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EDITED BY AN ASSOCIATION OF LITERARY MEN.
ETNDER this title " ill be published, during tn,
u y ar 1850, twenty four Portraits and Bograpli
cal Sketches OF American citizens who have become
liisrious in the service G the country. Every por
ion u the work will receive the most careful atten
ton, ard nothing will be spared to render IT worthy
mad enduring lu'numcnt to the great men OF tho IL"
public.
MIR. Brady las been many years engaged, at great
expense, in collecting Portraits for a National Gal
lcry, and those which being engraved for this
work are believed 20 be superior to any ih*t have
been taen. In the accomplishment Of this great
object he has experienced the utmost cyurtesv and
encouragement from distinguished nen. Mr.. Brady's
reputation has been TOO long established to need any
Recommended ion. His daguerreotypes are in tie
highest sense the works ot rt, glowing with tie soul
oi the living cDuntenancc.
The drawings and engravings of D'Avgron have
been pronounced by Europeans Of taste 10 be iull,
equal and in respects superior to those Of the
hest artists Of London and Paris and every i'm
preston in this Gallery will be taken under bis i'm.
NC, iAlc supervision The Typography will be exc
rutcd carefully and in superb style the
cravings themselves. The entire work will b, on
he finest imperial olio paper, l6 by 25 inches, made
expressly for this purpose,
This work has nothing sectional in its scope ; il
will therefore be comprehensive its spirit. Th'
names Of those men only admitted, whose talents
and public scr,i ices have won Tor them honorable,
fame tirouc hou' the nation. Each OF the great dc.
partmcns of life will have It's representative Art
and Literature universal in their spirit and thu
Gallery is intendd to be wHthy aud enduring mon
umrnt to the great men ut the Republic who's,
achievements and fame constitute the chief glory Of
ihc ton We hope that every lover OF AIT, and
friend of our g,nrions Union, will respond to our sp.
peal for enco,irag Elcnt and aid in commend hlr
undertaking, that its publication make an era IN
he progress, OF American Art, and by grouping tAt
'llsrious Of the Union together, consolidate it
still more firmly. t,
As no work Of this kind has appeared in America
and the prices they sustain IN Europe would place il
beyond the reach Of mos, Of our citizens the pbli,
cr' have r. solved to merit large circulation, by
charging very low price They have, therefore
established the following
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y A. PRiNGLE, No. 30, East Bay street,
IL. Charleston, South Carolina.-lmporter of
French CALF SKINS; Manufacturer Agent
and Dealer in BROG.4.AS, BOOTS and SHOES;
Advances made on consignment Of Brogans OF
Southern Manufacture. Parties wishing to con-
sign, will send samples Of their make, und on re-
ceipt of their consignment, liberal cash advance
will be made. Information promptly impaired,
as to the style, but adapted to the trade.
Charleston, S. c.. July l6. lSIn-dlu
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TIE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW,
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW,
TUE 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 Ergland-Toty, Wing and Ra-
deal. Blackwood " and the " I.otnon Quarterly
are Tory the g Edinburgh Ecvi.w" Whig; and
the :. minister Review " Liberal. The'. North
British Review " OWES lis establishment to the last
great ecclesiastical movement in Scotland. and is not
ultra in its views any nc Of the grand depart.
me,s Of human knowledge it was originally edited
by Dr Chalmers, and NOW, since his DEATH is con-
Quoted by his son-n-law DR.. Hanna, associated with
sir David Brewster Its literary character is If the
very highest order. The C Wesminstn," though,
reprinted under that title ony is published in Eng
land under the title Of the " For Ign Quarterly and
Westminster y It being in fact UNION "i the two
Reviews formerly published ana reprint under Sepa-
rate tales. 1t has thrrrf the advantage by this
combination of whiting in work the best features
Of both as heretofore issued,
The above Periodicals. are reprinted in New York,
Immediately their arrival by the British steamers,
in beautiful clear type fine white paper sn'l are
C,thiul copies Of the originals. Blackwood's Maga-
zinc being exact fac similc Of the Edinburgh edi
ton
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DFPARTMrNT OF STAFF,
Unshi,pton. .J,tne l. lSEO

Sir : have the honor Ia transmit 10 YOU herewith
copy Of the correspondence which has passed be-
tween this Department md the National Institute for
the Promotion OF Science, respecting tho organizaton
OF committee to constitute the central authority re-
qrcd by tho regulations Of the Royal Commission
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All the numbers sold separately. For single
number, 81; and larger quantity oI any single No
at the rates as above.
All orders for single numbers, more, will be
prnnvtly filled on the receipt ut the money. Th,
whole can BE- sent without danger Of injury, by the
expresses, to any part Of the country.
6S- Any Bookseller Postmaster, LihrarIan or anv
other person, may obtain subscribers and his orders
will BE- filled when the money is received.
Advertisements which concern the Fine Arts in
every department, will be admitted on the cove. in
the style OF the European Journals, the following
terms:
For one square (if eight line,) ONCE, :. 81
+ ura square n one year, 10
corresponding reduction for larger space.
Cards OF Artists and Others, cot hall square, for
y B.-hn orders and bnsiu IS commun cations
may DC addressed (post pad) to Brauy, D'A>gnon
s Co., E05 Broadway, New York.
Subscription lists ops red at all the principal
Bookstores throughout the L ni,ed States
THE EDITORS.
Taylor and MAury and Franck Taylor, Agents for
washington.
New YoRK Jan l. lS5tI
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woRTaINGToN G. sNETaEN
Formerly Solicitor Of The General Land Office

ATTORNEY AND CoUNsELloR AT LAW,
Continues to practice in the Supreme Court or
the United States, in the Courts Of the Distrc, or
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, to prosecute
claims Of all kinds against the United States. Ell
ther before Congress or any Of the Executive De-
partments, and to procure letters patent for inv en-
uons. business conhded to his care, will be
promptly attended to.
~ b. Particular attention paid to the proseru-
ti"n of claims before the Brazilian Commiss on
now sitting in Washington.
WAsu,HcToN CRY. ID. G.. July II, 1850
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WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
rINHE next annual session of this institution Will
commence on the I'd Wednesday in October.
FACULTY.
The Right Rev. Jouv JoHNs, D. d., President
and Professor of Moral Philosophy.
Judge BEVERLY Tucker, Professor OF Municipal
and Constitutional Law.
BENJAMIN S. EwElL, Professor of Mathematics
and Astronomy.
MORGAN J. SMEAp, Phi. D. Professor of HUI
manty.
WILLIAM F. HOPKINS, A. NJ, Professor
Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
H. A. WARRINGTON, A. NJ, Professor Of lis
tory and Political Economy.
Rev StLAs. ToTTEN, d. D., Professor Of intclr
octual Philosophy, Bellies Lettres, and Rhetoric.
There are two courses of study for undergrad
uates--he regular course for the decree ot Bach
eor of Arts, and a 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 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
$ls6 and $l96 per annum.
| Circulars will he forwarded To all who may de-
sire fuller lnfornaton specific inquiries Will he
answered, if addressed to Professor MORGAN }
SMEAn, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Students, not desiring to attend either the Reg
ular or the Science course, will be permitted tn
study with any class which they may be prepared
t" join.
July Isl aw.
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"lSCoSOGRAPBICE ENCYCLOPEDIA"
TNAYLOR g. MAURY, booksellers near 9th
street, have for exhibition a complete copy
Of this valuable and beautiful work, now publish
ing in numoers. TO be completed in twenty-five
parts Subscriptions taken, and the work rplied,
March q TAYLOR g. MAURY.
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TOR TIE SPRINGS.

7 AIDES retiring TO the springs or country, will
find at PARKER'S, just opening, "A fresh
supply of Toilette Articles, such as very superior
BAYRUM, COLOGNE, in bottles and on draught,
EAU LUSTRAL, OK MARROW, LENrI.
FRlCE, &c, COMB, HAIR, TOOTH, and NAIL
BRUSHES, at
PARKFRS
Fancy Comb and Perfumer! stsr,
aug. g. Penn. Av near National Hotel
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J. Knox walker,

.fnorney at Lar and General .igert,
nFFERS his services in his p, ,ofcssinn and d.
~ Agent Tor the Prosecution and Collection o
Claims before Congress, and the Departments also n
obtaining Pat nts.
All business conhded 10 him viii he promptly az
tended 'n. III Il
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BLACK WOODS MA G :. ZANE
AND TIVE
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEWS.
Premiums 10 New SubsCl ibeIs.

NWlNG to the late revolutions and counter-revo-
~ lutons among the nations Of Europe, which have
followed each other in qu,ck su'ccssion, and OF which
the end IS not yet the leading periodicals Of 'reat
Britain have become invested with degree Of inter
est hthcrt, unknown. They occup, a middle
ground between the h1s'y, oin'"d and necessarily
imperfect records Of the new'p per, and the e'ah,-
rate aud pom ierous eats,s to be furnished by the his
toran at a future day. The American Publishers,
therefore, deem 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
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Tie .NfW ItTT1IOf1CS
We give the names of the new territories al
though they have not yet been organized. Cali
fornla will, in all probability, be admitted into the
Union as State, with two senators, and one or
two representatives to Congress. Utah and New
Mexico, and probably Nebraska, will be granted
territorial governments, and delegates admitted
from each, before Congress adjourns-perhaps
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THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF TIE

SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZET'r :,
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4,h Of M.y,
1881, under It's original nanie-insead o. Richa ds'
Ueekiy Ga:ehe-as more 81 ignifcant of its pecu lar
character, it being the only weekly organ Of Lit, ra-
ture in the entire South! 1t is
Greatly Enlarged and I,aproped,
Containing weekly Thirty-wo Columns of
matter. 1t is, moreover, in an
Entirely .heo Dress
from head to foot" and upon beautiful wnre
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 expo use
will be spared to make it
a Choice Family .htrypapcr,
" us cheap as the cheapest, and as good as The
best Utterly discarding the notion that a
Southern Journal cannot compete with the No! TIL
ern Weehlles, III cheapncss and interest,
The Southern Literary Gu-ene
rivals the best OF them i'll all the characteristics of
II truly valuable freside Journal. Its aim is The
diffusion OF cultivated and refined taste through III:
the community-and it embraces in It's an ple
folds ever species Of intelligence that can tenu to
this result.
Original Contributions,
from many Of the ab!est writers in the So, th
chiefly occupy It's columns, but not to the eX, lu-
sion Of choice miscellany, selected from the est
American and European sources.
, The tone of the "Gazette" is independent ,n
criticism and in the discussion of every egitin ate
topic, but 1t is strictly
Neutral IL. Politics and ReHeion!
Its columns are occasionally embeshed with
Southern Portraits and Landscapes,
engraved expressly for the work, and accomoa-
MED by biographical and typographical sketches
It's General Information
is copious, but carefully condensed from The
leading journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size
and attractions ofthe paper, it is still published at
THO Dollars Per .9s,nR1n. IL, .4Irnure
it will be furnished to persons becoming respon-
sible for the whole number Of copies, and hav ng
them sent TO one address, on the following terms:
Three copies, S.
Five copies, s
Ten copies, Is
Fifteen copies, 90
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, co
IS- All orders must be accompanied with he
money, and addressed, post pal, TO
WALKER d. RICHARDS.
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Terms.

II
For anv three do. OO
For | four Of the Reviews, 3 90 "
For Bla,kwooi'- Magazine, 3 90 g
For Bia kword and three Reviews, 90
For Dlackwood and the four, 10 % &C
Premiums,
Consisting of back volumes OF the following vain
able works, viz
Bentley Mi.rellany,
The metropolitan Magazine,
Backw ODDS NJ gazinc
London Quarterly Review,
Edinburgh Review,
Foreign Quarterly Review,
Westminster Review.
Any subscribing to 8lackw"od, or to one OF the
Reviews at S3 year, or To any two OF the pcrinli
Gals Il -, VIII receive, gratis, volume Of any Of
The premiums above nam' d.
ASubscrib to any three e the Periodicals, at -
year, four 4 the Reviews, at SS, will receive
two premium volumes above
\ subscriber to BIackwOoh and three Reviews, at
50 year or TO four Of the II. views and B,ackwood
at IN, vii! receive three premium volumes.
Consecutive pr, minm volumes will be furnished
whcn practicable but to prevent disappointment.
subscribers requested TO order many different
works Tor premium, as they may require VOLUMES.
Clubbing.
tonr copies OF any or all OF the above wo,ks will
be sent To one address on payment of the gAr sub
scription Er tkrcc-thc fourth copy being gratis.
No premiums will be given where the above al
,"wancc maze to clubs, will premiums IN an,
cas-" DC furnished unless the subscription money is
paid in full to the Publishers, without recourse 70 all
asrrt.
aSs-Rcmtanccs and communications should be al
ways addressed, postpaid tanL I'd, TO the Pubsh.
LEONARD SCOTT s co.
70 Fulton Street, New York.
g. Entrance 81 Gold-st. Ian. 4
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DOY WANTED,-Al lad, IL to l6 years Of
lD age, is wanted at this Office An expert reader
will be preferred, Aug.eo
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PRO ,PECTUS
1.-THE SOUTHERN PRESS. !"

An association Of sxty-ihree Members of Congress,
Senators and Representatives, b'ye constituted the
uRdersig ed "a Committee tc superIntend The esta-
hl,shmenl OF Sout hern Press at Wasbington City,
TO he devoted Ia the exvostion an defense Of South
ern Rig hts and lnstitutIOns--the dissemination ot
correct information as to Northern Policy, and the
cuure OF pocal Affairs generally, without References
u the old party lines Of Wing and Democrat. Ar
Engagements are in prog ess, promptly TO ensure
the issue Of such paper under the ute ei
n"TaH SOUTHERN PRESS"
Tor the conduct Of wtic suitable Editors have been
engaged, who will also receive the and oi number
nt eminent and an able contributions
! here will be daily,-a tri-weekiy, and weekly
's,ie-thc latter to contain substantially, the same
matter as the former, AMI intended tn reAeh those
POINTS ofth country whose man liclities are hhited
The paper will not BE- srctusreiy Polltica--h'H
Ill embrace ON its bro l., sheet he Guneral News oi
the day, Domes,ic aud t0re,ga, by mai and teie-
graph Commercial and Agricultural lntullig' 'e,
Literary CRITICISM Original Essays, Liter"ry and
Miscellaneous; and, in short, all those items oi
general interest, the collected aggregate If which
constitutes the interesting and valuable Newspa-
per- Great care vii! be taken to give full and cor
rect Reports of the Proceedings and Debates in both
Houses Of Congress, as weu as The actioh OF the
local Legislatures on the Southern question.
A limited number only of Adve ti,ements will be
rceived-,he mala obi !ct being to furnish large
| amount t,f reading matter:
Tie pap will br printed sheet equal in size
to those oi the other washington Pfsf7' an" ''e MA
seria will b. procured esprcia!ly tor tn. purpose. ,
1t confidently hoped hat every true friead to the
Soh will aid in procuring subscribers. and forward
the names, with the amoant Subscribed, to some
Southern Representative at Washington, forthwith.
PIstuasters are authorised by Law To remit sub
| scriptioh5 Tree Of postage
Terms.
For Dailv--the price will be per annum, $40 ,0G
For Tri-werkiy during the Session oi Con-
gress, aud Scmi-weekly during tn: recess, IN
Wee<~ paper "
The price OF subscription must be paid invarlabl,
IN cdvance, and the cash accompanying the name
sent.
All persons procuring ten names shall be entitled tt
receive copy gratis for year
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JACKSON NORTON,
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j. THOMPSON.
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A GREAT NATIONAL WORK.
THE GALLERY or INDUSTRIOUS
AMERICANS.
EDITED BY AN ASSOCIATION OF LITERARY MEN.

sguarreotypes by Engraved by
D'Avignon.
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Democratic majority

Democratic majority 3
Two members from California, Edward Gil
bert and George w. Wright, now in Wash
ington, awaiting for the admission or that State
into the Union.
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PROSPECTUS OF A NEW SERIES OF
The Southern Quarterly Review.

COMMENCED ON THE lsr OF ArRIL, 1850 Bl
WALKER e. RICHARDS, ProprietOrs 8. Publishers.
TEEMS-S5.C0 per annun', payable in ad-
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WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.


THE next annual session of this Institution will
/ commence on the Cd Wednesday i'll October.
FACULTY.
The Right Rev. JOHN JOINS, D. D., President
and Professor of Moral Philosophy.
Judge BEVERLY TICKER, Professor Of Municipal
and Constitutional Law.
BENJAMIN s. EwELL, Professor Of Mathematics
and Astronomy.
MORGAN J. SMEAD, Phi. D. Professor of HUI
mainly.
WILLIAM F. HOPKINS, A. NJ, Professor o
Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
H. A. WASHINGTON, A. NJ, Professor Of His
tory and Political Economy.
Rev. SILAs ToTTEN, D. d., Professor Of Intel
ectual Philosophy, Bellies Lettres, and Rhetoric.
There are two courses Of study for undergrad
uates--he regular course for the degree of Bach
elor of Arts, and Scieace course, occupying two
years. Candidates for admission to the Science
course will be expected to produce the written re-
quest of their parents guardians. Students not
desiring to Join 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
Sl66 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
SMEAn, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Students, not desiring to attend either the Reg
ular or the Science course, will be permitted to
study with any class which they may be prepared
to Join
July Ill aw
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All the numOelS sold separately. For a single
number, 81; and larger quantity OF any single No
at the rates as above
! All orders Tor single numbers, or more, will be
promptly filed on the receipt Of the money. The
whole can be sent without danger of injury, by the
! expresses, to any part of the country.
e. Any Bookseller Postmaster, Librarian, or any
other person, may obtain subscribers and his orders
will be filled 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 follow ing
terms
For one square (of eight lncs) once, , s.
For square for one year, 10
corresponding reduction for larger space
Cards OF Artists and others, (ol halt square, for
INC year, 5
n BAH orders and business communications
may be addressed (post paid) TO Bradv, D'Avignon
81 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.
New YoRK, Jan. |, 1851
ON CONSIGNMENT Tanned R,I,sef,
~ BROG.f.NS.-l, 900 pair Oak Tanned Russell
Brogans, prime article Of Southern Manufac-
'nre. For sale by r. \. PRINGLE,
No 30 Fast Bay street,
July 10, l95O-d4m ,"har(esten, S. c.,
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sTEELE'S FASHIONABLE HAT
HOUSE
CHARLESTON, SorTH CAROLINA.

CHARLEsToN, SorTH CAROLINA.
- THE SUBSCRIBER establish
ment being one Of the most extensive
Z1xz& and fashionable retail HAT HOUSES
I'm Charleston. the public may depend
on mixing there superior ass ortment Of all the
latest sty." Of Hats for this fall Fine French
MoleskIn ana Beaver Hats, with an extensive
variety OF fine bIac" and blue cloth Caps for gen
tIemens, youths, and Children.
TO SOUTHERN PLANTERS.
Planters can be supplied wlA Hats and CAPS
for r'N"ta,on and house servants. 1'ack, white,
pearl, and drOb waterproof Wool Hats viii GOOD
hair aud coarse cloth Caps.
w. STEELE,
Fashionable Halter, 23l King, opposite hao.,
street, Charleston, IL
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EDITED BY AN ASSOCIATION OF LITERARY MEN.
FINDER this title will be published during thu
~ year 1850, twenty-iour Portraits and Biographi
cal Sketches Of American citzclis who have become
ilustrious in the ice Of the country Every por
ton OF the work will receive the most careful atten
tion and nothing will be spared to render it worthy
mad enduring monument to the great men Of .l~ Re
public.
MIR. Brady has been many years engaged, at great
expense, ~ collecting Portraits for National Gal
lcry, and those which are being engraved for thi:
work believed 20 be superior to any that have
ever bc2n 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 daguereotypcs are in tie
highest the works OF art glowing with tic soul
OF the living countcDancc.
The drawings and cngravings OF D'Avgnon have
been pronounced by Europeans of taste to be fully
equal, and Ill some respects superior to those Of the
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
cucd as carefully and in superb a style as the en-
cravings themselves The entire work will be on
the finest imperial folio paper, IL by % inches, ade
expressly for this purpose.
This work has nothing sectional in ITS scope it
will therefore be comprehensive in its spirit The
names ct those men only admitted, whose talents
and public services have won for them honorable
fame Throughout the nation. Each of the great de-
parments Of life will have its representatives. Art
and Literature universal in their spirit, and the
Gallery is intended to be worthy and enduring mon
um"at 10 the great men Of the Republic whose
achievements and fame constitute the chief glory Of
he II ton We hope that every lover of Art, and
friend of our glorious Union will respond to our ap
peal for encnurag ncnt and aid in 80 com,nenda bic
undertaking. that its publication y make an era In
he progress Of American Ant, and by grouping TIE
ins'rious men of the Union together, consolidate it
still more firmly.
Asno work Of this kind has appeared in America,
and the prices they sustain in Europe would place
beyond the reach of most Of citizens, the publish
ors have resolved to mort large circulation, by
charging very low price. They have, therefore,
established the following
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-12

"INCONOGRAPHIC ENCYCLOPEDIA"
TAYLOR s. MAURY, booksellers near 9th
i street, have for exhibition complete copy
Of this valuable and beautiful work, now publish
na r =" pnmbers, to be completed in twenty-five
',, ' N''~-- r'ions taken, and the work supplied,
March q TAlLep g. MAUpv