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Vol. 4.

Crown, Crystal, and Plate Glass Makers.
Sugar Boilers and Refners, with Propnetors of
Sugar Plantations
Manufacturers Of Railway, Bar, Round Ribbon,
and Rod Iron.
Wheel, Axle, and Spring Makers.
Engine Drivers, and Persons connected with the
Locomotive generally.
Engineers, and Captains Of Steam Vessels.
Managers of Stationary Engines.
Lumber Dealers and owners Of Saw Mills.
Veneer Cutters.
Owners Of Planning Machinery.
Corn Millers, and Persons connected with Boiling
and Rran-Separating Machinery.
Farmers and Persons using Grain-Shellng and
Threshing Machinery.
Buhl Workers, Caryers Engravers, and Ornamen,
Makers in general.
Persons employed in the Manufacture Of Gas.
Makers of Copper and Lead Tubing.
Linen and Straw Paper Makers.
Ship Owners, Harbor Masters, and Others inter
esied in Dredging Machinery.
Well Sinkers.
Astronomers, Philosophers, and others using Phil.
osopbical Apparatus and instruments.
Miners Engineers, and other interested in Pump
ing Engines.
Persons interested in Canals and Aqneducts.
Warehousemen, and others, using Hydraulic
Presses, Dynanometric Cranes, Jack Screws
Common and Feed Cranes.
Workers in Metals and Alloys.
Tin Plate Workers.
Spring Maeufacturers.
Wheelwrights, Clock Makers Horologists, &c.
The publishers have expended large sum OF
money to get original drawings of machinery IN
practical use in this country, and have procured
| almost every work on the subject, whether Pnb-
| lished in England, France, or Germany, the most
essential parts Of which being comprised in this
Dictionary, render it as perfect and comprehen.
sive as possible. The publishers have endeavored
to use great economy in type, so that each page o
the work contains at least four times the number
of words found in ordinary pages Of the same size
This has also secured to each plate woikng-draw
ngs of ample size and clearness so that Mechanic
may construct accurately any machine described
The publishers are, in short determined, regard
less of cost, to make the work as complete as pos
sbe and it is hoped every one desirous 10 obtair
the work will procure it as issued in numbers, anc
| thus encourage the enterprise.
The work will be issued in semi-monthly mum
bers, commencing in January, 1850, and will pro
gress witn great regularity.
The whole work will be published in 40 num-
i bers at IS cents per number, and completed with
in the current year, 1850. A liberal discount viii
be made TO agents.
Any one remittirg the publishers $40 in advance
shall receive the work through the-post Office fret
Of expense.
Notice to Prop,ie.ors Of Newspapers throughout tn
| United States and Canada.
If the foregoing advertisement is inserted fv'
times during the year, and the paper containing i
sent to US, copy Of the work will be sent gratl
| in payment.
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CON & II ES SION A L
IN SENATE.

MONDAY, September 2, 1850.
Petitions, &c, were presented by NIessrs.
DAYTON, DICKINSON, HAML1N, Benton, and
othe.s.
LOUISIANA SWAMP LANDS.
Mr.. DOWNS introduced a bill to aid the State
of Louisiana, in reclaiming the ovcrhowed lands
in said State, and for other purposes. The bill
provides to cede to the State all the public lands
therein subject to overflow to aid in the expense
Of draining the same. Mr.. Downs spoke at
length in explanation of the propriety and expc-
diency Of his bill. Referred to the Committee
on Public Lands.
THE SAULT STE. MARIE.
The Senate bill granting to the State Of
Michigan the right of way, and a donation Of
the public lands in said State 100000 acres) to
aid in the construction of ship canal around
the Sault Ste Marie, (Falls of st. Mary,) lying
in the Straits connecting the waters of Lake Su-
pcrior with those of Lake Huron and the line
of the st. Lawrelicc,-was read third time and
passed.
SOLDIERS BOUNTY LANDS.
On motion of Mr.. SHIELDS the Senate re-
sumed the consideration of the House bill grant
ing bounty lands to the officers and soldiers of
the Irdian war of 1880, and of all subsequent
wars between the United States and the Indian
tribes and also to the officers and soldiers of the
war Of 1919.
Mr. MASON withdrew his amendment pro-
viding that the officer or soldier may eX-
change his land certificate, or take in lieu of the
land sum Of money out of the Treasury equal
to Sl.25 per acre.
Mr. SHIELDS moved to amend the bill so as
to require, at the request of u holder of war
rant the Secretary Of the Interior to- locate his
land for him in the land district which he may
Indicate After debate by Messrs. TURNEY,
SHIELDS and CAss, the amendment was agreed
to.
Mr.. SHIELDS next proposed further to reg
ulate the rates Of distinction of the bounty
lands among the three, six, nine and twelve
months men.
To this feature of the bill, other amendments
were proposed or suggested by Messrs. UNDER
WOOD, SHIELDS, JEFFERSON DAVIS, and others,
| when
Mr. DOUGLAS proposed the following:
That those officers and men included III the
| benefits of the bill, who shall have engaged to
serve during the war, and shall have served for
any term exceeding nine months, shall be entl-
tied to lGO acres of land that those who shall
have engaged for six months, and shall have
served more than four, shall be entitled to 80
acres and that those who shall have enlisted
for an indefinite period, and shall have served for
one month, or not exceeding three, shall be en-
titled to 40 acres. Prorided, tlat any officer or
soldier who shall have been honorably dis,
charged before the expiration of his term, shall
be deemed rs having served out said term
After debate the amcndment was agreed to.
/ Mr., DAWSON moved to amend the bill so as
to extend its benefits to the widows and orphans
of the officers and soldiers who may have died
and further to extend it to members of Congress
who would, if out of Congress, be entitled to
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United States Mail Steamship Company.
CHANGE OF DATE OF SAILING
MONDAY, AUGUST 26, at p. m.
From the pier foot of Warren street. The
UNITED STATES MAIL S 7 E A M II P
OHIO,
J.F. ScuENcK, U. S. Navy, Commander.
TTHIS splendid steamship will sail as as above,
IL with The Government mails for the west
Indies and California.
The arrangements for the transportation Of pas
sengers to San Francisco, without delay on the
Isthmus, being now completed, the Company are
now preparing to issue Through Tickets, or all
classes, at a reduced rate OF passage.
The books for the OHIO on the 26th instant,
are now open, and tickets throug h can be obtained
at the following prices
FROM NEW YORK TO CHAGRES.
State-room berth $40
Standee berth, forward saloon ~
Steerage berth, found bed and separate table. 5O
FROM PANAMA TO SAN FRANCISCO.
State-room berth E. S3Uo
Steerage berth, found bed and board lou
Passage can also be secured for the intermedi-
ate ports, as follows:
From New York to Charleston or Savannah
S,ate-room, s25 Standee, 500 Steerage, $40.
From New York to Havanna--State-room, SO;
Standee, SIS Steerage, S25.
From New York to New orleans-State-room,
ATS Standee, $50, Steerage, SOS.
Freight to New Orleans, 25 cents per cubic foot
for measurement goods other merchandise as per
agreement. I, =.
Freight will also be taken to Havana in limited
quantity, at 25 cents per cubic foot, or per agree
ment. The consignee at Havana to attend to the
merchandise Immediately after the vessel arrives
To secure freight or passage, apply at the Office
Of the Company, II West street, corner OF Warren
street, New York. n-,,,,
Aug. 2l-t26 M hOoEhlo'
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Petitions, &c, were presented by Nessrs
DAYTON, Dickinson, HAMLIN, Benton, and
othe g.
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NEW PROSPECTUS
OF THE
s G. L E N TIL IC MERICA

To Mechanics, Inventors, and Manufacturers
THE Publishers Of the Scientific american re-
i specially give notice that the SIXTH VOLUME
OF this valuable journal, commenced on the 2lst
of September, offering a valuable opportunity for
all to subscribe who take an interest in the pro-
gress and Development Of the Mechanics Arts
and Manufactures of our country. The charac-
ter of the Scientific american is too well known
throughout the country to require detailed ac-
count Of the various sub ec,s discussed through its
columns.
1t enjoys a more extensive and influential cir
culatlon than any other journal Of its class in
America
1t will be published weekly, as heretofore, in
Quarto Form, on fine paper, atfording at the end
PEDL2, Of over FOUR HUNDRED PAGES,
with an Index, and from Five to Six Hundred
ORIGINAL E.NGR.9VLNGS, described by letters
Of reference; besides vast amount of practical
information concerning the progress Of SCIEN.
TTFIC and ME CHaNICAL IMPROVE-
.ME.N'TS, CHEMIST CIVIL ENGINEER
ING, NJ A.NUF.I CTUR ING in its various
branches, .4R CUITECTURE, MASONRY, BOT
.aNY,--in short, it embraces the entire range of
the Arts and Sciences.
II also possesses an original feature not found in
any other weekly journal in the country, viz, an
Official List of P.lTE.NT CLAIMS, prepared ex.
pressly for its iumns at the Patent Ofice,--thus
constituting it the " .aJhERIC.f.N REPERTOR
OF INTENTIONS"
TERMs--S2 a-year 81 for six months.
All letters must Ge post paid and directed to
MUM & CO.,
Publishers of the Scientific American,
1913 Fulton street, New York.
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!, CrYstnl. and Plate class Makers.

-, Crystal, and Plate Glass Makers.
Sugar Boilers and Refners, with Proprletors Of
Sugar Plantations
Manufacturers Of Railway, Bar, Round Ribbon,
and Rod Iron. '....
Wheel, Axle, and Spring Makers.
Engine Drivers, and Persons connected with the
Locomotive generally. -.
Engineers, and Captains of Steam Vessels.
Managers of Stationary Engines.
Lumber Dealers and owners of Saw Mills.
Veneer Cutters.
Owners of Planning Machinery
Corn Millers, and Persons connected with Boiling
aud Rran-Separating Machinery.
Farmers and Persons using Grain-Sheling and
Threshing Machinery.
Bull Workers, Carvers Engravers, and Ornament
Makers in general.
Persons employed in the Manufacture of Gas.
Makers Of Copper and Lead Tubing.
Linen and Straw Paper Makers.
Ship Owners, Harbor Masters, and Others inter
ested in Dredging Machinery.
Well Sinkers.
Astronomers, Philosophers, and others using Phil
osopbicai Apparatus and Instruments.
Miners Engineers, and other interested in Pump
| ing Engines. -
Persons intorestod in Canals and Aqueducts.
Warehousemen, and others, using Hydraulic
Presses, Dynanometrc Cranes, Jack Screws,
Common and Feed Cranes.
Workers in Metals and Alloys
Tin Plate Workers
Spring Manufacturers.
| Wheelwrights, Clock Makers Horologists, sc.
The publishers have expended a large sum OF
money to get original drawings of machinery in
practical use in this country, and have procured
| almost every work on the subject, whether pnb-
| lished in England, France, or Germany, the most
essential parts of which being comprised in this
| Dictionary, render it as perfect and comprehen-
sive as possible. The publishers have endeavorei
to use great economy in type, so that each page OF
the work contains at least four times the number
of words found in ordinary pages of the same size.
This has also secured TO each plate Nottingham
nGs Of mple size and cearness, so that Mechanic
may construct accurately any machine described.
The publishers are, in short determined, regard
less of cost, to make the work complete as pos
sbe and it is hoped every one DESTROYS 10 obtain
the work will procure it as issued in numbers, and
thus encourage the enterprise.
The work will be issued in semi-monthly num-
bers, commencing in January, 1850, and will pro-
| gress with great regularity.
The whole work will be published in 40 mum
bers at 25 cents per number, and completed with
in the current year, 1850. A liberal discount will
be made to agents
Any one renting the publishers $40 in advance
shall receive the work through the post office free
of expense.
Notice to Perpetrators Of Newspapers throughout the
| United States and Canada.
If the foregoing advertisement is inserted five
times during the year, and the paper containing il
sent to US, copy of the work will be sent graft:
in payment.
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American Statistics.

A short time past we published some statistics
relative to the number OF soldiers supplied from
the different States to the revolutionary war. De
Bows Commercial Review gives some tables re-
lative to this, and other subjects of equal interest,"
which we copy:
|. The number of soldiers furnished by the
American States during the revolution, and the
population of each State in 1890 and in lS47.
g Principal battles Of the revolution, their sew
eral dates, command ers-n.chief, and losses on
each side.
3. Amount of continental money issued to sup
port the war; and the estimated cost in specie.
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PLAINS, BLANKETS, KERsEYs AND
FLANN ELS. . - ..

TINE SUBSCRIBERS, Direct Importers of all
i WOODEN GOODS, have just received per
Ships, "Gulnare,'' Orion" and Somerset -
from LIVERPOOL, their fall supply of PLAINS,
KERSEYS, WHITE and CoLORED BLANK
ETS, WHITE, RED, BLUE and GREEN
FLANNEL BLANKETING, Guernsey Shirts,
Kilmarnock Caps, Scotch Bonnets, &C., DC, ex,
pressly suited to our Southern Planters trade and
to an inspection of which, they confidently in-
wife all who visit the Charleston Market.
c. d Z. L. KERRISoN & CO.,
900 King st., northwest cor. King g. Market SITS.
Charleston, Sept g.
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TO EDITORS OF NEWSPAPERS.
Oct. I4-3taw3m.

WE beg leave to call your attention to an adj
w vertisement, and to the memorial annexed,
and tender services in the prosecution of any
claims for Bounty Lands or Pensions, which you
may send to us. We will allow you one half our
usual fee, which is fire dollars for obtaining war
rant for l60 acres, and three dollars for warrant
Of eighty acres or less, for publishing adver-
tsement, and preparing and forwarding the papers
to us.
If you accept this proposal, please insert this
circular and our advertisement in your paper,
with the following editorial notice:
"We call the attention Of our readers to the adj
vertsemert of Messrs Duff Green, Ben. E:
Green, and Richard II. Clarke, Attorneys and
persons having claims for Bounty Lands or PEN
sions, that we have made arrangements for the
requisite forms, and that claimants calling at
office can have their papers properly prepared and
forwarded to these gentlemen at Washington,
who will properly attend TO them in their proper
Offices"
Please get each claimant to sign the memorial,
and forward it to your member Of Congress.
Please send us a copy Of your paper containing
our card, which will notify us that you accept our
proposition. DUFF GREEN,
BEN. E. GREEN,
RICHD II. CLARKE
MEMORIAL.
To The Senate and House Of Representatives. Of the
United States in Congress assembled: The memorial
Of the undersigned, respectfully represents that
they are entitled TO Bounty Land, under the act
Of 2Sth Of September, 1850, that they are informed
and believe that the INDICATED warrants are worth
more to them than the patented lands would be,
that they do not expect or desire to reside the
land thus granted that if patented to them, the
expense of agencies and taxes will be an annual
charge, reducing the value of the grant, which
they could avoid if permitted to sell the warrant.
Your memoralists further represent that the law,
by preventing the sale of the warrants, assumes
that the officers and volunteers entitled to bounty
lands, are not competent to act for themselves
whereas many of them are among the most IN intel
loent and respectable citizens of the States. They
therefore respectfully ask that the act aforesaid
may be so modified as TO make the warrants ior
bounty lands assignable, and they Will ever
pray, &c. -. SOW
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NEW FANCY GOODS

WILL BE RECEIVING every day curing
w next week, beautiful assortment OF fancy
Goods suitable for PRESENTS, &C. Also
LARGE assortment of fresh Perfume,y, Pomatums
SoSps, Hair-washes, and every article pertaining
80 he toilet. PARKERS' Perfumery and
Fancy Store, Penn av., near National Hotel
I sep2l-3td .,.-.l,,r '.,.., -..-....
Sept l96tif .D.a ~, l'- .E "'s
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T AW AND AGENCY oFFICE.-The under

T AW AND AGENCY OFFICE.-The under
4 signed, Attorneys and Agents, practice Law
in the Supreme Court of the United States, and
the Courts Of the District of Columbia, and attend
promptly to claims against the United States, in
Guiding the settlement Of all accounts of officers
and agents OF the Government, Bounty Lands,
Pensions, Return Of Duties, Patents for new in
ventions, &C., &c.
They tender their services to members Of the
profession at distance, and, when the is
prepared by local agent will abate one-hulf their
usual fee. All information relative to the forms
and usages Of business in any Of the Departments,
will be furnished to our regular correspondents
without charge. They have made arrangements
for the payment of taxes, and for the sale or loca
ton of bounty land warrants on the best Western
lands.
LSOffice Pennsylvania avenue, Lane Il
fuckers Building.
DUFF GREEN,
BEN. E. GREEN,
RICH'D. H. CLARKE1
Oct 14-3taW3m,
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WILLIAM TUCKER, MERCHANT TAILOR,
w (of the late firm of Lane q Iucker,) would
call the attention of his friends and the public gen
eraly to his stock Of Goods now opening, winch
has been selected by himself from the largest I'M
porting houses in New York, and by far the great
est variety and richest styles ever offered IN this
city. Strangers are respectfully and earnestly So
licited to give me call and examine my STOCK De-
fore purchasing, as am confident 1t Will De TO
And / would especially call the attention of of.
fcers, both of the army and the navy, to the lac'
tina. am prepared to execute all kinds OF uniforms,
according to the late regulations at the shortest
the cutting and making departments, equal TO any
establishment in this country, ,.-
w. T. tenders his sincere thanks to his numer-
GUS friends for their long and continued patronage,
and hopes, by the same diligence ana ar.ens'o" "
business, to merit continuance OF the same
All orders promptly executed
sep 20-3lW3w--d&trW
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Inducements for Clubbing.

Any person who will send us four subscribers
for six months, at our regular rates, shall be en-
titled to one copy for the same length of time or
we will furnish
10 copies for mos, 50 Is copies for IL mos S22
10 do IL Is 30 do IL %
Southern and Western money taken at par for
subscriptions or Post Office Stamps taken at
their full value.
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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE Annual COURSE OF LECTURES in this
Institution will commence on the first Monday
in November next, on the following branches:
Institutes and Practice of Medicine, by S. Hen
ry Dickson, M. d.
Surgery, by E. Geddingss, M. D.
Physiology, by James Moutrie, M. ID:
Materia Medica, by Henry r. Frost, M ID.
Obstetrics, by Thos. G. Prioeau, M. ID.
Chemistry, by c. U. Shepard M. ID.
M. d.
Dr. D. J. Cain, Physician to the Marine Hos
pital and Clinical Instructor. Lectures twlce
week on the Diseases of thut Institution.
DR.. L. B. Flagg, Physician to the Aims House.
Lectures twice week on Diseases.
Demonsrative Instruction in Medicine and Sur
gery at the College Hospital.
HENRY r FROST, M. D., Dean.
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r IFE INSURANCE.-British Commercial
| Life Insurance Company, established in 1920,
and empowered by act Of Parliament, for the In
surance of Lives and Survivorships, and the en-
dowment of Children, &c, &C., CAPITA
THREE MILLION DOLLARS!
IeOAice Sd story Colonization Buildings,
near Jackson Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, Wash
inton city, d. ca 49,, ~
October 81, ls50---dG. -.
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THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION
IA rUland State Agricultural Society.

Maryland state AgflCultuFdl SUNNY
A PPEAL TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MAhYLA ;.o
~ STATE AGRICULTURAL SocIETY.-We desire
that YOU should bear in mind, that on the go,
oath. and 25th days of October, your Society will
hold it's annual Exhibition and Fair at the city o.
Baltimore and we appeal to you, one ana ALL 10
bring for exhibition thereat portions OF your stoch
the prodlcts of yo,tr orchards, and Of your gardens.
Don i presume that any animal, or product, you
NAV own is inferior to others that VIII DE here'
and he thus deferred from bringing them, as 1t Is
onlv bv comparison that the relative merits of any
thing can be determined The safer presumption
for YOU to arrive at, will be that what you nave
is as rood, if not better than that of others, and
that i behooyes YOU to calamity enter the list of
competition if defeated honorably, and the nigh
character of the Judges is q guarantee that you
can be defeated in no other way, you Will ENJOY
the luxury Of knowing that others were more en-
titled to success than yourself.
And while we address you to bring such articles
as are properly in your department, we crave per-
mission to solicit your interest, to induce your
,,ipes and daughters to bring whatever apPertalhs
to their peculiar departments, as enbrodery' mouse
hold manufactures, the products Of the DAIRY ana q
the poultru uard preserves, domestic aolaes coec-
lions and. above all things, to come themselves, as
,r,bout ,ron,an and the beautiful Celebrations Of her
taste and genius, no display can be perfect.
To the Manufacturers of agricultural implements
and Tools. we would say, that interest and patrl-
otism both combine to enjoln upon you the pro-
priety of making grand exhibition OF your ma
chinery of all kinds, as from our present aaVices'
we are led to believe that the assembage OF farm
ers and planters, and of distinguished strangers
from most OF the States of the Union, Will be
greater than upon any former occasion here or
Elsewhere. We therefore say to the agricultural
Implement makers aud Mechanics Of The United States,
make it a matter of pride to display your machi-
merry Mt our exhibition, and vie with each other IN
having the best and largest assortment on the
Ground. Such ambition is laudable-is worthy of
American genius, and should be cherished by the
American heart.
I% Editors with whom we exchange will con-
fer a favor by copying this notice.
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pREMIITM

Any person sending us three subscribers will be
entitled to n copy of the " History Of Propellers
and Steam Navigation, !" repubIished in book form
now in press, TO be ready about the first Of Oc-
tober. II will be one of the most complete works
upon the subject ever issued, and will contain
about ninety engravngs.
tf
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'rGEoReETowN COLLEGE, ID. G.
ruIIE CLASSICAL EXERCISES Of this Col
Ieoe will be resumed on the 10th instant.
sent l4-3td -. JAMES RYDER, Pres.
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WH3TH.aS TO BE DONE Daily SHOULD
49, - RE WELL DONE.

MO MEMBER OF CONGRESS should ieave
N Washington without one of Parker's wonder
III Razor Strops and Swiss Razor; his Badger
hair Shaving Brush and Walnut Oil Shaving
Soan new assortment of all the above opened
this day. FARMERS feriunie,y anu
Fancy Store, Penn. av. near National Hotel.
sept25--u3 .. .., ..... ..