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Daily American telegraph., 1852-10-30
AN ACT making an additional appropriation for the inn

provernent of the Washington Canal.
Be enacted, de- That in addition to the sums hereto
fore appropriated the of thousand dollars be and
the hereby appropriately payable out OF the general
fund.- the purpose continuing the Improvement OF the
Washington Canal to be expended provided BY tho sixth
section of the act approved the eighteenth day of December
eighteen hundred and forty eight entitled An act for the
Improvement Of the Washington Canal" ra.
Approved, October "a, 1857 ...#
Daily American telegraph., 1852-10-30


six hundred and fortyone.
Be enacted DC, That Cornelius Boyle be and he Is per-
mted TO grade South Capitol street. front Of square
bered six hundred and fortyone from the building line OF
said square the wall Of the Washington canal and also the
of lots and twenty in said square, east 'front.' for ten
years.
Approved, October q, 1852.
Daily American telegraph., 1852-10-30

A Card.
UE subscriber takes this method Of returning her thanks
for the liberal patronage extended to her store, the
stock of which IL disposed of and socts those having
said TO settle them by the LIST of No
vember and thereby the trouble and which
must necessarily attend the collection of the same.
CTN Her entire attention is given to the Hr~-
WI Ill MILLINERY BUSINESS UPSTAIRS, where k2&sj
VS ladies invited to call and examine her u&X
beautiful pattern hats the prettiest of the season.
u. COLLISION,
oct Ctr 9th street. near Louisiana avenue.
Daily American telegraph., 1852-10-30

AN ACT making appropriation to purchase stove,
fuel, &C.. for the Eastern Watchhouse.
Be n enacted, de-. That the of forty dollars,
Thereof may be necessary be and the hereby
OF the general fund.- for the purpose
stove and furnishing fuel and lights Tor the
watch-house in the section of the city.
Approved, October 81, 1852
Daily American telegraph., 1852-10-30

To Claim Agents and Attorneys.
DLANK DEEDS, PETITIONS FOR PA
ID TENTS, &C., 60, at
wIMER'S New Store,
oct 2s 9th street, near Louisiana avenue.
The southern press., 1852-01-06
NEW PROSPECTUS
OF THE
SCI e TIFIC A M ERICA N.
To Mechanics Inventors and Manufacturers

SCIEN FIC AM MERICA
To Mechanics Muemors, and Manufacturers
'TNHE Publishers Of the Scientific american re-
/ spectfully give notice that the SIXTH VOLUME
Of this valuable journal, commenced on the 2lst
Of September, offering valuable opportunity for
all to subscribe who take an interest in the pro-
gress and developement 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 a detailed ac-
columns.
1t enjoys more extensive and influential cir
cuation than any other journal Of it's class in
America. '
1t will be published weekly, as heretofore, in
Quarto Form, on fine paper, affording, at the end
Of the year, an ILLUSTRATED ENC YCLO-
PEDLa, Of over FOUR HUNDRED PAGES,
with an Index, and from Five to Six Hundred
ORIGINAL EJVGR.aVLNGS, described by letters
Of reference; besides vast amount Of practical
information concerning the progress OF SCIE.N
TTFTC and ME C HA MI cal IMPROVE-
MENTS, CHEMISTRY, CIVIL ENGLNEER-
ING, MANUFA CT UR ING in its various
branches, AR TURE, MASONRY, BOT
.f.NY,-in short, it embraces the entire rai.se OF
the Arts and Sciences
1t also possesses 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 Z" AMERICAN REPERT TOR
OF INVENTIONS"
TERms-S2 a-year /; 81 for six months.
All letters must be post paid and directed to
MUM & CO.,
Publishers of the Scientific American,
1923 Fulton street, New York.
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TO EDITORS OF NEWSPAPERS

WE beg leave to call your attention to an ad
w yertisement, and to the memorial annexed
and tender our services in the prosecution OF any
claims for Bounty Lands or Pensions, which you
nav send to us. We will allow you one half our
nsual fee, which is Gpe dollars for obtaining war
rant for l6O acres, and three dollars for warrant
~ eighty acres or less, for publishing our adver-
tisement, and preparing and forwarding the papers
to US. A. ):
c;rcujar and our advertisement in your paper,
with the following editorial notice:
"We call the attention of our readers to the ad
ver,;semert of Messrs. Duff Green, Ben. +
Green. and Richard H. Clarke, Attorney ana
AGENTS at Washington, D. c., and would say
ne1sons having claims for Bounty Lands or Pen
sons. that we have made arrangements for the
requisite forms, and that claimants calling at our
of}ce can have their papers properly prepared and
forwarded to these gentlemen at Washington,
who will properly attend to them in their proper
Offices"
please get each claimant to sign the memorial,
and forward it to your member of Congress-.
Please send us copy OF your paper containing
our card, which will notify us that you accept our
.,ua,os;,;on ~, DUFF GREEN,
p'opo''' BEN. E. GREEN,
RiCH'D II. CLARKEs
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nRESS COMBS.-We are just opening All
| other and pretter assortment Of those hand
some Rope and Chain pattern Shell and Buffxo
Dress Tuck Combs; prices from $2to $40 eacn
Also, 200 different patterns Spanish Dress Fan;
Laces from Is cents TO $40 each. ..t-
vUVHE Subscriber returns his thanks tn the
public and the old customers of SIMMs q Son
and informs them that THE GROCERY AND
WINE BUSINESS heretofore carried on by thsm,
is contiued by EDwARD S'MMs he has added a
full and fresh supply Of the 6nesr TEAS, BLACK
AND GREEN, FRESH GROCERIES, &c. s"d
has also on hand full assortment of the hnest
WINE. and will be sold at the lowest rates,
amongst which will be found 100 baskets OF the
choicest brands of Champagne, Hook, and C'aFst
Wines, of the rursst kinds
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MEMORIAL.

To m, Senate and House Of Representatives. qfthe
United States in Congress assembled: The memo
rial of the undersigned, respectfully represents that
thew are entitled to Bounty Land, under the act
of Ssth Of September, $780, that they are informed
and believe that the INDICATED warrants are worth
n,orc 10 them than the patented lands would be,
that thew do not expect or desire to reside on the
land thus granted; that if patented to them. the
expense of agencies and taxes will be an annual
cbnrue. reducing the value Of the grant, which
thew could avoid if permitted TO sell the warrant
Your memorialists further represent that the law,
bv preventing the sale of the warrants, assune'
that the officers and volunteers entitled to bounty
lands. are not competent to act for themselves,
whereas many of them are among the most intel
ligent and respectable citizens Of the States They
therefore respectfully ask that the act aforesaid
NAV be 80 modified as to make the warrants for
bounty lands assignable, and they will ever
pray, &c.
The southern press., 1852-01-06
1rEDiCAL DEPARTMENT OF HAMP-
M DEN SYDNEY COIILEGE. RICH-

M DEN. SYDNEY COLLEGE, RICH
M0ND, VFSsThe thirteenth Annual Course OF
Lectures will commence on Monday, the l4th OF
October, 1850, and continue >until the LIST Of the
ensuing March The commencement for comforting
degrees will be held about the middle of March
r. L. BoHANnAA, M. d., Prof. of Obstetrics
and Diseases Of Women and Children,
L..W. CHAMBERLAyNE, Nj. d., Prof OF Mate
ria Medica and Therapeutics.
s. MAUpis, NJ D., Prof. Of Chemistry and
CnAs. BrLL GIBsoN, M. D., Prof of Surgery
and Surgical Anatomy
CAnrrEx P. JoHssoN, M. D., Prof Of Anato-
my and Physiology -
Practice of Medicine.
Arruus +. PEr,coLAs, M. d., Demonstration
The study of practical Anatomy may be prose
cuted with the most ample facilities, and o. very
triAing expense
Clinifal Lectures are regularly given at the Hoi
leps Inrmary and Richmond Almsh )use Inc
in4rm.rv. under the same roof with the College
and subject to the entire control of the Faculty, is
At ali times well filed with medical and surgical
cases. and furnishes peculiar facilities ior cinca
instruction Many surgical operations are per-
formed in presence of the class; ana the sluue,''e
being free!v 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.
Observation-Disclosures fee, 50. Professors
fees, SlO5, Demonsrator' fee, $40 Hraaaa'lo'
The price OF board, including fuel, lights, ana
servants attendance, is usually IS to S3a per
week - :c
The catalogue, &C., containing fuller iniorma, J,
ton concerning the institutions WIN be lorwarufu
to those applying for IT. or spec'nc '''q"'''e'
s. MAUPIN, M. D.,
DC, 9 Dean Of the Faculty.
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I AW AND AGENCY OFFICE.--Th under
| 4 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 States, IN
cludng 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 their services to members Of the
profession at distance, and, when the case in
prepared by lo.ai agent will abate one-half their
usual fee. All information relative to the FORMS
will be Furnished TO our regular correspondence
without charge. They have made arrangements
for the payment OF axes, and for the sale or loca
ton of bounty land warrants on the best Western
lands.
ITOfhce on Pt .nsylvania avenue, Lane &
DUFF GREEN,
BEN. K. GREEN,
KICH'D. III. CLARKE
Oct. IA--3taw2m
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1UyEE und dersgned, committee Of adjudication, on
j the part Of the Muscogee and Russell AgricuI-

TuyBE ndersigned. a committee Of publication, on
the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-
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 .4g-
ric,iture and Horticulture, Domestic and Rural
Economy. Under these several heads will be in
cluded all that concerns the culture of crops, the
Improvement of the soil, the management Of the
farm, the garden, the orchard, the flower yard,
and the house-keeper's department In their con-
nexion with the interests Of the soil, the other in
dustrial pursuits of the land, will receive their ap,
propIiate attention
The "SOIL OF THE SOUTH" will be under
the editorial supervision of CRARLss A. PEAsoDY
ESQ. and Col. JAMss M. CRAMsERs. Mr.. Peabody
has been for two years past connected with the
Agricultural Press, and 10 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 an able corps Of contributors, among
the practical farmers and planters Of the land
Each number will contain sixteen pages OF
auarto size, printed with new type on superior
white paper, and furnished to subscr,bers the
ONE DOLLAR PER .7JN.NO.n, til
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yT7ILLIAM TUCKER, MERCHANT IAiLol
w (of the late firm of Lane q Iucker,) woul

yT7ILLIAM TUCKER, MERCHANT IAILoh
w (of the late firm of Lane g. Tucker,) woolo
call the attention of his friends and the pubic geh
eraiIy to his stock Of Goods now opening, WIZ ;n
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 s!ock 1 h oe, e.
fore purchasing, as am confident II VIII NC -
heir advantage. !,
And would especially call the attention OF OF.
fcers, both Of the army and the navy, to the iac'
thai am prepared to execute all kinds OF uniforms
according to the late regulations, at the shortes'
notice. and at moderate prices, warranted, no'n u,
establishment in this country.
w. +. tenders his sincere thanks to his numer-
GUS friends for therong and continued patronage
and hopes, by the same diligence ana attentioh 70
business, to merit continuance OF the same
All orders promptly executed.
sep 20-3tW3W --dXtrw
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d A 1 L Y.

Sugar Plantations.
Manufacturers Of Railway, Bar, Round Ribbon,
and Rod Iron.
Wheel, Axle, and Spring Makers.
Engine Drivers, and Persons connected with the
Locomotive generally.
Engineers, and Captains of Steam Vessels.
Managers of Stationary Engines.
Lumber Dealers and owners of Saw Mills.
Veneer Cutters.
Owners of Planng Machinery.
Corn Millers. and Persons connected with Boiling
aud Bran-S Separating Machinery.
Farmers and Persons using Grain-Shelling and
Thresning Machinery.
Buhl Workers, Carvers Engravers, ana orhameha
Makers in general
Persons employed in the Manufacture of Cas-
Makers of Copper and Lead tubing
Linen and Straw Paper Makers.
Ship Owners, Harbor Masters, and others inter
ested in Dredging Machinery.
Well Sinkers.
Astronomers, Philosophers, and others using rhil'
osopbical Apparatus and Instruments;
Miners Engineers, and other Interested in Pump
ing Engines
Persons interested in Canals and Aqueducts.
Warehousemen, and DINERS, using hyarauiic
Presses, Dynanometrc Cranes, Jack Screws,
Common and Feed Cranes.
Workers in Metals and Alloys.
lin Plate Workers.
Spring MacutaCtureTS
Wheelwrigh,s, Clock Makers Horoiogists, &c
The publishers have expended large sum OF
money to get original drawings OF machihery u,
practical use in this country, and have procured
almost every work on the subject, whe'her Pho-
lished in England, France, or Germany, me mos'
essential parts of which being comprised IN this
Dictionary, render il as perfect and comprehen,,
sive as possible. The publishers have endeavored
TO use great economy in type, so that each page ol
the work contains at least four times Inc humoei
of words found in ordinary pages oil the same size
This has also secured to each plate worKins-u'a"
ngs of ample size and cearness SO that hiecnahie
may construct accurately any machine described
The publishers are, in short dotermlned regard
less of cost, to make the work a. complete as pos
sblc and it is hoped every one des'rous 70 optai
the work will procure il as issued IN NUMBERS a'o
thus encourage the enterprise.
! The work will be issued in semi monthly mum
bers, commencing in January, 1850, and VIII pro
gress with great regularity.
! The whole work will be published IN ~ mum
bers at 25 cents per number, and completed win
in the current year, 1850. liberal discount vii
be made to agents.
ANY one renting the publishers lO In advances
shall receive the work through the post Office fret
of expense.
Notice to Propretors Of Newspapers througho" tn
United States and Canada.
If the foregoing advertisement is inserted nv
times duri- the year. and the paper containing
sent to us, a copy of tie work will be sent gra'l
in payment.
The southern press., 1852-01-06

Orr,cg WLMrNcroN AND MANcHEsTER Il. 90
MAn,ns CouRr-HoUsE, s. c., Oct. 1S, 1851
.IElLED PROPOSALS will be received until the
y 18th of December next for the piers oS bridge
across the Great Pee Dee river. The Job comprised
four pisrs-one a very heavy Pier for 4 draw, and
the shaking of cast-ron hollow plies by Dt. Potts
pneumatic process for forming fouudHioaAl The
Dian and specifications Of the pisrs viii be ,exhb-
ted by the Secretary Of the Company at Marion
Court,house, and by the resident Engineer. IL
Fleming, esq, at Wilmington. North Carolina.
WALTER GWYNN,
Chief Eng. Will. a I'd Man. K. r., Richmond, Va.
p. 8. Mr.. Charles Pontez, "a Liberty street,
New York, is the proprietor Of DR.. Pottspstent
in the United States. nov 5---ln1 :.
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American statistics.

short time past we published some statistics
relative to the number OF soldiers supphed from
the different States to the revolutionary war. DE
ROWS Commercial Review gives some tables re-
lutive to this, and other subjects of equal interest
which we copy =,
|. The number of soldiers furnished by the
American States during the revolution, and the
population Of each Stale in 1880 and In io4'.
8. Principal battles Of the revolution. their sew
eral dates, commanders-in-chief, ana losses o"
each side.
2. Amount Of continental money issued to sup
port the war, and the estimated cost in speci
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BOOK AND JOB
PRINTING OFFICE.

yUyHE undersigned respectfully informs his old
customers and business men Of Washington
in particular, that he has put his Book and Job
Printing Establishment again in complete order
having added new type, presses, &c, to his for
mer materials, which enables him to execute
Epry description Of Leuer-press Printing
in superior style, with neatness and despatch
and AZ cheap as it can be done in any of the North
srn 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 socits the patronage OF
the business community
G. A. SAGE.
Oaics Pennsylvania Avenue, next to Jackson
~ Washington.
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THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION
TIl

MsryIand state Agricultural Socie'y.
PPEAL TO THE MEMBERS or THE M "a, ARfLAsD a:1D
~ STATE AGRICULTURAL society," w 6 uesn ,n,
that YOU should bear in mind, that on the @ou
Oath and 25th days of October, your Society WIN
hold its annual Exhibition and Far al tne r,,y y
Baltimore and we appeal to you, one anu a,'' ~
bring for exhibition thereat portions o your S,oc"'
the products of your orchards, ana U yo"' s""
Don presume that any animal, or ProaIo'' yoo
may own is inferior to others that WIN oe "a' !,
nd he tbus detsrred from bringing them, as 1t is
onlv by comparison that the relative merits OF any
thing can be determined. The safer presumption
Cor You to arrive at, will be that what you nav
r. az good, IL not better than that OF otners' anu
that it behooves you to galantiy enter !ns ~; ~
competition If defeated honoraoiy' ana .ne n's
character Of the judges is guarantees ;II en;ov
can be defeated in no other way, you VIII e'yoy
me luxury of knowing that others were ''o'e gu
,iled to su recess than yourself.
And while we address you to bring such ar'icleS
as are properly in your department. we crave Pe'.
mission to solicit your interest, 10 INDUCE ycu.
,ciyes and daughters to bEins whatever aPpel.ain'
TO thei, pecuia\ departments, as emloro'aeTy' "OI'
Iord noafaci,,es the proa.cts of the dairy and 81
fh, nouv uard prsserue.. domestic ,cimss co'vsc-
tio,s, and above all things, to come -
w,thot ,oo,dr,, and the beautiful elaborat'ons "e'
sste and genius. no display ca' be pe'Jec'.
To the Manufacturers Of Agricultural Implements
n,,d Tooi, we would saw, that interest ana Patr'-
otixm both combine to en]oin upon you ule p.o
priety of making grand exhibition OF your ma
chinery of all kinds, from our present acvlces'
we are led Id believe that the assembage OF iarm-
ers and planters, and of distinguished strangers r.
from most OF the States Of the Union, VIII oe
greater than upon any former occasion nc" VI
elsewhere We therefore say to the .dg''ea."ra' ~
Iplemcnf makers and Mechanics Of the On'lea oaie:'
make il matter Of pride to display your macni,
nery at our exhibition, and vie with each o.ner ~ !.
having the best and largest assortment on the
ground. Such ambition is laudabie-is worthy .,
American genius, and should be cherlshea ny INC
American heart. Ill oon.
rE Editors with whom we exchange VIII con-
er a favor by copying this notice.
The southern press., 1852-01-06
II Il n M s.


For Farmers Guide Complete in % Nos.) 500
Payments to be made in all cases in .advanee)
CLUBBING.
discount Of Twenty-Five per cent. from tho above
prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering four or
more copies of any one or more of the above
works. Thus: 4 copies of Backwood or Of one
Review will be sent TO one address for ~ copet
of the four Reviews and Backwood for $50 and
so
- Orders from Clubs must be sent direct to the
publishers as no discount from these prices can be
allowed to Agents. .,
Money, current in the States where issued, will
be received at par
I-Remittnnces and communications should De
always addressed postpaid or franked, to the
Publishers.
LEONARD SCOTT & co,
10 FULTON STREET, New York,
Entrance 54 Gold st
T-Subscriptons received in Washington by
Frank Taylor, Taylor Maurey, and w. ADAM
Booksellers.
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r IFE Observation-Disclosures Commercial
| Life Insurance Company, established in 1920,
and empowered by act Of Parliament, for the In
surance OF Lives and Survivorships, and the en-
dowment of Children, &C., &C., CAPITAL
THREE MILLION DOLLARS!
n3-Ofice Sd story Colonization Buildings,
near Jackson Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, Wash
inton city, ID. G
October 81, lS50-dtf
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PLAINS, BLANKETS, KERsEYs AND
FLANN ELS

THE SUBSCRIBERS,-D ,-Direci Importers Of all
i WOOLEN GOODS, have just received per
Ships, "Gulnare," I" Orion, and "Somerset, -
from Liverpool, their fall supply Of PLAINS,
KERSEYS, WHITE and COLORED BLANK
ETS, WHITE, RED, BLUE and GREEN
FLANNEL BLANKETING, Guernsey Shirts,
Kilmarnock Caps, Scotch Bonnets, &c, &C., ex-
pressly suited to our Southern Planters trade, and
to an inspection of which, they confidently in
vte all who visit the Charleston Market.
c. e. E. L. KERRISON e. CO.,
2O9 King ST., northwest cor. King & Market SITS.
Charleston, Sept g.
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serAHIco nEpIeAL COLLEGE OF OHIO.

HoTANICO AEpleAL COLLEGE OF OHIO.
gJlHE Winter CsAarse Of Lectures in the Medical
Department Of tie Cincinnati Liserary and Sci
e~i;fe hsiih.se, formerly tho Literary and Bo.
tansco Medical College of Ohio,) will be resumed
in the College Edce, Third street, east Of Broad
vav. on Monday the Sd of November. pre-
lminary course on Anatomy, Physiology, and
Ons,rtive Surgery, will be commenced on the 5th
~ Oct6bsr. There were fsceipe iadIs in the Spring
cl.as. and the most Of these, and many others,
sre expected this winter. The subscriber will be
.;dsd 81 some OF the ablest and truest men IN the
r.nks Of reform. The College Edifce is elegant
and convenient, and abundan,ly supplied with
everything essential to the illustration OF every de-
~srtmsnt of medicine.