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FOR ICE.
MEDICAL PURvEYoR's OFFICE.

MEDICAL RUHv.yoa's oPF,nSE.,
Sealed Proposals will be received at this off, e
NJ January Is, 1866. fer furnishing JOE to the
suing year. at the points herein desisnated. FSe
Ice to be stored by the contractor in properly
b SSnt 2 nss 70 s.
reeeipted for until Its quality. the fitness of the
payment win be made only for the amount thus bus
indicated below. as required at the respective
Cd any tine for the years. supply It shall f' be-
Furnished at the same rates and under the sams
AaspaR9lis - M sTis ce-hOuss owned by
Pe9 ed by the M Omitted s1tss
Po5t,@0qth; j.. ViEsin Is ice house not
owned by the United States 400
oW1ed by the %nt.d sasss
Beaufort; South ah Carolina, ice house owned
), e. 6s SssIfs ,ss house not
by the United States. -. lCo "
New Orleans: Logisians, ice-hoase owned
Proposais viii be Received for furni.hio
by weight, for the year 1865, in such quantities as
may be required by the surgeons in charge at the
United States General Rospir at the places emu
merated above, and also upon the following annual
estimate, in and near
Boston, Mass. 10 tons
Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island. ...-... 1870 "
New Haven, Connecticut ....-."...-----.. go :"
Newark. New jersey. Observation-Disclosures. 100
Philadephia, Penna ......................l3W I"
Baltimore Maryland Observation-Disclosures $40 -
Frederick, Maryland NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. rs 1"
Washin Fton, District of Columbia - 25oo =
All additional amounts that may be required at
these places until January l, 1866, are to be fur
nished at the same rates
FORM OF PROPOSAL
The undersigned propose to furnish toms of
first quality lee, carefully packed in substantial
ice houses, at the within named points, namely;
lowing price per ton of two thousand pounis,
namely: at tons at s. per
ton.
The ice to be subject to the inspection, measure.
ment, and approval ofthe Medical Officer, or other
properly appointed Inspector before being receipt
Payment to be made from time to time Don du-
plcate bills certified to by the Medical Director
(sisned)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-20

THE FIRST GRAND BALL Of the Younf Eagle
Club, at the Island Hall, last evening was a
decided success. Everything was ii good
style, and all were as we'll satisfied could
be. This is q new club, and is deserving of
public patronage, as much or more than any
club in the city. The music was Of te best,
and the refreshments were given in god style
There was a fine array Of young mn ana
nret,v o;r,s. ana all went home satisf,d tn
the Young Eagle were true emblennof the
Island, as the glorious Old eagle Is 81 our
country. Qt*) Victor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-20

LATEST FROM RICHMOND
The Richmond papers Of the 18th have been
The Dispatch states that Foots has arrived at
Richmond from Fredericksburg.
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DISPATCH FROM ADMIRAL PORTER.
FORT CAswELL OF NO USE TO THEM

THE REBELS DESTROY THEIR WORKS
ON SMITHS ISLAND.
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The above form Of proposals will be adhered to
proper guarantee that the bidder is able IA
fulhl the contract certified to by the Clerk of the
hhttoLnsy must accompany the proposal, or it viii
An oath to the Hnsa States
The contracts will be awarded to the 10 vest re-
Ra, s BID ss
ed. and immediately required to enter into 60
tract under bonds to the amount of s. go The
bonds must be properly certified, and the post of
fee address of principals and sureties stated upon
Bidders may be present in person when the pro-
possls are opened
mr. st be distinctly written upon the pro posai.
Proposals must be addressed to Sur sesn Chas
Sutherland 2 8. Army, Medical Purveyor, Wash
The Depar tment reserves the right to reject any
Surgeon g eH = .ss ssS5aaf54SP
Printed forms of proposals may be had At this
THE NEW
OPERA GLOVE,
Light Colors, Embroidered In Black. Just re-
ceivsd JOS. ]. MAY l. CO.,
tal9.st 3OS Pa. av., bet. 9th and 10th sts.
TR1sIs T9G1vE NOTICE THAT THE PART
hsTstSfots Existing under the
.Ss .. Isss9Ss AM il own iasson
80 '' 1. j. MIDDLETON.
W. w. RUSSELL.
Washington, D. c., January LIST, 1865. ja lost
dissolution OF co PARTNERsHIP-TH
~ interest of Thomas ]. Fisher in the fr m of
@. MEG uire Co, ceases this day by mutual ar
raneement. The business will be continued by
James G. and Frederick B. Mcclure as hereto
fore, under tho name and style Of Jas. C. Mcclure
& Co.
Persons having unsettled accounts are earnestly
reqnested to close up them without delay
name in making settlements.
JAMES G. MCGUIRE,
THOMAS j. FISHER
ia l9-lW f. b. McGCIRE
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Blockade Runners Running into a Trap
at Wilmington.

NASSAU, Jan. 20.-The steamer Corsica from
Nassau on the 10th has arrived.
Five blockade runners cleared on the 23d Of
December for Wilmington. Six arrived from
there on the 5th and 9TH fnstants and two
Cleared for Wilmington On the 14th inst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-20
ANOTHER REBEL VAIL,

Denuneiation of Rebel Congress-It Fails
to fully X ealiZe it's Peril-Drownlng it's
Fears in 'OId RYe''-A few Words Of
Confidence Wanted-Jeff. Davis Organ
Overhauled-Orr's Reasonable Speech
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
IMPORTANT FROM CHARLESTON

r.. ,-th Army Corps Captures the POGO.
tnIis. Rr,.a9e on the Charleston and Sa.
yannah RaIlr~ G.n.NTbs Eren" :
Fortifications and IL 'harIe,ton
Falling Back Towards ~
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PERSONAL.
GEORGETOWN ADVER'MTS

n#THE DRAFT IN GEORGETOwN.-Ths
~ Georgetown Draft Association has been
organized and is fairly started
Forty dollars. pay able in instalments previous
10 the pratt, will undoubtedly protect every mem
There will be meeting of the Association every
WEDNESDAY EVENING" at TX O'Clock, at the
Bridge. where and when all the residents Of
Georgetown Eighth and Ninth sub districts) who
wish to do so may become members eff the Asso-
citation.
The Treasurer will be in attendance to receive
ipstallments
All interested are earnestly invited to come and
help themselves; the time is short and delay is
dangerous. By order:
GEO. HILL. JR., President.
ED SHOEhAh ER, Secretary. jan film
NOTtCE.-Au persons having bills against the
~ Nlgilant Fire Company will please present
them on or before the 2ith instant. for payment.
Address to the President of Vigilant Fire Co.,
through Georgetown Post OFF e.
Jan Is st PRESIDENT v F. CO.
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ARREST or BURGLARS AND RECOVERY on
GooDs.-Last night, officers Burch and Will
liams, Of the Fourth Ward, received informa-
ton that thief was lurking about the William
Tell House, Pennsylvania avenue, between
Ak and 9Th streets. Upon receiving q descrip-
ton of the person, Off Ger Burch uspected III at
IT was Robert Garcia, a youth we'll known to
the officers, and who has been representing
himself as United States detective, ami also
q Metropolitan detective. They arrested Gar
cia, w no then told them that another young
man. John Star, was q thief, and had offered a
they might be the parties who robbed Mr..
Lewis store Tuesday night, and went 70 the
William Tell House with the officers and ar
rested Star, and recovered from him S225worth
of the goods. Star confessed to his guilt, and
implicated Garcia but Garcia insisted hat 8
had nothing to with 1t, and that Star waidown
on him. Justice Boswell sent both to all for
court The property was delivered % the
property clerk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-20

EVENING DRESS GOODS.
Wekave Just received
White and Light MORE ANTIQUES.
White, Pink, and Blue TAFPETA SILKS.
Stand A fne White Paris MUSLINS.
8-4TARLETAN. in White and Colors.
Sd and 4 White SILK ZEPHYRS.
Embroii ered SWISS MUsLINS.
Plain Swiss and India MUSLINS
White and Light Colors GRAPE MARETZ, aud
many other Goods, suitable for Ball and Party
Dresses. ,,o
White, Light, and Medium Shades KID
GLOVES of the best Paris makes.
Jos. J. MAY co.,
janle2t sos Pa. avenue. near 9th st.
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GOAL OIL-NoTICE TO Capitalists!

FOAL OIL-NOTICE TO CAPITALIsTSi
Having about $40 acres of the best oil lands in
Warren county Pennsylvsuia. located near soil
CrA.L ~ - l. g -
my Wells, :" (for the past four years yielding 500
barrels per week. 1 am DESTROYS OF forming
company to work the same.
Plats of the lands can be seen, and all informa-
ticn in relation thereto, can be obtained st the of
flee fJohn l.. Smith Il Co.. corner of sth street
and Market Space, where will be present for con-
ference ON Monday and Tuesday next.
ian l7-tt+ JAMES PARSHALL.
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~THE CREDITORS OF TIE LATE FIRM
N of PAIRO & NOURSE are requested to
meet 1T Ne. 400 18th street, east side, between +
and g. at A p. In. SATURDAY, for business of
great Importance. It's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-20

TTNHOsE EXCELLENT DYSPEPSIA CRACK
Frs can be obtained at the Philadelphia Gro
cory Produce, Butter and Cheese Store. Also,
10 varieties of other excellent Crackers, Biscuit,
&c DC. 334 street, near 10th at. Please call
and see. ia 14-iw*
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-20

ADJOURNED TO MONDAY.-The Senate yes.
terday adjourned to Monaay naxt.
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CRIMINAL COURT, Judge FsAer.-The case o
Stsrry. charged wlta forgery, is on trial,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-08-18
P1EAsURE AND sLEEP.

When William the Fourth was crown
ed, a gentleman from the country having
been seized with a temporary mania to
witness the coronation procession, pur-
chased seat in one of the stands cree
ted in Palace 7 ard for the occasion, and,
fearing lest the crowd should prevent his
access to it in the morning, he took pos
session of it over night Excited expec-
tation, eonspiring with the novelty Of his
position, kept him thoroughly awake till
toward noon the next day. He saw the
multitude assemble, the military take up
their posts. and all the successive chan
ges which indicated the near approch of
a gorgeous and solemn ceremonial
But he had drawn too freely upon his
physical strength. There is a point of
compulsion beyond which nature refuses
obedience. The point in this instance
was reached before the procession started
and when it passed by the stand on which
our country gentleman sat, he was locked
in the arms of a sleep that would not let
him go. The incident fairly illustrates
the position we are aiming to establish
There are some things that fly from you
the more rssolutely they are courted-
sleep is one, pleasure is another C51l.
Times. a9 ea
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-08-18
IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP.

There is no fact more clearly established
in physiology than this; that the brain
expands its energies and itself during the
hours of wakefulness, and that these are
recuperated during sleep; if the recupera-
ton does not equal the expenditure, the
brain withers; this leads to insanity
Thus it is, that in early history persons
who were condemned to death by being
prevented from sleeping, always died raw
ing maniacs thus it Is, also, that those
who are starved to death, first become in
sane the brain Is not nourished, and
they cannot sleep. Crazy persons are
poor sleepers, while good sleepers seldom
become crazy. The practical interences
are these;
/. Those who think most, do the most
brain work, therefore they require the most
sleep:
2. That time saved from necessary sleep
is infallibly destructive to the mind, body
and estate.
B. Give yourself, your children, your
servants-give all that are under you
the fullest amount of sleep they will take,
by compelling them to go to bed at some
regular hour, and to rise in the morning
at some stated hour, and within a fort
night, nature, with almost the regularity
of the rising sun, will unloose the bonds of
sleep the moment enough repose has been
secured for the wants of the system
This is the only safe and efficient rule
and as to the question of how much sleep
any one requires, each must be rule for
himself; great nature will never fail to
mete it out to the observer under the reg
ulations just given.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-08-18
THE EarPTY SLEEVE.

By the moons pale light, to a gazing throng,
Let me tell one tale-let me sing one song;
'Tis a little devoid of an aim or plan,
'Tis the simple song of a one-armed man.
TIL this very hour would you e'er believe
What queer, weird thing is an empty
sleeve
It tells, in a silent way to all
Of a country's need and a country's call;
Of kiss and prayer for child and wife,
And hurried march for nations life.
Till this very hour Would you e'er believe
What tel1-tale thing is an empty sleeve?
It tells of a battlefield of gore;
OF the sabreis clash and the lannon's roar;
Of the whizzing shot and screaming shell;
And scene that mimics the scenes of hell.
TIL this very hour wo'1d you e'er believe
What terrible thing is an empty sleeve7
It tells of q rush, at leaders call,
To a scene where death held carnival,
OF a furious charge at the bugle's note,
And q Rurglng sound In a foeman' 8 throat.
Till this very hour void you e'er believe
What horrible thing is an empty sleeve?
1t tells of thousand nameless graves,
Where slunlher a Thousand loyal braves;
Of widows woe and an orphans prayer,
And mothers tear for vacant chair
Till this very hour void you e'er believe
What mournfl thing is an empty sleeve2
Though it points to a myriad scenes and
scars, 1 5ettl 5l7 g94aa
Yet it tells that a flag, with the Stripes and
In Gods own chosen time shall take
Each piece of the rag with the rattlesnake;
That its ample folds shall in glory wave
Ger the land where droops no covering
slave. ~
TIL this very hour wo'ld you e'er believe
What a hopeful thing is an empty sleeve?
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-08-18
WHERE DOES AnpY JOHNSON sTAnu J

A correspondent of the Missouri Dem
ocrat answers the above question quite
explicitly in manner which will not suit
our Copperhead brethren. He says:
1t is but short time since a distin-
guished Senator called upon the Presi-
dent. A delegation of Conservatives had
Just left him. Turning to the Senator he
said, II wonder if those persons, who but
power and the party to which owe my
elevation. There was not a man in that
delegation that wouldn't have united in
offering a reward for my scalp few years
ago, aud now they talk to me as if / owed
them everything, | guess they'll find
have a memory, M
Again: A well known editor of promi
nent Northern Journal said to the Presi
dent The Democracy say you will ye
be found with them. That you have al
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-08-18
Do IT RIrH EHY MIGHT.

Fortune, success, fame, position, are
never gained but by piously, determinedly,
brayely sticking, growing, living to a thing
until it is fairly accomplished. In short,
you must carry a thing through, if you
want to be anybody or anything. No
matter if it does cost you the pleasure
the society, the thousand pearly gratifea=
tions of life. No matter for these. Stick
to a thing and carry it through. Believe
you were made for the matter, and that
no one else could do it. Put forth your
whole energies. Stir, wake, electrify
yourself and go forth to the task. Only
once learn to carry thing through in all
completeness and proportion, and you will
become hero. 7 You will think better of
yourself Others will think better of you.
OF course they will The world in its
very heart admires the stern, determined
doer. 1t sees in him its best sight, its
best object, its richest treasure. Drive
right along, then, in whatever you under
take. Consider yourself amply sufficient
for the deed. You will be successful
Never fear.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-08-18
5 been a good Democrat, and viii al

ways been good Democrat, and will al
ways so remain.
do they, responded Johnson. well,
sir, you are at liberty to tell all such
gentlemen that, while, as President, l
shall endeavor to drop any partisan char
acter, l certainly am not prepared to do
more than pray for those who despitefully
use me- If they stand in need of prayers,
it's all | can do for them"
MIR. President, we are discouraged, >"
said committee of freedmen to the Presi-
dent Richmond is as much in the
hands of secessionists now as it was be-
fore Lee surrendered. Nominally free,
we are yet the worst of slaves, and we see
no hope of redress, unless you aid us.
Gentlemen" answered Mr.. johnson,
you must exercise patience. You are
free, and the vainest Virginian shall yet
not only acknowledge your freedom but
your equality. If yop are true TO yonr-
seIUes
'But the local and State laws of Vir-
ginia Mr. President"
What of the local and State laws Of
Virginia? Until these F. B. VS. come to
their senses, | rather think United States
bayOnets will be about the only laa0s they
shall have. Go back to your homes, work
hard, do your duty and 1 will see that
the lowest among you is secured In his
rights and title to life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness.
AS the President uttered this last re-
mark, his face glowed with high resolve,
and [ never saw manhood more sterling
and erect than his every liHeanent beto-
kened
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-08-18
SIGNs FoR 1EARRLAGEABLE LADIES.

SIGNS lEOt= MA162kIAG4lA6L6t AAADAEog
IF man wipes his feet on the door
mat before coming into the room, you
may be sure he viii make good domes-
tic husband If a man, In snuf6ng the
candles, snuffs them out, you may be sure
he viii make stupid husband If man
puts his handkerchief on his knees while
taking his tea, you may be sure he will
be prudent husband. In the same way
mistrust the man who will not take the
last piece of toast of Sally Dunn, but
prefers waiting for warm batch. 1t is
not unlikely he viii make a greedy, sell
fish husband, with whom you will enjoy
no brown at dinner, no crust at tea, no
peace whatever at home. The man, my
dears, who is careful about wrapping
himself up well before venturing into
the night air, not unfrequently makes a
good invalid husband that mostly stops
at home, and is easily comforted with
slops. The man who watches the kettle
and prevents it boiling over, will not fail,
my dears, In the married state, in exer-
cising the same care in always keeping
the pot boiling. The man who doesn't
take tea, i'll treats the cat, takes snuff,
and stands with his back to the fire, is a
brute whom I would not, my dears,
marry under any eonsi 1eration, either for
love or money, but decidedly not for love.
But the man who, when tea is over, is
discovered to have had none, is sure to
make the best husband. Patience like
his deserves being rewarded with the
best of wives, and the best of mothers-in-
law. My dears, when you meet with such
a man, do your utmost to marry him. In
the seVerest winter he would not mind
going to bed FIRST Pss11ch.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-08-18
RERsL pRIsnM KEEPER KILLEp.

When Stoneman's cavalry entered Sal
isbury, N. c.. last Spring, and caused the
precipitate flight Of the rebel garrison
there with its few prisoners, Majar John
H. Gee, formerly commandant OF the pen
itentiary or military prison at that point,
and who was one Of the greatest brutes
and most cruel tyrants that ever disgrace
ed the South, hurried toward Charlotte,
and has never since been heard Of A
gentleman from Salisbury, long a resident
there, says that Gee was shot dead near
Charlotte, by a rebel deserter who had
vowed vengeance against the Major for
some brutality, and who "bush-whacked'
the villain while he was riding through
pine thicket. OF all the scoundrels who
Systematically starved and frOze our
brave soldiers in the prison pens of the
South, there was none more deserving of
the fate which seems to have Overtaken
him, than Gee. He it was who, when
asked if full rations could not be given
to the starved and dying Union prisoners
in December, 1864, as the storehouses
were full, replied: NO, G-d-m them,
give them quarter rations it's more than
they deserve" He too was responsible
for the cold blooded massacre of our cap
tives there when the attempted outbreak
occurred on the 25th of November last
We hope the report of his death is we'll
founded, for such villain as he should
not be permitted to live.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-08-18
IMPORTANT DECISION M NEW 0RLEAHs- -sLl.
DELL'S PROPERTY.
A New Orleans paper says:

A New Orleans paper says:
j udge Durell of the United States
Court, delivered his decision in the inter-
vention of the Citizens Bank and of Ma
cauPd & Co., in the suit of the United
States against John SlidelI for eonfsca-
tion ofreal estate In the city of New Or
leans. The Citizens Bank based its claim
on a mortgage executed by Mr. Slidell's
agents in this city, in favor of the bank
for 100000 francs. Judge Durell decided
that such mortgage was in fraud of the
claims of the United States, and was in
tended to reserve Mr.. SlidelFs property
from the country, so that it could not DO
reached, and that Mr.. s., being notOri-
GUS enemy of the United States, his prop
erty was liable under the confiscation act.
and could not thus be placed beyond the
reach of the Government.
The Judge further decided that the pow
er of attorney filed by Mr.. Slidell's agents
did not give them the power to mortgage
the property. In regard to the interven-
ton of Macaurd q Co., who claim a mort
gage in their favor on Mr.. Slidell's prop
erty for advances to the amount of 29O,
600 francs, Judge ID. decided that when
the mortgage sFas-g -giUan in Paris, it was
well known by the interventors, that Mr..
Slidell was an enemy to the United States,
and a traitor; that he was acting as Com
missioner of the So called Confederate
States; they knew the risk they were tax
ing, and they grounded their hope of re-
payment upon the prospect of the success
of the insurgent States in overthroWing
the authority of the United States.
The interventions of the Citizens Bank
and of Macuard & Co., were therefore
at the cost of the interventors. "
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-08-18

to know my name, it is James Marks, of
Lynchburg, Virginia. Farewell"
That name and address I have not for
gotten. They will remain in my memory
forever. Around them clusters bright
ness which sheds lustre over all the dark
and bloody pages of the past.
The great war is now over, and I trust
that you have been no less fortunate than
| in escaping its perils The authority of
the general government is everywhere
restored and the starry flag for which ace
fought now floats in its wonted splendor
wherever Americans have rights to be
protected or wrongs to be redressed.-
Cannot you unite with me under that
flag, and as you are my friend and bene-
factor, become my fellow-citizen also p
Let the bitterness and passion of the
past sink under the sway Of uprising
reason, and let all Americans North,
South, everywhere, strike hands as
friends under the flag and government of
their fathers
With feelings of most grateful regard,
A. T. 81