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EXPRESS COMPANY

Moss. George " R,Ess, W L. Hodge and JAIME,
B,oois B. Williams sss w aaa a. oSssi ss
SESfiEMES You have been selected a. Com.
Rlsce ST 70 ne s,o s Of ,hs EAT0NA
scsief Your acceptance II i the appointment
For your information as well as for those who
to lay before you the following facts in regard to
me bs fNsaaTfoShL EXPRESS to be
organzed urder charter from the Legislature of
Virginia, with capita, Of TEN MILLIONS OF Dol
capii al the Company is to guarantee against loss
and to give confidence and security to the trade and
in greater portion Of this stock than i've per cent
This per centage being required for the purpose OF
ness. The balance Of the capital is to remain in
the Lands OF the stockholders, subject to snch other
Ie9uisiiions as may be necessary to meet any loss
to lquidate 1t is believed that Ave per cent. will
BE- ample to p%t the Company in successful opera
y There i enc feature Of the NATION Al Ex;
charges upon the charity of the country thousands
Of men who have periled life and lost fortune and
limbs, in the great struggle which has just closed.
these men. To furnish them the means Of iiveii.
hood is te give them all that many of them ask
select from the officers and soldiers Of the two
iis employment From the officers and soldiers of
the United States army all employees of the Com
ZIG w. otatcs, anu IToHl inc Objects
and soldiers of the late Confederate army all en-
hy -. In ane southern states will be selected
" men the men lately array ed in armed OrgsniZa-
ton AGAINST each other shall thus be brought in
ptIsona intercourse, and receive their support and
c. mfort from the same organization. q great al
vance viii have been made to re unite in feeling
wei as interest, the two great sections so lately at
war ard to cement the Union in indissoluble bonds
hen to large capital which gives security against
loss, lie added that sympathy and kindness, which
must attach to company thus providing for the
unemployed soldiers of the country III Is afdenty
believed that the National Express Company " i'll
be sustained by the trade ana commerce of the
whole country. National in it's organization and
Datona. in its objects, this Company will know no
politics in its sympathy, but seek to select its
employ in the We sections of the country
from competent officers and soldiers. who have dis
charged their Guty to the flags under which they
fought.
Aswe have said the Capital Stock Of this Com
pany is to be Ten Millions, and 1t will commence
operation when Two Hundred and Fifty Tt ousand
Dollars shall have been subscribed. Already in
the city OF Richmond TIVE Hundred and FOrty-
i've Thousand Dollars have been subscribed by
citizens in all classes of society and OCCUPATIONS
m wonlh haAp OH bat ,h.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
CoIored Convention.

CINCINNATI, October 25.-The colored people
Of Indiana met in Convention at indianapolis
yesterday. One hundred and fifty delegates
were present, representing nearly all the coun-
ties in the State.
mass convention OF Western farmers and
grain dealers is called to assemble at Morris,
Illinois, on the 22d instant, to break down the
excessive rates now charged on grain ship
ments to the East.
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Affairs in Georgetown.


IHs REvIyAL.-The protracted meetings
winch nave been in progress at the various
hethoolst Churches during the past two
months, are growing in interest, and a.
tended with success. At West Georgetown,
Rev. II. &. Mcdaniel, pastor, the meetia-s
have increased greatly in interest, and many
been reported. At the Dunbarton street
Church, where Rev. DIR. Edwards is pastor.
the meetings have been attended with success,
and some valuable accessions to the Church
At the Congress street Methodist Protestant
Church, Rev. Daniel Bowers, pastor,
the meeting were commenced a week since,
and from the first have been increasing in
interest. Several conversions are reported,
and the number increases nightly. At all these
Churches the pastors have been aided by min
listers of other denominations residing in the
town, and frequently by clergymen from
Washington, Baltimore, and the surrounding
country.
THE SUNDAY LAw.-On Monday, Stewart Il
Co, BARRIERS, and George Thicker restaurant
of business open on Sunday. The case Of
Stewart Co. was ruled for further hearing.
In the case OF MIR. THICKER judgment was con-
fessed, and fine Of s20.si was imposed by JUS
tice Buckley.
REFUSING TO FULFIL HIS CosTRAcr-Yss-
terday, Lloyd Nelson, colored, was arrested by
ofhcer Sherwoo on the complaint of Captain
Henry Lewis, who charged that Nelson had
shipped in New York on a vessel bound TO
Georgetown as steward, and now that the
vessel Is near ready for her return trim, Nelson
secreta we learn from the officers, is that Nell
sons wife resides in this town, and he is not
anxious to leave her for the trip. The pris-
oner was confined in the station, TO be deliy-
cred 10 Captain Lewis when ready 10 depart
STEIPPED.-This morning, about O'Clock a
man named George Baker applied at the sta
uon house for lodgings. He was without
clotnlng except his shirt and drawers and
sald that he went TO a house in W ashington last
night and stopped until about O'Clock a m
when he awoke and discovered that some one
had taken his entire suit of clothes He ap-
peared TO be an unsophisticated Young coun-
trymen, and waited at the station until come of
his friends came and removed him TO better
quarters. He did not say in what house he
was robbed, but there is a strong suspicion OF
the character ofthe place.
CANAL.-Arrived-Thir boats with coal
consigned to New Hope Co. 2l5.l3 tons; Hamp-
shire Baltimore Co, 2ls tons; Borden Co,
lCS.l3 tons; American Co, ABB tons; Central
Coz 327.i tons. Departed-Boat Vigilant
with salt to Cumberland; and twenty -one boats
light.
FLOUR AND GRAIN MARKET.-No arrivals
OF flour and grain reported to-day. Demand
active for flour and grain at last Quotations
Transactions mainly to supply~the local de-
mand.
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- From Hudson Taylor, 33l Pa. avenue

- From Hudson Taylor, 33i Pa. avenue,
and from the publishers, Ticknor & Fields
we have the welcome November number
the Atlantic Monthly. Robert Dale Owen con-
PutEammer Castle was destroyed" Mrs
Stowe has some more Chimney Corner" gos-
sip. John Neal, of Portland, Me-, (lost to view
Of late years. writes concerning Jeremy Ben
than, and none knew Bentham better than
Neal. Holmes furnishes a characteristic ssFare-
well to Agassiz," Donald G.. Mitchell continues
" DIR. Johns and there are articles by Whit
tier, Trowbridge, Hazewell, and lesser lights
Also from Ticknor Il Fields we have the BOYS
and Girls Magazine for November, quite as
their elders.
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THE UNITED STATES TREAsURrR

Hon. Francis f. Spinner, United States
Treasurer, has been rendered by Hon Preston
King, Collector of the port Of New York, the
position Of auditor of the custom house in that
city. Secretary McCulloch, however, declines
to accept Mr.. Spinner's resignation, and he
win therefore continue in the discharge Of his
present duties. The salary attached to the office
of auditor is S5,OOO-the same as the position
of treasurer.
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PERsoSAL.-Sir Morton Peto, of the party of
English capitalists now on a visit to this coun-
try, returned to Washington again last eve
ming in company with Mr.. Wood, correspond
ent of the London Times. They have taken
rooms at the Metropolitan Hotel
Hons. M. l.. Ward, N. j., Thos A. Scott, N.
Y, T. L. Jewett- Ohio, and General Palmer,
u. s. A., are at Willards'. ...I :
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THE SOUTHERN posTMAsTERs

Suits for the recovery of money due the
Government by Southern Postmasters, have
been commenced by the Post Office Depart
ment At the breaking out of the rebellion in
1861, the amount due the Government from
this source was little over three hundred and
sixty thousand dollars, but it is thought that
the larger portion Of it will be eventually re.
covered
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PARDONS.

Another batch of pardon warrants, number.
ing over one hundred, signed by the President
were sent to the State Department to-day,
where they can be obtained by the parties for
whom they are intended as soon as thew re.
ceiye the signature of the Secretary of State.
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POST OFFICES Re OPENED

Yesterday, Postmaster General Dennison
ordered the re-opening of a large number of
post Offices in irgnia, South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, and Mississippi, and made appoint
ments for the same. The work of re les tai lsh-
ing the Southern post offices is progressing as
rapidly as possible, and in q short time the
postal facilities of the South will be complete
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THE wHITE HOUsE

large number OF visitors We're at the White
House to-day, among them Senators Craigin
and Segar, and Major GenI Crittenden. The
rebel General Dick Taylor was also present for
the third time this week, but failed, as before
in obtaining an interview.
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THE TUNIs AMBASSADORS.

Extensive preparations were made at Will
lards's Hotel yesterday for the reception and
entertainment of the Tunis ambassadors, who
IL was expected, would arrive here last eve-
ming; but at a late hour last night q despatch
was received at the State Department an
nouneing that they would defer their visit to
Washington uDtif Thursday, stopping during
the meantime in Philadelphia. 1t is now I'M
derstood they will arrive here tomorrow IN
The same train with Secretary Seward.
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Paw STOP pm

The Pay Department has, at the request of
the Quartermaster General, stopped the paw
of large number Of officers until they render
to the z uartermaster's Department the returns
and accounts required by them under the reg
ulations
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RETURNED.

Lieut. Gen. Grant, who went to PHILADELPHIA
to be present at the organization of the fair for
the benefit of the Soldiers and Sailors ASYLUM,
returned to Washington this morning.
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PENSION BUREAU.

1t will necessarily require between five and
eight millions more next year than it did last,
to meet the expenditures of this bureau. which
are now and will continue for some time to be
very heavy. Last year the amount paid out
on account of pensions was about five MIL
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pAYMASTERS

"A large number of Assistant Paymasters
have been notified to settle up their accounts
preparatory to be mustered ont tits estimated
that on the LIST of November, at least one hun.
dred will 60 out of service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-10-25

~ Shillington, Odeon Building, sends us
early copies of the capital November numbers
OF the Atlantic Monthly and Boys and Girls Nag.
dstqs.
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GONE To NEW YORK

Chief Justice Chase left here last evening for
New York, to be present at meeting to be held
there for the purpose ofre organizing the Chris
tiau Commission
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New YoPk Markets.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Cotton, firm at 5Sa59
Flour, steady and unchanged; Wheat ad van,
cling and shade firmer: Corn, Beef and Pork
steady; Lard, heavy; Whisky, firm.
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Dismissed

Capt. Jervis Cook, 6lst New York volun.
teers, tried and convicted by court-martal on
various charges, has been sentenced to be dis.
missed the service.
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WooDEN AND
WILLOW WARE
BUCKETS,
MEASURES,
BASKETS,
ROPE.
BReoMs.
BBUsHfs, &C, AZ.
y.P. BARTHoLow.
Agricultural Implements and Hardware War.
house, SIS 7ts street,
&C 25-eost bet. Pa. sy. and Canal
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INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
The receipts from internal revenue yesterday
amounted to &sl3,35l.46.
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tri6nuB and CUSTOMERS that his gtock N 06oUs
CABINET FURNITURE
10 full and complete, and at pricrs th., $500,
70 Eye entire satisfaction, consis sting Of '"
mlcn Parior snits, upholstered in french Rro...
fieS and Msntel Mirrors; Gilt Brackets and Mns.
OH, OH, sIsos; Handsome Chamber Furniture. In Val.
and yarnish Walnut Oak and Maheasnx .rh on
sop SIDE besrds with Eteeere Tops; MsrbI. Pr
stands, Extension Tables; and IN fact sv. WASH
ticie usually to be found In rst-c class H"nssfnr.
ousstes b.sors nnncs;A call Is earnestly re-
JOHN Q. WILSON.
~ Gn-eoAn southeast corner 9th and m y,
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MEpICAL B0oKs-Neiii q Smith,. conn.,.
~! dunn: Gray Apatomy; Wood y Prsc tin rgn
vol,; ood's Therapeutics two vols. Wood ma INA
Bsches y. Disrensatory; Dunelis N q Medical
D1ctiorary: Groes Surgery. TWO vols !. n; .Ls...s
SnIgsr Wstsonh Practice; Grifith's rnrmm,rv.
EIis' Formnisry; and many Others for sale NJ H.,
lowest prices. s~'o NJ 'ns
ooH FRANCK TAYLOR.
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~ IL GARD,
N. b. MILLER, JUSTICE OFrHR pp.cp
once No. 81 9th street west near Penn n s,ann'
you'd respectfully inform his friends and tLs nnh,
Tic generally that he IL now attending to Al Huu,
business, such as administering the Amnsstre s =.
veil veil as All other Oaths, drawing Leases na..ds
Notice. &C., 3d. Legal advice gwen 10 All ,ts
~ Particular attention paid 10 thu .o,,.
= . Hoo'.i. sc g. Sm
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III a ID w k
H AT NEW YORK PRICES
SCREWS,
LOCKS,
BOLTS,
LATCHEs,
SAWS.
HATCHETs,
HAMMERS, &c., &C
The attention OF Carpenters and Builder. is caII.S
TO our large, varied, and complete Stock Of Build
ers' Hardware.
All our purchases are made at the Factories. and
net from dealers, and thus enabled TO offer
our stock at NEW YORK PRICES
J. p BARTHOLOW
Hardware and Agricultural Implem.nts
Warehouse 55s Seventh street..
oc B-eo5t bet. Penn. avenue and Canal,
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NAT TYLER
ID r. MnnPL
By order of the Executive Committee.
RICHMOND, September y, 1865.

For the purposes indicated in the above cir cuar,
Ss2t G h Sss s
ks OF ose S %% for hs s Of
bank of George w Riggs Co. and for the CITY Of
Georgetown at the office of BROOKE b. Will
se where the busness nsn Of the IL P
specye CITES are invited to call and subscribe for
mercial interests OF the whole Country. The Com
pany Will be fnliy organized in the city Of Rich
active. operations Immediately. Ali who desire to
participate IN the organization, in person. or by
fore the books are closed at p. on the nth in
slant.
Any further ri TO WIN be given desired
X ylaE i a g. REERrr.
Fer The CITY Of Washington.
SR3okE F. WILLIAMS.
oc ASH Forth City Of Georgetown.
Ms Ma G L Z q co.
beg leave to inform their customers, the trade
and public In general, that they have
L M Ov ED
from 2s9 Pennsylvania avenue to their new store
267 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
southeast corner of 18th street, where they have
enlarged facilities for conducting their business
They have just received. and will keep constantly
on hand, a large supply of the choicest brands Of
WINES.
LIQUORS,
CIGARS,
FINE CONDIMENTS, &c.
Having facilities to import these good direct.
they are prepared to sell them, either in bond or
duty paid, at the lowest market prices.
Parties in want of any goods in our line would do
well to call and examine our
EXTENSIVE STOCK
before purchasing elsewhere.
NAGLE CO.
267 Pennsylvauia avenue,
oc 1e-eo6uf southeast corner of llth st.
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n B. II. STINEMETZ
234 PENN. AVENUE -
Second door frem 18th street
LATEST STYLES
GENTLEMEN'S SILK AND CASSIMERE
YOUNG GESIs, BOYS, and CHILDRENs
LADIES' FURS:
In Mink sable, Siberian Squirrel, Water Mink,
match. ~ 20 w
All goods sold at the lowest market prices
&C B-tw INTEL
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THE GREEN HOUSE RESTAURANT. on ID
II street, between 18th and 18th streets for sale
Apply on the premises. No. 297. oc z5-3ts
DARN FOR RENT-six miles from W .shingtou
y and twenty i've minutes walk from Blsdsns-
burg Station, containing 104 ACRES. Ii il a
beaeuful situation, on q high eminence, having .
nne view OF the surrounding country. remarkably
healthy; could be made q fine market garden
Possession given immediately. For particular,
vile, or on the premises.
25-6tr III GORDON
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NEW CATHOLIC CHuRcU.-on Sunday pirht
n meeting OF those interested IN the pronosed
new Catholic Church which Is % be srec,..s 81,
Tue corner OF 25th street and Pennsyly.ni.
aNenne, had n meeting at the 81 Matfhews.
Esisn scnCol-house. 10Th street ai which Rev
y. white presided. and Mr.. n CaIIan. IN :
acteu as secretary. Addresses were pada d.
1ne CHAIRMAN, DIR. Newman, and N CsIlan -
Durlng the evening over 5000 was suhScrihea
towards the object. IL is thought thai the cor
ner stone viii he laid some time during the
WINTER ana the work will be pushed forward
as soon ms spring opens. At present Id ~ pro-
posed 10 erect an edifce which will cost about
SOo,vVr but II is hoped that the enterprise will
meet win sueh support will warrant the
outioing committee erecting an edifice 70 cost
twice that amount
INV BuILDING AssocIATIoS.-The new
building association in the Sixth Ward fully
organized last evening At the Navy Yard Odd
Fellows Hall, under the name of the Eastern
Building Association. The following officers
We're elected WIN. Dixon, president w p
Ferguson, vice president; q. +. Quick, treas
urer; Jas. H. Hilton, secretary, and Messrs J.
+. Herreii, s. Gross, II. Kierl, Jos. W. Arnold.
}. ii. Il. jenkins, 5. Turner, j. NJ. Dalton,
Henry Marks, VIM. McCathran, directors
over 500 shares have been taken IN the stock.
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MRS. n. ZYPPRECHTs
EMBRoIDrBfNG DEPOT,

Just have receivsSa new French Iluunf -
chine and % he able 90 do ,till the cee', -
ches peet Plotting IN the city. .s,.~
AM kind Of p~ttern stamped while inc
wait a. .tx.xs
The best and cheapest Braid, SIR, etc is ~"
on hand.
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SPLCiAL NOTIOE.I,I offer for sale at very
sHssortnent q TRENCH PLAIN and FAN TIL ~
~ odauIhSs; LOT ladies wear, which pur ok
for cash. m WTrT ia NJ price
oc s-eolhf1 336 Penn avenna
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Heuvy Fire mt Paris, {. w.

From The Montreal Transcript, JAY Il.
On Tuesday, the 18th inst, at 2:30 o. m, q
dirstroa. fire bro ke out in the Commercial Hotel Kept
~ tain George Paris, on the south side OF TIE
lu. AID Lake Huron Railroad, near where II inter-
sccts he Great estern. The hotel was soon envel.
opcd i1 mes, and most lament0ole 10 state, three
rir. sicOqiag in the basement, in bedroom on the
k,tchon were burned TO death, the flames completely
'0ping their bcdroom before they were are +"
supposed III the presence Of the ire =.
irum the position in which toe bodies were fonnd.
wOll appear they expired on the bed on when the!
slecpng The vest Of the minutes barely cseaReo
With heir Ives. The coEtents Of the hotel including
flrpltltrr, &C. we're ala destroyed.
lllm tlc south aide Of the H. and L. II. r. track ing
t ey'erded north to TIE station house OF the b. ana
/ T. u, destroying thei freight house, TELEGRAPH once
90 hloa oceapied by MIR. Richards. and the Daegaso
rOor a.Higing to the u. and l.. Ii. H. Company. inS
GU. passed along these Buildings eastward desiroinS
~ cotfs' the Great Western ststionhouse inciua'
ms e .cket and telegraph oice customs eine &C. Us
80 Ggd voting roomsj and the residence ol the ss'
icpi1astor j. Risponr esq. The conilagra',9h suu,
denly passed to the nor y eide Of the Great wuter1
tack sozing upon the. freight house wood shed ana
iige Iamo building. all Of which we're totAiy u0
Aocon.otve fire engine and auxiliary car. contain'
ine hose cart and hand engine and passenger car
nacompaaied by an ticent working force. were ip''
mediatt dispatched from Hamilton 70 TIE scene OF !nc
corragripn, and In 70 minutes aiier leaving ~
ialitgu Station arrived in PARIS but 100 ia'e '"
Ni Buy al In check NC the fro saving property
u s not known pr, cisey where or how tie re 9rIsu>
ate whether in the kitchen or IN the girls oeu,oo,
hut must have bc,tn the ohe, as ootn werc "
la5g en OF the otcl whore lie IRE " as hrst SEA-.
rlr most limonable feature Of ibis disastrous cohn
grafton the fear ul and terrible death OF the t
giils Their bones all that remained OF the l'iAeS
buaAh women. werte removed from the siho,uei. ~
ninss soon ms the heat was sufficiently abated 70 sa'
ut Of "a aud interre'd in the Paris Cemetery.
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Cotton Manufacturing.
From The Ncwbarypor' lMass.) Herald, Jul,

From The Newbaryport Massl Herald, July II.
Cotton manufacturing has not been SO good
for long time ~ now There is not spindle or loom
in the countiy thar would not be pnt in motion ~
skilled labor could be had tor that purpose. Some 0.
the mills Ia Lowell ana other pieces at stand-s;h
Tor want Of help and 800 operatives are reeGed ID thf
citv today The help cannot he had though the mill
are sending runners all the North and into the
British Provinces TO collect them and weayers earn 81
a dav Weavers most IN demand aud other depart.
uents can more easily be supplied 1t IS calculated
TIA one third OF ell the weayers have died. been mar.
re othorvs passed out OF the business since the
war beg n, and the factories have ceased learning.
other, Some have gone into the roolen mills, or
lesicu to run sewing machines in the shoe. hat ana
co.I f,ctories and OILERS have been taken IN other
way. 80 hat rot moro than half supply cen now bs
had II tha mills coud have help as the business now
Is they would make up their losses OF last Wnter