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HOMEOPATHIC ENCYCLOPEDIA"
TAYLOR a. MAURY, booksellers near 9th
i street, have for exhibition complete copy
OF this valuable and beautiful work, now publish
ing in numbers, ~ uc competed in twenty-five
parts. Subscriptions taken, and the work supplied,
by
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A NEW SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.

ENCOURAGE HOMIE INDUSTRY,
THE ILLUSTRATED FAMILY FRIEND.
A new and elegant paper, published at Col
IA umbia, South Carolina, and Edited by s. A
Goldman, soic'ts examination and challenges
comparison with any Northern paper.
It Is large sheet, magnifcentIy printed upon
splendid paper, contains Original Tales, Sketche s,
News, Poetry, Agricultural Articles, and what
ever else that will interest an intelligent commu-
nifty besides, four elegant Engravings each
week. Terms, 81 per anpum address,
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woRrH1NGroN q sNrrur,v
Formerly Solicitor Of The Genera Land 0Gc.

Formerly Solicitor Of The Genera Land Office
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR At Law,
oDiti'ues 10 practice in the Supreme Court or
sne united States, IN the Courts Of the District or
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, to prosecute
claims of all kinds against the United States. ei
ther before Congress any of the Executive DE.
partments and to procure letters patent for inyen
tons Business conided to his care. will h,
promptly attended to-
IN D. Particular attention paid to the prosecp
ton or claims before the Brazilian Commission
now sitting IN Washington
WAsHINGToN CRY, D. c. Julv II 2sn
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AV' Charleston, South Carolina.--importer o
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copy of the correspondence which has passed be-
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the Promotion of Science, respecting the organization
OF committee to constitute the central authority re-
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ENLARGEMENT OF THE CAPITOL
IL The Committee on Public Buildings of the
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MATHEWES & ROPER,
u INactors and Commission Merchants, for Cotton,
IL Rice, Bagglng small country Produce, Van
derhorst's Wharf, Charleston, S. c.
FERDINAND MOULTON;
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Will practice IN the several courts in the District,
and attend TO the prosecution of GAINS
against the Government.
Office corner of and It'll streets, opposite the
General Post Office.
2aw,f
FOR THE SPRINGS.
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IL find at PARKER'S, just opening, fresh
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BAYRUM, COLOGNE in bottles and on draught,
EAU LUSTRAL. OK MARROW, DENTI-
FRICE, DC, COMB, HAIR, TOOTH and NAIL
BRUSHES, at
PARKER s
lr Fancy Comb and PerfNn,ery Store,
aug b. Penn Av near National HotslI
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Whole number of representatives 1913.
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The 0overnment az the United states Of

The Government Of the United etAteS OF
America, A. d., 1861.
The Executive
MILLARD FILLMORE, OF N. :, President.
Wul,Am II. KING, of Ala, Pres't ofthe Senate.
Tie Cabinet.
DANIEL WEBSTER, of Mass. Sec Of State.
THou,s CoRwIN, Of Ohio, Sec. of the Treas
CHARLES NJ. CONRAD, Of La. Sec. of War
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, of N. c Sec. of the Navy.
A. III. II. STUART, of Va. Sec. of Interior.
NATHAN X. HALL, Of N. Y. p. M. General.
JOHN j. CRITTENDEN, Of Ky. Att General.
The Judiciary.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
RoGER h. TANEY, of Maryland Chief Justice
JOHN MCLEAN, OF Ohio Associate
JAMES M. WAIVE, Of Georgia
JOHN CArRoN, OF Tennessee
JOHN MCKINLEY, of Kentucky "
PETER v. DANIEL, ofVirginia
SAMUEL NELSON, Of New York
BENJAMIN Curtis, Of Massachusetts
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THE BATON ROUGE GAZETTE,
reahisaHp wefkhy.
III, q. BRYAN. Editor and Proprietor,
utttrs on chutrh street.
Te m o..

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Of hapnnass ahti Of eoinioft. sucl, as has
never before ,sen witnessed ii Louisiana.
Tie iiol,pr vol, ilnve conferred Oh me. one
oi tie hntnbleal 10 your rahks. III select
ing ne 10 pfeside over your d'llberatlpne
! shall eoiisiaef rich reward for he ppor
services niny have b. Ell euabed 10 ,p,i-
let during hong yeufs Of devotion 10 the
whiy party
M. Sage Of New Orleans, moved that
II committee Of Hive be appointed by tie
Chair TO report toamorrow morning, npoii
the re.oraanlzatlon oi the Stale j. &ecntive
Committee.
Mr. taftai, Of New Orleans. moved 10
adjourn, which motion being carried, the
Convention adjpurilsj siHe ate.
LII /, IlnrL,aar, y. ,,sr" seey'
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FgEg BANgtse --T'he Auditor Of State
has furnished lis the f5llowiDg informa.
ton IN regard TO The Free Banking opera
tloIi@ at the present time.
Bank of nnersville--s5auford &c Co,
Of Cincinnati, aud George Frybarger, Of
CoDuersvllIe, proprietors. Capital $780,
900 notes issued 1875, 900.
State Stock Bank, at Logansport-~ d.
X. Robinson, of New York, proprietor.
Capita 500 900; notes issued Sl 90 900.
Government Stock Bank, at Lafayette
----Odln Beuedct. Of Neg York, proprie-
tor. Capial ;s50, 900; notes issued, S5O,-.
900.
Public Stock Bark. at Newport-W.
Il Marston. Of New York, proprietor
Capital 1000; notes issued S27, 900.
State Stock Bank Of fndiana. at Peru
--A. DeGran, oil Dayton, and Il. Il. Drake
of Aenla, Ohio, propfietors. Capital 500,
600; notes issued $1,000.
Bank Of PIymoutf--P. BRYANT TAYLOR.
Of View York, proprietor. Capital $50.
600, notes issued $4,000 !.
Indiana Stock Bank, al Laporte-T9es
q 10. Detroit, proprIefors. Capital $780,
OO0' notes prepared $500
Wabash Falfey Bank. at Loganspoft---
papers filed. Capital 100000
Prairie City Bank, at Terra Hante--
Capital $4,000 organized.
Total capital 81. i.l50.0OO--ssoeka de-
posted. S542, 600; notes issued S434. 500.
Sentinel.
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spics,h vinegar.
~ EClssoRs.

In the winter Of ~, while residing il
New Drlesns, youth who stood almost
five feet eleven and three dHHrterz ii
stocking, who hailed from some where iip
the Wabash. wns invited by friend to
dine ut the same house where was board
inu. This was The Hoosief's first visit
away from home. ald he told his freud
who was In the produce business, md
had purchased his cargo of corn, ms they
took their seats at tile table, that he ex.
pected he would show him all the sights
in town. as he wanted, "to let al the folk Is
to hum know about IT, The servant
brought plate Of soup. and observing n
Internationally opposite pnt eonsidefa.
bic cats,lp in bis dish, our Hoosier poin.
ted to q bottle OF pepper sbuce aud asked
bis neigibor what It was.
"f5pced vinegar was the reply f
"Wsl, 'spoye yer 'bIige a feller by hand
u' it along. .#a +.
The Hoosier took the bottle aud com
menead dosing his soup but as the
sauce did not flow very freely he took out
the cork and at the same time Observing
to his friend .s...s
'kinder close folks yer stoppiu' with
to put such puguy little hole IN that to
prevent feler's takin' much Of The darn
ed aRH. | spose II comes high, don't IT.
Daring the time he poured nearly q
wine glass fnl into his soup. and taking
his spoon, he dipped it full with several
peppers. aud pnt II into his mouth. The
instant he spoutFd tile contents Of his
spoon ncross the table into the French
gentIernan's b9som. aud l,awIed ont
Water water Snakes and wildcats.
give me some water I'm all on fire !"
"By gar, sajr' exclaimed tile French
man III rage, jumping ur from the table,
"you have spoiled my shirt aud my vest
saif Spoil everything salr by gar |
shal sees about this sair. +"
Tia the meantime the Hoosier had seiz.
ed. a pitcher containing water, and hhd
taken q tremendous dfaught. Setting
down the pitcher he eyed tie EfenclnHali
for moment, and lhen Yelled
"Dod blast yer old shirt, 'apose was
goiA 10 burn my iHaFds out Tor You or
yer shirts yer mean cuss Come down
to the bontand III give yon one Of mine"
IT was with much difficulty that tie
Hooser's friend could alIay the Ffench.
man rage aud sci matters stialeht again
But ever after "spiced vinegar was d by.
word, aud sufficient to set the Whole table
Il roar.
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A SCENE m Lire. While some lnen
were enghged removing the remains Off
workman who got killed Oh the railroad,
all lrlsl,mat who was rather deficient III
a1ear5ag apparet spoke to one OF the
men as follows
Iyasllaa1u. Ali. sure. dear won't
you give methe dead mtt'4 pants Z"
Waze.-- Got 10 the d.. You william !,
! would give yon the gnllo,os FIRST"
Ift0hmou Mus,a. God blees ye, str,
/ knsW you wonin't give me tile pltuts
witbont the gulfusses.
Here fie Ifisiiinaa had 70 "cut his
sticks 10 ayold couple Of blows aimed
at him by tile elher.
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A Lawyer built him an office iii the form
Of 2 hexagon, or SIX square. The novelty
of the structure attracted the attention OF
some lsI-bfneD who were passing I,y they
made n full stop and viewed the building
very critically. The lawyer. somewhat
disguised at their curiosity. lifted up the
window, put bis head out and addressed
them
e What do gs,i, stand there for like d
pack of b!ockheads, gazing at my office;
do vot, take it for church,
Faix,' answered one of them, I'll was
t',inkia 50. till ! saw the devil poke his
head ont oftiis windy"
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10 A lady thought il would look inter
esting 10 faint away AZ party, the other
evening. One of the company began
batI, n her head aud temples with bay rum
when the lady exclaimed, For Heavens
sake ptat nothing on that will change tie
color Of my llair.