The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-24
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GENERAL POST OFFICE AND PATENT OF
FICE AGENCY.

YNHE undersigned has the honor to inform his
i friends that he has established with the consent
OF the Postmaster General, agency in Washing
ton for the transaction Of all such business with the
Post Office Department as those interested may see
fit to intrust to his charge. After service of five
in the contract office, and corresponding clerk,
with credit to himself, and satisfaction to his official
head the undersigned feels no hesitation in attending
TO any business that may be contded to him. Claims
before Congress land patents, marshal's and mail con
tractors accounts, fines, &c PENSIONS and patents
for useful inventions, or other similar business,
curing agent at the seat of Government, will be
attended to with despatch
All communications, to receive attention. must be
post paid and enclose retaining fee of five dollars,
or sum proportionate to the service to be per-
formed.
The undersigned refers to the members of Congress,
generally to the heads of bureaus Washington, to
his late brother clerks and to the principal mail
tractors in the Union.
The undersigned has blank bids, guarantees and
certificates ready for bidding and will send them TO
those requiring them When it is considered that
large number Of bids at every letting set aside for
some informally in the guaranty certificate he
feels satisfied that the contractors will find their
count in procuring the blanks itom him. statement
OF the old pay and services routes desired, will
also be forwarded with the blanks.
The undersigned having been formerly employed
clerk in the Patent Office, and from his expert
ence, being familiar with the routine of business in
catons and other papers including drawings, forpro
curing patents, and will transact all such other busi
ness connected herewith as may require agent at
this place To inventors residing at distance, it
may be proper to state that in order to expense,
by furnishing the undersigned with neat model Of
their invention or machine, or of the parts claimed
as their Improvement the cublcal dimensions of which
should not exceed, II practicable, 10 or II inches,
and the duplicate receipt for their patent fee the
former OF which may, IN most instances, be iorwared
i,t,p ,Nt
carriage to be paid--thc whole business of procuring
the patent may be transacted through the mail and
Tie presence o. the inventor or applicant here is thus
rendered unnecessary
I've Office of the undersigned is situated on 9Th
street near the Patent Office, and Immediately OPP
poste Me northwest angle corner of the General
Post Othce Building.
The charges of the undersigned will be moderate
and when tac application for patent may prove UNI
successful ii no such case will his charge exceed
$50, HE revctsonary interest of the applicant in the
patent fee of $40 already paid into the Treasury of
the United States. JESSE f. DOW.
THE JOURNAL OF BANKING,
DY WILLIAM NJ. GOUGE,-Proposals for pub
ID fishing a new periodical, to be entitled 81 The
Journal OF Banning.
| 1t will contain
lst. new edition of g short History of Paper
Money and Banking in the United States by VIM.
NJ. Gouge, with corrections ana additions bringing
the narrative down to the present lime.
ID Essays on Banking, Currency, Exchanges, and
Kindred topics, III which efforts will b, made to place
these subjects in the cleares light possible.
3D. A semi-monthly review of the times, cmbra-
cling the most important events especially those
which relate to the money and produce markets, and
which affect the general operations OF business
4th Such miscellaneous matter as Will while il
Will add to the interests OF the work subserve its
main object which is that of showing the true cha
racter OF our paper mouey and banking system, and
tla eff ri II laS pn
different classes of the community
This Journal will be especially intended for Farm
cts and Mechanics but II is hoped it will moi prove
unlsefu to Merchants and other productive member,
of society.
II will be published once cyery two weeks Each
number will contain sixteen pages octave double CO.
lumn with the leaves stitched and cut thus uniting
the advantages of the open sheet with form conye-
nient for binding.
Thc price viii be-
For four copies, five dollars, or one dollar aud
twenty-five cents each
For ten copies, ten dollars, or one dollar each.
The first number will be issued in the first week Of
July, ISL
In all cases, subscriptions must he paid in advance
Philadelphia, May ls4l
C.IiGAR FROM CORN-S TALkS}-rhe Ma 4
- tional Agricultural Society has published MIR
Webb's Experiments on the Manufacture OF Sugar
from Corn-s;alks. Also the specification Of the
atest patent for making oil and candles from lard,
The types are still standing, and gentlemen who |
w to transmit this interesting Information TO teir
lrNls can be supplied with copies of the pamphlet
(24ages syo) at the low price of 81 so per hun
dre'opies if early application IS made to
x G. : GIDEON,
tiers. 9th street near Pennsylvania avenue
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