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Aug l9-2awlN
Law School or the College OF New Jersey.

yHE Law School of the College of New Jersey will be
opened for the reception Of students on Thursday the
building, designed for the library and lecture has Just
erected The professors the Hon. Joseph Horn
blower late chief justice of the court o. New Jer
sew and James s. Green and Richard s. Field, esqs OF
The object of the institution provide ample
of legal instruction for gentlemen designed for the bar IN
various branches of public and constitutional law equity
and law, together with such instruction in the e
gal jurisprudence of particular States occasion may
quire.
instruction will be given by of Rotations exam
nations lectures, and the preparation Of legal forms and
Instruments is also proposed to establish moot conr
pointed that purpose and opinions delivered by one Of
The course of studies arranged be completed
in three years. and the students will be divided into CLASSES
according their proficiency; but generally speaking,
student will be liberty join or more of the classes
and pursue such branches of study US he may select
pondng with the sessions of the coegehe first beginning
six weeks from the last Wednesday in june and ending in
nineteen weeks the week before Christmasthe second
beginning six weeks after the close OF the rs and ending
in fwenty-one weeks or the last Wednesday in June.
No examination is required for admissions but every stu
dent is expected produce testimonials OF good moral
for which sum, and without any additional charge,
students will have the of textbooks and OF the law and
college libraries and will also be permitted to attend the
college chapel the of the professors of the coli
eee. Good board had in Princeton its vicinity
for from ~ to SO per week.
All students who have pursued their studies in the law
dation of the law faculty. the degree of bachelor OF laws
But if they have already been admitted to the bar they
will be entitled to such degree after pursuing their studies
All applications for admission, and communications
touching The law school, may be made James S. Green
Richard S. Field, of Princeton.
The Introductory lecture will be delivered by the Hon.
Joseph c. Hornbower, on Thursday, the 18th inst
PRINCETON, August l3-law6m
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TN pursuance of law, l. JAMES X. POLK President OF
make known, that public sales will be held ut the under
mentioned land offices in the State of Missouri the peri
DDS hereinafter designated, to wit.
At the land office at SPRINGFIELD, commencing on
Monday, the seventeenth day of January next for the dis
posal OF the public lands within the aforementioned town
ships and part of n township, viz;
North of the base line and ,ccst of The nm principal meridian
Townships twenty five, twenty six, twenty sevcn, and
twenty-eight of range sixteen.
Townships twenty-five, twenty six, and thy-four of
range seventeen.
Township tweny-four, of range eighteen
The fractions of sections three and four, of Jphe
r'p, OF township twenty-five, and townships twenty three
and twenty-iour, of range nineteen.
The traction OF nshiptweny-two, east OF Whe ripe
and townships wentythree twenty-five, and wenty-six
of range twenty.
Townships twenty-five and twenty. fvc of range twenty
Township twenty-five, of range twenty flour
1.-THE land office at CLINTON commencing on Monday
the public lands within the aforementioned townships
North of The base line and west of The f principal meian
Township thhy-eght, of range thirteen.
Townships thry-ive, thirtysx, and hirty-sevcn, of
range seventeen.
At the land office at PLATTSBURG, commencing ON
Monday the thirty first day of January next for the dispo
sal OF the public lands within the following TOWNSHIP ps and
fractional townships, viz;
North ffhe base line and ohefh principal rned,an
Fractional township sixty, and the half township
sixty-one, OF range thirty mine.
Fractional township sixty, and townships sxty-fvc and
Al the land office at JACKSON commencing on Monday
the day OF January next for the disposal of the
public lands within the following townships and parts of
townships, Wis
North of the base line and east Of the nm principal meridian
Township rventy-seven, OF range eight.
- Us ,,em,y f,nr i've tyen,n.ix ,birtv
FIVE and thirty six, township twenty four and sections
eleven, twelve irteen fourteen hiteen twenty
o twenty three twenty-lour twenty tweny-six the
fraction of section wentyseven east OF Fish Lake., sec
tons thry.dve and thirysx, in township twenty-five, OF
The east halves of sections three ten fifteen twenty two
twenyseven, and thryour, and fractional section four
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Washington University Of Baltimore.


MEDICAL DEPARTMENT-Sessio of l8i7 and lS48.
lYl Prof j. c. s. MoNKUR, NJ d. Theory and Practice OF
Medicine
Prof f. FOREMAN, M d., Chemistry.
Prof VIM. t. WILSON, M. d., Therapeutics and Mat.
Medica.
Prof. VIM. T. LEONARD, M. D., Anatomy.
Prof VIM II STOKES, M D., Obstetrics, Diseases OF Wo-
men and Children, and Medical Jurisprudence
Prof GEORGE McCooK, M D., Surgery.
pr. WAKEMAN BRYARLY, Demonstrators of Anatomy
The annual course of lectures will commence Mon
day. 18th of October next, and continue four months
The College has greatly enlarged its capabilities for inn
parting medical instruction The hospital department.
under the control OF resident member Of the Faculty. has
been filed with of disease. museum of anatomi-
cal and other preparations has been established, and
many important additions the obsetrical department
have been received from Paris The for the resi-
dent students comfortable, and economical,
and will prove greatly advantageous to such wish TO
pursue assduous and uninterrupted course OF study
Fees for the Session.
Naturalization ticket 50
Professors ticket each Is
Demonstrators ticket 10
Diploma 20
Sept H-3tawtlN L. FOREMAN, Dean.
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Agency for Claims at Washington.
rHARLES DE sELDING. Notary Public. Conye


~ and General Agent, No. II, Todds Buildings Pennsy
vana avenue Washington, D. Co. offers his services for the
prosecution ofcaims before Congress any Of the
tive departments before any board of commissioners nst
may be appointed for the adjustment of spoiaons
collecting private claims and rents, procuring pensions,
whether revolution any other service; bounty lands for
duties those arising under contracts, treaties
otherwise; buying and selling real estate, &c.
Particular attention paid to the settlement of OF
discussing officers who may find it inconvenien give
their personal attendance.
Having been commissioned a notary public, he is pre-
pared to furnish egazed copies Of any document other
paper that may be required
Charges will be moderate and regulated by the
claimed and the extent Of service required.
Communications (post paid) will receive immediate at
tention.
He has the honor to refer to the Navy Department and
the several bureaus connected with IT, conprolers and
ditors offices of the Treasury Department. and the
captains and pursers In the navy and also to Dr. John o
mans, Boston Barnard Henry, esq, Philndephia Rev
SePtmus Tnstin chaplain of the Senate Washington Hon.
Henry L. Ellsworth, Fayene, Indiana; Thomas NJ Bloun
esq, Pensacola, Forida Hon. c. b. Penrose Lancaster
new, esq., New York; q Collins Lee esq. Baltimore Md
~ b. Reardon, ESQ.,, Norfolk Va Professor Goodridge
New Haven, Conn NJ hudson, esq, New Orleans; Hon.
Z. H. Foster, Nashville, Tenn
MAY l6--lv
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and townships thry-two and thrythree, OF range nine
teen.
Townships thrywo, thirty three and ihirty-iou o
range twenty.
Lands appropriated by law for the of schools militia
~ other purposes will be excluded from the sales
The offering Of the lands will be commenced on The days
appointed, and proceed in the order i'm which they
advertised with all convenient despatch, until the
whole shall have been offered, and the sales thus closed
But sale shall be kept open longer than weeks and
private entry of any Of the lands will be admitted until
after the expiration of the two weeks.
Given under my hand at the city of Washington this
ninth day of October. Domin one thousand eight
hundred and forty seven.
BY the President; JAMES X. POLK +
RICHARD NJ YOUNG,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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Notice 20 Claimants.

! KuutHcc n
TUCKER a. ADDISON, General Agents, Office 9th
street. (Colemans Budings) four doors north of Penn
syvania avenue.
Beverley Tucker and John E. Addison have associated
themselves for the purpose OF prosecuting cnims Of all kinds
before Congress- and the several departments OF the general
government
All communications (post paid) addressed to the above
shall receive prompt attention Reference is made the
following gentlemen:
Hon Geo NJ Dallas, Vice President of the United States
Hon John Mclean, Supreme Court of the United States
Hon Robert j. Walker, Secretary of the Treasury.
Hon. Jno: Y Mason, Secretary Of the Navy
Hon. r. M. I. Hunter, United States Senate.
Clement Cox, esq, Georgetown, d. 9.
Jno 2, Addison, attorney -atlaw, will continue to give
personal attention to business before the several of
the District OF Columbia, and the adjoining counties of
Maryand and virginia. July bly,
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Commissioner of the General Land Office
Notice to Pre-en,ption Claimants.

Every person entitled to the right of presumption TO any
lands within the townships and fractional townships above
enumerated required establish the the satis-
faction Of the register and receiver of the proper land office,
and make payment therefor the Of two dollars per
acre. the price fixed by the of Sd August 1886
practicable after seeing ths notice. and before the day APP
pointed for the Of the public sale OF the
lands embracing the claimed; otherwise such claim
shall be forfeited RICHARD M YOUNG,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
Nav I4-laWl3W
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Postponement the Land Snlcs the INDIAN polls
Fort Wayne, and Winamac Districts in the State
OF Indiana.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the sales of the lands in
IN the Miami cessions, in indiana ordered by procla
of the President of United States, dated the
twentyh day of May lS47, to be held at the land office
Indianapolis on the sixth day Of September, 1877 at the
land office Fort Wayne The Goth of September 1917
and land office Wnamac the 9th September
1847 and which sales were, by public notice. dated the
second day of July, 1917, declared be postponed until
and commence the Goth December, 1917, hereby
declared to be still further postponed until, and
mence the land Office indianapolis Monday the
first day of May, 1913 at the land office Fort Wayne
Monday the stl day Of May is4s and at the land Office at
Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this
fourteenth day OF July ammo Domin 1877.
By order ofthe President
RICHARD M YOUNG,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Julv 16-1awts
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T,HE RETREAT.-A bonding and d,v school &

nuIE RETREAT.-A boarding and day school for
young ladies, under the supervision oi the Bishop of
Pennsylvania, Schoohouse Lane miles from PhiIa-
deIpha near the crossing of the Philadelphia and Norris
own railroad. Miss M. A. Spafard, principal Mrs &
spafard assistant principal NJ Felix broun late profess
60. in the University France, teacher of French and Latin
Mr. j. A. Getze, teacher of music.
Letters for Reeat to be addressed to box No s5s post
office, Philadelphia.
Refer to the Right Rev Bishop Potter; Rev d. H. Macur-
dy No North 18th DR. c. Treiche house;
Robert Ralston esq, No 4, south Front street, Phadel
phia; and James q. kempton esq, Mayayunk.
July l9-lawly
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TINTED STATES FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
u The Treasury Department and its various fiscal bu
reaus; their origin, Organization and practical operations
illustrated being supplement the Synopsis of Treasury
Instructions for the administration of revenue laws affect
ing the commercial and revenue system OF the United
States in fourteen chapters BY Robert Mayo, nj d.
volume quarto. Price w 90.
The above work, which has been for considerable time
in preparation the Treasury Department, has just been
printed extra copies of which are Tor sale by
WIN. q. FORCE,
Aug. Penn. avenue, corner of 10th street.
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For any number of words ten and not exceeding
twenty, double these rates; and up hundred
words-any that number being chargeabe at
,two-hirds of those rates.
Southern editors will perceive that by having the
autographed from Boston and put into the mail Rich
mond, they will gain TWO ENTIRE DAYS In the same
manner they may gain from New York, and putudNy
from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington
Eastern editors will likewise perceive that BY having the
southern, ecgraphed from Richmond they may gain
o~e t,co three days. according their respective oca
1t il the interest of the telegraph companies the
public promptly and impartaly and they will not hest
that duty, upon satisfactory evidence of his default
AMOS KENDALL, Agent, &c.
WASHINGTON, July 23, 1847-tf
p s. Since the foregoing published in the Union,
learn the New York and Boston company decline the
arrangement Messages from the south for Boston
be sent, therefore, without prepayment in Richmond
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COMMISSIONS of the General Land Office.
Notice to Prc-emptlon Claimants.

Every person entitled to the right of presumption any
lands within the limits of the townships and parts of town
ships above is required to establish the same
the satisfaction of the register and receiver OF the proper
land office, and make payment therefor pracca
Ole after seeing this notice and before the day appointed for
the commencement of the public sale of the lands embra
cling the claimed otherwise such claim will be for
teited. RICHARD M. YOUNG,
Commissioner of The General Land Office
1J-lnwI3,y
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rJ1HE written signature the only safeguard against

rTNHE written signature the only safeguard against
oounterfeitsThe public attention is invited, and par
culary referred to the advertisements setting forth the new
STYLE olabeng and the putting up oDr Beckwiths anti
dyspeptc and dinner pills Also TO that of Dr. Dyotts ap
proved onti-bous pills. both of which it may be seen
are from being counereted, by the only safe
guard to depended uponhe WRITTEN SIGNATURES OF the
proprietors on the label of each box of pills.
All others which may be offered Tor sale by unprnclped
persons are surely base conteeits and will be rejected
as such The pills that in the hands of persons who
purchased genuine have all been exchanged for such
as have the written signature of the proprietor
The sole agency for the sale of Beckwiths antdyspeptc
and Dyotts anti bilious pills. is vested IN the hands OF
w. Dyo Sons of the Columbian College, No I3z North
Second street, Philadelphia, who will execute any orders
for the same.
Druggists and all wholesale Dealers who wish to be fur
nshed with the genuine pills, will hes upped on the most
liberal terms by applying as above May Att
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FRENCH and Engl,sh boarding and Day school.

LRENCH and EnKIish BOARDING md Day School. =
The Misses HAwIEY, daughters of the late Rector OF
St Johns Church, of this city, have, with their mother,
Mrs HAwfEY removed from street to Pennsylvania
avenue, between 18th and 18th Streets and will the
exercises Of their school I'd Monday month"; 3h Sep
ember.)
The of instruction includes all the branches of
English education Taught in the approved schools
seminaries in the United States and is under their di
recton French, music, drawing, &c, &c. by the best
professors For reference and further particulars pro-
spectus which may be obtained at the school
Aug 80
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Notice 10 Prescription Claimants.

Every person entitled right Of pre-empton any
lands within the townships and parts of townships above
enumerated, is required establish the TO the salts
faction of the register and receiver of the proper land
office, and make payment therefor as soon as practicable
after seeing this aos and before day appointed for the
Commencement of the public sale Of the lands embracing
the claimed, otherwise such claim will be forfeited
RICHARD M YOUNG,
Commissioner of the General Land Office
Oct l5-Wl3w
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CHEMISTRY applied tn the manufacture Of Soap
~ and Candles, 40 engravings, by Campbell Moriit
The American in Paris, by John Sanderson, 2 vols.
Tams Fortnight Rambles, and other poems; by Thomas
Mackelar, author of "Droppings from the Heart"
No. H. Dombey ~ Son.
Thicrss Consulate and Empire, part7.
Sept. a. F. TAYLOR.
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General Agency mt Washington.

vJNlRTY-THREE years experience a clerk in one of
the principal accounting Offices of the Treasury I'D
Audor'G has qualified the subscriber undertake gem
era agency business at the seat Of the federal
and the transaction of any business with public depart
ment or before Congress- An intimate acquaintance with
all matters OF business in the several and
reaus, knowledge OF the laws, and the principles esab
shed by decisionsn the executive departments in relation
transactions with which he has become familiar from long
experience in the public service, affords him advantage
facilities which, perhaps, few others possess His attention
will be directed to the prosecution of claims every char
acer, embracing revolutionary claims against the United
States or individual States, whether for lands money
ties; claims growing of contracts with the United
States examination of titles, and procuring patents for
ands return Of duties remission OF fines foreitres
under the other laws; the prosecution OF claims
arising out OF transactions connected with the Florida or
Mexican claims before any board of commj
estate, and generally the transaction any and every
description OF business in which the an agent
may be required
The subscriber extensively known in the CITY of WASH
to the civil officers OF the government many officers
both of the army and navy, well to members of Con-
gentlemen selected, whom, ii necessary particular
reference is requested, to wit:
JAMES W McCULdoH, First Comptroller ofthe Treasury
ALBION A. PARIS, Second do do.
PETER HAaNER, Third Auditor OF the Treasury
Gen. THOMAS 3. JEsUp Quart. Master General IT, s. A.
Gen. GEoRcE GIBSON Commissa General fSubsstence
Ten ROGER Jones, Adjutant General.
Zen NATHAN TowsoN, Paymaster General.
Vol JOSEPH e. TorTEN, Chief of the Corps of Engineers
Sol. JOHN J. ALERT, Chief of Typographical Engineers
kIcnARD SMITH, ESQ.,, Cashier Metropolis Bank.
JAMES THOMSON esq, Chief Clerk Third Auditors Office
RICHARD BURGESS.
qhce on l4th street, opposite N E. Corner Fullers Hotel
June 9-Iy