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ENLEGANT Books for Presents-The subscriber has
~ now on hand, and is every day receiving, number
beautlfuly-bound books for Christmas Among them
the poetical works of Bryant Byron, Milton, HemaRs
Crabbe, Heber, Pollock Rogers, Campbell, Kirk WhHe
Young, Coeridge Shelly, Keats, and Howell different
sizes and binding. Also, number of splendid ANNALS
prayer-books and bibles, Catholic and Protestant and
variety of beautiful books for children
GEORGE TEMPLEMAN
Dec Fl Near corner Al street and Penn. avenue
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TN pursuance of an act Congress- approved the eev
enh day of July 1886, entitled An act to authorize the
lands in the States of Illinois and Arkansas and Territories
OF Wisconsin and Iowa, supposed TO contain lead ore,
JAMES X. POLK President of the United States of Amer
lea, do hereby declare and make known that public sales
of the lands heretofore withheld from sale of the
valuable lead mines therein will be held at the undemen-
toned land offices i'm the State of ARKANSAS, the pc
| RODS hereinafter designated, to wits
AT the land office BATESVILLE, commencing on
MONDAY the fifteenth day of March for the dspo
sal OF the public lands within the aforementioned town
dips, viz;
North Of the base line and of the fifth principal meridian
Township nineteen, of range sixteen
M he n ose at faa
MONDAY the twenty-second day of March next for the
disposal of the public lands within the aforementioned
townships 10 wit.
North Of the base line and cest of The 18Th principal meridian
Townships nineteen and twenty, Of range eighteen.
Lands appropriated by law for the Of schools, militia
y, other purposes win be excluded from sale also nl
quarter quarter sections, (fany,) covered in whole in
part by those mining leases which shall not be determined
Presumption claims will not be allowed 10 any OF the
above lands until after the shall have been offered
public SALE and become subject private and all
of said lands which contain mine mines of lead ore
actually discovered and being worked, will be sold in such
legal subdivision subdivisions will include such
mine Mines at less than two dollars and fifty cents
per
The sales will each be kept open for weeks (unless
the lands disposed o) and longer and no
private entries of land in the townships offered will be
admitted, until after the expiration OF two weeks from the
commencement of said sales
In further execution of the said act, have caused the
Commissioner of the General Land Office publish with
this proclamation brief description of the mineral regions
in which these lands e and of the lands offered for
sae which he has prepared from official documents and
other means OF information.
Given under my hand, the city of Washington, this
eighth day OF September Domn thousand eight
JAMES X POLK.
BY the Presidents:
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HUNURAKY SECRETfRIES
Lord George Hill, Rev. c. II. Minchin
Sir Edmund Waller, Bart. Henry John Porter, esq.
TREAsURERs

TREAsuRERs
Messrs. Latouehe IL Co., Dublin
The committee feeling deeply the increasing of
to public benevoence and submit brief Of their
proceedings ssbnnggsr up pd to the present date t u
and that extensive district has reached It's destination
s5aa ip Cd Oh S cargo exclusive OF freight amounts to
second schooner was despatched last week to Kbep,
with cargo OF meal whence portions of il will be convey
ed by cruisers the destitute districts of the
cooperation of the guard whose pres
ent moment cannot be too highly appreciated The ex-
1876 5s. These cargoes be sold rate somewhat
ns' fo IN % h may be
Several grants for the purchase of provisions, amounting
to 81 567 5s 3D. have been made chiefly relief commit
tees in inland districts where the local cannot
meet the restitution.
Upwards OF f2oO has been expended in boilers of large
description, with view of promoting the establishment
of soup kitchens, and the committee received many
gratifying communications from various quarters which en-
parmen of their labos especially as they are con-
y constitute material part of the relief be afforded
The amount OF funds which have as yet been placed
this sum with the numerous and increasing claims for
lief which daily come under their notice. they tempted
hope that the Fin who 0a if
reference to the furnishing multitude, "Gve ye them
open the hearts of many and minister 10
the necessities Of their destitute and furnishing felowcea
lures.
few extracts from the hundreds of letters received by
the committee from persons of known responsibility, will
this public appeal:
81 see from day to day, men, women and children, who
two months ago in health and spirits reduced to
living skeletons, pning to death"
con behalf OF the starving hundreds me- plead
not want no. gentemen plead starvation--a plea that
dying and unless immediate relief be procured what must
inevitably be the resnlta Dysentery has for time pre-
strides among those suffering creatures
There is a uniformity of Indebtedness the parishes
along the sea-coast On the list of absolutely destitute
and meet his of
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T>OR RENT and possession given on the LIST OF Apr,l

LNOR RENT and possession given the LIST OF April
a welnmished and convenient house, with a large
Also, unfinished three story brck-both ses built in
the best manner, and very convenient containing from
to twelve rooms, and good cellars and pumps &c located
on street. in full view of the Presidents House, and about
seventy five yards from the Treasury and State Depart
ments Persons wanting either House, will call the sub
scriber on 18th street, opposite Buiss Flower Garden
Feb STIFF ID A GARNER
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The 10Th session of the Female Collegiate institute com
menced the llth day Of January under the
of the subscriber aided by his former experienced assist
ants, and will close the 18th day of June, IS47
T. +. JOHNSON, A. NJ, Principal.
Ian
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BY the Presidents:
JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office

The mineral lands embraced i'm the above proclamation
of the President of the United States, situated in Mari
and Carroll countless in the northern part of the State OF
Arkansas, within eight nine miles of the bank OF
White river, which, being navigabe, and tributary Of the
Mississippi affords easy and cheap transportation to all the
prime markets OF the United States As mineral
qualities of these lands have but recently been discovered
they have yet been thoroughly explored they have,
however, been represented as Astounding in lead of
excellent quality
JAMES H. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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ting Commissioner of the General Land Office.

The lands in the DIXON district embraced in the above
proclamation OF the President of the United States,
explored by Mr. Owen the geoogist of the State of Indiana,
nhder Instructions from the Treasury Department, and
IN compliance with resolution of the House of Representa-
ives passed 9th February 1889 The able report of this
first session of 10Th Congress- shows that these
hus include all the productive mines, and the entire
gon in which, from observations during his survey there
reason TO believe that valuable veins OF may readily
Iowa. and Wisconsin, though only partially worked pro,
dnced upwards of thirty million pounds OF lead--those of
district if properly Mined would yield one hundred and
fifty million pounds per annum.
These lands being situated and near the Mississippi
and Fever rivers the cost of Transporting the products
them to 81 Louis Is only about fifteen per hundred
pounds The soil Is of excellent quality and yields abund-
antly all the products of that latitude
The lands in the SHAWNEETOWN district have not
been explored fully those in Dixon Recent discov-
cries have been made however, rich veins the sulphur
ret OF lead and zinc, contiguous to- and both sides Of
these lands, indicating the existence of similar deposes
within them. The facilities for manufacturing white and
red lead represented as being ampe and the lands
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BY the President,
Acting Commi.

The lands embraced by the above proclamation of the
valuable dead mines actually opened and worked which
lace and experiments made in digging believed that
many others equally valuable exist and may be explored Al
Il uiing expense
From the great number of these mines it would he inn
practicable to give adequate idea their character and
bounds IL sufficient TO that they stlned i'm The
section of country bounded the south by the Illinois state
ne the by the Mississippi river; ON the north Inv
conslu ve the average distance ten or twelve miles
through the sources of Sugar Creek, the whole district
covering surface equal to about sixty full townships. All
necessary facilities for transporting the products to
hel are afforded 10y the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers
ana Their tributaries the Blue, Grant Platte, Pekatonia
ana other rivers by which the district is intersected
above district was explored by Dr. Owen, the geoo-
Et Of the state of Indiana, under instructions from the
ehs4ry Department and in compliance with resolution
VI e honse OF Representatives passed the 9Th OF Fcua-
~ ~ The able report OF this gentleman, published in
f' WIN the charts and illustrations, (Senaie document
no iV st session, 2h Congess contains precise inor-
1853 the lead mines of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin thou oh
pounds OF lead, of which those in Wisconsin il appenrs
welded the larger proportion and further that the whole
district, II properly mned would yield hundred and
my million pounds per annum.
Particular lists OF the sections and parts of to be
oneed at said sale have been furnished the register and
receiver at Mineral Point together with maps which the
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They also prepared to furnish complete equipments Il
ministers, consuls and other diplomatic agents
Feb IS-eoImif
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FAMINE IN IitELANDJ

OFFICE, TO- UrfER SAcKvlIIE STREET DUBLIN,
December H. 1876.
VRI III Relief Association FOR the destitute peasant
ry, being reorganization OF the formed d
ring the period famine in the of Ireland 1881
PATRONS.
The Duke of Manchester, Lord George Hill,
Marquis of DoWnshire, The Hon. Somerset Maxwell,
The Earl of Devon, The Hon. Charles Gore,
The Earl of Roden, The Hon. Thos Vesey, NJ. p
The Viscount Lorton, Geo A. Hamilton, esq. M. p,
Lord Farnham, Edward Glogan, esq, M. p
TRUSTEES.
The Earl of Rodcn, Lord George HILL
The Viscount Loron Geo. A. Hamilton, esq, M. p,
Lord Farnham, William ID. Latouche, esq.
COMMITTEE
Major Adams, Henry G. Hore, esq,
Richard Arnit, esq, w. d. Hull, esq,
Alexander Boyle, esq, Sir John X James, Bart
Henry Bewey, esq, William d. Latouche, esq,
Richard Cane, esq, Philip ]. Marjorbanks, esq,
w ii. Carroll, esq, Thomas Parnel, esq,
w liam Ellington, esq, William Tnil, ESQ.,,
Robert r. Guinness, esq, Robert Wilson, esq
r. s. Guinness, esq,
,,, HONORARY SECRETARIES.
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DARAsOLs and ParesoIets-Just received, 100 para
soils and parasoet great variety styles and
TO which we invite the attention of the ladies.
Feb IS-3tif d. CLAGETT 81 co.
nARBY's Gazetteer, cheap--Laies edition, enlarged,
~ large volume 9Ss closely printed pages, full
bound in leather; price 81 25 published at So.
For sale-a few copies only-by
Feb 49, T. TAYLOR,
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CHEAP Wrapping Psper--one hundred reams this
" day received ~
Jan 20 F. TAYLOR
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Female Collegiate Institute.

Educated at West Point.
Jan 29-dltcp3tr
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TyRUsTEE's sale OF a valuable two story Brick

No IL, Todd's Buildings, Pa avenue, Washington, b. c.
Feb S-2taw4W.
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Jan 29--dItcp3t*
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Police IntelllGcnce.

Robbery Of Watches and JWstry-Respcctiug the
watches and ewery stolen from the store OF LAID Big
Glow Fulton street and Broadway on last sun
Gay morning, has been in oiroulstion the ast
few days rejecting the magistrate and onicers con-
nsotsd with the and disposition OF the guilty par
ty therefore We deem IL act Of duty towards the ON
GERS to state the IL appears that boy about ID
years Of sgs BY the Of Daniel Chatterton was
employed a. clerk, errand boy, BY Ladd Bigelow,
and on last Sunday morning was left In charge OF the
store nv his brother who likewise employed BY that
Arm and during his absence the boy extracted eleven
gold Watches twenty diamond finger rings, together
nth vaua bic bracelets &C. valued In all at 81
These cles put In bis pockets and left the
bsfore the return Of his brother Upon the robbery
inc suspicion at rested upon the boy
ana search was instituted In order TO procure his arrest
The Aid Of ocers Welsh Smith. and Crosett were
cured and acting under their advice, the steam
were watched, and oicer Welsh and Mr. Bigslow pro-
oeedsd TO Jersey city in order to stop his flight should
he attempt start by the Philsdepha train and sure
enough, Just the we're about leaving, the
boy was by Mr.. Bigelow and Welsh at the depot
with his ticket already purchased for Ocer
Welsh at took him into custody In his pockets
found all the stolen watches and ewery together with
penses This next morning the boy was brought before
Justice Drinker and that magistrate very Justly and
correctly remarked that no compromise or hushng up
could be ehected ~ the case was clear larceny and
must be proceeded with like all other charges OF felony
Consc quently the adavit Of Mr. Ladd taken, and
the dishonest boy held TO bail In the sum Of $780, to
answer the charge ct court for trial
Caught on the Grab."-A man calling himself Hem
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Law Intolllgencc.

SUPERIOR Coynr-Before Chief Justice oakley-Thur,.
day, October 7-Frederick Sherwood and another o.
Henry Ruggtes action to recover contri
button for certains losses &c. The plaintiffs owned
the schooner Cornea OF this port and chartered her TO
defendant In September 1s45 to transport cargo Of
turpvntine from the port OF Swsnsboro in North
ns TO this city the vessel accordingly loaded with
100 barrels part OF IL was slowed below and another
ber and was overtaken by bad weather and finally
had to put bsok In leaky condition, and make for
next port which was that Of Beaufort In North Carroll
ma After the vessel had got In the Captain drew up
protest and had survey msds the surveyors ordered
taken out and certain repairs made The cargo was
accordingly taken out and the repairs ordered the
surveyors made; after this she launched, and In
towing nsr TO her anchorage ground she on sunk
en- wharf, and was again considerably damaged. The
captain then wrote to the In this city for advice
ana they sent out an agent who his arrival ordered
second survey and further repairs directed BY
the surveyors The vessel was again taken into dock,
which she was reloaded and on the 9th Of December,
is4o, proceeded second time her voyage to this
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FROM RIO DE JANEIRo.-Letters frUa Rio ia
nero to the 18th OF August, received in this city
to day say that the United States frgats Columbia,
Commodore Roussesu would leave that port the lst
Of September for Norfolk, having board the Hon.
Henry A. Wise our late Minister to Brasil The Ceum-
bs, being more than thirty days her way home
ward Composing that she sailed ~ abovs may be look
cd for very SOON
Capt stringham, of the Ohio "a, would remain In
command Of the Brazil station until the arrival of tho
Brandywine, her way from this port to Rio,
when the Ohio would leave for the Pacific.
The Bainbridge rs expected at Rio Janeiro from .
cruise the Southern coast and would sail shortly A.
ter her arrival there for the United States.
Lord Howden had arrived out on his way to England.
-NsrfoK cor. Bait Patriot, 5fh inst
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~ burns entered yesterday the ONCE No "a Wall srset
ycouPleo nomas Coleman, under pretsnoe of buy
ing some Enghsh silver when In order 10 supply him
Win the necessary amount, bag containing ID 81 vas
Of silver, and ran out Of the ofce but wss soon mr.
sued, and arrested the money recovered ana tha ra
taken before Justice Drinker who locked him nm sr
trial. W.
Robbery of Mon<y.-soms expert thief m.n.,.d nm
Wednesday night to extract pocket book ooutsning
mssoy notes and other papers, from under the pillow Of
Levi Rowey while he asleep In his berth on board
the steamboat Fairfield her passage from Hudson to
this city. No arrest.
Charge of Burglary -Oncsrs Wilson, Of the 18th
ward and Madden Of the i7th arrested yesterday three
bert Crummell James MADDEN alias slippery Jim, and
John Sheridan, . charge Of burgsrously entering
the dwelling house Of Bryant Cavnir situated the
Of 9th street and the Bowery In July last and
stealing therefrom $40 In money and silver watch
worth sac They have since that the eye Of the
above officers In crbn on the Five Points. Justice
Drinker locked them up for further hearing
Charge Of Lsrceny.-A man by the name Of John
Huddleson was arrested yesterday charge Of steal
ing promssory note drawn by himself dated 18th July
le, at sixty days for the Of 500 This note
given to George Hunt who qusntly sold the
to George DefendorE the 18th Of lssl month,
VINO presented the same for payment. he accused
took the note and placed In his poeksA rfa0 sthes
to pay the $lU0 return back the justice inksx
detained him for q further hearing
Arrest of Stage Drivsrs-Omoses vsoaagvca1t and
May, Of the 18th wsrd arrested ysSsssSss, Ehomss
Riley driver Of stage No 293 MurpAys Enass6 lGnusl
Seares, driver Of stage No 237, Wheso0's ssagA
charge OF furious driving and racing sewn Dc Sswery
at the imminent danger Of life and NIB Var were
we're reprmand, his honor fined them ore sasA lr the
sRence
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BAILY, THE AssAssIN.-This desperate charac-
ter, who has been sentenced to the States prison
for life for attempt to assasnate Mrs Hotchkiss was
at the age of sixteen years. sentenced to
for life In English court for burglary. He remained
at Van Demans land for several years, and seoressd
himself on board whaling vessel, for the purpose of
making his escape His absence discovered before
the vessel saed and 1t suspected he board
the whser the authorities had lances thrust among tAe
board not He secreted the kelson perfectly
SAFE he thoughts having friend In Of the sailors
to furnish him with food The searchers in thrusting
down the lance passed It through his leg Bay knowing
that II blood found the instrument he would be
discovered, took handkerchief from his pocket and
wiped the blade It Withdrawn from the wound,
thereby escaping discovery The vessel afterwards
smoked with brmstone but he succeeded in keeping his
place. and remained In 1t for thirty after the
left port living what his friend the sailor secretly fur
nshed him Bay has written out his history which
equals that Shepard lie left parents at ne
Of years and subssted by petty thes until twelve
before being detected He then tried and mprison
ed Hu twice tried in England and TRANSPORTED for
life and each time made his escape; the second time to
this country He here entered the naval SERVICE robbed
the vessel In which he Of large Of money
which he thrust into Of the guns caughfogged
through the then in the reach
ed America and to the State Prison
down and robbng boy Of large amount Of gold In Ce
dar street. In broad day light. Having served out his
when he has committed numerous robberies The last
In which he concerned that of MIR. Bennett 1T
Wliamsburgh, which was committed some three days
after he and his comrades attempted to assassnate
Hotchkss, In this city the Sd Of May lAst-Brook
Lyn .adpocate.
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HEEAyEs AND BROKEN, WIND II

~ NHOHSES, speedily and permanently cured, BY the
A<4-use of Tater.all's Heaye Powders. They have
been the Tatersall Stables London
aoble%en throughout the Kin do Of Great Britain 70,
than nifty years As medicine Tor HcWes, Broken Wind
Bolts, Worms &c the oilers them the people Of
the United States with full confidence Of their approbsou
None genuine ~thout the signature Of j. K1RKBRIDE,
Fleet street London prce 'hiss, sterling p.ehsss
New York. Agents General for the United 6sstes
Az orders accompanied blythe post paid Hancsay
above, paid with good Reference VIII inmedis
attention Q 3Otsm
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reprmand and short detention under arrest the
officers discharged We believe that this was the
last serenade In General Wool's camp-N. o. Delta,
Sept. a.
We understand that Gen Kesrny has been ordered BY
the war Department to take command Of the new reg
ments nom Ohio and Kentucky and join Gen. Scott
without delay He Is expected to reach st. Louis
and to be ready with his brigade In about fortnight
The Ohio regiment Is already Its to the Bslixs,
and the Kentucky regiments win be ready in few days
st Louis Union, S0fh uit
The Savannah Republican Of Saturday says" We
evening" that bearer Of dispatches passed through At
lauta from Gen Scot army who stated that the report
Of the deaths Of Generals Worth Smith, and Pillow was
incorrect.
The energetic exertons Of Capt. VIM A. Scott of
Amelia. to raise the second company Of volunteers,
under the last requison upon Virginia. for the Mexi
war, has been crowned with success The oompa-
n.y. which Is composed Of the finest materials loft this
place Monday last for Old Point, and will learn.
embark at that place for the Braxos the 18th Its
officers are-Wiliam A. Scott, Of Amelia, Captain 8.
Astrop, Of Brunswick, LIST ID do Nathaniel f. Wilson,
I'd I'd do.-Kiehmond WING, 9th inst.
Capt Rowleys company at Pittsburgh will be short
~ mustered into service.
Gen. Marshall reached Vera Cruz from Brazos San
tago about the goth instant and entered upon
ties Of Governor Of the city Col Wilson, the late go
had proceeded to the army to join his regiment
N O. .Picayune, Sept. 20.
An official letter Of the 2st from Vera Cruz says no.
thing about Gen. Marshs but says: Just at the last
moment, have tie honor to report with regret that
Col Wilson b very sick, attacked with the bilious
lio.'
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NO HUMByo-A new dining saloon Just opened d,ws
IN No II Front and lodging slsoi come snr
Judge for yospslE The reoms are sisss AMI ~t'r