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NEW PROSPECTUS
OF THE
SCIEN TIFIC A M ER I G A N

- ~ Il
To Mechanics, Inventors, and Manufacturers.
TIME Publishers OF the Scientific american re-
spectfully give notice that the SIXTH VOLUME
OF this valuable Journal, commenced the 2lst
Of September, Offering valuable opportunity for
all to subscribe who take an interest in the pro-
gress and development Of the Mechanics Arts
and Manufactures Of our country The charac-
ter Of the Scientific American is too well known
throughout the country to require detailed ac-
count of the various subjects discussed through ts
columns.
It ENJOYS more extensive and influential cir
oulaton than any other journal Of its class in
America.
1t will be published weekly, heretofore, in
Q,sarto Form, on fine paper, affording, at the end
Of the year, an ILLUSTRATED EkCYCLO-
PEDLa, Of over FOUR HUNDRED PAGES,
with ar, Index, and from Five to Six Hundred
ORIGINAL EJvGR.fVINGS, described by letters
of reference; besides vast amount Of practical
information concerning the progress Of SCIEN.
7TFIC and ME CHANICaL IMPROYE
.ME.NTS, CHEMISTRY, CIVIL ENGINEER
ING, WI NUFAC TURING in its various
branches, AR CHITE CTURE, MASONRY, BOT
.aNY.-in short, it embraces the entire rahse OF
the Arts and Sciences.
1t also possesses an original feature not found in
any other weekly journal in the country, viz, an
Official List of PATENT CLAIMS, prepared ex.
pressly for its columns at the Patent Ofice,-thus
constituting it the /" .4JMERI6.4.v REPERTORF
OF INVENTIONS"
TERMs-S2 a-year 81 for six months.
All letters must be post paid and directed to
MUM g. CO.,
Publishers of the Scientific American,
1913 Fulton street, New York.
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YUyHE undersigned, a committee Of publication, on
IL the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agrcul-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of 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 .qg-
ricuiture and Horticulture, Domestic and Rural
Economy. Under these several heads will be in
cfuded all that the culture of crops, 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 with the interests Of the soil, the other in
dustral pursuits of the land, will receive their ap
propriate attention.
The "SOIL OF THE SOUTH" will be under
the editorial supervision of CHARLES A. PEABODY
esq., and Col JAMES M. CHAMBERS Mr.. Peabody
has been for two years past connected with the
Agricultural Press, and is equally distinguished
practical and scientific farmer and gardener
Col. Chambers is one Of the most intelligent and
successful planters in the South. They will be
assisted by 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
ONE DOLLAR PER .4.N.NUyr, n
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FOR CALIFORNIA, via CHAGRES.
WITHOUT DETENTION 1T PANAMA.


TIME United States Mail Steamship Company
IL will despatch the splendid double-engine
steamship GEORGIA, on Wednesday, Dec. IL,
at clock, p. M, from the pier, foot of Warren
street, North river, New York, with the Govern
ment mails and passengers for San Francisco
and intermediate porIs.
The connexion at Panama will be carefully
kept up, and passengers for San Francisco are
guaranteed that they will not be delayed at Pana-
ma beyond the usual stay in port.
The books are now open, and passage can be
secured at the following rates:
FROM NEW YORK TO CH.aGRES.
Standee berth, forward salooon 80
Steerage berth, found bed & separate table SO
FROM Panama TO SAN FRANCISCO.
State-room berth $500
Steerage berth, found bed & separate table $50
FROM NEW YORK
State-roon,. Siandee Storage
To Charleston or Savannah YES 500 $40
To Havana 70 80 80 20
To New Orleans IS 80 25
Freight to New Orleans 80 cents per cubic foot
Freight to Havana will be taken in limited
quantity at reasonable rates.
Passengers for Chagres will be transferred at
Havana to the new and splendid steamship PA
CIFIC.
To secure freight or passage, apply at the office
Of the company, II West street, corner OF War
rem steet, to M. o. ROBERTS.
SpEclAL NorIcE is given to shippers by this
line, that the company have prepared form Of
bill Of lading adapted to their business, which will
be furnished to shippers on application at the
company's Office, and with which they are re-
quested to provide themselves, as no other form
will be signed by the agents Of the company. AL
bills Of lading must be signed before the sailing Of
vessel. Dec. z, 1851.
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF HAMP-
M DEN, SYDNEY C0I.L.LB0E. RICH
MOND. VA.-Ths thirteenth Annual Course OF
Lectures will commence on Monday, the l4th Of
October, 1850, and continue until the Ist Of the
ensuing Maxch. The commencement Tor comforting
degrees will be held about the middle Of March.
R. L. BoHAsNAN, M. D., Prof OF Obstetrics
and Diseases Of Women and Children.
L. w. CHAMHERLAyHE, Nd. D., Prof. Of Mate
ria Medica and Therapeutics.
s. MAurIN, M. D., Prof. Of Chemistry and
Pharmacy.
fCHAs. BELL GIBsos, M. d., Prof Of Surgery
| and Su, sical Anatomy.
dCARrrER p. JOHNSON, M. D., Prof. u Anato-
my and Physiology.
Dawn H. TucKEa, NJ D. Prof. of Theory and
Practice of Medicine.
ARTHUR e. PsrcoLAs, M. d., Demonstration
| of Anatomy.
| The study Of practical Anatomy may be prose
cuted with the most ample facilities, and at very
triAing expense.
Clinifal Lectures regularly given at the Col
lege urinary and Richmond Almsh ouse. Ths
tnfrmary, under the same roof with the College
and subject to the entire control of the Faculty, il
at all times we'll filed with medical and surgica
cases. and furnishes peculiar facilities for clinical
instruction Many surgical operations are per
formed in presence Of the class; and the students
being freely admitted to the wards, enjoy, under
the guidance of the Professors, unusual opportu-
mites for becoming familiar with the symptoms,
diagnosis, and treatment of disease.
Expenses-Ma fee, IS. Professors
fees, sos, Demonstrators fee, $40. Graduation
fee, $25.
The price Of board, including fuel, lights, and
servants attendance, is usually $3 to 49, pei
| week.
The catalogue, &C., containing fuller Informal
ton concerning the institution, will be forwarded
to those applying for it, or specific inquiries vii
be answeree by letter Address,
s. MAUPlN, M. D.,
| Oct. . Dean of the Faculty.
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American Statistics.

short time past we published some statistics
relative to the number Of soldiers supplied from
the different States to the revolutionary war. De
Bows Commercial Review gives some tables re-
lative this, and other subjects Of equal interest
which we copy.
l. The number of soldiers furnished by the
American States during the revolution, and the
population Of each State in 1890 and in l847.
Q. Principal battles Of the revolution, their
eral dates, commanders-in-chief, and losses on
each side.
3. Amount Of continental money issued to sup
port the war, and the estimated cost in specI
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WILLIAM TUCKER, MERCHANT TAILOR,
w (of the late firm of Lane & Tucker,) would
call the attention of his friends and the public gen
orally to his stock Of Goods now opening, which
has been selected by himself from the largest i'm
porting houses in New York, and by far the great
est variety and richest styles ever offered in this
city. Strangers are respectfully and earnestly So
licted to give me call and examine my stock be-
rore purchasing, as am confident it will be to
heir advantage.
And would especially call the attention of Of
hcers, both Of the army and the navy, to the fact
that am prepared to execute all kinds of uniforms,
according to the late regulations, at the shortest
notice, and at moderate prices, warranted both in
the cutting and making departments, equal to any
establishment in this country.
W. T. tenders his sincere thanks to his nuiner-
GUS friends for theirlong and continued patronage,
and hopes, by the same diligence and attention to
BUSINESS to merit continuance ofthe same.
All orders promptly executed.
sep 20-3tw3w-d&trw
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THE BRITISH PERIODICALS AND THE
FARMERS GUIDE.

r EONARD SCOTT & Co., No. 81 Gold street
| 4 New York, continue to publish the four lead
ing British Quarterly Reviews and Backwood'
Magazine; in addition to which they have recent
ly commenced the publication Of a valuable Agrl-
cultural work, called the
"FARmERs GUIDE TO SCIENTIFIC AND PRAcrIcAL
AGRICULTURE"
By HENRY STEPHENS, F. X. s., OF Edinburgh, au-
thor Of the Shook of the Farm" &C., &C.; assisted
Ivy JOHN p. MORTON, M a., New Haven, Professor
Of Scientific Agriculture in Yale College, &C., 90
This highly valuable work will comprise two
large royal octave volumes, containing over 400
pages, with IL or 30 splendid steel engravings,
and more than GOO engravings on wood, IN the
highest style Of the art, illustrating almost every
implement Of husbandry now in use by the best
farmers, the best methods Of pIoughing. planting,
having, harvesting, &C., &C., the various domes-
tic animals in their highest perfecton; in short,
the pictorial feature of the book is unique, and
will render it of incalcuable value to the student
of agriculture
numbers of ga pages each, exclusive OF the Steel
engravings and is sold at IS cents each, IS for
the entire work in numbers, Of which there will be
| at least twenty-five.
The British Periodicals re-published are as fol-
lows, viz:
The LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW (Conservative),
Tue EDINBURGH REVIEW (Whig),
TIE NoRrH BsIrlsH REVIEW Gree Church).
The WESTMINSTER REVIEW (Libsral)
AND
BLAcKwoop's EDINBURGH MAGAZINE (Tory).
Although these works distinguished by the
political shades above indicated, yet but small
portion of their contents is devoted to political sub
Iects. 1t is their literary character which gives
them their chief value, and in that they stand con-
fessedly far above all other journals oftheir class
Black,oood, still under the mastery guidance Of
Christopher NORTH maintains its ancient celebrity,
and is at this time, unusually attractive, from the
serial works Of Buwer and other literary notables,
written for that magazine, and first appearing in
its columns both in Great Britain and IN the United
| States. Such works as "The Caxtons" and "My
New Novel" (both by Bulwer,) "My Peninsuar
Medal, ""The Green Hand, and other serials.
Of which numerous rival editions issued by the
leading publishers in this country, have to be ref
printed by those publishers from the pages o.
Backwood, after it has been issued by Msssrs. Scot
e. Co., 80 that subscribers to the reprint of that
Magazine may always rely on having the earliest
reading of these fascinating tales.
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MAa,oN COURTHOUSE, 8. c., Oct. 10, 1851
EALED PROPOSALS will be received until the
~ 18th ofDecember next for the piers ola bridge
across the Great Pee Dee river The job comprises
four piers-one a very heavy pier for draw, and
the sinking of castiron hollow piles ~ DR.. Pott 8
pneumatic process for forming foundations. The
tied by the Secretary Of the Company at Marion
Court house, and by the resident Engineer, L.
Fleming, esq, at Wilmington, North Carolina.
WALTER GWYNN.
Chief ng. Viii. and Man. r. R., Richmond, Va.
p 8. Mr.. Charles Pontez, "a Liberty street,
New York, is the proprietor Of DR.. Potts patent
in the United States. nov Sim
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THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION
M8ryland state Agricultural Society.

Msryland State Agricultural Society.
A PPEAL TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MARYLAND
II STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.-We desire
that you should bear in mind, that ON the Odd,
Oath, and 25th days Of October, your Society will
hold its annual Exhibition and Fair at the city Of
Baltimore and we appeal to you, one and all, to
bring for exhibition thereat portions of your stock
the products Of your orchards, and of your gardens
Don't presume that any animal, or product, you
may own is inferior to others that will be here,
and be thus deferred from bringing them, as it is
only by comparison that the relative merits of any
thing can be determined. The safer presumption
for you to arrive ut, will be that what you have
as as good if not better than that Of others, and
that it behooves you to gallantly enter the list OF
competition if defeated honorably, and the high
haracter of the Judges is guarantee that you
an be defeated in no other way, you will enjoy
he luxury Of knowing that others were more en-
lied to success than yourself
And while we address you to bring such articles
az are properly in your department, we crave per-
mission to solicit your interest, to induce your
pipes and daughters to bring whatever nppertains
to their peculiar departments, embroidery
hold manu- the proancts Of the dairy and O
the poultry yard, preserves. domestic ioines conec
lions, and, above all things, to come themselves, a
o,thoA ,uonia, and the beautiful Celebrations Of he
aste aud genius. no display can be perfect.
To the Manufacturers Of agricultural Implement
and Tools, we would say, that interest and patri
otism both combine to enjoin upon you the pro
prety Of making grand exhibition Of your ma
chinery Of all kinds, as from our present advices
we are led to believe that the assemblage Of farm
ers and planters, and Of distinguished strangers
| from most OF the States of the Union, will bs
greater than upon any former occasion here OF
elsewhere. We therefore say to the .4gric,lltura
implement makers and Mechanics Of the United States
make il matter of pride to display your MACH
nery at our exhihition and vie with each other ii
having the best and largest assortment on thu
ground Such ambition is audable-is worthy o
American genius, and should be cherished by thu
American heart.
n5- Editors with whom we exchange will con
fer favor by copying this notice.
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VOL. III

Sugar Plantations.
Manufacturers Of Railway, Bar, Round Ribbor
and Rod Iron.
Wheel, Axle, and Spring Makers
Engine Drivers, and Persons connected with tn
Locomotive generally.
Engineers, and Captains Of Steam Vessels.
Managers Of Stationary Engines
Lumber Dealers and owners Of Saw Mills.
Veneer Cutters.
Owners Of PlanIng Machinery.
Corn Millers, and Persons connected with Boiling
aud Bran-Scparating Machinery.
Farmers and Persons using Grain-Shcling and
Threshing Machinery.
Bull Workers, Carven Engravers, and Orhanen,
Makers in general.
Persons employed in the Manufacture of Gas.
Mixers Of Copper and Lead Tubing.
Linen and Straw Paper Makers.
Ship Owners, Harbor Masters, and others inter
ested in Dredging Machinery.
Well Sinkers.
Astronomer, Philosophers, and others using Phil
osopbical Apparatus and instruments.
Miners Engineers, and other interested in Pump
ing Engines
Persons Interested in Canals and Aqueducts
Warehousemen, and o.nen, using Hydraulic
Presses, Dynanonetric Cranes, Jack Screws,
Common and Feed Cranes
| Workers in Metals and Alloys.
Tin Plate Workers.
Spring Maeufacturors.
Wheelwrighs, Clock Makers Horologsts, &c.
| The publishers have expended large sum Of
money to get original drawings of machinery in
practical use in this country, and have procured
almost every work on the subject, whether pnb-
lshed in England, France, or Germany, the mos'
essential parts of which being comprised in thi,
Dictionary, render it as perfect and comprehen
aive as possible. The publishers have endeavored
to use great economy in type, that each page Of
| the work contains at least four times the number
of words found in ordinary pages of the same size
This has also secured TO each plate working-draw
ngs Of ample size and clearness, so that Mechanic
may construct accurately any machine described
The publishers are, in short determined, regard
sible and is hoped every DESTROYS to obtair
the work will procure it "a issued in numbers, ant
thus encourage the enterprise
| The work will be issued in semi-monthly mum
bers, commencing in January, 1850, and will pro
gress with great regularity.
1 The whole work will be published in 40 mum
bers at IS cents per number, and completed with
in the current year, 1850. A liberal discount will
be made to agents.
Amy one RENTING the publishers $40 in advance
shall receive tho work through the post Office free
| of expense.
Notice to PrOprstors Of Newspapers throughout III.
United States and Canada.
| If the foregoing advertisement is inserted five
times duriS the year, and the paper containing il
sent TO us, copy Of tie work will be sent gratis
| in payment.
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BorAyICo MEDl CAL COLLEGE OF OHIO.

rJNHE Winter Cou rse Of Lectures in the Medical
Department Of IL Cincinnati Literary aud Sci
entifc Institute, formerly the Literary and Bo
tanico Medical College Of OhioO will be resumed
in the College Edlfce, Third street, Of Broad
way, on Monday the Sd Of November. A pre-
liminary course Anatomy, Physiology, and
Operative Surgery, will be commenced on the 5th
Of October. There were t,oeive lsdi,s in the Spring
class, and the most Of these, and many others,
are expected this winter The subscriber vii DO
aided by some Of the ablest and truest men IN the
ranks Of reform. The College Edi6ce is elegant
and convenient, and abundantly supplied WHY
everything essential to the illustration Of every de-
partmsnt Of medicine
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BOOK AND JOB
PRINTING OFFICE

TIME undersigned respectfully informs his CO
il customers and business men Of Washington
n particular, that he has put his Book and Joi
Printing Establishment again in complete order :
having added new type, presses, &C., to his for
mer materials, which enables him to execute
Epery description Of Letter-press Printing
in a superior s,yle with neatness and despatch,
and as cheap as it be done in any of the North
ern cities.
Having added a large Napier Steam Press to
his establishment, he can print pamphlets, books,
or any other work, with greater speed than here
tofore. He respectfully solicits the patronage OF
the business community
G. A. SAGE
Of;cs Pennsylvania Avenue, next to Jackson
" /. Washington.
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IFE Observation-Disclosures Commercis
= Life Insurance Company, established in 1890
and empowered by act Of Parliament, for the In
surance Of Lives and Survivorships, and the en-
dowment of Children, &c, &C., CAPT. L
THREE MILLION DOLLARS!
uSOffce Sd story Colonization Buildings,
near Jackson Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, Wash
inton city, ID. c
M THOMPSON, Agent
October 81 1S5O-dtf
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DRESS COMBS.--We are just opening nn
| J other and prettier assortment Of those hand
some Rope and Chain pattern Shell and Buffalo
Dress Tuck Combs; prices from ~ 30 eacn
Also, 200 different patterns Spanish Dress Fan;
Laces from Is cents to $40 EACH
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Inducements for Clubbing.

Any person who will send US four subscribers
fer six months at our regular rates, shall be en-
titled to one copy for the same length of time or
we will furnish
10 copies for mos, $8 Is copies for IL mos. $22
10 do IL Is 20 do IL %
subscriptions or Post Office Stamps taken at
their full value.
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i Aw AND AGENCY oFFIcE.-Ths under

4 I :
l AW AND AGENCY OFFICE.--The UNDER
- signed, Attorneys and Agents. practice Law
IN the Supreme Court Of the United States, and
the Courts Of the District Of Columbia. and attend
promptly to claims against the United Statea
Guiding the settlement Of all accounts Of officers
and agents OF the Government, Bounty Lands,
Pensions, Return Of Duties, Patents for new in
ventions, &c, &c.
They tender thsir services to members of the
profession at distance, and, when the case in
prepared by local agent, will abate half their
usual fee All information relative To the FORMS
and usagss Of business in any Of the Departments
will be furnished 70 our regular correspondents
without charge They have made arrangements
for the payment OF taxes, and for the sale or ioca
ton of bounty land warrants on the best Western
lands. s..hi e..t ia. 4sr.
nrOfhce on Pl nsylvania avenue, Lane q
fuckers Building
BEN E. GREEN,
RICH'D. H. CLARKE
Oct. H-3tAw3m.
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BEEBE's NEW YORK HATs!M

CTEVENS, No. /, Bro,en's Hotel, has just re-
- csived further and full supply of Beebe' Is
Hats. Also, complete assortment of his own
make, Of every quality and style. Gentlemen
wishing Hats Of fancy shapes can have their or
ders filled at
STEVENS great Hat, Cap, and
Gents Quitting Establishment, No. Brown
Hotel.
Nov 30-6tif (ntel. Repub. Union.)
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N O TICE.

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS having books
that belong to the Library ofthe House Of Repre-
sentativss are requested to return them this week
with tAer names upon thsm, 20 that their ac-
counts may b. properly credited.
r. WILLIAMS, Lib n. +
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NJ I
October 81, 1850-dtf

WILL be opened at Mrs. 8. Parker's, on Sat
w urday, Odd inst, at 10 o'clock A. M in the
new store under the National Hotel, rich assor
ment of Winter Millinery, consisting of Hats,
Caps, Head Dresses, Feathers, Florences, Rib
bons, &c. &c. PARkEk'S
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PREMIUM.

Any person sending us three subscribers will be
and Steam Navigation republished in book form
NOW in press, to be ready about the first Of Oc-
tober. 1t will be one of the most complete works
upon the subject ever issued, and will contain
about ninety engravings.
Oct. OFF
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PAPERS MISLAlD.

DIAPERS in the case of Thomas Grown, govern
i ment contractor for brick, &c The finder will
be literally rewarded by restoring them to the
Office of the Ms ionaI Hotel, or to me
BEVERLEY TUCKER.
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NEW FANCY GOODS

BE ss kEGsSG sssty asy f Fan
Goods suitable for PRESENTS, &c Also d
large assortment of fresh Perfumery, Pomatums,
Soaps, Hair-washes, and every article pertaining
to the toilet. PARkERS' Perfumery and
Fancy Store, Penn. av., near National Hotel
sep2l-3td
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Average 2,25l,3ls

Average ,635,596 Average 2,25I,3I5
Average crop of the last seven years exceeds
that the prior 6I5.7l9 bales, and the crop of the
last lust double that Of the firstand the crop OF
l848-9 was more than 1867 by fifty per cent.
Average consumption in Great Britain Of Ameri
can cotton the first years l,l53,2i9 bales
The I'd period of years .44y. Ivy bales
Largest consumption, l6 l5C6,6Oo bales