
longation of the war; contrary to the ex
pectations of almost every one, and III
cost of it, in blood and treasure, are fas
leading the masses to the conclusion
which Mr.. Brady has arrived ut, tina
1.-THE justice of God is being wrought ou
against the prejudices and falsehoods o
men,"
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j. II. KLENARD,
Eighth below Coates Street, Philadelphia.

From Rev. Warren Randolph, Pastor Of the
Baptist Church, Germantown, Penn. ~, ~,
DR.. q. NJ. jackson :---Dear Sir r;-Personnl
experience enables, me to say that regarded
the German Bitters prepared by you as q, most
excellent medicine In cases Of severe cold and
general debility | have been greatly benefited
by the use of the Bitters, and doubt not they
will produce similar effects on others. 10 eiE
Yours truly, WARREN RANDOLPH, .
'' t'h'F |l Germantown, Pa.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-17

In many other things as wen as in
skating over thin ice, our safety is in our
speed aasir ri n.aii 81
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-17

WE often sec ourselves best by looking
at others, and sometimes see them best by
looking al Ourselves:
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-17

y Sixteen stores and dwellings, at Canton
Missouri. were destroyed BY 6re on the
18th Loss 455; 900.
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From the Rev. Jos. II. Kennard, Pastor of the

From the Rev. Jos. II. Kennard, Pastor of the
10th Baptist Church. ....I I..I |f.l-Ii
DR.. jackson Dear Sir IL have been fire.
quently requested to connect my name with
Concentrations of different kinds of medicines
medicines but regarding the practice out Of my
appropriate sphere, have in all cases decllned;
but with a clear proof in various instances,
and particularly in my family. of the tscfnl-
ness of DIR. Hooasnd's German llitters, ! depart
for once from MY usual course, to express my
full conviction that, for general debility Of The
system and espiciaiytor Lirer Complaint, it's a
safe and paladbie treparation In some case II
may jail; bnt usually, doubt not it will be
very beneficial to those who suffer from the
.l.,,
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1a Kentucky has enlisted but seven hun
dred men Of her quota, under the new
call for FIVE hundred thousand. Fa
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From Rev. ]. H. Turner, Pastor of Hedding NJ.
L. Church, Phiada. iBys
Dr. Jackson;-Dear Sir;--IIaving used your
Germen Bitters in my family frequently, am
prepared to say that it has been Of great service.
believe that in most cases of general debility
of the system il is the safest and most valuable
remedy of which have any knowledge. .,y
Yours, respectfully, J. II. TURNER,
llsgl / OF No. 726 N. Nineteenth Street.
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From Rev. S. Herman, of the German Re-
formed Church, Kutztown, Berke County Pa,
DR.. c. NJ Jackson;- RESPECTED Sir;-I have
been troubled with Dyspepsia nearly twenty
years and have never used any medicine. that
did me as much good as Hoofand's Bittcrs. 1
am very much improved in health, after having
taken FIVE bottles. ~"
2 5aeA ad Yours with respect, iHioh y
Ertf 2. ,.i III, s. HERMAN. NJ
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PRICES.

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'e S1,0O per Bottle-half doz. 90 :,
Small Size--75 cents per Bottle-halff dox.
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f Beware Of Counterf1ts A7
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