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WILLIAM TUCKER, MERCHANT TAILOR
w (of the late firm Of Lane q Tucker, j woult

yITILLTAM TUCKER, MERCHANT TAILOR,
w (of the late firm Of Lane & Tucker would
call the attention of his friends and the public gen
eralIy to his stock Of Goods now opening, which
has been selected by himself from the largest inn
porting houses in New York, and BY far the great
est variety and richest styles ever offered m this
city,. Strangers are respectfully and earnestly SO
Iicted to give me a cali and examine my STOCK be
fore purchasing, AZ l am confident II wis De 10
And | would especially call the attention Of Of
6cera. both OF the army and the navy, to the fact
thai prepared to execute al KINDS 81 uniforms,
rct;~s q "A - moderate prices, warranted both in
he cutting and making departments, equal to any
establishment in this country. -, .istt
W. T. tenders his sincere thanks to his numer-
GUS friends for their long and continued patronage,
amsiness, to merit a continuance the sarns.
= All orders promptly executed ".tGl
sep 2O--3tw3w--d&trwp a.f. ..sr,,.
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NEW PROSPECTUS
OF THE pssuefr .
SCIENTI FIC,iA NJ Err 1 G A


10 Mechanics, Inuentors, and Manufacturers:
HyHE Publishers of the Scientific american re-
spectfuly give notice that the SIXTH VOLUME
OF this valuable journal, commenced on the list
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 Inc charac-
ter Of the Scientific .amsrican is too well known
throughout The country to require a detailed ac-
count of the various subjects discussed through Its
columns ~-t.. ~,
II enioys more extensive and influential cir
oulation than any other journal of It's class IN
America. .br. ,.c
Il will be published weekly, as heretofore, in
Q,.arto Form, on fine paper, afording, at the ena
Of the year, an ILLUSTRAIED EN- iCLO-
PEDLa. Of over FOUR HUNDRED PAGES,
With IN Index, and from Five to Six Hundred
ORIGLN:4L ENG .dVLNGS, described by letters
Of reference besides vast amount of practical
information concerning the progress OF seen.
TIFIC and ME CHI MICA L. IMP
.MENTS, CHEMISTRY, CIVIL ENGiNEER-
ING, : N ANUF.a FUR ING IN It's various
branches, .aRCHITECTURE,su .7SONR 4, BOZ
AMI, lin short, it embraces the entire rai.se OF
the Arts and Sciences. n tis " Ei9
II also possessss original feature not iound IN
any other weekly journal in the country, VIZ, an
O6ieiaIs List Of P.3TENTs Claims, prepared ex'
preasy for its columns at the Patent Ofhce,-thus
constituting it the I" .AyuERIC.4.N REPERTORf
or. INVENTIONS" o. corow s4N
TrRMs-$2 a-year !; 81 for six months.
All letters must be post paid and directed to
MUM e. CO.,
BOY s'aT Publishers Of the Scientific American,
% b eaf l28 Fulton street, New York.
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VIyHE Undersigned, lately from Germany, begs
i to inform the citizens of Washington,
Georgetown and Alexandra, that he will give
INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PIANO AND IN
SINGING. He has been travelling since 1910
with Madame Biscacciant, and performed in her
last concert in this city. lie performs the COM
positions of Liszt, Thalberg and other great com
posers, and proposes to teach the Thalbergian
style. Communications left at the music store of
Rich. Davis, on the Avenue, will be promptly
attended to.
April 3. H18 Err. KEY
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Aw AND AGENCY OFFICE. The under

l AW AND AGENCY OFFlCE.-The under
IL 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
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 their services to members OF the
profession ut a distance, and, when tho case IN
prepared by bo<a agent, will abate onehalf their
usual Zee. All information relative to the forms.
aud usages 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 loca
ton of bounty land warrants on the best Western
lands -e& f psfE Ntlg
IT-Ofice on Pt rnsylvania avenue, Lane 4
fuckers Building sl
DUFF GREEN,
IA. BEN. 4. GREEN,
KICH'D. Ii. CLARKEl
Oct. l4--3tnw3m.
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RESPECTABLE man, who has his fore
"A moons unemployed, would like to occupy
himself in suitable way during that time. He
writes good hand and wouldundertake copying
transating from the French or German, keeping
set or two of hooks, where regular book-keeper
is not employed, &c. Please inquire at the'ofhce
Of this paper. 6--u srr
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THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION

Msryland state Agricultural Society.
A PPEAL TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MAINLAND
~ STATE AGRICULTURAL SoCIETY.-We desire
that you should bear in mind, that on the 23d,
Gath. and 25th days Of October, your Society will
hold it's 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 gardensa
Don't presume that any animal, or product, you
NAV own is inferior to others that will be here,
and be thus deferred from bringing them, as it is
onIv bv comparison that the relative merits ofany
thing can be determined. The safer presumption
for YOU to arrive at, will be that what you have
as as good, if not better than that of others, and
hat II bchooves you to calamity enter the list Of
ompetition IL defeated honorab!y, and the high
baracter of the Judges is a guarantee that you
an be defeated in no other way, you VIII ENJOY
he luxury Of knowing that others were more en-
lied to success than yourself
And while we address you to bring such articles
as are properly IN your department, we crave per
mission to solicit your interest, to induce your
,ripes and daughters to bring whatever apPertains
to their peculiar departments, as cpbrolaery house
hold manufactures, the proanefs Of use DAIRY ana OF
the poultry yard preserves. domestic 'osnes' coyee
Eous and. above all things, to come themselves, as
.othout ,conar, and the beautiful Celebrations Of her
asie and genius, no display can De perfect.
To the Manufacturers qf .agrieult~ral implements
and Tools, we would say, that interest and patri-
otism both combine to eniolIn upon you the pro
pretty OF making grand exhibition of your ma
chinery of all kinds, from our present advices,
we are led to believe that the assembags Of farm
ers and planters, and Of distinguished strangers
from mnst ri the States of the Union, will be
greater than upon any former occasion here or
elsewhere. We therefore say to the agricultural
walker, and Mechanics oftAe United States,
make il matter of pride to display your machi-
nerv at our exhibition, and vie with each other IN
having the best and largest assortment on the
ground. Such ambition Is laudable-is worthy of
Americap genius, and should be cherished by the
American heart.
b = Editors with whom we exchange will con
fer n favor by copying this notice ID bose
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PREMIUM.

(, Any person sending us three subscribers Will be
entitled to copy Of the /" History Of Propeilers
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.
,y Oct Oft M 5 .sFilE
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iBrEBE,s NEW YORK HATsHM

CTEVENS, No. !, Bro,cn's Hotel, has Just re-
IL ceived further and full supply Of Beebe s
Hats Also, a complete assortment of his own
make, of every quality and style. Gentlemen
wishing Hais Of fancy shapes can have their or
!. ,1tc.sz STEVENS great Hat, Cap, and
Gents Quitting Establishment, No. Brown
Hotel.
Nov. 3O-6tif Qntel. Repub. Union.)
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THE BRITISH PERIODICALS AND THE
sA % FARMERS GUIDE

TX ANU Ehh - AOlDE.
T EONARD SCOTT &. Co, No. 81 Gold street
.NesU York, continue to publish the four lead
ing British Quarterly Reviews and Blackwood'
Magazine; in addition to which they have recent
ly commenced the publication Of valuable Agri-.
cultural work, called the
GARNER 3 GUIDE TO SCIENTIFIC AND PRAcI,cAL
tn AGRICULTURE"
By HENRY STEPHENS, F. X. s., Of Edinburgh, nu-
thor of the ssBook of the Farm" &C., &c; assisted
by JOHN p. NoaroN, M "A, New Haven, Professor
of Scientific Agriculture in Yale College, &C., Sc
This highly valuable work will comprise two
large royal octave volumes, containing over 400
pages, with 10 or 20 splendid steel engravings,
and more than 900 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 ploughng, planting,
kaying, harvesting, &C., &C., the various domes-
tic animals in their highest perfection; in short,
the pictorial feature of the book in unique, and
will render it of incalcuable value to the student
of agriculture.
The work is being published in semi-monthly
numbers of 81 pages each, exclusive Of the Steel
engravings, and is sold IS cents each, IS for
the entire work in numbers ofwhch there will be
at least twenty-five.
The British Periodicals re-pubished are as fol
lows, viz:
The LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW Conservative,
The EDINBuRGH REVIEW (Whig),
The NORTH BRIrIsH REVIEW Free Church),
The WESTMINSTER Review Niberal.)
BLAcKwooD's EDINBURGH MAGAZINE (Tory).
Although these works are distinguished by the
political shades above Indicated, yet but small
portion of their is devoted political sub
jects. 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, maintars its ancient celebrity,
and is, at this time, unusually attractive, from the
serial works Of Bulwer and other literary notabes,
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" Cloth by Bulwer,) ''My Peninsular
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
Blackwood, after it has been issued by Messrs. Scot
& Co., so that subscribers to the reprint that
Magazine may always rely on having the earliest
reading of these fascinating tales.3
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BorAy,co MEDl CAL COLLEGE OF OHIO.

TIME Winter Course Of Lectures in the Medical
Department Of TIE Cincinnati Literary and Sci
enti6c Institute, formerly the Literary and Bo.
tunIco Medical College of Ohio,) will be resumed
in the College Edhce, Third street, east OF Broad
wav. on Monday the Sd of November. A pre-
Iiminary course on Anatomy, Physiology, and
Operative Surgery, will be commenced on the 9Th
~4October There were f,ceipe iadiss in the Spring
,s, and the most Of these, and many others,
ate expected>thi winter. The subscriber will be
aided 6y some of the ablest and truest men in the
ranks Of reform. The College Edi6ce is elegant
and convenient, snd abundantly supplied with
everything essential to the illustration Of every de-
partmsnt Of medicine
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Los

ON the Avenue yesterday, letter envelope
containing fifty dollars, in five ten dollar bills OF
the bank Of Seden Withers e. Co.--also a draft
for fifty dollars on Corcoran T. Riggs.
Z The finder will be literally rewarded on lenaA!g
il at this office. r i ~ 9c 81
Tg March s. 1859 No. a1gHile.i N
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age I,635,595
Average 2,25l,

Average crop of the last seven years exceeds
that the prior 6l5,719 bales and the crop Of the
last Just double that of the irst--and the crop OF
1889 was more than 1857 by fifty per cent.
Average consumption in Great Britain of Ameri-
n cotton the first years I,l53,2l9 bales
: .Je Cd period of years ,449,39S
n h',-rgset consumption, IS 1886
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yuyHE Subscriber returns his thanks to the
u. public and the old customers of SiMMs o. Son
and informs them that THE GROCERY AND
WINE BIJSlN ESS heretofore carried on by them
, is continued by EDWARD SiMMs ne has added a
full and fresh supply Of the finest TEAS, BLACK
AND. GREEN, FRESH GROCERIES, &c. and
has also on hand full assortment OF the finest
WINE, and will be sold at the lowest rates,
AMONGST which will be found 100 baskets OF the
choicest brands of Champagne. Hook, and Clare
Wines, of the rurest klnds- @
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"a ron CALIFORNIA, VIA CHAGREs.

30 FOR CALIFORNIA, VIA CHAGREs.
WITHOUT DETENTION at PANAMA.
VVyIIE United States Mail Steamship Company
IL 4 will despatch the splendid doube-engiDe
steamship GEORGIA, on Wednesday, Dec. II,
at o'clock, p. M, from the pier, foot or Warren
street. North river, New York, with the Govern
rnent mails and passengers fol San FraVcsco
8 and intermediate porls. s kipaa ~ h7
a The connection ut Panama will be carefully
kent IN. and passengers for San Francisco are
guaranteed that they will not be delayed ut Pana-
/, ma beyond the usual stay il, port ~
. THIS looks are now open, and passage can DC
!, secured at the following rates 4 "
from NEW YORK TO CH.fGREs.
State-room berth --- 500
Standee berth forward saloon ~
Steerage berth, found bed & separate table so
Fl FROM P.qJV:fJM.4 TO san FRANCISCO.
State-roOm berth SSW
AK Steerage berth found bed e. separate table $50
ea9 tog siai FROM NEW YORK.
ssast4a 1aiasa gso State-room. Sta,ose. Sieerage
To Charleston or Savannah s25 Ss9 wy
+. To- Nav Hsva T,..n. IS IS 60 IS
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 "a
To secure freight or passage, apply at the office
of the company, II West street, corner OF WAR
zen sfeet ~ M o. ROBERTS,
SpEcnL NoTIcE is given 10 shippers by thus
Z line, that the company have prepared FORM or o,
bill Of ading adapted to their business, which VII
be furnished to shippers on application at the
/. company's Office, and with which they are re-
ouested 10 provide themselves, as no other form
will be signed by the agents OF the company: All
bills Of adng must be signed before the sailing OF
vsasal Iio @ai Dec. 7, 1850.
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VT7II.I. he opened ut Mrs. 8. Parker's, on Sat
Nv urday, 23d inst. /, at 10 o'clock A. M. in the
new store under the National Hotel, rich assert.
ment of Winter Millinery, consisting of Hats,
Cans. Head Dresses, Feathers, Florences, Rib
S,,rrs g. &c PARKER'S
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PLAINS, BLANKETS, KERsEYS AND
afHrl ali sggIr ELANN ELS. "

rJNHE SUBSCRIBERS, Direct Importers Of all
Il WOODEN GOODS, have just received per
Ships, "Gulnare, !" {" Orion," and Somerset, !"
from Liverpool, their, fall supply of PLAINS,
KERSEYS, WHITE and COLORED BLANK
FLANNEL BLANKETING, Guernsey Shirts,
Kilmanock Caps, Scotch Bonnets, &C., &C., sx.
pressly suited to our Southern Planters trade, and
10 an inspection of which, they confidently in
wife all who visit the Charleston Market.
,E8Iil C. e. E. L. KERRISON g. CO., n
209 King st., northwest cor. King Market sts'
Charleston. Sept 3
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nRESS COMBS.-We are just opening an
| J other and prettier assortment of those hand
some Rope and Chain pattern Shell and Buffalo
Dress Tuck Combs prices from 81 to $40 eacn
Also, 200 different patterns Spanish Dress Fnni
Laces from IS cents to $40 each.
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FALL MILLINERY.

MRS PARKER wrilopen on Wednesday 10th
lV inst, a few cases of French Hats. Also a
heausiful assortment of Ribbons, Feathers, Flow
sAc.Ge. nsdf Penn. az. unfer, NJ. Hots
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WANTED TO PURCHASE
- A SMALL HOUSE on Capitol Hill, con
M:g tanning six or seven rooms, with consider
able ground attachsd.-Appy at this Office.
Oct. l6-3t.
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NatseNal Medical College, Washington,
District %. Columbia. ,-g
TINE annual course lectures will cOmmenC

wasseSal Medical College, Washington,
District o. Columbia.
rTNIIE annual course of ctures will commence
on the first Monday in November, the 4th
instant:
FACULTY.
Thos Miller, M d., Professor Of Anatomy and
Physiology. 1s
+ VIM. p. Johnson, M. D., Professor Of Obste-
tries and the diseases Of women and children.
Joshua Riley, M. d., Professor Of Materia
Medica, Therapeutics, and Hygiene. -#
John Frederick May, M. D., Professor of Sur
gerry.
Grafton Tyler, M. D., Professor of Pathology
and Practice of Medicine.
Robert King Stone, M. D., Adjunct Professor
Of Anatomy and Physiology.
Edward Foreman, M. d., Professor OF Chem
istry and Pharmacy. m ,at rs54af
James e. Morgan, M D., Prosecutor and DEM
Onstrator
Clinical lectures three times week. on cases
selected from the Washington Infrmary. Ope-
ration performed before the class. =
For a full course Of lectures $50
Demonstrators tiu.--i,a,- 80 m 10
Graduation fee = r4i- .r.f- IS
Good board can be procured at from ~ to 80
per week. M
JOSHUA RILEY, M. D.,
Sep 3-2awtNov1if Dean of the Faculty.
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NUw FANCY GOODS

Hs" NEW FANCY GOODS
WILL BE RECEIVING every day during
wv next week, beautiful assortment Of Fancy
aree assortment IL fresh PeffumWy, Pomatums.
Sosps. Asirtw sshsh, ard every article pertaining
TO the toilet. PAkhEkS fertumery ana
Fancy Store, Penn ~ ,fsar Vations'S
ssp2l-3d
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THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FuruRE.--Of
the cotton trade, from the London Economist,
August "a, 1850 cit is calculated that upwards
Of 1900, 900 persons depend entirely upon this
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r Z II M 8.

For farmers Guide Complete IN % Nos.) $40
Fragments to be made in all cases in AdvGnce.)
CLUBBING. ll
A discount of tcenty fpe per cent. from the above
prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering four
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 w "a copies
of the four Reviews and Blackwood for $50 and
SO on. Ia ttAt{ M8u r,ErIt
~ Orders from Clubs must be sent direct 10 the
publishers, as no discount from these prices be
allowed to Agents.
Money, current in the States where issued, will
be received al par.
sIE-Remi,tances and communications should be
always addressed, postpaid or franked, to the
Publishers.
LEONARD SCOTT g. co,
70 FULToN STREET, New York,
Entrance 81 Gold st
Neutrality-suspicious. received in Washington by
Frank Taylor, Taylor & Maurey, and w. Adam,
Booksellers.
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MEMORIAL.

{ To the Senate aud House Of Representatives. ofths
United States IL, Congress asseorteds The memo-
rial Of the undersigned respectfully represents that
they are entitled Bounty Land, under the act
Of 18th of September, 1850 thatthey are informed
and believe that the INDICATED warrants are worth
more to them than the patented. lands would be,
that they do not expect OF desire to reside on the
land thus granted that If patented to them the
expense of agencies and taxes will be an annual
charge, reducing the value of the grant, which
they could avoid if permitted to SCI the warrant
Your msmoriaIists further represent that the law,
by preventing the sale of the warrants, assun e.
dat the officers and volunteers entitled to bounty
lands. are not competent to act for themselves,
whereas many of them are among the most intel
igen, and respectable citizens Of the States. They
therefore respectfully ask that the act aforesaid
may be SO noLiied as to make the warrants for
bounty lands assgnable, and they will ever
pray, &c. srauA 4, Cae-eN
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pApERS MsLaID.

PApERS MSLAID. AA
vNAPERS in the case of Thomas Crown, govern.
ment contractor for brick, &c The Under VIII
be literally rewarded by restoring them 10 inc
office Of tbs M siOnal Hotel, OF 70 me cv, p
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LEONARD SCOTT g. CO.
TO EDITORS OF NEWSPAPERS.

WE beg leave to call your attention to an ad
w vertisement, and to the memorial annexed
and tender our services in the prosecution Of any
claims for Bounty Lands or Pensions, which you
may send to us. We will allow you one half our
usual fee, which is ipe dollars for obtaining war;
rant for l60 acres, and three dollars for warrant
Of eighty acres or less, for publishing our adver-
tsement, and preparing and forwarding the papers
to us. L .st
If you accept this proposal, please insert this
circular and our advertisement in your paper,
with the following editorial notice:
"We call the attention of our readers to the adj
vertisemert of Messrs. Duff Green, Ben. +
Green, and Richard II. Clarke, Attorneys ana
Agents at Washington, d. c., and would say
persons having claims for Bounty Lands or Pen
sions, that we have made arrangements for the
requisite FORMS and that claimants calling at our
Office can have their papers properly prepared and
forwarded to these gentlemen at Washington,
who will properly attend to them in their proper
Offices" az ssea99 if5 g3j az
Please get each claimant to sign the memorial
and forward it to your member of Congress.
Please send us a copy OF your paper containing
our card, which viii notify us that you accept ou
proposition DUFF GREEN,
: 81 81 BEN. Z. GREEN,
tf.rf.. ..H.sa .0-..ar q RlEErI5 II CLARKE