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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-20
S. GRIswoLD & CO.,


ID ESPECTFULLY informs the public that
IL they are now manufacturing
COTTON
at Prattsve, Autauga county, Alabama.
Their arrangements for manufacturing exten
awe and complete, which will enable them to furn-
ish 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 manufac-
ture and sale of over 900 has acquired for them
throughout the entire cotton growing region.
From 95 years experience, with every facility and
good workmen, they are confident that they will
be able to give satisfaction to all who may patron
ize them.
nTTheir Gins are warranted to perform well.
Engagements for Gins be made with their
travelling agents, who will call on planters gene
rally, or by letter directed to PrsityiIle, Autauga
county, Alabama.
A supply Of Gins always on hand with Gimp
bell & Co, Mobile, and n. Kendall, & Carter Co..
.Ncp Orleans.
s. GRIswoLD & Co
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Pacific Mall steamship COmpany.-The only
Line for California and Oregon.

YNHE public are informed that, under the new
u arrangements of this company, steamers in
spected and improved by the Navy Department,
and carrying the United States mails, will con-
tinue to leave Panama and San Francisco on the
lst and 18th days Of each month, unless Detained
by unavoidable accident, and will touch at Aca-
pulco, San Diego, and Monterey The follow
ing steam packets belonging to the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, one of which will be al
ways in port at each end of the route, are now in
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GRiSD uOsEY DIsTRIBUTIOn

Loan Of ths GoperAHenl Of the Eleeio,ate u HesSe,
s6,725 100 10 be reimbursed totfh SIC, soc, 6I0.
EXTRACT or THE ELECTORAL EDicr.
THIS State Loan, contracted IN the Year le45,
L b. the Government of the ELECTORATE or
HEssE, and with the consent of the Chamber of
Deputies, through The Banking House of MEssRs
RorHscHiLD AND Sons, consists OF 6725 Series of
% Bonds each, to be redeemed by gu Distrbu-
tons in such manner that the received Capital
of s6,125,OOO will be repaid with sl6,568, $40, in
4 ha folIouytna, 1852 TOE n;y;Jo,Js.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-20
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-.

Washington Oct. 2, 1851
NOTICE is hereby given that the Library o.
" Congress will be closed on Thursday the 10th
instant and will not a. ain be o1ened until Tues
day the 18th, of November
JOHN S. MEEHAN, Librarian
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THE NATIONAL MONUMENT JOURNAL.

A LII persons holding subscriptions to the n
y toDal Monument Journal, are requested I,
return them without delay, directed to the Genera
Agent Of the Monument Society, Hon. Elisha
Whittesey, Washington, it being my intention to
resume the publication Of the Journal in all the
month OF September, should the patronage be.
slowed upon it justify resumption
&c. PICKETT,
Editor and Publisher
Aug q
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PAPERS MiSLAID.

DIAPERS in the case of Thomas Crown, govern
ment contractor for brick, &c The finder will
be literally rewarded by restoring them to the
Office Of the National Hotel, or to me
BEVERLEY TUCKER.
I5PThe Union, Republic, and Telegraph, will
insert daily for one month, and forward bills to
this Office. oct. O. lin
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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 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 burden, now under charter 10 the com.
pany, and peculiarly eommodious in her cabin
arrangements, will be kept running as an extra
family boat
One of the above steamers will keep up the
connection between Acapulco end the other Mex
lean ports.
The connexion in the Atlantic will be main
lained by the United States mail steamships
Georgia. .......... .........3 ,OOO tons
ONO. ......,.............. .e,UUO "
Empire CITY. ..'s...s''. .2,OOO
Crescent City. .........-....l ,5UO
Cherokee. .................l,3OO
Philhdelphla ...............l ,lUO
Leaving New York for Chagres on the llth
and 26th of each month.
The new steamer FL Dorado and the Falcon will
form direct line between New Orleans end Cha
gres, leaving at such periods as will insure as
little detention possible on 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 can DE secured from Armstrong, bdNItnCe,
& 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..........,,,. $3.50
1890 in lower cabin to.............S $500
5000 IN steerage to Sl65
The rates from New York to Chagres will be
The lowest adopted by any safe sea-s;samer be-
tween these ports.
Each passenger is allowed $50 lbs. personal
baggage free, not exceeding in measurement 10
cubic feet
Freight will he taken to Chsgres at 10 cents per
foot, and from Panama to San Fancisco at the
rate Of 500 err ton.
For choice Of berths apply at the office Of the
company, 81 and SIS South street, or at their
agency, No. III West street, New York city
Aug l9-dy
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VIM. HOW LAND,
Importer and Dealer in Dry Goods, In
oHARLEsTos, s. C.
"OULD call the attention of planters pisifins
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
ionabe,
All Goods Of Southern manufacture, he will par.
ticularly keep.
No 22A. bend of * inc at Cb,rleu,op
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FALL MILLINERY,

MRS PARKER will open on Wednesday 18th
IV inst, few cases OF French Hats. Also
beautiful assortment of Ribbons, Feathers, Flow
ers &C., &c.
Penn. av., under, N Hotel.
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Pension ana Bounty Land Agency.


Nh Z subscriber has opened in the city of Wash
II ington an AGENCY for the prosecution OF
all descriptions of claims against the General
Government.
His perfect knowledge of all the Pension Laws,
ana 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.
lie, 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 Penslon Laws, where the pensioners are
dissatisfied with their present allowance.
For all those widows who received, or are ent-
lied to receive, the ten years pension due on the 4h
OF March, lS4S; under the acts of July 7th, 1898,
March Sd, lS43, and June l7th 1874, being those
who were married before the LIST of January, 1894,
he will undertake to establish, under the act of
Eel ruary I'd, IS4S, their claims to pensions for
life. commencing on the 4th of March, 1913, when
their pensions under the foregoing acts term-
uated.
For all those widows of revolutionary officers
or soldiers, who were married after 1893 but be-
fore January I'd, 1900, he will undertake to estab-
lish their claims to pensions for life, commencing
on the 4th Of March, ls4s, under the act of July
80, ls4a,
To all those widows ofrevoutionary 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, 1928, or June 7th
1882, 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 Next
can war, or IN any of the Indian wars since 1890
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 1890, 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
SO 100000,
Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, ID. c., will receive prompt attention.
M. THOMPSON,
Attorney and Counsellor al LnD, and Commits
missioner Of Deeds for North and South Carolina.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-20

EY-Mr Z. n. GIBSON, Of Ell Dorado. Arkan-
sas. is our duly authorized agent within that
State TO collect monies due to this office and
receive subscriptions.
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GRE ELECTORAL ESSiAN
STATE LOAN

~ 6,725,000 Dollars.
HNHIS Loan is guaranteed by the Government,
Il and contracted by the eminent Banking
House of Messrs. M. A. Won RoTHscHLD AND
Sons, in Frankfort-on the Maine The following
capital Prizes must be gained, viz:
% u Of a S GOO Dollars GO Of 300 SSo Dollars
"a $4,000 100 " l,5OO
&c, &c. The smallest Prize is SIS Dollars
Tine next drawing takes place irrevocably on the
LIST Of June, 1851.
The price ofths Ticket is as f5ilo,os:
ticket for Dollars ticketsfor 25 Dollars
80 100 IS 900
Remittanees 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 tn,
successful numbers, which will also be published
in the leading Journals The Prizes win be paid
in cash at Frankfort-on the Maine, Paris, Lon.
don, New York, or New Orlesrs
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PUBLISHERS CENTRAL AGENCY,
NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE.
ADAMS Co. ExrREss 0FFIoE,
~


A TTENTION is respectfully called to my new
n undertaking as General Agent for all News
papers, Periodical Magazines, &c, published in
the United States and Europe. ! shall receive
and canvass for subscribers, well as collect all
accounts against parties here and in Mobile that /
may be entrusted with, having had AN experience
OF over ten years in the Book aud Newspaper BUSH
ness as proprietor of The Mobile Literary Depot,
hatter myself that can and will give general salts
faction.
The following are the rules that have adopted :
l. Principal Office TO be in New Orleans, where
shall contne myself strictly TO the interest of my
agencies alone, for which | shall charge the usual
commissions, or such may be agreed upon
=. shall conhne myself strictly to the CASH
pr'ncipla accompanying my orders (when draft
can be had for the amount) with sight check (;
when not so accompanied, the publisher can draw
on me at sight for the amount from receipt of the
order, or If requested in writing, will enclose the
cash its If and remit but in all such cases il shall
be at the risk of the Publisher.
s. Publishers wishing TO act for them are
expected TO furnish me with written authority,
and send me specimen copies OF their pl b'ications
free Of charge.
My object is to establish General Southern
Local .dgencyJor Publishers throughout the Union.
New Orleans IN Il central pace, commanding the
whole Valley of the Mississippi, Texas and other
places, making 1t a point of great Importance for
Publishers to have good Agency for the better
circulation of their publications In the hope
that my efforts in this enterprise will be properly
appreciated and duly encouraged by your favors,
hereunto annex blank Certificate of Agency,
which you fill and return to me by return
mail
Respectfully, your obi Serv't,
M. BOULLEMET,
Proprietor Qfhe Mobile Literary Depot
N. BIN the above ] do not ask for a sole
agency, but merely authority to receive and col
lect subscriptions.
REFERENCES
.Ne,c Orieans.-Lumsden, Kendall & Co. d.
Corcoran & Co. ]. ID. b. DeBow.
.New York.-Willmer q Rogers, Fl Long Bro
James Gordon Bennett, Stringer e. Townsend
Philadetphia.-L. A. Cooley, Geo. r. Graham
Andrew McMakin.
Boson.--C. A V. Putnam, Z. Littel g. Co.
Washington, ID. C.--Fisher & DeLeon Hon w.
j. Allston, M C.
Charleston S. C.--Walker & Richards
Montgomery, .4la.--A. p. Pfser.
.uobiie.-C c Langdon, Messrs Balentyne g.
Mcclure, Messrs Thadeus SANFORD
Louisville, XIV II Haderman, Saml Fl yman
ST. Louis, .Mo-Joseph M Field, Ansel Ed
wards.
Lperpool.-Wmer g. Smith.
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PRINTING TYPES

A re now sold at BRUCE'S NEW YORK
n TfPE-FoUNDRY, at the following very
low prices, for approved six months notes
Roman Till Gr Shodsd Gr
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do 5000 sc. &c.
Tickets S20-halves Sl0--quarters IS
Certificate of Package of 26 wholes $500 90
DO do 26 halves $50 90
Do do 26 quarters IS 90
Do do &c eighths 81 So
o. Orders for tickets, shares, packages IN any
of the above magnificent schemes will meet with
prompt attention. Address
F. MORRIS * CO., Managers,
Oct. 6. Baltimore, Md.
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MARYLAND STATE LOTTERIES,
FOR OCTOBER, 1851.
+. MORRIS * Co, Managers
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY Class 25
To be drawn in Baltimore, October Is, 1851
AI,n ALE

20 Prizes Of SI,5UO.
Tickets Sl0-halves S5-qnarters So So
Certificate of Package of 25 whole tickets, sl4O
DO do 25 half do 70
DO do 25 quarter do 35
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-20

place Of George Washington is on plantation
known as "Wakehed Estate, owned and enjoy
ed by John E. Wilson, and in the midst of two
hundred acre field marked only by nm old brick
chimney, a mammoth fgtree, and freestone slab,
on which latter is inscribed in cut letters barely
dscernable
"Here,
The pod February, 1892
WASHINGTON
Was born"
The slab is three feet long by one foot and
half wide and is broken in two. About one hum
dred yards from the spot is Pope's creek, and
about a mile distant the Potomac River. The
birth place is accessible by carriage way through
the immense corn field until within quarter of n
mile which distance is made by pathway. The
neglected condition of the spot bears record OF
shame against his country for neglectng to Int up
a monument there to his memory.
One uuater Of mile from the birth place, on the
same estate, is an old faahioned vault in diapi-
dated &C condition, aomb stone at the side ofhe door
to which bears the following inscription
"Here
Lieth the body
Of
JOHN WAsHNeToN,
Eldest son OF
Capt. LAWRENCE WAsHNeToN,
Who departed this life
The 10th ofJsnuary,
$780,
Age 10 years and III months.
Also
MILDRED WAsHrNeToN,
Eldest daughter
OF said Washington,
Who departed this life
The LIST day of August, 1896,
Aged months.
Eight miles, or whereabouts, from Cambleton
stands the identsol house in which Monroe was
born. Concerning this place there is nothing
worthy of mention that the house is an an
tiquatsd appearing square log cabin giving evi
idence of its association.
westmorelnnd county boasts of having furn.
ished the country with tv o Presidents, than whom
no othsrs have had deeper hold upon the affect.
ions of the people. Richmond Whig.
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$50, 00Q.! $4,000 !

SsO,OOQ.!! $4,000! S20,O0o
Lowest three numbers $1,000.
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY, Glass X,
To be drawn in Baltimore, October 25, 1851.
SDI ENnID SCHEME
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-07-02
THIRD ANNUAL FAIR,
or THE
South Carolina Institute.

THE Third Annual Fair Of tho s on T. II
CAROLINA INSTITUTE. for tho prnmotion
of Art. Mechanical Ingenuity and Industry,
will h. held in Charleston. $. c., opening on
MoSnAT. l7lh November, and continuing dur.
ing tho week,
Specimens in every branch Of Mechanism,
Ar, and inhna,ry; also of Cotton Rice, Sugar,
Tobacco nni al other Agricultural Products, IRE
solicited, f"r which suitable premiums Will be
AWARDED,
The fliown. sI~ cial Premium. urc oficrcd:-
For the six be-; .,.rimcns Of Steel made from
Sprtanhurs or oEhor Iron, the pr"duc, of II
>nn,hern State. and n.anuitr,ur.d into Edged
Tools Of any kini--A ti"ld Medal.
y. B.-A spec men OF the Steel in Bars to be
..nt with the Tools.
For the iargcs, quantity Of Cocoons raised on
one p.un,ai:on, not less than Ten Bushcls-A
Gold Medal or $50.
For the largest quantity of Spun Silk the pro.
ducn of any one plantation, no. less than Ten
Pounhs-A Gold Medal or Premium OF $50.
For the hes, Sea Island Cotton Gin. on some.
new principle. superior 10 that now in general
nse; or for my rcul anl important improve mcn
on the present onc-A Gold Medal.
For the invention of q suitable machine for
Puivcrisng Red Pepper a Gold Medal.
For tn. best Steam Enginc--h Gold Medal.
For the hest model Steam Fire Engine--A
Gold Medal.
large and commolous building has been
selected for the Exhibition, and every care will
De paid 10 the reception and care Of Articles sen,
tn the Fair. All Specimens must be in by the
18th November.
Contributors to tho Fair are respectfully re-.
quesled when they forward Specimens for tx.
hibitons, To send full descriptions of the Articles,
nI.d such information in general ns may be OF
Use. and proper for publication;
Address }. Ii. TAYLOR,
Chairman of Committee on Correspondence.
June 18th, 1851. 35 II
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-07-02
ICE! ICE!!

TIE Subscriber possesses n Receipt, to ena-
Bile any person TO make Ice, in any climate,
with but little expense trouble. The process
is simple. and can be accomplished ny the most
limited understanding. so rs 10 produce from
even warm water, in the hotties, climate, n pure
ice. equal in every essential To that formed by
natural causes. The luxury Of always having
"a, ones will. III The heat of summer. n pure and
delicious Ice, will readily he conceded; and its
advantages, in cases Of sickness, cannot he too
greatly priced. by this same process warm
water can be rendered delightfully."- cold in ahou,
5 minutes. aud ice creams, with many other
luNmrics, can bc made in from 10 to 20 minutes
The following notice Of this great discovery
is taken from the New York Sun:
"a REAL LuXuRr.~-Dr. James r. vii.
ming,on produces. by an artificial process pure
aud solid ice, from warm water, in the heat OF
summer. in less than half hour. And he can
render II barrel of water rs cold as ice itself
in very few minutes. This discovery must
be Of immense value to all living South
TERMs.-This receipt, which contains full
Instructions for making ice and ice creams,
coohng water, AMI numerous other useful
matters wi he forwarded to order for Two
Dollars, by addressing
DIR. JAS. X. WILMINGToH,
i22 Nassau ST., \. Y.
One Agent only will he appointed in each
county, and those desiring the agency must
forward 800 for which they will receive
~ copies OF the pamphlet, containing full
instructions.
June 25lh, 1851
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T~n DoitarS in advance, Two Dollars
ana Fiity-cenls al the expiration of six
months, or Three Dollars at cnc end of the
yeal.
No paper discontinued until all nrrcara-
.cs are paid, unless at the option of the
Proprietor,
Ut Advertisements inserted mt I5 cts
per square, (l2 lines or lcss,) for the first
and half tliat sum for each subsequent
insertion.
u-The number of insertions to be mark
ed on all :Advertsemonts or they will be
published until ordered to ho discontinued,
and charged accordingly.
IL One Dollar per square for single
insertion. Quarterly aid Monthly Adyer-
tiscments will be charged the same as a
single Insertion, and scmi-monthly the
same as new ones.
All Obituary Notices exceeding six
lines, and Communications recommending
Candidates for public Offices or trns1-oI
putting Exhibitions, vii, be charged as
Advertisements.
GTItcv. FREDERIcK RUSH, is travelling
Agent for this paper, and is authorized to
receive subscriptions and receipt for the
same.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-07-02


The Great Flood OF, the Missis.
sippi.--The st. Louis papers come
to us with extended details Of the raw
ages Of the great flood on the Missis.
sippi.
The st. Louis Times Of Monday,
the 9th, states that the water was
then SO feet 4 inches above low wa.
ter mark, and still rising, being with
in s feet 3 inches Of The mark Of the
great food of 1914. The bottom,
opposite North st. Louis was also
fieMei land nearly all the families
bavetaken refuge in the sixth ward.
It is estimated that from one thou
sand to twelve hundred persons
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Bradford Springs Female
Institute,

The Exercises of The Bradford Springs Fc-
male Institute, will be- resumed on the first
Monday IN February next, under the direction
of the Rev. EpwiN CATER rs principal, ndcd
by competent assistants, in the various branches
of thorough and finished Education. For
Board and Tuition. the terms are those original.
y established, half yearly in advance,
Jan'r. 22d 1881. If
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TO STOCKHOLDERS.

BY previous order Of the Board of Trustees
the third lnslnlment Of twenty five dollars per
share on the Capital stock of the Bradford
Springs Frnnie Institute Company, is now
due--Stockholders will please attend promptly
To this call
ID. II. McLhURIN, Seo'ry.
n. Bin my absence pa yment may be made
TO Rev. w LEWIS, President OF the Company.
Jan. ~, 1851. l3 If