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House in the next Legislature.
-
The Advantage Of not Being KloNl.
There is incalcuIabls advantages - beinI
Of medium stature, neither large ot1tnaIl-
lean or corpulent. We cannot imagine any
moro Gri .vous annoyance than Mat Of be-
ing reminded Of the fact that there j.
something in our personal appearance tina,
singles " out from TIE crowd. That W.
are known by the number Of inches within
our girths, or without shoes. There 10 4
delight in being unknown for anything il
eparticula, that few mortals ever experience
Ambition and the love Of days notoriety,
keeps all mankind ut war, and mu rders
what little contentment and happiness that
might otherwise exist. The Divine en-.
tangle himself in labyrinth Of sublime
figures, the Politician shoots beyond and
misses the mark, the Doctor administers,
POISON in the desire to find new remedy,
and the Lawyer tangles himself in the very
net work he weaves to entrap others. This
yaulting ambition or pride Of distinction
that all men glory in, is the very bane Of
existence and follows u down 10 low, that
we are rendered miserable in the thong hi
that the man who lives next door to US
wears cotton on his back that cost cent
and half more than we wear. Our prayer
is that we may never do anything to call
the attention Of the world to ". Were
we asked out to dine and to sup, ard have
idle fellows to call on US with compliments
because we had done something that peo.
pie think commendable, it would be the
death Of US at once. The Lord save US
from any kind Of notoriety. We like to
sail quietly along the stream unnoticed by
wsyfarers. Let US for 4 moment consider
some Of the disadvantages of being known
In the first place one has more friends than
he knows what to do with, and the annoy.
ing advice they are continually giving,
keeps him battling between two opinions
It requires half century's diplomacy to
get along with them smoothly. Then one
has to attend this charitable fair and that
uncharitable entertainment and be pulled
here and there until his legs fail him. The
worst and most vexatious notoriety is that
Of being rich. The soul of q man liz be has
any)is then worn out with tales Of sorrow
and suffering the only real part Of which
is the telling ofthem. All manner Of peo-
pie come to pay homage to you and your
soul has no rest,-your name is wanted to
quak Pill certificates, and friends desire to
use your person and name until you are
1'ed sp and then they shift to some one else
who they desire to bring downto level
with themselves.
As we have said before, the Lord save
us from notoriety. We publish a paper
more for fun than sor fame and nothing
would brighten us more than.to wake up
some morning and find ourself writetn greta
by being pulled into notorety by town
critics.
Z ~~ u
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES OF THE
SANDWICH IsLANDs.-The latest ad.
vices from Sandwich Islands states
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1t will be seen on our third page
that the Floating Palace will be At
our landing on Wednesday December
the first
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MEN 4 WOMAN, CHILDREN L AL.

MEN 4 WOMAN, CHILDREN 4 ALL.
MILL please remember-from this our
w pronunciamento That on the 10th
Of the coming month (November)-we will
BE- found on hand at our old stand, with a
complete supply Of Retail Groceries, which
at will be on constant endeavor to have Of
the very best and at prices to suit the most
fastidious. One thing we want distinctly
understood, and that is anything sold by me,
and not proving perfectly satisfactory, can
always be returned.
oct 31-y. JOSHUA BEAL.
~N b. 1shall not only be prepared for
the s cent customer, but for my usual pack
ag6 sales. To the latter solicit their i'm
mediate call, as have fair stock on hand.
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GLE HOTEL.

Convention street -Baton Rouge, Ia.
THIS establishment has undergone tho.
l. rough renovating, and is now prepared
TO accommodate Boarders in the very best
manner. NJ. G. POWERS
sept. 30-tf RsCpriot6b.
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Honesty is not the best policy in com.
munity OF rogues and knaves.
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Golden syrsp md DsskuAsstl 1
A TRETAlL choice article Of Golden
IA syrup by gsl. New York B6ck.
wheat fresh and fine. lly) JOSHUA Beat.
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lust received per ship Pelican State,
y full assortment Of plantation Wagon
and Cart Harness w. r. TUNNARD.
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Hon Edward Everett entered, on
the 9Th inst. upon his duties as United
States Secretary of State.
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Fabe1s Magnetic Gauge.
TNllIS invention, combining simplicity
Il and elegance, for indicating the height
Of water in STEAM RorLERs, il all that can
be desired for the purpose.
= Planters and others-proprietcrs of Steam
Engines. are invited to nall at the Baton
Rouge Foundry and Judge for themselves.
for sale by Ill.,
oct 2-y. HILL h HENDERSON.
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The LAST ANEcDorEy-"Who's that
ere Mr.. Scattering, that always gets a
few votes at our town meetiDgs? in
quircd an old lady, few days since.
Of her spouse, as she was busily en-.
gagged in persuing a newspaper.
IL do not know" sid he, NOR never
did, though the people have been trying
to elect him ever since l began to vote
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LEATHER BoNNErs-A Partisan miIlin.
er has taken out patient fosa leather bon
net, new and extremely elegant article,
says the Court Journal. The leather is ex.
ceedinglv thin and delicately enamelled,
and is dawn over the frame in the same
manner as silk or velvet It has the ad-
vantage of being waterproof
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PORT MONEYS.
A SPLENDID assortment direct impor-
II ted from Europe. For sale very cheap.
by NOV 2-yl THEO. GOLDMAN.
A LSO ON HAND FOR SALE-Force
II Pumps, India Rubber Hose for pumps,
Chain PUMPS with the Tubes complete.
oct. 10y. w. F. TUNNAkD.s
Carriages, Harness, 20.
lust received from the best northern
a. manufacturer, a large assortment q
C.ARRLAGES and HARNESS, which,
with number of nv own manufacture,
comprises variety worthy the attention Of
purchasers. who are invited to examine be-
fore purchasing elsewhere.
at ICY W. IVTCA1O.
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PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING THE PA
PER FOR THE PUBLIC PRINTING.

OFFICE SUPERINTENpENT OF THE PUBLIC PRINTING,
WASHINGTON, September 80, 1852.
n pursuance of the "Act to provide for executing
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served OF ordering greater quantity, on either
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VALUABLE WORKS

THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENTS OF
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NJ OTICE.-The general estimation long en-
~ joyed by the Perfumes issuing from the pre-
misses of LUBIN, having led to a variety of worth
less limitations and counterfeits, notwithstanding
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TYPOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL AC-
" COUNT OF JAPAN, from the earliest period
at which the Islands were known to the Europeans
down to the present time; by MacFarlane, vol.
Japan and the Japanese, with IL illustrations; by
Talbot Watts, M. d.
Japanese Manners and Customs in the Nineteenth
Century; by Siebold.
Sicily, Plgrimage; by H. T. Tuckerman.
Brised's Five Years in an English University;
new edition, in vol.
UPjohn's Rural Architecture; l vol.
For sale by FRANCK TAYLOR.
Sept4
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FURTHER CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.

OUNCE THE NOTICE from this office of the 10th
- January last, which appeared in the newspa-
ceiving certain drafts purporting to be those of
Captain l.. G. Easton, Assistant @ rtermaster,
recently stationed at Santa Fee, New Mexico, a
third forged draft on the Quartermaster General
has been presented for payment. 1t is numbered
lib, Santa Fe, N. M, LIST May, 1851, in favor of
Robert T. Brent, esq, for $3.50, and signed L. c.
Easton, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster.
II is known, from official advice in this office,
that the only genuine drafts of Captain Easton on
the Quartermaster General are numbered from
to H.; all of which have been long since paid.
Captain Easton having ceased to draw, there
consequently no genuine draftso his now in circu-
lation
BY direction of the Quartermaster eneral:
VIM. A. GORDON, Chief Clerk.
QUARTERMAsrER GRNEaAL's OFFICE,
WAsHINeToN CITY, February 10, 1852.
Feb Ia
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CARPETINGS AND FURNISHING GOOD
GENERALLY.


7NHE SUBSCRIBERS have Just received, from
Il the latest importations, complete assortment
OF the richest foreign and from eastern manufac-
turers all the varieties and styles Of domestc Dry
Goods for House Furnishing, such as
Velvet Carpeting of the newest designs
Brussels do do do do do
Tapestry and Brussels for halls and steps
sSps[o[ Thrsspy o'Pe'"s extra ira rich
Twlled and plain Venetian Carpeting, extra rich
Rich Chenele and Tufted Rugs
Chenee and Tufted Parlor Mats
10 / and IL printed Druggets
10 a. IL 4, and 1914 Crum6 Cloths
In Curtain Materials and fixtures, such US
Satin LANES, new style, and very rich
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Union Damasks, great variety
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Buff Linen for Shades, of every width
Brass Cornices, and suitable fixtures
Curtain Gimps, side and centre Tassels
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Bed Blankets, pery fine, OF every size
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Superior and low priced Damask Napkins
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Together with every other article in our line for
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them that the facilities enjoy, and the exte
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branch Of our business, will enable to offer in
ducements, both in price and terms, fully equal to
any similar establishment in the United States.
HOOE, BROTHER & CO.
Sept2l Union and Alex. Gaz
JAPAN AND THE JAPANEsE-Illustrate
u Men of the Time.
History Of the Mormons, by Lieutenant Gunni.
son, United States Typographical Engineers.
Aunt Phills's Cabin; by Mrs Eastman.
New supply just received at
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AugT Bookstore, Pa. av., near Ninth 81.
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BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
oFsvKRy DESCRIPTION,
Executed at the Office Of The Republic.
mORsE's TELEGRAPH.

VNHE Office of the Western Telegraph Compa n y
l. 10 removed to the rooms over Gilman sapothe-
cary shop, on Pennsylvania avenue, n few doors
west of Brown g hotel.
This is the only direct line Of telegr aph from
Washington to Wheeling and Pittsburg, where il
connects with other lines extending to Detroit,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, ST. Louis, NASH
vile, Memphis ,vicksburg and the whole western
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The northern Morse office is a few doorseast of
the National hotel.
The southern 10 on 7th street, opposite the Ma
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VORTHINGToN G. sNkTHEN

CONTINUES to practice law in the Supreme
~ Court, to attend to cases before Congress, to
prosecute claims and settle accounts against the
Departments and Boards of Commissioners, to
procure patents at home and abroad, to obtain
pensions and bounty lands to collect debts, divi-
dends, legaces, and inheritances in any part OF
the United States and in foreign countries, to make
investments Of funds in loans and stocks and on
bond md mortgage, and to negotiate the purchase
and sale of loans, lands, and patent rightsl n any
State Of the Union. Particular attention paid to
California land title coming up to the United
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CO. Es9E ESsSl{S ~ eHe2
Leave Washi ngton at 6 and n. m, l2l m.
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DIPLOMACY OF THE REVOLUTION, an
IL historical study, by William II. Prescott.
North American Review for October.
Reuben Medlicott, novel by the author Of 1.-THE
Bachelor of the Albany"
Contentment Better than Wealth, by Alice b.
Good in Every Thing. a story by Mrs. Bar
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The Book of the Heart, or loves Emblems, with
80 beautiful steel plates, and richly bound.
THE day received for sale by
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Oct II BOOKSELLERS, near 9th OF.
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COLUMBIAN COLLEGE &c, ID. c.

COLUMBIAN COLLEGE, ID. G.
THE next Winter session Of this Institution
L will commence on the 10th of September, and
continue six months. The Summer session will
begin on the third Wednesday in April, and end
on the third Wednesday in July. The terms are {:
For the Winter Session.
Use of room, furniture, bed, library, and
attendance. Observation-Disclosures. ~ w
For the Summer Session.
Tuition. ......................$ l4 w
Use Of room furniture, &C.. III %
Board ia 50 IS per week. To those who do not
board in College the charge for tuition ia the
same and for the of room, furniture, library,
and attendance, $l5 for the winter session, and
5 10 for the summer session. Admission fee 8 10;
and there is small charge for average damages each
washing at 81 cents per dozen. The necessary col
lege expenses of a boarding student exclusive Of
books and stationery are from lsOto 5 100 per an
mum. The bills of each session are payable in ad-
vance, excepting those for board, which paya-
BILE half at the beginning, and the other at the
middle Of the session.
Several important changes have been made in
the department of instruction, which will give to
it greater extent and efficiency, and will render
its advantage available to a larger number Of stu
dents. Two additional professors haze been ap
pointed, one in the department of Ancient Lam
guages, and the other in that of Mathematics. The
scientific course has been extended, to en-
brace practical surveying, the elements of engi.
neerng, and other kindred branches Young men
who are not candidates for degree may, under
the direction of the Faculty select such studies as
are suited to their views and objects in life and
may receive certificate of their attainments
therein. Youths who are not fully prepared to
enter the college classes will receive such instruc
ton as will fit them to enter upon the regular col
lege course.
The buildings undergoing thorough repairs,
and the grounds are being laid out and improved
in manner that will add much to the convenience
and attracveness to its already beautiful situation
1t is believed the College never presented 30
strong inducements as it now does to young men
who desire to obtain a thorough and liberal educa-
ton. j. 8. BACON,
Gept 1n-1m proo;dank
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SCOTT AND JACKSON, BY HeadIey. The lives
- of Winfield Scott and Andrew jackson, by the
author of Napoleon and his Marshals," &C., &C.;
with portrait
"Voicesr .nture to her Foster Child-the Soul
of Man. :: series of analogies between the Natu-
raj and the spiritual World; by Cheever.
Outlines of Moral Science; by A. Alexander, D. d.
Progress of Nations; by E. c. Seaman.
Archibald Cameron, or Heart Trials.
At TAYLOR & MAURY'S
Oct5 Bookstore, near 9th street.
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BOOK-BINDERS' BOARDS AND RUSSIA

BINDERS BOARDS, from No. % to No. so, and
ID four hundred Skins Of Fresh Russia Leaths r
for sale by the subscriber, at northern prices.
Also, five hundred Reams of fine Printing Paper,
"a 3S, for sale at mill prices, without freight
Inquire at the Republic Office J. GIDEON
May 20
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TNHE SPLENDID PIANO FORTE manufactured
Il by Nunns b Clark, New York, for which n
Price MEDAL was awarded by the Committee OF
Managers of the Exhibition Of all Nations at Lon
don. Is now being exhibited at the National Hote
in this city. The public are respectfully invited
to examine Ii. July "a
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THE WEEK-Comprisng the last day of the
l. week, the first day Of the week, the week
completed. BY the author OF 1.-THE Command.
inent with Promise" This lie an excellent volume,
in which are illustrated the advantage Of q holy
observance of the Sabbath. Various characters
and scenes in humble life are introduced, and dia-
logues sustained, all drawn naturally and efTec-
lively. Such book would do much good, If the
humber classes of society could be induced to
read it. The pictorial illustrations remarkably
well executed.
For sale by GRAY & BALLANTYNE,
Oct7 Seventh street.
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e THE SAFE AND COMMO-
h&4EN dious steamer COLUMBIA, Cap


been placed in first rate order, will resume her
trips between Baltimore and this District on SAT-
URDAY, the LIST March, leaving Commerce street
wharf, Baltimore, at o'clock in the afternoon,
and at the same hour on every succeeding Satur-
day during the eeason; and returning, will leave
Riiey's wharf, Washin yton, at O'Clock, and AL
exandria at o'clock every WEDNESDAY morn
ing, touching at the different landings on the Po
tomac river, "a usual.
For freight or passage apply to the Captain on
board, or to the following agents:
CHARLES WORTHINGTON, Bait.
J. J. WHEAT & BRO, Alexandria.
E. PICKREL & CO.. Georgetown.
THOMAS B. RILEY, Washington.
Feb 2S-tf
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SIMONS'S LECTURES ON GENERAL Pa
~ THEOLOGY; volume, 1852
Neligan's Practical Treatise on Diseases of the
Skin; volume, 1852.
Wilson on Constitutional and Hereditary Syphi.
lie; ! volume, 1852.
Pierre and Neilrs Surgery; volume, 1852.
Wilson's Anatomy, by Goddard, 4th edition,
1852.
Miller and Sargents Surgery, Sd edition,
1852.
Lectures on Surgery, by Bransby B. Cooper;
volume, 1852.
Reese's Analysis OF Physiology. second edition,
1852.
Mendenhall's Medical Students Wade Mecum,
third edition, 1852.
American Journal of Medical Sciences. number
for October, 1852.
Oct12 FRANCK TAYLOR.
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WAsHINGToN, January Is, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN- Gentlemen: by your
publication of the English Law and Equity Re-
ports, think an important benefit is conferred on
the legal profession in this country. The fidelity
with which these Reports appear to have been thus
far made, their compact and convenient arrange
ment, their early publication, bringing down the
decisions of all the important Courts to period
far within those of any Court in our own coun-
try. together with their chcapness, ought to be
sufficient recommendations to insure their general
With great respect, am your obedient servant
b. r. CURTIS.