American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-10-01


to o'clock, p. NJ, daily, except Sunday, and th'
DAY it Is open from hafPsIt7 to ten a. M and from
to9, p. m WILLIAM A. BRADLEY,
Postmaster.
PROSPECTUS OF THE "NATIONAL MON
UMENT,"
Il sceehLy journal to be published IN Washington
under The sanction Of the Washington Nationo
Monument Society.
JAMES G. PICKETT, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
The Monument IL intended to be literary, agricultural
anu miscellaneous paper twill contain selections OF IL
literature OF the daythe best that be found in Amer
embracing mechanics foreign and domestic news;
nopsis of the proceedings of Congress- and thin
that such journal might be expected TO contain wit
the exception of party politics, which will be at all time
post vigorously excluded
the soa nnr of aiding in the erection of the mob
column now ~, ng the banks of the Potomac in hol
or of the Rather of his Country, and which every on
w venerates the Ipeng out Of tba
bs n the onr al proposed to be publishe.
the remaining win be lated Tba ad M,r
OF a b % b cntrb to to SO patriotic an Q,
ject and entirely natiocal liable Journal at
low price Itry be obtained while it viii hat maiesti
thing, at the same time towards completngA
memorial of the Nations gratitude :, former-
The Board of Managers recommend Mr., Pickett rs to
ly Fourth Auditor of the Treasury and Charge Rfa
Peru who proposes to edit and publish the Monubse
Journal as one well qualified to perform the duties "a
editor and to conduct the paper faithfully ana satsc
toriy to the subscribers. They assure their leoWile
that this enterprise is not speculation got up for nd
ydual enoument. Mr.. Pickett will make the experiment
with his means and at his own risk II successful nc
~sil receive nothing more and be asks nothing more
than very moderate compensation Tor his services not
dollar therefore, of the direct subscription 70 tne
erection of the Monument will be, IN any event. apphed
to the support the paper the Society in any man
ner held pecuniarly responsible. 80 :
To give the public an idea of what may be done with the
journal proposed to publish 1t may be stated that
list of fifty thousand paying subscribers at two dollars
each, will yield annual net profit OF from NIFTY 10 SIXTY
thousand dollars
The postmasers and secretaries of all organized bodies
throughout the Union respectfully requested to act
as agents obtaining subscriptions thus aiding the great
object of our eYertions. . |
As ali editors and publishers account of the object
for which the Monument newspaper will be established,
must wish 1t TO succeed 1t is hoped that they viii con-
all % asy W Be Te and all letters and
prepaid to the general agent Of the Monument
S,yyicEnsEMiard Fillmore, e.c0icio PRESIDENT Arch.
Henderson, First Vice President; Walter Lenox Cayor
Of WashngtSn ssSond wee st rS
Watterston, Secretary.
BOARD on MASAGERs.-winfed Scott, N Towson, Ilnos.
Munroe, w. A. Bradley, P. r. Fenda Walter Jones,
Thomas Blagden, Peter Force W. W seaton, NJ Maury,
Hartley Crawford BENZ oge Tayloe, Elisha Whittlesey
1srms-The MONUMENT will be printed double
royal sheehe paper and type being Of the best quality
and in quarto FORM containing sixteen large pages that
it may be easily preserved The price will be two
dollars per annu payable the receipt Of the second
number The nature Of the enterprise not admitting OF
any credit, can be given.
Societies and clubs will be furnished with the MONUMENT
copies, sl5, &C.
hose who are disposed to paronise the MONUMENT are
requested to forward their the General Agent
without delay The first number will be published early
in May and the second on the second day Of August and
weekly thereafter time being allowed for the Prospectus
TO be circulated and for the agents to make returns AS
all subscribers win be contributors to the Monument
itself their viii be published in the paper.
WAsIlSGToS April %, 1851.
GODFREY PATTIsoN, co. OF NEW YORK
VI take leave 70 inform their friends and the public
that they have taken the Importing business on thei
own account. For the future they will conhne them
selves strictly TO the C0mmissior Business for the pul
chase of dry goods, in Glasgow, Scotland
From their long experience in the trade they feel
den that they promote the interest Of those engage
in the importation of dry goods and they respectfully
licit orders, which shall have their best attention
The Of the firm in Glasgow is changed to doDrRE
The New York firm being dissolved they win be please,
70 receive orders through their agent James Pattison No
81 Pine street, New York.
GODFREY PATT1soy & Co., obmmisson Merchant,
Glasgow, Scotland.
Messrs. Dennison, Wood Co., New York.
Messrs. W. c. Pickersgin Co. do.
Messrs. Merritt, Ely 4 Co.. do.
Joseph Walker, esq, do
doth and patterns Of these goods for tho United Stat
market, invite the attention Of the trade;
oflce, 81 Pine street, New York. mar "a
noYER, BROS. 4 JONES' 50 Market street, Phiade
phia invite the attention Of the trade TO their spler
did stock Of Fancy and Staple BoNNETs and HATS,
nj
and also an assortment Of city and Boots
shoes. All OF which they offer at very low rates.
rTlHB BEST AND MOST VALUABLE AGRICULTURE
II IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY, exhibited /
the State Fair in 1850 will be BY the award Of Pr
Awarded 10 H. whitman, jr. No IS LIGHT street Bal
more by the Maryland State Agricultural Society the
Sd Annual Fair held in Baltimore I'D, oath and 18th
Por the best Plough in the ploughing match a
For the best ploughing with OK team, Especial pre-
Tor the best plough on exhibition, LIST premium
For fsle best Railway Horse Power, Whitmans I'm
For the best Hay Press LIST premium
For the best Cornsheller, LIST premium
For the best Field Roller, LIST premium
For the best Corn-stalk Cutters and Grinders, LIST
For Che best Churns LIST premium
For the best Hay and Manure Fork, LIST premium,
For the best Hayrakes, LIST premium
For the best Cultivator, LIST premium
No exhibitor Of Agricultural Implements ct the abo
named Fair having received one-baf the amount OF pr
nitIms awarded the different kinds OF Implemen
and Machines IL Is conclusive evidence that ours were
sdered the best and most valuable exhibition
AZ the great Fair of the Maryland Institute for the
motion of the Meefanic Arts, held In Baltimore in Oct
Der and November 1880 the first premium heavy Silv
Medal was awarded TO Ezra Whitman r, for the large
ana hest display Of Agricultural Implements. Also FIR
minm (anotier silver MEDAL for his Improved Wrougl
fvon Railway Horse Power, which made for exhbitio
at the Worlds Fair, in London, IN May, 1901.
Mis- city, probably the largest in the world, consstn
Of more than 5000 Ploughs, $50 ThresbiDg Machine
1000 wheat Fans 1000 Corn Shelters 600 Straw Cutter
soo CnItyators Reaping Machines wheat Drills, Cor
ana Cob Crushers Stone Mills, Cider Mills, Hay
(tto Presses together with every article which arme
ar planter soud wish in the prosecution Of his pursuits
all Of which win be sold ON reasonable terms at whole'a
0' f' At the old stand. IS Light st., Baltimore, Nd