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To be published in Washington, under the sanction
Qfthe Washington National Monument Society.
JAMES G. PICKETT, Editor and Publisher.
The MONUMENT is intended to be literary, ag-
ricultural, and miscellaneous paper. 1t will con-
tain select portions of the literature Of the day
the best that be found in American and Euro
pean publications.; interesting scienthc articles,
embracing mechanics; foreign and domestic news;
a synopsis Of the proceedings of Congress, and
every thing that such journal might be expected
to contain, with the exception Of party politics.
which will be at all times most vigorously ex-
cluded.
The MONUMENT will be published for the ex-
press and the sole purpose Of aiding in the erec-
ton of the noble column now rising on the bank
Of the Potomac, in honor Of the Father Of his
Country, and which every one who venerates the
name OF WAsHINcroH, would rejoice to see COM
peted. After deducting out Of the subscription,
the expense of the journal proposed to be publish
ed, the remaining funds will be faithfully applied
and without reserve, to the purpose indicated
The aid, therefore, of all who are willing to con-
tribute to so patriotic object, and one entire
" national, is earnestly requested. By subscrib-
ing to the MoNCMENr, valuable journal at a low
price may be obtained. while it will be doing
something, at the same time, towards completing
that majestic memorial Of the Nation 3 gratitude.
The board of managers recommend Mr.. Pick
EFT, formerly Fourth Auditor ofthe Treasury and
CHdiSc u huuifCb W cruz VINO pIOpObeh 10 cult
and publish the Monument journal, az one well
qualified to perform the duties of editor, and to
conduct the paper, faithfully, and satisfactorily to
the subscribers. They assure their feow-citi-
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up for individual emolument. Mr.. Pickett viii
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nothing more, and he asks nothing more, than
very moderate compensation for his services. No
one dollar therefore, Of the direct subscription
the erection Of the Monument will be, in an,
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the society in any manner held pecuniary respons
! ible.
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with the journal it is proposed to publish, it may
be stated that list of fifty thousand paying sub-
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net profit OF from fifty to sixty thousand dollars.
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fully requested to act agents in obtaining sub
scripiions for this Journal, thus aiding the grea
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object for Which the Monument newspaper viii
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that they will contribute to It's success by publish
ing this prospectus.
an moneys iciu BE- reBiftsd. aud all letters a,a.
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PRINTING TYPES

A re now sold at BRUCE'S NEW-YORK
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District of Columbia for the British Commercial
Life Insurance Company, established in 1920, and
empowered by act Of Parliament, for the insurance
of lives and the endowment Of children, in Lon-
don, New York and Washington city. Capital
$4,000, 900.
Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, d. c., will receive prompt attention.
M. THOMPSON,
.attornsy and Counsellor at Lao, and Commits
missioner Of Deeds for North and South Carolina.
P. s. Refer. if necessary, to the heads of de-
partments, and to members Of Congress generally
March 25--tf
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Mrs. JANE TAYLoR

TTAS several vacant rooms FOR families, single
III ladies, and gentlemen. The house - large,
pleasant. and airv. and situated in the best part
of Washngton, between $I and 6,h ssrssta. on
P.nnsylvanis svnus. A krss rate table " kept
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DACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
L lQNI.Y fhrnugh line for California and Ore,


/ (ONLY through line for California and Ore
on.)-The public are informed that under the
new arrangement Of this Company, steamers in
spected and approved by the Navy Department,
and carrying the United States mails, will con-
tinue to leave Panama and San Francisco the lst
and 5th days of each month, unless detained by
unavoidable accident, and will touch Acapulco,
San Diego, and Monterey.
The following steam packets belonging to the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, are now in the
Pacific, one of which will be always in port at
each end of the route
OREGoN l,099 tons. REPUBLIC 200 tons.
PANAMA l,0S7 tons. CARoLINA 600 tons.
CALIFORNIA l,050 tons. COLUMBUS. 600 tons.
TEnNEssEE 300 tons. lsTHMus tons.
NoRTHERsER 200 tons. UNICORN. -. GOO tons.
CoLumBn 800 tons. FREMONT. 600 TONS
ANTELOPE. - tons.
The new steamship COLUMBIA will ply be-
tween San Francisco and ports in Oregon, await
ing at the former port the arrival of the mails and
passengers from Panama, and returning without
delay with the mails and passengers for the steam
er from San Francisco.
regular line of propellers will be kept up for
the transportation of freight and transient passen-
gers between Panama and San Francisco.
The well known steamship SARAH SANDS,
of | 500 tons burthen, now under charter TO the
company, and peculiarly commodious in her cabin
arrangements, will be kept running as an extra
family boat.
One of the above steamers will keep up the con-
nection between Acapulco and the other Mexican
ports.
The connection in the Atlantic will be main
tanned by the United States mail steamships
GEORGIA 5000 tons. CRESCENT CRY 500 tons.
Ono 5000 tons. CHEROKEE 800 TONS
EMrIRECIrY2, 900 tons. PHiIApELpBra 100 toms
Leaving New York for Chagres the llth
and 10Th of each month.
The steamships Ell DORADO and FAIL
CON will form direct line between New Or
leans and Chagres, leaving at such periods will
insure little detention possible on the 18TH
mus, and forming with the Pacific steamships a
through line to and from New Orleans, and ports
ia Mexico, California and Oregon. Passages from
New Orleans can be secured from Armstrong,
Lawrason d CO., agents, at that place
The fare for through tickets from New York to
San Francisco has been reduced from
S400, IN state rooms, to $3.50.
$780, in lower cabin, to $3.50.
$780, in steeruge, TO Sl65.
The rates from New York to Chagres will ps
at the lowest adopted by any safe sea steamer be-
tween those ports.
For choice of berths, apply at the Office of the
Company, 81 and 55 South street, and at their
agency, III West street.
prll 96--ff
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Leaving New York for Chagres on the llth
and Goth of each month.
The new steamer El Dorado and the Falcon will
form direct line between New Orleans and Cha
gres, leaving at such periods as will insure as
little detention possible the lsthmus, and
forming with the Pacific steamships Through line
to and from New Orleans and ports in Mexico,
California, and Oregon. Passage from New Or
leans be secured from Armstrong, Lawrence
d Co., agents at that place
The fare for through tickets from New York to
San Francisco has been reduced from
$500 IN state room to. .S330
$3.50 IN lower cabin to. .......... $3.50
The rates from New York to Chagres will be
the lowest adopted by any safe sea steamer be-
tween these ports.
Each passenger is allowed $50 lbs personal
baggage free, not exceeding IN measurement III
cubic feet
Freight will be taken to Chagres at 20 cents per
foot, and from Panama to San Fancisco at the
rate Of 800 FER ton.
For choice Of berihs apply at the Office of the
company, 81 and 55 South street, or at their
agency, No. III West street, New York city.
Aug l2--dly
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and Bounty LAID Agency.


rJvHE subscriber has opened IN the city Of Wash.
j ington AN AGENCY for the prosecution oi
all descriptions Of claims against the General
Government.
His perfect Knowledge of all the Pension Laws,
aud tho places where deposited all evidence OF
service now extant, will enable him to establish
many claims which have long remained suspend
ed for want of proof aud proper attention.
He, therefore, offers 10 the public has services,
particularly in the following cases, VIZ;
Suspended and rejected clnims under all the Pen
sion Laws:
Applications for increase of pension, under any
OF the Pension Laws, where the pensioners are
dissatisfied with their present allowance.
For ali those widows who received, or are enti-
lied to receive the years pension due on The 4th
of March, ls4s, under the acts Of July 7th, 1898,
March Sd. lo43, and June i7th, ls44, being those
who were married before the LIST Of January. 1884,
he will undertake to establish, under the act of
Eel ruary I'd, Io4s, their claims to pensions for
life. commencing on the 4th of March, lS4s when
their pensions under the foregoing acts iermi-
uated
For all those widows of revolutionary officers
or soldiers, who were married after 1893, bat be-
fore January I'd, 1900, he will undertake TO estab-
lish their claims To pensions for life, commencing
on the 4th Of March, l84o, under the act of July
%, Ie4S.
To all those widows ofrevolutionary pensioners
whose claims have been rejected or suspended for
want Of proof of service; or those who are in the
receipt of pension under any of the pension
laws, less than that received by their husbands
under the acts Of May 18th, 1923, or June eth
1892, he will ensure the same amount per an
mum that their husbands received, from the time
the pension is made to commence by the law un-
der which they claimed or have been pensioned
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BOUNTY LAND,

For the surviving, or the widows, or minor child
rem of deceased officers and privates, who served
in the war Of 1912 with Great Britain, the Mexi.
can war, or in any of the Indian wars, since 1880
Terms moderate, where the claim is established
othsrtcise no charge.
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ECLECTIC MEDICAL INSTITUTE OF CINCINNATI.
FACULTY.

| Chartered IN Is45. Total No. Of .Matric,aianis
from I845 10 1851 lO5A.
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WILLARD FILLMORE, ex officio President,
ARCH. HENDERSON, First Vice President,
WALTER LENOX, Mayor of Washington,
Second Vice President,
THOS. CARBERY, Third Vice President,
j. b. II. SMITH. Treasurer,
GEO. WATTERSTON, Secretary.
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The new steamship Columbia VIII ply between
San Francisco and ports in Oregon, awaiting at
the former ports the arrival OF the mails and pas
sengers from Panama, and returning without de-
lay with the mails and passengers for the steamer
from San Francisco.
A regular line of propelers will be kept up for
the transportation of freight and transient passen-
gers between Panama and San Francisco.
The well-known steamship Sarah Sands, of
800 tons burden, now under charter to the COM
pany, and peculiarly commodous in her cabin
arrangements, will be kept running as an extra
family boat.
One of the above steamers will keep up the
connexion between Acapulco and the other Mex
lean ports.
The connexion in the Atlantic will be main
tanned by the United States mail steamships
Georgia. 5000 tons
ONO o..-.......s.. .3UUO
Empire City,. 1000
crescent CITY,. .-... i,ouU
CntfokPe. I,ouU
Philadelphia. ................1,l00 100
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PROSP ECTUS
or THE
NATIONAL MONUMENT
WEEKLY JOURNAL,

TO be published in Washington, under the sanction
qfthe Washington National Monument Society.
JAMES c. PickErr, Editor and Publisher.
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SPLENDID SCHEME
0y Yux
MARYLAND 6fATG LOTTERIES,
yoa AuGusr, 1851.
T.. MORRIS a. Co. Managers.
D 40 .UUU!. GRAND CAPITA
H-I00 of 81, 000.

GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY Glass 5,
To be drawn Ia Baltimore, August 30, 1851.
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r. NORRIS Il Co., .Managsrs,
BALTIMORE, Mn.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-31

70 THE EDITOR or TfiE HERALD.
DFAr Sn.-I observe In yaur paper Of this morning. a
letter from Albany correspondent stating that he
New World her upward trip q the 18th beat the
10 Poughkeepse which left New YORK ut the hour
This IL mistake which " left uncorrected would gross
y deceive the travelling community The facts those
The train 10 which your correspondent alludes leaves
Chambers street at A. NJ, and Thirty first street at
r., thus giving the New World hour aud
twentyf minutes advantage In starting Ia addition
70 which the New World left her dock several minutes
before her time 30 far from beating this train II Is
sufficient 70 say that few passengers went from this
train On board Of the New World at Poughkeepsie, al
though large number left standing the dock
In consequence q the premature hauling in o. the
plank. Our trains run bya printed time table and
with one exception, have been allowed 10 run
ekead ~ time We have TO rsn aud feel
billion 70 beat or chaerin Ia being beaten. Our first
train W, arrives In Poughkeepse at 10 10 NJ, and
our second at 10 40 Any boat arriving there previous
TO these hours can have the Qualification " beating the
ears. Very respectfully yours,
OLIVER N LEE
Superintendent Hudson River Railrosd.
New rork, Mag %. ls6l
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-31

JrSsY Ltvp Covcrsr roR Mn. ~ GrsSp s,u1n's
BiNrr-Thc thirteenth grand concert II Jenny Lind,
Monday next will b. for the benefit Il Mr. Le Grand
Smith. who i the manager of Napoleon Barnum, who
manages all the world except Mr. smith really de-
serves benefit fuli TO overnowing aud step down
from pedestal 70 introduce him 70 the full Of
the public FOR TO his skill industry. and genius
the Vttrs 10 the Lind concerts indebted for much II
their enjoy ment md for many means 81 comfort Re-
number the concert on Monday, and Mr.. lie Grand
Smith.
iSrEorrcroRv NsrrNa AID Nrsc,L FErE-Kah-ge-
ga-gahbowh. or George cepway, tie Indian Chief viii
hold Introductory meeting to the foundation q
society for the promotion Of education among the In
diana. 1T Triper Hall Sunday evening next. after
which there will be musical performance in which
Professor Nash Professor Curtis and Mr.. aud Mrs.
Mehkoonoe will take part Sacred music will be sung
by the two laSt 10 Indian.
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AxUsEMENTs THIS EVENING.
Latest Topographic Intelligence.

From Boston we learn that thirty witnesses have
been sworn the side of Scott, charged with res
cuing the alleged slave Shadrach, and that George
Thompson, member Of the British Parliament, from
he Tower Hamlets, London, and notorious for his
political movements in England, has been engaged
ut Boyleston Hall-the scene where many a noun
tebank has before appeared-n denouncing the Colo
nization Society of this country. His audience,
however, was meager, and the probability is that
he will share the fate Of other rampant abolition
ists and become mere object of ridicule A re-
ward has been offered in Boston for James McNal-
~, who recently caused the death of Mr. Charles
s Smith. 1t is supposed that he has fled to this
city.
Our other teegvaphic intelligence contains late
and interesting news from Mexico, and the confrma-
tion of the statement that the Mexican author
nies have detained an American vessel containing
supplies for the Boundary Surveying Commission.
We also have late news from the salt Lake,
giving an account of the movements of the Nor
mons, and Of some Indian tribes in the territory.
In the Canadian Parliament, the Governor Gene
raj has refused to produce the correspondence with
Abe American government in arelation to the reci-
procity of trade and it was recommended as the
future policy of the government to close the canal
against American vessels, an act Of retaliation.
Other items Of Intelligence will also be found
under our teegraphic head.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-31

FRipsY, May 30--5P.M
The stock market continues active, and the dispo-
sition 10 purchase Is daily getting stronger There Il
stil wide margin for improvement in several stocks
which must be covered before speculation will have
cached even moderate point As extraordinary as IL
may appear IL Is well known that the market value o.
many stocks the let has for long time ranged con-
sidersLly below their intrinsic value This APPEAR
within the past years considerable speculation in al
the fances and imitation In prices Of some Importance
With all this several stocks at this moment selling
fer much lees than they worth for permanent In
- stmcnt
poi DIS a the city Of Cleveland Ohio, amounting tc
: lVVVVo we're negotiated In Wall street, a few days
r'hce inesN bonds bear per cent interest," and
WIRE Van'u - The Lake Shore Railroad Company by
whom 'i'y Nerc - for the purposes Of the rod
ahe '"i', ""n ID fifty bonds, Of one thousand
dollars each, Of the sea.., -, -, ,,,--.s.
Company secured by a fret Il 80 'V'"VA, rA'
perty q the company acquired, e'se Ou ~' ~'s p'
CURED will be awarded at threep neis'''.s' - ~ -
Saturday. to the highest bidders 49,, ~,
~. = ~ 'e W W advertise
The earnings Of the Harlem Railroad ca - =,
Msy, this yesr will. II is estimated, show -. -.
those for the corresponding month ,ssc.
than any previous month this year Up to the Let ~
his year, the increase amounted to more than -.
thousand and for MAY and June, II will not be far
thirty thousand making aggregate increase -
the six months ending June 90 1851, Of about seventy
thousand dollars Upon the calculation that half Of
hi i NET, we have an additional net r"v""'~
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Late and Interesting from Mex,co--SaiIing
or the Georgia.

New ORLEANS, May IS, 1851
The steamship Alabama has arrived here, in five days
from Vera Cruz, bringing 5000 in specie,
Both houses of the Mexican Congress, by a large ma
jority annued the Tehuantepec grant to Garay and in
the Senate the Tehuantepec treaty laid the table
motion made TO impeach Lacasea for negotiating
the grant. They refused to modify the tariff by
moving prohibtory duties. Congress adjourned on
the Goth.
Ex-President Pendrazia died on the 18th inst
letter from well informed source says another
revolution appears close at hand
The Yucaau Legislature earnestly invokes the aid of
Mexico to terminate the Indian
The steamship Georgia sailed to-day for New York.
via Havana with 35S passengers including 65 for New
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or CotssE THEY PAID FOR r.-TAe Journu Of
C0m'oce and the Tribune claim that they has
paid will pay, for the services Of our special re
porte,s for their Iabors on the Preside ntial tour
and especially for Mr.. Websters speech. o..
course they viii. We only insist that our specia'
reporters, detached from this Office, did all the hard
work, while the others were playing, and that many
Of the country papers, ignorsnty and enormously,
gave them the credit Of all. The ill-tempered re-
plies Of our contemporaries have acknowledged oil
hat We desired in the matter,
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Interesting from Reconsideration ParIia-
ment, Ne.

TokoNTo, May =, ISoI.
In the Legislative Assembly, last night, the Governor
General refused to produce the correspondence with the
American government on reciprocity Of trade. The
FINANCE Committee spoke Of retsatio the possible
future policy Of the government OF ali modes Of reta
ton he thought, the closing Of the canal against all
American vessels the likely 70 be- efectual and the
risk would be only the loss Of canal tolls.
John Montgomery, who was tried for treason In 1857
claims S2s eco compensation for rebellion losses.
The Attorney General has stated that the goyernmen mt
will 60 Quebec after this session where residence for
the Governor has been hired for four years.
The House has adopted address TO the home govern
ment against the proposed reduction Of duty on foreign
lumber
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Interesting from the Salt Lake.

CINCINNATI, May %, ISol.
party has arrived in st. Louis, who left Deseret
April sth, when the mountains to con-
siderable depth. They passed two hundred Sioux In
dians encamped on the South Plat, being
cursion in pursuit Of Pawnees.
The Salt Lake crops were promising
The California trains were getting along well.
The Mormons had sent out two new colonies-one to
Lower End Basin, the other to Lower California
The General Assembly of the Church for the State of
Deeret have Transferred all their power to the territorial
government. and adjC urned.
Governor Young awaiting the arrival Of the terri
torial officers, to organize the government.
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THE WAY IN WHICH THE PosT OFFICE DEPART-
mEST IS CoSDrcTED.-We have seen it stated, in
several Of the newspapers Of the day that il occupies
ninety-six hours T. convey the mails between New
York and Cincinnati, two most important CONNER
cal points while merchandise and packages Of every
description are transmitted from 70 the other
in forty-eight hours This Is certainly an anomaly
in this age Of steam, electricity and speed Of every
kind on land and on water. What a commentary
On the fitness Of Postmaster General Hall for
the situation be fills. We venture to say that such
an instance Of gross nattcnton to the wants and
necessities Of the community, and such pa'rabe
proof Of the unltness Of Mr. Hall FOR the Office Of
Postmaster General, cannot be found in any other
civilized country under heaven. But this i not all
The new postal law will 60 into operation on the
first If July next, aud il Is found 70 be compli-
Gated, mysterious, and oncrous IN regard to the
rates on newspapers, periodicals, and priatcd mat
ter generally that ii will amount Co their prohibit
ton, except within distances Of af.cen hundred
miles
Now, what q the cause Of all this No Postmas-
ter General who was it FOR this Office would. FOR
moment, delay the mails between two commercial
points, such a. Cincinnati and New York, two days,
IL this go-ahead age Ct the world. As to the new
postage law, il i well known that II drafted by
Mr.. Hall aud Fitzfudgc Warren, some such per-
son. The fact i, Mr.. Hall il utterly unfit for his
Office, aud ought to resign and return to Buffalo as
soon a. be can. The only men who are intimately
acquainted with the details Of the Post Once De-
partnent, Or OF drafting law Of general utility,
arc Mr.. Ilobbie twho left it recently ADD Mr.
William II. Dundas, the Chief Clerk now IN Wash
ington. Mr.. Hall i 40 more Ct for the Office than
Fred, Douglass is
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-31

verts red gray hair blown black Gouraud Italian
GdeatSd soap cures tan pmples frekes eruptions etc.
GOurauds Poudre Subtitle eradc1es hair lra.
face, any part Of the bodywarranted. Gournud liz
auid Rouge fog pale lips and cheeks; Lily White Hair Re-
storatiye etc, all found at Dr. FELIX GOuRAUD'S
old established Laboratory 81 Walker street ror
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-31

Worth-Readers, attention for moment, the
fact that those beautiful Summer Hats introduced by LOCK-
HEART at the broadway Hat Store, 374 Broadway
most decided Improvement anything Ia the shape
haear that has been brought before the public
ton for many year. Its elegant style, beautiful, light
airy appearance ard excellent material and for the small
sum OF So renders IL matter ainy that they
not be exceed equslled by the best Of They fairly
put competition defiance Call and see for
and be convince Of the facts.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-31

This elegant medicinal compound speaks for itself IN all
cares Of dyspepsia loss o. appetite weakness Of the stomach
arrangement Of the system Sc. Principal depot $40 Green
Nch street 81 Duan. street. and By Druggists
rally, la large bottles. Price 50 cents.