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PISTOLS, SWORDS, AND COPPER POWDER
FLASkS.

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE AND HYpRoGRAPHY,
July Is, 1874.
PROPOSALS will be received at this Bureau un-
i til 3.o'cock p. NJ. of Monday the LIST day OF
September x, for furnishing and delivering the fol-
lowing Pistols Swords, and Copper Powder Flasks
for the naval service OF the United States, viz:
200 Pistols
200 Swords and
600 copper Powder Flasks
All the above arms must be made of materials OF
the best quality; and all (arms and materially to be
subject to such prof, test and inspection is now
applied to similar rms and materials in the army OF
the United States.
The materials and the forms and dimensions of all
the parts must conform to those of the established
patterns; the workmanship and finish mus, be equal
TO those Of the model arms, and the several parts
must be Drowned, blued case-ha den,d, OF polished
as in the standard models.
The forms and dimensions of the parts TO be yeri-
fed by verifying guages already established.
Patterns of the aloregoing pistols, swords, and cop
per powder TASKS may be seen on application TO the
Commandments Of the several Navy Yards or to this
Bureau. All to be delivered on before the lst day
Of October, lS45, one third at the Navy Yard near
Boston, and two thirds at the Navy Yard near New
York to be delivered free Of charges except as to
packing boxes for these a fair allowance will he
made.
Proposals for all or either of the above named ar
tcles will be received, to be sealed and endorsed
"Pro, osals for furnishing Pistols Swords" &c,
as the NAV be-
Bonds, with two approved sureties in one half the
amount Of contract will be required, to be entered
ito within fifteen days after the time limited for re-
cevng bids and ten per cent. Of the amount of all
bills vii be retained collateral security for the
faithful performance of the contract, which will be
paid only on the satisfactory completion Of il and
ninety per cent Of all deliveries made will be paid
al bills properly authenticated, according to the pro-
visions of the contract, within thirty days after their
presentation to the Navy Agent,
u5TTo be published twice a week in the Madso.
man, National lntellgencer, and Globe, Washing
Post and Daily Times, Boston; American Sentinel
AID Mercury, Philadelphia; sun and Republican
Baltimore. July l9-21wtd
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MAJOR VIM. ID. MUTT, of the Treasury De.
partment, is constituted my Agent to transact
business for the estate of the late Tully r. Wise.
To him, creditors, having properly authenticated
claims, or others, having any kind of business with
the estate are respectfully referred during my alb
sence. JOHN G. WISE, Administrator
of T. II. Wise, decd.
Washington City, Aug. l6th lSll.
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NAVY AesNTs OrricE,


C EPARATE endorsed proposals for each class Of
~ the materials described below, will be received
at this office till O'Clock Monday the I'd of Sep
tember next, for furnishing and delivering at the
Navy Yard Pensacola, free of all expense whatever
to the Government, the following materials which
will be required in the construction Of building. to
be erected at that yard, viz
Isl Cias-Ston Materials.
2l3 cubic yards granite, in pieces four feet long
and TO 10 inches thick.
l450 running feet granite TABLET foot by not les.
than inches-l6 pieces Of this tablet 10 be
feet long-the remainder promiscuou.
lengths
3ll7 cubic yards good granite building stone.
10 granite door heads, feet 4 long, inches by
not less than inch S.
80 granite window heads S feet long inches
by not less than 6 inches
90 granite window ss, feet 6 long, S inches by
not les. than inches
1900 cubic yards Of granite, TO be split in regular
courses Of ~ inches the blocks 10 be is in.
ches thick, not less than Is inches wide, and
feet and upwards in length.
ID Cass-Briek Materials
22S 900 face bricks
t,036000 good hard burnt bricks for interior nj
walls
ID Class Wood Materials.
I60 Palmetto piles not less than one foot At the
examination Of the site.
10 yellow pine brace and fender piles 10 X 10
lengths determined as above.
Ia pieces yellow pine ~ feet IL II, for cap
logs.
10 do do 30 feet 4 10 IL do
do do "a feet l2x for br,-
-.H ees.
- do do 40 fee, I2x4 do
IA joists Of yellow pine "a feet tx SIX IL
GOO running fret pine timber Il IL for upper
caps.
% 90 feet, board measure, Of . inch yellow pine
plank.
All the yellow pine to be good hear, timber.
These materials are to be Of the very best quality,
subject to inspection at the place OF delivery which
must be satisfactory To the commander Of the Yard
or to such person as may be appointed for The pur.
pose OF inspecting the and are to be delivered
as speedily as possible after entering into contract
Good and sufficient security in one half the
amount OF the contract will be required and a re-
ser'snon OF ~ per cent made on al payments till
the contract ~ completed
Payments will be made at this Office OF el.evhere
as may be stipulated in the contract in thirty day,
after delivery OF materials, which shall be ann rved
and received, upon presentation Of bills duly autben
ticaed by the proper officers at the place of deliye
| ~.
BY order of the Chief Of Bureau of Yards and
| Docks.
wM. B. SCOTT.
| Navy Agent
! To be published twice a week TIL Cd September
next, in the Globe and Intelgencer, Washington
Sentinel and Mercury, Philadelphia Aurora and
| Evening Post, New York Sun and Republic an Raj
timore and Times and Morning Post, Boston.
| These papers will please send number contain
ing advertisement TO this office, with their account
NAvr Aersrs oyror, Washington.
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WELLS ENGINEERS AND ME-
IL CHANCES POCKET-BOOk.--A new edi
roa jo't published and received for sale by
b. +. TAYLOR.
July al
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MEMOIRS OF vIDOCQ Agent OF the French
ltl Police-Cheap Edition--wrliten by himself and
translated from the French. New editon,compieter
for so ccnts ,t sU
sugT F'TAfLoH,
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Something Brilliant
$4,000! $4,000! Sl5,O I!

ALEX ANDRIA LOTTERY,
Class Z, for 1874
Will be drawn at Alexandria, d. c., on Saturday,
September 2Sth, 1874
70 Number Lottery-l5 Dra,on Ballots.
Making about one Blank to Prize.
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NOTICE TO PRE-EMpTloN CLAIMANTS

NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTlON CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right Of pre-emption to
any Of the lands above enumerated is required 10 Ca
tabsh the same 10 the satisfaction Of the Register
and Receiver oithe proper Land Office and make pay
"fm therefor, as soon practicable aler seeing this no
ee, and before the day appointed for the commence
ment of the public sale of the tract claimed above de-
signated; otherwise such claim will be forfeited
THO. II. BLAKE,
Commissioner Qfhe General Land Office.
iune O6
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NOTICE TO PRE-EMpTIoN CLAIMANTS

Every person entitled to the rieh, Of pre-empsion
to nny lands thin the limits Of the to~nshi, above
enumerated is required to establish the same 10 the
satisfaction Of the Register and Receiver Of the land
Offices and make psymept the efor 'oc~ a, prscs.
eabk al0 seeing this notice, and bcfor. The dsy ap
pointed Cor the commencement Of the pub ic sale Of
the township embracing the tract claimed above de-
sgnsied otherwise such claim will be fortified
THO. H. BLAKE
Commissioner If h< General L~s ORt~
June 26
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Orders or Tickets and Shares and Certificates of Pack.
ages in the above spe ndid Lotteries will receive the
p,ost prompt attention, and an official account OF
each drawing sent immediately after it is over to all
who order fiom us. Address
J. G.. GREGORY 4 CO, Managers
Washington City, DC.
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SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER, fol
~ August. This day received.
CON TENTS.
Original Prose Articles.
L. International Copyright, Letter Nv TO the Hon
!. K. Holmes NJ. G.. BY w .G Smms LII. D.
2. An Essay the Moral and Political Effect OF
the Relation between the Caucasian Master
and the African slave: Intended 10 have been
read before the National Institute, in April
ls4i
3. The Demons Game Of Chess
4 JeP'ha Leathers ar The Philosophy OF Failure
5. Recollsctons Of Six Days Journey in the Moon.
BY an Aero n autcal Man
D. Gieanngs from dlHercnt theories; an His
toricai Sketch of the Knights of Malta. BY
VIM w. Andrews, United States Consul al
Malta.
T. Extracts from Notes of Voyage in the East, in
lS43. BY W. b.
s. Letters from Phnny the Younger. Ghost Story,
&c.
9 Notes on our Army. Reply TO I" A Suballern"
10. Our Army Again.
Notices Of Mem Uorks.
H. The North American Review Blackwood's
Edinburg Magazine. Rose D'Alber, &c, sc.
Original Poetry,
l2. Natures Lesson. By A. b. Meek.
ID. To My Mother. By J. Strong Rice.
Ia. Grouped Thoughts and Scattered Fancies. A
collection of Sonnets. BY W. G. Snms,
Is. The Forsaken Irish Girl. By Eliza of Maine
10. Sonnets By Anna M. Hrsl. /. The Desolal
ed. III. The Poets Grave.
II. The Harp Touched.
IL. limitations from Anacreon.
10. Synnets from Perarch. By Mary G. Wells.
20. Sonnets on Reading the Odyssey.
81. The Young Bark Of New Hampshire. BY Anne
ricus South.
Published monthly for five dollars per annum pa v
able in advance. Will be mailed regularly to any
Post Office in the United States, if application be
made TO +. TAYLOR.
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MISS MERGERS SCHOOL,

AT BELMONT, LoUDoUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
nv ILL open, as usual, on the first Monday in Dc
w tober. Those who wish TO send pupils, will
please apply as early possible
August 29-eolw Ea
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TRANSPORTATION or NAVAL STORES
NAvv DsrAnsmnsr,
BUREAU on PKovisIoss AND ClosBsse,

Nhst DtrAhfhhsI,
BUREAU or PRovsloss AsD CLosBsse,
August ~, lS44,
DPOPOSALS sealed and endorsed {" Proposals
far ieIght TO Hong Kong" viii be received at
this Bureau until three o'clock +. M, Tuesday, DC
ober Let, for the transportation of about 900 barrels
IN bulk, OF Government supplies from toe Navy
Yard al Chariestown, Massachusetts,, TO Hong Kong,
China. Offers must specify the price asked per bar
rel without any distinction between wet or dry bar
rels five and half cubic feet Of measurement goods,
and thirty gallons to the guage of all casks not usu-
ally called barrels, 10 be considered barrels what
ever they may contain No other than Government
Stores 10 be lsken board freight and prmage
To be allowed Fifteen fair weather working lay days
TO be allowed at each Of the ports, at ChaIesiown
and Hong Kong, for taking IN and dscharging cargo.
The vessel must pass the usual inspection and be
ready at the Charestown Yard to receive her cargo
by the 18th of October.
To be published week, until the LIST of Oc-
tober, in the MadisonisD, Washington; Morning
Post and Daily Tunes Boston; Aurora and Evening
Post, New York American Sentinel and Mercury
Philadelphia Aug. 2l-td
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LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office, Washington City
September 1874.

xsPersons nquiring for letters in the following
list will please say they are advertised.
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GRAND SCHEME.

Tickets Sl5-HaIves 81 JO-0uarters SO 75-
Eghths 81 81.
Certificates Of packages in the above Splendid Lo.-
terry will be sent follows:
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CHEAP STATIONERY.

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Thomas, Miss Elizabeth
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AT the Land Office at QUINCY, ILLINOIS
commencing on Monday, the ninth day Of December
nert, for the disposal of the public lands within the
east half OF the souhwet quarter of section eighteen
and the east half of the southeast quarter of section
twenty mine, in township ten NORTH Of range siI
east, of 4th principal meridian.
At the Land Office al DIXON, ILLINOIS, com
mencing on Monday, the sirtesnh day Of December
"ert, for tho disposal of The public lands within the
east part of the northeast fractional quarter Of section
twenty-one and the east part of the northwest iruc-
uona quarter of the section, in township forty
three north OF range one, east of the third principal
meridian.
The northeast quarter Of section eleven, in town.
ship twenty six OF range eight east of The 4th primer
pal MERIDIAN the west part of the northwest fraction
al quarter of section one and the northeast fractional
quarleroi section two, in township sixteen, OF range
Six, west OF the 4th principal meridian.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks
(uness the lands are sooner disposed of and no ion
ger and no private entries of any lands herein de-
scrbed will be admitted until after the expiration Of
the two weeks.
Given under my hand, al the city Of Washington,
this second day OF September, Ammo Domini lsi4
j. TYLER
BY the President;
Tho fl. BLAKE
Commissioner Of the GENT Land Office.
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Session Of ls44-'45.

THE LECTURES will commence on Monday
November the 4th, and be continued, under the
following arrangement, to the middle of March en-
suing.
Practice and Theory of Medicine, by.Nathaniel
Chapman, M. ID.
Chemistry, Robert Hare, M. d.
Surgery, William Gibson, M. ID.
Anatomy, William f, Horner, M. d.
Institutes of Medicine, Samuel Jackson, M ID.
Maleria Medica and Pharmacy, George B. Wood
MD.
Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Chill
dren, Hugh l.. Hodge, Nj. ID.
course of Clinical Lectures and Demonstrations
in connection with the above, will be given at the
very extensive and convenient lnfrmary, called the
Philadelphia Hospital
Clinical Medicine, by w. w. Gerhard, NJ. ID.
Clinical Surgery, Drs. Gibson and Horner.
Clinical Instruction in Medicine is also given from
the first day of November to the first day of March
by DR.. Wood, in the Pennsylvania Hospital
Clinical Instruction is likewise given at the Uni
versity, every Saturday morning.
w. Z. HORNER, M. d.,
Dean Of the Medical Faculty.
263 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
Sept. Sd, lSf4.-3tawd&c tllnov.
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.

TN pursuance of law, L. john TYLER, President OF
| the United States Of America, do hereby declare
and make known, that PUBLIC SALE will be
held at the Land Office at NEWN EVANSVILLE in
the TERRITORY OF FLORIDA, commencing on
Monday the sixteenth day of December next for the
DISMISSAL of the unappropriated vacant public lands
within the limits Of tho townships hereinafter desi5-
mated, to vii
Ssuth of the Base line and East Of the meridian.
Townships twenty, twenty-one and twenty-five, OF
range eighteen
The two easternmost tiers Of sections in township
sfssn the two easernmost tiers OF sections and
80 wep,vtwo, twenty-sevsn and thirty-four, in
,snshin sixteen the eas half Of township seventeen,
mad the east half of tow nshp eighteen, and the
,,oos twenty one twenty-eght and thirty three, in
the same township and all OF townships nineteen and
twenty except the two westernmost tiers OF sections
in the former of range nineteen.
Townships fourteen, fifteen and sixteen of ranges
twenty, twenty-one and twenty-five.
Townships fifteen and twenty, Of range twenty
three.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools,
military or other purposes, will be excluded from
sale.
The sale will be kept open for two weeks UNLESS
the lands are sooner disposed Of and no longer; and
no private entre. of lands in the townships offer
ed will be admitted until after the expiration OF the
two weeks
Given under my hand at the City of Washington
this oath day of June, A. ID. 1874.
'"'' " ~ " JOHN TYLER
By the President:
Tho. II. BLAKE,
Commissioner sfthe General Land Office.
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The section three, in township ten, of range
twelve.
Fractional township eleven, except sections two to
| seven inclusive, of range twelve.
Fractional township ten, of range fourteen.
Fractional township thirteen, except sections ten,
fourteen, twenty and thiry-sr Of range twelve
Fractional township fourteen, east of Grand liver,
of range twelve.
Fractional township fourteen, east of Grand river,
except sections one two and thrty-fouI, Of range
thirteen.
Fractional township fifteen, north of Lake Po-
lourd Of range thirteen.
The fractional sections thirty-three, thirty-eight
forty and hfty In township fourteen, of range four
teen.
The lots or sections seventeen TO forty-one inclu
sive, In township sixteen, of range sixteen.
HE lots OF sections one TO fifteen inclusive, and
lots seventeen TO sixty-sx inclusive, in township
seventeen, OF range sixteen.
The lots or sections forty-seven, iorty-eght and
forty nine, and sections seventy four, seveDty-hv
and seventy-s and sections eighty-two to eighty
seven inclusive, in township seventeen of range sew
enteen.
The lots forty nine, ffty-one, ffly-two and fifty
eight, In township ghteen, range twenty one
Fractional township fifteen of range tweniy-three
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools
military, or other purposes, will be excluded from
sale.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks,
(uness the lands are sooner disposed OF and no lon
ger and private entries of land in the townships
offered, will be admitted until after the expiration of
the two weeks.
Given under my hand at the City of Washington,
this second day of September, Ammo Domini, 1874.
J. TYLER.
BY the President;
Tho. H. BLAKE,
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Fractional township seven, north OF the old Indian
boundary of range fourteen.
ia. ..d H., of lbs 1I,,iY,ao

boundary, of range fourteen.
South of the Base Line and Vest Of the Meridian,
Sections one, two three four, FIVE, nine ten, ele
yen twelve thin teen, fourteen fifteen, twenty Two
tive nty three twenty -four, twenty i've, twenty-sn
twenty and thirty-sx north half and southeas
quarter of section six fractions Of section eight, cas-
of Rock Roe Bayou and White river, east half o.
seventeen, and including part east Of White river
north half and southeast quarter and including par
east OF White river, Of section twenty one, noru
half and southeast quarter Of section thirty-hve anc
including part east of White river, in township one
OF range three.
Townships nine and ten, of range five.
Township five, OF range SIX
townships fifteen and eighteen, OF range nine.
Fractional section twenty one, south half oil iwen
y-two and north half and southwest quarter OF sec
ton twenty seven, east of Arkansas river, in town
ship three and township fifteen, o! range ten.
townships twelve, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen
of range twelve.
Townships eighteen and nineteen, and the fraction
al sections one to SIX, inclusive, In township twenty
of range thirteen and fourteen.
At the Land Office at Helena, commencing or
Thursday, the twenty eighth day of November next
for the disposal of the public lands hereinafter des
cribed, viz
outh of the Base Line aud Vest o)he Filth Principal
Meridian.
The fractional sections two and three, north OF
Scrub Grass Bayou sections four, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty
twenty -eight, twenty-nne, thirty, thirty-one and
thirty two north of Arkansas river, and fractional
sections thrty-three and thirty-iour, in township
eight, of range one.
Township seventeen, of range three.
Lands appropriated by law, for the use of schools
military or other purposes, will be excluded from
sale.
The sales will each be tept open for two weeks
(uness the lands sooner disposed off, and lon
ger and private entries of land, in the townships
so offered, will be admitted until after the expiration
Of the two weeks.
Given under my hand, al the city of Washington
this twenty fourth day OF June, Ammo Domni, l644
J. TYLER.
BY the President:
Tho. II. BLAKE,
Commissioner Of the Geaerdl Land Office.
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THE NEW YORK WEEKLY MIRROR.

A elegantly printed periodical, Of sixteen quarto
IA psges-is published every Saturday morning,
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Editors and their many assistants Gao possibly brne
ogether-competed an arduous daily task Of com
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renting five dollars will receive two copies Of the
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annum. Two copies will be furnished for ten dollar.
Address all communications post paid) to
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