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Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-03-22
Of conveyance
route in respect
sc 81

OF convey auce
route in respect
and CELEBRITY Of til
accommodation 70.
entitled to the route.
90. When the bid dc
mode &C conveyance, it viii
understood 10 be for the loves. !.
conveyance, to-wit, on horseback.
When it proposes to carry according to
the advertisement, and no mode of con-
veyance is stated for the route in the adj
vertisement, it will be conside red as Of
fering only for horseback conveyance.
81. Since the passage Of the act of
March 3, 1915, new description of bid
has been received. Ii specifies no mode
OF conveyance, but engages to carry the
mail with certainty, celebrity, and securi-
", using the terms of the law. These
bids are called, from the manner in
which they are designated on the books
Of the Department. ''star bids" II has
been decided, after mature consideration,
that bid proposing specific mode OF
conveyance Of as high grade as two
horse coach transportation is 10 be pre-
ferred to the star bid. The experience
Of the Department enables it TO lay down..
the following rules, viz:
When the mail on the route is not so
large as to require two horse coach con-
veyance, a star bid, if the lowest, will be
preferred to the specific bid.
%. When the mails are of such size
and weight as to render it necessary or
expsdient, in reference to them alone, to
provide two-horse coach conveyance, the
specific bid, though the highest, will be
preferred to the star bid. to the extent of
a moderate difference in the compensa-
tion, in case the difference is not such to
interfere with the policy Of the new
law, which looks to reduction in the
cost of transportation. Exceptions,
however, may be allowed, where the
star bid is made by The present owner Of
the stock on the route, and il is manifest
that the reasons for preferring the specif-
ic bid do not exist in his case
23. On routes of the highest class.
where four-horse coach or steamboat
transportation is required by the size and
importance Of the mails, the preference
for the specific bid will be, il necessary.
carried to greater extent of difference
than on the inferior coach roHes, sab
ject, however. to the exceptions above
stated.
"a. A modification of bid, in any of
It's essential terms, is ientamount to
new bid, and cannot be received, so as
TO interfere with regular competition, af-
ter the last hour set for receiving bids.
! ]. COLLAMER, Postmaster General.
Post Office Department, January 1850.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-03-22
Form of a Guaranty to accompany
each Did.

"The undersigned There insert the
name of the guarantor or guarantors
guarantees that, here insert name of
bidder or names Of bidders. as the case
may be, if his Tor their) bid for carry
ing the mail from 10 be ac-
cepted by the Postmaster General, shall
enter into an obligation prior to the first
day of July next, with good and suffi-
cient sureties, to perform the service
proposed"
Dated
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-03-22
Form of Certificate.

The undersigned, postmaste-of
certifies that the guarantors above named
are sufficient and able to make good their
guaranty.
Dated
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-03-22
SPECIAL OFFICES.


SPECIAL OFFICES.
Proposals are mpited /bv supplying the
following offices in Jo,Da fo1 tie nett
proceeds Of said o65ces respectively,
limited to sum 10 be named IN the
proposals in each case:
Augusta from Sand Ridge, Q miles and
back once week.
Belle Fountain from Polk, 5 miles and
back once week.
Belle Point from Fort Des Moines,
80 miles and back once week.
Bennington from Red Rock, IL miles
and back once week.
Blue Grass from Davenport, 9 miles
and back once a week.
Business Corner from Portland, 2
miles and back once week.
Carleton from Fort Des Moines, 10
miles and back once week.
From Chillicotha to Fountain Springs,
- miles and back once week.
Dahlenega from Sac and Fox Agency,
miles and back once week.
Denmark from Augusta, miles and
back once week.
Ead's Grove from Delhi, 10 miles
and back once a week.
Elkader from Garnavilo, 0 miles and
back once week.
Export from Moreland, IL miles and
back once week.
Ewinglon from Postville, miles and
back once week.
Floris from Bloomfield, 6 miles and
back once week.
Hawk Eye from Yellow Springs, Z
miles and back, once week.
independence from Fort Des Moines,
80 miles and back once week.
Indianolo from Fort Des Moines, %
miles and back once week.
Kirkville from Fountain Springs, 5
miles and back once a week.
Lovelia from Abba, 8 miles and back
once week.
Maryvile from Centre Point, Z miles
and back once week.
Montacute from Apple Grove, Ia
miles and back once week
New Holland from Lagro, miles
and back once week.
Nine Eagles from Princeton, 90 miles
and back once a week.
Paran City from Red Rock, G miles
and back once week.
Portland from Business Corners, 2
miles and back once week.
Port Louisa from Toolesboro', IL
miles and back once week.
Salt Lake, California, from Kane, L..
030 miles and back six times a year.
South Fork from Centreville, Ia miles
and back once week.
Spragueville from Spring Brook. 7
miles and back once week.
Union Mills from Oskaloosa, IL miles
and back once week.
Walnut Fork from Fairview, IA miles
and back once week.
Wells's Mills from Bloomfield, 20
miles and back once week.
Yankee Settlement from Colony, II
miles and back once week.
Form for Bid ,ohcre no change fnom
advertisement is contemplated by the
bidder.
81 Tor we, as the case may be) There
write the name or names in full of
here state the residence or residences |
hereby propose to carry the mail on No.
from to as often as
the advertisement requires, in the time
stated in the schedules, and by the fol-
lowing mode of conveyance, to- wit:
Here state how it is to be conveyed. I
for the annual sum of 3
Dated
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-03-22

GEORGE ENGELMEYER.
"OULD respectfully inform the pub
w lie that he has opened an assortment
OF Dry Goods, Jewelry, Fancy Goods. Gro
ceries, &c. He also manufactures Boots
Shoes that cannot be beat for neatness and
durability in the western country, all of
which he will sell at Low Prices for cash 70
approved produce. The public are invited
TO call and see for themselves
Ottumwa, December 2lst, lS49. me.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-03-22

Doors &, SHOES-Men's thick
ID Bosts, Kip do, morocco do, Kip
Shoes, Pumps, Ladies Kid Shoes. mo.
rocco do, childrens do, for sale by
may 4th, ls49. A Nudge & co.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-03-22

TX Pcs Fancy Priv just rea e;ve.
- and for sale by
may 9Th ls4e. "a. Nudge,
The southern press., 1850-11-04

WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
U,HE next annual session Of this Institution will
commence on the Cd Wednesday i'll October.
FACULTY.
The Right Rev. JOHN JOINS, ID. d., President
and Professor of Moral Philosophy.
Judge BEVERLY Tucker, Professor Of Municipal
and Constitutional Law. y. ".... 49,,
BENJAMIN S. EwELL, Professor Of Mathematics
and Astronomy.
MoRGAN J. SMEAp, PHI D. Professor of Hu-
manity. g.--.....r... ...
WILLIAM f. HOPKINS, A. M, Professor o
Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
H. A. WARRINGTON, A. M, Professor of His
tory and Political Economy.
Rev. SILAs ToTTEN, d. D., Professor Of Intel
lectual Philosophy, Bellies Lettres, and Rhetoric.
There are two courses of study for undergrad
uates--the regular course for the degree of Bach
elor of Arts, and Science course, occupying two
years. Candidates for admission to the Science
course will be expected to produce the written re-
quest of their parents or guardians. Students not
desiring to join a regular class may, for special
reasons, be admitted to study with the regular
classes, in those branches which, on examination,
they may be found qualified to pursue.
The necessary College expenses range between
SlS6 and Sl96 per annum.
Circulars will be forwarded to all who may de-
sire fuller information, or specific inquiries will be
answered, if addressed to Professor MORGAN
SMEAp, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Students, not desiring to attend either the Reg
uar or the Science course, will be permitted to
study with any class which they may be prepared
to ioin ...
Jnly Isl aw. .u -.
The southern press., 1850-11-04
a THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
-. OF THE E.'......

SUC HENN LITERARY GAZETTE,
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th of Nav.
1850, under its original nameinstead of Richards
Ueekty GaSetfe-as more significant of its peculiar
character, being the only weekly organ OF itera
ture in the entire South! 1t is
Greatly Enlarged and Inprored,
Containing weekly Thity-two Columns OF
matter. IL Is, moreover, In an
Entirely .Ns,o Dress
'from head to foot, !" and upon beaut,f,,J w,i-.
paper, SO that, in mechanical excellence, it is not
surpassed by any paper whatever in the United
States! 1t continues under the same Editorial
direction as heretofore, and no pains or expense
will be spared to make it
"A Choice Family Newspaper,
= as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the
pest! Utterly discarding the notion that a
Southern Journal cannot compete with the North
ern weeklles, In cheapness and interest,
The Southern Literary Gazette
rivals the best or them IN all the characteristics of
a truly valuable hresde Journal. It's aim is the
diffusion OF cultivated and refined taste throup;ut
the communicated it embraces in its ample
folds ever species of intelligence that can tend to
this result. 5@& @ III hnEasHW "
s4.a, ss a Original Contributions, 81, -
rom many OF the ablest writer's in the South.
cnieny occupy Its columns, but not to the exclu-
SION OF cholce miscellany, selected from the hes.
American and European sources. '
The tone Of the "Gazette" is indenenden, =.
criticism and in the discussion Of every legitimate
topic, but ii is strictly ,ss, IS 2.r. $50
Neutral in Politics and Religion
It's columns are occasionally embellished with
21 Southern Portraits and Lo.,dscapes, ..l'.
expressly for the work, and accomna-
MED by biographical and Typographical sketches.
ifs General Intomation
is coplous, but carefully condensed from the
leading journals Of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size
and attractions thepaper, it is still published at
Iico Dollars Per .8nnum, in .4drance
it will be furnished to persons becomin~ resr,on.
sible for the whole number of copies, and having
them sent to one address, on the following terms
tss Three copies, Is
Five copies, #a. .,. o.
Ten copies, sr.. ,.rt t...... J5
Fifteen copies On
s@ Twenty copies, .. # 25
. Fifty copies, n tt- .ssaE.s. 90 &c.,. .
Us AL orders must be accompanied with the
money, and addressed, post pai, to
@'s WALKER q RICHARDS
Charleston. s. C s
The southern press., 1850-11-04

ENLARGEMENT OF THE CAPITOL
II The Committee on Public Buildings of the
Senate, having been authorized by a resolution of
that body, " TO invite plans accompanied by esti-
mates for the extension of the Capitol, and TO al
low premium Of five hundred dollars for the
plan which may be adopted by the Committees on
Public Buildings of the two Houses Of Congress-,
accordingly invite such plans and estimates, to be
delivered to the Secretary Of the Senate on or be-
fore the first day Of December next.
1t is required that these plans and estimates
shall provide for the extension of the Capitol,
either by additional wings, to he placed on the
north and south of the present building, or by the
erection of separate and distinct building, within
the enclosure to the east of the building.
The committee do not desire to prescribe any
condition, that may restrain the free exercise of
architectural taste and judgment, but they would
prefer, that whatever plan may he proposed may
have such reference to and correspondence with
the present building as to preserve the general
symmetry of the entire structure, when complete.
Although but one plan can be adopted, the COM
mitee reserve to themselves the right to form such
plan by the adoption of parts of different plans
submitted, should such course be found necessary; In
which event, the committee also reserve to them
selves the right to divide or apportion, according
to their own Judgment, the amount of premium TO
be awarded for the whole, to those whose plans
NAV in part be adopted, according to the relative
Importance and merit of each part adopted.
r. M. +. HUNTER,
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
JOHN III. CLARKE,
Committee of The Senate o., Public Buildings.
SENATE CHAMnyn, Both September, 1850
N. =. The several daily papers published at
Washington will please insert the above daily for
two weeks, and send their accounts TO the Secre-
tary Of the Senate. oct
The southern press., 1850-11-04

All the numbers sold separately. For single
number, 81; and larger quantity OF any single No
at the rates as above.
All orders for single numbers, more, viii be
promptly filled ON the receipt Of the money. The
whole can be sent without danger of injury, by the
expresses, to any part of the country.
o. Any Bookseller Postmaster, Librarian, or any
other person. may obtain subscribers, and his orders
will be filed when the money is received.
Advertisements which concern the Fine Arts, in
every department. will be admitted ON the cover IN
the style Of the European Journals, the following
terms a..t.. ...'
For one square (of eight lincs) once, 81
For square for one year, III
corresponding reduction for larger space.
Cards of Artists and others, (of hall square) for
the year, q. 80. b
N B.-An orders and business communications
may be addressed (post paid) to Brady, D'Avignon
& Co., 205 Broadway, New York.
Subscription lists opened at all the principal
Bookstores throughout the United States.
THE EDITORS.
Taylor and Maury and Franck Taylor, Agents for
washington. ,. NJ. I.
New YoRK, Jan. 1, Ia50l "#a0# .
The southern press., 1850-11-04


EDITED BY AN ASSOCIATION OF LITERARY MEN.
FINDER this title will be published, during the
~ year 1850, twenty Portraits and Biographi-
cal Sketches OF American citizens who have become
lustrous in the service of the country Every por-
ton of the work will receive the most careful attcn-
ton, and nothing will be spared to render it worthy
mad enduring monument TO the great men OF the Re-
public. ....,..., ..U.l.. ... r... .t. X.
Mr.. Brady has been many years engaged, at great
expense, in collecting Portraits for National Gal
lery, and those which being engraved for this
work believed to be superior to any that have
been taken In the accomplishment OF this great
object he has experienced the utmost courtesy and
encouragement from distinguished men. Mr.. Brady's
reputation has been too long established to need any
recommendation. His daguerreotypes are in the
highest sense the works OF art, glowing with tie soul
Of the living countcnancc. .'
The drawings aud engravings Of D'Avignon have
been pronounced by Europeans of~tastc to be fully
equal and in some respects superior to those o tho
best artists OF London and Paris; and every i'm
preston in this Gallery will be taken under his i'm
mediate supervision The typography will be exc
cuted carefully and in superb style as the
cravings themselves. The entire work will be on
the finest imperial folio paper, 16 by % inchcs made
expressly for this purpose. S., ..sN&e, ....H .
This work has nothing sectional in lis scope il
win therefore be comprehensive in its spirit. The
names of those men only are admitted whose talents
and public services have won for them honorable
fame throug hout the nation. Each of the great de-
partmcnts OF life viii have its representatives, Art
and Literature universal in their spirit, and the
Gallery is intended to be worthy and enduring
uInent to the great men of the Republic, whose
achievements and fame constitute the chief glory Of
the nation. We hope that every lover of Art, and
friend of our glorious Union, will respond to our ap-
peal for encouragement and aid in commendable
undertaking, that its publication may make an in
he progress OF American Art, and by grouping the
illusrious OF the Union together, consolidate it
still more firmly. .& "...,.j-.t .#. 'r.. ..
As no work Of this kind has appeared in America,
and the prices they sustain in Europe would place il
beyond the reach of most OF citizens, the publish
ers have resolved to merit large circulation, by
charging very low price. They have, therefore,
established the following ....
The southern press., 1850-11-04
STEELE'S FASHIONABLE HAT
HOUSE
LESION, SourH CAROLINA.

CHARLESTON, SoUTH CAROLINA.
RzU THE SUBSCRIBER establish
ment being one Of the most extensive
JSaazsA and fashionable retail HAT HOUSES
in Charleston, the public may depend
on finding there superior assortment OF all the
latest stviea of Hats for this fall. Fine French
Moleslin and Beaver Hats, with nm extensive
variety Of fine black, aud blue cloth Caps for gen
tlemens, youths, and children. --1 ef
TO SOUTHERN PLANTERS. =. ..
Planters can be supplied with Hats and Caps
for plantation and house serydltts. Black, white,
pearl, and drab waterproof Wool Hats with good
hair and coarse cloth Caps. s...
W. STEELE,
Fashionable Halter, 23l King, opposite Hazel
street, Charleston, IL
The southern press., 1850-11-04
To Southern Gentlemen or LITERARY m
stitutiOns H

"A young man, a graduate of St. Mary's COL
"A lege, Baltimore, wishes to obtain as ituation
as as Assistant in an Academy, or Private Tutor
He rs qualified to teach the highest branches of
Greek, Latin, French, Natural Pbilosonby Chs.
mistry, Mathematics and English Literature
The highest testimonials az to character and orali-
hcations can be produced. Address, post-psid,
q KY. Post Office, Baltimore, Md
The southern press., 1850-11-04
BLACKwOOD'S MAGAZINE
AND THE
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEWS.
premtu,ns tO New Subscribers.

NWING to the late revolutions and counter-revo
~ Iutions among the nations OF Europe, which have
followed each other in quick succession, and OF which
the end is not yei, the leading periodicals OF Great
Britain have become invested with degree Of inter
est hitherto unknown. They occupy middle
ground between the hasiy, disjoined and necessarily
imperfect records OF the newspapers, and the clabo-
rate and ponerous t.eatses to be furnished by the his
torian at a future day. The American Publishers,
therefore, deem it proper to call renewed attention to
these Periodicals, and the very low price at which
they are offered to subscribers. The following is
their list, viz I..
THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW,
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW,
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW,
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW,
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
In these periodicals contained the views, mode
rately, though clearly and firmly expressed, of the
three great parties in England-Tory, Whig and Ra-
dicals' Blackwood" and the 4" London Quarterly y
arc Tory tho &C Edinburgh Review" Wing and
the &C Westminster Review " Liberal. Thee North
British Review " owes its establishment to the last
great ecclesiastical movement in Scotland, and is not
ultra in its views any one oi the grand depart
ments of human knowledge it was originally edited
by Tr Chalmers and now, since his DEATH is con-
Quoted by his sor-in-law Dr. Hanna associated with
Sir David Brewster. It's literary character is Of the
very highest order. The oWestminsteI," )" though
reprinted under that title only, is published in Eng
land under the title Of the sForcign Quarterly and
Westminster - it being in fact union of the two
Reviews formerly published and reprinted under sepa-
rate tides. II has therefore the advantage by this
combination of uniting in work the best features
Of both as heretofore issued. ..r.
The above Periodicals are reprinted in New York,
Immediately their arrival by the British steamers,
in beautiful clear type on fine white paper, and are
faithful copies of the originals Blackwood's Maya
zine being exact fac sintilc OF the Edinburgh cdi
ton.
The southern press., 1850-11-04
DEPARTMENT or STATE,
Wushiugfo1,, June 4, 1850.

SIR have the honor to transmit to you herewith
a copy Of the correspondence which has passed be-
tween this Department and the National Institute for
the Promotion Of Science respecting the organization
OF COMMITTEES to constitute the central authority re-
quired by the regulations Of the Royal Commission
The southern press., 1850-11-04

u A, PRINGLE, No. 80, East Bay street.
LIZ Charleston, South Carolina. Importer of
French CALF SKINS; Manufacturers AGENT
and Dealer in BROG.a.NS, BOOTS and SHOES.
Advances made on consignment of Brogans or
Southern Manufacture. Parties wishing to con-
sign, will send samples Of their make, und on re-
cept Of their consignment, a liberal cash advance
will be made Information promptly impaired.
as to the style, but adapted to the trade.
Charleston, S. c., july is. 1850 Dir
The southern press., 1850-11-04
PENSIONS AND BOUNTY LAND

PENSIONS AND BOUNTY LAND
OBTAINED for the officers and soldiers of the
J Revolutionary war, or their legal representa-
tives.
Pensions for life, for the widows of such
GERS and soldiers who married previous to 1900.
Bounty land for the surviving, or the widows,
or minor children of deceased officers and prvates,
who served in the war Of 1872 with Great Bri-
tain, the Mexican war, or i'll any of the Indian
wars, since 1870.
Attention paid to suspended and rejected claims.
Terms moderate, where the claim is established
otherwise no charge.
Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, u. c., will receive prompt attention.
NJ. THOMPSON,
Commissioner Of Deeds for North and South
Carolina
Refer to the heads of Departments, and to
members of Congress generally.
Oct 4-twtf
The southern press., 1850-11-04
PROSPECTUS
{ THE SOUTHERN PRESS. 2

An association of sixty-tlree Members OF Congress,
Senators and Representatives, have constituted the
undersigned Committee &c superntend the esta-
hlishmeni OF Southern Press at Washington City,
to be devoted TO the exposition and deence OF South
em Rights and institutions--thc dissemination OF
correct information as TO Northern Policy, and the
OF oitcal affairs generally, without reference
tn the old party lines OF Wing and Democrat. Ar
rangements are now in progress, promptly 10 ensure
the issue Of such aPaper under the title OF
THE SOUTHERN PRESS"
for the conduct OF which, suitable Editors have been
engaged who will also receive the aid Of number
oil eminent and and able contributors
There will be daily, ui-Weekly, and weekly
ssiiethe latter to contain substantially, the same
matter as the former, and intended TO reach those
points of the country whose mail facilities are limited
The paper will not be erciusirety Political-but
will embrace on its broad sheet the General News OF
the day, Domestic and Foreign, by mail and tele-
graph; Commercial and Agricultural Intelligence,
Literary Criticisms, Original Essays, Literary and
Miscellaneous; and, in short, all those items OF
general interest the collected aggregate Of which
constitutes the interesting and valuable Newspa-
per- Great care will be taken to give full aud COR
rect Reports of the Proceedings and Debates III both
Houses oi Congress, as wei as the action oil the
local Legislatures ON the Southern question.
* limited number only OF Advertisements will be
eceived--the main object being to furnish large
| amount of reading matter. r. r.. .. .H
The paper will be printed on sheet equal in size
to those OF the other Washington papers, and the ma
terial will be procured especially Tor the purpose.
II is confidently hoped that every true friend to the
South will aid procuring subscribers, and forward
the names, with the amount subscribed, to some
Southern Representative at Washington, forthwith.
Postmasters are authorised by law TO remit sub
| scriptions free Of postage ., ,," ..
| Terms. ' -.
| For Daily--the price will be per annum, Slo,oO
For Tr-weekly during the Session OF Con-
gress, and Semi-weekly " during the recess, Oo
Weekly paper, -t--,t- -a-l w
The price Of subscription must be paid Invariably
in edyance, and the cash accompanying the name
sent ..,..... IL. I'll o. ....
All persons procuring ten names shall be entitled to
receive copy gratis for one year.
-ngI.. .a ..''- A.P. BUTLER, #..
JACKSON MORTON,
II. TOOMBS,'
Df j. THOMPSON. 49,