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POST OFFICE BUSINESS.

THE undersigned continues TO transact business
L for mail contractors, pensioners, draughtcd vo-
uheers, and claimants generally at the seat of Go.
Nenment
Tie has blank bids ready for persons DESTROYS Of
Kidding for mail contracts The old service and pay
upon any route given at the shortest notice and ad-
wee as TO bidding communicated, il desired No ap-
N"auon attended TO, unless accompanied by fee Of
I'e dollars and no letter taken from the office I'M
',', The postage is paid. No person having business
~ me seat Of Government need attend in person. II
'lll descrip ion Of tie business is communicated
'nd toll power Of attorney sent on by mail
len per cent. charged upon all old claims allowed
~ me proper authorities, after the allowance is made
Nothing charged unless the claim is allowed.
Keller to the members OF the Twenty Seventh Con.
gress generally.
JESSE f.. DOW,
Washington, 9Th street, near General Post Office
March 2l--lyif
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C,TEAM MANUAL FOR THE BRITISH NAVY,
y vol London, lSi3, by Capt. Williams, Royal
Navy.
The Art Of Sail making, as practiscd in the Royal
Navy, and according to the most approved methods
in the merchant service, and the Parliamentary reg
uations relative To sails and sail CLOTH and the Adj
mralty instructions for manufacturing canvass for
her Majcstys Navy, vol, London, 1913, with many
engrayings
Fncham on Laying Of Ships, vol, and large
Atlas of Plates, by J. Fincham, Master Shpwrght
of Chatham Dockyard.
Simmons on Courts Martial new and enlarged cdi-
ton vol, London, MAY, lSi3
Practice Of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy,
by Lieut.. Raper, Royal Navy, second edition, en-
larged and improved.
Riddles Navigation and Nautical As ronomy, 4i
edition enlarged, London, lS43.
Simmons on Heavy Ordnance, Hollow Shot, Load
ed Shells as directed against and applied by ships OF
war, vol and pamphlet supplement.
Reilys Astronomical Tables. British Nautical
Almanac for 1916
British Nautical Magazine and Journal Of Papers
on subjects connected with Maritime Affairs fol-
! 1912, buurd up in one volume.
Hand 30, K of Communication by Telegraph.
| Clerks Naval Tactics, Notes by Lord Rodney.
Lieut. Frome's Trigonomotrlcal Surveying.
Iloughs Military Law Authorities
| On the Practice aud Forms of Courts Martial ant
Courts Of Enquiry, by Field officer, London, 1912
British Naval Biography
| Requisite Table. Tor The Nautical Almanac.
| Bocau's Traverse Tables
Naval Guunery by Sir Howard Dpuglas.
Naval Battles by Rear Admiral Atkins, vol quar-
I to with plates.
Treatise on Naval Evolutions and Tactics by T
! Paul Hostc | vol. quarto, many engravrngs.
Hugo Reid on the Steam Engine.
| Tredgod on Steam, the Steam Engine and Steam
| Navigation
|, SIR John Ross, Royal Navy, Steam Navigation
| jus, imported direct from London by +. TAYLOR
| together with many other valuable works on Militar,
! and Navel Science and Service.
Grantham on son Steamers shortly expected iron
! London, aud others.
Books, Stationery, and Periodicals, and any him
else, imported to order from London and PARIS.
| July 9i-U
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IlOARDlNG AND DAY school. Mrs G.
- BREscHASp BUEE respectfully informs her freuds
aud The public that her Boarding and Day School for
Young Ladies will reopen Monday, the lllh Sep
TENDER, al the corner OF T. and 9Th streets.
In this Institution all the branches of Il thorough
English and French education will be taught by COM
peent and experienced teachers. The house will be
considerably enlarged rendering il one Of the most
pleasant and spacious in the city Its location is
central and unsurpassed for health and retirement.
TERMS:
Board aud Tuition in English and French, per
annum, $40
Day Scholars.
English aud French, First Glass, per quarter,
payable IN advance Is
English and French, Second Class, per quarter,
DO. 10
Lngish and French, Third Class per quarter,
Do.
English, First Glass, per quarter Do
English, Second Class, per quarter, DO.
English, Third Class, per quarter, Do,
Music, Dancing, Drawing, Sc, at Professor,
charges.
For further particulars apply to the Principal.
Sept 6-d&ctf
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NEW BOOKS--Memoirs Of the Court of Eng.
v land, from the Revolution in 1893, to the death
Of George the Second by John Heneage Jesse, 3
volumes.
Vol Of Agnes Stricklands Lives Of the Queens
Of England Cheap edition, price 50 cents per vol
Letters and Dispatches Of Cortez, during the con
quest Of Mexico, TO the Emperor Charles v, trans
lated by George Folsom, vol.
The New Purchase, or Seven and a Half Years in
the Far West . vols.
cents per number.
The IIeadsman, by Cooper. New cheap edition,
complete Tor 50 cents.
Elements of Chemistry, by Thomas Graham, Pro-
iessor Of Chemistry in University College, London
Including the Applications Of Chemistry in the Arts
edited by Robert Bridges, VI. ID. vol. $40.
Just published and this day received for sale by
Sept lJ-tf f. TAYLOR
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NOTICE.

TNHE United States steamboats, Colonel Uafrcj
I and General Taylor no longer required for milf
tary operations in Florida, offered for sale. BIDS
therefore, will be received by Captain j. NJ Hill
Asst q. NJ, ST. Augustine, f. F.,n to be endorsed
=" Bids for steamboat Colonel Harvey or General
Taslor," as the may be, until the 9th OF Sep
tembor, (next month"; al which time they will toe
opened aud submitted TO the Commanding General
of the 9th military department, for his decision
to whether either Of the boats shall be sold Bidders
would therefore do well to be liberal in their oler',
especially as both boats IN excellent order and
condition. coppered, and in every respect fitted for
immediate service.
They are good sea boats any others in the
southern waters, If not better. They will, in short
time, b at Savannah to be laid up, where they may
he and examined. The terms oil sale are cash,
IN specie its equivalent.
THO. =. HUNT,
1t. Col. and Actg O. VI. Genl.
DErUTY q. VI. GEsERAL's OrrIcE,
ST Augustine, Aug. IL, lS43
NoTE.-The Colonel Harvey was built for tie
public service IN Baltimore, in the winter of 1870 by
Il. b. Culley-thc engine Dy Messrs. Reeder & Sons
Of that place; her boiler new having been put IN
last win or. The Gen. Taylor built in Charles
ton IN iSIO, has low pressure engine and q new
boiler which was put in last month.
+. +. HUNT,
sept l-dt2jth Sep pc NJ. G
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Ncp &c &C

TTNHE THEORY, PRACTIC AND ARCuI.
l. lecture OF BRIDGES of Stone, Iron,
Timber and Wire, in three large volumes, London
lSi3 wnh 230 engravings. The Theory OF Bridges
by James Ham, Kings College, London; Pinci-
Piles OF construction, translated from Caulhey rheo
ny of the Arch, &c, by Professor Mosely; Papers
on Foundations, by Il. Hughes, civil engineer Is
says and Treatises, 10y WIN. Hosking, single copy
imported per Great Western, by F. Taylor, is this
day received also Buck Oblique Bridges vol.
quartz; Bland on the Construction of Arches, Piers
ButtIesses, &c vol octave; Hart on the Con-
strucon of Obque Arches, vol quarto Sir How
ard Douglas Military Bridges / vol. octave; Ma
vier Lecons les Points Ell Chaussers, vols Paris
Pope on Bridge Architecture; The Principle, Con.
strucrion, aud Practical Execution of Bridges by
ltAel Town The Mechanical Principles of Eng
neerng and Architecture, by Professor Mosely, one
vol London, lS43; Walon's Problems, Iu traliye
of the Principles of TheorcIical Mechanis vol.
London, 1913 Transactions of Inst ute of CWil
Engineers, vol. Sd, quaIto, London, 1913; Profe,-
siona papers of the Royal Engineers, vol D. quarto,
Lond, H. lSi3; Nicholson Masonry; Sha~'s OPP
r;ative Masonry Barlow the Strength of Mate
rails Turnbull on the Strength aud S rcss Of Cast
lion Beams and Columns Vcat on Clements Ro-
binson's Mechanical Philosophy, vols. Edinburg
and variety of valuable works on Architecture
Engineering and Construction, 10 which the SINE
subjects treated OF.
-. Books Stationery Periodic lis and any thing
else imported 10 order from Engla and Franc
juy20 F. TAYLOR.
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VALUABLE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

n ALthbbfs Wv l'OtbhlsN y
Y for sale by +. TAYLOR.
American State Papers, vols. folio relating to
the public lands.
Laws Of Congress respecting the sale and disposi
ton Of the public lands with the instructions from
the Secretary Of the Treasury and commissioner Of
the General Land Office, Judicial opinions &c vols
Syo.
Reports Of the Secretaries Of the Treasury on f.
nance, public credit, national bank, manufactures,
&C, commencing with the Reports Of Alexander
Hamilton, > vols. syo.
Official Opinions Of the Attorney General from
the commencement Of tho Government down TO
March, lSil comp etc IN | volume, octave.
Treaties between the United Ststes and the Indian
tribes, complete from 1878 to 1887 vol. published
by the Indian Office, vol octave; also contained
in small separate volume, the Indian laws and trea.
ties mode before the Revolution 10y the Colonies and
the Grown, price ~ %.
Legislative and Documentary History Of the Bank
of the United States, including the original Bank Of
North America, volu ne, octave.
Laws Of the United States volumes, complete
up to 1889 the congressional edition, with the pam.
phlet Laws Of Congress from 1899 to the present
time.
1 he late Census OF the United States in 4 volumes
And almost any other document, whether Execu-
tive or Congressional that has been published at the
! seat of Government can be procured.
I Applications by mail, Il post paid will be prompt
! ly attended to. aug 81
A STABLE that will hold about sixteen horses Is
! "A wanted by the advertiser. Information may be
left at MIR Peck's, opposite Browns Hotel.
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NAVY BEEF AND roRK-.FoR 1874.
NAVY DrrARrMLsr,

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BTtaU of PIOrSions Il Clothing,
August IL, 1913.
CEALED PROPOSALS. endorsed apronosals for
~ Beei, and Proposals for Pork as the case
may be, will be received at this Office until O'Clock
7 NJ, on Monday; the second day of October me-
for furnishing ard delivering, free Of all cost and
risk 10 the United States,
Seven thousand eight hundred barrels of Navy Beef
And seven thousand eight hundred barrels Of Navy
Pork
each barrel TO contain not less than two hundred
pounds net weight Of Beef or Pork; no excess of
weight m either article will be paid for. To be de-
lWered al the respective Navy Yards and Naval Sta
tionS as foiloNve.
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C'HEAP REPRINT OF THE BEST ENGLISH
~ MAGAZINES, published in New Yorh in ook
form, on fine paper and in large type, at onc-thlrd
the English prices
"1hc Quarterly Review I" The Edingburg Re-
view 4" The Westminster Review anL the Foo
reign Quarterly Review.
Tcrms-for the four, s. per annum.
For either three OF them, 81 per annum.
For either two Of Them S. p r. anbum.
For either Of them singly, 50 per anuum.
For Backwood's Magazine (monthly) 81 per an
mum.
For the Dublin University Magazine, 81 per annum
For the Christian Observer, 50 per annum.
These may be examined at the bookstore Of +.
TAYLOR, where subscriptions will be received.
june II
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rosr o.rleE psrAnrnsnr.

tAtbH'' = ~
ROPoSALS lIf carrying the mails Of the UNI
Il tei States, tom Lea of Drcenber, oI3, 10 the
30th of June, 1877 in V,rIinia will he received at
he Post Office Department. la the Cily Of Washing
ton, until 81. m. OF The l., OF Noyembr next 90 be
dcci ted bs the nexf day the route and in the
man and u,rie herein specified viz:
a5i7. From Winehsser, by Newtown, stephens
burg, MiddletowD, SiTashurg Toms Brook, w God
stock, slonry Creek Red Banks, Mounl Jack
New Malkrt, Spartapols, HauisonbuIg, Mount
Crawford and Mount Sidney, TO StOunton, % mill 5
and back, siS times week IN four hore post coaches
Leave Winchester deily, except Sunday, after the
arrival Of the mail from Hsrpers Ferry, say al 8 m;
arrive AT Siaunton next day ny 10 a m.
Lave staunton, daily, except Sunday al p m. /;
arrive at Winchester next day by IN
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+ ARoQUEs IMPROVED FLORIDA WATER

I ARGUES IMPROVED FLORIDA WATER
IL Ihis agreeable composition, which is not sur
passed by any Of the imported Cologne OF Lavender
Waters, aud much superior TO any other article in
The country hearing The same name Is obtained from
The plants which grow in the southern parts Of the
United States. IL is an excellent and mild cosmetic
nvigoratng the nerves, refreshing and identifying
the skin, and removing reekles and many other dis
orders Of the face. II also contributes to perfect
state Of health, by couneractng DoXious exhalatons
and terrifying the debilitated nerves. The genuine
article is constantly for sale at Staoners Hall at less
than the former price w. FISCHER
aug l5-3weod
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SOU rHERN b. NJ COLLEGE CIRCULAR
To the Friends Of Science and Medical R,form

To the Friends Of Science aud Medical Retorm
A the fourth session of this Institution now at
"a hand, the Board announce 10 the homSoni
friends nd the public generally that, by the guidance
of an overriding Providence, the College and the
cause Of NJ deal Reform and Science still ''move
upon the tide of successful experiment. and con
tnues TO attract and believe merit the notice and
attendance of young men of the first order, educa-
ton and talents and have fair prospect of fur
nlshing at distant period, most of the important
places IN the Southern country with Physicians Of
the first order, and supplying the vast demands which
are daily pressing In upon us for 1homsonan gradu-
ates.
We have succeeded in securing the services Of
gentlemen Of well-tred and approved talents and ex-
perience as Faculty IN the Institution la order TO
lessen the labor and extend the instruction. some new
accessons have been secured. In relation to these it
Is only necessary To say that their qualifications and
abilities are considered amply sufficient. The great
est diligence aud energy IN the prosecution OF the
general Affairs of the Institution manifest
BY much labor and perseverance Of those who have
been connected with 1t, a considerable amount of
apparatus and other anatomical convenience have
been obtained, as also very convenient and commo-
dIous dsscctng and lecture rooms.
Board may be obtained at from 3 to sl2 per month.
Students are particularly requested TO bring heir
books with them. The following are most proper TO
he studied lhomson's works Mattson Howard,
Comfort, and other Botanic works on Theory and
:,
forts, and other good works Materia Medica and
Therapeutics, aided by Hooper's or Dunglison's
Dictionary; divers or Dunginson's Physiology
lersey, Curtis, and other standard works on Ob,tct-
rics Thomson or any other standard work on Ana
tony Gibson on Surgery; Turner or any other
standard work on Chemistry, and any popular wor,
on Botany.
The different Chairs will be conducted by the fol-
lowing gentlemen
h. BANKSTON, NJ. d., Professor OF Theory and
Practice Of Medicine.
HUGH QUIN, Nj. D., Professor of Obstetrics and
Diseases of Women and Children.
a. NJ. SPALDlNG, NJ. d Professor Of Anatomy
and Operative Surgery.
J. SINCLAIR, NJ. D., Professor of Matcra. Mcdl-
ca and Therapeutics
/ NJ COMtNGS, NJ d., Professor Of Botany aud
Demonstration of Anatomy.
q. J. COOK, NJ. ID, Professor Of Physiology and
Pathology.
DIR. r MCINTYRE, A. NJ, Professor of Che
mstry.
The session viii open on the 81 Monday in No
vcmber aud end on the last of February. IN concu.
sion, have the pleasure to state that VIC arc in.
formed that ami lc and respectable Glass is ex-
pected to attend the ensuing session
l.. BANkSrON, NJ. D., Dean.
FoRsYrH Ga, Sept I, lS43 sept 10
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NOTES.

No proposal will he considered unl SIS il be accom-.
panied by guarantee, signed by or more respon-
sibe prrson4, IN the following manner, viz
:" The undersigned ---- guara ntee that -, if
his bid for carrying the mail from TO - be ac-
copied by the Postmaster General shall enter into en-
obligation prior t0bc st day of January next with
good and sufficient suretes, 10 perform the service
proposed
This should be accompanied 10y the certificate of a
Postmaster, or other equivalent testimony, hat the
guaraniors are men of property, aud able TO make
good their guaranty.
The proposals should be sent TO the Department
scaled, endorsed Proposals for route No 25i7 and
addressed 10 the First Assistant Postmaster General
For the Prohibition of bids resulting from comh-
nations, and the terms and conditions on which the
contract is to be made, the last annual advertise
mcnt.
c. A. WICKLIFFE
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~ AGRIcuLrrRAL CHEMlsTRY AND

ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND
" GEOLOGY 10y Professor J. + w johnson, IN
three volumes, complete, cheap odton-sddressed
TO practical agrculturists who possess previous
knowledge of Chemistry or Geology.
Vol. l. On the Organic Elements Of Plants.
Vol. 9 On the Inorganic Elements Of Plants.
Vol. On the Improvement OF different soils by
mechanical means and measures.
Just received for sale by +. Taylor, who has
for sale ali Of the best works on every branch Of
Agriculture and ll,lsbsn1ry Many Of them entirely
new sept
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CHICKERING'S PIANO fORTES-W. Frs-
~ CHER has Just returned from New York aud
Boston, where he has been rcplonishing his stock Of
goods and while there, effected an arrangement with
MIR. CbickerIng, which will enable him to furnish
any Of his superior Pianos at the forrest factory prices
three Of which On hand at Ststioners'
Hail. and will be sold above. Pianos of any dcs-
eruption obtained at short notice.
sent S-3taw4w
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FOR SALE FOR CASH.

A NEW two-story Brick House, situated in the
n Second Warl and about five minutes walk TO
Pcnnsy lvania avenue, and contains five well-fnished
rooms-also, kitchen, a wood-house and fine GA r.
ddn in a high state of cultivation This house is in a
delightful neighborhood, and is desirable residence
for small family, and will be sold at price 10 suit
the times JOHNSON & CALLhN,
sept l2-3t General Agents, F street.
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MANTUAMAkING.

MRS l.. D. ROBINSON, respectfully informs
JNI the ladies OF Washington and lts vicinity that
she has removed from her late residence on ID street
TO 9th, above y, nearly opposite MIR. Asbury Tuck
ers, where she will be glad to her old customer
and those who may favor her with a call Her re.
sidence Is pleasant and free from the dust and noise
where she is prepared to execute work in her line in
lie neatest and most fashionable manner
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MEDICAL STATISTICS OF THE u. 5. ARMY

MEDICAL STATISTICS OF THE u. s. ARMY.
STATISTlCAL REPORTS on the sickness and
~ mortality OF the Army of the United States com
piled from the records Of the Surgeon Generals and
Adjutanl Generals Offices, embracing a period of
twenty years from January, 1919 to january 1899.
Prepared under the directions of Thomas Lallson, NJ.
d., Surgeon General vol octave, with map price
one dollar-a few copies for sale by
sep IA y. TAYLOR.
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CHALLENGE HACKING

wv FISCHER has just received fresh supply of
w Masons inimitabe Backing, which is the
only standard article in the country Ii affords a
beautiful polish in less time than any other simi-
lar composition 1t will not soil the whitest linen and
shines alike in damp and dry weather. For whole
sale and retail at Stationers' Hall
yi,y
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sep l9-2awiwd&cpif

ID RANDE'S ENCYCLOP EDlA Of Science
ID Literature, and Art, completed-The concu
ding number Of this work is this day received by f.
TAYLOR, and the book is now offered in a complete
and perfect form for 81 Among those who re-
pOnsible for the principal departments of this book
will be found the names Of McCuLLocH for Stats
tics Political Economy, and General Literature
Professor LINpLEy and j. G. LoUpoS, for Botany
Gardening, and Agriculture;
Tpos GALLOWAY, for the Arts and Sciences,
Mathematics, &c;
JosEPH GwrLT, for Architecture and the Fine
Arts;
ogy, Medicine, and the Arts and Sciences depending
on Chemical principles; and many other names Of
eminent British writers Of the present day will ,be
found to have taken an active part in getting up hi
valuable book. sep 10
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For RENE

A PLEASANT furnished chamber, where there
are no children and entirely free from dust and
nose The location is in 9th, just above + street.
a9d to person who is fond of study and retireme
~ "lll be both pleasant and agreeable. Enquire of
at this office. July q