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SAMUEL MESSERSMITH

OFFERS FOR SALE
YNEAS-Young Hyson, in chests; Imperial
IL in half chests and ten catty boxes; Gun
powder in ten catty boxes; Souchong, in do do;
Pouchong, Of superior quality, in half chests
(Gold crop
CoFFEEs-Java, old st. Domingo and Rio
Hempen Bags
CoRKs, in bales of 1000 each
PATENT SHOT, assorted numbers; constant
supply frem the Phoenix Shot Tower Company
WINEs-Old l.. P. Madeira, in quarter casks,
" Newton, Gordon Murdoch & Scotts," and
Lewis & Co.'S brands; Madeira Grape Juice, in
quarter casks and half quarter casks; L. P. Ma
deira, in boxes containing one to two dozen
bottles each; Sicily Madeira, Sweet Malaga,
and Rousillon
Palm Oil, in hogsheads
Bakers Chocolate, in half boxes
BRANDY, &C Seignettes brand" in half pipes
and quarter casks, entitled to debenture.
feb II
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Notice.

JgNHE subscribers, intending removal from Aiexah.
I dr;a to New York in the course of very short
time have to ask the favor of all persons indehted
to them to call and settle their respective accouh' as
their business must be brought to speedy close
oct 1-dH JAS, Meh1AFE . go
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ARCHITECTURE.

ARCHITECTURE.
VUST received, The Practical House Car
- penter; being a complete development of
the Grecian Orders of Architecture, methodized
and arranged in such simple, plain and COM
prehensive manner, as to be easily understood;
each example being fashioned according to the
style and practice of the present day; contain
ing one example ofthe Tuscan Order, three eX-
ampes of the Doric, three of the Ionic, one ex-
ample of the Corinthian, and one of the Compo-
site Order, with all their details, drawn to large
scale; to which are added series of Designs
for Porticos, Frontispieces, Doors, Windows,
Caps and, Stills, Sash-Frames and Shutters, Base
and Sur-Base Mouldings Architraves, &c. &C.;
engraved on sixty-four large quarto copper
plates, by Asher Benjamin, Architect author
of the American Builders Companion" and
"The Rudiments of Architecture" For sale by
feb 21 AUGUSTUS JACOBS.
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COLORED APPRENTICES WANTED,
For the Patent Rope-lNaking Business.
n WILL take two or three Colored Boys, OF
III unquestonable character, (none other will
be taken) to learn the Patent Ropemaking Bu-
siness. JOSIAH IL LAWS.
N. B. This advertisement may, perhaps, meet
the eve of some Shareholder who may have it
in prospect to emancipate his slaves at the ages
of Is, 80, or So years. The slave, thus enhanc-
ed in value, would in reasonable time, repay
the pecuniary loss of the owner, and be prepar-
ed to be more useful freeman. J. H. ID.
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BOOTS AND SHOES.

z H. WHITE has just received, per sloop
~ Union, well selected and SeasOnable in
voice of BOOTS AND SHOES. Among them
are
Mems Calf Sewed Boots, first quality
Do thick Pegged and Sewed Water Boots
Do Calf Pegged and Sewed Munroes
Boys do Pegged and Sewed do
Women's Lasting and Seal Slippers and JEFF
fersons Every cheap
Hair Trunks, &c. &c.
Also an Store, of his o1rn manufacture,
Ladies' Cater Boots
Do Calf Seal & Morocco Walking Shoes
Do Lasting, Seal Morocco & Kid Slippers
Do Calf and Seal Jeffersons
Misses Lasting, Seal and Kid Slippers and
Jeffersons
Gentlemen's Boots and Shoes various kinds
All ofwhich will be sold at the lowest prces.s
IL Made to order, Ladies' and Gentemen's
BOOTS and SHOES, Of the best materials and
workmanship. mar II
NEW AND INTERESTING BOOKS.
TUST published, and on sale by VIM. NJ.
y MORRISON
The celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke,
and Erskine; to which is added the Argument
of Mr.. Macintosh, in the case of Peltier; Sc
lected by member of the Philadelphia Bar.
Aids to Mental Development, or Hints to Pa
rents; being system ofmental and moral in
struction, exempliied in conversations between
a mother and her children, with an address to
mothers; by lady Of Philadelphia.
A Memoir of Miss Mary Jane Graham, late
Of Stoke Fleming, Devon; by the Rev. Charles
Bridges.
General View of the Geology Of Scripture, by
George Fairholm Esq.
The Autobiography of John Gait, in vels.
mar 10
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MHW s1ERHEs VOL. E-M@. $751;
CLOVER SEED.

CLOVER SEED.
GLOVER SEED, in 2 and 2 1-2 bushel bags
" prime article, for sale by
mar S. ESSERSMITH.
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FURNITURE.
% Sideboards; Bureaus; Washstands
= Dinner and Breakfast Tables
Centre do
Plain, painted, and durled maple French
post Bedsteads
Maple high-post do
Common rush and cane-seat Chairs
Also,
One secondhand Gig with Harness, on con-
signment and for sale, low, for cash.
feb 10 GEO. WHITE.
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JUST RECEIVED ON SALE BY VIM. M.
MORRISON,
NLLIOT'S Almanac for 1884. This will be
IL found useful for every man of business, as
it contains complete list Of all the Officers of
the Government, as well as Of the three Corpo-
rations in the District including all Incorporate
ed companies &C. Also, the Churchman'S al
manac for 1884. Jan IL
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CHINA AND EARTHENWARE
VT c. SMITH has on hand, and offers for
4 L. sale on moderate terms, a full and hand
some assortment Of CHINA, GLASS AND
China Tea Sets, plain E gilt, various patterns
Dinner Sets, blue, purple, and pink, printed
India China, in sets or separately
Lamps for Passages, Tables, &c.
Casters, silver mounted and plain
Pipes by the box
Window Glass Of every size
Stone Ware of an excellent quality.
mar
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COPLAND'S MEDICAL DlCIlONAf1
TTPON the same plan of Cooper's Surgical
u Dictionary 1t will be completed in five
parts Part 1st is now published, and ready for
delivery; Part I'd in press Parts 2, 3, a, and 5,
will follow at regular intervals, with no inter-
ruption but such as may arise from irregularlty
in receiving the European copy. The remain
ing sheet Of the Appendix will be given with
Part 2; and the Preface, with Pathological
Classification Of Diseases. &C., forming Key
to the systematic study of Practical Medicine,
as well as an arranged Contents ofthe work, will
accompany the last Part.
This valuable work will be given complete in
five parts, at 81 each part of 300 closely printed
and handsome pages being the cheapest medl-
cal work ever printed in the United States
The work will be sent by mail, to subscribers
in any part of the country. The postage will
be only 10 cents each part; ifnot exceeding 100
miles, and 80 cents only for the greatest distance
Published Quarterly, and completed in one
year from the delivery Of the first number.
The subscription price, Five Dollars, to be
paid on the delivery of the first Part.
Subscriptions received, and the work careful
ly mailed to all country subscribers, by
w. M. MORRISON, Alexandria.
Who is an authorized Agent for the same.
| feb l3
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PINE APPLE CHEESE,
N CASES, for sale by
Imar7 AlNooAN ohAW VoWell's wharf:
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u. S. BANK BILLS.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
A BARGAIN.

a BARGAIN.
IA | will let the DWELLING and STORE"
Eel HOUSE at the corner of Water and Prince
streets at as low a rent as any property in the
town, considering location) 1t is we'll calcula-
ted for wholesale or retail grocery segar fac
tory, slop shop, &c. &c. &C. -
ian II JOSIAH II. DAVIS
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
yENO the Stockholders in the Alexandria Canal
Il Company, that an instalment of three dol
lars per share is required to be paid on or before
the 18th day of March next; and a further in
stalment of three dollars per share on or before
the 18th day of April next.
ipu 8 By order of the Board:
feb 10 JOHN H. CREASE, Clerk
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NOTICE


YEyHE subscriber having taken the large three
IL story fire proof Warehouse at the corner of
Prince and Union streets, nearly opposite his
Grocery Store, (Which he intends occupying as
Warehouse respectfully informs his friends
and country merchants generally that he will
receive and forward GOODS of all kinds; re-
ceive FLOUR on storage; store GRAIN and
other GOODS, on the usual terms. The sltua-
ton being convenient to shipping persons dis
posed to STORE their FLOUR will find an adj
vantage arising therefrom. Any business en-
trusted to his care in the above Agency, will be
punctuay and carefully attended to-
He continues to keep constantly on hand ge-
neral assortment of GROCERIES, WINES,
SALT, &c. &C.; and will at all times furnish
PLASTER to those wishing to purchase All
of which he offers, wholesale and retail very
low. WILLIAM N. McVElGH,
feb 25 Prince street wharf
I+ Leesburg Washingtonian, Winchester
Republican, and Political Spectator (Warren-
tony months, and charge w N. McV.
ROGERS'S VEGETABLE PULMONIC DE-
TERGENT,
TUST received and for sale by
81 jan 90 WILLIAM STABLER.
From the Hon. Gideon Lee, Mayor Of the City
of New York.
"Few men in the community have greater
contempt for nostrums in general than myself
fdtent meulCine ana cdtcnpeIiny, VIII Ino' nave
been synonymous am constrained, however
to relinquish these sentiments as respects DR..
Rogers's Vegetable Detergent, the effects OF
which have recently witnessed. Ayoung lady
in my family, by using two papers, have rea-
son to believe is effectually cured of an alarm
ing Pulmonic Complaint which in all its symp-
toms gave evidence of immediate consumption.
communicate this with view of usefulness
and sincerely hope that such persons as have
complaints similar to the above, will make a tri-
al of the medicine GIDEON kBE,"
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Dry Goods.

Dry Goods.
gAMES MCKENZIE & Co. have received their
% usual Fall Supply of
STAPLE & F.7NCY DRY GOODS,
and wilt add to it by the first New York arrivals The
change they have concluded upon making in their hu
induces them offer every article in their as
sortment at REDUCED PRICES. oct l-df
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CUT g. PLAIN GLASSWARE.
TUST received six packages Glassware,
81 Cut and plain Tumblers
Do do Table and Hall Lamps
Britannia Casters, four and five bottles, a
neat and cheap article
Also 80 boxes English Pipes
1mo25 r. II. MILLER.
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z H. WHITE has just received, per slooE
-. Union, well selected and seasonable in
voice of BOOTS AND SHOES. Among then
Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-11-20
PVbLC NOTICE

: s hereh. gwen, .hai the undersigned has
{ taken uui letters IF administration OF
the goods and chs,ieis. rights and credits Of
Eizabe,h Darneile, decea -ed and qualified
az such administrator. All persons having
claims ag Inst the estate 1t the d.. eased :,
are hereby n"itied aud required to exhibit
the same AT ID court OF PROBATE, t.. be hidden
in aud tor the count, Of Adams, aud s,"'e
If Illinois, al The atfice Of the .ige of pro-
oate in Quincy. nn the frs, Mondn. IL
May next. for the purpus. If having tn.
same settled.
FIELDING DARNE!lLE, Adam.
Quincy, Oct Il. 1884 lA-4t
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aI,JNIlVIS1WATORS NOTTCE

all persons having claims or demands
against the estate Of James P. Jones do.
ceased, late Of the county Of Coles, au'
state of Illinois, are desired to present the
same before the Judge of Pro'uto, IN and
for said county, at his office, in Charleston,
on the first day of the next December term
Of the Judge of Prebate's court, of said
county, for the purpose Of having said
claims or demands settled and adjusted: and
oil persons owing said estate, are requested
to make payment with delay.
JULIA JONES. Admr,x.
Sent Q4th, lks3a i4-ol
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1 DMINIsTRATORs MOTTO

IN /, Diana Hamme't, administrators
OF the estate Of John Hammett, deceased
late of the county Of Coles, and state Of
Illinois, do hereby motif, all persons hav.
ing claims or demands sgainst said estate
70 attend at the Office Of the judge ofprobate
IN sald county on the first day of the May
term, 1885, Of said county, in order to have
said claims or demands settled and adjust.
cd. DIANA HAMMETT. Adm'rr
September 8, 1922 IIi-6t
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TERMS

THE WIG AND lNrELLiGrHcER rs publish.
ed every Thursday, at two DOLLARS AND WITT
CENTS n advance-rHREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY
CENTS at the expiration of the year.
No subscription received for less than six
months; and paper discontinued, xce, II at the
discretion Of the Editor, until all arrearages are
paid
ADvERrisING--One dollar per square for the
first in-ertian-thirty-seven and half cents for
each subsequent insertion.
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PATENT BALANCES

PATENT BALANCES 4
nATENT Balances from 800 to 800 H.
Il Patent Augers, Socket Chisels, Ham
mers aud general assortment Of domestic
Hardware Of very su t,erior quality:
40 boxes Collins + Co.'S Axes.
4 I" :" Is Broad Axes.
Ibbotson's patent straw Knives.
Bramble Scy,hes, Midland X Saws, Sho
vels and Spades.
e-10 lO-l9 Window Glasses.
For sale low by
GODFREY, GILMAN 4 Co
Alton, Nov. II, 833. % ~
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m,s~r { u. ~b'.t re-
Ii -nlts from s mi ''sis
.'s ness, eco ,iHntio II OF
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>, l. e. mn q, pla'y'r''n i,
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~ means passIo-.aie. hut. %
the contrary. ". amia'
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A. apatheti,. H. @ in
4, dDleNi, notorious -,
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j. aud Gnal', hn uss
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a. he, < rd,rr'ised IL N
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can, arcnu;,- Is be-
y irg arrested ae il thief:
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l., step vfs to r'ia away
/, VITA n gig. IVA, somehow
he -, Apei tn" r"nse-
qu-nce. If ,his aci also.
Az ~ ne STARRED tor tho
W -~t:n+r ar,n d Vince.
i =. pn: up d" tie aaiel,
w.. augi's .l"pi < with
Ia ,r,,.k; vas AR. ID T.
tried; 3r drfeni ! in.
self. ,mprrss,.i Ia.y
wit. ,ne belle AZ he
Was sucj"t % FL Il in
s,nis>, ard g I cheat
n passed ,hsoae' 'his
, place 4 seat >im,. with.
put baggage -.nd d. s'i-
tufr. WesuI,P"s' u ism
then o.. the way T. New
lO.isa,,.. tn. grAi.d reeers
Wy a. w, stern V,sr.-
b. ne sinp" d. ~ No
Isinr. learn. al 5. Louis,
comaiited ."m+ theft,
land Va. ,mprl>""ed. His
nam. he,rg 'ha; OF a ve-
~ respectable tamilv in
lone e the Atlantic cit.
les, Of which family q
sos f ;hv same snriss
tiar lame slso, W.. tpsn
=, in The wrst. the rulprie
ia repr-ser,-s him.el' -
n. h-i"g t.is ."u.K man,
T.. md -ucreedrd i" "blai.
in ming bail; not long after
- the rue nan .aM. aluus
d di.c, v-r. d tn. !ris X. and
ls....ut cit, ne Doll pie.
&c. in putsuii Of his
the isi day "f Sep m1er
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James Harra

els div the
orof JACKIE,
Ssiser
the
house, the own proceed sell the
de,he
The A. M, and day i, .d
JOEL MANNN Ctnk Gel
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STORAGE AND FORWARDING
TN AvING large and convenient Ware
houses, directly at the Steam Boat
landing, the subscribers offer their services
to the public in this branch of business.
GODFREY, GILMAN T. Co.
Alton. Nov. II, 1888. % ~
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TAKEN UP hv r.

- TAKEN UP by Royai
Ms-TRk Short, living in Moores praI.
&f~a1Y RE, Jefferson count, iii.
alssaf saais, one chestnut sorrel
mare, with las, spring colt same color
(mare col) he mare is six years old, about
fifteen hands high, small star in her fore.
head, NJ other brands or marks perce'vs-
bic, appraised to forty dollars, by Abel A.
len and r. A. D. Wilbanks, before
DANIEL WILBANKS. J. P.
Attest, JOEL PACE Ok. August 9Th.
1884.
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HORSE STOLEN.

% WAS ST len from the stu.
M IN A # The underslg ed, on The
M 0K bieht of The - h inst. sIin
ssaszG ns BAY HORSE, six yea,:
Old aext spring, black legs, name and tai
fifteen hands tw"ur three inches high. "
white marks recollected, also bride a,,e
saddle. 1wilfliherally reward any pers''u
who will apprehend the thief, and secure
the horse SO thai can ger him.
M. w. DORRISS.
Frankfort, III. Sept. 18Th. 1884. H.
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g." wh. add ""pai day "f Sep
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- TAKEN UP by Hugh l..
0E.sY 'ohns living on Cahok'a
W1SI creek, in Madison county, a
a ssorrel horse, fourteen and u
half hands high, both hind feet and near fore
. foot white, a small blaze in his forehead
and snip on his nose, some grey hairs Or
his hips, supposed to about eight or nine
years old. no other marks or brands perce
vable; appraised to thirty FIVE dollars by
Robert Rosberry and James N. Rosberry
before me- VIM. KELL, ]. P.
Attest, J. T. LuSK, clerk.
Sept. %, 1884 1885,.
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N(.TICE,

NDTlCE.
A III. persons are t"rtid using nv name
IA IN any contracts or bargains for IN !,
property, or running me in deb, in any
way, shape or form, OF receiving my pro.
pert, AS presents borrowing or taking uu,
der any preience, from any person la,i IN,
self, under pain ufbeing prusec uted Ms teens
CORNELIUS DUNHAM
Sep. 26,h. ls3a. [i2-3s'
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hesren ,
nd amnunsh forth IN
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A A list of>letters remaining in the pos,
IA office in Greenville, on the LIST Of
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A new boat, intended for the river Thames, as
a race boat, was exhibited at the Exchange. ii
is % feet in length, Quilt of Spanish cedar, pa
tent secured, and weighs one hundred and Sc
venty pounds. She is built by MeSsrs. Francis
e. Farr. Her model is unexceptionable, and
her swifiness will be sufficient to sustain the high
character Of our boatmen abroad. She was
ordered by an English gentleman while visiting
this country, who will carry her home with him
on Tuesday next. This is high compliment
10 our builders.-N y. Star
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Osgood, as native artists, whose works would
never discredit the Capitol Of the Nation. With
this list before US he thought it would be highly
inexpebient to confine our selection to a less
number than that which the Committee had pro-
posed.
MIR. Burgess advocated the motion briefly, and
expressed much unwillingness to surrender the
right which he claimed of vote in the choice
of subjects for the proposed paintings.
Mr.. Wise replied to MIR. Burgess; and, after
some piquant conversation between those gen.
tlemen,
Mr. Vinton moved to amend the resolution by
inserting "colonia or revolutionary" before the
word Historical" so as to restrict the choice OF
subjects to that part of our history which pre-
coded the peace Of 1888.
Mr. J. @. Adams hoped the gentlemen would
leave out the word colonial"
MIR. Jarvis opposed the amendment. 1t would,
he said. prevent the choice of one subject, the
landing of Columbus, which would give great
er scope to the genius of a painter than almost
any other. He suggested, as a substitute for
the proposed amendment, a provision that no
subject should be chosen of a more recent date
than the year 1881
Mr. Vinton accorded with the suggestion, but
before the question was taken,
On motion of MIR. Clayton,
The House adjourned.
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In the House Of Representatives on Mon
day the Joint Resolution for the employment oil
four native Artists to fill the vacant Pannels in
the Rotunda with historical paintings, (order-
ed to third reading at the last SESSION. was ia
ken up aud read third time.
Mr.. J. G. Adams expressed doubt whether
four native Artists could be found who were
fully competent to the execution oil the task to
be assigned TO them. He moved To strike out
four, thereby leaving it discretionary with the
Committee 10 employ one or more Artists.
Mr. Jarvis, chairman of the Committee which
reported the bill, remarked that there was no
difference Of opinion in the committee as to the
terms Of the resolution; and they had no doubt
whatever that four American artists could be
found who were fully competent to the work.
He did not wish 70 make monopoly of the bu-
slness as We had done before; and there was
nothing, he said, in the pictures now in the Ro-
trda, which could be adduced as an argument
IN favor Of giving the execution Of four more
paintings TO one individual. He did not doubt
iour paintings could be executed by four artists,
either Of which would he quite equal to the best
Oh those now in the Rotunda. Four artists, he
believed, could be found, who would adorn the
capitol and do honor to the country. He had,
however, no objection to the proposed amend
ment nor to the employment of a less number
man four il four could not be found
:. Mr. Wise would, he said, boldly assert that the
orsted States was now the richest country In
me world in artists; and that We possessed one
painter, Mr. Allston, who was pre- eminent
among those of modern times. He commented
On the four paintings in the Rotunda, and ex-
pressed the opinion that they could never be
quoted as precedent for giving the remaining
Mammals m thn Sf a
ranon OF Independence" had already been de-
nominated the shin piece" and no one could
view It without being struck with the fact that it
s%s peculiarly painting Of shins. The fdces, in
al Jour paintings were the same, and nearly the
same characteristics were found in each indivi-
uaal lace. He hoped that We should by en-
ptoylng four artists, excite competition. and en-
a,ge the field of selection.
MI Ward followed, in the opposition to the
WTouon, and spoke Of Sully, Allston, Vanderlin,
'"'''f' Chapman, Peale, Leslie, Trumbull, and