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VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY--On Friday afternoon
September 6th al O'Clock, premises
No square NO 3i6 fronting Vi feet NORTH
iih and lam west, win n depth OF 100
Terms hird balance in and eighteen
MONTHS with interest, satisfactorily secured Conveyance
expense Of purchaser
DYER MCGUIRE Aucuonesu.
N BTbe above brick houses
has well OF excellent upon IT,
Sep 2t-d
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GALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AT AUCTIoN.-on
~ Monday september 9Th, AT 10 O'Clock shall
residence OF gentleman declining housekeeping u
street first house north OF street erceent collection OF
bold furniture, AL OF which
s,stins n part OF, viz
Mahogany sofa, mahogany spring chAirs
DO divans, marble top table
DO and other chairs
Parlor, chamber, and step carpetng
Solar lamp and grandoi-s
Diuing tables
Bsd-tesds, BEDS and mattresses
Bureaus, wss,stauds, toilet tables
Looking glasses, crock.fy, and glass wa
Cooking and other stoves kitchen requisites, hc.
Terms Al OF and under Sl5 s25 a credit
sixty and ninety days. for endorsed bearing
60, .,.. c. W. BoTELhR
WS5-oufTWFsathds
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COMMUNICATIONS.
ron TIE NATIONAL IsTELLIsgscna.


If enlistment in our Army and Navy were gov
erned by the orders issued by Gen. WAsHMsroN to
the recruiting officers at the commencement of the
revolutionary war, at the close of the year l775,
there would be no necessity for the infection of
corporal punishment on our soldiers and sailors.
The order is dated the goth OF October, TITS, and
is as follows:
he times and the importance of the great
engaged in allow room for hesitation and delay When
ne, hoey' and property at stake when country
In Danger OF being melancholy of boodshed and de-
soanon wnen our towns laid in ashes innocent
and children driven from their peaceful hsbations exposed
to the gors Of Indictment season TO depend perhaps on
cna ior support when calames like these are staring us
the sce and brutal sewage enemy threatens us and
thing we hold dear with destruction from foeiep rooos. !.
little becomes the character Of soldier to shrink from danger
and condition for II 10 the General II,
indulge both officers and soldiers who compose the new
army with furoughs for reasonable time but this mus b
done In such nure the service or weaken
the army too much at once"
The General enoins upon the recruiting officers an i'm
perave regulation not to enlist any person suspected Of
being unendy 10 the liberties Of America or any aJaudon
ed pdgabond, to whom all causes and countries are eouo
and alike This order strikes homo to the pre-
sent mode Of enlistment which embraces all nations without
regard to character, and is said that otentmes condemned
criminals permitted escape punishment BY enistDg into
the army and navy. C.
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sdersd worthy Of being introduced in gardens 5h all the
instruments, machinery implements, pictures drawings
connected with horticulture.
The annual exhibition of the Central Horticultural Society
General takes place in Paris in the first days Of September
We would be happy your ard benevolent
aons with the societies and with the American press could
procure us the honor Of showing in the exhibition Of 1852
the first specimens Of American horticultural productions
Please receive the Of highest consideration.
BAILLY DE MERLIEURs,
Secretary General
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which is much thought Of but evidently there Is IN this
plant something besides and which will no doubt before long
belong the high industry Starch which ioms me Prin-
cps Of the grsminea seeds has passed In TINS sogu
lar variety through notifications which brings 10 the
and brought il more than half the way which sepa
rated il from its conversion sugar in its present state
Indian corn might probably be employed in most of the in.
dusa uses OF gummy substances proceeding from fecula
The species of beeoot for cattle appears to in their
American varieties 10 have been shaped with intelligence
and in accordance with the products to be expected from
them Smaller in general than they have purer
shape less provided with leaves they thus in quality OF
raw product stronger proportion of its useful substance
smaller kind of kitchen garden beet called rsdshbee, has
far surpassed in experiments the best varieties of
French or English cultivation
The three varieties Of winter wheats contained in the col
lection were most remarkable by the beauty Of their grain
but former experiments made me foesee and although
two Of them pened very early, they reached but very impe
fectly to maturity with US.
is remarkable fact to see how little the varieties of
American wheat adapted to the climate Of the central
part of France they almost always terribly attacked
by mushrooms microscopic parasites crust and ldew that
their crop is always strongly compromised In 1916, when
the scarcity Of among brought the importation Of
great quantity of American wheat, made great number of
seedbeds of varieties of these whea but all OF them
invariably attacked by these diseases that de-
rived any thing good from them, except certain number Of
botanical observations proper establish comparison between
them and our French species.
close this in repeating you that in the intellectual
changes which you have made useful nteme
das shall always keep at your disposal specimens Of all
Seeds plants &c. documents relative to the study and cu
vaon Of vegetables &c. to be presented by those
societies of the American Union who take the most interest
communications Of this nature convinced that each
step made towards their respective knowledge of real
utility for our two nations.
have the honor to be, &c.
LOUIS yILMORlN.
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Our readers will, we have no doubt, well remem.
Der spirited and striking poetic article which
went the rounds Of the American and European
press year or two ago, entitled the "SoDg of
Steam from the pen of G. w. CUTTER, Esq, then,
we believe, of Cincinnati. Since then the gifted
writer Of that article has become resident Of
Washington, and has favored us with the annexed
more elaborate but equally spirited ode on the
great and indispensable material and instrument in
the business and operations of the world, Iron.
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FINANCIAL OrkRAr1ox. lately heard story illus
trave of the carly days Of York county, (pshose good
old times when every body honest a. the days
long, The parties of the early settlers in tho
part Of York (now Adams) couny-both were Of the
honest old German stock, and Of them still vng,
suppress the name 5t .s.fstIsf
Peter appears, had increased the zo of bis farm by
nexng thereto small tsct adjoining, and lacked about
hundred dollars Of the necessary to pay for the
quisiton He called upon his neghbo George borrow
the amount George brought out old bread basket and
counted down descd number of ihale and them Of
course the sat down 10 two large eahen mugs Of cider
and many pipes of tobacco. After smoking the
for while, occurred to Peter that in similar transsc
tons be had heard something like passing be-
tween borrower and lender and he suggested much
George. The lender assented to the popey Of the thing
paper, pen, and ink poducedand between tho two
document concoced stating that George hado Peter
hundred dollars, which Peter would repay George m
dree moRtr" hree months This Peter signed, and thus
far fnsncrs had made the thing all regular and ship
shape. fs m te teg
But at this point difficulty presented self They both
knew that noes made in the operations Of borrowing
and lending which they bad witnessed, but neither of them
had observed what osion made of the document
neither could tell whether rere for the borrower
the lender TO take charge Of the paPrr Here diem
ma AT length bright idea struck George.
"You haf de money pay, Peer-to be sure you must
take dis paper, you see as you hafio pay
This was concusivethe common sense of the thing
and Peter pocketed the money and his
note he could see he hat pay Three months
passed and punctua to the day appeared friend Pc
ter and pad the promised George This being
DONE the mugs aud pipes again prsdd After putting
whe Peter produced the and banded to George.
with the remark "Now You must take de note, so a. you
can de money hsf been paid =! We Yokers may be
trusted - York (Pa.) Herald,
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FOREIGN SCIENTIFIC ITEMS.

At the recent meeting of the British Association in
Engiand paper was read son the proposed railway
munication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through
the British territories of North America" on which occasion
the merits Of Mr. ASA WHIrSErs project discussed
length The object Of the paper show the superior
advantage Of the British the American project and
open out public works for the encouragement Of emgans
from Great Britain settle the British territories instead
OF the United States. Mr.. Whitney present person
at the meeting, and, after manesng his Willingness to take
sides with England in the proposed improvement Capt FIrz
Ror r. NJ took it upon himself that the reasons
why Mr.. WIS plan had not been taken up warmly in the
United States entirely political, and that the slavery
question materially interfered with it.
The marine steam force of Great Britain consists of 147
steamships, and 80 iron steamers
An Academy of Sciences has been established by the Sui
tan at Consaninople.
1t is said that LIEBEe has given up ammonia and
guano, and riding his hobby hard for mineral manure
The extreme length Of the river wall forming the line of
the Liverpool docks is within few yards Of four miles, The
total water available is 1876 acres and the quay
space comprehends more than fourteen miles
The Western Gas Company of London have reduced the
price of for street lights three guineas per light
seven years.
There has been and very valuable arrival Of antqu
ties London from the ruins Of Nneveh chiefly connected
with domestic economy.
Sanitary Congress about to be held Montpelier
which each Of the Mediterranean Powers will be represented
The Emperor Of Russia has established tapestry
factory in Petersburgh.
complete Of the Great Exhibition has been
published in London from the pen Of CHARLEs BABsA
Esq but Of the best to be found in the Civil
Engineer and architects Journal
single firm have contracted to supply the city of Liver
pool with thirty miles Of casron pipes for bringing water
into the city.
In the of 1850 there published in France 2os
books and pamphlets.
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PHENOMENON LATE ToRsADo-A fact connect.
ed with the late destructive tornado which we have not
noticed elsewhere is this That the apples from trees
turned by the wind have the appearance of fruit been
partially baked They dark colored and considerably
sofened The whole apple does not in every instance pre-.
sent this appearance it being only visible in spots some
while others it is general. We are informed that
there hundreds of bushels Of apples in this condition.
scattered along the trail of the whrwind The
too, that are Frustrated, 10 many instances said
the appearance OF having been blasted and dried for
considerable length Of time-Boston Traveller
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STEAx TIE EurE CANL.-The steam tow boat Jacob
Kinds hove in sight Monday morning about o'clock,
gliding through the waters of the enlarged Erie canal with
scarcely ripple percevsbe before behind the noble vessel
to disturb the inhabitants Of the grand Erie canal the
Eve miles per hour, with canal craft In tow loaded
with pig iron, and her horses snugy slowed in the hold
Soon alter passing she up to and pased canal craft APP
fareny without effort, although having in the before
D ep,ioped boai.-Rocheaer American
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DECIDEDLY CooL.-A very cool answer from Sopho-
more is ndeby recorded among the memories Of college
days.
Professor -- had peculiarly red so red, in
deed that it usually deemed sign that the interior of
the temple dedicated to Bacchus Upon this point the
Professor was peculiarly sensitive.
One day chestnut, propelled by some invisible hand,
hued the room, and violently in contact
with the learned genemsns bald pate that ssncins off, 1t
spun almost up to the ceiling.
"Mr. F." Numbered out the Professor, "that was
you cir know il sir don't deny IL sir your bushes be-
tray you, SIR"
"Do you think that blush, sir modestly asked the
student.
beet"
"Pardon me, sir" replied F., "I think it's only the
reflection of light perhaps you looked at your
college Words and Customs.
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The Albany knckebocker gives account of won
derfu dog belonging to Of its carriers The carrier fell
sick, when he sent out boy to deliver the papers All he
had to do follow the dog, who stopped the door
each subscriber and wagged his TAIL missing one in
list Of six hundred At the door Of oil subscribers had
not paid for their paper for length of time the dog was
heard to howl This 10 most intelligent and useful animal
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AGENCY FOR INVENTIONS

n 0RGE r. WEST, Washington, Drsughtsman and So
NJ citor Of Patents continues attend to the procurston
Of letters patent in this and other countries.
Office corner Of 9Th and streets, Eberbach's building.
Letters business will with attention without they
are post bud and contain a rlafa6ie fee
He would refer TO all Who have entrusted business with him.
and necessary distinguished references can be given
ap2-u
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The New York Tribune has the following hit, being
extract Of letter from that city
"Youn Of -- asking information in regard to tho
cotton market is received end below you have the latest
tatons am always happy to you but do so at
less cost you will prepay your letters for which purpose
enclose dozen Of the postage stamps.n
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Married. in Ashe, North Carolina, on Wednesday the
18th instant, Mr.. WILLIAM WALrrRs "a dwarf about %
years DID, and not than 80 inches TALL and weighs IS
pounds) to miss ELIZABETH SAVERS, "a full grown
woman, daughter of Martin Sawyer, all Of Wythe county
( WuthevHe Republican,
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CCHoOL BOOKS AND sTATIONERY-A large
- assortment for sale by TAYLOR MAURY. |
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Without commenting upon the theory of your intelligent
correspondent, Mr. ScHKrTERLr, would simply ask him
what has become Of all the waters that the earth during
the food, if he says, dmnuton Of them has taken
place He admits that 6 some parts of the ocean between
latitude $50 north and south gradually being filled up by
coral rocks and when raised to the surface become islands,
But the microscope has shown that world of organic life
peoples the Arctic ocean, beyond the highest powers cacu
laton. Parts Of this ocean, often covering of twenty
thirty square miles, rendered green and tubid
from the quantity Of minute anmalcule contained in them
These have been found extend down the depth
of fifteen hundred feet ScoRrsBr thinks that would re-
quire eighty thousand persons working increasingly from the
creation Of the present day count the number Of
these minute beings contained in the space Of two miles only
of that turbd water HUMBeLDT says "It is still uudeer-
mined life is most abundant wheher on the earth or
in the fahomess depths Of the ocean, EHRxxBxRo admra
BILE work the relative condition Of animacue life in the
tropical ocean, and the floating and solid ice of the Antarctic
CIRCLE has spread the sphere and horizon of organic life before
eyes. Sceous shelled poiygaria and coscnads
c alive with their green ovaes have been found enveoped
in masses within twelve degrees Of the pole. EaRrHBKRe
has shown that microscopic nfusoria snmalcue
other species live parasicay and that in the eaoneH
the extraordinary powers Of division and development of
bulk great that anmalcule invisible to the naked
eye in four days form too cubic feet of the Be polish
ing slate"
:" Has any seen
The mighty chain Of beings, lessening down
From infinite perfection, to the brink
OF dreary nothing, desolate abyss,
From which astonished thought recoing turns"
These invisible beings are continually decsying and sccu-
mustns the matter Of which they composed in oceans
seas akes, and rivers and slowly but gradually diminishing
the qusnum Of water and increasing that Of the earth But
have leisure to pursue this subject further and must
bring my remarks to a close here.
@ GEO. wATTERsToN.
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Paris, APRIL 81, 1851.
Sin am just engaged collecting specimens Of seeds
desired by the Patent Office, and hope be able forward
them you about the middle part Of week II would
have been ready the list Of them not SO large and
my own private collection.
am preparing also, as promised to you series Of
OF our principal French corns the study which
the most interesting that be made; and Il any of the ss
cultural societies Of the Union feel disposed seriously
into such study, shall be happy to offer to them coec-
ton Of about all the European varieties in exchange those
cultivated in America
The seeds delivered to you in ls4s by the United States
Patent Office and the New York State Agricultural Society
for presentation to France reached through the Museum
of Natural History For the purpose Of showing 10 you how
important and useful exchanges Of this nature can be for the
nations, must give you here summary account of the
results and remarks proceeding my cultivation Of tbose
seeds.
Although most of the varieties composing this collection
were nearly the same those cultivated in France ana En-,
land their presence here nevertheless Of real mno
lance by allowing establish concord Of names in II
two sngusge and by furnishing thus good page in the
Franeoaercan horticultural dictionary. Some thos.
seeds have received the old Continent and attention
which have improved them and render them superior he
American equivalents For others il the reverse an,
we found some which, your collection, evidently
perior TO ours In general to that, for the sg
cultural plants particularly remarkable is paid in lime
rica to purity and uniformity of varieties which may
considered the criterion Of hgby-improved cultivation
Among these plants there is already known 10 Us, bu
which we had before opportunity Of studying
well mean the sugar do not exactly know wba
its present may he in Ameca besides culinary use 70
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REFINED cRuELTy.-The following asserted facts we
gamer from the IRISH American, of New York city.
Ihey give evidence OF a most heartless cruelty, and
cause ue to feel ashamed oil The of common
country In which they permitted to occur:
II appears that the State of Massachusetts has on her
statute book an old law that authorizes her transport
beyond the State any poor persons who citizens
TO the place where they belong Under the authority Of
this law poor woman residing at Soulhbrdge, Massa
cbusets having Two children, forcibly carried
the Stale Her Eliza Sullivan and for eighteen
long years she bad resided in the country and for the
last seven years in Souihbrdge. where she noted
ior being an industrious and hard-tong But
her husband had LETT her about years ago. and she
forced 10 labor hard Tor the support OF herself and
iam!y The selec,men Of the town recently employed
neI 70 cean and scrub the Town Hail. in doing which
spe caugh severe cold, and forced to ask charity
any, she was arrested and brought before n.ce az ihs
peace on the charge OF being an encumbtance 10 The
iowa. wattsn, was placed in the hands of an officer
and she was allowed ono hour 10 get ready 10 leave ths
State. She taken 10 Boston, 10 be sbIoosd IN bo,
the Daniel Webster for Liverpool but as m. shin had No
room Tor her she was placed N the hand. Of another Off
and brought to New York city, pu, on board The
ship Shannon. for Liverpool From tia, shin she w.s
fortunately rescued by the Irish Emgran Society She
that the only place in The world that she has friends
IL in Southbrdge, Massachusetts. and 10 this place the
humanity OF the Emaran Society has sent her, and pro-
vidsd for her comforts for some time.
The officer who placed her on hoard the Shannon TO
sepd her back 10 Ireland could have been arrested under
law OF this State, which Furnishes, BY imprisonment in
State prison. person for oclby eending another out
OF the State II was clear OF kidnapping to forc
bly, place her on shipboard Poor Mrs. Sullivan he'd
given her labor for the growth and advancement OF
country Tor eighteen years; all her children were born
upon oar so and the nhumanity Of The authorities OF
MASSACHUSETTS, 10 one OF the circumstances re-
corded against her people for long time They resist
by al means IN their power the sending back negro |
slave 70 his master whose plantation he was born and
reared, and where he will get enough to eai drink and
wsar bat poor and unfortunate woman can be forced
aboard ship and sent 5000 miles the ocean 10
starving lasd. !
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oyrIcs or COMMISSIONER PusLic BUILDINGS
Washington, May 7, 1851
DROpOSALS will received this office until Soc0ck H.,
Thursday the 29h Instant for grading AND paving WIN oud
stone OF l4th street which es
between the bed OF good gravel
Deep required under the pavement and hc stone N
in dnc gravel =. !. a.. -. -.
Separate proposals will also be received a. tho same Tune
river stone inches thick and eighteen inches deep
edge OF which be dressed usual.
the work l. direction of
by Commissioner and TO be completed hy he first day
surplus material cxcavned VIII be depot1d
the public nal, within a reasonable distance
offering will state the price per cubic yard for grading
paving, which include the gavelny
gravel the surface OF tr pavement AFTER being
laid and per foot measure for the curb properly
- WIN. EA6BY,
MAY 9--2aw3w Commissioner Of Public BUILDING.
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young American gentleman "a Mr. P who il
visiting Paris with the od folks" mask ed ball
to The elephant, and to have fun His great de
sire was TO meet an angel OF the fair He first looked
all round, waiting to make decision the moment he
should find hnc waist and small feet These beauties
he discovered in domino OF small figure, who took hi.
arm and began 10 intrigue with him. The lady told him
his name, The city OF the United States from which he
WIS., and after all these premnaes she related 10 him
many flirting Excursions which he had made last year at
Saratoga and Newport All these things, whispered in
good English. were very puzzing to Mr. p; and, in
order to find out who his far companion he invited
her TO supper in private cabinet The lady first refused
but after lime she consented and the couple started
in carriage for the Unknown restaurant of vaehette
where all the Americans take their meals CABINET was
opened. the petit souper ordered and when they
10 eat il, the lady obliged to ake of her mask
MIR P discovered in her--whomi Guess IT, You
give IL upi Yes. She was his mother. The romance
and he took the joke The best way he could
Mrs P IL one OF the pretfiest women in Paris and
when looking at herconsderng the freshness OF
her complexion and the beauty OF her charms-woud
suppose that she had son % years Of age
(Manohesier Democrat