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State the price per page for every addi-
tonal page on any Of the above over four
pages, estimating at 10000 pages.
Blank forms, or any other description Of
printing required broadside on any of the
above paper, each broadside to be counted
as one page.
Treasurer's weekly statement Of treasury
drafts and specie, on imperial writing paper,
per 100 sheets, 300
1t is expressly to be understood that no extra
charge Of any description will be allowed The
prices bid for printing must cover and include all
contingencies and extras.
The Department reserves the right to have any
description Of printing which may properly be
called book or pamphlet work, executed by spe-
cial contract.
The bidders for printing will accompany their
bids with samples Of quality Of the different kinds
Of paper they propose to furnish.
Separate proposals will also be received for print
ing 500 copies Of the annual Receipts and Expen-
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Is gallons ink, black, Maynard & Noyes's, per
gallon
600 bottles ink, black, Maynard g. Noyes's, in
bottles per quart
10 quarts ink, red, per quart
IS bottles ink, black, Cooper g. Phillipss, equal,
80 do ink, blue, Stephens's, per quart bottle
300 do ink, red, Arnold's, or equal, in 4-pint
bottles, per bottle
12O do carmine ink, small size, French, or equal
500 do ink, copying, Terry's,. in s-pint bottles,
per bottle
Glass No. 6.
$4,000 waters, large red, for Office seals, per thou
100 pounds waters, common size, red, per pound
$50 do sealing-wax, best extra superfne,
scarlet, per pound
80 do sealing-wax, superfne, per pound
Is do do black, do
40 do India rubber, prepared, do
S do do unprepared, do
300 quarts black sand, per quart
CLASS No Z.
$50 ounces pounce, per ounce
dozen India ink, best, per dozen
do camel's hair pencils, per dozen, as
9 do sable pencils, per dozen, assorted
! do Osborn's best water colors, per dozen
400 pounds Irvine, linen, per pound
100 do Irvine, cotton, do
SO, 900 pocket envelopes, of white or yellow paper,
of the following sizes, viz: 81 by 81 inches,
per hundred
3d. 900 pocket envelopes, letter size
6 dozen rulers, mahogany round or fiat, per
dozen
2 dozen lignumvits, round, per dozen
8 do elastic penholders, Aldens, per dozen
do tortoise shell, per dozen
5pounds sponge, best, per pound
10 do gum arabic, best, do
PRINTING.
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may be required to be executed for the use of the
Department of the Interior, any of the Offices
thereof, whether the same be circulars instructions,
warrants, forms, returns, blanks, solid matter or
not loaded rule work, or rule and figure work, faint
ruling or lining, and red ruling or lining, or by
whatever name, title, description the shall
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quiring it, and including also folding, stitching,
pasting &C., on the following descriptions of paper,
to wit:
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Hosiery and Gloves just received.
WE have this day opened a large and choice lot
w OF Hosiery and Gloves, which will be sold at
very reduced prices, Wis
40 doz. White Cotton Stockings
10 doz. Black do do
10 doz. Slate do do
30 doz. Mems Half Hose
Is doz Misses Cotton do
10 doz do Opcnworked do.
And large assortment of silk, Thread. and
Cotton Gloves.
j. r. n A. TATE,
Penn. sv., between 10th and llth sta.
June l3--eo3t
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Is Is DO DO sss, quality wasr'' per r. pound
3 do pounce, do
10 do best cotton Irvine, do
10 do best flax Irvine, do
1000 large Office waters for Department seals, per
1000
IL paper weights of brass, composition, or lead,
per weight
60 quarts black sand, in papers, per dozen papers
4pounds India rubber, prepared, per pound
PRINTING.
5000 copies of Navy Register, in BREWER type,
about $50 pages, on folio post Svo, mostly
rule and figure work, with blue printed COW
ers, folding, stitching, and paper included,
per copy for $50 pages, and per page for the
excess over $50 pages
40 copies of Navy Register, same matter over
run into quarto form
10 copies Navy Register, quarto form, inter-
leaved faint lined, and half bound, with
spring backs and marginal induces
Circulars, paper included.
rs reams quarto post writing paper, l, 2, 3, ORA
so reams foolscap writing paper, 1, 2, 3, or 4
pages, per qure
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cLuded.
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post, per qulre
Book-work, erclusive Of pepper, viz:
Composition, per 1000 ems
Presswork per token
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volume
10 volumes of newspapers, weekly, tri semi
weekly, per yearly volume
so volumes of books, IL mo-, 6vo., 4tO., or folio,
full bound in calf sheep, or Russia, per vol.
$50 volumes of books, half bound in Russia, per
volume
Blank books for records, &C., similar in form
to those now in use, which may be exam
ined to be of the best linen paper, per book
200 manuscript letters, to be half-bound, as per
pattern, per volume
$50 guard-books, foolscap quarto post size,
with induces and lettered backs, per book
Faint and red lining, fooscap and quarto post,
per ream
June l4-law3w
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WAR DEPARTMENT,

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, MAY IL, l649.
| Ceparate proposals will be received at this
! y Department until o'clock on the 25th day OF
june next, for supplying the Stationery and exc
cutting the Printing described in the two schedules
below. The stationery must be Of the best quality,
and the printing executed in the best manner
Samples Of the former must accompany each bid,
and specimens Of the latter will be shown to bidders
at the several bureaus, il desired.
The successful bidder will be required TO give
bond with approved suretes for the faithful fulfil
ment Of his contract and the Department will re-
the right 10 order the articles at such times
and in such quantities il may deem proper, and
to increase or diminish the quantities below stated
Blank forms will be furnished TO bidders on ape
plication at the Department.
I-FoR STATIONERY.
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Creams folio post, ruled, Hachine-made, weigh
"a reams single cap, ruled, machine-made, weigh
ing ~ lbs
sreams single cap, ruled, handmade, weighing
10 lbs
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40 reams quarto post, machine made, weighing
81 lbs
200 reams quurto post, ruled, machine-made,
weighing 8. lbs
10 reams quarto post, ruled, handmade weigh
ing 8. lbs
Is reams, note paper
do copying paper
do blo,ting paper
go do envelope paper, buff or yellow, royal
do do fiat cap
Pens, &c.
dozen cards Pery's pens
so do do other metallic pens
10000 quilts, No. so
3 dozen Contee's lead pencils
go do other kinds do
2 do ivory folders, plain
3 do erasers, ivory handles
i do ivory wafer stamps
do cocoa sand-boxes
10 do 4-bladed knives, Rodgers a. Sons
2 do l-bladed desk knives do
I do ink-stands pinch cut glass
Is do Cooper a. Phillips black ink, in quarts
5 do other kinds American ink, do
2 do French carmne INK, in ounce walls
S do Arnold's red ink, in quarter pints
3 do copying ink
5000 waters, large, for Department seal
IS pounds waters, common size
100 do sealng-wax, scarlet
do Indian rubber, prepared in pieces
10 ounces pounce
10 pecks black sand
10 dozen taste, assorted
200 do red tape, assorted sizes.
U.-FoR PRINTING.
roR THE OFFICE or THE SECRETARY or WAR.
reams blank acquisitions.
ApJuTANr GENERALS orFIcE.
1850 Army Registers.
|. Monthly Returns.
1000 regimentsl
5000 company
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On every other description Of paper, not
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ordering it, whether circulars, Instructions,
warrants, forms, returns, &C., as specified
IN the first paragraph, for
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CEILING OFF.-Being DESTROYS Of reducing
- stock of Summer goods, we have determined
from this day forward to offer all goods the demand
for which with the season, without regard to
cost. Our stock is now large and very complete,
and well worthy the attention of purchasers. We
name in part
1900 yards French Lawns, fast colors, at l2 cents
5000 do fine do do from l6 to %
cents
1000 do black and white French Gingham at
l2a
1000 do colored and white French Bingham,
from l2l to 25
200 pieces French Berege and Grenadine, all
colors, among them several plain
green, 25 to 50
so do plain black and satin-s striped Bereges,
25 TO 50
20 do checked and striped India Silks, very
cheap
10 do black Foulard Silk, a beautiful article
so do Linen Lustres, all colors, at 25
80 do white and colored embroidered Mus
lin, at 37s
$50 do checked and striped Cambrics, from
l2l to %
200 do plain Cambrics and Jaconets, from
l2s to25
200 do Nainsook and Swiss Muslins, from
20 To so
25 do India or Swiss Book, two yards wide,
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aIcautlIuI aruCIc Tor summer drtssts
10000 yards fine Prints all colors and Styles from
from 6, TO l2l, warranted fast together with large
assortment of Hosiery, plain open worked and EN-
broidered Kid, Silk, and Thread Gloves, Linencam-
brio HandkSrchiefs, Lace Capes, Swiss and Cambria
Edging J.nserting, Thread Edging, black Silk
Lace, Parasols, Fans, &c, besides great variety of
other articles too numerous to mention.
We earnestly request all persons in want Of Dry
Goods 10 give US call before purchasing elsewhere,
confident of being able to save them from
ten TO twenty per cent. on their bills.
VERIFY BROTHER,
No Market Space, bet 7th and sth SITS.
June l3--3teod
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STATIONERY, PRINTING, AND
BINDING.
Navy DEP

NAVY DEPARTMENT, May %, l849,
CEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be
y received at the Office of the Secretary of the
Navy, until o'clock, p. M, the 28th day of June
next, for furnishing all the Stationery and executing
all the Printing and Binding that may be required
by the Navy Department and its several Bureaus
for the year commencing the LIST of July, l849, and
ending on the Goth June, 1850.
All the articles furnished, and work executed,
must be of the best quality delivered without delay
when ordered and to the satisfaction of the head Of
the Office for which they required. Ii it be re-
quired each bidder for stationery must furnish with
his proposals. sample of each article bid for.
To ensure uniformity in the proposals, blank
forms will be furnished to those disposed to bid;
and no bid will be considered fully conforming
to the advertisement, and in which each and every
article is not bid for, and in which more than one
price is named for any one article.
Bond, In sufficient amount, with two or more
approved sureties for the faithful execution Of the
contract, will be required of the person or persons
contracting. The authorized name or names of the
suretes that will be given, also satisfactory
tmonials to fulfil contract, must accompany the
bid, otherwise 1t will not be considered
The Department reserves to itself the right of
ordering greater less quantity ofeach and every
article contracted for, the public service may
quire.
Should any article be required not enumerated in
the contract, 1t is to be furnished at the lowest
market price, according TO its quality.
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to be executed for the use Of the Treasury Depart
ment, Or any Of the offices thereof, whether the
same be circulars, instructions, warrants, forms,
turns, blanks solid matter, or not, lead d, rule
work, rule and figure work faint ruling lining,
and red ruling lining, or by whatever name, title,
or description the same shall be known to or usu-
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On the 14th inst, Of typhus fever, SAMUEL j. Prrr-
Man, In the 37th year Of his age.
His friends and those Of his father Samuel Pittmau,
are invited TO attend his funeral at the house Of
brother, Samuel Pittman, No. As First street, on
Wednesday, at 10 O'Clock without further INVITATION
AT Harlem, the 14th inst after a very ,hort Ill
ness, WILLIAM d. BRADsHAw, aged 4S years and 4
months.
His friends and acquaintances are rerpectfullv in
vited to attend his funeral from his late at
Tuesday, the 10th inst at O'Clock, p NJ.
On the 11th inst OF Group, GEeRGE LEWIS, aged 10
months only child Of Geo. Lewis and Sophia l.. Wood
Of Cincinnati
The frierds Of the family, and of his grandfather.
VIM s. Darling, are invited to the funeral at 81
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, 10th inst from No Il
Charlton street.
On the 10Th inst MARY MATILDA, daughter OF James
and Matilda Murphy, aged years and months.
The friends Of the family are respectfully invited to
attend her funeral, this afternoon at O'Clock from
the residence Of her parents 348 Fourth avenue,
of 26th street
On the 10th inst after q short illness, JOHN EVANS
DAILY, Of Dption In the 23d year Of his age
The members and friends Of his family also of his
wife Margaret H. Johnson are requested to attend his
funeral from lis late residence, I'll West Thirteen tn
street on Wednesday afternoon, at o'clock. The
members Of the Independence Guards, and the +. l..
Snow Social Union. No /.
On the 14th inst, CAROLINE GRAcE, in the 30th
year OF her age, native Of Baltimore
Service will be performed at the house Of VIM. B
Carloek, No Sel Tenth street, Tuesday, the 10th
last ut IL O'Clock A M After which her remains
will be sent to Baltimore for interment Her frier d.
and those Of Mr. Csrocks family invited without
further notice.
on Monday afternoon, 18th inst, J.u,rsor son Of
George A. and Rsbeccs Ann Cox, aged II months and
- days.
The friends Of the family are requested to attend
the funeral from 230 Broome street on Wednesday
Afternoon, ~ O'Clock, with further Invitation.
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CITY TRADE REPORT.

n,
The weather was extremely inclement, both under
foot and overhead, and gnfavorable to oil outdoor
business Change was rather thinly attended, and
transactions in nearly ell descriptions Of produce
very light. The change Of wind, within q few
days. brought in large number Of inward bound YES
sells; many Of which from Southern ports con.
tanning more or less Western and Southern produce
including cotton. -four and grain, provisions & o.
feeling the close of the past week The sales OF
-four effected were comparatively small and at about
the closing prices Of Saturday Sales Of were
q moderate extent, effected on terms stated below
Provisions less active than last week Western
pork not so saeabe at last weeks prices. Beet
continued steady, with moderate sales Cotton was
less active in consequence Of increased arrivals from
the Gulf ports.
BnrApsrurrs.-F Flour The sales only reach 1000 a
5000 bbls In number Of small lots including
Oswego, Western Canal SC, at IS sly; 2sO bbls.
New Orleans at SIS rs, and 100 do. Ohio (Ewing's
Nills) at e7Xo Wheat-No sales TRANSFERRED Corn
We noticed sales of 1000 bushels mixed Southern at
61o and goo do handsome Southern white at 0l6c
snd LOO do Southern at 6oc. Meal was quiet at ST.
Rye was nominal at Ga CSC. Rye Four-Sales of 200
bbls were made at So 12h. Oats dull ut 43 44c
for canal
today, have tended to keep the business quite small in
amount Prices remain at "a to 40 for fair upla nds
1900 sheep and lambs Prices-Besf Cattle-The ex-
tremey state Of the weather retards opera
lions in the yard to-day and the market, upon the
whole, may be reported very dull Prices, since
last, have given way fraction and now quote the
quality. 1t was probable there would be about 500
head Of cattle left over Cows and calves-Al taken
at from S22 SO q $50 s45. Sheep and lsmbs-Sheep,
at from 81 80 . So q SO so. which Is higher. Lambs
81 so . So; unsold $50 Hay and straw-Owing to
the rainy weather there was none Of either sale
the scales to day Prices Of hay range from 62X rs
cents ptr 100 for best loose Timothy.
FREIeHTs-Rstes to Liverpool we're nominal, and no
engagements of moment were reported. To California
TIE rates ranged from SO to per barrel and from
bco to coo per cubic foot
PRovisioNs-Ssles Of 100 barrels lower counties mess
pork made private terms For Western pork
there did not to be buy above SIS SO
LIS barrels city prime reported at $l4 Is prime
city was held at SIG $40 60 Beef-Sales Of 100
barrels mess. Chicago, were made private terms
Beef hams were held at SIS There change In
country city mess or prime Sales Of 600 barrels
pork hams and shoulders made at SIC. for the
former and 6kc for the latter There was no change
in cheese butter,
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MARITIME INT~LLIGKN NOE.
Fort OF Ne-.~ York, january 10, IS40.
Cleared.

Sun SETS. ......... 81 HIGH WATER. .........2
Cleared.
shipsTApOlo Gardner San FsnnosSo; Ambssadro,s IBID
Ear s n s.s:
yIpoo barclay LyngSni Sarah Hillsdge. (Br) DOlard
0.eres N0Iwi seS, Amsterdam Funek xsueo;
fsS,seo TrasSy CO. Madison Matthew ss''gs %
aep5i. Fisson Gem RPsyner Neal 90 do; Challenge
Ship Samuel Russell Palmer whampoa Oct and java Head
co ss p Bos f1on Manila s
anew s sD Ss ss Hsa 1P
ss. os "a Ted sss 1 Gs S n %
passed Arjier sea- ssesriny
;hsTa s. New
ken OIL 9th passed the wreck of chr capsized rnd full
@
srek For the last 10 days the has heavy
P s 1s,
gale from away urled the yard had
Ship Ma lama. Croker Dublin, 81 days in ballast to
Philips 18th inst lat a. lon IT, passed and spoke bark Alpha
ship Adelaide Adams Havana days. with mdss to sponord
SHIP stephen Austin Moss Galveston Dec q. Sid in 90
snip #aaS Jackson New Orleans 70 days with mds to Ea
to 5 10 @ Has experienced heavy
ST. r.: T.ss
s2as sR e
to " during the Iasage.
a. 1 say hs s
on nI Tie S Ss,s .,s 'a stove
with sas Toulfs Son vessel to Ewsl s,-
M s ss
"a with cedar &c, to Lasala Nephsws
Brig Versailles tSf Warren RID Pe1dlessp New orlean. q
AT Now Ysri 'ais s s. Ion
spoke .on from s. Domingo for Boston Tho
with ms Nsm
r. s ;,$
Lost s tys r,,o Will, .sehng the man,Gp;.il m
sulg. Co. eIpsieI soniaua ale. from
Brig Chattahoochs Carroll with plank
asS unmp
ton Rosds with -four to order
Fish Spoke Saturday last ship North Bend, sprasue IL
ss Eoune from 20 naval
stoTss ecstOs and nee Eootssdy Co. Tfe has sa
asssS
Of
si5 the WV sS blew af
sy s.
SG for
Cape eenny spoke chrs ruvagd 4 days from
.r . Of Oh snm Thy
0S l Sap HA'ra was saved by
l., sehr 0,ys Smith WnRstoD Ne sdas 9th inst g
Tis
SIR sonts1u@.. TaiSsisthsT: Richmond. IS day.
Schr Ann Gardner, Homer Virginia, days
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LATER FROM HAvANA.-The steamer Isabel Capt
Rollins, arrived he re last evening, from Havana,
via Key West.
From letter received In this city from Havana, we
learn that the Board of Health Of that city have
eided to make the Quarantine regulations more stri
gent Every vese from the United States VIII be sub
jeotsd to observation Of eight days, and vessel
coming from port infected with cholera from one
lady exists, will undergo quarantine of 20 days
The seamsr lsthmus, from New York for California
arrived at Havana the 9Th inst and ialed on the
18th for ChsgIee, with seven three psssse ngers
The Br Mail steamer had not arrived at Havana up
to the time the label left Charleston New, Jan ~
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MARKETS ELSEWHERE.
STOCK SALES

BAIrIMoRv Jan 13-SluO Maryar 6a 921< $50 do do 92
leo do do 924 $50 do do 92k 1000 Bait IOOa
Bait and OHIO Rk 3S; 10 90 do S 10 do do 33 DO
2Sh.
PHApEIPHIA Jan. l5-Frst Board-l3Oo City SIS 81 s3N;
100 do 6s rs 9oh 1000 am. and Am. Railroad Bonds g
DO, 95 100 u g. Loan 6s 81 ix; 1870 49, 80 loo
RsadDe R.ilrosd Bond' 49, 1000 IN 2oo State 6s 9o
Ga t3 $50 Lebigh Navigation Is 81 North American Bank
my $500 Ches and Del Canal Loan s. second Board
Csrd Fank II III GOO U. g. Loan 6s ~ l09x 10000
Notes 1875 1850 Reading Railroad Bonds az 200 State
e0tz; 1000 do. o., 7eM; 1400 City os'6 831<
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tive, heart dseaxe Of o. hopping cough Inflammation 81
brain, s. hsmmation bowela Il hammadoD Of chest In
a. alton. Of Kidneys rs; innAmmaon Of stomach milan
ma throat inAammann Of liver, insanity l;intsn-
matoL iues maranmus, measles A. G!d age .;
pefnee BIRTH rupture Il scrofala, quail ppx .
paisy lulcers liberation Of throat ulkpeyp
s0ece Il ., one ss years zs go t. ~
n 70 70 ~ 10 TsoD y II: = 90 TO lcS ~ -
N.B-Rsturn from Pottsr's .'esa mo- %H rSH1.yed
CITY Inspectors Once JAN Is isi9
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan Is, 1919
In E,rat.c GeNis-Ho! for California; The
Weather.

PHILADELPHIA, } an 10, ISfS.
In Erat,c GeMius-Ho! for Conference.-The
Weather.
A young fellow, calling himself the son Of Mr..
Lister, of New Orleans, has been deludlng vast
number of our citizens in various ways He got
nm architect to draw plan for amagni6cent thea
tre 100 feet front by $50 feet deep. to be ui.upon
lot in tie upper psr Of the Norther.. Liberties,
which he pretended to have Purchased. He en-
gagged nearly hundred mechanics, by promises
of profitable employment, and secured a lawyers
services, with the prospect of an enormous fee.
The plans of the building were all prepared, and
the anxious expectants OF the harvest they were
10 reap from being employed by so generous
man, were all ready TO commence work, when their
hopes were dashed to the ground by the discovery
that a check for $500 he had given to the owner Of
the ground was dlshonored by the Bank OF North
America, on which 1t was drawn, Mr.. Lester
tive gentleman is still in our midst, and efforts
are making to bring him to an account, but as
he has reaped no pecuniary profit FROM his
erratic course, the law cannot well take hold OF
him. He Is believed to be the same fellow that
has performed similar tricks IN Bucks county, and
one would think that he abors under sort OF
building mania, were ii not that there Is go much
method in his madness as to give HIM more claim
to the title of knave than fool. The erection of a
theatre TO accommodate 1000 persons at such a
distance from the centre OF the city struck those
he explained his plans to with wonder; but to OBJ
vIate this, he proposed having omnbuses to run
sion TO the theatre would include ride to the
theatre and home again after the close of the per-
fofnances
The Grey Eegle and Osceola, for California,
start tomorrow morning, and will carry away
about eighty OF our most enteIprlsing young men.
The Rev. Mr. Barnard yesterday announced that
five from his congregation were to embark for that
country, and put up prayers tor their safe delive-
rance from the penis OF the deep,
The Ice ls gradually disappearing in our riverst
from the effects Of the thaw, and shipping are
relieved from the embargo that has detained them
In port, contrary to the wishes OF their owners.
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ly copperd and calk ed before she left here, and
everything about her was thought to be In first rate
trim.
During the past night coplous RAIN has fallen,
and has washed out every vestige OF the recent
snow storm and cold weather. AT the present
writing fire in the room is decidedly ancomfort-
ably warm.