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NOTICE.
To mail contractors, applicants for the appointment Of
1-, 9.r

To mail contractors, applicants for the appointment q
Posin,asters, &c., &c.
TIME undersigned having been associated with
i the General Post Office Department for more
than twenty years. and being perfectly familiar with
is details Of business now offers his services to such
Of his old friends the contractors as may be disposed
to patronixe him, to transact any business which
they may have from time to time with the depart
ment, and on such terms will not fail to be ac-
ceptabe to them. A letter TO him at any time, post
paid, will be promptly attended to.
To applicants for the appointment of postmaSters,
he will, upon the remission of fee of IS,
postage paid that their petitions recommends
tons are received and file at the department. or,
not give them due notice thereof and also give at
tention to their interests until the decision of the
Postmaster General is made, and then notify them
ofhe result, be it favorable adverse. 1t must be
certainly no small satisfaction, after the trouble oil
procuring such testimonials, to be assured that they
have been duly received and brought to the notice
of the appointing power. To such as may favor
him in this particular branch of his agency, he can
not fail to give entire satisfaction.
The undersigned will also attend to any claims OF
other business which may be intrusted to his care
and supervision, before any Of the departments Of
the general government.
Address THOMAS B. ADDISON,
Washington City.
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r H. NEVETT, Pennsylvania avenue, opposite
y. Fuller e. Co.'s Hotel, has just received q Sc
lect assortment of jelly, blanc mango, and pudding
mouds, Of beautiful patterns. Also
Ice cream forms
Improved Ice cream freezers and buckets
Block tin coffee pots, superior Britannia ware,
waters
Furnaces with or without cofee-roasters attached
Summer-bakers, a very convenient article
Large and small bath-tubs, with or without heaters
Hollow ware, consisting Of pots, ovens, skillets,
&c.
Together with full assortment of plain and ja-
panned tin ware
To GRocERs.-He is prepared 70 furnish grocers
with japanned tea-cansters, scoops, scales and
weights oil csterns and all other articles necessary
in their linei all which will be sold at the lowest
prices.
May 12-eod1m
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The Croton (.]MutuaD Insurance Company,
OFFICE NO. Is WALL STREET, IN THE CITY OF
NEW YORK.
THIS COMPANY insures marine, inland navi-
i CATION, transportation, and fire risks. BY its
charter the profits to be paid back to the assured
in proportion to the amount of premiums paid by
them respectively. The rates and terms of insur-
ance will be moderate and LIBERAL and the assured
subject to no responsibility.
TRUSTEES.
James Harper, Abraham Van Nest,
John B. asala, William B. Cozzens,
John J. Boyd, Charles L. Vose,
Edward Richardson, Joseph b. Nones,
James Phalen, John F. Butterworth,
John J. Herrick, Samuel Sherwood,
George c. De Kay, Zadock Pratt,
Samuel A. Lawrence, Herman d. Gould,
Theodore A. Meyer, James Cook,
William p. Furniss. Elias T. Aldrich,
John T. Gilchrist, Lawrence Hill,
Lorng Andrews, Thomas Monahan,
Cyrus Chenery, William n. townsend,
George Whitaker, John Breasted,
lanes ri. Suydam, Leonard Appleby,
George Palen. James Cruikshank,
William Burgoyne, Asa >. Crosby,
Silas M. Crandal,
SAMUEL A. LAWRENCE, President
JOSEPH B. JONES, Vice President.
| N. CARROLL, Secretary.
IT, & A. THoS. SMITH, Agents.
Office F street, near the Treasury Department.
May 27-eod9m
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% % rs On c es,,0 Post paper ruled 90
80 do Quarto Post do
5 do Note Paper, gilt edged
40 40 DO DO copying or tissue paper qaar'o post
do white cap, fiat
10 do blotting, royal
l2 wafer stands, or boxes, cocoa
IL pounce boxes, cocoa
dozen bottles blue ink, in quarts
3 do do do in pnts
3 do do best London copying ink, pint
Jugs, Amold's or Terry's
dozen quart bottles black ink
3 do pint bottles red ink 81.
pounds pounce
5000 Quills, No. 80, opaque and clarified
$50 cards of Steel Pens, IL on card
100 do Perryian Pens
so gross Steel Pens
rs dozen Red Tape, No. Is to rs
6 do Taste
80 pounds best superfne Sealing Wax
30 do second quality do
Is do best quality Waters
1000 large Office Waters
SO Penknives, Rodgers's best four-bades
"a Erasers, ivory handles
36 ivory Folders, 8 inches
"a Sand-boxes, cocoa wood
u pairs of Shears and Scissors
60 quarts Black Sand
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81 Pounce Boxes, do
pounds India Rubber
"a dozen Black Lead Pencils, Monroe's best
3 do Red do do
500 sheets of Parchment, best prepared, IA by 16
"a lnkssands, of glass and wedgewood
10 pounds Gum Arabic
"a Paper Weights, of brass, composition, or
lead
10 pounds Cotton Irvine
10 do Flax do
200 sheets Drawing Paper, from medium to an
tiquarian
so sheets of Tracing-paper
IL sticks India Ink
Printing.
$500 copies Of Navy Register, in nonpareil type,
about 10 pages folio post, 6vo., mostly
rule and figure work, to be folded and
stitched, with blue printed covers, paper
included
so copies Of Navy Register, same matter over.
run into quarto form, to be half bound, and
10 Of the copies to be interviewed and faint
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Binding.
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volume
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and sheep
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Blank books for records, &C., similar to those
now in use, which may be examined by all
inclined to bid
Manuscript letters, to be half bound, per pattern
Faint ruling 20 reams letter paper
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n. ~ NOTICE. " N
All communications must be postpaid, and adj
dressed
CHARLES WILMER,
Transatlantic Newspaper Office,
Souri, JOHN STREET,
Liverpool:
Or they will not reach CHARLES WmLMER's
Office.
NO connection with Messrs WILMER & SMITH
Oct. 31-lawly
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CHARLES wILLMER'S
AMERICAN NEWS LETTER

rs published for transmission by every steamship
i sailing from England for America; and its leau-
ing feature is to give at glance, an account Of ev-
ain, Europe, or Asia, in the interval between the
sailing of each steamship, whether in politics or
commerce. correct and comprehensive shipping
list, in which will be found a faithful record Of the
arrival and departure Of American vessels at and
from all the British European, and Asiatic ports,
with notices of such casualties or disasters as may
from time to time occur-a complete prices current,
in which the greatest is taken to give the latest
reports Of the markets for the various descriptions
Of American produce, from the most unquestiona-
bic sources: thus combining, in one sheet, nesoPs-
per, shipping list, and prices current.
Annual subscription, payable in advance, u.s. Sd.
sterling.
All orders must be accompanied with remit
lance or reference in England for payment
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RCENT IMPROVEMENTS, by Andrew
Il Ure, being supplement to his Dictionary Of
Arts, Manufactures, and Mines" vol, lS45.
The World in a Pocket-book, or Universal Popu'
lar Statistics, small volume, ls45
May IL r. IAfLoh'
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BALTIMORE TYPE FOUNDRY. = News,
- Book, and job Printers, can be furnished at this
well established Foundry with every description OF
Type suited to their use, from Pearl to forty lines
Plea, together with plain fancy and job letter. COM
blnation borders initial letters for books, and very
great variety Of cuts suited to every purpose.
Brass Rule, plain and waved, OF all sizes.
!, PRINTING Ink Of every quality, for news, book and
fancy work.
Printing Presses Of the most approved construc-
uon, always on hand and Power Presses Of every
description furnished at manufacturers prices, al
short notice.
Cases, Chases, Sticks, Furniture of all kinds, as
fee.
stereotyping carefully attended to and executed in
the best manner.
Old type taken at cents per pound in exchange
for new.
~ Orders from printers for any thing they wan
will be furnished with fidelity and despatch by
May 6-2aw F. LUCAS, Jr., Proprietor,
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WE promise our customers to keep on hand a
w supply Of our 80 boots. Wea happy to find
they please so well, and shall not spare pains TO
please all who may favor US with call.
]. e. FOWLER & CO.,
18th and r streets,
and w. MANN,
Sign Of the LARGE BOOT,
PENNSYLVANIA avenue, 2 doors from Al street.
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HARPS.--REMOVAL OF WAREROOMS
II TO 28l BROADWAY, OPPOSITE WASH
INGTON HALL, NEW York; F. Browne,
from London, maker and importer of double and
single action harps, has constantly for sale as above
very fine selection of these beautiful instruments
in every variety of fnish superior in tone, touch
and perfection Of finish, to any that can be obtained
elsewhere the certificates of all the first talent and
elite of musical taste will sufficiently prove. Please
observe the number-2sl Broadway. Harps re-
paired, strings, &c
Mr.. Fischer, Stationer's Hall, Washington City,
will attend any inquiries orders for the subscri-
Der. j. +. BkoWNb,
London and New York, established lslo'
May 26-lm
VIZ HlTE SATIN AND ENGLISH KID
w SLIPPERS--Just received, fresh supply
of the latest style. Fine kid and morocco Paris
''' NN ]. Z. FOWLER & CO.,
Corner of llth and + streets; and
w MANN,
Between Sd and Al streets, Penn avenue,
Sign Of the large boot.
Feb. %
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CARPET HALL AND DEPOT, PHILADEL

CARPET HALL AND DEPOT, PHILADEL
PHIA.
GNARPETINGS, floor furniture, silk and carriage
~ oil cloths, mattings, and window shades.
House-keepers ''attention!o
100 pieces Brussels and Wilton carpetings
500 do super three ply imperial and ingram
do
1000 do medium and fine ingram do
500 do ventan and dapask, assorted widths
500 do hemp, cotton and rag carpets
500 do Nankin, Canton and Spanish mating
100 do druggets and woollen floor cloths
100 do furniture oil cloths, "a to Cd wide
1000 yards floor oil cloths, from l to yards
. wide
900 transpa rent oiled window shades, Italian
moonlight and landscape views
1000 New England patent blinds
100 bales alicant mats, assorted sizes
300 do MANILA and jute mats
500 Wilton, Brussels and tufted hearth rugs
cases embroidered Partisan muslin curtains
do worsted carpet binding
500 dozen brass s,arerods
cases embroidered cloth and worsted piano
and table covers
This mammoth stock, laid in for cash. comprising
every variety Of pattern, will be sold Wholesale and
retail, at the warehouses, Is and 20 north Second
street. up stairs, at five per cent advance for cash OF
city acceptances, with interest added.
J.SIDNEY JONES.
Jan. 28-ly
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C. JOHNSON,
Postmaster General.
May 23-law4w

low) and executing all the printing and book-bind-
ing that may be required by this Office for the year
commencing on the lst day of July, l845, and end
ing on the Goth day of June, 1916 All the articles
to be furnished and work to be executed, must be
of the best qualify and in the best manner delivered
without delay at such times and in such quantities
as may be required, and to the satisfaction of the
Commissioner
Bonds, with approved security, to be given by the
person or persons contracting. Specimens of the
printing and binding may be seen at the office. II
is to be understood by persons proposing that the
office is to be at liberty to take either less or great
er quantity of any article than is specified, according
to its wants, during the year.
STATIONERY.
S reams folio post paper, ruled to pattern
20 do cap paper, ruled
20 do letter paper, wove and laid, ruled
IL do envelop paper
do blotting paper
5000 quilts (6O)
5000 steel pens, assorted
gross lead pencils (hard and soft
90 doz. red tape
S gross silk taste
lbs. waters
IS do sealing-wax
2 dozen ink, red and black, (Hoovers0 in
quarts
9 lbs. India rubber
! do pounce
l bushe black sand
doz. penknives, blades
l doz. erasers
l doz. inkstands
doz sand-boxes
doz. ivory folders
1 doz wafer stamps
doz. pounce boxes
1000 sheets parchment, ruled to pattern, and cut
TO size
500 sheets vellum, cut to size
PRINTING.
1000 circulars
1000 informations
1000 envelopes
1000 patent laws
500 heads Of patents-copperpats and vellum
furnished by the Office
BooK-BINDING.
Letter-books
Records Of patents (manuscnpts)
Records for assignments
Received letters
Books Qibrary) miscellaneous.
EDMUND BURKE,
Commissioner Of Patents.
P. s. The United States Journal, lntelligencer,
and Constitution, please copy.
May 22-tJune20
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DENNY CYCLoPEDIA--CHEA EAT. COPIES
i Of the first six volumes Of the penny Cyclopa.
dla, complete as far they go, for IS cents per vol
gme; well bound in cloth, with all the engrayings
For sale, few copies only, by F. TAYLOR.
purchaser of these at the rate at which these wef,
iasued-s2 Is per volume, London edition.
June
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CIGN OF THE LARGE BLACK BOOT Is
- removed next door to Mr. James Wilams's
Cabinet Warerooms, two doors from Al street, on
Pennsylvania avenue. We offer large assortment
Of boots and shoes suitable for the season. at prices to
suit the times
w. MANN,
Sign Of the LARGE BLACK BOOT,
Pennsylvania avenue, two doors from Al street.
April
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r Aw NOTICE TO STUDENTS.-Mr Hof-
i = mans law institution No. liz South 5th
street, Philadelphia, is established for legal educa
ton, by means of thorough union of practice with
theory, upon plan contained in his circular to
Students which will be sent to any part of the Union
upon application. The plan consists of course of
reading, adapted TO each students wants--of the
practical proceedings in moot court-and Of daily
lectures. These commence LIST October and end LIST
June The moot court then begins, and ends its
session LIST of August. The two remaining months
are occupied in their customary studies, by all who
prefer no intermission. Students enter on any day
of the year, and only for six months at time. Fee
$50 so. The library is extensive in law, literature
and science The building is dedicated exclusively
to the students-is airy and well furnished.
DAVID HOFFMAN.
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There have been several unpleasant and contra
dlctory rumors floating in the New York city pa
pers respecticg case of jealousy and stabbing on
Staten Island. The Tribune gives the following
explanations
An English importing merchant of this city
has been in the habit of visiting England in the
prosecution OF his business, and leaving his lami-
ly Ga lovely and accomplished wife of 30, and
daughter of l4,) under the protection of two
young gentlemen, also in mercantile business,
and both long established friends of the parties
concerned. Last spring, the father repaired as
usual, to England, and the two friends establish
ed themselves, iii obedience TO his standing invi-
tatlon, in his house, at Staten Island Shortly
afterward, another friend of the family wrote TO
the merchant in England, to the effect that one of
the young men with whom he had entrusted his
family was playing him false. He Immediately
wrote to his family that he should return home
In the Great Western, but got on board the Bos-
ton steamer, and thus anticipated his arrival by
several days. He found his wife with her rela-
hves in New Bedford, in company with her
daughter, and brought them all on to New York
hurried down to Staten Island-found the sus-
pected friend there, quietly waiting for them
ana drawing dagger, stabbed him in the breast
lie then struck his wife with the dagger. but did
not wound her dangerously He was at length
secured IN state of insanity, and sent TO the
asylum, where he remained until SUNDAY wbile
ms vile and daughter returned to New Bedford
inc unhappy man has now recovered his reason.
ana mas cause to believe that his wife was entirely
innocent The young mans condition is a per-
nous one, although he may survive the wound
we nave Deeh AT pains TO give the particulars of
lhls sad case, because so many contradictory and
painiul rumors regarding il are ailoat
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THE MAILS.

We have never known the post Office system, in
this part of the country, so irregular and misera-
bly, Inefficient in its operations it is at this time
Many of the mail arrangements absolutely
puerie. Take for example the mail from Provi-
dence 1t comes up to Millbury three days in
week, and there the stage leaves it and comes on
to Worcester, and the mail, after resting I6 or Is
hours, comes into town the next day in the fore
noon. Another example is that of the mail from
Worcester to Sutton, Douglas, &C. Papers and
letters put into the office here the mornings of
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, arrive at their
destination, distance of 10 or 10 miles, late in
the evenings of Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
The towns in the southeastern part of this
county are served very much in the same manner
The mails are sent from Worcester by the last
train of cars to birmingham, &C., and when they
arrive, the lines with which they are intended to
connect, start off and leave the mails behind for
the next day. And this wretched system per-
vades large portion OF our country. So much
time is occupied by the mails, and so circuitous
and irregular are they that they cannot be relied
on for much of that communication which the
people find it necessary to have with the shire
town of the county.
CAVE JOHNSON is man of ability and integri-
ty, and we'll adapted for many places in the gov
ernment; but President Polk should have appoin-
ted different sort of man to the office of Post
master General A great experiment has been
commenced of the prachcabiity of a system of
cheap postage. An ardent, active, energetic
friend of postage reform should have been placed
in the Postoffice, that the system might have had
fair trial. With this movement of the people,
Mr. Johnson has no sympathy. AS a member of
Congress he opposed its Introduction; and since
its commencement his orders have been of char
acter that puts the whole experiment in PERIL
Undoubtedly the new law hardship to many
of the deputies in the smaller offices; but in 9TH
ers their compensation had been altogether dis
proportional to the services rendered, and the
people demanded reducton but because few
of the deputies threw up their commissions, the
Postmaster General in the first month OF the OPP
GRAFTON of the law, and without waiting for
the action of Congress, ordered that the deputies
should receive the compensation for the
present year as they received the last. Had the
office been filled by friend of postage reform,
we do not believe that such an extreme measure
would have been thus hastily adopted Its tend
ency is to throw the Department upon the Treas
ury to such an extent as to raise clamor against
the present postage law, that shall demand its
peal.-PGllddittm.
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CHARcoAL.-The preservative qualities of
charcoal are not generally known as thew
should be, and | hope you will tell your readers
that il they will imbed their smoked beef and
pork in pulverized charcoal, they may keep it as
long as they please without regard to weather
Tell them also, that if they will take pint of
charcoal, also pulverised, and put it into bag.
then put it into barrel ofnew cider, it can new
er ferment, will never contain any intoxicating
quality, and became more and more paletable the
longer it is kept Further, take piece of char
coal Of surface equal to a cubic inch, wrap it in
a clean cotton cloth two thicknesses, and made
moist and work about one pound of butter which
has become rancid, and it will restore it perfect
Jy.---yIIich. Farmer.
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EXTRAVAGANZA IN THE WAR DEPART
MENT

A letter dated at New Orleans on the 10Th ult
after mentioning the embarkatIon of the troops for
Texas, which had been some time waiting at the
barracks below that city, for order from Major
Donelson, makes the following remarks upon the
profuseness of expenditure which attends the
movement of these troops:
''There is certainly more waste and extrava-
gance, and less organization of system, as regards
the moving and the general expenditure of an
American army than any other in the world and
one point in particular has often attracted nv at
tenton, which is, that though there are checks
and guards thrown round the expenditure of mo-
ney, there are one, at least that are at all
efficient, as regards the consumption of stores and
supplies of every kind after they are purchased
and paid for. | am led to these remarks by recol-
lections of the Florida war, and seeing the i'm
mense quantity of every kind OF supplies for this
small army vastly more than | should suppose
such body OF men could, under any crcumstan-
ces. require. aud the largest portion of which is
destined to be lost, wasted or abandoned or spoil-
ed in the woods and prairies of Texas So extern
slve were the purchases that many articles ad-
vanced in price-pork for one, which rose two
dollars per barrel-and of other articles the mar
ket was completely swept There also ALWAYS
appears great want of knowledge or tact in ma
king contracts for the Government, and the most
eXtravagant rates are paid, as instanced in the
charter OF vessels and steamboats, for this exped-
a
handsome fortune to a steamboat owner, for few
months employ, at the daily compensation of $500
or $500 for small boats, originally costing, when
new, twelve or fifteen hundred dollars pre-
sumo the whole affair, however, will be small
edition OF the Florida war, which latter exhib-
tied the most gross abuses that were probably ev-
er attempted to be practised on any nation, and
which under any OF the European Governments,
would have brought the authors to the galleys
if not the gbbet. knew of one steamboat that
was keptin employ nearly eighteen months, at
$500 per day, and most of the time lying idle in
port, and fire wood was actually sent from this
port, at an expense of from $50 to $40 per cord,
and was landed in Florida, where the trees stood
so thick that they could scarcely cord it up. The
American people never knew, and never will
know "the SteGhngs" of that war No wonder
that it lasted so many years. 1t is to be hoped
that the Texan operations will not be so tedious,
and that after few months they will be convin-
ced ofthe utter humbug about a Mexican army
being assembled to invade the country and that
the present force (Which | believe constitutes
about one third the entire strength of our whole
army will be more advantageously and less ex-
pensively employed"
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THE SENECA INDIANS, in Western New York, have
been holding council recently, called by committee
of the Society of Friends. The object to induce
them to make radical change in their system of domes-
tic economy, especially regards the division of labor
among them, the withdrawal of their females from the
ahors of the field, and other empoymenls not suited to
the deicacy OF their SEX and that hereafter they should
devote themselves the business of their household af-
fairs The result was promise by the Indians that they
would enfeavOr gradually 10 introduce and follow the
system commended for their adoption.