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Southern Female Institute.
AiFA OF JOHN RANDoLpI

D. Appleton d. Co., 200 Broad,oap Ne,o Yorh
Have now ready the fourth edition.
] lFEOF JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE
IL BY Hugh A.. Garland. Two volumes limo.
Portraits; SO so.
Mr.. Garland has given us daguerrec.ype of
u character more eccentric and variable than IRA
nus itself, and withal, two volumes of exceedingly
choice historical reading. '-l Republic
The biography of Randolph has greater charm
than the most exciting fiction. ''-Cha,leston JUsr
curry
"a good life of this remarkable man has n
been desired. MIR. Garland has furnished an ex
tremely readable book; the two volumes not only
contain the history of his life, and analysis of h.s
character, but an interesting account of the poll
tics and the public men of the day ~ Crescent.
:" Since kennedys life of William Writ, we
have had no biography, certainly no American BIZ
ography, winch wilia all compare in interest with
this work. 1t must be read by multitudes with in
tense interest. = Ne,oark Daily advertiser
Mr.: Garland has made good use of his mate
rial, and has given a striking and accurate Dor
trature Of the erratic and brilliant subject of his
pen. p sto Orleans Delta
Tins book fills blank in the biographical no
tees OF distinguished Americans. The two vol
umes gives us a faithful account Of his whole ca
reer an analysis of his celebrated speeches. &c !"
philadelphia Enquirer
AS biography, it is marked by directness
and unity of purpose, and by comprehensveness
ana variety OF manner. u Boston Post.
I" 1t IS one of the most interesting American BIZ
ographies with which we are ACQUAINTED. n-TEpe
ning Post.
he work is written in an easy and beautiful
style, ana is replete with striking passages. The
author is Intimately acquainted with American
literature, and the great men who, at different
tunes, have played a distinguished part in the
drama OF the Republic. 1t forms a valuable add.
ton to our national history. "-D Democratic ReDeao
March I'D .tw-w
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THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF THE
LITERARY GAZE'r,s,l

= III u ~.
was commenced on Saturday, the 18th of Nav
1871, under its original name--instead of Richards
Weekly GaSette-as more significant of it's pe-u!ia,
character, 1t being the only weekly organ OF tiers
ture IN the entire South! 1t is
Greatly Enlarged and Improved,
Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns OF
matter. II IS, moreover, IN an
Entirely .Neto Dress
"from head to foot" and upon beaut1fj,r xr mr.,
paper, so that, in mechanical excellence, it is not
surpassed by any paper whatever in the United
States! 1t continues under the same Edit or;a
direction heretofore, and no pains or ex mems,
will be spared to make it
II Choice Family Newspaper, ~
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best! Utterly discarding the notion that a
southern journal cannot compete with the North
ern Weeklles, IN cheapness and interest
The Southern Literary Gazette
rivals the best of them in all the chara er,st;c NJ
truly valuable Preside Journal. lta aim is the
diffusion of cultivated and refined tas fe throuyhcut
the community--and it embraces in its annie
folds ever species of intelligence chat can tend to
this result.
Original Contributions,
from many Of the ablest writer's ia the South
chiefly occupy It's columns, but not to the exclu-
sion or cholce miscellany, selected tiom the best
American and European sources
The tone of the Gazette" is independent I,
criticism and IN the discussion Of every legitimate
topic, but 1t is strictly
Neutral IN Politics and Religion
Its columns are occasionally embeshed with
Southern Portraits and Losdscapes,
engraved expressly for the work, and acc ompa
med by biographical and Typographical SIX etches
us General Information
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WILLIAM AND M RY COLLEGE.

THE next annual sess this Institution will
/ commence on the I'd Wednesday in October.
FACULTY.
The Right Rev. JOHN JOINS, d. d., President
and Professor of Moral Philosophy.
Judge BEVERLY Tucker, Professor OF Municipal
and Constitutional Law.
BENJAMIN S. EwELL Professor of Mathematics
and Astronomy
MoRc.AN ]. SMEAD, Phi. d. Professor of HUI
mainly.
WILLIAM F. HOPKINS, A. M, Professor o
Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
ri. A. WASHINGTON, A. M, Professor of His
tory and Political Economy
Rev SEAS ToTTEN, ID. d., Professor Of Intel
lectaal Philosophy, Bellies Lettres, and Rhetoric
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uates--the regular course for the degree of Bach
elor of Arts, and a Science course, occupying two
years. Candidates for admission to the Science
course will be expected to produce the written re-
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desiring to join regular class may, for special
reasons, be admitted to study with the regular
classes, in those branches which, on examination
they may be found qualified to pursue.
The necessary College expenses range between
$l96 and Sl96 per annum.
Circulars will be forwarded to all who may de-
sire fuller information, specific inquiries will be
answered, if addressed to Professor MORGAN ]
SMEAD, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Students, not desiring to attend either the Reg
ular or the Science course, will be permitted to
study with any class which they may be prepared
to join.
July Isl aw.
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PROSPECTUS
Z" THE SOUTHERN PRESS"

An association Of s,xty-trce Members Of Congress
Senator's and Representatives bave constituted Inc
undersigned Committee to superintend the esta'
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The paper will not be erci,LsiUcly pohtical-but
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u "A. PRINGLE, No 80, East Bay street
lOs Charleston, South Caroina-lmporter o
French CALF SKINS; Manufacturers Agent
and Dealer in BROG.q.N,S, BOOTS and SHOES,
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A NEW SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE
ENCOURAGE HONS INDUSTRY

tNVUUhANt HUME INDUSTRY. N"
THE ILLUSTRATED FAMILY FRIEND,
4 and elegant paper, published at Col
IA umbia, South Carolina, and Edited by S. A
Goldman, sollclts examination and challenges
comparison with any Northern paper
1t is large sheet, magni6centy printed upon
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NJ. THOMPSON.

ATTORNEY And COUNSELLOR 1T Law
II COMMISSIONER of Deeds ofNorth and South
" Carolina Agent for Revolutionary Pension
Claims, Bounty Lands, and every other descrp
ton OF CLAIMS against the various Departments of
the General Government and before Congress.
Also, Agent for the British Commercial Life In.
surance Company; Capital $4,000, 900
SI{-OBice door Wesf Of Jackson Hall, Penn
syipania .frenue, WAsHINcroN, d. G..
p 5. Refer, If necessary, to the Heads of De-
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woRTRINGroN G. sNETgEr

Formerly Solicitor Of The Genera Land O5ces
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Law,
Continues TO practice in the Supreme Court or
the United States, In the Courts Of the District or
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, to prosecuts
claims of all kinds against the United States, Ell
ther before Congress or any of the Executive De-
partments, and to procure letters patent for inve-
tons. Business confded to his care, will be
promptly attended to.
IN. q. Particular attention paid to the prosecu'
ton or CLAIMS before the Brazilian Commission
now sitting i'll Washington
WASHINGTON CRY, ID. c.. july II. ESQ.
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To southern Gentlemen or Literary In
situations.

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"INCONOGRAPHIC ENCYCLOPl4SD h.''
TAYLOR e. MAURY, booksellers n. sar 9Th
i street, have for exhibition complei copy
OF this valuable and beautiful work, now p' ibllsh-
ing in numbers, ne competed in twent y-hve
psrts. SUBSCRIPTIONS taken, and the work SUI piled,
10y
hlsrch "a TAYLOR Il MAURf.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Sir I have the honor to transmit, to YOU herewith
copy of the correspondence which has passed be-
tween this Department and the National Institute FOR
the Promotion Of Science, respecting the organization
committee to constitute the central authority re-
" the regulations oitbe Royal Comaaisas nsrs
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PENSIONS AND BOUNTY LAND

PENSIONS AND BOUNTY LAND
OBTAINED for the officers and soldiers of the
" Revolutionary war, or their legal represents: .
tives rttr
PENSIONS for life, for the widows Of such
GERS ana soldiers who married previous to 1900
Bounty land for the surviving, or the widows,
minor children Of deceased officers and privates
who served in the war cf 1912 with Great Bri-
tain, the Mexican war, or in any Of the Indian
wars. SINCE 1880.
Afternoon paid TO suspended s1d rejected claims
Terms moderate, where the claim ia established,
otherwise no charge.
Communications addrersr. 10 the subscriber,
Washngton ID. c will receive prompt attention
M. THOMPSON,
Commissioner Of Deeds for North and South
Carolina.
Refer to the heads Of Departments, and to
members of Congress generally.
Oct 4--twtf
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BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE
AND THE
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEWS.
Premiums to New Subscribers.

nWING to the late revolutions and counter-revo
" lutions among the nations Of Europe, which havs
followed each other in quick succession, and of which
the end is not yet the leading periodicals Of Great
Britain have become invested with degree of inter
est hitherto unknown. They occupy middle
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imperfect records of the newspapers, and the elabo-
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they offered to subscribers. Tr following is
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dicals' Blackwood y and the " London Quarterly .
are Tory the edinburgh Review" Wing and
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British Review " owes its establishment to tl,e last
great ecclesiastical movement in Scotland and is
ultra in its views on any one Of the grand depart
ments OF human knowledge il was originally edited
by DIR. Chalmers, and now, since his DEATH is con
Quoted by his son-in.law DR. Hanna associated With
Sir David Brewster Its literary character is of tn,
very highest order. The esWestminster,H hougf
reprinted under that title only, is published in Eng
land under the title of the 6 Foreign Quarterly and
Westminster;' - it being in fact union of Il ,e two
Reviews formerly published and reprinted undo sepa
rate titles 1t has therefore the advantage " th.
combination of uniting in work the best Il .aure.
of both as heretofore issued.
The above Periodicals reprinted in New York
Immediately on their arrival by the British ste amers
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zine being an exact fac stniie OF the Edinburgh ed
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). Knox walker,

Attorney at LG:p and General -dGsrt,
OFFERS has services in his profession and a..
~ Agent ios the Prosecution and Collection OF
Claims before Congress and the Department. also
obtaining Patents ttth
II business e"nt'isd to him be prompt At
ed to-
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE,
WASHINGTON. NAV 81. 1850.

WASHINGTON, May 81, 1850.
SIR: have the honor to make known to the De-
pament of State the action which this Institute has
taken on the subject of your communication of the
18th instant. That action is comprised in the follow
ing resolutions, unanimously adopted after full dis
cussior at the meeting held this evening
esRcsolped, That the Institute will take action on
the subject submitted to it by the Department OF
State.
tsResolrcd That the Institute do now proceed to
constitute committee suitable to be recognised by
the Government to hold correspondence with the
British Commissioners, and to the reception of
Amercsn productions at the proposed Industrial Elk
hibltiun in London.
"Resolped, That committee of not less than nine
teen be appointed to constitute Central Committee
on the Industrial Exhibition, and to aspond with
societies and local committees throughout the United
States.
eResoIued, That the President of this Institute be
a member of the Central Committee.
"Resolpcd, That Corresponding Secretary com
muncate to the Secretary of State copy of the fore
going resolutions, together with the names of the
Central Committee"
The following are the names of the members of
the Central Committee appointed in accordance with
the foregoing resolutions
Hon. Willard Fillmore, Vice President OF the United
States, and er o6icio Chancellor OF the Regents of
the Smithsonian Institution.
Col. Peter Force, President of the National Insti
tute
Hon James A Pearce, u. S. Senate member of the
Board Of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Hon. Levi Woodbury., Nj. N. l., Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court OF the United States.
Commodore Lewis Warrington, u S. NJ, NJ N. L.,
Chief Of the Bureau of Ordnance and photography
Prof Joseph Henry, Vice President oil the N. L. Sec
rotary of the Smithsonian Institute.
PROT Walter r. Johnson Corresponding Secretary OF
the National Institute.
Prof Alexander ID. Bache, M. NJ H. member OF the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute, and
Superintendent of the Coast Survey.
Commander Charles Wilkes, u. S. ~, M. MI, late
Commander S. S. Exploring Expedition.
Hon. William w. Seaton, Nj. N ; L., Mayor of Wash
ington.
Hon. Jefferson Davis, U. S. Senate, member of the
Board Of Regents OF the Smithsonian Institute
Lieut.. Matthew F. Maury, IT, S. NJ, Vice President
OF the National Institute, and Superintendent of the
| National Observatory
]. James Greenough, Esq, M. NJ.
Charles + Stansbury, Esq, Recording Secretary of
| the National Institute
Col. ]. Albert, NJ N. L., Chief of the Typographical
| Bureau
Gen. Joseph &. Tottcn, Vice President ~ l., Chiet
Engineer. U. S. Amy.
William Easily, Esq, Treasurer National Institute.
Leonard d. Gale, Nj. d., nj. N. L., Examiner OF
| Patents
Joseph &. q. Kennedy, Esq, M. N L., Supcrinten-
| dent of Census.
| &. Seaman Esq, M. Nj.
| have the honor to be
Very respectfully, your ob't servf
| WALTER X. JOHNSON
Cor. Secretary of the National Institute
| Hon. JOHN M. CLAYTON, Secretary of State
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ECLECTIC MEDICAL INSTITUTE OF CINCINNATI.
FACULTY..

Chartered IN l845. Total No. Of .Matrict,ianis
from 1916 TO 1851 1854.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, jtfne s. 1850.
Sir : have duly received your letter of the 9th
ultimo, communicating to tins Department the pro-
ceedings of the National Institute the subject of my
note the 18th OF the same month. Those proceed
ings appear to to be perfectly satisfactory and
have accordingly transmitted them TO the British Min
lister in this city, with the communication copy of
which Is enclosed for your information.
am, sir, respectfully, your ob't scrv't,
JOHN nj. CLAYTON.
WALTER N JOHNSON, Esq, Corresponding
Secretary of the National Institute.
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THE WEEKLY DISPATCH,
euBLIsHEp IN RIcuMoND, VIRGIN

Whole number Of representatives 233.
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Committee Of the Senate OF, Public Buildings
SENATE CHAMBER, Goth September 1850.
N. B The several daily papers published at
Washington will please insert the above daily for
two weeks, and send their accounts to the Secre
lary of the Senate oct
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hnd the Committee adjourned
CHARLES F.. STANSBURY
Secretary of the Meeting.
~ b-Associations, committees, or ind. .uaI,
desrous to make propositions or to receivr .nior
nation, are requested to address their conan. ,ica
tons to j. C.. G. Kennedy, ESQ.