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-ES4sgEl~ Is EAU IlFUI PlANO FORIES.
We have just opened further supply
II Y " Y Got WORCES TER'S SUPERIOR
PIANO FORTES. They are of new
and beautiful styles e. G., and octaves which we
invite the attention OF those in want.
se3 NORRIS & BROTHER
ANLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VEST
" lNGS.- My stock Of Cloths, Cassi.neres and
Vestings is now tulI and good, say
French black Cloth, all qualities
Do blue and brown do
American do, low price
very superior lot black French Doeskns, al
grades
Do do do do Cassmeres
Fancy Cassimeres, in variety
Vestngs, of all qualities, some entirely new pat
terms, all for sale as usual by the yard, or will
be made to order by good laiors at very low
prices, and the fit in all cases guaranteed
| have fine lot
Mermo lambs wool silk and cotton Under Shirts
Merino, cotton and silk Drawers
Canton hanel and jeans do
Ready made Shiris Collars, Cravats
Selt-fastening Stocks, Pocket Hd'kts Gloves
Suspenders Hat and Hair Brushes, Combs. &c
]. G. CHENERY,
So 81 OpDose Denot
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AN ACTIVE LAD WANTED FOR THE
IA DRY GOOD SINESS.-I wish to employ
an active yovh about the age of IL or IA years. to learn
the Dry Goods business None need apply unless they
can come we'll recommended.
AUGUSTUS MAILERT,
-, No Al Main ST.
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Moore NEW DRESS GOODS AT NAL
I'VE. LERTS CHEAP STORE, No. Al Main ST.
Just openng and for sale very low prices the follow
ing new goods for ladies' and chiIdren's dresses
1900 yards rich figured Silks, very cheap
1000 do do changeable do do
800 do do plain a nd figured black Silk
$500 do do Cashmeres and Mouselines, cheap
1000 do Merinoes and Apaccas
so dress patterns, Boomer Paids
5000 yards Glnghams and Callcoes, cheap
Will open Tomorrow
1900 yards heavy A beached Sheeting, only s cents
1900 DO DO DO do do do ony 1874 cents a9
1900 rich worked collars, only one shilling
1000 yards white, red yellow, blue and green Flan
nels
500 rich shawIs scars, and neck ties very cheap
1000 fine Linen Cambria Hdkts, only III cents
1000 pairs mems women's boys and girls Hose
Together with many other articles too numerous TO
specify all OF which will be sold cheap.
Esy' Call soon for the bargains.
AUGUSTUS MAILERT,
oc9 No Al Main street.
O. UGAR.-50 packages Stuarl's Loaf crushed and
oc VIM. TAYLOR.
w White, black and coored Rice Cambrics,
Checked Muslins. in great variety,
Jaconet and Swiss Muslns,
White Cambrics, Jones' and other styles,
Brown HOLLANDS,
Superior Family Linens,
Bird Eye Diapers Damask do.
oc 10 KENT, PAINE & KENT
go BOXES PRIME CHEESE
#V 80 nests Tubs
2 halfpipes old Hennessey Brandy
Just received and for sale by
HUNDLEY, NORVELL & JONES,
ocS IA Pearl street,
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CoAsr sURvEY CHARTs.

TINE FOLLOWING CHARTS have been pub
a. lished under act Of Congress, at the Coast Sur
cey Office and for sale BY agents In the princi-
pal ports OF the United States:
: New York Bay and Harbor, and its Environs, in
six sheets, complete; scale about two inches and
one tenth to mile. Price 70 cents per sheet
Delaware Bay and River IN three sheets Price
30 cents per sheet.
New York Bay and Harbor, and its Environs,
one sheet. Price75 cents.
The Western Coast Of the United States from
Monterey to the mouth of the Columbia River three
sheets, at 30 cents per sheet.
Cat and Ship Island Harbors. Price 26 cents per
sheet.
The charts of the following small Harbors and
Harbors of Refuge, are sold at 10 cents per copy,
via.
Harbor of New Bedford, Fishers Island Sound,
Harbor of Annapolis and the Severn River, Harbor
of New Haven, Little Egg flarbor, Harbors OF
Holiness Hole and Tarpauiin Cove Harbor of Oys-
ter Bay or Syopet, Harbor of New London, Har bors
of Black Rock and Bridgeport, Harbor of Edgar
town, Harbor of Sheffield nd Cawkin's Islands,
Nantucket Harbor, Hsrbzs VI Captains Islands.
East and West, Huntington Bay. Mouth OF Chester
River, Hyannis Harbor, Pasquotank River.
The following sketches may be had gratuitous,
on application to agents and at the Coast Sur
vey office, viz Survey of the New South Shoal,
Nantucket, with the new shoals lately discovered
Hatteras Cove Hatteras Inlet, Bulls Bay, Seacoasi
of Delaware and Maryland &C.; Cape Carnaveral
Shoals, st. Andrews Shoals, Beaufort Harbor, &c.
The above Charts contain sailing directions,
views of the land, and Of lighthouses, and ranges.
BY direction of the Treasury Department, the
disbursing officer of the Coast Survey is authorized
sto sell e charts at the wholesale price to persons ap
plying for number Of not less than ten Of set, the
payment TO be made to him in cash.
According to the above authority, the under
signed is ready TO sell the charts, indicated, at
discount of twenty per cent from the prices above
stated on application to him, in person, by let
ter (under cover to the Secretary Of the Trea-
sury,) at the Coast Survey office.
SAMUEL Helm,
Mar 2l--tf Disbursing Agent, Coast Survey.
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BY the President of the United States.

I'm pursuance of the act of Congress entitled 'An
Il act to authorize the President of the United
States TO sell the reserved mineral lands in the
States of illinois and Arkansas, and Territories of
Wisconsin and Iowa, supposed to contain lead
ORE" approved llth July, 1916, j, MlLLARD
FILLMORE, President of the United States of
America do hereby declare and mako known that
public sales will be held at the aforementioned
Land Offices in the States of Illinois and Wiscon-
sin, at the periods hereinafter designated, to wit
At the Land Office at MINERAL POINT, WIS
CONSIN, commencing on Monday, the third day
of November next, for the disposal of the following
tracts containing lead mines, which were withheld
from the public sale of the oath of May, lS47, or
dered by the Presidents proclamation of the goth
November, 1916, viz
North of the base live and east Of the fourth principal
meridian.
The east half of the southwest quarter Of section
nine the northwest quarter of nineteen; and the
east half of the northeast quarter of twenty one in
township one, of range one.
The cast half the east half of the northwest quar-
ter and the east half of the southwest quarter OF
section two the southwest quarter of the northeast
quarter OF seven the southeast quarter OF the south
east quarter dissection twelve, and the southeast
quarter of thirty two, in township one the south
east quarter of the southeast quarter of twenty five
and the east half of the northeast quarter of thirty
six in township two; and the west half the south
west quarter of twenty four, in township five, o.
range two
The east half and northwest quarter of the north.
west quarter OF section twenty-one, the southeast
quarter OF the southeast quarter Of twenty ve tn,
south half Of the southwest quarter of thirty; the
southwest quarter Of the Northwest quarter, ano
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WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY.
DvSra VI ~Avpce n IN Civ nnl la n q

YVNHE entire work, unabridged, in l volume,
IL Crown Quarto, of ,452 pages-"Containing
three times the matter found in any other English
Dictionary compiled in this country, or any
abridgment of this work, and yet 'its definitions
are models of condensation and purity. .'"-Hon.
w. C. Calhoun. Revised by Professor C. A.
GoopRIcH, of Yale College.
'sWe believe we shall be certain ofdoing service
to the people of the State, if we say word two
upon the unabridged Quarto Dictionary Of the
English Language, by Noah Webster The word
unabridged has been purposely employed, because
if such work is wanted for any but the very
lowest uses--those of mere photography
thoepy--it cannot be too copious and comprehen-
Give. When is ignorant of the proper and
precise powers of word, he cannot endure to be
turned over to an abrdgment that gives him a
synonym, instead of definition; but he demands
to know much as anybody knows Of its history
etymology, and all its different shades Of mean
ing. Then only can he employ it with confidence
and effect, as mighty weapon for the expression
of intellect or passion.
'sIn the vital department of lexicon, It's dehn-
tions, for which, more than any and all other
sons put together, we consult such a work, DIR.
ness satisfies the wants of the inquirer, and their
nice analysis and acumen crafty his taste and re-
ward research. The vocabulary is interspersed
with terms in science, which it is very convenient
often to have explained with promptness, without
the trouble Of reference to the shelves of the IL
brary. y."-NetUark Daily AdvGtiser, March 25, 1851
ga Dictionary is the last book which scholar
ever wants to have abridged sfe process being sure
to cut off THE VERY MATTER WHICH HE
MOST VALUES. p Chronofype.
For sale in Washington for the publishers by
FRANCK TAYLOR.
Also, all the various abridgments of the same.
June 10
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BY tne President of the United states.

TN pursuance of law, MILLARD FILLMORE,
Il President of the United States OF America, dc
hereby make known and declare, that public sales
will be held at the aforementioned Land Otlcee in
the State OF ILLINOIS, at the periods hereinafter
designated, to wit:
Atthe Land Office at QUINCY, commencing on
Monday the fourth day of August next for the dis
posal of the public lands situated in the following
sections and parts of sections, to witt
NORTH of the base line and toest Of The fourth principa
meridian.
All the lands, together with the islands and parts
Of islands in the Mississippi river lying west of the
east bank Of slough, being parts of fractional sec
ton three in township eleven and of fractional
tions three, ten, eleven fourteen. fifteen, twenty
two twenty three, twenty-six, twenty thir
ty-four, and thirty FIVE, in township twelve, o
range five.
Sections eight, nine; the west half, the west hal
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TO THE PUBLIC.

The tracts embraced in the above proclamation
of the President comprise all the residue of the
lead mines yet to be brought into market south
of the Wisconsin river. They cover those mines
particularly the portion situated in llinois) work
ed under former leases from the Government which
had not expired at the date of the sale of the ada
cent mines and therefore possess the advantage of
being prepared for immediate operations, without
incurring the increased expenses incidental to
opening new mines, and most Of them are believed
to be very productive. They are all more or less
conveniently situated in reference to the navigable
rivers and other cheap means of transportation of
their products to st. Louis, and in the midst of
a country yielding abundanty all the agricultural
products Of the latitude in which they are located
J. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
MAY 2-laWl3W
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,ner Of the General Land Office.


To Preempton claimants, and TO Iessees occupants,
and permittees Of Mineral Lands
Every person entitled to the right of pre- emption
to any of the lands within the townships and parts
of townships above enumerated, is required to es-
tablish the to the satisfaction OF the Register
and Receiver of the proper Land Office, and make
payment therefor practicable after seeing
this notice, and before the day appointed for the
commencement Of the public sale of the lands EN-
bracing the tract claimed, otherwise such claim
will be forfeited. And
Every person having the right under the act en-
titled can act to create additional land district
in the Territory of Wisconsin, and for other pur
poses," approved Sd March, lS47 iessees, occti
pants, or perniteey to enter TO the extent of their
leases, or permits, any of the lands within the
townships and fractional townships above enume-
rated in the Wiotc Rioer district, and who are en-
titled under the act entitled can act to reduce the
minimum price of the mineral lands in the Lake
Superior district, in Michigan, and in the Chippe
wa district in Wisconsin," approved Goth Sep
tember, 1850, "to enter the land covered by their
leases, occupancy, and permits respectively" at
the minimum price of . 25 per acre, or if cover
ing moro than one full section, entitled, "on the
surrender of such lease permit at the proper
Land Office, to purchase, if he shall elect to do
one full section, at the rate of 81 so per acre. is
required TO establish the same to the satisfaction of
make syment therefor as soon as practicable after
seeing DIS notice. and before the day appointed for
the commencement of the public sale Of the lands
embracing the tract claimed, otherwise such
claim will be forfeited.
J. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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EMPIRE STATE MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY,
OF SARATOGA SPRINGS NJ "


EMPIRE STATE MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY,
OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y.
Capital, S2OO,OOO.
TTNHlS company was organized under the General
Il Insurance law of New York, passed April 10,
1919, and has been doing very successful busi-
ness, and will insure dwelling houses, stores,
household furniture, and other property, on fa-
vorable terms any other responsible Company in
this country.
| The public are referred to the following letter
of the Hon. ID. S. Dickinson, Senator from the
State of New York, for the standing of the Com.
pany:
A WAsHINGToN, March 5, 1851.
lam acquainted with some of the officers of the
Empire Mutual Insurance Company, located at
Saratoga Springs, New York. and know others by
character. The Company is in the hands of gem
tlemen of high character for integrity and busi-
ness capacity, and cannot doubt that it will be
prudently and successfully conducted.
d. s. DICKINSON.
Directors.
Isaac Fowler, Samuel Pitkin,
Geo. Young, jr., Hermon Thomas,
II. III. Hathorn, VIM. Ii. Fleeman,
G. M. Dawson, Samuel Corning,
Theo. w. Sanders, Joseph Daniels,
p. M. Moriarty, George Clements.
Hon. John III. Boyd,
ISAAC FOWLER, President.
II. II. HATHORN, Vice President.
GEO. YOUNG, JR., Secretary.
VIM. II. FLEEMAN, Treasurer.
Applications for insurance may be made to E. C.
WEED, agent, North street, Capitol HILL
March 6-tf
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thereof, for the purpose of affecting the aggregate
OF the bids under the estimate contained in the ad
vertisement, and of rejecting all the bids If the
prices named in all are deemed extravagant
Proposals should be marked on the outside OF the
envelope, Proposals for Printing Blanks and di-
rected TO the "Second Assistant Postmaster Gene
rail-" N. X. HALL,
June 23-law4w Postmaster General.
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ALEXANDRIA ACADEMY.

THE course of study embraces the Ancient and
Il the Modern Languages, Mathematics, and
Natural Science. Courses of Lectures on Natural
Philosophy, Chemistry, and Astronomy, are de
hvered during the year. The school room, recita-
tion, and lecture-rooms all Handsomely fur
nished. The Institution is supplied with a complete
Philosophical and Chemical apparatus, and every
other requisite for thorough and extensive study
Terms, for board, washing, fuel and lights, with
tuition in Latin, Greek, and Mathematics, a so
per annum. For further information address
Oct. l-u r, L, BR0CKETT, Principal.
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j. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.

NOTICE TO PRE- -EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emp-
ton to any of the lands within the townships and
parts of townships above enumerated is required
to establish the to the satisfaction of the regis
ter and receiver of the proper Land Office, and
make payment therefor practicable after
seeing this notice, and before the day appointed for
the commencement OF the public sale of the lands
embracing the tracts claimed; otherwise such claim
will be forfeited. j. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner ofthe General Land Office.
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CoLoNlzATloS Rooms,

WAsHINoToN, June IL, 1861.
AT meeting of the Executive Committee of the
American Colonization Society, held on the 10th
instant, the Secretary laid before the committee
the prospectus of newspaper, TO be called the
Chrisien Statesman, and TO be devoted g to sound
morality in Politics, to the Union of the Stutee to
the cause of African Colonization and Civilization
and to all topics of high and general interest To
their country" to be published in this city by the
Rev. X. r. Gurley and ID. r. Goodlee. After the
reading of which, it was
Resoived, That we cordially and earnestly re-
commend the Christian Statesman to the patronage
of the friends of African Colonization throughont
the United States
w. McLAIN, Sec'y Am Col. Soc'y
T,,na
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THE CHRISTIAN STATESMAN.
A Weekly Newspaper.
svoted TO african Colonization and Ciuilirat


TINE undersigned propose to publish in the city
i of Washington weekly newspaper, bearing
the above title, and dedicated to a sound morality
in politics. to the Union of the States, to the cause
of African colonization and civilization, and to all
topics of high and general interest to their coun
try and mankind. They will endeavor to impress
upon the People and Governments of the United
States and of the several States the Importance of
coonizing in Africa, with their own consent, the
free people of color of this country, and such as
may become free. They will communicate to the
public all important information they may obtain
in regard to the geography, exploration, resources,
commerce, and population of Africa; the state of
the slave trade and the measures best adapted for
its suppression; and will enforce the duty of union
among all Christian denominations in efforts to
diffuse the knowledge of arts, liberty, and
Christianity among the barbarous people of that
continent.
They will aim to render the journal an instruc-
tive and useful Family Newspaper and to
for its columns, as the public favor shall enable
them, contributions, literary and scientific, OF de-
cided merit
The CHRIsrIAN STATESMAN will be of the size of
the Home Journal or National Era, and exceed in
size the Intnigencer the Union of this city; and
with but few advertisements, will be nearly filed
with matter designed to be OF interest to it's readers
1t will be printed with new type, on fine white
paper, and in mechanical execution be equal to the
best newspapers in the country.
TERMs.-The Chrisaan Statesman will be two dole
lars year, payable in advance,
Postmasters or others. who may be pleased to act
as voluntary agents. Will 10 those who
may pay over to them su descriptions; and to the
der OF such agents, or to any who may make
mittances for the Christian Salesman, it will be
supplied on the following terms:
| Single copy for one year. 50 90
Single copy for six months. ...... l 90
Three copies for one year. 90
Six copies for one year. 10 90
| Twenty copies for one year ...... 80 90
| Twenty copies for six months. l5 90
The first number of this paper may be expected
| to appear early in August, and it is desired that
those who disposed to further its great objects.
| by their patronage, should indicate their wishes
before that time. Orders and Communications,
addressed (post paid) to Gurley & Goodloe,
will receive immediate attention.
r. r. GURLEY,
ID. r. GOODLOE.
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LvLECTRO, BIOLOGY; OR THE DOCTRINE
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ciples OF Reason, Nature, and Philosophy; by John
A. Wroe, NJ. D., and John Reid, NJ. b.
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COPYING PRESSES of the most approved con-
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CAMPBELL'S LIVES OF THE CHIEF JUS
~ TICES 2 vols American Edition.
Gregory's Letters on Animal Magnetism.
Katschmidts Latin Dictionary.
The Young Governess, or the Education Of Cir
cumstances. FRANCK TAYLOR
June IL