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LAND AGENCY IN TEXAS, SC.


TNHE subscriber having, during residence Of
l. ven or eight years in Texas, been connected
with the Land Offices thereof and having acted as
agent 10 holding, selling paying taxes upon, and Civ
ing general superintendence to lands in Texas,
specially offers his services TO such other persons
abroad as may wish to engage them.
ROBERT ID. JOHNSON, Galveston.
His Excellency Arson jones' Col. James Riley,
Texan Charge d'Afaires, w Washington; Hon. G.. w.
Tirrel, Texan Minister TO England and France;
Gen J. z. Henderson and Col Love Galveston;
John Timberake, Esq, Charlottesville, Va; Texan
Consul, New Orleans, and Matthew St Clair Clarke,
Esq Washington.
10 offering my services as Land agent in Texas,
have thought proper to make known some OF the DIFF
hculties attending claims held Ia Texas by persons
residing in the United States. lst Many forfeit all
legal right to accrue from failure to pay taxes %.
Many claims, otherwise good, will be barred by adj
verse possession OF three years, which is our mita
ton. 3D. For want of proper authorization Of titles
conveyed in the United States to admit them to re
cord here. .....r."
| From some one or other of these causes the bes,
lands Of clear title (f not attended toy in a
dton to be lost; lands too that would now sell for
one, two, or three dollars per acre, according TO To-
cation wish, however to be perfectly understood,
that, having made up my mind to attend diligently to
all claims coDfded to me, and to look TO that employ
ment mainly for support, and believing that am
qualified TO discharge the duties offer to take upon
myself, and having made il my business to become
acquainted with all the laws relating to title, and
having offered the most satisfactory reference to
my fitness and integrity, require in all cases ad-
vance in cash fully sufficient to the expenses of
investigation. When this shall be done, 1 am willing
to take contingent interest in the land for attention
and service.
r. ID. JOHNSON.
P. S. will also attend 10 the collection and settle
ment of such claims may be entrusted 10
feb l4-cp3m
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Geo. W. HUMPHREYS, Surgeon Dentist, has
removed near 10Th street on Pennsylvania avenue,
over Mrs. Blhlers, and next door TO Parkers fancy
store where he may be found at all hours Of the day
He invites the citizens Of the District and those
who may visit it, to carefully examine the proofs of
his decidedly improved mode Of extracting teeth
Much may and can be said both in reference to the
ease and safety of this plan. After practice of some
two or three years in this city, he refers with conf
dence to the gentlemen named below.
He also offers his services in every branch Of his
profession. Having had the very best advantages in
his studies, together with many years of extensive
practice in the South he proposes, the most inn
proved and approved mode TO attend faithfully to all
the duties Of his profession. The management OF
children will be specially attended to.
He promises furthermore, that his fees shall be
moderate, and in all res, ects suitable to the times.
REFERENCES
Doctors F. May, J. F. May, T. Miller, J. c. Ha II
VIM Jones, Wm. P. Johnston, +. Howard, and M
Buck.
Messrs. M. St. Clair Clarke, T. l.. Smith, R. s.
Coke, VIM. Brent, G. c. Washington, VIM t. Car.
roll B. Hooe Colonies Selden, Walker, and Kear-
new Jan 28-eoI mif.
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DLUNBE NATIONAL UERRIAN
Il GALLERY AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DE-
POTS, founded in 1870 awarded the medal four
first premiums, aud two highest honors, by the IN
stitules OF Massachusetts,, New York, and Penn
syvania, respectively, for the most beautifully
lored dsguereotypes and best apparatus.
Concert Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, Washington
city.
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II Court street, Boston
1856 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
56 Canal street, New Orleans.
l27 Vicille Rue du Temple Paris
81 Church street, Liverpool.
Is' Portraits taken in any weather, in exquisite
style.
~ Beautiful gold breast pins, containing like
nessss Of President Polk, furnished to order.
March IA
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MISS HEANEY'S ACADEMY OPPOSITE
PRESIDENT SQUARE

Street, Washington, ID. c.
COL soMroRD, RESIDENCE OF
MRS. oEs. MAcomB.
LIVERY arrangement being made for the benefit
IL of young ladies boarding or day scholars in
each department of Miss Heaney's Academy, ac-
cordng to former notice, parents and guardians
respectfully informed that the exercises of students
duly entered will commence on Monday March 10Th,
or the time ensuing desired while their kind atleD-
tons to promote the early entrance of pupils will
gratefully encourage Miss Heaney's exertons to make
permanent school, for pursuing her course Of in
sructon, with the most moderate charges, by fami.
y system and method of the education of daughters
limited to suitable number for her personal charge,
as Principal lnstructress aided by whatever profess
sors may be desired
English and French elementary and liberal branch
es-lntroductory class, Sc Junior, 49, Senior, $40.
Music, on the Piano Fore and in Singing, $40, Sl2,
and Sl5. Drawing and Painting above, according
to the class. Dancing S6. Board, S25 per quarter,
payable semi-quarterly in advance Latin and Italian
languages no extra charge.
Feb. 26-tf
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u ICHLY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED
III BOOkS-lately received by f. TAYLOR,
most Of them from London direct.
Gems, from the Poets Of the Nineteenth Century;
vol As illustrations.
Rogers Italy: vol small quarto, London many
engravings
Rogers Poems; vol. small quarto, London many
eDgravings.
Book of the Poets, containing selections of English
Poetry from the age Of Chaucer to Beattie: vol
London, with many beautiful designs.
illustrated edition of Campbells Poems | vol
octave, in white calf gilt with many illustrations.
Corrine on Lltalie, par Madame de Stael; vols
Paris, richly bound and filled with illustrative de-
signs from the ruins and scenery of Rome and Italy
illustrated edition of Cowpers Task; | vol. Svo.
Milton, with illustration reduced from Martins
Designs l vol. limo, London.
Tyasss illustrated Shakespeare; 3 vols, London,
1874.
And many other fine editions of the most esteemed
writers in the English and French languages, from
the Library size down to the smallest pocket volume
some of them beautifully illustrated Others richly
bound.
Fine English editions of Gibbon, Robertson, Clar-
endoD, Hume Burnett, and other standard historians
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T AENTISTRY-VALUA DISCOVERY
- Why will you have the tooth-ache, when you
can have it permanently and efectuay cured by
calling on DR.. PAIGE, in 7th street, three doors
north of the lntelgencer Office. lie has an entire
new preparation, that will cure il in few minutes,
without pain Inconvenience, so that it may after
wards be filled and made valuable tooth for life,
thereby obvating the pain and danger of having it
extracted. II is one Of the greatest discoveries Of
the age, and never fails Of the desired effect.
Teeth inserted, from one TO full set, by the new
and latest improvements. Teeth extracted by new
instruments, with very little pain. All work on the
most moderate terms.
dec lift
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CLAIMS AND CONTRACT AGENCY
WORTHINGTON G.. SNETHEN,
COUNSELLOR AT Law,
WASHINGTON CITY, D. c.


Drosecutes before Congress or the several Depart
L ments of the General Government, all manner
claims, such as claims arising under the adminstra-
ton of the Revenue Laws, the Presumption Acts !;
claims to confirmation of land grants, for private
property taken for lost in the service of the United
States, destroyed by the Indians claims for inva-
lids, revo lutionary, naval, widows, and halfpay
Pensions, or for Revolutionary services, whether for
Communication Of halfpay, half-pay or bounty lands !;
claims accruing under the execution of Indian trea
ties, or growing in any way out of contracts with
the Government; claims for spoations before any
Board of Commissioners under Treaties, sc. &c. !;
and attends the settlement of accounts of dsburs
ing or other officers and agents of the Government
of mailcontractors; to the procuring of Patents
for inventions, and for titles to public lands; to the
interests of bidders for contracts in any department of
he public SERVICE SC &c. Dec 2-d&wlyif
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THE UNITED STATES NAUTICAL
MAGAZINE

ITO be published The FIRST of every month, edited
- by Lieutenant of the u. 8. Navy-each num-
Der have "a octave pages, fine paper, in good,
clear lype--for four dollars per annum.
No. L. for March, 1915, is this day received by the
subscriber aud may be examined at his BOOKSTORE
Its contents are Prospectus Engiaud, and the Right
CTS Drake; Gibraltar; Lightning at Sea; Coast Sur
vey Of France; Island discovered Notices to Mari
ners; Improved Caps,an Iron Life Boat Steamer
Princeton; Calamity of young officer; Naval In
telipence tribute 10 deceased officer; advertise
ments. F. TAYLOR, Bookseller,
march 20 Washington City
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PATENT OrPIcs, March -. 1915.

PATENT OFFICE, March -, lS45
ON the petition Of Ross Winans, of Baltimore,
~ praying for the extension OF patent granted
10 said Winans for Improvement in ares of Rail
way and other wheeled carriages, for seven Yeas
from the expiration OF said patent which takes place
the Goth day of July, lSi5
IL is ordered that the said petition be heard at the
Patent Office, The first Monday in June next
at IL o'clock, M. and all persons are notified TO APP
pear and show cause, If any they have why said pc
tlIion ought not TO be granted.
Ordered, also, that this notice be published IN the
Madisonlan, printed at Washington the Sun, print
ed at Baltimore; the Keystone and Sentinel, pint
ed at Philadelphia the Journal of Commerce print
ed at New York and the Times printed at Boston
once week for three successive weeks previous to
the first Monday IN June next.
HENRY l.. ELLSWORTH,
Commissioner Of Patents.
p. S. Editors Of the above papers will please copy,
and send their bills to the Patent Office with paper
containing this notice
March l3-law3w
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w A T C Fl f. S-W AT HE'S AND
JEWELRY

|THE largest and most splendid assortment OF
l. Watches In the City, is to be found at the sub
scrbers he is constantly receiving all desert ptons
of GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, of the new
est styles, from the manufacturers in England,
France, and Switzerland he is enabled to Offer
larger assortment and at much less prices at retail,
than any other house in America. Gold Watches as
low as 20 to 25 dollars each. Watches and Jewelry
exchanged or bought.
All Watches warranted TO keep good time of the
money returned. Watches and Jcwery repaired in
the best manner and warranted, by the best work.
men, and much lower than at any other place. Gold
and Silver Pencils, Gold Chains, Keys, and Ladies'
Bracelets, Pins, and Sterling Silver Spoons, Silver
Cups, Forks, &c. for sale very low.
G. G.. ALLEN,
Importer of Watches and Jewclry,
Wholesale and retail
No 80 Wall street, New York, (up stairs.)
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CHEAP LAW BOOK

II ME subscriber has on hand a full collection of
i all the best Law Books in use in the United
ST ates, to which additions are constantly made of
ev cry thing new and valuable, any or all of which
are offered for sale at prices as low the same can
be procured in any Of the northern cities Purcha-
who will take the trouble TO examine for them
selves will find this to be the case the subscriber puI-
chases little from the Northern Booksellers, but chief
ly at the periodical trade sales, where they lay in
their supplies, and at the same prices with them.
Foreign books he imports for himself, and is able
therefore to sell at small an advance any book
seller anywhere, and willing to do so. No book is
knowingly SLOWED to be sold from his stole at any
advance upon the lowest price at which It can be
procured anywhere in the United States
FRANCK TAYLOR,
Immediately east Of Coemsns Hotel,
Feb. 27--n
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NEEDLESS,

OF the celebrated manufacture Of J. HEMMING
~ e. SON, imported by Richard Richards, dealer
in combs stay bindings, sewing silks, pearl buttons,
steel pens, spool cotton, fancy goods, &c. 49, Maid
en- Lane, New York.
N. b. To obtain the genuine of these needles, OBJ
serve the name r. Richards on the tuck label
March l0-lm
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PIANO FORTES.

XHTM FISCHER has for sale several very superior
w instruments from the unrvslled mandatory
Of MIR. CHcKrsrse, whose Pianos deemed by the
most competent judges to excel in tuey particular
those imported from Germany.
He has also in store two other fine instruments,
one with Walkers Harmonic attachment, and the
other with CoIemsn's Holian attachment.
Persons DESTROYS Of possessing first rate instru~
ments are invited to call and try them before pur-
chasing elsewhere. mar. 3taw2w
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HAWKER ON SHOOTING AND FIRE
II ARMS-9th editon-London I8i4-by Lieut.

TTAWKER ON SHOOTING AND FIRE
II ARMS-9th edtion-London, I844-by Lieut..
Col Hawker.
British Gunner, by Capt Spearman, London, 1914
Captain Simmons, (Royal Artillery on Heavy Ord
nance and Supplement to do. .....
Walkers Defensive Exercises.
Robison's Mechanical Philosophy, vols
Mautell's Medals of Creation-Geoiogy and Organic
Remains-Bondon, 1874
Darwin on Volcanic Islands, and the Geology of Aus
tralasia and the Cape of Good Hope-London 1914
Metcalfe on Caloric, 2 vols
Hunt on Light and Photography, vol, London, 1914
Kaemrz on Meteorology, vol. London, lS45
Joness Anims! Kingdom and Comparative Anatomy,
vol. 1896 engravings
Halls Animal Kingdom, vol
Reeds Chemistry
Lanes Modern Egyptians 2 vols
Great Oasis Of the Desert, by Hoskens, vol
Jacob, on the Precious Metals
Fincham on Laying of Ships
Niles Royal Naval Service ..
Sbipwrghi's Wade Mecum
Moselys Engineering of Mechanics and Architecture
Just imported direct from London, by FRANCK
TAYLOR, and this day received. Feb
TOLLERS LAW OF EXECUTORS-cheap
The Law of Executors and Administrators, by
Samuel Toler, with additions by Francis Whit
marsh, Barrster at Law.
Fourth American edition, with references TO the
principal American decisions, by T.. D. Ingraham,
volume octave, 500 pages, in full law-bipdng, price
90 25, published at 81 So
For sale by p. TAYLOR.
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HISTORY OF THE REVOLT OF THE
IL AMERICAN COLONIES being compre-
hensive view of its origin, derived from the State
Papers in the Public Offices of Great Britain. BY
George Chalmers, Chief Clerk of the Conmittee of
Privy Council ar d author Of Life of Mary Queen
of Scots" History of Caledonia" &c, &c. vols.
octave Boston, 1915 This day received for sale by
r. TAYLOR
Also, History of the Province Of Massachusetts,
Bay from 1850 to June, TIA, by Mr.. Hutchinson,
late Governor of that Province, vol octave.
Jan l5-3t
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SMI THIS WEEKLY VOLUME for Town and
- Coun,ry-A Continuation Of Walde's Circula-
ting Library To be published in large quarto num-
bers, one appearing every Wednesday in Philadel-
phia, for four dollars per annum, payable in adj
vance.
Will be forwarded by mail, strongly enveloped, to
any post Office in the United States if application be
made to +. TAYLOR,
Bookseller, Washington.
At whose store, on Pennsylvania Avenue, specimen.
Of the first numbers may be seen. jan Is
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ADVERTISEMENT.

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ERRORS CORRECTED.
IN THE PROPOSALS for carrying the mail j

ERRORS COKKEC TED.
IN THE PROPOSALS for carrying the mail in
l. Maine,
Route No 81, Maine, it should read from Paten
Penobscot county by Umcoicus, Masardis and Aroos-
took to Fort Kent, 81 miles, &c.
Route No. IS Maine, Ord line insert Parkman in
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In route, No. 4, in Maine advertisement, read
snnep instead of merit " so that II will read arrive
at Portland, same day by 2 p.
Route No PAT, N. II. insert r. NJ. instead Of
A. VI. in return trip.
In route, No. 1864, State of New York, the sched-
ue has it Central Square," it should be Union
Square,
In the proposals for carrying the mails in the State
of New York the date at the bottom OF the Notes, s
printed January I3th Isa4 should be January 18th,
is45
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THE WANDERING JEW No. g. also, Mount
So,el, or the Heiress ofthe De Veres, by the au-
thor IF the Admiraps Daughter
sa6a or the Magic Of Count CsgIicstro, Venetian
tale, translated from the French Of de Beau.
voir.
Harper's Pictorial Bible, No. 20.
r his day received for ssleby F. TAYLOR
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DRACTICAL TUNNELLING-By +. w. Simms
Il Il vol quarto, London, 1874. Just imported
from London, Zone copy only by
F. TAYLOR.
ALSO,
Prtchard on Bar Harbors, l VOL quarto London,
l844.
Hutch nsons Practical Draining of Land, VOL,
! ondon, 1874.
Thorough Draining on Dead Lcvel-By John
arke, vol, 1874
Chapman's Practical Mneralogy.
Dunn on the Coal Trade, vol, Newcastle, Eng
land, 1874.
Hutton's Mathematics-By Rutherford.
Smees' Electro Metallurgy.
Simmons on Heavy Ordnance.
Dickson on Heavy Ordnance.
tireener on Gunuery and Fire Arms.
Hawkcr on Shooting and Fire Arms.
Sir Howard Douglass Naval Gunnery.
Spearman's British Gunner.
Grifith's Artersts Manual
Drink waters Seigc of Gibraltar
Robinson's Mechanical Philosophy a vols
Harte's System Of The World translated from the
French Of La Place, 2 vols
Frome's Trigonometrical Surveying.
Wilamss Geodesy.
Tredgod on Steam, new edition, much enlarged
- And many others march 10
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ID +. TAYLOR.
Prior's Life Of Burke. vol.
Dictionary of Quotations from Shakespeare. vol
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Flugers German and English, and English and
German Dictionary. vols octave.
Ure's Philosophy Of Manufactures.
Valpys edition of Shak. psarc. Is vols, with 10
illustrations.
Plaro's Divine Dialogues, together with the Apollo
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l vol. London, 1874
Pictyrial History of France and Of the Fren
People from the establishment of the Franks in Gau
vols octave, enriched with four hundred engravngs
designed by jules David
Bacon's Novum Organum, translated from the ORR
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Complete w orks of Charles Lamb, with his Life,
Letters, and Portrait, complete in beautiful octave
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Tales of the Genii-a new edition. ] vol
Truths and Fclions of the Middle Ages" The
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l vol. London, 1914.
Charles Lambs Specimens of English Dramatic
Poets. New edition, 1874.
The Complete Works of Locke, edited by J. A.
St. John, complete in volume octave.
fuckers Light of Nature, complete in two vols.
Wilson's large French and English Dictionary.
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AGENCY FOR CLAIMS, CONTRACTS, Sc,

w
TINE subscriber viog resigned his Office OF Cbol
i Clerk of the Navy Department, for tho purpose
Of devoting himself to the practice Of his profession
in this city respectfully announces that be wiii a''s"o
the prosecution Of claims in the several Executive
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OF contracts with the Government 10 the settlement
of public accounts 10 claims before Commissioners
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TO the procuring oil patents for public lands, and for
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and his intimate knowledge of the forms required TO
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