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A DcusIE..cAsx oy CusIcrxxes Mr.. Whit
tlesey. the general agent ofthe National Mona
ment society, acknowledges ths receipt Of ceulri-
button Of one hundred dollars, from 4 clerk in the
Second Comptroiler's Office, towards the sescsion
af the monument. The money wss sncIo~ad aud
sent 10 him ~ lettsr, through tAe peS& olfies,
anonymously signed, "as small compensation
for services rendered out Of Office hours" The
gift was pScmptsd By conscientious fesling that
the clerk was entitled to remuneration. Bat it
seems that the conscience Of the clerk would not
permit him to apply the money to bis own use !;
for in letter 10 Mr. Whituessy he says: "Being
paid by the government salary for my official
services, and believing thatthe tendency Of public
officers taking pay from individuals for attending
to official business out Of Office hours would be
corrupting and dangerous, do not feel at liberty
10 appropriate the money 10 my own use. there
fore appropriate it to the great and noble public
purpose of aiding the society in erecting monu-
ment TO commemorate the distinguished services
and character of the Father OF his Country
A AFEELER.--The Paris Consttutionel-the Pre-
sident's organ--has published article, setting
forth series of reforms, which it alleged, Louis
Napoleon will sanction, il reelected. One OF
these reforms is the abolition of the Ociroi, an
impost levied upon country products at the gates
of by the ''rural districts" The President seems
to be very desirous Of winning popularity with
the provncials He has good deal Of Yankee
shrewdness, in his composition although not a
great man.
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with the name Of tbs propoeeFt mi ~ price cf
the article. The whole az each article srsciisd
in the foregoing list will Be dslmsd class; ard
the person offering to furnish any suo1v volA4s at
the lowest price (qssIity cos,sidssSdJ wjn receive
contrrct for the sass4e, executing b0ud, with
two or more sureties satisfactory u The &ecreiaxy
of the Senate. for the psrfounancs thersok under
forfeiture Of twice the contract pyics ip eAee pf
failure, which bond 70 be filed in the Office Of tke
sud Secretary within Ten days after the proposala
have been accepted.
lf any article contracted for should not be de-
livered within the time stipulated, or should be
Inferior IN any respect to the sample, the bond
OF the contractor will be put in suit.
Proposals should be endorsed " Proposals for
Stationery for the Senate, and be directed the
Secretary of the Senate at Washington.
Proposals and specimens must be delivered At
the Office free of charge.
AsBURY DICKENS,
Ap I'D Secretary Of the Senate
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DACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. |
i lONLY through line for California and Ore

| lACIrlC MAIL D EAMStlP COMPAN1 Y.
/ ONLY through line for California and Ore
gon.) 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 nails will con-
tnue to leave Panama and San Francisco the LIST
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 |, ,099 tons. REPUBLIC 200 TONS
PANAMA. =. l,0o7 tons. CAROLINA 500 tons.
CALIFORNIA 1850 tons. COLUMBUS. 500 tons.
TENNESSEE 300 tons. lsrHMUs >. : TONS
NoRTHERsER 200 tons. UNICORN. 600 TONS
COLUMBIA 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.
A regular line of propeers 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 peculial ly eommodious in her cabin
arrangements, will be kept running as an extra
One of the above steamers will kssp up the con-
necton 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 300 TONS
EmrIRECIrY2, 900 tons. PHLADELPHIA / 100 TONS
Leaving New York for Chugres on the llth
and 10th of each month.
The new steamships Ell DORADO and FAIL
CON will form direct line between New Or
leans and Chagres, leaving at such periods as will
insure as little detention possible on the 18TH
mus, and forming with the Pacific steamships
through line to and from New Orleans, and ports
in Mexico, California and Oregon. Passages from
New Orleans can be secured from Armstrong
Lawrason q CO., agents, al that place.
The fare for through tickets from New York to-
San Francisco has been reduced from
$500, in state rooms, to $3.50.
$780, in lower cabin, to $500.
5000, IN sieerage, to Sl65.
The rates from New York TO Chagres will pe
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 SIS South street, and at their
agency, III West street.
A pril 26--tf
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PROSPECTUS
THE SOIL OF THE SOUTH.

Il 'HE undersigned a committee OF publication. ON
| the part OF the Muscogee and Russell Agricu-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus Of a MONTHLY
JOURNAL, to be published in this city under The
auspices OF the above named association
The work will be devoted TO the interests of .4s-
ric,litre and Horiicuif,re, Doms,fie and R,,yal
Economy. Under these several heads will be in
cluded all that concerns the culture of cropa the
Improvement Of the soil, the management Of the
farm, the garden, the orchard, the flower yard
and the house Keepers department. In their con-
nexion w'th the interests OF the soil the other IN
dustral pursuits Of the land will receive their ap-
propIiate attention.
The "SOIL OF THE SOUTH" will be under
the editorial supervision of CHxRLss A. PEABODY
esq and Col. JAMS M. CHAxssRs. Mr.. Peabody
has been for two yenrs past connected with the
Agricultural Press, and is equally dstne uished a.
prac,icHi and scientific farmer and gardener
Col. Chambers Is one OF the most intelligent, and
successful planters in the South They will be
assisted by an able corps Of contributors, among
the practical farmers and planters Of the land.
Each number will contain sixteen pages of
quarto size, printed with new type on superior
white paper, and furnished to subscribers at the
rate of
ONE DOLLAR PER .aN.NUM,
which must be paid in advance
I NFPostmnsters are authorized TO act as agents,
and they may retain in their hands twenty-five
per cent. ofal subscriptions collected by them, or.
II they perfer il, copy Of the work will be sent
TO any one twelve months gratuitously, who will
remit four names ~i1. four dollars.
All communications must be addressed, post
paid, TO WV. II. CHAMBERS, publisher of "'rhe
Soil Of the South, !" Columbus, Ga.
VAN LEONARD, J Committee
n. A. WARE, of
]. f.. HURT, Publication.
Columbus, (Ga.) March, 1851.
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pen.lou and nouutv I.end Axsncv

Pension aud bounty Land Agency.
I'tiE subscriber has opened in the city of Wash
| i ington an AGENCY for the prosecution Of
all descriptions Of claims against the General
Government.
His perfect knowledge Of all the Pension Laws,
and the places where are deposited all evidence Of
service now extant, will enable him to establish
many claims which have long remained suspend
ed for want Of proof and proper attention.
He, therefore, offers to the public his services,
particularly in the following cases, VIZ:
Suspended and rejected claims 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 all those widows who received, or are enti-
tied to receive the ten years pension due the 4th
of March, I648; under the acts of July 7lh, 1888,
March I'd, l843. and June l7th, ls44, being those
who married before the Let Of January, i794,
he will undertake to establish, under the act of
February I'd, lS46, their claims to pensions for
life. commencing on the 4th Of March, lS4S when
their pensions under the foregoing acts termi-
uatcd.
For all those widows Of revolutionary officers
or soldiers, who were married after 1893, but be-
fore January I'd, 1900, he will undertake estab-
lish their claims to pensions for life, commencing
on the 4th Of March, l848, under the act Of July
%, 1848.
To all those widows ofrevolutionary pensioners
whose claims nave been re)ecteQ or suspended Tor
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, 1925 or June 7th,
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
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, !,
| otherwise no charge.
The subscriber is also appointed Agent for the
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
S3,000,000
Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, d. c., will receive prompt attention.
M. THOMPSON,
.4ttorney and Counsellor at Lao, and Commits
missioner Of Deeds for North and South Carolina
T. 5. Refer, if necessary, to the heads Of de-
partments, and to members Of Congress generally
March 25-tf
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Y BROTHER CONRAD oAHMP yh

MY BROTHER, CONRAD OAHNE, who
lvl came from the South to Washington in
company with my uncle. Stouberd, macy years
ngo, and went with him from Washings0W 70 Bal
timove, is requested to call on ths undersigned
also requts my children, Christian and Fred
erick Oahme, Who landed in the port Of Baltimore
years ago; the latter since then being eniisted In
the U. =, Army, 10 let me hear from them,
My uncle, Qottlisb Eihard, who used 70 live in
Washington few years ago, is also requested 70
lot me know his whereabouts.
FREDERICK OAEdAGB.
Jth street between r. 4 !,
Washington, d. G.. v
The Bakimors Sun will insert the above thtas
times
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VIM. HO w LAND,
Importer and Dealer I'm Dry Goods, in

cHARLysroN, 8. c.
"OULD call the attention Of planters visiting
w Charleston for their supplies. to his stock
Of Dry Goods, which is kept constantly full, and
embraces complete assortment for families and
plantation wear; and, in Dress Goods, from the
low-priced, to the richest, latest, and most fash.
iopnble.
All Goods Of Southern manufacture, he will par
ticulnrly keep.
No 224. bend Of King St. Charleston
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G. a. E. l.. KERRIsON & co.
Direct Importers Of
+ 0 X T. G N DRY GODS

In Charleston, South Carolina,
N0ULD respectfully inform their friends and
w those who purchase Dry-Goods in their
city, that they are prepared, and are offering a
very large and well assorted stock of Foreign and
Domestic, Staple, and Fancy Dry Goods, selected
for and particularly adapted to the So,ther,, trade
Importing direct they feel assured Of being able
to sell goods low in Charleston, az they can be
bought IN any other market in the United States.
They would call particular attention to Linen
Goods, Of every description; the make will be
fvJnd of best finish, and perfectly free from any
snirf,rs Of cotton. Also TO their stock OF Dres
Goods, which will be found second to none in the
market.
Terms Cash, or city acceptsnces.
C. g. f. l.. KERRISON, & co.
No. 300 King, northwest corner King and Mnrks
Feb. 10. streets
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U'oR THE SPRINGS, COUNTRY, AND
l. Watering PIaces.-Don't forget to provide
yourselves with some Of Parker's latest arrival of
superior Toilette Articles before you CO. Our GUS
toners will find us very cheap just now.
PARKER'S
Fancy and Perfumery Store, under N. Hotel
Julv 3-At
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N. THOMP SOY,

aTTOR.N'EY AND COUNSELL0R ar L.aW,
COMMISSIONER Of Deeds of North and South
" Carolina Agent for Revolutionary Pens on
Claims, Bounty Lands, and every other descrp
tion OF Claims against TIE various Departments OF
the General Government and before Congress
Also, Agent for the British Commercial Life In
sursnce Companyi Capital So 900 900.
III 0tfes one door West Of Jackson Hall. Penn
syivsnia yapepts, WASHINGTON, ID. C.
r, \. Refer, n necessary, to the Heads Of De-
partmsnts and 10 Members OF Congress generally.
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GREAT ELECTORAL HESSIAN
STATE LOAN

Of6,725,000 Dollars
H'HiS Loan is guaranteed by the Government.
| and contracted by the eminent Banking
House Of Messrs. M. A. Won RorHscpu.p AVN
SoNs, in Frankfort-on the Maine. The following
capital Prizes must be gained, viz:
:: $s O's'' g g e sSss ssss Dollars
"a 80 900 100 A" 500
60 " 5000 $50 {" 900
&c, &c. The smallest Prize is 55 Dollars
The next drawing takes place irrsvocabIy on the
lst Of June, 1851.
The price of The Tickets Is as tbllo1cs:
] ticket for Dollars ticketsfor 25 Dollars
80 " 100 &C 65 Z" 900
Remttances can be made in Bank Notes. Bills
or Drafts on Europe, &c. Each shareholder will
receive, free of expense, the Prospectus with full
particulars; and after the drawing, the list of the
successful numbers, which will also be published
in the Leading journals. The Prizes viii be paid
in cash at Maine, Paris, Lon
don. New York, or New Oreors
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BO.8RD OF MANAGERS

TERMs:-The MoNumrsr will be printed on
double royal sheet--the paper and type being OF
the best qualty-and in quarto form, containing
sixteen large pages, that it may he more easily
preserved, The price will be two dollars per an
mum, payable on the receipt Of the second num-
ber. The nature of the enterprise not admitting
Of any credit, none can be given.
Societies and clubs will be furnished with the
MosumEsr on the following terms;-3 copies for
IS; copies, So; 10 copies, SIS; &c.
Those who are disposed to patronise the Mor-
uMHNT, are requested TO forward their names to
the general agent, without delay The Arst num-
ber will be published early in May, and the second
on the I'd day Of August, and weekly thereafter;
time being allowed for the prospectus to be circa-
lated, and for the agents 10 make returns. As all
subscribers will be contributors to the Monument
itself, their names will be published in the paper
April 90, 1885,,
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Esorssa NATIONAL Drsr.-The commissioners
for the reduction Of the national debt have given
notice that the sum of TAI 545i s.. ID, being one
fourth mart OF the surplus Of g. ,926, 1911 2s Id.
will be applied towards the payment of the nation
Il debit.
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The u. s. Sloop-of-war Vincennes, commander
W. u. Hudson, va, at Acapulco, June 16s to
san next day for San Francisco. She had thirty
one "a hef sick list, with Panama fever. but no
sssious eases All the wsrd-room oa'cers had
had IN attack
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The next meeting Of the American Association
for the advancement OF sc'ence, will be held in Al
bonv on the 18th Of August.
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d ESPECTFULLY informs the public that
IL they are now manufacturing t7Fl
COTTON GINS
at Prattsville, Autauga county, Alabama.
Their arrangements for manufacturing are ext.n
sive and complete which will enable them 70 fhrn-
'sh Gins to planters on the most favorable terms
As to the superiority Of their Gins, they have on
ly to refer to the reputation which the manufsc-
tnre and sale Of over 900 has acquired for them
throughout the entire cotton growing region
From Is years experience, with every fSc;lity and
good workmen, they are confident that they will
De able to give satisfaction to all who may patron
ize them. tA ifff '
nTTheir Gins are wsrranted to perform well.
engagements for Gins can be made with their
travelling agents, who will call on planters gene
rally or by letter directed to Prattvills, Autsugs
county, Alabama.
A supply Of Gins always on hand with Csrv-
bill & Co Mobile, and n. HssdsU, 4 C~sr c"'f
8. 0RTswoLp a Co
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PRINTING TYPES

n TYPE-FOUNDRY, at the following very
low prices, for approved six months notes:
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popes. and the most magnificent in the world
stands on the right bank Of the Tiber, at Rome.
The palace takes its name from the hill on which
il stands, derived from one of those ancient i'm
positions, known oracuar deities, called by the
Romans Jupiter Vaticanus." Who began the
building is not known, but il was occupied by
Charlemagne, more than thousand years ago.
and has been increased by successive popes until
il has reached its present immense extent. The
number Of rooms in the Vatican exceed 4 400,
and its treasures in marbles, bronzes, frescoes,
statues, paintings, and gems, are unequalled in
the world and it's library is the richest in Europe.
The length Of the museum of statues alone is
computed 10 be mile.
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SPLENDID SCHEME
OF THE
MARYLAND STATE LOTTERIES,

FOR JULY 1851
F. NORRIS g. Co. Managers.
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY,
Class @,
To be drawn in Baltimore, July 26, 1851.
20 drawn ballots out of 49,
BRILLIANT SCHEME.
Prize of 1000 Prize of 1000
Prize OF 10000 Prize of 1000
Prize Of 10000 Prize of 3OOO
Prize of 10000 Prize of 3.OOO
Prize of 7,50O s Prizes of oOOO
Prize OF 5000 1874 Prizes of 975
Prize OF 5000 1000 lowest 2 Nos. )5O0
Tickets S20-halves l0--quarters eighth so.
Certificate of Package Of &c Wholes S400 90
do do 26 Halves 200 90
do do 26 Quarters 100 90
Orders for Tickets Shares, or Packages in any
Of the above Magnificent Schemes will meet
prompt attention.
ADDRESS F. NORRIS & Co,
June 26. Managers, Baltimore, Md.
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THE WEATHER AND CRors.--The weather still
remains very warm, and the rain SO long desired
has not vet descended. On Sunday afternoon
there was something of a commotion among the
elements !; dark clouds overspread the sky, light
ming flashed, and the artillery Of heaven favored
us with frequent discharges the wind blew furI-
ously, shutters slammed, signs swung violently,
the dust was whirled about IN fine style. and in
short. everything betokened a coming storm,
which after all didn't come. We thought 1t par
ticuary unkind in the authorities up alOft TO ex-
cite our hopes and then not realize them. The
fact is, we need rain very much, and we perceive
that the same complaints of unusual drought are
common in almost every part of the country.
We do not recollect ever to have seen in New Or
teams 80 dry summer as the present. Our usual
wet season is nearly over, and still we have had
acarcely enough rain to fill our csterns. 1t will
be remembered that the last year and the year be-
fore were characterized by the unusual amount Of
rain which fell during the summer. As during
any given series Of years the quantity of rain fall
ing varies but little from the amount in any other
series Of the same length, we cannot reasonably
expect TO haxe 4 moist season this year. Nature,
by making dry summer succeed the two unusu-
ally wet ones Of last year and the year before res
torres the equilibrium which would otherwise be
destroyed. This is philosophical view of the
subject; but it does not fill our csterns, cleanse
our streets, or renovate our crops. The latter,
especially the corn crops, suffering greatly FOR
want of rain. In some districts the is almost
completely ruined, while in no part of the South
will an average yield be obtained. Cotton can
bear drought much better; indeed, in one stage of
its growth it rather prefers dry to wet weather !;
vet even this crop is beginning to suffer. We
open hardly paper that does not contain some
complaint in regard to the extreme and protracted
drought. Almost al agree that the corn is nearly
ruined and that the cotton promises well-N. u.
Picayuns
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Archbishop Kenrick, Of st. Louis, has pur-
chased half block of ground in that city,
lying on Pine street, for the site Of splendid
Cathedral, which Is to be the Metropolitan
Church. Mrs. Anne L. Hunt has also made ex-
tsnsive donations of lands and money for the
sake Of the cause
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Bishop OConner knelt and took the temper
aacs pledge FROM Father Mathew at Pittsburg,
ON Sunday, fully one thousand persons following
his example.
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MuRDER IN DRLAwARE.--A negro boy named
Sol'n Aydiot killed another named Sewell Min
90, on the farm Of Mr.. Isaac Gibbs, in Apo
quinimink Hundred, last week, by striking him
with stone. .Aydlot was committed TO JAIL
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SHiPPINo INTERESTS OF THE u. SrArEs-In an
article on the "comparative condition Of the Eng
iish and American shipping interest, 4" as derived
from British authority, the Republic says it will
be seem
L. That the United States exceeds England in
her actual tonnage.
g. That under the present navigation laws and
treaties the United States is supplsniing England
in the East Inda trade
3. That the United States can build vess els
cheaper than England
a. That "foregn seamen' are to be to some
extent substituted for British senmen.
S. That the American system Of interesting the
officers Of vessel in her freiehts is worthy OF
imitation.
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S. GRISWOLD & co.

(Succsssors 10 Daniel Pratt & Col
y ESPECTFULLY informs the public thst
IL they now manufacturing A7t
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QuAKERs FOR LrsER'A.-There was quite ga
thering at the depot in New Bedford this morning,
10 witness the departure of Eli and Sybel Jones
10 Liberia. They go out in the capacity Of Elders
or Preachers, and they intend to pass some time
in Liberia and also in visiting other places on the
coast of Africa. They said TO be the first
American Quakers who have ever visited Africa
for the purpose Of preaching peace lore, and good
,oiH They 60 out under the direction and suppor
Of the society called Friends They have letters
OF introduction to President Roberts from Hon
Henry Clay, Bishop Waugh, and other distin-
guished friends Of The cause, and are expected to
sail from baltimore in the Liberan packer on
Sunday next.-Bosfon Times, Sat.
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The Russian peasant, as he is falsely called,
SAYS letter from st. Petersburg, is bought and
sold with the land on which he lives, and is
being in no way superior to Monsieur Cuffee al
though his skin is white rather brownish, with
boards that were never visited by that companion
Of civilization, the razor ; his person is the inn
personation of filth, and his countenance the mir
ror of Ignorance. The depression and poverty of
these poor creatures is really ptiabe, and next
some parts OF Ireland, must give to this class Of
humanity the unenva BILE position of the most
miserable part Of the great family to which we all
belong.
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A Cotton Planters convention is urged by
several Of the Southern papers